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Robert E. Pattison
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Robert Emory Pattison (8 December 1850 1 August 1904) was the 19th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1883 to 1887 and 1891 to 1895. Born at Quantico in Somerset County, Maryland, Pattison''s family moved to Philadelphia when he was five. He practiced law from 1872 to 1877 and was elected Controller of the city of Philadelphia in 1880. He was the Democratic candidate for governor at the young age of 32, and, with little experience in public office, took the governor''s office back from a succession of Republican administrations. Under the constitution of 1874, Pennsylvania governors, now serving a 4-year term, were prevented from seeking two consecutive terms. Pattison''s opponent in the 1882 election, James Addams Beaver, held the post for a term before Pattison sought the office once again in 1890. During his second term, he ordered state militia to halt the Homestead Strike.
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Mary Debra Winger (born May 16, 1955) is an American actress. Winger was born as Mary Debra Winger in Cleveland Heights, Ohio into an Orthodox Jewish family, to Robert Winger, a meat packer, and Ruth Felder, an office manager. She has stated publicly and with amusement that the Internet has a growing "snowball" of claims that she had been part of a kibbutz in Israel, whereas she was merely on a typical Israeli youth program that visited the kibbutz. After returning to the States, she was involved in a car accident and suffered a cerebral hemorrhage as a result.
Robert Boyd (University Principal)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Robert Boyd of Trochrig (1578 1627) was a Scottish theological writer, Principal of the University of Glasgow from 1615 to 1621 and Principal of the University of Edinburgh from 1622 to 1623. He was the eldest son of James Boyd of Trochrig, Archbishop of Glasgow, great-grandson of Robert Boyd, 1st Lord Boyd, and owner of an estate in Ayrshire, which is variously spelled Trochrig, Trochridge, and Trochorege. He was connected by birth with the noble family of Cassilis, and enjoyed a good social position. He studied at the university of Edinburgh, taking his divinity course under Robert Rollok, and associating himself with presbyterians. In 1604 he was chosen pastor of the church at Verteuil, and in 1606 professor in the academy of Saumur, both in France. Along with the duties of the chair he discharged the office of a pastor in the town, and was afterwards called to the chair of divinity. While at Saumur he married a French woman. James VI and I offered him the principalship of the university of Glasgow, and Boyd moved to Glasgow in 1615. He taught theology, Hebrew, and Syriac, and was preacher to the people of Govan.
A Song of Ice and Fire: Book 1 - A Game of Thrones - George R. R. Martin [Paperback]
The first volume of A Song of Ice and Fire, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. GAME OF THRONES is now a major TV series from HBO, starring Sean Bean. Summers span decades. Winter can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun. As Warden of the north, Lord Eddard Stark counts it a curse when King Robert bestows on him the office of the Hand. His honour weighs him down at court where a true man does what he will, not what he must ...and a dead enemy is a thing of beauty. The old gods have no power in the south, Stark's family is split and there is treachery at court. Worse, the vengeance-mad heir of the deposed Dragon King has grown to maturity in exile in the Free Cities. He claims the Iron Throne.
Last seen together in the box-office smash Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby director Adam McKay brings Will Ferrell and John C Reilly back together again in Step Brothers!In Step Brothers Ferrell plays Brennan Huff, a sporadically employed thirty-nine-year-old who lives with his mother, Nancy (Mary Steenburgen). Reilly plays Dale Doback, a terminally unemployed forty-year-old who lives with his father, Robert (Richard Jenkins). When Robert and Nancy marry and move in together, Brennan and Dale are forced to live with each other as step brothers. As their narcissism and downright aggressive laziness threaten to tear the family apart, these two middle-aged, immature, overgrown boys will orchestrate an insane, elaborate plan to bring their parents back together. To pull it off, they must form an unlikely bond that maybe, just maybe, will finally get them out of the house.
Monarchy of Spain
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Monarchy of Spain, constitutionally referred to as The Crown and commonly referred to as the Spanish monarchy or Hispanic Monarchy, is a constitutional institution and a historic office of Spain. The monarchy comprises a reigning King or Queen of Spain, their family, and the royal household organization which supports and facilitates the monarch in the exercise of his royal duties and prerogatives. The monarchy is currently represented by King Juan Carlos I, his wife Queen Sofia, and their children and grandchildren. Juan Carlos I, current King of Spain, is descended directly from Robert of Hesbaye (770-807) through the male line, thus making the Spanish Royal Line the second longest lived in the world, after the Japanese. Learn more about the Monarchy of Spain and its history and lineage in the following pages.
A Song of Ice and Fire: Book 1 - A Game of Thrones - George R. R. Martin [Hardcover; Special Edition]
A beautiful clothbound edition of the internationally acclaimed A Game of Thrones - the first volume in the greatest epic work of the modern age. Summers span decades. Winter can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun. It will stretch from the south, where heat breeds plot, lust and intrigues; to the vast frozen north, where a 700-foot wall of ice protects the kingdom from the dark forces that lie beyond. As Warden of the North, Lord Eddard Stark counts it a curse when King Robert bestows on him the office of the Hand. His honour weighs him down at court where a true man does what he will, not what he must...and a dead enemy is a thing of beauty. The old gods have no power in the south, Stark's family is split and there is treachery at court. Worse, a vengeance-mad boy has grown to maturity in exile in the Free Cities beyond the sea. Heir of the mad Dragon King deposed by Robert, he claims the Iron Throne. In the game of thrones, you win or you die.


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Why limit your system to 4kW?Stuart Reid2019-10-01T14:50:14+00:00
Most domestic solar installations, where space allows, are 4kW systems. This is partly due to the way that the Feed in Tariff bands used to work. Until January 2016 systems up to 4kW in capacity attracted the best tariff, with systems exceeding 4kW but not exceeding 10kW getting a 10% lower tariff. Now that we have no Feed in Tariff scheme, this is no longer a consideration.
The benefits of larger systems
Economy of scale – a 5kW system, for example, comprises just four more panels than a 4kW system. The extra labour cost in installing those panels is minimal. Scaffolding costs , where applicable, would be the same, and the slightly larger inverter will only be a few pounds extra.
Savings on the electricity bill will be higher – this will particularly benefit high electricity users.
Non-optimal installations can still get high yields – those properties with east and west facing roofs can generate as much electricity as those with a south facing roof, by using more panels on both sides of the roof.
Case Study – 5.75kW east/west facing system in Clayton le Woods, Chorley
Front roof – 11 panels
Rear roof – 12 panels
In January 2014 we were invited to quote to install a solar PV system in Clayton le Woods. The customer had already obtained several quotations from other companies, all of which were for 4kW systems.
The roof of the house faces east and west, and the customer was concerned that this would prevent him getting any meaningful yields. For us, there is no 'one size fits all' solution; each system is designed to suit the requirements of the customer, and the property that it will serve. A system of 11 Phono Solar 250W monocrystalline panels on the front of the house, and a further 12 on the rear, totalling 5.75kW, was proposed.
The customer was impressed with our design so he placed the order.
The projected yield from the system was 4627 kWh per year (click here to view the software report). This is almost 1000 kWh more than a south facing 4kW system in the same location would produce (3793 kWh).
Case Study – east facing system in Willaston, Nantwich
5kW east facing system in Nantwich
Following a recommendation from a previous happy customer, we were invited to design a solar PV system on a large detached bungalow in Nantwich. The customers didn't want panels on the front of their house, so we measured the rear roof to ascertain how many panels could be installed. The roof was east facing, but quite large.
If we installed 4kW of solar panels then, as the roof faces east, the system would produce approximately 25% less power than if the roof was facing south. We therefore designed a 5kW solar PV system in order to mitigate this. The 5kW system was projected to produce 3434kW, which is similar to a yield from a perfectly orientated 4kW system. Click here for the software report.

