After a horrific journey to Buxton, (Bank Holiday traffic nightmare), I was MORE than ready for my spa treatment. The Devonshire Spa invited me to try out the latest edition to their treatment menu, the Ishga Facial, which features their brand new Exfoliating Face Mask.
I've never been to a spa before, but I was so glad to try out the spa and treatments after a few stressful weeks.
The treatment began with a foot scrub, I dipped my feet into warm water and the therapist began to massage the feet with salt scrub to remove any dead skin cells. We chatted about my skin care concerns so the treatment could be targeted more on my problem areas. I currently have 3 mountains on my chin, (cystic acne is not fun, thanks hormones for creating those), so I asked if the treatment could help reduce the size of those and help my oily skin.
Once my feet were dry, I lay down on the bed and the treatment began. Soft sweeping motions with a cleanser removed any traces of make-up.
Hebridean Sea & Salt Oil Scrub - Used to exfoliate the dead skin cells during the foot scrub.
Ishga Active Cleansing Lotion - Used to remove traces of make-up and to create a fresh canvas for other products.
Hebridean Marine Toner - Used to cleanse the pores and revitalise the skin.
Ishga Exfoliating Face Mask - High quality seaweed is combined with seawater to create a revitalising, repairing and moisturising mask.
Nourishing Face Oil - To rehydrate and balance the skin.
Peel Off Power Mask and Seaweed Extract - These are professional only products, which are mixed together. It has a cooling sensation, and peels off.
Invigorating Body Oil - Used during the mask while it sets, it's massaged over the arms and chest to further relax you.
Regenerating Face Serum - Aimed at treating pigmentation and ageing.
Anti-Oxidant Marine Cream - Seaweed extract helps to freshen, brighten and hydrate the skin.
Two masks were used in the treatment which I've never thought of doing, combining two can help you target two skin concerns. The Ishga Exfoliating Face Mask was used first, the therapist used tapping motions to apply it to my skin. She used one finger with the products on and tapped spots all over my face until the joined up to create a full mask. This is to help the active ingredients work their way into the skin as the mask sets. I'll be trying this with my other masks to improve their performance.
The Ishga Exfoliating Face Mask has rich ingredients such as seaweed, which has high levels of skin boosting vitamins and anti-oxidants, as well as aloe vera and cucumber extract.
The second mask was a cooling gel which was applied thickly over the skin. It's cooling ingredients really helped to lift my skin and keep it taught and smooth. The best bit was that it peeled off in a thick sheet.
After the facial had ended I took a look at my skin and it was so firm and clearer. Since the treatment I have noticed the cystic acne reduce in size. I'd love to have a spa treatment each month but it's a little out of my budget. I would however recommend it before special occasions, it was 55 minutes of pure relaxation.
Afterwards, I was treated to tea and cake, honestly the sticky toffee cake was heavenly, the perfect end to my day. If you want a pamper, I would fully recommend the Devonshire Spa in Buxton. The staff are incredibly friendly, the treatments are so relaxing and you'll see improvements to your skin instantly.
Have you ever been on a spa day?
*The treatment was complementary, but all views are my own.
MAC's Bare Study paint pot was a disappointment to me, a shimmery unblendable mess, so I was put off buying any other shades from the range. There was a moment of weakness at Cheshire Oaks' Cosmetics Company Outlet and I decided on a whim to purchased Groundwork, a warm matte brown shade.
It's a dream, I know that it's a big statement to make but I am in love with this paint pot. It's creamy and easy to blend, I use a MAC 217 to diffuse any harsh lines and blend the colour up towards my brow bone. The colour is just what I wanted, it adds definition and a slight eye socket contour without being too dark.
I currently team it with smudge out brown pencil liner from Urban Decay, just across my lash line and lashings of mascara.
It's a one wash of colour wonder, all done in one sweep and swish of a blending brush. You need it!
Honey is well known for it's health and skincare benefits, that's why I was eager to try some skincare items from Manuka Doctor.
I've previously talked about my oily, acne prone skin, it's a bit of a nightmare at times. The ApiClear range from Manuka Doctor, is formulated to prevent acne and dramatically improve your skin's quality. I've been trying out the ApiClear Foaming Facial Cleanser and the ApiClear Skin Treatment Serum.
I always expect acne face washes to be a gel, which is drying, just like my La Roche Posay Foaming Gel Cleanser, but the ApiClear Foaming Facial Cleanser one is a cream, which is super soft on the skin. It foams nicely under water and doesn't leave my skin feeling uncomfortably tight or dry. Recently, my skin has been a little more balanced then usual so I don't have any active breakouts but I think this wash has prevented any more spots occurring.
The ApiClear Skin Treatment has replaced my Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair, while I've been testing it. I have quite a few steps in my skin regime, I would use the Foaming Cleanser, then my La Roche Posay Serozinc as a toner, followed by the ApiClear Serum. Unfortunately, I felt like the serum alone wasn't even to moisturise my skin, so I would add my La Roche Posay Effaclar Duo Treatment over the top to complete the routine.
I did wake up the next morning and noticed my skin was a lot more plumped and the acne scars looked slightly reduced. I'd like to test this further to see if it can reduce my scars more over a 3 month period.
The last product I'll be talking about is their Best Selling Rejuvenating Bee Venom Face Mask. This is something I wanted to try because of it's 'bee venom' ingredient. Apparently Bee Venom has a combination of enzymes, peptides and amino acids, which are anti-ageing and help blemish prone skin.
From what it looks like in the pot, you'd imagine it to be a thick face cream, but it's a firm cream, which you slather all over your face and leave to dry. It does tighten and dry like other masks, but it's transparent/off white colour threw me, you can hardly see it as you apply it.
Once it's had 10 minutes to dry, I washed it off with warm water, it gave me a boost of moisturise, without being greasy and my skin looked more plump, like before with the serum.
*Yes that's my unphotoshopped face, shock horror!
Overall, I'm impressed by Manuka Doctor's products. I like the scent of the products, and have a seen improvements in my skin, although they aren't dramatic changes, but changes still. The products are well balanced, the products don't leave you too greasy or too dry and my skin has been thankful for this.
Have you ever tried products from Manuka Doctor?
I've been on an unintentional spending ban, I paid off my holiday to Barcelona off in one pay check, so that didn't leave me lot of money to play with. I'd love some pretty summer dress and sandals for my holiday! Instead I've been window shopping online, mostly at things I can afford, but I thought I'd show you want I'm currently lusting over!
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Do you like any items from my Spring Wishlist?
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The Eyemouth's Museum Without Walls App is a project undertaken by scholars at the University of St Andrews and Eyemouth Museum Trust to facilitate the exploration and understanding of the town of Eyemouth using new technologies and innovations in computer science.
The App enables learners to concurrently explore the town and access location specific research.
The App draws upon research undertaken by the Eyemouth Museum Trust, Lynne Bogle, Will Collin, Derek Janes, Lawson Wood, Fay Waddell, Jenny Dougal, Johnny Johnston, Peter Aitchison, Elaine Peakman and Alan Dougal.


