- Lenovo ThinkPad SL510
- Windows 8 Professional
- Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2ghz
- 2gb RAM
- Intel GMA 4500HD Graphics
- 250gb HDD
The brand new instalment of Windows, the infamous Windows 8, it is the latest upgrade from Microsoft and it’s getting mixed opinions, particularly from hardcore Windows desktop users. Microsoft have fused their desktop OS with their tablet platform, but is it a fusion that can work together or just something that’ll kill the desktop experience? Leaving folks to stick by their guns, like many did on the release of Windows Vista, which was later saved by the knight in shining armour, Windows 7. How does Windows 8 step up? There’s certainly a lot of criticism, people who are afraid that Windows 8 might be too much of a closed system where desktop gamers may be shut off or maybe put aside for simple, flashy, casual touchscreen games like Angry Birds. Maybe Linux, the open source platform, will mark the way for the future for some geeks? When you got Linux distributions like Ubuntu out there and with the progress the Linux platform has made over the years it’s certainly much more user friendly and with the right interest it would make an interesting avenue.
Or is Windows 8 a step in the right direction for the Windows platform? Tablets aren’t the only thing with touchscreens, we’ve got all-in-ones, laptops and even monitors with the technology. Not ideal for a game of Call of Duty, but where does the mouse play in all of this? It is actually better than it looks. It was my main concern, PCs don’t have Magic Mouse nor do they have Magic Trackpads and the trackpads that do use gestures aren’t necessarily any good, so it wouldn’t seem like something MS could get away with. But actually, they’ve managed to take care of the mouse and with time to experiment with the new OS and work it in I’ve found that it’s not only ergonomic but also intuitive. You have to let go of any previous expectations, which might be hard for some. Why fix what’s not broken? Said people will probably find it hard to adjust, yes, they could probably learn it without really looking at a manual, but Windows has used the same interface for so long that I’m sure many feel it’s daft to change.
Windows 8’s interface isn’t that difficult to get your head around, you need to do some experimentation but I found myself not needing to resort to reading a manual. I’m not a manual reader, I like to play, if it explodes in my face then I know that I’m doing something wrong. To get your head around it be sure to move your mouse to the corners of your screen and also utilise your right mouse button. If you move your mouse to the top of the screen you’ll notice you cursor turns to a hand, now this is one of the cool features of Windows 8, it allows you to drag your screen, and it can be a metro app or your actual desktop and you can dock it to the side. What’s the point of this? It’s actually really convenient. It is kind of like docking your windows, but on your desktop it’s not always convenient and if say, you’re switching between multiple windows you might find that they overlap or you’re not making the most of your space. With this dock you might have Netflix running whilst you’re doing work or have a messenger up or maybe OneNote running.
That’s just one nice little feature I found when playing with the interface.
The actual Metro panels you see on the start menu, they’re really convenient for putting your own shortcuts up and you can organise them in the best way you see fit. I think of it as like having Stardock Fences just without the labels and having as much space to cover as you wish.
As you can see here I’ve split these panels up, so you’ve got media, games and then office.
But I feel that improvements could be made to the interface, the main inconvenience I would say is ‘All Apps’, which might not be a problem if you’re not running lots of desktop apps, but if you’re like me you might be. ‘All Apps’ is like ‘All Programs’ in other Windows operating systems and it does section them out by folder BUT there are no sub folders and you can’t collapse them, so you may end up with this mess:
My ‘The Game Creators’ folder not only contains all of my product purchased from TGC but also all of the help files and examples I could normally access from All Programs. In previous versions it worked because there were subfolders and they were collapsible. However, this inconvenience is lessened by the fact the interface is really responsive and you can move through it very quickly and you do have an advantage with your Metro panels.
There are some news things to note about Windows 8’s system features, for example you’ll be prompted to associate a Hotmail/Windows Live account with your login in details and it comes with some benefits (particularly on the social media side of things), but it’s not mandatory.
The task manager has had a face lift and there are a couple of changes there, for example, you’ve got a section for Metro apps and also information listed in task manager is clearer. And like wise control panel is much the same as before and on the desktop there’s no real differences between how use the directory in Windows 8 and Windows 7. In the file directories you do get these tabs on your folders, but there are no major changes in how it works there. People used to Windows’ directory structure will have nothing to worry about.
There is something new and that is a metro panel for ‘PC Settings’, which you can see below.
They’re additional settings you change on your PC without going through the control panel route – I suppose it’s kind of like changing the settings on your iPad or a similar touch device. But there is one setting in there that’s particularly interesting and that’s “Refresh your PC without affecting your files”, which can be found under the ‘General’ tab. I tried this feature to start Windows 8 Pro as though it were a fresh installation – I wanted to have default settings and remove all my programs (which are cluttered and take up a lot of space) but retain all of my personal files. This feature did exactly that. It was something I never could do in a previous Windows OS and I can see advantages to it and would be a nice alternative to System Restore, though you do still have that option should you need it.
Apps are the big craze at the moment, an open market and the must-have for casual computer users and the big familiar thing for tablet and smartphone users. Now you have the App experience in your very own Windows, which sounds fun to some and may make others groan. As a hobbyist game programmer? It looks like an opportunity. As a consumer? It’s a convenience; there are some cool metro apps that I can have running alongside my desktop, like OneNote as I’ve already shown and also having the Windows App Store makes it easy to find useful little applications you may want to use and there’s room for gaming too, which doesn’t just have to be casual games like Angry Birds, though they are popular amongst casual gamers but Indie game makers could think of it as an opportunity. But could it replace services like Steam? Which has been a haven for AAA and Indie titles alike. At the moment, I would say not, it’s very much like any app store on a touch device and what you find on there is much the same and likewise, these are designed for touch interfaces, yet mouse friendly. So don’t expect to find the latest Assassin’s Creed in there. There is a fun strategy game in there called ‘Armed’, which shows what kind of games could be developed for the App store.
