It is with great enthusiasm and confidence that I write this letter of endorsement for Mr. Chris Humphrey for N.C. House. It has been my personal pleasure to have known Chris for over 30 years. Like many of you, Chris grew up in Lenoir County where he attended our public schools, played sports, participated in scouting and attended Church. He understands the changes that have taken place over the years and he has a passion for the people and businesses that call Kinston and Lenoir County home.
Chris was raised by hardworking parents who instilled the values of honesty, integrity, dedication, patriotism, and compassion from an early age. I can attest to his upbringing as his parents required me to adhere to and honor these same values when I stayed in their home. He has served in several roles in local leadership including eight years as a Lenoir County Commissioner, three years on the La Grange Town Council and he has served as President of the LaGrange Chamber of Commerce.
I admire that Chris has built a thriving, local small business and that he knows how to make payroll for his employees. He understands the challenges of today’s business market and he has led a successful small business under difficult economic circumstances for many years.
Chris is a thinker and a listener. He is not the type to come in with some new idea, throw it at the wall, and hope that it sticks. I appreciate the fact that he has prepared for office by logging countless hours meeting with others throughout our community not to make campaign promises but to hear the issues that matter to the people he so deeply desires to serve. He has demonstrated his support for Lenoir County Public Schools and he has visited with school leaders and teachers so that he can be an asset and a voice for the challenges that a smaller school system, like ours, endures.
As a veteran educator, I know that I can trust Chris to advocate for the changes that we need at the State level so that we can have the most positive impact on our Counties most precious resource, our children.
Chris has remained the same humble and honest friend that I have known for most of my life, he has always been a phone call away when needed. We all need a friend like Chris Humphrey in the North Carolina House. He has the integrity, experience, and desire to serve Kinston and Lenoir County. I have no reservation in giving Chris Humphrey my highest recommendation and endorsement for N.C House. If elected, we will all have a friend and a voice in the House that will be just a phone call away. Please vote Chris Humphrey for N.C. House.
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The result of the UK Referendum of June 23 is irrelevant, as the damage to the European project has already occurred.
Great Britain wants to leave the European Union because the latter never became part of the British Empire. For Great Britain to stay, the European Union must recognize its supreme nature and provide satisfactory financial benefits as it were a faithful colony like India before Mahatma Gandhi.
The European Union will never become a British colony and the concessions granted to the UK by the European Union already go too far. Indeed, if Britain opts to stay in the Union, a new Treaty will be needed stating that all EU Members are equal and no Member is more equal that any other. If the Union cannot impose this and the UK cannot accept it, then it is meaningless to talk of a European Union with the United Kingdom as a part of it.
The situation as is with the UK enjoying special privileges at the expense of all the other Member States while it’s citizens are split fifty-fifty over staying or leaving, cannot go much further.
That Europe, will eventually disintegrate, no matter what, and the only chance for the European Union to survive will be to change, become transparent, democratic and fair to Member States and their citizens. While this is extremely difficult it should not be considered impossible.
If the UK leaves the Union, the slim chance that remaining member-states will band together in a more federalized vision of Europe is eclipsed by the danger of disintegration.
Furthermore, with France under François Holland marginalized, Italy and Spain under the threat of non-aligned leftist movements taking over and the leading political group of Europe facing serious internal problems, Germany has the space to maneuver into further cementing its near-absolute leadership of the European Union.
At this moment the only sensible choice for UK citizens is to vote to Remain. Yet the day after, problems between the UK and the European Union will be bigger than the day before the Referendum. However, the European Union will gain time to re-think and perhaps change to avoid the worst.
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THE LAMB JAM - a weekly open jam every Tuesday at the Grape with keyboard player John Lamb, drummer Jim Syarto and guitarist Frank Barese. Musicians, singers and fans welcome. Bring your axe and jam. Or hang out for the show. Sign in at 8:30 - music at 9 PM.
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"Deeply saddened to hear about the loss of Olympic champion Stephen Wooldridge. My thoughts are with his family and loved ones," he tweeted.
"Stephen was an inspirational figure in track cycling, particularly in his home state of NSW,” the statement read.