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Bishop ordains three men to priesthood for Diocese of Phoenix
Ambria Hammel
Fr. Scott Sperry, Fr. Keith Kenney and Fr. Kevin Grimditch stood outside the cathedral with Bishop Olmsted and Auxiliary Bishop Nevares moments after the Mass of ordination.
Catholics from around the Diocese of Phoenix packed into Ss. Simon and Jude Cathedral June 28 to witness Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted ordain Kevin Grimditch, Keith Kenney and Scott Sperry to the order of priests.
The faithful from parishes where the men have served or will serve this coming year joined family, friends and others who have been praying for them throughout their formation for the nearly two-hour liturgy. So many showed up to rejoice in the men's priestly ordination that some lined the side and back walls, testing the church's capacity.
Meet the Phoenix Diocese's three newest priests
Bishop Olmsted said it was God's love and providence that worked in the lives of families, parishes, Serra Clubs and the seminary, in particular, that prepared them for ordination. Fr. Paul Sullivan, director of vocations for the Diocese of Phoenix, presented the seminarians — who spent their final year of formation as transitional deacons — to the bishop. He testified, that after careful inquiry among many voices, he found them worthy of the call to the priesthood.
"Consider carefully the rank in the Church to which they are about to be ordained," the bishop said in his homily, delivered as he sat in front of the altar. Jesus chose certain Apostles so that, through them and the bishops, He might continue to exercise His office as priest, the bishop said.
"In being configured to Christ, the eternal high priest… they will be consecrated as eternal priests of the new covenant, to preach the Gospel and celebrate the liturgy," Bishop Olmsted said.
In the Spanish portion of his homily, he spoke of the many challenges the men would face, such as the culture of death and the violence and threats to religious liberties.
"We need faithful men who tenderly love the Virgin Mary and the Church," the bishop said, later identifying the providence of being ordained on the feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. "We need priests who live and preach the word of God, who celebrate the Mass with joy and deep love. We pray to God that He will send his grace and blessings on them. Let them always be faithful and generous servants of Christ the Good Shepherd."
Moments before their ordination to the priesthood, the three men prostrated themselves on the floor of Ss. Simon and Jude Cathedral.
During the ordination rite, the bishop reminded the priests-to-be of their role as Christ the teacher. He encouraged them to believe what they read, teach what they believe and practice what they teach.
"Let what you teach be nourishment for the people of God so that by word and example, you can build up the house of God, which is His Church," the bishop said.
The men, standing at the foot of the altar, resolved to celebrate faithfully the Eucharist and sacrament of reconciliation. They also vowed to pray without ceasing and be united more closely every day to Christ.
One by one, Grimditch, Kenney and Sperry spent their final moments before priesthood kneeling before the bishop, promising him their respect and obedience. They prostrated themselves in a single file line flowing out from the altar and tabernacle while the faithful chanted a litany of saints.
When they arose, the bishop laid his hands on the head of each ordinand, and then dozens of fellow priests from throughout the diocese followed suit. The bishop then anointed the hands of the diocese's newest priests.
Each of those moments was pivotal for newly ordained Fr. Kenney. He called them the most profound moment of his life.
"It's that sense of you belong to a brotherhood that's something supernatural," he explained after Mass and bestowing two hour's worth of blessings upon the faithful who stood in line to take turns kneeling before him in the cathedral's Smith Hall.
"It's not my priesthood. It's Jesus' priesthood and He shared it with the Apostles. That makes us brothers by grace," Fr. Kenney said.
Fr. Sperry found those moments when he encountered the bishop profound.
Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted imposes hands on Deacon Keith Kenney, ordaining him to the priesthood.
"Just watching the bishop's face — he is our pastor and our father and to know that my priesthood shared in his priesthood gives me great joy," Fr. Sperry said.
The three new priests concelebrated the liturgy of the Eucharist with the bishop. That moment was key for Fr. Grimditch, especially during the elevation as he held the body of Christ in his hands.
"To be so intimately involved in the sacrifice, there was really what stood out," Fr. Grimditch said.
He said it was a blessing to see the many faces of those who had been praying for him throughout his formation attend the reception after the Mass of ordination. The new priest welcomed the chance to pray with them for particular needs in their lives.
"Going to the altar, the whole consecration, is really consecrating all they've done for me," Fr. Grimditch said.
He was one of 52 seminarians from the Pontifical North American College in Rome scheduled for ordination this year. Fr. Kenney and Fr. Sperry were among 11 from St. John Vianney Theological Seminary in Denver.
Phoenix's trio contributed to the estimated 477 prospective ordinands in dioceses and religious orders throughout the United States this year.
— Joyce Coronel contributed to this story.
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Hollywood Production in Canada Soars Amid Second Wave Spikes
8:13 AM PST 11/27/2020 by Etan Vlessing
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As COVID-19 lockdowns close movie theaters, Los Angeles producers safely shoot tentpoles and TV episodes on Canadian soundstages sealed off from the outside world.
As the second coronavirus wave closes down Canadian movie theaters, again, Hollywood production hubs in Vancouver and Toronto have returned to pre-pandemic levels of activity.
Cinemas in Manitoba and British Columbia have shuttered, while multiplexes in and around Toronto and Montreal, the country's main theater-going markets, have also been ordered to close down by health authorities as the number COVID-19 cases surges on both sides of the border.
And the timing, coming just before Christmas, could not be worse for domestic theater chains.
"There's a diminishing number of tickets to sell for Wonder Woman (1984), unfortunately," Bill Walker, CEO of Landmark Cinemas, tells THR ahead of the Warner Bros. tentpole debuting in Canadian theaters, and not on streaming platforms, on Dec. 25.
Walker, seeing much of his circuit shuttered amid the second pandemic wave, is looking ahead to 2021 and the promise of a vaccine and a return to the local multiplex by movie-goers. "We have complete confidence that people will want to come back" to theaters, he adds.
But what has already returned, and strongly, is the Canadian film and TV production sector, despite second wave spikes across Canada.
Garin Josey, executive vp and COO of William F. White International, a major Canadian production equipment supplier to local and foreign producers, credits the North American industry, unions and guilds, provincial governments and health authorities with sticking to on-set safety protocols -- including testing, social distancing and pared down crews -- agreed on last spring to reopen local film sets big and small without major flare ups.
"The unions negotiated their requirements for productions to ramp up and in each of our markets we kept up with those demands," Josey said. He adds issues around rapid COVID-19 testing capacity that had U.S.-based TV series location shoots in British Columbia briefly pausing in October have been resolved, as testing capacity and turnaround times countrywide now the industry's needs.
So if the goal was to allow Canada's production sector to reopen this summer after Hollywood's vanishing act in March 2020, then Toronto and Vancouver already surpassing pre-pandemic production levels in terms of the number of projects before cameras in those cities is seen as success for local players. Paul Bronfman, chairman of Pinewood Toronto Studios, points to a V-shaped industry rebound.
"The recovery for production in Canada has been much quicker than we ever forecast. We went from 100 miles to zero. And we're basically at 110 miles per hour right now, in a very short time period," Bronfman tells THR. Also driving Hollywood's return to Canada is American production originally slated for U.S. hot spots that came north for safe and less expensive shoots thanks to local tax credits and currency savings.
Examples are Sony's The Man From Toronto production, starring Kevin Hart and Woody Harrelson, moving from Atlanta to Toronto, and ABC's David E. Kelley procedural The Big Sky shifting production from New Mexico and Nevada to Vancouver.
In oil-rich Alberta, where the pandemic has caused both gas demand and prices to collapse, Chris Bazant, a veteran health and safety advisor for the province's oil exploration sector recalls segueing to local film and TV production this summer as film and TV production ramped up in and around Calgary this summer.
An early assignment for his company, PMO Global Services, was Syfy's fan favorite Wynonna Earp, which shot an initial six episodes before the March 2020 industry shutdown, and then returned in early July to shoot another six for the fourth season.
Bazant says protocols to contain virus transmission on set were tailored to take account of Alberta this past summer having far lower per-capita infection rates than rival locales like London or Georgia. "As far as testing, we didn't look at it as a diagnostic tool. We looked at testing as a verification of the controls that we applied to confirm that we were operating safely," he explains.
Currently, infection levels countrywide amid the second wave of COVID-19 have surpassed first wave peaks last spring, leading provincial government to impose new lockdown restrictions to flatten the pandemic curve. But so far, the Canadian provinces have allowed local film and TV production, including by Hollywood producers, to continue as-is, at least for now.
"We're feeling fortunate. We don't take it for granted," Pinewood Toronto Studios' Bronfman adds.
Elsewhere during the pandemic, Canadian indie producers not yet in production have been busy knocking scripts into shape for shooting in early 2021.
Bill Lundy, senior vp of Pier 21 Films, has a busy development slate that includes the new comedy Fort Puleyne, written and created by Silicon Valley star Thomas Middleditch and Humphrey Ker.
With the promise of a vaccine at hand, Lundy said scripts are being developed in part for pandemic-era production, including fewer crowd scenes.
But the coronavirus isn't figuring in any storylines for Pier 21 projects as Lundy targets broadcast or streaming platform debuts post-pandemic. "You do wonder if you're shooting in 2021, and to air in 2022, what the world will like then. So we're not writing COVID into the scripts," he said.
Away from local soundstages, veteran voice over actor Lili Wexu (Assassin's Creed) sees the pandemic only accelerating the demand for voice talent, as fellow actors are urged to build audio studios in their own homes, not least to do audition tapes.
"The fact that the world has closed down is no longer a factor and things are moving along just fine in the voice sector. I tell actors who are not able to go on set because productions are not as busy, there's still a ton of work out there," Wexu explains.
She adds Canadian actors can work remotely from virtually anywhere in an increasingly digitally-connected industry. "In animation and video games, you might want to be in a big center like Vancouver and Montreal. But outside of that, you can work anywhere," Wexu says.
Etan Vlessing
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Trouble for alt.music.dio?
This article originally posted on amd by DT Oranges:
June 10, 2008 12:09 PM PDT
N.Y. attorney general forces ISPs to curb Usenet access
Posted by Declan McCullagh
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced on Tuesday that Verizon Communications, Time Warner Cable, and Sprint would "shut down major sources of online child pornography."
What Cuomo didn't say is that his agreement with broadband providers means that they will broadly curb customers' access to Usenet--the venerable pre-Web home of some 100,000 discussion groups, only a handful of which contain illegal material.
Time Warner Cable said it will cease to offer customers access to any Usenet newsgroups, a decision that will affect customers nationwide. Sprint said it would no longer offer any of the tens of thousands of alt.* Usenet newsgroups. Verizon's plan is to eliminate some "fairly broad newsgroup areas."
It's not quite the death of Usenet (which has been predicted, incorrectly, countless times). But if a politician can pressure three of the largest Internet providers into censorial acquiescence, it may only be a matter of time before smaller ones like Supernews, Giganews, and Usenet.com feel the squeeze.
Cuomo's office said it had "reviewed millions of pictures over several months" and found only "88 different newsgroups" containing child pornography.
"We are attacking this problem by working with Internet service providers to ensure they do not play host to this immoral business," Cuomo said in a statement released after a press conference in New York. "I call on all Internet service providers to follow their example and help deter the spread of online child porn."
That amounts to an odd claim: stopping the spread of child porn on a total of 88 newsgroups necessarily means coercing broadband providers to pull the plug on thousands of innocuous ones. Usenet's sprawling set of hierarchically arranged discussion areas include ones that go by names like sci.math, rec.motorcycles, and comp.os.linux.admin. It has been partially succeeded by mailing lists, message boards, and blogs; AOL stopped carrying Usenet in 2005, but AT&T still does.
Many of Usenet's discussion groups are scarcely different from discussions you might find on the Web at, say, Yahoo Groups. Because there's no central authority, however--Usenet servers exchange messages in a cooperative, peer-to-peer manner--politicians are more likely to look askance at the concept. (For that matter, so is the Recording Industry Association of America.)
It's true that of the three broadband providers Cuomo singled out, only Time Warner Cable will cease to offer Usenet. Sprint is cutting off the alt.* hierarchy, Usenet's largest, which will primarily affect its business customers. A Verizon spokesman said he didn't know details, saying "newsgroups that deal with scientific endeavors" will stick around but admitted that all of the alt.* hierarchy could be toast.
Yet Usenet's sprawling alt.* hierarchy contains tens of thousands of discussion groups--one count says there are 18,408 of them--including alt.adoption, alt.atheism, alt.gothic, and alt.tv.simpsons. Ditching all of those means eliminating perfectly legitimate conversations.
"The Internet service providers should not be blocking whole sections of the Internet, all Usenet groups, because there may be some illegal material buried somewhere," said Barry Steinhardt, director of the ACLU's technology and liberty program. "That's taking a sledgehammer to an ant."
For their part, the three broadband providers that Cuomo singled out on Tuesday said that it makes sense for them to curb Usenet.
"We're going to stop offering our subscribers newsgroups," said Alex Dudley, a spokesman for Time Warner Cable. "Some of the early press on this indicated we were going to block certain Web sites. We're not going to do that."
That was a reference to a New York Times article with the headline: "Net Providers to Block Sites With Child Sex." It said "the providers will also cut off access to Web sites that traffic in child pornography."
That is common practice in some countries. The French government and broadband providers have reportedly inked a deal to block Web sites with child porn, terrorist, and hate speech, for instance.
What Time Warner Cable will do, Dudley said, is remove illegal content on its network when alerted by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. (This is already required by law, has been standard business practice for many years, and is not a change in policy.)
Verizon spokesman Eric Rabe said much the same thing: "We're not blocking any access to Web sites."
In the United States, the idea of blocking Web sites is not new. The state of Pennsylvania came up with that idea five years ago, and Internet providers took issue with it through a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Democracy and Technology.
The Pennsylvania statute said "an Internet service provider shall remove or disable access to child pornography...accessible through its service" within five business days after the attorney general notified them of its existence.
A federal judge in Philadelphia overturned that law on First Amendment grounds, ruling that it constituted a "prior restraint on protected expression" and that its "extraterritorial effect violates the dormant Commerce Clause" of the U.S. Constitution.
New York's attorney general surely knows about that precedent. That is probably why he settled for strong-arming broadband providers into curbing Usenet--perhaps with the threat of a press conference that would all but accuse the providers of trafficking in child porn--instead of the far more difficult process of defending a law requiring them to curb Usenet.
If other providers start dropping usenet or the "alt" groups of which amd is part of then google may become the only usenet portal for most people.
Stopping the spread of online child pornography is important but this seems like overkill. My guess is that these ISPs just are using this as a way to cut the cost of providing usenet since they know not too many of their customers even know what it is.
Paul Kersey of usenet
This is the best news ever. I hope they killfile whole usenet.
Its not new news to any of us that the Usenet is out of control. Freedom of Speech has been abused. There needs to be guidelines to stop child porn and predators, etc...
However, if the Usenet is smashed, what will be next? I have mixed feelings about this.
LIFSHINE
The Wereo
There never WAS any Freedome of Speech on the Internet.
They probably found some SalamanderHead-like Zogcryption on some of the newsgroups and away they go.
FEEL THE MAJIK - WITCHY'S WIKKED GRAPHIX
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I just found out on AMDIO it wasn't the kiddie korn. It's the Wereo.
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MUD – FIM Motocross World Championship The Game April 2012
February 10, 2012 Jason Andrews	1 Comment
Black Bean Games today releases the first trailer showcasing the Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations, which will be exclusive content for the upcoming racing game MUD – FIM Motocross World Championship, which is scheduled for worldwide release in April 2012.
The Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations is a massive and internationally recognised worldwide motocross annual event, in which the top riders of the world race for their country to obtain the so prestigious Chamberlain Trophy. With teams made up of the top three riders from each country, this is a season ending challenge that features only the very best stars of the motocross world.
MUD – FIM Motocross World Championship is the only videogame that exclusively features the MX1 and MX2 championships, as well as the amazing Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations. The brand new game engine features 14 different bikes, 84 riders (including stars such as Ryan Villopoto, Tony Cairoli, Chad Reed, Ryan Dungey and Ken Roczen) and 12 official tracks, and also features fully deformable terrain conditions, a realistic MX handling model and much more. MUD – FIM Motocross World Championship promises to deliver the most challenging and fulfilling motocross gaming experience ever seen.
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SLBM launch may not have used submarine
The U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Thursday that North Korea's latest missile launch appeared to have come from a sea-based platform, not a submarine.
The comments came after North Korea said it successfully tested a new submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) off its east coast Wednesday.
"We assess that it was a short- to medium-range ballistic missile," JCS spokesman Air Force Col. Patrick Ryder told reporters, adding that it flew some 450 kilometers (280 miles) into the East Sea.
"I would say that we have no indication that it was launched from a submarine but rather a sea-based platform," he said.
South Korea's military said earlier that the North appeared to have fired an SLBM that flew around 450 kilometers at a maximum altitude of about 910 kilometers. It also said the launch appeared to have come from a sea-based platform.
Experts say the missile could have flown a greater distance had it been fired at a normal angle, not "in vertical mode."
The launch raised tensions again ahead of the resumption of denuclearization negotiations between the North and the United States in Sweden this weekend.
Submarine-launched missiles are harder to detect than ground-based ones, increasing the threat posed to the United States and its allies.
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Japanese Defense Minister Taro Kono held a phone call Thursday and discussed the North Korean launch.
Esper and Kono "agreed that the North Korean tests are unnecessarily provocative and do not set the stage for diplomacy and that North Korea should cease these tests," Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said at the briefing alongside Ryder.
North Korea's official newspaper said Friday that this week's test-firing of an SLBM represents a "grave statement" to hostile forces, calling the weapon a "time bomb" and the "most fearful dagger" for its enemies.
On Thursday, North Korea claimed that its test-firing of a new-type SLBM Pukguksong-3 a day earlier had been successful, adding that it "ushered in a new phase in containing the outside forces' threat" to the communist state.
It was the North's 11th weapons test so far this year and the first SLBM test since August 2016. It also came ahead of a resumption of nuclear talks with Washington this weekend, apparently aimed at increasing its negotiating leverage.
"The Pukguksong is not just a demonstration of our conventional weapon but a powerful statement to North Korean people and a grave statement to violent reactionaries bent on turning the flow of history around," the North's Rodong Sinmun said.
"The Pukguksong is now looking over hostile forces currently hunkering down in dark caves. It is a time bomb hanging behind their back and the most fearful dagger that will destruct all enemies," the paper added.
The North's SLBM program is considered one of the biggest threats to the United States and its allies, as it could extend the range of the North's nuclear missiles, and such a missile is hard to detect in advance before it emerges from the water.


