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Andrew Walter Press Conference Quotes (Nov. 22, 2004)
Andrew Walter Press Conference Quotes, Nov. 22, 2004
On the significance of the Arizona rivalry:'I made my first start in this game. What says it all was that three years ago on our field everyone got into a brawl. I don't feel that should take place in sports, but that says a lot about the effect of the rivalry. We play for the oldest trophy, the Territorial Cup. It spans a lot of years and a lot of tradition and no love lost between the two teams.'
On the challenges posed by Arizona:'We just have to know where they are coming from and who they are dropping out. We just have to be aware of creepers and things that might give away a blitz. They disguise it really well. We just have to know, protection-wise, who has to pick up who and get the ball out on time.'
On keeping emotions in check:'I think being in games in previous years helps, just past experience. Keeping emotions under control will be different for other games than this game. Previous experience helps to keep your emotions in check.'
On how previous incidents (NBA brawl) influence other on-field incidents:'There is no excuse for that to happen. I do think that could play into it. We have all been there, but there's things where hopefully you are able to restrain yourself. Three years ago there was an event like that that took place on our field. I don't for see that happening this year. There's no place for that in sports. I don't think that should be the case this year.'
On how easy it can be to get caught up in the rivalry:'When your adrenaline is going and you play a violent game like football, probably it's a little easier [to lose control].'
On this being the last regular season game at Arizona:'With this being my first start against these guys, I'm making my last regular season start. It's a little bit of closure. It's hard knowing that it is your last time doing this. I try not to think about it like that, because you don't want that in the back of your head. I'm going to think about trying to execute on get the win. I'll be able to think about all the positives at the end of the season.'
On the year as a whole:'It started last year right at the end of the U of A game trying to decide what is the best thing for me to do. Thankfully the choice was made for myself to stay. I've never regretted it and I'm thankful how the season has turned out. Looking back on that, it turned out to be the right decision. I have always said that records pale in comparison to wins. If you're going to be here you might as well have them all. I have had the opportunity to have some things happen for me positively record-wise. Being 8-2 is a lot better than throwing x-number of touchdowns. All in all, if you're going to be here, you might as well go for it all and I am thankful for that.'
On what it would mean to leave ASU on a three-game winning streak against Arizona:'It's huge. It's huge for our fans, for bragging rights, for tradition. It's big. It's a game that is always on national TV. So people all over the country get a chance to see us play. It's a day to show what our school is made of. If we can come out successful, it will be very positive. I would love to say we have a three-game winning steak when I leave the program.'
On the two tight end offense:'It just helps us be more versatile. With a fullback maybe you can't stretch the field as much in certain situations like you can with another tight end. One of our tight ends is much like the fullback. He has the ability to do different things. It helps us to be more wide-open and more versatile and unpredictable, which are all positives.'
On the Arizona game being more critical in terms of rankings:'I've pretty much made up my mind to forget about [the poll voters]. I'm not playing for them anyway. No one on this team is playing for any national person who votes [in the polls]. We play for us. We play to win and we play for ASU. Nobody plays for them and that's why they can say whatever they want. If we keep winning, they have to call us winners.'
On feelings of the underdog being more dangerous in a rivalry game:'If it was not a rivalry game, I would say possibly. Since it is a rivalry game, we want to show everybody in-state and around the country what we are made of. Records don't matter, both teams are going to show up and play. If it were another team, we could take them lightly but not this game, not Arizona.'
On any extra value coming off the bye week:'I think a lot of guys are more fresh. These two days off helps a lot of guys out. I got sick over the two days, but it was good timing I suppose. Yesterday was a good practice and game-wise that helps everybody out. The schedule worked out very well, but it seemed like earlier in the year we were a lot more beat up and tired during that bye week versus this one. A lot of guys are fresh and enthusiastic [after the bye].'
On the fans part in the rivalry:'[This rivalry] just shows how much the fans get into it. There's no love lost between these two teams. I think it's even more so between the fans, beause they don't have to show sportsmanship. With [the players] we'll get a flag or get kicked out of the game. I think the last few years, we have done pretty good about that. There's no place for fights and things like that in sports. I don't blame anybody, but we want to think that we have control over the situation. Fans will do whatever they will do during games.'
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 The main theme of the Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD (GRIAC) is unravelling the underlying mechanisms of the development, progression and remission of airway obstruction, allergy and airway hyperresponsiveness,their mutual interactions,and their relevance to treatment.These phenomena are important risk factors for the development of asthma and COPD and crucial characteristics in their clinical pictures. Research within GRIAC takes place at the interface of fundamental and applied patient-related research.
Development of noninvasive or less invasive tools to assess severity of disease and effects (and side effects) of treatment.
2. Molecular Medicine: Pathophysiology and pathogenes is of chronic lung disease and drug target identification.
The longstanding expertise in identifying risk factors and the availability of large, prospective, long-term follow up of patient-based and population-based cohorts (such as LifeLines) and the collaboration with the Department of Genetics enables extensive sub-programs, including exposomics, (epi)genome-wide association, genome-wide interactions and transcriptome sequencing studies. This has resulted in identification of numerous novel genetic loci related to asthma and COPD onset and progression. Proteomic and lipidomic research has led to identification of disease susceptibility and progression markers. GRIAC has a longstanding collaboration with the proteomics facility (Prof. R.P.H. Bisschof), and recently incorporated its first member from the European Research Institute on the Biology of Ageing (ERIBA dr. V. Guryev), strengthening its focus on bioinformatic analyses of integrated genomic datasets.
GRIAC is actively engaged in studies linking clinical outcomes to pathophysiology, also on a molecular basis. Often based on outcomes from and also involving omics studies, the functionality of genes and proteins in disease is studied using molecular approaches in cells and tissues from patients, in cell lines and in animal models. In vivo and in vitro silencing and overexpression of genes are now established techniques that are operational at the UMCG and GRIP, including the development of knock out and transgenic mouse models, and the use of RNA interference and pharmacological modulation of cells and tissue slices. Fundamental to this line of research is the exploration of intracellular and intercellular pathways and interactions relevant for tissue repair, disease development, progression and remission, as well as for the exploration of novel drug targets.
Patient-centered research is at the heart of GRIAC. Our translational research approach includes large-scale clinical management in primary care, clinical and intervention studies in allergy, food allergy, asthma and COPD. For example, a GRIAC investigator led the first large-scale intervention study of tiotropium in asthma [N Engl J Med. 2012 Sep 27;367(13):1198-207]. Because it is moving towards precision medicine in obstructive and pulmonary disease, GRIAC is in an excellent position to incorporate genomic markers in intervention studies. GRIAC is actively engaged in the development of clinical questionnaires for disease diagnosis and monitoring of disease control. Pulmonary rehabilitation and novel bronchoscopic intervention techniques are evaluated for the treatment of COPD.
Healthy aging has been adopted as the main theme for the research and clinical profile of the UMCG. An important long-term project within this theme is "LifeLines", a planned 30-year survey on risk factors (obtained by questionnaire, objective physiological data and biological and genomic markers) for disease development; COPD and asthma are among the leading themes. We are actively participating in LifeLines, for example as members of the scientific board and the genetics committee. We are also involved in designing the study of the new generation of 1,500 babies born in LifeLines families: LifeLines NEXT.
GRIAC is involved in several symposia and training programs focused on healthy ageing, including Bronchitis IX: lungs on the edge of health and aging, a conference in the framework of the COST program on early origins of chronic lung disease and a training school on molecular mechanisms of ageing.
GRIAC has generated PhD projects explicitly focusing on healthy ageing. For example the thesis of Figarska (2014) focused on the genetics of healthy ageing. GRIAC is collaborating actively with the GUIDE program Medicinal Chemistry % Bioanalysis (MCB) and ERIBA in the area of proteogenomics (Prof. dr. Rainer Bischoff; Prof. dr. Peter Horvatovich) and Dr. Victor Guryev, principal investigator at the ERIBA institute, has joined as a member of GRIAC.
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Paul McKee's Vocal Textiles
For Paull McKee the attachment to fabric started at a very early age with a vague memory popping up with the color blue. "Somewhere on the edge of my memories there is an image of a lamb, it may be frolicking or asleep I can't tell. The image of the lamb seems to be placed in one corner of this pale blue memory. I imagine it as a blanket and I think it was pretty important to me almost a part of me or an extension of me."
His fascination with textiles began with his Nana Skippy's linen closet. Like the children in The Chronicles of Narnia, Paull discovered a very different world in his grandmother's wardrobe—one of old tins of buttons and bits and pieces of fabric. "I remember it smelled amazing and everything was very ordered." Noticing that her grandson was drawn to fabric and making crafts, his grandmother started a sewing box for the boy--one that he secretly kept at her house since sewing for boys was not considered a masculine activity and frowned upon.
McKee, however, didn't care about typical male stereotypes. He prevailed in his pursuits of all things fabric. His first sewing project was a cushion for his feral cat Tom, which McKee had caught and tamed. From there, he progressed to French knitting on an old cotton reel then moved to his mother's old singer machine, intrigued by the mechanics of how things could made and put together.
