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Steve Sheppard
Covid-19 and Event Changes
Viral Overload
The Camping Trip
The Mausoleum
The Watford Experiment
Bin Day
Waterloo Sunrise
Not Coming Up Roses
The Sailing Trip
How Not to Write Comedy
Meet the Authors Interview
Post Publication and 2020
Kennington Book Fair 30 November
First Anniversary and Book Two News
It's not every day you open your front door to find a giraffe in the porch.
Not actually in the porch, obviously. That would be absurd; a giraffe is, as you probably know, quite a tall animal, and certainly taller than my porch, which is, well, porch-sized.
To clarify then. The giraffe was standing outside the porch.
Leaving aside the conundrum of how it had managed to press the front door bell without possessing fingers to perform the task, I decided to concentrate on the bigger picture as it were. The bigger picture being the fact that there was a giraffe standing in my front garden in Croydon.
All I could actually see of the beast from my current position of relative safety just inside the house were four legs. The body, neck and head of the giraffe were out of sight, hidden by the overhang of the porch.
You may well ask how, in that case, I could be sure that it was a giraffe at all.
Two reasons. First, the legs of a giraffe are unmistakable, both in terms of their length, or maybe that should be height, and their colouring. Also, these legs were quite thin. Very giraffy, in fact. They could not be mistaken for, say, the limbs of a camel or an especially tall zebra.
Second, I could hear a voice calling out. 'Delivery of one giraffe, male, 4 years of age, to Mr Benjamin Sprockett.' This appeared to confirm my hypothesis.
The voice seemed to be coming from somewhere over my head and was muffled by the intervening roof of the porch, but nevertheless the gist of what it was saying was quite clear. I debated briefly with myself whether a giraffe would have that clarity of tone but immediately dismissed the idea as fanciful, and so concluded that there was a second individual also in attendance, and that this second individual was, on the balance of probabilities, human.
I was reluctant to step outside and thus risk being crushed under the hooves of the massive creature, which could cause serious damage if their owner decided to undertake a bit of general trampling. And so, pulling the door to and securing it with its chain, which might or might not restrain a giraffe in full flight, I hurried upstairs to the bathroom, which overlooked the porch and front garden, and also enjoyed a magnificent view of the roof of the Ashcroft Theatre in the middle distance.
Kneeling on the toilet seat, I opened the bathroom window.
The head of the giraffe was still some distance above my own and appeared to be engaged in a long overdue cleaning of my gutter with its tongue.
However, perched somewhat precariously on the animal's back at my eye level was a small, rotund man with ginger hair, wearing an ill-fitting brown uniform which looked as if it may have been designed in the dark. With his right hand, he was holding firmly, even grimly, to a rope looped around the lower neck of the giraffe. In his left hand, he held a clipboard at which he squinted through a pair of wire-framed pince-nez as he saw me appear at the window.
'Excuse me!' I called across to the man, who waved cheerily at me, almost dropping his clipboard in the process.
'Ah, hello, sir,' he replied. 'Do I have the honour of addressing Mr Benjamin Sprockett?'
'Excellent. If you would be good enough to sign here… ' and he reached across with the clipboard. The gap, however, was too great and the clipboard ceased its journey a good five feet from the bathroom window. I did not consider this to be as great a calamity as the man on the giraffe clearly did. 'Bother,' he said, although bother was not the word he used. I forgave him the profanity in the circumstances.
'Sign for what?' I asked, although I entertained a deep suspicion that I already knew the answer.
'Why, for Geronimo, of course.' He waved his left hand vaguely up and down a few times, nearly dropping the clipboard as he did so. I understood that he was indicating the giraffe, possibly thinking I had failed to notice the animal.
'Geronimo?' I ventured ingenuously.
'Yes, indeed,' said the man, waving the clipboard again, but this time gripping it more tightly to prevent its escape.
'You mean this giraffe.' I felt it was important to move the conversation on.
'Of course, Geronimo,' explained my human visitor in the sort of way that suggested he believed all giraffes were named Geronimo.
'I didn't order a giraffe.' This was a point that needed making, I decided.
'Yes, you did.'
'No, I didn't.'
'Well, yes, no you didn't, but it was of course implied.' Whilst pleased that we were not about to engage in a lengthy, pointless bout of "yes-you-did", "no-I-didn't"-ing, I was unsure what he meant by the word "implied". So I asked.
'What do you mean – implied?'
'It was in the small print.'
'I don't read small print.'
'Well, no, of course not, who does?'
'Especially small print on forms that I have not looked at.'
'As you can see,' he continued, beginning to sound quite exasperated, 'I am trying to get you to sign the form now, Mr… ' and he referred to his clipboard, 'Sprockett'.
'Are you suggesting that I have somehow agreed to take delivery of this giraffe despite not yet signing anything to confirm that?'
'No, I mean yes, that is to say, I mean, well, it's the introductory offer, isn't it?'
'Is it? What introductory offer?'
'Yes, it's in the small print.'
'Which, as we have established, I haven't read.'
Whilst I was more than happy for the giraffe to keep eating the sludge and other murky detritus out of my gutter, the morning was drawing on and I had other things which I could be doing. I wasn't sure what they were but undoubtedly something would occur to me before long.
However, I was mildly intrigued. 'Who are you, exactly?'
'My name is Bob.'
'Pleased to meet you, Bob,' I said, not completely honestly. 'However, that's not what I meant. Who do you represent? A company maybe? A zoo perhaps.'
'Silly me, I should have said right from the outset. I'm from Animazon.'
I thought I'd misheard. 'Do you mean Amazon?'
Bob laughed. 'Oh, no, not Amazon. I get asked that all the time. No, we are Animazon, much the same but we specialise, as you can see, in fauna,' and again the clipboard waved up and down to indicate the giraffe.
'Including giraffes. I see, although I'm not sure that you can classify a giraffe as "fauna", the dictionary definition of which is "the animals of a particular region, habitat, or geological period". Unless Croydon has undergone some sort of massive geological transformation overnight, I don't think a giraffe could be accurately described as an animal native to this locality.
I had clearly confused my visitor, who looked at me with two deep lines of perplexity running down his forehead just north of both his nose and his pince-nez.
'Well, perhaps "fauna" is the incorrect terminology. Animals would be better. The Animal Kingdom as it were. All that passed through the doors of Noah's Ark are available on sale or return from us here at Animazon.' He seemed happier again, having got that off his plump chest.
'So, nothing to do with Amazon then.'
'Indeed not. Entirely separate company. Splendid though Amazon are for obtaining books and lampshades and so forth, you would be hard-pressed to obtain a giraffe at 48 hours' notice from them. Or indeed a wildebeest. Or… ' I could see he was trying to think of some other type of creature; if his knowledge of the animal kingdom was restricted to just giraffes and wildebeests, it could be argued he was in the wrong job.
Meanwhile, the words "sale or return" had caught my ear.
'Well, Bob,' I said, summoning up a reluctant smile from somewhere deep inside. 'As I did not order any giraffes in general, and specifically no giraffe named Geronimo, and as I have not signed to accept delivery, and as you have just mentioned that you operate a sale or return policy, I thank you for your time and this unexpected but interesting half hour, and I bid you good day. Please shut the gate after you. Or ask Geronimo to do it if you can't reach the latch.' I started to shuffle off the toilet seat but at that moment, Geronimo, who had obviously finished his dredging of my gutter and had heard his name mentioned, bent his neck and stuck his head through the bathroom window, taking extra sustenance in the form of a tube of toothpaste and a bar of Coal Tar soap as he did so. He fluttered his long lashes at me and smiled.
Well, it looked like a smile, but perhaps he was just feeling bilious from the sludge in the gutter, not to mention the toothpaste and soap.
At that point, the William Tell Overture burst forth from inside the house. I recognised it as the ringtone on my mobile phone and it certainly caught the attention of Geronimo. He pushed his head fully into the bathroom, brushing past me as I stepped warily back against the wall. The giraffe's long neck twisted from side to side as he attempted to find the source of the music. His head reached the open door of the bathroom and, still smiling benignly, Geronimo peered out on to the landing where I had left my phone sitting on a side table.
