As part of the promotion of the first flight of Thomas Cook on the line Manchester – Dubrovnik, in the center of Manchester, a presentation of the tourist offer of Dubrovnik was held, which was attended by about fifty British agents.This tourist event is a joint project of one of the oldest and largest British tour operators Thomas Cook, the CNTB office in the United Kingdom and the Dubrovnik Tourist Board. The reason for this event is the introduction of a new Thomas Cook flight on the Manchester-Dubrovnik route. The director of the Dubrovnik Tourist Board Romana Vlašić presented the British tourist offer to British agents, with special reference to cultural and historical sights, natural beauties, cultural events and excellent air connections between Dubrovnik and Manchester, the Dubrovnik Tourist Board points out and added “The audience also showed a special interest in filming in Dubrovnik, because the Game of Thrones series is very popular in the United Kingdom. It is already known that the British are our most loyal tourists and are traditionally positioned in first place in the top list of tourists who come to Dubrovnik. “The share in the total tourist traffic of Dubrovnik, from the market of the United Kingdom in 2017 was 15,36% in arrivals and 22,10% in overnight stays. In 2017, there were 181562 British tourists in Dubrovnik, who realized 875174 overnight stays, which is a 22% increase in arrivals and 17% more in overnight stays compared to the previous year.Related news: TOMAS SUMMER 2017 SURVEY FOR DUBROVNIK-NERETVA COUNTY PUBLISHED read more
NZ Herald 20 October 2013Beverage manufacturers have a clear message to people worried about caffeine levels in energy drinks: stop your children from drinking them.Submissions closed on Friday for a review of the Food Regulation Standing Committee’s guidelines on foods that have added caffeine.The guidelines apply to New Zealand and Australia.The committee said it was responding to increasing concern that children were being exposed to high levels of caffeine, which could affect their health.In New Zealand, energy drinks can contain 140mg/L to 320mg/L of caffeine, and must be clearly labelled.Labels must state that the product contains caffeine, and is not recommended for children, pregnant or breastfeeding women.But Canada has limited the amount of caffeine allowed in a single standard beverage to 180mg.http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11142913 read more
ELLSWORTH — Five Hancock County high school football players have been chosen to play in the Shrine Lobster Bowl this summer.Ellsworth’s Javon Williams, Bucksport’s Tyson Gray and Carter Tolmasoff and Mount Desert Island’s Gilbert Isaacs and Elijah Joyce were among the 90 players selected Wednesday to participate in this year’s game. The seniors will represent the East in the 30th Lobster Bowl game.Williams had 12 rushing touchdowns and one receiving touchdown at the skill positions in 2018. He also spent time at quarterback throughout his four years at the high school level.Tolmasoff was Little Ten Conference Player of the Year with 1,661 rushing yards and 25 rushing touchdowns for Bucksport. Gray was an All-LTC first-teamer for the Golden Bucks on offense and a second-teamer on defense.This is placeholder textThis is placeholder textFor MDI, Joyce ran for a Big 11 Conference-best 1,560 yards and 19 touchdowns this year. Isaacs was named Big 11 Lineman of the Year and was also nominated for the Frank J. Gaziano Memorial Offensive Lineman Award.This year’s Shrine Lobster Bowl is scheduled to be played July 20 at Thornton Academy in Saco. read more
Undergraduate Student Government passed a resolution Tuesday to resolve funding and communication issues between USG’s Program Board and university’s administration.After the implementation of new security measures this January, the univeresity requires Program Board to allocate more money for security. This has resulted in higher costs for Program Board to put on events, such as the free concerts students enjoy each year. These higher security costs cut into Program Board’s budget and its ability to hire performers, according to Program Board.Program Board Director Juan Espinoza said the costs of extra security measures hinder Program Board’s ability to put on events for students, potentially leading to a lack of student participation. Without the measure in place, funds for the additional security would come straight from the Program Board’s student programming budget.“There should be a culture of participation at USC and things shouldn’t be shut down because we can’t afford fencing or security,” Espinoza said. “If the university wants to create these new security and fencing policies, then I think that the university should start contributing funds to that. We shouldn’t need to spend student programming funds to support these extraneous policies that the university created.”Furthermore, Espinoza believes these new measures and a lack of university cooperation with Program Board have already directly affected Program Board’s ability to hire performers for student events.