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namespace SagePHP\Test;

use SagePHP\System\Hostname;

class HostnameTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
{
    private function getExecMock()
    {
        $exec = $this->getMock('SagePHP\System\Exec');
        $exec->setProcessExecutor($this->getMock('Symfony\Component\Process\Process', array(), array('')));

        return $exec;
    }

    public function testGet()
    {
        $exec = $this->getExecMock();
        $exec
            ->expects($this->once())
            ->method('run');

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            ->method('setCommand')
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And lo! Arses were covered!
Dec 9, 2022 ~ Peter A Bell
There shall, I'm certain, be more than a few nods of agreement when I say that I find the behaviour of Sturgeon/SNP loyalists and apologists at all times maddening and on occasion quite sickening. The behaviour of some of these sad creatures over the last few days has fallen into the latter category. Quite unintentionally, I provoked a response which demonstrated the lengths to which some people will go to cover up or divert attention from the abject failures of the current SNP leadership with regard to the cause of restoring Scotland's independence. The main task for which they were elected. It seems they need constant reminding of that. And due chastisement for having so deplorably forsaken Scotland's cause. Those who put party and personality before cause and country, however, are determined to ensure that any attempt to properly scrutinise the SNP/Scottish Government's record is shouted down. Thus, nothing changes. The failure continues – painted to look like success by slobbering sycophants.
For some time, I have been posting a very simple statistic intended to illustrate the failure to advance Scotland's cause in a way that was easily understood and, importantly, easily replicated. You'll find an example here. The idea was to spark some discussion of the SNP/Scottish Government's record by showing that, despite the grandiose claims and the inane trumpeting of the isolated favourable poll results, in fact support for Yes as indicated by polling has not changed in all the long wearying years the Sturgeon has been the de facto leader of the independence campaign. To this end, I wanted a statistical illustration that was truthful without being overly technical. A calculation that almost everybody can do and therefore that almost everybody would fully understand and trust – because they could do the calculation themselves in order to verify, even if very few bothered to do so. The fact that they could being enough for them.
My hope was that others would pick up on this and produce their own statistical illustrations of the SNP leadership's failure to increase support for Yes. In addition, I hoped that at least a few more people would be prompted to question those grandiose claims of continuing success and step away from the inane trumpeting of single polls which tell us precisely nothing about the SNP/Scottish Government's performance with regard to the constitutional issue. At the very least, I reckoned maybe a few people would start asking for evidence of the claimed increase in support for Yes. Something more credible than a single poll result.
As we have come to expect, I was subjected to the customary abuse for presuming to question the carefully nurtured image of Nicola Sturgeon as the great commanding general of Scotland's cause. It was all pretty much standard stuff. I was called a traitor to the cause and a 'Yoon plant' and suchlike. I was told my calculations and conclusions were all wrong, although nobody was able to actually point to the alleged errors. I was told the figures I use are unreliable because they are sourced from Wikipedia. Although when I asked for better information, none was forthcoming.
This, as I say, is all standard stuff. The sort of thing that anyone subjecting Sturgeon &Co to even mild scrutiny will be all too familiar with. I expected this response and, while it is troubling that so many people insist the SNP leader ship be immune from scrutiny, I wasn't personally affected by the abuse at all. When you've been active in online campaigning as long as I have you no longer react emotionally to the snarling and sniding of the mob. If you let these numpties anger you, you'll be angry all the time. And that is not good for anyone's health. Especially someone a couple of weeks away from their 72nd birthday.
That said, from time to time there are things which seriously irk me. My buttons may be small, concealed and fitted with safety covers, but I still have buttons. And they can be pressed. Just not purposefully. Oddly, it can be really trivial things that manage to annoy me. It's a quirky phenomenon. Or it might be some particularly desperate attempt to discredit the message or shoot the messenger. That's what got my hackles up on this occasion.
First, let me explain that the statistcal illustration I used was based on the headline percentages recorded for Yes in the selected polls. I did not use the percentage of the vote minus don't know/undecided (DK) because doing so was an unnecessary and irrelevant added complication for an exercise that I was intent on keeping simple. Excluding the DK's just didn't give the added value that would have made the extra complexity worthwhile. The exercise did what it was intended to do as it was. So why add a redundant element?
The illustration is true. For all the abuse and all the whining and all the nit-picking about statistical baubles that hadn't been tacked on, the fundamental fact remains that support for Yes has not increased out of the margin of error zone since Sturgeon became First Minister. For all the complaining about this truth being publicly stated, nobody has been able to refute the conclusion. The statistical exercise I use may not be fancy enough for those who are impressed by fanciness nor complex enough for those who suppose complexity implies authority even if it makes the exercise incomprehensible to anyone other than trained statisticians. But it is honest. Surely that is what matters.
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bobsblog.scot says:
Good to see something sensible Peter as apposed to the normal keeping options open shite. I agree for once
The Scottish Social Attitudes Survey contradicts you. On your linked site, it shows support for independence at 33% in 2014 and 51% in 2021. The poll results on your linked site also contradict you. They show support for independence was around 39% in late 2016 and 51% in late 2022. Both show progress.
You make two fatal errors in your "methodology". Firstly, your baseline is "untypical". The time directly after the referendum was a time of heightened emotion. The feelings of grief and injustice were raw and saw a small spike in pro-Indy sentiment. It couldn't last, and didn't last. The same was true of the Brexit referendum. An initial spike in pro-Indy sentiment plummeted within months to its lowest level since the 2014 referendum. All this was predictable and was predicted by cooler heads. Any attempt to declare independence between Sept 2014 and the immediate aftermath of the Brexit referendum would have ended in catastrophic defeat for YES. This is where your baseline should have been. When YES reached its inevitable, post-referendum nadir of around 39%. But that wouldn't have aided your narrative, so you went with a more emotive start point.
Secondly, you do not make any comparison with the performance of the NO vote. You have placed YES in a vacuum with no information as to how it is performing relative to NO. It would show that NO had slipped significantly in the polls from regularly getting 50+% of the responses between 2014-19 (101 polls) to almost never getting it between 2019-22 (89 polls). The comparison would also show YES only getting 50+% of the responses once between 2014-19 while conversely regularly achieving that result between 2019-22. Determining how NO is doing is critical in determining how YES is doing. But again, that wouldn't have aided your narrative.
It amazes me how allegedly pro-indy bloggerati and activists are so keen to dampen down any enthusiasm other Indies might show over positive stories regarding independence with "it's aw sh*te", "it's no' real" and "nuthin tae see here" claims. It is so utterly self-defeating. It is literally a unionist view.
PS: I didn't claim the DKs would have changed your narrative. They wouldn't have. Especially given your "errors" outlined above. It was just your bizarre claims they somehow did not exist that bemused me. It turns out you just couldn't be ars*d to do the relatively few simple sums it would have taken to remove them.
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Some may consider your approach, Peter, to be 'simplistic' but it is factual and based on published data, the source for which you have provided. And, as you state, it is easily comprehended.
There are many other ways to analyse, using the underlying change both including and excluding those that don't know, won't say and won't vote. And, there are many 'starting points' that you could use as your reference to measure progress.
It seems reasonable to me to look at a dozen poll results after Sturgeon's ascendancy to the leadership and the last dozen surveys since you were looking to assess movement under the current FM's stewardship. Picking either a low or a high point over the time series would distort this performance measurement (either upwards or downwards, depending on whether the nadir or zenith across the period was used as the baseline).
For what it's worth I can verify your results using your source as anybody could and as you have pointed out. The conclusion on that basis is, again as you mention, 'No Change in YES support'. Excluding the non-committed YES is at 49.52% for the first 12 polls after 18th September 2014 – which includes a couple of polls prior to Sturgeon being elected SNP leader – and 50.02% for the last dozen. The conclusion once more is 'No Change in YES support' (unless you consider +0.5% of statistical significance).
Of course, averaging across polling firms can cause distortions to the LEVEL of support recorded due to inherent differences in methodologies involved. On the other hand these statistical biases can be balanced out in the averaging process as long as no single firm dominates the series of surveys.
Probably the most accurate way, in my opinion, to measure CHANGE in support is to analyse data by polling firm across the time period and to WEIGHT BY VOLUME to allow for the (small) difference in sample size from poll to poll. This I have done for the 4 major firms that have surveyed across the period using the published data tables on each firm's website for the first 12 post-referendum polls and the most recent dozen, with the following respective results:
Ipsos: 51.69%, 52.64% (+0.95%)
Panelbase: 47.70%, 49.18% (+1.48%)
Survation: 48.53%, 50.37% (+1.84%)
YouGov: 48.37%, 48.21% (-0.06%)
So 3 out of 4 show some limited progress which, taken in the round, could point to an uptick of around +1%. (Yes, taking an arithmetic average of these is slightly distorting but given that sample sizes are similar in the polls this should only be in percentage decimal points).
I haven't looked at how NO has performed. However, if it has gone down sharply over the period this hasn't been reflected in a substantial increase in YES. In this event the proportion of non-committed may have increased as a result. (To repeat, I don't know if it has). I would not, however, use a pronounced reduction in NO as a measure of success unless it translates into a similarly marked increase in YES. After all, we need the bulk of the population to be in favour so that the question is resolved unequivocally.
Now the UK Supreme Court ruling may be a watershed and it has probably had an effect on immediate YES sentiment. But there have been a number of supposed 'game changers' in the last 8 years, none of which have been capitalised on. (We all know what they are).
We'll have to wait and see if subsequent polls register increased support before drawing any such conclusions.
Just as one swallow doesn't make a summer, a single swally doesn't get you drunk … or at least it shouldn't.
Thanks for that. It's refreshing to get a coherent, rational response. And gratifying that your analysis confirms my own while also confirming that excluding DKs makes no difference to the conclusion. No matter how you analyse the data, there has been no statistically significant increase in support for Yes during Sturgeon's time as First Minister and leader of the SNP. Simplifying the methodology as I did in order to make the calculation more accessible, produces the same result as other more complex methods of making the necessary comparison.
If I had even suspected that excluding DKs or some other statisticians' trick would produce a contradictory conclusion then I would be guilty of distorting the picture. But I confirmed that excluding DKs made no difference. So, given that the priority was simplicity, there was absolutely no reason to exclude DKs. And very sound reasons for not doing so.
As you will no doubt have realised, all the fuss about DKs is a smokescreen thrown up by those who prefer that people are not told the truth about Nicola Sturgeon's failure to progress Scotland's cause. I make no apology for being angered by this kind of irresponsible arse-covering.
Yes simplicity is key to getting the message over as long – and as you say – this illustrates the point and does not distort the conclusion.
The 'weighted by volume' analysis is not difficult – it's certainly does not involve mathematics! That would be calculus, trigonometry, geometry and algebra. It really just entails a bit of simple arithmetic and basic numeracy.
However, it is, as you allude to, much more involved. That is, researching the data from the individual sources and collating to produce the results.
I find that it's always good to look at things in different ways in order to cross-check and back-up conclusions.
Once confirmed these inferences can be presented in the most easy to understand manner so that the gist of the argument is put over successfully to the audience (which, in this case, will in all likelihood mostly – and for better or worse – not have a statistical background nor have an interest in acquiring one!).
My rule of thumb is that if I can understand, anyone can. Numbers don't speak to me at all. I am OK with very basic arithmetic. But it's an effort. Largely because I always feel I have to double- and triple-check even the simplest calculation. The upside of this is that I can usually be pretty confident that there are no errors.
The errors aren't in your sums, they're in your choice of reference periods and the reasons for that. I repeat;
Your insistence on using an unrealistic starting point, which showed Indy support at predictably unsustainable levels, was self-serving and skews the conclusions you draw from the exercise. The more realistic starting point is when the inevitable post-referendum hangover has run its course and things have bottomed out. That was in late 2016, once people had taken on board the Brexit result.
By any standard, the recovery in the YES vote since that point has been remarkable. Despite a hostile media and the emergence of an equally hostile malcontent clique in the previously united Indy movement. According to your linked site, support for indy has risen by nearly a third since late 2016. To ignore that success is to mislead by omission.
And I would like our allegedly pro-indy forecasters of doom to explain to me just how all this wet blanket stuff is meant to advance the cause of independence. How is the use of Unionist arguments to lower morale amongst Indies going to get us any closer to independence. As I said before, it is utterly self-defeating. It raises questions as to the motives and/or judgement of those sowing the despondency.
My bio says "No attitude immutable. No conclusion final. No opinion humble." and has done for some time. There are people who get the meaning right away. Then there are those who never will. We find that same divide everywhere we look on social media.
So you are willing to support the Union in the guise of an Indy then. Thanks for clarifying. So much makes more sense now.