Other apps are there for convenience, but nothing really out of the ordinary. I’ve downloaded a Cookbook app because I like cooking and I’ve got Netflix too, heck, I could watch Netflix whilst cooking with a feature I mentioned previously.
I’ve found my desktop applications to run quite nicely so far. It is really easy to switch between desktop and Metro, I know people are afraid of the desktop dying with the new interface but actually the desktop still feels very much a part of the operating system. I know people will miss the start button but the important thing is, you don’t HAVE to use metro if you don’t want to. If you’ve got all of your desktop applications installed, you’ve got the short cuts and you can just go ahead and use your computer like before, just with the exception of you not having a start menu as essentially Metro is a glorified start menu. There’s compatibility with your old applications and as you’ve probably noticed from above screenshots I am running Microsoft Office 2010 just fine in it. There are applications that’d still benefit from using a desktop rather than resorting to the ‘App’ interface. I don’t think 3D artists would find 3D Studio Max suddenly becoming an ‘app’ convenient and likewise, I don’t think programmers would like to see Visual Studio follow in that same style. Hence MS has left the desktop in, there’s no reason to fear for its death. It’s still very much a part of the operating system and isn’t a piece of furniture or something that was just left in to win over cynics. I’d say it is still a necessity in the OS.
Also, where would I be without Steam?
Gaming & Old Games
Gaming is not all Angry Birds on Windows 8. It’s still perfectly viable to play any games intended for a dedicated gamer, hence Steam in the above shot. As far as I can see there have been no performance drops on my system, but I’ve only tried a limited list of games. My Windows 8 laptop isn’t a gaming laptop, but I do play games on it, so I can’t sit here and demonstrate Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, but I’ve found World of Warcraft to work just fine, which is about the limit for my current set up.
For me, my main concern has been for retro-gaming. I love old games and I still play them. Now, I’ve got quite a few to test and there’s no point me sitting here testing everything for you because that’s very time consuming and would make the review a lot bigger than it already is. It has been suggested that if it runs on Windows 7 then there’s a good chance it’ll run on Windows 8 as Windows 8 is still backwards compatible. So I tested one of my favourite games of all time and a game that I’ve tested on Windows operating systems since XP. That game is Final Fantasy VIII.
Now for a bit of history, this game was designed for Windows 95/98 and old graphics cards, back in the days of 3DFX and Matrox. In Windows XP it ran fine, in Vista it required tweaking before it’d even run and a patch to fix glitches, in 7 it required a patch to fix the same glitches, which were very noticeable. In Windows 8? It runs straight after install with no tweaks…and graphical glitches? Well you tell me.
There are graphical glitches in there if you look closely enough, but they’re very minor and barely noticeable. I could try a patch, but I don’t think I need to.
Okay, let’s try something a little different. I can try Age of Empires III, which was released at the end of the XP days and is a little more graphics intensive than FFVIII. I found that it ran in Vista and 7 and I can compare the performance in 7 and 8 as I’ve ran it on 7 on this machine before. In Windows 8 the game runs perfectly fine and with no noticeable slow downs and I’d say the performance is about the same between the 2 OS’s.
Dark Basic Pro
Does Dark Basic Pro work? This is an important question for anybody reading this blog from the TGC community.
The answer is…yes.
I installed it directly from the Dark Game Studio disk, installed Direct X and then booted it up, typed in basic code and boom! It compiles. How well do the samples work? They work as they should, or at least I’ve not encountered any problems there.
Overall, there isn’t anything to be scared about. Windows 8 is a fully functional and stable Windows operating system and it’s compatible with old software. It’s fast and it’s fluid, many folks worry about the new interface but once you get used to it then you can see that actually, it’s well done. I was expecting people to be right and to find that making this punt would end up being a bad decision, but actually, I am satisfied that I made the upgrade. It’s not a perfect OS, there’s certainly things MS could improve upon, but then that’s always the case. Metro isn’t the big doom and gloom it’s made out to be, though it may not be everybody’s cup of tea and it is something you need to have an open mind for. Some may stay with Windows 7, which is fine because Windows 7 is a great OS and you don’t have to upgrade, so some folks may be happy staying put. There’s certainly benefits to upgrading and it is a good OS and I don’t think MS have cocked this one up…unlike Windows Vista. I never really had any real bugs with Vista, but it was horribly bloated…8 on the other hand, it runs really smoothly. At the time of writing this review, Windows 8 was on offer for a good price. I paid £24.99 to go from 7 Pro to 8 Pro and it was worth it. I would have paid more too, but I am also a cheap skate and like to get things when I can get a good deal on them. Either way, I think it’s worth the money to upgrade.
Verdict? 9 out of 10. It loses a mark for how ‘All Apps’ is laid out and killing the start menu on the desktop.


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'Uber Meets Airbnb'—This Homesharing Startup Just Raised $2.5M
Overnight, a homesharing app built for last-minute bookings, just announced the close of a $2.5M seed round led by venture capital firms Accomplice and CrossCut Ventures.
