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From NZ Army to auctioneer: Bay of Plenty auctioneer Grant Child calls 9000 auctions
20 Nov, 2020 09:00 PM 6 minutes to read
auctioneer Grant Child. Photo / George Novak
You could cut the tension with a knife.
"Can we make it over $1 million?"
Bayleys and Eves auctioneer Grant Child has full control of the packed auction room.
There's standing room only. Real estate agents are sprinkled throughout the room, phones held tight to their ears. Buyers, couples mostly, whisper nervously and shift in their seats or from foot to foot.
Bidding is moving - and fast.
A Mount Maunganui property has been called and a bidding war has begun.
A woman at the back of the room raises her hand, bidding in the $1000s.
To the left of the room, a gentleman has raised his hand confidently bidding $500,000.
But a couple sitting a few rows back from the front of the room has their eyes on this one.
"You're going to have to change your strategy there ma'am," he says to the woman bidding in the single digits.
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Another woman raises her hand to tuck her hair behind her ear.
"Is that a bid there ma'am? You've got to be careful here or you'll walk away with a property," he quips.
The bidding war continues between the two couples before one reaches his budget.
"Going once."
The woman at the back of the room shrugs her shoulders.
"Going twice."
Couple on the left shakes their heads. Couple in the front whispers to one another.
"Third and final call."
It's like the whole room has been holding its breath.
"Sold!"
The hammer hits down and the winning bidders gasp, kiss and hug while the crowd claps and cheers.
Just minutes after bidding started the newly-renovated three-bedroom home sells for just under $1m.
Another 14 out of 17 are sold - millions of dollars worth of property gone under the hammer within a couple of hours.
9000 homes called under the hammer
Grant Child says there's usually a story from the auction room every week.
"You get the emotion of the estate sale. It's been the family home, the kids have grown up there and mum and dad have gone now it's time for the family home to be sold. That brings tears into the auction room.
"The one I absolutely love is seeing first-home buyers securing their first home.
That gives me a real buzz, a real kick."
Child has been an auctioneer for 20 years and this week celebrated calling more than 9000 auctions across the North Island.
He's also celebrating more than a decade with the Realty Group, which operates Eves and Bayleys.
"Getting to 10,000 is the goal and I'm not going anywhere until I achieve it. There are plenty more auctions in me yet."
From army to auctions
Prior to real estate, Child served 20 years in the New Zealand Army.
"I started from the bottom and worked my way up to warrant officer class 1 when I retired as senior transport instructor after 20 years' service."
After the army, Child opted for an "all care, no responsibility" job as a logging truck driver after years of working in a strict, high-pressure environment.
But it didn't take long before Child tired of waking up in the early hours of the morning to go to work. So, in 1995, he moved to real estate.
Realty Group Ltd, which operates Eves and Bayleys, auctioneer Grant Child. Photo / George Novak
"My first boss said to me, 'If you want to get some profile go out and get an auction'. So I did. It took me a couple of weeks but I got there.
"I went back into the office and said I have done it and he rang the bell. In those days when a new listing came into the office they used to ring the bell and everybody cheered.
"So he announced to the team I had just listed my first auction. When everything quietened down I asked what I do now and he said, 'Sell it'."
So he did.
He watched an auctioneer from Rotorua sell the home under the hammer and thought, "I can do that".
"But I wasn't that naive to think I could just become an auctioneer. So I set myself a goal of five years as a salesperson, specialising in auction marketing before I went to become an auctioneer."
In 2000, Child enrolled in an auctioneers course in Auckland and "the rest is history".
Since then, Child has called more than 9000 auctions as far south as Foxton and as far north as Coromandel.
It was in Coromandel where he sold his biggest sale under the hammer - an orchard for above $7m.
The first auction
Child said auctions had become more popular over the years, and more accepted as a method of sale.
The first time Child banged down the hammer was at a training auction in Parnell, Auckland, outside a busy school.
"There was a little concrete wall that we had to stand on and call the auction.
"It was right at the peak of the day when everybody was out to lunch and there were school kids around. It was quite daunting."
Since then, Child has been involved in many charity auctions including for the Westpac Rescue Helicopter's quiz night fundraiser and the Ladies' Long Lunch.
"Charity auctions are a lot of fun. It's great to be able to put something back into the community."
Child said there were two auctioneers he modelled himself on - local auctioneer Gil Beadle and Roger Dawson of Christchurch.
"I admired them and I watched them a lot and I thought if I could be as half as good of an auctioneer as those two guys, I would be a good auctioneer."
Child gets "a real kick" out of being an auctioneer.
"Buying and selling real estate is one of the most important things that we do in life. They are also one of the most stressful. I love helping people transition from one phase of their life to the next."
Auctioneering 'a bit like acting'
Child said there was a bit of theatre involved in auctioneering.
"Being an auctioneer is a bit like being an actor... It can be quite entertaining."
Being able to read body language was one of the things Child said made a good auctioneer.
"It's knowing when to encourage somebody and knowing when to back off."
There's also a bit of comedy involved.
"The hardest part is keeping the salespeople entertained because they come week after week and they don't want to be hearing the same old one-liners.
"You've also got to be able to think on your feet."
Being able to count is also a good thing to have.
"Confidence is another one. Being confident standing up in front of people and being confident in yourself and in your own ability."
Presentation is also key, Child says, smoothing his well-ironed suit and tie.
"There's a number of factors that come into it and when you combine all of those things together, you create a bit of theatre.
"I just love it."
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Too Fast, Too Young
Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.) chief actuary James Lynch brings us a cautionary tale from the open road:
It's a gritty drive from Los Angeles to San Francisco as I learned with my wife and older daughter this summer — a climb through dry mountains, then across the nation's Salad Bowl, the San Joaquin Valley, passing strings of tractor-trailers headed up the interstate toward Sacramento and cow country.
Like most tourists, we left the trailers behind by turning west on state Route 46. My wife drove. We passed a thicket of oil derricks and, frankly, not much else. The roads were well-designed and well-kept. Everyone drove fast. Far off we saw the hills that would lead us to Highway 101 and north again.
We came upon what, for that desolate place, was a major intersection — a flashing yellow light and a lane that let oncoming traffic turn left in front of us. A line of cars waited to make that left. Daylight was fading, and it was hard to pick out exactly how many wanted to turn or whether any had begun to.
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Then we saw the sign: James Dean Memorial Junction.
Yeah. Right there, 60 years ago — September 30, 1955 — actor James Dean was cruising maybe 85 in his Porsche Spyder when Donald Turnupseed turned left. In moments Dean went from an astounding actor (East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause, Giant) to a roadside tragedy.
He wasn't a teen-ager, but he was a teen idol squeezed between the Sinatra and Elvis eras, and now his case is one I can't help but think of as that older daughter baby-steps toward her first license this fall.
James Dean Memorial Junction still seems dodgy, but overall driving is much safer. The accident rate has fallen on average about 1 percent a year for decades. But long-term trends have statistical blips. We are in one now.
As we at the I.I.I. note in our Facts and Statistics on highway safety, traffic fatalities at mid-year are 14 percent higher than the same period last year, according to National Safety Council estimates. The economy has improved. People are driving more and perhaps less safely — faster, more texting.
The third week in October is National Teen Driver Safety Week, an event my daughter will be made well aware of, but this year we should all heed its message: Be careful behind the wheel.
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Business Insurance, Business Risk, Legal Environment, Risk Management
Marine, Transport Risks of Refugee Crisis
As European governments approved a controversial plan to share 120,000 refugees between most of the European Union countries, there's an important insurance story playing out amid the ongoing flow of thousands of refugees into Europe.
The risk management challenges and costs for freight transporters, haulers and shipowners arising from the refugee crisis are outlined in a recent Business Insurance article.
It reports that with thousands of refugees attempting to board trains and trucks heading for the United Kingdom at the French port of Calais this has caused problems for companies transporting goods.
Some of the risks they face include potential loss of earnings due to delays at ports, risk of damage to goods, fines for illegally transporting refugees if they board trucks undetected as well as driver safety.
Shipowners must also have emergency procedures in place to help their crews deal with situations given their legal and moral obligation to help ships in distress, Business Insurance notes.
A Reuters report suggests that more and more commercial ships are being drawn in to rescue refugees from unsafe and overloaded vessels in the Mediterranean:
Since January 2014, more than 1,000 merchant ships have helped rescue more than 65,000 people, according to estimates from the International Chamber of Shipping. That's more than one in 10 of the estimated 585,000 migrants and refugees who crossed the Mediterranean over the period."
Some of the merchant ships' risks are covered by insurance, Reuters says.
Mutual marine insurers, also known as P&I clubs, provide cover for a wide range of liabilities including crew injury, pollution and cargo loss and damage.
So, if a refugee attacks and injures a crew member or breaks into a container and damages cargo, insurance would cover the shipowner.
But because rescue operations can take ships off course into uncharted waters, Reuters reports that other risks including fines for late arrival or the cost of chartering another vessel at short notice may not be covered.
Uncertainties also surround liability in the case of death or injury of a refugee while being rescued by a ship's crew.
In June the Maritime Safety Committee (part of the International Maritime Organization) agreed that there was an urgent need for the international community to make greater efforts to address the problem through safer and more regular migration pathways, and to take action against criminal smugglers.
Check out I.I.I. facts and statistics on marine accidents here.
MarineRefugee crisis
Women Good for Insurance
We spend a lot of time explaining why insurance is good for individuals, society and the economy as a whole, but a new report reverses that equation.
It focuses on the current and anticipated impact of women on the global insurance market.
Conducted by the International Financial Corporation (IFC), AXA and Accenture, the report estimates that women's individual spending on insurance premiums will grow to between $1.45 trillion and $1.7 trillion by 2030–half of it in just 10 emerging economies.
That represents a doubling from the current annual premium value of the women's global market of $770 billion.
The report cites an increased level of education, income, improved socioeconomic status, and a greater need for protection as key reasons that make women a big opportunity for insurers.
This is strongly reflected in a very simple yet telling number: women across the world are willing to invest 90 percent of their income into their households."
Furthermore, women entrepreneurs now represent one-third of the world's business owners, and they need protection for their businesses. Just 31 percent of women entrepreneurs surveyed held protection or savings-oriented life insurance, for example.
The report also highlights that women's attitudes to fraud, claims and loyalty, their roles as a trusted source of recommendations, and their relational rather than transactional approach to networks make them a valuable customer and inexpensive brand ambassador for insurers.
