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Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) Multicast on AWS Transit Gateway is now available in major AWS regions worldwide
Starting today, AWS Transit Gateway supports internet group management protocol (IGMP) multicast in major AWS regions worldwide. The regions include US East (Ohio), Canada (Central), South America (São Paulo), EU (Stockholm), EU (London), EU (Frankfurt), EU (Paris), Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Asia Pacific (Singapore), Asia Pacific (Seoul) and Asia Pacific (Sydney) AWS regions with support for other regions coming soon.
IP multicast on AWS Transit Gateway helps customers build multicast applications in the cloud and distribute data across thousands of Amazon Virtual Private Cloud networks. IGMP support on Transit Gateway makes it easier for customers to scale up multicast workloads, while also simplifying the management of multicast group membership and network deployment. Customers no longer need to configure static multicast groups, sources, and receivers when building a multicast network in AWS. AWS Transit Gateway dynamically adds and deletes multicast members based on IGMP protocol interactions. Many on-premises multicast applications require IGMP to dynamically add and remove multicast group members. With native IGMP support on AWS Transit Gateway, customers can easily lift-and-shift such workloads to AWS Cloud without requiring changes to applications or network configuration. In addition, this feature also provides real-time visibility into the multicast network and enables customers to accurately keep track of group membership changes over time.
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Paul George busts out of playoff funk as Clippers score 154 points to rout Mavericks
Paul George scored 35 points in 25 minutes against Tim Hardaway Jr. and Dallas.
(Ashley Landis / Associated Press)
By Andrew Greif
Aug. 25, 2020 Updated 11 PM PT
It was late Sunday night when Paul George visited his coach's room to talk.
Less than two weeks earlier, George had described the NBA's campus at Disney World like a dream theme park not for children, but basketball junkies. No distractions. Gyms open late for shooting. Just basketball.
By Sunday evening, it felt like a haunted house, with every corner hiding a new fright. Pilloried on social media after shooting a combined 21% in his last three games, and watching his Clippers team's postseason momentum stall as Dallas evened its first-round series, George said he entered a "dark place."
Clippers coach Doc Rivers and George talked in Rivers' room, though little about basketball. George was rarely alone until tipoff for the next two days. Teammates began checking in, by text or dropping by his room. They put a controller in his hands, a new "Madden" video game on the TV and said the same thing they had for days: Just play.
"We're in a bubble," center Montrezl Harrell said. "… It's nobody but you and your thoughts. So we just kind of wanted to get him out of that. Get him out of the room, play video games and constantly be around him to show him that we here with him."
Clippers guard Landry Shamet (20) reacts with forward Kawhi Leonard (2) after a foul during the first half against the Dallas Mavericks in Game 5 of an NBA first-round playoff series on Tuesday in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (Kim Klement / Associated Press)
Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard (2) shoots against Dallas Mavericks forward Maxi Kleber (42) during the first half on Tuesday in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (Kim Klement / Associated Press)
Dallas Mavericks' Tim Hardaway Jr. (11) covers Clippers' Paul George (13) during the first half on Tuesday in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (Ashley Landis / Associated Press)
Dallas Mavericks' Boban Marjanovic, right, blocks Clippers' Montrezl Harrell during the first half on Tuesday in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (Ashley Landis / Associated Press)
Los Angeles Clippers head coach Doc Rivers talks with guard Lou Williams (23) in the first half of Game 5 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (Kim Klement/Pool Photo via AP) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Dallas Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle, right, is restrained by his coaching staff as he is ejected during the second half against the Clippers, on Aug. 25 in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (Ashley Landis / Associated Press)
Dallas Mavericks' Luka Doncic, center, is trapped by Clippers' Ivica Zubac, left, and Kawhi Leonard (2) during the first half on Tuesday in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (Ashley Landis / Associated Press)
In a 154-111 Clippers victory Tuesday to push their series lead to 3-2, George responded with a performance that looked straight out of a video game. He scored 35 points, making 12 of 18 shots and four of eight three-pointers. Since the shot clock was introduced in 1954, George is the first player to score at least 35 points in less than 25 minutes during the playoffs.
"I underestimated mental health, honestly," George said. "I had anxiety, a little bit of depression, just being locked in here. I just wasn't there; I checked out. It was Games 2, 3, 4, I wasn't there. I felt like I wasn't there. Everybody reached out whether it was in person or text, all of my guys showed up for me. They helped me. They were there when I needed them."
Before tipoff, tweets from fans offering support for George filled video boards ringing the court. But after seeing Dallas star Luka Doncic tie the series with a classic performance Sunday, the atmosphere surrounding the Clippers was summed up by another tweet: "Nerves on a trillion right now."
The Clippers quickly took care of that.
A 24-2 run, behind 81% shooting, bolstered a 33-18 lead in the first quarter, with George shooting five times on the Clippers' first 10 possessions, including three baskets. Teammate Kawhi Leonard made his first six shots and finished with 32 points.
The Clippers set franchise playoff records with 63% shooting and 22 three-pointers (on 62% shooting), and their 154 points are the third-most scored in playoff history.
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After a 23-point lead was cut to 16 late in the second quarter, the Clippers' shrinking advantage was reminiscent of their lost opportunity in Game 4, when a 21-point lead vanished.
When challenged Tuesday, they came out of a timeout strong, not shaken, scoring the next 11 points. As the Clippers' lead built, so did the Mavericks' frustration. Doncic's charged banter with officials led to a technical foul two minutes before halftime.
After scoring on a lob at the rim and a three-pointer to open the third quarter, George spun toward the basket but was raked across the face by the right hand of Tim Hardaway Jr. before he could take a shot. George quickly turned to confront Hardaway, who was assessed a flagrant-1 foul, and was held back.
Already without center Kristaps Porzingis, who missed his second game because of a sore right knee, Dallas lost coach Rick Carlisle to ejection midway through the third quarter.
Instead of taking over, Doncic could only watch from the bench as the Clippers set a franchise record with a 43-point victory. Doncic finished with 22 points but made one of six threes and was limited by sideline traps that forced the ball out of his hands.
"He went out and played carefree basketball and that's the best PG that we could ever have," said Harrell, who scored 19 points with 11 rebounds. "We don't ever want him inside his head because he's already a great player. A lot of people are talking about him ... but he responded."
Three observations:
1. The Mavericks are hopeful Porzingis can play in Game 6, and the Clippers feel the same about guard Patrick Beverley (left calf), who missed his fourth straight game. "My guess is he's getting closer," coach Doc Rivers said, "but I can't tell you how close."
2. Rivers has often resisted calling timeouts amid Dallas runs, preferring his team play through them. He changed tactics in the second quarter when the Clippers' 23-point lead was trimmed to 16. Los Angeles responded by scoring 11 unanswered points.
3. Usually propelled by their bench, the Clippers took control despite a quiet offensive night from reserves. They finished with 55 points but most were added after the game was decided.
Greif reported from Los Angeles.
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Giuliani's shifting story on Trump Tower talks
Just discussing 'hypotheticals'?
In a series of unfiltered interviews this week, President Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani appeared to admit that negotiations to build a Trump Tower in Moscow continued through Election Day 2016, much longer than the White House has previously acknowledged. In an interview with The New York Times, Giuliani quoted the president as telling him that discussions about the Moscow project were "going on from the day I announced to the day I won." In another interview with NBC News, Giuliani said Trump may have spoken to his former personal lawyer Michael Cohen before Cohen testified falsely to Congress that discussions about the Russian tower ended in January 2016. Cohen has pleaded guilty to lying to Congress. Giuliani later tried to walk his statements back, saying his comments were "hypothetical."
Giuliani's comments came after a BuzzFeedNews.com report that, citing two unnamed federal law enforcement officials, alleged Trump had personally directed Cohen to lie to Congress about the Moscow talks. BuzzFeed said that special counsel Robert Mueller had evidence about the matter. But in a rare public statement, Mueller's office called the report "not accurate." The president was reportedly frustrated with Giuliani for taking the spotlight away from Mueller's statement, which deflated Democrats who had touted the allegations as an impeachable offense. Giuliani's flub came just days after he had to walk back another interview in which he said that while he stood by past statements that Trump did not collude with Russia, "I never said there was no collusion between the campaign" and Moscow.
What the editorials said
Mainstream journalists' loathing of Trump "has become an obstacle to their professional credibility," said the Washington Examiner. Mueller's team debunked BuzzFeed's "bogus scoop," but not before it triggered yet another cable-news feeding frenzy. With no smoking gun proving that Trump colluded with Russia, the president's opponents desperately wanted to believe that "selective leaks from anonymous sources" confirmed that he'd finally been caught doing something "unambiguously illegal." This sorry incident should serve as "a lesson about jumping the gun on Mueller's work."
Maybe Trump didn't specifically instruct Cohen to lie to Congress, said The Washington Post. But thanks to Giuliani, it's now clear that Trump secretly pursued business deals with a foreign adversary throughout his presidential run. All the while, Trump insisted he had no business in Russia, while simultaneously praising Russian President Vladimir Putin and advocating for warmer relations with Moscow. "Whether that was illegal, it was a profound betrayal of the voters."
What the columnists said
Giuliani "is either a blithering imbecile or a subtle genius," said Jonathan Chait in NYMag.com. The president's attorney keeps blurting out damning confessions about Trump in freewheeling interviews and then frantically walking them back. Giuliani more or less admitted that Russia was dangling "a huge payout" in front of Trump during the campaign and could have blackmailed him by exposing his false statements. Perhaps Giuliani is trying to strategically release devastating information bit by bit so that voters feel underwhelmed when Mueller's report is finally released. But it's more likely that Giuliani is "just an idiot."
Enough is enough, said Michael Goodwin in the New York Post. Mueller should come out and tell us everything he knows. For nearly two years, the nation has been gripped by uncertainty as the special counsel continues his secretive work. Meanwhile, "the void is being filled with partisan trash and dangerous discord." It's not healthy for a prosecutor to become "a divine oracle, with the nation's mood hanging on first his silence, then his statement." The executive branch can't do its job effectively with the specter of impeachment constantly hovering over the White House, said Andrew McCarthy in NationalReview.com. It's past time "that the public was told exactly what the president is alleged to have done."
Want the secrecy to end? Then House Democrats should impeach Trump now, said Will Bunch in The Philadelphia Inquirer. While the Mueller investigation is a hushed affair, impeachment is an open, democratic process. "Even if the ultimate outcome is not Trump's removal from office," it will be worth it. Congress will be able to investigate the president, consider evidence, and potentially formulate charges—with the public watching every step. "Let's stop waiting for Bob Mueller to come down from the mountaintop."
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Q: Is it possible to get multiple SKNodes with UITapGestureRecognizer? I currently have multiple balls all on the same SKScene. I handle all touches and gestures within GameScene. Below is the code I use to detect which node was touched, which works.
What I am unsure of, since there are always some touchesMoved when using this on a real device, is there anyway possible for more than one node to receive a tap at the same time? If so I obviously would need to write my code differently.
@objc func tappedView(_ sender:UITapGestureRecognizer) {