Far too often, bands in New Jersey tend to stay in the area. With New York City on one side and Philadelphia on the other, a case could certainly be made that there are more than enough places to play and millions of music fans to reach within a two hour ride; however, there is something to be said for challenging yourself to be that band on the road, hitting a club you’ve never hit before, walking through those doors and performing in front of people who are not your friends or family members -- just strangers.
One band that has been enjoying that challenge is Cranston Dean, who have been touring in support of Sarajevo, a record that came out on June 18.
Cranston Dean (which features Cranston on acoustic guitar, vocals and keyboards, Riley Schiro on guitar and vocals, and Ike Gutierrez on bass and vocals) has spent the summer playing in cities like Chicago, Nashville, Louisville, and Cleveland along with dates in Harrisburg (PA), Delhi (NY), and Rockland (ME). The band has been hitting many areas for the first time. Dean says going on tour can beat you up, but it also does a lot for a band.
“For me personally, it makes me feel very certain that this is what I want to do,” explained Dean, who started touring outside of New Jersey about five years ago as a solo artist. “I think for the band it makes the music a lot tighter and the friendships better. The smaller towns are like ‘What are you doing here?’ We played Rockland, Maine last 4th of July and we’ve been there four or five times since. Each time, we keep meeting cool people and they help spread the word about us. They’re just pumped that we’re going to Rockland, they’re like ‘No one comes to Rockland.’ Well, people should definitely go to Rockland, it’s a great town and only two hours north of Portland, so if you go to Boston you might as well do Portland and Rockland if you can.
“The other day we played a biker bar in Fort Wayne, Indiana and we passed out a bunch of our pins,” continued Dean. “This one dude was all about it. And we’re laughing in the car on the way out thinking about all these incredible tough bikers wearing our pins on their jackets!”
Locally, Cranston Dean has participated in many benefit shows, performed at the Asbury Music Awards, and did a set at TedX Navesink. The band also has a close relationship with the radio station 90.5 The Night where they were interviewed in the studio and featured in the Songwriters on the Beach series in Belmar last year. On Thursday, August 13, Cranston Dean will return to the beach when they open for the New York band, Lost Leaders.
Growing up in Atlantic Highlands, Dean was a fan of 90.5 and enjoyed their songwriter shows, which were held in Red Bank until last year. He said he always wanted to be part of that series and looks forward to doing it again. While the shows in Red Bank were held in a beautiful park overlooking the marina, the shows in Belmar are on the boardwalk faceing Atlantic Ocean. “Just to be able to look out into the ocean while you’re playing is a great feeling,” he said.
The plan for the future includes more touring with the goal of getting on bigger circuits and a new record or EP. Cranston Dean’s latest release, Sarajevo is held together with wonderful songwriting and Cranston’s soulful singing. The songs blend touches of country, blues and even funk within a strong Americana base. It reminds me of something that could have come from Robbie Robertson or The Band. Great guitar riffs, beautiful piano, and aching vocals all put forth a powerful record. If you love songs that seem to contain an entire universe — those which appear to live a lifetime within a few short minutes — this disc is well worth checking out.
Who would have thought a song like “What Does Eddie Know?” from I’m Not Angry... Anymore could inspire an entire rock and roll concept album? Perhaps more surprising is the fact that it led to a rock and roll concept album that actually works!
Eddie Knows! is described as a “rock and roll novel” with each song detailing a chapter in the story. Basically, it’s your usual boy meets girl, boy and girl break up, boy falls into depression then meets woman whom he falls in love with (but can never have a family with since she’s infertile), and concludes with a visit by his old girlfriend who has surprising news for him. You know, that old story.
Played out in song, it’s an adventurous tale that largely succeeds where so many similar projects have failed. Starting out with the sounds of the boardwalk that kick off the song “How It All Went Down,” Caspi introduces the characters and sets up the story.
For a project like this to work, songs need to be able to stand on their own while adding to the story as a whole. Caspi accomplishes this masterfully. Songs like “Drive,” “Same Old Thing,” “Rising Above,” “Big Change,” and “Anyone Else There?” are just as effective as radio singles as they are important components of the story; meanwhile songs like “Make It A Lifetime” and “I Will Be There” are memorable theatrical numbers.
