(Indianapolis, IN) – Specialty Coating Systems (SCS) is pleased to announce plans to exhibit in Booth #2307 at the 2018 IPC APEX EXPO, scheduled to take place Feb. 27 – March 1, 2018 at the San Diego Convention Center. The company will showcase its conformal coating line up, including the PrecisionCoat V, PrecisionCoat BT, Omegameter SMD 650 and Parylene coating services.
The PrecisionCoat V, available in conformal coating, dispensing and/or potting platforms, offers maximum flexibility and efficiency for manufacturers. The SCS PrecisionCoat V's conformal coating and dispense valves move smoothly along the three axis system, with an option to add fully programmable fourth and fifth axes for tilt and rotation capabilities. The system's multi-valve technology allows for the application of dots, lines, fills, glob tops and spray coat areas; it is a total system solution that ensures accuracy, repeatability and high throughput for a wide range of automated material application, all in a footprint that maximizes valuable production floor space.
Additionally, the SCS PrecisionCoat Automatic Tool Change feature will be available for demonstration on the PrecisionCoat V platform. This feature makes it easy to quickly pick up the active valve or tool, then drop it off and pick up another. This can be performed with up to five valves within the same program with no operator intervention, while maintaining the unit's large work area.
SCS' new PrecisionCoat BT applies materials via configurable conformal coating and/or dispense valves (up to two) that move along three axes (x, y and z) with a command accuracy of ±0.0001″ (0.003 mm) and ±0.003″ (0.08 mm) repeatability. The system is ideal for manufacturers looking to automate their manual processes and/or add additional capacity to their production floor or lab.
The Omegameter SMD 650 is a next-generation, software-controlled Omegameter cleanliness test system. The system identifies the presence of ionic contamination on bare and assembled printed circuit boards and other electronic components, and provides an accurate and repeatable method for determining cleanliness on location. It complies with current industrial specifications such as ANSI/J-STD-001 and IPC-TM-650, and obsolete military specifications, e.g. MIL-STD-2000A.
Finally, SCS will be showcasing its Parylene coating services and technologies at APEX. With 20 coating facilities around the world and more than 45 years of applications experience in the electronics, automotive, medical device and defense industries, SCS is the global leader in Parylene conformal coating services and technologies.
For more information about SCS, these products or to set-up a booth meeting at APEX, contact SCS at +1.317.244.1200 or visit www.scsequip.com.
With over 45 years of experience and locations around the world, Specialty Coating Systems is the global leader in Parylene conformal coatings and technologies. This extensive coating and application experience is leveraged on each and every customer project, including the industry-leading systems that SCS designs and manufactures. From conformal coating, dispensing and cure systems to ionic contamination test systems, SCS equipment is used in environments that range from university and research labs to high-volume production facilities. SCS' proactive approach to production and quality requirements-testing, validating, documenting and processing-enables customers and their advanced technologies to meet the most challenging industry specifications and quality requirements. For more information on SCS, visit www.scscoatings.com.


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Journalist who helped popularize modern use of term 'fake news' to speak at King's
BuzzFeed Media Editor Craig Silverman will be at King's on Nov. 7 to deliver the keynote address in the 2019 Joseph Howe Symposium
Journalist Craig Silverman, who helped popularize the phrase 'fake news', will present the keynote at the 2019 Joseph Howe Symposium
A lot has changed since Canadians went to the polls four years ago, according to BuzzFeed News Media Editor and Halifax native Craig Silverman.
In the run-up to the Oct. 21 federal election, Silverman and his team were comparing the tone of election messaging in 2019 to that of 2015.
"I absolutely see a difference in a hardening of the tone," he said over the phone days before this country elected a Liberal minority government. There was more hyper-partisanship and more targeted disinformation efforts in 2019 than in 2015," Silverman says. "There's definitely a change on that front."
Silverman will bring election coverage analysis to King's 2019 Joseph Howe Symposium when he gives the keynote address "Decoding the News: Truth and consequences in the 2019 federal election" on Nov. 7. Silverman may draw from the examples he and his team discovered this fall like a Buffalo man who was a surprise influencer and pro-oil industry videos skirting campaign disclosure rules.
Misinformation, disinformation, and media manipulation may be somewhat new to Canada, but Silverman has watched these menaces rear their ugly head all over the world for nearly a decade.
"We might get to a point where people become so distrustful of everything around them that they just assume that so much around them is fake"—Craig Silverman
On the way, the award-winning journalist helped popularize the term "Fake News" and also wrote a long list of acclaimed articles looking at different threats to truthful journalism.
New course on journalism verification techniques
School of Journalism
Journalism Webinar on Nov. 28
Sifting through all the misinformation is a full-time job in today's political landscape, and it is non-stop: the Canadian election; ongoing Brexit negotiations; the Philippines and Brazil; and, of course, Silverman and his team are already preparing for 2020 U.S. election.
With so much attention given to misinformation, Silverman worries we're heading down the wrong path. In the big picture, Canada doesn't have it too bad, said Silverman. He said we can be somewhat relieved, but not too complacent. "I think we might get to a point where people become so distrustful of everything around them that they just assume that so much around them is fake," he said. "And that is a dangerous place to be."
Coming home to Halifax
Now based in Toronto, Silverman is eager to return to Halifax, his hometown, and share that message. "It's always a pleasure when I get a chance to speak to people who are studying and engaged in journalism but also to broaden it out to the public as a whole and talk about these issues."
He is bringing messages for both journalists and daily internet users trying to get-by in their digital worlds.
Journalists, Silverman said, need to carry a sense of awareness all the time. "This is a new reality of the information world that we live in. There is an abundance of information, which is a great thing," he said. "At the same time, of course, by having lots of these wonderful new voices there's also lots of other kinds of actors who come in. People who are masquerading as something that they're not; people who are trying to scam others; people who are trying to trick and mislead and deceive and all these things."
But being media literate, however, is not just a journalist's responsibility. It affects everyone, Silverman said. "It's about this new and chaotic information-environment that we are living in. How we navigate it; what we need to be aware of."
He calls it "comparison shopping." It's easy to absorb everything you see browsing through your newsfeeds, but Silverman argues you should always be asking where this information is coming from. "Who is this website? Who is [behind] this app? Who [writes] this blog? And, also get a sense of where they're getting their information from," he said. "[Ask] those basic questions and then seeking out other sources."
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TMK Stuff => Game Blog => Topic started by: David on July 19, 2021, 03:39:00 AM
Title: 40th Anniversary of the Mario Series!
Post by: David on July 19, 2021, 03:39:00 AM
In July of 1981, the very first Mario game appeared! Donkey Kong (https://themushroomkingdom.net/games/dk-arcade) was released in arcades in the USA and Japan during July, and Mario has been barreling out ever since! What's your favorite Mario title?
If you'd like to reminisce, might we suggest tuning in to WTMK ("All Mario, All the Time") (https://themushroomkingdom.net/wtmk.shtml), which is running a special 40th anniversary musical Mario-thon. Tune in now!
Link: WTMK: All Mario Radio (https://themushroomkingdom.net/wtmk.shtml)
Title: Re: 40th Anniversary of the Mario Series!
Post by: Mario500 on September 17, 2021, 06:45:32 AM
"This Week in History for May 29-June 4" (article)
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The Week in History for May 29-June 4
Aberdeen News
Published 1:00 a.m. CT May 29, 2021
1941: Baseball Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig died at age 37 of a degenerative disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
1981: The Japanese video arcade game "Donkey Kong" made its U.S. debut.
1990: Groton had a golf course for the first time in 48 years.
1997: Timothy McVeigh was convicted of murder and conspiracy in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 people.
2012: Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison after a court convicted him on charges of complicity in the killing of protesters during the 2011 uprising that forced him from power.
Post by: Deezer on September 18, 2021, 01:44:10 PM
Interesting, I think this is the first time I've seen anyone claim June 2, 1981 is the Donkey Kong arcade US release date. I was trying to find their source, and it might be from this Time article (https://time.com/3901489/donkey-kong-anniversary/) published in 2015 (and who knows what their source was).
Usually the date is listed as July or August.
The Universal City Studios v. Nintendo Co. judgment (https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=1150491269933850654) from 1983 says "In July 1981, the Donkey Kong game was introduced into the United States market."
When 1UP.com talked to Don James (https://web.archive.org/web/20130327220130/http://www.1up.com/features/year-monkey?pager.offset=0), the NOA employee who installed the first DK machine in Spot Tavern, they wrote "Twenty-five years ago this August, the first-ever copy of the game that would become Nintendo's breakout hit product was installed in a Seattle tavern." And from page 3 (https://web.archive.org/web/20130327220130/http://www.1up.com/features/year-monkey?pager.offset=2): "In August, just days after James joined the staff, Donkey Kong arrived."
Post by: Mario500 on September 18, 2021, 05:59:25 PM
Quotation of a certain "The History of Mario 1981-1991: The rise of an icon, from myths to reality" (https://books.google.com/books/about/The_History_of_Mario.html?id=wVHOkQEACAAJ):
"The time of the first anonymous Donkey Kong cabinets placed in local bars in June 1981 was long gone."