Women can act as strong advocates or social marketers for insurers and financial services firms, and are more likely than men to recommend a product or service to their friends and family, the report finds. They are also greatly influenced by the advice of their female peers.
Therefore, women can play a key role in explaining and selling insurance products across customer segments, and especially to other women.
What women want and need from insurance varies by age, income level and lifecycle events, however.
The report urges insurers to abandon the one-size-fits-all approach and instead identify and target segments of women who share common needs and constraints in order to take advantage of this growth opportunity.
Check out I.I.I. facts and statistics on careers and employment to discover what percentage of the insurance industry workforce comprises women.
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Catastrophes, Wildfires
All Things Wildfire
A report in USA Today throws the spotlight on just how many homes in California are vulnerable to wildfire.
Data from the U.S. Forest Service cited by USA Today reveals that one-third of homes in California are located in areas prone to wildfires.
Apparently the Forest Service's report estimates that 4.5 million homes in California are located in areas designated as the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)–developments and communities adjacent to forests.
USA Today goes on to note that California wildfires have destroyed more than 750 houses and hundreds of other buildings in the past week based on figures from CalFire, the state's firefighting agency.
The Valley fire near Sacramento has been one of the most destructive. Mark C. Bove, senior research meteorologist with Munich Re America tweeted that for Northern California the Valley Fire is likely the biggest wildfire event in terms of insured loss since the Oakland firestorm of 1991.
GCCapitalIdeas.com has a timely roundup of the impact of the Valley and Butte fires here. Another useful resource is I.I.I.'s issues update on wildfires.
In a media advisory the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.) notes that seven of the 10 costliest wildfires in U.S. history in terms of insured losses have occurred in California. The costliest of these was the 1991 Oakland fire which produced $2.7 billion in claims (in 2014 dollars).
Over the 20-year period 1995 to 2014, fires–including wildfires–accounted for 1.5 percent of insured catastrophe losses, totaling about $6.0 billion, according to the Property Claims Services (PCS) unit of ISO.
Janet Ruiz, I.I.I.'s Northern California-based representative, is available to conduct interviews in person or via Skype. She can be reached at janetr@iii.org or (707) 490-9375.
The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) offers tips on how to protect your property from wildfire here.
A 2015 study by CoreLogic identifies almost 900,000 residential properties across 13 states in the western U.S. –representing an estimated combined total property value of more than $237 billion–at high or very high risk of wildfire damage.
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Business Risk, Specialty Coverage, Technology
Cyber Business Interruption Risk Often Underestimated
Corporate data breaches and privacy concerns may dominate the headlines, but a new report by Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty makes the case that future cyber threats will come from business interruption (BI), intellectual property theft and cyber extortion.
The impact of BI from a cyber attack, or from operational or technical failure, is a risk that is often underestimated, according to Allianz.
It predicts that BI costs could be equal to–or even exceed–direct losses from a data breach, and says that business interruption exposures are particularly significant in sectors such as telecoms, manufacturing, transport, media and logistics.
Vulnerability of industrial control systems (ICS) to attack poses a significant threat, Allianz says.
To-date, there have been accounts of centrifuges and power plants being manipulated, such as the 2012 malware attack that disabled tens of thousands of computers at oil company Saudi Aramco, disrupting operations for a week.
However, the damage could be much higher from security sensitive facilities such as nuclear power plants, laboratories, water suppliers or large hospitals.
Business interruption can also be caused by technical failure or human error, Allianz notes.
For example, in July 2015, stocks worth $28 trillion were suspended for several hours on the New York Stock Exchange due to a computer glitch, and that same month 4,900 United Airlines flights were impacted by a network connectivity issue.
As a result, Allianz believes that within the next five to 10 years BI will be seen as a key risk and a major element of the cyber insurance landscape.
It points out that in the context of cyber and IT risks, BI cover can be very broad including business IT computer systems, but also extending to ICS used by energy companies or robots used in manufacturing.
Allianz currently estimates the cyber insurance market is worth around $2 billion in premium worldwide, with U.S. business accounting for around 90 percent of the market. However, the cyber market is expected to experience double-digit growth year-on-year and could reach in excess of $20 billion in the next 10 years.
The Allianz Cyber Risk Guide is available here.
Check out I.I.I. facts and statistics on cybercrime here.
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Catastrophes, Insurers and the Economy
Tianjin Explosions: One of the Most Complex Losses in History
September 8, 2015 Claire	2 Comments
The explosions at the Port of Tianjin, China are set to become one of the largest insured manmade losses in Asia to-date with potential losses of up to $3.3 billion, according to a new report by Guy Carpenter.
The event, which blasted shipping containers, incinerated vehicles in the port and on an adjacent highway overpass, destroyed warehouses, production facilities and dormitories, and impacted a nearby railway station and residential structures, will also be considered one of the most complex insurance and reinsurance losses in recent history.
Many classes of insurance were impacted by the loss, including: containers; cargo in containers; property; auto; and general aviation.
While access to the site is limited, Guy Carpenter said its satellite-based catastrophe evaluation service known as CAT-VIEW was able to utilize high resolution pre- and post-event satellite imagery to understand what exposures were present at the time of the blast and therefore could contribute to the loss.
The findings come as a new study published by Lloyd's says that manmade risks are having an increasingly significant impact on economic output at risk (GDP).
In its analysis, Lloyd's City Risk Index finds a total of $4.6 trillion of projected GDP is at risk from 18 manmade and natural disasters in 301 major cities around the world–out of a total projected GDP between 2015 and 2025 of $373 trillion.
However, manmade threats such as market crash, power outages and nuclear accidents are associated with almost half the total GDP at risk.
A market crash is the greatest economic vulnerability–representing nearly one quarter ($1.05 trillion) of all cities' potential losses, Lloyd's says.
New and emerging threats such as cyber attack, human pandemic, plant epidemic and solar storm are also having a growing impact, representing more than one fifth of total GDP at risk, Lloyd's reports.
Governments, businesses and insurers must work together to ensure that this exposure–and the potential for losses–is reduced, according to Lloyd's CEO Inga Beale.
Lloyd's research shows that a 1 percent rise in insurance penetration translates into a 13 percent reduction in uninsured losses–a 22 percent reduction in taxpayers' contribution following a disaster.
Insurance also improves the sustainability of an economy and leads to greater rates of growth. A 1 percent rise in insurance penetration leads to increased investment equivalent to 2 percent of national GDP, Lloyd's notes.
Check out the I.I.I. publication A Firm Foundation: How Insurance Supports the Economy.
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Business Risk, Disaster Preparedness
Spreading Awareness of Insurance to Small Businesses
September 3, 2015 Claire	1 Comment
A couple of new studies appear to shed light on the continuing need to communicate the importance of insurance for small business owners.
First, a Nationwide-sponsored survey found that 66 percent of small businesses do not have business interruption insurance (hat tip to Insurance Journal for its report here). This is despite the fact that an estimated 25 percent of businesses do not reopen following a major disaster.
Most small business owners are at risk of disaster, Nationwide noted. Some 75 percent of small businesses do not have a disaster recovery plan in place, even while 52 percent say it would take at least three months to recover from disaster.
Nationwide commissioned the survey from Harris Interactive, which polled 500 U.S. small business owners with fewer than 300 employees from June 8-19, 2015.
In a press release, Mark Pizzi, president and chief operating officer of Nationwide Direct and Member Solutions, said:
Small businesses are least likely to have disaster recovery insurance. And yet they are the ones most affected by a disaster. That's why it's essential for small businesses to have a disaster recovery plan."
Meanwhile, a J.D. Power study found that many small business owners are unaware that insurers even provide commercial insurance.
Less than one-fourth of small business owners said they were aware that nine of the 17 insurance providers included in the study offer insurance for business customers.
Only six insurers had awareness rates above 40 percent for their commercial insurance offerings, and five of these are among the largest personal lines insurers, J.D. Power said.
While advertising is important to spread brand awareness, the study suggested that commercial insurers have better success when they develop awareness through agents/brokers, trade groups and word of mouth from other businesses.
The proportion of customers who considered/shopped an insurer among all potential prospects is 61 percent when awareness comes from an agent/broker or trade group, compared with just 38 percent when awareness is attributed solely to advertising.
Still, the study–now in its third year–found that small business customers are increasingly satisfied with their insurance providers. Overall satisfaction was up 10 points at 793 on a 1,000-point scale in 2015, due primarily to improvements in price and policy offerings.
The 2015 U.S. Small Business Commercial Insurance study is based on 3,292 responses from insurance decision-makers in businesses with 50 or fewer employees that purchase general liability and/or property insurance and was fielded from April through June 2015.
The Insurance Information Institute's excellent online resource for business insurance is available here.
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Zbriger, Maurice. Violinist, violist, composer, conductor, b Kamenets-Podol'skiy, Ukraine, 10 Jul 1896, d Montreal 5 Apr 1981.
Zbriger, Maurice. Violinist, violist, composer, conductor, b Kamenets-Podol'skiy, Ukraine, 10 Jul 1896, d Montreal 5 Apr 1981. After first studying the violin in his native town he was accepted in the class of Leopold Auer at the St Petersburg Cons, where Jascha Heifetz and Nathan Milstein were among his fellow students. He left Russia in 1920, subsequently playing in cafés in several European cities before arriving in Montreal in 1924. In 1925 he was one of the founders of the Traymore Quartet, which later became the Traymore Salon Orchestra and which made nine 78s for Compo (listed in Roll Back the Years). Playing in theatres and restaurants, Zbriger was one of the first musicians in Canada to specialize in gypsy music. As a soloist and conductor he took part in many radio programs devoted to this music on CKAC and later the CBC. For a few seasons beginning in 1931 he was violist with the Montreal Orchestra and in the mid- and late-1930s he was a member of the orchestras of the CSM (MSO) and the Montreal Festivals.
Zbringer was a prolific composer, who wrote some 250 songs, 42 marches, and 8 overtures. Such singers as Yolande Dulude and Yoland Guérard have performed his songs. 'Mother's Lullaby' (1948) was written to mark the birth of Prince Charles of England, and 'Little Bells are Twinkling' (1949) was sung by the noted soprano Erna Sack. His marches include The Vincent Massey March (1952) and Tribute to the Games 76, which was premiered at the international bandshell of Man and His World in Montreal. In July 1974 The Campbell 50th Anniversary Overture, a commission by the Royal Trust Company to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Campbell Free Band Concerts, was premiered at the bandshell, and The Campbell Memorial March (1956) also was performed on that occasion. Several of Zbriger's works have been published by F. Harris, Thompson, Popular Music Publishers Ltd, and Canadian Music Sales. In 1982 the NFB produced a film about him entitled The Concert Man.


