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Pakenham will host their biggest day this Saturday where it is Pakenham Cup Day. The weather forecast is for showers, the track is good (4) and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit.
Race 1. (12:55) John Duff & Co Handicap (70) 1000m
I think 6 Symphonette (Bet Now: $4.20) can get the job done here. 2/2 this time in for Phillip Stokes, the latest win coming a fortnight back on the Parks track at Morphettville where she sat off the speed and once Caboche gave her clear air, she pounced and showed an electric turn of foot. This looks a very winnable assignment for the filly.
3 All In Brawl (Bet Now: $3.40) is a John Price trained three year old who resumes. Created a good impression in his first prep, winning impressively on debut on the Geelong Synthetic before a narrow second at the Valley. The recent Cranbourne jump out was okay without jumping up and down. Might need the run, but has a touch of quality.
8 Miss Scorcher (Bet Now: $9.50) is an interesting runner. Graeme Murray trains this filly at Kembla Grange and she makes the trip south. Resumed on the Kensington track at Randwick and was far from disgraced for mine in the race won by by He's Super Lucky. Her overall form does read very well, so if she gets luck in the run, I think she'll be a threat for sure.
Race 2. (13:30) Hanson Handicap (70) 1600m
It does look a good race for 4 Casino Fourteen (Bet Now: $2.70). Darren Weir trains this four year old, who last raced on Donald Cup a few weeks back over 1350m where he sat on speed under John Allen and once he clicked the horse up in the straight, it was game over and he won really impressively. More depth, but the mile should be fine, has upside and for mine is one of the hardest to beat.
Giving respect to 10 Gheedaa (Bet Now: $4.50) for the Hayes/Dabernig team. This mare is five weeks between runs since scoring a very sharp win over the mile at Morphettville, helped by a lovely ride from Jamie Kah. Form out of that has been franked via Box On Collins. No jump out since, but has residual fitness and really good form around her.
2 Ubin Thunderstruck (Bet Now: $46.00) is a handy stayer that was formerly with Darren Weir but is resuming for the Cameron team. He hasn't raced since the 2800m on Cup Day last year when running a solid seventh to Fanatic. Clearly whatever he does here he will improve on, but he's certainly got talent and class. Definitely one to watch.
Race 3. (14:05) Fulmen Park Handicap (78) 1400m
4 Miss Wahoo (Bet Now: $4.50) clearly for mine. Tony McEvoy trains this mare, who was 1400-1200 when racing at Ballarat last time and I thought her effort was quite good, finishing off nicely to run second to Nariko. Back up to 1400m with hard fitness now under the belt, she certainly appeals against this lot and for mine is a good bet.
10 Teodora (Bet Now: $9.50) is the unknown. If she was at her best, she'd beat these comfortably, but it's just an unknown as to where she is at. Resumes for the Weir camp after a mixed/disappointing Autumn prep. Been given a good break, has trialled up well. I'd rather watch than back her, but she's got the quality to figure in the finish.
11 It's A Myth (Bet Now: $8.00) should love the rise to 1400m for Phillip Stokes. She was over a month between runs when racing over 1200m at Sandown where she got a mile out of her ground but finished off with real purpose late to run fourth to Moonlight Baby. 1400m should be ideal for this lightly raced and always have to respect the stable.
Race 4. (14:40) Grand Vue Springlands Handicap (78) 2000m
Hard to get away from 9 Mr Quickie (Bet Now: $3.50). Darren Weir looks to have a really handy three year old on his hands. Ran over 1800m last Wednesday at Sandown where he had the good sit just behind the speed and once he got clear air, he built up the revs and put them away quite impressively. Takes on the older horses, but he's low flying and 2000m looks ideal.
3 Calibration (Bet Now: $5.00) took a little while to get on the board in Australia but the win finally came under the lights at Moonee Valley last time and he was pretty dominant in getting the job done, helped by a 12/10 steer from Ben Allen, who got going on the turn to get momentum and the horse kept finding late. Harder here, but is a working progress and should be high in confidence.
Right down in the weights, I'd be including 11 Benall (Bet Now: $101.00) in wider multiples. Thought the first up run at Cranbourne was a beauty and I think you can forgive the next two runs. Gets really good weight relief this time around and any give in the track certainly won't harm his chances. Not sure he can win, but I'd include him in trifectas/first fours.
Race 5. (15:20) Nasahi AAC Plate (78) 1000m
He's not one of mine but that can be said about most of these so going with 6 Prezado (Bet Now: $8.50), who last raced over the 955m at the Valley where he was wide no cover on speed and folded late behind Exceltara. If he runs up to his best, he'll win, and Williams is booked. But I would want each way odds before having something on.
Is 4 Matty (Bet Now: $5.50) starting to put it together? Don't think he beat much last time over 955m at the Valley but he dominated from the front and gave nothing a look in, winning impressively. Has to stretch it to 1000m against some handy types, but now he's got a good win under the belt, he could well go right on with it here.
12 Sovereign Duke (Bet Now: $16.00) looks silly odds at $41+. Nathan Hobson trains with Chelsea Macfarlane to ride and they did have Reward With Return nominated so the fact they go with this bloke interests me. His overall form is just fair, with most recent runs being at Morphettville, but the stable/jock combo should be respected and he's a bomb when produced fresh.
Race 6. (16:00) David Bourke Memorial 1600m
I'll be putting the line through 8 Fastnet Latina (Bet Now: $4.60) if he can't beat these or go very close to. Was all over him last time in the Donald Cup and on the turn, it looked no betting, he was home. But Romancer, who hasn't done much since arriving in Australia, decided to produce his best and prove too good. He should be hard fit, finding positive form, this isn't a strong race…surely he goes close.
4 Age Of Fire (Bet Now: $4.00) was once one of the best gallopers in NZ but his form really tapered off towards the end of his three year old days. Now with Weir, first few runs this time in were rubbish but there was sharp improvement in the Kilmore Cup when an eye catching fifth to Manuel. Now he's found positive form, perhaps he can go on with it.
1 Torgersen (Bet Now: $4.80) has somewhat turned his career around for Chris Waller. Once upon a time he was an absolute bludger to follow, but the prep in Queensland has really seemed to get him a confident horse again and that's translated to decent efforts i Sydney and Melbourne, the last run being a closing second to Manuel in the Kilmore Cup. He's a threat for sure.
Race 7. (16:40) Pakenham Cup 2500m
13 Khartoum (Bet Now: $19.00) is worth an each way bet for mine. Pat Carey has set this horse for the race and he comes here in winning after a strong effort from off the pace to win over 2300m at Ballarat last time which followed an eye catching run at the Valley. Distance will be no issue here and overall, I don't think this is a strong race.
3 Kiwia (Bet Now: $3.80) could easily blow these away if he's recovered from what would have been a tough run in the Ballarat Cup where a genius steer from Johnny Allen got the five year old home. I question the strength of that form, and the weight rise, but he probably should have a touch of upside left and 2500m looks to be fine.
Gee hasn't 4 Lord Fandango (Bet Now: $11.00) been disappointing this time in? He promised so much early on in the prep after a really good first up run in the Benalla Cup but he hasn't gone on with it since. Ballarat Cup effort behind Kiwia was a shocker but the blinkers come off and at his best he's one of the hardest to beat. That's the chance you'll have to take if you like him.
Race 8. (17:20) VOBIS Gold Bullion 1400m
7 So Si Bon (Bet Now: $5.00 PROMO ODDS) is a tease, bludger…could say worse but I won't. But watching the replay from last start at Flemington behind Dreamforce, you could make a case he nearly should have won. Just had no luck late when looking to burst through. He hasn't been far away of late and I think stepping significantly back in grade will suit.
3 Mr Money Bags (Bet Now: $6.50) looks ready for the 1400m. Thought he was really good first up down the straight behind Order Of Command before racing over 1200m at Kilmore where he was blown away by Mastering. He really comes into his own at 1400m and third up last prep was under two lengths from Fifty Stars, which reads well for this.
1 Turnitaround (Bet Now: $13.00) is an eight year old veteran that resumes for the Matty Williams stable. His Autumn/Winter prep was just fair overall but his best run did come first up in the Victoria Handicap when beaten narrowly by Widgee Turf, which is outstanding form for a race like this. Does his best racing fresh so I think he's a definite yard/market watch.
Race 9. (17:55) Sportsbet Racing Form Handicap 1200m
10 Suspense (Bet Now: $5.00) on top. Team Snowden have this gelding, who resumes after a solid Autumn/Winter prep, which started in pretty awful terms but he gradually got better as the prep got deeper. Can sprint well fresh and I thought his Cranbourne trial behind the above average Sweet Rockette was more than encouraging. He'll do me.