Real wages last year grew at the slowest pace in five years since 2013, going up by 3.2 per cent compared with 3.6 per cent in 2016.
But before inflation, nominal wages jumped by 3.8 per cent last year, compared with 3.1 per cent in 2016.
The reversal was due to a rise in inflation - going from minus 0.5 per cent in 2016 to 0.6 per cent last year, according to a Manpower Ministry report on wage practices released yesterday.
Economists told The Straits Times that while nominal wages will continue to rise this year, they expect the increase to be at a similar or slower pace.
Meanwhile, real wages will grow only if labour productivity growth strengthens, notes Maybank Kim Eng economist Chua Hak Bin.
"There are concerns that real wage growth has been driven more by tighter manpower regulations and higher qualifying salaries for foreign workers, rather than real laboUr productivity gains. This is not sustainable longer-term."
CIMB Private Banking economist Song Seng Wun said that the average inflation of just 0.2 per cent in the first four months of this year is set to rise.
The ministry's report also shows that 65 per cent of private-sector establishments raised the nominal wages of workers last year, up from 58 per cent in 2016.
In turn, companies that cut wages fell, from 17 per cent in 2016 to 12 per cent last year.
This resulted in a higher proportion of local employees getting a pay rise last year - 78 per cent against 75 per cent in 2016.
In all, the report covers 4,900 private-sector establishments with at least 10 workers.
It involves more than 1.2 million workers. Of these, about 600,000 are local full-time employees and 440,000 are foreigners.
The rest are local full-time employees of less than one year of service or part-time workers.
Among the establishments that hire low-wage workers, 62 per cent gave them a bigger pay packet last year, up from 40 per cent in 2016.
These workers earn a monthly basic wage of up to $1,200.
Another finding was that the nominal total wage growth of nine out of 12 sectors last year was the same or higher than in the previous year.
The three sectors in which wage growth slowed were: transport and storage, administrative and support, and real estate services.
The biggest nominal pay rise last year was given by manufacturers.
Mr Song expects the pay rise in real estate services to be better this year, while that in transport and storage could get worse.
Industries such as infocomm and wholesale and retail trade saw a rise in the proportion of profitable businesses, while that in the construction industry as well as community, social and personal services declined.
The report found a dip in profitable establishments last year. It slipped one point to 75 per cent. But the proportion of workers in such companies went up.
Correction note: An earlier version of this story misquoted Maybank Kim Eng economist Chua Hak Bin. We are sorry for the error.


