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Tenerife's flag is identical to the Scottish Saltire, but that's largely where the two destinations end their similarities. A holiday to Tenerife from Glasgow Airport transports you to a classic sunseekers spot with an average daily maximum temperature of above 20°C. It's the largest of the Canary Islands and also provides a fittingly handsome stage for the 3,718m Pico del Teide, not just the highest mountain on the archipelago but in the whole of Spain.
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Capital city Santa Cruz is twinned with Rio de Janeiro, a nod to the fact that it hosts a carnival of epic proportions each February. Expect extravagant parades, round-the-clock music, street parties and generous quantities of food and drink – it's considered by many to be second only to its Brazilian counterpart in terms of its size and scope. There's always a theme, which in previous years has been everything from Bollywood to Flower Power.
Tenerife's volcanic landscape is renowned for its drama. It's possible to climb to the summit of Pico del Teide (for which you'll need an access permit; easily arranged) but there's ample reward to be had from walking, cycling or even horse riding elsewhere on the island. When the sun goes down, you'll be treated to a spectacle overhead – it's officially been designated a Starlight Tourist Destination, and if you get away from electric lighting on a clear night the display is incredible.
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With any art, practice improves and informs performance, and Storytime for Adults have become a tight group. Ashby Village was happy to invite them back; we're eager to see any production they've got. The performance was followed by our bimonthly potluck, to which the performers were invited.
Storytime for Adults works in connection with the Berkeley Public Library. The group provides outreach services to loyal patrons who, because of mobility issues related to aging, are no longer able to easily come to the library.
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• First baseman Nate Freiman, whom the Astros took from the Padres, produced the most league-adjusted runs above average in 2012 among all the Rule 5 draftees.
• Other Astros pick, right-handed reliever Josh Fields, posted the lowest minor-league FIP (2.39) among all Rule 5 draftees who pitched more than 7.0 innings (i.e. how many Cubs draftee Hector Rondon threw) in 2012. Fields spent last season with Boston.
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Schoenoplectus acutus (син. Scirpus acutus, Schoenoplectus lacustris, Scirpus lacustris subsp. acutus), або   — це північноамериканський вид роду куга родини осокових, який росте в прісноводних болотах по всій Північній Америці.. Вернакулярна англійська назва походить від науатльського слова tōllin [ˈToːlːin], і вперше використовувалась першими поселенцями з Нової Іспанії, які вважали болотні рослини в Центральній долині Каліфорнії схожими на рослини боліт навколо Мехіко.

Колись зарості Schoenoplectus acutus вкривали узбережжя озера Туларе, штат Каліфорнія, раніше найбільшого прісноводного озера на заході США. У 20 столітті його осушили землекористувачі. Вираз «йди ти в кугу» все ще поширений і походить від діалекту старих каліфорнійських сімей, де означає іронічну поради «йти туди, де ніхто не хотів би жити».

Schoenoplectus acutus має товсте, округле зелене стебло від 1 до 3 м заввишки з довгим схожим на траву листям і радіально симетричними, скупченими, блідо-коричневими квітками. Прибережні зарості куги відіграють важливу екологічну роль, допомагаючи запобігати вітровій та водній ерозії і тим самим сприяючи поселенню інших видів рослин. Водні шляхи деколи очищують від куги за допомогою гербіцидів . Щоб зупинити ерозію, кореневища куги підсаджують у критичних точках берега.

Виділено два підвиди цієї куги:
 Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus - поширена у північній та східній Північній Америці
 Schoenoplectus acutus var. occidentalis - поширена на південному заході Північної Америки

Історія та культура

Фарбовані та плетені, стебла куги використовуються для виготовлення кошиків, мисок, килимків, капелюхів, одягу, приманок для качок та навіть човнів корінними американцями. Перш ніж саліші отримали коней для полювання на зубрів, вони жили в наметах, вкритих шитими циновками з куги. Принаймні, два племені — Ванапум та Помо, — будували будинки з куги принаймні до 1950-х років і до сих пір будують такі будинки для особливих випадків. Народи Мівоки (як «затокові» так і прибережні") та Охлоне використовували кугу у виробництві каное або бальса для перевезення через затоку Сан-Франциско та на морських та водно-болотних угіддях. Північні групи чумашів використовували у виробництві каное саме стебла куги, а не дерев'яні дошки, які зазвичай використовуються чумашами для виготовлення «зшитих каное», і використовували такі каное для збору морських врожаїв.

Пайюти називали сусіднє плем'я Сі-Те-Ка на їхній мові, що означає «кугоїди». Молоді паростки та пагони куги можна їсти сирими, а кореневища та недозрілі головки квітів можна відварювати як овочі.

Одна з небагатьох Помо, хто вижив після Різанини Кривавого острова (її також називають «Різаниною Чистого озера») у Північній Каліфорнії, 6-річна дівчинка на ім'я Ні'ка або Люсі Мур, втекла від кавалерії Сполучених Штатів, сховавшись у заростях куги у закривавленій воді. З тих пір її нащадки створили Фонд Люсі Мур, щоб працювати над покращенням відносин між Помо і жителями Каліфорнії.

Куга так часто зустрічається у водно-болотних угіддях Каліфорнії, що кілька місць у штаті було названо на її честь, в тому числі Туларе. Озеро Тулі знаходиться недалеко від кордону з Орегоном і включає Національний заповідник дикої природи Тулі-Лейк. Це було місце табору для інтернованих японських американців під час Другої світової війни, у якому було ув'язнено до 18 700 людей. Місто Тулілейк розташовано на північному сході від озера. У Каліфорнії також є річка Тулі. Пустеля Тулі розташована в Арізоні та Неваді. У штаті Невада також є Тулі-Спрінгз.

Щільний туман, який стелиться низиною, в Каліфорнії називають , також назви тварин Cervus canadensis nannodes () та Hysterocarpus traskii () містять згадку про цей підвид куги. Підв'язкова змія велетенська (Thamnophis gigas) історично тісно пов'язана з куговими болотами в центральній долині Каліфорнії.

Використання
З рослини можна виготовити борошно таким чином: очистити та нарізати доросліше коріння, розчавити та кип'ятити, після чого видалити будь-які волокна та висушити. Насіння також можна розтерти і змішати з борошном з коріння.

