Anyone else make it a movie day today?! 🌧 I think I secretly enjoy these days every now and then because it gives us a chance to slow down and just rest from the busy of the week. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ You guys if you're local to CT you need to check out the Cinemark theatre in North Haven. It is like watching a movie on your couch but better because the seats recline and there's plenty of room for a three year old to squirm around without bothering anyone 😂 ... not like that happened or anything 🙄 A bit of a drive for us but totally worth it!!!
the exact opposite of the weather in my area today. one of the reasons I love taking photos is to have memories (like this landscape in Peru) to fall back on when the day is dreary and rainy, or hard and lonely, or sad and frustrating.


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Media|YouTube's Historical Footage Expands, Both Serious and Silly
YouTube's Historical Footage Expands, Both Serious and Silly
By Daniel Victor
The Associated Press and British Movietone, a newsreel archive, are uploading nearly 17,000 hours of historical footage to YouTube, making available a mix of monumental and offbeat news coverage dating to 1895.
The cache will include more than 550,000 videos, available on the channels for The A.P. and British Movietone. With an array of coverage that includes sports, culture, political milestones and natural disasters, the collection will be the largest upload of historical news content yet on YouTube, The A.P. said.
"At A.P. we are always astonished at the sheer breadth of footage that we have access to, and the upload to YouTube means that, for the first time, the public can enjoy some of the oldest and most remarkable moments in history," the director of The A.P's international archive, Alwyn Lindsey, said in a statement.
Below is a selection of highlights from the collection.
The Hindenburg disaster, 1937.
The Lindbergh baby kidnapping, 1932.
Nelson Mandela's release from prison, 1990.
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, 1968.
A plane crash at the Empire State Building, 1945.
John F. Kennedy's "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech, 1963.
Amelia Earhart flies across the Atlantic Ocean alone, 1932.
As with news today, there is lighter fare as well.
Marilyn Monroe weds Joe DiMaggio, 1954.
A dog-walking machine, 1937.
Futuristic bride fashion, 1966.
A basket-carrying competition in London's Borough Market, 1937.

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All Community Award Winners in each population group are eligible to receive an Alex Metcalfe Award. Read about the Alex Metcalfe Award here.
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Match preview: Stags vs Wycombe Wanderers
Mansfield Town welcome Wycombe Wanderers to One Call Stadium on Tuesday evening (7.45pm kick-off) and this is your comprehensive guide to the fixture.
Stags have a clean bill of health ahead of Tuesday's clash after coming through the 4-1 victory over Grimsby Town unscathed.
However, whilst speaking to the local media on Monday morning, manager Steve Evans hinted that he could make changes to his side to freshen things up.
The Chairboys will be sweating on the fitness of talisman Adebayo Akinfenwa after he missed Saturday's draw with a knock picked up in their previous match against Forest Green Rovers.
Midfielder Scott Saunders and forwards Scott Kashket and Nathan Tyson are all expected to miss out, but will be in contention 'soon', according to manager Gareth Ainsworth.
Stags are now unbeaten in their last three league games, recording a win and two draws.
Back-to-back draws against Luton Town and Carlisle United were followed by Saturday's emphatic 4-1 win over Grimsby Town.
Frontman Lee Angol bagged two penalties - Stags' first successful conversions of the season after missing the last three - whilst defender Krystian Pearce scored and forced an own goal from Grimsby's Karleigh Osborne.
The Chairboys have won two and drawn one of their last three Sky Bet League Two matches.
Saturday's 0-0 stalemate away at Newport County followed a 3-1 victory over Forest Green Rovers and a 3-2 win against Grimsby.
The draw against the Exiles was the first time that Gareth Ainsworth's side have failed to score in the league this season, coinciding with the injury to Bayo Akinfenwa - the Chairboys' top scorer with four strikes.
Our previous meeting was last season's fixture at Adams Park on Good Friday, from which the Stags ran out 1-0 victors.
A tight affair was decided by a solitary goal from defender Krystian Pearce, as he followed in his header, which struck the post, to nod home the winner.
HEAD-TO-HEAD record: W: 6 | D: 8 | L: 9
The referee for the fixture is Robert Lewis and he will be assisted by Ian Smedley and Alf Greenwood. Michael D'Aguilar will undertake fourth official duties.
Mr Lewis' last game officiating the Stags was our 4-0 win over Hartlepool United in February.
Stags' fans can purchase tickets both in advance and on the night of the game.
You can save time by purchasing your seats online from www.stagstickets.co.uk and then choose the 'print at home' option.
Ticket prices can be found here.
Tickets can be purchased by visiting the One Call Stadium ticket office or calling 01623 482 482.
Away supporters will be permitted to purchase tickets on the night of the game from our ticket office on Quarry Lane.
Please note: tickets will only be available from the matchday ticket office. This is located next to the club shop and on-the-night purchases can only be made from the windows in the matchday ticket office.
The main ticket office is only open for collections and away ticket purchases. The club shop will also be open for merchandise purchases.
The Sandy Pate Sports Bar will open at 12.00pm for supporters to enjoy pre-match food and drink.
The main menu will be available until 4.00pm, before the matchday menu becomes available, serving food such as burgers, pies, chips and hot-dogs.
Furthermore, the bar will be serving alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages throughout the day.
Also in the Sandy Pate Sports Bar, the SSA will be selling their unique Stags v Wycombe Wanderers matchday pin badges for just £3.
Supporters with a ticket in blocks N, P, Q and R of the Ian Greaves Stand (upper tier) will be able to access the Kevin Bird Suite from 5.45pm on Tuesday.
The Suite, situtated in the upper tier of the Ian Greaves Stand, will be serving hot and cold drinks for supporters to enjoy. The bar will also be open at half-time for supporters with a ticket in the aforementioned blocks.
We'll be publishing live text commentary of the encounter on our twitter feed and the match centre on mansfieldtown.net will contain Opta-populated updates.
To access our twitter feed, head to twitter.com/mansfieldtownfc. The match centre can be accessed here, or by clicking the link on the home page on Tuesday.
Furthermore, iFollow Stags subscribers will be able to listen to full-match commentary of the clash, courtesy of commentators Martin Shaw and Dean Foulkes.
A report of the match will be published on www.mansfieldtown.net after the game and full reaction will be available to view on mansfieldtown.net and iFollow Stags.
Mansfield Town vs Wycombe Wanderers on 12 Sep 17
Preview: Plymouth Argyle vs Stags
Next up for the Stags is a trip to face Plymouth Argyle in Sky Bet League Two on Saturday 18 January (3pm). Here's all you need to know ahead of the game…
Youth preview: Stags vs Burnley (FA Youth Cup)
Mansfield Town under-18s will be looking to continue their FA Youth Cup heroics when they face Premier League outfit Burnley under-18s at One Call Stadium on Thursday (7pm kick-off).
Preview: Stags vs Forest Green Rovers
The Stags welcome Forest Green Rovers to One Call Stadium on Saturday for their latest Sky Bet League Two clash (3pm). Here's all you need to know about the game...
Reserves preview: Stags vs Peterborough United
Stags' reserves are back in Central League Cup action on Tuesday 07 January as they host Peterborough United reserves at The RH Academy (1pm). Here's our match preview…


