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Luis Suarez says sorry to Giorgio Chiellini, football family for bitehttps://indianexpress.com/article/sports/football/luis-suarez-says-sorry-to-giorgio-chiellini-football-family-for-bite/
Luis Suarez says sorry to Giorgio Chiellini, football family for bite
Suarez was banned for Uruguay's next nine matches and from any involvement in football for four months.
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Luis Suarez issued a carefully worded statement on Monday admitting his offence and remorse for his actions (Source: AP)
Uruguay striker Luis Suarez has finally apologised for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini during a World Cup match and vowed there would never be a repeat of the incident.
After initially denying that he bit Chiellini, Suarez issued a carefully worded statement on Monday admitting his offence.
"The truth is that my colleague Giorgio Chiellini suffered the physical result of a bite in the collision he suffered with me," Suarez said in a statement published on his Twitter account.
His admission came days after he was expelled from the World Cup and banned for Uruguay's next nine competitive international matches and from any involvement in football for four months by FIFA.
.@luis16suarez It's all forgotten. I hope FIFA will reduce your suspension.
— Giorgio Chiellini (@chiellini) June 30, 2014
Suarez had steadfastly denied biting Chiellini and wrote a letter to world soccer's governing body saying he had simply lost his balance and fallen on the Italian.
But FIFA ruled that he acted intentionally and promptly handed him the longest ban ever imposed on a player at the World Cup, prompting fury in his South American homeland, where he was given a hero's welcome on his return.
FIFA later explained that Suarez was given a heavy punishment partly because he had twice before been banned for biting but also because he had shown no remorse.
"After several days of being home with my family, I have had the opportunity to regain my calm and reflect on what occurred during the Italy-Uruguay match on 24 June," Suarez said in his statement.
"For this: I deeply regret what happened; I apologise to Giorgio Chiellini and the entire football family; I vow to the public that there will never again be another incident like (that)."
The Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) has notified FIFA that it intends to appeal against Suarez's punishment.
Shortly after Suarez apologised, Chiellini replied: "It's all forgotten. I hope FIFA will reduce your suspension."
Uruguay now have until next Sunday to submit their written reasons for the appeal.
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UK police: Blast outside hospital was terrorist incident
LONDON (AP) — British police say an explosion in a taxi outside a hospital that killed a man is being treated as a terrorist incident, but the motive remains unclear.
Russ Jackson, the head of Counterterrorism Policing in northwest England, said the blast on Sunday at Liverpool Women's Hospital involved an improvised explosive device.
He said "enquiries will now continue to seek to understand how the device was built, the motivation for the incident and to understand if anyone else was involved in it."
The male passenger in the taxi died in the explosion, and the taxi driver was injured.
Three men in their 20s have been arrested under the Terrorism Act.
LONDON (AP) — British police and intelligence services were working Monday to determine whether a taxi explosion outside a Liverpool hospital was a deliberate attack, as the city's mayor said the cab driver's quick actions had averted a potential disaster.
The male occupant of a taxi was killed and its driver injured when the vehicle burst into flames outside the Liverpool Women's Hospital on Sunday morning. Counterterrorism police officers are leading the investigation, but have not yet declared it a terrorist incident.
Three men in their 20s were arrested Sunday at an address in the northwest England city under the Terrorism Act and remain in custody.
Suspicions have been aroused by the timing of the explosion — just before 11 a.m. on Remembrance Sunday, the moment people across Britain hold services in memory of those killed in wars.
Liverpool Mayor Joanne Anderson said the taxi driver locked the doors of his cab so the passenger couldn't leave.
"The taxi driver, in his heroic efforts, has managed to divert what could have been an absolutely awful disaster at the hospital," she told the BBC.
The cabbie, whose name has not been released, is being treated in hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
Britain's interior minister, Home Secretary Priti Patel, said she was "being kept regularly updated on the awful incident."
Nick Aldworth, a former senior terrorism investigator in Britain, said it was unclear whether the incident was terrorism. He said the taxi had sustained "a lot of fire damage with very little blast damage."
He said that "whatever was in that vehicle was either a low yield or didn't work properly, or possibly an incendiary. So I think it's very much open to debate at the moment about what has happened."
Britain's official threat level from terrorism stands at "substantial," the middle rung on a five-point scale, meaning an attack is likely. The Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre sets the threat level based on intelligence about international terrorism at home and overseas.
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Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 08, 2018 (RSCNPF): A shooting incident in Lower Monkey Hill is being investigated by the Police who have ruled the matter as an attempted murder.
Police received information regarding a shooting incident at about 12:40 a.m. on November 08, 2018. The officers visited the scene as well as the JNF Hospital. At the hospital they met 32-year-old Ian Pemberton with multiple gunshot wounds about the body. Preliminary investigations have revealed that Pemberton was inside a building on the premises where his car wash business is located when an unknown armed assailant approached the building and fired a number of gunshots at him. Pemberton was shot several times about the body. He was transported to the JNF Hospital here he is listed as being in a stable condition.
The Police are making an appeal to anyone who might have any information in relation to this incident to call the Violent Crimes Unit at 467-1887, 467-1888, or 662-3468 or their nearest Police Station. Investigations into the matter are ongoing.


