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Q: Utilizar fechas He empezado a estudiar Java. Estoy liado con un ejercicio y hay algunos conceptos que no veo. Me explico. Por ejemplo una clase Alumno con atributos nombre y fechaDeNacimiento. ¿Cómo tratar esta fecha en esta clase?, donde el constructor tenga esos argumentos y tratar la fecha String a Date mediante parse y asignar el resultado a fechaDeNacimiento. Es decir, con el constructor convertir texto a fecha (con parse y format) y utilizar un método toString para convertir fecha a texto.
Gracias de antemano.
import java.util.Date;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

public class Alumno {

    //Declarar atributos
        protected String nombre;
        protected Date fechaDeNacimiento;

        // Constructor con parametros
        public Alumno(String nombre, Date fechaDeNacimiento) {
            this.nombre = nombre;
            this.fechaDeNacimiento = fechaDeNacimiento;

        }

        //Getters y Setters
        public String getNombre() {
            return nombre;
        }

        public Date getFechaDeNacimiento() {
            return fechaDeNacimiento;
        }

        @Override
        public String toString() {
            return "Alumno [nombre=" + nombre + ", fechaDeNacimiento=" + fechaDeNacimiento + "]";
        }

}

A: import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.text.ParseException

public class Alumno {

    // Atributos de Alumno
    private String nombre;
    private Date fechaNacimiento;

    // Constructor con parametros
    public Alumno (String nombre, String fechaNacimiento) throws ParseException {
        this.nombre = nombre;
        this.fechaNacimiento = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy").parse(fechaNacimiento);
                }

    // Getters
    public String getNombre() {
        return nombre;
    }
    public String getFechaNacimiento() {
        return new SimpleDateFormat("dd-mm-yyyy").format(fechaNacimiento);
        }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return  nombre + fechaNacimiento;
    }

}


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Amber Guyger is found guilty of murder in the shooting death of Botham Jean in his apartment
A Dallas jury on Tuesday found former police officer Amber Guyger guilty of murder for fatally shooting her unarmed neighbor, Botham Jean, in his own apartment, which she said she mistook as hers.
The jury deliberated less than 24 hours. The verdict followed a trial that has captured national attention and sparked outrage.
"We the jury unanimously find the defendant, Amber Guyger, guilty of murder as charged in the indictment," Kemp read, as a shriek and hand clap could be heard.
"No outbursts," Kemp said before announcing a break until 2 p.m.
Guyger, who is white, testified that after working long hours on September 6, 2018, she returned to her Dallas apartment complex and approached what she thought was her apartment. She noticed the door was partially open, and pulled out her service weapon and shot a figure inside in the dark. It turned out she was at the apartment directly above hers -- which belonged to the 26-year-old man Jean, who was black -- and she thought Jean was an intruder.
Tuesday morning, the panel had two questions for the court, according to attorneys for the Jean family. Jurors asked for a definition of manslaughter and for additional information on the so-called castle doctrine -- the legal notion that your home is your castle, and you have the right to use lethal force to defend your home and not retreat. They are being allowed to consider the legal doctrine in the murder case.
The jury began deliberations in the trial Monday. It must decide if Guyger is guilty of murder, which carries a sentence of up to life in prison, or it could find her guilty of manslaughter, which could result in two to 20 years in prison.
In uniform but off duty following a daylong shift, Guyger testified last week that she wanted to "find the threat" after hearing movement in her apartment. That's when she saw a silhouette and and demanded to see his hands, she said. The person started approaching in a "fast-paced walk," she added, and she fired two shots at what she believed to be an intruder.
Guyger was distracted that night, prosecutors argued, texting with her married police partner, with whom she had sexual relations. They said she missed numerous signs in the hallways leading up to Jean's apartment indicating she was on the wrong floor.
Experts have been unable to determine Jean's exact position when he was shot. A medical examiner testified the bullet entered just above Jean's upper left nipple and traveled downward, damaging his heart and several other major organs before landing in his psoas muscle.
Guyger described the moments after the shooting as chaotic as she realized she was in an unfamiliar place and had shot an innocent man. On the phone with a 911 operator that night, Guyger said 19 times she thought she had been in her apartment . Guyger said she performed a "little" CPR and a sternum rub on Jean.
The trial was laced with dramatic, emotional moments, as attorneys played graphic body cam footage of police trying to resuscitate Jean on his floor and read explicit sexual messages between Guyger and her police partner.
In a significant move, the judge allowed Guyger's attorneys to argue the so-called castle doctrine -- or stand your ground laws -- as part of their defense, since Guyger believed she was in her own apartment. Guyger's actions were reasonable, defense attorneys said, and any ordinary person could have made the same mistake in a similar situation.
Shook urged jurors to look at the case "calmly" and not decide on emotion, sympathy, or public pressure. "But you have to use the discipline not to do that," he said.
"That's hard, especially in a case like this," he added. "You'll never see a case like this, that's so tragic. So tragic. It's hard to do as jurors. Who would not have sympathy for Botham Jean? Wonderful human being -- died in these horrible, tragic circumstances. Who would not have sympathy for his family or anyone in that position? Everyone does, but that is not part of your consideration as a jury."
The self defense argument should apply to Jean, not Guyger, they said. "It's not her apartment. There was not force. It's not occupied. She doesn't need castle doctrine," said Assistant District Attorney Jason Fine. "No. This law is not in place for her, it's in place for Bo."
Hermus had the final word in closing arguments, walking right up to Guyger in her seat, pointing at her, looking her in the eye, and forcefully urging the jury to tell Guyger: "You will be held responsible for what you did and whether or not you want to accept responsibility, it will be forced upon you.