“Sometimes, we get an opportunity where there’s a cool speaker or band who wants to come to campus in three weeks, but we can’t make that happen because the university doesn’t allow it or can’t be flexible to it,” Espinoza said. “We have to go through this huge bureaucracy that doesn’t let us do the best things for students sometimes, and that’s just not fair.”Lamar Gary, the executive director of the Black Student Assembly, said the extra costs have already forced organizations to cancel their events because they cannot afford the cost of security.“At the start of the semester, a Women’s Student Assembly event was canceled because it did not meet the security requirements,” Gary said. “With this resolution, events like this can happen. Each organization, including Concerts Committee, the Black Student Assembly and the Asian Pacific American Student Assembly, will be able to reallocate their budget to spend more on programming expenses rather than paying for additional security.”This new resolution encourages student input in the creation of policies that affect student programming. The resolution stipulates that the university requires a more comprehensive and flexible programming process, as well as contribute funds to Program Board to cover the costs of extra security and fencing.The resolution was drafted by residential senators Sarah Loh and Jasmine McAllister.Students agree that the student programming funds should be put toward putting on events for students, not toward adhering to university policies. Molly Barber, a sophomore majoring in business administration, said social events are important for creating a sense of student community.“The university should be supporting events for students because events are great ways for students to come together,” Barber said. “I get that security for events is important, but if the costs of security are preventing events from happening, then there isn’t any point for the increased measures in the first place.”Espinoza said he hopes that the university will respond to the resolution’s passage and help Program Board with its events.“The resolution sends a message to the administration and I hope they listen,” Espinoza said. “If the university were to be responsive, it would help us have more funds to work on programs if they are to cover the increased security … it would also be helpful to be included in the process of policy changes because we are the most impacted by these policies, and we’re rarely taken into consideration.” read more
Sometimes the puck doesn’t bounce your way, and for the Wisconsin men’s hockey team it bounced the wrong way into the Badgers’ own net.With UW (0-6-0) trailing by one to No. 2 North Dakota (7-1-1, 2-0-0 NCHC) with less than 10 minutes left in the third period, defenseman Chase Drake tried to clear a loose rebound in front of his own crease. But instead of moving the puck to safety, Drake swiped it past senior netminder Joel Rumpel to give UND a pivotal goal and a 3-1 lead with 9:37 left in regulation.“I was just trying to clear it and Rumps was going to save it,” Drake said. “I should have let him have it. I ended up just getting my stick caught in his glove and pushing it in myself.”Just 44 seconds later, UND defenseman Troy Stecher rifled a wrister past Rumpel to extend the lead to 4-1 and shift the momentum squarely on North Dakota’s side.UND would tack on another goal later in the final period to make it a 5-1 final score, but despite what the scoreboard might have indicated, UW head coach Mike Eaves thought his team had played better than a night before.That better play centered on the Badgers’ performance in the second period, where they outshot UND 10-7. The second period was the only one during the weekend which the Badgers possessed a shot advantage. However, even with several quality chances, Wisconsin managed to put only one shot past North Dakota goaltender Zane McIntyre. After UW freshman center Ryan Wagner had a breakaway chance denied by McIntyre just over six minutes into the period, sophomore Grant Besse came right back for the Badgers and ripped a wrister from the slot to tie the game at one.But outside of that goal 6:16 into the second frame, Wisconsin had several close opportunities slip through its fingers. Besse had another good chance in the late stages of the period, as Wisconsin tried to battle back again to tie the score after UND had taken the lead at the midway point of the second. Drake fed Besse in the right circle, and it looked like Besse had most of the net to shoot at. But on the ensuing shot, McIntyre kicked out his left pad to sustain the North Dakota advantage.“It could have been a turning point in the game if we had converted on some of those chances we had,” Eaves said of the second period. “We didn’t make the shots that we needed to.”Wisconsin heads into its third bye week in its last four weeks still searching for its first win of the season, the longest the Badgers have gone winless since Eaves took over as head coach in 2002.Although UW experienced a frustrating loss Saturday night, it came against one of the best teams in the country and left some hope in the wake of another defeat.“We took a lot of big steps this weekend,” Rumpel said. “They’re the number two team in the country. We’re beating them, down by one in both games going into the third. Obviously you can tell that we’re getting better, so I wouldn’t call it discouragement, more like improvement.” read more
