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At 1:06 on the YouTube clock, Black 9 makes a break and is tackled just short of the line. As the players continue to slide, black 9 reaches forward looking to ground the ball when he reaches the goal line. However, just before his arm/hand holding the ball reaches the goal line, blue 11 dives and knocks the ball from black 9's grasp just before the goal line. Unfortunately, I don't have the definitive front on view (need to wait for full game to be uploaded). This is in the same phase of play where, as you will see from the highlights, Stephen Luatua gets a RC for a high contact on a player without the ball.
I thought the TMO should have looked at the actions of 11 blue whose actions would have been legal in-goal but I suppose my question is, should the decision have been a PT to the Chiefs as blue 11 went off his feet and knocked the ball from black 9 in the field of play instead of going back for the PK from the Luatua incident?
Anyone else watch the game?
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Better views here: http://www.rugbyrampage.co.nz/blog/steven-luatua-receives-red-for-this-reckless-high-tackle
(hope everyone goes Red for the card!)
The try - for me, the tackle was complete, so the blue defender enters the tackle zone from the side. So PK minimum. Stops a probable try. So PT. Which leads to a possible YC.
I don't agree with the call in the game. If you ignore the side entry, then Blue defender knocks the hands of black, so ball is lost BACKWARDS from black. Don't see their result of knock on by black.
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Good point raised.
I agree with the :norc: for Blue 6 for late tackle. But agree that the sanctions should have gone further in that the challenge on #9 in that the entry was illegal. That being the case there is a case for a PT and a :yellow:
Ian_Cook
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The RC
That was a head-high, swinging arm, on a player not carrying the ball. For mine, regardless of any new protocols, that was a RC anyway.
The non try
To award a PT in that situation would be to show a complete lack of empathy with the defender. What is the defender supposed to do... just let the try be scored?
Besides, there may be an argument that what the defender did was legal anyway.
LAW 22.4
(e) Tackled near the goal line. If a player is tackled near to the opponents' goal line so that this player can immediately reach out and ground the ball on or over the goal line, a try is scored.
(f) In this situation, defending players who are on their feet may legally prevent the try by pulling the ball from the tackled player's hands or arms, but must not kick the ball.
I'd say knocking the ball out of the player's hands is fine, and it says nothing about those defenders having to be between the ball and their goal-line. We all know that sometimes the Laws become indefinite near the goal-line, and referees are expected to put equity ahead of Law.
ChuckieB
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Ian_Cook said:
Just been catching up with the game. Attacking player is certainly on the ground and so the tackle is definitely complete. The defender was going down as he lunged toward the outstretched arm (I haven't quite understood yet what going off your feet entails). Yet he slapped the hand rather than pull the ball. Pulling infers something more specific rather than dislodging or knocking.
So it does raise a real question especially as if you disallow the attempt of the defender then there is no immediately clarity as to a restart mechanism if it is not a knock on. You back yourself into an unwanted alley on this one!
On commentary it was suggested that it was a deliberate knock on ( comment in the heat of the moment). but in the definition of a knock on "If a player rips the ball or deliberately knocks the ball from an opponent's hands and the ball goes forward from the ball carrier's hands, that is not a knock-on" (here I am assuming general acceptance that contact with the hands and not ball directly is acceptable even if not clearly stated)
Interestingly the TMO decision (checked alongside foul play call) was "lost control of the ball". Something often referred to but not generally explained?
ChuckieB said:
If you are the ball carrier then IMO, should be YOUR responsibility to maintain possession. If an opponent knocks or rips the ball out of your hands. it should be your problem.
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I sympathetic to the views that the person disputing the ball was offside as the didn't come through the gate, but how is this any different to the multiple instances where players close around the ball carrier at/over the line to hold the player/ball up?
for me, great skill, play on. No kock on, ball went backwards from ball carriers hand. If the referee has blown, scrum 5 attacking ball.
Paule23 said:
I think that in this situation you definitely are subject to the the In-Goal laws. Which I see as an extension to the tackle laws rather than out there on their own.
In this case:
Tackled near the goal line. If a player is tackled near to the opponents' goal line so that this player can immediately reach out and ground the ball on or over the goal line, a try is scored.
In this situation, defending players who are on their feet may legally prevent the try by pulling the ball from the tackled player's hands or arms, but must not kick the ball.
This addition is so specific and serves nullifies the issue of the gate in the tackle laws. I would see that as making some reasonable sense.
(I guess I am also starting to better appreciate seeing this as a case of a dive from feet by the defender as being "on feet" until the point his knees touch the ground as would be applied to the tackled payer, something I have been struggling with)
OB..
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There is a conflict between the laws on entering a tackle through the gate (please don't use "offside" to refer to this - it will confuse the uninitiated) and the specific provision in Law 22.4 (f). The latter must surely take precedence, otherwise it is otiose.
We could spend time arguing about "knock" versus "pull", and whether the defender was off his feet, but for me that is over-thinking the problem. The laws just do not cover the grey areas, nor can they be expected to. From a rugby point of view it was a brilliant save.
OB.. said:
The Law creates a sharp line by defining that certain things can only happen in the field of play, and that sharp line is the goal line. Then, by allowing a tackled player to place the ball forward over the goal-line, they have caused the sharp line to become blurred. Referees can alleviate this problem to a certain extent with the use of empathy in these situations, but ultimately, IMO, WR need to clarify what can and cannot be done in this situation,
I would suggest an alteration to the exception Law 15.6 (a)
15.6 OTHER PLAYERS
(a) After a tackle, all other players must be on their feet when they play the ball. Players are on their feet if no other part of their body is supported by the ground or players on the ground.
Sanction: Penalty kick
Exception: Ball goes into the in-goal or after a tackle near the goal line, if the ball has been
released and has gone into the in-goal any player, including a player on the ground, may
ground the ball, or attempt to prevent the ball being grounded.
NOTE: I have also noticed an inconsistency in the Laws in this situation (nothing new there then)
In the situation where an attacking ball carrier has been tackled near the opposition goal-line and is attempting to place the ball over the line...
(j) When a tackled player reaches out to ground the ball on or over the goal line to score a try, an opponent may pull the ball from the player's possession, but must not kick or attempt to kick the ball.
So Law 22 says that player who try to prevent a try in this way must be on their feet, but Law 15 doesn't
Prior to law 15.6 (j), the sequences within law 15 have already determined a player must be on his feet 15.4 (c) & 15.6 (a) to try and play the ball and so no real need to repeat.
As such I wouldn't definitely consider them inconsistent but I can see where you are coming from. Here we appear to have almost identical situations having to be stated in 2 different LAw sections. Without actually checking consistency with other laws, it might bee seen as unnecessary duplication.
You may infer that pulling is more specific but I'm not sure the law is meant to be that specific.
You have two choices. Either the ball was dislodged by the defender or it was lost by the attacker. No "unwanted alley" make a call and go with it. There was a clarifcation (1/2014) on the matter.
Steven Luatua cops a 4 week suspension
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In this article we will give you the best backgammon strategies and tips that can help you become one of the best backgammon players. Before we start, just keep in mind that winning in backgammon requires both luck and skill. An average player can win a game in a short match against a backgammon pro player if they get good dice rolls. But in the long run, the skilled player has a significant advantage. Though many people say it will take time to become a backgammon pro player, by following this simple yet advanced backgammon strategy guide, you can be one of the best. If you are also into some sort of gambling and want to play backgammon for money, this will definitely help you win your game.
