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I was so upset, angry and confused, because a big tree in our garden was cut by someone while we were absent. I hadn't heard anything, just I found it has suddenly gone. I knew who did it, because our neighbour had wanted to cut it, but I couldn't understand why they did without notice. I made a contact with my husband. He said the neighbour asked him if it's OK to make it shorter in the morning, and he said OK, because we know we need to do something that big tree. But he didn't expect they would do it on that day, and also he had thought they would trim long branches, that's why he didn't tell me. But in fact, it was cut from the root... According to them, it split while they trimmed it and cut down for safety.
They have known our garden very well for a long time more than us, and looked after our property while my husband was living in NY. They said it was a small bush at first, but grew so fast. Now it was taller than nearby trees. I understood they worried it causes property damage because we had a strong storm a day before yesterday, and I saw a huge tree in our town turned down from the root by the storm. I admit that it was a troublesome tree and we had trouble making up our mind if we cut it down or just trim it.
There was a misunderstanding. It was maybe a right decision, and we know they meant no offense, but on the other hand, I still can't understand and I feel uncomfortable to be honest, that someone did something in our property while we are out. Suddenly I felt sad last night, this event reminded me of my dad's car which was discarded and squashed when I was a child. We went to auto graveyard together, and I and my sister appealed to save its life.
Well..., done is done. The big tree had hidden our messy back garden, but now it appeared clearly. Also decayed wooden fences are almost falling down... now, it's time to do more gardening... Next summer, we are sure we will get more sunshine. Now we have a different view from the window.
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The big storm left traces on the UK, and four people died in the south of the UK. It was really windy. When I came back home today, I found that the tree, a symbol (!?) of our garden which regularly appears in my photo gallery has dissapeared! What happened to it? To be continued....
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We went on a weekend trip to Hertford, Hertfordshire. We changed a train at London Liverpool Street to Hertford East. Do you remember that the big mouse (my husband) is bad-weather bringer? It was snow in Oakham, cold wave in Brussels, and rain in Cologne. The sky looked so dark... According to the weather forecast, a hurricane was approaching! Anyway, the sky was dark but the weather stayed in good. We suddenly arranged this trip, so I guess the hurricane was unable to make it.
Hertford is an old town with a history stretching back to Roman times. It is said that the first Church Synod was held at Hertford in 673. We found a stone monument about it in the site of castle. The town name Heartford came from the Angle-Saxson 'heort ford' meaning deer crossing of a watercourse. So deer feature in emblems.
There is the Hertford Castle, but the building itself looks new. Now it's the council office.
We strolled around the town. I can't explain well, but the atmosphere of the town was very old as if you time-tripped to an old times, even though shops and people are modern. I could feel it.
We visited the museum too. It was small, but busy with local children. On the ground floor, exotic animals, fossils, and Japanese armour(!) are displayed. On the first floor, you can see the life of Hertford. It was nice:)
There are many local shops, and window displays were lovely:)
I carried on with strolling alone, while the big mouse had had a break at a hotel.
The hotel we stayed was 'The Salisbury Arm Hotel' at the heart of the town. It has over 400 years history. It's really cosy, comfortable and nice hotel, we loved it very much. Every time we stay at an old hotel in the UK, I check wether a hotel is haunted or not, with curiosity. Actually, it is said that there are at least 40 ghosts in Hertford, and one of the ghosts is believed by some to be Oliver Cromwell. Oliver Cromwell stayed this hotel overnight in 1647 before reviewing his troops nearby.
I don't have extrasensory perception and I didn't feel anything uncomfortable at all when I entered our room. It's clean and bright with luxurious furniture. According to an online, there is a number of ghosts in this hotel, including a Victorian gentleman dressed in black who walks into a cupboard and disappears and a Civil War soldier roaming the corridors. The hotel has some characters such as curved wooden door, exposed beams, staircase etc... They excited my imagination of ghosts. You know, Halloween is coming.:) Our room was on the first floor, we explored the hotel and found nothing except a little bit spooky stair steps.
At midnight, closed eyes, I could imagine old Hertford town from the sounds outside. Eventually,
any ghost appeared in our room, instead yobs and yobettes appeared around the hotel. They talked and laughed loudly, it was so crazy. I couldn't sleep because they were so noisy. I don't know if the police came, but I could hear the voice to order 'move' and they acted repulsively against him. They shouted and then finally they were gone. It was around 2:00am. I was completely lack of sleep... The big mouse had slept peacefully and comfortably with snoring next to me...
We had a nice time in Hertford and enjoyed Halloween atmosphere earlier than the others. It was the calm day before the storm.
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Because a checkout queue length was short, at a supermarket, I put items on a counter and I thought 'Oops'. Because there was a cashier I don't like. There are some grumpy cashiers in the world, and here she is. She is the one I want to avoid, because she usually doesn't say 'hello' to me, doesn't see my eye, doesn't smile, treats items roughly, doesn't say the total amount until I ask, doesn't concentrate on her work (so she inputted error and gave incorrect change). It's hard to believe, but it was true. It wasn't only once. I heard she said to 'Hello' to next customer with smile, obviously customer behind me was British. Anyway she is NOT friendly to me.
I don't know she does because she doesn't like me, or she is a racist (!?) or perhaps it's all in my mind. Different from London or other big cities, in my town, I still feel that I draw the attention of public as if I am an alien. It's getting better than before, and don't mind anymore, but you wouldn't feel good if you received such response at a supermarket or shop, would you? I want to do shopping without feeling discomfort. I don't know the truth of her intentions, I just try to avoid her as much as I can. It's better for me, and also for her, maybe?
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Regular Life
We had heavy rain yesterday afternoon, and this morning as well. I usually don't feel up to going out if it rains heavily. Anyway, it stopped raining, and I went out for workshop today. A lady gave me a lot of leftover yarns because she knows I crochet small accessories. Everybody provides me materials, and I feel supported by everybody. Thank you very much. Materials surpass my production capacity though...
Now it's a beautiful sky:) My husband has been busy for work, and he booked a hotel in somewhere in England for this weekend. Goody! We are going to have a weekend trip. I look forward to it:)
New Bridget Jones' Book
Autumn is the best season for reading. I had known the new Bridget Jones' book has already been on the market, and my friend mentioned the release date as well. Finally I got it. You'll never guess what but My husband gave away a part of the endings before I start to read! I don't want to believe it, but I'll find it out soon:)
There was a film titled 'Pretty in Pink' in 1980's. It's a teen romantic comedy film about a working-class girl who has romantic feelings for a posh boy. In the film, she re-creates a new pink dress using 2 other dresses to wear to the prom. I love her creativity:)
The other day, a lady gave me an old necklace no longer required, so I took it to pieces, and breathed new life into them. I have another pink yarn, so I am thinking I will crochet necklace or something using this beads.
