Stuff co.nz 2 August 2019Family First Comment: Aiding and abetting confusion.#biologymattersChanging the sex marker on a birth certificate has become easier for transgender and non-binary Kiwis after the removal of fees from Wednesday this week.The decision was made by Internal Affairs Minister Tracey Martin who said it was important to make “long called-for practical improvements” to the current system while legal issues with the Births, Deaths, Marriages and Relationships Registration (BDMRR) Bill were being worked through.An advisory group has also been set up to assist more changes that can be made to “further reduce barriers” to changing registered sex.The group will consist of representatives from the transgender and intersex community as well as medical and legal experts and will meet from August to December this year, providing recommendations to the Minister “early next year”.Both announcements are likely in part in response to the deferral in February of changes to the BDMRR Bill, which would make it easier for transgender people to change the gender on their birth certificates by changing the process to a statutory declaration model, also known as “self-identification”.READ MORE: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/114715859/govt-to-remove-birth-certificate-gender-change-fee read more

By Josh Reynolds  Bunch went on to the easy win with Logan Richards finishing second and Nathan Castellano in third. Tony Hilgenberg and Garett Wilson on the front row for the start of he IMCA Modified feature. Wilson led the first two laps until Rust powered to the lead. Cody Laney and Josh Gilman passed Wilson on lap five and the only caution of the race came one lap later to give the field a fighting chance at Rust, who’s been on a tear in central Iowa as of late. Karl Kustoms Northern SportMods came out next with Chris Burke and Daniel Baudler on the front row. Carter launched from his fourth starting spot to take the lead over Baudler and Burke early on. Burke fell back quickly with a bad push as Baudler and David Johnson gave chase, but it was all Carter on this night as he went on to take the flag to flag win.  Joel Rust ruled the Sunday Night Spectacular IMCA Modified feature field at Stuart Speedway. (Photo by Jim Zimmerline) Andrew Burg and Chad LeGere led the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars to the green flag next with LeGere and then Burg leading the first two laps. Marcus Fagan took over on lap three after a caution and led until Schafroth sailed by on the bottom side on lap nine. Hemmingsen had fallen to fourth but took second from Madden as the bottom side of the track began to take shape on lap eight. Hemmingsen worked Cox over until getting the advantage on lap 11 and drove to the win, his first at the track. Madden finished second with John Watson third. Schafroth led through two more yellows and went on to take the win. Brandon Pruitt recovered from a lap two flat tire to finish second with Fagan third. Curtis Masterson jumped out to the early lead for the Mach-1 Sport Compacts with Bunch and Tyler Fiebel­korn giving chase. Bunch made the pass on lap five with Fiebelkorn taking over second three laps later. STUART, Iowa (Aug. 25) –Sunday Night Spectacular winners at Stuart Speedway were Mitchell Bunch, Zach Hemmingsen, Brayton Carter, Buck Schafroth and Joel Rust, and these five will be part of a documen­tary next season for IMCA.TV. When the green flag flew it was nothing but Rust as he dominated the rest of the way to take the win. Laney finished second with Kelly Shryock third. Johnson finished second with Baudler third.  Michael Murphy and Hemmingsen brought the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks out next with Murphy leading Brandon Cox on lap one. Cox followed for two more circuits until taking over the lead on lap four with Chuck Madden Jr. right on his rear bumper. read more