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india is currently the world's second or third largest producer of several dry fruits, agriculture-based textile raw materials, roots and tuber crops, pulses, farmed fish, eggs, coconut, sugarcane and numerous vegetables.
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the country also possesses 46 of the 60 soil types in the world. india is the largest producer of spices, pulses, milk, tea, cashew and jute; and the second largest producer of wheat, rice, fruits and vegetables, sugarcane, cotton and oilseeds.
india's agriculture is composed of many crops, with the foremost food staples being rice and wheat. indian farmers also grow pulses, potatoes, sugarcane, oilseeds, and such non-food items as cotton, tea, coffee, rubber, and jute (a glossy fiber used to make burlap and twine). india is a fisheries giant as well.
7 août 2018 - indian agriculture and allied activities have witnessed a green revolution, a white revolution, a yellow revolution and a blue revolution.
17 mai 2012 - with a large population to feed and many people working in agriculture, agriculture is critical for india's development.
22 déc. 2017 - let's see how even farming too can be quite rewarding - both mentally and financially. here are five people in india who prove this to be true.
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Dance The Button Boy 888
Bill Zobel
Double Triangles (DBLTRI)
Reel of three - double, (not GE) (REEL;DOUBLE;R3;)
Note: Due to limitations in the underlying data, the relative order of formations in this list may be different from the order of formations in the actual dance.
The Allanton Collection [1]
The Button Boy (Muriel A Johnstone)
The Button Boy Muriel A Johnstone Dancing Fingers 2 CD+ 1 R32 8 4:44 35.5 The Button Boy/Cocklawburn/Pinewoods Auction/The Engine Room
The Button Boy McDuff's Ceilidh Band Artistic License CD+ 10 R32 8 4:56 37.0 Forecastle/The Navvie/The Breakdown
The Button Boy 3/4L · R32
mirror Reels3 on own sides, 1c starting in and down
mirror Reels3 on opposite sides (1c cross down) finish (2,1x,3) with 1c BtoB facing opposite sides
DTr, 1c finish in 2plx facing down NHJ
1c dance down the middle ; change sides (W twirl under M's arm) and dance up to (2,1,3)
1s dance reflection reels of 3 on own sides
1s cross down to dance reflection reels of 3 on opposite sides & end in 2nd place BtoB facing opposite sides
1s dance Double Triangles to end facing down (Lady on Mans right)
1s dance down, Lady dances under Mans arm & dance up to 2nd place own sides
Ilana Steiner
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Truus de Ceuster
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Saturday 26th November Raphaelle orgeret Sept. 13, 2016, 6:19 p.m.
Headington 8 March 2018 2018-03-08 Sandra McLevy March 9, 2018, 12:58 a.m.
Chiswick ~ 170423 Social Dance 2017-04-23 James Wilson April 24, 2017, 4:55 p.m.
Chiswick ~ 170423 Social Dance (orig) 2017-04-23 James Wilson April 24, 2017, 12:54 p.m.
Delaware Valley RSCDS Spring Ball Brunch Dance 2000 2000-03-26 Andy Peterson April 1, 2018, 4:47 a.m.
Ericht with Frank Thomson 2016-09-23 Kate Kinnear Sept. 22, 2016, 1:52 p.m.
Scotia 2020-01-13 2020-01-13 Wang _ Jan. 11, 2020, 9:27 p.m.
IntermediateVISCDS_Core20192020 2019-09-03 Gael Forster Aug. 19, 2019, 6:14 p.m.
Chiswick ~ 170514 Social Dance 2017-05-14 James Wilson May 15, 2017, 10:38 a.m.
Chiswick ~ 170507 Social Dance 2017-05-07 James Wilson May 8, 2017, 3:16 p.m.
RSCDS SF Party - May 2018 2018-05-05 Rachel Pusey Jan. 24, 2018, 12:18 a.m.
Chiswick ~ 170507 Social Dance (orig) 2017-05-07 James Wilson May 8, 2017, 11:39 a.m.
Oldenburg 2017-02-20 2017-02-20 Judith Kowalczik Feb. 18, 2017, 11:32 a.m.
Westchester End of Series Party - Series 4 - 2015 2015-05-27 Peter Price May 18, 2015, 7:08 p.m.
Asilomar 2013 Friday Evening Welcome Dance and Social Andy Peterson Nov. 4, 2013, 3:12 a.m.
Delaware Valley RSCDS Hogmanay - 2003-2004 2003-12-31 Andy Peterson April 1, 2018, 11:11 p.m.
Tenafly class 7 april 2015 2015-04-07 Deborah Leary April 5, 2015, 1:25 a.m.
RSCDS New York Branch Class 09/27/2018 2018-09-27 Ellen Sears Sept. 25, 2018, 8:27 p.m.
Oldenburg 2016-02-29 2016-02-29 Judith Kowalczik Oct. 9, 2016, 10:27 a.m.
Bi-FZZ_2016-03-03 Verl Girl March 3, 2016, 11:36 p.m.
20160924 - Preston Opening of Season Dance 2016-09-24 Zsofia Jozsef Sept. 20, 2016, 10:36 p.m.
Ottawa Branch Burns Social - 2016 2016-01-22 John Bottriell Jan. 17, 2016, 3:48 a.m.
Budapest Local Club 20.03.2014 2014-03-20 Zoltán Gräff March 21, 2014, 10:37 a.m.
Westchester Class - April 1st 2015-04-01 Peter Price March 30, 2015, 5:30 p.m.
TAC Summer School Ball 2013 Jody Williams June 18, 2013, 1:09 a.m.
HHK June 26, 2018 Elizabeth Buonomo June 22, 2018, 1:08 p.m.
Surbiton 2017 May 18th - AGM and dancing 2017-05-18 Jenny Kendrick May 12, 2017, 1:48 p.m.
Vienna Branch Social Evening, Saturday 13.4.2019 2019-04-13 Felix Hamelbeck April 7, 2019, 5:51 p.m.
Surbiton 2019 March 14th - Spring Event 2019-03-14 Jenny Kendrick March 8, 2019, 3:47 p.m.
Bedford SDG Tuesday Class Autumn 2014 Keith Rose Oct. 29, 2014, 12:44 a.m.
Vienna Whitsun Course 2019_Sunday_Ball 2019-06-09 Beatrix Wepner Feb. 24, 2019, 9:50 p.m.
FSCDC Class 11 December 2018 2018-12-11 Anselm Lingnau Dec. 12, 2018, 1 a.m.
Oldenburg 2019-06-03 2019-06-03 Martin McWilliam June 1, 2019, 7:10 p.m.
Delaware Valley RSCDS 25th Anniversary Spring Ball 1995-03-18 Andy Peterson Jan. 7, 2018, 2:04 a.m.
Surbiton ~ 150611 Dance 2015-06-11 James Wilson June 9, 2015, 11:50 p.m.
RSCDS Seattle - May 2015 Social Dance 2015-05-16 Rachel Pusey May 5, 2015, 6:37 a.m.
New York Branch End of Series PARTY, Feb. 4th, 2016 Sue Ronald Jan. 22, 2016, 6:32 p.m.
Oldenburg 2016-04-11 2016-04-11 David Quarrie May 4, 2016, 11:51 a.m.
Scotia Dancers February 6 Nameless Dancer Feb. 5, 2017, 3:17 a.m.
Chiswick ~ 170319 Social Dance (orig) 2017-03-19 James Wilson March 20, 2017, 11:30 a.m.
San Diego Christmas Dance 2018 2018-12-02 Ward Fleri Oct. 21, 2018, 6:02 p.m.
Darmstadt_2019_11_18 2019-11-18 OnYourToes Darmstadt Nov. 17, 2019, 8:54 p.m.
Johnsonville SCD NZ Annual Dance Aug 2017 2017-08-05 John Munro June 29, 2017, 2:33 a.m.
GASP - September 27 2019 - Gayle Davidson 2019-09-27 John Bottriell July 26, 2019, 8:02 p.m.
Belfast Branch Day School Evening Dance 6.4.19 Linda Harley Jan. 10, 2019, 10:49 a.m.
Mini bal 4 novembre Raphaelle orgeret Oct. 15, 2016, 11:16 a.m.
Chiswick ~ 170319 Social Dance 2017-03-19 James Wilson March 20, 2017, 11:31 a.m.
Scotia 17 September 2018-09-17 Peter Price Sept. 14, 2018, 9:48 p.m.
Scotia Experienced Class 03-04-2019 2019-03-04 Ellen Sears March 2, 2019, 2:34 a.m.
NJ Branch Downton Demo Morristown Library 2015-06-11 Deborah Leary June 3, 2015, 12:08 a.m.
GASP Nov 4 2016 2016-11-04 John Bottriell Oct. 11, 2016, 6:22 p.m.
RSCDS Seattle - Puget Sound Crossroads 2015-06-27 Rachel Pusey May 25, 2015, 4:13 a.m.
Richmond 15.05.19 2019-05-15 Simon Stewart May 13, 2019, 4:07 p.m.
HoHoKus 5 July 2016-07-05 Deborah Leary July 4, 2016, 2:37 p.m.
HHK 12 Feb 2019 2019-02-12 Deborah Leary Feb. 10, 2019, 10:29 p.m.
RSCDS New York Branch Class 01/18/2018 2018-01-18 Ellen Sears Jan. 17, 2018, 2:27 a.m.
RSCDS Seattle - Fort Worden 2017 Ball 2017-09-09 Rachel Pusey July 10, 2017, 3:50 a.m.
Van Isle Social Feb 10 Gordon Robinson Jan. 20, 2012, 2:06 p.m.
Chiswick - 21 October 2018 (orig) 2018-10-21 James Wilson Oct. 24, 2018, 10:06 a.m.
180922 Denkendorf Class Dances 2018-09-22 Meinhard Reiser Sept. 24, 2018, 8:11 p.m.
Jeannie Carmichael Ball and Brunch 2014 Sue Ronald June 6, 2014, 11:01 p.m.
Westchester Ball June 2015 2015-06-07 Peter Price March 6, 2015, 2:18 a.m.
Delaware Valley RSCDS Spring Ball 1998 1998-03-28 Andy Peterson March 31, 2018, 8:33 p.m.
Chiswick ~ 170514 Social Dance (orig) 2017-05-14 James Wilson May 15, 2017, 10:24 a.m.
List Submissions 2019-20 Nameless Dancer Feb. 16, 2019, 3:31 a.m.
RSCDS New York Branch Summer Dancing 7/11/2019 2019-07-11 Ellen Sears July 9, 2019, 8:36 p.m.
Thistle Club 2014 Jan Jones Oct. 28, 2017, 4:55 p.m.
Chiswick ~ 170521 Club Night 2017-05-21 James Wilson May 12, 2017, 4:55 p.m.
Chiswick Scottish 170521 2017-05-21 Jerry Reinstein March 20, 2017, 11:04 a.m.
New York Branch 7/13/2017 2017-07-13 Ellen Sears July 11, 2017, 6:52 p.m.
SCOTIA 7/27/15 2015-07-27 Deborah Leary July 26, 2015, 2:31 a.m.
Oldenburg Potters Pairs Welcome dance 2016 2016-04-22 Martin McWilliam Jan. 15, 2016, 7:42 p.m.
Dances suggested for the 2016-17 list Sue Ronald Jan. 30, 2016, 8:32 p.m.
Scotia 2020 planning Wang _ Dec. 30, 2019, 7 p.m.
2014-15 New York Branch Dance List Sue Ronald Jan. 27, 2015, 11:45 p.m.
Working on the 2015-16 list Sue Ronald Jan. 26, 2015, 4:38 p.m.
2015-2016 New York Branch Dance List Sue Ronald Aug. 15, 2015, 5:28 p.m.
Blair Scottish Country Dancers: Dancing In The Park 2019 Jamie McDougall April 20, 2019, 8:05 p.m.
BSCD Dances Taught 2019-2020 Jamie McDougall Sept. 4, 2019, 12:58 a.m.
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The Button Boy R32 · Zobel: Allanton

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If you are looking for an extra standard garage door for your house Objective Garage Doors has a complete line of steel doors to meet your building needs. Their steel carriage garage doors are embossed to offer the look of a real wood garage door without all the maintenance that an all timber door will certainly need. One of the fantastic attributes of Objective Garage Doors is the capability to link your garage door opener to your residences security system.