To be short, there was fewe in this tumulte, but that either throughe obliuion, lefte some thing behind them, or through negligence loste some thing.
Thus you haue hitherto heard the horrible storye of the fyre that did no hurte, whiche allbeit in all partes and actes it be not perfect, yet is it rudelye described. And althoughe it be not expressed accordinge to the dignitye of the matter, yet because it is not to be passed with silence, we haue as it were by a passage set forth a picture therof, wherby the wise and discrete reader maye sufficientlye consider the reast, whiche maye seeme to be wantynge in our narratiō. As touching the hereticke, he had done sufficient penaunce, and went his waies being holpen rather by the benefit of the time then throughe the mercye or pitye of the deuines. About this time also ther was xii. Germaines, Anabaptistes condemned by Stokesly and the other Bishoppes, of whiche noumber two, a man and a woman were burned at Lōdon in Smithfielde, the other were burned in other sondry townes and villages.
In this yeare the kinges maiesty vnderstanding that all Idolatry and vaine Pilgrimages war not vtterly abolyshed wyth in hys domynyons, directid his letters vnto tharchbishop of Canterbury for the spedye correction and amendment of the same. The copy of which letters here ensue.
☞ The king to the bishop of Caunterbury.
RIght reuerend father in God, right trusty & welbeloued, we grete you wel, letting you to wit, that wheras here to fore vpon the zeale & remembrance, which we had to our bounden duety towardes almighty God, preceiuing sōdry superstitiōs & abuses to be vsed and embrased by our people, wherby they greuously offēded him & his word, we did not onlye cause the Images & bones of such as they resorted & offred vnto, with thornaments of the same, & all such wrytings & monumentes of fained miracles, wherwith they wer illuded, to be taken away in al places of our realme, but also by our iniunctions cōmaunded that no offring or setting of lightes or candels shuld be suffred in any church, but only to the blessed sacrament of the altre. It is lately come to our knowledge þt this our good intēt & purpose, notwithstāding the shrines, couering of shrines, & monumēts of those things do yet remain in sondry places of this realme, much to the slaunder of our doinges, and to the great displeasure of almighty God, the same being meanes to allure oure subiectes to their former Ipocrisy and superstition, and also that our Iniunctiōs be not kept as apertaineth, for the due and spedy reformation wherof, we haue thought meete, by these our letters expresly to wil and commaūd you,that incontinently vpon the receit hereof, you shall not only cause due searche to be made in your cathedral church for those things. And if any shrine, couering of shrine, table, monumēt of miracles or other pilgrimages do there continue, to cause it so to be taken awaye as there remaine no memorye of it, but also that you shall take order, withall the curates and other hauinge charge within your diocesse to do the semblable, and to see that oure iniunctions be duelye kepte as appertaineth, without failing as we trust you, and as you will answeare for the contrary. Geuen vnder our signet at oure towne of Hull, the iiii. daye of October in the xxxiii. yere of our raigne.
¶ The history of iiii.
This is a careless error, only three people were burned at Windsor. Foxe was repeating the number four from the heading of this account in the Rerum (p. 182); however, both the Rerum and 1563 accounts make it clear that only three people were burned.
In March 1543, William Simons, a Windsor lawyer and Dr. John London, the warden of New College, Oxford, and a prebendary of Windsor, accused five people of heresy: Anthony Pearson, a preacher and outspoken sacramentarian, Robert Bennet, a lawyer, Henry Filmer, a tailor, Robert Testwood, a chorister of St. George's Chapel and John Marbeck, the organist at the chapel. There were high stakes involved; these accusations were an attempt to eradicate heresy at the royal court (Philip (not William) Hoby and Sir Thomas Carden were gentlemen ushers of the Privy Chamber, with constant access to the king. Thomas Weldon was a master of the Royal Household and Snowball had the delicate and trusted position of yeoman chef for the king's mouth). As Foxe's account makes it clear, the five accused were pressured to reveal heretics at court. Simon Haynes, the dean of Windsor, and an evangelical sympathiser, was also arrested, as were other figures on the fringes of the court, notably Thomas Sternhold, the future co-author of the metrical psalms. At virtually the same time, a series of investigations into heresy in Kent were initiated, which targeted Archbishop Cranmer himself. (For the background to the troubles at Windsor, see Diarmaid MacCulloch, Thomas Cranmer [New Haven, 1996], pp. 297-322 and Glyn Redworth, In Defence of the Church Catholic: The Life of Stephen Gardiner [Oxford, 1990], pp. 184-207). In July, Pearson, Filmer, Testwood and Marbeck were brought to trial before a jury and justices at Windsor. (Bennet was too ill to be tried). All four sentenced to death under the Act of Six Articles. Marbeck, however, was pardoned and Bennet was released through the intervention of the Bishop of Salisbury on his behalf. Filmer, Pearson and Testwood were burned at Windsor on 28 July 1543.
The evolution of Foxe's account of this episode was complicated and at times his narrative was confused. In the Rerum, Foxe had an account of five men who were burned at Windsor in 1544 (Rerum, pp. 182-3). Foxe drew much of the material for this episode from Hall's chronicle. (See Edward Hall, The union of the two noble and illustre famelies of Lancastre and York [London, 1560?], STC 12723a, fo. 256r-v). But Foxe had information that Hall did not: some of the articles alleged against Marbeck and the charges against Bennet. (In fact, Hall does not mention Bennet). Moreover, as Foxe, in his second edition, made it clear that he also consulted original documents from the case; including the writ authorizing the execution of the martyrs (Foxe probably based his account of the Windsor martyrs partly on documents that must have been sent to him during his exile). But in doing so, he got confused on an essential point: he stated that Marbeck, Testwood and Pearson were burned and that Filmer was pardoned.
Foxe translated the account in the Rerum, word-for-word, in the 1563 edition (pp. 626-7). However, as the printing of this edition progressed, Foxe learned of his mastake. On p. 1742 of the edition, Foxe included a list of errata, and this included a mention - in the middle of a column of errors listed in small type - that he had confused Marbeck with Filmer and that he had failed to mention that Bennet was never tried or condemned.
Nicholas Harpsfield noticed Foxe's mistake and either failed to notice, or disregarded, his correction. In a few caustic passages Harpsfield used Foxe's error as the platform for a pointed attack on the overall credibility of the Acts and Monuments. After quoting Foxe's assertion that Marbeck was burned, Harpsfield sarcastically observed that Marbeck 'still lives, singing and playing the organ most beautifully at Windsor, as he had been accustomed to do' (DS, pp. 962-3). Harpsfield's criticisms of Foxe's mistake were taken up by other Catholic writers and repeated as a 'proof' of Foxe's inaccuracy for centuries.
Harpsfield's criticisms also goaded into a massive response. The two pages devoted to the Windsor martyrs in the 1563 edition expanded to thirteen pages in the 1570 edition. Moreover, the account was completely rewritten as the material in the 1563 edition was discarded and replaced with a detailed narrative obtained from John Marbeck himself (This is an important indication that Marbeck himself was the source of this narrative). A manuscript copy of Marbeck's narrative, partially annotated by Foxe in preperation for printing, survives as BL, Lansdowne MS 389, fos. 240r-276r). After the Marbeck narrative, Foxe appended a heated riposte to Harpsfield (this was Foxe's response to the charge made by Nicholas Harpsfield that Foxe had erroneously identified Marbeck as a martyr, and to the implication, rapidly taken up by other Catholic writers, that this demonstrated Foxe's inaccuracy). Foxe's treatment of this incident provides an excellent example of the impact of Harpsfield's criticisms and the ways in which they forced Foxe to expand his text and improve his research.
Marginalia1543.NOw we will passe ouer þe priest whiche was hanged in the porters lodge of the bishop of Winchester at that time beinge Steuen Gardener, and one Henrye with his seruaunt burned at Colchester in the yeare 1538. And a nother man one Kyrbye a tailer burned at London, because we haue no certentye of their time, and so proceade vnto þe yere of our Lord 1543. In whiche yeare in þe moneth of Iune there was foure accused and condempned of heresye and burned at Wyndsor, whose names were these, Anthony Peerson Priest, Robert Testwood singinge man, Henrye Finmore tailer, and Ihon Marbeke singing man.
Anthony Pearson (or Parson, Parsons or Peerson) was vicar of All Hallows, Canterbury and his radical activities there had stirred up controversy (L&P 18 (2), pp. 310 and 318).
, these articles: That for two yeres before he had spoken these woordes in companye. Euen as Christ did once hange betwene two theues, euen so when he is holden vp betwene the priestes hands doth he as it were hang betwene ii. theues, except that priest do sincerelye preache the word of God.
Item that another time he taught in the pulpit, that Christ shuld not so be eaten of the people as he did hange vpon the crosse, wyth hys fleshe torne, and the bloude runninge aboute their mouths, but that he was so to be eaten this day, that we might also fede on him to morow and next day, and so cōtinually. And that Christe was of more manifest power after hys resurrection then he was before.
Item that Christ sittinge with his disciples commendinge the scriptures vnto them, meaning as it were the worde of God, spake these wordes. That is that word, This is þe breade, this is that body of Christ.


