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In December 2013, Metro Jacksonville was the first to publicly raise questions about the Florida Department of Transportation's (FDOT) plans to widen the Fuller Warren Bridge without including provisions for a pedestrian/cycling crossing between Riverside and San Marco. Well, the extra eye of scrutiny worked and Jacksonville will be a better place for it. Today, revised plans for Fuller Warren Bridge & I-95/I-10 interchange were released.
The new Woodrow Wilson Bridge over the Potomac River includes a multi-use path connecting Maryland and Virginia. Soon Jacksonville could have a similar path, strengthening urban core connectivity and offering a grand view of the downtown skyline. Image courtesy of http://bubikes.bostonbiker.org/files/2009/06/bridgebikers.jpg
Councilman Robin Lumb to unveil revised FDOT plans for Fuller Warren Bridge & I-95/I-10 interchange
Jacksonville, FL - Jacksonville City Council member Robin Lumb, who has been working with the Florida Department of Transportation on revisions to the agency's plans to widen the Fuller Warren Bridge and modify the I-10/I-95 interchange, will unveil the revised plans at a brief press conference on Wednesday, August 6. The press conference will begin promptly at 2:00 PM in the Lynwood Roberts room on the first floor of City Hall.
Councilman Lumb will explain the details associated with the revised plans and will be available to answer questions. According to Lumb, the changes agreed to by the FDOT are "significant" and will benefit all of Jacksonville while also helping to mitigate impacts on the close-in neighborhoods of Riverside, Avondale, North Riverside, and Brooklyn.
Maps showing the revised plans for the project will be on display.
Source: City of Jacksonville
Previous Metro Jacksonville articles highlighting the evolution of the Fuller Warren Bridge project
The Fuller Warren Bridge Project
Bikes & Pedestrians On The Fuller Warren Bridge?
FDOT Misguiding Public on Fuller Warren Bridge Project?
Fuller Warren Bridge Widening: City Council Responds
The rapid turn of events on the planning of this massive infrastructure project illustrates the power of our community when we rally and demand more than the status quo.
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3-22. FIELD SHUNT CONTACTOR (cont)
Measure final pressure as follows:
(1) Block the armature in the
(2) Measure the pull required to
just separate the contact tips.
(3) Check for a pull of 5 to 8 lb
(2.267 to 3.628 kg).
c. If the pressure measurements are not correct, check for the following conditions:
Low initial pressure - defective contact pressure spring, worn spring seat or washers, or worn stop.
Low final pressure - defective pressure spring, low wear allowance, or badly worn tips.
32. Measure and adjust coil operating current as follows:
Use multimeter and measure resistance of coil. The indicator shall be between 34.65 and 42.35 ohms.
Replace defective coil.
b. Connect power supply and a
mmeter to coil.
Apply current and increase slowly until contactor picks up. Check that the contactor picks up without
hesitation, that is, in one quick motion including the contact wipe. The current measured shall be 0.436 to
d. Adjust calibrating screw until proper value of current is indicated.
33. Manually operate interlock contacts. Use a multimeter and check resistance of contacts for infinity while open and
continuity while closed.


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HSE Chief Paul Reid has called upon private hospitals to take on public patients as the country’s COVID-19 cases and hospitalisations continue to soar.
While a number of private hospitals have already agreed to treat public patients who are not suffering from COVID, Mr Reid insisted that the rest need to ‘pull on the green jersey’ and get on board.
Speaking at a HSE briefing on Thursday evening, Paul Reid warned that in the last 24 hours, the country had reached a new milestone in terms of COVID hospital numbers.
‘I do need to be very frank and honest about the challenge that we are now facing in our health service’, said the Chief Executive of the HSE.
‘In the last 24 hours we’ve reached a milestone that has to be a call to arms to the public, to everybody, to support the health service in the coming weeks and months.
‘We now have 1,022 people being treated in hospital with COVID. And, as you’ll know, this far exceeds the previous peak in the first phase of 881 people in hospital. And, as of mid-morning this morning, there are now 95 people in ICU.’
During the briefing, Mr Reid also noted that so far, 15,314 people have gotten their first COVID vaccine, most of whom were healthcare workers.
Meanwhile, the INMO has warned that staffing levels in Ireland’s health service are ‘in freefall’ with rosters ‘decimated’ due to the number of healthcare workers that have either caught the virus or who are being forced to isolate.
INMO General Secretary, Phil Ní Sheaghdha, said: ‘Staffing levels have been in freefall since Christmas. High COVID rates have decimated rosters, while driving up patient numbers. There are now over a thousand COVID-positive patients in our hospitals.
‘Our members are highly skilled and totally dedicated, but they are also utterly exhausted and immediate supports must be provided to them.’
Also speaking at the HSE briefing was Infectious Disease Consultant Dr Cliona Ni Cheallaigh, who warned that in St James’ Hospital, they are seeing young healthy people who have tested positive for the virus and are now struggling for breath.

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Just adhere to the trace till you locate a proper location for soldering. Unfortunately, this specific setting isn’t adjustable so that you cannot customize it for your requirements. This is going to be a struggle, but will create an extremely tight fit that is not going to require additional sealing. In case the tool was used before, a small plug” of solder could possibly be pushed from the nozzle. When you have never employed a vacuum-desoldering tool, you will require just a little practice. Observe all security instruction that have the tools. With the variety of Nozzles to pick from, you’ll locate the tool to have the work done.
Don’t forget that the iron is just 30 or so watts, so it is not going to desolder huge components well. It is extremely important to understand that higher wattage doesn’t necessarily signify a hotter soldering iron. This is particularly important if working at the higher temperatures necessary for modern lead-free solders.
Cordless irons can be heated by combustion of gas kept in a little tank, often utilizing a catalytic heater as an alternative to a flame. This small iron is very good. Soldering irons arrive in a diverse selection of shapes, sizes and wattages. They come in a variety of sizes and shapes. The first kind of soldering iron doesn’t have any type of temperature regulation. One more thing that can assist you to determine which soldering iron is most appropriate for your application is to read some reviews of ideal soldering irons out there in the united states. It is among the finest soldering irons offered in the united states.
No hand pieces, only the base. Do not get this piece of junk! Use paper towels to wash everything up. There ought to be reasonable suction.
If it’s not working, return and resolder the joint. Desoldering and replacing components isn’t as simple as soldering them. Inside this tutorial we’ll explain you how you can correctly desolder components, with several practical suggestions on how to receive the best result. Whether its to remove a an easy component or a complete IC, we’ve got the variety of Solder Suckers, Desoldering Braid to have the work done. A couple of hours later, I’d rearranged the unit into a fair vacuum pump. I purchase another unit to use while searching for parts to repair my original unit. Wow, there appears to be some really very good rework stations which I had not seen.
Just glad it is not a Rigid. It doesn’t receive any simpler than this! So remember, it’s true that you get exactly what you pay for. Oh that is something which you should remember. I never found a demand for a desoldering iron, mostly since they are darned costly. I’d taken a look at free patents on the internet to get ideas on how best to deal with this situation. Yours is a little better, as it doesn’t want the continual air feed off the compressor to keep up the suction.
Desoldering is just like soldering since it is something which has to be practiced. While soldering is a significant skill, having the capability to desolder (in other words, remove solder from a joint) is also important. Solder and Accessories within this section you’ll find an entire collection of Solder. There are a number of pins which seem to be harder to get.
Since the rod is steel, it is going to take a while to heat. The hole has to be round in order to have a good seal. Choosing the appropriate tip for absolutely any soldering application is vital because iron tip ought to be properly matched to the intended project. Now have a punch (I actually utilized a nail) and drive the rod from the piston.


