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Presenting the ENGIE Team athletes
Pierre LE COQ
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Windsurfing RS:X and IFoil - ENGIE Ambassador: Saint Brieuc
Thirty-one year-old, Pierre Le Coq is a member of the club in his home town of Saint-Brieuc, as well as belonging to the Brest Pôle France and the French Olympic team. This native of Brittany qualified for the only RS:X spot at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, thanks to the RS:X World Championship title that he earned in Oman at the end of 2015. For his first Olympic Games he was delighted to take home the bronze medal.
ENGIE had already partnered Pierre Le Coq during the 2016 Olympic Games, as part of the first 2015/2016 Performance Pact.
Pierre has two roles. He's a top athlete — a bronze medalist at the Rio Games in 2016 — but also a dental surgeon, and qualified while he was training for the Olympics. So he'll be ready with his second career when the time comes after 2020.
After taking a break from sports after Rio 2016, he got back into training mode in 2018, setting his sights on Olympic Gold. His bronze medal in the first leg of the Miami RS: X 2019 World Cup is an encouraging start.
Finishing 2019 on a high note, the Team ENGIE windsurfer won the RS:X Elite French Championship.
The final major competition prior to selection for the Tokyo Olympics 2020 will be the RS:X World Championship 2020 in Australia in Sorrento, near Melbourne. After making a strong start, the ENGIE-sponsored athlete lost ground and ended the competition in 6th place.
How was Pierre Le Coq doing before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics were postponed?
Qualification for Tokyo was mainly decided at the RS:X World Championship, from February 25 to 29, 2020, in Australia. In spite of Pierre's reliable performance over the last two years, his experience and his excellent 6th place in the last World Championship, the French Sailing Federation selected Thomas Goyard (3rd) as the sole French representative in the men's RS:X.
Despite not qualifying for the Tokyo Games in 2021, the Team ENGIE champion managed to bounce back. At the end of 2019, the IOC announced the new format chosen for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris: iFoil, an upgraded version of the RS:X. The new format gives Pierre the chance to set himself a new goal for the Paris Olympics.
ENGIE is proud to have supported Pierre Le Coq since 2016 and is delighted to continue its support through to 2024.
6th in the RS :X World Championship
3rd in the RS :X World Championship
Winner at the World Cup – Hyères (France)
Runner-up at World Sailing Miami
Bronze medalist at the 2016 Olympic Games in RioBronze medalist at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio
World Champion – Oman
Round winner at the World Cup – Hyères (France)
Surfing - ENGIE Ambassador: Biarritz / Anglet
Pauline Ado, 29, is a member of both Anglet Surf Club and Pôle France. She started surfing on the waves at Hendaye when she was eight years old, and began competing at the age of ten. When she turned 13, she joined France's youth teams.
After being named Junior World Champion twice (2006 and 2009), Pauline joined the exclusive inner circle of the WSL Championship Tour in 2015, a competition that attracts the best surfers in the world, finishing ninth in her first year. But in 2017, the talented sportswoman from the Basque country added two awards to her glittering array of achievements by winning two World Championship titles. One with a team and one individual title at the ISA World Surfing Tour in Biarritz. All in her native region, with her friends and family looking on.
Pauline is also one of the cornerstones of French women's surfing. She has been a member of the French team since she began, but has also been elected to the board of directors of the Fédération Française de Surf.
The World Qualifying Series circuit consists of a series of competitions held all over the world. The highlights of the ENGIE Team surfer's 2019 season were two consecutive victories in Europe, in Caparica and Zarautz.
In 2020, the race for qualification continued and started well for Pauline Ado with a win at the Cabreiroá Pro Las Americas in Tenerife, Spain, and a solid 3rd place in Newcastle during her Australian tour.
How was Pauline Ado doing before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics were postponed?
Qualification for Tokyo was still a possibility for Pauline, with two qualifying places available. It was all going to be decided during the WSL World competitions that were scheduled for the first half of 2020.
2nd in the Corona Pro, Hainan, China (QS 5,000) / 2nd win at the Cabreiroá Pro Las Americas in Tenerife (QS 1,500) / 2nd in the Federation Cup in Hossegor (July)
Winner at the Cabreiroá Pro in Zarautz, Spain (QS 1500)
7th ISA World Surfing Games
World Champion of Nations / ISA World Champion
World No.9 WSL
Junior World Champion
"Discover a typical training day for Pauline!"
Cassandre BEAUGRAND
Triathlon (3 disciplines: Swimming, Running, Cycling) - ENGIE Ambassador: Poissy
Twenty-two year-old, Cassandre Beaugrand, a member of the POISSY Triathlon and AS Monaco Athletics clubs, as well as Pôle France, took part in her first Olympic Games in Rio in 2016 at just 19 years old.
Between 2014 and 2017, Cassandre won a host of championship titles in France in short-distance triathlon and all age categories. Internationally, Cassandre became runner-up at the Junior World Championships (2014) and was named Junior European Champion (2016). She was also runner-up at the World Championships in the mixed relay triathlon (two women-two men).
In 2018, Cassandre continued her rise to international success, winning three titles with the French team: World, European and French Championships. She also became the first French woman to win a leg of the World Triathlon Series (WTS) World Cup in Hamburg.
In February 2019, in Singapore, Cassandra demonstrated her huge potential by winning the final round (enduro) of the Super League final, a competition that attracts the best triathletes in the world, confirming her status as a rising triathlon star.
September 2019 saw Cassandre go on to pick up two gold medals at the French Championships 2019. The Team ENGIE triathlete won the individual event and the mixed relay with her club team, Poissy.
Her 2020 season got off to a difficult start with a foot injury that prevented her from competing.
How was Cassandre Beaugrand doing before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics were postponed?
Nothing was official, but Cassandre's qualification for Tokyo looked very probable for one of the two women's places in the French team (2 women and two men), in view of her championship-winning performance in 2019.
2020 World Champion in mixed relay, Hamburg (September)
2019 Victory in Singapore in the Super League Series
2018 Victory in Hamburg in the WTS (World Triathlon Series)
Gold medal at the World mixed team relay championships (Germany)
Gold medal at European mixed team relay championships (Great Britain)
Bronze medal at the Individual European championships (Great Britain)
2017 Gold medal at the European junior championships (Portugal)
"Discover a typical training day for Cassandre!"
Élodie CLOUVEL
Modern Pentathlon (5 disciplines: Fencing, Swimming, Running, Pistol shooting, Show Jumping) - ENGIE Ambassador: Saint-Etienne
Thirty-one year-old, Elodie Clouvel is a member of the Perpignan La Catalane club, and took part in her first Olympic Games in London in 2012.
Elodie began her career as a swimmer: a member of Pôle France at Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via, she was then coached by Philippe Lucas in Canet-en-Roussillon. In 2008, at the French Swimming Championships, she just missed out on qualifying for the Olympics in Beijing.
Elodie then decided to focus her attention on the Modern Pentathlon, and joined INSEP in September 2008. In 2010, she won the bronze medal at the French Championships, the Junior World Championships and the European Team Championships. The following year, she became French Champion for the Modern Pentathlon, and finished third in the final round of the World Cup, which took place in London.
On March 17, 2012, she won the World Cup in Rio and qualified for the London Games.
She also qualified for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, taking silver, which was the first individual Olympic medal for France in the Modern Pentathlon.
After her Olympic success, she struggled to return to competition, with results that failed to match the Team ENGIE athlete's own high expectations.
But through sheer hard work and determination, Elodie has made progress year after year, and her target is a gold medal in the 2020 Games.
How was Elodie Clouvel doing before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics were postponed?
Elodie was looking good to qualify for the French team for 2020, so she is disappointed at the postponement. But she's not discouraged and is still on course for Tokyo in 2021.
3rd in the Indoor Meeting in Budapest, Hungary
6th in the Modern Pentathlon World Championships in Budapest, Hungary
13th Women's Individual World Championships in Mexico City, Mexico
26th Women's Individual World Championships in Cairo, Egypt
Olympic silver medalist at the RIO Games
Runner-up in the World Championships in Moscow (Russia)
Runner-up in the European Championships in Bath (Great Britain)
First participation at the London Olympics (ranked 31st)
Judo - Ambassador ENGIE: Chambly
Madeleine Malonga, 26, is a member of the Etoile Sportive Blanc Mesnil Judo club, as well as the INSEP and the French Judo team. She has never taken part in an Olympic Games.
Falling in the under 78-kilo category, she began judo at the FJEP-Chambly club before pursuing her career further at Judo Amiens Métropole Picardie.
In 2010, singled out as a high-potential French judo star, she joined INSEP to take her career further, and then became a member of the Levallois Sporting Club in 2013. She was named France Champion for the under 78kg category in 2014. The French judoka kept her momentum going in 2015, winning two major SLAMs in Samsun and Baku. Madeleine was also part of the French gold medal-winning team at the European Championships. In parallel to her sporting career, Picardy-born Madeleine attended the Institut de Formation en Soins Infirmiers (IFSI) at the Hôpital National de St Maurice, with a view to becoming a nurse.
In 2017, she racked up enough experience to perform at the highest international level at the Master of St Petersburg where she finished second. She then earned the ultimate title of European Champion in Tel Aviv in 2018.
2019 got off to a great start for Madeleine with her first victory at the Paris Grand Slam. The judoka then put in her best achievement to date in August, becoming world champion in Tokyo, one year before the 2020 Olympics were due to start.
The ENGIE-backed star athlete kept working hard and began 2020 in exactly the same way as 2019, winning the Paris Grand Slam once again.
How was Madeleine Malonga doing before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics were postponed?
As reigning world champion, Madeleine was full of confidence and she would certainly have been competing on the Japanese tatamis in the 2020 Games. It's only a matter of time!
Winner of the Paris Grand Slam / European Champion in Prague
World Champion in Tokyo, Japan
Winner of the Paris Grand Slam
European Champion in Tel Aviv (Israel)
Winner of the Zagreb Grand Prix (Croatia)
European Champion (Malaga) Spain
French Champion in St-Quentin-en-Yvelines
Winner of the Samson Grand Prix (Turkey)
Luka MKHEIDZE
Judo - ENGIE Ambassador: Le Havre
Luka Mkheidze, a 24 year-old member of the Sucy judo club, has also belonged to INSEP (since 2017) and the French judo team, but has never taken part in an Olympic Games. Luka fights in the under 60 kilos category.
Before achieving all of this, Luka had to leave his homeland of Georgia at the age of 13, after the war with Russia. He arrived in the Val de Marne, France on March 10, 2010, with help of a people smuggler. He and his family were then sent to a hostel with other refugees in Le Havre. Gifted and motivated, he joined the judo club in Le Havre, and was granted French nationality in 2015 by Prime Minister, Edouard Philippe, while he was mayor of the city.
Luka's high-potential sports career was finally able to begin. After the Pôle Espoirs de Rouen, the judoka arrived in Sucy in 2016 and joined the INSEP a year later.
Since 2017, Luka has been competing in the main international, continental and national events. In 2017, he finished second in the European Cup in Malaga and Dubrovnik, and became Junior French Champion. Last year, he won the Madrid Open, finished second in Cancún and Minsk, and was named 2018 French Team Champion for Sucy.
How was Luka Mkheidze doing before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics were postponed?
Neck and neck with another athlete for the single place available in the French team in the under 60 kg category, qualification for Tokyo was within Luka's reach, although he needed a series of good results in 2020. But everything has changed with the postponement, and Luka has set his heart on qualifying.
2020 3rd in the Grand Slam in Budapest
2019 2nd in the European Club Championships team event
3rd in the European Open Seniors individual event in Luxembourg
7th in the European Championships Seniors in Minsk, Belarus