Spotting the instrument, he stuck out his tongue, now mercifully clean of gunk from the gutter, and deftly transferred the phone from the table to his mouth, where he held it delicately between his floppy lips. Reversing his head back into the bathroom and turning it in my direction, Geronimo spotted me backed up against the tiling. His head approached me with the phone held in his mouth. William Tell was still merrily playing, although I was mildly surprised that the voicemail had not yet kicked in. Geronimo dropped the instrument into my hand which I had stretched out in an attempt to ward off the beast. He looked friendly enough, what with the smiling, but there could be only one loser in a coming together of giraffe, man and bathroom wall. Geronimo's head disappeared back out of the window and I held the phone to my ear.
'Hello?' I said in an understandably wavering voice. My daughter, Amy, replied.
'You took your time, dad. Anyway, I'm just ringing to wish you happy birthday.'
Happy birthday? Was it my birthday? I had quite forgotten.
'Erm, thank you, dear,' I said, not willing to admit forgetting my own birthday in case it should prompt Amy to start thinking of the words Home and Nursing.
'Have you got the present I sent?'
'Present?'
'Yes. Hasn't it arrived? It should have been delivered at midday.'
'Delivered?' It seemed I was only capable of repeating random words. I wasn't generating much coherent thought. Giraffes standing in one's front garden can have that effect.
'I knew you needed company and you don't like dogs, so I thought this would fit the bill. And you don't even have to take it for walks.'
I stared stupidly at the phone in my hand for what seemed ages.
'Are you still there? Dad?'
'Er, yes, dear, sorry. Are you saying that you have arranged for an animal to be sent to me? As a birthday present?'
'Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying. And I had to take out a subscription to Animazon Prime as well to make sure I got next day delivery, by twelve o'clock. And it's now gone half past. I'll be demanding my money back.'
So Amy had decided that what I really needed as a 60th birthday present was a giraffe? I'd always thought she was the sensible one. She had been Head Girl at school, after all, and was now a successful solicitor. How could I tell her that I had absolutely no requirement for a twenty-foot tall giraffe, and nowhere to keep it if I had? I didn't even have a garage.
'No, don't go complaining, Amy dear,' I said. 'Your present has been delivered. It's outside now in fact, with the man from Animazon.'
'Outside? What's it doing outside? You need to bring it indoors. It'll catch its death of cold.'
Amy knew the size of my house very well and must be aware that squeezing a fully-grown giraffe into it was an impossibility. Also, her assertion that it might die of cold seemed highly unlikely. Yes, of course giraffes are native to the warmer climes of Africa, but they seem to survive quite happily in British zoos so were probably able to adjust to variations in temperature.
'I doubt if I've actually got room for Geronimo,' I said. 'It's a lovely thought but I think I'm going to have to refuse the delivery. I'm terribly sorry.'
'Geronimo? Who's Geronimo?'
'Geronimo's his name.'
'What a ridiculous name for a gerbil.'
I paused, moved over to the window and peered out. Geronimo was still there, having by now taken a liking to my rose bushes. Bob waved again when he saw me reappear. There was no doubt that Geronimo was a giraffe. Not a gerbil.
I put the phone to my ear again. 'Gerbil?' I asked carefully. 'Not giraffe?'
'Giraffe? What on earth are you talking about, dad? Why would I send you a giraffe? Do you think I'm made of money?' I was a little concerned that the expense was the principal reason Amy had not ordered me a giraffe, but let it go.
'I'll call you back,' I said, and hung up.
I called to Bob. 'I think there's been some mistake. That was my daughter, Amy, on the phone and she insists she ordered a gerbil.' And just in case I had not made myself clear, 'Not a giraffe.'
Bob looked down at his clipboard and pursed his lips. 'Dearie me,' he said. 'Would that be Mrs Amy Wotherspoon?'
'That's her.'
'It was Mrs Wotherspoon who ordered the giraffe.'
'No, she ordered a gerbil.'
'Gerbil? Are you sure? Let me see,' and Bob ran his finger down his clipboard. 'Galapagos penguin, Gecko, Gerbil, Giraffe… Ah, yes, I see what's happened. My colleagues in Dispatch have ticked the wrong animal. Easy mistake to make.'
It seemed like a fairly fundamental mistake to me. 'So you'll take Geronimo away?'
'Of course, sir. Sorry for the inconvenience.'
'And bring a gerbil? By tomorrow perhaps as my daughter has paid for Animazon Prime?'
'Oh dear, no, I'm afraid we're completely out of gerbils'
'I see. Very popular, are they?'
'Oh, no, it's not that,' said Bob, frowning. 'It's just that the lion has eaten them all.'
Steve Sheppard author of A Very Important Teapot
Geronimo comes 2nd in 582 horse race
a Very Important Teapot
BBC Radio Oxford Interview
Chat and Spin Radio 30th October
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The Senate Republicans Are Playing Three-Card-Monte with Your Healthcare
The only way the Republicans can pass this and other parts of their deranged agenda is to do it in secret and in defiance of popular opinion.
Bob Cesca
Back in 2009 and early 2010, my writing endeavors mainly orbited a single issue: the passage of healthcare reform and, secondarily, the inclusion of a "public option" health insurance plan created and run by the federal government. It was a nearly year-long ordeal that included all of the drama that should rightfully go along with reforming one-fifth of the American economy.
If you happened to have followed along with me, you're well aware of the agonizing process that included not just heated debate with Republicans, but also fellow Democrats, including former Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) who became one of the chief bulwarks against the public option and who basically held the future of the legislation in the palms of his hands, even though he represented a very small state in terms of overall population.
There were times when the bill seemed dead, and times when it seemed like we'd get everything we wanted. Most of all, the process moved along as it should have, with copious public hearings, debate over fine points, and as you've probably heard about recently, the inclusion of nearly 161 Republican amendments (say nothing of the bill's Republican origin story). While the bulk the amendments were technical in nature, several were substantive, including one that was proposed by Sen. Chuck Grassley that required members of Congress and their staffers to enroll in marketplace health insurance plans if they wanted employer-based coverage.
Hell, the process included a series of "Question Time" sessions in which the president directly discussed the legislation with Republican members of Congress -- broadcast on television and the internet. There was a rare and memorable joint-session address by President Obama about the bill, interrupted by a loud-mouthed congressman who shouted at Obama, calling him a liar.
And this was when the Democrats enjoyed a 60-vote, filibuster-proof supermajority in the Senate. They could've passed nearly anything, but the Democrats sought to win over not just conservative red-state Democrats like Baucus and others, but also some moderate Republicans like Sen. Susan Collins and former Sen. Olympia Snowe.
The 2009 Obamacare process has been described as "shoving healthcare down our throats" by Republicans who think their supporters are too dumb to know any better. They've even tried to tell us Obamacare was passed without Republican input and in total secret, as if there's not Google to confirm their lies.
Fast forwarding eight years, the Senate Republicans are scheduled to vote on an at least partial repeal of Obamacare -- and, with less than 24 hours before the alleged vote, they have no idea what they're voting for. Literally, they don't know which drafted-in-secret bill will be up for a vote on Tuesday.
Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn said today that "everybody's gonna get a chance to vote on everything." First, what the hell does that even mean? Secondly, in what universe is this a better, more thorough and more inclusive plan than the year-long debate over Obamacare? Of course it's absolutely none of those things. Meanwhile, we're hearing they might vote on the "mean" House version of Trumpcare. Or it could be a straight-up repeal vote based on 2015 legislation. No one knows.
Either way, they're playing a predictably childish game of "eeny-meeny" with one-fifth of the American economy and the lives of 32 million people. In other words, they're deciding on whether you'll lose your insurance coverage, effectively risking death or bankruptcy if you're ever sick or injured, based not on choosing the best law for the people, but based on which of their craptastical bills will squeak by with 50 votes plus the Vice President's tie-breaker. Oh, and they're trying to get John McCain's oncologist to sign-off on letting McCain fly back for the vote. Yes, really -- a bill that'll strip 32 million of their insurance, with the deciding vote on the motion to proceed being decided by whether a man with brain cancer can escape his convalescence to vote for it.
This is a nightmare of epic scale.
If Trumpcare were as tremendous as the president keeps saying, none of this would be happening. They'd have a conga-line of experts praising it, including the Congressional Budget Office (which they're trying to de-fund, by the way). They have exactly none of that. They're hiding the bill from the public and their own congressional colleagues in a reprehensibly twisted game of Three Card Monte -- the House bill, Senate bill or a repeal bill -- not because they've concocted a Rosetta Stone to solve healthcare, but because they've devised something that'll almost instantly devolve into a catastrophe.
