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“A lot is expected of her. A lot of eyes are going to be on her.” A moment of sporting history. That's how many sports fans around the world will remember it. Africa's most decorated Olympian, swimming champion, Kirsty Coventry will become the next President of the International Olympic Committee. The first time for a woman, an African and the governing body's youngest president. In today's Africa Daily Alan Kasujja hears reaction from Zimbabwe and speaks to two female Olympians on what this means for Africa. Guests: Zimbabwean sports journalist Steve Vickers, two-time Olympic medallist Nigeria's Mary Onyali Omagbemi, and Kenya's Sinaida Aura who took part in the Tokyo Olympics for Kenya's rugby Lionesses
The Breakdown - 15th March 2025 - Presented by Steve Vickers and John Murphy:Lou Tides - 'AUTOSTATIC!'Daughter of Swords - 'Strange'The Burning Hell - 'Summer Olympics'Étienne de Crécy - 'Small Screen' (feat. Kero Kero Bonito)Courting - 'Stealth Rollback'tune-Yards - 'Limelight'Steady Holiday - 'Seasonal Optimism'John's Treble 7:Projector - 'The Sham! The Sham! The Sham!'NOT mike from glee - 'helloworld.html'Lone Striker - 'Cursed Like Roy'Circuit des Yeux - 'Truth'clipping. - 'Dominator'Sorry, Peach - 'myheadisbleeding'Kathryn Joseph - 'HARBOUR.'Matt Berninger - 'Bonnet Of Pins'The 4 o'clock classic: Howling Bells - 'Low Happening'mclusky - 'People Person'Jeffrey Lewis - 'Relaxation'Feeble Little Horse - 'This Is Real'Sally Shapiro - 'The Other Days'Dana Gavanski - 'Bolted Heart'Adult Mom - 'Crystal'Steve's Treble 7:Strange New Places - 'YATPYFL'Florist - 'Moon, Sea, Devil'Puzzle - 'Bankrupt (I hear it makes you smile)'Hannah Cohen - 'Dusty'Étienne de Crécy - 'We Can Have Fun' (feat. Caroline Rose)Florence Road - 'Heavy'Lucy Dacus - 'Talk'Throwing Muses - 'Sally's Beauty'Listen live every Saturday 3-5pm on SheffieldLive! 93.2FM, DAB and via www.sheffieldlive.org
The Breakdown - 8th March 2025 - Presented by Joel Rigler and Steve Vickers:illuminati hotties - '777'Melin Melyn - 'Promised Land'Cheekface - 'Military Gum' (feat. McKinley Dixon)The Burning Hell - 'Celebrities In Cemeteries'Marie Davidson - 'Fun Times'My Fat Pony - 'The Universe Expanded And We Stayed Here'Knitting - 'Nite Lite'Steve's Treble 7:Teen Mortgage - 'Party'Star 99 - 'Emails'The Tubs - 'Illusion'Sister. - 'Blood In The Vines'SASAMI - 'I'll Be Gone'Chloe Qisha - 'Sex, Drugs & Existential Dread'Michael Cera Palin - 'A Broken Face'Perennial - 'Perennial '65'Dean Johnson - 'Blue Moon'The 4 o'clock classic: Sparklehorse - 'Chaos Of The Galaxy/Happy Man'Frog Eyes - 'Put A Little Light On The Wretch That Is Me'Spiritbox - 'Black Rainbow'Knitting Circle - 'Safe Routes'Panic Shack - 'Gok Wan'Scustin - 'The Ick (don't put blackcurrant in that pint of Guinness)'The Burning Hell - 'My Home Planet'Joel's Treble 7:Jim Legxacy - 'father'Turbo Diesel - 'Turbo Diesel'yeule - 'Skullcrusher'fantasy of a broken heart - 'We Confront The Demon In Mysterious Ways'Billy Nomates - 'The Test'King Hüsky - 'Wish I Had I Dog'The South Hill Experiment - 'Silver Bullet'SPELLLING - 'Destiny Arrives'Listen live every Saturday 3-5pm on SheffieldLive! 93.2FM, DAB and via www.sheffieldlive.org
This week we go On A Water Break with, hosts Nicole and Trish welcome the legendary Steve Vickers, Publisher of Drum Corps World, for an in-depth conversation about the magazine's rich history, its mission, and its impact on the global drum corps community.Since its inception in 1971 alongside the formation of Drum Corps International, Drum Corps World has been a cornerstone of the marching arts, offering a unique platform for stories, reviews, and stunning photography from around the globe. Published 17 times a year, the magazine showcases everything from World and Open Class corps to international ensembles, alumni groups, and emerging programs like SoundSport and Drumline Battle.Join us as Steve shares insights into his decades-long journey with Drum Corps World, the evolution of the publication from a tabloid newspaper to an online magazine, and how its worldwide network of writers and photographers captures the spirit and artistry of the activity.Whether you're a seasoned drum corps enthusiast or new to the marching arts, this episode is packed with fascinating stories and behind-the-scenes perspectives. Don't miss it!
The Breakdown - 26th October 2024 - Presented by Joel Rigler and Steve Vickers:jasmine 4.t - 'Elephant'CLutter - 'Jesus'Japandroids - 'Eye Contact High'Onsloow - 'You From Before'AK/DK - 'Square Route' (feat. TVAM)Soccer Mommy - 'Anchor'Meryl Streek - 'If This Is Life'Joel's Treble 7:EFÉ - 'you say that i'm crazy'Friko - 'If I Am'yeule - 'Eko'Abbie Ozard - 'You're Like The Sun'Cold Cave - 'Blackberries'The Wickies - 'We Tried'The Tubs - 'Freak Mode'Biig Piig - 'Favourite Girl'Amyl and The Sniffers - 'Doing In Me Head'The 4 o'clock classic: Rocket From The Crypt - 'On A Rope'Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory - 'Afterlife'Albertine Sarges - 'Blue Lagoon'Laura Marling - 'Caroline'Prince Daddy & The Hyena - 'La Da Da'Underworld - 'King Of Haarlem'Onsloow - 'Body Parts'Fievel Is Glauque - 'It's So Easy'Steve's Treble 7:Elias Rønnenfelt - 'Close' (feat. Fauzia)Alvilda - 'Moustique'Pom Pom Squad - 'Running From Myself'Die Sexual - 'Darkest Hour'Sorry - 'Waxwing'Miya Folick - 'Alaska'Blood Wizard - 'Indecision'Anna Of The North - 'Hollywood Hills'Phantogram - 'Feedback Invisible'Listen live every Saturday 3-5pm on SheffieldLive! 93.2FM, DAB and via www.sheffieldlive.org
James M. Dorsey discusses on Backchat with Steve Vickers and Daniel Marwecki what escalating tensions between Israel and the Iranian-backed Shiite militia Hezbollah mean for the Middle East.
The Breakdown - 7th September 2024 - Presented by Joel Rigler and Steve Vickers:mxmtoon - 'the situation' (feat. Kero Kero Bonito)Annie - 'The Sky Is Blue'Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - 'Final Rescue Attempt'Sarah Kinsley - 'Matter'Party Dozen - 'Coup De Gronk'Caddy - 'In A Heartbeat'Joel's Treble 7:Liquid Mike - 'Man Lives'Uncle Emmington - 'I Just Like Being A Piece Of Furniture In Your Weird Life (The Furniture Song)'Toro y Moi - 'Reseda' (Duckwrth & Elijah Kessler)Oh, Rose - 'Toilet Water'Nala Sinephro - 'Continuum 9'Surf Trash - 'Tappin Into Magic'The Bug Club - 'The Best Looking Strangers In The Cemetery'OK Cowgirl - 'On My Mind'Grumpy - 'Saltlick'smol fish - 'Get Over It'The 4 o'clock classic: TNGHT - 'Higher Ground'Mercury Rev - 'There's Always Been A Bird In Me'Ada Lea - 'come on, baby! be a good girl for the camera'Piney Gir - 'Show Me The Lightning'Sarah Kinsley - 'My Name Is Dancing'Midwife - 'No Depression In Heaven'Steve's Treble 7:Hinds - 'Hi, How Are You'Badger x Icona Pop - 'Body Type'STIFF RICHARDS - 'GFC'Shovels And Rope - 'Te Amo'MJ Lenderman - 'On My Knees'Lykke Li - 'Midnight Shining'Okay Kaya - 'Spacegirl (Shirley's)'Fcukers - 'UMPA'Patrick Topping & Green Velvet - 'Mad Motion'Listen live every Saturday 3-5pm on SheffieldLive! 93.2FM, DAB and via www.sheffieldlive.org
The Breakdown - 10th August 2024 - Presented by Joel Rigler and Steve Vickers:cumgirl8 - 'Karma Police'Kelly Lee Owens - 'Sunshine'WHY? - 'Nis(s)an Dreams, Pt.1'Energy Slime - 'High Society' *The Martial Arts - 'The Attractions'beabadoobee - 'Real Man'Honeyglaze - 'Pretty Girls'Joel's Treble 7:Billiam - 'Animation Cel' *Yo Gabba Gabba & The Drums - 'Ch-Ch-Change' *Quivers - 'Fake Flowers' *Kerosene Kream - 'Psychedelic Ranger'Silverbacks - 'Something I Know'Campfire Social - 'Clarity'Destroy Boys - 'You Hear Yes' (feat. Mannequin Pussy & Scowl)Osees - 'Pixelated Moon'Kele - 'Hometown Edge'The 4 o'clock classic: Ooberman - 'Bees'Good Good Blood - 'Hessaldene Nights'The Smile - 'Don't Get Me Started'Wait! What? - 'No' *pretty, depressed - 'mini' *Boy Jr. - 'Still Be Friends'Twin Atlantic - 'Fall'Steve's Treble 7:Supermilk - 'Words Of Affirmation'Good Good Blood - 'Poor Man's Alex G'The Bug Club - 'A Bit Like James Bond'Magdalena Bay - 'Tunnel Vision'illuminati hotties - 'The L'Energy Slime - 'Zucchini Castle'Fontaines D.C. - 'Here's The Thing'Toro Y Moi - 'Hollywood' (feat. Ben Gibbard)Oso Oso - 'application'Listen live every Saturday 3-5pm on SheffieldLive! 93.2FM, DAB and via www.sheffieldlive.org
