The owner of a fake-review factory is going to get a chance to write a review about his trip to the inside of an Italian jail.
TripAdvisor announced (PDF) on Wednesday that, in one of the first cases of its kind, the criminal court of the Italian city of Lecce has ruled that writing fake reviews, under a fake identity, is criminal conduct.
In a decision handed down in June, the court sentenced the owner of PromoSalento – a business that sold fake review packages to Italian hospitality businesses – to nine months in prison and ordered him to pay about 8,000 Euros (USD $9300) in costs and damages. He hasn't been named.
We see this as a landmark ruling for the internet. Writing fake reviews on TripAdvisor has always been a violation of the law in many jurisdictions… However, this is the first time we have seen the laws being enforced to the point of securing a criminal conviction.
Businesses are hungry for good reviews: as in, those that come from customers and which are stripped of marketing speak. A Harvard Business School study recently determined that a one point improvement in a restaurant's score on Yelp could increase its revenue by as much as 5-9%.
With that much business at stake, you can see how dishonest entrepreneurs would be happy to step in and fill the need by cooking up and selling rave reviews.
That's why, in 2015, Amazon sued over 1,000 people for posting fake reviews on its marketplace. Also in 2015, a number of diners, critics and restaurateurs, frustrated by what they saw as a plethora of fake reviews on TripAdvisor, took to Twitter to campaign under the #noreceiptnoreview hashtag.
It was all about asking the popular review site to insist on screenshots of receipts before approving new reviews. The campaign didn't go anywhere, for some good reasons: as TripAdvisor pointed out, a group of individuals who eat out together all have a right to leave a review, even if the table only gets one receipt.
You can see why the idea was compelling, though: Supporters thought such a move would help restore trust in TripAdvisor, as well as other similar sites that rely on the accuracy of their reviews to maintain and build their traffic.
TripAdvisor says that it first heard about PromoSalento in 2015, when its fraud investigators identified a new illegal business in Italy that was offering to write fake reviews for hospitality businesses to boost their profile on TripAdvisor. Several Italian businesses forwarded the emails to TripAdvisor, which launched the investigation that would ultimately see the unidentified person behind PromoSalento sent to jail.
TripAdvisor says it supported the prosecution of PromoSalento as a civil claimant by sharing evidence from an extensive in-house fraud investigation and providing support from its Italian legal counsel.
In an investigation spotlight, the company described how it used digital forensics to identify and analyze links between PromoSalento and attempted submissions to its site. It found that the bogus-review seller had attempted to submit more than 1,000 reviews on hundreds of properties – reviews that were either blocked or removed.
PromoSalento tried to skirt TripAdvisor's blocks by regularly changing usernames and email addresses, but the review site's fraud detection processes sussed out the IP addresses, browser types and even the screen resolution of a reviewer's device to weed them out.
Based on that analysis, we were able to see a trail of digital and behavioral 'breadcrumbs' that led our team straight back to PromoSalento.
Busting the fake-review factory was only half of the equation, though. TripAdvisor also went after the businesses that were buying the bunk. It wound up linking several hundred businesses to fake reviews submitted by PromoSalento, notified those businesses, and penalized them by demoting their positions in its rankings.
If that didn't slap some sense into a given business, TripAdvisor then issued them a red badge: a notice displayed on a business's TripAdvisor listing page warning travelers that the business has been trying to manipulate reviews and outlining the type of fraud it spotted.
In most cases, a fake-review business is rarely heard from again once it realizes that TripAdvisor is wise to its tricks. But in the case of PromoSalento, the Italian Postal and Communications Police were already on to them. They'd been tipped off by a restaurateur from Trieste who had received advertising emails from the fake-reviewer. The police investigation into PromoSalento sealed the deal, delivering enough evidence of criminal conduct to send the case to court.
This is the first time we have seen the laws being enforced to the point of securing a criminal conviction. The judgment makes clear that writing fake reviews constitutes criminal conduct under laws relating to impersonation fraud.
That's good to hear Lisa. I hope this sets a precedent – not just for businesses, but for fake information posted online to discredit people personally.
Fake review is bad for business. Well thanks for sharing such a blog.


What are Canadian oil royalties?
Canadian oil royalties are investment products that profit from royalties on the sale of oil production in Canada.
An example of a company dealing in Canadian oil royalties is Freehold Royalties Ltd. (symbol FRU on Toronto). Freehold Royalties Ltd. holds oil and natural gas rights on land in Alberta, Saskatchewan, B.C., Manitoba and Ontario. These reserves include natural gas, light crude oil, heavy crude oil, and natural gas.
Freehold collects royalties from oil and gas producers that operate on its land, in addition to holding royalty interests in potash mines in Saskatchewan. Long-life royalty properties account for the majority of Freehold's cash flow, and wells it has a working interest in.
Canadian oil royalties differ from oil and gas royalty trusts.
Oil royalty trusts are a form of income trust. Income trusts were a type of investment trust that held income-producing assets. Canada offered special tax treatment for income trusts for many years. They flowed their income through to their unitholders, without paying much if any corporate tax. Investors paid tax on most of the distributions as ordinary income.
On January 1, 2011, Ottawa imposed a tax on distributions of income trusts and royalty trusts. Virtually all Canadian oil royalties then converted into conventional corporations.


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Aug. 25, 2020 - Face Coverings When Air Quality Remains Unhealthy, COVID-19 Testing Dates and COVID-19 Case Count
Redwood City – The County of San Mateo continues to work to protect public health and safety in response to the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19 and the CZU Lightning Complex fire.
The County of San Mateo's Emergency Operations Center (EOC) remains open to coordinate countywide response and communications in response to the situation. The EOC's Joint Information Center will provide status reports every Tuesday and Thursday until further notice. Today's report:
Face Coverings for COVID-19 Not Effective When Air Quality Unhealthy
The cloth face coverings and surgical masks that you wear to help reduce the spread of COVID-19 don't protect you against the unhealthy air conditions now impacting much of the Bay Area.
The smoke and particles in the air from the wildfires can irritate your lungs and cause inflammation which impacts your immune system and makes you more prone to lung infections including SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
One of the best ways to protect against the potentially harmful effects of wildfire smoke is to limit your time outside. See additional waysto protect yourself during wildfire activity at https://www.cdc.gov/disasters/covid-19/wildfire_smoke_covid-19.html
Monitor current air quality conditions where you live at https://www.baaqmd.gov/
COVID-19 Testing Available Aug. 26 – 28; New North Fair Oaks Location
San Mateo County's no-cost COVID-19 testing is available without restriction to anyone. Because only 500 tests are allocated each day, it is advisable to schedule an appointment with Verily/Project Baseline, San Mateo County's testing provider, at https://bit.ly/2xk73OL
Per Verily, due to increased lab capacity test results are now typically returned within two to four days.
If you don't have access to the internet, there may be a volunteer on site who can assist you. The following locations are open 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
San Bruno: Aug. 26
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North Fair Oaks: Aug. 27 & 28 (New Location)
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See more testing dates and locations at https://www.smcgov.org/covid-19-testing
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A significant problem with the State of California's reporting system for communicable diseases has resulted in significant underreporting of COVID-19 testing results to San Mateo County Health and local health departments statewide. SMC Health continues to work with the California Department of Public Health to identify any remaining potential data gaps to investigate, understand, and resolve additional data issues.
San Mateo County Health has updated the number of positive cases to 7,788 as of Aug. 24, 2020.
County Health provides detailed information on the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths within San Mateo County, including by day, age, race/ethnicity and sex of patients.
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Have you caught yourself daydreaming? Were you hoping for something better than you have now? Perhaps a new job, a new relationship, a new path in life? How many of those dreams were completely impossible, only fantasies within your mind? Have you ever had a dream that you thought was impossible ever come true?
Psalm 126 is the account of the Israelites who had an impossible dream come true. The Babylonians had plowed over the nation, destroying the capital Jerusalem, and taking the people that they didn't kill into captivity. Most painful of all, the temple of God was destroyed. For 70 years, the Israelite people were living in a land that was not theirs, with the knowledge that their capital and their temple had been destroyed by a more powerful nation. It must have seemed an impossible dream to even fathom returning home. But they did.
What seems impossible to man can be accomplished by God. No one else could have restored the people of Israel back to Zion other than God. The Psalmist reflects on the feelings of the people: we were like those who dream. You can imagine the surreal feeling, returning home when it seemed all but eternally lost. You can imagine those who were born in captivity, finally seeing the homeland they had heard stories about, their homeland. It must've felt like stepping into their wildest daydream and finding it to be true.
Here, it's almost as if it takes them a while to even process what is actually happening to them. After the shock of finding their wildest dream come true, they cannot help but be filled with laughter and joy.
The Lord has done great thing for us; we are glad.
The realization of the dream is undeniable, even to the nations surrounding the Israelites. The other nations cannot explain their good fortune, but to ascribe it to God. "The Lord has done great things for them," they say. I love the order of these lines in the psalm. Notice it's the other nations that say it first. All the other nations are on the outside looking at Israel's good fortune, and they cannot deny it. This is almost like the cliched phrase someone says if something good happens to them: "Pinch me, I must be dreaming." Why do we say that? Because we need someone outside of ourselves to verify that this is really real, that it's not just a dream. The other nations, in a since pinch the Israelites and prove they are not dreaming. It is real, and the Lord has done great things for them.
Restore our fortunes, O Lord, like the streams in the Negev!
Someone cynical may look at this line and think the Israelites are getting greedy. They've just had an impossible dream granted to them, and now they're asking God for more? I don't think this a request made in greed, but in an understanding that if God has already done the impossible, then he can do anything and everything else. The Israelites are still poor and weak, even though they've returned home. They are again relying on the Lord to do the seemingly impossible again.
The streams of the Negev are these waterways in the desert. One moment, the desert is barren and lifeless, and then the next moment, a rainstorm comes, and these wadis form, and life springs out all around. It's an almost instant change of fortune, from death to life. God is able to make a seemingly barren desert teem with life.
This last portion of the psalm is the "application" portion. We have seen God accomplish what was impossible. We know that God does it for good. We know that God has the power to turn around the worst things ever, including death, and bring them to life. While we ourselves may daydream, and our dreams remain dreams, God is able to make dreams actually come true.
We may toil in tears on this earth. Life at times may feel like one long process of heartache and tears. But we can rest in the knowledge that our struggle is not in vain. This life is as if we are in the midst of planting. There is a harvest coming. God will set things right, and we will reap joy through our tears. And we shall return to our home, beside the Father, with shouts of joy, bringing our sheaves with us.