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Blood: release date and trailer for Channel 5 drama
Channel 5's upcoming crime drama, Blood, starring Line of Duty's Adrian Dunbar will air in a few weeks time, it's been confirmed…
According to the lengthy press release, "the six-part Blood explores family, memory, and the impact the past can have on the present. Cat Hogan, played by Carolina Main, is an isolated woman on the run from her past, a past she is forced to confront when the sudden 'accidental' death of her mother, Mary, played by Ingrid Craigie, draws her back to the family she has spent the last ten years trying to avoid.
"Cat has always been the black sheep of the family and now this uncomfortable reunion awakens sinister demons from the past and shines a suspicious light on her mother's death. However much she wants to believe her death was innocent, her suspicions start to mount against her father (Dunbar) when she begins to notice discrepancies in his stories."
"Set over the week following Mary's death, Cat tries to uncover the truth, looking to the past to understand the present. The audience will constantly question whether Cat is paranoid or has in fact discovered a terrible truth about her father. Nothing and no one can be taken at face value. In Blood, the 'truth' depends on who you ask."
Blood, scripted by Sophie Petzal and directed by Lisa Mulcahy and Hannah Quinn, will also star Diarmuid Noyes, Gráinne Keenan, Cillian Ó Gairbhí and Mark O'Regan.
It will start on Monday 19th November at 9pm with a double bill premiere. The remaining four episodes will air on weekdays in the 9pm time slot, with the finale airing on Friday 23rd November.
Here's a trailer to boot:
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On 27 December 2014 I became really very angry with God. On that day I received a call from a distraught friend telling me her eight week old grandson, Robert, had died, it was Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. This was twenty years to the day that my seven year old god-daughter Sarah died as a result of an epileptic seizure.
Just weeks later a baby girl called Natalie was found to have died outside her sister's classroom while mum was waiting to do the school pick up. Later in the year Gabriella was stillborn and if all this was not bad enough, Robert's brother Jacob was stillborn in August, all in 2015. .
I was so angry with God, what was he doing? Why our parish? Why do this to good, faithful families? Why take from them faces they will never see again, little ones they have held, and knew and loved so very deeply?
While discussing this with my spiritual director he asked me if I was just as angry with God when other parents were left bereaved. I would have to say I am, I cited a mother in our parish who had lost two of her adult daughters, Philomena and Clemmie, one of them, again, was within the last year. I thought also of my own, by then widowed, mum who lost a 19 year old in 1971, and a colleague's husband who died of cancer in May 2015, I will never forget his father's stoic demeanour throughout the requiem Mass.
I was just beginning to put my angry thoughts aside this year when George, a former pupil of a school where I work was killed in a traffic accident, he was 21. Seeing his parents at the funeral made me actually want to hit God, make no mistake, I wanted to hit The Almighty. I stayed calm throughout the Mass but once I was alone I prayed (shall we call it) with language I would never use in normal circumstance. In April single mum Orelle died on her way back from holiday leaving her mum, the adorable Audrey, to raise her two grandsons. Then in July, 16 year old Yvonne died of an ongoing health issue just as she finished her GCSE's.
My SD had to listen to a long diatribe this time, as have many of my friends but I know a lack of understanding facilitates such anger.
Two weeks ago Philomena and Clemmie's mum died. My first thought was not 'oh how sad' or 'may the Lord bless and keep her' but 'thank goodness she has not outlived any of her other children, she had eight altogether. Barbara Gibb, mother of the BeeGees, who had seen three of her five children die also died last week, and again, I was relieved she would not endure the pain this incurs.
On Wednesday of this week we took our grandson for a long long walk and ended up in a local church yard. There was a helium balloon attached to a headstone, it somewhat naturally attracted us to it. We found it was the birthday of the lad laid there, at first glance we decided he was nine when he died in 2004 and was buried next to a girl, a bit younger who also died in 2004. Looking again we saw he was nineteen at the time of his death, then my wife spotted the girl's name, Lucie. Lucie and been at secondary school with our eldest. the two buried together had died in a car accident when they were nineteen and sixteen. Again my thoughts turned to the parents, how were they? nearly 12 years on had they learned to live with the loss?
On Friday, attending Mass in George's parish, I spotted his mum, Mass that day was for him. While I tried not to, I looked over at her a few times, she was calm and she even smiled during Father's reflection. It was almost as if a voice spoke to me saying 'Tony, it's not your grief, get over yourself'. I don't know where it came from but it was right. I am grateful every day for not having endured the pain these parents must feel, so I must put the anger aside too.
Robert and Jacob now have a sister, Scarlett, and Gabriella has a brother called Dexter.