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Reviewed by Elizabeth Ahlfors
Cate Blanchett and Richard Roxburgh. Photo by Joan Marcus
The Present, Anton Chekhov's unfocused and drawn-out melodrama is enlivened by the Broadway pairing of charismatic Cate Blanchett and Richard Roxburgh. Blanchett entices audiences to Broadway's Barrymore Theatre and with Roxburgh's magnetic energy, she keeps them there. Without them and the stellar Sydney Theatre Company cast of 13, Chekhov's first play may still be in the safe-deposit box where it was hidden until 16 years after his death in 1904.
Chekhov never gave this first play a title and for years it was called Platanov. Playwright Andrew Upton (Blanchett's husband) revisited the play and renamed it, The Present for the Sydney production. Appropriately, he updated the script to post-perestroika Russia and thankfully, its original five hours was cut to a more manageable, but still laborious, three hours with a punk rock soundtrack including The Clash, adding a cool splash of faddish energy. The title might also refer to the birthday celebration of the show's central character, Anna (Blanchett), and actually one present she receives is a pistol. In Chekhovian tradition, any firearms in his plays must go off before the end and here we have a wearisome wait for the final shot.
Directed by John Crowley (2015 film, Brooklyn), Anna is celebrating her 40th birthday with long-time friends and family at her country home, "The Folly". She is a wealthy widow and since there is a lot of back story behind The Present, the diverse birthday guests are old friends and family.
Unfortunately Anna is not having a great time. "I'm so bored. Bored and disappointed." This does not negate her long-time lusty streak for Mikhail Platanov (Rosburgh), a complicated Slavic Lothario and once her lover.
"Just take me. Shake me. Smoke me. Reduce me to ashes," she pleads to Mikhail who has arrived at the party with his wife, Sasha (Susan Prior). The diverse guest-list is complex, all wandering in and out with their personal traumas. Over vodka-soaked hours that leave everyone drunk and wildly energized, Crowley gamely strives to keep the hodgepodge stimulating with revisits of old love affairs, nostalgia, the future's inevitable adjustments and bursts of welcome humor.
All eyes, however, are on the two leads. Roxburgh portrays a frayed once-irresistible allure that we see dissolve into demoralizing self-hatred. As Anna, Blanchett is impossible to ignore, slickly slipping off her bra and tossing it over her shoulder. When she dances on the tabletop, shaking and swiveling, Blanchett proves that she is a sexy, funny, high-powered stage presence.
Alice Babidge designed simple sets of a country home with patio, dining room and, for some reason, a strangely misty interior. She also designed contemporary costumes for the characters and Nick Schlieper provides lighting with sound design by Stefan Gregory.
Despite the fine production values and outstanding performances by Blanchett and Roxburgh, three hours of this muddled, interminable tragicomedy is not much more than a first draft of Chekhov's later well-formed theatrical visions of Russian society.
* Addendum: Guests adding sound and fury to Anna's party include her unsophisticated stepson, including Anna's unsophisticated stepson, Sergei (Chris Ryan) and his humanitarian bride, Sophia (Jacqueline McKenzie), Sergei's childhood friend, now a self-deceiving doctor, Nikolai (Toby Schmitz) and his ardent girlfriend, Maria (Anna Bamford). Add on, ex-KGB's Osip (Andrew Buchanan), Alexei (Martin Jacobs) and his spoiled son, Kirill (Eamon Farren), and Yegor (David Downer) and his student son, Dimitri (Brendon McClelland).
By Andrew Upton from Anton Chekhov's Platonov
Sydney Theatre Company
Directed: John Crowley
Previews: Dec. 17, 2016. Opening: Jan. 8, 2017. Closing: Mar. 19, 2017.
Barrymore Theater
243 W. 47th St. NYC
http:// http://thepresentbroadway.com/
Running time: Three hours. One intermission
This review can also be seen on TotalTheater.com
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Aselefech Mergia Medessa- Ethiopia's Track Princess and her Mega Moves.
Lovelyn Okafor
Our dreams will come true, and our goals will be achieved if we have the courage and passion to pursue them.
Aselefech has proved this point extensively. Her decision to be the best anyone can be on track propels her to give more than any average athlete. And the results?………………….endless.
Source: gulfnews.com
The track star remains at the peak of her game. For Aselefech, each day on the track is not only unique but also an opportunity to draw closer to her dream. She is celebrated as a two-time winner of the Dubai Marathon and has finished in the top three at the Paris and London Marathons. She has a personal best of 2:19:31 hours; which was a former Ethiopian record for the distance and places her within the top ten of all-time.
Aselefech's marathon debut was in April 2009 at the Paris Marathon, where she ran 2:25:02 for second place. The following month saw her atop the podium at the World 10k Bangalore, just holding off a charge from Mary Keitany to win the race in 32:08.
Again at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics- Women's Marathon, she won a bronze medal recording a time of 2:25:32.
Aselefech is one resilient fellow who never grows weary in the fight for her dream. She manages to hold her head high even in the most difficult times.
Source: www.thenational.ae
The power lady started as a professional road runner in 2006, at the Delhi Half Marathon, where she finished seventh. Though an interesting move for a beginner, Aselefech saw it as a challenge and worked even harder.
The following year made it all the more interesting when the shining star won the Plymouth Half Marathon, finishing with a time of 1:14:50. At the women's 10k race in Glasgow, Scotland, she took another amazing shot, finishing second behind the power athlete Vivian Cheruiyot. But she succeeded in setting a personal best of 32:19 for the distance.
At the 2011 Dubai Marathon, Aselefech came close to her personal best, taking her first victory over the distance on her fourth attempt. She narrowly missed the course record mark, but gained the US$250,000 first place prize which earned her a coveted position at the Ethiopian marathon team for the 2011 World Championships.
In October 2011, she hit the tracks at the Great South Run and easily saw off a challenge from Doris Changeywo to win the 10-mile race.
In January 2012, Aselefech defended her women's Dubai Marathon title in style by breaking the course record and winning $250,000 in prize money for the second year in a row. She became the seventh fastest woman ever over the distance.
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Elated, she says, "This is a special place for me and it was a special day. I broke not only the course record but the Ethiopian record too. I'm now the best Ethiopian and with this time I hope to be selected for the Olympic Games."
Keep up the good work Aselefech, better days await you.
Lovelyn Okafor is a Journalist/Writer, Poet, Lawyer and God-Lover. She enjoys a good read and sees everyday as an opportunity to live and enjoy her calling whilst working towards perfecting it. She believes that someday soon, Africa will reach her full potential as the light-bearer of the world. You can find her on Twitter: @lovelyn_o


Mr. Phoenix makes a comeback and ends up right in the Oscar's best actor category. I am just trying to remind you, how wonderful this actor is, and how conveniently ignored most of the times. It is true that ever since River's death he hasn't been the same but the sorrow seems to have fueled the hearth on which he shines and hones his acting battle-axe.
'Her' is the kind of movie that you either hate too much for such a weird story or you love too much because you feel the powerful screenplay. Scarlett Johansson brings the OS to life in her voice, which wouldn't have been the same with samantha morton, and the ardent viewers can definitely imagine themselves falling in love with their OSes if such a thing was possible yet. Amy Adams does justice to her character and personifies the rift she is caught up in, remarkably.
The two most beautiful things about the movie, which I liked the most, were the camera angles and some dialogues that are certainly going to stay with me for a while.


I am in the process of finalizing my Yom Tov menu-finally! All of the shopping and actual cooking will get done all day tomorrow. Here are some of the beautiful desert and center pieces with an obvious Rosh Hashana theme pictures that I found while searching for some inspiration for my meal plans. Click on the photo to be redirected to the original website. If you are cooking for this holiday then I hope these ideas can be inspiring to you in your final preparations as well.
How stunning are these apple frangipine tartelettes with cheesecake ice cream and pomegranate garnish?
These beautiful centerpieces were ones I found on kosherstreet.com I love the idea of mixing flowers and green apples in a tall vase for a simple but gorgeous addition to any table.
This pomegranate lemon Pana Cotta had me drooling! I would love spoonful of this right now! Oh and I noticed that the recipe called for gelatin. If you can't find kosher gelatin which is carried in some kosher groceries then you can substitute with jello.
Honey cake is the typical Rosh Hashana desert. This one is just so adorable as it's shaped like a beehive!
I love the idea of placing candles in the apples. It can surely be a lovely addition to any table!
May you have A Shana Tova and a happy and healthy start to your new year!


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I ban you because I don't like your profile picture.
Your picture ain't half good either! BANNED!
Until we close our eyes for good.
I ban you because your real-life picture looks taken out of a horror movie.
Evil can never be eradicated from the world..... But it can be kept at bay by fighting. So, always keep fighting..... never cease it .
I ban you because you misspelled 'weird'.
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I ban you for not disagreeing with his statement that Noone's eyes look weird. For they look awesomely amazing.


