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Shahid Afridi has a Favorite Football Team for FIFA World Cup 2018
The biggest football tournament FIFA World Cup 2018 is just around the corner. It will start on June 14th, 2018 and end on July 15th, 2018. Football lovers are already supporting their favorite team and hoping that their team will win the world cup.
Pakistani cricket star, and former-captain Boom Boom Shahid Afridi also has a favorite football team for FIFA World Cup 2018. He says that he has always supported Germany and this time around his favorite team is again Germany. He was asked what about Brazil, to which he had a witty reply that Brazil will be the favorite team of the person asking the question, it's definitely not his.
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Do you know that around 3.2 billion people all over the world will receive in-home television coverage of the Fifa Worldcup 2018, and almost 46.4% of the world's population would be watching this grand event? BBC and ITV, Fox Sports, Sony Pictures, and Pakistan's Geo Super in collaboration with Ten Sports will broadcast the whole mega event.
Interestingly, the footballs that will be used in the FIFA World Cup 2018, will be manufactured in Pakistan. In the Pakistani city of Sialkot, the footballs will be made and then used in the FIFA World Cup that will be held in Russia.
This is the Pakistani-made football Telstar 18 that will be used in FIFA World Cup 2018.
Must read: All you need to know about FIFA World Cup 2018
Well, who are you supporting in the upcoming football tournament, FIFA World Cup 2018?

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Plants have Body Clocks too!
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Chris - With us now is Dr Harriet McWatters, she's from the department of plant sciences at Oxford University. It will probably amaze a lot of people that plants also have a body clock in the sense of time.
Harriet - Yes, plants have a body clock which is set up in some ways very much like yours or mine because they have the same problem that you or I do. They live on a planet with a 24hr day with day and night. They need to know what time it is so they can coordinate aspects of their daily life such as petal opening with the rest of the world. Russell has already mentioned bees. Bees fertilise flowers so a flower which had its petals shut when a bee's visiting will not be pollinated. It will not reproduce.
Chris - Do the plants do this in the same way as the brain cells Russell was talking about or do they use a totally different sort of clock machinery?
Harriet - The answer to that is both. Each plant cell contains the machinery for a clock very much in the same way as a clock Russell described in animals. There is a feedback loop where a protein eventually causes the switching off of its own production. The actual genes and proteins involved in plants are completely different from the ones involved in animals clocks.
Chris - We all evolved ultimately from some common ancestor: us and plants. We share quite a lot of our genes. I share 60% of my DNA with a banana and I'm not that exceptional. Why do plants have their own genes and we have different ones?
Harriet - The simple answer to that is we don't know. We do know that it appears that clocks are extremely important in that almost every multi-cellular organism we've looked at has a clock. In the four systems that we know best which are the plant, the animal, the fungal clock and also the blue-green algae. The actual mechanisms are completely different meaning that clocks are important enough to have evolved four times in different lineages.
Chris - It must give a massive advantage.
Harriet - It does because it allows you to predict what is going to happen later on. You're not caught by surprise every time the sun goes up. If you are a day-active animal you can wake up and start to hunt before the day arrives. If you are something which is going to be eaten by something which has then come out you can get back to your hiding place. You can anticipate these events rather than always having to respond to them.
Chris - Plants also have a season because they have to do everything they need to do over a scope of a year which is to make leaves, they need to grow, make some blossom, make fruit - effectively have sex to make fruit, reproduce. How does a plant coordinate time through the whole plant?
Harriet - Again there are the clocks in the leaves which appear to be detecting and measuring photoperiod. Some signal is transferred from the leaf to the part of the plant which is going to produce a flower and that tells it hang on, it's going to stop producing these and start producing reproductive tissues such as flowers. This is happening in an individual plant and it's also happening in a population of plants. The clock in a plant leaf is detecting photoperiod in the world and then transmitting the information through the plant to the reproductive axis.
Chris - Does this mean then that if we understand how that works we could exploit it to say, make plants think they've got less time to grow then they have? Then the put more effort into growing quicker so we get more yield from a crop, for example?
Harriet - Yes, potentially. One of the big goals in agriculture is to reduce energy expenditure. Removing the photoperiodic from plant growth is actually very important. For example, with chrysanthemum which are extremely sensitive to photoperiod and also need to be produced at a particular time of year: in November and then again at Christmas time. You need to produce plants using huge amounts of energy. If you could reduce the photoperiodic component of a response they would grow regardless of the daylight if you gave them the right conditions.
Chris - If I take a plant which is well adapted to growing in one part of the world it's used to having a certain length of day, say the equator, because time doesn't really change whether it's winter or summer there and I put it in Scotland where it's going to have very long bright summers and very dark winters would that make a difference?
Harriet - It would make a difference. It might make less of a difference than if you went that way from Scotland down to the equator. Tropical plants are used to growing with very equitable day lengths. Scottish plants require very much more light in the summer time. In my garden at home I have a horse chestnut seedling which grew from a conker I collected in my mother-in-law's garden in Scotland. This poor tree sets leaf several weeks later than the local horse chestnuts in Oxford and sheds its leaves early in the season.
Chris - It can't adapt? One thing Russell was saying is that our brains can retune our body clock. You've done the equivalent of a transatlantic flight for a conker but from Scotland down south. The conker can't reset, why?
Harriet - It doesn't seem to be able to reset so it's got an idea in its little cells what a critical day length is for producing leaves or shedding its leaves. It can't in one generation get over this. The timing of leaf set is set in the genes and it's local to a particular population.
Chris - Scientists have shown that if you give a plant a really hard life for a while then the progeny it produces express genes differently than if you give it a good life. It's almost like it's patterning, it's telling its offspring look, you're gonna have a hard life - you need to be optimised to grow in a bad environment. Do you think the parent wrote this [into its genes]?
Harriet - I think the parent wrote this in. We don't know form a single example whether it is maternal imprinting such as you are suggesting or a simple change in the genetic instruction such that you need sixteen hours of night or fourteen hours of light to produce your seeds. It could be either.
