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SK Čechie Praag VIII was een Tsjechische voetbalclub uit de hoofdstad Praag. De club werd in 1903 opgericht in het stadsdeel Libeň. De club speelde in 1925/26 in de hoogste klasse van Tsjechoslowakije en werd laatste met vier punten. De club bleef tot 1934 een profclub en nam dan de amateurstatus aan. In 1949 werd de club opgeheven.

Geschiedenis
Čechie VIII nam in 1920 voor het eerst deel aan het kampioenschap van Midden-Bohemen en werd in de tweede klasse ingedeeld. Hoger dan het middenveld eindigde de club nooit.

Nadat in 1925 het profvoetbal werd ingevoerd in Tsjechoslowakije nam de club de profstatus aan om zich te kunnen meten met de beste clubs van het land zoals Sparta Praag en Slavia Praag. De club was echter een maatje te klein voor de grote club. De pers bestempelde de club als pseudoprofessioneel. In het eerste seizoen van de Tsjechoslowaakse profcompetitie werd de club in de tweede klasse ingedeeld samen met nog vijf clubs. De club won één keer en speelde vier keer gelijk en eindigde op een voorlaatste plaats.

De eerste klasse werd met twee clubs uitgebreid en DFC Praag moest zich terugtrekken omdat de competitie niet toegankelijk was voor Duitse clubs. Hierdoor kwamen er enkele extra plaatsen vrij bij de elite. Čechie VIII promoveerde op die manier. De club kon slechts één wedstrijd winnen, de derby tegen SK Meteor Praag VIII. Thuis speelde de club twee keer gelijk en alle elf uitwedstrijden werden verloren. Aan het einde van het seizoen zag de balans er catastrofaal uit. 19 nederlagen op 22 wedstrijden en een doelsaldo van 23 tegen 122. De volgende acht seizoenen speelde de club nog in de tweede klasse en eindigde meestal van onder, maar omdat er maar twee profklassen waren kon de club niet degraderen. In het seizoen 1934/35 werd het onderscheid tussen profclubs en amateurclubs opgeheven en kwam er een degradatie tussen tweede en derde klasse. Čechie VIII werd derde laatste en degradeerde.

De club verdween in de sportieve anonimiteit. In 1948 werd de naam nog veranderd in Sokol Čechie Libeň en een jaar later werd de club ontbonden.

Statistiek
 Eerste klasse 1925/26:

Praag
Sportclub in Praag

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Hope & Rocks & Spider Webs!
But that's not what the Bible means when it uses the word hope. When scripture talks about hope, it's not talking about some folly or wish. In the Bible, the word ""hope "means a deep-seated confidence. The words that are translated as "hope" are also translated as confident, trust and rely upon.
Perhaps you've heard that explanation before. I know I had. I learned something interesting about one of the words translated "hope" in the Old Testament, however, that brought the definitions to life. The word we're looking at is tikva, and it literally means "cords," with the implication being "bound with cords." In other words, we are bound to that which we put our hope in.
Let's look at Scripture. We're going to start (and end) in Psalm 40. In my last blog, I wrote about listening for the Lord each morning and some of the things He wants to say to us. Today, we're turning the tables a bit and looking at what happens when God listens for us.
Those fourteen words fill me with such excitement. First, the words translated "waited patiently" is actually the same Hebrew word repeated twice. The word is qawa (pronounced kaw-vaw, accenting the second syllable). It is the root word from which tikva – hope – is derived. It literally means "to bind together (perhaps by twisting)".
The first half of the verse could also be translated "I bound myself to the Lord – I put my hope in Him." David then went on to write that two things happened when he trusted God.
The first thing is that the Lord turned to him. When we trust in God, He moves closer toward us. Another translation says He "inclined to me". You could say He stretched out toward me. Friends, there are many things I don't understand about Scripture, but I am increasingly coming to understand that when we actively believe and trust God, it activates something in the spiritual realm. It moves God closer to us so to speak.
The second thing that happened is that the Lord heard David's cry. The Lord is always listening for our cry. He always hears it. God is always listening – and when we put our trust in Him, He turns and responds.
You know, when we forget to listen to God, we make a mess of things. We fall into the slimy pits that Satan puts in front of us. We fall into the muck and mire and get sucked in by our own self confidence and pride. We make a mess of things.
But when we cry out to the Lord, He lifts us up. He sets our feet on a rock. He doesn't set me on the edge of the pit where the mud is still a bit slippery. He sets my feet on a rock and He gives us a firm place to stand. As I was thinking about this, the picture of a small child learning to walk came to mind. Their parent helps them to stand and they wobble a bit back and forth. The parent doesn't let go until the little one has firmly planted his feet and stabilized himself a bit. Then, the parent lets go, but keeps his arms loosely around the child ready to catch the child when he falls. God is like that. He makes sure our feet are firmly planted – the word can also be translated "established" – before he gives us a bit of freedom. But He is always there to catch us when we cry out to Him.
"He set my feet on a rock." A rock is solid. It is immovable. And throughout Scripture, God is described as a rock.
30 God's way is perfect. All the LORD's promises prove true. He is a shield for all who look to him for protection.
31 For who is God except the LORD? Who but our God is a solid rock?
8 Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge.
God is our solid rock. When we put our hope in him, we are secure.
How secure are we? Remember, the word hope comes from a word that means bound by cords. When we put our hope in Jesus, we are bound to him. Imagine the strongest cords you can and then imagine them wrapping around you and the Lord. And every time you choose faith – every time you choose to put your hope in God – those cords are wrapped more securely. It's like they encircle us again and again each time we choose to trust God, with each layer of cord making us more and more secure.
But, I find that the more I trust God, the more I sense the cords that hold me secure.
God is the rock to which we're bound. Hallelujah! When David thought about this, He wrote songs of praise.
The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be God, the Rock, my Savior!
As I was studying hope, I was surprised to find myself in Job. Many people consider Job to be a pretty depressing book, so I was surprised to learn so much about hope from it's pages.
Scripture describes Job as a man who was blameless and upright. A man who loved God. He was also a very rich man, described as the greatest man in all the east…Until Satan took everything from him. He lost his house, his children, his animals, his livelihood, and eventually his health. He was left to sit at the gate and beg while dogs licked the sores from his body. Even his wife encouraged him to curse God and die.
After he had lost everything – after he was no longer the richest man – no longer the man that everyone looked up to and even envied – no longer a man who could provide for his family…After he had lost his children and his money and had no ability to care for himself..After his wife told him to give up on God, to curse God and die…After all that, Job made an astounding declaration of faith.
25 I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand upon the earth.
27 I myself will see him with my own eyes – I, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!
Job was securely bound to God. His hope was secure. He was fully confident in God. He knew that when his body was destroyed, he would still see God. Job knew that nothing was going to separate him from his rock.
13 This is the destiny of all who forget God; the hope of the [person without God] will perish.
14 His source of confidence is fragile; what he trusts in is a spider's web.
15 He leans on his web, but it doesn't stand firm. He grabs it, but it does not hold up.
The hope of those who forget God will perish, Job wrote. Their hope will fail. If their trust is in anything other than God, their trust – their confidence – is fragile. It is like a spider's web. When they lean on the web, it doesn't hold them up. When things in life come at them and they try to grab onto their hope, it falls apart in their hands.
Now remember a time when you've walked into a spider web (or perhaps a cob web if the spider web has too much of an eeoow factor). If you're anything like me, you begin to scream and thrash around, trying desperately to find the web (and the spider that lives in it) and get it off of you. But there's nothing to grasp. It's there, but it's not there. It doesn't hold up.
Friends, if our faith is in our strength, our youth, our wisdom, our finances, our friends, our spouse – anything other than Jesus Christ, the holy Son of God – our hope will perish. Perhaps I should write "when" our faith is in any of those things, our hope perishes – because I find it easy to slip into trusting those things sometimes. When our faith is in any of those things, we will fail. We will reach for our faith and it will disintegrate in our hands. We will try to lean on it and we'll fall over. It is like a spider's web.
But if we trust in Christ – when we trust in Christ – we know that the object of our faith is sure and true and strong. We have a firm foundation. We know that it will never fail us.
Now let's go back to Psalm 40 and look at what happens when we put our hope in God and He turns and hears our cry.
David, a man that God described as a man after God's own heart, wrote that when he waited patiently for God, God turned and heard his cry. Then God reached down a lifted him out of the slimy pit he had found himself. He lifted him and put his feet on a rock. God gave David a firm place to stand. But God didn't just leave him there to stand. He put a new song in David's mouth – in other words, he filled David with joy and song. And the result is that others will see and put their trust in God.
David confirms that the man or woman who puts their trust in the Lord is blessed.
So friends, I want to encourage you to put your hope in that which is firm, that which is the solid rock. Put your hope in the Lord. Let's not trust in our own efforts because they're like the spider web. Jesus is the rock.
Is there an area in your life where you need to put your hope in God? Is there an area in which you've fallen into the pit of self-reliance or trusting in anything other than God? Spend a few minutes with God right now and ask Him to forgive you for trusting in that spider web and then place your situation in His hands. Put your hope in Him. He's the rock to which you want to be bound.
Footnote: Word definitions and discussions are based on Strong's Talking Greek and Hebrew Dictionary.
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There are many things one can say about King David. Obviously, he was a King. He was a victorious warrior. He was persecuted. He was a sinner. He was described by God as a man after His own heart. What has the strongest impact on me is that he was a man of praise. Whether running from Saul, winning tremendous victories or repenting from sin, David praised. He tasted the highest highs and lowest lows that mankind experiences. And he praised.
As I came to his song of praise in 2 Samuel 22 (today's Resting at the River's Edge reading), I was expecting a chapter like most other chapters in 2 Samuel. I was wrong. This is the longest chapter in the book of 2 Samuel and it is one of only a handful of chapters dealing with only one topic. At 51 verses, it has nearly 50% more verses than any other chapter in 2 Samuel and its single topic is praise.
David's praise is "crafted."It has the characteristics of something that has been written and rewritten so that the meter and rhyme worked (in its original language) and so that it could be easily remembered and sang. I'm not a song writer , a poet or an artist. Yet there is value in taking time to think through the reasons we have to praise God and to shape those reasons into something that pleases God. In today's world it might be a song, a poem, a blog, a piece of art, a scrapbook, a Pinterest pinboard or YouTube video.
It took David a bit of time to write this praise– undoubtedly at least an hour or two, perhaps many times more than that. The song praises God specifically for who He is and for what He's done.
David "worked" at developing this praise.That may seem like a contradiction. We tend to have the perspective that praise should come naturally and when it doesn't it feels like we are being hypocritical. Ignore your feelings. They are wrong. We are commanded to praise God. That means we're to do it whether we feel like it or not. We're to offer a "sacrifice of praise," which is a phrase that is used repeatedly throughout the Bible. That means we're to do it whether we feel like it or not.
David's praise gave Him confidence in God.As you read through the 51 verses, you see David's confidence in God grow as He praises God for His faithfulness and for His sovereign power.
29 "O LORD, you are my lamp.
31 God's way is perfect.
32 For who is God except the LORD?
David's praise was the result of a lifetime of triumphs and struggles. But a lifetime of triumphs and struggles don't always result in a life characterized by praise. It is by praising – by practicing praise during those triumphs and struggles that our life become characterized by it. I want my life to be characterized by praise. That means developing the pattern of spending time with God crafting my praise, working at it even when I don't feel like it, and praising Him when it looks like I'm about to go under.
Friends, let get our praise on!
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There is only one man God referred to as "a man after my own heart" – King David. Wow! What a way to be known by God! We know that the King was not without his flaws and not without sin, but what earned him the title of "a man after my own heart" was his deep, passionate love for God. God saw into King David's heart and knew that he had found a friend – someone who would stand by His side forever.
With that as a backdrop, it seems appropriate, even beneficial to study this Psalm. What you'll find is that such a study will be quite different from most because the Psalm is quite different from all others. It is more than twice as long as any other Psalm, and is written in a distinctive manner.
In other words…it's a worthwhile read.
I find it fascinating that when King David decided to put pen to paper in this unique Psalm, when he wanted to write a poem or song that started each verse with a different letter of the alphabet and worked through all the letters, from A to Z (so to speak), the subject he chose to write about is God's Word. It wasn't God's grace or His mercy or His compassion or His love. It was His Word. David's love for God was so deep and so passionate, that David loved each Word that came from Him.
As we look at a few verses related to each theme, I'm sure you'll find some that are quite familiar to you. And as we look at them together, I'm praying that God will use David's words to ignite a love for God's Word in each of us.
David describes God's statutes – His laws – as a delight! They are not burdensome as some might consider them, they are a delight. We'll see why when we look at what David says about their value.
David is so confident in God's statutes that he uses them as counselors. In other words, he uses them to help make decisions.
Is God's Law more precious to you than your gold and silver? More precious than your job and paycheck? When that's true, we act differently on the job. We are better employees in most ways – because we are obedient to God's laws about respecting our employers, working diligently and honestly, and being kind and having a positive attitude.
Oh, to have the love for God's law that David had. Lord, help me to meditate on it all day long! Help me to keep it in my mind while I work through my days.
Those who follow God's laws are blessed. It's the simple principle of sowing and reaping. Living according to God's laws puts us in a position to receive His tremendous blessings. Conversely, walking outside God's laws opens us not only to reap the consequences of our choices, but also to being more vulnerable to attacks by satan.
Hiding God's Word in our hearts keeps us from sinning. Memorizing Scripture and meditating on it helps us to make right choices.
God's Word shows us the way we should go. It illuminates our thinking opening creative options when all ways seem blocked.
Teach me, O LORD, to follow your decrees; then I will keep them to the end.
Give me understanding, and I will keep your law and obey it with all my heart.
Notice that David promises to follow God's laws as God leads him in greater understanding of them. With such a valuable resource, David understands that simply reading God's Word and not obeying it is a travesty and an affront to God.
Scripture describes us as "fearfully and wonderfully made" (Psalm 139:14). David understood that the One who created man is worthy of man's obedience. He also knew that God didn't create man and then walk away – He remains actively involved in our world and in our lives if we invite Him in.
All of this leads David to one final overriding theme: Praise for God and His Word.
I like this verse. It challenges me to rejoice over God's Laws no matter what my circumstances are – wherever I happen to be lodging at the moment, Lord, let me rejoice in Your Laws.
At midnight I rise to give you thanks for your righteous laws.
Your word, O Lord, is eternal, it stands firm in the heavens.
Your statutes are my heritage forever; they are they joy of my heart.
Wow! Another verse that I love. God's Laws are the joy of David's heart and are so rich that he considers them his heritage – his inheritance – that thing of value that has been passed down through the generation, preserved and passed on to him. They are an inheritance that, when made his own, enabled David to have a lasting legacy.
Everything in this life, even those things that are perfect here on earth, has limits. Everything except that which comes from God. His commands are without limits. His Word is without limits – boundless – and they open opportunities for us to have boundless influence.
Thank you, Lord, for allowing me to partner with You to impact my world and beyond. Teach me Your ways so that I might know You better.
In yesterday's blog, "But" Out, I encouraged all of us to leave the "but" out when giving thanks. Often we know that we have much to be thankful for, but… And that "but" robs us of the joy of the blessing. I am blessed to have a nice home, but it needs a new roof and I can't afford one right now. I am blessed to be able to write this blog, but there's so much more I want to do with Apprehending Grace Ministries and I simply don't have the time. In each case, I rejoice over the blessing, but before that rejoicing is fully enjoyed, the "but" steals all or part of my joy. So let's choose to leave the "but" out so that we can fully enjoy the blessing!
There is, however, a time for putting the "but" in, and that's when we are focusing on the "buts" of God. Two of my favorite phrases in the Bible are "but God…" and "but the Lord…" They are the phrases that indicate a tremendous change in circumstance that would not have happened had it not been for a sovereign move of our Lord on behalf of an individual or group of people. There are many verses in the Bible where you'll find these phrases. I've organized a few of them according to the action God took when He sovereignly interrupted others' lives throughout history. We can count on God to do the same thing in our lives.
Day after day Saul searched for [David], but God did not give David into his hands.
A righteous man may have many troubles, but the LORD delivers him from them all.
We can trust God to protect us when we are in danger and when others attack us or seek our destruction.
I love this verse – "But God remembered Noah…" It gives me confidence that when I have stepped out for Him, as Noah did, He will remember me and send whatever is needed to care and provide for me.
Sometimes we can't see what God is doing – in the natural it seems that our flesh and heart are failing. Even in those times, God can be our strength and we have the promise that He is our portion (or inheritance) forever.
I love this category of verses. God moves in and through the lives of people, despite their circumstances and abilities, to accomplish His will. I love it because of the promise that His plan will be accomplished and I love it because it promises that He can use me despite my circumstances and abilities.
21"We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand. 22Before our eyes the LORD sent miraculous signs and wonders—great and terrible—upon Egypt and Pharaoh and his whole household. 23But he brought us out from there to bring us in and give us the land that he promised on oath to our forefathers.
9Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him 10and rescued him from all his troubles. He gave Joseph wisdom and enabled him to gain the goodwill of Pharaoh king of Egypt; so he made him ruler over Egypt and all his palace.
But the Lord provided a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the fish three days and three nights.
God can intervene in the midst of our rebellion. Sometimes that intervention is unpleasant because God knows what is required to get our attention and turn us around. Jonah repented in the belly of the great fish and cried out to the Lord for help. God did just that and Jonah went on to preach to the Ninevites who all repented and turned to the Lord.
Indeed he [Epaphroditus] was ill, and almost died. But God had mercy on him, and not on him only but also on me, to spare me sorrow upon sorrow.
Like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be recovered, so we must die. But God does not take away life; instead, he devises ways so that a banished person may not remain estranged from him.
This is another of my favorite verses. Death seems so final and irreversible…"But God…devises ways…" I love serving a God of infinite possibilities.
23This man was handed over to you by God's set purpose and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross. 24But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him.
This is the verse that God used most when I was struggling to understand Him and trust Him with my life. I was resisting Him, but He loved me through it.
4But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions…And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 7in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
We were dead in our transgressions and sins, "but God" chose to give us life. Not just any life, but life in Christ. And He chose to raise us up with Him and seat us with Him in heavenly realms. Why? So that in the coming ages He might show us the incomparable riches of His grace.
No matter what our circumstances are, we can trust that God will move to change them. In an instant, our story will change from "I am in great need" to "but God provided for me;" or "but God delivered me." I didn't include all the instances of God interrupting the flow of history and changing life circumstances. If you've been reading the references, you noticed that the verses come from both the Old and New Testament and cover from the beginning of time through all of eternity. God has always been at work in the lives of His people (and often in the lives of those who deny Him) and He always will be.
Yesterday we were encouraged to leave the "but" out of our thanksgiving. Today, I am encouraging to put the "but God" into our circumstances. Trust the God you know to meet your needs, whether they are for healing, provision, comfort or salvation. He has proven Himself faithful over the millennia – why should we choose to believe the lies of satan that He will abandon us now?
What is the Cost of Your Offering?
If you're Resting at the River's Edge with us, you read this story late last week.
David was King and Araunah was happy to give him his land and everything he needed for the offering. But David was making an offering and a sacrifice to his King. Taking the free gift from Araunah would not have been much of an offering/sacrifice from David. It is to David's great credit that he didn't take the easy way out here.
Note, Those know not what religion is whose chief care it is to make it cheap and easy to themselves, and who are best pleased with that which costs them least pains or money. What have we our substance for but to honour God with it? and how can it be better bestowed?
Those whose primary goal is making things as cheap and easy on themselves as possible aren't seeking God with all their hearts. What is the purpose of all we have, if not to honor God? Can there be a better use for our possessions, energy and time but to use them to serve Him?
I was convicted by David's statement and doubly challenged by Matthew Henry's. I wonder – am I serving God sacrificially? Do my offerings cost me something or is He getting the leftovers? Is He getting service in my spare time and with my spare energy and money?
Tithing: If giving 10% is easy – if your income is such that you can easily live on 90% – would God be honored by you giving more? And is there any better thing you can do with the "more" than give it to God?
Ministry/Service: Have you said "yes" to so many opportunities to serve that perhaps your service is costing you time, but you have no effort or "overflow" to minister out of? Or maybe it's not so many opportunities to serve that takes your time, but all the other activities in your life. Is God getting the dregs, last minute, jump in the car and go, then wing it when you get there service? If so, I would contend that your service isn't costing you what it ought. Maybe you need to be involved in less activities, and perhaps even less ministry activities, so that your offerings of service are complete offerings of all that you are.
Time with God: Is your time with God filled with constant distractions of this world, shortened by earthly demands, and less consistent than your other commitments? The enemy is a master at distracting us during our quiet time, and I'm not here to bring condemnation about it. But there are distractions that are brought on by the enemy and there are distractions that come up simply because of our own lack of discipline or planning. I'm talking about the latter here. My time with God ought to cost me something – it ought to be a sacrifice of all I am to focus on Him. Sadly, often it is not.
This is not a word meant to bring condemnation, but it is a word that is meant to encourage you and me to do better. I want my offerings to the Lord to have value – that means they must cost me something – because that's how we value things here on earth – and if it's not of value to me, I haven't given an appropriate offering to God.
Lord, forgive me when I have taken You for granted! Help me to change. Help me to love you more, and to demonstrate that love by giving honestly of my time, money, talents, energy, and love to You.
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I sat down to write a blog about 2 Samuel 24:24, in which King David replies to Araunah's' offer of free land to build an altar on and free animals to sacrifice to the Lord "No…I will not sacrifice to the Lord my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing." What a powerful statement. And I'm so wanting to write it, but first I looked over previous blogs to see if I had already written about this verse.
What I found was a blog I wrote almost two years ago that's along the same lines of my heart's meditation over the past few days…I just didn't remember that I had blogged about it. Perhaps you've forgotten the blog, too. It is a blog that grew out of David's song of praise in 2 Samuel 22. David's life had many ups and downs – he lived in caves and he lived in palaces – and praised God in both. Our God is worthy of our praises whether we are currently in the cave or on the mountain top. This blog from November 2008 covers the topic so well and I was so blessed to re-read it, I thought you would be too. So today's blog is a reminder of things past. Tomorrow's will be about David's reply to Araunah.