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Prediction markets allow people to bet on the outcome of elections and thus aggregate people's expectations of what will happen on election day.
Prediction markets in the PollyVote
For its forecast of the national popular vote, Polly calculates a weekly average of daily forecast data from the Iowa Electronic Markets, in particular, the so-called vote-share market.
History of prediction markets
Prediction markets are often thought of as a relatively new forecasting method. Yet, such markets have been around for at least half a millennium, long before the emergence of scientific polling. The earliest account of political markets dates back to 1503, when betting on who will be the next pope was already considered old practice. In the US, political betting was common in the 19th, where public bets on a candidate were considered a sign of support. However, the heyday of election betting was between 1884 and 1940, when large-scale markets on presidential elections were operated. These markets not only provided accurate forecasts of the election outcome in an era before scientific polling, they were also widely popular among investors and journalists alike. At certain times, the trading volume in these markets exceeded that in the stock exchanges on Wall Street and major news outlets such as the New York Times, Sun, and World reported the betting odds as forecasts of the election outcome on a nearly daily basis.
Forecast accuracy of prediction markets
Prediction markets are an effective means to forecast elections. Evidence from different countries and elections shows that markets often provide more accurate forecasts than established benchmark methods such as polls, quantitative models, and expert judgment.
However, prediction markets do not meet the accuracy levels of the combined PollyVote forecast. The following chart shows the mean absolute error of the PollyVote compared to the IEM vote-share for the three elections from 2004 to 2012, calculated across the remaining days to Election Day. That is, at any given day, the chart shows the average error that one would have achieved by relying on either the PollyVote's or the IEM's forecasts until Election Day. For example, if one had relied on the IEM forecast starting 96 days before the election, an average error of 1.2 percentage points would have resulted. In comparison, the corresponding error of the PollyVote would have been 40% lower, at 0.7 percentage points. Note that the error of the PollyVote was consistently lower than the error of the IEM.


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Meet the Liverpool post-punk four-piece leading a charge against socio-political norms, with lashings of cowbell.
Issue 108 / March 2020 Words: Daniel Ponzini / @daniel_ponzini
Photography: Maisie Delaney
Between cavorting around stages across the North West, gaining a first play on BBC Radio 1, planting a two footer into footballing obsession and likening love to noisy Northern Rail Pacer, COURTING have been remarkably busy in an effort to gain your attention.
Made up of Sean Murphy-O'Neill (vocals, guitar), Sean Thomas (drums, vocals), Sam Brennan (bass) and Michael Downes (guitar), Courting's sound is difficult to define. There is no clear common structure between both of their singles Not Yr Man and Football, besides smashing guitar riffs and echoing reverb, which all adds to a cluster of noise which climaxes as sonic brilliance. It is for this reason that they really are a one-to-watch.
Offering some self-analysis, "Cowbell-core" is the first word uttered by Sean Murphy-O'Neill when asked to give his soundbite on Courting's distinctive style. This isn't a surprise – yes, really. Anyone who has attended their live shows so far knows exactly where he is coming from. Each time, around halfway through their set, O'Neill can be seen parading a cowbell above his head and chanting along to their newly released single Football – a track that sprints ahead on its bassline, is then forcibly shoulder charged by jagged guitar and piercing vocals, all the while offering damning statements on societal issues. All this in less than two minutes of injury time has generated a deserved buzz.
Ironically, Courting admit that the song is concentrating on the basic principle of football being an "omnipresent feature in British society", while also drawing on complete rejection of a traditional 'pop-star' trajectory of creating music in an attempt to (in their own words) "solely make their family rich and famous". Their opinions on societal dilemmas are refreshing, but are easily lost in the field of artists which suddenly assimilate to the same liberal mush. The true colours of Courting's ideology lie somewhere between rejection of the banal everyday and a cordial acceptance of impending doom.
And yet, breaking through the expansive, grey Brutalist construct in which Courting reside, there are flickers of Romanticism. You can observe this in their onstage commitment, with present shades of the same 'love and loss' conundrum every band seamlessly tends to flirt with. With the two single releases behind them, Courting concede "It's very difficult to write a song about love or loss in a way that hasn't already been done." The softer guitar riff towards the end of their debut single Not Yr Man (ignore the rest of the song for a minute), these few seconds could easily soundtrack a first dance or a final conversation. Here is the first breadcrumb that leads to a mellower Courting, one that can and should be followed. But don't be fooled for too long; the four-piece will come crashing back into reality with lyrics such as "Let me be your Northern Rail I wanna let you down" – ironically, a line that's always on time when hurled forward by O'Neill.
"Please don't take us too seriously" Courting
Courting outline Pavement as one of their most telling inspirations – O'Neill states that "I love a lot of [Pavement's] stuff. I always feel as though they can hit an emotional nerve without sounding dire or depressing." Perhaps the epitome of Courting's songwriting lurks somewhere near to this comment, simultaneously delivering both crashing riffs and tongue-in-cheek, observational lyricism.
As a closing sentiment, O'Neill asks "Please don't take us too seriously," adding: "Life would be a bit boring if we all just discussed economics. Music tends to make me feel happier than market conditions do." While a witty response, there is a contradiction in this. Label-less, they've consistently publicised their own gigs, traversing the music scene alone. A support slot alongside Coventry rabble Feet back in October may be their biggest achievement to date. The trials and tribulations of surfing the industry wave are just the first hurdles for Courting to clear. And clear them they have. After creating their own merchandise, posters, or pin badges, when all is said and done, O'Neill acknowledges "Life without art would just be a bit shit."
The messy, hazy image of Courting still refrains from loading clearly. At this moment, what can be seen is a colour splashed four-piece, determined to attack the poignancy of existence with goofy lyrics and crashing guitar riffs. The perfect medicine to any problem we should encounter – all while smashing a few cowbells. Long may it continue.
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How to watch Warriors vs. Grizzlies: Live stream info, TV channel, game time | January 25
January 24, 2023 3:36 am PT
The Golden State Warriors (23-24) will host the Memphis Grizzlies (31-16) after losing four straight home games. It starts at 10:00 PM ET on Wednesday, January 25, 2023.
The Warriors dropped their most recent game to the Nets, 120-116, on Sunday. Stephen Curry starred with 26 points, and also had six rebounds and seven assists.
For more about this game, including where and how to watch on FuboTV, continue reading.
National Basketball Association odds courtesy of Tipico Sportsbook. Odds updated Wednesday at 9:36 PM ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub.
Warriors vs. Grizzlies: How to Watch on TV or Live Stream
Game Day: Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Game Time: 10:00 PM ET
Location: San Francisco, California
Stadium: Chase Center
TV Channel: ESPN
Warriors vs. Grizzlies Odds and Spread
Spread Favorite: Warriors (-3)
Moneyline: Warriors (-145), Grizzlies (+123)