2018 2nd place at the Grand Prix in Cancún (Mexico)
2nd place at the Continental Open in Minsk (Belarus)
3rd place at the Continental Open in Sofia (Bulgaria)
2017 2nd place in the European Cup in Malaga (Spain) and Dubrovnik (Croatia)
3rd place in the Continental Open in Casablanca (Morocco)
Wilfried HAPPIO
Athletics – ENGIE Ambassador at Lille Métropole
21-year-old Wilfried Happio, from Bourg-la-Reine in the suburbs of Paris, is a French 400-meters hurdler.
One of the great hopes of French Athletics, he finished twice on the podium at the 2017 European Junior Championships in Grosseto, Italy, winning the 400m hurdles and taking silver in the 4x400m.
Following these early successes, he went on to win several titles in his favorite event, the 400 meters hurdles:
• French Champion in 2019 (Saint Etienne, France)
• European U23 Champion in 2019 (Gävle, Sweden)
• Participation in the World Championships in 2019 (Doha, Qatar)
In November 2019, he joined the Lille Métropole Athletics club (LMA).
As one of the best French athletes in his discipline, his ambition is to take part in the Tokyo Olympic Games, which have been postponed to 2021.
Before that, though, he will be targeting the title of French champion as well as the French national record, currently held by Stéphane Diagana, at the French Athletics Championships, scheduled for October 2020.
2020 French Champion / Winner of the Palio Citta Della Quercia
2019 U23 European Champion
"Discover a typical training day for Wilfried!"
Fabien Lamirault
Table tennis – ENGIE ambassador in Marseille
Fabien Lamirault, who is 40 years old and married with three children, is a French Para Table Tennis player from Nans-les-Pins (Var).
Fabien was left paraplegic after a road accident at the age of 17. As a fan of sport, he discovered table tennis during his rehabilitation. Fabien naturally and rapidly found his path in this sport: once he had finished his rehabilitation, he returned home, joined the CSINI (Centre Sportif de l'Institution Nationale des Invalides de Paris) and met his coach, Fabrice Kosiak, who is still with him today.
He took part in his first international competition in Sicily in 2003. There followed several years of administrative complications to be recognised in the right category (class 2), which hindered his progress, but Fabien did not lose hope.
Once he was registered in the class 2 category, Fabien could finally begin his Paralympic adventure, at the London Olympics in 2012. He won a bronze medal in the singles and a team silver medal.
From then on, Fabien met with success at every turn: double World Champion in 2014, then double European Champion in 2015, followed by double Paralympic Champion at Rio in 2016, where he won gold medals in the singles and doubles.
As an athlete, his goals remain the same: he is aiming for double medals in the singles and doubles at the Tokyo Paralympics in 2021, and the same again at Paris 2024.
2019 : Double European Champion (singles and team)
2018 : Individual World Champion
2017 : Team World Runner-up
2016 : Double Paralympic Champion (singles and team)
2014 : Double World Champion (singles and team)
2013 : Team European Champion
2012 : Bronze medallist in the singles and Team Silver medallist at the London Paralympics
Axel Mazella
Kiteboarding – ENGIE ambassador in Toulou – Toulon-Hyères (Var)
23-year-old Axel Mazella from Toulon (Var) is a member of the French Kitefoil team.
One of French kiteboarding's most promising athletes, he is currently double European champion after winning the 2019 and 2020 championships. He is also World Gold Cup Champion in Kitefoil.
Before this run of success began, Axel started out on the ENGIE Kite Tour, the main Speed Crossing circuit in France. His first competition was in 2013 and he now holds the title, which he will be defending in the five stages of the 2021 competition.
Kiteboarding will become an Olympic sport in duo format at the Paris Olympics in 2024. What an amazing opportunity for the French team!
Axel has a clear goal: not only to qualify for Paris 2024 but to take home a gold medal!
Winner of the ENGIE Kite Tour
Winner of the Kitefoil Gold Cup
Winner of Défikite
6th in the World Kite Championships
4th in the French Championships
World runner-up
European runner-up
François Pervis and Raphaël Beaugillet
Tandem Track Cycling – ENGIE ambassadors in Mayenne and Blois respectively.
36-year-old François Pervis from Mayenne and Raphaël, 31 years old and from Blois (Loir-et-Cher)
Raphaël, 31 years old and from Blois (Loir-et-Cher), gradually began losing his sight in 2009 at the age of 20 due to a genetic disease that put an end to his masonry training and his ability to work. A keen football fan, Raphaël turned his attention to running and tandem cycling when the degenerative illness began 11 years ago. "Very soon, tandem took over because a neighbour offered to take me out cycling. I accepted in order to "see", no pun intended, something different and stop going round in circles, and I got caught up in it," he said. Raphaël soon started collecting wins, and has now been crowned French Champion a total of 22 times (8 on road and 14 on track).
36-year-old François Pervis from Mayenne is a key figure in the French track cycling world. His results speak for him: seven World Championship titles (four for the 1,000m discipline), bronze medal at the Rio Olympics in 2016, World Record holder in the 1,000m.
In March 2020, Raphaël Beaugillet and François Pervis decided to combine their passion and their experience to take part in the Tokyo Paralympics in 2021. François will be Raphaël's pilot in their tandem.
Their goal is a clear one: the gold medal for the tandem in the only speed event – the 1,000m. Which would be a first for a tandem in the history of French Para Track Cycling.
François Pervis
"Integrating Team ENGIE is a real honour and great recognition for us. It will provide huge support in the run-up to the Paralympics. Thanks to ENGIE, we are aiming for a medal next August."
Raphaël Beaugillet
"My goals for 2021 are the Tokyo Paralympics, piloted by François Pervis, and a gold medal. If we do win it, we will be delighted to present it to Team ENGIE. We are honoured to join Team ENGIE, it is a great sign of recognition and provides enormous support for us to train in the right conditions. Thank you."
François Pervis' individual prize list
7 times World Champion in Track Cycling
Double speed record holder in the 1,000m and 200m
Bronze medallist at the Rio Olympics in 2016
17 medals at World Track Cycling Championships
16 times World Cup winner
5 times European Champion
15 times French Champion
Raphaël Beaugillet's individual prize list
World Champion in the Para-duathlon in 2012
22 times French Champion (8 on road and 14 on track)
4th at the World Track Cycling Championships
Poema Newland
Kiteboarding – ENGIE ambassador in Leucate and Narbonne (Aude)
20-year-old Poema Newland from Narbonne (Aude) is a member of the French Women's Kitefoil team and a participant in the French Sailing Federation's "Elles de Kite" programme.
Poema began kiteboarding in 2015 and is already one of France's most promising kiteboarding athletes. In 2018, she won a silver medal at the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Buenos Aires, Argentina and recently finished third in the 2020 French Kitefoil Championships.
For several years, Poema has been honing her skills on the ENGIE Kite Tour, the leading Speed Crossing circuit in France, and will of course be taking part in the five stages of the 2021 competition. She also enters the major international competitions, like the World and European Championships.
Poema has a clear goal: to qualify for the Paris Olympics in 2024 and, of course, to bring back a medal.
2020 3rd in the French Kitefoil Championships
French Hopefuls Champion in Twintip Racing
9th in Formula Kite European Championships
2019 11th in Formula Kite European Championships
15th in the World Championships
French Kitefoil Hopefuls runner-up
2018 French Champion
Runner-up in the Youth Olympic Games
2017 5th in the European Championships
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Eli Manning talks to media about QB change
Eli Manning reacts to the news that Geno Smith will start Sunday vs. the Raiders:
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – As he has done every week in his storied Giants career, Eli Manning today stood in front of his locker and patiently and candidly answered reporters' questions. But today was much different.
> [Geno Smith to start Sunday vs. Raiders](http://www.giants.com/news-and-blogs/article-1/Geno-Smith-to-start-at-quarterback-on-Sunday/872f0ace-87aa-47f4-b414-e842df8b2b5f)
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> [Eli Manning on Giants QB announcement](http://www.giants.com/videos/videos/Eli-Manning-on-Giants-QB-announcement/bc86e2f6-9564-41dd-a268-8cb149c3a5bd)
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> [Coach McAdoo on decision to start Smith](http://www.giants.com/videos/videos/Coach-Ben-McAdoo-on-decision-to-start-Geno-Smith/bfa58ca2-1439-4380-a4b6-3c0db48ae04d)
Manning, who has started 210 consecutive regular-season games (plus 12 in the playoffs) since 2004, will be the Giants' backup quarterback when they visit the Oakland Raiders Sunday. The team announced today that Geno Smith will start in his place.
>> GENO SMITH TO START AT QB SUNDAY
"It's hard," Manning said when asked how the decision affected him emotionally. "It's been a hard day to handle this. But hang in there and figure it out."
Manning could have kept alive his epic starting streak, the second-longest by a quarterback in NFL history. Coach Ben McAdoo had a proposal to continue it while also giving playing time to Smith and rookie third-round draft choice Davis Webb.
"The game plan going in was a plan (to play Manning) for a half and play Geno for the second half," McAdoo said. "We decided after our conversation this morning that we'll give Geno the ball starting at the beginning of the game."
Manning didn't want to start the game if he wouldn't have an opportunity to finish it.
"I just didn't think that you start knowing that you're going to come out of a game to keep a streak alive, maybe," Manning said. "That's not what it's about. It's not a preseason game, where you're going to play the start to the half, what's the next week? A quarter, a series, that's not fair. That's not fair to me, that's not fair to Geno, that's not how you play. You play to win. You're named the starting quarterback, you think it's your job to go win the football game. When you know you're just going to play a little bit, I didn't feel like that was the right way to play. … When you're just going out there to play knowing you're not going to finish the game, I just didn't see that being the right thing."
McAdoo was on Green Bay's coaching staff for part of Favre's streak, so he has a unique appreciation of how difficult it is for a quarterback to start so many games consecutively.
"The streak obviously is very important to Eli," McAdoo said. "I have a lot of respect for everything that Eli has done in this league and for this organization, and a lot of respect for the streak. I see what he goes through each and every week to get ready to play and how consistent he is. I don't want to speak for Eli, but I don't believe he would want to tarnish the record, and I'll leave it at that."
The Giants fell to 2-9 with their Thanksgiving night loss in Washington. Injuries have gutted both their receiving corps and their offensive line. The Giants are averaging 15.6 points a game; only the winless Cleveland Browns have scored fewer points.
McAdoo said he began pondering a change over the weekend. He consulted with general manager Jerry Reese and team ownership. Yesterday, he discussed his thoughts in a meeting with Manning.
"We sat down and talked about it and left it overnight to think about it a little bit more," McAdoo said. "Then we talked about it this morning, and decided on this is the best direction for the team."
Manning, as he has so often done, shouldered responsibility for the offense's struggles.
"Coach Mac called me in," Manning said. "Told me that we were going to start splitting some time, and thought it was best to give Geno the start and I'll back him up. I'll be a good teammate. I don't like it, but it's part of football. You handle it. I didn't do my job."
Manning was last a backup on Nov. 14, 2004, when Kurt Warner started his final game for the Giants. He wasn't expecting to reprise that role this week.
"I didn't know what was going to occur," Manning said. "Hey, we're 2-9. Kind of uncharted territory, so you don't know what to expect when you're in that situation."
Manning will turn 37 on Jan. 3. McAdoo quickly answered "no" when asked if this is "the end of Eli Manning in New York."
"I have a lot of confidence in Eli as a player, as a quarterback," McAdoo said. "But at this point, it's my responsibility for the organization to make sure we take a look at Geno and at some point take a look at Davis, and give them the opportunity to show what they can do heading into next year."
Manning said he isn't thinking about long-term implications. Though he won't start, his focus remains where it has always been, beating the next opponent and being the best teammate he can be.
"I told Geno I'd be here for him," Manning said. "I sat down with him today and going over the script and going over plays, and just make sure he's comfortable with everything and knows how to go out there and give him a chance to be successful."