The dust settled and all became deathly quiet. The men in the circle put down the rocks they had been holding. There was no need to throw them. The man in the middle of the circle was finally dead. He watched as each man came toward him, picked up his respective cloak, and then turned and walked back into the city. When the last man was gone, he remained staring at the now lifeless body wondering how someone could die such a death with a peaceful expression that looked almost like a smile. For a moment, he wished he could have what the dead man had.
His thoughts were interrupted by a shriek of grief which startled him. He thought he was the only one there. He turned toward the sound and saw a small group of men racing toward the dead body. They were so focused on the dead man, that they barely noticed him, if they saw him at all.
Spellbound Saul watched as the men knelt by Stephen's body. Sobs shook their shoulders, and their mouths moved in silent prayers. Slowly, tenderly, the men lifted Stephen and headed back into the city. As Saul watched, anger burned in his soul. How many more devout Jewish men would be deceived by the teachings of that dead Nazarene? How many more of God's people would wander down the dark path of heresy? None, if he could help it.
Saul was not so naïve as to think that the death of Stephen would have that great of an impact on the followers of the Way. The Way! He spat on the ground in disgust. The way of the Lord was found in the sanctuary, not in the way of a Nazarene! His hands clenched into fists as he stared into the heavens. In that moment, he made a vow in the presence of the Almighty God that he would do whatever it took to save God's people from the darkness he saw looming on the horizon.
With new determination, Saul marched into the city. When he reached his dwelling place, he sat in the growing darkness and created his strategy.
Saul was pleased with the progress he was making in Jerusalem in ridding the Jewish nation of the heretics. But he was not satisfied. He set his sights farther afield.
Several days later, the caravan was ready to go. Saul climbed onto the lead camel and held on as the camel lurched to its feet. The remaining camels in the caravan did the same. Saul gave the signal, and the caravan lumbered northward toward Damascus.
As they journeyed, Saul went over and over his strategies. He didn't want anything to go wrong. When he wasn't strategizing, Saul prayed for success. He asked the living God to be with him to give him victory over the blasphemers who claimed the Nazarene was God. He could barely even form this thought in his mind without getting sick.
They had been on the road for several days when the caravan leader maneuvered his camel next to Saul's to tell him they would reach Damascus by night fall. Saul nodded and straightened in the saddle. The time for battle was at hand. He urged his camel on to move a little bit faster. He was eager to arrive in Damascus.
Without any warning, Saul was surrounded by the brightest light he had ever seen. In fact, he really couldn't see anything. Everything around him disappeared into the whiteness. He became disoriented and lost his balance. He thudded to the ground, sand filling his mouth, nostrils, and eyes. Sputtering, he tried to get his bearings, but he couldn't. He simply lay there.
Jesus? The Nazarene? He was alive? Saul's disoriented world began to tilt further. He couldn't wrap his brain around what was going on.
And with that, the whiteness turned to black. Saul felt strong arms grab him and help him to his feet. He recognized the voices of his companions, but he couldn't see a thing. Saul told his companions that they needed to continue on to Damascus and asked them to strap him into the camel saddle so he wouldn't fall off. They complied. As they worked, they told him that they had heard a voice, but hadn't seen anyone, especially not the bright light that Saul described.
The caravan that entered Damascus was decidedly different from the caravan that left Jerusalem. Saul instructed them to take him as planned to Judas' house on Straight Street. They complied. There Saul stayed in darkness in his assigned room for three days without food or water. Saul needed to think, and he thought best when fasting.
Jesus was alive! How could this be? What had he missed? In his mind, he went over the Hebrew Scriptures. He saw prophecy after prophecy about the Messiah and came to the realization that every prophecy had been fulfilled by Jesus of Nazareth. Why hadn't he seen this before? If only he hadn't been so blind (no pun intended), he could have been a herald of the Messiah and not the Messiah's number one enemy. Was it too late? Had he gone too far? Could the Messiah forgive him? Would the Messiah forgive him?
Toward the end of the third day, he heard a knock on his chamber door. Judas told him that a man named Ananias had come to see him. Saul motioned him into the room. He could hear Ananias walk toward him and felt Ananias' hands on his head.
After his baptism, he spent time with the followers of Jesus in Damascus. He saw the fear and uncertainty in their eyes, and he understood. He knew he had an uphill battle ahead of him to gain the confidence of those who believed in Jesus as the Messiah, but it was a battle he was willing to take on.
He stood in the street in front of the house where he was staying. His hands raised in petition as he stared into the heavens. In that moment, he made a vow in the presence of Jesus the Messiah that he would do whatever it took to save God's people and the nations from the darkness he saw looming on the horizon.
In the story of Saul is recorded the most dramatic of conversion stories. Good took a man who breathed "threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord" (Acts 9:1) and transformed him into a man who "preached Christ in the synagogues." (Acts 9:20) Saul's story gives us hope that the person we were in 2016 does not need to be the person we are in 2017. God is ready, willing, and able to do something new in each one of us in this new year. That's the power of the Word.
This is why Binding Broken Hearts is passionate about getting God's Word into prisons and into the hands of inmates who so desperately need to know that through the power of the Word, their lives can become completely new and that they can begin again in Christ. Because these are men and women who need Jesus most.


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Q: Bootstrap Header Logo Image Not Showing in Mozilla Bare in mind I'm fairly novice with HTML and CSS. I've got a logo in my bootstrap header on my website (www.prettyugly.co.nz)
I originally used the follow code to display it and it worked fine in Chrome
.image {
  content: url("/img/logo-white.png");
}

then this in the HTML to call that CSS

I since learned that you have to use the :before command for content to work in Firefox, however I can't get it to work across the board.
Any ideas?

A: You should simply show the image using (HTML):

But if you want to set it as background, then you should use (CSS):
.image {
    background-image: url("/img/logo-white.png");
    width: 225px; height: 63px; /* Dimensions of image */
}

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Archive for October 1st, 2019
Forever 21 Is Now Pulling Out Of Japan

The famous fashion retailer is now pulling out of the Japanese market, saying it will close down all 14 stores in...
https://www.neatorama.com/2019/10/01/Forever-21-Is-Now-Pulling-Out-Of-Japan/
Steve Parker's Ghost Box Sculpture

When you look at the sculpture on the wall, you can't help but notice its clean and fluid aesthetic, with points connecting seamlessly from one part of the piece to the other.

Though it...
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Cape Cod Becomes Great White Shark Hotspot, 60 Minutes Visits to Learn More About It

Despite their terrifying demeanor and their depiction in films, sharks aren't something to be afraid of. But we also shouldn't approach them recklessly. Still though, due to the increase in fishing for s...
https://www.neatorama.com/2019/10/01/Cape-Cod-Becomes-Great-White-Shark-Hotspot-60-Minutes-Visits-to-Learn-More-About-It/
Coconuts are Mammals: A Thread

What is a coconut? Is it a nut, a fruit, or is it perhaps something entirely different? For user just-shower-thoughts, <a href="http://geekxgirls.com/article.php?ID=12127" target="_blan...
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Grim Reaper Finger Puppet and Magnet
Grim Reaper Finger Puppet and MagnetIs your fridge the final destination for leftovers? Is it a sacred tomb for old food? Do you need a reminder to sever your relationship with the moldy and forgotten? Procure the servic...
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The World's Largest Optical Lens for the World's Largest Digital Camera
The further we advance our technology, the better we are able to understand the things in our universe. And that's why engineers and scientists have built the world's largest optical lens which will be used on the world'...
https://www.neatorama.com/2019/10/01/The-World-s-Largest-Optical-Lens-for-the-World-s-Largest-Digital-Camera/
The True Tale of a Bona Fide, One-of-a-kind "Lobster Girl"
Kim Kelly went to Coney Island this past summer to attend sideshow school, a four-day course in fire-eating, sword-swallowing, and other sideshow acts run by Adam Realman of Sideshow by the Seashores. She tells us about...
https://www.neatorama.com/2019/10/01/The-True-Tale-of-a-Bona-Fide-One-of-a-kind-Lobster-Girl/
An Honest Trailer for Batman: The Movie (1966)
After the cancelation of the TV series Batman, every idea they had left over made it into a theatrical film. It was just like the TV show, except it had slightly better production values. Batman: The Movie*/...
https://www.neatorama.com/2019/10/01/An-Honest-Trailer-for-Batman-The-Movie-1966/
You Can Now Play A Minecraft-Based Board Game
Minecraft lovers, get your cash ready as a new Minecraft-based board game is now ready for purchase! The board game is called Minecraft: Builders & Biomes, where players can explore the Overworld, build structures, a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2019/10/01/You-Can-Now-Play-A-Minecraft-Based-Board-Game/
Inside The Tunnels That Will Store Nuclear Waste For 100,000 Years
What will we do with radioactive waste? The stuff is dangerous, so we bury it. But mere burial is not enough, since the earth moves, and someday, someone may actually dig that stuff up. In Finland, an island is being pre...
https://www.neatorama.com/2019/10/01/Inside-The-Tunnels-That-Will-Store-Nuclear-Waste-For-100000-Years/
Nine-year-old Misses Turn, Accidentally Wins 10K Race
'My Mom Is Going To Yell At Me!': Kade Lovell, 9, Wins Sartell 10K Race By Accident https://t.co/g7W0vIBUcg pic.twitter.com/IyVIkud92G— WCCO - CBS Minnesota (@WCCO) October 1, 2019 Heather Lovell was starting to...
https://www.neatorama.com/2019/10/01/Nine-year-old-Misses-Turn-Accidentally-Wins-10K-Race/
Drama on the Tarmac
Crazy event at ORD. Heads up safety move by a ramp worker! pic.twitter.com/SQi5zB0Ooz— Kevin Klauer DO, EJD (@Emergidoc) September 30, 2019 A utility cart got away from its driver at Chicago O'Hare Internation...
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Thieves Steal Hundreds of Dollars Worth of Bull Penises
We have video surveillance of them grabbing as many penises as they can and taking off!Be on the lookout for the couple photographed above. According to a Facebook post published by Pet Zone, a pet store in St. Johns, Ne...
https://www.neatorama.com/2019/10/01/Thieves-Steal-Hundreds-of-Dollars-Worth-of-Bull-Penises/
This Italian Artists Creates Sculptures Out Of Bubblegum