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Niska is living as a fugitive in Berlin, while in the UK, Leo, Max and Mia are in a coastal hideout.
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Leo and Max help a recently awoken synth — but they’re not the only ones looking for her. Don’t miss the season premiere of Humans on Monday, February 13 at 10/9c on AMC.
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Luxurious Butterfly Back Pink Settee
This deluxe sofa, circa 1960, has been reupholstered in a soft pink cotton jacquard. The settee features pleated skirt panels with button tufting across the front and back. Soft rolled arms and a very plush cushion make this delightful settee an elegant accent to any room.
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Opening ceremonies were held on Wednesday night for a traveling exhibit to commemorate thousands of military men and women killed in the Vietnam War.
It may not be in Washington D.C., but to all who see the Vietnam Veterans Memorial replica, it's still the real thing.
"There's so many people in America. They can't go to see the real wall, so I wanted to bring this wall to Grandview," Vietnam vet Frank Richey said.
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text: Nausea and morning sickness during pregnancy is very common health problems during pregnancy. Most women during the early stage of their pregnancy may usually feel sick especially during morning and some the entire day. Even today, the main causes of this condition isn’t determined or understood. However, the hormonal change during the first trimester can be the main possible cause. The symptoms of nausea usually vanish on the 14th week. Most women may also experience tired physically and emotionally tired and most women may not even realize that they are pregnant. The following are some of the tips that you may consider to avoid nausea and morning sickness.


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A sculpture generation toolkit:
Conglomerate Sculpture is a project that explores the potential
of autonomous computer design. Given a tightly constrained design problem,
the software makes design decisions and builds beautiful sculptures. Specifically,
given a target 3D model and a list of sub-models, the system builds a conglomerate
sculpture made up of sub-models that approximates the geometry of the target
Conglomerate Sculpture was my final project in 6.837,
Computer Graphics, along with teammates Oliver
Roup and Anyuan Guo.
The project spanned six weeks, and though our results were
good, I have many ideas on how to improve our algorithms. We just didn't
have enough time to perfect our design. If I ever have enough free time
I hope to improve our results, and perhaps add a GUI.
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Nick LacheyNet Worth 2020, Biography, Early Life, Education, Career and Achievement.
Nick Lachey Net Worth – Аmеrісаn Асtоr, ѕіngеr, аnd а tеlеvіѕіоn реrѕоnаlіtу, Nісk Lасhеу whо rоѕе tо fаmе аѕ thе lеаd ѕіngеr оf thе bоу bаnd 98 Dеgrееѕ. Не wаѕ аlѕо knоwn аѕ оnе оf thе bеѕt tеlеvіѕіоn реrѕоnаlіtу thrоugh hіѕ rеаlіtу ѕеrіеѕ Nеwlуwеdѕ: Nісk аnd Јеѕѕіса. Кеер rеаdіng tо knоw mоrе аbоut Nісk Lасhеу’ѕ nеt wоrth іn 2019.
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To call him Nicholas Scott Lachey would have been a mouthful from a marketing perspective, so he became Nick Lachey, but his loving parents, John Lachey and Cathalyn were not thinking about the market influence when they welcomed their child on the 9th of November 1973 in Harlan, Kentucky.
Nick was born into a family with different ancestral origins. He is part English, Scottish, Irish, German, Dutch, Welsh and French. A prime example of a world where we loved each other without discrimination.
Before the American singer would go into the world and sing in front of thousands of people, he first had to recite homework in front of his classmates at Clovernook Elementary School in Ohio.
After graduation, he committed to life as a creative artist and attended the School for Creative and Performing Arts in Cincinnati. His educational journey also took him to Miami University in Ohio and the University of Southern California in 1992.
Nick Lachey has been married twice so far; his first marriage to Jessica Simpson didn’t take and the two broke up in one of the most popular divorces in modern history on June 30, 2006.
Not one to give up on love and the marriage institution, Nick gave marriage another chance with Vanessa Minnillo, an actress, and model who starred in one of Lachey’s music videos. The two hit it off while on set, started dating and got married on July 15, 2011.
They currently have three children – Phoenix Robert Lachey, Brooklyn Elisabeth Lachey, Camden John Lachey who were born in 2016, 2015, and 2012 respectively.
As for his extended family, other than Drew Lachey, who is his brother and a member of the 98 Degrees music group, not much is known. His parents are Cathlyn Lachey and John Lachey.
After completing his formal education voyage, he began a professional music career in the mid-90s with a friend, Justin Jeffre who together, they started a quartet that sang at Kings Island in Ohio. The quartet consisted of Nick Lachey, Justin Jeffre, Jeff Timmins and Nick’s brother, Drew Lachey.
The four of them eventually grew beyond the park and formed a boy band called 98 Degrees, releasing their first album, the eponymous named 98 Degrees.
The band got its big break with their sophomore album, 98 Degrees and Rising which propelled them onto limelight selling over 10 million records.
As a solo artist, Nick Lachey has four solo albums to his name; he released the first, SoulO in 2003. Although the first album was a commercial failure, Nick did not give up and he finally found success with his second album, What’s Left of Me. The album was released in 2006 and was certified gold by the RIAA after it sold over 500,000 copies. He has released two other albums after – A Father’s Lullaby in 2013 and Soundtrack of My Life in 2014.
On television, Nick Lachey has featured heavily in several television programs; his first was a reality television show titled Newlyweds: Nick and Jessicastarring him and his wife at the time, Jessica Simpson on MTV.
The show won a People’s Choice Award and ran from 2003 to 2005. Since then he has appeared in other shows like One Tree Hill, Twins, Hawaii Five-0, among others. Other reality television shows credits include The Sing-Off, Dancing with the Stars, Clash of the Choirs, among others.
He has won a few awards in the two decades of his professional career, which include MTV Video Music Awards, ASCAP Pop Music Awards and two nominations from the American Music Awards.
Nick Lachey is one of America’s most successful Music artists and television personalities, he has over 10 million record sales to his name and multiple charting solo albums. He has 28 television credits to his name, including a couple shows as host.
As part of a group that sold over 10 million records with some success of his own as a solo artist and a career as host of multiple television programs, Nick Lachey has been able to build a sizeable net worth of $20 million.
As a wealthy man, he has taken it upon himself to give back to the less privileged as a member of the Entertainment Council of Feeding America, a hunger relief organization.


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In a typical say 1 week bond repo deal , as i understand , typically X units of bonds are exchanged for P.X cash at spot date (P=dirty price of bond) , and in 1 week , X units of bonds are returned, and cash of P.(1 + repo*T).X is paid.
BUT , sometimes , a haircut / "overcollateralisation" is done , and so actually at inception 1.05X units are exchanged for P.X cash , and at maturity 1.05Xunits are rturned for P.(1+repo*T).1.05X (like in Lehmans repo105 deal)
What i dont understand here is a) why is it always that it's OVERcollateralisation thats done - and its never UNDercollateralisation? after all , in the repo deal , it can be thought of as an exchange of 2 loans, 1 party borrowing cash and posting bond collateral and the other party borrowing bonds and posting cash collateral, and which ever party is riskier should put up more collateral, so if the party that borrows bonds is riskier, then the deal should be UNDercollateralised - ie P.X cash should be exchanged for 0.95 X units of bonds.
b) the repo rate must depend on the degree of overcollateralisation , ie on how off market the spot deal is , since for the whole repo deal to be fair , the forward deal must be sufficiently out of the-money to compensate for how much the spot deal is in the money. so , when repo rates are reported , why is the degree of collateralisation not indicated? perhaps the answer is that everyone knows the degree of collateralisation, and that it does not change much between dealers , and doesnt have much impact on the rate ?