Let's start with the backgammon opening moves. There are dozens of moves that can be made when you're making the opening move in backgammon. A total of 15 possible combinations that can be made if you omit the doubles when rolling two dice. When a player makes the opening move, it is impossible to start the game off with double rolls. What you'll basically be working with are your checkers in the starting position and the opening roll combination like no double.
You might be astounded by the number of opening moves you can make if you do the math for all those numbers. Fortunately the players who have mastered backgammon have outlined the best moves for each dice combination. This simply means that you won't have to learn the correct opening moves in backgammon through laborious trial and error.
The best opening moves you can make so far in backgammon are the ones that allow you to make a point. When you make a point on the backgammon board you own that point and make a hump for your opponent's checkers to jump over. Owning points on any of the two home boards when you make the opening move is a very powerful strategy in this game.
Opening moves can be made in backgammon when you get a 5-3, 6-1, 4-2, and a 3-1. Doing an 8/3 13/7 for a roll of 5-3 in the opening is the recommended move. All experts agree that the correct opening move for 6-1 should be 8/7 13/7. 8/4 6/4 is the recommended opening move for 4-2. The 3-1 opening roll, the best one there ever is, requires a move of 8/5 6/5.
If you can't make points, then your next best shot is to split backgammon checkers. This may leave at least two checkers open to attack, but you can easily make a point in your next turn. Here are the opening moves for the so-called split plays.
The first one is for a 6-3 with a recommended opening move of 13/10 24/18. If you get a 6-2 then you should move 13/11 24/18. A 5-1 gets an opening move of 13/8 24/23. If you get a 4-1 the recommended move is 13/9 24/23. A roll of 2-1 should be moved as 13/11 24/23 in the opening.
A roll of 5-4 has a recommended opening move of 13/8 24/20. However, if you get 5-2 you should go for 13/8 24/22. 13/9 24/21 is the recommended move for a 4-3 opening. You should play 13/11 24/21 if you get a 3-2 opening.
The easiest backgammon opening moves so far are the two running plays in backgammon. The first one is for a 6-4 opening, which has a recommended opening move of 24/14 but has an alternative move as 24/18 13/9. A 6-5 opening roll gets 24/13. It may require some time to memorize all these, but after some practice you'll remember each opening move in backgammon.
The running or racing game is the simplest backgammon strategy. The idea is to simply move your checkers around the board and bear-off as fast as you can. Use this strategy when you are clearly ahead in a game. Don't hit your opponent and just concentrate on moving your checkers as safely as possible without leaving any of your own single checkers open. Try not to leave any checkers from your opponent's board and steadily move them all around. With good luck in your dice rolls you will be the most likely player to bear-off first.
Try to build as many points in a row in front of your opponent's checkers as possible. This will have to make it hard for your opponent to get away. When building a block it is best to make your points in the following order of importance: 5, 4, 7. So it is better to make point 5 than to make point 4 or 7. When you made 6 points in a row or a full prime, it will be impossible for your opponent to get away as long as you can keep the prime.
The blitz is an all-out attack on your opponent's vulnerable checkers. Rather than simply running for home, or trying to build points along the board, the blitz strategy involves landing on your opponent's checkers whenever possible to send them to the bar.
The advantage of this is not only setting your opponent back some number of pips, but you may also be able to trap some checkers on the bar if your opponent does not roll the right numbers to come back onto the board.
Keep in mind that attacking close to your home row doesn't lose, your opponent very many pips, and if your attacking checker remains vulnerable, you are at risk to lose many pips yourself.
Another thing you need to know, priming is most effective when combined with the blitz, which is referred to as the "two-way forward" attack. The blitz puts your opponent's checkers on the bar, and the prime makes sure that coming off of the bar is very difficult, resulting in many wasted dice rolls for your opponent.
The doubling cube with the numerals 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64 on its faces serves to double the stakes. They may rise to 128, 256 and so on. But it is not advisable to double more than once or twice as the value of the game rises enormously.
It is important to judge at all times the extent of your advantages and disadvantages.
As a general rule, you should accept a double when you estimate you have at least a 25% chance to win the game. Why? – If you play 4 games and decline the double 4 times, you will lose 4 points. If you play 4 games and accept the double 4 times (assuming a 25% chance of winning in each game), you will lose 6 points and win 2 points for a net loss of 4 points. This calculation does not include the possibility of being gammoned. If there is a good chance you could be gammoned, be more inclined to pass the double.
When deciding whether or not to double, consider what you would do if you were in your opponent's position. If you would pass the double (or believe your opponent should pass), it's probably correct to double.
Understand that owning the cube has value. When you own the cube, you have the right to double and your opponent does not. You can use the cube to end the game, or prevent your opponent from doing so.
Doubles at the first opportunity when your opponent needs only one more point to win the match. Your opponent will be forced to accept. If you win the game you could earn 2 points instead of 1, and your opponent gains nothing since they will win the match if they win the game, regardless of the score. Although most online games use the Crawford Rule (which prohibits doubling for one game when a player is one point away from winning the match), you can still use this strategy in the game following the Crawford game, if you win the Crawford game.
Moving away from your home board, the holding game relies on maintaining an anchor point in your opponent's home board. Although it is often wise to advance your furthest checkers early in the game to avoid being trapped, leaving an anchor point in the opponent's home board gives you two advantages.
Defensively, it gives you a safe place to land in case one of your checkers gets sent to the bar. This prevents an opponent from completely priming you into automated defeat.
Offensively, the holding game lets your anchor provide a reasonable threat to your opponent's advancing checkers. If you capture a checker in your opponent's home board, and then your opponent captures your checker in response, you still come out far ahead in pips.
The backgammon back game is considered a more advanced backgammon strategy. This strategy takes the holding game a step further, and relies on maintaining multiple made points in your opponent's home board. Obviously, since you only start with two checkers on your opponent's home board, you will only play the back game if your checkers are knocked onto the bar repeatedly. The back game is not an intentional strategy, so much as a way to salvage a game where you are being beaten up.
In addition, to increase the offensive threat of the holding game, the back game also inconveniences your opponent by taking up valuable home board real estate.
When already way behind in the race it may actually be better to fall even further behind. Your timing and play may be better if you were to be hit again to improve your back-game or prevent crunching your board. .
Once your opponent makes an advanced anchor it becomes even more important to make one yourself. Your opponent can make moves that will really put you on the defensive.
If you are ahead in a race, then race! Break contact when ahead and rely on your advantage.
If you have an opportunity to hit and are unsure, then hit. Hitting should take priority in most plays, especially in your opponent's side of the board when it makes an even greater difference in the race.
If you are behind in a race and waiting for a shot, build and slot the points in order in your home-board.
Early in the game, fight for your 4-points and 5-points on both sides of the board.
Consider each position as a new one, not as the overall game play, especially with big swings in you and your opponents advantage.
If you can choose between hitting a checker on your opponent's side of the board or making a point on your own side of the board, it is usually better to hit.
Your 7-point is valuable, but given a choice, it is more advantageous to make your 5-point or 4-point.
6's are best played on your opponent's side of the board. It is better to make an escape or try for an anchor than to risk getting hit on your side of the board.
When bearing off, use all your dice values to take markers off rather than smoothing your distribution of markers by filling empty points.
If you are only 2 points away, then try for the un-doubled gammon rather than turning the cube early.


