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Kick off is at 8pm. Join us here from 7.30pm
Blackburn: Robinson; Jacobsen, Samba, Nelsen, Chimbonda;
Salgado, Emerton, Nzonzi, Pedersen; Dunn; Kalinic.
Subs: Brown, McCarthy, Reid, Olsson, Hoilett, Di Santo, Jones.
Aston Villa: Guzan, Cuéllar, Collins, Dunne, Warnock;
Ashley Young, Milner, Petrov, Downing; Heskey, Agbonlahor.
Subs: Friedel, Luke Young, Sidwell, Carew, Delph, Reo-Coker, Beye.
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (Tyne & Wear)
Preamble This is the 50th year for Alan Hardaker's brainchild and both Blackburn and Villa are aching to put that peculiarly ugly, squat cup behind glass in their trophy rooms. He also decreed that the winners got tankards instead of medals but I'm sure that directive has long been abandoned. It should be a decent game – Sam Allardyce, described memorably by my colleague Barney Ronay once as "furious-provincial-butcher-abusing-a-passing-taxi-while-on-his-way-to-a-wedding", has long earmarked the Carling Cup as the one to go for and has given his players such a rocket after Monday night's humping by Man City that he expects a positive reaction.
Martin O'Neill has his Leicester League Cup pedigree to recall fondly and, although he fears his players may be a little rusty after a 12-day lay-off, wants their frustration at recent late postponements to inspire them to give Rovers the runaround. Surprisingly, I've only ever been to three League Cup finals but two of them, in 1996 and 2002, featured these two sides' last wins in the competition – Villa's, because they played well and Leeds were truly awful, and Blackburn's largely, if my memory isn't playing tricks on me, down to a superb performance from Brad Friedel and some deft touches from one of English football's great lost talents, Matt Jansen. For about a season at the start of the last decade I thought that he and Michael Bridges would be vying with each other to play alongside Michael Owen for England by about 2003. How sad that injuries robbed us of seeing both at their peak.
Thursday night still doesn't feel like a bona fide football night but I'll try not to let that get in the way. And, as a bonus, its curry night here at Guardian Towers though tonight's instead of being the usual Rogan or Madras is billed simply as lamb curry which may not be a good thing. Still, at least it's lamb, which I've long felt is up there with goat as the perfect curry for carnivores. Chicken never seems to absorb the flavours quite as much.
Here comes Gary Naylor: "Didn't Viz used to have an 'Up the Bum' column showing photos that could have been provoked by a red hot poker being applied thus? If so, this column's one of Big Sam is a shoo-in for it." It is indeed, Gary. There's a certain Edward II look in his eye, there.
Curry update: Quite spicy but a lot of rather possibly inauthentic swede was in it as well and carrots. Would have preferred saag or aloo but we all have our crosses to bear.
1 min: Villa kick off and play it around the back four for a few seconds before Cuéllar's long ball begins a spot of head tennis that ends with a Rovers throw.
3 min: Big Sam's now got a screen in front of him as well as his headset on. It's remote access management is this. Blackburn get a throw in the Villa right-back position but its hooked away by James Milner, rather aimlessly and Rovers launch it straight back upfield, Kalinic nods it down and David Dunn turns and snaps a shot just past the post. Deflected and Rovers get a corner.
4 min: The corner and the one that follows Guzan's punch out are vicious inswingers begging for a near-post nod-on but the ball just eludes the attackers and Villa clear from the goal kick.
6 min: Rovers have certainly flown out of the traps but Villa grab the ball in midfield and Petrov crosses to the left where Downing plays it straight to Ashley Young's feet. He jinks past Chimbonda but his shot is easily beaten away. The corner, from Downing, is disappointing as are 90% of corners these days, almost devalued currency this past few seasons.
8 min: Quite scrappy stuff from Villa - largely down to the way Dunn and Kalinic are pressing Villa's back four so Cuéllar and Warnock are having to smack long balls up front from very deep.
10 min: Villa get a pairr of corners, the first when Agbonlahor receives a long pass and is hustled out by Chimbonda. Collins heads it straight at the back of Jacobsen but from the second corner Young cuts in on to his right foot and tries to curl a shot into the far corner but this is a very straight banana.
12 min: Villa throw in, back-nodded into the area by Heskey and Doiwning has half a chance to score but can't get enough bite on the ball. Villa ratchet up the pressure and after a spot of pinball, Heskey turns , actually offside, and shoots but Robinson saves.
13 min: Rovers break after Robinson collected the ball from James Milner's feet who was trying to Ricky Villa his way around everyone in the box. Guzan flaps a little and misses his punch from Salgado's canny centre and Dunne rides to his rescue.
16 min: Dunne wins a header from Robinson's dead ball kick and Heskey collects and plays an awful crossfield pass that actually ends up behind him. Petrov finally gets his foot on the ball but Pedersen is tracking back well and dogs the marauding Cuéllar out of possession.
18 min: "Why are corners so poorly used? It's not like they are defended easily. I'd say too little time between matches and what time there is spent training instead of practising. Same reason that so many players are one-footed." I think you're right Gary, too little practice, too little innovation. When they used to say drawn matches could be decided by the number of corners won I used to think, why? They're so rarely scored from and so liberally conceded that it bears no reflection on anything.
20 min: Villa have a couple of half chances and three corners. Heskey's touch isn't quite as sure-footed as it often is but Agbonlahor's pace and Villa's ability to support from midfield is beginning to take its toll. Agbonlahor ends up hitting a shot straight down Robinson's throat.