    if sender.state == .ended{
        let point : CGPoint = sender.location(in: self.view)
        var post = sender.location(in: sender.view)
        post = self.convertPoint(fromView: post)

        if let touchNode = self.atPoint(post) as? MyBall{
            //the declaration below is just so I have somewhere to stop in the debugger
            var x = 1
        }
     }
}

A: Use nodes(at:) to get multiple nodes at a point.
@objc func tappedView(_ sender:UITapGestureRecognizer) {

    if sender.state == .ended{
        let point : CGPoint = sender.location(in: self.view)
        var post = sender.location(in: sender.view)
        post = self.convertPoint(fromView: post)

        for touchNode in self.nodes(at:post){
            //the declaration below is just so I have somewhere to stop in the debugger
            var x = 1
        }
     }
}

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/spritekit/sknode/1483072-nodes

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The Oklahoma teacher walkouts — a protest against low wages and cuts to school funding — have inspired people to reveal the dilapidated and outdated state of their textbooks.
The two-day protest unfolded a week after Republican Gov. Mary Fallin of Oklahoma signed a $424 million tax plan, which included $50 million reserved for education funding, reported Oklahoma City local station News 9.
That $50 million, Oklahoma Education Association President Alicia Priest told CNN, will provide less than one textbook per student in Oklahoma. Currently, she said, many of her state's textbooks are 20 years old.
Teachers are particularly frustrated by textbooks that are often held together by duct tape, contain outdated content, or are absent altogether from their curriculum. As a result, here are some major world events that modern-day Oklahoma kids potentially aren't being taught.
One of the worst terrorist attacks in U.S. history was the Oklahoma City bombing, which occurred in April 1995 when a security guard named Timothy McVeigh detonated a truck full of explosives outside of a federal building, killing 168 people. But according to a Twitter user named Lauren, her history book is so old, it bears no mention of the event. In 2010, the State Senate voted to require the State Board of Education to include the bombing in the core curriculum, but until then, students received limited information.
The textbook The World and Its People (the green books depicted) was originally published in May 2004, which means that kids aren't learning about President George W. Bush's reelection or the 2006 execution of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein for his crimes against humanity and its subsequent impact on American politics.
Sixteen-year-old Muskogee High School student Raylynn Thompson told the Washington Post that her history textbook cuts off in January 2009, at the inauguration of President Obama. Back then, Hillary Clinton was still a New York senator, and while she had been offered the role of secretary of state, she hadn't yet started the gig.
Mom Alisha Malaska told PBS that her son, who attends Bethany High School in Oklahoma, was learning about science from a 10-year-old textbook, which likely didn't include facts about climate change. To be fair, climate change is a controversial topic in schools all over the country, as NPR reported in 2016. However, one possible reason for the lack of education is outdated textbooks.