“More good heads are better than a few. As stakeholders of the game, sports journalists have a responsibility to serve as watchdogs and also to make recommendations that will steer the ship of Nigeria sports to better shores.”NFF President Amaju Pinnick congratulated Sirawoo on his election, and pledged that the present NFF administration will work together with the new SWAN executive council and listen to its advice and suggestions from time to time.With Sirawoo on the visit were SWAN secretary general, Mr. Olawale Alabi, Chairman of FCT chapter, Mr. Kayode Adeniyi and some other members of the executive council.Share this:FacebookRedditTwitterPrintPinterestEmailWhatsAppSkypeLinkedInTumblrPocketTelegram Newly-elected President of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Mr. Honour Sirawoo, wednesday pledged that the rank and file of the association will give ample support to the present NFF administration to return Nigeria football to glory days.Speaking during a visit to the NFF Secretariat in Abuja, where he met with NFF President Amaju Pinnick and other members of the NFF Board, Sirawoo assured that his leadership would ensure that sports journalists in the country observe the fine ethics of the profession in their daily practice.“In truth, there are several challenges facing football, nay sports in our country today. Yet, the times call for constructive criticisms and for putting heads together to come up with workable solutions that can drive us to new heights. read more
The transfer saga of former Kumasi Asante Kotoko Striker Ben Acheampong to Angolan side Petro Athletico has been cleared.Joy Sports investigations have revealed the Former Wa All Stars player was indeed sold for US$ 150, 000 after signing a three year deal.After investigations into the transfer issue following the Ghana Football Association President Kwasi Nyantakyi’s accusations that resigned CEO of Kotoko Dr K K Sarpong under-declared the transfer fee for the striker.Kumasi Asante Kotoko signed a transfer agreement with Petro Luanda of Angola on the 29th of November, 2012.The total transfer sum was one hundred and fifty thousand US dollars which was subsequently transferred into the accounts of the club at Fidelity Bank, Ahodwo Branch in Kumasi on 3rd December 2012.Kotoko also signed a cooperation agreement with Petro Luanda in which Kotoko offered the Angolan club, among other things, the rights on players from its youth academy in exchange for the sum of one hundred thousand US dollars (US$100,000) which was also paid into clubs dollar account at Fidelity Bank Ahodwo branch on 3rd December 2012. The sum of US$100,000 in respect of the Cooperation Agreement was paid to Kotoko from which a commission of 15% amounting to US$15,000 was paid to the agents.However, documents sighted by Joy sports confirmed that the transfer fee from Petro Athletico for Ben Acheampong was $150,000 with a co-operation fee of $100,000 between the two clubs and not the purported $250,000 reported for the transfer of the player.The distribution of the transfer sum generated controversy as Nyantakyi owner of Wa All Stars claimed that they are entitled to a share of the sum accruing from the Cooperation Agreement as well.The cooperation agreement insists that Kumasi Asante Kotoko ensure the unveiling of a plaque acknowledging the contribution of Petro Athletico to the construction of the building completion.Asante Kotoko’s position at the time was that the cooperation agreement which was documented had no link with the transfer of the player and Wa All Stars can test the legality of Kotoko’s position if they so wish, through the Player Status Committee of either the GFA or FIFA. The distribution of the transfer sum of US$150,000 for Ben Acheampong was as follows:GFA Commission: US$12,750Agency: US$22,500Former Club(Wa All Stars) US$45,900Kotoko: US$68, 850Total: US$150,000Defender Yaw Frimpong was sold to TP Mazembe of Congo Democratic Republic on 17th October, 2012 for a sum of one hundred and fifty thousand US dollars.The distribution of the transfer sum of US$150,000 for Yaw Frimpong was as follows:Solidarity Mechanism: US$7,500GFA Commisssion: US$15,000Agency: No AgentFormer Club(Feyenoord) US$39,620Kotoko: US$87,880Total: US$150,000 Midfielder Daniel Nii Agyei was also sold to TP Mazembe of Congo DR on 17th October, 2012 for a sum of one hundred and fifty thousand US dollars (US$150,000)The distribution of the transfer sum of US$150,000 for Daniel Nii Agyei was as follows:Solidarity Mechanism: US$7,500GFA Commission: US$15,000Agency: No agentFormer Club (Noorchip) US$49,400Kotoko: US$78,100Total: US$150,000 Kumasi Asante Kotoko after closing the transfer of the two players with TP Mazembe took advantage of its business relationship with the Congolese giants to sell the idea of the youth development program to them and solicit for funds for the construction of a youth hostel as they had previously done with Petro Athletico which was successful.This led to the signing of a Cooperation Agreement in which TP Mazembe paid Kotoko one hundred thousand US dollars which was transferred to the clubs account on 31st October 2012. So for the records the Transfer fee of Daniel Nii Agyei and Yaw Frimpong to TP Mazembe was US$ 300,000 which was paid into Kotoko’s dollar account on 1st November 2012 with a cooperation agreement fee of US$ 100,000 which for the construction of a youth hostel which was also earlier paid into the dollar account on 31st October 2012. read more