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Many historical explorers and adventurers created visual representations of the landscape and scenery of the regions they visited around the globe. No matter by pencil, paintbrush, paper or stone and even later photography, many of these images were published in lithographic form in old books that help provide the first pictorial descriptions of these places in history. In comparing them to the modern landscape we can see how natural processes can shape the environment.
All of these were richly illustrated with and without color and form a a major basis for our collections. One of the major cataloguers of travel and scenery works was J.R. Abbey who published a multi-volume set dedicated to historical images set in both aquatint and lithography. His work has been instrumental in helping with the bibliographic information for our various collections.
Abbey, J.R. (1956-57) Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860: from the library of J.R. Abbey: a bibliographical catalogue. London: Priv. print. at the Curwen Press. 2 v. (xiii, 675 p.). v. 1. World, Europe, Africa -- v. 2. Asia, Oceania, Antarctica, America. Reprints through Folkestone: Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1972. and San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1991.


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Andy Martino of SNY.tv reports that the Yankees "continue to check in" with Manny Machado's camp.
He says that the Yankees "are not the frontrunners" for Machado and "will almost certainly" not make him the highest offer, but "they are not out on him, either." The White Sox and Phillies "have been more aggressive" for the infielder, per Martino. If the Yanks do wind up signing Machado, they would play him at third base and move Miguel Andujar to first base. The club is committed to using Troy Tulowitzki at shortstop until Didi Gregorius (elbow) returns.


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Thank you to all the attendees that visited us at our stand at METSTRADE 2017, the world's biggest Marine equipment trade show at the RAI Amsterdam. We were fortunate to make the acquaintance of so many new contacts, see existing customers and familiar faces at this year's exhibition.
We previewed our new Safety Electronics Range and received valuable positive feedback that will help us to accelerate our production timeline.
The exhibition has given us the opportunity to network with International companies, discuss collaborative projects and to untilise the skills and expertise of our electronic engineering team.


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New oil-repellent material is created
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists have created a class of material structures that can repel oils and which also have applications in aviation and space travel.
Aside from use in hazardous waste removal, Massachusetts Institute of Technology engineers said the new material could protect parts of airplanes or rockets, such as rubber gaskets and o-rings, that are vulnerable to damage from being soaked in fuel.
"These are vulnerable points in many aerospace applications," said Professor Robert Cohen. "It would be nice if you could spill gasoline on a fabric or a gasket or other surface and find that instead of spreading, it just rolled off."
The MIT team designed a type of material composed of specially prepared microfibers that essentially cushion droplets of liquid, allowing them to sit, intact, just above the material's surface. When oil droplets land on the material, they rest atop the fibers and pockets of air trapped between the fibers.
The study that included postdoctoral researcher Anish Tuteja, graduate students Wonjae Choi and Minglin Ma, Professor Gregory Rutledge and Joseph Mabry and Sarah Mazzella of the Air Force Research Laboratory appears in the Dec. 7 issue of the journal Science.
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"I am passionate about everything in my life — first and foremost, passionate about ideas. And that's a dangerous person to be in this society, not just because I'm a woman, but because it's such a fundamentally anti-intellectual, anti-critical thinking society."
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MEF mourns the passing of bell hooks – one of the most courageous, inspiring, and consequential cultural critics of our time.
We were privileged to have had the opportunity to collaborate with bell hooks on a number of video projects over the years, learned immensely from her in the process, and will miss the unparalleled intellect, fierce sense of justice, and tremendous heart she brought to her work.
"bell hooks was one of the most important scholar-activists of our age," MEF Executive Director Sut Jhally said today. "A public intellectual before we even knew such a thing existed, she embodied what came to be known as intersectionality in her unique analytical/political framework. Never eschewing complexity and contradiction, she communicated radical ideas in ways that everyone understood, inspiring countless people to embark on their own intellectual journeys. She was one of a kind – bold, funny, compassionate, vulnerable – embracing and grappling seriously with every idea she encountered. We will not see her like again."
Rest in Power, bell hooks.
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The History of Domino
The game of Domino is simple and fast. A domino tower is formed with three or four dominoes. Players take turns adding one domino to the platform. A tower must be stable enough to survive the next player's turn, but precarious enough to fall during the next player's turn. It is always fun to see a tower fall, and the players enjoy watching it. Depending on the number of players, this game is often played for more than one hour.
Traditionally, the term Domino was derived from the Venetian Carnival costume, which often consists of a black robe and a white mask. It is not connected to the number 2 in any language. The most common forms of the game include Matador, Texas 42, and Domino Whist. However, some people also play Fives and Threes and are familiar with the name "Dino". Regardless of where the game is originally from, it is considered one of the oldest games.
The name domino was derived from the costume worn by the players during the Venetian Carnival. These costumes resemble the character in the film "The Godfather". The word domino was a common word in the medieval period. Later, it came to mean the hood of a monk, but it has come to mean a hooded costume or a mask. It was then shortened to "domino" after the English and French domino. Despite its name, the game is not just a board game anymore. Many modern applications of Domino have a rich history and a great deal of history.
In the early 18th century, domino first appeared in France and Austria. By the late 1700s, the game was spread to England by French prisoners of war. By 1860, the game was mentioned in American literature and became popular in cafes. It has a different feel from its Chinese counterpart, and in the United States, domino games were widely played in pubs and cafes. It has also become an incredibly popular game.
The history of Domino has an interesting story. The name is derived from a Venetian Carnival costume, which usually consists of a black robe and a white mask. In spite of its long history, the game is now popular across the world, especially in the United States. It is a great way to collaborate with colleagues and customers. A successful Domino game can make you more money. So far, there are many other advantages to the game.
Domino is based on three key insights. The main goal of a domino is to keep track of code and data, and the output is the result of that code. Hence, Domino traces back all the results to the source code. A user can trace back the results of a Domino run by tracing the code and data. With this, a user can easily determine whether the game is successful or not. It can also help them to build a better software and to improve their productivity.
Domino – A Fun Game For All Ages


