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Will Harry Kane's loyalty for Spurs be tested?
February 14, 2021 Adam Stephens Leave a comment
A few months is a long time in football, especially it appears this season where so many sides are experiencing fluctuating fortunes.
Take Liverpool for example, up until the last two months could do no wrong, but have now suffered back-to-back defeats against Manchester City and Brendan Rodger's Leicester. They subsequently face a battle to qualify for next season's Champions League.
Then there is Tottenham Hotspur. Back in November they produced a Jose Mourinho masterclass to secure a 2-0 win over Pep Guardiola's Manchester City side. They were in fact setting the pace at the top of the Premier League, both Son-Heung min and Harry Kane were the most prolific pairing in the division and there appeared a new found reliance, which was installed by Mourinho.
Fast forward, however, to what is commonly referred to as the business end of the campaign and Spurs now find themselves down in ninth in the table, 17 points behind league leaders City following a rather chastening experience of a 3-0 loss at the Etihad.
Indeed, since that previously highlighted 2-0 loss in November Guardiola's men have now gone 16 games unbeaten in all competitions and during that time have just conceded three goals, while scoring 36.
The North London side, meanwhile, have only won four games in 14 since that impressive 2-0 win, the goals have dried up and Kane has looked an increasingly fore lawn figure leading the line.
During Tottenham's latest defeat, the England captain failed to register a single touch in the opposition penalty area. In fact Kane put in an impressive performance as a defender having registered four clearances during yesterday's 3-0 loss, which was the joint highest of any Spurs player.
Following the game, however, Jamie Redknapp in the Sky Studio said:
"Harry Kane must look at that and think: 'I want touches, I want to be the main man, not just taking free-kicks!' He won't be happy doing that."
Redknapp is not the only former Spurs player to have highlighted that Kane would not be happy to be feeding off limited service.
Prior to the match at the Etihad former fans favourite Clive Allan, who coached Kane during his days in the Tottenham academy raised the point that the England striker will not want to end his career without getting his hands on silverware.
Allan said on TalkSport:
"He is integral to Spurs achieving any sort of success, because without him they are not as strong a team. The way he links the play, the way he scores goals, the way he creates chances for other players.
"But, I have no doubt he has had thoughts about it [leaving].
"He's been fantastic at the club from the first moment he walked in as a 16-year-old. I worked with him at that early age, and you could see he had the most incredible appetite and desire to improve himself, to get the best out of himself, which obviously we have seen he has done.
"But I think he will want a career where he has won something."
This then leads on to where would Kane go if he were to leave his beloved boyhood club?
Well, Manchester City are certainly one of the few clubs who can afford the England international and will almost certainly be in the market for a world class striker despite managing so impressively without Sergio Aguero.
Then there is City's rivals Manchester United, who have long been reported admirers of Kane and he would certainly provide them with a more cutting edge that times appears to be missing at crucial moments in big games.
Abroad, meanwhile, there is Real Madrid who are the obvious candidates and Zinedine Zidane's men are currently experiencing one of the club's most disappointing season's to date as they are eight points behind city rivals Atletico Madrid and have already been eliminated from the Copa Del Rey this year.
The likes of Ronald Koeman's Barcelona would also undoubtedly be interested, despite not being as good as previous Catalan teams they are still a side that offer an obvious attraction.
In short, Kane will have no shortage of options should he choose to leave his boyhood club and a lot will depend on what happens in the remaining months of the season and also whether he fancies a crack at pastures anew.
Do you think that Harry Kane will leave his boyhood club this summer? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below…..
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Danny Rose now set to remain at spurs after Trabzonspor move COLLASPES
January 30, 2021 Adam Stephens Leave a comment
Tottenham's longest serving player Danny Rose's reported move to Turkey's Trabzonspor has now collapsed at the eleventh hour.
The 30-year-old England international has been in North London since 2007, but has fallen out of favour with Jose Mourinho having been left out of the Premier League and European squads.
Rose had initially believed to have accepted a three and a half year contract to move to the Super Lig Turkish club. Now, however, it appears the move will fail to materialise meaning that the left back will see out the remaining six months of his contract in North London.
Rose had previously spent the second half of the last campaign on loan at Newcastle, but returned to London in the summer and has still found his opportunities few and far between.
Rose has been forced to play for the development side as a result this season, with Mourinho instead opting for Ben Davies and Sergio Regulion to compete for the left back position.
Indeed, it has been common knowledge that Rose and Mourinho came to blows during the last campaign as it was captured on Spurs' Amazon Prime documentary 'All or Nothing'.
Following Spurs' 0-0 draw with Watford Rose approached Mourinho in his office and said:
"I was wondering what the problem is?"
Rose then continued:
"The way I've been treated. I was excited when you were appointed manager but if you do not want to play me tell me now and I will stay at home and train at home."
Mourinho replied saying:
"I think you did not play well (against Liverpool). Then, the next game against Middlesbrough, Japhet Tanganga played well and was strong, so defensive and didn't make any mistakes. I couldn't say that you would be first choice or play every match. It depends on you."
Rose joined Newcastle a few days later and admitted:
"If I have a problem or am not happy about something, I have to be able to have an honest debate or conversation with somebody. He is a very straight talker, as am I."
Both men subsequently went their separate ways and with Rose entering the last six months of his contract with Spurs, rather than being prepared to wait for the full back to leave for nothing in the summer. The England international perhaps summed up the situation the best:
"Everybody has a price in football and sometimes when you get to a certain age, or have a certain amount of years on your contract, people within a football club will think it's time to move somebody on, or get someone younger in."
instead of joining up with Chelsea's Lewis Baker and Stoke's Benik Afobe, who are both on loan at Trabzonspor, Rose will have to apply himself in the Tottenham Under 23s before looking for a new club in the Summer 2021 transfer window.
Where do you think Danny Rose will end up this summer? Feel free to give us your thoughts in the comments below…
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Who is Alfie Devine? Spurs' Youngest Ever Player and Goalscorer Profiled
January 11, 2021 Lauren McCann Leave a comment
Debuts don't come much better than Alfie Devine's for Tottenham in their 5-0 thumping of non-league Marine in the FA Cup on Sunday.
The Warrington born midfielder, who is the son of former St Helen's rugby player Sean Devine, wasn't even born when Jose Moutinho was revealed as Chelsea boss in the summer of 2004.
At just 16 years and 163 days Devine broke his first record of the day when he was introduced by Mourinho at half time. His first appearance for the club, with Tottenham already 4-0 up and cruising, made him Spurs' youngest ever player, overtaking his Under-18 teammate Dane Scarlett, who had held the record since his debut in November.
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The second record he broke was the icing on the cake. After receiving a pass from Lucas Moura, the young midfielder cut inside and drilled a low effort inside the near post. His name was again written into the history books, this time as the club's youngest ever goalscorer.
His huge grin after scoring shows just how much it meant to him, and he more than held his own in his cameo appearance, looking comfortable on the ball and strong in the tackle, attributes familiar to anyone who had watched Devine previously at youth level. The game marked the latest milestone in the creative midfielder's rapid ascent since joining Tottenham in the summer.
Devine started out in Liverpool's academy, but was released aged 11 and moved on to Wigan, where he really began to make a name for himself. Given his immense talent, which has been evident from a very young age, Devine's development at Wigan was fast tracked, so much so that he made his debut for the Latics' Under-23 side aged only 15.
He really caught the eye last year, as did many of his teammates involved in Wigan's magnificent FA Youth Cup run which was halted by Manchester United at the quarter final stage. Devine started that game at Old Trafford, having appeared as a late sub in Wigan's fourth round victory over Tottenham.
He signed a new deal with the club in June of last year, but was sold just a month later as a result of the club going into administration and needing to raise funds. The Athletic reported that Spurs had to tussle with the likes of, "Celtic, Rangers, Leeds, Brighton, West Ham and Chelsea" to secure Devine's signature, evidently displaying that the midfielder was a wanted man.
They also revealed that whilst it was the club's head scout who pursued the player, the move was, "rubber stamped by Jose Mourinho, who even went to Devine's medical in the summer to meet him," conveying just how highly the Portuguese boss rates the midfielder.
Spurs got their man last July, in a transfer which cost them around £300,000. Despite his young age, the club were keen to fast track at every opportunity, and he trained with the first team during pre season before appearing in friendlies against Ipswich and Reading.
He started with the Under-18s this season, scoring twice and assisting another in seven games before quickly moving up to the Under-23s, scoring on his debut against Derby County. He hit the headlines last month after a nasty challenge on Chelsea's Danny Drinkwater in an Under-23 game, which led to a mass brawl before both he and Drinkwater received their marching orders. He has played four games in total so far for the Under-23s.
That incident with Drinkwater hasn't deterred Jose Mourinho however, as Devine has been a regular fixture in first team training alongside fellow youngsters Dane Scarlett and Harvey White. Coaches are said to be impressed with both his ability and attitude.
Devine has also caught the eye on the international stage, having represented England regularly at Under-16 level. He played in the Sportchain AGS Cup in December 2019, picking up the player of the tournament.
His former Wigan coach lavished praised on him last year stating:
"Alfie is one of the best players I have worked with; he has a mature head on young shoulders."
Many Tottenham fans are already drawing comparisons between Devine and the likes of Oliver Skipp, who is currently on loan at Championship side Norwich, and Harry Winks, given his capability of playing as a deep lying playmaker.
His task now will be to establish himself at Under-23 level, and to continue to train well with the first team when presented with the opportunity. Given the condensed nature of this season, he could make his Premier League bow before the season is out and will definitely be in contention for the next FA Cup game depending on the quality of Spurs' opposition.
