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Activists plead Ruby's case to mayor
January 11, 2020 admin 0 bwdzmhzl
Activists also appealed to zoo commissioners, who serve in an advisory capacity and have endorsed the PAWS move. "You and the mayor have a duty to care for this zoo … you have a duty to care for the elephants," Madeline Bernstein, president of the SPCA-LA, the city's oldest animal welfare organization, told the commission. "Don't be the people who almost moved Ruby to a better place, because not doing so condemns her to a worse place." The zoo now houses two pachyderms: Ruby, an African elephant who has lived alone and out of the public eye for two years; and Billy, a 22-year-old Asian bull elephant. It is building a $39 million elephant exhibit due to open in 2009. In her letter to the mayor, Bernstein said the L.A. Zoo does not heed national zoo guidelines that call for the social behemoths to live in groups of no less than three. In addition, she said private funds have been raised to send the aging Ruby to a spacious sanctuary. Free Ruby. That was the refrain Tuesday of animal welfare activists who called upon Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to retire the city's 46-year-old elephant to a sanctuary. In two letters to the mayor, humane groups and former zoo professionals demanded Ruby be sent from "solitary confinement" at the Los Angeles Zoo to the 150-acre PAWS sanctuary in Northern California. Zoo officials are weighing whether to send Ruby to the PAWS refuge or to another zoo. "The current treatment of Ruby could be construed as cruel," she writes in the letter. In another letter, former zoo professionals from around the world asked the city to retire its oldest elephant. "She was put in solitary confinement at the Los Angeles Zoo," said Les Schobert, the zoo's former curator, who had signed the letter. "In short, she's had a horrible life … everyone agrees that she must go." The Mayor's Office declined to comment. In December, zoo General Manager John Lewis and two curators drove to PAWS to investigate the sanctuary. Zoo officials say that, despite her confinement away from other elephants, Ruby is fine. "She's not with other elephants, but she has a good relationship with her keepers," said zoo spokesman Jason Jacobs. "She's in good health. She's in her 40s, she's in good shape." dana.bartholomew@dailynews.com (818) 713-3730160Want local news?Sign up for the Localist and stay informed Something went wrong. Please try again.subscribeCongratulations! You're all set! read more
160Want local news?Sign up for the Localist and stay informed Something went wrong. Please try again.subscribeCongratulations! You're all set! FRIDAY Big Bunny's Spring Fling through Sunday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Los Angeles Zoo, 5333 Zoo Drive, Los Angeles. Free with admission. Call (323) 644-4200. Family carnival, 5-10 p.m., Fernangeles Recreation Center, 8851 Laurel Canyon Blvd., Sun Valley. Free. Call (818) 767-4171. Full moon hike, 7-9 p.m., Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve, Calabasas. Meet at end of Victory Boulevard past Valley Circle Boulevard. Bring water and jacket. Flashlight optional. Call (310) 454-1395, Ext. 106. Mail Datebook entries – including time, date, location and phone number – to Daily News City Desk, P.O. Box 4200, Woodland Hills, CA 91365; fax (818) 713-0058; e-mail dnmetro@dailynews.com. read more
MAMMA MIA returns to Dawson Creek
DAWSON CREEK, B.C. – Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' MAMMA MIA!, the smash hit musical based on the songs of ABBA, returns as part of the Farewell Tour to ENCANA Events Centre on Thursday, November 10, 2016. One night only and for the last time at ENCANA Events Centre #1-300 Highway 2.The only other time MAMMA MIA! played Dawson Creek, in 2012, it SOLD OUT .MAMMA MIA! is one of the most successful musicals of all time, the eighth longest running show in Broadway history and one of only five current musicals to have run for more than ten years on Broadway. The West End production is now in its seventeenth year. The international tour has visited more than 81 foreign cities in 37 countries.- Advertisement -Inspired by the storytelling magic of ABBA's songs from "Dancing Queen" and "S.O.S." to "Money, Money, Money" and "Take a Chance on Me," MAMMA MIA! is a celebration of mothers and daughters, old friends and new family found.Video Playerhttp://www.energeticcity.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Mamma-Mia-The-Farewell-Tour-in-Dawson-Creek.mp400:0000:0000:30Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. The performance of MAMMA MIA! at the ENCANA Events Centre #1-300 Highway 2 is on Thursday, November 10, 2016 at 7:00 pm, local time.Tickets for MAMMA MIA! are $63.00, $83.00 & $93.00 plus applicable charges. Tickets are available at the Tiger Box Office Plus (at the Encana Events Centre), at the Tiger Box Office Plus Outlet at Tiger Printing & Stationers, online at www.tigerboxofficeplus.ca, or by phone at 1-877-339-TIXX (8499). read more
Barca reach agreement with Griezmann – reports
January 6, 2020 admin 0 bwdzmhzl
0Shares0000Atletico Madrid's Antoine Griezmann has a 100 million euro ($118 million) buyout clause © AFP/File / PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOUMADRID, Spain, Dec 17 – Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu has met with the family of Atletico Madrid's star forward Antoine Griezmann ahead of a possible summer move, sports daily Mundo Deportivo reported on Sunday.The French international, who has been Atletico's top scorer for the past three seasons, has been heavily linked with a move to Manchester United in the past. However, Barca appear willing to meet his 100 million euro ($118 million) buyout clause as they seek to again unite Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez with a prolific attacker following the departure of Neymar to Paris Saint-Germain in August for a world record 222 million euros."Barca settled on Griezmann as an objective for 2018 and they spoke with his entourage to see if he was willing to wear the blue and red shirt," reported Barcelona-based Mundo Deportivo."After receiving a 'yes' in response, an agreement was reached with the French goalscorer involving Pep Segura, Barca's general manager, and Robert Fernandez, the director of football."President Josep Maria Bartomeu has now entered to finalise the operation." the newspaper reported adding that "Bartomeu met recently with Griezmann's family to eat in Barcelona."Griezmann, 26, agreed to sign a new contract with Atletico in June after the club had an appeal against a transfer ban rejected.The top scorer at Euro 2016, Griezmann said it would have been "dirty" to walk out on the club when they couldn't replace him until January.However, Atletico coach Diego Simeone accepted this week that Griezmann's departure is inevitable. Many of Atletico's other outstanding players, including strikers Fernando Torres, Sergio Aguero, Radamel Falcao and Diego Costa, have also left in recent years for pastures new."Of course Griezmann will be able to leave at some point, as Diego Costa, Diego Ribas and Arda Turan have gone," Simeone told French sports daily L'Equipe."If a player comes to me and says, 'coach, I have a chance of a lifetime and want to leave', and if he's left everything on the pitch for me like Griezmann, I'll say, 'no problem'."Atletico are also likely to come under financial pressure to sell after moving into a new 310-million euro stadium in September and falling to make it into the last 16 of the Champions League for the first time in five years.The club have also already committed to nearly 100 million euros in transfers for January with Costa returning from Chelsea and Spanish international Vitolo joining from Sevilla.0Shares0000(Visited 1 times, 1 visits today) read more
Five things to look for in the Bundesliga
0Shares0000Borussia Dortmund's Jadon Sancho (C) is a weapon off the bench, according to club captain Marco Reus, after the England junior international shone in Wednesday's 7-0 hammering of Nuremberg.BERLIN, Germany, Sep 28 – Leaders Bayern Munich play Hertha Berlin on Friday night, but their main Bundesliga rivals Borussia Dortmund and Werder Bremen, both just two points behind in the table, are also gaining momentum.Here are five things to look for in the German league this weekend: Dortmund's 'weapon' SanchoEnglish teenager Jadon Sancho has been dubbed Borussia Dortmund's 'weapon off the bench' before their trip to mid-table Bayer Leverkusen.Second-placed Dortmund are blooming with youngsters Achraf Hakimi, 19, Jacob Bruun Larsen, 20, and Sancho, 18, all scoring in the 7-0 thrashing of Nuremberg on Wednesday, Dortmund's highest league win for 32 years.Sancho, an England Under-19 international, was outstanding with a goal, then set up Julian Weigl in his 16 minutes off the bench."It's incredibly important that he comes off the bench and does so well every time," said Dortmund captain Marco Reus, who scored twice."When our opponents ease off a little and Jadon comes into the game, then he's a weapon for us every single time."Unbeaten BremenAustrian forward Martin Harnik (L) and Bremen's Dutch midfielder Davy Klaassen (R) have been at the heart of Werder Bremen's impressive start to the season as one of only three teams still unbeaten in Germany's top flight. © AFP / Patrik STOLLARZAfter several seasons battling relegation, Werder Bremen are on the rise under 35-year-old head coach Florian Kohfeldt and with Everton reject Davy Klaassen as their chief playmaker.Along with Bayern and Dortmund, third-placed Bremen are the only other team unbeaten in the Bundesliga and expect three points at Stuttgart on Saturday.After their impressive 3-1 midweek win over Hertha, Bremen director Frank Baumann rejected the tag of "Bayern hunters" bestowed upon them by Berlin coach Pal Dardai."That's rubbish. Maybe many people in Germany would like someone to annoy Bayern, but that's not our focus," said Baumann."We won't let ourselves be dazzled by 11 points."Nagelsmann faces future clubHoffenheim's head coach Julian Nagelsmann insists it will be business as usual on Saturday for him when he faces his future employers RB Leipzig. © AFP / SERGEI SUPINSKYHoffenheim coach Julian Nagelsmann insists Saturday's home match will be "normal like any other" against his future club RB Leipzig, who he joins next season."I'm determined to get the three points on Saturday," insisted Nagelsmann.Despite facing his future employers, Nagelsmann wants a win before Tuesday's Champions League clash against Manchester City, who want to bounce back after their shock home defeat to Lyon a fortnight agoNew Brazilian striker Joelinton scored his first goal in last weekend's 1-1 draw with Dortmund and set another up in Tuesday's 3-1 win at Hanover.England Under-19 international Reiss Nelson, on loan from Arsenal who scored on his debut off the bench in the 2-1 defeat at Fortuna Duesseldorf, should keep his place after playing the second-half against Hanover.Schalke's losing streakSchalke head coach Domenico Tedesco is under intense pressure with his side bottom of the league after starting the season with five straight defeats. © DPA/AFP / Guido KIRCHNERAfter five straight defeats, bottom side Schalke are desperate for points at mid-table Mainz with head coach Domenico Tedesco under increasing pressure.US international Weston McKennie is back in team training, despite a thigh injury in last Saturday's home defeat against Bayern.Veteran defender Naldo is expected to return after being rested for the midweek defeat to Freiburg along with midfielder Sebastian Rudy and striker Mark Uth.Tedesco needs a confident booster for Wednesday's Champions League trip to Lokomotiv Moscow after drawing their first game 1-1 at home to Porto.Hazard in hot formMoenchengladbach's Belgian forward Thorgan Hazard (R) has made a good start to the season by scoring in each of his last two games, including an assist in Wednesday's 3-1 home win against Eintracht Frankfurt. © AFP / ODD ANDERSENThorgan Hazard, brother of Chelsea star Eden, is in hot form for fourth-placed Moenchengladbach as they look to break their winless streak at Wolfsburg.After starting the season with two victories, Wolfsburg are winless in their last three games, but have not lost at home to Gladbach in 15 years.'Gladbach bounced back from Saturday's defeat at Hertha with a thumping win over Eintracht Frankfurt, which lifted them to fourth while Wolfsburg are sixth.Hazard scored and set up Nico Elvedi's header in the 3-1 midweek win over Frankfurt.Striker Alassane Plea, who has six goals and an assist in six competitive appearances since joining from Nice, is set to partner Hazard with captain Lars Stindl and Raffael injured.Fixtures (all times 4:30pm unless stated)FridayHertha Berlin v Bayern Munich (9:30pm)SaturdayHoffenheim v RB Leipzig, VfL Wolfsburg v Borussia Moenchengladbach, Nuremberg v Fortuna Duesseldorf, Schalke 04 v Mainz 05, VfB Stuttgart v Werder Bremen, Bayer Leverkusen v Borussia Dortmund (7:30pm)SundayEintracht Frankfurt v Hanover 96, Augsburg v Freiburg (7pm)0Shares0000(Visited 1 times, 1 visits today) read more
'I shall be here!' – Louis van Gaal confident of staying at Manchester United
December 29, 2019 admin 0 bwdzmhzl
Louis van Gaal accepts Manchester United will have failed if they miss out on Champions League qualification, but remains confident he will be kept on as manager.Tuesday's 3-2 loss at West Ham on Tuesday meant the Red Devils wasted the chance to wrest fourth spot from Manchester City.Van Gaal's men now need to win against Bournemouth and hope City fall at Swansea – a tough ask underlined by bookmakers' odds of 7-1 on United usurping Manuel Pellegrini's men on Sunday.Failing to reach the Champions League cost David Moyes his job two years ago and speculation is rife that the Dutchman could follow suit, with Jose Mourinho's desire to return to management only fuelling such talk.Furthermore, Van Gaal's name was conspicuous by its absence as investors and executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward sidestepped the subject of the manager's position following the announcement of United's third-quarter results.Hours later, though, the manager remained steadfast in his belief that he would be kept, bristling at the suggestion it would be harder to keep the players' concentration given they know he plans to retire at the end of next season."Yeah, but you and your colleagues have sacked me for six months, so I have worked with these circumstances already for six months and we are still in the race," he said. "You cannot say that we are not."We can win the FA Cup. How many are still in the race? How many? It's not so much so."Of course, when we don't qualify ourselves we don't reach our aim. That is true because our aim was to qualify ourselves for the Champions League. That was our aim."But we are in the final of the FA Cup and we are in the race in the last match – mathematically we can qualify ourselves still. How many clubs can say that?"Of course you can say Manchester United need to be champions – yes, I know, the expectations are like that, but I don't think that is realistic."And I have said I shall be here, that is my opinion, so the board has to decide if it is like that. That is a different way of looking to the situation."Van Gaal foresees no issues with players' attitude if given the chance to stay on and see out his final campaign of his three-year contract.After the 2016-17 season the Dutchman wants to "go spoiling my wife" during retirement and refused to be drawn on how he would react should United offer him an extension."That is 'if' and I want to keep to the facts," Van Gaal said. "Also when it is positive for me, it's not good – you cannot talk about if, only talk about the facts."The facts are that we are still fighting for Champions League qualification."We depend on Man City, okay, but we are still fighting and then we are still fighting for the FA Cup. Okay, and then we shall see what the board is deciding."Regardless of whether Van Gaal is in charge, missing out on the top-four would certainly look to make it harder to bring elite talent to Old Trafford over the summer."Re-tooling" is how Woodward described the process of change at the club and Van Gaal believes Old Trafford remains an attractive proposition."In your eyes it's difficult to attract players of a certain level, but I can assure you that it is not like that always," he said."Sometimes it is happening like that but I cannot say the things how they are because then I interfere with the transfer policy of our club. But it is not like you think."It is always three parties – us, the club, the player himself and then it is not always the player. The player wants to come, in general."Of course there are players who would prefer Real Madrid, but there are players of Real Madrid who want to leave there or Barcelona or Paris St Germain. It depends on a lot of circumstances" Louis van Gaal watches on as Manchester United lose to West Ham	1 read more
SINGING TD PADRAIG IS STAR OF THE LATE LATE SHOW!
Donegal North East TD Padraig MacLochlainn was the star of the Late Late Show tonight….leading an Oireachtas team in a new song tipped to be a Christmas No1!Padraig joined other members of the Oireachtas and set aside all political differences to sing their version of Simon & Garfunkel's classic 'Bridge Over Troubled Waters' for Ryan Tubridy and his guests…including One Direction!And the Inishowen politician sang the first solo for the show…and did well! He joked to donegaldaily.com afterwards: "Paul Simon will be meeting with his solicitors after that!"All proceeds from the song will go to the suicide crisis centre Pieta House, with bookies already predicting that it will take on this year's X Factor for the number 1 slot!The Dublin Gospel Choir and the Lucan Gospel Choir were on hand to provide, well, a bit of professional harmony.Bridge Over Troubled Water can be downloaded on iTunes for €1.29. The project was sponsored by Noel Recruitment. Eighteen TDs and Senators took part in the recording organised by Fine Gael TD Derek Keating."Everyone sounded great. I do think it takes a certain amount of courage especially for people not used to that role," said the TD for Dublin Mid-West.Some of the Oireachtas members who took part included Fine Gael TDs Lucinda Creighton, Simon Coveney and Peter Mathews, Labour TD Joan Burton, Fianna Fáil Senator Averil Power, and Independents Stephen Donnelly, Mick Wallace and Finian McGrath.SINGING TD PADRAIG IS STAR OF THE LATE LATE SHOW! was last modified: November 26th, 2011 by BrendaShare this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window) read more
Bam's impact not forgotten
Thirty-five years after becoming a social and cultural focal point in one of college football's seminal games, the former All-American Trojan fullback politely acknowledges that he didn't walk on the field conscious of the deep social relevance at hand a powerful USC team flush with talented African-Americans meeting an the all-white Alabama football team the last all-white Crimson Tide football team on their home field. He certainly never expected to become forever linked with legendary Alabama coach Bear Bryant and the integration of Crimson Tide football, one of the last barriers of segregation to topple. AD Quality Auto 360p 720p 1080p Top articles1/5READ MOREThe top 10 theme park moments of 2019 He was just a sophomore second-stringer making his first varsity appearance on a USC team loaded with star African-American players, any of whom could have become Bear's foil Clarence Davis, who was from Birmingham, or quarterback Jimmy Jones, or Charlie Weaver, Willie Hall, Sam Dickerson, Jimmy Gunn, Al Cowlings and Tody Smith. But it was Cunningham. Sam Bam got into the game early and scored the first two touchdowns in a 42-21 rout of the Tide. He rushed for 135 yards on just 12 carries, and after the game he became a living touchstone for change. Bryant briefly met with Cunningham on the field, and although recollections on what exactly transpired are inconsistent, the upshot is that Bryant reiterated, time and time again to his players, to the media, to Alabama fans that "This is what a football player looks like." As in, this is what some of Alabama's players are going to look like in the future. Big, strong, African-Americans who know how to win. And regardless of what strata of sports society you glide in, winning eventually trumps all barriers and stereotypes. Some historians have written that Cunningham did more to integrate Alabama in 30 minutes than Martin Luther King did in 16 years. "I by no means think I did more than Dr. King or any social activist, because I didn't," Cunningham said Thursday morning in a coffee shop in Long Beach. "Those people lost their lives for what they did. "I just played in a football game, and the outcome affected great change. Sometimes in that naive manner, that's the best way." The thought wasn't in Cunningham's mind at the time, but he would later come to realize the subtext of the game and what it meant, as well as who the key people truly were. " what he said, Bryant was impressing on his players that there's going to be change, and that it would be tough for all of them, not just the players coming in but the players already there, and the whole community," said Cunningham, the Santa Barbara native who lived in Long Beach before moving to Inglewood. "But it would be a change for the better. "It had to be hard for people there to see that because it had been just one way (all white) for so long. We put a whipping on them. They couldn't put a spin on it. Their team got beat (by a well-integrated team) and no matter how you wrote it up, you couldn't change that fact." There were plenty of signposts on the way to Alabama in 1970. Change was easing its way south. Nine years before Sam plowed through Birmingham, Syracuse's Ernie Davis became the first African-American to the win the Heisman Trophy. USC arrived in Birmingham having had two black Heisman winners of their own, Mike Garret and O.J. Simpson. Bryant and Alabama won back-to-back national titles in 1964 and 1965 and went unbeaten in 1966. But their success dropped off suddenly at the same time that other SEC and schools in the south integrated. They went 8-2-1 in 1967, 8-3 in 1968, and 6-5 in 1969. The 1970 team went 6-5-1. "The reality is that football, and sports, is about excellence, and winning results from that, and black kids have historically excelled in sports," said Dr. Maulana Karenga, a professor of black studies at Long Beach State. "So (Bryant) would have been making a mistake not to choose from all of the best players. He wanted to win. It was important to him. "It provided much collateral benefit. By not practicing in sports the kind of early man segregation that was unjust and immoral, his excellent decision (as a football coach) also became an excellent moral choice." Cunningham, a big part of the USC 1972 national title team and a nine-year NFL veteran with the New England Patriots, believes Bryant and USC coach John McKay arranged the moment. The NCAA had just approved expanding the regular season from 10 to 11 games, so Bryant and McKay agreed to a home-and-home series. It truly was the first real intersectional game in Alabama history. Aside from an occasional bowl game against the likes of Colorado, Nebraska and Penn State in the '60s, Alabama always scheduled its SEC brothers and cousins from the Atlantic Coast Conference. College Football News includes it as one of the 100 most important college games ever played, and Sports Illustrated ranked it sixth on a list of the 25 biggest sports "tipping points' in the last half-century. "It was a pretty bold step," Cunningham, who has his own landscaping company, said. "Bryant was the only one who could guarantee our safety, and coach McKay had to have faith in Bear that he could bring his players, fans and boosters in for a football game at a time when it probably wasn't conducive. "They both took a very big step. But it was the easiest way to get it done. Back then, coaches were icons and could do whatever they wanted to do, It wouldn't have ever happened any other way." times is needed to understand what the racial strife in the south was like in the years leading up to Cunningham's moment in the spotlight. It was a bloody path to that September night in Birmingham. The catalyst for the segregationists was the infamous 1954 court decision, Brown v. Board of Education, that ordered desegregation in schools. The decision was met angrily throughout the south, leading to a series of tragedies. In Montgomery in December of 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man, leading to a year-long bus boycott. When the boycott ended, buses returning to the streets were shot at by snipers and numerous black churches and businesses were bombed. In 1961, a bus of Freedom Riders from Washington, D.C., arrived in Anniston, Alabama, where they were taken off the bus, beaten, and the bus burned. In Tuscaloosa in 1962, KKK officials built and burned the largest cross on record, made of telephone poles and burlap. In October of 1962, James Meredith, a 28-year-old Air Force veteran, became the first black to attend the University of Mississippi. The following year, Alabama governor George Wallace, elected on the strength of his "segregation forever' platform, tried to block the entrance of Alabama's Foster Auditorium to the first two blacks to enroll at Alabama, James Hood and Vivian Malone. Days later, NAACP leader Medger Evers was assassinated in Jackson, Miss. In September, four young girls were killed in a bombing at a black Birmingham church. In February of 1964, Malcolm X was murdered in New York. Later, a march by SNCC and SCLC leaders in Montgomery ended in violence when off-duty policemen attacked the marchers. In 1966, James Meredith was shot during a march from Tennessee to Mississippi. And in 1968, a month after federal authorities ordered Alabama to desegregate or lose federal funding, Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis. "It is hard for some to understand the kind of savage conditions that existed, the intense hatred," Dr. Karenga said. "They didn't want African-Americans to excel anywhere, in school or sports." Sports mirrored this violence, death and carnage with its own controversies. In 1955, Georgia Governor Marvin Griffith asked Georgia Tech to withdraw from its Sugar Bowl game because its opponent, Pitt, was integrated. "The south stands at Armageddon," Griffith said. "We can't risk the slightest (during) this dark and lamentable hour of struggle." Louisiana and Mississippi lawmakers subsequently passed legislation prohibiting schools from competing against integrated teams, but that didn't stop the Jones College team from Mississippi from coming west to play Compton College in the Junior Rose Bowl. In 1963, Kentucky basketball coach Adolph Rupp sought approval from his SEC colleagues to allow games against integrated teams. Alabama, Auburn, LSU, Mississippi, Tennessee did not reply to the request. Rupps' realization that the talents of black athletes couldn't be overlooked came to roost in 1966, when Texas Western, with an all-black starting lineup, beat Kentucky in the NCAA title game. Kentucky would become the first SEC school to integrate its teams, signing Nat Northington and Greg Page for the 1967 season. It became a cruel debut. Page was paralyzed while making a tackle in practice, when his teammates swarmed on the tackle from behind, went into a coma and died a month later. Northington suffered tremendous stress over the death of Page. He was injured in his first game against Indiana, didn't play the rest of the season, and chose to quit the team because of the anxiety. But before doing so, he encouraged the handful of black players in the incoming freshman class to stick it out, including Wilbur Hackett, who as a junior was named a Kentucky co-captain. turns now, the civil rights movement and emancipation was picking up speed and strength across the nation. In 1967, Cal's black football players boycotted spring practice because of the suspension of a black basketball player. The 1968 Mexico City Olympics provided the stage for the Tommie Smith/John Carlos Black Power Salute months after a boycott by U.S. African-American athletes was averted. A year later, the 13 black players on the Washington football team refused to play against UCLA because four had been suspended by Husky coach Jim Owens for not signing a loyalty oath. Alabama was often seen as the last bastion of segregation. It was the most visible image the state had, and there was probably just as much pressure on Bryant to not recruit blacks as there was to integrate. Alabama historian Andy Doyle of Emory University wrote that Alabama's national titles in 1964 and 1965 were seen as a verification of white supremacy. "He was a demigod able to salvage the honor of a society that was being forced to alter many of its most cherished traditions," he wrote. Others blamed Bryant for dragging his feet on integration. He was, after all, the second-most powerful man in the state. "Bear was very late to the dance," historian and author David Halberstam wrote. "In this case, he did not lead well. He was divided and slow. He was probably the only man in all of Alabama capable of standing up to George Wallace." Former Alabama and NFL quarterback Joe Namath has said Bryant told him in 1962 that he would never recruit a black player as long as he could find a white player who could do the same job. But by 1967, Bryant could be found predicting integration in his huddle. "The time is coming when in this entire area," he told Ebony Magazine, "you won't see too many of these boys going away (to other schools)." integration change for Alabama after the USC game was immediate. After that 6-5-1 mark in 1970, the first wave of black recruits immediately helped Alabama back to the top. The 1971 team, featuring defensive end John Mitchell and lineman Wilbur Jackson, went 11-1 and beat USC in the rematch at the Coliseum. They were followed by All-American center Sylvester Crooms (1972-74), linebacker Woody Lowe (1972-75), cornerback Mike Washington (1972-74), and tight end Ozzie Newsome (1974-77). Alabama finished in the AP Top 10 each year of the '70s, earned a share of the 1973 national title, and topped the '70s off with back-to-back national titles (1978-1979) with the help of center Dwight Stephenson and defensive stars Thomas Boyd, Jeremiah Castille, E.J. Junior and Don McNeal. Cunningham says they're the heroes. "It's pretty simple," he said. "We flew in, played and won a football game and left. We only had to deal with the south for two nights, and then we were gone. "The people who actually had to work and deal with the change were the ones they recruited and played. Because nothing had changed other than allowing blacks to play football. The way people felt probably didn't change overnight. The difference was that blacks now had the opportunity to be part of the organization. "They had to work in that atmosphere, and there's a lot of pressure to be the first, or second, or third, player to come into a culture they've never visited before. I applaud them. What I did was easy. They had the pressure of the whole culture riding on them." "What all of those athletes and other African-American athletes in similar situations, from Jackie Robinson to Jack Johnson to Muhammad Ali, did was create free space for everyone by demonstrating their excellence without penalty," Dr. Karenga said. "They carried a burden of perfection intensified by the racial issue. They had to be perfect, because if they failed, it was an indictment of the race." Today, more people indict segregation and the blood and misery it caused. Cunningham tries to keep the story and memories fresh for others to understand what things were like and how they have changed. Usually without casting himself as noble, as anything more than a black man in decidedly the wrong place at the right time. "Sam is like so many others, an ordinary person who did an extraordinary thing and met the invitation of history," Dr. Karenga said. "He seized a moment at a time when the last thing the people in that crowd probably wanted to see was a black man excel." 160Want local news?Sign up for the Localist and stay informed Something went wrong. Please try again.subscribeCongratulations! You're all set! When Sam Cunningham got on the plane taking the USC football team to its first game of 1970, a September 12 date in Birmingham, Alabama, ground zero in the deep south's struggle with desegregation in its society, he had a clear agenda in mind. A football agenda. Get in the game, since he wasn't a starter. Play well if he did, which would guarantee him the opportunity to play more the following week. read more
On the offense
In football terms, it's the fourth down for the Trojans, they're at the 50-yard line and the sun is going down. Now their fate lies in the hands of residents who live in a hilly place called Friendly. Unless those residents come through for the team and reject NIMBYism (a persistent syndrome that often causes homeowners to scream, "Not in my back yard!'), it could be lights out for the Trojans. The fledgling Trojan youth football league is facing its toughest task yet in trying to convince homeowners in the Friendly Hills area to allow the league to install portable lights at La Serna High School so that players can practice at night. "They must get 100 percent buy-in in the form of the neighbors' approval,' said Fran Shields, director of community services for the city of Whittier. "It doesn't provide any space where we can map out the lines for a football field,' he said. Although La Serna High hosts Whittier's youth football program, the Redskins, Vazquez said he started the Trojans so that youngsters in the eastern part of Whittier had a league of their own to play in. Meanwhile, a meeting to demonstrate to residents how the lights at La Serna would work is being scheduled but no date has been set. Montano said his homeowners association's board of directors will consider the Trojans' request at their next meeting on Oct. 12. Mike Sprague can be reached at (562) 698-0955, Ext. 3022, or by e-mail a\mike.sprague@sgvn.com160Want local news?Sign up for the Localist and stay informed Something went wrong. Please try again.subscribeCongratulations! You're all set! AD Quality Auto 360p 720p 1080p Top articles1/5READ MOREThe top 10 theme park moments of 2019 And that won't be easy in the estimation of Gus Montano, vice president of the North Friendly Hills Homeowners Association, which represents about 425 homeowners who live east of Colima Road. "How is it going to affect the residents in the area?' he asked. "I don't know if they will go for it or not. My view would be no. Lighting brings other people into the area.' Yikes. Sounds like shades of NIMBYism. But Alfred Vazquez, president of Trojan Football and Cheer, believes he can convince the homeowners that the lights will not bother them. "I don't foresee any problem, because if we put them on the football field there are trees behind the field that would block the lights out,' he said. The Trojan league has about 140 boys, ages 5-13, playing on five teams, and a girls' cheerleading squad. The league is currently based at Adventure County Park, where there are lights for evening practices . But there's not much space there for a football league, Vazquez said. read more
Enrollment losses hit Garvey; no school closures planned
Declining enrollment is troubling Garvey School District officials, but leaders say there are no plans to close any schools. Williams Elementary School in Rosemead and Marshall Elementary School in San Gabriel have suffered the most drastic enrollment losses and officials are scrambling for ways to make the schools financially viable. "What we've told all the parents, because they're really scared, is we have no immediate plans to close any schools,' said Bob Bruesch, president of the Garvey School District Board of Education. After only one year, the district will have to disband its kindergarten through eighth-grade program at Hillcrest Elementary School in Monterey Park due to lack of enrollment. Only 17 students were signed up for the eighth-grade level class this year, so Hillcrest will return to kindergarten through sixth grade. The kindergarten through eighth-grade program at Dewey Elementary School in San Gabriel will continue. Williams and Marshall were hit the hardest, Bruesch said. For the 1993-94 school year, 341 kids enrolled at Marshall. This year, 274 students are enrolled. At Williams, 474 kids enrolled for the 1993-94 school year. This year, 343 students are enrolled. School officials are looking to work with community groups and corporations to generate money. Leasing out classrooms to training programs and alternative schools could balance the books, Bruesch said. Board member Henry Lo said the district is reluctant to close schools and sell off property because its been through this before. "Demographics are cyclical,' Lo said. "In the 1970s, the district had a decline in enrollment, but in the ' 80s there was a surge in growth, and now here we are again.' Bruesch said the district sold off too much land during the last slump in enrollment, which led to overcrowding in Garvey schools. Nancy Eng, 37, of Rosemead moved into her community five years ago. While her son is only 3 years old, she is already researching what the district has to offer her boy. In learning about the district she discovered a glaring oversight. Voters in the school district have approved two bond measures over the past four years to make improvements to the schools. She said district officials are not using it as a marketing tool to lure potential students. "Nothing is being done to promote this fact,' Eng said. Jason Kosareff can be reached at (626) 962-8811, Ext. 2717, or by e-mail at jason.kosareff@sgvn.com160Want local news?Sign up for the Localist and stay informed Something went wrong. Please try again.subscribeCongratulations! You're all set! AD Quality Auto 360p 720p 1080p Top articles1/5READ MOREThe top 10 theme park moments of 2019 Garvey School District controls 11 elementary and two intermediate schools in Rosemead, San Gabriel and Monterey Park. Changing demographics are fueling the decline in enrollment. Young families are moving into Rosemead as the housing market changes the way homes are built in the city. Old, deep lots are being developed with multiple homes often purchased by families with fewer children, Bruesch said. "And that's going to continue,' Bruesch said. "We have no control over that.' Larger families are moving out of Rosemead in search of more affordable housing taking their kids with them, and in turn taking millions of state dollars. The district will have to make $600,000 to $1 million in cuts to its $33.7 million budget to cover gaps, school officials said earlier this year. In the 1993-94 school year, Garvey saw 7,339 students enrolled at its schools, according to the California Department of Education. This school year, 6,455 students enrolled in the district. read more