Day 4 of 7 in 7… am I boring you yet? And this is also the second post about the little changes I made in 2017 that have had big results.
Earlier today I sat opposite Lucie, my Renegade Retreat co-hort and watched her tucked into a juicy burger with relish. In the past I would have joined her or watched enviously but this time I felt quite relaxed about not eating meat. Because that's me now … last year, I gave up eating meat.
I've flirted with vegetarianism since I was a teen but always because I felt intellectually it was the right thing to do, not because I felt it in my heart. My husband doesn't eat meat which means my consumption was very low anyway, so what harm, I reasoned, could the odd steak do?
Personally, I don't believe that eating the flesh off something dead in order to survive is wrong. Believe me, if we were marooned after a plane crash in the Andes, I'd eat you. But I'm not a starving subsistence farmer in medieval Europe, I'm a well fed modern woman with more than enough non-animal protein options to keep my BMI way above what it should be.
But still … whenever I tried vegetarianism before I didn't feel it in my heart. I loved the occasional garlic and rosemary infused slow cooked leg of lamb or a juicy sausage sandwich. And then about seven months ago, I caught the end of a news report about animal abuse in abattoirs. The terrible imagery, which I wish I had closed my eyes for, was of a fluffy white lamb. I looked down at my lamb sized fluffy white Mabel, and suddenly I felt it in my heart.
I could have ignored it. As I'd ignored previous epiphanies; perhaps I had felt it in my heart before but I'd just let convention and greediness stop me. This time I thought "I don't want to be the kind of person who contributes to this' and so I stopped eating meat.
This post isn't of course about not eating meat, just as yesterdays was not about having to shop at a specific supermarket. It's about emotional honesty. If there is something you feel in your heart but are ignoring, try just living with it for a short while. You don't have to shout about it to the world. It can be private because it's not about judgement for what a 'good' or 'bad' person you are. You can just try it and see if it really makes you feels more fulfilled.
My decision to stop eating meat is sentimental, I know that. It's about listening to my heart and not being apologetic about it. I don't need to dress it up in high falluntin' moral philosophy. It's just the person I want to be.


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Roman Serpent Vase
December 1, 2016 in Art, Deities of the Underworld, Opinion, Serpents | Tags: artisans, beautiful, curves, design, funerary, marble, Master, Roman, serpents, vase | by Wayne | 4 comments
Here is a marble vase crafted by unknown Roman master artisans in the latter half of the 2nd century A.D. Two beautiful sinuous snakes coil around the edges of a sumptuous ogee shaped body. The snakes' bodies form the handles for the vase which is covered in lovely double "S" curves (as is the lid which is surmounted by a finial). There are no inscriptions on the vase, so it is unclear if it was a funerary vessel, but the shape was a characteristic one for cremated remains. Likewise, snakes had a religious significance in classical society. They were regarded as sacred to the gods below the Earth. These serpents certainly have knowing expressions appropriate for chthonic intermediaries who know the secrets of the underworld. However snakes have always looked like that to me. Can you imagine carving this…out of stone…by hand? I am pretty good with my hands, but the idea of all these perfect matched curves is beyond me. Whoever this vase was originally meant for, it is now a monument to the master makers who lived nearly two thousand years ago. It is currently at the Metropolitan Museum of Art right here in New York–hopefully it will there sit on an elegant plinth while adoring crowds coo at it for another 2,000 years…yet the future has a disturbing way of eluding our hopes.
The USS Maine National Monument
November 11, 2014 in Art, Opinion | Tags: allegorical, battleship, beautiful, Central Park, Maine, marble, memorial, Monument, neoclassical, New York City, sculpture, Spanish-American, USS, war | by Wayne | Leave a comment
USS Maine Monument (designed by Harold Van Buren Magonigle and carved by Attilio Piccirilli, 1913, marble)
Here is an image of my favorite war memorial sculpture in New York City (which has no lack of amazing memorial sculptures from conflicts throughout American history). This is a memorial to the 260 American sailors who perished in 1898 when the battleship Maine unexpectedly exploded. When the battleship blew up, it was located in the harbor of Havana, Cuba, and the event quickly became a casus belli for the Spanish-American War (a lop-sided conflict which announced the U.S. as a great world power). The events surrounding the destruction of the Maine–and the attendant yellow journalism, which led to war–are complicated and controversial: you can read about them elsewhere (although, frankly, it seems likely the battleship exploded because of an accident rather than due to Spanish perfidy). Today we are concentrating on Attilio Picarelli's glorious sculpture, which was placed in Central Park at the Columbus Circle entrance in 1913. It is a triumphant celebration of American imperial might, but it is also a poignant evocation of the sodier's forced estrangement from his family (which sometimes lasts forever–as in the case of the sailors of the Maine).
The Front of the Monument: "The Antebellum State of Mind: Courage Awaiting"
The monument takes the form of a classical trireme-style warship made of marble with a huge cenotaph in the middle. Atop the cenotaph is a gilded figure of Columbia–a pre Uncle Sam allegorical figure who represents America. All eyes tend to focus on the triumphant Columbia, who is riding in a seashell chariot drawn by three hippocampi (she is reputedly cast from metal from the actual cannons of the Maine, which were raised from the watery depths after the Spanish War was won), however it is the figures near the base which are finer artworks. In the front of the statue, Justice stretches out her arms in a plea for vengeance for the murdered seamen as the nation starts out for war. At her feet, a beautiful mother holds a disconsolate child (left at home by a soldier father or perhaps orphaned outright?). A muscular nude man (who represents the soldier) is forced to turn away from her. At the ships prow a beautiful youth holds a victory wreathe. On the right side of the statue is a half slumbering old sea god which looks like Proteus (and represents the Pacific Ocean). On the left side is an Athenian warrior reclining, whose warlike trappings are at odds with his serene pose and distant expression: he represents the Atlantic Ocean. At the back of the statue is a group of figures titled "The Post-Bellum Idea: Justice Receiving Back the Sword Entrusted to War". The statue is engraved with the names of the men who died when the Maine sank.
The left side of the Monument: an allegorical figure of the Atlantic Ocean
The stone figures are carved with unusual skill and grace which is so often absent in American civic statues. Their faces are solemn and beautiful and every line is simultaneously forceful and yet delicate. Although it takes time to tease out the allegorical meanings of the groupings, there is no mistaking the grave solemnity of the figures.
The back of the monument: "The Post-Bellum Idea: Justice Receiving Back the Sword Entrusted to War."
Pluto/Hades
May 5, 2011 in Art, Deities of the Underworld, Farm | Tags: abduction, abundancy, Black, Chariot, compelled, dark, gardem, Getty, god, Hades, hell, Hellenic, jewels, marble, mysteries, Persephone, Plauton, Pluto, pomegranate, Proserpine, Roman, seeds, Statue, Underworld, wealth | by Wayne | Leave a comment
During my break from blogging, I visited the Getty Villa on the Malibu coast, which has a tremendous collection of Greco-Roman objects from the classical and pre-classical eras. One of the more lovely artworks in their collection was this first century Roman statue of Pluto carved from marble.
Statue of Pluto (Roman, ca. First Century, Marble)
The Getty's label for this sculpture reads as follows:
Pluto (Hades to the Greeks) was the Roman god of the Underworld. He is depicted here in the guise of Plouton, a Greek deity associated with wealth and agrarian abundance. The mature bearded figure stands draped in a long cloak. A large cornucopia (now broken) rests in his left arm as a symbol of prosperity. Although sculpted in the Roman era, this statuette is modeled after a Greek work of the Hellenisitic period (323-31 BC)
Like Poseidon, Pluto/Hades was the older brother of Zeus. When he was born he was consumed by his father Cronus. Once rescued from that predicament by Zeus' cunning, he joined his siblings in the terrible war against the Titans. When the Olympians were triumphant, Zeus gave Pluto suzerainty over the underworld, the dead, and all things within the ground.
Although Pluto appears in many myths, the most important story about him concerns the manner by which he obtained a spouse. The other deities feared and avoided Pluto, who was solitary and gloomy. The goddess Demeter, the goddess of growing things, had a radiant daughter named Persephone, a maiden of unsurpassed loveliness. One day, as Persephone was gathering flowers, Pluto opened a chasm in the world and drove up from the darkness in a chariot drawn by midnight black horses. The god of the underworld captured the trembling girl and bore her down to his opulent palace in the land of the dead. No longer a maiden, Persephone took no joy in the rich jewels and precious metals of Pluto's great mansion. The only consolation to her was the dark garden of the underworld where she beguiled her time surrounded by the silent weeping shades of the dead.
Rape of Proserpine (Niccolò dell'Abbate, ca. 1571, oil on canvas)
Although Zeus had consented to this arrangement, even he was unprepared for Demeter's wrath. She withdrew her gift of fertility from the world (a theme seen in both the story of Psyche and the myths concerning Oshun, an Afro-Brazilian love goddess) and everywhere people and animals starved. The world began to wither into a lifeless desert and Zeus was forced to send his messenger, Hermes (Mercury), to retrieve Persephone. But, while in the garden of the underworld, she had eaten four seeds of a pomegranate. Thereafter she was forced to return to the underworld for four months of the year to rule beside Pluto as queen of the dead.
Statues of Hades/Pluto are much less common than statues of the other Olympian deities. Greeks and Romans feared drawing his direct attention but they also feared to anger him by not sacrificing to him in worship. There were therefore a number of euphemisms for the deity such as "rich father" or "giver of wealth". Additionally, since Pluto ruled all things under the ground, the Plouton identity, seen in the statue, came to be associated with wealth and with agricultural fertility–after all, gold and jewels came from the ground—as did life-giving crops. The Eleusinian Mysteries celebrated a more positive aspect of Pluto–as the god of wealth and the spouse of the life-giving Persephone. It was believed that initiates of these mysteries would enjoy Persephone's favor in the underworld and would be granted access to the beautiful glowing fields of asphodel which she planted in the underworld.


