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Tottenham star "still hurting" after FA Cup defeat to Manchester United
Dele Alli says he is "still hurting" after Tottenham's FA Cup semi-final defeat against Manchester United, insisting Spurs must be "stronger" in big games.
Tottenham have now lost eight successive FA Cup semi-finals, the longest such run in the history of the competition.
Mauricio Pochettino's side were eliminated at the same stage last season in similar circumstances – they were the better side for significant spells of the game but failed to get over the line.
The same thing happened in their Champions League last-16 tie against Juventus earlier this season. The Italians came from a goal down to lead at Wembley, and Spurs couldn't find a way back into the match.
All of which has led to accusations that Tottenham lack the mentality to compete at the highest level, something Alli believes the team must seek to change.
"Still hurting from the weekend, gutted to have not moved on to the final," he tweeted on Monday. "We have to be stronger in these games."
Still hurting from the weekend, gutted to have not moved on to the final. We have to be stronger in these games. Thanks for all the support. pic.twitter.com/DMd74FWusQ
— Dele (@dele_official) April 23, 2018
Alli opened the scoring after 11 minutes at Wembley, latching onto Christian Eriksen's inch-perfect cross and converting from close range.
But goals from Alexis Sanchez and Ander Herrera secured Manchester United's place in the final, where they will play Chelsea.
Pochettino is reportedly seeking funds from chairman Daniel Levy in order to strengthen his squad so that Spurs are in a better position to compete on multiple fronts next season.
Hopefully the likes of Alli will thrive as a result of the added competition that is expected to arrive this summer.
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The Time To Say
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By Tom Shepherd.
Time makes account of all of us, but does not care to tally
There is no pause for games of man, nor by its nature dally.
It does not love, nor care, nor hate, nor listen to our noise
No ears to hear our cries or tears, no greed to bribe with toys.
With measured tread we live our lives by second, minute, hour
Each sweeping hand a gentle cut, a unique mortal scour.
We cry for more, there's none to have, but time's song does not end
Each moment filled with hope, with fear, with enemy, with friend.
What little we can see is shown through unclear, blinkered view
The past is clouded with the murky haar of false or true.
Of things to come no certainty save optimistic cries
Yet time accounts for you and I and ever, ever flies.
Live for each day or plan for futures yet to come about
Be happy as the day is long or paralysed with doubt.
Each moment lived is ever in the here, the now, the new
So to each other now's the time to say that I love you.
© Tom Shepherd, 23 Oct 2013
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Posted by Fred at Aberdeen Voice at 22:00	Tagged with: Love, Nature, Poetry, Social, Spiritual, Time
Old Susannah No. 71 – Dr Who Special
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Old Susannah takes a humanoid angle on the Provost's exit, the who's who of deer cull councillors, alledged cybercrime, the police box/granite web, and the Cameron and Clegg creatures. By Suzanne Kelly
Happy Friday everyone! So much has been happening in our Vibrant 'Deen it is hard to know where to start.
Bad news first I suppose: with a heavy heart I must inform you that our Lord Provost will not be joining the council next year. Soon his clothing allowance and civic car privileges will pass to another.
But which young pretender will take the crown, chain of office and supply of carriage clocks?
HoMalone, if she manages to get re-elected may stand some chance; she was deemed the worthiest LibDem in the land. And now that she leads the LibDems, I'm sure there's no stopping her.
At least we'll all get to go to Provost Stephen's portrait unveiling party before the end comes. . . guess his LibDem pals will have to find someone else to hitch rides with other than in the civic car at our expense. Steve Delaney, who will contest the Lord Provost's seat in the May, got a ride from the obliging taxpayer in the civic car as he was late for something or other. We are too kind. I'd have given him a carriage clock as well, so he wouldn't be late next time. Perhaps he already has one?
A very silly rumour reaches Old Susannah; it can't be true. I hear that the virtuous ex-Councillor Richard Robertson, who quit the city council over the 3rd Don Crossing, wants to run in Torry/Ferryhill. Now, as a Torry resident who's been going to the community council meetings recently, I am not sure that someone who voted in favour of shooting our deer and against letting me and the Cove Community Chairman speak to the Housing & Environment Committee to try and save the deer is going to find many votes in this part of town.
In fact, if the people who we spoke to last Saturday in town while handing out flyers about the cull are anything to go by, then I doubt any of the following deer killers are going to get great receptions at the ballot box.
One ambitious girl seems to have grown up with the Dalek as a role model. Step forward Aileen Malone.
Remember these people; they are the ones to thank over the affairs on Tullos Hill: John Corall, Jackie Dunbar, Neil 'Fletch' Fletcher (who sadly is leaving us anyway), Jim Noble, Richard Robertson, Wendy Stuart, Ian Yuill, and new LibDem Darling, HoMalone. The deer's friends? Neil Cooney, Yvonne Allan, Norman Collie, James Hunter, Alan Milne and Willie Young.
Dr Who has another new companion this week; I've been recalling all the frightening monsters, world-destroying creatures, and evil masterminds we've seen over the decades. But never mind the city council and its advisors – on with some definitions….
Dalek (noun) part human creature created by Davros, a Dalek is a single-minded creature, repeating the same phrases over and over again, in a robotic voice; most notably 'Exterminate!'. Daleks are not known for their ability to negotiate, only to destroy.
We all remember being terrified and trembling behind our sofas and forts made of cushions and blankets as the Daleks rolled across our TV screens crying 'Exterminate! Exterminate!'. Most of us were afraid of these creatures, but one ambitious girl seems to have grown up with the Dalek as a role model. Step forward Aileen Malone.
She will not negotiate a peaceful settlement with thousands of people who want to keep Tullos Hill as a meadow. She operates a scorched earth policy (well, mostly scorched rock policy – I've been up there and seen where the trees are going to be planted before they die), and she is going to EXTERMINATE the deer which live there.
Can no one stop the march (well, glide) of this Dalek in its quest for world domination? Like the Daleks in Dr Who, she is aided by one or two humanoids who should know better, but don't.
Cybermen:
The Cybermen likewise terrified generations of children; they were humans which had been 'upgraded' – or rather turned into humanoid machines powered by remnants of human brains. But the question for Aberdeen is: has there or has there not been any Cyber-crime?
Just as time was running out for the referendum vote, along came Tom Smith (connected to the private Aberdeen City Gardens Trust entity – amongst other hats worn) with allegations of illegal cyber crime. Had Cybermen hacked into his emails? Were they intimidating him?
Well, we still don't know. He's said nothing, and we wait patiently for the police's statement on the matter. Until we know otherwise, be on the lookout for cyber-crime – and cybermen. If it turns out to be a case of 'the boy who cried cybercrime', Old Susannah will tell you all about it.
Regeneration:
The Doctor occasionally sacrificed one of his several incarnations; usually to save others or for a noble cause. Councillor Robertson, having lost a life when he threw himself out of office over the Don crossing, is going to try to regenerate as a Torry/Ferryhill councillor. Like the doctor, it will be best if he has amnesia, for his support of the deer-cull-for-tree-scheme will not add to his appeal in this (or indeed any other) part of town.
TARDIS: (noun) acronym standing for Time And Relative Dimension In Space – Dr Who's time-travelling apparatus – normally taking the outward form of an old-fashioned police box; much bigger on the inside than on the outside.
Well, the TARDIS doesn't have to be a police box, in fact other time lords used different kinds of TARDIS machines. I think I have possibly located one.
Where in Aberdeen will we soon have something that is bigger on the inside than it is outside? Why in the Granite Web, of course.
The architects have promised that we will magically have twice the green space we currently have in the garden now! Surely this is Timelord technology. Despite the potato-crisp shaped concrete web over the concrete indoor/outdoor theatre/skating rink, despite the required ventilation units and means of holding the granite web up, the new improved gardens will be double the size of the existing ones.
There will be all sorts of weird and (allegedly) wonderful underground areas which will be far bigger than the outer structure. I think the plans have space for a lair for the Master, and some Silurians. Yes, I see the Granite Web as a time-travelling icon – it is taking us back to the '60s and/or '70s – and yet promises to take us proudly into the future. This is time travel at its best – and possibly at its most expensive.
Dr Who and The State of Decay: (noun, television show) Part of the Dr Who Saga in which a planet is dominated by bloodsucking vampires who have caused society to regress.
Old Susannah can't think why this series (featuring the inimitable Tom Baker) has sprung to mind, but in this story, a small amount of greedy powerful bloodsuckers have taken so much away from the existing society, that it has regressed to a more primitive, poverty-stricken state than it had been in before power was seized by these vampires.
The blood-sucking creatures, Cameron and Clegg, have reduced the NHS to rubble, impoverished the old, got rid of any decent schools, and use the young as fodder for their own selfish ends. One of the scariest parts of the Dr Who story so far. Thankfully, the Doctor and Ramana eventually find a way to rid the planet of its tyrannical despots.
Next week: (Hopefully) deer update, Milne update, Referendum update – and a cheerful look at Aberdeen City Council's happiest publication – 'Our Green Times'.
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From Real Madrid To Realism And A Window Half-closed
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Foiled by Jock Frost, David Innes got his weekly fitba fix last weekend at Pittodrie. Paying more than three times the cost for about a tenth of the entertainment he relishes in the proper mannies' fitba Highland League environment is an indicator of why attendances might be falling. He's thawed out, and here are his thoughts.
We Dons fans have learned to be canny, although air-headed, cliché-addicted professional sports commentators still accuse us of living in the 1980s. Only my fashion sense, Chick.
So, when the pre-match talk centred on the potential for the Reds to achieve top 6 SPL status, we backed off. We've been down in the gutter this season already, and believe me, we were looking at few stars.
We know better than to hope.
And it's a good job that we've gone from Real Madrid to realism. We created fewer chances in 90 minutes of honest, earnest endeavour than in almost any match I've seen at Pittodrie in my 46 years of attendance.
Our squad is solid. Even the loss of Richard Foster has had little obvious effect as Clark Robertson, surely a future star, calmly did the left back stuff and on-loan Mark Reynolds looks skilful on the ball, able in the centre of defence and comfortable wearing The Sacred Red. Apart from a late slip which Jason Brown rescued, Andy Considine is an effective centre half. He must surely get his ability from his ma.
Upfront, Mohamed Chalali opened brightly but faded after sustaining an injury. Scott Vernon, though, is suffering from not getting the service he needs from midfield and often finds himself dropping back to pick up balls which he would prefer to see served to him in the box. That's where he's at his best. He's the most effective and consistent penalty area centre forward we've had since Arild Stavrum's departure for Istanbul left linesmen with curiously well-developed flag arms.
Our problem is between defence and attack, in the bit where we should be making chances for the strikers. So Milsom who gives us some width on the left was missing but there seem to be few alternatives when he's missing. Neither Ryan Jack, who proved his youthful fallibility by having a poor game by his own standards, nor Chris Clark who was, well, he was Chris Clark, were able to make much of things on the wings. I've seen more width on a Mod's lapels.
As it turned out, Rory McArdle, a solid centre half was played at right back. He didn't do much wrong, but hearty and committed though he is, a right winger he isn't. For his endeavour and his determination to keep overlapping when it patently isn't his strength yet always being back in position to repel the few Kilmarnock attacks of any note, he was my man of the match.
We have twelve days to try to add a creative edge to our satisfying solidity before the transfer window closes – or "slams shut" as cliché demands. We seem to have sorted out the issues which saw us go on that scary losing streak in October and November, but it's still not pretty to watch and victories will be scrambled and nervous single goal affairs rather than comfortable, carefree, toorie-at-a-jaunty-angle net-bulging festivals.