23 min: Goal! Blackburn 0-1 Villa (Milner, 23) Robinson has a free-kick when Villa are caught offside and he hits it straight up the middle. Giuzan misses his punch but Collins clears to Milner who sets off on a powerful run, passes out right to Downing who races past Chimbonda and plays a pass into Milner at the edge of the six-yard box. Lovely pass with his right foot by Downing and Salgado lets Milner walts past him and easily and powerfully turn it past Robinson.
25 min: Really poor defending from Rovers. They obviously felt the need to send Nelsen and Samab upfront to pressurise Guzan at the freekick but when Villa broke they still had five players back but Milner and Downing outthought all of them and left them flat-footed. No close-up of Sam but he must have smacked the air in that trademark show of expletive-laden exasperation.
27 min: Villa fans, some topless, are issuing their usual injunction to defecate on their City rivals. It's been all Villa for much of the past 15 minutes, Milner and Downing linking up very cleverly. Blackburn are either goping to have to get tighter, Nzonzi in particular, or this could be a rout.
30 min: Silvery Fox has just been in touch to keep another white-top company: "Would be keeping more up to date but the Mrs has just got an Iphone and is syncing and stuff like that. Annoying," he says. " Anyway, just wanted to say that I didn't think Milner's finish was powerful but more deft." I think, in retrospect, you're right. He has such pliable feet.
32 min: Richard Dunne mops up at the back as Kalinic feels he has a bit of a chance to run at him. Pedersen takes the throw, having had the ball dried by the ballboy's towel, anmd Guzan comfortably catches it.
34 min: I thought James Collins was great at Cardiff but occasionally looked out of his depth at West Ham. How wrong I was. He's been consistently excellent this season, a very calm presence. Here's Julian Menz: "Good shout re: Matt Jansen. England have had a few class forwards in the last couple of decades, but some evil spell seems to stop them from doing the funky chicken at the top level. Fowler (could've been world-class), Collymore, and, more recently, Dean Ashton. Strangely, the Heskeys and Crouches seem to hang around like balti-breath." Ah, Robbie Fowler. If only... Lost track of him at Blackburn. Was he a complete disaster there?
37 min: Quite a nasty looking challenge from Salgado on Petrov after a rather docile bit of mutual possession-surrendering. Looked to have launched in with one foot, over the top of the ball, but David Platt assures me there was no malice in it.
39 min: Again a fast, classy break from Villa. Agbonlahor cuts in from the left, he pushes the ball to the right just inside the area and Samba challenges. Agbonlahor goes sprawling after what looked like a little nibble from Samba and Mark Clattenburg yellow cards the Villa striker. Harshly, I think. It may not have been a penalty but it was no Ngog.
41 min: Salgado stations himself just where Stuart Ripley used to cut teams apart but he doesn't have atrick to get past a player and he hits these bending crosses in from too far out that are easily hacked away.
43 min: There's a composure about Villa's play that Blackburn lack. The confidence is oozing through each one of them and Milner tries an outrageous pass with the outside of his right foot that only just eludes Ashley Young. Blackburn are stuck with scrambling towards half-time, hitting and hoping.
45 min: Free kick to Villa taken by Guzan and headed out for a Villa throw. I can't envisage how Rovers are going to wrest back the momentum, they look so jaded mentally. Warnock plays a beautiful 50 yard pass down the inside left channel that Blackburn just watch sailing over their heads. Petrov gets it when he shouldn't have and shoots low and Robinson saves very well. Villa get the ball on the line, possibly over it, from the corner and the referee blows his whistle. Was it a goal? No, he says Heskey handled it - in fact, it looked like Chimbonda who handled it.
Half-time: Tom Lutz has further news on the curry. "I believe it was supposed to be a South African curry, according to the canteen's website. I'm not sure how South African it was though, there was a disappointing lack of great white shark." Definitely no shark. Do they really put swede in Durban curries?
More half-time stuff: "This match features perhaps the two most aesthetically-pleasing uniforms in the Premier League, if not all top-flight football," writes Peter Wahlberg. "Surely such are the pleasures for which internet piracy was intended." Beautiful strips, Peter. I feel sorry for Blackburn, it must be difficult to bound free from the shackles of such poor form But what a dispiritingly cagey and conservative team they look tonight.
Here's Silvery Fox again and thanks for contributing: "First glance I thought it was a foul on Agbonlahor and certainly not a dive and replays confirmed that. Thems the rubs though and first half we have dominated Blackburn. Just wish Young could deliver corners better. He is so profligate lately. Also, I do feel for you having to sit through this and try to make some comments on the footie. Ball spends far too much time in the air with Villa and Blackburn. At least our pace on the break makes it interesting sometimes." Your pace, Milner, the underrated Petrov and Downing have raised the quality of an often poor half.
Colin Greer says "All this talk of curry is making me think of Edwina Curry. Mmmmm... Edwinda Curry...." Colin, you need help, unless you're really the scion of a South London gnome manufacturer. Now, Tony Currie, I could go for, not in an Alan Birchenall way, but artistically.
46 min: Blackburn make a change Martin Olsson comes on at left-back, Chimbonda goes to right-back and Lars Jacobsen goes off. "And do they put South African in Swedish curries?" asks Robin Hazlehurst. One for our resident Swede, Marcus Christenson, I think.
47 min: It's dawned on me who Blackburn really miss. Tugay. I mean David Dunn could do that job but he's pushed forward to try and snaffle Kalinic's knockdowns but with Dunne, Cuéllar and Collins aerial beasts there's nothing doing for him.
49 min: Villa break again from hust outside their own box and Warnock's mazy run ends up at Petrov's feet. He helps it on with a lovely left-foot pass to Ashley Young who has Olsson on toast but just takes it a touch too far and drives it across the box instead of cutting it back.