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We are in the midst of autumn. The sidewalk has started to be covered with fallen leaves. The British gloomy and dark winter is steadily coming...
I'm joining the charity event 'the Innocent big knit' for raising money for age UK. I crocheted a little hat owl which will go onto one of the innocent smoothie bottles in a shop:) I followed the pattern from their website; http://thebigknit.co.uk/
The Number of International Marriages of Japanese
In association with previous post, I'll tell you about the first Japanese aristocratic man who got married officially and regally. His name was Sadasuke Minami, who was the member of the Choshu Domain, a feudal domain of Japan during the Edo period (1063-1867). He went to England to study. Once he came back to Japan, he visited England again in 1971 and met British woman Liza Pitman. Unfortunately they divorced 10 years later, because she couldn't get used to life in Japan.
Along with the internationalisation, the number of international marriage of Japanese increased rapidly but it has dipped after peaking in 2006. Some reasons were possibly that it has established strict controls over sham marriages, the number of marriageable age has decreased with falling birth rate maybe, the influence of the economic downturn? I don't know, but marriage itself has continued to fare poorly in Japan.
The Number of International Marriage of Japanese
Data Source; Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, 'Vital Statistics'
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International marriage is no longer rare in Japan, but it was difficult before. Japan is the country that used to close itself off from the outside world. The main reason for national isolation was that the government was afraid of the Christian influence in Japan.
Do you know a Japanese woman who was one of the first people to emigrate to Europe? Her name is Mitsu Aoyama (1874-1941). I'm sure she was not the first person to marry a foreigner, but she was the first woman to register her international marriage officially and legally in Japan. She also got a word of encouragement from the Japanese Emperor when she moved to Europe.
She was a daughter of an antiques-dealer and oil tycoon in Tokyo. She met the Austro-Hungarian diplomat Dr. Count Heinrich von Coudenhove-Kalergi when she was 17 years old. He often visited her father's shop. It is said that she looked after him when he fell off a horse. (I know a similar story in the film 'The Other Boleyn Girl'. While visiting the Boleyn estate, Henry VIII was injured in a hunting accident and was nursed by Mary. Then Henry became smitten with her.) Heinrich gained her father's permission for her to work in the legation as a maid, and then they fell in love. The meeting sounds typical and romantic, and seemingly a Cinderella Story for a woman maybe, but reality it was not easy of course.
They got married on 16 March 1892 in Tokyo, despite her family and people around her being completely against their marriage. Consequently Mitsu was disinherited and banned from her father's house. It is said her family paid a big sacrifice due to her marriage.
She took a new name as Mitsuko Coudenhove-Kalergi. The couple moved to Europe with two sons Johannes and Richard. There were many differences among Mitsu and Heinrich. He was a Count, noble and a highly intelligent person understanding 18 languages, on the other hand, she only had minimal education. She was ashamed of her ignorance, and she studied hard French, German, math, geography and history as a foreign wife. Five more children were born.
She was not warmly received by Heinrich's family as she was an Asian from a small island country and was Buddhist as well. Heinrich was protective to her, but he sent the Japanese nanny back to Japan and banned Mitsu to speak Japanese for wishing to grow seven children as completely European. She got homesick.
In 1906, Heinrich died of a heart attack. His family sued for property division, but she won the case and inherited a legacy from her husband. She managed the house and disposed of the property for children's education.
In 1914, the World War I started. She was forced to live under various forms of discrimination, because Japan was an enemy of Austria-Hungary. It was a difficult time for her. After the war, her children protested and left her, because she had managed everything strictly with Japanese style after Heinrich died.
After the fall of Austria-Hungary, they lost a half of possessions. She had intracranial bleeding and it left her paralyzed on her right side of her body. She died in 1941, under the benevolent watch of her daughter. Mitsu never again set foot on her homeland, Japan.
When I think about her life, I think she had a strong belief as Yamato-nadeshiko (is used to describe Japanese women who have Japanese traditional beauty, kindness and strength). Her life is beyond my wildest imaginings because her situation and mine are worlds apart. She is one of Japanese women who created a new path to the global community and set future generations on the first right track of international marriage.
We went to Islington to see 2 short plays "Fresh off the Boat" about immigration at the Hen and Chickens Theatre. It was the first time to go small theatre for me and I found the atmosphere is nice. The plays were good. I enjoyed them very much.
As I mentioned before, my husband has worked for over a year to provide and share information about the British immigration rules and case studies, and also he was nominated for SMK Campaigner of the Year Award this year. British Immigration rules brought in on 9 July 2012, are very crazy, British citizens are also hampered by the rules, just only because they got married with non-EEA family members.
We strolled around the streets near the station and saw some war memorials.
This is the memorial wall to the victims of 27 June 1944, V1 flying bomb explosion. 26 people lost their lives and the 150 people injured. Statue below is the Boer War memorial.
This church building stands out from those around buildings.
We took a break at the pub; the Hope and Anchor. Incidentally, it was one of the famous pubs. Some famous bands played there include The Police, U2 etc.
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Halloween is coming. I sold some crochet pumpkins at a crafting shop. They've sold so well that I can't make enough of them:) I need to prepare for Christmas as well. You know, now is a great season to sell knitting or crochet things.
I'd thought about Halloween products, I'd completely forgotten about Halloween decoration in our house. Well..., it's unnecessary because we don't have any kids, but I just want to enjoy the event:)
When I went to a supermarket, I found this plastic clear plate, and fell in love at first sight. It was in the shopping basket in the next breath:) Oops. Left pumpkin is what I made last year, and right pumpkin was what I received from my friend a several years ago as a souvenir from the Tokyo Disney Resort.
Last year, lovely children who wore Halloween costume visited us to say trick-or-treat. We will buy some sweets for someone's uncertain visits and for ourselves. Will anyone come to our house this year???
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Hedgehog Wooden Clip
The other day, I got hedgehogs' wooden ornaments. I glued them to the top of pegs. Voila! A few minutes and done:)
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. . . And Everything Nice with Pip & Pop
Meow Wolf's new exhibit is a veritable candy land.
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Pip & Pop's new exhibit inside Meow Wolf is inspired by fictional "Lands of Plenty." Photo by Kate Russell
Sparkly rocks, hidden creatures, and iridescent fringe form a fantasy landscape in Australian artist Pip & Pop's new installation at Meow Wolf.
A miniature world of gooey mountains dripped with sprinkles and Lorax-worthy towers of gum balls bring on a delirium of desire. "We are trying to cover every surface in something sweet or sparkly or rainbow," says Tanya Schultz, aka Pip & Pop. "I love the idea of making things that could be rocks or a land formation, but it also could be edible — like a cake," says Schultz on a short break from putting finishing touches on their installation. One of those touches is, indeed, a tiny cake. Alina Tang, one of Schultz's assistants, just sculpted a tiny cake to be hid among the pastel neon mountains. (Look out for tiny doughnuts. They are in there, too!)
