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From Dublin Westward: Petrie, Clonmacnoise...
1014 Battle of Clontarf
1815, 1915: Centenaries and bicentenaries: Celticists, lexicographers and antiquarian scholars
'"A little remnant of the work of the ancients" 23 N 10: the Book of Ballycummin'
'Aon amharc ar Éirinn': Irish families and their manuscripts
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Book of Fenagh 500th anniversary
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The Books of Knockninny: manuscripts, culture and society in 18th-century Fermanagh
Charitable property: the manuscripts of St Anne's Guild, Dublin
Colum Cille 1500: Téacsanna agus Traidisiúin / Columba 1500: Texts and Traditions
Count Paul Strzelecki and the Great Famine
Discovering Thomas Moore: Ireland in nineteenth-century Europe
Françoise Henry at UCD: Towards a history of Art History in Ireland
From Dublin Westward: Petrie, Clonmacnoise and Aran
From medieval text to mobile: folk medicine in Irish tradition
Intellectual life in Ireland, 1910-1920
The Invention of Journalism
Lebor na hUidre Conference
A life of two exiles: Wacław Tadeusz Dobrzyński (1883-1962)
Mapping city, town and country since 1824: the Ordnance Survey in Ireland
Prodigies of learning: Academy women in the nineteenth century
Remembering Hugh O'Neill, 1616-2016
Representations of Jews in Irish Literature
'Ruaidhri Ó Flaithbheartaigh through his letters: a learned Gaelic chief and his Oxford friend in 1700'
Science at the Royal Irish Academy
Scribing for Ireland: the Ó Longáin family and the Royal Irish Academy
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'To please and to reform mankind' a life of protest: Jonathan Swift, 1667-1745
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Library Lunchtime Lecture organised in conjunction with an exhibition, 'Views of Dublin: original watercolours by George Petrie, MRIA, 1790-1866', curated by the Royal Irish Academy Library. This exhibition, to mark the 150th anniversary of the death of George Petrie, ran from 19 January – 15 February, 2016.
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Home » Celebrities » Olivia Jade Vows to Keep 'the Vibes Good' After Mom Lori Loughlin's Prison Release
Olivia Jade Vows to Keep 'the Vibes Good' After Mom Lori Loughlin's Prison Release
The YouTube star marks the new year with an Instagram post that features a video and photos of her dancing at a party, a few days after her actress mother was released from jail.
AceShowbiz –Olivia Jade Giannulli has begun the new year with positivity. Days after her mom Lori Loughlin completed her two-month sentence for her involvement in the college admissions scandal, the YouTube star vowed to "keep the vibes good" in 2021.
Making use of Instagram on Friday, January 1, the 21-year-old shared one clip and several pictures of her dancing with friends and boyfriend Jackson Guthy. In the accompanying message, she wrote, "2021 let's just keep the vibes good, k?"
Olivia's post came after her mom Lori was released early from Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California on December 28. At the time, a source told PEOPLE that the "Full House" alum was "beyond relieved that she can put her prison sentence behind her" and would be "spending New Year's with Olivia and [Isabella Rose Giannulli]."
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Olivia has previously opened up about her parents' role in the college admissions scandal in the December 8 episode of "Red Table Talk". She admitted to Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow Smith and Adrienne Banfield-Norris, "It's been hard. I think for anybody, no matter what the situation is, you don't want to see your parents go to prison, but also I think it's necessary for us to move on and move forward."
"I'm not trying to victimize myself. I don't want pity – I don't deserve pity. We messed up," she continued. "I just want a second chance to be like, 'I recognize I messed up'. I never got to say, 'I'm really sorry that this happened', or 'I really own that this was a big mess-up on everybody's part,' but I think everybody feels that way in my family right now."
Olivia has now reunited with her mother Lori while her father Mossimo Giannulli has been serving his time behind the bars since November 19. The disgraced couple pleaded guilty to forking out $500,000 to help their daughters secure places at the University of Southern California.
While Lori has paid off her $150,000 fine, she is still expected to spend two years on supervised release, and to perform 100 hours of community service. The "Fuller House" star's husband, in the meantime, has paid a $250,000 fine, and will serve 250 hours of community service upon his release.
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Sasha December 22, 2022
FRP-BC will be closed Friday, December 23rd, 2022 and return Tuesday, January 3rd, 2023.
The two words that come to mind when reflecting on the FRP-BC's past year are growth and partnerships. In 2022 FRP-BC:
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I will be away from the blogging world for a bit.....seems as though the universe has something else in mind for me.
My beautiful dog, who I was just talking about in the last post, developed a severe infection in his front leg at the elbow night before last. He has spent the last year battling osteosarcoma and while I am sure his body has struggled to combat this nasty disease, you would never have known he was ill except for days when he limped because he had over done it the day before. So it has never been an outward, appearing battle. Just a nagging, underlying worry always on my mind, because quite honestly I cannot imagine my life without him.
The infection developed in his healthy leg and it is extensive. He had to spend the night at the vet office with IV fluids and antibiotics. Thankfully his fever is down and he is responding to the antibiotics but the tissue damage from the infection is quite severe. He will return to the vet on Monday for some wound care and a dressing change and a reassessment of his situation. We will have to weigh some things and make a decision that is best for my precious boy. These are always the hardest decisions to arrive at.
I know that I should be grateful that he has survived his cancer and has been given an extended quality of life that even the veterinarians cannot explain for more than a year. Most dogs succumb to this cancer fairly quickly. But I don't think any amount of time with this dog could ever be enough. His gentle nature, spirit and loving companionship, not to mention his seemingly passionate desire to survive, is simply impossible for me to ignore. I am in awe of this amazing dog who gives so much and asks for so little in return.
We left him yesterday at the vets which was a little difficult. I was afraid he might take a turn for the worse and possibly die without the comfort of his family around him, but I knew he was in good hands. I said my prayers and went to bed early last night knowing when we picked him up in the morning, it would be a long weekend.
My bed is made up alongside of his and I will spend the night listening to his every breath. He is comfy and content and occasionally tries to reach for my hand so that I will lay my hand on the side of his head. He has always needed that extra comfort of our touch. Even the first night after we brought him home from the humane society 7years ago, he slept next to to my two daughters and I with his arms wrapped around all of ours.
I don't know much about his life prior to becoming a member of our family except that he was a dog that kept running away from his home. I feel so fortunate that we found him and that his beautiful, big brown eyes pleaded with us that day 7 yrs ago, to take him home. It was a decision that has changed us all forever.
From watching him score goals with our air hockey table (seriously, this dog could play air hockey, but he would run off with the pucks after he scored), to hearing him run up the stairs during the night because the wind came up,(my husband and I would start laughing in the middle of the night, this 100 lb dog was terrified of wind), to opening presents on Christmas morning with us with a childlike quality and excitement, hiking and so many other activities--he fully participated in all family events. He has brought us much joy and laughter and now, more recently tears. He is a member of our family and we love him! It seems so unfair that he can fight cancer so bravely and then become ill with an unrelated infection.
I am hoping for the best but in my heart I know that we may have some hard decisions to make over the next couple of days. But for this moment, I will not give up hope. He is fighting for his life and I want him to feel that I am right beside him. I will hold his paw all night, listen to each breath and provide the same unconditional love and support that he has given me over the past several years.....because he is family and he could not be loved more.
"He is my other eyes that can see above the clouds; my other ears that can hear above the winds. He is the part of me that can reach out into the sea. He has told me a thousand times over that I am his reason for being, by the way he leans against my leg; by the way he thumps his tail at my smallest smile; by the way he shows his hurt when I leave without taking him. When I am wrong, he is delighted to forgive. When I am angry, he clowns to make me smile. When I am happy he is joy unbounded. When I am a fool, he ignores it. Without him I am only another man. With him, I am all-powerful. He is loyalty itself. He has taught me the meaning of devotion. With him, I know a secret comfort and private peace. He has brought me understanding where before I was ignorant. His head on my knee can heal my human hurt. His presence by my side is protection against my fears of dark and unknown things. He has promised to wait for me....whenever...wherever--in case I need him. And I expect I will--as I always have. He is just my dog."