If the breaks go his way, 12 Leodoro (Bet Now: $7.00) can certainly win this. This bloke last raced in late June at Flemington over 1400m when down the track behind Chamois Road and racing like a tired horse. Can't find a recent jump out for him but he likes racing here and is an absolute bomb when produced fresh. Market/yard watch.
5 Here To There (Bet Now: $19.00) is such an interesting runner. The Maher/Eustace team trains this gelding, who hasn't raced since September 2017 when down the track at Caulfield. Been a long time since he has raced, but can sprint well fresh and has been tuned up for his return with a couple of Cranbourne trials. Market will be the guide.
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"Stuff is eaten by dogs, broken by family and friends, sanded down by the wind, frozen by the mountains, lost by the prairie, burnt off by the sun, washed away by the rain. So you are left with dogs, family, friends, sun, rain, wind, prairie and mountains. What more do you want?" Federico Calboli
Thursday, June 23, 2016
It's a book!
Good thoughts and prayers for George please, who is in a critical point of his chemo.Get better and get out here!
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Lots of Steve in the background of this! That's his ink drawing from a hundred(!) years ago and prints which happen to be by the artist on the cover of the book! (and the same one - left!) You cannot see the tapestry that hangs to the left given to us by Libby and Steve from Kazakhstan...Loving and missing you.
- Thursday, 23 June, 2016
- Jess said...
Put it in my Amazon wish list to remind myself to buy it when it comes out!
- Friday, 24 June, 2016
- danontherock said...
Looking forward to reading this Stephen.
Hope you are well.
- Saturday, 25 June, 2016
Looking SOOOOOOOOO forward to this one! And I plan to start reading it(when I get my copy) with my CD of Borodin's "In The Steppes Of Central Asia" playing in the background, with a couple of Tazis(and other pack members) sprawled at my feet. VASTLY superior to Cable TV!(which I can't afford).....L.B.
- Sunday, 26 June, 2016
- Steve Bodio said...
DEFINITELY Tazi music!
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The Good Parts: Reflections after 1.5 years of Akka
Posted on May 24, 2015
Last week, I let the world know about my struggles to use the actor model as implemented in Akka as an all-purpose solution to programming. While I still maintain that is a mistake and will make you a worse programmer, there are problems we solved where I am still happy we used Akka actors. In this post I will share a problem in particular and what factors will make me consider using an actor next time.
Back at PartQuest, we depend on a 3rd-party SOAP service for a bulk of our data. Early in our development with this API, we learned that sometimes it's just finicky and second try will succeed. Given we had already written an actor for wrapping up the scalaxb-provided dispatch API, we naturally wrote a second actor to handle the retries.
Looking back I still feel this is a good solution to this particular problem because we're dealing with I/O and retries. Furthermore, the dispatch API is actually a blocking call (later versions of scalaxb now utilize the non-blocking calls, but I've yet to get the WSDL to compile with the updates). Since this will consume threads, we need to constrain the number of concurrent requests we will allow in the system. Thanks to Akka, it is a cinch to create a fixed-size pool of actors. What is really nice here is that a pool of actors looks exactly like a single actor, so there is essentially no difference in our code.
The second thing I liked about this approach is the actor which translates from our case classes to the scalaxb-provided case classes for the SOAP API can be mocked out for testing.
We can easily test our retry actor without having to do any tricky mocking because an
ActorRef is easily backed by a
Unit testing is particularly important for code responsible for failure conditions because they tend to not be easily reproduced.
Another key importance here is while this API is critical to our application, it is not code we should anticipate modifying often. We may make tweaks here and there to deal with changes to the WSDL, but the business will not likely need us to make changes to the overall logic of "call API" and "retry n times". Since the code rarely changes, we don't need assistance from static types and such to help us reason about the modules when we revisit them after a long period of absence.
My rule of thumb with actors now is to only use them where these two troublesome conditions are unavoidable: statefulness and concurrency. In this scenario actors certainly shine. With this example I shared today, there really is no way to get around these two problems. It is inherently asynchronous with concurrent operations due to multiple requests from multiple users at any given time. The need to count retries makes it stateful. Thankfully we have the actor model to make this straight-forward by handling the really nasty stuff for us. Being able to construct a pool of this particularly resource-hungry actor is a nice add-on that I will also watch for in the future.
I am a strong proponent of functional design which aims to have nothing but pure functions comprise the core of the application with minimal impure operations at the boundaries for handling impure interactions with the outside world. As you can gather from my last post, building an application full of actors is not consistent with this vision as it invites a mess of side-effecting code throughout the system. However, actors can work beautifully in this impure edge just as ours does for handling the SOAP API. Using the ask pattern, we are even able to turn them into a nice composable function in which to build our application.
So I'm certainly not done with Akka actors. As I stressed at the beginning of the last post, I have no interest in slamming this excellent library. I just know a lot more about when and where they are appropriate, and I hope these two posts help others to learn from my mistakes.
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Just in time for Halloween, a macabre guide book was released Thursday telling where dead celebrities are buried in France.
The latest Guide to Celebrity Tombstones spends 322 pages mapping 7,000 tombs of personalities from literature, cinema, theater, science, religion, sports, politics and military history.
"It's a little like my address book, but the addresses here are permanent," author Betrand Beyern said on France-Info radio.
"The book answers two questions: where is such and such a person buried and who is buried in my region, in my city or in the village where I like to spend my holidays."
Napoleon Bonaparte's tomb at Les Invalides monument in Paris is one of the most visited, he said.
Others are Le Pantheon, which houses Victor Hugo and Emile Zola, and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, which honors French war dead.
Another popular site is the tomb of Jim Morrison, singer for the American rock band the Doors, who died in 1971, Beyern said. Morrison, who attended St. Petersburg Junior College in 1961-62 and lived with his grandparents in Clearwater, is buried at the Pere Lachaise cemetery in eastern Paris.
"In Paris, we often walk all over deceased celebrities without even realizing it," Beyern said.
The grave of French satirist Francois Rabelais, who died in 1553, is under a popular store in the capital's central Marais district.
The guide also mentions celebrity animals' tombs, with perhaps the most famous being canine movie star Rin Tin Tin, a German shepherd buried outside Paris.
The grave of singer Jim Morrison is in the Pere Lachaise cemetery in eastern Paris. Also buried there are such luminaries as composer Frederic Chopin; writers Honore de Balzac, Colette and Oscar Wilde; and playwright Moliere.


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The weapons, including automatic rifles, rocket-propelled grenades, ammunition and some antitank weapons, are being funneled mostly across the Turkish border by way of a shadow network of intermediaries including Syria's Muslim Brotherhood and paid for by Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, the officials said.
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My grandmother, who's now ninety-eight, lived most of her life in a little town in Southwestern Ohio called Waynesville. The town has reinvented itself in the last few years as a destination for antiquers wiling to pay top-dollar for what she might call junk, but when she was there the town was the small center of a lot of small family farms, including her own. In her years there, she helped run the farm, started a dry-cleaning business, drove the school bus, served as an EMT and worked in the sheriff's office. She was one of the folks everyone knew. On Sundays, she cooked biscuits for the prisoners in the local penitentiary. For me, growing up, she was just grandma. I didn't realize the richness of her character until years later, with age and distance, maybe even a little wisdom.
In her latest poetry collection, Amy Wright takes this kind of realization and transforms it into powerful, moving, and often times hilarious art. She was raised in the Appalachian region of Southwest Virginia, and her poems, which she calls Cracker Sonnets (BrickRoad Poetry Press, 2016), bring this region and its characters to life. Jax Ovie, Virginia Leabus, Coralee Robins, Leda Burke, Belle Neely, and Edna Culpepper, these are just a few of the folks whose daily grinds and deep affections fill Wright's poems. And as you can tell from these names alone, Wright portrays her people with what you'd hope from a poet: lyric delight.
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I've been going back and forth with this post for a long time. I never really get personal on my blog but when life's obstacles get in the way then I feel it's time to address them. Before I get into things I don't want people to think that this is another blogger and her sob story. I don't feel that I'm sobbing, doing this for attention or following in the footsteps of others. I put myself online regarding fashion, beauty and lifestyle but today's post is a little different. For me to be a serious blogger I feel that it's OK for me to let you know a few things that have impacted on me. If I want to achieve the best in life and also for the Niamh Kelly brand, then from time to time I will share what's going on in my life.