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Wales's first ever conference on tackling society’s attitude to age and ageing is taking place later this week.
The Growing Older in Wales programme from Age Cymru is holding the event in Wrexham in North Wales on 23 March.
Growing Older in Wales Programme Manager Dr Ceri Cryer says:
“The population of Wales is ageing - 1 in 4 Welsh adults are aged 65 or over, and in 20 years’ time 1 in 3 Welsh adults will be aged 65 or over.
“Clearly we need to adapt to the needs of our ageing population and tackling ageism and age discrimination is an important part of this process.
“Growing Older in Wales is Wales’ only dedicated educational programme on awareness of age-related issues and older people’s equality.
“This conference will be looking at how age discrimination crops up in day-to-day life in areas such as the NHS, social care and the factors that contribute to age discrimination in society.”
Speakers at the event will include Monica Dennis from the A Dignified Revolution campaign group who will run a workshop on the rights of older people when receiving health and social care.
Says Monica Dennis:
“A Dignified Revolution challenges unacceptable attitudes and inappropriate care for older people.
“Dignity and respect for older people is vital, especially in hospital and other care settings when poor health can leave people feeling vulnerable.
“Over-65s currently account for 60 per cent of hospital admissions and 70 per cent of bed days in general hospitals.
“This is why it is particularly important that wider society is better educated about older people’s needs.”
Other speakers will include Martyn Jones, Age Cymru’s Equalities Policy Advisor; Norma Glass MBE and Councillor Andrew Hinchcliff who is the Chair of the Age Cymru Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender network.
Dr Ceri Cryer; Lindsey Dyer from the Mersey Care NHS Trust and Pam Luckock from the NHS Wales Centre for Equality and Human Rights will be running workshops at the conference.
The conference is called ‘Advancing equality and diversity issues in later life’.

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In the span of two days, the world lost two brilliant sparks that ignited countless imaginations.
Eric Carle, the creator of “The Very Hungry Caterpillar,” and Lois Ehlert, who illustrated “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom,” both died this week. Carle died Sunday at his summer studio in Northampton, Massachusetts. He was 91. Ehlert died Tuesday in Milwaukee, where she lived for many years. She was 86.
Certain children’s books are so present in the memories and moments and language of those early years of childhood that they feel, themselves, like family members.
“The Very Hungry Caterpillar” came with us everywhere: To the pediatrician’s office, in case it took awhile. To restaurants, to ease the wait for our food. On road trips to see our Ohio family. On plane trips to see our Maryland family. At naptime, at bedtime, first thing in the morning, in the middle of the day, in the middle of a park, in the middle of a meltdown, always, that caterpillar and its endless appetite joined us.
It joined a lot of families. The 1969 book, one of Carle’s earliest works, has sold more than 55 million copies in more than 70 languages around the world, according to Penguin Random House.
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“Chicka Chicka Boom Boom,” a joyful romp through the alphabet, was just as ubiquitous. To this day, while my daughter crams for end-of-year AP exams and waits to hear back about summer job applications and counts down the weeks until she can get her driver’s license, I can still see her throw her little toddler head back and squeal with delight when the weight of the alphabet becomes too much for the coconut tree to bear.
How do you honor that?
How do you pay tribute to people you’ve never met, will never meet, who helped shape your children’s sense of the world? Whose creations gave you something to read together, love together, laugh about together?
Carle wrote and illustrated more than 70 books. He’s the artist behind “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?” and “Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?” He wrote “The Grouchy Ladybug” and “Mister Seahorse” and “The Tiny Seed.”
“My father used to take me for walks in the woods,” Carle wrote on his own website. “He would peel back the bark of a tree and show me the creatures who lived there. I have very fond memories of these special times with my father and in a way I honor him with my books and my interest in animals and insects.”
When Carle was 6, he and his family moved back to his parents’ native Germany, where his father, Erich Carle, was drafted by the Nazis and captured as a Russian prisoner of war, Carle told The New York Times in a 2007 profile. Erich Carle returned from the war “a broken man,” the author told the Times, weighing 85 pounds.
It must have been incredibly difficult to reconcile that broken man with the gentle father who took him on walks in the woods. It makes Carle’s work — joyful, hopeful, quiet — seem like such a beautiful decision, when he also knew what cruelty humans could create.
Ehlert, who wrote and illustrated more than 30 children’s books, became the first living writer to join the Wisconsin Writers Hall of Fame in 1999, alongside John Ridley Jr., Kevin Henkes and Orson Welles.
She described her work as “kind of a reverse Sistine Chapel” in a 2008 interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, describing the animals she drew for the floor leading into the Milwaukee Public Library Central Library’s children’s room. I love that. Why float your art above their heads, when you could help them walk among it?
“Chicka Chicka Boom Boom,” which was written by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault, has sold more than 12 million copies, according to Simon & Schuster. Ehlert also wrote, “Lots of Spots,” “Growing Vegetable Soup” and “Color Zoo,” which received a Caldecott Honor.
It’s impossible, really, to capture what Ehlert and Carle gave the world. So many children walk around with the authors’ art and words having shaped their childhoods, shaped their minds, shaped their senses.
And we, the parents who had the great, good fortune to read with our kids, got to watch and witness and behold the shaping. What a gift.
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He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many…
Consider the title that Christ gets in these words.
I. He is called the Lord's SERVANT. It looks to Him as Mediator. It imports —
1. A humiliation and inferiority in respect of God (Philippians 2).
2. His prerogative as being singularly and eminently God's Servant.
3. The particular task or work that is laid on Him, and the commission that He hath got to prosecute that work.
4. That our Lord Jesus, in performing the work of redemption, cannot but be acceptable to Jehovah, because it is a performing of that with which He hath entrusted Him.
II. He is called the Lord's RIGHTEOUS SERVANT. He is all excellent Servant; not righteous simply as He is God, nor as He is man, but righteous in the administration of His offices, and in the discharge of the great trust committed to Him. He administrates His offices —
1. Wonderfully wisely.
2. Very tenderly.
3. Most diligently and effectually.
4. With all faithfulness.
Parallel VersesKJV: He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.