Without the creativity of wide players or a wily tricky schemer to take on a couple of defenders and deliver a decent standard of final ball to the strikers, we'll struggle to make the split in the top 6 and falter in the Cup after we complete unfinished business against Queen of the South.
Over to you Broon and Knoxy mins.
Posted by Suzanne at Aberdeen Voice at 23:33	Tagged with: Aberdeen, AFC, Andrew Shinnie, Archie Knox, Centre, Chalali, Club, Considine, Craig Brown, Darren Mackie, David Innes, Defence, Division, Dons, Dunfermline, East, End, Fife, Football, Forward, Full, Fyvie, Goalkeeper, Jason Brown, Jim McIntyre, Keeper, League, Midfield, Milsom, Osbourne, Park, Pars, Pawlett, Penalties, Penalty, Pittodrie, Post, Rangers, Red, Referee, Results, Richard Foster, Rory Fallon, Saves, Scottish, Season, Signings, Six, SPL, Stewart Milne, Striker, Target, Time, Trick, Willie Miller
The Tail Eyn O Anither Ear
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By Bob Smith.
Anither ear it nears it's eyn
Faar dis the time gyang tull
It seems jist like the ither day
Ma fusky gless wis full
Full ti toast the cummin ear
An listen ti the bells a-ringin
Fowk gyaan aroon the streets
Auld Lang Syne they war singin
Scots aa ower iss warld o oors
Wull seen raise a gless or twa
Ti fowk back hame in auld Scotia
Fin fae faimily they're far awa
Hogmanay is close eence again
A time ti reflect on fit's been
A time ti think back ower the ear
An raise a gless ti an absent freen
A time tho' ti look forrit
Ti enjoy life an hae some fun
A time ti gie thanks ti yer Makker
Aat yer still abeen the grun
©Bob Smith "The Poetry Mannie" 2011. Image Credit © Piotr Majka | Dreamstime.com
Posted by Fred at Aberdeen Voice at 21:00	Tagged with: Bob Smith, Family, Hogmanay, Humour, New, Poetry, Scotland, Time, Toast, Traditional, Whisky, Year
Dunfermline 3 Aberdeen 3 – East End Park 26.11.11
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This match really underlined how the sport of football can toy with the emotions of its followers. At half time Dunfermline would have bitten off hands for a point, but in the end it was Aberdeen who felt relieved to snatch a share – and yet, both teams will feel as if they could or should have won the game. Philip Sim reports.
The Dons undoubtedly controlled more of the match and created a greater quantity and quality of chances, but it was the home side who somehow found themselves 3-1 ahead – and indeed, it could have been 4-1 if not for a terrific save from visiting keeper David Gonzalez.
Ten minutes of madness at the back soured what had been developing into a decent Aberdeen performance.
It's little consolation that the Dons have now quadrupled their away goals tally for the season, as they remain rooted second-bottom of the SPL.
Aberdeen's back line will come in for some deserved criticism after an all-too familiar second-half collapse, but special mention once again has to go to Andrew Considine, arguably his team's most effective performer this season. The centre half has looked solid in defence and has popped up with vital goals several times already this term, and it was hardly a surprise that he broke the deadlock.
The fact a defender can be so lauded in a team which is shipping so many goals speaks to the nature of this match – while undoubtedly an entertaining affair, it was as laden with negatives as positives. While Aberdeen found themselves trailing 3-1 to a team who haven't won a home match all season, they then showed great character and resolve to come back and tie the match, and came within inches of a winner in the final seconds.
Craig Brown will again point to his side's statistical superiority, and while it's true that the Dons largely bossed the first half, made plenty of chances and won endless corners, all too often they showed profligacy in front of goal. Josh Magennis was the main offender, missing four good chances including an open goal before he finally netted the late equaliser.
A cutting edge up front has been Aberdeen's key failing this season, and a quick glance at the SPL's top scorers confirms this – Scott Vernon just makes it the top 15, while Inverness, the only team separating the Dons from bottom of the league, have both Andrew Shinnie and Gregory Tade.
Beyond the striking issues and occasional defensive standstill, the result points out how fragile Aberdeen are, looking distinctly makeshift after losing just a few players to injury. Kari Arnason would be badly missed from any midfield in the country, but really it was Scott Vernon's absence that hurt the Dons here.
With Rory Fallon withdrawn presumably due to injury after an anonymous first half and Mo Chalali off on international duty – still the only situation where he has actually scored a goal – the absence of Vernon leaves Aberdeen with a front duo of Magennis and Darren Mackie. This is not a pairing which will strike fear into the hearts of many SPL defenders, especially given the scant service they tend to receive – Richard Foster remains the team's only source of width, given the uninspiring form of eternal substitute Peter Pawlett.
Brown and indeed many of the supporters might be looking forward to the January transfer window and a strengthening of the squad, but there are six more games to be negotiated before then.
Depending on whether your glass is half full or half empty (discounting the rather vocal minority of fans who broke their glass and went home in a huff at 3-1) these six are all winnable games in a league as evenly balanced as the SPL outside of the Old Firm. On the empty-glass relegation-dogfight hand, maybe a point away from home against a fellow struggler is a decent result – but this was the type of game that Aberdeen really need to look to win if they are going to build a move up the table.
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Aberdeen 1 Rangers 2 – Pittodrie Stadium 29/10/11
Another narrow 2-1 defeat against the Old Firm for Aberdeen in a physical battle of a game which lacked entertaining football but was never short on controversy and incident. The Dons conceded a penalty, had an appeal of their own turned down and had a man dismissed in a tough-tackling match which also saw potentially serious injuries for both teams. Philip Sim reports from Pittodrie.
Injury to striker Scott Vernon prior to the match left Rory Fallon deployed up front alone, Chris Clark taking his place in a five-man midfield. The suspended Ryan Jack was replaced at right-back by Rory McArdle looking suitably out of his depth in an unfamiliar position.
Overloading the midfield meant much of the action took place there, which played into Aberdeen's hands in the first half – while free-flowing football and chances were at a premium in the opening period, David Gonzalez in the home goal barely touched the ball, while his side carved out several good opportunities.
Clark in particular had his best game since returning to Pittodrie, buzzing about and chasing every ball kicked in the middle of the park. There was some pressure on Clark to step up after Rob Milsom, who had started brightly, had to be withdrawn with a badly gashed ankle courtesy of a horrific tackle by Steven Naismith.
The Scotland striker managed to badly injure himself in the act, but somehow escaped even a yellow card for the worst tackle of a game which was far from pretty at its best.
The second half was a mirror of the first. While the midfield war of attrition raged on as previous, this time it was Rangers who were making opportunities and it was hardly a surprise when they broke the deadlock. After that, Aberdeen always seemed to be swimming upstream, and despite some excellent play from Andy Considine in particular, the game seemed lost.
Blame is going to be difficult to dole out from this defeat, but beyond the odd simple incidence of poor play several arbitrary factors came into play.
Heavy rain through the first half saw many of the players slipping and sliding around on the slick Pittodrie turf, epitomised by Ricky Foster on his backside as Rangers burst through the score the opening goal.
At the other end of the park the sun rather than the rain was the enemy for visiting keeper Allan McGregor, who allowed Ricky Foster's shot to apparently pass straight through him. The Scotland keeper had the sun in his eyes, but still should have comfortably dealt with Foster's effort, which while well struck was heading right down his throat.
Another factor neither team could plan for was the referee – although Aberdeen might have had an idea what they were in for the minute Willie Collum's name was called out over the tannoy.
Collum has always been greeted with derision by the Aberdeen support, often for good reason – and he will have earned no new fans in this match.
His first action was to book Kari Arnason for his very first tackle of the match, effectively putting the shackles on the combative midfielder for the rest of the match. The challenge might have been worthy of a booking, but Collum didn't seem to maintain this opinion when it came to several identical tackles from visiting players.
Arnason has quickly become a fan's favourite at Pittodrie with his no-nonsense attitude and occasional thunderbolt from distance – one of which sent McGregor scrambling in the first half – but he was visibly constrained by the early caution, pulling out of challenges he would usually relish.
The Main Stand linesman also had an absolute shocker, but provided one of the comedy highlights of the match – after the hapless official finally awarded a decision in Aberdeen's favour in the final minutes, the fans behind him celebrated like a goal had been scored.
After two narrow defeats to the Old Firm, Aberdeen can approach their next run of games with some confidence, starting with the visit to managerless St Johnstone next week. One worry will be the loss of several key players – Rob Milsom and Scott Vernon are now questionable through injury, and Rory Fallon will miss two matches after receiving a rather soft red card in the final minutes. This gives Craig Brown something of a selection headache in a key area of the pitch – and one that has been far from the Dons' strongest this term.
Posted by Fred at Aberdeen Voice at 00:42	Tagged with: Aberdeen, AFC, Archie Knox, Army, Arnason, Back, Board, Box, Celebration, Centre, Chalali, Chris Clark, Club, Columbian, Considine, Craig Brown, Cup, Darren Mackie, Defence, Division, Dons, Football, Forward, Full, Fyvie, Glasgow, Goalkeeper, Gonzales, Iceland, Injury, Isaac, Jason Brown, Jim McIntyre, Keeper, League, Magennis, Manager, Mawene, McArdle, Megginson, Midfield, Milsom, Ordered, Osbourne, Park, Pawlett, Penalties, Penalty, Perth, Philip Sim, Pittodrie, Post, Rangers, Red, Referee, Results, Richard Foster, Rory Fallon, Ryan Jack, Saves, Scottish, Season, Signings, Six, SPL, St Johnstone, Stewart Milne, Striker, Tackle, Target, Time, Trick, Willie Miller, Woodwork, Yoann Folly
Celtic 2 Aberdeen 1 – Parkhead, 23/10/11
An Aberdeen defeat at Parkhead is hardly unpredictable – it's seemed like the Dons couldn't buy a win against Celtic in recent years, not that they'd have to finance to do so – but at least the team are down to battling, one-goal margins now rather than the capitulations of last season. Philip Sim reports.
The Dons scored their first away goal of the season in this match, another little milestone in the crawl towards progress for Craig Brown's side, who look to have a bit of confidence and fight about them after back to back home wins against Dunfermline and Dundee United.
Two things always seem certain when the men in red play against the hoops though – one of them will be sent off, usually controversially, and Charlie Mulgrew will score or create a goal to haunt his old club. The former Dons full-back often looks shaky during open play, but his set-pieces and surprising ability in the air have been invaluable to Celtic this term, which is perhaps why he was handed the captain's armband for this match.
Wonderkid Ryan Jack went from hero to villain for the Dons, scoring an excellent solo goal to level the match before being sent off for a second yellow card.
Jack has really come into his own this season and for the most part his performance at Parkhead reflected this, but his dismissal ended the game as a contest.
Prior to that chances had really been at a premium, with both sides working hard to restrict opportunities for their opponents. Celtic had the lion's share of the play, but Aberdeen were always in the game, fighting hard for every 50-50 ball and showing total commitment across the defence and midfield.
Jack's first booking was a farce – a goal celebration of any kind is now apparently a foul, or was it merely for having the temerity to score against Celtic? However, he showed his inexperience when lunging into the tackle which earned him his second. He will now be suspended for the next match, the visit of the other Old Firm cheek, which presents Craig Brown with a defensive dilemma.
One option is to make a straight swap and drop Chris Clark in at full-back. This would be the continuity option and possibly the best one, given how well the rest of the team are playing in their respective positions, but Clark's form has been very poor since his return to the Dons, especially defensively.
Another straight-swap option would be Rory McArdle, but full-back is far from his preferred position.
Brown has shown an admirable resolve to stick with the starting 11 and formation which has been performing well of late, but he is a tinkerer at heart and he may be tempted to move things around a bit.
Kari Arnason has been deployed at centre-half in several big games this season. Might Brown be tempted to move him into defence, shifting Andy Considine to left-back and Foster to right-back?