The Guardian included Devine in their list of the best 20 talents at Premier League clubs, and on the evidence of his showing in Crosby, it seems justified as there is plenty more to come from the young midfielder.
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Should Dele Alli leave Spurs in January?
December 24, 2020 Adam Stephens Leave a comment
'He caused a problem for his own team by giving away possession'.
That is how Tottenham Hotspur manager Jose Mourinho saw Dele Alli's performance against Stoke City in the quarter-finals of the Carabo Cup this week after Alli had tried a flick, which ultimately led to The Potters equalising goal through Jordan Thompson.
Speaking after the game, Mourinho added:
"For me a player in that position has to link and create. In that situation, a counterattack would probably end with a goal and they transformed a game that was totally in our hands. So yes I was upset."
Alli was subsequently hauled off and replaced by Erik Lamela as part of a double change very soon after that fatal moment. It seems strange to think though that up to that point the Milton Keynes born midfielder was having a pretty impressive return to the first team.
The England midfielder did not take too kindly to being substituted, which highlighted the growing rift between both the player and manager.
It was certainly decision that did not sit right with former Spurs player Jamie O'Hara, who told TalkSport:
"I didn't like the way Mourinho dug him out and he keeps singling him out. I think he is doing a great job and he's got the team all on side but,for me, it doesn't sit right with the way he keeps digging out Dele Alli."
😫 "What's Jose gaining by digging out Alli for that performance!?"
😡 "He keeps singling Dele out and it doesn't sit right with me."
😬 "You don't want to kill his confidence so much you totally lose him."@MrJamieOHara1 slams #THFC boss Mourinho for his Dele Alli criticism. pic.twitter.com/L1naTrjswA
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Mourinho had selected Alli from the start for the first time in a month long exile from the North London side's first 11. It is certainly clear that the midfielder has struggled for games this season having only been involved in 11 matches in all competitions this campaign.
What is more, he has only scored twice in those games and provided one assist.
This begs the question. Should Alli be looking for a move in the January Transfer Window?
The short answer is undoubtedly yes. It is clear that Mourinho does not trust him and the 24 year old is not getting the opportunities nor the playing time that he needs at this stage of his career.
In addition, if Alli has any designs on forcing his way back into the England squad for next summer's Euros he definitely needs to be starting regularly.
What are his options?
The first option that immediately comes to mind is last season's Champions League Finalists Paris Saint Germain.
They would clearly present Alli with a fresh challenge and an opportunity to thrive in a brand new environment.
In addition, with the French Champions having just sacked their manager of two and half years Thomas Tuchel, they have been linked with former player and Alli's ex-manager Mauricio Pochettino, who could be the perfect candidate to reinvigorate the ex- MK Dons man.
This option, however, does not come without an element of risk as there are talented players already based in Paris already playing in Alli's position so he would not be always guaranteed a place in the first eleven.
Another alternative could be Antonio Conte's Inter Milan. The Serie A side currently sit second in the table and are just a point behind their Milan rivals. Conte's team have also invested a lot in Premier League players in the past year having signed the likes of Romelu Lukaku, Alexis Sanchez and Ashley Young.
Closer to home, meanwhile, Alli could look at a move to Old Trafford and Manchester United. Sir Alex Ferguson was reportedly a keen admirer of the Alli and with the Red Devils still looking at potentially strengthening their attacking options a move to Manchester could be an option. Again, however, it would not come without an element of risk as United do already have a number of attacking midfielders at the club.
Finally, somewhat controversially, Alli could look at following Sol Campbell's example and make the move across North London to fierce rivals Arsenal. The Gunners are undoubtedly crying out for an attacking midfielder and it is well known that they have struggled for goals this season, having only managed 12 goals so far in the Premier League.
Where do you think Alli should move to in January? Any of the clubs listed above or perhaps another? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below….
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Five moves we could still see in the premier league
September 30, 2020 danclubbe Leave a comment
Despite the difficult financial circumstances cited across football, this summers spending has shown little sign of relenting as numerous clubs continue to splash the cash in search of a successful campaign.
With Premier League clubs spending already surpassing the £750m mark there has certainly not been the reduction many expected. Chelsea have been the biggest spenders to date, the deal to bring Kai Havertz to London from Bayer Leverkusen the largest outlay of the summer.
As the transfer window enters its final week we've had a look at the five deals we could still see in the Premier League before the October 5 11.00pm deadline passes.
Jadon Sancho – Borussia Dortmund – Manchester United
The Old Trafford clubs interest in the England man has been widely spoken of in recent weeks with the 20 times English champions reportedly having bid of £91.3m rejected by the players club Borussia Dortmund.
With the interest showing no signs of subsiding this is a deal that could run and run, however, earlier in the window Dortmund stated they wouldn't sell the 20 year old this summer.
Even if they were willing to sell their star, the Yellow & Blacks have set an asking price of over £100m – a fee United have been reticent to even come close to.
Ousmane Dembélé – Barcelona – Manchester United
It's United again, however, a lot depends on the Sancho deal for this one. Should Ole Gunner Solskjær fail to add his number one target the Norweigan could turn his attention to Barcelona's Dembele.
The talented French forward has long been linked with a loan move away from the Camp Nou, and United could provide the way out before the deadline.
Dembele is currently not being used at Barca, who boast a wealth of attacking talent, including Ansu Fati – who has surpassed Dembele in the pecking order.
Houssem Aouar – Lyon – Arsenal
The Lyon captain impressed plenty in the latter stages of the Champions League as he lead the Ligue 1 side to a famous victory over Manchester City.
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta is reportedly a huge fan and is desperate to land another midfielder before the window closes next week, with Aouar his number one target.
There has been little movement on the deal to date but there could be time for a late move for the 22 year old.
Rhian Brewster – Liverpool – Sheffield United
Much has been made of the prospected future at Liverpool of the goal scoring 20 year old who impressed whilst on loan at Swansea City last season.
Although now it seems with a wealth of high quality players in front of him at Anfield, Brewster's future may in fact lie elsewhere, with numerous clubs looking at snapping up the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup Golden Boot Winner.
Many expected Liverpool to allow the youngster to leave on loan this summer, however it seems a permanent deal with a buy-back clause looks more likely at this moment.
Dele Alli – Tottenham Hotspur – Anywhere
One time regarded as a pivotal part of the Spurs setup, it seems more and more likely Alli's future could well be away from he New White Hart Lane.
Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho has seemingly not taken to the attacking midfielder in recent months and has outcast him from almost every matchday squad, including a depleted Carabao Cup line-up this week against Chelsea.
In terms of suitors there are plenty who would benefit from a in form Alli. PSG were linked for a while but nothing has materialised, there could well be a host of Premier League clubs making tentative enquiries before next weeks deadline.
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Precision Nutrition Signs on as ClubConnect Education Partner
The new partnership will allow health clubs that use ClubConnect to access Precision Nutrition's high-quality nutrition information.
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San Diego, CA — Feb. 13, 2017 — ClubConnect is pleased to announce that Precision Nutrition has signed on as a ClubConnect Education Partner, solidifying its commitment to health club education. Through ClubConnect's advanced health club platform, Precision Nutrition has included expert resources for thousands of fitness professionals to learn cutting-edge nutrition and behavior-change information with the click of a button.
Now health clubs that use the ClubConnect software will get access to Precision Nutrition's high-quality nutrition information found in the "Resources" section of their ClubConnect site. Fitness professionals at over 4,500 health clubs will now have unlimited access to Precision Nutrition's best in class content. In addition to Precision Nutrition, other world-class education companies including EXOS, Gray Institute, MYZONE, ACSM, and TRX have partnered with ClubConnect to deliver their industry-leading education.
"For years, ClubConnect has been leading the way in software solutions for health and fitness clubs around the world," said John Berardi, Ph.D., CSCS, and co-founder of Precision Nutrition. "That's why I'm so excited to share our exclusive Precision Nutrition content with ClubConnect members. Helping to level up the knowledge and skills of professionals across the industry is extremely important to me. With this relationship, I think we're going to make a real difference."
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Because I care so much about your well-being and safety, I have compiled in a list the 5 songs that you should stop listening to this Christmas.
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'Snow White' challenges kid actors
By Christine Cole and Special to the Sentinel
MOUNT DORA -- The children of the Warren Acting Company will present a special version of Snow White in their first public presentation since forming in March.
The production, written by Amanda Warren, opens at 7 p.m. todayat the Mount Dora Community Building.
Joel Warren, the former IceHouse Theatre artistic director, and his wife, Amanda, ran the IceHouse's Young Actors Theatre program before resigning in March. They then formed the Warren Acting Company to allow the children to continue their studies without interruption.
"This is a big deal for us and for our students," Joel Warren said. "This is an all-new venue and a whole new group of issues."
First and foremost was the decision to have four performances in the cavernous community building, which has nearly four times as many seats as the IceHouse Theatre.
"We could have done one performance and almost filled the place, but one performance is like a recital, not a play," Warren said. "Having four performances teaches kids about the real theater, where you have to do it again and again."
After the performances, the acting group will move into summer camp with sessions beginning June 4 and July 16. Both sessions will be capped by productions, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and High School Musical.
Warren said he has only one rule for the sessions.
"Do something. Don't just go through the motions," he said. "I tell them I will not correct them unless they are doing nothing."
The Snow White performances will continue at the Mount Dora Community Building, 520 N. Baker St., through Sunday. Performances are at 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.
Tickets, which are $10 for adults and $5 for students, will be available at the door. For more information, call 352-552-8254.


