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St Day Lock-Up
Alternative Names The Clock Tower/ War Memorial
County Cornwall
Location Ground floor of the Clock Tower, Market Square, St Day
Year opened 1830
Building Type Clock tower and war memorial
Remarks Grade II listed but lock-up not referenced in listing.
'Tower and boundary wall GV II Clock tower (incorporating war memorial). c.1830, slightly altered. Coursed dressed granite, with wooden bellcote on roof. Square plan, plus a rectangular porch on the south side. Early English style, with chamfered 2-centred arched openings and hoodmoulds. Three stages, each set back above a weathered offset. The porch has a large arched outer doorway furnished with added ornamental wrought-iron gates, a small window in each side, and an embattled parapet over a weathered band; inside, the formerly matching inner doorway is now filled by a granite war memorial with the inscription:- PASS NOT IN SORROW BUT WITH PRIDE AND MAY WE LIVE AS NOBLY AS THEY DIED 1914-1918 followed by 39 names, plus 17 added for 1939-1945. The sides and rear of the 1st stage have blind arched doorways. The upper stages are the same on all sides: the 2nd has windows with Y-tracery; the 3rd has small coupled lancets under a square hoodmould, and a large clock face above; the top has an embattled parapet, and a tall octagonal bellcote in matching style, with a swept cap and weathervane. The boundary wall of the small square enclosure round the tower is of large punch-dressed granite blocks, in sections approx. 3 metres long with concave coping between short square monolithic piers which have square caps and are linked by twisted iron rails, with a wrought-iron gate in the centre of the front. (A modern public lavatory built in the enclosure to the rear is not included in the item.) The tower, built on a site known in the C18 as St Day Green, is a prominent focal point in this small town. '
Historic England, National Heritage List for England, 'Clock Tower and Boundary Wall', St Day, LEN1142554
''The lower room was at one time used as the town lock-up or clink'.'
Anne Knight, 'A Story of WJ Mills and St Day'. (WJ Mills Cottages Trust, St Day, 2013), p.24
Photo © Tim Green (cc-by-2.0)
Description: St Day Clock Tower
Photo by: Photo © Tim Green (cc-by-2.0)
Roy's Blog, 'CORNWALL. Lock-ups at St Day, St Ewe, St Tudy and Stratton.' (01 May 2013)
http://roys-roy.blogspot.com/2013/05/lock-ups-at-st-day-st-ewe-and-st-tudy.html
Anne Knight, 'A Story of WJ Mills and St Day'. (WJ Mills Cottages Trust, St Day, 2013)
http://wjmillscottagestrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Full-Mills-Trust-Booklet.pdf


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With the Packers being as good as any team in the league right now, especially after destroying the Denver Broncos last week (49-23), the sky seems to be limit with a potentially flawless season on the horizon. Going undefeated throughout an entire NFL season and the playoffs is a feat that has only been done by one team in NFL history ('72 Miami Dolphins), but the way Aaron Rodgers and company are playing right now it could be a distinct possibility.
In Week 5, the Green Bay Packers will go on the road to take on the Atlanta Falcons at the Georgia Dome. Even though the Falcons haven't exactly lived up to expectations so far this season with a mediocre 2-2 record, Matt Ryan and company are still a tough football team that could pull off the upset against the defending champs.
As of right now, the Green Bay Packers are favored to get their fifth win of the season with a -6 point spread. This spread is pretty much on the money as the Falcons could make a game of it, but I believe the Packers will cover and cruise to victory.


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The Blessed Mother, the Rosary and the Battle of Lepanto
D.D. Emmons October 7, 2018
The Battle of Lepanto as created by an unknown artist in the late 16th century. Wikimedia commons
In 1571, Christianity was saved at the Battle of Lepanto.
Throughout history, Catholic Christians have sought the intercession of the Blessed Mother in every kind of situation. We acknowledge her in times of joy and happiness, and ask her help in times of adversity. How many of us have turned to her and prayed the Hail Mary when confronted with difficulties, catastrophes, disasters? How many combat soldiers have implored her help? When we can't think of another prayer, we say a Hail Mary. How many of our penances after confession include a Hail Mary? Pope Leo XIII said of her: "… and since Mary's greatest joy is to grant her help and assessment to those who call upon her, there is no reason to doubt not only that she wishes to answer the prayers of the universal Church but also that she is eager to do so."
In the 16th century, a strong and aggressive Muslim force was poised to conquer the European continent. Their goal was to wipe out Christianity, "to place a crescent on top of St. Peter's and a turban on the pope's head." In response, Christians banded together, turned to Mary, invoked the Rosary, and were saved when God gave them a victory at one of the most famous naval battles in history. The battle took place just off the coast of Greece at a place known as Lepanto; the year was 1571.
The opposing forces were a strong, well-trained and seasoned Ottoman Turk navy led by Ali Pasha and a loosely connected Christian fleet called the Holy League, led by a Spaniard named Don Juan of Austria and Admiral Marcantonio Colonna. The bloody battle that ensued would impact the course of history.