The Australian artist Tanya Schultz works under the name Pip & Pop. Photo by Kate Russell
A trained painter, color palette and color relationships are essential to Schultz's work and are what first inspired her. Then, surfaces: glossy, shiny, sweet. Artificial surfaces that evoke that need "to eat or to buy," as she describes it, started to interest her.
Guided by materials, often sourced on her travels throughout South Korea and Japan, Schultz cites another influence: "Lands of Plenty" (utopian worlds made of food) from folklore and mythology. The witch's house from "Hansel and Gretel" is one. "Big Rock Candy Mountain," the 1928 Appalachian folk song re-popularized by the film O Brother, Where Art Thou? describes a "hobo's paradise" : "There's a lake of stew / And of whiskey, too".
Schultz particularly likes a Dutch folktale called Luilekkerland or "lazy-luscious-land."
"There's a river of lemonade," says Schultz. "To get to it you have to eat through a mountain of pudding." But these tales can be cautionary. "It's like that sense of appeal and desire, but also gluttony or danger – what happens if you can have anything that you want?"
"Our idea was to make something as sweet and excessive and abundant as possible" - Tanya Schultz, Pip & Pop. Photo by Kate Russell
Schultz likes riding that line between sweetness and ice cream headache.
The sweetness in Pip & Pop's work is dizzying. One has the sense of snorkeling among the glittering rocks and pom pom barnacles along the walls. Crimped tassels of lavender doll hair dangle from the ceiling. The candy mountains have eyes.
Inspired by Japanese and Korean folktales "where rocks or mountains have the potential to come to life," Schultz has incorporated more creatures in this work.
Pip & Pop incorporated creatures in their new installation. Photo by Kate Russell
In her gallery and museum installations, Schultz uses actual loose sugar, but adjusted to using hardened sugar and other materials for this work – Pip & Pop's first permanent installation.
The Perth-based artist has shown extensively in Australia, with museum and gallery shows also in Korea, Japan, Taipei, England, UAE, and the Netherlands.
Pip & Pop made their U.S. debut last year at the Corey Helford Gallery in Los Angeles. Schultz is excited by the by the wide audience that will see her work at Meow Wolf. "I love making work that's accessible to people," says Schultz, not just limited to the traditional art audience.
Tanya Schultz relies on her partner Chad Hedley, and her two assistants Alina Tang and Bodie Hartley. Here is the group finishing the exhibit. Photo by Kate Russell
A typical gallery show takes two weeks to install for Pip & Pop. Schultz, her partner Chad Hedley, and her two assistants Alina Tang and Bodie Hartley, completed this install in about ten days. "We didn't know what the space looked like before we got here," Schultz notes. But they quickly adapted. Volunteers jumped on to "roll little sparkly balls" and help heat transfer the iridescent vinyl onto the geometric walls.
Their room does not have an official title or name, "but we've been calling it the cosmic cave," says Schultz with a sense of delight. Come discover Pip & Pop's first permanent exhibition at Meow Wolf.
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The rise of friendship apps
Posted on: February 11, 2021 By : ASNF
Match Group (Nasdaq: MTCH), the company that owns dating app Tinder, agreed to acquire Hyperconnect, a South Korean maker of apps aimed at forming friendships, for no small amount: about Continue Reading
Match Group (Nasdaq: MTCH), the company that owns dating app Tinder, agreed to acquire Hyperconnect, a South Korean maker of apps aimed at forming friendships, for no small amount: about $1.7 billion in cash and stock for the owner of the Azar and Hakuna Live apps.
"Coronavirus is accelerating existing digital trends" may be a phrase that has become overused at this point—but it still holds water. And there's perhaps no better proof than this. The effects of loneliness became front and center in the isolating nature of the pandemic. The deal allows Match to expand beyond romantic liaisons and into platonic ones, and also grow in different geographic regions.
"With more than 75{e1a2754073fbad5ffd12af50b00c7b25063b472a672bf94a881097045b92482b} of usage and revenue coming from markets spread across Asia, their product suite and regional footprint squarely complements our own," Match Chief Executive Officer Shar Dubey said of Hyperconnect.
The deal also points to a trend around social media apps doubling down on video. Hakuna Live focuses on live streaming, and Azar matches people through video chat. While the company did not reveal the number of active users on the platform, the press release announcing the news revealed that Azar has been downloaded some 540 million times since its launch, while Hakuna Live has been downloaded some 23 million times.
When I heard the news, I must say I was skeptical at first as to whether the app was truly about friendship. But I tried out Azar—the larger of the two—and those who spoke with me on the app said that much of their motivations were indeed around making friends or an Xbox gaming buddy.
But in my conversations on Azar, it seemed that some of the content issues that plagued famous chat website Omegle remain as challenges for Azar too. It's perhaps why the app is listed at 17+ on the app store. I was told of multiple incidents of people exposing themselves after just under an hour of chatting on Azar, and personally received no shortage of reminders as to my race. (The app does feature a way to report users for inappropriate content, and I have reached out to Match for their comment.)
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Age of Empires DE (4K remake)
Yeah I have all of those installed on Xbox for PC on my gaming PC (for free* via gamepass), they are so awesome! If I had the newest Xbox, I'd still play them on PC because those aren't family games really. My kids wouldn't play them with me.
That's $10/mo (and available on PC,.) Or is that where you are using them?
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I dislike game passes because you pay monthly, often more than I could pay durin that time to buy what I could play, but then I'd own "forever."
Like AoE was just $5. Sure, that's half of a monthly pass but.... to OWN two games per month rather than rent them gets good value fast unless you play insane amounts of time.
Game Passes are great for trying games, but bad for really getting deep into them.
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Works for us. If I truly like a game enough to want to play it enough to justify the cost per play, then sure.
Treating all games as a cost per play model, makes it worth it in our situation.
The $10 subscription is treated as a single game using that, and yes per month.
So far it's been worth it.
Having over 2000 games and counting, I can imagine most of those having a high cost per play and I could never justify it personally. I'd rather use that on games I really like and upgrading a console for a fraction of the cost of a gaming PC, if said games were not already in my library or already available on the platform I prefer.
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High cost per play, yes, but a lot of that cost is the cost of collecting, which isn't a healthy thing but it's where they get me. But the cost per play is surprisingly low considering. With the subscription model, let's just say $10/mo, that's $120/year in games (not bad if it meets your needs) but you get a total of 100 games to play (something like that), but it's not 100 that you select, it's 100 that they select.
To compare, if I was going to go for just 100 games, yes, it would cost me more than $120, but it would be 100 games that I select and they'd be mine to keep whether I want to play them now, in the future, or over and over again.
In a cost per play analysis, yes, you are beating me significantly. But that's not because of the model that I'm using, but because I'm also game collecting If instead of game collecting I only was buying what we were playing in the reasonable future the total number of games would be massively lower, as would the cost, but the per play would get really good.
