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Mallard’s Team of the Week — LVR Bombers Basketball Alumni
Every Boxing Day the L.V. Rogers Hangar comes alive as past and present Bomber players flock to the gymnasium for the annual LVR Alumni Basketball Tournament.And Boxing Day 2012 was no different as the Hangar was a buzz with more than 30 players participating in the event.Players were slotted into teams of respective Bomber years to play in the round robin format. Staff at Mallard’s Source for Sports would like to honour the Bomber Basketball Alumni with Team of the Week accolades.
This came after PNG thrashed Tonga 18-1.PNG will now play Samoa for gold.Samoa did it easy beating Cook Islands 11-6 in the other semi-final.The medal play offs will start at 3pm with Cook Islands taking on Tonga for bronze followed by the game to watch between PNG and Samoa.PNG and Samoa are undefeated so far.Both settled for a 7-7 all draw yesterday afternoon which signals this afternoon’s match will go right down to the wire.
Carpio hits red carpet treatment for China Coast Guard PLAY LIST 02:14Carpio hits red carpet treatment for China Coast Guard02:56NCRPO pledges to donate P3.5 million to victims of Taal eruption00:56Heavy rain brings some relief in Australia02:37Calm moments allow Taal folks some respite03:23Negosyo sa Tagaytay City, bagsak sa pag-aalboroto ng Bulkang Taal01:13Christian Standhardinger wins PBA Best Player award Dave Chappelle donates P1 million to Taal relief operations The Golden Knights have found how difficult it is to try to come back against the Capitals and need to adjust quickly down 2-1 in the Cup Final going into Game 4 Monday night. They have to make some adjustments before it’s too late.“Our guys who have a lot of speed can go back deeper, gather some speed,” winger David Perron said. “Then the defensemen can try to freeze the first forechecker, kick it wide. These guys coming with speed, if they’re confronted, which they will be most times at the blue line, you can put it in and go on the forecheck. You can have guys hang close to the right wing or up top, and as the puck is coming your way, win the one-on-one battle with support. … We also have to try to not let them set up, so if there’s a turnover, a quick one, we can punt it up, go back on offense.”The Penguins and Lightning tried that and couldn’t crack the Capitals well enough to advance.“They’re really good at slowing you down,” Lightning forward J.T. Miller said during the Eastern Conference final. “Right when you want to just chip it and go, there’s a guy, there’s a wall there, and guys are ready to go back and get it on the other side. … It’s just their ability to stand up and make you force plays because it looks like there’s more ice than there is, and then all of a sudden they do a good job of staying in front and retrieving pucks.”Vegas is built on speed, but it’s hard to harness it if players can’t get blue line to blue line with the puck to create any offense. When the Capitals took a lead in Game 3, they went into their now-patented scheme.ADVERTISEMENT Woods happy with his game despite another Sunday fade “It’s just kind of a group mentality to make life difficult on them,” winger Tom Wilson said. “I think that’s when we’re at our best as a team is when we’re playing physical, we’re taking away time and space, making it difficult on their top guys.”That difficulty wears on a team, and Trotz said it’s noticeable when an opponent tries to change its game and manage the puck differently to counterbalance the trap. When it works effectively, not only does it limit changes against, but it creates the kind of odd-man rushes that have paced Washington’s offense this postseason.“It’s important to recognize moments when you can pressure, and we don’t want to get away from that, where we can send two guys and try to force teams into mistakes,” Niskanen said. “If you can hold either the red line or the blue line with layers of support, you can force teams into turnovers, and we’ve done a good job of that.”Sports Related Videospowered by AdSparcRead Next LATEST STORIES Steam emission over Taal’s main crater ‘steady’ for past 24 hours Jury of 7 men, 5 women selected for Weinstein rape trial This year is different. Suddenly, the Capitals are a suffocating defensive team that clogs the middle of the ice and makes even the fastest of opponents look slow.The Vegas Golden Knights are the latest to get frustrated by Washington’s neutral-zone pressure that took a toll on Columbus, Pittsburgh and Tampa Bay, paving the way for this run to the Stanley Cup Final. After cruising through three rounds with ease, nothing looks easy right now for Vegas because the Capitals have mastered the art of frustration, and are two wins away from hoisting the Cup for the first time.FEATURED STORIESSPORTSGinebra beats Meralco again to capture PBA Governors’ Cup titleSPORTSAfter winning title, time for LA Tenorio to give back to Batangas folkSPORTSTim Cone, Ginebra set their sights on elusive All-Filipino crown“Offensive teams have certain tendencies, certain routes that they take through the neutral zone, plays they like to make, so if you can be on top of them and turn over some pucks, stifle them, make it hard for them to gain entry with possession, that frustrates skilled players,” defenseman Matt Niskanen said Sunday. “If you can be in their face, just standing in the way, it’s amazing what that does.”It’s amazing the transformation the Capitals have made since coach Barry Trotz challenged players late in the regular season to embrace this approach. It was clear as early as Game 4 of the first round that the 1-1-3 trap