Arnason has formed a formidable partnership with Isaac Osbourne in the middle of the park and many Dons fans will be eager to see the havoc they could wreack on a Rangers midfield this weekend. Arnason's composure and reliability are a bonus wherever he is deployed, but these charactistics work best alongside the wrecking-ball style of Osbourne in the middle of the park. One thing is for sure, and that's that the Aberdeen board need to find some cash to sign these two up to longer-term deals as soon as possible.
Similar to the midfield duo, the defensive partnership of Considine and Youl Mawene is also probably working too well to be broken up. The experience and toughness of Mawene seems to give Considine real confidence, with the big defender already having his best season in the team, and the two complement each other nicely.
Players like Mawene, Arnason and Osbourne – and indeed Rory Fallon and David Gonzalez – weren't in the side for any of last season's humblings against the Old Firm, which can only be a good thing. They approach these games full of confidence rather than trepadition, expecting to win, and with these five really representing the spine of the team this really boosts the morale and belief of their team-mates.
During the latter years of the Jimmy Calderwood era Aberdeeen had an excellent home record against Rangers, winning almost every game, and the way the Dons are playing right now, there's every chance that can be re-established again this weekend.
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Aberdeen 3 Dundee United 1 – Pittodrie Stadium 15/10/11
Back to back wins, a five-figure home attendance creating a good atmosphere, and a team physically dominating a match to a comfortable victory…surely this can't be the Aberdeen FC of this season we're talking about?! Philip Sim reports from Pittodrie.
Last time out against Dunfermline, Aberdeen created innumerable chances and only visiting stopper Paul Gallacher prevented the match ending with a cricket score.
Dundee United were expected to provide a much stiffer challenge than the SPL new boys, but in truth the Dons did not even have to play as well as they did against the Fifers to record a comfortable victory.
Dusan Pernis is normally a solid, reliable goalkeeper, but he made a bad error in United's last match against Motherwell, and he seems low on confidence.
He did very well to parry Rory Fallon's header seconds before Kari Arnason stabbed home the opener, but his kicking was all over the place and even Andrew Considine will be wondering how his trundling effort crept in for Aberdeen's third.
The visitor's deficiencies didn't start or end at the back however.
United lost an entire midfield of talented players over the summer, and have tried to replace them with kids and the extremely average John Rankin. By contrast Aberdeen's summer signings Kari Arnason and Isaac Osbourne had little trouble in taking the game by the scruff of the neck and absolutely controlling proceedings in the middle of the park.
Osbourne in particular didn't miss a tackle, and his graft and tidy use of the ball left Aberdeen dominating the midfield, despite Fraser Fyvie and Rob Milsom having relatively quiet games.
At the back, the Dons were if anything even more impenetrable. United captain Jon Daly must think of Pittodrie as a fairly happy hunting ground, but he barely got a touch of the ball in this match with Youll Mawene and Andy Considine winning everything in the air and on the deck. Each also popped up with a goal at set pieces – another mark of how the Dons totally won the physical battle against opponents who are no lightweights themselves.
Up front, Fallon and Scott Vernon are beginning to understand each other better and better as a strike partnership, and the big Kiwi seems to be exactly the foil that Vernon needs to get back to the goalscoring form he showed last season.
Fallon is excellent in the air and at holding the ball up which leaves Vernon free to burst into goalscoring positions. The pair of them pose far more of a threat than the previously tried combinations which used Vernon or Magennis as the target man – as was proved after Fallon's substitution when the Dons lost much of their bite going forward.
Much like Spain against Scotland in midweek – although admittedly with only an ounce of the panache – Aberdeen bossed their opponents with ease for the first hour, but after going 3 – 0 up were guilty of taking their foot off the gas and allowing the visitors back into the game.
United's goal was no more than a consolation for the visiting support, but it took some of the gloss off an impressive Aberdeen display.
Brown's substitutions in particular seemed to take a lot out of the Dons – Chris Clark once again failed to impress, the game seeming to pass him by, and as mentioned earlier the team really seemed to miss the presence of Fallon up front after he was replaced by Magennis.
Willie Collum took charge of the match and did little to endear himself to either set of supporters, strangling any hope of free-flowing football by awarding a succession of needless free-kicks for niggly half-fouls. He turned down a decent penalty claim for both sides in the first half, although his decision to wave away Danny Swanson's claims were probably quite strongly influenced by his earlier denial of Rob Milsom.
Two wins on the trot is as good a way to bounce back from an embarrassing cup defeat as any, and Craig Brown seems well on the way to having a settled starting eleven.
The next two games are going to be a massive test for his squad's new-found confidence though, with a trip to Parkhead followed by the visit of Rangers. The Old Firm sides were both held to draws this weekend and Celtic in particular look to be there for the taking – and for the first time this season, Aberdeen look capable of putting a run together.
The feel-good factor is back at Pittodrie.
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Aberdeen 4 Dunfermline 0 – Pittodrie Stadium 30/9/11
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A Scott Vernon hat-trick sent Aberdeen on the way to doubling their SPL goal tally for the season, and in truth the Dons could and should have scored more as they finally clicked in the final third. Vernon's main challenger for the man of the match award was Pars goalkeeper Paul Gallacher, who pulled off a string of fantastic saves to keep the score down. In addition to his saves the home side hit the woodwork four times and Rory Fallon missed an open goal. Philip Sim reports from Pittodrie.
At long last, Aberdeen looked hungry for goals and showed a more ruthless up front. Many pundits have claimed Vernon and Rory Fallon are too similar to play together, but they showed in this game that they can operate effectively as a partnership.
Fallon is a traditional target man, winning flicks and holding the ball up, whilst Vernon, freed of this responsiblity, is allowed to play in his preferred role facing the goal.
After his first goal he was also playing with real confidence, and looked a completely different player to the isolated and frustrated Vernon of a few weeks ago.
The whole team seemed buoyed by the goals, Rob Milsom and Fraser Fyvie in particular each having their best game of the season.
Milsom was everywhere, buzzing about making passes and penetrating runs, and he was denied the goal his performance deserved by another fine Gallacher save.
The foundation for the win was in the midfield – Kari Arnason and Isaac Osbourne ran Dunfermline ragged, winning every ball in the air and on the deck, giving Milsom and Fyvie more freedom to push forward and create. Dunfermline actually started the game with a five-man midfield, but were so beleaguered from the outset that holding midfielder Andy Dowie was substituted in the first half.
On the rare occasion that the ball made it past the midfield, Andy Considine and Youl Mawene dealt with the threat easily. Considine has really come into his own this season, perhaps thanks to having the composed, experienced head of Mawene next to him.
Mawene and Considine for the most part managed the defence on their own, allowing full-backs Ryan Jack and Ricky Foster to go forward almost constantly on the overlap. Their pace and drive added much-needed width to the side, in support of the central midfielders, Milsom and Fyvie, deployed on the wings.
Foster had an excellent game. Hopefully this performance – combined with the defeats against East Fife and Motherwell – will have convinced Craig Brown that he needs to use his captain at the left full-back position rather than further up the field. Foster is so quick he can be an attacking player even while covering the defence at full-back, and he plays by far his best football from there.
In fact, the same could go for the entire line-up. At last, players were deployed roughly in their proper positions, and it showed. The Dons looked far more comfortable than they have in any game this season, and it seems like after weeks of chopping and changing, Brown has found his best eleven.
One swallow does might make a summer, but this could be the turning point Aberdeen's season has been waiting for. A free-scoring, morale-boosting win – the only downside is that it has come right before an international break, leaving the team with no chance to build momentum.
By contrast, Dunfermline enjoyed a good start to the season, but reality is starting to set in for the Fifers. Jim McIntyre has built a solid team of experienced pros, with very little reliance on youth or unknown quantities, which should be able compete in a fairly even SPL. As it stands, there are only two points between the sides in the bottom six, and only seven between fourth place and last.
As it is Aberdeen sit ninth, but will take a massive confidence boost from this win and are only one win away from the top six. At times this season they haven't got the results their performances have merited, but against Dunfermline everything finally came together. The Red Army will be wondering if their side can't play on a Friday night every week.
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Motherwell 1 Aberdeen 0 – Fir Park 24/9/11
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Aberdeen are yet to win a game or even score a goal away from home in all competitions this season, and visiting third placed Motherwell was unlikely to yield any joy on this front regardless of the Dons midweek woes. Philip Sim reports.
The game itself came close to rivalling Aberdeen's last away trip at Easter Road for sheer lack of entertainment. In truth both teams were fairly insipid in a game which was always looked like it would be decided by an individual error, and over the last few years those have been the Dons' speciality.
Craig Brown named what might be his strongest starting eleven, the poor form of many of those players notwithstanding. Despite picking the right players – with the possible exception of perennially overlooked impact sub Peter Pawlett – Brown again insisted on deploying them in almost arbitrary positions.
Kari Arnason, the best midfielder at the club, started at centre half. Chris Clark and Richard Foster, the only full-backs in the team, featured in midfield. Although midfielder Ryan Jack filled in at admirably at right-back, it further emphasised the makeshift nature of the team.
Moving Foster into midfield again resulted in centre-half Andrew Considine playing left-back – a particularly odd decision given the fearsome pace of Motherwell's Chris Humphrey. This was underlined when the speedy winger – albeit probably fouling Considine in the process – sped away to round David Gonzalez and somehow send his shot up and away off the crossbar. That said, Banchory-born defender Considine – one of Aberdeen's better performers this term – seemed to have the beating of his man thereafter
It is difficult of course to argue whether playing Foster at the back would have been effective, as it was his blunder while filling in at left-back allowing Bob McHugh in for the only goal of the game. The Steelmen scored their goal pretty much straight from an Aberdeen corner kick – underlining the visitors propensity for getting into a promising position before finding a bizarre way to mess it up.
The Dons' attack appeared as toothless as ever, despite trying out yet another front pairing in Scott Vernon and Rory Fallon. The theory behind this partnership is sound – Fallon can operate as a target man allowing Vernon to play his preferred role of penalty box striker, playing facing the goal. Whilst the two combined reasonably well on occasion there was precious little creativity in getting the ball up to the strikers, with the Dons often just looking for the agricultural long ball towards Fallon.
The failure of Vernon and Fallon to click is a microcosm of almost everything about the Dons this season. It deceives to look good on paper, and in many ways it should work, but it doesn't.
Motherwell have not been on a good run of form of late – they were beaten 3-0 at home by St Johnstone and knocked out of the cup by Hibs last week – but for one reason or another Aberdeen cant buy a win right now.
The Dons' next two matches, home ties against Dunfermline and Dundee United, will complete the first set of fixtures against all of the other SPL sides. So far, Aberdeen have scored against two, and beaten only one. If Craig Brown can not improve this run of form, his side are going to look increasingly like relegation candidates, albeit in a crowded field of struggling sides.
Brown insists that luck has been against his side so far, and he had better hope it turns before long or he may find his coat on a shoogly peg. His players often appear to be just on the cusp of getting it together, so it might not be time to start questioning the manager's position just yet . That time nonetheless creeps closer with every poor result.
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text:
import json
from operator import itemgetter
import unittest

