It's that time of the year when friends and family gather for holiday events and good cheer. This is often accompanied by wonderful dessert wines ranging from sweet white rieslings, gewurtraminers, and viogniers in late-harvest, sparkling, and ice-wine formats as well as velvety red ports, black muscats, and late harvest zinfandels. All of these sweet and semi-sweet dessert wines pair well with different types of cheeses, chocolate, cakes, pies, and other delectable dishes such as crème brulee, cheesecake and flan.
A lovely floral nose of roses and sweet apricots, with luscious sweet vanilla and honey on the palate. Good balance of acid and fruit, with a long finish and good intensity of flavor. Drink alone as a dessert or with vanilla cake. The #1 favorite of Kelly, Ally, and Shannon. Available at http://www.harvestmoonwinery.com/.
Complex nose of peaches, honeysuckle, and minerals. Palate of sweet peach and a refreshing lemon zest acidity. Excellent balance of fruit, acid and sugar. Long finish and pleasing complexity. The favorite of Katie. She would drink it with vanilla gelato. Available at: www.chateaustjean.com.
Dark purple black depths. Rich lush berry nose of blackberry, raspberry and blueberries. Spicy with cinnamon and forest floor notes. Not as sweet and jammy as most late-harvest zins – more refined and complex with excellent concentration of fruit and long finish. The favorite of Matt who would drink it with chocolate cake. Available at: http://www.murphygoodewinery.com/.
Matt is from Sherman Oaks, California. He is a Sensitive Taster with a score of 4 on the Wine Tasting Continuum. He prefers dark red wines with big tannins. His scores were: Harvest Moon = Silver-18; Chateau St. Jean = Gold-19; Murphy-Goode = Gold-19, with his favorite being the Murphy-Goode.
Shannon is from Lodi, California. She is a Sensitive Taster with a score of 4 on the Wine Tasting Continuum. She prefers red wines such as cabernet and pinot noir, and is found of a well balanced wine with spicy oak, smooth tannins and firm acid. Her scores were: Harvest Moon = Gold-20; Chateau St. Jean = Bronze-15; Murphy-Goode = Bronze-16, with her favorite being the Harvest Moon.
Katie is from Solvang, California. She is a Sensitive Tasters with a score of 4 on the Wine Tasting Continuum. She enjoys all types of wine with no preference of white over red, but selects wine based on the food and occasion. Her scores were: Harvest Moon = Silver-18; Chateau St. Jean = Gold-19; Murphy-Goode = Bronze-16, with her favorite being the Chateau St. Jean.
Ally is from Novato, California. She scored a 3 on the Tasting Continuum and verified with the PROPO paper that she is a Hyper-Sensitive Taster. She prefers sweeter white wines, fruity reds, Champagne, and sparkling wine. Her scores were: Harvest Moon = Gold-19; Chateau St. Jean = Silver-18; Murphy-Goode = Silver 17, with her favorite being the Harvest Moon.
Kelly is from St. Helena, California. She scored a 1 on the Tasting Continuum and verified with the PROPO paper that she is a very Hyper-Sensitive Taster. She enjoys sweet white wines and fruity reds. Her scores were: Harvest Moon = Gold-20; Chateau St. Jean = Silver-18; Murphy-Goode = Bronze-16, with her favorite being the Harvest Moon.
Each judge is trained in how to complete a Wine Tasting Evaluation form which includes analysis of wine color, aroma, flavor and quality. Quality is determined based on balance, length of finish, intensity, and complexity. Judges are also asked to describe the "x factor" of whether they like the wine or not – and why. See "How We Evaluate Wines" on main menu.
The dessert wines were my favorite wines to taste, all so sweet and delicious! The Harvest moon had very different flavors ranging from vanilla and honey to delicate fruits. I would drink this wine all by itself as dessert, or with a slice of vanilla cake.
It was a lot of fun to taste dessert wines! I was very interested in how different each varietal tasted. Although I enjoyed them all, my favorite was the Chateau St. Jean '06 Late Harvest Riesling. It was fruity, floral, nicely complex, and very well balanced. I think this wine would be a delicious dessert served alone or paired with creme brulee!


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Capital budget bill carries pieces of education overhaul
By: Susan Tebben - December 21, 2020 1:00 am
School buses for Sandusky City Schools. Photo from Sandusky City Schools website.
The capital bill agreed to in a joint conference committee of the Ohio General Assembly includes a small part of the education overhaul bill that seems to have faded away at the end of the lame duck.
Senate Bill 310 provides federal COVID-19 funding, and also makes capital appropriations, some of those directed at education.
Of the $2.1 billion included in the bill, $3 million from the State Lottery Fund will go to support education studies in fiscal year 2021.
Those studies were originally a part of House Bill 305, a measure to address unconstitutionality in the state's public school funding system, and develop a funding model based on the true costs of education in each of Ohio's districts.
State Rep. John Patterson, D-Jefferson, led the charge on the bill, which was passed through the House on December 3. The bill was introduced in the Senate on December 8, and referred to the Senate Finance Committee the next day.
The bill never saw a hearing in the Senate, and soon after, Patterson was hospitalized with pneumonia caused by COVID-19.
"I am delighted to see that the conference committee saw the need to incorporate funding for the studies related to HB 305," Patterson told the OCJ after the Friday passage. "This work can now begin in earnest to help, in part, guide the school funding reform efforts."
Sen. Matt Dolan, R-Chagrin Falls, who explained the capital budget bill on the Senate floor on Friday, had already called HB 305 "a great framework to build on during the state's next budget process" in a statement posted to Twitter.
According to a synopsis of the conference committee agreement, the Ohio Department of Education must complete studies of special education, gifted services, incentives for rural districts serving gifted children, educational service centers, English learners, the cost of e-school learning and the operating community schools. Those studies must be done by Dec. 31, 2022.
By the same deadline, the state's Office of Budget and Management is tasked with creating "an inventory of all state budget line items that, in its determination, provide funding for services to children," according to the committee synopsis.
Also created as part of the bill is a joint legislative task force to study transportation of community school and nonpublic school students and "to determine methods to create greater efficiency and minimize costs in transporting them."
That task force has until the end of the year in 2022 to report its findings and "a recommendation for a funding formula for transportation."
The details included in the bill were also in the Senate's version of the education overhaul bill, but that measure did not make it through the Senate, making it impossible to get to the House for approval before the end of the year.
As for the future of the rest of the education overhaul, Dolan said the cost of the overhaul is the most significant issue to be resolved in the new General Assembly. He gave a funding commitment of June 30, 2021, to have a funding formula in place when the budget passes.
"There are many features I like about this formula," Dolan wrote. "One is having the state, instead of the school district, directly pay for EdChoice vouchers, community and charter school students."
One small change was made to the EdChoice private school voucher program in the capital budget bill, opening the priority application period for the 2021-2022 school year on March 2, 2021, instead of the previous February timeline.
The March deadline was included in Senate Bill 89, passed at the end of November, but that bill did not include an emergency clause, which would have waived the 90-day waiting period typical after bills are signed by the governor.
by Susan Tebben, Ohio Capital Journal

Capital budget bill carries pieces of education overhaul

by Susan Tebben, Ohio Capital Journal
December 21, 2020

Susan Tebben
Susan Tebben is an award-winning journalist with a decade of experience covering Ohio news, including courts and crime, Appalachian social issues, government, education, diversity and culture. She has worked for The Newark Advocate, The Glasgow Daily Times, The Athens Messenger, and WOUB Public Media. She has also had work featured on National Public Radio.
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R.B. "Randy" Cutlip, former president of William Woods University, was honored in Corpus Christi, Texas, recently for his ongoing horticultural/environmental accomplishments and civic achievements.
Cutlip received the Botanical and Community Benefactor Award March 4 at Botanica 2005, Corpus Christi Botanical Gardens & Nature Center's third annual fund-raiser.
A trustee of the San Antonio-based Amy Shelton McNutt Charitable Trust, Cutlip has steered more than $60,000 in grants to the botanical gardens since 1999, funding Sensory Garden sculpture, parking improvements and a mobile education exhibit. He also serves on the botanical gardens advisory board.
Before moving to Texas, Cutlip was president of William Woods University for 21 years, retiring in 1981 as Lifetime President Emeritus.


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Kotipelto is a Finnish power metal self-named band by Timo Kotipelto, created during a hiatus in activity for power metal band Stratovarius. Kotipelto has been commercially well received in their native Finland, with a top 10 single "Beginning" from his first release Waiting for the Dawn, and lyrics often concentrating on ancient Egyptian themes.