When it comes to healthcare events, there is none more important than the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference. Filled with dozens upon dozens of biotech and medical device companies, the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference, coming up in mid-January, is the perfect time for companies to unveil a study or device they've been keeping under their thumb for a rainy day.
With this in mind, we asked three of our top healthcare analysts to name one biotech stock they'd be closely watching in advance of the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference. Here what they had to say.
: There are always a few companies with clinical trial data and a few deals that get announced at JP Morgan, but it's hard to guess which companies might have news.
Guidance for clinical trial data is usually vague -- "early 2015" or the even more obscure "first quarter" -- and there's no reason companies should hold data for JP Morgan. The data is material news and should be released to shareholders once it's known. Some companies are either breaking the SEC rules, or somehow managing to complete their data analysis just in the nick of time andhaveto release their data at JP Morgan.
It's more understandable how deals could be announced at JP Morgan, as both sides are inclined to consummate a deal before the big meeting, but predicting who might get together is difficult.
There is one constant at JP Morgan, however:Celgene earnings. The company typically gives tentative results for the previous quarter and guidance for the year ahead.
Last year, Celgene gave some longer-term guidance, predicting 2015 sales between $8.5 billion and $9.5 billion rising to between $13 billion and $14 billion in 2017. That's a 21% compounded annual growth rate at the midpoint. Earnings per share are expected to grow even faster, at around 26% per year.
It will be interesting to see if Celgene raises that guidance. Keep in mind, though, that management tends to be conservative. Last year at JP Morgan, the company guided for split-adjusted earnings of $3.50 to $3.60 per share in 2014, but the yearly guidance was bumped up a couple of times during the year; on its third-quarter conference call, management guided for earnings of $3.65to$3.70 per share for the year.
:There's a good reason the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference is often called the Super Bowl of healthcare. It's the biggest healthcare meeting of the year with pharma giants and small/mid-cap biotechs huddling up to listen to presentations and talk up deals.
One company that could emerge a winner at this year's conference is small-cap. Amicus is in the midst of a comeback and will be presenting positive Phase III results for its Fabry treatment.
Amicus lost a big chunk of its market cap after the Fabry treatment failed in a previous pivotal trial. But the company never gave up on the drug, and in a revised investigation, it proved itself a success last month.
Deep-pocketed partnergave back commercialization rights after the drug's previous study ended in failure, and Amicus has said it's open to new partners. The small-cap biotech market has plenty of perils, but with a Phase III victory in the bag, an EU approval filing coming up mid-year, and the U.S. hopefully to follow, Amicus will no doubt try to set the bar high.
Beyond its lead candidate, Amicus will also presenting data on a drug nearing the clinic for patients not eligible for Fabry.
: With the mecca of all healthcare conferences just around the corner, the company I'm most looking forward to hearing from is Intercept Pharmaceuticals .
Intercept had a wild ride in 2014. In January, its shares practically quintupled overnight after a midstage study for obeticholic acid, or OCA, was suggested to be stopped early by a data safety monitoring board due to statistically significant efficacy as a treatment for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, a liver disease affecting up to 12% of the population.
However, since then, Intercept has given back much of its gains, with the FLINT trial data pointing to potentially worrisome elevated cholesterol levels in patients. Additionally, The Lancet suggested Intercept may need to run additional trials to demonstrate OCA's safety.
I'll be specifically looking for two things from Intercept at the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference. First, I'm hoping management will discuss their strategy moving forward with OCA. The POISE trial involving OCA as a treatment for primary biliary cirrhosis met its primary endpoint, but the filing date of a new drug application is still unknown beyond "the first half of 2015." It would also be great if management addressed some of the concerns surrounding OCA's safety.
Secondly, I'm looking for fresh studies to be published that might expand OCA's label or introduce investors to additional preclinical compounds. As it stands now, Intercept's entire clinical pipeline is based on OCA for three separate indications. Beyond that, it has two other product candidates in preclinical studies. If Intercept is to be taken seriously by investors, it's going to need some pipeline depth.
This year is certainly shaping up to be volatile once again for Intercept, and it all starts with the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference.
The article 3 Biotech Stocks We're Watching Closest Ahead of the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference originally appeared on Fool.com.
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In the first months, the blood pressure won't change much, but can get a little lower. When this happens, women feel sleepy, get vertigo or get tired quickly. Some moms-to-be have lower blood pressure even until the 20th week. This is quite normal. blood pressure that measures low is not dangerous, it just makes you feel tired. It's only worse if the blood pressure goes higher during the gestation period.
Doctors make jokes that you can lift your blood pressure with an unhealthy lifestyle. Eat foods that will increase your energy levels like bananas, cheese, herrings, raisins, beans, chocolate, or smoked meat. Also drink a lot of water, try to remain active during the day, and sleep higher on your pillow. Start your morning with easy exercises and a colder shower. Drinking green tea or coffee can also raise your blood pressure a healthy amount to increase your alertness.