from extensions_paths import CHROME_EXTENSIONS
from permissions_data_source import PermissionsDataSource
from server_instance import ServerInstance
from third_party.handlebar import Handlebar
from test_file_system import TestFileSystem

_PERMISSION_FEATURES = {
  # This will appear for extensions with a description as defined in the
  # permissions.json file.
  'activeTab': {
    'extension_types': ['extension'],
  },
  # This will appear for apps and extensions with an auto-generated description
  # since the entry appears in _api_features.json.
  'alarms': {
    'extension_types': ['platform_app', 'extension'],
  },
  # This won't appear for anything since there's no entry in permissions.json
  # and it's not an API.
  'audioCapture': {
    'extension_types': ['platform_app'],
  },
  # This won't appear for anything because it's private.
  'commandLinePrivate': {
    'extension_types': ['platform_app', 'extension']
  },
  # This will only appear for apps with an auto-generated description because
  # it's an API.
  'cookies': {
    'extension_types': ['platform_app']
  },
}

_PERMISSIONS_JSON = {
  # This will appear for both apps and extensions with a custom description,
  # anchor, etc.
  'host-permissions': {
    'anchor': 'custom-anchor',
    'extension_types': ['platform_app', 'extension'],
    'literal_name': True,
    'name': 'match pattern',
    'partial': 'permissions/host_permissions.html',
  },
  # A custom 'partial' here overrides the default partial.
  'activeTab': {
    'partial': 'permissions/active_tab.html'
  },
}

