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How to Use Google Assistant's New Routines Feature
By Ryan Lynch – Posted on Apr 2, 2018 Apr 1, 2018 in Android, iOS
Regardless of how you feel about voice controls, it seems like every company is dead-set on integrating into everything. For example, consider the fact that manufacturer Kohler has integrated voice commands into their latest high-end toilet, the Numi. Of course, being able to shout "Flush!" after you've done your business doesn't seem like much of an advantage over pressing a lever or button.
That being said, voice controls aren't going anywhere. The success of smart assistants like Apple's Siri and Amazon's Alexa has proven that there is a big market for these products, despite their limitations. Google is hoping that its latest innovation will set their smart assistant technology, dubbed simply "assistant." ahead of the pack.
Google is calling the new feature "Routines." Essentially, this will let you string together a number of actions with just one command. However, it's still early days and there are some limitations. Despite limited functionality, "Routines" is an exciting new feature that can help you simplify your daily life.
Related: How to Help Google Assistant Recognize Your Contacts with Phonetic Names
What Are "Routines?"
As we mentioned above, "Routines" allows users to automate the execution of various tasks by speaking a specific phrase aloud. For instance, saying "Good Morning" would trigger the Google Assistant app to run your "morning routine." This could include things like taking your phone off silent, rattling off the weather forecast and giving you a run down of your commute.
What Can I Do With Routines?
At this point in time there are only six routines that Google Assistant can execute:
Commuting home
I'm home
Each one of these "routines" can be customized with a variety of different actions. For example, the "commuting to work" routine might read the day's news headlines and play music. The "commuting home" routine might read any unread text messages you received during the day and remotely adjust the thermostat. Routines has been designed to execute a number of actions when prompted by a single phrase.
Related: The Best Features of Google Assistant on Android
How to Set Up Routines
In order to start using Routines, you'll need to grab the Google Home app. The app is available for both Android and iOS devices. Once the app is installed, fire it up and open the menu. From there, select the "More Settings" option. Scroll down and tap on "Routines." Select one of the "ready-made" routines to begin customizing it.
Select a Trigger Phrase
The first thing you can change is the phrase that will activate the routine. For instance, the "Good Morning" routine will kick off once you say "Good Morning." If you feel funny about greeting a hunk of plastic, you can change this to "Tell me about my day" or simply, "I'm up."
Customize Actions
Once you've chosen your activation phrase, you can start customizing what happens when you say that phrase. Simply check the box next to the action to include it in the "Routine." Alternatively, you can prevent an action from occurring by unchecking the box. If the action has a cog icon next to it, it means that the action can be customized further. Simply tap on the cog icon to explore other options related to that action.
Upon scrolling down the list of basic actions, you'll see a section labelled "And then play." This lets you choose what happens at the end of each routine. You can play music, listen to podcasts or an audiobook, tune in to a radio station or hear the news. You'll notice that each one of these options has a cog icon next to it. Tapping on that cog icon will enable you to customize the source. For instance, if you want the news to play, you can choose a specific news organization like CNN or NPR.
Despite the limitations of routines, the new feature ushers in some exciting possibilities. Hopefully, in the future Google will add even more "routines" to the ones currently available. Furthermore, if custom routines could be created by users, the potential usefulness of the feature would only be limited by users' imaginations.
Have you tried using Routines? Do you think that this new feature is useful? If you haven't used routines yet, are you planning to give them a try? Why or why not? Let us know in the comments!
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Category: Cabrini Connections
Go now, and take flight!
It's amazing how quickly 8 weeks goes by when you're immersed in work you're passionate about. The Cabrini Connections Reel Talent Productions internship ran successfully and 3 teenage girls emerged with a renewed sense of confidence about who they are and what they can achieve. Here's a peek at what went down.
Our interns Alicia Ward, Melissa Young and Marquita Fisher
In Summer 2011, 3 teenage interns came together to produce a short documentary about health and sports participation in their communities. With the generous help of Girls In The Game and Kartemquin Films, the result was 8 weeks of immersive, hands-on learning for the girls. Their finished film "Girls In Action" premiered on Aug 24, 2011 to over 50 people, and the screening was followed by a thoughtful Q&A session about the issues. Girls In Action will also be featured as a companion web video for In The Game, a Kartemquin Films doc-in-progress about Title IX, gender equality in sports, and how change takes place in a democracy.
Summer Squad
Teaching the younger generation that sports can be fun and that it's good to stay active!
In order for our interns to produce a well-informed and thoughtful documentary, they had to first learn about the issue at hand – why there is a lack of participation in sports among girls in their community. So we kicked things off by sending them to spend a week at Girls In The Game's Summer Squad. There, our girls not only participated in daily workouts, but also learned about the media's role in influencing perceptions of sports participation. They had to think about important questions like:
• How much coverage are women's sports given in the media?
• How does the media portray sportswomen?
• How does that influence a teenage girl's desire to be active?
• What can I as a filmmaker to do change perceptions and encourage more girls to be active?
Field Trip: Chicago Premiere of The Interrupters
Getting an autograph from Ameena Matthews of CeaseFire at The Interrupters premiere
To give our interns an understanding of how social issue documentary can inform audiences and affect change, we took them to the Gene Siskel Film Center for the Chicago premiere of The Interrupters, the newest film from Kartemquin Films (Hoop Dreams). It was an eye-opening experience for them to see a documentary film by the legendary Steve James, and to witness great audience discussion after with the filmmakers and subjects.
The Big Premiere
After weeks of hard work, Girls In Action was finally complete.
Our girls hard at work out in the field!