One of the participants in the funding round? None other than Bisnow Media co-founder Elliott Bisnow (pictured). Elliott says that Overnight is the next evolution in the sharing economy, as hotels and platforms like Airbnb aren't set up for last-minute travelers.
Users simply drop a pin on the app's map in the area where they want to stay the night, and then are able to check out listings available. "We’re in this on-demand world," Elliott tells us exclusively. "People don’t make reservations and plans anymore."
By not showing guests spaces until their request has been approved—and only showing pads available immediately—Overnight streamlines the booking process a bit. "It's more like Uber meets Airbnb," Elliott tells us.
The company says it takes a lower commission from hosts than Airbnb, and plans to launch in LA with their seed money—with further plans to launch in Austin, just before SXSW. (Impeccable timing.)

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POMONA >> Stopping Cal Poly Pomona students from parking in local neighborhoods, instead of paying high quarterly fees for on-campus spaces, will likely require hitting them in the wallet.
“Permit parking, from the point of view of the city, seems like the only proposed solution that will work,” Pomona councilman John Nolte told a group of more than three dozen residents gathered at Kellogg Elementary Thursday night.
The neighborhood of single family homes borders South Campus Drive to the northwest, putting it across from some of the outlying buildings at Cal Poly Pomona. That’s still close enough for at least some students, who park their cars on the streets surrounding Kellogg to avoid the $134 per-quarter fee for an on-campus parking permit. Communities facing similar problems — including those near San Bernardino Valley College — have opted for permit-only parking restrictions.
Totally free parking on campus isn’t an option: Under state law, parking services at state schools must be self-funded, according to university spokeswoman Esther Chou Tanaka.
The “parking permit fee is determined by a number of factors” and aims to repay loans used to build garages and cover ongoing operating expenses, Tanaka said.
That fee is the heart of the problem, according to Cal Poly Pomona police Chief Dario Robinson, who also attended Thursday’s event.
“The reason that they’re parking there is because it’s free,” Robinson said. “That’s exactly why.”
His proof: Cal Pol Pomona had nearly 24,000 students enrolled last year, most of whom commute to campus each day. But during the summer, enrollment drops, with only a few thousand students on campus most days. And yet, the streets around Kellogg are still filled with student vehicles during the school day.
“They’ve got enough parking,” Nolte said. “That makes this a behavioral issue.”
Although residents can call the police to report student vehicles, at the moment, their drivers are not breaking any laws.
That will change if the Pomona City Council approves — with community support — requiring city-issued parking permits to park in that neighborhood during the day. Then, students or others doing so without a permit, may be ticketed.
Suddenly that “free” parking won’t be.
“We need to make the parking not free. That’s all,” Robinson said.
Nolte told residents Thursday that the city will work with neighborhood representatives to work out a plan for how the permit program would work.
Robinson conceded that issuing permits for the neighborhood won’t solve the problem entirely. It likely will push the students to another area surrounding campus.
“Wherever we push them, they’re going to go the next place that’s cheaper,” he said.


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|Written by Christin Miller on Saturday, March 10, 2012|
|Awaken to Spring with Johnny Was Scarves|
Colorful Accessories from Smith and Western
My obsession with Johnny Was scarves is still going strong, and I am excited to see their new Spring styles arriving in stores. As always, Johnny Was scarves offer something for everyone, from delicate pastel patterns to designs brimming with vibrant color.
The Smith and Western website never lets me down when it comes to Johnny Was scarves. They always have several different styles of scarves in stock, and they tell me that more are on the way! If you are interested in a really feminine, romantic scarf, then the Monroe Scarf (left, $79) is a good option for you. It is a pale grey scarf with delicate florals in corals, pinks, greens, and blues. If you are looking for some bright colors to pull you out of the winter doldrums, take a look at the Panya Scarf (center, $86). The vibrant tones of orange and yellow mixed with soft green and turquoise will bring an immediate smile to your face and to everyone else who sees you! It is definitely a statement piece. The Le Claire scarf (right, $79) is one of my favorites. It features a turquoise, chartreuse, and violet pattern inspired by a vintage floral design. I love the colors of this scarf, which would be perfect for an Easter celebration. All of these scarves measure approximately 43" square and are 100% silk. Which one is your favorite?
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Torrefaction of Pulverized Empty Fruit Bunch and Polyethylene Plastics Waste Mixture
Journal of Advanced Research in Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences
Volume 29 No. 1, January 2017, Pages 1-9
Hasan Mohd Faizal1,*, Abdul Halim Mohd Salleh2, Hielfarith Suffri Shamsuddin2, Muhammad Ariff Hanaffi Mohd Fuad2, Zulkarnain Abdul Latiff1, Mohd Rosdzimin Abdul Rahman3
1Automotive Development Centre (ADC), Institute for Vehicle System and Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia
2Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
3Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia, Kem Sg. Besi, 57000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
*Corresponding author: email@example.com
Torrefaction, Empty fruit bunch (EFB), Plyethylene (PE) plastics, Vehicle system
The combustion properties of torrefied mixture of empty fruit bunch (EFB) and polyethylene (PE) plastics were investigated experimentally, for weight ratio of 95:5 (EFB: PE) and 90:10. The mixture samples were obtained from briquettes that were produced under various briquetting temperatures (150°C-190°C). The torrefaction was performed at constant temperature of 250°C and at constant nitrogen flow rate of 1 l/min. Generally, it can be said that the combustion properties such as calorific value and moisture content fulfil the minimum requirement stated by standard for commercial briquette (DIN51731). In addition, it can be said that the effect of mixture composition on the combustion properties is stronger than the effect of briquetting temperature.