However, do we really know what lactate threshold is? Furthermore, do we know what lactate is and its role in performance and metabolism? The fact is that there is still too much confusion regarding what lactate is as well as what lactate threshold represents.
Lactate is a great unknown in human metabolism despite its key role in regulating metabolism. For many years it has been thought that lactate was just a waste product as a result of anaerobic exercise or even a waste product of exercise that would crystalize resulting in muscle soreness. Nevertheless, lactate has been subject of study for many years and by important scientists including several Nobel Laureates. Lactate studies date back from the 19th century when a Nobel Laureate, Louis Pasteur in 1863 proposed that lactate was produced by lack of oxygen during muscle contraction. Another Nobel Laureate, Otto Meyerhof described in 1920 that glycogen was a precursor of lactate. He also observed that muscle contraction produced lactate and loss of excitability. In 1923 another Nobel Laureate, AV Hill and his colleague Lupton described the term "O2 Debt" and linked it to anaerobic lactate production.
However, it wasn't until late in the 20th century when we have started to understand about lactate and its key role in exercise and metabolism. Dr. George Brooks, from the University of California at Berkeley, and one of the best experts in metabolism of all times, has studied lactate extensively for more than 40 years and most of everything we know about lactate nowadays is thanks to his work. One of the things we know from his work is that lactate formation can perfectly occur under plenty of aerobic conditions and that lactate production is the result of glucose utilization by muscle cells under aerobic conditions. From Brooks' work we also know that lactate is not a waste product and in fact it is the most important gluconeogenic precursor (new glucose generator) in the body.
As a matter of fact, about 30 percent of all glucose we use during exercise is derived from lactate "recycling" to glucose. Lactate is also a key regulator of intermediary metabolism, regulating substrate utilization. Lactate decreases and even inhibits the breakdown of fat for energy purposes (lipolysis) as well as it can also interfere and decrease the rate of glucose utilization by cells (glucolysis). Also, believe it or not, lactate is crucial for the brain as lactate is the main fuel that neurons use and it is essential for long-term memory and could even be involved Alzheimer's disease. Some studies show that when lactate uptake by neurons is suppressed, long-term memory is inhibited. Lactate could also be involved in some chronic metabolic diseases like type 2 diabetes as blood lactate levels in this population are 2-3 times higher than in healthy physically active population and it could be a major player in this disease. Cancer cells have a disrupted metabolism utilizing too much glucose aerobically (Warburg effect) and producing large amounts of lactate which could contribute to tumor growth and progression. Therefore, lactate is not just a waste product of anaerobic exercise but a major fuel and a key regulator of metabolism and its role in the possible epicenter of different chronic diseases is starting to be investigated.
Lactate is the byproduct of glucose utilization by muscle cells. The higher the glucose flux into the cell, the higher the lactate production, independently of oxygen availability. During high intensity exercise Type II-Fast Twitch muscle fibers are fully recruited due to high contractile demands by skeletal muscle to produce energy (ATP). Type II muscle fibers are highly glycolytic (they use lots of glucose) which results, under plenty of aerobic conditions, in the production of high amounts of lactate as a natural by-product of glucose utilization by skeletal muscle cells. During intense exercise, lactate production is many times higher than that of resting levels and the release of hydrogen ions (H+) associated with lactate can cause an important reduction of contractile muscle pH resulting in acidosis. This excessive accumulation of H+, not only from lactate, but also from ATP breakdown for muscle contraction (ATP hydrolysis), may interfere with muscle contraction at different sites like competing with Calcium (Ca++) for Troponin C binding site (a protein involved in muscle contraction regulation). H+ may also inhibit calcium release and re-uptake from sarcoplasmic reticulum both processes involved in muscle contraction. All this can result in a decrease muscle contraction capacity which can cause an important decrease in peak twitch force, a decrease in maximum muscle shortening velocity and performance.
We know very well that the better the competitive and training level of an athlete is, the less blood lactate accumulation that is observed. In table-1 we can observe blood lactate levels of different cycling categories at different exercise intensities (watts/kg) that I have collected over the years during physiological tests. We can clearly see that the higher the competitive level of a cyclist, the lower the blood lactate and the higher the power output and performance.
This lower blood lactate levels observed in the top athletes is due to an enhanced lactate clearance capacity. Lactate can be exported to the blood for clearance and energy purposes in pretty much every organ in the body. However, this process takes time (minutes) while lactate is produced continuously during exercise. Well trained athletes are very efficient and export less lactate to the blood as they clear it in higher amounts right in the lactate producing muscle which takes seconds or milliseconds. This is very advantageous as it allows contractile muscles a faster H+ removal as well as a faster lactate "recycling" for extra energy (ATP) within that contractile muscle. During exercise, lactate is mainly produced in fast twitch muscle fibers which use lots of glucose for energy purposes and it is cleared mainly by slow twitch muscle fibers. This is a complex process involving different lactate-specific transporters and enzymes. Fast twitch fibers have a high content of one transporter called MCT-4 (Monocarboxylate-4) which transports lactate away from these fibers and slow twitch fibers possess a transporter called MCT-1 which takes lactate inside these fibers which is then converted to pyruvate in slow twitch fibers mitochondria by an enzyme called mLDH (mitochondrial lactate dehydrogenase), to then finally synthesize ATP (energy). Endurance training (Zone 2) has the purpose of improving lactate clearance capacity by increasing the number of mitochondria to clear lactate mainly in slow twitch muscle fibers as well as by increasing the number of MCT-1 and mLDH. Both high intensity and endurance training increases the number of MCT-4 to increase lactate transport away from fast twitch fibers.
As shown in table-1 lactate is probably the parameter that discriminates the most between different levels of athletic performance. Lactate analysis can give us a lot of information on muscle metabolism during exercise where we can indirectly assess mitochondria density, oxidative and substrate utilization status or muscle fiber recruitment patterns. Lactate testing is probably the best way to assess muscle metabolic stress and performance, especially in endurance athletes. It is also probably the best method that we have to predict performance in endurance events as well as an excellent parameter to prescribe individual exercise training zones for athletes. Among those training zones "lactate threshold" is that special training zone we all want to train and improve. The only way though to directly measure lactate threshold is by doing lactate testing.
Lactate threshold is probably the most used training term by coaches and athletes worldwide. However, there is wide controversy as of what lactate threshold really means as well as to what is the exercise intensity that elicits it. Lactate threshold is commonly known as the exercise intensity or blood lactate concentration at the one we can only sustain a high intensity effort for a specific period of time. However this is where the controversy is: What is that period of time? What is that blood lactate concentration at? How long can we sustain that given exercise intensity for before we crack down?
Many authors and coaches have been trying to answer these questions for a very long time. The first description of a blood lactate threshold dates back from 1930 and it was named by W Harding Owles, the "Owles Point". In 1964 Waserman and Mcilroy proposed the term "anaerobic threshold" based on the belief that lactate accumulation was due to a lack of muscle oxygen availability and therefore anaerobic muscle metabolism was necessary for the continuation of muscle contraction. Mader and co-workers determined in 1976 that "anaerobic threshold" was reached at the blood lactate concentration of 4 mmol/L (milimol per liter) which was in 1981 named by Sjödin and Jacobs "Onset of Blood Lactate Accumulation" (OBLA) occurring at the blood lactate concentration of 4 mmol/L as well. Farrel and co-workers proposed in 1979 the term Onset of Plasma Lactate Accumulation (OPLA) which was the exercise intensity that elicited a blood lactate concentration of 1 mmol/L greater than baseline. Another term proposed in 1981 by LaFontaine and co-workers was the "Maximal Steady State" which in theory happens at a blood lactate concentration of 2.2 mmol/L. In 1983 Coyle and co-workers proposed the term "Lactate Threshold" which was a non-linear increase in blood lactate of at least 1 mmol/L. Another term, "Maximal Steady-State Workload" (MSSW) was proposed by Borch and co-workers in 1993 and was established at the fixed [La-] of 3 mmol/L. Veronique Billat in 2003 proposed the term Maximal Lactate Steady State (MLSS) as the exercise intensity at the one blood lactate can be sustainable.
Confusing, isn't it? There are multiple theories and hypothesis among the scientific community and not a common consensus of what "lactate threshold" is. The bottom line to understand what lactate threshold means is that as muscles get more metabolically stressed there is a higher lactate accumulation and H+. Mitochondria in contractile muscles become more stressed to clear lactate in a timely manner and at some point, if the exercise intensity continues, contractile muscle mitochondria become saturated and therefore cannot keep up with lactate clearance, then exporting it to the blood and this is when we see a rise in blood lactate levels which correspond to the metabolic event when it is not possible to maintain that given exercise intensity.
In my opinion it is important to look at the lactate threshold concept from a different angle. In the first place unfortunately, many athletes and coaches don't perform lactate testing so they can never find out about their lactate metabolism despite they still talk about lactate threshold training.
Furthermore, we tend to describe lactate threshold efforts to those high exercise intensities we can sustain for relatively short periods of times without "blowing up" and this is where there is a lot of confusion. Where do we define that exercise intensity and period of time at the one we can sustain a high effort?. Is it 5, 10, 30 or 300 min? Is it at 3, 4 or 6 mmol/L of blood lactate concentration? Climbing a 5km Cat-1 climb during 25 minutes without getting dropped requires a specific "lactate threshold"/maximal steady state which could represent a blood lactate concentration of 4-6mmol/L and a specific individual power output (or fractional threshold power/FTP). This intensity however is different than climbing a 10km Cat-2 climb without getting dropped, which may take 40 minutes and therefore a different threshold/maximal steady state which could represent a blood lactate concentration of 3-5 mmol/L and a different FTP which at the same time is different than that threshold or maximal steady state of a 40km TT. Running a marathon at goal pace requires a very important effort at maintaining a maximal steady state which is actually a truly lactate threshold for the entire marathon which elicits a blood lactate concentration of ~2-2.5 mmol/L. This threshold is different and elicits a higher blood lactate concentration for a ½ marathon, a 10K or a 5K race. It seems that each endurance sport has different "lactate thresholds" which are key in order to perform successfully.
All this seems too confusing and for this reason I believe that it is time to evolve the lactate threshold concept in a more pragmatic manner. We may need to consider different terminologies like for example a concept of a maximal metabolic stress that can be sustained for a given amount of time ("maximal metabolic steady state"/MMSS). Depending on the sport and event, there would be different MMSS which would represent the maximal metabolic stress that we can sustain for a specific distance and discipline like a marathon, 1500m, a 10k run, a 40km TT or a 5km Cat-1 climb. Then we can translate this MMSS to a blood lactate concentration to get our lactate threshold or to other different parameters like heart rate, power output (FTP) or running pace. This is not just a useful way to predict performance but also to track progress. In a way this is already being done by many coaches and athletes who use FTP or goal pace all the time.
A typical training mistake that many athletes and coaches do is training at "lactate threshold" in order to improve lactate clearance capacity. This is not correct as we know that during exercise lactate is mainly produced by glycolytic fibers (fast twitch) which are the ones recruited at "lactate threshold". However, lactate is mainly cleared by adjacent slow twitch fibers that have a very high mitochondrial capacity and a much higher amount of mLDH enzymes and MCT-1 transporters. Therefore to improve lactate clearance capacity, and although totally counterintuitive, it is key to train those slow twitch muscle fibers to stimulate mitochondrial growth and function as well as increase MCT-1 and mLDH. Training at lactate threshold is essential to improve glycolytic fibers and their machinery (our "Turbo") and to upregulate the number and function of glycolytic enzymes as well as to increase the number of MCT-4 transporters necessary to transport lactate away from fast twitch fibers to then be cleared by slow twitch fibers. Spending too much time at lactate threshold is very tasking as well, as it is a high effort and can lead to overtraining which is something we constantly observe in our lab.
We constantly see in our lab athletes and coaches that have this misconception and make this mistake leading to overtraining and not improving lactate clearance capacity. With specific protocols we measure lactate, fat and carbohydrate metabolism during all exercise intensities to study the whole metabolic and physiological response to exercise which allows us to predict performance as well as to define individual training zones quite clearly, in particular Zone 2 (Z2) which with the experience over the past 18 years it has shown to be the training zone eliciting the best results to improve lactate clearance capacity.
So many athletes come to our lab without knowing these concepts and train too much at "lactate threshold" and by identifying their specific training zones we turn their training programs completely upside and we constantly see very important improvements in their lactate clearance capacity and performance while at the same time we significantly decrease the cases of overtraining.
To conclude, lactate threshold remains as the most used training term worldwide and yet there is no consensus of what exactly it represents. There is too much confusion not just regarding what lactate threshold is but also what lactate per se is and what its role and importance in exercise and metabolism is. I believe simply that after several decades of discussion and controversy, it is time for the "lactate threshold" concept to evolve and be named and defined differently so athletes and coaches can use it in a more meaningful and understandable manner in order to describe that "magic" exercise intensity that can only be sustained for a specific amount of time which is crucial for performance and success.