The Breakdown - 15th June 2024 - Presented by Steve Vickers and John Murphy:Nilüfer Yanya - 'Method Actor'She's In Parties - 'Puppet Show'Perennial - 'Tambourine on Snare'Charli XCX - 'Rewind'Walt Disco - 'The Captain'Wishy - 'Triple Seven'Los Campesinos! - '0898 Heartache'John's Treble 7:Johnny Foreigner - 'All Of The Colours'Hannah Mohan - 'Soaked' (feat. Tōth)86TVs - 'Someone Else's Dream'The Decemberists - 'Born To The Morning'Bored At My Grandmas House - 'Moving Slow'Girl K - 'The Well'Macseal - 'Four Legs'Divorce - 'My Room'The 4 o'clock classic: Françoise Hardy - 'Comment te dire adieu'Jamie xx - 'Treat Each Other Right'Romy - 'Always Forever'This Is Lorelei - 'A Song That Sings About You'Honne - 'Girl In The Orchestra'Spirit Of The Beehive - 'LET THE VIRGIN DRIVE'Hinds - 'En Forma'Steve's Treble 7:Jouska - 'Blue Like The Sun (Shiner Remix)'Isobel Campbell - 'Spider To The Fly'AJJ - 'Death Machine (Bedrock Take 2)'Heartworms - 'Jacked'Walt Disco - 'Gnomes'Faux Real - 'Walking Away From My Demons'Joan As Police Woman - 'Long For Ruin'Font - 'Natalie's Song'Listen live every Saturday 3-5pm on SheffieldLive! 93.2FM, DAB and via www.sheffieldlive.org
The Breakdown - 10th February 2024 - Presented by Steve Vickers and John Murphy:Yard Act - 'When The Laughter Stops' (feat. Katy J Pearson)girl in red - 'Too Much'The Last Dinner Party - 'Gjuha'Brittany Howard - 'Power To Undo'Chelsea Wolfe - 'House Of Self-Undoing'Ducks Ltd - 'Cathedral City'Sofia Bolt - 'Go Away'John's Treble 7:Totally Slow - 'Future Burns'Faye Webster - 'Feeling Good Today'Little Simz - 'Mood Swings'The Decemberists - 'Burial Ground'renforshort - 'Serpentine'mui zyu - 'everything to die for'Declan McKenna - 'I Write The News'Shygirl - 'mr useless' (feat. SG Lewis)Sunday Cruise - 'Pretty Girl'The 4 o'clock classic: Bob Marley & The Wailers - 'Jamming'Mount Kimbie - 'Fishbrain'Maggie Rogers - 'Don't Forget Me'Les Savy Fav - 'Legendary Tippers'Anna Prior - 'Tech Não'Madi Diaz - 'Obsessive Thoughts'Steve's Treble 7:Tomato Flower - 'Temple Of The Mind'Nervous Twitch - 'I'd Like To Think You Know Me Better Than That'The Veronicas - 'Here To Dance'Charm Of Finches - 'Clean Cut'Amen Dunes - 'Purple Land'Brittany Howard - 'Another Day'Crowded House - 'Oh Hi'SWEAT - 'Give Me Action'Fine - 'Empty Space' (feat. Molly Rymer and Jonah Evans)Listen live every Saturday 3-5pm on SheffieldLive! 93.2FM, DAB and via www.sheffieldlive.org
The Breakdown End Of Year Special - 30th December 2023 - Presented by Joel Rigler, Steve Vickers, Pete Mella and John Murphy:The Beaches - 'Cigarette'Brix Smith - 'Livin Thru My Despair'Mary Jane Dunphe - 'Always Gonna Be The Same'Big Thief - 'Vampire Empire'JACKIE EXTREME - 'MORE MORE MORE' (feat. AlexZone)Eartheater - 'Chop Suey'Ron Gallo - 'I Love Someone Buried Deep Inside You (Ron's Version)'Girl Ray - 'Everybody's Saying That'Nourished by Time - 'Daddy'FIZZ - 'High In Brighton'New German Cinema - 'Being Dead'The Japanese House - 'Touching Yourself'Treble 7:feeble little horse - 'Freak'The Lost Days - 'What's On Your Mind'A Beacon School - 'Potion'Corinne Bailey Rae - 'New York Transit Queen'Home Front - 'Nation'Lael Neale - 'I Am The River'Teya & Salena - 'Who The Hell Is Edgar?'boygenius - 'Not Strong Enough'Baby Queen - 'We Can Be Anything'Nation of Language - 'Sole Obsession'Yaeji - 'For Granted'CMAT - 'Whatever's Inconvenient'Lila Blue - 'Changeling'Chemtrails - 'Business Class Warpaint'Dream Wife - 'Curious'Caroline Polachek - 'Welcome To My Island'IAN SWEET - 'Your Spit'En Attendant Ana - 'Wonder'Ryan Gosling - 'I'm Just Ken'Listen live every Saturday 3-5pm on SheffieldLive! 93.2FM, DAB and via www.sheffieldlive.org
The Breakdown - 9th December 2023 - Presented by Joel Rigler and Steve Vickers with Chris Stride:Chemtrails - 'Join Our Death Cult'Hotline TNT - 'I Thought You'd Change'Haiku Hands - 'Paradise'HEALTH - 'CRACK METAL'Air In The Lungs - 'Burn The Clocks'King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard - 'Gila Monster'Joel's Treble 7:@ - 'Soul Hole'Joanna Sternberg - 'Without You'Snõõper - 'Company Car'Halo Maud - 'Terres Infinies'Chris's Treble 7:Gabi Garbutt & Du Blonde - 'Panic'Living Body - 'I Do'Pozi - 'Faulty Receiver'King Krule - 'Seaforth'Black Country, New Road - 'Up Song - Live at Bush Hall'The 4 o'clock classic: Hefner - 'The Hymn For The Cigarettes'Witching Waves - 'The Valley'Current Affairs - 'Right Time'Captain Crocodile - 'Tried To Say'Pip Blom - 'Where'd You Get My Number'Get Wrong - 'Purple'Steve's Treble 7:PACKS - 'HFCS'Pop Filter - 'Undertow'Mo Troper - 'Citgo Sign'The Bug Club - 'Marriage'HEALTH - 'FUTURE OF HELL'Al Costelloe - 'So Neurotic'En Attendant Ana - 'Wonder'Wings Of Desire - 'A Million Other Suns'Lonely Tourist - 'This Place Takes A Lot Of Beating'Sufjan Stevens - 'Will Anybody Ever Love Me?'Listen live every Saturday 3-5pm on SheffieldLive! 93.2FM, DAB and via www.sheffieldlive.org
The Breakdown - 21st October 2023 - Presented by Steve Vickers & John Murphy:Caroline Polachek - 'Dang'Kevin Abstract - 'What Should I Do?'Dream Nails - 'Ballpit'Pip Blom - 'Not Tonight'Sparkbird - 'November'talker - 'TWENTYSOMETHING'Carla J Easton - 'Never Belong'John's Treble 7:Bombay Bicycle Club - 'Rural Radio Predicts The Rapture'Office Dog - 'Gleam'Odetta Hartman - 'Dr. No'Sampha - 'Rose Tint'Priya Ragu - 'School Me Like That'Sunday Cruise - 'Oh Lover, Why?'Chroma - 'I Wanna Be Where You Are'Mayshe-Mayshe - 'Shadowbloom'Idles - 'Dancer' (feat. LCD Soundsystem)The 4 o'clock classic: The Shins - 'Fighting In A Sack'Snarls - 'Big Fish'The Klittens - 'Universal Experience'Forest Swords - 'Night Sculptures'The Rolling Stones - 'Get Close'Raveloe - 'Ghost Beach'Pip Blom - 'Again'Steve's Treble 7:Cruush - 'As She Grows'Ana Frango Elétrico - 'Coisa Maluca'Lightheaded - 'Patti Girl'Harp - 'A Fountain'Bo Milli - 'Chewing Gum'Lol Tolhurst, Budgie & Jacknife Lee - 'We Got To Move' (feat. Isaac Brock)Lost Girls - 'June 1996'The American Analog Set - 'Konika and Maliko'Kat Dobay - 'Something Like I'm Sorry'Gretchin - 'Petals'Lowertown - 'Root Canal'Ducks Ltd - 'The Main Thing'IAN SWEET - 'Smoking Again'Witching Waves - 'Vessel'Middle Kids - 'Dramamine'Astrid & Alexander - 'Public Figure'Vera Sola - 'The Line'Pure Bathing Culture - 'The Sun'Pip Blom - '7 Weeks'Picture Parlour - 'Judgement Day'Better Joy - 'Hard To Love'Floating Points - 'Birth4000'Listen live every Saturday 3-5pm on SheffieldLive! 93.2FM, DAB and via www.sheffieldlive.org
The Breakdown - 7th October 2023 - Presented by Joel Rigler & Steve Vickers, with guest Eve Forrest:Empty Country - 'Dustine'Brimheim - 'Literally Everything'Molly Burch - 'Heartburn'Sufjan Stevens - 'Goodbye Evergreen'Cleo Sol - 'There Will Be No Crying'Miya Folick - 'What We Wanna'Steve's Treble 7:A. Savage - 'Riding Cobbles'Dorian Electra - 'Idolize'Get Jealous - 'Marie'The Suncharms - 'Last Tram'Paramore - 'Crave (Re: Claud)'Gruff Rhys - 'Celestial Candyfloss'Torres - 'Collect'Sleater-Kinney - 'Hell'Liz Lawrence - 'I Was There' (feat. Steve Mason)The 4 o'clock classic: No Doubt - 'Spiderwebs'John Grant & Midlake - 'You Don't Get To'Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers - 'I Don't Want It'Hannah Diamond - 'Flashback'Hourglvss - 'Thrive'Thumpasaurus - 'Alien Sex Tape'Kevin Abstract - 'Blanket'Joel's Treble 7:HEALTH - 'SICKO' (feat. Godflesh)Glasser - 'Knave'VTSS - 'Steady Pace' (feat. Boys Noize)King Creosote - 'It's Sin That's Got Its Hold Upon Us'Sufjan Stevens - 'There's A World'King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - 'Theia'Kitty Perrin - 'First Love'JD Clayton - 'Arkansas Kid'English Teacher - 'Nearly Daffodils'Listen live every Saturday 3-5pm on SheffieldLive! 93.2FM, DAB and via www.sheffieldlive.orgYou can also watch an hour of music videos curated by The Breakdown on www.spacedentist.tv - daily at 7pm and midnight.
The Breakdown - 5th August 2023 - Presented by Steve Vickers & John Murphy:The Linda Lindas - 'Resolution/Revolution'The Vapour Trails - 'On A Beautiful Day'Locate S,1 - 'Have You Got It Yet?'Art School Girlfriend - 'The Weeks'Onyon - 'Alien Alien'Patio - 'Sixpence'Sarah Klang - 'Halloween Costume'John's Treble 7:Speedy Ortiz - 'Ghostwriter'Diners - 'Someday I'll Go Surfing'Ratboys - 'Crossed That Line'My Lo-fi Heart - 'Daydream' (BiGeGG Remix)Will Butler + Sister Squares - 'Arrow Of Time'Noah Yorke - 'Cerebral Key'A Giant Dog - 'I Believe'Wilco - 'Evicted'The 4 o'clock classic: The Juliana Hatfield Three - 'My Sister'Georgia Gets By - 'Happiness Is An 8 Ball'Hurry - 'Something More'Girl Ray - 'Easy'Annie Hart - 'Boy You Got Me Good'Maria Wilman - 'Roll Your Soul'Art School Girlfriend - 'Blue Sky' (feat. Tony Njoku)Co-Pilot - 'Swim to Sweden'Steve's Treble 7:Silicone Prairie - 'Victorian Flame'The Hives - 'Trapdoor Solution'Slacks - 'Fuzzcock'Drop Nineteens - 'Scapa Flow'BiGeGG - 'The Kavorka' (My Lo-fi Heart Remix)Charli Adams - 'everything she wanted'Hannah Georgas - 'Home'Spirit Of The Beehive - 'Natural Devotion 2'Laura Groves - 'I'm Not Crying'Sheer Mag - 'All Lined Up'superviolet - 'waver'Glasser - 'Drift'Listen live every Saturday 3-5pm on SheffieldLive! 93.2FM, DAB and via www.sheffieldlive.orgYou can also watch an hour of music videos curated by The Breakdown on www.spacedentist.tv - daily at 7pm and midnight.