51 min: Hello David Wall. "That list of talented players who don't succeed at international level, and the surprising success of others suggests that international level success is very much dependent on having the right attitude and strength of mind. That seems to be a given in cricket (illustrated by the struggles of people like Hick and Ramprakash vs the endurance of Collingwood, and so on), but I think it should be more surprising in football. You'd have thought that having the right attitude was a requirement for someone to get into the top flight and to be in the frame for international selection as it is so competitive to get to that level. In contrast, it seems relatively easier to be able to coast and succeed in county cricket on the basis of talent alone. So if we can assume that most top players have something of the right mental stuff does that mean that something happens to some of them when they receive an international call-up? Do those who fail (that we'd expect to succeed) suffer from loss of bottle about being able to do it at a higher level (Shaun Wright-Phillips?), or become too big for their boots and think they've made it already (David Bentley?)" Neat point, David, which I'll return to.
53 min: Young has another run at Olsson and wins a corner which he decides, thankfully, not to take. Downing hits a vicious inswinger, flashing low across the six-yard box and all Heskey had to do was get a toe on it but it's too fast for him.
53 min: More Edwina Currie musings from Mr Greer: "Spicy. Yes. Saucy. Indeed! Absorptive. Unconfirmed." Thank God you're not speaking from personal experience. And Blackburn have a real chance out of nowhere as Kalinic gets on the end of a lovely cross and should score but it smacks the post. And the corner comes to naught.
56 min: I've offended John Halstead by likening Dunn to Tugay. "Dunn is not fit to lace Tuagy's boots, unfortunately. He is nowhere near as technically gifted. The hype surrounding him this season will soon envelop his limited abilities. The goalscoring will not continue. And he hasn't actually been our best player. That honour goes to Samba." OK, John. You'll be pleased that Rovers have improved and Dunn is at the heart of it, having moved slightly left. he has a half-chance from a knockdown but screws his left-fot shot from an awkward stance wide.
60 min Sustained period of Blackburn pressure. Long throw from Pedersen is headed out for a corner which is curled in under the crossbar and Dunne heads away. Better stuff from Rovers.
61 min I'm not sure that Ashley Young looks quite as menacing on the right as he did on the other flank earlier this season. Rovers 60-yard free-kick is headed out by Cuéllar for a corner, taken by Dunn, Rovers' fifth to Villa's nine. It's defended with aplomb and Villa clear their lines.
63 min: "In response to David's point (51min)," writes Lee James. "Could it not be argued in the case of many players that either they lack real top quality (SWP) or are perhaps uniquely equipped to perform in their own league but not against different cultures and styles (players like K Davies or Darren Bent for instance). A lot of players mentioned like Fowler or someone like Ian Wright excelled in England when our club sides were pretty average in Europe and not close to todays' level. Conversely Heskey and Crouch have played for CL league sides who performed well, and seem to perform better internationally (see Crouch's CL and Eng record) because they do provide that indefinable 'something different' for foreign styles." You may be right but what about Alan Hudson, Currie, Frank Worthington et al of an earlier vintage?
65 min: Kalinic hits the post for the second time. Chimbonda drags the ball back from the touchline and he hits a superb right-footed shot that slaps the post and rebounds straight back at him. Big Sam said he was a peculiarly unlucky player before the game. It looks as if he was right.
67 min: That half-time rollicking seems to have done the trick and though it's not pretty, Blackburn's industry is proving effective. Dunn is adjudged to have handballed when it appeared to hit his shoulder as he was trying to shape to shoot.
69 min: Silvery Fox thinks it's squeaky bum time for the Villa: "Typical of Villa to let a team back into it after dominating. Its almost as if we write a nice little invitation at half time and take it to the oppostion dressing room inviting them to attack us. However, the upside to this is that we are rather good on the break. I just wish the final ball wouldn't fall to Young but Milner instead. Milner is great in centre mid but also good on the wing. Shame we can't clone him and sell Young for megabucks to Citeh or Chelski. I still don't get why Capello loves Heskey so much. He must be a different player in training to how he is in a match. To me, he is just a useless lump who isn't particularly strong given his physique." He just played in Downing, perhaps by mistake, and Downing plays a beautiful cross that Young can't quite stretch to make. Heskey should have been in that position and it would have been 2-0. He does loads of good work, Heskey, but he's often missing from where the No9 ought to be at crucial moments.
71 min: Heskey goes off replaced by Steve Sidwell and Blackburn bring on Steven Reid for Salgado.
72 min Villa go to a five-man midfield, obviously unsettled by Blackburn's pressure. They have looked very capable on the counter, though. If Reid can do what Salgado failed to do, get behind Warnock, then surely Kalinic is going to miss the posts soon.
74 min: Agbonlahor stands stock still for about 30 seconds inviting a tackle but Blackburn just stand off him. Eventually Milner comes to him takes the ball off him with a one-two and wins a throw in. On comes Benni McCarthy.
75 min: Ashley Young breaks free on the left after Samba heads backwards and drives into the box but skews his shot wide. Oh, what a chance.
75 min McCarthy gets his first touch with a flick on, gobbled up by Guzan. It's been pretty enthralling this second half. Drab as the first half was at times, Blackburn's new boldness has enlivened the game.
78 min: Platty isn't the most engaging pundit in Sky's roster. You always think he'd speak as elegantly as he dresses but he makes Andy Gray sound like John Madden. More attacking threat from Blackburn, attacking the space between Warnock and Collins but when they win the inevitable corner, Villa stand strong and clear.