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Notre Dame's Altar And Cross Undamaged After The Fire
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The medieval Notre Dame cathedral was captured by flames on April 15.
The 850-year-old French building which took 200 years to be built, collapsed after the fire. Cathedral spokesperson Andre Finot has told French media that the iconic structure has sustained "colossal damage." The inferno that captured Notre Dame has not been extinguished by firefighters however its roof has collapsed.
The fire began due to the restoration and renovations which were happening at the cathedral and it reportedly started around 5.50pm. According to a cathedral spokesperson's claims, a Paris prosecutor has started an investigation into the "involuntary destruction by fire."
Watch below the tragic video of Notre Dame's tower collapsing down caused by the fire.
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The aftermath of the tragedy has been posted online after the horrible fire and in the picture, it is shown that the altar and the cross have been left undamaged. The picture was posted on Twitter, and people immediately started commenting on it. A few religious people have called it a miracle. But not everyone shared the same thought that the cross and altar was safe due to a divine miracle.
A person with the name @myberkeley3 said:
It was made of materials that can withstand the heat. Having said that, it is such a relief to see the nave being largely intact. For that, I thank the designer and the builder of the church!
And then another one named @JussrR affirmed:
It's in the part of the cathedral that was protected by the stone roof which is still largely intact; most of what's inside there made it through. The cross was not miraculously spared; it's just that this is a close-up shot that doesn't show most of the rest.
The tragedy has shocked many people all around the world. French President Emmanuel Macron made a statement to reporters on the cause and has promised an immediate start to an international fundraising campaign to rebuild the cathedral. He calls it the French destiny and claims "we will rebuild this cathedral together":
I'm telling you all tonight — we will rebuild this cathedral together. This is probably part of the French destiny. And we will do it in the next years. Starting tomorrow, a national donation scheme will be started that will extend beyond our borders.
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Looks like it's going to be a real dog fight with so many Leinster neighbors fighting it out. Great to see Laois punished with a game in Croke Park! You couldn't make it up.
Down and Westmeath favoutites to go up?
Not sure about that we've 4 away games again >:( Put up a poll there catch & kick and see what the gaaboard thinks.
Laois didn't deserve any punishment. Sugrue has been very good with clubs. However for Croke Park to give a game in Croke Park as a punishment is taking the biscuit!!
I suppose we'll take another year of keeping heads above water, but it could be harder this time.
We should survive anyway. If we had all the lads who were asked in committed, then we'd be looking at division 2. But shur, we'll play with the hand that we're dealt with.
If pre season competitions are anything to go by Westmeath and Sligo must be favourites for promotion. An O Byrne Cup title must give Westmeath great momentum and confidence. Sligo were edged out by the Rossies who hammered Galway yesterday.
Will be interesting to see what Mr. Maughan "tanman" will do for Offaly. My prediction is that he will lead them out of the 3rd division but it will be down to the 4th he will lead them.
Will he last beyond Lá 'le Pádraig??
Four away games this year for us. We need a win on Sunday if at all possible, we are a very young team and I like the fact that we are building for the future. I think we will survive, but it won't be easy. McDonnell is a big loss for us.
Great start. Sugrue is a class man manager.
Hard to know yet. Carlow are still rising though.
Eh............can we go back to discussing shite Div 3 football please?
I thought we were - I didn't make up 'European Handball' of out nowhere.
Ok - and we're back.
Down travel to table topping Longford on Sunday. Longford have a great record against Down and will hope to consolidate their push for promotion. I'm not sure how many of the Mullinalaghtas have made themselves available. This will be clearer later today or tomorrow.
Didn't travel but, by all accounts, Down were the far better side. Away to Laois next Sat eve. Getting very tight in Div 3.
And if someone can explain the scoring for me, louth go 3-1 up, Sligo get 5 in a row and go 6-3 ahead 20 mins gone, HT scoreline louth 3-8 Sligo 8pts, how does one make sense of that? Feel sorry for my 70 yr old Dad driving all that way on his own to see that rubbish, absolutely fuming.
Really good second half from Westmeath yesterday to turn around the flow of the match after Laois had the better of the first. We were much more direct after half time and we need to employ this approach when not playing one of the 15 behind the ball teams. Laois sending Kingston onto the edge of the square and bringing O'Carroll out to the 40 worked in our favour too. It was nice to see some old style man on man proper defending yesterday. Kevin Maguire played like a man who was never away, while Boidu and Wallace were to the fore too. Laois look to have a corner back every bit as good as Joe Higgins was in Gareth Dillon, looks a class act. If Paddy Holloway could be tempted back it would really tie up the backline.
Up the far end our final pass let us down in the first half, could have been in on goal a couple of times only for poor handling. Passed up an excellent chance at the back post in the second half too. Great to get the win though, puts us back in the promotion race, win our last 3 games and we're guaranteed to go up. 2 of them away so no easy task. Need to win away to a Sligo team fighting for their lives next Sunday.
For me the minimum was Div3 status and beat London but this team was capable of more, the manner of how we stayed up wasn't pretty, the manner of our defeat to Galway and Armagh have to be considered.
There was lots of negatives behind the scenes too, that transferred to the pitch, his whole approach was poor, out of his depth. I'm glad he is gone.
Our CB are so poor I don't know what they will come up with next. No self-respecting outside manager will come to us. O Hara/McGowan could be anything from a disaster to great imo.
Just wondering what you think of Cathal Corey now?
The same, he was poor and should never have been appointed just like Taylor. The panel was a far bit stronger last year in fairness to Taylor. And the only reason we stayed up was 4 home games. If Derry was away we would be div4 already.
What we need is an experienced manager.
Have you ever considered that it may not be the managers fault?
For me this is the crux of the matter. We have Div 4 players heading for Div 4 and it's been coming for 2 or 3 years at least.
We've had a few great servants for the county hanging on the last few years who are well, well past their best and they stayed on because we needed them. The likes of Harrison, Egan, Donovan, Marren, Breheny and a few others hung on in there when they were getting nothing out of it and well past their best but they were still invaluable to us staying up.
This year they have all parted ways with the exception of Marren, not sure if Donovan is still involved but he had a bad knee injury last year so he may have had no choice. It's probably something we should have done a few years back and we might have been further down the rebuilding process..
The result Sunday was humiliating but I can't see where this talk is coming about how we should be doing so much better, for me the results tie in with the level of players available to us. On here the past few years, we've seen the criticism the likes of Carew and Corey came under, they kept us in Div 3 with a mix of ageing players past their best and young inexperienced players. David Kelly has not committed now in the past 3 seasons under the last 3 managers, this year as well as the experienced players walking away we are also without the likes of McDonnell, Cian Breheny and Kyle Cawley who would be 3 of our more experienced players now despite being quite young themselves.
There's only about 5 or 6 players of the 20 involved against Louth who would have more than 5 Championship appearances and one is a very flawed keeper who has somehow kept goal for the past 5 seasons under 3 different managers.
For me, this season has been coming for some time and the woes of Sligo in the past few seasons have little to do with management but a complete lack of talent that has come through Sligo football in the past decade. Sligo club football is as low as I can ever remember it and if that is the case how can we expect a manager to come in and achieve something with the playing resources available to him. Hopefully the county board have learned their lesson and we can build towards the future.
Are Longford any good ?
The league table tells all.
They're not bad, will be there or thereabouts.
I think my question was mis-interpreted as it was phrased rather badly.
I was really asking are they better than the results suggest? I was surprised that they lost to Louth (not so much to Westmeath) and I was wondering are they missing a few lads for one reason or another. To see poor aul Ross Munnelly slaving away when he deserves his retirement suggests a lack of talent coming through.
Laois usually get the better of Longford and Sat will probably be no different. I will head there anyway..........Laoislad never replied to my text asking if he'd meet up for a Chicken burger after!
I'll meet up with ye for a chicken burger ? What's the Robbie Smyth situation ? Many mullinalaghta lads commmiting ?
Laois probably the best team Down have come up against this year. Although Down were missing a lot of players for the first few matches. I would expect Laois to take care of Longford with a few to spare. What's Offaly like men? I'm surprised at how well Louth are going.
Who's managing Louth these days?
While Div 2 was a struggle for Louth last year it shouldn't be forgotten that they finished top of Div 3 in 2017.
May take a rain check on the burger. Laoislad - let me know if you are actually going.
Mullinalaghtas are coming back -- 3 were on the pitch last week. Not sure about this eve.
Mind the speed cameras on the roadworks on the way back up to Dubland.!!