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Named to the 2016-17 SoCon Honor Roll … Played in seven games, making two starts … Started against Furman (Oct. 15) and in ETSU's win over West Virginia Wesleyan (Oct. 20) … Played on the offensive line that totaled over 300 rushing yards in the win over WVWC … Started at left tackle against Furman and at right tackle against WVWC.
Played in 10 games, making nine starts … Was ETSU's starting right tackle in the season opener vs. Kennesaw State (Sept. 3) … Started the final eight games at right tackle.
Was a two-sport star at Knoxville Catholic High School, playing both basketball and football … was a preseason all-state selection in Class 4A … earned all-district honors his senior season.
Born April 29, 1996 … son of Clifford and Valerie McFall … majoring in accouting … played for high school coach Steve Matthews.


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ALBUM REVIEW: Ballyhoo "Daydreams"
August 15, 2012 January 22, 2013 Terri
Artist: Ballyhoo
Album: Daydreams
Genre: Pop Punk/Reggae
Label: Law Records
Maryland based quartet Ballyhoo released their fourth studio album "Daydreams" on Law Records on September 6, 2011. Since then the band has been on a nonstop touring schedule to promote the album as much as possible. They just finished an entire summer on the Van's Warped Tour playing on the House of Marley stage, and are now embarking on a U.S. tour supporting Tribal Seeds. Ballyhoo has a very unique style and sound. Their music consists of upbeat pop punk melodies while possessing a large reggae influence and feel.
"Daydreams" represents the band's musical diversity quite well. The album starts off with "Evil Penguin" showcasing the addition of a keyboard to the band, which works rather well musically throughout the album. The hit single "Last Night" provides upbeat reggae rhythms that dive into melodic and progressive pop punk choruses all with flawless transitions back and forth. Listener's are certainly given a wide variety of sounds as opposed to a monotone album providing nothing other than repetition as some others may. Soft and relaxing grooves are provided on tracks such as "Diamonds" and "If You Gotta Go" that provide laid back and mellow melodies.
Ballyhoo also provide more upbeat and heavier sounds on songs "Sandcastles" and "The Getaway", while still maintaining their fresh and crisp reggae influenced tone and style. Ballyhoo delivers a nonstop infusion of pop punk, reggae, and many other sounds from start to finish on "Daydreams". Fans of Sublime, G-Love, Pepper, and other similar groups will certainly feel right at home when listening to Ballyhoo. For feel good music that is not the latest flavor of the week, check out Ballyhoo's "Daydreams" on Law Records, as it certainly will not disappoint.
Howi Spangler – vocals and guitar
JR Gregory – bass
Donald "Big D" Spangler – drums
Scott Vandrey aka Dj Blaze – turntables and keyboard
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Gamesa launches low-wind 4.5 MW wind turbine
The wind turbine shares the same design standards as the G128-4.5 MW Class IIA, including a modular design – a segmented blade design unique on the market with 66.5 m.
Gamesa has launched its low-wind wind turbine, G136-4.5 MW Class III, at the Hannover Messe 2011.
"The G136-4.5 MW, now commercially available for installation in 2012, benefits from the exhaustive validation and testing programme conducted on the G10X-4.5 MW platform," says Javier Perea, Gamesa Sales and Projects General Manager.
With a 136 m rotor diameter and a hybrid 120 m tower, the wind turbine's swept area reaches 14,527 m2 – exceeding that of the G128-4.5 MW by 13%, enabling an increase of up to 8% in annual energy output vs. the G128-4.5 MW at low-wind sites, Gamesa says.
Offshore office in Hamburg
Gamesa also plans to open an office in Hamburg, Germany, to supply what could become one of the world's main offshore wind energy markets in coming years.
It is scheduled to open in the second quarter of this year.
"Germany represents one of the world's top offshore wind energy think tanks, drawing engineers, lending institutions, subcontractors and customers. We also chose Hamburg as the site of our next offshore office because of its proximity to our potential customers and their needs," says José Luis Blanco, Managing Director of Gamesa's offshore business.