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I remember a time before App Stores, before controlled content, before Apple dominated personal devices. Hands-up, I like Apple devices and I really like how they've turned the Keep It Simple, Stupid (KISS) into fastest growth story the world has seen. It's impressive.
But I have a little voice nagging away at the back of me. I have a similar problem with Apple now that I had with Microsoft in the mid-Nineties when the Seattle giant was trying to control the Internet. I didn't like it then and I don't like it now the way Apple is trying to drive every digital interaction through their filter. It feels evil.
The harsh reality is that Apple, in effect, betted against the (open) Internet and decided to create their own version, highly curated, stable, warm and so much better than the open wild-west that was (and still is) the open Internet. A curated view can be good, certainly all the while Apple remain a benevolent dictator but you have to wonder longer term about the decision of Apple to let Google launch their web browser on Apple devices.
Roger McNamee, the managing director and co-founder of venture capital firm Elevation Partners, has a theory about how Apple became the biggest U.S. technology growth story of all time and he shared it back in May at the cool Mashable Connect Friday. It makes for fascinating reading so I've taken some of the quotes and dropped them here. Cheers Mashable.
While Google adopted the cultural norms of the wired (HTML4) web by making its mobile operating system free and commoditizing content, Apple changed the game by keeping a closed system, focusing on brands and enabling paid apps.
Apple differentiated web content for a price. By doing so, McNamee believes, it created a fundamentally different model than what succeeded on the wired web.
The result of that vote is a move away from the desktop experience of free, undifferentiated content. Mobile users don't navigate the Internet with Google searches. They use apps, which deliver a better experience. And they spend much more time within those apps than on any web story.
With the growth of HTML5 we'll see the dilution of the App Store effect and the rise of the open version of the Internet. In the meantime we're being (sometimes) overly controlled by Apple who, by virtue of their success are being copied by Google and the rest to tech stocks. It's time for a new Apple. Any candidates out there?


So, we've started a new feature on the site called Crafty Superstar where we'll be featuring crafty celebs and the big names in the craft scene. We've got a list in our heads of who we'd like to have but who would you guys like to see there?
I was surprised to see it! I liked it.
I've seen craft persons who turned into spokespersons for products and have done very well.
I remember one fellow in Arizona that goes all over the country displaying and showing some crafty and beautiful things that one can do. Even if the crafty person may be promoting a product as well, it was his craftiness. They have been featuring these persons in the rag I read Somerset Studio out of Newport Beach, CA.
Okay Shivi, we'll track her down!
I don't know anyone but I really love this idea, it makes me feel like I should go around telling people I'm a 'craftster' and we have 'craftstars' to get inspiration from! Just feels like a club that I belong to which is always a nice feeling.
I absolutly love my little mochi. I'd love her to do some how to's for us!
Cat-I think it would be better if there was a crafter of the month not the week as it would make it more special and then only the best would get it as it wouldn't come around that often.
I read all 36 pages of my little mochi, that woman does sooooo much why isn't my life that interesting, I'll have to make it more so!
Okay Shivi, we can do that instead. How does everyone else feel about that?
yeh I like that idea.
Yeah- maybe it should be done by nominations.
That's a good idea Roma.. I want to make a crafty questionnaire for the crafter of the month to fill out too.
This all sounds great. I don't know the names of anyone to put forward for the crafty superstar. I'm not very up on my crafty blog stuff.


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Viola Davis Calls Idea Of Julia Roberts Playing Harriet Tubman 'Ridiculous'
"Julia Roberts in a head rag running through the woods is just not going to work!" she added.
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By Paula Rogo	· November 26, 2019 November 26, 2019
When Viola Davis heard about the alleged studio executive who wanted Julia Roberts to play Harriet Tubman back in 1995, she wasn't surprised because "it happens all of the time [in Hollywood]," she said.
Still, the How To Get Away With Murder star told Madame Noire that the whole idea was ludicrous.
"Here's the thing, simply put: Julia Roberts as Harriet Tubman is ridiculous," she added. "That barely warrants a response. That's ridiculous. I understand that the film industry very much is about commerce and money, I get it."
Last week Gregory Allen Howard, the screenwriter of the Cynthia Erivo-led Harriet, revealed that a studio executive once wanted Roberts to play the revered abolitionist who freed more than 300 slaves.
"Fortunately, there was a single Black person in that studio meeting 25 years ago who told him that Harriet Tubman was a Black woman," Howard wrote in a Los Angeles Times op-ed.
Davis said the problem lies with those in power, who finance and greenlight films, not educating themselves on stories that affect real-life people.
"Why is it that you are not armed with enough information and why you don't see it as important to cast a Black woman as Harriet Tubman?" Davis asked. "You can go through the history books and see that Harriet Tubman was a Black woman. Julia Roberts in a head rag running through the woods is just not going to work! It's just not going to work. It's ridiculous."
Harriet is in theaters now.
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Two charged with first-degree murder in killing of Ontario man with Hells Angels ties
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Published Wednesday, January 19, 2022 9:26AM EST Last Updated Wednesday, January 19, 2022 11:12AM EST
Ontario Provincial Police have laid first-degree murder charges in the 2020 killing of a man who had ties to the Hells Angels.
Gregory Slewidge, 39, was found dead at a property just outside Carleton Place, Ont. on Sept. 24, 2020. He was renting the property and had converted it into a legal marijuana grow operation.
Investigators believe Slewidge was bludgeoned to death. They say he was involved with outlaw motorcycle gangs, including a member of the Hells Angels.
In October, police offered a $50,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the case. They also launched a public information campaign in a bid to solve the murder.
On Wednesday, OPP Det. Insp. Chris Landry announced that Michael Clairoux, 47, of Ottawa and Lee Marrazzo, 38, of Luskville, Que. had been arrested and charged with first-degree murder.
"We believe the accused persons and the victim were known to one another," Landry said.
The accused are scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Perth on Wednesday.
Police say the investigation remains ongoing. Anyone with additional information is asked to call the dedicated tip-line at 1-844-478-5656, their local police service, or anonymously via Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or online at https://crimestoppers.ca/send-a-tip/
Slewidge was the son of retired OPP officer Lyndon Slewidge, the longtime national anthem singer at Ottawa Senators games.
Gregory Slewidge, 39, was found dead outside Carleton Place, Ont. in September 2020. (OPP)
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The McGill Martlets (3-4) handily took their Nov. 18 rematch against the Carleton University Ravens (3-4) 5-1 after applying steady offensive pressure in the second and third periods. McGill's victory puts the Martlets on an upward trajectory, rebounding from an 0-4 start to the season to three consecutive wins.
The game started with a quick tempo, but the Martlet offence couldn't generate any scoring opportunities early on. Carleton's momentum on the turnover was consistently quashed by McGill's strong blueliners and penalty killers, but the constant pressure from penalties eventually wore down the Martlet defence later on.
Throughout the first period and the start of the second, Carleton proved they could block any offensive push coming down the center. McGill was quick to exploit Carleton's weak defensive flanks, however, by breaking in from the sides and ripping shots from outside lanes. This revised strategy worked, as the Martlets shut out the Ravens 3-0 in the second period and took the third 2-1.
Despite the convincing victory, the players admitted that they didn't play a perfect game.
"Just in the third period, our defence was kind of lacking," second-year defender Cassidy Bell said.
McGill's next game is on Nov. 24 against a strong opponent in the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees at McConnell Arena. Heading into this next match, the Martlets are confident that they can maintain their momentum, even though first and second years compose a majority of their bench.
The fifth and final McGill goal came about when the Carleton goalie tried to tried to jump on the puck and missed, leaving it to crawl into the slot where Martlet forward Olivia Atkinson shot on a virtually empty net.
Stephanie Desjardins, a first-year, scored two goals in the second period to give McGill a commanding lead.