In 1453, the Turks captured Constantinople, the center of Christianity in the Eastern world. Less than a decade earlier at the Ecumenical Council of Florence (1438-45), representatives of the Eastern Church had accepted the primacy of the pope and language of the Western Church regarding the Holy Spirit (filioque) in the Nicene Creed. These issues had long separated the two churches. The concessions by the East were largely made to obtain military help from the West against the growing menace of the Ottoman empire. This was a major breakthrough in the division between Catholics of East and West, but was short-lived. Not everyone in the Eastern Church accepted the actions of their representatives at Florence, and as no agreement was ever consummated, the issues were not resolved. Moreover, no Western armies moved to protect Eastern Christians. It was only a matter of time until Constantinople fell.
After Constantinople, the Turks turned toward the western Mediterranean and Europe, conquering areas in the Balkans, Greece, Ukraine, North Africa and the Middle East in the mid-to-late 16th century, threatening all Christianity. They gave no quarter to any people or country, reveled in the spoils of war and committed widespread atrocities, especially against Christians. The Turkish military was well led, well organized; their navy was growing into one of the most feared among all nations.
Pope St. Pius V
In the Church of Rome, an unlikely leader surfaced in the person of Michele Cardinal Ghislieri, who in 1566 became Pope Pius V. He didn't want the job as the Holy Father and upon installation reportedly said: "With God's help, I will try to govern so that the public's grief at my death will be even greater than their grief at my election." He would become one of the most effective popes of the Middle Ages and in 1712 was canonized by Pope Clement XI (r. 1700-21).
The combined Christian naval forces (Holy League) of Spain, Venice and the papacy defeated the Turkish fleet at Lepanto on Oct. 7, 1571. Giorgio Vasari was commissioned to commemorate the event in the Sala Regia in the Vatican. The foreground includes an allegorical representation of the three Christian powers. Wikimedia commons
As the reign of Pope Pius began, the Christian world was in chaos. In Germany the Protestant Reformation was on fire, in France the Huguenots were fighting Christians, and England was rejecting Catholicism. The Council of Trent (1545-63) was recently completed, and the pope was confronted to act on and implement the many decisions of that ecumenical council, including a revised Roman Missal, a breviary and a catechism. While Pius took on all these challenges, he had the God-given wisdom to recognize the Ottoman Turks as the biggest concern of the time.
The most recent victory of the Turks had taken place at Famagusta, Cyprus, in early 1571. For months the populace of Famagusta, which was under Venetian rule, had held out against a siege by the Turks. Finally, when food supplies were exhausted, the city negotiated a ceasefire with the Turks, who agreed to the safety of the citizens. However, when the Christian leaders were brought before the Turkish military, some were beheaded, some tortured; atrocities were committed against the populace and many became slaves. Hearing of another Ottoman victory and the cruelty imposed on the people, Pope Pius recognized that Europe was in line of sight of the Turks. He began in earnest to organize a Holy League, a crusade of European nations against the Muslim force. Unfortunately, many countries wanted to remain neutral; only Spain, the Papal States and Venice offered serious resources, while other states provided limited support. All combined, the Holy League consisted of 208 ships and 68,000 soldiers, sailors and oarsmen. The Muslim force had 282 ships and 87,000 men including oarsmen; the majority of their oarsmen were Christian slaves.
Intercession of Our Lady
In 1569, Pius V had issued a papal bull, Consueverunt Romani Pontifices, which set the universal standard for praying the Rosary. As the sea battle between the Christians and Turks loomed, Pope Pius asked Christians throughout Europe to pray the Rosary, seeking the intercession of the Blessed Mother with her Son for a Christian victory. The pope also ordered churches to conduct continuous periods of Eucharistic adoration. He prompted the Rosary Confraternities in Rome to hold processions during which the Rosary was prayed. The faithful of Europe were all fervently praying at the same time for the same purpose: to save Christianity. Every Christian soldier and sailor aboard the Christian vessels prayed the Rosary on the eve of the battle and had received the Eucharist before sailing.
The Oct. 7 battle lasted some five hours with the ships fighting in close proximity. The Turks had the edge in numbers, but the tactics, total guns, leadership and Divine Providence won the day for the Christians. When the battle was over, the Turks had lost 20,000 men and 200 ships. The Christian losses were less than 8,000 men and only a few vessels. By the grace of God, Christianity was saved.
Stories are told that Pope Pius was conducting business in the Vatican while the battle raged and at one point dispensed with what he was doing and announced that the Holy League had won a great victory. Official announcement of the battle results did not arrive in Rome until many days later. People were jubilant, Church bells rang and joyful praise was given to the Blessed Mother for her intercession with Our Lord Jesus. Soon the pope added a feast day, Our Lady of Victory, as an obligatory memorial to the Church calendar, celebrated every Oct. 7. The victory at Lepanto and the intercession of the Blessed Mother garnered from the faithful praying the rosary, would thus be perpetuated in Catholic memory. The name of the feast changed over the centuries and became known by the current title, Our Lady of the Holy Rosary.
D.D. Emmons writes from Pennsylvania.