Discography

Albums
2002: Waiting for the Dawn
2004: Coldness
2007: Serenity

Singles
2002: "Beginning"
2004: "Reasons"
2004: "Take Me Away"
2006: "Sleep Well"

Members
Timo Kotipelto

Guest musicians
On Waiting for the Dawn
Michael Romeo – guitars
Roland Grapow – guitars
Jari Kainulainen – bass
Sami Virtanen – guitar
Mikko Härkin – keyboard
Janne Wirman – keyboards
Mirka Rantanen – drums
Gas Lipstick – drums

On Coldness
Michael Romeo – guitars
Jari Kainulainen – bass
Janne Wirman – keyboards
Mirka Rantanen – drums
Juhani Malmberg – guitars

On Serenity
Tuomas Wäinölä – guitars
Lauri Porra – bass
Janne Wirman – keyboards
Mirka Rantanen – drums

See also
Stratovarius

External links
Kotipelto's website

Finnish power metal musical groups
Heavy metal supergroups
Century Media Records artists
Musical groups established in 2001

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Centre Eases Norms For Setting Up EV Charging Stations
By Linus Garg
Linus tackles things head-on. He takes sides in his analysis and it fits excellently with our editorial policy. No 'maybe's' and 'allegedly' for him, only things in black and white.
In order to keep up with the commitments made at COP26 to reduce the carbon footprint of the transport sector and to give a push to the conversion to electric vehicles, the power ministry today announced a slew of measures designed to make charging of EVs comfortable, easy and affordable.
In the first user-friendly measure, it allowed owners of EVs to charge their vehicles at home or office by using the existing domestic electric connection and at domestic tariffs. This will be a huge relief to people who have already switched to EVs.
Then, to encourage the setting up of charging stations for EVs, the government did away with licenses required to set up such charging stations. Now anyone can set up an EV charging station provided they comply with technical and safety standards.
The government also decided to offer land to government, public agencies and even to private entities willing to set up charging stations on revenue-sharing basis. The terms of the offer are very lucrative as government and public agencies will be offered land on a fixed payment of Re 1 per unit of electricity consumed and private entities will get land through a bidding process where Re 1 per unit of electricity consumed revenue-sharing model will be the floor.
The government has set a target of one public charging station (PCS) in a 3-sqkm grid, making PCSs as ubiquitous as puncture repair shops to do away with the biggest anxiety of EV owners. If the prices of EVs will come down in future, as they are likely to with better technology and competition, the easy access to a PCS will be major factor in people deciding to choose EVs over conventional vehicles, at least in major cities and towns. That will go a long way in reducing pollution and reducing the carbon footprint of the transport sector in India.
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But the reason why isn't as pretty as the pictures make it seem.
September 21, 2018, 1:11 p.m.
Every year, for a period of between five to 10 days, the night skies over Antarctica and the Arctic Circle are visited by an unusual phenomenon known as noctilucent clouds (NLCs) or polar mesospheric clouds (PMCs). Residing at an altitude between 47 to 53 miles, these electric-blue clouds are the highest in Earth's atmosphere and can only be observed well after the sun has dipped below the horizon at twilight.
In July 2018, NASA launched a balloon from Sweden across the Arctic towards Canada to observe the clouds. The balloon captured 6 million high-resolution images over the course of five days. The video above is the first look at this footage.
"This is the first time we've been able to visualize the flow of energy from larger gravity waves to smaller flow instabilities and turbulence in the upper atmosphere," said Dave Fritts, principal investigator of the PMC Turbo mission at Global Atmospheric Technologies and Sciences in Boulder, Colorado, in a NASA press release. "At these altitudes you can literally see the gravity waves breaking — like ocean waves on the beach — and cascading to turbulence."
According to NASA, night clouds are a relatively new phenomenon, with the first observations occurring a couple years after the eruption of Krakatoa sent tons of volcanic ash high into the atmosphere. They increased again after the Tunguska meteor event over Siberia in 1908. In 2007, NASA launched the AIM satellite (Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere) to specifically study noctilucent clouds and discover the conditions that favor their formation.
"AIM and other research has shown that in order for the clouds to form, three things are needed: very cold temperatures, water vapor and meteoric dust," James Russell, an atmospheric and planetary scientist at Hampton University, said in a NASA article. "The meteoric dust provides sites that the water vapor can cling to until the cold temperatures cause water ice to form."
The Krakatoa event, says Thomas, likely "seeded" the upper atmosphere with dust, allowing noctilucent clouds to be seen over more populated areas. In its most recent observations, however, NASA is reporting that the blue cloud formations are not only starting earlier than normal, but also once again spreading beyond the polar regions.
Researchers believe the beautiful twilight displays, observed as far south as Colorado and Utah, could be due to an increased abundance of methane in the upper atmosphere.
"When methane makes its way into the upper atmosphere, it is oxidized by a complex series of reactions to form water vapor," Russell added. "This extra water vapor is then available to grow ice crystals for NLCs."
Because methane is roughly 30 times more potent a heat-trapping greenhouse gas compared to carbon dioxide, its theorized that noctilucent clouds could potentially serve as a kind of "canary in a coal mine" on climate change. For now, however, the connection remains tenuous.
"I think the jury is still out," SpaceWeather.com's Tony Phillips told the SFGate in 2015. "But it is undeniable that increasing levels of methane favor the formation of NLCs at very high altitudes."
Editor's note: This article has been updated since it was originally published in December 2016.
Can you name these clouds?
Beautiful phenomenon of noctilucent blue clouds may be growing due to greenhouse gas emissions.


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A Culture of Deference
Congress, the President, and the Course of the U.S.-Led Invasion and Occupation of Iraq
by F. Ugboaja Ohaegbulam (Author)
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This book explores the culture of deference by the legislative branch to the executive branch on foreign policy issues, particularly regarding the George W. Bush administration's rush to war in Iraq in 2003. By authorizing President Bush to go to war in Iraq at his own discretion in its October 2002 resolution, the 107th Congress abdicated its constitutional responsibility and its members failed to honor their oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States. Although the «war powers» are constitutionally those of Congress, historically presidents have engaged in war making and Congress has with limited success attempted to curb such war making. This book traces how this culture of deference to the chief executive on war making evolved and how, especially in the case of Iraq, it has adversely affected the interests of the nation, its constitutional framework, and its position in the world. This book will serve as an excellent text for courses on U.S. foreign policy, U.S. diplomatic history, and the role of Congress.
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Geschichte 2001-2003 Politic Bush, George W Iraq USA Außenpolitik Congress Decision War Culture Deference Foreign Policy Presidency
New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2007. X, 310 pp.
F. Ugboaja Ohaegbulam (Author)
The Author: F. Ugboaja Ohaegbulam is Professor Emeritus of Government and International Affairs at the University of South Florida. He received his Ph.D. in international studies from the Graduate School of International Studies, the University of Denver. He is widely published in professional journals and has contributed chapters to several books. He is the author of U.S. Policy in Postcolonial Africa, West African Responses to European Imperialism in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, A Concise Introduction to American Foreign Policy, Towards An Understanding of the African Experience from Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, Nigeria and the U.N. Mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Nationalism in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa. He has received several research and training grants, including those from the National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Ford Foundation.


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"Take care, gentlemen--be not hasty. Observe--he has the blood-mark on his brow."
"Don't, oh, don't! I never did it; I give my word I never did it. The way I got this hurt on my forehead was--"
"The assassin studied out his plan with a good deal of pains. It was a good plan, very ingenious, and showed an intelligent mind, not a feeble one. It was a plan which was well calculated to ward off all suspicion from its inventor. In the first place, he marked a candle into spaces an inch apart, and lit it and timed it. He found it took three hours to burn four inches of it. I tried it myself for half an hour, awhile ago, up-stairs here, while the inquiry into Flint Buckner's character and ways was being conducted in this room, and I arrived in that way at the rate of a candle's consumption when sheltered from the wind.