Chris - President Bush has suggested he wants to see people colonising Mars in the next 50 years. We know that plants are the best way to get energy from the sun and turn it into chemical energy that we can use. That means we need to take plants on space missions. Given what you've just said - what are the implications for taking plants from Earth, into space and then also farther afield?
Harriet - There's two things to consider. One is the different arrangement of wavelengths that you get on Mars. Earth plants are adapted to a range of wavelengths that we have here and are very different to a Martian atmosphere. This is one of the reasons Mars looks red. Also the day length is different on Mars so you would need to look into the effect upon day length of growing your plants.


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- The William A. Pencak Award 2017 Winner and 2018 Call for Papers
The Pennsylvania Historical Association announces that nominations are now open for the 2018 William A. Pencak Award for the best undergraduate research paper about Pennsylvania and/or mid-Atlantic history. The award, named for Bill Pencak (1951–2013), a former editor of Pennsylvania History and a prolific scholar and much-loved Penn State University history professor, honors the year's best-written undergraduate paper in history.
PHA initiated the prize in 2017. Frank Grumbine of Shippensburg University received the award for his entry: "Inundation of the Heartland: Tropical Storm Agnes and the Landscape of the Susquehanna Valley." Frank accepted his award at the banquet of the annual meeting of PHA last October in Scranton. Here is an abstract:
Environmental perception and poor land use practices in the twentieth century are argued to be the primary agents which led to widespread devastation of the Susquehanna Valley following tropical storm Agnes in the summer of 1972. The flooding from Agnes in Central Pennsylvania had been the catalyst to promote changes including altering the role of all levels of government during subsequent disasters as well as an increase in environmental mindfulness by promoting the proper use of land across the nation. A renewed contribution to the analysis of tropical storm Agnes in Pennsylvania will be employed through an environmental approach by interpreting the dynamic relationship that citizens of the Susquehanna have with their landscape. The various methods of flood control, environmental attitudes, and the historic response from the federal government in the twentieth century are examined to understand the impact of tropical storm Agnes at the local, regional, and national levels. [End Page 266]
His paper is available on line at: https://pa-history.org/prizes/pencak-student-paper-prize/. Congratulations to Frank!
The Pencak Award includes a certificate from the Pennsylvania Historical Association for high achievement in Pennsylvania and mid-Atlantic history, a cash award of $150, and consideration for publication on the Pennsylvania Historical Association's website, http://www.pa-history.org, or its journal, Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies. Award recipients are encouraged to attend the Association's annual conference in the fall to speak about their scholarship. Donations to the award fund can be made on the PHA's website, http://www.pa-history.org/donate, or be sent to Dr. Karen Guenther, PHA Business Secretary / P.O. Box 45 / Mansfield, PA 16933.
Submission guidelines:
• Research papers (with endnotes and bibliography) on any subject in the history of Pennsylvania and/or the mid-Atlantic are welcome. Papers may be 20–30 pages in length (up to 10,000 words), formatted in double space (using Times New Roman, 12-point font) and conforming to the Chicago Manual of Style. A committee of historians will evaluate the overall quality of the scholarship, including historiography, methodology, argumentation, and readability.
• Papers must have been written by undergraduate students attending colleges or universities during the academic year 2017–2018.
• For submission, papers must be nominated by the professor teaching the course for which students wrote them or professors who mentored the research or served as readers. Students may not nominate their own papers. Nominated papers should be based in primary sources and be truly outstanding in their contributions to historical knowledge.
• Submission deadline, July 1, 2018. Nominated papers should be emailed (electronic form only) to Dr. Carla J. Mulford at Pennsylvania State University, email@example.com. The nomination packet should include a letter of nomination by the faculty member and a copy of the paper being nominated. [End Page 267]


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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- Calpine Corp. said Thursday that its third-quarter earnings fell by roughly 90 percent on low profit margins and mild weather that cut demand for its power generation.
San Jose, Calif.-based Calpine
But the utility company cited a 15 cent a share tax charge scheduled to be reversed in the fourth quarter that would have raised earnings per share to 20 cents, slightly beating analysts' expectations of 17 cents a share.
Investors responded to the news by pushing shares of the company up 19 cents to $2.62.
The increase in the utility's effective tax rate stemmed from a tax expense of roughly $79 million tied to the sale of oil and gas assets in Canada and the repatriation of cash to the United States.
The company said it expects to record a reduction of approximately $67 million, or 15 cents a share, of this tax expense, in the fourth quarter of 2004 thanks to provisions in the American Jobs Creation Act signed into law on Oct. 22.
Financial results were hurt by a $79.7 million increase in interest expense and distributions on trust preferred securities, resulting from higher debt balances, higher average interest rates and lower capitalization of interest expense as new plants entered commercial operation.
Additionally, revenue dropped by 4 percent for the quarter to $2.56 billion from $2.66 billion in the same quarter a year ago, the company said.
Total revenue would have grown by approximately 17 percent if the company had not netted approximately $563.3 million of sales of purchased power for hedging and optimization from the adoption of new accounting rules related to presentation of nontrading derivative activity, the company said.
Although a near-term turnaround is not certain, there are some signs of improvement, a company official said.
"While we cannot predict when power prices will normalize, we are encouraged by an improvement in spark spreads in several of Calpine's major power markets," said Peter Cartwright, Calpine chief executive officer. Spark spreads track the profit margin from power generation against the cost of production.
Calpine boosted generation by 16 percent to 29.4 million megawatt-hours in the third quarter and lowered plant operating expenses.
The utility said it has also signed 67 power contracts through Sept. 30 that will result in the sale of roughly approximately 5,700 megawatts of capacity and approximately 224 million megawatt-hours.