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1/50th Scale 'Babs' by John Haas
John Haas kindly contributes this blast from the past in the shape of the UPC (ex-Marusan) kit of the Mitsubishi Ki-15 'Babs' communication and reconnaissance aircraft to 1/50th scale. John bought this kit in the 1960s and it was the first larger scale model he built, with his previous modelling projects in 1/72nd scale only.
By the standards of today John considers it a crude model and in later years he gave it a general overhaul, stripping off the original paint and sanding down all the rivets and raised panel lines. He then re-scribed the panel lines and applied a new paint job with new decals.
Whilst there are decent kits of 'Babs' in 1/72nd scale by Arii (ex-LS) and Hasegawa (ex-Mania) originating in the 1960s and 1970s respectively, there have been no modern, mainstream, larger scale kits of this milestone Japanese aircraft - a surprising omission.
In Japanese Army service 'Babs' was officially the Type 97 Command Reconnaissance Plane (九七式司令部偵察機 - Kyuu Shichi Shiki Shireibu Teisatsu-ki) often simply abbreviated as 97-Shi-tei (九七司偵). There were two Army versions distinguished by power plant variations and two corresponding Navy versions - C5M1 and C5M2.
The type was first introduced to the West in 1937 by the Asahi Shimbum long-range pioneering and record-breaking 'Kamikaze' (J-BAAI) in its striking blue and silver finish. At that time the civil-purchase aircraft was called Karigane (かりがね - Wild Goose). It subsequently served as a fast strategic reconnaissance plane for both the Japanese Army and Navy during the early years of the Pacific War, gradually supplemented and replaced by the faster twin-engined Mitsubishi Ki-46, official designation Type 100 Command Reconnaissance Plane (Hyaku Shiki Shireibu Teisatsu-ki -百式司部偵察機 or 百式司令部偵察機) but usually abbreviated to Hyaku Shiki Shi-tei (百式司偵 or 百式司偵) and often simply called Shin Shi-tei (新司偵 - New Command Recce).
The Marusan kit was first released in 1963 and re-released twice in both civil and military guise before appearing in the West under the UPC logo in 1965. The Scott Eidson box art depicted the civil 'Kamikaze' but the kit was labelled by its Allied reporting name 'Babs' and the designation of the IJN version 'C5M1'! Marusan was Japan's first plastic construction kit company, set up in Tokyo in the 1950s and producing a large range of aircraft kits in diverse but rather odd scales from 1/232nd to 1/37th, now eagerly sought after collectables.
During the 1960s UPC (Universal Powermaster Corporation) re-boxed many kits of Japanese origin to market them in the West, although they trickled into the UK rather sparsely. My first encounter with them was on an away-day in a toy (?) shop in Mildenhall which I remember as an eclectic mix of kits, toys and household items but sadly not the name. They seemed exotic with their moody, brooding Scott Eidson box art and inside with so many moving parts dauntingly complex to anyone more used to the Airfix two-shilling bags. I came away with a Mitsubishi Ki-46-III 'Dinah' that proved to be so ill-fitting that it was never finished (the fault most probably mine).
The Dinah That Never Got Finished
Many thanks to John for sharing these images of his model and prompting a pleasant stroll down memory's way.
Image credits: All model photographs © 2014 John Haas; UPC Box art via Old Plastic Model Kits; Marusan box art via Scalemates.
I have an unbuilt copy of the Dinah kit, the details are indeed crude yet I think the general outline isn't too bad. Huge rivets, thick raised panel lines including in places where the hinomaru go, and also separate flight controls. Bought it simply for sentimental reasons.....
Karel Struna said...
Babs is definitely on my "to-do" list. Thanks Nick and John for the article.
WD said...
I remember coming upon Japanese model kits in this scale in the early 70's when I was a kid. I've always wondered what the story was behind it. I do remember someone explaining to me how the Japanese established 1/35th scale as the default scale for armor, as opposed to 1/32nd, but I've never heard anyone spin the tale of 1/50th.
Thanks for jogging my memory of that with this post.
Vedran said...
Another one that we need in 1/48th scale.
Vedran
John Fitzurkaa said...
I bought the UPC Dinah at the Scott AFB BX back in 1970. Still have it in my stash, will finally build it next yr when I retire. It will be a trip into the past down memory lane!!!
Straggler 脱走兵 said...
Thanks for your comment and reminiscence, John. I'm delighted to hear that you still have that kit in your stash and plan to build it. Best wishes for your retirement and future projects.
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Belligerent Dinah ~ The 17th Dokuritsu Hiko Chutai...
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Any ideas on the differences in nutritional values between "fresh grass fed" (summer) and hay-fed (winter) beef and especially butter and dairy.
I remember my grandfather in Normandy freezing the beautiful, deep yellow butter of the summer to eat eat later and seem to remember the different in color has to do with beta-carotene levels.
Any other differences in micronutrient profiles (lipids, vitamin D etc.) between the two? what about the meat?
I'm talking specifically about hay here, and NOT about corn/wheat fed animals.
Raw milk Cheese become good on time. If it is six month old you can have the green time in it.
Yes, you might want to divide it up into smaller containers. Plus that would require a LOT of butter to make all that ghee!
Thanks! I have old 3L olive oil containers. Think those would be good containers for saving ghee? 3L is a lot of ghee, what if 1 or 2L is air?
Allman, see my answer below.
Thanks for that well-informed answer, you addressed all my interrogations.
Maybe the best bet is to buy a side or quarter of beef for the freezer at the end of summer - then it will have all the fresh grass fed nutrients.
Weston A Price, in his book "Nutrition and Physical Degeneration" says that the dairy products (especially the butter) generated by cows in spring are the most high-vitamin products. When the grass is growing, young and green, this is when the volume of nutrients in it are most high.
As an aside, have you noticed how many people are drinking wheatgrass shots these days? It's better for cows. They are the ones who are designed to digest the nutrients in fresh young wheatgrass!
So the dairy from cows in the spring and summer is more high-vitamin than the dairy from cows in the fall and winter. Check out the chart on this page called "Why Grassfed Butter Is Better."
The same goes for the meat!
There's a chart on that same page called "Afternoon hay may be better than morning hay, but fresh grass is best!"
Allan, I answer you in a separate post, as it is slightly too long for a comment.
I do make my own ghee. No special steps, except leave it on the fire long enough to make sure that all the water it contains evaporated (the hue changes to a clearer, more transparent yellow) get rid of as much of the milk solids as possible, and keep it in an airtight recipient, protected from the light.
According to that article, if you are using raw butter and want to preserve all its vitamins (unnecessary if all you're going to use your ghee for is frying food), you might want to keep the temperature below 150, or possibly 115 Fahrenheit (respectively 65.5 and 46.11 ??C).
That's interesting about your Normandy grandfather. After being introduced to Weston Price over this winter, I've been thinking about making my own ghee with local butter (Pacific NW) come spring and also freezing several pounds of butter.
Has anyone else tried "putting-up" ghee themselves? Any necessary steps to preserve it for long-term, room-temp storage?


