Raimbault reign begins at U of

2010-07-29 01:38:33

WINNIPEG - There was a moment in March of 2007 when Mike Raimbault was sitting on the Brandon University Bobcats bench as an assistant coach to Barnaby Craddock with the BU men's basketball team immersed in a tight national semifinal with the Saint Mary's Huskies.

Late in the game, in a hostile environment and with the outcome still very much in the balance, the coaches were contemplating subbing out fourth-year veteran Adam Hartman, who had just picked up his fourth foul.

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Craddock and Raimbault both looked across the floor. Seated courtside was Winnipeg Wesmen coach Dave Crook, who saw the coaches and gave them a hand gesture that told them to just relax and roll with your top guy. They heeded Crook's silent advice, Hartman scored 20 points and BU went on to a 79-74 win.

Ironically, three years later, Crook was once again sitting across the room from Raimbault on Tuesday, but this time at a press conference to watch the 28-year-old Brandonite accept the job he held just a few months ago.

As reported first in the Brandon Sun, Raimbault was named the new Wesmen head men's basketball coach, taking over for Crook, who coached the team for eight and a half seasons but vacated the position in January in what was officially termed by the school as a "resignation."

Raimbault and Crook remain good friends and the new coach tipped his hat to Crook."He has been very good to me in the past," said Raimbault, a former Bobcat player and coach, decked out in a red Wesmen hoody. "We had a chance to build a strong relationship and ... he's been genuinely supportive overall."

Crook, too, was effusive in his praise of the man taking over, despite the difficulty of the situation.

"I think he's the best young coach in Canada," Crook said. "When that horrible day happened to me in January the first name that I thought of ... would be Mike Raimbault.

"In his year (as head coach) in Brandon, he was 20-2 (in 2008-09) and everybody said it was Barnaby's team. Hey, somebody had to go to practice everyday, somebody had to prepare for the game. ... It makes my transition easier when I see someone who I have a lot of faith in and I respect taking the job."

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Raimbault won a national college championship last month with the Northern British Columbia Timberwolves and was named the national coach of the year in his second season in Prince George, B.C. With Keith Vassell resigning his position at BU recently, Raimbault's name was immediately bandied about as a possible successor.

"It was definitely something that was out there but, at the end of the day, this was something that was the most exciting and the best fit for me and my family," he said.

"... I think (U of W) is a great university and I think it's a program that has all the things in place so that we can be successful."

The Wesmen went 1-19 makeup brush last season and Raimbault's job will be to overhaul a program that has posted sub-.500 records the past three years.

"Obviously I'm really excited to be back home in Manitoba," Raimbault said. "... Last year was a difficult situation for everyone involved in the program but, at the same time as an outsider looking in, there's definitely potential to get things moving back in the right direction."

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Hong Kong's unemployment rate

2010-07-27 12:57:12

Hong Kong's unemployment rate falls to 5.1 pct

HONG KONG, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong's unemployment rate in the three months from September to November fell further to 5.1 percent, according to statistics released Thursday by local statistical authorities.

It was the third consecutive month of falling unemployment rate. The unemployment rate in the three Monogram Watercolor Fake Handbags months ended October was 5.2 percent.

The Census and Statistics Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government said decreases were mainly observed in sectors such as wholesale; retail, accommodation and food services; and decoration and maintenance.

Total employment increased by around 9,300 to 3,497,600. The number of unemployed persons decreased by around 9,400 to 181 000 in the three month period. The underemployment rate rose by 0.1 percentage points to 2.5 percent.

The HKSAR government said the unemployment situation further improved with the steady recovery of the economy. The unemployment rate of the construction sector, in particular, has dropped for seven consecutive Replica Fendi Handbags months.

"Total employment reverted to an increase by more than 9,000, indicating that the employment situation has started to recover," said Matthew Cheung, the Secretary for Labor and Welfare of the HKSAR government.

"As business activities are expected to pick up around Christmas and the New Year, labor demand is likely to increase further during the festive season, which should in turn ease the pressure on the unemployment rate in the near term," Coach Bags Replica he added.

Cheung said the employment situation, especially in the construction sector, was expected to further improve with the commencement of projects like the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge and the expansion of Disneyland.

"Nevertheless, given the uncertainty over the economic outlook, we shall remain vigilant and continue to monitor the labor market situation," he said.