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B Lymphocyte Stimulator (BLyS) protein and its receptor are new members of the tumor necrosis factor family, with specific effects exclusively on B cells. We have studied the tumor cell expression of the BLyS-Receptor (BLyS-R) and the serum BLyS protein levels in patients with different types of non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHL).BLyS-R expression was assessed by flow cytometry on B cells from 43 NHL patients and 10 normal donors. BLyS protein serum levels were analyzed by ELISA.All B cells, tumor and normal, expressed BLyS-R. The mean fluorescence intensity (MFI +/- SD) of BLyS-R on normal B cells was 25.2 +/- 2.3 arbitrary units, while follicular NHL and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) exhibited significantly lower expression of the BLyS-R (17.7 +/- 3.1; 15.5 +/- 3.9, respectively, p < 0.0001 for both); other lymphoma subtypes expressed levels comparable to normal B cells (diffuse large cell, 24.8 +/- 4.3; mantle cell, 20 +/- 4.7; marginal zone, 20.7 +/- 3.7). BLyS protein serum levels were analyzed in 15 normal donors and 17 patients with follicular NHL. Levels of BLyS protein were, on average, threefold higher in patients with follicular lymphoma compared to normal donors (mean +/- SD; 13.4 +/- 5.6 ng/mL vs 4.6 +/- 0.7 ng/mL; p < 0.0001). BLyS protein alone was unable to stimulate proliferation in cultures of follicular lymphoma B cells or normal B cells.The specificity of the expression of BLyS-R by B-cell lymphomas opens new opportunities for the treatment of these cancers by targeting this ligand-receptor pair.


