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Asus: Intel 'Skylake' and Microsoft Windows 10 to debut in Q3
May 14, 2015 APU, CPU, Notebook, Tablet PC
Chief executive officer of Asustek Computer has revealed that Intel Corp.'s code-named "Skylake" microprocessors as well as Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 10 operating system will both debut in the third quarter of the year. He also disclosed that his company's products with new chips inside will use the next-generation operating system …
Windows 10 PCs may not hit the market in time for back-to-school season
April 29, 2015 Base Unit, Gaming PC, General Purpose PC, Operating Systems, PC
Although Microsoft Corp. plans to make its Windows 10 operating system available to PC makers this summer, actual systems featuring the new OS will not hit the market ahead of the important back-to-school season, market analysts believe. Recently Lisa Su, chief executive officer of Advanced Micro Devices, said that Microsoft …
Microsoft Windows 10 to support 8K display resolution
March 25, 2015 Operating Systems, Software & Gaming
Microsoft Corp.'s next generation Windows 10 operating system will support screen resolutions that will not be available on commercial displays for years to come. For example, Windows 10 will support 8K (7680*4320) resolution for monitors, which will unlikely show up on the market this year or next. At the WinHEC …
Microsoft will not grant pirates Windows 10 license and support
March 19, 2015 Operating Systems
Even though Microsoft Corp. will let owners of PCs running pirated versions of Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 to upgrade to Windows 10 free of charge, it will not grant them a free license. As a result, users of such operating systems will not get support and will face other …
Microsoft may speed up release of Windows 10
February 11, 2015 Operating Systems, Software & Gaming
Microsoft Corp. will try to make sure that its next-generation Windows 10 operating system is available for systems that will ship during the back-to-school (BTS) season, according to a media report. If the information is correct, then it is completely logical for the software giant to roll-out its new OS …
Microsoft trademarks 'Windows 365' brand-name
When Microsoft releases its Windows 10 operating system later this year, the company will offer a software-as-a-service version of the OS. Last month the company filed an application with the U.S. patent and trademark office for the "Windows 365" brand name, which potentially confirms plan to introduce a subscription-based model …
Microsoft confirms cancellation of Lumia 2520 tablet
February 3, 2015 Operating Systems, Tablet PC
Microsoft Corp. has confirmed that its Nokia Lumia 2520 media tablet is no longer in production. Essentially, it means that there are no more devices powered by the company's Windows RT operating system that are manufactured in high-volume quantities. Last week Microsoft halted production of its own Surface 2 slate …
Microsoft ceases production of its Windows RT-based Surface tablets
January 28, 2015 Operating Systems, Tablet PC
Microsoft Corp. has announced that it had ceased production of its Surface 2 media tablet. The Surface 2 is generally one of the two devices based on Microsoft Windows RT operating system that is available commercially. This week Microsoft sold out the remaining stock of the Surface 2 products and …
Microsoft Surface will not be updated to Windows 10
January 23, 2015 Operating Systems, Software & Gaming, Tablet PC
Microsoft Corp.'s troubled Surface RT media tablets will not be updated with Windows 10 operating system, even though the new OS is compatible with ARM-based system-on-chips. While devices running Windows RT will get some of functionality of Windows 10, they will never get all of the advantage of the new …
Microsoft Windows 10 to be as popular as Windows 7 – analyst
December 16, 2014 Operating Systems, Software & Gaming
The adoption of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 8 operating system has been generally slow because it looks and feels unfamiliar to most users. Windows 10 operating system promises to become more popular because Microsoft will attempt to make it more familiar to users of classic Windows operating systems. A financial analyst …
Microsoft announces date of Windows 10 consumer preview
Microsoft Corp. on Thursday announced that it will hold a special event in Redmond, Washington on the 21st of January, 2015, where it will reveal more details regarding Windows 10 operating system in general and its capabilities aimed at consumers in particular. The event will be webcast live, so everyone …
Microsoft: Windows 10 will run on billions of devices
December 6, 2014 Mobile, Netbook, Notebook, Operating Systems, PC, Smartphone, Software & Gaming, Tablet PC
Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 10 operating system will eventually power billion of devices, the company revealed this week. Apparently, the new OS will target not only PCs, tablets and smartphones, but also various devices that belong to the Internet-of-Things (IoT) world. While Microsoft did not explicitly confirm it, it looks like …
Microsoft delays Windows 10 launch to 'late summer – early fall' of 2015
December 5, 2014 Operating Systems, Software & Gaming
Microsoft Corp. this week revealed that the launch timeframe of its next-generation Windows 10 operating system had been delayed to "late summer – early fall" of 2015. Previously it was believed that the OS was due in the first half of next year, but due to some reasons the software …
Microsoft to discuss consumer features of Windows 10 in January
November 28, 2014 Operating Systems, Software & Gaming
Microsoft Corp. plans to hold a special event for mass media where it will discuss consumer features of Windows 10 operating system in detail. The press event is rumoured to be held in late January. The world's largest software maker formally announced its next Windows 10 operating system in late …
Microsoft becomes world's second most valuable company
Microsoft Corp. on Monday became the world's second most valuable company after Apple since capitalization of Exxon Mobil Corp. dropped as a result of decreasing oil price in the recent months. Microsoft Corp. has not been particularly successful on many markets in the recent years. The company's mobile platforms – …
Microsoft pushes out second update to the Windows 10 Preview
November 13, 2014 Operating Systems
Microsoft has pushed out the second build update to Windows 10 preview users. Build 9879 is now available to download, bringing with it a ton of new changes and a few noteworthy additional features, which were created due to user feedback. The first new change made is to the design …
Microsoft to add in Apple-like trackpad gestures to Windows 10
October 28, 2014 Operating Systems
Microsoft will be implementing greater trackpad functionality in the Windows 10 Technical Preview, bringing the Windows trackpad experience closer to what you would find on a Macbook Pro, with multiple new finger gestures to make users more efficient whilst flicking through programs on the OS. Microsoft first started improving its …
Windows 10 Technical Preview gets first feature update
Microsoft's Windows 10 technical preview has received its first big update, adding in just over 7000 OS tweaks alongside new features like the notification center. The technical preview originally launched around three weeks ago, Microsoft has been quick to invite enthusiasts to try out the new OS and offer suggestions …
Microsoft shows off most requested features for Windows 10
The Windows 10 technical preview has been available for a couple of weeks now and Microsoft has officially opened the flood gates for public feedback on changes and features. So what new features do current Windows 10 testers want to see the most? Microsoft is using 'Uservoice' to let people …
1 million people are helping Microsoft test Windows 10
Microsoft officially announced its next operating system, Windows 10, a couple of weeks ago and promptly released the technical preview, allowing the public to help Microsoft test its OS before release next year. The company has now revealed that it has managed to attract 1 million people with its technical …
Microsoft to sell 'non-modern' apps, content in Windows Store
October 8, 2014 Operating Systems, Software & Gaming
At present Microsoft Corp. only sells applications with Metro-style "modern" interface in its Windows Store, possibly to ensure that all the apps it sells are optimized for both PCs and tablets. However, starting next year the company will change alter its policy and will start sales of apps that do …
Microsoft Windows 10 will ship with DirectX 12 API
Microsoft Corp. has announced that its next-generation Windows 10 operating system will ship with DirectX 12 application programming interface (API). Keeping in mind that the OS is designed for all types of devices and DX12 is a corner stone for Microsoft's ecosystem-related strategy, the news is hardly surprising. This week Microsoft …
The Windows Technical Preview expires in 196 days
October 2, 2014 Operating Systems
Microsoft's Windows 10 Technical Preview became available to download last night and we've already seen some of you guys install it, but as with most OS previews, this one has an expiry date, enthusiasts will be able to use the preview up until mid April next year, which is around …
Laptop makers cease to develop notebooks with touch-screens
September 30, 2014 Laptop / Mobile, Mobile, Netbook, Notebook, PC, Tablet PC
After offering notebooks with touchscreen displays that have not become popular for several years, laptop vendors are reportedly pulling the plug and will cease development of such machines. Several years ago when demand for laptops started to get lower, whereas sales of media tablets increased quickly, Intel Corp., Microsoft Corp. …
Microsoft officially announces Windows 10 for 2015
September 30, 2014 Operating Systems
Microsoft has officially announced its next version of Windows, it's called Windows 10 and has been "built from the ground up for a mobile first, cloud world", according to Terry Myerson, Windows Chief. The new operating system will "unlock new experiences to allow customers to work, play and connect", it …
Microsoft Windows 9 could cost $30 to owners of Windows 7 – rumour
September 30, 2014 Operating Systems, Software & Gaming
Microsoft Corp. is expected to provide free Windows 9 upgrade to those who use Windows 8.1 today. Moreover, the company will reportedly offer Windows 9 with a huge discount to owners of Windows 7, the most popular version of Windows today. In a bid to make Windows 9 more popular …
Windows 9 could be a free update for Windows 8 users
A Microsoft executive has supposedly confirmed that Windows 9 will be made available as a free upgrade to Windows 8 users. Windows 9, codenamed Threshold, is set to be officially revealed tomorrow on the 30th of September, developers will then be able to get their hands on a preview version …
Microsoft to cut Windows 7 OEM supply next month
Microsoft has announced that it will no longer be selling Windows 7 Home Basic, Home Premium and Ultimate to OEMs after the 31st of October. Mainstream support for the OS is also due to end a few months later, on the 13th of January 2015. Windows 7 Professional edition will …
Microsoft Windows 9 to support 8K UHD resolution, improved scaling
September 23, 2014 Monitors, Operating Systems
One of the things that Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 8 operating system is criticized for is poor scaling. As a result, it is sometimes inconvenient to work on Windows 8-based PCs with high-resolution/high-DPI displays. According to a new media report, the next Windows operating system will address such issues. PCPortal web-site has …
Microsoft confirms Windows 9 launch date: 30th of September
Microsoft Corp. on Monday began to send invitations to the event where it plans to formally introduce its next-generation Windows 9 operating system. The event will take place in San Francisco, California, on the 30th of September, 2014. The Verge reports that the event, which will focus on enterprise and …


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Q: Save existing DataGridView data to a new table in MS Access I have an existing DataTable that binded to DataGridView1.
Loading table jobentry
with 3 fields [name], [quantity] and [cost]
I have several comboboxes and textboxes for the dataentry to this gridview.
Now,
For each job, I want to save new table of information. (or load existing ones)
for example,
job # 1000,
I can have these 3 fields [name], [quantity] and [cost] and it could have 1~5 rows of information. I want to be able to save/load this from MS Access 2010
so for different job#'s, I want to be able to load these saved datatable information. How can I save(or make it to a new table)?
I have 2 Categories created in MS Access 2010, I want to create new table into the category named Job Database and whenever I want to load existing ones, I want to find that table named "jobdatabase"&job#" and load it to DataGridView1.
I know the logic behind it, but I am not really familiar with VB.net codes (and proper ways to do it). Could you guide me what codes I need to be using?

