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Toni Street reveals her acute liver failure feels like 'spiders underneath your skin'
Wednesday, 16 May 2018, 10:00AM
Toni Street says having acute liver failure feels like "spiders underneath your skin".
This morning Toni called her co-hosts Sarah Gandy and Sam Wallace to give some more insight into her severe illness which was caused by an allergic reaction to the antibiotic azithromycin.
Poor Toni explained she has been suffering from fatigue, nausea and itching for more than a month because of the condition.
"What happened is I took this antibiotic that's completely reacted with my liver and it's put me into acute liver failure essentially," she explained to Sarah and Sam.
"The worst part about it is you get this insane itching because basically what happens is your liver stops working and instead of the bile excreting normally like it does through your urine it goes all throughout your skin.
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"And so you get this incredible itching and it's described to me by the specialist as 'spiders underneath your skin', that is exactly what it's like and there is nothing you can do for it. It's not like eczema where you can put on any form of cream and you basically just go insane."
As if that wasn't bad enough, Toni went on to describe the horrendous nausea she is experiencing.
"I'm still getting the fatigue and the itch and really bad nausea," she said.
"It's the type of nausea where – you know when you've got a stomach bug and it either comes out one end or the other – well it's not like that because the nausea is caused by the bile in your skin.
"So it's like, you've not nausea but you've got no way of getting rid of it. There's no relief."
READ MORE: Toni Stree's co-hosts: 'She's been really sick'
Toni, who also struggled with the autoimmune disease Churg-Strauss, says that that has made her more susceptible and could a part of why she has experienced such a bad reaction.
"You'll remember a couple of years ago when I had Mackenzie - my little one - I went into organ failure because of my autoimmune disease and [the liver specialist] said that just makes my organs a bit more susceptible, it's not a direct link but I'm more susceptible."
Thankfully, Toni says she's finally on the mend and hit a turning point last Friday when she started to feel more herself.
"I'm absolutely starting to feel better," she said, "I feel like I'm finally healing."
Hopeful that she will return to the show next week, Toni wanted to warn that she's not the only one to have a bad reaction to the medication she took.
"The antibiotic [I was given] was azithromycin, a lot of people have actually reacted to it.
"It's quite a hard antibiotic so just be cautious next time, just ask some questions and perhaps only take it if you absolutely need it."
Just spoke to these two cherubs on @thehitsnz for the first time in aggggggeeeessss, can't wait to get my butt back behind the mic on Monday @sarahontheradio @breakfastsam @the_tomboy_life @luisadd 💖💖💖 #sarahsamandtoni
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Dental nurse training can equip a person to become qualified as a dental nurse or a nurse assigned to work in a dental location and provide assistance to dentists. The main task of a dental nurse is to support the dentist in ensuring proper dental and health care of the patients. A dental nurse has to be active, well-coordinated, well-organized, have good eyesight, be manually dextrous, and be engaging. Since they work closely with the dentist and interact closely with patients, it helps if dental nurses are also accommodating, can get along well with others, and can help patients feel more relaxed and assured.
The term "dental nurse" is more widely used in the UK. In the United States, dental nurses can either refer to a dental hygienist or a dental assistant. The term "dental nurse", however, if taken on its own, refers to someone with a mix of the various responsibilities of dental hygienists and dental assistants.
Due to the important role of the dental nurse and the sensitive nature of the job, anyone aspiring to become a dental nurse has to undergo proper training specifically suited for their assigned tasks.
The role of the dental nurse includes assisting and performing. In the assistance aspect of the job, a dental nurse is responsible for preparing the dental surgery areas and equipments, making sure the areas are clean and the equipments are sterile. During a surgery or procedure, the nurse has to pass on instruments to the dentist to facilitate faster and successful completion of the treatments. The nurse also has to assist the patient in any way necessary to ensure that patients are comfortable and have what they need.
In the performing aspect, dental nurses are trained to make and record observations about the patient's condition, use the suction equipment, use the x-ray equipment, and ready the filling materials that are to be used.
The overall list of tasks assigned to the dental nurse varies in each dental practice or office. This is often determined by the size of the practice and the number of dentists and dental nurses working there. If there is a limited number of employees, dental nurses also man the reception desk, answer the phones, entertain and schedule appointments, charges treatments, and collects payments. Some dental nurses are also in charge of supplies and stocks.
All in all, their responsibilities can be categorized into four types: assistance in dental procedures, sanitation, maintenance of clinic and inventory of supplies, and lastly, administrative tasks.
To become a dental nurse, you do not need to meet any formal qualification standards, aside from a high school diploma and a college entrance exam wherein they score higher than or equal to a set minimum.
After high school, they may enter a formal full-time dental nursing training program. After formal academic education, a person aspiring for the dental nurse career should do any of the following: apply in a dental practice or dental office as a trainee, join a dental hospital as a student dental nurse, join the military as a dental nurse, or join a community-based dental service as a dental nurse.
On-the-job training or hands-on training is an essential part of a dental nurse's training process and may help a dental nurse get higher qualifications and a higher salary.
After dental nurse training and before entering the dental nurse workforce, dental nurses are required to register for a license to practice as dental nurses. To get a license, a prospective dental nurse has to complete both a written and a clinical examination.
All registered dental nurses are also required to keep up to speed with any changes and advancements in dental technology, so they should take time to enroll in oral health education classes or take specialized training in either dental anesthetics or dental sedation, among others.
Dental nurses have a wide range of workplaces to choose from. Aside from working in a private dental clinic or practice, they can also work in a hospital's dentistry department, in mobile clinics, in school clinics, in company clinics, and so on. Job prospects for those who receive sufficient dental nurse training are looking really favorable.


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Up at the Vail Sportsmanship Tournament, our U10 B team had a split weekend and went 2-2-0 while the U10 A team went 0-4-0.
The U10 Rec/House team lost but continued to show improvement.
The U12 Rec/House Red team lost a close game to Arvada, and the U12 Rec/House White team won over the other Arvada team.
U12 AA swept the weekend with wins over Boulder and Arapahoe.
U14 AA team lost to Boulder.
The U16 A team had a competitive game against Rampage but lost 6-4.
We have eight teams in the Regional Silversticks Tournament this week: U10 AA, U10 A, U10 B, U12 A, U12 B, U14 A, U14 B and U16 A. If any of our Jr. Pioneers win the tournament, they punch their ticket to the tournament's national championships.
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8 Great and Not-So Great Facts About Paul Ryan.
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The media has spent the past few days buzzing over Mitt Romney's VP pick, Paul Ryan. But let's face it, most of us don't know diddly squat about Paul Ryan. If a secret billionaire emerged from a bushel of thorns and offered you half of his/her fortune if you could tell them one fact about Paul Ryan, you would probably walk away with zero monies.
To ensure that you take full advantage of that hypothetical billionaire's offer, we did some research on Ryan and came up with 8 Great and Not-So-Great Facts About Paul Ryan. Quiet Lunch isn't about picking sides, so know that we are in no way trying to sway your political decision making or make Ryan look bad — we do, however, hope that some of these facts make you realize how much of a dick he is.
He's from Wisconsin.
Ryan was born and raised in Janesville, Wisconsin, to Elizabeth A. "Betty" Ryan and Paul Murray Ryan, a lawyer. He is a fifth generation Wisconsinite who claims that his "veins run with bratwurst." He is the youngest of four children.
He works out to the point of insanity.
Similar to Michelle Obama, Ryan is a staunch advocate for fitness — especially when it comes to America's youth. He also does P90X almost every morning. He claims to have made close to 40 climbs of Colorado's Fourteeners (14,000-foot peaks). If it weren't for friends and family who could testify to Ryan's humanity, you would almost assume that he is bionic.
He doesn't believe in global warming.
To us global warming may seem as real as the air we breathe and as apparent as the melting polar caps but Ryan is convinced that it's all bunk.
"Unilateral economic restraint in the name of fighting global warming has been a tough sell in our communities, where much of the state is buried under snow…" – Paul Ryan. (2009 op-ed)
He's the Doogie Howser of the GOP.
Well, he doesn't wear sneakers to work but he is consider to be a child prodigy when it comes to politics. After starting out as a staff economist for Senator Bob Kasten in the early 90s, he was elected to the House in 1998 at the age of 28. Ryan is now 42 years old and is still quite youthful in politician years. Think of him as the Eli Manning to Romney's Peyton.
He's for Personhood and against abortion.
He believes in your baby's right to live but he doesn't believe in your right to choose what comes out of your body — not by a long shot. Rape by some twit who is incapable of getting any? Tough cookies. Sexually assault by a family member? Hey, we're all family here anyway, right?
Humor aside, whether it be rape or incest, Ryan doesn't believe in abortion and would like to do away with most forms of birth control.
He wants to replace Medicare with coupons.
Now, this fact is often disputed. According to the Left, Ryan's earlier The Path to Prosperity plan did involve vouchers and cuts that were harmful to the elderly but the Right has point out that his more recent The Path to Prosperity: A Blueprint for American Renewal plan is far more elderly friendly.
He attended college using social security.
After Ryan's father passed away, he saved Social Security survivor's benefits to pay for attending Miami University, where Ryan double majored in economics and political science in 1992.
He drove the Oscar-Meyer Weinermobile.
Ryan used to work summers as a salesman for Oscar Mayer and he even drove the Wienermobile once.