A new poll by the married dating site, AshleyMadison.com, shows that when it comes to an extra marital fling, working class women are still looking for a Mr Darcy – an upper class man. 67% of women Ashley Madison members who describe themselves as working class say they are looking to the upper class for an affair partner.
Novak Djokovic is the Wimbledon favourite say CougarLife.com female members in a new poll – and though Federer may have been knocked out of the competition, he still beats Murray. CougarLife is the leading dating site for confident women in their sexual prime who love dating younger men.
If you spent your impressionable pre-teen/teenage years watching romantic comedies circa 1995-2005, then you were screwed over, my friend.
If you were in your teens around the time comedy-drama Mean Girls was released in 2004 then you'll know just what a masterpiece it really is.
There was an episode of The Brady Bunch titled "The Hair-Brained Scheme" in which Bobby starts selling hair tonic in an attempt to get rich quick, but Bobby has to run for his life after selling a bottle to Greg… and accidentally turning his hair orange just days before graduation – the horror.
You make him breakfast in bed, write him a heartfelt card and spend hours picking out and wrapping his present, and what does your dad do? He has an affair!
If you grew up watching Disney movies then, like me, you have probably learned by now that life isn't at all like the pretty picture we had painted for us as kids.


James Cartwright currently serves as the inaugural holder of the Harold Brown Chair in Defense Policy Studies for the Center for Strategic & International Studies. In addition, General Cartwright serves as a Harvard Belfer Center Senior Fellow and a member of the Board of Governors for Wesley Theological Seminary. General Cartwright retired from active duty on 1 September 2011, after 40 years of service in the United States Marine Corps. General Cartwright served as Commander, U.S. Strategic Command, before being nominated and appointed as the 8th Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. General Cartwright served his four-year tenure as Vice Chairman across two Presidential administrations and constant military operations against diverse and evolving enemies. He became widely recognized for his technical acumen, vision of future national security concepts, and keen ability to integrate systems, organizations and people in ways that encouraged creativity and sparked innovation in the areas of strategic deterrence, nuclear proliferation, missile defense, cyber security, and adaptive acquisition processes. General Cartwright is also an advisor for several corporate entities involved in global management consulting; technology services and program solutions; predictive and Big Data Analytics; and advanced systems engineering, integration, and decision-support services. He serves as an advisor to Enlightenment Capital, IxReveal, HSH Analytics, and the Truman National Security Project. General Cartwright is also affiliated with a number of professional organizations to include The Atlantic Council, Council on Foreign Relations, Global Zero, and the Nuclear Threat Initiative. He is a member of the Aspen Strategy Group.


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Mr. Jason Compson
Jason Compson III
Compson, Mr. Jason
Grandfather Compson
Jason Lycurgus Compson III
Upper Class
Specific Job:
Compson Place: House in The Sound and the Fury (Location)
"Lion"
"That Evening Sun"
Absalom, Absalom!
Requiem for a Nun
The Unvanquished
Born around the time the South was defeated in the Civil War, Jason Compson III is the heir of one of Jefferson's founding families, but where his grandfather was a plantation owner and Governor of Mississippi, and his father a Confederate General, he himself is an idle lawyer who seems indifferent to the family's economic decline. In Benjy's section readers can find examples of Mr. Compson's attempts to be a good parent to his ill-assorted children, but on the whole he seems to look for refuge from time and loss in both alcoholism and a virulent form of nihilism. He goes through the motions of being a "gentleman," but refuses to believe that anything has meaning. "Father said" is one of the most frequent phrases in Quentin's section, and in those memories Quentin again and again recalls his father's fatalism. For example, Mr. Compson gives Quentin his watch (a family heirloom which was passed down by Quentin's great-grandfather to his grandfather and then to Quentin's father), and Quentin recalls his father describing the gift of the watch as follows: "I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire; it's rather excruciating-ly apt that you will use it to gain the reducto absurdum of all human experience which can fit your individual needs no better than it fitted his or his father's." Mr. Compson's fatalism is also evident in Absalom, Absalom!, where along with his son Quentin (but not his wife or other children) he again appears as a major character.
In "That Evening Sun," he is still a young man, and he seems less fatalistic than in The Sound and the Fury or Absalom, Absalom! Lawyer, Patrimony, Fallen Gentry, Fatalism, Time
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owns house
Social Status:
has influential social contacts (family, business, political)
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Todd Dulaney to release new album January next year and its available for pre-order now
By Sellas Manna On Nov 20, 2017
The America's gospel musician and song writer Todd Dulaney who is very much known for his song 'Victory belongs to Jesus', is ready to release his new album 'Your Great Name' early next year.
The album which will be officially released on the 19th of January 2018, is available for a preoder now on major online music stores and comes with a pre-order discount.
The former American baseball player turned gospel star, released his debut album 'Pulling me through' in 2013 and subsequently 'Worshippers Heart Live' in 2016 which obviously caught the attention of many gospel lovers and also got him a Grammy nomination for best Gospel album of the year in 2016.
'Your Great Name' therefore is his third studio album after officially resigning from playing baseball to become a gospel artiste.
"Better, Better, everyday I fall in love with You Jesus" Hey family don't wait, jump in there and Pre-Order now click link in bio. #YourGreatName #NewMusic #FreshSound @eonenashville http://smarturl.it/YGNAlbum
A post shared by Todd Dulaney (@todddulaney1) on Nov 17, 2017 at 9:10pm PST
Todd who is currently embarking on a tour with the theme 'Free to Worship Fall Tour' across the cities of America, is excited about this new project and according to him, he can't wait to release this come January next year.
Preorder Album
AlbumTodd DulaneyYour Great Name


light of dawn in the east.
and grow in the way of grace.
do you patiently await the blessed hope?
with a legacy of leaves.
What form will the next miracle take?
when looking around your surroundings?
within a lifetime of looking.
would hear the whisper of the creator."


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Q: Install4j Mac OSx signing I signed single bundle installer app for Mac (.dmg) using Developer ID Application certificate .p12 key file. I get no complain from install4j 5.1.12 during build and it asks me for my password and outputs that application is signed.
Creating media file 'Mac OS X Single Bundle':
  Collecting files:
  Compiling launchers:
    Compiling launcher 'MyTestApp':
      Generating VM options file vmoptions.txt.
  Creating media file:
    Zipping custom code & resources JAR file
    Identifying components
    Adding JRE (macosx-amd64-1.7.0_65)
    Shrinking runtime
    Compressing files
    Applying LZMA compression
    Generating VM options file vmoptions.txt.
    Signing installer
  Moving media files to media directory C:\..
  Installer\Installer\Build
  The name of the media file is MyTestApp.dmg.
  The size of the media file is 34.4 MB

When hosted that application from an iis webserver the client downloads and tries to install it he gets error from Mac Gate Keeper that application is not safe and it does not let it install.
When I do codesign -dvvv on the app on Mac I get information about the application signatures that looks normal to me. At this point I have no idea why its not passing Gate Keeper. Any help will be appreciated.
$ codesign -dvvv MyTestApp.app
Executable=MyTestApp
Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/JavaApplicationStub
Identifier=com.install4j.4414-4382-9884-2117.347
Format=bundle with Mach-O thin (x86_64)
CodeDirectory v=20100 size=626 flags=0x0(none) hashes=24+3 location=embedded
Hash type=sha1 size=20
CDHash=27fe7393db936790d050c78d09bb9a6e489f10d6
Signature size=4241
Authority=Developer ID Application: Zee, Inc. (KZ254T2RPN)
Authority=Developer ID Certification Authority
Authority=Apple Root CA
Signed Time=Sep 16, 2014, 2:25:12 PM
Info.plist entries=25
TeamIdentifier=not set
Sealed Resources version=1 rules=4 files=20
Internal requirements count=1 size=36

A: Since Mac OS 10.9.5 you need a v2 signature, otherwise it's rejected by Gatekeeper. You can see that in the line
Sealed Resources version=1 rules=4 files=20

It should say "version 2" there. Recompile with install4j 5.1.13 or later, then the signature will be accepted.
For more information see here.