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Puma opens flagship store with sports, product tech
By Tatiana Walk-Morris
Visitors to Puma's 18,000 square-foot store can customize their clothes, shoes and accessories with paints, dips, dyes, patchwork, embroidery, 3D-knitting, laser printing, pinning and material upcycling, according to a Puma press release. Shoppers can also see products in different colors and styles through iMirror by NOBAL throughout the store and press a button to notify an associate they need help at the mirror.
Labor Day weekend the store will launch Chinatown Market University, where shoppers can use Chinatown Market's printing technology to customize their Puma merchandise. They can also get into professional-grade F1 motorsports racing simulators and race down New York City streets, the company noted in the press release.
Soccer fans can take advantage of an in-store simulator, which mimics the playing field at San Siro Stadium, to test out the latest Puma boots and be virtually coached from professional soccer players Antoine Griezmann and Romelu Lukaku. Meanwhile, basketball fans can take part in the stadium seating and large screen NBA2K gaming experience, which will feature high-end technology such as QR codes for each product.
More than a year after Kering's board of directors voted to shed Puma to focus on its luxury sales, the activewear brand continues to grow through its investments in technology and celebrity partnerships.
In the past year or so, the company has enlisted Jay-Z as its creative director and launched the Clyde Court #REFORM sneaker to assist rapper Meek Mill's criminal justice reform efforts and Olympian Tommie Smith's universal equality advocacy.
Puma has also stepped up its technological capabilities in its products and advertising. Earlier this month, the company introduced a geo-targeted out-of-home (OOH) campaign, which displayed ads programmatically to screens on top of taxis and ride-share vehicles. Back in February, the company debuted its training shoe that can tie itself.
The opening of the flagship store follows a broader retail trend of infusing experiences into their stores, joining retailers and brands like Macy's and Nike in offering fresh concepts to shoppers. (Its competitor, Nike, also opened a flagship store on Fifth Avenue in New York City last year.) Puma continued to prosper after its owners divested from the brand, and it appears that this latest flagship store is an effort to keep the brand relevant.
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BYJU'S Delivers on Plans to Expand With Acquisition of U.S. Edtech Company
In December, BYJU'S, one of India's largest tech companies, announced that it had secured $540 million in a private equity funding round. With over half a billion additional dollars on hand, BYJU'S now seemed positioned to expand globally and likely to do so through one or more strategic acquisitions. As BYJU'S founder and CEO, Byju Raveendran, told TechCrunch in December, the company had, in fact, already spent much of the past year scouting for "core product acquisitions." It didn't take long for Raveendran to move beyond window shopping. On January 15th, BYJU'S announced that it had purchased the U.S.-based Osmo for $120 million.
Osmo Was Already Primed for Growth
Osmo, an edtech company based in Palo Alto, California, is best known for its child-friendly AR games for the iPhone and iPad. Last April, Osmo's co-founder Pranod Sharma told Venture Beat that his company was at a critical point in its development:
"We're in a transition phase this year and late last year, in terms of the messaging and other things, becoming a mass brand. It's an interesting time. Four or five years ago, when the iPhone and iPad became very prevalent in children's lives, there was a big question around what could happen. Now that's been answered. You can deliver some interesting stuff. Now the main question is, how do you build an amazing business out of it? We're going from startup to early adopter to building a real business in the long term. That's what's happening at Osmo."
Last April, Sharma was specifically focused on attracting new partners, including known children's brands from Sesame Street to Hot Wheels. As Sharma explained:
"One of the major shifts, we're going from first party content to really trying to work with partners. What we learned last year, especially after we launched Hot Wheels, is that there's so much other content that exists in the market that can be pulled into the Osmo platform. This year one big thing we're working on is essentially licensing our technology to partners and letting them build products around it. That's going to be a big part of how we can scale as a company."
Last April, Sharma didn't indicate there were any plans to sell Osmo, which currently has raised $32.5 million in funding and has 60 employees. A January 16th article on Crunchbase News describes how the BYJU'S acquisition occurred quickly. According to Sharma, his company had nearly closed a Series C round when he met Raveendran last fall.
As Sharma told Crunchbase, he "made the decision [to sell] within a week." If one week seems like a short time to sell a company, it may have something to do with Sharma and Raveendran's affinities. Both Sharma and Raveendran work in the edtech sector and both happen to hail from small villages in India. Also, Sharma won't be leaving Osmo behind. The company will continue operating as a stand-alone brand, at least for now, with Sharma playing a lead role.
BYJU'S Has Much to Gain from the Osmo Acquisition
As Raveendran made clear in late 2018, he planned to use much of BYJU'S new funding to offer more English courses on the platform and push into English-language markets worldwide. With the acquisition of Osmo, it's clear that BYJU'S will certainly have an easier time getting a toehold in both areas. But this isn't the only thing that Osmo will bring to the company. Recently, BYJU'S has also expressed interest in offering more products to very young learners (ages 3 to 7), and this is precisely Osmo's target market. Finally, since Osmo will continue to operate as a separate brand based in Silicon Valley, BYJU'S will also get something else it has likely been eager to acquire: an office in North America.
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Planning for a festival doesn't have to be stressful.
We always pack far too much with the six of us, but I'm sure it's possible to pack light and just take the essentials, or have a few things that serve a few purposes.
If you are doing the full on festival thing you will be in a tent no doubt. Even if it's the height of summer, you might find it getting chilly at night so you'll need that extra layer to keep everyone warm.
We love the Heat Holders Snuggle Up Blankets – these are luxury premium fleece blankets – perfect for wrapping up warmly on those cold winter nights. With a 1.4 tog rating, its generous size and incredible softness make it a must-have item for a festival.
These are great as they can also be used in the evening whilst watching evening entertainment. You could use it as a picnic rug if the ground is dry or even to pad out a festival trolley if you have little sleepers day or night.
1 x Ray of Sunshine Bronzing Powder – RRP £18 which is a luxurious matte bronzing powder which has been designed to create the ultimate natural-looking glow. Use a brush to sweep it over the high-points of the face such as the cheekbones, down the nose, across the forehead and over the chin to cheat an effortless glow that looks like it comes from within.
1 x Wonder Wand Concealing & Illuminating Duo – RRP £18 which is one pencil, double the benefits – half of the wand masks blemishes and under-eye shadows with a concealing shade, while the other illuminates with subtle sheen.
With the addition of mascara, you could be ready to go in a few minutes with this little bundle. These cosmetics are totally lush and the packaging is stunning.
Torches and batteries are ESSENTIAL items for festivals. Check that the torches you are taking don't require a screwdriver, or pack one if they do! You'll need them for late night toilet trips and finding your tent if you're out in the evening.
An essential item to pack for a festival is a charge pack for all phones, tablets, cameras etc. The fast charge packs work really well and are really compact – just don't forget to charge the actual pack!
We always take the festival trolley/buggy to pile little people in and/or stuff we need during the day. We always take plenty of bubble wands as you might only pay £1 in a local shop, compared with £7-£10 on site. We also take a ball so everyone can have a run about near the tent in the evenings and get to know other children in surrounding tents.