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John Legend Says Upcoming Album Will Be ‘Sexiest’ To Date
John Legend, who recently revealed that he is working on a new album, said the upcoming record will be his “sexiest” to date.
Legend joined Jimmy Fallon via video chat for an all new “The Tonight Show: Home Edition” on YouTube on Tuesday night.
“The new album is coming, we’re mixing it, we’re getting our strings finished,” Legend explained. “But there are some wrinkles that haven’t been ironed out. I’m not sure how we’ll execute our string recording, I don’t know how we’ll distance our way into an orchestra recording. We’ll figure that out, maybe we’ll have to do a few players at a time and overdub it.”
He added, “It’s actually probably my sexiest album to date. If you’re stuck at home and want to make some coronababies… if you spend a lot of time with your partner and you need a soundtrack to that.”
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For some reason certain bands seem to be continually overlooked by the general rock population despite being high-caliber talents. Y&T comes readily to mind for one. Another is German-based symphonic power metallers, Krypteria. Perhaps it’s the unique niche they represent in the symphonic metal community. Learn more about the band here.
Part of Krypteria’s sound and style is very over-the-top and dramatic. Like seeing and hearing a metal show on Broadway with a church choir. Their sound goes beyond genre staples of epic songs with moody atmospheric tones. For them, every song is built for the stage. To tell a story and hook the listener.
Their fourth and newest album, All Beauty Must Die continues in that vein, though perhaps less gothic in feel than 2009’s My Fatal Kiss, it’s arguably more stunning in its scope. Despite being a quartet, they manage to create a massive wall of sound with every song, layer upon sonic layer.
The opening track, “Messiah”, is quintessential Krypteria, opening with a hooky guitar riff over a thundering rhythm section. And then of course in come the wall of theatrical vocals, elevating it all to the next level.
The album is balanced quite nicely swaying from prodigious aural beasts, to brilliant moments of dramatic nuance. The second track on All Beauty Must Die, “As I Slowly Bleed”, paints a sonic picture of tortured and emotive angst. One can almost visualize vocalist Ji In Cho running through the darks halls of a castle somewhere in Europe, white gossimer gown flowing, her tormentor unknown. Well, that’s the image I get. You may see something else, but it has that tormented feel.
From moody and dark, “Fly Away With Me” takes the album to uplifting and majestic. The track is filled with driving guitars, and some fine drum work from S.C. ‘Kusch’ Kuschnerous.
For fans of the more traditional symphonic metal sound, the track “You Killed Me,” fits the bill as well as anything out there right now.
Listen to “You Killed Me”:
The album’s first single, “Live To Fight Another Day”, combines a melodic and catchy chorus with soaring harmonies. Still, unlike most singles, it’s not nearly the best song on the record. It does feature a very tasty guitar solo.
For the first time the band has invited guests to perform on an album with the band. Metal Queen, Doro Pesch, whom the band toured with frequently in support of their last record, makes an appearance on “Victoria”. She and front woman Ji In Cho share lead vocals on the song. Said Ji In of Doro’s appearance:
“Doro and Krypteria have shared the stage many times and have been friends for a while now. She has been very good to us over the years, so the desire to have her sing on this record was unanimous. Her vocal performance on this song is stellar and working with her has been a fun experience again.”
One of the album’s most dynamic tracks, “Higher”, features two special guests. Edguy bassist Tobias “Eggi” Exxel turns in some stunning lead guitar work.
Said drummer Kusch:
“Eggi has been a good friend of the band since 2005 and we’ve always talked about how having him appear on one of our albums would be a cool thing to do. This winter the stars aligned right and we finally got it done.”
Axe-wielder Olli Singer (ex-Lolita Nace), who filled in for Krypteria guitarist Chris Siemons when he had back issues last tour, adds his own talents to this guitar-a-trois.
“The best part about the guitar solo shoot-out threesome thing as a whole?” queries Kusch. “Everybody brought his own style and attitude to the table, so you can easily tell the three amigos apart – it’s a must-hear!”
“Turn The World Around” kicks off with an almost eerie intro before the hook and melody of the chorus sink in and you’re spellbound. Ji In’s voice has a plaintive and earthy quality on this one, which is counterpointed by the stark growling male vocals which appear on the bridge.
For a pure adrenaline rush of speed and thunderous pedal work, check out “Thanks For Nothing”. Bassist Frank Stumvoll gets some nice moments in there, and throughout the record, for that matter.
Perhaps the album’s most intriguing song is the final cut, “The Eye Collector”, which comes in at over 11 minutes long, and also features male vocals. Something new for the band. In fact, all three of the guys got a chance to sing some leads on this record.
“The Eye Collector” takes the term “epic” to a higher level. It is extremely diverse, and shows the vast scope of the band’s musical and songwriting abilities. At moments creepy, others ethereal, and still others just feral and full of dark energy. This song sums up Krypteria.
Every band will tell you their newest album is their best, or their signature album. For Krypteria, All Beauty Must Die is both those things. This the album that should break them out to a much larger audience.
If you are a fan of gothic, symphonic, or power metal, this album has to be experienced. It bears repeated listening to truly get the essence of what Krypteria are all about.


The Barclays Center is the home of many professional sports teams in New York City like the National Basketball Association (NBA) team Brooklyn Nets and the National Hockey League (NHL) squad New York Islanders, as well as multiple collegiate basketball tournaments. A different form of competition, however, took place in the sports arena this week.
Seventy-four men and one woman became professional gamers after the second season draft of the NBA 2K League, an e-sports competition of the NBA 2k sports franchise sponsored by gaming giant Take-Two. Strauss Zelnick, Take-Two’s CEO, believes that the hype around the second season of the NBA 2k League is positive progress on the e-sports industry.
Zelnick believes that the first season of the NBA 2K League netted positive results, with a lot of fans craving for a second season in April. Zelnick also shares that about 250 million people play esports as entertainment, with half being spectators as well.
Research company Newzoo predicts that e-sports will generate total revenue of $1.1 billion in 2019, making it the first year in history that the industry went over the billion-dollar mark.
The NBA 2K League is already starting to have big companies following its footsteps. Communications giant AT&T is partnering with Intel and Dell to launch their own basketball video game league, which is expanding from the original 17 NBA teams that took the virtual court last season to 21.
The 2019 NBA 2K League draft pool consists of 22 players from different countries apart from the US, showing that the industry is gaining steam in global expansion. The inclusion of Chiquita Evans, an e-sports gamer from Chicago and the first female player of the league, provides a platform for the e-sports industry to share its advocacy regarding diversity and equality.
Zelnick believes that e-sports leagues like the NBA 2K League will be beneficial for the video gaming industry as well. The Take-Two CEO states that the market is growing when people are participating or tuning into the basketball video game, which is currently enjoying a record year. People will desire to buy NBA 2K units because of the e-sports league’s popularity.
Take-Two’s NBA 2K League, however, faces stiff competition in the industry. Activision Blizzard invested in video gaming with its Overwatch League. Other publishers before Take-Two and Blizzard have also been existing and dominating within the industry. The League of Legends event by Tencent-owned Riot Games continues to draw over 100 million viewers in its matches, more than what the 2019 Super Bowl figures in viewers have brought. Epic Games’ Fortnite event also remains a top contender in online viewership, both in competitive and recreational use.
While the League of Legends and Fortnite events are competing the NBA 2K League, Zelnick believes that both e-sports competitions have provided the platform for other online sports leagues to surface. He finds that while the big e-sports competitions are hurting Take-Two’s NBA 2K League, the market is continuing to grow in numbers that will benefit all e-sports events.
The Importance of In-Game Purchases
Despite the rise in e-sports gaming, some analysts have yet to believe in the video gaming industry. Pelham Smithers, an owner of a research firm in London, predicts that revenue will decline because of the shortage of console creations, strict China regulations, and waning player interest in games like Fortnite. The forecasted decline in 2019 may be the first to hit the gaming industry since 1995.
Smithers, however, revealed his predictions before EA released the video game, Apex Legends. The game is starting to take over the gaming world after garnering over 50 million players in one month. Apex Legends follows the wave of battle royale games that are revolutionizing the video game industry. While the game is free to download, Apex Legends gets its revenue from microtransactions and in-game purchases like other games in this segment.
Video game industries are currently exploring more ways to use in-game purchases to their advantage. Zelnick shares that microtransactions in video games are the best ways for users to stay interested in the game while being the measure of its success.
According to Zelnick, microtransactions is user engagement through spending. It allows the industry to earn revenue while receiving data of what its customers want out of the games they play. Zelnick shares that if companies can utilize in-game purchases well, monetization and revenue will follow. Companies will soon gain profit to keep the gaming industry alive.
After prohibiting games for months during a crackdown on gaming firms, the Chinese government eased up on its game approval regulations. In January, China approved over 80 games. Despite the growth of the gaming industry, Take-Two Interactive and Activision Blizzard are struggling as both of their stocks went down during the start of 2019. Electronic Arts, meanwhile, saw its stock rise to about 25 percent after the release of Apex Legends.