A: Yes, upgraded to version 6.x fixed the signing problem for OSX 10.10

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Ripple's lil' brother is joining its elders on the portfolio of venerable crypto-asset fund Grayscale Investments.
Stellar is opening a dedicated fund for professional investors! "That sounds boring," I hear you say. Well actually, it kind of isn't!
So, what is Stellar and what does this nonsense mean?
Stellar, the brainchild of ex-Ripple founder Jed McCaleb, is seeking to dethrone payment provider SWIFT (and Ripple, if it comes to it) as the global provider of cross-border payment services. Stellar's software is designed, per its website, to "[expand] access to low-cost financial services to fight poverty and maximize individual potential." It does this by deploying its native cryptocurrency, "Lumens," as a so-called "bridge currency" between foreign banks—forgoing the need to screw around with exchange rates.
Stellar was originally built on a copy of Ripple's open source code, and its new algorithm is based on a design by Stanford professor David Mazieres. Its market cap is $2.04 billion—putting in a respectable sixth place if measuring by market cap.
Now stalwart crypto-asset firm Grayscale Investments, a subsidiary of industry giant Digital Currency Group—the VC firm that funded Coindesk, Ripple, and BitPay among others—is adding Lumens to its crypto-asset portfolio, a move that will apparently broaden its reach among professional, accredited investors (those earning upwards of $200,000) rather than the rabble that usually pitch in to this stuff. It would be Grayscale's ninth such listing, following the likes of Bitcoin and Ripple.
The best part? Grayscale managing director Michael Sonnenshein opened the fund not on a mad whim, but because of actual "investor interest"!
Inevitably, the investors themselves seem to care little about Stellar's actual real-world use, and mainly hope the influx of accredited dough will pump the price. As such, news of the investment fund has already been greeted with another round of hype. On Cryptopanic, a write-up of the news earned thirteen "bullish" upticks, which for Cryptopanic's reclusive community amounts to critical acclaim.
We at Decrypt , on the other hand, have zero Stellar investments. But Stellar is crypto's likable underdog, and its "use cases" extend beyond facilitating "Lambo" acquisition. Unlike Ripple, which largely courts the banking elite (with mixed results), Stellar has partnered with IBM to focus chiefly on helping those in need, the so-called "unbanked," in developing countries. Those in need of Lambos.


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namespace Nigma\ContentBundle\Service;

use Doctrine\Bundle\DoctrineBundle\Registry;
use Nigma\CommonBundle\Entity\Page;
use Nigma\LocalBundle\Entity\OpenLog;
use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Container;
use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\SecurityContext;
use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints\DateTime;

class OpenLogService
{

    const OPEN_LOG_REPOSITORY = 'NigmaLocalBundle:OpenLog';
    const EM = 'doctrine.orm.default_entity_manager';
    const TIMEOUT = 300;

    public function __construct(Container $container)
    {
        $this->container = $container;
    }

    public function openSignal()
    {
        $em = $this->container->$this->get(self::EM);
        $lastLog = $this->getLastLog();
        if(!$lastLog){
            $lastLog = new OpenLog();
        }
        $now = new \DateTime();
        $diff = $now->getTimestamp()-$lastLog-self::TIMEOUT;
        if($diff<0){
            $lastLog = new OpenLog();
        }
        $end = new \DateTime();
        $end->setTimestamp($now->getTimestamp()+self::TIMEOUT);
        $lastLog->setEnd($end);
        $em->persist($em);
        $em->flush();
    }

    public function sendOpenSignalToRemote()
    {
        $router = $this->container->get('router');
        $secret = $this->container->getParameter('remote_secret');
        $remoteApiUrl = $this->container->getParameter('remote_api_url');
        $uri = $router->generate('nigma_open_signal', [
            'secret' => $secret
        ]);
        $url = $remoteApiUrl.$uri;
    }

    public function getLastLog(){
        $em = $this->container->$this->get(self::EM);
        try {
            $result = $em->createQueryBuilder()
                ->select('o')
                ->from(self::OPEN_LOG_REPOSITORY, 'o')
                ->orderBy('up.end', 'DESC')
                ->getQuery()
                ->setMaxResults(1)
                ->getSingleResult();
            return $result;
        } catch (NoResultException $ex) {
            return null;
        }
    }

}

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Q: What is the minimal Azure role (RBAC) that lets me read certificates from a key vault? I have an Azure app service running in context of a managed identity. I want my app to be able to read a certificate from a key vault, using CertificateClient.DownloadCertificateAsync.
I need to grant my managed identity some privileges in order to do that (otherwise I just get an exception).
"Reader" or "Key Vault Secrets User" is not enough to let it read certificates.
So far, the minimal role (RBAC) I have found that lets my managed identity read those certificates is "Key Vault Certificates Officer". I am a bit sad to grant that role to the managed identity, because as far as I understand, that role also includes some write-permissions which I am not sure the managed identity ought to have.
Can I do better? What is the minimal way to grant a managed identity permission to read a certificate from a key vault?

A: I would recommend not using RBAC, but using Key Vault access policies instead. You can get much more specific with them.
The nice thing about the access policies is that they are very granular, you can choose one or more principals and give very specific access to the different object types.
For example, you can create a policy that only allows "Get" access to certificates, which won't allow writing, deleting, or even listing at that level--you would have to know exactly which certificate you want to read.
You can create access policies several ways using the Azure portal, CLI, Terraform, etc.

A: As @mherzig states, you could rely on access policies to achieve this properly.
That said, if RBAC is mandatory for other reasons, you can opt for creating your own custom role.
Referring to Key Vault provider operations, you can grant the DataAction permission Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults/certificates/read and any other you want/need.
There is a limitation though, from the doc : "Custom roles with DataActions cannot be assigned at the management group scope."
That way, you achieve optimal least-access principle, but of course it comes with the cost of having to manage and maintain your own roles where the access policy is a built-in feature of Key Vault.

A: I found in the documentation:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/configure-ssl-certificate?tabs=apex%2Cportal#import-a-certificate-from-key-vault

Currently, Key Vault Certificate only supports Key Vault access policy
but not RBAC model.

A: "Key Vault Reader" seems to be the proper RBAC role for this in order to read certificates.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/key-vault/general/rbac-guide?tabs=azure-cli
That said (and I haven't tested this), you may be able to read the certificate as a secret using the "Key Vault Secrets User"


Antares Pharma Inc. has an overall rank of 6111 out of 6941 stocks based on 7 positive rankings and 11 negative rankings.
Antares Pharma Inc. beat the consensus earnings estimate when it last reported quarterly earnings.
The StockSelector Value for Antares Pharma Inc. is $28.04. The StockSelector Value assumes the market consistently prices a stock around a given PE ratio and, therefore, multiplies the average PE (using forward earnings estimates) over the past three years by future earnings estimates. Among companies with a StockSelector Value above the current stock price, Antares Pharma Inc. is ranked 156.
The MACD remains negative, but is rising... suggesting a possible near-term correction. Of companies with a negative, but rising MACD, Antares Pharma Inc. is ranked 447.
Antares Pharma Inc. has a high Put/Call ratio of 12.29 on active options expiring within the next 90 days. A high put-to-call ratio indicates there are more bearish investors than bullish investors for the stock. Among companies with a high Put/Call Ratio, Antares Pharma Inc. is ranked 67.
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namespace VisualStudioProcessor
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Attribute representing output paths
    /// </summary>
    [System.AttributeUsage(System.AttributeTargets.Class, AllowMultiple = true)] // because there may be multiple outputs
    sealed class OutputPathAttribute :
        BaseAttribute
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Create an instance
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="pathKey">Path key for the output file type</param>
        /// <param name="command_switch">Command line switch associated with these output file types</param>
        /// <param name="inheritExisting">Optional, whether to inherit values. Default is false.</param>
        /// <param name="target">Optional, which target to use. Default to settings.</param>
        /// <param name="handledByMetaData">Optional, whether this output file is handled by metadata rather than requiring an explicit command line switch. Default to false.</param>
        /// <param name="setOnProjectConfiguration">Optional, whether this output file has a project wide configuration property that is also set. Default to false.</param>
        public OutputPathAttribute(
            string pathKey,
            string command_switch,
            bool inheritExisting = false,
            TargetGroup target = TargetGroup.Settings,
            bool handledByMetaData = false,
            bool setOnProjectConfiguration = false)
            :
            base(command_switch, inheritExisting, target)
        {
            this.PathKey = pathKey;
            this.HandledByMetaData = handledByMetaData;
            this.SetOnProjectConfiguration = setOnProjectConfiguration;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// The path key for these output file types.
        /// </summary>
        public string PathKey { get; private set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Whether these output files are handled by metadata
        /// </summary>
        public bool HandledByMetaData { get; private set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Whether side effects are enabled
        /// </summary>
        public bool SetOnProjectConfiguration { get; private set; }
    }
}


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package org.gs1.source.service;

import org.gs1.source.service.mongo.MongoDAO;

public class DAOFactory {

	/**
	 * Get Data Access Object according to the type
	 * @param type
	 * @return
	 */
	public DataAccessObject getDAO(String type) {

		DataAccessObject dataAccessObject = null;