Copyright 2018; Wilmington University. All rights reserved. Photo of Rebecca Dolhansky following her goal in the fifth minute against Georgian Court. Photo by Keara McCarthy. October 16, 2018 vs. Georgian Court.
NEWARK, Del. - - The Wilmington University women's soccer team had a lead in each half against the top team from the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference, but Georgian Court responded each time and the two played to a 2-2 tie at the WU Athletics Complex on Tuesday afternoon.
Georgian Court (10-3-1, 9-0-1 CACC) out shot the Wildcats (7-8-1, 6-3-1 CACC), 27-9, in the match but it was the Wildcats who struck first in each half against to take a lead.
It didn't take long for the Wildcats to strike, as Rebecca Dolhansky converted the first chance either team had in the fifth minute. Cassidy McErlain dropped a pass back to Dolhansky and her blast from 20 yards out beat the Lion goalkeeper up high and stayed under the crossbar for the 1-0 lead just 4:31 into the match.
But the Lions were able to knot the game moments later, scoring in the 11th minute with their third shot of the game. Heather Arbachesky caught Kate Tubo off her line in the penalty box and was able to go over the top from just outside the 18-yard box to tie the game, 1-1, 10:41 into the game.
The Lions nearly took the lead in the 17th minute, but Kaitlin Lister's shot on the back post was stopped by Daryan Fennal and cleared from danger to keep the game deadlocked at 1-1. Georgian Court went on to outshoot the Wildcats, 11-2, in the first half, but the game remained tied heading into the break.
Georgian Court came out of the half and put up the first eight shots of the second half, but it was the Wildcats' first shot that was able to put the home team in front in the 71st minute.
Freshman Kiana Jedlicka had the ball on the left side, and her left-footed attempt sailed high and over the goalkeeper, hit the underside of the crossbar and into the back of the net for her first collegiate goal and the 2-1 lead 70:29 into the match.
The Wildcats followed with three shots and a corner in the next five minutes, but it was the Lions' that were able to find the back of the net again. Anissia Fuccia slotted a ball past a hard charging Tubo in the 79th minute, tying the game, 2-2, with 11:41 remaining in the game.
Wilmington had a pair of chances in the second overtime period, nearly converting on their lone corner kick opportunity. But the Wildcats couldn't find the final tough with the ball sitting in the box in the 105th minute. Jasmine Brake also took a chance with a long blast in the 107th minute, but her shot sailed just above the crossbar to keep the game locked at 2-2.
Tubo tied her season high with 12 saves in goal for the Wildcats while Anetha Jenkins came in for the final 34:18 for the Lions and made one save to record the tie.
The Wildcats are currently in fifth place in the CACC with two games remaining in the regular season. They head to Dominican on Saturday with a 12:00 p.m. start time.