The Breakdown - 22nd July 2023 - Presented by Steve Vickers & Pete Mella (with guest My Lo-fi Heart):Lynks - 'USE IT OR LOSE IT'Carly Rae Jepsen - 'Kamikaze'Strange Ranger - 'Dream'Locate S,1 - 'Danielle'Baby Queen - 'We Can Be Anything'The Kills - 'New York'Sextile - 'New York'Steve's Treble 7:Aphex Twin - 'zin2 test5'The Woolen Men - 'Spoiled'Red Sleeping Beauty - 'Pristine Christine'My Lo-fi Heart - 'Daydream'BiGeGG - 'The Kavorka'The 4 o'clock Classic: Sinéad O'Connor - 'Mandinka'Georgia - 'Some Things You'll Never Know'Purity Ring and Black Dresses - 'Shines'Brenda - 'Sleep Walking'Jessy Lanza - 'Big Pink Rose'Locate S,1 - 'Daffodil'Bethany Cosentino - 'Natural Disaster'Pete's Treble 7:Being Dead - 'The Great American Picnic'Wren Hinds - 'Razor Wing'Spill Tab - 'fetišh'High Pulp - 'Slaw'Slow Pulp - 'Doubt'yeule - 'dazies'Maija Sofia - 'Telling The Bees'Dot Allison - 'Shyness Of Crowns'Symbol Soup - 'Dark Horse'Grimes - 'I Wanna Be Software'Mitski - 'Bug Like An Angel'The Clientele - 'Lady Grey'Ashnikko - 'Cheerleader'Nation Of Language - 'Too Much, Enough'Listen live every Saturday 3-5pm on SheffieldLive! 93.2FM, DAB and via www.sheffieldlive.orgYou can also watch an hour of music videos curated by The Breakdown on www.spacedentist.tv - daily at 7pm and midnight.
The Breakdown - 13th May 2023 - Presented by Steve Vickers & John Murphy:Haiku Hands - 'Nunchucka'Creep Show - 'Moneyback'The Lemon Twigs - 'Ghosts Run Free'BC Camplight - 'The Movie'Alison Goldfrapp - 'In Electric Blue'Overmono - 'Fellings Plain'John's Treble 7:Margo Cilker - 'Lowland Trail'Feeble Little Horse - 'Pocket'Wombo - 'Slab'Memorials - 'What A Life'Lanterns On The Lake - 'Real Life'Fort Not - 'Scum'Jenny Lewis - 'Giddy Up'Helen Ganya - 'Little Match Girl'Geese - 'Mysterious Love'The 4 o'clock classic: Prince - 'Alphabet Street'Thumpasaurus - 'Terrified'Strange Ranger - 'She's On Fire'Highschool - 'Colt'Janelle Monáe - 'Lipstick Lover'Madeline Kenney - 'Superficial Conversation'Steve's Treble 7:yot club - 'it's been a long night'This Is The Kit - 'More Change'Lennnie - 'the coming out song!'Dolly Parton - 'World On Fire'BC Camplight - 'Fear: Life In A Dozen Years'Memorials - 'Take The Toys From The Boys'Amy May Ellis - 'Matador'Christine and The Queens - 'Tears Can Be So Soft'Muriel - 'Seaside Painter'Lloyd Cole - 'Warm By The Fire'Bryde - 'Brainy'Charlotte Cornfield - 'Nowhere'Arlo Parks - 'Pagasus' (feat. Phoebe Bridgers)The Datarock Double:The Research - 'C'mon Chameleon'The Research - 'Back To The Real World'The Drums - 'Plastic Envelope'Natural Wonder Beauty Concept - 'Sword'Decisive Pink - 'Dopamine'Listen live every Saturday 3-5pm on SheffieldLive! 93.2FM, DAB and via www.sheffieldlive.orgYou can also watch an hour of music videos curated by The Breakdown on www.spacedentist.tv - daily at 7pm and midnight.
The Breakdown - 29th April 2023 - Presented by Steve Vickers and Pete Mella:Palehound - 'The ClutchBraids - 'Milennia'Holiday Ghosts - 'Rocket'Indigo De Souza - 'Wasting Your Time'Belgrado - 'Rytmy Wszechświata'Sir Chloe - 'Know Better'Fionn - '18'Pete's Treble 7:Easy Star All-Stars - 'Star' (feat. Carl Livingston)Pearl & The Oysters - 'Read The Room' (feat. Laetitia Sadier)Deb Never - 'Mania & Bliss'Shangri-Lass - 'The Scandal'Jessie Ware - 'Beautiful People'Baby Rose - 'Paranoid'Avalon Emerson - 'Entombed In Ice'Horse Jumper Of Love - 'Heartbreak Rules'The 4 o'clock classic: Ben Kweller - 'How It Should Be (Sha Sha)'Wednesday Campanella - 'Little Red Riding Hood'Neggy Gemmy - 'Daydream'Kirin J Callinan - 'Anæmic Adonis (You Made Me A Promise)'The National - 'Once Upon A Poolside' (feat. Sufjan Stevens)Indigo De Souza - 'Parking Lot'Tiny Ruins - 'Out Of Phase'Nabihah Iqbal - 'A Tender Victory'Steve's Treble 7:Former Champ - 'Beginner's Luck'Kenzie - 'Sickly Sweet'Private Party - 'Could Have Asked Sooner'Susanne Sundfør - 'ashera's song'JFDR - 'Valentine'Confidence Man & Daniel Avery - 'On And On (Again)'Bernice - 'Barbara, It's Your Tree'Jessie Ware - 'Shake The Bottle'Listen live every Saturday 3-5pm on SheffieldLive! 93.2FM, DAB and via www.sheffieldlive.orgYou can also watch an hour of music videos curated by The Breakdown on www.spacedentist.tv - daily at 7pm and midnight.
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FloppyDays Sponsors: 8-Bit Classics Arcade Shopper Welcome to Floppy Days #125 for April, 2023. And I'm your host, Randy Kindig. We are currently in the year 1982 for home computers. This episode is the continuation of a multi-episode arc that covers the Sinclair ZX Spectrum through all the usual topics. This is the seventh of those, with the first having been the interview with John Grant of Nine Tiles, the second and third being coverage of the history of the Spectrum with Alessandro Grussu, the fourth being the interview with the author of the terrific book “The ZX Spectrum Ula: How to Design a Microcomputer”, Mr. Chris Smith, the fifth covering tech specs for the Speccy with Chris, and the sixth covering the topics peripherals, using the machine, and magazines with PJ Evans, Tour Guide and Sinclair curator at The National Museum of Computing on Bletchley Park in the U.K. The topics covered in this episode include books, software, ads, modern upgrades, emulation, buying one today, community, and Web sites. Once again, my co-host will be PJ Evans, who did a wonderful job last episode. This will be the final episode covering the ZX Spectrum, after setting the record in terms of number of episodes on Floppy Days about a single machine. As usual, I will also talk a bit about what I have been up to, including an update on any new acquisitions that have come my way. In addition, I'll briefly tell you about upcoming shows of which I'm aware. Before we get started I want to mention the show sponsors for Floppy Days. https://www.8bitclassics.com, run by my friend Corey Koltz, is a great place to get vintage computer items. This includes video cables, power supplies, PC boards, cartridges, upgrades and more for a wide variety of vintage computer platforms. In the New Acquisitions section I cover each month on this show, often one of the items I talk about has been ordered from 8-Bit Classics. Corey has been a friend of the show for some time and I really appreciate his support of the podcast. Check out the site… he has some great stuff. https://www.arcadeshopper.com, run by my friend Greg McGill, is another terrific site to get vintage computer items. Greg has a wide variety of hard-to-find items for a large number of platforms. This is another site that I do and have done a lot of shopping at and have mentioned numerous times on Floppy Days. If anything shows out of stock, just ping Greg through the contact form and he can check whether he has or can get more of the item for you. I also wanted to mention those listeners who appreciate the show enough to donate through patreon.com. This includes Chris Petzel, Tony Cappellini, laurens, Richard Goulstone, Josh Malone, Andy Collins, Simon McCullough, Jason Moore, Quentin Barnes. I really appreciate you guys and it helps offset the cost of running the podcast. Links Mentioned in the Show: New Acquisitions and What I've Been Up To Amiga 500 Parceiro - amiga.parceiro@outlook.com Atari XEP80-II Case - https://thebrewingacademy.com/collections/atari-800-xl-xe-xel-xld/products/xep80-ii-by-mytek FD sign and shirt - http://www.vistaprint.com book - Over the Spectrum - https://amzn.to/3AmFaSZ ZXPand+ Case - http://www.sellmyretro.com Upcoming Shows Indy Classic Computer and Video Game Expo - April 29 & 30 - Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel, Indianapolis, IN - https://indyclassic.org/ The 64 bits or less Retro Gaming Festival - June 3-4 - Benton County Fairgrounds in Corvallis, Oregon (sponsored by the PortlandRetro Gaming Expo) - https://www.64bitsorless.com/ Boatfest Vintage Computer Exposition - June 23-25 - Hurricane, WV - http://boatfest.info VCF Southwest - June 23-25 - Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center at University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX - http://vcfsw.org Pacific Commodore Expo NW v4 - June 24-25 - “Interim” Computer Museum, Seattle, WA - https://www.portcommodore.