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Shooting with Steini in an abandoned building in Pétange.
Trampoliners at the University of Kent during the 2008 Varsity.
Basketball players at the University of Kent during the 2008 Varsity.
Clubbers in the Venue at the University of Kent.
The choire of the Canterbury Cathedral.
Some of my friends and myself at a Goodfellas themed poker night.
A portrait of Jean Carlos taken in Cantebury.
Tom Christian being welcomed as new Kent Union President at the election results night.
Jean Carlos, Joshua and David at the UKC Fashion Show.
A street photo taken during a DPChallenge London GTG.
A squirrel checking out if my lens hood is a potential container of peanuts.
Charlotte, Sebastian, Dave and me at the last Photography and Modelling society meeting for 2007-08.
Charlotte, at the same meeting.
Dancing mosquitoes, photographed from my bedroom using a long exposure.
A view from the Pétrusse river in Luxembourg city.
Alain posing with his BMW at a car shooting.
A self-portrait for which the camera was attached to the bike's pedal.
A digital creation introducing Max the Ninja cat.
The lead singer of Cartoon Heroes at Keynestock 08.
A doorknob which caught my attention during a society trip to Whitstable.
A fisheye view of the University of Kent Templeman Library.
A panorama of the Artsfest 08 fireworks.
Fire dancers performing at Artsfest.
Martine and Mike's rings, photographed at their wedding in July.
The 'Gëlle Fra' during the Luxembourg National Day fireworks.
My mother holding my father's birthday cake.
A skater at the 2008 DOW.
An HDR of the CT in Esch-Alzette.
My sister enjoying a double wafer with strawberries and casted sugar. Mmm.
From the series of portraits taken during the Photogen.lu meetings.
Photogen.lu photographers at the Schueberfouer.
A keyboarder at the UKC Welcome Ball.
Oliver after our Sunday excursion to Wye.
UKC students standing on the starting point of the new labyrinth on campus.
Amalina and Jo at out shoot in Bleane Wood.
Charlotte, Mikey and Alison at the society trip to the Canterbury Nature Reserve.
One of the many unusual plants growing at the nature reserve.
My room in my student accomodation in Canterbury.
A tube station photographed during a DPC London GTG.
Having fun with a sign that tells me off for doing so.
A street photo taking in Dover.
Alison during our Dover trip.
One of the Dover havens.
My submission for the Connecting Generations competition.
A fashion shoot for inQuire.
A digital composite of hands.
Shantideva jumping into a heap of dust during an urbex shoot.
A ladder in an abandoned mine in France.
A mine explorer making his way back to the exit.
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An event for learning, sharing and empowering Indigenous artists and entrepreneurs.
Participants, Workshop Facilitators and Vendors are asked to fill out our evaluation forms.
The AACC was proud to work on this monumental project with partners, friends, artists and community members.
The Indigenous Arts Conference is an inclusive community-centred event for creating, sharing and [re]learning our Indigenous art forms.
The IAC conferences ensure the transfer of knowledge and spirituality related to the production of our traditional Indigenous art forms and empower and arm our Indigenous women entrepreneurs with information, resources and opportunity to maximize their capacity to sustain entrepreneurship.
Art workshops are focused on Indigenous women who are subject to restricted budgets and cannot normally afford Indigenous arts workshops, or have been disconnected from their family/community and culture and seek to (re)connect with traditional teachings.
We welcome all who share our concerns for endangered Indigenous art forms and artists and thank those who have shown their support to this knowledge sharing initiative including Elders, knowledge-keepers, partners, artists and volunteers.
To ensure that knowledge of traditional Indigenous art forms are taught and shared across our communities and that we obtain the information we need to teach the next generation of Indigenous artists. Economic and social inclusion, reconciliation and equality are our main priorities.
Over 200 Indigenous women registered and participated in free workshops including black ash basketry, fancy basketry, ribbon skirts, drums, Inuit linocuts, painting, birch bark biting, porcupine quilling, caribou tufting, beading and moccasin making.
The IAC also offered non-Indigenous participants the opportunity to do the Kairos Blanket Exercise - a moving activity to enlighten and connect people to the history of Indigenous people.
Our Indigenous Arts Marketplace offered over 30 vendors free prime retail space within the St.Laurent Shopping Centre, Ottawa. Vendors reported exceptional sales and a welcoming environment. Shoppers expressed their happiness at having hand made products in the mall and their spending reflected that. All have committed to returning for next year's conference.