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Q: Buddypress: Cleaning up db after deleting group For some reasons that I cannot understand, Buddypress seems not to clean up after itself when deleting groups. The desired functionality for me would be that all forums, topics, posts and meta-data belonging to the group being deleted also get removed from their respective tables, but this unfortunately does not occur (I'm using the Group Forums btw…). Is this the desired behaviour, a flaw or a bug?
Not only that I find clogging db:s with unnecessary information bad, it also makes the development of a custom plugin for more advanced thread moving a lot harder for me since I now have to write my own clean ups. Is there a "delete_forum($forum_id)" function or something similar that takes care of this? Or maybe any other function? Or am I completely missing something out here?
Setup:
WordPress Version 3.2.1
BuddyPress Version 1.5.1

A: Here is my situation and how I resolved it:
Questions:

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*Did you transport the site from another server or domain? (Usually from a development sandbox or the like?)

*Files to check: bbpress.config file (Mine had the old development address. I was unaware that a URL was stored in here.)

*After adjustment: install group forums using existing install!

*After that: Delete and re-add groups

*Forums work and old forum topics are gone. I do not have ANY idea of how this functioned without the bbpress config file being close to correct, but it did!!! Until the delete groups command was issued!

Hopefully Buddypress continues to strive for warning messages when something is amiss!

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As promised, I have two quick cards to show you with the second 2 pieces from the VINTAGE ORNAMENTS DEFINITELY DECORATIVE STENCILS.
Rich Razzleberry, Brushed Gold and this time the Champagne Mist Shimmery paint.
There I was hooting through all my stamp sets, looking for a new branch to go with this Ornament, and THUD - looky here at Kindred Spirits, and the little design for the ornament. I think they had the same mommy! Ok, again, that was what my little mind was thinking and as far as branches go, pickings are thin my friends, so use what you got right, I call it CHEAP TRICKS.
and here it is going the other way.
My apologies for the pictures, one of my light box lights burned out, I bought $33.00 of light bulbs yesterday and none are the right one.....darn, don't you hate it when that happens? It has been a week let me tell you.
Have a great weekend, thanks for stopping in for a few minutes and hope you have some time to get some ink on your fingers.


Part of the art of interpreting dreams is learning about types of dreams. From nightmares to repeating dreams…knowing the kind of dreams we have can help understand the message behind them, and why we're dreaming them. This article offers a list of different types of dreams and what they mean.
This article explores various different kinds of dreams with a goal to give you a well-rounded view on what they're all about.
These are just summaries, and you can find more information on dreams by clicking on my Dream Main Page, where all manner of dream meanings are discussed.
As you read through these common kinds of dreams, bear in mind, your dream experiences are unique to you.
Just because the human collective may experience similar phenomenon in dreams, that doesn't mean we share the same meanings behind them. Invest the time to research what your dreams mean to you on a personal level. It'll be worth the effort. Why? Because dreams are portals into our deeper, broader selves. In essence, learning more about our dreams helps us to understand ourselves with dynamic perspective.
Have you ever had the same dream repeat over and over? These recurring dreams are often indicative of an energetic loop running through your life. It's like your system is a big tape recorder and your consciousness is pushing the "playback" button over and over again. It is vital to take stock of the symbolism and events in these recurring dreams so that messages can be gleaned from the scenes. By identifying and then interpreting these messages, we can get out of the "playback" mode and start moving forward in our lives (both in dream life and real life).
Dreaming of animals is often message to rely on instinct and our primal senses.
More and more people are reporting to have vivid dreams with animals in them. This is a direct message from the animal queen/kingdom. When we have these dreams it indicates there may be a need to get in touch with the very basics of life, and become more grounded in the simple, natural aspects of living. Animals in our dreams will relay outstanding wisdom to us. This wisdom will depend on the animal, it's condition, the dream-environment (habitat), among other criteria. Let these animals coach you about the meaning of the dream. Check out my articles on Animal Dream Meanings here, to learn more.
Among the various types of dreams, visitation dreams are particularly fascinating as they can offer a wealth of information. Visitation dreams are when we are visited by people who are no longer living here with us on the earth plane. Often these dreams are from loved ones who have passed – they can tap into us when we are sleeping better as there are fewer distractions. We may also be visited in our dreams by our spirit guides, and these dreams will be very distinct as very precise information will be conveyed to you in the dream. Visitation dreams can also present non-human visits, like animals, or other energies outside the realm of human.
We've all had them, and we've woken from these dreams breathing a sigh of relief and saying "I'm glad that was just a dream!" Although, nightmares are so powerful, and can feel completely real. Nightmares are plugged right into our primal centers and activate aspects of ourselves that are typically hidden. These aspects can be our shadow selves and can deal with pain, regret, shame, guilt, fear and a whole slew of other nightmarish monsters. Nightmares are actually healthy as they bring these issues to the surface. It's like airing out a fresh wound – it needs to breathe to heal. Same way with nightmares. Our consciousness brings our fears out in the open in the form of a nightmare so we might begin to consciously heal emotional wounds.
Prophetic dreams are when we get a glimpse of the future.
These types of dreams represent prophecy – future events shown in dreams. These dreams will be direct knowing of events that have not yet taken place. These dreams can be extremely unsettling – particularly if the events are unfavorable. When this happens, it's important to know time is non-linear, meaning events never happen in a straight line. This is comforting, because there are infinite potentials that will affect point A (the time of your prophetic dream) and point B (the manifestation of the event you dreamed about).
I'm of a mind that all dreams fall in this category. Dreams are so unique because they activate the mind, spirit and soul. Anything that deals with this remarkable triad of knowing is all about intuition and psychic potential. Intuitive dreams can be interpreted to give you a simple blueprint of meaning. You can take this intuitive blueprint and apply it to your life – which will allow you to make more educated choices.
These will be regurgitative dreams. This is when our minds are consumed with so much information – the overload leaks out into our sleeping hours and manifests as an expression in dreams. You will have encountered a download dream when you dream about playing chess after you've played 20 games (in waking life) with your best friend. The act of constant repetition and intense mental focus will carry itself out in dream time too. These dreams serve as a pressure valve, releasing a bit of intensity, making room for more thought capacity. Check out more information about Common Download Dream Meanings here.
These types of dreams are when, in the midst of our dream, we are suddenly aware we are dreaming. This awareness is quite magnificent. This surreal experience of knowing we are dreaming whilst in the dream comes from a part of our greater awareness (sometimes called "The Watcher" in an esoteric spiritual context) that is looking out with expanded consciousness. Lucid dreaming can be extremely useful in problem-solving (Einstein was known to use lucid dreaming in his work). With practice, we can make every dream a lucid dream by working with that Watcher presence. In so doing, we can gain access into fathoms of insight and understanding. If you want a great resource on lucid dreaming, check out my colleague, Rebecca's website: World of Lucid Dreaming.
I hope you have enjoyed these thoughts on the various types of dreams. Check out the links below for more information on dream meanings and more!
As always, thanks for reading and may all your dreams be sweet.
This article lists some common symbols found in dreams and potential dream interpretations for each. From the naked dream to loss of teeth dream, this post might help gain insight. Get more about common dream symbol meanings.


