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Bringing Heavy Music to MTB, pt. 3: Anup Sastry, Vilarum, and Failgiver
Welcome back to "Bringing Heavy Music on MTB"! This column features new (and not so new) heavy bands/artists (Hardcore, Metal, etc.) that you should check out! I promise to do more regular updates, and I apologize that I let this slip through the cracks. Anyway, this time I am featuring Anup Sastry, Vilarum, and Failgiver!
Anup Sastry
Mr. Sastry is a drummer and currently plays for Intervals, Jeff Loomis, and Skyharbor. I feel that his rhythmic expertise has led to some interesting work on his solo albums. His latest solo album, Titan, is a tasty load of riffage and interesting polyrhythms. I also recommend, in particular, his work on Ghost (another of his solo albums) and with the band Intervals!
Find his work at https://anupsastry.bandcamp.com/ . Also, check out Intervals at https://intervalsmusic.bandcamp.com/ .
Vilarum
Vilarum is a band I discovered through Ultimate-Guitar.com's Recordings Subforum. With excellent use of vocal samples, a barking vocal delivery reminiscent of early Slayer, and pounding Thrash riffs…Stalingrad is excellent. I am a big Thrash fan. This album satisfies all the parts of what I love about Thrash!
Vilarum can be streamed and downloaded at https://vilarum.bandcamp.com/ .
Failgiver
Hailing from Edmonton, Alberta, Failgiver's chaotic hardcore should satisfy fans of Converge, early Norma Jean, and Botch. They mix interesting rhythms with somewhat melodic parts, resulting in a gripping hardcore record. An admirable thing is that all proceeds from downloads of their digital album go to the Pride Centre of Edmonton. (It's pay what you wish.)
Download Failgiver at https://failgiverca.bandcamp.com/ .
Categories Bands and Artists
Author rocklikeafool
Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
After the release of their highly successful album and groundbreaking album Siamese Dream, the Smashing Pumpkins were on a roll musically, and decided that rehashing the same album wouldn't cut it, and decided to expand their sound even more. Not only would the album feature a wider array of styles, but would be a monster sized double album with 28 tracks. After another string of hits, this album became another commercial success, being awarded with the Diamond Certification of 10 million copies shipped. Though technically it really only sold 5 million, as the RIAA counts both discs individually, a bit unfair. The success of this album gave us some more songs that are considered not only classic Smashing Pumpkins songs, but also considered classic rock, with some songs still considered radio staples. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings", "1979", and "Tonight Tonight" are still heard on today's radio.
Even though Mellon Collie is a solid album with many great songs, it does have the problem many double albums have. It's really long. With 28 tracks and two hours worth of music, to sit through its entirety is definitely reserved for someone who either has the patience, or for really long car rides. So it's best that one listens to each disc separately. The album does have a focus on having a wide arrange of styles, and you can tell just by listening to the first three tracks that this album shows diversity. The first track, the title track, is a solo piano instrumental, then moves into the "Tonight Tonight" which features a string orchestra, and Jellybelly is an alternative metal track. There are a few songs that are psychedelic and dreamy, reminiscent of their Siamese Dream era, so coming from Siamese Dream, it won't scare you away. There are also a couple songs that have aspects of electronic rock seeping in, with electronic drums, but the one that really shows the electronic aspect is their famous hit 1979.
Even though the album does focus on a variety of sounds, a good portion of the album does tend to fall under the typical 90's style heavy alternative rock/alternative metal. Thanks to these types of songs, it causes the confusion for others that make them think the Pumpkins are a grunge band, especially with the Bullet With Butterfly Wings having the similar dynamic changes like Nirvana. Also with these songs, it does add some stability to the album, as sometimes having too much diversity can detract listeners, and feel either disjointed, or chaotic. It definitely tries to find a balance between being a heavily disjointed album, and from having all the songs sound too similar, as that can also be a drag for listeners.
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness is definitely a monstrous album, and is definitely not short-changed in content. With its diversity, there is guarantee to find a track that will appeal to you. Though with its 28 songs and two hour run time, listening to its entirety is definitely not for the feint of heart.
rating 5/5
Tags: 1979, bullet with butterfly wings, collie, mellon, mellon collie, mellon collie and the infinite sadness, pumpkins, smashing, smashing pumpkins, tonight tonight
Author Grungie
Sad Day for Puppets – Pale Silver & Shiny Gold
Sad Day for Puppets is a female fronted Swedish Indie quintet whose sound is based around the mixture of Indie rock and Shoegaze; with some songs leaning more towards one side or the other. Some have even labeled the band as part of the Nu Gaze movement, which is a Shoegaze revival movement, but whether or not it should be considered a separate genre is likely for debate. Released in 2010, this is their sophomore effort.
Unlike some other Shoegaze bands, Sad Day for Puppets don't bury the vocals under the miasma of fuzz, so vocalist Anna Elkund can be heard very clearly. Even though they're a Swedish band, all of their songs are in English, so there's no language barrier to break through. Also Elkund's accent is a little thick, but the lyrics are fairly easy to understand. Also many of the songs have more of a traditional pop song structure, with a lot of focus on melody. So unlike some of their contemporaries, their songs get to the point. They skip out on noisy instrumental sections and many times stick to the simple verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge structures. So their songs aren't exactly as chaotic as My Bloody Valentine, or Astrobrite. Closest to chaos might be their song "Such a Waste."
Despite the gloomy looking album cover, the overall feeling of the album feels pretty bright and musically upbeat, but the lyrics at times may not be exactly happy. The songs have a variety of dynamics and sounds, so they differ from some of the more traditional shoegaze bands by not focusing on max fuzz in all of their songs. The song "Beads" consists of just vocals and a fingerpicked guitar with some keyboards and woodwinds for atmosphere, and "First Time" consists a slightly distorted guitar with atmospheric sounds. Some of their fuzz focused songs aren't so fuzzed out, so you can easily hear the guitar melodies within it. So it adds a bit more to the soundscape instead of just focusing on a wall of sound on every single song.
Sad Day for Puppets may not be as "pure" of a sound that other Shoegaze bands, and would serve as a great band to introduce someone into the genre, but that's not to say they're a bad band. Their sound of pop melodies mixed with noisy fuzz guitar with Elkund's vocals are a nice addition to anyone's library, especially for someone looking for some more female lead music. Though at 37 minutes and at 10 tracks, this might be a bit too short for some people's likings, but it is also missing any filler material, so consider that a plus.
You can stream the album for free off of their Bandcamp page: http://saddayforpuppets.bandcamp.com/album/pale-silver-shiny-gold
Tags: indie, noise rock, review, sad day for puppets, shoegaze, swedish music
The Replacements – All Shook Down
Just by looking at the cover, All Shook Down looks a bit dreary and it's easy to see why. It's the final album from The Replacements, and the cover seems to fit the mood of a band on its last legs. Especially considering that this was actually supposed to be vocalist Paul Westerberg's first solo album. With its numerous session musicians with only a few tracks featuring the full band, it seems to lack the energy of most of their previous albums. While it lacks infamous anthems like "Left of the Dial", "Unsatisfied", and "Here Comes a Regular", that's not to say it doesn't have solid tracks.
Paul Westerberg was more or less a voice of a generation for many college rock fans, and even inspired much of the boom in alternative rock in the 90's, it seems that along with his audience, Westerberg was growing up. As a 30 year old man, it seems like he knew he was getting too old, and probably too tired to be singing about adolescent angst. This is pretty evident as their albums were progressively getting more mellowed out, almost like he shook out much of the anger he's had before.
Despite being one of their more mellow albums, it still features typical Westerberg lyrical tropes, like his heart on a sleeve feelings that are largely self depreciating, and misfits trying to find a place Most of the tracks are very acoustic guitar driven, with roughly 3 out of the 4 tracks without them are fully electric with the other one being a piano driven track, with its appropriately titled "the Last", with its multiple meanings, and strategically being placed as the last track on the last Replacements album. Even the lyrics can almost be interpreted towards being about the listener, especially with the final line: "It's gotta last for always" is a great final nail in the coffin for a band with such a large legacy.
While definitely not as ambitious or as memorable as albums like Let it Be or Tim, it's definitely a decent album. So while it won't cater to fans of their rougher, it does cater to those who are fans of adult alternative rock. With bands like The Wallflowers, and Train, especially with the latter drawing influence from Westerberg's music. Though in shear honesty, it's not their best album, but it's definitely not their worst.
Tags: all shook down, mats, paul westerberg, placemats, replacements, review, the, the replacements
Bringing Heavy Music to MTB, pt. 2: Matt Harnett
Welcome back to "Bringing Heavy Music on MTB"! This column features new (and not so new) heavy bands/artists (Hardcore, Metal, etc.) that you should check out! This month's artist is Matt Harnett, who is a metal guitarist from Knoxville, TN, USA.
Brief History:
Matt began this project in mid-2012. He says he has always been a fan of both instrumental guitar (Joe Satriani, Steve Vai) music and progressive metal (Periphery, Dream Theater) and that he really tries to capture elements of both genres in his music — "As well as any other genre I happen to be influenced by any particular day". However, for the most part, Matt's music is progressive metal, with major atmospheric elements throughout all his tracks.
Albums/EPs:
"Enigma" by Matt Harnett
Available for name your price at bandcamp.com.
What I like about his music:
I greatly enjoy that Matt uses clean/ambient guitar parts to add more depth to his music. The fact that it's not just similar to standard "djent-y" ambient parts in the background — actually adding something to the forefront of the songs — is excellent. The song dynamics range from "balls to the wall" heavy riffage to slow melodic lead parts, all of which enhances the ebb and flow of each song. What's great is that, since there's no vocals, the lead guitar often takes the place of vocals in an interesting way.
— Contact rocklikeafool at http://musictalkboard.icyboards.net/member.php?action=profile&uid=29.
Tags: atmospheric, band feature, Bandcamp, Bands and Artists, Heavy Metal, Instrumental, matt harnet, Progressive Metal
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Every Sunday you can join one of our worship experiences. At 10am we have our service entirely in Spanish and at 12:30pm we have our worship experience entirely in English.
Bethel Kidz is in full function for both service for children grades K - 5th. As well as our nursery which is from newborn to 2 years old.
At Bethel we believe that the family should enjoy church together, that's why we have our mid week family night every Wednesday, with something the whole family can enjoy.
Every Thursday morning there is a time of fellowship and worship for our seniors here at Bethel. Though this service is geared for our seniors all are welcomed.
Every Friday we have a time of intentional prayer. Everyone is welcomed to join as we cry out to God for the needs of our church and community.
On the last Friday of each month we invite you to join our prayer service. This is a time that we come together and lift up the needs and petitions of our hearts before God.
We are a church that believes that prayer changes things. Join us on Saturdays as a group of people fall before God first thing in the morning.