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Vibrant new websites for RoamingExpert
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Telecoms company RoamingExpert has been given an online revamp with state-of-the-art, responsive new websites.
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Stanhope Alexander Forbes – The Orchard
"In her eyes shone the sweetness of melancholy."
(Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out)
Stanhope Alexander Forbes (1857—1947), The Orchard (Breton Children in an Orchard – Quimperlé), 1882
Autumn is coming slowly to this orchard in the little village of Quimperlé in Brittany. One by one, the large brown leaves that now appear here and there will very soon cover the green grass where dew used to shine in the first light of summer dawn. The wind of change is dancing among the apple trees, whispering secrets of things yet to come and barring their once exuberant tree tops, stealing their little leaves and carrying them softly somewhere else. The treetops are still a harmony of greens and yellow, but the branches which are already bare are revealing the contours of buildings behind the orchard. Melodies of summer tunes still linger in the orchard's quaint hours, dancing between the trees, competing with the rustle of falling leaves. The children in the orchard sense the change, but cannot put the name on it. Their idle chatter is interrupted by the first soft drops of autumn rain. But the girl in the front knows much more than other children do, just look at her face, how sweetly it shines with melancholy glow. She is dressed in a traditional attire, with a white headdress and a pair of clogs on her feet, and she is looking somewhere in the distance. Her large round eyes seem sad and her thoughts are somewhere else.
I don't know why, but this girl, and the scene alone with its melancholy and passing of seasons, reminded me of teenage Emma Bovary, in the orchard of the convent where she was educated. She was just like this girl; never content with being where she is, blind to the beauties of the orchard, her soul craved smells and sounds of the south, or some Gothic castle, or a wild sea, anywhere, anywhere, but not where she is. She kept herself to herself, indulged in daydreams and read romance novels in candlelight, and rarely played with other girls during recreation hours. Emma, like the girl in the painting, knows the boring aspects of countryside life all too well to romanticise it; "… she might perhaps have opened her heart to those lyrical invasions of Nature, which usually come to us only through translation in books. But she knew the country too well; she knew the lowing of cattle, the milking, the ploughs. Accustomed to calm aspects of life, she turned, on the contrary, to those of excitement. She loved the sea only for the sake of its storms, and the green fields only when broken up by ruins." (Madame Bovary, chapter 6)
Stanhope Alexander Forbes, The Convent (Quimperlé), 1882
Also, here is another passage which comes to mind as I gaze at the painting "The Orchard":
"Through Walter Scott, later on, she fell in love with historical events, dreamed of old chests, guard-rooms and minstrels. She would have liked to live in some old manor-house, like those long-waisted chatelaines who, in the shade of pointed arches, spent their days leaning on the stone, chin in hand, watching a cavalier with white plume galloping on his black horse from the distant fields. At this time she had a cult for Mary Stuart and enthusiastic veneration for illustrious or unhappy women. Joan of Arc, Heloise, Agnes Sorel, the beautiful Ferroniere, and Clemence Isaure stood out to her like comets in the dark immensity of heaven…."
Stanhope Alexander Forbes, A Street in Brittany, 1881
This painting is a recent discovery for me, but its melancholy autumnal mood and the girl's gentle wistful face captivate me immensely. Oh, I am there in that orchard! I hear their incoherent babble in French and I do not understand it, but the song of the leaves speak so much to me. Maybe the reason for her somewhat sad or awkward looking face is because she felt awkward posing, as natives in those little villages did. They felt weird and somewhat embarrassed just standing there for this painter, for all the village to see them. Stanhope Forbes was a British painter born in Dublin, but lured by the Impressionistic vibes from the Continent, her traveled to Paris in 1880 and studied in the atelier of Léon Bonnat until 1882, and then he traveled to Brittany with a desire to paint en plein air, just like many artists did before him. Brittany was a particularly interesting area for a painter at that time, even Paul Gauguin went there also in the 1880s, probably for the same reasons and Vincent van Gogh too painted the Breton women in 1888:
"In that most beautiful and interesting portion of France, there seemed to be found everything that an artist could desire. Inhabited by a race of a distinct and marked type, wearing still the beautiful national costumes which had been handed down from bygone ages, and retaining the old language of their forefathers, each village followed religiously the old traditions which ordered the fashion of their dress and the conduct of their lives. Here was a country dear to all who love that which is old and quaint, time-honoured, and reminiscent of past ages." (Mrs Lionel Birch; "Stanhope A. Forbes, A.R.A., and Elizabeth Stanhope Forbes, A.R.W.S.")
When Stanhope returned to England, he settled in a beautiful region of Cornwall, married a fellow painter Elizabeth Forbes and became a founder of Newlyn School which focused on portraying rural scene, people and landscapes, and the plein air technique which brought sincerity and freshness to their canvases.
Stanhope Alexander Forbes, Preparations for the Market, Quimperlé, 1882
I also decided to include some of his other painting painted in Brittany at the same time which are not as romantically wistful as "The Orchard" is, but the still show the Forbes's aim to capture the living pulsating life of the village, its people and its mood. They are all dressed in traditional clothes and are seen doing day to day chores, girls on the street in the painting above are knitting and the older women in the last painting are on the market, and just look at the cute hens in the basket.
Tags: 1880s, 1882, 19th century art, A Street in Brittany, apples, art, Breton children, Brittany, children, countryside, Emma Bovary, En plein air, Flaubert, France, Nature, Newlyn School, orchard, Painting, rural life, Stanhope Forbes, The Orchard, traditional clothes, village
Jacob Maris – Girls Blowing Bubbles
Jacob Maris, Two Girls, Daughters of the Artist, Blowing Bubbles, 1880, watercolour and black chalk
I recently discovered some watercolours by a Dutch painter Jacob Maris which instantly captivated me, and looking at Moris's more representative paintings just further assured me in the opinion that these simple and delicate watercolours are the most beautiful works that Maris ever painted. Maris (1837-1899) is mainly remembered as a landscape painter, thus continuing the centuries long tradition of gloomy and atmospheric Dutch landscapes and seascapes with dark dramatic clouds looming over seaside villages and solitary windmills, reminiscent of the seventeenth century landscapes by Dutch masters such as Jacob van Ruisdael and Jan van Goyen. Along with his two younger brothers Matthijs and Willem, he belonged to the Hague School of painters which was inspired by the Realist tendencies of French art and the Barbizon School. Maris studied in Hague and Antwerp where he was a roommate with Lawrence Alma-Tadema for a brief time, lived in many different places in Europe and died in Karlovy Vary which is in modern Czechia, and of course he had a taste of Paris as well and lived there from 1866 to 1871, and married Catharina Hendrika Horn in 1867.
But these watercolours here are something completely different; firstly, a different medium. Watercolours make every motif, no matter how mundane, appear poetic, gentle and tinged with a bit of sweet melancholy. Being so watery and changeable, watercolours remind of me tears, of the moon's unpredictability and quickly changing emotions. These playful and intimate genre scenes painted on small scale canvases are a stark contrast to Maris's darker and larger scaled landscapes. In the painting "Two Girls Blowing Bubbles" we see Maris's two daughters, probably Tine and Henriette, enjoying themselves. The older girl is blowing a bubble while the younger one is sitting and gazing in awe at her sister's triumphant large bubble. Look how the bubble was painted, almost transparent, with just a few touches of pink and blue. A spontaneous moment from Maris's home life captured in a scale of white and grey tones, perhaps similar to Whistler's Harmonies and Symphonies. A colourful ceramic bowl in the centre of the painting is a little relief from all the greyness, and yet, even with these sombre colours Maris achieved liveliness and spontaneity, it doesn't look dull and serious at all. But these were painting made for sale, despite their seemingly more intimate character. They weren't painted just to portray his cozy family life. The thing that connects these genre scenes with the landscapes that he painted is that despite the difference in motifs, his aim was the same; to capture the atmosphere, the mood, which interest him more than the portrait itself. Perhaps that is why Maris often painted his figures seen from the back or from the profile, because he wasn't that interested in the individual characteristics of the face. That also gives his shadowy figures of girls in white a mysterious vibe.