I'm in love with the You're Delightful hostess stamp set from Stampin' Up! Since it landed in my studio last month, I've made countless cards with it – I'm sure if they had feelings, they would be feeling overworked.
Today, I bring to you a simple 10 minute card – no seriously, it takes about 10 minutes and it can be used for just about anything.
There's a video to go along with the tutorial, but first, let me tell you about two really cool things in July!
Free – a $72 value! You can be a hobby demo (you want the discount) or a career demo (you're all in) – it's up to you!
Using the Versamark ink pad, ink your You're Delightful stamp on the Size E Acrylic Block and stamp it on to your watercolor paper.
Generously sprinkle black embossing powder over your inked impression, tapping off any excess.
Using your Aqua Painter, water color over your embossed impression using 5 coordinating inks. I used Plum Perfect, Berry Burst, Tempting Turquoise, Lemon Lime Twist, and Pumpkin Pie. You can use any ink color you wish.
Allow to dry and then adhere watercolor cardstock to mat and then to card base using your Tombow adhesive or your snail runner.
Tag @goodstuffmama in your card on Instagram!


Ellis Genge was back in his home city on Monday to launch his final push for a first Test start at Twickenham, having proved that he is no longer too raw or too volatile for England.
The 22-year-old grew up in Bristol but moved to Leicester to complete his front-row education and enhance his international prospects.
Now, after a debut off the bench against Wales last May and two outings at No 1 in Argentina five months ago, Genge is training with England and in contention to line up at loosehead against the Pumas in Saturday's autumn opener.
According to Dan Cole, his experienced fellow Tigers prop, the rookie has made giant strides towards fulfilling his vast potential.
'When he came to Leicester, he was very raw,' said Cole, 'but he has made massive improvements.
Genge is known as a confrontational character, but Cole said: 'He plays on the edge. He chats in scrums with the opposition and is vocal around the field.
With Joe Marler banned and Mako Vunipola likely to be used sparingly due to his Lions workload, Genge could be heavily involved in the England pack this month.
England scrum coach, Neal Hatley, feels Genge could be set-piece destroyer at Test level in the Andrew Sheridan mould.


Gift of Mrs. Hal Sandy.
This is one of nine irregularly shaped pieces of a green wool quilt that had been cut apart to use as upholstery and were later removed. The face fabric is plain-woven worsted. The original quilt had a wide border of undulating leafy vines, or "feathers," with a circular abstracted flower in each corner. The background of the border was filled with parallel quilted lines. The center was quilted in a geometric pattern of squares on point filled with alternating four-petal flowers and parallel lines arranged in diagonals and meeting to form corners. The quilting is worked with six to seven green wool running stitches per inch. The backing is a golden tan plain-woven wool, and the quilt batting is wool.
These fragments were originally a bed quilt that was later cut up and used as chair upholstery.
Provenance:Originally a quilt, which was later used as upholstery; the donor removed it from a "Quaker courting rocker".


Wolf Warrior 2 (Chinese: 战狼۲) is a 2017 Chinese action film directed by Wu Jing, who also starred in the lead role. The film co-stars Celina Jade, Frank Grillo, Hans Zhang, and Wu Gang. The film is a sequel to 2015's Wolf Warrior. It was released in China on 27 July 2017. The film tells a story of a loose cannon Chinese soldier named Leng Feng who takes on special missions around the world. In this sequel, he finds himself in an African country protecting medical aid workers from local rebels and vicious arms dealers.


Google Earth Pro is geographical information system that allows interactive mapping and geographic data analysis. It is available for Microsoft Windows, macOS and Linux.
Google Earth Pro is now free for use and available to install on UQ-owned computers using the Microsoft Software Centre and Mac Self Service. If you can't install it using this method, ask ITS Service Desk to install it for you.
Google Earth Pro is free for personal use. You don't need a UQ licence to access and install this software.
There are no UQ-specific restrictions on the use of Google Earth Pro on UQ-owned or personal computers. You must read and agree to the Google Maps/Google Earth Additional Terms of Service before downloading Google Earth Pro.


Renowned tennis player Sania Mirza has condemned the comments of a Telangana BJP leader hailing her as Pakistan's daughter-in-law. Sania retorted back saying that she was an Indian and will always remain one. K Laxman, a BJP legislator from Telangana, has questioned the credentials of Ms Mirza, 27 as brand ambassador for India's youngest state as she is married to Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik. The statement has been widely criticized creating a furor of sorts. Mirza's family belongs to Hyderabad for more than a century and she can never be branded an outsider. Sania added that she was hurt that time was being wasted on such a petty issue as she has been living in Hyderabad since she was 3 weeks old. The ruling TRS, headed by K Chandrasekhara Rao, defended its decision on Ms Mirza. Hanumantha Rao of the Congress, a parliamentarian from Telangana is among those who disagree with Ms Mirza's new post as she hasn't worked in Telangana before. This is in direct contrast to the announcement proclaiming that she would serve as Telegana's brand ambassador by Telangana CM describing Sania as the daughter of Hyderabad while sanctioned a crore for her coaching and training.