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SHS Junior Jack Kimball Earns Second Place in Will McDonough Writing Contest
May 14, 2019
The Scituation's own Jack Kimball was awarded second place in The 2019 Will McDonough Writing Contest. This year's contest challenged students from grade 4-12 to compose an exposition about a New England team's history, and to highlight their examples of teamwork and fairness. With over 1,100 entries, it took a unique story to capture the judges' attention, all of whom are sports writers for The Boston Globe. Kimball delivered with his take on what it means to be a teammate and a leader. Kimball highlighted the controversial Detroit Pistons basketball player, Bill Laimbeer.
Here is an excerpt from Kimball's award-winning piece:
Bill Laimbeer is synonymous with the Detroit Pistons and terrible sportsmanship. Laimbeer was accustomed to being disliked by his opponents; in fact, Laimbeer may be the most hated NBA player of all time. Multiple NBA players physically fought Laimbeer on the hardwood–including Larry Bird. Bird wasn't fond of Laimbeer's style of play, mentioning, "We don't like him too good," to Sports Illustrated. Nicknamed the "prince of darkness," Laimbeer had his fair share of critics. He became an expert at using his elbow to his advantage, muscling his way to the basket. His signature "flop" only aggravated his relationship with fans and players. Opposing fans loved to hate him, and opposing teams hated playing against him. Laimbeer became the unofficial figurehead of bad sportsmanship and embraced it wholeheartedly.
Kimball's entry proved that even the "bad boys" of sports can have the same qualities and successes as the "heroes of fairness." This interpretation distinguished his piece from the other entries.
Kimball's creativity and unique perspective did not surprise his parents or his fellow journalism students. Kimball's mother remarked that ever since Jack was a young child, "his work stood out to me as special." Citing this accomplishment as a result of her son's hard work and dedication to sports, Kimball's mother expressed her pride. Many of Kimball's journalism classmates said this award represents another step forward in his sports writing future.


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Cleveland Brothers of Harrisburg, PA, has announced the recipient of the 2005 Bill Staley award, Frank Kessler.
Kessler is a territory sales representative in Adams, Cumberland, Juniata and Perry counties. Kessler has been at Cleveland Brothers since 1999, and works from the Harrisburg branch. The award was presented by Used Equipment Manager Bill Yurkovic and Executive Vice President Tom Kirchhoff.
The Bill Staley award is given by the used equipment division to the salesman who has exhibited outstanding used equipment salesmanship throughout the previous calendar year. The Bill Staley award was named after a former used equipment manager who was an important role model and mentor to Bill Kirchhoff, Cleveland Brothers' current vice chairman. Bill Staley had a positive impact on many of Cleveland Brothers' senior managers as well.
Votes for the award come from a panel of Cleveland Brothers executives and managers from a variety of departments. Consideration was given to the proper handling of every step of the used equipment sales process, plus the actual number of used equipment deals completed throughout the year.


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Today's round up of all NUFC related transfer talk:
- Everton have had a bid in excess of £6m accepted for highly-rated Newcastle United left-back Lewis Gibson (Liverpool Echo)
- Newcastle have joined the race to sign West Ham winger Robert Snodgrass, who looks set to leave The Hammers following the arrival of Marko Arnautovic (Football London)
- The Chronicle's Mark Douglas has revealed an interesting nugget of transfer info, suggesting that Newcastle's 'biggest deals are yet to come' this summer.
- Javier Manquillo has been pictured posing in the Newcastle United training kit, suggesting his move from Atletico Madrid is imminent and could be announced at any point.
- Diego Rolan is believed to be stalling on his proposed move to Fulham, with suggestions that the Bordeaux forward's head has been turned following late interest from Newcastle (Get West London)
- Nottingham Forest have made a £2m bid for Daryl Murphy, offering the 34-year old Newcastle striker a two-year deal (The Chronicle).
- Karl Darlow may end up staying at Newcastle this summer, with two of his potential suitors looking set to sign alternative goalkeepers, with Reading signing Vito Mannone and Middlesbrough looking set to sign Darren Randolph.
- Newcastle United's U-23 star Sean Longstaff looks set to go out on loan once again, with League One sides Bury and Blackpool interested in his signature.


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One Georgia county is currently reviewing various criminal cases investigated by a now defunct drug task force. Glynn County recently disbanded the group for misconduct and other issues, putting another investigative group in its place. Public defenders and county prosecutors are now looking at all cases involving drug charges that relate to this specific group, in order to determine if improper actions impacted the outcome of these cases in any way.
This task force is accused of various types of unlawful and inappropriate behavior while simultaneously investigating drug cases. One law enforcement member is accused of having sexual relations with a woman who was acting as a confidential informant for the group. Another member is accused of allowing a personal friend to carry a gun, even though he is a convicted felon. The group also neglected to properly investigate and charge a man because he was the personal friend of a member of the group.
An investigation into the task force also found that the captain of the task force gave conflicting statements when questioned. It is not immediately clear how the actions of this specific law enforcement group may have impacted the outcome of cases on which they worked. It is possible their actions violated the rights of some individuals who may be serving time or facing serious criminal allegations.
This unacceptable situation serves as an important reminder of why a Georgia defendant would be wise not to face any type of drug charges alone. If a person's rights were violated or there were other problems, an experienced attorney can help that individual fight back. When law enforcement acts inappropriately, it can compromise evidence and taint the prosecution's case.


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Tasmanian living theatre treasure Robert Jarman is turning 60! Whilst others might celebrate with a holiday in Bali, Robert is making a new show. (Kinda like a busman's holiday.) Robert goes back to where it all began …
Sydney, 1958, when a night at the theatre was a glamorous occasion and a chap took his best girl to the latest hit musical. In 1958, that just happened to be West Side Story.
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---Our Original London Review- by Lizzie Loveridge
Speaking in Tongues is an original staging of a mesh of stories based on marital relationships and infidelity. It is set in modern day Australia where the majority of people live in the three big cities but where the great expanse of the Bush is always close by. Four actors take nine parts but the printed programme sorts out any confusion as to whom we are watching. Unlikely as some of these encounters would be, that is not the point. What Andrew Bovell does is to show us multifaceted characters, fragments of the whole and how we project ourselves to others.