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Hong Kong's unemployment rate

2010-07-27 12:57:12

Hong Kong's unemployment rate fell slightly to 5.2 pct

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HONG KONG, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong's unemployment rate for the three months ended October fell slightly to 5.2 percent, the Census and Statistics Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government said Tuesday.

The unemployment rate in the three-month period ended September, in comparison, was 5.3 percent, while that in the three-month period ended August was 5.4 percent.

Decreases in the unemployment rate were mainly observed in the construction, food services, insurance and wholesale sectors, the department said.

The Labor and Welfare Department said the further decrease reflected that the labor market has continued to show signs of improvement along with economic recovery.

"In particular, the unemployment rate of youths aged 15 to 19 dropped notably by 3 percentage points to 22.7 percent, Miumiu Handags Replica indicating that the youth employment situation is gradually improving," Secretary for Labor and Welfare Matthew Cheung said.

"It is clear that the (HKSAR) government's all-out efforts to create jobs in the construction sector are continuing to bear fruit," he added.

Cheung said the near-term outlook would depend mainly on the pace of the economic recovery and job creation.

"As business conditions continue to improve, employers are expected to adopt a more positive attitude towards new hiring. This will ease the pressure on unemployment," he said.

Nevertheless, Cheung said the decrease in total employment in the latest round of figures suggested Gucci Replica Handbags that it might take some time for the labor market to keep up with the pace of economic rebound.

"A sustained and solid recovery still hinges on a fundamental improvement in the external environment. We will remain vigilant and continue to monitor closely the labor market situation," he said.


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3AM Elt's fella pushed to the

2010-07-23 10:24:01

HE'S half of showbiz's most famous gay couple but it didn't stop David Furnish being left out in the cold at a men's fashion week bash in Milan.

The film-maker hubby of Elton John was among gay fashionistas chucked out of the VIP room by Pharrell Williams's bodyguard, at a GQ party where the rapper was guest of honour.

The minder stormed: "There's too much sausage in the room," links of london charms adding that Pharrell wanted more ladies.

So Furnish, Burberry boss Christopher Bailey and Dsquared gurus Dan and Dean Caten were sent to the wrong side of the velvet rope.

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A disgruntled guest told the New York Daily News: "It was disgusting and blatantly homophobic. We left and issued a fag-wa against Pharrell. We hope his next album tanks."

Pharrell's UK spokeswoman, Susie Ember at Virgin records, failed to provide an explanation on Monday, but his more efficient stateside rep said: "There Bell & Ross Replica Watches were a lot of people in his Green Room after the show and apparently security stopped letting people in, so he left and hung out in the main party."


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3AM DOH VIENNA

2010-07-23 10:24:00

HE'S been called crackhead, junkie and criminal - but we never had Pete Doherty down as a chav.

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The singer has taken to dressing head-to-toe in Burberry - the brand whose check pattern adorns millions of market-stall knock- offs - and it looked for a while as if he'd snaffled two scarves to feed his fashion habit.

Pete, 27, played two gigs in Graz in Austria last weekend and decided to do a spot of shopping in Vienna airport on his way home on Monday.

We're told he hit the Burberry shop with his friend The General, who he met in prison, and bought a fetching patterned coat and a watch.

After forking out over pounds 450 for that he decided to pick up a little something for on/off lover Kate Moss, 32 - but seemingly "forgot" to pay for it.

One shop worker told us: "It was bizarre. He paid for the coat and watch but then walked out with two scarves.

"He took a pink one and one for himself that should have Fake Chopard Watches cost pounds 175."

We bet Kate, dropped as the face of Burberry after the Daily Mirror exposed her cocaine abuse, will be so chuffed.

"I called the police when he left the shop," the assistant went on.

"They chased him to his gate and found the scarves on him, he told them he 'forgot' to pay and handed over the EUR250 in crumpled EUR5 notes."

And the drama didn't end there for pasty Pete, who'd played the Non Stop Kino Graz porno cinema.

We're told he decided to light up a cigar in the economy section of the plane on his flight home.

He refused to put it out and shouted at flight attendants: "F*** off I could charter my own flight if I wanted."

"When they threatened to throw him off the flight he agreed to put it out, but it took some persuading."

His bandmates in Babyshambles - Drew McConnell, Adam Ficek and Patrick Fake Elini Walden - refused to go to Austria because the band were supposed to support The Cure in the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday night.

Now an insider tells us: "It's all starting to fall apart and people are cracking under the pressure."

Maybe you should have got them some scarves too, Pete...


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