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TORONTO (University of Toronto News) — The Creative Destruction Lab has helped build dozens of futuristic companies over the years – now it's seeking entrepreneurs whose ideas are literally out of this world.
Working closely with former Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, the seed-stage accelerator affiliated with the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management is launching a dedicated stream for space startups working on everything from interplanetary transportation to asteroid mining.
The new stream seeks to attract space-focused entrepreneurs from around the world while providing entrepreneurial minded Canadian researchers at places like the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies, or UTIAS, with another way to get their innovative ideas off the ground.


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The fact is, many retailers can see their business models eroding and becoming less relevant for today's consumers. One example is how the timing of key marketing campaigns on the retail calendar need to shift in line with consumer expectations, such as the demand for sales and the trend to shop earlier for Christmas. In addition, new retail-created occasions like ClickFrenzy, Black Friday and Cyber Monday are having a material impact. These are now turning into week-long sale events in their own right: The Hallmark Holidays of a new generation. Large retailers are also bringing forward their Boxing Day sales.
This 'race to the bottom' will hurt smaller retailers profoundly, which, in my opinion, is by design. The big players want to redefine the rules of engagement and push SMEs out of business, taking even more market share. This creates a perfect storm for the retail behemoths like Amazon to flourish and fill the vacuum across countless retail verticals.
Ultimately, this means consumers have more choice to find the cheapest product available. According to insights from Salesforce, 50 percent of people had completed their Christmas shopping by December 3 in 2018 - this is unprecedented and is proof of an evolving consumer. In addition, mobile traffic is over 70 per cent for many retailers (with much lower conversion rates than desktop).
So the big question here is, how can technology help? Here are my top five tips for making technology work for your retail business in this age of high customer expectation.
1. Work with your product team to ensure the focus is squarely on what the customer wants. Too often we see websites that are focused on delivering features that may seem interesting, but miss the point on the fundamentals of user experience. This isn't about your tech team leaving their mark or playing with the shiniest new toys; it's about delivering value to the customer. Every single time. Customers have choice, and retailers must understand and respect that fact.
2. Page Speed. You must have a quick experience on your site, especially for the key pages (landing pages, search results, category listing, product details). Anything over five or six seconds of the 'above the fold' page view will be extremely detrimental to your conversion rate (and organic listings).
There are loads of tools out there that will help you measure and gain insights - www.gtmetrix.com is one of them. Rip out your ailing 'tech debt' and bring your UI components as close to leading edge as possible (e.g. Accelerated Mobile Pages). And leverage a Content Delivery Network (CDN) whenever you can.
4. Search Engine Optimisation. Don't rely on just Google Analytics (GA) or Search Console to tell you how you're performing. Leverage other tools, or find a trustworthy SEO agency to keep an eye on your market 'voice' and page rankings. Organic listings are not free; they cost you in a significant investment in time - but your payoff will be material. You absolutely need to invest in this channel. Tech directly influences SEO beyond just the copy on a page - it provides more efficient pages, appropriate page URLs, acceptable navigation and managing redirects and missing pages. All of this is critical to organic listing performance. I recommend taking a look at https://www.screamingfrog. co.uk/ SEO spider software, for analysis of your website and tips on how to improve your organic performance technically.


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Liam Kelly's keen to play attractive style at Leyton Orient and win trophies with League Two club
Published: 4:00 PM August 11, 2016 Updated: 8:44 AM October 14, 2020
Leyton Orient midfielder Liam Kelly battles for the ball with a Fulham opponent (pic: Simon O'Connor). - Credit: Archant
Former Oldham Athletic captain believes O's need to start achieving now and he's determined to play a big role
Leyton Orient's Brisbane Road (pic: Play With A Legend). - Credit: Archant
Liam Kelly wants Leyton Orient to make Brisbane Road a fortress this year and believes playing an attractive brand of football can get them success.
The 26-year-old joined the O's from League One side Oldham Athletic this summer for an undisclosed fee.
Although Kelly was captain at the Latics, the lure of trying to win silverware with the east Londoners was enough to convince him to drop down a division and move south.
Northampton Town, Oxford United and Bristol Rovers earned automatic promotion from League Two last season and all three could be said to play an eye-catching brand of football.
"I've played at Brisbane Road once before with Oldham and I thought the playing surface was really good – that is something that will be big for us this year," said Kelly.
"A lot of teams in League Two are sometimes direct and when you play on poor pitches, especially when you come into the winter months, it can make the games even harder. If our playing surface stays how it is, then it will be a big benefit to us.
"You have got to try and win every game, but if you get into a good rhythm at home and you have a decent style of play, it can be intimidating for teams.
"I also think if you look at sides that have got promoted recently from League One and Two, more often than not they are the sides that like to play football.
"We have the squad of players to do that this season and I'd like to see us playing good football. If we get that right and play to our strengths then it will put us in great stead."
Liam Kelly in action for Oldham against Blackpool last season (pic: Empics) - Credit: Empics Sports Photography Ltd.
There is no doubt Brisbane Road is among the best stadiums in League Two and it is one of the many reasons Kelly has moved down to east London.
Another key motivation for the former Kilmarnock midfielder, who has been capped by Scotland once, is the desire to add more trophies to his CV.
Kelly won the Scottish League Cup in 2012 with Killie, but it wasn't a triumph he could celebrate as his father sadly suffered a heart attack and passed away on the same day.
After four years without any more silverware, the ex-Bristol City midfielder is determined to end that run this season.
"I definitely believe I can help the club achieve things and we have to start achieving – first and foremost by getting out of this league," said Kelly.
"If we don't get promotion then we've underachieved and not done what we need to do this season. You come into football to win things, you don't want to be fighting relegation or sitting at a mid-table team.
"I want to try and win trophies and achieve and that was part of the lure of coming here. The club does have the squad to do that and the resources to try and achieve success as well."
The ex-Oldham captain was linked with a move to Barnsley during the January transfer window, but decided to stay at Boundary Park.
Although he had other offers in the summer, before completing a switch to Orient, he didn't need much persuading from manager Andy Hessenthaler.
"I did have other offers, but I wouldn't like to say who they were," said Kelly. "Orient was a good opportunity for me to join a team that wanted to achieve something. It is moving in the right direction and location wise it suits me.
"Andy didn't really need to sell it to me. If you look at the size of the club – I don't think they should be in this division.
"They are probably one of the biggest teams in League Two and the target is to get out of this league as quickly as possible and hopefully keep moving forward."
One thing O's struggled to get during the 2015/16 campaign was goals from midfield – Dean Cox and Lloyd James netted five each – and Kelly is hoping he can help improve that after scoring six times for Oldham last season.
He added: "The six goals were all from defensive midfield. Here I will have more of a licence to get forward maybe and if I do, I'll be looking to build on that and improve my tally from last year."


