On 3 December, Non-Standard Finance (LON:NSF) held an investor day at the Reading branch of Everyday Loans (EL) and its head office in Bourne End. Investors and analysts thus got the opportunity to see the front-line operations and review the company's strategy. The former confirmed our view on the competitive advantages of a branch network and the operational synergies from being part of a group. The presentation confirmed the long-term, controlled growth opportunity from a business with an excellent market positioning and sustainable competitive advantages. We have not changed our forecasts following the update, and our absolute valuation range remains 91-101p.
Strategic outlook: NSF highlighted the levers it has to deliver sustainable growth from using technology, expanding the network and upskilling staff to increase lead generation/conversion, while improving efficiency and managing credit. It confirmed our view outlined in our 14 May note, Everyday Loans a heart of gold.
Branch visit: The branch visit confirmed how, in practice, credit risk is lowered from the customer knowledge and relationships that a face-to-face model brings. We also confirmed that group best practice is not only being adopted across the network, but that it is also viewed as an enhancement to the business, and not an imposition.
Valuation: Our absolute valuation measures for NSF range from 91p to 101p per share. Our sum-of-the-parts model has an implied valuation of 85p. Peer comparators reach up to 81p. Our assumptions were outlined in our last report, published in August, entitled 1H'18 results.
Risks: Credit risk remains the biggest threat to profitability, and NSF's model accepts higher credit risk where a higher yield justifies it. NSF is innovative, and may incur losses piloting new products, customers and distribution. Regulation is a market issue; management is taking appropriate action to mitigate this risk.
Investment summary: Substantial value should be created, as i) competitors have withdrawn, ii) Non-Standard Finance is well capitalised, with committed six-year debt funding, iii) macro drivers are positive, and iv) NSF has a highly experienced management team, delivering operational efficiency without compromising the key F2F model. Targets of 20% loan book growth and 20% EBIT RoA appear credible, and investors are paying ca.10x 2019E P/E and getting a ca.5% yield.
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Q: Using JQuery to add selected items from one combobox to another I'm trying to find the best way to add selected items from one combobox to another.  The trick is I only want to add items to the destination list that don't already exist.  Currently the process I use is rather ugly and does not work as I would expect.
$('#addSelectedButton').click(function() {
    var previousOption;
    $('#sourceList option:selected').appendTo('#destinationList');
    $('select[name=destinationList] option').each(function () {
        if (this.text == previousOption) $(this).remove();
        previousOption = this.text;
    });
});

The problem I'm having is that the appendTo method acts as more of a move rather than an add.  Then there's the problem of removing the duplicates, which works in this this example, but I can't help but think there's a better way.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,

A: using clone() and grep() you can achieve this easily. First clone the options that are selected from the source and then using grep you can filter out the items that are already in the destination list.
$('#addSelectedButton').click(function() {
    // select this once into a variable to minimize re-selecting
    var $destinationList = $('#destinationList');

    // clone all selected items
    var $items = $.grep($('#sourceList option:selected').clone(), function(v){
        // if the item does not exist return true which includes it in the new array
        return $destinationList.find("option[value='" + $(v).val() + "']").length == 0;

    });

    // append the collection to the destination list
    $destinationList.append($items);
});

Working Example: http://jsfiddle.net/hunter/4GK9A/

clone()

Create a deep copy of the set of matched elements.

grep()

Finds the elements of an array which satisfy a filter function. The original array is not affected.

A: I think what you want is to use "clone" in conjunction with append:
http://api.jquery.com/clone/

A: You could use clone() like this:
$('#addSelectedButton').click(function() {
    var previousOption;
    var clone =  $('#sourceList option:selected').clone();
    clone.appendTo('#destinationList');
    $('select[name=destinationList] option').each(function () {
        if (this.text == previousOption) $(this).remove();
        previousOption = this.text;
    });
});

A: You can just search the destination list for the containing value. http://jsfiddle.net/EHqem/
$('#addSelectedButton').click(function() {
    $('#sourceList option:selected').each(function(i, el) {
        if ($('#destinationList option[value='+$(el).val()+']').length === 0) {
           $('#destinationList').append($(el).clone());
        }
    });
});

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Hilliards Creek and Eprapah Creek Corridors, Redland City.
Project for Redland City Council 2009.
The Redland City Invertebrate Study (RCIS) Stage 1:Hilliard Creek and Stage 2: Eprapah Creek are components of an assessment of the invertebrates of all the major catchments within Redland City.
The study is directed and led by Dr John Stanisic of BAAM utilising the scientific resources of the Queensland Museum to assist with the survey and species identification.
The study is based on a model originally developed for use in invertebrate biodiversity surveys on a North Stradbroke Island sand mine site, and for the Brisbane City Council within Brisbane City bushland patches, with the aim of identifying groups of invertebrates that could be associated with key ecological processes, could be readily sampled and be used as on-going monitoring agents for environmental health and rehabilitation.


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, de nom complet Màiri Louise McAllan, és una política escocesa, ministra de Medi Ambient, Biodiversitat i Reforma Territorial des del maig del 2021. A més, forma part del Partit Nacional Escocès i del 2021 ençà és membre del Parlament Escocès de Clydesdale. Està capacitada com a advocada i anteriorment va exercir com a assessora especial de l'aleshores primera ministra Nicola Sturgeon.

Vida primerenca
Va créixer i es va formar al municipi de Biggar de South Lanarkshire, però després va estudiar dret escocès a la Universitat de Glasgow i va passar un temps a la Universitat de Gant, a Bèlgica.

El seu pare Ian és també polític i fa de conseller local al barri de Clydesdale East de South Lanarkshire (que cobreix Biggar) des del 2017.

Carrera
Es va presentar a la circumscripció de Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale i Tweeddale en les eleccions generals del Regne Unit del 2017, però no hi va obtenir un bon resultat.

Amb tot, el 6 de maig del 2021, va ser elegida membre del Parlament Escocès a Clydesdale.

Més endavant, el 19 de maig del 2021, va ser nomenada membre del nou govern com a ministra de Medi Ambient, Biodiversitat i Reforma Territorial.

El 15 de febrer del 2023, atesa la dimissió de Nicola Sturgeon com a primera ministra d'Escòcia, va passar a ser considerada una possible succeïdora del càrrec, juntament amb John Swinney, Angus Robertson, Kate Forbes, Humza Yousaf, Neil Gray i Keith Brown.