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God forbid, memories of the wood shed.
Sami and axes - I'm guessing that were they live there is not a lot of 'big timber'. Most wood will be small/dwarf/bush sized wood. An axe just 'over kill' if you are not chopping/splitting big logs ??
Your assumption is basically correct. The leuku is just the right weight and size to process the birch which is quite spindly with any altitude. Birch is by far the most important resource after reindeer and the knife shape has been tuned over centuries to be as light and as capable as possible, able to do everything including skinning and defence. Fuel for the fire and shelter poles will generally never be more than ~50mm diameter.
At the risk of sounding like a knob (not that this has been a deterrence previously) are the flexible steel wire wood cutters just ***** or do they work; I just imagine they would be lighter?
They work about as well as gaffer taping eating forks to your boots to climb an icefall.
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Well, the ones I tried as a youth did.
I have a hultafors hunting axe great for chopping decent size logs for my multifuel burner at home , and i use a lighter wilkinson sword one for kindling , got hulta from ebay for va very good price .
I can see the point of an axe for shelters building or big fires in cold temps/private woodland/Scandinavia forest, but for feeding a bush box burner or Honey stove it's surely overkill in this country? A saw and knife is surely enough?
One thing that always surprised me about many (most?) BCs is the general lack of appreciation or even knowledge of billhooks. Ignoring UK woodcraft heritage (again).
Late reply, but I really like billhooks for light brush clearing ect. Or even what Dad calls a "slasher" which is a billhook like blade on a long pole. I have no idea how old these are, but I think they his parents' at least.
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Funnily enough last winter and this I've used the tools described below much more again last winter and this, due to getting asked to do more hedgelaying again. Last winter several hundred metres. This week steeped 50m over 3days - Young hazel I planted on a garden boundary 7 years ago.
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For a well made british axe, take a look at Robin Wood's bushcraft axe https://wood-tools.co.uk/tools/bushcraft-axe/ I have both this and the carving axe, beautifully made.
Oh and a folding silky saw, which I'm never without in the woods, that or my fixed silky saw.
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Found this two little beauties in the local hardware shop...would they work for light bushcraft and garden prunning?
I can't see why not, I must confess, I'm getting the urge for a small axe / hatchet, the Bear Grylls Gerber hatchet is small and lightish.
Hard to tell without seeing the business parts?
As in it's a jest that you are considering the BG axe for serious use?
Just saw one in Go outdoors. Looks like a toy?
Nope, no jesting, have watched a few Youtube video's of them going through the motions, don't get me wrong, this isn't for felling trees but for general smallish work it's more than capable imho.
At 5minutes he has a go at gnawing a green stick with it. I gave up after that.
I can go through a similar diameter stick of ash with a billhook or hatchet in a single clean stroke . Obviously they are a bit heavier, but what price clean cuts and no tendonitis?
.Edit. Sorry Being bit rude about it. But I've spent a good many days in my life hitting sticks with sharp metal and I just think these plate steel tools are a waste of energy and money.
Lightness is their only virtue.
@Mole what to look for at "bevel and end profile from above"?
Well, just that they aren't too fat and wedge shaped like a splitting axe. As however sharp they are, it will be hard for the axe to cut through. Conversely, if you try to split bigger wood with a thin profile axe it tends to stick in rather than split.
Your axes in photo had their blades covered, so impossible to tell much?
But being for the European market, rather than a lot of cheap tat sold in British hardware stores, they are probably ok.
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If you are looking for a wine to kick off your Easter dinner, a sparkling wine would be an ideal choice. I discovered this great sparkling from New Mexico, yes you read that correctly, about four years ago. I highly recommend it for your upcoming Easter get together.
Owner Gilbert Gruet has been producing champagne at his Bethon, France estate since 1952 so he's no Johnny-come-lately winemaker. The New Mexico sparkling wine house began production in 1983 and his run by his tow children. The "Land of Enchantment" vineyards are at 4,300 feet, making them among some of the highest in America.
On appearance, the wine is a lot lighter in color than one may expect given it's made using Pinot Noir grapes, which are black. However, you'll get over that quickly. I sure did. It has a wonderful brioche aroma that screams sparkling wine. My taste buds were saying, 'Well what are you waiting for?" So I obliged and took a sip.
The creamy texture was refreshing. I love that Saturday morning toast flavor that is prevalent in well-made sparkling wine. The fruit is a pleasing raspberry with a nice punch of acidity. The acidity will be as welcome as one of your guests when you start mixing and matching the myriad foods that make Easter dinner so special.
The $17 price is just right for a small-to-mid-sized Easter gathering. HAPPY EASTER!


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Tom Miller Joins KEW Group as Independent Director - KEW Inc.
Cambridge, Mass., Apr. 1, 2015 – KEW Group Inc. (KEW), a privately held oncology services company, today announced that Thomas (Tom) J. Miller, Jr. has joined its Board of Directors as an independent director. A seasoned executive in the diagnostic space, Mr. Miller previously served as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Siemens Healthcare's Customer Solutions Division, responsible for an organization of 26,000 employees in over 130 countries. He also held other leadership roles during his tenure at Siemens, including serving as a member of the Group Board of Siemens Medical Solutions, as well as overseeing the company's global MRI business.
In addition to his leadership roles with Siemens, Mr. Miller has served as CEO for several other organizations, including Global Medical Operations of Carl Zeiss, Inc.; Analogic Corporation; and LightLab Imaging, a start-up he helped to establish and sell, and for whom he also served as Chairman. In April 2013, he founded GreyBird Ventures, a consultancy and investment firm, where he currently serves as director, advisor, and/or investor in six healthcare start-up companies. Mr. Miller received his B.S. in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Massachusetts, and received his Masters of Science degree from the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology.
CancerPlex gives oncologists practical information to identify action-oriented solutions by coupling comprehensive, patient-specific, genomic data with evidence-based clinical intelligence about approved and emerging therapies. Oncologists use this information to create treatment decisions and optimize care in ways that are unique to each patient. KEW's CancerPlex is one of the most comprehensive genetic/genomic tests available for accurate, thorough, and timely molecular diagnosis of solid tumors. Encompassing over four hundred cancer genes, CancerPlex identifies changes in cancer genes which can be treated by new, precision therapies, requiring tumor samples smaller than other next-generation sequencing tests.
With 80 percent of U.S. cancer patients now treated in the community oncology setting, KEW's specific focus on serving community oncology practices underscores the company's mission to ensure that all patients have access to the most current, personalized treatment options, improved treatment outcomes, and better quality of life.


In an interview to a news channel, Modi had expressed satisfaction over the fact that Mallya's extradition process was in the last stage.
The Centre is keen to increase lending, especially to medium and small enterprises, which are the major job creators.
Of the 7 state-owned banks, Bank of India may get the highest amount of Rs 10,086 crore.
Around 3.20 lakh officers from various state-run banks have called for a one-day strike.
Out of the Rs 1.35 lakh crore, the government has already infused about Rs 82,000 crore through recap bonds.
Farmers from thousands of villages have been suffering due to drought and lakh of farmers have failed to get loans from banks.


The timing was divine: We were on a spiritual retreat when, first, an email arrived from Finishing the Task. It talked about getting the list of unengaged unreached people groups (UUPGs) remaining in the world from 964 to zero. This was followed by a phone call from the same association of mission agencies and churches. Many of the 964 UUPGs were located in "the hardest places," which - by definition - is where Climbing For Christ GOes.
We were asked to prayerfully consider adopting some of the UUPGs on the list.
An explanation: More than 32 million lost souls were counted among those 964 UUPGs. Those are people who had yet to hear the Gospel, let alone have a church-planting movement in their midst. No one had been sent to engage them.
More divine timing: As we prayed, 13 countries seemed to fit our primary purpose (to take the Gospel to mountainous areas where other missionaries cannot or will not go). But Indonesia stood out, and a few days later we were visited by C4C Indonesia leader Budi Yuwono in the United States. That's right, Budi was visiting family only about a two-hour drive from the Home Office of Climbing For Christ!
We shared information on the UUPGs in Indonesia, prayed, researched, met to discuss, and prayed some more. What we came away with, we think, was divinely orchestrated direction to two UUPGs. One is located on an island we surveyed during Mission: Indonesia 2018. They are 99.95 percent Muslim, according to the Joshua Project, which states that where they live "the land is mountainous." The other is on an island where Budi's home church (and hoped-for C4C ministry partner) already is working. Again, it's a God thing.
God opens doors, we walk in. "I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me" (Malachi 3:1, NIV). We would be humbled and honored to serve as the messengers who deliver the Good News to those who have not yet heard.
PRAY: For the development of a missionary vision for the church in Indonesia. When we told a large congregation about an unreached people we'd surveyed, no one had heard of the group. How can that be? These people are their neighbors. There is a great need for workers.
GIVE: To send staff to Indonesia twice in 2019.
GO: Climbing For Christ was introduced to Indonesia in 2007, when a local group of believers were made our first international chapter. Seven expeditions were conducted from 2007 to 2018. In 2019, two trips are scheduled – in April and in October. These trips are for C4C members only. Email info@ClimbingForChrist.org for a mission application and specifics about our expeditions.