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=pacommex:start j KansasFest, the largest and longest running annual Apple II conference - July 18-23, 2023 - Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri - https://www.kansasfest.org/ Southern Fried Gaming Expo and VCF Southeast - July 28-30 2023 - Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/ ZZAP! Live 2023 - August 12 - The Holiday Inn, Kenilworth, CV8 1ED - https://fusionretroevents.co.uk/category/zzap-live/ VCF Midwest - September 9-10 - Waterford Banquets and Conference Center, Elmhurst, IL - http://vcfmw.org/ Tandy Assembly - Sep. 29-Oct. 1 - Courtyard by Marriott in Springfield, Ohio - http://www.tandyassembly.com/ AmiWest - October 14-15 - Sacramento, CA - https://retro.directory/browse/events/4/AmiWest.net Portland Retro Gaming Expo - October 13-15, 2023 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/ World of Commodore - Dec. 2-3, 2023 - Admiral Inn Mississauga, Mississauga, ON - http://www.worldofcommodore.ca/ Books books listed at World of Spectrum - https://worldofspectrum.org/archive/books Spectrum Machine Language For The Absolute Beginner by William Tang 2020 - https://amzn.to/3Ix6mn3 (Retro Reproductions) Over the Spectrum by Philip Williams 2020 - https://amzn.to/3YFsbGu (Retro Reproductions) Spectrum Games Bible 1982-1984 Paperback – June 11, 2008 by P Johns - https://amzn.to/3KfL0vy ZX Spectrum Games Code Club: Twenty fun games to code and learn Paperback – November 23, 2015 by Gary Plowman (Author) - https://amzn.to/3EgSFGk Spectrumpedia by Alessandro Grussu (2 volumes) - https://www.alessandrogrussu.it/sp.html Volume I (English) - https://amzn.to/3Ek9boX Volume II (English) - https://amzn.to/3IGVwet The Micro Kids: An 80s Adventure with ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and more Paperback – Illustrated, December 8, 2018 by Gary Plowman - https://amzn.to/3Klsan7 The ZX Spectrum Ula: How to Design a Microcomputer Illustrated Edition by Christopher David Smith - https://amzn.to/3IwGgjU Sinclair ZX Spectrum : A Visual Compendium - https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/by-system/products/sinclair-zx-spectrum-a-visual-compendium Software archive at World of Spectrum - https://worldofspectrum.org/archive TOSEC at archive.org by Lady Eklipse - https://archive.org/details/zx-spectrum-tosec-set-v-2020-02-18-lady-eklipse Top 10 games - https://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/30-best-zx-spectrum-games-594151 1. Elite – Firebird Games 2. R-Type – Electric Dreams Software 3. Chuckie Egg - A'n'F Software 4. Manic Miner - Bug-Byte Software Ltd 5. Knight Lore - Ultimate Play The Game 6. Back to Skool - Microsphere 7. Football Manager - Addictive Games Ltd 8. Lunar Jetman - Ultimate Play The Game 9. Horace Goes Skiing – Beam Software 10. Boulder Dash – Front Runner Productivity and Education Software from Sinclair Catalog (all cassette) - https://archive.org/details/sinclair-research/ZX%20Spectrum%20Software%20Catalog/mode/2up Ads and Appearances Starring the Computer - http://www.starringthecomputer.com/ Ad - http://www.retro8bitcomputers.co.uk/Sinclair/ZXSpectrum Modern Upgrades ZX-AY external stereo audio interface for all ZX Spectrum models - https://www.bytedelight.com/?product=zx-ay-external-stereo-audio-interface-for-all-zx-spectrum-models ZX-HD HDMI Interface - https://www.bytedelight.com/?product=zx-hd-hdmi-interface-with-ulaplus DIVMMC - https://www.thefuturewas8bit.com/shop/sinclair/divmmcfuture.html SpectraNet - https://www.bytedelight.com/?product=spectranet-internet-interface-with-closed-case Emulation Emulator list at World of Spectrum - https://worldofspectrum.net/emulators/ Spectaculator (paid) https://www.spectaculator.com/ Fuse: Windows - https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulator/files/fuse-utils/1.4.3/fuse-utils-1.4.3-win32.zip/download macOS - https://fuse-for-macosx.sourceforge.io/ Linux - http://fuse-emulator.sourceforge.net/ Speccy - https://fms.komkon.org/Speccy/ Eighty One - https://www.aptanet.org/eightyone/ Retro Virtual Machine (RVM) - https://www.retrovirtualmachine.org/ ZEsarUX - https://github.com/chernandezba/zesarux/ ZX Spectrum 4 Android - https://www.zxspectrum4.net/android/ QAOP (browser-based) - http://torinak.com/qaop JSSpeccy (browser-based) - https://jsspeccy.zxdemo.org/ Community Facebook Spectrum Forever - https://www.facebook.com/groups/491247224287188 Spectrum for Everyone - https://www.facebook.com/groups/400461880300289 World of Spectrum - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1571053279836005 ZX Spectrum - https://www.facebook.com/groups/164156683632183 Twitter ZX Spectrum Code Club - https://twitter.com/zxspectrum_club Mastodon Sinclair ZX Spectrum Bot - https://oldbytes.space/@zxspectrumbot@mastodon.cloud Spectrum User - https://oldbytes.space/@spectrumuser@toot.wales Forums AtariAge - https://www.atariage.com https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/ https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/forums/index.php https://www.sinclairzxworld.com/viewforum.php Podcasts Our Sinclair: A ZX Spectrum Podcast by Amigos Retro Gaming - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/our-sinclair-a-zx-spectrum-podcast/id1454120857 Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/zxspectrum/ Web Sites Byte Delight shop - https://www.bytedelight.com The Future Was 8bit shop - https://www.thefuturewas8bit.com/ Power supplies for Spectrum machines at Retro Games Supply - https://en.retrogamesupply.com/collections/other Dr. Steve Vickers at YouTube - https://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~sjv/ “The first ZX Spectrum prototype laid bare” article about John Grant - https://www.theregister.com/2019/03/05/the_first_zx_spectrum_prototype_laid_bare/ The official world archive for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum - https://worldofspectrum.org/ The Spectrum Show by Paul Jenkinson - https://m.youtube.com/user/BuckingTheTrend2008 The MagPi - https://magpi.raspberrypi.com/issues/67 Interview with Steve Vickers & Richard Altwasser - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLnuY3EKnWE References Retro 8-bit Computers - http://www.retro8bitcomputers.co.uk/ Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX_Spectrum Old-Computers.com museum - https://www.old-computers.com/museum/default.asp https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/
The Breakdown - 18th March 2023 - Presented by Steve Vickers and Pete Mella:Ailbhe Reddy - 'Damage'Nation of Language - 'Sole Obsession'Fever Ray - 'Looking For A Ghost'Yves Tumor - 'Lovely Sewer'Nuha Ruby Ra - 'Self Portraiture'Belinda Carlisle - 'Big Big Love'Aly & AJ - 'Open To Something And That Something Is You'Pete's Treble 7:Meet Me @ the Altar - 'It's Over For Me'The Clamor - 'p.s. Junket '82'Infinity Crush - 'myth'100 gecs - 'Dumbest Girl Alive'Fazerdaze - 'Flood Into'Black Honey - 'Rock Bottom'The Van Pelt - 'Artisans And Merchants'Django Django - 'Back To Back' (feat. Patience)The 4 o'clock classic: Roxy Music - 'Do The Strand'Memorials - 'It's In Our Hands'Death And Vanilla - 'Baby Snakes'Unknown Mortal Orchestra - 'Guilty Pleasures'M83 - 'Laura'Yves Tumor - 'Operator'100 gecs - '757'Steve's Quadruple 7:The Lost Days - 'What's On Your Mind'OK Cool - 'nissandays'Luna Morgenstern - 'Dance Dance (Don't Go)'Tommy Lefroy - 'The Mess'Lonnie Holley - 'If We Get Lost They Will Find Us' (feat. Rokia Koné)Gretel Hänlyn - 'The Head Of The Love Club'Nia Archives - 'Sunrise Bang Ur Head Against Tha Wall'Tugboat Captain - 'Deep Sea Diving'Robbie & Mona - 'Wenders'Art School Girlfriend - 'Close To The Clouds'Listen live every Saturday 3-5pm on SheffieldLive! 93.2FM, DAB and via www.sheffieldlive.orgYou can also watch an hour of music videos curated by The Breakdown on www.spacedentist.tv - daily at 7pm and midnight.
The Breakdown - 11th March 2023 - Presented by Joel Rigler and Steve Vickers:bar italia - 'Nurse!'Das Koolies - 'You Killed My Robot'Kate NV - 'early bird'Fever Ray - 'Shiver'Shana Cleveland - 'Gold Tower'Lichen Slow - 'Preset'Joel's Treble 7:Alice Longyu Gao - 'Come 2 Brazil'Sophie and the Giants - 'DNA' (feat. Mearsy)Ashnikko - 'Worms'The New Pornographers - 'Pontius Pilate's Home Movies'Daughter - 'Swim Back'Thumpasaurus - 'Lipstick Makeup'Miya Folick - 'Mommy'Momma - 'Bang Bang'Dutch Uncles - 'Exit Row'The 4 o'clock classic: The Go! Team - 'Huddle Formation'Frankie Rose - 'Sleeping Night And Day'Mediocre - 'Pop Song Baby'H.Hawkline - 'Athens At Night'Fever Ray - 'Even It Out'Hatchie - 'Rooftops' (feat. Liam Benzvi)Protomartyr - 'Make Way'Steve's Treble 7:feeble little horse - 'Tin Man'The Reds, Pinks and Purples - 'The Town That Cursed Your Name'Jimmy Whispers - 'Hellscape'Mr Kitty - '6x6'MSPAINT - 'Think It Through'Panic Pocket - 'Mad Half Hour'Nia Archives - 'That's Tha Way Life Goes'Foyer Red - 'Plumbers Unite!'Miley Cyrus - 'You'Jaguar Sun & Husbands - 'It Gets Better'Listen live every Saturday 3-5pm on SheffieldLive! 93.2FM, DAB and via www.sheffieldlive.orgYou can also watch an hour of music videos curated by The Breakdown on www.spacedentist.tv - daily at 7pm and midnight.
The Breakdown - 21st January 2023 - Presented by Joel Rigler and Steve Vickers:boygenius - '$20'Lichen Slow - 'Pick Over The Bones'Billy Nomates - 'black curtains in the bag'We Are Scientists - 'Here Goes'Dutch Uncles - 'Tropigala (2 to 5)'Future Utopia - 'We Were We Still Are' (feat. Kae Tempest)Steve's Treble 7:Biig Piig - 'In The Dark'Guided By Voices - 'Another Day To Heal'Nagasaki Swim - 'Sleep'The National - 'Tropic Morning News'Tennis - 'Let's Make A Mistake Tonight'Braids - 'Evolution'Heartworms - 'Retributions Of An Awful Life'Tugboat Captain - 'Flash Of Light'The 4 o'clock classic: Frightened Rabbit - 'The Twist'Jessica Winter - 'Clutter' (feat. Lynks)Italia 90 - 'New Factory'whenyoung - 'Shame Train'We Are Scientists - 'Turn It Up'Ladytron - 'We Never Went Away'Yaeji - 'For Granted'Joel's Treble 7:MSPAINT - 'Delete It'Fireworks - 'God Approved Insurance PlanCatherine Moan & Primer - 'Pavement 2'Kitty Fitz - 'I Want Your Love (Oh My God!)'Juni Habel - 'Little Twirl'Gretel Hänlyn - 'Wiggy'Caroline Rose - 'Miami'Sløtface - 'Nose'U.S. Girls - 'Futures Bet'Listen live every Saturday 3-5pm on SheffieldLive! 93.2FM, DAB and via www.sheffieldlive.orgYou can also watch an hour of music videos curated by The Breakdown on www.spacedentist.tv - daily at 7pm and midnight.