The volume of banking sector's consumer durable loan pie has shrunk 75% year on year.
Banks' credit card outstanding grew 29% year-on-year to Rs 84200 crore at the same period from Rs 68600 crore.
KOLKATA: Zero-cost financing schemes and cash-backs have taken the fizz out of vanilla consumer durable loans offered by banks. The volume of banking sector's consumer durable loan pie has shrunk 75% year on year while non-banks continue to thrive with attractive packaging of loan products.
According to Reserve Bank of India data, banks outstanding consumer loans now stood at Rs 4600 crore at the end of January, against Rs 19700 crore a year back. This was despite private sector leader HDFC Bank's recent thrust on this segment.
This also reflects a muted consumer demand post September.
"There was shift to borrowing from NBFCs which provide such loans. Demand for such goods against credit also came down as the post-harvest / festival season demand did not work out," CARE Ratings chief economist Madan Sabnavis said.
Leading electronics retailer with 82 stores Vijay Sales director Nilesh Gupta said consumers have shifted to no-cost or zero-cost finance from NBFCs or through credit card while there are hardly any consumer who comes with a bank cheque nowadays.
Banks' credit card outstanding grew 29% year-on-year to Rs 84200 crore at the same period from Rs 68600 crore. For instance, ICICI Bank offers easy EMI scheme for purchasing white goods using credit cards.
"The easy and instant availability of no-cost finance schemes right at the store has become a much more lucrative one than getting bank finance," said Gupta. At Vijay Sales, over 55% of total purchases are on finance as compared to 35% three years back.
Japan's leading consumer electronics maker Panasonic India chief executive officer Manish Sharma said people are upgrading their purchases with the help of easy financing options raising the consumer bill value.
"There has been an increase of almost 30% on the value of consumer finance. For appliances, almost 45% of purchases are driven by finance while for television it is around 52%," said Sharma.
These loans are normally for a period of a year and hence would have been repaid before the start of the festival season - Janmashthami, Ganesh Chaturthi, Nag Panchmi – beginning August.
CARE Ratings' Sabnavis said the fall in banks' consumer durable loans came down sharply in August showing the shift in consumers' preference in favour of getting a loan from NBFCs.


Which O ring material is friendly to brake fluid?
Looking to source the small O rings that seal the e-brake actuating plunger within the rear calipers. It's small, about .580" outside diameter, with .060" section.
Please confirm which O ring material is friendly to brake fluid?
I use Viton- a flourocarbon rubber- for everything around my house and shop, including garden hoses. It is proof against anything liquid in a car. Stay far away from butyl or neoprene rubber which are undependable even with plain water. McMasters-Carr has o-rings- NOT made in China-, and if you run into an oddball size, it's possible to make your own! There are build-your-own o-ring kits available. In the outer space biz, NASA contractors routinely use bulk o-ring stock with the ends carefully super-glued together to create gigantic o-rings for sealing 10+ ft OD segmented booster rockets. This works best for non-moving o-rings but if the motion is slow, it also works on other types. I once fixed a badly designed Camaro master cylinder with a second o-ring seal for backup on a modified moving piston, and my glued o-ring held pressure for decades. There's a POCA newsletter article way back in the web archives on this, with photos.
as for size, using the parker handbook ORD 5700 would let you see what sizes are available.


Varipetro. Varipetro is located about nine kilometers from Chania town and the seaside resorts of Platanias, Agia Marina and Kato Stalos. It is a farming village, lying on the slopes of the hills. The area is beautifully dotted with pine trees, olive trees, orange trees, mandarin trees and avocado trees. It is a traditional village that prosphers because of the Water Park (Limnoupolis) The Kart track is also located here and the ruins of an ancient castle (Kastellos). In the village one can see various monuments. A major attraction near Varipetro is the monastery of Agia Kyriaki.
Chania Prefecture: Where on the map is Varipetro located?


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Méguétan is een gemeente (commune) in de regio Koulikoro in Mali. De gemeente telt 25.400 inwoners (2009).