Jacob Maris, Two Girls, Daughters of the Artist at the Piano, 1880, watercolour
"Daughters of the Artist at the Piano" also shows an intimate moment from his family life. Again, his two daughters are shown enjoying a proper past time for a respectable young lady; piano playing. Well, we can assume they are playing it because in this watercolour they are just standing next to it. I love the contrast between the left side of the painting which is darker and the right side which is way lighter because the two girls are standing here, with their backs turned back to us they are showing off their soft feathery hair and matching blue ribbons. The older girl is touching a few piano keys while the younger one watches. Can you not hear music in the air? Do you not feel as if you are standing right behind them and observing them. For those of you who are not convinced in the superior beauty of watercolours, let me show you a similar motif by Maris but painted in the traditional oil on canvas technique. How much more delicate the watercolour looks? Like a poem on paper.
Jacob Maris, Girl at the Piano, 1879, oil on canvas
Jacob Maris, Daughter of Jacob Maris with Flowers in the Grass, 1878, watercolour and black chalk
The third and the last watercolour I've chosen for this post shows an idyll of a beautiful spring day; Maris's daughter is sitting in the grass dressed in a pretty white dress and holding a little flower bouquet in her hands. Blue colour of her ribbon is echoed in the details of the bouquet, her little boots, and it's also present here and there in the lush green grass. This watercolour truly brings the atmosphere of a lovely spring day; warm but not too warm like in the height of summer, mingled scent of many flowers hanging in the air, soft breeze which makes music in the treetops, bees buzzing somewhere in the distance, birds singing in trees. You can imagine stepping through that same grass and seeing the girl yourself, noticing the play of shadows on her dress, feeling the grass as it tickles your ankles, hearing the girl's soft singing or rambling about her flowers. It's more sketchy and shows the influence of Impressionism and the plein air technique on Maris, and it's a very different approach to portraying landscape than he usually did. This painting makes it so easy to fall into a reverie, and it being spring, makes it even easier, and just look at this detail of her dress. I just love how the thin blades of grass and tiny yellow flowers are painted over her dress, and I love the stroke of lighter blue on her shoes. The scene is so airy and delicate and, to me, it brings to mind Debussy's music.
Tags: art, black chalk, blowing bubbles, bubbles, children, daughter, Debussy, family life, flowers, game, genre scene, girl, idyll, Impressionism, intimate, Jacob Maris, little girl, meadow, piano, piano playing, playing, Spring, watercolor, watercolour, white dress
Frank W. Benson – Children in Woods
"Saturday proved an ideal day for a picnic. . .a day of breeze and blue, warm, sunny, with a little rollicking wind blowing across meadow and orchard. Over every sunlit upland and field was a delicate, flower-starred green." (L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea)
Children in Woods, Frank W. Benson, 1905
The painting shows three female figures in nature; three girls in white and pink gowns with ribbons in their soft hair are enjoying a warm sunny day of late spring or early summer. The figures are closely-cropped and take a lot of space on the almost square-shaped canvas. This enriches the scene with an intimate mood; we feel that we are close to the girls, part of their summery picnic in the woods; we can almost hear their giggles and whispers as they confide their secrets to each other. The limited colour palette of white, pink and green lulls us into this sweet and serene summery mood where the innocence of childhood, indolence of summer and freedom of the woods all become intermingled.
In this simple and lovely outdoor scene Frank Benson, an American Impressionist who was born and died in Salem, Massachusetts, managed to capture the fleeting mood of a summer day. Gazing at the painting takes you there to those woods; just look how beautifully he painted the play of sunlight on their white gowns, the trembling of the evergreen trees in the background, the breeze that plays with the girls' soft honey-coloured hair. You can almost smell the pine and fir trees. Benson was an active, outdoorsy person, particularly in his youth; loved wildlife and sports. Many of his paintings feature wildlife themes such as birds and woods, but Benson was a family man too. When his career was established he married Ellen Peirson who appears in some of his paintings. The couple had a son George and three daughters: Eleanor (born 1890), Elisabeth (born 1892) and Sylvia (b. 1898).
Painting "Children in Woods" isn't just a charming Impressionist scene but a work of a loving father; a memory of his girls growing up, a window to his private life. It shows his daughters in the woods near their summer retreat in North Haven, Maine. Eleanor remembers: "When we were in North Haven, Papa would often have us put on our best white dresses and then ask us to sit in the grass or play in the woods. We thought it was silly and the maids made such a fuss when they saw our clothes afterwards." Benson's paintings are sometimes compared to Claude Monet's outdoor scenes, and it's true that he was inspired by Monet, but the genteel intimate mood of this painting reminds me more of Mary Cassatt and Berthe Morisot's paintings of family and children.
This beautiful summery painting reminded me of a scene from the novel "Anne of Avonlea" by L.M.Montgomery where Anne and her friends go for a picnic in the woods and here is a fragment of their delightful dreamy conversation:
"I wonder what a soul. . .a person's soul. . .would look like," said Priscilla dreamily.
"Like that, I should think," answered Anne, pointing to a radiance of sifted sunlight streaming through a birch tree. "Only with shape and features of course. I like to fancy souls as being made of light. And some are all shot through with rosy stains and quivers. . .and some have a soft glitter like moonlight on the sea. . .and some are pale and transparent like mist at dawn."
"I read somewhere once that souls were like flowers," said Priscilla.
"Then your soul is a golden narcissus," said Anne, "and Diana's is like a red, red rose. Jane's is an apple blossom, pink and wholesome and sweet."
"And your own is a white violet, with purple streaks in its heart," finished Priscilla.
Tags: 1905., American art, Anne of Avonlea, art, Benson, children, Children in Woods, daughter, Dreamy, Frank W. Benson, girls, idyllic, Impressionism, L.M.Montgomery, Maine, Nature, nature in art, outdoors, Painting, summer day, sunlight, white gowns, woods
Categories Art, Impressionism, Literature
Egon Schiele and Kokoschka – Proletarian Lolitas
Friendship of Egon Schiele and Oskar Kokoschka, who were both remembered for being a thorn in the eye of the art scene in the late Art Nouveau and early Expressionism phase of Vienna, was merely an artistic one. They both soaked each others ideas and for a very short time created from the same wellspring of inspiration, only to move apart and drift into totally different directions.
Egon Schiele, Mädchen mit übereinandergeschlagenen Beinen (Girl with crossed legs), 1911
The very first thing you notice when gazing at Schiele's portraits and nudes is their 'elegantly wasted' appeal mixed with some kind of twisted eroticism, smouldering melancholy and trashy glamour. There's some subtle poetry of sadness about their worn out faces, tired eyes, sunken cheekbones, and their pale greyish skin. Completely nude, or dressed in lingerie and stockings, they gaze nervously, tiredly, forlornly at us; they provoke a response. Certain malaise pervades their smiles.
A true-blooded Expressionist, Oskar Kokoschka was the first to show interest in portraying the underprivileged, the poor, the misfits, but Egon Schiele soon followed his path, and they both worked and soaked inspiration in the gritty everyday reality of working class Vienna. Schiele's drawings from 1910 and 1911 show resemblance to Kokoshka's drawings from 1908 and 1909, but they are more poetical. In my view, Kokoshka's drawings cannot even be compared to the power of his later paintings which are full of Expressionist frenzy, unsettling and distorted, painted in layers and layers of colour, as if every brushstroke brings relief. Below, you'll see one of his drawing from this period which shows a half-nude girl. It slightly reminds me of Paul Gauguin's way of portraying bodies, her face contour is strong, her body is kind of geometrical, overall she looks rough, stiff. This just shows that Schiele's main method of expression was line, while in Kokoschka's paintings colour plays a more important role. Kokoschka later even accused Schiele of 'stealing' his style.
Oskar Kokoschka, The juggler's daughter, 1908, pencil, watercolour
But Schiele… Schiele's drawings are like existentialist poems. He was an excellent draughtsman. Otto Benesh, son of Schiele's patron Heinrich Benesh, wrote this of Schiele's drawing technique: "Schiele drew quickly. The pencil skated over the white surface of the paper as though led by some ghostly hand… and he sometimes held the pencil in the manner of a painter from the Far East." It's also interesting to note that he never used an eraser; he rarely made mistakes, but when he did, he'd simply throw the paper away. And he sketched quickly, and then later, in the absence of the model, he'd fill in his drawings with watercolour or gouache.
