standard 58" belt with rollpin buckle from an ALICE rucksack, nylon seat belt.
on the belt left to right: Knife pouch, Armalite/M16 pouches, 44" waterbottle, Escape pouch, 44" waterbottle, and SLR pouches.
On the rear nothing special, but you can see the new belt loop and repairs I made on the 44" bottles, I carefully stitched the bottles to the ammo pouches (easily removed) to reduce the amount of movement on the belt, I use a 58" yoke (not shown) which helps to stop the rear pouches slipping around, on the front of the yoke I added 44" style C clip like the rear to attatch to the front.
and opened nothing much to say here but the 58" has stiffners in the flaps unlike the alti version which can be totally crushed in the hand.
Next a twin SMG ammo pouch a very simplistic design as you can see they are very much like the SAS Drop pouches, in style and fixtures, the lid is a simple flap and it has no waterproof lining, the front clips are identical.
The rear of the pouch you can see it is very simple, unlike "SAS" drop pouches there is only one belt height option.
Next 58" Handgun pouch, notice the fasteners are similar to "SAS" pouches, the other Black Handgun pouch, I was given this from an EX RAF Military Policeman aparently everyone got fed up with the canvas versions, as you couldn't get to the gun fast enough, and you couldn't leave the pouch open "ready for use" this was later issued.
the odd this is the black version has some metal parts that would be familiar to 58" users it is a simple pull down to unclip the tab from a square ring like all the 58" pouches, on the elasticated web tab a hook that is identical to the hook used to attatch the 58" large pack to the yoke!
The 58" version has 2 belt attachments, a yoke and leg loop.
The black version has 3 hanging heights!
"Holster Pistol R/H 2001 NSN 8465-99-869-2072 ST 1A / 1371 "
The fixtures are obviously closely based on 58" ammo type pouches and the over complex Kidney pouch attatchment.
Finally my "uber rare" Green 58" water bottles, yes they are genuine! I don't have the origonal lids they both came with the S10 adapter.
Sadly I don't have the even rarer green cups that went with them.
cool thing is they are different shades of green and even 2 manufacturers!
on the right a standard Osprey bottle.
They all have the familiar warning "KEEP AWAY FROM HEAT OR FLAME" and they all have the "crowsfoot arrow"
here you can see the subtle difference in the shape and design the darker left has a curved bac like the modern black version, the other is totally flat.
hope you like the kit, as far as I know it's all genuine please feel free to ask anything.
For reasons unknown, the F&G one is it's own unique smaller size compared to all the other P58 water bottles I've seen. Presumably it would have had a matching non-standard size mug as well.
Hi thanks for commenting, I have seen photos online of matching sets, but as you'd know the cups are more breakable, so I guess they died and were replaced with standard black cups.
Just as likely thrown away in favour of the alloy 44" pat cup which was the trend for decades before the crusader cup came along.
I had a chat with someone else some years back and they said, the reason they didn't stick with Green was because light could just about get through the plastic and bacteria could grow more easily, so they went with black, same as all the much larger vehicle water containers.I think there is a definite taste difference in water from the green bottles too perhaps it's an early rejected "taste bad" plastic?.
When I picked up the bottles, years ago now, it was from one of those huge 2ft x2ft boxes of surplus just full of mostly black 58" water bottles, I remember them being 50p sadly many had holes, splits, melted areas or were covered in tank tape which I assumed was probably a quick field repair. i picked out a couple of good bottles and the 2 green ones, all had the new S10 lid.
I can only think the company QM or soldier they were last issued to added the S10 lids, as any one else wouldn't have needed the adapter, and the surplus store just wanted the job-lot gone, a shame to think the original lids probably collectable now, just went in a bin!
How did you remove the paint from the fabric?
IMPORTANT: Meths and petrol can leave stains, so it's importand to wash thoroughly after using them.
After that I removed the petrol smell and a fair amount of further residual paint and dirt with a standard washing up brush and liquid. Lots of wrinsing later, there was still quite alot of solid pink paint deep in the fibres some of which i picked out with tweezers I think but I couldn't get it all.
too much and you get a dark green blob, you have to know when to stop.
You can see the darker blobs of green around the stitching at the top front of the pouch, but from a short distance you can't tell.
If you zoom in on the photo (between the rivets top front) you can still see the pinky and grey paint between the threads that are still coated in paint. the sharpie gave just enough of a blend that the paint dissapeard a bit.
I've done the same with many pouches and even some clothes it always seems to turn out fairly well.
Wish I'd done a before and after piccy now, I will next time!
I guess If I wasn't collecting it, there is always the option to re-dye a canvas item, but you'd never get the perfect colour and theres so much residual S*** in army surplus gear from engine and gun oil, spilled paint, mud, food grease to various chemicals (even CS gas) the fabric you never quite know how much would soak in. I wouldn't.
The patch of light pink that I just couldn't shift and was embedded so far I would have had to cut the material. so I used a sharpie (light grey and dark green I think) firtly in tiny dots then larger dots to camouflage the pink, you have to use a bit of artistic descernment here, too little and you get a spotty pouch too much and you get a dark green blob, you have to know when to stop. You can see the darker blobs of green around the stitching at the top front of the pouch, but from a short distance you can't tell.
Do you ever re-dye clothes or pouches?
Sorry just edided my oprevious answer which now mentions dying.
Basically No! it wouldn't look right.
unless all the pouches are the same colour you'll never get the right shade or colour, also the canvas pouches came with a basic waterproofing coating, which would stop dye working in some cases.
The other thing is this, When I was in the Army, no one was issued (or had) a completely matching set of webbing, the set I was issued was so knackered I had to sew parts of it before I could use it. Very few soldiers had "Green pouches" most were that sort of earthy grey colour but mixed with pouches like the resipouch that were much darker the only pouches that were always green were the large pack because it had such little use!
Thats interesting, I wonder why they only made black, and why the MoD didn't just continue with an updated 44" cup?
Looking at those Sterling pouches. Reminded Me I have two pairs in my collection. Both Mint unissued.
I was REALLY lucky with one Pair. I purchased it at a Militaria Fair, & it had newspaper stuffed inside.
This was to pad it out & look 'full/ better' presented on the table top.
When I got home I obviously removed the newspaper. Guess what was inside?
A sealed pattern label attached with cloth ties & a wax seal!
WOW, always a bit of a lucky dip with suplus stuff! I bought an East German "raindrop" camo jacket, rolled up neatly in the pocket, a Parachute Regt tie!
Weird what you find sometimes.