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Horsemen plan protest at preem's office
Feb 28, 2012 • February 28, 2012 • 1 minute read
A group of up to 600 protesters will gather outside Premier Dalton McGuinty's Alta Vista constituency office Wednesday.
The rally is planned by the National Capital Region Harness Horse Association (NCRHHA). The group is concerned about a recommendation in the Drummond Report to stem the flow of $345 million annually to horse tracks, and the removal of the Slots at Racetracks program.
NCRHHA spokesman Ed McHale said the rally is not meant to be politically-motivated.
"We're not going to blast the Liberals," he said. "They said it is under review — good. Please do."
McHale said protesters will push their view that cancelling the program won't save $345 million a year, but rather cost the Ontario economy up to $1.1 billion in off-shoot revenue.
"They're huge net winners in this," said McHale. "They need top know they can't suck and blow at the same time."
The rally gets underway at noon at 1795 Kilborn Ave. Joining members of the horse racing community will be rural city councilors and members of local feed companies.
McHale said he doesn't know if McGuinty is expected to be in his office at the time.
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After surviving storm, Pagano won't look back
ANDERSON — Four years ago Chuck Pagano stared death in the face and lived to tell about it. During the worst it, he spent 20 hours a day in bed. The chemo sapped him. It tested him.
After surviving storm, Pagano won't look back ANDERSON — Four years ago Chuck Pagano stared death in the face and lived to tell about it. During the worst it, he spent 20 hours a day in bed. The chemo sapped him. It tested him. Check out this story on IndyStar.com: http://indy.st/2anBpmk
Zak Keefer, zak.keefer@indystar.com Published 6:18 p.m. ET July 27, 2016 | Updated 11:08 p.m. ET July 27, 2016
Indianapolis Colts head coach Chuck Pagano on the first day of the Indianapolis Colts training camp Tuesday, July 27, 2016, morning at Anderson University in Anderson IN.(Photo: Matt Kryger/IndyStar)
Thursday at training camp: Practice, 1:55-4:40 p.m.; Colts City, 12:30-5 p.m.
ANDERSON — Four years ago Chuck Pagano stared death in the face and lived to tell about it. During the worst of it, he spent 20 hours a day in bed. The chemo sapped him. It tested him. But he kept coaching, poring through film on his iPad, texting his players advice for game days. The cancer wouldn't win. He beat it. He returned.
Last winter, Pagano stared a different kind of death in the face. His Indianapolis Colts coaching tenure was doomed, dead in the water. "They can fire you, but they can't eat you," he admitted in early December. By January, the day after his team finished the season 8-8, he was telling players he didn't know if he'd be back or not. But deep down, he had a hunch. He walked into team owner Jim Irsay's office that afternoon expecting to be let go.
Seven hours later he was saying this: "I've had a lot of great days in my life, but none better than this."
Go figure. Chuck Pagano lived to tell about it. Again.
The man knows a thing or two about defying the odds.
Doyel: Will we find out why these Colts got paid?
He's a coach who has been given a second chance — as rare a thing in today's NFL as a run-first offense. It began Wednesday at Anderson University, his fifth training camp as coach of the Colts. Pagano is armed now with something he didn't have a year ago: job security. Last August he was a lame duck coach shouldering the weight of Super Bowl expectations. Now he has a contract that stretches through 2019.
The man can exhale.
Thing is, he won't.
"You know as well as I know, this is day-to-day, week-to-week, regardless," Pagano said before the team's first practice of 2016. "It's a bottom-line business … I don't think of it as, 'Hey, I've got security now.' The biggest myth in life is you think you have time when you really don't."
He knows that more than most. Since taking the Colts' job in January 2012, Pagano has been tested personally and professionally. He fought off leukemia in 2012. And even in the worst of it last winter, when his job was on the line, he never lost a sense of perspective. When you've spent nine weeks battling cancer, losing a football game — or a job — doesn't seem all that bad.
One of the reasons Chuck Pagano kept his job in Indianapolis: His close relationship with his players. (Photo: Matt Kryger/The Star)
Yet after that stunning news conference on the frigid night of Jan. 4, he has done little looking back. Best day of his life? Pagano has made no mention of it. On to 2016. Given that second chance, he is driven to make sure this fall isn't nearly as dreadful as the last one.
"We all learned a lot," was about all he'd say Wednesday about 2015.
The tone around here has changed. The expectations, too. Pagano overhauled his coaching staff and welcomed 12 new assistants. There are new coordinators on both sides of the ball. Last season they started in the spotlight. This year they chase it.
Henry Anderson waits, watches as Colts start camp
And 24 hours in, Pagano has been Pagano. You'd think 2015 never happened. He wore a shirt Wednesday with one of his trusty cliches on the back: "Humble and Hungry." The humbling came last season. The hungry defines their pursuit.
Even in the worst of times last year, like the Colts' three-game losing streak in December that cost them a playoff spot, Pagano never flinched. He never lost his players, and ultimately, that's why he never lost his job.
Mike Adams is a 13-year league veteran. He has played on teams that went 2-14 and teams that went 13-3 and reached the Super Bowl. He has seen it all.
Indianapolis Colts head coach Chuck Pagano during drills on the first day of practice at the Indianapolis Colts NFL training camp Tuesday, July 27, 2016, morning at Anderson University in Anderson IN. (Photo: Matt Kryger/IndyStar)
"Man, that was tough," Adams said Wednesday, "but he kept his cool, which was surprising to me because some coaches don't stay the same. You'd see a panic in those coaches. You would see things change. 'We can't do this … we have to do this … Oh, no, we have to do this.'
"Chuck stayed the same, and that's what I admired about him."
Then Adams makes a valid point: Who were the Colts going to lure to Indianapolis if Pagano was kicked to the curb? He has won 41 games in four seasons and been to the playoffs every year Andrew Luck has been on the field. That's the type of success most NFL teams crave. Ask Cleveland. Or Detroit. Or Buffalo.
Colts observations: 'Hot' on first day of practice
That consistency, coupled with the fact the Colts mustered eight wins last year with Luck sidelined for more than half the season, was one of the principal reasons Irsay gave him a second contract. Irsay has spent a lifetime in the game. He knows how difficult it is to win in this league. He remembers how little the team won before Peyton Manning arrived in 1998.
"Who else would be better?" Adams added. "If they let him go, who would be better? What track record is better than his? I wouldn't trade that. If someone might've come in, they might've thought rebuild. Then I'm gone. (Robert) Mathis is gone. It's a new regime, they want their guys in. We're older guys. That's how it works."
It never got there. Irsay decided that day in January that Chuck Pagano deserved another shot. No coaching search. No rebuild.
Pagano stayed. Adams stayed. Mathis stayed. Still, plenty changed in the offseason. What didn't was the head coach.
This is Chuck Pagano's team, same as it was a year ago.
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Colts first day of NFL training camp
Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck (12) works with his new center rookie Ryan Kelly (78) during drills on the first day of practice at the Indianapolis Colts NFL training camp Wednesday, July 27, 2016, afternoon at Anderson University in Anderson IN. Matt Kryger/IndyStar
Indianapolis Colts wide receiver T.Y. Hilton (13) works on his punches and jabs during drills on the first day of practice at the Indianapolis Colts NFL training camp Wednesday, July 27, 2016, afternoon at Anderson University in Anderson IN. Matt Kryger/IndyStar
Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Donte Moncrief,left, and T.Y. Hilton,right, on the first day of the Indianapolis Colts training camp Tuesday, July 27, 2016, morning at Anderson University in Anderson IN. Matt Kryger/IndyStar
Indianapolis Colts head coach Chuck Pagano on the first day of the Indianapolis Colts training camp Tuesday, July 27, 2016, morning at Anderson University in Anderson IN. Matt Kryger/IndyStar
Indianapolis Colts safety Mike Adams during the first day of the Indianapolis Colts training camp Tuesday, July 27, 2016, morning at Anderson University in Anderson IN. Matt Kryger/IndyStar
Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck hands the ball off to running back Frank Gore (23) during drills on the first day of practice at the Indianapolis Colts NFL training camp Tuesday, July 27, 2016, morning at Anderson University in Anderson IN. Matt Kryger/IndyStar
Indianapolis Colts running back Trey Williams on the first day of the Indianapolis Colts training camp Tuesday, July 27, 2016, afternoon at Anderson University in Anderson IN. Matt Kryger/IndyStar
Indianapolis Colts running back Frank Gore (23) during the first day of practice at the Indianapolis Colts NFL training camp Wednesday, July 27, 2016, afternoon at Anderson University in Anderson IN. Matt Kryger/IndyStar
Indianapolis Colts defensive lineman Henry Anderson at the first day of the Indianapolis Colts training camp Tuesday, July 27, 2016, morning at Anderson University in Anderson IN. Matt Kryger/IndyStar
Indianapolis Colts head coach Chuck Pagano during drills on the first day of practice at the Indianapolis Colts NFL training camp Wednesday, July 27, 2016, afternoon at Anderson University in Anderson IN. Matt Kryger/IndyStar
Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck (12) works with his new center rookie Ryan Kelly (78) with Joe Gilbert, assistant offensive line coach, during drills on the first day of practice at the Indianapolis Colts NFL training camp Wednesday, July 27, 2016, afternoon at Anderson University in Anderson IN. Matt Kryger/IndyStar
Indianapolis Colts running back Robert Turbin (33) during the first day of practice at the Indianapolis Colts NFL training camp Wednesday, July 27, 2016, afternoon at Anderson University in Anderson IN. Matt Kryger/IndyStar
Injured Indianapolis Colts safety Clayton Geathers sits in his golf cart watching drills on the first day of practice at the Indianapolis Colts NFL training camp Wednesday, July 27, 2016, afternoon at Anderson University in Anderson IN. Matt Kryger/IndyStar
Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Donte Moncrief shares a laugh with T.Y. Hilton,right, during drills on the first day of practice at the Indianapolis Colts NFL training camp Wednesday, July 27, 2016, afternoon at Anderson University in Anderson IN. Matt Kryger/IndyStar
Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck during drills on the first day of practice at the Indianapolis Colts NFL training camp Wednesday, July 27, 2016, afternoon at Anderson University in Anderson IN. Matt Kryger/IndyStar
Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck,middle, quarterback Stephen Morris,left, and quarterback Scott Tolzien,right, during drills on the first day of practice at the Indianapolis Colts NFL training camp Wednesday, July 27, 2016, afternoon at Anderson University in Anderson IN. Matt Kryger/IndyStar
Indianapolis Colts quarterback Scott Tolzien hands the ball off to running back Robert Turbin (33) during drills on the first day of practice at the Indianapolis Colts NFL training camp Wednesday, July 27, 2016, afternoon at Anderson University in Anderson IN. Matt Kryger/IndyStar
Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck hands the ball off to running back Josh Ferguson (33) during drills on the first day of practice at the Indianapolis Colts NFL training camp Wednesday, July 27, 2016, afternoon at Anderson University in Anderson IN. Matt Kryger/IndyStar
Indianapolis Colts linebacker Ron Thompson (59) eyes the tackling dummy during drills on the first day of practice at the Indianapolis Colts NFL training camp Wednesday, July 27, 2016, afternoon at Anderson University in Anderson IN. Matt Kryger/IndyStar
Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck (12) drops back to pass to running back Frank Gore (23) during drills on the first day of practice at the Indianapolis Colts NFL training camp Wednesday, July 27, 2016, afternoon at Anderson University in Anderson IN. Matt Kryger/IndyStar
Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck (12) drops back to pass during drills on the first day of practice at the Indianapolis Colts NFL training camp Wednesday, July 27, 2016, afternoon at Anderson University in Anderson IN. Matt Kryger/IndyStar
Indianapolis Colts rookie corner back Frankie Williams (46) shades himself from the sun during drills on the first day of practice at the Indianapolis Colts NFL training camp Wednesday, July 27, 2016, afternoon at Anderson University in Anderson IN. Matt Kryger/IndyStar
Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Daniel Anthrop (6) bobbles the ball during drills on the first day of practice at the Indianapolis Colts NFL training camp Wednesday, July 27, 2016, afternoon at Anderson University in Anderson IN. Matt Kryger/IndyStar
Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Marcus Leak (8) during the first day of practice at the Indianapolis Colts NFL training camp Wednesday, July 27, 2016, afternoon at Anderson University in Anderson IN. Matt Kryger/IndyStar
Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Brian Tyms (81) during the first day of practice at the Indianapolis Colts NFL training camp Wednesday, July 27, 2016, afternoon at Anderson University in Anderson IN. Matt Kryger/IndyStar
Indianapolis Colts offensive lineman Anthony Castonzo,left, and Jack Mewhort (75),right, on the first day of the Indianapolis Colts training camp Wednesday, July 27, 2016, afternoon at Anderson University in Anderson IN. Matt Kryger/IndyStar
Indianapolis Colts linebacker Sio Moore playfully bumps into Colts defensive coordinator Ted Monachino,left, on the first day of the Indianapolis Colts training camp Wednesday, July 27, 2016, afternoon at Anderson University in Anderson IN. Matt Kryger/IndyStar
Indianapolis Colts corner back Vontae Davis (21) during drills on the first day of practice at the Indianapolis Colts NFL training camp Wednesday, July 27, 2016, afternoon at Anderson University in Anderson IN. Matt Kryger/IndyStar
The Indianapolis Colts fans came out to watch their team on the first day of the Indianapolis Colts training camp Wednesday, July 27, 2016, afternoon at Anderson University in Anderson IN. Matt Kryger/IndyStar
Colts assistant head coach/offensive line coach Joe Philbin works with the offensive line during drills on the first day of practice at the Indianapolis Colts NFL training camp Wednesday, July 27, 2016, afternoon at Anderson University in Anderson IN. Matt Kryger/IndyStar
Indianapolis Colts defensive lineman Zach Kerr takes time for a little dance between drills on the first day of practice at the Indianapolis Colts NFL training camp Wednesday, July 27, 2016, afternoon at Anderson University in Anderson IN. Matt Kryger/IndyStar
Indianapolis Colts tight end Dwayne Allen (83) during drills on the first day of practice at the Indianapolis Colts NFL training camp Wednesday, July 27, 2016, afternoon at Anderson University in Anderson IN. Matt Kryger/IndyStar
Indianapolis Colts running back Frank Gore (23) during drills on the first day of practice at the Indianapolis Colts NFL training camp Wednesday, July 27, 2016, afternoon at Anderson University in Anderson IN. Matt Kryger/IndyStar
Indianapolis Colts offensive lineman Joe Reitz (76),right, works with Anthony Castonzo,left, during drills on the first day of practice at the Indianapolis Colts NFL training camp Wednesday, July 27, 2016, afternoon at Anderson University in Anderson IN. Matt Kryger/IndyStar
Indianapolis Colts wide receiver T.Y. Hilton catches a ball during drills on the first day of practice at the Indianapolis Colts NFL training camp Wednesday, July 27, 2016, afternoon at Anderson University in Anderson IN. Matt Kryger/IndyStar
Indianapolis Colts offensive lineman Hugh Thornton,right, and Jack Mewhort,left, during drills on the first day of practice at the Indianapolis Colts NFL training camp Wednesday, July 27, 2016, afternoon at Anderson University in Anderson IN. Matt Kryger/IndyStar
Indianapolis Colts center Ryan Kelly,right, works on Joe Haeg,left, during drills on the first day of practice at the Indianapolis Colts NFL training camp Wednesday, July 27, 2016, afternoon at Anderson University in Anderson IN. Matt Kryger/IndyStar
Indianapolis Colts center Ryan Kelly,right, works on Jack Mewhort,left, during drills on the first day of practice at the Indianapolis Colts NFL training camp Wednesday, July 27, 2016, afternoon at Anderson University in Anderson IN. Matt Kryger/IndyStar
Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Tevaun Smith catches a pass during drills on the first day of practice at the Indianapolis Colts NFL training camp Wednesday, July 27, 2016, afternoon at Anderson University in Anderson IN. Matt Kryger/IndyStar
Indianapolis Colts corner back Tay Glover-Wright works on chasing an anti burst exercise ball during drills on the first day of practice at the Indianapolis Colts NFL training camp Wednesday, July 27, 2016, afternoon at Anderson University in Anderson IN. Matt Kryger/IndyStar
Indianapolis Colts corner back Jalil Brown (31) grabs the anti burst exercise ball during drills on the first day of practice at the Indianapolis Colts NFL training camp Wednesday, July 27, 2016, afternoon at Anderson University in Anderson IN. Matt Kryger/IndyStar
Indianapolis Colts safety T.J. Green (32) grabs the anti burst exercise ball during drills on the first day of practice at the Indianapolis Colts NFL training camp Wednesday, July 27, 2016, afternoon at Anderson University in Anderson IN. Matt Kryger/IndyStar
Indianapolis Colts general manager Ryan Grigson watches drills on the first day of practice at the Indianapolis Colts NFL training camp Wednesday, July 27, 2016, afternoon at Anderson University in Anderson IN. Matt Kryger/IndyStar
Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Marcus Leak (8) grabs the anti burst exercise ball during drills on the first day of practice at the Indianapolis Colts NFL training camp Wednesday, July 27, 2016, afternoon at Anderson University in Anderson IN. Matt Kryger/IndyStar
Indianapolis Colts safety T.J. Green (32) during drills on the first day of practice at the Indianapolis Colts NFL training camp Wednesday, July 27, 2016, afternoon at Anderson University in Anderson IN. Matt Kryger/IndyStar