Is it benign or malignant? Two words that carry a huge amount of emotional weight for patients, of course, and for the doctors caring for those patients. So what if finding tissue abnormalities was less invasive, less expensive, and offered fewer false-positives and more reliable results? Canary's work on tumors across a range of cancer types focuses on earlier detection and the use of advanced technologies to better image tumor formation and distinguish cancer from benign disease.


5.13 miles away from CSR.
* There is also an Eckerd Drugstore in this plaza.
Turn left (SE) onto Avenida del Centro. Turn left (NE) onto W Buena Vista Dr. Bear right (E) onto ramp and continue (S) on World Dr. Bear right (S) onto ramp (Toll road). Bear right (E) onto Osceola Pkwy and stay on Osceola Pkwy (E) (Toll road). Stay on Osceola Pkwy (E). Continue (E) on ramp. Continue (E) on local road(s). Turn left (N) onto N Poinciana Blvd. Turn right (SE) onto SR-535 [Vineland Rd]. Turn left (E) onto US-192 [SR-530]. Turn left (N) onto Bamboo Ln. Turn left (W) onto US-192 [SR-530]. Turn right (N) onto local road. Arrive 2915 Vineland Rd.
what time does the walmart open till ?
I believe it is open until 10:00pm.
Do they sell liquor at Walmart in Florida?
Wine, beer and spirits are sold at the 3250 Vineland Road store.


I just got a new front door and am wanting something to decorate for Easter. (The door still needs paint, a new door knob and a new doorbell. . . some of my many projects!) I have seen a couple of bunny wreath ideas floating around on Pinterest. Here is my take of the concept. . .
First, I bought 2 wreaths (actually, I had already bought the oval wreath for another project that I never got around to!) All I needed was the round wreath. I just took the oval wreath with me to the store and found a round wreath that looked like the right size. Next, I made the bunny ears. I cut off the ends of wire coat hangers and shaped them like ears. I cut out 4 pieces of cream burlap that were about 1/4 inch larger than the forms.
And here is our Easter bunny!
And one of my own little bunnies who could not resist sneaking into the picture! Happy Easter decorating!


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keyword: familiarity
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on-yomi: ギ
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## Koohii stories:

1) [ikmys] 25-7-2007(35): After someone moves into the house next door, and after you give them a best regards gift (something they can fill their shelves with) the words you can now speak are those of familiarity. No more " 始めまして " ect.

2) [Meconium] 24-2-2010(6): When you've achieved a certain familiarity with a Japanese person, you can do away with words such as "宜しくお願いします" (よろしく おねがいします), roughly meaning "please accept my best regards".

3) [mantixen] 16-2-2007(4): Giving words of best regards can establish familiarity.

4) [perrin4869] 26-11-2012(1): The familiarity depicted here is that between a man, and the words in the books in the shelves of his house.