In the opening scene, to the backdrop of three giant mirrors, two couples go for an adulterous one night stand, unaware that they are with each other's spouse. The mirrors reflect unusual angles of the parallel encounters, as if the images are fractured. The couples are paired on either side of the stage to the projection on the mirrors of a black and white slide of a bed in a seedy hotel.
What is amazing is the two dualogues which often alternate from couple to couple. Sometimes it is a stream of continuous conversation, sometimes they break away and deviate from the joint script. Sometimes they speak in unison. The effect is magnetic, part ancient Greek chorus, part something very new. What these characters have to say is not original -- the same old excuses for sexual infidelity are meted out and accepted at face value by the partnering actor -- but it is how it is said that grabs attention.
Mark Clements delivers suspenseful direction and the characters are strung tight as a wire. The play follows Leon, (Jonathan Guy Lewis), a policeman who is married to Sonja (Katharine Rogers) and who has taken Jane (Juliet Prew) to the hotel room. There's also Pete (Nigel Le Vaillant), who is married to Jane, but who has picked up Sonja. Besides the hotel scene we have: a meeting of men during which they discuss their marriages. . . Sonia and Neil confessing their infidelity while their partner stays two-facedly silent. . . the two women meeting and exchanging life stories.
In the second act Valerie (Juliet Prew ), a therapist, is stranded on a deserted road in the Bush. It is night time and her car has broken down. Her professional speciality is dysfunction but she is unable to deal with her own crumbling marriage. She repeatedly phones her husband John (Nigel le Vaillant) for help but he is out having an affair with one of her clients, Sarah (Katharine Rogers). Ms. Prew is gripping as a modern day Australian at home in the city but lost and vulnerable in the Bush. All four actors are English but speak in Australian vernacular. Jonathan Guy Lewis, in an interesting bit of casting, plays policeman and suspect. The image which remains is of a phone handset hanging, as I shall leave you by not disclosing any more of the plot.
In Part Three Leon from Part One appears and in a final scene, only momentarily lit, we see lots of small images of the slides, a cassette tape, a pair of brogues, a stiletto heeled shoe, and the dangling phone.
It all adds up to a mix of innovative drama and suspense. There's also Bovell's stylish wit, (he is the co-writer of the Australian satirical film Strictly Ballroom), Speaking in Tongues is well worth seeing. A feature film based on it is due for production in July this year under the title Lantana.
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An Understanding Of The Soil Supplies Required For Organic Gardening
A healthy pregnant woman is most likely to give birth to a healthy child, therefore in the same way a healthy soil will yield a healthier production. In the current time of industrialization, the world has been neglecting to take care of things that support life. The soil quality has been degrading, and organic soil for that matter is being the basis of healthy and productive. You need to understand the importance of organic soil when you are searching for good productivity. Some might object in the form of a question that how organic soil which constitutes a minor portion of total soil can improve the entire soil's productivity, the answer can be explained by a simple example that a tiny medical tablet has the potential to cure the entire body of a disease, similarly soil supplies influence the effect of all soil properties. Hence, we should lay more stress on soil health and how to manage them to get better results.
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- Nutrient supply: The organic soil acts as a storehouse of nutrients that are released to the soil. The nutrient release happens mostly in spring and summer seasons, this is because the summer crops are more beneficial than winter crops from organic soil and mineralization. The organic soli also acts as a reservoir because it holds the positively charged potassium, calcium, and magnesium, in such a way that the plants can receive it.
- Water holding capacity: The roots of a plant get minerals through water, but what if this water never holds on to the roots? Water can easily seep deeper into the ground, but it is the water holding capacity which makes this water available to the roots by releasing a major portion. The soil supplies act as a sponge and absorb and hold up to 90% of its weight in water.
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Rodgers Offers Fitness Update On Steven Gerrard
Brendan Rodgers will assess the fitness of skipper Steven Gerrard ahead of their clash with Bolton as he continues to nurse a tight hamstring problem.
Liverpool will be hoping to book their place in the fifth round of the FA Cup when they take on Bolton Wanderers at the Macron Stadium on Wednesday night.
Ahead of the game, boss Brendan Rodgers has told Liverpoolfc.com that they will assess the fitness of skipper Steven Gerrard as he continues to nurse a tight hamstring problem.
Gerrard was left out of the squad entirely for Saturday's 2-0 victory over West Ham after completing the full 120 minutes of their Capital One Cup semi-final against Chelsea last week.
The Reds captain complained of a tight hamstring after the defeat at Stamford Bridge so Rodgers has now revealed that he will be assessed ahead of their replay against Bolton tomorrow night.
When asked for an update on Gerrard, he told the clubs website:
"Yes, he's fine. He trained great this morning. I've got to look at the risk as well, and how tight his hamstring was after the game. It was 120 minutes.
"We measure the recovery process and look at that. If it's too much of a risk we feel, like you saw on Saturday we have got other players to come in and we can just manage that recovery process for him individually.
"Then it allows him to maybe miss the game, have a bridging session – like he did yesterday and came into the session today and was outstanding, with no ill effects – and then prepares him for the game on Wednesday, if selected."
I'm sure Gerrard will be desperate to play as it would mark the midfielders 700th appearance for Liverpool but as Rodgers says, they won't take any unnecessary risks with him and I'm sure the Northern Irishman also has one eye on Saturday's Merseyside derby with Everton.
Liverpool go into tomorrow night's FA Cup replay after being held to a 0-0 draw at Anfield by the Championship side 10 days ago, so Rodgers will be hoping for a much improved display this time around to book their place in the fifth round where they'll face a trip to Crystal Palace.