Initially drawn by the touch and smell of fabric, one of the primary motivating, but more intellectual, factors that appealed to McKee was how textiles retained a historical and cultural essence, how their wear and tear could be renewed and made into something entirely different (or retain their original use) by mending.
In creating his pieces, McKee is an avid journal keeper, and these diaries serve as a mapping process. "A lot of the time the practice is self-directed in so far as the connections with people and objects as I reach out into the world. A lot of the meaning comes from the context of the stories and relationships I build along the way."
The writing, he explains, helps him get a clear idea of what he wants to makes sense; whether it fits strategically with what has come to him before, and where he want the practice to go in the future. But keeping a journal is just one aspect in his creative process. The second major element is a listening centred one, where he keeps quiet and just listens to other people. This technique plays an important role in how he describes his approach to materials, "I listen to them I guess and try to keep myself out of it as much as possible so that the materials can speak for themselves. I collect or find discarded or handed on or gifted materials that are often worn or have had a long life. I tend to avoid newly produced materials at present because I am a little bewildered by advanced capitalism and the consumer society and mass production."
Older textiles, he explains, offer an oral history and stories that he writes down or sketches to work out combinations or construction problems. From there he works with a cork board and pin things against each other to see if the pieces work together or not. He recently has started to photograph these sequences as point of reference to previous combinations to compare and contrast. He adds, "Like any textile person, I will make samples where necessary to work out technical difficulties or processes. I quite enjoy this as the samples then become the sketch book I often say that I draw with the sewing machine."
One of his core sociological and gender specific interests is investigating men's lives through fabric. McKee noticed in Australia that there is a story of masculinity in and through textiles. "The stories are often surrounded by wordlessness or silence in so far as language doesn't exist or can't quite reflect the extent, depths or shades of the stories." These men's stories exist as a sort of wordlessness absence, and he talks about the presence of absence as a process of making visible what is silent. "It is very much like darning or mending. You have to see that there is a hole a tear or a rupture and then decide to fix it with the materials at hand. In this sense I talk about how I situate my practice in 'make do' culture here in Australia."
His project plays on this masculinity model, and he is mostly known for making waggas-- a bush utility rug that first appeared in Australia around the 1890s. Traditional waggas where made by splitting open an old a wheat bag or an oats bag then lined on one side with a soft cloth. Presumably these soft clothes were old or used flour bags from the Wagga Wagga flour mill. The company's insignia with the name of its town Wagga Wagga where printed on the bag, thus the name of the blanket.
Related to the bluey and the swag (bedrolls), the wagga is considered an iconic textile object sewn by men, McKee explains, "The history and stories of men making waggas is not a radical or subversive story. It's not meant to be. It is another way of opening up stories of men's lives to give language and opportunities for other men's stories to become visible. So I collect old blankets and fabrics from all over the place lots of times people give me blankets with stories attached. I try to honour the materials and there inherent stories and make waggas from them."
Oral histories, cultural heritage, telling stories are all the elements that are woven and sewn into McKee's textiles, and that he conveys to his audience—a broad network of people. "What I noticed about textiles as a medium is that people step toward it and want to feel it that it has a coming towardness quality. This sets up a different viewing dynamic compared to viewing a painting. I've noticed that when people look at paintings they often take a step back from the picture plane and engage in an analytical way. I am noticing different approaches of mindfulness that these mediums and their contexts and histories evoke. I decided that I would make work based on a concept of shared core values. I am particularly interested in Hope and Hopefulness."
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Over the past few weeks, I have been thinking a lot about my little girl. She is only one year old. I know it might be a bit premature to be nostalgic for when she was younger. But while it seems like time has flown by, it also seems like she has always been a part of me and our family. May sound crazy, and maybe I am a little obsessive, but she is my world. That first year is such a whirlwind, are so many great products out there devoted to making parenting and day-to-day activities simpler for you and your baby.
I have several items that I used with Rylee that I talk to my mom about, and she always says, "They never had anything like that when you were little!" I feel bad for her because just simple things, like a swing with batteries that you can move from room to room, were not around. Rylee loved that when she was wee little and my goodness was it ever a blessing for me!
So, here are some things I loved to use with Rylee. Maybe they will be helpful for you if you are a new mom or mom-to-be!
This pillow is great for mothers who are nursing. Also, babies love to have tummy time on these!
Any swing will do! I don't know if any other mothers have had similar experiences with their little ones, but I do know Rylee loved swinging. Even if she was not swinging, at times she loved to lay in it and look up at the mobile. So sweet.
These are by far the best bottles. They help reduce colic, and the blue tube-like structure in the middle helps with getting rid of excess air and bubbles. I'll admit that they are a little more difficult to clean, but so worth it! Plus, the plastic is BPA-free, so it is safe for your little ones to drink from.
These are great positioners for babies learning how to hold themselves up, and works great to strength their trunks and neck muscles, and now you can get a tray to put on the front that you can set toys or what have you on for the baby to interact with. Awesome!
Nothing needs to be said here. This is a nose saver. Prevents even the worst smelling diapers from stinking up your nursery. Love it.
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World's tallest waterslide gets thrill seekers soaked
Anyone who loves heading down to their local swimming pool to go down the waterslide will want to head over to the Schlitterbahn Kansas City Waterpark and get in line for a turn on the tallest waterslide in the world. The world's tallest waterslide has now opened and stands at an impressive 168.6 feet. This means that the top of the slide is taller than Niagara Falls. The first person to take a ride down the slide was the designer of the waterpark, Jeff Henry, along with ride engineer John Schooley.
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The tallest waterslide in the world has the name of 'The Verrückt' and this means "insane" in German and you might have to be to enjoy the drop, which is the equivalent of a 17 storey building. Henry's family owns four Schlitterbahn waterparks within the United States. He has managed to bring water surfing inland, uphill water coasters and tube rides, along with being the holder of many patents for innovative rides.
The Verrückt was designed and developed over one year and the Guinness World Records has verified it as being the tallest waterslide in the world. The ride is a raft slide and each raft can take four people in it. The total length of the ride is 610ft; the first drop on the raft ride is 17 storeys tall. The ride continues on with a climb of 5 storeys and finally another stomach churning drop. When combined together, the drops work out at more than 200ft with those in the rafts hitting speeds of around 40 to 50mph.
Winter Prosapio from Schlitterbahn said, "When you design something this big and this ground-breaking in the industry – most big drops in waterslides are feet first raft rides and big drops in roller coasters use a track – it gets very, very challenging."
He went on to say that designing a water ride such as The Verrückt does take a great deal of attention when it comes to the smallest of details. Each and every aspect of a ride needs to be engineered precisely, even down to the blaster nozzle design that is used to send the rafts over the top of the incline section. This small detail goes towards ensuring that the rafts gain enough speed along with g-forces to make the ride a safe but exciting one. Along with the blaster nozzles the ride makes use of a conveyor system and advanced sensor technology.
The ride has just opened to the public at the park, however at the moment the hours of operation are limited.
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Instagram Will Start Hiding 'Likes' in US From This Week
November 11, 2019 November 11, 2019 by Gareth Glaser
Instagram is going to start testing hiding 'Likes' from Instagram posts. This update will take effect for the US users starting this week. This change was first introduced to selected users in the United States but the company is expanding this in the US. Users will still be able to see the likes on their own photos.
This step is taken to focus more on the content that is posted on Instagram and was announced at WIRED25.
"It's about young people," Mosseri said during the Wired panel. "The idea is to try to 'depressurize' Instagram, make it less of a competition and give people more space to focus on connecting with people that they love, things that inspire them."
"It means we're going to put a 15-year-old kid's interests before a public speaker's interest," he added. "When we look at the world of public content, we're going to put people in that world before organizations and corporations."
As likes for photos is the app's one of the main features, hiding likes will fundamentally change the Instagram.
Instagram has previously tested many features including the removal of Instagram Activity Feed in Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Italy, Ireland, and Japan.
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Solid Build mate' looks the goods..
Thx antg! I have to once again give you some more credit on pushing me to finish this build many months ago!
Thx Raven...that means a lot coming from 1 Haro guy like yourself!
Hey Dan! Yeah, I've been hearing that as of the last couple months with what you said. It is what it is...I'm still pretty stoked how it turned out. Hold on to yours...there becoming extremely rare as the years go by. Take care bud!
Some pics of the build progress this past summer.
Thanks Mark! Passion has always been there, but as I get older with real life stuff BMX took a backseat....now I'm back into more than ever. If you can find a mega tube Master have fun building one up...the end result is totally worth it.