Egon Schiele, Seated Girl Facing Front 1911
The beauty of his drawings is unsurpassed, even Klimt once admitted to him that he is better at drawing. His lines seem fragile and constricted, but their firm and controlled nature cannot be denied. Schiele employed the language of melancholy and lyricism, in a similar way to Modigliani, and used it to portray his own bewildering loneliness. In my view, all of his portraits, nudes, sunflowers and landscapes, express the same thing – melancholy, death, decay, they are windows into his soul and mind. This is just what Caspar David Friedrich said: "The artist should not only paint what he sees before him, but also what he sees in himself. If, however, he sees nothing within him, then he should also refrain from painting what he sees before him." Schiele always paints what is within him.
When he chose to paint these poor girls from the streets, he did so because he saw through their sunken cheeks and sad eyes, his artistic vision penetrated through their souls. Kokoshka is interested only in their bodies, but Schiele wants to see the world through their eyes. Kokoschka was interested in their crooked postures and inelegance because it suited his distorted visions of the world, whereas in Schiele's drawings you see the souls behind their tired little bodies. Pale, skinny, beaten and hungry, unnoticed till that moment, these street urchins, mostly girls, always ignored, pushed into the corner, out of the way, were brought into the spotlight all of a sudden, which undoubtedly made them feel special, privileged. Someone noticed them, someone was nice towards them, someone wanted to paint them!
Egon Schiele, Girl with black hair, 1910
A sentence which sums it all, and which inspired me to write this post in the first place:
"Physically immature, thin, wide-eyed, full-mouthed, innocent and lascivious at the same time, these Lolitas from the proletarian districts of Vienna arouse the kind of thoughts best not admitted before a judge and jury." (Egon Schiele, by Frank Whitford)
You'll notice how awkward they look. Girl with black hair has a look of sadness and resignation in her eyes. For a while that has been one of my favourite of Schiele's nudes because of the discord between her cute round face with large eyes and full lips, and the awkward skinny body with skin stretched taunt over the bones, and small breasts. She looks uncomfortable with being naked, she looks shy and hopelessly sad. My more recent favourite is the one below, Sitting girl with ponytail, again, I love her body and her skin tone, which Schiele obviously enjoyed painting. His nudes always look pale and sickly, but sometimes their skin has a greyish tone and sometimes it takes yellowish shades, but you'll notice how he paints patches of unnatural shades of colour where they should not naturally be, like adding a bit of green, blue or brown on their bodies. And look at the face of this little proletarian Lolita – it resembles that of a sad and dreamy porcelain doll, eyes gazing in the distance, lips painted in rich red colour.
This is what Schiele's friend Gütersloh wrote of these child models:
"There were always two or three small of large girls sitting about in his studio, brought there from the immediate neighbourhood, from off the street or picked up in the Schonbrunn park that was nearby. They were ugly and pretty, washed and unwashed and they did nothing – at least to the layman they might have seemed to do nothing… They slept, recovered from beatings administered by parents, lazily lounged about – something they were not allowed to do at home – combed their hair, pulled their dresses up or down, did or undid their shoes… like animals in a cage which suits them, they were left to their own devices, or at any rate believed themselves to be. (…) With the aid of little money and much charm he had managed to lull these little beasts into a false sense of security… They feared nothing from the sheet of paper which lay by Schiele on the divan."
Egon Schiele, Sitting girl with ponytail (Sitzendes Mädchen mit Pferdeschwanz), 1910
I think Schiele's pencil and brush could have captured the appearance of Sonia Marmeladova from Crime and Punishment to utter perfection. Sonia is a pale, skinny, meek, painfully shy but deeply religious eighteen year old girl, and a prostitute who somehow manages to transcend the misery of her surroundings and remain pure at heart. And she also falls in love with Raskolnikov. Don't they make a splendid match: a killer and a harlot. This is how Dostoevsky describes Sonia in the book:
"She had a thin, very thin, pale face, rather irregular and angular, with a sharp little nose and chin. She could not have been called pretty, but her blue eyes were so clear, and when they lighted up, there was such a kindliness and simplicity in her expression that one could not help being attracted. Her face, and her whole figure indeed, had another peculiar characteristic. In spite of her eighteen years, she looked almost a little girl- almost a child."
Sonia is one of my favourite literary heroines, and ever since I've read the book, I wondered what she looked like. Now I know that only Schiele could capture that irregular pale face, that fragile thin body, those big bright eyes. No doubt he would be attracted by her childlike figure, but would she dare to pose for him, as shy as she was? I don't know, but maybe modelling would be better than prostitution. There's a lot of descriptions of poverty in the book as well. Sonia's little brothers and sisters, and her step-mother Katerina live in bad conditions; each has only one clothing garment, which Katerina washes every night, they are always hungry and frail, often ill. We can assume that the working class Vienna of Schiele's time was no different, and that all these little innocent creatures that Schiele has painted with such zest probably lived similar lives. It was all very poignant to me. You just can't read a book by Dostoevsky, close it, and not come out changed.
Oskar Kokoschka, Children Playing, 1909
As you can see by now, I can't get Egon Schiele out of my mind. He is one of my favourite artists, and the more I read about his art, the more richness I discover. These days, I think, read, daydream about his art, various aspects of it, a lot, and I can tell you one thing – there are so many interesting fragments about his art that even a hundred posts wouldn't be enough to explore his magic. And he has indeed woven magic over me.
Tags: art, Austrian art, Austrian artist, children, Crime and Punishment, Death, decadent, decay, Egon Schiele, Expressionism, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, heroin chic, Literature, Lolita, melacholy, Nudes, Oskar Kokoschka, Painting, poverty, proleterian, Sadness, skinny body, Sonia Marmeladova, Vienna, working class
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As October looms just over a month away, the baseball race is heating up with the red-hot Oakland A's vaulting into first place of the AL West and with both leagues' Wild Card races completely up for grabs.
The digital baseball pennant race, long thought to be over when 2K Sports acquired the exclusive third-party rights to Major League Baseball in January, may be just as close as its real-life counterparts.
After 2K Sports made its licensing move, it may have decided that one baseball game a year wouldn't be enough. Baseball games typically launch near MLB's Opening Day, but according to EBgames.com, a new diamond dandy is scheduled to slide home in time for the playoffs.
A product page on the online retailer's site shows a listing for MLB 2K5 World Series Edition for the Xbox (no listing for the game on any other platforms is on the site). 2K Sports has not yet announced the game, but rumors about its existence have been making their rounds in various forums. A ship date for the game indicates that the title will take swings in October, the month famed for baseball's playoffs. Its list price is $24.99--five dollars more than the original version.
There are no details about the game, but the original MLB 2K5 was found to have some technical faults. Every so often, pitchers would uncork passed balls at random, effectively ruining the game's primary dynamic. Roster updates have also been an issue, as teams such as the Atlanta Braves (which starts upward of seven rookies) look nothing like their big-league counterparts. A World Series Edition could alleviate these problems and give gamers a chance to play some winter ball.
Electronic Arts, on the other hand, was seen as the loser in the MLB licensing deal. Though the giant nabbed NFL licensing, and just about every other football brand, its MVP Baseball series had been making impressive strides out of the box and was lauded by both fans and critics.
But word out of online forums indicates that EA isn't being held at third base. According to a posting on the message boards of Operation Sports, a producer of EA's MVP Baseball team said the squad had an upcoming announcement about its next project. Rumors swirled about the possibility of an NCAA Baseball game, but nothing could be confirmed.
That is, until one looks at an article posted on August 21 on Indystar.com, the online version of The Indianapolis Star. In a piece about college football games, the Star leaks a whammy: "In February, EA Sports will release the first NCAA baseball game, with aluminum bats and the College World Series." With EA's success in the college game (NCAA Football 2006 was July's top-selling game), could a college baseball game be far off?
While nothing has yet been confirmed by EA, it appears as though there may once again be a two-team race to next spring's Opening Day.


