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Electric Snowmobiles? Polaris Partners With Zero Motorcycles To Bring EV Tech To Their Many Toys
The Zero SR/S is the company's latest and greatest two-wheeler. Will some of its tech end up in a … [+] snowmobile? Roberson Photography Big news in the recreational and utility vehicle world today as snowmobile, side-by-side and Slingshot maker Polaris has inked a 10-year partnership with the Zero Motorcycles, […]
The Zero SR/S is the company's latest and greatest two-wheeler. Will some of its tech end up in a … [+] snowmobile?
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Big news in the recreational and utility vehicle world today as snowmobile, side-by-side and Slingshot maker Polaris has inked a 10-year partnership with the Zero Motorcycles, a worldwide leader in electric motorcycle design and production.
To be clear, Polaris is not going to start selling Zero motorcycles at Polaris dealerships. The partnership will initially be focused on bringing electrification to other products in the Polaris lineup, including their market-leading side-by-side four-wheelers and, yes, snowmobiles. But never say never.
Electric vehicles are not new to Minnesota-based Polaris. A decade ago, Polaris invested in the upstart Oregon company Brammo as they tried to achieve the ambitious goal of bringing a full-blooded, full-size and feature-packed EV to market: the Empulse electric motorcycle. At the time, Polaris already offered an EV entry in the utility category with their electric Ranger side-by-side four-wheeler. The model costs $11,899, makes 30 horsepower and remains in the lineup.
The Polaris Ranger EV is a two-seat, 30hp machine that's been in the Polaris lineup for years.
But in the end, the Empulse did not sell well enough to make continued production financially feasible, and Polaris absorbed Brammo's motorcycle division (it became the Victory Empulse for a short time) while the rest of the company's battery tech and IP was eventually bought by Cummins. Polaris is also the parent company of the popular Indian Motorcycle brand and the now defunct Victory Motorcycles, which Polaris folded up in 2017 due to poor market performance.
But 2011 may as well be 1911 when it comes to the pace of change in the electric vehicle market. Today, Zero's electric motorcycles, including the new SR/S and the DSR Black Forest, are at the leading edge of motorcycle battery and electric powertrain development – and they're selling well. And while Zero continues to develop and sell its electric motorcycles under the Zero banner during the collaboration, they'll also have the resources, R&D and engineering talent of a nearly $6 billion dollar company at their back. It's a huge win for Zero as the electric motorcycle space begins to heat up.
MORE FROM FORBESReview: The 2020 Polaris Slingshot R Is Your Own Personal Thrill RideBy Bill Roberson
Forbes.com com talked with CEOs from both Polaris and Zero about the new cooperative effort, which has already resulted in a prototype vehicle, codenamed ZZ Top (no joke). Neither CEO would say what kind of vehicle is being tested.
Scott Wine, CEO of Polaris, said the early stage focus of the partnership will be on battery technologies and drivetrain development for future Polaris products, with the first product – unnamed so far – coming next year. As mentioned, future electric products will include snowmobiles, and the offroad powersports electrification project is going by the "rEV'd up" moniker.
Wine also said that during a recent outing on some snow machines, he was asked several times by riders if Polaris is planning to develop electric snowmobiles, and Wine confirmed to Forbes.om that they are indeed planning to produce them, but everything is in the planning stages so no specific details are available just yet. "Zero Motorcycles' pioneering electrification experience, proven leadership and mastery of the electric powertrain for powersports are unmatched in the market. We believe this transformative partnership will enable us to leapfrog technological hurdles around range and cost while providing a tremendous speed-to-market advantage – an instant offense," Wine said in a press release.
Why electric snowmobiles? Wine told Forbes.com that the primary complaint against current gas-powered machines is the noise level. All of Polaris' snowmobiles are powered by two-stroke gasoline engines, which any motorcyclist (and snowmobile rider) knows make tremendous power per cubic centimeter as well as being relatively lightweight, but they are noisy under throttle and have a high level of emissions. For some owners, the noise is part of the appeal, but Wine said many rider he talked with were looking for a more serene experience. He also said that for more industrial users (for example, ski resorts), an electric snowmobile that mostly makes a lot of short trips is a perfect fit, both in terms of performance and operating costs. Like electric cars, an electric snowmobile will be a much simplified machine compared to a gas-powered sled, and much quieter if not near-silent. Maintenance costs and fuel/electricity costs should be much lower as well. For those who take longer backcountry journeys by snowmobile where an electric version might run into issues with recharging, Wine said gas-powered snowmobiles will continue to be available for years to come. But clearly, the tide is beginning to turn.
MORE FROM FORBESThe Perils and Pleasures Of Riding Long Distance On The Zero SR/S Electric MotorcycleBy Bill Roberson
For the side-by-side segment, Wine said many of the same positives of electrical power come into play, especially for vehicles being put to work on farms or in other short-hop commercial applications where they can easily charge on site. Wine said current side-by-side customers have been asking for electric versions due to their lower operating costs and quiet operation. Indeed, Wine mentioned the noise issue several times, and with electric powertrains also offering overall improvements in power output and performance, Wine said Polaris believes there will be strong demand for electric versions of many of the gas-powered products they now sell. "This is not a trial or a test," Wine said of Polaris' commitment to electrification. "This is about taking a bold step to do big things," said Wine. At the outset, the EV versions of products will join their gas-burning counterparts so consumers have their choice of motorvation. According to a press release, Polaris is hoping to have their first Zero-influenced machine for sale late in 2021 and a slate of offerings available by 2025.
The partnership is just that, of course. Wine said that Polaris will be invaluable to Zero in improving their manufacturing system and other aspects of production. Does that include possibly applying some engineering muscle to the motorcycle lineup? "They're our partner. If we can see a way to help Zero streamline production and lower costs, of course we will help," Wine said. Will we see Zero motorcycles for sale in Polaris showrooms? In some multi-line dealerships that already offered both Zero and Polaris products, that is sort of already happening, but when it comes to Polaris-only dealers, for now, no. In the future? Wine said he would not rule it out, but for now, only Zero and their dealers will sell Zero electric motorcycles and Polaris will stick with promoting their own products and supporting their distribution matrix. But down the road? Wine said that if at some point it makes sense, then the idea may come under consideration. But with the ink still wet on a 10-year partnership, the focus for now is on EV development and leveraging the strengths at both companies.
Meanwhile, the Polaris/Zero partnership is certainly great news for Zero Motorcycles, which has grown steadily over the last 14 years. CEO Sam Paschel is excited for the future. "I see this as an accelerant," Paschel told Forbes.com ahead of the official announcement. In terms of development and scaling Zero up, "we get there faster," he said. But Paschel reiterated that at present, the deal has no direct bearing on the motorcycle side of Zero's overall business. "There's really no effect to our existing motorcycle business."
MORE FROM FORBESReview: Zero's DSR Black Forest Electric Dual-Sport Motorcycle Expands Your E-Riding AdventuresBy Bill Roberson
But over the decade plus since Zero began making bikes, they've also developed a growing expertise in an important niche: electric powertrain development. And it's there that the Polaris partnership will have the most impact, Paschel said. Currently, Zero provides powertrain components for a growing list of companies, including some that motorheads are familiar with like Vanderhall, kart maker Birel, and for some of the wild machines over at Qooder Vehicles (below). With the Polaris partnership, that list will certainly grow, which will then likely improve funding as well as R&D muscle for future Zero motorcycles. Paschel said that currently, the powertrain part of Zero's business makes up about 10 percent of the company, but he said with Polaris' backing, staffing and investment will be ramped up.
Paschel said Zero's ties with Polaris go back from before he became CEO in early 2017, but it wasn't until this past January that things began to get a bit more serious. Polaris CEO Scott Wine said they talked to several companies along with Zero before deciding the motorcycle maker had what it took to help bring Polaris into the electric future.
Paschel told Forbes.com that before the official agreement was put in place, some proof-concept-vehicles were constructed and driven, but what really stood out was how well the teams at the two companies worked together. "We recognized right away that there were very similar and very engaged cultures that melded very well," Paschel said.
But when it came down to the issue of Zero Motorcycles appearing in Polaris showrooms, Paschel said that was a step he did not want to take after years of building relationships with Zero's current dealership network. Also, with Polaris operating at such a large scale and not selling electric motorcycles (at least, not anymore), Paschel said that aspect didn't seem like a great fit, a sentiment echoed by Wine. Paschel called Zero a "strategic technology partner to [Polaris]," and in terms of suddenly switching up their dealership network, said "we don't need to go a fundamentally different thing on the product distribution side."
But what about down the road? "I'm not dogmatic," Paschel said. "What we're focused on now is this announcement, this category of [off-road] products and bringing them to market as quickly as possible. If this partnership proves to be all the things I hope it can be, if there are synergies and amazing dealers in areas we could be selling Zero motorcycles, and doing that not at the expense of existing dealers, I am wide open to every place where there is a complementary relationship between Zero and Polaris that we can use to serve our consumers in a better way and bring amazing products to market. But right now are laser-focused on what's in front of us, which is the development project to bring the first [electric] product to market" for Polaris.
Paschel said he's familiar with the ZZ Top dev machine and has spent a bit of seat time on board, but he and Wine are hoping to get together soon and put the project machines through their paces at a secret location. "It's one of those things where you think 'I can't believe I get paid to do this,'" he said. "It's an incredibly exciting time for us."
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Steve Montelongo, foreground, and Jack Swarts, farther back, are evaluated along the irrigation canal Swarts crashed into Thursday morning, Oct. 8, 2020 near the intersection of Crows Landing and Hatch roads in south Modesto. Montelongo helped Swarts get out of his car. Delilah Cordova It's been a while since Steve […]
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I found this article rather fascinating. The author describes how German conservators are working with laser technology to clean the tomb of Neferhotep, a senior Egyptian scribe who served in the temple of the god Amun.
"The art of using the laser system is to adjust the power density, repetition rate and velocity of the beam across the surface so that dirt is removed without damaging the underlying paint and the subsurface."
The method allows the conservators to remove thin layers of dirt at a time.
They mention specifically that it works very well on the white area because of the fact that the reflective properties of the white surface are very different from those of the dirt.
"Although cleaning with a laser is still time-consuming, the researchers found it much faster than traditional methods in some circumstances. The ability to ablate very thin layers was also an advantage. However, compared with traditional chemical or mechanical methods, it is more expensive, and it was found to discolor some pigments in advance trials on test pieces in the laboratory."
I wonder if they will start using it in combination with the other techniques. If there are colors that do not suffer any effects from the laser treatments, then it may be a way to quickly clean areas of the surface and leave certain section to be treated with the chemical or mechanical methods.
Its great to hear of advances or adaptions of technology in tools for archaeology. And something that is relatively non-invasive too, even if it could only be used for some colours.
The conservators need all the help they can get.
OK, I'm really bad at working out date etc. So, I was just wondering if this is the Neferhotep buried at Theban Tomb 6, or a different one.
Sorry that it's such a trivial question.
Parents: Neby (Servant of Amun) and Iuy; Wife: Merytre.
Merytre is shown in a garden receiving rewards from the Queen in the royal harem."
Tomb taken over later by Mahu, Deputy in the Ramesseum, Temp. Rameses II"
I think TT49 is slightly more likely based on the title.