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Faizal, H. M., Salleh, A. H. M., Shamsuddin, H. S., Fuad, M. A. H. M., Latiff, Z. A., & Rahman, M. R. A. (2017). Torrefaction of Pulverized Empty Fruit Bunch and Polyethylene Plastics Waste Mixture. Journal of Advanced Research in Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences, 29(1), 1-9.
Faizal, Hasan Mohd, Abdul Halim Mohd Salleh, Hielfarith Suffri Shamsuddin, Muhammad Ariff Hanaffi Mohd Fuad, Zulkarnain Abdul Latiff, and Mohd Rosdzimin Abdul Rahman. “Torrefaction of Pulverized Empty Fruit Bunch and Polyethylene Plastics Waste Mixture.” Journal of Advanced Research in Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences 29, no. 1 (2017): 1-9.
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Phishing attacks remain a top concern at National Australia Bank (NAB), with 300 fake sites set up each month to steal customer data.
Rick Smith, principal security architect for personal and business banking at NAB, stated vulnerability management is an ongoing job that requires a dedicated team and much investment.
Mr Smith, speaking at the Digital Security Summit in Canberra last week, noted that even the most basic phishing attacks still work, Lifehacker reports.
Whether they are full of spelling mistakes, obvious errors or laughable content, they remain a worthwhile means of attack against a sizeable percentage of the population, he stated.
"Three hundred is the maximum number of new phishing sites per month trying to steal customer information.
"Three thousand is the number of newly-infected customer machines we find every month."
'Spear' phishing is also becoming prevalent, with cybercriminals less likely to spam out mass emails and instead send targeted attacks using information gleaned from social media sites – appearing to come from trustworthy sources.
His comments came as recent Kaspersky Lab statistics showed banks are the main targets of more than 20 per cent of phishing attacks, with 37 per cent of global financial organisations admitting being victims over the last 12 months.
And Mr Smith added that mobile application security is becoming increasingly important as more people look to access online banking via their phone.
"Nearly half of NAB's online banking logins are from mobile devices," he explained.
"We get 2,000 new downloads of our app every day."
However, despite this growing area of concern, NAB was quick to point out that desktops are still an easier target for malicious attacks.
This is because malware for desktops has been around for 15 years, meaning it is feature-rich and sophisticated, while mobile threats tend to be a lot less functional from a banking perspective.


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The sturgeon, a prehistoric looking fish that traces its ancestors back to the Triassic period, was probably present in the Maumee River back in the earliest days of the waterway. But no longer.
An extensive study conducted on the Maumee River by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service about five years ago failed to turn up a single sturgeon. A collection of local conservationists intends to change that, and see the sturgeon back in its native habitat.
“We want to be a supporting group. We want to help make this happen,” said Sandy Bihn, executive director of the Lake Erie Waterkeeper organization who is shepherding the sturgeon restoration project.
The historic range of the sturgeon includes the Maumee, much of the Great Lakes basin drainage, as well as the Hudson Bay and Mississippi River systems. In demand for their meat and eggs, sturgeon were harvested at a rate of about 4 million pounds a year on the Great Lakes in the last two decades of the 19th century.
But the sturgeon population dropped significantly after that, because of the loss of habitat, overfishing, the construction of dams in their spawning waters, and unrestricted harvesting. During the last 100 years, their decline continued, and sturgeon disappeared from much of their historical range, including the Maumee River.
“Overexploitation around the turn of the [20th] century is probably what got them,” said Chris Vandergoot, a biologist with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ Sandusky fisheries unit.
Sturgeon is the general term used to refer to some 25 species of the fish found throughout the world. Here, they are the longest-living, slowest-maturing, and largest fish found on the North American continent.
Often referred to as living fossils, sturgeon have no scales and are covered in bony plates reminiscent of ancient dinosaurs. Sturgeon require lots of space and are found in large lakes and river systems.
The sturgeon native to the Maumee River are lake sturgeon, which are still found in very small numbers in Lake Erie, and very rarely a rogue fish turns up in one of its tributaries.
Vandergoot said that every year the Sandusky fisheries unit receives about 15 confirmed reports of sturgeon caught by anglers in Lake Erie, with most of those coming from around the reef structures while the anglers pursued walleye or perch.
Lake sturgeon can reach in excess of 8 feet in length and weigh more than 300 pounds. A cousin, the Atlantic sturgeon, grows to 14 feet long and 800 pounds.
Male lake sturgeon can live 50 years or more, while the females can reach 150 years of age or more. A 6½-long sturgeon examined in Canada in 1953 was determined to be 152 years old. Sturgeon longevity might have made it more difficult for biologists to be alerted to their decline.
“The population drop the lake sturgeon experienced likely happened in the early 1900s,” Vandergoot said, “but it wasn’t noticed until 40 or 50 years later, because they live so long.”
In its most recent study of the fish species in the Maumee River, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency recorded 69 species of fish in the river, including such unusual entities as the stonecat madtom, the northern hog sucker, and the trout-perch, but no sturgeon.
In its study, the USFWS continually baited and rebaited setlines in the river in an attempt to locate a sturgeon, but the frozen round goby baits caught 100 percent catfish. The study also employed gillnets, but those were filled with primarily common carp and drum (sheepshead).