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import java.util.*;

import org.nex.config.ConfigPullParser;
import org.topicquests.common.api.IConsoleDisplay;
import org.topicquests.model.BiblioBootstrap;
import org.topicquests.model.CoreBootstrap;
import org.topicquests.model.RelationsBootstrap;
import org.topicquests.model.api.IMergeImplementation;
import org.topicquests.solr.api.ISolrClient;
import org.topicquests.solr.api.ISolrDataProvider;
import org.topicquests.solr.api.ISolrModel;
import org.topicquests.solr.api.ISolrQueryIterator;
import org.topicquests.util.LoggingPlatform;
import org.topicquests.util.Tracer;

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 * @author park
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	private ISolrDataProvider database;
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Religious Practices of the Mayans & Aztecs
By Kathleen March ; Updated September 29, 2017
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The Mayan and Aztec religions are part of Meso-American beliefs. Along with the Zapotecs and Mixtecs, Mayans and Aztecs believed in a vital force that distinguished living matter from non-living, or animate vs. inanimate. Mayans worshiped nature deities, had a priest class, valued astronomy and astrology, and practiced human sacrifice. Both Mayans and Aztecs gave religious practices high priority in daily life, as evidenced by their elaborate mythologies and ceremonies.
Mayan Beliefs
In Mayan mythology, the deities experienced birth, growth, rites of passage, transformations, death and, finally, rebirth. They created planted corn and harvested it, fought battles, created alliances and intermarried. These activities formed a hierarchy whose members had overlapping responsibilities. The deities were a model for human conduct and justified elite status for some in a social and political structure. Mayan elite mortals often wore the apparel of deities, and masks with the face of a god. When wearing this regalia, they were considered to be transformed into that god. The Popol Vuh, the Mayans' sacred book, states that the first humans were made of maize. Rituals included sacrifice and bloodletting. The monarchs' blood, taken from the genital area, was burned to call forth ancestral spirits. Hallucinogens were used to create trances for divination, and preparation for ceremonies included purification through fasting and abstinence. The ceremonies were completed by feats and drinking.
Aztec Religion Practices
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The Aztec religion also included bloodletting and human sacrifice, including the offering of living hearts to the deities. The higher the ranking of the donor, the more effective the offering. For some deities, the sacrifice included fire as well as blood. Like the Mayans, the Aztecs carried out their rituals in order to recreate the divine, and they had a close connection to the calendar and astronomy.
Mesoamerican Mythology
The indigenous groups of Mexico and Central America shared religious beliefs and practices, because some were passed down from one group to another. Rituals were directed to large pantheons or groups of deities; their myths were considered historical events and reenacted. Gods had three functions: creator, preserver, destroyer. Numbers, cycles, time, calendric measurement were part of the religious practices, as were designated spaces such as mountains or water sources.
Because Mayan, Aztec and other Mesoamerican religious practices included offerings and sacrifices, purification, pilgrimages, fasting and abstinence, not to mention a range of religious authorities, it was not so hard to import Christianity. Catholic priests adapted many practices and sites to Catholicism in a syncretic (fused or melded) practice of veneration in the Americas.
Authentic Maya. Maya Religion
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Religious synthesis and change in the New World: Syncretism, revitalization and conversion. Stephen Selka.
Kathleen March has been a writer for 40 years. A professor and translator of Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician, she has studied several languages and uses them for travel and research. She enjoys medieval architecture and avant-garde poetry. Her work has appeared in numerous critical journals in the U.S. and Spain.
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With 3 Million Monthly Page Views, Finder is a Keeper
by Mike Sullivan October 26, 2017
written by Mike Sullivan October 26, 2017
As an author, blogger, award-winning digital marketer, media commentator, mentor and active member of the startup community, Fred Schebesta is a highly respected entrepreneur.
Fred is the Co-founder and Director of finder.com.au — one of Australia's largest comparison websites. At just 26 years of age, Fred entered the comparison market – which is one of the most highly competitive online categories in Australia.
Fred's entrepreneurial journey started well before finder.com.au. At just 22 years of age, while studying a Bachelor of Finance degree at Macquarie University in Sydney, he and Frank created Freestyle Media and grew the business into a successful digital agency that sold to a publicly-listed company in 2007.
Mike: Tell me about Finder.com and exactly what the site offers it's visitors.
Fred: finder.com is a personal comparison website that helps Americans make better decisions about their money. We believe that teaching people about finance will help them make better decisions and ultimately live a better life. Consumers can visit finder.com to compare and learn about credit cards, mortgages, personal loans, life and travel insurance, shopping deals, international money transfers and much more before choosing the option that best suits their needs. Our vision is to "compare everything", we know that is going to take a long time, but that is ok, we are strapped into this rocketship!
My business partner and I started finder in our native Australia over a decade ago, and are now operating in 10 different countries around the world.
We're not owned by an insurance or travel company (like some other comparison sites) and we aren't affiliated with any one institution or outlet, so we are an independant team of genuine experts. Beyond comparing products, this team of experts produce thousands of guides, videos and research to help people better understand money and make informed decisions.
Mike: I have read in your bio that you founded Finder.com.au. Was this prior to Finder.com as mentioned above? Are there any differences in the sites other than geography?
Fred: Finder.com.au was where the magic started. This is our domain name for the Australian site, which is the most visited personal finance website in the country. We then set our sights on global expansion, launching in the US with finder.com in 2015. Both domains have the same aim – of helping people understand their money decisions and providing local choices and empowering them to make "Great decisions"!
Mike: In your experience as a successful online entrepreneur, has it proven to be beneficial to use country specific TLDs such as .com.au to target your audience?