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401,000 digital objects: pictures, documents, books, educational resources.
Scientific wallcharts at the Botanical Museum
The collection includes 98 wallcharts, of botanical subject, produced in the late Nineteenth- and early Twentieth-Century.
The largest series includes 68 plates titled "Ausländische Kulturpflanzen in farbigen Wandtafeln" depicting exotic plants, native to the five continents, mainly used for food uch as cocoa, ginger, cassava and olive tree. Karl Bollmann's highly detailed illustrations are drawn in color against a black background, accompanied by numbers which refer to short descriptive notes included at the bottom of the panel. The wallcharts were published in 1989 in Braunschweig by F. Vieweg und Sohn and were part of a text compiled by Otto Wilhelm Thome and Hermann Zippel entitled "Ausländische Kulturpflanzen in farbigen Wandtafeln mit erläuterndem".
While most of the plates bear picture and description for a single species, there are some in which two species of plants are displayed. In the collection preserved in Padua this situation occurs seven times, with connections between subjects that distinguish our collection from the one kept by other institutions such as the Harvard University.
Echte Ananas (Ananassa sativa Lind.) - Amerikanische Agave (Agave americana L.)
Banane (Musa sapientum L.)
The second group consists of the complete set of twelve wallcharts about plant biology, depicting plant details such as roots, tissues, leaves and the structure of some flowers; furthermore, the plates display different systems of pollination of flowers, together with various kinds of fruits and seeds. Published by Paravia at the beginning of the Twentieth-Century, it is characterized by images in color, also in this case flanked by numbers referring to a brief description.
The collection goes on with ten more wallcharts from the beginning of the 20th Century, published in Stuttgart by Eugen Ulmer, belonging to the series "The Botanische Wandtafeln" by Hermann Ross e H. Morin. Some of these wallcharts deal with a single species, such as potato or hazelnut, while others are more of a general nature, like different types of pollination depending on different flower morphologies, or various types of fruit found in nature. Also in this case, the wallcharts display a picture in color along with a description for each item placed at the bottom of the plate.
Haselnuss (Corylus avellana L.)
The last series consists of seven lithographs, published in Stuttgart at the beginning of the 20th Century by Eugen Ulmer, titled "Pflanzenpathologische Wandtafeln". It deals with the parasitic organisms, and, specifically, it describes the mistletoe, a little parasitic plant called Latrea, and the biological cycle of certain moulds attacking fruit trees, ornamental plants and grasses.
Finally, there is a single plate printed in Zurigo by Frey & Conrad depicting the fruit, the seed, and some microscopic details of tissues from the Siberian iris.
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K: A Top Ten List About Bad Guys
Posted byerichagmann January 22, 2023 January 23, 2023 Posted inTop TenTags:marvel, movies, Nostalgia, Top Ten, video games, villains
With Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania just around the corner, we will finally get a full glimpse of the "other" Kang in all his glory. Kang… Kang… Hmmm, that name sounds a lot like some other fictional bad guys out there in the world…
Let's name the Top Ten "K" Villains (who only have one syllable in their name)!
10) Klump
He's Klump. He's Klump. He's in my head.
A sergeant in King K. Rool's kremling army, Klump appears in the very first stage of Donkey Kong Country. Apparently, a helmet and a tubby belly is all you need to be protected from Kong children. While Diddy Kong is unable to do any damage to Klump, Donkey Kong's strength can conk him out in one fell swoop!
9) King
Mega Man and Bass
It's good to be the King.
Talk about your all time backfires. When Dr. Wily built King to be a more powerful robot than his previous project, Bass, he didn't expect that his creation would turn on him (you better get used to this, Wily). King, aptly, declares himself "King of Robots" and attempts to shape the world to his own liking. Don't worry. He eventually learns his lesson and decides that maybe he should "fight for everlasting peace" instead.
8) Kane
Live actors? In my game? It's more likely than you think! Kane played by Joseph David Kucan.
He ain't here for a long time. He's here for a real-time strategy game.
Actually, Kane *has* been on Earth for a very long time and has been essentially using a crazy religious cult that he founded in order to achieve his wildest ambitions. Not only that but he's friends with Stalin… and he thinks he's the Messiah. At least at class reunions it's true when they tell him "you haven't changed a bit!"
7) Kaa
THE JUNGLE BOOK, Kaa, Mowgli, 1967, (c)Walt Disney Pictures/Courtesy: Everett Collection
The sinister snake of The Jungle Book, Kaa isn't bad – he's just drawn that way. But for real, a snake has to eat and when a young boy just happens to be passing by, who wouldn't jump at the opportunity to snag a meal? Though, when was the last time you tried to lull your lunch into a manic state of hypnosis while simultaneously strangling it to death? Who knows – maybe I should try it!
6) Kain
Soul Reaver: Legacy of Kain
"Conscience? You dare speak to me of conscience?!"
Bram Stoker's Dracula denied his Lord after the love of his life was taken from him. Castlevania's Dracula befell a similar fate. Edward Cullen was dying of the Spanish influenza. What tragic backstory drove Kain to vampirism? Well, he was denied a drink and then murdered outside a bar.
Kain was the main protagonist in Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain where he sought revenge on his assassins. A few thousand years laters, he's doing pretty well for himself having set up a full-on vampiric empire in a decaying world (that he caused). When his lieutenant, Raziel, seemed to surpass Kain by growing a sweet of wings, Kain threw Raziel into the Lake of the Dead.
Now the tables have turned, and Raziel has his shot at revenge. Kain's just jealous, man, 'cause he ain't got the moves!
5) Klaw/Klaue
Next time, Gadget! Next time!
It's unlikely that we'll see Klaw again in the current MCU, but anything is possible when you've got an infinite set of multiverses to explore!
Ulysses Klaue first appeared in Fantastic Four #53 way back in May of 1966. He had an unhealthy obsession with trying to acquire Vibranium and lead several attacks on Wakanda to try to get it. In his second attempt and as a last-ditch effort, he merged his body into a "sonic converter device" which miraculously turned him into "living sound." Despite this new power, Mister Fantastic still managed to get the best of him.
As an aside, "Living Sound" would be a great title for a New Age music album.
4) Kong
De plane! De plane!
The "Eighth Wonder of the World," Kong got his name from the natives that lived on the island that he inhabited. Naturally, he wasn't too thrilled when a bunch of greedy Americans decided to whisk him away to New York to put him on display. Kong did the most sensible thing he could think of when he escaped: kidnapped a beautiful woman and climbed to the top of a tower.
Of course, my favorite iteration of this gargantuan gorilla will always be this guy:
Homer Kong vs Bartzilla from Bart's Nightmare
3) Kraid
Metroid series
When you wish upon Brinstar…
Bored with his mediocre life as a construction worker, Kraid decides to liven things up by visiting a mysterious company called "Rekall" that can make dreams seem like a reality (essentially a reverse Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind). Little did he know that this would kick off a thrilling psychological action/adventure where the line is blurred between fact and fiction. Oh wait, I'm thinking of Quaid.
The look of someone who just saw three…eyes.
KRAID is a space pirate in the Metroid franchise who works alongside his partner Ridley to utilize the titular alien species as a deadly biological weapon. His appearance is almost always memorable as he ends up being one of the largest bosses to face off against Samus Aran.
Wait. Do we need a Total Recall/Metroid crossover? I think we do.
2) Krang
Shredder: You have a brilliant brain, Krang!
Krang: Of course. It's all I really am.
Hailing from the vast expanses of Dimension X, Krang spends a majority of season 1 asking the Shredder for a body in the original 1980's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon. That's right. On their own, the Krang race ("Kraang" in the 2012 Nickelodeon version) are just a bunch of brain-like creatures who use technology to navigate their surroundings.
With all the weird belching and glorping that Krang emits, though, I'd like to believe that he's really just a disembodied brain that belongs to Rick.
Move: 5, Range: 1, Dance: 10, Looks: 3.
This tumultuous troll towers terrifyingly over the sprawling self-created landscapes of the Heroscape board game. Players facing off against Krug will want to tackle him from afar; otherwise, one risks being smashed by his deadly double attack – which only gets worse as he takes more and more damage!
1) Khan
Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan
This is the fashion of the future that I've always wanted.
Who's the number one character on my list? Everyone shout it with me, "Khaaaaaaaaaaaaan!"
Easily the best film in the Star Trek franchise, Ricardo Montalbán as Khan takes the cake as one of the greatest villains of all time.
There's a certain amount of empathy that can be felt for this character after learning that he and his companions had been exiled to Ceti Alpha V for fifteen years by our main man, Captain James T. Kirk (not to be confused with Captain James B. Hook). The theme of "un-winnable situations" persists throughout, and tension continues to build as the two men try to outwit each other in an ongoing stalemate. Even when Kirk finally gains the upper hand, it comes at the price of a tremendous sacrifice from his crew. If you haven't watched it yet, check out Wrath of Khan immediately!
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Le groupe H de la Coupe du monde 2022, qui se dispute au Qatar du 20 novembre au , comprend quatre équipes dont les deux premières se qualifient pour les huitièmes de finale de la compétition.
Le tirage au sort est effectué le  à Doha.
Le premier de ce groupe affronte le deuxième du Groupe G et le deuxième de ce groupe affronte le premier du Groupe G.

Équipes

Portugal

Uruguay

Corée du Sud

Ghana

Résumé

Classement

journée

Uruguay - Corée du Sud

Portugal - Ghana

journée

Corée du Sud - Ghana

Portugal - Uruguay

journée

Ghana - Uruguay

Corée du Sud - Portugal

Homme du match

Liste des buteurs
2 buts

  Cho Gue-sung
  Mohammed Kudus
  Bruno Fernandes
  Giorgian De Arrascaeta

1 but

  Hwang Hee-chan
  Kim Young-gwon
  André Ayew
  Osman Bukari
  Mohammed Salisu
  João Félix
  Ricardo Horta
  Rafael Leão
  Cristiano Ronaldo

Liste des passeurs
2 passes décisives

  Bruno Fernandes

1 passe décisive

  Kim Jin-su
  Lee Kang-in
  Son Heung-min
  Jordan Ayew
  Gideon Mensah
  Diogo Dalot
  Raphaël Guerreiro
  Luis Suárez

Notes et références

Voir aussi
 Coupe du monde de football 2022
 Éliminatoires de la Coupe du monde de football 2022