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Scotland beats England in 1967: World Champions For A Day
By Ken Pendleton - EUGENE, OR (Sept.1, 2005) USSoccerPlayers - Put yourself in the position of Bobby Brown, making his debut as Scotland manager. It's April 15th, 1967 and you're about to walk out on the fabled Wembley pitch to play England, the auld enemy, who haven't lost a match since 1965 and won the World Cup nine months ago.
Quite Understandably, you're working your way through a long list of instructions. After all, England have an air-tight defense, led by Gordon Banks, the best keeper in the world, and Bobby Moore, a centererback who reads the game superbly and has an impeccable sense of timing.
The midfield consists of three artisans, Nobby Stiles, who specializes in neutralizing opponents by any necessary means, the tireless Alan Ball, and the exceptionally versatile Martin Peters. Most importantly, you have to find a way to come to terms with Bobby Charlton, who loves to link the midfield with the attack by making powerful runs from deep positions before unleashing cannon shots with his right foot. Then there are the two out-and-out attackers, Geoff Hurst, the opportunist, who banged in a hat trick in the World Cup final, and Jimmy Greaves, generally considered the best English striker since the War.
You're just about to explain how to adjust to the fact that they don't employ any wingers, which is unheard of at the time, when you look up and notice that your field general, Jim Baxter, the man who organizes so many of your attacks, is reading the bloody Daily Telegraph. Being new to the job, you're a bit shocked and quizzically ask, "Anything to add Jim?"
"Aye," Baxter says, pointing at the other locker room, "see this English lot, they can play nane."
At this point, Brown should have realized how futile his instructions were. He had players who embodied the traditional English virtues, team spirit and hard work, but Baxter's words and style of play represented what the Scots believed, or at least what they desperately wanted to believe, about themselves-- what writer Alan Sharp characterized as "the completely held conviction of their own superiority."
Baxter, or Slim Jim, as he was known, was equal parts elegance and arrogance. He rarely deigned to mark anyone-- that should be left to his teammates, most of whom "weren't fit to lick me boots"-- and he never rushed to do anything, including position himself for a return pass, but he "could dance or egg shells and make the ball laugh," and when he finally decided which pass to make, it stayed passed.
On this day, there wasn't a damn thing the English could do about him. Their normally tenacious players were too afraid to even attempt to take the ball off him, lest they be skinned, and thus he had all the time he desired. He would set up shop deep on the left side and survey the situation before making the pass that prompted the Scottish attack into action. If the attack lasted long enough, he might even saunter up the field and join it to eventually make another, more telling pass.
The reason the Scots won 3-2 was, of course, a good deal more complicated. Their two centerbacks, McKinnon and Greig, largely played Hurst and especially Greaves out of the match. Since their two fullbacks, Gemmell and McCreadie, didn't have to worry about wingers, they were free to join the attack early and often. Billy Bremner, a hard man if ever there was one, sorted out the middle of the pitch, and his partner, Jim McCalliog linked the midfield with the attack. And most importantly, Denis Law, probably the greatest Scottish player ever, was effectively a box-to-box attacker. He had the energy to help out with defense and make himself available in midfield before quickly joining the attack.
Law and Baxter were both integral to the first goal, which was scored in the 27th minute. After Baxter collected a simple free kick just inside the English half, he was allowed to walk with the ball, completely undisturbed, for about 30 yards, before rolling the ball out to Wallace in the inside right channel. Wallace eventually shot the ball straight into a defender, but the rebound fell for Law, who was justly rewarded for all his hard work.
The English were only occasionally interesting. Their best moment in the first half came from Charlton, who made one of his characteristic runs before blasting the ball over the bar from just outside the area. Part of their problem was that his brother, Jackie Charlton, had fractured his leg. Since substitutes were not permitted, he had no choice but to soldier on. He switched from centerback to center forward, doing rather well under the circumstances. He was a constant menace in the air and even scored their first goal, with his right foot, after a series of passes between Greaves and Ball. Unfortunately for them, the goal came after they were already down 2-0.
Scotland's second came after a hard shot from Gemmell rebounded off of Moore back to Gemmell. He headed the ball first time back into the area, where Law, whether through accident or design, dummied the ball through to Lennox, who quickly shot past the helpless Banks from 15 yards.
Their third goal in the 87th minute, which clinched the match, better exemplified their approach and superiority. Bremner won the ball in his own half and carried it almost all the way to the left corner flag and then laid it back to Lennox, who picked out McCalliog, who was making a run from deep. He dribbled into the box, played a neat one-two with Wallace, and slotted the ball home from the inside left channel.
I use the phrase better exemplified because the moment that best exemplified their superiority-- Baxter's self belief and arrogance-- occurred when the score was 2-0. Law picked up the ball on the left side and backheeled to Baxter, who was all set to make a pass to McCreadie, when he realized that the latter was, for whatever reason, daydreaming. Baxter bought the time to pick out another option, Law in the box, by lazily juggling the ball for the better part of five seconds. Law, far more practical and thus less beloved, was a bit peeved, but Baxter had just fulfilled every Scots' dream: He had just administered the mickey to England.
Alan Sharp captured what Baxter accomplished that day.
"I could feel myself gasp at him, at his sense of theatre, about his exact awareness of how we Scots felt about winning and the English and ourselves and life. Sure five goals is nice, but standing in Wembley beating them bastards 3-2 and tanner ba"ing it, that's perfection."
To be quite honest, I don't exactly understand what tanner ba"ing means, but I'm confident it's exemplified by the Master Card slogan: Scoring goals against the English has quantitative value, but showing that they play football nane, well, that's priceless. As Sharp concedes, "it is deeply and destructively neurotic and indulging it is neither a coherent way of playing football nor of living your life," but it's the few moments that embody your fantasies last forever.
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A year has passed since the Shuttle launch in Florida, a year during which Saskia has decided that she prefers to be Saskia rather than Richie. As her friend and companion Saskia Hunt leaves school for the last time, Voice arranges for Saskia to exist as an actual person. For the last time (or so he thinks) Richie changes to be Saskia. Now the girls can live together as sisters together forever - and that word has a particular meaning for the pair of them. As the Supertwins, the girls continue to use their powers to help and protect others, including saving most of the world again by actually making a volcano erupt. Having left school (at least one of them has), the girls go to work for James Robinson. Their experiences are decidedly NOT those of your average school-leaver, and their involvement with the security forces comes in handy from time to time. James has cause to be grateful when a helicopter crash is averted by Saskia learning to fly it in a matter of seconds. What they come to call the Saskia Magic helps them help others to come to terms with themselves, including an American businessman who ignores his teenage daughter in favour of his work. Saskia Hunt enjoys being shot at, so foiling a terrorist hijack of a trainload of nuclear fuel sees her with a huge grin as the machinegun bullets bounce off her. Saskia can already drive a car (and other things), she learned the normal way while she was still Richie. Saskia Hunt learns in just a minute or so as Saskia shows her how it's done.
Saskia? Seen my denim skirt?
You were wearing it the last night when you changed to be ready for bed. Your skirt isn't anywhere, you disappeared it.
Oh. That's alright then. I'll just - make it appear again. There.
I changed to be wearing what I'd been wearing last night. I didn't want the top but it needed to reappear anyway. We did try to be normal girls, but it gets difficult when you can change shape and clothes at will and have super powers.
What's on the agenda for today then?
Shopping. Fridge is empty. Need to look after Dad.
It had been nearly a year since Saskia had vowed to look after her dad and devote herself to making him happy at the shuttle launch in Florida. Rob remembered nothing of this, of course, but Saskia and I remembered all too well.