The world’s leading mobile chipset manufacturer, Qualcomm, has officially unveiled its latest and greatest offering, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 processor.
The chipset is based on its predecessor, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820, which powers most of 2016’s flagship phones including the OnePlus 3, the Xiaomi Mi5, the Le Eco Le Max 2, the LG G5, the HTC 10, the Samsung Galaxy S7/S7 Edge, to name a few.
Snapdragon 821 isn’t miles head of the Snapdragon 820, a fact, which Qualcomm itself mentions in its official blog post announcement. The Sndapgragon 821, is instead a minor upgrade, which offers a 10% better perfromeance over the 820. The 821 Soc also has a Qualcomm Kryo quad-core CPU, which can be clocked up to 2.4GHz, in terms of speed.
Qualcomm says that the Snapdragon 821 will be powering some new phones in the latter half of 2016. We speculate that the 821 Soc will be powering the likes of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 which will be unveiled, in the first week of August. The same can be said about the Google phones, the HTC Nexus Sailfish, and HTC Nexus Marlin, which have been rumored to come with the newest chipset.
But neither of the three will be the first to come with the new Soc, for that honor, has already been taken by the new ASUS ZenFone 3 Deluxe (ZS570KL), which was announced today, and is powered by a 2.4GHz Snapdragon 821 processor. The phone’s chipset comes with an Adreno 530 GPU, which is the same as the one in the Snapdragon 820 SoC


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A total of 691 on-the-spot fines of €40 each were issued to cyclists in Ireland in just over the first 9 months of the new system, according to the latest figures released by the Department of Justice.
Level of fines issued amounts to an average of just 2.4 fines issued per day or 77 fines per month. If the figures are correct, only 120 fines were issued since January when the last stats were published.
Although Gardai in Dublin this week look to have responded to the reduced detection rate with an enforcement blitz. On Wednesday, the offic Garda Traffic Twitter account tweeted: “DMR Traffic 3 hour Cycle Safety op in City-Centre this p.m. Multiple red light offenders stopped all FCPN (€40 fine).”
The latest data on the fines — which are officially known as Fixed Charge Notices — were in reply to a parliamentary question from Timmy Dooley, the Fianna Fáil spokesman on transport. The reply was published on Tuesday of this week, and is available via kildarestreet.com.
In the order of offences listed by most fines issued, here’s the total figures cover from 31 July 2015 to 12 May 2016:
- Cyclist proceeding past traffic lights when red lamp illuminated — 382
- No front lamp or rear lamp lit during lighting-up hours — 153
- Cyclist riding a pedal cycle without reasonable consideration — 86
- Cyclist in pedestrianised street or area — 51
- Cyclist proceeding past cycle traffic lights when red lamp illuminated — 18
- Cyclist going beyond a stop line, barrier or half barrier at a railway level crossing, swing bridge or lifting bridge, when the red lamps are flashing — 1
- Cyclist failing to stop for a School Warden sign — 0
The department noted that the latest figures are provisional, operational and subject to change.
It follows a recent Irish Times article on May 2 that covered the numbers of fines issued based on a parliamentary question published in January — althought IrishCycle.com covered that same parliamentary question on Febuary 2 in a story headlined: “577 cyclists fined for road traffic offences in first 6 months.”
The new data amounts to a decline in the daily average from over 3 fines issued per day to 2.4 fines per day.
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The designerAgatha Ruiz de la PradaShe stars on the cover of “Hello” with a photo in which she goes for a walk in Madrid (she does not lack the mask decorated with her characteristic hearts) with her new boyfriend. Goodbye to the world of junk, that ofLuis Miguel Fernández, “El Chatarrero”, and welcome the luxury and high finance sector. Because Ágatha courts withLuis Gasset, a 52-year-old executive (“Hola” account), widowed and with two daughters, who is now CEO of Ansorena and “has spent a large part of his professional life in the luxury sector and has been CEO and president in different companies LVMH group, like Bulgari, internationally. He has also been Vice President of Qatar Airlines and is passionate about art. “
The magazine also highlights theQueen Letiziaand her daughters,Leonor and Sofia, in rigorous mourning on the occasion of the tribute to those who died in Spain during the pandemic. In addition, it offers a comprehensive report withConstantine of Greece, who turns 80 and poses “in his house facing the sea” with his wifeAna Maria.
Ana Obregónstill grieving and broken in pain after losing her sonAlex Lequio, at age 27, from cancer. The actress has written an emotional letter that is echoed by all the magazines. “Lecturas” gives him most of his cover with a harsh phrase: “Together we asked God to heal you but he ignored us.” The reality world helps the magazine complete its featured news:Mila Ximenezspeaking ofLydia Lozano; andIvana, contestant on “Survivors”, talking about her childhood, when she thought about “killing her father”.
Sara CarboneroShe is on the cover of “Semana” with her short hair photograph, a brave gesture by the journalist after a year undergoing treatment for ovarian cancer. The magazine uses three photos of the beautiful presenter and her new image. Along with her two reviews: one for Ana Obregón and her sad letter; another forDiego Matamoros, that after breaking withWakeis consoled withCarla Barber, as “Week” teaches in photos that do not need much more description.
“Diez Minutos” stars Lidia Lozano in the pink kiosk, which her husband has asked to leave the “Sálvame” program.Belén Estebanreturn to live withFranin her home in Paracuellos after many weeks separated by the rigorous isolation to which she suffered, very delicate health due to diabetes. The couple appears in a photo entering the house. There is also a photo of the son ofAnabel Alonso, who was a mother on May 24.