Amateur makers, creatives and DIY lovers – big news! A sort of Disneyland for the modern crafty crowd is coming to Greenpoint. Brooklyn Craft Company will open its doors in September.
At their new 1,500 square foot space they will offer all sorts of cool classes, from traditional to trendier crafts. Think printmaking, jewelry making, sewing or even mixology. We are crazy excited about this major addition for the maker community! A place where you can learn new things, perfect your skills, and meet other human beings who are so into macramé (who knew!).
And do these people know what they're talking about, you wonder?
Well, they are the makers of the hugely successful Brooklyn Craft Camp, which had its first edition back in March and has a new event coming up in October. Their founder, Brett Bara, is a lifelong crafter and the author of several books, as well as a TV host and contributor to Design Sponge. The classes will be taught by top designers, authors, and bloggers. So it sounds like you'll be learning from the very best!
To help with their new launch, BCC is running a fundraising campaign at indiegogo. The rewards are beyond cool – a $50 contribution gets you a $75 class credit. A $100 pledge gets you a whopping $200 class credit. Contributions will help furnish the space and get tools and supplies.
After the success of the first Brooklyn Craft Camp, founder Brett Bara decided to take the leap. "The feedback from Craft Camp was so overwhelming, and the event was so successful, that we knew this was a business that had a lot of potential. There's no time like the present, so we decided to just jump right in and make it happen! We've had amazing support from the crafting community that has really helped as well".
We can't wait to see the new space in action. There's just a few days left to contribute to their indiegogo campaign, so make your contribution or snag your class credit soon!


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Dunarobba è una frazione del comune di Avigliano Umbro (TR).

Adagiato su una collina all'altezza di 448 , il paese dista appena 2,5 km da Avigliano, lungo la strada provinciale che conduce da Montecastrilli ad Avigliano-Melezzole.
Il centro storico del paese si sviluppa lungo la principale Via dell'Arco (a NW); l'insediamento industriale delle fornaci ha favorito la crescita lungo la provinciale, nella zona S-SE. Al censimento del 2001, risulta essere popolato da 175 abitanti.

Storia
Il nome del paese deriva probabilmente da quello della gens Dunnia, legionari a cui Ottaviano distribuì questo territorio intorno al I secolo a.C. Una spiegazione alternativa dice, invece, che si tratti della apposizione del termine longobardo duna al suo significato latino, roba.

Si sa con certezza che il paese apparteneva ai conti Arnolfi nell'intorno dell'anno 1000, in quanto donato da Ottone I ad Arnolfo (il capostipite della famiglia) il 13 febbraio 962.
Negli anni 1284-85, subì pesanti attacchi da parte dei Narnesi, in lotta con i Tuderti; allora, appena 150 persone abitavano il paese.

Durante la seconda metà del XV secolo il territorio fu sottoposto a scorrerie da parte delle truppe di due potenti famiglie di Todi, i ghibellini Chiaravalle e i guelfi Atti, in lotta per il potere.
Nel 1577, il consiglio di Todi ordinò di apporre lo stemma dell'aquila, simbolo della città, sulla porta d'ingresso del paese, che si trovava nella Pievania di S. Vittorina, una delle 19 pievanie che costituivano il territorio comunale.
Nel 1591, per aumentare la sicurezza dei suoi abitanti, venne costruito un ponte levatoio sulla porta del castello.
Nel XVII secolo Dunarobba era nota per essere la patria di Ursina di Gregorio, una rinomata guaritrice che vantava capacità di guarigioni miracolose, grazie all'uso di medicinali da lei stessa preparati.
Il 6 gennaio 1704 vi nacque la clarissa serva di Dio suor Maria Lanceata Morelli.

Nel 1809, il territorio venne associato a Todi e Amelia, mentre nel 1816, tornata la dominazione pontificia, passò a Montecastrilli. Infine, nel 1975, con la costituzione del comune di Avigliano Umbro, passò a quest'ultimo.

La foresta fossile

La storia odierna annovera Dunarobba per la scoperta della foresta fossile: nei primi anni ottanta, l'escavazione di terreni argillosi adoperati dalla vicina fornace di laterizi, ha portato alla luce un certo numero di tronchi di piante fossili, risalenti a circa 2.000.000 di anni fa (fine del Pliocene); i resti sono attribuiti a piante della famiglia Taxodiacee, simili alle odierne sequoie. Tuttavia, dei giganti alti anche 30 m ora rimangono solo i basamenti, per un massimo di 5–6 m, con qualche traccia di apparato radicale. Da notare che tali tronchi sono ancora in posizione eretta (in realtà, leggermente inclinati tutti nella stessa direzione) e che non si tratta di piante pietrificate, bensì mummificate: il materiale che le costituisce è assimilabile a lignite, tanto che alcuni tronchi sono stati incendiati, mentre l'imenottero Xylocopa violacea li può danneggiare scavandovi delle gallerie.

Economia
La coltivazione di viti, olivi e frumento è stato, ed è ancora in parte, perno dell'economia agricola della zona.
Fino agli anni '50, la presenza di una miniera di lignite ha favorito la sussistenza di un nutrito gruppo di minatori, provenienti anche dai paesi vicini. Ad essa si è poi sostituita la fornace di laterizi, del gruppo Fornaci Briziarelli Marsciano di Marsciano, che occupa il maggior numero di addetti dell'intero comune.

Monumenti e luoghi d'arte
 Chiesa di S. Vittorina, sede di una delle 19 Pievanie storiche del comune di Todi; all'interno si trova un affresco raffigurante il "Santo Vescovo" (XVI secolo).
 La Fortezza, una rocca fortificata ornata da quattro torri angolari semicircolari, ancora in buono stato di conservazione;
 Chiesa della Madonna delle Grazie, affrescata da una "Madonna con Bambino" del XVII secolo;
 Centro di Paleontologia Vegetale della Foresta Fossile (1999), sede di documentazione e ricerca;
 Centro Studi "Piero Gauli", accluso al complesso della Foresta Fossile, il quale ospita la collezione Gauli, comprendente diverse opere dell'omonimo artista, lascito di lui al Comune di Avigliano (altre opere sono state donate dallo stesso autore in parte al Comune di Terni e in parte all'Amministrazione Provinciale ternana).

Sport
La frazione dispone di un piccolo complesso per la pratica sportiva, di proprietà comunale e curato dalla locale pro-loco, ove opera l'Associazione sportiva "Tennis Dunarobba".

Società

Tradizioni e folclore
Tutti gli anni, in occasione della solennità cattolica di Santa Vittorina (co-patrona della frazione congiuntamente a San Giuseppe) si svolge una processione con partenza dall'abitato frazionale ed arrivo alla pieve (a circa 1,5 km dal paese in direzione di Sismano).