As we transition from Thanksgiving season into the holiday season, it is easy to get lost in advertising ads, the next best item, and the social stigma to spend more money on material items. We find ourselves running around to all the stores, making sure we get all the gifts that our loved ones have mentioned they may want. Not only are we spending a lot of money, but our society is generally more stressed during this season as well. This addition of stress often leads to sickness, as our immune system is suppressed and our nervous systems work resiliently to adapt to these stressors. Even with the Christmas cheer in the air, sometimes the holiday season is not as enjoyable as we hoped it would be. However, it does not have to be this way!
When we invest all of our time and energy in others, we tend to lose track of taking care of ourselves. The one constant that will never change is that we must invest in ourselves in order to invest in those that we love. Beyond that, you have the opportunity to lead your families health in whatever direction you choose. It will come as no surprise that a health-related office is reminding you that your health is your #1 asset this holiday season, but the reminder is for all of the people out there that are so busy taking care of what needs to be done that they lose sight of the underlying foundation, which is their health. This holiday season, prioritize your spending to reflect that of a healthy household; make the decision to set your spouse and kiddos up for success in their health; give them the best gift of all, which is a lifetime of optimal health!
Our passion here at Resilience Chiropractic is to make sure your nervous system is functioning at its optimal best, allowing the brain to communicate and send signals to every organ, muscle, tissue, and cell in your body. Since the nervous system controls and coordinates all functions in your body, it only makes sense to go right to the power source. We detect areas in the spine that are interfering with proper nerve flow and remove that interference using gentle chiropractic adjustments. This allows our practice members to heal from the inside out, the way God intended them to, and once we provide the body with the opportunity to communicate properly, the body can adapt and heal in amazing ways.
If you are interested in taking control of your health… in taking care of yourself so you can better love others… in setting your family up for a lifetime of good health… and would like to lead your family in this way, do not wait for the "right time." The "right time" is now, and only you have the ability to make that decision. This holiday season look at what material items you can do without, what stressors you may have, and decide on a solution to take control of your most important asset – your health.
I never thought about how stress can affect my health until Dr Rob and Chelsea explained this to me! Very thankful for the care they provided for me and my family. Merry Christmas!


