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Man who made hoax call in deadly 'swatting' case involving North College Hill gamer pleads guilty
A hoax call led police to fatally shoot a Kansas man following a dispute between two online gamers over $1.50 bet in a Call of Duty WWII video game.
Man who made hoax call in deadly 'swatting' case involving North College Hill gamer pleads guilty A hoax call led police to fatally shoot a Kansas man following a dispute between two online gamers over $1.50 bet in a Call of Duty WWII video game. Check out this story on cincinnati.com: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2018/11/14/swatting-case-involving-local-gamer/1997547002/
Roxana Hegeman, Associated Press Published 7:53 a.m. ET Nov. 14, 2018 | Updated 10:22 a.m. ET Nov. 14, 2018
FILE - In this May 22, 2018, file photo, Tyler Barriss, of California, appears for a preliminary hearing in Wichita, Kan. Barriss is accused of making a hoax phone call that led police to fatally shoot an unarmed man in Wichita, Kan., in December 2017. Barris is set to change his plea in federal court. (Bo Rader/The Wichita Eagle via AP, File)(Photo: Bo Rader, AP)
WICHITA, Kan. — A California man pleaded guilty Tuesday to making a hoax call that ultimately led police to fatally shoot a Kansas man following a dispute between two online gamers over $1.50 bet in a Call of Duty WWII video game.
Tyler R. Barriss, 26, admitted to making the false report resulting in a death, as well as cyberstalking and conspiracy related to the deadly swatting calls in Kansas. The deal with prosecutors will send him to prison for between 20 and 25 years, if the judge accepts it. He had previously pleaded not guilty in Kansas.
As part of the plea agreement with federal prosecutors, Barriss pleaded guilty to a total of 51 charges that included federal charges initially filed in California and the District of Columbia related to other fake calls and threats .
Defense attorney Richard Federico told the court his client is accepting responsibility and is attempting to "clear the deck" of all federal charges.
Barriss, wearing an orange prison jumpsuit, stood with his hands folded in front of him as he entered his pleas.
"Without ever stepping foot in Wichita, the defendant created a chaotic situation that quickly turned from dangerous to deadly," U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said in a news release. "His reasons were trivial and his disregard for the safety of other people was staggering."
In the case from the District of Columbia, Barriss pleaded guilty to two counts for making hoax bomb threats in phone calls to the headquarters of the FBI and the Federal Communications Commission in Washington, D.C.
In the California case, he pleaded guilty to 46 counts for making false reports that bombs were planted at high schools, universities, shopping malls, and television stations. He called from Los Angeles to emergency numbers in Ohio, New Hampshire, Nevada, Massachusetts, Illinois, Utah, Virginia, Texas, Arizona, Missouri, Maine, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, New York, Michigan, Florida and Canada.
His sentencing was set for Jan. 30.
Casey Viner, 18, of North College Hill, one of the three men accused of orchestrating a swatting call that ended with a 28-year-old man being killed by a Wichita, Kan., police officer last December, was in federal court in Wichita on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. Viner pleaded not guilty to several counts of wire fraud, conspiracy, obstruction of justice and conspiracy to obstruct justice. (Photo: AP Photo/Bo Rader, The Wichita Eagle)
Also charged as co-conspirators in the federal case in Kansas are online gamers Casey Viner, 18, of North College Hill, Ohio, and Shane Gaskill, 20, of Wichita. They have pleaded not guilty to charges including conspiracy to obstruct justice, wire fraud and other counts. Their trial is scheduled for Jan. 8 in U.S. District Court in Wichita.
Viner allegedly became upset at Gaskill while playing the popular online game.
Authorities say Viner then asked Barriss of Los Angeles to "swat" Gaskill at an address that Gaskill had previously provided him. Swatting is a form of retaliation sometimes used by gamers, who call police and make a false report to send first responders to an online opponent's address.
Shane Gaskill, 19, of Wichita, Kan., leaves the federal court in Wichita, Wednesday, June 13, 2018. Gaskill and Casey Viner, 18, of North College Hill, Ohio, online gamers whose alleged dispute over a $1.50 Call of Duty WWII video game bet ultimately led police to fatally shoot a Kansas man, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges related to the "swatting" case that drew national attention. (Photo: Jaime Green/The Wichita Eagle via AP)
Barriss is accused of calling Wichita police from Los Angeles on Dec. 28, 2017, to report a shooting and kidnapping at a Wichita address. Authorities say Barris researched the address Viner had given him for Gaskill and verified it was a home. When Gaskill noticed Barriss was following him on Twitter, he began communicating with Barriss through direct messages in which he also gave him that same old address and dared him to swat him.
"Please try some s---. I'll be waiting," Gaskill wrote in the direct messages cited in the indictment.
A police officer responding to the call fatally shot the new resident Andrew Finch, 28, after he opened the door.
It is unclear what will become of separate state charges. Barriss is scheduled for a separate Jan. 7 trial in Sedgwick County District Court on state charges of involuntary manslaughter, giving a false alarm and interference with a law enforcement officer.
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--Story One
'X' Marks the Spot
Friday, September 09, 2016 by Topher Chapman
Creative Commons, Theodore Scott
"Why can't we skip straight to the 'X'? We know where the pirate treasure is. We can see it on the map."
"It's about the journey, man! We're gonna do this right."
Terrance stopped pushing a vine out of his face and stole a backward glance at their little boat, beached and empty. Not only was he sure to regret all of this, but he would probably get bitten by a disease-laden insect. Turning in the direction of Will, he tossed the vine aside and trudged on, "But, the guy had a dozen other maps, for crying out loud. He was wearing a hoodie."
"That's because you didn't notice this map was different than the others. Unlike this one, they all had duplicates." Will winked at Terrance, tapping the side of his head with his index finger, "But, I noticed."
The two men halted in a clearing — Will, hands on hips, grinned at the choking foliage, while Terrance, wincing, stretched his back with a groan.
"I think we're here." Will approached an outcropping of dense scrub.
"Huh?" Terrance studied the glade as Will pawed through the leaves.
"Aha! We are." Will, gripping the machete, pulled back a handful of branches and lopped them off. "Look at this."
It was a wide stone wall. Now that Terrance got a good look, it stretched upwards, lost in the tree canopy. Thirty or forty feet of jungle-covered granite.
"It's about the right shape, I guess. And, it's certainly big enough. So, sure."
"Whoa … Check this out." Will was clearing moss and clusters of leaves from the base of the now-recognizable obelisk. There was some sort of animal carved into the stone, about knee height from the ground. "A monkey."
Terrance glanced at the map. "I don't see any monkey symbols. Are you sure this is the right place?"
"Of course. It's not like giant, carved towers pop up naturally in jungles. I'm absolutely sure." Will rolled up the map and shoved it into his back pocket. "North, we go."
"That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard." Dripping with sweat, Terrance swung the machete and attacked the damp undergrowth.
"It's only dumb because you're not rich. When we find all that gold, I'll be able to afford any medicine or medical procedures I'll ever want." Will upended his canteen and gurgled down a mouthful of water. "That means, if I want to only eat cinnamon toast, I can. I'll just take vitamins, and if I get fat, have doctors suck it all out. Problem solved."
"But, you can't just eat cinnamon toast forever."
"I sure can. And I will. With lots of butter, even."
"No. You can't. Your body will, like, dissolve or something. You need vegetables."
"That's what the vitamins are for."
Terrance stopped talking. He continued hacking at the vines, imagining they were the synapses in Will's brain.
"When you're rich, you can do whatever you want. I mean, you're probably going to do something lame with your half of the treasure. Like, buy a library or something."
Terrance stopped mid-chop. "Buy a … ?"
"Yeah, sounds like something you'd do. Libraries don't make any money, so you can write it off on your taxes."
"Aside from libraries being public property that's paid for by taxes, if it's not making any money, there's no income to tax, so no write-off to be had. That's almost as dumb as the cinnamon toast thing." Terrance turned back to lopping vines with almost-taxable vigor. His thirty minutes were almost up, then it would be Will's turn to swing the stupid machete. "No, I'll probably invest my share of this non-existent gold."
"People like libraries. Or buy a city park. Just not a pub. The food cost alone would sink it."
"That's not how any of this works, Will. Assuming we find a buyer for these priceless gems and jewelry, the government is going to take out a bunch in taxes …"
"See? I told you. Tax deductions."
"… And I'll invest the rest. Probably live off of dividends or the principle or something. That way I'm not …"
Will halted, then ran ahead. "There it is! The canyon!"
Terrance gave up. He was thankful for the rest, but at this point, he almost hoped Will would tumble over the edge. His hand twitched. One little shove.
The "bridge", swaying in the wind, sagged across the canyon in front of them. Far below, a river frothed through the gorge in jagged switchbacks, hungry to swallow travelers stupid enough to try crossing the rotted planks.
Terrance scowled at Will. "Are you kidding me?"
Will shrugged, "What? You wanted adventure."
"No, I didn't. You did. We're going to die the moment we set foot on that bridge." Terrance pointed to the bridge as it curled and flipped in the wind. "And I'm going to scream your middle name to the entire world the entire time we're falling to our deaths."
"Whoa, easy. There's no need for threats." Eyebrows high and eyes wide, he faced Terrance, and pointed. "Besides, see? There's our monkey friend. We're going to be safe as a babe in a barrel."
Terrance sighed, ignoring thoughts of babies trapped, suffocating in a barrel of oranges. Or nails. Or diesel. Instead, he glanced down to where Will gestured, at the base of the wide stone pillars where the various ropes from the bridge attached. Indeed, there was the same monkey figure from the first marker, and it was carved into the rock near the cliff's edge.
"Yeah, well, you're going first."
"Seriously, we could have skipped both Bug Jungle and Wet Noodle Bridge. And, we'd have already been here by now." Standing in front of a dark hole in the base of a cliff, Terrance jerked a thumb over his shoulder. "Our boat is beached about half a mile that way."
"But think of the fun we'd have missed." Will hunched, and crept into the darkness.
"You mean the malaria we'd have missed?" Terrance followed close, hand on his friend's back.
"Bird flu?"
"How about zika? I hear you can get that from bats."
Something small winged by their heads, screeching, and they toppled together, slamming against the wall, and nearly fell to the rocky floor.
"When we get back, I'm telling your mom that you're being a Negative Nelly again."
"I'm telling your mom you're trying to make your own decisions again."
"Well, I'm telling your sister … Wait. Is that torchlight up ahead?"
As the two shuffled forward, Terrance watched as the flickering grew more distinct. It was definitely a torch, like one from the movies, and it was clipped to the corner, before the tunnel widened into a large recess.
A man stood at the edge of the firelight, pointing a pistol at the two of them.
Terrance frowned, "Hey, Frank."
"Hi, Terrance." He nodded, chuckling. "Will."
Will scrubbed his face with his hands and mumbled, "Oh yeah, I forgot. I may have shown the map to Frank before we left."
"I guess unlike you two, I came straight here, and expected you guys to already have the treasure. So, I brought this —" Frank twirled his gun. "— That way I could take it from you. Instead, I can use it to make you carry all my gold for me."
"Good going, Will." Terrance flipped his leg out and kicked Will in the shin.
Will grunted. "Ow. Jerk."
Lowering the handgun, Frank shook his head and turned to continue along the dark tunnel beyond, "'X' marks the spot, boys."
Frank clicked on the flashlight in his other hand, and vanished around the first bend. "I'll be right back, so don't go anywhere."
With him gone, Terrance glanced around the tiny cave and noticed, for the first time, the ornate 'X' carved above the tunnel where Frank had disappeared. He pointed at it and growled at Will. "Bonehead, not only did you show him the map, but we should have just come straight here."
Staring at the ground, Will shuffled his feet.
A scream, loud and strong, ripped through the tunnel, ending in a sharp, snapping sound.
The flashlight Frank had been carrying bounced back out of the mouth of the tunnel and rolled, forcing the cavern walls to swim and weave in the light until it finally rocked to a stop. There, exposed by the beam, was a smaller crawlspace behind Will, hidden in the shadows, on the opposite side of the carved 'X'.
The entrance had the same monkey etched near the bottom of the opening.
Terrance and Will faced each other, their open-mouthed shock simultaneously turning into wide, toothy grins.
Will bent, scooping up the flashlight, got down on this knees, and plunged into the hole. Heartbeats after he disappeared from view, an echo tumbled out of the small opening, "Holy mother of … Get in here! We're rich!"
Terrance glanced at the other opening. "Sorry 'bout that Frank. Everyone knows you never go straight to the 'X'."
Why do you follow pirate treasure maps instead of skipping to the end? Find out in September 2016's Fantasy Faction monthly contest story written to the theme of Pirates.
i live in sunny southern california. i do technology stuff for a living. i have a beautiful wife. and i can't forget our two young boys that spend far too much time assaulting everyone nearby with an almighty amount of sass. i have no idea where they learned it.
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last couple stories
Signs of Balance
April's Fantasy Faction theme for their monthly story was "Omens". I went grimdark, and first-person-present. Crazy!
The Final Kingdom
March Fantasy Faction short story contest entry. We're looking at the world through a beast's eyes. And, in this case, cats.
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why, yes. yes, there is a difference between "deserve" and "earn".
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"The Action Track," under the lights tonight!
Kyle Busch returned to Victory Lane last week in Bristol. His brother Kurt (who finished 2nd) admitted that he would've wrecked him for the Win if he had a chance. Joey Logano led Stage 2 (racking up those Playoff points), and Ty Dillon took Stage 1 home. Ryan Blaney led the most laps with 158, but we don't expect him to spend that much time up front today..
–Kevin Harvick is on Pole for tonight's race, and and he's one of a number of drivers who could find himself with a nice trophy at the end of the night. Sure, anyone has a shot any week, but would you believe that only Joe Gibbs Racing Toyotas and Penske Fords have won Cup races this year? It's true. Harvick scored a 5th last Spring, and a 2nd in the Fall.
–Erik Jones had the speed to provisionally line up outside the #4, but he failed inspection on Saturday. Jones placed 13th and 11th here last year, though he pulled down a 6th in the Fall of 2017. Jones has teammates who know their way around here in Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin, and Martin Truex Jr, so we'll see if that trickles down to the #20 tonight and if he can rebound from the setback.
–Joey Logano is our best driver over the past ten races here, nine Top 10s with a 5.6 average. Last Fall was actually his worst effort in that time, a "lowly" 14th. He last visited the Winner's Circle in the Spring of '17, and was there again in 2014. Logano starts 4th tonight.
–Kyle Busch won both of the Richmond races last year, and he's coming off a solid run at Bristol. Can anyone stop him? He won't have much traffic to cut through as he starts 5th tonight. Through the last ten races here, he's averaging an excellent 6.3 finish.
Coverage of the race starts on FOX at 7:30pm, green flag scheduled for 7:44pm.