Fred: In short, yes. Although there have been a lot of instances where we have found that being a .com has helped us target more global verticals. So it really does depend. I think there is still lots of value in country specific TLDs but I think the jury is out as to what is the best strategy globally.
Mike: I've read through some great articles on the site, including "The Financial Case for Sobriety, Calculate Your Savings" which was an eye opener. Do you have a staff of writers or do the articles come from outside contributors? How is this funded?
Fred: We have a team of writers based all over the US who are experts in various elements of personal finance including credit cards, personal loans and international money transfers. We also regularly engage with industry experts for insights and predictions such as this piece on how AI, blockchain and social media will impact cross-border payments.
Mike: Both Finder.com and Finder.com.au are killer names. Are you willing to share traffic numbers with us?
Fred: Globally, finder receives over 3 million monthly page views and 2.1 million monthly UA's.
Mike: How about acquiring the names. Can you tell me how you went about getting the names?
Fred: First, we reached out to the original domain owners. It took quite a few attempts to get through to them; I think around a year. It then took quite a lot of negotiating to get to a realistic monetary figure. From there we used an escrow service and then after that we made the trade. The actual purchase was relatively straight forward although the process to to get there took a very long time.
Mike: What is the business model here. How does Finder make a profit. Is it affiliate based depending on which deals people sign up for?
Fred: Finder is independently-owned and totally free to use. We make our money through the providers, rather than our users. When you click through to, or apply with, a financial institution or retailer on our site, they pay us a small referral fee for sending you their way. This means we don't mark up any of the products on our site, yet can still provide a quality service. We're not affiliated with any one institution or provider, so only serve the best options for our consumers' needs.
Mike: This is not your first rodeo. You founded, grew, and sold Freestyle Media a decade ago. What advice do you have for average people looking to quit the daily grind and make a living online? What are some important considerations.
Fred: Success will take a lot longer than you realize: many would-be entrepreneurs lack the patience to see a business grow. Even the best idea takes time to build. My business partner and I wanted to remain independently funded, and so that meant turning down other opportunities to focus on slow and steady growth.
Focus on achieving one thing well, before you move on to the next: natural-born entrepreneurs typically have many great ideas yet it's impossible to do everything well at the one time. Taking a more focused approach is a much faster track to success.
Build resilience: even the most successful of entrepreneurs has had their fair of knock backs and downright failures. You can't let these get you down. Take each mistake or slip up as a learning opportunity. It's not meant to be easy.
Set and regularly redefine goals: there are many steps in between working for a salary to running your own business. Use goal setting to stay on track, focused and motivated. Sometimes the road will seem impossibly long, but chunking it down into smaller, short term goals en route to the big dream will make it feel more achievable. Remember to constantly go back and check on those goals, ensure they are still in line with your vision and celebrate the wins you've had along the way.
Mike: How beneficial do you think it is to have your business on a keyword domain name like Finder.com?
Fred: I think it's absolutely awesome and has been a crucial part of our success. We wanted to have a short name that was recognizable and easy to communicate and remember. I think domain names are amazingly important. A great domain becomes your brand.
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Unveiling a New Facebook Prayer Group!
This new Facebook group – Peaceful Women – will be closed (private) and for anyone interested in joining a community of praying, believing women who want to grow in Christ and work together as prayer partners. It is open to all women – teenagers through senior adults.
Several of you have asked me for a closed forum where women can pray for and encourage one another. This is a new kind of ministry for me! I have spent the past few months praying with and training some core leaders to help with ministering those who join the group.
Admin only team – who will only handle approving or blocking comments based on the group guidelines and technical issues.
Admin/ministry team – who will do both administrative work and reach out to minister to women.
Ministry only team (the majority of the leadership group) – who are not "official admins" but who will surround the women who come to the group in prayer, love, and encouragement.
The members – who will join the group and receive training along the way and will have many chances to surround the other members in prayer, love, and encouragement.
I plan to do a post once a week or so to the group to train the large group about ministering to each other, prayer, and growing in Christ. But the majority of the ministry work will be done by the ministry team and members who will be reaching out to each woman to connect in prayer.
It's time to allow some of my sisters in Christ to have more opportunities to minister to and care for one another.
The purpose of the Peaceful Women group is to be a community of women who seek wholeheartedly to follow Christ individually first – then we come together to encourage, pray for, support, exhort, and bless each other. We are stronger when we walk this road together and share the treasures God has given to each of us.
We are one Body of Christ across denomination lines, nationalities, and cultures who share one Spirit, one Lord, and one purpose – to know and love Jesus above all else and to do the work of loving others for His kingdom.
This is a place where the floodgates of heaven open and we experience the power of God in our midst as we seek Christ together – approaching God's throne room in the highest heaven united in great faith, fervent prayer, reverent worship, godly repentance, humility, and love.
We will be adhering to a Christian view of the Bible, The Gospel Coalition Confessional Statement of Faith, as well as the Danvers Statement on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood in this group.
Here is a link to join the Peaceful Women Facebook group (please check out the Code of Conduct and familiarize yourself with how we will seek to honor Christ and one another in our interactions).