Примітки

Список літератури
 Munz, Philip A. A California Flora. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1973, copyright 1959
 Munz, Philip A. A California Flora: Supplement. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1976 (p. 183 Scirpus lacutris, validus, glaucus.)
 Jones, Terry L. and Klar, Kathryn California prehistory: colonization, culture, and complexity, Walnut Creek, CA: Altamira Press, 2007
 C.Michael Hogan (2008) Morro Creek, published by Megalithic Portal, ed. Andy Burnham

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Painters: Painted with the help of Jon Ostash, for 'Flora House', an after school program based in the North End of Winnipeg.
Peatr Thomas: "Eight year old me attempting to draw Indigenous art on paper, inspired by my late older cousin Sheldon Young, and my older brother Alan Young, is where I would like to say where it started for me. Come 1997/1998 living in the North End as a 10 year old kid for a year and a half, attending Niji Mahkwa school on Flora Avenue. It's where I did my first painting on deer hide stretched with a willow branch. Mr. Phillip Painter the native studies teacher there at the time kept it all these years and gifted it to me in 2010 a day before he retired, I just so happened to be visiting the school that day. My friend at the time told me his uncle Richard Manoakeesick painted most of the Murals on Selkirk Avenue and got paid money for it, that was mind blowing for me at the time, I was inspired that an Indigenous person had the opportunity and ability to do such things, it became a dream of mine."
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Tony Robbins, in his most recent book, reveals that 96% of actively managed mutual funds fail to beat the market over any sustained period of time.
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Of the 4% that do beat the market during a certain period of time, they are not the same 4% that beat the market the next time around.
I'll explain why this is the case shortly, which is probably the same reason that the vast majority of managers don't own shares in the funds they manage.
In tracking 4,900 actively managed mutual funds awhile back, Morningstar discovered that 49% of managers owned no shares in their own funds, while the remaining 51% owned token amounts when compared to their net worth and compensation. Remember, many of these managers make millions.
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As you might see in the screenshot snippet above, the cell that contains Needs turns orange after evaluation and hovering the cursor over the box on its top corner, produces a tool-tip reading "Show Messages/Retry";
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Thank you very much to everyone who attended and played at Digige Expo! !
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National and Organizational Culture and Its Impacts on the Negotiations Between United States and Mexico in the Case of USMC-TEMEC
José G. Vargas-Hernández (Centro Universitario de Ciencias Económico Administrativas, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico), Jovanna Nathalie Cervantes-Guzmán (Centro Universitario de Ciencias Económico Administrativas, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico), and Guillermo Vázquez-Ávila (Centro Universitario de Ciencias Económico Administrativas, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico)
Source Title: Examining Cultural Perspectives in a Globalized World
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 29
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The organizational culture at the nation level is integrated by values, attitudes, workforce, loyalty, interpersonal relationships, etc. of its members. In the present investigation, the key to the business success of Mexico and the United States taking into consideration an element of analysis for its achievement is explained, making a comparison between both countries. There is a national culture with greater impact on organizations in the US than in Mexico. The methodology used was qualitative, exploratory, descriptive, and comparative. This research shows that the national culture affects the ways of acting of the members of the companies. The study was qualitative using only secondary sources for the investigation.
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Literature Review Of Organizational Culture
According to Sánchez (2010) the concept of culture can be identified from different perspectives:
Anthropology: It is defined by Malinowski (1989) as the integral set constituted by the utensils and goods of consumers, by the body of rules that govern the various social groups, by ideas and crafts, beliefs and customs. It is considered a very simple and primitive culture or an extremely complex and developed, is in the presence of a vast apparatus, partly material, partly human and partly spiritual with which man is able to overcome the specific and specific problems that face.
Sociology: It is conceptualized by Rocher (1979) as an interlocking set of ways of thinking, feeling and acting more or less formalized than learned and shared by a plurality of people who serve in an objective and symbolic way at the same time to constitute these people in a particular and distinct community.
Psychologist: It is specified by Schein (1998) as a model of basic presumptions, invented, discovered or developed by a given group as they learn to deal with their problems of external adaptation and internal integration, which have exercised enough influence to be considered valid and consequently be taught to new members as the correct way to perceive, think, and feel those problems.
Key Terms in this Chapter
Culture: Set of values, traditions, customs, rituals, artifacts, knowledge, ideas, etc., that characterize a people, a social class, a time, etc.
National Culture: The behavior of the inhabitants of a nation is shaped by the values, beliefs and cultural traditions that are common to them and which differ from other nation-states.
Business Strategy: The plan that is designed and implemented to guide the use of resources available to a business based on the variables of its environment and context with the mission of achieving certain specific long-term objectives.
Organization: An organization is a social system, formed in order to achieve the same common goal.
México: Mexico or the United Mexican States is a country located in the southern part of North America, in the southern United States of North America and in northern Guatemala and Belize.
Organizational Culture: Organizational culture is an idea in the field of organizational studies and management that describes the psychology, values, attitudes, experiences, beliefs, and personal and cultural values of an organization.
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CoconutsPark - Buuka of Southern Island: Episode 57 is another Japanese point and click type room escape game by Coconuts Park. In this game, you try to find the items and solve puzzles to escape the room. Good luck and have fun!
We're going to grow tomatoes.
And who gets away with them before they turn red?
- there's more than one page in the book.
- the box in the shed: combine the paper with coloured circles with the first letters of the crayons.
- the book is green.
- the paper with coloured circles is inside the 3-number box.
- to grow tomatoes you need soil, in the Southern Islands, the best way is to take it out of your own garden.
These games still make me smile. Thank you 'Buuka' .
Please help a little more. I don't have a paper with coloured circles. Where is that? opened left side of shed and put red circle on mailbox and now stuck.
Where is hint for 3# box??
... and then you get the coloured paper.
give it to the pig and the turtle and ur done!
Red/Yellow dots in the green book are related to the post pole NOT the 3 letters safe. For that safe you have to solve the tomato safe first.
Hrm I have a book with 5,6,4 tomato stems and then red and orange tomatos I guess I use later. No place to put a 3 digit code, shed still locked, still have crayons.
Jeez nevermind, it's in my inventory. This is what happens when you take a break to go eat.