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CNBLUE's Blue Moon World Tour Live in Kuala Lumpur
BOICE!! LET'S ROCK THE PARTY AT BLUE MOON!!
Malaysia will turnings into BLUE on 24th Sept 2013 at Stadium Negara.
Are you one of the "BOICE" of the day?
I think this news wasn't fresh!! Because basically all k-pops fans in Malaysia knew this event well.
So Yes!! CN Blue will be live performing at 24th August 2013 (Saturday) at Stadium Negara, 7.30pm onward. This concert is organized by Daol Entertainment and officially sponsored by Samsung Malaysia.
CNBLUE is a South Korean rock band formed in Seoul in 2009. The band consists of Jung Yong-hwa (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Lee Jong-hyun (lead guitar, vocals), Lee Jung Shin (bass guitar, vocals) and Kang Min-hyuk (drums, vocals). Their official fans club called Boice.
CN is an abbreviation of 'Code Name' while BLUE is an abbreviation of the members' individual images.
— 'Burning' represents Lee Jong-hyun
— 'Lovely' represents Kang Min-hyuk
— 'Untouchable' represents Lee Jung Shin
— 'Emotional' represents Jung Yong-hwa.
CN Blue debuted on August 19, 2009 in Japan with their first mini album, Now or Never. They released four teasers for their 1st Korean mini album Bluetory. Move to year 2010, the highly anticipated official music video for the unforgettable title track, 'I'm a Loner' was later released just before the launch of their debut Korean mini album, titled, 'Bluetory' on January 14th, 2010 which quickly took the number one spot on the MNET real time charts, along with the second spot on the Hanteo Music Charts. CNBLUE were the only rookie group to do so in 2010 and they have grown into a worldwide phenomenon ever since.
So Boice!! One more day to go to meet with CN Blue!! Show your awesomeness to them and feel live band excitement!! Let's rock the day in Blue!!
Before end this post, would like to share a song, CN Blue version of Jason Mraz's - Geek In The Pink.
See you there!! Wuhoo!!
Happy walker August 23, 2013 at 10:26 PM
nice sharing, frankly speaking, this band just make me feel sad as i would think of their song~ =(
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4-0-1 so far on this young season! Have the Lady 'Cats finally turned the corner??
You know Scott, I was thinking the same thing about there not being a UNH thread but I was being cautiously optimistic.......so far the team has a nice jump in the skates, lines playing well together at the start of the season(?), seems like Coach wants to see if Boutilier is the real deal, defense looks solid with more than "off the glass" to breakout.....many, many good things for coming out of the gate.......so we'll see how they do with @Northeastern, Maine, BU and 2 w/UVM again in 10 days! Everyone knows how important these 10 HE points will be come March! Just look at how we had to hit the road the last 3 years by a few points for the playoffs.....heck, ask Durocher about losing 8 HE points so far this season!! So thanks for the thread Scott.....hopefully Wildcat fans will come and support what looks to be a real solid team!
Kudos to the Hockey East for putting some women's hockey on television. Not a great first period for your ladies but I'm enjoying sitting at home and watching a live game on a Wednesday night.
DC might be rehabbing, but I was in the stands for both games this weekend (8 days post total knee)~ There was an average crowd Friday, and a really good crowd Saturday. I'm sure the players feed more off the people who make the games, than who show up for social media.
I usually get to roughly 5 games per year since I go to a lot of the mens road games and I work on Sundays. That does not leave a lot of room for me to get to more than 5 or so per year. So far I have been to the exhibition and this past Friday for this season. I am very impressed with the step forward this group has taken so far. The two games I went to were pretty much dominated by the Cats with a lot of shots just not a lot going in. Looking at the highlights and other scores I see this is not a common issue with 5+ goals in 4 games.
Does anyone have an update on Mcmanus after Friday night? It looked like she had a pretty bad leg injury and as I was leaving there was Fire/Ambulance crews leaving the arena so I'm guessing she got transported out. There are not a lot of news articles written about the team and we all know the UNH website will not just put that info out there.
I may be going to the Colgate game on Friday, we will see how things go. If there are any mens STH's out there who read this thread and do not post, your men's STH will get you comp tickets to any Women's game. Just show the ticket office your STH card and you will be able to get them. This has been an exciting team to watch this year, good for them and hopefully people start to notice again.
McManus has a sprained MCL, and is hopefull for the Colgate series. Personally, with the way the team responded, and the fact that Colgate isn't a league game, I wouldn't be disappointed if they erred on the side of caution so it doesn't become a recurrent issue.
Better than what I thought, and agreed to the idea of being cautious on it. Thanks for the info.
Last year UNH started with a brutal schedule of ranked teams and started out like 2-7, then moved onto some easier lower .500 games inside hockey east like Vermont, Merrimack etc. This season they have played a very easy schedule and started vs Vermont, Merrimack, Holy Cross and Dartmouth for the most part.....now they head into games vs ranked teams like Colgate, Providence and more with Northeastern....likely to end up .500 by the end of that.
Providence and more with Northeastern....likely to end up .500 by the end of that.
I was actually thinking about the difference in schedules between last year and this season. Last year was a brutal schedule to sstart, but at the very end, they performed greater than we expected in the HE quarters, and put a good scare on BU. This year, they are without their backbone for 5 years, Jonna Curtis,but they have a very seasoned group of sophomore, Taylor W. Healthy after a medical red shirt, and a very capable rookie group, including a goaltender who doesn't seem to need an adjustment to the college game.
They have won games decisively that they may have struggled with is past seasons, and battled back into games they were behind in.
Scoring contributions are coming from everywhere, and they are playing with poise and confidence we haven't seen for years in Wildcat Nation. Colgate is a big benchmark for UNH, but win or lose, this team is resilient, and they will live and learn no matter what the scoreboard says.
The last 2 weekends UNH has played ECAC teams, Colgate and RPI.......to be succinct, during this fortnight it seems that UNH has digressed back to looking average......no longer is the defense working together to clear the zone, but instead looking for the home run pass or simply high off the boards.....no thought at all to puck possession and control of the zone! While the forward lines still look adequate, it baffles me why we simply cannot hold onto a pass, or do a simple give and go, or use a 2 on 1 more intelligently than shooting from the blue line! I hope the team made important strides in being together for the long road trip, because they'll need to wake up and play together starting Wednesday night, when they play Providi, whom they are now tied with, and who is coming off 2 games w/Merrimack this past weekend, outscoring them 9-1........c'mon Wildcats!!
Well, despite going 0 for 2 this week, against Harvahd, UNH looked pretty good......leave it to Coach Stone to find goalie Boutilier's weakness, as 3 of the 4 goals were uppers! I didn't see the Providi game so no comment there but vs the Crimson, biggest issue is the teams carelessness with the puck.......watch every sport and possession time is a measure of competency! Our laissez faire attitude with the puck is ridiculous.....it has cost us in the third period these past few games........hopefully, Coach Witt will try and address this against the Huskies, whose speed is always an issue for us.......Onward!
Leave it to you to let every team know where her weakness is!
One of my New Year's resolutions is getting to a UNH Women's hockey game, somewhere, if not Lake Whitt.
This team does indeed own a piece of national hardware, right?
Yes they do. They won the first-ever AWCHA national championship March 21, 1998 with a 4-1 win over Brown and future Patty Kazmaier winning goalie Ali Brewer at Boston's Fleet Center. UNH defenseman and future Gopher Winny Brodt was the MVP of the tournament. But, I bet you knew all that.