5) [gavmck] 11-3-2010(1): My words were "Give my best regards to Mr. Heisig who gave me kanji familiarity".

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JK Rowling's the new troll target for dissing Donald Trump, takes haters head on
JK Rowling has been the target of online haters since Tuesday for criticising American President Donald Trump's ban on Muslim immigrants. The Harry Potter series author, however, takes haters head on.
books Updated: Feb 06, 2017 08:52 IST
HT Correspondent
JK Rowling has never been the one to take things lying down. And she proves it yet again.
Loved across the world for penning the wildly popular Harry Potter book series, JK Rowling has never been the one to mince words or shy away from expressing opinions on pressing issues, political or otherwise. The author has been the target of online haters since Tuesday for criticising American President Donald Trump's ban on Muslim immigrants.
She was threatened with book burning, and called names — buttsniffing welfare queen, old whore and more — but Rowling refused to take it lying down, responding to the trolls with her characteristic tongue-in-cheek repartees.
Check out for yourselves the battleground that is JK Rowling's Twitter timeline:
In - Free - Countries - Anyone - Can - Talk - About - Politics.
Try sounding out the syllables aloud, or ask a fluent reader to help. pic.twitter.com/K1j19EIU5f
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) January 28, 2017
I think he's got a crush on me. pic.twitter.com/eberOUoJt1
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) February 1, 2017
Actually, we're thinking of selling them in pairs in future; a 'read one, burn one' deal for those who like the magic, but not the morals. https://t.co/EPsXoDodr7
Guess it's true what they say: you can lead a girl to books about the rise and fall of an autocrat, but you still can't make her think. pic.twitter.com/oB7Aq6Xz8M
Well, the fumes from the DVDs might be toxic and I've still got your money, so by all means borrow my lighter. pic.twitter.com/kVoi8VGEoK
I think you mean 'shudder', unless there's a biblical character called Shutter I've forgotten. pic.twitter.com/x1uOy6n3BH
*sighs* Well, who knows? If I try harder, I might be reincarnated as a lonely virgin hiding behind a cartoon frog. pic.twitter.com/EbocdxfJ5o
.@thehistoryguy Fundamentalists are always with us. For me, the 1990s were less about rave culture, more about book burnings...
This is not the first time people have burnt Rowling's Harry Potter books. There have been protests in the late 1990s and early 2000s when her books were burnt citing magical references in her work that contested Biblical theories and for promoting fantastical violent ideas among young children.
Rowling is the latest global icon to have publically dissed Donald Trump. A few weeks ago, Hollywood superstar Meryl Streep took to the stage at the Golden Globe Awards to denounce the POTUS. Other celebrities including Robert De Niro, Angelina Jolie, Shakira, Jennifer Lawrence and Stephen Hawking have been vocal about their disgust over Trump's ideologies.
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This past winter Rabbi David Cohen, took 7 UCLA Pre Med Students to Baltimore. The students were involved in a custom made research program at John Hopkins which will hopefully be published soon( this is program is a project JYP ) . They were given classes by Medical experts and advised on how to better their Medical School applications. The students also took classes in Jewish Medical Ethics.at the famous Ner Yisroel Yeshiva.


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A First War Silver Karl Friedrich Military Merit Medal for Bombing London
A First War Silver Karl Friedrich Military Merit Medal for Bombing London to Vizefeldwebel Eugen Stich: Military Merit Medal (1915-18), in silver, 40.3mm. Footnote: As an Unteroffizier in Bombengeschwader 3, Eugen Stich was proposed for the Gold Karl Friedrich Military Merit Medal on December 29, 1917. Only six weeks before however, he had received the Iron Cross 2nd Class and just previous to that, on October 24th, his Pilot's Badge had been sanctioned. So it probably came as no great disappointment to him that this lofty award was not approved and for this native Badener the required Silver Merit Medal on the ribbon of the Karl Friedrich was the one that was approved. Stich was commended by the Acting Leader of Bombengeschwader 3, Oberleutnant Richard Walter for his "many flights" against England during which it was said that Stich displayed outstanding dash and bravery. He obviously continued to carry on in the same spirit for on September 18, 1918, his Silver Karl Friedrich Military Merit Medal was one of four that was given out to men in his Fliegertruppe, the most ever awarded during the war to that arm of the service on a single day. Neil W. O'Connor; Aviation Awards of Imperial Germany in World War I: The aviation awards of the grand Duchies of Baden and Oldenburg, Volume 6


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Q: Generate a random number with max, min and mean (average) in Matlab I need to generate random numbers with following properties.

*

*Min must be 1

*Max must be 9

*Average (mean) is 6.00 (or something else)

*Random number must be Integer (positive) only

I have tried several syntaxes but nothing works, for example
r=1+8.*rand(100,1);

This gives me a random number between 1-9 but it's not an integer (for example 5.607 or 4.391) and each time I calculate the mean it varies.

A: You may be able to define a function that satisfies your requirements based on Matlab's randi function.  But be careful, it is easy to define functions of random number generators which do not produce random numbers.
Another approach might suit -- create a probability distribution to meet your requirements.  In this case you need a vector of 9 floating-point numbers which sum to 1 and which, individually, express the probability of the i-th integer occurring.  For example, a distribution might be described by the following vector:
[0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1]

These split the interval [0,1] into 9 parts. Then, take your favourite rng which generates floating-point numbers in the range [0,1) and generate a number, suppose it is 0.45.  Read along the interval from 0 to 1 and you find that this is in the 5-th interval, so return the integer 5.
Obviously, I've been too lazy to give you a vector which gives 6 as the mean of the distribution, but that shouldn't be too hard for you to figure out.

A: You can use randi to get random integers

A: Here is an algorithm with a loop to reach a required mean xmean (with required precision xeps) by regenerating a random number from one half of a vector to another according to mean at current iteration. With my tests it reached the mean pretty quick.
n = 100;
xmean = 6;
xmin = 1;
xmax = 9;
xeps = 0.01;
x = randi([xmin xmax],n,1);
while abs(xmean - mean(x)) >= xeps
    if xmean > mean(x)
        x(find(x < xmean,1)) = randi([xmean xmax]);
    elseif xmean < mean(x)
        x(find(x > xmean,1)) = randi([xmin xmean]);
    end
end

x is the output you need.

A: You could use floor to truncate your random numbers to integer values only:
r = 1 + floor(9 * rand(100,1));

Obtaining a specified mean is a little trickier; it depends what kind of distribution you're after.