Yahoo, the internet's darling of the 2000s era, has quietly added an option to Buy and Sell cryptocurrency through its platform. Yahoo Finance, which is the world's most popular financial news website, currently supports the Buy/Sell button on 4 cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, and Litecoin.
The Buy/Sell option is provided through third-party brokers similar to Buy/Sell options for Yahoo stocks. The current list of brokers is provided through TradeIt and currently includes 2 cryptocurrency exchanges CoinBase and RobinHood. Yahoo Finance does not store your account details but rather provide the convenience to trade from one place.
This feature is currently only available in the United States. Currently, there is no comment from the company whether to expand this feature into other countries. Yahoo Finance, serves 165 Million users monthly, with 69% traffic coming from the US, followed by 6.3% from Canada.
Buying and Selling cryptocurrencies through Yahoo Finance is fairly easy.
Visit the Yahoo Finance US website.
Click on the Buy or Sell button next to the name.
Once successful, you can place your order through Yahoo.


G4INDO is aimed at smallholder rice farmers on Java, Indonesia. These farmers typically have land holdings smaller than 2 hectares, many of them have even less than 1 hectare. Land ownership is also highly fragmented and parts of the fields are cultivated on a sharecropping basis.
The Indonesian Government has decided to develop a crop insurance policy to assist farmers and to boost food security. The G4INDO project provides technical assistance in assessing crop yield anomalies at plot scale. The project will provide crop insurance and third crop feasibility advice to 200,000 farmers. Processed satellite data such as radar and optical earth observations provide the necessary information. This is combined with weather monitoring, analysis and forecasting, crop models, and hydrological models. The Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture and the insurance companies can use this integrated information to assess claims from service contract holders experiencing harvest losses. The project also supports the cropping calendar of the Ministry of Agriculture, by advising whether a third rice crop can be expected to receive sufficient rain.
G4INDO services will become self-financing after three years, when the number of insurance takers will allow for enough revenue to surpass the running cost. Before that, the number of clients will be too low to support a sustainable service. The set-up of the G4INDO service also requires an investment in technology and transfer of knowledge. Geodata for upgrading smallholders' farming systems in Indonesia (G4INDO) G4AW's subsidy is needed to bridge the 3-year gap between the start of the project and the moment the service will become self-financing. The project is designed for services to be expanded to other regions during the project and to be continued after the termination of the G4INDO project.


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For every block there are special settings, such as cache period, amount of elements on the page, block header, and so on.
1 – Avoid html, head, body tags in 'HTML code' block.
2 – You can add several empty blocks, assign them different height in pixels, and place them all around the page to increase space between other elements, or change proportions, and so on.
3 – Edit promo block content in section Content > Promo content (/admin/content/promo/).
5 – Cache period is used to improve site performance, as saved elements do not have to generated anew every time you load a page. That is why if you make some changes in Dynamic blocks section and do not see them applied on your landing page immediately, check if you indicated cache period other than '0'.
After you are done, do not forget the save the changes by clicking 'Save arrangement' button on top of the page.
You can decide to go for the minimalist look or add as many elements onto the page as you find necessary. Check the Interface : Themes article to find out how you can edit the site colours and change the background picture.


The 'East Coast AC Championship Challenge Series 2018/19' consists of 11 races held throughout the year that allow all athletes to compete on a level playing field (more or less!). The races aim to cover most aspects of running, including trail, road, cross country and fell/mountain.
The Series includes internal (organised by East Coast AC) races as well as external races. The East Coast AC races are open to everyone, not just club members. However, only fully paid up club members will be considered for the Series awards given to the winner of each event.
Races are either based around a staggered or mass start system. A staggered system allows for the more inexperienced or slower runners to start first and those who are expected to be faster, will start last - the faster you are, the more 'delay' time (handicap) that is added to your start time, so as to slow you down.
The theory is that, the amount of delay that is added to your start time varies so that all runners should cross the finish time at exactly the same time... therefore everyone has the same chance of crossing the line first. A mass start system is similar in that a 'delay' time, or handicap, is calculated for each athlete, however, all athletes start the race at the same time. This ensures that no one is left waiting too long in the cold or after their warm-up before starting the race, it also allows inexperienced athletes to experience a mass start, similar to that in officially organised events outside the club. Athletes will cross the line at various times, and their handicap is added on to their end result.
Well first off, it should be fun... honest! As the events are over a variety of terrains, it gives you a chance to try out other types of racing and you can make your mind up on which one you prefer. It should encourage you to push yourself that little bit more, because in theory, everyone has an equal opportunity to win - not just the 'top runners'.
Our series is open to all members, friends, and family. Anyone can take part in the events. East Coast AC are a friendly, welcoming, and all inclusive club, suitable for athletes of all abilities.
An athlete must complete 6 of the 11 above mentioned events to qualify for the series. The athletes best 6 results will be considered for the series award.
Results are calculated based on a 'handicap' time as well as additional points being awarded based on actual times in that event, thus making it fair to all competitors.
This will be updated when the first 4 races have been completed. Check back soon!


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SCOOP: Bibi Gets Coup Survival Lesson From Erdogan
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has turned to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for advice on how to survive an attempted coup, The Kibbitzer has learned.
In a televised statement on Thursday night, following his indictment on bribery and fraud charges, Netanyahu accused the country's judicial and police authorities of mounting an "attempted coup" against him.
"What I did was kill as many as I could and arrest the others," Erdogan says in a transcript of the telephone call with Netanyahu which is in the possession of The Kibbitzer. Erdogan himself survived an attempted coup in 2016.
"Not sure I can do that," Netanyahu says.
"Why not? Use the guys from the Mavi Marmara. They're experienced at killing."
"You can't suggest something less … uh … bloody?"
"Well, you can take over the papers and arrest all the journalists. It worked for me."
"Yes, I like that."
"And of course you have to purge everyone – politicians, lawyers, teachers."
"Also sounds good. Can I include my wife?"
The Kibbitzer wishes to assure its readers that it will resolutely oppose any attempt to force it into the Netanyahu stable, alongside Yisrael Hayom, Walla and Noni Mozes.
It's a Third Vote or Magic in a Bitterly Divided Nation
Jews have a venerable history as practitioners of the black arts, dating back to biblical times. Divination is specifically forbidden in halakha (Jewish religious law) and the sheer number of condemnations of the practice in the Talmud is a good indication that it was widespread. In the Middle Ages, demonology, the writing of amulets and other techniques (known collectively as Practical Kabbalah) were common, though great sages such as Abraham Abulafia and Isaac Luria condemned them.
Continue reading "It's a Third Vote or Magic in a Bitterly Divided Nation"
Bibi Supports Honor Among Princes
JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has congratulated Prince Andrew for reaffirming the role of honor in public affairs, The Kibbitzer has learned.
"In my capacity as Chairman of the Society of Honorable Israeli Thieves (SHIT) I congratulate you for putting gentlemanly honor ahead of raped teens and other such inconsequential issues," Netanyahu wrote in a letter that was hand delivered to the prince today by the Israeli ambassador to London.
"It is a necessary corrective to those of who would have us concern ourselves with pedophilia, mendacity, incitement to racism and other such preoccupations of the unwashed classes."
'I myself have been the butt of the sort of crude accusations that you are facing," Netanyahu continued. "Please know that my gentle wife and I fully support you and will testify that you were sharing a pizza with us, should that be necessary."
Sources in Buckingham Palace told The Kibbitzer that the prince's response on receiving the missive was "What do I need this Jew shit for? Do you know how much crap I got into for mixing with someone named Epstein?"
Bibi Gets His Little Military Adventure
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Whether or not this morning's assassination of an Islamic Jihad commander in Gaza and the retaliatory barrage of rockets fired at the south of the country will escalate into another mini-war in Gaza has yet to be seen. At this stage, the Palestinians are threatening retaliation and Israel is talking tough. Given that cool heads are a rare commodity in this part of the world, things could still get uglier.
What's already clear is that Benjamin Netanyahu is playing by the book. Creating a security crisis to deflect public attention from political failure is a time-honored tradition in Israel; virtually every prime minister has resorted to it at one point or another. Media pundits have been forecasting a military adventure ever since Netanyahu lost the second 2019 election and failed to cobble together a workable coalition. He is not one to slip away without a fight (though preferably with someone else doing the fighting).
Continue reading "Bibi Gets His Little Military Adventure"