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[SatNews] Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PrJSC (Yahsat) has announced that its dedicated government satellite service, YahSecure, has completed...
...successful trials of U.S. Department of Defense's (DoD) compatible Ka-band-capable terminals over the Y1A satellite, exploiting Yahsat's steerable beam. The significance of the trials, which were enabled by ARTSTRAT Certified SwiftLink® Ka-band terminals from TeleCommunication Systems Inc. (TCS) and primary coordinator Boeing Commercial Satellite Services (BCSS), confirm and bring assurance that the Yahsat satellites and ground systems can successfully accommodate and deliver highly secure transponded and gateway supported military Ka-band frequencies over U.S. DoD-compatible Ka-band terminals. This positions Yahsat as the only commercial satellite provider to have operationally proven its ability to deliver military Ka-band services to government entities in Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
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The testing, which took place between Yahsat's headquarters in Abu Dhabi, UAE, and another undisclosed location, using Yahsat's steerable beam, was conducted on ARTSTRAT certified Swiftlink 2.0 VSAT terminals bundled with iDirect Evolution modems operated by TCS. A number of test applications were successfully implemented, including VoIP, data and full-motion video running concurrently over a secure and encrypted satellite network. In April 2011, Yahsat's satellite Y1A was successfully launched and positioned in orbit and has been providing satellite communications services for both governmental and commercial customers across the Middle East, Africa, Europe and Asia since. The Yahsat second satellite, Y1B was successfully launched on April 23, 2012.