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The Ants of Moscow
Day 17 of A Year of War and Peace
In one of the great Platonic dialogues, Phaedo, Socrates likens Greek civilization around the Aegean Sea to that of a pond populated with ants and frogs. Later, Aristotle, one of Plato’s students, proved how apt this analogy really was in his development of the behavioral taxonomy of animals wherein he ranked social insects like ants, who cooperate to produce and share food, just below humans in terms of the relative sophistication of their political and social evolution. It is this social development that empowers societies to flourish*.
It’s almost certainly a bit of a stretch to bring philosophical heavyweights like Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle into a conversation about a fictional dinner party in Moscow in 1805 but this chapter is rife with examples of such social cooperation.
Start with Natasha and Sonya. The gathered guests demand that Natasha and Nikolai, both good singers, sing a song together. But Natasha, seeing that Sonya is notably absent from the festivities, goes off in search of her. She finds Sonya crying on a chest in the passage. Sonya is upset because she understands that she cannot have what she wants. (Clearly, she hasn’t read yesterday’s meditation.) What she wants is to be married to Nikolai. She suspects this union is frowned upon by the family she loves — the Rostovs have taken her in and raised her as their own — because they seek to marry Nikolai off to someone more wealthy like Julie Karagina. This knowledge pains Sonya. But Natasha, acting as a kind of social ameliorate, calms Sonya down and invites her back to the party.
Back at the party things are in full swing. Nikolai is singing. Natasha dances with Pierre. Count Rostov turns out to be a regular Michael Jackson on the dance floor, plagued though he is by the stiffness of his dancing partner, Marya Dmitrievna. It’s a great scene. We see here the utility of our social nature. Outside the doors, in the near future, war is coming. Inside, among friends and family, social cooperation and joy rule the night.
Though we may only account for ourselves, our social nature is important too. In fact, if we look close enough we find ourselves in others:
But I have seen the beauty of good, and the ugliness of evil, and have recognized that the wrongdoer has a nature related to my own — not of the same blood or birth, but the same mind, and possessing a share of the divine. And so none of them can hurt me. No one can implicate me in ugliness. Nor can I feel angry at my relative, or hate him. We were born to work together like feet, hands, and eyes, like two rows of teeth, upper and lower. To obstruct each other is unnatural. To feel anger at someone, to turn your back on him: these are obstructions.
Marcus Aurelius, The Meditations
*For a deeper discussion of this topic please see: Ober, Josiah. The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece. New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2015


New party Podemos has taken a further step toward becoming the third power on the Spanish political scene, according to the latest opinion poll from the Center for Sociological Research (CIS). The group – which was the surprise success of the recent European elections, winning five seats thanks to 1.2 million votes – received support from 15.3% of those polled. That’s compared to 30% of voter support for the governing Popular Party, and 21.2% for the main opposition Socialist Party (PSOE).
The CIS poll was carried out at the beginning of July, and as such came before Pedro Sánchez was elected as the new leader of the PSOE, with veteran politician Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba opting to bow out from frontline politics. But the result still confirms the crisis being suffered by Spain’s two-party system, in which the PP and PSOE, which have swapped power in one form or another since Spain returned to democracy at the end of the 1970s, continues to lost support.
The poll reveals that the PP and the PSOE are still the two options with which the electorate can best identify, in terms of ideological affinity. What’s more, in terms of direct voter intention, 12.8% of those questioned in the CIS survey said they would support the PP, 10.6% said the PSOE, and 11.9% would opt for Podemos, putting the new party in second place.
Carolina Bescansa, the head of political analysis for Podemos, and a lecturer at the Complutense University in Madrid, was quick to offer her interpretation of the figures on Monday. “One trend is the fall of the two-party system, while another is the growth of Podemos,” she told viewers of Las Mañanas de Cuatro, on Spanish TV network Cuatro. “There is an empowerment of the people going on, which is having an influence on the relationship of power.”
But this data needs to be analyzed together with other information, which is also reflected in the CIS poll. Citizens are not only losing confidence in the two-party system, but are also doing so while concerns about unemployment and corruption are on the rise – those are the two top worries of citizens, according to the survey. What’s more, while the third concern is related to economic issues, the fourth – as cited by 26.4% of respondents – is related to the need for an improvement to “politicians in general, parties and politics.”
The CIS study also revealed that 67% of respondents think that the job being done by the current PP government is either “bad or very bad,” while 70% use those same terms to describe the policies of the PSOE in opposition. In a similar vein, Mariano Rajoy inspires “little or no” confidence in more than 85% of citizens, with Rubalcaba scoring 90% in the same category.
The rise of Podemos, then, is happening within the context of a crisis in confidence in the main political institutions in Spain. According to Bescansa, the data is anticipating a genuine shift. “Times of stability have changed, and that social majority is on the cusp of becoming political change,” she said on Monday.


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PHOENIX — The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning for Maricopa County, to last from Wednesday morning at 10 a.m. through Friday evening at 8 p.m.
Daytime temperatures are expected to reach 117 degrees and residents are encouraged to stay indoors. Schools are instructed to try to keep students inside during recess time.
NWS said residents should stay well hydrated over the next few days and protect themselves with sunscreen.
The heat warning additionally applies to Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, La Paz, Gila, Cochise, Yuma, Graham, and Greenlee counties.
Mohave County is expected to experience extreme heat from Thursday morning through Friday evening.
The Salvation Army will be putting up heat relief stations throughout the Valley for locals needing to find a cool place to stay out of the sun while the NWS warning is in effect.
The stations will be open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the following locations:
· Apache Junction – Apache Junction Corps Community Center, 605 E. Broadway Avenue
· Avondale – Estrella Mountain Corps Community Center, 11 N. Third Avenue
· Chandler – Chandler Corps Community Center, 85 E. Saragosa Street
· Glendale – Glendale Corps Community Center, 6010 W. Northern Ave.
· Mesa – Mesa Corps Community Center, 241 E. Sixth Street
o Phoenix Citadel Corps Community Center, 628 N. Third Avenue
o Phoenix Maryvale Corps Community Center, 4318 W. Clarendon Avenue
o Ray & Joan Kroc Center Phoenix, 1375 E. Broadway Road
o Phoenix Family Services Office, 2707 E. Van Buren Street, Bldg. 2
· Surprise – North West Valley Corps Community Center, 17420 N. Avenue of the Arts Blvd.
· Tempe – Tempe Corps Community Center, 40 E. University Drive
Arizona has seen its fair share of severe weather. Here is a compilation of videos from various storms across the Grand Canyon state.

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Hi there! As I mentioned recently, I crocheted a blanket for my first daughter when she went to college a few years ago (you can see that blanket here). So of course when our second daughter was getting ready for college, the topic of another blanket came up. I wanted to make one for her, too! She started college this past fall, and I finished her blanket this winter.
Crocheting is a hobby I learned as a young girl and have enjoyed doing ever since. I like to learn new crochet techniques or try new patterns. I especially like working with lovely colors. Sometimes, the hardest part of a project is finding the right pattern to use with the right colors. It took me a long time to find the right pattern that was a good fit for my daughter. But after going through many, many patterns, we found one that was perfect! She then picked the colors, which are beautiful earthy tones of greens, brown and burgundy and cream.
The pattern is called Geometrics and is by One Skein of Love. At 92 pages long, the pattern is incredibly detailed with lots of pictures to ensure you keep on track. I found it to be a good pattern and enjoyed the rhythm of making the blanket. It was a little unusual for me, as it is made row by row and not in rounds. Also, the border is made up of two layers (front and back) that are crocheted together. That was a great way to avoid weaving in all of the ends from every row!
I used Caron ‘Simply Soft’ yarn, which is my favorite for blankets. And I used Amour Crochet Hooks by Clover because they are really comfortable.
Ta-da! Here it is! It is large enough to cover a single bed.
My daughter likes it!
It was so neat to watch the pattern unfold with each row! Honestly, this was not a difficult blanket to make. It is all single and double crochet (American stitches). 🙂
The backside of the border is dark sage green and is as pretty as the burgundy on the front. I actually left a row of green showing on the front border, as I liked the two colors together.
I think it looks fabulous (great pattern)!
It certainly was a busy winter for crocheting this year. I wonder what project will be next? 🙂
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One-club legend Francesco Totti has supported Kylian Mbappé’s (23) choice to turn down Real Madrid and remain at Paris Saint Germain.
Speaking to Sky Sports Italia, Totti said, “Mbappé? For me, it’s a choice of the heart, no matter who it was that decided to stay. He should be managed and protected like all the big champions. He can’t find better than PSG.”
It was rumoured that Totti twice turned down the opportunity to join Real Madrid in the mid-2000s. Speaking to The Guardian about rejecting the Spanish giants, he said, “I wouldn’t go to Real Madrid because it wasn’t my story. My story was Rome, Roma.”
Mbappé turned down Real Madird this summer, opting to stay at PSG, where he has signed a contract, which runs until 2025. Like Totti, Mbappé evoked a national pride in justifying his decision to remain in the French capital. Having signed his extension, Mbappé said, “I said yes to France and PSG. I had the call of the homeland and of the capital city. It was too early to leave on a free.”