Italian Artist Maurizio Savini creates different sculptures, from a man hanging on a ledge to a crocodile out of b...
https://www.neatorama.com/2019/10/01/This-Italian-Artists-Creates-Sculptures-Out-Of-Bubblegum/
The Mystery Behind The Reykjavik Confessions

The Reykjavik Confessions is an old case where six people testified to being guilty of crimes that the police have...
https://www.neatorama.com/2019/10/01/The-Mystery-Behind-The-Reykjavik-Confessions/
This Bird Got Arrested By The Dutch Police For Taking Part In A Robbery

The Dutch police arrested a man and his pet bird for shoplifting. The bird, who was on his owner's shoulder during...
https://www.neatorama.com/2019/10/01/This-Bird-Got-Arrested-By-The-Dutch-Police-For-Taking-Part-In-A-Robbery/
13 Terrifying Halloween Decorations to Scare Trick or Treaters
Halloween will be here in only a month, which means it's the perfect time to start decorating -and you can either go cutesy or creepy when it comes to Halloween. If you lean towards the scary side of things, you'll want...
https://www.neatorama.com/2019/10/01/13-Terrifying-Halloween-Decorations-to-Scare-Trick-or-Treaters/
Making the World a Worse Place, One Comic at a Time

Zach of Extra Fabulous Comics need not worry a...
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The Wu-Tang Clan Pizza Cutter
Graz, a maker on YouTube, turned an old circular saw blade into this polished metal pizza cutter that is as elegant and refined as the Wu-Tang Clan that inspired it.The video is worthy watching in full. Not only is it fu...
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News Outlet Thoughtfully Conceals the Identity of Bird Arrested by Police
It's so easy for a faulty accusation to brand a person for life due to a mugshot circulating the internet. So I'm glad that, when RTV Utrecht reported on this parakeet's arrest by the local police, they placed a bar over...
https://www.neatorama.com/2019/10/01/News-Outlet-Thoughtfully-Conceals-the-Identity-of-Bird-Arrested-by-Police/
Clamshell Chairs Fit for a Mermaid Queen

Newel offers for sale these unusual chairs that date back to 1...
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The Man Who Went to War With Canada
Machias Seal Island off the coast of Maine is the last piece of disputed territory between the United States and Canada. The wording of treaties defining the two countries give both a claim to the 15-acre island. However...
https://www.neatorama.com/2019/10/01/The-Man-Who-Went-to-War-With-Canada/
Fat Bear Week 2019
Katmai National Park in Alaska is celebrating Fat Bear Week with their annual competition to crown the fattest bear. Bears emerge from their dens in the spring fairly skinny, and then spend all summer packing on the poun...
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Rare Genetic Mutation Resulted in a Polka-dotted Zebra