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End Of An Era...
So, today and tomorrow are the last days of Teletext as it closes its doors forever. Some of its services will continue on the web, but the days of getting those pages on your TV set are soon to be over, 30+ years since they first started.
I remember first discovering Teletext and how quickly it became a part of my daily routine. Before heading out to work, I'd switch the TV on, have some breakfast and read some pages - usually Planet Sound and Digitiser/Game Central. I became a fan of their honest, balanced reviews, and I loved the way that they didn't buy into the hype surrounding The New Game or The Next Big Band. It felt like old school journalism, where the facts were reported rather than just regurgitating the press releases. You never felt like the people writing these stories were going out of their way to point out how cool they were because they were interviewing Blur or playing the latest Mario game before you. These pages were written by people who had a genuine love and affection for the stuff they were reviewing, and it's something that I'll miss. Yes, I could go and find reviews on the Internet, but they won't have that feel of true independence that Teletext had. And, more importantly for me, they'll never be part of my morning routine.
So, goodbye Teletext. You will be missed.


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Q: Environment.GetCommandLineArgs not working under Main I am trying to get a specific argument when the my executable loads from the command line. I am using WinForms and when I use it in the Main method nothing happens. If I use it under the Form1 constructor it works, but the message box is hit twice. In the FormShown event it works as well but the form is displayed and if I use me.Hide() within the event the form appears for a few miliseconds. How should I use it?
 Public Sub New()
       ' This call is required by the designer.
        InitializeComponent()
        SettingsController.DeserializeXML()

        If Environment.GetCommandLineArgs.Length > 1 Then
            ' Loop and find each argument
            For Each arg In Environment.GetCommandLineArgs
                If arg.ToString = "start" Then
                    Try
                        MessageBox.Show("started1")
                        Me.Hide()
                        Logging.Log("TaskScheduler Process started for backup")
                       'call the function here
                    Catch ex As Exception
                        Logging.Log("Function: " & System.Reflection.MethodInfo.GetCurrentMethod().Name & Environment.NewLine & _
                              "Description: " & ex.Message & Environment.NewLine)
                    End Try
                End If
            Next
        End If
    End Sub