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La Reggina 1914 es un club de fútbol italiano de la ciudad de Regio de Calabria, en Calabria. Fue fundado en 1914 y refundado dos veces. Actualmente participa en la Serie B, correspondiente al segundo nivel de competición del sistema de ligas del fútbol italiano.

Historia
En el año 1914 nació la Reggina. El 11 de enero un grupo de jóvenes creó a la Unión Sportiva Reggio Calabria, el primer antepasado del club que hoy representa a la ciudad. Años difíciles en los que las ganas y pasión por el fútbol suplían la falta de fondos e instalaciones.

En los primeros 30 años se dieron sucesivos cambios de nombre sin movimiento de categorías. Ascendió por primera vez en 1938 a la Serie C en lo que fue una experiencia fugaz, porque a final de temporada descendieron nuevamente a la Serie D. El primer hito importante llega al final de la temporada 64-65, la Reggina, bajo el mandato del presidente que da nombre al Estadio Oreste Granillo, alcanza la Serie B. Aguanta 9 campeonatos seguidos llegando a luchar por subir a la Serie A. Sin embargo, en los 70, la Reggina cae de nuevo a la Serie C. Se moverá entre la liga C1 y la C2, lejos de la Serie B durante 14 años. El 17 de abril de 1986, tras serias dificultades financieras, se refundó como Reggina Calcio.

El 12 de junio de 1988 regresó a la Serie B, tras superar al Perugia Calcio en la fase de ascenso. Pocas temporadas después baja nuevamente a la Serie C, y pese a las dificultades económicas logra ascender a la Serie B de nuevo en la temporada 1992-93.

En la temporada 1998-99, el Reggina, consigue meterse en la fase de ascenso a la Serie A por primera vez en su historia, logrando el ascenso al final de la temporada.

El primer partido en la Serie A del Reggina fue frente a la Juventus de Turín en el Estadio de los Alpes de Turín, donde lograron un 1-1, por sorpresa. En el equipo de esta temporada jugaban futbolistas de la talla de Andrea Pirlo, Roberto Baronio o Mohamed Kallon. El 7 de mayo del 2000 logran la salvación en la Serie A con una jornada de antelación.

El Reggina logró mantenerse durante 10 temporadas en la máxima categoría del fútbol italiano, hasta que descendió en la temporada 2008-2009 a la Serie B, categoría en la que aguantó hasta la temporada 2013-14 cuando desciende nuevamente hasta la Lega Pro.

Tras una serie de dificultades económicas el club no decide inscribirse en el 2015 descendiendo a la Serie D, y cambiando el nombre del club a Società Sportiva Dilettantistica Reggio Calabria, nombre que se mantuvo solo un año, ya que en 2016 pasó a llamarse Urbs Reggina 1914. Durante la temporada 2015-16 lograron de nuevo el ascenso a la Serie C.

El 8 de junio de 2020 ascendió nuevamente a la Serie B.

Afición
La mayoría de los fanes de la Reggina proviene de la ciudad y alrededores. Sin embargo, el equipo amaranto es muy popular a lo largo de Calabria y entre emigrantes calabreses que se establecieron en el Norte de Italia. Hay fanes de Reggina, especialmente emigrantes calabreses, también en el extranjero: el único club oficial de hinchas regginos en el extranjero solo se encuentra en Suiza, pero muchos fanes están en Canadá, Estados Unidos, Alemania, Malta y Australia. En el pasado, gracias a la presencia del futbolista japonés Shunsuke Nakamura de 2002 a 2005, equipo tuvo muchos simpatizantes en Japón. La ultras de Reggina ganaron por dos años consecutivos (1999-2000) el Premio como mejor hinchada organizada de Italia. Los principales grupos de la Curva Sud han sido: C.U.C.N., Boys, Irriducibili, Nuova Guardia, Gebbione Ultras.

Estadio

El Stadio Oreste Granillo de Reggio Calabria es una instalación deportiva que se encuentra en la zona sur de la ciudad. Derecho memoria, Oreste Granillo, Presidente de la Reggina primer promovido en la serie B y alcalde de la ciudad, es el estadio más grande de Calabria.
Estadio construido de 1932 "Michele Bianchi" para el entonces presidente del club, Giuseppe Vilardi, primer estadio verdadero en la ciudad de Reggio Calabria, exactamente en el sitio donde ahora está el deseo de la GRANILLO. En los años siguientes, Michele Bianchi cambiará distintos nombres hasta la designación de "Stadio Comunale".