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use Oro\Bundle\IntegrationBundle\Provider\ChannelInterface;
use Oro\Bundle\IntegrationBundle\Provider\IconAwareIntegrationInterface;

class ChannelType implements ChannelInterface, IconAwareIntegrationInterface
{
    const TYPE = 'magento';

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    public function getLabel()
    {
        return 'orocrm.magento.channel_type.label';
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    public function getIcon()
    {
        return 'bundles/orocrmmagento/img/magento-logo.png';
    }
}

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Q: How to show that $\mu$ is normally distributed Suppose we have:
$$p(\mu \mid \sigma, \boldsymbol{w}, \boldsymbol{y}) \propto \exp\left[-\frac{1}{2\sigma^2}\sum_{t=1}^T\left(\frac{(y_t-\mu)^2}{w_t^2}\right) \right]$$
where $\boldsymbol{w} = (w_1, w_2, \cdots, w_t)$ and $\boldsymbol{y} = (y_1, y_2, \cdots, y_t)$
How do I show that:
$$p(\mu \mid \sigma, \boldsymbol{w}, \boldsymbol{y}) \propto \exp\left[-\frac{\sum_{t=1}^T(1/w_t^2)}{2\sigma^2}\left(\mu-\frac{\sum_{t=1}^T(y_t/w_t^2)}{\sum_{t=1}^T(1/w_t^2)} \right)^2  \right]$$
so that $\displaystyle \mu \mid \sigma, \boldsymbol{w}, \boldsymbol{y} \sim N\left(\frac{\sum_{t=1}^T(y_t/w_t^2)}{\sum_{t=1}^T(1/w_t^2)}, \frac{\sigma^2}{\sum_{t=1}^T(1/w_t^2)} \right) $?
Just can't seem to get the algebra right...

A: Hint: Like every quadratic polynomial in $\mu$, the sum in the exponential is
$$
\sum_{t}\frac{(y_t-\mu)^2}{w_t^2}=A_T\mu^2-2B_T\mu+C_T=A_T\left(\mu-\frac{B_T}{A_T}\right)^2+C_T-\frac{B_T^2}{A_T},
$$
hence it suffices to identify the coefficients $A_T$, $B_T$ and $C_T$. Note that $A_T$ is the leading coefficient of the polynomial in $\mu$ in the LHS hence
$$
A_T=\sum_{t}\frac{1}{w_t^2}.
$$
Likewise, $C_T$ corresponds to the value of the LHS when $\mu=0$ hence
$$
C_T=\sum_{t}\frac{y_t^2}{w_t^2}.
$$
Finally $(-2B_T)$ is the value of the derivative of the LHS with respect to $\mu$ at $\mu=0$ hence
$$
B=\sum_{t}\frac{y_t}{w_t^2}.
$$
Finally,
$$
p(\mu\mid\sigma,y,w)\propto\exp\left(-\frac{A_T}{2\sigma^2}\left(\mu-\frac{B_T}{A_T}\right)^2\right).
$$

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RPGaDay 2021 #8: Stream
For today's prompt I think I'll just do a little self-promotion. Years ago, I streamed regularly on Twitch, saving the videos on YouTube. Mostly, these were PC games, but there were also a few tabletop RPGs I was involved with.
The first RPG we streamed online was Dungeon World, which was a lovely game that went very much off the rails and we all loved that. We had about 13 sessions before it ran out, all of which can be found in this playlist. I do have to mention at this point that Dungeon World was co-created by Adam Koebel, an individual that has been exposed to be highly toxic. So, sadly, while Dungeon World was a very entertaining RPG, it also feels somewhat tainted to me now.
The first video in the full playlist of the Dungeon World campaign.
The next RPG we streamed online was The Sprawl, a lovely cyberpunk RPG about doing missions and watching everything go wrong. Sadly, this was a shorter run with only 8 sessions, but it was still wonderfully entertaining. The sessions can all be found in this playlist. I do miss playing games with this group, as we did have so much fun together. We'd played some games online but off-stream after this, but work pressures kept increasing for me, and I pulled out of those to keep some time to myself.
The first session of The Sprawl RPG campaign
The last RPG I was involved with was Eric Vulgaris' adaptation of The Sunless Citadel in Torchbearer. I'd never met either Eric of Alex at that point, nor had I played Torchbearer before, so it was a game of firsts for me. Eric did a great job in making everything run quite smoothly, and Alex and Alain really brought the roleplaying to that game. Sadly, we did have to end that campaign prematurely: Eric is in a North American timezone and the rest of us were in European timezones. You can imagine that wreaked havoc on Eric's schedule, as he was kind enough to adjust to ours, but that could only last so long. You can see the full playlist of this game here.
The first session of The Sunless Citadel in Torchbearer
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Q: Auto Saving through VBA Sub Autosave()

ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:="C:\Users\PC\Desktop\NAME.xlsm" _
, FileFormat:=xlOpenXMLWorkbookMacroEnabled, CreateBackup:=False
End Sub

In the above code I was trying to change the file name "NAME" to value of range "A1" , however it throws an error always. Is there any way to solve this.

A: To SaveAs Value of range "A1"
Sub Autosave()
    Dim FileName As String
    FileName = Sheets("Sheet1").Range("A1").Text

    ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs FileName:="C:\Users\PC\Desktop\" & FileName _
    , FileFormat:=xlOpenXMLWorkbookMacroEnabled, CreateBackup:=False
End Sub


When you make income, you have to file taxes each year. There are so many laws and exceptions that can be applied to any person that it becomes necessary to get help. Tax Services in Glendale should be utilized if you need to have your taxes done and you want them to be done accurately. There are several reasons you should think of to utilize professional help with your taxes.
The IRS can be very strict about certain laws and exceptions they provide to people. There are several laws and regulations that have to be followed in order for taxes to be filed correctly, and most people aren't tax professionals. You may not have the necessary knowledge the situation requires, and you shouldn't have to when there are people able to help. The professionals that complete Tax Services in Glendale each year will have extensive training and knowledge of IRS regulations, so you can make sure your paperwork is correct and you are filing accurately.
If you have your own business, then you likely get headaches just thinking about filing your own taxes. You may have some knowledge of what you might owe each quarter, but you aren't sure if it is the right amount. You may also have to pay through your employees, which can add another hard task altogether. You can save yourself the hassle by having the professionals handle them each time. You won't have to wonder afterward whether or not you completed the right paperwork or paid the right amount because you'll have professionals working on it for you.
The time that doing your taxes takes, even when you have little exemptions, can be reason alone to allow professional Tax Services in Glendale to complete them for you. You will be able to give them the necessary paperwork, and have them done in a matter of days. If you attempt the filing yourself you can then expect to spend at least a few frustrating hours trying to figure it out.
When you find professional tax preparers your life can be made much simpler each tax season. You can ensure you are filing the right papers, and getting back the entire amount that is owed.