80 min: Thanks toi Julian Menz for the definitive word on swede curry: "As someone who has lived in Durban, and now resides in sunny Sweden, I might be able to shed some light on the debate. Durbanites would never put something as tasteless as a swede in their curry. They eat it hot as buggery, and wash it down with cain liquor. In Sweden, they eat rotten fish. I miss Durban. Not to mention my local chippy in Bounds Green." I've been to achippy in Palmers Green but not Bounds Green. Which one is it?
82 min Clumsy challenge from Nzonzi concees a free-kick. I'd read good things about Nzonzi but hehasn't quite got anything right tonight. I've nothing against unobtrusive players, diligently doing their job. But he's been virtually invisible tonight.
84 min: Sam's doing his nut on the touchline, miming how to head the ball while chewing ferociously and swearing profusely. Putting McCarthy on and Sidwell's introduction has given the initiative back to Villa. And Milner hits a superb, stinging shot from 25 yards that's deflected wide.
86 min: Rovers took about nine attempts to clear that corner, heading the ball straight back to Villa after blocking shots. Young's was the last, right into Samba's balls, it seems, but he didn't bat an eyelid.
87 min: We're back to the first-half pauper's feats of scrappy football, possibly without the "s". Young has a run at Olsson, twists past Reid but hits his cross straight into the side netting.
89 min: Petrov to Milner to Young. This is Villa's default move and again Young gets a cdorner by attacking the full back. he has a go at time wasting by pratting about by the corner flag. Understandable pratting, I mean. McCarthy gets frustrated and boots Downing. Just a yellow card.
90 min: Great cross from the freekick and a brilliant downward header from Agbonlahor, unmarked. Robisnon gets down well to save. Niko Kalinic wins the man of the match award from the Rovers sponsors. That would be Milner if it was objective.
90 min: Three minutes of added time awarded but Blackburm's charge has run out of puff. You can't let Villa go ahead because they're so adept on the break but wait, Rovers have a corner.
90 min + 2 : Nzonsi has a free header to equalise and powers it over in Michael Duberry fashion when it looked easier to score and peep! peep! peep!
Summing up Villa played very well in the first half, composed and assured at times while Rovers looked desperately short of belief. A decent revival in the second half but had they equalised it would have seemed as if they were pushing their luck a bit. I'll leave the last word to Villa's Silvery Fox: "Satisfied overall. Some positives from the evening. Milner and Downing seem to gaining a good understanding, Agbonlahor suits being a lone striker, Dunne has been quality (yet again) and Young has been poor and wasteful (again). However, the sight of the evening for me was seeing Allardyce giving himself a hernia (or possibly more cardiac arrest) saying "f*@£ing head it". He needs to calm down with his previous." Sam calm down? A calm Sam would be an even more frightening proposition with all that veiled menace having no outlet. Thanks so much for keeping me company and jollying it along with some wonderful contributions. Good night.


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The former managing director of the Australian and New Zealand arm of global management consultants A.T. Kearney has returned to Booz & Company to head its Australasian and South-East Asian IT practice.
"I'm fundamentally a consultant," said David Hovenden, now a director at Booz, who said he preferred not to have the distraction of running a business while still expected to complete consulting assignments..
Mr Hovenden was at Booz from 1992 to 1997. During his 12 years at A. T. Kearney, he was head of strategy information technology and appointed managing director in October 2005, a time that included the firm's management buyout in 2005.
Since rejoining Booz, he has headed the strategic IT consulting practice with a team of 15 to 20, aiming to double the head count in the next two years. The projection is based on healthy existing demand and anticipated strong growth from the financial services, telecommunications and government sectors locally and in South-East Asia.
"Our guys are in high demand," he said. "There is huge demand for quality enterprise architects."
Four more people were hired this year.
Mr Hovenden said that the practice has three large proposals out, including a bid for business and technical transformation, that include enterprise architecture work with a large Malaysian bank. Another bid involves an IT strategy assignment with a bank in Indonesia.
Australasian revenue accounts for about 5 per cent of the global firm's $US1 billion revenue.
The Australian Financial Review

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|Re: Dependency resolution for SNAPSHOT versions
|Thu, 09 Aug 2007 15:06:05 GMT
Thanks for the detailed explanation Paul. --vamsi On 8/9/07, Paul McMahan <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > > I don't totally understand how maven resolves snapshot dependencies > but I think we should try to mimic its behavior as much as possible > since the plugins come from a maven repository, and are typically put > there by "mvn deploy". Based on some very simple testing it looks > like when maven downloads a snapshot dependency it consults maven- > metadata.xml (and maybe some other xml files) from the repo to get > the actual jar name. The jar name might include extra stuff like the > timestamp and build number. Then it downloads that jar into the > local repo and adds it to the build classpath. I think the plugin > installer can mimic that behavior (and basically already does) up to > the point where the jar is added to the classpath and Geronimo > recognizes the dependency as being satisfied. > > We could change Geronimo's dependency resolution code to act more > like maven, where a dependency called out like, say, > mygroup/myartifact/1.0-SNAPSHOT/jar > > is actually satisfied by a jar at : > geronimo/repository/mygroup/myartifact/1.0-SNAPSHOT/myartifact- > <whatever version maven said to download>.jar > > But I don't know a lot about that code and it hurts my head to think > about all the potential side effects. > > So unless someone wants to grab that tiger by the tail maybe the > plugin installer should instead mimic the behavior of maven right up > to the point where the downloaded jar is copied into the Geronimo > repository. At that point it could name the jar to match the > original dependency name, instead of whatever name was determined by > following maven's process for resolving snapshot dependencies. > After all the jar that is being downloaded (whatever