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Earthquakes officially eliminated from playoff contention in 2-1 loss to Rapids
Colorado Rapids striker Diego Rubio celebrates his first half goal with his teammates at Dick's Sporting Goods Park on Wednesday Sep 14, 2022. (Colorado Rapids)
The inevitable finally became a formality.
The Colorado Rapids mathematically eliminated the San Jose Earthquakes from playoff contention in a 2-1 victory on Wednesday evening at Dick's Sporting Goods Park.
San Jose has lost two matches in a row with four left to play in the regular season. Colorado is 2-3-2 in its past seven matches as they fight for their playoff lives sitting four points out of seventh place in the Western Conference.
San Jose (7-14-9-30 points) had a complete 180 degree performance from this past Saturday where they were whipped 6-0 by FC Cincinnati. The 'Quakes outplayed the Rapids for much of the match as they controlled possession and generated quality scoring chances.
"Difficult," said 'Quakes interim head coach Alex Covelo on losing such a tough match. "It's very difficult when you play like that, when you create chances to win against Colorado here. After the defeat at Cincinnati, playing how we played tonight, it is very difficult. They scored that second goal, and if they shoot one million shots again maybe they'll score again. But it is difficult."
Colorado (10-12-12-42 points) drew first blood in the 21st minute. A cross attempt by Jonathan Lewis deflected off the back of Paul Marie over to Diego Rubio. The Chilean striker blasted a right footed one-timer through the hands of 'Quakes goalkeeper JT Marcinkowski for his team leading 14th goal of the season.
The Earthquakes countered off of a set piece in the 37th minute. Cristian Espinoza sent in a corner kick to near the post where an unmarked Nathan raced in and headed the ball past Rapids goalkeeper William Yarbrough for his second goal of the season. Nathan has four goals in a 'Quakes uniform.
They corner kick was set up with a nice run from Cade Cowell who dished the ball off to Jamiro Monteiro who fired a shot from just above the D only to have Yarbrough make a diving safe knocking it the ball out.
In the second half, San Jose had a chance to garner its first lead of the match in the 69th minute when Espinoza centered a ball over to Cowell inside the box. However, Cowell's shot hit off the crossbar as Colorado cleared the ball away.
The Rapids regained the lead in the 77th minute off a counter attack. Max set up Keegan Rosenberry along the right wing. The 'Quakes defense sat back while Rosenberry dribbled in a rifled a shot from 25 yards out into the upper right corner for his second goal of the season.
Despite being eliminated, Covelo believes his team still has something to play for in their final four matches.
"Today I feel very proud of them, I feel we deserved to win, and it hurts. The guys know, but right now what we need to do is keep playing and finish as high as possible in the standings. That's the main objective right now. I do not know if it's because I come from a country where there is regulation, so I do not want to see the team in a position like that. We need to keep fighting to finish well," Covelo said.
Yarbrough finished the night with two saves on three shots on target to earn the victory. Marcinkowski made just one save on three shots in the losing effort.
GAME NOTES: San Jose finished with six corner kicks. Colorado had eight.
San Jose is now 31-25-18 all-time vs. the Colorado Rapids, including a 13-16-9 record on the road. Colorado is undefeated at home against San Jose since 2014 with a record of 6-0-5.
Espinoza's assist on Nathan's goal marked his 18th of the season and 43rd overall for San Jose. He is now one assist away from tying Eddie Lewis for the most assists in a single season in club history. Espinoza is also now one assist away from tying Richard Mulrooney for the second most assists in club history.
Colorado is 7-3-3 when scoring first this season.
UP NEXT: San Jose returns home for a three-match homestand when they host FC Dallas on Saturday 9/17 at 7:30pm at Pay Pal Stadium.
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Nathan's heroics propel Earthquakes to second win of the season in 1-0 shutout over Rapids
Published on May 7, 2022 May 8, 2022 by Sports Radio ServiceLeave a comment
The San Jose Earthquakes and Colorado Rapids battled at Pay Pal Park in San Jose as the Quakes edged the Rapids in MLS action on Sat May 7, 2022 (photo from the San Jose Earthquakes twitter)
SAN JOSE — The San Jose Earthquakes are happy Nathan is back in the lineup.
The Brazilian center back scored the game's only goal to help his team to 1-0 shutout victory over the Colorado Rapids on Saturday evening at Pal Pal Park.
Off a set piece, Cristian Espinoza sent in a cross inside the box and Nathan, who had a Rapids defender all over his back, finished off the play with a right footed shot past Rapid's goalkeeper William Yardbrough for his first goal of the season in the 64th minute.
San Jose has won two out of its past three matches since interim coach Alex Covelo took over the head coaching duties back on April 18th. Colorado is winless in six out of its past seven matches.
"I feel very good," said Covelo. "Just like all of our staff: [Chris] Wondolowski, Steve Ralston, Luciano [Fusco], and the rest of the guys. I think the guys are responding very well. During training sessions many of them are very different, it's going to take a little bit more time to memorize those concepts, but the guys are working hard. They are improving step by step and memorizing the concepts that we want for the team."
San Jose (2-5-3) had a good scoring chance in the 31st minute to draw first blood. A long ball from Jamiro Monteiro to Cade Cowell who made a move around Yardbrough but never was able to generate a shot on net. Instead, his cross into the middle of the box was knocked away by Colorado.
Cowell had another chance right before intermission when his shot from 20 yards out hit the right post in the 44th minute.
The second half started the same way as the first half did with San Jose controlling the play and generating scoring chances with many counter attacks.
Colorado (3-4-3) was too busy chasing the ball around in the second half as they weren't able to generate enough quality scoring chances to score the equalizer.
Jermey Ebobisse had a shot just sail to the left of the net in the 58th minute just before Nathan's heroics six minutes later.
Quakes goalie JT Marcinkowski earned his first clean sheet of the season and 11th of his career. He made five saves, including his best save when he dove to his left to stop a shot from Rapid's striker Gyasi Zardes in the 70th minute, to help preserve the shutout.
"I think the clean sheet is a great representation of how well the team defended. I'm just out there to try and help the team in any way that I can, whether that's a clean sheet or whether that's a 4-3 victory, doesn't really matter to me as long as we get a win," Marcinkowsi said.
Yardbrough made three saves on five shots on target in the losing effort.
GAME NOTES: San Jose finished the match with nine corner kicks. Colorado has three.
The Quakes now hold an 31-24-18 overall record against the Colorado Rapids, including a 18-9-9 record at home.
The Earthquakes won 1-0 for the first time since July 31, 2021 at Seattle, and for the first time at home since July 6, 2019 vs. Real Salt Lake.
Colorado hasn't won consecutive matches at San Jose since July-August 2003.
UP NEXT: San Jose travels up to north to take on the Seattle Sounders on Wednesday 5/11 in the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup at 7:00pm at the Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila, Washington.
Rapids upend Earthquakes with late goal in 1-0 victory
Published on September 4, 2021 September 5, 2021 by Sports Radio ServiceLeave a comment
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SAN JOSE—Dominique Badji's first goal of the season could not have came at a better time.
Badji entered the match in the 88th minute and a minute later scored the game winning goal to help the Colorado Rapids defeat the San Jose Earthquakes 1-0 on Saturday evening at Pal Pay Park.
Nicolás Mezquida won a 50-50 ball just past midfield. He raced down the middle of the pitch before placing a perfect touch pass behind two San Jose defenders over to Badji and the 29-year old midfielder from Senegal fired a strike past Quakes goalie JT Marcinkowski to break the hearts of the 14,142 in attendance.
San Jose (6-8-8) had a chance to score the equalizer in the second minute of stoppage time when Cristian Espinoza found Paul Marie inside the box with a cross from the right wing, but Marie's header was knocked away at the last second by the left hand of Rapids goalie William Yarbrough.
Colorado (12-4-5) now have 41 points and jumped ahead of Sporting Kansas City into second place in the Western Conference standings. San Jose had its 10-game unbeaten streak snapped as they have fallen to 10th place with 26 points, four behind Real Salt Lake for the seventh and final playoff spot.
The match started out with a bang. As in a big head on head collision in the second minute when Jeremy Ebobisse and Lalas Abubakar had their heads bang against each other when both players went for a ball up in the air. Both players remained down on the pitch for several minutes before being helped off by the field. Abubakar received a yellow card on the dangerous challenge.
Neither player returned to the game and were still being evaluated after the match. Cade Cowell subbed in for Ebobisse in the sixth minute while Drew Moor came in for Abubakar.
Neither team generated many scoring chances in the first half as there was only one shot on target in the first 45 minutes.
San Jose's best chance came in the 40th minute when Nathan sent in a long ball down the right wing that Cowell was able to chase down. The 2021 MLS All-Star dribbled in before firing a shot just wide of the net on the left side.
Andre Shinyashiki had the best chance for the Rapids in the first half but his shot went wide left of the net in the 41st minute.
The Rapids came close to breaking the ice in the 60th minute when Michael Barrios stripped the ball off Tanner Beason inside the box. He made a quick back pass over to Cole Bassett whose shot hit the left post.
A controversial no call happened in the 76th minute when Espinoza had possession inside the box when Moor apparently held on to him and took him down but referee Joseph Dickerson ruled no foul occurred and play continued on much to chagrin on the San Jose sideline.
Colorado's Mezquida shot a bicycle kick on target from 10 yards out that Nathan headed out for a corner kick. in the 79th minute.
Espinoza sent a cross into the box over to an open Carlos Fierro but the pass was just a tad hot too handle for Fierro as the ball deflected off of his foot for a goal kick in the 86th minute.
Yarbrough finished the match stopping both shots on goal to earn his ninth shutout of the season and his 12th win overall. Marcinkowski made three saves in the losing effort.
GAME NOTES: San Jose did not have a corner kick in the match. Colorado has one.
With the loss, the Quakes hold an all-time home record of 17-9-9 against the Rapids, including their first loss at Pay Pal Park with a 4-1-2 mark.
The Quakes' celebrated its annual Mexican Heritage Night, which featured a live luchador performance, themed airbrush tattoos and face paintings and a El jimador postgame fiesta.
UP NEXT: San Jose travel out to Dallas to take on FC Dallas on Saturday 9/11 at 5:30pm at Toyota Stadium.
Earthquakes battle Rapids to 1-1 draw
Published on July 18, 2021 July 18, 2021 by Sports Radio ServiceLeave a comment
Neither team gave in between the San Jose Earthquakes and the Colorado Rapids during MLS action at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City on Sat Jul 17, 2021 (@SJEarthquakes photo)
COMMERCE CITY, Colo–The San Jose Earthquakes scored early but conceded an equalizer in the second half en route to a 1-1 draw with the Colorado Rapids on Saturday evening at Dick's Sporting Good Park.
San Jose have earned a point in consecutive road games but it's winless streak has reached nine matches. Colorado is 6-2-2 in its last 10 matches.
The Quakes (3-7-3) drew first blood early in the first half. Cade Cowell received the ball along the right sideline. The sophomore sensation dribbled into the middle where he found Chofis just outside the box. Chofis moved inside and fired off a left footed shot from 12 yards out into the lower right corner past Rapids goalie William Yarbrough for his third goal of the season in the 11th minute.
For Cowell it was his fourth assist he has tallied. He is the first player in MLS this season to have four goals and four assists. Cowell and Chofis have been creating a good chemistry with each other recently.
"Every coach looks for chemistry and for different players to form partnerships. Chofis is a player that needs to have partnerships. Important things come from Chofis being on the ball. He is scoring and assisting on goals. He is one of our most dangerous players in the offensive phase. Cade keeps growing and yet is still very young. When he improves on the things that I am looking for, he will become a very important player for his club and country. That requires time for him to play, make mistakes, play well or decently. That is the only way for young players to progress and grow," Quakes head coach Matias Almeyda said.
Chofis believes the sky's the limit for Cowell's potential to be a special player.
"I think players in the midfield, especially those in the number 10 role, as I was, need partnerships in order to understand each other, and make goal-scoring passes. Regarding Cade, who is just starting his career, we're going step by step, and we've connected on a couple of goals. I have no doubt that he will develop into a great player in a couple of years. He still has much to learn. He is doing a great job and we need to continue down this path, in which we learn off each other. We also learn from everyone else, especially the coaching staff who take the week to plan goal-scoring plays," said Chofis.
The Rapids (6-3-3) scored the equalizer in the 53rd minute as a result of momentum they started the second half with. A turnover by the Quakes inside their own zone led to Nicolas Benezet servicing a ball to Cole Bassett who cut onto his left foot from the edge of the penalty area and scored on a low shot just out of the reach of Quakes goalie JT Marcinkowski's outstretched arms.
In the 70th minute Agustin Zalazar, who interprets for Almeyda, was given a red card and ejected from the match when he kept arguing with the 4th official on the sideline.
The Quakes managed well despite the impact the altitude had on the match. They had a chance to end the game with a win on the match's final play six minutes into stoppage time. Chris Wondolowski won a free kick from 20 yards out after Jack Price took him down with a hard tackle that resulted in a yellow card for Price.
Wondo's free kick sailed just over the net ending the match.
"There were moments where the match would go back and forth, and we did not want that. That resulted from a lack of control from both teams. I thought the guys gave it their all. This is the path we must take to move past the situation we are in. We don't find excuses. We have to keep working, correcting mistakes, and giving the team confidence because the players are the ones that will ultimately see us move forward," Almeyda said.
Both Marcinkowski and Yarbrough finished the match with one save on two shots on target.
GAME NOTES: San Jose had only one corner kick. Colorado had three.
The Quakes are now 30-23-19 all-time vs. Colorado, including a 13-15-10 away record.
All three of Chofis' goals this season have been scored in the first 15 minutes of matches.
Cowell leads the Quakes in both goals (4) and assists (4).
Midfielder Shea Salinas wore the captain's armband for the first time in 2021.