		//get mongoDB DAO
		if(type.equals("mongo")) {
			dataAccessObject = new MongoDAO();
		}

		return dataAccessObject;
	}

}


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You are here: Home / Archives for 1980s basketball cards
1980s basketball cards
Ranking Every 1980-81 Topps Magic Johnson and Larry Bird Card
July 15, 2021 By Emile Avanessian
If we're being kind, we might refer to Topps' 1979-80 basketball set as "unspectacular". The product failed to resonate with collectors at the time of its release. More than four decades on, not much has changed. Despite a attractive design and some sharp action shots, a rookie crop of Alex English, Mychal Thompson and Reggie Theus and, well, not much else, isn't the stuff … [Read more...] about Ranking Every 1980-81 Topps Magic Johnson and Larry Bird Card
Buyer of $5 Million Mantle Adds Larry Bird-Magic Johnson Rookie Card for $513,565
July 11, 2021 By Rich Mueller
Forty seasons after it rolled off the line at Duryea, PA as part of a unique, often confusing--and much derided--set of basketball cards, one of the highest graded examples of the Topps Larry Bird-Magic Johnson rookie cards sold for over a half million dollars late Friday night. The PSA Gem Mint 10 example--one of 24--was purchased by Rob Gough, an entrepreneur, actor … [Read more...] about Buyer of $5 Million Mantle Adds Larry Bird-Magic Johnson Rookie Card for $513,565
One Last Year in the Wilderness – Basketball Cards in 1982-83
July 8, 2021 By Emile Avanessian
That major sports card manufacturers have historically made a habit of taking hiatuses from basketball is well-trodden ground. That proclivity for punting on hoops meant that the decades of the 1950s and 1960s – or nearly 30% of NBA history – saw the release of just two mainstream sets. On the bright side, as a result of having to make up for lost time, these issues – … [Read more...] about One Last Year in the Wilderness – Basketball Cards in 1982-83
Rare, Relevant and… Anonymous?? Michael Jordan's 1985-86 Star Card
April 27, 2021 By Emile Avanessian
Stop me if you've heard this before… The title of "most hilariously stacked basketball set of the twentieth century" comes down to three names: 1961-62 Fleer (Wilt, West, Oscar, Elgin rookies, plus those of seven other Hall of Famers), 1969-70 Topps (99 cards, 15 Hall of Fame RCs, led by Lew Alcindor's), and 1986-87 Fleer (Jordan, Barkley, Ewing, Olajuwon, Isiah, Dominique, … [Read more...] about Rare, Relevant and… Anonymous?? Michael Jordan's 1985-86 Star Card
Jewels in the Junk – 1990s NBA Sleepers
April 6, 2021 By Emile Avanessian
We've written, at some length, about the formative and transformative periods in the history of basketball cards. We all know the drill by now: star-studded 1961-62 Fleer gives way to, well, nothing for the better part of a decade. Topps redefines the hobby, first with its legendary 1969-70 set, then as the only game in town until early 1980s. Topps makes for the exit, again, … [Read more...] about Jewels in the Junk – 1990s NBA Sleepers
1986-87 Fleer Basketball and "Rightful" Rookie Cards
March 14, 2021 By Emile Avanessian
In terms of the sheer depth and quality of their rookie cards, three basketball card sets forever stand alone. Why "forever"? Because, these days, it's unlikely that all major card manufacturers will simply bail on basketball for several years. The gorgeous 1961-62 Fleer set, for instance, is hilariously stacked, featuring rookie cards of inner-most circle legends Wilt … [Read more...] about 1986-87 Fleer Basketball and "Rightful" Rookie Cards
Hey, Who's That Guy Guarding Elston Turner in the 1985-86 Wendy's Denver Nuggets Set?
While Fleer was still in the process of acquiring the NBA's trading card rights and Star Company was in its final year of production, collectors in the Denver area could find Michael Jordan on a trading card they picked up while grabbing a combo meal. Like seemingly every other basketball card set or single card, this one's starting to pick up steam. The 1985-86 … [Read more...] about Hey, Who's That Guy Guarding Elston Turner in the 1985-86 Wendy's Denver Nuggets Set?
Waxing Nostaglic: 1988-89 Fleer Basketball Loaded With Key Rookies, Stars
April 19, 2020 By Bob D'Angelo
The "Last Dance," the 10-part ESPN documentary about Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls' final championship team in 1997-1998, has rekindled interest in basketball during the coronavirus pandemic. Some of the major stars during that year are featured in what's been one of the more underrated basketball card sets — 1988-1989 Fleer. It's easy to wax nostalgic over this … [Read more...] about Waxing Nostaglic: 1988-89 Fleer Basketball Loaded With Key Rookies, Stars
1989-90 Hoops Basketball Set Brought Much Needed Competition
August 13, 2019 By Anson Whaley
By 1989, basketball cards had been in the marketplace for some time. Some existed in the pre-war era through sets like the 1933 Goudey Sport Kings release. Their production really got underway with the creation of the 1948 Bowman issue and, subsequently, Topps sets, starting in the 1950s. Topps would produce sets for many years into the early 1980s and become the clear 'go to' … [Read more...] about 1989-90 Hoops Basketball Set Brought Much Needed Competition
The Wayback Collector: 1980-81 Topps Basketball the Way They Were Meant to Be
November 13, 2018 By Anson Whaley
A seller in a collector group to which I belong made the offer. Up for grabs was about 175 panels from the 1980-81 Topps basketball set along with a dozen 'intact' cards. The asking price was $20 delivered, which seemed low enough as it was. But the last thing I needed was to be sucked into another collecting project. Anyway, I'm mostly a pre-War guy, for … [Read more...] about The Wayback Collector: 1980-81 Topps Basketball the Way They Were Meant to Be


Read these 26 College Basketball Selection Tips tips to make your life smarter, better, faster and wiser. Each tip is approved by our Editors and created by expert writers so great we call them Gurus. LifeTips is the place to go when you need to know about Basketball tips and hundreds of other topics.
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how do I get recruited?
Take the initiative and introduce yourself to the coaches at the schools on your list. If you are interested in a school, don't wait for them to "discover" you. Contact them!
What can I do to get myself an athletic scholarship?
If you've got game... help yourself out. Get yourself known to college coaches through leagues and videotape. You might be just the type of player that a coach needs.
how can I get recruited?
Have several information packets on hand and send each school one. You can contact the coach, or they may request them. The packet should include a cover letter, unofficial transcript, letters of recommendation, video, high school and club schedule, and roster.
What kind of relationship should I have with recruiters?
Try to base the recruiting process on honesty--both yours and the recruiters'. Always be up front with recruiters. Let them know where they stand with you and what concerns you have regarding their schools.
Likewise, you should expect honesty on the part of the recruiter, and, if you suspect something is not quite right, you should seriously reconsider your interest in that school.
Should I fill out all college questionnaires?
Most colleges will begin the recruiting process by sending you a questionnaire. Don't throw it away. You never know how the recruiting process is going to end and that school that you have never heard of may end up being the best situation for you.
It´s not a myth. The first questions recruiters ask are "What is his GPA, and what is his test score (SAT or ACT, possibly SAT II)." Check web-sites and College Directories for requirements per school. Some leniency is occasionally allowed for athletes. For NCAA DI and DII the NCAA Clearinghouse determines your college athletic academic eligibility. It is best to register with the Clearinghouse by the end of your Junior year. Get a form from your Counselor. NAIA schools individually determine your athletic academic eligibility using their national guidelines.
Go and learn from the best. Become a student of the game. Don't compare yourself to high school players. A large percentage of them won't play college ball. See what level you have to take your game to. Watch the best players' work ethic and technique. Most college teams will allow you to attend their practices by appointment (ask your coach to call). Colleges will allow you to attend games for free, usually with two guests. Askyour coach to call to get you on the guest list. Check out all levels described above.
they are going to compete It is determined not by attendance, but by how much they are going to financially invest into athletics. Be careful to choose the best level for your needs and desires.
Colleges always want well rounded student/athletes.
KEEP AN UPDATED LIST OF HONORS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS and let the colleges know when something happens. This includes academic, athletic, civic, team, extracurricular honors, awards, and activities.
Many families become overwhelmed by the recruiting process. A good way to avoid this is to make sure that you are organized before the process begins. Know what you are looking for in a school and a basketball program, what questions you want answered, and what your priorities are.
$1,428 to CSU's, and up to $9,708 at independent colleges. The Pell ranges from $400 to $3,125.
loans. The first day you can submit the FAFSA is January 2. Deadline is March 1.
coaches only use them on their top recruits.
When sending a videotape to colleges you want to highlight your positive attributes. Coaches do not want to see just highlights, but rather continuous action of you playing. Believe it or not , some coaches also view parts of a tape when you are not in the game to evaluate your "body language" on the bench in hopes that it can help them assess your attitude.
1)Thirty seconds to a minute of highlights with either a voice over or graphics introducing yourself, some pertinent academic and athletic statistics, what number you are and what the following games might be.
3) Optional: Maybe finish with another thirty seconds containing another voice over regarding you collegiate goals.
How do I know where I can play in college?
It is important that you are realistic during the recruiting process. Know the level that you can play at in college. Coaches and scouting services can be of great value.
PLAY AND EXCEL AT HIGH SCHOOL AND CLUB BASKETBALL.
the high school season to do some final evaluation and tracking.
the hundreds they receive into the circular file. They usually cost around $500 and can be useful.
with the help of your parents, coaches, and counselors.
When choosing your college, understand that very few college players end up playing professionally. Choose the school as much for the education that you will receive as for the basketball.
How can I get myself known to college coaches?
When coaches go to game, they don´t only watch you to see if you make any great plays. They also watch to see how you interact with your coach, teammates, opponents, and the officials. Always hustle on and off the court, and NEVER display any negative emotion. Even when you are on the bench, a coach may be watching. Sit by the coach and pay attention, cheer for your teammates , and hustle to the table to check back in, and then communicate with the player coming off the floor.
The second question recruiters usually ask is, "Is he/she coachable? "The first place recruiters will go for more information on you is to your high school and club coaches. Recruiters are looking for leaders/impact players. Be a leader and positive influence on your team!
Most programs will have a Red-Shirt program. This means the athlete practices with the team, but doesn't participate in any games. After the year is over the athlete will still have four years of Athletic Eligibility remaining. You may want to red-shirt your freshman year to increase your chances of playing the next season, without losing any eligibility.
Should I ask questions during the recruiting process.
Don't be afraid to ask a lot of questions during the recruiting process. You may also want to ask questions that you already know the answers to. You can gage the integrity and trustworthiness of those recruiting you by the answers they give.
All levels have walk-ons on their roster or non-scholarship players who earn a spot on the team (either pre-arranged or earned at try-outs) They pay their own expenses, but are treated as regular players in every other way. This may give you an opportunity to be on a team, and eventually earn a scholarship down the road.
Division I and II "Official Visits." NAIA and Division III don't limit the number of official visits.
NCAA Division 1: Offer the most scholarships, all full.
NCAA Division II: Offer 50-67% of the scholarships Dl offers per sport.
NCAA Division III: No scholarships. Will help with grants and financial aid.
NAIA: Offer full and partial scholarships, and will help with grants and financial aid.
Level of competition ranges between NCAA D II and D III.