Ogni anno nel mese di luglio vi si svolge, promossa dalla locale pro-loco, la Sagra della Lepre.

Galleria d'immagini

Bibliografia
 Alvi Giovan Battista (1765), Dizionario topografico tudertino, manoscritto, Archivio Storico Comunale, Todi.
 Alvi Giovan Battista, Genealogie di famiglie tuderti, Archivio Storico Comunale, Todi.
 Corradi Marco, (2005), Castrum Farnectae: le famiglie, la storia, le cronache di un castello umbro, Del Gallo, Spoleto.
 Cerquaglia Zefferino, (1999), Il comune di Montecastrilli: da Napoleone all'Unità d'Italia, Ediart, Todi.
 Cerquaglia Zefferino, (2002), Il Comune di Montecastrilli dall'Unità d'Italia alla Prima Guerra Mondiale, Ediart, Todi.

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Frazioni di Avigliano Umbro
Paleobotanica

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Alex Cuevas: Fellow Pack Running Towards Success
Ariana Polanco
Alex Cuevas signs his letter of intent to UC Davis as his family looks on.
Karla Velez, Staff Writer
It was November 18th, 2019 the moment when Alex Cuevas, the best cross country runner in the state, signed to get a full ride to University of California-Davis. The room erupted with applause and cheer the moment Cuevas put down the pen and looked up with a smile.
"Words can't really explain. It feels really great," said Senior Alex Cuevas. "It's something really special to me, coming from a family who's been living out in a farm. So, just having a full ride to school means so much. I'm just really looking forward to making my family proud."
And this was true. The Cuevas family was truly proud of such recognition given to their son. According to Mr. Fidencio Cuevas, "We're very happy. Everyone in the family is and we're going to support him in anything he needs," as joy overwhelmed this proud father.
It was this moment that revealed emotional parts of the family also. For Mrs. Tomasa Cuevas, the fact that her son will be going to college brings tears of joy. Even though he may be the third in the family to attend college, the emotions of a mother still stirs up in her heart.
"It's something new. I don't know how it's going to happen, but I know that it's something good for him and the only thing I want is for that something to be his future on what he likes to do. She added, "I hope everything goes well in everything he does. I hope nothing happens to him wherever he will be at."
Yet, the Cuevas family weren't the only ones looking at Alex with pride. Ridgeview as one came together to celebrate such news with him. Different coaches, counselors, and fellow teammates watched with joy as he signed the paper. Cuevas was the representation of Ridgeview and this became quite an impact in his life, for his many hours of practice and hard work in track and cross country truly paid off for Alex Cuevas. One thing's for sure, many people had a part in this huge step in his life.
Gratitude filled Cuevas as he said, "Training was a lot harder, but I'd like to thank the coaches. They were really pushing me everyday." He added, "Anyday that I felt too tired or I felt like I was doing bad, they were always there pushing me and motivating me. Just to put the best out of me."
It was this type of sportsmanship and motivation that drew Cuevas towards UC Davis. While there were many schools on the waiting list, UC Davis was the only one who truly reminded him of the family feeling that the Wolfpack brings upon its athletes.
"I was kind of looking into UC Davis and then when I went out on an official visit, that's when I felt a connection with the school." Cuevas added, "How the guys are over there it's very similar to how we are here."
Who would imagine this moment in the life of Alex Cuevas after having an unfortunate event that put him in such a spotlight in this cross country recognition. After having a tragic car crash two years ago in August along with his mother and sister, Cuevas had fractured hips, eye socket, and skull.
Now, after receiving this recognition, Alex Cuevas carries in mind that day of the accident that could have put his running dreams at risk. "It was something it never even crossed my mind. I would've never thought of this moment."
This accident did not stop Alex Cuevas from his passion for running. Cuevas added, "It's unfortunate that happened, but it did teach me a lot of new stuff with running. It made me realize how much more I enjoy running; how much I need it."
It was this determination that kept him running to get to the point to sign for the University of California-Davis. The only thing that matters now is that Alex Cuevas did not receive this achievement on his own. He had his family by his side at all times: the Cuevases and the Wolfpack.
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VAT cut from 20% to 5% for hospitality and tourism sectors from 15 July to 12 January
Published By Neil Thompson on 8th July 2020
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is to cut VAT on hospitality as part of a £30bn plan to prevent mass unemployment as the economy is hit by coronavirus.
The government will also pay firms a £1,000 bonus for every staff member kept on for three months when the furlough scheme ends in October. And Mr Sunak announced a scheme to give 50% off to people dining out in August. The chancellor warned "hardship lies ahead", but vowed no-one will be left "without hope," in a statement to MPs.
Chancellor cuts VAT on food, accommodation and attractions from 20% to 5%
He told MPs he will cut VAT on food, accommodation and attractions from 20% to 5% from next Wednesday.
This cut will apply to eat-in or hot takeaway food and non-alcoholic drinks from restaurants, cafes and pubs, accommodation in hotels, B&Bs, campsites and caravan sites, attractions like cinemas, theme parks and zoos.
Rishi Sunak said this "£4bn catalyst" would help protect "over 2.4 million jobs".
Mr Sunak also announced an "Eat Out to Help Out" discount, which he said would help protect 1.8 million jobs, at cost of £0.5bn. Meals eaten at any participating business, Monday to Wednesday, will be 50% off in August, up to a maximum discount of £10 per head for everyone, including children. Businesses will need to register, and can do so through a website, which will open next Monday.


The Rongo University Student who was murdered while at 26 years, was said to be dating three men after leaving her husband of three kids.
Late Sharon Otieno, as sources say was in love with Migori Governor Okoth Obado, his son and Hon.Obado's aide Micheal Oyamo, a former Army service man.
Since her death, so many theories have surfaced over who might have wanted her dead, and how she died.
The embattled governor is a key suspect according to social media. Nairobi Governor even made it public that the politician had a direct influence in the death of the campus girl.
Many of such believers hang on the theory that the leader was afraid of the woman's pregnancy, her demand to be a second wife and her constant contact with the governor. Claims say that she refused to abort the kid when the governor ordered her to do so.
Left with no option, the governor was left to hire hitmen to remove Sharon and the nation reporter who had already picked up the story.
The idea that Sharon had threatened to expose governor on media is said to have angered the governor more than before.
The theory however lacks strong evidence in factual statements. It's only the judges who can decide over these theory.
Another seeming theory, has it that kidnappers took matters into their own hands. Since these are thought to be one of the lethal hitmen, are said to have unleashed their wrath on the powerless lady. raped, strangled and stabbed her 8 times.
These hired kidnappers are also thought to have caused the death of Sharon contrary to governors plan of just torturing and intimidating the two victims which ended up costing a life.
The theory's weaknesses pegs on them easily letting Nation reporter escape easily. They would have not let him of even if he jumped off a moving car.
Death plan or kidnapping squad could be all a single idea of Oyamo, who was Obado's aide.
Those who support the theory believe that Obado might have handed the buck to the PA who- having went through military experience- was accustomed to solving solutions by eliminating the subjects.
Obado might have told the PA to handle the matter, who against his wish over-thought and hired the killer squad to eliminate those behind Obado's nightmares.
Weakness of theory- If Oyamo was also dating this girl, that would not have happened. Even if the girl died Oyamo through this theory, he would end up suffering more than the politician.
This is however a very rare theory, which the believers say that the First lady of Migori county was not prepared for a co-wife or even a possibility of losing her position as Migori first lady.
Another one, if the romour that the girl was in lover with her to men- son and husband.
And so she did the task of hiring men to terminate the source of her future problem. This leaves everyone innocent except the killer squad and the county first lady.
The Nation reporter who fled the murder vehicle by jumping off while it was still moving, is said to have been used to lead Sharon into her death.
The theory however says Barrack was more of a pawn, used to bring the main target to the slaughter-house. But Barrack was 'easily' let loose by the murderers.
Barrack's case has been made public by controversial lawyer Miguna Miguna.
Ochillo Ayacko case seems realistic but away from being factual. The politician vying to be the next Migori senator is said to be a close rival of Obado.
He might have taken this advantage and taint Obado's image down so as to have a big mileage politically.
Weakness- too good to be true and factual.