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Given the renewed downward pressure on rates, it's not far off to believe that HARP 3.0 could be just around the corner. If one of the Fed's only moves is to ensure lower interest rates, it makes sense to have the most streamlined, inexpensive refinancing program in place to ride shotgun.


With the recent development of spatial analysis algorithms, it is now possible to further quantify immune cell relationships in terms of cell infiltrations at tumor/stroma margins. Concentric rings placed inside the Tumor-Stroma border at pre-determined distances, allow the quantification of immune cells within defined bands inside a tumor. This approach can help confirm the mechanism of action of therapies that are designed to increase the infiltration of immune cells into tumor from surrounding tissue.
Once we receive your slides or images for evaluation, we develop a customised algorithm to address the specific question of interest. For example, to evaluate therapeutic effect on immune cell tumor infiltration from the stroma we first automatically define tumor and stroma regions of interest (ROI) across the whole tissue section. IHC stained immune cells are then quantified within each ROI before application of proximity regions at the tumor/stroma border to specifically quantify those cells infiltrating into the tumor. Example analysis and data is shown in the images to the right. We analyse each section in a consistent, detailed way to generate data which is fully representative of the staining and cellular distribution present in your tissue samples.
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Our automated batch analysis service objectively analyses each section using the same algorithm to reduce variability and improve data quality and interpretation.


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Westminster Jubilee Singers
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Westminster Chapel Choir
Westminster Choir
Westminster Concert Bell Choir
Westminster Kantorei
Westminster Symphonic Choir
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Composed of students selected by audition, the Westminster Jubilee Singers is modeled after the historically acclaimed Fisk Jubilee Singers. Its repertoire, while specialized and select, is very diverse and focuses on solo and ensemble artistic expressions from its singers. Part of Westminster Choir College's Sacred Music Department, the ensemble performs literature that includes African-American spirituals and folk songs; classical music by African-American composers; gospel music and secular songs by musical greats such as William Dawson, Duke Ellington, Walter Hawkins, AndraéCrouch, Richard Smallwood, Kirk Franklin and Dr. Nathan Carter, as well as Westminster graduates, Rosephanye Powell, Donald Dillard and M. Roger Holland. Also explored and performed are works by non-African-American composers, including George Gershwin, Alice Parker, Robert Shaw, Robert Page, Gail Poch, Steve Pilkington and others who have composed and/or arranged music of the African-American experience.
VIEW a video of the Westminster Jubilee Singers' November 24, 2019 Concert "My Faith Looks Up to Thee."
In addition to its rich repertoire of African-American spirituals, hymn arrangements and gospel songs, the Westminster Jubilee Singers has performed classical works, such as And They Lynched Him On a Tree by William Grant Still and Shout for Joy and I Will Lift Up My Eyes by Adolphus Hailstork. Highlights of recent seasons include the performance Duke Ellington's Sacred Concerts and R. Nathaniel Dett's The Ordering of Moses.
Previous seasons have included appearances at the:
Music Educators National Conference (MENC) in Kansas City
Regional Conference in Baltimore
American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) Eastern Regional Convention in Boston
A performance with Denyce Graves at New York's Apollo Theater to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Children's Defense Fund
A joint concert titled Living the Dream with Penn State University's Essence of Joy ensemble as a tribute to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Lincoln Center debut performing in An Evening of Choral Artistry presented by the American Choral Directors Association.
The ensemble has performed at Carnegie Hall with the New York Pops Orchestra, under the baton of Skitch Henderson, in a concert version of Porgy and Bess. At the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, it has presented joint concerts with the Fisk University Jubilee Singers and the legendary Sweet Honey in the Rock.