Forward Benji Kikanovic made his first MLS start, playing 45 minutes.
UP NEXT: San Jose finishes its three-game road trip against Sporting Kansas City on Wednesday 7/21 at 5:30pm at Children's Mercy Park.
Headline Sports podcast with London Marq: Quakes have 4 straight fall-behind games going into Sporting KC match; Did Brown cave after he was mandated to wear new helmet?
Published on August 14, 2019 August 14, 2019 by Sports Radio ServiceLeave a comment
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#1 The San Jose Earthquakes took a tough loss to the Colorado Rapids in Colorado last Saturday 2-1. The Quakes came back down 1-0 to tie it, but the Rapids wrapped it up in the end for the win Colorado went back up 2-1.
#2 For Colorado, Diego Rubio received the pass from Keegan Rosenberry with space, Rubio was easily able to maneuver himself into an advantageous position in the 73rd minute for the go ahead and later game-winning goal.
#3 This was the fourth straight game that the Earthquakes had fallen behind in a game something. They'll have to work on for their next game coming up as they play Sporting KC in their next match their second of three games on the road.
#4 How close or how serious do you think the Oakland Raiders wide receiver Antonio Brown was to calling it quits if he didn't get to keep his old Pittsburgh Steelers helmet?
#5 A's and Giants played a two-game series, which concluded on Wednesday night. These are two teams fighting for a wild card spot and it was a series for the ages because a lot is at stake in the final two months of the season.
London is a beat writer for the San Jose Earthquakes and does Headline Sports each Wednesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com
Categories MLB, MLS, NFL, Oakland Athletics, Oakland Raiders, San Francisco Giants, San Jose Earthquakes•Tags A's, Antonio Brown, Athletics, Baseball, Bob Melvin, colorado rapids, Deigo Rubio, Keegan Rosenberry, mlb, Oakland, Oakland A's, Oakland Athletics, Sporting Kansas City, Sports radio
Quakes come back once, but not twice, in 2-1 loss
Published on August 10, 2019 August 11, 2019 by smallforceLeave a comment
photo from mercurynews.com: San Jose Earthquakes forward Tommy Thompson, right, reaches in to stop Colorado Rapids forward Andre Shinyashiki who drives to the net in the first half of an MLS soccer match Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019, in Commerce City, Colo.
By Pearl Allison Lo
The San Jose Earthquakes fell behind on the road for the fourth straight time as the Colorado Rapids were successful for their second game in a row Saturday.
The result put an end to the Quakes' five-game unbeaten streak. Vako was the lone scorer with his fourth goal in five games. Colorado's Diego Rubio had a goal and an assist.
In the first half, San Jose led possession (64.4%-35.6%) and shots 11-7, two of them hitting the post and Chris Wondolowski (back in the lineup) led all with four shots, his frustration clear after his attempts.
One of the two posts hit, came in the 21st minute from Judson, his rebound going straight to Florian Jungwirth and then to keeper Clint Irwin.
Vako, Salinas and Wondolowski had a try at tic-tac-toe, but it fell short with Wondolowski in the 27th minute. Judson was then able to stop Kei Kamara at the other end.
Before two minutes of stoppage were added, the Rapids were the first to score this time as Kellyn Acosta scored his first goal since May 11, Kamara taking a piggyback ride in celebration.
In the second half, the Quakes maintained their possession advantage, but the Rapids were much better.
San Jose's Danny Hoesen and Carlos Fierro (debut) came in as substitutes in the 58th minute.
Right after Andre Shinyashiki hit the post, Magnuss Eriksson sent the ball down to Hoesen, who with his back to net, made the much shorter pass up to Vako. Vako kicked at net and Irwin did not even have the chance to make a save attempt in the 62nd minute.
Colorado went back up 2-1 when Rubio received the pass from Keegan Rosenberry with space. Rubio was easily able to maneuver himself into an advantageous position in the 73rd minute. It was Rubio's third straight goal in as many games, the first of the streak beginning against the Quakes and looking back further, his sixth goal in the past eight games.
The Rapids were able to maintain their lead through five more minutes of stoppage time in the second half.
Up Next: San Jose continues their three-game road trip next Saturday versus Sporting Kansas City at 5:30 pm.
Categories MLS, San Jose Earthquakes, Uncategorized•Tags colorado rapids, mls, San Jose Earthquakes, Sporting KC, Sports radio
Wondolowski Header Hands Earthquakes A Win On Opening Day.
Published on March 6, 2016 March 7, 2016 by swhelchLeave a comment
By Shawn Whelchel
photo credit: San Jose Mercury News– San Jose Earthquakes goalkeeper David Bingham (1) dives to make a save grabbing the ball away from Shkelzen Gashi (11) of the Colorado Rapids on Sunday
SAN JOSE–Chris Wondolowski's header was all the San Jose Earthquakes would need to secure a win on opening day of the 2016 MLS season, as a strong defensive effort from David Bingham would keep the Colorado Rapids off the scorecard for a 1-nil victory at Avaya Stadium.
Bingham had an outstanding day guarding the net for San Jose, making five saves on 18 shots from the Rapids, while showing off his hands and athleticism repelling a second-half flurry from the visiting team.
San Jose would secure their lone goal with the help of a new face-and their old reliable captain-as Alberto Quintero would feed a beautiful ball into the cutting Wondolowski for the go-ahead score at the start of the second-half. Despite a second-half outburst from the Rapids which saw them line-up 13 of their 18 total shots on the day, San Jose walked away victors for their 13th consecutive match without a loss against Colorado.
The Quakes got off to a sluggish start on the slippery turf at Avaya on Sunday, doing most of their work on the defensive side as the Rapids looked to be the aggressors early on.
Bingham received no grace period to start the season, being thrust into action to stop multiple Rapids' attempts throughout the half. Kevin Doyle and Dillon Powers-who accounted for three of the Rapids five first-half shots- sent a trio of dangerous balls towards San Jose's net. San Jose's offensive attack couldn't offer Bingham an extended spell either, as Colorado dominated the time of possession at 57.1 percent throughout the first 45-minutes of play as well, keeping the 26-year old Bay Area native on his toes.
While Bingham was busy showcasing his good hands, Colorado goaltender Zac MacMath had a relatively easy going early on. Quincy Amarikwa broke free on a dangerous run towards the goal near the 33′ minute mark, but was thwarted by a well-timed tackle by Rapids defender Jarred Watts near the goal. San Jose would loft up a few lazy shots throughout the frame, but failed to seriously threaten in a lackluster opening half.
But the revamped Earthquakes would shake off the season-opening cobwebs to start the second half, earning their inaugural 2016 goal off the head of the man who put through 16 for the team last year.
Just seconds after the sound of the whistle, newcomer Quintero- who was loaned to the team from Lobos BUAP in February-would feed the cutting Wondolowski a well-placed ball that would find the back of the net for a 1-0 advantage.
San Jose would continue to keep their newfound intensity up, with both Wondolowski and Tommy Thompson nearly missing a second goal for their club. But with time running out, Colorado launched a furious attempt to find an equalizer against Bingham.
Marco Pappa nearly connected with the back of the net on two attempts, including a free-kick attempt and a dangerous header attempt at the 88′ mark that just scraped the left-side of the goal post before heading out of bounds. Dominique Badji would also threaten the Earthquakes lead with a dangerous sprint up the middle of the pitch for an uncontested try that sailed into the second deck. Badji would represent the Rapids last attempt before game's end as well, with Victor Bernardez showing some defensive prowess to stop the midfielder's attempt before Bingham would make his fifth and final save.
The win represents the second-straight opening day victory for the Earthquakes at Avaya, and sets them off on the right foot for the 2016 MLS season. San Jose has a week off before facing the Portland Timbers on March 13 at 4:00 p.m.
Categories MLS, San Jose Earthquakes•Tags 2016 MLS Season, Avaya Stadium, Chris Wondolowski, colorado rapids, David Bingham, mls, MLS Opening Day, San Jose Earthquakes
Rapid's Goal Keeper Irwin Heroic in 0-0 Draw
Published on May 7, 2014 May 7, 2014 by joelamiLeave a comment
Photo Credit: sjearthquakes.com
By: Joe Lami
SANTA CLARA, Calif–For the second straight match between the Colorado Rapids and the San Jose Earthquakes it ends scoreless, as the April 20th match also ended in a 0-0 draw.
Chances were seen from both squads with 31 total shots taken. The Rapids outshot the home side 16-15. However, the Quakes had the upper hand in shots on target 7-4, forcing Colorado Goal Keeper Clint Irwin to play an outstanding game.
The Quakes had a couple of outstanding chances, the first one coming in the tenth minute when a cross sent into the box by Midfielder, Atiba Harris found Striker, Chris Wondolowski. However, Wondolowski misplayed the ball, which prevented him from scoring his team leading sixth goal of the campaign.
Another chance came for San Jose in the 23rd minute off of a corner kick set up by Shea Salinas. Salinas decided to play the corner short. He ended up with the ball of the left side of the box then striking it right at Rapid's Keeper, Irwin. Irwin was able to come up with the easy save.
Quakes' Defender, Andreas Gorlitz, was substituted at the 45th minute with a right knee injury after a risky challenge by Colorado Midfielder, Charles Eloundou. The challenege handed Eloundou the first yellow card of the game. "It doesn't look good, it could be the end of the season type of thing," explained Earthquakes Head Coach, Mark Watson. Wondolowski added "it makes stomachs turn seeing injuries like that happen. It doesn't matter which team the player was on."
The Quakes came out firing in the second half as well, with good chances coming from Alan Gordon and Wondolowski in the first 15 minutes of the half. San Jose's best chance of the game came off of the boot of Harris as he struck one towards net. The ball was sure to find the back of the net until Irwin made a sprawling save to his right to keep the game even keel.
It wouldn't be Earthquakes soccer if they hadn't tried to get one late to win the game, and it almost came to fruition when a ball of the foot of Wondolowski found the right post and kicked right and away from the goal.
An impressive performance from the Quakes ends in disappointment once again, as they are unable to get on the board to earn a much needed 3-point game. "We faced a great goal keeper tonight and of course it's frustrating when you can't get one by him, but we have to keep plugging away and can't get ourselves down," commented Wondolowski. "I believe we did well, we created a lot more chances, and it was a good stepping stone," added Harris.
The Earthquakes don't have much time to rest as they are back to action at Buck Shaw Stadium this Saturday hosting FC Dallas.
Categories San Jose Earthquakes•Tags Chris Wondolowski, Colorado, colorado rapids, earthquakes, mls, Rapids, San Jose Earthquakes
Quakes top Rapids to stay alive in MLS playoffs race
Published on October 9, 2013 October 10, 2013 by Ivan MakarovLeave a comment
San Jose Earthquakes Jordan Stewart celebrates on top of his teammates as Chris Wondolowski (in the center) scored against Colorado Rapids at Buck Shaw Stadium. Photo by Michael Bonocore Photography
By Ivan Makarov
SANTA CLARA, CA — A couple of months ago the odds of San Jose Earthquakes making MLS playoffs didn't look good, as the team kept losing points while unable to produce offense. They even parted ways with their head coach Frank Yallop who led the team to 2012 Supporters Shield award only a year ago. But after tightening its defense with the signing of Clarence Goodson, and focusing on offense in training, the things finally started to come together for the Quakes and its interim head coach Mike Watson.
That improvement calumniated in a key victory against the divisional opponent Colorado Rapids on Wednesday night at Buck Shaw Stadium. The race for the five playoffs spots in the West is staying very close this year between seven teams, and to stay alive Quakes needed a victory against Colorado, one of the two teams right in front of them. With the big goal by its captain Chris Wondowski, the Quakes earned 1-0 win and kept themselves alive in this close race to the finish.
"That was probably a must-win game for us tonight," said Mike Watson after the game. "We needed the three points. I don't think one would have been enough. I don't think you go into a game with that as your main thought, but you know the result you need to come away with. I thought our guys were excellent tonight. We were on top of the game from the start. We were sharp, moved the ball well and had a bunch of great chances."
The key moment of the game happened on the 69th minute from two set pieces inside the Rapids territory. It all started with a cross from a free kick taken by Rafael Baka from 40 or so yards out which found Wondolowski's head inside the penalty box. Wondo put a shot on target, but Colorado's goalkeeper Clinton Irwin made a great save, putting the ball above the goal, resulting in the Quakes' corner kick.
Shea Salinas took that corner and sent the ball back to the Quakes top goalscorer Wondolowski. He once again beat his coverage, and put another header on goal, which went in this time. This was Wondo's 10th goal of the season, and his league-leading seventh game winning goal. It's also worth noting that it was a well deserved assist for Salinas, who was brilliant all night, orchestrating most of the attacks with his speed and creativity.
"Shea [Salinas'] service has been excellent," said Mike Watson. "He's somebody who thrives off running past defenders. He wants those one-on-one match-ups. He's quick and has good control and his service is usually very good when he gets in dangerous spots. Tonight, I thought his service was great."
Quakes had the chance to score other goals in the game, creating multiple chances from crosses inside the zone, where Rapids defense seemed to struggle. Alan Gordon had at least two great scoring chances from headers, as did Wondolowski who had a chance to score from a breakaway at the start of the second half. Quakes outshot the Rapids 8-0 with shots on target. At the same time, Quakes were excellent on their own back end, with Colorado earning only a couple of chances to score – mostly early in the game. Jon Busch earned his eighth shutout of the season.
"As the season draws to an end, it feels like each game gets more emotional," said Chris Wondolowski. "The guys were loose before the game and it helped ease the nerves because this match was a must-win situation here at home. We were so excited to play tonight; I was fired up all game and it's always great to play in front of our home fans here at Buck Shaw [Stadium]. Now we are a point back of where we want to be and know that if we take care of business we will be rewarded."
The game turned out to be a close to a complete performance by the home team in front of the sold out crowd of 10,525. The win improved the Quakes to 4-0-1 in their last five games. With two games remaining in the season, San Jose needs to continue winning, as they finish the season against LA and Dallas. But they're keeping their hopes up and such performance should add to their confidence going into those final games.
Categories San Jose Earthquakes•Tags chris wondowski, colorado rapids, mls, mls cup, playoffs, San Jose Earthquakes, Shea Salinas, soccer