A zebra discovered in the savannah of the Maasai Mara, a national reserve in southwestern Kenya, was said to have a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/science/zebra-polka-dotted-kenya-africa"...
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One Direction are fifth highest-earning British stars under 30
One Direction at the MTV VMA in 2012
The group - consisting of Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne and Zayn Malik - have amassed a fortune of £26.3 million between them in 2011, meaning they have earnt more than 'Skyfall' singer Adele and former 'X Factor' winner Leona Lewis.
However, they still trail far behind 'Harry Potter' star Daniel Radcliffe, who made £53.3 million and retains his place at number one in the list compiled by heat magazine.
Robert Pattinson rose one place from three to two by banking £38.73 million in 2011, beating 'Anna Karenina' actress Keira Knightley's earnings of £32.7 million.
Other notable inclusions in the top 20 include Cheryl Cole, who amassed £13.4 million and was placed at number nine - dropping two from her position last year - and actress Emily Blunt, who earned £9.47 million.
The rich list is compiled by a combination of the stars publicly declared business dealings and was judged by heat editor Lucie Cave, PR guru James Herring and talent manager John Noel.
Commenting on One Direction's success in the list, Lucie said: "One Direction will be thrilled to hear that they've burst into heat's Rich List as the highest new entry at number five. Like any pop stars they'll be after the number one spot, of course, but if they keep going the way they have been, that might be a reality in 2013."
Despite being placed one spot lower than One Direction, Adele rose 10 places on the list from her position last year.
The heat rich list 2012 top 10:
1) Daniel Radcliffe £53.3m
2) Robert Pattinson £38.7m
3) Keira Knightley £32.7m
4) Emma Watson £26.5m
5) One Direction £26.3m
6) Adele £26m
7) Rupert Grint £23.4m
8) Leona Lewis £13.6m
9) Cheryl Cole £13.4m
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Get health care coverage now to avoid state penalty later
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Prepare now for new state individual health care mandate
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Sacramento – The Franchise Tax Board (FTB) today urged Californians to get health care coverage now and keep it through 2020 to avoid a penalty when filing state income tax returns in 2021.
FTB is teaming up with Covered California to generate awareness about the new Minimum Essential Coverage Individual Mandate (Ch. 38, Stats. 2019), otherwise known as the individual health care mandate, which requires Californians to have health coverage effective January 1, 2020.
"We want to encourage everyone to secure health care coverage by year's end, so they are not surprised with a state penalty in 2021," said State Controller Betty T. Yee, who serves as chair of the FTB.
The individual health care mandate, patterned after the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, requires Californians to obtain and maintain qualifying health insurance coverage. Those who choose to go without coverage could face a financial penalty unless they qualify for an exemption.
Many people already have qualifying health insurance coverage, including employer-sponsored plans, coverage purchased through Covered California or directly from insurers, Medicare, and most Medicaid plans.
Covered California, the state's health insurance marketplace, is administering the program by connecting Californians to the health insurance they will need along with financial assistance options. The current open enrollment period runs through January 31, 2020.
"This is a critical message for people because if they want to avoid that penalty when they file their taxes in 2021, they need to sign up for health care coverage now during open enrollment," said Covered California Executive Director Peter V. Lee. "Covered California is the only place you can go to see if you qualify for financial help, including new state subsidies available to almost one million Californians, to help lower the cost of your coverage."
Consumers who want their coverage to begin on Jan. 1, 2020, must sign up through Covered California by December 15.
FTB is responsible for administering the penalty and validating the reconciliation of financial assistance subsidies received through Covered California. Californians will need to verify they have minimum essential coverage or qualify for an exemption, or they will be subject to a penalty when they file their 2020 state income tax returns in 2021.
Generally speaking, a taxpayer who fails to secure and keep coverage will be subject to a penalty of $695 or more. The penalty for a dependent child is half of what it would be for an adult. The penalty for a married couple without coverage can be $1,390 or more, and the penalty for a family of four with two dependent children could be $2,085 or more.
For information about health coverage options and financial help, visit CoveredCA.com. For information about the penalty, visit ftb.ca.gov/healthmandate.
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Sign this kid and the family that comes with him. Now.
I hope he signs and breaks the streak of cursed lawyer offspring. Because I believe the last two kids we signed who had either a mom or dad who was an attorney were Sam Miller (mom) and Matt Derenbecker (dad).
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Breaking: 2018 SG Omar Silverio from St. Raymond (NY) just committed to Rhode Island on his official visit.
What happened with Koran Moore? Did we ever offer? Seems like a decent FR project big.
I'm guessing not either. If he's visiting Fairfield and not UD, then we aren't after him. Just reinforces for me that they must be going after a short-term one year plan and are focusing on 2019 for PG.
Why wouldn't Wright State just take him as a non-qualifier? The Horizon, like the A10, isn't a league that restricts the admission of non-qualifiers.
Wing Philmon Gebrewhit just committed to Robert Morris, per source. Attends Holderness School (N.H.).
I'm not sure, it could be that it's an institutional decision not to take them.
This is speculation on my part but it's possible he decided to part ways with Wright State after his senior year and they decided to just let him go.
I would be very happy if we sign Frankie. 247 now has him as DAY 100%, but I have no idea how much stock to put into this prediction. Anyone here familiar with their track record?
You can click on the predictors to see their track records: Andrew Slater has predicted 107 of 126 correctly and Brian Flynn 48 out of 59. Pretty good.
Policelli played AAU basketball with the New York Jayhawks. Dayton freshman Obidiah Toppin also played for that team.
Also interesting from that article that we have offered two of his current teammates for 2019 (Tyson Etienne) and 2020 (Andre Curbelo). Both PG's.
In the grand scheme of things while debating our pursuit of point guards, I can't get the report of above out of my head. What a set up for us. Two of our new recruits played with two pg's that we have offered AND we need.
And still no big man. For those who were so frustrated last year with our inability to post up down low, it will be more of the the same going forward. This will be an outside in team going forward.
The larger problem is defensively, where now without Kostas, we have no eraser to clean up the mistakes and lack of D effort.
Frankly, I don't get all the angst over the so-called "big-man" issue. The game has changed, mainly because of the 3point line. Villanova just won the Championship and they didn't have a prototypical big. Spellman was a 4 and could really stroke it. If the kids learn to play team D, ie, help and recover, then they will be fine. If you watched Loyola play, they often had a team of no one over 6'6" on the floor. They played exceptional team D and it was hard to penetrate the lane.
Despite this, I still miss Big Steve.
My point being that we won't face Villanova unless we dominate the A10, and we're a much better A10 team when we have a big man in the middle. So while the top 25 teams may not need a dominant 5, it's probably because they have 4- and 5-star players at every other position.
Kostas was better in theory than he was in reality. He has tons of upside, and hopefully he'll get there, but too often he was lost or dis-interested. Some of that falls on CAG, some on Kostas, where the line is drawn who knows.
As TA111 said, the game has changed, there isn't a ton of true post up, low post players these days (and neither was Kostas) Why? Because the most efficient shot in basketball is the driving layup/dunk (or as Dax Dunbar too often said "he lays it up for the slam, thank god Larry returned). The 2nd most efficient shot is the 3 pointer. Teams have found success by spreading the court, attacking the lane and kicking the ball back out for 3s, its what made most of Archie's teams successful, he only had 1 year (RIP Steve) with a true, solid back to the basket presence down low). The more players you have on the court that can drive, dish and shot the better your offense is going to flow (in theory). Move the ball, move it quickly, create lanes and attack. Don't just throw it into the post and see if they throw a double team at you.
When making a case against the necessity of a true center, you'd be wise not to use as an example a team that has a very skilled and successful true center.
Dima Zdor - based on 247Sports, it looks like we could get this player based on who he has offers from. (Not sure how accurate and up to date this part of the website is?) He has interest from Vandy, Michigan, Kansas St, Davidson, etc, but apparently these and UD have not made offers. The offers he has are from lower mid-major programs.
While I agree that I don't think it is a necessity to have a true post offensive player, I disagree about your Villanova example. Although their bigs play small offensively they could both guard big defensively. I've said it before that a big that plays small offensively but like a big defensively is the most coveted player in college basketball.
Spellman is 6'9 250 with a pretty solid frame on him. He's not a classic back to the basketball center but he could defend traditional centers of teams like Kansas in man to man.
Nova posted up Brunson a lot which let them pull Spellman out to the perimeter.
If Dayton plays man they need someone with size and strength to defend the Tillman's of the A10 or the bruisers that St. Louis has/is bringing in.
CT Flyer, since you live in Rhode Island, does that influence your "big" philosophy?
Yes, I've told you already that when we play at Mohegan Sun next year it requires an overnight stay because it is more than 30 minutes away (barely)...although there may be some other good reasons to stay at the casino too!
I think we may be saying the same thing, as are others. We are not looking to get the Purdue or TX centers, but do want the types that Villanova, Loyola, Duke, Richmond, VCU, and most other successful teams have. That is a guy who is 6'8" plus, big wing span, decent weight, good hands, can score inside and outside, and the ability to block a shot and eat some space. Cunningham is a great player, but he is not the above, nor will our two new bigger kids next year probably fill that bill. Number them what you want, since numbers died. It is now a PG, a big and three all around players.
Which team are you referring to? Villanova didn't have a true center and Loyola played much of the tourney with 6'6" Jackson at the "5" spot. And neither team had what you would call a true shot blocker. The key to their defenses was to keep penetration to a minimum. Of course if you have a kid like Bagley at Duke you'll be helping yourself. But even he is a multifaceted player who can drive it and shoot from distance. The game is evolving.
You are going to see more and more teams use the 6'7"-6'9" kids as floor stretchers as opposed to back to the basket players.
I still think we all would have liked to see how far UD basketball would have flourished between 2016 and 2019 had Big Steve (RIP) been able to continue to display his back to the basket moves and setting a career blocked shot record which would never have been broken!
Spellman isn't a true center but he was physical enough to guard Azibuke for Kansas in man defense. He held his own in the paint in that Final Four.
Absolutely agree with floor stretchers and non traditional centers but I don't think you can trot an Obi or Policelli out there in that role. I don't think they've got the physicality yet.
I agree with what many have already said in this thread and elsewhere that our biggest remaining need is a physical player that can play with his back to the basket. Are we currently pursuing a recruit or transfer that can play that position?
Other than a legit 5, the recruiting class is starting to look very good.
... I was intrigued by unsigned prep school wing David Wingett of Team Loaded North Carolina. Wingett is a skilled wing with 6-foot-6 size and shot it really well from deep on Saturday. He has offers from programs like South Dakota State, Eastern Michigan and UIC and could easily help at that level next season.
Wingett reclassified, and spent this year in Durham at Bull City Prep. Check out these stats. Are they real?
Or Alvarez stopped recruiting us. One of the problems we face recruiting the two and three star guards is having Jalen Crutcher, who looks like a starter at the point for the next three years, and Davis and Cohill. Now a four or five star may say I am better than those guys. A three who wants starting minutes may look elsewhere.
Hey man, want to come play back-up PG for the next 3 years? Or if Cohills "combo guard" label is remotely accurate, 3rd man off the bench PG for the next 3 years?
I think a much more plausible scenario would be a grad transfer/juco PG that has experience and can pick up solid minutes immediately. I don't see many 17-18 year olds signing up to ride pine for several years.
Yeah, the power schools don't have any players in front of potential transfers. Glad we have nothing but Allstars. Wonder why we don't win much though?
That is plausible but I doubt that is how most recruited players think nor is that how the recruiter would approach the player. The player would probably look at the UD record last year and think if I play for them I will take them from being a mediocre team to being in the finals of the NCAA. At least as far as my position on the team ie PG will take them. The recruit may hesitate if he thought they could not stock the other 4 positions but not his position.
I doubt that any player worth his salt undersells his talent and potential and no recruiter worth his salt would let the player undersell himself. These are aspiring teenagers (even three and two star recruits) who dream they can reach the moon or NBA whichever comes first and recruiters who sell them on their school being the one that allows them to achieve that dream. The recruit may acknowledge he has holes in his game but the recruiter will tell the recruit how his school will take the holes away and make him a complete player who can achieve his dream.
If the recruit thought otherwise, why would you even want him? When he goes up against opposing teams is he going to be thinking not about beating them but how inferior he is to them. Although the opposing player is an all American he should be thinking he can stop him on defense and score on him on offense. Even if in reality he gets eaten alive.
Even at a P5 school with an established PG, no incoming freshman looks and says if I can't start day 1, I'm not going. If that were the case, many of them would end up at smaller schools. Any player worth his salt WILL get playing time if he earns it. You think AG wouldn't play two PGs 20 mpg if he wanted to, or that one PG could play off guard, or any number of other scenarios that could play out. To think they simply wouldn't come to UD because they might be behind Crutcher for 3 years is ridiculous.
Believe jack and the hawk have a point. While it may not be the most important point to a recruit, the landscape of players ahead of him would be one of the things that would/could affect a decision as to where to go. Agree that many things could happen and opportunity could come in several ways, but going to a team that is stacked at your position is a factor.
There aren't a lot of players left in the class of 2018 and I didn't exactly see many in the Atlanta area over the weekend, but I did see David Wingett and he's got a chance to help somebody as a freshman.
Wingett has tremendous size, plays hard and can really fill it up from deep. Memphis offered based on his weekend play and so did others like Auburn, UTEP, Louisiana Tech and many more.