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Q: Pygame and IDEs -- source changes require python restart I can run my pygame project fine in either of the IDEs I use (Spyder and IEP), but then I try makes changes to some of the .py files and when I run the project again, the changes don't show up. I think this has something to do with the IDEs running .py files as scripts, but I can't figure out a good solution. I tried deleting the compiled files but the same problem still occurs.

A: You can use the reload function to update the running python instance with the updated files.


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Broncos say guard Ronald Leary has torn Achilles
By National Football Post
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The Denver Broncos have lost guard Ron Leary, their best offensive lineman, to a torn Achilles, the latest misfortune for a team that's mired in a four-game skid.
Leary was injured early in the second half of Denver's 23-20 loss to the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday and was replaced by Max Garcia.
Coach Vance Joseph said Monday that Leary will be placed on injured reserve.
"That's a huge loss for us from a leadership perspective," Joseph said. "From a player perspective, it's a huge loss. You know, we have great depth in that room, obviously with (right guard Connor) McGovern and Max being starters now and (rookie) Sam Jones dressing on game day. So, we'll see how that works out, but I feel good about that room. I do."
General manager John Elway said on his weekly radio show that he's searching for a roster replacement for Leary, but with a game Thursday night in Arizona that addition won't be someone who can provide immediate help.
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Report: Brady defiantly denies retirement question
If anyone had any question whether Tom Brady would consider retiring after the Super Bowl, win or lose, the iconic Patriots quarterback has apparently put it to rest.
With New England preparing to face the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LIII next Sunday in Atlanta, the 41-year-old quarterback was reportedly asked if he planned to play next season.
"Zero," Brady apparently replied when asked if there was any chance Super Bowl Sunday would be his final NFL game.
A veteran of 19 seasons, Brady was a model of consistency again this season — earning his 14th Pro Bowl selection by passing for 4,355 yards with 29 touchdown passes and 11 interceptions. Moreover, the Patriots have not had a losing season since he earned the starting QB job because of a Drew Bledsoe injury in the 2001 season.
Sunday marks Brady's third straight Super Bowl appearance and the ninth of his career — an NFL record. He is the only starting quarterback in league history to win five Super Bowls.
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Rams' Cooks responds to Pats' Chung dig in fan rally
Rams' Cooks responds to Pats' Chung dig in fan rally
So much for trying not to provide your opponents bulletin-board material.
Ahead of the normal barrage of stale answers to the media hordes covering Super Bowl week, both the New England Patriots and Los Angeles Rams held fan rallies on Sunday — with both teams talking tough to their own backers before heading to Atlanta for Super Bowl LIII next Sunday.
As the AFC champion Patriots drew 35,000 fans at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., starting safety Patrick Chung raised the Rams' radar by telling his home crowd, "We're going to go [down] there and kick their ass, baby," according to WEEI.
Later in the day, the NFC champion Rams hosted their rally at the L.A. Stadium at Hollywood Park, where the team will start to call home beginning in 2020.
After a day of speeches and rallying cries, Rams wide receiver Brandin Cooks — a former Patriots teammate of Chung's last season — responded to the tough talk from New England.
"Hey Chung, we heard you talking that talk back there in Foxborough … let's get straight," Cooks said before walking off the stage, per NESN.com.
The Patriots are making their record 11th Super Bowl appearance, with the Rams playing in the game for first time since the 2001 season when they were located in St. Louis. The Rams are 1-2 in Super Bowls as a franchise.
Huge crowd sends Patriots off to Super Bowl
For New England Patriots fans, the trip to the Super Bowl hasn't gotten old.
Before the Patriots departed Sunday morning for their ninth Super Bowl appearance since the 2001 season, an estimated 35,000 fans gathered at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., to wish the team well. Fans started lining up in the cold before dawn to get a good viewing spot.
Owner Robert Kraft, head coach Bill Belichick, quarterback Tom Brady and a handful of his teammates addressed the crowd, thanking them for its support. After the rally, they boarded buses for the T.F. Green Airport in Providence, R.I., where the team plane was waiting to take the Patriots to Atlanta. New England will meet the Los Angeles Rams there next Sunday in Super Bowl LIII.
"We've got to bring it, you guys have got to bring it and hopefully we can bring the trophy back home," Brady said. "We're not quite at the end yet. We've got one more to go."
Brady worked the crowd into a frenzy by leading the chant, "We're still here!" before dropping the mic.
The Patriots have won five Super Bowls in the Brady-Belichick era.
Rams K Zuerlein optimistic strained foot will be 'good to go'
Los Angeles Rams kicker Greg Zuerlein on Saturday said he was "hopeful" that his strained foot will be ready for Super Bowl LIII after a "few more days of treatment."
Zuerlein has yet to practice since his 57-yard kick heard 'round the world defeated the New Orleans Saints last week and thrust the Rams into the Super Bowl.
Zuerlein said he "landed on something that didn't give as much as turf and that's when it started hurting." The injury occurred at halftime.
"It hurt, but not enough to keep me from playing.But, hopefully, a few more days of treatment and it'll be good to go," he said.
Zuerlein has been walking in a boot and was listed again on the official injury report.
Zuerlein also drilled a 48-yard field goal with 15 seconds left in the fourth quarter to force the NFC Championship Game into overtime.
"We wouldn't be here if it wasn't for him," Rams head coach Sean McVay said Saturday, applauding Zuerlein's support of stand-in kickers Cairo Santos and Sam Ficken.
Bears give OT Massie four-year extension
The Chicago Bears retained a key piece
The Chicago Bears retained a key piece of their offensive line, signing right tackle Bobby Massie to a four-year extension on Saturday.
Terms were not announced, but NFL Network reported the deal is worth more than $8 million per year, a figure that would put him among the four highest-paid right tackles in the league.
Massie, 29, just finished his seventh season as a pro and third with Chicago after joining the team on a three-year, $18 million deal in March of 2016. He has missed just four games over the last five seasons, all as a starter.
"Bobby has been an important part of our offensive line the past three years and has shown steady improvement during that time," said Bears general manager Ryan Pace in a statement.
"Bobby has a tremendous work ethic and has displayed the kind of toughness and consistency we want in our players."
Massie spent the first four seasons of his career with the Arizona Cardinals, who selected him in the fourth round of the 2012 NFL Draft.
Ole Miss receiver Metcalf cleared for combine
Mississippi receiver
Mississippi receiver D.K. Metcalf, who underwent season-ending neck surgery in October, has been cleared to resume all football activity ahead of the NFL Combine.
His surgeon, Dr. Kevin Foley, said there are no limitations on Metcalf's activities.
Metcalf is training for the combine in Phoenix and has been projected as a potential first-round selection.
The redshirt sophomore led the squad with five touchdown receptions at the time of his injury and had 26 receptions for 569 yards, a splendid 21.9 average yards per catch.
Metcalf missed the bulk of the 2016 season with a foot injury, but played in 12 games in 2017 and had 39 catches for 646 yards and seven touchdowns.
The NFL Combine runs from Feb. 26 through March 4 in Indianapolis.
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Saints' Watson calls Goodell's silence 'unbecoming' and 'detrimental'
Saints' Watson calls Goodell's silence 'unbecoming' and 'detrimental'
Four days after the New Orleans Saints missed out on a likely Super Bowl appearance due to a missed call, tight end Benjamin Watson tweeted a message to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, questioning his silence on the subject.
"We all realize that football is an imperfect game, played, coached and officiated by imperfect people," Watson wrote. "What occurred last Sunday in New Orleans though, was outside of that expected and accepted norm. Your continued silence on this matter is unbecoming of the position you hold, detrimental to the integrity of the game and disrespectful and dismissive to football fans everywhere.
"From the locker room to Park Ave, accountability is what makes our league great. Lead by example. We are waiting."
Though Saints head coach Sean Payton said after Sunday's game that NFL vice president of officiating Al Riveron confirmed the missed call via phone, the league has yet to issue an official comment on the matter. In the past, the NFL has released videos with Riveron — or former VP of officiating Dean Blandino, before Riveron assumed the job — explaining why particular controversial calls were made correctly or incorrectly.
The NFL's rulebook technically could have provided latitude for Goodell to take action and change the outcome of Sunday's game, but such action would have been unprecedented and would have had to happen promptly given the planning involved for a team headed to the Super Bowl.
Goodell was not at Sunday's game — he was in Kansas City to watch the Chiefs face the Patriots — and he has not issued any public comments on the game or the call in question.
Watson, 38, did not play on Sunday after battling appendicitis during the week. He had said previously the 2018 season — his 14th in the NFL — would be his last.
Watson is one of the league's most respected players. A vice president of the NFL Players Association, he was one of three finalists for the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award in 2017 and has been a prominent voice on a variety of off-field subjects.
NFL: Concussion numbers dropped significantly in 2018
The number of diagnosed concussions dropped significantly in the NFL in 2018, the league confirmed on Thursday.
There was a 24 percent decline in concussions in the preseason and regular season, from 281 in 2017 to 214 this season. For the regular season only, there was a 29 percent decrease from 190 in 2017 to 135.
That means the average NFL team experienced one concussion every fourth game in 2018, compared to one every third game in 2017.
"We're certainly pleased with the progress on concussion reduction," said Jeff Miller, the NFL's executive vice president for health and safety. "There is a lot more work to do."
Two rules changes may have contributed to the decline. After experiencing a spike in concussion figures in 2017, the league put a rule in place to prevent using the helmet to initiate contact. Changes were also made to kickoffs, with the elimination of any wedges (previously, two-man wedges had been allowed) and new formational rules that made the play more like a punt return, with fewer high-speed collisions.
Some of the credit also goes to advances in helmet technology. The league said 74 percent of players are using the latest protective headwear, compared to 41 percent in 2017.
The NFL said that 75 percent of the 538 sideline evaluations during games this season did not result in a concussion diagnosis.
"We continue to emphasize an extremely conservative approach," said Dr. Allen Sills, the league's chief medical officer. "If they even suspect someone is concussed, we screen that player."
The latest concussion figures are encouraging, but the league said the number of serious knee injuries has remained largely flat over the past seven seasons. There were 57 ACL tears in 2018, the NFL said.
Saints superfan expresses ire on Atlanta billboards
One Saints' superfan is so angered by the referees' missed call in Sunday's NFC Championship Game, which likely cost New Orleans a trip to the Super Bowl, that he bought billboards all over downtown Atlanta to tell everyone how he really feels.
Matt Bowers, who owns several car dealerships in the New Orleans area, had some choice words for the league, including "SAINTS GOT ROBBED" and "NFL BLEAUX IT!" plastered on billboards along I-85 in Atlanta, the site of the 2019 Super Bowl. Another one of the billboards is located right outside of the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, where the Los Angeles Rams — not the Saints — and the New England Patriots will square off in two weeks.
Bowers wrote several social media posts on Monday hinting that he would take action in the wake of his ire, writing in one Twitter post, "I'm going to do something about this. #Saints #NFLBLEAUXIT," and in another, "I won't ever get over it but, I am going to make the NFL miserable. Watch me."
The wave of billboards, reported to be seven in all with 16 placements, went live across downtown Atlanta on Monday evening, and fans and news outlets were quick to take notice. ESPN's Adam Schefter reported Tuesday that Bowers stated, "I'm not done yet."
Bowers, whose most recent billboard message targets the NFL commissioner ("Roger Goodell knew dat!"), has also made sure that folks will see the billboards for weeks to come: He announced on Twitter they will remain "All over … Downtown Atlanta through the Fake Super Bowl."
Report: NFL head of officiating could lose job
The job status of the NFL's senior vice president of officiating, Alberto Riveron, could be in question after a blown call Sunday in the NFC Championship Game likely cost the New Orleans Saints a Super Bowl appearance.
NBC's Peter King quoted a source Monday who said, "Al Riveron (EVP of Officiating) is gone. He can't survive this."
King added that another source said the league would have to pay a lot of money to get Dean Blandino or Mike Pereira (the latter "a less likely candidate," per King) to return to the position. Both men once held the VP of officiating title before moving into television as rules analysts.
Riveron was promoted to the position before the 2017 season to fill the vacancy created by Blandino's departure for Fox Sports. Last January, multiple outlets reported Riveron would remain in the position for the 2018 season despite several high-profile officiating controversies, including one that led to the competition committee overhauling the catch rule last offseason.
Riveron was senior director of officiating before being promoted to replace Blandino. He became the first Hispanic NFL referee in 2008.
Blandino suggested in December 2017, not long after leaving the league, that he could be persuaded to return to his old post if the position were valued more within the league office.
On Sunday, Saints head coach Sean Payton said he spoke with Riveron via phone shortly after New Orleans' loss to the Los Angeles Rams, saying Riveron admitted to a blown non-call on a play that should have been ruled pass interference in the final two minutes of regulation.
"The explanation … it was simple," Payton said of his discussion with Riveron. "They blew the call. Not only was it (pass) interference, but it was helmet-to-helmet (contact). That was the first thing Al said. …
"I don't know if there was ever a more obvious pass interference call. That's a tough one to swallow."
Had the call been made, with the score 20-20, the Saints would have been able to run the clock down and attempt a short field goal as time expired. Instead, they were forced to kick with 1:41 remaining, leaving time for the Rams to tie the game and force overtime, where the Saints went on to lose 26-23.
Referee Bill Vinovich briefly addressed the play during a postgame interview with a pool reporter.
"It was a judgment call by the covering official," Vinovich said. "I personally have not seen the play. … It is not a reviewable play."
Multiple outlets reported Monday that the league will look closely this offseason at potentially changing that matter, perhaps making pass interference reviewable along with other "judgment" calls that have not been reviewable previously.
Saints owner Gayle Benson released a statement Monday saying she was "thoroughly disappointed" with the lack of "fair and equitable" decision-making from the referees, adding she has been in touch with the league and will "aggressively pursue changes" to prevent future errors from happening.
The officials on the field closest to the play in question were side judge Gary Cavaletto and down judge Patrick Turner. It's unclear whether either will face discipline, although the league let go of down judge Hugo Cruz in October, less than two weeks after he missed a false start on a play that resulted in a Los Angeles Chargers touchdown against the Cleveland Browns.
Saints' owner issues statement on controversial loss
Saints' owner issues statement on controversial loss
A day after her New Orleans Saints lost the NFC Championship Game due, in part, to a missed call by the officials, team owner Gayle Benson issued a strong statement of disapproval on Monday.
"I am thoroughly disappointed by the events that led to the outcome of yesterday's game," the statement said, in part. "Getting to the Super Bowl is incredibly difficult to do and takes such an unbelievable commitment from a team and support from its fans. No team should ever be denied the opportunity to reach the title game (or simply win a game) based on the actions, or inactions, of those charged with creating a fair and equitable playing field. As is clear to all who watched the game, it is undeniable that our team and fans were unfairly deprived of that opportunity yesterday.
"I have been in touch with the NFL regarding yesterday's events and will aggressively pursue changes in NFL policies to ensure no team and fan base is ever put in a similar position again. It is a disservice to our coaches, players, employees and, most importantly, the fans who make our game possible. The NFL must always commit to providing the most basic of expectations — fairness and integrity."
Officials declined to throw a flag after Los Angeles Rams cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman clearly hit Saints wide receiver Tommylee Lewis before the ball arrived on a third-and-10 pass. Had a penalty been called, the Saints would have been able to run the clock down before kicking a 31-yard field goal as time expired, which would have won the game and sent them to the Super Bowl.
Instead, they were forced to kick a field goal with 1:41 remaining, leaving time for the Rams to tie and force overtime, where the Saints went on to lose.
Saints head coach Sean Payton told reporters after the game he spoke with Alberto Riveron, the NFL's senior vice president of officiating, who confirmed the incorrect non-call.
Robey-Coleman admitted afterward he made contact before Lewis had a chance to catch the pass.
"Yes, I got there too early," he said. "I was beat, and I was trying to save the touchdown."
The Washington Post reported Monday that the NFL will consider making pass interference a reviewable play this offseason.
"It will be discussed at length along with additional fouls that coaches feel should be subject to review," a person familiar with the NFL's inner workings told the Post.
Replay is not an option for pass interference and other "judgment calls" but was discussed as recently as March.
To implement a rule allowing for pass interference to be validated by replay or expose this and other judgment calls to a coach's challenge, at least three-quarters of the 32 owners must vote to approve it.
NFL Conference Championship Weekend: Over and Under Bets
By Brad Gagnon
This NFL season, with sports betting expected to be a more common and accepted practice, we're making a point to look beyond point spreads and analyze often-neglected totals. As part of that approach, we're offering up our favorite bet over and favorite under each week.
Over and Under Best Bets
This NFL season, with sports betting expected to be a more common and accepted practice, we're making a point to look beyond point spreads and analyze often-neglected totals. As part of that approach, we're offering up our favorite bet over and favorite under each week.
Take the over: New England Patriots at Kansas City Chiefs
Total: 56.5
The Chiefs remain vulnerable against the run. The Colts averaged 6.2 yards per rush against them but weren't able to establish the run consistently due to the score.
Meanwhile, the Patriots have really discovered a strong running game thanks to the emergence of Sony Michel. Look for them to keep it on the ground and set things up for the passing game to take advantage of a secondary that is also beatable.
You know Tom Brady will get some shots in, and there's little doubt Patrick Mahomes will do the same. New England's run defense is also vulnerable — only the Rams surrendered more yards per carry than the Pats and Chiefs this season — and Damien Williams and Spencer Ware should have plenty of success setting up the passing game. Kansas City could also get a shot in the arm from the return of injured guard Laurent Duvernay-Tardif.
These teams combined for 83 points in their first meeting, and this should be another track meet. After initial weather concerns, the latest forecast indicates this game won't be played in sub-zero temperatures after all, and I think both teams will have just enough in them on offense to push this one into the 60s.
Predicted score: Chiefs 34, Patriots 28
Take the under: Los Angeles Rams at New Orleans Saints
Dating back to Week 13, the Saints have averaged fewer than 20 points per game. And while they scored 45 points the last time they faced Los Angeles, Rams defensive coordinator Wade Phillips is too smart to let that happen again. Look for Aqib Talib — who didn't play in that first meeting — to do a better job against productive star Saints receiver Michael Thomas, and don't be surprised if underrated Rams linebacker Cory Littleton limits Alvin Kamara's damage.
That could make life real tough against a defensive front featuring defensive player of the year shoo-in Aaron Donald as well as Ndamukong Suh, who looks inspired thus far in January.
And while the Rams also scored 35 points in that Week 9 meeting, that offense has also been less stable and consistent without Cooper Kupp down the stretch.
The Saints defense is certainly beatable, but keep in mind that New Orleans completely shut down the Eagles for three and a half quarters on Sunday and has surrendered 17 or fewer points in seven of its last nine games.