Kickball teams average 18 players per team. Our rosters are made this size because we know everyone has different schedules and may not be able to make it every week. The worst thing for a league is forfeits so we try to avoid those at all costs. 10 players in the field for defense and every player present must kick.
We allow individuals, small groups and teams to all join our leagues. NOLA Fray reserves the right to add additional players to ANY team that is under the official roster size for the league. During registration captains can pick up free agents or mark their group as ready to merge via commish. After registration closes NOLA Fray goes through and finalizes rosters by placing free agents, merging groups and deleting unpaid players. Being a promoted team does not mean you may not receive additional players. Teams who want to "lock" their roster may prepay for a team at the official roster size. Example, kickball is 12 players officially but your team only wants 10 players. You can purchase a team spot for a roster of 12 and only fill your desired number but those additional spots are technically used and are not refundable.
8. During the regular season, any registered NOLA Fray player for that division may serve as a sub for a team under the minimum team requirement.
Here is the roster size chart for NOLA Fray Kickball.
5. Games will not be postponed due to rain unless the fields are closed or deemed unplayable by the Division Host and/or NOLA Fray Staff. If lightning is visible, Games will be immediately postponed, and all Players must clear the field.
6. Home and Away teams will be determined by the ancient game of Rock, Paper, Scissors before the game between each team's captain. Best 1 out of 1 on SHOOT! The Home team shall be on the field first.
A. Each Team will be required to provide 3 Referees each for the game immediately before or immediately after their team's game.
4. Any time during a live play where the ball makes contact with a Baserunner while not on base or not yet reached the base s/he is being forced to.
2. The pitchers mound extends in a 12ft. radius from the pitching strip.
3. Pitchers must throw the ball by hand in an underhanded manner. Overhand and/or sidearm pitching is NOT allowed.
4. A pitched ball must touch the ground at least twice prior to reaching the plate.
1. The Strike Zone is 41 inches wide (1 foot to either side of home plate) and approximately 1 foot high. If any part of the ball touches any part of the strike zone, it shall be ruled a strike, however, the ball may not bounce more than 1 foot high, as measured from the bottom of the ball, at any time during the bounce that carries the ball through the strike zone.
5. Any time a Catcher makes contact with a pitched ball (intending to kick or not) before the ball has traveled past the Kicker.
4. If the Catcher impedes the kicker intentionally or unintentionally, the kicker will be awarded 1st base, and any runners may advance if they are forced.
A. If, in the Head Referee's opinion, the kicker makes an unnatural move and initiates contact in an attempt to draw a Catcher Interference call, the kicker shall be called out.
3. Baserunners may overrun 1st base, however, if they turn toward 2nd base as if attempting to advance, they are in play and may be tagged out.
5. In order to advance on caught fly ball, Baserunners must 'tag-up' on their original base at or subsequent to the fielder's first contact with the ball. Failure to tag-up allows the defense to make an out by either tagging the runner with the ball before he/she returns to the original base or by a Fielder in control of the ball touching the original base before the runner returns to it.
8. Once the Pitcher has the ball in the Pitcher's Circle, all Baserunners must stop at the base they are running toward unless the Pitcher, subsequent to receiving the ball, attempts to make a play on a runner.
4.2 TIME LIMITS 4.2.1) Games consist of six (6) innings or sixty (60) minutes from start time, whichever comes first. Note: We will be ignoring Section 4.1 for time limits. 4.2.4) Ties are allowed in regular season games.
4.5 MERCY RULE 4.5.1) If there is a twelve (12) run difference at the end of the 4th inning, or at the end of any full inning thereafter, then this Mercy Rule, which ends the game in the winning teams' favor, may be invoked by the winning team at that point. The teams are given a choice whether to continue playing or not.
9.1 SUBSTITUTION RULES 9.1.1.2) There are no forfeits during regular season games, so teams may sub to reach the 8 minimum player requirement, but no more than that. 9.1.1.3) The substituted player must play outfield and kick 2nd to last in the kicking lineup. 9.1.1.4) There are no substitutes allowed during playoff games. 10.5 DISCIPLINARY LEVELS 10.4.3.4.3) Can still play with 10 defensive players if a teammate is ejected from the game.
First and foremost all NOLA Fray leagues are 50% Social and 50% Sport. We expect individuals to respect the league's culture of fair and fun play. Foul language and rough play will not be tolerated and individuals who cannot adhere to our standards of fair play and sportsmanship may be asked to leave the league. NOLA Fray wants everyone to have a fun and be social while enjoying a great sport. Our staff will do whatever they can to make sure all players are having fun.
Because of these policies, all registrations are on a first come first serve basis and any roster that does not reach our standard size (based on each sport) is eligible to receive free agents and or small group by the league. Rosters made up of primarily free agents and or a collection of small groups may field more players than the standard roster size. This policy is in place to help ensure free agent teams are able to consistently field teams each week and avoid forfeits.
1. Each Team must consist of a minimum of 12 Players and a maximum of 20 Players.
2. Each Team may have a maximum of 10 players on the field.
– Teams who do not meet the minimum team requirements will be given 15 minutes to assemble the necessary roster. As soon as both teams have the expected minimum, per the eligibility guidelines, the game will start. Failure to meet the team requirement within 15 minutes will result in a forfeit.
– That 15 minute grace period is taken out of that game's playing time and the game is still limited to its original time length.
3. Teams must designate a Captain and Co-Captain prior to the start of the season. These are the only Team members allowed to discuss any calls with officials.
4. NO PLAYER, including the Captain and Co-Captain, may verbally abuse or argue in an unsportsmanlike manner to any Referee. Such action is grounds for immediate ejection and possible suspension or expulsion from the Division if the Host or NOLA Fray staff deems it appropriate.
8. During the regular season, any registered player from that division may serve as a sub for a team under the minimum team requirement.
4. To further prevent collisions, there will be a double base at home plate with 1 base being in fair territory and 1 base being 5 ft outside, in foul territory. The base in fair territory is for the fielder and the kicker. The base in foul territory is for the runner to touch in order to score a run. Runners touching the home plate in fair territory will be called out.
– Should a player be found to be in violation of the equipment guidelines they will be subject to suspension and/or possible expulsion from the league.
1. All Regular Season Games will consist of 6 innings or 60 minutes from the scheduled start time, whichever comes first, and 3 outs per inning for each team's kicking order. No new innings will begin after 50 minutes of play have passed.
2. Regular Season Games can end in ties. Tournament games will play a full 6 innings or 60 minutes, and will continue until a winner is decided.
3. A Regular Season Game is considered official if it remains tied after 3 full innings of play, or until the Team behind in score has had their chance to kick in the 3rd inning.
4. Games that fail to meet the above criteria will be completed at a later date with the score reverting to what it was at the end of the last complete inning.
1. NOLA Fray will provide one Host or head referee who is on site to settle disputes and is the final word for on any call for each Regular Season Division Game. They are on site to keep the games civil and moving, oh and to party with YOU!
– If any part of a thrown ball makes contact with the Baserunner's head while the Base Runner is not diving, sliding, or ducking, the Baserunner shall be awarded the base to which s/he was running).
1. A pitcher may take 1 full step forward, no more than 4 feet in front of the pitching rubber after the ball is released. He/she cannot get a running start and must throw a kickable pitch. Pitchers must stay behind the 4ft mark until the ball is kicked.
3. Excessively slow, fast or bouncy pitching is not allowed (umpires discretion) and will be ruled a ball.
4. Pitchers who repeatedly throw un-kickable pitches may be removed from pitching at the request of the coordinator/umpire.
2. Any pitch deemed un-kickable by the umpire.
3. A Pitcher may intentionally walk a kicker by announcing his intention to the Head Referee before throwing any pitches. A Pitcher is not required to throw any pitches to intentionally walk a kicker.
1. Any kick that lands in foul territory outside of the Catcher's Zone.
2. Catchers must stand behind the kicker and within the Catching Zone.
5. If in the Head Referee's opinion, the kicker makes an unnatural move and initiates contact in an attempt to draw a Catcher Interference call, the kicker shall be called out.
How much does it cost to join NOLA Kickball?
What's a NOLA Kickball game night like?
Kickball teams average 15 players per team. Our rosters are this size because we know everyone has different schedules and may not be able to make it every week. The worst thing for a league is forfeits so we try to avoid those at all costs. During a game there are 10 players in the field for defense and every player present must kick.
Welcome to NOLA Fray - your new home for all fun things in NOLA! You're about to join our Spring season of coed Kickball!
This is an athletic division; we're still here to have a good time, but we'll compete hard to win.
There are 6-7 weeks of regular season games and an end-of-season tournament for playoff.
After each game we hit the sponsor bar for post-game fun! We'll bring the classic NOLA Fray touch with prize giveaways, sweet t-shirts, new friends and more.