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Delaware finished 7-4 and will take the field again with their season opener against Delaware State on Thursday, Aug. 29.
As Delaware finished up their 2018 football season, there were many things to reflect on such as an appearance in the FCS playoffs for the first time in seven seasons, the loss of a large class of seniors and the strengths and weaknesses on both offense and defense.
However, at his end-of-season press conference, Head Coach Danny Rocco also brought up many aspects to look forward to going into the 2019 football season.
Below are five things to take away from Delaware's 2018 football season and into their next one.
Heading into next season, Rocco feels like for the first time at Delaware, he has a clear sense of what his quarterback situation looks like.
Kehoe, who will be a redshirt senior, started off the season strong, helping the Blue Hens to a five-game winning streak midway through the season. He had his career day against Towson when he completed 18 of 32 passes for 305 yards and four touchdowns.
Kehoe was battling a partially torn ACL injury late in the season and left Delaware's second to last game with concussion symptoms. He was sacked five times in the final game of the season against James Madison and completed only 13 of 32 passes for 116 yards with two interceptions. Rocco credits a great deal of that play to the injuries Kehoe was facing.
When Kehoe was taken out of the Villanova game, Nolan Henderson stepped in capturing many plays that Rocco called "attention getting." He went on to say that's a "really good starting point" for the soon-to-be-redshirt sophomore.
Another quarterback option, freshman Anthony Paoletti showed what he is capable of while practicing with the starting lineup when it seemed he may have to jump in as quarterback against JMU.
"You're hearing me talk positively and optimistically about a position that's really been a position of uncertainty for a number of years in the past," Rocco said.
Delaware graduated over two dozen seniors many of which were starters. When Rocco joined the Blue Hens in 2017, he took over an experienced veteran team. Now for the first time in his experience at Delaware, he will be coaching a young class, building up the program while also building off of the progress made by the soon-to-be graduates.
Delaware's secondary is graduating all four of its starters and looking to the younger faces. Redshirt freshman Justis Henley and Amonte Strothers are two promising names that will be looked at for the cornerback position.
The Blue Hens have many options at safety as well including freshman Noah Plack, who was seen in three games. Coming back off of a knee injury, Tim Poindexter will also be looked to along with the possibility of linebacker Kedrick Whitehead switching to safety.
Delaware's graduating all of its go-to receivers as well, including Joe Walker, Vinny Papale, Jamie Jarmon and tight end Charles Scarff, leaving many spots open on the opposite side of the football.
To possibly somewhat of a surprise due to Delaware's typically stout defense, Rocco said he will be "transforming our defense." Rocco is looking to keep the 3-4 system that he brought with him to Delaware, but wants to use the personnel he has to the best of their ability.
With depth in the defensive line, Rocco could go to a four-man front more frequently, which was seen in Delaware's game against JMU.
Come Wednesday, Dec. 19, Rocco is looking to sign 10-12 high schoolers to join the Blue Hens. But incoming freshman are not the only players Rocco is searching for.
For the first year, any player looking to transfer has to submit his name to a list, making the search for players a little easier for coaches. Just like being able to see the list of rising freshman — allowing coaches to see their possible players — coaches can now see every single one of the transfers as well.
"I don't know that there's ever a year where you don't feel the necessity to bolster a position with something other than just incoming high school players because you need some older guys," Rocco said.
Matt Simon, who joined the Blue Hens in 2017, will not be returning to the program leaving a major position vacant.