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Trials and Tribulations of a `Citizen Mayor'
San Francisco's Frank Jordan tries to prove that a nice guy can run City Hall - but he hasn't had an easy time lately
By Daniel B. Wood Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
IN the late evening shadow of the Bay Bridge, self-proclaimed citizen Mayor Frank Jordan is caught repeating several of the "offenses" that have earned him a reputation as this city's most unpopular official in decades.
"Well, this crowd has been gathering for me for several minutes so I probably should wind this up," he tells a reporter by cellular phone from his idling limousine.
Offense No. 1: too accommodating, too polite. Offense No. 2: meeting with community activists at the media-blind hour of 7:20 p.m. (no photo ops, no credit). Offense No. 3: working too hard with neighborhood citizens who can't generate the same kind of political capital as lobbyists back at City Hall. A non-career politician
Former Police Chief Jordan, a Democrat, swept then-Mayor Art Agnos out of office in a throw-the-bums-out fury in January 1992. Jordan promised the city a new reign of decency and competence. By popular accounts - reflected in the press and opinion polls - he has delivered fully on the former and little of the latter.
In part, Jordan is a victim of trends that have felled other urban leaders around the country - namely a decline in federal funds even as housing, health, welfare, crime, and education problems have soared. But now the question is increasingly being asked around here: In an era of growing disgust with careerist politicians, and burgeoning calls for term limits from city hall to Congress, can political novices, or nice guys, hold the reins of power?
"You have a man here without malice, who doesn't eat, live, and drink politics and revenge," says Quentin Kopp, an independent state senator from San Francisco. "Instead of being given his due, that's made [Jordan] an easy mark. He's been beaten up by the gossip columns like nobody's business."
"It's a relief to find a San Francisco politician that is not instinctually predatory," adds San Francisco Supervisor Carole Migden (D). "But despite Frank's achievements, it has made for a sense of power vaccuum."
To become the city's 40th mayor, Jordan campaigned on a moderate, centrist platform, promising to improve basic city services and get San Francisco back on track after years of increasing crime, homelessness, and blight. Jordan had never held elected office before, but had been the city's police chief from 1986 to 1990.
Jordan's tenure started with embarrassing staff shake-ups, exposes of incompetence, and cries of nepotism over bungled appointments. Then the mayor was handed the city's worst fiscal crisis in history - a $300 million budget shortfall - and the threatened loss of the San Francisco Giants, the professional baseball franchise. He stumbled quickly into the worst ratings of any modern mayor.
"When you elect a citizen mayor, you understand the ramping up to speed will take a little longer," says Richard Rapaport, a political commentator. "Frank has never been able to get ahead of the insider journalists who keep setting the tone and put him on the defensive."
Yet his successes are many and easy to find. Some notable victories
In his first year, Jordan balanced the city budget without loss of services. That meant surviving a 10 percent cut of the city's overall $2.4 billion budget, but not being able to make good on several campaign promises - from tidying up the homeless problem to tightening law enforcement.
He brought together a coalition of businessmen to save the baseball team, when most in the city had written off a move to St. Petersburg, Fla. He has revamped the city Planning Department to streamline a permitting process that had stalled both real estate and business start-ups for years.
To keep a lid on the city's burgeoning AIDS epidemic, he circumvented California laws preventing clean needle exchanges for drug addicts. He has revamped a city emergency department and has presided over a return influx of investment banking, bio-tech, medical, and other corporate headquarters, not to mention several major construction projects, including a $2.4 billion airport remake.
"Despite all these things, Jordan's image in the press is that of a goalie with pucks being shot at him from all sides," notes Larry Kamer, a political commentator.
A fiasco last week over Jordan's attempted firing of Ben Hom, the head of the Redevelopment Agency Commission, is the latest case in point. A front-page story in a local newspaper quotes Mr. Hom's attorney, Fred Furth, blasting the mayor for accusing Hom of abuses in office. Hom, an appointee of a previous administration, had been accused of illegally soliciting a contribution to a Jordan fund-raiser and improperly trying to influence staff members' decisions.
"In other cities, the mayor would have cut a back-room deal to give Hom a promotion to shut him up," says Jim Wunderman, Jordan's new chief of staff. "Here, Frank has allowed a situation to become public that has been buried by previous administrations for the sake of politics. And he's having to take the heat for it."
Last week brought more bad news for Jordan. The current city budget will have to be trimmed by $200 million by June 1, forcing over 1,000 layoffs, cutbacks in services - and higher taxes, which would break a campaign promise.
"I have had to take back a half billion in 16 months. That's not fun at all," says Jordan, complaining of state moves to usurp over $125 million in both county and city funds. "What kind of a mayor can take broadsides like this without looking bad?"
But cracks of light are beginning to beam on the Jordan saga, as well.
New staff members are expected to infuse the administration with political savvy that has been sorely lacking. One, perhaps two vacancies on the 11-member Board of Supervisors will be filled by Jordan appointments, strengthening his hand on that body. Recent forays into the neighborhoods have bolstered the confidence of civic associations who feel their voice has been heard in budgeting decisions.
"I give the mayor very high marks for what he has said and done to turn around the business climate here," says Dick Robinson, a broker for Cushman and Wakefield, a commercial real estate company. "Unfortunately you wouldn't know it from reading the papers. They tend to fixate on the revolving door of personnel problems."
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Q: Overwrite and Store Numerical Incremented Value in Variable So I am just a few months into Objective-c and have been writing a fairly simple program that will prompt the user for a firstName, lastName and let's just say a favoriteColor.  I then have these user inputs stored via outputting the contents to a .txt file.  Each time the program is executed, a person object (with a full name and favorite color) is added to the list in a  .txt file via the NSOutputStream class.
What I want to do is have a sequential ticket system in place.  So each time the program is executed, a ticket number (lets call this variable topTicket for clarity's sake) is assigned to the new person object and printed out as an ID of sorts along with the name and color.
So let's say after the first 2 times I run my project that the text file contains the following:
FAVORITE COLOR INVENTORY

Name:  John Doe
Favorite Color:  Red
Ticket:  #031354

Name:  Jane Doe
Favorite Color:  Blue
Ticket:  #031355

Then i want the ticket variable (topTicket) to be the following next time I open my project files:
topTicket = 031356

I would like to know how I can have the program overwrite this initial value each time it is executed.  Therefor the next time I open up my project in xCode, after having run it once earlier in the day, the topTicket will now be one more than it was before (031354 in this case), having incremented itself and overwritten the previous value.  That way all I have to do is call this topTicket variable every time when writing to the .txt file instead of requiring user input.
I hope I am making sense.  I would love any suggestions or guidance as to how I should go about this.  ...maybe I am overthinking things haha.

A: One way to accomplish that is to use NSUserDefaults. You can store a value with -setInteger:forKey: and read a value with -intergerForKey:. Sample code:
NSUserDefaults *defaults = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
NSInteger ticketNumber = [defaults integerForKey:@"lastTicketNumber"];
ticketNumber++;
// use it
[defaults setInteger:ticketNumber forKey:@"lastTicketNumber"];

I think at one point in your project you want to save all data including user data. In that case you should save the ticket number at a place, where you store the other data, whatever it is. This is to keep data consistently.

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I'm having this crazy problem where I can connect and everything, but when I type in my password at the login screen, nothin happens. I do see every played leaving, being kicked etc, but I don't spawn.
It can't be my GTA, I just re-installed everything.
Don't worry: it's not a personal but a server problem.
It crashed or froze again for some reason.
I experienced the exact same thing as you.