in the neutral zone had the ability to essentially shut down the opposing attack, and since the first two playoff games Washington is 10-2 when scoring first. China population now over 1.4 billion as birthrate falls Lights inside SMX hall flicker as Duterte rants vs Ayala, Pangilinan anew Washington Capitals forward Chandler Stephenson (18) contends with Vegas Golden Knights forward Cody Eakin (21) during the third period in Game 3 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Final, Saturday, June 2, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)ARLINGTON, Va. — Of all the ways the Washington Capitals have tried to win in the playoffs, none has been as effective as this.They pushed the pace with speed and skill when Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom were part of the “Young Guns.” They made every game a coin flip with tight, Dale Hunter hockey. 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– cross-examination team avoids proceedingsBy Shemuel FanfairIn a day that saw the absence of cross-examination of witnesses, the Commission of Inquiry into the eventsTask Force Commander Udistair Holigansurrounding the Camp Street prison riots, on Friday heard that urine and faeces were thrown at officers on a regular basis.This was revealed by Udistair Holigan and Patrick Crawford as they told Commissioners of continued threats prison wardens faced.Holigan, a Task Force Commander attached to Timehri was first to take the stand. He recalled that he had heard officers instructing inmates to proceed through the hole which they had created at Capital B.The witness, who once was attached to Camp Street, recounted that the entire ordeal was “confusing” and noted that, “the place was filled with smoke”. He further related that the scenes he witnessed left him “traumatised” especially since he could have heard the prolonged screams of inmates as he and fellow officers employed efforts to open the locked door.“I could recall the inmates screaming – screaming as if they was like lying there in the fire. Even though I tried to assist in getting the doors opened, inmates sent threats at me as if I was the fault that they lit the fire and got burnt,” Holigan recounted.He also recalled the horror of being the recipient of human filth.“They even throw urine and faeces at me and at that point, I couldn’t even come to grips that it had actually happened,” the officer noted. Holigan further observed that the situation went from a controlled environment to an uncontrollable environment. He told Commissioners that often times when he sits in his quiet moments, he could still hear the screams of inmates, the expletives hurled and threats they issued to responding officers.With his eight years of experience, Holigan testified of his fear that he would not be able to deal with such a situation if it ever were to resurface.“It’s kind of hard to cope with what went on that day and I wondering if something like this should happen, how would I be able to cope with it because you’re in fear that if this thing goes to this level again, how can you assist somebody, how can you preserve a life that is already lost?” questioned the responding prisoner officer in a sombre tone.Under examination by the Commission’s Counsel, Excellence Dazzle, Holigan confirmed the account of other witnesses that indeed some prisoners did assist in evacuating their fellow inmates. Holigan also stressed that at this point he was not afraid. However, under questioning by Commission Chairman, Retired Justice James Patterson, the witness admitted that he became fearful in the days afterwards.“I was afraid after the incident got contained and the inmates throwing their threats that they would take my life, take my spouse life, they know where I live… and they will burn down my house,” Holigan stressed.Later on, the CoI heard that urine is often found stored in bottles, sometimes mixed with pepper or other liquids when searches are carried out in prison cells.Duty Officer at the prison Patrick Crawford told Commissioners that since the riots, the vicious threats have continued. Crawford confirmed that indeed human waste was thrown during the riots, and all officers had were their shields to protect them. Crawford further stated that as he rushed to scene, he was in civilian clothing and in attempt to rescue inmates, the bottom of his footwear started to melt which caused him to retreat. The officer further related that he attempted to assist in opening the side door but observed that this proved futile. In recounting what he heard at that point, he revealed the pleas of one trapped inmate: “Mr Crawford, if you get we out, God gan bless yo.”He also told Commissioners than when “ring leaders” of gangs are extracted from a block, they are not returned to the same division and in March, the intention was in fact to extract the ring leaders. This extraction involved the removal of prisoner with the given name of “Allicock” and the now infamous, Collis Collinson, whose removal created an uproar. Commissioner Merle Mendonca opined that Crawford’s Mock Prison Riot training in West Virgina in the United States and other overseas training measures may not always be suitable to the local context.Justice Patterson thanked the witness for his courage in performing his duties in battling the trials encountered on a daily basis.Just before the session closed, Crawford was asked to tell the CoI just how much sleep he had throughout the ordeal. “For the first three days, I had 15-20 minutes per day. I never saw my family until the fifth or the sixth day,” he stated. The hearings are slated to resume on Monday, April 25.