Coupe du monde de football 2022

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I'm done with hair typing.
I can't swear that my hair is a 4a, 4b or whatever. All I know is that I love my hair and it's growing. Whether it's 4a with some defined curls or 4b with cottony clouds, what it comes down to is that my hair is hype regardless of what hair typing system exists.
Now that I'm two years into this natural hair journey, I can honestly say, I've found no real use in hair typing. Good tips are good tips no matter who shares them. Good products may or may not work on my hair – not because my hair is better or worse than someone else's, but because my hair is different and unique to me.
So, starting today, I am not mentioning any hair type – well, it's not like I mention hair type regularly anyway because it hasn't added anything to the conversation. As far as I'm concerned, it's another way for Black people to separate ourselves: my hair is better than your hair because I have 4a hair and you have 4b hair.
Hair is hair and it's good because it grows out of your scalp. If you care it and find out what it likes, it will grow. If you disregard it and plaster any type of product that doesn't agree with it, it will break.
And that's the same for all hair types.
Amen to that! Foolishness that we allow others to define us by and then decide we should just go along with it…such nonsense!
I truly enjoying reading your blog to get my naptural hair fix. Don't be discouraged. It is ridiculous the seperation. Ironically, this past week I read an article of veteran napturals who have issue with newer napturals….*smh*. Are you kidding me?
Couldn't agree more!!! It helps to some extent, but it doesn't solve any of the hair issues you had if it wasn't around & so widely used.
Once I started buying hair products aimed at type 4 hair I was seeing better results. So in that way I think me learning the hair types helped me understand her hair a lot better and what it needs.
But now the more I hear about it the more confused I am. I see pictures of 4a kids and her hair looks nothing like theirs. I see pictures of 3c kids and her hair looks nothing like theirs. And for a while it got me a bit upset because I would see "4a" kids with long spirals going down their back and I'd look at my daughter of the same age and wonder why her hair was still growing out rather than down. And I thought maybe I was doing something wrong. I got caught up in what was right for what hair type.
Now I'm trying to stay away from it. One kids 4a is not my daughter's 4a and I just need to find what's right for her by trial and error.
Thanks for the comments, ladies! At first, I thought it would be a great idea to know what products work for my texture… but like Shan pointed out one 4a isn't always like another 4a. I think once you know your hair's characteristics, you can choose products that work rather than relying on someone's typing system. From what I see, God only knows what type of hair I have because depending on the day, the humidity and what I've used to wash it/condition it, it can be a variation of a bunch of types.
I agree with Shan. For newbie naturals who are constantly flooded with info I think typing helps to get them get started, once, they figure out what products work for them, then yeah you're right, it doesn't really matter. JMO.
In some respects, for newbies, sure, I can see the value. But I find that typing is so loaded with the politics of hair. It goes from truly trying to figure out how to manage your hair to a hair hierarchy where hair that is less curly is frown upon. Now, I haven't seen that on my blog or on the blogs that I read, but I've seen in it the so-called hair idols that are featured online and some of the hair boards. I remember reading way back when I first went natural someone comparing 4b hair with scab hair. Really? I just don't think many people use typing the right way – a lot of people are using it to say, my hair is better than yours. That's what really annoys me about hair typing, not the typing itself.


At Acasta, we are fully regulated and authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority. We exclusively administrate Acasta European Insurance Company (AEICL). AEICL have provided insurance facilities to clients throughout the UK and Europe since 2006. Our partners include retail insurance brokers, insurance wholesalers, MGA's, solicitors, claims management companies, third party administrators and warranty providers.
We specialise in scheme underwriting across the UK and Europe. We write business in 9 different licences and in 12 different countries. Also, we work with clients to adapt our current products, as well as writing new products tailored to their needs. We adopt a flexible and innovative approach to our underwriting. This allows us to create products suitable for our partners clients.
As well as our scheme facilities, we also offer a range of ready-made insurance products for brokers. These can be accessed through our online portal. Or brokers can submit a monthly bordereau. The products can also be adapted to suit the requirements of our brokers.
As well as our general insurance range, we offer a range of ATE products on both a delegated and bespoke basis. Our ATE products include cover on: PI cases, Clinical Negligence cases, Employment Dispute cases and Commercial Litigation cases. We also have a partnership with Sparkle Capital. Therefore, we can also assist our clients with litigation funding for their cases, should they need it.
We exclusively provide administrative services to Acasta European Insurance Company limited. AEICL are a Gibraltarian based insurance company. They provide insurance facilities to clients throughout the UK and Europe.
We work exclusively with Sparkle Capital to provide litigation funding solutions for cases. Sparkle provide three different funding solutions for clients: 1&20, Flexible Disbursement Funding and Fixed Interest Release Funding. Sparkle can fund cases up to £10 million in claim value. However, they focus on the sub £5 million claims, which are underserved by the market.
Acasta Europe Limited exclusively provide administrative services to Acasta European Insurance Company limited. AEICL are a Gibraltarian based insurance company. They provide insurance facilities to clients throughout the UK and Europe.
Acasta work exclusively with Sparkle Capital to provide litigation funding solutions for cases. Sparkle provide three different funding solutions for clients,.1&20, Flexible Disbursement Funding and Fixed Interest Release Funding. Sparkle can fund cases up to £10 million in claim value. However, they focus on the sub £5 million claims, which are underserved by the market.
We work across Europe, delivering insurance services and programmes throughout 12 European Countries.
The understanding, knowledge and experience to underwrite bespoke schemes. These can be tailored to suit your clients' needs.
Our team have a wealth of knowledge and experience within the industry. This allows us to work with our partners efficiently and successfully.
We adopt a flexible approach with our brokers to allow them to trade the way it suits them. This includes on a scheme basis, through our online portal, or on a bespoke one-off basis.