Cretaquarium invites you to the release of a marine turtle to its natural environment. The turtle was found injured and transfered at Cretaquarium by Dr. M. Dretakis, where the scientific personel treated and took care of it. After 7,5 months the turtle is perfectly healthy and ready to return to its natural environment. The release will take place this Friday, 14/11/2014, at the beach in fron of Cretaquarium at 11:30.


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Salute to the Corona 3 Portable Typewriter on its 100th Anniversary: Part III
Reaching Record Peaks:
The Midas Touch
New Model, Expanded Factory,
1300% increase in British business,
100 new Groton homes,
Australian Prime Minister takes on world tour
The Corona Typewriter Company greeted 1916 full of confidence in its immediate future. Indeed, looking back now, it seems almost like cockiness. But why not? The Corona 3 folding portable typewriter had become, in 3 ½ short years from its advent in May 1912, by far the hottest topic in the worldwide typewriter industry.
Monthly Typewriter Topics issues in 1916 were to be jam packed with Corona 3 news - about the massive expansion of the Groton factory, building 100 new homes in Groton to accommodate rapid increases in staff numbers, record sales, and Corona conventions across the US to mark the introduction of a modified, improved version of the Corona 3.
The Corona 3, Typewriter Topics noted, had developed something of a Midas touch. In mid-October 1916, Corona Typewriter Company workers had - when they found some spare time from making thousands of the new portable typewriters each month - uncovered a rich source of natural gas outside Groton.
World War I had closed off major typewriter markets (Germany, perhaps, most notably; think of the emergence of Corona 3-like machines in that country at this time). But Corona had more than compensated for this loss of trade. Business in Britain had increased 13-fold.
As in the previous year, Corona 3s were proving their popularity, portability and adaptability by being taken everywhere humanly accessible, and being used by adventurers, political activists and Australian prime ministers on trips around the world and across America.
Motivated by positive feedback from Ray Nickson, Florian and Cameron Kopf, I am pressing on with this series while I can, with just two days left before the year of the centenary of the Corona 3 ends.
REACHING THE HIGHEST PEAKS
AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER'S CORONA 3
Billy Hughes
Australian Prime Minister Billy Hughes was introduced to the Corona 3 folding portable typewriter by his private secretary, former typewriter salesman Percival Edgar (Percy) Deane. Deane, born on August 10, 1890, at Port Melbourne, was an expert shorthand-writer. He served in Egypt in 1914 but was invalided home and was appointed private secretary to Hughes at a salary of £408. Shortly after taking up his post, Deane met and married Hughes's typist, Ruth Marjorie Manning.
Hughes took his Corona 3 with him when he travelled across the Pacific and North America on his way to England in mid-1916. William Morris Hughes was born on September 25, 1862, at Pimlico, London, the son of a Welsh-born British Houses of Parliament carpenter. Billy Hughes left Britain for Queensland in October 1884 as an assisted migrant. He became Australian Prime Minister in October 1915 when Andrew Fisher resigned. Hughes was given secret information by governor-general Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson about Japan's intentions in the Pacific and decided he must have urgent discussions with the British government and the prime ministers of Canada and New Zealand. Hughes and his Corona 3 reached England, via Wellington and Ottawa, on March 7, 1916. There he had help from Rupert Murdoch's war correspondent father, Keith Murdoch, in public relations. In June Hughes was part of the British delegation to an allied conference in Paris to determine economic policies towards Germany. While in France he visited the front, where he had contact with the Australian troops.
CORONA 3s ON THE FRONT
SUFFRAGETTES RIDE GOLDEN FLIER
WITH A CORONA 3
On April 6, 1916, in an attempt to influence politicians and public opinion, suffragists Nell Richardson and Alice Burke, left New York in their yellow Baby Saxon car (the "Golden Flier") to drive across and around America to gain support for voting rights for women. With them was a black kitten, also named Saxon, and a black Corona 3 folding portable typewriter. Sponsored by the National American Woman Suffrage Association, Burke, of Illinois, and Richardson, of Virginia, got back to New York at the end of September 1916 after travelling 10,700 miles. The United States was divided into "yellow" and "black" states: yellow states supported women's suffrage; black states did not. The pair got lost for four nights in a desert. They expressed surprise that Southern men were more interested in hearing what they had to say than those in more northern states.
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE:
THE CORONA 3 AND THE 'SPY'
William Washburn Nutting was a "mid-westerner of great personal charm and energies, with no yachting experience whatever when he arrived in New York in about 1907", to begin a career as a writer and later editor of various yachting magazines, including Motor Boat. He subsequently was commissioned in the US Navy and served on the famed 110-foot sub chasers of World War I. Nutting was the first Commodore of the Cruising Yacht Club of America.
CORONA 3 AT WORLD'S
MOST POPULAR WATERING HOLE
MIDAS TOUCH OF CORINA 3
October 19, 1916: "...Everybody connected
with the Corona was lucky"
Corona's first "spot colour" advertisement, Typewriter Topics 1916
LONDON'S CALLING
WHY CAN'T ONE BUY A SECOND-HAND CORINA 3?
THE NEW CORONA 3, APRIL 1916
CORONA EXPANSION
Pre-expansion
CORONA CONVENTIONS
Jasper Lindell said...
Your brilliant posts, Robert, leave me with one question: Why don't we still make them today?
I was actually given a Corona Three about three years ago by a man at my church. It had been owned by his aunt and who knows before her. I took it to a shop for refurbishing and the only thing that needed to be done was a re-covering of the platen.
I rarely use it, but it's a great and hardy little machine.
maschinengeschrieben said...
Excellent - but that mountain doesn't impress me.
shordzi said...
You make my day - again.
This Corona story is getting better and better!
On to Parts IV & V...
Robert, thank you again for documenting this very important part of typewriter history!
David Murray said...
I was astonished to see a Corona 3 Portable typewriter for sale in a Charity shop on the East coast of Britain about 5 years ago for the princely sum of £2.50. In it's case and entirely undamaged, I could not have got my wallet out any quicker. As a student in the 1960s I learned to use a typewriter and have always had one. My Corona even had a ribbon in it and, whilst being driven home to my old cottage in the Derbyshire Peak District, searched for a piece of paper in the car to try it out. I like antiques, but prefer technology items such as typewiters, telephones, morse keys, cameras, old radios etc. The Corona sits on a little table in the French windows of my sitting room next to the candlestick telephone of 1924 vintage (no dial)and I still use it on a weekly basis for correspondence etc. Best fifty-shillings (in pre-decimal currency) I ever spent!
Thank you Jasper, Florian, Georg, Cameron and David.
Jasper, they don't still make them because when they did make them, they made them too well.
This is a lovely story, David, thank you for sharing. I suspect many have stumbled across Corona 3s still fully operational and have thoroughly enjoyed using them over the years. A long time ago I posted on a flurry of letters in a British motoring magazine from about 1961, all telling similar stories.