CUAA officials take the oath of office.-Alexander Cummings pleads with stakeholders Businessman turned politician Alexander Benedict Cummings has underscored the need for the government of and other stakeholders to prioritize technical, vocational, education training (TVET) as part of the comity of nations.Cummings spoke at the induction ceremony of officers of the Cuttington University Alumni Association (CUAA) on Saturday, February 23, 2019 on the main campus in Suakoko District, Bong County.Those inducted into affairs of CUAA are S. Tornorlah Varpilah, president; Garmai Nyuangar, vice president; Gimah Sambolah, secretary general; Thomas Momo, financial secretary; Vivien Jones, treasurer; and Princess Jones, chaplain.The program was graced by scores of students, alumni and some board members of the University.He said during the devastating civil war (1989-2003), schools were destroyed while teachers were killed by belligerent warring factions.He said that with the current budgetary allocation to education and the lack of policy direction, the education system is far from being out of mess.“The impact of our educational system is due to the war and former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf after 12 years tried fixing the system, but she could not because of the huge challenge facing the sector,” Cummings said.He told his audience that as a people and an institution, they have the responsibility to look at the education system, discuss it and unsure how it can meet their needs.“Like Cuttington, many other institutions graduate thousands of youngsters every year, who do not get jobs; not only do we have challenges in schools at all levels, but those who go through the process are ill-prepared for the job market,” he said.
Mr. Alexander Cummings, giving the keynote address a the Cuttington Alumni induction and homecoming weekendCummings added, “we are training thousands of young men and women and dropping them in the streets, because what they learned in school does not always correspond with what society or the job market demands.”He then suggested the need to overhaul the country’s educational system entirely to attain the desire result.He said after the war the government embarked on the construction of the educational system that must meet the development needs of the country. However, many of the country’s youth have not had the luxury to go to college. “This means that a major portion of the workforce is either unproductive and at times a threat to security.”“Education is the only way for us to ensure that everyone has access to opportunity; education is the key to our progress,” Cummings said.GovernanceCummings added, “good governance is not an issue just for the national government, but important for all of us at every level of responsibility, including those who manage the affairs of CUAA to apply the same level of transparency and integrity as if you were in the government.”“One of the tasks as alumni association is to find resources for the university; there are many people who have gone through these walls and I am sure they are all ready to open their checkbooks not only in Liberia but around the continent and in the diaspora there are tremendous resources to be accessed,” Cummings said.He said Liberia has long suffered, and will continue on that path because those in leadership continue to turn the country’s wealth into personal belongings.“Be aware that you as an association represent all of us, including Cuttington, what you do whether good or bad, will reflect on all of us,” he said.CUAA President S. Tornorla Varpilah, said his administration believes that the challenges are not insurmountable to overcome, adding, “we are taking over when the economy of the country is on a downward trend; though the ailing economy will certainly impact our leadership, we will not be deterred,” he said.“We are ascending to the leadership of the Alumni Association at a time when our Alma Matter is faced with numerous challenges. As you may know, Cuttington currently depends solely on student tuition with little or no assistance from external sources to operate. Power outages, delayed salary payments, irregular supply of water among other things are challenges that have resulted in a low ranking of the University in Africa and globally,” the newly inducted president outlined.“It is within this context that we are proposing and urging you to support our ‘Agenda for Awakening the Cuttington Spirit for Excellence and Growth,’ and the overriding goal of this agenda is to support Cuttington become a premier university in Africa,” Varpilah said.He named rebuilding the physical infrastructure and promoting academic excellence as the fulcrum of the CUAA’s agenda.He said the organization is determined to working with all stakeholders to mobilize the required financial, human and material resources to enhance excellence and growth at the institution.“The administration of Dr. Herman Brown, CU President favorably responded to our request in December 2018 and turned over house #4 to serve as the Alumni House,” Mr. Varpilah said.He said his administration has deplored five strategies to galvanize support to implement the “Agenda for Excellence and Growth.”Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