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Home » Business » Reviving an ancient method of making lime in Croatia
Reviving an ancient method of making lime in Croatia
(Photos: Private album)
By Vicki Sussens
Extracted from limestone found in abundance in Croatia, lime is the world's oldest and most efficient building material. The firm Kapitel in Istria produces lime for historical preservationists in a kiln built to ancient specifications.
Branko Orbanić is passionate about his work: he is an architect specialised in historical preservation, and in 2000, built a lime kiln to revive an ancient method of producing the most important building material for restoring old buildings – lime.
The first law of conservation is to use traditional building materials and lime has been used as a binder for thousands of years. It also happens to be right on trend: it is sustainable, ecological and keeps buildings energy efficient. Orbanić explains how lime plaster absorbs excess moisture in a room, and releases it back when the room becomes dry. "This is a natural cycle that keeps humidity at ideal levels for people and furniture."
Lime was used not only for mortars, but also to disinfect, keep stables hygienic, repel pests on fruit trees and to kill bacteria in well water. "It sounds like an all-round medicine," I say. "Bravo!" answers Orbanić.
He proudly shows me the kiln, set in an idyllic stretch of Istrian countryside not far from Zminj, where he and his wife Gracijela, run the architectural firm Kapitel.
Branko Orbanić in front of the kiln with the lime the firm sells (Photo: Private album)
The kiln is partially buried in an embankment. The chimney is a simple hole in the ground. Outside, under the trees are wooden benches for the lime workshops held in summer.
We walk to a beautifully restored stone hut next to the kiln, the walls of which are covered in sample antique techniques: fresco (pigment applied to wet plaster) secco (pigment on dry plaster) and stucco (decorative relief). "Touch them", he says, as I admire this whiff of ancient Venice.
The setting is so archaic that it is hard to imagine that this humble kiln has any kind of production capacity. Can such a small structure meet demand? Easily, says Orbanić. Kapitel is the only firm in Croatia supplying traditionally made lime, and works closely with the many historical preservationists now restoring Croatia's long neglected architectural legacy – one that reaches back into prehistorical times. Kapitel also uses the lime in its own restoration projects, which include churches, monuments and traditional stone homes.
Branko has a pigment in his hand (Photo: Private album)
Orbanić was inspired to revive traditional lime production by a leading Austrian restoration expert, Hannes Weissenbach. "But I also remembered that in my own village there was an old lime kiln and a pit where the lime was slaked. Every village had this," he says. "But the knowledge is fast disappearing."
Limestone is found in abundance throughout Croatia. And Istria has a particularly good quality limestone, rich in the minerals needed to produce an enduring binder. The kiln gets fired up once in summer when the days are long, burning day and night for seven days. For quality purposes, the fire must be very clean and only thin branches of wood are used. Orbanić plays his part in ensuring quality by spending every night from 6 pm to midnight feeding wood into the fire.
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To make the lime, limestone is burned. The firing produces the raw material called "quicklime", which can be worked as is, or "slaked" in a "lime pit" of water to create "slaked lime". This is then mixed with aggregates such as sand and volcanic ash to create various types of plaster. It can also be mixed with mineral pigments (which Kapitel also produces) to colour and decorate walls.
In summer, Orbanić holds workshops at the kiln. "My philosophy is that if you have valuable knowledge, you must spread it," he says. He teaches about different lime applications, as well as ancient techniques to colour and decorate walls.
Ironically, while Croatia lags well behind Italy, Spain, Germany or Austria in the restoration of historical buildings, the Kapitel kiln is one of the only traditional lime kilns in Europe. "My foreign course participants cannot believe that in the 21st century, this very basic production of lime is taking place. In their own countries, lime production has been industrialized," says Orbanić.
How it makes my heart sing to stand in this woodland factory, which sustainably and effortlessly produces a far superior plaster than the hypermarkets that have begun to colonise the building market in Croatia.
Orbanić says one reason he is promoting the use of lime is just because of this "turbo development" of building materials. "Consumers are flooded with ads for "ever better" materials, and in the hype around the "new", builders are under pressure to use these products. But what about the old buildings in Croatia that were built using lime and are still standing after 2000 years!"
His workshops have had some influence in the industry, he says. But it's not an easy battle. While strict laws mean original materials must be used in restoration projects, traditional stone homes are neither valued in Croatia, nor do they enjoy sufficient protection as a cultural good. The result is huge swathes of this legacy are being lost as houses are "modernized" and ancient villages lose their patina.
Orbanić clutches his arms in a physical display of despair. "This really gets me," he says. He tells a story he often uses in his workshops. An Austrian had bought a beautiful old stone house full of charm. "The plaster, patched over centuries with different coloured soils, had a wonderful patina of grey, green and red shades. The roof had ancient terracotta tiles. Did you know that each tile was shaped on someone's thighs? And the house had the typical perfect proportions of a classical home. Not a door or window was too large or too small, an arch too deep or too shallow."
After the restoration, all the crooked lines had been straightened under a straightjacket of cement. The old stone window- and doorframes were replaced with new ones, the roof had modern tiles, and the house was painted orange. "People love this kind of house now because they think there is no alternative to renovating old buildings. But if you explain what a treasure they would have if they did a proper renovation, then things would be different," he says. "That is why I teach."
Vicki Sussens is a South African born journalist – now a German citizen, who divides her time between Germany and Croatia, where her family has a holiday home. https://www.clippings.me/sussens
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>> Speaker 1: Okay, so now you've seen frames per second meter. It's all right, but it's not conclusive. How do we actually use the browser tools to sniff out some issues that we might be having? Well, there's one thing that I really like. Chrome's DevTools have this thing called Paint Flashing.
[00:00:21] You know what, I'll just show it to you. So we talked a bit how there's layout, there's painting, and there's compositing, right? Paint flashing, what it does is it shows us where things are being painted, not composited, not laid out. Look, the whole page is green. The whole page is being painted.
[00:00:42] That's not good. That's gotta cost money. So let's see what happens on my site when we do that. We're gonna enable the paint flashing. Notice on my site, only the hands are being flashed because they're using background position. But notice what happens when I use the sidebar. The sidebar flashes green when it moves, and then flashes green again when it stops moving, showing that it's being painted only at the beginning and end of its animation.
[00:01:09] That helps clarify how Chrome is handling those animations. So, it goes paint and then repaint. But notice, also, that more, this thing here, being sprite animation that I use background positioning on it, it stays green throughout its animation. What happens when we go to one of my other pages?
[00:01:31] Oop, see, it turned green once the page stopped. The page is animated using a transform. Technically, we combine this using the slowdown animations to really get a view. That's wrong one, back, go back, abort, abort.
>> Speaker 1: So we could use this to go back home. And notice how, when we slow things down, we can really see when those paints come into play.
>> Speaker 1: And then there's the timeline tool. And the timeline tool's kinda heavy hitter here.
>> Speaker 1: If you notice that something is being really janky in certain places, it's a good idea to use this tool if you can. I'm gonna go to Alice in Videoland and use it. And I'm gonna turn off the paint flashing because if you are painting things, that can also change your performance.
[00:02:32] I have seen two very different recordings. So what you're gonna do is you're gonna go to your Timeline tab. If it's not there, use the little arrows, go there. Or actually hang on, there's one thing I have to do. I'm afraid I've left it at 25%. I want to be at 100%.
>> Speaker 2: Not in the dropdown.
>> Speaker 2: When you click on it, it moves it up.
>> Speaker 1: Stop trying to be helpful, Chrome. You're not helping anybody.
[00:03:13] So let's do it like this. And, I'm gonna hit record. And it's got me this little buffer usage down here, which lets me know how long I have for recording.
>> Speaker 1: Or how long I'm recording. I'm gonna scroll. I'm gonna scroll this pretty fast cuz I want us get to one area where it can be problematic.
[00:03:34] And I click the down button. We're going down. And there she's kicking. We're gonna keep scrolling, scroll all the way to the down. And that should have fired something, but it's not. Might possibly be because we're recording it. Unfortunately, when we use tools like this which are really, really invasive, sometimes things don't behave the way we expect them to.
[00:04:01] Or it could be because my code is wrong. Who knows? Now, you can't hear it, but my fans are going, my computer is very hot. And there we go. Now we got something we can work with. So, check it out. We even get, man, but it, we're gonna have to I think break this out into its own window cuz it's that big.
[00:04:28] My God, we've got to look at the whole thing as huge. This will check it out. We can actually see a little screenshot of what's happening at any given time. I went to the Chrome Dev Summit. And I asked for this feature. I'm glad I did. It's a lot easier to see where these bottlenecks are if you can visually see what's happening at that time.
[00:04:46] Up here, you can see that we've got, at the very top of the bar, we can see that we've got these different mountain features in green. Those are measuring the FPS at any given time. And you can see, of course, where the FPS dropped. Here's a big dip.
[00:05:02] Let's see what's happening here. Well, it looks like that was just when the teacup sat there for a little bit. And I don't know why it was like that. But perhaps it was because, if we go down here, we can have a look at all the mounds of listeners that I am calling at the same time.
[00:05:18] Look, we can even, woh, this is Skrollr. Hi, Skrollr, good to see you. Yep.
>> Speaker 1: Does it not go past here? Does it not? Wow, you know what? Wow, this happened. So everybody, this should have shown the teacup dropping here. But Chrome actually trying to fell off the side of the wall on this one and stop taking screenshots, this happens sometimes.
[00:05:52] Chrome Canary might be a little bit more reliable. I'd recommend you try this tool on that one. But Chrome Canary also tends to the change a lot. So I like to use it in regular old Chrome when I'm demoing it. But anyway after around here where you start seeing these changes, we can't see it.
[00:06:10] But this is where events are happening, like where we're clicking on things. And you can find the actual triggers if you make your selection small enough, which I can't seem to get smaller. There we go, and we can actually see what's triggering some of these things.
>> Speaker 1: There we go.
[00:06:35] So we've got jQuery Waypoints fires right here. We can see that there's a little dip. Did this cause the issue? Can't be 100% sure. Might have also been caused by the scroll event. Got a lot happening at the same time. But if you see these big dips, you could come in here and see what's firing right before them.
[00:07:37] Timeline tool is pretty complex. I do recommend you give it a look. But the best performance tip I can possibly, possibly give you is to not animate things that aren't visible. You might think that your browser is smart enough to not try to animate things when they're not onscreen.
[00:07:56] But the truth is, if you have something spinning off the side of the screen, maybe it's a couple screens down or something, you've got a spin or they're gonna around in circles, or maybe you have hundred of them there, the browser's actually paying attention to where those spinners should be when you finally get those spinners into view.
[00:08:13] So, if they're not in view, they shouldn't be animated. You can use libraries like Waypoints.js to keep an eye on what's in view. And you can use this to help trigger animations since they're only playing when they're in view. And we can do that using states which we were playing with earlier.
[00:08:31] States in view, I use the in view class quite a bit for triggering animations. Maybe one day, we'll have an even more above the board way to go about that.