Also, while I have a HUGE number of games, keep in mind it's for two adults and two kids, all four of which are gamers with different taste in games, and we've been collecting for like 10+ years. Because it adds up over time, and per person, it feels like more than it really is.
With the subscription model, let's just say $10/mo, that's $120/year in games (not bad if it meets your needs) but you get a total of 100 games to play (something like that), but it's not 100 that you select, it's 100 that they select.
I look at it like this, which I think is the only real way to look at it:
The $10 per month subscription is THE game. Every time one of us plays a game that is available via and through the Game Pass subscription, counts towards the cost per play of THE $10 "game".
For example, It's January 1st, I play AoE DE twice that day, and some combination of me/daughter/son plays "New Super Lucky's Tale" 3 times that day, the cost per play becomes $2. But of course it doesn't stop there... over the course of a month, it may likely exceed 40 times. So the cost per play is then $0.25. So the $10 subscription "game" is at a $0.25 cost per play. That's not bad given there's lots of games available for all our needs.
This hasn't been the case yet, but if a game were to leave Game Pass that I or we often play and don't want to do without, we'd buy it at a discounted Game Pass price as we can probably guesstimate it would be worth it at some point.
If there's a game that like... well the cost per play is like $2.50 and I don't see it being played more than a few times per year or whatever... then it's easy to realize it's not worth it... or maybe it is. It depends on the game and a bunch of other factors.
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you get a total of 100 games to play (something like that), but it's not 100 that you select, it's 100 that they select.
It seems to be ~500 games total at the moment, but that's besides the point. (I'm only doing the $10 subscription for now, and may let it go since I was only really testing it, and will likely get it again once I get the newest xbox... i plan on taking a hiatus sometime soon for about a year to do some much needed things)
None of us collect games, nor do any of us have a desire to, so this game-specific thing is very subjective. It's nice to have so many full games available without truly having to buy them first, and across several platforms, but really, the whole game thing isn't the only factor.
keep in mind it's for two adults and two kids, all four of which are gamers with different taste in games
Yeah, same-ish here.
None of us collect games, nor do any of us have a desire to, so this game-specific thing is very subjective.
It is for sure. I'm a collector by nature. To me, video games are like literature and I don't like borrowed literature. I always want it to be something that I own so that I always have guaranteed access to it again or the ability to share with someone. That's very much a "me" thing. So it causes subscription services to be of far less interest to me. I hate the "let's see what's available this month" feeling. I like to know that I own something and can choose to play it whenever, forever.
It's a bit like Netflix perhaps. You use that I thought? That is worth it to many people who don't need to permanently own everything they want to watch.
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Yeah, but like Netflix, you need to have enough value to keep paying monthly.
For example, Star Trek is my go to sleep TV... so Netflix it worth it for me for now. But buying/then ripping it all to plex could end up saving me money, as I find less and less to watch on Netflix these days. But like Scott - I still have my ol' standbys that I like always have handy.
Sadly storage for all of this video content adds up, especially if I were to put it in the cloud...
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It is. However there are a few factors that push me to Netflix...
I only really watch Netflix' own content which is permanent (for the most part.)
There's no alternative, Netflix content can't be purchased.
While I used to collect them, I feel that things like movies and TV shows are less "important" than video games and my inability to maintain access to them bothers me a lot less.
That said, I still maintain a very, very large library of media that I own.
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Modern History MCQ Quiz
The revolutionary organisation 'Abhinav Bharat Society' was founded in 1904 by_____________.
What year was given to Goa for the merger of Maharashtra state?
In India, the first service of the Public Service Commission was established under which act.?
During the rule of Viceroy, for the first time elections were held in 11 states of India.
Wardha movement is related to -
Who was the governor-general of Bengal during the passage of the Charter Act 1813 ?
When the Malwa Agency of British India merged in Central India ?
Lala Lajpat Rai was a resident of -
Which of the following was given Gandhi scheme in 1944?
In 1937 election, which Indian woman became the Prime Minister in the United Provinces?
The first Satyagraha started with Champaran was against the cultivation of ..... .
When was the first general election of independent India held?
When was Delhi declared as the capital of India?
In which year the Quit India Movement started.
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Below are few Modern History MCQ test that checks your basic knowledge of Modern History. This Modern History Test contains around 20 questions of multiple choice with 4 options. You have to select the right answer to a question. You can see the correct answer by clicking view answer link.
1. The revolutionary organisation 'Abhinav Bharat Society' was founded in 1904 by_____________.
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
Barindra Kumar Ghosh
The revolutionary organisation 'Abhinav Bharat Society' was founded in 1904 by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.
2. What year was given to Goa for the merger of Maharashtra state?
year 1967 was given to Goa for the merger of Maharashtra state.
3. In India, the first service of the Public Service Commission was established under which act.?
Government of India Act, 1935
Council Act, 1909
In India, the first service of the Public Service Commission was established under the Government of India Act, 1919.
4. During the rule of Viceroy, for the first time elections were held in 11 states of India.
Lord Linlithgow
Lord Mountbatten
Lord curzon
Lord Irwin
first time elections were held in 11 states of India during the rule of Viceroy Lord Linlithgow.
5. Wardha movement is related to -
Jyotiba Phule
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Wardha movement is related to Mahatma Gandhi.
6. Who was the governor-general of Bengal during the passage of the Charter Act 1813 ?
Warren Hastings
Lord Minto I
Lord Cornwallis
Lord Wellesley
Lord Minto I was the governor-general of Bengal during the passage of the Charter Act 1813.
7. When the Malwa Agency of British India merged in Central India ?
In 1947 the Malwa Agency of British India merged in Central India.
8. Lala Lajpat Rai was a resident of -
Lala Lajpat Rai was a resident of Uttar Pradesh.
9. Which of the following was given Gandhi scheme in 1944?
D.D. Dhar
S.N. Agarwal
M.N. Roy
J.P. Narayan
S.N. Agarwal was given Gandhi scheme in 1944.
10. In 1937 election, which Indian woman became the Prime Minister in the United Provinces?
Uma Nehru
Hansa Mehta
Swaroop Rani Nehru
Vijay Lakshmi Pandit
In 1937 election Hansa Mehta became the Prime Minister in the United Provinces.
11. The first Satyagraha started with Champaran was against the cultivation of ..... .
The first Satyagraha started with Champaran was against the cultivation of Indigo.
12. When was the first general election of independent India held?
The first general election of independent India was held in 1951-52.
13. When was Delhi declared as the capital of India?
Delhi was declared as the capital of India in 1911.
14. In which year the Quit India Movement started.
the Quit India Movement started In 1942.
15. Who was the permanent chairman of the Constituent Assembly ?
B N Rao
B R Ambedkar
Sachchidanand Sinha
Dr. Rajendra Prasad was the permanent chairman of the Constituent Assembly.