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Cory Wythe, the producer and guitarist better known as Marvel Years, has found a welcome place for himself within the increasingly popular glitch-hop / electro-soul dance music scene. In just a short period of time, his progression has become outright impossible to ignore. Much more than your average DJ/producer, Marvel Years incorporates electric guitar in his live performances. His approach to blending electronic beats and shredding soulful guitar on his original tracks and remixes creates a sound that is a unique hybrid of EDM combing glitch, retro-funk, classic rock, soul, jazz and hip-hop. "Classic rock has been a huge influence on me," Wythe explains. "I love breathing new life into those older songs. I think that's a good medium for bringing new listeners into my music because they can relate to that stuff. I improvise (on live guitar) over a lot of my stuff."
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"If Vermont-based artist Marvel Years, AKA Cory Wythe, isn't on your list of artists to watch yet, now is definitely the time to add him to it. The producer and live guitarist tastefully blends elements of classic rock, electronic, funk, jazz and more into soulful creations that exude energy with each release." - ThisSongIsSick.com
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Denver based, New Zealand born master of intergalactic funk, K+LAB, has been rocking dance floors and bringing the heat to the masses since he first burst onto the scene with his debut album "Spacedirt" in 2013. An ever-expanding galaxy of FUNK, K+Lab's sound is always absorbing and incorporating a seemingly endless array of influences and vibes – the head-nod aesthetic of hip-hop, the futuristic techniques of Glitch-hop and the fury of drum n' bass – all tied together by an orbital pull of all things funky.
Unlike anything else occupying the sonic landscape today, Armed with his signature keytar, K+Lab's incredible, live performances garnered high profile slots at some of the world's most lauded dance festivals like Oregon Eclipse, Electric Love, Shambhala Music Festival, Breakfest, Rainbow Serpent, Northern Bass and has seen him conquer dancefloors across over the globe including U.S, Canada, Australia, Germany, France, UK, South America and his native New Zealand.
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The Fall 2015 issue of State of the Arts magazine features news about the latest programs, upcoming events and new faculty in the arts.
The magazine has profiles on two new arts faculty members, Assistant Professor of Theater Arts Dmitry Troyanovsky and Associate Professor of the Practice and Choral Conductor Robert Duff, a detailed calendar on upcoming arts events this semester, a look back at the life of violinist and former Brandeis professor Robert Koff, a preview of the upcoming MusicUnitesUS concert and residency, and much more.
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New York Fashion Week: BCBG Max Azria S/S'14
Not steering too far away from their signature flowing maxi's and tailored elements, Lubov Azria went all out with slouchy tailoring for the BCBG Max Azria show, sending out models sporting deconstructed and reconstructed classic men's shirts, and elegant silhouettes.
It looked almost as though the BCBG designer had got scissor-happy in her husband's wardrobe.
A modernized white shirt dress, with a barely-there floral panel, kicked off the show, followed by a variety of muted palette, reformed tailoring. Some welcome hints of contrasting snakeskin were worked into a couple of the tailoring pieces, from a subtle panel, to a fullblown snakeskin jacket. Through the astute use of light fabrics, the tailoring was softened up, and given a more feminine lease of life.
Brush stroke florals took centre stage by the second half of the show, presenting us with a delightfully, floaty flourish of silk georgette and sheer mesh panelled maxi pieces, in charming bloom prints. Alongside the feminine flowing shapes was the occasional boxy shirt or jacket, adding an essence of edginess to the collection.
This newest collection had an undisputed freshness to it, with an abundance of white silk and floral draped models, stepping out onto the catwalk. And we think if that doesn't scream spring, then what does! Their 25 anticipation for Spring 2014 to arrive.
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Reactivity-controlled compression ignition (RCCI) has been shown to be capable of providing improved engine efficiencies coupled with the benefit of low emissions via in-cylinder fuel blending. Much of the previous body of work has studied the benefits of RCCI operation using high injection pressures (e.g., 500 bar or greater) with common rail injection (CRI) hardware. However, low-pressure fueling technology is capable of providing significant cost savings. Due to the broad market adoption of gasoline direct injection (GDI) fueling systems, a market-type prototype GDI injector was selected for this study. Single-cylinder light-duty engine experiments were undertaken to examine the performance and emissions characteristics of the RCCI combustion strategy with low-pressure GDI technology and compared against high injection pressure RCCI operation. Gasoline and diesel were used as the low-reactivity and high-reactivity fuels, respectively.


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Within the first hour, after the Boeing 737 passenger plane skidded off the eastbound runway at Naval Air Station Jacksonville Friday night, officials at the National Transportation Safety Board were mobilizing.
The NTSB exists to conduct investigations of civil aviation accidents in the United States along with major accidents in the other modes of transportation.
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A big part of those investigations is the the NTSB "Go Team." According to the agency's website, the team's is composed of between three and 12 specialists.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. - All the alumni and the wackos and the thrill-seekers and the malcontents who watch and follow college football got themselves a sight so unfamiliar Monday night that they might have found it freakish. At Levi's Stadium and through television, they saw a team wearing Alabama colors yet appearing leaky, then flummoxed, then ruffled, then disfigured.
None of this reflected so terribly upon the Crimson Tide, a 14-1 team excellent enough to be otherworldly on occasion through a golden fall and early winter. Instead, the 44-16 upset romp in the College Football Playoff national championship game flattered its winner, an unmistakable second giant that took Alabama and ransacked it unforeseeably.
Clemson, the program from northwestern South Carolina that waited 35 years between very occasional national championships in 1981 and 2016, waited just two for its next and looked like it aims to make it habitual.
By the time it opposed Alabama for the third time in the past four title games, and beat it for the second time in three, it had built itself into a harbor of gasp-wreaking football talent and airtight self-assurance. When it became the first 15-0 team in college football since Penn in 1897, it did so by mangling the look of Nick Saban's Alabama, which had lost 14 times in its previous 154 games across 11 seasons, but usually via last-minute drives or inconceivable plays or Ezekiel Elliott or Johnny Manziel.
Yet, once thrown onto the rug with this newfangled dynasty in front of 74,814 spectators in good, 61-degree football weather, Alabama - Alabama - came to look as it had made so many others look: overrun.