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The Texas state Senate Transportation Chairman wants to take away the profit from red light and speed cameras.
Efforts by Texas legislators to ban red light cameras and speed cameras last session narrowly failed to become law despite overwhelming opposition to the devices in the state House. Now a powerful Senate committee chairman has a new tactic that would strike at the heart of the automated ticketing machines that the legislature had consistently refused to authorize over several sessions.
State Senator John J. Carona (R-Dallas), head of the Transportation and Homeland Security panel, introduced a bill last month that would force all revenue collected by a photo enforcement device to be deposited into a state fund for trauma facilities and emergency medical services.
The measure faces stiff opposition from cities that claim their goal with photo enforcement is safety while budgeting to spend the millions generated by the ticketing programs.
relating to the deposit of revenue collected from certain traffic penalties in the designated trauma facility and emergency medical services account.
(c) After deducting amounts the local authority is authorized by this section to retain, the local authority shall send all revenue derived from civil or administrative penalties collected by the local authority under this section to the comptroller for deposit to the credit of the designated trauma facility and emergency medical services account established under Section 780.003, Health and Safety Code.
(4) maintain the general upkeep and functioning of the photographic traffic signal enforcement system.
(e) The comptroller shall adopt rules to implement and enforce this section.
(3) the earnings of the account.
SECTION 3. This Act applies to revenue received by a local authority unit of this state from the imposition of a civil or administrative penalty on or after the effective date of this Act, regardless of whether the penalty was imposed before, on, or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.


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MARK KNOPFLER - Ideally
five years after the end of Dire Straits, her boss threw himself headlong into a solo career. This has continued to this day. And Mark Knopfler will also do a devil thing to change this ideal state for him after his now released eighth recording. A world tour with the Dire Straits? "Much too stressful!"
30 Years GUNS N' ROSES - Greatness and Madness
THE BOOMTOWN RATS - Punk Forever!
Never say never, did the Boomtown Rats say to each other two years ago and unexpectedly looked for the spotlight of the big stage again - after a break of almost three decades. Created during the punk-dominated upheaval of rock music, Rats singer Bob Geldof still stands for the attitude of the beery iconoclasts - and immediately follows suit against progressive rock.


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Q: How to prove that: $x_{1}x_{3}\ldots x_{2k-1}For $n \in \mathbb{N}$ we define: $$A_{n}=\{x \in \mathbb{R} | [x]+[x^2]+\ldots+[x^n]=n\}.$$ Prove that for every natural numbers $k \geq 3$ and every $x_{n} \in A_{n}$ we have >$$x_{1}x_{3}\ldots x_{2k-1}<k.$$
$[a]$-integer part
Thanks :)

A: Prove by induction. Show that $x_{2k+1} < \frac {k+1}{k}$.
Hint: $ ( 1 + \frac {1}{k} )^m > 1 + \frac {m}{k} $.

Edit: This assumes that $x$ is restricted to non-negative values. But this is true because we are only looking at the odd case, in which case the integer sum of a negative value is at most 0.