A: Before you can design your random number generator you need to specify the distribution it should draw from. You've only partially done that: i.e., you specified it draws from integers in [1,9] and that it has a mean that you want to be able to specify. That still leaves an infinity of distributions to chose among. What other properties do you want your distribution to have?
Edit following comment: The mean of any finite sample from a probability distribution - the so-called sample mean - will only approximate the distribution's mean. There is no way around that.
That having been said, the simplest (in the maximum entropy sense) distribution over the integers in the domain [1,9] is the exponential distribution: i.e.,
p = @(n,x)(exp(-x*n)./sum(exp(-x*(1:9))));

The parameter x determines the distribution mean. The corresponding cumulative distribution is
c = cumsum(p(1:9,x));

To draw from the distribution p you can draw a random number from [0,1] and find what sub-interval of c it falls in: i.e.,
samp = arrayfun(@(y)find(y<c,1),rand(n,m));

will return an [n,m] array of integers drawn from p.

A: If the distribution is not important and all you're interested in is the mean, then there's a particularly simple function that does that:
function x=myrand
 x=6;
end

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The cost of a single cyberattack to a business can run as high as $20 million.
It's now a daily occurrence: Reading the headlines over a cup of java you come across one about a major cyberattack.
Isn't it shocking that even the U.S. government, with its layers of bureaucracy and "state-of-the-art" defense systems, can experience an attack on the data of 4 million workers?
In some ways, it's actually not a surprise.
But what if it was your data or your firm's?
As someone who's been close to technology since my days in Silicon Valley, I don't see the issue going away anytime soon. Even Apple is paying heed to security with its new iOS9, adding two-factor authentication for your ID and stronger encryption to ward off hackers.
The impact can be huge: Not only to your reputation, but the cost of a successful cyberattack is about $20 million for a financial services firm, $14.5 million for those in the tech sector, $12.7 million in communications and $8.6 million in retail, according to research from the Ponemon Institute referenced in a Heritage Foundation report. Deloitte also states that the financial services sector faces the greatest economic risk related to cybersecurity.
What can you, as a firm or leader, do to protect your data and reputation?
"The one thing going for you is that you can move more quickly in taking action than the U.S. government."
Lock and encrypt computers, use anti-virus software, and use a password manager. Be sure to control access to that password manager, typically to two people.
Not just on social media, but on data security protocols, using personal devices and reporting incidents. Don't forget that vendors and employees may pose risks, even if unintentional.
As part of your social media training, be sure to include behavior on various platforms. Social media for content-sharing isn't dangerous from a cybercrime perspective. But just as we need to watch those fraudulent emails, so too do we need to watch for the alluring follower on Twitter—the "phony" who posts a link that reads "check this out!"—only to infect your or your employees' devices and possibly even your firm's networks.
3. Conduct a mock cyberattack.
Smart firms are taking action now, simulating an attack and the actions that would be taken.
Train employees and conduct simulations of a data or social media breach: What would they do if malicious activity or other threat is detected? Who would they report it to? Among the key steps are to change passwords, notify key stakeholders, access or make backups of data, and contact your insurance firm if you have cyberinsurance.
4. Create a customer feedback loop.
It's surprising the number of financial firms that do not have an easy way for customers to communicate online about some issue or breach. Consider a message in statements or online directing consumers to alert leaders to possible cybersecurity threats.
Web publishing is a straightforward process. The key is in the tools you use to post content. For example, if using WordPress, secure that platform to better protect yourself and prevent the uploading of files that could infect your site or your visitors. Never allow others to upload files without first scanning them for potential risks.
It's a new world out there. The one thing going for you is that you can move more quickly in taking action than the U.S. government.
—By Jennifer Openshaw, author of "The Socially Savvy Advisor," is a nationally known financial leader and consumer advocate.
Openshaw has advised Fortune 500 firms on technology and communications and has appeared on CNBC, Fox and CNN.


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«Никола́й Ба́уман» — художественный фильм о российском революционере Николае Баумане (1873—1905).

Сюжет

Рассказ о последних годах жизни революционера. О его общении с рабочими и артистической богемой, убийстве и похоронах.

В ролях
 Игорь Ледогоров — Николай Бауман
 Ефим Копелян — Савва Морозов
 Элина Быстрицкая — Мария Андреева
 Ирина Мирошниченко — Надежда Бауман
 Игорь Дмитриев — Василий Качалов
 Владимир Балон — Илья Сац
 Сергей Никоненко — Виктор
 Наталья Величко — Нина
 Геннадий Юхтин — Кудряшов
 Наталья Суровегина — Саша
 Олег Голубицкий — Волков
 Родион Александров — Зотов
 Лев Поляков — Котов
 Александр Калягин (дебют) — Марат
 Станислав Симонов — половой в трактире
 Александр Малокиенко —  Ольга Гобзева — дама на похоронах (в титрах не указана)
 Вадим Захарченко — Поджарый
 Пётр Любешкин — надзиратель
 Анатолий Обухов —  Наталья Крачковская —  (в титрах не указана)
 Валентин Ткаченко
 Аркадий Толбузин — ''Бережной

Съёмочная группа
 Режиссёр — Семён Туманов
 Сценаристы — Георгий Капралов, Семён Туманов
 Оператор — Георгий Куприянов
 Композитор — Владимир Рубин
 Художник-постановщик — Василий Щербак
 Художник по костюмам - Лидия Наумова
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Технические данные
 чёрно-белый
 широкоэкранный

Награды
 1968 — вторая премия ВКФ в Ленинграде за лучшую мужскую роль (Ефим Копелян)

Литература
 Домашняя синематека. Отечественное кино 1918-1996 / Каталог игровых фильмов... - М., Дубль-Д, 1996 ISBN 5-900902-05-6

Ссылки
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Honors/Awards: ACCAC Player of the Year; NJCAA All-American Honorable Mention at Nationals (2016).
List any community involvement/charity work: Volunteered with the First Tee Golf Program throughout high school; volunteered and tutored students at Gale Elementary School during junior and senior year of high school.
Career aspirations outside of golf: "Nurse."
Influential person in your life: "My coach, Rick Price, has been the most influential person in my life. He has been very supportive along my journey to become a great golfer, and he has taught me life lessons that have shaped me as a person."
List anything interesting about yourself, family, or your sports career: My dad played on the basketball and badminton team throughout high school. My mom was captain of her dance team and a cheerleader in high school. I have a younger brother who swims for his high school team."


Volunteers and support staff are very busy today preparing for the WINTERFEST auction. Though today is warm and sunny, winter is on its way. Get a jump on Christmas preparations and gift giving and enjoy fellowship with our WCS community.


