Zephyrs play smarter against reigning titlists Eagan.
"They are one of the best odd-man rush teams in the state," senior midfielder Josh Campbell said. "At the same time, we knew we had to play 6-on-6 and try to force mistakes."
The Zephyrs' approach produced a 12-10 victory at Chanhassen High School. Campbell scored a hat trick, and senior attackman Timmy Lindquist added four goals before being helped off the field because of a lower-body injury late in the fourth quarter.
"We were just trying to get the ball back and take a little of the air out of the game," Campbell said. "We struggled at first but played smarter in the fourth quarter."
"Too little, too late," Eagan coach Bob Felter said. "Too many unforced errors."
Minnetonka 14, Wayzata 12: That wasn't some new style of lacrosse stick Minnetonka sophomore Max McGraw carried after his team's state tournament quarterfinal victory. It was a flagpole.
He unfurled the blue flag to display the Skippers' seasonlong mantra: "Don't give up the ship."
Steadfast play helped Minnetonka finish a game of runs. McGraw, who made key plays down the stretch, earned the flag as his team's most valuable player.
Wayzata (13-4) opened the final quarter with three consecutive goals for a 12-11 lead.
"That was a big test," McGraw said. "We needed to get the mentality that we were the better team."
Two McGraw goals and his assist on Jacob Dahl's goal put the Skippers ahead to stay.
The Lake Conference rivals split two close regular-season games.
"We knew we would have to fight and put our heart into it," said McGraw, who finished with three goals and two assists.
Wayzata coach Chad Herr said his team "made a few mistakes and Minnetonka took advantage."
No. 3 seed Minnetonka (15-2) advances to play at 7 p.m. Thursday at Chanhassen.
Prior Lake 13, Lakeville North 7: Two striking differences were at work Tuesday from when the Lakers squeaked by the Panthers 7-6 in the regular season.
First, No. 2 seed Prior Lake (15-2) had use of five midfielders who missed the first game because of injuries. Secondly, Lakeville North (11-6) did not play with the same sustained intensity.
The result: A 5-0 Prior Lake surge in the third quarter that gave the Lakers control.
"We had the depth and in the third quarter, we outran them," Prior Lake coach Chris Fleck said. "This team is built to be ready in June when you're playing on turf and it's hot."
Senior midfielder John Leffler scored two of his three goals in the third quarter and credited the "hype squad" on the Lakers' bench for supplying infectious energy.
Lakeville North, however, didn't generate the same kilowatts.
"The first time was a battle; this time it wasn't," Panthers coach Tony Ghilani said. "We let them run away in the third quarter. We started chipping away a little bit but as the game wore on, the effort turns into desperation."
Benilde-St. Margaret's 10, Centennial 4: Despite the final score, Benilde-St. Margaret's senior midfielder Quinn Ehlen was in no mood to gush.
"We didn't play our style," Ehlen said. "We started a little slow, and we weren't moving like we normally do. But we'll work on some things at practice [Wednesday]."
That attitude has kept the No. 1 seed Red Knights (16-0) undefeated all season. Of course, some of the reason they weren't at their best can be credited to Centennial's strong play. The Cougars entered the game on a six-game winning streak and were not intimidated.
"We knew Benilde would be a tough test because they can really move the ball and run and they've got the top goalie in the state," Cougars coach Jon Beach said. "But our defense and goalie stood on their head tonight."
The Red Knights, runner-up last season, led 7-3 after three quarters and never allowed the Cougars to threaten. Faceoff specialist Jack Budniewski won 13 of 17 draws to help keep the Red Knights in control.
"Maybe we rattled them a little bit but to their credit, they kept at it," Beach said.


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For over a century, telecommunication systems have relied on radio-frequency (RF) systems to transmit and receive information. However, because of the inherently long wavelengths of radio frequencies, transmission requires large and expensive operating equipment (e.g., terrestrial antennas) in addition to inherent limitations on available bandwidth and scattered power concentration.
An intriguing solution to this problem, and one which has quickly gained interest over the past decade, is to encrypt data on the much shorter wavelengths of laser beams, using laser communication systems in place of RF systems. Laser communication systems, or high-data-rate free-space optical (FSO) laser communication systems, have become more popular given the obvious benefits: the ability to use smaller and lighter equipment components and antennas; narrow-beam power concentration; and increased modulation bandwidth [1].
There are associated drawbacks, however, and one of the most serious is a result of the atmosphere itself. While the longer wavelengths of RF systems can power through atmospheric turbulence–including temperature fluctuations, fog, rain, and wind–with a fair amount of ease, the more sensitive, short wavelengths of laser beams are prone to everything from power loss to beam wandering under such conditions, including scattering and loss of information [2]. Specifically, scintillation is the term used to describe the temporal and spatial fluctuations of a laser beam adversely affected by unstable atmospheric conditions [3]. In addition, the mechanics of pointing and directing a beam are more challenging than releasing wide-ranging radio waves from a tower, and the technology required for laser optics is not as well developed yet as that of RF communications.
Fortunately, recent developments in beam wander theory may provide a solution for this problem in the coming years [4]. In 2013, for example, scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Institute of Physics of the National Academy of Sciences in Kiev released their findings that the wandering effect could be decreased, at least theoretically, after studying the photon kinetics of both weak and strong turbulence through analytical and numerical calculations. These researchers claimed to obtain the variance of beam centroid deflections caused by scattering from turbulence. Of significant interest, they proposed the creation of an artificial distortion of the initial coherence of the radiation in order to decrease the wandering effect. Their paper, Beam Wandering in the Atmosphere: The Effect of Partial Coherence [5], can be found at:
http://arxiv.org/pdf/0709.2588.pdf
[1] L.C. Andrews, "Free-Space Laser Propagation: Atmospheric Effects," Photonics Society, IEEE (2005). Available: http://photonicssociety.org/newsletters/oct05/free_space.html
[2] L. C. Andrews and R. L. Phillips, "Laser Beam Propagation through Random Media," 2nd ed. (SPIE Press, 2005).
[3] L. C. Andrews, R. L. Phillips, and C. Y. Hopen, "Laser Beam Scintillation with Applications" (SPIE Press, 2001).
[4] L. C. Andrews, et al., "Beam wander effects on the scintillation index of a focused beam," SPIE 5793 (2005), to appear.
[5] G.P. Berman, A.A. Chumak, and V.N. Gorshkov"Beam Wandering in the Atmosphere: The Effect of Partial Coherence." Los Alamos National Laboratory, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos, NM 87545, Institute of Physics of the National Academy of Sciences Pr. Nauki 46, Kiev-28, MSP 03028 Ukraine (February 13, 2013) LAUR-07-5341.
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OPINION: Companies need to address female unemployment in the Middle East
by Carmen Haddad
Friday, 23 August 2019 13:59 GMT
Egyptian women prepare "Kahk", traditional Egyptian butter cookies, to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, in Cairo, Egypt May 24, 2019. REUTERS/Hayam Adel
* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation.
The skills gap poses a genuine threat to economic progress and could leave nations stalled, millions unemployed and prosperity dwindling
Only one in five working-age women in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has a job or is actively looking for one, according to the World Bank and the region has one of the lowest female labour force participation rates in the world.
If the MENA region continues along this trajectory, it could take at least another 150 years to match the current global average for female labour force participation.
Despite good progress in some countries, challenges and inequities persist.
Increasingly, there is a realisation that the levels of female unemployment are not simply a mirror of the business cycle, but a persistent structural issue that has distinct causes and requires specific solutions that cut across socio-economic and education policies.
This not only represents a great loss of human capital, but it also seriously hinders the region's potential for social and economic development.
Across MENA, restrictive barriers including limited mobility, restrictive laws and closed industries, coupled with long-standing political and social issues, continue to impede women's access to the labour market.
However, one factor that stands out is that education does not always lead to employment. There is a persistent mismatch between employers and jobseekers – whether in terms of skills, attitudes or expectations.
For example, in Saudi Arabia, female enrolment in tertiary education has doubled in the last decade (68.5% in 2017 compared to 34.2% in 2007), but still only two in ten working-age women participate in the labour force.
In Egypt, unemployment among women with advanced education is almost six times that among those with basic education only, according to World Bank Development Indicators. While in Tunisia, only 41% of women are enrolled in tertiary education and they represent just 26.5% of the total labour force in the country.
This skills gap poses a genuine threat to economic progress and has the potential to leave nations stalled, millions unemployed and prosperity dwindling.
I believe that women can be change-makers for the political, economic and social development of MENA.
However, participation from governments, employers and education providers is needed to bridge the gender gap, increase regional output, and put MENA on a more sustainable and inclusive growth path in the long run.
Companies can do their part by engaging in thoughtful planning, cooperating with others and getting strategic about their staffing practices. This could range from supporting access to soft and technical skills programmes, endorsing philanthropic partnerships, designing policies and spearheading discussions among the education community to pushing inclusive job opportunities.
Over the next decade, it is estimated that 50 million women will come of working age in the region. Therefore, corporations are in a unique position to bring about significant change through empowering a previously untapped human resource.
Despite increased focus and spending over the past decade, MENA governments still have a long road ahead in improving women's social and political barriers to employment. Without a drastic overhaul of personal development and soft skills programmes, companies will continue to struggle to fill jobs across the region.
The influence and investment of companies is crucial to start to re-shape the position of women across MENA and successfully bring them into the workforce – ultimately shaping a stronger, more inclusive economy.
Carmen Haddad is the Chief Country Officer of Citigroup Saudi Arabia and the Citi Saudi Arabia Business Governance Head. Citi Foundation has partnered with international NGO Education for Employment to tackle the MENA unemployment crisis.