What's the next thing that will be impacted by value-based care?
In Oklahoma, it's how the state will soon negotiate prescription drug prices for Medicaid recipients.
In June of this year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) gave their approval for a new pricing initiative that allows the state to factor in how effective a prescription medication is when negotiating the amount paid to the manufacturer.
There are three things that make this shift stand out.
The first is that with this change, Oklahoma will become the first state to introduce this type of value-based paradigm for Medicaid Rx pricing negotiations. Currently, most states set prices using a more limited set of criteria and historical clinical recommendations.
So why is this relevant to behavioral health and human services organizations?
In addition to that, more individuals are being diagnosed with co-occurring conditions that require maintenance medications. If you are delivering care within value-based or managed care reimbursement models in your state, the cost of those prescriptions need to be factored into you overall plan of care.
Want to learn more about preparing for value-based care?
Register today for this upcoming, thought-leadership webinar, How Are You Going to Get Value Out of Value-Based Care. Christy Winter, Manager of Clinical Informatics and Outcomes at Qualifacts, and Eric Krepfle, Revenue Cycle Product Manager at Qualifacts, will talk about real-world examples of winning strategies that you can use to succeed.


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Axisco Precision Machinery Co., Ltd., founded in 1984, has developed into a veteran developer and manufacturer of high-quality automated metal processing equipment. The company is committed to creating the greatest benefit for customers by providing the most economical CNC equipment for mass-production solutions.
With stable growth over the past 30 years, Axisco has shipped thousands of machines to customers all over the world, making it a major player in the business. The company says that it can custom-make various kinds of equipment, including sphere finishing, milling, drilling, boring, reaming, tapping, cutting, and broaching processing machinery. A machine can be designed to be single- or multi-purpose, and the company has the know-how and experience needed to provide whole-plant equipment for companies in industries such as auto parts, hardware (door closers/hinges), ball valves, hand tools, hardware, lock and electronics components, and many others.
Axisco says that it uses the most advanced ERP (enterprise resource planning) system and the 5S workplace organization method at its modern integrated factory. It is also proud of the comprehensive pre- and after-sales services provided to customers around the world by its sales and service team.
Backed by the support of a strong R&D team and a long accumulation of know-how, Axisco offers various types of special-purpose machines to meet its customers' budgets and production conditions, and to achieve automated production and operational standardization.
The firm's major product categories include vertical external-tooth broaching machines; internal-tooth broaching machines; vertical rotary multi-spindle drilling, reaming, and tapping machines; broaching machines; milling machines; single-purpose machines; CNC deep-hole drilling machines; and gun drilling machines.


Zebras Face to Face Framed Canvas Print. This artwork was created by French photographer Philippe Hugonnard. It's from a collection of images called 'Safari Profile'. Safari Profile is a wonderfully unique and clever collection of images that would look fabulous gracing any wall.