Forget skiing, snowmen and slushies – this is our favourite new way to utilise the cold.
Cryotherapy – it's not as scary as it sounds. Cryotherapy utilises an extremely cold solution to freeze and remove unsightly skin lesions. Using the right device such as the Dermapen Cryo TM, with high precision applicator tips, ensures that only the lesion is being treated. Such innovative technology is used to destroy benign lesions, empowering you to carve out a specific, and important, niche in the aesthetic industry.
So, what is Cryotherapy and how does it work?
We've compiled 10 reasons you should consider adding, what we've dubbed, 'Mr Freeze' into your salon.
Dermapen Cryo TM targets and removes warts, skin tags, sun spots and age spots. The device penetrates up to one millimetre per five seconds of application, which means it can treat extremely superficial sunspots, or lesions up to 5 millimetres in depth and 10 millimetres in diameter. The key to its effectiveness is the two applicator tips which include various flow rates, to treat lesions of different sizes.
No matter the size of the lesion, it will be removed effectively in mere seconds. Clients rarely need a second treatment for a touch up.
The small, portable, pen-like device uses a precise jet of highly compressed liquefied nitrous oxide (N2O) to destroy benign lesions. The device freezes the lesion's inter-cellular fluid, forming ice crystals, which subsequently rupture the cell membrane, destroying the cell. Genius!
The Dermapen Cryo TM , using high precision applicator tips, targets only the lesion being treated, and not the healthy tissue surrounding it. This greatly reduces the risk of post-treatment hypo-pigmentation and enhances its safety.
This innovative device's high precision delivery for targeting lesions enables it to be used for all areas of the face, body, even near the eyes.
The device works with a simple, one-button operation and utilises small, single use and inexpensive N2O cartridges, which are easily loaded into the device.
There'll be no aching or uncomfortable arms with the Dermapen Cryo TM, pen-like tool remaining light and portable.
Dermapen Cryo TM does not need to make contact with the skin to be effective, so there will be no messy buds, cones or apertures. There's no preparation needed to use the device and no need to refill canisters, meaning this tool is easily ready to use at any time.
Providing ultra-cold through liquefied nitrous oxide N20 (-89 degrees Celsius) and high pressure delivery (725 psi), the Dermapen Cryo TM , gives your salon a competitive advantage. While liquefied nitrous oxide and liquid nitrogen are both cryogenic liquids, they differ in their molecular composition, and for this reason liquefied nitrous oxide N2O is not as cold, therefore presenting a lesser risk for hypo-pigmentation.
This inimitable service will set your salon apart, instantly helping your clients to eliminate unnecessary lesions and giving your salon an effective and marketable point of difference. See what we mean? So much better than a slushie.