Our interns had the opportunity to screen their new documentary to the award-winning filmmakers at Kartemquin Films. The big day began with a special sit-down lunch with the producers and director of In The Game, where the girls got to share their experience and ask questions of Kartemquin's Executive Director Justine Nagan, Producer Mary Morrissette, and Director Maria Finitzo herself.
After screening Girls In Action to the wonderful folks at Kartemquin Films
That same evening, our interns planned a big screening at Cabrini Connections itself. There was an overwhelming turnout of support from the interns' friends, family members, subjects of the film, internship mentors, representatives from Girls In The Game, and staff of Cabrini Connections. The place was bustling with excitement as the girls geared up to screen their film a second time that day.
The crowd at Cabrini Connections listens carefully during the Q&A session after watching Girls In Action
Following the screening, the interns invited representatives from Girls In The Game up front to join in the Q&A session. Questions from audience members came fast and furious – first about issues covered in the film and what we can do about it, and later about the filmmakers' experience. Our girls had set a goal for their film to inform, inspire and influence, and based on the questions audience members were asking, we can say they've achieved it. They handled the Q&A very well and we are very proud of what they'd accomplished in such a short period of time.
Our three interns had, over the course of 8 weeks, learned so much more than how to use a camera. They learned:
how to think critically about an issue and structure their story in a manner that would convey a positive message to their audience.
professional communication skills such as how to set up interviews, how to send a professional e-mail, and how to follow-up with a thank you note after.
basic job responsibilities such as showing up punctually, completing tasks on time, and communicating with teammates clearly and effectively.
to exercise their public speaking skills by standing in front of an audience, presenting their work, and taking questions after.
how to carry on as champions of healthy living and keeping an active lifestyle.
As with all good things, the internship had to come to an end. We sent our girls off with the hope for bright futures ahead for them all. Go now, and take flight!
Group photo on the last day. Melissa, Marquita and Alicia hold special DVD copies of their work and photographs for memories.
Of course, none of this would have been possible without the help of my two fellow instructors, Jane Wang and Jonathan Vogel. I couldn't have asked for a better team to take this adventure on with me.
September 24, 2011 by yongshuling Categories: Cabrini Connections, Film Events, Kartemquin Films, My Work, Personal Reflection, Reel Talent Productions, Social Change	Leave a comment
Announcing the Reel Talent Productions Summer Interns!
They applied, they were interviewed, and they conquered! We're happy to announce the 3 budding filmmakers who'll be going through an intense 8 weeks working on their own documentary about health and fitness in their communities.
Melissa Young, Marquita Fisher and Alicia Ward
We're kicking off the first week with an immersive learning experience by sending our interns to participate in the Girls In The Game Summer Squad, where they'll be playing sports, going on field trips and learning about issues around Sports and the Media.
Keep a lookout for the girls' updates and reflections on their filmmaking journeys on our Reel Talent Productions blog at www.cabrinifilms.blogspot.com
Much love and gratitude goes out to my amazing team for leading this with me. Jonathan, Jane and I are going to work our butts off to make this as memorable and fulfilling of an internship for the girls as possible. :)
Me with my awesome teammates Jonathan and Jane
July 10, 2011 August 11, 2011 by yongshuling Categories: Cabrini Connections, Reel Talent Productions, Social Change	Leave a comment
Reel Talent Productions takes on Health & Fitness Issues
First Lady Michelle Obama made it clear:
"The physical and emotional health of an entire generation and the economic health and security of our nation is at stake."
With a mission of solving the challenge of childhood obesity within a generation, Michelle Obama launched Let's Move!, a nationwide initiative to put children on a path to a healthy future.
One of the 4 pillars of the campaign is in Increasing Physical Activity, because our young people now live in a world where it's easy to be sedentary, and inconvenient to be active. In a report to President Obama, adolescents spend more than 7 hours/day watching television, DVDs, movies, or using a computer/cell phone/MP3 Player. 56% of boys and 74% of girls are not getting sufficient exercise.
That's why I'm excited to announce that three Reel Talent Productions teens will spend 8 weeks on a summer filmmaking internship producing short documentary to examine what the situation is like within their community. How'd things get this way? And more importantly, what can we do together to reverse it?
The finished piece will be used to inspire, inform, and fuel discussions about these pertinent issues, adding a small (but mighty!) puzzle piece to the larger picture that is Let's Move!
My co-leader Jon and I are in the midst of conducting interviews with applicants this week. With only 3 spots available, making the final decision will be tough. Results will be announced next week.
Keep your eyes peeled for updates on the kids' journey here. Ask them questions, send them encouragement and suggest ideas for improvement! Let's do this together.
June 25, 2011 June 25, 2011 by yongshuling Categories: Cabrini Connections, My Work, Reel Talent Productions, Short Films, Social ChangeTags: Barack Obama, Cabrini Connections, documentary, Exercise, Health, Let's Move, Michelle Obama, Physical Activity, President, Reel Talent Productions, United States	Leave a comment
Featured – Cabrini Connections Volunteer Spotlight
Cabrini Connections, where I spend my Monday evenings teaching teens about the magic of filmmaking as one of the volunteer club leaders of Reel Talent Productions (the video & filmmakers club there), has put me in the spotlight! You can check out the post here.
Thanks to Bradley Troast for writing the article.
It's nice that they do this to recognize the hard work that their volunteers put in, but honestly, it's the staff who truly deserve more recognition. Brad, El, Karina, Daniel and Mike (and formerly Nicole) are the friendly folks I get to work with at Cabrini who're always more than willing to provide any assistance I need with running the program for the kids. Having to coordinate over 150 volunteers and students each week is definitely no easy feat. But having seen the change and impact this program is truly making on the kids' lives, I can understand why each one of them remains so committed to their jobs.
Thank you, Cabrini Connections. The kids are really lucky to have a place like this.
October 3, 2010 October 3, 2010 by yongshuling Categories: Cabrini Connections, My Work, Social ChangeTags: Arts, Bradley Troast, Cabrini Connections, Cabrini-Green, guidance, mentor, Opportunities, Philanthropy, Tutoring, volunteer, Volunteer Spotlight, youth	1 Comment

