‘Tull’ on high after derby hat-trick
Arnett Gardens FC striker Kemal ‘Tull’ Malcolm attributed his good scoring form in the Red Stripe Premier League (RSPL) to hard work and dedication.The diminutive player struck a hat-trick in his team’s 3-2 win against rivals Tivoli Gardens in the second round.Malcolm scored his goals in the 27th, 36th and 85th minutes, while Tivoli responded with goals by Jermaine ‘Teddy’ Johnson (3rd) and Junior Flemmings (51st).Malcolm’s three goals, which pushed him to nine this season – behind Dino Williams of Montego Bay United (13) and Rivoli United’s Cory Burke (12) – were overshadowed by a fiery game at the Edward Seaga Sports Complex last Sunday.The former St George’s College Manning Cup star troubled the Tivoli backline with his pace, skill and dribbling throughout the game and was duly rewarded with his first hat-trick of the season for the reigning RSPL champions.He was naturally pleased with the Man of the Match performance that pushed Arnett into third place in the 12-team standings, on 32 points from 18 games.”Well, when you can score a hat-trick in a derby game, it says a lot, because you train hard during the week and come out and get three points, so the only thing you can do is thank God, as He is the one who makes everything possible,” Malcolm told The Gleaner after the game.STAYING FOCUSED”I’m just gonna keep focused and continue doing the hard work in training. To be honest, [a] big game like this is one of the easiest for me. Playing against top players brings out the joy in me,” he shared. “It is easy for me, but when you go on the field, you have to bring your ‘A’ game.”He added: “It is a great feeling to score three goals that helped the team to win the game. Well, hard work and dedication is what we do, as in the first game [against Tivoli], there was a lack of concentration. We led 2-1 and they came back and scored two late goals,” Malcolm noted.”[This time] we stuck to the task and followed the coach’s (Jerome Waite) instructions and got the three points. We finished the game on a high, and that was what we wanted. This is the first time this season that we’ve won three games straight, so it says a lot for us.”Next year, we are going to get back a couple top players like Marvin Morgan Jr and AndrÈ Clennon, so we should get stronger,” he predicted.Waite also had high praises for the player.”He is on top of his game, and it is good to get another player – otherwise from Sterling (Newton), who got a four-timer – to score a hat-trick. Malcolm has been knocking on the door by creating a lot of chances and assisting, so it was a good one for him,” said Waite, who has guided Arnett to three Premier League titles.
7 March 2006Kuwait-based IFA Hotels & Resorts, the single largest foreign investor in KwaZulu-Natal tourism to date, has given South Africa’s economy another boost, reverse-listing two SA subsidiaries onto the JSE main board under the banner IFA Hotels & Resorts Limited (IFAHR SA).IFAHR SA’s share debuted on 27 February at R4.50, giving the company a total market cap on listing of just under R1-billion. IFAHR Kuwait, listed on the Kuwait Stock Exchange with a market cap of over US$1-billion, is a developer of premier leisure hotels and mixed-use resorts worldwide.Through its two subsidiaries, IFAHR SA now owns the exclusive Zimbali Lodge on KwaZulu-Natal’s north coast, rated by Cond Naste as one of the world’s top hotels, and a 50% stake in the multi-million rand Zimbali Coastal Resort.The Zimbali integrated resort project – jointly developed with Moreland Developments, which indirectly owns the remaining 50% interest – offers hotels, luxury residences, golf courses and leisure facilities.The rapid take-up of properties has prompted the joint venture to develop a 300ha extension, Zimbali Lakes, which will include a Gary Player signature golf course.‘Ideal investment opportunity’IFAHR SA CEO Talal Al-Bahar, who is also chairman and MD of IFAHR Kuwait, says South Africa has emerged as an ideal investment opportunity in light of positive economic factors and an untapped property asset base.“Our multi-million rand investment in SA property development reflects our confidence in the economy given the low interest rate regime, strict regulatory controls and economic stability,” Al-Bahar said in a statement.He described the group’s listing on the JSE as a natural progression in its investment strategy in the country, adding that it would serve as a platform for IFAHR SA to enhance its profile.“Foreign shareholders of the global IFAHR group have expressed keen interest in participating in the luxury developments in South Africa,” Al-Bahar said. “The listing will enable these investors to gain exposure to high quality SA property assets, backed by the group’s track record and expertise in resort development.”Eyeing World Cup 2010IFAHR SA’s executive director of acquisitions and developments, Phillip de Sylva, says that the Zimbali developments’ promising prospects were supported by the King Shaka airport, soon to be completed between Zimbali and Durban.