_PERMISSIONS_PARTIALS = {
  'active_tab.html': 'active tab',
  'host_permissions.html': 'host permissions',
  'generic_description.html': 'generic description',
}

_API_FEATURES = {
  'alarms': {
    'dependencies': ['permission:alarms']
  },
  'cookies': {
    'dependencies': ['permission:cookies']
  },
}

class PermissionsDataSourceTest(unittest.TestCase):
  def testCreatePermissionsDataSource(self):
    expected_extensions = [
      {
        'anchor': 'custom-anchor',
        'description': 'host permissions',
        'literal_name': True,
        'name': 'match pattern',
        'platforms': ['apps', 'extensions']
      },
      {
        'anchor': 'activeTab',
        'description': 'active tab',
        'name': 'activeTab',
        'platforms': ['extensions'],
      },
      {
        'anchor': 'alarms',
        'description': 'generic description',
        'name': 'alarms',
        'platforms': ['apps', 'extensions'],
      },
    ]

    expected_apps = [
      {
        'anchor': 'custom-anchor',
        'description': 'host permissions',
        'literal_name': True,
        'name': 'match pattern',
        'platforms': ['apps', 'extensions'],
      },
      {
        'anchor': 'alarms',
        'description': 'generic description',
        'name': 'alarms',
        'platforms': ['apps', 'extensions'],
      },
      {
        'anchor': 'cookies',
        'description': 'generic description',
        'name': 'cookies',
        'platforms': ['apps'],
      },
    ]

    test_file_system = TestFileSystem({
      'api': {
        '_api_features.json': json.dumps(_API_FEATURES),
        '_manifest_features.json': '{}',
        '_permission_features.json': json.dumps(_PERMISSION_FEATURES),
      },
      'docs': {
        'templates': {
          'json': {
            'manifest.json': '{}',
            'permissions.json': json.dumps(_PERMISSIONS_JSON),
          },
          'private': {
            'permissions': _PERMISSIONS_PARTIALS
          },
        }
      }
    }, relative_to=CHROME_EXTENSIONS)

    permissions_data_source = PermissionsDataSource(
        ServerInstance.ForTest(test_file_system), None)

    actual_extensions = permissions_data_source.get('declare_extensions')
    actual_apps = permissions_data_source.get('declare_apps')

    # Normalise all test data.
    #   - Sort keys. Since the tests don't use OrderedDicts we can't make
    #     assertions about the order, which is unfortunate. Oh well.
    #   - Render all of the Handlerbar instances so that we can use ==.
    #     Handlebars don't implement __eq__, but they probably should.
    for lst in (actual_apps, actual_extensions,
                expected_apps, expected_extensions):
      lst.sort(key=itemgetter('name'))
      for mapping in lst:
        for key, value in mapping.iteritems():
          if isinstance(value, Handlebar):
            mapping[key] = value.Render().text

    self.assertEqual(expected_extensions, actual_extensions)
    self.assertEqual(expected_apps, actual_apps)

if __name__ == '__main__':
  unittest.main()


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Fukushima Vs. Chernobyl: Still Not Equal Though Fukushima and Chernobyl are both level 7 nuclear accidents, the consequences in Japan to date are much less severe. In part, that's because far more radiation was released at Chernobyl.
Japan's Nuclear Crisis: Science
Fukushima Vs. Chernobyl: Still Not Equal
April 12, 20113:31 PM ET
Eliza Barclay
Doctors check for radiation at Chernobyl and Fukushima. Boris Yurchenko/AP; AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Boris Yurchenko/AP; AFP/Getty Images
The Japanese government on Tuesday raised the rating of the crisis at the Fukushima Dai-ichi power plant to a level 7. That's the highest possible level on the international scale used to evaluate the seriousness of nuclear incidents. The only other nuclear incident to earn that rating: the 1986 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine.
Heard On 'All Things Considered'
Japan In Crisis
NPR's Richard Harris Explores The Differences Between The Disasters
Japan Raises Severity Level At Nuclear Plant
The decision to bump up the rating from 5 to 7 was prompted by new data on the amount of radiation released at the plant in the early days of the crisis — not by any recent change in the plant's status.
Some 370,000 terabecquerels of radioactive iodine and cesium have been released at Fukushima — more than officials originally thought. (A terabecquerel equals 1 trillion becquerels, a measure for radiation emissions.) Most of it spewed into the atmosphere in the early days of the crisis, and radiation levels have generally been declining.
Though Fukushima and Chernobyl are both level 7 nuclear accidents, the health consequences in Japan to date are much less severe. In part, that's because far more radiation was released at Chernobyl. So far, Fukushima Dai-ichi has released about one-tenth of the amount of radioactive material that escaped Chernobyl, according to an official from the International Atomic Energy Agency.
At Chernobyl, an entire reactor exploded, sending up a massive fire and radioactive plume that dispersed radiation over a wide area. The reactor at the Soviet plant was not surrounded by any containment structure, so radiation escaped freely.
People near Chernobyl were not warned against drinking contaminated milk, and many residents later developed thyroid cancer. Two Chernobyl plant workers died on the night of the accident, and 28 more people died within a few weeks from radiation poisoning. Over the long term, several thousand more people were put at risk for cancer.
Fukushima has also experienced explosions and fires, and some of the reactors' containment vessels may be damaged, but the highly radioactive cores remain largely protected. Much of the radioactive material already released in Japan has been carried out to sea away from populated areas, thanks to prevailing winds. And the government moved quickly to evacuate people from risky areas and to keep contaminated food out of the stores.
Some workers at Fukushima have been exposed to high levels of radiation since the crisis began. The long-term health effects of that exposure remain unknown, but there have been no known deaths associated with the crisis to date.
The World Health Organization confirmed Tuesday there was "very little" public health risk outside the 18-mile evacuation zone around the plant.


Widespread disruption is predicted across East and West Sussex, Hampshire, Surrey, London and Kent, due to 'the longest rail strike since 1968'.
Having started at midnight, the strike follows a 'bitter dispute' between parent rail firm Govia Thameslink (GTR) and the RMT union over the role of conductors.
Hundred of trains have been cancelled with reports stating Southern Rail will run '60 per cent of its services' during the five-day walkout.