A while ago I was diagnosed with Chronic Anxiety (GAD) and it has been something that I've been working hard to manage. I have my good and bad days but thankfully with some help and an amazing support network I'm enjoying more good days than bad. I'm not going to get into the nitty gritty of it as I'm not a medical professional, I'm simply sharing my experience. It has impacted on my ability to blog as my confidence took a knock and I wasn't comfortable getting in front of a camera. Hopefully I can help any of you who go through the same emotions or just need to know that they're not alone.
"Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is a common, chronic disorder characterised by long-lasting anxiety that is not focused on any one object or situation. Those suffering from generalized anxiety disorder experience non-specific persistent fear and worry, and become overly concerned with everyday matters."
For those of you who are not familiar with GAD, it is a feeling of long lasting anxiety and fear of everyday situations. When I was feeling at my lowest, an insignificant situation such as a person's comment or the unknown in life could have caused me to have a panic attack. I was going to hell and back and it was taking a toll on my mental and physical health. I couldn't sleep or eat, I lost a lot of weight in a short period of time and I was struggling to keep my head above water. It came to a head when I had hit an almighty brick wall, I knew something wasn't right. That was when I sought help and found out I had Chronic Anxiety. Believe it or not but when I was told I had it, I immediately felt a weight lift off my shoulders. For a long time I thought I was going crazy but I was relieved to know that it wasn't the case and I could manage it.
It has been a roller coaster of emotions but slowly and surely I am feeling stronger and more postive. I have my own ways of managing it and everyone is different as to what direction they will go with it. The stigma of GAD annoys me greatly as we're all told to keep quiet for fear of being branded. I'm still me, it has never permanently changed me for the worst (I was obviously not myself before I was diagnosed), I've became a much stronger and driven person. I am incredibly lucky to have an army of family and friends around me who are there for me 24/7. I also have my own ways for keeping my anxiety at bay such as yoga and of course, blogging. I spend a lot of my time down in County Kerry as it is without a doubt my happy place. As soon as I step foot in the Kingdom I immediately feel at ease and I switch off from the world. I'm starting to incorporate that feeling into my everyday life as no matter where I am in the world and life, all I want is to be happy and confident in my own skin. You only have one trip around this planet and I intend on making the most of mine. Life is never going to be simple, unfortunately we will all experience sad times but we need to be able to pick ourselves back up and not let it get on top of us.
I hope some of you can feel a little more at ease knowing that you're not alone. I know when I've heard that people were going through the same as me, they could relate. I felt a great amount of support knowing I was not alone and I only hope this post can do the same for you.


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CARSON -- Chivas USA has been stung four times this year by late goals that cost it a win or a draw, so there was great enjoyment derived Wednesday night from getting a a winner near the finish.
Juan Pablo Angel's looping, off-balance header from Jorge Villafaña's cross in the 82nd minute delivered to the Goats a 2-1 victory over expansion Montreal, prodding them to within one point of fifth place following a performance that did much to alleviate the disappointment of last weekend's loss to Real Salt Lake.
Alejandro Moreno also scored, after Juan Agudelo connected with Cesar Romero's corner kick in the 14th minute, and Chivas (5-7-3) grabbed points for the fifth time in their last six Major League Soccer encounters.
"Now that feels a little better, doesn't it," said goalkeeper Dan Kennedy, who had to deal with a few scrambles in his box -- one immediately after Angel's goal in heavy smoke from a supporters group's celebrations behind his net -- but not a whole lot else. "That was good. Really, that game was there for the taking, and we've talked all week just about winning, and we found a way to win tonight.
"Just a class finish by Juan. That's what he is who he is: goals like that."
The Goats were more aggressive in the final third -- their primary focus as the season nears its midpoint -- and got more from its wide play, even with lead wingers Ryan Smith out because of a concussion and Laurent Courtois on the bench.
"We've been trying to emphasize with the wide players that we need to get the ball in the box more, because at the end of the day that's where you score goals," said Angel, who netted just his third goal of the season and his 71st in 5 1/2 MLS seasons. "And today we have a great cross by Cesar out of a corner kick and we score, and then another cross, another goal.
"I think today was a game where we probably crossed the ball more than we ever have. At the end of that day, that's what we have to do, and we have to do it consistently."
Montreal (4-8-3) was just as good as the Goats, for the most part. Not as dangerous, perhaps, but deserving of a point after Felipe Martins beat an otherwise excellent Ben Zemanski to finish Davy Arnaud's serve just before halftime.
That answered Chivas' goal, which went to Moreno after Agudelo raced past Zarek Valentin to volley Romero's corner kick off the Goats' captain, who was squared up with a defender in the goalmouth.
"For me, it's a game that we 100 percent shouldn't lose," said Montreal coach Jesse Marsch, the former Chivas USA captain. "We made critical mistakes. We've talked about dealing with set pieces and dealing with crosses, and that's what hurt us. ... I thought we had that under control, and it was going to be a tie or a win down the stretch. This is what we're still trying to learn, because we've had a lot of games that look like this this year. We feel like we were good enough on the day to get a result, and we wind up somehow giving it away."
Angel and Villafaña came off the bench just five minutes before they hooked up, and the instruction was simple: Get some crosses in, get some shots on goal.
It worked to perfection. The ball was switched from the right flank to the left, and Villafaña was left one-on-one with Valentin, Chivas' top draft choice last year. He faked a cross, then took the ball deeper toward the end line, getting the ball past Valentin and toward the box.
Angel leapt for it, had to reach backward and somehow got it on target. Montreal goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts, slowed by a leg injury suffered while on World Cup qualifying duty for Jamaica, wasn't mobile enough to get to the ball.
"I was going backward," Angel said. "I managed to get a touch on the defender, and when I saw it, I couldn't get any power, so I tried to get it as far as I could, and fortunately for us it was the right spot."
Villafaña has been working on crossing -- "Every day after practice, I just stay and take 50 crosses" -- and swung it in "and hoped someone was there, and Juan Pablo was there."
Does he make that play a year ago. "I don't think so."
Marsch said it was "one that shouldn't have been a goal, in my mind. I think it should have been saved, flat out."
Valentin took the blame on both goals.
"Just disappointed, mainly in myself," he said. "I feel like I gifted them two goals. I say that at the end of the day, it comes down to making plays, and I did not make plays today. It won't happen again, but the first goal was my man, and the second goal I shouldn't have let the cross in.
"I know [Villafaña] well enough to know what he was going to do, but just didn't make a play. So those rest on my back, and I'll take credit for them."
Chivas coach Robin Fraser was pleased with the effort, with the intensity, and with how his team defended in the second half, especially as they closed out the victory.
"We saw tons of work, we saw intelligent work, we saw good decisions with the ball, which are things that you have to do," he said. "We talked about execution on Saturday night, and I thought how we executed in the last 10 minutes of the game or so were definitely a step forward for us. I thought our decisions on the ball were good, our work rate was not to be questioned, and I was very proud with the way that we finished the [game]."
WORTH NOTING: The Goats did not get their fifth win last year until their 18th game, on July 6. ... Zemanski forced two leaping Ricketts saves with shots from distance in the first half. The first was tipped over the crossbar in the 29th minute and the second parried past the left post in the 44th. ... The crowd, announced as 10,376, was the second-smallest of the year for Chivas. The March 17 game against Vancouver drew 7,723. ... Valentin went the full 90 at right back for Montreal, and former Goats forward Justin Braun came on 20 minutes into the second half. ... Chivas dropped to seventh in the standings when the Galaxy beat Real Salt Lake, 3-2, then climbed back to sixth with its win. Fifth-place Colorado (6-8-1) let a late lead slip away in a 2-1 loss to San Jose and lead Chivas by a point and L.A. by two points. ... The Goats travel Friday to Texas, where they have a game Saturday against FC Dallas, which has an 11-game winless streak, all competitions.
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Chivas USA 2, Montreal Impact 1
C -- Alejandro Moreno (Juan Agudelo, Cesar Romero) 14
M -- Felipe Martins (Davy Arnaud) 42
C -- Juan Pablo Angel (Jorge Villafaña) 82
Chivas USA: Dan Kennedy; James Riley, Danny Califf, Rauwshan McKenzie, Ante Jazic; Ben Zemanski, Oswaldo Minda, Alejandro Moreno (Peter Vagenas, 86), Paolo Cardozo (Juan Pablo Angel, 77); Juan Agudelo, Cesar Romero (Jorge Villafaña, 77). Unused subs: Laurent Courtois, Blair Gavin, Scott Gordon, Tim Melia.