William T. Wiley, artist: "I'd like to see them initiate some shows honoring local artists who have been important here. It would've been nice to see the Bruce Conner show at SFMOMA."
Renny Pritikin, chief curator, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts: "I think SFMOMA has some pretty amazing curators, and I hope they are given encouragement to go out there and be as creative and innovative as they can. I hope it doesn't become stodgy because of financial pressures."
Mildred Howard, artist: "This is a great opportunity for them to think about contemporary art from a world perspective. . . . I'd like to see the museum look to South America, Asia, Africa, the Middle East."
Kathan Brown, founder of Crown Point Press: "I'd like to see them pay more attention to early conceptual art and contemporary European art (and) to treat Bay Area artists like they're part of the national and international scene, to integrate them into theme shows they create, as opposed to separating them out. "
Cheryl Haines, gallery owner: "I'd like to see the museum continue involving the community as much as possible, sponsoring lectures and special projects. Education programs are among the first things cut in an economic downturn."
Squeak Carnwath, artist: ""Museums in L.A. and New York pay attention to the art that's made locally as well as to art made nationally and internationally. I don't think that happens as much here. We have a sort of inferiority complex. I'd like to see that change, and I think it will with Neal Benezra."


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James Sproull Cothran (August 8, 1830 – December 5, 1897) was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for South Carolina's 3rd congressional district. He served for two terms from 1887 to 1891.

Biography

James Sproull Cothran was born in Abbeville County, South Carolina on August 8, 1830. He attended the country schools and graduated from the University of Georgia in  Athens in 1852. He was an attorney in  private practice. He served with the Confederate Army. He was solicitor of the eighth judicial circuit of South Carolina in 1876 and 1880 and judge of the eighth judicial circuit of South Carolina from 1881 to 1886. He was elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth and to the succeeding Congress (March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891). Cothran  was not a candidate for renomination to the Fifty-second Congress in 1890. He died on December 5, 1897, in New York, New York. He was interred in Upper Long Cane Cemetery, Abbeville, South Carolina.

External links
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1830 births
1897 deaths
University of Georgia alumni
People from Abbeville County, South Carolina
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina
19th-century American politicians

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A Legal Perspective A Controversial Legal Tactic in Boating Accident Lawsuits – Part II
Tim Akpinar
In the previous issue, I started to examine a controversial element of boating accident law known as limitation of liability. Let's pick up where we left off. We saw how the wrongdoer in a boating accident could possibly succeed in paying no more than the post-accident value of his vessel to the poor folks he injured. So if his boat was a 15-foot aluminum outboard with leaky rivet holes worth all of $800, the victims could possibly be limited to that figure in suing for injuries and other damages they suffered under the operation of limitation law.
One could say that this kind of unconscionable outcome seems to be in line with the dark days of the Industrial Revolution, when children worked long hours in textile mills and laborers who lost fingers in boiler factories were blamed for their own carelessness. And they wouldn't really be that far off the mark. The concept was established by a mid-nineteenth century law called the Limitation of Shipowners' Liability Act of 1851.
The 1851 legislation emerged during an age when horse-drawn carriages greeted clipper ships in the nation's ports. The purpose of the law had nothing to do with enabling careless boat operators to cut their losses in an accident on the water. It was based on fostering mercantile growth. Congress realized that expansion of the nation would depend upon a strong merchant fleet. But it also realized that shipping was a dangerous venture.
If the government wanted shipowners to build magnificent tea clippers, collect crews willing not to see their families for months on end, and send those ships around Cape Horn and other dangerous waters, those shipowners were going to need incentives. After all, picture this scenario. A shipowner loads up a vessel with valuable cargo. The ship sinks in a winter storm. Not only is the owner out a vessel, but he now faces lawsuits for millions from the good folks who entrusted their gold, silver, and diamonds for a safe passage. So the shipowner loses a $500,000 vessel and is also sued for $10 million in precious cargo. The idea of limitation law was to prevent such an outcome.
But there's more to it. Under the law, shipowners must essentially show that the things causing a loss were not under their control if they stood to succeed in limiting their liability. In part one of the article, I mentioned that the City of New York attempted to limit its losses to $14.4 million following the tragic 2003 Staten Island Ferry accident. That figure represented the post-casualty value of the ferry Andrew Barberi. But I hadn't delved into the outcome. The City did not succeed in its efforts. This was because the National Transportation Safety Board presented serious legal obstacles as a result of its investigation. The NTSB blamed the accident on the City's poor oversight of its ferry fleet and a failure to provide effective safety measures (Report of Ferry Crash Strikes Blow to City's Bid to Limit Civil Damages, Tom Perrotta, New York Law Journal, March 9, 2005).
Although the law was meant to protect shipping and foster economic growth, it didn't always result in usage that would endear it to the public. Vessel interests for the Titanic attempted to limit liability when they were sued following its tragic sinking in 1912. Since Titanic rested on the cold dark seafloor two miles beneath the shimmering waters of the North Atlantic, its post-accident value amounted to a sad string of lifeboats brought to New York Harbor by the Cunard liner Carpathia a few days after the sinking. Titanic's owners were able to limit their liability to about $92,000, the value of those lifeboats (Oceanic Steam Navigation Co. v. Mellor, 233 U.S. 718 (1914); Titanic, 209 F. 501, 502 (S.D.N.Y. 1913).
Despite its goal of encouraging the mercantile growth of a young nation, limitation law came to be used as a knee-jerk litigation tactic in modern day boating accidents. And this stirs considerable controversy, with legal critics arguing there is little connection between the legislative intent of lawmakers in the 1800s and a personal watercraft accident today. They argue that limitation law has simply become a tactic automatically thrown at victims of boating accidents to minimize their monetary compensation.
History shows that in many maritime accidents, including those involving pleasure boats, the defense team will attempt to invoke limitation law in an effort to cut losses. However, things can become contentious very quickly when the limitation card comes out. It might be one thing for a Massachusetts shipowner in the 1800s to say he didn't have control over the actions of a captain involved in a collision on the English Channel. But it could be a different matter when the owner of a pleasure boat is on board as the operator at the time of an accident. It largely comes down to the degree of control and knowledge a court will deem the owner had.


Rationale: Why Standards Based Grading?
The purpose of providing grades to students is to give quality feedback to students and parents about the student's current level of mastery of the standards. Standards based grading is criterion reference whereas traditional grading systems are norm referenced and support a bell curve. Traditional grading systems include various factors (attendance, behavior, etc.) not directly related to mastery of the standards and do not present a correlation to performance on standards based/criterion references assessments. Traditional grading systems support grade inflation/deflation, while standards based grades provide a more accurate measure of a student's mastery and/or progress towards mastery. The use of teacher developed rubrics is an essential component of standards based grading. Wright and Wise (1988) found in a study of 43 teachers, that across all subject areas rubric ratings were significantly correlated higher to standardized testing scores than grades based on points. In a separate meta-study of 21 different studies (Fuchs and Fuchs, 1986) the researchers determined that asking teachers to make decisions about students using rubrics rather than points enhanced student achievement by 32 percentile points. Williams and Felps (1983) found that students assessed with rubrics (in math) scored on average 14 percentile points higher than norm-referenced groups, low-income students scored "24 percentile points higher than the average assessment of those using points," and students assessed with rubrics had a more positive attitude toward math. The research shows that student achievement and motivation increase when standard based grading is implemented.
Implementation: How will Bedichek Middle School implement standards based grading?
The SBG Committee began meeting in March of 2015 to review best practices with regards to grading, using Myron Dueck's Grading Smarter, Not Harder and Robert Marzano's Transforming Classroom Grading as anchor resources. The SBG committee also pulled in resources from Crockett High School and the internet (including Harpool M.S. in Denton ISD). In May of 2015 the SBG presented a plan to the Bedichek Leadership Team.
During the summer of 2015, 6th grade and elective teachers will participate in a two day training to learn the basics of standards based grading, in preparation for implementation during the 2015-2016 school year. Professional development will be provided using an educational expert in the area of standards based grading implementation. Professional development/support will be provided throughout the school year by the educational expert. 6th grade teachers will utilize a common standards based grading practice/protocol beginning day 1 of the 2015-2016 school year (see attached documents for practice/protocol).
Parent communication will be delivered by school administration using School Messenger during the summer. Explanation will be provided at Back to School Night as well as at PTA, CAC, and a special report card meeting held after the completion of the first six weeks.
Implementation of Standards Based Grading will roll up to 7th grade in 2016-2017 and 8th grade in 2017-2018.