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Exciting day for new music! Dan Croll's new record Emerging Adulthood is finally out, and my Oxford pals Catgod have just released their Someone Love EP today, the title track of which has been making waves on Radio 6 with Lauren Laverne choosing it as her 'Headphones Moment' a few weeks ago. The EP is atmospheric, funky, experimental and all kinds of beautiful, and I'm particularly digging I'm Innocent which as quickly become a live favourite at the shows I've caught the band playing over the last few months!
Following their EP launch show in Oxford last night and a slot at Truck Festival today alongside Low Island, Slate Hearts, Coldredlight and more, they're carrying on full steam ahead, playing an intimate EP launch show at The Harrison in London's King's Cross next Thursday (27th July) with Laish and Anna McRae in support - tickets for that show here!


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I bough half a dozen, and I'm a bit disappointed. Only vga support, no proper linux/esx, and last no virtual media support. On the upside its a small device.
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The KVM adapter works well when it works, however, had to get my employer to provide me with a Windows laptop since the adapter stopped working when they upgraded our Macbooks to High Sierra 10.13.3. The drivers state they support 10.13 but they do not work. My employer will not provide me with a new adapter (supposedly NOTESCON2 supposedly works with High Sierra) so I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place.
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I love this adapter, but would like to see better copy and paste options.
Overpriced, but handy if you don't have access to physical console crash carts and travel. Invest in cheap kvm cables to protect pins on this device as they will eventually get damaged from constant plugging and unplugging. App does not seem to support Mac OS High Sierra, but work in Sierra.
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The New Archaeological Museum of Mytilene
Very close to the old Archaeological Museum, in Kioski area, is located the new building of the museum. The erection of the new museum completed in 1995. In March 1999, the permanent exhibition, Lesvos from Hellenistic to Roman Times, opened to the public focusing on the most important period of Ancient Lesvos, dating from the 4th century BC to 3rd century AD.
The purpose of the exhibition is to provide the visitors with a view of the daily, social, economic and religious life of the island that particular period. The exhibition halls are housed on two floors and include six rooms with the permanent exhibition and two other rooms for the temporary ones. The main exhibition is divided in three sections.
In the three halls of the first ground floor the visitors happen upon mosaic floors, friezes and finds from roman villas which were revealed by excavations on the hill of Agia-Kiriaki in the city of Mytilini. In the three subsequent rooms of the second ground floor, various sculptures have been placed (reliefs, portraits and statues) and in the halls of the temporary exhibitions the visitors can view finds related to Roman symposiums.
Opening hours: Tuesday- Sunday 08.30 am-15.00 pm (Closed on Monday)
Full Admission €3/ Discounted Admission €2
Tel. +30 22510 40223 Fax: +30 22510 20745
The Ecclesiastical Byzantine Museum of Mytilene
The Ecclesiastical Byzantine Museum of Mytilene houses one of the most valuable collections of the Byzantine civilization and it is a significant cultural institution.
The Municipal Art Gallery
The Municipal Art Gallery is housed in an old three-floor building (it belonged to Halim Bey) and it is a typical sample of the local architecture.
The Municipal Art Gallery of Mithymna (Molyvos)
The Municipal Art Gallery of Mithymna was set up in August 1981. Artists and art collectors donated to the gallery 77 works of art.
The old Archaeological Museum of Mytilene
In the old building of the Archaeological Museum of Mytilene, the visitors are presented with the history of Lesvos which dates from the last Neolithic Age to the late Roman period.
Vranas Olive Press Museum
Vranas Olive Press Museum is a stunning industrial building of unique architectural value which is located at Papados village, in the wider region of Gera.
The Museum of Modern Art Eleftheriadis Tériade
The Museum and Library are housed in the same building as the Theophilos Museum. Sixteen of its 20 rooms display the 29 books by the prominent art critic and publisher Eleftheriadis-Tériade, with illustrations by famous 20th century artists such as Picasso, Chagall, Villon, Leger, Matisse, and others.
The Museum and Library are housed in the same building as the Theophilos Museum. Sixteen of its 20 rooms display the 29 books by the prominent art critic and publisher Eleftheriadis-Tériade...


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8 Best horror films of 2016
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The best FMV adventure games
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Lovecraftian Horror
A list of Lovecraftian horror titles which I have reviewed or still going to review. So do check in regularly since it will be updated from time to time.
The Haunted Palace (1963)
Dark Intruder (1965)
Die, Monster, Die! (1965)
Curse of the Crimson Altar (US title: The Crimson Cult) (1968)
The Dunwich Horror (1970)
Island of the Fishmen (L'isola degli uomini pesce) 1979
The Evil Dead (1981)
The House by the Cemetery (1981)
The Thing (1982)
Re-Animator (1985)
From Beyond (1986)
The Curse (1987)
Evil Dead II (1987)
The Unnamable (1988)
Pulse Pounders (1988)
Bride of Re-Animator (1989)
Dark Heritage (1989)
Cast a Deadly Spell (1991)
The Resurrected (1992)
Army of Darkness (1992)
The Unnamable Returns aka Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter (1993)
Necronomicon (1993)
The Lurking Fear (1994)
In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
Witch Hunt (1994)
Castle Freak (1995)
Hemoglobin a.k.a. Bleeders (1997)
Dagon (2001)
Rough Magik (TV Short 2000)
The Shunned House (2003)
Beyond Re-Animator (2003)
The Call of Cthulhu (2005)
The Dreams in the Witch-House (2005)
The Tomb (2007)
Chill (2007)
Beyond the Dunwich Horror (2008)
Colour from the Dark (2008)
The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu (2009)
Marianne (2010)
Die Farbe (2010)
Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010)
The Valdemar Legacy (2010)
The Whisperer in Darkness (2011)
The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
Prometheus (2012)
Call Girl of Cthulhu (2014)
The Void (2016)
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Review Rapid Fire (1992): Brandon Lee's best movie!
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genre: thriller Huh? The comparison to Psycho shows how delusional the director must have been. The Rain Killer is an almost gialloe...
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genre: action, crime The Sweeney is an adaptation of a TV Show that according to many had revolutionized British police drama with...
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genre: thriller, action Take a little Bourne Identity and a sniff of Taken which results in an average to decent but predictable spy...
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genre: drama Trailers or previews might indicate that Trouble with the Curve is about a man dealing with his old age. Which I think ...
Review Red Lights (2012): Absolutely worth your time!
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Q: How to specify function parameters for React component callback with TypeScript? I have a React component in TypeScript that looks something like this:
interface FooDetails {
    name: string
    latitude: number,
    longitude: number,
}

