Katie Ledecky moving on after a bit of a letdown at worlds
Sports Related Videospowered by AdSparcRead Next She won five gold medals. She took silver in her other event.“If that was my bad year for the next four years, then the next couple years are going to be pretty exciting,” Ledecky declared.FEATURED STORIESSPORTSEnd of his agony? SC rules in favor of Espinosa, orders promoter heirs to pay boxing legendSPORTSRedemption is sweet for Ginebra, Scottie ThompsonSPORTSMayweather beats Pacquiao, Canelo for ‘Fighter of the Decade’But her performance in Budapest did prove one thing.She’s human. McGregor blasts Cerrone in 40 seconds in UFC return MOST READ ‘I’m out!’: PewDiePie releases last video before taking break from YouTube Indian national gunned down in Camarines Sur LeBron James scores 31 points, Lakers beat Rockets It will be interesting to see how she bounces back.In all likelihood, she’ll come back better than ever.“This year I didn’t really set very specific time goals or goals in general,” she said “I just kind of wanted to repeat in all by different events from the past two worlds and just play a part on some good Team USA relays. I didn’t really have too big of expectations for myself, especially compared to the last couple of years. I knew there were expectations externally, but I was really just trying to focus on my own races, putting those together, and using this year as a big learning year.”Ledecky took on her most demanding program at these championships, competing in four individual events and two relays, a total of 6,300 meters in all counting preliminaries, semifinals and finals.“It was pretty tiring,” she conceded. “I’m pretty wiped out right now. But I’m happy with how it all went. I was happy with how I was able to bounce back after each race, move forward to the next race and get through to the next round as well as I did.”She’s not totally pleased with the results, even though she’s now the winningest female swimmer in world championship history with 14 gold medals — more than anyone except Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte.Ledecky feels like she’s capable of more.“I’m happy with five golds and a silver,” she said. “But there’s a lot of room for improvement for me, as crazy as that sounds. Moving forward, I’m going to be really motivated. I’m really looking forward to working toward 2020 now.” LATEST STORIES After historic 7 swim golds, Dressel to wrestle with math test Filipinos turn Taal Volcano ash, plastic trash into bricks PLAY LIST 01:40Filipinos turn Taal Volcano ash, plastic trash into bricks01:32Taal Volcano watch: Island fissures steaming, lake water receding02:14Carpio 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 respite Don’t miss out on the latest news and information. United States’ Katie Ledecky leaves the hall after winning the gold in the women’s 800-meter freestyle final during the swimming competitions of the World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. APBUDAPEST, Hungary — OK, it wasn’t like Katie Ledecky was a flop at the world championships.Far from it.ADVERTISEMENT End of his agony? SC rules in favor of Espinosa, orders promoter heirs to pay boxing legend Marcosian mode: Duterte threatens to arrest water execs ‘one night’ But that wasn’t the only striking change in Ledecky’s life.After putting off college for a year to focus on the Olympics, the Washington, D.C.-area swimmer moved across the country for her freshman year at Stanford. It has been an enriching experience that she’s fully embraced, meeting new people and taking all sorts of challenging classes, but perhaps it had an impact on her swimming.Ledecky acknowledged that she “didn’t really set as high of goals or have that same motivation, just always being on and on and on.”“Going through a lot of transitions and changes this year, knowing that I’ve gone through that now, I can really take what I’ve learned and use it moving forward,” Ledecky said.She was certainly overshadowed along the banks of the Danube.Caeleb Dressel emerged as America’s newest sensation with a record-tying seven gold medals — three of them on the same night, the first swimmer ever to accomplish that feat at worlds.“He’s incredible,” Ledecky said, maybe even a bit relieved to have the spotlight shining elsewhere. “Just so impressive how he goes race to race to medal ceremony to medal ceremony, has another race in about two minutes. He’s just such a great athlete and such a great swimmer. So young, too, that he has so many great years ahead of him.”Dressel is the same age as Ledecky.Chances are, they both have plenty of great years ahead of them.But now, for perhaps the first time in her swimming career, Ledecky is facing a bit of a setback. 