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Mukesh Kumar Surana transformed Hindustan Petroleum Corporation into a profit-focused company and earned it the Maharatna status
Nevin John New Delhi Print Edition: December 29, 2019
Mukesh Kumar Surana, CMD, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd -- Photograph by Rachit Goswami
On March 31, 2016, the day before Mukesh Kumar Surana took over as the Chairman and Managing Director of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL), the Indian cricket team lost a semi-final match to West Indies in the Twenty20 World Cup. India's journey in the tournament had ended but Surana was drawing up a mid-term strategy for HPCL, naming it Twenty20. One of the aims was to get the oil refining and marketing company Maharatna status.
The criteria for Maharatna status includes a three-year record of annual net profit of over Rs 5,000 crore, net worth of Rs 15,000 crore-plus and turnover of at least Rs 25,000 crore. Among these, HPCL was lagging only in profitability, which was difficult to achieve without increasing the standalone capacity. Surana, therefore, worked towards enhancing crude processing volumes, margins and efficiencies. In the first year itself, the standalone profit of HPCL jumped by 60 per cent to Rs 6,209 crore in 2016/17 from Rs 3,862 crore the previous year. The company reported profits of over Rs 6,000 crore in the next two financial years and finally got the Maharatna tag.
In 2018/19, HPCL recorded its highest ever standalone revenue of Rs 2.97 lakh crore, up by 22 per cent compared to the previous year. The net profit slipped marginally to Rs 6,029 crore from Rs 6,357 crore because of high volatility in crude oil prices. HPCL's two major refineries in Mumbai and Visakhapatnam recorded their best ever throughput in the year. This helped the company enhance its refining throughput to 18.44 million tonnes (MT) from 18.3 MT, with a capacity utilisation of a record 117 per cent.
"In 2015/16, we had processed 17.23 MT crude. The refinery output has been enhanced by 1.2 MT in three years without adding new capacities. We achieved this through debottlenecking and optimal use of existing capacities," says Surana. The company has also optimised the secondary processing facilities, reduced the shutdown time and adhered to the throughput target.
"The fixed cost for processing each barrel of crude is the same for us. So, we have to process more crude oil to make more profits. We reduced the cost of energy and logistics, besides optimising capacity utilisation," says Surana.
As part of reducing freight costs, the company operationalised four dedicated railway rakes to transport LPG. Two more will start operations this year. It also completed construction of a 3,500 km cross-country gas pipeline. In marketing, HPCL achieved its highest overall sales volume of 38.7 MT in 2018/19, 4.9 per cent more than the previous year.
Aiming For Profit
The volatility of crude and product prices and exchange rates, geopolitical issues, technology disruptions, macroeconomic weakness and changing demographies have proved to be major hurdles for all oil companies in the last three years. However, HPCL managed to register a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 17 per cent in net profit in the last three financial years. Its net worth went up at a CAGR of 12 per cent during the period.
Deven Choksey, Managing Director, KR Choksey Investment Managers, says that oil refining and marketing companies have come out of the government subsidy-related issues and are relatively better off compared to their health in the previous decade or so. "HPCL maintains margins better, but in the longer run, it needs to engage in refinery modernisation and complexity improvement," he adds.
Surana says oil companies in India are driven by volume and market share. "We brought profitability to the forefront. It is not only volumes and profits per barrel. The bottom line also has become HPCL's focus. We constituted an integrated margin management group to monitor net corporate realisation. Its job is to ensure end-to-end profitability," he explains.
The best way for survival is growth, he says, so HPCL is now focused on expansion. "We have a traditional gap in what we sell and produce. We sell 38 MT, but we produce just 25MT, including the production from the joint ventures. For bridging the gap, we are increasing capacities in Mumbai and Vishakhapatnam refineries. The projects will be completed by March 2020. We are also getting ready to sell BS VI fuels from April 2020," he says.
The Visakh Refinery Modernisation Project (VRMP) is being executed at a cost of Rs 20,928 crore to enhance capacity from 8.33 MT to 15 MT. The capacity of the Mumbai refinery is being enhanced from 7.5 MT to 9.5 MT at a cost of Rs 5,060 crore. HPCL is also building a greenfield 9 MT refinery and petrochemical complex in Barmer, Rajasthan, at a cost of Rs 43,129 crore. It has also expanded the capacity of Bathinda refinery, a joint venture with Mittal Energy, from 9 MT to 11.3 MT.
Apart from all this, HPCL is also constructing a bottoms at the Vishakhapatnam refinery where it will be able to convert the final crude residue to distillates rather than petcoke. With this, the gross refining margin, which is now $4-6, will improve by $5 a barrel, says Surana. The project is expected to be completed in 2022. Additionally, HPCL has added two new business lines - petrochemical and natural gas. It is setting up a 2 MT petchem unit in Barmer and a 1.7 MT unit at Bhatinda. It is also building a gasification terminal at Chhara in Gujarat. In addition, it has won licences to retail CNG to automobiles and piped natural gas to households in nine cities in Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal in a recent round of bidding. The company also has got a licence for distributing gas in 20 geographical areas.
Ongoing pipeline projects with a total estimated investment of Rs 5,555 crore are in various stages of completion. HPCL is also planning to increase its presence in bio-fuels by building second generation ethanol production facilities and marketing compressed bio-gas through retail outlets.
The company plans a capital expenditure of about Rs 74,000 crore in the next five years to expand its foothold in the domestic market. "Improving profitability, strengthening the core business of refining and marketing and adding new business lines like petrochemical, natural gas and bio fuels are the key steps taken by the company to become future-proof. We are expanding our territories, and have set up a subsidiary in Dubai. It is essentially for expanding our lubes market to Middle-east and Africa. We are already supplying lubes to 14 countries," says Surana.
Research firm Motilal Oswal thinks low oil prices, stable rupee and benign competition will ensure that marketing margins remain healthy, benefitting HPCL the most.
Aligning People and Goals
Achieving these targets would not have been possible without aligning all the teams in the company towards the common cause. Surana's efforts to sync the leadership teams were not without pain.
HPCL has been an informal organisation historically, unlike many PSUs. Surana preserved the informal culture, but brought in the robustness of processes. This had its own challenges, he says. "In a regimental organisation, everybody has the same goal and works towards it. But in an informal organisation, aligning everybody to the common goal is difficult. But HPCL as an organisation has been able to converge goals, teams and business units. We are spread all over the country, but have been able to consistently deliver unified goals," he adds. HPCL's R&D centre in Bangalore has got 34 patents in products and in the three years since its inception.
The R&D facility has been engaged in developing new products, processes and technologies. The company is promoting 15 start-ups under 'HPCL Start-up India' scheme to implement technology centric projects.
As of March 2019, HPCL had 15,440 retail outlets, 5,866 LPG distribution centres and 43 aviation fuel stations. It plans to open retail outlets overseas, beginning with 22 fuel outlets in Bhutan in two years.
The government had sold its 51 per cent stake in HPCL to Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) for Rs 36,915 crore in 2017/18. But ONGC is running HPCL as a separate arm.
In three years, HPCL's profile will be quite different as most of its projects will be concluded. The refinery capacity would have increased to 45 MT from 25 MT. It will have much more market spread and new business lines. The size, profitability, market reach and service quality will change, says Surana. After achieving the T20 targets - the company was accorded the status of Maharatna in October 2019 - the company will then play a test match to reach its long-term goals.
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The Starbucks Guide to Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology
Mark Wilson	October 21, 2014 4 Comments 413 views Share
Author Mark Wilson's collection of Starbucks mugs featuring archaeological sites. Photo: Mark Wilson.
Participants on my tours buy a variety of souvenirs—olive-wood crèches in Bethlehem, ceramics in Corinth, carpets in Ephesus and parchment in Pergamum. These days, however, I usually bring home only one thing—Starbucks mugs featuring archaeological sites.
On a recent trip to Crete I visited ancient Kydonia. Walking around the historic port of modern Chania, I saw the familiar Starbucks symbol. After drinking a cup of Ethiopian blend, I spotted a lacuna in my collection—Crete. The mug depicted the Minoan palace at Knossos. On this trip I also picked up the Rhodes mug showing the Doric Temple of Athena Lindia at Lindos. Paul visited both islands on his journeys (Acts 21:1; 27:7–13).
Starbucks has no shops in either Italy or Israel, so they are unrepresented in my collection. However, Turkey, Jordan, Greece and Cyprus are amply represented.
The city mug belonging to my hometown Antalya, ancient Attalia (Acts 14:25), depicts the temple of Apollo in Side. Only six columns still stand at the temple, which is now under restoration. A second Antalya mug depicts the theater at Aspendus (see below), the best-preserved Roman theater in Turkey. With a capacity of 7,000 persons, it still holds operatic performances. The back of the mug shows the falls of the Katarrhactes mentioned by the geographer Strabo, which today cascade over 100 feet into the Mediterranean Sea. Nearby is Magydus, the seaport of Perga, where Paul arrived in Pamphylia (Acts 13:13).
The theater at Aspendus in Antalya Province, Turkey. Photo: Mark Wilson.
The Ankara mug shows its ancient citadel with walls dating from the Hellenistic to Ottoman periods. Ancient Ancyra, Turkey's capital today, was formerly a Galatian center before becoming the capital of the Roman province of Galatia in 25 B.C.E. The colorful mug from Bodrum (ancient Halicarnassus) displays the Castle of the Knights of St. John on the back. Built with stones from the Tomb of Mausolus, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the castle now houses the noted Museum of Underwater Archaeology. Last but not least, the Turkey country mug shows the monumental heads of King Antiochus and some of the Commagenian gods standing on Mount Nemrut. This tumulus, 161 feet tall and 499 feet in diameter, was constructed in the first century B.C.E. and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The free eBook Island Jewels: Understanding Ancient Cyprus and Crete takes you on a journey to two stunning, history-laden islands in the Mediterranean. Visit several key historical places on both islands and discover many of the great objects that have been unearthed there by archaeologists.
The Cyprus city mug shows the Greco-Roman theater at Kourion. Situated with its breath-taking view of the Mediterranean, it could seat some 3,500 spectators. The excavations there are now being led by my friend Tom Davis. A second Cyprus cup shows a rock-cut chamber from the Tombs of the Kings in Paphos, also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Paul visited Paphos on his first journey (Acts 13:6).
The Jordan mug shows the Artemis temple at Gerasa (Jerash) completed during the reign of Antonius Pius. Eleven columns of the hextastyle portico still stand. Situated on a high point, the temple dominated Gerasa's landscape.
On Thessaloniki's city mug is its iconic structure—the White Tower. Although dating from the Ottoman period, it still reminds me of Paul's multiple visits to the city (Acts 17:1; 20:2–3). Missing from my Greece collection, however, is the country mug depicting the tholos at Delphi and the Athens city mug showing the Parthenon. Hopefully on a future visit I can locate them.
I haven't visited Egypt or Lebanon yet so more of the Biblical world still awaits me. Since the Starbucks mugs from these countries also feature archaeological sites, I look forward to adding them to my collection. It's wonderful that this Seattle-based coffee vendor has put the archaeological wonders of the eastern Mediterranean on its mugs. Coffee drinkers like me get to appreciate them anew each time we take a sip.
Mark Wilson is the director of the Asia Minor Research Center in Antalya, Turkey, and is the host for BAS's tours of Turkey, including the upcoming "With Paul on the Egnatian Way: Thrace to Illyricum." Mark received his doctorate in Biblical studies from the University of South Africa (Pretoria), where he serves as a research fellow in Biblical archaeology. He is currently Visiting Professor of Early Christianity at Regent University and Associate Professor Extraordinary of New Testament at Stellenbosch University. He leads field studies in Turkey and the eastern Mediterranean for university, seminary and church groups. He is the author of Biblical Turkey: A Guide to the Jewish and Christian Sites of Asia Minor and Victory through the Lamb: A Guide to Revelation in Plain Language. He is a frequent lecturer at BAS's Bible Fests.
More from Mark Wilson in Bible History Daily:
Tradition or History? BAS Travelers Encounter Both on Rhodes
Ancient Phoenix: The Harbor That Might Have Been
Destroying a Temple
Money Talks through Ancient Coins
Of Pirates and Virgins: Greek and Turkish Scholars Colloquiating
Pella: A Window on Survival
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Steven Sherman says:
Israel and maybe Italy have no Starbucks because they showed chutzpah, ignoring what the locals like. So while we have no Starbucks coffee mugs, we have plenty of good coffee.
Cynthia Burdge says:
Now I understand why your next trip follows the Via Egnatia, its in search of the missing Greek cups!
bas are really doing good job because it is not easy to find out all ds acheaologist discovery i salute all bas leaders
Daniel Doty says:
Haha – I have that Turkey Starbucks mug – got it with you on the Paul in Turkey trip in 2012! Too funny – love it!
Masada: The Dead Sea's Desert Fortress