Montreal Impact: Donovan Ricketts; Zarek Valentin, Shavar Thomas, Nelson Rivas, Jeb Brovsky; Patrice Bernier (Justin Braun, 65), Collen Warner; Davy Arnaud, Felipe Martins, Justin Mapp (Lamar Neagle, 81); Andrew Wenger (Sanna Nyassi, 73). Unused subs: Evan Bush, Karl Ouimette, Sinisa Ubiparipovic, Tyson Wahl.
Yellow cards: Romero 16, Arnaud 55, Agudelo 91+.
Referee: Allen Chapman. Att.: 10,376.
Records: Chivas USA 5-7-3, 18 points; Montreal 4-8-3, 15 points.


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Wilshere will be out of contract at the end of the month, and despite reports claiming that new boss Unai Emery wants to keep him, there is still no sign of him penning a new one.
It has been a tough few weeks for Wilshere, who was left out of the England squad for the World Cup, and now it looks as though he could be leaving the Gunners as well.
There will be no shortage of interest in the midfielder, who will be available on a free transfer, and Italian giants Juventus are among the clubs who are said to be keen.
A decision has yet to be announced, but if Wilshere's Instagram post on Wednesday night is anything to go by then the player is preparing himself for life away from the Emirates Stadium.
The post read: "There comes a time when you have to choose between turning the page and closing the book."


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Naval Battles of the First World War (ePub)
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With the Call to action stations in August 1914, the Royal Navy faced its greatest test since the time of Nelson.
This classic history of the Great War at sea combines graphic and stirring accounts of all the principal naval engagements - battles overseas, in home waters and, for the first time, under the sea - with analysis of the strategy and tactics of both sides. Geoffrey Bennett brings these sea battles dramatically to life, and confirms the Allied navies' vital contribution to victory.
'Strongly recommended' RUSI Journal
'Excellent balanced accounts and judgements' Richard Hough
Overall this is a good introduction to the major British naval campaigns of the First World War. It was written long enough after the First World War to ensure that good sources were available from both sides (and long enough after the Second World War to allow a neutral tone). The level of detail is about right for a general history - not too detailed, but with in-depth material when required. Most recent books on this topic tend to focus on a single topic (Jutland or von Spee being the favourites), so despite its age this is still a useful single volume history of the main events at sea during the First World War.HistoryOfWar.org
This is an essential history of naval warfare during World War One. It is strongly recommended, providing balanced, insightful accounts and judgements. The illustration is of the highest quality.Firetrench


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Five core curriculum courses are mandatory for the completion of the Master of Catholic Thought degree program. Each of these core MCT courses offers students the opportunity to gain a broad understanding of a key aspect of the Roman Catholic tradition: scripture, history, theological foundations, ethics, and spirituality.
CT 601: The Books of the Church
Examine the historical development of the Bible, the different types of writing found in the Bible, and the methods used to interpret the meaning of the scriptures.
CT 602: The History of Catholicism
Survey the development of Christianity from the time of Christ to the present, with a particular emphasis on the Roman Catholic tradition.
CT 603: Foundations of Theology
An examination of the fundamental aspects and categories of theological reflection including: the nature of faith, religious and theological language, the mystery of God, the meaning of the Incarnation, creation and redemption, the human person, the nature and mission of the church, the role of Mary.
*Note: This course must be completed prior to enrolling in other courses in the Master of Catholic Thought degree program.
*Note: Residency is required for this course.
CT 604: Catholic Moral Life and Thought
Explore the field of ethics in the context of Catholic Christian faith. Examine fundamental concepts in the Catholic moral tradition and look at the significance of those concepts when dealing with contemporary ethical issues.
CT 605: The Prayer Life of the Church: Spirituality and Liturgy
Deal with the essential aspects of Christian spirituality and Catholic liturgical life. Examine these aspects from biblical, historical and theological perspectives and explore their role in contemporary Catholicism.


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Temperature is rising and the sun is finally coming out. The lesser days left until summer starts officially, the lesser I want to cook or eat heavy meals. So, I was hungry for light and fresh summer recipes, preferably those, which can I prepare very quick and easy. As I'm a big fan of canned beans, and always have some of them at home, I searched for light dishes with beans. Chilli is cool, but not really suited for a hot summer day. 😉
To get a fast recipe, which is perfect for busy weeknights or as to-go-snack, I created a nice salad. I aimed for a simple but satisfying one, which has the perfect balance between getting fed up and not getting supersaturated. The beans and feta make it quite hearty but with the tomatoes and herbs, it's still light and fresh. It's perfect as standalone or you use it as a side and combine it with some grilled fish or meat dish. Regardless of how you enjoy it, it will give you a real summer feeling. And the best about beans is, they have a high dose of fiber, taste delicious and there are so many different types of them. And through the cans, they are available nearly everywhere and last very long.
What You Need for a Bowl of White Bean Salad with Tomato and Feta
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
1 teaspoon minced shallot
1 can white beans
2 cups cherry tomatoes
1 cup feta cheese
1/2 cup fresh parsley leaves
2 tablespoons fresh oregano leaves
Salt & Pepper
Get Started with your Salad
- Whisk the oil, vinegar, shallot, a big pinch of salt, and a few generous grinds of black pepper together in a bowl.
- Add the beans, tomatoes, feta, parsley, and oregano and toss to combine.
- Taste and add more salt and pepper as needed.
Try this recipe and let me know if you like it! I'm really looking forward to your feedback.


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Reconstruction Period Research Forum
Re: Senate Report - George T . Ruby
In Response To: Senate Report - Negro Exodus from Southern States ()
One of the longest testimonies was that of George Thompson Ruby.
He was later an agent for the freedmen's Bureau, newspaper editor, Union League activist, Texas Delegate to the National Republican Convention (1868), Delegate to the Texas State Constitutional Convention (1868-1869), Texas State Senator, Louisiana Civil Servant and Congressional witness. Only some of his history is embedded in the files of the Senate. Other important details were not revealed due to the 'court room' style question and answer format of the hearings in general.
Testimony of George T. Ruby (col) on Wednesday, March 10, 1880
1. Born in New York in 1841. Went to the south during the war as a teacher 'of own volition'- in New Orleans. He taught at Fort Douglas School in New Orleans and was an agent with the Freedmen's Bureau in East Feliciana Parish from the end of 1865 (or beginning of 1866) until July 1866.
2. Resident of New Orleans and Journalist for the New Orleans Observer. Lived in New Orleans for 16 years, on and off and in Texas a part of that time (approx. 8 years)
3. Once was editor of Mr. Pinchback's paper in Louisiana.
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Unfortunately, George T. Ruby died in New Orleans of Malaria just a couple of years after his Senate testimony.
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In this basic Audacity Tutorial, we are going to discuss actually how you may utilize the basic features in the popular audio recording and editing software. Audacity, a free of cost audio editing and recording software. It is pretty easy to use yet has many valuable functions on offer. So, here we go about discussing the all the fundamental features of Audacity.
Recording & Playback
The primary aspect that we are going to discuss is how to record and playback audio in Audacity. These are the really fundamental utilities of Audacity.
So as to record sound, you need to click on the red dot provided on the left-side corner.
Whenever you want to stop the recording, you have to click on the orange square given near the record button.
For playback, you would require clicking on the green-color triangle on the panel.
Import Audio Track
Whenever you need to import any audio track, you need to click on the project tab given in the upper corner on the left-hand side.
Finally, you have to click on Import Audio.
Choose the file that you need to open.
Then, Click on the open button.
Audio Selection
To make the selection of the entire audio, you have to click on edit, and then click on select, and choose the select all option, or just press Ctrl + A.
To choose portions of the audio track to ensure that the select tool on the left side corner has been selected.
After that, click and hold at the start of the segment you need to choose.
Then, you need to drag the mouse to the finish of the segment you need to select.
(The selected segment of audio is going to be dark grey in color)
Tempo Editing
To alter the soundtrack's tempo, choose the portion of the audio that you would like editing.
After that, click the effect tab on the menu.
After that, click on the Change Tempo option.
Then, click and drag the tempo meter to change it.
Click on the preview button to listen to the audio sample you made changes to.
Whilst you get the preferred tempo for your audio, click on the OK button.
Pitch Editing
To modify the audio's pitch, choose the portion of audio that you require editing.
After that, you have to click effect on the menu bar.
Select the Change Pitch option.
Change the pitch on the meter according to your preference.
Once you get the preferred pitch for your soundtrack, click on the OK button.
Deleting the Audio
When you want to delete a section or the whole audio track, you have to select that section of your audio that you desire to delete and click on the delete option provided on the edit tab, or just press Ctrl + K or delete or backspace button on the keyboard.