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Alyth volunteer invited to Holyrood
Alyth Youth Partnership volunteer Cat Gordon was invited to Holyrood Palace by First Minister Alex Salmond to be congratulated on her sterling efforts within the community.
Clare Damodaran
Cat, who has been volunteering with AYP by helping out with the youth club and at the Hub drop-in centre in Alyth, has clocked up more than 200 hours-worth of service within the Saltire Awards scheme.
The Saltire Awards are a nationally recognised scheme for young people aged 12-25 years to participate in and receive acknowledgement of the dedication, commitment and active citizenship they provide within their community.
Following her recent trip to the capital, Cat declared: "It was a great night and I am glad I got the opportunity to go and represent AYP there.
"When we arrived at the Great Hall, Alex Salmond gave a speech welcoming us. He congratulated everyone on their achievements as volunteers and thanked us all for the work we do.
"He said there has been a huge number of Saltire awards given out since they were set up and that this was something to be proud of, and that it was important that his congratulations were passed on to all achievers.
"Afterwards, he spoke with some of the guests and we were lucky enough to get to speak to him just before he left.''
Police ScotlandDetectives want to track down David "Mincey" McKenzie following the attack on Brian McIlear outside his home in Glasgow.
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By Basie Settle | 05 October 2017
"I hate jump scares, and I find them being used more and more in traditionally-shot studio horror," says Stephen Cognetti, writer and director of the found footage indie hit Hell House LLC. This wonderfully refreshing attitude definitely shows in his latest release, the Director's Cut of his debut feature-length film. Hell House LLC may well be the only found footage movie in recent years—or possibly ever—to not have any jump scares.
An unholy half-mockumentary, half-found footage hybrid
A lot of movies these days are "based on a true story." Sometimes a movie will declare itself to be a true story in the opening credits, and then just be obviously fictional a la all those dumb James Wan movies. Some take a documentarian angle like Behind The Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006) or else just present what appears to be real "footage" that may or may not have been "found" by someone, as is the case with movies like Creep (2014) or The Dark Tapes (2016). This fun, creepy haunted house story is an unholy half-mockumentary, half-found footage hybrid.
A dramatic (at times, intense and scary) descent into Hell
While at first presented as a documentary about the titular Hell House (LLC), the movie shifts in the second act to a found footage angle exposing the strange, difficult-to-understand events that befell the staff and patrons of the haunt. Oh right, another thing: it's a haunted house movie that's also literally about a "haunted house" - not just an old house with spooky ghosts and evil in the basement. Don't worry, there's plenty of that here too, but this one's about the kinda joint where you take your kids to get terrified by dudes in clown costumes.
Which sucks for everyone involved really, because the spot in this movie is haunted as fuck. What plays out is a tense, dramatic (at times, intense and scary) descent into what could well be the actual Hell. Right from the get-go the characters can clearly sense that something is amiss… But obviously they don't quite get the picture, because nobody runs screaming until it's way too late.
"I love subtle scares and mystery."
Does the leader of team Hell House know more than he's letting on? He might, but whatever that may be, don't count on him to tell his fellow characters – or the audience. "I like the unknown over answers," said Cognetti in a recent post on Reddit. "I love subtle scares and mystery." The special feature's deleted scenes, altered material and backstage retrospective shine a little light into Hell House LLC's darkness. By showing how some shots and effects were achieved (the movie has very, very little CGI) this stuff gives us, the audience, a little more insight into just what the hell is going on in Hell House.
A small crew and tiny budget can still accomplish so much
The DVD's extended length movie (about 10 minutes longer than the original cut) and director's commentary help clarify the mysterious and open-ended events of the film… albeit, only slightly. In the commentary, the director explains his artistic process, his reasoning, and some of the more ambiguous scenes. Overall it's good. It has so much heart, and so much work went into making Hell House—shit, the director edited the thing himself in his spare time for a whole year—that it couldn't be anything but good. Indie horror always takes a little of suspension of disbelief, but Hell House LLC shows that a small crew and tiny budget can still accomplish so much.
It's really clever, too, in its total rejection of modern pop horror. It leaves so much to the imagination that for 80% of the movie, you don't even know if it's supernatural or not. There's no giant, CGI Cthulhu leaping out at the camera in the climax, either. Something crazy definitely went down, but not even the characters in the movie know just what happened at Hell House. It's got situational irony and dramatic irony!
Hell House LLC makes its position on the jump scare very clear
"What studios get wrong in horror many times (in my opinion) is that they doll it up too much, it's too stylized and polished," Cognetti told HorrorRated. "Found footage has a feel of realism that gets missed in a lot of the bigger budget horror movies" We couldn't agree more with that statement. Hell House LLC makes its position on the jump scare very clear, and does it very well. It's confusing—sometimes in storytelling more really is more and Hell House always chooses less—but it has heart, and it's worthy of its ambition. We're giving Hell House LLC's dark, mysterious director's cut eight-and-a-half (the half-one is dead) screaming naked women being sucked into the netherworld out of ten.
This is one of those rare special horror movies that transcends the found footage genre to become something else entirely. This is a horror movie for horror fans. Even for those fans who tend to avoid found footage. Don't go in expecting the run-of-the-mill indie found footage movie. Hell House LLC is much much more…
Head on over to HellHouseLLC.com and grab a copy of Hell House LLC: The Director's cut to tide you over until the sequel drops in 2018. If you want to learn more about Stephen Cognetti and Hell House LLC you should check out his interview with our friends over at foundfootagecritic.com.
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Wood Handbook: Wood as an Engineering Material
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by Richard Bergman, et al.
Publisher: Forest Products Laboratory 2010
This handbook is intended to serve as a primary reference on the use of wood in a variety of applications -- from general construction to use of wood for decorative purposes. It provides engineers, architects, and others who use wood with a source of information on the various properties of wood, its relationship with moisture, and characteristics of various wood-based materials.
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Design of Wood Frame Structures for Permanence
- AWC
When properly designed, wood frame structures will resist damage by moisture and living organisms. Recommendations for control of moisture and protection against decay and insect infestations are contained in this document.
Highway Engineering
by Hamid Yaghoubi (ed.) - InTech
Highway engineering is an engineering discipline that involves the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of roads, bridges, and tunnels. The book includes the main topics and the basic principles of highway engineering.
Imagining the Future City: London 2062
by Sarah Bell, James Paskins (eds) - Ubiquity Press
What does the future hold for London? Investigating the city's future reveals a complex picture of interrelations. This book approaches the question of London's future by considering the city in terms of Connections, Things, Power and Dreams.
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The use of wood in buildings, which goes back to the oldest of times, is now experiencing a period of strong expansion in virtue of the sustainable dimension of wood buildings from the environmental, economic and social standpoints.