A continuación, realiza obras de ampliación en la década de 1960 es cubierto de la Galería y en la década de 1980 se construye Norte (ausente de la estructura original) curva. En 1997 es coinciden la antigua estructura y dos años después es inaugurado el nuevo estadio Oreste Granillo, completamente riedificato en la misma superficie de la "Michele Bianchi" casi setenta años antes. También inserta un marcadores electrónicos.

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 Uniforme titular: Camiseta granate, pantalón granate, medias granate.
 Uniforme alternativo: Camiseta blanca con bandas verticales negra y granate, pantalón negro, medias blancas.
 Tercer uniforme: Camiseta negra, pantalón granate, medias granate.

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Q: How to disable disable QScrollbar context menu in Qt (windows xp) I have a Qt application running on a windows XP machine and i am trying to finally disable the context menu which pops up when right clicking on a scroll bar (with the "scroll down" and "page up" etc. .. ) inside this application.
I tried the following things, which didn't work:
ui->scrollArea->setContextMenuPolicy(Qt::NoContextMenu);
ui->scrollAreaWidgetContents->setContextMenuPolicy(Qt::NoContextMenu);
ui->scrollArea->horizontalScrollBar()->setContextMenuPolicy(Qt::NoContextMenu);

ui->scrollArea->setContextMenuPolicy(Qt::PreventContextMenu);
ui->scrollAreaWidgetContents->setContextMenuPolicy(Qt::PreventContextMenu);
ui->scrollArea->horizontalScrollBar()->setContextMenuPolicy(Qt::PreventContextMenu);

A: I never found out why it didn't really worked in my context (it seems it has to do with nested widgets and objects) but I found a solution which is something like a sledge-hammer method but works for me:
foreach(QObject *widget, qApp->allWidgets())
{
    QScrollBar *scrollBar = dynamic_cast<QScrollBar*>(widget);
    if(scrollBar)
    {
        scrollBar->setContextMenuPolicy(Qt::NoContextMenu);
    }
}

This disables context menus of scrollbars (or other objects if modified) in the whole application once at startup.

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[REVIEW] Lupin III sneaks into SG cinemas from 25/9/14
Are you excited about seeing master thief Lupin III pulling off heists in live-action on the big screen? So are…
Are you excited about seeing master thief Lupin III pulling off heists in live-action on the big screen? So are we!
Thanks to Encore Films, AFACHAN was invited for a first peek at the film, and here's what we got:
Lupin III (Rupan Sansei) is based on a 1967 manga series of the same title. It was written and illustrated by Monkey Punch (Katou Kazuhiko) and it follows the adventures of Lupin III as he tries to find and steal worldly treasures.
In the second live adaptation of Lupin the Third, Shun Oguri (Rui Hanazawa in Hana Yori Dango),plays title character Lupin III, a gentleman thief who goes around the world stealing treasures. Joining him in his heists is his wingman, expert marksman Daisuke Jigen, played by Tetsuji Tamayama (Nagasawa in Norwegian Wood). Master swordsman, Goemon Ishikawa XIII, played by Gou Ayano (George Asakura in Gatchaman) tags along for the ride, bringing Zantetsuken, a sword that can cut anything. The woman called Mine Fujiko, played by Meisa Kuroki (Sister Angela in 1 Pound no Fukuin), extends a helping hand to Lupin and his gang. With her is Pierre, played by Kim Joon (Song Woo Bin in Boys Over Flowers), the tech guy who provides intel to the gang.
In the film, Lupin and his gang takes on the Ark, a state of the art facility where the world's greatest treasure, the Crimson Heart of Cleopatra, is kept. Time is running out for the team with the arrival of Michael Lee,played by Jerry Yan (Dao Ming Zi in Meteor Garden), who sets his eyes on the treasure. Not far off is Inspector Kouichi Zenigata, played by Tadanobu Asano (Dr. Ishi in live adaptation of Kiki's Delivery Service), who has made it is his life's mission to see Lupin and his gang behind bars. Will Lupin succeed and get to the treasure first or will Zenigata finally capture Lupin?
First and foremost, this was not going to be your typical Lupin series to begin with. The movie opens with what looks like a scene from Mission Impossible, a man stealing a treasure by hanging upside down to avoid heat from the pressure-sensitive floors. A scene that the audience would always see in a Western film. As the film progresses and the plot thickens, it was evident that this will be anything but ordinary.
Enter: Goemon Ishikawa XIII
One of Lupin's comrade-at-arms, Goemon Ishikawa XIII, steals the thunder when he displayed amazing sword skill, showing great dexterity while fighting off one of the henchmen. One wonders who would win a battle if Kenshin Himura and Goemon Ishikawa XIII were to face each other. Goemon is one endearing character in the movie having shown off his aloof side while trying to decipher what looks like a heavily-coded puzzle. It was very much one of the light-hearted moments from the movie.
Jigen and his Smith & Wesson Model 19 Combat Magnum
Who can compete with Jigen, a marksman of high-calibre? His scenes were well executed when he fends off one henchmen from the other. He was quick-witted during a very well-played showdown with Royal, played by Thanayong Wongtrakul (Ramrowan in The Man from Nowhere).
What's in the language?
This is a case of having too many cooks spoiling the broth. The movie with its stellar international lineup cost the movie its lingua franca. Dialogues were a mess and there was no clear direction of the movie's spoken language – was this supposedly to be in Mandarin, Japanese, Thai or English?
The bad angles and that shaky feeling from the camera
Clearly there was enough action scenes for this movie but audiences may complain about the bad angles used in scenes. Often, visuals turned out shaky and blurry, reminiscent of scenes from the Blair Witch Project.
The side characters are the stars of the movie
There are good characters and there are bad characters. Lupin III had it worst. It is odd to find obscure, minor characters showing off at crucial scenes of the movie where the main focus ought to have been with Lupin, Goemon and Jigen. The roles of these men, a pair of hackers, does not even stand out. They did not warrant the attention they got when all they did was to churn out random typing on the keyboard. The heckling and cheering by one of the hackers did not help at all (or contribute to the story).
OVERALL RATING ( 3 out of 5 stars )
Well, for fans of the franchise, if you are willing to view it in another light, it will nevertheless still be an enjoyable watch. For first timers, it will be a refreshing sight to see an all-star Asian cast coming together for an Ocean Eleven-like heist. It's like an Asian "A-Team". The film not only does it come with high adrenaline action scenes but also interjects witty humour into some portions. With that, just sit back, relax and enjoy the film!
Lupin III is now showing at Singapore cinemas starting 25 September 2014.
Cast: Shun Oguri, Meisa Kuroki, Jerry Yan, Kim Joon, Gou Ayano, Tetsuji Tamayama
Runtime: 133 mins
Language: Japanese with English and Chinese subtitles
Rating : PG 13
Cinemas: Cathay Cineleisure, GV, Filmgarde
Source: Lupin the Third Official Website