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Q: File size of multiple folders in explorer I am often doing some cleanup in hard drives and I always want to know the size of each Folder in a directory in Explorer.
 Each time i need to run a dir to know the folder size. I noticed that there is that option in windows explorer but why does the size of thoses folders is never showing up?

Thanks for your help

A: That is intended behavior by Microsoft. There would be to much I/O disk access. every time you open a folder it would start calculating the sizes of the folders making for slower loading of windows. Imagine it trying to calculate the Windows folder. Basically It just isn't used so the system is faster.

A: As @jmc302005 said, this simply isn't possible, and that's intentional.
Try this, it's an excellent way to get an overview of what's eating up you're space
WinDirStat - Windows Directory Statistics
Just run and it and look for the big blocks in the treemap, then go clean them up if you can and run it again to see the impact it's had, simple :)
EDIT
I think the reason the file size column exists is because the data is available on individual files, so a folder with files and folders in it would need the column there for the individual files.
As a result it would be a waste of time (and processing power) to program the function to not provide the column if there happens to be no files in the folder, only more folders. Especially considering the fact that you could add or remove files at any time.

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Ontario's first vegan food truck hits Hamilton streets
Find Chase and Cindy Thomson driving around with smiling faces in their big, green Karma ChaMEALeon truck.
Julia Chapman · CBC News · Posted: Jun 21, 2013 7:33 AM ET | Last Updated: June 21, 2013
Cindy and Chase Thomson can be found, smiling faces, in their big, green food truck. (Julia Chapman/CBC)
Chase and Cindy Thomson were driving their new green food truck down the QEW to Niagara-on-the-Lake for their first ever event.
Chase, who normally never speeds, barrels down the highway to make it in time, and notices the gauge inching higher and higher.
"Boom!" he said, recounting their story, complete with sound effects.
The coolant goes flying through the cab, smoke and green goo everywhere.
The married Hamilton couple use big arm gestures, talk over each other and laugh as they explain their foray into food trucking. The Thomsons are the new owners of Karma ChaMEALeon Veggie Culture Club, Ontario's first vegan food truck.
Strange rescue
They thought they were finished before they ever started, but then came good karma.
"We were rescued by vegetarian bike riders," Cindy exclaimed.
They may have been covered in green cooling slime, but it was still a sign for the Thomsons that everything would be ok.
"That feels like so long ago," Chase said as he turned to his wife.
It was just a few weeks ago on May 31. The couple purchased their truck on May 10, Chase's 40th birthday, and went full speed ahead to get a license and get serving. It all happened within a month.
"Ever since we took the first step, it's worked out for us, so we feel we're moving in the right direction," Chase said.
The Thomsons have the first vegan truck in Ontario, in a pretty meaty food-truck world, so they did have their insecurities.
"Is any one going to come?" Cindy said. "But that's who we are and that's what we want to be."
Their first service with the big, green truck was a bit of a test — it was, in fact, a burger throw-down at the Upper Gage Garage last week.
"We were anxious, especially going to a burger thrown down at a garage, thinking wrongly I'm sure, everybody is stereotypically wanting a juicy burger, but a lot of people came out for us," Chase said. "I think we made a number of converts."
Hamilton Cheese Steak
Along with their signature Sunshine veggie burger, Karma was serving up a 'Hamilton Cheese Steak' (the difference? It's made with seitan, a wheat-based meat substitute and "It's served on the streets of Hamilton," Chase said).
A no-piggy pulled pork will be another staple on the Karma ChaMEALeon menu, with jack fruit replacing the pork. That's one of the clever recipes the culinary-inclined Chase found doing research and testing ingredients.
"It's used as a meat substitute in Sri Lanka," Chase said. "[The texture] is really similar to pulled pork."
The Thomsons are conscious not only of how their vegan creations taste, but how they feel on the palate.
"I understand texture is something that is missing [from vegetarian meals]," Chase said. "We try to provide that."
Cindy, the vegetarian of the couple, nods in agreement.
Despite their new business being housed in a bright, green truck, Cindy said the idea for Karma ChaMEALeon came from an "unhappy place."
"We really needed to change our lives," said Cindy, a health professional. "We thought about what makes us happy."
Cindy, who is used to facilitating meetings at work, busted out the poster paper one night and the couple brainstormed ideas for a new business. Chase loves to cook and Cindy loves working with people, and with Hamilton's bustling food truck culture, Karma ChaMEALeon fit the bill.
They both worked in the food industry during high school and university, so "it came back full-circle," Chase said.
The couple's focus on sustainability and community is leading to partnerships with various groups. The first is Oliver's Garden, a backyard garden project for charity. The Thomsons will feature a special menu item with the tomatoes grown from Oliver's Garden throughout the summer. Part of the proceeds will go back to the charity.
It's reasons like that one that makes the Thomsons are glad they became entrepreneurs in Hamilton.
"It's really inspiring that someone can open a truck here," Chase said.


Breathtaking landscapes aside, the friendly Tibetans living on the roof of the world also left us a lasting impression. Their tanned faces caressed by the sun and their smiling eyes. Greet them "tashi dele", and they will respond the same, hence blessing each others with good luck.


The Eevee inside the Pokeball Diorama is handmade out of polymer clay. These Diorama Ornaments are made as display pieces and are fragile so I wouldn't advise throwing them at your enemies. They are sealed and do not require any maintenance! These Pokeballs are great to have on a desk, at work, or at home. The pokeball is a hard plastic and may have minor imperfections.
Love it! It's super cute and the details are great.
Exactly as pictured: a very cute miniature! Shipped timely and well packaged. This is going to be an A+ gift, thank you!