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The economy, effectiveness, and value of digital printing versus cut vinyl graphics.
Old habits die hard around my sign company. For years and years we have designed and created effective window graphics for numerous retail businesses. Vinyl lettering and window graphics were always created on our plotter with solid color vinyl and assembled in layers on site. With my Roland VP-540, the same jobs are completed in about 25% of the usual time, with a definite upgrade in appearance and value for the customers.


By Michael Knoop, News Research July 13, 2017 Updated: Aug. 1, 2017 1:22 p.m.
The front page shows one of the astronauts triumphantly planting the "Stars and Stripes" into the surface of the moon in front of the lunar lander. But wait … if one reads the photo caption carefully, one realizes that it is actually a simulation made by CBS in down-to-earth Long Island.


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About Alan®
The product manager's guide to intelligent voice interfaces
By Alan TeamOctober 26, 2021May 22nd, 2022No Comments
As product manager, your job is to constantly look for ways to improve your application, delight your customers, and resolve pain points. And in this regard, voice interfaces provide a unique opportunity to secure and expand your app's position in the market where you compete.
Voice assistants are not new. Siri is now ten years old. But the voice interface market is nearing a turning point, where advances in artificial intelligence and mobile computing are making them a ubiquitous part of every user's computing experience.
By giving multimodal interfaces to applications, voice assistants bring the user experience closer to human interactions. They also provide app developers with the opportunity to provide infinite functionality, an especially important factor for small-screen mobile devices and wearables. And from a product management perspective, voice interfaces enable product teams to iterate fast and add new features at a very fast pace.
However, not all voice interfaces are made equal. The first generation of voice interfaces, which made their debut on mobile operating systems and smart speakers, are limited in the scope of benefits they can bring to applications. Absence of cross-platform support, privacy concerns, and lack of contextual awareness make it very difficult to integrate these voice platforms into applications. Otherwise put, they have been created to serve the needs of their vendors, not app developers.
Meeting these challenges is the vision behind the Alan Platform, an intelligent voice interface that has been created from ground up with product integration in mind. The Alan Platform provides superior natural language processing capabilities thanks to deep integration with your application, which enables it to draw contextual insights from various sources, including voice, interactions with application interface, and business workflows.
Alan Platform works across all web and mobile operating systems and is easy to integrate with your application, requiring minimal changes to the backend and frontend. Your team doesn't need to have any experience in machine learning or technical knowledge of AI to integrate the Alan Platform and use it in your application.
The Alan Platform is also a privacy- and security-friendly voice assistant. Every Alan customer gets an independent instance of the Alan Server, where they have exclusive ownership of their data. There is no third-party access to the data, and the server instance lives in a secure cloud that complies with all major enterprise-grade data protection standards.
Finally, Alan AI has been designed for super-fast iteration and infinite functionality support. The Alan Platform comes with a rich analytics tool that enables you to have fine-grained, real-time visibility into how users interact with your voice interface and graphical elements, and how they respond to changes in your application. Alan's voice is a great source for finding current pain-points, testing hypotheses, and drawing inspiration for new ideas to improve your application.
Please send a note to sales@alan.app to get access to the white paper on "why voice should be part of your 2022 digital roadmap" and find out what the Alan Platform can do for you and how our customers are using it to transform the user experience of their applications.
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The Craft Of Brewing Brewery & Brew On-Premise (TCOB) brews through committee. Our philosophy is to grow our brewery through the community. We have no one head brewer. Every one of our employees is responsible for creating their own recipe(s) that we get government approval. We strongly encourage any homebrewers that want to get their recipes and skills recognized to come and brew with us for a chance to showcase their word on our tap wall.
TCOB is proud to have produced over 128 beers (and the list keeps growing).
* All beers are available for distribution but lead times may vary for more seasonal styles.
Check out the clips below to see what's been brewing lately!
At TCOB Brewery ™ our home brewers are part of our family and our brand.
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NEWSFLASH : Huge concern for the skipper Kito de Pavant
At 0800 UTC this morning (Tuesday), the Vendée Globe Race Directors were alerted by Kito de Pavant's technical team about serious damage aboard his boat Bastide Otio. Kito de Pavant, who was sailing at 16 knots under mainsail with two reefs in very heavy seas, informed his shore team that the boat had experienced a very big shock to the keel, hitting an unidentified floating object, which has led to a significant ingress of water aboard the boat.
Contacted by telephone, Kito de Pavant declared, "I hit something hard with the keel. It was a violent shock and the boat came to a standstill. The rear bearings of the keel were ripped off and the keel is hanging under the boat kept in place simply by the keel ram, which is in the process of cutting through the hull... The keel housing has been destroyed and there is a huge ingress of water there, but for the moment, it is limited to the engine compartment. I currently have forty knots of wind and 5-6m high waves. The boat is stopped. I brought down the mainsail so that she is heeling less. The situation has been stabilized for the moment. I have my survival kit alongside me. Someone is going to have to come and get me. I am trying to contact the Marion Dufresne to ask them to come here."
The Vendée Globe Race Directors immediately alerted the MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Center) Gris Nez to inform them of the damage and to organise the rescue.
The rescue center has been in contact with the Marion Dufresne, which is currently 110 miles north of Kito de Pavant's location to the north of the Crozet Islands. The Marion Dufresne is expected to reach the area in around ten hours.
More information later today.


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Paisley Gates
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Liverpool backed to agree 'superb' signing of £55million star
December 11, 2020 December 11, 2020 News Desk	0 Comments newsnow
Liverpool are interested in hiring the services of Dayot Upamecano in the January transfer window as confirmed by Christian Falk earlier this month.
Now a former Red in the form of Steve Niclol has backed the club to agree the signing of the French international to improve their defense.
News – £315,000 a week player interested in securing Liverpool move – Journalist
The 59-year-old Scottish pundit told ESPN:
"The important thing here I think is his (Upamecano) buy-out clause which I believe is around €50 million"
"I would suggest if I were Liverpool I would go and get him, I hope they do get him, I think the fact that he signed a new deal would suggest that he doesn't want to go anywhere, but then again, maybe that lure of Liverpool could be the thing that changes his mind.
"So, I hope it happens, I'm not sure it's going to happen, but at €50 million, this would be a superb buy."
Firstly, Nicol has got the release clause wrong. Last month, Sport Bild reported that Upamecano's current deal has got a clause of just €45million.
Secondly, it will only become active in the summer transfer window of next year so he will not be available for cheap in the middle of this campaign.
The renowned German news source claimed that the 22-year-old's current valuation is €60million, therefore, the Reds would have to splash around £55million if they want to secure his signing in the winter transfer window.
The Les Bleus star has been highly influential for Leipzig under the management of Nagelsmann. The German side are just a point behind champions Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga and have already booked a place in the KO rounds of the Champions League.
In the absence of Gomez and Van Dijk, the likes of Fabinho and Matip have done well in the central defense, moreover, even Williams and Phillips have stepped up whenever needed. In such a scenario, do you think Klopp needs to sign a center back next month? Should he offer £55million to agree signing of Dayot Upamecano?
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If there is one topic we are frequently asked about, it is Lidl's entry into the US market. The German grocery discounter will open its first 20 US stores this summer in three states in the East: North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. We will shortly publish a full update on Lidl's expansion into the US. In this week's note, we wrap up some key findings from our research so far.
Lidl plans to open locations in more states than just the three chosen for its initial tranche of stores. When we checked its website on March 22, the company was hiring for store-based roles in a total of 38 towns in eight eastern states: Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania as well as North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.
Lidl will operate bigger stores in the US than it does in Europe. Its stores will typically have 21,000 square feet of selling space, according to a Washington Post interview with Brendan Proctor, Lidl's US CEO. That is roughly double its average store size globally and more than double the size of rival discounter Aldi's typical US store, which is approximately 10,000 square feet.
Lidl is a limited-line discounter that relies on economies such as narrow choice and a strong private-label focus to enable low prices. Given this model, and the fact that the retailer will likely not have benefits of scale in the US market for some time, Lidl looks to have limited opportunity to offer substantially higher-than-average product counts in private-label packaged goods. So, how will Lidl use all that extra space in its American stores?
First, we expect Lidl's stores in the US to include enhanced fresh-food sections. The stores will almost certainly have fresh bakery departments, and we expect substantial fresh-produce departments, too. We have seen a greater focus on fresh foods in other nontraditional markets, such as the UK. Second, general merchandise will be in the mix. Lidl's European stores include fast-changing selections of nongrocery ranges, from DIY goods to apparel. In the Washington Post interview, Proctor confirmed that Lidl's US stores would include a "large section" dedicated to these ranges. Third, a greater number of third-party brands is a possibility, although we have yet to see which major grocery brands will appear on Lidl's shelves.
Who Will Shop at Lidl?
We think the best way to understand who will shop at Lidl is to look at who shops at Aldi in the US, given the similarity between the companies and their comparable focus on eastern states. For this, we turn to consumer survey data from our research partner, Prosper Insights & Analytics.
In terms of crossover between shoppers at Aldi and shoppers at other major grocery rivals, the biggest overlap is with Kroger: according to survey data from Prosper, as of August 2016, nearly 24% of Kroger grocery shoppers had shopped at Aldi in the previous 90 days. That rate was 20% among Sam's Club shoppers, 17% among Walmart grocery shoppers and just 10% among Costco shoppers.
Looking at demographics, frequency of shopping at Aldi US tends to increase with age: among those surveyed by Prosper in August 2016, some 16% of millennials, 19% of Gen Xers and 21% of baby boomers had shopped at Aldi in the past 90 days.
While we think these data are a good ballpark guide, much will depend on Lidl's final US proposition, and how the company uses the extra space in its stores. We will offer a more detailed analysis in our forthcoming report on Lidl's US market entry. Keep an eye out for it at FungGlobalRetailTech.com.