Splitting Soundtracks
When you want to split the soundtrack or recording, you need to select the second half of whatever you require splitting.
After that, click on the split option provided in the edit tab on the menu.
Audio Exporting
Once you have finished recording or editing the audio track, you have to export the audio file from the File menu.
Select the "Export as MP3" or "Export as WAV" according to your preference.
Type in the file name that you want and click on the save button


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This is the old website, still popular and interesting but out of date. Please visit the
"Automata are mechanical objects endowed with life by ingenious means."
The House of Automata is a specialist automata company. We buy and sell, as well as restoring, advising on, and making automata to commission. Over the last 25 years, we have gained expertise in most types of antique & modern automata. Our clients include collectors, auction houses, media and museums. We hire and advise on automata and horology to the film industry. Passionate about our subject if you are selling, restoring or buying we can usually give good advice on any automata question.
The House of Automata is also a busy restoration workshop, visitors welcome by prior arrangement.The House of Automata
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Michael Start ("Clockwork Guru" The Daily Express)is a trained Horologist and Automata Historian winning several awards for his practical and theoretical clockwork. In 1995, inspired by the legendary collector, Jack Donovan, Michael shifted his horological skills into the theatrical world of automata and mechanical life.
Maria Start is a trained sculptor and artist, specializing in perfect colour matching and replacement body parts, from a single finger to a complete head. Maria uses traditional techniques and materials, with authentic papier mache and gesso recipes where required.
Interest in automata is increasing. Cogs, Gears and Automata are often featured in popular culture, film and television, where they are appreciated for their aesthetic, their power and the uncanny feeling that if it moves ….. its alive!
Our website contains lots of information, pictures and videos. We also have a facebook page and Nancy, our 19th century life sized automaton of great beauty also has her own facebook page. We are happy to be contacted with any questions regarding automata.


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People Magazine has reported that Lamar Odom has failed to file his response to Khloe Kardashian's initial divorce filing. Further, People Magazine has reported that Lamar has not been seen or heard from in several weeks. According to People Magazine, Khloe now has two options:
- Khloe can file a request for default whereby she would be able to go ahead and get the divorce, even without Odom's participation; or
- Khloe can file a request for dismissal which would, in essence, cancel the divorce filing altogether.
People Magazine reported that "as long as there are no properties or children between the two parties, one person can't stop the other from getting the divorce just by not showing up." Let us consider what would occur if these events were to take place in Ontario.
In Ontario, a claim for divorce may be severed from all other claims made in an initiating court Application so long as there are adequate arrangements made for the children. Further, once a party has issued, served and filed their Application for Divorce, they must wait thirty (30) days for a response. The issue here for Khloe would be with respect to service of the Application for Divorce. The question becomes whether proper service, i.e. personal service, of the document occurred. In the event that service did not occur and is impossible, an Applicant may bring a motion for substituted service, special service or to dispense with service, depending on the circumstances surrounding the situation.
In the event that the above has taken place, Khloe must then proceed to serve and file the Affidavit for Divorce with the Court thirty days after the service of the initiating Application on the opposing party. The opposing party need not respond to these materials, and, in the event that the opposing party does not respond, an Order for divorce will be granted. Thus, Khloe would be able to obtain her divorce from Lamar Odom if the parties were residents of Ontario.


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3 Brands Growing Through Influencer Marketing in MontrealMarch 7, 2018 Influencer Martketing, Instagram, marketing, PR, Social media, Uncategorised Tags: Advertising, Branding, Case Study, Collabs, Influencer Marketing, Instagram, Marketing Campaign, Social Media Marketing, Youtube, Youtuber
We all know by now how big and small brands from around the world have been able to use influencer marketing with amazing success. In the following article however, we forget about the world and bring you back to Montreal, where 66AGENCY was founded and where many Canadian brands have stood out with their unbelievable influencer marketing efforts. Here are our top picks and what they do best:
1. Frank + Oak
The founders of Frank and Oak have developed product lines, an online shopping experience and marketing strategies that keep amazing us. To top it off, Frank and Oak have really become one of Montreal's favorite start-up success stories, so we couldn't forget to include it in our top 3. We especially want to take a look at their marketing efforts on IG.
A Multitude Male Micro-influencers
F+O's first line of clothes were made exclusively for men. They quickly understood that their clientele, although fashionable, wasn't necessarily interested in fashion influencers. If you scroll down their feed today you'll see a multiple of male influencers ranging from photographers and travelers to musicians and barbers.
Market Segmentation using Multiple Pages
They've now expanded with a much wider range of products and many lines of products for women. However, to avoid alienating their initial followers with posts they arem't used to, F+O decided to create a second IG page "Frank And Oak Women". Two segments, two pages because each segment enjoys their own type of content.
Follower Engagement Strategy
F+O has also been great at rewarding their customers who tag them in their posts by featuring them on their pages. This had led to high levels of engagement from a segment of their customers who would love to be featured. Similarly, their efficient use of local micro-influencers has had another surprising effect on their community. It inspired many would-be influencers to post their F+O purchases hoping to catch the attention of the brand and perhaps be included in their next campaign.
2. Nuda
Nuda is a chain of tanning salons in Quebec and Ontario that provides spray tans and healthy alternatives to UVA and UVB ray exposure. However, it's not their products or their large number of locations all over Montreal that caught our attention, but the incredible influencer marketing campaigns they ran on IG and Youtube during the summer.
Great Product Promotion
Scrolling down Nuda's feed you will see that product and brand photos are rare. Most posts are beautiful beach photos or photos of the perfect tan. Unlike many brands that seek to self-promote, Nuda understands the type of content their clients enjoy and have been providing it at an extremely high quality.
The Power of a Cool Idea
During the summer is when Nuda ran an amazing influencer marketing campaign, and we first heard of the brand. They launched a highly promoted event that culminated in a pool party where Montreal's biggest influencers could be seen spending the day in the sun. It got audiences excited and impatient to follow what was going on at the #nudapoolparty once stories started to get published.
Perfect Shots are Always Shared
With such a big event that gathered both influencers and fans of the brand, it's no surprise that the amount of photos taken and shared was astronomical. We're very certain that the exposure gained for Nuda set a record that day.
3. The Hudson's Bay
Today, it's hard to believe that the Hudson's Bay was once an old retailer with a dying brand image and disappointing sales figures. In recent years, they've completely revamped their stores and have successfully attracted multiple client segments. An important part of their rebranding took place on social media, especially on IG with the use of influencer marketing.
Make Campaigns Feel Fresh
They've had many campaigns all throughout the summer that really captured what they wanted their brand to mean to a younger audience. Additionally, their collaborations gave the brand an adventurous, outdoorsy and stylish energy.
During the summer months, their feed reflected their style and adventurous taste. During the winter holidays, HBC promoted their home decor products in a genuine manner. Their influencer partnerships filled their page with amazing photos and allowed the brand to reach interested audiences.
Family Photos That Aren't Bad
We wanted to end our article with an interesting detail, but one that is always present in HBC's posts. Because HBC stores are very large and attract very wide segments, they need to be careful about what they post on their social media. HBC, unlike F+O, kept one page, but addressed this difficulty by being very precise in their choice of photos. Far from the tacky TV ad targeted to families, HBC's posts are well targeted to one segment, yet are never images that other segments might dislike.


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Inside Google's struggle to filter lies from breaking news
(Bloomberg) -- Facebook has a fake news problem. Google has an evil unicorn problem.
"Evil unicorns" — a term some Google engineers once coined, according to a former executive — are unverified posts on obscure topics, full of lies. They pop up from time to time on the web and find their way into Google's search results. In an ideal world, Google's search algorithm should force these fake, pernicious creatures so low in search results that they are buried deep in the web where few can find them.
Here's the problem: These unicorns — no, they've got nothing to do with highly valued startups — are designed to surface in a void. And after a breaking news event, like a mass shooting, there's scant verified information for Google's engine to promote. As Jonathan Swift once wrote, falsehood flies, and the truth comes limping after it.
"As soon as an event happens, everything is new," said Nate Dame, a search specialist at marketing firm Propecta. "There's no system for the algorithm to filter out truth and reality."
After the Oct. 1 Las Vegas shooting, several accounts seemed to coordinate an effort to smear Geary Danley, a man misidentified as the shooter, with false claims about his political ties. There were no existing web pages or videos broadcasting that Danley was innocent, and in the absence of verified information, Google's algorithms rewarded the lies, placing inaccurate tweets, videos and posts at the top of search results. A month later, when Devin Patrick Kelley shot and killed 26 people in Sutherland Springs, Texas, YouTube videos and tweets mislabeled him as "antifa," a term for radical, anti-fascist protesters. This was not true, yet Google displayed these posts prominently.