Not even sure this one will hit 50.
Predicted score: Rams 24, Saints 23
Good luck, we're all counting on you.
Last week: 2-0
2018 season: 23-14-1
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Brad Gagnon has covered the NFL since 2007 and is a member of the Professional Football Writers of America, despite the fact he actually lives in Canada. The Toronto-based sports journalist's work can also be seen at Bleacher Report, CBS Sports, Awful Announcing and The Guardian. He can be found on Twitter @brad_gagnon
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NFL notebook: Chiefs S Berry, RB Ware set to play Sunday
Kansas City Chiefs safety Eric Berry and running back Spencer Ware are trending toward taking the field Sunday in the AFC Championship game against the New England Patriots.
Berry was a full participant in Wednesday's practice and repeated the session Thursday. He's been bothered by a heel injury.
"He looked good out there," head coach Andy Reid said Thursday when asked about the risk of Berry being rusty after playing in just two games this season. "I see him out there looking like Eric Berry."
Berry has played just 99 snaps across the two games while battling the lingering heel issue, while Ware missed the final three games of the regular season after injuring his hamstring Week 14 in a win over the Ravens.
–Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt had a "minor knee cleanup" after the season, reported NFL Network's Ian Rapoport.
"Sounds like he's fine now," Rapoport tweeted. "Just some maintenance on an injury that bothered him during the season."
Watt had appeared on Houston's injury report multiple times during the second half of the season with a knee issue, but he started all 16 regular-season games plus the Texans' wild-card playoff loss to the Indianapolis Colts this season.
–Jacksonville Jaguars running back Leonard Fournette has filed an official challenge over the team's decision to take away the guarantees in the final two years of his contract, according to multiple reports, and an arbitrator will determine if Jacksonville is within its rights to do so.
Fournette was scheduled to earn $2.93 million in 2019 and $4.17 million in 2020, but the Jaguars voided the guarantees after he was suspended by the NFL for one game for coming off the bench to fight with Bills defensive lineman Shaq Lawson during the Jaguars' loss at Buffalo on Nov. 25.
After the game, Fournette apologized, but the Jaguars still took away the remaining guaranteed money in his rookie contract citing a contract clause that allowed them to do so if he missed a game for anything other than a football-related injury.
–The Seattle Seahawks have agreed to a deal with quarterback Paxton Lynch, a first-round draft pick by Denver in 2016, KJR Radio reported.
Lynch, who turns 25 next month, was released by the Broncos before the 2018 season.
He wasn't able to take hold of the starting job in Denver, appearing in just five games (four starts) and passing for 792 yards with four touchdowns and four interceptions. The Broncos' signing of Case Keenum last March made Lynch expendable.
–The Chicago Bears' impressive 2018 turnaround earned Matt Nagy the NFL Coach of the Year and former defensive coordinator Vic Fangio the NFL Assistant Coach of the Year honors from the Pro Football Writers of America.
Indianapolis general manager Chris Ballard, whose moves helped the Colts reach the playoffs for the first time since 2014, was voted NFL Executive of the Year by PFWA members.
Nagy inherited a 5-11 team and compiled a 12-4 record in his first season with the Bears, who won the NFC North and reached the playoffs for the first time since 2010.
–Legendary singer Gladys Knight will perform the national anthem before Super Bowl LIII on Feb. 3, the NFL and CBS announced.
"I am proud to use my voice to unite and represent our country in my hometown of Atlanta," the 74-year-old Knight said.
Knight is enshrined in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and has won seven Grammy awards. She also has had two No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 singles during her career: "Midnight Train to Georgia" and "That's What Friends Are For."
–Former NFL quarterback Turk Schonert has died, according to Fox 19 News in Cincinnati. He was 62. His cause of death was not announced.
Schonert spent eight seasons in Cincinnati (1981-85, 1987-89) and one in Atlanta (1986), largely as a backup quarterback. He compiled a 7-5 record as a starter.
He later served as quarterbacks coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New York Giants, Buffalo Bills, Carolina Panthers and New Orleans Saints. He also was the Bills' offensive coordinator for one season in 2008. More recently, he was an assistant coach with the Montreal Alouettes of the CFL.
Gladys Knight to perform anthem at Super Bowl
Legendary singer Gladys Knight will perform the national anthem before Super Bowl LIII on Feb. 3, the NFL and CBS announced Thursday.
Deaf activist Aarron Loggins will sign both the anthem and "America The Beautiful."
Potent offenses collide as Saints, Rams meet for NFC title
Drew Brees turned 40 on Tuesday, and the New Orleans Saints quarterback will cap off his birthday week matching throws and wits on Sunday in the NFC Championship Game with Jared Goff, the Los Angeles Rams quarterback who is 16 years younger.
Brees is in no mood for nostalgia, but he knows better than anyone else that chances to win a Super Bowl don't come around often.
"I think that's been well communicated, really, as we've journeyed through the season and as we've hit every benchmark," Brees said of being one victory away from his second Super Bowl appearance, the other when he won a title after the 2009 season. "Don't take it for granted. Appreciate it. We are still a young team in a lot of areas, but we also have a lot of great veteran leadership."
Goff said he appreciated Brees' willingness to share some insights into the art of quarterbacking when they played together in the Pro Bowl last year.
Brees said he was simply "paying forward" what other veteran quarterbacks did for him, guys like Doug Flutie, Trent Dilfer and Kurt Warner.
"I told myself at that time that hopefully I can play long enough where guys start asking advice from me," Brees said, smiling.
In their 45-35 regular-season victory over the Rams in November, the Saints held a 35-14 lead late in the second quarter — scoring touchdowns on five of their six first-half possessions. Their only miscue came when Mark Ingram fumbled at the New Orleans 22 with the game tied at 14, but the Rams wasted that scoring opportunity when they passed up a go-ahead, 34-yard field goal on fourth-and-4 and failed to convert on holder Johnny Hekker's run around right end.
The Rams rallied starting late in the second quarter and put up 21 consecutive points to the tie the game at 35, only to have Brees connect with Michael Thomas on a 72-yard touchdown with 3:53 left to seal the victory.
When Saints coach Sean Payton remarked after the game that he liked the matchup of Thomas going against Rams cornerback Marcus Peters, the defensive back fired back and said he was relishing a rematch.
Asked Wednesday about the verbal dustup, Payton discounted any bad blood, saying the Saints had come close to drafting Peters in 2015.
In the November matchup, Brees completed 25 of 36 passes for 346 yards and four touchdowns, and Thomas caught 12 passes for a career-high 211 yards to hand the Rams their first loss of the season.
In the rematch, the Saints will be playing without one of their best run-stoppers, defensive tackle Sheldon Rankins, who sustained a torn Achilles tendon in New Orleans' 20-14 divisional playoff victory over the Philadelphia Eagles last week.
The Rams also will be without one of their best performers, wide receiver Cooper Kupp, who tore his left anterior cruciate ligament in Week 10. Kupp had 40 catches for 566 yards and six touchdowns in eight games this season.
"That game was a while ago," Rams coach Sean McVay said of New Orleans' head-to-head win. "It was a great reference point for us to work from and try to learn from some of the mistakes everybody made, and we're looking forward to the challenge again on Sunday."
The Rams, playing in their first NFC Championship Game since 2001-02, are coming off an impressive 30-22 victory over Dallas in which they produced 273 rushing yards, the most ever surrendered by the Cowboys in the playoffs. Running backs Todd Gurley and C.J. Anderson combined for 238 yards and three touchdowns on 39 carries (6.1-yard average).
"I thought those guys did a great job complementing each other," McVay said. "Certainly, Todd's our guy, but I thought C.J. was a great change of pace to come in there and be able to do some really good things."
The rematch should have plenty of offensive fireworks. The Rams finished No. 2 in the NFL in scoring (32.9 points per game), but the Saints were right behind them at No. 3 (31.5). Both defenses finished in the middle of the pack in total yardage allowed and points allowed.
While Gurley and Anderson proved they could pound the ball against the Cowboys, the Saints' Alvin Kamara and Ingram provide the sixth-best rushing attack in the league. Kamara had three first-half touchdowns in the November meeting.
"We need to keep our gap integrity and tackle well," McVay said.
Patriots dialed in for Chiefs, championship game
in 2014, the last time the Patriots traveled to Kansas City, apoplectic reaction went to parts unknown: speculation whether Tom Brady was finished and if his Lombardi-hoarding coach had lost his touch.
Two Super Bowl victories later, New England is again on rarely traveled ground, packing for another AFC Championship game as the underdog at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday.
"They're a well balanced, disciplined team. We'll need our best game," Belichick said Wednesday in Foxborough, Mass.
The Patriots need one win for their ninth Super Bowl appearance since 2000. Sunday will mark the eighth consecutive year New England has reached the conference title game. No other team has appeared in more than five in a row.
"I love to play in a championship game," Belichick said, shrugging off a question about preparing for gametime temperatures forecast to be at or below freezing. "Schedule it wherever you want. We'll be there."
The most recent forecast calls for a daytime temperature of 19 degrees.
Belichick has won a championship at the expense of Chiefs head coach Andy Reid. New England won Super Bowl XXXIX over the Eagles, with Reid as Philadelphia's coach, following the 2004 season. The Patriots have 18 takeaways in eight games and a 6-2 record when Belichick opposes Reid.
Overall, Reid is 1-4 in championship games. Kansas City hasn't won the Super Bowl since 1970.
For all the playoff experience Brady and Belichick boast, not often has New England been asked to go on the road to earn a Super Bowl ticket. New England is 3-4 in postseason road games featuring Brady behind center.
"We're going to have to stop the whole offense, not just one player," Belichick said. "We're going to have to play good team defense."
Belichick is 8-4 in championship games and has 29 postseason wins as a head coach.
Kansas City was first in the NFL at 35.3 points per game in 2018. New England was fourth at 27.2.
Recent games have been shootouts. The Chiefs beat the Patriots 42-27 to open the 2017 season, and New England knocked off K.C. in October of the just-completed season, 43-40.
"They have a great offense, they have a great set of players," Belichick said. "Andy does a great job of forcing you to make choices, and spreading the ball around based on those choices. … They lead the league in everything."
As for any lasting memories of the bloody Monday night in 2014 – a 41-14 loss in which New England trailed 27-0 and 41-7 – the Patriots are employing their usual short-term memory.
This week, they're on to Kansas City.
Arians: Steelers WR Brown has become 'diva'
Arians: Steelers WR Brown has become 'diva'
New Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians used to have a close-up view of Pittsburgh star wide receiver Antonio Brown when he served as the Steelers' offensive coordinator.
Now his view is from afar, and he isn't so impressed with Brown's actions or behavior.
"There's too much miscommunication, too much … diva," Arians said Tuesday on The Adam Schefter Podcast. "I've heard so many stories — I like Antonio — he plays as hard as anybody on Sunday and he practices hard.
"He's just gotta make better decisions off the field, be on time, do some of those little things."
Arians was around for Brown's first two seasons in Pittsburgh. The Steelers drafted Brown in the sixth round out of Central Michigan in 2010 and Arians was impressed with his hunger to become good.
"He was the hardest working," Arians said. "He and Emmanuel Sanders. Boy, they went after it because (coach) Mike Tomlin used to tell them, 'two dogs, one bone.' And at that time we had Mike Wallace, Hines Ward, I mean we had a pretty good run for one of them to get on the field. By the end of the season, they were both winning for us to go to the Super Bowl."
Arians left the Steelers following the 2011 campaign to become offensive coordinator of the Indianapolis Colts. He served as interim head coach for most of 2012 while Chuck Pagano was battling cancer, was the Arizona Cardinals head man from 2013-17 and sat out the 2018 season before becoming head coach of the Buccaneers.
Meanwhile, Brown's future in Pittsburgh is uncertain after his Week 17 antics infuriated the organization. Brown reportedly skipped meetings and practices and didn't return Tomlin's calls.
When Brown showed up for the regular-season finale against the Cincinnati Bengals, Tomlin informed him that he wouldn't be playing.
Last week, team president Art Rooney II said it would be "hard to envision" Brown being part of the team when it opens training camp in July.
NFL notebook: Eagles still committed to Wentz
Philadelphia Eagles head coach Doug Pederson didn't waste any time putting an end to speculation about the team's quarterback situation next year.
"Carson Wentz is the quarterback going forward," Pederson said at a press conference Tuesday. "And in Nick (Foles') case, listen, we'd love to have everybody back throughout the roster, but as I've said many times, it's not about one guy, it's about the team, and we're going to do what's best for the team."
Foles, 29, led the team in the postseason each of the past two years with Wentz out injured. The Eagles hold a $20 million option on Foles for 2019, but the quarterback can buy it out for $2 million to become a free agent, barring a franchise tag.
–The New York Jets will hire former Cleveland Browns interim coach Gregg Williams as defensive coordinator, ESPN reported.
ESPN adds the Washington Redskins — whose defense Williams coordinated from 2004-07 — also pursued Williams, but the Jets had more interest. Washington still has Greg Manusky under contract as defensive coordinator, but reports have connected the team to various other options.
–The Denver Broncos agreed to hire former Chicago Bears defensive backs coach Ed Donatell as defensive coordinator, according to multiple reports.
Donatell has worked under Vic Fangio since 2011, when they were both in San Francisco. He also had two previous tenures in Denver as the secondary coach. Fangio is still expected to call plays on Sundays.
–The Arizona Cardinals are interviewing former Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Jim Bob Cooter for the same position, ESPN reported.
According to multiple reports, the Cardinals also interviewed John DeFilippo — who has also interviewed for the Jacksonville Jaguars' opening — on Sunday.
–The Jaguars are interviewing former Cardinals offensive coordinator Mike McCoy for the same position, ESPN reported.
McCoy, 46, was fired by the Cardinals in October, marking the second consecutive season in which he was fired midseason. The Broncos let him go midway through 2017.
–The Indianapolis Colts parted ways with offensive line coach Dave DeGuglielmo, while assistant offensive line coach Bobby Johnson is leaving to take the lead job for the Buffalo Bills.
The Colts allowed an NFL-low 18 sacks in 2018, but DeGuglielmo is out after just one year because head coach Frank Reich wants to hire his own guy, NFL Network reported. DeGuglielmo was hired by Josh McDaniels last year before the latter backed out of the Colts' head job.
–The Dallas Cowboys will keep Marc Colombo as their offensive line coach full-time.
Colombo took over for Paul Alexander — who was fired just seven games into his first year with the Cowboys — at the end of October.
–The Browns are hiring Saskatchewan Roughriders head coach Chris Jones, per multiple reports. TSN reports Jones will serve as senior defensive specialist.
Jones and new head coach Freddie Kitchens have a relationship dating back to 1997, when Jones was a graduate assistant at Alabama in Kitchens' final season at quarterback for the Crimson Tide.
–The Kansas City Chiefs activated right guard Laurent Duvernay-Tardif from injured reserve and waived safety Ron Parker.
Duvernay-Tardif landed on IR after sustaining a spiral fracture in his fibula in Week 5, an injury that required surgery.
–The New Orleans Saints signed free agent defensive tackle Tyrunn Walker, per multiple reports.
Walker, 28, began his career in New Orleans as an undrafted free agent and played 23 games with the Saints from 2013-14. He'll help replace Sheldon Rankins (IR, Achilles).
–Atlanta Falcons defensive end Takkarist McKinley was undergoing a mental evaluation after being detained by police in Los Angeles, according to TMZ Sports.
He reportedly was involved in an undisclosed incident at a hotel, and a friend who was with McKinley became worried and called the police. TMZ reported McKinley was not arrested. Instead, police encouraged him to seek help, and he agreed and went with police.
–The NFL announced the Los Angeles Chargers' and Dallas Cowboys' staffs will coach the Pro Bowl in Orlando on Jan. 27.
–Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck will replace injured Chargers QB Philip Rivers in the Pro Bowl.
Other Pro Bowl replacements announced Tuesday included Ravens defensive tackle Brandon Williams (for Geno Atkins), 49ers defensive tackle DeForest Buckner (Fletcher Cox), Cowboys linebacker Leighton Vander Esch (Luke Kuechly) and Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins (Landon Collins).
–John Parry will be the referee for Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta, his second Super Bowl as referee and third as an official.
–Longtime NFL coach Mike Smith announced on Sirius XM radio he is retiring to spend more time with his family.
–The San Francisco 49ers are hiring former Broncos defensive coordinator Joe Woods as their passing-game coordinator, per multiple reports.
–New York Giants rookie quarterback Kyle Lauletta pleaded guilty to a disorderly persons offense stemming from an October incident, ESPN reported.
Bears won't shut door on signing RB Hunt
Bears won't shut door on signing RB Hunt
At the Chicago Bears' end-of-the-season news conference Monday, head coach Matt Nagy and general manager Ryan Pace covered a variety of topics, including new defensive coordinator Chuck Pagano, expected personnel moves this offseason and kicker Cody Parkey's appearance on the "Today" show last week.
However, perhaps no comments raised more eyebrows than those about former Kansas City Chiefs running back Kareem Hunt, who was cut and placed on the commissioner's exempt list in late November after a video surfaced showing Hunt shoving and kicking a woman at a Cleveland apartment building in February.
It is not clear when — or if — Hunt will be reinstated by the league. However, neither Nagy nor Pace closed the door on potentially bringing in Hunt should the opportunity present itself. Nagy spent two seasons as the Chiefs' offensive coordinator prior to this season, including coaching Hunt for his rookie season in 2017.
"I'm a guy that, I don't care who you are. … Here is what I'm going to say to this," Nagy said. "Everybody has, when you talk about second chances, well, what's the second chance? Is it, what's your situation? And so, with him, that's not for me to decide. … I'm a guy that has always been, now I was raised that way to give guys second chances, not third chances, now I've learned that from (Chiefs head coach Andy) Reid, he's done that several times with some people, but I will say that every situation is different. That's his situation, and I wanted to talk to him as on the true, personal side."
As for Pace, the team's general manager since 2015, he would say only that he takes each player and each decision on its own individual merits, and that the two sides are not close to the point of entertaining the possibility of Hunt joining the Bears.
"I think every one of those is unique. Each one is different," Pace said. "The circumstances are always different. We're not even there yet. I mean, I know what he is as a player obviously from watching. Matt knows more about him as a person. We're not even close to that point."
The Bears won the NFC North with a 12-4 record but lost to the Philadelphia Eagles 16-15 in the wild-card round when Parkey's would-be game-winning field goal was deflected at the line of scrimmage, then bounced off an upright and the crossbar before falling short.
Hunt, 23, burst onto the scene as an undrafted rookie in 2017. Hunt rushed for a league-high 1,327 yards as a rookie and had 824 yards through 11 games this season before his release.
Chiefs-Patriots in for frigid AFC title game
Chiefs coach Andy Reid wore cargo shorts to his Monday press conference at Arrowhead Stadium, but he might be sporting pants and a parka this weekend.
When the Chiefs host the AFC Championship game in Kansas City on Sunday against the New England Patriots, temperatures could be downright frigid. Weather.com has a forecast range for 6:40 p.m. ET (scheduled kickoff time) in the 5-below zero to 10 degrees above zero range as of Monday afternoon.
Last week, Patriots head coach Bill Belichick prepared his team for all types of weather before New England beat up on the Chargers. Before the game, he said, "We're not playing the weather. Whatever it is, it is."
Accuweather projects temperatures Sunday night between 2 and 14 degrees.
Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has been in big games with low temps before. In 2004, the Patriots beat the Steelers in the AFC title game with a starting temperature of 11 degrees.
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who went to Texas Tech, has not played in temperatures below 27 degrees at kickoff in the NFL.
Mahomes said after Saturday's win over the Colts, when temps were at 30 degrees for most of the game, that weather "wasn't really a factor." Most of Missouri had been blanketed in snow a day before the divisional playoff game.
According to the Patriots' media guide, the third-coldest game in franchise history was played in Kansas City (9 degrees, 1963).