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Alumnes de la Universitat de Glasgow
Naixements del 1993
Polítics de Glasgow
Alumnes de la Universitat de Gant
Diputats del 6è Parlament Escocès
Membres del Partit Nacional Escocès
Advocats escocesos
Diputats del Partit Nacional Escocès al Parlament Escocès

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The Healthy Community Fund contributes to 70 nonprofits in the community that are making a huge difference on the quality of life for youth, seniors and those community members often forgotten.
I have worked for three nonprofits in Pitkin County and am currently employed at Challenge Aspen. I have personally seen the positive impact on so many lives due to this fund. Challenge Aspen creates possibilities for individuals living with disabilities, and we would not be able to serve nearly as many participants and create so many life-changing experiences as we currently do without the support from the Healthy Community Fund.
The Healthy Community Fund is essential in making Pitkin County a better place to live, work and, most importantly, continue doing the things we love to do. Let's continue being the community that puts others first and continue supporting the health and well-being of Pitkin County residents. I urge you to vote "yes" on 1A to renew the Healthy Community Fund; it will make a difference in our community.


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Correa's legacy leaves a long road to recovery for Ecuador's journalists
Since taking office in May, Ecuadoran President Lenín Moreno has pledged to end a decade-long battle between the government and the media. But several reporters and editors with whom CPJ spoke said that the anti-press campaign carried out by Moreno's predecessor, former President Rafael Correa, has caused lasting damage to journalism in Ecuador.
Journalist facing charges in Ecuador files for asylum in Peru
April 18, 2017 4:52 PM EDT
New York, April 18, 2017–Ecuadoran journalist Fernando Villavicencio, director of the news website Focus Ecuador and a critic of outgoing President Rafael Correa, today filed a petition for political asylum in Lima, Peru. A statement from the regional press group Instituto Prensa y Sociedad (IPYS) said the journalist, who fled to Lima after presidential elections…
Judge orders journalist's arrest for publishing confidential documents
November 15, 2016 5:31 PM EST
New York, November 15, 2016–An Ecuadoran judge last night approved an arrest warrant for journalist Fernando Villavicencio on charges of distributing emails sent by public officials, according to the journalist's lawyer. The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on authorities to revoke the warrant.
Ecuador issues sanctions for cartoon mocking congressman
February 23, 2015 2:19 PM EST
On February 13, 2015, Ecuador's media oversight commission, the Superintendency of Information and Communication (SUPERCOM), ordered the Guayaquil-based daily El Universo to publish an apology in connection with a cartoon drawn by Xavier Bonilla, a cartoonist known by his penname Bonil, which was published on August 5, 2014, according to news reports.
Life on the run in Amazon jungle for journalist charged with defaming president
For Ecuadoran journalist and political activist Fernando Villavicencio, life on the lam has meant wading through jungle rivers to avoid police checkpoints, dining on crocodile and monkey meat, and penning his latest book from a series of safe houses.
Pressured by government, Ecuadoran cartoonist is forced to adjust
July 8, 2014 10:34 AM EDT
Called to testify before a government media oversight commission, editorial cartoonist Xavier Bonilla–known by his penname Bonil–showed up with a pair of four-foot-long mock pencils. But rather than having a small eraser on the tip, one of Bonil's giant pencils was nearly all eraser.
Cartoonist sanctioned under Ecuador's communications law
February 3, 2014 2:47 PM EST
Bogotá, February 3, 2014- The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the decision by Ecuador's media oversight agency on Friday to use the country's communications law to sanction the leading local daily El Universo over a critical cartoon. The agency fined the daily and demanded that the cartoonist "correct" the cartoon within 72 hours, according to…
Correa steps up fight; hacking alleged on both sides
January 17, 2014 12:10 PM EST
Seven months after Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa flirted with the idea of offering asylum to former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, intercepted communications and leaked emails are again making headlines in the Andean country. This time, the story is not about international surveillance but a window onto the latest front in the ever-escalating war…

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Okręty US Navy o nazwie USS "Benner":
 Pierwszy "Benner" (DE-551) miał być niszczycielem eskortowym, ale jego budowa została przerwana w 1944.
 Drugi "Benner" (DD-807) był niszczycielem. W służbie w latach 1945-70.