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England Women's 20-0 thrashing of Latvia's part-time footballers was an 'unnecessary humiliation', says the parent of one losing player... and even England's coach says the match should NOT have taken place
- It was a record score for England but brutally exposed a huge gulf in quality
- Videos of the Latvian goalkeeper, 17, making errors were posted on Twitter
- One of the Latvian player's parents said the team 'should play at their own level'
- Thrashing such as this have become commonplace in women's football
- UEFA and FIFA must decide whether the minnows are made to pre-qualify
England Women's 20-0 thrashing of Latvia has opened up a debate about the fairness of international sport, with experts warning unfair games might be financially damaging to the sport.
Following a record-breaking night for the Lionesses fans, the England manager and one of the Latvia player's parents, fans and commentators have questioned the worth of matches between well-funded nations like the UK and US and psrt time teams
The Lionesses are all full-time professional athletes, who play and club and international level, while Latvia's football team is made up mostly of teenagers who have other jobs alongside sport.
One parent of a Latvian player commented on a report of the game on The Guardian's website, saying: 'I am a bit biased (obviously), but everyone should know these girls should play at their own level and develop without unnecessary humiliation… there is something not quite wholesome about the whole business.'
They added that the time may have come for smaller nations where the players are inexperienced and have day jobs alongside playing football to pre-qualify for the right to take on bigger nations such as England.
The scoreboard tells a humiliating story as England Women's team thrashed Latvia 20-0
Latvia goalkeeper Alina Sklemenova can't bear to look after conceding the 20th goal
The 20-0 scoreline even left England head coach Sarina Wiegman questioning whether such games were worthwhile.
'Of course you want competitive games and these are not competitive games,' she said.
'We want to develop well-developed countries and the countries that are not that far on, so in every country you want to develop the women's game.
'But I don't think it's good that the scores are so high. I know that has the attention of the federations and UEFA, FIFA and I think that's good because I don't think 20-0 is good for the development of anyone.'
Commentators have also questioned if the mismatch could be damaging to women's sport - which has seen exponential growth in recent years.
Speaking today, talkSPORT producer Kim Kothari said such huge defeats were 'bad for the game'.
'It is absolutely ruthless. It looks fantastic for England, I think on a personal level for players like Ellen White, who was top scorer and others that scored a hattrick, it was a fantastic night for them, but for the game, it doesn't look particularly good.
'And we had it a couple of weeks ago when England men's beat San Marino 10 nil and there was a call for sort of a qualification process so that kind of result didn't happen.
Georgia Stanway of England celebrates a goal during the FIFA Women's World Cup after a 20-0 defeat
'And I think he's a little bit more pertinent in the women's game because of the lack of funding.
'England. Australia, the United States of America, Holland countries like that, put so much emphasis into the women's game funded properly.
'So we have these amazing players and we have these academies that can bring through and cultivate talent. But countries like Latvia just don't have that and they haven't put any emphasis on it. So you end up getting games like this where you've got 11 professionals against 11 kind of semi pro or amateur players'.
Meanwhile, the goalkeeper who started for Latvia in the World Cup qualifier at Doncaster, 18-year-old Laura Sinutkina, suffered embarrassment enough in conceding eight first-half goals.
But the player who replaced her at half-time, 17-year-old Alina Sklemenova, was not only humiliated by conceding 12 times on her international debut but by having video clips of her mistakes go viral on Twitter.
In total, England had 64 shots on the Latvian goal (on average, one every 84 seconds), of which 31 were on target and 20 scored. Latvia had zero.
England have scored 30 goals past part-timers Latvia in two World Cup qualifier against them
England also scored 10 goals in a match against Luxembourg earlier in World Cup qualifying
Others have taken to Twitter to lament the unfairness at the game.
Sports blogger Tim Stillman wrote: 'Latvia had a lot of their team unavailable last night because players couldn’t get time off from their jobs, which emphasises the gap between them and a NT like England as much as the final score does.'
Another fan wrote: 'England Women are 20-0 up against Latvia. I mean fair play to England but how is this meant to help increase interest in woman’s football? Complete mismatch and quite frankly embarrassing for the competition.'
A third commented: 'Fair play to the totally dominant England Women's Football Team, but this Latvia team is way, way off the pace. 20-0 really ought not to be happening in international competition'
Others branded it 'a glorified training session' while another wrote 'This England women's match isn't fair... I feel awful for Latvia tbh.'.
Even the England coach Sarina Wiegman questioned the purpose of such one-sided matches
It isn't as though such beatings are rare events. In this qualification group alone, England have walloped North Macedonia 8-0, Luxembourg 10-0 and Latvia away from home 10-0. They then took that score and doubled it on Tuesday night.
England have now scored 53 goals in six qualifying matches for the tournament, which will be staged jointly between Australia and New Zealand in 2023.
And it isn't just England with the huge defeats, during the 2020 Olympics this summer New Zealand beat Zambia 10-3, and China 8-2, while the US also beat New Zealand 8-2.
In these qualifiers, Northern Ireland beat North Macedonia 9-0 at home and 11-0 away, while Austria have hit eight goals in two matches.
Elsewhere, France scored 11 times against Estonia and 10 against Greece. The Republic of Ireland beat Georgia 11-0, Spain thrashed the Faroe Islands 12-0 and Belgium hit double figures against Armenia.
England reached the semi-finals of the last World Cup, losing to the United States
The cavernous gulf between the top countries, who boast professional players, deep talent pools and proper facilities, and the minnows who have none of those things, appears bigger than ever.
The comment on the Guardian claimed just 200 women play football in Latvia and the national team is only able to train twice a week because their players must work and, in some cases, go to school.
It isn't a phenomenon unique to women's football. England men's team recently scored 10 goals against San Marino but such results are increasingly fewer and further between.
It is certainly a problem for European football's governing body UEFA and the global overseers of the game, FIFA.
Others have taken to Twitter to lament the unfairness at the game. Sports blogger Tim Stillman wrote: 'Latvia had a lot of their team unavailable last night because players couldn’t get time off from their jobs, which emphasises the gap between them and a NT like England as much as the final score does.'
However, some critics have argued Latvia and others on the receiving end of these humiliations are sovereign nations and, as such, have an equal right to try and qualify for major tournaments such as the World Cup and the European Championship.
For the players in their teams, football offers an unrivalled opportunity to travel and see the world even if work commitments precluded several Latvian players from coming over to England on this occasion.
But UEFA and FIFA are acutely aware that one-sided games are a turn-off for viewers at home and fans who buy tickets.
If interest drains away, it will affect commercial revenues that are fed back into developing the women's game.
While the governing bodies are committing more money to countries without professional players and clubs, there are no guarantees the gap will ever be bridged.
And there must be a limit as to how many double-digit defeats players can take before they fall out of love with the game.
One solution is to make smaller countries play each other in pre-qualifying to then progress to a second phase which will see them take on bigger and better countries.
This will mean more games against opponents of similar standard and would mean countries like England arrive at tournaments better prepared having been tested by stronger teams.
An example from the men's game - the UEFA Nations League - could be replicated for women's teams.
This ranks each nation on ability into four Leagues and ensures each game is against opposition of similar standard.
It also keeps the incentive of a qualifying place so playing in a major tournament isn't just an impossible dream for the minnows.
But to implement such a split would require agreement from a host of smaller countries and they would be reluctant to give up glamour games against the likes of England, Spain and France, which draw in money and interest.