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Q: Replace éàçè... with equivalent "eace" In GWT I tried
s=Normalizer.normalize(s, Normalizer.Form.NFD).replaceAll("[^\\p{ASCII}]", "");
But it seems that GWT API doesn't provide such fonction.
I tried also :
s=s.replace("é",e);

But it doesn't work either
The scenario is I'am trying to générate token from the clicked Widget's text for the history management

A: You can take ASCII folding filter from Lucene and add to your project. You can just take foldToASCII() method from ASCIIFoldingFilter (the method does not have any dependencies). There is also a patch in Jira that has a full class for that without any dependencies - see here. It should be compiled by GWT without any problems. License should be also OK, since it is Apache License, but don't quote me on it - you should ask a real lawyer.

A: @okrasz, the foldToASCII() worked but I found a shorter one Transform a String to URL standard String in Java

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Obnicki Ostrów (niem. Krutbars) – podmokła i zabagniona wysepka na Obnicy znajdująca się przy ujściu tej rzeki do Regalicy. Zlokalizowana jest naprzeciwko Podjuch. Blisko ostrowa znajdują się wyspy: Stare Pło i Ustowskie Mokradła.

Literatura
T. Białecki, L. Turek-Kwiatkowska, Szczecin stary i nowy, Szczecin 1991, s. 352.

Przypisy

Kołbaskowo (gmina)
Wyspy Międzyodrza
Bezludne wyspy Polski

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Q: MySQL Join Return Null I have two tables
Table_1
id|subject_code|subject_id
 1|Test1       |1
 2|Test2       |2
 3|Test3       |3

Table2
id|subject_id|grade|status
 1|1         |5.00 |Fail
 2|3         |2.25 |Pass

Now, I want to create a query that will return the following,
Table3
subject_code|grade|status
Test1       |5.00 |Fail
Test2       |NULL |NULL
Test3       |2.25 |Pass

I have read about combining left join and union all but I am lost on how to do that.
Thanks in advance.

A: Try a left join, like this::
Select
DISTINCT(table1.subject_code),
grade,
status

from table1
LEFT join table2 on (table1.subject_id=table2.subject_id)

A: SELECT subject_code, grade, status
FROM Table_1 t1
LEFT JOIN Table2 t2 ON t1.subject_id = t2.subject_id;

A: I suppose a simple LEFT JOIN would do the trick :
SELECT Table_1.subject_code, Table2.grade, Table2.status
FROM Table_1
LEFT JOIN Table2 ON Table2.subject_id = Table_1.subject_id;


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Q: Webpack build file size grow algebraicly I started using Webpack 2 recently and everytime I build a project (or edit something in --watch mode) - build file growth algebraicly (for example, file is 80kb after first build and it'll become 160kb after re-build and 240 after the third one, so I guess it just appends new file to the end of the old one?)
I keep getting huge build files after just a few minutes of work!
Is there anything I can do?
My config:
const PATH = require('path'),
    WEBPACK = require('webpack');

module.exports = {
    entry: {
        app: './public/static/health/js/main.js',
        vendor: ['moment', 'underscore']
    },
    output: {
        path: PATH.resolve(__dirname, './public/static/health/js/build/'),
        filename: '[name].bundle.js'
    },
    plugins: [
        new WEBPACK.optimize.UglifyJsPlugin(),
        new WEBPACK.optimize.CommonsChunkPlugin({name: "vendor", filename: "vendor.bundle.js"})
    ],
    module: {
        loaders: [{
            test: /\.js$/,
            exclude: /node_modules/,
            loader: 'babel-loader',
            query: {
                presets: ['es2015']
            }
        }]
    }
};