787 earthquakes recorded in 24 hours due to restive Taal Volcano Ai-Ai delas Alas on Jiro Manio: ‘Sana pinahalagahan niya ang naitulong ko’ Kawhi Leonard, Clippers rally to beat Pelicans Ledecky failed to set a personal best in any of her races — the ultimate goal for every swimmer, even more than the medals. A runner-up finish in the 200-meter freestyle was the 20-year-old’s first individual defeat in a major international race.“I always wish there was more,” Ledecky said. “I’ve never walked away from a season completely satisfied, even last year (after winning four golds at the Rio Olympics). You always are looking and moving forward.”She was certainly due for a letdown.Ever since a stunning breakthrough at the 2012 London Olympics, when she won the 800 free as a little-known 15-year-old, Ledecky’s trajectory has been nothing but up, up, up.In 2013, she won four golds at the worlds in Barcelona, setting a pair of world records. Two years later in Kazan, she swept every freestyle from 200 to 1,500 meters, setting two more world records. And, yes, two more world records fell last summer in Brazil, transforming her into a full-fledged star.ADVERTISEMENT View comments
– allegedly collected $20,000 for delivery servicesTwo prison officers were arrested on Sunday evening after they allegedly collected monies to deliver two parcels of marijuana to an inmate.According to Director of Prisons, Gladwin Samuels, he received information that two prison officers had collected a parcel containing marijuana from a civilian while on duty at the Georgetown Public Hospital.He immediately went to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Brickdam Police Station and requested help in apprehending the prison wardens.“An operation was set up and the bus they (prison officers) were travelling in was stopped on the East Coast bus park area. A search was carried out by Police and the suspected marijuana was found in a black bag in the possession of [one of the] prison officers,” Samuels said.The two officers were escorted to Brickdam Police Station, where they were questioned.During the interrogation, one of the officers confessed to collecting the item from a civilian to take for a prisoner “to eat”. He told investigators that he was paid $20,000 to deliver the narcotics. The marijuana was wrapped in two parcels and when weighed, amounted to one pound. The two prison officers remain in Police custody and are assisting with investigations.
BC Hydro also says that more than 99% of agricultural land rated class 1 – 5 in the Peace Agricultural Region will not be affected by Site C.Jessica McDonald, CEO and President of BC Hydro says this plan has many benefits.“It’s important to BC Hydro to have a comprehensive plan to mitigate the effects of Site C on agricultural land and landowners. The $20 million compensation fund will increase opportunities for the agricultural industry in the Peace region, guided by local input.”· Norm Letnick, Minister of Agriculture says framework came from input received from various sources.“This framework has been shaped by input received during consultation with agricultural producers. I encourage the agricultural associations and producers to provide their feedback on the framework to ensure the plan supports the agricultural priorities of the region.”BC Hydro says the feedback that was received showed the plan must directly benefit agriculture in the Peace River Region.“The feedback received during consultation reflected regional input and concluded the compensation fund must directly benefit agriculture in the Peace River region. BC Hydro and the Ministry of Agriculture will work with the Peace region’s agricultural industry to establish a Board for the fund that represents regional agricultural producers and agricultural interests.”Advertisement FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – BC Hydro has set out the vision for a Agricultural Mitigation and Compensation Plan, which also includes details on the $20 million agricultural compensation fund to help mitigate the effects of Site C on agricultural land and landowners. This plan was a condition of Site C’s environmental approval. The four components of the framework are as follows:· construction management practices, as they pertain to agriculture.- Advertisement -· development of individual farm mitigation plans.· management of residual agricultural land; and· establishment of the $20 million agricultural compensation fund.Advertisement
