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By RYAN PEACOCKSports Reporter
The Emery High boys' basketball team started off their Christmas vacation on the right foot Dec. 21 by beating a scrappy Tooele team 43-40.
The story of the game was big plays at important times. Senior center Travis Barnett rallied his team with big plays while Seth Powell was steady throughout the game and several players like Pete Nielson hit big shots to give the Spartans the win.
The first gut-check by the Spartans came while trailing 15-8 in the second quarter. Emery started going inside to Barnett and he answered, scoring nine straight points and grabbing the lead 17-15. Bowie Jeffs grabbed a couple of steals during the run as Emery's defense stiffened in the second quarter.
The Buffaloes were able to score only five points in the quarter and Emery jumped out to a 24-17 lead.
The Spartans extended their lead in the third quarter thanks to their defense. They held Tooele to only eight points in that quarter.
On the other end, Powell hit one 3-pointer and Nielson hit two and Emery led 33-25 heading into the final frame.
The Buffaloes put on a run at the Spartans and eventually grabbed the lead at 37-36 with 3:17 left.
But once again, the Spartans answered with 6'7" Barnett. He grabbed an offensive rebound and scored while being clobbered in the head. He made the free throw and Emery led 39-37.
Tooele tied the score with a couple of free throws, but Jeffs made a driving basket to reclaim the lead for Emery 41-39.
An Emery foul gave Tooele the chance to tie the score again, but Tooele only converted one free throw so Emery led 41-40 with 1:11 remaining.
The Spartans ran a spread offense and ran the clock down to 24 seconds before the Buffaloes fouled Jeffs. He calmly stepped to the line and drained both shots to give Emery a 43-40 lead.
Tooele couldn't make another shot and although Emery missed two free throws in the last eight seconds, they held on for the win.
Barnett was clearly the leader in the game, scoring 15 points, pulling down eight rebounds, swatting four shots, and getting three steals and three assists.
Powell got 11 points and four assists; Jeffs had seven points and three assists; Nielson had six points and four rebounds; and Brandon Hansen scored four points, pulled down six rebounds, got four steals, and was very active on both ends of the court.
The win was a team effort with Barnett filling the leader's role. But Emery has had different leaders in almost every game. As they enter region play, the roles will become more defined and Emery should be a very solid team.
The Spartans play at home Saturday against the top-ranked 2-A team Manti. Game time is 7 p.m. at the Spartan Center.


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The National Gallery of Australia proudly presents acclaimed Australian soprano Tiffany Speight — performing a selection of arias from Dame Nellie Melba's repertoire — at 7pm on Friday 11 June, in a farewell event for the successful exhibition The Edwardians: secrets and desires.
The event provides an excellent opportunity to enjoy a glass of champagne with friends as you enjoy the beautiful arias that helped make Dame Nellie Melba an international star.
Ms Speight is an exciting young Australian soprano. After graduating from Victoria College of the arts in 1992 she has been awarded scholarships and awards enabling her continue her studies in Australian and overseas. She will sing surrounded by sumptuous works from the Edwardians exhibition, and will be accompanied by talented local pianist Anthony Smith.
Ms Speight has performed with the Victoria State Opera and was a recipient of the 2002 Vienna State Opera Award, making her European debut in Vienna. She has also graced Opera by George at Madew Winery, Lake George NSW. In 2004 her performances have included Yum Yum in The Mikado, Valencienne in The Merry Widow and Suzanna in Le nozze di Figaro, all for Opera Australia.
Ticket cost $45 and $40 for members/concessions; this includes entry to the exhibition and refreshments.
Bookings are essential; please call Membership office on +61 2 6240 6504.
The Edwardians: secrets and desires comprises 140 paintings, sculptures, costumes and designs. It includes images of well-known figures such as Percy Grainger, Dame Nellie Melba, Virginia Woolf and Peter Pan. The exhibition features works by much-loved artists, among them, James McNeill Whistler, John Singer Sargent, Rupert Bunny, E Philips Fox, Gwen John, Tom Roberts and Walter Sickert.
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Intrepid believes half the fun of experiencing a new country is getting there, and getting around once there! Where possible, Intrepid uses local transport options and traditional modes of transport - which usually carry less of an environmental impact, support small local operators and are heaps more fun.
Depending on which trip you're on while in India, you may find yourself travelling by:
Safari through jungles and national parks aboard a jeep, which is ideal for conquering the difficult terrain and offers supreme wildlife viewing opportunities.
Swaying along the hot, desert sands while riding a camel is an unforgettable way to leave the city behind and embrace a slice of Indian isolation.