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Support for Iran Nuclear Agreement Falls (Pew Research Center)
As Congress prepares to vote on the Iran nuclear agreement, public support for the deal has declined to 21%, according to a survey conducted on Sept. 3-7. Support for the deal in July was 33%.
49% now disapprove of the agreement, up from 45% in July.
Ayatollah Khamenei: "Zionist Regime Will Cease to Exist in 25 Years" (Jerusalem Post)
Israel will cease to exist within 25 years, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei vowed in his official Twitter account on Wednesday.
"God willing, there will be nothing of the Zionist regime by the next 25 years."
"Until then, struggling, heroic, and jihadi morale will leave no moment of serenity for Zionists," Khamenei tweeted.
See also Khamenei's Twitter Post (Khamenei.ir)
German Intelligence Has Evidence IS Used Mustard Gas in Iraq - Frank Jordans (AP-ABC News)
Germany's foreign intelligence agency BND has collected evidence of mustard gas use by the Islamic State group, the German daily Bild reported Monday.
BND intelligence agents collected blood samples from Kurds who were injured in clashes with IS.
BND chief Gerhard Schindler said the mustard gas either came from old Iraqi stockpiles produced under Saddam Hussein's rule or was manufactured by IS after it seized the University of Mosul.
Israeli Firefighters Increasingly Under Attack in Jerusalem Arab Neighborhoods - Roi Yanovsky (Ynet News)
The Israeli Fire Department has reported a sharp increase in violent attacks against its firefighters in Jerusalem Arab neighborhoods over the past two years.
"It's dangerous, and it's mostly sad, and a shame," a source in Jerusalem's Fire Department said. "We come to rescue civilians, and their neighbors attack us with serious violence," with barrages of stones, firebombs, and violent physical attacks.
While only a few dozen such incidents were reported in 2013, in 2014 the number of incidents surpassed 100. In the first half of 2015, over 70 violent incidents were reported, with several firefighters wounded and damage caused to fire trucks.
Israel Develops Flying Nuclear Detectors (Times of Israel)
Israeli nuclear researchers have developed a micro-copter capable of tracking nuclear radiation in difficult terrain.
The palm-sized drones were developed at Israel's Negev Nuclear Research Center in Dimona with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy.
The micro-copters are essentially undetectable and can collect data on radioactivity emanating from underground sites. The applications for Western detection of Iran's nuclear program are clear.
Kerry, Netanyahu Reaffirm Need to Push Back on Iran's Destabilizing Activities
"Secretary Kerry and Prime Minister Netanyahu spoke by phone over the weekend," State Department Spokesperson John Kirby said Tuesday. "The Secretary and the prime minister reiterated the need to continue pushing back on Iran's destabilizing activities in the region." "The Secretary reaffirmed the United States' commitment to Israel's security and continued military and security relationship. They also discussed concerns about reports...of potential Russian military buildup inside Syria." (State Department)
Iran Deal Fight May Sideline U.S. Push on Palestinians - Dan Perry and Josef Federman
Once the Iranian nuclear issue was resolved, some had assumed the U.S. would make another push for peace between Israel and the Palestinians. But the opposite seems more likely. After a drawn-out confrontation with Israel over the Iranian nuclear deal, the White House seems to have little appetite for a new round of tensions over the terms of Palestinian statehood. With the odds of success slim and U.S. elections approaching, President Obama seems more interested in repairing his relationship with Israel.
A U.S. State Department official told AP that the U.S. is not planning any bold new diplomatic initiatives after the Iran deal. Two decades of on-again, off-again Israeli-Palestinian negotiations have strongly suggested the sides are genuinely unable to meet in the middle on a deal. (AP)
Islamic State Has Killed Many Syrians, But Assad's Forces Have Killed More - Hugh Naylor
President Assad's government has killed far more people in Syria this year than the Islamic State, monitoring organizations and analysts say. Between January and July, Assad's military and pro-government militias killed 7,894 people, while the Islamic State killed 1,131, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights.
The Syrian leader has increasingly relied on his air force as his military suffers huge losses to advancing rebels. The government's Russian-supplied aircraft can fly practically unopposed over rebel-held areas to launch airstrikes, which include releasing barrel bombs. During a 10-day period in August, air bombardments killed or wounded 1,300 people in Douma, a suburb of Damascus, and surrounding areas. In July, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented nearly 7,000 government airstrikes conducted around Syria. (Washington Post)
Israel: Fight Against Iran Deal Changed American Public Opinion - Barak Ravid
Senior Israeli officials on Tuesday said that even though President Obama has managed to secure 41 senators in favor of the Iran agreement, the majority of Senators, most members of the House of Representatives, and the majority of the American public oppose the deal. "Even those Americans backing the deal say that the U.S. should further strengthen its relationship and alliance with Israel," officials said, adding that the American mindset believes that Israel is an ally and Iran is a terror-enabling state. (Ha'aretz)
Palestinian Gunman Opens Fire on Israeli Nurses - Tovah Lazaroff and Yaakov Lappin
A Palestinian gunman opened fire on an Israeli vehicle carrying two nurses on their way to work south of the West Bank town of Nablus on Wednesday. The bullets penetrated the vehicle without causing injury. (Jerusalem Post)
IDF Uniforms and Guns Found in West Bank Counter-Terror Raids - Yaakov Lappin
Israeli police and army units operating in Beit Umar near Hebron in the West Bank on Saturday night found two handguns, ammunition, two radio devices and army uniforms. Security forces also seized firearms in Al-Aroub near Bethlehem. In a third raid in Yatta near Hebron, police reported capturing handguns, rifles, and ammunition. (Jerusalem Post)
The Mistaken Rationale Behind the Iran Nuclear Deal - Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser
The claim that Iran's enrichment routes to a nuclear bomb have been blocked has no basis. In fact, Iran will have four routes to enriching uranium to a military level. The nuclear agreement with the main world powers is set to enable Iran safely, legally, and without economic hardships or changes in its rogue policies, to overcome the main obstacles on its way to possessing a nuclear weapons arsenal and becoming a regional hegemonic power.
The agreement will legally provide Iran with the capability to shorten the time required to produce such an arsenal within the next 10-15 years (including the production of fissile material, weaponization, acquiring delivery systems, and improved military capabilities to protect the military nuclear program). The writer was formerly Director General of the Israel Ministry of Strategic Affairs and head of the Research and Analysis and Production Division of IDF Military Intelligence. (Institute for Contemporary Affairs-Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs)
Impact of Falling Oil Prices on Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States - Yoel Guzansky and Shmuel Even
In August 2015 the price of oil averaged about $45 a barrel, compared to $100 a barrel at the same time last year. The drop in oil prices will make it difficult for Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states to maintain their development momentum and high standard of living. At present, almost all the Gulf states have budgetary deficits eating away at their reserves.
Saudi Arabia is expected to end the year with a deficit of $150 billion, the largest in its history. It has already started cutting project budgets and even military acquisitions, while allocating $10 billion a month from foreign currency reserves to finance expenses. Yet its reserves are still large - $660 billion in June 2015. The less wealthy monarchies, such as Bahrain and Oman, are particularly at risk.
The situation in the Gulf affects Egypt, Jordan, the Palestinian Authority, Syria, and Lebanon, all of which are experiencing severe economic difficulties. They are sustained by the money from their workers in the Gulf, investments and trade with the Gulf states, and outright aid. Yoel Guzansky, a research fellow at INSS, was formerly in charge of strategic issues at the National Security Council in the Prime Minister's Office. Col. (ret.) Dr. Shmuel Even, a senior research fellow at INSS, had a long career in the IDF's Intelligence Branch. (Institute for National Security Studies)
New Poll Shows Why Palestinians Have No Interest in Peace - Evelyn Gordon
A poll published last week by David Pollock of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy found that 81% of West Bankers and 88% of Gazans asserted that all the territory of Israel, the West Bank and Gaza "is Palestinian land and Jews have no rights to the land." This has serious implications for how Israel should be handling the Palestinian issue. The fact that most Palestinians still aspire to Israel's ultimate eradication makes the widely accepted principle of "land for peace" completely inapplicable.
The same poll found that in 30 to 40 years, only a quarter of the Palestinian respondents expected Israel to "continue to exist as a Jewish state." The poll shows an overwhelming majority of Palestinians think they're on track to achieve their goal of eradicating Israel within a few decades. In other words, they think their current strategy of refusing to sign a permanent peace deal is working, so why would they want to change it?
As the poll shows, the crux of the conflict is the Palestinian belief that "Jews have no rights to the land." Palestinians also believe they are succeeding in converting the rest of the world to this view, which merely fuels their conviction that they will ultimately succeed in destroying Israel. (Commentary)
Netanyahu to EU: Stop Pressuring Us to Endanger Our Existence (Prime Minister's Office)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told visiting European Council President Donald Tusk on Tuesday:
The militant Sunnis led by Islamic State and the militant Shiites led by Iran are moving into the ruins of shattered states in the Middle East and they each want to establish their own Islamic empire. They fight each other over who will be king of this empire.
But make no mistake about it. Whom they target is, first, us, other Muslims, and Christians, but then you. Iran is building ICBMs for Europe, not for us. They can reach us already. They're building intercontinental missiles for Europe and for the United States.
I find it perplexing that some in Europe are still possessed by the anti-Israeli obsession. Hundreds of thousands are being slaughtered in the Middle East, millions are being displaced, but some in Europe believe the only thing they have to do is to press, boycott and vilify the Middle East's only true democracy.
Israel is the only vanguard of liberty in the region, the only country where human rights are respected, where there is a free press and where the values that we share with Europe serve as our map and our compass and our way of life. We are the guardians of civilization here in the heart of the Middle East against this new barbarism.
I want to discuss with you how Europe and Israel can cooperate to assure the progress of modernity for all the peoples of the Middle East, for peace with all our neighbors, but also for the sake of our common future; and to see if we can steer Europe into a more productive course rather than the one that seeks to unilaterally press Israel into agreements that will endanger our very existence and therefore your very defense.