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Information Technology (IT) departments in all organizations—including federal government agencies—are grappling with a need to deliver information via mobile and wireless devices while simultaneously taking steps to assure security at the enterprise and data level, respecting the privacy concerns of individuals. A document released May 23, 2012, Digital Government: Building a 21st Century Platform to Better Serve the American People, reveals the Obama administration strategy to enable citizens to find the services they need across government programs, "anytime, anywhere, and on any device."
Factiva, the subscription-based, business information service from Dow Jones & Co., has begun linking to high-value Twitter streams. The real-time module works inside the Factiva Snapshot news dashboard. Snapshot, still in beta and not available on the academic version of Factiva, provides monitoring for 31 industries, plus a range of other topical areas and services. The curated selection of Twitter streams come from influential Tweeters in each industry. The selection process was done with the assistance of Mass Relevance, working with the Factiva editorial staff.
EBSCO Publishing will make millions of images from the Associated Press (AP) available to library customers. EBSCO has been named the sole library distributor of the AP Images, the commercial photo unit of AP. It is one of the world's largest collections of historical and contemporary imagery including more than 12 million photographs dating back more than 100 years.
Innovative Interfaces announced that development for its new institutional repository module, Content Pro IRX, is complete and several library partners will begin beta testing this month. Innovative will offer IRX as an optional add-on module to Content Pro, its digital asset management system. Content Pro IRX drastically simplifies the management of an institution's digital collections by providing a central store for institutional documents, academic research, special collections, and archival materials.
Gale, part of Cengage Learning, announced Classroom in Context (CLiC), a curriculum-based family of resources designed to supplement textbooks and enhance learning with authoritative, media-rich content from Gale's In Context product suite. Evolved from Gale's custom digital curriculum alignment program, in which Gale worked directly with schools to create online learning portals, CLiC is designed to increase student engagement, provide teachers with current digital content, and help school administrators make the transition to digital curriculum.