Cllr. Juma Karnley being handcuffed while being taken to the prisoner’s bench.State Lawyers under the banner of the National Association of Prosecutors of Liberia (NAPL) on Monday, March 25, 2019, threatened to boycott all courtroom activities throughout the country if Chief Justice Francis Saye Korkpor refused to reprimand Cllr. William B. Sando, resident judge of the 11th Judicial Circuit Court in Tubmanburg, Bomi County.The prosecutors’ planned decision followed a recent complaint filed before Chief Justice Korkpor by Cllr. Juma P. Karnley, Bomi County attorney, against Judge Sando. Karnley claimed that the judge ordered his flogging and subsequent detention at the Tubmanburg Central Prison.Judge Sando is yet to make any comment about Karnley’s accusation, despite text messages and calls by the Daily Observer. However, on Monday, March 25, the judge was seen visiting the offices of the Chief Justice.At yesterday’s press conference, NAPL’s President, Cllr. Jerry D.K. Garlawolu, said none of his lawyers will ever attend the courts across the country until Judge Sando is investigated for his alleged action against Karnley.”Until the judge is reprimanded in conformity with the Judicial Canon for the governance of the conduct of judges in the country, we will not go to court,” the lawyers declared.Cllr. Garlowolu said many of the prosecutors are being terrified, harboring the fear of being the next target if nothing is done to punish Judge Sando for his alleged treatment against Cllr. Karnley.“If Judge Sando’s action is left unchecked, it could serve as precedence for other judicial authorities to intimidate, humiliate and subjugate prosecutors elsewhere in the country,” the NAPL’s president said.According to Cllr. Garlowolu, Judge Sando’s alleged action does not only threaten prosecutors, but can also be equated to “misuse and abuse of his authority as a judge.“We vehemently deplore and condemn the action by calling on the Supreme Court and authorities at the Ministry of Justice to take concrete steps, and institute genuine measures to prevent further occurrences of this utterly ugly and unacceptable act on the part of Judge Sando,” Garlowolu added.He narrated further that Judge Sando had earlier issued a writ of contempt against Cllr. Karnley without giving him the opportunity to be heard before committing him to prison.“This is an abrogation of the doctrine of due process of the law,” Garlowolu said, adding, “the unprofessional and unethical conduct of Judge Sando is totally contrary to the dictates of the Code of Moral and Professional Ethics of lawyers in the country.”He also claimed that prosecutors had engaged into the fight against crimes by prosecuting people suspected of committing that crime across the territoriality of Liberia, under extreme and difficult conditions.He did not provide details of the “extreme and difficult conditions” the prosecutors were being faced with in the discharge of the respective prosecutorial duties throughout the country. However, Garlowolu said similar message has been forwarded to the Minister of Justice, Cllr. Frank Musa Dean, to investigate the circumstances that led to the alleged humiliation and incarceration of Cllr. Karnley.It can be recalled that in Karnley’s complaint, dated March 22, 2019, to Chief Justice Korkpor, a copy of which is in the possession of the Daily Observer, he claimed that his ordeal started when Judge Sando held him in contempt of court.The Bomi County attorney further claimed that the contempt charge came when he expressed an opposing view regarding a criminal case between one Alieu Siryon, on whose behalf the government instituted a lawsuit against defendant Mohammed Jabateh about four years ago.Cllr. Karnley explained that the government’s lawsuit was to compel defendant Jabateh to payback US$2,000 that he received from Siryon to purchase a vehicle for him.After Jabateh had allegedly refused to pay back Siryon’s US$2,000, he wrote a complaint against Jabateh to Judge Sando.Acting on Siryon’s letter, Judge Sando on Monday, March 18, 