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Grammarly Alternatives: 19 Grammar Tools for Any Budget
Grammarly is the most popular spelling and grammar software for writers, students, and teachers alike — though it has its limits and can cost a pretty penny. So if you're looking for Grammarly alternatives that won't break the bank and work just as effectively to help you write better, you've come to the right place.
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💰 Price: Web browser extension is free. The desktop version is $20 a month.
✅ Best for: Everything from general readability to spelling errors.
🖇 Compatible with: Mac OSX, Windows, Scrivener. No mobile app.
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By checking for insightful writing, inappropriate colloquialisms, and general readability, PWA can assure you that the phrasing of your work won't come across clunky or unnatural. Its unique combination of suggestions, articles, videos, and quizzes aims to transform the proofreading process from arduous to fun and interactive, with great success. Check out our ProWritingAid review for a more detailed analysis and a 20% discount!
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🖇 Compatible with: macOS and Windows. Works offline.
This writing tool owes its name to one of the literary titans of the 20th century — so if you're an admirer of Ernest Hemingway's writing, Hemingway Editor should be a no-brainer. Unlike PWA, Hemingway puts more emphasis on the style of your work, as opposed to the nuts and bolts of your writing (though you can rest assured that it will pick up copy mistakes for you, too).
Like its namesake, Hemingway focuses most on making sure that your writing is clean, succinct, and easy to read. To that end, Hemingway uses different colors to highlight different types of error — from overly complicated adverbs to convoluted sentences — and offers solutions. Its simple user interface will undoubtedly appeal to writers who feel that their writing is too complex or technical in nature. Read our review of Hemingway here for an in-depth take on the app.
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💰 Price: $19.99 to download from the app store, or $49 for desktop use.
✅ Best for: Longer writing projects, covering everything from organization to punctuation.
🖇 Compatible with: macOS, iOS, and Windows.
There are more than a few Scrivener superfans out there who can attest that this writing app is highly effective, accurate, and easy to use. The Scrivener app is multifunctional in that you can create an overview for your project, your manuscript can be integrated with other documents useful to your writing (like research papers), and offers editing suggestions. The biggest thing that differentiates this tool from Grammarly is that Scrivener is specifically designed for writing novels. So it's much, much lighter on the editing and spelling and grammar functions of Grammarly and much heavier on the outlining, planning, and organizational elements that go into writing that novelists like.
Scrivener 3, which came out this year, is now available on Windows, so even more authors looking for Grammarly alternatives can see what the hype is all about! Check out our Scrivener 3 review if you want to learn more.
💰 Price: $11/a month for the Starter edition, customizable packages for businesses.
✅ Best for: Fine-tuning commercial copy.
🖇 Compatible with: Chrome, Word, and Google Docs. No mobile app.
For those writing commercial copy, a writing tool oriented for hobbyist writers might not cut the mustard. Instead, you'll want something like writer.com that provides AI-driven copyediting (like Grammarly) — specifically with business content and copywriters in mind. In addition to the standard features of spelling and grammar tools, it'll give you content feedback that's brand-specific — a feature that really sets it apart from Grammarly, especially for companies looking to maintain a unique brand voice. It'll also help you pick up untidy phrasing and provide context for suggested corrections, amongst other standard features of spelling and grammar tools.
What's more, writer.com lets companies make customized brand guides and share them with a team. It's also got a super-efficient plagiarism checker. Nifty!
💰 Price: Free on Google Chrome. To download, it's $29.96 per month (paid monthly), $12.48 per month (paid yearly), and $9.99 per month (paid every two years).
✅ Best for: People writing in multiple languages.
🖇 Compatible with: Web browser plug-in. Desktop and mobile app available.
Ginger is one of the older kids on the block, established in 2007. If you are more audibly minded, Ginger's text reader will be helpful to you, as it verbalizes your writing back for you, allowing you to pick up inconsistencies and flow problems and eliminate instances of passive voice.
For language learners, Ginger's appeal is even greater. Its crown jewel is its impressive translation function, which can translate your work into 60 languages! (Of course, literary translation is much more complex and are best done by professionals, but this tool can give you quick answers!) It also has advanced natural language programming, which functions more akin to a human editor that can check for fluency and flow. What's not to like?
✅ Best for: Checking shorter pieces of copy, as well as language translations.
🖇 Compatible with: Chrome, Firefox, and Safari, but there is no desktop application.
Linguists and language enthusiasts might already be familiar with Reverso: a tool primarily known as a language translator that offers much more accuracy than Google Translate. You can input a sentence in one language on Reverso and be presented with various 'real life' (i.e., sourced from actual writing on the internet) foreign language translations.
The one drawback is that, unlike other tools, it has a 600-word character limit, so you cannot input huge amounts of copy at one time. However, if you want to speedily check shorter writing pieces in a foreign language for errors, Reverso is your go-to Grammarly alternative.
✅ Best for: Preliminary checks that can complement another writing tool.
🖇 Compatible with: Any web browser.
If you're a writer in English but it's your second language, you may find that many S&G tools do not offer that extra bit of support you need to feel secure in the fluency and precision of your writing. Fear not — Virtual Writing Tutor is an online grammar checker that will look for spelling, grammar, and punctuation flaws, as well as phrasing!
According to their website, VWT wants to help make you a better writer for the future, too. The goal is to "make the Virtual Writing Tutor the best ESL grammar checker to help learners of English as a Second Language. It may also help dyslexics, professional bloggers and university students".
It is also popular for its Target Structure Checker that allows users to improve the structure of their work. With this being said, it's worth noting that VWT actually advises using a more comprehensive writing tool secondarily. So this one is great if you're a writer on a budget, but you might want to look elsewhere for something that will cover all your bases.
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💰 Price: Antidote+ Personal (most basic version) is $59 a year; Antidote 10 is a one-time purchase of $119.
✅ Best for: Creative writers and novelists, or anybody working on a larger writing project.
🖇 Compatible with: Web browsers, Windows, macOS, and mobile.
If Antidote's attractive website is anything to go by, it's one of the slickest writing assistance apps on the market. Available in both English and French, it'll provide you with suggestions on improving numerous elements of your work beyond the mechanics. Its features can be broken down into three categories:
Corrector: With smart filters that detect a variety of errors from capitalization to unnecessary prepositions.
Dictionary: Click on any word, and it'll present you with a definition, synonyms, conjugations, and more. You can also add specific features of your writing, like character names and technical terms, to a personal dictionary.
Guides: 11 clear and concise guides on topics like syntax, lexicon, and grammar so you can learn as you write.
But with Antidote 10, there are also new features like a gender neutrality checker, display of bold, italic, and emojis, and a new readability filter. Antidote can run locally on your computer as a plug-in, so it doesn't require an internet connection.
✅ Best for: A comprehensive overview of the technical aspects of your writing.
It's hard not to be impressed by 1Checker's scholarly beginnings — it was designed by a team at the University of Cambridge as a tool for non-native English speakers to improve their written command of the English language. For this reason, it specifically focuses on mistakes commonly made by EASL speakers (that occasionally slip through the cracks with other types of software) — like context-specific word choice errors and grammatical mishaps. Like all great S&G tools, 1Checker uses a combination of A.I. and natural language processing technologies to crunch data for you to present you with easy-to-understand suggestions for your copy.
✅ Best for: Anybody looking for data-driven suggestions.
🖇 Compatible with: Online plugin with Chrome and Firefox, though you can't download it for offline use.
Whether you're a student writing an essay or an SEO professional, Slick Write offers customizable feedback suited to your style that will enhance the readability of your work. This Grammarly alternative will also check for a range of writing elements, including but not limited to grammatical and spelling errors, stylistic mistakes, and sentence structure. Handily, Slick Write also has a demonstration of its software that allows you to get to grips with its sidebar and learn about its various features before you commit to working with it yourself. As you'll be able to see, it's super easy to use and offers a range of analytics to help you understand your writing style and processes.
✅ Best for: Writing collaboratively and organizing your workload.
🖇 Compatible with: Any web browser as long as you have a Gmail account.
If you're a writer, you're probably no stranger to Google Docs. In fact, it might be the platform the majority of your work takes place on. Its major perk, as everyone knows, is the fact that you can access it so long as you're connected to the Internet. Not to mention that all your manuscripts can be stored in one place that isn't a local drive — minimizing the risk of losing your work if you have the misfortune of spilling a drink on your laptop.
As a Grammarly alternative, Google Docs has in-built spelling and grammar checkers that will throw up suggestions for you as you type, so you can make amendments as you work. This being said, the tool is relatively basic as S&G checkers go — so if you want a keener eye on inappropriate words, phrasing, and sentence structure, you'll want to look at some more comprehensive software. That being said, Google Docs isn't a bad place to start if you're looking for the option to collaborate with other users and the ability to track the edits made to your work.
💰 Price: Office online is accessible for free with a Microsoft account.
✅ Best for: Anything from writing a CV to a novel.
🖇 Compatible with: Windows, Mac OSX.
Here's another software you're probably all too familiar with — Microsoft Word! There's a reason that students, writers, and working professionals the world over still swear by it, 37 years after it first hit the market under the name of Multi-Tool Word. Like Google Docs, Microsoft has a built-in spelling and grammar checker that enables you to edit your work as you go along, as well as a dictionary and thesaurus function to improve the quality of your writing. Over the years, the usability of these functions has improved to the point where it's quite reliable as an S&G tool.
For more comprehensive, targeted 'feedback,' you should use tools like 1Checker, ProWritingAid, and Hemingway. But if you want quick suggestions as you type, Microsoft is your trusty friend.
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✅ Best for: Improving shorter pieces of text.
🖇 Compatible with: No downloading necessary.
If run-on sentences are a bad habit that you're unable to break, you're probably on the lookout for a tool that'll automatically chop up sentences for you. If that's the case, you're in luck: user interfaces don't get simpler than Sentence Checkup — all you need to do is copy and paste your sentence into the textbox function, and it will review grammatical errors and suggest stylistic improvements that could be made for general fluency and readability.
Sentence Checkup might not have the smorgasbord of features other S&G tools offer (there's no plagiarism checker, for example) — but if you're looking for quick analysis on a paragraph or two (for example, an email to a client you're keen to impress, or an Instagram that will reach thousands of followers), Sentence Checkup is a handy way to get smaller pieces of writing spick and span.
✅ Best for: Students and researchers.
🖇 Compatible with: Free, but the premium version is $11.21 a month (or $71.55 for the year).
Paper Rater's M.O. is all about elevating the quality of your written work. This tool was created with students in mind. For that reason, it has an excellent plagiarism checker, which will undoubtedly be useful for putting one's mind at ease before submitting academic papers. And while it has many typical features of a spelling and grammar tool, Paper Rater emphasizes alternative word choice and stylistic improvements that are more applicable to your writing. According to Paper Rater itself: "You won't find another tool offering plagiarism checking, automated proofreading, grammar check, and automated scoring that can analyze your text this quickly."
💰 Price: Basic version is free, but the premium version is £4.92 a month for individual users.
✅ Best for: Making communication sound professional.
🖇 Compatible with: Google Docs, Microsoft, all web browsers.
While Grammarly is a good all-rounder, sometimes you need a slightly more specific function. If you require a language translation mechanism that can check for inconsistencies, spelling errors, and the general competency of the messages you send to others, Language Tool will do all of this and more.
Language Tool is specifically tailored for working environments and even has a group version that allows for collaborations within teams. More than that, the app presents its users with simple suggestions, color-coordinated in line with the nature of the correction, and other features like 'right-click for synonyms.' If you're looking to add a glossy veneer to your copy, look no further.
💰 Price: Basic plan is free; the premium version is $9.99 a month.
✅ Best for: Writers looking for more innovative suggestions for their writing, rather than neatening up.
🖇 Compatible with: Chrome.
In contrast to other spelling and grammar tools, Wordtune's mission is less about offering a copy-editing service and more about presenting writers with innovative ways to express themselves more successfully and with stylistic flair. Its basic plan has three main functions:
Presenting ways to restructure sentences.
Translating foreign texts into English (currently supports Spanish, Mandarin, Arabic, Hindi, Korean, Hebrew, and Russian).
Getting contextually relevant synonyms for every word.
The premium plans also offer advice on striking the correct tone in your writing, shortening and expanding your text to suit its format, and the ability to use the app collaboratively.
💡 Attention students and educators! Wordtune offers discounts for students and educators, so long as you have a .edu email address!
💰 Price: Basic version free, premium $25 a month.
✅ Best for: Businesses wanting to elevate messages and written communication.
🖇 Compatible with: Google Chrome (and docs) plug-in, also well as Outlook/Word. Most message platforms, Gmail, LinkedIn, Zendesk, and more.
If you've ever been concerned that you come across a bit… robotic in your messages, emails, and other written communications — well, a robot in the form of Sapling might just be what you need. Sapling is an AI extension that allows you to refine and improve your writing by spelling and grammar suggestions, which will tighten up and put a finer point on your prose. If you're messaging clients and need to employ a professional tone, Sapling will allow you to do this with its easily navigable features.
The premium version comes with autocomplete and knowledge snippets, where you can quickly search and insert commonly used messages to save time (à la TextExpander).
✅ Best for: Rooting out cliches and making writing more original.
Though we might try our best to write original, compelling copy each time we sit down to write, sometimes we just can't avoid a cliche (it's just a… matter of time, you might say). They're the peril of every writer, and that's why the team of Cliche Finder created this tool to highlight exactly where you may have written something stale and overused. This isn't to say every cliche is bad, but it is always helpful to have someone (or something) else point out to you exactly where you've fallen into the trap.
So there we have it. Grammarly isn't the center of the spelling and grammar tool universe, after all. There are plenty of diverse alternatives out there that offer a similar quality of editing services without pinching the purse too much. Hopefully, you've found your perfect match!
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To prepare harissa, place caraway and cumin seeds in a small skillet over medium-high heat; cook 1 minute, stirring frequently. Place seed mixture, ancho chile pepper, and next 4 ingredients (through garlic) in a blender; process until smooth.
To prepare brik, place potatoes in a saucepan; cover with water, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer 10 minutes or until just tender. Drain.
Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat; swirl to coat. Add potatoes, turmeric, salt, and ground red pepper (if desired); sauté 6 minutes or until edges are crisp. Add parsley and green onions; cook 2 minutes, stirring frequently. Remove from heat; cool 5 minutes.
Place 1 sheet of phyllo dough on a large cutting board or work surface (cover remaining phyllo to prevent drying); coat phyllo with cooking spray. Fold sheet in half like a book. Coat bottom third of phyllo with cooking spray (narrow end should be facing you). Fold bottom third up. Arrange 1/4 of the potatoes in a circle in center of the bottom (folded) third of the phyllo, creating a nest for the egg. Crack 1 egg into center of potatoes. Sprinkle 1/4 of feta over egg. Sprinkle with black pepper. Fold top third of phyllo over egg, potatoes, and cheese, folding in sides to form a packet. Place packet on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Repeat with remaining phyllo, potatoes, eggs, cheese, and black pepper. Combine egg white and 1 teaspoon water in a small bowl, stirring with a whisk. Brush phyllo packets with egg white mixture. Bake at 450° for 9 minutes or until golden brown and crisp. Spoon harissa evenly over brik, and sprinkle with cilantro.
This was outstanding. However, I did not make the sauce on top. To make it easier. I folded two sheets of phyllo into a square that would hold the potato and egg. Then I folded another and placed it over the top, brushed it with egg and put in the oven. My husband thought it was delicious. The runny egg with the crispy phyllo and a bite of potato was wonderful.
Slightly labor intensive (usual for working with phyllo), but delicious enough to make up for it. I love garlic, so I added extra to the Harissa, but the garlic was a bit too much. Besides that, the harissa was delicious! Also, I cooked them for only 8 minutes, and this was actually too long- the egg yolk was solid, not slightly runny like pictured.
These were pretty fun. I served them for a breakfast with friends, and everyone enjoyed them. I skipped making the sauce, and just used hot sauce we had...but would try the sauce next time. Will definitely make again.
This recipe grows on you as you get further into eating the dish, especially once you reach the egg. I wouldn't make it all the time, but for something a little different now and then (like when you happen to have extra phyllo around) it's very good. You have to like turmeric though in the first place (I do). Made the recipe as written, but next I would omit the sugar from the harissa. The roasted red peppers are already sweet enough in my opinion, but if you find turmeric pretty bitter, maybe you would like the sugar in the harissa to balance everything out.