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Torno sempre qua alla fine.
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Alexander Ovechkin might be the most popular hockey player in the world, and part of that is because of a reason cited in ESPN's World Fame 100: Russia.
Russian hockey players have a massive population supporting them across the globe and sometimes it goes beyond just the standard population. Ovechkin was asked about how big a deal it was that he advanced to the Stanley Cup Final. In response, he made a joke that doesn't actually seem too implausible.
We've seen Ovechkin and Putin hang out often and this season Ovechkin made a post declaring that he was part of "Putin's Team". On top of all that, Putin even sent a wedding gift when Ovechkin got married.
We would imagine that Putin really is excited about the possibility of Ovi winning a cup – probably the only thing bumming him out is he won't be able to be out there with him.


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Brigades of the British Army
British light infantry
History of Winchester
Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)
King's Royal Rifle Corps
Green Jackets Brigade
The Green Jackets Brigade was an administrative formation of the British Army from 1948 to 1968. The Brigade administered the English rifle regiments. The designation "Green Jackets" was derived from their rifle green tunics indicating their status as rifles.
After the Second World War the British Army had fourteen infantry depots, each bearing a letter. Infantry Depot O at Winchester was the headquarters for the two rifle regiments and the Middlesex Regiment. In 1948, the depots adopted names and this depot became the Green Jackets Brigade. At the same time the Middlesex Regiment was transferred to the Home Counties Brigade, with the remaining regiments each being reduced to a single battalion.
The Brigade combined the depots of:
The King's Royal Rifle Corps
The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)
Under the Defence Review announced in July 1957, the infantry of the line was reorganised, and on 1 April 1958, the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry was transferred from the Light Infantry Brigade, and was renamed as the 1st Green Jackets. The remaining two regiments were also renamed as the 2nd and 3rd Green Jackets on 7 November, so that the Brigade contained three battalions:
1st Green Jackets (43rd & 52nd)
2nd Green Jackets, The King's Royal Rifle Corps
3rd Green Jackets, The Rifle Brigade
On 1 January 1966, the three regiments were amalgamated into a single three battalion "large regiment" called the Royal Green Jackets.[1] In 1968, the Green Jackets Brigade was merged with the Light Infantry Brigade to form the Light Division.
↑ Christopher Wilkinson-Latham, The Royal Green Jackets, Oxford, 1975
Green Jackets Brigade (regiments.org), accessed February 4, 2008[dead link]
British Infantry Depots
Guards Division
Scottish Division
King's Division
Queen's Division
Prince of Wales' Division
Brigade of Gurkhas
The Rifles
Light Division
Guards Brigade
Lowland Brigade
Highland Brigade
Home Counties Brigade
Fusilier Brigade
East Anglian Brigade
Forester Brigade
Mercian Brigade
Welsh Brigade
Wessex Brigade
Lancastrian Brigade
Yorkshire Brigade
North Irish Brigade
Light Infantry Brigade