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Husband of slain Florida doctor charged in her murder
February 28, 2016 / 9:17 PM / CBS/AP
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- The husband of a Florida doctor bludgeoned to death inside her southwest Florida home last June was taken into custody Friday on a second-degree murder charge. The arrest of Mark Sievers came shortly after his childhood friend, Curtis Wayne Wright, Jr., who is already charged in the case, pleaded guilty and agreed to provide information to prosecutors in a 25-year plea deal, reports CBS affiliate WINK.
Prosecutors alleged in court documents released in December that Mark Sievers, 47, plotted the killing of his 46-year-old wife Teresa.
Dr. Teresa Sievers CBS affiliate WINK
The popular Bonita Springs doctor and mother of two was reportedly found beaten to death with a hammer June 29. Prosecutors alleged Wright, 47, and another man, Jimmy Rodgers, 25, both of Missouri, were hired to carry out the killing and that Mark Sievers "had direct involvement in the planning and execution" of the crime. Wright and Rodgers face second-degree murder charges.
The documents described a troubled marriage between Mark and Teresa Sievers that was dissolving amid financial problems and affairs.The gruesome crime scene was staged to look like a burglary, the documents said.
"We were after Mark Sievers. We got our man and we're very happy for that," said Lee County Sheriff Mike Scott Friday after escorting Sievers, handcuffed and wearing red jumpsuit, from the entrance of the Lee County Sheriff's Office to a patrol car, reports the station.
Saturday, bond for Mark Sievers was set at $4.43 million, reports the station.
Wright must provide "substantial assistance" to the state attorney's office as part of the plea deal, a spokeswoman for the office told the station. Rodgers was reportedly brought to Fort Myers on Tuesday after serving a six-month sentence in Illinois on an unrelated federal gun charge.
According to the court documents released in December, the couple had five life insurance policies on each other totaling more than $4 million. Prosecutors said in court Saturday they believe the insurance payout may have been part of the motive, reports the station, and expressed concern that Sievers could attempt to use insurance money to post bond.
Sievers' lawyer Lee Hollander reportedly said any potential insurance payout is on hold. Hollander has maintained his client's innocence.
The couple's two children, 9 and 11, have reportedly been placed in a home through Florida's children and families department.
A custody hearing was set for Monday.
Thousands of Florida nursing students got fake diplomas in alleged scheme
Questions raised after Georgia cop says his wife fatally shot herself
What we know about Tyre Nichols' death and the investigation
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Reculture II with Lawler, Ryan Crosson & Kate Simko 02/03/2018 — 03/03/2018 22:30 - 06:00
This March Reculture is returning to The Steelyard for Reculture II. Once again we are bringing a powerful lineup of House & Techno's best, great artwork and a special production rig. Steve Lawler now known simply as 'Lawler' needs no introduction. The VIVa Music Boss once dubbed 'The King of Space [Ibiza]' has managed to remain one of House & Techno's most prominent figures since the mid-90s. As relevant today as ever Lawler contiunes to release music on labels such ranging from House's Hot Creations and Play it Say it, to Techno heavyweight labels Cocoon and Drumcode, Play It Say it. His label VIVa Music remains one of The Scene's best having built a strong reputation for signing breakthrough talent.
Dynamic, driven and obsessed with performing, as well as he possibly can – Steve's passion for House, Techno and Electronica is too strong for one simple generic association.
A Motor City, Berlin, London hybrid, Ryan Crosson is a complex artistic creature. Equal parts energetic, down to earth Detroit native and ultra refined, musical aesthete, Ryan has one ear to the club and one ear far, far beyond. Alongside Lee Curtis and Shaun Reeves, Ryan is responsible for running Visionquest Records, one of dance music's most cherished and eclectic imprints.
The now Brooklyn based DJ is known for taking his powerful, eclectic sets to the worlds most renowned venues. His sound expands the horizon of possibility without sacrificing dance music's core element of sweaty, hedonistic fun.
One of dance music's most unique and standout artists, Kate Simko combines her Chicago house background with a melange of influences. In 2014 Kate completed a masters in Composition for Screen at the Royal College of Music and launched her genre-bending project London Electronic Orchestra, which has made waves at iTunes Festival, LEAF festival, Latitude Festival, Heart Ibiza, and most recently a show stopping performance at the iconic Festival No 6. Followed by her acclaimed Kate Simko & London Electronic Orchestra 2016 album.
Kate's eclectic take on House Music has made her one of the most sought after DJs on the scene. She is used to only the best clubs and venues and we are excited to have her with us this March.
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We can achieve a reconstructed figure with by creating a breast shape and size you are comfortable with.
Breast reconstruction surgery is increasingly being seen as a routine part of the treatment of breast cancer if a mastectomy is required. It involves reconstructing the shape, volume and feel of a breast and typically requires using a flap (which is tissue moved from another part of the body), a silicone implant or a combination of the two.
The most common technique for using a woman's own tissue to reconstruct a breast is a TRAM or DIEP flap. This involves transplanting abdominal skin, fat and sometimes muscle up to the chest to be shaped into a new breast. It requires technically demanding microsurgical techniques to join the small blood vessels of the abdominal tissue to vessels in the chest wall. This reconstruction often gives the most natural looking and feeling breast reconstruction. Because abdominal tissue is taken it usually allows for a tummy tuck to also be performed.
Alternatively, skin, fat and muscle from the back can be brought around to the front of the chest to build a new breast. This is known as a latissimus dorsi flap. It is sometimes done in conjunction with an implant based reconstruction.
Silicone breast implants can also be placed under the chest skin and muscles to build a new breast. This procedure usually involves multiple operations because a period of time is needed to expand the soft tissue of the chest wall to accommodate an implant.
All these techniques and others less commonly used can be discussed in detail with Dr Yang. After assessing you, he will be able to outline the strengths and weaknesses of these different techniques. A tailored plan that will best suite your individual body, clinical situation and personal preference is essential in trying to achieve the best outcome for you.