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Dauda to start for Pirates with Meyiwa injured
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Senzo Meyiwa will not travel with his team-mates to Qwaqwa to face Free State Stars on Wednesday night and the Ghanaian is set to start.
Orlando Pirates have confirmed that goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa http://www.goal.com/en-gh/teams/south-africa/1599/orlando-pirates will play no part in their game against Free State Stars on Wednesday night.
The Bucs shot-stopper is still struggling to recover from cramps he suffered during Pirates' 1-0 defeat to Mamelodi Sundowns last Saturday.
Meyiwa was forced to leave the pitch on the night, immediately after failing to stop Hlompho Kekana's rocket from outside the box.
He was then replaced by Ghanaian number one Fatau Dauda, who now has the opportunity to make his first Pirates start since arriving at the club at the beginning of the season.
Dauda has patiently been waiting for his chance in the Pirates colours, and with the Fifa World Cup around the corner, the 28-year-old will be looking to impress. http://www.goal.com/en-gh/people/south-africa/82775/senzo-meyiwa


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Logan County Fair Board considers contingencies…
Logan County Fair Board considers contingencies for 2022 poultry show
HPAI has caused suspension of all poultry events in Colorado
By Jeff Rice | jerice@prairiemountainmedia.com | Sterling Journal-Advocate
PUBLISHED: April 15, 2022 at 3:29 p.m. | UPDATED: April 15, 2022 at 3:29 p.m.
Logan County Fair officials hope they'll be able to hold a poultry show during the 2022 fair, but a lot will depend on what happens July 1.
That's when the Colorado Department of Agriculture's suspension of all poultry events is set to expire. And that depends on progress made toward eradicating the highly pathogenic avian influenza that has swept across the Midwest.
The Fair Board discussed contingencies for the poultry show Thursday evening at their April meeting.
First detected in Colorado in geese at Jumbo Reservoir near Julesburg earlier this month, HPAI has since wiped out a flock of poultry in Pitkin County. The CDA moved quickly to issue the emergency suspension and flooded social media and news outlets with information on increasing biosecurity for poultry.
Crystal Bruns, poultry superintendent for the Logan County Fair, and J.D. Sexton, livestock specialist with the Colorado State University Extension Office in Logan County, told the fair board Thursday evening 4-H leaders in Logan County are doing all they can to educate their members on the necessity of increased biosecurity.
"We're doing a lot of education, on what are the signs, how do you prevent it, and how to take care of it," Sexton said.
Even if the CDA lists the suspension on July 1, fair officials will have to decide whether to go ahead with poultry show.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, poultry owners should establish an "all-in, all-out" flock-management policy and isolate their flocks from exposure to wild birds or water or ground contaminated by wild birds. Bird areas should be limited to only essential people, and clothing should be clean before entering the area. All equipment used in the poultry area should be thoroughly cleaned regularly and should not be lent out to other poultry owners. Flock owners also should refrain from visiting other flocks or, if that's not possible, change footwear and clothing before returning to their own birds.
HPAI symptoms include sudden death without clinical signs, lack of energy and appetite, decreased egg production or soft-shelled or misshapen eggs, swelling of head, comb, eyelid, wattles, and hocks, purple discoloration of wattles, comb, and legs, nasal discharge, coughing, and sneezing, loss of coordination or diarrhea.
If birds show symptoms of HPAI, the owner must immediately call the Colorado State Veterinarian at (303) 869-9130 to report it.
Jeff Rice | Staff Writer
Jeff Rice is a reporter for the Journal-Advocate. He rejoined the paper in July 2016.
jerice@prairiemountainmedia.com


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import (
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	context "golang.org/x/net/context"
)

type GetEmailOrUsernameArg struct {
	SessionID int `codec:"sessionID" json:"sessionID"`
}

type PromptRevokePaperKeysArg struct {
	SessionID int    `codec:"sessionID" json:"sessionID"`
	Device    Device `codec:"device" json:"device"`
	Index     int    `codec:"index" json:"index"`
}

type DisplayPaperKeyPhraseArg struct {
	SessionID int    `codec:"sessionID" json:"sessionID"`
	Phrase    string `codec:"phrase" json:"phrase"`
}

type DisplayPrimaryPaperKeyArg struct {
	SessionID int    `codec:"sessionID" json:"sessionID"`
	Phrase    string `codec:"phrase" json:"phrase"`
}

type LoginUiInterface interface {
	GetEmailOrUsername(context.Context, int) (string, error)
	PromptRevokePaperKeys(context.Context, PromptRevokePaperKeysArg) (bool, error)
	DisplayPaperKeyPhrase(context.Context, DisplayPaperKeyPhraseArg) error
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}