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He arrived at the wedding in the nick of time.
The ambulance arrived in the nick of time. If they had been 5 minutes later he would have died.
His speech was delivered in the nick of time. I was beginning to think that the people were going to start fighting.
You cannot keep arriving in the nick of time. Make sure to check your watch tomorrow so that you can be early enough to help.
You have to add the baking soda in the nick of time, otherwise it won't work.
The phrase used to be "in the nick" and dates back to the 1500s, when nick meant "the critical moment". A nick-stick was used to keep track of time, points and transactions that took place. It was especially useful in sporting events.
A nick is a small notch that is used as a marker. It is very small and precise. Thus, if something is done "in the nick" it is done at the exact place or time it should be.
The idiom "in the nick of time" has only been recorded since 1643.
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An Amazing Cowgirl — Dixie Reger Mosley
The first five years of Dixie Reger's life, the early 1930s, she played and laughed and was a regular kid, but at 5 ½ she 'went to work'. You see, her family was in the wild west and rodeo world. Dad, Monte, had a trained longhorn, with amazing high horns that had grown much like a musical lyre, named Bobbie. He always attracted lots of attention where ever they were. Her older brother, Buddy, and sister, Virginia, were juvenile trick riders. Mom, Opal, home schooled all three children and kept their 'home', whether it was a tent, trailer or house neat and tidy and fed the family well. The family worked for Colonel Jim Eskew, the famous western rodeo and wild west producer, and he always had a full house at his performances.
Dixie's grandfather had put on the first rodeo in western Oklahoma. Rodeo was a major part of the family's life. By the time Dixie was ready to debut they were in the East with Colonel Eskew. Her first job was putting a high school horse through his paces. She was five and a half years old. Shortly, she was trick riding on her 36 inch Shetland pony named Tom Thumb. She could do vaults, croupers and other ground work to the amazement of the audience. This little darling, no bigger than a minute, was a favorite of the fans.
The family always got attention when they performed, but behind the scenes there was much work to be done to keep the acts at their best. Monte and Opal kept their three children on a 'short leash'. Each child was responsible for their own costumes, which were elaborately designed. They had to make sure there were not rips or tears, and they had to keep their costumes clean by washing and ironing them, or using a dry cleaning solution on some fabrics. Their mounts had to be washed and groomed often, and the tack had to be in good condition for each performance. Once the chores with costumes and horses were complete Opal instructed them with their school lessons. That left very little time for play. Also their parents made sure they did not participate in activities that might cause injuries, or possibly a broken bone, such as ice skating or roller skating. They were not permitted to swim because of the possibility of a bad sunburn. Having to miss a performance meant less money for the family.
The people who witnessed their performances were, in awe of their agility and speed with which they rode in their elaborate costumes and well-groomed horses. No doubt, the children seeing them were envious of their 'charmed life'. Traveling from town to town, wearing sparkling costumes, getting applause and the excitement of racing around an arena had to impress local youngsters whose day-to-day lives seemed mundane in comparison. The Reger children were important 'bread-winners' to the family, which was extremely important in the mid-to-late thirties, as the Depression was ravaging the country.
Eventually they left Colonel Eskew and the family performed at rodeos produced by others. They located on a ranch near Woodward, Oklahoma, where the growing children performed various ranch chores. Dixie began to rope, and in time even began to compete in roping events. She only had four years of public schooling, and actually missed the first month each year and the last month due to their rodeo commitments. When asked what she thought she missed growing up in rodeo she said, "The biggest sacrifice for me was missing the chance to go to school every day like most kids."
By Dixie's teenage years there was much talk about staging all-girl rodeos. As early as 1942 one was held, and through the next few years the momentum to give the 'fair-haired sex' their own arena. A rodeo for girls here and one there, but not until 1948 did the Girls Rodeo Association actually form. Dixie was right there in the middle of those women promoting the idea and making it happen. Not only was she a founding member and held several offices including Vice President she competed in most all the events, and was the GRA rodeo clown and bullfighter, too.
When Bill Mosley entered Dixie's life things changed. He stole her heart and they were married in 1953. Dixie retired from her hectic rodeo responsibilities and they settled in Amarillo, Texas, where Bill was a cattle buyer. They had three children, Judy, Clay and Paul, and she immersed herself in parenting and wifely duties as seriously as she had been about her rodeo responsibilities. After her days in rodeo, especially the early days when as a child she had such major responsibilties, she found family and home chores easy and rewarding. She volunteered for her children's school activities, church work and loved her companionship with Bill.
Don't think she hasn't had her share of problems. She is a two-time breast cancer survivor. She'll celebrate her 86th birthday in October. Husband, Bill, has also had his share of health problems including a broken hip. Her devotion to him is evident in everything they do these days, whether it is going to the gym or just merely staying in their comfortable home together. Bill's devotion to Dixie is just as strong. Thank goodness they 'found' each other!
Dixie was inducted in to the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame in 1982 and has always participated in their activities. She was honored by the Rodeo Historical Society by inducting her in to the Rodeo Hall of Fame, in Oklahoma City, in 2003. She was given the American Cowboy Culture Award for Pioneer Woman at the Cowboy Symposium in Lubbock, TX in 2004. She has also attended numerous Rodeo Clown Reunions as an Honoree and is the only woman eligible to do so. She began her rodeo clowning, along with all her other abilities in the arena, when she was 11 years old.
She was asked to participate a few years ago in a Seminar for Nurses and Medical Personnel at Texas Christian University as a speaker about her days in rodeo and being a breast cancer survivor. I attended and the entire auditorium was totally silent as the nursing community listened as she talked and showed photographs of her unusual life.
The honest and straight-forward amazing cowgirl has said, "I'm glad I had the experiences I did. I got to travel and see sights none of my school friends had the opportunity to experience. Our mother always saw that we got to museums and special things at each rodeo location. Since I don't know what my life would have been like if I hadn't been in rodeo I'll take the life I've had." Yes, she's an amazing cowgirl through and through!


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POSTECH Excels in 2014 JoongAng Daily Departmental Evaluation Report
JoongAng Daily announced the 2014 "Science and Technology" Departmental Evaluation Report on Sep. 2, stating that POSTECH achieved Highest-distinction in the Dept. of Industrial and Management Engineering and Chemical Engineering. POSTCECH also received High-distinction in the Dept. of Physics and Electrical Engineering, excelling with flying colors.
POSTECH's Department of Industrial and Management Engineering has received the Highest-distinction for five consecutive years, with the highest number of international journals issued per professor (1.04 journals per person) among 51 universities throughout Korea. This feat also applies to the Department of Chemical Engineering, having published 2.62 journals per person.
JoongAng Daily was the first newspaper in Korea to evaluate four-year Korean universities. (The evaluations started in 1994.) Departmental Evaluation, in particular, assesses 15 to 20 departments in the fields of science and technology as well as humanities and social sciences in a separate report, aiming to deliver critical information to high-school students and their parents who are preparing for university applications.
Departments are scored based on the data obtained from Higher Education in Korea. After confirmation by respective universities regarding the scores, they are ranked into six classes. Only the top three classes (Highest distinction, High distinction and Distinction) are reported to the public.
Highest-distinction is rewarded to the department with the total score above two times the mean standard deviation of that department in all universities, whereas High-distinction is given to those with scores above the mean standard deviation.