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Muslim Who Killed US Soldier Is Now Demanding 'Halal Diet' in Prison
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In 2009 Curtis Bledsoe, now known as Abdulhakim Muhammad, fatally shot one U.S. soldier and injured another outside of a military recruiting station in Little Rock, Arkansas. In his explanation for why he murdered Pvt. William Long, he cited his religion, saying he's "loved jihad every since I became Muslim."
He's been locked up since 2012 and now he's making dietary demands on the prison, taking the Department of Correction to court for not providing him halal food every day.
A federal judge began hearing testimony Monday that the prison is violating his religious freedom by refusing him this special diet that adheres to his Muslim faith.
Halal food, or permitted food, according to Muhammad, means meat from herbivorous animals that are killed in accordance with a specific ritual. Haram, or prohibited food, includes meat from carnivorous animals, pork, meat from animals not slaughtered according to ritual, and food that contains certain ingredients such as animal byproducts, diglycerides, monoglycerides, pepsin, gelatin, and alcohol. Kosher meats are an acceptable alternative, he said.
"Mr. Muhammad sincerely believes as a practicing Muslim he must consume a halal diet," said his attorney Jess Askew.
Muhammad complained in a 2015 lawsuit that court decisions in 2002 and 2006 led the department to begin serving kosher food for inmates whose religions required it, but that it won't accommodate him in the same way.
From about 2002 until 2008, when an inmate whose litigation prompted the regular serving of kosher meals was transferred to another state, the department supplied two prepackaged kosher meals a day to inmates who requested a kosher diet, at cost of $5.45 per meal, Skillen said. The meals were called "My Own Meals" and were purchased to comply with a court order. Skillen testified that an attempt to reduce that cost led to the development of common-fare meals, which require separate kitchens and separate sets of pots and pans.
The prison system has about 1,700 Muslim inmates among the "dozens" of faiths represented in the prison population, according to testimony by Joshua Mayfield, administrator of chaplaincy services for the past three years. He said the department offers special accommodations for Muslim inmates, such as making a prayer service available every Friday, allowing them to participate in Ramadan and even providing a full-time chaplain who is Muslim.
Virtually all Muslim inmates are on a pork-free diet, Mayfield said, noting that those with additional needs are often placed on the common fare diet. He said he believes that the halal diet Muhammad requests is available through the prison's current offerings, and that he hasn't requested any specific purchases of halal food.
He testified that there are "several definitions of halal" and that while pork-free diets don't satisfy every definition, "there are many other Muslim inmates for whom it does." (Arkansas Online)
As Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch asked, "If he had murdered Long out of adherence to Nazi principles, would the Arkansas Department of Correction be obliged to accommodate his adherence to Nazism in prison?"
Serious question though.
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Margaret Atwood unveils sequel to 'The Handmaid's Tale'
(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 13, 2018 Novelist Margaret Atwood attends Variety's Power of Women: New York at Cipriani Wall Street on April 13, 2018 in New York City. - Margaret Atwood released the much-anticipated sequel to her award-winning 1985 novel "The Handmaid's Tale" on September 10, 2019, with "The Testaments" set to become a similar smash. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP)
By: Clara WRIGHT Agence France-Presse / 02:16 PM September 10, 2019
Margaret Atwood released the much-anticipated sequel to her award-winning 1985 novel "The Handmaid's Tale" on Tuesday, with "The Testaments" set to become a similar smash.
A terrifying, misogynistic dystopia set in the US northeast in the near-future, "The Handmaid's Tale" has been turned into a major television series and has become a feminist rallying point for the #MeToo generation.
Fans flocked to Waterstones' flagship bookstore in Piccadilly, central London, where Atwood, 79, read from her new novel to around 400 avid followers who could get their hands on the book at midnight.
"It's very accurate with what's going (on) at the moment, where the world is heading and that's kind of scary," said 27-year-old Melisa Kumas, from the Netherlands but living in London, who wore a red handmaid's outfit.
"It may be a bit of a warning to the people."
The sequel has already been nominated for the 2019 Booker Prize, one of the English-speaking world's most prestigious literary awards.
Its predecessor, which was nominated for the 1986 Booker Prize, was turned into a film in 1990, an opera in 2000, and an award-winning television drama series, which first aired in 2017.
The show has boosted sales of the novel, which has shifted eight million copies worldwide in English alone.
– Novel set 15 years on –
In the original novel, the United States has become the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian religious state where women are sexually subjugated.
More than 15 years on from the events of "The Handmaid's Tale", the oppressive theocratic regime maintains its grip on power, but there are signs that it is beginning to rot from within.
The lives of three radically different women converge in the novel.
Two, Agnes and Daisy, grew up in the first generation since the new order took over, while a third, Aunt Lydia, wields power through the ruthless accumulation and deployment of secrets.
Aunt Lydia was a character in "The Handmaid's Tale", while Agnes and Daisy also cropped up. They are the daughters of the first novel's protagonist and narrator June, who goes under the slave name Offred.
When the new story begins, Agnes lives in Gilead, while her sister lives in neighbouring Canada and is appalled by the human rights abuses being perpetrated across the border.
But the third narrator in particular holds the reader in suspense: the Machiavellian leader of the Aunts — the group of women responsible for training and policing the handmaids.
The reader discovers her past as a free woman and her transformation into a monster through her survival instinct in the face of tyrannical men, and her aspiration for power to get her revenge.
– Feminist symbolism –
Canadian writer Atwood took more than three decades to create the sequel, inspired by questions asked by her readers about the characters in the first book.
"Thirty-five years is a long time to think about possible answers, and the answers have changed as society itself has changed," Atwood wrote in the novel's acknowledgements.
"Countries, including the United States, are under more stresses now than they were three decades ago."
The TV adaptation has brought "The Handmaid's Tale" to a new audience.
The handmaids' white hats and red dresses have become a symbol of feminist struggles such as abortion and women's rights campaigns in countries such as Argentina, Hungary, Ireland and Poland.
In the US, they have become an emblem of the anti-Trump and #MeToo movements.
Debbie Wythe, 57, a carer from Woking, southwest of London, is a new fan who came especially for the book launch.
"I just want to get my hands on it. I love books, to touch and smell it! I hope there is a happy conclusion in a way. I want to be hopeful and optimistic."
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LORD SINGH SPEAKS IN DEBATE ON ISLAMIC STATE
September 29th, 2014 | Posted by Singh in Press Releases - (0 Comments)
In a motion to take note moved by Baroness Stowell of Beeston in the Lords on Friday, Lord Singh of Wimbledon spoke on plans for military action against Islamic State, (IS) whilst reflecting on Sikh teachings. Please see full text of speech:
'My Lords, Sikhism teaches that we should resort to the use of arms only when there is no other option to stop the killing of the weak and innocent. This situation has now been reached and we must give military support to the Iraqi Government in their fight against the brutal behavior of the Islamic State.
However, we must be clear about our objectives, both short and long-term, and, importantly, make these clear not just to the Government but to the people of Iraq and adjoining countries. Yes, there must be targeted air strikes, but air strikes alone are not enough. Parallel support for action on the ground will be needed to destroy ISIS.
However, at best this can only bring us back to the instability that followed the defeat of Saddam Hussein. The Middle East has for decades been one of the most unstable and fractured regions of the world, with national boundaries that split communities carved into countries by the West following the demise of the Ottoman Empire.
For too long, initially Britain and France and more recently the United States and Russia, have propped up one dubious dictator after another, turning a blind eye to brutal repression in return for trade and political advantage. It was not too long ago that I was invited to a reception at No. 10 for President Assad, who was being heralded as a torchbearer for peace and religious freedom in the Middle East. Today, the situation has been made worse by new players such as China looking for trade and strategic interest before human rights.
A paradigm shift to new criteria is needed, which must be honoured by those seeking our military support. They must pledge themselves to uphold freedom of religion and belief, gender equality and protection of minorities as a condition of our support. These rights must trump all considerations of trade and supposed strategic advantage in the cradle of civilisation and in the rest of the world.'
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY – 16/09/14
September 20th, 2014 | Posted by Singh in Thought for the day - (0 Comments)
Sikhs are often described as a martial race. Two things wrong with that. First, Sikhism is a religion open to all, and one of its basic teachings is that we all belong to the same, one human race. Nor are we particularly martial, and our Guru's teaching on responding to personal affront is, (I hope metaphorically), 'to kiss the feet of those who would do you harm'.
At the same time Sikhs are duty bound to stand up to injustice against the weak and vulnerable and if necessary and as a last resort, by the force of arms. Unfortunately, in a short history of constant persecution, we've had plenty of practice.
I was reminded of this last Friday when I attended an impressive function at the Royal Military College Sandhurst to commemorate Saraghari Day. On September 12th, 1897, 21 brave Sikhs holed up in a small brick and mud fort at Saraghari on the North West Frontier of India, held back an army of some 10,000 marauding and pillaging tribesmen, for nearly a day to give valuable time for their colleagues to regroup. Eventually they were all killed, but the thought of surrender never entered their minds. Their courage received a rare standing ovation in the British parliament and their achievement has been recognised by UNESCO as one of eight most inspiring stories of collective bravery in human history.
I saw more modern examples of uplifting courage in a visit to the Invictus Games, the brain child of Prince Harry. In the Games, wounded soldiers show how despite appalling injuries, they can still laugh, joke and compete in athletic activities. The Games, take their name from Henley's poem Invictus, which reminds us that however difficult or unfair life may appear, we should never give up. It ends with the immortal lines:
It matter not how straight the gate; how charged with punishment the scroll, I am the master of my fate; the captain of my soul.
I saw limbless blade runners, one with severe burns to his face, and others racing in wheelchairs enthusiastically embracing life. They and the brave soldiers of Saragarhi remind us of the importance of courage and commitment. Courage that refuses to accept the bludgeoning's of chance, and helps put all our petty aches and pains, and grumblings about the unfairness of life, into true perspective.
SARAGARHI DAY AT SANDHURST
On Friday 12 September Lord Singh, The Director of the Network of Sikh Organisations (NSO) was given the honor of inspecting and taking the salute with Major General Nitsch at the Sandhurst parade, of the Sikh Platoon dressed as World War 1 soldiers.
The commemoration at the Royal Military Academy, remembered the fallen in Saraghari, whilst launching the British Army Sikh Association (BASA).
Full text of Lord Singh's speech at the launch of the BASA and the commemoration of Saragarhi Day is given below:
Major General Nitsch, Lords, ladies, Captain Makand Singh and members of BASA, honoured guests, friends,
It's a real pleasure to be with you on this commemoration of Saragarhi day and the launch of BASA – British Army Sikh Association aptly timed to coincide with one of the most heroic episodes in the history of warfare. On this day in 1897, 21 brave Sikhs of the then 36th Sikh Regiment holed up in a small brick and mud fort held back an army of some 10,000 Afghan tribesmen for nearly a day to give valuable time to their army colleagues. Eventually they were all killed, but the thought of surrender never entered their minds. They lived and died true to the Sikh teaching 'Purja purja kat mare, kaboo na chadey khet'.
Always live true to what you beliefs and fight for them at the cost of your own life. Their courage received a rare standing ovation in the British parliament. All were posthumously awarded the Indian Order of Merit, then the highest gallantry award given to Indian soldiers. Their achievement has been recognised by UNESCO the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation as one of eight most inspiring stories of collective bravery in human history.
Saragahri Day sets the bar high for today's Sikh soldiers but from what I've seen of our serving Sikh soldiers they will be up to the challenge of living true to the spirit of Saragarhi and I wish BASA every success. They add a miri dimension to the piri one provided by the Sikh Armed Services chaplaincy. Today, I believe there are about 200 Sikhs in the British Army. According to population ratios, there should be more than 1000. With BASA's lead, I'm sure numbers will significantly increase.
I have long campaigned to see Sikhs and other faith in all walks of life, having proper spiritual support and we made real progress in prison and hospital chaplaincy. About 9 years ago, colleagues and I from other faiths managed to get the British Armed Services to agree on the establishment of chaplains for other faiths. I was nominated as the endorsing officer for the Sikh faith and took part in an interview for the first Sikh chaplain and we appointed Mandeep Kaur and she has proved an excellent choice. Not only has her work achieved recognition from her colleagues in other faiths, but she has done much to bring Sikhs in the services together, particularly in the annual Chardi Kala Chaplaincy Conference which helps in the re-charging of spiritual batteries. Her work has helped to bring serving Sikhs together: a prelude to today's formation of BASA. We owe her a great debt.
I would also like to pay tribute to the work of the Maharaja Duleep Singh Centenary Trust, led by the tireless Harbinder Singh, Daljit Singh Sidhu and others who do so much to keep our heritage alive. But for their work, few, Sikhs or non-Sikhs in the UK would even be aware of Saragarhi and other inspiring episodes in our history. In 2001 the Trust persuaded my colleague in the Lords, Viscount Slim to give a memorial lecture at the Imperial War Museum in the series 'Portraits of Courage'. Lord Slim, who had spent a lifetime in India particularly among Sikhs, chose the siege of Saragarhi as the theme of his inspiring address.
In the last couple of days, I have been lifted by the example of two moving events. Today we remember the courage of the 21 Sikhs at Saragarhi. Yesterday, I attended the Invictus Games, named after the poem Invictus, which reminds us that however difficult or unfair life may appear, we should never give up. The poem ends with the immortal lines:
It matters not how straight the gate; how charged with punishment the scroll, I am the master of my fate; the captain of my soul.
Yesterday I saw limbless blade runners, one with severe burns to his face, and others in wheelchairs enthusiastically embracing life. They and the brave soldiers of Saragarhi set a high standard. I am confident that BASA and others in the armed services will live true to their example of inspiring courage. Courage that refuses to accept the bludgeoning's of chance, and helps put all our petty aches and pains and grumblings about the unfairness of life, into true perspective.
Please see link to coverage of the event on the British Army website: http://www.army.mod.uk/news/26554.aspx
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Media hype over this week's launch of the latest smart phone and the million ways way it will help us connect to everyone and everything, leaves me a little cold. I'm a bit wary about sophisticated gadgetry telling us what to do with our lives. Admittedly I'm a bit of a Luddite about mobile phones, the social media and the internet. I envy those with the speed and dexterity of Madame Defarge who clicked away on her knitting needles while watching the guillotine in action I can't cope with lengthy texts demanding instant replies. My granddaughter recently said she would send me an email because 'you can't text'. Determined to prove her wrong I slowly and ponderously wrote a text message signed 'master texter'- and then, inadvertently sent it to her puzzled aunt.
My relationship with the internet lurches between love and hate. I can't get over the power of the internet that gives near instant access to detailed information on the vaguest of topics—that is, when it works! At the moment we have lost our wi- fi and have only intermittent internet access due to a fault on the line. We've all had similar experiences.
My real concern is that it is all too easy to get hooked on such gadgetry in a way that takes us away from due attention to those around us. Guru Nanak too was concerned about the way people often neglected their responsibilities for more selfish pursuits. In his day, some people would leave their families and friend to go to the wilderness in search of God. The Guru once met some of these people on a mountain and they greeted him asking how the world below goes? He replied, the world is suffering and how could it be otherwise when those with knowledge and wisdom, desert it in a selfish way. God cannot be found in the wilderness but in the service of your family and fellow beings.
Today there isn't much wilderness left, but it is all too easy to drift into a virtual wilderness in pursuit of virtual friendships to the neglect of real people around us. I am reminded of the poet's words:
'We flatter those we scarcely know, and rush to please the fleeting guest, but heap many a thoughtless blow on those who love us best. Now there's a 'Thought for the Day' -in less than 140 characters!