Spreckelsville is located just east of Kahului in central Maui and just before Paia, Spreckelsville is a beach enclave on the North Shore of Maui. The area's name is an homage to Claus Spreckel a German Immigrant and a major industrialist in the sugar trade and influential in Hawaii 1860-1900. He established Spreckels Sugar Mill in 1880 and the town sprung up around the mill to support it. Today Spreckelsville is an upscale residential neighborhood on the coastal side of Hana Highway between Bay Beach and the Maui Golf Course. Strong winds and high winter surf make this area a world class destination for surfing, kite boarding, and wind surfing.
People are drawn to the North Shore of Maui for an alternative beach lifestyle that is a laid back, away from the hustle and bustle of touristy areas on the Leeward side of Maui. Homes in Spreckelsville are eclectic with homes on a golf course, one-of-kind trophy homes, beach front estates, custom house, small beach cottages on ocean front parcels, luxury condos at Sugar Cove, elegant retirement villas, affordable starter homes and charming single family homes. If you cannot find a home to suit your needs, there are vacant land parcels available for you to build your dream home. Here you will find custom homes, some on large parcels or ocean front or beach front offering spectacular ocean views. Luxury real estate for sale in this area often features extensive hardscapes with pools, spas for indoor-outdoor living and entertaining. People who live here enjoy easy access to ocean for their beach activities with the luckiest storing their gear steps away from where they will launch their rig for wind surfing or kites surfing or head out on their surfboard or stand-up paddleboard. Residents who don't participate in the extensive outdoor activities that Spreckelsville has to offer can still enjoy watching windsurfers, kite boarders and surfers from their beach front homes.
Boasting spectacular scenery, fabulous weather, a plethora of beaches and beach activities makes Spreckelsville a desirable place to live. Residents of Spreckelsville, called Sprecks by locals, are walking distance to the Maui Country Club with a new clubhouse, golf course, six tennis courts, swimming pool, fitness center, restaurant and ballroom. It is a short drive to Paia town with boutiques, art galleries, Mana Foods (the best natural health market on Maui), and restaurants offering dining and live entertainment. Locally fine dining is a short drive to Mama's Fish House.
Baldwin Beach Park is a long sandy beach that is perfect for walks, jogging and swimming as wind surfing and kite boarding are not allowed here. One end of Baldwin Beach is known as Baby beach because it is sheltered and good for keiki. Baldwin Cove is a seasonal beach that disappears with winter high surf. Paia Secret Beach is a nudist beach. Paia Bay Beach is great for boogie boarding in the winter. Hookipa Beach Park is the most famous as the windsurfing capital of the world.


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This repo contains Python scripts that involve web scraping and eventually data analytics, machine learning, and visualization.

The project is based around the data provided by Board Game Geek (https://www.boardgamegeek.com)

## Quirky Things I Have Found in the Data So Far...

__Note__: Some data are poll based and therefore can change over time as more people contribute to a boardgame's data by voting in polls. Therefore my data is collected from a frozen point in time; things will surely change if I were to scrape again in a month, a year, etc.

* One game was published in the year 3500 BC! It was an ancient Egyptian game called Senet (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2399/senet). There are many games on boardgamegeek.com that span across the centuries, such as Chess (1475 AD).

* One game has a suggested age of 42+ for players! (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/97683/south-african-railroads). Although only one/two people have voted on the suggested age poll for this boardgame, the vote was cast at 14+ years old.

## Description of Python Scripts

### collect_games.py

This crawls across the pages of Board Game Geek that contain lists of board games, providing 100 games per page and listed in order of their current Geek Rating. This script grabs some simple info on the games and stores them in a csv file.

BGG_GameList_tabbed.csv is an example of the file output by:

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import collect_games

collect_games.scrape_list_of_top_games(num_games= 10000, out_file_name = 'BGG_GameList_tabbed.csv')
```

### bg_scraper.py

This is the script that goes through the games provided in the csv file and gets much more detailed data on each game by using Board Game Geeks XML API

It grabs the data from the csv file in chunks, requests the detailed information about the games using the XML API, and then puts it into a Postgres database table. Now it can be grabbed anytime for data analysis.

This requires the user to set up a database named "bggdb". Or the user can edit the DATABASE variable inside the bg_scraper.py script so that it will correctly connect to their desired database on their system.

```
import bg_scraper

# Creates the table on the db which will store all game info
bg_scraper.create_table_in_database()

# Will request 100 games at a time from the XML API
bg_scraper.scrape_bg_stats(csv_file_name='BGG_GameList_tabbed.csv', chunk_size=100)
```

### normalize_database.py

Since 6 columns in the boardgames table contain text arrays, it makes it significantly more difficult to query based on those columns. Therefore this script normalizes the database by creating 6 separate tables for those 6 columns.

Columns turned into new tables:
* designers
* artists
* categories
* mechanics
* family
* type

This script can be run from the command line and it will go through and make all 6 tables. The user could also import the script and run the functions individually.