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Kirari (Japans voor schitteren) was een 570 kg wegende observatiesatelliet van JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) voor het testen van optische dataoverdracht. Kirari is door een Dnepr-draagraket op 23 augustus 2005 vanuit het kosmodroom Bajkonoer op een hoogte van 600 km in een baan om de aarde gebracht. Op 16 oktober 2006 werd de missie afgesloten na een reeks succesvolle experimenten onder andere met de geostationaire satelliet Artemis.

Externe links
 officiële website over de missie op de JAXA website

Kunstmaan
Japanse ruimtevaart


Some of the world's most famous and celebrated sailors are gathering at the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club in preparation for the start of the China Cup.
With 91 boats representing 18 different nations, entered across five divisions, the 30-strong Beneteau 40.7 fleet looks set to be very competitive.
Michel Desjoyeaux, best known for his singlehanded exploits in winning two around-the-world Vendée Globes, is this week taking the helm of Team Beneteau China. For all his vast racing experience, this will be Desjoyeaux's first time at the helm of a Beneteau 40.7, and first time sailing in China. "Discovering a new place and experiencing new cultures, meeting new sailors, it's very exciting to be coming here," he said.
Among his toughest competition will be fellow Frenchman Gery Trenteseaux, who skippers the very successful Courrier Team, returning to the China Cup for the third time. Winners of many international regattas since Courrier's formation in 1999, for this regatta Trenteseaux has the ocean racing experience of Lionel Lemonchois, winner of the legendary Route du Rhum transatlantic race.
Then again, there's nothing like local knowledge and Rick Pointon's Beijing Sailing Center has plenty of that, being defending champions of the China Cup and champions at a number of top Asian regattas including Langkawi, Phuket and Hainan. "This is one of the largest one-design fleets in the world and the teams are very competitive," said Pointon. "Our goal is to keep our noses clean and podium place for Beijing."
One boat eager to steal Pointon's crown is Vatti Sailing skippered by Jono Rankine. Calling tactics on Vatti will be the 21-year-old Peter Burling, just two months after winning a silver medal in the 49er class at the Olympic Games. Former 49er World Champion and America's Cup sailor Ed Smyth is navigating, with past 470 World Champion Simon Cooke steering the boat.
For Cooke the appeal of the regatta is clear, "The China Cup offers the largest one design fleet racing in Asia. This is the premier event of the year. After sailing other rating system events in Asia, I found the racing to be very money based, with teams only winning because of their boat and its rating. So now I focus only on doing the best one design events in Asia. The enjoyment of sailors making the difference is what drives me to continue to do more events in Asia."
Other racing divisions competing this week are the FarEast 26, the SOTO 27, the HKPN Class and the IRC Division. The scratch boat in IRC is the Reichel-Pugh 75, Jelik III, skippered by local sailor Frank Pong. Jelik will be expected to reach Shenzhen before the rest of the fleet tomorrow on the opening Simpson Passage Race from Hong Kong to Shenzhen, where the regatta will be based for the rest of the four day regatta.
For Vatti's Ed Smythe, navigating on the 34 nautical mile passage race will be one of the most challenging parts of the regatta. "Once we leave Hong Kong on Friday for the start of the distance race it's all new territory for me which is kind of exciting. The first challenge will be getting a clean start with the big fleet. The wind looks good right now 15 to 20 knots on Friday. I think the other big challenge will be working out the local tides and current features as we approach the Chinese mainland."
* The China Cup International Regatta 2012 takes place on 26th to 29th October 2012 in the waters of Shenzhen and Hong Kong. Its consist of four days of racing organised by Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club (RHKYC), Shenzhen Marine Sports Base and Shenzhen Vanke Longcheer Yacht Club (LYC). There are 91 entries representing 18 nations: Colombia, Australia, China, Hong Kong, China, Germany, France, Israel, Turkey, Singapore, Japan, Chinese Taipei, Mauritius, Argentina, Uruguay, Philippines, USA and the Netherlands.


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EU mulls disinformation regulation but admits alert system has 'never been triggered'
The case for the EU regulation of online disinformation "will be evaluated" in the coming months ahead of a decision in early 2020, a Commission official revealed on Tuesday (29 October). At the same time, the EU's executive conceded that its disinformation alert system has never been triggered.
EU raps Facebook, Twitter and Google for inaction on fake news
Online platforms are failing to make sufficient progress in the fight against disinformation, the European Commission warned on Thursday (28 December). As the European elections draw closer, the EU cybersecurity agency ENISA has called for national legislation in the fight against fake news.
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PS Iverna was a paddle steamer passenger vessel operated by the Drogheda Steam Packet Company from 1895 to 1902 and the  Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway from 1902 to 1912.

History

She was built by A. & J. Inglis of Glasgow for the Drogheda Steam Packet Company and operated between Drogheda and Liverpool. In 1902 she was transferred to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway when they took over the business of the Drogheda company. Unlike the Tredagh and Kathleen Mavourneen, which were scrapped following the arrival of the new screw steamers Colleen Bawn and Mellifont in 1903, the Iverna and Norah Creina remained in service until they were sold for scrap in 1912.

In 1912 the Iverna was scrapped by Thos. W. Ward of Inverkeithing.

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Passenger ships of the United Kingdom
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Ships built on the River Clyde
Ships of the London and North Western Railway
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: greetings , i will be heading to new york to study privately at new school in jazz and require some accomodation any one who knows the city etc and could give any info or help out with accopmodation would be appreciated. any chance of gigs im into the post bop coltrane era etc.ps. im a double bass player from australia.
: : greetings , i will be heading to new york to study privately at new school in jazz and require some accomodation any one who knows the city etc and could give any info or help out with accopmodation would be appreciated. any chance of gigs im into the post bop coltrane era etc.ps. im a double bass player from australia.