Instead of UD. They don't want to waste three years sitting behind the great Crucher!!!!!
Guess we'll have to wait a while to bring in talent.
Despite seeing his least productive game of the weekend, it was easy to see the talent M33M Elite gaurd Malik Riddle possesses. A 2018 recruit, Riddle is equipped with long arms, good athleticism and a versatile scoring attack. Through seven games in the Gauntlet, Riddle is averaging 13.3 points and 4.4 rebounds. He's also connected on 10 of his 25 three-pointer attempts.
Available guard Malik Riddle impressed this morning with his ability to score. Playing for Hoop City on Adidas circuit. Surprised he's not off the board yet.
@MikeMiller_13's former team - @HoopCityBC - is led by '18 SG Malik Riddle (Rossville Christian) @ 28PPG. He led all scorers @ the Adidas Gauntlet in Indy this weekend.
Riddle is a combo guard withe some talent. He has flown under the radar, as he has played for a small school, and was not exposed to the bigger AAU events. I would think UD is watching him now.
Archie lands #6 player, shooting guard Romeo Langford, over Kansas and Vandy.
Big win for Archie, this was the recruit the Indiana fans were using as a measure of AM's ability to recruit. We know he can coach and with the Indiana name behind him recruiting is on a whole different level than at UD. Give credit to AG, he is really trying to upgrade the talent level of the Flyers. How successful he will be is an open question, conference doesn't help but little he can do about that in the short run ( maybe even the long run).
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With Crutcher running the point what right thinking point guard would consider coming to UD?
Pitt signs the top ranked unsigned point guard in the country, a rivals 4 star point guard, on April 24 and on April 30 a 3 star point guard agrees to come to Pitt on April 30th. Was that a bright move on the part of the 3 star point guard? But then again the four star guard is not named Crutcher.
Both are combo guards. Two, it is playing in the ACC.
Just to be clear. No one said, "With Crutcher running the point what right thinking point guard would consider coming to UD?" Certainly someone might come to UD or Richmond or VCU under that circumstance. It just makes recruiting a PG harder, because most will not. Exhibit A, who did we land to back up Scoochie?
Superman wears Jalen Crutcher pajamas (when his Ray Harper ones are in the wash obviously).
1.) He can beat out Crutcher and be our starting PG for 2 - 4 years.
3.) He can't catch Crutcher, and spends 3 years getting limited minutes off the bench and at best is the starting PG for 1 year (unless he gets beaten out by an underclassmen).
Scenarios 2 and 3 are not strong selling points. If you think players aren't thinking about the opportunity for playing time when choosing a school then you are delusional. These kids want to play. Most of them understand they may have to sit behind an upperclassmen to start, but they see a path to playing time. 3 years as a backup is not going to be an attractive option.
Crutcher isn't then end-all-be-all at PG. A better player can beat him out for the starting spot and there are better players out there. But if you have to choose between a 3 year battle with an established PG at Dayton and a clear path to playing time somewhere else - I can't blame the kid who chooses to avoid the 3 year battle.
Not saying we won't get another PG, but it is a more complicated recruiting pitch than normal.
Which is why signing a grad transfer PG this year and a 2019 PG next makes total sense.
Crutcher is not a great point guard!! ahe looked awfully good simply because he was compared and competed with a player that was not very good. Any good 3 star rated player has the opportunity to get plenty of playing time and a 4 star recruit like Mann or Lewis would relegate him to back up roll!!!
This same argument goes for a center (like the 7 footer transferring out of Florida State). Dayton has no center on the roster. If he is any good, he will get all the playing time that he could possibly want. His only competition would be Cunningham who is playing completely out of position. The rest of his competition for minutes are two skinny kids that weigh around 200 pounds soaking wet. A true sized center should be more concerned about accidentally fracturing one if his colleagues (concussion protocol) in practice rather than worrying about not getting minutes. Its wide open for a center to step in.
Crutcher was not a great point guard. But he was a good Freshman point guard when there was no other real option. His Assist to Turnover ratio of 2:1 was outstanding especially on a team that was sketchy shooting outside of dunk range. His turnover ratio of 2/game was pretty good considering the load he had to carry.
His shooting was pedestrian but I expect his minutes will decline and his 41/34/68% will improve simply with a little more rest. I expect he will see the most minutes at pg unless they bring in Chris Paul. We are going to be ok, and it's too early to fret over another point guard which will happen eventually.
His knowledge of Dayton University likely doesn't stretch beyond what the coaches have told him.
Agreed, he wasn't a great point guard but he busted his a$$ for us, logged marathon minutes and was more then serviceable especially as a Freshman. 2:1 A/TO is insane when you consider the sheer amount of minutes/fatigue AND a Freshman.
He wasn't a great point guard for sure, but the potential is there. I can't emphasize this enough, i don't care who gets brought in, i want Jalen Crutcher running our offense for 30+ minutes next year. Unless you are one of the complainers of course and you just want someone to play miserably so they can pound their chest and say i told you so.
BRob/SDFlyer- I have to disagree with you both. He was/is a great point guard. For anybody to guide the "team" we had (or lack there of) in 2017/18 and put up the numbers he did without having played one minute of division 1 BB in a highly competitive league the way he did...that was scoochy level considering what he was dealing with. What this team needs is just a solid backup PG. I don't give a sh1t about star rankings, Clutcher got the job done; and done very well. He'll go down as one of the best to ever put on the UD uniform - mark it down.
I like Crutcher a lot, but he wasn't a great PG. He did great compared probably to expectations, but his defense needs a lot of work and he needs to get stronger. I think he CAN be great, but he's not there yet. Based on what I saw, I have no doubt that he will put forth all the effort required to continue to improve his game.
A 3* is probably confident he is talented enough that he could come in and get playing time right away, but, have none of you ever had kids in youth sports before?? Do you really think the best players get the most playing time at those levels?? All of these kids, and their parents, know about team politics. So if Crutcher is perceived as "AG's guy" then it's like beating the heavyweight champ: you can't just win, you have to knock him out. Otherwise, the best you'll do is split time. None of these kids want to split time for 3 years.
Kira Lewis is a 4* recruit considering UD. He is probably a 2019 recruit but some articles have hinted he might reclassify to 2018. He's probably not coming here, but he did take an unofficial visit for the Ball State game. Pretty much every recruiting service rates him 4 stars, and he's getting recent interest from Kansas and Kentucky.
Totally agree with the first statement, but disagree with others who say Crutcher isn't very good. He was *really* good for a freshman, and sure sounds like the staff is high on him. Also sure sounds like we are trying to bring in a highly ranked 2019 point guard somehow, some way.
If there is a Chris Paul out there in the HS ranks and he wants to come over and take the job away from JC, I'd welcome that. Hate to say this but nobody on this team played exceptional defense last year. Freshmen typically don't know that defense really is until they get a taste of college BB. Crutcher is as good this coming year as any 4 star we could possibly land between now and October. We need another PG period. Someone to spell JC or fill in if he gets hurt for a few games. You always want to have a backup. Anybody coming to UD as a PG is going to have major game to take the job away from JC.
How did the PG situation play out with the last regime? It might not be a good comparison because I think the the plan had to be reworked when Khari Price left. Crosby was supposed to be better and came in with Scoochie entrenched. Maybe M Wright agreed to come because he was told/had a good feeling that he could take over year one.
While I agree there is a need for a backup PG, I'm hoping Cohill can play the point to spell Crutcher. Cohill is likely way more adept to play the point than Darrell was. It was interesting that when push came to shove in the VCU A-10 tourney game, Darrell played point in 2nd half when Jalen got in foul trouble.
If you look at any highly successful college or pro franchise, they work overtime trying to achieve competition at every position. They don't want any player to get a position by default without having to work for it, no matter if he is a walkon, an incumbent player, or a sought after recruit. Are the odds equal for all candidates for that position? Of course not. But nobody gets a free pass if the coaches are doing their job.
I hope that Jalen, Jordan, Josh, and Jrey (sp ?) have to work their buts off to win/retain their position.
The game has evolved into position-less basketball and judging by our signings, Grant has fully embraced it. Skill-sets are more important than outdated position labels, which generally refer to size rather than skill. Crutcher can play as the primary ball-handler and off the ball. That's the same versatility I'd expect Grant to look for in the guards he recruits. He's not recruiting someone to be a "back-up PG" to spell a few minutes. That's John Crosby. And as we seen by the end of the year, our best option to slide in as the primary ball-handler when Crutcher was out wasn't Crosby.
I agree! AG and some of his assistants all have experience with recruiting in the state of Florida and should be prioritizing 7'1" transfer Ike Ogiabu. Our team was terrible on defense last season and this guy is a human shot eraser underneath. After getting little playing time at Florida St. we can promise him immediate minutes after sitting one year and playing three.
By that time the PG situation would probably be rectified. As far as the upcoming season I am confident that Crutcher will work on his deficiencies this off season and be ready to play 30 plus minutes. Dwayne Cohill can give him relief whenever he needs rest or gets in foul trouble. That being said, I hope that getting in early on Kira Lewis proves to be of some value and he chooses to become a Flyer!
Crutcher was not a great PG last year, but most freshmen (outside of some one and dones) are not great as freshmen. But if you didn't see major potential for Crutcher to be something special over the next three years then you weren't watching the same games as I was.
I think Khari left because the PG plan had already been worked out. He saw the writing on the wall that this was Scoochie's team starting the next year, and Khari didn't want to sit.
I think everyone here knows how I felt about M Wright. I was super bummed when we lost him and had to "settle" for Crutcher. So I went into the season ready to say Crutcher isn't the guy.
After one season - I don't know yet if I was right about MW (productive, but not super efficient on offense and 2nd team all-conference on D), but I can tell you I was wrong about Crutcher. At the time I felt like Crutcher was a good get for that late in the recruiting period, but he exceeded all of my expectations.
He made Freshman mistakes, but made significant improvements as the season went on. He will continue to grow and become a guy that takes care of the ball and shoots 40% from 3. I'll take a guy like that to run our offense any day of the week.
I thought Khari's decision to leave was more a combination of medical and home/love sick. I think he still would have seen his share of playing time.
Crutcher surely worked out last year better than most expected.
MNFats: I think Crutcher exceeded all of our expectations. I do believe he needs to get stronger to be able to penetrate into the lane more effectively. But that is something that will come with time. I think his ball security was outstanding.
Crutcher as a freshman was better than Scoochie as a freshman. Part of that was that he got a lot more minutes. But I wouldn't be sad if Crutcher's career > Scoochie's career.
Not that it matters the Pittsburgh papers say they are both point guards and indicated that Rivals had stated that the guard with three stars was ranked 42nd point guard in the 2018 class.
As far as not recruiting with Scoochie, this just is not true. Crosby may not have turned out to be what he was hoped to be but at the time of his recruitment he was highly regarded. Mention was made of him being mentioned as a McDonalds All America and Maryland was said to be actively recruiting him. That he did not live up to his recruiting reputation is a risk you take with every player. It might be one reason coaches don't stop recruiting when they have five players.
Another poster indicated that maybe the potential recruit is scared off because he sees politics in that Crutcher is AG's man. I do not know what evidence there is for this. At point guard last year Crutcher was not AG's man rather he was AG's only man. AG had no other options.
No one on this board has been negative toward Crutcher and any UD fan can only hope that he continues to develop and becomes a great player. But a point guard on a mediocre ball team who averaged under 10 points a game while playing over thirty minutes a game is unlikely to strike fear into the hearts of any potential Point Guard that AG may be recruiting.
And saying he was great because he was a freshman and did what he did is not quite accurate or even fair to Crutcher. It does not show that he was a great point guard but does give us hope that he will become a great point guard.
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Crosby came in after Scoochies Sophomore year. Had Crosby panned out he would have been a backup for two years and been "the guy" for two more. With Crutcher, if you can't beat him out you only get 1 year to be "the guy". When you can only play 4 years, 1 year is a big difference.
I saw this quoted earlier in the thread as well. If AG is recruiting a player, why is Crutcher more of "AG's man" than the recruit?
Isn't the recruit also "AG's man"?
I just don't see the whole I won't go to x college because I'll be stuck behind y for 3 years deal. If you're good enough, you're going to get PT. If you're better than player y, you'll win the starting job and get more. If recruits only went to schools where they played behind someone for 1 year, then every school would be one disaster away from a terrible season every year, because this wouldn't just be true for PG, but for every spot. And if that was the case, there'd be a heck of a lot of great players who played at smaller schools because the top schools would already have that Sr/Fr combo and when the Fr becomes So and then Jr, they have a crap backup PG? That just doesn't make any sense and you certainly don't see it on teams today.
Mention was made of him (Crosby) being mentioned as a McDonalds All America hearts of any potential Point Guard that AG may be recruiting.
To set the record straight, that's not what I was saying at all. Maybe the incoming freshman is as good, or even a little better, than the more senior guy ahead of them, but very often you have to prove you're clearly and definitively better than the incumbent in order to overtake the older guy (hard to do in many subjective areas like "leadership"). AG is comfortable with the guy he's already been through the battles with--it's human nature. Everyone has experienced this.
Have you ever taken a new job at the manager level or above? One of the main questions I always ask is "who's seat does someone internally think I'm taking?" There's usually a person internally who thinks they deserve my seat, and is potentially a rival instead of a teammate. If you don't take time to understand that before taking a job you're a fool. It's a lot lower risk situation when you hear "there's no one internally who believes they are ready for this role."
I get it - it is helpful to keep this thread clean and keep it to upcoming recruits.
However, Crutcher's solid play last year has a direct impact on 2018 recruiting. So I wouldn't exactly call it the end of the story. We will get another PG, but clearly we are struggling a little to find one and Crutcher's play is part of the reason why.