interface FooSelectorProps {
    onDetailsChanged: Function,
}

class FooSelector extends React.Component<FooSelectorProps, any> {
    constructor(props: FooSelectorProps, context) {
        super(props, context);
    }

    onTravelTypeChange(event) {
        this.setState({ travelType: event.target.value });
    }

    onDetailsChange(fooData) {
        this.props.onDetailsChanged({
            name: fooData.name,
            latitude: fooData.latitude,
            longitude: fooData.longitude,
        });
    }

    render() {
            return <div>...Foo selection UI...</div>
    }
}

I'd like to be able to specify that the onDetailsChanged function in my propTypes (FooSelectorProps) takes a  FooDetails object, but I can't figure out how to do that.

A: Instead of using the global type Function for type of onDetailsChanged, you can write out the type instead, so change FooSelectorProps to:
interface FooSelectorProps {
    onDetailsChanged: ((details: FooDetails) => void)
}

then you'll get type checking for the onDetailsChanged callback.

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I'm getting my dad a copy of DMC for Father's Day. He was a big Fleming fan back in the day. In fact, he thinks he was reading a Bond book in the waiting room when I was being born (I also think it's possible I was conceived after a screening of FRWL, which explains a lot).
A complete set of the Fleming Centenary reprints is also a great gift idea for a Fleming fan father.
This isn't going to work for me, unfortunately. I can't even get my dad to watch one of the films let alone read one of the books.
If either of my children gave me DMC for Father's Day KNOWING I was a Fleming fan, I'd disown them.
(I also think it's possible I was conceived after a screening of FRWL, which explains a lot).
I enjoyed it quite a bit, myself. He caught the breezier, more colorful tone of Fleming better than Gardner or Benson (or Amis, though I like his novel overall), and I really enjoyed Bond dealing with the London of the 60's that Fleming missed out on.
I think the "writing as Ian Fleming" on the cover is key. It's not a continuation novel in the sense that he's adding to the character or making Bond his own -- it's a one-off celebration of the subject, and a fun read.