Not to belabor the point, but the only way the Republicans can pass this and other parts of their deranged agenda is to do it in secret and in defiance of popular opinion. This is a party of the 35 percent. This is a party that doesn't care about legislative details, only bumper-sticker sloganeering -- they can lie about anything, and their googly-eyed cult followers will believe all of it. Their followers will even support legislation that'll harm them first, knowing how red states will opt out of whatever they can, including covering pre-existing conditions. This is why the details are secret and why the refs are being impugned as fake news. This is why the process has been so shoddy and opaque. They're about to screw upwards of a tenth of the American population just so Trump can have legislative win.
They must be stopped.
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Why Obama won in 2012
Posted on November 15, 2012	by StriderMTB
Republicans are kidding themselves if they think the political culture of our grid-locked bureaucracy in Washington would have fundamentally changed into a bureaucracy deserving the nation's admiration had Romney won the election. As an old Israeli friend of mine once said, "The shit always floats to the top…and it usually smells the same when it gets there."
That being said I'm sure Romney would have sought to institute policies that would have somewhat altered the trajectory of our national consciousness. But in my opinion he only would have delayed the inevitable. The U.S. has slowly become a nation of consumers and spectators rather than producers and achievers. More concerning is we fail to distinguish the difference between a "hand-out" and a "hand-up." Once people believe it is primarily the responsibility of the "haves" to ensure the livelihood of the "have nots" a threshold has been crossed, a barrier of the mind has been breached…and it takes years to convince otherwise.
I'm all for the "haves" extending a helping hand UP to the "have nots," but when money and resources cross over to the other side in the form of entitlement and pity it erodes what little self-determination and personal incentive such people had left. This in turn gently escorts the mentality of most people into a state of resignation and passive consumption with hands held out…and almost nare a word of thanks when something is put into it. And any attempt to ween them off the "boob" of assistance that has gone far too long can be met with rage. I've seen this in the white-skinned Appalachian region, the black-skinned ghetto and the brown-skinned Asian slums. It's not a matter of color or race but method and mentality.
There is a reason Yellowstone National Park has signs everywhere, "Don't feed the bears because they will not learn to forage for themselves." Living in one of the poorest Asian countries, I see the poison of an entitlement mentality strike the poorest of people and keep them in state of disillusioned poverty despite the valiant efforts of well-intentioned humanitarian organizations. It is not a question of intention but methodology.
This is the gist of my concern in terms of my personal distillation of why Obama won the election. I don't at all believe he won because the nation is turning radically more liberal. (In fact 11 million less people voted for Obama this year than in 2008.) I believe he won because he executed a political strategy to present himself as one who will protect and preserve the entitlements many Americans have become convinced they can't do without. Romney was simply too scary to entertain because he didn't seem to hold to the view that government's main concern is to nanny the nation and guarantee equal results for everyone.
Therein lies the difference between the generation of yesterday and today's generation. In my parents generation there was an understanding that government's job was to work towards a culture of equal opportunity but not equal results. But that has all changed today. People have subsumed equal opportunity with equal results, but in many cases they have little to nothing to do with each other. The fact is some people are more ambitious, studious and disciplined in availing themselves of the opportunities that come their way. Just ask a school teacher.
But perseverance, ambition and self-discipline coupled with downsizing and sacrificing for tomorrow is simply not in the general consciousness of many young people in the U.S. today. The election of 2012 was more of a vote to retain government as one's personal treasury for the bumps in the road than a vote to elect a leader who could make the tough decisions while still imbuing confidence for tomorrow.
The following is an excerpt from a writer named Rick Joyner who from time to time has some insightful points to offer:
Obama won reelection with the worst economic record of any President since Jimmy Carter. The Federal government is dysfunctional, and by accepted accounting standards, it is bankrupt. Gridlock has dominated the last two years, and he won while giving the American people almost no plan for how he intends to fix anything during his second term. One would think that Obama must be one of the most remarkable campaigners of all time, but his campaign was not that sharp this time. So how did he win?
The pundits and analysts will un-package this election from every angle over the coming weeks, and I do not want to address those here. One is now being discussed that I believe is true, and it is a sign of inevitability.
The theory is that we, as a nation, have crossed a Rubicon. Half of all Americans now receive some kind of benefit or income from government on some level. These will likely vote for the one who promises to protect this, and vote against anyone who threatens it.
Our Founding Fathers were just as afraid of the tyranny of the masses as they were the tyranny of the king. They had witnessed in the French Revolution what happened when the masses ruled, and they established in our Constitution firewalls against the tyranny on both sides. Both of these firewalls have been breached or torn down altogether now, and as the Founders warned, the Republic cannot now long survive.
Thomas Jefferson warned that the Republic could not last if the people learned that they could vote for themselves the resources of the national treasury. That was breeched a long time ago, and we are now at the point where the entitlement mentality it has created in the masses is about to destroy us. We were led down this road by both the Democrats and the Republicans. This is not sustainable, but one is not likely to get elected to office if they even talk about trying to correct this. We are now very close to collapsing the whole system. Then elections will no longer be held at all and we will face a terrible tyranny. We will first face the tyranny of the mob, and then we will face the tyranny of the tyrant. –Rick Joyner [1]
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Eco-friendly Bahias de Huatulco in Oaxaca, Mexico, stretches along 22 miles of Pacific Ocean coastline. The area includes nine bays and 36 beaches in three sections: Tangolunda Bay, Santa Cruz and La Crucecita. Tours focus on water sports and wildlife exploration, activities that take advantage of Huatulco's pristine and protected environment.
The ocean is one of Huatulco's star attractions and best explored on a scuba diving or snorkeling adventure. Gravity Sports Divers offers a scuba diving tour that starts in Chipehua with a deep sea dive to wrecks before boating over to Salchi for a hopeful encounter with marine life that includes sharks, seahorses and mantas. Spend a morning snorkeling along the coral reefs off of Huatulco with Hurricane Divers on a tour that visits up to three locations. La Entrega, a shallow off-shore location, is ideal for beginners, while most of the snorkeling destinations require a short boat ride.
Almost three-fourths of Huatulco's space is ecologically protected. Head into the tropical landscape for a bird watching tour with Amstar and you may see some of the 227 species of birds native to Huatulco. The tour takes you to the National Biological Reserve, or El Botazoo, a 49,400-acre park in Puente Celes. If your idea of an eco-adventure involves more dangerous animals, the Crocs and Turtles Tour available through Amstar provides the opportunity to canoe and paddle your way through crocodile-infested waters before retreating to the National Turtle Research Center.
The coffee plantations near Huatulco existed before it became a tourist destination. Tour a working coffee plantation and, if it's harvest season, watch workers process high quality Pluma coffee beans before sampling the finished product. The seven-hour Waterfalls and Coffee Plantations tour offered through Amstar visits the plantation, Finca La Gloria; a 400-year-old mountain village; and Llano Grand Waterfalls.
The white waters of the Copalita River in Huatulco are perfect for families and first-time rafting participants. This tour with Aventura Mundo, a local Huatulco company, takes you down a calm section of river to the Iguanatarium before you arrive at your destination, La Bocana beach. Aventura Mondo also offers trips on Class II to IV rapids down the Hamacas, an ideal adventure for adrenaline seekers; and thrills and chills abound on the Alemania rafting tour that features Class III to IV rapids and is suggested only for those with experience.
Brumbaugh, Miranda. "Tours in Huatulco." Travel Tips - USA Today, https://traveltips.usatoday.com/tours-huatulco-31201.html. Accessed 21 April 2019.