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Fjallsárlón ist ein Gletschersee am südlichen Ende des isländischen Gletschers Vatnajökull.

Er liegt etwa 25 km östlich vom Skaftafell-Nationalpark entfernt in der Nähe des bekannteren Sees Jökulsárlón auf dem Breiðamerkursandur in der Gemeinde Hornafjörður.

Mit dem Breiðárlón ist er durch den Fluss Breiðá verbunden. Oberhalb des Sees befindet sich der Vulkan Öræfajökull, dessen höchster Gipfel Hvannadalshnúkur jedoch vom See aus nicht sichtbar ist. Vom Öræfajökull reicht dessen Auslassgletscher Fjallsjökull bis zum See hinab, in den seine Gletscherzunge kalbt. Die Eisberge haben hier allerdings kleinere Ausmaße als im Jökulsárlón.

An seinen recht stillen Ufern nisten im Juni die großen Skuas, vor denen sich Wanderer in Acht nehmen sollten.

Am 25. Juni 2017 wurde von der Umweltministerin Björt Ólafsdóttir ein Teil des Fjallsárlóns unter Schutz gestellt und gehört jetzt zusammen mit dem Jökulsárlón und einem Teil des Breiðamerkursandur zum Vatnajökull-Nationalpark.

Siehe auch
 Liste von Seen in Island

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks
 Webseite von Fjallsárlón
  (frz.)

Nationalpark in Island
Geographie (Hornafjörður)
SFjallsarlon
Gletscherrandsee


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Filippo Della Vite (* 4. Oktober  2001 in Bergamo) ist ein italienischer Skirennläufer. Er ist auf die Disziplinen Riesenslalom und Slalom spezialisiert.