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Kazakhstan will gradually abandon plastic bags, reported informburo.kz. Retail chains will be required to charge their customers for standard plastic bags with a density of less than 20 microns. In addition, the Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources will introduce a recycling fee on plastic packaging manufacturers and importers and there is also the possibly of a sales ban on plastic bags after 2025. The ministry, the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs and the Association of Environmental Organisations signed a memorandum Sept. 20 to engage in a phased reduction in plastic container turnover. Large chains such as Anvar, Kenmart, Magnum and Small are ready to join the initiative.
Ricoh, a Japanese multinational imaging and electronics company, opened a new office Nov. 26 in Almaty, reported profit.kz. The company has been working in Kazakhstan for more than six years. Ricoh Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Sales Department head Andrei Burkin said the company's success in Kazakhstan is largely due to the work of its partners, adding the nation is its number one country in the region. In 2013, the company began its CIS activities in Almaty. The new office will enhance Ricoh's work with partners and customers and organise the work of the official representative office that will cover the entire Central Asian region.
Kazakhtelecom, the largest provider of digital services in Kazakhstan, and Russian multidisciplinary IT structure IKS Holding signed a memorandum of cooperation and joint activities during the Big Data in Kazakhstan: New Horizons international conference held Nov. 28 in Nur-Sultan, reported profit.kz. According to the document, the parties will establish strategic relations and combine their accumulated experience in processing, storing, structuring and analysing Big Data to develop Kazakhstan's digital economy.
Chocofamily Holding bought Aviata.kz, an online airplane and railway ticket booking service. Chocofamily, with its similar service Chocotravel, now holds 100 percent of the shares in the country's travel services, reported profit.kz Nov. 20. Aviata.kz founders Alexei Lee and Evgeny Matveev sold their shares and will focus on developing their own projects and investing in start-ups. The united travel company continues to grow faster than the market, increasing its turnover 2.7 times to 1.5 billion tenge (US$ 3.9 million) per month in 18 months. The company sells more than 330,000 air and train tickets per month.
QazTech Ventures held the first general meeting of business incubator founders, where they finalised the need to create an association of Kazakh business incubators, reported profit.kz Nov. 27. The idea was raised a while ago, as no permanent platform currently exists for communication among them. The purpose will be to develop a unified business incubation and acceleration methodology and conceptual framework, consolidate the competencies of all existing players in the Kazakh market and accelerate developing the business incubation system as a whole.
Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs Deputy Chairperson of the Board Rustam Zhursunov proposed Nov. 29 attracting citizens' pension savings and commercial bank funds placed in notes in the country's central bank to long-term business lending, reported kursiv.kz. Financial reserves in National Bank and Unified Accumulative Pension Fund (UAPF) notes can become a source of long money and should contribute to structural changes in the economy, including for financing the real sector through public-private partnership mechanisms, he said.


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Yuliya Mykolaivna Zhuravok –en ucraniano, Юлія Миколаївна Журавок– (Sumy, 10 de noviembre de 1994) es una deportista ucraniana que compite en biatlón.

Ganó dos medallas en el Campeonato Europeo de Biatlón, oro en 2018 y plata en 2019.

Palmarés internacional

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Biatletas de Ucrania

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Two weeks ago I'd never even sat on a motorbike. As of yesterday, I officially have my class 6 license! This means I can now legally ride a motorcycle without any restrictions (besides those pesky road laws).
Leslie and I were in a time crunch as I'm leaving the country next week, and wedding season is starting for her. Most motorcycle schools are closed from the middle of October through the middle of February and since I was only in Vancouver this time around from the middle of October through the middle or March, this made things a bit tricky :). We ended up finding a great school which I'll blog about in a later post. They started courses on the 7th of Feb and had an option for a 7-day course which we took advantage of.
The reason Les and I decided to get our motorcycle license comes back to a (I think) half-joking half-serious comment about riding up the coast of Vietnam (á la Top Gear). Leslie has spent a couple of years in Asia before, but I've only spent a few weeks there, and the idea of traveling around Vietnam by motorcycle was just too awesome to pass up! We initially talked about doing it at the end of this March but it seemed a bit too intense to go so quickly (since at the time neither of us had any motorcycle experience), and we were both a bit broke.
We're going to aim for March 2012 now. In the meantime though, I plan to buy a bike in South Africa (probably something like a 250cc) and just use it to ride around Cape Town while we're there. Sam has a little mini, so we can easily fit it into the same parking stall.
I loved riding the bike WAY more than I'd expected to so I'm super glad I got it together and did the training and the exams before heading out of the country again. I'm really looking forward to some future motorcycle trips around various parts of the world :-).


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Back in February 2017, the 36-year-old forward had implied he was considering retirement at the end of the 2017-18 season and – despite penning a contract extension which was set to run for one additional year – it has been mutually agreed that the Frenchman can now begin a new chapter in his career.
Yann joined the Royals in January 2016 and, in his first full season as a Reading player, he celebrated his best goalscoring return of his career - recording 19 goals across all competitions, a haul which unforgettably included a Play-Off Semi-Final spot kick that took the Royals to Wembley!
Hip and groin surgery was required after suffering a pre-season injury last summer and his 2017-18 campaign was hindered as a result – the former Leicester City, Charlton Athletic and Bournemouth frontman scored just two goals (albeit vital point-winning headers against Barnsley and Sunderland) in 13(+12) league appearances.
Having taken the club to the brink of promotion and then helping to rescue the Royals from the threat of relegation, it has been agreed that Yann's rollercoaster career at Reading is to end now as he leaves for pastures new.
"During my time at Reading, I have experienced both the highs and lows of football – the excitement of a third-placed finish and a Play-Off Final at Wembley, then the frustration of injury and the disappointment we all felt as a group last season," Kermorgant said.
Everyone at Reading Football Club would like to sincerely thank Yann for his dedication and commitment to the cause and wish him the very best of luck in his future endeavours.


In Fire Storm by Andrew Lane, young Sherlock's friend and her father have vanished. Their house looks as if nobody has ever lived in it; the neighbors claim never to have heard of them. Sherlock begins to doubt his sanity, until a clever clue points him to Scotland. Following that clue leads him into a mystery that involves kidnapping, bodysnatchers, and a man who claims he can raise the dead. Only the budding detective Sherlock can untangle the mind-bending—and dangerous—puzzles that ensnare his friends. Think you know Sherlock Holmes? Think again!
Andrew Lane is the author of the Young Sherlock Holmes series of young adult novels, starting with Death Cloud. He has also written numerous spin-off novels based on the BBC sci-fi television series Doctor Who, as well as definitive guides to Babylon 5 and the Wallace and Gromit films, and is the author of The Bond Files: An Unofficial Guide to the World's Greatest Secret Agent. He lives in Dorset, England.