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In the first part of his talk he will share a normative, methodological theory of the EA process that interlinks two concepts, critical rationality and mutual adjustment. Critical rationalism offers a useful mindset to guide the process of ascertaining the consequences of proposals, and later in providing justifications for decisions taken. A formalised process of mutual adjustment, sourced from theories of public sector decision making, is more appropriate in the process of multi-actor decision making (or shaping), in which participants adjust to each other's interests in agreeing on a course of action. Where mutual adjustment fails and intersubjective agreement is not possible, a decision must be taken and imposed, subject to the conditions of critical rationality. If these concepts help us to engage more consciously in the public arena of EA, the second part of his talk will delve into the minds of the participants through the insights offered by the recently developed argumentative theory of reasoning. He will outline the apparent failings of classical reasoning, particularly those relevant to decision making, namely the confirmation bias, motivated reasoning, and attitude and group polarisation. The argumentative theory of reasoning turns these apparent failings into virtues through a thesis that our capacity to reason evolved primarily for deliberative purposes in social settings. The theoretical insights of evolutionary psychology can assist practitioners of deliberative processes to better understand the reasoning and decision making abilities of the many actors involved. Participants apply their minds individually and collectively using an eclectic mix of intuitive argumentative abilities and reflective reasoning capabilities.
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ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin'
This sturdy American blues-rock trio from Texas consists of Billy Gibbons (guitar), Dusty Hill (bass), and Frank Beard (drums). They were formed in 1970 in and around Houston from rival bands the Moving Sidewalks (Gibbons) and American Blues (Hill and Beard). Their first two albums reflected the strong blues roots and Texas humor of the band. Their third album (Tres Hombres) gained them national attention with the hit "La Grange," a signature riff tune to this day, based on John Lee Hooker's "Boogie Chillen." Their success continued unabated throughout the '70s, culminating with the year-and-a-half-long Worldwide Texas Tour.
Exhausted from the overwhelming workload, they took a three-year break, then switched labels and returned to form with Deguello and El Loco, both harbingers of what was to come. By their next album, Eliminator, and its worldwide smash follow-up, Afterburner, they had successfully harnessed the potential of synthesizers to their patented grungy blues groove, giving their material a more contemporary edge while retaining their patented Texas style. Now sporting long beards, golf hats, and boiler suits, they met the emerging video age head-on, reducing their "message" to simple iconography. Becoming even more popular in the long run, they moved with the times while simultaneously bucking every trend that crossed their path. As genuine roots musicians, they have few peers; Gibbons is one of America's finest blues guitarists working in the arena rock idiom -- both influenced by the originators of the form and British blues-rock guitarists like Peter Green -- while Hill and Beard provide the ultimate rhythm section support.
One of the few rock & roll group with its original members still aboard after four decades, ZZ Top play music that is always instantly recognizable, eminently powerful, profoundly soulful, and 100% American in derivation. They have continued to support the blues through various means, perhaps most visibly when they were given a piece of wood from Muddy Waters' shack in Clarksdale, MS. The group members had it made into a guitar, dubbed the "Muddywood," then sent it out on tour to raise money for the Delta Blues Museum. ZZ Top's support and link to the blues remains as rock solid as the music they play. A concert CD and DVD, Live from Texas, recorded in Dallas in 2007 and featuring a still vital band, were both released in 2008. The Rick Rubin and Gibbons-produced La Futura, the band's 15th studio album, and the group's first new studio outing since 2003's Mescalero, appeared in 2012.
Artist Biography by Cub Koda
ZZ Top - Official Web Site
Posted by Adriano Balaguer at 9:30 AM
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Hear n' Aid - We're Stars
ZZ TOP - TUSH
Freddie King - Have You Ever Loved A Woman


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Trees need to be trimmed. My site #92 had trees on the side of my motorhome but after talking to mgt I was moved to #95 which worked for us. Overall landscape could use some work. Sites are level, 50 amp power was good. Good for overnight stay. We camped at Butte KOA in a Motorhome.
Made reservations 1 week in advance for a large pull through. Two days before my arrival they cancelled my reservation. So I called them and they said I call them to cancel, which I didn't, so she reinstated my reservation. When I arrived I was place in site A4 which I could barely get into. Looking at it, there are trees up against my motorhome without the slides open. The sewer connection is by the road about 50 feet from my tank so unable to hookup sewer. I had tree branches on top of my 40ft motorhome so no satalite tv. After complaining to the lady at the front desk she said that there was another site but it was even worse. This place is very rundown and in dire need of maintaining the surroundings. The road is so dusty my tow car is covered in dust. Oh, and the maintenance man said that we aren't to put motorhomes towing in that site A4. We camped at Sheridan / Big Horn Mountains KOA in a Motorhome.


Young children start actively exploring and learning from their environment beginning in toddlerhood and during preschool. Exploration and high activity levels may be developmentally appropriate for children as they enhance their individuality. However, this development may also be met with moodiness, aggression, and frequent limit testing, the youth may refuse to comply with requests, or ignore pleads of "no!" by adults. Disruptive behaviors including aggression, oppositionality, impulsivity, and rigidity occur in almost 25% of preschool age children and is the number one reason for referral to mental health services (Lavigne et al., 1996). Parents may not know what is "normal" for their child, but often bring them for treatment after removal of privileges, yelling, bargaining and pleading, and grounding are no longer effective.
Parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT) was developed by Sheila Eyberg for younger children and their caregiver. PCIT is an empirically-supported treatment and was founded for treating young children with emotional and behavioral disorders. PCIT is also established to treat behavioral concerns related to neurologic impairment, developmental disorders, chronic illnesses, mood and anxiety disorders, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and trauma. Maladaptive parent-child attachments are consistently associated with low self-esteem, poor social skills, poor coping abilities, and aggression in addition to parental stress. PCIT emphasizes improving and strengthening the relationship between the parent and child by changing interaction patterns. Based on Baumrind's developmental research, this treatment combines attachment and social learning theories to change parent-child interactions by teaching parents specific skills via a combination of behavior therapy and play therapy to promote positive parenting practices and child outcomes.
PCIT teaches sensitive and responsive parenting. This style of parenting fosters safety and security in the child allowing the child to more effectively regulate emotions and behaviors. Caregivers learn specific skills during the first phase of treatment; child-directed interaction (CDI), to provide the child with a secure attachment. During CDI, the child leads the play as the parent learns to provide nondirective PRIDE skills. PRIDE skills include praising appropriate behaviors, reflecting talk to show approval and understanding, imitating the play by joining in the activity, describing appropriate behaviors within the play, and lastly enjoying the play by showing enthusiasm. The second phase of treatment begins after the parent masters the CDI. Parent-directed interaction (PDI) encourages behavioral strategies to establish consistent contingencies for child behavior, in essence, shaping new patterns. The parent learns consistent approaches to giving commands and redirecting behaviors while simultaneously incorporating the PRIDE skills to reinforce any appropriate behaviors. They are also taught a specific procedure that utilizes time-outs when a command is not followed. This procedure creates predictability for the child as they learn they can obey to end the time-out. During PCIT, the parent learns to ignore inappropriate behaviors and stops the play if faced with dangerous behaviors. As children learn and enjoy the relationship with their parent, they become better able to tolerate limits and are more resistant to outbursts.
Disruptive behaviors continue to be a high-priority concern as it is extremely prevalent and can progress into greater impairments and increasingly problematic behaviors later in life. PCIT has been shown to have positive changes and lasting impacts on the child's and family's functioning. Children are significantly more compliant, less disruptive, have less severe problem behaviors in the home, and are less oppositional. Additionally, research suggests that parenting stress decreases and there are significant improvements in warmth in the relationship. PCIT is just one type of treatment for disruptive behaviors and it can be combined with various other types of interventions to promote greater compliance among youth.
Neary, E. M., & Eyberg, S. M. (2002). Management of disruptive behavior in young children.
Infants and Young Children, 14(4), 53-67.
Lavigne, J. V., Gibbons, R. D., Christoffel, K. K., Arend, R., Rosenbaum, D., & Binns, H., et al. (1996). Prevalence rates and correlates of psychiatric disorders among preschool children. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 35(2), 204–214.
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Q: How to print an array row by row? I was practicing Phyton arrays, but I am stuck trying to print my array row by row.
When I use print, my array is printed all in the same LINE.
I want like this:
Print 1st LINE of array
Print second LINE of array below 1st
Print third LINE of array below second
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Print last LINE of array

A: you can use for loops:
Example 1:
from array import *

array_letters = array('u', ['a', 'b', 'c'])
for letter in array_letters:
    print(letter)

Output:
a
b
c

Example 2
from array import *

array_vals = array('i', [8, 2, 6, 4, 5])
newArr = array(array_vals.typecode, (num*num for num in array_vals))

for i in newArr:
    print(i)

Output:
64
4
36
16
25