”We had a great first year when I came here. Last year we had a very hard year, a very, very tough year (when Everton finished 11th in the Premier League, 12 months on from coming fifth). ”But we’ll learn from it. He’s (Stones) in a good situation. He needs to keep on doing what he’s doing. He has the Euros (Euro 2016) coming up, so why go?” Lukaku was speaking ahead of Everton’s home league clash with Manchester City on Sunday. City have looked formidable so far this term in 3-0 victories at West Brom and at the Etihad Stadium against champions Chelsea last weekend. But Toffees forward Steven Naismith has stressed Everton are in fearless mood given both the Southampton game and their notable efforts against the Premier League’s big hitters over the last few years. “Confidence is really high with the performance against Southampton, and one of the biggest positives from that was the clean sheet,” Naismith – who scored in Everton’s 1-1 draw with City at Goodison Park last season – told Press Association Sport. “We can build on that, and we have done well in the last few seasons not only against Man City but a lot of the top teams. “We have shown we can compete with them and challenge them, so it will be more of the same. That is the mindset we have. We believe we can and we are confident enough to get results against the big teams.” Martinez has emphasised he will not hesitate to pick Stones for the City game despite the ongoing transfer speculation. :: For a second year, Steven Naismith is donating tickets for Everton home matches to unemployed football fans throughout the season in an initiative with Jobcentreplus centres across Liverpool. Lukaku, 22, left Stamford Bridge permanently last summer after finding regular football hard to come by. The Belgium international, who had loan spells from Chelsea with the Toffees and West Brom before that, feels 21-year-old England defender Stones is at the right club to nurture his development. Romelu Lukaku has urged team-mate John Stones to stay with him in what is a “good situation” at Everton rather than join the striker’s former club Chelsea. ”To be fair John is in a good situation at a good club which believes in him,” Lukaku told several national newspapers. ”He is playing and is learning a lot from (defender) Phil Jagielka. He’s been here two years now but this is the year where he really needs to confirm he is the top player he can be. ”This club has massive potential, with the players we have and the ambition the manager has. He is in a good place. He’s on to a good thing.” Stones has been the subject of interest from Chelsea throughout the summer, with Everton rejecting big-money bids and repeatedly saying the player is not for sale. Despite the saga, Stones has played both games of the Toffees’ 2015/16 Barclays Premier League campaign so far, impressing as they drew 2-2 at home with Watford before stunning Southampton 3-0 at St Mary’s last week. It was reported on Friday that Stones is close to putting in a transfer request, but Everton manager Roberto Martinez said he was not aware of that and that it would not change the club’s stance if he did. Lukaku feels Everton have collected a strong core of young talent that can only get better if they stick together. ”We are young, but we have a lot of potential,” Lukaku – scorer of a brace against Southampton – added. Press Association read more

Virat Kohli backs Vijay Shankar ahead of the clash against England on June 30.Vijay Shankar is yet to hit a half-century in 2019 World Cup.India is one win away from sealing a semi-final spot in World Cup.  For all the Latest Sports News News, ICC World Cup News, Download News Nation Android and iOS Mobile Apps. Birmingham: Putting his weight firmly behind under-pressure Vijay Shankar, skipper Virat Kohli Saturday said the all-rounder is very close to playing a defining knock for India in the World Cup. Kohli’s vote of confidence ahead of the England game means that Rishabh Pant will have to wait to get his first  game.Asked about his assessment of Shankar, Kohli said, “It’s a strange one because he had a decent game against Pakistan. I think against Afghanistan on that pitch he looked really assured. Shot selection, again, we discussed with him for that game. Last game, again, he came out, he looked really good, and he got a beautiful ball from Kemar Roach.”Shankar scored 29 against Afghanistan and was involved in a 50 plus stand with his skipper. “So you can’t really sit down and pinpoint things. But I personally felt he looked really solid. There’s not much that needs to be tinkered. Sometimes in cricket you just need a bit of luck to get over from 30 to 60, and then you play a defining knock for the team.”He’s very close to that, and we’re very confident he’s going to end up playing that kind of knock for us,” said the world number one batsman.He did not read much into Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s slow strike-rate in the previous couple of games and Kohli once again reiterated that the former skipper “knows what he’s doing”. “I don’t think that he’s ever been a cricketer that’s ever had the need to be told what exactly he needs to do,” he made his point clear.”What we experience and what we know inside the change room is the most important thing to us, and we have total belief in him (Dhoni), and he stood up for the team many times, especially if you look at this calendar year and the kind of performances he’s given. I don’t think it’s fair to point out one or two performances which anyone can falter with the bat,” Kohli was certainly not pleased with the criticism aimed at Dhoni.The middle-order issues remain and Kohli’s defence for the under-fire number 4, 5 and 6 is “lack of balls due to good show from the top-order” on most occasions.”Look, that discussion is always going to go on because we’ve had such a strong top order that these guys have hardly had a chance to bat. When they bat, out of four times, if once or twice it doesn’t come off, then we feel like, oh, it’s not a strong middle-order, but we overlook the times that it has come good,” he added.”If you look at the first three games that we played, the contribution was absolutely fine. We were getting 300 plus, and no one said anything. We were like, oh, this is an amazing batting order.” Then one game where we could not accelerate as much, everyone says that maybe it’s not as strong,” he made his displeasure clear.However this argument from the skipper doesn’t hold much ground since the groundwork in most occasions was done by Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma and Kohli, himself. highlights read more