Natalie Haynes may be most familiar to you as a journalist and broadcaster, popping up on various shows and with her own series Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics on BBC Radio 4, which takes an irreverent look at ancient Greek and Roman life. Her first novel, The Amber Fury, (published as The Furies in the US) was fabulous – combining a contemporary psychological drama with classical themes. I've been awaiting her next with anticipation.
The Children of Jocasta gives us more of the same, but it's also very different. Haynes sticks to writing about what she knows, but there is no contemporary setting, she returns to ancient Greece to retell the stories of Oedipus and Antigone – but from the second characters' points of view. Jocasta and her daughter/grand-daughter Ismene (Antigone's sister).
A quick revision on the basic Oedipus myth – please feel free to skip the next paragraph.
Oedipus was the son of Laius and Jocasta, but Laius wanted to thwart the prophecy that he'd be killed by his son, so he was put out on the mountainside to perish, but he was found and adopted by the King of Corinth. Learning that he was fated to murder his father and marry his mother, Oedipus sets off to Thebes where he meets an older man, quarrels and kills him – this was Laius! Arriving in Thebes, he learns the king has been killed and the Sphinx is terrorising the city. He answers the Sphinx's riddle and claims Jocasta, thus fulfilling the prophecy. They have four children, two boys then two girls. Eventually Jocasta learns the truth and hangs herself. Oedipus blinds himself. Jocasta's brother Creon takes charge with the two sons alternating as rulers – but it doesn't work and there is much fighting, bloodshed and death to come involving Creon, his own family and the children of Jocasta.
Many of the ancients had mentioned Oedipus in their writings, but Sophocles is accepted as the main chronicler of his story in his three Theban Plays: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone. After Sophocles, came others: Roman playwright Seneca did his own retelling of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex in the 1st century, for instance, which was then in turn adapted by Ted Hughes in 1969.
Now, Natalie Haynes gives us another version, seen through the eyes of the two women. Their stories both start when they are fifteen years old and entwine around each other throughout the novel.
We meet Ismene first, who is hiding out in the old ice store in the Theban palace, reading a parchment from her old tutor Sophon's collection. Thirsty, she leaves, but is attacked in the corridor, stabbed under her ribs. She meets her attacker's eyes before he leaves and she staggers to safety –surviving the brutal assault.
Cut to Jocasta, who at fifteen is giving birth to her first-born with only Teresa the house-keeper to attend her. Laius, her husband, is absent; he'd rather be away with his men hunting in the hills. The baby is a boy, and he's whisked away by Teresa, while Jocasta is told he was stillborn, strangulated by his umbilical cord. We know otherwise of course.
The chapters then alternate between Ismene and Jocasta. We get a flavour of their lives; being cooped up in the palace, barely allowed out, and certainly not unaccompanied. It's no fun for a fifteen-year-old.
Ismene's parents are already dead by the start of the story, but at least she has her brothers and glamorous sister Antigone. However, Antigone has less time for Ismene now she's discovered boys – Haem in particular – he's her uncle Creon's son, their cousin.
But tragedy continues to follow this family. The rivalry between Oedipus and Creon is intense, as is that between Eteocles and Polynices, Ismene's older brothers. Creon does nothing to stop it either.
The old stories are so often the best, getting retold, embellished, modified through the generations. Sophocles and his contemporaries, living in often turbulent, and deity-driven times, had such riches to work with to incorporate into their tales.
Haynes does a fine job in bringing a modern sensibility to the myth, interpreting the old stories with expert eyes to tell how it might really have been. In an author's note, she explains how she pieced the various parts together and where she adapted them to fit a single story arc. Her clear vision comes to the fore when Thebes is struck once again by plague. That she does this without lessening the drama and sensation of the visceral way they did things, yet invests the arc with a sense of history and clarity. gives us a truly page-turning thriller seen through these two womens' lives. I loved it and can't wait to see how Natalie Haynes interprets the classics next.
Annabel is one of the Shiny Eds. She saw a good but strangely-cast RSC production in 1988 of Hughes' adaptation of Seneca's version, in which the actor playing Oedipus was (visibly and in real-life) around 10 years older than the one playing Creon and at least 20 years older than Jocasta.
Natalie Haynes, The Children of Jocasta (Mantle, 2017). 978-1509836154, 352pp., hardback.
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I can't wait to read this one. I remember I was thunderstruck when I read Oedipus Rex at school and at the same time horrified too.
It's the ultimate psychodrama in a way isn't it! Such a story and Haynes's twist on it was fantastic – I know you'll enjoy it Sakura.


Happy Monday! Get my "Mojo" on with the Sketch Challenge from Mojo Monday. When I saw the sketch I thought about the NEW stamp from the 2014-2015 Catalog "Something for Baby". It is SO adorable, and better yet comes in a bundle -- you can get the stamp set AND coordinating framelits together and SAVE 15%!! :) I paired the Something with Baby Stamp set with Itty Bitty Banners (also available as a bundle in the new catalog) and the New Lullaby Designer Series Paper!
Accessories: Baby's First Framelits, Bitty Banners Framelits, Dimensionals, Fast Fuse Adhesive, Sponge Daubers.
great choices, love them both... very creative using a onsie instead of a tag!
I love that you used the onsies instead of a tag too. Great cards.
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Quotes: HC Chip Kelly
Michael Vick has said his injury is worse than he thought it was. Are you ruling him out for Sunday? COACH KELLY: No. I talked to him this morning. He said he's going to run around a little bit more today. So we'll see where he is.
Is his hamstring injury, is it abnormal? Is there something about it that's making it last longer than perhaps ‑‑
COACH KELLY: I have no idea about that. I know he's got a hamstring.
Can you see his availability affected based on whether James Casey could be your third quarterback?
COACH KELLY: James? Yeah, we've got to have a third, so really kind of when we get towards later in the week, and some of those, like that decision with James last week wasn't made until Sunday. But you've got to have at least an emergency guy if for some reason ‑‑ we wouldn't feel comfortable if we didn't have a third guy available for us.
Are you concerned at all about Jason Peters?
COACH KELLY: No, Jason should practice today. Everybody is going to practice today, so we'll see what he can do and then get an evaluation of him after today's practice.
Do you ever go into a game thinking this one is going to be more high scoring than another one? Does it affect your game plan or your play calling?
COACH KELLY: No. An example, we played in the National Championship against Auburn that was supposed to be one for the ages and it was 22‑19. Sometimes games, you had 37 days to prepare, you could analyze it 27 million different ways, and I don't think any game ‑‑ sometimes I've been in games and it's this one is going to be a stern defensive test, and it's 38‑31 at half, and you're just like, that's not what I thought.
We don't go in that way. I think we try to execute what we're trying to do offensively and defensively, and we see how the game goes.
In '04 when Mike Granieri went down, and in '07 with Dennis Dixon going down, how did the offense function with the backup quarterbacks and how comparable is this situation?
COACH KELLY: '04 with Mike, Ricky [Santos] came in and we went to the national playoffs. That was pretty good. And then with Dennis, the thing what happened with Dennis was when Dennis went down in 2007, the other guys went down, so Brady Leaf, our backup ‑‑ we actually played in the Sun Bowl with our fifth string quarterback. We won the Sun Bowl, so I'm going to say good, I guess.
Is there anything comparable to how you adjusted the offense in that situation and how you adjust it in this situation?
COACH KELLY: No, not really. You know, they're all different situations. I think if we had to get to our fifth string quarterback like I did in 2007, then it may be somebody sitting in this room, and that would be ugly. It's a little bit different, and when it happened to me at New Hampshire we went to our backup, who had been with us ‑‑ kind of the same thing, was a red‑shirt freshman so had been with us, it was his second year, and he did an outstanding job, and the offense didn't change because Ricky had been with us the same amount of time.
It wasn't any different. When you get down to after one, after two or three, and now your gut ‑‑ we had a couple young kids at that point in time, that becomes a little bit different, and then we did have to change slightly.
If Nick Foles ends up playing Sunday, obviously you're trying to win a game and all that, but do you kind of look at it as a chance to evaluate him possibly to be the quarterback next year?
COACH KELLY: No, we're not doing any evaluation right now on what our team in 2014 is going to look like. Our sole focus is beating the Cowboys.
Could that be a byproduct though, him getting a chance?
COACH KELLY: Anything could be a byproduct, but our entire focus is on beating the Cowboys on Sunday.
Cary Williams had maybe a little bit of a rocky start, just with stuff that he said, the fight and everything. Can you talk about how he's settled in, and were you ever apprehensive that his misdirected energy could be an issue?
COACH KELLY: No, and make sure you say misdirected energy as your words, not my words. I think Cary is a highly competitive guy that wants to win in every situation he's in, whether it's on the practice field or against the Cowboys. I think that's just one of Cary's strong traits is his competitive nature. We'd never do anything to try to diminish that. I think that's why he's got an edge to him, and I think that's what Cary is all about, and it makes us better. I think it makes our receivers better. They know when we get in one‑on‑one situations in practices that you'd better be prepared because he's going to play it like the ball is up in the Super Bowl, and that's an awesome thing to have. The more competitive guys you can have on your team, the better off you are.
The Dallas pass catchers specifically, what kind of challenges do they present?
COACH KELLY: Obviously they're different, but the combination of Dez [Bryant] with his size and speed, sometimes we'll face a big receiver, but he doesn't have that top‑end speed that Dez has. Or you're going to somebody with top‑end speed but they don't have the size. He certainly is a guy that's kind of unique in what his skill set is. [Jason] Witten is just another big 265‑pound tight end that just has sure hands. He's got a great understanding of the game. It seems like him and [Tony] Romo are always on the same page, and he seems like maybe he's a little bit like Tony's security blanket because he always knows where he is, and he always knows if he throws it in his direction he's going to come and get that big catch.
So I think it's unique. Sometimes you face a team that's got one guy. They've certainly got two All‑Pros in terms of Dez and Witten, and then you throw in, I think, [Terrance] Williams is coming along, and I don't really know what the health of [Miles] Austin is, but when you throw him into the mix, that passing attack overall I think will be a real difficult challenge for us, just because of how many weapons there are. You just can't say, hey, if we double this guy we're in good shape because there's other guys out there that can hurt you.
3rd down and 4 or less, you guys have run the ball 22 times, passed it 12 times. I imagine you run it more than other teams in that situation. Why is that?
COACH KELLY: We're usually ‑‑ that's part of our weekly decisions when we're in the offensive staff room of what do when we need to do to pick up a 1st down in that situation. Sometimes how people are defending you dictates that sometimes you should run the ball and get a 1st down, but I know overall I think we're at a 45 percent clip on picking up 1st downs, so I think we're doing a decent job of it.
Is it a byproduct at least of the up tempo and teams are going to come ‑‑ I think most teams usually at this level now think they're going to pass, most teams are going to pass, maybe on 3rd and 4. Is it the up tempo nature of your offense that's forcing more runs in those situations because you do it so quickly when you run the ball?
COACH KELLY: I don't know whether it's the up tempo. Whether we run or pass we're usually in a pretty decent clip in terms of getting the play in. I don't think it's a match‑up thing because most people are playing us in nickel anyway. I can't speak to whether it's because it's up tempo or not.
You guys have been pretty stout since week one with your run defense. How big is that in terms of making teams taking that away?
COACH KELLY: It's important. I think if you can make teams somewhat one‑dimensional, that helps. It just depends on who you're making one‑dimensional, though. I'm sure people would probably wish Peyton Manning ran the ball a lot more on them instead of putting it in his hands every single play. I still think you have to have a tough, physical football team, and to be a tough, physical football team, you have to be able to stop the run, so I think it's important in terms of what we're trying to get accomplished here.
Have you noticed one person on your defensive line standing out in terms of drawing double teams more than another?
COACH KELLY: Double team? No, I mean, I think last game I think [Fletcher Cox] Fletch was the guy that really showed up for us. Before that I think Cedric Thornton probably games 1 through 5 was a guy that was really on a consistent basis, those stick out to me right now without going through each individual game.
But Ced in those first games and really Fletch in the game we played against the Bucs were the two guys that kind of stand out for me.
What do you notice about what teams do to try to stop Trent Cole?
COACH KELLY: There's a lot ‑‑ I mean, that's the one thing, there's not one protection or scheme that people use. Sometimes they're sliding into Trent, sometimes they're leaving him individual. I know for all of our outside guys, we're getting chipped a lot, whether it be the tight end in a delay release or a running back coming out of the backfield to try to take some of those edges off, and that's something that's really prevalent in this league right now. I think it's made it difficult for a lot of defensive ends in this league because of people chipping on their way out.
Have you sensed anything different in your team? Obviously you said you don't get a trophy if you win this game, but it is for first place against the division rival Cowboys. Have you sensed anything different with your team?
COACH KELLY: No, I haven't, but I think that's a good thing because I think we've practiced well the last couple weeks, and obviously we always talk about preparation, and I think your preparation is what leads to your ‑‑ whether you're successful or not successful on Sundays, and I think those guys get a feel for it.
As we get closer to the game, you start to kind of ‑‑ you're getting into really that mindset that you're trying to get to, and that starts to happen really 48 hours before the game. But they know for us to be successful on Sundays, we have to have an outstanding Thursday, and that's what we control. So just worry about what you can control.
I think sometimes that energy that you can kind of devote to wishing, devote that same energy to planning, and what do we got to get accomplished. This is a big day for us, a big red zone day for us, and what do we have to do both offensively and defensively in the red zone to defeat a really good team, and that's the one thing I love being around them is their professional approach to every single day and how important every single day is.
If Chris Polk can't go, are you satisfied having two running backs out there?
COACH KELLY: He's going to practice today, so we'll see. But I mean, right now I don't anticipate ‑‑ you'd have to probably ‑‑ we don't have another running back on the roster, so we'd have to make a move where we cut somebody and add somebody. We're not at that stage right now. I think we'd have to kind of be comfortable with it. Again, we've got some guys that we've practiced that can play there if for some reason we went into the game with two. We have contingency plans on who can be three and who can be four.
If Jason Peters can't play would Allen Barbre come in at left tackle, or do you move Lane over to the left side?
COACH KELLY: If Jason couldn't go, but I don't anticipate that because he's going to practice again today, too, then Allen would go in in Jason's spot.
What's your stance on whether players should or shouldn't lose their job because of injury? Coaches have different positions on that.
COACH KELLY: I think it all depends on the individual situation.
What was it about Fletcher Cox that stood out to you last week?
COACH KELLY: I just think his production and the energy that he played with. We had him for five hurries, really created a lot of havoc in there, just starting to ‑‑ little bounce in his step, a little bit more juice out there, and I really ‑‑ I talked to him a little bit about it, and he seemed like he was having fun playing football, and that's what we want out of Fletch because he can really cause some problems inside there. He's starting, again, like everybody, we're all kind of new to each other and we're getting a better feel for him and he's getting a better feel for us.