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Brian Conaghan
Meet Maggie, a sharp-tongued teenager who is struggling with mental health issues while watching her mum slide into depression. But Maggie is a fighter and is determined to escape the life that seems to be mapped out for her...
Despite her difficulties at home, Maggie has started a course at art college, and joined a band. Throughout these changes, she confides in Moya, her best friend, who she tells everything - but Moya died months ago...
Author BRIAN CONAGHAN talks about THE M WORD:
Q: Can you tell us a bit about your life as a writer?
A: I've been a fulltime writer since 2012, but before that I was writing and juggling my job as a teacher, which was rather tough going in terms of my creative output. I try to write between the hours of 10am - 4.30pm. I tend not to write at night anymore.
Q: How important are the things you experienced as a teenager for the writer in you today?
A: Experiences as teenager certainly help with the characters and subjects that I write about, it allows me to have an empathy and knowledge that I wouldn't otherwise have. It also provides me with a volume of emotional memory to tap into when writing scenes and/or constructing character.
Q: Your books often cover hard-hitting subjects; what draws you to your subject matter?
A: I'm not drawn to the specific subject matter(s) as such, I'm more drawn to the characters' wants and needs first and foremost. The precise issues that each character navigates through are developed as the book is being written.
Q: Can you give us some insight into how The M Word began?
A: I actually started thinking of a character from previous novel I'd written; I began to write her story until her voice evaporated and the voice of Maggie (and Moya) slowly crept into the book instead. I really wanted to write about a friendship that was fractured, so Maggie and Moya allowed me to explore that.
I'd say most of my books start as one thing and throughout the editing process develop into something completely different.
In terms of subject matter The M Word wasn't particularly difficult to write; I think that writing books in general is difficult irrespective of subject matter.
Q: Your characters and what they are experiencing are core to your novels, but how do your characters tend to develop, do they arrive fully fledged or take time to evolve?
A: I don't have characters fully constructed in my head beforehand; I like them to develop during the writing process, which is more exciting for me as it allows each character to evolve and take their own journey.
Q: In The M Word we meet teenager Maggie and her mum, who have a close but strained relationship. Why did you decide to focus on a mother / daughter relationship in this novel?
A: I like writing relationships between mother/daughter, mother/son because the dynamics of it interest me on so many levels, I can also delve into my own experiences. You could say most of my books are a tiny homage to my own mother.
Q: When we meet her, Maggie is trying to cope with the death of her best friend, and her mum's slide into depression. How did you ensure that her story didn't get too dark for the reader?
A: I'm careful not to trivialise the darker elements of the story but I do try to merge the tragedy with the comedy, or the absurd with the rational. I like to use humour in my books to lighten the mood/tone.
Q: Moya, Maggie's best friend, is an engaging character, although we only meet her in Maggie's head - did this make it difficult to develop her character?
A: Not really because I was pulling on experience(s) I've had with my own friends - who are fully developed - and merging aspects of those characters into that of Moya.
Q: Maggie also self-harms and you give a very honest account of what she does and the state of her mind at these points. How did you research this issue?
A: First of all you draw on personal experience and then you do as much reading as you can around the area you want to write about. Naturally I read certain case studies and first-hand accounts, too.
Q: What would you like your readers to take away from The M Word?
A: I want readers to be entertained by my books and nothing else. As soon as it gets into the hands of a reader the book no longer belongs to me.
Q: Where do you prefer to write? What are you writing now?
A: I used to write in a home office and/or libraries, but in recent years I've managed to write three novels in local coffee shops. I've grown to prefer the hustle and bustle of public places as opposed to the solitude and peace that I used to work in. At the moment I am putting the finishing touches to an MG novel.