“The new Zimbali Lakes will be substantially complete in time for the 2010 World Cup to benefit from the expected tourism influx,” De Sylva added.De Sylva said that IFAHR SA was also pursuing new integrated resort developments in SA and across Africa and the Indian Ocean region, adding that the leisure developer “may look to expand its portfolio strategically into other property sectors, such as retail”.According to De Sylva, IFAHR SA’s developments have created more than 87 000 jobs in KwaZulu-Natal, with an anticipated 43 000 to 85 000 new jobs to be generated by the Zimbali Lakes development.SouthAfrica.info reporter
Share Facebook Twitter Google + LinkedIn Pinterest By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy EditorOMAHA (DTN) — Seven Midwest senators and Iowa’s governor, all Republicans, are pushing back on EPA’s supplemental plan for the Renewable Fuel Standard, stating in comments that EPA’s latest plan continues to kowtow to petroleum industry profits.EPA is in the middle of a comment period for a plan that would add to 2020 RFS volumes by accounting for small-refinery exemptions and ideally achieve at least 15 billion gallons of renewable fuel volumes in 2020. EPA wants to use a Department of Energy recommendation on waived gallons from 2015 to 2017, or an average of roughly 770 million gallons.Yet, biofuel advocates maintain the deal struck at the White House back in September calls for factoring in a three-year average of biofuel gallons exempted from 2016 to this year, which comes in closer to 1.35 billion gallons a year.Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds submitted public comments in a letter to EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler, along with fellow Iowa Republicans, Sens. Charles Grassley and Joni Ernst. Reynolds noted EPA had “re-interpreted what was agreed to” at the White House. The proposal, the governor said, “offers no accountability or transparency, and may very well fall short of the 15-billion-gallon blending commitment.” Reynolds added EPA is rejecting hard data provided on actual gallons lost in favor of a theoretical calculation.CONSIDER REAL-WORLD RAMIFICATIONS“I write today to implore the EPA to consider the real-world ramifications of these decisions,” Reynolds said. “These rules have a real and tangible impact on the people of Iowa and across the country.”Ernst said the market will not invest in biofuels if the industry does not trust EPA to implement the proposal approved by President Donald Trump. That will lead to “a dangerous spiral for our industry, which will only lead to more plants closes and jobs lost in the heartland.”Sen. Deb Fischer of Nebraska pointed out in her letter that the CEO of a major oil refinery “bragged” that small-refinery exemptions were a cash cow for the petroleum industry.Earlier this week, Uzi Yemin, chairman, president and CEO of Delek US, said in a quarterly call his company limits crude oil production at a plant in Arkansas to under 75,000 barrels a day because if Delek increased production, it would lose access to the small-refinery exemptions. Yemin was quoted saying the refinery waivers were “a real cash flow that we get every year.” (https://www.fischer.senate.gov/…)Fischer said in her letter that, in recent years, “there has been a noticeable disconnect” between Department of Energy recommendations and EPA’s actions on small-refinery exemptions, with EPA signing off on far more exemptions than recommended.“Given this track record of not following DOE’s recommendations, biofuel producers, farmers and I cannot have confidence that the RVOs will actually be met,” Fischer said.CRITICAL IMPORTANCE TO AGSen. John Thune of South Dakota wrote that EPA’s plan “lacks safeguards that will assure its intent.” Thune added that the RFS production volumes were a “matter of critical importance to agriculture stakeholders in South Dakota and across the country.” Thune urged EPA to draft language into the rule that would “make certain that all gallons waived” by small-refinery exemptions would be accounted for in RFS volume obligations.Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri, Sen. Mike Braun of Indiana and Sen Mike Rounds of South Dakota also each wrote letters.On Monday, more than 60 corn, soybean and biofuel groups also wrote EPA, stating that its plan failed to protect the farm economy and biofuel plants in rural America.EPA held a hearing on its proposal in Michigan on Oct. 30, then opened up a 30-day comment period on its plan.Chris Clayton can be reached at Chris.Clayton@dtn.comFollow him on Twitter @ChrisClayton DTN(ES/AG)© Copyright 2019 DTN/The Progressive Farmer. All rights reserved.