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The Polish ensemble Szymanowski Quartet at the Concentus Moraviae Festival presented works by their compatriots Karol Szymanowski, Stanisław Moniuszko and Gražyna Bacewicz in the Church of Sts. Peter and Paul in Řeznovice yesterday. The concert was part of worldwide celebrations of the two-hundredth anniversary of birth of Stanisław Moniuszko, which is considered by many to be the founder of Polish national music. The evening was held under the auspices of the Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to the Czech Republic, HE Barbara Ćwioro.
The programme started with the String Quartet No. 1 in C major, Op. 37 by Karol Szymanowski. Although the composer devoted himself to chamber music rather marginally, his two string quartets can withstand comparison with pivotal works of quartet literature. In spite of the relatively classical formal structure of the composition, the author chose a relatively modern musical language spiced up in his final third movement with polytonality, which in its austerity borders occasionally with cynicism and evokes passages from Shostakovich's string quartets. The contrast between the mournful thoughtfulness of the slow parts and the uncompromisingly sharp satire of the third movement was successfully supported by the musicians with their fundamental changes of expression that ranged from melancholically enlightened tones in pianissimo to sharp tremolos with an aggressive sound. It is also necessary to praise the rhythmic unity of the musicians, especially given the fact that the cellist Karol Marianowski merely covers for currently pregnant Monika Leskovarová, who is a permanent member of the ensemble. Especially the pizzicatos, where even the slightest deviations in the rhythm manifest themselves most, sounded uniform, even after an expressive rubato.
The String Quartet No. 1 in D minor by Stanisław Moniuszko eased the exaltation of the previous composition and showed the expressive mastery of the musicians who grasped this much more romantic work with fervent tone and stylized elegance. Their prudent vibrato was particularly refreshing, and it was played by all members of the ensemble only in places where the logic of music required it. As a result, the sound of the ensemble oscillated between the elegance of straight tones and the emotionality of decoration. Melodic imitations, which the musicians shared with each other, also deserve to be highlighted, while at the same time paying attention to the uniqueness of their message, and the cascade of tunes has thus become a busy musical dialogue. One should not forget the echoes of folk music, which in the performance of the ensemble remained in the department of artificial music, yet did not deny their origin in folk culture.
The final part of the evening was dedicated to the String Quartet No. 4 by the Polish composer and violinist Gražyna Bacewicz, one of the leading representatives of Polish music of the last century. By using polytonality and fresh expressive means, the author followed up on the opening work of the evening, giving glissandos, pizzicatos, bowing behind the bridge and other violin techniques a strong representation. In addition, the three-movement composition shows the influences of not only French neoclassicism, but also folk music, whose characteristic melodic style was omnipresent during the evening as a connection between the works of all composers. The particularly captivating cello solo was expressively rich, accompanied by viola pizzicatos and the silent quivering chord decompositions of a pair of violins. As an encore we heard the second movement from Dvořák's String Quartet No. 14 in A flat major.
Szymanowski Quartet, in the intimate ambiance of the Řeznovice church – one of the oldest religious monuments in Moravia – has proven to be just one of the most outstanding chamber ensembles of this time. The performers introduced the musical past and present of the Polish nation, which definitely could not and should not be missed by the Concentus Moraviae festival with its thematic setting of a Concert of Nations.
Szymanowski Quartet
Karol Szymanowski: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 37
Stanisław Moniuszko: String Quartet No. 1 in D minor
Grażyna Bacewicz: String Quartet No. 4
Ivančice, local district Řeznovice, Church of Sts. Peter and Paul
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Ad personalisation is no longer a bonus for consumers – it's a prerequisite. The online audience has become accustomed to retail sites that remember their shoe size; VOD channels that suggest new programmes in their favourite genre; and supermarkets that automatically stock their basket with frequently purchased items.
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The basic principle of these tools is aggregated and efficient analysis that produces instantly applicable insights. Online content is analysed using techniques such as advanced semantic analysis — Natural Language Processing — and unique algorithms based on previous user interactions. This combination allows advertisers to predict how likely it is that a reader will to click through or complete a purchase. It also provides an understanding of a consumer's interests, behaviour, and habits based on their engagement with online content. These rich insights provide the necessary data for advertisers to tailor campaigns to target consumers who have been identified to have a pre-disposed interest in the brand message.
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By making better use of their first-party data, both advertisers and publishers can boost interactions and ROI, while creating content that consumers want to see.
As standards of ad personalisation increase, so too do consumer expectations and while meeting individual needs is vital, it will soon no longer be enough to make ads stand out. To captivate the online audience, advertisers will need to get ahead of consumers and use intelligent technology to anticipate their needs before they arise.
By harnessing progressive technologies that develop audience profiles over time, advertisers can ensure they are always one step in front of their audience. Instead of adapting ads to audience interests and preferences in real time, advertisers can use predictive tech to combine data detailing audience habits as well as past purchases and activity to determine what they are likely to purchase next, and when.
This will enable them to serve relevant and personalised ads that demonstrate a deep understanding of the audience, and significantly boost brand perception. Ads will be seen as relevant enhancers, rather than irritating content consumers want to block.
The tools needed to enhance ad personalisation are within the digital advertising industry's grasp. By mastering smart analysis and predictive technologies, advertisers can sort through the mass of consumer data and obtain the precise, accurate insight they need. A better targeting of individual's needs will boost the relevance and effectiveness of ad placements and, in turn, reduce the desire to block ads.


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Senator Doug Cameron. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMANPhoto: Andrew Perryman.