Q: Have you read any YA titles recently that you'd like to recommend to our YA readers?
A: I've been reading lots of non-fiction in recent months so I'm sad to say I'm not up with recent YA titles.
Q: What are your favourite escapes from writing?
A: I find it easy to escape from writing, I spend time with my daughter, listen to music, go to the theatre and watch football. Oh, and I try to visit the gym at least three times a week.
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Every RM manager in recent time has not been able to win the first match of the season, is ZZ going to be the guy that breaks that curse?? We shall see. ZZ is rewarding everyome from last season by not buying any players, and the squad harmony has been very positive this entire pre season. I hope they thank him for this with an excellent season and winning trophies particularly the big 2.
I think this is how it goes down.
Lol Lucas at CM it's so random, where is that coming from?
It's not random. ZZ has run a 442 plenty of times away from the Bernabeu. I think this situation calls for it. Bale and Morata would be the striking duo, you have two edge CM/B2B/Wingers (whatever you want to call it) in Vasquez and Asensio. Casemiro and Kroos handle the middle of the park.
All it does is push Bale more into the middle of the park into scoring areas as opposed to starting wide. We need him to be a scorer right now with CR and Benz out. Cannot count on Morata alone at this point.
If we need the extra attack, we can make the appropriate subs around the 65 min mark.
Hey hala... we should keep track of the number of good and bad crosses our team makes each game. I think it would be interesting.
I'm also going to look at the number of times our CMs dribble forward past an opposition CM. Want to see if anyone does it other than Modric.
I think I would join in on that count. Though I don't see why we would be implementing a crossing game with the players at our disposal.
what the hell is this sacroiliitis? why didnt we catch it sooner?
Blaming the medical team is easy which I don't mind but don't you think it's about time Benzema actually starts to take responsibility for taking more care of his body?
Other than last season, Benzema had gone the previous 5 seasons with 48, 52, 50, 52 and 46 appearances for Madrid. Just to compare, Ronaldo went 54, 55, 55, 47 and 54 in that span. Bale... 41, 42, 44, 44 and 48.
Even last season, Bale had 30 appearances, CR 48 and Benz 36.
I think the issue is not that he's not taking care of himself. it's that it's a lower back/hip injury. Same injury as he had all last season. You never really shake those. He's been managing the back issues his whole career at Madrid fine mostly... but the hip is new. When multiple areas are messed up, hard to compensate.
I don't think it's fault of either parties. Benzema or medical team. It's evident from the pattern of last three seasons that Benzema is getting highly injury prone. He never was a athletic specimen and given his weight and position he plays in it is understandable. Let's hope Morata can stay fit entire season.
Not to worry. Looks like Mariano is being added to squad as Benz's health is too unpredicable (well actually is very predicable, same as with Coentrao).
Only issue (for some of you) is it's one too many Spanish!
Do posters here actually have an issue with the Spaniards at the club or is it that they just happen to be Spanish?
That's a funny ultimatum given the fact that his competitor has never scored away against LaReal in his whole Madrid career. The only striker we had that scored against Sociedad was Pipita. Does that mean Morata is better than his competitor if he scored seeing as he did in 1 game what his competitor couldn't do in 6 seasons??
For Hala who now is trying to find crazy little statistical things to justify his argument.... so Benzema has 5 assists AWAY at Real Sociedad. No goals. But here are some goals in the Bernabeu against La Real... he has 8 of those to go with another 3 assists.
The thing with Madrid away games is that, in the past, we play a counter attack style where Benzema becomes more a facilitating piece to move the ball to the guys who are targeted to score because of their speed in Ronaldo and Bale.
I personally think that, if we are counter attacking, it works well for Morata. It's when we need to create play in a normal situation where he struggled like crazy at Juve.
Again, I'll repeat it... Morata's goal totals the last 2 years at Juve were 15 and 12. It's pretty good. But he got a lot of those in cup competitions where he scored 12 goals in 30 appearances. In league, he only scored 15 in 63 appearances. That's what he is.