IDW KICKS OPEN THE DOORS TO COMIC-CON WITH ORPHAN BLACK!
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Let us know in the comments what you think of this IDW Publishing Comic-Con International: San Diego announcement and don't forget to follow us on Twitter for the latest Previews, Reviews, News and Interviews!


Some of these Oxnard legacy planning documents cannot be found elsewhere. We have higher res copies of some of the documents below – please contact us for more info. None of the documents are in great condition as this is the best the City could provide in 2014-2016 when we were attempting to create a library of all Oxnard legacy planning documents. We also have a few that are not posted below.
Since the time of this document, planning staff has not kept the promise of possibility to the people and has not implemented the recommendations in good faith. Yes, there is a Downtown Design Review Committee that is currently gutted and never had the expertise or teeth to make a difference.
OxnardRENAISSANCE.ORG hopes that current planning staff (Circa 2016) will not follow in the footsteps of Oxnard's planning predecessors and instead work to raise the bar. The OCPG urges Oxnard City Planning staff to give up on outmoded text-based zoning and other antiquated rules so Oxnard's downtown can become a vital and alive place for people.


Resources for the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas - Prothnotary (Civil) as well as online resources applicable to courts generally in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and resources applicable to all courts in Pennsylvania.
Search Court of Common Pleas records including Prothonotary, Clerk of Courts, Orphans Court, and Register of Wills by name, case number, and book and page. A paid subscription is required. Sign up under "Account Maintenance" in the left column.
View weekly calendars, annual schedules, motion schedule, and arbitration panel schedule for 39th Judicial District Court of Common Pleas in Franklin and Fulton Counties.
View information about the Franklin County Domestic Relations Section, which handles child support, spousal support, and paternity matters.
The Franklin County District Attorney's Office offers information about resources for victims and witnesses (including Protection from Abuse orders), an explanation of criminal procedure, and information about the Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition (ARD) program with a link to the application form. Links are on the left side of the page.
View information about the Franklin County Law Library, including location, hours, and available services.
View the local civil, criminal, juvenile, and Orphans' Court rules of Franklin and Fulton County courts.
View information about the Franklin/Fulton Parent Education Program, a class for divorcing parents that is required by the Court of Common Pleas. A schedule and online registration form are included.
MidPenn Legal Services offers pamphlets in English and Spanish on a variety of legal issues, including consumer, education, employment, family, housing, benefits, and a guide to going to court.
Franklin County Legal Services provides free civil legal assistance to income-eligible residents.
View a directory of Fulton County Bar Association members by area of practice, or view the full directory in alphabetical order. A link to local legal aid offices is also provided.
View information about the Franklin County Public Defender's Office, which provides free legal representation to indigent defendants facing possible incarceration.


"New York City taxi driver" is more than a job. It's an iconic role in the city that never sleeps.
Taxi drivers are often the first people tourists interact with. They're the people who know the city like the back of their hand. They're...you get the picture.
But if you don't get the picture, the 2017 New York City Taxi Driver Calendar will make it clearer for you. Each year, some of the city's drivers strike a pose for charity. Here are just a few highlights from next year's calendar, on sale now for $14.99.
A portion of sales of the calendar benefit immigrant and working individuals and families, offering assistance with education, housing, wellness, and literacy.


DC's WTF month continues apace with the newly revealed gatefold cover of Superboy #19 insinuating that the titular character could be the son of a surprising pairing, though his previous appearances seemed to indicate he was a clone similar to the pre-New 52 Superboy.
Also curious: Solicited writer Tom DeFalco's name doesn't appear on the cover. Rather, the issue is credited to writer Scott Lobdell, who hasn't penned an issue of the series since #11. R.B. Silva is still credited as penciler, though.
Huge spoilers after the cut!
Could the New 52 Superboy be the son of Superman and Lois Lane?
If the section of the gatefold on the far-right is any indication, Lex Luthor is involved somehow, too.
For the answer to both mysteries this cover poses -- Superboy's true origin and the identity of the writer -- readers will have to wait until the issue hits comic shops and ComiXology tomorrow.


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#include "eventfilter.h"
#include <QHBoxLayout>
#include <QVBoxLayout>
#include <QMouseEvent>
#include <QMatrix>

EventFilter::EventFilter(QWidget *parent, Qt::WindowFlags f)
	: QDialog(parent, f)
{
	setWindowTitle(tr("事件过滤"));

	label1 = new QLabel();
	//label1->setText(tr("左边"));
	Image1.load("../image/1.png");
	label1->setAlignment(Qt::AlignHCenter | Qt::AlignVCenter);
	label1->setPixmap(QPixmap::fromImage(Image1));

	label2 = new QLabel("中间");
	Image2.load("../image/2.png");
	label2->setAlignment(Qt::AlignHCenter | Qt::AlignVCenter);
	label2->setPixmap(QPixmap::fromImage(Image2));

	label3 = new QLabel("右边");
	Image3.load("../image/3.png");
	label3->setAlignment(Qt::AlignHCenter | Qt::AlignVCenter);
	label3->setPixmap(QPixmap::fromImage(Image3));

	stateLabel = new QLabel(tr("鼠标按下标志"));
	stateLabel->setAlignment(Qt::AlignHCenter);
	QHBoxLayout *layout = new QHBoxLayout;
	layout->addWidget(label1);
	layout->addWidget(label2);
	layout->addWidget(label3);

	QVBoxLayout *mainLayout = new QVBoxLayout(this);
	mainLayout->addLayout(layout);
	mainLayout->addWidget(stateLabel);

	label1->installEventFilter(this);
	label2->installEventFilter(this);
	label3->installEventFilter(this);
}

EventFilter::~EventFilter()
{

}

bool EventFilter::eventFilter(QObject *watched, QEvent *event)
{
	/*if (watched == label1) {
		if (event->type() == QEvent::MouseButtonPress) {
			QMouseEvent *mouseEvent = (QMouseEvent *)event;
			if (mouseEvent->buttons()&Qt::LeftButton) {
				stateLabel->setText(tr("左键按下左边图片"));
			} else if (mouseEvent->buttons()&Qt::MidButton) {
				stateLabel->setText(tr("中键按下左边图片"));
			} else if (mouseEvent->buttons()&Qt::RightButton) {
				stateLabel->setText(tr("右键按下左边图片"));
			}

			QMatrix matrix;
			matrix.scale(1.8, 1.8);
			QImage tmpImg = Image1.transformed(matrix);
			label1->setPixmap(QPixmap::fromImage(tmpImg));
		}
		if (event->type() == QEvent::MouseButtonRelease) {
			stateLabel->setText(tr("鼠标释放左边图片"));
			label1->setPixmap(QPixmap::fromImage(Image1));
		}
	} else if (watched == label2) {
		if (event->type() == QEvent::MouseButtonPress) {
			QMouseEvent *mouseEvent = (QMouseEvent *)event;
			if (mouseEvent->buttons()&Qt::LeftButton) {
				stateLabel->setText(tr("左键按下中间图片"));
			} else if (mouseEvent->buttons()&Qt::MidButton) {
				stateLabel->setText(tr("中键按下中间图片"));
			} else if (mouseEvent->buttons()&Qt::RightButton) {
				stateLabel->setText(tr("右键按下中间图片"));
			}

			QMatrix matrix;
			matrix.scale(1.8, 1.8);
			QImage tmpImg = Image2.transformed(matrix);
			label2->setPixmap(QPixmap::fromImage(tmpImg));
		}
		if (event->type() == QEvent::MouseButtonRelease) {
			stateLabel->setText(tr("鼠标释放中间图片"));
			label2->setPixmap(QPixmap::fromImage(Image2));
		}
	} else if (watched == label3) {
		if (event->type() == QEvent::MouseButtonPress) {
			QMouseEvent *mouseEvent = (QMouseEvent *)event;
			if (mouseEvent->buttons()&Qt::LeftButton) {
				stateLabel->setText(tr("左键按下右边图片"));
			} else if (mouseEvent->buttons()&Qt::MidButton) {
				stateLabel->setText(tr("中键按下右边图片"));
			} else if (mouseEvent->buttons()&Qt::RightButton) {
				stateLabel->setText(tr("右键按下右边图片"));
			}