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Message to Staff about Returning to Campus
Over the past several months, Carleton has been working to prepare for fall term. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Carleton's response has been focused on our campus community's health and safety. This commitment remains a guiding tenet of our return to campus plans for faculty, staff, and students. On July 10th, President Poskanzer shared a message announcing Carleton's Plan for Fall 2020, which includes our students' return.
We recognize that some departments will need staff to return to campus to help prepare for our students' return. Our goal is to bring some staff back to campus while continuing to limit the density of the campus population in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and best protect the faculty, staff, and students that will be on campus during the fall.
To accomplish this, we will return staff in phases with the continued focus on the health and safety of our community. Decisions about who returns to campus, when, and how often will be made by divisional vice presidents in collaboration with supervisors and Human Resources, based on the critical functions of positions and the necessity to access on-campus resources.
Phased Return
We plan to return staff to campus in phases by groups, as summarized below.
Group 1 includes employees whose positions require an on-campus presence. The majority of these individuals are currently working on campus. Many of them have continued to work on-campus throughout the pandemic. Although most Group 1 employees are required to be on campus to complete their work, some Group 1 employees can use a hybrid of on-campus and remote work.
Group 2 consists of employees whose positions are likely to require an on-campus presence during the term. The majority of these individuals will have student-facing positions, directly support academics, or projects/tasks that are difficult to complete while working remotely. Some employees in Group 2 will return to campus full-time, while many will return using a hybrid of on-campus and remote work.
Group 2 employees will likely return beginning in mid-August. The work to identify this group of individuals is currently in-process, and we hope to communicate the return to campus dates for this group by the end of July.
Group 3 consists of employees who can continue to accomplish their work responsibilities remotely. We do not have an estimated return to campus dates for these individuals. This group will likely remain off-campus at least through the fall.
Employees in Group 3 will receive an invitation to visit campus sometime during the first part of August to collect additional equipment or supplies they will need to facilitate continued remote work. Employees in Group 3 will be able to request a review of their placement by completing this form.
Return Provisions
As employees prepare to return to campus, it is important to understand that the on-campus work environment and experience will be different in many ways. Access to offices may be limited, meetings will remain virtual, and there will be no in-person staff events. However, the increased safety measures in place to maximize efforts to mitigate the spread of the Covid-19 virus on campus will likely have the broadest impact.
A. Before returning to campus, all employees must:
Receive written notification from Human Resources with a return to campus date.
Be tested for COVID-19
Complete the required Return to Campus training course
Review Carleton's COVID-19 Back-to-Campus Preparedness Plan
Employees currently working on campus will also be required to complete these steps as soon as testing and training are available.
B. While working on-campus, all employees must:
Perform daily symptom monitoring before leaving home for work and submit a daily health survey.
Wear protective face masks inside all campus buildings, except when alone in private offices.
Keep a minimum six-foot distance from others whenever possible
Disinfect work areas regularly with provided supplies
Go/stay home if feeling unwell
Review and sign a covenant that sets expectations around the College's heightened health and safety standards
Ensure outside contractors and vendors adhere to these same practices.
C. Human Resources will work with supervisors to create schedules for employees working on-campus that provide the greatest opportunity for physical distancing. Options may include alternating days, staggered work hours, adjustments to physical spaces, and a hybrid on-campus/remote work arrangement. ITS will work to provide a second computer for employees who have taken their desktop computers home and are assigned a hybrid model.
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The two pandemic pay codes created in the spring will discontinue at the end of July when we revert to our regular paid time off and leave policies. We remain committed to trying to find alternative assignments for individuals whose regular workload has decreased due to the pandemic.
Temporary Accommodations Related to COVID-19
We recognize that some employees with medical conditions may require reasonable temporary accommodations as a result of COVID-19. We have developed an expedited process to review requests from employees who self-identify as having or living with someone who has an increased risk of a severe outcome from COVID-19 infection, as determined by current CDC guidance. Employees should use this form to begin a temporary COVID-19 related accommodation request.
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Oxford/London First Meetup
The inaugural meetup of the Oxford/London interactive fiction group was well attended, and ran for a good four and a half hours before the last of us had to go our separate ways. Many thanks to those who came!
We talked about loads of things, as you might expect, including work in progress by several of the participants; the parser/non-parser split in recent IF production; ways to make the more parser-focused side of the community more welcoming to new participants; life in the game industry; why horror is or is not hard to write; storytelling features in the Silent Hill games; game mechanics and marketing strategies of Fallen London; and a number of other topics.
There was also a proposal that it would be good to have scheduled IF discussion on ifMUD, like ClubFloyd but for critical conversation — perhaps around a topic or question announced in advance. The idea was that there's a desire for some more focused live discussion of interactive fiction, but that just dropping by the MUD casually doesn't always provide this, depending on who happens to be logged in at the time. Having a pre-announced topic would give the conversation a bit of shape and make it easier for participants to perhaps have thoughts together in advance.
Proposals for future events:
— IF game jam
— group play-through and discussion sessions, about interesting new releases or works by members who want feedback
— book-club style discussion of games members had picked and played in advance
— overview of new Inform features with Graham Nelson
— (brought up online rather than actually at the event) overview of TADS adv3Lite library with Eric Eve
— (likewise) tabletop storygaming
The next meetup is already scheduled and will be at the Failbetter Games headquarters in London, Feb 18, 7 PM.
Author Emily ShortPosted on February 2, 2014 August 2, 2017 Categories community
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Jacqueline (@isquiesque) says:
I would be very interested in schedule online discussions. I'm of two minds about the frequency… on the one hand, I have ClubFloyd weekly because it's easier for people; they don't have to think about it much and they just know that every Sunday at the same time there's probably a game going on, except during IFComp season. On the other hand, I think with pre-arranged topics and wanting to generate a bigger crowd, it seems better to do something like this at most once a month, and perhaps set it up via a site like Meetup or Facebook or send evites or whatever in addition to posting it on IntFiction and a bb on the ifMUD to ensure people put it on a calendar and show up.
Are you interested in taking something like this on? I would be happy to manage the transcripts (assuming we'd want to document the conversations).
Emily Short says:
It doesn't seem prohibitively hard — I think the trickiest thing will be finding a good timing that works for everyone who might want to attend. And I agree it sounds like more of a monthly than a weekly idea.
Help with the transcripts would be awesome, since you've got the documenting mechanism all worked out.
Adam Myers says:
I remain very interested in this, and agree with the proposed monthly schedule. As for timing, holding it on Saturday or Sunday seems like the best way to avoid conflict with both European and American working hours – I'd suggest Saturday, to avoid conflict with Club Floyd. If it turns out that some other day would be better for most of the people who're interested, we can reschedule subsequent events accordingly. Does this seem like a reasonable approach?
It does seem reasonable, yeah. Going to post separately about this.
Let me be clear, since I made a typo there: "I would be very interested in scheduled online discussions."
namekuseijin says:
"ways to make the more parser-focused side of the community more welcoming to new participants"
it's simple enough: we don't need no stinking CYAO any more than we need stinking parser-based IF.
The real problem is that nowadays it's much easier to script a few choices — hold it! linear links most of the time, actually — into a barely passable excuse for a story/plot than it ever was with parser-based IF. So, that makes it far more difficult to find the good stuff among all the stinkers. Sure, versu, inkle productions and a few others are very likely sure bets. No so much with the tons of puerile barely interactive choicescript-kiddies invading IFDB…
then again, perhaps terrible noise ratio is an ugly side-effect of market acceptance…
If the problem is difficulty in finding the best output, making the community *more* opaque, and making communication harder, is absolutely not a solution for that problem.
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'Watch this space' - Steve Bruce on Newcastle United takeover talk ahead of Leicester City clash
The Foxes face Newcastle at the King Power Stadium on Sunday
Newcastle United boss Steve Bruce (Image: Serena Taylor/Getty Images)
Newcastle United head coach Steve Bruce is refusing to be distracted by fresh takeover talks as he prepares for Sunday's Premier League trip to Leicester City.
Reports claiming that former Manchester United and Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon is attempting to buy the club from current owner Mike Ashley for a second time, once again with financial backing from the United States, surfaced late on Thursday night.
The PA news agency understands that no bid has yet been tabled and sources on Tyneside are treating the latest reports with extreme scepticism after a series of aborted moves to relieve Ashley of the club in recent years.
Asked about the speculation at his pre-match press conference on Friday morning, Bruce said: "Until (head of media) Lee (Marshall) briefed me this morning, it was news to me and it's not something I can comment on.
"Lee informed me there was something breaking last night, but I haven't heard anything to the contrary.
"I can't influence anything like that. The only thing I can influence is how we play on a Saturday - or Sunday in this particular week. That's the only thing I can really focus on."
'At first I was a bit critical' - Former boss on Brendan Rodgers and Leicester City's top six hopes
Kenyon first tried to buy the club in September last year and Ashley had hoped a deal would be done, but he was ultimately unable to raise the money.
Newcastle United Head Coach Steve Bruce (Image: Serena Taylor/Newcastle United via Getty Images)
The 46-page brochure, which suggests he and his GACP Sports partners would pay £125million up front as part of a £300million deal, is designed to attract further investment, an issue which has scuppered several prospective buyers in the past.
Bruce, however, has seen it all before and is simply getting on with his job.
He said: "You have to get used to it. It's happened to me before - it's happened to me three or four times. It's something you get used to.
"This club in particular, there's always speculation surrounding it and it's never happened, so watch this space."
Why Leicester City's James Maddison does not set himself personal targets
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Chess remains the most expensive and ambitious production ever attempted at the University of Warwick, and marked the first production by Music Theatre Warwick (then the Gilbert and Sullivan Society) in the Warwick Arts Centre Theatre in several years.
Chess had a cast of 51, an orchestra of 29 and backstage crew of 21; 46 microphones, 7 video monitors, 160 lights, a two level set with 8 moving components, 8 flying components, and over 200 cues. It is almost entirely through-sung and consists of 2 hours 30 minutes of music.
The production cost over £6,000, enormous for a student show. However, it played to nearly 1,700 people (86% of capacity), making it still the most attended student show in memory at Warwick and among the Top 5 selling shows at the Warwick Arts Centre of the season.