Despite those fruitless searches, Bihn said establishing that the lake sturgeon had a strong historical presence in the river will not be difficult. “There is absolutely no doubt that they were there,” Bihn said. “We are confident they were here in huge numbers. People still tell stories about it.”
There appears to be plenty of evidence to support her contention that sturgeon were once prevalent in the Maumee River, which has the largest watershed in the Great Lakes.
A story in the April, 1926, edition of The Toledo News-Bee recalled an account from 1840 of a steamship that was delayed near the mouth of the Maumee River by “a school of fish so thick as to stop the action of the paddle wheels.” The same story also referenced accounts of sturgeon being “piled up on the banks like cordwood and burned” in the days before their roe (caviar) was in such high demand. The story also referred to sturgeon as “a rather rare fish now.”
A 1962 story in The Blade by outdoors editor Lou Klewer mentioned that “the sturgeon have been gone a long time.”
In 1975, Klewer wrote about accounts from another era mentioning sturgeon pushing up the river and fouling the nets of fishermen with their sharp scutes, or plates. He wrote that “farmers hauled them away by the wagonloads to use as fertilizer.”
In a 1950 story in The Blade, Klewer wrote of a period in this region’s history when sturgeon weighing more than 150 pounds came from the Maumee River, and in abundance. In the 1950 piece, Klewer quoted then 82-year-old Wilbur P. Hoobler, who had fished the Maumee for 70 years, about Hoobler’s talk of 150 pound sturgeon from the Maumee River being sold for 50 cents each.
“That history is a key, because establishing precedent and showing they have a history there is very important,” Vandergoot said of the detailed process of reintroducing a species to the river.
He is urging patience, however, because this ancient fish does things on its own timetable. Male sturgeon don’t reach reproductive maturity until they are about 15 years old, while the females need 20 or more years before they are able to spawn. Then males will spawn only every one to four years, while females spawn just once every four to six years.
“People taking interest and ownership in this resource is great,” Vandergoot said. “That’s what we need. We’re stretched thin, so we sometimes rely on nongovernment groups like this to help out. But the problem in this case is, it could be 15 years before you see anything spawning. We’ll have to be very patient.”
Bihn said the project is in motion, but she wants to see a more widespread effort to continually upgrade the Maumee.
“What we really need to do is work on changing people’s perception of the Maumee River,” she said. “We’ll never be able to bring it back to what it was, but we can take these little steps.”
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The county’s U17s are in Championship action this evening, with Round 1 of the Connacht MFC round-robin stage seeing them take on Roscommon. The game throws in at Dr Hyde Park this evening at 6.30pm.
If you’re planning on going to the game, then you’ll need to sort your tickets in advance. The link for purchasing tickets online is here.
There are various traffic restrictions in place today due to the visit to the county of US President, Joe Biden, so if you’re planning on going to the game it’s worth checking in advance on local road closures you might encounter en route. Information from the Garda Síochána on this is here.
The match is also being streamed live by Connacht GAA, with match passes costing €10, so it’s the same as for tickets to attend the game. The link for that is here.
Details of this year’s Minor panel and the Mayo management team are here. Our match-day panel for this evening’s game was announced a short while ago and here it is:
Mayo manager Seán Deane spoke with Oisín McGovern of the Mayo News ahead of the Minor Championship campaign. You can read that interview here. This week’s paper also has a piece by Oisín on the addition of Colm Boyle to the Minor management team this year, which is well worth a read. That’s available in the digital and paper variants.
I’m otherwise engaged myself later on so I won’t get to see the game but there’ll be a report, of sorts, on it here on the blog later on. We’ll also have a Final Whistle pod from Hyde Park, helmed by Mike Finnerty, which will be up on Patreon soon after the match finishes so club members should watch out for that.
The best of luck to the lads in this evening’s Championship opener.
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Did we ever be in need of a brightener with a win tonight?
Must cofess, other than 4 of these lads I know nothing about this year’s panel. Anyone got and pointers?
Just looked at your team there, I never heard of Parke Keelogues Crimlin. Where are they based? Are they an offshoot of a town club, or an amalgamation?
Safe travel to all going today.
Well, I mean they’re all involved since u14/15 and from various clubs. Shane Cunningham at midfield played soccer for Ireland.
Parke borders Castlebar.
Excited to see the team… interesting to note that there’s no lads in the squad that are eligible to play minor next year as far as I know
@Gweestion, that must be a definite first if true. Anecdotally yes, I see only final year u17s of what I know.
Switching back to u20s for a minute, an upside is that Callanan and Tuohy are now completely committed to the senior panel. Would it be fair to say (wasn’t at/didn’t see it on Wednesday), that Fenton Kelly could usefully be added to the senior panel in a serious way, if not already on it?
Substandard…Parke Keelogues Crimlin is an ammalgamation..Keelogues is Ballyvary ( last village before Castlebar)Parke/ Crimlin are two small villages ..
Dara Neary a past pupil so I have a huge interest in this game..
Any update on the match. We need a win after a bad week
After 21 mins
0-13 to 0-6 up at half-time.
Good stuff. I see it’s now 1 14 to 0 7.
Sligo getting the win against Galway by the looks of it. 5pts in front well into injury time. Great underage work being done in Sligo for the last few years. Think we have Sligo in 2 weeks and that one should tell us a lot about where we are.
12 point win away from home – there must be great work going on in the Mayo academy system!