In Bihar and Jharkhand, nine out of every 10 children aged 6-23 do not get an adequate diet. The nutrition and health status of children in these two States has been found to be “critically low” in comparison to the national standard.According to National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4, 2015-16) data, only 7.5% and 7.2% of children in Bihar and Jharkhand respectively in this age group receive an adequate diet, according to a trend analysis of the NFHS-4 data released by the NGO, Child Rights and You (CRY). The comparative figure in the case of Tamil Nadu, for instance, is 31%.CRY’s findings indicate that inadequate provision of quality antenatal care, and the States’ failure to address the special nutritional requirements of expecting and lactating mothers are negatively affecting child health.“Malnourishment in early years is directly linked to maternal health…only 3.3% of mothers in Bihar and 8% of mothers in Jharkhand had access to full antenatal care services,” said a CRY release on its trend analysis. “Moreover, more than one-third of the total births in the two States continue to remain home births.”The NFHS-4 data on child-feeding practices and the nutritional status of children further suggest that almost two-thirds of children under the age of three years in these two States (65% in Bihar and 67% in Jharkhand) are not breastfed within the first hour of birth, noted the CRY analysis. “Child malnutrition is an irreversible phenomenon in the lives of children. Its effects are felt through adolescent and adult life”, said Ms. Mohua Chatterjee, a programme head at CRY.Acute anaemiaThe analysis also observed that almost two-thirds of children (63.5% in Bihar and 69.9% in Jharkhand) aged 6-59 months were suffering from acute anaemia. The prevalence of anaemia among a high percentage of pregnant women in the age-group of 15-49 years (62.6% in Jharkhand and 58.3% in Bihar) further indicates that juvenile anaemia is merely a manifestation of the malnutrition-cycle transmitted through generations, thereby extending the legacy of under-nutrition. Further, the data on maternal health also revealed that only 9% of pregnant women in Bihar and 15% of pregnant women in Jharkhand consumed iron and folic acid supplements for hundred days or more during pregnancy.“An adequate diet in terms of quality and quantity for a child below 6 months means that she is exclusively breastfed. For children aged 6-23 months, it means that they receive solid/semi-solid food comprising five nutrient groups (carbohydrates, proteins, fat, vitamins, and minerals) along with the breast milk,” said Mr. Abhik Bhattacharya, senior manager for policy and advocacy at CRY.On the positive side, both Bihar and Jharkhand have done well in several child health and nutrition indicators such as institutional delivery, immunisation, and treatment of critical childhood diseases. “A comparative analysis between NFHS-4 and NFHS-3 data suggests that institutional deliveries were less than 20% in Bihar and Jharkhand a decade ago (2005-06). They have now risen to around 60% of total births. But the rate of progress in critical indicators such as child nutrition, which has a direct linkage with a child’s overall growth and development, remains far below expectations,” noted the analysis.“The NFHS-4 findings are not just a reflection of the nutritional well-being of children and expecting mothers. They also point in the direction we need to take for corrective measures in State policies and programmes on child health,” said Mr. Atindra Nath Das, a regional director at CRY.
In contrast to the claims made by self-styled godman Kaushalendra Prapannacharya Falahari Maharaj, who was arrested over the weekend for allegedly raping a law intern, his medical examination has established that he is not impotent, the Alwar police said on Sunday.The police also claimed to have a foolproof case against the accused. A CD allegedly related to the incident has also been seized from the room of the accused.On Friday, the 60-year-old self-styled godman claimed that he was impotent. However, Additional Superintendent of Police (Headquarters) Paras Jain said the medical examination of Falahari Maharaj at a civil hospital in Alwar on Saturday confirmed that he was not impotent.CDs seizedMr. Jain claimed the police had adequate scientific and circumstantial evidence to prove the allegations made by the woman.Inspector Seeshram Meena, the Station House Officer of Aravali Vihar police station, said 108 CDs and a laptop were seized from the room of Falahari Maharaj. Several anklets and toe-rings were also seized from the room, he added.