2019, decided to institute Action of Debt against one Mohammed Fofana, who had later intervened to settle the dispute, demanding that he made payment of US$1,000 against the US$2,000.But Karnley claimed that Siryon refused Fofana’s offer of the US$1,000. Instead, he chose to pursue the action of debt against Fofana in court.When the communication reached Judge Sando, he immediately requested Fofana to appear before him the following day to answer to the complaint.It was during that hearing Karnley claimed he was contacted by Fofana to accompany him to Judge Sando’s hearing, which he accepted, “but unfortunately, I became the victim.”Though Karnley claimed that he was initially part of the case, Judge Sando at the time chose to leave him out of the matter. “Judge Sando held Fofana liable to pay the US$2,000, and his failure to do so led to his detention at the Tubmanburg Central Prison,” Karnley claimed.It was during hearings into the matter that the County Attorney claimed that he expressed a contrary view to Judge Sando’s action to hold Fofana liable to pay US$2,000 to Siryon.That payment was intended to satisfy Sando’s ruling against Fofana, who was not a party to the initial case, which decision Karnley said he seriously rejected.During the hearing, Fofana was never allowed to be represented by a lawyer after Judge Sando refused his participation, according to Karnley.Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
As the Texila American University prepares to operate its brand new facility at Providence, East Bank Demerara (EBD), Guyanese students can look forward to paying just half the cost for flagship programmes being offered by the prestigious institution. President and Founder of the University, Saju Bhaskar, told media operatives during a tour of the facility on Monday that the medicine programme is being offered at US$10,000 per annum, but locals can qualify to get as much as a 50 per cent reduction in fees.The University offers other programmes in the field of medicine, and hopes to expand and offer courses in areas of business as well as information technology before the end of the year.Texila University is currently waiting for Government to confirm the date for the official opening of its brand new and modern campus, in which all its local operations have become centralized.With an investment of US$10 million, the new facility boasts some six modern labs, including those for biochemistry, pathology, skills, analogy and IT. Students can put their knowledge to the test in the skills lab, where various medical procedures are practised on dummies.The University also has a library, which focuses heavily on e-books, since more students prefer to read on their electronic devices. In addition to some 48,000 electronic copies of books, there are several hundred hard copy books on the library shelves of the three-storey building.More than 400 students are currently studying at this elite institution, including locals and international students. However, the campus has a capacity to accommodate 1500 students.Dorms, provided by investors, are available on campus for international students.The staff complement stands at 100, including teaching and non-teaching personnel, with the majority being Guyanese.Already recognized by the Guyana National Accreditation Council (NAC), Texila University will apply to the Caribbean Accreditation Authority for recognition of Education in Medicine and other Health Professions (CAAM-HP), in order to further boost its integrity.CAAM-HP, the legally constituted body, was established in 2003 under the aegis of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), and is empowered to determine and prescribe standards and to accredit programmes of medical, dental, veterinary and other health professions education on behalf of the contracting parties in CARICOM. CAAM-HP will serve as the means of providing the assurance of quality that generates confidence in the principal stakeholders, students and the public.Another major plan the University has is for solar energy to power some 80 per cent of its operations.The Texila American University is part of a global conglomerate, Texila American University Limited Hong Kong (TAU-HK), which also owns Texila Education Management Services (TEMS), USA; Texila Global Consulting Services, United Arab Emirates; and SAKSHI Education and Consulting and Training Limited in India.The university began operating here in 2010 with seven students, operating out of the Critchlow Labour College on Woodford Avenue in Georgetown, before moving to establish a campus at Goedverwagting, East Coast Demerara, due to a growing student population.