The year or so between had been kind to all of us, Saskia was now eighteen and I was coming up to my eighteenth birthday as well, although in my case this was an arbitrary date, precedent having been set when I turned seventeen, and now it was always the same day.
Rob seemed really happy as well. He looked on both of us as his daughters. I would always remember his words on the blanket in Florida, 'Daughters plural - I like that'. He didn't remember that but I did. He made me happy so as we said at the time - I would remember it for him!
"I will remember it for you."
Pardon? Hello? Earth calling Saskia? And you may answer.
Oh, sorry Saskia. I was miles away - in both time and space.
Did you just say what I thought you said?
Did I say it out loud? Sorry.
"No, don't be silly. Don't be sorry. I think those words as well you know."
I'm all grown up now so I'm not going to cry. Are we ready to carry out the Prime Directive?
Err - no Starship Enterprise available, Captain. Will the bus do?
I sighed theatrically, I suppose so. What's the world coming to.
"Well, I'm eighteen, how about teaching me to drive?"
"Saskia, you know we talked about this. If I show you how to drive it'll have to be off the road. Then you won't pass your test despite being able to drive as well as me. As soon as I can drive on the road we'll be cooking on gas."
Hurry up and be eighteen then.
I know you're in a rush, but just be patient.
Not helped by them raising the age limit to eighteen.
I knew what she meant, another month or so and we'd have been behind the wheel already.
"What's the thing about driving anyway? We can fly for Heaven sake, I said. Who needs a car? I thought about it for a moment. Saskia Hunt! You're jealous of Emma, aren't you?"
"She's been eighteen for ages. She's already got a little car. Her dad got Dad to find her a nice one."
He'll do the same for you as soon as we sort it out, you know that.
Yeah. You're right. Jealousy ill becomes us. I'll wait, I'm a good girl.
She thumped me - hard. I grinned. Her thump would probably have knocked down your average wall. Didn't bother me. I didn't even bother to say 'owe' for the look of the thing.
Come on. Let's ride the Starship Bus. The Prime Directive beckons.
Got any money? No? Didn't your dad leave any? I sighed, then changed to be holding money. Will this be enough?
We rode the bus into the town. On the way I told Saskia I wanted to call at the American Diner. Just to pass the time of day with Chloe.
And see Jim's face when you tell him we still won't join his counter dancers.
It was easier to call on Chloe first, without being loaded down with bags.
Hi, Saskias. How are you today?
Hi, Chloe. We're fine. How's the counter dancing business?
It's up and down. She grinned. I'm glad you've dropped in, saved me a phone call. When's your birthday, Saskia? Exactly, I mean?
Two weeks today. Why? You'll not get us on your counter you know. We've retired.
No, no. Nothing like that. Do you remember Alex - and that hunky Marco?
Ye-ss. What's going on this time?
Alex and Marco are involved in a West End production in London. Opening night is the Saturday of your birthday. They've invited you to go to the first performance on the Saturday afternoon.
"Not more dancing? What's the production?"
Don't worry, no participation required. It's a brand new production so even you won't be able to join in.
I thought 'don't be too sure of that, Chloe. Watch one run through and I could probably replace any of the cast'. I didn't say that of course. Chloe didn't know about our - abilities.
Got to ask the bill payers permission first but it should be ok. Can we get back to you? Oh, by the way, is it just us or can we take some of the girls?
As many as you like. I think they'd be pleased to see them again.
We escaped without running into Jim. He still tried to get us to dance on his counter again. It was easier to run away than explain we'd retired each time.
Saskia, how many of the girls are still here? I lose count.
"Only four out of the original eight. There's Ellie Harrison, Emma, obviously, Sophie and Hailey. Tasha is about to go and live with that cousin she's in love with. Nikki moved to Scotland with her parents. The other Ellie emigrated with her parents. Charlie moved to Newcastle with her mum after her parents split up. Only four left, plus us two."
That's a shame. D'you think the remaining four would like to accompany us to celebrate my birthday?
I'd think so. Have to ask. You're planning something - I know the signs.
What I'd really like to do is stay at that hotel we went to with James when he was knighted, and see Angelo again. I know Maria's cancer is in remission but it'd be nice to see him again.
"Saskia, that is such a good idea! Mmm. Maybe we need to see James and see how much money we'll need to do that?"
Yeah. Won't come cheap. We'll probably need to see how much we can get out of Voice's piggy bank. Hope it'll be enough.
Go see James this afternoon?
Why not. We can blag a go in his pool as usual.
Rob came home for lunch. We did beans on toast with some nice cream cakes we'd bought for afters.
Dad, we, that is to say Saskia really, have been invited to London to the opening night of a production that Alex and Marco are involved in. You remember? The Grease thing in Manchester?
We'd spend Saturday night in London. We need you to say yes. There'll be about five or six of us.
Six of you lot? London won't know what's hit it. Yes, you can go - subject to a review of arrangements and itinerary once you've sorted it.
Saskia jumped up and gave him a hug and a kiss.
Thanks, Dad. We're going to see James after lunch to get some information from him.
And use his pool or something, no doubt. Rob chuckled. You use his pool more than he does.
We flew to James and Lydia's. We didn't want to bother Rob and the buses weren't handy. It was easier.
Jeeves answered the door. Good afternoon, Saskia and Saskia. Sir James is in the conservatory. Would you like your usual hot chocolate.
"Jeeves - you can read minds. I always said you could."
I will assume your answer to be in the affirmative. You will find your own way?
No problem. I've got the ball of string to pay out so we don't get lost.
Jeeves turned away, but not before we saw the beginnings of a smile on his face.
We presented ourselves at the conservatory. Knock, knock.
Oh, hello, you two. Come on in. How's the SuperTwins business?
Shh, James. Walls have ears. In answer to your question, much as usual. Nothing big at the moment.
James and Lydia were the only people who knew who we really were. They knew all about us - including that I was really Richie. We knew nobody could have heard James. If anybody had been able to, he wouldn't have been able to ask the question.
I suppose you want to use the pool? Do you know, I think you use it more than we do.
That's just what Dad said.
"James, please tell us if we're doing anything you don't like or if you think we're taking advantage of you."
"Saskia, you could never take advantage of us. It's always quite the reverse. You've done so much for Lydia and me we can't begin to repay you so shush and get on with it. By the way, when's your birthday?"
Two weeks today. That's what we want to talk to you about. We've been invited to London by some members of the Grease cast we saw a couple of years ago in Manchester. We'd like to stay in that hotel you took us to when you were knighted. We'd like to talk to Angelo again. What we need to know is how much it might cost us.
There was silence for a few seconds then James said, Nothing.
Nothing. It'll be our birthday present to you.
But James you can't! There'll be six of us anyway. We can't let you, it's not fair.
James chuckled. Do you remember when you pretended to be me and entertained Watanabe-san and the trade delegation? The result of that day's work doubled my company turnover. Six girls in a five star hotel in London? Less than peanuts, trust me. And if you want to speak to Angelo you'll need a reservation in the restaurant. My pleasure also.
Oh James, that's so wonderful. Thank you. There was only one thing to do. I flung caution to the winds and put my arms round him in a hug - just as Lydia came into the conservatory.
Saskia Chandler. Unhand my husband at once, she said indignantly - then spoiled it by laughing. Ok. What's he done now?
I gave Lydia a hug as well. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Saskia with her arms round James. He's just given me the most wonderful birthday present. I explained about the hotel. So it's going to be a brilliant weekend.
I could see Saskia beside me waiting to hug Lydia. It was like planes stacked up round Heathrow waiting to land. I cleared out of the way and Saskia got her turn at Lydia.
We need to go and make arrangements. I need to see if all the girls, those that are still here at least, can come.
Go and use the phone in the spare office at the back of the house. You know where it is? Good. Go on, go sort stuff out before you burst.
We almost skipped out, although skipping wasn't what we did these days. All four of the girls were able to come with us. We had them write it in their diaries, subject to final instructions.
We never did get in the pool. James wanted to speak to us.
Have you two thought what you're going to do when you leave school in a month or whatever?
Not really. Saskia will still only be here part time. Richie has to earn a crust.
It wasn't like Saskia to mention Richie but she had a point.