Pushing off till another day had become a mantra for many of us. We were true procrastinators. Why should we do it today when we could always do it tomorrow or next week, month or year. We stayed in jobs we hated and told ourselves we would look for another one some other time. Unhealthy relationships were prolonged because we weren't quite ready to pull the plug. Perhaps what we procrastinated most about was changing our addictive use of alcohol, drugs, food or other substances. We promised to put it down after the holidays, next month, in the spring or however far we could push it back. As a result we remained stuck for years and often decades.
Entering the program, one of the first slogans we encountered was "one day at a time." We learned to keep the focus on the 24 hours ahead. We had absolutely no power over the future. Our efforts were best concentrated on the present. Given that this was the case, we decided to live our lives as fully as possible each day. We focused on making every day, hour and minute count. When our heads hit the pillow at night we were able to examine how fully we had lived our day. Even though tomorrow was not guaranteed, we resolved to live the next day as consciously as possible.
Personal Reflection: How can I make today count?
Most of look in the mirror at least once a day. Because we do so, we are not really aware of the subtle changes of aging. Perhaps we notice that we are getting grey or that we are putting on a little weight around the middle. Other than that we probably don't see any recognizable difference as compared to how we looked 10 or 20 years ago. That is until we find an old photograph of ourselves and see how much we have aged. Growing old is one of the basic inevitabilities of life.
While we were drinking and drugging many of us attempted to escape the reality of adulthood. We might have looked like adults, but our actions belied that fact. We often shrugged off any type of personal responsibility for our actions. If we felt like staying out all night and leaving our family alone we did so. If we didn't like how our boss spoke to us, we quit, regardless of how that would affect other people in our lives.
It was only when we entered the program that we began to grow up. For perhaps the first time in many years we got honest and admitted to ourselves and others just how childlike and self centered our actions had been. Only then did our emotional age begin to catch up to our chronological one.
Personal Reflection: In what aspect my life do I still need to grow up?


What music industry executives would love to see in the new year is a magic bullet to end the three-year sales slump that they say has mostly been caused by Internet music trading.
But since a miracle cure is about as likely as Eminem performing with the Boston Pops, executives at the music labels are aiming to make up lost ground in more modest ways, like promoting music video DVD's.
Sales for music video DVD's in 2003 jumped 102 percent over 2002 sales, to 17.2 million units, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Total sales are expected to climb still higher in the coming year.
The model for music DVD's is ''The New Breed'' by the rapper 50 Cent. It has sold 645,000 copies since April, making it the best-selling music DVD of the year. And because the release included a bonus audio CD with four songs, it was ranked No.2 at its debut on Billboard's Top 200 albums chart.
Despite the spurt, sales of music DVD's still do not come close to sales of traditional CD's. ''Get Rich or Die Tryin','' a CD by 50 Cent, has sold more than six million copies. And aside from ''The New Breed,'' the only other DVD to sell more than half a million units this year was the ''Led Zeppelin DVD,'' which has sold 525,000 since May.
The industry is hardly settled on how best to entice customers with DVD's. Rather than issuing a stand-alone package, Tom Petty, like 50 Cent, has released a DVD set with bonus audio discs. Many more artists, from Metallica to Alicia Keys, have offered bonus DVD's with their traditional CD albums.
Even the packaging is still in flux. The hip-hop duo OutKast, for instance, issued their recent DVD collection, ''The Videos,'' in both the jewel boxes used for CD's and the clamshell case used for movie DVD's.
Label executives hope to find clues in these numbers on how to drive DVD sales in the new year.


These pages are devoted to organised sailing and racing programmes and events at Grafham Water Sailing Club. These activities are under the overall supervision of the Club's Racing Committee. Racing Committee, chaired by Ian Rawet, is a sub-Committee of Council. Its membership includes the Captains of racing fleets at Grafham, together with our safety and open meeting coordinators. Notes of the meetings of Racing Committee are published here.
Club Racing – information about the organisation and management of racing within the club.
Open Meetings – calendar of open meetings at Grafham, together with supporting documents for entrants.
DutyMan – register on-line to arrange supporting duties for race management and safety cover and for other voluntary work.


Microsoft Server Championships 2007 (for IT Professional) is here again. By paying HK$ 100 for a competition track, you can attend a skills enhancement seminar that is delivered by a Microsoft Certified Trainer, and be provided with white papers and supporting technical information. A hands-on lab training will also be given if you are being chosen as one of the 100 participants of the competition. The ultimate winner will receive free admission and accommodation to Microsoft TechEd 2007 in Orlando, HK$10,000 cash award, O2 Atom Exec, TechNet Subscription, admission to Microsoft TechEd Hong Kong 2007, a trip to Microsoft Shanghai R&D Center, and a trophy! Another good news is that your registration fee will be donated to Hong Kong Federation of Handicapped Youth, together with an additional matching fund provided by Microsoft. Registration will end on 2007.01.29 (Mon). Act now!
The following 3 different tracks are available for the IT Professional Challenge.


Before we got into the SCA, my wife and I went to Ren Faires more and we (mostly she) made our own clothes. To help with that process, I decided to learn tablet weaving. I figured, people have been doing this for 10,000 years, surely I can figure it out.
Needing help with those clothes is what brought us to the SCA.
I don't mind weaving but there are certain things I don't like. I don't like warping my looms. That takes a lot of time and I often do it wrong. Even for patterns I have done before! Simple patterns are good for me. I can get lost in the 4F/4B and etc. But patterns which require turning certain cards and not others quickly frustrate me. And of course, those are the interesting patterns!
I have finished my last round of glass and I said I would work on my garb. I need to make new garb and accessories and those things need trim.
I am trying to decide what trim to make and trying to find patterns that I like and actually like doing. My universe is small. I have even considered buying some trim from others who (hopefully) enjoy doing the more complex patterns. But the other part of me wants to do it myself. So simple patterns here we come!
Here are some of the trim I have made in the past.