John Terry has been a notable absentee from Chelsea’s line up over the past few weeks, with Kurt Zouma and Gary Cahill the preferred partnership in central defence.Since the defeat to Everton on September 12th, the Blues skipper has made just one appearance – in the League Cup versus League One outfit Walsall.While a shake up in personnel is perfectly routine during such a difficult spell, Terry’s removal has been met with bemusement, particularly as the likes of Branislav Ivanovic and Cesc Fabregas have survived the axe.And supporters could now be losing patience with Mourinho and his decision to ditch the Stamford Bridge icon.Many of the Blues faithful view the 34-year-old as the club’s solitary leader and believe he has to return to the starting line up on Saturday against Southampton if they are to make it out of their current slump.Take a look at what Blues fans really think of their beloved captain’s exclusion…What do you make of John Terry’s absence from the line up? Do you think he has fallen out with manager Jose Mourinho? Let us know what you think by leaving a comment below. 1
“She came by and said she was leaving and that she appreciated everything we did,” Carr said. “Kids nowadays have all these options. There’s no loyalty any more to a school; the kids are going where they think they can do big things. “Loyalty is where the opportunity is now, if you ask me.” MaxPreps.com’s latest state rankings and leaders have a few local names. The Ayala boys and Colony boys are ranked ninth and 10th in the state, respectively. After that, the next area team doesn’t pop up on the list until Los Osos at No. 36. Etiwanda’s girls, after victories against No. 8 Redondo and a close loss to No. 2 La Puente Bishop Amat, earned the No. 5 spot on MaxPreps’ state rankings. Jurupa Valley (No. 14), Norco (No. 17) and Diamond Ranch (No. 18) also are included among the girls’ top 20. Bonita’s Brock Zylstra is 12th on the state scoring list with 422 points; Claremont’s Jordan Block is 25th. Ayala sophomore Rebekah Gardner (No. 3) is the only local girl among the top 25 scorers, having poured in 473 points this season. Buzzer-beating free throw? There was an unusual situation during Monday’s Los Osos-Indio girls basketball game, which the Grizzlies won 84-23. Or was it 85-23? Because Los Osos had such a mammoth lead, the game officials ran the clock continuously in the fourth quarter for mercy purposes. It wasn’t a problem until the Grizzlies’ Cierra Warren stepped to the free-throw line and attempted a buzzer-beating foul shot with the clock ticking down in the final seconds. Warren made the shot, but the buzzer sounded and an official appeared to wave off the basket. It was never posted on the scoreboard, but the point was recorded in the team’s stat book. No matter whether it counted, it certainly was a bizarre situation. NOTABLE Rancho Cucamonga girls basketball player and St. John’s University signee Allie Patterson is out for the season with an ankle injury sustained Friday against Upland, her father said. … According to Rivals.com, Alta Loma football player Adam Seymore has committed to Colorado State, joining fellow signee Ryan Griffith from Los Osos. Seymore is a 6-foot-4, 235-pound tight end. 160Want local news?Sign up for the Localist and stay informed Something went wrong. Please try again.subscribeCongratulations! You’re all set! AD Quality Auto 360p 720p 1080p Top articles1/5READ MORESanta Anita opens winter meet Saturday with loaded card Darrett, who has signed to play college basketball at defending national champion Baylor University in Texas, left Don Lugo early in her junior season to play for IMG, a private sports facility and educational center in Bradenton, Fla. The former All-Inland Valley selection returned to Chino during the summer and planned on playing for Don Lugo this season, but the CIF wouldn’t clear her until IMG sent paperwork, which Carr said was difficult to track down. So with the season more than halfway over, Darrett returned to IMG last week. Carr said IMG offered a $4,000 scholarship and boasts a 10-to-1 student-to-teacher ratio. “Public schools, we can’t compete with that,” he said. “I wish her well. She’s a great kid.” Rankings and stats 
Don Lugo has stopped pursuing the eligibility reinstatement of girls basketball superstar Latara Darrett, and for good reason. Darrett packed up and returned last week to IMG Academy in Florida, Don Lugo principal Preston Carr said Wednesday. 