its name) is > what maven considers to be a match for the requested dependency. > > Taking this approach would mean that a dependency like this in the > plugin xml: > mygroup/myartifact/1.0-SNAPSHOT/jar > > might result in this file being downloaded from the maven repo: > mygroup/myartifact/1.0-SNAPSHOT/myartifact-<whatever version > maven-metadata.xml said to download>.jar > > but it would be placed here in the geronimo repo: > geronimo/repository/mygroup/myartifact/1.0-SNAPSHOT/ > myartifact-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar > > so that Geronimo's dependency resolution doesn't have to become more > aware of how the maven metadata has caused the plugin installer to > resolve the snapshot. This is basically the approach I had suggested > in our IRC chat. > > > Best wishes, > Paul > > On Aug 8, 2007, at 3:13 PM, Vamsavardhana Reddy wrote: > > > I have encountered some unexpected things while trying to install a > > plug-in when SNAPSHOT versions are specified as dependencies. Here > > are some examples: > > 1. A query for "foo/bar/1.0-SNAPSHOT/jar" of an artifact from a > > remote repository returned result "foo/bar/1.0-beta1/jar". The > > plug-in installer downloaded 1.0-beta1 and installed in server's > > repository. Plug-in startup failed since 1.0-SNAPSHOT is not > > available in server's repository. > > 2. A second attempt to install the same plug-in (after uninstalling > > the one installed but not started in (1) above), goes through the > > same steps for downloading "foo/bar/1.0-SNAPSHOT/jar" and downloads > > "foo/bar/1.0-beta1/jar". But this time it failed with an error > > unable to copy dependency since it is already in the server's > > repository!! (downloaded > > 3. A query for "1.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT" version of a tuscany > > artifact had resulted in "0.91-incubating". I do not remember the > > exact artifactId. > > > > Problem in (2) can be addressed by checking to see if result > > version is already in server's repository and avoid downloading > > it. It has been fixed in rev 563782 (branches\2.0) and 563785 > > (trunk). > > > > Regarding problem in (1), I had a discussion with Paul McMahan on > > IRC and we decided that if a query for a version of artifact > > results in a different version, then we will indeed copy the > > downloaded result into server's repository under query version. > > (In our example, though we download "foo/bar/1.0-beta1/jar", we > > will copy it as "foo/bar/1.0-SNAPSHOT/jar ". This way we will > > avoid plug-in startup failure.) Since we copy the artifact under > > a SNAPSHOT version, there is no harm as two artifacts named "foo/ > > bar/1.0-SNAPSHOT/jar" need not compare. When I discussed this > > solution on IRC with Matt, he suggested that it may be better to > > address this problem by changing how the dependency resolution > > works for SNAPSHOT versions instead of copying the downloaded > > version of artifact under a different name. In other words, > > changed the dependency resolution such a dependency on 1.0-SNAPSHOT > > is resolved to 1.0-SNAPSHOT or any released version of 1.0 > > available in the server's repository. It may be alright if just > > "SNAPSHOT" is specified as dependency (which is as good as omitting > > the version in dependency, or is it not?) as opposed to " 1.0- > > SNAPSHOT". I don't think this will address the situation in (3). > > > > Any suggestions on how (1) and (3) from above could be handled? > > > > --vamsi > >
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Derby House Returns Department
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Our products are guaranteed for 12 months from the date of receipt, providing they are used in accordance with the manufacturers recommendation. Fair wear and tear, if we feel it is necessary, goods will be returned to the manufacturer for their comments. Please allow 30 days for an exchange or refund in these instances. This is in addition to your statutory rights.
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Please note: For Hygiene reasons, Underwear is non-returnable.
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What Editors, Models, And Designers Are Gettin' Drunk On During Fashion Week
So, the editors don't actually have time to stop and sip them, but all kinds of somehow-got-in-the-door-but-why-are-they-here? types in the tents are swilling free booze in between doing whatever it is they're doing in there. What are they drinking? We know we've spotted Moet here and there, but the harder stuff is Akvinta Vodka, the official sponsor of Mercedes Benz Fashion Week. The cocktail they're serving is called the "Gold Cooler" and it actually sounds really good. Just for fun — it's always happy hour somewhere! — we thought we'd share the recipe, after the jump. Start with a good measure of Akvinta Vodka, lengthen with fresh apple cider, and serve as a long drink:
1 oz. Akvinta® Vodka
3 oz. Unfiltered Apple Juice, or apple cider
Build over cubed ice; garnish with a dusting of cinnamon, a slice of red apple & a wedge of lemon. Serve with a straw.


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Difficulty ranking world: 5357 (all)
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Reduced interior common area lighting power densities, controls, and in-unit lighting are optional measures. If installing these measures to qualify for incentives, these requirements must be met.
Interior Common Area Lighting Incentive
The sum of all fixtures located in the residential common areas must calculate to .80 watts per square foot or less. (Any exit sign that is 5 watts or less does not need to be included in the calculation.) "All common areas in MF building shall have a minimum of 5 foot-candles over the entire area of the interior space being considered." - Reference Category B of the Lighting Handbook 8th Edition, Reference & Application, IESNA.
Interior Common Area Fixture Review and Inspections
A set of architectural drawings, a reflective ceiling plan, a fixture schedule and the manufacturers specifications sheets for the residential common areas must be submitted for review and calculation. Your BUILT SMART representative will confirm that your lighting design meets the 2001 Washington State Energy Code and will conduct a lighting power density calculation to determine wattage reductions that meet program requirements.
Interior Common Area Fixture Locations
Fixtures shall be installed in interior hallways, stairwells, lobby entrances, elevators, and common spaces within the building and be connected to the common house meter.
Interior Common Area Fixture Specifications
All controls shall be reviewed and approved prior to installation and inspected after installation.