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		Methods: map[string]rpc.ServeHandlerDescription{
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				MakeArg: func() interface{} {
					var ret [1]GetEmailOrUsernameArg
					return &ret
				},
				Handler: func(ctx context.Context, args interface{}) (ret interface{}, err error) {
					typedArgs, ok := args.(*[1]GetEmailOrUsernameArg)
					if !ok {
						err = rpc.NewTypeError((*[1]GetEmailOrUsernameArg)(nil), args)
						return
					}
					ret, err = i.GetEmailOrUsername(ctx, typedArgs[0].SessionID)
					return
				},
			},
			"promptRevokePaperKeys": {
				MakeArg: func() interface{} {
					var ret [1]PromptRevokePaperKeysArg
					return &ret
				},
				Handler: func(ctx context.Context, args interface{}) (ret interface{}, err error) {
					typedArgs, ok := args.(*[1]PromptRevokePaperKeysArg)
					if !ok {
						err = rpc.NewTypeError((*[1]PromptRevokePaperKeysArg)(nil), args)
						return
					}
					ret, err = i.PromptRevokePaperKeys(ctx, typedArgs[0])
					return
				},
			},
			"displayPaperKeyPhrase": {
				MakeArg: func() interface{} {
					var ret [1]DisplayPaperKeyPhraseArg
					return &ret
				},
				Handler: func(ctx context.Context, args interface{}) (ret interface{}, err error) {
					typedArgs, ok := args.(*[1]DisplayPaperKeyPhraseArg)
					if !ok {
						err = rpc.NewTypeError((*[1]DisplayPaperKeyPhraseArg)(nil), args)
						return
					}
					err = i.DisplayPaperKeyPhrase(ctx, typedArgs[0])
					return
				},
			},
			"displayPrimaryPaperKey": {
				MakeArg: func() interface{} {
					var ret [1]DisplayPrimaryPaperKeyArg
					return &ret
				},
				Handler: func(ctx context.Context, args interface{}) (ret interface{}, err error) {
					typedArgs, ok := args.(*[1]DisplayPrimaryPaperKeyArg)
					if !ok {
						err = rpc.NewTypeError((*[1]DisplayPrimaryPaperKeyArg)(nil), args)
						return
					}
					err = i.DisplayPrimaryPaperKey(ctx, typedArgs[0])
					return
				},
			},
		},
	}
}

type LoginUiClient struct {
	Cli rpc.GenericClient
}

func (c LoginUiClient) GetEmailOrUsername(ctx context.Context, sessionID int) (res string, err error) {
	__arg := GetEmailOrUsernameArg{SessionID: sessionID}
	err = c.Cli.Call(ctx, "keybase.1.loginUi.getEmailOrUsername", []interface{}{__arg}, &res)
	return
}

func (c LoginUiClient) PromptRevokePaperKeys(ctx context.Context, __arg PromptRevokePaperKeysArg) (res bool, err error) {
	err = c.Cli.Call(ctx, "keybase.1.loginUi.promptRevokePaperKeys", []interface{}{__arg}, &res)
	return
}

func (c LoginUiClient) DisplayPaperKeyPhrase(ctx context.Context, __arg DisplayPaperKeyPhraseArg) (err error) {
	err = c.Cli.Call(ctx, "keybase.1.loginUi.displayPaperKeyPhrase", []interface{}{__arg}, nil)
	return
}

func (c LoginUiClient) DisplayPrimaryPaperKey(ctx context.Context, __arg DisplayPrimaryPaperKeyArg) (err error) {
	err = c.Cli.Call(ctx, "keybase.1.loginUi.displayPrimaryPaperKey", []interface{}{__arg}, nil)
	return
}

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Have you ever watched a movie you loved, only to find out that you're the only one who thought so? You tell your friends how great it is, but they only laugh and shake their heads.
So you search for reviews online, eager to prove them wrong. You pull up Rotten Tomatoes and can't believe your eyes. A splattered green tomato, with a rating below 50%.
This is an outrage, you think to yourself. That movie was really good!
If you've ever felt like this, 50 Under 50 is the podcast for you. On this show, we discuss films ranked under 50% on Rotten Tomatoes. Movies the critics hated. Great flicks that didn't get the love they deserved. Films that are criminally under-appreciated by the masses.
We bring them back in the spotlight — showing them the love they deserve while diving deep into what makes them great.
In this week's episode, we break down the great family comedy, Kicking and Screaming. The 2005 film stars Will Ferrell, Robert Duvall, and Mike Ditka, and is a can't-miss movie to Henry and Charlie.
Kicking and Screaming tells the story of Phil Weston (Will Ferrell) and how he evolves from a straight-laced owner of a vitamin shop to a cantankerous and overly-competitive coffee addict soccer coach. Always beneath the shadow of his father, Buck Weston (Robert Duvall), Phil attempts to lead his son's lowly soccer team, the Tigers, to relevance in youth soccer.
Along the way, Phil befriends Mike Ditka, Buck Weston's next-door neighbor and arch nemesis. We see in this movie themes of redemption for Phil and his eventual repaired relationship with his father at the end of the movie.
This movie, while silly at times, deserves better than a 41% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Charlie and Henry will tell you why.
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 41%. Overall a 5.5 out of 10 by 139 reviews.
[0:35] Henry makes a bold, hot take on Will Ferrell's performance in Kicking and Screaming.
[3:40] The dangers of coffee are real. For Phil Weston, Charlie, and Henry.
[12:30] How youth sports are changing for the better…or are they?
[15:04] The ultimate underdog of the Tigers turns into a giant man thanks to teamwork. Who is he?
[22:16] Phil Weston at his peak and the infamous coffee house incident.
[28:00] Certain movie critics give this movie a far different rating than Rotten Tomatoes.
[29:20] The real reason why this film deserves your utmost respect and a better rating.
Do you agree that Kicking & Screaming is underrated? Drop a comment below!


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Guyana not in favour of bilateral agreement with India for oil, prefers open process – Bharrat
Vickram Bharrat, Guyana's Minister of Natural Resources
Even though there is great interest from India to have a long-term agreement for the purchase of Guyana's Liza crude, the South American country's government is not in favour of this approach says Natural Resources Minister, Vickram Bharrat. During an interview with OilNOW, Mr. Bharrat said the government prefers to have an open process, hence it recently issued a Request For Proposals (RFP) for a crude marketer.
He said, "Indeed there is great interest from India through the High Commissioner here Dr. K.J. Srinivasa. He has been in constant contact with us. He met with President, Irfaan Ali; the Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo; and myself concerning a long-term arrangement to purchase Guyana's share of crude. However, we are not really in favour of any bilateral agreement especially when it comes to the oil and gas sector."
Mr. Bharrat added, "We prefer it to be a more open and transparent process. As a result of this, we have decided to go back with the RFP for crude marketing and that is already out."
The natural resources minister said the government is in search of a company to market the country's fourth oil lift for this year which is due the second or third week in September. He said another lift of 1 million barrels of oil is expected before year-end.
"We were pushing to have six lifts this year but there were (mechanical) issues with the Liza Destiny's gas compressor system which hindered that. But of course, next year will be better because the Liza Unity will be in Guyana and it is almost double the capacity of the Liza Destiny," he said.
OilNOW had reported that Guyana's most recent sale of 1 million barrels of Liza crude was executed with Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOC) and was hailed by Bharrat as the country's "sweetest deal to date" since it is poised to bring in as much as US$76M. He said this would be the highest sale made to date of the seven lifts since no marketer's fee was paid this time around.
It was also reported that IOC is the first Indian state refiner to buy Guyana's oil. Private refiner HPCL-Mittal Energy Ltd, a joint venture between state-run Hindustan Petroleum Corp and steel tycoon L.N. Mittal, had bought a million barrels of Liza grade in March.
1 million barrels of Guyanese oil en route to India's Paradip refinery
India, the world's third biggest oil importer and consumer, ships in more than 80% of its oil needs from overseas and relies heavily on the Middle East. The nation's gas demand is expected to increase nearly 3-fold from 229 million metric tonnes in 2018 to 607 million metric tonnes in 2040.
Earlier this year, India asked state refiners to expedite the diversification of crude sources after the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC+) and its allies failed to ease supply curbs, leading to a spike in global oil prices.
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Facebook survey digs into how users are viewing and reacting to video on Meerkat and Periscope.
Is Facebook looking to jump into the live-video stream?
Up to now, the social network has sat on the sidelines while first Meerkat, then Twitter-owned Periscope launched services that enable people to quickly live-stream moments with mobile devices. Facebook has stuck with recorded video with famously outstanding results; in April the company reported an average of 4 billion views a day, and there's no evidence that Facebook video is any less popular today.
But there is some evidence that Facebook could be kicking the tires on a live-streaming service of its own.
Recently a Marketing Land editor received an emailed survey from Facebook that included detailed questions about his viewing of live-streaming video. The survey started with general queries about online video viewing but quickly shifted to focus on live-streaming preferences.
Of course, Facebook regularly does market research, so the existence of this survey doesn't prove the company is working on a Meerkat-Periscope competitor. But it's a pretty clear indication that Facebook is keeping close watch on how the audience is reacting to streaming video.
We emailed Facebook for comment and will update this post if the company responds.