Pandu Nayak, a search senior executive at Alphabet Inc.'s Google, said the newer policies around search "actually worked really well" after the Las Vegas shooting, with the Danley misidentification being a notable exception. "It wasn't this huge problem," Nayak said. "But we should have absolutely anticipated this, but didn't."
This is a familiar headache for the company. For years, Google fought and won a similar battle with spammers, content farms and so-called search engine optimization experts over which web pages should be shown at the top of search results. But these latest web manipulators are causing greater havoc by targeting a slightly different part of Google — its real-time news and video results.
They're exploiting a weakness that cuts to the core of Google's main proposition: Delivering trusted information online. That flaw emerged as Google rewired its search engine and giant video platform to prioritize immediate and timely content to become a destination for news.
"The purveyors of misinformation are really using these methods to complicate our systems," Nayak said.
To combat the problem, Google is revamping the place where most people first see web results with breaking news, carefully curating the carousels that list "Top Stories" and featured posts Google pulls from Twitter in a way it hasn't before. Nayak said the company is working on methods to limit false content around news events, but declined to offer specifics. Google is also overhauling video search, limiting results around news events on YouTube to verified outlets and placing more algorithmic emphasis on these sources more broadly.
But will these solutions be enough to outsmart the persistent evil unicorns?
"One of the challenges here is that these rumors pick up so fast," Danny Sullivan, Google's public liaison for search, said. "I can't tell whether there's more of it happening than in the past. It kind of feels like it."
Sullivan spent years as the foremost chronicler, and frequent critic, of Google search, until the company hired him in October. In April, Sullivan wrote a blog post detailing Google's recent stumbles — false election outcomes, results questioning the existence of the Holocaust — calling it the "biggest-ever search quality crisis." Later that month, Google rolled out several reforms meant to address this, including favoring trusted websites, like news outlets, for obscure queries.
Google began its quest to fix search after last year's U.S. election. The problem was not new. In the past, Google engineers had watched some ugly problems emerge amidst vaccine and climate change controversies. When people convinced of the dangers of childhood vaccines started blogging and posting, there were fewer truthful sources to offset them; doctors hadn't spent much time blogging about the benefits of vaccines. But the truth was findable online, so Google began to structure search results to assign more weight to authoritative sources. The chaos surrounding news, however, has proven to be a harder challenge.
One reason is that Google has added more real-time information to its search results. In 2014, the company opened up its news results to non-news publications like personal blogs, and a year later Google cut a deal with Twitter to show tweets high in query results as part of a broader effort to turn search into a hub of fresh information and direct answers.
Some critics wonder: Why can't the company restrict timely results to verified sources?
Google worries that narrowing the pool of websites to trusted sites may cut off the web's niche corners. Nayak gives an example: Fans of a minor hip-hop artist might crave information that only appears on small blogs. "Authoritative sources are not just going to cover all this long-tail of interests that people have," he said.
And vetting news sources is an unwelcome task. Critics have ripped into Google and Facebook for categorizing certain publications, and not others, as news. It's a political mire Google's search unit is very reluctant to wade into.
Dame and others in the field argue that Google has made this real-time information problem worse by adding more machine learning. These systems, where software is trained to learn on its own, differ from the search algorithms that weigh sites heavily on factors like how many links they've received. Because the systems learn from what they have, they're more adept at fetching a site that's relevant to a given search terms, even if its veracity is unproven.
But machine learning is a crucial tool, Google Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai said in an interview in October. "I also think over time, the other actors who are trying to attack your systems will also use machine learning, so I think it's equally important we use machine learning to do more."
In the past year, Google has also teamed with several fact-checking organizations to certify news results. It showed after the Texas shooting. The initial flood of false content about Kelley forced Google's auto-complete function, which suggests searches based on popular queries, to suggest "antifa" as people searched for his name. Yet by Monday, those searches produced top results from fact-check sites, such as Snopes, and other news outlets dispelling the connection. (Of course, a lot fewer people were reading the news by then).
At YouTube, the problems persisted. Search the same term there and, a week later, the first page of results lists videos from CBS News and Fox News along with conspiratorial clips. One was created a few hours after the shooting. A male voice claims he has "one-hundred proof" the shooter is "far-leftist" and "antifa." "If you like this stuff," the voice goes on, "make sure to like or comment or subscribe. I do these things all the time."
He doesn't. The YouTube account, The Patriotic Beast, had posted only two other videos on its channel, which garnered fewer than 500 views. But the Sunday video racked up tens of thousands of views in one day, largely because of a prominent placement in Google search.
Johanna Wright, a YouTube vice president, said the company is working on a sweeping change to query responses. In March, YouTube added a section of "Top News" from verified outlets and placed more of those videos on the YouTube home page. "We saw that wasn't enough," Wright said. Going forward, she said YouTube will lean even more on registered news organizations.
But Wright said YouTube does not want to ditch small-time YouTube posters. It worries about suppressing the work of "citizen journalists." During the Arab Spring, Wright said, many of the people documenting the events on the ground were using recently created YouTube accounts.
And crowding out new and smaller creators isn't great for business. Google needs to keep YouTube stars from migrating to Facebook, Amazon or elsewhere, and the prospect of a big payoff from search is a large carrot. Matt Jarbo makes YouTube videos for a living, posting about three a day on a range of topics. On the Sunday of the Texas shooting, he recorded a 29-minute video in which he narrates web articles about Kelley. He turned off the ability to run ads on the video, given the topic, but said these type of news-related segments help build his reach for the videos where he does make money.
Besides stuffing the page with key words, Jarbo said there are other tactics for getting attention: Be detailed in descriptions; for video titles and tags, use catchy and colloquial phrases. To go wider on YouTube, he will often track trending topics on Facebook and Google for inspiration. "It seems kind of shady to talk about," he said. "This is what they want. This is the game you have to play."


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Assassin's Creed II review (X360)Reviewed on November 23, 2009
Id barely hesitate to call this to the most beautifully realized game world of all time, a feat attributed to both its considerable knack for detail and its incredible draw distance prepare to be wowed the first time you see Ubisofts rendition of Venice circa 1484 unveiled before you. The very act of exploring these locations and admiring their beauty is so satisfying that theres an entire game mechanic based around climbing to high places and enjoying the view. And whereas the three major locales of the last game more or less felt like the same set of buildings shot on a different color of film stock, visual landmarks and a genuine push to instill variety into each district gives every city in Assassins Creed II a uniqueness all its own.
Underwater Attack review (DS)Reviewed on November 20, 2009
As is usually the case when taking down entire world-conquering governments, the task falls to a single person piloting a prototype fighter whos expected to defeat a globe-spanning military without a sniff of support. Underwater Attacks big gimmick is that, instead of the solitary fighter craft taking to the skies, you instead pilot a lonely submarine through the surprisingly un-murky depths. A submarine shaped like a cartoon shark.
Fallen Earth review (PC)Reviewed on November 20, 2009
Easily dismissed at first glance as a Massively Multiplayer Fallout clone, no simple comparison can really do Fallen Earth justice.
Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time review (PS3)Reviewed on November 18, 2009
The hunt for more weapons is one of the things that should keep you busy playing A Crack in Time. There actually aren't all that many unique locations to explore, but taking the paths less traveled can take awhile and prove worthwhile because you never know when you might find some new modification for your weapons. The gear that you might find serves as a practical reason to travel to every last nook and cranny. With such an excellent array of weapons, you won't want to miss a thing.
Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 4 - The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood review (PC)Reviewed on November 17, 2009
Its rarely a chore to play through. The short length helps that, and the restrictive nature of the game world and its neatly intertwined objectives only contributes to the tightness. It raises plenty of smiles. But when its essentially becoming the same episode stuck on repeat ad nauseum, how much praise is it reasonable to lavish?
Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim review (PC)Reviewed on November 15, 2009
Earlier this year I previewed Majesty 2. Back then I praised its novelty and commented on how the revolutionary management system could signal a whole new type of simulation-strategy game. There were moments where I felt like a massively multiplayer community director assigning quests and handing out rewards to heroes. This made the title drastically different to other titles in the same genre and a pleasure to play. The whole preview was based on the concept that you don't truly control your kingdom's inhabitants and instead you recruit them at specifically-designed guilds. Then you simply allow them to roam free around the land. I found this to be a fascinating element and was the key reason behind me enjoying the beta so much. This unique feel has thankfully been carried through to the full version.