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My Main() that is under Form1.vb
Public Shared Sub Main()
      Console.WriteLine()
      '  Invoke this sample with an arbitrary set of command line arguments.
      Dim arguments As String() = Environment.GetCommandLineArgs()
      MessageBox.show("GetCommandLineArgs: {0}", String.Join(", ", arguments))
   End Sub

A: Form Load is a bad place to put code when you dont want to use a form.  In Project Properties -> Application, set the StartUp object to Sub Main.  Create a Module  for the Main:
' Can get the command line as a param:
Public Sub Main(args As String())

    Application.EnableVisualStyles()

    If args(0) = "/foo" Then
        ' do something else without a form'
        ' App ends when this block runs out of code

    Else
        Application.Run(New frmMain())
    End If

End Sub

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*You can also get the command line from:
Dim myArgs As String() = Environment.GetCommandLineArgs()
But that method will include the App name/path as myArg(0).

*Using String.Join on the return from Environment.GetCommandLineArgs() might not be needed, you can get it as a string from Environment.CommandLine.  It seems odd to join an array only to split it later.

*For debugging, you can enter a set of arguments under Project Properties -> Debug

A: Try simply this code in the LOAD event:
Dim MyLine as string = Command()
MyLine = MyLine.trim

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Summary of results
Zimbabwe Round 3 summary of results
Summary of results for the Afrobarometer Round 3 survey in Zimbabwe in 2005
6 Feb 2006 Zimbabwe
The Afrobarometer is an independent, non-partisan research instrument that measures the social, political and economic atmosphere in 18 African countries including Zimbabwe. Face-to-face interviews were conducted in the three official languages: Shona, Ndebele and English. The target sample size was 1200 respondents that were divided into two: a random (main sample) or 1096 respondents and a purposeful or sub-sample of 104 respondents of Operation Murambatsvina/Restore Order victims.
The random sample was selected in four stages: the primary sampling units (PSUs), starting points, households, and individual respondents. Because each stage was conducted randomly, the main sample represents a cross-section of the adult population of Zimbabwe aged 18 years and older. The framework for the sample was Zimbabwe's official 2002 national census data. For primary sampling units, a total of 150 census enumeration areas were randomly selected with probability proportionate to population size. Of the 150 PSUs, 137 were for the main sample and 13 for the sub-sample in three cities: Harare, Bulawayo and Mutare. The 137 PSUs were stratified by province and by residential location (urban or rural). To ensure an equal representation of respondents by gender, interviews were alternated between male and female respondents.
Due to fieldwork-related disruptions, the full sample of 1200 was not achieved but a total of 1112 interviews were successfully completed. These were broken down into 1048 for the main sample and 64 for the sub-sample and the latter excluded any Harare interviews as these could not proceed due to the disturbances.
Field work for this survey was conducted by the Mass Public Opinion Institute
(MPOI), an independent, non-governmental research organization based in Harare, Zimbabwe. The survey was done between 09 and 25 October 2005.
Mass Public Opinion Institute
Findings from the Round 5 survey in Zimbabwe
BP83: Zimbabwe: People's development agenda in 2009
Zimbabwe Round 4 data (2009)


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President's Choice brings you pure Canadian maple syrup enriched with another beloved breakfast favourite, smoky bacon flavouring.
This tangy & spicy sauce is perfect for steaks, chicken, pork and burgers. It's also great for spreading, basting or marinating. One of my Aussie friends Jeremy says it's the best sauce he's ever had. Fair enough!
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The big bold taste of Bulls Eye BBQ sauce - a must-have for the barbecue! Bullseye Sauce. Bull's Eye Sauce.
Adds a robust mix of 12 gourmet herbs and spices plus garlic, onions, and peppers to your favourite steaks. Goes well on lamb too, and pork, I even use it to roast a chicken and it is pretty darn good!
Enjoy the authentic taste of poutine at home.
Same great flavour of Club House Sloppy Joe's Seasoning, just made with 25% less salt and without the gluten.
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Sitting on an Ideal Jawa 250cc engine, the 2-stroke, single cylinder, the air-cooled Yezdi Monarch is capable of delivering 2.43kgm of maximum torque @ 4250 rpm. Built on a Yezdi 175 chassis, it is also considered as the upgraded version of the Yezdi 175. Long and strong-muscled seats, make riding even more comfortable.
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Cardinals select running back Chase Edmonds in fourth round of NFL Draft
By Tyler Drake | April 28, 2018 at 11:11 am
UPDATED: April 28, 2018 at 11:31 am
Fordham running back Chase Edmonds runs a drill at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Friday, March 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
The Arizona Cardinals selected running back Chase Edmonds out of Fordham in the fourth round of the 2018 NFL Draft on Saturday.
Edmonds, the 134th selection, played in 44 games over the course of four years with the Rams.
He graduated from Fordham as the Patriot League's all-time leading rusher with 5,862 yards.
In 2016, the 5-foot-9, 210-pound running back erupted for 1,799 yards and 19 touchdowns on 257 carries on the ground. for his efforts, he was awarded FCS All-American honors.
Cardinals select offensive lineman Mason Cole in third round of NFL Draft
Cards select Saguaro product Christian Kirk with 47th pick in NFL Draft
Cardinals trade with Raiders, select QB Josh Rosen in 2018 NFL Draft
Injuries to his right ankle and hamstring hurt Edmonds' numbers in 2017 as he only played in seven games, rushing for 577 yards and five touchdowns.
He's shown signs as a pass catcher too.
In 2015, he caught 31 balls for 383 yards and five touchdowns, including an 87-yarder.
Edmonds joins quarterback Josh Rosen, wide receiver Christian Kirk and offensive lineman Mason Cole as the selections made by the Cardinals through the first four rounds of the 2018 NFL Draft.
Arizona has two more choices left in the draft, Nos. 182 and 254.
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Louis O. "Lou" Stewart (January 1, 1915 – March 26, 2002) was a prominent labor leader in Washington.