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I said "possible" bug since I'm not sure if there was something weird in this package or if this is just a new format from CPanel that needs to be taken into account on the IW importer side.
Turns out the secondary domain directories were set as drwxr-s---, changing them to drwxr-sr-x solved the issue.
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Q: Is it possible to clone/duplicate a Sharepoint Request? I need to create many Sharepoint Requests (New Items) that are almost exactly the same as other existing items with slight changes (new date, new title). I am looking to create a clone (or copy) of a current Sharepoint item to make a new request pre-populating the form with the information from the original item/request. This seems like really basic functionality.  For example, the request below is a weekly task, the only change is a new "Target Send" date. How can I create a duplicate of this type of request so that each time a whole new form does not have to be reentered? I am the using Office 365 version. Thanks for your suggestions.

A: You can set Default Values in the settings of each column.  Of course if your defaults change, then you will need to change the settings.
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Further Expansion For PointsBet: Virginia And Louisiana Added
DraftKings, FanDuel, and BetMGM might be the dominant players so far in the US sports betting market, but others are also making an impact. PointBet is one of the sportsbooks continuing to challenge the frontrunners.
PointsBet is already an established option in many legalized states. Their popular online platform is live in Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, New Jersey, and West Virginia. Unsurprisingly, they aren't resting on their laurels. In fact, they are ready to go in several new jurisdictions.
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Virginia sports bettors will be happy to learn that as of December 2021, PointsBet is available in their state. They gained market access through an exclusive partnership agreement with the Colonial Downs Group. PointsBet took its first Virginia wager on December 15th. That brought the number of states in the PointsBet portfolio to eight.
Former NBA great and Philadelphia 76ers guard Allen Iverson will serve as the brand's ambassador. The Virginia launch will have been particularly pleasing for him, as it is his home state.
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Q: Repeat two tasks every 0.1 ms and 0.3 ms (Systems.Timer.Timer not precise enough)
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*Is there a way to execute a method in high resolution frequency in C#, e.g. every 100 microseconds?

*What about two different methods at different frequencies, e.g. Method1 every 0.1 ms and Method2 0.3 ms?
MSDN has documentation on attaching an event handler to the Systems.Timers.Timer class like this:
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But System.Timers.Timer only has a 15~16 ms precision when I benchmarked it. My CPU's performance counter has 0.1 ms precision and below, but I cannot find a way to attach an event handler to the Stopwatch class.
Also, is there some threading issue that I need to be aware of when I am executing the two methods at different frequencies?
Thanks!

A: It is ugly, but you may have some chance using the stopwatch ElapsedTicks.
Stopwatch w = new Stopwatch()
long nextTick = 0;
long ticksPerMicroSecond = 1000000L / Stopwatch.Frequency; // Number of ticks per microsec.
long periodInTicks = ticksPerMicroSecond / 100; // Ticks per 0.1ms

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It is as ugly as it can get, and you get a while(true) loop, that will probably be using 100% cpu for free (better run this on a multi core, then).
You may want to benchmark the thing a bit (look at examples in Stopwatch.Frequency msdn doc), to see how precise your timer can be, and see the drift you get from being late with your inner function. You may also want to enable background gc to avoid GC blocking your thread. While this shows it is dable in code, I'm really not sure you can get your function run in less than 0.1ms.

A: This is not possible. Windows is not a real time operating system.

A: Not possible. You are below what MS develoeprs considered reasonable.
The best yo ucan do- asssuming modern hardware - is TImerQueue, HPET. Can be disabled in bios, so tweaking there may be needed.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms686796(v=vs.85).aspx
No .NET API available, but this is trivial to map via Interop.
THAT SAID: the timing parameter there has a int period and is given  in millisecond, so we talk of a 1ms resolution only. And whether the hardware does that depends MOSTLY on age.
So, sorry, that is about the best you can get.