Biografie
Della Vite stammt aus Ponteranica in der Provinz Bergamo. Als 16-Jähriger nahm er ab Dezember 2017 an FIS-Rennen und nationalen Meisterschaften teil, wobei er sich von Anfang an auf die technischen Disziplinen Riesenslalom und Slalom konzentrierte. Im Februar 2019 war er Teilnehmer des Europäischen Olympischen Jugendfestivals in Sarajevo. Einen Monat später gewann er erstmals ein FIS-Rennen. Seine ersten Einsätze im Europacup folgten im Januar 2020. Sein Debüt im Weltcup hatte er am 20. Dezember 2020 im Riesenslalom auf der Gran Risa in Alta Badia, wobei er im ersten Durchgang ausschied. Am 27. Februar 2021 holte er zum ersten Mal Weltcuppunkte, als er im Riesenslalom von Bansko überraschend auf Platz 16 fuhr. Zum Abschluss der Saison gewann er die italienischen Juniorenmeistertitel im Riesenslalom und Slalom.

Die Saison 2021/22 war zunächst von zahlreichen Ausfällen geprägt. Am 19. Februar 2022 gelang schließlich mit Rang 2 im Riesenslalom von Oppdal die erste Europacup-Podestplatzierung. Zwei Wochen später gewann er bei den Juniorenweltmeisterschaften in Panorama die Silbermedaille im Riesenslalom, hinter dem Norweger Alexander Steen Olsen. Im Weltcup konnte er sich weitere zwei Mal in den Punkterängen klassieren. In der Weltcupsaison 2022/23 konnte sich Della Vite im Riesenslalom bereits nahe der Weltspitze etablieren und erzielte zwei Top-10-Ergebnisse.

Erfolge

Weltmeisterschaften
 Courchevel/Méribel 2023: 8. Mannschaftswettbewerb, 10. Riesenslalom, 18. Parallelrennen

Weltcup
 2 Platzierungen unter den besten zehn

Weltcupwertungen

Europacup
 1 Podestplatz

Juniorenweltmeisterschaften
 Bansko 2021: 21. Super-G
 Panorama 2022: 2. Riesenslalom, 6. Mannschaftswettbewerb, 7. Kombination, 29. Super-G

Weitere Erfolge
 3 italienische Juniorenmeistertitel (Riesenslalom 2019, Riesenslalom und Slalom 2021)
 6 Siege in FIS-Rennen

Weblinks

Alpiner Skirennläufer (Italien)
Teilnehmer einer Alpinen Skiweltmeisterschaft
Sportler (Bergamo)
Italiener
Geboren 2001
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Q: Piplining - Sending Strings Between Two Programs I've been reading about pipelining and also read this topic -
How to send a simple string between two programs using pipes?
I read @jschmier answer (the first one) - and I wonder how does it actually work ?
Do the programs writer.c and reader.c have to run simultaneously ? If they does , how reader.c is "informed" that writer.c has sent a string?
Those questions are mosly theoretical , but i'm really intrested to know how pipelining works.
Thanks in adnvnace.

A: Do the programs writer.c and reader.c have to run simultaneously ?

They do.
If they does , how reader.c is "informed" that writer.c has sent a string?

Both programs open a special pipe device: "/tmp/myfifo. One opens for reading, and another one for writing. Kernel takes care of transferring data between them.
Please note, that pipes actually require concurrent reading and writing, as internal buffer is very small, and in absence of one activity blocks another.
How it works: if to simplify, the data written to a pipe goes from a process space into kernel and into reader process. Usually developers try to use non-blocking calls, as blocking program execution in case one process is busy is not acceptable.
For more information on pipes, you can read Linux documentation on the subject: http://linux.die.net/man/7/pipe

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Joel Timothy Houston (Sydney, 18 september 1979) is een Australische zanger en evangelist. Hij is de zoon van Brian Houston en zijn vrouw Bobbie, en producent en songwriter bij de Hillsongkerk. Hij is verantwoordelijk voor het produceren van de muziekalbums van Hillsong United en is een van de hoofdaanbiddingsleiders en songwriters in de band. Sinds 2010 is hij nauw betrokken bij het oprichten van Hillsong New York waar hij creative executive pastor is.

Songs
Songs die Joel Houston heeft geschreven of aan heeft meegeschreven:
 "All..." (van To the Ends of the Earth)
 "All About You" (van "To the Ends of the Earth")
 "Am I to Believe?" (van "To the Ends of the Earth")
 "Evermore" (van More Than Life en For All You've Done)
 "Everyday" (van Everyday, For This Cause, en UP: Unified Praise)
 "For This Cause" (van "For This Cause" en Shout God's Fame)
 "My Best Friend" (met Marty Sampson; van Best Friend en You Are My World)
 "One Desire" (van Blessed)
 "One Way" (met Jonathon Douglass; van "More Than Life" en "For All You've Done")
 "Open Up the Heavens" (van "More Than Life")
 "Salvation Is Here" (van Look to You en God He Reigns)
 "Shout Unto God" (met Sampson; van "Look to You")
 "Tell the World" (met Douglass; van "Look to You" en "God He Reigns")
 "'Til I See You" (met Jadwin Gillies; van "Look To You")
 "To the Ends of the Earth" (met Sampson; van "To the Ends of the Earth" en Hope)
 "Where the Love Lasts Forever" (van "More Than Life")
 "Yours Is the Kingdom" (van "God He Reigns")
 "You" (van "A Beautiful Exchange")

Zie ook
Marty Sampson
Hillsong United
Hillsong

Externe links
Joel Houston op Hillsong collected

Hillsong
Australisch zanger
Christelijke worshipmuziek
Australisch muziekproducent
Australisch pinksterchristen
Australisch tekstdichter
Christelijk zanger


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ArtsBeat | 'Lost' Watch: Sayid Goes Off
'Lost' Watch: Sayid Goes Off
By Mike Hale
March 3, 2010 12:12 pm March 3, 2010 12:12 pm
Bob D'Amico/ABC Naveen Andrews as Sayid on "Lost."
Warning: This post contains spoilers.
Tuesday night's episode, "Sundown," was all about Sayid (making fools of those of us who predicted a Sun-centric hour). It felt here as if the whole double-barreled Sayid-the-killer story — with its multiple "You don't know the kind of man I am" protestations — was primarily a device to get us to the battle royale at the end, with the temple Others wiped out and lines being drawn in the Fake Locke versus Jacob battle.
For all the hyperventilating in other forums about Sayid being a born killer, the show has made the case in the past for his essential goodness, and that he's being manipulated now by Fake Locke. Do we really think that any of the show's central characters won't, in the end, find some kind of redemption?
In the Los Angeles story, we see post-Oceanic Sayid as the favorite uncle of his brother Omar's kids. Their mother? None other than Nadia, the love of his other life. Apparently killing the chicken for Omar when they were kids back in Iraq didn't pay off.
Omar's money troubles get him beaten up and sent to the hospital, where Sayid passes Dr. Jack Shepard in the corridor (with no signs of recognition). A conversation with Nadia establishes that Sayid pushed her toward Omar because he doesn't believe he deserves her himself — all those enhanced interrogations he conducted have damaged his self-esteem. He's determined to stay out of Omar's troubles, but when the children are threatened, he goes to meet the moneylender — and it's Keamy, the mercenary killed by Ben on the island. Sayid kills him again, then hears a noise and discovers Jin, tied up and yelling in Korean. Apparently the problem he had at the airport was somehow connected to Keamy's gang.
The real action happens at the island, however. Fake Locke sends Claire into the temple to talk Dogen into coming out and meeting him, but Dogen sends Sayid out to kill him instead (telling Sayid that he's "evil incarnate"). Sayid buries a knife in Fake Locke, to no effect. He then agrees to carry F.L.'s "message" to Dogen, in return for what appears to be a promise that he'll get to see Nadia again (in this timeline, she's dead). The message: F.L. is leaving the island now that Jacob's dead — decide by sundown whether to leave with him or die.
Amid the consternation this causes at the temple, Kate finds Claire and tells her Aaron is safe and Kate has come to rescue her. Claire gives her a crazy glare and says Kate's the one who needs rescuing. Sayid meanwhile confronts Dogen, who has now tried twice to cause Sayid's death. Dogen tells a long story about killing his son in a drunken accident and being offered a second chance by Jacob if he would come to the island, basically shifting the blame for the way Sayid's been treated. (And raising the question: if Dogen's then 12-year-old son is still alive, have we seen him?) Sayid's response: to throw Dogen into the temple pool and drown him, thereby fulfilling the real deal he made with F.L. For good measure, he also knocks off the irritating Lennon.
The stage is now set for the slaughter, as the black smoke rolls in and starts throwing Other extras around the set but missing the characters we care about. In the midst of it, Ilana, Lapidus, Ben and Sun arrive (apparently they move more slowly than F.L., who's had time to take Sawyer to the coast and come back and hang out with Claire in the jungle). Ben tracks Sayid to the pool and tells him there's still time to leave, but Sayid says "Not for me" and gives Ben an evil look. In a nicely underplayed Big Moment, Miles asks Sun if she's seen Jin and tells her, "Yeah, he's alive, I saw him yesterday."
The good guys (it appears we have to include Ben in their number) duck into a secret room Ilana knows about, except for Kate, who went to get Claire. Claire's having none of it, though, and she and Sayid join the group that's cast its lot with Fake Locke as he walks away from the temple to the tune of a distorted version of "Catch a Falling Star." (At Slate, Jack Shafer compared this final scene with "Apocalypse Now," but from here it looked a lot like a tribal council on "Survivor." The lighting was dead-on.) We see Kate picking up a rifle and watching as F.L. and his followers walk away — it's unclear if she's joining them, but presumably she'll at least be tracking them, still looking for her chance to rescue Claire.
As always, comments, observations and cavils are welcome.
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In this week's Skylanders: Lost Islands update the last of the sidekicks squeezes in and the boys set up their own HQ.
Just in the nick of time Barkley makes his debut and rounds out the Giants Sidekicks only days before Swap Force is due to be released. If you don't have the toy he'll cost you 300 Gems.
The Scouts HQ provides a house for all of the boy Skylanders, complete with a 200 Gem price tag. The output is just like the Sky Cadettes HQ that the girl Skylanders got last week.
Last Friday the official Youtube channel posted the first in what looks to be the start of a series of weekly videos, the Skylanders Boomcast.
Skylanders Boomcast brings you the latest in Skylanders SWAP Force news. Host Zachary Gordon reveals the story behind the SWAP Force team and shares his favorite new combination when he swaps WASH BUCKLER with STINK BOMB to form: STINK BUCKLER! And Fryno makes a special appearance.
New Skylanders VIDEOS EVERY FRIDAY featuring the latest NEWS, TIPS & FAN ART of your favorite characters in Skylanders SWAP Force.
ive seen this on a previous topic! zach acts a little to enthusiastic. but im still excited about boomcast!
I don't think any of my FB friends actually play Lost Islands. I'd like to get some friends to visit.
plz try my quiz http://www.quizyourfriends.com/take-quiz.php?id=1502171554577322&pg& im a huge fan !!!!!
I'll be on every now and then.
As for the Skylanders Boomcast - yes it will be a weekly series - things should seem a bit 'smoother' in the second episode - hope you guys enjoy!
Oh. My. Gosh. Did anybody else notice the blue Eye-Brawl!?!
The four last are the four best...Punk Shock, Dune Bug, Wind Up, and Scratch!
Flynn has also returned from the Cloudbreak Islands and is once again available for purchase in the Companions Store for the same price of 3000 Gems.
Awesome Shadow The Hedgehog & Ahsoka Tano avatar by the equally awesome Ace Archdragon!!!!