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The training will be taken with very active involvement of the participants, using such methods as: discussion, work in groups, works in pairs, tests, role playing, mini-lecture. All the issues and techniques will be then practiced to allow all the participants a real experience and make the theory became skills.
Every exercise will be discussed and allows to the people an auto evaluation of the skills.
Will realize their own knowledge already possessed about the negotiation process.
Will gain a skill of building efficient vernal and non-verbal statements using NLP techniques.
Will get a knowledge that will allow them to: determinate BATNA, distinguish positions from interests.
Will know some techniques of influence, that will help them to convince their partners to their own points of view.
Will learn how to distinguish and use negotiation and manipulation techniques.
Will understand how to recognize Meta-Program of the partner of negotiation according to the NLP typology, which will allow them to communicate more effectively and to convince to their own ideas.
Will learn to recognize and to use different negotiation strategies and tactics cording to the NLP principles.
Will know few ways of breaking deadlocks in negotiation.
Will learn efficient techniques to fend off the most common objection from the other side of the table.
Let's know each other – your strengths – presentation of the most powerful cards.
Starting position – how to create the right attitude toward the negotiation process – control of the negative emotions.
What are and what are not the negotiation?
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What makes easier/more difficult negotiation process?
Who is who – with whom we really negotiate – negotiation in teams.
Selection of negotiators because of their features or negotiation style.
Styles in negotiations – submissive, dominating and cooperating attitude.
Separate people from the problem.
Develop possibilities profitable for both parties.
Discussion about negotiation phases .
Why do we need BATNA.
How to determinate our minimal demands.
Bidding, retreating, demanding – how to do it in a profitable way?
Goals and needs of the other party – how to recognize problems and motivation of the partners.
Training of asking efficient questions.
How to manage the space effectively.
Objections and doubts – dealing with hard questions.
Exchanging concessions and achieving solutions profitable for both parties.
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Selection of the negotiation ethical or non-ethical tactic and its consequence.
Intentions and motives of using the tactic of lies.
Dealing with typical negotiation tactics.
How to negotiate with stronger partners?
What are the differences between techniques, tactics and tricks in negotiation.
Examples of negotiation tactics (fair, foul and something in between).
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The US military plans to scale back its role in Somalia and reduce airstrikes against al-Shabab insurgents after having taken out many of the group's senior operatives, two senior US officials told NBC News.
The move reflects an assessment by the Trump administration that while the Shabab insurgency remains a threat to the Somali government and neighboring countries, it does not pose a direct danger to the US, the officials said.
The planned change also illustrates a broader strategic shift by the US military to reduce forces engaged in counterterrorism operations in Africa and focus more on traditional adversaries such as Russia and China.
"I would say we're running out of targets," said one of the officials. Under the plan, responsibility for bombing militants in Somalia would be shifted to the CIA, officials said. That would likely mean pulling out some US special operation forces that help pilots pinpoint targets, including for offensives carried out by African Union-led troops. The Pentagon has about 500 personnel in Somalia, including troops, civilians, and contractors, according to US Africa Command.
The CIA, unlike the US military, is not equipped to deploy hundreds of personnel on the ground to direct air strikes, and would almost certainly carry out fewer bombing raids. The agency could target gatherings of Shabab militants but would not be well-positioned to provide air power for a ground offensive by Somali government fighters or African Union troops, former officials said.


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Arsenal vs. CSKA Moscow 2018 online streaming: Start time, TV schedule, and how to watch Europa League online
Apparently Arsenal have a 50/50 shot.
By Aaron Lerner@AaronCLerner Apr 4, 2018, 12:43pm EDT
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50/50. According to Arsene Wenger, Arsenal's chances of advancing past CSKA Moscow are 50/50. We'll never know whether that's Wenger tempering expectations, trying to send a message to his team, speaking in manager, or Arsene being Arsene, but you'd hope for a bit more optimism from the boss heading into the club's biggest game so far.
The good news is Arsenal are fully fit heading into tomorrow's match at the Emirates. Petr Čech has recovered from the injury that forced him to miss the match against Stoke, and Wenger hinted that he may start. The boss also said that Alexandre Lacazette is fully fit following his run-out at the weekend but did not reveal whether the Frenchman would pip Danny Welbeck for the starting lineup.
CSKA will be without regular starting defenders Mario Fernandes (hamstring injury) and Kirill Nababkin (yellow card accumulation) as well as long-term absentees Viktor Vasin and Astemir Gordyushenko.
The Koni get nearly a quarter of their goals from Brazilian forward Vitinho, who loves to shoot from distance but is also not afraid to take defenders on. CSKA also gets significant secondary goal-scoring from its midfield. The Russian side's offensive prowess was on display in the last round of the Europa League where they scored 3 goals in the second leg at Lyon to advance on away goals.
Arsenal and CSKA Moscow have only played each other twice in the clubs' history - in the group stage of the 2006-07 Champions League. CSKA beat Arsenal 1-0 in Moscow and earned a draw at the Emirates. Arsenal eventually won the group and CSKA failed to advance.
Everybody knows what's at stake for Arsenal in the Europa League and the importance of winning the competition, so I won't repeat it. Time for the Gunners to put up or shut up.
WHO: Arsenal vs. CSKA Moscow
WHERE: Emirates Stadium, London
WHEN: Thursday, April 5th, 2018 12:05 PM PT | 3:05 PM ET | 8:05 PM BT
US TV: FS1. Streaming on FS:GO and ESPN3.
Remember to check livesoccer.tv for all your international steaming needs. As always, please do not discuss links to illegal streams here.


Bermondsey Square in South East London is a community of shops, offices and apartments. It's a venue for a world-famous Friday antique market, lunchtime street food traders, an independent cinema and a boutique hotel. But most of all, it's a lively community working together to create a great place to be.
Go treasure hunting every Friday at Bermondsey's famous Antique Market.
This 48 seat recently refurbished cinema with café-bar and terrace screens the best recent releases and independent films.
Whether you are escaping the noisy office or a nomadic freelancer the relaxed working environment of At Home provides an ideal workspace.
Lokma restaurant in Bermondsey Square offers the best in Turkish cuisine.
A boutique hotel with 86 rooms and 4 funky suites.
VITRINE Gallery presents emerging art practices from the unique 16 metre long window gallery. Open 24/7.
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Bermondsey's much loved (and historic) Friday Antiques Market and the scrumptious Saturday Food Market are just the tip of the iceburg. In and around Bermondsey Square you'll find everything from great community festivals and happy hours to art exhibitions and al fresco restaurant specials.
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Q: Grid ColumnDefinition star-width is stretching beyond the parent container's bounds I've designed a grid row as being another grid with a 20/80 split between two columns, with the one on the left having a min width of 250:
    <Grid Grid.Row="1" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch">
        <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
            <ColumnDefinition Width="1*" MinWidth="250"/>
            <ColumnDefinition Width="4*"/>
        </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

        <Grid Grid.Column="0" Background="Red" />
        <Grid Grid.Column="1" Background="Blue" />
    </Grid>

At widths greater than 1250, this works as expected, but as soon as I shrink below that, the first column stops shrinking (as it should) because it has hit 250, but the second column keeps shrinking at the same rate as it did before (rather than collapsing at the same rate of the surrounding window). The result is that a portion of the content is cut out, even though the grid is set to stretch to its container:

Why isn't the blue frame resizing to fit within its parent container the way other star width columns do? Why has setting a min width broken this all of the sudden?

Update: I've rebuilt my entire UI in a sample window (by simply replacing each section's contents with a border), and am unable to reproduce the issue:

It it possible that the contents (which aren't encountering any MinWidth constraints and seem to be resizing properly as well, albeit too slowly like their parent grid columns) are still somehow impacting the grid columns? What about the fact that the original is in a UserControl and this is in a Window?