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Still no better way to spend an autumn day
ANGLING EXPERT: Andrew Wilkinson
ANGLING was allowed during the November lockdown. While the decision was of limited use to trout and salmon anglers, whose season had already ended, it was a boost for the sport in general.
The decision meant that the powers that be have recognised the positive physical and mental benefits that angling brings.
Jamie Cook, chief executive of the Angling Trust, said: "Angling has conducted itself safely and responsibly throughout this pandemic, and the trust is determined to ensure that our chosen form of outdoor recreation remains part of the solution rather than the problem.
"We made the case for fishing based on the health and wellbeing benefits that angling offers, coupled with the importance of reducing pressure on other open spaces by allowing us to continue to safely enjoy the social isolation and peace that fishing brings."
No doubt some of Teesdale's more hardy anglers will seek out some coarse fishing, which is still in season, though they must limit their travel to adhere to the government guidelines.
But for many the season is over, and it's pleasing to report that some salmon were caught. A few were landed on the Tees, though as usual the Wear yielded more fish.
There is little doubt that there are fewer salmon than there were a few years ago. It is too early to tell where this is cyclical, or a long-term decline.
Anglers are doing their bit by looking after habitat and returning almost all of the fish they catch.
Even with fewer fish than there used to be, salmon fishing remains a wonderful way to extend the season and enjoy the beauty of the river in autumn.
As long as there is a chance of a fish, it is a pleasure to be out on the bank, either alone or with company, to enjoy the colours of the season.
On one session where I had a stretch of the middle Wear to myself, just about every predator known to river fish put in an appearance.
Apart from a very unwelcome cormorant, there were kingfisher, goosanders, heron, and even an otter which swam upstream towards the spot where I was wading. It will have scattered any fish that may have been in the pool, but I didn't mind that. It was a joy to share the same area of water as such a beautiful creature.
The cormorant flew low around a bend in the river, saw me and lurched sharply upward. Its sudden change in direction led to it disgorging two brown trout, which landed with a splash either side of me.
They were dead but barely marked. Many of these huge black birds have moved inland from the sea and will all but empty stretches of rivers and lakes, if they go unchecked. The problem is being recognised and some licences to shoot cormorants are issued.
It's never nice to kill wild creatures, but without some controls, the river eco-system is under threat.
I finished the season with seven salmon to 10lb and a couple of sea-trout, including a beauty of just under 9lb. A friend who is a very experienced salmon anger, caught a stunning fish of well over 20lb, which he carefully returned.
He showed his skill and patience by allowing his line to go slack when the salmon dived behind a rock. He waited till it swam into clear water before tightening his line and resuming and winning the battle.
As long as salmon like that enter the rivers, there will always be anglers dreaming of catching such a fish.
SADLY, Chris Lucas, who was born in Barnard Castle, and discovered the joys of trout fishing on the Tees and the becks of the dale, has died suddenly.
Born in 1952, he later enjoyed salmon and sea trout fishing, particularly in Northumberland, where he lived. He was a keen conservationist and became a trustee of the Northumberland Rivers Trust. He worked on many habitat improvement schemes.
For three decades he had been secretary of the West End Anglers, managing stretches of the Tyne and its tributaries as well as the River Coquet in Northumberland.
His considerable contribution to our sport will be remembered.


Jim Young and Marcus Scott hanging out in the Streetcar Named Inspire. The streetcar will be part of Holiday Market this year at the Briscoe ArtWing.
As the Winter Solstice approaches we long for the familiar comfort of friends and family. The days grow short, the nights long. The shadows of winter are perfect for reflection, contemplation, tending to the internal, keeping our homes aglow as the light of the sun dims, the light from within shines through. As we ready ourselves for the slow pace of January, December is our time to draw together in celebration, love, and honor of that special time when all the worlds cultures huddle close together to stay warm, to share our light, thoughts, food, our creations, and the continued bounty from a plentiful harvest.
Familiar sounds, textures, and images bring us comfort and help us feel at home. Cozy is the word that comes to my mind. The Briscoe ArtWing Holiday Market is one of the most cozy shows I do all year. It feels like an extended family get together, but without all the drama so often associated with the nuclear family gathering. We gather one last time before the New Year to share songs, art, craft, and fellowship. Hopefully, we also earn enough to make it through the sparse winter months. For the typical artisan the holiday season is the last chance to squirrel away enough nuts to make it through the winter.
Abstract artist Pegi Smith will once again be at the Holiday Market at the Briscoe ArtWing.
The 2011 Holiday Market will be open four weekends this season. Starting First Friday, December 2nd, and continuing through the weekend, the Market will take place every weekend leading up to Christmas, including Thursday December 22nd, Friday the 23rd, and Saturday the 24th — Christmas Eve. The market will be open Saturdays from 10:00 – 6:00, and Sundays from 11:00 – 5:00.
I have often been asked by fellow artisans why we don't remain open right up until Christmas Eve and take advantage of our shared space at the old Briscoe School. Well, this year we will do just that. The hope of this experiment is to offer the community another opportunity to purchase gifts from local artisans in lieu of the big box options that have come to dominate our shopping experience, especially last minute shopping. Now you have until the last minute on Christmas Eve to buy local. Trust me, there is nothing sacred in the experience of scrambling for a last minute gift at Walmart. However, you just might find that perfect soulful creation right up to Christmas Eve at the old Briscoe Elementary School, 265 North Main. Buy local because it makes a big difference on many levels. Putting money into your local economy keeps our community strong, healthy and prosperous. Nothing is more economically important in times of perceived scarcity. Keep the circulation of resources as local as possible.
Kris Daly in her booth at Holiday Market at the Briscoe ArtWing.
The Briscoe ArtWing comes to life for the entire month of December with a diverse feast of art, craft, music and merriment. All of the studios at the ArtWing are participating in this years event. This is your chance to see what is going on in the old Briscoe Elementary School. The working artisans are attempting to reestablish the ArtWing as a school to teach the kids of Ashland arts and crafts. Additionally, 4 percent of all purchases goes back to the Ashland School District. Buying local keeps your money circulating within the community, and the artisans give a portion of the sales back to the schools. Your dollars have double the impact on our local economy, education, and community.
Live music is scheduled for every day of the event. The show opens First Friday, December 2 from 5:00 – 8:00 pm with a Marimba Concert happening in Studio 2. Local musicians will entertain daily filling the hall with familiar sounds (see the music schedule below). I am inspired by my musically gifted friends and find comfort in their voice, their strumming, their tunes. When the old hall at the ArtWing is full of artists, and the place is humming with original songs from our talented friends, I feel at home, nurtured, and comfortable. We all come in from the cold and through the exchange of our shared talents we bask in the glow of our internal furnaces. Coming together as community during the holidays gives me the same warm feeling I remember as a kid acting out the Christmas story at my Church. I recall always getting the part of the Roman soldier, or the shepherd. The point is we shared a familiar story, then followed that with songs, and finally we shared food. Coming together in a safe, comfortable space and sharing — that is what made the event special, and those images are strong memory medicine for me today.
As an adult my most intimate community images are the time we spend together sharing our art, stories, and music. As an artisan I tend to play the role of the hermit, engaged in my shop with buckets of stones. I am at home, but not in a place where I get to share and interact with my community. We can create all we want in private; however, the satisfaction of creation is far more gratifying when we are able to share those creations with our community. The Holiday Market at the Briscoe ArtWing turns that idea into reality. 30 local artisans will display their art and craft each of the four weekends of the Holiday Market — jewelry, fine art, woodwork, clothing, hand stitched leather boots, English toffee, and much more.
When I think of local music that brings me joy, I think of Craig Wright. Craig is an old friend of the market and his playing for Holiday Market has become quite the tradition. He plays December 11th from 3:00 'til 5:00, and again on December 17th from 3:00 'til 5:00 . As much as I enjoy sharing my stone beads with my community, I equally love to hear the voice of talented friends. Local musical hero Gene Burnett will come by to sing us his songs, Cole Cullen will play a set of originals, and Marcella Ruikis will be accompanied by Jim Quinby on the piano. Aaron Reed brings his songwriting talent and soulfully charged voice to the hall on two occasions.
Great, locally crafted music, original art and craft, and community coming together to share the light of our collective energy. What better way to honor the holidays than the manifestation of our own traditions that we create as we go. I cannot think of a better way to say goodbye to 2011 than spending time with friends and family. Hope to see you all at the market. The event is free to the public.
Local favorite Craig Wright brings his musical talents to Holiday Market on December 11 and again on December 18.
Wow! The whole month of December celebrating, shopping, and soaking up beauty, art, music, and Ashland community at the Briscoe ArtWing. YUMMEEEE!
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An integrative spiritual practice weaving the art of surya namaskara yoga (sun salutations) with medicinal music, qigong, meditation, and prayer.
In this practice we learn to embody the radiant presence of the divine sun, as well as harmonize our beings with earth, nature, and cosmos.
This is a purification practice that supports us in awakening into union with our true Self.
The focus of the practice is on breath, awareness, energy work, and alignment. Though the pace is slow (in comparison with some practices), the movements are very energizing and strengthening.
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Ігор Геннадійович Черевченко (,   21 серпня 1974, Душанбе, Таджицька РСР) — таджикистанський і російський футболіст, що грав на позиції захисника. По завершенні ігрової кар'єри — тренер. З 2018 року — головний тренер клубу «Арсенал» (Тула).