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Arsenal lose top spot as we rank the post-World Cup mood at all 20 Premier League clubs
Dave Tickner
9 January 2023, 2:24 am ·14-min read
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Everyone's had a few festive Premier League games and we've (pretty much) got a wonderfully shock-filled FA Cup third round out of the way, so it seems an opportune time to see how the mood around the clubs has shifted since those far-off before times of November when it still didn't really feel like a World Cup was actually about to really happen. But happen it did, and now so has a lot of other stuff.
So who's cheerier and who's feeling ever more gloomy? Here's our best guess, with November's rankings in brackets…
20) Southampton (16)
Hmm. Sacked Ralph Hasenhuttl, which was a shame but fair enough. Then appointed Nathan Jones, which was a lovely idea but probably one for a team not fighting for its very Premier League existence.
Three defeats in three games under Jones – the latest of which a catastrophically grim home defeat to Nottingham Forest – has put them in a tight spot. While there seven clubs separated by three points from 13th to 19th trying to get themselves out of the relegation scrap, Southampton first need to get themselves in it. There is already a significant chance that's going to require a third manager of the season. Non-zero chance of a Wiganesque relegated-and-win-the-FA-Cup double, though. Something, innit?
19) West Ham (20)
Their plight is not currently quite so grim as Southampton's, and a frenetic 2-2 draw at Leeds at least stemmed some of the bleeding after a five-game losing run but they still haven't won a Premier League game since October and are outside the bottom three by a solitary goal. For a club that's finished sixth and seventh in the last two seasons and then invested significantly in the summer it's a hard fall, albeit one that their supporters were warning us about in comments on this feature months ago when we thought all was still relatively rosy for the Hammers.
Like many other clubs in the lower reaches of this list, the main cause for optimism (beyond a suddenly really rather wide open FA Cup) is the sheer number of teams that are just as bad as they are. It's currently an eight-team scramble from which no team currently appears likely to straightforwardly extricate themselves from but that which, by definition, five will survive.
18) Chelsea (19)
Actually quite impressive to be the most shambolic of the Big Six this season given the efforts at Spurs and Liverpool, but Chelsea are currently winning handsomely. There were at least the odd green shoots in this week's defeat to Manchester City, but looking for positive signs in a home defeat to City is all a bit 'Old Arsenal'. That cannot be good enough for Chelsea and besides, how often do we see precisely this sort of improved performance in that sort of game only for reversion to the shitty mean next time around?
Todd Boehly and the top brass may be weirdly willing to accept a lengthy (by Chelsea terms) rebuild and a transitional season, but whether the fans are as amenable to Graham Potter's ongoing struggles is less clear. And besides, 'rebuild' and 'transitional' shouldn't really in Chelsea's case mean 'as near to the bottom three as the top four' and yet here they are, 10 points away from both sharp ends of the table. Going out of the FA Cup to Manchester City is no disgrace, but the manner of it was pretty f**king grim.
One silver lining: last time they had a season this bad, they won the league the following year.
17) Everton (17)
Another manager has found Everton to be an impossible job. Luckily for Frank Lampard, his mates in the media will make sure that 'not the only one to blame' will be smoothed over to 'not at all to blame' but a) it's hard to see how that helps Lampard all that much given his now rock-bottom stock surely means the middle of the Venn diagram of 'Club would offer Lampard a job' and 'Job Lampard would deem worthy of him' is now empty and b) none of that is of any consequence at all to the Everton fans who are watching another grim relegation battle rolling out in front of them.
There's a lot of other rubbish in the bottom eight this season, but there are no guarantees for the Toffees. And there not even one of the strugglers with the potential escapism of a fun if doomed FA Cup run to enjoy.
16) Leicester (15)
Appeared to have turned a corner before the World Cup but have doubled back since, losing all three league games upon the resumption and making hard work of Gillingham in the cup. Could be a team we can file under 'Break Came At A Bad Time', could just be that Newcastle, Liverpool and Fulham are three tough games to come back to. Either way, still an unshakeable notion of something coming to an end at Leicester. Which doesn't necessarily mean that what's coming next won't also be great, but does probably mean there's going to at the very, very least be a bit of shit in the middle. Strong argument for just getting that bit out of the way quickly rather than the apparent current delay-the-inevitable policy.
15) Bournemouth (13)
The giddy days of Gary O'Neil's caretaker reign are now long gone. It's seven defeats in the last eight Premier League games – including back-to-back defeat to Spurs and Leeds in games they led 2-0 and 3-1 respectively – while the only win in that run came against Everton and thus barely counts.
But you suspect they'd still have taken their current position after 18 games – outside the bottom three, a point away from 13th – if offered it in August no matter how curious the path they've taken may be.
14) Leeds (9)
Hmm. They're doing okay, and mutiny seems a fair way off even if the supporters are less convinced by Jesse Marsch than his players seem to be, but they just can't drag themselves convincingly clear of that messy eight-team tangle at the bottom.
Currently on a curious six-game league run going back to before the World Cup in which two wins were followed by two defeats and now two draws. That sort of sums them up, as does the fact the first of those draws was a tenaciously hard-earned one at Newcastle while the second was an annoying missed opportunity at home to fellow battlers West Ham.
13) Crystal Palace (7)
Definite fallers as the vibes and feels of the most exciting attacking options outside the elite are offset by annoyingly inconsistent results. At least being inconsistent is better than being consistently bad, but getting absolutely walloped by an out-of-form Tottenham was a definite buzzkill.
While they're perfectly safe in mid-table, a nagging sense grows that they should be doing a bit better than those around them because reality insists that a club like Palace can't really rely on having an attacking trio of funsters like Wilfried Zaha, Eberechi Eze and Michael Olise too often or for too long. Losing at home to a really shit Southampton in the FA Cup feels like a huge missed opportunity.
12) Wolves (18)
Showing greater signs of life than those around them thanks to the early work of Julen Lopetegui. Can be grateful that the great morass of clubs in the bottom eight allowed them to avoid becoming detached at the bottom at their worst, and what they're producing now could well ease them clear. Four points from three games since the resumption is decent, with the one defeat a narrow and non-damning one against Manchester United.
Their upcoming league games are a splendidly mixed bag, with games against Man City and Liverpool between far more important and on current form very winnable engagements with West Ham and Southampton. Take (the right) six points from that run and then beat Bournemouth at home and it all starts to look far less vexing at Molineux. Might even be able to enjoy the run-in in relative peace at this rate.
11) Liverpool (12)
Just still so maddeningly inconsistent, and Virgil van Dijk suffering a serious injury is giving off nasty 2020/21 vibes, with this season in danger of reminding Liverpool what a bad season really looks like after their recent excellence.
They still finished third in 2021! They're currently level on points with Fulham and five points behind Spurs for f**k's sake! Would also help if their strikers started taking some chances.
10) Manchester City (14)
Drew at home with Frank Lampard's Everton, which I think means they must automatically forfeit the title although, full disclosure, I can't quite lay my hands on the precise Premier League statute confirming this just now. Needed that win at Chelsea to reel in Arsenal a teensy bit.
Hard to gauge right now, but sense remains they've somehow managed to take a relentless Premier League winning machine, add a freakish 50-goal striker to the mix, and somehow get worse. We'll have a clearer idea by mid-February; they've got league games against United, Spurs (twice) and Arsenal to get through before February 15. For now, though, it's still troublingly meh at best. Can't play Chelsea every week, can they?
9) Tottenham (6)
As ever, who the f**k knows what these absolute clowns are up to. Are you good or shit, lads? Make up your damn minds. The uncertainty emanates from the top, where a chicken-and-egg impasse exists; Antonio Conte won't commit his future to the club until his ambitions are met in the form of multiple big-money signings (to go with the multiple big-money signings he's already been given) and Spurs won't commit to further multiple big-money signings for a manager who won't commit his future to the club.
Doesn't help anyone's mood that Conte literally laughs at the notion of Spurs being title contenders after having a fortune spent on a team that he guided to fourth place ahead of Arsenal last season, nor that he accompanies his too-often-dour football with frequent suggestions that he is doing Spurs a favour just by being there. They're now third favourites for the FA Cup having avoided the more obviously tricky parts of a draw that ensures there will be at most five of the Premier League's top 10 in the last 16; but if you look at Preston away in a wide open FA Cup and think 'That's a good draw for Spurs, isn't it?' then you are definitely not a Spurs fan.
8) Nottingham Forest (11)
Yes. This is going quite well now. Remember when they were about to sack Steve Cooper, instead gave him a new contract, and everyone laughed? Turns out giving the manager who got you promoted a bit more time with the squad of 20-odd new players you've just signed wasn't quite as daft as everyone thought.
Every chance there could be three teams worse off than Forest when the music stops, and you would absolutely have taken that in August. They've taken 12 points from their last eight games, including four off Liverpool and Chelsea. It's really very tidy form indeed with which to attack a potentially season-defining run of games coming up against Leicester, Bournemouth and Leeds.
7) Aston Villa (10)
It's all far happier now at Villa Park, isn't it? Ten points from five games under Unai Emery – including wins over three of the top eight – have lifted Villa safely clear of all the relegation unpleasantness and there's now the very real prospect of just being able to enjoy the rest of the season. A cup run would've been nice, though.
Still, it's all very different to the team that had managed just 12 points from 13 games under Steven Gerrard and looked destined for a season right in the thick of the shit with your Evertons, West Hams and the Bournemouths of this world.
6) Brentford (8)
Everyone else seems to have at last cottoned on to a fact Brentford fans have known for a while now: Thomas Frank is a really good manager. This is, of course, a mixed blessing for Brentford because it means he's going to be increasingly prominent in the chatter when bigger (if very often demonstrably shittier) jobs come available. The uncertainty over Ivan Toney's immediate future is another pisser because he's been tremendous this season.
Overall, though, we're at pretty much the halfway point of the season and they're sitting above Chelsea and only two points behind sixth-placed Liverpool. It's good, isn't it? There are no symptoms of second-season syndrome here.
5) Brighton (5)
Just absurdly good at knowing and accepting their place in the food chain and managing to just keep on keeping on. If you were asked last season to identify the three most significant figures in Brighton's excellence, you'd most probably have picked out Graham Potter, Yves Bissouma and Marc Cucurella. All have now left, none are having any fun at all at their new clubs, and Brighton have seamlessly replaced them all and, if anything, got better again.
As ever, the only slight irritation is the constant itch we always have with the Seagulls: imagine what they'd be like with a striker who could score goals.
4) Fulham (4)
Their season was already going marvellously well before the World Cup break, and they've won four out of four since then to climb to seventh in the league and through to an FA Cup fourth-round clash at home to Sunderland. It is a season alive with possibilities and what once looked like being a PFM-baiting hipster stance of 'Marco Silva for manager of the year' is already heading towards the humdrum and mainstream. A properly good football team who've managed to escape the yo-yo reputation in the right direction. Which is rare.
3) Manchester United (3)
Annoyingly properly good. Barely funny at all now. Might even get rid of Harry Maguire. Have got rid of Cristiano Ronaldo and improved markedly for it. A proper manager is a really good idea, it turns out. Who knew?
Their fans, seeing a stuttering Manchester City and quite understandably anticipating an on-brand Arsenal collapsof**k are even starting to whisper furtively about title bids. That's probably a bit much, but ending the season with either a European or domestic knockout trinket seems pretty feasible right now.
2) Arsenal (1)
You almost have to admire the commitment to the brand. One slightly disappointing league result and one tricky FA Cup draw and they've retreated instantly and entirely to their safe space of screaming at referees and muttering darkly of conspiracy.
The media coverage of Mikel Arteta has been f**king mental, though, and ultimately there does need to be acknowledgement that the result that slightly upset him and Arsenal fans meant they had only gone eight points clear at the top of the table. Arsenal fans have cottoned on to what's happening here. There is every chance they do end up blowing what is now only a five-point lead at the top, because they don't have title fight experience and are going toe-to-toe with an exceptional football team. There will be no shame in a team that hasn't finished in the top four for years ending up second to the dominant team of recent years. If/when the 'collapse' happens the narrative is going to be that it was Arteta's volatility wot lost it. The cognitive dissonance involved in arguing that the reason a football team came up short against Actual Pep Guardiola is because their manager was too animated about decisions will be great fun for the rest of us but you can see why it's a piss-boiler for Gooners.
That said, if anything, we reckon the Arsenal fans are even happier now than they were a week ago. They love this shit and now have the best of all worlds. They're at the very least in a title battle, which is unexpected and tremendous, they can definitely start planning the first St Totteringham's Day parade since 2016, and now they still get to kid themselves on there's a conspiracy against them. Marvellous.
1) Newcastle (2)
The FA Cup exit was a negative but overall the mood is quite enormously giddy on Tyneside. It sounds half mad, but there really was no guarantee that becoming the richest football club on the planet would make them a success. There still isn't. Especially for a club with such a proud tradition of bollocksing up the most promising of positions.
But what they are right now is absurdly and wildly ahead of schedule and they've done it with a managerial appointment and subsequent signings rooted entirely in common sense. We need them to sign Neymar now for our own amusement, but the Newcastle fans are understandably pretty content with the present more sane and thus far productive speed and course.
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F-22 engines can be repaired with 6 tools found in any hardware store
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An F-22 Raptor from the Hawaii Air National Guard, March 27, 2012.
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While the F-35 gets all the spotlight, the F-22 Raptor is still one of the most fearsome fighter aircraft in the world.
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If you're about to join the Air Force any time soon, there's a good chance your work is going to involve maintaining aircraft. If you're lucky, you'll get assigned to the F-22 Raptor. Even with the rise of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, there is no better air dominance fighter in the world.
Unlike the F-35, however, if one of the F-22's Pratt & Whitney engines fail and you don't have the tools to fix it, you can just head out to Home Depot and get what you need.
The F-35 steals headlines in terms of the latest whiz-bang technology when it comes to stealth, visibility, and even the giant helmets worn by F-35 pilots. But the F-35 cannot substitute what the Raptor brings to the fight. The F-35 has an aerodynamic performance similar to flying the F-16 Fighting Falcon. It can't fly as high or as fast. What it brings is firepower — and a lot of it. It was designed to be an air-to-ground fighter.
Meanwhile, the F-22 Raptor is the quiet professional in the world of air superiority fighters. It has a smaller radar cross-section than the F-35 (the size of a marble versus the size of a golf ball) and is probably the most lethal air combat aircraft in the world, even considering the fifth-generation fighters produced by great power adversaries like China and Russia. But the area where it's even more superior isn't in the air, it's on the ground.
We're talking about maintenance and repairs.
The F-22 Raptor is one of the Air Force's most reliable planes. Roughly half the time a Raptor spends being repaired is just to fix Low Observable (LO) stealth coatings that get damaged when ground crews open her up for things like routine maintenance. Lockheed-Martin is currently working on a way to reduce the damage to the stealth coating for this.
What is really impressive about the F-22 is how easy it is for a trained ground crew to repair her engines.
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Lockheed-Martin designed the F-22 with two F-119 Pratt & Whitney engines. These sturdy but powerful thrust monsters were designed to be maintained on the flightline using only six common tools available at any commercial hardware store — not something you'd expect from one of the world's most advanced air superiority fighters, but it came from what used to be a common principle in the military: simplicity.
The Pratt & Whitney engines used in the F-22 Raptor deliver 22% more thrust while using almost half of the parts used in the previous Pratt & Whitney designs while making the F-22 the most maneuverable fighter ever flown by any military anywhere and allowing for supercruise speeds of almost two times the speed of sound.
Everything about this engine has been expertly engineered, from the titanium alloys to the ceramic coating used on certain parts to absorb radar signals.
Now new airmen can be sent to Home Depot to pick up the tools to fix this marvel of engineering — along with the usual buckets of prop wash.
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Posted: 11th April 2019
Cardiff Sixth Form College alumnus, Javid Alizada, is an example of what a gap year can give to a student while trying to work out what steps to take next in their future.
During Javid's A2 year, which he described as "undoubtedly my worst school year", he worked tirelessly with UCAS, BMAT, UKCAT and schoolwork with the sole goal of getting on a medicine course at university. However, given the competitiveness of international medicine applications, he was unfortunately declined by all four of his university choices. He stated: "Rejection was hard. Something I worked so hard for throughout the years resulted in failure. Not going to lie, I became depressed, demotivated and drained, and a personal issue made the situation even worse. I started neglecting my studies and eventually ended up with A-level results I am not fully satisfied with which is now a big regret."
Javid did successfully receive an offer from fifth choice university, Biomedical Sciences in King's College London, but through discussions with the careers and pastoral departments, he decided to take a gap year instead. Some people around him did not welcome this decision and, although hesitant at first, he showed great determination and courage to pursue this option.
Over the summer holidays, Javid and Hayley Bendle (Head of Higher Education) kept in touch, having numerous discussions about whether to reapply to Medicine, study Law or keep options open by applying to the US. Then, the work began: reading law textbooks, gaining the relevant work experience, working on personal statements, university essays and practicing the LNAT and SATs. Just when his application was being finalised, Javid reconsidered and realised that his passions truly lie in medical scientific research: he went on to apply for courses in Biomedical Sciences and Biochemistry and has since received five out of five unconditional offers in the UK: two for Imperial College London, two for University College London and the University of Exeter. Javid also received a number of offers from other renowned university around the world, including USA and Turkey, with substantial academic scholarships.
Hayley Bendle, Head of Higher Education, says: "The UK university system can be quite limiting to those students who have not fully confirmed what they want to study at university. Some students feel pressured into having to go to university straight after sixth from, without having had enough time to truly consider their career aspirations; this can often lead to students regretting their choice of course or university. Latest statistics revealed that over 32,000 undergraduates drop out of university each year, unhappy at their course or university. At Cardiff Sixth Form College, we therefore place a lot of value in career-orientated discussions surrounding their motivations and values – this ensures that our students not only know which career path suits them best but also the optimum training pathway, be that a university degree or a degree apprenticeship. The Careers Department meet each Year 12 student individually to plan their work and education journey, tailored to their aspirations, desires and needs. Success stories, including Javid's, evidently show the benefits of taking an extra year for one's personal growth and career certainty. Even after a student has graduated from the college, I am more than happy to continue supporting them in their applications or reapplications to higher education! Ultimately, there is no rush to go to university, but one needs to ensure it is most certainly the right option for them."
Javid said, "I would like to say thank you to Cardiff Sixth Form College for encouraging me to take a gap year. Everybody was very supportive and I am happy that I made the decision. Until now, I was focussed on medicine and I didn't even consider my other options. My gap year allowed me the time to think properly and decide on what my true passions are. I could not have done this without Ms Hayley Bendle's help who, despite her busy schedule, always managed to find the time for me and for that I can't thank her enough. I would also like to thank Dr Archer, Dr Davies and Mr Collier for writing my recommendation letters. My two years at Cardiff Sixth Form College played a huge role in my personal growth and that has a great deal to do with the people, support and atmosphere here at Cardiff. I am going to miss the school a lot and no matter where I go, I will remain a 'Dragon'".
Principal of Cardiff Sixth Form College, Gareth Collier adds: "Javid's journey through education is becoming increasingly more common. Many students, as they mature into adulthood, gain a greater range of experiences and influences and this can cause anxiety and confusion about their direction in life just when they need to be working hardest. Javid has had the strength of mind to alter his path completely and focus on what he now believes is his future vocation. He is ideally suited to scientific research and he is equipped to do very well in the future. The level of resilience that Javid has shown is inspiring and he provides a very positive role model for students who find themselves in similar situations. I am delighted that we have been able to continue to play a part in his education journey and I am personally proud to be able to count Javid amongst the Cardiff Sixth Form College Dragons."