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Makur Maker making waves in USA: Thon Maker, NBA, news, high school
At 18 years of age and 2.10m tall Makur Maker, the cousin of current Milwaukee Bucks star Thon, is starting to make waves in the US, both for his imposing physical frame and his ability to play guard as a near seven-footer.
The teenager has impressive size; long arms, broad shoulders, explosive athleticism, and range on his jump-shot to go with good vision and rim protection on defence.
And now a mixtape of the Orange Lutheran High School product has made waves online with the video showing the youngest member of the family dropping some James Harden-like step back threes.
He also explodes above the rim on several occasions in the footage to dunk the ball in impressive fashion, showing he has some of the same hops as his more famous cousin.
His skills have already attracted interest from colleges with UCLA offering him a scholarship, should he want to go, or just like his cousin Thon he might opt to enter the NBA Draft straight from high school.
media_cameraThon Maker in action for the Milwaukee Bucks.
In terms of his high school form he is also performing well above the national average, scoring 13 points per game and grabbing 6.3 rebounds, while also getting 2.3 blocks per game.
Maker grew up in Perth, having moved there with his family at the age of one from South Sudan, and his guardian believes unlike Thon, he could actually make it in the NBA as a primary ball handler.
media_cameraTalented family: Sydney Swans defender Aliir Aliir (C) and his cousin, NBA No.10 draft pick Thon Maker (R) with his brother Matur Maker (L). Picture: Instagram
"Makur is a modern day point forward," Maker's guardian, Ed Smith, told foxsports.com.au.
"Very good vision. Passes the ball extremely well. Can hit the catch and shoot, can hit the pulp off the bounce. Has range up to 23, 24 feet. He has a good frame. On the defensive end, he can switch two to five."
Maker also got to work out with cousin Thon in the off-season so he can get a taste of what it's like to train at the elite level and what is required as he looks at a future that includes not only the NBA but also the Boomers.
And if Thon's reaction is anything to go by then Makur Maker could indeed be something special.
What he does after high school remain to be seen but he clearly has the size and development to get many in the basketball world excited.
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As part of my regular trips for photography of nature, I went down to Zekreet – about 80km from Doha, just to have a good time and enjoy the drive away from the city and traffic, but also to take some photos with friends who share my passion for nature, wildlife and photography. Any type of camera can take great photos, especially now that we live apparently with a camera attached with phones in our hands or pocket. By the way, some of the phone cameras nowadays have such great features that we could never dream of earlier.
I endorse the idea of the positive effect of photography and environment about two decades back. However, I can strongly believe that now photography is a sport, as in an activity where you walk, stretch, climb and carry heavy gear too!
For instance, for these photos in Zekreet in the north-western area Qatar near Dukhan, we walked once we arrived from 2pm until 5:30pm, for about 4.4km – we knew because one of my friend's new watch counted the distance exactly. That's why I love photography. By the way, spots like Zekreet is great for star gazing or full moon photography since you are away from the city light. The camera used here is Canon 1DX MK2 & Canon 16 35 lens. — Photo and text by Khaled Zaki, Padi Ambassadiver and a master instructor.


The metallic finish on the revolver is smooth as well as all its functions. You can expect a deviation in fps of about 20 as revolvers are never really that consistent, though this one is more consistent than others. The Webley MK VI will most likely be used as a wall hanger but that won't stop rein-actors from taking it out for a spin!


Part 1 of the Implementing Change series of blogposts looked at moving from good intentions to actually making changes, or what the experts consider moving from contemplation to preparation to the action stage of change. In Part 2, we will go over some key health skills that can help you keep your good changes going, where they eventually become "just what you do," – known as the maintenance stage.
A list of health skills, known as behaviour change techniques, and their definitions, examples, and supporting research, can be found here. Let's take a closer look at 3 health skills – Graded Tasks, Action Planning, and Imagery – to turn your talk into action.
Remember the saying "slow and steady wins the race?" A graded task means essentially that – starting slow and building on success. It involves setting easy to perform tasks, and gradually making them more difficult, until you can perform your desired behaviour (i.e. the end of the race).
Graded task: Run the distance between 3 lampposts during week 1. Once this is achieved, add 1 lamppost each time you run until you can run for 5 km without stopping.
Graded tasks: On day 1, go to bed 15 minutes earlier than you would normally and wake up at your usual time. On day 2, go to bed 20 minutes earlier that you would normally. On day 3, go to bed 25 minutes than you would earlier. Keep reducing your bed time by 5 minutes until you reach your desired bed time.
Notice how the tasks are relatively small and achievable? This allows your body to adjust and get used to the change, making the behaviour easier and building self-confidence you can keep going.
Action planning means in-depth planning of the change you want to make. The plan must include the context, frequency, duration, or intensity of the activity.
Action plan: "At the next party, I will replace every second drink I have with water or another non-alcoholic drink." If someone often drinks 4 glasses of wine at a party, they may change to drinking 1 glass of water, 1 glass of wine, 1 glass of water, followed by 1 last glass of wine.
Action plan: "I will walk for 30 minutes right after work on four days of the week but aim for Monday through Thursday. I will then walk for 30 minutes first thing on Saturday morning." Giving yourself a little wiggle room, such as if you have to work late on the odd Wednesday then you walk on Friday, can make your plan more achievable.
For more action planning examples, see the blogpost published last year.
Imagine eating a salad for lunch at work instead of your usual. Picture your lunch room and imagine opening a container to find a crisp salad, full of nutritious and different coloured vegetables. Think about how it tastes, how it looks, how it sounds when you eat it. Lastly, imagine you have finished the salad and feel satisfied. You may also feel proud of yourself by choosing and sticking to a healthy option.
Imagine yourself snowshoeing or hiking on your Sunday, instead of lounging around the house. Picture the crisp air, the sparkling snow, the peace and quiet. Your heart may be beating faster, and you feel your muscles moving. You feel good because you are being active in the outdoors.
These were just 2 quick examples. Imagery can be helpful when you want to overcome an obstacle. Think about what problem you're facing, how you may overcome it, and imagine yourself doing it successfully!
Let us know how these health skills are working for you. If you have other ideas to stay motivated and keep on track, comment below.
Thank you for opening my eyes to looking at change in another way. I have set my weight loss goal to 1/2 pound a week instead of 2 lbs.
I want to participate in the Mud Girl Run in June, it's like tough mudder! I want to put a fitness and dietary plan together to get my body and mind ready for the event.
# imagine running through the finish line, imagine having definition in my arms legs and core. …yep I need to do this!!
I like the idea of baby steps and adding a little at a time to adjust. Great tips!
Great examples and ideas! Thank you.