```
$ python normalize_database.py
```

### data_analysis.py

This contains a plethora of functions which access the database and provide data for analysis. Will constantly be growing with new functions as I find new things to investigate.

Check out my Jupyter notebooks to see some of this script in action!


Cycling is more environmentally-friendly than other forms of transport.
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is not the preferred option of the general public due to various reasons. Nevertheless, there are some actions that could be taken by governments to increase the use of bicycles.
Car or motorbike owners find multiple disadvantages of cycling. First, riding a bicycle is definitely not convenient for commuters who travel a long distance every day since it will require tremendous physical efforts and take a huge amount of time. Another inconvenience of cycling is that it depends heavily on the weather, thereby deterring human's activities. For example, a heavy rain can cause an absence from work of employees who ride bicycles. Finally, there are a large number of countries, especially developing or third world nations, in which their transport systems are not designed to facilitate cycling. It means that cyclists have to share the same infrastructure with other vehicles. This will increase risks of traffic accidents for people who ride bicycles and discourage them from using this environmentally-friendly means of transportation.
Turning to solutions, the national authorities should pay attention to promoting cycling facilitation in urban planning, together with encouragement through social media. Particularly, governments should make more space for bike paths nationwide and finance this construction. Besides, national spending should invest in building self-service bicycle repair stations and automated bicycle sharing systems, like the one that is running effectively in Singapore at the moment. Also, the development of public transportation in combination with bike paths would be the best solution for long distance travelling. In addition, more advertisements and promoting campaigns should be launched on social media to educate citizens about how they can protect the environment by switching to bicycles.
In conclusion, it is clear that cycling has some disadvantageous points regarding time-and-effort-consuming inconvenience for long distance commute, reliance on weather, and vehicular cycling. Nonetheless, there are some practical measures that state transportation planners can take in terms of developing cycle paths, cycling facilities, public transport and educating programmes.


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ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey's central bank cut a key interest rate Tuesday, days after an attempted coup triggered concerns over the country's economic outlook.
In a statement Tuesday, the bank's Monetary Policy Committee said it has reduced its overnight marginal funding rate from 9 percent to 8.75 percent. All other interest rates were left unchanged, including the borrowing rate, which was left at 7.25 percent.
The cut in the marginal rate is intended to shore up liquidity in the economy amid market concerns over the impact of Friday's attempted coup.
Aside from a comment that "domestic developments have led to fluctuations in financial markets," the rate-setting body didn't mention the coup directly.
However, it sought to downplay worries, arguing that recent policy and liquidity measures "have increased the resilience of the economy against shocks."
There's been a lot of volatility in Turkish financial assets since the coup. Despite a modest rally Tuesday, Turkish stocks are still way down from pre-coup levels as is the Turkish lira.
After the central bank decision, the lira was up slightly against the dollar, which traded 0.2 percent lower at 2.9740 lira. But the Turkish currency is still far weaker than before the coup, when it was worth 2.8900 per dollar.
The attempted coup and the subsequent tough response by the government have reinforced concerns over toxic political divisions in Turkey.
A major worry is that international investors, who are badly needed for Turkey to meet its external financial obligations, will take fright. The same applies to those planning to holiday in Turkey — tourism is a key sector and foreign-currency earner for Turkey. Tourist numbers this year, particularly from Europe, were already before the attempted coup expected to be sharply lower as a result of a series of attacks in the country over the past few months.
Fitch and Moody's Investors Services have already warned about the possibility of downgrading their ratings on Turkey in light of the attempted coup. Moody's said there's now a "likelihood of a weakening in medium term growth prospects."


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Does nuclear resonant scattering violate reciprocity?
Newton's third law has stated the equality of action and reaction. In the second half of the nineteenth century, famous scientists, like H. von Helmholtz and B. Rayleigh, formulated an analogy for sound waves by relating the term 'action' to a source of sound and 'reaction' to a detector of sound (microphone), respectively. Here, a new principle based on the same analogy proposes that the source and the detector are interchangeable regardless of the surrounding objects.
The original text by Rayleigh reads "If in a space filled with air, which is partly bounded by finitely extended fixed bodies and is partly unbounded, sound waves be excited at any point A, the resulting velocity potential at a second point B is the same both in magnitude and phase, as it would have been at A, had B been the source of sound".
A large class of physical processes can be described by wave scattering theory; indeed, more generally, one can speak about the scattering of elastic and sound waves (classical mechanics), of electromagnetic waves (electrodynamics) or of particles (quantum mechanics). As long since documented in the literature, and also suggested by one's own physical intuition, the observed signal should not change when reversing the position of source and detector in a general wave scattering experiment. This expectation, called the reciprocity principle, was therefore generalised for more complex scattering systems and is indeed fulfilled in most cases.
One of the earliest applications of the reciprocity principle has appeared in the field of antenna theory in radio communication. Why is it possible to use the same antenna for creating and receiving radio signals? The theoretical answer based on reciprocity seems to be very simple and was given at the beginning of the twentieth century. Nonreciprocal devices like circulators (transmitters) and isolators (blocking destabilising reflections arriving back into sources) are routinely used in microwave optics, but similar devices are in high need for applications in optical fibre systems.
The reciprocity principle was based originally on intuitive analogy, but it did not follow directly from first principles, and, therefore, it is not necessarily fulfilled. Reciprocity is a theorem, which can be proven only for certain scattering problems with certain limits of validity. The reciprocity related publications span the whole twentieth century, as summarised in the review paper of Potton [1].
What is reciprocity? In many works, it is simply related to time reversal symmetry because the transposition of 'action' (source) and 'reaction' (detector) is similar to the effect of reversal of the direction of the waves, in other words, reversal of the time. The optical reciprocity theorem, however, revealed that absorption, which violates time reversal invariance, maintains reciprocity in polarisation independent cases. In parallel, according to the original reciprocity principle, namely, invariance under the interchange of source and detector, one could have the impression that reciprocity is identical to a rotation by 180°. However, this latter interpretation also proves false since there exist scatterers with no 180° rotational symmetry but fulfilling the reciprocity principle. Reciprocity is more general than time reversal invariance, and it also differs from rotational invariance, as it is explained in the general reciprocity theorem that has been formulated recently [2].