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Like their meeting the week before, the Dalhousie Tigers had a good first period, but again the University of New Brunswick Varsity Reds blew out the game in the second period and cruised to a 7-1 victory Saturday night – their tenth win in a row. The only remaining undefeated team in the CIS, the V-Reds outshot the Tigers 50-15 in putting on a show for their home fans.
Dal had a good start and had the first shot of the game. Unfortunately for them UNB got the next nine shots. Rookie Dal netminder Bobby Nadeau (Lac-Etchemin, QC) made a number of big saves before John Scott Dickson (Barrie, ON) led a rush down the left side of the ice and then flipped a backhanded cross-ice pass to Hunter Tremblay (Timmins, ON) who buried the puck in the top corner for his tenth goal of the season at 15:36. UNB outshot Dal 18-4 in the first period.
In the second period UNB continued to put pucks on Nadeau and it wasn't until their 25th shot before they scored again. Jordan Clendenning (Fredericton, NB) timed his pass perfectly to hit Daine Todd (Stettler, AB) just as he got in behind the Dal defence. Todd outraced his pursuers to the net and made a nice deke for the goal at 8:54. However the Tigers quickly responded just 23 seconds later when they had an odd man rush and Jeff MacGregor (Winnipeg, MB) redirected the puck past UNB goalie Derek Yeomans (St. Albert, AB). UNB restored their two-goal lead shortly after when Todd performed a one-man cycle, drawing most of the Tigers to him. He eventually dished the puck off to Nick Layton (Salisbury, NB) who quickly passed the puck across the crease to Clendenning at the back door who had the easy tap in for the goal. At 12:08 Nadeau gave up his only bad goal when Dion Campbell (Melville, SK) stopped up at the circle and let a shot go along the ice that somehow when through the Dal goalie. A few minutes later UNB was on the power play and Tremblay's pass to Dickson was a little off the mark, and the delay it took for Dickson to get the puck to his forehand seemed to act like a change-up that fooled Nadeau at 15:11. Dal coach Pete Belliveau then opted to change the momentum by putting Josh Disher (Burlington, ON) in nets. Disher was doing well until the very end of the period, when Tremblay broke in on the rush, fed a nice pass to Matt Fillier (Durham, NS) who then deked the goalie for his first goal as a V-Red right at the 20:00 mark. UNB outshot Dal 22-7 in the period.
The third period had a more physical tone, with a couple of incidents sending players from both teams to the penalty box. Midway through the period UNB was on the power play when Todd cruised into the slot and one-timed a Clendenning pass for his second goal of the game. Dal did kill off the full two minutes of a five-on-three power play, but that was their only success in the third period. UNB outshot Dal 10-4 in the third period.
The UNB player of the game was John Scott Dickson. The V-Reds were 2-for-5 on the power play while the Tigers were 0-for-2. The total shots were 50-15 in favour of UNB and there were just over two thousand fans at the Aitken University Centre for the game.
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From where I was sitting, Campbell's goal appeared to sneak into the top corner, over Nadeau's shoulder. I thought it was a great shot.
Did anyone else see that, or was that just my Bud Lite glasses??
Also thought Todd had a great game, and Clendenning is playing well.
You must be thinking of another play. Campbell's shot was a wrist shot from the left circle which I don't believe even left the ice. I think it got through Nadeau's legs if I remember correctly. It wasn't Nadeau's best moment, although I thought he played well for the most part.
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From where I was (at that end of the ice, on the penalty box side) it looked like the puck stayed on the ice the whole time..but the goalie screened me a bit from the puck...
I was sitting right behind the net so had a perfect view. The puck was either right along the ice or maybe 1 inch off.....it beat the goalie shortside just inside the post...perfect shot.