September 29, 2016: Join the Herman Miller Showroom for an evening of libations, light bites, and inspiring conversation with the Eames Office's Llisa Demetrios. Come curious. Be engaged. Leave inspired.
For Llisa Demetrios, being both a sculptor and an archivist is a natural combination; both are about communicating ideas and telling stories, and the processes are similar. Looking at different ways that objects were produced in her archiving impacts her sculpture, just as seeing textures and patterns in sculpture highlights her seeing connections in archiving material. Her process is steeped in observations of how her grandparents Charles and Ray Eames worked: not delegating understanding, doing as much in-house as possible, and hands-on experience.
A third-generation bronze sculptor, Llisa Demetrios has been practicing her art for over twenty years. She began her archiving career at the Mies van der Rohe Archive at MoMA in New York, and continues her services as a board member of the Eames Foundation and archivist and registrar of The Eames Collection, for which she has recently prepared exhibits in Sacramento, Pasadena, Singapore, and London, and has led Powers of 10 workshops for all age groups.
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Season 5 of House of Cards, streaming on Netflix as of Tuesday, has a couple of challenges to overcome. For one, it has to maintain the steady momentum of a series that is always on the verge of spinning out of control, of falling into self-satire. It's also forced to do something it probably doesn't want to do, but the times demand it: decide whether the show's new occupant of the White House will remind you of the new occupant of the White House in real life.
You'll recall that when we last left the Underwoods, Frank (Kevin Spacey) and Claire (Robin Wright) had just announced their presidential-ticket twosome. They're campaigning against the Republican candidate, Will Conway (Joel Kinnaman), whose attractive youth and freshness now stand in contrast to the long-established, Clintonesque experience of the Underwoods. That Democrat duo will, it's been established, do anything to remain in power, and the new fifth season is largely about the extremes to which Frank and Claire will go.
This new season is the first with new showrunners Melissa James Gibson and Frank Pugliese, who've taken over from Cards creator Beau Willimon. You can feel that shift in the tone of the new episodes: The atmosphere feels looser, more wild and daring. After the first few hours, you start to sense that no character is safe from the writers' desire to startle us with unexpected acts of revenge or paranoia. What's good for the drama may spell disaster for some familiar faces, as this season of Cards also makes way for new faces. These include Campbell Scott as a wily political consultant, Patricia Clarkson as a super-wily political appointee, and James Martinez as a super-duper-ambitious congressman.
Each of the new characters is given ample time to establish him- or herself. But I remain most loyal to that most loyal of supporting players, Michael Kelly's ruthless White House Chief of Staff Doug Stamper. Indeed, many of the best moments of House of Cards this time around could serve as a spinoff show called The Misadventures of Doug Stamper, as Doug executes orders — or ignores some — given him by Frank and/or Claire. Kelly's performance continues to be subtle in the midst of a show that doesn't much care about subtlety.
That's certainly true of Spacey's ever-more-broad performance and Wright's near self-parody of a woman who wears her power like a suffocating mask. The Underwoods spend a lot of time talking about the terrorist threat of this show's version of ISIS, called ICO (pronounced as in the 1965 Dixie Cups hit "Iko, Iko"), even as you know that geopolitical relations matter as little to the Underwood administration as they do to the Trump administration — and Frank has become even crazier than our real president in regard to a shameless use of international incidents as cover for domestic scandal.
It's fun to figure out which characters the new showrunners don't have much fondness for, like speechwriter Tom Yates (Paul Sparks). Then again, maybe it's just my own irritation with Tom that makes him seem like such a drag this time around. The perpetually murmuring, staggeringly self-important novelist — who entered the White House as official chronicler of Frank's presidency and remains there as Claire's pretentious boy toy — has become a symbol of everything tedious and tiresome about House of Cards. It's significant that the new blood Gibson and Pugliese inject into the show — most successfully Clarkson's wry woman-of-the-world — are vibrant, fast-talking people who challenge the Underwoods rather than merely reflecting them.
House of Cards continues to have fun with the ways pop culture spills over into real life. TV news stalwarts ranging from Rachel Maddow to Connie Chung figure in the proceedings, and the White House press briefing room made so familiar to us via Sean Spicer becomes the locus for activities that would make even Saturday Night Live think twice regarding believability. There's a great scene early on involving the Underwoods' fondness for the 1944 film noir Double Indemnity that makes the larcenous couple in that film (played by Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck) seem like both inspirations and pikers when it comes to Frank and Claire's amoral deviousness. By the end of the season, my neck was sore from having been snapped so many times by the plot twists. Netflix bingers ought to be prepared for a very bumpy ride.
House of Cards Season 5 is streaming now on Netflix.


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Rise in 'Suicides by Train' Sparks Effort by Rail Officials in Connecticut
— Sophia Muce, 8.18.2022
Rail officials discussed installing safety features like these platform gates used in Japan (Credit: Mainichi/Fair Use)
In a Wednesday meeting of the Connecticut Commuter Rail Council, state railroad officials acknowledged that suicides by train are on the rise in 2022 and discussed possible solutions.
There have been four suicides so far on state rails this year, including the recent death of a Greenwich man who was struck near the Cos Cob station. Comparatively, 2021 saw one fatality.
Rich Jankovich from the Connecticut Department of Transportation said the state is implementing safety measures and is working with federal agencies including the Federal Railroad Administration and Federal Transit Administration to address the problem of suicides on the state's rail lines.
"In this particular case with depression and suicide, it's going to be a really hard one to try to control or try to get a handle around," Jankovich said.
He explained that the department has been speaking with Metro-North about implementing strategies like changing the lighting at train stations, but stated the platforms themselves are the key issue as there is no protection.
"You've got the platform, you've got the edge and you've got a train coming on. And it happens quick," he said.
Gregory Burnes, a member of the council, asked Jankovich if he had seen Japan's implementation of sliding doors on the edge of platforms to prevent injuries and fatalities. Jankovich was not familiar with the concept.
Jim Carlson, a manager of Shore Line East, said that the rail's stations have ample fencing and signs all the way to New London with suicide hotline numbers. Additionally, he is involved with the FRA's System Safety Program which develops and implements proactive security processes.
Michael Donnarumma, superintendent of the New Haven Line at Metro-North Railroad, also mentioned that CTDOT is involved with Operation Lifesaver, a non-profit organization committed to preventing railroad fatalities. The group runs various campaigns across the state, including an upcoming one in which they will visit local schools to discuss train station safety.
Despite state programs and station efforts, officials agreed that suicides by train are difficult to stop. "If they want to do it, they are going to find a way to get out there, unfortunately," Donnarumma said.
Jankovich said he could speak to the 2022 increase as former CTDOT Commissioner Jeffrey Parker died earlier this year by train suicide. "It hits us personally. I knew him personally."
He explained that he knows the numbers are up and the department is looking into various solutions and speaking to specialists.
"We're doing our best to try to advocate for folks, and we're gonna work harder on it," Jankovich said.
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Pedestrian Deaths Hit 34-Year High, Traffic Fatalities Most in 16 Years
— Angela Carella, 12.25.2022
Nighttime Closures Ahead for East Haddam Swing Bridge
— Cate Hewitt, 12.22.2022
Waterbury Line To Receive $30 Million Federal Grant to Improve Three Stations
Facing Record Road Deaths, Connecticut Lawmakers Embrace Traffic Camera Cure
— Brendan Crowley, 1.30.2023
Rail Council Calls for Restoring Shore Line East Schedules and Express Trains
— Sophia Muce, 1.9.2023
Stamford Moves Ahead With 'Tactical Urbanism' Solutions for Pedestrian Deaths
— Angela Carella, 1.3.2023


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Pysonix has announced that they'll be celebrating Rocket League's 2nd birthday with free Rick and Morty customization items.
Rick and Morty will be available as Antennas, along with Cromulon, Mr. Meeseeks, and Mr. PBH Toppers, an Interdimensional GB Rocket Boost, and some familiar-looking Sanchez DC-137 Wheels. Bonus: the Cromulon Topper can drop as a Painted item!
These new items will be available as Common drops after offline and online matches. Since "they are not seasonal in any way," you don't have to worry about missing them.
Next month's Rocket League update will also include the Champions Field arena, Competitive Season 5, the Overdrive Crate, and more.