Син футболіста Геннадія Черевченка, який провів майже всю кар'єру за душанбинський «Памір». У 1993—1994 роках Ігор виступав за національну збірну Таджикистану. Відомий за виступами за московський «Локомотив». У другій половині 90-х років був одним з ключових гравців команди.

У 2008 році почав тренерську діяльність. З червня 2015 по 10 серпня 2016 року — головний тренер московського «Локомотива». Перший в історії російського футболу володар Кубку Росії як гравець і тренер.

Клубна кар'єра

Початкове футбольне навчання пройшов у спортивній школі Душанбе, тренерами в якій працювали колишні партнери його батька по «Паміру». У 1992 році в 18-річному віці став з «Паміром» чемпіоном та володарем Кубка Таджикистану. У 1994 році в матчі проти «Равшана» (10:0) забив 7 м'ячів. Згодом сім'я Черевченка перебралася до Підмосков'я. Ігор став грати у Другій лізі Росії — в Обнінську за «Індустрію».

У 1996 році був запрошений в московський «Локомотив» головним тренером Юрієм Сьоміним, який на початку своєї тренерської кар'єри керував «Паміром»; тоді в його складі грав Геннадій Черевченко. З «Локомотивом» чотири рази ставав призером чемпіонату Росії, чотири рази володарем Кубка Росії, двічі брав участь у півфіналах Кубка володарів кубків УЄФА. За час цього найуспішнішого для себе періоду кар'єри зіграв за клуб в 170 матчах, забив 9 м'ячів: Чемпіонат Росії — 123 (5); Кубок Росії — 16 (1); Єврокубки — 31 (3).

Після відходу з «Локомотива» в першій половині чемпіонату Росії 2002 року виступав за московське «Торпедо», а після невдалого перегляду в німецькому «Енергі» перейшов в «Аланію» на правах оренди. Того ж року завершив кар'єру через травми.

Виступи за збірну
Згідно сайту «National Footbal Teams», Черевченко в 1993 і 1994 роках провів за збірну Таджикистану 4 матчі, голів не забивав. Згідно сайту «Uzfootball.uz», збірна Таджикистану в 1993 році матчів не проводила. Згідно сайту «rsssf.com», Таджикистан в 1993 році провів лише один неофіційний матч; в ньому брав участь Черевченко, у 1994 році він забив один м'яч у свої ворота в матчі зі збірною Узбекистану. За словами самого Черевченка, він забивав голи за збірну.

Кар'єра тренера
Працював у ДЮСШ «Локомотив-Перово». З лютого 2008 року поповнив тренерський штаб Рашида Рахімова в московському «Локомотиві», зберігши посаду тренера при наступних головних тренерах. У вересні—жовтні 2014 року і з 11 травня 2015 року по 2 червня 2015 року — виконувач обов'язків головного тренера команди. 21 травня 2015 року Черевченко в статусі в. о. головного тренера виграв з «Локомотивом» Кубок Росії, обігравши у фінальному матчі «Кубань» (3:1).

2 червня 2015 року офіційно став головним тренером «залізничників». 8 серпня 2016 року повідомив про свою відставку, а 10 серпня на засіданні ради директорів клубу заяву було задоволено.

8 лютого 2017 року став головним тренером клубу ФНЛ «Балтика» (Калінінград). Після 24 турів команда посідала 19-е місце, маючи в активі 17 очок. В останніх 14 матчах команда набрала 25 очок і посіла в підсумку 14-е місце. Таким чином клуб зберіг прописку в ФНЛ.

З 2018 року — головний тренер клубу «Арсенал» (Тула).

Статистика виступів

Тренерська статистика
Станом на 10 серпня 2016 року

Титули і досягнення

Як гравця

Командні
 «Памір»
 Чемпіон Таджикистану: 1992
 Срібний призер чемпіонату Таджикистану: 1993, 1994
 Володар Кубка Таджикистану: 1992
 Локомотив
 Срібний призер чемпіонату Росії (3): 1999, 2000, 2001
 Бронзовий призер чемпіонату Росії: 1998
 Володар Кубка Росії (4): 1995–96, 1996–97, 1999–00, 2000–01

Особисті
 У списках 33 найкращих футболістів чемпіонату Росії (2): № 2 (1999); № 3 (1996)

Як тренера
  «Локомотив»
Володар Кубку Росії: 2014/15

Особисте життя
 Батько — один з найвідоміших футболістів Таджикистану, ветеран «Паміра» Геннадій Черевченко (1948—2014).
 Дружина — срібний призер Олімпіади-2000, чемпіонка Європи з волейболу, спортивний коментатор Тетяна Грачова.

Примітки

Посилання

російські футболісти
таджицькі футболісти
російські футбольні тренери
Гравці збірної Таджикистану з футболу
Футболісти «Паміра» (Душанбе)
Футболісти «Локомотива» (Москва)
Футболісти «Торпедо» (Москва)
Футболісти «Аланії»
Тренери ФК «Балтика»
Тренери ФК «Арсенал» Тула
Уродженці Душанбе


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Once the MySQL database has been created the qsos table needs to be populated. This is achieved using an upload HTML page (written in PHP upload.php) and a PHP upload script (readlog.php). Both files should be saved in a secure directory on the server and as a minumum the directory password protected to prevent other people loading data into your database!
Both Cabrillo and ADIF format log files can be loaded into the database.
The following PHP script - upload.php - creates an HTML page to prompt for the filename of the Cabrillo log file and the callsign of the logbook. The possible callsigns are read from the database and presented as a drop down menu. The last 10 logfiles uploaded are also displayed.
The upload.php script should be copied from the Log Search PHP scripts download page and transferred to your server.
<p> Please select the filename of the log to be uploaded into the database.
// Display each DX callsign in a drop down menu.
The following PHP script - readlog.php - is called by the above Upload HTML page. The filename of the Cabrillo file and the logbook callsign (numeric ID of the dxstation table) are passed to the script below. The script first checks that a log file has been uploaded and then extracts the required fields from each Cabrillo row (callsign, frequency and mode). The frequency is converted to a band and then each QSO is inserted into the database.
The readlog.php script should be copied from the Log Search PHP scripts download page and transferred to your server.
// Cabrillo logs contain mode as "CW/PH/RY"
$query = "INSERT INTO qsos SET id = 0, " .
"callsign = \"" . $qso_data['call'] . "\" , " .
"op_mode = \"" . $qso_data['mode'] . "\" , " .
"band = \"" . $band . "\" , " .
"band = \"" . $qso_data['band'] . "\" , " .
// Was a log file uploaded?
$query = "INSERT INTO logfiles SET id = 0, " .
"filename = \"" . $browser_name . "\" , " .
"qsos = \"" . $qso_count . "\" , " .
"filetype = \"" . $file_type . "\" , " .


I hate to start off by talking about a kludge from my "old school" programing background, but it's something I've used as a prototyping tool that sometimes found it's way into production.
I have to start with a short story about the 15 years or so I had to deal with 4D (4th Dimension, or Silver Surfer). A powerful Macintosh tool from the 80's, but a horrible language and implementation. I could spew all kinds of reasons I hated 4D but I'll limit it to why I came up with the "Stash" technique.
4D was a compiled language. Everything was self contained in a MacIntosh resource. There was no version control, just the developers version. I didn't write in 4D, but I took over a web presence by using a plug-in Active4D. Active4D was more or less a PHP like language that interfaced with the 4D structure. My developer controlled the structure and if he was working on a new feature, I couldn't do anything for sometimes months until a new compiled version was released. I was under pressure to release a web based application and my 4D developer was under pressure to release new GUI applications - not a good mix. I forced a new release with a Documents table that in Rails terms was a polymorphic table. I had generic fields for IDs, keys, and most of 4Ds basic data type. I used that table to link new data fields to other records until we could get them added to the structure. Unfortunately some of that stuff is probably still out there, but just like Rails polymorphic tables, it worked and there is sometimes a need to store persistent data somewhere.
I've used the concept of a Stash in several projects, maybe because I'm "old school", maybe because I was still prototyping and didn't know what data I needed, or just because! The Stash model is a combination of a Single Table Inheritance, Polymorphic stashable relations and YAML serialization. Talk about a kludge!
This use of Stash stores or retrieve upcoming iCalendar events for some entity. The entity defines and controls updating or refreshing of the events.