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Tag: addiction
#199 Francine Glasser "Shards of Glass: A Kaleidoscopic Life's Memoir"
Francine Glasser is a Clinical Social Worker and Therapist who recently published a memoir, "Shards of Glass: A Kaleidoscopic Life's Memoir," about her experiences as a child and how she took a path to healing from her difficult experiences.
A bit about her book: Because her family constantly had to flee the repercussions of her father's gambling addiction, Francine Glasser was consigned to a childhood devoid of connection and marked by loss after loss of everything she cherished. Friends, relatives, pets, and possessions were left behind each time her family ran from debt collectors, sometimes in the middle of the night, and left town for yet another hopeless new start. For Francine, painful memories of those rootless years were like the fragments of color, light, and darkness in a kaleidoscope. But years later, clinging to her love for the father responsible for her lost childhood, those shards of glass would reorganize into patterns of forgiveness, stability, beauty, and peace.
This book was conceived long ago, because Francine had always wanted to tell the story of her search for a forever home. Years later, as a practicing psychotherapist and social worker her life was invested in hearing the stories and traumas of those whom she counseled and helped make peace with their past. In this book, Francine has sought to make peace with her own past by introducing readers to all the important people, places, and things in her life on the run. Today, she is home at last, yet struggling with symptoms of Agoraphobia. The pieces of a child's shattered life, as seen through the metaphor of a kaleidoscope, have finally come together to complete this part of her story.
Here's Francine's beautiful reading at the Greenkill Gallery, complete with some of the images from her past that she references.
In the first half of the show, I share some thoughts about private/public, productive/non-productive time inspired by a conference on Hannah Arendt, and read from an interview by past guest JoAnn Stevelos which explores subjects like addiction and depression. Here's JoAnn's full interview.
Today's show was engineered by Ian Seda of Radio Kingston, www.radiokingston.org.
We heard music from our fave, Shana Falana, http://www.shanafalana.com/ and here's the playlist of songs listened to in the first hour for which I do not have a legal right to!
#189 Marielena Ferrer "Spirituality and Politics"
It's the second Moon-Day of the month and the return of Marielena Ferrer! She was a contributor to the book Espiritualidad y Politica which was published 10 years ago, and we're using that book to seed conversations relating to spirituality and politics. Marielena is the Executive Director of Humanamente — a diversity and inclusion consulting organization, Chair of the Athena Network New York — a psychosocial support network in the area of social services, health, and specifically in mental health, for immigrants experiencing psychological challenges related to the migratory process, a board member of the Family of Woodstock, a member of the Arts Mid-Hudson Advisory Board, and Kingston's City Arts Commission. Marielena is also an artist and will be participating in this weekend's Art Walk Kingston at The D.R.A.W. as well as the O+ Festival, Oct. 8-10.
As a reminder or for those just tuning into these conversations, the book contains essays from internationally recognized authors including Ken Wilber, Ervin Laszlo, and Tariq Ramadan as well as Spanish-speaking pundits such as Jordi Pigem and Vicente Merlo, "Espiritualidad y politica" offers global and local proposals for integrating a spiritual dimension in the political sphere and, concurrently, for infusing current spiritual movements with a practical component. Society's relationship with money, cultural integration, sustainable development, and participation in public life are among the topics discussed in depth and with an actionable focus. The overarching message is that it is possible and necessary to marry the art of living (spirituality) with the art of coexisting (politics) to achieve peace.
Today we talk about power, money, privilege, and influence via the topics addressed in the New Yorker article, "Life After White Collar Crime," which excellently address the addictive nature of money and influence, how and why white collar crime has been policed (or not), and the overall lack of ethical and moral boundaries in business and finance circles. What happened to valuing ethics?!?!? Let us know what you think. We'll certainly be returning to these themes as we move through more of the subjects covered in Espiritualidad y Politica.
Today's show was engineered by Ian Seda of Radio Kingston.
#148 Kelly Lyndgaard and Unshattered's "Ambassadors of Possibility"
Kelly Lyndgaard is the CEO and President of Unshattered and has been a leader and trailblazer for women throughout her lifetime.
In addition to her impact in the non-profit world, she spent 16 years in the IT industry building, running, and transforming technology organizations. In 2015, she stepped away from her executive career to focus solely on the social enterprise she founded named Unshattered.
Kelly is an engineer and physicist by training, but a problem solver and strategist at heart. Inspired by the strength and commitment of women doing the hard work of recovery, she wanted to help them build them a path forward to sustained sobriety and economic independence. Her heart was broken seeing relapses occur for those who had worked so hard to attain sobriety but had no safe place to return to after recovery.
Kelly is ignited by challenge – in any arena of life – and loves nothing more than seeing potential where others do not and bringing it to life. She's on a mission to end relapse by providing job skills and employment for those who traditionally have difficulty finding employment.
Unshattered employs women in recovery to craft handbags and accessories out of repurposed materials such as retired military uniforms, sets from Broadway shows, manufacturing scrap and more. They have been awarded by the President of the United States for their creative and effective work in fighting the opioid crisis and were the 2018 Hudson Valley nonprofit of the year.
Unshattered boasts a 0% relapse rate for the women employed with the company.
Kelly and her husband live in Dutchess County, NY. She is a graduate of Taylor University and a Praxis Fellow. Outside of being an entrepreneur she loves reading, conquering challenges, and finding unexpected delight! On her days off you'll find her curled up with a mug a tea, a stack of books, and her rescue dog, Bell.
You can find her on Instagram and Twitter and learn more about Unshattered at http://www.unshattered.org.
Today we talk about being a physicist and engineer, walking away from it to pursue her passion to help others, overcoming judgment, how choices aren't character, how to grow a social enterprise, the strength of women, and the power in women helping women. You can purchase an Unshattered handbag from their website and even work with them on custom bags from repurposed materials that are near and dear to your heart. With your purchases AND your donations, they are able to help women coming out of recovery get back on their feet, find an apartment, and gain employment so that they can break the powerful cycle of addiction. Unshattered conservatively estimates that they save the state $103,000 a year in costs associated with addiction and incarceration for each woman they are able to help break the cycle. Become an ambassador of possibility by giving them your support!
Today's show was engineered by Nick Panken of Freedom Highway on Radio Kingston.
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SAC Tournament (Quarterfinal) Greeneville, Tenn.
[00:00] Tyler Held at goalie for CATM.
[02:28] GOAL by CATM Tim Finotti (FIRST GOAL), Assist by Chad Villiard.
[09:24] Shot by CATM Chad Villiard WIDE.
[12:19] CATM substitution: Kevin Sorensen for Tim Finotti.
[14:00] Shot by TCM Anteneh Lemma WIDE.
[16:13] Header Shot by TCM Bruno Conceicao, SAVE Tyler Held.
[19:03] Corner kick by TCM Scott Lucky.
[19:21] Shot by TCM Anteneh Lemma, SAVE Tyler Held.
[24:16] Corner kick by CATM Alex Koslick.
[33:09] Shot by CATM Chad Villiard BLOCKED.
[33:36] Shot by TCM Anteneh Lemma, SAVE Tyler Held.
[33:40] Shot by TCM Scott Lucky BLOCKED.
[35:29] Yellow card on CATM Chad Villiard.
[35:34] Shot by TCM Anteneh Lemma, SAVE Tyler Held.
[36:08] CATM substitution: Carter Richardson for Kirby Freeland.
[36:08] CATM substitution: Andrew Landry for Dustin Johnson.
[38:01] Shot by TCM Scott Lucky, SAVE Tyler Held.
Scott Lucky, #24 Richard Schofield, #33 Rory McCook.
Johnson, #3  Lucas Thore, #17 Chad Villiard.
[45:43] Shot by TCM Telmo Dantes WIDE.
[46:30] Shot by TCM Bruno Conceicao, SAVE Tyler Held.
[46:50] Corner kick by TCM Scott Lucky.
[47:00] Header Shot by TCM Phillip Hagen HIGH.
[49:00] Yellow card on CATM Mark Ketterer.
[49:00] Yellow card on TCM Telmo Dantes.
[49:00] TCM substitution: Andre Campbell for Telmo Dantes.
[50:03] Shot by CATM Kirby Freeland, SAVE Lance Moore.
[53:01] Shot by TCM Anteneh Lemma HIGH.
[55:52] Shot by CATM Alex Koslick, SAVE Lance Moore.
[57:44] Corner kick by CATM Chad Villiard.
[57:56] Shot by CATM Mark Ketterer, SAVE Lance Moore.
[58:08] Shot by CATM Alex Koslick, SAVE TEAM.
[58:29] Shot by TCM Bruno Conceicao, SAVE Tyler Held.
[59:05] CATM substitution: Tim Finotti for Matt Halton.
[59:53] CATM substitution: Ross Willard for Tyler Held.
[59:53] Ross Willard at goalie for CATM.
[62:35] Shot by TCM Lucas Paulini WIDE.
[64:44] CATM substitution: Kevin Sorensen for Mark Ketterer.
[64:44] TCM substitution: Oscar Villigran for Bruno Conceicao.
[69:42] TCM substitution: Horton McKinney for Lucas Paulini.
[69:42] CATM substitution: Tom McCormack for Kirby Freeland.
[70:39] Header Shot by TCM Anteneh Lemma WIDE.
[73:35] Shot by TCM Anteneh Lemma, SAVE Ross Willard.
[75:32] TCM substitution: Nick Grizzanti for Sven Meyer.
[75:32] TCM substitution: Matthew McKeever for Richard Schofield.
[79:38] CATM substitution: Kirby Freeland for Dustin Johnson.
[80:23] TCM substitution: Shane Voelker for Rory McCook.
[82:52] TCM substitution: Ryan Sandmeyer for Anteneh Lemma.
[87:55] Shot by CATM Chad Villiard WIDE.
[88:00] TCM substitution: Kevin Laight for Scott Lucky.


Khoo Chee Peng, allegedly a triad leader, has been sentenced in court together with six others to six years' jail for kidnapping. Also known as "Sea Dragon King", Khoo and Ang Choon Jit, aged 28, Tan Kok Soon, aged 25, Foo Jong Cherm, aged 22, Teh Leng Han, aged 27, Lee Ah Kau, aged 22, and Lim Jain Yeu, aged 31, pleaded guilty to the charge of kidnapping with intent to wrongfully confine businesswoman Chan Leong Chan, aged 47.
The group allegedly kidnapped Chan from an office at 212 Lounge, No 9, Jalan Pasar, Goldcourse Shopping Mall, Klang, at 4am on 29 November 2003, and confined her in a store in Bukit Raja, Klang. Chan was held there for five days with the group and had suffered trauma. Khoo had also ordered the group to wrap her in a carpet and beat her up.
Chan was released on 3 December that year at 3:30pm at a petrol station along Jalan Tun Sambanthan.


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Missing Pregnant Woman's Body Found Near Husband's Work in Colorado
Posted 1:00 pm, August 16, 2018, by Tribune Media Wire
FREDERICK, Colo. -- The body believed to be that of a pregnant Colorado woman who disappeared has been recovered and a search is continuing for her two young daughters who also vanished, law enforcement officials told KDVR on Thursday.
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation said the body that is believed to be that of Shanann Watts, 34, was found on the property owned by Anadarko Petroleum, where her husband, Christopher Watts, worked.
The bodies of their daughters, 4-year-old Bella and 3-year-old Celeste "Cece," have not been recovered but officials believe they know where they are located.
"This is absolutely the worst possible outcome that anyone could imagine," said John Camper, the director of the CBI.
Christopher Watts was arrested on Wednesday night and is being held in the Weld County Jail on three charges of first-degree murder and three charges of tampering with physical evidence in the deaths. He was scheduled for a bond hearing on Thursday afternoon.
Shanann Watts' brother posted on social media that Christopher Watts confessed to the killings to investigators and added his sister was 15 weeks pregnant with a boy.
Law enforcement has not confirmed the confession, only that Shanann Watts and her daughters are dead.
Weld County District Attorney Michael Rourke said his office will have until Monday to file formal charges against Watts.
Shanann Watts and her daughters were reported missing at 1:40 p.m. Monday. The CBI issued a missing-endangered alert for the three on Tuesday.
The Frederick Police Department, the CBI and the FBI canvassed the area and on Wednesday night, arrested 33-year-old Christopher Watts.
A close friend has said she dropped off Shanann Watts at home in the 2800 block of Saratoga Trail about 2 a.m. Monday when they got home from a work trip. She saw her go inside.
She said the two friends were supposed to meet later in the day, but Watts didn't answer her phone.
Christopher Watts said in an interview Tuesday that he didn't know where his wife and daughters were.
"In my heart, I believe that she is somewhere and I hope that she is safe," he said. "I don't know what to do right now. I just feel so alone in this house right now. I don't know where to go from here."
Investigators have not said what led to the killings.
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In a 9 x 12 inch casserole dish, place the vegetables in layers. First, a layer of zucchini (overlapping a little—use half the zucchini), then add the onions, then a layer of tomatoes. Then add salt and pepper and little pieces of cream cheese on top of the tomatoes. Then add a final layer of zucchini and cover it with cheddar cheese. Bake at 350 for about an hour or until the vegetables are cooked and the cheese on top is beginning to brown. Serve on top of rice. The casserole may seem a little watery, but just spoon out those juices on top of the rice. Makes a delicious meal! Goes well with a nice green salad.