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May 29, 2020, 4:06 p.m. EDT
EURO Ressources - Results of the annual ordinary general meeting of shareholders held on May 20, 2020
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RESULTS OF THE ANNUAL ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS HELD ON MAY 20, 2020
PARIS, France, May 29, 2020: EURO Ressources S.A. (EURO) /zigman2/quotes/202557091/delayed FR:EUR +0.63% today announced the results of the annual ordinary general meeting of shareholders held on Wednesday, May 20, 2020. A total of 14 shareholders were represented, holding 56,174,570 common shares of the 62,491,281 common shares making up the stated capital, which represent approximately 89.891 % of the share capital, satisfying the required quorum for the resolutions related to the ordinary general meeting of shareholders. All of the resolutions were passed.
The results of each resolution are detailed as follows:
Resolution Voting rights existing at the meeting Number of shares Proportion of the share capital Votes
/ % Votes
Abstaining
/ %
Approval of the Company's financial statements for 2019 fiscal year
(Resolution 1) 112,311,391 56,174,570 89.891% 112,128,341
99.84% 183,050
Allocation of the results
Approval of the agreements subject to articles L.225-38 et SEQ. of the French Commercial Code
Approval of the appointment of Janandre Lamprecht as director by way of co-option
Re-election of Mr. Phillip Marks as director
>99.99 % 699
<0.01 % 0
Re-election of Mr. Ian Smith as director
Re-election of Mr. David H. Watkins as director
Re-election of Mr. Benjamin Little as director
Re-election of Mrs. Janandre Lamprecht as director
Re-election of Mrs. Affie A. Simanikas as director
(Resolution 10) 112,311,391 56,174,570 89.891% 112,310,692
Re-election of Susanne Hermans as director
Compensation policy of the directors and officers
Compensation and advantages of any kind paid or granted during the year ended December 31, 2019 to the chairman of the board of directors
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Sports Showcase
Smith, Colonials right the ship on Senior Day
Paul Wintruba
RMU pulled away late from SFU, winning on Senior Day.
Zach Laufer, Copy Editor
Since winning 11 consecutive Northeast Conference games this season, the Robert Morris women's basketball team (15-13, 13-4) had lost two consecutive match-ups, dropping the Colonials out of first place in the conference.
Today, as per Senior Day tradition, RMU honored the only senior player on the roster, forward Jolie Olingende, before the game. Despite not entering the game, Olingende could not have asked for much more than a victory.
And she got it.
Robert Morris survived a slug fest Sat. afternoon in the Charles L. Sewall Center, defeating rival St. Francis Red Flash (5-23, 4-13), 71-60.
"At times it wasn't real clean," said associate head coach Charlie Buscaglia. "At the end of the game, I thought we really gutted it out, hit some big shots. I thought we had some good control down the stretch. The last eight minutes of the game I thought we did a really good job of taking care of the ball and finding the open shot."
Leading the charge for the Colonials were freshman forwards Megan Smith and Mikalah Mulrain, scoring 18 and 14 points respectively. Both players also narrowly missed securing double-doubles, Smith grabbing nine rebounds and Mulrain coming down with eight.
In the first half, neither team could get its offensive game going. RMU and SFU combined to shoot just over 26 percent from the field in the first 20 minutes.
However, Saint Francis' guard Alexa Hayward and Robert Morris' Smith kept their respective teams afloat. Hayward went 6-of-15 from the floor with 17 points, while Smith shot 4-of-8 to end up with 11 points after the first half.
"I was just trying to not let the shots get to me," said Smith. "I missed a couple early and just tried to make sure my emotions weren't high. I tried to stay confident."
As far as Hayward was concerned, the Colonials knew how to slow her down in the second half.
"By the second half, we realized she kept attacking the key, so we made sure we always had help defense," said Mulrain, "and make sure we had the drop set to make her uncomfortable."
Apparently, that strategy paid off for RMU. Hayward managed only seven points in the final 20 minutes, going 2-of-8 from the field. Her inability to carry the Red Flash allowed Robert Morris to break the halftime tie at 30, going on an 8-0 run to take a 42-36 lead with 14:48 left to play.
Again, the physicality combined with solid free-throw shooting from both squads would not permit either team to run away with it. At least, not until the very end.
After Hayward connected on two free throws to cut RMU's lead to four with just under four minutes remaining, the Colonials pulled away for good. Led by five points from Anna Niki Stamolamprou, Robert Morris scored 12 unanswered points over a nearly three minute stretch.
From there, the lead fluctuated in the final minute until ultimately resulting in an 11-point Colonials win. The players spoke passionately about the importance of this home victory.
"We're in a better place [since Bryant lost], but we wanted to win no matter what," said guard Ashley Ravelli. "We want to make sure we protect our house, we always talk about that. So I think today was an important win for us."
With only one more game remaining on Robert Morris' schedule, a Monday night match-up at home versus Wagner, the Colonials can potentially take first place in the NEC. That final game is scheduled for 7 p.m.
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Zach is a senior at RMU, majoring in sport communication with a minor in sport management. He is a highly motivated worker that will strive for perfection...
How Harajuku is the Powerhouse of Japanese Fashion


The author and activist tells GW students "empathy" is the best tool to offer friends who are struggling with body image.
A pair of shiny gold disco pants, and the bullies who pulled them down, haunted Brian Cuban for more than 30 years.
His brother Mark, owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, gave them to 13-year-old Brian when they were growing up in Pittsburgh. One day, while walking home from junior high, his classmates taunted Brian Cuban, commenting on how tightly the pants hugged his overweight body. They ripped the pants to shreds and ran away laughing.
Though Mr. Cuban would not be formally diagnosed until decades later, the event signified the beginning of his lifelong struggle with Body Dysmorphic Disorder. The condition, marked by a preoccupation with imagined or exaggerated defects of physical appearance, eventually spiraled into an eating disorder, alcoholism and a drug addiction.
The lawyer and activist recounts his battle with his distorted self-image in his book, "Shattered Image," and gives talks around the country about the shame associated with men and eating disorders.
As part of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, Mr. Cuban spoke to GW students about his journey to recovery at an event hosted by SPEAK GW (Students Promoting Eating Disorder Awareness and Knowledge).
As a freshman at Pennsylvania State University, Mr. Cuban said he continued to see that "fat, stupid kid" in the mirror. He started running—10 miles in the morning and 10 in the evening. Some days, he said, he woke up so dehydrated that he could not get out of bed.
But no matter how much weight he lost, he continued to feel ugly and isolated from his peers. He began binge eating and making himself throw up. He also abused alcohol, which made the purging easier.
After graduating from Penn State, Mr. Cuban attended law school at the University of Pittsburgh as an attempt, he said, "to hide." There, his destructive behaviors intensified. He eventually moved to Dallas to live with his brothers and started using cocaine, which gave him the same gratifying sensation that purging had provided him in college.
More than 20 years after graduating from Penn State, on April 8, 2007, Mr. Cuban finally opened up to his therapist about his alcoholism and drug addiction. After completing a 12-step program, he has not had a drink or drug since.
However, he was still too ashamed to tell anyone, including his therapist, about his eating disorder.
"I could have researched my eating disorder. But I was afraid to go on the Internet and find out that I was the only guy in the world who was bulimic," he said.
Eventually, he opened up about his disorders to his mother, with whom he had always had a complicated relationship.
Once he was honest with his mother, she told him that she, too, had struggled from disordered eating. Mr. Cuban realized that the verbal and mental abuse she inflicted on her son were the result of her own insecurities, and Mr. Cuban's body issues likely stemmed from a genetic predisposition. With the support of his parents and brothers, he was able to move further into recovery.
Mr. Cuban revealed his eating disorder to his therapist in 2008, and he told the public about his struggle with bulimia via a blog post that same year. He feared others' reactions, but he was met with positive support and gratitude from strangers who had been scared to share their own stories.
If you or someone you know is struggling with an eating disorder, confidential support is available at the University Counseling Center, located in the Marvin Center. Call 202-994-5300 to access counseling services. Individual walk-in hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
GW also offers group counseling for undergraduate and graduate students who are struggling or recovering from any aspect of disordered eating. The "Body Image and Eating Concerns" group, led by staff clinician Nancy Cass, meets at 10 a.m. Fridays. This group serves to provide students with a supportive space to discuss struggles as well as develop positive coping skills.
Campus events include keynote speaker Brian Cuban, body image fair, free yoga and scale trashing.
New staff clinician provides on-campus support and education about disordered eating and body image.