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A Shabby Chic Dollhouse is All About the Details
Rachel Ashwell shares how a childhood fascination with dollhouses introduced her to the design world.
By Rachel Ashwell / Styling by Ben Peck-Whiston
There's a certain kind of magic found in vintage dollhouses and the furniture pieces that fill them.
My mum was an antique doll restorer and dealer when I was growing up in London. While I was never that much interested in the dolls, I loved to observe her restoration process. Searching through the flea markets for the dolls, mainly French and made of porcelain, she would often find them in pieces. But once she had them in her work studio, the magical transformation would begin.
The furniture in this dollhouse looks old, but is actually handcrafted with just the right amount of patina
Watching her gather vintage bits of lace, velvets, silks and floppy flowers, and create new outfits, sewn by hand for the dolls, I learned to embrace the beauty of imperfection. Starting off with dolls a little wrinkled and faded, once Mum was finished, the pieces looked as though they had always been beautiful.
The charm of these dollhouses is in the details like floral wallpaper, a miniature hanging dreamcatcher and even baseboards.
Because my mum was immersed in dolls every day, she would often come across dollhouses and furniture. They became my gateway to the world of make-believe, and in some ways interior design. I recall this fantasy world taking up hours and hours of my playtime, sometimes alone, sometimes with friends. My mum would restore these dollhouses to a state of faded grandeur. She would sometimes add some wallpaper or create rugs out of old needlepoint pillows. The furniture would get little touch-ups of paint, or maybe she would make miniature bed linens from vintage scraps. It was a whimsical world.
Lace curtains hanging on gold bars cover the windows and contribute an air of elegance to the tiny space.
And when I opened my store, Shabby Chic, selling mainly slipcovered furniture and bed linens, it was no surprise that I too would find dollhouses and vintage furniture that caught my eye. In a way similar to what we do with all the vintage treasures we sell, we would restore them, keeping as much of the original patina and details as possible, while giving them a refresh.
This bunkbed, complete with a soft cushion, tiny ruffled pillows and a step ladder, is an imaginative and fun addition.
But the dollhouses are few and far between, and the restoration process can be lengthy. So, I was thrilled when I crossed paths with Ben Peck Whiston. He is a true master and artist, in many forms, but especially in this world of make-believe. His attention to detail is worthy of any museum exhibit. It is simply impossible to tell his pieces are newly made. His eyes capture the subtlety of patina and palette, and somehow his talented hands work the magic. Mainly through photographs he follows my journey of finding treasures and, when inspired, he begins his process to capture the details and replicate my vintage finds.
The details in this scene, hardwood floors, a poster hanging on the door of the armoire, and a painting resting on top simply can't be beat for their uniqueness and delicacy.
Initially he only made the furniture and accessories, but then the dollhouses followed.
For him this work is a complete labor of love, hand-painting wallpaper, installing wood floors and creating timeworn miniature exteriors and interiors.
Miniature things are cuter things.
It's truly a privilege to work with an artist of his caliber. We have now built a clientele who are collecting his pieces, little by little. He is always adding new pieces. Funny for me, sometimes when he sees my posts on Instagram of new treasures I have found, before the piece is even loaded onto our trucks, he has somehow made a mini version (like the gold Spanish daybed).
Without any doubt, the world of make-believe is here to stay, and these miniature pieces are future heirlooms.
At the beginning, Ben only made miniature furniture pieces, but later he started creating the dollhouses too.
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British economists prove it: Sports destroy happiness
Japan's fans react after their country lost to Belgium in a knockout game in the 2018 World Cup in Russia. (Petr David Josek/AP)
By Andrew Van Dam
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Sports make the world a sadder place. Seriously. We've got data.
Armed with 3 million responses to a happiness monitoring app, plus the locations and times of several years worth of British soccer matches, University of Sussex economists Peter Dolton and George MacKerron calculated that the happiness that fans feel when their team wins is outweighed – by a factor of two – by the sadness that strikes when their team loses.
Which means, assuming a roughly equal number of fans on both sides, Sunday's World Cup final between France and Croatia made the world less happy than it was the day before. On net, soccer is a destroyer of happiness.
To prove it, the researchers analyzed data from an app that pinged 32,000 people several times a day (the precise number varied) and asked them how happy they felt on a 100-point scale, as well as who they were with and what they were doing. The responses included location information, which allowed researchers to determine if they were at a stadium, or had been to one.
They adjusted the results to account for basic differences in happiness based on time of day and day of week. Because they measure differences from each person's typical happiness level, they were also able to account for people who are, as a rule, permanently miserable or elated. They could not, however, adjust for the app's users, who tended to be younger and more affluent than the country as a whole.
In the hour immediately after their team wins, researchers found a typical fan might feel about 3.9 points happier than usual – about the same boost as from listening to music. That's more than offset by the 7.8 points of extra sadness that fans will feel in the hour after their team loses, an event that makes respondents feel about twice as sad as they would be after working, studying or waiting in line.
The researchers call the results "quite dramatic" and say they add up over time. Because post-soccer sadness lingers for hours while after-match joy is fleeting, a loss actually ends up robbing fans of about four times the amount of happiness they might have gained from a win. The effects are much greater if a respondent is actually at the stadium.
Dolton said he saw himself in the data. For as long as he's followed Newcastle United, the team has underperformed.
"In actual fact, I have seen my team losing key matches at Wembley -- the major stadium -- on seven occasions," he said. "I have probably experienced more pain than nearly any other football fan."
Dolton was relieved to learn he had company, and others were as emotionally whipsawed by soccer as he was. "It's really quite reassuring to know that I'm not unusual," he said.
So why do people insist on following sports?
In part, the researchers say, it's because they're not great at predicting their own team's success. If you're the type who believes your team is going to win three out of every five games, then it's perfectly reasonable to keep watching, even if a loss will make you twice as sad as a win.
"Fans systematically over-estimate the probability of their team winning and never revise and learn from experience," they write. "Many football fans may continue to go to matches – always in hope and expectation that this particular match will go their way."
They also write there may be other happiness boosts that didn't register well in the smartphone app, such as the fleeting high of watching your team score (even if they ultimately lose), the joy of being part of a club of like-minded people, or even the suspense and beauty of the game itself.
Dolton said that, until the country's loss in the penultimate round, England's run in the World Cup was proof of sports' salubrious effects.
"That's quite an effect on the economy," he said. "The positive high of the national football team doing well was really quite extraordinary."
The effect goes both ways, however. Dolton pointed to an analysis by two U.S.-based economists of results from six NFL teams that showed a correlation between worse-than-expected losses and incidents of domestic violence in the area.
"These results are really quite important," Dolton said. "They're a marker for all sorts of effects. "
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At a fundraiser in June the president told donors that if he won re-election, "the fever may break, because there's a tradition in the Republican Party of more common sense than that."
Obama advisers insist there are some signs the "fever" has eased since the November election. In a major concession, Republicans gave in to Obama during the year-end "fiscal cliff" negotiations when he insisted on higher tax rates for upper income earners. And the GOP decided last month to extend the debt limit for three months after previously demanding that any increase be paired with an equal amount of spending cuts.