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According to Innosight, the average age of companies, in the S&P 500 list, has reduced from around 35 years in 1980 to around 24 years in 2016 and is expected to go down to around 12 years by 2027. Nearly 50% of the companies on that list today, are expected to be replaced in the next decade. The age of creative destruction is upon us.
The churn at the top will also manifest itself in the BPM world. Outsourcing service providers, that largely used technology for workflow management, would have to inject strong elements of digital interaction, robotics, platforms and analytics, into their offerings. Companies proficient in lift and shift models of yore, would have to develop institutional muscle around consulting and process re-engineering, to enable digital transactions. Business models are changing to foster deeper relationships with end clients - value sharing models, co-creations of IPs and development of solutions that enable everything as a service.
As business models anchored around network effect and demand side economies of scale become more pervasive, laggards risk digital exclusion, and likely fatality.
The twain shall finally meet
Today, the analog way of doing business is undergoing a sea change. In the manufacturing world, concepts like rapid prototyping are being replaced by digital twins. The double entry system of book keeping in the plain vanilla world of accounting is being replaced by blockchain technologies, which is essentially a system of technology enabled, triple entry book keeping. The inefficiencies in the traditional marketing methodologies are making way for Just in Time marketing, that embrace digital channels and respond in real time. The list goes on.
Indian IT and BPM industry have co-existed, for decades, without the promise of convergence really playing out. However, in a fast digitalizing world, technology platform driven outsourcing services are becoming the norm and industry and technology consulting skills are becoming critical differentiators. While analytical superiority and agility have become the difference between success and failure for the end clients. In such a world, the traditional barriers to convergence, between IT and BPM, would crumble at an increasing pace. In the world of digital twins, IT and BPM services would form the digital cousins, which will join forces to deliver the true value that new age clients expect
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The Faroese National Hospital at the Conference on Hospitals of the Future
Well-being and safety are the superior goals for the new extension of the National Hospital of the Faroe Islands opening in 2021. We have been involved since the project start-up in 2015 as interior designers and advisors for the more than 10,000 m2 vast expansion of the existing hospital building.
The extensive construction project is on the program at Nohrcon – Conference on Hospitals of the Future, where former project manager at the hospital, Jan á Argjaboða, presents the project's innovative design and solutions for hospital functions.
As a new approach, the hospital integrates psychiatry and somatic and creates better conditions for psychiatric patients. In our interior design, we have worked with a humanly and welcoming design that balances safety, hygiene and flexible solutions with the patients' need for safe and homely settings.
Nohrcon takes place from May 7-9 in Copenhagen.
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"Stop in the name of love!" As Diana Ross and the Supremes said, stop! Put a hold on those worries, mister or missy! Don't stress out or get overwhelmed. I remember sitting after school my second year teaching (yes, this happens to teachers beyond their first year), feeling like I wanted to just crawl under my desk because I was so overwhelmed. I am thankful for great colleagues who waltzed in, scooped me up, and switched my brain out of the anxiety zone a bit. Their advice? Don't sit and stew. That's not productive.
"Reflections." The Supremes weren't just talking about mirrors! But reflecting on how lessons went after you teach them. One big moment in my teaching career occurred when I was reflecting on a math lesson with my principal during my first year teaching. The lesson was all over the place. I had tried to integrate multiple standards and objectives on math, reading, cognitive skills, and the arts, and it was all too much. It was scattered and not cohesive. I didn't know what happened in the moment, but when I had the chance to peel back the layers with my principal after the fact , I could reflect on what I needed to do differently.
"Step by Step." The Crests offered great advice in this not super-well known song. The best advice that I can give is to not try to accomplish everything at once. Do you know the movie "What about Bob?" Bill Murray plays a man who is agoraphobic, with Richard Dreyfus as his therapist. One technique Bill Murray's character uses to take his first steps out of the house is by telling himself to take baby steps. It's the same thing with figuring out the complexity of lesson planning and toggling the standards: do it in baby steps. First, build your expertise in your state standards for your particular grade(s) and content area. And don't expect that to come quickly...it takes time. Then be intentional with your next steps. What is your next goal with your learners? Take those baby steps as you expand your learning and practice.
"I can't get next to you," The Temptations. Well actually, we CAN get the standards next to one another! And sometimes, it is already done for us. Standards such as the Common Core are vertically aligned, so they stand next to each other and even offer great resources to help us explore the progression. As a new teacher, I'd also recommend leaning on the instructional coaches and content teams to tackle this problem (watch the Teaching Channel video that demonstrates this). Ask the question about alignment, then collaborate with peers to look at the data, discuss, and adjust any alignment issues. Honestly, I think I'd spend my time somewhere else in my first few years in the classroom. This goes back to step-by-step. Many times I find myself spinning because I am overthinking a problem, and spending my time focused on the wrong thing. A better use of my time as a growing new teacher? Thinking of the student experience during the lesson, possible questions that may arise, or potential misconceptions.
"Blurred lines." Oops, that's not Motown. Robin Thicke, T.I., and Pharrell Williams showed us the non-example of this point. But here's the take away: Don't do what blurred lines did (I'm not talking about ripping off a Marvin Gaye song). But stay focused. Focus on the faces of those students sitting in your classroom. Yes, we do use the standards to create learning experiences for our students. But standards are our guide, where we want to go, but not our main focus. Our focus is on our students. I'm not the first to say it and won't be the last, but we teach students, not content. Focus on their learning and what they need to succeed. Keep those faces in the forefront of your mind, and the rest of the pieces will fall into place. Our students are the most important part of everything we do.
So don't get overwhelmed! Take a deep breath, think of these tips from Motown, and keep your students' learning experiences in the forefront of your mind. You will get there...just take it step by step!