16. Who among the following led the journey to break salt law in India?
Lala Lajpat Rai
Mahatma Gandhi led the journey to break salt law in India.
17. Who founded the Indian Correctional Union in Calcutta in the year 1870 ?
Keshav Chandra Jain
Radhakant Dave
Rajaram Mohan Roy
Keshav Chandra Jain founded the Indian Correctional Union in Calcutta in the year 1870.
18. In which year other Portuguese settlements, including Goa, were mixed in the Indian Union?
In 1961 other Portuguese settlements, including Goa, were mixed in the Indian Union.
19. ____________________ signed the Treaty of Bassein in 1802 with the British East India Company.
Baji Rao I
Baji Rao II
Sultan Bahadur
Baji Rao II signed the Treaty of Bassein in 1802 with the British East India Company.
20. In 1953, under whose chairmanship was the first OBC Commission formed ?
Joachim Alva
Hardekar Manjappa
K. K. Shetty
In 1953, under Kaka Kalelkar chairmanship was the first OBC Commission formed.
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Q: Why SO, SF (& others) name its logo as apple-itouch-icon if i view-source then i see the following in meta
<link rel="apple-itouch-icon" href="/apple-touch-icon.png">

Is this intentional ? Whats the purpose ?

A: When you add a site to your home screen in Mobile Safari, it looks for that line in the HTML and, if present, it uses it as the icon. In many ways, this is similar to a desktop browser looking for favicon.ico and displaying that in the address bar.
Here is what it looks like:

If the line of HTML isn't present, the iPhone will instead take a screenshot of the page and use that as the icon instead, but this doesn't really work that well for most sites (since they are usually text) and so it is greatly recommended to provide an icon if possible.

A: This icons is the bookmark icon used on the Apple iphone and ipod (when added to the home screen).  By default it will look for this file, but it can be over-ridden using this  directive (so it looks like Jeff et al are just being over-cautious).  For more info, have a look at this site.

A: This is for iPhone users.
When they bookmark the site, the iPhone will either request this particular file or, if it's not found, will create its own snapshot of the site as its icon.

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Its that time of year again!!! The CFD holiday party is coming up, December 17th at 7pm. Clear your calendars, be there or be square!
As usual we will be doing it potluck style. Bring your favorite paleo or non paleo dish to share with every one!
CLICK HERE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SECRET SANTA GIFT EXCHANGE!
We look forward to this all year. We hope everyone can make it!!!


It's easy to forget how important the attic is in regards to keeping your home cozy. If you're sensing that heat is escaping your home and you can't figure out how or where, chances are that your attic has a role. Attic insulation helps capture the heat that rises to the top of your home by eliminating possibilities for the heat to pass through your ceiling by conduction or air leaks. When you boil it down, insulating your attic or upgrading your attic insulation may be one of the most important projects you do to keep your home warm and comfy in the cooler months.
Older homes don't normally meet current efficiency standards and are usually under-insulated. By stopping the heat from leaking through your attic, insulation decreases utility bills quite a bit and makes your home more energy efficient and cost-effective. Your heating and cooling systems will be able to run for fewer hours and sustain more comfy temperatures, extending the life cycle of your system and reducing your carbon footprint. Not to mention that you are able to stay warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer – insulation keeps the air from your HVAC system in your home and helps you stay more cozy every month of the year.
Deciding when you need to replace and reinstall your attic insulation requires a handful of safety considerations. The easiest way to inspect your current insulation levels is visually – if your insulation levels are at or below your attic floor joists, more insulation should be added. But, if you can't see any of your attic floor joists because the insulation is above them, you don't need more insulation. Knowing your insulation's "R-value" can also decide when it's time to be replaced. R-values tell you the durability and thickness of the insulation and the kind of insulation it's providing you. The higher the R-value, the more superior the insulation. R-values between R-30 and R-49 are optimal, depending on how cold the area that you live in can get, which can range from 12 to 20 inches of padding. Note: Fras-Air/General Service Experts does not handle asbestos cleaning or control in attics.
Residential attic insulation is normally created from fiberglass batts or cellulose. Fiberglass batts are made of pre-cut pink, yellow, or white wooly fiberglass material, usually stacked in rolls or in blanket format. Cellulose is more loose-fitting and is made up of ground-up paper and cloth made to be fire-resistant. Cellulose is typically blown into attics through large hoses, reaching every corner of an attic for maximum coverage. There is also the loose mineral wool, foam board or blocks, and light-weight vermiculite choices that some homeowners opt for. As a top choice among attic insulation companies, as well as being a premier provider of HVAC services, Fras-Air/General Service Experts can guide you on the best type of insulation for Hillsborough.
Blown-In: This process is great for loose-fitting forms of attic insulation because it blows the material to fill small crevices, preventing air leakage and moisture to decrease mold or odor build-up. It is used for cellulose and mineral wool insulation materials.
Some homeowners could be able to get rebates from their local utility provider if they choose to add insulation due to its energy efficiency. Some areas can give up to $0.15 per square foot in rebates while others offer a flat-rate. View the finance offers that Fras-Air/General Service Experts Heating & Air Conditioning provides, making attic insulation replacement affordable for anyone.


This week we're joined by Windy, Stoke review, we ain't Moyes Boyz but could Rafa be the gaffer? Windy drops the knowledge on the youth. West Ham fears. Levels of football, skating on thin ice, drugs are bad, mmmmmkay! Skaters: Flav, Ricky, Thelonious & Windy.
I love it whenever Ricky is on the pod. Respect to you all but I feel like Ricky is my mate and I'd happily share my dope with the moe foe any day. I'm even thinking of setting up a justgiving account so listeners can contribute to his train fare so he can be on every week.
The idea of Pochettino "rebuilding" the squad isn't a crazy idea. In the states, professional teams do that all the time. They have to break the team down to build it all up again. The only difference is American sports have collegiate drafts and a salary cap, which keeps parody quite well. No matter who comes in as our next manager, everyone must be patient. New manager + new style = growing pains.


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Clean cabs: A NM fire department takes PPE out of the crew cab
Bernalillo County Fire and Rescue Department integrates new apparatus in comprehensive firefighter safety, health and wellness initiative
Bernalillo County (New Mexico) Fire and Rescue Department (BCFR) has developed and implemented a model for improving and protecting the health and safety of its firefighters. Under the leadership of Chief Greg Perez, BCFR has taken the philosophy, policies and procedures from those efforts and used them to make a fire apparatus purchasing decision that supports its health and wellness efforts.
Perez certainly didn't follow the traditional career path to the department's top spot. He rose through the ranks to the position of deputy chief and was named as the interim fire chief from November 2014 through May 2015 as the county's leadership searched for a new chief.
In November 2015, Perez became deputy county manager of public safety. Two years later, he once again was put into the interim fire chief job. In July 2018, Deputy County Manager Perez was appointed as the full-time fire chief for BCFR (and he still wears the hat of deputy county manager for public safety).