Cruising the waterways of India is a revealing, inspiring experience. Whether it's the iconic Ganges or peaceful Kerala backwaters, seeing India from the water is a must.
Travelling by train is one of the great experiences of India. It's a system which looks like chaos, but it works - and well.
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Travelling with Intrepid is a little bit different. We endeavour to provide travellers with an authentic experience to remember, so we try to keep accommodation as unique and traditional as possible.
When travelling with us in India you may find yourself staying in a:
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With walks, wildlife spotting and adventure sports nearby, staying in a jungle resort is the perfect way to see another side of India.
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An E-Tourist Visa (eVT) Facility is available for holders of a passport for a number of countries. This facility allows travellers to pre-register and pay for their visa prior to travel to India. The Visa is collected upon arrival at one of 16 designated airports in India. Please note strict guidelines on the below website.
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Australian, Canadian, New Zealand, German, UK and USA passports.
Passport holders from these countries can apply for an E-Tourist Visa (eVT) to have their visa issued upon arrival at 16 major airports in India.
Please follow the instructions at - https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/visa/tvoa.html and complete the application for your E-Tourist Visa.
- Please be aware of strict conditions regarding application and travel (check under ELIGIBILITY section).
- E-visas are only available for entry of up to 30 days. If you plan to be in India longer you will need to apply for a tourist visa at an Indian visa application centre in your home country.
- Please note that travellers entering India overland from Nepal are required to apply for a visa in advance their home country. Visas will not be issued on the Nepal/Indian border.
- The E-Tourist Visa DOES NOT apply to travellers entering India overland. Please check your trip notes if you are crossing a border between India and Nepal.
- Indian visas are difficult and time consuming to obtain in Nepal.
Tourist visas are available in Single and Multiple Entry. Be sure to check the date you require a visa from and the length of time you will need to cover, especially if you change countries during your trip.
For your visa application you need to include the following information under the local contact section towards the end of the application. :
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Please note that this information can change at any time. Please always refer to https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/visa/tvoa.html . This is the official visa online site. There have been reports of other non-official websites that travellers should be aware of.
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To ensure your safari booking at Ranthambore National Park, we require a scanned copy of the bio page of your passport at the time of booking.
Your safari arrangements cannot be completed without this information.
While not mandatory, tipping porters, drivers, restaurant staff and other service workers is considered polite. When taking into account the low wages earned by the average Indian person, a small tip of 5-10% of the service is a gracious way to show your appreciation.
The internet has grown rapidly in India, so finding Wi-Fi access and cyber cafes in the large cities and regional centres won't be a problem. Smaller towns, isolated areas and rural villages may have limited to no access.
Mobile phone coverage is generally good in urban areas, but can be patchy and less reliable in rural and mountainous areas. Ensure global roaming is activated on your phone before you arrive.
Squat toilets are the most common toilets in India. Always carry your own toilet paper and soap or hand sanitizer, as they are usually not provided. Western-style flushable toilets can be found in up-market restaurants, five-star hotels and in some tourist areas.
Cup of tea = 5 INR
Small bottle of beer = 40 INR
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Buffet dinner in a nice restaurant = 800-1500 INR
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Credit cards are usually accepted by modern hotels, restaurants and medium-to-large shops in tourist areas. Smaller shops, cafes, market stalls and places in remote areas probably won't have facilities that support credit cards, so ensure you have enough cash to cover expenses while in rural areas or when visiting smaller vendors and bazaars.
ATMs can be found in India's large cities so finding one shouldn't be a problem. Smaller towns and isolated areas will have very few or none at all, so have enough cash to cover purchases when out of major cities.
Absolutely. All passengers travelling with Intrepid are required to purchase travel insurance before the start of their trip. Your travel insurance details will be recorded by your leader on the first day of the trip. Due to the varying nature, availability and cost of health care around the world, travel insurance is very much an essential and necessary part of every journey.
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- 26 Jun Ramazan / Idul Fitr (End of Ramadan) *
- 15 Aug Independence Day
- 2 Sep Bakri Id / Idu'l Zuha (Feast of Sacrifice)
- Idu'l Zuha (Feast of Sacrifice) National
- 30 Sep Durga Puja / Dussehra(Vijaya Dashami)
- 2 Oct Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday
* Subject to changes
Please note these dates are for 2017. For a current list of public holidays in India go to: http://www.worldtravelguide.net/india/public-holidays
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Intrepid is committed to travelling in a way that is respectful of local people, their culture, local economies and the environment. It's important to remember that what may be acceptable behaviour, dress and language in your own country, may not be appropriate in another. Please keep this in mind while travelling.