The Sheboygan Symphony Orchestra Guest Artist Master Class Series is presented with talented professionals performing with the SSO. The Master Class is free to the participating student and open to the public for observation. To observe or participate in a Master Class, please contact the SSO office at (920)-452-1985, or e-mail business@sheboygansymphony.org.
Class length is 60 minutes.
Each class involves between 2 to 6 students.
An accompanist is required for all students participating in the voice classes.
Repertoire - Solo or Concerto (all selections must be approved by Event Coordinator).
Pre-Master Class Hearing - Event Coordinator will approve all performers prior to the class.
Qualified student performers are selected on a first-come, first-serve basis.
A copy of student's solo work should be submitted to the Event Coordinator.
Parents are strongly encouraged to attend the Master Class.
All performers are required to attend the entire Master Class.
To see information about the last master class, click here.


Meaningful funeral services allow us the opportunity to express our loss through music, comments and fellowship, in a safe environment. They also help us to move from life prior to death to life after death.
One of the most common areas overlooked might be the most obvious - the funeral - who is it for? The funeral is about the deceased but is for the living. Please consider how you will honour your loved one and what type of service will best fit your families' needs while reflecting the life and personality of your loved one.
Whatever service choice you make, the funeral and the ceremony that accompany it are very important. For those who are left behind, a funeral provides a safe place for family and friends to gather for support and to reminisce; an opportunity to celebrate the life and accomplishments of a loved one; a chance to say goodbye; and the focal point from which the healing process can begin. The funeral identifies that a person's life has been lived, not that a death has occurred.
It is also important to notify the community that this person has died. There are people beyond the immediate family who have the need to grieve a death. In high profile or tragic deaths, it is often quite apparent that people need an opportunity to say goodbye and to pay their respects to the deceased - impromptu memorials are often arranged in front of a family home or at the scene of a death with the placing of flowers and candles, or teddy bears in the case of a child. Although it may not be as obvious in what may be seen as an expected death following a lengthy illness, family and friends will still feel the need to grieve and to express emotion; to come together and to grieve as a community; as a transition to life without a loved one now begins.
In our own community of Brandon, there are times that we have been told by a family that in retrospect they should have had a funeral for a loved one; they may be in the grocery store or at the mall and people will avoid visiting with them, or avoid talking about the deceased because they don't know how the family member will respond. There was no event to commemorate a life and the public is unsure how to respond or to relate. Some families will say that the phone does not stop ringing and they just want some quiet time; this is the public saying that they need to grieve with you. Please consider this at the time of arranging a service. A gathering does not have to be elaborate, perhaps a memorial reception where family and friends can reminisce, share some stories, and show their love over a cup of coffee will be all that is needed.
There are many ways to personalize the service and make it truly unique as you commemorate the life of your loved one.
To view some of the many ways to personalize a service please click here.


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Where Have I Seen THAT Before? Court Says Plagiarism Detector Makes Fair Use of Students' Copyrighted Term Papers
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How often does the ultimate source of an expression elude us? Take, for example, the aphorism, "God is in the details." While widely attributed to Mies van der Rohe, all the same, Gustave Flaubert, who died six years before van der Rohe was born, is purported to have said "Le bon Dieu est dans le détail," which sounds almost indistinguishably similar.
iParadigms LLC provides high school and college teachers with an online database of term papers and other written assignments. Subscribing schools require students to upload their papers to the iParadigms Turnitin Plagiarism Detection Service, where the papers are archived. Each incoming student paper is compared against the archive of existing papers and other Internet content to derive an "Originality Report" that is made available to the assigning professor.
This plagiarism-detection technology makes iParadigm an arbiter of original expression, and its very existence is calculated to foster creative effort among high school and college students.
Four high school students, two in McLean, VA and two in Tucson, AZ, cried foul, and brought suit against iParadigms in federal court in the Eastern District of Virginia on grounds of copyright infringement for archiving their work in the Turnitin database without their permission. They had each registered a copyright in their homework before 'turning it in,' and had explicitly objected to any archiving.
Exclusive rights under copyright law are not absolute, however, and sometimes copying without permission is allowed. Famously, the Copyright Act authorizes fair use of a copyrighted work for purposes of criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research. The doctrine of fair use has, in the words of the Supreme Court, ". . . been thought necessary to fulfill copyright's very purpose, '[t]o promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts'" (quoting Article I, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitution).
The district court in Alexandria, Virginia, in A. V. et al. v. iParadigms LLC, weighed each of the four factors specified in the Copyright Act as indicators of fair use: (1) the purpose and character of the use; (2) the nature of the copyrighted work; (3) the amount and substantiality of the copied portion; and (4) the effect of the use on any potential market or value of the copyrighted work.
The court's conclusion was that iParadigms' use of the submitted work was "highly transformative" in nature (despite the fact that it did not add anything to the work), that the copying provided a substantial public benefit, and that, even though iParadigms makes a profit providing the service, it does not usurp any market for the original work.
Last month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, after careful review of the four factors, affirmed the lower court's summary judgment of non-infringement.
Notably, the appeals court agreed that iParadigms' use of virtually the whole of the plaintiffs' work did not preclude a finding of fair use, since the purpose of such use was strictly limited in its purpose to the enabling of electronic comparison. "The use of a copyrighted work need not alter or augment the work to be transformative in nature. Rather, it can be transformative in function or purpose. . ."
Sweetening the victory for IParadigms, the Fourth Circuit remanded the case to the lower court to consider whether, by falsely signing on as a college student, one of the high schooler plaintiffs gave iParadigms a right of redress under the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and under corresponding Virginia state law.
So, the services of Turnitin and its ilk are here to stay. And while further inquiry reveals that it was actually Caspar Barleaus, 17th century Flemish professor of rhetoric, who wrote "Believe me that in the smallest particle God is enshrined,"[1] we have to wonder whether Turnitin would trap a subtle paraphrase.
[1] Ralph Keyes, The Quote Verifier: Who Said What, Where, and When, (Macmillan, 2006), p. 44.
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How to watch Timberwolves vs. Pacers: NBA live stream info, TV channel, time, game odds
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Apr 9, 2019; Cleveland, OH, USA; NBA referee Brent Barnaky (36) makes a call in the second quarter of a game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Charlotte Hornets at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.
Through 3 Quarters
Down nine at the end of last quarter, the Minnesota Timberwolves have now snagged the lead. After three quarters neither squad has the contest in the bag, but Minnesota leads 80-76 over the Indiana Pacers.
Center Karl-Anthony Towns (30 points) has been the top scorer for the Timberwolves. Karl-Anthony Towns does need to be careful, however, as he is in foul trouble with four.
Indiana has been relying on power forward Domantas Sabonis, who has posted a double-double on 18 boards and 13 points in addition to six dimes, and point guard Malcolm Brogdon, who has 19 points and four assists along with four rebounds. This makes it six consecutive games in which Sabonis has had at least ten rebounds. Sabonis has also picked up four fouls.
Indiana hasn't lost 100% of the games in which they were down heading into the final period this year, so a victory here would be refreshing.
Indiana @ Minnesota
Current Records: Indiana 9-13; Minnesota 10-10
The Indiana Pacers are 9-3 against the Minnesota Timberwolves since November of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. Indiana might have tired legs after a game yesterday as they head on the road against Minnesota at 8 p.m. ET Nov. 29 at Target Center. If the matchup is anything like the Pacers' 141-137 victory from their previous meeting in April, the scorekeeper will be kept real busy.
The contest between Indiana and the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday was not particularly close, with Indiana falling 118-100. Small forward Caris LeVert (23 points) was the top scorer for Indiana.
Meanwhile, it may have taken double overtime to finish the job, but the Timberwolves ultimately got the result they were hoping for this past Saturday with a 121-120 win over the Philadelphia 76ers. Minnesota's point guard D'Angelo Russell was one of the most active players for the team, shooting 6-for-10 from downtown and finishing with 35 points and eight assists.
The Pacers are expected to lose this next one by 4.5. However, those who like betting on the underdog should be happy to hear that they are 4-1 against the spread when expected to lose.
Indiana is now 9-13 while Minnesota sits at 10-10. Two numbers to keep in mind before tip-off: Indiana comes into the matchup boasting the most blocked shots per game in the league at 6.41. The Timberwolves are not quite as good, but they are no chumps, either: they enter the matchup with 6.25 blocked shots per game on average, good for second best in the league. Points in the paint might be hard to come by.
When: Monday at 8 p.m. ET
Where: Target Center -- Minneapolis, Minnesota
TV: Bally Sports Midwest - Indiana
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Ticket Cost: $11.00
The Timberwolves are a 4.5-point favorite against the Pacers, according to the latest NBA odds.
The oddsmakers were right in line with the betting community on this one, as the game opened as a 4.5-point spread, and stayed right there.
Over/Under: -112
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Series History
Indiana have won nine out of their last 12 games against Minnesota.
Apr 07, 2021 - Indiana 141 vs. Minnesota 137
Feb 17, 2021 - Indiana 134 vs. Minnesota 128
Jan 17, 2020 - Indiana 116 vs. Minnesota 114
Jan 15, 2020 - Indiana 104 vs. Minnesota 99
Oct 22, 2018 - Minnesota 101 vs. Indiana 91
Dec 31, 2017 - Minnesota 107 vs. Indiana 90
Oct 24, 2017 - Indiana 130 vs. Minnesota 107
Mar 28, 2017 - Minnesota 115 vs. Indiana 114
Dec 26, 2015 - Indiana 102 vs. Minnesota 88
Nov 13, 2015 - Indiana 107 vs. Minnesota 103
Injury Report for Minnesota
Jarred Vanderbilt: Out (Illness)
Jaden McDaniels: Out (Illness)
Patrick Beverley: Out (Groin)
Injury Report for Indiana
Myles Turner: Out (Illness)
T.J. Warren: Out (Foot)
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Nothing like a great start to the day.
Ever since Jerome of Suzette, Bandra, introduced me to the fresh croissants that they bake, I have been dreaming of them. Visits after that fateful morning left me disappointed as the croissants were always over by the time we reached Suzette.
Jerome tells me that they bake only 10 –12 croissants on weekdays and about 25 on weekends. He doesn't have a display counter at Bandra and people are not aware of the croissants and he hates throwing the unused croissants. Plus croissants should be had within a couple of hours of baking according to him as it's very hot and humid in Mumbai and they go limp later on. Hence my bad run with the croissants, which kept getting over by the time I reached Suzette, continued.
This morning I had a plan. I decided to go to Suzette straight after I finished my morning chanting at a friend's place next door. I must confess that while chanting the thoughts of the croissant did cross my mind occasionally! Once done, I headed to Suzette. On the way I got the news that our uncle who is in the hospital was in good spirits this morning and was responding to his treatment.
I entered Suzette in a happy frame of mind. Got a table inside, it was 9.15 am and I tentatively placed my order for a croissant.
Guess, what? I got one!
I dug into its sinful and soft buttery flakiness and occasionally smeared the croissant with the lovely strawberry jam (from Fabindia) which came with it. I paired this with the robust cappuccino (double shot) that they serve here. I was in Parisian heaven.
I raised a toast to my brother and sister in law whose wedding anniversary it is today.
I have rarely smiled so widely in the morning as I did today. Yes, good food makes me happy. There is something about carbs that is so beatific.
I spotted Jerome, one of the owners of Suzette, digging into a sunny side up crepe. Always a good sign to see a restaurant owner eat the food served in his restaurant.
Jerome was a corporate lawyer. He came to Mumbai, got bitten by the entrepreneurial spirit of folks here, decided to ditch his good salary, neck ties and pinstripes and the stress of handling angsty clients and decided to open Suzette with his wife and his business partner, Pierre. They started with Nariman Point, then came to Bandra and now plan to open in Powai soon. Today Jerome is in his tees and denims and much happier than in his charcoal suited lawyer days.
Jerome and his partners have been to the Paris Baking and Confectionery school and attended courses in crepe, macaron and croissant making. The food served at Suzette shows that the have been good students. We have tried the macaron too and its really good and right up there with those of Pooja's at Le 15 Patisserie.
The good thing about Suzette is that they have dishes at all budgets. Eggs at Rs 90, coffee at 120, sweet crepes at 120 or so and then the more expensive crepes at 350 and upwards. When I told Jerome that Powai will be good as there is a big expat crowd, he said his focus is on the local Indian crowd.
We got talking about social media and I asked Jerome how he felt about reviews on social media websites. Jerome said that what he liked was that it helped him keep track on what was happening at his various outlets when he was not there. What he does not like, understandably, are attention seekers and people who get abusive.
I headed home after croissant, coffee and conversations, the recipe for an ideal morning.
In case you have noticed, this is my second post on Suzette in a month or so. But, that's me, when I like a place I keep going back to it rather than experimenting with new places.
When at home in Mumbai, I love my routine.
Now u made me go look for a good cup of latte and maybe the kids will eat crossaints. I am on my way up north as we say here in Toronto to stay at a cottage and celebrate thanksgiving long weekend with my fam.