Hello London Fashion Week! And I'm well aware that I am a bit late to the party, but hey-ho, good work takes time. So lets crack on with the latest Ports 1961 collection anyway, there is no time to waste.
I find it a bit weird that there is no buzz around this brand, even if it perfectly would fill the shoes of Phoebe Philo's Céline with its kind of minimalistic but also very refined, fashionable style. Creative director Natasa Cagalj is a textile expert what you can observe if scroll down for the runway looks. There is a lot of interesting stuff is going on, but not in an overwhelming way, which is exactly why I dare to compare it to Philo's work.
This season she collaborated with a German workshop, known for its impressive handwoven plaids, but there are also plenty of tassels, macramé, drawstring and rope details to drool over here. Not to mention the laid back rainbow colour palette which is nothing but a hit! Love. These. All.


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Category Archives: Song
Robin's Reluctant Retreat?
After some Biblical esqe rainfall early on in the day I now find myself sitting out my back garden enjoying a bottle of Wychwood Alcoholic Ginger Beer and I must say its very good. The weather in Ireland is really as unpredictable as the summer going on's at a Premiership football club. During a week in which we have basically signed a member of perhaps the greatest international side ever seen and have entered into negotiations for the lynchpin of the initial Dortmund Bundesliga winning team our Captain has reportedly rethought his position and views of his current club.
Yesterday myself and the Reverend had a conversation regarding many things Arsenal, one topic I broached was the position of Van Persie and his 'statement' given the recent transfer activity at the club, my feeling being that he has been made to look rather foolish about the clubs supposed lack of ambition.Rumour abounds today that he is giving serious thought to his previous stance and is willing to re-enter negotiations with the club. Is this because of our activities in the market thus far coupled with a move supposedly underway which I will hopefully have more on tomorrow or as the cynics among us suggest, a reaction to the lack of genuine interest in the Lying Dutchman. Since the club dismissed the UNited bid out of hand there has been no formal offers made to the club. Much has been made in papers of a supposed bid from the Old Lady of Turin but with allegations hanging over their coach I'm not too sure of the validity of the offer.
Personally I will stick to the stance I made when the Statement was first issued, he should be sold. The public questioning of the ambition and policy of the club should not be tolerated by any club. If he stays, somehow manages another injury free season and scores goals i will still appreciate his talents but I wont want him at the club.I was at the Emirates cup a couple of years ago with Mrs Gooner for Cuntabayor's first game in the red and white after his contract issued and the reception was less than polite, sometime I feel Van Persie can expect if he stays at the club.
The other big issue surrounding potential departures at the club involves Barcelona interest in Alex Song. Apparently the Catalan club have been sniffing around and while I presume he has no Barcelona DNA flowing through his veins the interest seems genuine. I feel that if the club receives an offer that they feel is acceptable he will be on his way. His contract runs until 2015 so we are under no pressure to sell. However the emergence of Le Coq coupled with the feeling at the club that Diaby has finally sorted out his injury problems could mean that we won't be seeing the No 17 in the centre of the pitch next season. While some people may bemoan his sale we aren't exactly short of midfield options: Arteta, Cazorla, Coquelin, Diaby, Frimpong, Oxlade, Ramsey, Rosicky & Wilshere will all be vying for the 3 midfield places providing we are still playing a 433, many people feel we will revert to a 442 next season to accommodate our new signings. While I know some people feel we are light in people who will shoulder the defensive responsibilities of the team I don't feel Song does this job particularly well. I imagine it is his role within the team despite what people feel Arteta does for us and I imagine Le Boss has scouted more than one or two players capable of doing a job for us.
Thats yer lot to chew over and berate me for today, hopefully I will be back tomorrow with some defensive news.
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Young French Star To Contend With Song
But maybe not the one that you think of. The Boss has seemed to cool to the idea of signing M'Vila as talk of his discipline problems on and off the pitch have painted him in an ever so un-flattering light. Likewise talks of a move for Toulouse Captain Etienne Capoue seem to have eased off as it seems that a price talk of roughly £10 million pounds has put us off, not because we are unwilling to spend the money but the simple fact that there is still some questions on the ability and potential of the player for that kind of outlay.
So now we will turn our attention to a player who broke through at the club last season to such a degree that the club saw fit to sign him to a new contract rumoured to keep him at the club until the summer of 2016, Ladies & Gentle Gooners Francis Coquelin. Originally signed by the club in 2008 after impressing while on trial the Frenchman made his breakthrough last season first coming to the attention of many Gooners in the crushing early season defeat at the hands of Manure, one of the few players to emerge from the game with any credit. He went on to make 17 appearances for the first team last season impressing many Gooners including myself, I was present at the Blackburn game and was impressed by his skill on the ball and surprising turn of pace.
One of the main reasons he is viewed as the man to rival Song in midfield is due to his performances for Lorient while on loan at the club in 2010. Signed by Christian Gourcoff (speaking of which, could you have a quiet word in the ear of your immensely talented creative midfielder sons ear about how great a club The Arse is) due to his knowledge of the French game and Coquelin's impressive form for the French under-age international team, Le Coq impressed all and sundry at the club. So much so that Monsiuer Gourcoff looked to loan Le Coq for the entirety of last season, a request that was thankfully turned down. It was his impressive displays for Lorient that convinced Le Boss that he was ready for first team action last season.
I'm sure watching Alex Song last season we were all aware of two things
(1) he has become quite adept at pushing forward, his assist stats show us as much
(2) he isn't always as defensively disciplined as he perhaps ought to be
This is where the idea that a defensive minded signing is a necessity seems to have some from, the constant press links with M'Vila seems to have distracted people that we already had a player capable of providing competition for Alex. Perhaps in a similar fashion to Flamini where he filled in at various positions people have forgotten that Francis is in fact a defensive midfielder. Hopefully he will have a season similar to Flamini's last at the club, minus the overall twatishness of course. If he comes close to that kind of form than I feel we will be more than covered in that position.
While Frimmy also impressed last season prior to his loan and subsequent injury I think we will see him go out on loan to gain experience again, perhaps returning to Wolves. Eastmond has been also known to play in the midfield and despite featuring in the pre season tour to Asia I don't expect Eastmond to feature for the first bar maybe a League Cup game. He is still to slight in frame and lacking in ability to really make an impact at the highest level.
While people may question my championing of Le Coq for this season bare one thing in mind, the £10 -£15 million saved on M'Vila or Capoue can be put towards a move for Cazorla or further reinforcing in other areas.
That's enough of thoughts spilling forward from my head
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M'Vila to Arsenal – Do we need him?
Former Chelsea defender and French World Cup winner Marcel Desailly has been talking to the press recently about his fellow countryman Yann M'Vila. More specifically he has been talking about a move to either Arsenal or Manchester United urging the respective chairmen to do whatever it takes to sign the 22-year-old defensive midfielder.
We have to ask ourselves, however, if we really need to sign him?
At the current moment we play with a 3 man midfield with one player operating as the attacking and creative playmaker while the other two alternate between sitting deep for cover and supporting further forward. In this post we will have a look at out various options and need for any further players. At the minute the Boss has a pool of 8 players to choose from when fit to play for 3 positions.
Jack Wilshere – Perhaps the only player to start when fit. Whether he plays as one of the deeper lying two a lá last season or in the more attacking role of his youth team days remains to be seen.
Mikel Arteta – The experienced Spaniard has been a model of consistency so far this season. While not enjoying the free role as the main creative force of his days at Everton he has established himself as an essential part of the first choice 11 since his move.
Aaron Ramsey – Tasked with replacing Cesc at the start of the season. Started brightly but has looked tired since Xmas in what has essentially been his first full season in the Prem. Has played on the left side of the front three recently but doesn't look comfortable on the wing and tends to drift infield.
Alex Song – often deployed as the as the main defensive player of the three although his assist statistics would suggest otherwise. Strong with an ability to pick a pass he provides the only real physicality in our midfield.
Tomas Rosicky – a player who many might have envisaged departing the club in the summer. His recent resurgence in displaying the ability we all knew he had when he first joined the club has been one of the highlights of our season. Deceptive turn of pace and excellent dribbling ability have seen him claim and retain Ramsey's place in midfield in recent months.
Abou Diaby – highly talented but often injured Frenchman. Wenger is a huge fan along with French manger Laurent Blanc who has played him on the rare occasions this season he has been fit. For those who would perhaps write him off we must remember our current Dutch superstar had many injury problems in the first few years of his career with the Gooners but has stayed fit for the last 18 months.