I'm in a reminiscing state of mind the past few days. About my flowers, that is. We had a great spring and summer and I am happy and satisfied with the performance of the flowers I planted. From the cosmos to the zinnias to the petunias to the marigolds, they all served their purpose– to brighten up my back yard, and in turn, my day. Many of my days.
The photos in this post were taken in June. They still are some of my favorite from the entire season. I hope they bring you even half of the smiles they brought me.
This entry was posted in Gardening and tagged flowers on November 12, 2015 by Julie Riebe.


The ruling Popular Party and mainstream opposition Socialists suffer heavy losses in regional elections considered a bellwether for the upcoming national ballot.
Spain's ruling People's Party (PP) got shellacked in Sunday's regional elections, highlighting the challenge for Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy in the national parliamentary vote in November.
The center-left Ciudadanos and far left Podemos, newly created parties that only started to contest elections last year, made strong gains at the expense of the ruling PP as well as the main opposition Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) in votes for regional parliaments, municipal councils and mayors.
With almost all the votes counted, the PP received 27 percent of the vote, down 10 percentage points from the last regional elections in 2011. The incumbent party got more votes than anyone else, but failed to win overall majorities in most areas. Of the 13 regions that held elections Sunday, the PP lost in seven it and might be able to save its rulership in three of them only if it forms a coalition with Ciudadanos, as the newspaper El País reports.
The vote has shaken up Spain's traditional two-party system that saw power alternate between PP and PSOE since democracy was re-established in Spain after the death of military strongman Francisco Franco in 1975. The rising popularity of Podemos has also fed concerns in Brussels and Berlin that Spain might follow Greece toward the hard left.
The setback for the People's Party reflects fatigue with years of economic austerity pushed by Rajoy, even as the Spanish economy has rebounded. A series of corruption scandals involving leading figures in the center-right PP also took an electoral toll.
"I believe in this night our regional governments and town halls will start to change, and Spain will change as well," said Pablo Iglesias, leader of Podemos. He has close ties with the ruling radical-left Greek Syriza party and attended Alexis Tsipras's election victory rally in Athens this January.
"This is a decisive success," said José Manuel Villegas, vice secretary of Ciudadanos.
In Madrid, the PP took a slight lead with 34 percent of the vote, while the party Alliance 'Ahora Madrid', backed by Podemos, came in second with 32 percent. But the Conservatives might still lose the symbolically important capital, as Podemos could form an alliance with the Socialist Workers' Party, which landed third with 15 percent.
In Barcelona, the alliance 'Barcelona en Comú', which unites Podemos and other left-wing parties, won the municipal elections. The Popular Party came in a distant sixth in Barcelona – behind Ciudadanos – but the separatist movement Convèrgencia i Unió (CiU) suffered the biggest losses in the Catalonian capital, dealing a blow to the independence movement.
The elections were a breakthrough for Ciudadanos, which took part in nationwide poll for the first time and came in fourth in many regions and municipalities. The popularity of the party, founded in 2006 in the autonomous region of Catalonia, has soared in recent months, cutting into support for Podemos.
In many parts of the country the party will now play kingmaker in regional parliaments and city councils. Both the PP and the Socialists have signalled their openness to working with the socially liberal Ciudadonoes, which is seen as less radical than Podemos.
A lot of the party's success is attributed to its charismatic leader Albert Rivera Díaz, a 35-year-old lawyer from Barcelona. He's Spain's second most popular person, after King Felipe VI and ahead of Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias or Rajoy, according to a survey published by the newspaper El País.
The arrival of Ciudadanos, which only started to expand to the national scene by the end of last year, voters got another alternative to the legacy parties as well as Podemos. The new liberal-social party seems largely responsible for the fact that Podemos, despite it's success, did not do perform so well in the elections as polls still suggested a few months ago.
"We know already how the old politics works ... with parties that disguise themselves as being new, but if we scratch on the surface we see the tics and the acting of the old parties," said Alberto Egido, a candidate for Podemos, during a pre-election party.
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I finally have this thing up and running. It might just be a miracle. You know when you start something and you think it won't be that hard or time consuming and it turns out to actually be THAT hard and THAT time consuming? Yes, that was this website endeavor for me.
What feels like many moons ago, I was a Commercial Real Estate Banker. It was a high stress, high stakes job that often had me working 70 hour weeks and traveling quite a bit and I loved it. Like we all do at some point, I met, fell in love with, and married a wonderful person. We decided to start a family. Our oldest daughter decided to surprise us 13 weeks early. Because of that, I had a drastic, unexpected, career change to full-time Mom. It took some getting used to, but I love it. I am now a full-time Mom to two healthy little girls and I couldn't be more thrilled about that.
I started sewing (in earnest) in the summer of 2011. I decided I wanted to learn to quilt, so I watched a lot of YouTube videos, took some classes on Craftsy, and was hooked not long after. Sewing wasn't entirely new to me, but the precision and math of quilting certainly was and that really appealed to me. The rest, as they say, is history.
I hope to share all sorts of crafty, creative, things in this space. I love to make things, but I also love to design. I have a few patterns that I plan to have tested and offered here soon. I also have a tutorial, or two, percolating. All kinds of exciting things to come.
Are you still reading? Oh, good. Thank you for stopping by and I promise my posts in the future will have a lot more photos.
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Jana beat me to it! The Princess Bride, indeed. We watched that movie nine million and three times growing up! The site looks great, Katie.