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Even though Trinidad and Tobago are eyeing wins in both upcoming World Cup qualifiers in the space of five days, midfielder Kevan George said they will be fully concentrating on the first assignment against Panama today.“Right now it’s not an option,” said the 27-year-old, who plies his trade in the North American Soccer League.“We have to come together as a unit and get a result on Friday (today). It’s a mandatory battle for us on Friday.”T&T face a tricky double-header, with CONCACAF giants Mexico the next opponents next Tuesday. After suffering defeats in their opening games of the confederation qualifying final round last November, the hosts know that only two positive results will revive their flagging campaign.Neither Panama nor Mexico are yet to lose in the competition, with both winning one and drawing one to sit third and second respectively on four points.George, who has been capped over 20 times for T&T, said the key would be the mental approach to the contest at the Hasely Crawford Stadium.“We are all competitors but we have to learn how to separate things and create a balance,” the Jacksonville Armada defensive midfielder noted.“We need to think about the performance and with a good performance there is a greater probability of us winning the game,.”George is one 13 overseas-based included in the squad along with the likes of the Major League Soccer (MLS) trio of former captain Kenwyne Jones, Kevin Molino and Cordell Cato. read more

When Peony Sun, a class of 2015 Marshall School of Business graduate, asked her father how he felt about her being an entrepreneur, he said that he was in support as long as she was helping others.Sun recognized this opportunity to help others while assisting her friend and fellow Marshall graduate, Sonya Chen’s, move last year.“She couldn’t sell her apartment on the apartment lease group on Facebook or Craigslist,” Sun said.The two students struggled to find someone to take over the lease, eventually locating a subleaser on a Chinese student association website. But, the process led them to realize that most of their success was due to luck and many students struggle with similar circumstances.That is why Sun and Chen came up with the idea for Liradius or “Live in Radius,” a website dedicated to helping college students buy and sell items online.“Our initial idea was that if you wanted to go to a place that is totally strange to you, then you could instantly find friends, furniture, apartments and even the most popular events at the place,” Sun said. “You’re adapting instantly.”The name of the website is reflective of the goal that Sun has for students – to find everything they need within the “radius” of their university. The website also allows students to give and receive help within their own community of students.The website functions like a hybrid of Craigslist and Freecycle.org, where students can post their items and apartments for sale or even give them away for free to other college students in their area.“There’s a huge market for free stuff by international students,” Sun said. “When temporary visas expire [international students] have to get out fast — often throwing furniture pieces away instead of dealing with the hassle of putting it up on eBay or Craigslist.”Currently on the website, desk lamps are one of the most common free items while bookshelves are selling for $15 with the option of having them delivered. In addition, Sun hopes to help students find a better way to sell their textbooks.“You wouldn’t want to sell a book on Craigslist,” Sun said. “Nobody wants it except for college students. That’s the good thing about Liradius, having a ‘student-only’ environment. You get to know people and sell stuff faster.”Networking and building friendships is another distinguishing factor that separates Liradius from other selling platforms. Sun emphasized the importance of helping students build social connections after realizing the difficulties international and exchange students face with making social connections when entering a new school.“We figured, if you can trade your things on eBay, why not trade with your colleagues? That way you can get to know more people and build connections,” Sun said.Sun believes that Facebook and other social networking sites, though updated with the latest events, are often exclusive to those who are “in the know” and require invitations that international and exchange students may not have access to when they first arrive to a new area. In addition, websites such as eBay charge people to sell their items, which is something that Sun does not agree with.“Our primary goal is to serve all college students,” she said. “That means we are not going to charge them for transaction fees or membership costs.”If the site succeeds, the team’s profit would mainly come from ad revenue.In addition to Chen and Sun, three more USC graduates from the Marshall School and the School of Architecture have been part of creating the website. The five co-founders are united in their mission to create a website that can help all students.“Despite all difficulties… and failures, what keeps our team together is our shared objective,” Sun said. “Our desire is to help enhance students’ college experiences through our platform by solving their problems or fulfilling needs. Our company will always prioritize the interests of college students and will not become a commercial tool solely for financial returns.”The website is currently available at liradius.com with a full launch planned for August. read more