Mm. That's what I mean, James said. Perhaps now is the time to speak to that Voice of yours about swapping Richie and Saskia around. That will mean Saskia won't have Richie's salary but that's ok.
James, I should say something sarcastic but I won't because I think you have a plan.
Blast. You noticed. Yes, I have a plan. You told me you two will eventually work for me. Now could be the time to start.
Yes, now. Think about it. We don't know what you're going to do for me, only that I employ you. Suppose I do this. Saskia gets to be here all the time. So, she's happy, you are happy, and both of you are here all the time to make Rob happy. All winners, no losers.
"James, we've not given this any thought yet but that would be wonderful."
"Unlike you two, I've given this considerable thought on your behalf. Let me tell you what I think and you can tell me what you think."
He took a deep breath and began, First, all your Voice has to do is make Saskia exist. She needs all the paper trail that goes with a person in this day and age. Once that's done, we have to do away with Richie. No, not like that! Your faces!
He paused to laugh then continued, Richie needs to resign from his job. To all intents and purposes he disappears. You tell Rob he's gone to work in Australia or something. His last task is to beg Rob to look after Saskia. Do you think Rob will be up for that?
Dad would be in heaven if we were both there all the time.
You can make Richie appear to still be there as far as Rob is concerned. He can write and ring and stuff. As far as anybody else is concerned Richie just isn't here anymore.
"That would be a brilliant way to do it, Saskia. The only way I could think of would have had Voice messing with Dad's memory again. I do not want that."
I gave her a hug. Me neither. I think James has got it just about spot on.
But James, if we work for you, what are we going to do?
I've given that some thought as well. I'm going to set up a new department, called Special Projects or something like that. You know we have plants in other countries now? Well, you can be our trouble-shooters. Go fix things if we have trouble. For instance, we have a plant in Russia which keeps getting problems with the local gang bosses. Up your street do you think?
And we could still do stuff for the government. Don't forget we are your actual members of the security services. I made my badge appear briefly and then disappear again."
See what I mean? It'll all work out.
We just need to find something to tell Dad. More lies, Saskia sighed.
You tell him the truth, just not all of it.
Hmm. We'll think of something. There's time yet.
On to something a bit more immediate. Are all your friends up for the London trip?
Yep. That'll make six of us. I thought perhaps two to a room? Saskia and me in one and the other four can sort themselves out.
You need to make sure you take posh frocks for the restaurant, said Lydia. I don't suppose your designer dresses will fit you now. You've grown a bit and filled out a bit as well.
Lydia, remember who we are. Shall we try for you?
Oh. Yes. Sorry. D'you think it'll work? Of course you do, don't you?
We'll be back in a tick. We both got up and left the room.
Outside in the hallway we checked to make sure Jeeves and Milly were not in evidence then changed to be wearing the dresses Edna had made for us when we went to see James being knighted. Of course they fit perfectly, as everything did when we changed to be wearing it.
No. Not this time. Straight hair and let's go in hand in hand. Be ourselves.
We walked back in hand in hand. Lydia sat in what looked like stunned silence and James just said, Wow.
Lydia found her voice eventually. It's a great shame I can't send Edna a picture of the two of you like that, but I think I might have trouble explaining how the clothes made for two skinny sixteen year olds still fit when they're turned eighteen.
Oh, you'll do alright. I recommend leaving your hair down. Don't want to shame the other poor girls too much.
They won't mind. They're used to it, ever since the original day at Sophie's when we beat everybody. They'll be ok.
Have you updated yourselves recently? asked James. Only you look more alike than ever.
"We did it just last week. We've not changed deliberately to be alike, this is what I look like and that's what the girl Saskia copied actually looks like as well. Coincidence, obviously."
James had remembered that unless we made a conscious effort to age ourselves every now and then, we'd look the same forever.
Do you mind if we change back? Before Jeeves or Milly notice?
Mmm, probably a good idea. Lydia grinned. No, don't go out. James, close your eyes.
We changed back to the clothes we'd been wearing when we arrived.
Right. I'll arrange everything for the hotel. Just say who you are when you arrive.
"We'll see you before then probably. Even if it is only to use your pool."
By the time we got back to Saskia's, Rob was already cooking tea. Sorry, Dad. We were going to do that. We wash up, ok?
If you say so. Who am I to refuse an offer like that. How did you get on with James and Lydia?
Oh, Dad. James is wonderful. He's paying for us to stay at that hotel we stayed in when we went with him to London. It's his birthday present to Saskia.
"Hmm. Good job that's all arranged, else my present wouldn't be much use."
"Remember the limo company that owed me a favour? I've got you a big car for the weekend. Not pink, but big enough for all six of you. I didn't want you going on the train and having to lug a ton of stuff all over London."
I rushed to him and flung my arms around him. "Oh, that's so brilliant. Thank you. Why are you all so good to me?"
Because you deserve it. You've spent so much of your time being good to others it's time you had a go for a change.
I didn't trust myself to speak further.
That evening in bed I said to Saskia, Is this what it's going to be like when I'm here all the time? I really can't believe it might actually happen.
"It is what you want isn't it?"
"Yes! More than anything. You can't imagine what it's like to suddenly be loved and appreciated when you never have been before. The only love I had was so short and ended so tragically, I'd resigned myself to it never happening again. But it has, and I'm so happy."
You loved Jennie Buckley, didn't you? And she loved you?
Yes. But it was for such a short time, and then she was killed. I thought that was it.
She was beside me, sitting on the floor. "Don't worry. I love you, even if it's not in quite the same way. Dad loves you too, as the second daughter he never had."
She gave me a cuddle and a kiss, went back to her own bed and we got on with going to sleep.
Sunday. After breakfast, we went for our more or less usual walk. It took us over the bridge over the bypass. We stopped to watch the cars going past beneath us. One car wasn't going anywhere.
There's a car on the hard shoulder with a flat tyre. Poor man is going to try to change it.
He isn't getting very far. Ha-ha. A closer look with super vision reveals he's got no jack. He's a bit stuck.
I know who it is. It's that PR chap of James'. What's his name? Jeff?
You're right. Let's go help him. Need to be the SuperTwins. Going to have to lift the car for him.
Looking round to check nobody could see us change, we became the SuperTwins and an instant later were landing gently next to Jeff and his stranded car.
Woo! Where did you two come from? No, don't bother, the costumes are a bit of a giveaway. Any chance of a hand?
Our pleasure. I'll lift up, Katya, you undo the wheel nuts.
We changed his wheel in seconds.
Well, thank you very much. I was about to call the AA but you've saved me a long wait.
You're welcome. Lucky we were passing. Must go, I'm afraid.
We lifted off straight up. Did you see his face. He was trying to work out where he'd seen us before.
At the Trade Delegation meeting at the plant. But we were wearing normal clothes. That's probably what was giving him trouble.
As we turned to fly home, Saskia said, What's that odd cloud over there on the horizon?
I looked and saw a mushroom-shaped cloud. That's an explosion or fire of some kind. Maybe we should go take a look?
We put on a burst of super speed and were in the vicinity of the cloud within seconds. It turned out to be a petrol tanker. It appeared to have skidded off the motorway and hit a bridge. Petrol leaking from it had caught fire. It was just a matter of time before the whole tank blew up.
The traffic police had closed the motorway but it was just too dangerous for the emergency services to get close to it. Not too dangerous for the SuperTwins.
Saskia, if we blow through a little hole between our lips we should get a very cold blast of air. That ought to put the fire out. I sucked in a breath and blew. Saskia joined me and frost formed on the road as we blew the fire out.
There was still a hole in the end of the tanker where petrol was leaking out. We can't weld it, heat vision might ignite the petrol vapour. What do we do?
The hole is in the end - well the back actually. Let's lift it up and stand it on its front. That'll stop the stuff leaking out. Do you know how to disconnect it from the tractor?
Yeah. Hang on, I'll uncouple the suzies."
Suzies. Don't ask, I don't know why they're called that. It's the airlines and the power cables. Now we pull the pin and you should be able to pull it backwards off the turntable.