A: I apologize - given the information in the original question, it was impossible to answer this question.
Unfortunately for me the problem is a bug in the implementation of the Xceed DataGridControl. By simply replacing each DataGridControl with a border or other control in my original UI, all elements are resized as they should be.
The problem was not that the DataGridControls were encountering their own size constraints. They were in fact continuing to resize themselves as the window resized but they were getting it wrong. My guess is that their implementation relies on walking up the hierarchy or parent UI elements and sizing themselves in accordance to what they calculate their available space to be. I found that nothing short of dictating the exact width of one of the parent elements solves this. If the parent elements use star sizing, and these widths are constrained by column definitions to have a maximum or minimum width or height, the Xceed DataGridControl is oblivious and incorrectly requests a size greater than or less than what is available, even if it's been told to stretch to fit its parent control.
The only workaround I found that doesn't involve boycotting Xceed (which is very tempting) is to redesign the layout so that the first column doesn't grow with the rest of the window and is simply fixed at its minimum width:
    <Grid Grid.Row="1" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch">
        <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
            <ColumnDefinition Width="250"/>
            <ColumnDefinition Width="4*"/>
        </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

        <Grid Grid.Column="0" Background="Red" />
        <Grid Grid.Column="1" Background="Blue" />
    </Grid>

It looks odd and disproportionately squished on large resolution screens, but any attempt to constrain the width while auto-sizing it leads to the behaviour described.

A: That is totally correct.
In your definition you define that the first columns width has to be at least 250. So 1* has to be at least 250 too. Your second columns width has to be the value of your first column multiplicated by 4. Sorry for my bad english, i hope you can understand.
I cant find an easy and fast solution for that. Maybe you have to bind the MaxWidht property of the second column to the ActualWidth property of the grid and than reduce that value by 250.

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News diary 16-22 September: John Humphrys expected to bid farewell to Radio 4 Today as David Cameron publishes memoirs
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Newspaper did not breach discrimination rules by labelling mind of mentally ill man 'warped', IPSO says
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A North Wales newspaper did not break discrimination rules by describing the mind of a man with a mental health condition as "warped", press regulator IPSO has ruled.
The Independent Press Standards Organisation made the ruling after Llifon Huw Jones complained about the Daily Post's coverage of him being made the subject of a hospital order after trying to build a sub-machine gun for a "planned rebellion over Brexit".
An article that appeared in the paper on 1 March and online on 28 February described online posts made by Jones "outlining dozens of conspiracy theories", saying they gave an insight into his "warped mind".
It also reported that Jones, a then 32-year-old man who had served in the armed forces, suffered from PTSD before his discharge from active service.
Jones said the article used discriminatory language around his mental illness, saying the description of his mind as "warped" was an "unacceptable and unethical" way to talk about someone with a mental health condition.
He added that the references to posts he made on social media when he was unwell were "an attempt to mock and discriminate against him based on his illness".
Jones also claimed the tone of the article was "disrespectful" considering his illness and the fact he had served for his country.
The Daily Post apologised for any offence caused but argued Jones' mental health was relevant to its story, the court case and sentence he received.
It defended its use of the term "fanatic", saying the term referred to "an individual who possesses an excessive and single minded zeal, typically for extreme political and religious causes" and that the term had been used to describe his "strong interests in unusual topics" as reflected in his social media posts.
The Daily Post added that it did not believe referring to Jones' mind as "warped" and "troubled" was a breach of Clause 12 (discrimination) of the Editors' Code of Practice, as the ex-soldier had claimed.
It argued that the word "warped" could "represent an abnormality, or distortion from the norm and that a mental illness is by its very nature an abnormality of the mind".
The newspaper also said it had offered to print an apology, but the complainant turned it down.
IPSO sided with the Daily Post, ruling that Jones' mental health was relevant to the story and that Clause 12 (discrimination) of the Code does not relate to the tone of content or taste.
The terms "fanatic" and "warped" were linked to the complainant's beliefs as discussed in court, the regulator said.
IPSO said: "While the court had also heard evidence relating to the complainant's mental health in mitigation, this did not necessarily mean that criticism of the complainant and the views he held amounted to a breach of Clause 12.
"The [Code] Committee considered that this reference fell within the boundaries of editorial discretion and that use of the term 'warped' in these circumstances was not a pejorative reference to the complainant's mental health.
"Further, the Committee did not consider that the description of the complainant as 'troubled' represented a pejorative reference to the complainant's mental health in circumstances where the court had considered it appropriate to make the complainant the subject of a hospital order."
The regulator did not upheld any of Jones' complaints, including a further point raised under Clause 1 (accuracy) of the Editors' Code.
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Nice share with me. I like your good post!!!
It's really sad that a lot of wards could be interpreted like discrimitational.


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How can I get my mail chimp API to connect to jot form?
I have found where it is to enter the API info but when I enter it it just takes ages to load, like over an hour! I know it is not my internet connection because I have managed to load other web pages but what can it be?!
I checked your form and you've managed to integrate the form with MailChimp. I presume this is resolved.
I also could not reproduce the problem.


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Betty A. Hinricher
Elizabeth M. Hinricher, 94, of Flandreau, SD, passed away Monday December 30, 2019 at Avera Flandreau Hospital.
Elizabeth (Betty) Margaret was born September 19, 1925 at Sleepy Eye, MN to Eugene and Elizabeth M. (Boever) Hoffman. She attended St. Mary's School at Sleepy Eye and attained her GED in 1972. Betty worked for a number of families in Minnesota and South Dakota before her marriage to Elmer B. Hinricher on February 17, 1947 in Sleepy Eye. They lived and farmed near Colman, SD from 1947 to 1949 and the Flandreau area from 1949 until they retired. Betty was a member of Ss. Simon and Jude Catholic Church, Altar Society, and was a member of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas since 1948 and a member of the Catholic Aid Association of Sleepy Eye over 50 years. She was also a member of the American Legion Auxiliary of Egan Unit 97, Extension Club, Flandreau Golf Association and a volunteer at Riverview Manor Nursing Home.
Betty is survived by her husband: Elmer; five children: James F. (Marlys) Hinricher, Flandreau, Richard L. (Pat) Hinricher, Sioux Falls, Mary A. (Joe) Schwebach, Flandreau, Patricia E. (Neil) Friedrichsen, Ojai, CA and Lois Johnson, Milford, IA; 12 grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren and one sister-in-law: Velma Hoffmann, Sleepy Eye.
Betty was preceded in death by her daughter Sharon C. Nygaard, one great grandson Quinten, her parents, her brothers, Leo, Marcel, Arthur, Eddie, Eugene, and sisters, Margaret Bertrand, Hilda Fritz, Ester Miller, Leona Kerkhoff-Branster and Catherine Terrell.
Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 am Friday, January 3, 2020 at Ss. Simon and Jude Catholic Church, Flandreau, with burial in the church cemetery. Visitation is 4:00 – 6:00 pm Thursday with a 6:00 pm scripture service at Skroch Funeral Chapel. www.skrochfc.com.
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If you are expecting a large tax refund this year, what will you do with it?
It might be tempting to spend this large windfall on shopping, eating out and other fun things.
However, a tax refund is also an opportunity to gain some financial headway and set you up in a better situation for the future.
If you are currently living from paycheck to paycheck, you are treading water on the surface of your finances and any unexpected disaster can pull you under and cause you to start drowning in debt.
If your car breaks down, you lose your job, or you get ill or injured, you will need to borrow money to get your head above water again and this can take you on a downward spiral which is hard to get out of.
It is essential to have an emergency fund of at least six to eight months of savings to protect you for the unexpected situations which might arise in life.
Use your tax refund to get this savings account started and then slowly build it up more by adding a percentage from every paycheck.
Another very smart thing to do with your tax refund is to pay off any high interest debt which you have accumulated.
Credit card debt is draining your finances every month with high interest payments, so it should be the first debt that you pay off.
If you think about it, paying off a credit card charging interest at 18% or more is the same as buying a high-flying investment that gains at least 18% on the same amount of money.
The difference is that by paying down expensive debt, you actually are guaranteeing yourself that return on investment.
You can also contribute it towards paying down student loans, car loans and any other debt you might have.
If you already have an emergency fund and you have paid off your credit cards, spending your tax refund on home improvements can also be a smart way to invest the money.
Renovations can help to increase the value of your property when you eventually resell it, especially when you upgrade the most important rooms such as the kitchen and the bathroom.
Also, green renovations such as adding sealed windows or energy-efficient appliances can save you money in the long run on your utility bills.
These are just a few clever ways that you can use your tax return to set yourself up for the future.
Do you have any other good ideas that you'd like to share?


great deal, these are quality and @ £520 is an absolute bargain!
"Carcass only - Doors Sold Separately"
More money to fork out?
I almost got excited then but it's only for the carcass, then you have to buy the doors another £500 and then you have to buy any rails etc to go inside it which i cannot find anywhere on the site, too much like hard work to me.
why does it say 3 door package?
for this price, every day of the week you can get a fully functioning and loaded set from ikea. we fitted out 5 door wardrobe, with mirror doors, soft closing dampers the lot for this much?
Can someone close the door, it's getting pretty cold in here.
As your name suggests, 'useless' comment.