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Forget the usual suspects for a low deposit mortgage, you could get on the property ladder with a little Welsh building society
By Marc Shoffman
The competition for low deposits has heated up after a little Welsh-based mutual Monmouthshire building society unveiled a 95 per cent loan-to-value product that could beat the government-backed Help to Buy deals.
Monmouthshire, which has just 68,626 members, is offering a three-year fixed rate at 4.60 per cent for a 5 per cent deposit and no fee.
This would give you lower monthly repayments than a two-year Help to Buy mortgage guarantee deal, but the catch is that you will need to be willing to live in the catchment areas of South Wales and the South West of England.
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The same mortgage on an average property in the South West would cost you £1,189 a month.
The low deposit market was supposed to be boosted with the introduction of the Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme last year.
The whole point of this scheme is to provide banks with a government indemnity that will give them confidence to lend to those with smaller deposits.
The Help to Buy deals are only offered at two or five-year fixed rates.
Monmouthshire has joined a number of banks and building societies showing that it is possible to provide these products without government backing.
The Monmouthshire deal will give you lower monthly repayments that last for a year extra compared with the Help to Buy two-year fixed rates.
For example, RBS has a two-year fixed rate Help to Buy mortgage for 4.99 per cent.
Using the This is Money mortgage calculator, this would cost you £832 a month based on the average Welsh property and £1,237 on the South West mortgage sample home loans.
HSBC has a Help to Buy rate of 4.69 per cent for two years with a £99 fee. This would cost you £807 on the Welsh mortgage example, and £1,212 in the South West scenario.
The difference in monthly repayments isn't massive, but with the Monmouthshire product you will have an extra year at the same rate, while you would have to worry about remortgaging with the others.
Can this rate be beaten?
If you live in the Monmouthshire catchment zone and have a small deposit then this rate is definitely worth considering.
There are not many three-year fixed rates available for a 5 per cent deposit to compare this to.
As an alternative, Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks have a three-year fixed rate of 4.99 for a 5 per cent deposit with no fee.
It also gives you £500 cashback.
The Clydesdale and Yorkshire rate would cost £832 a month on the Welsh 25-year mortgage and £1,237 for the South West home loan example.
This is a bit more expensive than Monmouthshire's offer but is sweetened by the cashback and that Clydesdale and Yorkshire cover more of the UK, giving you more choice of where you could live.
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Police said the two-person crew from a G4S security van were collecting the money from the Santander Bank in Queens Road, Hastings, at about 9pm on Friday (September 30).
Two men on a moped pulled up at the junction with Castle Hill Passage moments later. Officers said they approached the security crew who locked themselves in the bank.
The men have been described as wearing dark clothing and white helmets.
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