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Home / General / What qualities do I need to be a social worker?
What qualities do I need to be a social worker?
ByEditor May 21, 2021
What Qualities Do You Need to be a Social Worker?Empathy. Being sensitive to the emotions of others helps social workers to do their best at work. Patience. Patience is a quality which goes a long way when taking part in social work. A caring nature. Effective communication. Organisation. Analytical skills. Professionalism and good judgement. Resilience to stress.
What are the examples of social work?
Many social workers specialize in serving a particular population or working in a specific setting.Administration and Management. Advocacy and Community Organization. Aging. Developmental Disabilities. Health Care. International Social Work. Justice and Corrections. Mental Health and Clinical Social Work.
What is social work and its functions?
Social Work is a profession and academic discipline that improves the quality of life and well-being of individuals, groups, and communities by direct practice, policy development, organizing communities and outreach, and crisis intervention. Social workers undergo demanding educational requirements.
What it really means to be a social worker?
The primary mission of the social work profession is to enhance human well-being and help meet basic and complex needs of all people, with a particular focus on those who are vulnerable, oppressed, and living in poverty. Social workers deal with the external factors that impact a person's situation and outlook.
How would you describe a social worker?
Words used to describe social workers include but are not limited to: change agents, problem solvers, critical thinkers, facilitators, advocators, counselors, clinicians, organizers, activists, planners, politicians, lobbyist, writers, and researchers.
What makes a social worker unique?
Social work is unique in that we encompass a larger lens in understanding individuals as part of their environment, culture, communities, and the impact on them. Social workers are the bell ringers in their communities, advocating and changing lives on all levels.
What are social worker strengths?
Many people who decide to be social workers already have a high EQ, or emotional intelligence. This includes high levels of self-awareness, empathy, and sensitivity to others.
Is it hard being a social worker?
The job is not without its rewards, but it can also be stressful, emotionally taxing, and physically demanding. Working conditions and pay can be just as daunting at times. The fact is, entering this helping profession is not for everyone. It takes a certain kind of person to become a social worker.
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Droitwich Mixed A go top with victory over depleted Ombersley A
Craig Gibbons 22nd Nov, 2017
A COMFORTABLE 4-0 victory for Droitwich's Mixed A team over local rivals Ombersley A moved them to the summit of the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Winter League Division Two table.
Unfortunately, Ombersley could only field only one pair which meant Droitwich were given a 2-0 head start before the match even begun.
Despite this, Droitwich produced two very good displays with Joe Maidment and Marelize Yorke winning their match 3-6, 7-6, 7-6 before Heidi Harris and Mark Jones sealed the points with a 7-5, 6-2 victory in their match.
The Ladies C sit fifth in the Division Seven East table following their 3-1 defeat at Bewdley B.
Despite the best efforts of Liz French and Gillian McDonald, they lost both of their matches 3-6, 2-6 and 2-6, 1-6 respectively.
Julie Rhodes and Jackie Passey lost their first match 4-6, 2-6 before earning a hard-fought 7-6, 3-6, 7-6 victory in their second.
Elsewhere the Men's B picked up a 4-0 victory at Wall Heath B to maintain their 100 per cent start in Division Four East.
In the slippery conditions Joe Maidment and Ian Bowman were in superb form and won both of their respective matches 6-0, 6-0 and 6-2, 6-0.
John Moran and Rich Clive were equally as impressive in their first match, winning 6-1, 6-0 before a hard-fought 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 win in their second to seal the win.
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I have a .stp file that I have been able to successfully import into SolidWorks, but there is a problem. It is an assembly with almost 300 parts and when I imported it they all went into one SolidWorks part file, not an assembly. They are listed individually as "Imported 1, Imported 2, etc" similar to features would be. Is there any way for me to get these to be individual parts in an assembly file?
If the assembly files had been saved as part .stp file, then I think it might not be easy to convert it into assembly. I'm not sure how easy it will be to separate each body as single part and assemble them. May be macro gurus can help you.
What a mess!!! Regardless of whatever direction you take I think it is going to be tedious.
or create as many sections as possible. Save it off as an Autocad drawing or dxf.
you are in sketcher just deleting lines and arcs.
for all of your parts. Told you it was tedious!!!
If the Solid Bodies folder shows all the bodies, those bodies can be saved, and an assy created.
Try to use 'Import multiple bodies as parts' options in Import Options. This won't restore original assembly structure, but you'll get individual parts in an assembly file?
I can't find this command. Where is it?
Go to 'File Open' dialog, select 'STEP AP203/214' item in the file types list.
'Options...' button should appear. Click it and you'll see 'Import Options' dialog with 'Import multiple bodies as parts' checkbox.
Yeah, it makes sense now. I have done this in the past though it has been a while.
I forgot that was there.