England can slot into 1G or 2G depending on their result against Belgium Some England fans are urging Gareth Southgate to lose against Belgium so the Three Lions can enjoy an easier journey through the World Cup knockout stages.England could top the group with a draw on Thursday night, however that could result in a tougher route to the final after Brazil confirmed their place in the draw as Group E winners. So is it ok to want England to lose tomorrow?!— Luke McFarlane (@LukeMcFarlane) June 27, 2018 I am so, so up for England NOT winning Group G. Totally understand all the counter-arguments, including momentum and, yes, the possibility of facing Colombia. Totally accept it could backfire terribly. But I think defeat tmrw could be quite welcome. No doubt Belgium feel the same https://t.co/uVemX94bOr— Oliver Kay (@OliverKayTimes) June 27, 2018 England’s last-16 opponents are yet to be decided. Japan and Senegal currently occupy the qualification places in Group H with Colombia still battling to progress.However, the Three Lions know who they will meet in a potential quarter-final depending on where they finish in the group.Finish top and it’s Brazil or Mexico. Finish second and it’s Switzerland or Sweden.Without underestimating any nation, the draw does appear to be more favourable if England were to lose against the Red Devils tomorrow night (or draw and pick up more bookings).France, Argentina, Uruguay and Portugal all lie in wait in the top half of the draw, while the bottom half contains Spain, Croatia, Russia and Denmark.However, other fans have stressed the importance of momentum going into the knockout rounds and couldn’t possibly want their country to suffer defeat.The permutations haven’t gone unnoticed on Twitter, with fans polarised on how Southgate should approach tomorrow’s game: Belgium and England will be the first game you will ever see both teams trying to lose to get the easiest route to a World Cup final. Quick look and possibly Croatia are the toughest side on that half of the draw now— Padraig Amond (@padraigamond21) June 27, 2018 England and Belgium both desperate to lose tomorrow, what a game that will be! xD— NepentheZ (@NepentheZ) June 27, 2018
So how do #england go about not winning the group? Rotate? Weakend team? Go and sell that to players desperate to impress and play in last 16 game. If they lose and don’t play well, they get dropped. Too much incentive. Crazy to talk in such negative terms.— Warren Haughton (@WarrenHaughton) June 27, 2018 I get why people would rather finish second but I can’t bring myself to want England to lose tomorrow.— Jason 🏴 (@JasonJ1987) June 27, 2018 I pray England lose against Belgium on purpose, so much easier if we come second in our group— Adam Lee (@Adam12Lee) June 27, 2018 1 So basically tomorrows Belgium vs England game will be about who can lose without making it too obvious— Cani (@CaniSports) June 27, 2018talkSPORT are with listeners all day and all night at this year’s 2018 FIFA World Cup™ with over 800 hours of World Cup content and all 64 games live across the talkSPORT network.
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18 April 2008Dressed in yellow bibs and only too eager to help, the “Tjommies” (Afrikaans slang for “friends”) are eight formerly unemployed youngsters turned visitor guides, giving tourists advice on attractions in and around Cape Town and helping them have a hassle-free holiday.The Tjommies Ambassador Project is the brainchild of non-profit organisation Men on the Side of the Road (MSR) in partnership with the City of Cape Town.Through this project, the city can help ensure tourist safety while providing unemployed youngsters to access employment opportunities in different segments of the tourism industry.Tjommies shift manager Anton Peterson told BuaNews this week that the concept was developed in December last year as part of developing visitor services in the city ahead of the 2010 Fifa World Cup.“They are trained to assist tourists and are provided with maps, guides and season specific information,” he said. “Training on the city’s heritage and tourist attractions and how to present themselves to tourists is also given.”Peterson said that visitors from Europe as well as from other African countries were making use of the Tjommies’ services, with plans afoot to employ 100 Tjommies around the city by 2009.Already, a further 15 youngsters started this week on their training to be Tjommies in Cape Town.Representing city and country28-year-old Nosipo Damane from the township of Gugulethu outside Cape Town was recruited as a Tjommie in December 2007, and described herself as lucky to be part of the group.“In my job I meet different people everyday. It is even better to help visitors from outside South Africa because then I have to be at my best as am not only representing Cape Town, but South Africa as my country,” she told BuaNews.However, tourists were sometimes sceptical about the Tjommies and were a little apprehensive when approached.“Sometimes visitors become defensive. Maybe they think I am a beggar or criminal but I was trained on how to deal with different situations and all in all I enjoy every minute.”Developing local tourismThe City of Town has contributed about R250 000 towards training the Tjommies, who receive a basic salary and can receive tips.“The tourism industry welcomed the implementation of the project and we want to build on its performance leading up to hosting the World Cup,” said Simon Grindrod, the city councillor in charge of economic development and tourism.Nationally, the world cup is expected to create 80 000 jobs in the tourism and hospitality sectors.The city has shown a positive growth in occupancies over the festive season, according to a snap accommodation survey conducted by the Cape Town Tourism Department.“The 2007/08 festive season has been a bumper season, as predicted by the tourism industry,” said the department.Further to this, Cape Town reported no serious visitor safety incidents at any of the main tourist attractions during December.“We believe that the collaborative approach between all stakeholders, citizens and visitors contributed significantly to improving visitor safety,” Grindrod said.Aside from the Tjommies Ambassador Project, other city-supported projects include the Festive Season Visitor Welcome and Safety Campaign and the Safety Awareness Campaign.Source: BuaNews