A woman got the unexpected surprise of her life at the airport days ago when she attempted to check in herself and her son ahead of a flight she had booked long ago.
It turned out that the boy - who had only recently turned two - needed a separate ticket which he did not have.
The mother was left devastated by the revelation and panicking due to fact she simply had no resources to get another ticket.
"The woman was confused because she was under the impression her son could ride for free," the person said, explaining that when the woman bought the ticket, her son was one — and didn't need a ticket. But he had turned two last month.
"She was hit with emotion. She didn't have means to rebook this flight or get him a new ticket with such short notice. She stepped aside and tried to make a few calls."
But a woman who was nearby and watched the events unfold decided to do something about the sorry situation.
She walked over to the mother and asked what was wrong, and after talking for a while, the woman told the airline agent she wanted to purchase the boy's ticket herself.
"I was right there watching it all as they printed out the ticket," the witness said.
"The agent kept talking about her goosebumps while the women hugged one another and switched contact details."
It appears that on this heartening day that woman just wanted to help a mother and her son no matter what the cost.
Isn't it nice what people can do for one another when we are nice with each other!
We certainly would love to hear more stories like this one.
It's a heartwarming story that we really wanted to share with you.
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Breakfast is not very good. Eggs were really over cooked and rubber like. What they served as bacon, i do not know how to describe. The room and staff were exceptional. Great place to stay but go out for breakfast.
Nice area, great staff, super quick check in, clean room.
Rooms were spacious and very nice!
Nice clean room. Convenient location. Would be really nice room for those with extended stay because of kitchen provided. No complaints.


I have been getting tons of emails from all airlines about mileage promotions. Most recently I received an email from American telling me a 33% discount if I bought 1,000+ miles. Here's the link in case some are interested.
If you look at the offer, it's really not worth it. The asking price for 1,000 is $27.50 — that is $0.275 per mile when the airline industry standard is $0.01 per mile. Furthermore, airlines are applying more fees when you use your miles to redeem for flights.
If you are serious about purchasing miles, ghetto Delta has a better deal. Here's the link if you're interested. To create confusion and masking the actual cost, Delta is asking for $59.13 for 2,000 + 2,000 free bonus miles. If you do the math, it's $0.147 per mile – as 50% savings compared to AA.
United is the most expensive out of the big three airlines. UAL wants $67.25 for 1,000 miles. In addition, UAL also wants to charge you a $35 service fee. I could understand that Delta & American may be higher because points.com is processing the mileage purchase for you but UAL seem to be doing the mileage fulfillment themselves.
Are these airlines serious? Do they think people would actually pay for airline miles when they are depreciating them? I will have a follow up post on what you should do with your miles in a few days.


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Media centre | News | WHO's Regional Director launches National Immunization Week in Lebanon
Events and campaigns
WHO's Regional Director launches National Immunization Week in Lebanon
H.E. the Minister of Public Health of Lebanon Ghasan Hasbani, WHO Regional Director Dr Mahmoud Fikri and Director-General of the Ministry of Health Dr Walid Ammar visit a vaccine storage warehouse in KarantinaBeirut, Lebanon, 10 April 2017 – WHO's Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Dr Mahmoud Fikri and H.E. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Health Mr Ghasan Hasbani today launched National Immunization Week in Lebanon.
World Immunization Week is celebrated annually from 24 to 30 April by WHO and partners to promote the use of vaccines to protect people of all ages against disease.
Routine immunization is one of the most cost-effective health interventions to save millions of lives and reduce the prevalence of infectious diseases, especially among children. The main goal of this year's campaign is to raise awareness of the critical importance of full immunization throughout life, and its role in achieving the 2030 targets of the Sustainable Development Goals.
In spite of progress, 3.8 million children under one year of age in the Region are still not receiving their third dose of diptheria-pertussis-tetanus (DPT3).
The aims of Immunization Week align with the "Global Vaccine Action Plan", which was endorsed by the 194 Member States of the World Health Assembly in 2012. The global plan serves as a roadmap to prevent millions of deaths through providing more equitable access to vaccines, especially during the early years of a child's life.
In line with the targets of the global plan, countries aim to increase vaccination coverage rates to more than 90% at national level and more than 80% in every district by 2020.
Lebanon has been reaching these coverage rates since 1986, which has enabled the country to control most childhood diseases, in particular poliomyelitis. Lebanon has not reported a case of polio for the past 14 years.
The Regional Director's tour today included a visit to a vaccine storage warehouse and cold chain unit to see for himself the measures being followed to ensure vaccine safety before and during the vaccination campaign.
Immunization Week
Immunization coverage factsheet


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Cistus curvativus är en solvändeväxtart som beskrevs av Jean-Pierre Demoly. Cistus curvativus ingår i släktet Cistus och familjen solvändeväxter. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Our peanut was never designed to utilize a sheet set. We recommend cleaning the liner by hand with warm water. You can however use the 3 pack sheet set designed for our Nest on the Peanut liner. This will fit inside as the specifictions match and provide aneasilycleanable solution for the Peanut.