IN the upcoming elections for Los Angeles school board seats, voters will face a tough choice: Which special interest do they want controlling our kids’ schools? In the big-bucks world of Los Angeles Unified School District politics, no candidate can get elected without the help of a powerful political machine. Big money is both the lifeblood of the old guard and our best hope for reform. On one side of the ballot in March’s election are the candidates controlled by United Teachers Los Angeles and other education unions – the coalition that has, for the most part, been running the LAUSD with such “great success” for the past three or four decades. And on the other side, there are the candidates backed by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s Community Partnership for Better Schools. This is an earnest bunch, but ultimately these reformers know they’re dependent on the mayor who raises their campaign cash and the deep-pocketed contributors who donate it. Political idealists may be rightly troubled by the influence of special-interest cash. But realists, even idealistic ones, know that the only way to change the system is to gain some control over it.160Want local news?Sign up for the Localist and stay informed Something went wrong. Please try again.subscribeCongratulations! You’re all set! Which is to say, there are no truly independent candidates in this race. Sadly, it takes hundreds of thousands of dollars to get elected to this part-time post. That’s because for contractors and unions, the LAUSD is a cash cow, and electing the right people can be highly lucrative. As Mayor Richard Riordan briefly demonstrated nearly a decade ago, the only way to wrest power from the failed education establishment is to match it dollar for dollar in school board campaigns. By pouring in vast sums of cash, Riordan was able to elect the only reform-minded L.A. school board in decades. Now Villaraigosa, frustrated that the current board has used the courts to tie up his reform plan, is trying the same strategy by bankrolling a slate of reformers. 
Lockhart said the department also increased disciplinary penalties for violating the rules and said several lifeguards involved in accidents have been suspended. “So people are paying closer attention to driving on the beaches,” Lockhart said. “We have huge concerns about this. People are going to the beaches to enjoy themselves, and they are depending on the lifeguards to protect them. It’s very important for the Lifeguard Division to maintain a very high level of safety.” Last year, about 51million people visited county beaches, making them the No.1 attraction in Southern California. Lifeguards performed more than 9,000 rescues along the county’s 72miles of coastline last year. One person drowned in the period, down from an annual average of three to four drownings. And no shark attacks have been reported in at least the past five years. “No one has a safety record like Los Angeles County for the miles of beaches we guard,” Topar said. The incident with Pace occurred June28,2005, as Pace was sunbathing alone near Tower25, Principal Deputy County Counsel Syna N. Dennis wrote in board documents. A lifeguard driving north stopped behind the tower to drop off a lost child, Dennis wrote. After a camp counselor escorted the child from the vehicle, the lifeguard began to turn the truck left around the front of the tower, Dennis wrote. “The lifeguard testified that she did not see Mr. Pace lying on the sand before she began her left turn,” Dennis wrote. “While proceeding slowly, the right side of the lifeguard truck ran over Mr. Pace’s left shoulder, across his chest and abdomen and toward his right hip. “The lifeguard drove 20 to 30feet before she felt a bump and stopped the vehicle.” Pace sued, and Dennis recommended the county settle for $600,000, arguing the county could face liability over an apparent violation of Fire Department policy that requires lifeguards to visually check around their vehicles before driving. Another potential liability involved a Fire Department policy that requires lifeguards to place a circle of orange cones around lifeguard towers. The policy requires lifeguards to park and turn around inside the circles, Boyle said. “And there was testimony to the effect that there were not enough orange cones at each lifeguard stand to make the full circle,” Boyle said. “There was sort of a half-circle formed around the lifeguard tower that Jesse Pace was closest to.” In 2005, the Los Angeles County Claims Board approved a $100,000 settlement for Claudia Prada, who was struck in 2003 by a lifeguard truck while she sunbathed in Hermosa Beach near a lifeguard tower. In June in Ventura County, an Oxnard police officer drove over and killed sunbather Cindy Conolly, 49, as she lay on Mandalay Beach. A $10 million lawsuit has been filed against the city on behalf of Conolly’s children. David Sommers, spokesman for county Supervisor Don Knabe, said incidents in which lifeguards drive over people are rare. “When you think about the millions of people who come to the county beaches every year, the statistical chance of something like this happening is slim,” Sommers said. troy.anderson@dailynews.com (213) 974-8985 160Want local news?Sign up for the Localist and stay informed Something went wrong. Please try again.subscribeCongratulations! You’re all set! “He is moving on, is back in school and plans on becoming a physician,” Boyle said. “He hopes this doesn’t happen to anybody else. He harbors no ill will against the specific lifeguard that was driving the truck that hit him, but he does wish the lifeguard service would train their lifeguards better.” Since the accident, county Fire Department Lifeguard Division Assistant Chief Philip Topar said rules no longer allow lifeguards to drive their yellow Nissan Frontier pickups on beaches between 10a.m. and 6p.m., except in emergencies. “And we’ve cut back on our driving on the beaches by about 70percent,” Topar said. “We have added not only rear bumper beepers, but when the pickups go forward they have forward car alarms. “And we also have sensors installed all around the bumpers, both front and back. If we can’t see something, any rise in the sand, even a person lying down, it will spot that so the person driving will know. It’s like a radar.” Lifeguards also received more training for driving on beaches; they are required to always keep the trucks’ lights on and conduct “circle of safety” inspections around the trucks to ensure no one is there before driving off, Fire Department Chief Deputy Gary Lockhart said. Sharks may not be the only danger for Los Angeles County beachgoers – records show lifeguards in the past five years have driven over at least five sunbathers. While officials say such cases are rare and lifeguard training and safety procedures have been upgraded since the last accident two years ago, the incidents have cost the county thousands of dollars in settlements. And later this month, the county Claims Board will decide whether to recommend the largest settlement to date – $600,000 – for Jesse Pace, a summer intern at UCLA Medical Center in 2005 when a lifeguard ran him over at Santa Monica Beach. The 21-year-old pre-med student is now at Lee University in Tennessee, but he lost his spleen in the accident and now is concerned that his weakened immune system may cause problems in the future, Los Angeles attorney Kevin Boyle said. 