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Remaining accused on trial for beheading St. Catherine woman and daughter, denies involvement in the killings
6:18 pm, Wed November 20, 2019
Kemar Riley, the remaining accused on trial for the beheading of a woman and her daughter at their home in Lauriston, St. Catherine, denied being involved in the killings when he appeared in court Wednesday afternoon.
Prosecutors say Mr. Riley was one of the men who fatally shot Miss Lynch.
The Crown last week called a witness who said he was in custody with Mr. Riley at the Spanish Town lock-up in 2011 when he confessed to participating in the incident.
According to the witness, the mother and daughter were attacked in reprisal for the killing of an area leader in Lauriston.
However, Mr. Riley denied confessing to anyone.
He said he was at home with his mother and four siblings on the night of the incident.
The trial continues Thursday.
On Wednesday, the second accused on trial, Sanja Ducally, was freed before the Home Circuit Court after High Court judge Viviene Harris upheld no case submissions by his attorneys that there was no evidence linking him to the crime.
Three other men who were charged in connection with the double murder, pleaded guilty and are scheduled to be sentenced next month.
Prosecutors reported that about 11 o'clock on the night of July 19, 2011, gunmen invaded the house where 40 year old Charmaine Rattray and her 18 year old daughter, Joeith Lynch, lived.
The women were shot, chopped and beheaded.
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Q: Setting up Rails on Amazon AMI EC2 I have recently created an Amazon AMI(linux) instance on an EC2.
after doing all the yum stuff, when I do
rails server, the cmd shows no errors at all, but when i try to access http:public_ip:3000 through Firefox I get "Unable to connect"
I have already installed Ruby, NodeJs, Rails, and rvm.
I have asked on IRC and have tried rails s -b http://public_ip:3000
with