In our experiment, reciprocity and its violation was studied. Our aim was twofold: to demonstrate that reciprocity violation can be a remarkably strong effect, and to check easily whether reciprocity violation is present or missing. Nuclear forward scattering (NFS) of synchrotron radiation was applied in two experimental arrangements of ferromagnetic scatterers (S1, S2) (Figure 1). Both scatterers consist of two 6 μm thick 57Fe foils (Li, i=1,2,3) uniformly magnetised in a field of 0.19 T by means of permanent magnets. The foils L1, L2 and L3 are respectively magnetised in directions given by the polar angles (90°, 0°), (90°, 45°) and (135°, 0°), where the coordinate system is chosen with the z axis being parallel to the beam and the y axis being parallel to the direction of the sigma-polarisation. The first scatterer S1 was a combination of an L1 foil and of an L3 foil, while the second scatterer S2 was formed by an L2 foil and an L3 foil. For each scatterer, the scattering spectrum was compared to that of the reciprocal scattering. The interchange of source and detector position was realised by a 180° rotation of the whole sample holder around the x axis of the coordinate system [2]. The four time spectra (count vs. time diagrams) shown in Figure 2 were measured at the nuclear resonance end station ID22N using an Si(840) channel cut sigma-analyser.
Figure 1. Geometrical arrangement for a) the (magnitude) reciprocal and b) the nonreciprocal case, respectively. The synchrotron beam propagates in the direction of the z axis and gets scattered on foils L1 (1), L3 (3) (reciprocal scattering) or L2 (2), L3 (3) (nonreciprocal scattering). The thick arrows show the direction of the magnetic field in the iron foils, also given by the polar angles.
The experimental results and the corresponding computer simulations made by our computer program [3] are shown in Figure 2. The slight imperfection in the agreement between measurement and simulation is due to, and provides information about, non-perfect uniformness in the foil thickness and the magnetic field inside. The experiment kept these undesired influences under control by using the high collimation and brilliance of the synchrotron beam which allows the usage of slits as small as 0.5 mm in width to select adequate homogeneous parts of both foils, that were 40 cm apart. The small size of the slits ensured that, after the 180° rotation of the sample holder, the same part of the foils was illuminated. The agreement of the experimental spectrum with that of the magnitude reciprocal counterpart setting - seen in the top panel of Figure 2 - justifies our confidence that the reciprocal situation was achieved to a high accuracy. We can see that the scatterer S1 results in reciprocity in the measured intensities, while scatterer S2 exhibits apparent non-reciprocity. The latter outcome is remarkable because of the large non-reciprocal effect: The ratio of intensities of direct and reciprocal scattering is almost 1000 in certain time intervals.
Figure 2. a) Measured and simulated NFS of synchrotron radiation time spectra (count vs. time diagrams, dotted and solid lines, resp.) on scatterer S1 using Si(840) channel cut sigma-analyser (red colour). Results for the reciprocal (source-detector exchanged) situation realised by the 180° rotation of the sample holder (blue colour). The red and blue curves differ in the normalisation only, because of the different duration of the two experiments. b) The analogous experiment using scatterer S2. Almost three orders of magnitude nonreciprocity in certain time intervals was found.
In summary, we have realised a (magnitude) reciprocal and a non-reciprocal experimental arrangement of magnetised α-57Fe foils, which had neither time reversal invariance nor 180° rotational symmetry. Using nuclear resonant scattering of synchrotron radiation, depending on the easily adjustable experimental geometry, reciprocity, and also non-reciprocity over three orders of magnitude, was observed experimentally in intensities that were in full agreement with the theoretical expectations [2]. The presence of the magneto-optic Faraday effect does not automatically lead to non-reciprocity. Further applications in the field of gamma-optics are expected, as non-reciprocal devices belong to an important class of optical components.
Switching reciprocity on and off in a magneto-optical X-ray scattering experiment using nuclear resonance of α-57Fe foils, L. Deák (a), L. Bottyán (a), T. Fülöp (a), G. Kertész (a), D.L. Nagy (a), R. Rüffer (b), H. Spiering (c), F. Tanczikó (a), and G. Vankó (a), Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 237402 (2012).
(a) Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest (Hungary)
(b) ESRF
(d) Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Mainz (Germany)
[1] R.J. Potton, Rep. Prog. Phys 67, 717 (2004).
[2] L. Deák and T. Fülöp, Ann. Phys. (Amsterdam) 327, 1050 (2012).
[3] H. Spiering et al., Hyp. Int. 125, 197 (2000).
Top image: Reciprocity in scattering experiments: the observed signal should not change when reversing the position of source and detector.


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OU football: Oklahoma RB Kennedy Brooks' status in focus as All-Big 12 team released
By Tyler Palmateer | Transcript Sports Editor
Oklahoma running back Kennedy Brooks was named to the preseason All-Big 12 team Tuesday, as multiple reports emerged saying he hasn't been with the team this summer.
The Athletic reported Brooks is expected to return to team activities Wednesday after his name was cleared in a Title IX investigation.
The website cited sources saying a female OU student alleged Brooks had been "physically violent with her" earlier in the summer; the student filed a complaint against Brooks with OU's Title IX office, not with the police.
Brooks was suspended from team activities during the investigation and remained in Norman, according to the report.
OU released this statement: "When the OU Athletics Department is made aware of a potential issue involving a student-athlete, it may elect to withhold the student-athlete from participation in team activities during a review of the matter. Per University policy, OU Athletics does not participate in any such reviews or investigations involving a complaint. Those reviews are handled independently by the appropriate University office. At this time, it's expected that Kennedy Brooks will participate in football team activities later this week."
The sophomore from Mansfield, Texas led OU with 1,056 yards rushing and added 12 touchdowns last fall.
Kansas running back Pooka Williams Jr. was named to the preseason All-Big 12 team after recently being reinstated from a suspension. He has been suspended for KU's first game of the season after an offseason domestic battery charge.
• OU lands six on All-Big 12: Brooks is one of a league-high six OU selections on the preseason All-Big 12 team, including defensive player of the year Kenneth Murray.
OU's CeeDee Lamb made the team both as a receiver and punt/kick returner, joining center Creed Humphrey and tight end Grant Calcaterra on the list.
Redshirt senior quarterback Jalen Hurts, who transferred from Alabama during the offseason, was named newcomer of the year.
Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger was named offensive player of the year.
Lamb figures to factor into the Biletnikoff Award race. He totaled 1,158 receiving yards and 11 TDs last fall and is regarded as one of the league's best all-around athletes — tough as a blocker and capable of highlight catches.
Humphrey made 12 starts at center as a sophomore last season. He's the only remaining starter on OU's offensive line, which won the 2018 Joe Moore Award for the nation's best unit.
Calcaterra caught 36 passes for 396 yards and six touchdowns as a sophomore, starting 11 of 14 games. His one-handed catch that helped seal the Big 12 championship win against Texas went down as one of OU's biggest highlights.
After transferring from Alabama, some felt Hurts could step in and win preseason offensive player of the year. He is 26-2 as a starter and has a national championship (2017) under his belt. He threw for 5,625 yards and 48 TDs with the Crimson Tide.
• Limited season tickets on sale: Two new OU football season ticket plans for next season went on sale Tuesday.
OU's home football schedule is: Houston (Sunday, Sept. 1), South Dakota (Sept. 7), Texas Tech (Sept. 28), West Virginia (Oct. 19), Iowa State (Nov. 9) and TCU (Nov. 23).
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INFECTIONS OF THE LARYNX AND EPIGLOTTIS is a topic covered in the Harrison's Manual of Medicine.
Laryngitis: Acute laryngitis is a common syndrome caused by nearly all the major respiratory viruses and by some bacteria (e.g., GAS, C. diphtheriae, and M. catarrhalis). Chronic cases of infectious laryngitis are much less common in developed countries than in low-income countries and are caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, endemic fungi (e.g., Histoplasma, Blastomyces, Coccidioides), and Cryptococcus.
Pts are hoarse, exhibit reduced vocal pitch or aphonia, and have coryzal symptoms.
Treatment of acute laryngitis consists of humidification, voice rest, and—if GAS is cultured—antibiotic administration. Treatment of chronic laryngitis depends on the pathogen, whose identification usually requires biopsy with culture.