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By Matthew Murray published 6 May 20
Our first hands-on impressions with the Surface Go 2
To the extent the tablet market is still a thing in this age of superpowered, supersized smartphones, it hasn't been easy for anyone to break Apple's hold on it. But if the iPad still looms large over the category, that doesn't mean competitors have given up.
With the Surface Go 2 (starting at $399), Microsoft is continuing its assault on Apple's front lines by offering something not easily found in Cupertino: Windows. The argument seems to run that if you want to actually do something on your tablet, but you don't want to have to spend a ton of money on an iPad Pro, this is your best bet.
Maybe. We weren't completely convinced when Microsoft released the first-generation Surface Go in the summer of 2018, given its terrible battery life, a few questionable design choices, and the expensive add-ons necessary to maximize its computer-replacement potential. (Okay, so it bears some resemblance to the iPad.)
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The good news is that the Surface Go 2 fixes a lot of what was wrong with the original. The bad news is that it is still unlikely to replace a real PC system on your desk or in your briefcase.
Below are our first impressions of the Surface Go 2. You can expect a full review in the coming days.
Microsoft Surface Go 2 design
One glance is all you need to know that the Surface Go 2 is the kid brother of the Surface family. Measuring 9.65 x 6.9 x 0.33 inches, this model is almost identical to its predecessor in terms of dimensions. It looks the same, too, with a sleek-industrial silver magnesium case adorned with a reflective Microsoft logo on the back.
The port complement is likewise identical, with a microSDXC port on the left edge of the screen and the Surface Connect port (for charging and docking), one USB Type-C port, and a headphone jack on the right. The Power and Volume buttons are on the top.
Microsoft's familiar Surface integrated kickstand makes a return appearance as well; it lies flush against the back for use in tablet mode, but swing it out (there are indentations on either side) to more easily view the screen at whatever angle is most comfortable for how you're sitting. Because the kickstand is on the thin and sharp side, it doesn't feel especially stable on your lap; it's better suited for use on a desk.
The 1.2-pound weight of the Surface Go 2 (only a hair heavier than the earlier one) is hardly back-breaking, but it's noticeably heavier than Apple's iPad, iPad Air, or iPad Pro 11-inch, all of which come in under 1.1 pounds. Add a Signature Type Cover (see below) and you're coming in above 1.7 pounds—still not untenable, but a bit weighty nonetheless.
Microsoft Surface Go 2 display
One of the major differences in the Surface Go 2 is something many will see as a major improvement: the display. The earlier tablet's unusual 10-inch, 1800 x 1200-resolution screen was outlined by incredibly thick bezels, making it look small and inefficient.
But thanks to its 1920 x1280 resolution, the Surface Go 2's 10.5-inch PixelSense display appears more conventional and comfortable. Microsoft freed up that extra space by shrinking the bezels significantly (to about 15/32nds of an inch on the top and bottom and 13/32nds of an inch on the sides), giving a smarter, cleaner impression.
The screen itself doesn't look bad and is sufficiently bright for viewing in both indoor and outdoor settings. (It averaged about 408.2 nits of brightness in our tests with a Klein K10-A colorimeter.) It was about average in terms of color reproduction on the sRGB gamut, covering 107.4 percent; that's slightly better than last year's iPad but less impressive than we saw with the first Surface Go. On the DCI-P3 color gamut, which is a newer and more demanding standard for digital video, it covered only 76.1 percent.
Signature Type Cover and Surface Pen
One thing hasn't changed with the Surface Go 2: the keyboard. Its Signature Type Cover is still a separate add-on, and, as priced from $99 to $129, it's not a cheap one. The $129 one included with our review unit, colored Platinum and using Alcantara (per the description on the box, "a unique and innovative material used in high-end luxury products"), was certainly attractive, blending a soft-touch gray for the cover and the keyboard deck and a slightly darker matte gray for the keys and the 3.8 x 2.2-inch touchpad. (The white backlight provided an appealing additional contrast.)
It's not a patch on a full laptop keyboard, of course; the keys are too small and closely packed. But for something designed foremost for thinness, it's not too shabby: The keys have travel pleasing enough that you won't feel you're pounding your fingertips on the desk, and they offer a dose of resistance that reads as serious without edging all the way into stiff. The glass touchpad clicks firmly but easily.
For drawing and annotation purposes, Microsoft also offers the Surface Pen—though it will run you another $99. We didn't get one this time, and didn't much miss it; the screen may be bigger, but there's still not a ton of room for this sort of thing.
Surface Go 2 hardware and performance
Microsoft has upped the processing punch to the Surface Go 2 in the form of a new processor option: an Intel Core m3-8100Y CPU. Though its base clock is slower (1.1GHz) than the original's Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y, it offers a maximum Turbo frequency of up to 3.4GHz, along with minor tweaks in other areas. You can expect better performance this time around—Microsoft claims up to 64% faster performance, in fact.
Other configuration options include 4GB or 8GB of RAM and storage in the form of a 64GB eMMC or a 128GB SSD. Our review unit came equipped with both, giving us the best view on the top-end performance you can expect from the Surface Go 2. With all this, Microsoft's preloaded software (which, in addition to the Edge browser, included the usual suspects of the Microsoft 365 lineup) opened just fine, if perhaps with the faintest bit of sluggishness—luckily, not enough to disrupt your experience.
For your connectivity needs, there's support for up to 802.11ax, aka Wi-Fi 6, so you'll have access to those blazing-fast speeds (assuming you have a compatible router in the proper environment for reaching them); you can also add an LTE Advanced modem if you want to get on the Internet from anywhere. (This marginally increases the Surface Go's weight, but chances are you won't notice.)
We're in the process of putting the Surface Go 2 through our usual litany of benchmark tests (we had to switch out of S mode, you realize); we will update this review once we have more performance numbers to pass along.
Surface Go 2 battery
Microsoft touts "up to 10 hours of battery life based on typical Surface device usage," which the company measures using a combination of Web browsing and productivity chores, interspersed with idle time. We haven't had time yet to complete our battery test, which loads a series of Web pages continually from a centrally located server, but we'll report back as soon as it's finished.
For what it's worth, we do hope it will top the first Surface Go, which lasted a measly 6 hours and 6 minutes on our test — way behind most other tablets of this type.
Surface Go 2 camera and audio
As before, cameras are a critical feature of the tablet. There are two front-facing cameras, one specifically for signing in with Windows Hello and another 5MP camera for doing video calls (a necessity these days), as well as an 8MP rear-facing autofocus camera for taking pictures and video. The last two cameras both support up to 1080p resolution and are accompanied by dual far-field Studio Mics designed to "increase voice clarity and reduce background noise."
The 8MP camera took acceptable photos of ordinary scenes with a good balance of colors and light but faltered when pushed further. White flowers looked blown out, even in photos taken outdoors in favorable (if overcast) lighting conditions, and there could be slight bleed between very light and very dark areas in an image.
Low-light photos were distractingly noisy; I don't recommend taking them unless it's an emergency, as your phone probably takes better low-light photos (my Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus sure does).
The 2-watt stereo speakers sport Dolby Audio Premium, and turn out decent sound at tablet-appropriate volume. (Do not plan on filling any rooms with music piped through from this.) The throbbing bass intro to The Knife's "Silent Shout" came through clearly and without distortion, though on another treble-heavy selection at maximum volume, a touch of muddiness did creep in. Keep the levels lower, and you should be fine.
Windows 10 Home...in S mode
The Surface Go 2 defaults to running Windows 10 Home in S mode, which you may find reassuring or restrictive depending on how you use computers. S mode is designed to optimize system startup and app launch times, as well as boost security, so you don't have to wait to get going or worry too much once you are. Casual users, safety-conscious users, or younger users (or their parents) might appreciate this functionality, which positions the tablet closer to the Chromebook usage model than most Windows 10 machines can manage.
As with Chromebooks, however, there's a trade-off: While in S mode, you can only run verified apps from the Microsoft Store, something that may be frustrating if you want or need software only available via the Web. For example, none of our usual testing applications, which we run on hundreds of laptops and tablets every year, would work on the Surface Go 2 out of the box. You can switch out of S mode to use traditional Windows 10 Home, but even that comes at a cost: You can never go back into S mode again.
This is something important you'll have to decide about your Surface Go 2 sooner or later. I found it frustrating, even for a low-cost Windows device, but you may find it worth it if Windows Store apps better fit into your personal workflow.
If a Windows tablet is ideal for you, the Surface Go 2 blends power and portability better than any you're likely to find. The changes made from the previous model are few but impactful, and its high degree of configurability means you'll be able to get exactly the version you want—whether you plan on using it primarily as a media-consumption device or using it for real work (something that doesn't come easy with Android tablets or lower-end iPads).
Just remember: If you go the latter route, you'll still have to shell out a lot more for a keyboard and pen, bringing that tantalizing $399 base price much closer to $600—and driving it straight into laptop territory, where the price-performance ratio also keeps getting better and better. The Surface Go 2 doesn't always seem to have a natural place to live.
Rightly or wrongly, Apple has defined the tablet and forced everyone else to play catch-up—and found creative ways to work around what it doesn't always do well at this size and price. The Surface Go 2 doesn't quite do the same, but if you want a generally affordable tablet that pairs a handsome, intelligent aesthetic with a productivity-focused OS and features, and you can live with the limitations, this tablet brings Microsoft at least a little closer to Apple World.
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The song "Garden Of Stars" was originally included in the book "What the Does do".
I found it there, and fell in love with it.
I initiated the publication of this song as a book in the 100 birthday of the writer, and illustrated it.
Until July 2012, 8 editions were published.
More than a hundred songs- from the cream of the Hebrew sing along favorites.