Stewart grew up in logging camps and attended 23 different grade schools. Following service in the Army Air Corps during World War II, he received his diploma from Weatherwax High School in Aberdeen, Washington. A journeyman carpenter before and after the war, Stewart entered the University of Washington on the GI Bill in 1950, earning a degree in Industrial Sociology. While attending graduate school, he went to work for the Seattle city government, helping to develop the first civil service system in Washington State. In 1960, he helped the territorial government of Guam develop its civil service system.

Stewart joined the staff of the Washington State Labor Council in 1967 and worked there until his retirement in 1982.  During that time, Stewart was the Labor Council's chief state lobbyist in Olympia. A lifelong Democrat, he was a delegate to the 1972 national convention. Throughout his career and following retirement, he served on a number of boards and commissions, including the National Public Broadcasting Commission, KCPQ Channel 13, Group Health Cooperative, and the state's Centennial and Marine Employees Commissions.

Upon Stewart's death in 2002, then-State Labor Council President Rick Bender said, "There was no major issue facing the State Legislature in the '70s and '80s that didn't have Lou Stewart's involvement, and he was known on both sides of the aisle for absolute honesty and integrity."

Irene Stewart
Stewart's daughter, Irene, was born November 29, 1957, in Seattle, and raised in Olympia. She graduated from William Winlock Miller High School in 1975 and the University of Washington in 1979. In November 2003, she was elected to the Seattle School District Board of Directors, District VI, which includes the West Seattle and South Park neighborhoods of Seattle.  Stewart left the Board in 2007.

External links
The Seattle Times obituary
The Olympian obituary
Seattle P-I article about Irene Stewart's School Board race