Westmeath up to second with a win over Sligo, who remain the only team in the four divisions without a point and are now relegated with two games still to play.
So it's Down' s league to lose at this stage and next up for us, the men from Carlow.
What the feck is going on in Sligo at all?
It was a good entertaining match in Portlaoise but ultimately Laois deserved the win. Longford had two gilt edged goal changes in the second half but...well....aunt and her balls come to mind.
Promotion is a very long shot but we'll stay mid table - which I will take. I cannot see a dispirited Sligo come away with 2 point in a fortnight from a trip to Longford.
Last game v Westmeath could be one where WH are playing for promotion. It's in Mullingar so it could be a dinger.
Sligo are rebuilding, they were competitive enough until Westmeath started converting their goal chances to put daylight between the sides. Our decision making in the final third is letting us down but have to say that two of the goals were extremely well worked, which hopefully is a sign of work on the practice field coming to the fore. There's lots of evidence of work done on kickouts, we have a decent range of options now on that front. Not sure what exactly happened for the Sligo goal but we left the goal completely unprotected and were caught out.
Luke had his best league game so far, O'Toole was excellent up there too. Heslin still rusty but will only get better. Sam is now first choice midfielder and is full of action. Maguire has really tightened up the full back line and Boidu has raised his game too since he's come back. 8 points probably a fair reflection on the gap between the teams and sets us up nicely for a trip to Louth in 2 weeks. Win our last 2 games we'll be promoted, as simple as that.
Us (Laois) and Offaly in Tullamore in two weeks is a huge one now for both teams.
If Offaly lose, they're nearly relegated. If they turn us over, we could be dragged into a relegation tussle with Offaly and potentially Carlow who we play in the last game. But an away win and we could possibly still grab one of the promotion spots.
Can see Laois making it to 10 points alright, 11 guarantees promotion so should Down win away to Carlow the next day they'll only need a draw against Louth the last day. Longford will beat Sligo and will be pushing us hard to get to 10 points the last day as well. Imperative we beat Louth away the next day, something we haven't managed to do in the league for a number of years. Some awful trips to Haggardstown there a few years ago.
If Down beat Carlow and WM and L draw, Down can relax on the last day.
Other If statements to follow.
If Offaly beat relegated Sligo in the last round and Carlow don't get points against Down or Leix, that's safety.
Nice piece in the Irish News yesterday on the Carlow / Down connection.
Never been to Carlow so looking forward to heading down on Saturday. Where do the Carlow folk recommend eating after the match?
Always a good day when you beat the BIFFOs..
Not the worst game ever in Longford......Sligo weren't too bad...as seemed to be their trait they fell away in the second half having led at half time.
Their full fwd getting a second yellow early in the 2nd half didn't help the cause.
Longford deserved their win 2-14 to 0-13.
Glad I made the trip and not sit at home to watch Wales v Ireland.
Seemingly Louth v Westmeath won't be played this weekend so surely this promotion places difficult to to call?
Good win for Longford today, agree with you Shamrock that it was decent games in conditions but don't think we can still go up?
Down look all but certain to go up, it looks like it's between Westmeath, Laois and Louth for the other place.
I'd personally fancy Westmeath, they look a slick outfit and if they beat Louth its theirs to lose.
Shamrock, any idea who the Longford make uisce with number 2 on the back...was patrolling the stand sideline...never stopped roaring...was it Donnellan from Galway who is involved?
Was there too for my sins. First half was good enough from us, some very good play from the forwards. The second....not so good. The double whammy of Hughes getting red and conceding the goal killed us, the outcome was never in doubt after that. Nice to see the stand in PP back in working order.
Aye Qwerty - John Donellan, ex-Galway, has a coaching role.
Be interesting to see when Louth v Westmeath can happen...looks a bit of a mess but 'm not surprised as that pitch in Drogheda is a disaster zone.
Does anyone know why it was not possible to reschedule the postponed Louth-Westmeath match for yesterday or today ?
This was done with Clare-Meath in Div2 yesterday.
Round 7 matches are all fixed for same time, 2pm, next Sunday and all finals schedule for following weekend.
I'm guessing the postponed Louth-Westmeath match will be played next weekend and Round 7 games in Div3 the following weekend ???
Problem there Boy Wonder is that the Div 3 final is supposed to be in Croke Park on Sat 30th.
Has to be played somewhere under lights on Wed. Cannot allow the final round of games, with so much on the line for 3-4 teams chasing promotion, to drift.
I don't think there is any mix of results on Sun that would make the Louth v Westmeath game a dead rubber which could be quietly ignored.
Wins for Down, Laois and Longford would take care of that I think. Should still be played anyway even if it's just to give panel members a run-out.
If Louth's pitch was not deemed playable for any day over the weekend why was game not moved to a nominated neutral venue. Surely the onus is on Louth to provide a playable pitch-every other county in Ireland was able to do so over weekend. When this could not be facilitated move game accordingly.
It seems it was nothing to do with the pitch but player work commitments.
Good few Gardai on the teams so they were not available with parades etc.
Anyway we'll know later today what happens.
A totally amateurish ;) turn of events!
- this match could possibly decide the top 2 positions and in that situation either Louth or Westmeath will have nothing to play for.
Longford would also be in the running for promotion if they beath Westmeath next Sunday.
The CCCC will be praying that results next Sunday will render Louth-Westmeath match meaningless, otherwise objections could be on the cards.
The Louth-Westmeath match should have been scheduled prior to completion of Round 7.
It's a mess. But opposing a re-scheduling for the 17th or 18th (at 24/48 hours notice) was perfectly valid. This is an amateur sport. For example, I know that the Westmeath team has a number of Garda - who were down to work both days.
Wednesday night seemed like a reasonable night to re-schedule for - no idea why that didn't happen.
It's only Div 3 lads - the big bananas don't care about us.
Betcha this wouldn't be tolerated in Div 1 or 2.
That said, looking forward to the trip to Mullingar on Sun. It will be a game played at championship intensity.
It's just an oul Leinster (rest of ) League so like ye're Championship no one cares in GAA top brass.
Which the Ulster men will win!
If Louth didn't have a venue last Sunday morning the game should have been switched to Westmeath if a neutral venue couldn't be quickly arranged. Not like the counties are the opposite ends of the country from each other either. HQ knew games would be in doubt that weekend so should have made contingency plans, particularly with the state of the pitch in Drogeda in mind. The referees's calls in the second half of division 3 matches could be very topical next week.
It wouldn't happen to elite counties because their players don't work full time jobs.
Thank God. For their crimes against football alone, before taking their antics into account.
If Louth wins they take 1st place based on score difference and go up with Laois.
If Westmeath wins they take 1st place based on points difference and go up with Laois.
If Westmeath and Louth draw then it means Laois and Westmeath go up on superior score difference.
Delighted Offaly survived and Carlow didn't. Shame that Sligo were doomed and I hope to see them bounce back. They played nice football v us in Longford.
I hope never to see Carlow again. Their brand of football makes you want to cry.
Westmeath well worth their win today. We only had about 5 minutes of control. The rest was Westmeath and should have won by more.
Well done Laois and fair play to Louth. Having seen them the first day I thought they were for the kn**ker's yard.
Do tell LC. Just don't name him/her. Did they lob a greener at someone?
He did. Everyone likes the lesser counties to do well but the way Carlow have gone about things has left them with few admirers. Especially from counties who've come up against them. A horrible, defensive, cynical and sometimes filthy game plan. This member of their management team is well known and his actions today were disgusting. Not only the aforementioned incident but running onto the pitch to get in the referees face when the game is still ongoing is unacceptable. I'm delighted Carlow have been sent back to division 4, it's where they belong.
Fair summation SS, we were all over the place on kickouts, which gave ye a foothold in the match. We must have lost most of our own in the first half and the few we did retain we invariably lost possession through poor transition into your half. Couldn't believe we didn't push up on your kickouts in the second half and let ye out so easy. Kickouts has been the one area we've really improved on this year, well until yesterday. We passed up an easy opportunity to kill the game early in the second half too before ye broke down the field to equalise, we don't like to make it easy for ourselves.
Great to see Heslin sharpen his edges and return to form, took some lovely points. Ger Egan was exceptional though, as he has been since the first game of the O'Byrne Cup. Being released from the shackles of midfield really suits his game. Boidu settling nicely into the corner back spot now and having Maguire back there beside him is a real assurance. Surprised at Smith going straight into the team but suppose we have to give him a chance, showed good energy. O'Toole is a great little poacher, brilliant awareness on the pitch.
As expected we need a result up in Drogheda, by all accounts Louth were very deserving winners up in Down so we have it all to do. Looking forward to the occasion though, if not the venue.
Like most, glad to see the back of Carlow from division 3 and not surprised to hear reports about the Carlow selector's antics. The worst display I ever witnessed on a sideline was from him 2 years ago in Cusack Park. He should have been put in the stands on numerous occasions, good riddance.
Westmeath promoted with a draw.
20 weeks for Turlough for his antics ???