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Hydra Head
by Brandon Stosuy
Aaron Turner of Isis and Jussi Lehtisalo of legendary Finnish shape-shifters Circle join forces for a collection of full-throttle crust punk.
Jussi Lehtisalo of Finnish avant-noise/metal/psych shape-shifters Circle, Pharaoh Overlord, and a thousand other projects was working on "artsy-fartsy free-noise-rock improvisations" with drummer Jukka Kroger (FM2000) when they decided to take a few steps back, simplify, and plow through a set of straight-ahead punk. Around that time, in November 2009, Circle were playing shows with Isis as part of the L.A.-via-Boston post-metal band's final European tour; during this span of gigs Lehtisalo and Isis vocalist/guitarist Aaron Turner talked about starting a band. Samae Koskinen from one of Lehtisalo's projects Steel Mammoth joined the fold as bassist, and Split Cranium was born.
Even if you weren't aware of the origin tale, it would still be impossible to judge the quartet's self-titled debut as a straight-up collection of crust punk. Turner and Lehtisalo are both known for stretching and imploding genres, and as you might expect, this eight-song, 25-minute Kurt Ballou-produced "LP" isn't a spattering of your typical d-beat. We get three songs under two minutes and a few others only slightly longer, but we also get a layered eight-minute "post-crust" closer, the tellingly titled "Retrace the Circle", that goes out with a batch of meditative incanting and howling set to locked-in drums and feedback. It's as much heady, restive psychedelia as it is a punk rager.
There's that, but even when they're not pushing durational extremes, the band manages to incorporate unexpected twists: We get a straight-up ZZ Top "Legs" lick on "Tiny Me", Gregorian chants on "Yellow Mountain", ominous throat singing on "Blossoms from Boils", and more than a minute of Metal Machine Music on the brief anthem "Black Binding Plague", and, in the digital version, a remix of "Sceptres to Rust" by Portland-based electro-acoustic tweaker Daniel Menche. And Turner has more control and variation in his howls than most folks in this situation, giving Disfear's Tomas Lindberg a run for his money in the raw shredding, but also going for those clean, uplifting harmonies. Not that this is an experimental record: Those details surface alongside very catchy, speedy punk riffs (which are stellar throughout), chant-along group vocals, and rolling drums. It's old-school in spirit, new-school in execution.
A colleague of mine referred to the various unexpected bits as "Motorhead-via-Hawkwind territory." That makes a lot of sense, especially considering Lemmy's work in the two groups, and how hindsight offers overlaps for creative listeners. In that spirit, it's hard not to find Isis-like details here, to smile at a meta title like "Retrace the Circle". And, sure, when you have someone as high profile as Aaron Turner giving a go at "underground" crust, you're bound to get scene kids on the defensive. The thing is, Turner also gave an honest go at black metal in the super group Twilight, handles experimental ambiance with his wife, pianist and artist Faith Coloccia, as Mamiffer, drifts into dark ambient/drone with House of Low Culture, and runs two labels, Hydra Head and Mamiffer's imprint, SIGE. What we have here is a restless artist and mind, not an opportunist, and I think that spirit is part of what makes Split Cranium work as well as it does. And, fuck, on a more basic level, it's hard to be cynical when you're pumping your fist along to this stuff.