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The video for "I Care" by Beyonce is now available, and she really worked out the live vocals of this song. If you've seen her concert DVD "Beyonce Live at Roseland: Elements of 4," you've already seen this clip directed by Anthony Green, Beyonce, and Ed Burke.
"I Care" is from Bey's latest album 4, which is available now.


Frankfurt sees the debut of the new 147 C`N`C CoSTUME NATIONAL, the fruit of collaboration between Alfa Romeo and stylist Ennio Capasa. It was inspired by the music world â€" Pop, Indie, and Garage â€" by `street culture` and by the multimedia world. This special series will have a production run of 1000, and will be characterised not only by the exclusive Eldorado White paintwork with its exclusive mother-of-pearl effect (Polar White for the normal output), and by special refined details like the chrome-plated exhaust terminal, glossy black wing mirror cases, darkened rear lights and exclusive painted, sparkle-effect 17" wheels with their aeronautical design. And the `147 C`N`C` logos on the pillars and tailgate add an extra touch of refinement.
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Cassadee Pope's new album "Frame by Frame" embraces all she is
October 11, 2013 · by rachelannc	· in Articles, Celebrities, Music, Response.	·
It seems as if Cassadee Pope has been trying to find her musical ground for the past couple of years, as her fans (or "Cassettes") may have been struggling to understand her move from pop-rock tweendom to country stardom. And, as The Voice hasn't necessarily seen any of their winners achieve radio or Billboard chart success, that may have changed with Pope.
Although Pope has received a strong musical backing from fans during her pop-rock days fronting the band Hey Monday, she's beginning to make waves within the country radio world, having her first single "Wasting All These Tears" reach No. 25 on Billboard's Country Airplay chart. This is such a great feat, considering the fact that the country charts are dominated by men with Pope being one of four women in the Top 30. She's a prevalent force for women in country today. [Source]
Her debut album as a solo artist feels like a myriad of moments from Cassadee's life, which Pope herself says captures the inspiration behind its title. Frame by Frame has a blend of pop-rock tunes infused with classic country sounds, and has enough power and sentiment to hold true to Cassadee's life.
Opening with the feel-good, single-ready 'Good Times,' you'll find yourself bobbing your head along as Cassadee sings, "I really want to put a smile on your face," which she most successfully does. It's followed by 'Champagne,' another equally head-bopping tune, lending way to the well-known 'Wasting All These Tears,' providing a lovely shift into the slower-driven more sentimental part of Cassadee's album.
There are enough songs in-between that keep tugging at the country or pop-rock route, though, we can't help but feel its cookie-cutter quality. In 'Everybody Sings,' we get another very pop-driven, feel-good tune featuring callbacks, echoes and communal shout-outs tied with country gimmicks such as stomping feet and fiddles. In 'You Hear A Song,' however, we get more sentiment as we see a glimmer of her journal-like writing, singing of the insecurities any girl may feel as Pope croons, "I see a mess in the mirror/you see the girl of your dreams."
Pope still has many special moments throughout, as her voice enough is what carried her to Voice success, with its power, sweetness, and sentimentality felt within the album.
Perhaps the stand-out song of the album is '11,' a deeply personal and genuine song stripped down to an acoustic guitar and the occasional fiddle. Illustrating for us the time her father had left her family, she shows us a more emotional and vulnerable side that is not often seen in a lot of music and radio today. Heightened by its country sweetness, Cassadee's voice most truly shines in this song, as everything decides to take a step back as her voice carries the song along. Sometimes, you don't need all those fiddles or kick-drums or overused drumbeats.
One thing for sure is that this album is entirely honest. Behind all of the foot-stomping and distinct country sounds, this album stands within the fine lines of pop-rock and country–something true to Cassadee Pope. We get enough of her pop-like Avril Lavigne powerhouse vocals in many of her songs, as well as the more distinct, softer sounds, melodies and storytelling feats of country. This album is a testament to who Cassadee has been, how far she has come, and whatever transitions and events and lessons learned she has gone through in life. This album, in one way or another, is a journey for her and a perfect platform to start off her solo career, featuring songs that capture her infectiously fun, silly, and quirky personality as in 'Good Times,' her sweetness, sentimentality, and singing chops in 'Wasting All These Tears' and '11,' and perhaps the pop-rock soul that was borne into her with 'Everybody Sings' and 'Proved You Wrong'–a song that she had written back in her Hey Monday days and pocketed ever since.
Many may not call this country, while others may feel weirded out by its country twang. But, what makes the album so much fun is that it captures Cassadee as all that she is–a girl having fun who is sometimes a little insecure, but is ambitious, head-strong, and excited to start in a new world while still keeping close and stringing along the old. How can you go wrong there?
This album is just so darn fun. And sometimes, in life, we just need something that makes us feel good (as well as remind us of where we've been and gone). All's good with Cassadee Pope!
What's very endearing about her physical album is that, not only does it capture some shots of Cassadee with accompanying lyrics, what lies underneath the CD itself is a full-out letter with Cassadee's personal thanks to all her family, friends, and those who have helped her most create this album–both personally and professionally. An entirely humble soul who realizes her blessings and rocks, it's such a sweet touch and surprise to find under the CD. :')
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Package distchan enables Go channels to be used for distributed computation.
NOTE: This library is very young, and as such its API is very much subject to change. Until this notice is removed, it should be assumed that the API is in an alpha state and subject to breakage. That said, the changes shouldn't be too drastic, and feedback is very much encouraged, so please give it a shot!
While Go's concurrency story around single-process data pipelines is great, its ability to distribute workloads across multiple machines is relatively lacking. There are several options here (notably glow and gleam), but they lack the type-safety and ease-of-use that Go's built-in channels provide.
In a nutshell: standard net primitives, Gob encoding, and reflection.
Architecturally, the package assumes a client-server model of workload distribution. One server can have as many clients connected to it as you want, and work will be distributed across them using a simple round-robin algorithm.
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You may first have considered other options that promise faster, better results, like anabolic steroids. However, as you will have discovered, these are largely illegal and carry the probability of life-changing side-effects, so are best left alone. As sports supplements go, prohormones are legal, far safer, and yet still offer good results. They're also flexible: you can adapt combinations of compounds (called 'stacking') to achieve different or enhanced results in a particular area. But what are they and how do they work? Well, they are precursors to active hormones that naturally occur in the body, notably testosterone, and they are effective by increasing levels of that hormone to stimulate improved muscle gain and better recovery from intense exercise. Each operates in a slightly different way, so it's best to research the options for yourself. The best prohormone option for a complete beginner wanting to gain muscle mass and strength while reducing overall body fat, for instance, is one that contains Halodrol. A more experienced individual might benefit from a prohormone such as 1-Andro, which will improve lean mass and strength even more radically. Don't forget that using a Post Cycle Therapy will help your body recover quicker and better from these courses of supplements.
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Oleksiy Radynski
Filmmaker and writer Oleksiy Radynski uses documentary film practice to examine the relationship between fact and fiction. His films have received a number of awards at film festivals. They have been screened and he has presented at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Oberhausen, 2019, 2018, and 2015; Stroom, Den Haag, The Hague, 2019; e-flux, New York, 2019 and 2015; Forum Expanded, Berlin, 2017; S A V V Y Contemporary, Berlin, 2017; DOK Leipzig, 2016; Institute for Contemporary Arts, London, 2018 and 2015; Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2015; among other venues. His texts have recently been published in Art and Theory of Post-1989 Central and East Europe: A Critical Anthology (2018), Proxy Politics: Power and Subversion in a Networked Age (2017), and in e-flux journal (2017, 2014). He is a participant of the Visual Culture Research Center, Kyiv. Radynski lives and works in Kyiv.
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Data Is the New Gas is a research project that looks at fossil fuels and big data as two intertwined forces guiding the development of today's global society. It primarily focuses on the case of the disputed Nord Stream II (NSII) natural gas pipeline and its infrastructural genealogy. The NSII is fiercely criticized by opponents in Europe and beyond because it drastically increases dependency on Russia-produced fossil fuels and, therefore, Russia's political model, and because it causes concerns about climate goals inscribed in the Paris Agreement and other agreements. What is largely missing from these debates is attention to the structural interdependency of authoritarian politics with practices of fossil fuel extraction and, broadly, the exploitation of natural resources. Oleksiy Radynski's research traces this interdependency by focusing on the political and cultural history of fossil fuel and data-related infrastructures on the Eurasian continent, unfolding around the Soviet-era, Kyiv-based mathematician and engineer Viktor Glushkov. His visionary 1960s and 1970s work proposed developing a network for cybernetic governance sometimes referred to as the "Soviet Internet." Instead, his cybernetic expertise was utilized for a different task: the computerization of Druzhba (Friendship), the world's longest oil pipeline, which carries Siberian oil to Europe to this day, and upon which much extractivist infrastructure have been modelled. This research takes the form of a series of texts reprocessed into a script for an archive-based essay film, which takes place in two temporal dimensions: that of the trajectory of Glushkov's work as well as the ongoing controversy around the NSII pipeline, aiming to imagine future scenarios of environmental and anti-authoritarian liberation struggles.
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Blue Öyster Cult had hit it big with 1976's Agents Of Fortune but they were starting to sound like they were going through the motions by the time of 1979's Mirrors. The slick Tom Werman production and generic songwriting displays little of the band's usual esoteric adventurousness. The pastiche Moon Crazy should never have seen the light of day and the title-track has some woeful lyrics: "Pretty girls have a love affair/with their eyes and their shining hair". The AOR approach mostly results in decent but forgettable tracks like Lonely Teardrops but does at least manage to offer up one Cult classic in the wistfully pretty single In Thee. The album is on stronger footing when the band finally starts to sound like the BÖC of old on The Vigil and I Am The Storm, a great cosmic pairing that livens up the second half. Definitely a lesser effort compared to its predecessors but Mirrors has just enough going for it to be worth a look.
Pretty boys have a love affair, with their eyes and their shining… hands?
With Black Sabbath calling it a day in 2017, Judas Priest are now one of the oldest metal bands still on the go. They're one of the genre's most definitive, influential and original acts. But they've also been dogged by consistency problems for decades, making any new release equal parts exciting and fraught. While dodgy production and some weak songwriting hampered 2014's Redeemer Of Souls it was promising enough to leave me hopeful that better was yet to come. And so it has proved, these old dudes are sounding pretty potent on their latest album Firepower.
The most obvious improvement is the album's crisp, classic production, but the band's performance is more assured too: the solos build excitement and Rob Halford is on commanding vocal form. The excellent opening title track and Lightning Strike immediately give this album the edge over its predecessor.
But the songwriting is still not totally consistent. Being more of a fan of melodic Priest like Desert Plains, I prefer the more anthemic tracks like Rising From Ruins and Never The Heroes and find the more hammering Painkiller-type tracks like Necromancer and Flamethrower too clunky. But all the songs have their moments and the varied tempo and style keeps the album engaging. And the band aren't too long in the tooth to progress either: the doom-laden Children Of The Sun, malevolent Spectre and the raunchy Lone Wolf adding new flavours to the band's style.
Firepower doesn't quite have the audacity or vitality to put it in the top tier of the band's discography but it is their best and most cohesive release in aeons. At a time when many older acts are bowing out or resting on their laurels, Priest's impressive dedication to forging ahead keeps them at the forefront of the genre. Still metal gods, still defenders of the faith, still delivering the goods.