While walking down the road, you see a hilarious signage that cracks you up to the the bones— did that happen to you before?
I am pretty sure we have had that moments and it is just amazing how people can make hilarious signages, unintentionally. I mean, those signages or most of them are surely sarcastic but it still amazes me how creative people can get when making one of those.
Some of the most hilarious signages that I have seen so far are from churches. Yes, churches!
While churches in Europe may be world-famous for their historical value and architecture, churches in America are known for their notoriously funny and clever front lawn signs.
Much like a store might write up a cheeky message on their sidewalk A-frame to entice people walking by to come inside, churches use humorous marquees to try and draw potential faithfuls in to fill their pews – or, now and then, just to put a smile on someone's face who might need it. The trendier the joke, the more likely they are to appeal to young audiences.


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Netflix's 'Blonde': Why Marilyn Monroe's death remains a mystery even after 60 years?
By Aayush Sharma
Updated On : 01:56 PST, Sep 28, 2022
American film actress Marilyn Monroe (Norma Jean Mortenson or Norma Jean Baker, 1926 - 1962). (Photo by Baron/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
The golden era of Hollywood saw a lot of extraordinary actors dazzling the screen with their impeccable acting and unique style. However, there's one name that reigned in the entertainment industry and took everyone by storm with her unmatched beauty and quirky nature. Yes, we are talking about Marilyn Monroe. It didn't take her much time to become one of the most talked-about celebrities across the globe and garnered a lot of success. Even though her life was filled with glitz and glamour, there was a lot of uneasiness that she could never talk about with anyone. Maybe, that's why no one could believe when the news broke that Monroe was found dead in her bedroom on August 5, 1962.
The news of Monroe's death sent shockwaves in the industry and her fans couldn't believe that the actress died after giving one of her most compelling performances in the 1961 movie 'The Misfits'. At the time of her death, the toxicology report revealed that the cause of death was acute barbiturate poisoning.
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It's been more than 60 years since Monroe was pronounced dead and her sudden demise continues to generate conspiracy theories as to whether her overdose was an accident, overdose, or something even more diabolical. But why are these theories still doing rounds and why does Monroe's death still remains a mystery for some people? First, we need to realize that these theories are not new. As soon as Monroe died, a lot of people believed that she was murdered. Her fans and loyalists continued to float rumors over the years and the situation got so bad that the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office reopened an investigation into the actor's death in 1982, almost 20 years after she was found unresponsive in her bedroom.
However, in December 1982, District Attorney John Van de Kamp revealed that "no further criminal investigation into Miss Monroe's death was planned". He also said, "Our inquiries and document examination uncovered no credible evidence supporting a murder theory."
The investigation was complete and the case of Monroe's death was closed. But the probe didn't satisfy those who believed that the actor's death was not accidental and something really bad happened to her. The most common notion among the conspiracy theorists was that Monroe was killed due to her connections to President John F Kennedy and US Attorney General Robert F Kennedy.
US statesman John F Kennedy, 35th president of the USA, making a speech (Central Press/Getty Images)
In 1991, Vogue reported that a private investigator Fred Otash and Peter Lawford, brother-in-law of John F Kennedy, met in the early morning hours of August 5 and as soon as Otash opened the door for him, Lawford gave him the news of Marilyn's death. The report also suggested that Lawford was a "nervous wreck" because if an investigation of Monroe's death was conducted, it would reveal her affairs with the Kennedy brothers. However, the most interesting part of the report comes when Lawford apparently told Otash that he went to Monroe's house to "clean up" and had removed all the compelling evidence that he could find.
To this date, no one knows what this evidence was and it continues to haunt people. That's why, even after more than six decades after her death, we still see a lot of theories surfacing online about her sudden demise and that's not shocking. If you follow Monroe's life and see how she lived her life after becoming a part of Hollywood, you'll realize that she endured a lot of setbacks from the people she knew. She also got addicted to drugs in the later part of her life which played an integral role in making her life miserable.
On the other hand, the reports of her having affair with then-President John F Kennedy made her life even more controversial and it doesn't come as a shock that she was on the radar of a lot of people. That's why when Monroe died, a large section of the society believed that the authorities were not telling people the truth to protest some renowned people.
American actress Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962) stands in a staircase alongside a wall with a floral-motif pattern, late 1950s. She wears a black cocktail dress and dangling earrings. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Even 60 years after her death, Monroe continues to be a topic of discussion, and sadly, people keep talking about the darkest periods of her life, and not the extraordinary work she did when she conquered the industry with her charm and impeccable acting.
'Blonde', which is a fictionalized take on Marilyn Monroe's life, will be premiering exclusively on Netflix on Wednesday, September 28, 2022.
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London is definitely a winter city which excels during the darker months, and in particular the Christmas festivities associated with this season. Wrapping up warm and exploring the city at this time of year is an entirely unique experience, and the chances of stumbling across a Christmas market along the way are high. Typically you will see visitors, huddled together for protection against the arctic like conditions, and indulging in traditional mulled wine, and scoffing minced pies. Lighting up the capital for the countdown to Christmas, the capital is awash with great events such as the markets; which are the headline acts for many of the seasonal celebrations. An occasion to be shared with friends and family and to soak up the joyous atmosphere sprinkled in laughter and happiness. Choosing the perfect market to attend is a difficult decision, so we have hand selected our favourite Christmas themed markets the capital has to offer this year, enjoy!
There is an array of Christmas inspired events at the Old Spitalsfield Market this year. As a quirky market that reaches out in terms of its vintage fashion, art, jewellery, and antiques, this is the perfect place to purchase sentimental gifts for your loved ones which they won't want to return. Just a short walk away from Liverpool Street Station and you will enter an essence of old London, as the terrain transforms into cobbled streets accompanied by vocal market traders. Early November sees the turning on of the lights followed by a free concert in support of Christian Aid. This focus on giving extends to the ELBA Christmas Toy Appeal which accepts donations to be deployed to the more unfortunate families across East London. The 12 days of Christmas begins at the end of November and the grand finale gives one lucky winner a generous present of £120,000. During the middle of December Spitalfields collaborates with London Jewellery Week; including costume and vintage jewellery, showcased by workshops, demonstrations, and a fashion show.
This one day event takes place in the luscious grounds of the St Marylebone Parish Church. Individual designers, global foods, and special crafts are the highlight of this manic festive celebration. A village like market which promotes locally grown produce and designers to showcase their delicious food and unique textiles. Along with the flavoursomeselection of cuisine, visitors to the Cabbages and Frocks Christmas market will find a variety of designers selling their attire. Rustle around for Italian cashmere, accessories, jewellery, and organic knitwear for babies and pick up cupcakes, sausages and lots more from the regular stall holders. The market shuts up shop just in time for the illumination of the Christmas light parade (7pm) along Marylebone high street. A great day out, ideal for families with young children; mesmerised by the playful festive lights, and the hustle and bustle of this short lived Christmas market.
Opening times: Monday-Friday 11:00-22:00, Saturday & Sunday 10:00-22:00.
Following the theme of London being the most culturally diverse city in the world, the Southbank Christmas market has a German inspired theme with all the trimmings; Glühwein (German mulled wine), Bratwurst sausage, and plenty more authentic delights. A total of 80 wooden huts occupy the levees of the River Thames, meandering from the London Eye down to Waterloo Bridge. Last minute unique Christmas presents can be found in the shape of handmade toys, jewellery and fragrant soaps. Children are more than welcome; this year the introduction of 2 huts offering a workshop in handicrafts is available, allowing parents to wonder off for a crafty festive beverage. Local schools and office choirs belt out an array of musical styles to get you in the mood. It's worth mentioning that if you time your visit right the South bank Christmas market coincides with the Real Food Christmas Market (a mouthwatering market also located on the Southbank between the 14th - 16th and 20th - 23rd December).
Leanden hall was used as the film set for Diagon Alley in the Harry Potter films and it definitely lives up to its magical reputation. Open all year round, this buzzing market transforms during the Christmas period to great effect. The architecture of this ancient hall; a restored market from the Victorian era (which is conveniently enclosed with a roof), is astounding with its high ceilings and detailed design. Leaden Hall Christmas market is sat right in the middle of all this, providing customers with produce of the highest quality, rich in meat, fish and fine cheeses. Leaden hall market is certainly a place to admire at a leisurely pace as the Christmas cheer bounces from wall to wall. Exclusive shops and dated pubs circulate the peripherals of the market, ensuring a well rounded shopping experience, topped off with hearty English grub, or a liquid lunch, more suitable to a traditional British Christmas extravaganza.
Whilst being the most bustling of all the London markets, Hyde Park Winter Wonderland is the perfect place to bring the family. The vast natural surroundings of the park sets a rural scene; the gates open free of charge and the only feasible description can be explained as capturing Christmas in a bottle, inclusive of all its associated aromas and energised ambience. The elongated market consists of 100 cosy wooden chalets that you would expect to see in the Pyrenees Mountains; selling jewellery, accessories, clothing, handicrafts, and sweet and savoury culinary delights, which will surely keep the young ones preoccupied while you secretly buy them stocking fillers. A second market dedicates itself to Yuletide (a Germanic religion which has now been incorporated into Christmas); where original Christmas decorations can be acquired. The fun continues with ice skating, Santa's grotto, and thrill seeking rides that complete the adventure.
Greenwich market becomes even more active during the festive holidays; with some fantastic typically Christmas additions. Be sure to peruse the 150 craft and designer market stalls, ideal for stocking fillers. Highlights include original artworks and handcrafted toys, clothes, handmade jewellery, beauty treatments and delicious festive foods and drinks. Santa will be landing in Greenwich market on the 15th-16th and the 22nd-23rd of December with his temporary grotto, and assisted by his charismatic elf capable of magic and balloon work to speed the queue along; costing only £4 to have a chat with Santa is a bargain. The festive spirit comes alive early in Greenwich; on the 28th of November local school children and television presenters spark the Christmas lights and serenade the countdown with traditional carols and theatrical performances. This year Robin Hood also makes a special guest return.