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SPOILER ALERT: This piece contains major spoilers for the first three episodes of "Peacemaker," which premiered January 13 on HBO Max.
Even after re-watching James Gunn's "The Suicide Squad" in anticipation of "Peacemaker," it was hard to see why Peacemaker, of all the movie's antiheroes, merited a series of his own beyond the fact that he was played by John Cena. In a story that otherwise leans on agents of chaos like Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn, Daniela Melchior's endearing Ratcatcher 2, and conflicted journeymen like Idris Elba's Bloodsport or Joel Kinnaman's Rick Flag, Cena's stickler of a killer was far from its most compelling character. When he finally got shot in the throat at the end of the movie, his apparent exit from the stage felt about right.
But less than six months later, here we are with an entire HBO Max show dedicated to Peacemaker, who recovers from his injuries and sets off into the great unknown to learn more about himself, the world, and the true cost of his longtime pledge to bring about peace by killing absolutely anyone who gets in the way. The first three episodes, directed by Gunn and available to stream as of today, allow Cena to flex his many (many) muscles and open the door for Peacemaker to reevaluate his place as one cog in the giant machine of the American government. There's plenty of time dedicated to making Peacemaker look capital a Awesome in the ways you might expect (is it really a Gunn project if there aren't flashy fights with pointed needle drops, or an R-rated superhero story if it doesn't include the star man railing an anonymous woman from behind?). In its most interesting moments, though, Peacemaker's just a giant baby. His thirst for approval from his single-minded, racist father (Robert Patrick), childlike glee with his pet "Eagley" (a CGI bald eagle that defies odds to become truly adorable), and abject confusion at how to function after the events of "The Suicide Squad" unmoor Peacemaker beyond his comprehension. For as sharp as Cena's comic timing generally is, his best moment in these three episodes nevertheless comes when Peacemaker collapses on his shitty bed after an exhausting, embarrassing night and lets his face collapse in self-loathing mewls of pain.
And yet: the main reason I might keep up with "Peacemaker" isn't Peacemaker himself, but an unexpected new member of his team who, despite her skeptical coworkers' insistence otherwise, immediately proves her worth.
At first, Danielle Brooks' Leota Adebayo seems to be the obvious odd woman out. She has no field skills to speak of, and when she goes home to the team's motel after a mission, she's greeted by her wife (Elizabeth Faith Ludlow) and their three adorable dogs. By the end of the first episode, though, it's revealed that she's not just a proxy for the terrifying Amanda Waller (Viola Davis), but her daughter who's long been skeptical of joining her mother's morally compromised line of work. Suddenly, "Peacemaker" finds a narrative jolt completely outside its title character that, from where at least this viewer is sitting, weaves in an entirely new and extremely welcome dynamic.
As Brooks recently told Variety, Gunn wrote this part with her in mind after becoming a fan of her work on "Orange Is the New Black." This should surprise no one who kept up with Brooks' performance on that show, which eventually hinged entirely on her character's simultaneously hopeful and tragic journey to carry it through to the finish line. Brooks' ability to inject her material with the exact amount of levity or gravitas — or, most impressively, both within a single breath — it requires is undeniable. (See: how deftly Brooks handles something like the third episode's opening scene of Adebayo scrambling to hide an explicit photo from her cackling colleagues before later facing down a potential enemy with a gun for the first time, to her clear terror.) Even if Brooks isn't meant to be the focus of a scene, she inevitably becomes it by the sheer force of her charisma. Making Brooks the co-lead of a high-octane, high stakes show like "Peacemaker" is frankly a no brainer.
This holds just as true from a storytelling standpoint. Bringing in another journey of self-discovery provides a crucial balance to Peacemaker's slow realization that maybe, just maybe, a no-holds barred white guy executing the government's most dubious missions isn't entirely the restoration of justice he thinks it is. Tying Adebayo to the DC Cinematic Universe so directly, and to one of its most enigmatic and purposefully mysterious characters no less, is a smart way to immediately up the stakes of her story, especially with an actor like Brooks imbuing the character with more nuance.
For all the ways in which "Peacemaker" tries to make Peacemaker himself a bit different than we might expect, it's hard to believe his story will end up being all that surprising. As for Adebayo, the daughter of a hard as nails government operative who wants nothing more than to make a bunch of money and ride off into the sunset with her wife and dogs forever…there's just no telling exactly what she'll do and how she'll end up. The superhero genre has so incredibly oversaturated media right now that this TV show began with a "previously, on the movie this is based upon" explainer reel. If it could use more of anything, it's the element of true surprise that a character like Adebayo could bring.
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Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi chaired the thirty-fourth PRAGATI interaction today. In today's meeting, various projects, programmes and grievances were reviewed. Projects of the Ministry of Railways, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs were discussed. These projects, with a total cost of about Rs 1 lakh crore, pertained to ten states and Union Territories, including Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jammu & Kashmir, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Delhi, Haryana, Gujarat and Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
During the interaction, the programmes-Ayushman Bharat and Jal JeevanMission were reviewed. Also, grievances related to the Ministry of Consumer Affairs were taken up.
Prime Minister directed all the officials to ensure and expedite comprehensive resolution of grievances. For the projects being reviewed, the Prime Minister asked Chief Secretaries to ensure early resolution of pending issues and target completion by the due date. He said that all states should strive for 100 percent enrolment in Ayushman Bharat at the earliest. He also encouraged states and UTs to draw a roadmap for achieving the targets in Mission Mode under the Jal Jeevan Mission.
In the previous 33 PRAGATI interactions, 280 projects, along with 50 programmes/schemes and grievances across 18 sectors have been taken up.
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ESN, with no doubt, is an organisation which all the time is developing and searching for the ways to become better and stronger. So does ESN VMU. That's why, for the first time in ESN VMU's history, foreign students of Vytautas Magnus University had an opportunity to join the organisation as well.
As every semester, recruitment of the new ESN VMU members has been opened. This time, international students were also invited to apply for becoming members of ESN VMU. As the result, half of new members are international students from various countries, such as Turkey, Mexico, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and others.
This big change opens the door for more volunteering opportunities for international students of Vytautas Magnus University. It also will help a lot in fullfilling one of the main tasks of ESN VMU - uniting both, local and international, students of VMU for common events, ideas, equal opportunities.
New members of ESN VMU, as always, had their first informal weekend trainings together with ESN VMU's current board and two trainers from ESN Lithuania: HRComm's Chair Tautvydas Utyra and Vice President of ESN Lithuania Karolis Kriuka. Trainings related to topics, such as teamwork, motivation, problems and conflicts' solving, helped to know new members better and gave a start for building a team which will be working for ESN VMU's events in the future.
ESN VMU Board and active members believe, that haing international students in the organisation will help to create more effective communication between the ESNers and international students. Opportunity for the foreign students to join us is not a trial trick for once - each semester both, local and international students will be able to become a part of ESN VMU family.