You are the head cook on duty. The pancakes are cooked in a single row over a hot surface. As part of its infinite efforts to maximize efficiency, the House has recently given you an oversized pancake flipper that flips exactly K consecutive pancakes. That is, in that range of K pancakes, it changes every happy-side pancake to a blank-side pancake, and vice versa; it does not change the left-to-right order of those pancakes.
You cannot flip fewer than K pancakes at a time with the flipper, even at the ends of the row (since there are raised borders on both sides of the cooking surface). For example, you can flip the first K pancakes, but not the first K – 1 pancakes.
Your apprentice cook, who is still learning the job, just used the old-fashioned single-pancake flipper to flip some individual pancakes and then ran to the restroom with it, right before the time when customers come to visit the kitchen. You only have the oversized pancake flipper left, and you need to use it quickly to leave all the cooking pancakes happy side up, so that the customers leave feeling happy with their visit.
Given the current state of the pancakes, calculate the minimum number of uses of the oversized pancake flipper needed to leave all pancakes happy side up, or state that there is no way to do it.
The first line of the input gives the number of test cases, T. T test cases follow. Each consists of one line with a string S and an integer K. S represents the row of pancakes: each of its characters is either + (which represents a pancake that is initially happy side up) or – (which represents a pancake that is initially blank side up).
For each test case, output one line containing Case #x: y, where x is the test case number (starting from 1) and y is either IMPOSSIBLE if there is no way to get all the pancakes happy side up, or an integer representing the the minimum number of times you will need to use the oversized pancake flipper to do it.
Every character in S is either + or -.
2 ≤ K ≤ length of S.
Small dataset : 2 ≤ length of S ≤ 10.
Large dataset : 2 ≤ length of S ≤ 1000.
When I saw it for the first time I thought it is pretty hard problem. Leter, unfortunately too late, I realized it is not that hard. You have to find first blank side pancake and flip K pancakes. And again, find the next blank side pancake and flip. If you find blank side pancake less than K pancakes before end, it is impossible to flip all of them. Otherwise print the number of flipps.
The source code is not nice, it is a contest and the programs are written quickly and there is no need to maintain them after the contest.


BOSTON – The Suffolk baseball team got an early edge and held onto it to successfully down No. 1/3 UMass Boston in game two of the twinbill Saturday night at Monan Park.
Will Hopkins led off the second with a single through the left side, sniped second and strutted to third on a wild pitch. The freshman left fielder took advantage of JT Morin's second straight ball in the dirt and crossed home to put the Rams on the scoreboard early.
The Beacons attempted to even the score in the home half of the inning and Charlie Huegi collected the first extra base hit on the day with a double down the right field line. UMass could not rally behind it as Charles Batchleder and Tim Brigham caught Huegi swiping third to keep Boston off the scoreboard.
Both squads had opportunities over the next four frames, but neither took advantage as the defenses stood tall and kept the base runners on.
Suffolk struck again in the seventh though. Brigham started things off with a walk and Zach Grogan pushed him over with a single to right and the pair each advanced courtesy of a sac bunt by Steven Shamnoski. Trevor Lee, who came in to pinch hit for Nik San Antonio, scored Brigham with a single to through the right side and put Grogan on third. With one out, Brady Chant collected a RBI on a sac fly that brought in Grogan to stretch Suffolk's lead to 3-0 after 6.5 innings.
UMass trimmed the deficit to two in the bottom of seventh. After Nick Herzog wore a pitch to start things off and moved to second on a ground out by Joey Rogers, the Beacons put runners in the corners thanks to an error by Rams third baseman Brigham. The hosts used a sac fly of their own to erase the shutout and cut Suffolk's cushion to 3-2 heading into the top of the eighth.
Suffolk would see a number of new arms on the hill and had scoring chances in the opening of the eighth but the Beacons held them scoreless to keep the two-run game intact.
The Rams also made a change on the mound as Mark Fusco took over for Batchelder. The senior RHP retired the side in the eighth and ninth with one strikeout to hold onto the 3-1 victory for Suffolk.
Batchelder grabbed the win as the junior gave up just one unearned run on three hits and five walks through 7.0 innings.
In 2.0 innings of relief Fusco earned the save with no runs, no hits and no walks with one K.
Beacons starter Morin allowed one run on three hits and three walks despite sitting down eight hitters.
Doherty (2 R 2 H, 1 BB) and Maguire (3 BB) each saw 2.0 innings of action with Muno (1H) also coming out of the pen for UMass.
Chant had a multi-hit day with a 2-for-3 effort for one RBI with one walk and a pair of steals.
Hopkins had a 1-for-2 showing at the dish with one walk, one run and two swipes.
Lee came in and recorded one hit for one RBI.
Brigham (1BB) and Grogan (1-4) each scored one run apiece for the Rams.
As a pinch runner Joe Rufo stole one base, while Gilbride, who walked, also stole a bag.
Suffolk improved to 25-13 all-time versus the Beacons.
The Rams defeated their first nationally ranked opponent this season and first since taking down then-No. 25 Arcadia 1-0 in 11 innings at the NCAA DIII New England Regionals May 19, 2017.
Suffolk defeated its seventh-ever ranked opponent under Anthony Del Prete's guidance.
The victory marks the first time in Suffolk history the Rams upstaged the nation's top seed.
Suffolk swiped a season-best six bases.
Chant stole a season-high two bases.
Hopkins snagged a career-best two bags.
Gilbride and Rufo each matched a personal-best with one stolen base apiece.
Pending schedule adjustments, Suffolk is set to be back in action Thursday, March 29 with a trip to Salve Regina on the books. Game time in Providence, Rhode Island, is scheduled for 3:30 p.m.