I never thought that finally, we did it! We rented a car and drove a car from Bangkok to Santorini Park, Cha-Am, Hua Hin (Thailand) [Click here to see our Travel Tips: How to rent a car in Bangkok]. The Santorini Park Cha-Am which was opened in 2012 looks like the real Santorini in Greece. I always wonder whether this place is big or not, but now we've been there and now agree with my friends. They said this place is always crowded by tourists; therefore we decided to visit Santorini Park Cha-Am on a weekday (Thursday, June 29, 2017). It's less crowded than the weekend, yay!
Santorini Park Cha-Am is apparently just a small theme park, where you can find several attractions, such as the haunted house, sling shot, Ferris wheel, etc. But of course, we need to pay extra for each attraction. However, I don't know why we have to pay for the entrance fee because this place is very small, and nothing much to do, except to take lots of pictures and wander around in the restaurant, and some shops that provide air conditioner inside. Since this park is an open-air area, very hot and humid, I suggest you wear comfortable clothes and shoes.
Q: So, is it worth it to visit Santorini Park Cha-Am, Hua Hin?
A: If you never go to this place and don't have the opportunity to visit the real Santorini in Greece, well, it's recommended to pay a visit to Santorini Park Cha-Am in Thailand. For at least, once in your life! As you can see from my photos, the walls are dominated by white color, with a dash of contrasting colors, like blue, pink, and green make this park looks so Instagramable! Overall, it's a great place for OOTD photo lovers!
There's one interesting cafe among them, named Miffy's Garden Cafe, so I decided to go inside and have something to eat.
This cafe is quite small, but the minimalist decor and cute rabbit as the theme of their cafe, makes Miffy's Garden Cafe a pleasant spot for an afternoon hang out while in Santorini Park Cha-Am. Not to mention, the air conditioner was very cold; made us want to stay longer. For the food, we ordered Set Menu C (295 Baht, equal to IDR 118K) which consists of Fluffy Pancake and a choice of hot or cold drink. And because the weather was crazy hot, I chose the Iced Thai Tea from the drink list and ordered Sweet Mango Sticky Rice (185 Baht, equal to IDR 74K) as well.
These fluffy pancakes were enough to satisfy my savory craving that afternoon. The pancakes came with Miffy's face on it, pretty cute, and it's almost hard to eat! Ha-ha.. And my favorite part was the sunny side up egg which is beautifully prepared and served with crispy bacon strips, and some fresh vegetables with Goma sauce (sesame seed sauce – Japanese style) on the side.
Even the dessert, the sweet Mango Sticky Rice or commonly known as Khao Niao Mamuang in Thailand, was nicely presented. They cut fresh mangoes to be part of the rabbit's body, and Miffy's head was made of the sticky rice, served with a salty-sweet coconut milk on the side. The portion was kinda small, but we still enjoyed it!
There's another restaurant which was very crowded at lunch time, so before leaving the Santorini Park, we decided to give it a try. The food is mostly noodles that are served with pork or fish balls. The price is very cheap, and although everything looks pale, the meatballs were delicious, especially the pork balls and when we ate them with the spicy sauce. To add more flavors to the noodle soup, we should add the Thai's fish sauce which available on the table, and because the pork balls were so good, we ended up ordering one more portion. Ha-ha..