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Vampire Owl: Have you met the vampire clown?
Vampire Bat: We have a vampire clown now?
Vampire Owl: Yes, even the zombies have their own clowns in a zombie-infested theme park, and it was necessary for us to arrange one.
Vampire Bat: Now we have to pay him too. Being a clown is not even a real job in the vampire world with base in horror.
Vampire Owl: It is okay, because he will be playing the It clown only.
Vampire Bat: It clown is a creature that vampires shall not accept as their own.
Vampire Owl: But he has become a trend, and we have to accept him as our own too. This is not child's play.
Vampire Bat: Well, I am sure that he was not the kind of clown the vampire elders had approved.
Vampire Owl: But he is trending on Vampire Twitter, and it has been so for the last one year.
Vampire Bat: What? Even the vampires are letting a clown trend when we have pure non-vegetarian vampires!
[Gets some tapioca chips and three cups of iced tea].
What is the movie about? :: In 1988-1989 time period, in the streets of a small and lesser known town Derry, a his six-year-old child was taken into the sewers and eaten by Pennywise the Dancing Clown (Bill Skarsgard), and a team of children had forgotten their fears to destroy the creature, and send it into hibernation for twenty seven years, hoping that it would starve and die during the time period with no option available. The team of children known as the Losers swears a blood oath that they shall be returning to to the town of Derry as adults if It returns to haunt the place ever again. Twenty seven years later, a young man is murdered by a clown which is said to have eaten his heart. A young girl who was watching a match in a stadium is also lured by It, and murdered under the seats of the gallery. Derry town now has more than what it can handle.
So, what happens with the events here? :: This ancient cosmic evil which preys upon children and possessing a large variety of powers including the ability to shapeshift, manipulate and create illusions has gone unnoticed by the police and the people in charge there, but the same cannot be said about Mike Hanlon (Isaiah Mustafa) who discovers clues to the presence of the creature. As the only person left in the town out of the children's team serving as the town librarian, he decides to call the other members of the gang. Beverly Marsh (Jessica Chastain) who has been going through sexual and physical abuse in the hands of her husband is only happy to come to the town, while the successful novelist Bill Denbrough (James McAvoy) is quick to respond. A frightened Stanley Uris (Andy Bean) commits suicide and a lonely Ben Hanscom (Jay Ryan) is only happy about a get together. Others, Eddie Kaspbrak (James Ransone) and Richie Tozier (Bill Hader) also reach there, but are they good enough to face this advanced It?
The defence of It: Chapter Two :: Even in the absence of the quality of the first movie, the second one manages to stay floating against all the ice it had created in the water as hurdles including the dumb humour, silly bonding among friends and the not so scary frightening scenes. There are moments of horror which works in the movie, and in the final fifty to fifty five minutes of action, almost everything works as far as the scares are concerned. The adult replacements are good, but not that much as the children, and not all of them works accordingly. The clown remains a fantastic figure of horror, and it is only when the creature comes out there with all its glory that we realize that there is something special in this movie – whenever It is there, the movie raises its level, and the so called adults don't really live up to the quality of the clown. Among the scary scenes, the most notable one might be the creepy old woman thing, and then the murder of the two kids.
The claws of flaw :: It can be seen that It: Chapter Two fails to meet the standards of the first movie which had that first scene of the child taken into sewers being among the best scenes ever in a horror movie. It also had a projector scene to stay in our memory along with others. Yes, the old woman scene is creepy, and there is some continuous dose of horror in the last few minutes, but they are more or less for the quick scares rather than being there to stay for long. There is no scene as in the first movie to remember in this second film in comparison, and it also drags a lot. There is a lot of slow movement inside the movie during the first half, and it is during the last one hour or so that the movie picks up its pace. It should have had that kind of horror which keeps us awake at night in the darkness like Lights Out could do when lights were turned off, but this second movie focuses too much on other things, as the bonding is too much and the humour is dumb.
Performers of the soul :: With its flashback, this movie is more or less drama than horror, as the children keep coming back to this film too, with its flashbacks. The young generation of the cast continues to score over the older ones, especially Sophia Lillis who becomes Jessica Chastain as an adult, and stay pretty well throughout the movie. James McAvoy is also very good, and is the next notable character in the flick. Jay Ryan is the one who seems to be completely different from his childhood avatar, and manages to be just okay. James Ransone provides the fun here, even though the humour itself is not that much working. Bill Hader with the comic side is also only somewhat working. Isaiah Mustafa does a good job as the one who brings them all together, the confident one among the Losers. Andy Bean is wasted while Bill Skarsgard as the clown continues to entertain – maybe some more kids would have added more here.
How it finishes :: It: Chapter Two is too long a movie, and has most of its best moments directed to the final one hour. A lot of the movie was rather not needed, including the first scene and the hallucinations when the protagonists come together. The collection of artifacts could have also been shortened to make this a one hundred and twenty minutes movie, which would mean an accurate movie filled with horror at all spaces. Still, with whatever we have, rooted in the Stephen King novel of the same name, the film takes the scary elements to the screen well enough. The predictable moments, silly jokes, and the overdone friendship can be avoided though, and we can quickly move towards the last few minutes to enjoy this movie at its best. After all, an evil clown like this is not to be left behind – for terror is real, whether there is Corona virus or not.
Release date: 6th September 2019
Directed by: Andy Muschietti
Starring: Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Bill Hader, James Ransone, Isaiah Mustafa, Jay Ryan, Bill Skarsgard, Andy Bean
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Vampire Owl: It has been a dangerous thing throughout the ages.
Vampire Bat: What are you talking about?
Vampire Owl: The one thing which is mentioned by the name "It".
Vampire Bat: Are you referring to a certain clown like in this movie?
Vampire Owl: Only the humans are afraid of clowns. We have no clowns here; nobody has ever heard about a Vampire Clown.
Vampire Bat: Well, with this movie based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Stephen King, the horror has shifted to the clowns.
Vampire Owl: You mean no more vampires, zombies, ghosts, demons and others?
Vampire Bat: I am afraid that humans keep moving from one supernatural creature to the other.
Vampire Owl: We need our own clowns then, and we can refer them by the name "It".
Vampire Bat: Can you adjust with some fan boys and girls instead?
[Gets three cups of iced tea with Arrowroot biscuits].