The latest quantum leap in protecting firefighter health occurred when the department took delivery of one of two new pumpers that were specifically designed to accommodate the committee's biggest recommendation to date: personnel wait until they arrived on scene to don their PPE and SCBA. (Photo/DoD)
Fundamental changes needed to address turnout gear contamination
How to protect the fire apparatus after on-site decontamination
Related feature
NM fire dept.'s 'clean cab' policy aims to decrease cancer risk
The Bernalillo County Fire Department is the first in the state to outfit its fire engines with outside compartments to hold potentially-tainted gear
Perez's work within the upper management of Bernalillo County increased his knowledge and appreciation for the importance of protecting human capital: the county employees who were BCFR firefighters.
"The Chief's philosophy, which has become our department's philosophy, is that our firefighters are the only piece of equipment that needs to last 25 years," said the department's PIO, Lieutenant David Lujan during an interview with FireRescue1. "Everything else has an expected lifespan of 10, 15, maybe 20 years," said Lujan, "But we want our firefighters to last 25 years, and retire in good health and enjoy a well-deserved and hard-earned retirement."
The road to firefighter health and wellness
Beginning in 2012 BCFR started its health and wellness program with regularly scheduled medical assessments for all its people. Personnel were scheduled for their health assessment yearly, every three years, or every five years depending upon their assigned duties.
That was followed by the implementation of a physical fitness and training program. "Chief Perez emphasized that we needed both programs to give us the statistical data to show that firefighters were healthy individuals before they had a catastrophic illness like a heart attack or cancer," said Lujan.
According to the lieutenant, the driving force for such data was New Mexico Stat § 52-3-32.1 (2016), Firefighter Occupational Disease, aka, the Presumption Act. The statute reads:
If a firefighter is diagnosed with one or more of the following diseases [listed within the statute] after the period of employment indicated, which disease was not revealed during an initial employment medical screening examination or during a subsequent medical review pursuant to the Occupational Health and Safety Act [50-9-1 through 50-9-25 NMSA 1978] and rules promulgated pursuant to that act, the disease is presumed to be proximately caused by employment as a firefighter.
Some of us older folks may remember that the late Charlie Rule, as the Fire Chief of the Alexandria (Virginia) Fire Department, in late 1977, announced that Alexandria would require new firefighters to pledge not to smoke on or off duty and threatened to fire anyone who broke the pledge.
The fire chief said he decided not to hire firefighters who smoke because, under Virginia's Heart and Lung Act, fireman (sic) who suffer from pulmonary diseases or heart attacks are presumed to be incapacitated as a result of their job. They can retire, therefore, with an extra-large pension. The fire chief says he does not believe the city should be subsidizing smokers. (Cue, 1978)
According Lujan, the department also started looking at its PPE options and work practices as they related to firefighter health and wellness. "Like everyone else in the fire service, when we started learning about the increased risk of cancer, we started looking at what we needed to do," said Lujan. The department began:
On-scene gross decontamination for those firefighters who worked in the hazard area
Laundering PPE after structure fire responses
Protective hood exchange after a fire
The use of disposable wipes for cleansing the head, neck, arms and hands after doffing their PPE after a fire
Next, Chief Perez assembled a joint labor and management committee to investigate what the department needed to continue in its progress for keeping its firefighters healthy and safe. That committee recommended that the department:
Keep SCBA and contaminated PPE out of the crew cabs on all fire apparatus (by this time personnel had each been issued a second set of structural firefighting PPE)
Develop policies and procedures for the regular cleaning and decontamination of the crew compartment and exterior compartments on the apparatus (the latest procedure calls for crews to give the interior of the crew cab a complete interior detailing every two weeks)
Clean cabs: donning PPE on scene
But the latest quantum leap in protecting firefighter health occurred when the department took delivery of one of two new pumpers that were specifically designed to accommodate the committee's biggest recommendation to date: personnel wait until they arrived on scene to don their PPE and SCBA.
The new engines have compartment space that's been designed to keep firefighting PPE out of the crew cab, yet ready for firefighters to don upon arrival at the call. "It's a huge change, not only for firefighters, but the citizens of the county, too," said Lujan. "The last thing we want is for the public to say we didn't show up ready to do our job because we're suiting up on scene."
According to Lujan, the department has reached out to local print and on-air media to inform and educate the public and help change those expectations. "Every firefighter had to show that they could don their PPE and SCBA in 90 seconds or less to get their firefighter certification," said Lujan. "So, 90 seconds is 90 seconds, whether it's in the fire station or on the scene."
The educational outreach to both the public and the firefighters of BCFR continues. Lujan acknowledged that there was still work to be done in that regard. "We'll continue using our website and our Facebook page to keep this in front of everyone, especially as we get closer to the actual turn on date and beyond," said Lujan.
Ind. FDs are encouraging the public to download the PulsePoint app
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Chief Conversations: FDSOA programs to keep firefighters safe
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Fireworks explode inside a car


Garni Garni Hotel Ostrava stands for quality accommodation in town.
Ostrava is Czech Republic's third largest city.
Ostrava lies where the territories of three countries meet: Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia. Ostrava is the right base for trips to Beskydy, the nearby mountains. The city itself stands for monuments of industrial history, architecture, musical and sports activities.
Choose Garni Garni Hotel Ostrava and see the town; enjoy partying in Stodolní Street, the no. 1 bar and night life hub; visit Slezkoostravský Hrad, the medieval castle, now venue of culture events such as Colours of Ostrava, the annual world music festival; see the culture and show area of Černá louka; visit the Mining Museum, the ZOO; and climb to the top of the 73m city hall tower.
Garni Hotel Ostrava is located in the Trinity Valley, a secluded, calm villa quarter just a 10-minute walk from the central Masaryk Square, a 5-minutes drive from the Zoo, the Ostrava University, the castle or Černá louka; a 10-minutes drive from ČEZ Arena; and a 15-minutes drive from the golf course at Šilheřovice. The Bazaly Football Stadium is just a comfortable 10-minutes walk away from Garni Hotel Ostrava. A 30-minutes car drive is all it takes to reach the Mošnov Airport. The recreation area of Beskydy is just 35 minutes away by car and the nearest Polish town is just 15 km from Garni Hotel Ostrava.
It is a nice walk from Garni Hotel Ostrava to the Ema Hill, a 333 m high former colliery dump, now a revitalized green area full of wildlife and a lookout place to survey the panoramic views of Ostrava and around.
The villa quarter was built by Earl Wilczek in the 1920s. Our local area, including Garni Hotel Ostrava, was renovated at the turn of the century. The renovation of Garni Hotel Ostrava was completed in 2010.