Former journalist Sacha Gervasi will write and direct the biopic My Dinner With Herve" for Mandate Pictures and Film Rites says Variety.
Gervasi conducted the last interview with French dwarf actor Herve Villechaize (TV's "Fantasy Island", "The Man with the Golden Gun") days before the actor committed suicide.
Steve Zaillian will produce along with Garrett Basch and Tendo Nagenda. Distribution will likely go through Sony Pictures.
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Abominable tops US box office with US$20.8m; Judy hits high note
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ABOMINABLE towered over the box office last weekend as Universal and DreamWorks' animated adventure debuted to US$20.85 million in North America and US$29.7 million worldwide.
The PG-rated movie benefited as one of the few offerings at multiplexes catering to family crowds and marked the best opening of the year for an original animated film.
Jill Culton wrote and directed Abominable, becoming the first female to independently make an animated film for a major studio. Universal's DreamWorks co-produced the movie with China's Pearl Studios. With a softer US$8.8 million start at the international box office, the two companies will rely on Chinese audiences to turn out in force (where it debuts on Tuesday) to help justify its US$75 million budget. Abominable follows a young girl named Yi (voiced by Marvel's Agents of Shield actress Chloe Bennet) who embarks on an epic journey to reunite a yeti named Everest with his family.
As awards season kicks off, Roadside Attractions' Judy hit a high note at the specialty box office. The Renee Zellweger-led Judy Garland biopic amassed US$3 million, enough to crack the top 10 despite opening on just 461 screens.
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The movie, which is already generating Oscar buzz for Zellweger's transformation into the troubled star, appealed mostly to older females. Among inaugural crowds, 60 per cent were women and nearly 80 per cent were over the age of 35.
Although Abominable was the only new nationwide offering last weekend, a number of holdovers enjoyed solid receipts. The previous weekend's box office champion, Focus Features' Downton Abbey, slid to second place on domestic charts.
The big-screen adaptation of the popular British TV series collected US$14.5 million from 3,390 theatres. After two weeks of release, Downton Abbey has earned US$58.5 million in North America.
In third place, STX's Hustlers declined just 32 per cent in its third frame, added another US$11.47 million to its domestic haul.
In a race that's currently too close to call, Warner Bros' It: Chapter Two and Disney's Ad Astra will battle it out for fourth and fifth rankings on box office charts. Based on Sunday's estimates, both films pocketed roughly US$10 million over the three-day frame.
It: Chapter Two, now in its fourth weekend of release, has made US$193 million in North America. Brad Pitt's Ad Astra has picked up US$34 million at the domestic box office.
In box office milestones, Universal's Good Boys crossed US$100 million in global ticket sales, becoming the first original R-rated comedy to surpass that benchmark since last February's Game Night. REUTERS