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Benjamin Chee Chee 1944-1977
Born in Temagami, Ontario, Ojibway Artist, Benjamin Chee Chee largely taught himself to draw and paint. His father died when he was two months old and he lost track of his mother. One reason behind his drive for success as a painter was his ambition to be reunited with her.
He was a prominent member of the second generation of Woodland painters, a Native Art movement that began in the early nineteen-sixties and has since become one of the most important art schools in Canada.
Unlike many of his contemporaries, he painted in a style influenced by modern abstraction. While most of the young Woodland artists were content to follow the style of the movement's founder, Norval Morrisseau, in depicting myths and legends by direct and "primitive" narrative means, Chee Chee pursued a more economical graphic style, a reduction of line and image more in keeping with the mainstream of international modern art.
At the age of thirty-two and at the height of a new-found success as an artist and printmaker, Chee Chee died tragically by committing suicide.


According to Variety, Apple gave out invitations for the company's next iPhone event on Thursday morning.
The new iPhones will boast significantly bigger, edge-to-edge screens. There's a golden ring with the words, "Gather round" appearing on the bottom, indicating we could see the introduction of the iPhone 11, or perhaps a new variation of the X model that debuted previous year. It will be particularly interesting to see how the firm markets the rumored cheaper iPhone, given the relatively poor reception of the iPhone 5c, a budget iPhone model the company offered in 2013 in response to increased global demand for cheaper phones. This iPhone is also expected to only have a single rear camera. They show an edge-to-edge display and a new watch face that includes more information than those of current models.
Apple will unveil its renewed iPhone strategy at the event. Apple consumers are expecting other items to be announced as well, such as a new Apple Watch.
The folks at 9to5Mac also got their hands on an image of the new Apple Watch Series 4 today.
You can see the invite image for yourself above. While many of Apple's own apps support the pressure-sensitive tech, which lets users preview media like videos or emails or access other features by applying a bit of pressure rather than simply tapping at the display, developers haven't been quick to take advantage of it, rendering what is essentially right-click functionality for smartphones useless.