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When we make our plays, special/sad/bad/funny/unexpected tiny moments are what we search out and the things that become the fundamental base that we expand upon to create our onstage worlds. We work to find these minor elements of language or action that get to the root of the mood and meaning of our play. In this workshop we will guide (and sometimes trick) each other and ourselves into making these moments; working on our feet with objects, lists, etudes and possibly some god-awful love letters.
About The Debate Society
The Debate Society is a Brooklyn based company that creates new plays through the collaboration of Hannah Bos, Paul Thureen (writer/performers) and Oliver Butler (director/developer). The Debate Society trio are recipients of a 2012 Obie Grant, Sundance Institute Fellows, winners of a 2010 "Village Voice Best of Award" for "Best Argument for Devised Theater" and the 2012/13 Ars Nova Company in Residence.
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Cry You One is a project of Mondo Bizarro that combines a site-specific performance with an outdoor procession to highlight how rapidly one of the world's most vibrant cultures is disappearing. It is shared on the sites of erosion in South Louisiana, where water is reclaiming land once occupied by people's homes. Led by Jeff Becker and Nick Slie, this interactive workshop will guide participants through our process when creating site-responsive performance events, using Cry You One as a focal point. People should be prepared to witness, ask questions, move, sing, and make things with their hands.
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Mondo Bizarro creates original works of performance that are rooted in a particular sense-of-place and that reflect the joys, desires, memories, and possibilities of the communities from which they are born. Their work ranges from collaborative ensemble productions to large-scale festivals, from digital storytelling to daring site-specific events. Artists of place, all their journeys begin and end in New Orleans: they tour to embolden their efforts there.
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In the twelve months before his sudden death, Hans Urs von Balthasar had been writing a series of reflections on the twelve articles of the Apostles' Creed. These texts, which are undoubtedly among the last things he wrote, take on the character of a legacy, a spiritual testament. For they amount in their extraordinary compactness and depth to a little "summa" of his theology. What he had set out in detail in numerous books over five decades, he summarizes here in contemplative plainness and simplicity.
All the characteristics that make von Balthasar's work so distinctive and valuable are to be found here: breadth of vision, loveliness of style, and an intuitive-contemporary passion that allows him to "pray intellectually and think 'cordially'."
In his warm and extensive introduction to the book, Medard Kehl speaks of von Balthasar's "unclouded, almost childlike joy in the richness and beauty of the Mystery" of the threefold God, which "is evidenced in his interpretation of the creed."
About Hans Urs von Balthasar
Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905–1988) was a Swiss theologian widely regarded as one of the greatest theologians and spiritual writers of modern times. Named a cardinal by Pope John Paul II, he died shortly before being formally inducted into the College of Cardinals. He wrote over one hundred books, including Prayer, Heart of the World, Mary for Today, Love Alone Is Credible, Mysterium Paschale and his major multi-volume theological works: The Glory of the Lord, Theo-Drama and Theo-Logic.
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Tardigrades, the Toughest Creatures on Earth, Have an Achilles' Heel—Global Warming
By Hannah Osborne On 1/14/20 at 11:50 AM EST
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Tardigrades are one of the toughest species on the planet. They can survive being boiled and frozen, and go a decade without water. They are also the only known creatures to have survived the vacuum of space. Yet scientists say they may now have found these micro-animals' Achilles' heel—global warming.
In a study published in Scientific Reports, researchers led by Ricardo Neves, from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, looked at how well a species of tardigrade, Ramazzottius varieornatus, coped under different temperature conditions.
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"One of the [things] that makes tardigrades so interesting is their extraordinary ability to survive in environments characterized by severe conditions, such as environments without oxygen or water and temperatures close to the absolute zero," Neves told Newsweek. "Moreover, we were aware of previous studies reporting on their ability to endure high temperatures (up to 151 C) for short exposure times (up to one hour). However, it remained to be seen whether tardigrades could endure exposure to high temperatures for periods exceeding one hour, which we tested in our study."
R. varieornatus is a species of tardigrade that is found in transient freshwater habitats like roof gutters. In order to actively feed and reproduce, they need to be surrounded by a film of water.
Like other tardigrades, R. varieornatus is able to enter a state of cryptobiosis—a sort of state of suspended animation. There are five subtypes of cryptobiosis, and the team was looking specifically at desiccation, which allows it to survive without water.
Neves said that because of previous research showing their ability to survive extreme temperatures, they were expecting the tardigrades to be able to cope fairly well under different conditions. This, however, was not the case. "We had found their Achilles' heel," Neves said. "Tardigrades are definitely not the almost indestructible organism as advertised in so many popular science websites."
The researchers looked at how the tardigrades found in roof gutters in Denmark coped under different temperatures. They found that about 50 percent of tardigrades in the active state died when the temperature was put up to 37.1 C. If they were given time to acclimatize, they made it to 37.6 C. If they were in a state of cryptobiosis, they could survive temperatures of up to 82.7 C for one hour. If exposed for 24 hours, the maximum temperature was 63.1 C.
Artist impression of a tardigrade. Researchers have found tardigrades in their active state are unable to survive warmer temperatures, raising concerns over their future under current global warming. iStock
The highest temperature ever recorded in Denmark is 36.4 C. This is not far off the maximum tardigrades in the active state can survive in, the researchers note. This, they say, could mean the species struggles as global temperatures increase.
According to Climate Change Adaptation, a website run by Denmark's Ministry of the Environment and Food of Denmark and the Environmental Protection Agency, climate change will result in the country having warmer summers, longer heatwaves and more periods of drought.
"The fact that the median lethal temperature for active R. varieornatus is so close to the median maximum temperature in Denmark—where the specimens used in this study have been sampled—is quite worrying in our opinion," Neves said. "Before our study tardigrades were regarded as the only organism on Earth to survive a cataclysmic event, but now we know this is not true. [While tardigrades are] among the most resilient organisms inhabiting our planet, it is now clear that they are vulnerable to high temperatures. Therefore, it seems that even tardigrades will have a hard time handling rising temperatures due to global warming."
He said that while R. varieornatus may be able to acclimatize to increasing temperatures, more studies on different species would be needed to better understand how they may cope in a warmer world. This is what the team now plans to do, Neves said.
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Loyalist College is dedicated to creating a safe, supportive and open environment where students are encouraged to promote awareness of sexual violence, which affects one in four women and one in six men. It's real.
If you need immediate assistance, please contact:
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For after hours assistance, please contact:
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What is consent?
It's any type of unwanted sexual act done by one person to another that violates the sexual integrity of the victim and involves a range of behaviours from any unwanted touching to penetration. Sexual assault is characterized by a broad range of behaviours that involve the use of force, threats, or control towards a person, which makes that person feel uncomfortable, distressed, frightened, threatened, or that is carried out in circumstances in which the person has not freely agreed, consented to, or is incapable of consenting to.
What is sexual violence?
A broad term that describes any violence, physical or psychological, carried out through sexual means or by targeting sexuality. This violence takes different forms including sexual abuse and sexual assault.
For more information, please refer to the College's Sexual Assault and Sexual Violence Policy.