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"The blind leading the blind" is an idiom and a metaphor in the form of a parallel phrase, it is used to describe a situation where a person who knows nothing is getting advice and help from another person who knows almost nothing.

History
The idiom can be traced back to the Upanishads, which were written around 800 BCE

A similar metaphor exists in the Buddhist Pali Canon, composed in North India, and preserved orally until it was committed to writing during the Fourth Buddhist Council in Sri Lanka in 29 BCE.

The similar expression appears in Horace (Epistles, book I, epistle XVII, line 4):  ("the blind wishing to show the way"). Horace was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus (27 BCE – 14 CE)

Probably the first time where the saying appears in its exact form was in the New Testament. It is mentioned several times in the gospels, with similar stories appearing in Matthew, Luke and Thomas, possibly via the Q source.

Sextus Empiricus (160 – 210CE) compares ignorant teachers and blind guides in Outlines of Scepticism:

The phrase appears in Adagia, an annotated collection of Greek and Latin proverbs, compiled during the Renaissance by Dutch humanist Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus. The first edition, titled Collectanea Adagiorum, was published in Paris in 1500 CE.

Augustine of Hippo, a catholic theologian, writes ″Vae caecis ducentibus! Vae caecis sequentibus!″, Latin for "woe to the blind that lead, woe to the blind that follow".

Artistic depictions

Perhaps the most famous artistic depiction of the phrase is Pieter Bruegel's The Blind Leading the Blind. The distemper on canvas painting was completed in 1568, and is currently in the collection of the Museo di Capodimonte in Naples, Italy.

References in popular culture
"The Blind Leading the Blind" is a poem by Pulitzer Prize winning poet Lisel Mueller.

"Blind Leading the Blind" is a song by Lynsey de Paul. It was the 'B' side of her 1973 single, "All Night".

"Blind leading the blind" was a song written by Mick Jagger, performed by Mick Jagger and Dave Stewart for the soundtrack of the 2004 film Alfie.

In a notable episode of Sex and the City Samantha tells Carrie that giving her advice is like "the blind leading the blind".

The song "Ego Tripp" by Mushroomhead includes the lyrics, "as the blind lead the blind on a crusade for sight".

The song "Disconnected" by Keane includes the lyrics, "We walk in circles, the blind leading the blind".

"Blind Leading the Blind" is a song by Mumford & Sons. It was released on October 23, 2019.

The 1947 play A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams includes the phrase "The blind are leading the blind".

The song "Manunkind" by Metallica has the phrase "blind lead blind" in the "quest to find faith in manunkind".

The song "Estallando desde el océano" by Argentinian band Sumo includes the lyrics
"Firefly cars, women rushing past
The road was long and the race was fast
Gradually I fell behind
It was the blind leading the blind".

"The Blind Leading the Blind" is an album recorded in 2018 by a Ukrainian black metal band 1914.

"The Blind Leading the Naked" is an album recorded in 1986 by Violent Femmes.

"The Blind Leading The Blind" is a song recorded by American Grunge band Skin Yard for their 1987 Self-Titled debut album.

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Posts, pictures, videos, and comments are all over the internet today. There are more social media networks than you can use in a day. Well, more than most of us could use in a day.
While there is a lot of "traffic" in the ethers, it is for the most part invisible. And when you're not physically present with others, it is easy to forget that civility on social media is just as important as civility in any other social arena.
Social media are web-based communication tools. All tools are key to achieving a desired end result, but they can only bring about that result if used appropriately.
Just as a hammer can drive a nail through two objects, or a sewing machine can stitch two pieces of cloth together, social media can help two or more people communicate with each other.
However, the hammer can also destroy an object. A sewing machine can miss a stitch, or even injure someone, if not properly maintained. And social media can incite anger, hurt, and in general offend others if not used in a positive way.
As in most areas of life, this is where etiquette rules can help keep things on track and serve as a "how to use" when it comes to tools.
Have a purpose for using it.
Treat the tool with respect.
If it's someone else's tool, respect the rules for its use.
Let's apply the above guidelines specifically to social media.
The basic purpose of social media is to be . . . social. Are you reaching out to others in a positive manner? Is your content in line with your objective? Is your spelling and grammar up to par?
Playing it safe on social media can be tricky. You want to be social but, let's face it, you probably don't know all of your followers personally. Be cautious and mindful about posts or pictures that show your home or work address, your travel schedule, and your valuable personal belongings.
Online networking is just that - networking. It should be used as if you were at a work event or cocktail party. Your purpose of attending is to socialize, build your network of friends and associates, and communicate with like-minded people you enjoy spending time with.
When used carelessly, social media can bring harm to people. But when used correctly, safely, and in the spirit of its original purpose, its usually a fun experience!
If it's someone else's tool, respect the rules for its use.
Make sure the information you post on someone's news feed or comment section is in line with the objective or personality of her page or post. And never hack someone's account to post something as if it were coming from him!
In the cyber world, as in the physical world, there are bullies - also referred to as haters. No matter which term you use, you can bet they are not very nice people and they always have a contrary opinion.
The best way to handle these folks, just as in the physical world, is to avoid them as best you can and do not engage with them. Or, as a friend of mine says, "Don't play their game!"
Once a hater engages you, you're in for a long, drawn-out fight. Think of the social media posts you've seen where a hater posts a comment and the person who made the original post responds to the hater. Then someone else chimes in, then another, then the hater responds to them, and on and on. It essentially becomes like a schoolyard fight at recess!
Is this worth it? Perhaps you ignore the haters or, better yet, delete their comments and replies to keep others from responding to them as well. When you don't play their game the worst you walk away with is a bruised ego. But taking the high road with the right mindset ensures a fast healing.
If you are using an all-public networking site or otherwise don't have control of monitoring replies and comments to your posts, contact the site administrator or help desk and report the cyber-bully.
Create posts, comments, and replies with positive intent.
Make sure that any sarcasm will be understood by those who read it.
Know that written words do not always come across with the intonation of spoken words.
Now go forth and (virtually) socialize. And have fun out there!


Britt Daley has been causing quite a stir with her single 'Move Me', so we decided to find out more about the songstress from the US.
Music was always playing in our household and as I grew up musicality was highly encouraged. For my 5th birthday my grandmother bought me an upright Baldwin, insisting on lessons. I think my grandmother had this dream of me becoming a concert pianist… the 'female Liberace', but that was thwarted when I began performing professionally with the Orlando Youth Opera. I continued piano lessons but I loved to sing so I was taken under the wing of Linda Ronstadt's former vocal coach.
We discovered you on Tradiio after listening to your track 'Move Me', which has received thousands of plays. Were you expecting such a positive response to your debut?
I wasn't expecting it to garner this much attention because it's so hard to cut through the noise as an independent artist. But 'Move Me' did pretty well, which I can attribute in part to the blog attention it received early on, Soundcloud shares/playlists, and it's presence on the Tradiio platform. Super pleased that it reached as many people as it has because it's one of my favorites.
You've also collaborated with Morgan Page. How did that come about?
I was originally connected to the project through Jay and Nick of The Oddictions, who also co-wrote and produced, "Running Wild". They heard a song I had worked on with mutual friend, producer/DJ Nicademass, and got in touch with me via Twitter. Despite the three of us living in the same town we didn't meet in person until a couple months into the project. I've become pretty accustomed to working with other artists and producers remotely, and it can have it setbacks, but it's mostly been positive because it allows me to work with people from all over the world, which has been truly rewarding. Many of the people I work with are based in L.A., but I'm also working with a producer based in Portland on my debut solo album, and I have another collaboration with a producer who lives in the Netherlands. There are a few pretty cool projects down the pipeline that I'm very excited about.
Gosh… where to start… as a kid… Björk, Madonna, Tori Amos, Jeff Buckley, and later rediscovering 80's New Wave bands like Depeche Mode, Tears For Fears, The Cars, Duran Duran, Pet Shop Boys… (I could go on).
I also draw upon influences from my classical and theatrical training… and of course my personal life experiences. Every song on my album is very personal and each one captures a different moment of my life over the past few years.
I have pretty eclectic taste and I'm constantly finding amazing artists that might not be very new, but they're new to me… good music is good music. Right now I've been listening to Kidnap Kid, Tame Impala, Jason Isbell, Nikki Lane, Taylor McFerrin, and Broods… Check out Kidnap Kid – Moments ft Leo Stannard it's stunning.
We've invested in Britt Daley. Have you? Listen to more of their songs and support them at tradiio.com/britt-daley.