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics;

namespace fenix
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Class that implements PowerUp object behaviour
    /// </summary>
    public class PowerUp:Colidable
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Powerup X axis speed velocity
        /// </summary>
        public float Vx=0;
        /// <summary>
        /// Powerup Y axis speed velocity
        /// </summary>
        public float Vy=3;
        /// <summary>
        /// Constructor that initializes powerup giving it texture, random position and random horisontal speed
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="game">GameLevel object of current game</param>
        public PowerUp(GameLevel game)
        {
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A.Fantis Parochial School provides high-quality instruction in Greek language and culture from preschool to eighth grade. Daily language learning is enriched through the use of online media, songs, art, videos, and games. During their studies at A. Fantis our children have the opportunity to:
Learn about the most fascinating episodes from Greek Mythology (Aesop's fables, the Olympian Gods, Heracles, Iliad, the Odyssey, etc.) and crucial events from Greek history, which have deeply influenced Western civilization.
Become immersed in Hellenic culture through our Greek club (where we cook Greek food together, communicate with schools in Greece, etc.), traditional Greek dance (Syrtaki, Cretan, etc.), and drama.
Learn about the values of Christianity and the beliefs of the Greek Orthodox Church.
The Greek drama program gives all Middle School students the chance to perform on stage, speak Greek actively and learn about Hellenic authors and their plays, all the while having fun. We stage one play per year. Past performances have included "The Odyssey" by Homer and "Lysistrata" by Aristophanes which were both adapted for middle school students.
Our Middle School students can take the Greek language certification examinations created by the Center for Greek Language of Thessaloniki (level A1, A2 or B).
Students of the 8th grade may also participate in the Greek Regents examination (Checkpoint B) of the State of New York, organized by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.
We prepare our students for these exams, and encourage them to take part in them.
Why learn Greek?
In the US, we speak and write Greek every day without realizing it. Our alphabet partly comes from Greek. Our vocabulary is filled with Greek roots. Our democracy is based on Greek ideals. We all can better appreciate our own language and culture through the careful study of the Greek language and Hellenic studies.
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Edinburgh's famous Royal Botanic Garden dates from 1670 when a physic garden was planted on a site no bigger than a tennis court.
The Royal Botanic Garden - popularly known as 'The Botanics' - now occupies a 70-acre site one mile from Edinburgh city centre, and three other gardens in different parts of Scotland. Together they have a living collection of more than 13,000 species and an herbarium with more than three million specimens.
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh publishes botanical and horticultural titles, aimed at the specialist and general reader alike. Its catalogue includes notable series on fungi and on rhododendron - the garden has been a world centre for the study of rhododendron since the early Twentieth Century.
The tennis court-sized site of the original physic garden disappeared when the North British Railway was under construction, and is now marked by a plaque at platform 11 of Edinburgh's Waverley Station.