Francis Coquelin – Le Coq has made his breakthrough this season after impressing on loan at Lorient last season. Comfortable on the ball and tough in the tackle he is a more than able replacement for either of the defensively responsible midfielders. Is also capable of filling in at full back which is a plus.
Emmanuel Frimpong – Mr Dench. Tough, tough tackling midfielder with a rugby player build, the young Ghanaian played at the start of the season before being sent to Wolves on loan to gain experience. Suffered his second cruciate injury of his young career while at the Molineux but will hopefully make a full recovery.
Alex Chamberlain – Although he has played predominantly as a winger in his first season at the Emirates the Boss has stated that he views his future as a central midfielder. Perhaps the most exciting attacker England have seen in recent years.
A player whom I haven't mentioned is Conor Henderson. The young Republic of Ireland international has recently returned from an injury suffered in the pre-season game against Cologne. Was expected to feature in the first team plans this season but for his injury.
With all these options available would the money available to the manager be better spent elsewhere i.e defence? I will leave that up to the members of the republic.
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Arsenal 3 – Villa 0: our winning form continues…
Arsenal secured a seventh consecutive victory yesterday with a 3-0 result against Aston Villa, and by doing so gained a three point cushion over fourth place Sp**s who were unable to score against the nouveau riche Chavs at the Bridge. It was a scoreline predicted by Nigel Winterburn on Arsenal Player just before kick off, and it turned out that his optimism was fully justified. Koscielny was unable to start having woken up on Saturday morning with a knee problem and he was replaced by Johan Djourou, who found himself at the receiving end of a non-malicious elbow from Emile Heskey moments after the game kicked off.
Thereafter Arsenal started to apply the pressure, and the first half was characterised by the sort of focus and urgency displayed by the team in the first twenty minutes against Everton in mid-week. Gervinho started in place of Ramsey and put in a very good performance, supporting Kieran Gibbs and tracking back to defend effectively whenever the left back made forward runs. It was such forward movement from Gibbs that brought him his first Premier League goal, as he surged between statuesque Villa defenders and fired off a shot from close range. It was an effort that Given should probably have stopped, but Gibbs couldn't have cared less.
Arsenal's second was tucked away expertly by Walcott, who showed superb control after Alex Song's magnificent lofted pass picked him out behind the Villa defence. A powerful effort by Arteta from twenty yards might have put us up by three, and RVP was unlucky to have a close range chance denied by an excellent instinctive goalline header by Warnock.
Villa offered very little in reply; Albrighton looked to counter attack on a couple of occasions but was unable to keep a cool head when it mattered. Emile Heskey confined himself to giving Djourou a hard time, harassing him at every opportunity, which proved ultimately fruitless.
The second half saw us apply some of Arsene's infamous handbrake. Concentration levels dropped and possession was conceded by a few soft passes and an annoying tendency to over-elaborate. Such were Villa's limitations, however, that they failed to punish us. Heskey was replaced by Weimann, and the energetic young Austrian proved tricky in and around our penalty area. When Villa did work the ball into dangerous positions, however, no-one was able to get into position to make the seize the opportunity and in the main we defended with focus and efficiency.
The Ox came on for Walcott on the right hand side and demonstrated his searing pace by absolutely skinning the opposition defence with a couple of runs. Ramsey replaced Gervinho and got into shooting positions around the edge of their area, and Andre Santos returned to first team action, only to give the ball away with his first touch – if Villa had been clinical in attack they would have punished us immediately.
Stephen Ireland should have counted himself very lucky to have remained on the pitch – a two footed lunge at Song should have resulted in a straight red, and if referee Dowd had seen it from a different angle he may have acted appropriately. Only a few minutes later, Ireland tripped Rosicky (if I remember correctly) outside the Villa box, and if Dowd had already cautioned him, it would have earned him a yellow. But he's an odd performer, Ireland, capable of rank stupidity and at other times great skill, and he then went on to make a superb tackle on the Ox in his own penalty area which drew loud appeals for a penalty, which Phil Dowd wisely ignored.
The final significant act of the game came in injury time, following a foul on Song about 25 yards out. Arteta lined up the free kick, and just to confound the expectations of all those Twittering Gooners who were bemoaning his previous effort, he smashed a perfect strike past Given into the corner of the net. It was a superb strike, but it almost seemed too good for the match situation, two goals to the good in injury time against limited opponents; it would have been sweeter if it had been a match winner against Stoke or City, but I'm being churlish. Arteta certainly deserved the goal, and the scoreline was a fair reflection of the game.
We're off to Loftus Road next weekend, while Sp**s face Swansea at the Lane. On their current form, Twitcher's side might find that fixture a real struggle. We should be looking at another three points against Rangers, but as they showed against Liverpool the other night, we cannot afford to take anything for granted. We were greatly superior to Villa yesterday, but a more dangerous opponent might have taken advantage of our lack of focus and intensity in the second half.
In the meantime, however, I'm off to enjoy that free kick again…enjoy the rest of your weekend!
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Newcastle 0 – Arsenal 0: picking up where we left off?
As I'm sure you're aware, the season began today with a no-score draw at St James Park, an unsatisfying result from a game that appeared to follow a very familiar pattern. We dominated possession and passed the ball a great deal, but failed to create a lot of scoring opportunities. The opposition tried to keep their shape and close us down; when they did have possession they looked fairly impotent. It's going to be a long, long season for Toon supporters, but that's their problem.
There were some positives. Gervinho started and became the focus of much of our attacking play. He caused Newcastle problems on both flanks, and when he develops a better understanding with his teammates I should think he'll get plenty of assists. Of course the first thing he'll have to understand is that when he gets the ball into good wide positions he's going to have find Van Persie, because there's not likely to be many other attacking teammates in the box to aim at.
The downside – apart from our inability to score – was obviously Gervinho's red card. If there was any clearer demonstration why Joey Barton should not be an Arsenal player, this was it. Having reacted aggressively to Gervinho's fall in the Newcastle area (by picking him up off the deck by his shirt), he then dropped as if he'd been shot when Gervinho stupidly slapped his cheek, and told the ref he'd been punched. I'm not defending Gervinho – if you put your hand into another players' face you're likely to be dismissed. But Barton showed the football world once again why he fully deserves his reputation as a cunt and I do not understand why anyone would to see him in an Arsenal shirt. Song was lucky to stay on the pitch after he deliberately trod on Barton's ankle in the first half. Was this why Barton contrived to get Gervinho sent off in the second? I wouldn't be at all surprised. Anyhow, Gervinho gets an automatic ban for a straight red. Ironically Newcastle didn't look any more likely to score with the man advantage.
Defensively we looked pretty good, I felt – but as mentioned above, Newcastle didn't create and didn't really pressure us. But Chesney dealt with things pretty decisively – he didn't get flustered and looked confident. Vermaelen and Koscielny played well as the preferred options at centre-half. Frimmers made his debut as a late sub and was fine. Arshavin was, I felt, largely ineffective and gave away possession too often, though he did provide an excellent chip to put RvP through on goal. Rosicky was industrious without being incisive. Song was both solid and lucky, as mentioned above. RvP didn't get much to work with.
The other notable point from the game was the behaviour of the away fans. "Spend our fucking money" was the clear message from the travelling Gooners, and rightly so. AW is quoted on the club website as saying:
"Everybody looks for centre backs in the whole world…People with unlimited resources look for a centre back… We have specialised people to work everywhere but we are not in a supermarket where you go to a shelf and you ask where are the centre backs or the strikers."
These are not the sort of observations that are likely to appease those Gooners who are already deeply frustrated by the club's inability to address the weaknesses in our squad. He goes on to say:
"If a player is interesting the top clubs, he has a fantastic value. If there is no interest from these clubs he is £3-7million…The same player can be worth £30-50million and £3-7million. There is no logic in the market any more. In football it is very difficult to set the price for the players."
It sounds to me as though he is addressing the Cesc issue indirectly here, by attempting to justify to supporters why Fabregas is being sold to Barca for less than his market value. I believe he's also offering an explanation as to why he is seemingly unable to countenance buying a centre-half, being unable to match the valuations of the selling club/s. It's worth noting, perhaps, that Gary Cahill scored for Bolton today, which will certainly not do anything to weaken Bolton's bargaining position should Arsenal bid for him. Which we won't, I daresay.
Not to worry, it's only Udinese next in a crucial CL tie…
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Munich Re regards itself as well prepared for the possible outbreak of a pandemic. Although the threat of a pandemic this winter had mainly disappeared from the media due to the almost complete absence of instances of bird flu in Europe, experts are largely in agreement that the next pandemic is sure to come, the only question being when and how extensive it will be. As opposed to natural hazards, there are insufficient and no fully reliable statistical data as regards the pandemic scenario.