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Q: Apply a PeriodIndex of a single value to all rows of pandas dataframe Let's say we have the following initial dataframe
branch_id    location                  employee

1            City, US    ...           26
2            City, US    ...           14
3            City, UK    ...           28

It has no index, I need to move all records of that dataframe into index (PeriodIndex) consisting just of a single value.
                      branch_id     location                  employee
date
2018-10-22/2018-10-28 1             City, US    ...           26
                      2             City, US    ...           14
                      3             City, UK    ...           28

How to achieve it with pandas?

A: You can create a dummy column date with the same value(2018-10-22/2018-10-28 from your example) in the dataframe like this:
df['date'] = '2018-10-22/2018-10-28'
Then, you can use set_index to make this column as the dataframe's index:
df = df.set_index('date')
Consider the dataframe below:
In [80]: df
Out[80]:

 A  B  C  D  E
 2  6  5  4  1
 1  2  8  4  9
 3  4  2  9  3

Added a dummy column date to it:
In [84]: df['date'] = '2018-10-22/2018-10-28'
In [85]: df
Out[85]:
   A  B  C  D  E                   date
0  2  6  5  4  1  2018-10-22/2018-10-28
3  1  2  8  4  9  2018-10-22/2018-10-28
6  3  4  2  9  3  2018-10-22/2018-10-28

Now, setting date as index of the dataframe:
In [87]: df = df.set_index('date')

In [88]: df
Out[88]:
                       A  B  C  D  E
date
2018-10-22/2018-10-28  2  6  5  4  1
2018-10-22/2018-10-28  1  2  8  4  9
2018-10-22/2018-10-28  3  4  2  9  3

Now, all rows have the same index. Let me know if this helps.

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Trichius gallicus is a beetle species belonging to the family Scarabaeidae, subfamily Cetoniinae. It frequently appears in the literature under the name "Trichius rosaceus", but this name is permanently unavailable under ICZN Article 11.4, as are all of Voet's names.

 These beetles are present in most of Europe, they are about 10 millimeters long and can be encountered from May through July feeding on flowers.

The sides of the chest and the back of the abdomen are covered with a pubescence, hence the popular name of Bee beetle of Trichius species. Head and pronotum are black, while the elytra are yellowish, crossed by a few black bands.

The first black band usually does not reaches the scutellum, other bands are incomplete and the second has a rectangular form. The color of hair usually is more orange-red compared to Trichius fasciatus. Median tibiae are without teeth. In male only the penultimate abdominal segment has a band of white hairs.

Subspecies
Trichius gallicus gallicus Dejean, 1821
Trichius gallicus zonatus Germar, 1831

References

Cetoniinae
Beetles of Europe
Beetles described in 1821


(GIS) – Invest Saint Lucia was represented at a Sourcing Decisions Conference that took place in Toronto, Ontario, earlier this month.
The Sourcing Decisions Conference is the premiere conference for US and Canadian corporate leaders in global technology services and sourcing. The central focus of the annual conference was the wide-ranging impacts of artificial intelligence and automation, and how companies must get ahead of these trends, or risk lagging behind.
According to Investment Promotion and Fulfillment Manager, Alana Lansiquot-Brice, ISL's attendance at the conference enabled the agency to gain a better understanding of the Business/Knowledge Processing Outsourcing (BPO/KPO) sector. The team also met with key industry players and potential investors within the sector with a view to, inter alia, advance Saint Lucia's potential as a choice location for similar investments, given the establishment of Ojo Labs—the Caribbean's first Artificial Intelligence (AI) Contact Centre.
Given ISL's recent collaboration with conference partner supporter Nearshore Americas, the meetings were targeted at investors either looking to expand or utilize existing BPO businesses to carry out their outsourcing.
In addition to these meetings, Saint Lucia's Consulate Office in Canada hopes to organize additional investment-related meetings for the team, the outcome of which will hopefully result in new leads and eventually convert to actual investments.
The two-member delegation comprised Marie-Grace Walcott, Investment Officer responsible for BPO; and Earland Labadie, Senior Investment Officer.
Walcott recently attended the Global Connection Forum in Mexico, where a number of leads were acquired. Her attendance was facilitated by the Caribbean Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (CAIPA).
The Sourcing Decisions Conference began on April 10.


Géographie-cités - "Closing Borders and moving boundaries. Negotiating spatialities and trajectories and the margins of Europe"
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Thank you for telling me what I believe... can you also tell me where I put the TV page of the newspaper as that would be something helpful.
Dunno, but thanks to the 1989 European Council Directive (89/552), they'll all be on the one page and you won't need to buy the Radio Times AND the TV Times.
Are you getting what you voted for?
Obviously my answer is "No", but I would suggest that leave voters ARE getting what they voted for: a mess.
I don't think anyone will get what they voted for..... people voted both ways for a number of reasons, some logical, some not. In the dearth of real information provided by both sides, there will be almost as many reasons for voting as there were voters and drill down into the details of what people really wanted and you are still left with so many variations that it was always an impossibility to give the majority what they wanted, whichever side of the vote they took.
It's convenient to think that all the pro-EU voters voted for the same thing, but again, this is unlikely - the only thing uniting them is that they wanted to see no immediate change to the UK's position vis-a-vis the EU, but many voted though gritted teeth, not liking certain aspects of it. On the leave side, there were those who had a philosophical objection to the EU (and this could be from the Left or Right), those who just didn't like the idea of "foreigners" imposing rules on the UK, those who wanted to see an end to immigration, those who thought too much money was going to the EU...... and many, many more reasons and combinations of reasons, true or false, accurate or not, that made the referendum an opportunity to stick it to "the man" after a decade of falling living standards. But one thing is for sure, they didn't vote to be poorer or to see even more erosion of living standards.
What are the chances anyone will be happy with any outcome? As I said early on, the only likely outcome is that the UK will pay more to get less - so who is going to applaud that?
Quite. Hence my curiosity. Is anyone happy with the way things have turned out so far?
Teresa has dispatched the Nazgul today, to ride to the far corners of Middle Earth and persuade us to support her One Ring. Not sure why - currently it's not us she needs to persuade, but the other ring wearers (OK, I give up, the Lord of the Rings thing has reached it's limit now).
Anyway, she's trying to persuade us that her deal is the One. Are we buying it?
Today Amber Rudd is talking about Norway. I am 100% certain that no remainer or brexiteer voted for that. Surely even Brexiteers would rather be in than a Norway or even a Norway+.
If Cameron had come out and offered this on the first morning after the referendum, we'd all be done and dusted by now and everyone would have calmed down. It's IS a version of Brexit. It won't settle the question: leavers will still campaign to do a 'proper' Brexit and remainers will campaign to join up to the EU-proper. So it won't heal the division. But it is the least damaging option on the table at the moment.
Not sure it is the least damaging option, the best option IMHO is a people's vote. And please if we get one can both sides please put forward arguments not lies and misinformation like last time.
It looks like there's going to be a leadership vote within the Conservatives.
I don't know why. They had a vote two years ago and chose Theresa May. They can't just change their minds and have another vote. They should stick with her even when it's obviously not working. May means May.
Looks like? It's a 100% certainty. Starting about now.
The Vote tonight is a confidence vote in Teresa Mays leadership. Win or lose tonight, there may be a leadership vote in the the near future though.