The opposite of what was said 2 days ago….
Joe, it’s Galway who were in front, and won.
2-17 to 0-11 FT.
I think Galway beat Sligo by 4. Not sure you are correct Joe
Great result for U17 lads. Just what was needed. The scores were spread among the team and came on a regular basi. That is a good sign for the future. Good luck
Fair play to our U17 team. A badly needed win in the week that we have had.
Tubberman..I know now but I was at Hyde Park and got a call from my nieces husband who is a Sligo man. He thought it was hilarious. Lol
Thank God for the minors. Lovely bunch of footballers again. Hope for the future.
Sean Deane knows his stuff to be fair. Another good looking Minor team. I don’t know if age for age they are more talented than the U20s but they definitely look to be better coached.
Final Whistle pod from Hyde Park is up now on Patreon. Mike with Nigel Reape, chatting about the Minor game, also about the Seniors and U20s. Post-game reaction from Seán Deane too.
This group of U17s was also strong at U15,U16 level and winning trophies. Will be hard bet in Connacht and there or thereabouts in the All Ireland again.
Very impressed with the lads… this is exactly what we were calling out for after the u20 loss – skilful players, attacking football, no fear to take defenders on etc. Good luck to them in the rest of the competition (and hopefully go one more step than last year)
Brilliant win for the lads. It had been a very depressing week for us diehard Mayo fans.
Congrats to the under 17 so much promise in that team keep the faith ! Been hard the last week or so but some promise in that team !
Under 20s will come back hopefully if things change..
Our seniors will definitely be a different animal in 5 weeks now in round Robinthe break is a blessing I think just need to cope with all the slagging ha as Biden even says mayo for sam haha ( some day! )
@Ross Town &Clare I agree just the lift we needed, followed it on twitter
What is Deane’s background?
I still can’t believe that the people in the county board somehow came to the conclusion that the u20 management team of the last two years had done a good job and deserved to be reappointed again for 2023. These lads have been coaching the football instinct out of good young players and turning them into robots.
It looked like these lads didn’t enjoy their football either playing this system of football. It was only when we were beaten on Wednesday night and players threw caution to the wind that we got a few scores
@southmayo exile apparently he gave the impression that it was the young guys in the teams fault for loosing in an after interview on a podcast.
They def didn’t look like they were enjoying it at all.
Managers should give confidence, a flare , and a bounce to players but that certainly was not the case .
Under 20s have loads of talents so something is not right in that camp.
Well done again to our under 17s so much talent !
@Clare, Did you listen to Maurice interview after the match?
@JP I did actually why ?!
I think most people were willing to give last year’s u-20 management the benefit of the doubt when they got an extension. There were a few Mayo legends there and another added, surely they would see last year’s approach needed ”tweaking” at least. We wanted them to succeed.
A Mayo player won his free,tried to take it quickly,was impeded so the ref moved it forward 15 metres. The player sprinted up the 15 metres,turned around and kicked it BACK 20m.
That would not be in a young lad’s psyche so obviously coached in there.
Time to move over lads.
Well done to the minors . Lets hope management allow these lads continue to express themselves and reap some benefits.
@2hops totally agree with you time for new manager to step in maybe one of the guys who didn’t get the seniors Job ?
2 Hops – Year 2 was the benefit of the doubt, year 3 was bizarre at best should never have happended and I believe the majority on here thought the same as did those close to the players. Anyway sounds like the minors are in good fettle and taking the right approach. Hoping and expecting Boyler has a big influence on them..
Any link to the Sheridan interview after the game ?
Sean – some quotes from it on the Mayo news site linke below
Sound , thanks .
Sean – the interview in full is on the This Week on the Podcast show, it’s near the end and is accessible on the SoundCloud player embedded in the post here on the blog.
For what it’s worth, I don’t think it’s a fair portrayal to say that Maurice Sheridan faulted his players for the defeat but what’s striking is that he seems to be at a complete loss to explain why they were beaten in the way they were.
@willie joe apologies shouldn’t have really put the blame on Maurice but as you said had no explanation somethings not right for the camp players don’t seem happy !
Clare I asked about if you’d listened as just thought it unusual you were writing ‘apparently’.
But, anyways, we move on I don’t want to stir up much more about u20s with the brightness of minors yesterday.
Yes I get that @JP .
Well done to the u17 hurlers. winners by 4 points


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Lauded by Travel + Leisure readers as both elegant and fun, Provincetown is both of those things and a whole lot more. First things first: given its prime location on the tip of Cape Cod, Provincetown is surrounded by water on three sides and has some of the country’s most spectacular beaches. Herring Cove Beach and Race Point Beach are both gorgeous and conveniently located within a mile or two of town; Long Point Beach, the third sandy bank, is another beauty that’s accessible by shuttle boat during the warmer months.
Photo: Provincetown Harbor at sunrise
While beaches are surely one of Provincetown’s best features, they’re far from the only one. The dining is excellent, with Fanizzi’s Restaurant and the Lobster Pot being just two of the standouts. Art aficionados can content themselves in the Provincetown Art Association And Museum, while adventurers might opt for a day on the dunes with Art’s Dune Buggy Tours. For students of history, Pilgrim Monument is a fun sight, and one that provides quite a view, too.
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When it comes to getting there, ferries are a convenient option, arriving daily from both Boston and Plymouth. When it comes to staying the night, there are a variety of suitable lodgings, including The Crown & Anchor Inn and the Carriage House. And, of course, Provincetown is one of the preeminent destinations for LGBT travelers, who can find all they need to know about it here.