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The Motte Stone Co Wicklow
Above Image: The Hill path
Above Image: The Bullaun on top
Above Image: The metal rungs
Above Image: The disused car park with
the stone in the distance
Above Image: Access point from the road.
We were returning from Wexford one evening in September when I remembered this strange stone was in the area. Although there was still plenty of daylight, the sky was becoming increasingly cloudy, but we decided to detour a little just to have a look at this oddity.
The Motte Stone as it is referred to sits on top of Croneblane Ridge 800 feet above sea level and overlooks the vale of Avoca. It is a huge quartzite boulder that appears to have been deposited on the ridge by a receding glacier during the last ice age (Circa 13000BC). It measures about 9 feet in diameter and roughly the same in height. All sorts of legends surround this stone ranging from it being a giant's hurling stone (Finn McCumhail, the legendary Irish giant) to being a sacred stone. Some people have claimed to have seen light surrounding it, although it being formed of quartzite and with its prominent height it could be that it is reflective. Another legend is that any person putting a question to it will receive an answer!
Truthfully it is very mysterious and there is evidence it was once incorporated into a Motte and Bailey structure for defence hence giving it it's name. This ancient structure has long since disappeared but the stone still remains proud. With all of these tales why wouldn't you want to have a closer look.
By the time we were in the vicinity the cloud had thickened and a misty drizzle began but we were not deterred. Sadly with these conditions we were unlikely to gaze at the view of five counties that can be had on a clear day, but no mind the mist would only add to the overall mystery of the stone.
We had to take a few turns through country back roads until we found the narrow isolated lane that led to the site. A few years ago the local authority had provided a car park for visitors but due to some issues with rubbish dumping and the actual defacing of the stone with paint it was finally closed. Now you have to park on the somewhat muddy lane and trek through the overgrown car park before you reach the short trail to the summit. It is not a long walk, perhaps 8-10 minutes and not very steep either but all the time you have the stone in view getting larger as you approach.
The mist was really coming down at this point but having made the decision to continue we were determined to reach the stone. Finally on arrival at the summit you will find it all worthwhile as this is truly an amazing curiosity. It is amazing to think that this stone has stood here throughout history long before any people had migrated to this country around 7000BC. Awe inspiring.
On the summit the stone stands tall overlooking an area strewn with smaller rocks, no doubt other debris left by the glacier. A set of metal bars have been hammered into it on one side to provide a rudimentary ladder enabling you to climb up on top of it. On doing so we were surprised to find a cup shaped indent carved out of the top to collect rainwater which if legend has it that this was a sacred stone then the water would have been dispensed for healing purposes. This in effect makes The Motte Stone probably the largest Bullaun stone in the country. Even in the mist it was evident that this held a significant view and it is not surprising that a fort had been built around it in the past.
We spent a little more time there until the misty rain became heavier so it was time to leave, but we will definitely return here on a clearer day.
To find The Motte Stone head south on the M11/N11 Dublin to Wexford road and after Wicklow watch out for "The Tap" Pub on your right. A short distance later there is a turn onto the R754 beside another pub called "Lil Doyles" Take this right turn which leads to the village of Redcross. On the main street you will see a right hand turn pointing towards Avoca. Follow this road which extends uphill until you come to a five way junction. One of the roads on your right has a sign pointing the way to the Motte Stone. Turn down this road and continue until you come to a small crossroads with another sign for the Stone pointing left. Down this narrow left turn you will pass Conary Church and then you will reach a fork in the road. Take the right hand narrower fork and drive until you spot the abandoned car park on your left. You will see the Motte Stone in the distance. You can park here by the roadside but leave room for anyone who might need to pass. Access to the old car park can be found through a small gap in the brushy overgrowth.
RETURN VISIT APRIL 2015
As promised we made a return here on a much more clearer day and what magnificent views from the stone's vantage point as you can see from above. Really, really worth your time on a sunny day to spend the few minutes it takes to walk up to this curiosity.
Causetown Castle Co Meath
Above Image: The stump of a long gone tower
Above 2 Images: Some interior shots
Standing lonely in a field just off the Athboy to Delvin road stands the remains of Causetown Castle (or Lisclogher, depending on which town land you think its in). This 16th century Z-plan tower house has been reduced today to just one storey. It has two towers standing on the North West and South East corners. The smaller South east remains most intact and sports a garderobe turret. The greatly reduced North East tower still contains remains of a stairs. The tower house was the abode of the Dowdall family a well known family who would have come to Ireland around Norman times and gained a foothold in the area.in the area. There is little more information about the Castle but it most likely besieged in either the Cromwellian invasion or the subsequent rebellion in the 1600's.
Today this shell, visible from the road, is in a pretty poor state but it still has a striking aspect to it that makes you want to stop and explore further.
The road alongside is quite narrow but it is possible to park at large field gates outside. The Castle lies on farmland but we were in luck the day we stopped as the padlock on the gate was undone so we made an entrance and trekked across the field which was quite boggy from a lot of previous rainfall in the prior week. This day though was dry and bright but the field was still swampy in places. It looks now with the added fencing to the outside that it is being utilised as a byre for cows and it is quite muddy around the entrance door. Within there is not much to see except the very solid looking barrel vaulted ceiling on the ground floor otherwise it appeared to be actually raining inside as water still ran down the walls and ceiling cracks from previous rainfall. Certainly the outer aspect is much more interesting.
Boggy or not it was great to get up close to this ruin and its well worth a stop especially if the weather has been dry and you don't have to avoid sinking in the mud!
To find Causetown Castle, take the M3 Dublin to Cavan Motorway and exit at Junction 9.Take the N51 towards Athboy and once through the town drive for approximately 4km and you will eventually spot the Castle in a field on your right, Drive slowly as you will need to park at the field gate outside.
Castlejordan Castle Co Meath
Above Image: The two flanking Towers
Image Below: The Stair Turret
We located these ruins by pure chance.We were in the area looking for Kinnefad Castle (See earlier post here) and I stopped to get some directions from a local man busy mowing his lawn. In talking he mentioned the existence of Castlejordan so we went to take a look on our way.
There is very little information regarding these ruins but what I could uncover is that a young man named Jordan De Courcy, in exile in Exeter after his father's death, returned to Ireland in the early 13th century and built a fortress here. We can only assume that these ruins are what remains. It later became the ancestral home of the Giffords. In 1661 Thomas Gifford became the first Baronet although the Baronetcy is said to have ended with his demise a year later. There are records of some later Giffords which include an attack on the Castle against Sir J Gifford and Lady Jepson by rebels in 1642, but it all becomes rather sketchy after that.
The ruins sit beside a bridge on the River Mongagh. When we located them we found they are mostly on private land with a large modern house adjacent. The lane way leading to the gates of the house affords a view of two towers, one of which is now covered in ivy. We managed to cross over the grassy area which was only cordoned off by some twine and have a closer look without infringing on the house which squarely says private property and in doing so discovered a doorway that led to what looks like the remains of a bawn. Beyond this but fenced off is a curious circular tower almost resembling the Wonderful Barn
in Kildare (see previous post here) This appears to be a turret stairs of maybe four storeys and although looked interesting was unfortunately inaccessible.
While there is not much more of the ruins left, what remain are spread over a considerable area prompting the thought that they are all part of the same structure rather than separate entities, but this is not entirely a certainty. If they are then Castlejordan must have been a formidable place in its time.
Unfortunately the two flanking towers look as if they will disappear soon under a coating of ivy. It would be nice to see them both cleared in time to reveal the impressive ruins that lie underneath.
We didn't stay too long here as we felt we were possibly trespassing and we had other Castles to see in the area but it's certainly worth a stop at Castlejordan if you happen to be passing.
To find the ruins take the M6 motorway and exit at junction 2 taking the road to Ballinabrackey. Drive for approx 7.5km until you reach a small T-Junction. Turn right and drive for a further 200m until you see a signposted right hand turn for Castlejordan. Take the turn and cross the stone bridge and you will spot the ruins a little down the road on your left. Parking on the roadside is possible.
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Giovanni Bianchini (1410 — c. 1469), com o nome frequentemente latinizado como Johannes Blanchinus, foi um professor de matemática e astronomia na Universidade de Ferrara e astrónomo da corte de Leonel d'Este. Colaborou com Georg von Peuerbach e Regiomontanus.

Ligações externas
Institute and History of the Museum of Science
Antonio Bianchini

