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Winnipeg Free Press
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Winnipeg Free Press
Gaming the system
If necessity is the mother of invention, then in war intrepid is its father. So it was in the 1940s when the ultra-secret British Military Intelligence (MI9) and America's equivalent (MIS-X) employed, of all things, the board game Monopoly to help free Allied airmen shot down in World War II and sent to prison camps in Germany. Philip E. Orbanes' Monopoly X celebrates strategic thinking over brute force. Authored by a leading expert on the game, the book is assertive, direct and unapologetic. Orbanes is a superstar of Monopoly and has written several books about it, including Monopoly: The World's Most Famous Game… and How It Got That Way. In 1992, he judged the Monopoly World Championship in Berlin. The game has been published in 47 languages. Some 1 to 1.5 billion people have played it. Monopoly served a covert role during wartime; military intelligence were able to hide all kinds of information inside the game. They used doctored sets of the board game to secretly pass escape routes, codes, money, tools and other vital information to prisoners. The parcels were from fake aid agencies the Allies created. Among the names used were Prisoners' Leisure Hours Fund and Licensed Victuallers Prison Relief Fund. The Monopoly the Germans saw in these phony parcels, even if they opened them and then opened the game within, would still look as it should. It was a brilliant triumph of hiding something in plain sight, and was still a secret long after the war was over. In Monopoly X you can taste war and its unrelenting worry. Here and there it is like a dispatch from the front: tense. There is in this wartime saga a rainbow of emotions and conduct: heroism, cowardice, conceit, betrayal, jubilation, contempt and, above all, fear — the constant fear of the Gestapo. The book mainly details the dangerous journeys of airmen aided by spies and locals. Monopoly equipped them. (Notably, for every airman who escaped from the Nazis and made it to freedom, one helper lost their life.) The people who risked the most were not the escapees, but the men and women who helped them. If discovered, they would be tortured by the Gestapo before being executed or turned over to concentration camps. But the heroes and heroines of the underground were tough. Benoîte Jean (code-named Nori), for example, was being raped at knifepoint by a German officer. She flipped him onto his back, grabbed the dagger out of his hand and stabbed him in the neck. He gurgled as he died. Andrée de Jongh (code-named Dédée) took the same chances as Nori but got caught. She was sent to Dachau concentration camp. There a dying woman insisted they switch names. It worked, and saved Dédée's life. After the war, Dédée moved to Africa and for many years helped lepers in four countries. Another tough customer was Lee (Shorty) Gordon, the first U.S. airman to escape and make it. When he got home, he was booked to tour cities to boost morale and sell war bonds. The public loved him like a rock star. Then there was an escaping American who broke his leg jumping from a train. The break was so severe the upper leg needed to be severed. But the old doctor they summoned didn't have a saw with him. However, the patient did: a Gigli saw rapped around the inside of his cap. The Gigli was a coarse-surfaced steel wire smuggled into his prison camp in a set of Monopoly. A hot poker cauterized the stump. Weekly A weekly look at what's happening in Winnipeg's arts and entertainment scene. The Monopoly scheme originated through a collaboration between Waddington Games, the manufacturer and distributor of the British edition of the Parker Brothers game, and Intelligence officer Christopher Clayton-Hutton, an eccentric genius in MI9. The Monopoly idea came from him. Waddington was able to print on silk so that maps could be hidden under the board's paper covering. Other parts of the game were hollowed out and metal files, saws and compasses added — compasses that wouldn't rattle in the Monopoly parcel. Parker Brothers, the firm in the U.S. that made Monopoly a household name, didn't know anything about the smuggling. Says Orbanes, 'The use of games, especially Monopoly, to smuggle in aids for the escape of POWs was a uniquely effective, deceptively simple strategy. The Monopoly secret outsmarted the murderously efficient Nazis and intelligence agencies.' Barry Craig is a retired journalist.
The Hindu
29-06-2025
- Health
- The Hindu
Dr. Nori Dattatreyudu appointed cancer care advisor to Telangana government
The Telangana government has appointed internationally acclaimed oncologist Dr. Nori Dattatreyudu as Advisor for Preventive, Curative, and Affordable Cancer Care. The appointment was formalised through a government order issued by Chief Secretary K. Ramakrishna Rao on June 28. Dr. Nori, considered a global authority in brachytherapy and the use of radioactive seed implantation to treat cancer, brings decades of expertise to the role. Earlier this year, in March, the Andhra Pradesh government had also appointed Dr. Nori as an advisor for cancer care.