7 Wonders II review (DS)Reviewed on November 14, 2009
Theres enough going on to ensure that 7 Wonders 2 is more than just another gem-matching puzzle game, but it doesnt really build upon its unique traits enough to truly distinguish itself from the crowded masses. Theres enough going on to drive you through the entire game, but, once this is done, theres little to drive you back again.
Brutal Legend review (X360)Reviewed on November 13, 2009
Despite some high points, Brutal Legend doesn't take the concept anywhere meaningful, ends abruptly, and ultimately feels like the developers didn't know what they wanted to accomplish. The game reminded me of an inspirational era in music. Now that I've been reminded, I wouldn't mind if someone channels that inspiration into gaming.
Revelations: The Demon Slayer review (GBC)Reviewed on November 13, 2009
Take SMT: Nocturne for example: in this game, you're alone. Without your monstrous allies, you'll be quickly overwhelmed. Here, it doesn't take long to gain one HUMAN ally and a second joins shortly after that. The monsters are more of a novelty than a necessity, as I never really needed their help to do anything in this game. And with many of them being more along the lines of "typical RPG beastie" than "SUPER-AWESOME GOD OF THUNDER", I didn't miss their presence.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 review (X360)Reviewed on November 11, 2009
As I ran through the buildings of a bombed out city, I saw one of my comrades fallen and lying in the field. As explosions rattled the structure around us, another soldier lifted the wounded man's body by the arms and began to drag him toward safety... until another bullet cut the hero down mid-stride. It was a set of events that I didn't have to watch. There was no cumbersome cutscene, no prerecorded dialog. It was just one of many such moments so typical of that level and many others, a moment made memorable precisely because no undue attention was called to it.
Need for Speed SHIFT review (PS3)Reviewed on November 10, 2009
Those who have been listening to the hype should be well aware of EAs intent to push the series deeper into simulation gaming. But this doesnt mean that SHIFT is going to compete with Forza and Gran Turismo far from it. In fact, the game is somewhat of an arcade/simulation mix that could appeal to gamers who were never quite satisfied with the work of Turn 10 Studios and Polyphony Digital.
NHL 2K10 review (X360)Reviewed on November 10, 2009
NHL 2K10 is a flawed sequel. It doesnt elevate the franchise in the way you may have hoped or expected, nor does it present a package that you havent already seen and played a year ago. But dont skate away just yet while this might not be the must-have sports game of the season, it is anything but unplayable.
MagnaCarta 2 review (X360)Reviewed on November 10, 2009
Those who are willing to set jaded prejudices to the side and play along with MagnaCarta 2's ambitions will find a world of passionate youth and unfeeling beasts, wrapped up in a conflict that's not really about good versus evil. It's a study on the concept of sacrifice for the supposed greater good; national leaders are quick to sacrifice others while the idle populace, safely watching the war from home, praise their heroes' noble deaths.
Naruto: Ninja Destiny review (DS)Reviewed on November 09, 2009
A quick character like Neji can blitz his light attacks, scraping his opponent off the ground by chaining together the same rudimentary combo over and over. However, a similar approach for Sakura results in weak, worthless slaps. Only by hammering her heavy punches can you beat down the AI with your eyes closed.
The King of Chicago review (AMIGA)Reviewed on November 08, 2009
Prohibition in the Windy City: the good old days of bootleg booze, blazing bullets, and beautiful bitches. Just the sort of place where even a simple "legitimate businessman" such as yourself could one day rise from its blood-soaked gutters and claim his rightful place as the King of Chicago.
Restaurant Empire 2 review (PC)Reviewed on November 05, 2009
What challenges await my Restaurant Empire next month? Liquor licenses and dumb waiters that cost an arm and a leg, but net long-term profits? Hiring additional staff and firing problem employees? Optimizing seating and serving paths for best results? From the looks of it, yes.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles review (X360)Reviewed on November 05, 2009
The paranoid Duchess is convinced someone's out to get her, so you get to escort her inquisitor around town to solve this mystery. Whenever a citizen isn't being forthcoming enough for your tastes, just give the order and (to the townsperson's horror) he'll torture them with a good old-fashioned shock spell to loosen their lips.
Order of War review (PC)Reviewed on November 02, 2009
If you like your RTS games simple, then this game is for you.
The Hardy Boys: Treasure on the Tracks review (DS)Reviewed on November 01, 2009
Don't think the Hardy Boys are completely left out, though. They get to play the toe-tapping sequence later. Repetition is a theme of this entire graphic adventure; the same puzzles keep popping up over and over. What's clever the first time becomes busywork every time thereafter.
Critter Crunch review (PS3)Reviewed on November 01, 2009
Critter Crunch is a heck of a bargain at $6.99. With a solo adventure that should easily take 5 or more hours to complete, multi-player and several other modes, you'll be puzzling it out for quite awhile. Addictive and endearing gameplay and offbeat humor make this puzzler one worth watching. If you're looking for the latest brain teaser to add to your game library, Critter Crunch is a fantastic choice.
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After Divorce: Modifications and Enforcements
Working with a competent divorce lawyer in Bryan, Texas
Life situations can change. Parents are offered new job opportunities and want to move or experience a job loss and are out of work. Their children face health issues that were unanticipated. After divorce, one or both parents may remarry. These are just a few of the changes you can encounter. While the issues you resolved during divorce seemed final at the time, later on you may need to modify child custody arrangements or support payments. At C.E. Borman & Associates, our attorneys can assist with modification of a court order. We can also help enforce existing orders when you're not receiving child support or if custody arrangements aren't being followed.
Child Custody Modifications
Courts won't modify child custody based on small changes in your life. However, when changes are substantial, courts seriously consider your request for modification. In the eyes of a judge, the following are substantial changes:
- A parent moves a great distance away or out-of-state
- One or both parents remarry
- Your child experiences extreme health issues
- A parent fails to provide the child with proper daily care or supervision
- One parent alienates the child from the other parent
- Extreme moral misconduct makes a parent unfit
- A parent is convicted of a crime
- A parent seriously abuses or neglects the child
- A parent becomes involved in drug or alcohol abuse
- Domestic violence becomes an issue
Child Support Modifications
Job loss can reduce your net income dramatically and is a common reason to request modification of child support. Also, when primary custody changes, let's say your child comes to live with you or goes to live with the other parent, child support obligations change. You should discuss any significant difference in circumstances with your lawyer and find out if modifications are in order.
Enforcement of Child Support Orders
Your attorney can help you take legal action to enforce child support payments. Such actions include:
- Requesting court hearings (hearings often lead to payment or jail)
- Filing liens against the parent's property and assets
- Driver's license suspension
- Professional license or certificate suspensions
- Fish and game license suspensions
- Wage garnishment
Rely on C.E. Borman & Associates to help you with modification and enforcement
Our attorneys can help you modify or enforce an order so it is in the best interests of your child. Call our law firm at (979) 846-4090 or contact us online to arrange an appointment to discuss your legal concerns. We represent clients in Bryan, College Station, Iola, Brenham, Bellville, Giddings, Centerville and other nearby cities in Texas.
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How to Remove Redirecting Adware
Redirecting adware, also known as Internet redirect viruses and browser hijackers, are malicious programs that take control of your browser. These programs change your home page and redirect Internet searches to commercial websites. Redirecting adware may launch commercial pop-up advertisements, slow your computer and change your system settings. You can remove redirecting adware using Windows Defender, a free program created by Microsoft and included with the Windows Vista and 7 operating systems.
Click "Start," then "All Programs" and select "Windows Defender." Windows Defender opens.
Click "Tools," then "Options."
Check the box next to "Check for Updated Definitions before Scanning."
Click "Save."
Click the down arrow next to "Scan" and select "Full Scan" from the drop-down menu. Windows Defender scans your computer and removes any redirecting adware that it detects. This may take anywhere from several minutes to several hours.
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DidySling Prima Sunshine (Hemp Blend)
One cannot deny the convenience of a ring sling. A ring sling allows a parent (or whomever) to comfortably carry baby on the side, front or back and can be used from the newborn stage to well beyond.