What is the movie about? :: In the 1980s, we see a little boy being gifted with a paper boat, which he tries to sail through the water on the road, on a day of heavy rain and possibility of storm arriving. As the boats speeds up and goes down a sewer, the boy, George Denbrough a.k.a. Georgie (Jackson Robert Scott) looks down only to find a clown that introduces himself as Pennywise the Dancing Clown (Bill Skarsgard) from the circus which closed down due to the storm. As the boy gets closer, the clown wastes no time in biting his arms and dragging him right down inside. Later, William Denbrough a.k.a. Bill (Jaeden Lieberher), his elder brother can't just stop looking for Georgie. He along with his friends, Richard Tozier a.k.a. Richie (Finn Wolfhard), Edward Kaspbrak a.k.a. Eddie (Jack Dylan Grazer), and Stanley Uris a.k.a. Stan (Wyatt Oleff) keeps getting bullied by Henry Bowers (Nicholas Hamilton) and his gang.
So, what happens next in the movie? :: They are joined by two other outsiders, Beverly Marsh a.k.a. Bev (Sophia Lillis) who is considered immoral by the students, and Benjamin Hanscom a.k.a. Ben (Jeremy Ray Taylor) who is the new kid around spending most of his time in the library with the less interesting books. As the town has had a history of disappearing children for a long time, the team decides to find the secret behind the same. They figure out that something strange has occured in every twenty seven years, and this is the year that the same is to happen again. They remember that they have all been frightened by one thing or the other, and a clown was the common thing in their visions – a headless person, a fountain of blood, a zombie-like man, a painting coming to life, and the ghost of Georgie are just more of their worst fear coming true.
And what is to follow next in this adventure? :: They come across another outsider, Michael Hanlon a.k.a. Mike (Chosen Jacobs) who also had visions of a clown and burnt people. They figure out that the creature is using sewer lines to move around, as they check where all the children went missing – all these sewers seem to lead to a well currently under the creepy, partially ruined, abandoned house at 29 Neibolt Street. Now, with the elders not ready to believe in the supernatural, the kids decide that it is their turn to do something about this menace of the clown. But the creature will only be happy to have the children visit his lair, and even they don't, he is ready to come for them. So, what fate awaits the children as the clown has decided to open the circus again, to feed on enough children before he is ready to go back to sleep for twenty seven years?
The defence of It :: We were waiting for this for long, as the 2014 movie, Clown brought some idea about what we can expect with a movie which has a clown from circus and a kids in there. The scares are abundant with the clown around, and the first appearance of the creature might be the best of them all, as it is not just terrifying, but also disturbing with the attack on the little kid from beneath the sewers. Then there are many moments which contribute to the scares, one after the other, making a series of moments of terror, most of which are to be appreciated for being different from what was shown before. The child actors are too good too, especially Sophia Lillis who is a level above everyone else. Jaeden Lieberher is surely the right choice to play the lead character too, while the support never fails to do what they were to do. Coulrophobia, the fear of clowns can be a nice thing to have with this particular flick.
The claws of flaw :: It could have surely been scarier with the depth of its clown character though, as there could have far more terrifying illusions and hallucinations to go with him, and we could have also had something to take home as scares for the every day life – some interesting horror movies do come up with the same or a rather huge divergent idea. This one won't claim that, as Lights Out would with each and every moment of darkness. This won't be that big as Don't Breathe and The Autopsy of Jane Doe became, redefining horror last year. The bullying also takes a little bit of too much time away from this movie which is already too long with its not that scary moments, going further than two hours. Well, they call it Chapter One, and so there could be more. Let the clown be more next time, with tricks that we can never imagine, raising the sequel to another level.
How it finishes :: We have always loved to watch a Stephen King novel on the screen, and it has been something which gives us assurance about horror, as well as the quality. The movies The Shining, The Mist, The Running Man and 1408 keep coming to my mind more often than the rest. This one here is no exception, and it will be there to satisfy our need for a wonderful movie experience, as long as the expectations are not at the top of the peak. You are not going to regret your choice to go for this particular horror movie, as the clown is no usual ghost or demon that you come up against in most of those movies. You will also feel that a sequel will do so much more that, a better equipped, returning clown is all that a horror fan can dream about, or rather have some wonderful nightmares about. So, watch It, and get ready for more in a sequel.
Starring: Jaeden Lieberher, Sophia Lillis, Bill Skarsgard, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Wyatt Oleff, Finn Wolfhard, Jack Dylan Grazer, Nicholas Hamilton, Chosen Jacobs, Jackson Robert Scott, Stephen Bogaert, Molly Atkinson, Geoffrey Pounsett, Pip Dwyer, Stuart Hughes, Steven Williams, Ari Cohen, Joe Bostick, Megan Charpentier
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Vampire Owl :: We haven't really managed to build our own dystopia yet.
Vampire Bat :: But why are you looking for a dystopia when it could be an utopia?
Vampire Owl :: Dystopia is the more stylish thing. Utopia is not something that much interesting for our kind.
Vampire Bat :: It is more due to your choice of movies.
Vampire Owl :: I have been choosing the right movies. You know, dystopia is the dream of every known vampire.
Vampire Bat :: That only proves that you know just a few vampires.
Vampire Owl :: I know more than you think I know. It is why I am the one true Vampire Owl.
Vampire Bat :: Can you not think about the dystopia and watch this movie?
Vampire Owl :: Yes, just like I did for The Hunger Games. But a part of my mind is fixed on dystopia.
Vampire Bat :: Here we go again.
[Gets some jackfruit chips and three cups of tea].
What is it about in the first movie? :: The first part of this tale is set in the future, at the city of Chicago with the world being safely restricted inside walls. The society is divided into five factions, each standing for a quality, Abnegation (selfless), Amity (peaceful), Candor (honest), Erudite (intelligent) and Dauntless (fearless). The factionless were called the Divergents, and had to live a life without hope. Beatrice Prior a.k.a. Tris (Shailene Woodley) is one of them, but after managing to hide that information, she chooses the faction of Dauntless. During her time at the faction, she slows makes her way to the top after seeming like an underdog, and a good number of secrets are revealed in the process. There she destroys the plans of Jeanine Matthews (Kate Winslet) looking forward to take over.
How does the story go in the second movie? :: Jeanine Matthews, despite being stopped by Tris, doesn't back away from her plans as an artifact box with the symbols of all factions is found. She feels the need to open the box, as it is believed to have the messages from the creators of the city. But opening of this particular box can only be done by a very strong Divergent who is able to go through the challenges of all four factions. As expected, Tris is the one to open the box after passing all the tests, and the message calls the Divergents the result of a successful experiment and calls them to return to the humanity that waits outside the walls. Jeanine is murdered, and lots of speculations go on about what awaits them outside the walls, as nobody has an idea about how it all got to the present situation.