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Drum corps' unique legacy of "stuff" — artifacts, collectibles, old uniforms, pictures, publications, and more. There's a whole cadre of people working behind the scenes to preserve DCI's storied history, and a significant collection is currently being prepared to display as part of the 2022 DCI World Championships in Indianapolis. Featuring special guests Sue Kuehnhold, Steve Vickers, Blake Crenshaw and Bill Ives.
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Vick talks about sticking with the MIC process and how he became a professional day trader! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/myinvestingclub/support
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This latest episode of the the #DStvPod features fans from Alois Bunjira and Steve Vickers to little boys as well as a granny speak on the even of an Unbeatable Football season on DStv. All this and more with Larry Kwirirayi
Éloi et Nicholas reviennent sur l'exploit de Steve Vickers et le match particulier tenu au Forum lors des élections québécoises de 1976. Ils abordent aussi la place des femmes dans le hockey, la saison à venir et les équipes qui ont des difficultés financières.
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Tom Ellis and Liam Flint in Cairo review Monday's matches and talk to Ivory Coast strikers Wilfried Bony and Wilfried Zaha and hear from the Namibia coach and captain about their Cup of Nations experience. Steve Vickers in Alexandria considers Madagascar's win over Nigeria in the history of AFCON shock and Tom and Liam try their football skills in the Fan Zone outside Cairo's 30th June Stadium.
Tom Ellis and Liam Flint in Cairo review Monday's matches and talk to Ivory Coast strikers Wilfried Bony and Wilfried Zaha and hear from the Namibia coach and captain about their Cup of Nations experience. Steve Vickers in Alexandria considers Madagascar's win over Nigeria in the history of AFCON shock and Tom and Liam try their football skills in the Fan Zone outside Cairo's 30th June Stadium.
Day Six at AFCON 2019 as we review Tuesday's two games in Group F, answer your questions and hear your comments. With Adrian Barnard, Steve Vickers, Idah Waringa and Liam Flint.
Day Six at AFCON 2019 as we review Tuesday's two games in Group F, answer your questions and hear your comments. With Adrian Barnard, Steve Vickers, Idah Waringa and Liam Flint.
Day 5 at the Cup of Nations in Egypt as we review Monday's games with Solomon Ashoms in Johannesburg and answer listeners' questions about the tournament with Steve Vickers in Alexandria.
Day 5 at the Cup of Nations in Egypt as we review Monday's games with Solomon Ashoms in Johannesburg and answer listeners' questions about the tournament with Steve Vickers in Alexandria.
On day Four of AFCON 2019 we review Sunday's fixtures, hear from Kenya fans in Nairobi, answer listeners' questions and find out how Steve Vickers in Alexandria got to play football with one of the tournament's stars.
On day Four of AFCON 2019 we review Sunday's fixtures, hear from Kenya fans in Nairobi, answer listeners' questions and find out how Steve Vickers in Alexandria got to play football with one of the tournament's stars.
The 90-day trade war truce between the US and China will end on March 1. Can the two countries strike a deal to end the dispute or does an ‘Economic Iron Curtain’ loom for the world’s two biggest economies? In light of the latest Sino-US tension, AmCham’s Margaret Loo spoke with Steve Vickers, CEO at Steve Vickers Associates, to hear his prognosis on the wider implications for businesses.
A nostalgic look back at our favorite hockey heroes and legends who wore the red white and blue for the Rangers during the 60's,70's and 80's. In episode number 20 we look back on the Rangers career of number 18 Walt Tkaczuk one of the most popular and effective two-way centers in Rangers history. * Played 14 years in the NHL and all with the Rangers * Signed as a 16-year-old Free agent by the Rangers in 1963 *Has played in the fifth-most games in Rangers history * Centered the "Bull Dog line' during the late 1960's and all of the 70's with Dave Balon and Steve Vickers on the left wing and Billy Fairbairn on the Right wing * Should be remembered as the Rangers most effective and underrated offense and defensive line combinations in Rangers history * His line was physically tough. Known for "digging out " the puck in the corners, killing penalties, scoring shorthanded goals and as the second unit on the power play chipping in PP goals behind the GAG line * Tkaczuk had five consecutive 20 plus goal seasons from 1969-70 to 1973-74 * Earned All-Star recognition in 1970 *Led the team in points during the 1969-70 and 1970-71 seasons * Led the team in playoff goals (7) and tied for points in 1973 * Played in two Stanley Cup finals 1972 and 1979 * Earned the reputation as one of the elite shutdown centers of his era as well as one of the games top face-off artists.
Late on a Thursday evening in February 2017, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s plane landed at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland for his first visit with President Donald Trump. A few hours earlier, the casino magnate Sheldon Adelson’s Boeing 737, which is so large it can seat 149 people, touched down at Reagan National Airport after a flight from Las Vegas. Adelson dined that night at the White House with Trump, Jared Kushner and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Adelson and his wife, Miriam, were among Trump’s biggest benefactors, writing checks for $20 million in the campaign and pitching in an additional $5 million for the inaugural festivities. Adelson was in town to see the Japanese prime minister about a much greater sum of money. Japan, after years of acrimonious public debate, has legalized casinos. For more than a decade, Adelson and his company, Las Vegas Sands, have sought to build a multibillion-dollar casino resort there. He has called expanding to the country, one of the world’s last major untapped markets, the “holy grail.” Nearly every major casino company in the world is competing to secure one of a limited number of licenses to enter a market worth up to $25 billion per year. “This opportunity won’t come along again, potentially ever,” said Kahlil Philander, an academic who studies the industry. The morning after his White House dinner, Adelson attended a breakfast in Washington with Abe and a small group of American CEOs, including two others from the casino industry. Adelson and the other executives raised the casino issue with Abe, according to an attendee. Adelson had a potent ally in his quest: the new president of the United States. Following the business breakfast, Abe had a meeting with Trump before boarding Air Force One for a weekend at Mar-a-Lago. The two heads of state dined with Patriots owner Bob Kraft and golfed at Trump National Jupiter Golf Club with the South African golfer Ernie Els. During a meeting at Mar-a-Lago that weekend, Trump raised Adelson’s casino bid to Abe, according to two people briefed on the meeting. The Japanese side was surprised. “It was totally brought up out of the blue,” according to one of the people briefed on the exchange. “They were a little incredulous that he would be so brazen.” After Trump told Abe he should strongly consider Las Vegas Sands for a license, “Abe didn’t really respond, and said thank you for the information,” this person said. Trump also mentioned at least one other casino operator. Accounts differ on whether it was MGM or Wynn Resorts, then run by Trump donor and then-Republican National Committee finance chairman Steve Wynn. The Japanese newspaper Nikkei reported the president also mentioned MGM and Abe instructed an aide who was present to jot down the names of both companies. Questioned about the meeting, Abe said in remarks before the Japanese legislature in July that Trump had not passed on requests from casino companies but did not deny that the topic had come up. The president raising a top donor’s personal business interests directly with a foreign head of state would violate longstanding norms. “That should be nowhere near the agenda of senior officials,” said Brian Harding, a Japan expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. “U.S.-Japan relations is about the security of the Asia-Pacific, China and economic issues.” Adelson has told his shareholders to expect good news. On a recent earnings call, Adelson cited unnamed insiders as saying Sands’ efforts to win a place in the Japanese market will pay off. “The estimates by people who know, say they know, whom we believe they know, say that we're in the No. 1 pole position,” he said. After decades as a major Republican donor, Adelson is known as an ideological figure, motivated by his desire to influence U.S. policy to help Israel. “I’m a one-issue person. That issue is Israel,” he said last year. On that issue — Israel — Trump has delivered. The administration has slashed funding for aid to Palestinian refugees and scrapped the Iran nuclear deal. Attending the recent opening of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, Adelson seemed to almost weep with joy, according to an attendee. But his reputation as an Israel advocate has obscured a through-line in his career: He has used his political access to push his financial self-interest. Not only has Trump touted Sands’ interests in Japan, but his administration also installed an executive from the casino industry in a top position in the U.S. embassy in Tokyo. Adelson’s influence reverberates through this administration. Cabinet-level officials jump when he calls. One who displeased him was replaced. He has helped a friend’s company get a research deal with the Environmental Protection Agency. And Adelson has already received a windfall from Trump’s new tax law, which particularly favored companies like Las Vegas Sands. The company estimated the benefit of the law at $1.2 billion. Adelson’s influence is not absolute: His company’s casinos in Macau are vulnerable in Trump’s trade war with China, which controls the former Portuguese colony near Hong Kong. If the Chinese government chose to retaliate by targeting Macau, where Sands has several large properties, it could hurt Adelson’s bottom line. So far, there’s no evidence that has happened. The White House declined to comment on Adelson. The Japanese Embassy in Washington declined to comment. Sands spokesman Ron Reese declined to answer detailed questions but said in a statement: “The gaming industry has long sought the opportunity to enter the Japan market. Gaming companies have spent significant resources there on that effort and Las Vegas Sands is no exception.” Reese added: “If our company has any advantage it would be because of our significant Asian operating experience and our unique convention-based business model. Any suggestion we are favored for some other reason is not based on the reality of the process in Japan or the integrity of the officials involved in it.” With a fortune estimated at $35 billion, Adelson is the 21st-richest person in the world, according to Forbes. In August, when he celebrated his 85th birthday in Las Vegas, the party stretched over four days. Adelson covered guests’ expenses. A 92-year-old Tony Bennett and the Israeli winner of Eurovision performed for the festivities. He is slowing down physically; stricken by neuropathy, he uses a motorized scooter to get around and often stands up with the help of a bodyguard. He fell and broke three ribs while on a ferry from Macau to Hong Kong last November. Yet Adelson has spent the Trump era hustling to expand his gambling empire. With Trump occupying the White House, Adelson has found the greatest political ally he’s ever had. “I would put Adelson at the very top of the list of both access and influence in the Trump administration,” said Craig Holman of the watchdog group Public Citizen. “I’ve never seen anything like it before, and I’ve been studying money in politics for 40 years.” ***** Adelson grew up poor in Boston, the son of a cabdriver with a sixth-grade education. According to his wife, Adelson was beaten up as a kid for being Jewish. A serial entrepreneur who has started or acquired more than 50 different businesses, he had already made and lost his first fortune by the late 1960s, when he was in his mid-30s. It took him until the mid-1990s to become extraordinarily rich. In 1995, he sold the pioneering computer trade show Comdex to the Japanese conglomerate SoftBank for $800 million. He entered the gambling business in earnest when his Venetian casino resort opened in 1999 in Las Vegas. With its gondola rides on faux canals, it was inspired by his honeymoon to Venice with Miriam, who is 12 years younger than Adelson. It’s been said that Trump is a poor person’s idea of a rich person. Adelson could be thought of as Trump’s idea of a rich person. A family friend recalls Sheldon and Miriam’s two sons, who are now in college, getting picked up from school in stretch Hummer limousines and his home being so large it was stocked with Segway transporters to get around. A Las Vegas TV station found a few years ago that, amid a drought, Adelson’s palatial home a short drive from the Vegas Strip had used nearly 8 million gallons of water in a year, enough for 55 average homes. Adelson will rattle off his precise wealth based on the fluctuation of Las Vegas Sands’ share price, said his friend the New York investor Michael Steinhardt. “He’s very sensitive to his net worth,” Steinhardt said. Trump entered the casino business several years before Adelson. In the early 1990s, both eyed Eilat in southern Israel as a potential casino site. Neither built there. Adelson “didn’t have a whole lot of respect for Trump when Trump was operating casinos. He was dismissive of Trump,” recalled one former Las Vegas Sands official. In an interview in the late ’90s, Adelson lumped Trump with Wynn: “Both of these gentlemen have very big egos,” Adelson said. “Well, the world doesn't really care about their egos.” Today, in his rare public appearances, Adelson has a grandfatherly affect. He likes to refer to himself as “Self” (“I said to myself, ‘Self …’”). He makes Borscht Belt jokes about his short stature: “A friend of mine says, ‘You’re the tallest guy in the world.’ I said, ‘How do you figure that?’ He says, ‘When you stand on your wallet.’” By the early 2000s, Adelson’s Las Vegas Sands had surpassed Trump’s casino operations. While Trump was getting bogged down in Atlantic City, Adelson’s properties thrived. When Macau opened up a local gambling monopoly, Adelson bested a crowded field that included Trump to win a license. Today, Macau accounts for more than half of Las Vegas Sands’ roughly $13 billion in annual revenue. Trump’s casinos went bankrupt, and now he is out of the industry entirely. By the mid-2000s, Trump was playing the role of business tycoon on his reality show, “The Apprentice.” Meanwhile, Adelson aggressively expanded his empire in Macau and later in Singapore. His company’s Moshe Safdie-designed Marina Bay Sands property there, with its rooftop infinity pool, featured prominently in the recent hit movie “Crazy Rich Asians.” While their business trajectories diverged, Adelson and Trump have long shared a willingness to sue critics, enemies and business associates. Multiple people said they were too afraid of lawsuits to speak on the record for this story. In 1989, after the Nevada Gaming Control Board conducted a background investigation of Adelson, it found he had already been personally involved in around 100 civil lawsuits, according to the book “License to Steal,” a history of the agency. That included matters as small as a $600 contractual dispute with a Boston hospital. The lawsuits have continued even as Adelson became so rich the amounts of money at stake hardly mattered. In one case, Adelson was unhappy with the quality of construction on one of his beachfront Malibu, California, properties and pursued a legal dispute with the contractor for more than seven years, going through a lengthy series of appeals and cases in different courts. Adelson sued a Wall Street Journal reporter for libel over a single phrase — a description of him as “foul-mouthed” — and fought the case for four years before it was settled, with the story unchanged. In a particularly bitter case in Massachusetts Superior Court in the 1990s, his sons from his first marriage accused him of cheating them out of money. Adelson prevailed. Adelson rarely speaks to the media any more, with occasional exceptions for friendly business journalists or on stage at conferences, usually interviewed by people to whom he has given a great deal of money. “He keeps a very tight inner circle,” said a casino industry executive who has known Adelson for decades. Adelson declined to comment for this story. ******* Adelson once told a reporter of entering the casino business late in life, “I loved being an outsider.” For nearly a decade he played that role in presidential politics, bankrolling the opposition to the Obama administration. As with some of his early entrepreneurial forays, he dumped money for little return, his political picks going bust. In 2008, he backed Rudy Giuliani. As America’s Mayor faded, he came on board late with the John McCain campaign. In 2012, he almost single-handedly funded Newt Gingrich’s candidacy. Gingrich spent a few weeks atop the polls before his candidacy collapsed. Adelson became a late adopter of Mitt Romney. In 2016, the Adelsons didn’t officially endorse a candidate for months. Trump used Adelson as a foil, an example of the well-heeled donors who wielded outsized influence in Washington. “Sheldon or whoever — you could say Koch. I could name them all. They’re all friends of mine, every one of them. I know all of them. They have pretty much total control over the candidate,” Trump said on Fox News in October 2015. “Nobody controls me but the American public.” In a pointed tweet that month, Trump said: “Sheldon Adelson is looking to give big dollars to [Marco] Rubio because he feels he can mold him into his perfect little puppet. I agree!” Despite Trump’s barbs, Adelson had grown curious about the candidate and called his friend Steinhardt, who founded the Birthright program that sends young Jews on free trips to Israel. Adelson is now the program’s largest funder. “I called Kushner and I said Sheldon would like to meet your father-in-law,” Steinhardt recalled. “Kushner was excited.” Trump got on a plane to Las Vegas. “Sheldon has strong views when it comes to the Jewish people; Trump recognized that, and a marriage was formed.” Trump and his son-in-law Kushner courted Adelson privately, meeting several times in New York and Las Vegas. “Having Orthodox Jews like Jared and Ivanka next to him and so many common people in interest gave a level of comfort to Sheldon,” said Ronn Torossian, a New York public relations executive who knows both men. “Someone who lets their kid marry an Orthodox Jew and then become Orthodox is probably going to stand pretty damn close to Israel.” Miriam Adelson, a physician born and raised in what became Israel, is said to be an equal partner in Sheldon Adelson’s political decisions. He has said the interests of the Jewish state are at the center of his worldview, and his views align with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-of-center approach to Iran and Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories. Adelson suggested in 2014 that Israel doesn’t need to be a democracy. “I think God didn’t say anything about democracy,” Adelson said. “He didn’t talk about Israel remaining as a democratic state.” On a trip to the country several years ago, on the eve of his young son’s bar mitzvah, Adelson said, “Hopefully he’ll come back; his hobby is shooting. He’ll come back and be a sniper for the IDF,” referring to the Israel Defense Forces. On domestic issues, Adelson is more Chamber of Commerce Republican than movement conservative or Trumpian populist. He is pro-choice and has called for work permits and a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, a position sharply at odds with Trump’s. While the Koch brothers, his fellow Republican megadonors, have evinced concern over trade policy and distaste for Trump, Adelson has proved flexible, putting aside any qualms about Trump’s business acumen or ideological misgivings. In May 2016, he declared in a Washington Post op-ed that he was endorsing Trump. He wrote that Trump represented “a CEO success story that exemplifies the American spirit of determination, commitment to cause and business stewardship.” The Adelsons came through with $20 million in donations to the pro-Trump super PAC, part of at least $83 million in donations to Republicans. By the time of the October 2016 release of the Access Hollywood tape featuring Trump bragging about sexual assault, Adelson was among his staunchest supporters. “Sheldon Adelson had Donald Trump's back,” said Steve Bannon in a speech last year, speaking of the time after the scandal broke. “He was there.” In December 2016, Adelson donated $5 million to the Trump inaugural festivities. The Adelsons had better seats at Trump’s inauguration than many Cabinet secretaries. The whole family, including their two college-age sons, came to Washington for the celebration. One of his sons posted a picture on Instagram of the event with the hashtag #HuckFillary. The investment paid off in access and in financial returns. Adelson has met with Trump or visited the White House at least six times since Trump’s election victory. The two speak regularly. Adelson has also had access to others in the White House. He met privately with Vice President Mike Pence before Pence gave a speech at Adelson’s Venetian resort in Las Vegas last year. “He just calls the president all the time. Donald Trump takes Sheldon Adelson’s calls,” said Alan Dershowitz, who has done legal work for Adelson and advised Trump. Adelson’s tens of millions in donations to Trump have already been paid back many times over by the new tax law. While all corporations benefited from the lower tax rate in the new law, many incurred an extra bill in the transition because profits overseas were hit with a one-time tax. But not Sands. Adelson’s company hired lobbyists to press Trump’s Treasury Department and Congress on provisions that would help companies like Sands that paid high taxes abroad, according to public filings and tax experts. The lobbying effort appears to have worked. After Trump signed the tax overhaul into law in December, Las Vegas Sands recorded a benefit from the new law the company estimated at $1.2 billion. The Adelson family owns 55 percent of Las Vegas Sands, which is publicly traded, according to filings. The Treasury Department didn’t respond to requests for comment. Now as Trump and the Republican Party face a reckoning in the midterm elections in November, they have once again turned to Adelson. He has given at least $55 million so far. ***** In 2014, Adelson told an interviewer he was not interested in building a dynasty. “I want my legacy to be that I helped out humankind,” he said, underscoring his family’s considerable donations to medical research. But he gives no indication of sticking to a quiet life of philanthropy. In the last four years, he has used the Sands’ fleet of private jets, assiduously meeting with world leaders and seeking to build new casinos in Japan, Korea and Brazil. He is closest in Japan. Japan has been considering lifting its ban on casinos for years, in spite of majority opposition in polls from a public that is wary of the social problems that might result. A huge de facto gambling industry of the pinball-like game pachinko has long existed in the country, historically associated with organized crime and seedy parlors filled with cigarette-smoking men. Opposition to allowing casinos is so heated that a brawl broke out in the Japanese legislature this summer. But lawmakers have moved forward on legalizing casinos and crafted regulations that hew to Adelson’s wishes. “Japan is considered the next big market. Sheldon looks at it that way,” said a former Sands official. Adelson envisions building a $10 billion “integrated resort,” which in industry parlance refers to a large complex featuring a casino with hotels, entertainment venues, restaurants and shopping malls. The new Japanese law allows for just three licenses to build casinos in cities around the country, effectively granting valuable local monopolies. At least 13 companies, including giants like MGM and Genting, are vying for a license. Even though Sands is already a strong contender because of its size and its successful resort in Singapore, some observers in Japan believe Adelson’s relationship with Trump has helped move Las Vegas Sands closer to the multibillion-dollar prize. Just a week after the U.S. election, Prime Minister Abe arrived at Trump Tower, becoming the first foreign leader to meet with the president-elect. Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner were also there. Abe presented Trump with a gilded $3,800 golf driver. Few know the details of what the Trumps and Abe discussed at the meeting. In a break with protocol, Trump’s transition team sidelined the State Department, whose Japan experts were never briefed on what was said. “There was a great deal of frustration,” said one State Department official. “There was zero communication from anyone on Trump’s team.” In another sign of Adelson’s direct access to the incoming president and ties with Japan, he secured a coveted Trump Tower meeting a few weeks later for an old friend, the Japanese billionaire businessman Masayoshi Son. Son’s company, SoftBank, had bought Adelson’s computer trade show business in the 1990s. A few years ago, Adelson named Son as a potential partner in his casino resort plans in Japan. Son’s SoftBank, for its part, owns Sprint, which has long wanted to merge with T-Mobile but needs a green light from the Trump administration. A beaming Son emerged from the meeting in the lobby of Trump Tower with the president-elect and promised $50 billion in investments in the U.S. When Trump won the election in November 2016, the casino bill had been stalled in the Japanese Diet. One month after the Trump-Abe meeting, in an unexpected move in mid-December, Abe’s ruling coalition pushed through landmark legislation authorizing casinos, with specific regulations to be ironed out later. There was minimal debate on the controversial bill, and it passed at the very end of an extraordinary session of the legislature. “That was a surprise to a lot of stakeholders,” said one former Sands executive who still works in the industry. Some observers suspect the timing was not a coincidence. “After Trump won the election in 2016, the Abe government’s efforts to pass the casino bill shifted into high gear,” said Yoichi Torihata, a professor at Shizuoka University and opponent of the casino law. On a Las Vegas Sands earnings call a few days after Trump’s inauguration, Adelson touted that Abe had visited the company’s casino resort complex in Singapore. “He was very impressed with it,” Adelson said. Days later, Adelson attended the February breakfast with Abe in Washington, after which the prime minister went on to Mar-a-Lago, where the president raised Las Vegas Sands. A week after that, Adelson flew to Japan and met with the secretary general of Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo. The casino business is one of the most regulated industries in the world, and Adelson has always sought political allies. To enter the business in 1989, he hired the former governor of Nevada to represent him before the state’s gaming commission. In 2001, according to court testimony reported in the New Yorker, Adelson intervened with then-House Majority Whip Rep. Tom DeLay, to whom he was a major donor, at the behest of a Chinese official over a proposed House resolution that was critical of the country’s human rights record. At the time, Las Vegas Sands was seeking entry into the Macau market. The resolution died, which Adelson attributed to factors other than his intervention, according to the magazine. In 2015, he purchased the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the state’s largest newspaper, which then published a lengthy investigative series on one of Adelson’s longtime rivals, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, which runs a convention center that competes with Adelson’s. (The paper said Adelson had no influence over its coverage.) In Japan, Las Vegas Sands’ efforts have accelerated in the last year. Adelson returned to the country in September 2017, visiting top officials in Osaka, a possible casino site. In a show of star power in October, Sands flew in David Beckham and the Eagles’ Joe Walsh for a press conference at the Palace Hotel Tokyo. Beckham waxed enthusiastic about his love of sea urchin and declared, "Las Vegas Sands is creating fabulous resorts all around the world, and their scale and vision are impressive.” Adelson appears emboldened. When he was in Osaka last fall, he publicly criticized a proposal under consideration to cap the total amount of floor space devoted to casinos in the resorts that have been legalized. In July, the Japanese Diet passed a bill with more details on what casinos will look like and laying out the bidding process. The absolute limit on casino floor area had been dropped from the legislation. Meanwhile, the Trump administration has made an unusual personnel move that could help advance pro-gambling interests. The new U.S. ambassador, an early Trump campaign supporter and Tennessee businessman named William Hagerty, hired as his senior adviser an American executive working on casino issues for the Japanese company SEGA Sammy. Joseph Schmelzeis left his role as senior adviser on global government and industry affairs for the company in February to join the U.S. Embassy. (He has not worked for Sands.) A State Department spokesperson said that embassy officials had communicated with Sands as part of “routine” meetings and advice provided to members of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan. The spokesperson said that “Schmelzeis is not participating in any matter related to integrated resorts or Las Vegas Sands.” Japanese opposition politicians have seized on the Adelson-Trump-Abe nexus. One, Tetsuya Shiokawa, said this year that he believes Trump has been the unseen force behind why Abe’s party has “tailor-made the [casino] bill to suit foreign investors like Adelson.” In the next stage of the process, casino companies will complete their bids with Japanese localities. ****** Adelson’s influence has spread across the Trump administration. In August 2017, the Zionist Organization of America, to which the Adelsons are major donors, launched a campaign against National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster. ZOA chief Mort Klein charged McMaster “clearly has animus toward Israel.” Adelson said he was convinced to support the attack on McMaster after Adelson spoke with Safra Catz, the Israeli-born CEO of Oracle, who “enlightened me quite a bit” about McMaster, according to an email Klein later released to the media. Adelson pressed Trump to appoint the hawkish John Bolton to a high position, The New York Times reported. In March, Trump fired McMaster and replaced him with Bolton. The president and other cabinet officials also clashed with McMaster on policy and style issues. For Scott Pruitt, the former EPA administrator known as an ally of industry, courting Adelson meant developing a keen interest in an unlikely topic: technology that generates clean water from air. An obscure Israeli startup called Watergen makes machines that resemble air conditioners and, with enough electricity, can pull potable water from the air. Adelson doesn’t have a stake in the company, but he is old friends with the Israeli-Georgian billionaire who owns the firm, Mikhael Mirilashvili, according to the head of Watergen’s U.S. operation, Yehuda Kaploun. Adelson first encountered the technology on a trip to Israel, Kaploun said. Dershowitz is also on the company’s board. Just weeks after being confirmed, Pruitt met with Watergen executives at Adelson’s request. Pruitt promptly mobilized dozens of EPA officials to ink a research deal under which the agency would study Watergen’s technology. EPA officials immediately began voicing concerns about the request, according to hundreds of previously unreported emails obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. They argued that the then-EPA chief was violating regular procedures. Pruitt, according to one email, asked that staffers explore “on an expedited time frame” whether a deal could be done “without the typical contracting requirements.” Other emails described the matter as “very time sensitive” and having “high Administrator interest.” A veteran scientist at the agency warned that the “technology has been around for decades,” adding that the agency should not be “focusing on a single vendor, in this case Watergen.” Officials said that Watergen’s technology was not unique, noting there were as many as 70 different suppliers on the market with products using the same concept. Notes from a meeting said the agency “does not currently have the expertise or staff to evaluate these technologies.” Agency lawyers “seemed scared” about the arrangement, according to an internal text exchange. The EPA didn’t respond to requests for comment. Watergen got its research deal. It’s not known how much money the agency has spent on the project. The technology was shipped to a lab in Cincinnati, and Watergen said the government will produce a report on its study. Pruitt planned to unveil the deal on a trip to Israel, which was also planned with the assistance of Adelson, The Washington Post reported. But amid multiple scandals, the trip never happened. Other parts of the Trump administration have also been friendly to Watergen. Over the summer, Mirilashvili attended the U.S. Embassy in Israel’s Fourth of July party, where he was photographed grinning and sipping water next to one of the company’s machines on display. Kaploun said U.S. Ambassador David Friedman’s staff assisted the company to help highlight its technology. A State Department spokesperson said Watergen was one of many private sponsors of the embassy party and was “subject to rigorous vetting.” The embassy is now considering leasing or buying a Watergen unit as part of a “routine procurement action,” the spokesperson said. A Mirilashvili spokesman said in a statement that Adelson and Mirilashvili “have no business ties with each other.” The spokesman added that Adelson had been briefed on the company’s technology by Watergen engineers and “Adelson has also expressed an interest in the ability of this Israeli technology to save the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans who are affected by water pollution.” ***** Even as the casino business looks promising in Japan, China has been a potential trouble spot for Adelson. Few businesses are as vulnerable to geopolitical winds as Adelson’s. The majority of Sands’ value derives from its properties in Macau. It is the world’s gambling capital, and China’s central government controls it. “Sheldon Adelson highly values direct engagement in Beijing,” a 2009 State Department cable released by WikiLeaks says, “especially given the impact of Beijing's visa policies on the company's growing mass market operations in Macau.” At times, Sands’ aggressive efforts in China crossed legal lines. On Jan. 19, 2017, the day before Trump took office, the Justice Department announced Sands was paying a nearly $7 million fine to settle a longstanding investigation into whether it violated a U.S. anti-bribery statute in China. The case revealed that Sands paid roughly $60 million to a consultant who “advertised his political connections with [People’s Republic of China] government officials” and that some of the payments “had no discernible legitimate business purpose.” Part of the work involved an effort by Sands to acquire a professional basketball team in the country to promote its casinos. The DOJ said Sands fully cooperated in the investigation and fixed its compliance problems. A year and a half into the Trump administration, Adelson has a bigger problem than the Justice Department investigation: Trump’s trade war against Beijing has put Sands’ business in Macau at risk. Sands’ right to operate expires in a few years. Beijing could throttle the flow of money and people from the mainland to Macau. Sands and the other foreign operators in Macau “now sit on a geopolitical fault line. Their Macau concessions can therefore be on the line,” said a report from the Hong Kong business consultancy Steve Vickers & Associates. A former Sands board member, George Koo, wrote a column in the Asia Times newspaper in April warning that Beijing could undercut the Macau market by legalizing casinos in the southern island province of Hainan. “A major blow in the trade war would be for China to allow Hainan to become a gambling destination and divert visitors who would otherwise be visiting Macau,” Koo wrote. “As one of Trump’s principal supporters, it’s undoubtedly a good time for Mr. Adelson to have a private conversation with the president.” It’s not clear if Adelson has had that conversation. According to The Associated Press, Adelson was present for a discussion of China policy at the dinner he attended with Trump at the White House in February 2017. In September, Trump escalated his trade war with China. He raised tariffs on $200 billion Chinese imports. China retaliated with tariffs on $60 billion of U.S. products. Adelson has said privately that if he can be helpful in any way he would volunteer himself to do whatever is asked for either side of the equation — the U.S. or China, according to a person who has spoken to him. ****** Torossian, the public relations executive, calls Adelson “this generation’s Rothschild” for his support of Israel. In early May, the Adelsons gave $30 million to the super PAC that is seeking to keep Republican control of the House for the remainder of Trump’s term. A few days later, Trump announced he was killing the Iran nuclear deal, a target of Adelson’s and the Netanyahu government’s for years. The following day, Adelson met with the president at the White House. Five days later, Adelson was in Israel for another landmark, the opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem. Trump’s decision to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem marked a major shift in U.S. foreign policy, long eschewed by presidents of both parties. Besides dealing a major blow to Palestinian claims on part of the city, which are recognized by most of the world, it was the culmination of a more than 20-year project of the Adelsons. Sheldon and Miriam personally lobbied for the move on Capitol Hill as far back as 1995. In an audience dotted with yarmulkes and MAGA-red hats, the Adelsons were in the front now, next to Netanyahu and his wife, the Kushners and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin. A beaming Miriam, wearing a dress featuring an illustration of the Jerusalem skyline, filmed the event with her phone. She wrote a first-person account of the ceremony that was co-published on the front page of the two newspapers the Adelsons own, Israel Hayom and the Las Vegas Review-Journal: “The embassy opening is a crowning moment for U.S. foreign policy and for our president, Donald Trump. Just over a year into his first term, he has re-enshrined the United States as the standard-bearer of moral clarity and courage in a world that too often feels adrift.” Adelson paid for the official delegation of Guatemala, the only other country to move its embassy, to travel to Israel. “Sheldon told me that any country that wants to move its embassy to Jerusalem, he’ll fly them in — the president and everyone — for the opening,” said Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce CEO Duvi Honig, who was in attendance. Klein, the Zionist Organization of America president, was also there. The Adelsons, he said, “were glowing with a serene happiness like I’ve never seen them. Sheldon “said to me, ‘President Trump promised he would do this and he did it.’ And he almost became emotional. ‘And look, Mort, he did it.’