Against an Alabama defense ranked 13th nationally but first in championship experience, Clemson helped itself to a heap of big plays and a bounty of third-down conversions (10 of 15). Its populous receiving group alone, from Justyn Ross to Tee Higgins to Amari Rodgers to Hunter Renfrow to Trevion Thompson to Diondre Overton, kept making the whoa skill plays that mark the era, the Alabamian Ross taking six catches for 153 yards. The receivers took their symphony of passes from Trevor Lawrence, the quarterback who roamed high school fields in Georgia only 15 months prior, as thoughts of the 6-foot-6 Lawrence's two remaining college seasons chilled the spines of defensive coordinators everywhere.
Against an Alabama offense ranked No. 2 nationally and perhaps No. 1 in NFL futures, with quarterback Tua Tagovailoa the fantastic Heisman Trophy runner-up, Clemson's top-ranked defense (in yards per play) did enough to matter, plucking two interceptions, wrecking a fake field goal and throwing in a goal-line stand early in the fourth quarter just to provide itself further amusement.
The game had gone 100 seconds when it got its first unforeseen jolt. Tagovailoa, who brought west his touchdowns-to-interceptions ratio of 41-4, with a bum ankle against Georgia plausibly responsible for half those interceptions, threw quickly and almost laterally to his left on Alabama's third play from scrimmage. By the time Clemson cornerback A.J. Terrell had stepped in front of Biletnikoff Award winner Jerry Jeudy and had streamed 44 yards to the end zone, Clemson had a lead and Saban had a grimace.
Alabama and its staggering offense got miffed enough about that that it scored three plays and 75 yards later, when Tagovailoa loosed a gorgeous thing 62 yards toward Jeudy. Clemson thought so little of that that it scored again four plays and 75 yards later, largely because Lawrence had thrown a third-down beauty to Higgins for a 62-yard gain that set up Travis Etienne's 17-yard scoring sweep.
Only 4:25 of playing time had passed, and the game had three touchdowns already. Only four more minutes after that, it had four, when Tagovailoa took Alabama 75 yards down field the slow way - 10 plays - and flipped a 1-yard touchdown to a happily lonely tight end, Hale Hentges.
Alabama's Joseph Bulovas plunked the extra point after that into the right upright, but the Tide looked fairly fine thereafter, going 45 yards to set up Bulovas' 25-yard field goal for a 16-14 lead. Along the way, however, it sprang a leak in a game with a level of football intolerant of leaks. It committed the kind of sin that burned beneath its 45-34 win over Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl national semifinal when it reached a second and goal from the Clemson 1-yard line and committed a false start.
Next, it sprang more leaks, as if operating under unfamiliar pressure. Its ensuing kickoff drifted out of bounds nastily, with Clemson soon proving what a bad idea it tends to be to give it field position. Once Lawrence spotted a budding pass interference and hurried a ball there to coax the call, Clemson was on its way, a 26-yard screen pass to Tavien Feaster a highlight. Etienne covered the last 5 yards in two runs and stood up the whole time going in from the 1, restoring Clemson's lead.
Because it's football in the year 2019, Alabama got moving again, but this time Tagovailoa, by then a sparkling 13 for 15, contributed a second rare gaffe. His deep throw up the left hash soared over the intended Jeudy and made for a fine over-the-shoulder catch by Trayvon Mullen, who plays for Clemson.
Once Mullen finished his 46-yard return, and Lawrence finished some highbrow throws, including a 26-yard thing across the middle to Rodgers, Alabama had sunk into some 28-16 trouble. One more jolt, Mullen's stinging blitz sack of Tagovailoa, and one more Clemson move, 61 yards of fine plays toward a field goal, halftime had come, and it had brought a 31-16 score and a sight: Alabama, straining.
That oddball sight persisted when halftime ended. Alabama moved some, stalled ultimately and lined up for a 40-yard field goal, then desperately faked it, Clemson's Nyles Pinckney stuffing the hopeless run of Alabama holder Mac Jones.
Three plays after that, 76 yards from the end zone, Lawrence backed up on third down with little promise. Yet, when he threw, Ross already had freed himself from cornerback Saivion Smith, injured on the play, with safety Deionte Thompson not yet nearby. When Ross caught the ball at the 38 and headed for the middle of the field, he blew past Thompson, ran the last 62 yards for a 37-16 lead and sent the Clemson sideline into a frenzy.
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"good food, good beach"
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Located in the picturesque seaside village of Solidaridad, in the unspoilt Mayan Riviera, the Grand Palladium Colonial Resort & Spa is a colonial-style hotel integrated in a paradisaical environment: surrounded by more than 0.2 sq m of tropical vegetation and bathed by the turquoise waters of the Caribbean.
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Grand Palladium Colonial gives like the best combination when it comes to choice, beach, food, great staff, perfect location and every other thing you could think about. Choosing this place was the most incredible choice I have ever made when it comes to choosing hotel for my vacation and I did not regret it even for one day of my two weeks stay. The hotel feels like home, it has very decent sized rooms that will make you comfortable as well as comfortable beds and furnishings. It has a small fridge and a nice looking sofa, great size. The ground on arrival was one of the first things I check out and it was amazing, beautiful grounds as well as beautiful beach. Check in was made easy with the cheerful and friendly staff at the reception to welcome and usher you in. I was given a cold drink and then drove me in a golf cart to my room, it was pleasant. You should know that the resort is huge; it has four lobbies so you can imagine how big the place is. There are a la carte restaurants that will make you come back for more and for me, the Mexican was my best, you can't beat that. The a la carte staff is good, they even look great and also try to attend to our orders on time. The buffet was also excellent, lots of choices. The pools and bars were great, I have nothing bad to say about this place.
"We stayed at the Colonial March of 2009"
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It was fantastic. It was a first time down south for my husband and I. And it was a perfect choice. The food was great, staff was great. Rooms very clean. Loved the fact that we could access the other resorts. We plan to return next year.