Today I'm leaving Riga and flying to Paris. I'll crash in a hotel near Charles de Gaulle, then rise with the sun to catch my flight back to Texas.
Remember when I left for this 20 day journey through Europe, and mentioned that my goal was to connect with myself again?
Well, I did. It's that simple.
And at the same time so un-simple that I can't find any words that would even come close to the surges of emotion and hands-on experiences of the past weeks.
All I know is that I plunged into this with one whopping intention, bought a plane ticket, took a huge leap of faith into new experiences that scared the crap out of me, and here I am so many days later as I begin my exit out of Europe ... feeling like a brand new person.
I can't wait to tell you all about it, and I will when the time is right.
For now, I'm sending huge gratitude and hugs to all my new friends. You know who you are, and I hope you feel even one tiny shred of the gratitude I'm sending your way today for all the moments and all the feels. You people are amazeballs.
Looking forward to the next time .... and I'm looking forward to being me again.
Colorado ... you so purty.
It's funny how places smell and feel the same no matter how many years between visits.
The moment I stepped out of the car in Colorado (did a cheeky little overnight visit while I was in NM) I was thrust back in time to 2002-ish.
I settled for a few short years in to the top floor of what once was an old farmhouse, in a little town called Glenwood Springs.
I was not yet 30, and I was totally trying to figure life out ... a quest that never really ends, come to think of it.
There is a certain thin-aired smell like trees, dirt, and rugged fresh air lightly blended in a high altitude wind stream, with a dash of very mountain-y coolness that is specifically Colorado.
Memory lane follows closely on the tailwind of the air itself ... and then of course the rumination. Oh, the rumination!
Somewhere between Colorado and New Mexico I remembered what it felt like to just be.


Elites who make light of this growing sentiment do so at their own peril. It helps to explain the populist movement in the US election campaign on both the left (Bernie Sanders) and the right (Donald Trump). Mainline economists support free trade and globalization. But mounting income inequality creates a tinder keg that is ripe for exploitation. Promises of "bringing the jobs back" and "America (Britain) First" set fire to this furor and, as we have just seen, these forces can win at the peril of financial and economic losses.


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First-home buyers can dodge stamp duty on $1 million-plus homes
Nathan Mawby
A first-home buyer stamp duty perk could help them buy $1 million-plus homes without paying any duty.
FIRST-HOME buyers could buy million-dollar properties without spending a cent on stamp duty.
But most of them aren't aware of the quirk in the rules that could save them thousands of dollars, according to industry experts.
When the State Government changed the rules for stamp duty payments for first-home buyers in July last year, a little publicised element of the changes opened the door to stamp-duty free home purchases beyond $1 million — if they buy off the plan.
Under the provisions for the stamp-duty waiver, a first-home buyer does not pay stamp duty for homes priced at $600,000 or less, and a sliding scale for a percentage of stamp duty from $600,001 up to $750,000.
Thousands of first-home buyers took advantage of the changes in the first few months.
However, an off-the-plan purchase is only assessed for stamp duty based on its dutiable value — the cost of the unimproved land.
State Revenue Office of Victoria documents show most house and land packages are assessed with 55 per cent of the total cost assigned to land, so a $1 million purchase would only be assessed at $550,000 for stamp duty purposes.
For townhouses, 40 per cent of the cost is ascribed to the land component.
For the full percentage to be deducted from the purchase price, no work can have commenced on the home site.
It also does not apply to vacant land in the absence of an off-the-plan purchase as there can be no intention to live on vacant land as a home.
Off-the-plan, a land purchase might have no stamp duty payable. However vacant land does not qualify.
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RPM Real Estate Group research manager Michael Staedler said it was easier to digest with an example.
"If a first-home buyer purchases a townhouse for $750,000 the split results in a land price of $300,000 and a construction cost of $450,000," Mr Staedler said.
"As the land component is below $600,000 the first-home buyer does not pay any stamp duty."
In the above example, the first-home buyer would also qualify for a $10,000 First Home Owner Grant.
"Up until July 1st 2017, the first-home buyer in this example attracted a duty of $5,685," Mr Staedler said.
"If we re-engineer the above method we can work out what the maximum purchase price a FHB can buy before stamp duty applies.
"If we take 40 per cent as the fixed share for the land, a sale price of $1.5 million can technically be purchased as 40 per cent of this is $600,000."
The Aspect townhouses at Keilor Downs were among those RPM have advised first-home buyers they would not incur stamp duty payments at.
Meanwhile, at $750,001 the stamp duty for an established property works out to more than $40,000. An off-the-plan purchase at the same price would pay no stamp duty.
Mr Staedler said for those with a larger deposit and the income to support a more than $600,000 home, the information could impact their choice between an off-the-plan purchase and an established property.
Any existing construction on the home site will impact how dutiable value is calculated.
He added that a number of first-home buyers talking to sales teams at RPM developments had already revealed they weren't aware of the information.
"Some of them are getting a nice surprise that they don't have to pay stamp duty," he said.
He said that for most the biggest issue still remained getting the deposit, but that with prices rising across Melbourne this could improve the prospects of buyers breaking into suburbs they thought they had been priced out of.
"But for people to get that 10 per cent deposit is really difficult," he said.
"The reality is that the price point is moving up and many see themselves without enough money even six months on. But they can spend, well and truly, more for off the plan.
"I don't know how many are fully aware of this."
A list of quality fixtures and fittings might not affect stamp duty costs for a first-home buyer making a purchase off the plan.
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Master Advocates buyer's advocate Mark Errichiello, who has worked extensively with first-home buyers since July 1 last year, said he did not believe many first-home buyers were aware of the dutiable value clause.
"I don't think the average first-home buyer would be aware of this," Mr Errichiello said.
"Most of them wouldn't look at quantifying building planning and land components."
However, he warned first-home buyers considering this approach to do their due diligence before buying.
"With off-the-plan you need to know who the builder is and all the risks for it — the home is not built yet," Mr Errichiello said.
He advised looking for trusted builders and developers with a reputation in the area you were looking to buy into, and looking for boutique sites to avoid having large numbers of similar homes that might impact resale value later in life.
Mr Errichiello added that this might be a strategy for some first-home buyers to face less competition, as the market for properties below $600,000 had become very heated since the changes were introduced.
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Born Carlton Ridenhour, Chuck D was the founder of Public Enemy. Formed in 1987, the rap group was a pioneering act that created explosive, politically conscious rap that focused on an urban world of limited opportunity, drugs and violence.
Public Enemy's album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back has been named to numerous lists of the top 100 albums of all time. Their song "Fight the Power" was featured in Spike Lee's film Do the Right Thin, and other hits include "Don't Believe the Hype," "Fear of a Black Planet," and "Bring the Noise."