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YouTube star Tré Melvin hospitalised with 'brain injuries' after car accident
By Natacha Maloon| 7 months ago
YouTube star Tré Melvin has been hospitalised after being involved in a "severe" car accident.
A statement posted to Melvin's Twitter account today revealed that both he and his friend Katherya suffered brain injuries.
"Early Monday morning, Tré was involved in a severe auto collision with his friend Katherya. Both are currently hospitalised and have suffered brain injuries. While Tré is stable, Kathy is unresponsive," the tweet read on June 23 (US time). "Their families ask that you please send prayers, blessings, and positive vibrations their way. They will come out of this stronger and more powerful. So it is."
Tré Melvin is currently in stable condition and in hospital as he recovers from a car accident. (Instagram)
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Three weeks ago, Melvin announced that he'd be stepping away from YouTube after claims that the social media platform had been censoring him. The 26-year-old, who has 3.2 million subscribers, has planned to transition into a new project entitled TreMelvin.tv.
"I will no longer allow the platform to censor my pain," he tweeted on May 29. "I will no longer allow the platform to demonetise my pain. I will no longer sit at a table both my Blackness and my queerness have never truly been welcome at. I will build my own."
At the time, the YouTuber decided to take an extended break from Instagram.
Tré Melvin's last social media activity was a Father's Day post dedicated to his dad. (Instagram)
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His last social media activity was when he celebrated Father's Day with a lengthy tribute to his father, Edward Lee Melvin Junior.
"He's always said to me 'you are me, but stronger.' I never quite understood. I am beginning to," he wrote alongside a throwback of his father holding him as a baby. "My father, edward lee melvin junior, is a very powerful man. He passed down said power to me, edward lee melvin the third, knowing that I'd hone it and use it to heal the world. Use it to do everything he never thought he could."
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Devotional Poetics a...
SKU: 9788124601563 Categories: Classical, Literature
Devotional Poetics and the Indian Sublime
by:	Vijay Mishra
Studying European theories of the sublime particularly against contemporary critical uses of the term, the study maintains that the Brahman is one of the most fully developed sublimes. It analyses the relationship of a devotee, with his 'God' when the latter is incapable of representation.
Category: Classical, Literature
Pages : xi, 268
Bibliographic Details : Bibliography; Index
Weight: 550 gm.
The last two decades of the twentieth century have been marked by an immense revival of interest in the sublime, yet past studies have used Western texts as their archives. This book dramatically shifts the focus by examining a major instance of an Indian sublime: the Brahman. Mishra examines European theories of the sublime, reads them off against contemporary critical uses of the term (notably by Lyotard and Paul de Man) and proposes that the Hindu Brahman constitutes an instance of one of the most fully developed of all comprehensive theory of both the Indian sublime and Indian devotional verse. "The book offers a highly original interpretation of one fundamental problem in Indian cultural history: how does a devotee establish a relationship with God (Brahman) when God is ultimately incapable of representation? Mishra brilliantly exposes this problem by introducing the theme of the sublime and shows how the problem has been confronted across a range of central Hindu texts covering a large panorama of historical time and several Indic languages."
A Note on Transliteration
1. The Sublime Object of Devotion
Sublime Aesthetics – The Center Cannot Hold – The Self and the Oceanic Sublime – Orientalism and the Indian Sublime – A Matter of Feeling and Emotion – The Textual Tradition
2. Two Truths are Told : Prologues to the Swelling Act
The Moment of the Bhagavadgita
3. Devotional Poetics
The Semantics of Bhakti – The Ideology of Bhakti – The Tamil Alvars and the Vira-Shaivas – Jayadeva's Gitagovinda : An Indian Pastoral – Prescribing the text
4. Temples of Fire : Plurality-with-Unity
5. Desiring Selves, Undesirable Worlds
Desire, Deceit, and Maya – Divine Pleasures Kabir's Burning Brides
Conclusion : The Devotional Sublime
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Vijay Mishra
Vijay Mishra is Professor of English literature at the University of Alberta, Canada. He is the author of the Gothic Sublime, also published by State University of New York Press, and (with Bob Hodge) Dark Side of the Dream: Australian Literature and the Postcolonial Mind.
Books of Vijay Mishra
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Yoga-Sutra of Patanjali by: Saugata Bhaduri ₹175.00 ₹158.00
Patanjali's Yoga-sutra, one of the most well-known works in the Indian classical tradition, is recognised as the primary text of Yoga philosophy. Here, Dr. Bhaduri adopts a simple but unique approach in his study of the text to make it more suitable to the needs of the Indian students. This English translation of the Yoga-sutra by Dr. Bhaduri under the guidance of Prof. Kapil Kapoor in shastra Group of Centre of Liguistic and English, at Jawaharlal Nehru University, retains many Sanskrit terms, adding the English equivalents in footnotes and the glossary to avoid making inadequate renderings of Sanskrit technical terms. It translates only what is stated in the concerned sutras without elaborate commentaries in order not to confuse the reader and to allow him to draw independent conclusions. Presenting the sutras in original Sanskrit form along with their Roman transcription, it examines the Yoga philosophy in relation to the other five orthodox systems of classical Indian philosophy and analyses the manner in which it deals with issues of cognition and signification.
Love Songs of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah by: Harsha V. Dehejia ₹795.00 ₹716.00
This impressively illustrated volume brings forth the evergreen spirit of a Muslim ruler of Awadh, Nawab Wajid Ali Shaw (1822-87), in composing love poetry taking a cue from the amorous Krishna leela and assimilating and practising the same in personal life. A trained Kathak dancer himself and a dedicated patron of poetry, painting and performing arts, Wajid Ali Shah immersed in the rasa of dance, music and drama, and got deeply indulged in the many an expression of shringar, while administering the political affairs of his state.
Recalling the different facets of Nawab Wajid Ali's life, the book explores the state and fame of Lucknow, of his times, where the Nawab lived a life of refinement and pomp, and attracted the best talents in arts and crafts. It also portrays how were dance and music enjoying pride of place during his reign.
While presenting a penetrating account of Ali Shah's poetry, the book revisits his musical scholarship, history of his times and presents his poems with English translation. It as well showcases the best paintings centring around his personal and cultural life, and guides one go through the religious and cultural harmony prevailed in Awadh where a lot of factors were at play effecting acculturation between the Hindus and the Muslims, popularly known as the Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb.
Balagopalastuti by: Harsha V. Dehejia, Jahnabi Barooah Chinchani, Narmada Prasad Upadhyaya, ₹1,195.00 ₹1,076.00
Chandogya Upanisad — Translation and Commentary by: Swami Muni Narayana Prasad ₹1,350.00 ₹1,215.00
Chandogya is the most intriguing of all the Upanishads. It begins with directing the priests of a Soma-yaga to see the hidden wisdom-significance in what they perform and recite as a brute ritual. This sublimating of ritualism gradually leads us to perceiving the entire life system as a yaj¤a held in and performed by Brahman. The next step this perception leads us to is "sarvam khalvidam brahma" (everything here indeed is Brahman). Then the enquiry as to what this Brahman is, begins. The answer we arrive at is "tat tvam asi" (That thou art). Finally we realize "atmaivedam sarvam" (atma indeed is everything here, or myself indeed is everything here). From this self-identity with "everything," with Brahman, we never return to our identity with individuated forms pertaining to the world of becoming. The present commentary explicates in a lucid way how thinking progresses in this Upanishad, along with unravelling its schematic, structural and dialectical intricacies, both subjective and objective, both universal and particular.
Socio-Literary and Cultural Study of Indian Society by: Indra Nath Choudhuri ₹1,500.00 ₹1,350.00
The Socio-Literary and Cultural Study of Indian Society from Ancient to Modern is a search for India's heritage: Hindu, Sufi and about Nationalism and India's freedom from her colonial past. It is analytical but not learnedness. The author believes as Iqbal, the famous Urdu poet, said: "Transcend your reason because though it is a glow, it is not your destination; it can only be the path to the destination show." People, both Indian and foreign, who want to understand Indian heritage from Ancient to Modern in a simple, agreeable style and friendly manner, is the author's destination. In this volume, he has tried to demolish many myths like dharma is religion, Vedas are Śruti though the Almighty ordered six ṛṣis to write them down. A Hindu is just not emotional in mind, he also believes in analytic discussion (tarka). Upaniṣads are not just created by ṛṣis but also by a revolution unfolded by the students by barraging questions after questions.By explaining about the vitality of India and many other subjects, the book elucidates many things about the idea of India in an authentic manner. The readers will find here many varieties of theological explication, ultimately leading to the celebration of life while searching for the divine and realizing the self.
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Q: apostrophe CMS dealing with subsets of pieces and relationships Here is my event definition
module.exports = {
  extend: 'apostrophe-pieces',
  name: 'event',
  label: 'Event',
  pluralLabel: 'Events',
  addFields: [
    {
      name: 'eventName',
      label: 'Event Name',
      type: 'string',
      required: true
    },
    {
      name: 'location',
      label: 'Location',
      type: 'string',
      required: true
    },
    {
      name: 'date',
      label: 'Date',
      type: 'date',
      required: true
    },
    {
      name: 'thumbnail',
      label: 'Thumbnail',
      type: 'singleton',
      widgetType: 'apostrophe-images',
      options: {
        limit: 1,
        minSize: [ 200, 200 ],
        aspectRatio: [ 1, 1 ]
      }
    }
  ]
};