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Q: Freezes in multithreading app I am trying to make a WinForms multi-threading app, which endlessly generates exceptions in two different threads.
One thread uses GenerateDllNotFoundExc() method and the other one another method, which is basically the same but simply generates another exception.
It then writes the exception message to a queue and then from the queue to text box.
However the GUI always freezes after 1 second, it writes messages to text box a bit and freezes. I tried debugging it, the code itself works however GUI is freezes.
Could someone please give me a hint as to what I'm doing wrong?
private delegate void GetQueueElem();
private event GetQueueElem getqueuelem;

private void GenerateDllNotFoundExc()
{
    Action<String> addelem = new Action<String>(AddToQueue);

    string exdll = string.Empty;

    while (shouldgeneratemore)
    {
        try
        {
            throw new DllNotFoundException();
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            exdll = ex.Message;
        }

        this.Invoke(addelem, exdll);
    }
}

private void AddToQueue(string exmess)
{
    lock (lockobject)
        queue.Enqueue(exmess);

    getqueuelem.Invoke();
}

private void AddToTextBox()
{
     while (queue.Count > 0)
     {
         string s = queue.Dequeue() +"\t" + Thread.CurrentThread.Name
             + "\t" + Thread.CurrentThread.ManagedThreadId + "\t";

         lock (lockobject)
             textBox1.Text += s;
     }
}

A: This question is educational, it shows evidence of having all three major threading bugs.  Putting them roughly in order in how common they are:

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*A threading race bug.  Tripped when one thread reads a variable that is modified by another.  Locking is required to avoid that from causing problems.  This code uses the lock keyword but does not use it properly.  The Queue class is not thread-safe, in this code both the unsafe Count property and the Dequeue() method are used without a lock.  Not the actual problem here however, none of the code that uses the Queue actually runs on more than one thread.  In other words, the lock isn't actually needed.

*Deadlock.  Occurs when code acquires locks in an unpredictable order.  Particularly nasty for code that runs on the UI thread of a program, it often acquires locks that are not visible, built into the .NET Framework, the operating system or various 3rd party hooks.  Screen readers for example.  The Invoke() method is particularly prone to deadlock and should strongly be avoided, BeginInvoke() is always preferred.  You don't actually need Invoke(), you don't care about the return value.  Not the actual bug in this program however, even though it looks a lot like deadlock, you can use the debugger and see that the UI thread is executing code and not stopped on a lock.

*A fire-hose bug.  Fire-hosing occurs when the thread that produces results does so faster than the thread that processes them can consume.  This kind of bug produces various kinds of misery, it can look a lot like a deadlock.  Ultimately such a program will always fall over when it runs out of memory, consumed by a queue that contains too many results that have not been processed yet.  Takes a while btw, .NET programs have a lot of memory available.
It is number 3 in this program.  The UI thread needs to perform multiple duties and treats invoke requests with a high priority.  Dispatching the invoked method, AddToQueue() in this case.  It reads the invoke request from an internal queue and it tries to get the queue emptied first before doing other lower priority tasks.  This goes wrong when the queue can't be emptied because a worker thread adds entries to the queue at a rate higher than the UI thread can empty it.  In other words, the UI thread can never keep up, it only dispatches invoke requests and does not get around to doing anything else.
Pretty visible in Task Manager for example, you'll see your program burning 100% core.  So you know it isn't actually deadlock.  And very noticeable in your UI, you can bang on the Stop button but it does not have any effect.  And painting no longer occurs, treated as a low priority task that's only executed when nothing more important needs to happen.  It looks completely frozen, even though the UI thread is running like gangbusters.
A fire-hose bug is pretty easy to trip, it only takes a bit more than a thousand invoke requests per second.  Depends on how much work the UI thread needs to do.  Usually a lot, updating UI is typically pretty expensive.  Nothing very subtle about setting the Text property of a TextBox, a lot of work happens under the covers.  That innocent looking += operator burns a lot of cycles.  Beyond the static overhead of SendMessage() to talk to the native TextBox, a lot of cycles are burned on constantly having to re-allocate the internal text buffer.  Compare String vs StringBuilder.  Or in other words, even if you don't trip the fire-hose bug at first, you are guaranteed you will sooner or later because the TextBox contains too much text that needs to be moved from one buffer to another.  Sooner in your case.
Ultimately a fire-hose bug like this is a balancing bug.  You are updating UI at a rate that is far, far higher than a human can ever observe.  That is not a useful user interface.  There is no practical advice for this program, it is too synthetic, intentionally slowing down the worker thread would be a workaround.


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1-If the skin is so oily that even the make-up does not stay, you soak it in milk and gradually rub it on the face for it. This experiment will relieve the skin's lubricity and feel freshness on the face.
2-Applying yogurt or yogurt twice a week for 20 minutes also gives benefits in oily skin.
Mix half a bawl black apple, one egg, one cup of lemon juice and half bawl oat flour or oatmeal and make a paste and apply it on face for 20 minutes.
3-Mix rice flour with rose water and leave it for a while until it is tightened and then apply this scrub on the face.
4-Mix honey, sugar and lemon juice and apply it on the face. Lemon juice cleans the skin color and the follicles dry the pores and the sugar softens the skin. Put it on wet skin for 15 minutes then wash it again.
5-Lemon juice, and vinegar are good lotions that oily skin cleansing and bringing color.
6-For oily skin, mix only the gram flour in water and after 15 minutes, the viscosity of the face is removed by removing the viscosity of the face.
7-Combining the cucumber juice with lemon juice or putting cucumber pieces on the face, problems associated with oily skin are overcome.
8-Put the white vinegar or apple vinegar on the face with cotton, put it on the face till 10-15, then wash it with cold water and repeat it 3-4 times a week. You can also massage the face with a light arm by changing the vinegar into ice cubes.
9-Salt is a naturally drying substance and it is also a disinfectant. Sprinkle a face in a spraying bottle and put it on the face, you can do it every day.
10-Take a handful of marigold petals and put one cup in boiling water, then leave it five to ten minutes, then when it gets cool to the touch, then the petals Make a pulp and apply it on the oily skin, keep it for five to seven minutes, then wash the face with cold water.


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The Precipice | Inside Higher Ed
The Boy has been home for the Christmas break for a couple of weeks; he heads back to Virginia soon. He's in his final undergraduate year, on track to graduate in May.
I remember being pretty freaked out when I was at that stage. I had sent off applications to various graduate schools but hadn't heard anything good yet, and I didn't really have a backup plan. It was the first time in my life that the next stage wasn't obvious. Never having faced that before, I got pretty jumpy.
I've mentioned before that he handles being young much better than I ever did. That's particularly true now; he has a confidence that things will work out that seems to be self-fulfilling. It's glorious to watch.
Part of it, I think, is that he has a much healthier sense of alternatives than I did. He's not delusional; he knows that medical school is tough to get into and that any given school could reject him for whatever reason. But he knows that he has a contribution to make and that if it isn't welcome in one spot, it will be in another. He doesn't know where he'll land, but he knows it will be on his feet.
One sign of that confidence is that he's sanguine about a gap year. He already took the MCAT, and he's happy with his score, so that box is checked. Apparently now it's common, and maybe even expected, for applicants to medical school to take a gap year, so he's not worried about a stigma there. And he has a work ethic such that working multiple part-time jobs doesn't faze him, either. When he asked me to proofread his résumé, I had to keep reminding myself that he's only 21. Mine didn't look anything like that at his age.
Last weekend he connected with a couple of his friends from high school and brought them to dinner with us at a local pizza place. One is a computer science major on the cusp of graduation; he's worried about the abrupt shift in the market for tech workers in the wake of layoffs at the Amazons of the world. ("Why does an entry-level job require two years of experience?") The Girl heard that and seemed to feel a little better about English. Twenty-one-year-olds on the cusp of the next great life change have a distinct energy. It's easy to forget what the world looks like at that age.
This may be the last time he spends more than a few days with us at Christmas. He's excited to get on with the next stage, whatever that is. I'm just in awe of his confidence as he faces down the precipice.