We hear a lot of things an allegations about what YouTube's new service YouTube Red coming in the USA next Wednesday really is.
In this video, Joe Thio, a video producer and creator adviser explains what exactly the subscription is about, what it implies for the video creators (Youtubers), and where the money will actually be used by Google.
To recap briefly, YouTube Red is a service that will get rid of all the ads on every platform (PC, mobile, TV..) and include their new music streaming service including just listening to the audio of a YouTube video in the background, and finally, this will allow the access to exclusive content.
The price? $9.99 a month, but if you're already subscribed to music key or google play music all access, YouTube Red will be included with no extra charge!
As Joe explained, the money will be distributed to the creators proportionally to time spent on the youtubers channel, and will also be used to produce original content.
What do you think about it, will you subscribe?


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And is it just a question of ratio, or $DWF is really stronger?
They share a lot of things in common, but are different, both are cyclic but DWF is aimed to give positive returns on a longterm period.
DWF should be smoother than DWC as the history shows.
I like the shape of the equity curve.
Many ups and downs like every robust system, and a nice 5% on the 3m timeframe.
It seems legitim to expect an annual return of 20% with a DD of 10%.
One week is not significant.
Now if we look to 3m chart the advantage of DWF over DWC is only 4% .
Daily volatility on DWF has been really high recently. Even today after Asian session it's already around -2.5%. Is it just me or are there also other traders/investors who think that Darwinex product should not have such high daily volatility when it is portfolio and not single Darwin.
so also dailty volatility can be 4-6% like every darwin.
Problem isn't volatility, the problem is that should grow but it doesn't seem to grow.
To me DWF and DWC are portfolios because they invest into Darwins. DWF/DWC are not Ignacio's or Juan's own strategies. They pay performance fees to traders so DWF/DWC are not like mine or your Darwins.
They are strategies, not designed by @ignacio or @juancolonbo .
But designed/developed by @DarwinexLabs , AKA @integracore2 and @javicolonbo .
Fees are turned back to traders with darwinian dividends, but a part from this they are normal darwins.
As explained in several webinars and posts, these are NOT Buy & Hold products.
Are also high water marks used for these Darwins?
If yes, can you publish this list again in 2 weeks?
Edit: a high water mark proves a payout seen from the investor's view.
Sorry, @Journalist not sure what your point is?
I don't have access to each high watermark myself, but you are more than welcome to keep track of the performance fees, of course!
Risk managers ! Quants !
The current second quarter is a horror (to see a shame).
-10% on one week !
Please Stop your DWx, what else ? You concentrate on what you can do.
@TheCheetah I would highly recommend watching the "VaR" videos to understand the relationship between DD and VaR (hint: they have nothing in common!).
c) opt NOT to invest in a given DARWIN they don't like.
That being said, I would appreciate if you could keep your tone respectful when it comes to Darwinex employees, I doubt there is anywhere else where you could have attracted investors with your 7 USD account, so the least you could do is keep your tone respectful.


Broken Bay Pearls blows a trumpet fanfare.
Broken Bay Pearls unveils a new range.
To wear Pearls of Australia is to wear the world's purest pearl and to demand the highest value through its rarity and guarantee of provenance and purity.
Pearls of Australia is a joint venture between Cygnet Bay Pearls and Broken Bay Pearls who represent two species of premium quality pearls with a guarantee of provenance and purity, as well as immersive industry experiences such as farm tourism offerings and industry education.
From New South Wales' stunning Central Coast to the remote Kimberley of North Western Australia, Pearls of Australia represents a vast range of products and experiences centred around the Australian South Sea Pearl of Cygnet Bay north of Broome, and the Australian Akoya Pearl of Broken Bay north of Sydney.
Pearls are typically graded by five virtues of shape, size, colour, lustre and skin, however Pearls of Australia offers an additional two virtues that distinguishes it from others on the international market. World class pearls, rich in lustre and colour, and sustainably forged in pristine marine environments, the seven virtues of Pearls of Australia include provenance and purity.
Inspired by market research that confirmed authenticity is the most desired trait for high quality jewellery consumers, however the global wholesale market currently does not have the tools to carry source of origin information through the pearl supply chain.
With this in mind, Pearls of Australia has committed to further research with various universities which will ultimately enable industry to value a pearl based on the guarantee of source of origin, species and treatment.


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Manchester United and Liverpool will meet for the second time in a week in Sunday's FA Cup clash at Old Trafford.
The sides shared a 0-0 draw at Anfield in last weekend's Premier League match, their third stalemate in four encounters.
Manchester United vs Liverpool latest odds
Considering the sides have now drawn seven out of the last 10 meetings, bet365's 12/5 (3.40) odds on this one also ending up all square after 90 minutes are likely to attract plenty of interest.
Jurgen Klopp's men are without a win in four league games following their disappointing 1-0 home defeat by Burnley on Thursday but can be backed at 13/8 (2.63) to bounce back with a morale-boosting win on enemy territory.
In contrast, the Red Devils are flying high after suffering just one defeat in 12 fixtures in all competitions and are priced at 8/5 (2.60) to come out on top against their rivals for the first time in seven meetings.
Manchester United vs Liverpool team news
Victor Lindelof is unlikely to feature after dropping out of the line-up for Wednesday's win over Fulham, while Brandon Williams is also doubtful.
Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez, Naby Keita and Diogo Jota are all ruled out for the visitors, with Jordan Henderson also likely to miss out due to the minor fitness concern that saw him miss the Burnley defeat.
Manchester United vs Liverpool preview
Although last weekend's goalless draw at Anfield may have suited Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's team better as they stayed ahead of their rivals from Merseyside, United will see this clash as an opportunity to go one better.
Liverpool are at their lowest ebb in recent years, with their confidence drained after a run of four league games without a goal and missing a number of key players due to injury.
This extensive injury list is also set to be laid bare as Klopp rotates his side in the face of a hectic fixture list, with his weakened line-up unlikely to prove much of a match for an opponent with a deeper squad to choose from and fewer injury absentees.
Manchester United vs Liverpool predictions
With this in mind, a confident Manchester United team are surely worth backing at those 8/5 (2.60) odds to come out on top against a weakened Liverpool team that has looked a shadow of its usual self of late.
You can watch the FA Cup live on the go with your iPhone, iPad or Android device through your bet365 account. All you need is a funded account or to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours to qualify.
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David L. Cooperrider, PhDProfessor, Organizational BehaviorFaculty SpotlightLearn more»The Organization Development Network will honor Weatherhead's Fairmount Santrol – David L. Cooperrider Professor in Appreciative Inquiry at their annual conference, held October 14-17 in Chicago, IL.
The Organization Development Network will honor Weatherhead's Fairmount Santrol – David L. Cooperrider Professor in Appreciative Inquiry at their annual conference, held October 14-17 in Chicago, IL.
Dr. Dale Hartz, MPOD '10/DM '14, was one of the featured speakers at this year's TEDxAkron event held on May 20. In his presentation, Hartz shares the innovative work of Better Future Facilitators empowering homeless entrepreneurs.
Dr. Dale Hartz will be a featured speaker at this year's TEDxAkron event on May 20. Hartz is an Adjunct Professor at Walsh University and is Founder and Executive Director of Better Future Facilitators.
In a "Source Lunch" with Crain's Cleveland, Robinson talked about how his time at Weatherhead helped him discover his passions. He also discussed his current role as Executive Director of the Early College Early Career program at MAGNET.
A research report co-written by Diana Bilimoria, PhD, KeyBank Professor, chair and professor of organizational behavior and Alperen Manisaligil, OB doctoral candidate, analyzes effective communication by looking at LeBron James's career moves.
The Weatherhead Master of Science in Positive Organization Development & Change (MPOD) empowers experienced professionals to affect positive change in diverse spheres of influence. Our program emphasizes a strategic focus on relational and human factors—balancing economic well-being, social responsibility and environmental sustainability.
The MPOD curriculum attempts to remain on the cutting edge of change management, leadership development, organizational transformation, organizational behavior and societal benefit. Organization development (OD) curriculum draws from strength based approaches such as Appreciative Inquiry, emotionally & socially intelligent leadership, and sustainable enterprises. The Master of Science in Positive Organization Development & Change (MPOD) uses experiential learning and action research methods wrapped in an intensive, applied, and highly interactive residency-based, cohort design.
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Listed below you will find a number of great websites to use in your classroom for READ ALOUDS. Also Check out my Online Audio Read Alouds Livebinder!
Actors read stories aloud to your students!
To use the site you simply choose a storyline from the menu, click "let's read it", choose your screen size, and select the Internet connection speed. Your chosen story and actor will appear on the screen, introduce the book and illustrator, and begin to read. As they read, the book is superimposed on your screen with subtitles and pages that turn as they go along so that you can also enjoy the beautiful illustrations.
The books include: To Be A Drum, Guji Guji, Stellaluna, Brave Irene, The Polar Express and The Night I Followed the Dog. Many other popular children's stories are offered. A great deal of diversity is included in these choices as many include Hispanic, Asian, and African American culture.
In addition to the stories, there are related suggested activities as well as an activity guide for use by parents and children. The activities include asking questions about the characters, plot, and setting as well as suggestions for parties or entertainment with your children's friends.
Reading planet offers a variety of animated tales for students. Classics such as Cinderella and Goldilocks and The Three Bears are a part of this series. There is also a great site called Leading to Reading which features dozens of books read aloud. Eric Carle reads Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see? The site also features numerous nursery rhymes and lullabies. Use the finger play session during free time or on rainy days to teach your students patty-cake and I"m a little teapot.