Italian football is to return to terrestrial television for the first time since 2002 after Channel Five picked up the rights.
Five is expected to air Italian football coverage from the start of the 2007-8 season later this year, with output to be made by sports production company Sunset+Vine.
Sunset+Vine, a subsidiary of Welsh firm Tinopolis, already produces cricket highlights for Five.
"The main deal is for a highlights programme, although Five do have the rights for live matches as well," said Ron Jones, the executive chairman of Tinopolis.
Channel 4 first brought Serie A football to UK television in 1992 following the move of Paul Gascoigne to Lazio and screened matches and highlights until 2002, when it dropped coverage.
The rights were picked up by British Eurosport midway through 2002, with the channel screening matches until 2005, when Bravo and Setanta Sports took over in a joint deal.
Bravo announced it would not be screening any more matches from the end of December last year because of poor ratings.
Italian football is best known on UK TV for the Channel 4 Football Italia show, presented by James Richardson.
A Saturday morning show, Gazzetta, was voiced by the late Kenneth Wolstenholme and also shown on Channel 4.
A Five spokesman declined to comment.


When you are invited to a star-studded charity ball, a noble charitable cause is something you expect. But a haircut, maybe not. The Gala dinner at Chak89 in Bond Road, Mitcham hosted by Paul Strank Roofing and Elbrook Cash and Carry, saw high profile names bidding for the most expensive haircut to raise funds. The auction fetched an impressive £36,000 ($ 57,930) with the funds benefiting Shooting Stars Chase hospice for terminally-ill children and OneLife, a charity which helps youths from disadvantaged backgrounds. And proving to be a gracious host, Paul Strank bid £8,000 ($ 12,875) to shave the head of AFC Wimbledon's commercial director, Ivor Heller.
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AFC Wimbledon's bid a massive £16,000 ($25,750) in a heated bid to off the head of a football team's players or its manager, Terry Brown. The club's president, Dickie Guy, pledged £500 ($805) when he gave up his beard of 40-years to be shaved off. The event also saw performances by Beverley Knight and Lemar.


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Community Members of the Week: April 25 – May 1, 2020
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We're checking in with the OCR community to see how they staying active during social distancing.
Community Members of the Week: March 21-27, 2020
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Well, everyone, these are weird times we live in. We hope you and your families are doing well and that you aren't going too stir crazy while you're at home. Stay tuned to Mud Run Guide for at-home workout ideas and ways to stay fit--and sane--during social distancing. Now, let's check in with our community [...]
Community Members of the Week: February 29 – March 6, 2020
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It's time to check in with our community members of the week!
Community Members of the Week: February 22-28, 2020
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Let's hear from athletes who hit the course in Jacksonville, FL last weekend!
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Mud Run Guide checks in with community members as they prep for their first races of the season.
Community Members of the Week: February 8-14, 2020
Will you be our valentine? Let's celebrate your love of OCR this week!
Community Members of the Week: January 25 – 31, 2020
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One month down, 11 to go! How are your goals for 2020 shaping up?
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This week, we're heading south of the equator to escape from winter and check in with our South American friends!
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New Year, New You? Let's check in with the OCR community and their goals for 2020.


Garage doors make the garage secured and safe. We need it to keep our stored items safe from thieves and robbers. So it's important that we purchase the high-end garage doors which cannot be easily compromised. You can do this by researching more about garage. So here we go, the following are the things you should know about buying a garage door.
Wood garage doors are fantastic to look at especially if they're new, however it will take maintenance so keep its condition fresh. Over time, the natural finishes will fade and it will need new coating. If you don't do it before it totally fades, you'll have to sand off all the finish and apply new coating again to make the door look fresh. However, if you really want the style that wood garage door brings, you can purchase the one with a faux wood-grain finish. It looks like real wood, with stability and durability of plastics.
Before you purchase a garage door with insulation, invest on upgrading the garage's existing insulation. The effectiveness of a garage door when it comes to insulation is R-value. When you upgrade from 2-in polystyrene to Intellicore, the insulation value raised from R-9 to R-18. You would really save a lot of money from that.
When the garage door is being installed, you should also invest in a new door opener and have it installed by the contractor. Your old door opener will fail overtime, so if it's already aging or if you want an upgrade, you can have it replaced by professionals of garage door repair in Buford GA. Installing a new one together with the new door will save money, because you can negotiate a deal on both the opener and door.
The springs are your garage door's components that help the door come down slowly or go up easily when you operate it. The most common spring used for garage door is the coiled torsion spring which has about 10,000 cycles. Sounds like a lot right? But if you always open and close your garage door daily, you will reach those cycles in about 4 years. Invest on beefier springs which have 20,000 cycles. It will save you more money from future spring repair or replacement.
You're not going to spend more time guessing on the garage door design that looks good on your house. Manufacturers of the garage doors have software on their sites that will help you find the bests style for you. Just upload your garage's photo. They will give you the style, design, features and colors that suit your garage. You can also choose the styles and match it with your garage until you find the one that you really like.
The windows are also important components of your garage; you might even surprise yourself how your garage looks with it. Aside from the style, windows will supply light to the tips. So when you choose one, make sure that the garage is updated to insulated glass. If you want more security and privacy, install the windows in the top panel.