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What Actually Happened in Kashmir?
Why the details of the latest India-Pakistan battle over the territory are still murky—and why this time was different
Samanth Subramanian
India Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif smile before the start of their bilateral meeting in New Delhi May 27, 2014.Adnan Abidi / Reuters
Deep into the moonless night of Wednesday, September 28, according to Indian officials, two battalions of Indian commandos stole over the Line of Control, the de facto border that separates India and Pakistan in Kashmir. On foot, they reached a series of so-called "launch pads"— improvised structures where jihadist militants had assembled, so that they might more easily slip across border to conduct attacks in India. Using grenades and rocket-launchers, the Indian commandos destroyed the launch pads, killing an unknown number of militants in the process. By 4:30 a.m., the commandos had returned to Indian soil; on the way home, one soldier was wounded lightly by an exploding mine.
The mission marked the culmination of days of anxiety along the Line of Control. A week and a half earlier, militants in Pakistan had attacked an army base in Uri, a region of Kashmir that lies six miles east of the Line of Control, killing 19 soldiers—the highest death toll suffered by the Indian military in a terrorist assault in decades. Narendra Modi, India's prime minister, vowed that the episode "would not go unpunished." His home minister called Pakistan "a terrorist state"—one further iteration of the common knowledge that Islamabad's security apparatus foments and facilitates cross-border terrorism in Kashmir.
A week after India's raid on the launch pads, the immediate alarm that it would tip India and Pakistan into war has faded. On Monday, a Pakistani government spokesperson announced that the national security advisors of the two countries had spoken on the phone, and that they had agreed to try to defuse tensions along the Line of Control. But the operation marks an inflection point in Modi's Pakistan policy, one that he began outlining three years ago, when he started campaigning to be prime minister.
Details about the commando mission remain oddly sketchy. A short statement issued by the Indian military said that its intelligence agencies had received "very specific and credible information" about an impending terrorist attack. The commandos' "surgical strikes at several of these launch pads" caused "significant casualties," the statement added; it specified nothing further. (Additional facts about the operation have only emerged in subsequent, anonymously sourced media reports.) In a twist, Pakistan denied altogether that such an operation even transpired. The night of September 28 was quiet except for a near-routine bout of shelling and some exchange of small-arms fire across the Line of Control, Pakistani officials insisted. Correspondents for the The New York Times and the Washington Post managed to get close enough to Pakistan's side of the Line of Control to interview villagers who testified that no Indian troops had crossed over.
If these surgical strikes did indeed occur, they wouldn't have been India's first inside Pakistan-held territory. In recent decades, India's army and intelligence agents have penetrated the Line of Control to hit key positions occupied by terrorists or Pakistani soldiers, as part of the longstanding tussle over Kashmir. In his book Avoiding Armageddon, the Brookings Institution's Bruce Riedel recounted the spectacular 1988 explosion of an arsenal just outside Rawalpindi, nearly 200 miles from the border with India. "In 2012 two former Indian officers told me that it was their service that sabotaged the facility to punish Pakistan for helping the Kashmiri and Sikh rebels," Riedel wrote.
What was different about the operation on September 28, however, was the Indian government's eagerness to talk about it. An Indian army official held a press conference hours after the attack concluded. The home minister chaired a meeting of all national political parties to give them details about the mission. India's foreign secretary, S. Jaishankar, briefed the ambassadors of 25 countries within a day of the surgical strikes. Through India's long engagement in Kashmir, this was the first time the government publicly announced the results of an ostensibly covert maneuver.
The energy of this communication suggested that the strikes were, in large part, conducted with a domestic audience in mind. In recent months, Modi has faced increasing pressure to uphold his reputation for toughness, as well as his Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) credibility for giving Pakistan no quarter. India rattled its sabres less for the sake of deterrence—similar strikes in the past had no impact on Pakistan's fondness for nurturing militants and implicitly sanctioning their violence—and more as a public-relations exercise.
When Narendra Modi began his election campaign, he projected himself as the quintessential strongman, planning to whip the government into shape through the sheer force of his character. He spoke frequently about the need to deal with Pakistan and its state-backed terrorism firmly, and to recognize the limits of mere diplomacy. "A lot of people die in terrorist attacks. Pakistan beheads our soldiers on our soil. Yet Delhi is holding talks with Pakistan over chicken biryani," Modi scoffed in September 2013. The BJP, rooted in Hindu nationalism, has traditionally advocated greater aggression against Pakistan. While the party's manifesto for the 2014 election mentioned Pakistan only twice, one of its key foreign policy planks left little room for doubt: "In our neighborhood we will pursue friendly relations. However, where required we will not hesitate from taking [a] strong stand and steps."
But foreign policy is too large a battleship to turn around that easily, and the BJP was coming to power after the 10-year prime ministership of Manmohan Singh, who was keen on maintaining civil and pacific relations with Pakistan. After Modi's victory in May 2014, his stance softened. He invited Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, as well as other South Asian leaders, to his inauguration ceremony in New Delhi; later, Sharif sent along a sari as a gift for Modi's mother. On the sidelines of the Paris climate talks, the two leaders agreed to begin a comprehensive dialogue. Weeks later, on Sharif's birthday, Modi paid a surprise visit to Lahore while returning to India from Afghanistan. "That's like a statesman," Modi's foreign minister tweeted approvingly. "This is how it should be with neighbors."
Modi maintained his pacified tone even after an attack on an Indian Air Force base on January 2. Six militants climbed over the perimeter wall of the station in Pathankot, near the border in Punjab, and in a gun battle that lasted for hours, seven military personnel were killed. In the aftermath, India and Pakistan agreed to postpone a scheduled round of talks. In a gesture without precedent, the Indian government also permitted a five-member investigation team from Pakistan to visit Pathankot. When the team's report claimed that the attack was a "false flag" operation, orchestrated by India to malign Pakistan, India shrugged off these conclusions. Three weeks later, New Delhi resumed talks with Islamabad.
The decision to press on with diplomacy—"love letters," as Modi scorned the process in 2009—was applauded by several Indian commentators as mature and cool-headed. Within the BJP's nationalist support base, however, it was interpreted as weakness. For the party's diehards, it deviated too much from their sustaining mythology. On social media, disappointed outrage-merchants called Modi "spineless" and "incompetent." The Shiv Sena, one of the BJP's coalition allies, accused the government of being deluded. "Whoever becomes the prime minister, they immediately become obsessed with Pakistan and how to engage with it despite grave provocations," Sanjay Raut, a Shiv Sena parliamentarian said. "I didn't expect it from this government, but it too seems to be going down the same road." Ajai Sahni, a counter-terrorism analyst, wondered: "Where is our national pride?"
Indian army soldiers keep guard on the outskirts of Srinagar, October 3, 2016. (Danish Ismail / Reuters)
Since then, Modi has weathered a torrid summer in Kashmir. At least 70 civilians and two policemen were killed in demonstrations that began in early July, after Indian troops shot dead a popular young militant named Burhan Wani. Crowds congested the streets of Kashmir's towns, throwing stones and demanding that the army shrink its presence in the valley or even that India leave Kashmir altogether. For weeks on end, security forces seemed unable to suppress the protests altogether, despite the extensive use of pellet guns, a weapon classified as "non-lethal" and capable of spraying dozens of small metallic balls at high velocity. (One hospital in Srinagar had to perform more than 400 eye surgeries on pellet-gun victims, sparking protests from doctors over the weapon's indiscriminate use.) The attack in Uri occurred just as the protests across Kashmir had abated somewhat. It was within this climate that the Indian government ordered the midnight excursions into Pakistan-held Kashmir.
The risks of runaway escalation from that operation have now diminished. The genuine quandary now appears to be the Indian government's policy of future reaction. Power once projected is difficult to contain. In openly announcing this set of strikes, the Indian government has committed itself to responding in like fashion to the next attack, or the one after that, or the ones further still down the line. In the attempt to reap immediate political capital through the display of a strong hand, the government may well have locked itself into a single course of action.
Samanth Subramanian is a correspondent for The National and the author of This Divided Island: Stories From the Sri Lankan War.