So, what is this third movie about? :: The curiosity about what awaits outside the walls catches the interest of many people, but the soldiers under Evelyn Johnson-Eaton (Naomi Watts) blocks all the paths that lead outside. The trials for their enemies is conducted by Jack Kang (Daniel Dae Kim), but most of them become just executions. Tris and Four (Theo James) are not that interested in the happenings there, and escapes from inside the walls with Caleb (Ansel Elgort), Christina (Zoë Kravitz), Tori (Maggie Q), and Peter (Miles Teller) to find out what is actually outside. There they find out just wastelands coloured red, and even the rain drops feel like drops of blood. But soon, they discover a group of people, who are technologically advanced. Lead by David (Jeff Daniels), they tell a story, but there is that question about how truthful these newfound allies are.
The defence of Allegiant :: One can safely say that this movie is an improvement from its predecessor, Insurgent, even though surely not as good as the first movie, Divergent. Based on the first half of the last book from the Divergent series from Veronica Roth, there is a fine setting for the interesting final movie which is to come. The visuals are pretty much interesting, and the world surely looks good. The action sequences get better here, and story is also an improvement from its predecessor which had spent too much time around a box. This one also has a rather positive progress of things, and comes to a happy finish even though that would have surely seen near impossible at some point. The lead actors are solid, and the romance between the leads is also something that works. The message is also on the positive side, and there should be something to take home for many.
Claws of flaw :: There is trouble in the acting department here and there, and not all special effects are that interesting to the eye. There are parts of this world which could have looked better in another way, and a number of dialogues could have also been better constructed in a more serious manner. This is also nothing like The Hunger Games which has actually proven to be the better dystopian flick with almost every book and movie. There are times when we feel that this one shouldn't have been split into two movies, as there was better scope to be further rich in content here. There was surely the chance to be real "divergent" for this movie, but that is not really utilized, with situations going predictable on many occasions, and the tension being built not that much used to the advantage – a well-known path is followed more than any other in this case.
How it finishes :: This one does manages to keep one interested with its world, and the incidents that keep happening. The three people who make the biggest impact here though, are Shailene Woodley, Theo James and Naomi Watts. With the idea already there, and with this dystopian setting so well used in other movie, this one could have done even better; but with what all it possesses, it does make a pretty good watch. This is the kind of world which has the ability to get interested in it again and again, even though you have said no to the same thing earlier. We can only wait and see how well this one has finished to set path for the final movie in the series, as The Divergent Series: Ascendant, is to be released on June 9, 2017. With lesser box-office collections for this movie, lets see how things turn out for the final one.
Directed by: Robert Schwentke
Starring: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Naomi Watts, Jeff Daniels, Octavia Spencer, Ray Stevenson, Zoë Kravitz, Nadia Hilker, Miles Teller, Ansel Elgort, Maggie Q, Ashley Judd, Bill Skarsgård, Daniel Dae Kim, Mekhi Phifer, Xander Berkeley, Jonny Weston, Keiynan Lonsdale, Anna Stevenson
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1 Is there an Evolution verses Creationism "controversy"?
2 Creation
2.1 Theist position on evolution
3 How Creationists Attack Evolution
4.1 Natural selection
4.2 Micro-evolution verses Macro-evolution
4.3 What Evolution is not
4.4 Documentation substantiating evolution
4.5 Evolutionary evidence deemed to contradict scripture
4.6 Additional information
Is there an Evolution verses Creationism "controversy"?
Here's a video featuring a number of renown scientists commenting on the debate of evolution versus creation:
Creation is a general term relating to the creation of life. This field of study is ongoing. Creationism is the belief that life was created by some higher power. There is no scientific evidence to support this claim. It cannot be called a "theory" by traditional scientific standards because a theory requires some form of tests or validation process to verify the legitimacy of such a theory. There is no way, short of having God appear and demonstrate, to prove the theory of "creation" as it pertains to the supernatural.
Theist position on evolution
How Creationists Attack Evolution
Here's a video montage of creationists attacking evolution using various logical fallacies and false information (broken link):
The Argument from Homosexuality:
Theists have argued that if evolution is a natural biological process where an organism evolves specific traits over long periods of time that are beneficial to its overall survival under specific environmental pressures then there is absolutely no reason for there to be a "Gay Gene." After all, the introduction of homosexuals into an organisms population would prevent those individuals from reproducing, setting aside present day medical advances that allow homosexuals to have children. On a genetic biological level these homosexual members of a species population should not be expected to reproduce. Having members of a population consume food, water, take up living space and other resources and yet never reproduce any offspring is not a beneficial evolutionary trait on any level. Of course some specific traits that were at one time beneficial can become a threat to an organism's survival if the environment changes faster then their evolution can keep up. Those traits were at one time beneficial to the organism, yet homosexuality in a population is not and could never be a beneficial trait to any species. If evolution is true then why is homosexuality present?
Why this is wrong... First, when confronted with this argument you should point out that it only makes sense if homosexuality is in fact a genetic trait. (A now scientific fact but one that was widely refused by theists before) Second, point out that not all genetic traits and evolutionary mutations are beneficial. Like a sophisticated computer file being copied over and over, some mutations to the code can be made that are a threat to the natural workings of the machine. Finally, science has pondered this question before the theist brought it up. The answer is this... Whenever a genetic trait is no longer necessary for the survival of a species there are two main ways for evolution to dispose of it. One way is for the trait to naturally evolve away; such as a fin to an arm or the disappearance of a tail. The second way is used when the trait is deemed harmful to the creature and must be expelled relatively faster then the first process would allow. The second way restricts the reproduction of the gene by limiting the sexual involvement of its host. If the host cannot reproduce then the gene cannot spread to the next generation. The overall beneficial genes will continue to be spread by other members of the population, but the member with the exiled gene will be unable to reproduce naturally. If you were to take every homosexual person in the world and map out their entire genome you would find either one or more genes, or even combinations of genes they all have in common. This gene might not represent a physical trait, such as blonde hair or blue eyes. But it does represent an underline trait or traits that is no longer necessary in the species. This does not mean that homosexuals are inferior in any way, or that they are less evolved. Every person in the world has some traits that are other than beneficial to their ultimate survival. Think to yourself of every trait you dislike in a person, physical and mental. Now assume one or more of those traits were exactly what activated the dormant "gay gene." There are far too many genetic variables to do this for real. Who knows what combination of genes activate the gay gene?!? But the theory is supported by observation and fits within the margins allowed by the evolutionary process. Luckily, in today's world we have many different ways for people who are homosexual, infertile and sterile to have children of their own. Parenthood is a wonder and a responsibility that all people should have the right to. Science makes that possible.