Top responsible travel tips for India
1. Be considerate of India's customs, traditions, religion and culture.
2. Dress modestly and respectfully. Shoulders to knees should be covered, especially when entering places of worship.
3. For environmental reasons, try to avoid buying bottled water. Fill a reusable water bottle or canteen with filtered water instead.
4. Always dispose of litter thoughtfully, including cigarette butts.
5. When bargaining at markets, stay calm, be reasonable and keep a smile on your face. It's meant to be fun!
6. Learn some local language and don't be afraid to use it - simple greetings will help break the ice.
7. Shop for locally made products. Supporting local artisans helps keep traditional crafts alive.
8. Refrain from supporting businesses that exploit or abuse endangered animals.
9. Please ask and receive permission before taking photos of people, including children.
10. When on community visits or homestays, refrain from giving gifts or money to locals.
The Intrepid Foundation
The Intrepid Foundation provides travellers with an opportunity to give something back to the many wonderful communities we travel to. By donating to The Intrepid Foundation you can make a difference in local communities - in health care, education, human rights, child welfare and the protection of wildlife and the environment.
In India, The Intrepid Foundation proudly supports:
Pollinate Energy
Pollinate Energy is a social business with a simple mission – to improve the lives of India's urban poor by giving them access to affordable products. With a focus on sustainable solutions, such as solar lights and improved cookstoves, people are able to reduce indoor smoke, have better quality light, use less fuel and save money.
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Providing essential services to disabled children and adults, this Rajasthan-based organisation assists disempowered people to feel part of their community. Vocational training, education, guidance and counselling all help to foster self reliance and confidence.
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The Canucks and Analytics: Focus on Performance
Thomas Drance
July 24 2012 09:23AM
The Canucks main analytical focus probably isn't Corsi stats, it's "fatigue," "readiness," and "peak performance."
On Monday afternoon, Mike Gillis appeared for two hours on the Team 1040. The segment was hosted by Matthew Sekeres who god bless him, spent a sizable portion of the show asking the General Manager and President of the Vancouver Canucks about analytics.
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To some extent, Gillis parried Sekeres' question regarding what stats the team pays close attention to in player evaluations. "It's different for different positions. For forwards it's a combination of shots on net, quality of shots on net, location of shots on net versus time on ice." Quality shots on net is another indication that the Canucks count scoring chances, and it's good to hear Gillis qualify that they look at these numbers rated by time on ice. Shot location is a bit of a mixed bag, many are convinced that it's hocus pocus, though I've long suspected that the Canucks pursue players who have been shown to suppress on-ice shooting percentage.
In any event, Gillis appears to be dubious about the ability of advanced stats to accurately build a predictive model for hockey (transcription via Cam Charron and the Province):
We do use advanced analytics to some measure. It's more difficult in hockey than in baseball because baseball is a defined event. You've got 100 different things that go into player success. Who they play for, match ups they constantly play against. Their age. Injury history. So you've got lots of things that are determinant factors in hockey that can't be properly analyzed just through analytics. In baseball you can.
The notion that hockey is too spontaneous and free-flowing to lend itself to statistical analysis is a popular one, but it's a narrow and overly restrictive paradigm in my view. Accurate predictive models have been built to measure, better understand and predict the outcomes of things like the voting behavior of an electorate of 350 million people, or global financial markets. Yes those aren't sports, but my point is that areas of macro-interaction that are significantly more chaotic than several seasons worth of on-ice events at the NHL level have been modeled accurately, so it seems odd to think that hockey simply cannot be. Corsi, Fenwick, Zone-Entries haven't reached Nate Silver levels of accuracy yet, no doubt, but they're steps in the right direction.
Where Gillis' comments on analytics become more forthcoming and thoughful, however, were when he got started on the topic of zone-starts and player development. The Canucks manipulation of zone-starts to gain an offensive edge is well documented and unique, as is Alain Vigneault's massaging of match-ups: "What we've done is look at things and try to design success based on where [young players] are starting, and who they're playing with and what situations they're playing in and the number of minutes they play."
It's worth noting that as recently as the 2009-10 season, the Canucks zone-start deployment schemes and patterns were pretty standard when held up against the rest of the league. Alain Vigneault told CanucksArmy that his zone-start deployment patterns were a matter of "personal preference" rather than an example of some sort of organizational philosophy, but I'd be curious to learn more about whether or not he's executing (with an impressive degree of discipline) a scheme concocted in concert with the Canucks front-office.