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Kaskada (în ) este un sat în așezarea urbană Nova Ușîțea din regiunea Hmelnîțkîi, Ucraina.

Demografie

Conform recensământului din 2001, majoritatea populației localității Kaskada era vorbitoare de ucraineană (%), existând în minoritate și vorbitori de rusă (%).

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Edmonton house explosion kills 2
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Two people are confirmed dead and at least one other person is missing after an explosion destroyed a home and rocked an Edmonton neighbourhood.
Two people are confirmed dead and at least one other person is missing after an explosion destroyed a home in north Edmonton on Sunday afternoon.
Two people died after a home at 91 Street and 180A Avenue exploded at about 1:30 p.m. MT. The names and genders of the victims were not released.
Officials said at least one person was missing. It's believed three people were injured and several others were treated in hospital for shock.
It was not clear what caused the explosion.
"[We found] upon arrival ... one house completely demolished - we're calling that like almost ground zero - a crater there. And another building right next to it that is completely destroyed as well but still has a bit of standing structure to it," said Edmonton fire Chief Robert D'Aoust.
At least 20 homes were damaged. Nothing was left of one home but a crater, two other homes were demolished, two more sustained severe structural damage and about 15 other homes in the area suffered significant damage.
D'Aoust said the blast also ignited several external fires in the area, including a wildfire and several vehicle fires.
Mathieu Comeault, 18, was across the street in his house when the blast hit.
"I wasn't sure what happened," he said. "I thought maybe a tree had fallen into our house or a car hit our house because it felt like it was immediate, like something happened right there."
Comeault ran outside and saw debris littering the street.
When he heard people yelling that there were people trapped inside one of the homes, Comeault and several others leapt into action.
"Me and probably about three other guys went up to the door there and ... we pulled the one woman out of the basement and we took her kid and I passed him down to somebody else."
D'Aoust said the woman and her son were treated at the scene for minor injuries.
'The house was gone'
People several streets away reported feeling the blast. Debris and glass were scattered for hundreds of metres.
"I was having a little nap and I heard this big explosion and jumped off the bed and my mirror shattered before it fell on the floor, pictures fell on the floor," one woman living nearby said.
"I went up to where [the house] was, and the house was gone."
Lynn Bender, who lives nearby, felt the blast in her home.
"I was sitting in my living room and I heard a really big boom and my whole house shook, so I thought something in my house might have happened," she said.
Officials estimate at least 70 people were ordered to leave their homes because of the explosion. It was not clear when residents would be allowed to return. D'Aoust said most evacuees were staying with friends and family.
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May 10, 2019 Ian McCollum Bolt Action Rifles, Video 14
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The French Navy chose not to adopt the Gras rifle, and continued to use the paper-cartridge, needlefire Chassepot into the late 1870s. When they finally decided to adopt a new metallic-cartridge rifle, they decided to jump right to a repeater. Testing was done in 1877 of the Winchester-Hotchkiss, Krag-Petersen, and Kropatschek, and the Kropatschek was the winner. As the Navy did not need very many rifles, it opted to buy them directly from the Werndl factory in Steyr (Austria), which owned the rights to the system. An order for 25,000 was placed in 1878 and deliveries were completed in 1881.
This rifle was designated the Model 1878 Marine (ie, Navy), and it was chambered for 11mm Gras with a 7-round tube magazine. They were delivered polished in the white, as naval small arms often were at the time. While limited in number, these rifles would see widespread service in French colonies, and would also form the basis for development of the French-build model 1884 rifles – which we will cover in the next video.
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The Steyr M1912, or Steyr Hahn (meaning "hammer", to distinguish it from the striker-fired Steyr 1907) has a number of features that make it unusual among pistols today. It uses a fixed internal magazine fed […]
John S Wren says:
Cracking video. Such an interesting rifle. Here's a real geek question. Most of the Chilean M1886 Mannlicher rifles (also made by Steyr) are marked with an italic IIQ ("2Q") mark . Here we have a rifle marked "2 Classe". Are they saying the same thing? – I've read that it means "not good enough for the Austrian military but close enough". And just to make it worse, I note some parts of the rifle have a "K" marking, which I've read does indicate Austrian military acceptance ("Kontrol"). Is it any wonder a neophyte firearms history researcher gets confused.
"(…)French Navy(…)continued to use the paper-cartridge, needlefire Chassepot into the late 1870s.(…)"
Paper and marine application (salt water) with possibility of colonial battle in hot-humid climate – this do not looks like good combination for me, though apparently it did worked. So what paper means exactly there? Was it enhanced using some chemical substances? Was paper in Navy and Land Service cartridge same?
I suspect that the French Navy just didn't like the idea of calling ALL ships back to France in order to swap out their shore party's rifles before they finally decided to adopt the Kropatschek. Yes, I just said they'd have to recall ALL active warships (including those out at sea nowhere near a naval base), which would be practically IMPOSSIBLE as wireless telegraphy had yet to be invented! The alternative would be shipping out tons of boxes of rifles and cartridges to who-knows-where, with the risk of the supply ship getting captured by pirates in the Indian Ocean or Pacific Ocean (necessitating an escort of up-to-ten armored cruisers just to keep the pirates away), and thus spending more coal and resources just to replace small arms. I could be wrong.