Yahoo
27-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Knicks interview Timberwolves coach, but it's not Chris Finch
The post Knicks interview Timberwolves coach, but it's not Chris Finch appeared first on ClutchPoints. The New York Knicks are still searching for Tom Thibodeau's successor on the sidelines. There have been failures along the way in this part of New York's offseason journey, with multiple teams shooting down the Knicks' requests to interview their coaches for the job. Advertisement The Minnesota Timberwolves have one of New York's prospects, but it's not head coach Chris Finch, who has guided Anthony Edwards and company to back-to-back appearances in the Western Conference finals. Instead, it is Finch's assistant, Micah Nori, according to Shams Charania of ESPN. 'The New York Knicks are interviewing Minnesota Timberwolves assistant Micah Nori for the team's head coaching job, sources tell ESPN. Now three candidates – Nori and two former head coaches Mike Brown and Taylor Jenkins – have done formal interviews for the Knicks' vacancy,' Charania shared in a post on X, formerly Twitter, on Tuesday morning. The Knicks decided it was time to move in a different direction when it comes to the team's coaching following a deep run in the 2025 NBA Playoffs, where they got ousted in the Eastern Conference finals by Tyrese Haliburton and the Indiana Pacers. In five seasons under Thibodeau's watch, New York reached the playoffs four times and reached at least the second round of the postseason thrice. While Nori lacks head coaching experience, he has an extensive NBA resume as part of several staffs in the pros. It also apparently did not discourage the Knicks from interviewing him. Advertisement Nori, who turned 51 years old in April, started his coaching career in the NBA with the Toronto Raptors when the team was still coached by Jay Triano in 2009. He later took his talents to the Sacramento Kings, Denver Nuggets and Detroit Pistons before landing a gig with the Timberwolves in 2021. Nori isn't quite a familiar name yet among basketball fans, but he's earned some attention for his amusing interviews where he uses quotes from Ted Lasso, the character of the hit Apple TV show. 'I always laugh when I would watch, you know, interviews with assistant coaches,' Nori said in 2024 (h/t Amy Hockert of FOX 9). 'And I feel bad because you kind of get the same question. So that's where it kind of came from. Just like in the 30 and 45 seconds, I thought two things. One, tell viewers the truth. You know what's really going on here. And then the other thing is to try to have a little bit of levity or humor, just, again, over the course of seven months and the monotony of the game, it's fun to break that up.' Related: Knicks rumors: Insider says he'd 'bet' on New York making NBA Draft-night deal Related: Former Nets star Kevin Durant responds to Knicks jeer by saying he's 'Net for life'
Miami Herald
24-06-2025
- Sport
- Miami Herald
Report: Knicks interview Wolves assistant Micah Nori
Minnesota Timberwolves assistant Micah Nori is the third candidate to formally interview for the New York Knicks' vacant head coaching position, ESPN reported Tuesday. Former NBA head coaches Mike Brown and Taylor Jenkins previously met with the team about replacing fired head coach Tom Thibodeau, dismissed earlier this month after the Knicks' first Eastern Conference finals appearance in a quarter-century. Nori, 51, has been on Chris Finch's staff in Minnesota since 2021. The Timberwolves denied the Knicks' request for an interview with Finch. Nori previously worked as an assistant with the Detroit Pistons (2018-21), Denver Nuggets (2015-18), Sacramento Kings (2013-15) and Toronto Raptors (2009-13). Brown, 55, was fired 31 games into his third season as the head coach in Sacramento, where he posted a 107-88 overall record. The two-time NBA Coach of the Year also led the Cleveland Cavaliers (2005-10, 2013-14) and Los Angeles Lakers (2011-12) and has a career record of 454-304 in the regular season. The Memphis Grizzlies fired Jenkins, 40, in March with nine games left in the regular season and a 44-29 record. He compiled a 250-214 record in nearly six full seasons with the Grizzlies. They qualified for the playoffs three times. --Field Level Media Field Level Media 2023 - All Rights Reserved
Mint
24-06-2025
- Sport
- Mint
Micah Nori, Timberwolves assistant, interviews for Knicks head coach role
Micah Nori has emerged as the candidate to interview for the vacancy of the head coach of The New York Knicks, according to reports. Nori, the Minnesota Timberwolves assistant coach will join two other people in the race to occupy the position. This news is followed by the Knicks' decision to part ways with Tom Thibodeau after a season that saw the team reach the Eastern Conference finals. Micah Nori is one of the top assistant coaches in the NBA. According to a source cited by The Post, Nori met with the Knicks earlier this week. The 51-year-old has been with the Timberwolves since 2021. He is serving the team as the lead assistant coach under head coach Chris Finch. His most notable moment came during the previous year's playoffs when Nori stepped in as Minnesota's sideline coach after Finch suffered an injury. Nori has vast experience in coaching as he has been with multiple NBA teams, including Toronto Raptors, Sacramento Kings, Denver Nuggets, and Detroit Pistons since 2009. Nori has joined former head coaches Taylor Jenkins and Mike Brown as the third known candidate to formally interview for the Knicks' coaching position. While Jenkins was previously with the Memphis Grizzlies, Brown was formerly with the Sacramento Kings. Both other candidates aim to bring coaching experience to the table, while Nori will provide a fresh perspective with his assistant coaching background. The Knicks have also shown interest in other prominent names, including Dallas Mavericks' Jason Kidd, Houston's Ime Udoka, Minnesota's Chris Finch, Atlanta's Quin Snyder, and Chicago's Billy Donovan. Nori's interview with the Knicks is not his first experience with a head coaching opportunity in the NBA. He was a finalist for the Phoenix Suns' head coaching job earlier this year, which ultimately went to Jordan Ott. Nori also interviewed with the Detroit Pistons and Cleveland Cavaliers last summer. As the search continues, the Knicks are likely to explore additional candidates considering the complexities of NBA coaching contracts. Whether they opt for a seasoned head coach or a rising candidate like Nori, is something to look for.