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No Man's Sky isn't just a great big universe to explore full of things to fight. It has resources, lots of resources, and oh so many things to do with them. Trade is the pillar of the latest explainer video from Sony and developer Hello Games, but I think a more accurate (if slightly more lengthy) descriptor would be "Shooting things to turn them into other things, including money".
You can really see the Destiny influence in all those inventory and crafting panels. That's a good thing - Destiny's interface always looks very slick, even as it handles fairly complicated tasks like customizing gear and tracking reputation gains. No Man's Sky is clearly in good visual design company. I'm looking forward to spending many happy hours staring at my ship customization menu once it hits PC and PS4 on August 9 in the US and August 10 in the UK.
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The City Planning Commission will host a public hearing on the proposal from Brad Rottschafer, of Mosaic Properties, during its meeting set for 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12, in the City Commission Chambers in the Community City Center, 750 Lakeside Drive.
Following the hearing, the Planning Commission will make a recommendation to the City Commission to approve, approve with conditions, or deny the planned-unit development (PUD) rezoning.
Rottschafer is hoping to replace single-family homes located at 664, 700, 706, and 708 Croswell Ave. with 10 townhouse condominium units in a central building surrounding a courtyard. A freestanding single-family condominium unit would be located on the south, and a mixed-use building, with ground floor retail, second floor offices, and a third-floor residential penthouse, would be on the north, closest to Wealthy Street. The plan calls for a total of 12 residential units.
“Mosaic Properties is proposing a mixed-use development on Croswell Avenue located in the heart of downtown East Grand Rapids' business district,” said Rottschafer. “The development plan is to create an urban-designed environment that significantly benefits the EGR community. Our mission is to positively impact the community by creating neighborhoods and living environments that have great architecture and positive civic space.”
The application and plans can be viewed on the city website or at the Public Works Administration and Engineering office.
Comments on the proposal are being encouraged either in person at the public hearing or by email to the recording secretary at email@example.com or writing to the Planning Commission, 750 Lakeside Drive, SE, East Grand Rapids, MI 49506. To be included in the hearing, written communications must contain the sender’s name and address.


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There’s more to Alberta than the Calgary Stampede or the picturesque roads that wind through Banff (though, let’s be honest, we love both). It’s an incredibly diverse province with so much to explore, from the Badlands northeast of Calgary to Wood Buffalo, the largest National Park in Canada, which borders Alberta and the Northwest Territories.
Even The New York Times has its eye on Alberta. The newspaper named Calgary as one of 52 Places to Go in 2019 thanks to its shiny new Central Library in the city’s East Village.
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Whether Alberta is your home province or you’re considering taking a trip here this season, there are a few places that everyone should visit at least once.
Places in Alberta everyone should visit: Wood Buffalo National Park
Wood Buffalo National Park, in the northern part of Alberta, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is roughly the size of Switzerland (nearly 45,00 km²). It’s home to a diverse landscape filled with forests and wetlands, which house all sorts of animals from endangered species to the world’s largest herd of free-roaming wood buffalo.

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Silence Is a Powerful Measure of Engagement
Yes, it’s ironic that a comedian looks at the quantum of silence as the indicator of success, but hear me out.
A Comedian’s Dilemma
One day I’m doing a college gig where the crowd is going insane. They are clapping after every joke, cheering, hooting, standing on chairs, and basically taking the roof off. The next day I’m doing an upper-middle-class audience in some fancy hotel ballroom. They have polite smiles on their faces, my inner critic on stage is telling me it’s going terribly and I’m just dying on my arse.
It’s the kind of gig where I want to leave the venue as soon as I finish the show because the last thing I want to do is to engage with anyone in the audience post-gig. Because me being absolutely terrible is always the elephant in the room. If I do engage, should I acknowledge it with a ‘Sorry you had to sit through that…it wasn’t my best night’?
Or worse, should I not say anything and take the risk of them mentioning that I was as popular as a Ku Klux Klan member at a Black Lives Matter rally? A thousand times worse than option one. That would make me want to dig an imaginary hole in the ground and bury myself right there.
They have polite smiles on their faces, my inner critic on stage is telling me it’s going terribly and I’m just dying on my arse.
Or then there is a third scenario where they feel obliged to say my performance was nice, and then either I have to mention that it was sub-par or have to graciously say thank you. In such a case both of us realise the farce of it all. Add to that, any witness to the exchange is thinking, ‘Seriously? Were they not in the same room as me? Could they not see how crap that was?’
Who Is Listening?
I remember the first time I was subject to this unique form of torture and embarrassment. 1 Nov 2004. The night before I had done Kojo’s gig in Central London in front of a largely black urban audience and had a killer set. The audience was banging their chairs in appreciation and hooting ‘Brraaap…


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He likes the worst Star Wars movie.
Indians starter Trevor Bauer spoke to the media on Sunday after a drone sliced open his pinky finger and pushed back his start in the ALCS against Toronto, and revealed something shocking about himself.
His favorite Star Wars movie? Probably the worst one.
“It’s a fairly well-known thing, probably, that I’m a big nerd,” Bauer said. “And I like Star Wars a lot.
“My favorite one? I don’t know, “Phantom Menace” probably, just because I think Darth Maul is one of the coolest villains, double-sided lightsaber, and his theme song. I like that one for whatever reason. But I don’t have a least favorite one.”
At least he brought the drone to the presser, that was cool. He’ll face Marcus Stroman on Monday in Game 3.
– Kenny Ducey

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The City of Oakland announced Friday it is streamlining the permitting process for businesses wanting to apply to use public rights-of-way - sidewalks and parking spaces, in particular - to allow outdoor dining and retail activity under the "Flex Streets" program.
The city will also waive all fees for these permits to allow commercial activity made possible by Alameda County's updated shelter-in-place order.
On Thursday, Alameda County announced the relaxing of the health officer's orders that reopening outdoor museums, outdoor restaurant dining, religious services, indoor/outdoor retail and outdoor fitness classes. Indoor and outdoor retail and outdoor dining will be allowed at reduced capacity to ensure physical distancing and safety plans are in place.
While essential in slowing the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, Alameda County's shelter-in-place order greatly impacted small businesses in Oakland and elsewhere, with many seeing sharp declines in revenues. Many of them were forced to lay off workers.
The Flex Streets program is similar to what many Bay Area cities have either already adopted or are discussing, allowing restaurants and retail to open outside.