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Escape Artist Q&A: Chris Guillebeau of The Art of Non-Conformity Blog
By Carolyn Crist | April 8, 2016 | 12:30pm
Photos courtesy of Chris Guillebeau Travel Features
This column, "Escape Artist," is a series about folks who have escaped. More importantly, this biweekly column is for those thinking about trading in their 9-to-5, leg-shackled-to-the-desk existences in order to grab life at the roots and forge their own way. The brave outliers featured in these collection of interviews are the digital nomads, the online entrepreneurs, and the lifestyle trendsetters, who decided it was time to say to hell with the humdrum and go elbow deep to grab life by the roots.
Traveler and writer
Chris Guillebeau runs The Art of Non-Conformity, a lifestyle blog that shares how "unconventional" people battle against conventional beliefs in work, life and travel to achieve personal goals. During 2002-2013, Guillebeau visited all 193 United Nations-member countries and wrote books about entrepreneurism and happiness. His fifth book Born For This, released on April 5, explores how to find the work you're meant to do.
Paste Travel The "escape the 9-to-5" mentality seems to be popular now. What are your impressions?
Chris Guillebeau It has always been popular and enticing, but what's changed is that it's more feasible and relatable now. There have always been people who escaped and became location independent, but they were seen as rebellious, mischievous or exceptions to the rule. Now people are realizing that it's not unusual to do. It's accessible, smart and a safe career choice.
PT What was the "aha" moment that sparked your goal to travel to every country in 2002?
CG Between ages 22-26, I volunteered in Africa for four years and thought about freedom, independence and travel. I love making lists, writing things down and checking them off. Once I started traveling, I made a list of countries I had been to and came up with 30. I wanted to get to 100 and set that goal when I was 28. As I got closer to 100, I needed more of a challenge and decided to visit all 193 by the time I was 35.
PT Why did you decide to create a lifestyle blog and focus on "unconventional living"?
CG It's the only way I know how to live. I've always done my own thing, and I wanted to help people ask the right questions to do the same. If people think about what they value and how they can help others, it's a powerful process that can lead to awesome changes for them. I decided to provide strategies and tools, whether that's showing them how to sign up for credit cards to fly around the world or helping them set travel goals, so they can feel empowered in their lives.
PT The "dream job" and "travel blogging" mentality also seems to be booming. What have you seen, and how do you stay connected with your followers?
CG In the past year or so, blogging (and standing out) has become harder for several reasons. Technology has made it more difficult. I was a big believer in newsletter subscribers, but Gmail has made it more difficult to get messages to followers because it goes to the Promotions tab. It takes more effort for your readers to open the email. The same goes for Facebook pages and the new algorithm where only 10 percent of followers see your posts in their news feeds. I'm figuring out these changes like everyone else, and I'm focusing on what I can offer to other people. It's not as easy as putting up a basic website with an ebook and making tons of money. This is a process.
PT What is one tip you have for readers who want to live a life like yours?
CG Everybody wants to escape the 9-to-5 to live the life they want, and I encourage them to ask themselves questions about why they do what they do. The more you understand the specifics about what you want, the more you can find ways to invest your time and effort to get there. Make a list of 10 things you like to do and do them in the next year. See what resonates and move on to something else. The sooner you can get on that journey, the better.
PT Do you have a favorite travel spot you'd like to share with Paste readers?
CG Sydney, Australia, is one of my favorite places in the world. It's my hideaway, and I have a routine that I do when I'm there. I still do my work but also enjoy exploring. I like the blend of foreign and familiar, of going back to places I know but also doing new things.
PT What are you most excited to focus on in 2016?
CG I'm starting the Born For This book tour, which takes me to 30 great cities to meet many of my readers. The annual World Domination Summit takes place again in Portland in August, and I'd love to see more people there. I'm also continuing to write and figure out changes with blogging, social media and newsletters.
Carolyn Crist is a freelance journalist based in Georgia. She writes about travel, health and business for regional and national publications.
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You are grilling one of your favorite things out on the grill and it suddenly dawns on you that you need to have some sort of side dish to make your meal extra perfect. You want something exciting and not from the boring side of the choices.
Bang! It hits you, why not grill up some asparagus?
Well, this little recipe is just the ticket. It's easy and you can do it right there, on your grill.
Place the trimmed asparagus on a platter or baking sheet.
Add the chopped garlic and season with salt and pepper.
Place on the grill directly or in a grill basket. Grill until just tender and lightly charred, about 5 minutes.
Melt butter in a small bowl or cup on grill.
Use basting brush, and brush butter onto asparagus spears.
You can put some thin Jack Cheese or grate some extra sharp cheddar cheese on them when they're hot and let the cheese melt into the asparagus. YUM! If you do the cheese, you can forgo the butter, and sprinkle the sesame seeds on the asparagus after the cheese has melted for an extra crunch.


A couple days ago we told you about Mercedes potential plans to bring an electric-drive variant of the forthcoming Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, and today, the company has confirmed exactly that. According to Mercedes, they are "developing an exciting super sports car with zero-emission high- tech drive," one that "sees Mercedes-Benz and AMG displaying their expertise in the development of alternative drive solutions for high- performance super sports cars." If you viewed our prior story on the SLS eDrive, you already know most of the details: four electric motors (one positioned near each wheel) provide a combined peak output of 392kW and a maximum torque of 880 Nm, with one transmission per axle transmitting power. According to Mercedes, "this intelligent all-wheel-drive system allows dynamically optimized power transmission without any losses by means of Torque Vectoring – in other words, the specifically targeted acceleration of individual wheels."


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In June 2014, Fabien Cousteau and his team of aquanauts embarked on Mission 31, the longest science expedition to take place at Aquarius, the world's only underwater marine laboratory, located nine miles off the coast of the Florida Keys, and 63 feet beneath the sea. Fabien's epic Mission 31 expedition broke new ground in ocean exploration and honored the 50th anniversary of his grandfather, Jacques-Yves Cousteau's original 30-day underwater living experiment known as Conshelf Two, that was featured in his Academy Award winning film for Best Documentary Feature, "World Without Sun."
Fabien's team was able to go deeper, longer and further, with Mission 31 while broadcasting each moment live on multiple channels exposing the world to the adventure, drama and mystique of what lies beneath. For 31 straight days, Fabien and his team kept the importance of the ocean in the news, classrooms, businesses and homes worldwide. As a result of Mission 31, three years of scientific research was captured resulting in at least 12 scientific published studies; more than 70 virtual sessions were completed as a part of the mission's STEAM-themed (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Mathematics) Skype in the Classroom program reaching over 100,000 children on all six continents; and more than 30 billion media impressions were made, to date, keeping the entire world engaged on the importance of the human-ocean connection.
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Sheffield United's Achilles heel that has plagued season laid bare ahead of Crystal Palace trip
The Blades have been getting in to a number of promising positions in the attacking third this season but have not made the most of them
Nathan HemminghamSheffield United reporter
David McGoldrick gets a shot away at Burnley but it's saved by Nick Pope. (Image: Dave Thompson, Getty Images)
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Sheffield United head to Selhurst Park tomorrow knowing they will have to improve on one key aspect if they are to transform their poor form in the second half of the season.
The Blades have been guilty of poor quality in the final third and have scored just eight goals so far this season from their opening 16 league matches.
Although struggling for wins, United have had little trouble in getting the ball from A to B and turning defence into attack.
However, they have been let down on countless occasions by the final cross or pass after creating some really good opportunities and working the ball well around the area.
This was exposed at Turf Moor in the 1-0 defeat to Burnley, when they delivered 23 crosses but only three of those resulted in a United player being on the end of them.
While delivery a lot of the times has been poor, with an inability to beat the first man or a lack of composure with the cross the main reason, there were occasions on Tuesday where an inviting delivery was not matched by sufficient enough movement from the forwards.
This has been the story of United's season where they have simply not made enough of those opportunities that have come at key times.
Service to the strikers has been difficult and making better use of these openings in the remaining games will improve United's chances of picking up points.
Manager Chris Wilder believes if they can get on the right side of the small margins, which has seen United lose 11 of their 14 matches by one goal, they will have a chance of reeling in some of those teams just outside the drop zone.
"It's a tough division to play in at the best of times when at the top of your game," he said.
"But when you're not it's even tougher.
"What will be will be at the end of the season.
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"You just have to look at the next game. You can't hide away from it and we are not and we just have to look to the next opportunity of trying to get a result.
"Few of our performances have been different to last year, but we are not on the right side of those fine margins.
"We have got to keep chipping away at it. There's four and half months still to go and you can chip away at it, but you have to start soon and that has to be our aim.
"You have seen what happens with a couple of back-to-back wins, it changes everything.
"That's what we are trying to do and then we will work off that."


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import { createStore, applyMiddleware, compose } from 'redux';
import createSagaMiddleware from 'redux-saga';
import { browserHistory } from 'react-router';
import { routerMiddleware } from 'react-router-redux';
import { Map } from 'immutable';
import reducer from './reducers/index';
import sagaManager from './sagaManager';

function configureStore(initialState = new Map()) {
  // create saga middleware
  const sagaMiddleware = createSagaMiddleware();

  const middlewares = [
    sagaMiddleware,
    routerMiddleware(browserHistory),
  ];

  const middleware = applyMiddleware.apply(this, middlewares);

  // add Redux Dev Tools if in browser & development
  let createStoreWithMiddleware;
  if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
    createStoreWithMiddleware = compose(
      middleware,
      /* eslint-disable no-undef */
      (typeof window === 'object' && typeof window.devToolsExtension !== 'undefined') ?
        window.devToolsExtension() : f => f
      /* eslint-enable no-undef */
    );
  } else {
    createStoreWithMiddleware = compose(middleware);
  }

  const store = createStoreWithMiddleware(createStore)(reducer, initialState);

  // run sagas
  sagaManager.startSagas(sagaMiddleware);

  // enable hot reload when available
  if (module.hot) {
    // hot reload reducers
    module.hot.accept('./reducers/index', () => {
      store.replaceReducer(require('./reducers/index').default); // eslint-disable-line
    });

    // hot reload sagas
    module.hot.accept('./sagaManager', () => {
      sagaManager.cancelSagas(store);
      require('./sagaManager').default.startSagas(sagaMiddleware); // eslint-disable-line
    });
  }

  return store;
}

export default configureStore;