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Q: iphone how to go to the image gallery after taking photo through Xcode Hi all I am implementing the following code to take a photo through my application
[[[UIApplication sharedApplication] keyWindow] setRootViewController:picker];
    picker.sourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeCamera;
    [self presentModalViewController:picker animated:NO];

Can anyone tel me How I can go to the photo gallery after the user takes the photo and not return to the application.

A: i think you might want to try this
How to open camera while I click the UIButton in iPhone?
or i really didn't get the question
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Well you can use the same code with UIImagePickerControllerSourcePhotoLibrary after taking the pic from camera. I mean call this Function with UIImagePickerControllerSourcePhotoLibrary then it will take you to photo Library and then back again to your application.

A: UIImagePickerControllerSourcePhotoLibrary

A: If you want to shoot a picure use this code -
UIImagePickerController* picker = [[UIImagePickerController alloc] init];
    picker.sourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeCamera;
    picker.delegate = self;
    picker.allowsImageEditing = YES;
    [[self navigationController] presentModalViewController:picker animated:YES];

If you want to go to photo gallery and wants to select a photo from there use this code -
UIImagePickerController* picker = [[UIImagePickerController alloc] init];
picker.sourceType =UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypePhotoLibrary;
picker.delegate = self;
picker.allowsImageEditing = YES;
[[self navigationController] presentModalViewController:picker animated:YES];

Notice the difference between the picker's sourceType

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Love Song Lyrics – Kamal Khan: The song Tera Door Door Jaana is titled as "Love Song" which is sung by Kamal Khan, and features beautiful actress Anaya Shah as female lead. It has music by G Guri and lyrics are written by Laddi Bhatti. This music video is directed by Ashray Khurana and released under the music label of Kytes Media.


45 Years (2015) | "This Film Should Be Played Loud"
There's a moment in 45 Years in which Charlotte Rampling's character reaches up towards her attic door in the middle of the night, there is a breeze in the house and the bedroom door behind her creaks on it's hinges as air whistles round the halls. It's a perfect frame. Everything in this moment works – the performance, the direction, the sound design – and landing where it does in the film's narrative, it is loaded with meaning, full of dread and intrigue. Now, while the rest of Andrew Haigh's movie didn't quite sustain that perfection, I can appreciate how good the lead-up and fallout from that moment are in order for it to be as effective as it is.
The absolute centrepiece of 45 Years are the two performances by Tom Courtenay and Rampling. Both are iconic figures in New Wave cinema in one way or another so to see them team up with Andrew Haigh for a late-career showcase of their talents is a real treat. The film's beautiful staging and ambient tension aren't enough to distract from it's British kitchen-sink trappings, however. Social realism just isn't my preferred cup-of-tea but I can still appreciate a helping when the brewing is this good. It might not become a favourite of mine, but I can see why so many people are flipping out over this thing.
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Two undefeated teams remain in the Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby Championship Qualifier Division – Kutztown and Lindenwood-Belleville. The Golden Bears and Lynx will meet in the final Saturday at 3:21 p.m. inside Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas. If the Lynx win, they'll punch their ticket to the CRC in June. Kutztown's just playing for pride, as the Golden Bears already have an at-large bid in hand.
Belleville and Kutztown were the top two seeds coming into the knockout rounds. Belleville went 3-0 in pool play on day one with a point differential of plus-97. Kutztown went 3-0 Thursday with a point differential of plus-95. The two points would see the Lynx get a slightly easier road to the final.
It started with a rematch with Northeastern. The Lynx beat the Huskies 26-0 Thursday. Friday, they jumped out to a three-try lead before halftime. Junior Evian Akers scored the first two, catching an offload from Christian Adorno and the second off a turnover. Senior halfback Jacob Gilliam 0pthen caught an offload before the halftime hooter.
The Huskies didn't lay down, though, scoring two tries to pull within a score at 17-14. Then reserve Quinton Gilligan busted a long run for the death knell try to seal the win. Utah State was no match for Air Force in the coordinating quarterfinal. The Zoomies controlled all the possession early and walked away with a 22-12 win.
In the semifinal, the Lynx again jumped out to a three-try lead in the first half. It took the Lynx a while to get going, though, as a flurry of penalties marred the opening minutes. Air Force wouldn't be able to capitalize, though, losing a pass out of bounds near midfield. Off the ensuing lineout, the ball was spun wide for Akers, who burned around the Air Force flank for the opener.
Akers added another after a big run from junior Alex Quinn, helping extend the lead. It wouldn't get as far away from Belleville in the second half of the semifinal as it did in the quarters, but Air Force did manage two tries.
Kutztown had a tougher go, with two very competitive games. In the quarterfinal against Colorado State, D'Montae Noble was rested. He suffered a broken hand on Thursday. KU struck first through freshman Keagan Barnes. The Rams retaliated with a methodically worked try. Then KU struck back off a long run from the restart, taking a 14-5 lead into halftime.
The Rams scored first after the break, bringing the score to 14-12. Smelling trouble, KU brought on Noble, who made an immediate impact. CSU couldn't hang any further, as the Golden Bears would run in three unanswered scores.
Meeting KU in the semifinals would be Utah, who beat a very impressive St. Joe's side in another nail biter. The Hawks took a 5-0 lead into halftime, but Utah scored twice to lead 14-5 late. St. Joe's worked the ball deep into the attacking end. A try looked certain when senior Jimmy Wolfer caught the ball with two men outside him and fewer defenders across from them, but he cut back into contact instead, and Utah won a penalty in the ruck to win the game.
In the semifinal, Utah was again a nuisance. Noble broke off a long score early, and Utah would level the table in the second half. However, the game ended tied, requiring extra time. Off a Utah scrum, the Ute halfback took a few steps to the blindside, but it wasn't open. Then he turned and flung a ball toward a teammate, but a KU defender intercepted the pass and ran in the game winner.
Utah beat Air Force 29-21 in the third-place contest.