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Mr Richert has continued to ignore the considerable evidence that supports the demand for a hotel at this location, and, futhermore, he states that the hotel will be "cheap" and used as a basis for commuting into central London.
There are of course numerous reasons why a hotel at this location would be a good idea.
Firstly reports for the Mayor of London have continually shown an underprovision of hotel bed spaces in the borough. Even taking current hotel projects into account, including this one, the number of rooms being provided is under half that estimated as being required.
Clapham Junction is the outstanding location in the borough as it's so central to the public transport network. It's somewhat strange that currently there is no hotel adjacent to the busiest station in Europe.
Despite Mr Richert's protests there are many reasons to visit the Borough. Apart from family and social visits there are many well known events and destinations in or very near the borough, such as BAC, the Boat Race, Wimbledon, the de Morgan Centre and Wimbledon. Other major and nearby events have traditionally benefitted businesses in the borough, such as the Derby, Royal Ascot and rugby at Twickenham. All these things are ideally accessed by the station. There are also very many businesses in the borough which has I believe the fourth highest number of businesses in all London boroughs.
On price I have noticed that some contributors to this website say it will be cheap, whilst others say it will be expensive. It's relative. A double room will probably be around £100 per night, which is of course a lot cheaper than west end hotels or "boutique" hotels opening in the borough at at least £250 per night and offering package deals with helicopter rides including champagne breakfast. At least the guests of this hotel are unlikely to be disturbing the peace of people's gardens.
At the other end of the scale £100 per night is actually quite a large sum for some people to spend. However all guests are likely to visit local restaurants and bars, as well as shops which will assist the local economy. There are no major eating or drinking facilities in the proposed hotel.
Major operators have shown great interest in the location and one supposes that their confidence is based on their experience in the industry over decades, rather than in an ill informed attempt to find reasons to suggest that a project will not benefit the local economy.
Regrettably you keep on repeating, erroneously and in a manner designed to achieve "cheap" headlines, the incorrect assertion that a hotel will not bring benefits to local businesses or people.
It's good that on the other hand that the same time you seem to be accepting the principle of a hotel and there are signs of growing support for that.
The withdrawl of the planning application for a hotel at the former garage at the top of East Hill has again accentuated the current shortfall in hotel provision in the borough, and near the junction in particular.
architecturerosemont> You must have noticed that the main discussion has always been on the size of the building and the compact area. But other concerns were expressed on the location and specific functions which question the hotel proposal itself too.
The applicants were aware from inception that the size of the building in this planning application would be an issue for discussion. That's why we consulted widely from go and why we consulted to policy documents for the area. That's also why the design went through a period of evolution.
Size and height of buildings is an issue with practically all planning applications wherever they are. Some countries take public consultation less seriously than the UK and one can debate the merits of centrist government and planning policy.
Where objectors make comment it's of course their right as consultees to do so.However where to embellish their grounds of objection by exaggeration or embellishment objectors add misinformation, they should expect applicants to defend their proposals and to draw all the facts to the attention of the decision takers.
A planning application consists these days of a vast amount of documents and considerations. One of the considerations is use and it seems that there is at least emerging recognition of the need for a hotel at Clapham Junction, on this site.
architecturerosemont> there might be a need for a hotel (although the urgent need may be discussed) somewhere in Clapham Junction. Some might consider a close location to the station is appreciable. A few could argue that the proposed site is a good opportunity for developers. But all of that is highly conditional!