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Bakhtyari Becomes WPI's First Volleyball Academic All-America in 28 Years
WORCESTER – WPI junior Azita Bakhtyari (Andover, MA) has garnered the department's first Academic All-America, as selected by CoSIDA, for the 2017-18 year.
The second team honoree is the first volleyball student-athlete to be recognized since Stacey Cotton (first team) in 1989. It is the fourth time a WPI volleyball player has been chosen as Cotton (third team), and Kathleen Murray (second team), were lauded in 1988.
The mechanical engineering major finished fourth in the conference with 876 assists. The repeat NEWMAC All-Academic honoree has been previously honored as a Charles O. Thompson Scholar, member of the Dean's List and as a Presidential Merit Scholar. Outside of the classroom and off the court, Bakhtyari is a member of Alpha Phi, Society of Women Engineers, Promotion of Animal Welfare Society, and Habitat for Humanity.
In all, Bakhtyari totals 1,703 assists, 703 digs and 94 service aces in her first three years on Boynton Hill.
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Interesting Pubs To Visit In Ireland
by FFT Team | Nov 4, 2022 | News
Ireland is a nation with a rich history. You'll find some of Europe's oldest towns, buildings, and pubs. Whether you're visiting Dublin, Limerick, or Belfast, there's no shortage of great entertainment, unique experiences, and lively atmospheres to soak in. These five pubs are some of Ireland's most popular and interesting drinking destinations.
Sean's Bar
Sean's Bar is located in Athlone and is famed for its claim as the oldest surviving bar in Europe. This quaint watering hole dates back to 900 AD, verified during renovations in 1970. Dublin's National History Museum showcases coins found during the renovation. This pub is still thriving, with a lively atmosphere of live music and regular visitors. If you're visiting the area, be sure to drop into this historic location for a pint.
The Brazen Head
The Brazen Head is Dublin's oldest pub with a storied history. It dates back to 1198 and is still thriving today. Once a famed meeting place for rebels, this lantern-lit drinking establishment is home to live music every night, as well as a top-notch variety of ciders, ales, and spirits. If you're looking for a night of fun in Dublin, The Brazen Head is the perfect destination to visit with a group of friends. There's never a dull night here.
The Crown Liquor Saloon
Belfast's Crown Liquor Saloon dates back to 1826. Previously named The Liquor Saloon on Great Victoria Street, this old Northern Irish pub once held a famed reputation as one of the finest Victorian gin palaces. With quality pub food, a range of premium gins, and real ales, this gorgeous pub takes pride in its appearance with gas lamps, etched glass, and carved-mahogany booths. If you're looking for a great night out in Belfast, look no further than The Crown Liquor Saloon.
Matt Molloy's
Located in Westport, County Mayo, Matt Molloy's is a traditional Irish pub with great music seven nights a week. Molloy and his famed group, The Chieftains, whose music is known worldwide, occasionally perform there and set a precedent of quality live performances to enjoy. With a great variety of spirits, ales, ciders, and more, the delightful atmosphere guarantees a memorable night for newcomers and regulars alike. If you're in the area of County Mayo, consider dropping into this fine establishment.
Dolan's
Dolan's Pub and Restaurant is a popular hub for entertainment and relaxation. Frequently welcoming Irish and international bands and performers, this lively Limerick pub is never short of life and excitement. Sitting in the heart of Limerick City, this traditional Irish pub features live music venues and a quality restaurant. Don't miss the frequent performances, range of unique gins, and friendly, bustling atmosphere. Look no further if you're looking for a good time and great sounds.
Parnell Plaza
Finally, we have Limerick's Parnell Plaza entertainment venue. The very best entertainment all in one place. The excellent Timeout Gaming Arcade has all the excitement you could want. From slots to roulette, you'll find something for everyone with the exception of a live dealer, although you could easily find one at an online live casino. At Parnell Plaza's you could also grab a refreshing pint at the Charlie St. George Pub, or enjoy some rugby thrills at the JB Limerick Rugby Expo. With the unique Loyalty Club, reservations available all year round, and even a fully-equipped bingo hall, you won't want to miss out on what Parnell Plaza has to offer.
These are just a few of Ireland's best and most interesting pubs and bars. The nation is known for its illustrious history of music, serving and consuming alcohol, and you'll find a great drinking experience in every village and city in the country. Don't miss out on the very best Ireland has to offer.