Politicians from Seattle
United States Army Air Forces soldiers
United States Army personnel of World War II
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Manchester United vs Istanbul Basaksehir Betting Preview & Tips
By Brett Curtis on	 Nov 1, 2020 Champions League Tips, Tips
MANCHESTER UNITED host Istanbul Basaksehir on Tuesday night in the Champions League. Brett Curtis (@Brett_Curtis92) is on-hand to deliver his favourite fancies.
Manchester United vs Istanbul Basaksehir | Tuesday 24th November 2020, 20:00 | BT Sport
Manchester United host Istanbul Basaksehir in the Champions League on Tuesday, with the Red Devils aiming to gain revenge for the 2-1 defeat which they suffered in Turkey three weeks ago.
United's defending was nothing short of calamitous in Istanbul, with Demba Ba afforded the freedom of the pitch to gallop through and squeeze the ball past Dean Henderson to open the scoring.
With RB Leipzig and Paris Saint-Germain facing each other in the other game in the group, United have a chance to extend their lead at the top of the group and put themselves in a strong position in terms of qualifying for the knockout stages.
I fancy them to get the job done, but odds of 1/4 do look on the skinny side given how they tend to struggle against sides sitting deep, as Basaksehir did to great effect in the previous meeting.
To get more value, then, I'm heading to bet365's Bet Builder. Romanian referee Ovidiu Hategan has shown the away side at least one yellow card in all of his last 20 matches in all competitions, with the away team receiving two or more in his last four matches in this competition.
Basaksehir have received seven in their three European matches, meanwhile, and are likely to foul frequently to disrupt the flow of the game.
Both Teams To Score has landed in their last five games in all competitions, suggesting they are not as proficient defensively as United made them look in the previous meeting. I fancy United to score twice (Basaksehir also scoring would be no surprise), so will back United to win, Over 1 Goals for Both Teams Combined, and Over 1 Cards for Istanbul Basaksehir at evens
With Edin Visca registering at least one shot on-target in all three of his Champions League matches, including scoring against United, I was keen to back the Bosnian winger to hit the target once more, but he's a little short with most bookmakers for my liking given how infrequently Basaksehir may penetrate United's half.
I'm going to attack the same markets I backed with success in the last meeting between these sides, then: Rafael tackles and a Martin Skrtel yellow card.
Both have very different types of history at Old Trafford, with Rafael spending seven very successful years there, and Skrtel having plenty of running battles with United during his eight years at Liverpool.
Rafael has made four or more tackles in all three of his Champions League matches this season, including six against United, and is likely to be up against Marcus Rashford in that area of the pitch. Rashford attempts more dribbles than any other United player, which tends to draw tackles and fouls. Rafael is 11/8 to make 3+ tackles and 7/2 to make 4+ once again (Sky Bet).
Skrtel, meanwhile, was booked for a late foul on Antony Martial in the last meeting between the sides. The 35-year-old is averaging two fouls per game in the Champions League this season, as well as being booked in two of his six league matches, and is likely to come under plenty of pressure on Tuesday. Odds of 11/4 (Sky Bet) for him to be carded once more look generous.
I'll be requesting Rafael 4+ tackles and Skrtel to be booked, too, which should be around 16/1.
Manchester United vs Istanbul Basaksehir – Manchester United to win, Over 1 Goal, Over 1 Istanbul Basaksehir Card (1/1 Bet365)
Manchester United vs Istanbul Basaksehir – Rafael 3+ tackles (11/8 SkyBet)
Manchester United vs Istanbul Basaksehir – Martin Skrtel to be carded (11/4 SkyBet)
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Dahlias have a wonderful range of colours and shapes for you to choose from and are very free flowering, often bringing colour to your garden from June till the first frosts. They are tuberous rooted perennials, and a good time to order the tubers is now, from February-April, planting them approximately 15cm deep once all chance of frost has gone in your area. They thrive in full sun, but are quite flexible on soil types, doing well in Alkaline, Neutral or Acid soils. If you haven't tried them in your garden before, give them a trial this year! The top photo is of Dahlia Purple Pearl, a highly decorative variety with deep purple, almost maroon flowers which are delicately edged with white. It reaches approximately 1 -1.5 m high and the flower heads are a good 15-20cm in diameter. This variety is also perfect for flower arranging.
Hillcrest Candy, the Dahlia pictured in the second photo, was introduced in 2005 and has received the AGM award. It has beautiful soft pink flowers which are of the semi cactus variety. Like all Dahlias they like to be protected during the winter, so depending on where you live and how cold it gets, either leave the tubers in the ground, adding a layer of bark mulch for protection in late Autumn, or lift the tubers and overwinter them before replanting in the Spring. The third photo is of Dahlia Kenora Macop-B, which has really deep wine red flowers. The petals of this Dahlia are fimbriated which gives it an arresting 'pin-cushion' effect.
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You've played out of your skin, tamed the weather and racked up 40+ points. Sure, sure, you missed a tiddler there on 18, but you must be in with a chance of a prize. It's a great feeling, isn't it?
But how does it feel to discover that you've won the whole thing, and all you get for your golfing brilliance is a tacky lamp. Only it's worse than that. It's a lamp made out of a brass figurine of a golfer. Yea, the kind of lamp you wouldn't put anywhere in your house, couldn't give away as a present, and shouldn't even mention in polite company. Hell, you wouldn't even use it to beat your worst enemy to death with. You also know it was on sale for half price, because that's the only way those disgusting things ever sell. That or a car boot sale!
Your joy of winning has been cruelly crushed. How can you brag about that 5 iron to two feet when you can't brag about the prize!
Simply put, all too often the prizes offered by golf clubs are a turn-off. Or useless. Or both. I'm sure some of you will say that it's not the prize or even the winning that counts, it's the taking part… pleeeeeease! You're kidding yourselves and you know it. Winning IS a big deal, and you want to win a prize that means something.
So what makes a good prize? That depends on you, doesn't it! The golf figurine lamp might just be your thing, but what about the other options? I've done a bit of research on the matter (through Twitter and Boards.ie) and here are the scores.
… especially if the name of your club is engraved on the glass. If you win a piece, wouldn't you at least like the option of selling it on eBay? With the club name emblazoned across it, the eBay value has dropped from 'weekend-away' to zero faster than our economy's pants dropped around its ankles.
And in case you hadn't heard, Ireland's famous Waterford Crystal ain't made in Waterford no more. Now everybody seems to make it: Slovenia, Slovakia, Poland, Italy… ah yes, that Irish symbol of quality.
Yes, very desirable: you're playing golf so why not win a prize that corresponds – we all like to buy extra golf gear, be it new shoes, a new bag or a classy, sleeveless, pink Pringle sweater (you fashion icon, you); and green fees for a big name club always hit the sweet spot. It's great to be able to treat your buddies for 'free', especially when you know they'll be buying the drinks.
Then again, golf clubs don't see much kudos in putting an envelope on the prize winner's table. Not when they've got golf figurine lamps collecting dust in the basement. No, in your golf club's eyes (or the sponsor's) an envelope doesn't say 'you're a winner' quite like a golf bag, lamp or crystal bowl does, which is why envelopes are usually reserved for lower placed prizes.
Golf gear is close enough to Golf Vouchers as makes no difference, but a golf bag often appears on the table because it looks big and expensive. The prizes are fine as they are, but even if they're not you can always take it back to the Pro shop/retailer and exchange it for something you actually need – maybe swap that pink Pringle number for the blue one with the yellow stripes.
A smart prize, for sure and your partner finally gets something out of all those hours you spend on the golf course. Yes, after listening to you endlessly moaning about missed putts, unlucky breaks and shots into trees that mysteriously moved since last week, she (or he) gets to be a winner too. Whisked away – your clubs hidden in the boot – you even have a legitimate reason to sit her down and talk her through every single shot of your prize-winning round. She'll be so proud of you she might even listen.
Bottles of Wine/Newbridge Cutlery etc.
Not a bad prize actually, especially if you're throwing a party or you have a wedding present to source.
Golf Clubs/Sponsors could learn a thing or two about selecting prizes. Good prizes keep golfers happy and interested; bad prizes can be a serious turn-off to entering Open events.
Don't believe me? I went to a Scratch Cup with two friends and we had lunch before heading out. There, on the winner's table, were the brass, golf figurine lamps I mentioned. We made unappreciative noises as we headed out…. and five hours later, we were standing on the 18th as one of my friends drained a birdie putt for a serious score. He looked at me and smiled weakly.
He did win, and as he accepted the prize his smile would have made a politician proud.
We didn't go back the next year.
And if you happened to notice that the above totals only add up to 99%, that's because 1% of respondents want to win a golf figurine lamp. Lads, get yourselves on eBay – my mate's auctioning it tomorrow.