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DC charters lead the way on in-school teaching experiment
WASHINGTON (AP) — While most of the kids in Washington's public schools are dealing with computer screens and Zoom rooms, a dozen students work diligently at their desks at Meridian Charter School, many separated by tall, three-sided partitions that were originally set up as protection against COVID-19.
Head of School Matt McCrea said administrators later realized the enclosures wouldn't do much to prevent the spread of the virus. Now the cardboard is optional, but more than half of the students still use them as personalized organizers — taping up calendars, decorations and schedules.
"It's all a learning experience and it's all playing out in real time," McCrea said.
While the mainstream public school system in the nation's capital was forced to start the year with total distance learning for all its approximately 52,000 students, about a dozen charter schools have essentially chosen to become medical-educational experiments, offering in-person instruction for
Clover Health laid out ambitious growth plans as part of its $3.7 billion deal, but they rely on an untested new Medicare experiment
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Clover Health president and chief technology officer Andrew Toy
The Social Capital SPAC led by billionaire Chamath Palihapitiya is acquiring Clover Health in a $3.7 billion deal that'll take the health insurance company public.
In 2021, Palihapitiya projects the company will grow its membership roughly five times what it was this year.
Clover Health president and chief technology officer Andrew Toy said that projected growth largely comes from the potential participation in a new Medicare program that's yet to be finalized.
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Social Capital's Chamath Palihapitiya is looking to acquire the health insurance company Clover Health via a SPAC.
The special-purpose acquisition company Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. III will merge with Clover in a $3.7 billion transaction that's slated to close in 2021, the companies said in a statement.
Clover offers private health-insurance plans
Microban 24 Introduces New 24-Hour Science Experiment to Help Students Learn about Bacteria, No Matter Where They're Learning
A New Survey from the Brand Reveals the Need for Ongoing Science Education
More than 9 in 10 of parents of school-aged kids (91%) feel that having the whole family learn about how to prevent the spread of bacteria would result in a healthier household, according to a new survey from Microban 24, a revolution in home sanitizing that protects surfaces against bacteria for 24 hours*. As children across the country settle into their new school year routines – whether in person or virtually – there is no better time to teach them about bacteria, and how to protect against them.
To download the Microban 24 24-Hour Science Experiment, please visit ptotoday.com/bacteria. (Graphic: Business Wire)
Microban 24 commissioned a survey** conducted online by The Harris Poll in September 2020 amongst over 500 parents of school-aged children (ages 6-17) to


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Q: Item renderer data binding in spark list control Please find my code below. I need to show some data in label that is coming from database. I do set data provider property:
    var result:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection(stmt.getResult().data);
            selected_category_list.dataProvider = result;

<s:List id="selected_category_list" left="0" right="0" top="0" bottom="0"
        change="selected_category_list_changeHandler(event)" >
    <s:itemRenderer>
        <fx:Component>
            <s:HGroup paddingLeft="2">
                <s:Image source="assets/gesture_images/arms/44.png" width="50" height="50" />
                <s:Label text="{data.meaning}" width="125"/>
            </s:HGroup>
        </fx:Component>
    </s:itemRenderer>

it shows an error--> "Description   Resource    Path    Location    Type
1120: Access of undefined property data" on this line Label text="{data.meaning}"
Any idea how to solve it?

A: In <fx:Component>, you must put <s:ItemRenderer>.So your itemRenderer is :
<s:itemRenderer>
    <fx:Component>
        <s:ItemRenderer>
            <s:HGroup paddingLeft="2">
                <s:Image source="assets/gesture_images/arms/44.png" width="50" height="50" />
                <s:Label text="{data.meaning}" width="125"/>
            </s:HGroup>
        </s:ItemRendere>
    </fx:Component>
</s:itemRenderer>


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module Ravelin
  class Login < RavelinObject
    attr_accessor :username,
      :customer_id,
      :success,
      :authentication_mechanism,
      :custom

    attr_required :username, :success, :authentication_mechanism

    def authentication_mechanism=(authm)
      @authentication_mechanism = Ravelin::AuthenticationMechanism.new(authm)
    end
  end
end


Ever notice how some coir products are finer, more of the smaller particles, than other coir products? The blends of particle sizes give the coir product two qualities. Air fill porosity, amount of air space around the roots as a percent of volume, and water holding capacity, the amount of water the coir can hold as a percent of volume.
Air fill porosity is important because plants roots need air as much as water. If you get root rot in your pots or beds it is often because the roots are stressed because of a lack of air around them. We usually say that the media is too wet which is actually a lack of air. Many people add things like clay pellets or perlite to the coir to increase the air fill porosity. Because of the way that California Substrates' coir is handled and treated during the processing of the coir the need for these additions can be eliminated. From the fiber mill, to the sieving and handling before buffering, to the washing and dewatering, we create less small particles at each step. So we end up with less fine particles and an air fill porosity of around 30% – perfect blend for max feeding schedules. With a good watering regime, 30% air fill porosity will keep your roots happy and healthy.


Mary Blackford Sarabia has a birthday today.
Mary Blackford Sarabia has left an In Memory comment for Susan Clare.
Susan,Susan, still miss you so much!
Susan married Charles Newcomb in 1999. She lived in Edmond. She worked in radio and movie promotions for a while. Then, she worked in real estate for a while with her dad and eventually went back to school to teach. She had just started teaching high school in the fall of 1998 when she was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma on her ovary. Despite surgery, chemo, & radiation, she passed away in the fall of 1999.
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Vertigo Lounge Restaurant, restaurant, listed under "Restaurants" category, is located at Shop 2a/ 230 Summer St Orange NSW, 2800, Australia and can be reached by 0263603000 phone number. Vertigo Lounge Restaurant has currently 0 reviews.
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The programme for the 2017 Summer Biblical Study in Cambridge is now available here. The programme is operated by the Vacation Term for Biblical Study (VTBS), offering lectures on biblical studies topics by established scholars, language classes in NT Greek and biblical Hebrew (from introductory to advanced), and extra lectures (this year, on Luther and on Wagner and Theology). Plus, there's Cambridge: Kings College chapel, punting on the Cam, visiting the White Horse Inn, the fabulous Fitzwilliam Museum, and much more.
The classes are aimed at people who simply want to learn something: "lay" people as well as ministers seeking some academic refreshment/updating. You can enroll for either of the two weeks or for both. There's no assessment, so you can simply absorb what is provided.
Booking is now open and you can see fees and instructions for booking here. Places are limited, and there are already a significant number of advanced bookings made. It's a great excuse to visit Cambridge. And the currently low value of the UK Pound against other currencies makes it a particular bargain for overseas visitors.


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The 2019–20 Baltic Men Volleyball League, known as Credit 24 Champions League for sponsorship reasons, was the 15th edition of the highest level of club volleyball in the Baltic states. The season was cancelled after the quarterfinals in the beginning of March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Final four games were not played and medals were not awarded to the top teams.

Participating teams

The following teams took part in the 2019–20 edition of Baltic Men Volleyball League.

Venues, personnel and kits

Coaching changes

Regular season
All participating 9 clubs are playing according to the triple round robin system.

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Updated to match(es) played on 23 February 2020. Source: Credit24 Champions League Regular Season

Playoffs
The four winners of each series qualified to the Final four, while the other four teams were eliminated.

Final four
The Final four tournament was scheduled to be held at Kuressaare Sports Centre, Kuressaare, Estonia on 13 – 14 March 2020. The tournament was initially postponed due to escalation of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. A few days later it was announced that the season was cancelled after the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Final four games were not played and medals were not awarded to the top teams.

Organizer: cancelled
Venue: cancelled

Semifinals

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3rd place match

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Final

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Final ranking

Final four awards

Most Valuable Player

Best Setter

Best Outside Hitters

Best Middle Blockers

Best Opposite Hitter

Best Libero

References

External links
Official website

Baltic Men Volleyball League
Baltic Men Volleyball League
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Baltic Men Volleyball League
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