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Mar 29, 2019 blooms, bulbs, greatest, plant, season, spring, summer
Ah, Calla Lilies. Possibly you wish to see the work of an Ecuadorian company that grows these stunning flowers amongst other varieties. Nestled among large hickories, maples, and oaks, this outdoor dwelling surroundings is designed with areas for solitary enjoyment, everyday household use, and large-scale entertaining. The separate rooms are located at a distance from each other, an intentional workaround to protect the mature bushes. Zantedeschia aethiopica, the white calla, is native to Africa where it is considered a weed. The flowers might be fairly giant, with a spathe as much as 10 inches long and a yellow spadix. It has also become naturalized in heat elements of the U.S., comparable to in California, where it's an invasive species. As a result of it's not hardy in Minnesota, invasiveness is generally not a priority right here.
Ginger Harness sprays raspberry-coloured pigment onto flower petals on Sunday, the second day of the annual Calla Lily Alley at Rohlffs Manor in Napa. Harness, a Rohlffs resident for 30 years, began portray lilies on the grounds in 1994 and has continued the exhibition as an Easter-season attraction. Redbuds do not usually require pruning, but when wanted, prune immediately after blooming has ended to take away any useless, dying, crowded or crossed branches. Pruning in winter can cause bloom loss. When planting a brand new perennial garden, put together the soil properly on the outset. Which may be your only alternative to loosen the soil, remove rocks, and add natural matter.
An all-season beauty featuring snowy white exfoliating bark, radiant yellow fall foliage, and a shapely oval form with a low canopy. Has better heat tolerance (to Zone 7) than is typical of the species. Indoor pot plants are ho-hum today, changed by the allure of living walls The blurring of the boundaries between in and out has been pushed additional by the thought of living" art adorning partitions. And it seems that moss is the proper plant to paint a rising picture with. Use gravel to pave a garden path that meanders alongside your flower beds. The secret's to avoid any rigid strains, as an alternative letting the path wind to mimic the free-flowing nature of the flowers beside it.
I make the opening in the floor considerably bigger than the roots for optimum spread of the roots after I plant. Preserve the soil moist in summer whereas avoiding excessive watering. soils in the city atmosphere will not be topic to quite a lot of chaos. Granted that when new s=building takes place what you say is certainly true. Once the builder leaves and timber are planted, things begin to remain more static. Even when chaos exists, that does not imply deep fertilization is simpler than simply spreading it on the bottom.
With this photograph, I wanted to show the beauty of Vietnamese tradition to the world. This group of friends have been all wearing an 'Ao Dai', Vietnam's nationwide garment. This outfit is inseparable from the picture of Vietnamese ladies, both inside Vietnam and past its borders, and especially at official ceremonies, conferences, and weddings. It is also one of the most common uniforms for Vietnamese high school and university students. On this poetic setting with blooming flowers floating on the river, the authentic bamboo bridge symbolizes the connexion between the previous and the present.
Some mosses stand up to a great amount of foot visitors while others do not perform properly as carpets. Once more, take cues from the environment to determine if the mosses you may have found would act as a carpet in your landscape; whether it is spreading in nature, chances are it would do the identical in your landscape below suitable growing circumstances. Fern moss is one that does perform properly as a moss carpet (and accounts for 90 % of the moss in the landscape. Fern moss grows aggressively to cowl bare areas and knits together effectively, creating a "rug." It is spongy to the touch and has the texture of small fern fronds. When dormant from February to April, fern moss sports an olive green hue however is in any other case emerald inexperienced, even in dreary winters.
River birch (a.k.a crimson birch) is native to nearly all of the southeastern quarter of the U.S., from Massachusetts to Texas and all the major river valleys in between, following the main river valleys into the Midwest as far north as central Minnesota and Wisconsin. In the South it is absent, or practically so, in the increased elevations of the Appalachian mountains and along the coastal plain. These are the southernmost birches, which favor the silt-laden bottomlands of the gradual transferring Mississippi and its tributaries, as an alternative of the dashing streams and cold clear lakes the place its birch family members are discovered. In its dwelling range, it grows sparsely among silver maple, black gum and sycamore.
This plant is hardy by USDA hardiness zones 6-8. It's native to central and eastern North America, so it grows especially properly in these areas. Features: The most prized feature of the River Birch Tree is its delicate bark. Within the fall, the River Birch exfoliates its bark and divulges stunning and distinctive colors. Flakes of salmon and cinnamon color are hidden underneath the sunshine taupe outer pores and skin. The leaves of a River Birch are a triangle shape. They have a broad, spherical base and a degree on the different finish. In the fall the leaves flip a greenish yellow shade.
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 * Common app preference constants.
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public abstract class ConstsPrefs {

    static final String PREFS_VERSION_KEY = "prefs_version";
    static final int PREFS_VERSION = 4;

    public static final String PREF_QUANTITY_PER_PAGE_LISTS = "pref_quantity_per_page_lists";
    public static final int PREF_QUANTITY_PER_PAGE_DEFAULT = 20;

    static final String PREF_READ_CONTENT_LISTS = "pref_read_content_lists";
    static final int PREF_READ_CONTENT_DEFAULT = 0;
    static final int PREF_READ_CONTENT_ASK = 0;
    static final int PREF_READ_CONTENT_PERFECT_VIEWER = 1;

    static final String PREF_FOLDER_NAMING_CONTENT_LISTS = "pref_folder_naming_content_lists";
    static final int PREF_FOLDER_NAMING_CONTENT_DEFAULT = 0;
    static final int PREF_FOLDER_NAMING_CONTENT_ID = 0;
    static final int PREF_FOLDER_NAMING_CONTENT_TITLE_ID = 1;
    static final int PREF_FOLDER_NAMING_CONTENT_AUTH_TITLE_ID = 2;

    public static final String PREF_ORDER_CONTENT_LISTS = "pref_order_content_lists";
    public static final int PREF_ORDER_CONTENT_ALPHABETIC = 0;
    public static final int PREF_ORDER_CONTENT_BY_DATE = 1;
    static final boolean PREF_WEBVIEW_OVERRIDE_OVERVIEW_DEFAULT = false;
    static final String PREF_WEBVIEW_OVERRIDE_OVERVIEW_LISTS = "pref_webview_override_overview_lists";
    public static final int PREF_WEBVIEW_INITIAL_ZOOM_DEFAULT = 20;
    static final String PREF_WEBVIEW_INITIAL_ZOOM_LISTS = "pref_webview_initial_zoom_lists";
    static final boolean PREF_CHECK_UPDATES_DEFAULT = true;
    public static final String PREF_CHECK_UPDATE_MANUAL = "pref_check_updates_manual";
    static final String PREF_CHECK_UPDATES_LISTS = "pref_check_updates_lists";
    public static final String PREF_APP_LOCK = "pref_app_lock";
    public static final boolean PREF_APP_LOCK_VIBRATE_DEFAULT = true;
    public static final String PREF_APP_LOCK_VIBRATE = "pref_app_lock_vibrate";
    public static final String PREF_ADD_NO_MEDIA_FILE = "pref_add_no_media_file";
    static final String PREF_FIRST_RUN = "pref_first_run";
    static final boolean PREF_FIRST_RUN_DEFAULT = true;
    public static final String PREF_WELCOME_DONE = "pref_welcome_done";
    public static final boolean PREF_ENDLESS_SCROLL_DEFAULT = true;
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Eagles training camp 2022: Stock up, stock up after final preseason game
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The Eagles wrapped up their 2022 preseason with a 48-10 loss to the Dolphins on Saturday night.
They now have until 4 p.m. Tuesday to get to their 53-man roster cap with the first game of the 2022 regular season looming. They'll be in Detroit in Week 1 on Sept. 11.
None of the Eagles' starters played in this game, but we did get to see a bunch of guys fighting for playing time and roster spots. And they had to deal with a lot of the Dolphins' starters, who played in this game.
Here is our final stock watch of the summer:
LB Patrick Johnson: The sophomore running back from Tulane has had a strong training camp and sacked Tua Tagovailoa in the first quarter. He beat right tackle Austin Jackson and fought off some illegal contact to get the sack.
WR John Hightower: The former fifth-round pick doesn't have much of a chance to make this list, but he did have some catches in the second half, including a big catch off the bench.
TE Calcaterra Scholarship: The rookie sixth-round pick missed much of camp with a hamstring injury, but since returning to Cleveland last week he has made some plays. He finally appeared in his first NFL preseason game and had a very good 24-yard reception to close out the first quarter. He struggled a bit as a blocker, picking up a waiting call. He still needs work in that area.
S Reed Blankenship: Middle Tennessee State UDFA had an impressive tackle in the first half over RB Salvon Ahmed. She drove the force of him through him. In a first half in which the Eagles struggled to get down, Blankenship's big shot really stood out. He's had an impressive summer putting his name in the mix for a spot on the roster.
WR Devon Allen: While last week's 55-yard reception was fun, Allen really shined as a gunner on the punt team this week. He was rushing down the field. If he's ever going to make a roster, he's going to need to be a special teams contributor.
RB Jason Huntley: For a while, I thought Huntley had a chance to make this list. I don't think that anymore. But he broke up a 67-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter. He finally got to show off that outburst we've been talking about.
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Field Marshal Reid Sinnett: Another poor performance from the Eagles' third quarterback, which is concerning because one of the reasons the Eagles liked him so much last year was because of his strong preseason performance as a member of the Dolphins. We haven't seen that this year. Sinnett threw an atrocious pick-6 in the first half. Sinnett went 12-for-22 for 104 yards and an interception.
C.B. Mac McCain III: Hard duty to start this game for McCain, who lined up against Tyreek Hill on the first play of the game and was set on fire deep. Although that was not the only move. A little later, Raheem Mostert made a great run to that side.
CB Kary Vincent Jr.: While McCain was beaten on that deep pass by Hill, it was Vincent behind River Cracraft for the first touchdown of the game. And he almost gave up another.
LB JaCoby Stevens: The Eagles cut Nakobe Dean after a couple of drives and inserted Stevens. He had a very difficult start. The 2021 sixth-round pick looked a bit lost.
LB Davion Taylor: Early in training camp, it looked like Taylor was going to push for some serious playing time. But he really has come back down to earth and he didn't play well in Saturday's game.
S K'Von Wallace: After a shaky start to his training camp, Wallace really turned things around, but this wasn't his best game. He got caught on that deep pass early and missed a couple of tackles on this one.
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7ª edizione dei Ciak d'oro tenutasi nel 1992. La pellicola cinematografica che ottiene il maggior numero di premi è Il portaborse di Daniele Luchetti con quattro riconoscimenti.