How can I use a subset of only the 5 nearest future events on a page?
Additionally if I was going to do something similar with customers could I use different subsets of them on different pages based on an string field that identified their industry?

A: If you use the apostrophe-events npm module, rather than rolling this yourself, what you are asking for will be the default behavior of the apostrophe-events-widgets module (showing the next 5 events that haven't ended).
If you wanted to do this yourself, you could do so by setting the sort option of your events module to { date: 1 }, and adding a custom cursor filter to ignore events whose date is in the past when invoked. Then you would invoke that filter method from your events-widgets module.
But, since apostrophe-events does all this for you with added provisions for correctly handling start and end dates if you need them, I would not recommend "winging it."
Just to be complete though, you can see an implementation of the "upcoming" cursor filter for apostrophe-events here:
https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe-events/blob/master/lib/cursor.js
And, here's the logic in apostrophe-events-widgets to use that filter to show only events that are upcoming in that widget, which you can add to your home page to get the effect you want:
https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe-events/blob/master/lib/modules/apostrophe-events-widgets/index.js
The apostrophe-events-pages module (part of the apostrophe-events bundle) also uses this filter by default but supports browsing by date as well, which overrides it to give access to past events.


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Q: Is there a way to define external checks on a GitHub PR? When I open a PR on GitHub, several builds are triggered on our external build server, but because of build queuing, they can run at different times.
In the interim, however, I can merge my PR after even one of the builds has successfully run.
I understand that the build server is probably using the Checks API, and that GitHub doesn't know about the check until the build server tells it that the build has started.  I think this is the source of the problem because GitHub is just saying, "All the checks I know about have passed."
Is there a way to configure GitHub to expect all of my builds before the build server starts them?


Today, I'm sharing two cards I created with the following products from the February Release: With Much Thanks stamp set, Thank You Die, Easter Eggs Dies, Easter Card Collection 2016 and Pastel Paper Pack 2016, along with previously released ODBD Custom Dies. (See supply list below).
The struggle was real....It took everything I had to not break out ink and sponge dauber, or Black card stock! If you are a frequent visitor to my blog you know that my signature style is black layers. Both of my cards are CAL (clean and layered) with a lot of dies thrown in for added interest and detail.
I love the flourish script on the new Thank You word die, here I paired it up with beautiful papers from the Easter Card Collection 2016 and Pastel Paper Pack. Using the Double Stitched Rectangles and Rectangles die sets I was able to layer the papers for a lovely background. The tiny flowers that embellish my card are from the Easter Eggs die set.
My next card also uses a sentiment from the With Much Thanks set along with the new paper collections. For added interest and detail, I stamped images from the Flourish Label Borders set onto the die cuts from the Vintage Flourish Pattern die set in Plum ink.
Three randomly selected winners will each receive a $25 gift certificate to Our Daily Bread Designs, good towards the purchase of ODBD stamps found in the "ODBD stamps column" of the ODBD Website, just for commenting on the Design Team cards! You have until February 2, 2016 at 9:00 p.m. EST to leave your comments. The Winners will be posted February 3rd, on Our Daily Bread Designs Blog, so be sure to check back there to see if you won!
Both of your creations are so beautiful, Lisa!! I love the delicate designs with all the layering of dies as well as the soft pastels!! Gorgeous cards!!
Lisa - two beautiful Thank you card - I love those dies and the color choices - nice job!
WOW Lisa, simply beautiful! I am loving these colours, they really are Easter colours and you have showcased them well!
I love the papers you used and the stamp detail on the second card! The border on the second one as well is really pretty with the other die cuts and those beautiful papers!
I like the flourishes and flowers on the first one to go with the flourishes on the thank you, really pretty!
Two stunning thank you cards.
Lovely cards with beautiful details!
Like the colors, the lace look of the border die & much more. Have a BEE-utiful day!
Both are beautiful and gorgeous!
Beautiful thank you cards. I love this new release.
Wonderful cards with beautiful layers.
Love the colors of both cards Lisa! Lovely layering, clean and well designed!
So very pretty! Love your colors and details and use of dies.
Your cards are so beautiful Lisa!!! Love how the white just pops on that first card!
Very pretty cards! The more I see the thank you die, the more I am loving it!
These are beautiful - what lovely choices of dies, colors and patterns.
Lisa, I love both of your thank you cards! The soft pastel color palette is gorgeous as well as your combination of stamps and dies- thanks for sharing!
What beautiful TY cards, Lisa!! Love how you used the borders and paper combo!
Awesome cards!! I applaud your self-control with not sponging anything!! Were you sweating bullets? LOL!! Both cards are BEAUTOFUL and we will have to do the Thank You card in our die class!


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Цифровая или интерактивная бумага — бумага с сеткой из точек, используемая в сочетании с цифровым пером для создания рукописных электронных документов. Точки, напечатанные на листе бумаги, предназначены для определения координат рисунка или символа. Световое перо использует сетку из точек для хранения рукописного текста и последующей загрузки его в компьютер.
Сетка из точек представляет собой своего рода двумерный штрих-код.

Цифровую бумагу следует отличать от электронной бумаги.

Наиболее распространена технология фирмы Anoto. Точечный шаблон Anoto представляет собой сетку из точек, расположенных друг от друга на среднем номинальном расстоянии 0,3 мм, при этом каждая точка располагается с небольшим смещением от среднего расстояния в одном из четырёх направлений, причём комбинация смещений уникальна для каждой точки и известна наперёд. Камера, встроенная в ручку, захватывает область размером 6x6 точек и по смещениям точек от номинального расстояния определяет координаты точек и, следовательно, координаты пера. Разработчики утверждают, что уникальных комбинаций смещений точек в их технологии достаточно, чтобы покрыть координатной сеткой площадь свыше 4,6 млн. км2, что соответствует примерно 73 триллионам писчих листов формата Letter. Такое большое количество комбинаций позволяет печатать неповторяющиеся шаблоны сетки на каждом листе (или типе бумаги или документа) и, следовательно, однозначно определять лист бумаги (либо её тип или тип документа соответственно), к которому прикасается перо, а не только координаты пера на отдельном листе.

Точечная сетка Anoto может быть распечатана с разрешающей способностью не менее 600 dpi практически на любой бумаге при условии использования чёрных чернил на основе углерода. Бумага может быть любой формы и размера (от 2 мм).

Чернила поглощают инфракрасное излучение ручки, которая содержит приёмник, интерпретирующий отражённый от бумаги рисунок. Чернила другого цвета или не на углеродной основе остаются видимыми для пользователя, но невидимы для устройства.

См. также
 Цифровая ручка

Устройства ввода
Бумага
Электронные документы
Цифровые технологии


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NFL Predictions Week 16: Vegas Odds, Spreads and Picks for All Games
Jake RillSenior Analyst IDecember 17, 2019
Frank Victores/Associated Press
Time is running out for some teams to make a push for the NFL playoffs.
There are only two weeks remaining in the regular season, and the number of available postseason berths continues to shrink.
Of the 12 playoff spots, eight have been clinched—four in the AFC (Baltimore Ravens, New England Patriots, Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills) and four in the NFC (Seattle Seahawks, Green Bay Packers, New Orleans Saints and San Francisco 49ers).
As those teams continue to battle for better seeding for the playoffs, more postseason berths could be clinched in Week 16.
Here's a look at the full slate for the week, along with odds and predictions.
Week 16 Odds, Predictions
Houston (-2.5) at Tampa Bay
Buffalo at New England (-6.5)
L.A. Rams at San Francisco (-6.5)
Baltimore (-10) at Cleveland
Carolina at Indianapolis (-7)
Cincinnati at Miami (-1)
Pittsburgh (-3) at N.Y. Jets
Jacksonville at Atlanta (-7)
New Orleans (-1.5) at Tennessee
N.Y. Giants at Washington (-2.5)
Detroit at Denver (-6.5)
Oakland at L.A. Chargers (-5.5)
Arizona at Seattle (-9.5)
Dallas (-2.5) at Philadelphia
Kansas City (-5) at Chicago
Green Bay at Minnesota (-4.5)
Picks made against the spread. Odds courtesy of Caesars.
The Patriots haven't lost three straight regular-season games since October 2002, and that didn't change Sunday. New England ended its two-game skid with a road win at Cincinnati, clinching a spot in the AFC playoffs in the process.
Now, the Pats are looking to secure their 11th straight AFC East title. They could do so this week, when they play the second-place Bills at home on Sunday.
While Buffalo is heading to the playoffs for only the second time in 20 years, it continues to struggle against New England. The Patriots won the first matchup between the two teams in Week 4, a 16-10 road victory.
That may have been a close game, but don't expect the same this week. The Patriots know how crucial this matchup is, and they certainly don't tend to lose big games. Plus, New England now has the No. 1 defense in the NFL, allowing only 268.4 total yards per game.
It's going to be tough for Josh Allen and the Bills' offense to put up points against that unit, just like the last time they faced the Pats. So, it should be one of the safer bets this week to pick New England to win by at least a touchdown.
Another good bet to make this week is picking the three-win Dolphins to defeat the one-win Bengals.
Cincinnati is closing in on securing the No. 1 pick in the 2020 draft, which it will clinch with a loss this week. That's because although Miami is also having a tough season, it has shown an ability to beat some of the league's mid-tier teams.
The Dolphins own wins over the Jets, Colts and Eagles this year, all coming in the past seven weeks. They've also played several other competitive games during that stretch, which is why they should notch their fourth win of the year this week against the Bengals, who have lost two straight games since winning their lone game of the season in Week 13 against the Jets.
As for potential upset bets this week, the Packers could be a good choice to go on the road and beat the Vikings as an underdog on Monday night.
Green Bay can clinch the NFC North title with a victory, and Minnesota quarterback Kirk Cousins has never won on Monday Night Football during his eight-year NFL career, going 0-8 in those contests.
The Packers have momentum after winning the past three weeks, and they already own a victory over the Vikings this season.