Holi is the festival of colors and love which is celebrated in Pahalgam Purnima that usually comes up in end of February or early March. Holi is the festival that celebrates the good and bad of anything. The festival of colors also rebuilds the relationships of the people. On this day everyone wishes each other 'Happy Holi'. The celebration of Holi starts on the eve of Holi when the people celebrate with the bonfire, Use these hand-picked Happy Holi in Advance Wishes to greet your family and friends with love and joy.
23 tareekh kabhi intzar nahi karte!
Ki Aap rang chhudane ko tarse Happy Holi..!!!!
A true and caring relation doesn't have to speak loud,a soft sms is just enough to express the heartiest feelings.Enjoy the festival of Holi with lots of fun.
I wish a very Happy Holi to my parents, my bon, uncle, auntie, my near and dearfriends, and all my students. Days end, but memories will be there in everybody'smind.
When love is in the air, you know it is time to celebrate Holi!Happy Holi!
As you drench urself in the colors of love;may ths Holi replete ur days ahead!
I fondly remember the Holi we celebrated together. We had so much fun, having thatbhang thandai for the first time. I remember Riti you gave me only one spoon of itand had a glass full for yourself. But I know you will never forget how much troubleyou had later when you were not coming out of the bathroom. Wish we could have thesame fun again.
Just like a red rose that fills the world with beauty & fragrance…You have made my life so beautiful by being in it. On Holi,the festival of colors & joy I wanna say thank you forall the love & smiles you've brought to my life.
May god gift u all the colors of life,colors of joy, colors of happiness, colors of friendship,colors of love n all other colors u want to paint in your life.Happy Holi.


It would have been a mistake to think that the healthcare debate was over, at least for a little while. Evidently, debate rages on the meaning of some of the terms used… Stay tuned!
The healthcare reform law requires that, starting in 2011, insurance companies' medical loss ratios — the ratio of an insurance company's spending on healthcare for policyholders to its revenues — must be 85% or higher in large-group markets and 80% or higher in individual and small-group markets.The Department of Health and Human Services asked the NAIC to propose specifics for the medical loss ratio, and that definition was due by June 1. The NAIC missed that deadline and explained to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius that it needed more time to figure out a formula that wouldn't harm the insurance market.Although the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act PPACA stated that federal taxes would be excluded from the formula used to calculate the medical loss ratio, the NAIC, the insurance industry, members of Congress, and others, are locked in a debate about what, exactly, constitutes a "federal tax."Ultimately, HHS will have the final say.
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Just found this in my inbox and thought i'd let you know. Six more domains are now available when creating your free hosting account at Hostinger.com. Below is a list of the domains (oh, and the email as well as ) and there is at least one of them that sounds somewhat familiar. 890m.com was used by 000webhost.com a few years back, around 2010 i believe.
To get started login to your Hostinger control panel at http://cpanel.hostinger.co.uk, choose to create a new hosting account and select any of these free domain names for your website.
Looking at the domain names….i can't see myself using any of the above. They are just ridiculous and i don't get why Hostinger.com doesn't offer domains with somewhat more "regular" names. zz.vc…..come on, who wants a domain like that?


Yesterday I packed the family into the cruiser, and we made the hour-long trek to Lewiston to once again, don our 3-D glasses, this time for Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland"; which should really be called "Alice Returns to Wonderland", as it is essentially a sequel.
We got off to a bit of a bad start; we were running late thanks to some family squabbling, and by the time we got to the theatre, the previews were almost over and the room was packed! While looking for seats, I missed the preview for "Tron Legacy" which looked pretty awesome from what I saw. So before the movie even began, I was annoyed from the fighting, wet from the rain, MORE annoyed at missing the Tron preview, and SUPREMELY annoyed at having to sit on the far right end of the third row from the screen! The reason I'm telling you this is because it may have influenced my review.
First off, the 3-D is excellent! Perfectly clear and so effective that there is no need for a cheesy paddleball to remind you that you are at a 3-D film. The film is visually stunning, however; this is a Tim Burton film, so the colors are muted, the envronments are dark, and the mood is gothic. I would have liked to see some brighter colors. I enjoyed the performances, and Crispin Glover was a great scene-stealer as "The Knave of Hearts". I was worried that Johnny Depp was going to overpower the film as the Mad Hatter, but that was not so; I enjoyed the depth he brought to the character.
That being said, the movie seems to drag a bit here and there and some of the plot elements are a bit silly. All things considered, I'll give it 2.5 stars out of four.


Researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (Spain) developed new image processing techniques and applied then to "recover light" from the Hubble Ultra Deep Field Survey data.
It took them a few years, I imagine hella rendering time (HRT). The result is the deepest look into the universe ever.
It's profound landscape art of the first light.
A&A 621, A133 (2019) 1 Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, C/ Vía Láctea, 38200 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spaine-mail: asborlaff@iac.es 2 Facultad de Física, Universidad de La Laguna, Avda. Astrofísico Fco.


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Highworth Warneford School is a mixed academy status secondary school in the small town of Highworth, north of Swindon, Wiltshire, England for pupils aged 11 to 16. Since July 2011, the school has been an academy.

History
The modern Highworth Warneford was established in 1975, replacing Warneford Secondary Modern School which was established in 1957. The main buildings from the original school are still in use. There have been constant expansions of the school ever since, including the addition of a sports hall.

In 2011, the school was awarded specialist status as a Technology College.

Ofsted judgements

In 2001 Ofsted judged the school to have serious weaknesses. In 2003 the school was judged to have improved.

At its March 2018 Ofsted inspection the school was assessed as "Requires Improvement", a deterioration from the 2013 rating of "Good".