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Q: ASP.NET - Query value is passed correctly but does not return any results in the query API string I have a form that submit a query to an API. the parameter is passed correctly to the next page and I can print it as a test, but it is not passed to the API query
q='%"&Request.QueryString("id")&"%'
sometimes the result is just generic and does not include the query parameter. I can print it and the parameter is definitely passed to the page but it is just ignored or return an error: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Any ideas on how to fix this? not sure if it is a formatting issue or the way the page is loaded.
This requests the query parameter and displays it on the page as a test (correct value is returned)
Form page:
dim intID as String
intID = Request.QueryString("id")
Response.write(intID)
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This is the Query Parameter section:
Dim doc As New XmlDocument()
doc.Load("http://api.tradedoubler.com/1.0/products.xml;q='%"&Request.QueryString("id")&"%'?token=B17495243749DAC9660980F6FB98495928DDX123")
So when I use the browser - copy the link to the url with a parameter e.g. q=spain, I get the correct results but when embedded in the asp.net page, it doesn't work

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Match Report: Bolton Wanderers 0-2 West Bromwich Albion
Tennis balls, dodgy banners, big protests and crap football
By AdamK21 Jan 22, 2019, 9:05pm GMT
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Tennis balls, dodgy banners, big protests and crap football. What a fixture for Monday night on Sky sports. I'm glad then that coverage was largely focused around the 2-4 thousand strong protesters outside of the club and the on-goings during the game. The fans certainly made their voices heard and the scrutiny now on them from the wider football community can hopefully hasten their departure. Wanderers went into this fixture having won once in the league since September. West Brom hadn't won in 4 but even so this was very much billed as David vs Goliath pre match. Admittedly, I wasn't overly optimistic but strange things can always happen in football and I thought that the protest atmosphere and a rainy night in Bolton might give us a bit of an advantage.
Things didn't start that badly, well for the first 20 minutes. We pressed West Brom well while also keeping them largely at arms length and Gary O'Neill, who gave a standout performance on his return, had a great chance but flicked his diving header across the face of goal. All it took was a silly challenge from the otherwise solid Jason Lowe, to provide Chris Brunt with the opportunity to whip a ball in from the outside of the box. Craig Dawson headed back across goal and Jay Rodrigeuz was there to nod home from a yard out. It was a very soft goal to concede, considering we're a team that's set up to defend. We didn't let our heads drop though and pushed our way back into the game, with Ameobi showing his customary flashes of brilliance. I am just constantly left frustrated by Sammy; he is our best player but he just doesn't look arsed half the time. He had what was probably our best chance of the game just after half hour, some good football found him outside the box and he whipped a shot at Johnstone that required a excellent save to tip over. After that I thought he fell out of the game and probably should have been taken off instead of Murphy. The atmosphere in the ground was buzzing and tension was clearly creeping onto the pitch as players had niggles with each other and challenges went in hard. The most entertaining part of that half though was watching the East Lower try to get a banner up to the upper tier. Ugly scenes unfortunately marred this protest as stewards intervened to try and seemingly confiscate the banner, with the police eventually stepping in to try and calm the situation down.
I was optimistic that we would be able to keep up the momentum we had built throughout the first half and was confident that with a few changes, we could definitely get something against a West Brom defence that hadn't had much work to do. Aside from a good bit of pressure after kick off, Jason Lowe forcing a smart save out of Sam Johnstone on the half volley, we were largely flat throughout most of the second half. Parky consistently frustrates me with his substitutions and team selections; Donaldson up top as our lone frontman wasn't working from minute 1 so why he waited until the 70th minute to introduce Magennis, I don't know. We were crying out for some freshness in attack, the players got into good positions but seemed bereft of ideas in the final 3rd, this problem is compounded by the fact we've only scored 18 times overall, the lowest in the Football League. All of this is made more annoying by the fact that very few teams have played us off the park this season, aside from the drubbing we got off Sheffield Utd. I cannot question the competitive attitude and work ethic of our players but we're sorely lacking quality and Parkinson refuses to change anything until it's too late. We huffed and puffed in the second half but never really looked like we were going to cause West Brom any problems and all it took was a lapse in concentration from Hobbs to gift Sam Fields with an easy chance to break our resolve. At that point 2-0 was game over and a free header for Magennis from a good delivery by O'Neill was all we had to offer in the closing stages. The one bright spark of our second half was the performance of Pritchard off the bench, he looked assured on his debut and if our financial woes continue we might get to see him play a bit more this season.
Overall, it was a poor performance against a team that have their vulnerabilities. I would have liked to see a braver line up from Parkinson at home because we are dying for a bit of creativity in the final 3rd and can't keep relying solely on Ameobi. That lack of attacking presence is made worse in my eyes by the fact that Oztumer is playing for our Under 23s and can't seem to get a look in, with Gary O'Neill preferred in that position behind the striker last night. Friday night's game looks set to be an unnecessary distraction for the players ahead of the must win match against Reading next Tuesday.
Although it would be great if we could beat Bristol and get a big team and a nice little earner at the Unibol, I would like to see Parkinson change things up with his team selection.
Hopefully last night's protests spark a turning point in the fortunes of this once great club because relegation or not, we need stability at board level in order to build a team that is competitive and worthy of getting us back to the Premier League.