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Mobiles Mobile everywhere. Cell phones today can do wonders, what a man cannot do, phones can do. Cell phone binds us like the handcuff. They make us do almost everything, which we want to and which we don't want to. Like a coin has two sides, cell phone also has also its pros and cons.
In the world of gadgets, OnePlus fashion is trending and especially the special edition model OnePlus6, with rumours that are already swirling. In the month of April, one of the entertainment sites also reported that Marvel was partnering with OnePlus as part of an aggressive marketing campaign to support their upcoming Avengers: Infinity War movie. And a week later a 10-second teaser which was posted on the OnePlus India Facebook page by the creators of the phone that more or less confirmed the rumour. And after the post, the video was promptly taken down, but not that soon before it got to be ripped and re-posted on YouTube.
According to that entertainment site, OnePlus 6 will feature Avengers branding with a unique design and a superhero-themed edition. A similar kind of branding happened last year where OnePlus and Disney (Marvel parent company) collaborated on the limited run of Star Wars and OnePlus 5T phones where exclusive to China, so the expectation of an Avengers model isn't that surprising for the buyers.
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Benghazi Narratives Continue To Unfold, Contradict
OK. We heard of the suspected link between Lebanon's latest violence and the regime in Syria, whose repression is likely to come up in tonight's presidential debate. Libya may well come up, as it did in the last debate. The killing of four Americans in Benghazi has drawn criticism from presidential candidate Mitt Romney from September 11, the day it happened. Days after the incident, U.N. ambassador Susan Rice made a fiercely criticized statement that linked the attack to protests in other countries over an offensive video.
AMBASSADOR SUSAN RICE: Our current assessment is that what happened in Benghazi was in fact initially a spontaneous reaction to what had just transpired hours before in Cairo, almost a copycat of the demonstrations against our facility in Cairo, which were prompted, of course, by the video.
INSKEEP: The administration has had to revise that statement more than once. There've been questions ever since over how spontaneous the attack could've been, who was really involved, why they acted.
David Ignatius of the Washington Post has been reporting on that. He's in our studios.
David, good morning.
DAVID IGNATIUS: Good morning.
INSKEEP: OK. So what did U.S. intelligence officials tell Susan Rice before that statement that's gotten her in so much trouble?
IGNATIUS: Well, surprisingly, the statement she was working from, the CIA's talking points that were prepared September 15, the day before she recorded all those interviews, said - and I'll just briefly quote from the language in this document - "The currently available information suggests that the demonstrations in Benghazi were spontaneously inspired by the protests at the U.S. embassy in Cairo." That's the very assertion that she's gotten in so much trouble for. I think in light of current information, now several weeks later, it would be a somewhat different account. When asked a senior intelligence official what would you change in that statement? He said I'd take out the word spontaneous and I'd substitute opportunistic.
But the fact is that Susan Rice, at the moment she made this very controversial statement, was working straight from a CIA document that had been given to her. It was unclassified. It was given to me and it seemed relevant to this whole debate.
INSKEEP: OK, so that explains the statement that seemed inexplicable at the time. But they're still at underlying question which you also tried to investigate. Which is what really happened in Benghazi? Even all these weeks later, does the United States really know?
IGNATIUS: That's the strange and I think telling fact about this, is how hard it is even for these intelligence professionals, using all their tools of surveillance - overhead voice, et cetera - to be certain. The reason that they think that there is a link with what was happening in Cairo to the events later that night, the night of September 11 in Libya, is because they have monitoring of communications among some of the protesters who ended up - some of the attackers is the word..
INSKEEP: They were militants which is why they were monitored.
IGNATIUS: ...who ended up at the embassy but they were monitored watching the protests in Cairo live, talking about them among themselves. And then not long after that they were at the consulate in Benghazi preparing this attack. What motivated them? Did they see this as a trigger? Apparent answer is that the U.S., even these weeks later, doesn't know; can't analyze from the information it had.
And also, people note that there were several different strands of attackers who were there. There were probably about four from Al-Qaida in the Maghreb, a very dangerous group. There were others from a militia in Benghazi, the Ansar al-Sharia militia. There were others from an Egyptian-inspired group. They were altogether in a jumble. Some of the people who went into the consulate compound where looters; they didn't have any weapons, they just went to grab stuff that they could find.
INSKEEP: Very briefly, so we have confused situation here that people are still sorting out. Do U.S. intelligence officials concede that perhaps they should have had more resources there, had a better handle on what was going on?
IGNATIUS: I think that they have been embarrassed that the quality of their intelligence, both real-time as these things were unfolding and since has not been what the American people would expect. They protest, this is a dangerous - in Benghazi is a place that's torn up by militias, competing militias. And it's been very hard to get FBI forensic experts to the scene of these events, so that they could sift the clues and come up with a better account of what happened.
Intelligence officials have been trying to put together a video that will link this. It will combine overhead images, sounds, source reports that they had and they'll show that, I suspect, to the congressional intelligence committees. But that video I suspect is going to be somewhat choppy. And it illustrates a fact about intelligence collection, which is this is so imperfect.
You're dealing in little shards and fragments. You use what you get. But often what you get isn't anything like a complete account, certainly not of the motivations of the people who do these events.
INSKEEP: David Ignatius at The Washington Post, we've just got a few seconds left. But you also write about Iran. Over the weekend, The New York Times reported that Iran had agreed in principle to some kind of discussions with the U.S. over its nuclear program. It's been denied by everybody. In a few seconds, what do the Iranians want as they're under pressure from sanctions at this moment?
IGNATIUS: What I would take from this weekend's stories, back and forth, is that both Iran and the United States are now interested in this confrontation that is because of economic sanctions, painful for Iran; interested in direct face-to-face negotiations to explore the nuclear issue. I think those negotiations...
INSKEEP: OK.
IGNATIUS: ...are coming. And despite the denial, I'd expect them after the election.
INSKEEP: David Ignatius of The Washington Post. His novels include ?Blood Money." You're listening to MORNING EDITION from NPR News.