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Q: wxPython: How the radio buttons can remember my choice when I close the frame Hello I have one main frame and a button which when its pressed a second frame opens. The second frame have 6 radio buttons. My question is when I choose a radiobutton different from the allready selected and close the frame and when I open it again (without close the entire program) why is selected the first one and how can I keep my new selection?
Here is some part of the seconds frame code:
    self.radio1 = wx.RadioButton(self, label="1 sec",pos=(35,35),)
    self.Bind(wx.EVT_RADIOBUTTON, self.SetLab1, id=self.radio1.GetId())

    self.radio2 = wx.RadioButton(self, label="2 sec",pos=(35,55))
    self.Bind(wx.EVT_RADIOBUTTON, self.SetLab2, id=self.radio2.GetId())

    self.radio3 = wx.RadioButton(self, label="4 sec",pos=(35,75))
    self.Bind(wx.EVT_RADIOBUTTON, self.SetLab3, id=self.radio3.GetId())
                                  .
                                  .
                                  .

    self.button0=AB.AquaButton(self,label="Exit",pos=(115,142),size=(90,35))
    self.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnButton0, self.button0)

def OnButton0(self, event):
    self.Close()

def SetLab1(self,event):
    global Delay
    Delay = 'A2/'

def SetLab2(self,event):
    global Delay
    Delay = 'A3/'

def SetLab3(self,event):
    global Delay
    Delay = 'A4/'

A: if you close the frame you destroy it and when you build it again it will go back to its default state.
you can do something like:
self.radio1 = wx.RadioButton(self, label="1 sec",pos=(35,35),)
self.Bind(wx.EVT_RADIOBUTTON, self.SetLab1, id=self.radio1.GetId())

self.radio2 = wx.RadioButton(self, label="2 sec",pos=(35,55))
self.Bind(wx.EVT_RADIOBUTTON, self.SetLab2, id=self.radio2.GetId())

self.radio3 = wx.RadioButton(self, label="4 sec",pos=(35,75))
self.Bind(wx.EVT_RADIOBUTTON, self.SetLab3, id=self.radio3.GetId())
global Delay
if Delay is not None:
     getattr(self,"radio"+str(int(Delay[1])-1)).SetValue(True)

that will select the radio button that matches the value in the global Delay variable.
An easier solution is not to "Close" the frame but rather to hide it
#instead of my_frame.Close() (or my_frame.Destroy())
my_frame.Hide()

this keeps the constructed frame so when you next show it it will still have all its values


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Range Media Partners to Launch iGaming Venture For Star Clients
Range Media Partners, the talent representation company launched by an army of former top agents last year, is jumping into the world of betting and gaming.
The firm announced Wednesday that it will form a joint venture with Game Play Network, a digital platform that lets the majority of U.S. citizens bet money on casino style games and sports-centric content like fantasy drafts.
The goal is to create talent-driven content and licensing opportunities for Range's brand and celebrity clients (Bradley Cooper, Emilia Clarke and Tom Hardy, to name a few). Range will also work with GPN to develop new marketing strategies and player capabilities, as well as to further enhance the overall player experience.
"This groundbreaking announcement unites Range's world class talent and brand expertise with Game Play Network's unparalleled technology and market access. As partners, we are distinctly situated to shape the future in social gaming entertainment," says Peter Micelli, Range's CEO and co-founder.
Jack Whigham, a founding partner at Range, added that "the team at GPN is second to none. We couldn't be more pleased to partner with them in one of the fastest growing segments of entertainment. Fusing our talent and their patented technology creates exciting opportunities to connect with a broad audience."
David Marshall, the CEO of Game Play Network, touted the combined power of his platform's gambling revenue and the Range roster, calling it a "game changer," and adding that "individual talent connecting directly with consumers is quickly surpassing traditional means of media distribution. Our vision to introduce games with real money gambling features, connected and super-charged by top talent, seems like a natural and exciting extension."
Initial clients mulling the opportunity were not immediately disclosed. News of the venture comes over a month after Endeavor announced its $1.2 billion acquisition of OpenBet, a sports gambling platform.
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The concepts of "natural" and "wholesome" are of greatest importance to the brand. That's why we followed a creative direction that privileged craft production techniques over flashy digital effects in order to bring FlipLand to life. Scale models, scenic props, stop motion animation and other similar resources were employed to give the spots a tangible, handmade look and a surrealistic yet accessible, welcoming feel.


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Giorgio Piola's F1 technical analysis
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Analysis: How the FIA plans to ban T-wings
Matt Somerfield
Co-author: Giorgio Piola
Following complaints from fans and many in the pitlane, Formula 1's Strategy Group and F1 Commission this week approved a plan to outlaw T-wings and shark fins for 2018.
But it has taken some careful thought to come up with a catch-all regulation that ensures this area of development is shut down.
F1 to clamp down on shark fins and T-wings in 2018
The arrival of the extra large engine covers and high-up wings has been the result of a loophole opening up in the 2017 regulations that had not been there in original drafts.
And although some designers were reluctant to pursue the concepts because of the aesthetics, they knew that how a car looks matters much less than how quick it goes.
It has been pretty clear that having these fins and wings has helped improve handling in cornering – as the side force being generated helps stabilise the rear of the car when it yaw. There has also been a noticeable increase in downforce too.
How they came out
The rule change introduced for 2018 is a pretty simple one, but it was one that became necessary after the loophole opened up in the rules.
T-wings were not possible in the first draft of the 2017 regulations, but as changes were made elsewhere, the box area within the regulations reopened (Article 3.15.1), making the appendages permissible.
T-Wing rule
Photo by: Giorgio Piola
As the image above shows, bodywork was banned in the area marked red, but the wording of the rules allowed a 750mm wide area between these boxes to be utilised.
The T-wings currently occupy a 50mm space ahead of where the rear wing used to be situated, and can be a maximum of 750mm wide, encouraging teams to try out different configurations to suit their own needs.
In a bid to get rid of both the shark fins and the T-wings, the FIA has introduced a new rule that specifically bans bodywork in the area above the engine cover.
2018 Shark Fin Ban
Photo by: FIA
As the above image shows, a theoretical line will now be drawn above which teams may not be allowed to have any bodywork.
The new article 3.5.1 c) of F1's Technical Regulations for 2018 will state: "When viewed from the side, no bodywork forward of the rear wheel centre line may lie above a line parallel to the diagonal boundary defined in a) [a rule that defines the dimension of the engine cover] and intersecting the rear wheel centre line 650mm above the reference plane."
These simple sentence are enough to stop teams working on both shark fins and T-wings.
T-wing developments
For now, the T-wings remain, however, and six teams currently run them – although that number may increase in Barcelona when teams bring their larger update packages.
It's also interesting to see just how different the teams' designs are. McLaren for example has a unique oval design, while Williams has placed two T-wings on its FW40 showing how multiple winglets can be used within the box section.
Here we look at the differences
T-Wing table
Ferrari (upper left) was one of the first to unveil its T-Wing design, with the relatively simple profile offering a neat uplift in direct downforce. The downward turning tip is used to manipulate the rear wing tip vortex.
Mercedes (top, middle) is now a much more complex design than was originally revealed at the car's shakedown. In fact, it's the third iteration, with the first a simple single plane design like Ferraris, albeit with a much longer downturn at the tip.
During the pre-season test it revised the design to feature a twin-plane configuration with a longer downturning tip, much like an endplate.
The T-wing that arrived in Australia was a further refinement, creating a loop at the end of the planes rather than an endplate and a third, narrower, shorter chord singlet was added to the top.
Haas (top, right) has been using a T-wing since the pre-season test but had to make amendments to the stiffness of their shark fin in Australia (large arrow) in order to satisfy the FIA, which was concerned that the large oscillation that had been seen on broadcast footage could lead to the winglet becoming detached and posed a safety concern.
Williams (bottom, left) has been running with two T-winglets on the FW40, an upper and lower appendage as it looks to maximise the box section within the regulations, improving not only the rear wing's trade-off between downforce and drag but also bringing the diffuser into play.
McLaren (bottom, middle) entered the fray in China with what was supposed to be a tandem introduction of the T-Wing alongside a new rear wing. But the rear wing needed refinement to get working properly so may only feature properly from this weekend's Russian GP.
Sauber (bottom, right) has been toying with using a T-wing since Australia when a new engine cover appeared with the metal supports embedded in it. It used the winglet in China but opted to run without it again in Bahrain, before trialling it again at the post-GP test.
The ban of these aero surfaces for 2018 doesn't mean we won't still see development of the area during 2017.
In fact, many of the teams will have work in progress and we are likely to see them get further refined throughout the remainder of the season.
However, the FIA has already indicated that it may start getting tougher in terms of ensuring they do not flex, or risk coming off as has happened with Mercedes twice this year. So load or push tests could be increased over the campaign.
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Marzagão est un village portugais de la municipalité de Carrazeda de Ansiães, de  de superficie et 315 habitants (2011). Densité : 19 hab/km. Situé au nord du Portugal, dans la vallée du fleuve Douro, Marzagão, a le charme typique des villages de montagne, à découvrir les ruines d'un château médiéval, un aqueduc romain superbement conservé, les vignes, les oliviers, ainsi que l'hospitalité de ces habitants.