The Shadow Minister for Housing and Homelessness, Senator Doug Cameron, visited Bendigo on Tuesday to discuss a community housing program the Labor Party will commit to if elected into government.
It has pledged to extend the National Rental Affordability Scheme to provide incentives for the construction of 250,000 new homes at 20 per cent below the market rate as part of a community housing initiative.
"One in 10 of the employees building those homes will be an apprentice," Mr Cameron said as he spoke at the Bendigo TAFE Charleston Road campus.
"This will be good for the TAFE system, good for young people and good for people trying to find housing in the Bendigo area," he said.
Mr Cameron admitted that building 250,000 dwellings wouldn't solve the current community housing crisis, as he estimated that up to 500,000 community houses are needed immediately.
"Our community housing and public housing sector has a density of housing of 3.7 per cent, compared to the United Kingdom which has 30 per cent community and public housing," he said.
There are 1669 social housing dwellings in Bendigo, according to data taken from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare website, representing nearly five per cent of the dwellings in the area.
Mr Cameron said the Labor Party would spend upwards of $6 billion on the project in its lifetime, with a plan to build 20,000 homes in its first term of government if elected.
"When you get a roof over your head, you can get your kids educated better, kids are kept out of the jail system and you have security and a position where a family can build," Mr Cameron said.
Once built, the properties would be available to rent to eligible Australians, including those on low and moderate incomes.
The community housing sector would be provided with 15-year subsidies of $8500 per annum to build new houses, conditional on them being rented at 20 per cent below market rent.


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What Makes a Perfect Footballer?
In a two-part series we take a look at what makes a perfect footballer and then set out to create the perfect Roma player.
By bren, Jimmy Miotto, JonAS Roma, ssciavillo, and dallagente Apr 8, 2020, 8:06pm CEST
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If you've ever played fantasy football (or even the FIFA or Football Manager series), you're familiar with what it take to assemble the perfect football team. While there are different opinions and different blueprints to construct that dream team, you're still going to need a top goal scorer, some strong and intelligent defenders, some crafty wingers and a reliable keeper.
But how do you make the perfect footballer? Are they tall or short? Do you sacrifice speed for bulk? Do they have to be a dynamic dribbler or is a more straight-forward approach better? Are they more brains than brawn?
Not an easy question to ask, but over the next day or so the CdT crew is going to try and solve this riddle, dissecting what makes a perfect footballer and then actually creating the perfect Roma player.
Before we set out to build our mythical Robo-Roma Player, we had a brief discussion about what exactly makes a footballer perfect.
1) When we talk about the perfect footballer, what qualities come to mind? Is it more physical than mental? Can you have 10/10 physical traits but a C+ understanding of the game and still be dangerous?
Bren: I think it has to be a blend of mental and physical. Not necessarily 50/50, but we've seen players with legs for days and, well, shit for brains. They can make their mark in certain matches but you can't exactly count on them week to week. So a perfect footballer to me would need at least one or two exceptional physical skills to make them standout and an above-average tactical understanding and temperament to ensure consistency.
Dallagente: A one-liner that always stuck in my head is Roy Keane telling the story of Brian Clough praising his game at Forest: "You can run it, you can pass it and you can hit it. You'd be surprised how few players can do all three." That rings true to me.
Of course there's a little more to it than that, but the perfect footballer should recognise any match-situation unfold and make the right decision as needed, between when to do one of those three actions on the ball; that's independent of their role or position on the pitch. I mean that's the dream, but you also need to be able to handle the emotions that come with how many times you're going to fall way, way short of perfection in reality.
That's where I strongly agree with you on temperament. A player is going to make mistakes and they're going to screw up, and they need a good head on their shoulders to keep going and learning through those mistakes. If even the most gifted athlete doesn't have the heart to ride their emotions and trust their ability to keep making better decisions, an opponent will figure out how to make that athlete become more of a danger to themselves before anyone else.
Ssciavillo: For all the reasons mentioned above, I agree that it has to be a combination of the two. The player that immediately came to mind with this question was Andrea Pirlo. Pirlo was far from the most gifted athlete on the pitch for much of his career, but he was able to maximize what physical talents he did have with his footballing IQ. The man seemed to jog effortlessly around the midfield most of the time. He didn't have the best physique, great pace, or the hardest shot. Yet, he became a world class player. His best physical gifts, passing and free kicks, were brought to an elite level because he could read the game and had a cool, calm demeanor; he never wilted under pressure.
JonAS: Intelligence > physique. A smart player will work/run/move a lot less than his counterparts because he has vision, he knows where to be, where the ball will be, where there's space, he can even look into the future and read the game extraordinary well. I don't say he's a lazy ass, he just is one step ahead of the others who have tired legs. It helps if you can run five marathons in one day but brains = beauty. I agree with dallagente that the ideal footballer needs a cool head, but I find myself loving all the 'crazy, insane' players in Roma's history more than the calm ones (Vucinic, Manolas, Kolarov, Nainggolan, Osvaldo, Mexes,...).