The question, posed to me by the Journal's editorial staff, "Are paramedics exceeding the evidence?", is a very global one that implies a dichotomous response. However, nothing in our complex health system can be so simply evaluated, so the question gets an equally global (if vague and unhelpful) answer: "Yes, probably, but no more or less than the rest of health care".
My professional obsession with objective analysis must necessarily be tempered in this instance by my experience in contributing to the professional transformation of the ambulance service, particularly in the 1990s. This transformation resulted in considerable expansion of the scope of practice, underpinned by improved education and training — from in-house unstructured training, through the vocational training sector to university degrees.
The transformation in prehospital care was largely driven, not by evidence, but by the enthusiasm of proponents (mostly doctors) and by emerging international experience. The intellectual foundation was not usually evidence, but rather a defensible and logical rationale. Innovation is often so, because we cannot test system-wide effectiveness without introducing system-wide changes. However, sometimes that rationale is flawed when we make the "conclusional" jump that if anything is worth doing, then doing it earlier will always be better. However the logistical, training, equipment and safety impediments of working in an uncontrolled environment must necessarily influence the clinical cost–benefit analysis.
The problem we confront is both a lack of evidence and the influence of individual, professional, social and economic factors that then influence the scope of clinical practice. These may act contrary to science and its application. Traditionally, paramedics were poorly paid and relied on special allowances and penalty rates to reach incomes that could sustain them. As the scope of practice expanded, the industrial drive was for additional skills to be recognised financially, thus creating an incentive to undertake training and to value competence. There was thus some reluctance in certain quarters to rely on evidence or even a defensible rationale. In 2008, the then Queensland Minister for Emergency Services responded to pressure from staff and ordered the scrapping of a National Health and Medical Research Council-funded randomised controlled trial that aimed to test adrenaline against placebo in managing asystolic cardiac arrest.
Next, while we recognise the capacity of evidence-based care to reduce costs and improve outcomes,1 the real challenge is to find evidence that can inform practice. A study in 2007 of almost 20 000 candidate articles found only 400 that were relevant to prehospital care, and that there were only 13 reviews.2 The Cochrane Library also demonstrates the limited utility of the evidence to inform practice. A review of the use of aminophylline for cardiac arrest found five trials with no survivors.3 A report on prehospital thrombolysis showed a reduction in time to thrombolysis, but limited evidence of its safety or on its long-term outcomes.4 Finally, a report on the use of oxygen for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease noted that, of 741 abstracts reviewed, only two were of randomised controlled trials, both of which were ongoing and lacking outcome data.5 Much of the literature lacks an understanding of how its findings apply in the uncontrolled environment that characterises prehospital care. There are interventions for which the evidence is more clear-cut. Prehospital defibrillation improves survival (patients walk out of hospital).
I am reminded of the international debate about prehospital management of trauma, which critics reduced to a simplified dichotomy — scoop and run, or stay and play. I wish I could draw, for I would design ambulances as modified garbage trucks or casinos to demonstrate the absurdity of either proposition. Surely what we expect is safe extrication, stabilisation, initiation of care and then securing appropriate ongoing care for the patient.
For relatively smart people, we seem to struggle with complexity, and we try to reduce complex issues into binary thinking — on or off. The reality is always more complicated. The opinion of patients is clear: paramedics remain one of the most trusted health care professions. However, to retain that trust there is a professional imperative for research into prehospital care to seek the evidence or, at least, a defensible rationale so that the patient's best interest retains its primacy.
Click here to hear a related podcast with the author.
I was previously the Commissioner of the Queensland Ambulance service and chair of the Australian Ambulance Education Committee.
1. Lang ES, Spaite DW, Oliver ZJ, et al. A national model for developing, implementing, and evaluating evidence-based guidelines for prehospital care. Acad Emerg Med 2012; 19: 201-209.
2. Smith E, Jennings P, McDonald S, et al. The Cochrane Library as a resource for evidence on out-of-hospital health care interventions. Ann Emerg Med 2007; 49: 344-350.
3. McCaul M, Lourens A, Kredo T. Pre-hospital versus in-hospital thrombolysis for ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2014; (9): CD010191.
4. Hurley KF, Magee K, Green R. Aminophylline for bradyasystolic cardiac arrest in adults. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2013; (8): CD006781.
5. Austin M, Wood-Baker R. Oxygen therapy in the pre-hospital setting for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2006; (3): CD005534.
6. Snooks HA, Kingston MR, Anthony RE, Russell IT. New models of emergency prehospital care that avoid unnecessary conveyance to emergency department: translation of research evidence into practice? ScientificWorldJournal 2013; 2013: 182102.


There's also love beyond love.
That is, when you eat, sleep, and work only for love.
Only you – and nobody else.
(By being willing to open up the spiritual doors to our heart).
IS "HEAVEN" ONLY A CARTOON?
And that's why "Jesus" can't be substituted for our own soul.
And acknowledged to be such.
But it's still the "Other" – and not our true selves.
In which case, "Heaven," for us, would be a cartoon too.
It might be easier to accept wasting this one.
Are they also going to heaven?
Will they one day find themselves reconstituted as "heavenly" rocks?
But imperishable, perhaps hard as emerald.
Which is why they spend so much time building monuments to themselves.
But aren't we all going to "drop" – eventually – just like the leaves?
Hasn't that been a terrific bargain?
Love will probably be the only gift we're permitted to retain.


These flower girl baskets are a beautiful variety to suit different tastes. They can be used for the beach or for collecting flower petals, presented in satin bows, silver plated hearts, or the wire basket varieties. The perfect tote for your little lady!


From all the talk we're hearing around here most people think the move is to shore up Android by offering a complete end to end solution for Android just like Apple does with iOS, but so far we aren't buying that excuse. It's a patent play, and a damn good way to solve their problem.
We'll have a follow up editorial tonight along with a good hard look at what this means for Windows Phone, later today. In the meantime what do you guys think?


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Contracts Are Under The Microscope Thanks To COVID-19 – But Force Majeure Isn't A Cure-All
by Allison Schiff // Friday, April 3rd, 2020 – 12:35 am
Over the last two weeks, there probably wasn't a lawyer in America who didn't field at least one phone call from a stressed-out client asking about activating force majeure to get out of a contract.
With events on ice for the foreseeable – media buys either canceled or postponed and commercial productions ground to a halt – brands, agencies and vendors are scrambling to figure out which contractual obligations they need to fulfill … and which they can dodge.
But force majeure, a common legal proviso that allows one party to renege on a contract due to unforeseen events outside of the party's control isn't a panacea, said Doug Wood, a partner at law firm Reed Smith and co-author of a COVID-19 legal survival guide for brands developed at the request of the Association of National Advertisers.
"What no one likes to talk about is the fact that most force majeure clauses are just thrown into a contract," Wood said. "It's usually so broad that you end up with something generic and useless – I've seen some pretty horrible force majeures recently where I thought, 'What is that even doing in the contract?'"
The worst ones are the cut-and-paste jobs that refer to acts of god or declarations of war. "I would not want to be the one going into a court arguing that COVID-19 is an act of god, and while we're fighting a hidden enemy here, it's not a war," Wood said.
Although it's obvious that some contracts simply cannot be executed because of what's happening with the coronavirus, he said, courts are also generally reluctant to carry out force majeure clauses.
But before it even gets to that point, compromise is always better than legal action, especially if the parties involved want to do business together again in the future.
"Brands have leverage when this is all over, and venues, media owners, actors – everybody – will need help from brands to bring them back to life," Wood said. "Don't be penny-wise and pound-foolish right now; it's really about relationship management."
Rather than canceling a big TV media buy, for example, why not allow the network to donate that money to the Ad Council? And if a brand isn't able to shoot an in-person commercial, there's always the stock footage and voiceover option.
"It's easy to lose sight of the fact that one party's gain is another party's loss, and we're all part of the economy," Wood said. "It's a matter of balance, because everybody has a tale of woe."
But regardless, most brand/agency contracts are sloppy, something marketers and their partners are going to realize as they start getting into the technical details they were blithely able to gloss over when times were good and plenty.
Maybe one silver lining from this whole mess is that contracts will get cleaner down the line as people learn from their mistakes.
The idealist in Wood is hoping that's the case, but the realist in him doesn't think so. Wood has been representing brands for more than 40 years and he's lost track of the number of times he's doled out advice that wasn't taken.
After the K2 Intelligence media transparency report came out in 2016, for example, you'd think every advertiser would require audits of their media partners, right? Well, you'd be wrong.
Some brands still have contracts in place that are more than 15 years old and don't even mention the notion of transparency. Other major brands, some of which have multimillion-dollar media budgets, are still operating on the honor system with their agencies.
"There are a lot of contracts out there, particularly on the agency side, that I guarantee are woefully inadequate," Wood said. "Will this change a year from now because of COVID-19? I'd like to think it could be a much-needed wakeup call, but, based on my experience, I'd be less than honest if I said I was optimistic about that."