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Scrap metal market remains strong
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Published on August 13,2021 10:00 AM Scrap Metals
The shortage of lumber has made headlines in recent weeks as manufacturers and home owners alike grapple with trying to find much-needed material.
The same can be said for steel as it faces short supply in the U.S., with prices surging and attention turning to the recycled metals marketplace.
CashForCars.com's Thomas Hopkins said the U.S.'s steel and aluminum tariffs are having a direct effect on the increase in demand for these materials.
As Hopkins explained, as many U.S. based steel mills were shut down during the pandemic, the supply of steel has not been able to catch up with the massive increase in demand. Since August of 2020, U.S. steel prices increased by 160 percent.
"In order to meet this demand, the importation of steel and aluminum is becoming more common as the production of these materials in the U.S., is just starting to pick up," Hopkins said.
The tariffs on steel and aluminum are also harming many businesses as they are not able to remain profitable with the increased taxes on these materials. This effect can also be felt in the automotive industry. Electric cars are becoming more and more popular, but many are unaware that these vehicles take six times the number of minerals to produce than their combustion engine counterparts.
"Metals, such as lithium and cobalt, are needed to produce these massive batteries that EVs depend on. This trend has caused massive spikes in many metals, most notably lithium and molybdenum, with a 91.4 percent and a 114.89 percent spike respectively, since the beginning of 2021," Hopkins said.
Bruce Slosse, president and chief executive officer of Vendavo, a global price optimization and management solutions provider, said during lockdowns, workers were often told to stay home, typically meaning both primary production and dismantlers struggled to keep up with production numbers.
"For those that could produce at their usual rate, with reduced demand from their customers, they had to cut production when inventory levels ballooned," Slosse said. "This is in addition to any issues that were caused by logistics and transportation curtailments caused by the pandemic."
As the economic stress from the pandemic eases, it's sometimes difficult to "restart" the workforce in tandem with either shortages or excesses of material required for production. And again, transportation constraints remain as supply chains rebuild.
So how is this impacting the scrap metal market? Mike Petruski is a managing director with B. Riley Advisory Services. Petruski leads the firm's Metals & Mining Advisory Services vertical in the valuations of ferrous and nonferrous metal inventories, fabricated metals products, and machinery and equipment assets. With more than 30 years of industry specialization, Petruski has deep knowledge of international metals market pricing trends and works closely with asset-based lenders, investors, and private equity groups on complex, syndicated ABL credit facilities and the valuations necessary to expedite such transactions.
According to Petruski, in the short-term, prices for scrap should remain strong during 2021 with obsolete ferrous prices strengthening as mills use up prime sources. Additionally, due to some scarcity in prime from the manufacturing plant shutdowns earlier in 2020, obsolete scrap has seen increased usage in mills and should remain that way as long as the demand is strong downstream.
The metals market status may also mean a widening of discounts from prime LME/COMEX pricing for nonferrous materials. "The runaway pricing for nonferrous that we've seen this year, especially in aluminum, when you add in the Midwest transaction premium, almost certainly means the discounts for scrap will be higher than usual," Petruski said.
Pandemic impacts aside, there are other issues at play, affecting the scrap metal market. One issue is quite simple – cars are on the road longer, meaning less feedstock for shred.
"Also, the continued electric arc furnace (EAF) expansion means more scrap demand in the near future and the decarbonization of mills – less integrated mills in the future means more consumption of scrap for EAFs," Petruski said. "Additionally, China has re-entered the world market and is now importing ferrous scrap and loosened restrictions around importing nonferrous scrap so the export market continues to be a draw for material."
While there is a shortage of metals in the short term, Petruski said it should balance out heading into the future. Steel demand for automotive, including over-the-road trucks and trailers, RVs, appliances and infrastructure construction is expected to be strong domestically through 2021.
"That, paired with high demand of export scrap from Turkey and India for heavy melting steel (HMS) and shredded scrap, has caused a scarcity of supply in the market. All the manufacturing industries are playing catch up on supply. When demand returns, then we will see supply balance," Petruski said. However, future shortages could come into play with added electric arc furnace capacity. The mini-mills like Nucor and Steel Dynamics operate EAFs that primarily consume ferrous steel scrap unlike the integrated mills with blast furnaces that require coke, limestone and ferrous scrap (or DRI or HBI).
"Today over 71 percent of domestic steel production comes from EAFs but the amount of good ferrous manufacturing scrap, busheling, has not kept up with demand," Petruski said.
In Hopkins' opinion, the scrap and metal prices will continue to increase until U.S. steel production meets demand, or the tariffs on steel and aluminum are reversed.
"Tariffs are having the opposite effect of their intended purpose. Increased demand in these materials is pushing businesses to import finished goods created from steel or aluminum rather than manufacturing them in the U.S. to avoid the tariffs," Hopkins said.
For the scrap metal market, the future is very bright overall. As Hopkins pointed out, with recent trends in green energy, consumer shifts towards products made of recycled materials, and the rising prices of non-recycled ferrous and nonferrous metals, manufacturers will start turning towards recyclable scrap material to meet their productivity demand.
This is especially true for electric vehicle manufacturers who are purchasing massive amounts of very expensive materials," Hopkins said. "We're seeing the S&P GSCI Industrial Metals index rise by 17.5 percent year-to-date, indicating that there is serious and sustainable growth in the metals industry, and in turn, the scrap metal and recycling industry."
Slosse added that the long-term implications are inherently tied to increasing demand for steel and copper especially if the current infrastructure bill becomes law, as well as other metals essential to the electric vehicle boom.
"Primary metal production capacity will continue to increase, but due to these assets being capital intensive, investment will tend towards reducing risk – a bit slower than demand to ensure full asset utilization to meet return on investment and payback targets," Slosse said. For recyclers, this also means the scrap metal markets will be in a good condition for strong prices, but they will need to have business agility to pivot for short-term, locally significant exceptions.
"If your local market has new production capacity coming online soon – either primary or smelting/recycling – plan accordingly," Slosse said.
Recyclers should also keep in mind that the current shortage is probably more of a momentary supply issue from the impacts of COVID and the economy's recovery.
"The short-term shortage in some markets is due to transportation issues including a lack of trucks, railcars and shipping containers," Petruski said. "But in the long term, with increased domestic capacity coming online from new EAF production, there may soon be a persistent scrap shortage from what the historical supply balance has been."
Courtesy : americanrecycler.com
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How Social Media Networks Are Cracking Down on Russian Bots
Posted by Martin Ackerman | Mar 14, 2018 | Technology | 0 |
For the most part, social media sites and other 21st-century tech companies place a high value on freedom of expression. They want people to have a platform to share their ideas, even if those ideas are controversial. But even the tech bigwigs draw the line when it comes to fake users cranking out automated content. According to a Snopes report, Twitter and other social sites are cracking down on Russian bots and other similar accounts, issuing numerous bans and suspensions in an effort to put an end to artificial posts.
Twitter is understandably at the forefront of this movement to stifle Russian bots. The site came under fire after the 2016 election for its role in distributing propaganda and building an audience for hoax news stories. In response to this problem, the company has suspended thousands of accounts. Twitter said in a statement that the company is apolitical, but it made a non-partisan decision to eliminate accounts that were disingenuous.
"As part of our ongoing work in safety, we identify suspicious account behaviors that indicate automated activity or violations of our policies around having multiple accounts, or abuse," the company said. "We also take action on any accounts we find that violate our terms of service, including asking account owners to confirm a phone number so we can confirm a human is behind it."
Suspicion about the Russian bots issue has been mounting since November 2016. As public pressure built, Twitter leadership eventually felt compelled to take action. They moved to identify users who were putting up identical posts on multiple accounts as well as those who liked or retweeted posts simultaneously on more than one account, and bar them from creating future content. Additionally, Twitter is taking steps to preempt future bots by requiring users to provide a unique phone number or email address.
Twitter isn't the only social platform that's been tough on bots lately. The popular blogging site Medium also recently took a stand, announcing that they'd no longer allow their pages to host "online hate, abuse, harassment, and disinformation." Russian bots may have had an impact during the last election cycle, but today's tech leaders appear committed to making sure that doesn't happen again.
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Apple (AAPL) Acknowledges Issues in Latest MacBook Keyboard
Mar 29, 2019 11:00AM EDT
Per Verge, Apple AAPL admitted that its butterfly keyboard mechanism continues to trouble a small portion of third-generation MacBook users. The company's apology came in response to an article by Joanna Stern on The Wall Street Journal.
Notably, the presence of dirt inside the keys often leads to repetition of letters. At times, a letter does not appear when the corresponding key is pressed. Also, in some cases, the key(s) do not respond in a consistent manner
This comes after Apple promised to replace or repair faulty MacBook and MacBook Pro keyboards free of cost for products having warranty up to four years last June.
While Apple's flagship product, iPhone, is experiencing weak demand, sluggish PC market is also hurting MacBook sales. Notably, worldwide PC shipments declined 3.7% year over year in the final quarter of 2018, per IDC.
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Will Upgraded iMac Aid Growth?
Apple recently bolstered its iMac line-up, which is expected to deliver superior performance in terms of computing and graphics.
The 21.5-inch iMac features 8th-generation quad-core, and for the first time, 6-core processors, which will help it perform up to 60% faster. Additionally, the 27-inch iMac, which can deliver up to 2.4 times faster performance, will be available in two variants (9th-generation 6-core and 8-core processors).
Notably, the iMac features Intel's -core 9th-generation processors and Radeon Pro Vega graphics from Advanced Micro Devices.
Services Growth to Drive Momentum
Apple is increasingly banking on high-margin services business to drive top-line. The company unveiled a host of services on Mar 25 namely Apple TV+, Apple News+, Apple Credit Card and Apple Arcade.
Apple's streaming service, Apple TV+, hogged the limelight as the company had earlier piqued investors' interest with its high-profile deals with the likes of Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey and Jennifer Aniston to name a few.
Notably, Apple TV+ will include original programming and content from other providers like Showtime, HBO and CBS Access in order to survive competition from players like Netflix NFLX, Amazon AMZN and Disney's DIS upcoming streaming service.
This apart, Apple's efforts to grow revenues from the wearables market is evident as it is introducing features and software updates on Apple Watch.
This may help the company maintain its leadership position in the wearables market and boost services revenues. Notably, Apple enjoyed a dominant position in fourth-quarter 2018, with the help of its Watch Series, HealthKit and the Health app per IDC.
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The 'speed breeding' method was developed by scientists at the University of Sydney, the University of Queensland (UQ) and the John Innes Centre. This technique would help to raise the wheat crop production three times more than the normal production.
In this experiment, there should be continuous fall of light on the Wheat crop which would stimulate early reproduction in the plants.
Lee Hickey said that We thought we could use the NASA idea to grow plants quickly back on Earth, and in turn, accelerate the genetic gain in our plant breeding programmes. Lee Hickey is a Senior Research Fellow at University of Queensland (UQ) in Australia. For doing this experiment they used specially constructed glasshouses.
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Bill Murray to Play Franklin D. Roosevelt in New Historical Drama
Movies | August 4, 2011
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Focus Features is beginning production on "Hyde Park On Hudson", a historical drama that will portray the first-ever visit of a reigning English monarch to America. Stars in this feature will be Academy Award nominees Bill Murray and Laura Linney.
Photo from Focus Features
Murray, who will turn 61 this September, has been a symbol of American comedies throughout the years and is yet to have portrayed a historical figure of importance such as a US president. The closest he might've gotten was Hunter S. Thompson, or fiction-wise, Dr. Peter Venkman. And surely his recent hilarious zombie cameo in Zombieland couldn't have predicted such a career move from Mr. Murray. Even so, due to his gained notoriety, adjoined with the charisma of the 32nd president of the United States (the only one elected for more than two terms), this makes for a good decision from the producers of the movie.
Photo by ghz on Flickr
Frankly, I'm positive that this movie will be interesting, but I still can't help the smell of a much deserved Oscar-bait for Bill Murray. His previous nomination for an Academy Award was playing the aging movie star Bob Harris in Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation, back in 2004, when Sean Penn fetched the prize. So you take monarchy, US presidency, a tumultuous period in history, add up Bill F*cking Murray and three times Oscar nominne Laura Linney, well you definitely got yourself a recipe for success. Or in other words: a genuine Oscar bait. I, for one, opposed to the boringly predictable, but well-acted The King's Speech, can't wait to see this one and I'm pretty sure it will top it by a mile.
Bill Murray Drama Focus Features Franklin D. Roosevelt Laura Linney
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