One cannot deny the convenience of a ring sling. A ring sling allows a parent (or whomever) to comfortably carry baby on the side, front or back and can be used from the newborn stage to well beyond. DIDYMOS has introduced the DidySling, which is their version of a ring sling. The same fabric that is used in the manufacturing of their baby wraps is also used for the DidySling. Two high quality aluminum rings (made in the USA by the fabulous Sling Rings) are attached at one end of the fabric using a "gathered shoulder" style to create the DidySling. The other end of the fabric is then threaded through the rings to create the pouch to carry baby. The DidySling is unpadded which allows the fabric to conform ideally to the shoulder, and the fabric is then easily spread across the back (in the case of the hip and front carries) to evenly distribute baby's weight. In the end, with a DidySling, baby can quickly, easily and comfortably be carried, hands-free. The DidySling is available in two sizes*: Size 1: 170-180 cm long (ideal for most, of average height and build) Size 2: 200-210 cm long (ideal for taller/larger folks)
- Release Date
- April 22, 2015
- Fabric Blend
- Hemp Blend
- Fabric Composition
- 60% Organic Cotton, 40% Hemp
- Fabric Weight
- 250 g/m²
- Colours
- Sun Yellow, Natural
- Weave
- Prima
- Fabric Weight Class
- 220-260 g/m² (Medium)
- Care Instructions
- Linen and Hemp may only be washed with mild detergent that contains no optical brighteners/bleaching agents, and like to "swim" in as much water as possible. NO fabric softener but a dash of vinegar can be used. Iron on highest setting, while damp.
- Style of Carrier
- DidySling
- Year of Release
- 2015
- Month of Release
- April
- Country of Origin
- Germany
- Dimensions
- The sling tail has a tapered end and the length is measured along the shorter edge. Size 1 measures 170-180 cm. Size 2 measures 200-210 cm. Size 1 is recommended for those who wear t-shirt size XS-L
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Films have always been an obsession of mine. I got sucked into movies (and their sibling, TV) very early on, fascinated by both the images that marched from beginning to end and the stories that resulted. When I realized there were people that actually wrote the stories that appeared on screen — they weren't actors making things up or directors commanding every element of the story — an obsession was born. It took quite a number of years, though, to figure out not only how to write screenplays but to write them well. Or reasonably well. And then, once created on the page, a new obsession took over: actually getting them up on the screen. I've been fortunate to figure out how to actually make my obsessions real.
Film's are thought of as a director's medium because the director creates the end product that appears on the screen. It's that stupid auteur theory again, that the director is the author of the film. But what does the director shoot—the telephone book? Writers became much more important when sound came in, but they've had to put up a valiant fight to get the credit they deserve.
— Billy Wilder
My Films
By hook or by crook, mallet, winch, cable or rocketship, I've had several films made. Some were shorts. Some were features. Some I did myself. Others, others did (and usually not well.) Below are links to films that have, in some way, sprung from my muddled mind.
Don't stop creating. Be it films, music, novels or anything else that is a pure expression of yourself, keep at it. Keep trying. Keep working it. Every attempt at creation raises your odds of success relative to not trying by 100%. It's well worth your time to keep at it.


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Stephanie Pun, MD
Contact Information
- Name: Stephanie Pun
- Degree: MD
- Title / Position: Director Hip Preservation Program
- Place of Employment / Office Name: The Stanford Child & Adult Hip Preservation Center, Stanford University
- Street Address: 300 Pasteur Drive, R 105
- City: Stanford
- State/Province: California
- Zip/Postal code: 94305
- Country: United States
- Office phone number: Academic: (650) 723-5243; Adult referrals: (650) 498-7555; Pediatric referrals: (650) 497-8263
- Office fax number: 650-723-9370
- Medical or Surgical Specialty: Hip Preservation, Orthopaedic Surgery
Professional Education and Memberships
- Medical School: University of California, San Frnacisco
- Residency: Stanford University School of Medicine
- Fellowship training:
Harvard Medical School / Boston Children's Hospital
Child and Adult Hip Preservation
- Certifications:
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons (ABOS)
- Society Memberships (list up to four only):
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)
International society for Hip Arthroscopy (ISHA)
Western Orthopaedic Association (WOA)
California Orthopaedic Association (COA)
- Specific training in hip dysplasia:
Fellowship in Child & Adult Hip Preservation at Harvard Medical School/Boston Children's Hospital under the direction of Dr. Michael Millis and Dr. Young-Jo Kim focusing on the evaluation and treatment of hip dysplasia, femoroacetabular impingement (FAI), and the sequelae of childhood hip disease.
- Academic contributions for DDH research or education including publications:
- Pun SY, Hingsammer A, Millis MB, Kim YJ. Is Increased Acetabular Cartilage Size or Fossa Size Associated with Pincer Femoroacetabular Impingement? Clin Orthop Relat Res (2016). doi:10.1007/s11999-016-5063-1
- Pun S. Hip Dysplasia in the Young Adult Caused by Residual Childhood and Adolescent-Onset Dysplasia. Curr Rev Musculoskelet Med. 2016 Sep 9. Review. PubMed PMID: 27613709.
- Pun SY. CORR Insights(®): The 2015 Frank Stinchfield Award: Radiographic Abnormalities Common in Senior Athletes With Well-functioning Hips but Not Associated With Osteoarthritis. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2016 Feb;474(2):353-6.
- Pun S, Kumar D, Lane NE. Femoroacetabular Impingement. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2015 Jan;67(1):17-27.
- Pun SY, O'Donnell JM, Kim YJ. Nonarthroplasty Hip Surgery for Early Osteoarthritis. Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America. 2013 Feb;39(1):189-202.
- Pun SY, Hingsammer A, Millis MB, Kim Y. Characterization of Acetabular Lunate Cartilage and Cotyloid Fossa Dimensions in Pincer Impingement. Podium presentation at the International Society for Hip Arthroscopy (ISHA) annual meeting, Cambridge, England, UK, September 2015.
- Pun SY, Leucht P, Bellino MJ. The Sourcil Sector Angle: A New Radiographic Sign of Adult Acetabular Dysplasia. Podium presentation at the International Society for Hip Arthroscopy (ISHA) annual meeting, Cambridge, England, UK, September 2015.
- Pun SY, Hingsammer A, Kim YJ, Millis MB. Periacetabular Osteotomy to Antevert and Uncover the Hip in Pincer Femoroacetabular Impingement. Podium presentation at Société Internationale de Chirurgie Orthopédique et de Traumatologie (SICOT) annual meeting, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 2014.
- Pun SY, Murray K, Yen YM, Kim YJ, Millis MB. Periacetabular Osteotomy To Antevert And Uncover The Hip: Uncommon Variations On A Common Procedure. Poster presentation at Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (POSNA) annual meeting, Toronto, Ontario, CAN, May 2013.
- Imrie MN, Vasanawala S, Pun SY, Rinsky LA, Gamble J. Post-reduction DDH Assessment with Non-sedate Rapid Sequence MRI. Poster presentation at Western Orthopaedic Association (WOA) annual meeting, Waikiki, HI, July 2011.
- Imrie MN, Mackenzie J, Pun SY, Rinsky LA, Gamble J. "Nearly Radiation-free" Approach to Treatment of Developmental Dislocations of the Hip. Poster presentation at AAOS annual meeting, San Diego, CA, February 2011.
- Optional Personal Statement: I specialize in hip disorders from infancy to adulthood with specific attention to hip dysplasia, femoroacetabular impingement (FAI), and the sequelae of childhood hip disease. I utilize a combination of both arthroscopic and open hip preservation procedures to address the unique problems for each patient, including periacetabular osteotomy (PAO), hip arthroscopy, surgical hip dislocations, and pelvic and femoral osteotomies. My goal is to help patients to develop healthy hips and to prevent the development of hip osteoarthritis.
Practice Information
- Age groups you are accepting new hip dysplasia patients: Infants and children, Adolescents, Adults


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Established in the Spring of 1998, The Weekday Cyclists are adventurous recreational cyclists. We welcome you to ride with us.
Our rides are FREE, and there are no membership dues.
We are safety conscious; we request that on our rides you wear a helmet, bring a bicycle frame pump, spare inner tubes for your tires, and two water bottles (preferably filled with water).
We meet at 10:00 AM sharp on Tuesdays1 and Thursdays2 at the Loeb Boathouse in Central Park, New York City.
Disclaimer: The Weekday Cyclists rides are not affiliated with any other bicycle club or group (although most of us are members of one or more bicycle club and some of us are also trained trip leaders). Remember, you are riding at your own risk. The coordinators and ride leaders are not responsible for any injuries or losses you might incur on these rides.
1Tuesday's rides are all year round
2Thursdays rides sometimes meet at a different location or earlier time. Be sure to check the email for the meeting time and place. Also, we usually do not meet on Thursdays in November, December, January, February, or March
Temperatures below 30o or above 90o usually cancels a ride.
2Get on The Weekday Cyclists email list and receive advance notices of the Thursday ride destinations and other special bicycle related announcements. Send an email to . Write "Add to TWC email list" in the subject line and give your full name and telephone number in the body of your email.