Jimmy: As everyone said before, it's the balance between physicality and mental fortitude that makes a star. Before Mo Salah took the next step, he was seen as a roadrunner with no brains. At Roma, he honed his ability to become more intelligent on the ball and as a result turned into one of the best outfield players in football today. I personally agree with Jonas and say that intelligence matters more than physicality. I think a good example of this would be Miralem Pjanic. Definitely not the most physical player, but the way he could be Totti-esque as a playmaker while in Rome (I haven't kept up with him since he moved north) made him a special player. I don't think you get the same kind of special player if you gave someone flipped levels of physical skill and intelligence as Mira.
2) Who would you say is the smartest player in world football right now?
Bren: Messi is a footballing genius of course, but I'm going with Luka Modric. There's just something about a level-headed, not uber-athletic midfielder who can still dominate that exudes intelligence to me—that's Modric in a nutshell. He may not do it as consistently as in years past, but that understanding hasn't been dulled by age.
Dallagente: I don't watch enough football to be able to answer this in all honesty, so I'm going to go for the hipster answer if that's ok. One guy I feel has gotten smarter and smarter is Higuain. He destroyed us this season with his all-round performance, and you don't spend every summer going out for barbecue, then shredding in August, unless you know you've got a real football mind stored in your locker come September. Unfortunately, Higuain has rarely kept his nerve in big games on the biggest stage. As a lover of deep-lying midfielders though, I totally agree with Modric.
Ssciavillo: I'm in the same boat as dallagente here in the sense that I don't watch a whole ton of football outside of Serie A and Roma. In my time as a fan, I've always thought Pirlo was the most intelligent player, at least on the peninsula. So, going along those same lines of deep-lying midfielders, I'll go with the other guys and agree with Modric.
JonAS: I don't want to sound too much like a patriot here, but Belgian Kevin De Bruyne of Man City is one heck of a player. He just throws around assists like they were rose petals in one of the toughest leagues out there. He's fast, smart, perhaps looks a bit childish but is no pushover. You want brains on your team? Hire Kevin.
Bren: Damn, forgot about him. I change my answer. KDB is probably the smartest-best player at the moment. Modric is still a footballing mastermind, but he's not quite as good as KDB anymore.
Jimmy: Luka Modric is the obvious answer; in my mind, he's the closest thing to Pirlo that still exists in professional football today, and he'd be ten times more of a superstar if he was from a larger country and hadn't been behind Cristiano Ronaldo for so long.
3) Who is the most freakish athlete in world football right now?
Bren: I gotta go with my man Kylian Mbappe. Speed, touch, explosion, finishing. He's got it all and is nearly impossible to stop.
Dallagente: Agreed with you there 100 percent. I was a little too young to fully appreciate how Ronaldo changed the speed of the game in the 90s, but Mbappé is pushing the needle in the same direction now in this era.
Ssciavillo: Normally, I would say Ronaldo because in my opinion, he's got the best physical make up a footballer could want. However, with him now past his physical prime, I'll agree and go with Mbappe.
JonAS: Mbappe? Really? He looks like a Ninja Turtle. I'm not a fan of Cristiano Ronaldo, but the man's a freak of nature and still one of the best athletes. His body is on 'Hugh Jackman in Wolverine' level. Touch one of his abs and you might cut yourself. Wow, wait, I got it! Let's organize a fencing championship between Ronaldo's abs and Montella's cheek bones.
Jimmy: Mbappe Mbappe Mbappe. The fact that he's 21 and has all of what Bren described is honestly incredible. I watch PSG games sometimes because I spent a year living in Paris, and I got to see him live when he first moved on loan there. Even when he was 19, he was a force, and the scary thing is you don't really see all of it until you're watching him in the stadium.
4) Give us one Roma player in recent history that was one or two traits away from being a world-beater. Who was it and what were they missing?
Bren: If I could take Mattia Destro from the spring of 2014 and inject him with a cocktail of steroids to make him stronger and faster, he may have been the best striker on the planet. He had the finishing touch and the worm-like ability to find space in the box, but if he were just a tad more athletic, he could have created his own chances and transformed Roma for the better.
Dallagente: Emerson Palmieri. The perfectly balanced player, he could play it moving to his right almost identically as a change of direction to his left. I could picture him playing as a defensive midfielder, just as much as he had the legs to play out wide. He could grab a goal as well, as he proved against Villarreal. All he was missing was the good luck not to get injured right when his career was taking off, for club and adopted country.
Ssciavillo: I'm going to stretch the recent part of this question just a bit and go with Alberto Aquilani. Aquilani felt like he was going to be the third big time Roman for Roma during the mid-2000s before his move to Liverpool. The local kid had the ability to cover various roles in the Giallorossi midfield with good technical ability, vision, and passing. However, whether it was at Roma or elsewhere later in his career, Aquilani just couldn't beat the injury bug.
JonAS: I can perfectly understand the choices of Destro and Emerson. You know, I once had high hopes for Rick Karsdorp. Prickly Rick. One hell of a marauding fullback like in the good old days. He had all the modern tools, even tattoos! Just run the crap out of the opposition and swing in a perfect cross from time to time. Our very own Radja Nainggolan at right back. What was he missing? Go back to question 1. Brains..
Jimmy: Kevin Strootman with less injury trouble and just a touch more of a nose for goal. I'm realizing now that we're seven years out from Strootman's first year with Roma, but for those of you who weren't following when he joined, man was he a sight to see. I don't think it's an unpopular opinion to say that his ACL injuries derailed him from superstardom, but I think that the last thing he could've used to become the kind of player kids have posters of in their rooms was a slightly better goalscoring record. Imaging Radja's skyshots if Radja didn't send them into the Curva Sud half the time. Now that Strootman would have been a world-beater.