Garni hotel Ostrava offers single rooms, double rooms, three-bed rooms and apartments, all nicely furnished, with bath (large tubs) or shower, WC, TV-SAT, telephone and WiFi broadband (10 MB). Extra beds available on request. Garni Hotel Ostrava has its own parking lot safely fenced off and locked overnight. Garni Hotel Ostrava owns a large garden including a camp fire site and lava grill.
Garni Hotel Ostrava offers a special accommodation for special occasions: a romantic apartment for the newly weds or for your own special moments.
Choose the hunting lodge-style rooms with open fireplace to meet friends or business partners at Garni Hotel Ostrava.
Hotel Garni Ostrava is looking forward to see you!


March is turning out to be a photography lover's delight, with India's 'First Pan-Indian Photography Festival in the Public Space' invading the city. Connaught place is dotted with delightful photographs clicked by famous Indian and French Photographers, occurring simultaneously at different venues. One half of the Festival celebrates India, while the other captures glimpses of Paris.
Artsome brings you a photo tour of Connaught Place.
The Festival is on till 31st March. For details of the Programme visit Institut Francais en Inde.


Melbourne, Australia: Now in its seventh year, Craft proudly presents the return of Craft Cubed Festival held from 1–31 August 2016. Craft Cubed is Australia's biggest festival dedicated to showcasing contemporary excellence in the handmade and is one of Melbourne's key cultural events that presents experimental, skilled and ideas-based craft and design.
Craft Cubed Festival 2016 will mark an on-going commitment to supporting local communities through the festival's unique satellite program and the return of a highly anticipated schedule of workshops and events. In 2016, the festival will bring together hundreds of artists, makers and thinkers for a month of exhibitions, workshops, talks, open studios, craft online and special events to promote the vibrancy and diversity of craft.
Craft Cubed Festival is an annual celebration and broad event that generates engagement with the Australian craft and design sectors with innovative ideas, opportunities, connections and creative perspectives. By showcasing makers and the ideas that produce exceptional craft, the festival draws recognition and appreciation to the art of the handmade.
Craft is one of Victoria's largest and oldest arts organisation dedicated to championing aspirational making and ideas driven practice through exhibitions, public and retail programs. Craft represents more contemporary craftspeople than any other organisation in Australia, and through Craft Cubed Festival acts to bring together a vibrant and sustainable contemporary craft and design community which represents, promotes and celebrates all craft practitioners.


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Local time: 21:00 PALALOTTOMATICA
Lottomatica Roma edged Union Olimpija 74-69
Lottomatica Roma made it to the Top 16 and will keep battling to win regular season Group C by downing Union Olimpija 74-69 in overtime in the Italian capital on Thursday night. Lottomatica improved to 6-2 and ties with Tau Ceramica for first place in Group C. A big showdown is set for January 8, 2009, as Roma hosst Tau with the chance to clinch first place with a win. Meanwhile, Olimpija dropped to 1-7 and mathematically ran out of chances to make it to the next round. Sani Becirovic paced the winners with 23 points on 13-for-14 free throws, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. Andre Hutson added 10 points for Roma. Saso Ozbolt led Olimpija with 12 points on 9-for-9 free throws while Jaka Klobucar added 10 for the guests. An outstanding Becirovic allowed Lottomatica to get a 22-16 edge after 10 minutes. Brandon Jennings allowed the hosts to boost its margin to 32-23 soon after that but Klobucar and Mirza Begic got Olimpija within 34-31 at halftime. Becirovic kept pacing Lottomatica after the break to boost his team's margin to 52-43 after 30 minutes. Olimpija rallied in the fourth quarter to get a 58-60 edge on a layup by Miha Zupan. Becirovic and Jacopo Giachetti gave Roma a 62-60 lead but free throws by Ozbolt sent the game to overtime, 62-62, with 2 seconds to go in regulation. Hutson and Becirovic took over in the extra period to win it for Olimpija.
Jennings got Lottomatica going with a layup off a steal, as Olimpija committed 3 consecutive turnovers in the opening 2 minutes. A power basket by Rodrigo De La Fuente gave Roma a 4-0 lead. Olimpija called timeout but Primoz Brezec followed a layup with free throws in a 10-1 opening run that De La Fuente capped with a fallaway jumper. Begic took over with a three-point play that Klobucar followed with a driving layup to bring Olimpija back to life, 10-6. Klobucar kept pacing the guests with free throws, as Hutson and Becirovic came off the hosts' bench. Roberto Gabini struck from downtown and but back-to-back layups by Frank Robinson and Klobucar made Lottomatica call timeout at 13-12. Hutson followed a jumper with a layup while a fast break layup by Becirovic same Roma some fresh air at 19-14. Becirovic soon added a free throw and nailed a running jumper that capped a 7-0 Lottomatica run. Damjan Rudez fired in a six-meter shot to get Olimpija within 22-16 after 10 minutes.
Ivica Jurkovic, who played the 1997 Euroleague Final Four with Olimpija in Rome, buried a three-pointer early in the second quarter but Becirovic scored in transition while Giachetti provided a highlight with a coast-to-coast layup that made Olimpija call timeout at 27-19. The guests kept struggling to find open shots, so Olimpija tried to find Vladimir Golubovic in the middle. Meanwhile, Lottomatica opted to slow down the game tempo without Becirovic on court. Jennings and Robinson traded free throws whie Ozbolt nailed a seven-meter bomb for a 28-23 Olimpija deficit. Brezec scored around the basket while Jennings added a fast break layup to restore a nine-point Lottomatica margin, 32-23. Klobucar sank free throws but Lottomatica kept dominating the game with aggressive defense. Becirovic also hit foul shots that Begic erased with a dunk. More free throws by Ozbolt and a layup by Mirza Sarajlija got Olimpija within 34-31 at halftime.
Ibby Jaaber, who had been scoreless so far, stepped up with a layup off a steal right after the break. Lottomatica tried to run its offense through Becirovic, who fed Hutson for easy points and added a fast break layups to make Olimpija call timeout at 40-31. Begic shined with a jump hook but Lottomatica did not panic. Angelo Gigli took over with a put-back dunk that Jaaber followed with a free throw to give Roma its first double-digit lead, 43-33. Golubovic provided a highlight with a put-back dunk while Rudez added a fast break slam to bring Olimpija back in the game, 43-38. Becirovic drew two fouls and calmly made free throws. Robinson, however finished a five-chance Olimpija offense with a layup while Golubovic added a tip-in and had a huge block on Jennings, who got revenge with a corner triple for a 50-42 Roma lead. Free throws by Sarajlija and Becirovic fixed the score at 52-43 after 30 minutes.