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Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minnesota : Sep. 1--Retailers such as Target and Home Depot sell everything from lumber and garden hoses to toilet paper and pantyhose.
So why not sell jobs as well?
Faced with a chronic shortage of workers, that's exactly what they're doing. Both have set up computer kiosks in their stores in which shoppers can apply to be workers.
Minneapolis-based Target and Atlanta-based Home Depot have computer kiosks in all of their stores, typically in highly visible locations. As the candidates fill out the applications, they are screened by computer programs, and the successful ones can stick around for an interview.
"What they're doing is taking the human resources function and automating it," said John Challenger, chief executive of Challenger, Gray and Christmas, a Chicago-based employment consultant.
While many companies now invite those who click on their Web sites to apply for jobs, Home Depot and Target are the first to aggressively expand an in-store system and rely on it for the bulk of their applications. The retailers say their automated system has not only made the application process faster and more efficient, they're finding and hiring a better class of candidates because of it.
In fact, the computer kiosk has sped up the application process to the extent that Target can hire a candidate on the spot any time during store hours.
"It's employment as an impulse buy," said Mitch Potter, an attraction and retention consultant with William Mercer and Associates in Minneapolis.
There are some drawbacks. After all, the computerized system may not have much appeal to technophobes, and even the technology-savvy may feel it's a bit depersonalized (in fact, Challenger predicts it won't be long before the interview will be automated as well). And some candidates may be screened out because of a mistake -- either their own or the computer's.
But for the most part, employment experts found little downside to the trend. In fact, Potter saw the main risk in a temptation for the employer to overrely on it.
And retailers say it has attracted a better class of applicants. After all, the candidates shop at your store, so they have at least a basic knowledge about who you are. Perhaps they even have a predisposition to wanting to work there.
But best of all, the candidate is there.
"A lot of times, you can set up interviews, and the candidate never shows up," Challenger said.
The application process itself can screen out candidates who are too young, who can't work the required hours or who refuse to take a drug test. At any step in the process, the candidates may choose not to continue. In the end, that probably saves both candidate and retailer a lot of time.
Take the application process at Home Depot, built from scratch by the retailer.
To start off, the computer runs a five-minute video that promotes Home Depot as an attractive place to work while it cautions the applicants about the duties and night and weekend hours expected of them. After the video, candidates fill out an application form and answer some questions at the end.
Home Depot tries to gauge the candidate's expertise, such as whether they would do better selling paint, plumbing supplies or carpentry tools. The whole process takes about 40 to 45 minutes, not including the personal interview that follows for candidates who haven't been screened out.
Home Depot's system allows it to better screen candidates and to find the appropriate candidate for the right job, said Dave Shackelford, Home Depot's senior manager in information services.
The retailer pools the applicants so that if the store where the candidate applied doesn't have a suitable opening, the candidate could be matched with another store in the same metropolitan area that does. Under the old system, perhaps one or two of 30 or more applicants might get a job; under the new system, as many as 20 out of 30 are landing jobs, he said.
The automated system gives both retailers an advantage over their competition by allowing them to offer jobs virtually on the spot any time the store is open.
Target's process, in particular, is geared for speed, taking the average candidate between 15 and 35 minutes to complete, said Pete Scheldt, Target's project manager overseeing the system. Target uses the new system in all of its 890 stores, as the last of the computer kiosks were installed two weeks ago.
The emphasis on speed is a reason Target's kiosks don't start with a video, Scheldt said. Also, since Target is typically filling jobs requiring general retail skills, it is less probing than Home Depot in determining areas of expertise.
"You don't have to be a human resources expert to interview," Scheldt said. "We used to hire mostly during the workday, but now we're doing a lot more off-hours hiring."
In the end, a process that used to take Target two to 10 days to complete now can be done before the candidate leaves the store.
Target could soon set up kiosks outside their stores in areas where they might attract likely candidates, such as university campuses, he said.
Potter anticipates computer employment kiosks will become like porta-potties, set up wherever throngs of people assemble: concerts, libraries, even the State Fair. A big reason is that the labor shortage is not expected to get better any time soon, he said.
"We seem to be playing a game of reverse musical chairs," Potter said. "Each time the music stops, there are more empty chairs."
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Employers need to understand Millennials or else they leave. They want recognition for good work. They convey their problems to the top officials and have very good communication. They have good interpersonal skills and are very confident in what ever they do. They are ready to take leadership roles and are ready to work with diverse work force. They enjoy doing team work, ready to travel and expect an extra attention. Gen Y is innovative. They have great access to technology and are ready to adapt to the new environment. They visit social networking websites and keep their knowledge updated, update them selves on twitter. They party and makes lots of friends.
1)Give them assignments which match their capability and are challenging. They suffer from boredom very easily and are dissatisfied doing monotonous work.
2)New policies need to be advocated to satisfy their needs.
3)They are skilled and ready to learn. They should be provided with good career options along with work to avoid employee attrition.
4)Provide them with proper work guidance and training.
Millennials believe in results and has the ability to work round the clock.


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Medium.com, April 4, 2017 — Wallace Rice covered the floor of his living room with colorful rectangles. He'd spent six weeks combining shapes and symbols, trying to find just the right image to represent the city where he lived. He'd come up with hundreds of possibilities for a city flag design, and now he displayed his favorites on that floor. Anytime anyone visited Rice's home in the Lincoln Park neighborhood — people including the author's acquaintances as well as delivery boys and milkmen — he quizzed them: Which of these should be the city flag?
And visit the Chicago Tribune for a shorter version of the story, published on April 23, 2017, on the newspaper's Chicago Flashback page.