Published on March 6, 2017 at 11:38 pm Contact Charlie: csdistur@syr.edu | @charliedisturco Facebook Twitter Google+ It took Matt Lane three games. Three games of high and wide shots. Three games of finding the net only once. Three games of struggling to find his place.His lack of production prompted head coach John Desko to seek replacements. In the middle of his scoreless game against Army, Lane moved to the second midfield line. He rarely saw playing time late in the game. The following week of practice, Lane worked with the coaching staff to improve his dodges and shot selection.Against Virginia, a division rival, Lane ended his skid.The midfielder scored five points on a hat trick and a pair of assists. His 6-foot-6, 222-pound frame and powerful shot hadn’t challenged smaller defenders. For No. 6 Syracuse (3-1, 1-0 Atlantic Coast), a player who rode the bench because he struggled finally capitalized on a short-stick defender — something he hadn’t done through three games. His four goals rank seventh on the team.In SU’s first three games, Lane tried dodging but couldn’t create enough separation. In practice, he adjusted. Lane wanted to get to the goalie harder and draw more slides from the defense. He normally relied on his right hand. By using his left, he could create extra space.AdvertisementThis is placeholder text“I feel like I’m mainly open when I go to my left,” Lane said. “I didn’t used to have a lot of confidence in my left and my right’s closer to my left than it used to be.”Lane is dodging more north to south, which frees up his hands. Then he fires. If a defender slides to block off Lane’s path to the goal, he doesn’t try to force the shot.“If I draw someone then I’ll move the ball before the slide comes,” Lane said.Ally Moreo | Photo EditorAlongside All-American Sergio Salcido and SU’s goals leader, Brendan Bomberry, Lane gets paired with the third defensive midfielder, who uses a shorter stick, unlike the long-stick midfielder or longpoles on close defense. This allows Lane to use his body more, decreasing the likelihood of a turnover.Lane’s height and strength make for a deadly combination when he dodges. His shots usually run high and come with more force than his teammates. Even when he winds up from the 30-yard line, goalies struggle to stop the hard shot.“Matt’s going to get in his groove,” long-stick midfielder Austin Fusco said. “He’s gonna create some good matchups later on in the season and start sticking his shots.”Against then-No. 9 Virginia on March 5, Lane broke out of his slump. His shot that kept missing high and wide finally hit nylon. And, late in the fourth quarter with Syracuse down one, Lane dodged. He couldn’t create space much the way he had in the previous games. But this time, he planted his foot, spun around and fired at the goal. The ball slid right under the stick of Will Railey and into the net.If defenses let him roam free, he can use his hard shot from far out. He also can use his body as a distraction. On the last play of the game, when Salcido scored the game-winning goal, Salcido dodged around the big midfielder and created enough space to take an open shot. Lane set the pick that allowed Salcido to go one-on-one with the Virginia defender.“Although he might not get the goal or the assist,” senior defenseman Scott Firman said, “he creates offense because their defense is sliding around. That ends usually in mistakes by the defense.”Lane isn’t the main scoring option. There are four other offensive players with more experience than him. The rest of the season, Lane plans to focus on dodging, developing his left hand and creating enough space to get off his shot.“He’s got an incredible shot,” Salcido said. “We just need him to use it.” Comments read more

The University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team (21-10, 14-6 Big Ten) clinched at least a share of the Big Ten regular season title with a win on the road against Indiana (19-12, 9-11) Saturday afternoon. The Badgers have now strung together eight consecutive wins, putting them at the top of the conference standings with just one day of games left before the Big Ten Tournament begins March 11.While Wisconsin’s regular season is over, Maryland and Michigan State will play their final games of the season Sunday to try and join the Badgers as co-Big Ten Champions.The Badgers were once 6-6 in conference play and considered a bubble team for the NCAA Tournament, but they rose from the middle of the Big Ten standings through the month of February and into March. Now ranked No. 24 in the nation, Wisconsin is almost certain to enter the Big Ten Tournament as the No. 1 seed.Men’s Basketball: Newly minted No. 24 Badgers take down Northwestern for seventh straight winThe University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team (20-10, 13-6 Big Ten) found their way to a three-way tie for first Read…In a season that showed the true strength of Big Ten teams at home, Wisconsin managed to pick up a win in the brutal environment of Assembly Hall.The Badgers battled back from a nine-point deficit and took a late lead at 54–51 on a Brad Davison 3-pointer off an assist from Micah Potter — his first and only assist of the game — with 4:05 left to play. Potter also added 14 points and 11 rebounds. Davison finished the game with 11 points, including a 3-for-5 performance from 3-point land.Men’s Basketball: Brad Davison’s recent success is sign of things to comeIn the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team’s disappointing 18-point Feb. 5 loss at the hands of archrival Minnesota, there Read…The Badgers finished the year 6-6 on the road, the second-best winning percentage on the road among Big Ten teams. Wisconsin acquired signature wins on the road against No. 5 Ohio State, No. 20 Penn State, No. 19 Michigan, and Indiana, who was hoping to boost their resume before the Big Ten Tournament.If that is not impressive enough, Wisconsin is also 15-1 at home this season with their only loss coming to the Illinois Fighting Illini by just one point.The Badgers will now get to enjoy being regular-season conference champions, but they must stay focused with their first game in the Big Ten Tournament coming Friday.Wisconsin has already secured their spot in the NCAA Tournament, so whatever they can accomplish in Indianapolis will determine their seed in the Big Dance. read more