The ride from the airport was about 1.5 hrs, but that was not a problem. It was worth it.
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Great selection of restaurants!
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We love to walk, the resort was so big we got lots of walking in.
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I can't say one negative thing about this resort. We will definitely be back!
"Fantastic Resort"
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We stayed at the Grand Palladium Colonial in the Mayan Riviera this is definitely a five star.Excellent food beautiful rooms with tile floors and bathroom.Unbelievable pools lots to choose from childrens,adult only salt water etc.They have a flamingo pond,alligators,lots of eguanas.The ocean is blue and green and has a fantastic beach with lots of lounges and papulas.Their are four other sister hotels so you have all of the ammenities ay all hotels.The one draw back it is about two hour drive from the Cancun Airport but they are going to be building a airport at Tulum which will be a lot faster.
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Mexican.Italian,Steak house ,Chinese,Rib House,Japanese and buffets and bars
Excellent beach beautiful sand,lots of lounges and shade ,grounds are wonderful as it is on a man grove,they are so clean.The pools are the best I have ever seen.
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Lots of activities volleyball,aerobics,table tennis,mini golf,theater for kids and adults,spanish lessons,dance lessons,bingo,disco ,venders markets at night.
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Everything you need in one place and it is about forty minutes to shoppinf in Playa Del Carman.
"Great Resort"
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The drive from the airport took about 1 hour and a half, but once we got to the resort we were checked in immediately. Our room wasn't ready till 3 and we were there around 11:30, so it gave us time to go eat and check out the resort.
The rooms were cleaned daily, and the mini fridge was restocked daily, we never had an issue with towels or facecloths. The rooms are a little dated but we only slept there so no need for anything fancy. We were on the ground floor with a nice balcony and had no issues with bugs at all.
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The restaurants are fantastic, fun is probably the best I have had anywhere in the Caribbean, all the ala cartes were fabulous, we never had to make a reservation, the service is amazing.
The grounds are kept amazingly clean, and maintenance is always being done to keep things looking spotless, pool is Huge, but it wasn't being used much while we were there due to the cool nights not being able to heat it. The beach is huge and we never had an issue getting a lounge chair, we stayed more to the Kantenah side, there was more of a sandy bottom and a reef there that we snorkeled at every day, the fish are amazing to see.
There is also a sea fed saltwater pool, that you must try.
They have flamingos and crocodiles, it's just a beautiful resort.
Activities on and off the Resort/Hotel:
We've been to Mexico a few times before so we didn't need to leave the resort, plus there was so much to see and do that we didn't need to leave the resort. We took a pontoon boat ride on the resort. There is a train that will take you from one resort to the other. There is a wonderful spa that is all free as long as they don't put there hands on you.
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My only off comment would be they should have more better quality alcohol and the outdoor wait staff should be given warmer clothing for the off nights when it gets cold. Other than that we had an amazing time and would recommend this resort.
"Very Nice Resort"
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I traveled to this resort in Mar 2009 and there were three couples that went. All of us had a really good time. The resort is 4 in 1, which makes it very large but gives you plenty of options. The beach was beautiful and the pool was wonderful, except somewhat if you are short. The pool is deep for someone short like myself, 5'2" and I had to stay on my tip toes to keep my head out of the water but all in all the pool is very large and really nice.
The rooms were nice and clean. We stayed on the bottom floor as we prefer not to have to climb the stairs with luggage and what not. All of us requested rooms all together and we were able to get that. There was only one couple that ended up with double beds instead of the king requested but that didn't bother them at all. They could have had the king but not right by the rest of us so they did the compromise.
The Spa was gorgeous and very quite each time we went there. It was a little out of the way from everything else but you could take the trolley and once you were there it was very relaxing and so worth the little travel.
This resort was our third time to Mexico and we would have gone back there in a second but we decided to go to DR this year and thanks to this resort we are going to stay at the GRAND PALLADIUM BAVARO. We do like Mexico and will be back but hoping we like the DR resort just as much.


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Could this be the first iPod sex toy? The first I've heard of at least. The iBuzz plugs into the iPod's headphone jack (which leads me to believe it's compatible with just about any audio hardware out there) and vibrates in time with your music, while still allowing you to plug your own headphones in so you can listen along too. His and hers attachments make the 2-inch, $30 iBuzz fun for everyone, and apparently it's only available through Lovehoney (link is safe for work).
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EADS Innovation Works, the corporate Research and Technology network of EADS, and the Norwegian SME DolphiTech AS have signed a cooperation agreement for the development of a new non-destructive testing (NDT) system based on an innovative ultrasonic camera component for composite inspections.
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Raki, Turkeys national drink..
Rakı & Meyhane
Rakı, the national alcoholic drink of Turks has a high degree alcohol and should not be consumed quickly. Most people drink it by mixing it with water. Colorless rakı turns milky white when mixed with water. Mindful drinkers fill 1/3 of their glass with rakı then add water and finally ice. Ice is never put in the glass first. If rakı is met with ice before water, it crystallizes and the taste changes. Some people drink rakı straight. In addition the rakı should be cold. One sip rakı, one sip water it softens this strong drink. Deniz Gürsoy who wrote a very nice book on rakı is among the defenders that believe that for each sip of rakı, one should have 3.5 sips of water. Rakı goes well with and often inspires good conversation. It is customary to eat meze (various foods served in small plates) while drinking rakı.
Here are some guidelines to observe when drinking rakı: First, wait until everyone has been served their rakı, then join in the toast all together. Try not to raise your glass higher than the rest. Never drink rakı with other liquors it does not mix well and you may indeed find yourself feeling ill or suffering a terrible hangover the next day. Rakı is not a one-shot-liquor as vodka or tequila..