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Q: Implement a c# windows forms Autocomplete textbox with multiple suggested columns I am attempting to implement a Windows Forms control in C# that resembles a textbox.  When the user types 3 or more characters, a search will be performed against a datasource.  There will be multiple fields returned (see the class structure below as one possible definition).
public class MyStructure
{
    public int Value1 { get; set; }
    public string Value2 { get; set; }
    public string Value3 {get; set; }
}

My requirements are to display an autocomplete list containing multiple columns (Note: this can be a string that contains padded fields from the list that are concatenated together).  When the user either types all characters, hits the down arrow to select an item, or hits the enter key the value in the textbox will take the ValueMember of the list (where the DisplayMember of the list would be the whole data source).  Every keystroke that the user enters that is not an up or down arrow or the enter key will perform another search and refresh the list.
I have seen how to implement a textbox with a single column in an auto-suggest, but cannot find a relatively "simple" example of how to do this for multiple columns.  Should the control be a textbox or a combobox that is somehow styled to resemble a textbox (if this is possible) or a user control?
Should the event to monitor keystrokes be the TextEntered or the KeyPress event?  Can I reset the AutoCompleteStringCollection without having the contents entered affected (I keep losing my input or my place in the input in any attempts)?
Can anyone provide examples of how to do this in framework 4.0 or above or point me to an example?
EDIT 1:
After much searching, I have found that essentially I need to implement a ContextMenuStrip on the TextBox (anything else and other controls below the user control will be overlapped).  My problem is that I cannot determine how to handle the Key press events such as Tab and Enter.  In addition, I need to handle if the user continues typing (in this event, I want to switch focus back to the textbox and add the key). Below is my code:
    private void textBox1_TextChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        ContextMenuStrip menuStrip;
        string szMenuItem = string.Empty;

        // This would actually be a call to a web service
        List<MStarDeal> deals = DealInfo.Where(i => i.Value1.StartsWith(textBox1.Text.ToUpper()) || i.Value2.StartsWith(textBox1.Text.ToUpper()) || i.Value3.StartsWith(textBox1.Text.ToUpper()))
            .Select(i => i).ToList();

        if (textBox1.Text.Length >= 3 && !bSelected)
        {
            menuStrip = new System.Windows.Forms.ContextMenuStrip();

            foreach (MStarDeal item in deals)
            {
                szMenuItem = item.Value1.PadRight(15) + item.Value2.PadRight(20) + item.Value3.PadRight(80);

                ToolStripItem tsItem = new ToolStripMenuItem();
                tsItem.Text = szMenuItem;
                tsItem.Name = item.Value1;
                tsItem.MouseUp += tsItem_MouseUp;
                menuStrip.Items.Add(tsItem);
            }

            textBox1.ContextMenuStrip = menuStrip;
            textBox1.ContextMenuStrip.Show(textBox1, new Point(0, 20));
        }
        else if (bSelected)
        {
            bSelected = false;
        }
    }

    void tsItem_MouseUp(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        bSelected = true;
        textBox1.Text = ((ToolStripMenuItem)sender).Name;
    }

Thanks,
Lee

A: I think I understand your question.  How about using the TextChanged() event instead of KeyPress?  As far as the columns, a flowLayoutPanel will render columns if you set it up to flow in the right direction and make its size appropriate to the width of the two columns combined.


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FM22 simulates what would happen if 11 Eric Baillys played 11 Joel Matips
Football is nothing without entertainers. Sure, you need people to pass side to side and do the basics, but it's the over-the-top, unnecessarily complicated tricks that you really love.
It's even better when they're pulled off by football's great eccentrics in a completely inappropriate moment.
A Cruyff turn in their own box, a bicycle kick when literally anything else would have sufficed and a dazzling run from one end of the pitch to the other just to pass backwards.
That's where two of our favourite footballers come in: Eric Bailly and Joel Matip.
They encapsulate this particular definition of crazy, making decisions that simply boggle the mind and that no one else could come up with.
We think more footballers should take a leaf out of their books and play football with fewer inhibitions. Sure, you could pass back to your goalkeeper, but you could also try to Ronaldo-chop past the attacker and that is frankly much more fun.
So we tried to imagine what it would be like if 11 Baillys played 11 Matips and then we decided we could use Football Manager to simulate it.
After cracking open the editor and messing around with the options, causing the computer to crash several times in the process, we managed it.
So sit back and enjoy football at its most beautifully chaotic. It's Bailly FC v Matip FC, it's El Eccentric-o and it's live.
First, let's compare Matip and Bailly in the game.
In the build-up to the match, the game determined that a team full of Matip's were the favourites ahead of a team full of Bailly's and it's easy to see why.
The Liverpool centre-back has an absolutely incredible 15 dribbling to represent his unique obsession and skill with driving forward with the ball from deep.
But this is just the first of a number of well-rounded stats.
With 15 passing, 14 first touch, 14 technique, and 17 positioning, the list goes on. Matip might be listed in-game as purely a centre-back, but his stats are comfortably superior to many Premier League midfielders in the game.
Furthermore, he stands at a huge 6'5″, which considering he'll also be playing in goal is a huge boost.
Bailly also possesses some good stats, however.
His physicals are vastly superior to Matip's, with greens almost across entirely across the board.
His 17 in tackling was two better than Matip's and key technical attributes like passing weren't far off the Cameroonian.
It looked to be a close match-up, and it sure delivered.
Match-day One
It was never going to be decided in one match, was it?
The crowd could feel the anticipation as eleven Matip clones strolled out beside eleven identical Baillys.
They lined up for their respective anthems before shaking hands and going into their huddles.
"Right Bailly, you play there and look to switch the ball over to Bailly on the other wing," Bailly said.
"Matip, you make sure to keep your passes to Matip accurate," Matip said.
We lined both teams out in a basic 4-4-2. No instructions, no adjusting roles, no team talks; this was just eleven of the same man against another eleven of the same man.
The game started fast with Bailly FC taking the lead in the 11th minute.
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Bailly, the goalkeeper, sent a long ball over the top and Bailly, one of the strikers, beat Matip to it. He ran through on goal and slotted it away: 1-0.
It took just three minutes for Matip FC to respond. A deep free-kick was whipped in but Bailly's clearance only went as far as Matip. He passed it to Matip, who passed it to Matip who shot from just inside the box, curling it past Bailly in nets. A sumptuous finish.
From there it was all about Matip. Bailly generated just three more shots the entire game for a total xG of 0.44 but Matip FC, who had 55% possession, were much more willing to take on a shot.
Matip had 18 strikes and generated an xG of 1.32. But he/they failed to find a way past Bailly in nets, who not only assisted Bailly FC's opener but made several saves.
Time whittled away and the match ended a draw. Time for round two.
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The Decider
If the last match was a tight, cagey affair, this match was the opposite.
There were no niceties this time, both teams heading straight out onto the field.
We're pretty sure they had a fight in the tunnel on the way out as well, although shockingly Football Manager hasn't got that sort of thing coded into the game.
It took less than two minutes for Bailly to once again break the deadlock, another long ball over the top unlocking Matip's defence and Baily slotting home.
But once more a free-kick would be the Ivorians' undoing, with Matip heading home in the 17th minute to bring his side level once more.
The Liverpool player(s) had control and went to kill the game off.
Matip added a second in the 19th, slotting home a penalty which for some reason goalkeeper Matip took to add even more insult to injury.
Another free-kick in the 32nd minute brought with it a disaster for Bailly and elation for Matip, as the Cameroonian(s) went 3-1 up with another header.
Match over? No chance. Bailly slammed home a direct free-kick just before half time and the game was on… until the 60th minute when Matip fired the ball into the top corner from 50 yards out, sending the crowd, which we can only assume was in the hundreds of thousands, into a frenzy.
Bailly clawed one back with 15 mins to go, another over-the-top ball providing the breakthrough. But late pressure from the Ivorian(s) was in vain.
Matip held on to lift the first, and probabaly last, Bailly-Matip Cup.
In the end, the Matips' superior ability in the air paid dividends, and we now have a scientifically-backed answer as to who the better eccentric player is.
By Patrick Ryan
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Kenya's draft constitution under fire for Islamic courts
Kenya judges ruled this week that an Islamic 'khadi' court system that could expand under the new constitution is discriminatory. Human rights advocates say the issue has been 'hijacked' by those opposed to the draft constitution.
By Mike Pflanz Correspondent
@MikePflanz
Kenya's efforts to pass a new constitution – aimed at preventing a repeat of 2007 ethnic violence – hit another hurdle this week, as judges ruled that it permits an Islamic 'khadi' court system that is discriminatory.
A three-judge panel said May 24 that the 'khadi' court system, which arbitrates on matters of marriage and inheritance for Kenya's Muslim minority, is discriminatory as it is based on religion. Kenyan law stipulates separation of church and state, though both the current constitution and the new draft constitution permit kadhi courts. A nationwide referendum on the draft constitution is set for Aug. 4.
Monday's ruling was reportedly praised by Kenya's church leaders, who in 2004 filed the original lawsuit against the constitutionality of kadhi courts. Nearly 70 percent of Kenya's population is Protestant or Roman Catholic and its powerful churches have already voiced opposition to the constitution because they say it eases restrictions on abortion.
"Kadhi courts are in fact a very minor part of the new draft," says Mwalimu Mati, director of Mars Group Kenya, a governance watchdog in favor of the new constitution. "But we are entering the phase where both sides of the referendum are starting to square up to each other, and it will be a dirty war in which any issue is fair game for manipulation."
Some members of parliament immediately called for the referendum's delay while the implications of Monday's court ruling are investigated.
Kenya's attorney general, Amos Wako, has filed an urgent appeal against the ruling, saying today that he wants the issue resolved before the August 4 referendum.
Concern: Draft constitution extends jurisdiction of Khadi courts
Opponents of the khadi courts argue that the new constitution allows the courts to extend their jurisdiction from the majority-Muslim Kenyan coast across the whole country, which they claim will open the way to strict sharia law.
"That's patently absurd," says Hassan Omar Hassan, vice-chair of the Kenya National Human Rights Commission. "In fact, on both abortion and khadi courts, the new constitution barely changes the situation from the status quo we have now."
Khadi courts are no different from other corners of Kenyan law which have been built up over decades of jurisprudence, Mr. Hassan says.
"It is another example of an issue which has been hijacked by those opposed to the new constitution," he adds.
Looking for reasons to oppose constitution
At the same time, powerful Kenyan individuals who have built up large landholdings during previous governments – marred by persistent allegations of grand corruption – have reason to fear land reform clauses in the new constitution.
"I very much doubt that those ranged with the 'No' side really care that much about abortion or Islamic courts," says one European diplomat in Nairobi on condition of anonymity. "But they will jump on any bandwagon which will keep prying eyes out of their affairs by keeping things the way they are."
Historical tensions over land were key among the tensions whipped up following the last election in 2007, when violence left 1,300 people dead.
There are growing concerns that unless the new constitution is approved – with its focus on land reform – the stage is set for further clashes as Kenya heads towards the next national poll, due in 2012.
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You'd think that practicing as a psychic medium would make for a very serious profession. And, while some days that's true, there are lesser known light hearted moments that have me busting a gut. A day of psychic readings can take me on an emotional rollercoaster ride. There are often tears – tears of pain, tears of joy, tears of healing and hope. But on the other end of the spectrum are the silly moments; the times when departed friends and family members ask me to relay inside jokes and funny family memories to the clients in my office. It can make for side-splitting humor. And, whether I'm offering psychic sessions in Omaha or Denver or Minneapolis or Nashville, it's true that people love to laugh. It helps the healing process and it's simply good medicine. Although I have countless examples of psychic humor, here are two occurrences that you might find endearing.
I was conducting a gallery reading – I believe it was in Des Moines – one of those events where there's an audience and random members of the audience receive some messages from their departed loved ones. Anyway, I had the pleasure of speaking with a nice lady named Dorothy who must have been in her eighties. She was sweeter than a ten gallon tub of cake frosting. Dorothy had lost several family members, so I spent a few minutes connecting with her deceased army of people. I was really enjoying speaking with her, and we'd somehow started talking about dreams and how loved ones in the afterlife can come and visit us in dreams.
I stumbled over my words as I tried to clarify the message. I assured her that's not what her brother meant. "He'll be seeing you in your dreams, Dorothy. In your dreams. That's what he's saying." Dorothy exhaled a big sigh of relief as she erupted into laughter. "Oh, thank heavens!" she shouted. This triggered the whole audience to laugh in unison. I was left shaking my head with a nervous grimace on my face, as though I'd just nearly witnessed a car accident.
As I walked over to collect the microphone from Dorothy, she winked at me and touched me gently on the shoulder. I smiled back at her, apologizing for the misunderstanding and explaining that miscommunication doesn't just happen in marriages; it can also happen between dimensions while relaying messages from Heaven to Earth.
My ego curled in on itself like a hedgehog trying to hide from danger. I secretly wished to be invisible as the stranger continued, "I thought that was you. I could tell by your hat. Hey, I'm here to attend your event on developing intuition." The lady must have known by the sheepish look on my face that something wasn't quite right. "What are you doing out here looking in car windows?" As if admitting to my mother that I'd just stolen a cookie from the cookie jar, I blushed as I explained that I'd locked myself out of my vehicle.