Finally, whenever the topic of advanced thinking, and how it informs Canucks management strategies is broached, the talk seemingly always turns to "Human Performance," and "fatigue." Yesterday on the Team, Gillis shared with the audience what he'd learned from looking at advanced analysis in soccer:
Well oddly enough we have looked at [passing efficiency] in soccer. And we put that in a very different context, we've looked at it relative to fatigue and conditioning and how you're percentage of passing success is relative to your conditioning and the time in the game when you do it and how many minutes you've played. There are studies that we've looked at that indicate that passing percentage in soccer goes dramatically down depending on the time in the game or depending on the conditioning of the player...
We're trying to define fatigue levels in those circumstances and as you know, a player usually gets hit twice when he gets hit once. He gets hit by the player and then hits the boards. How you can attribute that to success and how you attribute that to fatigue levels is instrumental in finding out when a player in the third period makes a mistake. And something happens and I think that as we've found, in a dynamic, competitive contact sport that fatigue levels are really a lot of the determining factor in success or failure.
Mike Gillis' sleep doctors were one of the first "big innovations" that were instituted when he first took over as General Manager four years ago. This past season the team was subjected to a new type of readiness testing, in addition to their military type sleep schedules, "mind-rooms" and witch-doctor like "sleep bracelets" that monitor players circadian rhythms.
After the team slept through the final four months of the 2011-12 regular season, by Mike Gillis' own admission, he spoke about the teams desperate need for an improved "Human Performance Plan" designed to help the club deal with a difficult travel schedule, the pressure of playing in Vancouver and the grind of playing extremely physical games (from April 24th):
"I've been working on a human performance plan to try and address those issues. I think fatigue was the first stage in it, about how you deal with the ups and downs. One of the things I've concluded is that compounded with the types of games that we play and the pressure - we have to find a better way to deal with that, and we have to find it quickly. That's one of the things we've worked really hard on, it's more complicated than you think and I'm hoping that we're going to have that plan in place for next year."
While the Canucks are aware of and use possession stats, zone-starts and quality of competition, it seems that they've been primarily concerned with gaining an exploitable knowledge edge regarding their own personnel's "peak performance." As Cam Charron points out in his excellent recap of Gillis' 1040 appearance over at the Province, Gillis' on-going analytical focus on fatigue has paid spectacular dividends during his tenure as GM:
But the big improvement for the Canucks in the last four years is in the third period. Pythagorean Expectation predicted 50 wins from the Canucks in the Gillis era per year (actual, 49.8) and 43.2 in the four previous seasons (actual, 43.3). That's an increase of 16%.
But where did the increase come from? They actually lost ground in the second period, their win expectancy dipping by 8% in the middle frame in the Gillis era, but that's propped up by a 23% gain in the first period and a 35% increase in the third period.
The median NHL team won an equivalent of 42.2 games pro-rated to 82 games in the first period over the last four years according to Pythagorean Expectation. In the second period, that dipped to 41.6 and in the third and overtime it dipped to 41.1, so perhaps the average team does get impacted by fatigue.
In March, Oakland A's General Manager and Moneyball protagonist Billy Beane spoke at a Yahoo! event and suggested that a better understanding of player health and injuries was the next frontier in advanced analytics in baseball. The Canucks efforts to apply advanced thinking and statistical analysis to issues of fatigue and readiness or "peak performance," strikes me as a not so distant cousin of what Beane was getting at.
Clearly this is a topic that the Canucks have targeted with an arsenal of research dollars, and a willingness to implement it at the management level. That they've been so successful, and open-minded enough to apply lessons from other sports like soccer, is fascinating.
and that has clearly helped them claim the ultimate prize of the Stanley Cup! oh wait...
I have no problem with trying to get the most out of your players. I applaud trying new things as nothing has worked in the past 41 years seemed to as of yet. Part of me wonders though if a)all NHLers are so closely bunched together fitness wise that improving a player's 'peak performance' is enough to win games or b)all NHLers aren't bunched closely together fitness wise that a team that simply has better players could win regardless of what the fitness of the other team is.
"winning isn't everything, it's the only thing" - Vince Lombardi.
I didn't say that they weren't successful, only the fact that all of this research and they haven't won the stanley cup, seems pretty futile. and if winning the stanley cup is absurd, that's why they call you guys canucks fans!
July 24 2012, 10:54AM
"winning isn't everything, it's the only thing" - Vince Lombardi.
I didn't say that they weren't successful, only the fact that all of this research and they haven't won the stanley cup, seems pretty futile. and if winning the stanley cup is absurd, that's why they call you guys canucks fans!
They aren't the only team doing research.
Pittsburgh is the most open team about their analytic methods. Boston and Chicago's have spoken in the past that they've found certain non-traditional methods of player evaluation. Los Angeles built a Stanley Cup-winning team by trading for puck-possession players.