Interior Common Area Lighting Control Locations
Controls may be installed in meeting rooms, office spaces, exercise rooms, laundry rooms and other common areas within the building.
Interior Common Area Lighting Control Specifications
All fixtures shall be reviewed and approved prior to installation and inspected after installation.
In-Unit Fixture Locations
This program allows deviations from the lighting requirements for specific unique architectural details. Any deviations must be reviewed and approved by your BUILT SMART representative.
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room, breakfast
In my first day the hot water on taps was limited.
Location, price and comfort. Firstly, services were slow. Secondly, all the answering machines are only in French. It's an Arab country so Arabic language should be used in the answering machines. Even English should be used because it's an international language.
The location is good and rooms are good for tunisian standards I suggest they also review this hotel on ratings on discrimantion, a group of middleaged men,part of the staff of the hotel, dressed in polyester suits standing in front of the main entrance , with a lot of attitude and arogancy , refuse entrance to the hotel to any tunisian person, my longtime tunisian friends who wanted to come visit me during my stay in the africa hotel , were rudely and very impolite refused entrance and turned away , not even handing over their papers and making copies of their passports which I suggested in last resort to still make it possible for them to enter the hotel was rudly denied by an also arrogant and very unfriendly recepsionist....this is discrimination ....and unacceptable !!
J'aimerais remercier le réceptionniste Bilel qui a été excellent et très patient durant mon check-in assez compliqué. Il n'a jamais montré une once d'impatience, toujours un sourire aux lèvres. Le personnel de sécurité fait un travail remarquable. Les managers viennent vers vous pour converser, ils sont à l'écoute. L'emplacement est PARFAIT, en pleine Avenue H.Bourguiba. Rien à dire
Clean room, spacious and central location. Breakfast buffet was excellent. Overpriced, Dar El Medina was the same price and much better value for money. The reception staff were not very friendly.
Internet is not Free of charge. It was free of charge in the condition of the reservation, but the staff did not take it.
It is nice to relaxe at the pool and beach and to visit sidi bu said and tunis
Friendly and helpful staff, in a beautiful, well maintained hotel. The room was spacious and comfortable. Overly pedantic/difficult about visiting family, unnecessarily so even though security is important. WifI was good, but the Internet connection sporadic. A plan of the facilities would have been useful.
Guest relation officer Ramzi..Very helpfull The noise, a disco was going on beyond 4 am. Couldn't sleep before my early morning flight. The internet is not free
poor conditions of moquete, rooms, toilets
Quietness of the location. Watch out on the Beauty Saloon they can rip you off. It is unfortunate in a name like Sheraton such organisation can be left uncontrolled to abuse their possition.
ok, not great, but fine for short visits
staff were friendly and rich breakfast The hotel location was far away from city centre and did not match as specified in booking.com
Staff was good,hotel is ok but nothing special Poor value for money, but this is Tunis is big names is expensive. Other guests got better rate from local companies
Room staff and doorman were great buffet food could have been better
The SPA
Reception Food
great nothing special. Except Hotels in Tunisia there is no real Non Smoking policy!!!
Spaciousnous of the foyer and bar staff very helpful Food and drinks manager extremely helpful Lack of adequate heating in the bedroom. Also shower facility not good, an unpleasant and unrefreshing experience, almost an ordeal: cramped
The service is very poor. The restaurants are a disaster especially the"Oliveraie". The breakfast is zero ! In your evaluation you don't ask us about the eating !
Very comfortable, staff friendly.
Nothing much, i want to mention tha the pictures available on booking.com for this hotel are all wrong, this doesnt exisit, the rooms are very basic!! Its more of 1-2 stars max, the views of most of the rooms are horrible, breakfast is very bad, i didnt really like it to be honest.. i must say, location is good though
A clean room with breakfast included in the center of Tunis nightlife for US$45/night seemed too good too be true but it was. The rooms were comfortable and newly modernized and the breakfast was much better than the standard. The staff aren't as knowledgeable and helpful as you'd expect in an international hotel. Best to have a plan B when making requests.
suited our needs, great location
Brilliant stuff good location and very clean
I liked the communication, especially beforehand -- that someone would pick us up at the airport and transport us. We were two women traveling together and our flight arrived very late at night. The breakfast was good. I didn't like that there was no Internet. Also, the person at the front desk the following morning did not understand English very well and it was very confusing about renting a car.
No bar no refrigater
Staff was friendly and helpful. Location was excellent for exploring the city and an easy access to public transport for touring the subverbia. On the arrival the bedding was dirty which the cleaner changed on request. Lack of tourist information at the reception. There was only one simple map provided on request (this might be a problem only for non French and Arabic speaking). One expect to get some guidance about transport system and maps.
Location was great and ideal. Had to take two elevators to get to my room due to elevator repairs.
It was very close to the center and the souk The room was not as I pictured it after doing research. It was a lot older, the toilet didn't flush properly, there weren't enough towels in the bathroom, the tv only had 4 stations and the bed sheets smelled as if they were dirty.
Decent, if expensive, in hotel restaurant. Front desk staff was weak and dishonest. When requested to provide a non-smoking room they said they would move to me one, but it was not actually a non-smoking room and it smelled. Then they said that there were no available non-smoking rooms in the entire half-empty hotel. Then another manager "discovered" that they actually had one, which they gave to me. General Manager's office promised that he would call me, but he never did. Conclusion: Weak management.
complete privacy 1- The carpet of the corridor leading to the room.2- The shortage of enough towels in the bath rom 3- The high elevation of the bath tub. 4- The unsanitay handling of the food by the hotel staff at the resturant during serving breakfast; Touching everything by bare hands with no blastic gloves in public was frightening to me.