We travel from Oslob to Badian – leaving at around 8 in the morning. Followed by a bus going to Bato for P40 (1 hour), then another bus from Bato to Oslob for P55 (1 hour).
The bus dropped us off infront of 7-H Canyoneering Adventure so we just decided to go with them. Standard rate is P1,500.
Habal-Habal going to the drop off!
We decided to take the Alegria route over the Badian route because we didn't want to hike for 1 hour. The Alegria route, however, does not end up at Kawasan Falls, but this was okay with us since we could just take a habal-habal there (only 5 mins away).
This was the first jump!!!
BBQ pit stop! We forgot to bring money LOL but we did bring snacks. You'll definitely start to feel a little bit hungry at this point so do remember to bring some food and water but DO NOT leave any rubbish behind.
There's a little pouch at the front of the lifevests so you can put a small wallet, snacks, water, etc. Your guide can also bring some in a dry bag if it can't fit.
Crawling across a bamboo bridge is harder than it looks. Hahaha! I was afraid to walk across it cause I might slip!
Short trek back to the start drop off point.
Canyoneering was amazing!!! It was the highlight of my Cebu trip. I loved jumping off the cliffs and sliding into the waters. Not going to lie, there were some that were really scary but exhilarating at the same time. If you are able and well, definitely try Canyoneering. You won't regret it!
5. If you are using a GoPro, bring batteries!
This is the video my friend made of our adventure. Check it out!
By taking the Alegria route for the Canyoneering we didn't end up at Kawasan Falls. Instead we took a habal-habal (P20 each) to Kawasan Falls, it was only about a 5 min ride.
Habal-habal on the way to Kawasan Falls!
Our view during lunch! Beautiful!
Since we didn't stay too long at Kawasan Falls we still had a bit of time to spare so we decided to go to Osmeña Peak. At the entrance of Kawasan Falls there are some habal-habals which can take you there.
It costs us Php 1,000 for 3 people – one way only. And took us around an hour to get there. The roads going there are quite windy and was a little scary, tbh! Haha, but we made it just before the sun set!
That's it for Day 2! Above all, it was a very action packed day and so much 😀 Are you planning on going here? Or have you been here before? Let me know your thoughts in the comments section below!
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