For the past few days, I've spent most of my time in my campervan. I've slowly beginning to accept it as a living space, instead of a locomotive device. It has been an enjoyable experience.
Learnt another tip today - the Navy shower. This technique teaches you how to shower with very little water. Fresh water is at a premium in Naval ships and sailors have to go to great lengths to minimise the use of fresh water. The Navy shower was born out of this necessity.
With a handheld sprayer, I guess you can just spray yourself all over, soap, spray again a couple of times and wipe off with a towel. This should use up less than half a litre of water. Sounds good in theory !


Nov 29 (Reuters) - Dell Technologies Inc posted a 15 percent rise in quarterly revenue on Thursday, helped by businesses upgrading their systems ahead of Microsoft pulling the plug on Windows 7 support.
However, net loss attributable to Dell Technologies widened to $876 million in the third quarter ended Nov. 2, from $846 million a year earlier.
Loss per share remained unchanged at $1.84 per share.
Revenue rose to $22.48 billion from $19.56 billion.
Dell is buying back shares tied to its interest in software maker VMware, looking to return to the stock market without a traditional initial public offering.


It's the first ever nanobot to surf waves.
It doesn't like to worry itself with minor details like hitting the other robot.
It tracks waves using the predicted hit time and tries to move to a certain spot on each one. It changes that spot when it gets hit.
DuelistNano's gun/radar, which involves basically using a radar lock in your gun code.
Now melee surfing in a nanobot, that would be special!
The spot to move to.
I'm pretty sure it won't be getting an update anytime soon.
Pretty much every other wavesurfing robot.
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Bonifacio (en latín, Bonifacius; m. 432) fue un general y gobernador romano de la diócesis de África. Junto con su rival, Aecio, a veces es llamado «el último de los romanos».

Después de la muerte del emperador Honorio en 423, el primicerius notariorum Juan fue elevado al trono. Bonifacio rechazó reconocerlo y evitó que los abundantes envíos de grano africano alcanzaran Italia. Después de una rebelión en Galia, y de una sublevación general, Juan fue derrocado y Valentiniano III, sobrino de Honorio, fue hecho emperador occidental por el emperador romano del este, Teodosio II. Bonifacio lo apoyó y comenzaron de nuevo los envíos de grano.

Bajo la influencia de Aecio, Gala Placidia, madre del emperador, condenó a Bonifacio por traición contra el emperador. Temeroso por la probable ejecución, Bonifacio pidió la ayuda de mercenarios vándalos. La tribu entera emigró en masa a África. Sin embargo, cuando llegaron, Bonifacio había recuperado el favor de Placidia, quien le había concedido el título de patricio. Informó a los vándalos que sus servicios ya no eran necesarios, pero en vez de volver a Hispania, se rebelaron y se apoderaron de África. Los vándalos gobernarían la diócesis hasta que Belisario la recobrase en 534 para el Imperio bizantino.

Bonifacio había sido llamado a Italia antes de que los vándalos hubieran ocupado la provincia; sin embargo, Aecio y su ejército de mercenarios germanos marcharon contra él. El resultado fue la batalla de Rímini (432), que Bonifacio ganó, a pesar de ser mortalmente herido; murió varios meses más tarde  y Aecio se convirtió en el gobernante de hecho del Imperio romano de Occidente.

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Políticos de la Antigua Roma del siglo V
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Originally a small cottage 950 sqft on a large 2 acre plot, GMAdesign obtained detailed planning permission for the client to demolish the cottage and build a large 2600 sqft new 4 bed dwelling to built in a modern contemporary style. The property comprises of a living room, dining room, large kitchen, study, WC, hall, wet room, utility and double garage on the ground floor. There are 4 bedrooms on the first floor three with contemporary ensuite and a main bathroom. Heating is supplied via an air source heat pump.
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Home Features Al Davis: Raiders Owner and Football Legend Dead at 82
Al Davis: Raiders Owner and Football Legend Dead at 82
The Oakland Raiders website posted the birth and death dates of owner Al Davis roughly 20 minutes ago. There is no cause of death noted as of yet. Al Davis was one of the most colorful figures in the history of the game.
Al Davis was respected by his contemporaries for his vast knowledge of the game of football. He gave the city of Oakland 5 championship titles and 3 Superbowl wins with the Raiders. Al Davis is also the architect of the West Coast offence that is now used coast to coast in the NFL and has also been adapted to other sports.
Wikipedia is reporting Former Raiders quarterback, Ken Stabler, will give his eulogy. This tell us that Al Davis must have been battling some ailment and his death was not a surprise. This has been a rough week for the left coast with tech pioneer Steve Jobs passing earlier in the week and now the passing of a cornerstone of the NFL.
This make the 2nd passing of a NFL team owner this season. In July the Patriots organization lost team matriarch Myra Nathalie Hiatt Kraft, wife of Robet Kraft.
The Oakland Raiders next game is against the Houston Texans Sun, 10/09 at 10:00 AM PDT at Reliant Stadium
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Netflix Review: After Life
British comic Ricky Gervais returns with After Life, a new show exclusive to Netflix. As a fan of The Office and Extras, I wanted to see how it stacked up. Here are some thoughts.
After Life sees Gervais once again in the lead role, this time playing Tony, a widower still hurting after his wife Lisa (Kerry Godliman) died of cancer. Working a humdrum job at the town newspaper and with next to no close friends to call on, Tony spirals into a deep depression – after all, what's the point of going on without Lisa?
With the thought of suicide lingering in his mind, Tony starts to lash out – at his colleagues, his dementia-ridden dad (David Bradley), Lisa's brother Matt (Tom Basden) and at anyone unfortunate enough to cross his path.
After Life will feel immediately familiar to fans and anyone who has followed Gervais' career post-The Office as I have. The show is awash with Gervais' trademark blend of gloom, incandescent poignancy and aggressive crudeness. From soaring emotional highs and tear-jerking crescendos to crushing sadness, skin-crawling awkwardness and outrageous gags, After Life niftily leaps around a wide emotional spectrum. In this regard, it feels very similar to The Office and Extras, two shows which also contained contrasts.
Tony as a character isn't too far removed from Gervais himself. I'd go as far as to say that After Life is Gervais' most autobiographical work to date; his character is barely a character at all, sharing all the traits Gervais publicly broadcasts to the world (his love of animals, his dismissal of religion, his love/hate relationship with social media). Even the ongoing discourse surrounding the limits of comedy, particularly stand-up, earns a mention.
There's nothing wrong with writing what you know, and it feels as though Gervais is using After Life as a vehicle for exploring many of his internal frustrations with the world. However, I'd argue that After Life works best when it is focusing more on its characters than these broader topics that feel less personal and more rote.
A lot of the material feels repeated from Gervais' other work; his recent stand-up Humanity, which centred around Twitter and trolls, gets a reprise here, as does his ongoing crusade against theism. The third episode is particularly guilty of this, with a scene where Gervais' character butts heads with a college over the existence of God. I've seen my fair share of Gervais' appearances on late night talk shows – pretty sure he used this same schtick on Colbert a couple of years ago?
I connected most with After Life when the plot pivots towards its characters – this isn't a conveyor belt of guest appearances akin to Extras or Life's Too Short, so there's no novelty here. After Life revels in the mundanity of the every day; of TV dinners, walking the dog and doing the washing up. All the actors are playing everyday people, from Ashley Jensen as a nurse at Tony's dads aged care home, Roisin Conaty popping up as a local sex worker, Joe Wilkinson playing a scruffy postman and Diane Morgan as the aforementioned colleague who cops some flack for being religious.
All told, I did enjoy After Life. Some overt instances of Gervais repeating himself feel a little indulgent or uninspired, but I did like the overarching themes, such as being good to one another, thinking of others over yourself and not letting grief get the better of you.
After Life is now streaming on Netflix Australia.
Labels: After Life, Ashley Jensen, David Bradley, Diane Morgan, Joe Wilkinson, Mandeep Dhillon, Netflix, Ricky Gervais, Roisin Conaty, Television, Tom Basden, Tony Way
Often Off Topic 2 April 2019 at 18:52
I think this is such a beautiful and real idea for a show. I'm not a huge fan of Gervais but my Dad binged the entire show in one night and loved it!
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