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Q: SVN commit fails after deleting directory I want to delete a folder, then tag a new version, but keep getting an error.
In trunk I have removed the folder js/libs and all its subfolders with svn rm trunk/js/libs.
All files under the folder are marked for delete.
I then copy to a new tag with svn cp trunk tags/0.3.7, also in the tags/0.3.7/js/libs all files and folders are marked for delete. Then when I try to commit with svn ci -m "v0.3.7" I get the following error when the commit reaches the first of the nested files of that folder, in the tag:
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Deleting       tags/0.3.7/js/libs
Deleting       tags/0.3.7/js/libs/opentype.js/dist/opentype.js
svn: E155011: Commit failed (details follow):
svn: E155011: File '/Users/johannes/Packages/fontsampler-svn/fontsampler/tags/0.3.7/js/libs/opentype.js/dist/opentype.js' is out of date
svn: E160013: '/!svn/txr/1749751-122uf/fontsampler/tags/0.3.7/js/libs/opentype.js/dist/opentype.js' path not found

Why does it complain about a missing file when it is marked for delete? The out of date message made me question if there possibly is a 0.3.7 tag already in the repo, but no.
Why can't I commit this delete to a new tag?

A: Okay, as per this answer there seems to be a weird behaviour you can get around by committing once before tagging the version.
For me this was resolved like so:
svn revert tags/0.3.7 - remove tag from current commit
svn ci -m "deleted folder" - commit the deletion
svn up - somehow sync is necessary
svn cp trunk tags/0.3.7 - stage the tag
svn ci -m "tagging version 0.3.7" - commit your new tag

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What are the Requirements to be a Crew Member?
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What are the clouds of color in the tank?
Purple and/or green clouds are indications that your fish are sick with ick and/or fungus.
How do treatments (fungal & ick) work?
Treatments for fungus and ick are dropped into the tank. Since each dose is a random amount of treatment, you may have to use multiple doses to cure all of your fish of sickness.
What if my treatments don't work?
It can sometimes take more than one dose of treatment to cure an illness. You might need to purchase multiple bottles of the specific treatment needed to cure your fish.
How does the Health Booster work?
If you notice any fish with low health, you can use a "Health Booster", found in the Supplies store. Each comes with three uses, but you might need to purchase multiple bottles as it can sometimes take more than one use to get your fish back to full health.
Many factors can cause a fish to lose health, including the environment, over- (or under-) feeding and whether they're common or rare breeds, for example, so it's always best to monitor health by tapping a fish and checking their status in the information box.


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After the sushi we play word association; when 'law' comes up I say 'Kafka'. Konrád pulls out a pen and sketches a perfect replica of Three Runners. And thus we discover a common love for Franz.
Everybody knows the story of Kafka and Milena, but nobody that of Franz and Dora Diamant: I tell it. The telling done, what moved them was not the air that cut like razor blades over Franz's vocal cords nor the alcohol injections into his laryngeal nerves; neither was it the sister of mercy who made it her mission to ease his way to death. No, what moved them was how Kafka's total absence of solemnity in his relationship with Dora contrasted with his tortured love for Felice and Milena. But what moved you and I was our notion of fragility, how it came about that the writer and insurance officer from Prague met the girl scaling fish in a Baltic kitchen; how that girl, having survived the Nazi fire and the Soviet frying pan, specified in her will that she be buried next to the man whose eyes saw everything.
You and Mara scored a triumph with your Munich recording [of Kurtág's Kafka-Fragmente], a triumph only outdone by your subsequent recitals. Is there enough variation now for you to make a comparison between your interpretations? Given the brevity of the pieces and the detail of the score, can one even speak of interpretation? The answer comes when I recall that every high-wire walker apprehends their fall in their own way, that every acrobat walks a tightrope differently. I think of my bedsit on Palmerston, the dark wood panelling, the damask wallpaper; I think of my lonely bed and late nights reading Franz: In becoming animal I became an artist.
Listen! The voice takes on an oboe-like drone while a tuning-peg glissando gives the violin a flute-like shimmer: In this music as in Kafka, there's no place for complacency. I think of my bay window and the foreclosure of my future; I think of Franz's answer to Felice when she asked him about his prospects: 'Needless to say I have no plans, no prospects; I cannot step into the future'.
Listen! The violin's left-hand pizzicati; the voice, resonant and staccato. With Felice, Franz was insufferable in his suffering. How could he ever have imagined he could be happy as her husband? And yet he was always lucid: 'On the pretext of wanting to free you of me, I force myself upon you'. The better match was Milena: Franz just couldn't overcome his fear.
Listen! The paring away of the inessential, the sculptural purity of concentrated sound: Fragment after fragment confirms the depth of the music, the depth of the darkness the spotlight lays bare. Kafka at Goethe's house, flirting for days with the keeper's daughter: Is there a link between his success with Greta and his failure with Milena? Might not his ease with girls be the other side of the coin of his difficulty with women? Could it be that girls, simply by accepting him as he was, gave him a sense of unconditional love that sexuality precluded women from giving? However great his lucidity about the world, it was not as great as his yearning for intimacy, a lasting intimacy with just one woman who—as he wrote to Milena—would enfold him. I think of you, I think of how you enfold me, and I feel the world falling away beneath my feet at the thought that you're leaving.
Listen! Now fleeting as from afar, now full and familiar, the singer sings of two violinists making music in a tram speeding through the streets; now slow and sentimental, now fiery and free, the violinist plays, first on one violin, then on another: Capturing the charm of Kafka's 'Scene on a Streetcar', the musicians remind us that all his life, Franz was moved by the most simple things. And I, Marietta, what moves me? I am moved by the child struggling to hold back his tears, not by the child who cries; I am moved by the dog on his last legs, his dignity when he steals away to die; I am moved by the wallflower who dances alone, not by the one who fades away. When you're gone, I will try to be worthy of the child, the dog and the wallflower.


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1967 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 454 Tribute
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Big block power and four-on-the-floor make this 1967 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 454 tribute instantly appealing. And more than just a true muscle car, there's a level of style on this hardtop classic that makes the full package irresistible.
Marina Blue is a great look on these hardtops. It's a 1967-correct color that was part of an upgrade later in life. That means this coupe keeps its history while also having a nice gloss in the sunshine. The gaps are good, and all the chrome from .....
body-hugging bumpers to rally wheels has a shining presentation. So this is a clean, straight, and striking classic that makes a good first impression. Plus, the well-fitting vinyl top gives this one a premium distinction. It's all part of a quality appearance that can be attributed to years of good care. We even have a receipt file filled with little detail improvements and maintenance. The kind of thing meticulous owners do. And as a Super Sport tribute, it's a meaner machine with details like the SS grille, vented hood trim, ribbed rockers, and blackout rear panel. And with Rally wheels and redline tires, this looks sporty from all angles.
The full black interior looks great with all the black accents on the outside. The seats, carpeting, headliner, and other fundamentals show quite well. There are nice classic details, like the working clock in the center console. It's a great coupe to share with others, and the velour-like inserts in the seats give everyone added comfort. But you also instantly know this is a driver's car. You get bucket seats up front, a full center console in-between, a Chevy SS steering wheel, and well-placed auxiliary gauges under the dash.
It's always great to see a Chevelle engine bay filled with proper big block power. The motor looks nice with details like the bright valve covers, matching air grabber, and bold orange block. But our favorite part might just be the callout decals. Because while this says 396, it's actually a LARGER 454 cubic-inch V8. Not only does it have an upgraded displacement, but it's also topped with a Holley four-barrel carburetor. It's a strong-running powerhouse, and you take full control with the four-speed manual transmission. There are even highway gears in the rear end to make this an all-around easy cruiser. And front disc brakes give you improved stopping power on any road.
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