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Court views CCTV of Brian Fox's alleged killing
by Jon Brady
November 4, 2019, 8:00 am Updated: November 4, 2019, 12:15 pm
The High Court in Edinburgh.
A court has been shown CCTV footage of the moment a 62-year-old man was allegedly knocked to the ground and killed on New Year's Day.
Wes Reid, 20, and Adam Valentine, 25, are on trial charged with the culpable homicide of Brian Fox in the early hours of January 1 this year, which they both deny.
The pair also face a charge of breach of the peace, while Valentine also faces seven other assault charges.
The High Court in Edinburgh was shown CCTV footage from the hours leading up the incident, alleged to have taken place shortly after 1.15am on the Nethergate.
Temporary Detective Sergeant Ian Borthwick, based at Police Scotland's Dundee HQ in Bell Street, gave evidence as the officer charged with analysing camera footage related to the case.
Advocate depute Mark McGuire showed DS Borthwick a pair of Nike training shoes, a checked shirt and a pair of trousers which were either seized from his home or taken from him after he was arrested.
The officer, who has 11 years of police service, was also shown a pair of cream-coloured trousers seized from the home of Valentine.
DS Borthwick, over the course of several hours of reviewing footage, agreed they were similar to articles worn by two people resembling Reid and Valentine in various parts of Dundee the early hours of New Year's Day.
A man wearing clothing similar to that of Reid's was seen entering the Nether Inn at around 12.25am, having a drink, before walking up the Nethergate towards Perth Road.
Together with a woman agreed to be Shannon Sykes, Valentine's girlfriend at the time, the men are seen entering the Boozy Cow on Roseangle and buying drinks, before leaving and walking towards the Nethergate at approximately 1.05am.
Footage taken outside the Braes pub appeared to show two men wearing clothing similar to that of Reid and Valentine swinging on an awning over the entrance to the bar.
Asked to describe it, DS Borthwick said: "Two males were swinging on the awning. The first appeared to be Adam Valentine and the second is Wes Reid."
At around 1.10am, a man wearing clothing similar to Reid's is seen to kick over a bin on the Nethergate to the east of Groucho's record shop, before walking away clapping his outstretched hands.
The sergeant was then asked to review footage taken outside McDaniels pub on Whitehall Crescent and up Union Street, towards the Nethergate.
He described footage of a man "wearing a blue jacket and denim jeans" – said to be Mr Fox – having a brief conversation with another man outside the pub before walking up Union Street.
Towards the end of the footage, a taxi is seen to pull out of a side street and across the road into the taxi rank on the Nethergate, almost striking men who DS Borthwick agreed resembled Reid and Valentine.
What the officer described as an "altercation" began, resulting in two people being "pushed" into the road.
DS Borthwick said: "A person who appears to be Mr Reid has made a forward motion with his arm or his arms, outstretched, at chest height."
A man resembling Mr Valentine then comes forward.
DS Borthwick added: "He approaches Mr Fox, still on the ground on his back, and he appears to punch him with his right hand.
"It's difficult to say from that because there's a person obstructing but it's around the chest area or nearer the head area."
The trial continues.
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Businesses have the money, and the needs, but consumers are still first in the 3G operators' hearts.
Consumers have been promised a lot from the high-speed 3G (third generation) cellular networks being rolled out around the world but, so far, services have focused more on consumers than on business (see Is 3G a toy or a tool from a year ago).
During 2004, more business-oriented 3G services have trickled out (see Time to choose your firm a 3G plan?). But is there really much in 3G for business yet?
Judging by comments from operators and equipment vendors at the 3G World Congress show in Hong Kong last month, not really. But between the talk about movie trailers and mini soap operas being beamed to cell phones, there were a few tidbits for businesses to pay attention to.
Ubiquitous access: 3G takes on the office LAN?
Many operators talked about using 3G to offer ubiquitous high-speed Internet access for phones, PDAs and laptops. Mobile workers can already connect to Wi-Fi networks in some public places, with data speeds of several Mbit/s. But 3G networks, while far slower than Wi-Fi, will provide access at a reasonable clip where Wi-Fi can't be found, speakers here said.
"Wireless knowledge workers are flexible, efficient and more responsive to customers. Suddenly, the hours on the road between meetings will become productive hours," said Lothar Pauly, chief executive officer at Siemens Communications, in a speech here at the show.
Perhaps more compelling, he suggested, businesses may soon be able to use wireless networks for all of their data and communications needs, allowing them to negotiate one contract with a single provider. Cellular phones are already supplanting fixed line phones in some countries, and 3G networks could extend that to the office LAN, he said.
"As 3G evolves and bandwidth increases, the problem of provisioning all types of services over one IP-based network becomes more and more solvable. The need for fixed office lines has already started to disappear. Why not extend this to include data networks, and even the services your employees use at home?" Pauly said.
Today's 3G networks offer typical speeds of only 200 kbit/s to 400 kbit/s, so they are unlikely to supplant office LANs just yet. But an improved technology, called HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access), or "3G evolved," is on the way, boosting typical connection speeds to between 3 Mbit/s and 4Mbit/s, operators here said. Japan's NTT DoCoMo has said it will start to offer HSDPA services next year.
But even today's 3G networks have some appeal for businesses users, speakers said. The construction industry has found a use for 3G videophones, for example, as a way to quickly share information about a construction site or building materials, said Agnes Nardi, managing director of 3 Hong Kong. "A picture can say a lot more than words," she said.
Videophones also provide a new channel for marketing. "The killer app for a movie studio is being able to download a movie trailer on a phone," said Lucy Hood, senior vice president for content and marketing at News Corp.
And while consumers can use their phones to watch highlights of a soccer match or a music concert, so business people can watch financial news programs and stay up to date more easily than with simple text, she argued.
Some speakers here said that operators will be forced to offer services for businesses if they are to recover their hefty investments in 3G, particularly in Europe, where operators spent billions of euros on licenses.
"You guys have dug yourselves a mighty, mighty deep hole," Christopher Graves, managing director of the Far Eastern Economic Review magazine, told operators on a panel discussion here. Only by offering higher-priced business services will they be able to recover their investments, he said.
Still, most operators here were clearly eyeing consumers first, and there was little talk of mobile CRM (customer relationship management) or other business-specific applications. Even T-Mobile, which began by targeting business users with its 3G access cards for laptops, is switching its main focus to consumer-oriented services, said Lutz Schade, an executive vice president with the German operator, speaking on a panel here.
"Consumers are where many of the opportunities lie," he said.
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Have you always had a love of aircraft? Would you like to have a job that is part time, but provides pay that meets many full time jobs and has enormous benefits? You just may be a perfect candidate for the Air National Guard in the job of Loadmaster.
In today's post, we are going to examine the duties, responsibilities and job description of the Air National Guard Loadmaster. I will also provide other facts I find. Now scroll down and learn more about this position with the Air National Guard.
The Loadmaster for the Air National Guard is an expert in logistics. The Loadmaster is in charge of all cargo and passengers that are loaded onto Air National Guard aircraft. They supervise the handling and placement of cargo to guarantee it is secure and weights are level and within guidelines for safe flying conditions. This job also entails making sure all passengers are properly restrained, and that there is a proper supply of meals, and other necessities. Acting similar to a civilian flight steward or stewardess, the Loadmaster also explains all flight safety procedures and on-board safety equipment to passengers.
The Air National Guard Loadmaster also oversees all unloading of passengers and cargo at the destination.
The Air National Guard Loadmaster must calculate loads so that the aircraft is not overloaded in sensitive areas. The cargo must be secured and he/she makes sure that cargo that must be deployed faster than others is loaded in such a way so that it can be unloaded first. The Loadmaster must also be aware of all regulations to keep certain items away from other items. In some cases, cargo or troops must be air dropped, and the Loadmaster must be qualified for aerial delivery.
On the ASVAB, a prospect for Loadmaster must have a 57 or above on the Airman Qualifying Examination which is in the general section of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB).
On top of the standard medical screen, the prospect must also pass a Class 3 flight physical given for those on aircrew duty. Both color and depth perception must be in normal ranges.
You then will have 3 Survival Courses which consist of Combat Survival, Water Survival and Parachute.
After this you could be sent to courses specific to the Air-frame you will work with.
Topping everything off, you will go back to your base and will have training to your job there.
Do keep in mind that an Air National Guard Loadmaster is considered a part time job, but the position can be sporadic and have you traveling to many different locations. For some, this could be looked as a benefit, but for others, it could cause family problems. This is an aspect that a person considering the Loadmaster position should consider.
And these are just a few. You can discover more Air National Guard Loadmaster job openings at this link.
Becoming an Air National Guard Loadmaster can be a wise choice. This position can open up many opportunities in civilian careers. You will be gaining training that can help you in the future, and you are also helping to defend the United States.
With that I would like to mention the only Loadmaster to be given the top award for military heroism…The Medal of Honor.
Then Airman 1st Class John Levitow was awarded this great honor for actions he performed in Vietnam. President Richard Nixon awarded Levitow the MOH on May 14th, 1970.
We would like to hear from any current or previous Loadmasters. Tell us more please. If you are considering a Loadmaster job with the Air National Guard, we would like to hear from you too. You can post comments or questions below. Thank you and have a great day.
I am considering joining the Air National Guard as a loadmaster and I am a current college student. How long does it take to complete training to be a loadmaster?
I'm considering joining the Puerto Rico Air National Guard as a loadmaster, already met with the recruiter and took the ASVAB and need to retake it to get that 57 on general. I have a family and don't know how it will affect them. I really like this job.
Things will work out great. It sounds like a great MOS.