5) Was Francesco Totti the closest thing to perfection Roma has ever seen?
Bren: Physically speaking, I'm not sure—you could argue for Batistuta during 2001, Benatia or even Gervinho in recent years, he was an incredible athlete—but Totti was one of the most intelligent and skilled players the game has ever seen. If he were a bit taller and faster, there's no telling how many more goals he would have scored, but he's the closest to perfect we've ever seen because he created miracles with basically just his brains and his feet.
Dallagente: Most likely yes, I could be a troll and say it was Falcao or Di Bartolomei. But I never saw them play live, and wasn't even born when Falcao last played for Roma.
Look, I'm going to end up giving a huge answer, but Totti played over three different decades and it's hard to sum up such a fragmented career with the respect it deserves. I want to be consistent with what we've just said earlier.
At his physical best (pre-2006) Totti came up short on temperament. It was too easy to wind him up and get him to take himself out of the game. Not insignificant red cards we're talking about here, costly ones where Roma lost games (arguably titles), went on losing runs and Italy crashed out of tournaments. But pre-2006 Totti was my favourite ever player, alongside Rivaldo.
Then Totti grew mentally after riding the wave of major injuries, but his role grew more limited - if he didn't already before the injuries, he now focused exclusively on being a rifinitore. Which is fine for Italian culture, because it's in the style of Italian number 10s like Baggio, Rivera, Mazzola. Like those Italian legends, Totti had a great footballing mind in the final third, but he was definitely no longer (if ever) asked to deal with the same number and complexity of decisions as, say, a modern number ten already does in all phases of the game today.
You see Pellegrini satisfying himself with trying to master the same limited role as Totti right now, and people already say Pellegrini should aim for more, which says a lot about the demands on young talents in the modern game today to become complete, well-rounded players.
You'd want post-2006 Totti in the final third for your team any day of the week in any competition, but you couldn't say "I'd pick Totti as the first name on my team." You needed to know Tommasi or Perrotta was in the lineup before you could pick the captain.
Just this morning Damiano Tomassi summed it up in far less words than I can: "Let's say one of the most beautiful presents I gifted to Roma was allowing Totti to play till 40 years old, given that for ten years I had to do the running for him."
This is not really the point of Totti's legend, I know. But we're talking about perfect football.
One thing you can never take away from Totti is his scoring record at any age, and the fact he indirectly influenced Italian, English and Spanish football in the same decade, by planting the seeds for the modern false nine with his play, at both Ferguson's United and Guardiola's Barcelona. So his impact on world football was profound throughout his career.
He is the best Roma have done to date, but his talent kept him at the top of the Italian game almost in spite of Roma's chaotic formation of him as a player. If Roma were a stable football club with consistent direction, who knows how much further towards perfection you could go with the next Totti-level youth talent?
Maybe moulding someone who can play like Luis Figo could: in a flat midfield four, in a diamond, in a front three, in a front two.
Ssciavillo: I'd have to say yes to Totti being the closest thing Roma has had to perfection. Unfortunately, I didn't really start watching Roma and Serie A on a weekly basis until the mid-2000s, so most of the live matches I saw of him were post-injury. By then he didn't quite have the legs that he did in the first half of his career, but just the way he combined his footballing abilities with his reading of the game was a joy to watch. Totti was always two steps ahead of everyone else with his ability to see a pass before it was there or the opening for a chance to chip the keeper. His intelligence of the game was certainly on par with his physical gifts in that sense.
Of course, as dallagente mentioned above, there were some flaws to his game, especially his temperament early on in his career. The incident with Christian Poulsen at Euro 2004 still comes to mind. However, for a club like Roma, which doesn't attract or keep the game's biggest stars in their primes, the Giallorossi will be hard pressed to do better than Totti. He's the gold standard at Roma, just look at who up-and-coming players like Pellegrini and Zaniolo immediately get compared to.
JonAS: Yes every day of the week and twice on Sunday (I can't really speak about Roma players before 2002 though, I'm not THAT old). Some big Totti fans might deny this but Francesco had his flaws too, as my colleagues pointed out. But that's what made Totti so special. I never doubted his class nor skills, even after that spitting incident or the tackle vs Balotelli. He's human after all. On top of his game, he was one of the best, but not THE best like Messi or Ronaldo. A price he paid for remaining at Roma instead of moving to Real. However, in Roma's hall of fame he's our no. 1 by miles.
*Honorable mentions for Dzeko and Radja edition 2016-2017 and De Rossi 2010.
Jimmy: I'd say that Totti is the closest thing to perfection Serie A has seen, at least in the modern game. Sure, he was a bit of a hot head when he was younger, and sure, he didn't always have to blaze the fastest trail down the pitch (thanks for that, Tomassi), but he's one of maybe two, three players I've ever seen play or even seen footage of where I just go "wow". If Totti had moved to an even bigger club than Roma, he would've been seen as a far better player than most of the other legends from his era. He didn't, though, which in my mind makes him even more perfect.
Come back tomorrow for part two where we build the perfect Roma player.
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