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Thoughts for the new year
January 2, 2014 by drbillwooten, posted in Abundance, Change, Hope, Human Spirit, Life
"1. Savor Everyday Moments – Pause now and then to smell a rose or watch children at play.Study participants who took time to "savor" ordinary events that they normally hurried through, or to think back on pleasant moments from their day, "showed significant increases in happiness and reductions in depression," says psychologist Sonja Lyubomirsky.
2. Avoid Comparisons – While keeping up with the Joneses is part of American culture, comparing ourselves with others can be damaging to happiness and self-esteem. Instead of comparing ourselves to others, focusing on our own personal achievement leads to greater satisfaction, according to Lyubomirsky.
3. Put Money Low on the List – People who put money high on their priority list are more at risk for depression, anxiety, and low self-esteem, according to researchers Tim Kasser and Richard Ryan.Their findings hold true across nations and cultures. "The more we seek satisfactions in material goods, the less we find them there," Ryan says. "The satisfaction has a short half-life – it's very fleeting." Money-seekers also score lower on tests of vitality and self-actualization.
4. Have Meaningful Goals – "People who strive for something significant, whether it's learning a new craft or raising moral children, are far happier than those who don't have strong dreams or aspirations," say Ed Diener and Robert Biswas-Diener. "As humans, we actually require a sense of meaning to thrive." Harvard's resident happiness professor, Tal Ben-Shahar, agrees, "Happiness lies at the intersection between pleasure and meaning. Whether at work or at home, the goal is to engage in activities that are both personally significant and enjoyable."
5. Take Initiative at Work – How happy you are at work depends in part on how much initiative you take. Researcher Amy Wrzesniewski says that when we express creativity, help others, suggest improvements, or do additional tasks on the job, we make our work more rewarding and feel more in control.
6. Make Friends, Treasure Family – Happier people tend to have good families, friends, and supportive relationships, say Diener and Biswas-Diener. But it's not enough to be the life of the party if you're surrounded by shallow acquaintances. "We don't just need relationships, we need close ones" that involve understanding and caring.
7. Smile Even When You Don't Feel Like It – It sounds simple, but it works. "Happy people… see possibilities, opportunities, and success. When they think of the future, they are optimistic, and when they review the past, they tend to savor the high points," say Diener and Biswas-Diener. Even if you weren't born looking at the glass as half-full, with practice, a positive outlook can become a habit.
8. Say Thank You Like You Mean It – People who keep gratitude journals on a weekly basis are healthier, more optimistic, and more likely to make progress toward achieving personal goals, according to author Robert Emmons. Research by Martin Seligman, founder of positive psychology, revealed that people who write "gratitude letters" to someone who made a difference in their lives score higher on happiness, and lower on depression – and the effect lasts for weeks.
9. Get Out and Exercise – A Duke University study shows that exercise may be just as effective as drugs in treating depression, without all the side effects and expense. Other research shows that in addition to health benefits, regular exercise offers a sense of accomplishment and opportunity for social interaction, releases feel-good endorphins, and boosts self-esteem.
10. Give It Away, Give It Away Now! – Make altruism and giving part of your life, and be purposeful about it. Researcher Stephen Post says helping a neighbor, volunteering, or donating goods and services results in a "helper's high," and you get more health benefits than you would from exercise or quitting smoking. Listening to a friend, passing on your skills, celebrating others' successes, and forgiveness also contribute to happiness, he says. Researcher Elizabeth Dunn found that those who spend money on others reported much greater happiness than those who spend it on themselves."
Many thanks for the text to mindfulwellness
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In my mind, you exemplify these qualities Bill – and I am grateful for 'knowing' you in this cyberworld.
Mimi, thanks for the kind words. I too am grateful for "knowing" you as well. Wishing the best for you and your family this year.
donnaanddiablo says:
Wonderful, positive, achievable list, Bill. I'm printing it out and posting it where I can see it every day. Thank you and a *very* Happy New Year!! Lori
Happy New Year Lori!
tersiaburger says:
Happy New Year Bill! Thank you for the lovely post
Marie Hunter Atwood says:
A fine recipe. I shall do my best and thank you.
Nita G says:
Good goals. Thanks for the inspiration and food for thought, Bill. Love your blog! Happy New Year to you and Linda.
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Pharmacist tampered with COVID-19 vaccine two nights in a row
The Wisconsin hospital worker accused of spoiling hundreds of doses of COVID-19 vaccine didn't tamper with the vials just once — he left them unrefrigerated twice, his boss claims.
Steven Brandenburg, 46, is being held in jail on three criminal counts — recklessly endangering safety, adulterating a prescription drug and criminal damage to property — although police have not officially identified him as the alleged culprit, the Daily Mail reported.
Ozaukee County Jail records show Brandenburg was booked New Year's Eve, the same day cops arrested the culprit, and state records show he is a licensed pharmacist.
Both the police and federal authorities — the FBI and the Food and Drug Administration — are investigating the tampering at Advocate Aurora Health Hospital in Grafton, about 20 miles north of Milwaukee.
The wrongdoer had left 57 vials at room temperature not one night as first suspected, but two — on Dec. 24 and 25, Dr. Jeff Bahr told reporters in a Zoom briefing Thursday.
The culprit put the vials back on ice after the first night, then came back to pull the same trick a second night, Bahr told reporters.
A pharmacy technician found the vials on a counter the morning of Dec. 26 and put them back into the refrigerator. Later that day, 57 people were vaccinated at Aurora Medical Center Grafton because the hospital didn't know the vials had been left out two nights. The vaccine, according to maker Moderna, can be kept at room temperature for up to 12 hours.
Those vaccinated have been notified, Bahr said; hospital workers threw out the rest of the vials.
"There is no evidence that the vaccines posed any harm to them other than being potentially less effective or ineffective," he said.
Advocate Aurora Health Hospital in Grafton, Wisconsin.Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP
The employee responsible for leaving the vials out told hospital officials that the move was "inadvertent error," done in the process of getting another medicine out of the refrigerator, Bahr said.
But hospital officials became "increasingly suspicious" of the employee after an internal review, he said. They interviewed the worker several times before he finally admitted to tampering with the vials.
The employee didn't explain his actions and police don't have a motive yet for the crimes.
Bahr assured the public there was no evidence that the vaccine had been tampered with in any other way.
"This was a situation involving a bad actor as opposed to a bad process," he said.
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The nation's two largest private health insurers, UnitedHealth Group and Wellpoint, have recently decided to change the way they pay physicians and in some cases the way their network hospitals are paid. It is about time. America's traditional medical payment system, fee-for-service, based on a labyrinth of codes and procedures and slowly adjusting arcane price schedules, has been broken for decades. Fee-for-service medicine, backed up for more than forty years by the federal government and its two biggest programs Medicare and Medicaid (also partly funded by the states), rewards volumes of medical services that drives up spending, and it thwarts coordination of care that can make healthcare more effective and less expensive.