Hukic sank an incredibe jumper right at the start of the fourth quarter while a big triple by Rudez made it a four-point game, 52-48. Brezec scored down low but Sarajlija erased that with free throws. Jaaber nailed a five-meter jumper but Lottomatica now struggled with Becirovic resting on the bench. Meanwhile, Golubovic scored inside to get the guests even closer, 56-53. Becirovic returned to the floor while Jaaber got the crowd involved with a wild power layup. Klobucar and Ozbolt sank free throws to tie the game, 58-58, with 3 minutes to go. A layup by Zupan completed the guests' comeback, 58-60, but Becirovic tied the game with a jumper. Klobucar missed twice from downtown while free throws by Giachetti restored a 62-60 Roma edge with 1:14 remaining. Begic and Giachetti traded missed shots, giving Olimpija another chance. Sarajlija missed a jumper but Olimpija had to inbound again with 3.6 seconds to go and one second on the shot clock. Incredibly enough, Ozbolt drew an unsportsmanlike foul on Becirovic and tied the game with free throws, 62-62, to force overtime.
De La Fuente made free throws early in the extra period but Hukic erased them with a jumper while a free throw by Golubovic put Olimpija back ahead, 64-65. Becirovic was next in the foul line and did not miss but more free throws by Ozbolt gave Olimpija a 66-67 edge with 2:19 remaining. Giachetti and Hutson sank foul shots while Begic missed free throws and a dunk in the other end. Hutson sealed the outcome with turnaround jumper that gave Lottomatica a 72-67 margin with a minute to go. Free throws by Becirovic allowed all Lottomatica fans to celebrate a key home win.
Referees: GARCIA, JUAN CARLOS; SHULGA, BORIS; ANASTOPOULOS, PANAGIOTIS
Lottomatica Roma 22 12 18 10 12
Union Olimpija 16 15 12 19 7
Union Olimpija 16 31 43 62 69
Lottomatica Roma
5 GIACHETTI, JACOPO 14:31 7 1/2 5/6 5 5 1 2 4 13
6 GIGLI, ANGELO 20:39 2 1/2 3 5 8 1 3 2 3 6
7 BECIROVIC, SANI 31:30 23 5/8 13/14 1 6 7 5 1 5 1 1 11 38
8 TONOLLI, ALESSANDRO DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
9 HUTSON, ANDRE 29:05 10 3/9 4/4 2 3 5 3 2 3 2 7
10 CASALE, GIULIO DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11 JENNINGS, BRANDON 18:35 8 2/3 1/4 1/2 2 2 1 3 4 1 4 2 2
12 BREZEC, PRIMOZ 15:41 6 2/2 2/3 1 1 1 2 3 6
13 DATOME, LUIGI 14:18 0/2 0/1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 -1
14 DE LA FUENTE, RODRIGO 30:42 8 3/6 0/2 2/2 1 3 4 1 2 2 1 5
21 JAABER, IBRAHIM 25:24 7 3/5 1/3 2 2 1 3 3 1 5 3 5
22 GABINI, ROBERTO 24:35 3 1/4 2 4 6 2 4 1 5
Totals 225:00 74 20/39 2/11 28/34 10 32 42 8 13 23 6 1 27 28 86
Head coach: GENTILE, NANDO
Union Olimpija
6 ILIEVSKI, VLADO DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
8 KLOBUCAR, JAKA 20:29 11 2/5 0/3 7/8 1 1 2 3 1 3 2 2 5 8
9 RUDEZ, DAMJAN 17:56 8 2/5 1/3 1/2 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2
11 JURKOVIC, IVICA 13:31 3 0/2 1/3 1 2 3 1 1
13 HUKIC, JASMIN 34:57 4 2/6 0/5 1 3 4 2 1 2 4 1 -3
14 ROBINSON, FRANK 19:30 7 3/4 0/1 1/2 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 4
15 BEGIC, MIRZA 26:51 9 3/11 3/5 4 4 8 1 4 4 6
16 SARAJLIJA, MIRZA 25:50 6 1/7 0/2 4/7 1 3 4 2 1 3 1 2 7 3
20 RADOJEVIC, DEJAN DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 GOLUBOVIC, VLADIMIR 19:49 7 3/4 1/2 5 4 9 2 1 2 1 5 3 14
24 ZUPAN, MIHA 20:39 2 1/2 0/2 2 1 3 1 2 3 -2
31 OZBOLT, SASO 25:28 12 1/2 9/9 1 1 3 2 4 17
Head coach: ZDOVC, JURE
GENTILE, NANDO
"We know that it has been difficult. They played very well. They had nothing to lose, but for us the victory has been fundamental to reach the Top 16."
ZDOVC, JURE
"We played a good game, but with no point guard it is difficult to win. We made too many mistakes but our defense was good. I am satisfied."
GIACHETTI, JACOPO
"It was important to win, and we did it, even if we didn't play a very good game and we made mistakes. Union Olimpija could even have won. I am happy with my performance, especially on offense, and I think I made the right choices."
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"We wanted to win as our situation is not so good, but we played well. The team had the good reaction that the coach expected. We need to win to gain confidence."
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Nats, Levy Restaurants extend Nationals Park concessions deal
By Kevin Reichard on February 3, 2014 in Major-League Baseball, News
More of the same at Nationals Park, as the Washington Nationals and Levy Restaurants have extended their concessions contract with a new multiyear deal.
Levy has been the exclusive restaurant partner at the ballpark since 2009.
"For the last five years, our collaboration with Levy Restaurants has resulted in a diverse selection of fantastic food options and outstanding hospitality," said Alan H. Gottlieb, Lerner Sports Chief Operating Officer. "The availability of high quality food choices is essential to our guests, and Levy's creativity and passion have helped create an unparalleled fan experience at Nationals Park. We look forward to continuing our partnership for seasons to come."
"The Nationals share our vision for creating an evolving, one-of-a-kind experience for fans," said Andy Lansing, President and CEO of Levy Restaurants. "Chef-driven with an analytics-based approach, we push ourselves to innovate every aspect of the game day, from the ingredients we source, to the dishes they inspire and how we leverage technology to create a dynamic, high-touch experience for fans with."
With a commitment to regional business and sourcing the best ingredients available, the agreement will expand the ballpark's Farm-to-Table program and introduce new collaborations with local restaurants and farmers to bring fresh meat, poultry and vegetables to guests throughout Nationals Park. Fan-favorite spot, District Drafts, will have two new locations — creating a total of four locations around the park — and feature local taps from DC Brau, 3 Stars Brewing Company, Port City Brewing Company and more.
Broadening the range of flavor options, the Nationals and Levy Restaurants will introduce a variety of new items, including hand rolled sushi, stir-fry to order noodles, house made jumbo lump crab cakes and new vegetarian and gluten-free options, like fresh salads, sandwiches, veggie burritos and more.
Leveraging a season-long study of fan behaviors, Levy and the Nationals targeted many stands around the park for redesign, adding points of service to get fans in and out of lines and back to the action quickly through faster purchase times and optimized event day flow. Fans will also make use of new digital menu boards introduced throughout the ballpark for enhanced service and real-time information on offerings, promotions and more.
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