Nikola Dupalo from Bosanski Novi made 32 000 crunches in 12 hours and 45 minutes, which is 2 000 crunches more than the European record holder Jovica Spajić, Serbian representative in ultra-marathon managed to do.This 30 years old Bosnian was trying to win the record yesterday from 09:00 to 21:45 o’clock at the fitness centre ‘Apolon’, supported by his friends and professional help of the professor Dragan Borojević.Dupalo, who is interested in extreme sports said he got this idea when he found an information about the European record and then decided to win it.‘I made 32 000 crunches, I was preparing myself physically and psychically. It was hard but I am satisfied.’ – stated Dupalo last night at the end of this adventure.He also added that he had a little psychical crisis around the 10 000th crunche but he overcame it successfully.Borojević added that he noticed a crises around 18:00 o’clock which Nikola did not even realise.“What matters is that he did not have spasms, I was following his condition all day long and was giving him potassium, sodium and magnesium” – stated Borojević.He stated that Dupalo’s venture was recorded with cameras and will be forwarded to the commission for records.Dupalo added that he will soon try to win the new world record of 125 000 crunches. (Source: tuzlanski.ba) read more
NORTHWOOD — A Mason City man is in jail after leading authorities on a high-speed chase through Worth and Cerro Gordo counties. Shortly before 8:45 on Tuesday night, a Worth County deputy attempted to make a traffic stop on a vehicle on County Road 105 due to the registered owners of the vehicle having suspended licenses. A pursuit began, with the vehicle going south on Raven Avenue, onto a gravel road, then onto State Highway 9, down near the Plymouth and Rock Falls areas, over on County Road B-20 to US Highway 65 into Mason City, with the pursuit ending when the vehicle crashed into a parked car near the intersection of 6th and North Madison. The suspect fled the car but was later arrested. 28-year-old Matthew Lowe is facing eluding, OWI, driving while barred and numerous traffic violations as he was clocked going 95 in a 45 mile per hour zone and later being observed driving at 110 miles per hour. Authorities say Lowe was under the influence of narcotics and that numerous other warrants were out for his arrest. read more
Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | Double Olympics 800-metre champion Caster Semenya called herself “supernatural” this weekend after saying she hoped to compete in the 200m at the 2020 Tokyo Games.The 29-year-old South African cannot defend her 800m title as she refuses to abide by World Athletics testosterone-reducing regulations covering races between 400m and the mile.“I call myself supernatural,” said the three-time world 800m champion after clocking 23.49 seconds to win a provincial championships 200m final in Pretoria.The time she set here leaves her 0.69 sec outside the time needed to qualify for the July 24-August 9 Tokyo Olympics.Semenya will have at least four chances during April to lower her time to at least 22.80 sec and secure a place in the South African Olympics team.She can compete in three Athletics South Africa Grand Prix meetings and at the national championships.The champion was thrilled at her latest 200m time, having slashed 0.77 sec off her 2019 personal best in two races spanning seven days.“We are chopping the times and I call myself supernatural. I can do anything I want,” she told reporters.“You now me — I always challenge myself. This (switching from 800m to 200m) was not an easy decision to make.– ‘Anything is possible’ – “I am used to running two laps and then you come and run half a lap. You have to adjust, which is not easy, but anything is possible.“With what I have already done — I have run three 200m races — it is doable,” said Semenya as she eyes making the Tokyo qualifying time before the June 29 deadline.The athlete born in northern region capital Polokwane holds the South African records at 300, 400, 600, 800, 1000 and 1500m.Semenya took the athletics world by storm 11 years ago when becoming the world 800m champion in Berlin at the age of 19.But as her list of successes grew, rival female athletes began to question how the South African could leave them trailing in her wake.Semenya is among a minority of female athletes who have an unusually high level of testosterone, which gives added strength.The media-shy South African has faced constant legal battles during her career, leading to temporary bans from competing in her favourite middle-distance event.The latest testosterone regulations left her with a choice of competing in the 200m or a distance longer than the mile.She has not clocked impressive times over longer distances, prompting her to seek the 200m route to Tokyo.Away from the athletics track, Semenya joined a Johannesburg-based football club last year but was unable to play immediately because she missed the registration deadline.Share on: WhatsApp read more