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Ligue 1 transfer information: Weah would like to follow in the famous footsteps of Hazard and Aubameyang in Lille
14 Jul Ligue 1 transfer information: Weah would like to follow in the famous footsteps of Hazard and Aubameyang in Lille
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The USA striker transferred to Lille following five years together with Paris Saint-Germain, also would like to follow the example set by a few of the club's most famous sons
Brand New Lille signing Timothy Weah says he wishes to follow in the footsteps of a number of their club's many prominent luminaries, with former players like Eden Hazard and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang giving him all the incentive he needed to combine LOSC.
The 19-year old forward finished his affiliation with French winners Paris Saint-Germain a month after he penned a last-minute bargain at Stade Pierre-Mauroy.
As well as the USA celebrity, fresh from a hard loan spell from Scotland with Celtic, is eager to acquire the most recent chapter in his career away to the best possible beginning after grabbing the eye because of his nation at the summer's Under-20 World Cup in Poland.
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The striker started his European experience in the age of only 14, shifting to PSG in the New York Red Bulls at 2014 and working his way through the club's youth ranks.
But, chances initially -team amount were restricted, and throughout his inaugural stint at the French capital he made only six appearances — largely at Ligue 1 — enrolling two goals in the procedure.
Today, Weah would like to create an early belief and emulate some of Lille's most renowned sons at the procedure.
Talking at his official unveiling at Lille, the New Yorker said:"I have understood this club because I have played in France, and I wish to find its history.
"Great gamers have come here such as Aubameyang, Hazard and (Nicolas) Pepe, and I'm quite delighted to be here. I am aware that if I operate nicely, I will improve.
"Now the work starts, and I can't wait to play in the front of the lovers. For me personally, LOSC was the ideal club they had been second in the tournament (last year ) and qualified for the Champions League."
The club relationship with Hazard demonstrated a notable edge in regards to procuring Weah's signature, together with the Belgian starting his career in the club before going on to score 50 aims in virtually 200 looks between 2007 and 2012.
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And following a very distinct experience from the Premiership with champions Celtic, the adolescent is prepared to take inspiration from his period in the united kingdom along with the former Lille celebrity who joined Real Madrid for $100m this summer.
"I understand that Eden Hazard played ," said Weah. "It encourages me to maintain his previous club.
"Scotland was a really physical championship, but that I gained confidence and heard a maturity of this match. I felt a few goals also, therefore that it prepared me to come here"


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Lycoming Football - Warriors allow most points by Widener since 2000 in stunning loss
Sr WR Ryan Umpleby crosses milestone
CHESTER, Pa. – Widener comes up big forcing fumbles, interceptions, special teams breakdowns and stifling defense to defeat Lycoming in a 48-7 rout. Widener University limited Lycoming to only 126 yards of total offense. This was the most point scored by a Widener team since their 2000 50-49 win over Lycoming in overtime.
Lycoming's Senior Ryan Umpleby (Forest Hill, Md./Fallston) was one bright spot for the Warriors. He had189 all-purpose yards to become the third player in the Lycoming College football team's history to post 1,000 in three straight seasons.
The Warriors (2-6 overall, 2-5 MAC) did pick off a season-high three passes, but Widener used 272 rushing yards to make up for it. Sophomore Mike Ward (Edgewater, Md./South River) led the effort with seven tackles and an interception, while freshmen Jarrelle Payne (Jersey City, N.J./Liberty) and Khamari Williams (Gaithersburg, Md./The Avalon School) each also added picks.
Umpleby, who needed four yards in the game to join Craig Needhammer (2012-14) and Brian Thompson (1996-98) in the 1,000-yard club, posted 189, thanks to 142 on seven kickoff returns, 10 yards on a punt return, 16 yards rushing and 21 receiving. He is second on the team in all-purpose yards with 1,185, just four behind junior Blake Bowman (Valley View, Pa./Tri-Valley), who ran for 74 yards on 17 carries.
Down 10-0, the Warriors got on the board early in the second quarter thanks to a 10-play, 75-yard drive, with Bowman running five times on the drive and a personal foul penalty also aiding the Warriors before junior Chase Whiteman (Gettysburg, Pa./Gettysburg) found Umpleby for a 3-yard score.
Widener responded on the next drive, getting three points back with a seven-play, 61-yard drive before Ryan O'Hara hit a 30-yard field goal. Widener added another score midway through the second quarter, with Robert Getz scoring on an 18-yard rush to cap a 35-yard drive to make it 20-7. Late in the first half, the Pride took advantage of a 61-yard punt return by Jake Parola before Alex Krivda found Philip Ragona for an eight-yard touchdown on the first play of the drive to help the Pride take a 27-7 lead into the break.
The Pride added three more scores in the second half, with Krivda finding Ragona for a nine-yard touchdown with 10:37 left in the third before Krivda scored on a nine-yard run with 19 seconds left in the quarter. Krivda added one more score with a 29-yard touchdown pass to Max Kutler with 13:34 left in the fourth.
The Pride got started with their first drive of the game, driving 51 yards in 10 plays, ending it with a 32-yard field goal by Ryan O'Hara after the Warriors forced Widener into a 4-and-11 at the 15-yard line. After an interception ended Lycoming's first drive, Payne returned the favor with an interception at the Lycoming 1-yard line. However, the Pride returned the favor on the next play and 33-yards later, Alex Krivda found Blaine Price for a 15-yard touchdown to give the Pride a 10-0 lead with 2:50 left in the first half.
Whiteman finished 7-of-14 for 48 yards and a touchdown. He was intercepted twice. The Warriors used three quarterbacks in the game, as sophomore Chase Williams (Damascus, Md./Damascus) went 3-of-5 for 22 yards in his first action and sophomore Collin Wright (Secane, Pa./Ridley) went 1-of-3. SophomoreSam Dressler (Riverside, Pa./Danville Area) ran six times for 20 yards.
Getz ran the ball 16 times for 123 yards and a touchdown and Malik Murray had a 71-yard carry in the third quarter. Krivda finished 25-of-40 for 183 yards, two interceptions and four touchdowns. Price caught five passes for 54 yards and a touchdown and Kutler caught five passes for 52 yards and a score.
Sophomore Caleb Robbins (Williamsport, Pa./Loyalsock Township) added six stops and a breakup and junior Jon Rummell (Lykens, Pa./Williams Valley), senior John Ciurlino (Springfield, Pa./Springfield), seniorMatt Malecki (Stevensville, Md./Kent Island) and senior Cole Welham (Lewistown, Pa./Lewistown Area) all had four solo tackles and a tackle for loss. Welham also had a sack.
Stacey Sunnerville led the Pride with eight tackles and three sacks and Brandon Jones added five stops and 3.5 sacks.
The Warriors get back on the field on Saturday, Nov. 7, when they host Delaware Valley University in a MAC clash at 1 p.m. at David Person Field.
Box Score (Final)
Lycoming vs Widener (10/31/15 at Chester, Pa.)
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
Lycoming 0 7 0 0 7 Record: (2-6,2-5)
Widener 10 17 14 7 48 Record: (5-3,5-2)
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In 2014, Apple released Swift, a programming language for creating iOS-compatible applications. Many programmers since then have embraced it enthusiastically. iOS app development with Swift offers many benefits, including enhanced efficiency and memory management.
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Examples of apps already written in Swift show how versatile the programming language is. People have used this language to create games, audio synthesizers, auction apps, a WordPress for iOS app, and much more.
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Three comedians 'join line-up for Britain's Got Talent: The Champions'
Jack Carroll, Daliso Chaponda and Lost Voice Guy could take on AGT star Vicki Barbolak
Posted June 30, 2019 22:44 by Staff Reporter
Jack Carroll, Daliso Chaponda and Lost Voice Guy will reportedly be bringing comedy to Britain's Got Talent: The Champions.
Fans are getting a second helping of BGT this year after boss Simon Cowell announced a new 'all-stars' series.
The Champions will see fan-favourite former contestants return for a second shot at winning the ITV variety contest.
They'll also have to compete against some of the most successful acts from other global versions of Got Talent.
Dancers Stavros Flatley and Boogie Storm, dog act Ashleigh and Sully and vocal group Collabro are all rumoured to be back.
Now we have an idea of which comedians will be joining them on the bill.
According to the Daily Star, Jack Carroll, Daliso Chaponda and Lost Voice Guy have all signed up for the show.
Chiefs are apparently "thrilled" the trio are taking part, as they're "really popular with viewers".
"The great thing about these three acts is they've all gone on to big things and honed their talent," an insider commented.
"They'll all be even more polished when they return to the BGT stage.
"Producers are in the process of making sure there's a wide range of acts to entertain viewers and make it an interesting competition.
"Getting three comedians on board is a big step towards completing the line-up."
Jack finished as runner-up of BGT's seventh series in 2012, before landing acting roles in Big School, Trollied and film Eaten By Lions. He has also performed on the BBC's Live At The Apollo.
Daliso reached third place in 2017 after earning Amanda Holden's Golden Buzzer. He has just announced new stand-up tour, Bah Bah Blacklist, while his Radio 4 show Citizen of Nowhere is getting a second series.
Lost Voice Guy, real name Lee Ridley, became the first funnyman ever to win BGT in 2018. He recently competed in a similar Champions edition of America's Got Talent and published his debut book.
Meanwhile, an American comic has become the first international star linked to BGT's new spin-off.
Vicki Barbolak, a finalist on AGT last year, claimed on her Twitter page that she's coming to this side of the Atlantic.
"So excited and grateful to be jumping over the pond to compete in BGT The Champions!" she wrote.
"It's my dream coming true to do Stand up in the UK!"
Bosses have yet to verify Vicki's involvement. The only confirmed contestant so far is Scottish singing sensation Susan Boyle.
BGT: The Champions will air on ITV later this year. Filming begins next month at Wembley Arena.
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I'd started a mine last time; it was fairly successful, but I certainly wanted more iron. And I actually rather enjoyed the process of mining; yay for repetitive clicking. So I went back and mined some more, this time branching off of the left side of my central passage.
It was uneventful but reasonably successful at the start: here's some coal, some iron, and some diamond, and I also found quite a bit of redstone.
That's in the direction where I'd be digging my next branch, so I had to deal with that lava pool on a couple of subsequent branches; here's a view of the same pool from a later branch.
I'd been sensible and set up things so the water wouldn't flood my mine corridor; still, I had a reasonable little river there.
but when I started digging my way around it, it just got bigger and bigger. I guess this is the sort of thing that happens when you're digging right above the lava level; it was a pleasant change of pace, I guess.
But I wasn't going to let a little thing like a lake of lava interrupt my plans, so I continued with my branch. Which meant that, of course, I ran into my waterfall again. But it was worth it, I found a good haul of iron soon after making my way around that.
That's enough for 592 minecart tracks, which should carry me a decent distance. Of course, I'll have to use some for carts, and, as I discovered in this week's VGHVI session, I'll also have to save some for boosters.