Epiglottitis is caused by GAS, S. pneumoniae, Haemophilus parainfluenzae, and S. aureus; pediatric cases due to H. influenzae type b are now rare because of vaccination.
Symptoms include fever, severe sore throat, and systemic toxicity, and pts often drool while sitting forward. Examination may reveal respiratory distress, inspiratory stridor, and chest wall retractions.
Direct visualization in the examination room (i.e., with a tongue blade) should not be performed, given the risk of complete airway obstruction. Direct fiberoptic laryngoscopy in a controlled environment (e.g., an operating room) may be performed for diagnosis, procurement of specimens for culture, and placement of an endotracheal tube.
Treatment focuses on airway protection. After blood and epiglottis samples are obtained for cultures, IV antibiotics active against H. influenzae (e.g., ampicillin/sulbactam or a second- or third-generation cephalosporin) should be given for 7–10 days.
Loscalzo, Joseph, et al., editors. "INFECTIONS of the LARYNX and EPIGLOTTIS." Harrison's Manual of Medicine, 19th ed., McGraw Hill Inc., 2017. harrisons.unboundmedicine.com/harrisons/view/Harrisons-Manual-of-Medicine/623575/all/INFECTIONS_OF_THE_LARYNX_AND_EPIGLOTTIS.
INFECTIONS OF THE LARYNX AND EPIGLOTTIS. In: Loscalzo J, Jameson JL, Longo DL, et al, eds. Harrison's Manual of Medicine. 19th ed. McGraw Hill Inc.; 2017. https://harrisons.unboundmedicine.com/harrisons/view/Harrisons-Manual-of-Medicine/623575/all/INFECTIONS_OF_THE_LARYNX_AND_EPIGLOTTIS. Accessed April 23, 2019.
INFECTIONS of the LARYNX and EPIGLOTTIS [Internet]. In: Loscalzo J, Jameson JL, Longo DL, Hauser SL, Fauci AS, Kasper DL, editors. Harrison's Manual of Medicine. McGraw Hill Inc.; 2017. [cited 2019 April 23]. Available from: https://harrisons.unboundmedicine.com/harrisons/view/Harrisons-Manual-of-Medicine/623575/all/INFECTIONS_OF_THE_LARYNX_AND_EPIGLOTTIS.


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I welcome the acquisition of property beside the existing theatre building as a clear road map for the future, and believe that the fundraising focus of the Abbey must now be on delivering the maximum amount of private support possible to allow for development to take place on this site over time.
That fundraising challenge can't be underestimated. I have allocated additional resources for the Abbey this year to help deal with the asbestos issue at the building, but in the time ahead the level of taxpayer resources that are available for the theatre will – as is the case with all institutions – be under very serious pressure.


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One Billion Rising 2023: Activists Around the World will Rise for Freedom
Freedom from Patriarchy, Capitalism, Impunity, Poverty, Oppression, Division, Exploitation, Shame, Control, Individualism, Greed, Violence
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ONE BILLION RISING recently announced its 2023 theme and campaign: RISE For Freedom & to Create the New Culture. The campaign addresses the devastating consequences of the ongoing vicious systems of patriarchy, imperialism, capitalism and racism in the world today and the destructive battle for power fought over women's bodies and the body of the earth.
Created by a community of 47 One Billion Rising coordinators located across the globe, this year's campaign will celebrate 10 years of OBR and urge communities worldwide to utilize art and activism, creative resistance events and gatherings, both online and offline, to demand an end to violence against women, girls and the planet and to shine a light on the rampant impunity and injustice that survivors most often face.
Events are taking place now and will continue through 22 April, Earth Day.
One Billion Rising creative resistance events will take various forms including artistic rising and climate initiatives; new songs/anthems, poetry, documentary films, online discussions, panels & events; training with men; allies, flash mobs, and marches and more. OBR coordinators are launching the theme in their communities during 16 Days of Activism.
There is so much to celebrate in these last 10 years, including a new generation of activists continuing the legacies of women activists who devoted their lives to the movement. Millions of bodies dancing. An explosion of art. Crucial transformation.
But we know that the insidious and unjust tentacles of patriarchy are everywhere and strengthening still. We see and feel it – in fascist governments, in the tide of hatred and exclusion, in growing conservatism, in the normalization and gravity of misogyny, in the removal of women's rights and agency, in the attacks on women's human rights defenders, in the denial of history, in the banning of books, in the failure of institutions, in the criminalization and suppression of dissent, in the crisis of democracy, in the abuse of power, in the cruel decimation of the earth, in occupation, in endless wars, in labor exploitation, in oppressive cultures. Patriarchy is everywhere.
Like the Earth that is nearing a calamitous end, right now women, girls and those impacted by gender-based violence are in a STATE OF EMERGENCY.
That's why we will not stop Rising until all people are free from gender-based violence. It is time to Create the New Culture, a culture where we collectively share in commitment to…
End violence towards women, gender nonconforming and gender expansive people
End violence towards the earth
Dismantle patriarchy
Cultivate care, community, trust and compassion
Uphold cooperation rather than competition
Refuse outright the inequality of wealth
Place people over profit
Actively listen
Know our true history
Make apologies and reparations
Honour the artists, visionaries, seekers, storytellers, shamans, poets, healers
Celebrate diversity
Embrace collective energy
Practice solidarity
Embody the power of art and dance
2023 will be the year of INSPIRATION and ASPIRATION. A year of storytelling, building communities, strengthening solidarity, sharing dreams, planting trees, creating art, honoring women and the earth, and of dancing.
It is the year we will continue to ENVISION and CREATE new ways of being, seeing, living, loving and connecting. Of raising consciousness and deepening understanding. So that our freedom, our future, is rooted in truth, love, community, earth and body.
CELEBRATE 10 YEARS OF RISING. JOIN US IN 2023.
RISE FOR FREEDOM: CREATE THE NEW CULTURE
One Billion Rising for Freedom Launch Activities include: OBR coordinators from 18 countries in Africa will gather together for a virtual event to launch OBR 2023 as a region, highlighting what freedom means to them in Africa. OBR Zimbabwe will create a short documentary featuring many of the iconic people who have participated since One Billion Rising first began. In Hong Kong – domestic and migrant workers will hold a women's festival as well as a series on "Freedom," featuring images and videos released online. In Italy, actions include a social media campaign, a "name and shame" against people who openly hate women online, and a solidarity action with Italian female gymnasts who report having been abused and bullied by their coaches. In Congo, City of Joy will create and produce a radio program with the theme FREEDOM and launch the 2023 campaign at V-World Farm. OBR Croatia will hold a press conference in the best city theater, ZKM, featuring women activists, actors and directors. In Eswatini, a documentary collecting women's voices from different sectors will be produced, featuring the voices of women on what visions for an equal system of government and an end the scourge of violence against women, a call for a humane socio-economic environment for all and rising for freedom. The Raise Yuh Voice Jamaica movement will include the voices of LGBTQI+ who identify on the spectrum of non-binary and gender fluid as they rise for Freedom of Mind, Body, Food, Water, Earth, and All Beings. OBR Lesotho marched at Maseru in collaboration with an LGBTQI organization to raise awareness on violence experienced by transgender communities and will continue with celebrations and commemorations of women survivors, mental health, equal rights, and more through their official launch on 14 February. In Japan, activists launched with Let's Walk Purple Road where they walked Omotesando road in Shibuya Ward, dancing "Break the Chain" to appeal for the prevention of gender-based violence. Serbia launches on with two self-defense workshops and a Rise for Freedom street action followed by the song "Break the Chain" and a "women's graveyard" performance on the topic of femicide, as well as other street actions in numerous other cities across Serbia.
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Panthers defense stout, knock off No. 20 Syracuse 19-9