			QMatrix matrix;
			matrix.scale(1.8, 1.8);
			QImage tmpImg = Image3.transformed(matrix);
			label3->setPixmap(QPixmap::fromImage(tmpImg));
		}
		if (event->type() == QEvent::MouseButtonRelease) {
			stateLabel->setText(tr("鼠标释放右边图片"));
			label3->setPixmap(QPixmap::fromImage(Image3));
		}
	}*/

	if (watched == label1 || watched == label2 || watched == label3) {
		auto label = static_cast<QLabel*>(watched);
		auto text = [this, watched]()->std::pair<QString, QImage&> {
			if (watched == label1) { return std::make_pair(QString("左边"), std::ref(Image1)); }
			else if (watched == label2) { return std::make_pair(QString("中间"), std::ref(Image2)); }
			else if (watched == label3) { return std::make_pair(QString("右边"), std::ref(Image3)); }
			else { return std::make_pair(QString(), std::ref(Image1)); }
		}();
		if (event->type() == QEvent::MouseButtonPress) {
			QMouseEvent *mouseEvent = (QMouseEvent *)event;
			if (mouseEvent->buttons()&Qt::LeftButton) {
				stateLabel->setText(tr("左键按下") + text.first + tr("图片"));
			} else if (mouseEvent->buttons()&Qt::MidButton) {
				stateLabel->setText(tr("中键按下") + text.first + tr("图片"));
			} else if (mouseEvent->buttons()&Qt::RightButton) {
				stateLabel->setText(tr("右键按下") + text.first + tr("图片"));
			}

			QMatrix matrix;
			matrix.scale(1.8, 1.8);
			QImage tmpImg = text.second.transformed(matrix);
			label->setPixmap(QPixmap::fromImage(tmpImg));
		}
		if (event->type() == QEvent::MouseButtonRelease) {
			stateLabel->setText(tr("鼠标释放") + text.first + tr("图片"));
			label->setPixmap(QPixmap::fromImage(text.second));
		}
	}

	return QDialog::eventFilter(watched, event);
}


I am not the most sweet-toothed of people. I do eat candy sometimes, but it is by far not an everyday thing. I like different kinds of candy, cholocate bars, peanut butter cups, etc.. But there is something special about vintage candy. I'm talking about stuff like candy cigarettes, Big League Chews, Willy Wonka Bar, and Big Hunks. I found a site where you can order these, and plenty of other types of old school sweets. It's called eSnacks.com. They also offer candy that's hard to find in the US, even if they might not be vintage. For any hard-to-find sugar snacks, you should check out eSnacks.


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Edoardo Masciangelo (born 8 July 1996) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for  club Palermo, on loan from Benevento.

Club career
Masciangelo is a youth product of the Roma and Fiorentina youth academies. He joined Arezzo in the Serie C, and after 2 seasons joined Piacenza in 2017.

After a successful 2017–18 season with Piacenza where he was considered one of the best young players in the Serie C, Masciangelo transferred to FC Lugano in the Swiss Super League. Masciangelo made his professional debut for Lugano in a 2–1 Swiss Super League win over FC Sion on 22 July 2018.

On 27 January 2019, Masciangelo joined to Juventus U23 on loan with an obligation to buy until 30 June 2019.

After Juventus bought out his rights, on 30 August 2019 he joined Pescara on loan. On 24 January 2020, Pescara made the transfer permanent.

On 21 July 2021, he joined Benevento on loan with an obligation to buy.

On 31 January 2023, Masciangelo was loaned out to fellow Serie B club Palermo until the end of the season, with an option to buy.

References

External links

 SFL Profile

 Piacenza Profile

1996 births
Living people
Footballers from Rome
Italian footballers
Association football defenders
Serie B players
Serie C players
A.S. Roma players
ACF Fiorentina players
S.S. Arezzo players
Piacenza Calcio 1919 players
Juventus Next Gen players
Delfino Pescara 1936 players
Benevento Calcio players
Palermo F.C. players
Swiss Super League players
FC Lugano players
Italian expatriate footballers
Italian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
Expatriate footballers in Switzerland