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Men's Basketball Preview: Cal Bears
In order to close a three-game losing streak the Huskies will have to go through Cal, a young and talented team riding a hot streak.
By Jesse Kennemer Feb 18, 2016, 1:29pm PST
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These two teams have so much in common, featuring incredible youth and athleticism and a subsequent rise in expectations. Unfortunately the Huskies and Bears are currently headed in opposite directions.
While the Huskies have lost three in a row to Arizona, Utah, and Colorado the Golden Bears have won tree straight, including a huge twenty-point win over the Oregon Ducks.
Washington desperately needs a win tonight to stay within the vicinity of the NCAA tournament bubble, while Cal would appear all the more tourney-bound with a good road win on Montlake.
As great as this past three games has been for Cal, all three wins came on an extended homestand. Coach Martin's squad has failed to win a single conference road game in five tries. Counting the non-conference slate, this team is 1-6 in true road games with a lone overtime win against Wyoming.
Projected Starting Five: G Sam Singer (Jr., 6-4, 205), G Jabari Bird (Jr., 6-6, 198), F Jaylen Brown (Fr., 6-7, 225), F Ivan Rabb (Fr., 6-11, 220), C Kingsley Okoroh (So., 7-1, 254).
Key Bench Players: G Tyrone Wallace (Sr., 6-5, 200), G Jordan Mathews (Jr., 6-3, 205), C Kameron Rooks (So., 7-0, 261).
Singer is to facilitate the offense on one end of the court and lock down his man on the other. When Wallace went out with a hand injury against Stanford on the 6th, Singer stepped up to dish 9 assists to only 2 turnovers in a winning effort, and with Wallace healthy but coming off the bench, Singer will continue to play often as a pure point.
Bird's career feels a little odd because he was also a star recruit that saw his hype simmer down and a whole new class of super recruits join him on the roster. Now a junior, he has settled in as an efficient complimentary scorer. He shoots 45% from the field and 37% from beyond the arc.
It will be tempting to cheat off of Bird given that there are 3-4 other quality scorers on this roster, but it's not a good idea. He can knock down shots.
Jaylen Brown has lived up to his own reputation so far, averaging a team-high 15.8 points on 45% shooting while grabbing 5.5 rebounds and dealing 2.0 assists. He isn't much of a shooter yet, but he still likes to attempt at least a couple threes on any given night. After some understandable inconsistency early in the year, he has settled in and scored 15+ in eight straight games.
Ivan Rabb has also made good on the five-star rating. He chips in 12 points on outrageous 62% shooting, averages a team-high 8.3 rebounds, and is tied for the team lead with 1.2 blocks. With this Washington team I worry about any tall, long player who can finish through contact.
Lately Coach Martin has been starting Kingsley Okoroh despite only giving him around 10 minutes. Cal's other seven-footer Kameron Rooks, actually plays more robust minutes despite always coming off the bench.
I wouldn't be surprised if both Okoroh and Rooks play slightly heavier minutes and outperform their typical stats given the chance to overpower an under-sized Washington front court. Rooks in particular has flashed lately, including a double-double against Stanford.
Wallace and Mathews coming off the bench is just ridiculous, and it's unclear whether or not Wallace will be reinserted into the starting five after missing a few weeks to a hand injury and working his way into the game off of the bench against Oregon and Oregon State.
Even if Wallace does come on as a sixth man, he will play 30 or so minutes and likely stuff the stat sheet. He is averaging over 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 assists.
Mathews has been coming off the bench since a couple games before the Wallace injury. He is Cal's most dangerous shooter, hitting 45% from deep, including 8-14 three-point shooting during the three-game winning streak.
With two bench players playing starting minutes, Cal is able to mostly stick to an eight-man rotation unless foul trouble gets in the way. Even if neither Rooks nor Okoroh are on the court, Raab has a size advantage on the entire UW roster.
The Cal teams I've watched over the past two weeks would soundly beat the UW team I've seen over the same stretch. Luckily that isn't how basketball tends to play out. Cal have been a different team on the road, and even while losing and often playing ugly defense Washington has played opponents very close regardless of setting.
Cal has not been a bad defensive team this year, but I still figure this will be a high-tempo, high-scoring affair. Teams have had a lot of trouble stopping Washington from scoring at home and the Huskies have had trouble stopping anyone from scoring.
Ultimately my fears remain unchanged from the last several contests. I worry about the Huskies continuing to switch everything on defense and commit far too many fouls. I worry about their ability to handle size inside, especially Raab on the offensive glass.
I know Washington will score, but I don't know that they can survive a shoot-out with Brown, Raab, Wallace, and Mathews unless we see a superlative offensive performance from one of Andrews, Murray, or Chriss.
Don't enjoy my pessimism? Well take solace in the idea that Cal could come out completely flat. It wouldn't be the first time that team looked fundamentally different on the road. I'm just not comfortable banking on a big step back from a team that may have finally figured out how to consistently tap in to its massive potential.
Prediction: Cal 87, UW 80