28 October 2009 South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has announced the further relaxation of exchange controls in a bid to reduce the cost of doing business in the country and attract more foreign investment. Presenting his Medium Term Budget Policy Statement in Parliament in Cape Town on Tuesday, Gordhan said the foreign capital allowance for residents, which was last adjusted in 2006, would be increased from R2-million to R4-million, while the single discretionary allowance would be increased from R500 000 to R750 000. To improve access to domestic credit in the financing of local foreign direct investment, restrictions on the granting of local financial assistance to affected persons have been further liberalised, with the doing away of the 3:1 ratio. Among a number of proposed reforms to cut red tape relating to business transactions, is a plan to allow South African companies to invest in Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states through offshore intermediaries. Other proposals, which the South African Reserve Bank will soon provide more details on, include increasing the current R50-million limit for company applications to undertake outward investment, to R500-million. The Reserve Bank will also consider removing the 180-day rule requiring companies to convert their foreign exchange into rands. However, South African companies will still be required to repatriate export proceeds to South Africa. There is also a proposal to do away with the R250 000 limit on advance payments for imports, and another to allow South African companies to open foreign bank accounts for permissible purposes without prior approval, subject to reporting obligations. Also being considered is a plan to replace the current paper-based monitoring system for exports – through Form F178 – with a more efficient electronic system. Source: BuaNews
A R370-million partnership to develop new medicines, vaccines and other technologies against HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria was announced last week by the South African Medical Research Council and the University of Cape Town.The funding and support partners are the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Department of Science and Technology and the Department of Health.The partnership brings together government, academia, industry to work towards drug and vaccine discovery. Led by South African scientists, the partnership will aim to harnesses the collective skills and research networks in and outside South Africa to deliver life-saving benefits.Collectively HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria not only contribute to Africa’s high disease burden, but also the world’s.“Africa’s population is set to double by 2050, and Africa needs to start discovering and developing medicines for its own people,” says Professor Kelly Chibale, founder and director of UCT’s Drug Discovery and Development Centre (H3-D).Two programmesThe multi-year partnerships will support two distinct programmes:In the first programme, researchers from across South Africa will compete for funding from the MRC’s Strategic Health Innovation Partnerships (SHIP) earmarked for the development of AIDS and TB vaccines.This initiative has received $11.7-million (about R125-million) from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, R130-million from the Department of Science and Technology, and R60-million from the Department of Health.SHIP’s role will be to build on the scientific leadership of South African scientists in these diseases and establish, fund and manage research programmes on innovative products and approaches to prevent AIDS and TB.The second programme will enable UCT’s Drug Discovery and Development Centre (H3-D) to build on its experiences and track record in integrated modern drug discovery and preclinical development to the develop novel clinical drug candidtes to address TB and malaria challenges.In addition to R50-million funding from SHIP and the Technology Innovation Agency, H3-D will receive $5 million (about R55-million) from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation over five years.African science solutionsThe partnerships also aim to fulfil the longer-term goal to develop a critical mass of top-flight South African scientists in the field, able to compete at high international levels.“We believe our partnering with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the MRC and government helps us develop Africa-generated solutions to African problems,” Professor Thandabantu Nhlapo, UCT’s acting vice-chancellor, said at the MRC offices in Tygerberg outside Cape Town last week.He said that UCT’s HD-3 showed that research not only created new knowledge but new jobs, career opportunities, and infrastructure – and reversed the brain drain.“It’s exciting to come and work in Africa,” he said.Dr Trevor Mundel, president of the Gates Foundation’s Global Health Programme, said the partnerships had enormous potential to tackle the tough challenges and support those most in need in South Africa and across the continent.“South Africa has world-class researchers and the infrastructure necessary to develop the kinds of innovative health solutions needed to accelerate progress against TB, HIV, malaria and other infectious diseases,” he said.Edited version of a story first published in UCT’s Monday Monthly. Published here with kind permission.