0Shares0000Chapecoense’s defender Alan Ruschel waves as he holds the second place trophy at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on August 7, 2017 © AFP / Josep LAGOBARCELONA, Spain, Aug 8 – Barcelona eased into life without Neymar by honouring Chapecoense, the Brazilian side still reeling from a devastating plane crash that killed 19 players and 24 club officials last year, in a 5-0 friendly win on Monday.On an emotional night for the visitors, Chapecoense were captained by Alan Ruschel, one of only three players to survive the crash, on his return to action. Ruschel was joined by the two other survivors Nieto and Jakson Follmann from the squad who were on their way to face Atletico Nacional in the final of the Copa Sudamericana when the aircraft crashed into the Colombian mountains on November 28 last year, killing 71 people.Nieto and Follmann, who had his right leg amputated after the crash, both broke down in tears as they were invited to take an honorary kick-off in front of a crowd of 65,000 at the Camp Nou.“I am filled with happiness to be returning to play,” Ruschel told Spanish newspaper Marca.“I am one of the happiest people in the world because I am living something almost unthinkable. I consider myself fortunate to be in Spain, facing Barcelona, playing in a stadium where I never thought I would be.”Ruschel also got a souvenir to savour as he swapped shirts with five-time World Player of the Year Lionel Messi after full-time.Funds raised from the match will “help Chapecoense rebuild institutionally and recover the competitive level it had before the tragedy”, Barca said in a statement.Ruschel was given the unenviable task of facing up to Messi on his return and despite the sentimentality of the occasion, Barca didn’t let up once the game got underway.Chapecoense’s defender Neto (L) and Chapecoense’s former goalkeeper Jakson Follmann wave to supporters on August 7, 2017 © AFP / Josep LAGOOn a sporting level the Catalan giants have had a turbulent week with star Brazilian forward Neymar joining Paris Saint-Germain for a world record 222 million euro ($264 million) transfer fee.Barca are expected to splash some of that cash in the coming weeks with a host of players rumoured to be possible Neymar replacements, including Liverpool’s Phillipe Coutinho and Ousmane Dembele of Borussia Dortmund.However, Gerard Deulofeu made his case to at least keep his place for Sunday’s Spanish Super Cup first leg against Real Madrid with a goal and two assists before half-time.The former Everton winger opened the scoring with a tap-in after neat work from Ivan Rakitic and his cut-back was then curled into the top corner by Sergio Busquets to make it 2-0 inside 11 minutes.“It has been an incredible experience. They deserve to be here and have enjoyed this marvellous day,” said Deulofeu.“They are heroes. When I think about what happened to them I start to cry.”Messi got his goal when he slotted home Deulofeu’s low cross before Ruschel was given a standing ovation as he was substituted after 35 minutes.Barca understandably took their foot off the gas after half-time, but Luis Suarez finally managed to get his name on the scoresheet from Messi’s pass 10 minutes after the break before Denis Suarez rounded off the scoring.Chapecoense did have one moment to savour when goalkeeper Artur Moraes saved Paco Alcacer’s penalty late on.0Shares0000(Visited 1 times, 1 visits today)