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How to shoot commercial stock in public settings: Shooting structures and such
Rights and releases manager Pamela Haskell offers tips on filming buildings, skylines, and other landmarks in the third of our four-part series on shooting commercially usable stock in public settings.
High-quality shots of buildings, skylines, and architectural details are always in demand because they can instantly establish a time, place, and mood. However, restrictions on filming buildings can be difficult to navigate — most architecture has no copyright protection at all, while other structures are tightly controlled. The guidelines vary according to the building's age, owner, current use, and location.
Berne Convention or brand extension?
While famous, architecturally unique, and iconic buildings are fun to shoot, your footage will almost never be commercially usable. Most countries follow the Berne Convention, which gives extra protection to architects and buildings constructed after 1990. Older buildings won't have this automatic protection, but distinctive landmark architecture is usually associated with a business or organization, and the architecture is considered an extension of its brand.
An organization has the right to control how images of its building are used in the same way it controls its name and trademark. In general, older buildings are free of copyright concerns, unless they're operated as a museum or an organization uses the building as part of its public image. How do you know for sure? It's always best to ask!
Uniquely unique
Most buildings are not famous, architecturally unique, or iconic. For any type of intellectual property protection to come into effect, the building or structure must achieve a level of uniqueness and architectural distinctiveness that sets it apart. That means the majority of office buildings, warehouses, homes, malls, etc., are simply generic.
But even for generic locations, it's best to obtain a property release. In fact, getting a property release is the single best thing you can do to get more customers looking at your footage. Many clients, especially film and television studios, require proper documentation for every location they show. If a clip doesn't have a property release, they can't buy your footage, even if it's perfect for a project.
With this in mind, you're better off skipping that shiny new architectural wonder and heading out to the side streets, property releases in hand. After all, why limit yourself? Your footage will have greater sales potential. A shot of a simple row of houses or an ordinary office building is a subject you can make your own. And, when shot with skill, that footage can be anything in a client's hands. Famous buildings, on the other hand, will only ever be themselves.
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This clip features a mix of old and new buildings in a cityscape. It has a clearly European feel but isn't instantly recognizable as a specific place.
If you want to shoot a scene of an iconic building and keep it commercially usable, include it in a pan of the skyline or a cityscape aerial. As long as the shot is about the skyline or city, and the famous building is just one element, no trademarks are violated.
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The Chrysler Building is a highly protected landmark, but this aerial shot integrates the building into the cityscape rather than isolating it, which is key to ensuring a commercially usable shot.
Read the rest of the series.
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J'ai le plaisir de vous inviter à ma soutenance de thèse intitulée "Risk estimation at road intersections for connected vehicle safety applications", préparée au sein de l'équipe e-Motion et encadrée par Christian Laugier (Directeur de thèse) et Javier Ibanez-Guzman (superviseur Renault). La soutenance aura lieu le lundi 22 octobre 2012 à 10h dans le Grand Amphithéâtre de l'Inria à Montbonnot, et se déroulera en anglais.
Intersections are the most complex and dangerous areas of the road network. Statistics show that most road intersection accidents are caused by driver error and that many of them could be avoided through the use of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems. In particular, vehicular communications open new opportunities for safety applications at road intersections. The sharing of information between vehicles over wireless links allows vehicles to perceive their environment beyond the field-of-view of their on-board sensors. Thanks to this enlarged representation of the environment in time and space, situation assessment is improved and dangerous situations can be detected earlier. This thesis tackles the problem of risk estimation at road intersections from a new perspective : a framework is proposed for reasoning about traffic situations and collision risk at a semantic level instead of at a trajectory level. Risk is assessed by estimating the intentions of drivers and looking for conflicts in them, rather than by predicting the future trajectories of the vehicles and looking for intersections between them. The proposed approach was validated in field trials using passenger vehicles equipped with vehicle-to-vehicle wireless communication modems, and in simulation. The results demonstrate that this algorithm allows the early detection of dangerous situations in a reliable manner and complies with real-time constraints. The proposed approach differs from previous works in two key aspects. Firstly, it does not rely on trajectory prediction to assess the risk of a situation. Dangerous situations are identified by comparing what drivers intend to do with what they are expected to do according to the traffic rules and the current context. The reasoning about intentions and expectations is performed in a probabilistic manner to take into account sensor uncertainties and interpretation ambiguities. Secondly, the proposed motion model includes information about the situational context. Both the layout of the intersection and the actions of other vehicles are taken into account as factors influencing the behavior of a vehicle.