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Severe Stress Before Age 6 Resulted in Smaller Brain Memory Structures
Kathryn L. Humphreys, Ph.D.
Researchers discovered that severe stress early in life impacts the development of the brain's hippocampus, a structure crucial for memory and known to be stress-sensitive. Not finding this association in older children exposed to severe stress, the team suggests there is a "sensitive period" for such impact, prior to age 6.
Severe stress before age 6 resulted in smaller-sized hippocampus, seen in brain scans before puberty, researchers report. Tweet
A team of researchers studying the impact of stress upon children has published new evidence suggesting that there is a "sensitive period" lasting through age 5 in which severe stress appears to have its greatest impact on the hippocampus, a part of the brain known to be stress-sensitive.
Stress severity for events experienced prior to age 6 was correlated in the study with smaller hippocampi, as measured by volume. (Every person has two of these seahorse-shaped structures, one on each side of the brain.) For reasons not yet clear, the team found no correlation between stress severity and hippocampal volume for events experienced between the ages of 6 through 13.
"Our findings have important clinical implications," say the researchers, explaining that smaller hippocampal volume has been linked in past studies with problems later in life: heightened vulnerability to brain and behavior disorders following trauma; poorer antidepressant response; and memory deficits.
There are a great variety of ways in which stress can be measured and evaluated. While some researchers have focused on its cumulative impact over periods of years, others have explored the impact of its severity.
Kathryn L. Humphreys, Ph.D., a 2015 BBRF Young Investigator at Vanderbilt University, and colleagues, placed their focus on severity, and particularly the timing of severely stressful events in a young child's life. Their sample consisted of 178 children drawn from a northern California community, aged 9 to 14, part of a larger sample of children being studied from childhood through puberty. 2015 BBRF Young Investigator Sarah J. Ordaz, Ph.D., was also on the team.
Sixty-three percent of the 178 children reported a stressful event prior to age 6. All but three of the 178 reported at least one stressful event later in childhood. The children received brain scans, which enabled the team to measure and compare their hippocampi, correlating the results with each child's history of stress. Parental reports of stress were also part of the study.
"While our results clearly show differences in hippocampal volume after early-life stress," the researchers noted, "they should not be taken to indicate that only events early in life are meaningful." They also cautioned that stress, early in life or later, can affect other parts of the brain; their work is specific to the hippocampus, a region that plays a crucial role in the consolidation of memories, both long- and short-term.
"In the future, it will be important to focus on how to prevent stress in early life and how best to buffer children from the harmful effects of stress," Dr. Humphreys said.
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Seems apt that I am only just posting photos from last year's reading party considering that this year's takes place 3 weeks from now.
Again with the trees/foliage because, well, TREES.
Then some lesser-spotted computer scientists amongst the trees.
…but others may have their own ideas.
'Spot the computer scientist' 1/2.
One paddle wasn't enough, now everybody wants a go.
Despite having lived in St Andrews for almost 4 years now, I had never walked along the Lade Braes, a lovely path that follows the old walls of the town out along the route of the 'lade' (an artificial stream) that was cut to ensure a freshwater supply to the cathedral.
This first one was probably my favorite of the bunch, but at the time I wasn't expecting it to be anything special.
Rewinding back to the beginning of the walk here. I dropped the colour from most of these after I scanned them, but for some reason I left this one with the tint it ended up with after the scan.
I took the dSLR with the 100mm macro as it had just rained (& still was a bit) & I was hoping to get some clichéd close-ups of droplets on leaves, but with most of the walk in the shade of the trees, the sun behind the rainclouds & the fact the 100mm macro is only an f4, I couldn't really get anything without cranking up the ISO into noisy territory.
Luckily I grabbed the Canonet as an afterthought as I was heading out the door & was glad I did as even though I still had to shoot most things with a very slow shutter, the combination of f1.7 & not focusing on subjects less than 30cm away meant I at least came back with some usable snaps.
I had it loaded with Tri-X & with a yellow filter screwed on. Of course the filter wasn't of much use with no blue sky about & I think it actually caused the washed-out almost IR look to the foliage, but at least it didn't completely ruin the shots. A lot of them would've looked better if I wasn't forced to shoot wide open because of how dim it was, but hey – at least I got something.
This might've come out nicer with a longer shutter (& no ugly sandbag wall in the background), but even managing to get it this slow handheld was a feat!
Likewise with this. I might go back at some point with a tripod, cable release & a set of NDs or something.
Really need to start taking more attention to my framing. Even with more DOF this would still look bad with the end of the branch jutting out at the bottom.
Not really the sort of subject I wanted to shoot at f1.7.
This came out better than expected though. The almost IR like quality to the foliage helps it I think. But then I am biased.
Wanted to finish the roll before I started retracing my steps on the way back. Time for bench shots.
Just look at how this is perfectly framed so the angle of the bench draws the viewer's eye… straight off the edge of the photograph in the opposite direction to the rest of the image >.< It takes some skill to be able to frame a shot so badly after actually stopping to consider the framing.
I've had this lens for years but never really used it apart from for the odd indoors figure shot. With spring rapidly approaching there is an abundance of flowers & blossoms lining my path to the lab every morning (dissertation deadline is looming, so every day is a lab day even in the current 'holiday') so what better subject for macro shooting? I need to do a more scientific test comparing the performance at different apertures, but all of these were at 5.6 & I'm already getting a feeling of what this glass is capable of.
I've noticed a little bit of CA, but I'll need to do more testing to see how bad it can actually get.
These were all shot on my K20D, which has a 1.54x crop sensor & I cropped this shot down quite a bit in Lightroom as well, but it still has plenty of detail.
A 100% crop of the above.
Definitely my favorite from this morning's walk, the flower on the right is tack sharp. This one is cropped down even more than the last one, I cut out maybe as much as 40% of the frame.
Once again a 100% crop for you to peep at.
In homage to the masterpiece that is the Merry Bokehlicious Christmas Song, have some ridiculously bokehlicious Christmas-type shots. Enjoy!
Posted on December 22, 2010 July 5, 2011 Categories Sessions/OutingsTags nature, Pentax D-BG2, Pentax K20D, Sigma 28mm F1.8 EX DG Aspherical Macro, snow, st andrews, wildlifeLeave a comment on Merry Bokehlicious Christmas?
We've had several bouts of snow up here in the past month or so & I feel quite guilty for not seizing the opportunity to take some lovely photos, but things have been so busy all I've managed to do is take some snapshots on my way to & from places.


Though subtitled (at times, badly) the film quickly envelops its audience in a curious setting as Natalia (Sofia Del Tuffo) carries out her daily duties at a nunnery. From early on it's apparent that Natalia has a hidden gift, though it's not quite clear what it actually is at first. At short notice she is forced to leave her vocation after receiving the news that her mother has died and her father is gravely ill.
Returning to her home to tend for her Dad isn't as straight forward as one might imagine thanks to the negativity in the household. Her older sister Ángela seems to resent everyone and it's immediately obvious that her father has a dark side that was somehow to blame for their mother's death along with other bad feeling between the brood.
To remedy the problem, Ángela suggests that the sisters travel with friends to a remote temple to seek enlightenment and release from their demons. Reluctantly, Natalia goes along, driven by the need to protect her sister and possibly find out more about a sickly but magnetic boy named Abel.
But as the group embarks on their spiritual journey, things take a distressing turn as the ceremony unlocks something evil within the group that is fixated with Natalia, leaving her with no choice but to explore her past in order to devise a way to survive.
Luciferina is a wonderfully stylish film that oozes dark ambiance and classic Giallo elements, making it a joy to watch and helping to deliver a tale which is as scary as it is beautiful.
Sofia Del Tuffo is an encapsulating lead, exuding innocence and naive fragility, as her character is helplessly carried toward her destiny by the unrelenting flow of dark energy that resides at the ancient temple that she and her friends mistook for a sanctuary.
As you get taken on their hallucinogenic journey to the underworld it's easy to feel lost and disorientated as Natalia looks to escape unsure who to trust. These feelings are emphasised with clever cinematography, excellent use of sound and a dramatic general atmosphere that has been conjured by the production team.
Performances outside of the lead are equally strong, with each actor playing their role with conviction, particularly Natalia's wayward sister, played by Malena Sánchez.
Horror films based on satanic rituals and the conflict of religion and raw human emotions are surprisingly common, but Luciferina manages to raise eyebrows, surprisingly offering something a little different and encapsulating – even for the seasoned horror fan.