I was watching a re-run of The Screen Savers today and they had a guest on who showed off a browser toolbar addon called SpoofStick.
The idea behind this toolbar is that it will resolve the actual website you're on and display the name of the server. Some of you may be thinking: "Why is this useful? When I go to a site I know what site I'm on." Or do you?
One of the most commonly used techniques by hackers attempting to gather person information about users (such as your credit card number or PayPal account,) is to send an e-mail address that looks official which provides a link to "update your personal information." These messages often look legit and the websites they take you too often look they way you'd expect them to—however, they're not actually the official website; it's a copy of the site on a hacker controlled server.
Thanks to my buddy Cam, I now too have a "GMail" account. The account don't carry as much "geek weight" anymore, as it appears that Google is getting ready to go public, 'cause they're handing out the invitations in huge quantities now. Regardless, I'm part of the geek chic.
I have to say though, after playing around with my account for a few days, I'm not sure what all the buzz is about—besides the full 1GB of storage. I'm not overly impressed w/the user interface (UI.) It does a few things well, but seems klunky and too basic. I love Google's simple layout for their search engine, but that doesn't seem to translate well to their e-mail interface. I feel like there's just a bunch of links thrown about the page. I know this isn't the case, but it just doesn't feel like an application. I'm sure there are people who will favor this approach, but I'm not one of them. I just don't feel the various options have enough presentation seperation to make it clear where your options are. Google's GMail service is still in beta, so we may see some changes—although I don't expect any major changes. I will say this, the pages do load fast.
I just noticed that Microsoft is now providing Security Bulletins in a new RSS feed.
Since I use my RSS reader just about daily, this seems like a great way to stay up-to-date on new Security Bulletins. Microsoft is also offering a number of other RSS feeds you can monitor. I'll also be monitoring the Microsoft SQL Server RSS Feed.
Well, at I stated last week, Jenn & I went camping this weekend with the dogs. The weather wasn't exactly cooperative, but it could have been much, much worse. We had pretty heavy rain storms in the area over the weekend. Fortunately, we didn't really get any rain at the camp site, but it was extremely wet and we never really got any sunshine.
Also on the personal front, I got a chance to play golf w/my Grandpa and Father last Wednesday. We played at Windy Knoll in Springfield, OH. It was my first time playing the course. The course definitely needs some work, but I liked the layout of the course. If i could have controlled my Tee shots, I would have been able to shave about 10 strokes off my game (I lost about a dozen golf balls off the tee.) Of course I hadn't played, or even swung a golf club, in almost a year, so what can I expect.
I'm in the process of installing v0.9 as I type this. Hopefully all my extensions continue to work. I really love Firefox—it's become my primary browser, and I was beginning to think I'd be using IE forever.
Jenn and I are going to go camping this weekend with the dogs. A good buddy of mine, Justin, sent an e-mail out inviting us to join them down in Hocking Hills this weekend for at Caveman Retreats. Jenn loves camping, so she's pretty excited about it.
Since we didn't really have any camping gear, we've had to go out and buy the supplies we needed. Last night we hit Gander Mountain and picked up some miscellaneous gear—a tent, sleeping bags, inflatable air bed, latern, etc. I picked up a 5 gallon water cool and a 7 qt ice cooler (both supposedly keep ice for 5 days in 90 degree weather) and a small portable charcoal grill today at Walmart. Needless to say, I'd have spent a lot less money to just rent a cabin for the weekend. Of course, now I own the stuff we need to go camping with, so it'll be much cheaper next time.
The second TechNote relates to how to determ which Java classes are being loaded by into the JVM at load. This could be very useful for debugging purposes.


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Used DS DS 4 St. Helens
Used Ds cars in St. Helens
Get the best deal on a used Ds car for sale in St. Helens by making your way to Wavertree Car Centre Ltd today. You'll find every available model listed here on the website, and as all our stock is competitively priced you should have no problem sourcing a pre-owned Ds to suit your budget. Take the opportunity to browse our current range online before contacting a member of the showroom team to find out more. Our friendly and knowledgeable staff will be more than happy to answer any questions and provide advice and guidance when necessary. Alternatively, why not pay a visit to our showroom in person and take a closer look at the selection of used Ds car models for sale.