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Educational institutions established in 1975
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Terahertz Technology- Present and the Future
Terahertz technology has witnessed significant advancements over the past few decades. An emerging field, terahertz has the potential of improving applications such as passenger scanning at airports, huge digital data transfers, and many others. The frequency of terahertz radiation comes between bandwidths of microwaves and infrared radiation. Terahertz radiations are capable of penetrating easily into numerous materials, including biological tissue. These radiations carry very low energy, posing no risk to objects under investigation.
Increasing Applications of Terahertz Technology Expected to Drive its Market Growth
Owing to technological advancements, imaging systems can now can now access terahertz frequency bands. Several manufacturers are now focusing on development of new devices capable of transmitting and receiving radiations of terahertz frequency range. Terahertz technology is utilised in various field for various applications such as spectroscopy, communication and imaging systems. Increasing applications of terahertz technology across numerous industries for checking quality and monitoring process control is foreseen to drive the demand for terahertz systems and components in the upcoming years.
Future Market insights (FMI), in its report, states that soaring adoption of terahertz technology across industries such as defence & homeland security, aerospace, etc. is expected to fuel the growth of the global terahertz technology market in the near future. In addition, factors such as surging investments in research & development activities, soaring high-end terahertz devices applications in processes such as process control monitoring and research laboratory, and Increasing penetration of terahertz technology across medical science and biology sectors are prominent drivers for the market growth. In contrast factors such as lack of awareness on terahertz technology might result into sluggish adoption, while concerns regarding reliability and accuracy issues are likely to be restrain the market growth.
A Device for Detection of Foreign Bodies in Food Products using Terahertz Technology
New devices are being designed based on terahertz technology. Terahertz radiations are capable of penetrating through various substances and objects, making it possible to discern their internal properties. These sensors developed enable detection of foreign bodies in food products, for e.g. sliced vegetables and meat. These foreign bodies may comprise of glass, plastic, insects, paper, or metals-including the corrosion resistant ones. In addition, these sensors may be utilised for identifying microorganisms, in real time, belonging to main, common pathogen strains, possibly present in perishable foodstuffs, and carrying out microorganism counts. The researchers have designed a device, miniaturised mixture of transmitter & receiver, undertaking radiation detection in the range of terahertz frequency. Spectral signature of substances and objects, according to authors of this research, is quite different between any two cases considered, which makes detection simpler and gives lower false alarms.
Wireless Terahertz Technology to be a Boon for Data Transfer's Future
Effective wireless communications are expected to gain huge demand with increasing shifts of activities to tablets and smartphones. A new technology has been recently introduced by researchers from Japan's National Institute of Information and Communications Technology. Panasonic Corporation focuses on achieving this technology in the near future, as it is capable of reaching speeds surpassing 100Gbps in single channel, where comparable speeds are offered to several fibre connections. In this research, a terahertz transmitter sends digital data utilising 300GHz spectrum band- higher frequency than the current 4G and Wi-Fi networks. These typically utilised bands in the range of 800MHz to 4GHz, albeit in-development services of 5G are foreseen to utilise 100GHz. The transmission technology that the Japanese have used claims of delivering 10X power of previous versions, potentially offering ultra-high speed links to the satellites. This technology is expected to be a boon for future of data transfer.
The information presented here is sourced from Future Market Insights latest report. A sample of this report is available upon request.
Author: Abhishek Budholiya is a tech blogger, digital marketing pro, and has contributed to numerous tech magazines. Currently, as a technology and digital branding consultant, he offers his analysis on the tech market research landscape. His forte is analysing the commercial viability of a new breakthrough, a trait you can see in his writing. When he is not ruminating about the tech world, he can be found playing table tennis or hanging out with his friends.
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Brevard County is the recipient of State Medical Response Team (SMRT) and federal resources Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) to support our local hospitals with increased needs while Cape Canaveral Hospital prepares to re-open.
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Brevard County is the recipient of State Medical Response Team (SMRT) and federal resources Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) to support our local hospitals with increased needs while Cape Canaveral Hospital prepares to re-open on Wednesday.
A Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) is a group of federal medical personnel organized to provide rapid-response medical care during a disaster. This team is being deployed to Holmes Regional Medical Center.
Florida State Medical Response Team SMRTs is a group of state medical personnel that assists in providing medical care during a disaster. This team is being deployed to Parrish Medical Center in Titusville.
Both of these teams are being deployed for several days to one week to be able to continue to serve the medical needs of citizens of Brevard County.
Brevard County is the recipient of State Medical Response Team (SMRT) and federal resources Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) to support our local hospitals with increased needs while our local hospitals (Cape Canaveral) prepare to re-open.


The Time Now is a reliable tool when traveling, calling or researching. The Time Now provides accurate (US network of cesium clocks) synchronized time and accurate time services in Nuuk, Greenland.
How to dial to Nuuk?


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NBC News looks at the practice of "No Contest" pleas required by prosecutors in cases of wrongful conviction: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/end-decades-death-row-inmate-makes-agonizing-choice-n699561. The story focusses on James Dennis, who spent 25 years on death row in a case that was eventually thrown out in part because the prosecution had withheld evidence of innocence from the defense. The prosecutor required Miller to plead no contest to the original charge as a condition not to retry the case. As NBC news reports, the practice is not uncommon in claims of wrongful conviction. It allows prosecutors to keep a conviction without a new trial. The defendant, meanwhile, acknowledges there may be enough evidence for another guilty verdict but can still maintain their innocence.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on January 3, 2017 by Paul Seeman.


Yes, I still have pumpkins on my porch. The intent is to have teen son take them to the field out back and split them open with a hatchet for critters to feed upon. I found them nicely frosted as I stepped out this morning.


Selena Daly, Lecturer, Royal Holloway, University of London, discusses the shaping of Swanzy's aesthetic and the influence of the Italian avant-garde on her work.
Dr Selena Daly, Lecturer, Royal Holloway, University of London, discusses the shaping of Mary Swanzy's aesthetic and the influence of the Italian avant-garde on her work. Reflecting on Swanzy's first-hand encounters with Futurism in Italy prior to the First World War, Daly traces Futurist connections in Swanzy's work, examining the movement's reception in Ireland, at a time when Irish society was experiencing huge social and political upheaval.
Mary Swanzy (1882-1978) is a unique Irish artist. Her level of achievement, world travel and original thinking is unmatched in Irish art, yet this is the first retrospective of her work in 50 years. Born in the late Victorian era, by her early twenties Swanzy had mastered the academic style of painting. She witnessed the birth of Modern art in Paris before the First World War and her work rapidly evolved through the different styles of the day, each of them interpreted and transformed by her in a highly personal way.
In 1920, against the background of violence of the Irish War of Independence, she left Ireland in a form of self-imposed exile. Traveling first through Eastern Europe and the Balkans, she then sailed to Hawaii and Samoa from 1923 to 24 – literally crossing the globe. While there she produced a body of work that is unique in an Irish context with images that show her proto-feminism and critique of the colonial system. Best known for her Cubist and Futurist paintings, after 1914 she exhibited regularly at the Paris Salon des Indépendants and the Beaux Arts, alongside artists who are now household names. By 1946 she was included in exhibitions with Chagall, William Scott and Henry Moore but after this time her work fell into obscurity.
This may in part have been due to her status as a female artist and indeed she was vocal on issues of gender, remarking; 'if I had been born Henry instead of Mary my life would have been very different'.
The IMMA exhibition Voyages, 2018-2019, aims to reinstate her as a Modern Irish Master.