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December 3, 2019 Book Reviews, Fiction Post a Comment
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
The Nickel Boys goes deeper than cold facts. Whitehead uses the skills of brilliant fiction writing to walk readers up close to the personal nature of the cruelty suffered by the boy victims of the Dozier School.
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead. Doubleday, 2019
Colson Whitehead's new novel, The Nickel Boys, is a fictional story that occurs in a real location with GPS coordinates and a name on the map. The author creates a narrative built around verified reports of what happened at the Dozier School for Boys in Marianna, Florida. It was once the largest reform school in the United States. It had a large campus and a polished exterior which veiled the horror show of beatings, molestation, and murder that occurred there. The school operated from 1900 until it was closed in 2011, after inspections uncovered appalling evidence of a longterm pattern of abuses.
Whitehead could have written a non-fiction account; certainly he has the talent as a writer. He could have given us numbers to detail how many boys were detained, and he could have cited coroners' reports and forensic evidence gathered when a team from the University of Florida excavated the graveyard on the property. The gruesome evidence of their reports has been confirmed in accounts provided by the men who were sent to the school when they were boys, and the stark details are readily available to anyone who bothers to do even an elementary internet search for details about the school.
The Nickel Boys goes deeper than cold facts. Whitehead uses the skills of brilliant fiction writing to walk readers up close to the personal nature of the cruelty suffered by the boy victims of the Dozier School. He introduces us to Elwood, a young boy being raised by a grandmother, who labors as a hotel maid to support him. She suffers for him and clings to the faintest glimmers of hope that his life will someday be something that was never possible for her. He is a smart kid, eager to learn, ready to read anything he can get his hands on. His dream of going to college seems within reach.
Elwood's fall from hope into despair pivots on an event that could not be predicted. On his way to visit the campus of the college he hopes to attend, Elwood hitchhikes, but the man who picks him up is driving a stolen car. This incident echoes the story of Jefferson told in Ernest Gaine's A Lesson Before Dying. In that story an innocent man hitches a ride with two men who stop off at a store and end up robbing it. Both Jefferson and Elwood are ruined by being in the wrong place at the wrong time. In both stories their mistake is not having their own transportation, as if poverty and lack transportation can honestly be called a mistake.
Whitehead's ability to juxtapose hope and hopelessness is profound. One Christmas young Elwood had been given a record of the speeches of Martin Luther King Jr., and he had listened to them so many times, he knew them from memory. He wants to be the man Dr. King describes, but one ride in the wrong car has turned his fate around. Elwood is torn out of the safe zone of his grandmother's love, and sent to a reformatory, but the words of Dr. King go along with him, and they run through his mind continuously as if they are his own.
Elwood keeps hearing the voice of Dr. King reminding him never to relinquish his will to be somebody, no matter how much others try to put him down. Locked away in an ugly and cruel place Elwood reviews Dr. King's Letter from Birmingham Jail. He hears, recorded indelibly in his own memory, his hero's promise that nobility comes from the power of love and the will to help others.
At the training school Elwood is starved and overworked. No matter how hard he tries to preserve his own nobility, he is nonetheless subjected to the same despicable treatment that all the boys suffer. When he intervenes to stop a boy who is bullying another, he is taken to the notorious white shed for a beating, along with the bully and the victim. Like the others he is beaten with a leather strap that leaves deep bruises and open wounds. Effort and good intentions make no difference.
It is unsettling to be reminded of Martin Luther King Jr.'s speeches in tandem with accounts of Elwood's horrifying experiences. Whitehall forces us to look squarely at hate and venality. We are made to see that where justice is suspended anything can happen. The author will not let us turn our gaze away so that we can avoid the hard questions. What finally has more power, love or hate, innocence or evil?
Locked away in solitary confinement, in a room without light, and aching from a beating he has barely survived, Elwood is forced to rethink Dr. King's noble words. "The world had whispered its rules to him for his whole life and he refused to listen." It had told Elwood not to love, or trust, or stand up to be counted, but he resisted and went on believing the message of a higher way. He wanted so earnestly to believe what Reverend King had preached: "Love and the love will be returned, trust the righteous path and it will lead you to deliverance, fight and things will change." These are the words of Dr. King to which he had been clinging to keep his hope alive.
As Whitehead's skilled writing brings us into the cell with Elwood, we are told: "In those long hours, he struggled over Reverend King's equation…. No, he could not make the leap of love. He understood neither the impulse of the proposition nor the will to execute it."
This might be a place to end a story as tragic as the story of Elwood, but Whitehead does not leave us there. That would be too clear a conclusion. In a sense that would be too easy. The author pushes us on and continues the story. He brings us into the present with an epilogue that makes us realize that, even if we can close the book, the story is not done.
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Spinal technology is evolving rapidly around minimally invasive techniques to perform more precise, less disruptive procedures. Device companies big and small aim to advance the field through innovative implant materials, techniques and technology that will make procedures more precise and patient-specific. By Staff - 6/29/18
The brilliance of Chris Holden and Amsurg — 6 quick thoughts
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Here are 75 ambulatory surgery centers focused on GI/endoscopy care. By Staff - 6/1/17
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124+ ASCs performing total joint replacements
Here are more than 124 ambulatory surgery centers that offer total joint replacement services. By Eric Oliver and Anuja Vaidya - 3/28/17
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Rising stars: 86 ASC leaders under 40
Here are 86 leaders younger than 40 years of age have already made an impact on the ASC industry. This list was compiled in fall 2016. By Staff - 2/1/17
Here are 111 knee surgeons to know. By Laura Dyrda and Eric Oliver - 1/11/17
52 ophthalmologists to know — 2016
The following 51 ophthalmologists are leaders in their field, offering their hospitals, health systems and professional societies expertise both clinically and technologically. By Eric Oliver - 11/1/16
39 ASC management & development companies to watch — 2017
Here are 39 key companies involved in the management and development of ASCs. By Staff - 10/20/16
43 ASC company CEOs to know | 2016
Here are 43 leaders who serve as ASC company CEOs. By Staff - 9/6/16
37 ASCs with 23-hour stays
Here are 37 surgery centers that are able to offer 23-hour stays to patients who require extended time for recovery. By Eric Oliver - 8/5/16
25 ASCs offering TKR programs
Here are 25 ambulatory surgery centers that recently started offering total knee replacement procedures. By Anuja Vaidya - 7/5/16
3 ASCs lay out successful marketing strategies
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154 ASC administrators to know | 2016
An efficient and skillful administrator is critical to the success of an ambulatory surgery center. Administrators oversee every aspect of their ASC's business, and they are tasked with navigating their ASC through the rapidly changing healthcare landscape. Here are 154 ASC administrators to know this year. By Staff - 6/3/16
Here are 55 GI-driven ambulatory surgery centers to know. By Staff - 5/20/16
2 more ASCs adding a new specialty
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Home » Technology » Call of Duty Becomes Activision's Big Earning Source This Year
Call of Duty Becomes Activision's Big Earning Source This Year
Jakarta: Call of Duty (COD) game franchise turned out to be a pocket of income for the publisher. It is reported that Activision made big profits this year only from Call of Duty.
This success is claimed to come from the strategy shared ecosystem businessfrom three series namely Call of Duty Modern Warfare (2019), Call of Duty Warzone, and Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War including COD Mobile.
Quoted from Eurogamer, Call of Duty generated a profit of up to USD3 billion or IDR 42.3 trillion. In the three Call of Duty games on PC and console, Activision has developed an ecosystem to unify the progress of the game.
What do you think of this article?
Confuse
Call of Duty Warzone is a free Call of Duty game that focuses only on battle royale mode. This series was then made available by Activision from the Call of Duty Modern Warfare (2019) and Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War, which were released last month.
The combined revenue from Call of Duty Warzone and Call of Duty Modern Warfare (2019) itself is claimed to reach a range of USD 500 million or IDR 7.1 trillion in the summer or last June to September in the United States.
Activision designed the multiplayer mode game progression and battle pass of the two games mentioned earlier to be compatible in the Call of Duty Warzone series. So gamers won't feel that they will buy too much of the Call of Duty game series.
Call of Duty Warzone itself is Activision's weapon to compete in the battle royale genre plus this game is free, aka free-to-play. That's why the Call of Duty Warzone series is predicted to continue to be played by gamers even though in the future Activision might release the latest Call of Duty series.
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Topics: activision, activision blizzard, call of Duty, call of duty mobile, call of duty: black ops cold war, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Warzone, games, technology
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