Italy took all three medals in the women’s individual foil fencing competition on Saturday, with Elisa Di Francisca beating Arianna Errigo on sudden death in the final. The match between two athletes on their Olympic debuts was tied at 11-11 after Di Francisca cancelled out Errigo’s earlier lead before taking the gold with a quick lunge at the start of the sudden death period.”I’m so much happy for it because this last one against Arianna was such a tough fight, especially from a psychological point of view,” Di Francisca said.”Now I’m overwhelmed with feelings, I can’t explain it, I can’t describe it. The only thing that comes into my mind now, is that I’ve worked so much to get this. I wanted it so bad, and now I finally got it. All that work paid off in the end.”Italy’s podium sweep had earlier been assured when five-time Olympic gold medal-winner Valentina Vezzali beat South Korea’s Hyun Hee Nam in the bronze medal match.Vezzali had come to London seeking her fourth individual Olympic gold in a row, but was forced to settle for bronze after losing to Errigo in the semifinal.Hyun made the veteran fight all the way for her consolation prize, as the lead changed hands regularly in an engrossing match with Hyun leading before Vezzali fought back to draw the match at 12-12 before sealing the crucial 13th point to take bronze.
TagsTransfersAbout the authorPaul VegasShare the loveHave your say Istanbul Basaksehir president Gumusdag: We’d sign Ozil immediatelyby Paul Vegas10 months agoSend to a friendShare the loveIstanbul Basaksehir have declared interest in Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil.Ozil, though recalled for victory at Burnley, is enduring a tense time with manager Unai Emery.Istanbul Basaksehir are aware of Ozil’s problems and would be open to discussing terms with Arsenal for the midfielder.President Goksel Gumusdag confirmed to BILD: “Mesut Özil is a very valuable player. “I hope that one day our paths cross at Basaksehir. If he wants to be with us as well, we would do anything to get him.”Istanbul Basaksehir are currently top of the table in Turkey. 
About the authorPaul VegasShare the loveHave your say Maguire warns Leicester pals: Don’t blow this run against Cardiffby Paul Vegas10 months agoSend to a friendShare the loveLeiester City defender Harry Maguire has urged the players to stay focused for their clash with Cardiff City.The Foxes have had a fruitful festive period so far – beating Chelsea and Manchester City in the Premier League.Maguire said, “It’s important that we don’t let the Man City and Chelsea results go to our head and take Cardiff for granted.”They showed against Crystal Palace a few days ago that they’re decent, and Neil Warnock’s doing an unbelievable job with them. That’ll breed confidence into them and we know it’s going to be a tough game.”In the new year, hopefully we can improve our discipline and improve but the performances have been there. We’ve had too many draws at home but apart from that, it’s nice to be sat seventh in the league with a home game coming up.” 
Barcelona midfielder Arthur: I had to accept Brazil callby Carlos Volcano17 days agoSend to a friendShare the loveBarcelona midfielder Arthur Melo has explained committing himself to Brazil’s squad this week.Barcelona would surely have preferred Arthur to skip his national team duties and stay in Spain during the international break, but the Brazilian has stressed that playing for the Selecao is an honour for him.Brazil have travelled to Singapore, where they will play a couple of friendly games against Senegal and Nigeria on Thursday and Sunday respectively.”I understand Barcelona’s side, but for me and for everyone it is a huge honour and a mater of pride [to play for the national team],” he said at a press conference.”Whenever I can, I won’t consider the effort of it and I will do my best to go.”Here [at Brazil] they do the best possible job for the health of the footballers.”They are quite aware that players have to return well to their clubs.” About the authorCarlos VolcanoShare the loveHave your say
About the authorCarlos VolcanoShare the loveHave your say Spain U21 coach De la Fuente urges calm around Barcelona whiz Ansu Fatiby Carlos Volcano14 days agoSend to a friendShare the loveSpain U21 coach Luis de la Fuente has urged calm around Barcelona whiz Ansu Fati.The 16 year-old has just secured his Spanish qualifications and there is a debate whether he should be called up to the senior squad.De la Fuente said: “The good ones have open doors. He is an interesting player, of course he can be with us.”But you have to be cautious. “There are cases of projected players and then they stay there…” 