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Andy Petroianu
Departamento de Cirurgia, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brasil.
L Ronaldo Alberti
R Indelicato Zac
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Importance of the radiographic sign of fecal loading in the cecum for the differential diagnosis of acute appendicitis.
Andy Petroianu, L Ronaldo Alberti, R Indelicato Zac
Although the radiographic characteristics of acute appendicitis have been well documented, the value of plain abdominal radiography has not been completely studied. Therefore, the purpose of this investigation was to verify a new radiographic sign: the presence of fecal loading in the cecum.470 consecutive patients of both sexes were admitted to the hospital due to acute abdomen and pain localized in the right flank were studied prospectively. The patients were divided into four groups: Group 1 (n = 170) - diagnosed with acute appendicitis and subdivided into two subgroups: Subgroup 1A - (n = 100) - patients submitted to an abdominal radiographic study a few hours before surgical treatment, Subgroup 1B - (n = 70) - patients submitted to two abdominal radiographic studies, one before the surgical procedure and the other the following day; Group 2 (n = 100) -patients of both sexes with right nephrolithiasis submitted to an abdominal radiography during the episode of pain caused by the lithiasis; Group 3 (n = 100) - women diagnosed with right acute inflammatory pelvic disease that underwent an abdominal radiographic study during the pain incident; Group 4 (n = 100) - patients of both sexes operated upon to treat acute cholecystitis submitted to abdominal radiography during the pain episode that preceded the surgical procedure. All of the radiographs were plain with an anteroposterior view of the abdomen.The sign of fecal loading in the cecum was present in 97 patients of Subgroup 1A, in 68 patients of Subgroup 1B, in 19 patients of Group 2, in 12 patients of Group 3 and in 13 patients of Group 4. During the postoperative period the radiographic sign disappeared in 66 of the 68 cases that had presented with the sign. The sensitivity of the radiographic sign for acute appendicitis was 97,05% and its specificity was 85,33%. The positive predictive value for acute appendicitis was 78,94% and its negative predictive value was 98,08%.The radiographic image of fecal loading in the cecum is associated with acute appendicitis. The image usually disappears soon after the appendix is removed. This sign is uncommon in other acute inflammatory diseases of the right side of the abdomen. When a diagnosis of acute appendicitis is suspected, the absence of this sign indicates great possibility of a different diagnosis.


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