Old Hotel without maintenance. Carpet in the corridors are orrible, broken and dirty. The room don't smell good.
The hotel was very clean and comfortable and was convenient to the airport. The restaurant and bar staff were not efficient, friendly or helpful.
the quietness, the lake view, the help of the support staff at the hotel, the nice location and easy access to places of visit. the choice for breakfast is limited.
Very very bad food. And the staff are unfriendly.
Nothing Oled bulding .. no facilty
the staff was very polit the A/C is not working , i ask the reception about that he tell me we are in the cold seson so the A/C in all hotel in Tunis is off, and one time when i was at the bath the electrcity swiched off and after 10 min came back
attention to small details like making sure that if you had coffee or tea in the room to replace the items (coffee/tea/milk) everymorning.
Very good view, very good breakfast very expensive, can be 4 stars but not 5
Location was good and staff are willing Furniture is getting old and some aspects are lacking. For example there was not any thing to stir the coffee and sugar with
the location of the hotel and the lac view quality of the food in ramdan month
It is the best value money None
The hotel was very new and very clean. Got upgraded to a suite which was extremely large and well furbished. Staff very friendly and helpful. Very good value for money. Location not in the center but still manageable (however taxi do not know the location well since it is a new hotel). Bed mattress was very hard (I guess still brand new). Wifi did work in the room but could not connect to my Outlook. The hotel had no license to sell alcohol.
please kindly be informed that as soon we arrived to Vime Tunis hotel ,our booking in this hotel via booking .com was for 3 rooms including breakfast actually we find booking for 2 rooms not including breakfast than they provide us with the other room after showing the booking confirmation again in the morning as soon we come for breakfast they informed us that the deal they have with booking .com only for room rent not including breakfast, after that we solf the problem with the reservation manager after log desiccation witch is not fair , next time i will not use or recommend this hotel to any bady. Nathing
Nothing 1- when I checked in they told me I have no booking 2-the bids un comfortable for 5 stars hotel.3- the staff cooperate with Taxi driver for extra money(trip from hotel to airport it cost 6 td I Paid 45 td plus 5 td because he have no change
The hotel has nothing to do with 5stars hotels. the service and teh room is not 5 stars
the rooms are very big the service at breakfast was very poor. There was no coffee available, you have to ask the server for it ans takes quite a long time. The firs day I had to ask it twice.
All staff are fantastic and polite and professional. 10 kudos to all the Staff.Amazing. Sort the internet issues that most customers raise. More routers or wired access in rooms are immediate remedies. Very frustrating to stand in the corridor under the router or descend to the MB reception at 23:15 so as to skype or viber someone.
Very spacious, fitted out to a high standard. Very evocative of the image of 'North African luxury' - e.g. separate bath and shower, all facilities usually associated with a suite but tastefully Tunisian in style Only thing missing was coffee-making facilities
The location which is in the city center. WIFI not available at the room
The main areas and the welcome from the night receptionist keep your wits around you if you happen to fancy a late or early walk in the vicinity
The hotel is well placed close to the Medina. Staff speak a little English but it is better if you speak French. The pillows are just dreadful!
Good breakfast selection. Helpful staff. Convenient location to shopping, Medina, train station, tram, theater and restaurant. Air conditioning was not optimized for comfort. In other words, the room never cooled down to a comfortable temperature.
I think that the breakfast and dinner room on the ground floor had a nice ambiance and served very good food. The bedroom was also attractive and spacious. Service was efficient at the desk. Communication could be improved at the desk. It was not clear whether internet access was free in the lobby. I did not know that the rooftop bar was closed and had actually planned to spend an evening there.
Location is only good point. Wi-Fi could not be used. I could not get the receipt for a taxi to the airport, though the hotel receptionist said that I could get it from taxi driver. In addition, the level of taxi driver the hotel arranged was very poor. He take me to the different terminal.
Very friendly, comfortable hotel in excellent location for Medina nad other city sitess and transport. Small enough for a relaxing nd personal experience. Some of the food we had in the Dome restaurant was really superb.
Friendly,kindly, and it was nice building,
The breakfast was the best we had in Tunisia. The rooms look out onto a central courtyard that can be noisy. Some staff did not speak English. The hotel lost our booking and had to move us to another hotel for the third night.
The staff at the Dar El Medina were extremely helpful at all times, looked after us very well and went out of their way to make our stay a good one. We cannot recommend highly enough. The hotel is in a beautiful building, with great terraces, and well placed in the medina.
very individual, characterful hotel, excellent central location, need to approach on foot as it is in medina .Breakfast rather "local" in taste.Phone charges high, Intl = 3.5 TD /min
THe hotel was very atttractive, very well located, very helpful staff ... the best place to stay ih Tunis.
nice staff, nice location, nice design should have a TV and a mini-bar in a room
The staff were excellent. always cheerful and extremely helpful. A credit to the dar! The room was spacious and always clean. On return to our room on Monday there was a welcome basket of fruit and water. That was the only time such a gesture was made. We never met the owners which we thought strange. In most 'boutique' riads we have stayed the owners make an effort to introduce themselves. Breakfast was predictable ie. the same every day. Slice of cake ( which got smaller as the days went on) cucumber,tomatoes and processed cheese then a roll and pancake were brought out and last an egg which on only one day could one say it was a 3 minute egg. On the other days it took 10 minutes to receive what was supposed to be a 3 minute egg but was closer to 5! Very disappointing. There was noise every night as if someone was moving furniture around.


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Information And Comments - DTM Race At Oschersleben
The second race of the DTM's 30th anniversary season will be staged this weekend in the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben.