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Have you been overcooking the content and under-cooking the experience? Are you looking for the right ingredients to build ongoing learner engagement in your training? This webinar may be the answer for you.
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New Year, Old Socks
New Year, old socks, as my father used to say. Anything new, borrowed or blue? Well, as far as I can see from my lookout post here in the wild north of Spain, things are pretty much the same. Real Madrid are blue having been defeated by Getafe (they play in blue, in case you didn't get the joke), and was it simply a case of no-Vinicius-no-party? Possibly, but the old socks would seem to be the tendency of Real Madrid to start every new year with some trepidation, and this year it was a player who is normally borrowed on loan (Enes Unal) but who now plays in blue who did the early damage, from which RM never recovered. Well, it was a mistake by Militao that led to the early and definitive goal, but the defender had an excellent 2021, so maybe not a good sign for him? Alaba didn't exactly cover himself in glory either, but hey – this is the first time the men in white had lost since October – fifteen games undefeated to be precise, so we can cut them a bit of slack. Madrid have a tendency to start poorly after a break, as if the cut in their momentum affects them more than sides like Getafe, more accustomed to the ups-and-downs of life.
Oh dear, Mr Militao
One curious aspect of the line-up was the backside of Hazard on the bench, when the absence of Vinicius called for a player of similar profile. Ancelotti had actually announced, rather portentously before Christmas that 'Hazard ha vuelto' (Hazard's back), but maybe he'd eaten too much turkey over the Yuletide break, or whatever Belgians indulge in. However, watching Hazard and Marcelo come on in the second half for Asensio and Mendy was to witness a rather strange changing of the guard, like a couple of kids making way for their wiser grandfathers. It didn't work. Madrid (or rather Modric) played well in the first half, but ran out of inspiration in the second.
On Wednesday they travel again to Alcoyano (over near Valencia) to play a side who beat them in last year's cup, around the same time. This was a particularly harrowing game for Zidane (remember him?) which laid bare his strange inability to read certain games – particularly ones where the opponents (in Segunda B) understood far better the surface they were playing on. I mean they just kept hoofing it up, and causing Madrid problems, whilst Madrid continued to play as if they were in the Bernabeu. They would do well, in terms of morale, to avoid a repetition of that little nightmare. It'll be interesting to see the side he puts out. Alcoyano currently sit two places below RM's B team, but this type of game has a wonderful tendency to dent a giant's season. Alcoyano have already done for Levante (although at the moment that's no great achievement) but anyway – one to watch this week.
Alcoyano, 2021 version
Talking of kids, the ones at Barça seem to be alright at the moment, although it was an older fellow, Luuk de Jong who scored their winner over in Mallorca. De Jong, rather like the injured Braithwaite and several similar-type players before them, know that it's cool to wear a Barça shirt for a season or two but that in the end, the feeling that you ain't really wanted (or rated) starts to nag at your confidence and you depart, for your own good. I actually heard the phrase 'De Jong scored – the rubbish one' the other day in the gym, and although one can understand the point of such banter, it's kind of unfair. But….this is a team that sets high standards, and there is a sense of something building already, so soon after Koeman's departure. The presence of so many new names on the team-sheet invited scepticism as to their chances of escaping with a result, but escape they did, and even kept a clean sheet. So a good start to the new year for Ter Stegen, who was incidentally wearing the same socks.
The other De Jong
Barça are now in 5th place, a point off the Champs League spots, and one supposes that all is therefore fine in the corporate world. The advertisers, sponsors and promoters can breathe a sigh of relief and at the very least count on some visibility in the Europa League next season – a competition where Barça can now get some practice in. But sarcasm aside, the ability of these young chaps to step up from La Masia and do the business says a lot about the set-up. The future looks bright, if they can hang on to the real prospects. The imminent inclusion of Ferran Torres, signed but not quite delivered, is another reason for the Camp Nou faithful to be cheerful at the start of 2022. As the old cliché goers, it would be difficult to have a worse year than the previous one. They travel to Linares in the cup, three places below Alcoyano and seven places below Barça B. So in theory, nothing new for several of those kids who played at Mallorca.
Betis had a rather better 2021, but stepped into '22 with an unexpected defeat at home to improving Celta. Perhaps they also suffer from the break-the-dynamic syndrome that seems to afflict Real Madrid. They remain 3rd, however, a whole 8 points below their neighbours Sevilla, of whom the inevitable questions are now being asked – can they challenge for the title?
Betis – bad day back at the office
Perhaps this question would be better answered in an entire article dedicated to the issue, but for now, let's just say that first and foremost they have a motivated manager. Julen Lopetegui would love to get one over on his previous boss, and although there is a reasonable consensus on his coaching and motivational abilities, he only has one major trophy to his name so far (the Europa League). The league title is a big ask, and one that his team has not won since 1946. In fact that was the only time they've won it, despite their reputation as a 'big' side. However, you feel that if Madrid were to stumble – and there are plenty of reasons to believe that they might – then there could be a chance. Five points behind with a game in hand, they've only lost twice this season (as have RM) and Atlético, for the moment, seem unlikely to retain their crown.
Their 1-0 win at Cádiz, late on Monday night, was the sort of game that title challengers need to win, to endorse their credentials. Cádiz were on a pretty miserable run, but the bus-parkers supreme had just got a draw in the Bernabéu – a testament to their awkwardness factor. Local derby and rested, with key players back, Sevilla could have been forgiven for blowing it against them, but they didn't. Then again, it wasn't very pretty. One criticism of Lopetegui is that he's a random system-changer, a sign that he lacks true vision. Others praise his flexibility – so you decide. But the 4-4-3 in Cádiz seemed to go through every permutation possible before returning to the 4-4-3 that eventually yielded Ocampos' late goal. If you want my own very quick view, I don't think they've got the depth of squad, but they're aggressive, organised and very good at the back, with only 13 conceded. Real Madrid will certainly be taking them seriously. They visit them in April and will want some more daylight between them by the time that fixture comes around.
JL – flexible or firm?
Very quickly – Levante? It ain't looking good. Half the season gone, no wins and a turkey stuffing (5-0) at Villarreal. Watch out for Emery's team in this second half to the campaign. Alavés got lucky at home to Real Sociedad – check out the penalty that wasn't blown for the foul on Isak – possibly the funniest of the decade. As they say, if that ain't a penalty, I'm a Ninja Turtle. Happy New Year.
Phil Ball
Author Phil BallPosted on January 5, 2022 Categories Weekend Summary
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Sevilla played 4-4-3? No wonder they won!
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SATURDAY, Sept. 15, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Cases of thyroid cancer are on the rise in the United States, and experts want you to know how people at high risk for the disease can detect it early.
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