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Senior wide receiver Jared Wayne (5) catches the ball during Pitt football's game against Syracuse Saturday night.
By Brian Sherry, Staff Writer
For most teams, losing a star player right before a match-up with a top 20 opponent is a complete gamechanger. But not for Pitt.
The Panthers (5-4,2-3 ACC) took down No. 20 Syracuse (6-3, 3-2 ACC) 19-9 without ACC rushing leader junior Israel Abanikanda. Pitt's running back unit filled in the gaps left by Abanikanda's absence, rushing for a combined 161 yards and two touchdowns. Senior running back C'Bo Flemister credits his unit's next man up mentality for the performance.
"We really feel like we're [running back University]," Flemister said. "There's no drop off, for whoever's in the game."
The win was the Panther's first in nearly a month, as Pitt dropped back-to-back games to Louisville and North Carolina. Senior quarterback Kedon Slovis was thrilled by his team's ability to bounce back following the rough month of October.
"Anytime you get a win is great," Slovis said. "But again, after back-to-back losses, frustration happens. But winning cures all. Definitely a huge win for us."
Pitt played sloppily at times, giving up two turnovers on offense and giving Syracyse 73 yards from penalties. Special teams errors, dropped passes and fumbles all dragged the offense down. Still, the Panthers made up for it on defense, consistently halting the Orange in clutch scoring opportunities. Head coach Pat Narduzzi praised his defense's performance, especially the defensive line.
"I think they played angry," Narduzzi said. "They showed up today. Played a little angry, the performance a week ago was not who we are. But they were ready to go today."
Both teams were missing key players in the game. Syracuse junior quarterback Garrett Shrader exited the game last week against Notre Dame and has not played since.
Pitt's defense wasted little time in putting pressure on first year Orange quarterback Carlos Del Rio-Wilson. Sophomore linebacker Solomon DeShields sacked Del Rio-Wilson early, forcing a three-and-out on the Orange's first drive. Senior linebacker SirVocea Dennis was impressed by the defense's performance.
"We had a great time out there on the field," Dennis said. "A lot of guys got a chance to touch the quarterback, a lot of guys got the chance to basically have a party in the backfield. We just have fun out there and that's what we hope to do everytime we go out there as a defense."
But the Orange defense returned the favor on the Panthers' first drive. Following a methodical drive down the field, the Syracuse pass rush forced Slovis into making a sloppy pass, allowing sophomore safety Ja'had Carter to make an interception in the endzone.
Syracuse slowed the tempo following the pick, relying on short passes and rushes. They eventually moved into the redzone, but couldn't capitalize. Pitt halted the Orange within yards of the endzone, forcing Syracuse to settle for a field goal and a 3-0 lead.
Pitt fared better than the Orange in the red zone on the following drive. Slovis quickly rebounded from the interception, connecting with senior wide receiver Jared Wayne for a 24 yard gain, putting the Panthers in scoring position. Sophomore running back Rodney Hammond Jr. finished the drive with a six yard touchdown rush, giving Pitt a 7-3 lead.
Both offenses fell flat following the back-to-back scoring drives. A crucial drop from Wanye and a pass short of the sticks to sophomore tight end Gavin Bartholomew halted an otherwise promising drive for the Panthers. The Orange managed to open up the passing attack, as Del Rio-Wilson connected with sophomore wide receiver Damien Alford for a 31 yard gain. But the Orange were once again forced to settle for a field goal, cutting the Panther lead to one.
Wanye caught fire in the waning minutes of the half, hauling in three tricky passes for a combined 40 yards. The Panthers quickly worked the ball downfield before the end of the half, allowing sophomore kicker Ben Sauls to hit a 43 yard field goal before the whistle. Pitt headed into the locker room holding a 10-6 lead.
Neither team could make any progress in their opening drive of the second half. The Panthers unsuccessfully attempted a trick play deep within their own territory, as Wanye took a shot across the field to Hammond. But Syracuse junior cornerback Isaiah Johnson picked off the pass, ending a promising drive for the Panthers. Syracuse failed to capitalize on the turnover.
Wanye made up for the interception on the following drive for the Panthers by hauling in a 23 yard pass, putting the Panthers at the one yard line. Flemister finished the job for the Panthers, flipping into the endzone for a one yard touchdown and increasing the Panther lead to 17-6.
With just one quarter remaining, the Orange needed to find ways to score. A sloppy 2 yard Panther punt gave Syracuse excellent field possession at the Pitt 27 yard line. Still, they came up short of a first down and missed the subsequent field goal.
Del Rio-Wilson later connected on a 45 yard pass to junior wide receiver D'Marcus Adams, putting the Orange deep in Panther territory. But the Panthers shut down Syracuse, forcing two incomplete passes and sacking Del Rio-Wilson to end the drive. This time, Syracuse hit the field goal, limiting the Panther lead to eight.
Syracuse had one chance to tie the game with just over 90 seconds remaining on the clock, but Pitt's special teams pinned them on their own goal line. Redshirt senior defensive lineman Deslin Alexandre rushed Del Rio-Wilson, earning the sack and the safety and ultimately sealing the win. Alexandre believes the entire team showed up on the safety.
"You can't do that by yourself," Alexandre said."It was a whole team defensive thing- everybody doing their job."
Pitt kneeled out the clock, securing the 19-9 win. The Panthers will look to follow up the win next week on the road against Virginia. Kickoff is slated for noon and coverage will air on the ACC network.
Brian Sherry
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This film will be the most romantic since 'Amar Prem'?
Mumbai, March 12: In Shakti Samanta's 1971 romantic classic "Amar Prem", the lead pair Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore never get a chance to get intimate in the way men and women get in real and reel life. No songs, no exchange of affection, no sex. And yet the on-screen pair in the movie were an epitome of romanticism. There's a similar sublimity in Varun Dhawan's eyes in "October", director Shoojit Sircar and writer Juhi Chuturvedi's most romantic association to date. The trailer is suffused in shades of green and the hues of morning time serenity, conveying a closeness to nature that is as bracing as a walk by the riverside on a soft autumn morning. Varun plays a housekeeper at a hotel, in love with the idea of love. The girl whom he follows into the ICU of a hospital barely acknowledges him at their workplace. Yet he clings to the idea of love in the way a mother whose son has gone soldiering to the border clings to the idea that he will come back. The thought of a man waiting for a comatose woman to recover before knowing whether she is in love with him or not was recently seen in Kumail Nanjiani's "The Big Sick". Here in "October", Sircar and his infinitely intuitive writer Chaturvedi show us what it is like to be in love with the idea of love. It's a relationship built on fragile hope and residual trust. The trailer tenderly and lovingly weaves into Varun's character Dan's world where love has lodged itself precariously. This is not an easily obtainable love nor is it a relationship that has any rational basis. For all we know, the love could just be in Varun's mind. "October" is a world that very few filmmakers today would dare to enter, let alone inhabit with such comforting grace. This is the kind of romantic drama we though we would never see again after Rajesh, Sharmila and Shakti Samanta. It takes one Bengali to take over the mantle of the new-age Bimal Roy from another Bengali. Take a bow, Mr Sircar. We had a magician with whom you share your name. Now there is you creating magic in film after film.
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North River é uma cidade localizada no estado norte-americano de Dacota do Norte, no Condado de Cass.

Demografia
Segundo o censo norte-americano de 2000, a sua população era de 65 habitantes.
Em 2006, foi estimada uma população de 61, um decréscimo de 4 (-6.2%).

Geografia
De acordo com o United States Census Bureau tem uma área de
0,2 km², dos quais 0,2 km² cobertos por terra e 0,0 km² cobertos por água.

Localidades na vizinhança
O diagrama seguinte representa as localidades num raio de 12 km ao redor de North River.

Ligações externas

Cidades da Dakota do Norte