The circuit: Oschersleben has hosted the DTM since 2000, and this year marks the 15th running of the race at the 3.696 kilometre circuit. The track is between eleven and thirteen metres wide and has a difference in elevation of 23 metres. There are 15 turns: 7 left-handers and 8 right-handers. The race is held over 51 laps, which equates to a race distance of 188.496 kilometres.
Video: Oschersleben onboard lap, commentary by Christian Vietoris, low-res (German)
Video: Oschersleben onboard lap, commentary by Christian Vietoris, hi-res (German)
Video: Oschersleben onboard lap, commentary by Paul Di Resta, low-res (English)
Video: Oschersleben onboard lap, commentary by Paul Di Resta, hi-res (English)
Comments on the DTM race at Oschersleben
Pascal Wehrlein (19, Deutschland, gooix Mercedes AMG C-Coupé):
⢠achieved four podiums in Formel ADAC at Oschersleben
"I've been contesting races at Oschersleben ever since the start of my career and really like the circuit. I just love winding racetracks in general, and Oschersleben falls into that category with some fast turns, plus a number of slower ones. Overtaking on this circuit is one of the many challenges that need to be mastered. I was the best Mercedes driver at the season opener, so that's a start. I aim to repeat that feat at Oschersleben."
Gary Paffett (33, England, EURONICS Mercedes AMG C-Coupé):
⢠has secured three podiums in Oschersleben
⢠won the Oschersleben races in 2005 and 2007
"Oschersleben is a difficult track, but I really like it. It has high kerbs and leaves a driver no room for error. You are constantly on the limit. The first turn with DRS provides the best overtaking opportunity of the whole track, but you can also overtake reasonably well in Turn Four. The triple left-hander is one of the trickiest: You drive along the edge of the track and must attack as best you can, whilst at the same time setting the car up so that you can brake down for the right-hander that follows. This is one of the highlights of the whole circuit."
Paul Di Resta (28, Scotland, DTM Mercedes AMG C-Coupé):
⢠secured his first podium in Oschersleben in 2007 in his second DTM race
⢠won the 2010 DTM race in Oschersleben from pole position
"I've often driven in the DTM at Oschersleben and even won my last race there from pole position back in 2010. I hope that's a good omen for the second race of my comeback season. Unfortunately, Hockenheim didn't go well for me, but now we want to set about changing things bit by bit, using our experience from the first race weekend of the season. We must stay focused and continue to work hard."
Christian Vietoris (25, Germany, Original-Teile Mercedes AMG C-Coupé):
⢠secured his first DTM points in Oschersleben in 2011
"I clinched the first points of my DTM career in Oschersleben - I like to remember that. My start to the season at Hockenheim was anything but memorable. However, I am mentally strong enough not to get too worked up about that and will, as always, do my best."
Vitaly Petrov (29, Russia, THOMAS SABO Mercedes AMG C-Coupé):
⢠will contest a race in Oschersleben for the first time ever in his career
"My DTM debut was satisfactory in my eyes. Of course, the result could be bettered, but I'm happy that I continued to improve during my first race weekend. Now I'm off to my second DTM race in Oschersleben. I've never driven there before and am quite excited at the prospect of learning a new track. I've heard from colleagues that the circuit is quite challenging. I love a fresh challenge!"
Robert Wickens (25, Canada, FREE MAN'S WORLD Mercedes AMG C-Coupé):
⢠secured points in his first race in Oschersleben
"I like the track there. Oschersleben is technically very demanding, has plenty of turns and is very unforgiving. Put a foot wrong, and you immediately lose your rhythm for the ensuing turns, making a hot time on that lap no longer possible. That's particularly crucial in qualifying when trying to extract the last hundredths of a second. Even the slightest mistake can cost you vital grid positions. I've normally done quite well at Oschersleben in the past. Only time will tell what significance that has for the here and now."
Daniel Juncadella (23, Spain, Petronas Mercedes AMG C-Coupé):
⢠knows the Oschersleben track well from his time in Formula 3
"Oschersleben has always been one of my favourite tracks. Unfortunately, I didn't have a particularly good weekend there last year. The team has worked day and night since the season opener to analyse the data from Hockenheim and improve our car for Oschersleben. However, we realise that we must take things step by step. The track is very demanding for both driver and vehicle and has few straights where you can relax a little in between the tricky, twisty bits. You need good traction and a stable vehicle through the many slow corners in order to be fast at Oschersleben."
Toto Wolff, Head of Mercedes-Benz Motorsport:
"In the days since the season's opening race at Hockenheim, our team has worked unstintingly to go through this year's first race weekend with a fine toothcomb. The goal of these efforts is to significantly improve our performance for the second race at Oschersleben. We know that every single one of our drivers has what it takes to achieve top results and victories in the DTM. Now, we must give them the right tools for the job, so that they can do what is necessary out on the track. We know that we are well down on the competition at the moment, but that deficit can only be reduced bit by bit, so any hope of a significant improvement in Oschersleben is a pipe dream. The Oschersleben circuit is situated in an area where enthusiasm for motor sports has always been quite palpable. That makes us even more determined to produce a better result for the fans than two weeks ago at Hockenheim and show some appreciation for their terrific support."
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The '90s are all that… when it comes to television, music, toys and movies (even though they didn't necessarily get great reviews). However, when it comes to fashion, beauty and the like, it's a whole different ballgame; one that the decade will never win in a million years.
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Bucket Hats
...or just weird hats in general a la Blossom's.
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Crimped Hair
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Aaliyah was able to pull it off in all of her Tommy Hilfiger ads, but that's about it.
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Tinted Sunglasses
On, and remember those shades that flip up? Yeah, leave those in the '90s too.
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Chain Wallets
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