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


Andrew Carlone is currently a sophmore at James Madison University, studying International Business and Spanish. He is entrenched in the entrepreneurial scene on JMU's campus. He is the student venture consultant in the Center for Entrepreneurship, member and mentor in the Society of Entrepreneurs, Founder and Managing Director of JMU's startup accelerator MadX Labs, and co founder of career development startup Jobly.it .
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Nikon Z 7 Review: On Vacation in Europe
By Bjorn Petersen |
One week in Europe. One bag to pack. One camera to bring. Nikon's first full-frame mirrorless. A lot of ones and firsts leading up to my trip to Europe this past week but, like any other trip, I was caught debating which camera to bring, up until the last minute. Luckily for me, coinciding perfectly with my departure, we received a Nikon Z 7 for review two days before I was set to leave for England and Germany. I'd been eyeing this camera since its announcement last fall and, on paper and in my mind, it seemed like the perfect camera for traveling and the type of photography I like to do. So, without hesitation, I grabbed the Z 7 from the B&H offices and told everyone I'd be back in a week.
Highgate Cemetery and the Tate Modern, London
Most of my photography is done while I'm traveling, and one of the most valuable assets of a camera system, for me, is the ratio of performance to size. I've traveled in the past with full-frame systems, as well as much, much larger film systems, but I'm always looking to cut back on the size of my kit. At the same time, though, I'm not willing to sacrifice image quality for camera size. I also do my best to adhere to a strict one-bag philosophy when I travel. And that doesn't mean one camera bag and one bag for clothes and everything else… it means one bag for everything—the camera and all of my clothes. Fortunately, full-frame mirrorless cameras have been the perfect match for my travel requirements, and the Z 7 was no exception. For this trip, I packed the Z 7 body, the NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.8 S lens, and the NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S lens, along with two batteries, the charger, and two XQD cards. All of this, plus my clothes for the week, fit into my Domke F-2 backpack.
Scenes of Hackney, London
I arrived in London after a redeye, and spent my first day meeting with friends, seeing a couple of sights, and walking around Hackney. I had my entire bag on me for the day of walking. This was the first key to the Z 7 being particularly suitable for travel—it's not a burden to carry as a walkaround camera. This first day I also spent shooting exclusively with the 50mm f/1.8. Carrying this setup around felt comfortable. The lens, while not the smallest, balances perfectly with the body and I typically just prefer working with a prime over a zoom. Some other revelations from the first day: I really enjoyed the EVF, I was impressed by the battery life, and getting the camera set up for shooting was a breeze, since I'm familiar with the menu system from my days of being a Nikon DSLR shooter.
But, most importantly, what struck me most after reviewing some images from the first day was the look and feel of the images. Even just judging from the camera's LCD and from looking at files on my phone, there was a smoothness to the image files that felt familiar. Not surprisingly, it reminded me of when I had a chance to shoot with the D850 a while back. The Z 7 uses an updated version of that sensor, which is to say Nikon used one of the most appealing attributes of one of the most appealing cameras in the last few years. There's no need to go into all of the technical aspects of this sensor but suffice it to say it continues to hold up with the Z 7 as it did with the D850. Especially when working at lower ISO values, there is a richness and saturation to the photos that is very filmic, but still sharp and cutting to feel contemporary, rather than nostalgic.
Locks on the Berlin Wall
Looking Down from the Siegessäule
After just a day in London, I headed back to the airport and flew to Berlin for the next leg of my trip. Apparently, I brought the gray and rainy weather with me from London to Germany and was greeted by a cool mist after taking the train from Schönefeld to the city. I spent my first afternoon walking around the city center, taking in the history and admiring the mixture of architectural styles and monuments. While I had mentioned that one of my first takeaways of the Z 7 was the EVF, it was after a couple of days of using it that it became clearer (no pun intended) as to why I started to value it so much. The specifications of the finder—0.8x magnification, 3.6m-dot OLED—are impressive but they don't necessarily scream noteworthy on paper.
Other high-end full-frame systems also sport similar high magnification over-3m-dot OLED finders. The implementation of the Nikon one, though, felt intuitive and seamless to use, especially for someone transitioning from an optical finder to an electronic one. The magnification spec, especially, makes shooting a very comfortable experience. The toggle button on the side of the viewfinder, to cycle between viewing modes, is also very practical for switching between the EVF and the rear LCD. In practice, I kept it on viewfinder priority, which would only turn on the viewfinder when raised to my eye. It would then shut off automatically between shots, helping to conserve battery life. I also never used the LCD for shooting, so it would always remain dark, but when I would press the play button to review images, they would automatically show up on the screen rather than the EVF. For me, this is exactly how I like it to function, since I'd prefer not to review my images in the EVF, but also do not want to shoot using the screen.
Siegessäule and Oberbaumbrücke
One thing that had been on my mind even before I took the Z 7 to review was the controversy over the use of a single XQD memory card slot, opposed to a dual slot of some kind, either SD or XQD. Considering the type of shooting I do (which is not all that unique), the use of a single card is not an issue for me. Even though I am traveling to shoot, and do not have immediate access or opportunity to reshoot something, I never felt uneasy about only having a single copy of my files. I can also decidedly say that I much prefer XQD to SD card types. The speed and more assuring form factor of XQD outweighs the benefits and commonness of SD in my mind, especially at the end of this trip when I had nearly 100GB of files to back up to my computer. I won't argue that having two slots would certainly appeal to more and upset fewer, but I also feel that writing off an entire camera due to this seems a bit rash. Sure, it's maybe not the most ideal configuration for weddings, sports, and other examples where you'll never be able to reshoot, but I'd also say that this is maybe not the best camera for those subjects, based on a handful of other reasons. It's not the card slot that's limiting this camera from being a top sports camera.
Scenes of Berlin
Views from the Fernsehturm
On my final morning in Berlin, I made one last stop at the Puppentheater-Museum Berlin on the way to the airport. This was the first time I had used the Z 7 for interior shooting, and really the first time I was cognizant of making use of the sensor-shift Vibration Reduction system. The Z 7 and Z 6 are the first interchangeable-lens cameras to feature sensor-shift VR, and for me, it's a welcomed change, compared to lens-based VR systems, especially if you're a fan of manual focus lenses. Nikon claims this VR system compensates for up to five stops of shake. I don't have a valid way of testing this, but I can say that images I made at around 1/15 and 1/30 of a second were noticeably sharper than using a camera system without VR. And this feels especially important with the high resolution of the Z 7's sensor.
Puppentheater-Museum
Back on a plane to London, and then on my way to a train from there. I was taking the Night Riviera sleeper train out to Cornwall, where I would spend a few days driving around the countryside and the dramatic west coast of England. When I woke up the next morning in blustery and misty Penzance, it seemed that the theme of my trip was to be gray skies and rainy conditions. From the train station, I picked up my rental car and drove back east along the coast. First stop of the day was the southernmost point of mainland England; Lizard Point. With wind gusts over 40 mph, and still raining, it was a very pleasant day to be out shooting.
Despite the weather, it was still a breathtaking place, with jagged cliffs, crashing waves, and small cottages perched on top of the rocks. Despite the rain, though, Cornwall became a very true test of the Z 7's weather resistance. Not enough that it was just raining, but the wind was pushing the rain sideways, so moisture was hitting the camera at all angles. And the closer I got to the ocean, the more sea spray would be added to the moisture mix. I had read, before traveling, how the Z 7's sealing was especially impressive, and in practical use I had to agree. Even down to the tiny details, like the EVF having a fluorine coating, I felt comfortable about using this camera in these miserable conditions.
Taking a break from the winds and rain, I found a café for Cornish cream tea before departing Lizard Point and heading north toward Tintagel. Relentless, the winds, rain, and fog didn't let up as I moved north. With the conditions starting to get dark, too, this became a test for the ISO performance in addition to the VR system. Even though it was still daylight hours, the intense fog and gray conditions forced me to bump the sensitivity over ISO 1000 for a number of shots. Even while the Z 7 runs up to ISO 25600, for my own preferences I like to keep it at ISO 1600 or lower. Moving north of ISO 1600, some noise was present, but it was very usable, and color noise began to be more visible once you moved higher than ISO 6400. Coupled with the VR, this setup was up to the task of handling difficult lighting, since you can keep the ISO at a high but reasonable level and rely on the VR to make up the difference for working at slightly slower shutter speeds.
Tintagel Castle Ruins
The difficult lighting conditions also resulted in being a test for the camera's autofocus system, which was really the first time I noticed the camera expelling any effort at focusing over the course of my week abroad. Due to the dim and low-contrast nature of the light, focusing times were understandably a bit slower than when I wasn't shrouded in fog and rain, but they were still nothing worth complaining about. One gripe I have with the autofocus, in direct comparison to something like the D850, is the inability to lock your focus-point selection. I prefer to work with single-point focus, and essentially 100% of the time I want my focus point to be in the middle since I am used to focusing and then recomposing. With DSLRs of the past, there has been a switch around the AF point selection D-pad to lock the point selection and prevent it from being bumped to a neighboring point. With the new joystick design, this feature is lost. On the plus side, you can configure the joystick or the OK button to reset the AF point to the center.
Scenes of Tintagel
Waves crashing in Tintagel and St. Ives
With my time in Cornwall coming to a quick end, I spent my last day driving back along the western coast, through St. Ives, back to Penzance to catch my train back to London. On the train ride back, I had time to go over some of the other features of the Z 7 that I had overlooked over the course of my week shooting. I used the Nikon SnapBridge app to check some of the images on my phone. Compared to previous versions, the app's design has improved noticeably and offered quick and seamless connection over Bluetooth and Wi-Fi for transferring files to my phone. Alternatively, this was also the first time I spent substantial time looking at the rear LCD screen of the camera, which is a shame because it's actually a very nice screen at 3.2" with 2.1m dots, a tilting design, and touchscreen interface. I'm not a big LCD person, and usually don't mind these specs, but the clarity of the screen and ease of touch controls were great for flipping through images. Other points worth mentioning include the top settings LCD, which is a pleasant carryover from DSLRs, and further contributed to my not needing to use the rear LCD all week. And finally, a critical spec for traveling: the battery life was impressive for a mirrorless camera. I love that the common EN-EL15 battery type is used (the same used in the D850, D750, D500, D7500, and several other models) and in my experience, I could comfortably get a full day's shooting accomplished on a single battery. Even with the conservative rating of 330 shots per charge, I was shooting in cold, wet conditions for several hours each day and only needed a midday battery change once during the week.
Elizabeth Tower/Big Ben, as seen from the London Eye
Back in London, about to board my flight to the USA, I reflected on my time in Europe with the Nikon Z 7. I came into the week with high expectations for the camera. It's no secret that I'm a fan of Nikon, especially regarding the D800-series, and the Z 7 feels like a perfect follow-up to the D850. There are many notable differences between the two cameras, beyond the obvious DSLR versus mirrorless, but there are so many similarities, too. And most of the positives of the Z 7 stem from what makes the D850 such a good camera. The image quality, the handling and body design, and the EVF would be my top three takeaways from the week. Luckily, these are the top three attributes I look for in almost any camera system. I'm very impressed by Nikon's freshman full-frame mirrorless; the Z 7 feels like a well-resolved camera, which is certainly due to Nikon's history of perfecting the DSLR. I'm excited to see where the system goes next, and anxiously await the lens system growing to accommodate even more users' needs.
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Guy R.
The Z7 looks like a very appealing camera.
But have I have misunderstood your meaning when you say "The Z 7 and Z 6 are the first interchangeable-lens cameras to feature sensor-shift VR"? I have had an Olympus e5 since 2011 and that has sensor shift ibis. Is that not the same thing?
Bjorn Petersen
Hey Guy, sorry if the wording was a bit confusing- I meant to mean that they are Nikon's first interchangeable-lens cameras to have sensor-shift image stabilization. VR, or Vibration Reduction, is Nikon's trade name for image stabilization, and previously they have always had lens-based VR for their interchangeable-lens cameras.
Richard N.
Great article. I'm an early adopter of Nikon Z7, coming from D850 and D810. I started using Nikon with the F100 many blue moons ago, and have grown to love the brand and its dependability. I am happy with the new direction Nikon took for the Z7 body and lenses. I'm hopeful to see more lenses and that Nikon digs into videography more aggressively. My next travel in Sept is to Korea and Japan and hoping to get as much from the Z7 as you did in England and Germany. Thanks!
Thanks for the nice words, Richard. Good luck with your travels with the Z 7. Even though it's been a while since I've shot with it, I'm still thinking very highly of the Z 7 and have been tempted to pick one up.
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A World I Never Made
By: James LePore
Publisher: Story Plant
Reviewed by: Lynette Latzko
Review Date: April 2009
Patrick Nolan, a widow from Connecticut, is called to Paris to claim the body of his estranged daughter, Megan, who committed suicide. Upon viewing her body, Nolan immediately discovers that it is not his daughter. He realizes that Megan, wherever she may be, is in danger and needs her father's help.
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