Caspi doesn’t try to copy rock and roll conceptual albums of the past; nor does he try to emulate any well known Broadway musicals. Instead, by combining attributes of both, he creates his own little niche.
In 2009, Caspi took the project one step further with a true theatrical production of the album at the Showroom in Asbury Park.
Highlights include “How It All Went Down,” “Drive,” “Rising Above,” “Big Change,” “Anyone Else There,” and “Picture In Her Pocket.”
Vibro-acoustic etudes for piano, voice, electronics, images, by composer Pamela Madsen, with pianists Kathleen Supové and Eleonor Sandresky
Composer, pianist and inventor, Eleonor Sandresky’s music has been described as beautiful, liberating, witty, and as having ever-varying qualities of touch, register and intensity by critics such as Allan Kozinn and Steve Smith of The New York Times. Her work encompasses the acoustic, the electronic and the multi-media, including music for virtuoso soloists and large ensembles, cabaret, art songs, and evening-length collaborations. Her music has been featured in film at Cannes, among other festivals, and can be heard on Koch International, One Soul Records, ERM Media’s Masterworks of the New Era series, and Albany Records. A MacDowell Colony fellow, her music has been heard on three continents, from the Composers Concordance Festivals to the Totally Huge New Music Festival in Perth, Australia. She has received grants and commissions from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, NYSCA, Jerome Foundation, ASCAP, American Music Center, and Meet the Composer.
2014 was a very fruitful year for Ms. Sandresky. During that time, she composed and premiered STRANGE ENERGIES, etudes for solo piano that explore possibilities in sound particular to the piano, and premiered an updated version of THE MARY OLIVER SONGS BOOK 1 for choreographed pianist with live electronics & sensor system called The Wonder Suit. Improvisation has become an integral part of her work in the last few years and recently she has incorporated live electronics into her improvised works, triggered by The Wonder Suit.
She also composed the music for Wunderkammern:The Secret Life of Objects, an independent art film by Erika Suderburg that premiered in LA in 2015. She has been deeply involved in live music and film performances since the early 90s when she began playing in the Philip Glass Ensembles. Since 2010, she has been producing live film and orchestra events for The Leonard Bernstein Office, as part of the creative teams and supervising the productions of West Side Story Film with Live Orchestra and On The Waterfront Film With Live Orchestra.
Working at the forefront of avant-garde concert-as-theater, she reinvented herself as a Choreographic Pianist with her evening-length composition, A Sleeper’s Notebook, premiered at the Kitchen in 2003. Her works for choreographed musicians explore her deep interest in how motion translates to emotion through sound, a hyper-emotional experience for the audience and the performer. HoustonArts noted that “Her vision has a freshness and unusualness that has become rare in the avant-garde scene, and her delivery is captivating and true.” Ms. Sandresky’s latest pieces build on these concepts, most recently in her Donne Songs Without Words, commissioned by Parthenia with funds from NYSCA, a state agency.
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New Music USA and the League of American Orchestras have chosen Stacy and the Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra as one of five orchestra/composer pairings for Music Alive’s 2016-2019 residence program. She has also been chosen by Chicago Opera Theater to be the inaugural Emerging Opera Composer of Chicago Opera Theater’s new Vanguard Initiative for 2018-2020, during which she will compose a new chamber opera.
Stacy was composer-in-residence with the Albany Symphony Orchestra in 2010/11.. She has personally worked on performances of her music with the Amarillo Symphony, Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Grant Park Music Festival Orchestra, Illinois Symphony Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, New England Philharmonic, Omaha Symphony, and Symphony New Hampshire. Additionally, her works have been performed by the Columbus Symphony, Minnesota Youth Orchestra, National Repertory Orchestra, Santa Cruz Symphony, and the Women’s Philharmonic.
In 2015, Cedille Records released an all-Garrop CD containing three of her orchestral works (Mythology Symphony, Thunderwalker, and Shadow), recorded by the Chicago College of Performing Arts Symphony and Chamber Orchestras under the batons of Alondra de la Parra and Markand Thakar.