Matemáticos da Itália do século XV
Cientistas da Itália


11: Huntley's Baby Boom Challenge – MissWingless Random Sims Things!
Hello and welcome back to another baby boom challenge update. Last time… nothing much really. Ruby got pregnant again because I raised the limit of the household a little higher. Other than that, not much. So let's get going people!
House update! Or more like… everyone is asleep at the moment, praise the sim god for that! Okay… fine, there's still a little fella awake. Can you spot him? If not, let us zoom in.
Then Trevor woke up and headed for some breakfast, with all his muscle glory like my… he gotten buff people. And that booty… trust me, he got one, since it's going to be a picture further ahead when you can properly see it. Trust me… it shows.
And here we see Basil annoying the crap out of Trevor by asking why a bunch of times… and he did max the Thinking skill, making Basil the first official toddler of mine to max all the toddler skills! YAY!! (Insert a pic for this).
Bagheera and Betty are having some breakfast, not having mastered all their skills, but are still quite good so that they get the happy toddler trait at least. That's something.
Belle is happily cleaning the house, while Bolin is playing doctor… and dear lord it was to long since I have played these guys. I'm having a hard time remembering their names now. That's my fault since I want to do the "Not the B'ss" challenge so.
The three oldest kids decided to hang out by the pirate ship a short distance from the house. Best way to bound with the other siblings. Oh yay. Anyhow, this is way taken before I got Seasons by the way, so I think in either next update, or the one after that, we can see when seasons got installed in my game peps.
As Ruby care for her small garden, Trevor is finally done with the spaceship! Finally! After so much time. So now he's going to have go to space adventures or just upgrade it to be better. I do know that he have gone on one adventure at least.
But what is this? Oh it's the terrible triplets birthday! So first up is Basil, our now top notch toddler… hehe. He's the first one up.
With a terrible fashion choice… so it's a makeover after this soon. Basil rolled Cat Lover as his trait… oh boy. He surely want a cat now. He can get one later when he moves out. And yes, I do have pets. I just rarely play with pets for some reason.
Then we have Bagheera up, turning into a fine lad… or not the finest. He rolled Mean. Our first meanie in the house. This will be interesting.
And last up we have Betty. She and Bagheera got the happy toddler trait. And little Betty rolled… Geek. Meh. And that's the triplets birthday. And we still have one more birthday somewhere around the corner, because Bambi is having her birthday soon… which means that we'll have our first teen in the house!! Excited!! (Even though it have taken eleven updates for that to happen… hehe).
And here we have fixed some of the rooms, so that each kid now has their own separate room, with a bed for now. I don't think they will have much more than that, since they'll move out eventually. We'll see how I do about that.
Ruby need to raise her parenting skill some, because she has switched to the Super Parent aspiration if I haven't said so before. And here she helps Belle with her homework, while being super-pregnant and while Trevor watch it all unfold as he eats.
Time passed and bedtime came. But Bagheera's monster under the bed came and… well look at this distressed face. That's all you need. Those lips can't get more bent if they tried. So off he went to wake up some parents…. which I'm not even sure if he finished that interaction or not.
Here Bagheera is actually cute when he's not being a meanie to his siblings and parents. Now he's playing doctor and showing off his makeover. Since he's a meanie, he got a more edgy kid look. Still cute though.
Basil got a more… little oldie look, since he's probably going to become the next Lynx of this save, except the male counterpart. I'm going to give him so many cats when he grows up and moves out. Mark my words!
And I realized I didn't have a good picture of Betty… so her you get a picture of her in her sleepwear… walking away as Ruby is going in her sleepwear to get some food, since the pregnancy is draining her mood…. a lot.
I didn't get the last one apparently, but he failed doing the fancy flying and didn't escape them, but he did land safely back on earth. Otherwise we would have had a picture of the destroyed spacecraft.
And Trevor got back a little before and in time for Bambi's birthday! She's finally becoming a teen… yay. Just a thousand more updates before the last kid becomes a teen… probably if I keep going at this pace. Oh well. What can I do? We see.
Apparently I thought it would be a good idea for Trevor to fixed/upgrade the fridge while his oldest had her birthday… what a genius move on my part. But her younger brothers are at least there to celebrate her, so that's something.
Bambi rolled the Active trait and wants to become The Bestselling Author, granting her the bonus trait of Muser. So that's Bambi's future; writing books and sometimes go for a jog or two. What a sweet life.
A small peek at Bambi in CAS. She's pretty and mostly reminds me of her father, but she does have her mother's haircolor, eyecolor and skintone. I think she has her mother's nose too, but can be wrong. I do think that Bambi is a good mix of them both. And quite pretty.
And that's all for this update actually! Next update, we're having probably some births and birthdays… and just that maybe. I know sort of, but my savefile crashed some times, so I had to replay some things after this update. But no worry, we are in the clear with the savefile, so this challenge will be finished… sometime. Until next time then, take care!
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Rudnik () is a rural locality (a settlement) in Proletarsky Selsoviet, Altaysky District, Altai Krai, Russia. The population was 75 as of 2013. There are 2 streets.

Geography
Rudnik is located 17 km south of Altayskoye (the district's administrative centre) by road. Sarasa is the nearest rural locality.

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Rural localities in Altaysky District, Altai Krai


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* First column is Average Total Cards per Match for matches involving MC Alger (Includes Opponent team cards). 2nd column is for MC Oran.
There is an Uncertainty whether MC Alger will score a goal based on our data.
There is a Medium Chance that MC Oran will score a goal based on our data.
Coming into this game, MC Alger has picked up 11 points from the last 5 games, both home and away. That's 2.2 points per game on average. BTTS has landed in an intriguing 4 of those games. MC Alger has scored 9 times in the last 5 fixtures.
MC Alger has enjoyed playing at home recently, with the side currently unbeaten in 3 games.
MC Oran's defence will have to be at their best today if they're to stop MC Alger from scoring. The home side has scored in the last 3 games in front of their own fans. They have failed to score in 3 home matches this season.
Momentum is really building for MC Alger as they have now gone 7 games without losing. They have won 3 of the last 5 games they have played.
It's possible we will see a couple of goals here, with the last 4 games for MC Alger ending with 2 goals or more being scored.
MC Alger is unbeaten in the last 5 games coming into this fixture against MC Oran, having won 3 and drawn 2. They have scored 9 goals in those 5 games.
In the last 5 matches for MC Alger, 4 of those games has ended with both teams scoring. This season 11 matches (61% of all matches) involving MC Alger has seen BTTS landing.
It's likely that MC Alger will score today, as they have netted in the last 7 games coming into this one and have scored 9 goals in the last five games.
Coming into this game, MC Oran has picked up 6 points from the last 5 games, both home and away. That's 1.2 points per game on average. BTTS has landed in just 2 of those games. MC Oran has scored 6 times in the last 5 fixtures.
MC Oran has enjoyed playing away from home recently, with the side currently unbeaten in 2 games.
Things have not been going that well in front of goal for MC Oran recently, with the side failing to score in 2 of the last 5 games. Will the manager change his tactics today, or throw in another forward?
MC Oran has fired blanks in 9 games this season. That's 45% of games where they have not been able to find the back of the net. Do they need a new forward? In the last 5 games, they have scored just 6 goals.
Just 2 of the last 5 games for MC Oran has ended with both teams scoring. They have won 1 of those 5 games. Overall, BTTS has landed in 9/20 games for MC Oran this season.
MC Oran will need to improve their attack if they're to get anything out of this game. They have not scored in the last 2 matches. During the last five games they have scored 6 times and overall this season they have scored 1.1 goals per game.
On 9th April 2019, MC Alger played MC Oran in Ligue 1. The match ended 1 - 0 to MC Alger.
Since this match is over, we suggest you check out the head to head statistics for the next meeting between MC Alger and MC Oran.


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Open Virtualization Alliance Now Tops 200 Members
By Leila Meyer
The Open Virtualization Alliance (OVA), an organization of technology companies created to promote support for the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) virtualization platform, reported it's experiencing rapid growth in participation from cloud computing companies and emerging markets around the world.
The OVA was launched in May 2011. Founding members included BMC Software, Eucalyptus Systems, HP, IBM, Intel, Red Hat, and SUSE. Sixty-five more companies joined in June, and more than 200 technology companies now belong to the organization.
The goal of the OVA is to encourage adoption of KVM as an open virtualization technology alternative to proprietary solutions such as the industry-leading VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V. Many of the OVA member companies previously supported the open source Xen hypervisor but are now throwing their weight behind KVM instead.
KVM is built in to Linux and enables the Linux kernel itself to act as a hypervisor. In the past, KVM was not considered an enterprise-grade virtualization solution, but according to the OVA, recent technology advances in KVM have changed that. The organization claimed that KVM now offers the performance, scalability, and security necessary for an enterprise-class hypervisor.
The OVA stated that KVM is a full virtualization solution for Linux on x86 hardware that contains virtualization extensions for Intel VT and AMD-V and that KVM can run multiple virtual machines with unmodified Linux or Windows images. The OVA also pointed out that KVM benefits from the experience and support of a community of thousands of developers and that because it is embedded in the Linux kernel, it inherits the performance, scalability, and security of the Linux operating system.
A full list of KVM features is available on the KVM project site.
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