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Are the shocking images on cigarette packages effective?
If it is true that the most seasoned smokers have become indifferent to the warnings about smoke damage, with images with strong stains of damaged organs on cigarette packets, a new Australian research, by James Cook University in Townsville, indicates that these deterrents prove to be more effective with the younger generations.
The study analysed previous works that involved 16,000 children between 11 and 19 years, concluding that warnings with strong images discouraged them from smoking.
According to Aaron Drovandi, who led the research, this depends on the fact that compared to those who have smoked for a long time, the younger ones were less exposed to warnings. "Desensitisation is the biggest problem. When the same image or the same warning is used many times, and this concerns in particular older people, it stops working", – he writes on the university's website.
It would therefore be necessary to change and update these types of messages frequently. "According to Drovandi, the fact that younger smokers are still dissuaded from advertising with shocking images is encouraging, since they represent the first demographic line in the struggle to reduce the damage caused by smoking. "Many adult smokers – he continues – have started smoking in adolescence, so preventing them from starting to smoke at that really critical stage is very important from a public health point of view."
The study also showed that explicit images of diseased lungs and cancerous mouths have a particular effect on young people, while warnings about impotence and aging of the skin have less impact. "We must pay particular attention to what types of warnings prove most effective," he concludes.
Australia in 2012 became the first nation in the world to require cigarettes and cigars to be sold in 'deterrent' packages, with no brand and olive color, the color less attractive according to a specific research, and covered by images with strong colours on health damages of smoking.
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**fluc** provides fluent interface wrapper to work with `context.Context()`.
The main idea is to simplify variable injection.

Enough said, let's write some code.

```go
...

// Here we're adding some services to the basic context (probably somewhere in main.go)
ctx := fluc.Context().
    With("redisClient", rc).
    With("mongoSess", ms).
    With("rmqConn", rmqc).
    Get()

...

// This is simple middleware to overwrite default (and empty) requests context
func ContextInjector(ctx context.Context, h http.Handler) http.Handler {
	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
		h.ServeHTTP(w, r.WithContext(ctx))
	})
}

...

// Wrapping handler
http.ListenAndServe(":8080", ContextInjector(ctx, http.HandlerFunc(Handler)))

...

// The handler as is
func Handler(rw http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
	ms, ok := r.Context().Value("mongoSess").(*mgo.Session)
	if !ok {
		// In this case panic will never be caused
		// because mongoSess is present in the context.
		panic("Panic! Everything is broken!")
	}

	...

	// Some work was done and we want add more variables to context
	// and make it cancelable with timeout
	ctx, cancel = fluc.Context(r.Context()).
		With("user", user).
		With("articles", articles).
		WithTimeout(10 * time.Second)
	defer cancel()

	someFunctionThatWorksHardButCanBeCanceled(ctx)
}

...
```

You can find more about contexts in [official documentation](https://golang.org/pkg/context).