Stacy has received numerous awards and grants including a Fromm Music Foundation Grant, three Barlow Endowment commissions, Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s Elaine Lebenbom Memorial Award, Boston Choral Ensemble Commission Competition, Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble’s Harvey Gaul Composition Competition, Raymond and Beverly Sackler Music Composition Prize, Sorel Medallion Choral Composition Competition, and competitions sponsored by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Omaha Symphony, and the New England Philharmonic. She has participated in reading session programs sponsored by the American Composers Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra (the Composers Institute), and Dale Warland Singers.
Theodore Presser Company publishes her chamber and orchestral works; she self-publishes her choral works under Inkjar Publishing Company. She is a recording artist with Cedille Records, with works on nine CDs; her works are also commercially available on Blue Griffin Recording, Chanticleer, Chicago a cappella Records, Equilibrium, Innova, Peninsula Women’s Chorus, Ravello Records, Saxophone Classics, and Summit Records. She has served as composer-in-residence with the Albany Symphony, Skaneateles Festival, and the Volti Choral Institute for High School Singers.
Stacy has been commissioned and performed by the Albany Symphony and Minnesota Orchestra; by Kronos Quartet, Capitol Saxophone Quartet, and Gaudete Brass Quintet; and by Chanticleer, Chicago a cappella, Piedmont East Bay Children’s Chorus, San Francisco Choral Society, South Bend Chamber Singers, and Volti. Additional performances have been given by Fifth House Ensemble, Lincoln Trio, New EAR, Stony Brook Contemporary Chamber Players, and Voices of Change; and by Clerestory, Grant Park Music Festival Chorus, South Bend Chamber Singers, Voices of Ascension, and the William Ferris Chorale.
Stacy earned degrees in music composition at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (B.M.), University of Chicago (M.A.), and Indiana University-Bloomington (D.M.).
Please visit her website at www.garrop.com or her all-things-composition blog at www.composerinklings.com
“Pandora Undone” is the fifth and final movement of my Mythology Symphony. The music depicts a young, naïve Pandora who, while dancing around her house, spies a mysterious box. She tries to resist opening it, but her curiosity ultimately gets the best of her. When she cracks the lid open and looks inside, all evils escape into the world. Dismayed by what she has done, she looks inside the box once more. She discovers hope still in the box and releases it to temper the escaped evils and assuage mankind’s new burden.
“Penelope Waits” is the second movement of my Mythology Symphony. This quiet movement represents Queen Penelope, the faithful wife of Odysseus, as she patiently waits twenty years for her husband’s return from fighting the Trojan Wars. Penelope herself is represented as an oboe. She is accompanied by a chamber orchestra (rather than the entire ensemble) as she keeps at bay the suitors who wish to marry her and inherit her riches.
In Greek mythology, Helios was the god of the sun. His head wreathed in light, he daily drove a chariot drawn by four horses across the sky. At the end of each day’s journey, he slept in a golden boat that carried him on the Okeanos River (a fresh water stream that encircled the flat earth) back to his rising place. The cyclic journey of Helios is depicted in this short work for brass quintet. The first half is fast-paced and very energetic, while the second half is slow and serene, representing day and night.
Despite the rising incidence of Bartonella, until now diagnostic tests for these organisms have been grossly insensitive and have not been able to detect many of the ever-growing list of species and strains known to exist. Currently, available serological and molecular tests lack sensitivity, can require repeated blood sampling, and may take weeks for results to be reported. The new IGeneX test methods have overcome many of these obstacles. "Thanks to countless hours of research, highly sensitive and widely inclusive testing is now available from IGeneX that will detect most of these clinically relevant, disease-causing Bartonella species," said Dr. Shah, CEO of IGeneX.
Using information derived from DNA sequencing of PCR products of patients' samples positive by Bartonella Genus PCR, the research team at IGeneX developed the newly available Bartonella Western Blots and the Bartonella IgXSpot, an Enzyme-linked ImmunoSpot assay.
"I always thought I was a hypochondriac. Doctors told me it was just 'stress' or 'all in my head,' but I finally figured it out and you can too. … The best lab to do this is called IGeneX." -CF, a resident of California
When the Bartonella IgXSpot test is combined with Bartonella Western Blots, FISH and PCR testing, one can obtain information on the full spectrum of the patient's immune response to the infection and stage of the disease.
British foreign minister Boris Johnson told his Russian counterpart on Friday there was "abundant evidence" of Moscow meddling in foreign elections, but said any Russian efforts to interfere in last year's Brexit referendum had fallen flat.