Submit StumbleUpon Share Sarbjit Bakhshi – SmarketsSmarkets has seen a ‘considerable uptick’ in wagers on political events this March as punters turn their attention to politics following COVID-19’s postponement of the sports calendar.The online betting exchange detailed that it recorded £1.1 million wagers across its political markets, representing a 95% increase on February trading of £580,000.Excluding months leading up to the UK general elections, Smarkets underlined that its trading volume on politics for March 2020 was its highest ever recorded.Driving engagement, Smarkets detailed that active players trading on politics increased a by whopping 85% compared with February results.Strong trading sees Smarkets on course to ‘comfortably beat’ its previous record of political wagers in a calendar year, as betting volumes track at £2.3 million for 2020, in which the year will climax with the US Presidential Election in November.Sarbjit Bakhshi, Smarkets Head of Political Markets, said: “2019 was our biggest year yet, with the December UK General Election and our variety of markets related to Brexit attracting millions of pounds in trading volume, yet 2020 is still on course to easily surpass it. The US presidential election is coming up later in the year; it is always huge for bettors this side of the pond, and with a personality like Trump involved we are fully expecting a new politics volume record on Smarkets.” Bookies Corner: Trump Presidency sinks as US 2020 enters its 100 day countdown July 29, 2020 Share Bakhshi and Shaddick launch ‘Art of the Possible’ podcast tracking US 2020 developments August 10, 2020 Better Collective cautious on quick recovery as COVID drags growth momentum August 25, 2020 Related Articles read more

Submit StumbleUpon Winning Post: Swedish regulator pushes back on ‘Storebror’ approach to deposit limits August 24, 2020 Related Articles UKGC launches fourth National Lottery licence competition August 28, 2020 Share TVBET passes GLI test for five live games in Malta and Italy August 25, 2020 Share Genesis Global Limited has this morning confirmed that it will appeal the UKGC’s ‘interim suspension’ of its licence, sanctioned this week as part of an ongoing investigation by the regulator into ‘undisclosed compliance failures’. Enforcing Section 116 of the 2005 Gambling Act, the UKGC launched an immediate investigation of Genesis’ online casino operations, stating that the operator was ‘unsuitable to carry out licensed activities’.Placed under investigation, Genesis has been forced to temporarily withdraw all UK transactions across its portfolio of 11 online casinos and was forced to further inform customers of the Commission’s interim suspension. This morning Genesis management issued a statement declaring that it had taken ‘legal advice’ to ‘vigorously appeal’ the UKGC’s actions, stating that the Commission’s penalty was disproportionate and inconsistent with the previous regulatory enforcements.The operator stated that it has been subject to multiple UKGC compliance assessments, ‘without any adverse material findings’. “Genesis has expressed their extreme level of disappointed with this determination and outcome and is therefore firmly committed to complying with the UKGC’s extensive range of regulations.” Genesis statement readThe Malta-based company declared that it would continue to stand by its own existing compliance systems, policies and procedures, which are continuously improved.  Genesis maintains that it will fully cooperate with the UKGC, in which management has voluntarily provided an action plan on compliance procedures ‘following the assessment, prior to the suspension and review decision’.Concluding its statement Genesis Global said: “To all our loyal and trusting stakeholders; in particular our dedicated customers, team, suppliers, and others we assure you that it is business as usual in all other jurisdictions in which the company operates and we appreciate your continued support during these challenging times.” read more