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There's the answer. Being stubborn is what makes a champion, belt or no belt.
"People cannot understand," Jedrzejczyk said. "That's my house."
And even though Namajunas is the landlord these days, Jedrzejczyk is determined to make a hostile takeover of that strawweight house before all is said and done.
"Tecia Torres fought Jessica Andrade, who is very close to a title shot, but you know what, after I beat Tecia Torres, I will get the title shot," she said. "Because I will surprise the world and I will prove who is the best. And I keep my head higher because I can't be ashamed because I gave such a good fight with Rose Namajunas and we showed that the top fighters fighting for the belt are different than the rest of the division."
Jedrzejczyk, still the number one contender at strawweight, holds wins over the remainder of the top six with the exception of Torres, and it's clear that she believes a big victory over the "Tiny Tornado" will push her into a third meeting with Namajunas.
"Prove that you're worth it, prove that you really deserve that and give a championship fight," Jedrzejczyk said of her peers chasing a meeting with the champ. "But they are just talking and talking and talking. Be quiet. Shut your mouth. If there's a time to talk, talk. But first prove it in the gym every day."
And then prove it on fight night, which Jedrzejczyk believes she did in the rematch with Namajunas, only to have the judges score the bout in the Milwaukee native's favor.
"When Bruce Buffer was saying 'And,' for me it was like in slow motion," she recalled. "I remember I turned my head in his direction and then he said, 'And still.' Really? Why? But even though I lost, I didn't feel like a loser. I felt like a winner. That's the problem with these sports, that you cannot take second place. You win or you lose. But people shouldn't call the people who lose the fight a loser because we both are winners. We're putting in the same work and it's all about this day, the emotions, everything. But I think I won that fight."
That's enough for Jedrzejczyk these days, even though she doesn't have the belt in her possession. In her mind, she's still the best strawweight on the planet, and it's only a matter of time until the world knows it again. There's that stubborn streak again, but while she is determined to beat Torres, get a third fight with Namajunas and then regain her title, she is not letting that plan take over her existence. Yes, there is hard work to be done, sacrifices to be made and fights to be fought. But that's not all.
"I know who I am," Jedrzejczyk said. "Today I'm a fighter. Maybe in a year or two years I'm going to be a mother. I've said this before; this is only part of my life. I'm not only an athlete. I'm a good person who loves other hobbies and stuff. I'm enjoying this. Fighting, training, it's my job to do as well, but I have other things in my life and I'm enjoying my life. And every part of our life is a different story and I will write other stories very soon. So I don't focus on the past, but on the future, and that's why I'm looking forward every day."
In other words, she'll honestly answer questions about her fights with Namajunas, her championship reign and what got her to this point, but it's not the kind of information the 30-year-old is volunteering. What matters is today, tomorrow, the next day and so on and so on.
So what's next for Joanna Jedrzejczyk"
"Okay," she said. "Beat Tecia Torres and I go for the belt after this because I will prove with my performance that I'm the best. I had to prove to myself that I'm simply the best, and I'm the fastest, I'm the strongest and the smartest and the best strawweight in the world. It's going to be an amazing fight and that's what drives me right now. I love it."
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Aguis,Vella Wood open water swimming champions 2013
Sunday, August 11, 2013, 11:57
The open water swimming championships came to an end on Wednesday, with both Neil Agius and Michelle Vella Wood claiming the title in their respective categories.
The final race was the four-kilometre swim held at Salina with a record number of 102 participants. The six races of these championships where organised by Birkirkara St.Joseph Sports Club under the auspices of the Aquatic Sports Association of Malta and sponsored by Vileda.
Agius swam the four one-kilometre loops in a time of 51 minutes, 11 seconds to beat his nearest rivals Mats Westergren (52:25) and Nico van Duijn (52:26). Agius was unbeaten throughout the whole championship races, accumulating an overall time of 2 hours, 37 minutes. Roberto Demicoli finished second in 2 hours, 54 minutes, 4 seconds, while Keith Galea finished third in 2 hours, 54 minutes, 32 seconds. Dylan Cachia (3:11:47) won the Under 14 category, Zac Cutajar (3:03:55) was first in the Under 17's, Graham Borg (2:54:34) won the Masters A category, Joseph Zerafa Boffa (3:22:09) won the Masters B category, and Twanny Fenech finished first in the Masters C category.
In the females' race, Michelle Vella Wood clocked 1 hour, 3 minutes, 4 seconds, to win the race and the championship. Marian Belsten (1:07:41) was second, and Margaret Seguna finished third in 1 hour, 9 minutes, 20 seconds. Vella Wood claimed the championship in an overall time of 3 hours, 14 minutes, 49 seconds. Belsten finished second in 3 hours, 18 minutes, 27 seconds, and Seguna finished third in 3 hours, 21 minutes, 53 seconds. Sarah Bonnici (3:38:20) was first in the Under 17 category, Bettina Spencer (3:57:35) won the Masters A category, Donatelle Camilleri (3:31:56) won the Masters B, and Debbie Caruana Dingli (3:59:07) was first in the Masters C category.
A prize fund of €1,000 goes to the top three males and females. One hundred and ninety seven swimmers took part in these championships, restricting the organisers to start the races in two separate waves. The final open water swimming event of the year will be the annual Malta-Gozo-Malta and the Gozo-Malta Open Water Swimming Competitions organised by the Club on the 17th August.
Birkirkara St. Joseph Sports Club would like to thank the sponsors, the Ports and Yachting Directorate of Transport Malta, and the Naxxar Local Council for their assistance throughout the championships.
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MarTech » Customer experience » Good morning: Signs of spring?
Good morning: Signs of spring?
And what could this mean for live events?
Kim Davis on March 8, 2022 at 10:00 am | Reading time: 1 minute
In parts of the northeast, the last couple of days saw higher temperatures than usual for this time of year, in some parts of New York City breaking records set back in the 1930s. People were walking in the parks, jogging in light athletic gear and — it being New York City — filling any outdoor seating for bars and restaurants.
Along with signs of warm weather returning came more news of live events being planned in the marketing technology space, including some as early as June. With mask mandates lifting in many regions, we can yet again say, "Is it okay to breathe a sigh of relief?"
We may not be quite done with chills yet for a while, but as the days get longer I am always reminded of one of the most memorable lines in British poetry, which actually has application beyond the four seasons: "If winter comes, can spring be far behind?"
Kim Davis is the Editorial Director of MarTech. Born in London, but a New Yorker for over two decades, Kim started covering enterprise software ten years ago. His experience encompasses SaaS for the enterprise, digital- ad data-driven urban planning, and applications of SaaS, digital technology, and data in the marketing space. He first wrote about marketing technology as editor of Haymarket's The Hub, a dedicated marketing tech website, which subsequently became a channel on the established direct marketing brand DMN. Kim joined DMN proper in 2016, as a senior editor, becoming Executive Editor, then Editor-in-Chief a position he held until January 2020. Prior to working in tech journalism, Kim was Associate Editor at a New York Times hyper-local news site, The Local: East Village, and has previously worked as an editor of an academic publication, and as a music journalist. He has written hundreds of New York restaurant reviews for a personal blog, and has been an occasional guest contributor to Eater.
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Daniel Zuckerman/Columbia-Greene MediaVisitors to the Columbia County Fair in Chatham walk around the fairgrounds.
Daniel Zuckerman/Columbia-Greene MediaRiders brave the Super Shot Ride at the Columbia County Fair in Chatham.
Daniel Zuckerman/Columbia-Greene Media Llamas ready for visitors to feed them lunch at the Columbia County Fair's petting zoo.
Daniel Zuckerman/Columbia-Greene MediaA sausage and pepper sandwich and a cup of strawberry lemonade, some of the many food and drink choices at the Columbia County Fair.
Daniel Zuckerman/Columbia-Greene MediaVisitors getting swung around on the Trapeze ride at the 178th annual Columbia County Fair.
Daniel Zuckerman/Columbia-Greene Media Visitors take on the Demon Loop ride.
Daniel Zuckerman/Columbia-Greene Media An alpaca shows its teeth at the Columbia County Fair's petting zoo.
CHATHAM — When it comes to this yearly Columbia County tradition, locals and out-of-towners alike rate it more than fair.
The 178th annual Columbia County Fair in Chatham continued Sunday with opportunities to hit the rides, pet animals and listen to a set by county band Parmalee at the fair's grandstand.
The fair is attended by many families, and Sunday was no exception.
For Etienne Bissonnette, of Livingston, the annual fair was all for his children, he said, adding he and his family are first-time attendees.
Coming to the fair is nostalgic for Vicki Crocco, of Selkirk, who's been attending since childhood, she said.
Crocco and other visitors to the fair Saturday had to park down the road from the fair in a lot off Route 66 because no parking was found at the fairgrounds, she said.
"The traffic was horrible," she noted.
Crocco came to the fair with her niece Tatiana Paustian, of Mahopac, whose favorite part of the fair are the pepperoni heroes made by the Greenport Pumper Company No. 3, Paustian said, adding Columbia County's fair is bigger than others.
"The pepperoni heroes are the best — I love to eat," Paustian said.
Brandon Kinnis, of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, brought his three children ranging in age from 3 to 7 to the fair and they enjoy looking at the animals and many other attractions, Kinnis said.
Visitors had numerous options when it came to food and beverages, including sausage and peppers, fried Oreos, buckets of French fries and lemonade, an all-time fair favorite.
Nine Nails Lemonade & Smoothies, of Elizaville, has been selling its fresh-squeezed lemonade, tea and smoothies for 16 years using ingredients from local suppliers, and all recipes come from owners Michael and Melissa Jordan. No preservatives are used in Nine Nails' beverages, Michael Jordan said.
Nine Nails was originally a nail salon run by Melissa Jordan and the name came about because part of her finger was cut off above the joint of her pinky in a door when she was a child, Michael Jordan said.
Visitors' favorite beverages from the stand include strawberry lemonade and strawberry banana smoothies, Michael Jordan said. He's received compliments about his lemonade in unlikely places.


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Genealogy of the Moody and Crandall, Hood and Linder families
Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States
1 Caley, Hazel A. 25 Sep 1894 Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States I11094
2 GOETZ, Arthur Frederick 11 Sep 1896 Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States I16884
3 PEMBER, Alta Alzina 12 Dec 1849 Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States I13975
4 PEMBER, Dallas Shannon 26 Sep 1844 Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States I13972
5 PEMBER, Edward 24 Feb 1835 Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States I15195
6 PEMBER, Ellen 28 May 1846 Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States I15199
7 PEMBER, Emery W May 1848 Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States I13974
8 PEMBER, Ervin Albert Jan 1848 Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States I15215
9 PEMBER, Eveline 26 Apr 1843 Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States I15198
10 PEMBER, James 17 Oct 1830 Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States I15203
11 PEMBER, Matelon 25 Dec 1841 Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States I15202
12 PEMBER, Max LeRoy 30 Aug 1900 Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States I15785
13 PEMBER, William 20 Sep 1828 Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States I15193
14 SEMANS, Grace L. 7 Feb 1875 Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States I15645
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2 BEEBE, George A 6 Sep 1911 Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States I17010
3 GOETZ, Arthur Frederick 20 Aug 1978 Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States I16884
4 HAHN, Harvey E. 13 Dec 1986 Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States I15760
5 HICKS, Richard Blake 12 Nov 1960 Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States I18236
6 HONNEY, Hazel Estelle 15 Jun 1989 Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States I15637
7 PEMBER, Adelbert Esthel 30 Aug 1948 Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States I15616
8 PEMBER, Albertina Julia 18 Apr 1977 Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States I15659
9 PEMBER, Charles William 2 Jun 1930 Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States I15579
10 PEMBER, Eli 22 Jun 1851 Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States I9218
11 PEMBER, Ella 16 Apr 1927 Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States I15750
12 PEMBER, Jennie Melissa 22 Jul 1971 Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States I15755
13 PRINDLE, Frances Emma 3 Aug 1916 Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States I16972
14 WILMOT, Bertha L. 9 Dec 1940 Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States I15629
15 WOOD, Effie May 5 Sep 1897 Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States I14634
1 HOHN, Annie 1934 Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States I15756
2 PEMBER, Alfred Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States I14624
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1977 – Two days prior, Microsoft send MITS a letter with the allegation that they were not up on royalty payments and if they didn't catch up, MITS would be in breach and the 8080 BASIC would be pulled. MITS sends a letter stating that they are not correct. Ultimately, this would begin a debate that would end in November when Microsoft pulled the 8080 BASIC out.