/home/ec2-user/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.3.0/lib/ruby/2.3.0/socket.rb:205:in >`bind': Cannot assign requested address - bind(2) for 52.48.217.79:3000 >(Errno::EADDRNOTAVAIL)

in return.
I've also tried ssh to the elastic IP, and when I do rails s -b http://public_ip:3000 I get:

[2016-01-17 01:43:23] INFO  ruby 2.3.0 (2015-12-25) [x86_64-linux]
  Exiting
  /home/ec2-user/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.3.0/lib/ruby/2.3.0/socket.rb:231:in >`getaddrinfo': getaddrinfo: Name or service not known (SocketError)

this is all just to make sure that rails was installed well and running(I want to see the default rails page). Can anyone help?

A: You want to bind to 0.0.0.0.
Rails used to do this for you by default, but starting with 4.2 it only binds to localhost by default, so the command will be rails s -b 0.0.0.0.
You'll also need to make sure you have a rule set up allowing TCP traffic to port 3000 in your EC2 security group


Coming to Ireland in 2018!
Pope Francis has chosen Ireland to host the 9th World Meeting of Families during 2018. The dates and theme of the Meeting will be announced by Pope Francis himself.
The 9th World Meeting of Families is expected to attract thousands of Catholic families from around the globe to Ireland in 2018. It is hoped that this very special pastoral initiative will present all of us in the Church with the opportunity, and the challenge, to renew, support and strengthen Irish families in their commitment to their faith.
Hosting a global event of this size requires a huge amount of planning and financial outlay on behalf of the host country. Accordingly, our bishops have now established a National Finance Committee to provide advice on the financial planning for the world Meeting of Families in Ireland. To support the hosting of the event we intend to hold three national church collections, the first of which will take place on the weekend of 28-29 May. The remaining collections will take place in 2017 and 2018. Please visit www.worldmeeting2018.ie for more details.
The World Meeting of Families was a pastoral initiative of St John Paul II. Held every three years, and coordinated by the Pontifical Council for the Family, it is the largest universal gathering of Catholic families and brings together families from all over the world in faith and celebration.


JF + AB Photography Blog: Jessica and Eric | Engaged!
Jessica and Eric | Engaged!
As part of their engagement session, Jessica and Eric decided to try to recreate the famous VJ Day kiss shot for their save the date cards. Since the first part of their session had a theme/concept that differed from the rest of the session, I (Amber) decided to break this into two posts. For this session, I traveled to beautiful Bradley Beach, NJ where Jessica and Eric first met. In addition to the normal jitters people sometimes have in the first few minutes of a session, Eric was a little self conscious in his uniform (apparently it should have been the white?) and the attention we were attracting. But people, especially people old enough to have lived through WWII, kept complimenting and congratulating them and we had fun with it. Eric is now out at sea again actually, so not sure when he'll see this post. Come home safe sailor! Wait till you see the rest of their gorgeous photos!