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Would you also like to post a review for Scarborough Fair Markets ?
Word to the wise: In need of post-shop refreshments? Try the Contacio at one end of the market - with fantastic sea views from its balconies and live jazz, it's the perfect place to kick back.
Specialising in antiques, collectibles, curios and bric-a-brac, the bustling stalls are packed full of treasures - you never know what you might come away with. As well as the antiques wing there is a decent haberdashery and an arts and crafts centre. Appropriately for its location right by the beach, you'll find a number of stalls selling surf gear and swimwear.


The increasing worldwide distribution of plants increases the demand for accessing automation components, e.g. SIMATIC industrial PCs (IPCs) in remote plants.
To be able to use the remote access effectively, it should also be possible for a SIMATIC IPC that is switched-off or no longer operating. A remote operator shall be able to use the same functions as an operator directly in front of the SIMATIC IPC. In the service case, this may avoid operation on site and save time and costs.
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On The Road - The Jack Kerouac Manuscript
The UCD Clinton Institute is presenting an exhibition of the original manuscript scroll of Jack Kerouac's seminal novel, On the Road. This is the first time the scroll has come to Ireland and it has been made possible through the support of the Department of Arts, Sports and Tourism, The Irish Times, UCD Foundation, UCD School of English, Drama. In April 1951, Kerouac taped together eight twenty-foot strips of teletype paper to from a single scroll some 127 feet long. Feeding it into a portable typewriter, he then began composing the work that was to become the bible of the post-war Beat Generation. He completed the novel in only twenty days of rapid, continuous typing, fuelled chiefly by caffeine. Almost entirely autobiographical and based on his own travels across America, On the Road tells the story of Kerouac and his friends and acquaintances over a period of approximately three years. In the published version, the characters are disguised by pseudonyms, but in the typescript their real names are used: Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs and Neal Cassady. The novel portrays their fascination with jazz, the American landscape, women, sexuality and movement, and is the archetypal 'road trip' tale. The scroll will be accompanied by other memorabilia relating to Kerouac including photos, writings and records. The manuscript will be displayed until 27th February.
Here's who will be joining Hot Chip for Beyond The Pale festival 2023
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Direct phone of the Organizing Committee is available during the conference.
Don't forget your passport (with visa).
In case you have not received your Payment confirmation from the Organizing committee please take copy of the bank order with you.
Russian law requires that you register your visa within 3 working days of your arrival in Russia. This registration is made in the hotel. The fee for registration is about 150 rubles.
The Russian currency is rubles (RUB) (Currency rate.). You can change money in exchange office in airport, in the hotel or in any bank. Credit cards are freely accepted in shops, restaurants, cafes etc. However for payment in Metro, bus, trolleybus, taxi you will need rubles. Please change some money at the airport after arrival.
You can also take cash in ATMs (in the Pulkovo airport, in the hotel) but it takes 5-7% for transaction.
Payment for the accommodation should be made in cash in rubles or by credit cards in the hotel directly.
Entrance fee for the metro is about 0.7€ (27 RUB). The price does not depend on distance and number of changes.
Hours of metro operation is about 5:30-24:00.
In municipal buses (numbers without letters T or K), trams, and trolley-buses you should pay a ticket-collector. Municipal routes fee is about 0.6€ (23 RUB).
In commercial buses (marked by letters T or K) you should pay the driver when you enter. The price depends on the line (~30-35 rubles that is 0.8€-0.9€), and it is always clearly marked on a label.
Hours of public transport operation is about 7:00-23:00.
English-speaking taxi service telephone:+7 (812) 3-200-200. The approximate cost is about 25-30 Euro.
Another taxi services: +7 (812) 324 77 77; +7 (812) 700 00 00; +7 (812) 600 00 00.
It takes in rush hours about 60 minutes from the airport to the center of St. Petersburg.
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Dohmen, Erwin John
Erwin John Dohmen, age 92, died peacefully in hospice at Columbia St Mary's in Mequon, WI on July 27, 2019.
He was born in Milwaukee, WI to Erwin Joseph and Olive (Netzow) Dohmen on April 28th, 1927. He graduated from Shorewood High School and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Upon his return from service, Erv continued his education at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, graduating with a Degree from their School of Pharmacy. After becoming a licensed pharmacist, he married Jane Mary Fitzgibbon of Milwaukee on September 8th, 1951.
Erv began working in the family business, The F. Dohmen Co., in 1951. As a member of the fourth generation of company leadership, he worked with his cousin Fred Dohmen to modernize and expand the pharmaceutical wholesale business. He served as Dohmen's president from 1982-1992. After retiring, he and Jane split their residence between Florida and Wisconsin, ultimately returning to Wisconsin full time in the Town of Belgium.
Erv was a life-long lover of nature, sharing his appreciation of birds, fishing, hiking and camping with his family and friends. He was also quick to give of his time and talent serving in leadership roles at church, Nicolet High School, the Rotary Club, the Salvation Army and the National Wholesale Druggists Association. A man of great integrity and the highest principals, he will be missed.
He is survived by his children Linda Dohmen, Ted (Sheila Noeth) Dohmen, John (Heidi) Dohmen, Kathryn Song, Philip (Carol) Dohmen and Cynthia (Tom) LaConte. He is further survived by 9 grandchildren, other relatives and friends. He is preceded in death by his parents and 2 sisters.
The Rev. Julian Hills will officiate a memorial service on Friday, August 9th at 11:00AM at St. Simon the Fisherman Episcopal Church, 3448 N Green Bay Road, Port Washington, Wisconsin with an off-site reception to follow. All are welcome to attend and celebrate Erv's life. In lieu of flowers, a donation may sent in his honor to the Salvation Army at www.give.salvationarmyusa.org
Information and condolences available at www.poolefh.com or 262-284-4431.
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Erv was a second father to me during high school and after. It's to late to tell him that and all I can hope is that he knew. While we hadn't spoken in a long while, he is often in my thoughts and usually involved in late night tales of high school hijinks.
He will be missed by many. Condolences to the Dohmen family. Rest In Peace, Erv
Scott Daugherty
Having worked with Erv every week for a number of years to maintain his mobility, I can honestly say he was one of the most influential people in my adult life. He was always with a laugh and I remain in awe of his wisdom. After I moved out of Wisconsin, I yearned to come back to sit with him and Jane, sipping coffee on his deck, listening to his stories and Janes jokes. I pray the family carries with them the knowledge and faith that Erv has taught me so much and touched my heart as a father figure. Rest in peach Erv. May God bless your family and all you hold dear.
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As you can see there is a new cake combination, which is pineapple and lime. But what I'd like to share with you is my short crust pasties, freshly made and not your normal cheese and onion flavour, these are a combination of roasted vegetables and feta cheese, encased in pastry and cooked for 20 minutes or so. They are light and crumbly and altogether different from the supermarket bought ones and also dairy free and suitable for vegetarian and non vegetarians as well.
The roasted vegetables included in the above are 2 different coloured courgettes, in this case, green and yellow, an onion, and pepper which were roasted for 45 minutes and then cooled until such times as they were needed for the pasties. Of course any vegetable or fruit combination will do, the choice is endless and exciting.
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