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Q: How to break from a nested loop to a parent loop that is more than one level above which requires a value provided by the nested loop In the following situation:
xxx.delete_if do |x|
  yyy.descend do |y| # This is a pathname.descend
    zzz.each do |z|
      if x + y == z
        # Do something

        # Break all nested loops returning to "xxx.delete_if do |x|" loop

        # The "xxx.delete_if do |x|" must receive a "true" so that it
        # can delete the array item
      end
    end
  end
end

What is the best way to achieve this multiple nested break while making sure I can pass the true value so that the array item is deleted?
Maybe I should use multiple break statements that return true or use a throw/catch with a variable, but I don't know if those are the best answer.

This question is different from How to break from nested loops in Ruby? because it requires that the parent loop receives a value from the nested loop.

A: throw/catch (NOT raise/rescue) is the way I typically see this done.
xxx.delete_if do |x|
  catch(:done) do
    yyy.each do |y|
      zzz.each do |z|
        if x + y == z
          # Do something

          throw(:done, true)
        end
      end
    end
    false
  end
end

In fact, the Pickaxe explicitly recommends it:

While the exception mechanism of raise and rescue is great for abandoning execution when things go wrong, it's sometimes nice to be able to jump out of some deeply nested construct during normal processing. This is where catch and throw come in handy. When Ruby encounters a throw, it zips back up the call stack looking for a catch block with a matching symbol. When it finds it, Ruby unwinds the stack to that point and terminates the block. If the throw is called with the optional second parameter, that value is returned as the value of the catch.

That said, max's #any? suggestion is a better fit for this problem.

A: You can use multiple break statements.
For example:
xxx.delete_if do |x|
  result = yyy.each do |y|
    result2 = zzz.each do |z|
      if x + y == z
         break true
      end
    end
    break true if result2 == true
  end
  result == true
end

However I would definitely avoid this in your particular situation.
You shouldn't be assigning variables to the result of each. Use map, reduce, select, reject, any?, all?, etc. instead
It makes more sense to use any? to accomplish the same purpose:
xxx.delete_if do |x|
  yyy.any? do |y|
    zzz.any? do |z|
      x + y == z
    end
  end
end

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Clarins Super Restorative family has brought out a new addition - The Super Restorative Instant Lift Serum-Mask. The first age defying sheet mask from Clarins that visibly lifts and plumps the skin in just 15 minutes. This skin tightening gel serum has a pliable mask that moulds around the face and neck perfectly whilst working its magic.
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One single mask costs £15 or a pack of five costs £65.


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Indoor Covid restrictions extended
Shows cancel as Covid measures continue to Jan 24
Indoor events will not resume at normal capacity until Monday 24 January 2022 at the earliest, as the Scottish Government extends indoor Covid mitigation measures for an extra week.
The measures, introduced on Boxing Day for an initial period of three weeks, include the capping of indoor seated events to audiences of 200.
Bailey McCall as Jenna in the US Tour of Waitress. Pic: Jeremy Daniel
The production of Waitress, scheduled to run at the Edinburgh Playhouse from Tue 18 to Sat 22 January was the first victim of the latest change and has been postponed until April 2022, according to a statement from the Playhouse.
The statement adds: "If you have tickets to these performances, you do not need to do anything at this time. You will be contacted from your point of purchase in the next few days with next steps."
The production of Bedknobs and Broomsticks at the Festival Theatre, originally scheduled to run from Wed 19 to Sun 23 January is also likely to be postponed.
The theatre said: "Following the FM's announcement today that restrictions for indoor events will remain in place for another week from 17 Jan, we are speaking to the relevant producers about affected shows and will be in touch with customers as soon as possible."
cautious optimism
However, speaking at Holyrood on Tuesday 11 January, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said there are "some grounds for cautious optimism" that the various measures against Covid, "have had a positive impact".
The measure include "the protective measures introduced before Christmas, the responsible action on behalf of the general public and the rapidly delivery of booster vaccines."
She added: "We will begin to lift the measured introduced before Christmas from Monday, but we will do that in a phased way, that will allow us to form a clearer picture in the trends in infections and the associated impacts."
The first measure to go will be the attendance limits at live outdoor events. While these will be lifted from Monday 17, any event with more than 1,000 people in attendance will now have to request proof of status from half the attendees or 1,000 people, which ever is the higher.
The Scottish Cabinet will review the latest data at its meeting on Tuesday 18 according to Sturgeon who said: "I hope this will allow us to lift the other protective measures – limits on indoor live events, table service in hospitality and distancing in indoor public places – from 24 January."
The First Minister will report details of that discussion to MSPs in Holyrood on Tuesday 18 January.
NB: This story was updated on Wednesday 12 January as a new date for Waitress was confirmed.
Tags: Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Covid-19, Festival Theatre, News, Nicola Sturgeon, Playhouse, Waitress


Last night's episode of The Big Bang Theory finished a solid second behind the World Series on Fox.
"The Good Guy Fluctuation" was watched by 14.54 million people, down by around 150,000 from last week. In the key adults 18-49 demographic, the show scored a 4.6/13 rating. The Big Bang Theory finished in second place in all key ratings metrics.


A Walk for Hope is an opportunity to raise awareness for addiction services and support those in recovery and their family members. We are walking in honor of all who have struggled, fought, and won and in memory for some, unfortunately, who have lost the battle with addiction.
Participants are encouraged to bring nonperishable food items and toiletries in lieu of a registration fee.
Please show your support April 13, 2019 at the White Oak Rail Trail in Oak Hill 10am-2pm. Vendors will be setup during the walk with information to local resources.
For more infomation or to register for the event, check out the Facebook events page.


See A list of categories for the 2018 awards.
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Check out the pictures from the 2018 awards.
Designer and entrepreneur Patricia Nash moved to Knoxville in 1999 where she began creating handbags for dozens of household brands. She loved Tennessee so much that when the company decided to move to Los Angeles, Patricia left the company to stay in Knoxville. Considering her next career move, Patricia was lured to New York City and commuted there weekly for several years designing for other brands. In 2007, Patricia moved back to Knoxville and launched a company to license and produce handbags for other brands. Soon however, after much inspiration and encouragement, she launched her namesake brand Patricia Nash Designs in 2010 - a line of affordable hand-crafted leather bags inspired by memories of travel, family, and her life. Her collections pay homage to vintage craftsmanship through delicate, hand-finished detailing and a fresh take on timeless styles. Patricia Nash's lifestyle brand has now grown to include Gift Items, Scarves, Luggage, Footwear and Nash for Men, and can be found in major retailers across the US including Macy's, Dillard's, Belk, and HSN. In 2019, the brand will launch Jewelry and Fashion accessories, and can also be found on QVC.


Wearable fitness devices have been a hot topic in health and wellness for a few years now, but what kind of impact have wearables really had on improving health outcomes? Wearable fitness devices can be used to track physical activity, sleep, heart rate, and even provide on-screen workouts. They are most often paired with a smartphone or website to track and store data. There has been a lot of hype about the potential to promote positive health outcomes through using wearables, but a recent study suggests they may not be impacting health as expected.
Historically, employers have utilized health risk assessments (HRAs) as one measurement tool in wellness program design. The main goals of an HRA are to assess individual health status and risk and provide feedback to participants on how to manage risk. Employers have traditionally relied on this type of assessment to evaluate the overall health risk of their population in order to develop appropriate wellness strategies.
While wellness programs and offerings continue to evolve among new trends and regulations, there are seven key components that tend to drive the most successful and effective programs we have seen with our clients.
Historically, companies have struggled with the best way to package and deliver benefits to attract talent and retain staff. Today, companies understand that they need to leverage a variety of solutions to provide meaningful healthcare coverage, promote wellbeing and mitigate cost. UBA Partners offer innovative product and service solutions to identify medical spend waste and improve efficient spend, allowing employers to reinvest in the correct resources that will improve employee health. For one mid-sized manufacturer, UBA Partner LHD Benefit Advisors used Vital Incite risk scoring tools to coordinate efforts between the employer HR and C-suite, the advisor and the population health consultant.
So you're being audited by the DOL. Are you ready?
As our recent press release addressed, DOL audits are on the rise. Not many things incite more fear than receiving a notice that you're about to have an audit, especially from the DOL. The Department of Labor (DOL) is a cabinet-level department of the U.S. federal government responsible for occupational safety, wage and hour standards, unemployment insurance benefits, re-employment services, and some economic statistics. It is headed by the U.S. Secretary of Labor.
We've already discussed Health Savings Account (HSA) activity at length, looking first at the correlation between generous HSA contributions and increased enrollment in consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs). Second, we looked at how HSAs have performed in recent years across different industries. Now, we'll look closer at HSA activity across different regions of the country, based on the results of the 2014 UBA Health Plan Survey.