May was in Warsaw for talks with Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, with the discussions inevitably turning to Britain's 2019 departure from the European Union.
"We have proven the doubters wrong and are making progress towards a successful exit from the EU," she wrote in the centre-right broadsheet, calling the agreement "a watershed" in negotiations.
The EU's decision Friday to move to the next stage of negotiations with Britain was a much-needed success for May, whose leadership has been dogged by doubts since a disastrous snap election in June.
The leaders of the 27 countries remaining in the European Union will give the go-ahead on Friday for the EU's chief negotiator Michel Barnier to begin talks with London on a transition period and future trade ties with Britain.
Members of Parliament (MPs) are debating the EU withdrawal bill, which will repeal the 1972 legislation binding Britain to the EU and copy existing EU law into domestic law to ensure legal continuity after 'Exit Day' on March 29, 2019.
Richard and Sandy Dowling of Kommetjie with their 5 000 litre rain water tank, say it is not rocket science to get the family's water consumption down to 6 000 litres a month. (Picture: Melanie Gosling)
An environmentally aware Kommetjie family of four thought they were doing a good job of conserving water by keeping their consumption to between 15 000 and 20 000 litres a month – but that was before the advent of Day Zero.
Since the severity of the water crisis was announced in January, the Dowling family have now cut their water consumption to just 6 000 litres a month. This works out to 50 litres a person a day for each of the four-person household.
The Dowling family is one of many thousands of middle-class households across the city who continue to save water as if Day Zero were hovering close by, instead of having been pushed out to next year.
While the City of Cape Town's water statistics show that Capetonians have never managed to cut consumption to the 450 million litres a day the authorities require, – the lowest they reached was 492 million litres – Dowling believes there has nevertheless been a mind-shift among middle-class households after the drastic wake-up call in January when it was announced that the city's taps may run dry.
"One of the positive spin-offs of this drought is that people, who probably did not think about water much further than their taps, are now aware of things like catchment areas and dam levels and where the water comes from, and also that there is an urgent need to conserve it," Dowling said.
Since the recent May rains, which swelled dam levels from around 20% to 30%, there has also been a slight increase in Cape Town's collective water consumption, which has gone up by 5.8% from last week. But Dowling does not regard this as a substantial increase, adding that consumption has always fluctuated a little.
"It shows that people are still saving. They are still flushing toilets with grey water and so on, not being lulled into complacency by the recent rains. I think more people are realising that the future is uncertain weather-wise, and there are no guarantees.
"There are new rainfall regimes being predicted by climate scientists, with rainfall predicted to fall from around 600mm to 350mm in Cape Town in the future, so I think more people realise we need to take long-term views and act now."
Water usage, since Level 6B water restrictions came in, has fluctuated – from 565 million litres used on March 18; to 516 on April 8; 542 on April 15; 492 on May 7; 554 on May 14; 505 on May 28; and 529 on June 4.
Dowling said, long before the Day Zero scenario, he had had a 5 000 litre rainwater tank installed, and smaller tanks at other downpipes from the roof.
These fill up fairly quickly, as every 1mm of rain falling on 1m2 of roof, yields one litre of water.
But before the urgency of the Day Zero scenario, Dowling admits that they had not used their rainwater tanks optimally.
"Basically, we used the rain water for the garden and washing cars or windows and things like that, but we were still doing a lot of toilet flushing, and baths and showers were longer. We were also using the hose for the garden."
Now they never use the bath or the hose. All showers are short, and the shower water is collected for the garden or the toilets. He put displacers in his 12-litre toilet cisterns and bent the stopcocks so the water would shut off before it reached 12 litres. They use only grey water or rainwater to flush, and have drastically reduced the number of flushes.
They don't use the dishwasher, unless there is an occasion with lots of people, and wash dishes in half a basin of water and a quarter basin for rinsing.
Two big changes were that, instead of using the rainwater tanks mainly for the garden, they now use them for toilet flushing as well. They have also put down a lot of mulch to keep the moisture in the soil.
"It was not rocket science, just took a bit of effort. A lot of people are doing more and I know of households that have got consumption down to 3 000 litres a month."