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Q: Mockito can only mock non-private & non-final classes In my code I have a method which use ObjectMapper.readValue and I would like to mock this for testing purpose.
Here is the partition of code :
     if (entity != null) {
                    String result = EntityUtils.toString(entity);
                    ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
                    objectMapper.configure(JsonParser.Feature.AUTO_CLOSE_SOURCE, true);
                    return objectMapper.readValue(result, classeObjetRetour);
                }

And when I am trying to de this in my test class :
    String retour = EntityUtils.toString(httpEntity);
    IdentifiantEnveloppe identifiantAttendu = new IdentifiantEnveloppe();
    ObjectMapper objectMapper = mock(ObjectMapper.class);
    doReturn(identifiantAttendu).when(objectMapper).readValue(retour, IdentifiantEnveloppe.class);

I hava the following error :
    org.mockito.exceptions.base.MockitoException:
Mockito cannot mock this class: class com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper.

Mockito can only mock non-private & non-final classes.
If you're not sure why you're getting this error, please report to the mailing list.

If someone could help me I would be grateful. I am in Java 8.

A:  if (entity != null) {
                String result = EntityUtils.toString(entity);
                ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper(); // this line is the problem.
                objectMapper.configure(JsonParser.Feature.AUTO_CLOSE_SOURCE, true);
                return objectMapper.readValue(result, classeObjetRetour);
            }

Since you create a new instance of ObjectMapper above your mocking doesn't work. As in the last line in your test class will never happen:
 String retour = EntityUtils.toString(httpEntity);
IdentifiantEnveloppe identifiantAttendu = new IdentifiantEnveloppe();
ObjectMapper objectMapper = mock(ObjectMapper.class);
doReturn(identifiantAttendu).when(objectMapper).readValue(retour, IdentifiantEnveloppe.class);

Because the objectMapper where you call the Mockito.when() on, is another instance than the one inside the class. So objectMapper.readValue() is never called on your mock.
You should try to mock the objectMapper inside your class. You can define the objectMapper as a class field so you can inject the objectMapper in your class through the constructor. In your test class you can then inject a mock(ObjectMapper.class) instead of a real one.

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Comics Published by WildStorm Productions, Jim Lee/Executive Editor, Jim Lee/Cover Artist,
Scott Williams/Cover Artist
Brandon Choi/Writer
Jim Lee/Writer
Whilce Portacio/Writer
Jim Lee/Penciler
Scott Williams/Inker
Karl Altstaetter/Inker
John Tighe/Inker
Joe Chiodo/Colourist
Digital Chameleon/Colourist
Michael Heisler/Letterer
Ruth Grice/Editor
Whilce Portacio/Penciler
Joe Rosas/Colourist
Zannah of Khera (Wildstorm Universe)/Quotes
Wildcats (Wildstorm Universe)/Appearances
Cole Cash (Wildstorm Universe)/Appearances
Emp of Khera (Wildstorm Universe)/Appearances
Jeremy Stone (Wildstorm Universe)/Appearances
Yohn Kohl (Wildstorm Universe)/Appearances
Adrianna Tereshkova (Wildstorm Universe)/Appearances
Priscilla Kitaen (Wildstorm Universe)/Appearances
Reno Bryce (Wildstorm Universe)/Appearances
Zannah of Khera (Wildstorm Universe)/Appearances
International Operations/Appearances
Alicia Turner (Wildstorm Universe)/Appearances
John Lynch (Wildstorm Universe)/Appearances
Frank Colby (Wildstorm Universe)/Appearances
Ali Fargham (Wildstorm Universe)/Appearances
Daemonites/Appearances
Black Razors (Wildstorm Universe)/Appearances
Benito Santini (Wildstorm Universe)/Appearances
Cabal (Wildstorm Universe)/Appearances
B'lial (Wildstorm Universe)/Appearances
Helspont (Wildstorm Universe)/Appearances
Pike (Wildstorm Universe)/Appearances
Cassandra Newland (Wildstorm Universe)/Appearances
Tri-Ad (Wildstorm Universe)/Appearances
Maxwell Burns (Wildstorm Universe)/Appearances
Charles Sweeney (Wildstorm Universe)/Appearances
Heinrich Hester (Wildstorm Universe)/Appearances
Virginia/Appearances
Quantico/Appearances
McLean/Appearances
Norfolk/Appearances
Washington, D.C./Appearances
Georgetown/Appearances
Orb (Wildstorm Universe)/Appearances
VAD PP30/Appearances
Multi-purpose Intercept/Reconnaissance Vehicle/Appearances
Wetworks (Wildstorm Universe)/Appearances
Jackson Dane (Wildstorm Universe)/Appearances
Joseph H. Mendoza (Wildstorm Universe)/Appearances
Salvador Joel Alonday (Wildstorm Universe)/Appearances
Cord Dexter Lemoyne (Wildstorm Universe)/Appearances
Rachel L. Rhodes (Wildstorm Universe)/Appearances
Maritza Blackbird (Wildstorm Universe)/Appearances
WildC.A.T.s Vol 1
WildC.A.T.s Vol 1 2
"Revelations": August 9th 1992
"Revelations"
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WildC.A.T.s Vol 1 #2
Brandon Choi
Karl Altstaetter
John Tighe
Joe Chiodo
Digital Chameleon
Michael Heisler
Ruth Grice
Wetworks
Whilce Portacio
Joe Rosas
WildC.A.T.s #1 WildC.A.T.s #3
They seek to complete Project Reunification. Should that happen, the survival of all mankind will be in jeopardy.
— Zealot
WildC.A.T.s #2 is an issue of the series WildC.A.T.s (Volume 1) with a cover date of September, 1992.
1 Synopsis for "Revelations"
2 Appearing in "Revelations"
3 Synopsis for "Wetworks"
4 Appearing in "Wetworks"
Synopsis for "Revelations"
McLean, Virginia: After the explosion at Georgetown, Void teleports all of the WildC.A.T.s away from the battle-scene. However, a Psi-Op named John Tyrell at International Operations intercepts her warp-signal and the group are temporarily piggy-backed to the I/O facility. They flash briefly in front of Director John Lynch and his assistant Alison Turner before teleporting again onto the team's aircraft, MIRV. The energy feedback kills Psi-Op Tyrell. Lynch wants retribution and has the MIRV tracked. He sends out a team of Black Razor's to investigate them.
The WildC.A.T.s go to one of Grifter's safe-houses in Quantico. They explain that the reason they grabbed Voodoo is because she can see Daemonites in their natural form – and furthermore, she is the only one with the power to exorcise them from their human hosts.
Grifter and Zealot know that the Cabal wishes to complete Project: Reunification – a scheme that will erect a permanent dimensional gateway between Earth and Daemon. A Daemonite spy has infiltrated the US government and has been working for four years to bring Project: Reunification to fruition. While watching the news reports, Voodoo recognizes Vice President Dan Quayle as the Daemonite spy.
Meanwhile, Helspont and Pike meet with the Daemonite M'koi in Norfolk, Virginia. They are waiting for B'lial (Quayle) to provide them with an Orb that shall become the catalyst for Project: Reunification. Once the Orb's shell is breached, they will be able to channel its energy to open the gateway.
Back in Quantico, Black Razor One, a team of covert stealth operators raid Grifter's safe-house. The WildC.A.T.s snap into action and fight against the agents. At first the Black Razors maintain the upper hand. That is until Voodoo turns surprisingly feral and begins ripping into them. Marlowe blasts one Razor's kneecap off while Grifter and Zealot trade sparring partners. As the dust begins to settle slightly, John Lynch enters the room. I/O and the WildC.A.T.s make a deal. Marlowe gives Lynch the name of the mole and Lynch gives Marlowe the location of Project: Reunification.
Later that same day, B'lial (Quayle) delivers the orb to the Reunification staging area at S.D.I. Astronomics. Helspont, Pike and the Coda assassin Hestia are there to receive him. The WildC.A.T.s sneak into S.D.I. and begin hunting for the orb. Their presence becomes known however and they fight up against the Cabal for the first time. A security trigger is breached sending out a signal to America's elite special service team – Youngblood. Youngblood arrives determined to protect the life of the man they believe to be the Vice President.
Appearing in "Revelations"
WildC.A.T.s
Jacob Marlowe
Warblade
Alicia Turner (First appearance)
Frank Colby
John Tyrell (Only appearance; dies)
The Gnome
Daemonites (Flashback and main story)
Black Razors (First appearance)
Ben Santini (First appearance)
The Cabal
B'lial
Helspont
M'Koi
Tri-Ad (First appearance)
Attica (Cameo)
H.A.R.M. (Cameo)
Slag (Cameo)
Youngblood (Cameo)
International Operations Crisis Control Center
Orb (Behind the scenes)
VAD PP30
MIRV
Synopsis for "Wetworks"
Commander Jackson Dane single-handedly defeats and kills a pack of vampires. Shortly after, the other members of his team, Wetworks, arrive.
Appearing in "Wetworks"
Wetworks (First appearance)
Jackson Dane (First appearance)
Dozer (Joseph Mendoza) (First appearance)
Grail (Salvador Alonday) (First appearance)
Jester (Cord Lemoyne) (First appearance)
Mother-One (Rachel Rhodes) (First appearance)
Pilgrim (Maritza Blackbird) (First appearance)
unnamed vampires (Dies)
Originally published by Image Comics.
This issue is reprinted in the WildC.A.T.s: Compendium trade paperback.
Contains a coupon for Image Comics #0. The coupons can be found in direct market editions of Brigade #2, Savage Dragon #3, Spawn #4, Youngblood #0, Cyberforce #1, Shadowhawk #1 and WildC.A.T.s #2
Includes a six-page preview of Whilce Portacio's Wetworks.
First appearances of Attica, Slag and H.A.R.M.. WildC.A.T.s Sourcebook #1 erroneously lists their first appearances as taking place in WildC.A.T.s #1, but they don't actually appear until this issue.
The Daemonite M'koi is the same character as McCoy from issue #1 who discovered the Orb in 1980.
Youngblood is a team of government-sanctioned heroes similar in purpose to Marvel Comics' Avengers. They are the creation of Image Comics co-founder Rob Liefeld and were featured in three ongoing titles published under Liefeld's Extreme Studios imprint.
This issue is the first actual appearance of John Lynch and Frank Colby. They were briefly seen on one page in issue #1, but this issue establishes that their appearance from WildC.A.T.s #1 was an alternate future timeline wherein the WildC.A.T.s were killed in the Georgetown explosion.
WildC.A.T.s image gallery
WildC.A.T.s image category
WildC.A.T.s appearances list
WildC.A.T.s membership roster
Grifter appearances list
Jacob Marlowe appearances list
Maul appearances list
Spartan appearances list
Void appearances list
Voodoo appearances list
Warblade appearances list
Zealot appearances list
Cover gallery for the WildC.A.T.s series
Images from WildC.A.T.s Vol 1 2
WildC.A.T.s Recommended Reading
WildC.A.T.s (Volume 1)
WildC.A.T.s Adventures (Volume 1)
WildC.A.T.s Sourcebook (Volume 1)
WildC.A.T.s Trilogy (Volume 1)
Wildcats (Volume 1)
Wildcats Version 3.0 (Volume 1)
Wildcats: Nemesis (Volume 1)
WildCats: World's End (Volume 1)
Grifter Recommended Reading
Grifter (Volume 1)
Grifter and Midnighter (Volume 1)
Mr. Majestic Recommended Reading
Mr. Majestic (Volume 1)
Majestic (Volume 1)
Spartan Recommended Reading
Spartan: Warrior Spirit (Volume 1)
Voodoo Recommended Reading
Voodoo (Volume 1)
Zealot Recommended Reading
Zealot (Volume 1)
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Comics Published by WildStorm Productions
Jim Lee/Executive Editor
Jim Lee/Cover Artist