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The Rundown: Cubs Finally Join Free Agent Frenzy With Uninspiring Additions, Frazier Allegedly Carries Some Serious Baggage, Work Stoppage Set for Tonight
Michael CanterDecember 1, 2021
Cubs fans have historically had a higher level of gullibility than followers of other franchises, but maybe we need some type of intervention. We believed Jed Hoyer when he said he would intelligently attack the market to build a competitive roster for next season. Heck, some of us may have believed Tom Ricketts when he said that Hoyer will have the necessary funds to build the organization's next championship team.
If you re-read that paragraph, you have to sheepishly admit you've been guilty of being more faithful than common sense dictates. But even if you remained a Doubting Thomas through all of the offseason propaganda put forth by Hoyer and Ricketts, you probably counted on a future where waves of prospects would start arriving by the bushel.
First, let's recap Phase I of Hoyer's intelligent spending platform.
Claimed Wade Miley off of waivers from the Reds and immediately exercised his '22 option, giving the rotation a back-end boost and veteran presence. Little did we know that by the eve of the league's first work stoppage in nearly three decades that Miley would be penciled in as the team's No. 2 starter.
Traded for 4th outfielder Harold Ramírez, who profiles as a platoon option at best.
Signed Locke St. John to a minor league contract, though the southpaw reliever does come armed with one of the better names in the history of major league baseball. He sounds like he could have an offseason career on Baywatch.
Signed catcher Yan Gomes to a two-year, $13 million deal that garnered a very cryptic tweet from Willson Contreras. Maybe the veteran backstop thinks he's getting traded, or maybe he's planning on Christmas shopping in Manhattan.
Bought a lottery ticket in outfielder Clint Frazier, who could spend the season in Iowa or put Ramírez on the waiver wire. In a very strange coincidence, both outfielders were born on the same day during baseball's last lockout (September 6, 1994).
It almost makes you long for the heady days of Cameron Maybin and Steven Souza, Jr.
None of those changes screams NL Central championship, though it is interesting to note that three of the players mentioned above have previous ties to the Cleveland organization. The Cardinals improved their team more just by adding Steven Matz, cutting Matt Carpenter and Carlos Martínez, and firing Mike Shildt.
At least we still had the future to dream on, at least until Kyle Glaser took a big dump on Chicago's farm system during Baseball America's prospects chat the other day. The following quotes come from that hour-long discussion.
"I would not say the Cubs are 'very' deep with prospects that are expected to contribute. Quite the opposite, actually. Only one of their Top 20 prospects has played even a day in Triple-A [Brennen Davis]. This is a system filled with guys who have a long way to go. 40-man issues aren't really a consideration here."
"At this exact moment, the Cubs would probably be in the 20-25 range [in organizational rankings]. Again, that could change in the next few months based both on what they do and what other teams around them do this offseason."
Glaser further trashed Anderson Espinoza, Christopher Morel, and Ed Howard, among others. Aside from naming Davis as the team's No. 1 prospect, the minor league analyst had nice things to say about just a handful of players: Cristian Hernandez, Owen Caissie, James Triantos, DJ Herz, Jordan Wicks, and Caleb Kilian, though all come with ceiling limitations and downside caveats.
The Cubs have just one blue-chip prospect and that's Davis. Hoyer and Hawkins basically whiffed in free agency and did nothing to improve the rotation, which was their stated goal this winter. David Ross has to be steaming just a bit at this point, if not feeling completely let down by his bosses. Removing the blinders, it stands to reason that the Cubs are a lot further away from competitive baseball than most of us hoped.
Cubs News & Notes
At best, you can give Hoyer and Hawkins credit for making some solid moves around the margins.
In almost damning fashion, it appears Yankees fans are happy the organization has moved on from Frazier. Yikes.
Aaron Boone believes Frazier can still be a productive outfielder.
The outfielder with the fiery red locks will have a base salary of $1.5 million, with $1 million more of potential incentives available, per MLB Network's Jon Heyman.
Frazier reminds me a lot of Jeff Spicoli from Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
Gomes provides stability as Chicago's backup catcher and will undoubtedly give Contreras reps in the outfield and at designated hitter. Gomes can also play first base when needed.
Gomes at least provides insurance as a capable starter if the Cubs can't extend Contreras and are forced to trade him.
Remember, the front office has not engaged Contreras in any extension talks thus far.
The Cubs announced they've tendered 2022 contracts to Contreras and outfielder Ian Happ, both of whom are eligible for arbitration this winter.
Jason Adam and Michael Hermosillo were non-tendered and are now free agents.
From the Front Office
"Really for us right now, it's business as usual. Obviously, we are optimistic a [new CBA] deal will get done. But that is out of our control, and it really hasn't impacted things in discussions. Of course, you have to have a contingency plan and prepare for what may happen in the future. But the preparation and talks so far haven't changed very much." – Hawkins
The Cubs ripped out the sod in Wrigley Field. The Friendly Confines will be an unsightly dirt bowl as well as a stark reminder of a barren financial winter until spring arrives.
Welcome to the end of baseball…for a while, at least.
MLB players and owners understand that any work stoppage is part and parcel of the business of baseball.
Major League Baseball officials and a handful of team owners met with players and players union officials Monday and Tuesday at the Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas at Las Colinas. The economic structure of the game remains the primary focus of negotiations.
The lockout could last longer than both sides will admit and fans should circle February 1 on their calendars. Any work stoppage that bleeds into February may result in delays to the start of spring training and Opening Day.
Wednesday Stove
The Red Sox and starter James Paxton have agreed on a one-year deal that guarantees the oft-injured pitcher $10 million.
The Nationals and infielder César Hernández have come to terms on a one-year deal.
The Dodgers and Daniel Hudson are in agreement on a one-year deal that guarantees the reliever $7 million. Hudon may be the team's closer in 2022.
Alex Cobb signed a two-year, $20 million deal to pitch for the Giants.
Raisel Iglesias will remain with the Angels after inking a four-year $58 million contract.
Boston is expected to be very active in the non-tender free-agent market before tonight's scheduled lockout.
The Rockies have had discussions with Kris Bryant according to multiple sources.
Bryce Harper is really pushing Phillies GM Dave Dombrowski to sign Bryant, and the Cubs and Mets are said to be still in the mix too, per Jim Bowden of MLB Radio.
The Tigers have officially announced that they've signed Javier Báez to a six-year, $140 million contract.
The Rays traded infielder Joey Wendle to the Marlins for prospect Kameron Misner.
The Yankees and Dodgers are two of several teams vying to sign Carlos Correa.
The Brewers have decided not to offer a contract to Daniel Vogelbach.
As expected, the Tigers cut ties with starter Matthew Boyd.
The Savannah Bananas have hired former major league outfielder Eric Byrnes to manage their 2022 six-city barnstorming tour. The Bananas will tour with the Kansas City Monarchs before finishing with a three-game world tour championship set in Kansas City.
Savannah's "about us" page would make the late great Bill Veeck jealous.
Extra Innings
You have to admit the last week has been as about as exciting as the offseason gets despite the fact the Cubs did little to improve their team.
The hot stove has been a ton of fun.
Should baseball always have a shorter window for free agency? https://t.co/T7CCPlDWYk
— Baseball America (@BaseballAmerica) December 1, 2021
They Said It
"Fortunately for [Frazier], his story is not complete from a baseball standpoint. The bottom line for Clint is he's a guy with a lot of ability and it's just a matter of, he's dealt with some injuries and different things that kept him off the field at times. But I feel if he gets the right opportunity and [stays healthy], he still has a really good opportunity to write a really good career story." – Boone
Wednesday Walk-Up Song
Free Four by Pink Floyd – I'm cynical, but that's what I'm calling Hoyer's Phase I major league additions, a far cry from the core four.
Manny Rodríguez, Anthony Kay Outrighted to Iowa After Clearing Waivers
Cubs Sign Hard-Throwing RHP Jordan Holloway to Minors Deal
Cubs Sign Hard-Throwing RHP Jordan Holloway to Minors Deal - Cubs Insider https://t.co/hgk1WY4RyX
Matt Clement Superfan Trey Mancini Brings Veteran Leadership to Cubs - Cubs Insider https://t.co/zoNv3ssKCp


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, formerly  is a football (soccer) club based in Fukui, the capital city of Fukui Prefecture in Japan. They play in the Hokushinetsu Football League, which is part of Japanese Regional Leagues.

History

Origins (2006–2018)
The club was born on September 28, 2006 from the merger of FC Kanatsu and Maruoka Phoenix. The name Saurcos comes from the combination of two English words: saur from "dinosaur" and cos from "corps", referring to army corps. It was chosen between three possible choices after a poll between fans, linking also with their mascot, the Fukuiraptor, a dinosaur lived in Japan during the Cretaceous. The logo also presents the Narcissus, a plant typical of this region. The near city of Awara hosts the club's training sessions.

After an immediate promotion from 2nd division of Hokushinetsu Football League, Saurcos Fukui has been in first tier for a decade, waiting for a chance to snatch a spot in Japan Football League. They have participated eight times in the Emperor's Cup, going as far as the second round on four occasions.

Fukui United FC (2019–)
After the 2018 season, Saurcos Fukui has been dissolved taken by successor of Fukui United FC was founded in 2019 by volunteers from Fukui Prefecture, led by the Fukui Prefectural Football Association, as a company that will take over the Saurcos Fukui management corporation " NPO Fukui J League Team Creation Association " that was disbanded in 2018 due to financial difficulties. Co. , Ltd. was established on January 11, 2019, At a press conference on January 26, 2019, the new team name was Fukui United Football Club , and it was announced that it would start in earnest from February 1. It was announced that Kazuo Yoshimura will be appointed as the president of Fukui United Co., Ltd., which will be the operating company, and Junichi Hattori , who was the GM of FC Gifu and V-Varen Nagasaki , will be appointed as the general manager (GM). The club will play their 5th consecutive season at the Hokushinetsu Football League on 2023.

Changes in club name
 2006–2018 : Saurcos Fukui
 2019–present : Fukui United FC

League record

Key
 Pos. = Position in league; P = Games played; W = Games won; D = Games drawn; L = Games lost; F = Goals scored; A = Goals conceded; GD = Goals difference; Pts = Points gained

Honours
Hokushinetsu Football League
Champions (9): 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

Current squad
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References

External links
Official Site (Japanese)
Official Facebook Page

Football clubs in Japan
Sport in Fukui Prefecture
Fukui (city)
Association football clubs established in 2006
2006 establishments in Japan

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