SOP with most navies back then was when a ship came in for refit, its small arms armory would be swapped out for the new issue small arms at the same time. So instead of crates of arms being sent to overseas bases, they'd have been kept at the home country refit yards, which in the case of France would have been Brest, Lorient, and Marseilles.
It takes longer to re-equip the fleet with new rifles and etc. that way, but don't forget, at the time France wasn't at war with anybody, which actually was rather a rare event for them in the 19th Century.
So there really wasn't any great hurry to get the changeover done. The ship refit schedule was fast enough for their purposes.
All paper cartridges I have seen are protected with wax
In this video you find a good description how paper cartridges are made: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S5xH1YELizY
Nice gun this Kropatschek (sounds as unmistakably Slavic name), I like it. In fact Werndl factory had plenty of tube magazine samples from Winchester and others to look at. But still, nice package.
When I visited old and charming city of Steyr last time I was delighted with J.Werndl Denkmal.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Josef-Werndl-Denkmal_in_Steyr_2005.jpg
His contribution to city's prosperity is appreciated by citizens of Steyr to this day.
More pictures of Steyr, Austria
https://hiveminer.com/Tags/building%2Csteyr
Historic photos/drawings: see Diashow here: https://steyrerpioniere.wordpress.com/2011/08/20/josef-werndl/
Historic photos vs today photos of same buildings: https://steyrerpioniere.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/werndl-objekte1.pdf
◾1847: Wanderschaft nach Prag, Arbeit in Büchsenmacherei
Oh-hoho, he was just 16 years old that time. (In turn many Czechs went for experience to Wien.) Later travelled for work experience to the U.S. to work for Remington. This man knew the world!
Andrew Luder says:
I was bidding on one of these within the last year……………LOL. Very nice rifle and one that continues to elude me. Hopefulloy sooner or later I will find one.
I'm told these have fairly stiff recoil… But wonderful bolt actions?
Any owners/users care to enlighten us non-owners?
I always have to marvel at the ability of ŒWG-Steyr to pretty much build whatever type of gun the client wanted… Mannlicher turn-bolt, Mauser turn-bolt, etc. etc. Pretty amazing really. I mean, yes, Mauser would build a Mauser in whatever bizarre caliber was preferred by a given nation state's armed forces, or for those not so picky, there was the ability to go small, medium, large with 7x57mm, 7.65x53mm, or 7,92x57mm… But Steyr could do that too and then some!
That's it in a nutshell. Having the genius that was Mannlicher didn't hurt. It's hard to imagine it now but by 1912 they were employing over 15000 workers and according to the company history they made military weapons for at least 23 different countries, including China, Japan, Mexico and Norway. I'd love to get my nose into their archives!
Carlos Villarroel says:
In French military parlance we must distinguish between the "FUSILIERS MARINS", equivalent to the British Royal Marines or Spanish "Infantería de Marina" whose role at the end of XIX century was to garrison naval bases, guard ships (as vessels carried a contingent of marines) and form part of landing parties; whereas the French "INFANTERIE DE MARINE" that was part of the Colonial Army that depended from the Ministry of the Navy or of Colonies until 1900 (when passed to Ministry of War).
The Kropatschek was used by the Navy to arms sailor and fusiliers marins in order to engage enemy ships in naval actions (as ramming was then a proposed tactic) or repel torpedo boats attacks, and to arm landing parties.
The colonial troops initially were armed with Mle. 1874 Gras but as they depend of Navy Ministry in some occasions, specially Infanterie de Marine, were issued with fusils modèle 1878 Kropatschek, as in the war against China in 1885.


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Can Mestre és un edifici del municipi de Figaró-Montmany (Vallès Oriental) inclòs en l'Inventari del Patrimoni Arquitectònic de Catalunya.

Descripció
Edifici aïllat de tipologia ciutat-jardí. Utilitza el desnivell del terreny i presenta diferents alçades al davant i al darrere. La façana del carrer consta de planta baixa i golfes, mentre que la façana posterior té quatre pisos. Està coberta amb teulada composta, de la que sobresurt una torre mirador de planta quadrada i coberta a quatre vessants. Els vèrtexs de la teulada són de rajola vidriada verda i als angles hi ha boles vidriades del mateix color. Les obertures estan situades simètricament i hi ha alternança d'obertures d'arc pla i arc de mig punt, amb emmarcaments i llindes de color marró.

Història
El Figaró és una població amb tradició estiuejant des de finals del  i principis del XX, potenciat per l'existència del ferrocarril que facilita l'accés des de Barcelona. La seva estètica és propera al Noucentisme, tot i que utilitza alguns elements de tipologia modernista. Es desconeix la datació exacta de la casa i el seu autor.

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Patrimoni monumental de Figaró-Montmany
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All stations in EU Member States, with at least 75 % data coverage for at least eight years were included in the analysis. Concentrations per station type are given in μg/m3. In the top two diagrams a geographical bias exists towards central Europe where there is a higher density of stations. In the percentage frequency distribution graphs, closed bars denote stations showing a statistically significant trend, open bars denote stations with a non-significant trend. Statistically significant trends (level of significance 0.1) are calculated by applying the Mann-Kendall test. The applied method is described in de Leeuw, 2012.
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