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Tahitian Blues
The Price of Happiness
The Quintessence of Greece
Living the Dream (Langkawi)
If love is a many splendored thing, Tahiti is Romeo and Juliet, Scarlett and Rhett and every Mills and Boon novel all wrapped in one, big, beautiful, azure package.
It is love at first sight when we fly in to Rangiroa, an atoll circling the second-largest lagoon in the world. Rangi, as the locals call it, is in the Tuamotu Islands in French Polynesia, and while it is just a short flight from Papeete, it feels like we have somehow gone back in time on the Tardis or on a Polynesian version of the DeLorean.
The island is actually 240 tiny motus (islets) circling the massive lagoon like an exquisite pearl necklace and separated by passes or smaller passages, call hoas, which allow the water from the lagoon to ebb in and out. Only two of the islets are inhabited: the airport and the town of Avatoru are on one, while the hamlet of Tiputa is on the next island across – which is only accessible by boat. We are staying at the only five-star resort on the
If there was a fly in the ointment, it was that we were going there in late August. Not only is this hurricane season, it's a time of year known for sweltering temps and dead winds. We would also be exploring the area aboard a monohull: a Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 42i named Little Darling. For years I've heard the only way to explore the thin water of the Bahamas is by catamaran, and the idea of plowing around with a 5ft 6in keel underfoot struck me as risky, to say the least. Luckily, as events proved, my concerns were not only unfounded, they were so off the mark as to be almost laughable.
Regarding timing: August may not have the best wind, but you also have the place all to yourself. During the short cab ride from the airport over to the Dream Yacht Charter base in Mangoes Marina, we not only didn't see any other tourists, we saw almost no one else, period.
Setting off in a cruising multihull to enjoy the most beautiful anchorages is not reserved for a few fortunate owners. A few clicks on the internet, a visit to a boat show, some good reading (such as for example an excellent magazine about Multihulls) and the week(s) in delightful lagoons, aboard one of the countless cats or trimarans available for charter is (are) yours.
Of course, this dream has a price! There is the air ticket to get to the other side of the world, where the weather is good and hot all the year round, and then there is the charter of the longed for boat. Not to mention the essential provisioning and fuel top-ups… Yet if you look closely, holidays on a boat may not be as expensive as all that… Here then, according to the budget you have available, are the different possibilities for chartering a multihull all over the world. And you will see that there is something for all tastes and all budgets!
It took Ulysses ten years to cross the various seas bordering Greece, which shows clearly that visiting this country by boat requires time, to appreciate all the subtleties, the beauties and the rich cultural heritage. Moreover, some of our readers have been cruising in Greece for many years, without having felt the need to go and look elsewhere… Which just goes to show the attraction these thousands of islands (there are 6,000, only 227 of which are inhabited) can have for a sailor!
Our cruise around Langkawi, exploring its exotic 'sea islands' among a group of seven new-found friends, will remain one of the most treasured experiences of our life. What's better than enjoying the azure sky, rolling with the waves, exploring nature and star gazing? It's doing all these with friends, undisturbed by others, in what seemed like our own private world. I've always been a big fan of the Japanese manga series One Piece, yearning to sail to the far end of the world with a group of friends who would die for each other.
Since graduating from university, I've dreamt of having a boat that will sail me out of the stifling cycles of daily life and bring me a life of adventure. I don't need a large yacht, but she needs to have an area for relaxation and be seaworthy enough to take me anywhere in the world. This dream was finally realized when I embarked on my first-ever sail – a four-day, three-night catamaran journey with Dream Yacht Charter in Langkawi.
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Coyotes are feeling the pressure at home
The Kings would rather not flaunt it. The 'Yotes would love to put a dent in it
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GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Los Angeles Kings' 7-0 road record is such a dangerous topic of conversation at their end, and such a tantalizing target for the Phoenix Coyotes that both teams are pooh-poohing its relevance heading into Game 5 of the Western Conference final.
The Kings would rather not flaunt it. The 'Yotes would love to put a dent in it.
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"I really think it's tough to come into a building and do it three times," Coyotes captain Shane Doan said Monday. "They did it to Vancouver, and we acknowledge that, but it's tough to do it again."
"To me it has no bearing on anything," said L.A. coach Darryl Sutter, whose Kings won Games 1 and 2 at Jobing.com Arena, 4-2 and 4-0. "It's always now, today and tomorrow, not last week, next week. That's the best part about being in the playoffs, is it's always about your next game, not about something that happened 30 years ago or two days ago, right?"
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The site of the game, he said, is irrelevant.
"Could be in Tucson or Toledo or Los Angeles."
But it's not in any of those places.
It's in Phoenix — well, technically Glendale, where parking is convenient — and that is not an insignificant point. Because the Coyotes, which as a franchise and a hockey club has been leaning into a strong wind for years with its heels hanging over the edge of the abyss, may finally have reached their comfort zone.
Given up for dead, with no margin for error, is their natural state.
"I don't understand why we have to push it to the limit," said Doan, who scored both goals in the Coyotes' season-saving 2-0 win Sunday at Staples Center.
"If it's playing with the lead, you give up the lead and have to win it in overtime. If you're kind of on the outside looking in at the playoffs, and you get in, thinking everything's good, then you struggle and let everyone catch up to you, and then have to scrape away at the end to crawl back in. That's the way our group is. We joke that we need to change our slogan to Hockey The Hard Way.
"As a group, we're comfortable being in a situation that's difficult . . . but you don't want to always have to be going there."
The court of last resort, though, is home court for the Coyotes, on both the hockey and business sides.
And here is where the two intersect: Tuesday's game will represent the ninth home gate the hockey club has contributed to the franchise's coffers in these playoffs, at least to help defray its losses, which the City of Glendale has agreed to cover to a maximum of $25-million this season.
If the Coyotes net, say, a million out of each of those nine bonus dates — they don't charge a lot for tickets — well, it's a start.
One way or another, surely, someone out there must appreciate what Dave Tippett's hockey club is doing to put a happy face on this beleaguered outfit, in hopes of closing a sale, so that it might become a semi-normal operation, and not continue as the ward of a reluctant National Hockey League. . . or worse, relocate.
"You're asking the wrong person about that," said Tippett.
"The only bank account I worry about are wins. The business side can take care of itself. That's inconsequential to us. It's great that there's a buzz in the city. We created a buzz because of wins. If you think this team is in here winning because it's raising money, that's the wrong attitude."
The coach wasn't interested in any chit-chat about what part his players are doing to make the Coyotes a more valuable commodity, but Doan was willing to go there.
"Well, I'm sure we're not doing anything bad for it," he said. "We fully accept that this is a business, and that it's our job to entertain, and there's a whole business side of it. And obviously this doesn't hurt, and you hope we can find a way to keep going and help them even more.
"The whole situation for the last three years has been difficult, and I don't think we're here if we don't win and have the 107-point season three years ago. And then last year, to kind of reaffirm that we're back in the playoffs and obviously now to have this run we've had — it's kind of been cumulative, the fact that three years we've been getting better.
"I don't think it's a fluke, and hopefully the people who are involved on the business side can recognize that, and help us."
Anyone who can't appreciate the stubborn, stiff-upper-lip tenacity with which Doan and a few other long-serving Coyotes have kept plugging away at what must have felt like a hopeless salvage operation has no feeling for the people inside the sweaters.
The odds are still heavily against them, but desperation is nothing new to the Coyotes. And you can bet the Kings want to put them away before they start to believe they're alive.
"I'm sure they're pretty confident with what they've done on the road," said Doan, "but this next game is the biggest one of the year for us. The one after that will probably be even bigger. But we win this next one, and suddenly they're saying, 'Wait a minute, what's going on here?'"
The Kings know it.
"We gave them hope (Sunday). We let them back into the series," said defenceman Drew Doughty, who took a hard knock from Doan in Game 4 and kept trying to get his right shoulder loose after that.
"This next game is huge. If they win that one, we're coming back (to L.A.), they win one more, they push it to a Game 7. Our last couple games we really slacked off, haven't played our best hockey as a team. Going into their barn, we have to be at our best or things are going to change in the series."
"We've found ways to get on runs before, and that's really what we need to do, as a group, is get on a run. We're capable of it," said Doan. "Hopefully Smitty (goalie Mike Smith) can get on a run, and we can give him some support and things will work out."
Or as Phoenix forward Radim Vrbata put it Monday, covering all the pertinent dates on the Coyotes' calendar: "If we didn't show up yesterday, we're not here today, and it's no different tomorrow."
That's about the size of it.


I try and catch the emotion and energy, but it comes a goes so quickly. I missed the moment and its gone now.
There was a time it came much stronger, but at a price. I'm not sure it would be good for others to put myself back into that mind frame again. For their sake.
i still do pretty good work, but it doesn't have that edge to it.
that and iTunes isn't sending the information to iJournal about what song is being played and that isn't happy. hmmm... more work for me if I want it filled in I guess.


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