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/* eslint-env jest */

import pify from 'pify'
import { join } from 'path'
import { readFile } from 'fs'

import { parseCardNumber, parseSkipass } from 'server/parsers/bukovel-ticket'

it('should parse card number from response', () => {
  // Arrange
  const filePath = join(__dirname, 'fixtures/bukovel-ticket-cardnumber-response.html')

  return pify(readFile)(filePath, 'utf8')
    // Act
    .then(parseCardNumber)
    // Assert
    .then(cardNumber => {
      expect(cardNumber).toBe('16147133534535310476')
    })
})

// ToDo: check https://github.com/facebook/jest/issues/1377
it.skip('should reject in case not valid data passed', () => {
  // Arrange
  const invalidData = [ '--', 321, {}, null, undefined, '<html>' ]

  // Act
  invalidData.forEach(data => {
    // Assert
    expect(parseCardNumber(data)).toThrow()
  })
})

it('should parse skipass from response', () => {
  // Arrange
  const filePath = join(__dirname, 'fixtures/bukovel-ticket-skipass-responce.html')

  return pify(readFile)(filePath, 'utf8')
    // Act
    .then(parseSkipass)
    // Assert
    .then(data => {
      expect(data.name).toBe('5 днів СЕЗОН (ВСЕF)')
      expect(data.cardNumber).toBe('01-2167-30-92545')
      expect(data.ticketNumber).toBe('01-1614 7133 5345 3531 0476-4')
      expect(data.lifts.length).toBe(33)
    })
})

it('should parse skipass from response', () => {
  // Arrange
  const filePath = join(__dirname, 'fixtures/bukovel-ticket-skipass-responce--with-date.html')

  return pify(readFile)(filePath, 'utf8')
    // Act
    .then(parseSkipass)
    // Assert
    .then(data => {
      expect(data.name).toBe('5 днів СЕЗОН (ВСЕF)')
      expect(data.cardNumber).toBe('01-2167-30-92545')
      expect(data.ticketNumber).toBe('01-1614 7133 5345 3531 0476-4')
      expect(data.lifts.length).toBe(33)
    })
})

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The way I make my copper jewellery is through a process called 'electroforming' - it's a bit like a Year 11 chemistry class mixed with a bit of magic - basically alchemy for the modern ages! It allows me to set raw crystals in recycled copper by transferring particles from copper sheet onto a copper ring, setting the crystals in place as it does so.
It's a completely unpredictable process, resulting in different settings and textures each time - every single ring is unique. Tumble and Rose rings make the perfect ring for someone who wants something a little bit different - natural and unrefined. Because of the way the copper forms, the ring bands may have texturing and the settings will not be smooth - the crystals will not sit flush, so please bear this in mind.
All of the crystals used in my rings are ethically sourced, either directly from the miners themselves, or small family run businesses (actually all of the materials I use, from acrylic in my necklaces to the packaging in my parcels are!).
These rings can be kept shiny with a polishing cloth. Please keep clean and dry. Copper can tarnish as it oxidises and after contact with the elements but can be easily restored to its original beauty with a bit of a polish. As the oxidisation happens, some people may experience tinging on their skin, but this is harmless & can be easily solved with clear nail polish on the band. Please be careful with things like jumpers as these rings do not have a smooth setting or stone and may catch on things if you are not careful.


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package com.be1ive.hackerrank.graph;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.ArrayDeque;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Queue;
import java.util.Set;

/**
 * https://www.hackerrank.com/challenges/the-quickest-way-up
 */
public class TheQuickestWayUp {

    public static class Graph {
        private Map<Integer, Set<Integer>> graph = new HashMap<>();
        private Map<Integer, Integer> distance = new HashMap<>();

        public Graph(int size) {
            for (Integer i = 1; i <= size; i++) {
                graph.put(i, new HashSet<Integer>());
            }
        }

        public Set<Integer> adj(Integer v){
            return graph.get(v);
        }

        public void addEdge(Integer v, Integer u) {
            Set<Integer> adj = graph.get(v);
            if (adj == null) {
                adj = new HashSet<>();
                graph.put(v, adj);
            }
            adj.add(u);
        }

        public void bfs(Integer v) {
            Queue<Integer> queue = new ArrayDeque<Integer>();
            queue.offer(v);
            distance.put(v, 0);
            while(!queue.isEmpty()) {
                Integer u = queue.poll();
                Integer d = distance.get(u);
                for (Integer adj : graph.get(u)) {
                    if (distance.get(adj) == null) {
                        queue.offer(adj);
                        distance.put(adj, d + 1);
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        public Integer distance(Integer v) {
            return distance.get(v);
        }

    }

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
        PrintWriter writer = new PrintWriter(System.out);

        int T = Integer.parseInt(reader.readLine());

        for (int t = 0; t < T; t++) {
            Graph g = new Graph(100);

            String[] params = reader.readLine().split(",");
            int ladder = Integer.parseInt(params[0]);
            int snake = Integer.parseInt(params[1]);

            String[] ladders = reader.readLine().split(" ");
            for (int i = 0; i < ladder; i++) {
                String[] edge = ladders[i].split(",");
                int v = Integer.parseInt(edge[0]);
                int u = Integer.parseInt(edge[1]);
                g.addEdge(v, u);
            }

            String[] snakes = reader.readLine().split(" ");
            for (int i = 0; i < snake; i++) {
                String[] edge = snakes[i].split(",");
                int v = Integer.parseInt(edge[0]);
                int u = Integer.parseInt(edge[1]);
                g.addEdge(v, u);
            }

            for (int i = 1; i < 100; i++) {
                if (g.adj(i).isEmpty()) {
                    for (int j = i + 1; j <= i + 6 && j <= 100; j++) {
                        g.addEdge(i, j);
                    }
                }
            }
            g.bfs(1);
            writer.println(g.distance(100) - 1);

        }
        writer.flush();
        writer.close();
    }

}


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Critic Reviews for Kao the Kangaroo
7 / 10.0
Kao the Kangaroo makes no secret of its inspirations and while this isn't the toughest platformer going, it's refreshingly straightforward.
Marcus Stewart
I initially thought that Kao the Kangaroo would, at the very least, be a great recommendation for younger players. Then I remembered that I and generations of kids cut their teeth on games like Mario, Crash Bandicoot, or Ratchet & Clank – kid-friendly platformers that still offer plenty of mechanical depth, polish, and design creativity. Children are much more capable than we sometimes give credit for, and Kao's by-the-numbers design would likely bore all but the most nascent of gamers. Kao the Kangaroo isn't a total disaster by any means. It just feels aggressively average and forgettable which, sadly, has been the case for the mascot for years.
Solid and definitely have an audience. There could be some hard-to-ignore faults, but the experience is fun.
Dominic Leighton
Kao the Kangaroo is an often-delightful throwback to a simpler time, paying homage to the 3D platformers of yesteryear while retaining just enough of its own identity. Most importantly, its platforming and combat are both on point, and thanks to its likeable characters you'll want to see it through to the end.
Morgan Shaver
Kao the Kangaroo succeeds in delivering a nostalgic platformer vibe with everything you'd expect from that mixed in, including coins and collectibles that encourage exploration, along with a bright, cheerful atmosphere. With some of these issues fixed, the bugs and glitches especially, I could easily see this game scoring closer to a 7 or 8. However, because of the number of bugs I encountered and how disruptive some of them were, I can't in good conscience give this game anything higher than a 6, much as it pains me to do so.
Alessandra Borgonovo
Simple and fun, Kao the Kangaroo is a platformer that despite having minor flaws is worth playing: it's a fine tribute to the 3D platformers of the heydays.
Lyle Carr
Kao the Kangaroo is a fun throwback to platformers of the noughties, but it has a few issues that really hold it back.
David Flynn
Kao the Kangaroo makes a valiant effort in this reboot, but it still feels like half the game it should be. Many mechanics feel unexplored, the final world is a single level with a boss fight, and it's very glitchy. Still, it's a fun enough romp for what it is and I hope we see more of this marsupial in the future.
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