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In a post on Instagram Stories, Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin wore matching Audemars Piguet diamond watches.
Justin Bieber shared an incredibly steamy photo of him and Hailey Baldwin in a lip lock on Saturday morning, where the "Sorry" singer planted a big one on his brand new fiancée.


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by Luke James	/ on May 3, 2016 at 4:40 pm	/ in Rock
Is it true that U2 and Coldplay are really coming to Asia?
We don't want to alarm you but if an insider from one of the biggest arenas in the region is to be believed, two of the biggest names in rock will soon be headed to Southeast Asia.
by Luke James	/ on March 24, 2016 at 8:11 pm	/ in Rock
Is Axl Rose seriously about to join AC/DC?
Reports are suggesting that Axl Rose is set to replace Brian Johnson as AC/DC frontman for rest of band's tour after Johnson was advised to stop touring due to hearing problems.
by Luke James	/ on January 18, 2016 at 1:01 pm	/ in Festivals, News, Rock
Urbanscapes returns to Malaysia, announces huge first act
After taking a break in 2015, Malaysia's creative arts festival Urbanscapes is returning to Kuala Lumpur for an epic 13th edition and though the festival isn't until the 23rd of April, they've already dropped a huge headline announcement in the form of Australian psychedelic rockers Tame Impala.
by Luke James	/ on December 8, 2015 at 8:48 am	/ in Interviews, Rock
Interview: The Coronas answer The Big Questions before their Singapore performance
One of Ireland's biggest selling rock acts, The Coronas have released three platinum selling albums, performed to sell-out tours in Ireland, Europe and Australia and now, after a whirlwind Australian tour, they're coming to Singapore. Before the four piece head home to their native Ireland, kissing 2015 goodbye in style at Dublin's 3Arena (with none other than Fatboy Slim!) […]
by Luke James	/ on November 24, 2015 at 7:00 pm	/ in Dance / Electro, Festivals, Hip Hop, Indie / Alternative, Pop, Rock
Clockenflap announces digital guide to the festival with launch of official app
With 10 stages, more than 130 acts and 60,000 people attending across three days, there's nothing that comes even close to Clockenflap in Hong Kong's cultural calendar. But if you're planning on experiencing Clockenflap to its fullest you're going to need some help and the Clockenflap app is here to help.
by Luke James	/ on November 20, 2015 at 7:56 am	/ in News, Rock
Bonney Read release single 'Days Gone By' to raise funds for Philippine charity
Australian rockers Bonney Read went to the Philippines earlier this year with a simple objective: the band members wanted to use the same influence that they had on their followers to make a difference in communities in need. Now they're reinforcing their commitment with the announcement that all funds from their latest single "Days Gone By" will be donated to […]
by Luke James	/ on October 27, 2015 at 4:41 pm	/ in Live Music, Rock
Bangkok welcomes Battles back for a long overdue return this December
Legendary math rock band Battles are returning to Bangkok this December and they're bringing an all star support cast with them.
by Luke James	/ on October 20, 2015 at 6:53 pm	/ in Interviews, Rock
Interview: Shoegaze pioneers Ride take on their biggest journey to date
Late last year, shoegaze royalty Ride announced an unexpected reunion almost two decades after parting ways. The news came as a welcome surprise to many of their longtime fans, most of whom never thought they'd get a chance to see one of their favorite bands live. Their tour has seen them play across the globe and they're now coming to […]
by Luke James	/ on September 18, 2015 at 11:30 am	/ in Live Music, Rock
The Vaccines set to ravage Singapore with announcement of November show
Get ready for a heavy dose of straight up rock n' roll because the Vaccines are coming back to Singapore and they're taking no prisoners!
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Clockenflap first lineup revealed: The Libertines, Damien Rice, Flying Lotus & more
The flagship event in the Hong Kong cultural calendar is set for its triumphant return and it's looking bigger and better than ever. Clockenflap, celebrating its eighth edition, is returning to the West Kowloon Cultural District on November 27-29.
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Thrash legends Machinehead bringing metal mayhem to Bangkok
Overdrive and Singha are a week away from giving hard rockers across Southeast Asia reason to rejoice, bringing metal legends Machinehead to Bangkok as part of their 'An Evening With Machinehead' tour on July 8 at Centerpoint Studio. Formed in 1991, the outfit were founded by vocalist and guitarist Robb Flynn and bassist Adam Duce. Considered one of the godfathers […]
by Luke James	/ on June 18, 2015 at 5:17 pm	/ in Pop, Rock
Are Twenty One Pilots the future of pop music?
Departing from the well worn brand of generic pop punk that Good Charlotte and Fall Out Boy have been peddling for years now, Twenty One Pilots have erupted onto the scene, their catchy songs like a spiked tire iron to the face of modern alternative pop music.
by Luke James	/ on June 9, 2015 at 3:08 pm	/ in Events, Rock
Bon Jovi is headed to Kuala Lumpur for September concert
The wait is over Kuala Lumpur. Bon Jovi, one of the most defining bands of the past two decades will be performing a special one-off concert in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday 19 September and tickets go on sale tomorrow, 10 June, 2015, starting at 10am.
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Interview: The big questions with Kyoto Protocol
There are few consistencies in the music world, but Kyoto Protocol have proven to be one of the unchanging staples of Kuala Lumpur's local indie rock scene, at the coalface for the past seven years.
by Luke James	/ on January 17, 2015 at 9:48 am	/ in News, Rock
Mac Demarco To Play Intimate Shows In Korea, Vietnam and Indonesia
Mac Demarco, the scraggy haired troubadour from Canada, with his gap toothed smile and carefree demeanour has cemented himself as the clown price of indie rock over the course of his three records. He's also just commenced a whirlwind world tour that will see him touching down in Australia, North America and Europe playing at major international festivals like Coachella in addition to […]
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Foo Fighters drop a surprise new EP 'Cecilia' … and it's completely free!
A countdown clock on the Foo Fighter's website clicked down to zero last night at which point the rockers dropped a free EP of new songs in honour of the victims involved in the Paris attacks.
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NEWSFLASH: Huey Lewis and the News Still Deliver!
"You start a band for any number of different reasons. You want to be a star, or Jimi Hendrix, or you want to get the girl." Huey Lewis had a chat with Scott Murphy before the FCC Ball in Hong Kong last Saturday night.
by Scott Murphy	/ on August 29, 2013 at 3:20 pm	/ in Events, Rock
80s Chart Toppers Huey Lewis and The News to play Hong Kong's FCC Ball
Legends Huey Lewis and the News are touring in Hong Kong and Japan in September-October. Read the story.
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THE SMASHING PUMPKINS – Rocketing Across The Ocean in 2013
Before embarking for Asia, the Smashing Pumpkins talked to Scott Murphy in an exclusive interview for Music Weekly Asia.