Cars made by Japanese manufacturers are still the most reliable, according to a survey by Which? Car magazine.
They took the top seven places for reliability in a table compiled after a study of 90,000 vehicles.
In the manufacturers' table, Honda came top, followed by Toyota, Daihatsu, Lexus, Mazda, Subaru and Suzuki.
Although Honda topped the makers' charts, its Civic - made in Swindon in Wiltshire - came joint bottom in the list of reliable medium size cars.
The manufacturers at the bottom of the rankings were Chrysler/Dodge and Land Rover - the UK firm recently sold by Ford to Indian conglomerate Tata - which were classed as "poor".
"Japan continues to show the rest of the world how to make consistently reliable cars, although the new Honda Civic shows they're not infallible," said Which? Car editor Richard Headland.
The survey reports on nearly 90,000 cars made across the globe.
I have had the same Mini Metro since I bought it from new in 1985.
The "Most reliable car brand" survey looked at cars up to eight years old while the "Most reliable car model" used data on vehicles up to two years old.
Among the marques praised included Skoda - owned by Volkswagen.
"Skoda out-performs Seat and VW itself," the report said. "So much for being the budget arm of the VW Group."
And it noted that expensive German brands, including Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz all fell into the "average" reliability category, "suggesting there's still some way to go to ensure their well-engineered cars remain dependable over the medium and long term".


Posted January 31, 2011 6:46 am & filed under California Native Plants.
This very blue California Lilac cultivar was first discovered on the Owlswood Ranch in Marin, across the Bay from us, less than 15 miles as the owl flies.
An early bloomer for us, and a bluer bloomer than most of the Ceanothuses. Fast growing to around 10 ft. tall.
Ceanothus "Owlswood Blue" in bud, looking purplish.
Man, that's some blue flowers. Wow, indeed. I think I need to copy that color and paint some sneakers that blue. That would be awesome.


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The Estée Lauder Companies appoints Vice President/General Manager
Staff Writer November 4, 2019
Source: Estée Lauder Companies
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. announced that Sue Fox has been appointed Senior Vice President/General Manager, UK & Ireland, effective January 1, 2020.
SEE ALSO : Estee Lauder launches The Night Is Yours
Ms. Fox will report to Cedric Prouvé, Group President, International. She will join the company's global Executive Leadership Team.
Ms. Fox joins the UK & Ireland business with 25 years' experience within The Estée Lauder Companies (ELC), including in several senior leadership roles, most recently in Japan, where as General Manager she oversaw rapid growth in specialty-multi and online sales.
She previously led ELC's Travel Retail EMEA business, based in London, and was head of the company's South Africa affiliate for 10 years. She also held roles at the company's Singapore affiliate and at its global headquarters in New York.
"Sue is a transformative leader possessing the strategic global business acumen, proven track record and expertise to effectively navigate today's shifting consumer and competitive landscape," said Mr. Prouvé.
SEE ALSO : Adidas appoints Brian Grevy as Executive Board member
"In addition, Sue is a true steward of our company's culture and values, making her ideally-placed to lead the UK & Ireland business, one of our most important markets, into the future," continued Mr. Prouvé
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You are here: Home / advertising / It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas… in June!
Those who have worked in retail or holiday event planning know that the holiday season comes very early to those whose businesses peak in the winter months – and two very festive opportunities are already coming your way in the next few weeks. Details of the first, the 67th annual Raleigh Christmas Parade, are below. Details of opportunity number two should be available in just a few weeks, so look for a follow-up post soon!
The Greater Raleigh Merchants Association (GRMA) announces their 67th Annual Raleigh Christmas Parade to be held on November 19, 2011 at 9:30am in downtown Raleigh.
Applications are now being accepted for all parade entries. Registration will close on September 16, 2011. Visit http://grma.org/christmas-parade/parade_schedule.html for the full parade schedule. If your group is interested in having a float, classic car, helium balloon, walking group or other entry, please visit the Greater Raleigh Merchant's Association website: http://grma.org/christmas-parade/application.html and submit an online application. No applications will be accepted after the September 16 deadline. Applications are chosen based on realtionship to theme, creativity, entertainment, and community appeal.
Sponsorship and volunteer opportunities are also available. If your company is interested in sponsorship opportunities, please contact the executive director of GRMA, Jennifer Bradshaw at 919-755-9235 or jennifer@grma.org. If you are interested in serving on the committee, please email info@grma.org to receive more information.
The Raleigh Christmas parade is the largest parade between Atlanta and Washington DC. Over 250,000 will watch the parade live from home and over 60,000 will attend the parade in person. The parade will last approximately 2.5 hours and will feature something for the whole family.
Looking forward to seeing you and yours participating in the planning and production of the 2011 Raleigh Christmas Parade… or at least participating as an entertained audience member!


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Q: Does c# have a VB.NET-equivalent for shorthand array declaration like {"string1","string2"}? In VB.NET, you can instantiate and immediately use an array like this:
Dim b as Boolean = {"string1", "string2"}.Contains("string1")
In c#, however, it appears you have to do this:
bool b = new string[] { "string1", "string2" }.Contains("string1");
Does c# have equivalent shorthand syntax that uses type inference to determine the type of array without it having to be explicitly declared?

A: It called Implicitly Typed Arrays

You can create an implicitly-typed array in which the type of the
  array instance is inferred from the elements specified in the array
  initializer. The rules for any implicitly-typed variable also apply to
  implicitly-typed arrays.

static void Main()
    {
        var a = new[] { 1, 10, 100, 1000 }; // int[]
        var b = new[] { "hello", null, "world" }; // string[]
    }

You can use it also for jagged array.

A: Implicitly typed arrays do not have to include their type, provided it can be inferred:
bool b = new [] { "string1", "string2" }.Contains("string1");


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Lynn upsets No. 5 Addison
Bears move to 5-0 for first time since 2011
By BARRY BARNETT, Eagle Sports Correspondent
LYNN — In a game that certainly proved worthy of a clash of undefeated teams, the Lynn Bears rallied to beat the fifth-ranked Addison Bulldogs 21-18 Friday night at Lynn.
Lynn quarterback Noah Jackson (5) runs with Cameron Baldy (3) following in Friday's 21-18 win over No. 5 Addison at David Posey Memorial Stadium. Addison had won 14 straight regular-season games before Friday's loss.
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Lynn improved to 5-0 for the first time since 2011, and took a big step toward a playoff berth, improving to 3-0 in Class 1A, Region 7 play.
"No one should feel they didn't get their money's worth tonight," Lynn head coach Calvin Aldridge said after the game. "Both teams fought hard. They took the early lead, but we talked at halftime about coming back, and our guys put it together. It was a big win for us."
Stellar ball control offense by each team was the rule of the first half. Following a Lynn punt, Addison's initial possession lasted 10 plays and covered 83 yards, but a Bulldog fumble at the 2-yard line left them with no points.
From there, Lynn mounted a remarkable 20-play drive to the Addison 27, holding the ball for over 11 minutes. Addison's defense also refused to break, however, as Tyler Borden intercepted the first pass of the drive on 3rd and 13.
The Bulldogs finally reached the end zone seven plays later, as Borden blasted up the middle for a 20-yard score, which gave Addison a 6-0 lead at the half.
Lynn took its first lead with 2:31 remaining in the third quarter. Ethan Delay ran it in for the Bears from 12 yards out to cap a 12-play drive. The extra point put Lynn on top 7-6. Addison came right back, with Zayne Guthrie's 2-yard touchdown that put the Bulldogs ahead 12-7 with 10 minutes left.
With just over five minutes remaining, and Addison in punt formation, Lynn recovered a bad snap at the 1-yard line. Quarterback Noah Jackson ran it in on the next play, and a 2-point conversion put the Bears back on top, 15-12.
The kicking game was then unkind to the Bulldogs again, as Lynn recovered the short kickoff at the 47. Five plays later the Bears extended their lead to 21-12 on a Cameron Baldy touchdown.
The Bulldogs came right back, advancing the ball into the red zone on an amazing 4th and 15 play featuring multiple improvised laterals. Guthrie scored on the next play for Addison with 30 seconds left to narrow the lead to 21-18, but the ensuing onside kick was recovered by the Bears.
Both teams step out of region competition next week, as Lynn travels to Tharptown and Addison visits Vinemont.


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Home CFC news Antonio Rudiger sends warning to Chelsea teammates
Antonio Rudiger sends warning to Chelsea teammates
Antonio Rudiger believes a top-four finish is now theirs to lose.
Chelsea have gone 10 games unbeaten in all competitions under new manager Thomas Tuchel.
This helped the Blues enter the top-four in the Premier League table after dropping to ninth at the start of this year.
One of the biggest beneficiaries since Tuchel's arrival, Rudiger has featured in all 10 games under Thomas Tuchel.
Rudiger acknowledges a tough test against Carlo Ancelotti's side but believes the Chelsea squad are in charge of their own destiny.
He said: "Yes, Thursday's win felt like a statement — it was a massive three points because it was also against a competitor for the top four, so it gives us more.
"Chelsea against Liverpool is always a classic game and to win at Anfield and take the three points home was a massive win.
"The top four can happen but it depends all on us.
"It's game by game and the next game is Everton, then the next game and the next game…
"It's like this, but it is all in our hands.
"We just have to look forward.
"We have good momentum, which is all we have to think about."
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