Vincitori e candidati
I vincitori sono indicati in grassetto, a seguire gli altri candidati.

Miglior film
 Il portaborse di Daniele Luchetti

Miglior regista
 Marco Risi - Il muro di gomma

Migliore attore protagonista
 Roberto Benigni - Johnny Stecchino

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 Margherita Buy - Maledetto il giorno che t'ho incontrato

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Angelo Orlando - Pensavo fosse amore invece era un calesse
Giorgio Gaber - Rossini! Rossini!
Massimo Ghini - La riffa
Ricky Tognazzi - Una storia semplice

Migliore attrice non protagonista
 Angela Finocchiaro - Il portaborse
Athina Cenci - Zitti e mosca
Elisabetta Pozzi - Maledetto il giorno che t'ho incontrato
Lucrezia Lante della Rovere - Zuppa di pesce
Maddalena Fellini - La domenica specialmente

Migliore opera prima
Alessandro D'Alatri - Americano rosso

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Daniele Luchetti, Stefano Rulli, Sandro Petraglia - Il portaborse
Franco Bernini, Enzo Monteleone, Giuseppe Piccioni - Chiedi la luna
Sandro Petraglia, Andrea Purgatori, Stefano Rulli - Il muro di gomma
Carlo Verdone, Francesca Marciano - Maledetto il giorno che t'ho incontrato
Andrea Barbato, Emidio Greco - Una storia semplice

Migliore fotografia
 Alessio Gelsini Torresi - Americano rosso
Pasquale Rachini - Bix
Ennio Guarnieri - Il proiezionista (The Inner Circle)
Franco Di Giacomo - Rossini! Rossini!
Tonino Delli Colli - Una storia semplice

Migliore sonoro
 Franco Borni - Il portaborse
Bruno Pupparo - Chiedi la luna
Gaetano Carito - Il muro di gomma
Benito Alchimede- Maledetto il giorno che t'ho incontrato
Gianni Zampagni - Una storia semplice

Migliore scenografia
 Carlo Simi - Bix
Ezio Frigerio - Il proiezionista
Amedeo Fago - L'amore necessario
Francesco Frigeri - La puttana del re
Francesco Bronzi - Maledetto il giorno che t'ho incontrato

Migliore montaggio
 Silvano Agosti - Uova di garofano
Angelo Nicolini - Chiedi la luna
Angela Monfortese - I 600 giorni di Salò
Claudio Di Mauro - Il muro di gomma
Mirco Garrone - Il portaborse

Migliore costumi
 Lina Nerli Taviani - Rossini! Rossini!
Graziella Virgili, Carla Bertoni - Bix
Nelli Fomina - Il proiezionista
Carlo Diappi - La puttana del re
Lia Francesca Morandini - Una storia semplice

Migliore colonna sonora
 Pino Daniele - Pensavo fosse amore... invece era un calesse
Francesco De Gregori - Il muro di gomma
Dario Lucantoni - Il portaborse
Ennio Morricone - La domenica specialmente
Fabio Liberatori - Maledetto il giorno che ti ho incontrato

Miglior manifesto
 Quando eravamo repressi

Migliore film straniero
Thelma & Louise di Ridley Scott

Note

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Stroke volume response during exercise measured by acetylene uptake and MRI
Herman Groepenhoff, Sebastiaan Holverda, J Tim Marcus, Pieter E Postmus, Anco Boonstra, Anton Vonk-Noordegraaf
The intra-breath technique to measure acetylene absorption offers the possibility to determine augmentation of the pulmonary blood flow per heart beat (Q(C)) as an estimate of the stroke volume response during exercise. However, this method has not been compared with a validated test until now. Therefore, the aim of this study was to compare Q(C) with stroke volume (SV(MRI)) determined by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at rest and during exercise in healthy subjects and patients. For this purpose, ten healthy subjects and ten patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (iPAH) with expected impaired stoke volume response during exercise were measured by both methods. Exercise-induced changes in Q(C) and SV(MRI) were correlated in healthy controls (r = 0.75, p < 0.05). Compared to healthy controls, Q(C) increased less during exercise in iPAH patients (11 +/- 17 ml versus 33 +/- 12 ml, p < 0.05). A similar difference in stroke volume response to exercise between the two groups was measured by MRI (-0.6 +/- 8 ml versus 23 +/- 12 ml, p < 0.05, respectively). Hence, intra-breath and MRI measurements showed similar differences in exercise-induced changes in stroke volume between controls and patients. From these results it can be concluded that the intra-breath measurement of acetylene absorption might be of value as a non-invasive tool to estimate stroke volume augmentation during exercise and can detect differences in stroke volume responses between iPAH patients and healthy subjects.
https://doi.org/10.1088/0967-3334/28/1/001
10.1088/0967-3334/28/1/001
Groepenhoff, H., Holverda, S., Marcus, J. T., Postmus, P. E., Boonstra, A., & Vonk-Noordegraaf, A. (2007). Stroke volume response during exercise measured by acetylene uptake and MRI. Physiological Measurement, 28(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1088/0967-3334/28/1/001
Groepenhoff, Herman ; Holverda, Sebastiaan ; Marcus, J Tim ; Postmus, Pieter E ; Boonstra, Anco ; Vonk-Noordegraaf, Anton. / Stroke volume response during exercise measured by acetylene uptake and MRI. In: Physiological Measurement. 2007 ; Vol. 28, No. 1. pp. 1-11.
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