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My Happy Ending – Chapter 5
The next two days went by painfully slowly. Nick and Ashleigh hardly spoke at all, avoiding each other at all costs. It wasn't a difficult thing to do considering the size of Nick's house. He spent most of his time in the basement, playing video games or fiddling around with his guitar.
Ashleigh on the other hand spent a lot of time in her car, driving around aimlessly. She'd walked around Tampa, gone window shopping and done just about everything she could think of to take her mind off Nick.
Nothing had worked. She missed him, and wanted to work things out. Though, she and Nick were both quite stubborn. Anytime the two of them had argued before this it hadn't been over anything important. They hadn't had time to get into large fights on the few weekends they'd stolen together.
Swallowing her pride, Ashleigh finally decided it was time to talk with him. She made her way down to the basement, where she saw Nick sitting on the floor in front of the television set. Either he hadn't noticed her or he was ignoring her because he didn't even look up.
Ashleigh quietly walked over to him pressed her lips together. She really hadn't meant to cause such a rift between them. "Nicky…" She said softly, kneeling down and hugging him from behind.
"Don't." Nick said sharply, not taking his eyes off the screen. "Why don't you go talk to Joey or someone?"
"I don't want to talk to her; I want to talk to you." She replied. She hadn't talked to Joey at all since their conversation on Nick's birthday. What was the use? Joey would only worry about her and she wouldn't be able to fix anything. "Nick, please." She said, sitting down beside him. "I want to fix it."
Nick shrugged. He wasn't interested in apologizing to Ashleigh and telling her she was right. The very thought of doing that made him angry all over again. Why should he have to be the one to give in? "Really?" He said, his voice lacking in any sort of emotion. "And how do you plan to do that?"
"If you would just understand…"
Nick glared at her, finally taking his attention away from his game and focusing on Ashleigh. "Why should it have to be me that gives in?" He asked angrily.
Ashleigh put her head in her knees. She couldn't believe that they were going to start arguing again. All she'd wanted was to talk to him calmly. "Because my way involves inaction. If it were the other way around, you'd be the one to get your way, if I were saying we should get married and you were saying no."
Nick pouted, she did have a point. He couldn't force her to marry him just so he could win their argument. It didn't make any sense, and that certainly wasn't the way he wanted things to go. "I guess. I just don't see why you don't want to."
"I just think it's too soon. Please understand that."
Nick scoffed. How could it be too soon? They hadn't had any problems in there relationship at all, so what did the amount of time matter. That was precisely what he told her.
"Everything isn't always going to be perfect." Ashleigh said calmly, not wanting to fight with him any longer. "How do we know how things are going to go between us when things aren't so great? Lord knows we aren't doing a very good job right now."
Nick sighed. The only reason things weren't going well was because she refused to let their relationship move ahead. "Only because you're being so stubborn."
She didn't lose her cool. "I'm not being stubborn, Nick. I'm being realistic. I was already engaged once, can you imagine what would have happened if I had been married when I'd met up with you again? Things definitely would have been a lot worse."
"But you don't want anyone else." Nick said, looking at her for affirmation of his statement.
"No, I don't. But that doesn't mean we have to rush into things. I didn't say it was completely off the table for the future. If things continue to work out between us I would love to marry you some day."
"Some day." Nick said, rolling his eyes. Still, he began to understand her point. Perhaps he had acted a little too rash. She was right, they hadn't yet faced any major relationship problems. However, Nick didn't have any doubt in his mind that they would be able to get through anything together. After all, they loved each other, wasn't that all that mattered.
"I love you." She said, kissing him.
Nick responded eagerly to her kisses. "I love you too." Though he still wasn't keen on the idea of waiting, he figured he may as well lay off for a while. If she didn't want to yet, there was no point in pushing the issue any longer. Nick could only hope that she would change her mind.
"We totally did it on the floor of the basement." Ashleigh giggled into the phone later that evening. After two days of not talking, the girls definitely had a lot to catch up on. Ashleigh moving so far away had been hard on them, they'd seen each other nearly every day since they were in the sixth grade. Now, they had to settle for talking on the phone instead of having girly sleep-overs (which they still did, despite the fact that they were now in their later twenties).
Joey laughed. She was glad she had finally phoned Ashleigh to see what was going on. "So, is the best part about fighting making up?"
"Definitely." Ashleigh giggled. "So? How's the snow?"
Joey groaned. She couldn't deny the fact that she was jealous of Ashleigh, living in sunny Florida. "It sucks. Though a bunch of us went ice skaing a few nights ago."
Ashleigh felt a pang of jealousy. She really did miss all of her friends terribly, especially since the events of the last few days. It worried her a little, that moving away would cause her to lose touch with everyone. "That must have been fun."
"It was all right. Nothing compared to you though, hanging out with the Backstreet Boys." Joey laughed. "You never did tell me how Nick's party went, besides his crazy proposal."
"It was okay. I didn't talk much. I felt really shy, and couldn't shake this nervous sick feeling." She admitted.
"And here I thought you would have been over your obsessive Backstreet Boys days." Joey teased her. "I'm sure they loved you."
"I guess so. Though they probably all hate me now for not marrying Nick." Ashleigh said, a tinge of worry in her voice. She really didn't want that to happen, especially after she'd began to feel a little more comfortable around Howie and Leigh.
"Nah." Joey said dismissively. "I'm sure it'll be fine."
"I hope so." Ashleigh replied, but still wasn't able to shake the feeling that things between her and Nick weren't going to be able to go back to normal. At least not for a while.


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Соболевська волость — історична адміністративно-територіальна одиниця Краснинського повіту Смоленської губернії з центром у селі Манюки.

Станом на 1885 рік складалася з 31 поселення, 23 сільських громад. Населення —   (1565 чоловічої статі та 1689 — жіночої), 460 дворових господарств.

Найбільше поселення волості станом на 1885:
 Манюки — колишнє власницьке село при річці Вихра за 35 верст від повітового міста,  , 10 дворів. За 4 версти — православна церква, 2 ярмарки на рік. За 10 верст — 3 православні церкви, 2 школи, щорічний ярмарок.

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Home » Scientific news » A Mediterranean basin without a Mediterranean climate? (case study)
A Mediterranean basin without a Mediterranean climate? (case study)
In January 2020, the McKinsey Global Institute published Climate risk and response: Physical hazards and socioeconomic impacts. In that report, the impact of climate change is measured by the extent to which it could affect human beings, human-made physical assets, and the natural world over the next three decades. In order to link physical climate risk to socioeconomic impact, nine specific cases are investigated that illustrate exposure to climate change extremes and proximity to physical thresholds.
On one of the case studies is:
"A Mediterranean basin without a Mediterranean climate ?"
The Mediterranean basin is often perceived as the ultimate in climate, comfort, and culture. Year-round, millions of visitors from all over the world flock to enjoy the mild climate, wine and food, and stunning scenery. However, climate change may harshen the Mediterranean climate and disrupt vital industries such as tourism and agriculture. The mean temperature in the Mediterranean basin has increased 1.4 degrees Celsius since the late 19th century, compared with the global average of 1.1 degrees—and absent targeted decarbonization, temperatures are projected to increase by an additional 1.5 degrees by 2050. Rising temperatures are expected to raise hydrological variability, increasing the risk of drought, water stress, wildfires, and floods.
In this case study, the consequences of a changing climate for Mediterranean communities and economies are examined with a focus on heat- and precipitation-related aspects of climate change, though coastal flooding will also have an impact. Climate projections indicate that the annual number of days with a maximum temperature above 37 degrees will increase everywhere in the Mediterranean region, with a doubling in North Africa, southern Spain, and Turkey from 30 to 60 by 2050. Many areas could see a decline in water supplies of between 10 and 25 percent between 2030 and 2050. Heat and drought conditions further increase the risk of wildfires and disease. In the Iberian Peninsula, for example, the expected annual area burned by wildfire is projected to double by 2050.
Then the economic impacts of climate change in tourism and farming are explored. Physical climate change is likely to increase spatial inequality across countries and regions within Europe. An increase in the number of "too hot" days in a given region could discourage tourism in peak season, which today accounts for approximately 15 percent of the GDP of Mediterranean countries while other northern countries may benefit from a warmer climate. Agriculture will likely be impacted. Farmers in many places have already seen their crop yields diminish and become less predictable, a trend that is likely to continue. Areas known for the quality of their wine grapes, for example, risk losing prominence on the viticulture map while nontraditional growing regions could gain advantage.
Summary for Policymakers of MAR1, now available in Italian
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The State of Mediterranean and Black Sea Fisheries 2022
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Wheat prices may be lower now that the dramatic spike higher has seen various speculators coming out and betting on a reversion, but little has been resolved yet, as Russia now debates extending the grain export ban beyond the December 31, even as fires in the Russian countryside continue to burn, and a record heatwave and lack of winds have concentrated a huge toxic cloud of carbon monoxide above the Russian capital. To be sure, some development has been noted with fires now affecting "only" 170,000 hectares of land, compared to the peak of 190,000, although firefighters are still having a difficult time materially containing the blaze. The worst consequence of the inferno: the mortality rate in Moscow has doubled as a result. The FT reports: "The death rate in Moscow has doubled due to the toxic smog hanging over the city from wildfires raging around the Russian capital and the worst heatwave since records began, a senior city health official said on Monday. Andrei Seltsovsky, the head of Moscow's health department, said the number of people dying daily in the city had now reached about 700, while the death rate normally averages about 360 to 380 people a day. "The mortality rate has doubled," the official told reporters." And taking things from bad to worse is the breaking news that Russia has just declared a state of emergency in Ozersk, where one of the largest nuclear storage and fuel-reprocessing center Mayak is located.
MOSCOW, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) — A state of emergency has been declared in Russia's Urals city of Ozersk, where one of the largest nuclear storage and fuel-reprocessing center Mayak is located, reported RIA Novosti news agency Monday, citing the local administration.
Local authorities claim the move was caused by the "complicated situation" with peat bog fires.
Moscow was coated in choking smog on Monday for the fourth day running, with levels of pollution, including carbon monoxide and other harmful particles, more than 3 times acceptable levels. The pollution had climbed to nearly seven times acceptable norms on Saturday, prompting many to flee the capital and businesses and a handful of embassies to close, while the area hit by peat bog and forest fires tripled at the weekend.
Mr Seltsovsky's comments were the first official confirmation of what many had feared. A Moscow morgue official told the Financial Times at the weekend that the number of corpses had doubled in recent days, with mainly the elderly affected, while death rates had been climbing for the last month and half due to the record heat. But other morgue officials had declined to comment and a senior health official on Sunday had disputed an anonymous blog written by a Moscow doctor claiming that medical staff were being forced to coverup the number of heat and smog-related deaths, while space was running out in city morgues.
Mr Seltsovsky said on Monday that the number of people hospitalised due to the heat had increased by 10 per cent, while the number of children in hospital had increased by 17 per cent. Alexei Yakovlev, a prominent doctor of biological science, told the Ekho Moskvy radio station he estimated the smog was costing 200 lives a day even as health officials urged residents to remain indoors with windows sealed while employers were urged to keep staff away from work until Tuesday, so as to reduce the number of people on the street.
Meteorologists said slight winds were expected to start to lift the smog by Wednesday as firefighters continued to battle the blazes that have broken out across a vast swathe of European Russia after the record heatwave turned forests and peat bogs into tinder boxes.