Dowling said the Day Zero scenario had presented a good opportunity for his family to put into practice all the water saving methods they had not been using with any sense of urgency.
"Before, we were all getting the first 6 000 litres free and the restrictions were not so severe. Day Zero did help change behaviour, which I think will become more ingrained now. It really is not too difficult to get down to 6 000 litres, and it's doing the right thing for the planet and saving money."
He believes the increase in water tariffs, and the need for people who have invested in rainwater tanks and grey-water systems to recoup their costs, will also keep consumption down.
Bob Scholes, a professor of systems energy at Wits University and among the top 1% of environmental scientists worldwide based on citation frequency, believes South Africans are going to have to get used to using far less water in the long term, not just during droughts.
"The key driver in this water scarcity has been rising demand. Even if people stick to restrictions we are still going to bump our heads on the ceiling at some stage."
Asked what he thought was behind Capetonians' continuing to save water, Scholes said, if an effect was dramatic enough, people did not quickly forget about it.
"A key driver of behaviour change in World War 2, when the government of Britain changed the economy overnight, was the sense that everyone, rich or poor, were in it together. That sense is a key indicator for mass behaviour change. People do it out of a sense of solidarity," Scholes said.
New comers of the Cape Town City Ballet (CTCB) are set to take centre stage in the classic and comic ballet, Coppélia, at Artscape in Cape Town. Based on the well-known tale by E.T.A. Hoffmann, this sparkling production of the family favorite ballet which runs from 25 to 29 May.
For Tickets for the family friendly ballet are available at Computicket or Artscape Dial-a-Seat on 021 421 7695
The couple's third child, who was born in London on April 23 at 11:01am (local time), weighing 3.8kg (8lb 7oz), will be known as Prince Louis, Kensington Palace announced on Friday after a four-day wait.
"The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are delighted to announce that they have named their son Louis Arthur Charles," the Palace said in a short statement.
William and Kate's choice has come as a surprise as it is already one of Prince George's middle names. It also pays tribute to the Prince of Wales's great-uncle, Earl Mountbatten, who was murdered by the IRA.
Alexander became a late front-runner after William remarked on the name at a Anzac Day service at London's Westminster Abbey while chatting with Australia's High Commissioner Alexander Downer, who asked William: "Have you thought of the name Alexander for him?"
On Thursday evening at an event with Prince Harry, William said the couple were deciding on the name, telling reporters: "I'm working on that."
At the Anzac Day service the duke told guests that both Kate and baby were "in good form, luckily", and added: "Sleeping's going reasonably well so far, so he's behaving himself, which is good news."
A cool, calm and collected Michael Conlan got the job done against Adeilson Dos Santos at the SSE Arena on Saturday night.
There were a few fireworks during the 10-round fight as the Belfast fighter won 79-73 on the scorecard against a game and durable opponent.
It was a solid performance from the Belfast fighter but he is still a work-in-progress and we must not forget this was only his eighth fight as a professional.
He will learn from this encounter and get better for it - but can be pleased with his first pro performance on home soil. And he loved the reception he got from the loud and vocal home support.
“The atmosphere was a highlight,” said Conlan. “The crowd singing along at the start was out of this world.
“That was special. Belfast is special and I can’t wait to get back because it is the best place in the world.
“I felt I used the atmosphere and I soaked it up and didn’t let it affect me like the Garden in my first fight.
“I have lived all over the world but this city is great and now that I have boxed here I don’t want to box anywhere else.”
“I thought the last fight was going to be as the guy had boxed for the Mediterranean WBC title but this guy was a proper fighter who had been a world title challenger.
“He didn’t like it when I was hitting round the side of the head. Maybe I should have done that a wee bit more.
“He has 15 knock-outs in 19 fights, so he has a good punch,” said Conlan. “And I felt some of them when I was defending there and he hit me back of the head and he really didn’t hurt me but I could tell he had pop in his punches.
“So I wasn’t going to risk anything, I am not stupid and I have to think about the future. I don’t need to be slugging it out with someone who I have more skill than and have to bring myself down to that level.”
“It was my own fault,” he said. “We were on the inside and when I tried to turn him I turned my head, instead of just turning my body, we clashed our heads. But I have been cut in the amateurs so it didn’t bother me.