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Half of those who want to retire can't: HSBC
By Ruth Gillbe
A total of three quarters of people - 75 per cent - aged 45 plus would like to retire in the next five years but almost half - 45 per cent - cannot do this because their circumstances will not allow it, according to HSBC's latest report entitled 'The Future of Retirement'.
The report, which represents the views of more than 18,000 people in 17 countries, showed that nearly three-quarters - 74 per cent - haven't saved enough money and 18 per cent say they have too much debt.
Additionally, 19 per cent claim they have dependents that rely on their income.
Over the last year the number of people who fear they may never be able to fully retire has also increased.
A total of 12 per cent are worried they will not be able to afford to retire and will have to continue working, up 2 per cent from 2015.
HSBC's report revealed that of those who have retired, 39 per cent of people say their standard of living has increased despite no longer receiving a monthly salary.
Forty-one per cent said that their social life improved, compared to 8 per cent who claimed it had gotten worse.
HSBC identified four practical steps to help prepare for retirement.
These were to start saving earlier; to plan for a longer retirement; to aim for a healthy new retirement and consider how your healthcare needs may change in your retirement.
Caroline Connellan, head of UK Wealth at HSBC, said: "For many people concerns about money are preventing them from retiring when they want to.
"Modern financial pressures and the changes in pension freedoms make the need for sound financial planning more important than ever.
"Even small amounts saved today can make a difference."
Nigel Waterson, chairman of the Equity Release Council, said: "A comfortable retirement takes decades of hard work to realise. Increasingly, it also hinges on a broader approach to later life financial planning than was the case for past generations.
"For those who find they are asset rich but cash poor as they approach later life, the mantra of 'save more now' can only stretch so far."
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Jim Carrey Busts Donald Trump With NSFW Cartoon About House Impeachment Inquiry Vote
It's one of the comedian's most graphic illustrations to date
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Jim Carrey's latest political cartoon leaves little to the imagination.
Titled "Welcome to Nancy's Wheelhouse," the NSFW illustration features House Speaker Nancy Pelosi banging a gavel down on President Donald Trump's exposed genitals. The President is shown reeling back in pain.
Though the comedian has created numerous Trump-related satirical cartoons before, this is one of Carrey's most graphic to date. He also opted not to share the image directly on his Twitter account, as he has done in the past, and instead directed interested viewers to a separate website with the disclaimer "intended for mature audiences."
The illustration, published on Friday, comes a day after the House of Representatives voted in favor of a resolution formalizing the impeachment inquiry proceedings. The inquiry is now moving into its next public-facing side, and the House Intelligence Committee will begin leading public hearings.
As for Carrey, 2020 will also be an eventful year aside from the presidential election. On May 5, 2020, the comedian will be releasing a novel titled "Memoirs and Misinformation." The book is described as a "fearless and semi-autobiographical deconstruction of persona" and will discuss Carrey's experiences with "acting, Hollywood, agents, celebrity, privilege, friendship, loneliness, romance, addiction to relevance, fear of personal erasure, growing up in Canada, and a cataclysmic ending of the world."
You can see Carrey's NSFW illustration here.
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Follow the '90 Day Fiancé' Season 7 Cast on Instagram!
By Anna Quintana
There's no rest for the 90 Day Fiancé fandom. Just days after the finales of both 90 Day Fiancé spinoffs The Other Way and Before the 90 Days comes Season 7 of the OG TLC series.
And this time around the drama is better than ever. Fans are already loving the new couples, which include Robert — who proposed to Anny after spending just eight hours with her in the Dominican Republic — and Anna and her non-English speaking fiancé Mursel.
What could go wrong? Hopefully, a lot. Keep scrolling to find out more about the '90 Day Fiancé' Season 7 cast and how to follow the couples on Instagram!
1. Tania (Colchester, Connecticut) and Syngin (South Africa)
Tania initially flew to South Africa to meet up with a man she had met on a dating app, but that didn't work out. Luckily, she met Syngin, who worked as a bartender, and ended up staying abroad for four months. Now, the couple is in America — but living out of a shed in her mother's house.
A prenup is also getting in the way of their happily ever after, as Syngin refuses to sign the piece of paper. It also doesn't help that Tania doesn't have the "full soul mate feeling."
Instagram: @syngin_colchester and @tania.maduro
2. Robert (Winter Park, Florida) and Anny (Dominican Republic)
Robert, 41, met Anny while on vacation in the Dominican Republic and proposed after spending eight hours with the 30-year-old beauty. However, it is not long before Robert — who is also a single dad to his 4-year-old son — is calling Anny a "crybaby who wants everything" and his friends are offering to buy her a plane ticket to go back to her home. Anny's response: "You are Donald Trump? Please." Touché.
Instagram: @shotta558
3. Michael (Greenwich, Connecticut) and Juliana (Brazil)
Now, Michael, 41, is very aware what his relationship with 23-year-old model Juliana looks like — but he is adamant he is in love with the Brazilian model. "A lot of people may think I'm an old, sleazy rich guy going after a young beautiful model from Brazil," he says on the show before buying her a bottle of champagne from her birth year (1996).
Unfortunately, their visa interview did not go so well, as Juliana was insulted when she was asked if she worked as a prostitute. "No, she's not a prostitute," Michael clarified.
Instagram: @julianacustodiooo and @micheal_jessen_77
4. Emily (Portland, Oregon) and Sasha (Russia)
Let's hope third time is the charm for Sasha, who is getting married for the third time — and expecting his third child. Emily met personal trainer Sasha while teaching English in Russia. Unfortunately, Emily did not hit it off with Sasha's first wife.
"Sasha's first ex-wife is really crazy," she said on the show before stating her trust in Sasha. "I am going to be Sasha's third wife and this is going to be his third child with another woman... But we're going to last." Spoiler alert: the couple already welcomed their baby boy Davidka.
Instagram: @emilylarina and @alexander.g.larin
5. Blake (Los Angeles, California) and Jasmin (Finland)
Blake can't believe he landed a beauty like Jasmin, but his friends are concerned the Finland native — whose sister is already in America on a green card — is in the relationship for the wrong reasons.
"It may look like we have nothing in common, but Jasmin and I are meant to be together," Blake stated. We're rooting for you, Blake!
Instagram: @jasminaniel and @hollowbrooks
6. Anna (Bellevue, Nebraska) and Mursel (Turkey)
Anna and Mursel look like a match made in K-1 Visa heaven, but there is a huge red flag in their relationship — Mursel has not told his family about Anna's sons.
"I'm trying to keep Anna's kids a secret from my family," Mursel admits on the show. And this does not sit well with Anna, who tells cameras, "Maybe I'm not supposed to be happy."
Instagram: @annamcampisi and @murselmistanoglu
7. Mike (Sequim, Washington) and Natalie (Ukraine)
Last but not least is Mike, who followed his BFF Matt's lead and proposed to a woman from Ukraine, who just happened to be Matt's wife Svetlana's BFF. Unfortunately, the couple is very different as Natalie is a self-proclaimed city girl – compared to Mike who is more "rustic" — and Natalie refuses to go to church with Mike.
Instagram: TBD
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