using GoogleMobileAds.Api;
using GoogleMobileAds.Api.Mediation;
using GoogleMobileAds.Common;

namespace GoogleMobileAds.iOS
{
    internal class Utils
    {
        // Creates an ad request.
        public static IntPtr BuildAdRequest(AdRequest request)
        {
            IntPtr requestPtr = Externs.GADUCreateRequest();
            foreach (string keyword in request.Keywords)
            {
                Externs.GADUAddKeyword(requestPtr, keyword);
            }

            foreach (string deviceId in request.TestDevices)
            {
                Externs.GADUAddTestDevice(requestPtr, deviceId);
            }

            if (request.Birthday.HasValue)
            {
                DateTime birthday = request.Birthday.GetValueOrDefault();
                Externs.GADUSetBirthday(requestPtr, birthday.Year, birthday.Month, birthday.Day);
            }

            if (request.Gender.HasValue)
            {
                Externs.GADUSetGender(requestPtr, (int)request.Gender.GetValueOrDefault());
            }

            if (request.TagForChildDirectedTreatment.HasValue)
            {
                Externs.GADUTagForChildDirectedTreatment(
                        requestPtr,
                        request.TagForChildDirectedTreatment.GetValueOrDefault());
            }

            foreach (KeyValuePair<string, string> entry in request.Extras)
            {
                Externs.GADUSetExtra(requestPtr, entry.Key, entry.Value);
            }

            foreach (MediationExtras mediationExtra in request.MediationExtras)
            {
                IntPtr mutableDictionaryPtr = Externs.GADUCreateMutableDictionary();
                if (mutableDictionaryPtr != IntPtr.Zero)
                {
                    foreach (KeyValuePair<string, string> entry in mediationExtra.Extras)
                    {
                        Externs.GADUMutableDictionarySetValue(
                                mutableDictionaryPtr,
                                entry.Key,
                                entry.Value);
                    }

                    Externs.GADUSetMediationExtras(
                            requestPtr,
                            mutableDictionaryPtr,
                            mediationExtra.IOSMediationExtraBuilderClassName);
                }
            }

            Externs.GADUSetRequestAgent(requestPtr, "unity-" + AdRequest.Version);
            return requestPtr;
        }

    }
}

#endif

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