Just an hour’s drive south of Provincetown, you’ll find Chatham, which was picked out by Travel + Leisure community as another favorite, and it’s no mystery why. Chatham Lighthouse Beach is a true gem, while Harding’s Beach, Ridgevale Beach and Pleasant Bay are also all good options. For info on beach facilities, parking fees, friendliness towards four-legged companions and more, click here.
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After all that adventuring, you’ll no doubt be hearing from your stomach. In town, Vers Restaurant offers delectable French-style cuisine and tasty traditional seafood fare awaits at the family-owned Lazy Lobster. Looking to extend your stay? Try a night at the luxurious Chatham Bars Inn or the more low-key Chatham Motel, just two of the various comfy lodgings available in the area.
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Photo: Gingerbread Cottages in Oak Bluffs
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Manteca High still hasn't gotten over the hump, but coach Tim Horning saw some encouraging things out of his team in a three-game loss - 19-25, 12-25, 18-25 - to Valley Oak League defending champion Sonora Thursday at Winter Gym.
At this point, Ripon High will take goals any way it can get them.
East Union went to work on the Old River Golf Course front nine, beating the Jaguars 220-330 in their Valley Oak League meeting Thursday.
The East Union High varsity girls golf squad improved to 7-0 in the Valley Oak League, defeating Sonora Wednesday at the Manteca Park Golf Course.
East Union High varsity boys soccer squad maintained its first-place hold Wednesday in the Valley Oak League by blanking Sonora, 3-0.
MODESTO – The Sierra High varsity girls cross country team led the pack at Wednesday's Valley Oak League meet at Legion Park.
There were several stretches during Tuesday's Sierra-Manteca volleyball match when the two teams would exchange unforced errors, essentially handing each other free points.
RIPON – It may have taken the Ripon Christian Knights a little longer than planned, but the squad's 5-0 Southern League victory over Turlock Christian Tuesday came at the perfect time.
The Weston Ranch Cougars have definitely opened some eyes in the Valley Oak League with an impressive opening to the 2010 season, and that trend continued as the Cougars beat East Union in three games Tuesday.
The Weston Ranch Cougars continued their dominance over the Valley Oak League, turning in another perfect performance in a 5-0 win over the East Union Lancers Tuesday in VOL action.
Lathrop High proved again Thursday at Sierra that it should not be looked past this year - its first with a senior class - in the Valley Oak League.
RIPON – After a half of play the Ripon Indians had not shined or excelled, but their uninspired play had not hurt them on the scoreboard. That would change would when a botched second-half corner kick settled in front of the Ripon goal for what seemed like an eternity, and Hughson trickled it in for a 1-0 win Thursday in Trans Valley League action.
They're even. For now.
East Union High remains in step with the Valley Oak League's top two teams, Oakdale and Sonora, following a four-game victory (25-18, 25-17, 24-26, 25-12) over first-year varsity Kimball of Tracy Thursday at Dalben Center.
Manteca High was not able to get passed the Oakdale Mustangs when they visited the Buffaloes to open the Valley Oak League season, but that was not the case Thursday as Manteca edged out the Mustangs 3-2 for the league win.
Yok Jing Ma and Mike Lopez went out in style - and as Valley Oak League champions.
Sometimes you win a game through offense and sometimes through defense.
Mark Carganilla had already earned an academic scholarship and was accepted by Pacific University with an eye on the private school's popular exercise science program.
Jack Thomson encourages today's student-athletes to play as many sports as possible, but as the baseball coach of several basketball players, the longtime Sierra High skipper has also been a victim of that phenomena.
Only one goal was scored the last time the Southern League's reigning girls soccer co-champions met.
Steven Rios was so fired up for Wednesday's clash with Oakdale that he could feel his body tightening up in the batter's box.
Despite a strong pitching performance from Marco Gonzales, East Union suffered a 4-2 loss to Central Catholic Wednesday at Agostini Field.
Ilena Rivera's hat trick powered East Union to a 3-0 win at Central Catholic on Wednesday, and the victory clinches a second-straight outright title in the Valley Oak League for the Lancers.
Weston Ranch junior Jordan Severin didn't know he was going to get the starting nod until about 30 minutes before throwing the first pitch in Wednesday's Valley Oak League tilt with visiting Kimball.
RIPON - In seven innings against a defending Sac-Joaquin Section champion, Ripon coach Jon Manrique bore witness to the very best and worst of his baseball team.
The East Union track and field team won at every level in a Valley Oak League dual meet with visiting Central Catholic on Wednesday.
Yok Jing Ma won't get another crack at Kimball standout Garrett Chun.
One has to wonder what type of game Kindra Hackbarth would have had if she was healthy.
National speaker and former collegiate athletic director Jack Renkens is bringing his no-nonsense insight on the world of college recruiting to Manteca High.
The tone was set on the first race of the day.