There is a saying in Turkish that goes something like this: If you want to know a person, either travel with them or go and drink rakı with them. Use good judgment when choosing whom to drink rakı with as it is quickly intoxicating. When you sit down at a Meyhane, you will first order your drinks and then a waiter will most likely bring a large tray of meze to the table and you can pick and choose which ones you would like. Dont forget to order some butter with toasted bread as eating them will help you tolerate the alcohol. Usually, main course dishes follow the hot mezes. If you are not sure what to order, look around at the nearby table and point to something you find appealing. If you happen to sit at a table that is already loaded with mezes, send back the ones that you do not want (without touching them of course) so as not to be charged for them on bill.
It is a good idea to finish your meze before ordering any main course as you may very well find that you are full and satisfied with just the meze. If you are ordering fish, go lightly on the meze or you will be too full to enjoy its delicate flavor.
Often there are musical groups performing which will roam throughout the restaurant. If you do not want them to visit your table, tell the owner or manager immediately. If they do come to your table and play for you it is customary to give a tip. You need only tip one of them, but make the tip visible for all to see, so that they dont keep standing there playing and coercing you into giving even yet another tip.
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My favourite tipple mixed with cherry juice absolutely love the stuff!
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here is a raki ad, I do believe there are a few other raki videos that we just could not have on display in here..
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I hope the other mayoral candidates will begin addressing issues like these, the "taboo" or just incredibly difficult issues to address. I've been wading in this stuff lately, in projects I am doing, at least with Alaska Native abuse, and the more you look, the more discouraging it can be. But imagine the impact of leadership at the local, state and national level giving these issues the thought and attention they deserve, not just hoping (meager) funding will do it - money isn't going to solve these problems, strategy and hard work is.


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Weygandt beats injury to lead Tech track to championship
Posted: May 10, 2012 - 5:24pm | Updated: May 11, 2012 - 12:05am
When Texas Tech pole vaulter Shade Weygandt cleared 14 feet, 9 inches Saturday at the Red Raider Open, she had plenty to celebrate as she jumped off the mat. She broke her personal record, her women's stadium record, moved to No. 2 in the NCAA rankings and met the Olympic A qualifying standard.
Maybe it also signaled that she's all the way back from where she lay one year and one week before: on the mat at Stanford, having to be carried off with what turned out to be a partially torn quadriceps in two places.
"It's definitely been quite a year. It's been quite a trying year," Weygandt said Tuesday before the Red Raiders left for the Big 12 championships at Manhattan, Kan. "After I tore it, it took about four months to properly run again, nine months to pole vault again and 10 months to compete again.
"I've only been (back) in the game for a couple of months, but I feel very blessed and happy that I am back in it and I am competing."
Weygandt's career-best mark came at a good time for the junior from Mansfield. The Big 12 meet runs today through Sunday. Then comes the NCAA West Preliminary May 24-26 in Austin and the NCAA championships June 6-9 at Des Moines, Iowa.
By clearing 14-9, Weygandt assured herself a spot in the Olympic Trials June 22-30 in Eugene, Ore.
No wonder she was hugging anyone she knew nearby when she did it.
"That's the one I had to jump," she said. "Once I jumped it, I was more than ecstatic."
After the Tech Open on April 14, where Weygandt won with a 13-9, she wasn't happy but predicted a good performance was coming. At the time, she said the results she'd been getting weren't indicative of how well she'd been practicing. Last week, she entered at 13-9 and cleared two more heights before 14-9.
"It really was my best day," she said. "There weren't any third attempts. I was on it.
"I had really consistent jumps, and that's what I've been lacking a lot lately. I'll be able to get really amazing jumps off, but I won't be able to do them consistently, one after another. If you can't do that, then you can't build on anything."
Weygandt won the Big 12 outdoor pole vault title as a freshman in 2010. Last year, she no-heighted at the NCAA indoor meet, then had to shut it down for the outdoor season after she suffered the quadriceps injury April 30, 2011, competing at Stanford.
Weygandt and her coaches are still careful enough with the quad that she took two weeks off before competing last Saturday.
"I was just so thrilled for her, because she puts a lot of pressure on herself," Tech coach Wes Kittley said. "I know she's been wanting to meet that A standard, and of course it moved her to No. 2 in the NCAA. I'm really happy for her that she's gaining that confidence at the right time of the year."
The only vaulter ranked ahead of Weygandt at the moment is Arkansas' Tina Sutej, a senior from Slovenia who cleared 14-11 on March 28 at the Texas Relays. Sutej won the 2011 NCAA indoor championship and set an NCAA record during the 2011 outdoor season by going 15-11/2.
Weygandt's best finish at an NCAA national meet came two years ago, when she made all-American by placing ninth at outdoor.
"Hopefully this year all the stars can align and I can have a good meet," she said.
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Aidan O'Briens two year old is yet to open his account but has been running with much credit, including at Royal Ascot and when beaten just a head last time out at Killarney in a hot race over a mile. Dropped back to 7 furlongs this evening and on handicap debut from a mark of 91 he could prove hard to beat in what looks a race worth following with the future in mind.
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Serie A Match Preview: Inter vs. Atalanta
Match Date: 23 March 2014 (local time)
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Inter remained one of the strongest forces to reckon with in Serie A. Seated at the 5th spot of the table, the club extended its 6-match winning streak when they punished Hellas Verona in a 0-2 victory.
Aside from gaining extra three (3) points, it must be noted that the win also marked their 3rd clean sheet and therefore makes the 1.95 clean sheet for the home team, a bankable bet.
Going for Inter at 1.49 also presents a decent value as it has been successful in its last 10 matches.
It is quite ironic though that despite their impressive performance, Inter's head honcho, Walter Mazarri, stressed that they cannot afford to think of jumping into the 3rd spot as of the moment. The club's head honcho stressed that they should divert their focus on every game and continue to play as if there is no tomorrow.
In the meantime, Atalanta also does not intend to take the minnow's role in their upcoming match.
The club secured its 3rd straight win when they thrashed Sampdoria in a commanding 3-0 victory. Going for Atalanta at 2.04 also presents a good sports betting value and so is the under 2.5 goals at 1.90. In their last 4 away matches, La Dea has managed to limit the total goals to below 2.5.
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