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In those next two days, Raquel's Dream House was conceived. While the idea of a show had been floating in Cayre's mind for some time, the circumstances were far from what she imagined. 8,600 square feet. No pieces. Two weeks to assemble it all. For anyone else, these would be deal-breaker terms, but Cayre shines under pressure. Plus, she was able to call upon an impressive roster of contributors, including Friedman Benda, R & Company, and Bortolami, with whom she's fostered relationships over years working as a furniture advisor, curator, and collector.
Within 79 Greene Street, Cayre challenges the white-box gallery traditions that have become so familiar. "It's not that I have anything against that," she notes, "it's just not what this show is about." The month-long pop-up brings Cayre's @ettoresottsass Instagram account to life, exploring 80s and 90s Italian design and, as the name suggests, paying tribute to Memphis Milano founder Ettore Sottsass. However, the show equally focuses on emerging artists and other moments of Italian design.
"I'm not tied down to color or Memphis, I want to be able to incorporate those into other areas of design," Cayre emphasizes. She playfully and purposefully juxtaposes a Memphis Milano vase with one of Brooklyn-based ceramicist Workaday Handmade's popular tortoise shell bowls. Raquel wanted to gather something for everyone, be it the punchy primary colors flowing throughout the show, the craftsmanship of a Campana Brothers' mirror, or the building itself. Everything in the house is for sale, excluding a few works from Cayre's personal collection. Her biggest goal is to bring out the collector and designer in each of us, inspiring exploration by centering impressive works in an informal space.
Perusing the exhibition—which spans all four floors of the house—visitors will be struck by a certain unfinished quality. The floors are scuffed from years of tenants past; certain parts are painted a deep, funny shade of eggplant purple. Layers of paint and patch marks on the walls are visible, and there's a sense of discovery about that. "It's about seeing the works in a new light and focusing on them," Cayre says, reflecting on showstopper pieces like Daniel Buren's Columns or Masanori Umeda's Tawaraya (Ring), the iconic Memphis boxing ring.
Cayre brings this "unfinished" sense into her curation as well. Over the course of the exhibition, works may move and new pieces may be added. It's unpredictable, just like Memphis. "In a week I might throw a party downstairs or do an installation," Cayre says. "My brain is constantly flowing with ideas." With that in mind, come back two or even three times, because knowing how Cayre works, she certainly has some surprises up her sleeve.