A nostalgic look back at my favorite hockey heroes and legends who wore the red, white and blue for the Rangers during the 1960's, 70's and 80's. In this Bonus Episode, we look back at Jean Ratelle night at MSG this past Sunday evening, February, 25th 2018. During this historic, sentimental and long overdue ceremony, the "Greatest" homegrown center in Rangers history and NHL Hall of Famer( member of the NHL Top 100 players ever club) has his number 19 retired and lifted to the MSG rafters alongside other Rangers greats. *Only the ninth Ranger to have his Jersey Retired joining : #1 Eddie Giacomin #2 Brian Leetch #3- Harry Howell #7 Rod Gilbert #9 Andy Bathgate and Adam Graves # 11 Mark Messier #35 Mike Richter *Eloquent and heartfelt speeches by former "GAG "( Goal a Game ) Linemates Vic Hadfield and Hall of Famer Rod Gilbert as well as former GM and Coach Emile "The Cat " Francis * Former teammates, Hall of Famers Eddie Giacomin and Brad Park( member of the NHL top 100 players ever club), Steve Vickers, Bob Plager, Rod Seiling, Gilles Villemure, Ted Irvine, Pete Stemkowski and Bob Nevin, were there to support and Honor Jean Ratelle * Other Ranger Greats on hand were Mark Messier, Adam Graves, Brian Leetch and Mike Richter * Jean Ratelle's expressed his appreciation and gratitude to the Rangers organization, former teammates, and fans with the class and dignity that exemplified his legacy of excellence with the Rangers and Bruins both on and off the ice. * The Evening's Surprise came with the unexpected announcement that Vic Hadfield will also have his Number 11 retired next season during a special evening at MSG. * Please find my comprehensive Jean Ratelle career highlight in my Episode # 2 podcast notes
A nostalgic look back at my favorite hockey heroes and legends who wore the red, white and blue for the Rangers during the 1960'70's and 80's. In Episode #11 we look back at the highest scoring left wing in Rangers history #8 Steve Vickers. * Played all 10 of his NHL seasons with the Rangers *Drafted by the Rangers with the 10th selection in the first round of the 1971 NHL draft. * Converted to left wing by then Rangers GM/Coach Emile Francis after playing his Junior hockey career as a high scoring right wing. * Earned the Calder trophy as the NHL "Rookie of the Year in 1972 after scoring 30 goals despite missing almost 20 games due to injury *Scored 30,34,41 and 30 goals his first four seasons. * Played with Walt Tkaczuk and Billy Fairbairn on the "Bull Dog line." * First NHL player to record back to back "Hat Tricks." -1972 * Holds the Rangers record for most points in one game -7 * TKO'd the Bruins Don Marcotte with a right hand propelling the Rangers to one of their most critical regular-season victories during his rookie year -1972-73 season. *Average skater but with great balance, strength, and toughness that allowed him to park outside the goal crease to score the majority of his goals with a devastating backhand shot. * Led the NHL in shooting percentage in 1979-80 season with 29.6% * Earned two All-Star game appearances in 1975 and 1976 including a second-team All NHL all-star birth * Greatest scoring Left wing in Rangers history with 246 goals,340 assists and 586 points * Number 18 in the Top 100 Rangers of all time
Nature writer Melissa Harrison is the author behind At Hawthorn Time, Clay and Rain: Four Walks In English Weather. She introduces five stories of birds told by the team at RSPB Dearne Valley - Old Moor in Barnsley. We hear from Steve Vickers who describes the gossiping eider ducks he loves in the North East, Liane Holdsworth in praise of the kestrel, Heather Bennett who loves the laser-like 'pee-wit' sound of the first bird she identified for herself, Danielle Meyer remember seeing gannets on a blustery day on the Yorkshire east coast and Matthew Capper lends his booming voice in an emotional recollection of seeing the bittern when he was 19, having never seen them as a child.
RSPB Yorkshire staff are reflecting on birds all this week for Tweet of the Day. First, volunteer Steve Vickers recalls childhood memories of the eider duck. Tweet of the Day has captivated the Radio 4 audience with its daily 90 seconds of birdsong. But what of the listener to this avian chorus? In this new series of Tweet of the Day, we bring to the airwaves the conversational voices of those who listen to and are inspired by birds. Building on the previous series, a more informal approach to learning alongside a renewed emphasis on encounter with nature and reflection in our relationship with the natural world. Producer Tom Bonnett.
Senior Pastor Steve Vickers brings a message to Passion Church Southaven
Steve Vickers is in Franceville to present this week's show from the Africa Cup of Nations. Senegal have impressed so far and we focus on the Teranga Lions and hear from star striker Sadio Mane of Liverpool. Also we talk about Uganda – back at the tournament after a 39-year absence. A Ugandan journalist tells us about the excitement as The Cranes made it to Gabon and analyst Solomon Izang Ashoms reflects on the challenges facing the hosts, Gabon. Steve takes us on a tour of the market in Franceville and European analyst Stuart Weir looks back on last weekend's fixtures in the English Premier League.
Steve Vickers is in Franceville to present this week's show from the Africa Cup of Nations. Senegal have impressed so far and we focus on the Teranga Lions and hear from star striker Sadio Mane of Liverpool. Also we talk about Uganda – back at the tournament after a 39-year absence. A Ugandan journalist tells us about the excitement as The Cranes made it to Gabon and analyst Solomon Izang Ashoms reflects on the challenges facing the hosts, Gabon. Steve takes us on a tour of the market in Franceville and European analyst Stuart Weir looks back on last weekend's fixtures in the English Premier League.
This week's show comes from Brazzaville, Congo where Steve Vickers is based for the next three weeks for the African Games. We continue our preview of the 2017 AFCON qualifiers taking place this weekend as we look at Groups H to M. We find out about EPL new comers AFC Bournemouth who have three African players in their squad including Ivory Coast’s Max Gradel and find out about a project bringing hope through football to young people in Mozambique.
This week's show comes from Brazzaville, Congo where Steve Vickers is based for the next three weeks for the African Games. We continue our preview of the 2017 AFCON qualifiers taking place this weekend as we look at Groups H to M. We find out about EPL new comers AFC Bournemouth who have three African players in their squad including Ivory Coast's Max Gradel and find out about a project bringing hope through football to young people in Mozambique.
Steve Vickers, Solomon Ashoms and Stuart Weir in Rio discuss the progress of African teams at the World Cup in Brazil as Nigeria and Algeria progress to the Round of 16.
Steve Vickers, Solomon Ashoms and Stuart Weir in Rio discuss the progress of African teams at the World Cup in Brazil as Nigeria and Algeria progress to the Round of 16.
Steve Vickers presents the show from Rio de Janeiro with analysts Solomon Izang Ashoms and Stuart Weir. They assess the performances of the five African teams at the World Cup, meet an Ivory Coast fan and hear from Silas Ngong, chaplain to the Cameroon side.
Steve Vickers presents the show from Rio de Janeiro with analysts Solomon Izang Ashoms and Stuart Weir. They assess the performances of the five African teams at the World Cup, meet an Ivory Coast fan and hear from Silas Ngong, chaplain to the Cameroon side.
Steve Vickers presents this week's show from the Fans Zone on Copacabana Beach after watching Brazil's opening 3-1 win over Croatia with joyous 20,000 fans. Solomon Ashoms assesses the chances of the five African nations and we talk to people in Zimbabwe who are trying to avoid watching the World Cup.
Steve Vickers presents this week's show from the Fans Zone on Copacabana Beach after watching Brazil's opening 3-1 win over Croatia with joyous 20,000 fans. Solomon Ashoms assesses the chances of the five African nations and we talk to people in Zimbabwe who are trying to avoid watching the World Cup.
Steve Vickers is at African broadcaster SuperSport's World Cup launch party in Durban to talk to former Bafana Bafana star Shaun Bartlett and SuperSport anchor Robert Marawa about Africa's chances at the upcoming World Cup in Brazil. A Brazilian music band completes the atmosphere at the venue beside the Indian Ocean.
Steve Vickers is at African broadcaster SuperSport's World Cup launch party in Durban to talk to former Bafana Bafana star Shaun Bartlett and SuperSport anchor Robert Marawa about Africa's chances at the upcoming World Cup in Brazil. A Brazilian music band completes the atmosphere at the venue beside the Indian Ocean.
Has the flair gone out of African football since the 1980s and 90s when African side played with an entertaining style that captivated the crowds? Is the style today too predictable and safe? Steve Vickers leads a discussion with correspondents Solomon Izang Ashoms in South Africa and Stuart Weir in the UK and we hear from former Nigeria star Nwankwo Kanu.
Has the flair gone out of African football since the 1980s and 90s when African side played with an entertaining style that captivated the crowds? Is the style today too predictable and safe? Steve Vickers leads a discussion with correspondents Solomon Izang Ashoms in South Africa and Stuart Weir in the UK and we hear from former Nigeria star Nwankwo Kanu.
Correspondents' despatches: Jeremy Bowen on the talks, restarting in Geneva next week, about Iran's nuclear ambitions; the Colombian authorities are trying to rehabilitate child soldiers who have fought for leftist armed groups like the FARC - Tom Esslemont's been along to take a look; Steve Vickers finds out why people no longer want to live among the thousands of islands off the coast of Sweden; an atheist goes to church: Andrew Whitehead visits Martin Luther King's Baptist church in Alabama and finds himself caught up in a service. And is there any trace left of the apple orchards which once covered the island of Jersey? The answer to that one comes from Christine Finn. From Our Own Correspondent is produced by Tony Grant
Correspondents' stories. Today: Steve Rosenberg's in Moscow as Russians debate the legacy of Josef Stalin sixty years after his death. There's speculation that Turkey could be poised to sign a peace deal to end the long conflict with Turkish rebels - James Reynolds has been investigating. Steve Vickers tells us why the Swedish authorities want to move their northernmost city to a new location two miles away. Owen Bennett Jones reflects on how much the instability and violence in today's Pakistan has shaped a new generation of successful novelists and Judith Kampfner's returned to Singapore, where she was born and brought up, and found it readier than ever to embrace its multi-ethnic history. She also enjoyed its wobbly cakes! From Our Own Correspondent is produced by Tony Grant.
Just after Carl Joshua Ncube's BIG announcement in December 2010, Steve Vickers sat down with Carl to talk about politics, comedy and toilet paper
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