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NASHVILLE — Our latest Nashville Pick is Maggie Miles and her single – Momentum. Maggie is a 23-year-old pastor’s daughter from Northern Virginia and a gifted self-taught multi-instrumentalist. Her emotionally charged return draws from a vast array of sounds and visuals influence from the 90s era. Particularly grunge, dance and …Read More »
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Music Health Alliance Announces Lineup For “Coulda Shoulda Woulda”
Music Health Alliance (MHA) announces the lineup for its annual “Coulda Shoulda Woulda” event, presented by Amazon, to benefit the Nashville-based non-profit as it continues its life-saving advocacy and assistance for our nationwide music community. Iconic artists and songwriters The Love Junkies – Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna and Liz Rose …Read More »
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Follow The Leader – XRABIT & DMG$ (sendspace)
Very well done video of the club banger “Follow The Leader” from UK’s rising MC XRABIT and Texas talent DMG$. This is their second single off their album scheduled to drop March 09 on BIG DADA Records. Keep your eyes open for these cats! more info and tour dates after the jump.


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Ingham Student Art Exhibit
2024 Ingham Student Art Exhibit
The Ingham Student Art Exhibit is a celebration of excellence in the visual arts and is hosted by Lansing Art Gallery & Education Center, Ingham Intermediate School District (ISD), Consumers Credit Union (CCU) and the Michigan Education Leadership Group (MELG). The competition is open to all K-12 students and those 18+ who participate in the Young Adult SE Program within the Ingham Intermediate School District service area.
ELIGIBILITY AND GUIDELINES
- Schools within the Ingham ISD’s service are eligible to apply.
- Students in K-12 and those 18+ in the Young Adult SE Program within the Ingham ISD's service area may participate.
- One submission per student is allowed with no more than 20 entries per individual school.
- Artwork must have been created during the 2023-24 academic school year.
- All work must be two dimensional, suitable for framing and may not exceed 18” in either direction.
- School-appropriate subjects are accepted (i.e., no images of weapons, drugs, gang symbols, alcohol, smoking, racial or gender slurs, etc.).
Entries will be accepted via the online platform Submittable and are due by February 1, 2024. Art Instructors and/or Parents/Guardians may submit student artwork online. To create a submission, please visit the Lansing Art Gallery & Education Center's 2024 Ingham Student Art Exhibit.
JURY PROCESS AND EXHIBITIONS
From eligible entries, a qualified juror will select up to 50 works of art to be professionally framed by Wheaton's Framing and Art Gallery. Framed artwork will be exhibited for one year in a professional partner facility. The partner facilitates include the lobbies of the Ingham ISD in Mason, the MELG Building on the west side of Lansing, Consumers Credit Union and the Lansing Art Gallery & Education Center's Student Gallery both located in downtown Lansing. The jury process will take place February 8-9, 2024.
Teachers will be notified, by email, regarding artwork selections and acceptance by February 14, 2024. Teachers with accepted student artwork for exhibition will work with the Lansing Art Gallery & Education Center Staff to obtain parent/guardian permission for exhibition. Artwork without parent/guardian permission will not be exhibited.
Artwork drop-off will take place February 22-24, 2024. Lansing Art Gallery & Education Center Education Staff will work with teachers to coordinate the drop-off of selected artwork.
Based on gathering guidelines in effect at the time, a joint opening reception will be held in early-May 2024, to formally recognize students with artwork on exhibition. The decision to meet in person will be made and announced closer to the opening date.


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ESPN will continue its comprehensive college football coverage with the exclusive telecast of the 78th annual Heisman Trophy Presentation presented by Nissan on Saturday, Dec. 8, at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN. The live telecast, from the Best Buy Theater in New York, will also be available on WatchESPN, ESPN Mobile TV and ESPN Radio. The three finalists are senior quarterback Collin Klein (Kansas State), red-shirt freshman quarterback Johnny Manziel (Texas A&M) and senior linebacker Manti Te’o (Notre Dame). Highlights:
· Host Chris Fowler will be joined by College GameDay Built by The Home Depot colleagues Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard and Tom Rinaldi.
· ESPN college football commentator and “Heismanologist” Joe Tessitore will give historical analysis using the Heisman Touchscreen – a 65-inch monitor application. He will also analyze the voting results by region.
· ESPN’s 16th year of televising the presentation includes interviews with and features on all the finalists in attendance and conversations with their head coaches.
· Television personality and Notre Dame alum Regis Philbin will narrate a tribute to the former Fighting Irish Heisman winners.
· A 50th anniversary tribute to 1962 winner Terry Baker (Oregon State)
· Freddie Coleman and Mel Kiper, Jr. will co-host the three-hour Heisman Trophy Special on ESPN Radio beginning at 7 p.m. The special will feature live coverage the Heisman winner announcement and his acceptance speech, as well as pre-presentation interviews with the three finalists in New York, and a post-announcement interview with the winner.
ESPN International networks will provide live or delayed coverage of the Heisman Presentation on ESPN Americas, ESPN Atlantic, ESPN2 Australia, ESPN2 Caribbean, ESPN Middle East, ESPN PacRim and TSN Canada.
ESPN Films’ 30 for 30, presented by Buick Verano, will premiere You Don’t Know Bo following the Heisman Presentation at 9 p.m. on ESPN. The film explores the feats of the former Heisman trophy winner from his childhood to his early days at Auburn University and through his career as a professional baseball and football star.
You Don’t Know Bo, directed by Michael Bonfiglio and produced by @radical.media, takes a close look at two-sport athlete Vincent Edward “Bo” Jackson and the creation of a legend. As the only athlete ever selected to play in the NFL Pro Bowl and the MLB All-Star Game, Jackson will forever be known as a cultural icon who looms larger than life as one of the most famous athletes of all time. This film examines the truths and tall tales that surround Jackson, and how his seemingly impossible deeds captured the country’s collective imagination for an all-too-brief period in time.