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Rian Johnson Reveals Which 'Last Jedi' Moments He Was Most Excited for Audiences to See
If we all agree on one thing, it's that The Last Jedi is a much different kind of entry into the Star Wars saga, and director Rian Johnson was very aware of that. It's normal for any director to be nervous about making a movie in the biggest franchise in the world, and Johnson was very interested to see how audiences would react to a few key moments in the movie.
The Hollywood Reporter posted bits from an interview with Johnson conducted before the film's release that Lucasfilm had asked they hold until people had had a chance to see the movie. Johnson revealed that he was very excited for people to see that big lightsaber fight with Rey and Kylo Ren.
That was a big moment I was looking forward to. But that was also a moment where the deck is pretty stacked. I wasn't holding my breath, "Is this going to play?" I felt like, "I can't wait to see an audience reaction to this." I was pretty confident in that moment. The [sacrifice] moment with Holdo was something I was holding my breath to see how the audience reacted and I could not have been more thrilled with how the theater reacted to that big moment. And honestly, Kelly's final little moment with John, and then she passes out.… There were so many moments I was holding my breath to see how the audience was going to react to it. Because this was the first time I was seeing it with an audience. It was the first time I was seeing it with the crowd.
That Holdo scene in particular was cause for some debate when theaters began screening the film — a chain of AMCs actually put up notices in front of some auditoriums assuring audiences that the sound was supposed to cut out for a few seconds. It's a very striking moment, and the first of its kind that had ever been in a Star Wars movie before.
Inspired by Adam Driver's Beefy Bod in 'The Last Jedi,' Men Everywhere Are Taking the 'Kylo Ren Challenge'
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Dustineyes release videos for "Ask The Dust" and "Raisehell Crew"
Posted on January 17, 2017 by Olivier in Uncategorized // 0 Comments
Italian rockers Dustineyes have released two videos for their songs "Ask The Dust" and "Raisehell Crew" from their upcoming studio album Rat Race, which will be released via Sliptrick Records in February 2017.
The group's Biography on its Facebook page states (with slight edits):
"Dustineyes are the worst company you can find for the night, be sure. Just four alcohol fueled, rock 'n' roll maniacs who play louder as they can: call their music hard rock, call it punk, call it heavy metal or just don't care about the names but care about their noise.
Dust brothers started in the end of '90 as a horror punk trio named Split, in 2000 they got their first deal with InsideOut Records and they released the first full lenght album "Rebel Moster". Due to line-up changes, the guys stopped for a while. In 2005, the band got back its balls (adding a couple of headless bastards to the original line-up) and started to hit the stage like never before. Followed 4-years-4 of gigs, broken strings, booze, hangovers and backstage friendships (if you know what I mean…).
On 2008, they released worldwide the second album "Next Stop Hell" via Sliptrick Records from New York -U.S.A.- and they toured all over Italy and Europe sharing the stage with bands like L.A. Guns, Hardcore Superstar, Nashville Pussy, Pretty Boy Floyd, Tuff and Crystal Pistols. In 2010, they locked themselves in studio once more to record the third album for the italian label Logic(il)logic. "Bullet For My Generation" comes out as the strongest album in their career and give to DIE the chance tour Italy (again and again) and Europe."
describes Dustineyes in part as follows (with slight edits):
"Dustineyes are an Italian hard rock band that has been around since 1999 and after their first album release as a trio they had some lineup changes. a few years later they got back in shape in 2005 and rocked the stages for three heavy years…
After their 15 years celebration in 2014, singer Lele Dust decided to take a different road and left the band. For some time, it was unclear if the band could and wanted to go on without him. But one year later, they found a new voice for Dustineyes in a swiss girl named Flo. So after another year of countless rehearsals and hard work, they are now ready to share with the world their new album. Once again Sliptrick Records will help them to spread their music around the globe and they can't wait to hit the stages again, starting from this October.
Rat Race, the name of the album, contains 10 heavy and loud songs that unite rock'n'roll attitude with heavy metal riffs and punk aggressivity. Although the change from Lele Dust's characteristic powerful voice to a female voice seems like a drastic change, critics so far have been heard saying that they can't really hear a difference, but only see one. The finish of the new album Rat Race makes a cover from Motörhead, as a tribute to the late, but unforgettable Lemmy Kilmister."
Dustineyes' "Ask The Dust" video:
Dustineyes – Ask The Dust [Lyric Video]
Artist: Dustineyeswww.dustineyes.comhttps://www.facebook.com/DustInEyesOfficialSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/0yi1fUhKqK1Kqsq1iSQNcVItunes: https://…
Dustineyes' "Raisehell Crew" video:
Dustineyes – Raisehell Crew [Official Video]
Artist: Dustineyeshttp://www.facebook.com/DustInEyesOfficialAlbum: Rat RaceSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/0yi1fUhKqK1Kqsq1iSQNcVSong: Raisehell Crew…
Dustineyes: Rat Race on Amazon


This one-day course for teaching assistants focuses on how pupils' learning can be influenced and affected by what we do as supporting adults. The course leader will provide useful information about Ofsted's view of 'effectiveness' and how to go about making this happen. Practical ideas, opportunities for discussion and questions, and a practical self-audit of what you do at the moment (and how this might be even better) will all contribute to this challenging but enjoyable day.
Upon successful completion of the course delegates will be issued a CPD accredited certificate. The course equates to 7 hours of CPD.


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Our History - about us
In 1979 a group of interested parents met with the view of forming an organisation which could provide support and back up to small groups of isolated families and provide playgroup activities for their young children
A committee was formed and after much hard work, a grant was finally made available in 1981. The committee purchased a van and educational equipment, then went about setting up the Toy Library and employing staff. The organisation was incorporated in 1982 and called Ooranga Family Mobile Resource Unit Association Incorporated.
Ooranga staff have delivered playgroups to small communities around Gunnedah and currently visits 11 small villages and communities each fortnight. Over time, the service has grown to operate preschool for two days each week at eight different, geographically isolated venues across three Local Government Areas.


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As a retail manager, you handle a lot of different HR responsibilities – from scheduling employees and monitoring overtime to recording absences and reporting tax information to the IRS. On top of that, you play a big role in driving revenue and growing the business.
That's a lot of plates to spin at once. You need help! Let's take a closer look at the solutions – from the costly to the cost-effective — that can ease the burden.
If you have the budget, hiring a human resource manager or coordinator to take over your HR tasks may be the right move. Although it will cost approximately $40,000 a year or more, depending on experience level, it could offer some much-needed support.
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), or time and pay law, requires you to pay non-exempt, hourly employees time-and-a-half for any hours they work over 40 in a single work week. Managing overtime hours is especially important because of the risk of paying back wages and penalties with any oversights.
New healthcare coverage reporting requirements under the Affordable Care Act became effective in 2016. If your business has 50 or more full-time or full-time equivalent employees, you are considered an applicable large employer (ALE) and must report healthcare coverage information to the IRS and supply employee statements.
A new or inexperienced manager may not recognize the signs of employee time theft, a very real problem in retail businesses. With the average retail employee earning almost $10.00 per hour, inaccurate or spotty time tracking could significantly cut into your store's bottom line.
For all these reasons and more, hiring an HR coordinator or manager may be the best option for your business, especially if you're a larger operation and can absorb the cost of paying an experienced pro.
Certain systems can automate your HR duties and lighten your workload. For example, rather than rely on mechanical punch clocks, you can take advantage of the latest technology to capture hours, manage overtime and facilitate payroll.
A time terminal and employee ID badge program will accurately capture employee hours so you can avoid issues like over scheduling and employee time theft. A system will cost $1,000 or more, depending on the size of your retail operation, along with repair and lost ID badge costs.
Adding these systems can be smart option for most retail businesses, whether or not you've hired human resource help. But they can be expensive and they won't relieve you of all your HR duties. For that, you'll need to dig a little deeper.
Another popular and affordable way to manage HR functions is through a Web-based solution, like TrackSmart, that lets you schedule employees, track their time and run customizable, easy-to-read reports.
A solution like this is cost effective because you don't need to buy new equipment to run it. Instead, it's a cloud-based service that turns any computer, tablet or smartphone you already own into a 24/7 HR terminal, at no additional charge. Plus, the recordkeeping, scheduling and reporting features are included.
It simplifies employee scheduling, mainly by preventing you from over-scheduling an employee (part-time or full-time) or assigning too many employees to a shift.
It collects essential ACA reporting details. Rather than taking hours to sort through employee records to secure data, you can generate reports that are accessible in a fraction of the time.
It ensures employees aren't paid for more hours than scheduled or worked. You can set rules to automatically clock-out employees who forget to at the end of their shifts. You can set paid or unpaid break rules for all employees, which will then be calculated into the total employee hours.
Hiring a human resource coordinator or manager, adding certain HR systems or relying on an online timekeeping solution like TrackSmart are all ways to trim your HR tasks and, in turn, focus on growing your business. Take the time to research the best and most cost-effective options – and take your retail operation to the next level.


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Q: PyQt TableView align Icons to Center I have a QTableView with icons and these icons by default display aligned to the left while I want to align them to the center. From the Qt Documentation the alignment only occurs for the TextAlignment under Qt.role only which has the role of Qt.DisplayRole().
How can the alingment be set to center for icons which have Qt.DecorationRole().

A: One possible solution is to use a delegate:
class IconDelegate(QtWidgets.QStyledItemDelegate):
    def initStyleOption(self, option, index):
        super().initStyleOption(option, index)
        option.decorationSize = option.rect.size()

delegate = IconDelegate(tableview)
tableview.setItemDelegate(delegate)