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Fleury extension shows Golden Knights have faith in him
At 33, contract on par with what 'top goaltenders are being paid,' GM says
by Nicholas J. Cotsonika @cotsonika / NHL.com Columnist
How can you not love Marc-Andre Fleury?
After the 33-year-old goaltender agreed to a three-year, $21 million contract extension with the Vegas Golden Knights on Friday, he was asked if he was comfortable being the face of the franchise.
"I don't know. I wish I had a better face," Fleury said.
How can you not be happy for him?
[RELATED: Fleury agrees to three-year extension with Golden Knights]
After he lost the No. 1 job with the Pittsburgh Penguins and was left unprotected in the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft, he had the best season of his career, helping Vegas shatter records for first-year teams and advance to the Stanley Cup Final. This is his reward.
It's not just that he has cashed in. He has a new home and peace of mind.
Remember, he spent the 2016-17 season battling with Matt Murray in Pittsburgh, unsure of where he would play in 2017-18. When he arrived in Vegas, he knew he would be a No. 1 goaltender again, but not for how long, as he was signed through 2018-19.
Without this extension, he would have entered the upcoming season in the last year of his contract and had to deal with everything that came with that. Now he can relax and focus on hockey, which is when he tends to play his best.
"It simply eliminates a potential distraction," general manager George McPhee said. "We know what we have in the player and the person. We know we want him to finish his career in Vegas, and we know he can give us very good goaltending for four more years."
But it's fair to ask how the Golden Knights can be so sure.
Video: WSH@VGK, Gm5: Fleury kicks out Carlson's big blast
Fleury will turn 37 on Nov. 28, 2021, early in the last season of the extension, and the fact he is coming off his best season could be a red flag. Can he match the 2.24 goals-against average and .927 save percentage he had last season, let alone beat them? Can he stay at that level? Are the Golden Knights buying this stock at its peak?
Well, look at it from their perspective: If you want to sign a player, you have to be realistic about what it will take to close the deal. The Golden Knights still have plenty of space to maneuver under the NHL salary cap, especially if it continues to rise in the future.
"This is what the top goaltenders are being paid," McPhee said. "He's at that level and deserves to be at that level. It would be nice to sign him for a million dollars a year, but that's not going to happen."
When the Golden Knights claimed Fleury, goaltending coach Dave Prior felt Fleury could be better than ever before, one of the top five goaltenders in the NHL.
Prior was right.
Simply put, Prior focuses on positioning more than mechanics. He wants his goaltenders to hold their ground to give shooters less of the net. To do that, his goaltenders need to be athletic enough to explode laterally when necessary, as Fleury is. Fleury tweaked his game and was even better than his final numbers showed.
If not for the season finale on April 7 -- when he allowed six goals on 18 shots in a 7-1 loss to the Calgary Flames, while Vegas had nothing at stake, rested injured players and worked others back into the lineup -- Fleury would have had a 2.14 goals-against average and .931 save percentage and led each category among goaltenders who played at least 45 games.
Fleury was 12-3 with a 1.68 goals-against average, .947 save percentage and four shutouts entering the Cup Final, the favorite to win the Conn Smythe Trophy as most valuable player of the Stanley Cup Playoffs at that point.
"[Fleury and Prior] worked very well together," McPhee said. "He's not a big, heavy, sort of lumbering goaltender that relies on sort of a hit me style of play. He's an athletic goaltender that we expect can continue to play at the same level."
You can't put a price on what Fleury has done, and will continue to do, to establish this franchise in Las Vegas, either. His teammates love him. The fans love him. The Bellagio made a sweet chocolate sculpture of him.
"You couldn't ask for more from an athlete and a person in a community," McPhee said. "On the ice and off the ice, he leads by example, which is the best way to lead. He is a remarkable individual, very selfless, very humble, and is always available to help in the community. He is a tremendously popular athlete in Las Vegas, and for all of these reasons, we wanted him to remain a Vegas Golden Knight."
That Fleury said he wished he had a better face only reinforced the point: The franchise couldn't have a better one.


"I appreciate everything you've done."
with a kiss on the cheek; a cheap parting gift.
"Can I run into you again?"
with half-hearted identities. Are you married?
Are you alone? Are you wanting?
the words until they are not words any more.
"I have developed a fondness for you."
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The EPA and Other Organizations Are Fighting Back Against Greenhouse Gases
November 9, 2015 January 8, 2021 by Killer Testimonials
One of the hottest issues facing the United States in recent years — in more ways than one — has been the debate over climate change. While much of the attention has been focused on whether or not environmental change is even a reality, the problem has now gained enough traction for government agencies and organizations to take action.
The Daily Caller reported on how the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is implementing new regulations focused on phasing out hydro-fluorocarbons (HFC) through the use of air conditioners, refrigerators, and other consumer products.
EPA chief Gina McCarthy is taking the lead role in a United Nations expansion of a current global treaty covering ozone-depleting substances. Her hope is that these recent regulations focused on the handling and ban of HFCs where environmental-friendly alternatives are available will convince other countries to join in the United States' fight to limit these chemicals.
"Nations that are serious about fighting global climate change need to come to the table in Dubai with a sincere intent to negotiate a global agreement to phase down these harmful chemicals," McCarthy wrote.
The EPA is joined by the Department of Energy and the Department of Defense in issuing these rules, as well as pledges from 20 different companies to help phase out the use of these green house gases.
"As residential and commercial HVAC systems age and natural processes such as electrolysis happen within the coils, the high pressure gas can escape into the environment, further damaging the stratospheric ozone layer," says Cale Mazarz, Sales & Marketing Manager, ABS. "The movement to eliminate this from the HVAC industry has been a positive step towards protecting our environment from future man made harm. Change isn't always overwhelmingly popular however the Green Movement has forced the HVAC industry to make necessary changes to protecting our environment for many years to come. Companies have spent countless hours training and certifying technicians to properly install and service equipment with the new R410A environmentally friendly refrigerant which can be costly; however, being the professionals in the industry, we have a responsibility to support and implement these changes so we do our part to protect the environment."
Even though large organizations such as the EPA will be necessary to completely overcome the use of HFCs, some companies are also taking some initiative into finding environmentally-friendly versions of their products.
According to Gizmag, Mercedes is the first car maker to equip their production vehicles with CO2 air conditioning systems in response to a European Union (EU) directive based on climate protection, which will take effect in 2017.
These CO2 air conditioning systems are not only said to perform better than conventional systems from automakers or the average air conditioning company but are also overall more environmentally friendly. These systems operate at a pressure 10 times higher than today's typical R134a refrigerant systems, at over 100 bar.
Mercedes has been drafting standards along with the EU that they also hope will influence other car makers to begin developing their own environmentally conscious air conditioning systems.
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KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) – Halifax council continues to select the cheapest provider when awarding tendered contracts for services, no matter what that means to the people who actually do the work.
On November 8 Council unanimously endorsed staff's recommendation that Imperial Cleaners Limited provide janitorial services for the Sackville Sports Stadium for the next three years, with an option to renew for an additional two years.
Imperial Cleaners will keep the stadium clean for these three years for $675,120. It was the lowest bidder by quite a bit, the next closest bid was $806,391. Atlantic Evershine Limited, the company that held the contract at least since the HRM amalgamation, bid $896,892.
Staff did not recommend that in house staff be hired because it deemed that too expensive.
Outsourced janitorial staff seldom make more than just above minimum wage, and one wonders how Imperial Cleaners' extra low bid will impact its workers.
In selecting the lowest bidder regardless of impact on workers Halifax continues a tradition we last noted when it selected G4S, a multinational corporation with a reputation for paying low wages, over Commissionaires Nova Scotia, an organization with a better reputation on that front.
This is a new council, and many newly elected councillors declared that they were supportive of a living wage when asked to clarify their position by Tim Bousquet of the Halifax Examiner. An analysis by the Nova Scotia Chapter of the Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives and the United Way determined such a wage in Halifax to be $20.10 per hour.
However, when the issue was discussed on November 8 none of these rookie councillors raised the issue of fairness to workers. It should be noted that this was their very first council meeting.
Hopefully there will be more discussion next time this topic comes up at Council.