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Wrigley Field means football to this Packers fan
Upcoming local faith events in the area include 'Made in the USA' parish picnic in Omro, Worship on Fire, Poy Sippi rummage sale and a church's 30th anniversary
Wrigley Field means football to this Packers fan Upcoming local faith events in the area include 'Made in the USA' parish picnic in Omro, Worship on Fire, Poy Sippi rummage sale and a church's 30th anniversary Check out this story on thenorthwestern.com: http://oshko.sh/2vvRVeC
For USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Published 7:55 a.m. CT Aug. 3, 2017 | Updated 7:56 a.m. CT Aug. 3, 2017
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While avid Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs fans have at it, good-naturedly or otherwise, as their teams play musical chairs with first place in the standings, I am poised to dive into one of the great passions of my own life — the Green Bay Packers, and the 2017 NFL season.
Baseball always has bored me, but I took to football immediately as I attended my first Packers game as a 12-year-old on Nov. 23, 1952. My reserved-seat ticket, which cost $2.40, including federal tax, was a birthday gift. The game, the Packers vs. the Dallas Texans (yes, that's correct) was the final home game for Packers running back Tony Canadeo, who was retiring at the end of that season. The Packers beat the Texans, 24-14, at the old, old City Stadium on the northeast side of Green Bay.
Fast forward to Nov. 6, 1955, and my first Packers-Chicago Bears game at Wrigley Field! Yes, folks, those games used to be at Wrigley Field. I never have been to Soldier Field in Chicago. Our family group went to 4 a.m. Mass that Sunday at St. Willebrord Church in downtown Green Bay, then walked and lugged our game gear the few blocks to the Milwaukee Road train depot to catch the train to Chicago. My Lower Grandstand ticket cost $3, including federal tax. But as happened often in the 1950s, the Packers lost to the Bears that day, 52-31.
So even though I don't do baseball, I can truthfully say that I have been to Wrigley Field (more than once).
•"Made in the USA" is the theme for the annual picnic of St. Mary Parish in Omro on Sunday, Aug. 13. Organizers promise plenty of USA-made items in the live auction, which starts at 2 p.m. Picnic activities begin after 10:30 a.m. Mass and continue through 4 p.m. on the church grounds, 730 Madison Ave. There will be a Farmer's Market, basket raffle, general raffle, children's games, homemade pies and a chicken dinner. Dinner begins at 11:45 a.m.
Picnic organizers say the live auction is a "first" for this parish picnic. As a special auction item the Jesuit Retreat House of Oshkosh has donated a gift certificate for one woman to attend a Women's Preached Weekend Retreat. Each retreatant's room includes a private bathroom, full-size bed, central air conditioning/heating, towels and linens. Retreats begin with a Thursday evening dinner and conclude Sunday after Mass and lunch.
•The dates for Oshkosh Area Memory Cafes for August have been announced. Memory Cafes provide an afternoon of learning and socializing for people with dementia, and for their caregivers. The events are free of charge and include snacks and refreshments. The first Memory Cafe in August is Wednesday, Aug. 9, from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Oshkosh Public Library. The second cafe in August will be Monday, Aug. 28, at the Oshkosh Community YMCA on 20th Avenue. Questions? Call 715-869-2667 or email kdavies@alz.org.
•Youths from First Congregational Church in Oshkosh, as a special project, are going to make paper flowers out of the church's recycled bulletins. They expect to be working on these flowers all fall and into the winter, and are inviting others to help them by learning how to make the flowers. On Sunday, Aug. 13, after the worship service, those interested are welcome to gather in Room 105 at the church to learn how to do this.
•Worship on Fire, a worship service around the church fire pit, will take place on Monday, Aug. 14, starting at 6:30 p.m. at All Saints Lutheran Church, 1072 Honey Creek Road, Oshkosh. Bring lawn chairs to the service, which will be held rain or shine.
•SAVE THE DATE: Members of Sacred Heart Parish in Poy Sippi are having a rummage sale Aug. 18 and 19, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., in the old Lions building at Poy Sippi Park. Proceeds will go toward the new addition at Sacred Heart.
•A financial course called "especially helpful for teenagers and young families" is being offered by Our Saviour's United Church of Christ, 343 Scott St., Ripon. The church will be the host for the Dave Ramsey Financial University on Thursdays, Sept. 14 to Nov. 9, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Those interested need to purchase a kit and register in the church office prior to Sept. 1. All ages are welcome, but just one kit per family unit may be purchased. The kit costs $50. To register call 920-748-2544.
•The Catholic Diocese of Green Bay is offering free one-day Regional Discipleship Formation Seminars "for key parish volunteer leaders" at various sites starting in September. All of the seminars are on Saturdays, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:40 p.m. In this area there will be a seminar Sept. 16 at St. Mary Parish in Appleton and Sept. 23 at St. Raphael Parish in Oshkosh. Registrations are due to parish administrative assistants at least one week before the seminar. Participants are asked to register as a group from their parish. For more details go to gbdioc.org/regionaldisciples.
•All Saints Lutheran Church of Oshkosh, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this October, is looking for any photos you may have of All Saints events, etc., from the past 30 years. Either scan them and email them to ministry@allsaintsoshkosh.net or bring them to the office, 1072 Honey Creek Road, and they will scan the photos for you. Please put your name on the photos so they may be returned. Questions? Call 920-426-4142.
•Thought for the Day: Be courageous! Don't wimp out just because it's impossible.
Judy Russell of Oshkosh writes about happenings at area centers of worship. To submit news for her consideration, email her courtesy of oshkoshsubmit@thenorthwestern.com with the subject "Church news." Deadline is 5 p.m., Mondays.
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hopkinssports.com The men's tennis team won against RPI and Muhlenberg Saturday.
This weekend both men's (No. 25) and women's (No. 23) tennis competed against Centennial Conference opponent Muhlenberg College. The men additionally faced a non-Conference opponent Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). Both teams emerged from the weekend victorious with impressive scores.
Though the men had the additional challenge of playing an additional opponent, the gentle-Jays took it in stride. Kicking the weekend off in home territory, they glided past the RPI Engineers with little difficulty, posting a final score of 7-2.
The dynamic duo of junior Vik Vasan and sophomore Vishnu Joshi started the day off with an 8-2 victory against RPI sophomore Brian Niguidula and freshman Eddie Wu. Next up were seniors Colin Muraika and Scott Thygesen with a quick 8-0 win against RPI junior Zach Ebenfeld and freshman Dylan Payne. The Jays fell just short of a perfect sweep, as juniors Joe Cartledge and Austin Gu were overcome by junior Sebastian Castillo-Sanchez and sophomore Andrew Imrie 6-8. The Jays were quick to bounce back, however, dominating singles competition.
Gu opened the second phase of the day with a 6-1, 6-2 victory. Junior Aaron Carey swooped in after, ending his match 6-1, 6-3 against RPI freshman Victor Stoyanov. Joshi followed up 6-3, 7-6 against Castillo-Sanchez, securing the Hopkins victory. Sophomore Eric Yoo and Thygesen added the icing to the cake, clinching their matches against Payne and Niguidula, 6-4, 6-3 and 2-6, 6-1, 7-5. The singles loss for the Jays came by the hands of RPI's freshman Yudai Teruyama, who helped RPI narrowly escape a complete and total loss by beating Blue Jay junior Cody Kim 7-6, 6-7, 1-0.
Next on the agenda was the Muhlenberg College Mules. Though the Jays had just come off of playing RPI, the Mules proved to be no trouble. The Jays ended the day 9-0 against the Mules, improving their record to 21-1 against them.
Freshman Eric Burrer and sophomore Alex Matisse took Muhlenberg junior Noah Sellinger and sophomore Jason Grant 8-1 to start the day. Up next were freshman Brian Wang and sophomore Jack Hogan with a smooth 8-3 victory against Muhlenberg junior Alex Dagilis and senior Steven Shoemaker. Finally, sophomores Matt Lurie and Robby Simon sealed the doubles sweep for the Jays, beating sophomores Adam Kronick and Gavin Meyers.
The Jays blew past the Mules entirely in singles competition. Lurie, Wang and Burrer took on Sellinger, Dagilis and Grant, while Hogan, Simon and Matisse battled freshman Daniel Kantor, Shoemaker and junior Andrew Natko. Each Jay emerged victorious.
Wang talked about how the team prepared for this weekend's back-to-back matches.
"Going into the weekend, the team was relatively confident because before the Emory match (they're No. 2 in the country), we had been comfortably winning matches against solid, nationally-ranked teams. Even at Emory, Joe Cartledge pulled out a huge win, and Austin Gu played a really close match with one of the best Division III players in the country. Both RPI and Muhlenberg field tough squads to go against, but we practiced throughout the week emphasizing the mentality of competing hard and trusting our ability," he said.
The women, however, were not to be outdone. They brought home a sweep of their own with an all-freshman lineup, matching the men's 9-0 victory.
Right out of the gate, Hopkins freshmen Evelyn Chang and Jessica Liang quickly beat Muhlenberg freshman Maria Stere and senior Meghan Olsen. Freshmen Amanda Ruci and Anya Gunewardena posted a matching score against Muhlenberg senior Shelby Knafo and freshman Carly Lodise. Closing doubles play, Hopkins freshmen Sophie Saland and Lillian Oliver pulled the most impressive win, 8-1, over their opponents freshman Rose Glantz and sophomore Jessica Sommer.
Singles was a similar story. Soaring in to solidify the sweep came Chang, 6-0, 6-0 against Stere. Liang did the same against Olsen. Ruci and Gunewardena both overcame their opponents Knafo and Lodise 6-2, 6-0. Saland then beat Glantz 6-1, 6-0, and Oliver ended the day for the Jays with a perfect game against junior Ji-In Friess.
It can be difficult for some teams to shift their focus back onto the future after an overwhelmingly successful performance. The Blue Jays, however, are not suffering from this problem.
Wang described the team's mindset for the rest of the season.
The women returns to the court at 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 9 on the Homewood courts, and the men will return at the same time and the same place the next day. Both teams will face the Franklin and Marshall Diplomats.


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Who's up to write the James Bond "Spectre" instant hit theme?
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Daniel Craig as James Bond in a "Skyfall" promotional poster.
The new James Bond film Spectre is almost a year away from hitting theaters, but there's already hot competition for the coveted job of writing the theme song.
Expressing an interest so far are DJ and producer Mark Ronson, whose single, "Uptown Funk" (featuring Bruno Mars) has held the top spot on the Billboard pop chart for three weeks.
Also throwing their (collective) hats into the ring are the guys of British boy band Take That. They're joined by Lana Del Ray (seriously?) and Sam "Stay With Me" Smith, who is reportedly the bookmaker's odds-on choice.
It'll be interesting to see whether Smith's recent royalties settlement with Tom Petty -- over the similarities between "Stay With Me" and Petty's "I Won't Back Down" -- will work in his favor. Maybe Tom can lend a hand on the chorus.


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The US Navy P19 ARFF truck was converted to a wildland vehicle. The bumper turret was replaced with a low GPM Akron Brass forestry monitor as well as a Pyrolance Ultra High Pressure (UHP) handline. The UHP handline runs at 1400 psi and 14 GPM. The truck will be headed to the Pacific Northwest to fight range fires.