Evolution is a biological process described as the changes seen in the inherited traits of a population from one generation to the next. These changes cause populations of organisms to alter over time. Inherited traits come from the genes that are passed on to offspring during reproduction. Mutations in genes can produce new or altered traits, resulting in the appearance of heritable differences between organisms. Such new traits also come from the transfer of genes between populations, as in migration, or between species, in horizontal gene transfer. Evolution occurs when these heritable differences become more common or rare in a population, either non-randomly through natural selection or randomly through genetic drift.
Natural selection is a process by which heritable traits that are helpful for survival and reproduction become more common in a population, while harmful traits become more rare. This occurs because individuals with advantageous traits reproduce more successfully, so that more in the next generation inherit these traits. Over many generations, adaptations occur through a combination of successive, small, random changes in traits, and natural selection of those variants best-suited for their environment. In contrast, genetic drift produces random changes in the frequency of traits in a population. Genetic drift arises from the role chance plays in whether a given individual will survive and reproduce.
Micro-evolution verses Macro-evolution
All evolution is "micro-evolution". All evolution occurs through a series of tiny changes over large amounts of time.
For scientists in the field of evolutionary biology, there is no such distinction. Only untrained, religious people make use of these terms for the purpose of distinguishing between genetic mutation that is undeniable, and larger scale mutations that are not immediately observable which conflict with their personal belief system, scripture or dogma.
What Evolution is not
Creationists often assume evolutionary theory explains how life was created. The theory of evolution does no such thing. It merely speculates an idea relating how life continued to develop. The theory of evolution does not in any way address the specific cause of the origin of life on this planet.
To recap:
Evolution is NOT about the creation of the universe.
Evolution is NOT about the creation of life.
Evolution is all about the development of life.
Documentation substantiating evolution
The fact of evolution - a comprehensive article on the subject
Peppered Moth - A recently study of the Peppered Moth demonstrates evolution in action.
Evolution and sex - One theory suggests that as female genetalia evolved from being visible to hidden, this
prompted more complicated mating procedures which required advanced mental abilities.
Evolutionary evidence deemed to contradict scripture
164,000 Year old humans - University of Arizona researchers have found evidence of early humans living on the coast in South Africa 164,000 years ago, far earlier than previously documented, being published in the Oct. 18 issue of the journal Nature. This clearly contradicts the much shorter accounts of the age of mankind that biblical literalists feel they can deduce from biblical texts.
Evolution - The central index on evidence for evolution, not specifically related to creationist claims
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Women's Soccer Takes Down Regionally Ranked McDaniel at Home
McDaniel (7-1-0, Centennial 3-0-0) 0 0 0
Goucher (3-3-2, Landmark 0-1-0) 0 1 1
2nd - 84:36 - Sara Naughton (Goucher)
Sh: Allie Titus - 3
Sv: Sydney Kelly - 2
G: Sara Naughton - 1
Sh: 5 Players (#11, #17, #20, #21, #24) - 1
Sv: Christina Charikofsky - 6
TOWSON, Md. – The Goucher College women's soccer team (4-3-2, Landmark 0-1-0) took down the McDaniel College Green Terror, 1-0, at home on Tuesday evening at Beldon Field.
Junior Sara Naughton scored her first career goal at Goucher to give the Gophers their fourth win of the season, and first win over McDaniel since 2013, 1-0.
The Gophers handled the#8 regionally ranked Green Terror in Towson, Md. following a game in which McDaniel defeated the #6 nationally ranked team, Swarthmore, 4-3, on Saturday. The Green Terror had won seven consecutive games coming into the matchup, having only lost to #4 nationally ranked, William Smith, in their season opener, 5-0.
The game began with both teams prodding at the opposing defenses without any positive outcome. Finally, the Green Terror broke through and put a shot on goal in the 22nd minute of the game. However, first-year Christina Charikofsky (Eldersburg, Md.) cut off the shot for her first save of the game. She would go on to collect a total of six saves in the contest.
Neither team put another shot on goal for the remainder of the half, as both squads went back to their respective benches tied, 0-0.
McDaniel threatened twice at the start of the second half, but Charikofsky denied the chances for the Gophers. Goucher finally put its first shot on goal in the 56th minute when Isabel Suazo (Brooklyn, N.Y.) ripped a shot from the wing that was saved by opposing keeper, Sydney Kelly. Junior Theresa Antkowiak-Tassone (Towson, Md.) added another shot on goal only minutes later but was also denied.
Ultimately, Naughton was the finisher the Gophers were looking for in the 85th minute. Following a corner kick sent in by first-year Alyssa Hodnik (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Naughton settled a loose ball outside the eighteen, squared it up, and ripped a shot from 25 yards out over the head of the Green Terror's keeper.
McDaniel scurried in the final minutes in an attempt to find the back of the net, but an offside play iced the game for the Gophers, 1-0.
Charikofsky earned her second career shutout for the Gophers. McDaniel held an advantage in shots (15-5), shots on goal (6-3) and corner kicks (10-3).
The Gophers return to conference play on Saturday when they travel to Susquehanna to take on the Riverhawks at 4:30 p.m.
April 3, 2018 NCAA Division III Week Profiles: Women's Soccer's Theresa Antkowiak-Tassone
January 29, 2018 Courtney Stull Named Women's Soccer Assistant Coach
November 9, 2017 Women's Soccer's Suazo Earns Second Team All-Landmark
October 28, 2017 Goucher Falls to Drew in Season Finale
October 24, 2017 Suazo Scores Two in 3-0 win Against Gators
October 21, 2017 Gophers Fall To Royals On Senior Day
October 17, 2017 Benedict Goal Seals Win for Gophers
October 14, 2017 Gophers Routed by Blue Jays
October 12, 2017 Goucher Scores 2 in Loss to Catholic
October 8, 2017 Goucher Falls To Moravian
October 4, 2017 Antkowiak-Tassone Nets Two at DelVal in 3-1 Win
September 30, 2017 Gophers Drop to Riverhawks 1-0
September 26, 2017 Women's Soccer Takes Down Regionally Ranked McDaniel at Home
September 23, 2017 Women's Soccer Drops Conference Opener in OT
September 20, 2017 Women's Soccer Drops 2-0 Decision on the Road
September 16, 2017 Goucher Drops First Game of 2017 to UMW
September 12, 2017 The "Cardiac Gophers" Collect a Tie Following Late Goal
September 9, 2017 Women's Soccer Remains Unblemished with Late Game Heroics
September 6, 2017 Gophers Throttle Golden Knights on the Road
September 2, 2017 Gophers Sneak by Monarchs Via PK in OT
September 1, 2017 Women's Soccer Opens 2017 Season with 0-0 Draw
July 18, 2017 Goucher Welcomes Back Ricketts '07 as Head Women's Soccer Coach
June 28, 2017 Women's Soccer Presents 2017 Schedule


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