I'd say about half the teams in the NHL use analytics to some degree.
A comprehensive recap of Gillis and his comments. However, you again ignore the fact the Canucks have underachieved in the playoffs (relative to their regular season success).
Success in the playoffs, is not as you put a 'narrow definition' of success?!
Yes, They do deserve much credit for maximizing their reg. season record its been very successful. BUT Gillis and Av have shown that they don't have a clear grasp on what it takes to win in the playoffs. Gillis and Av have put too much emphasis on the regular season thinking and the flaw that that the same principles translate to playoff success. The fact is they don't. Playoffs are a completely different season and they have neglected to differentiate what it takes to win in the playoffs. Gillis and Av seem to think "if we just do what we did in the regular season and get some luck we will have success in the playoffs. This is painfully naive and misguided. By doing so themselves, the team and most fans have overrated the team believing they are only "2%" away.Their performance suggests otherwise.
As for the Ozone starts starting in 10-11. It is also important to point out that the Canucks lack of scoring in the playoffs the last two years (their downfall) has coincided with this strategy.It has yet to be shown that there is any offensive edge to this strategy in the playoffs ( Has there been a cup winner using it?) In fact, it needs to be pointed out that the Sedins inability to play tough minutes is a huge liability on a team needing to win four rounds.
How does such an analytical coach make the massive and 'rookie' coaching blunder and not have a plan B for D. Sedin?
This inexcusable mistake was grounds for firing alone.And, showed his inherent flaw in his ability to formulate game strategy necessary to win in playoffs.
How does an 'experienced' team get distracted by the Boston rematch in January peak early and fall flat for the rest of the season and not motivated or ready for the playoff season?
These facts reveal a large flaw in Gillis and AV's planning.
You keep applauding Gillis and Av for their innovation but choose to ignore their playoff stumbles and therefore open yourself up to legitimate criticisms that you are not objective in your evaluations and continue to cling to your pro-Canuck Bias.
@Cam I agree with the advanced stats, it's the sleep and peak performance crap i'm sceptical of.
@Thom Luck has something to do with small sample size but has the biggest impact single game knock out rather than 7-game series. in my opinion, the canucks play a flawed game and focus each line purely in 1 zone and once they are out of that zone, they are fish out of water and the team falls apart
Whatever team you're a fan of, I'm betting they aren't the champs. So following your logic, why waste your time watching them at all? It's futile.
... Futile? Really? There's no point in even playing the games if you're not 1 in 30 at the end of the year? I really despise this attitude. Yes, the cup is the goal and what you're aiming for. But not being the 1 in 30 that ends up with it doesn't make the whole year a write off. If your team had an entertaining season that was enjoyable to watch and cheer on and experienced some success on the ice, that's a good season. The Red Wings were the first team eliminated this year but set a home ice winning streak record - that's pretty memorable, and it isn't meaningless just because someone else ends up with the grail. The Blues took a leap from being a "potential" team to being one of the best in the league and got a record-setting goaltending performance. That was something to watch and something to follow, and while it hurts to get swept because you had higher expectations, it's still a great year for them. And suffice it to say, if I'm a Devils fan, I'm disappointed, sure, but I'm also pretty happy I got to watch my team beat the Rangers in the East Final and see Marty exorcise 2004.
the point in trying to gain an edge on the opposition is to be better than last season at trying to win the stanley cup and not more of the same which is futility and that is where the canucks are at, trying more than last season but without the equal amount of success.
do you think perenialy successful teams are happy with just winning seasons and not care about the playoff success?


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Jennifer Aniston hit up the spa the other day in a really good outfit – good hat, good shirt, good shoes. I'll try to zoom that sh-t as much as possible so that you can fully eyeball the pregnancy region.
If you recall, US Weekly is claiming she's pregnant and won't confirm until the 6th month. Her rep Stephen Huvane denied it up and down. But US has called out Huvane for his lies before. So…
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In February I wrote a post about a First World War love token which we have in the collection of the Department of Coins and Medals. The token, a silver shilling of King George V, had been engraved to carry the simple message 'FROM FRED TO NELLIE FRANCE 1916'. In the post I wondered who Fred and Nellie were. Had Fred fought at the Somme and if so, did he return home?
These questions I raised far more in hope than in the expectation of anyone suggesting possible answers. The rather limited information that we had about the object, that it had been donated to the Museum in 1966 by Miss Carvell from Hampstead in London, was not a particularly promising place from which to start any investigation.
Imagine my surprise when a few days after the post was published, the Museum received an email from a lady who had seen an image of the token on the Museum's Facebook page and felt compelled to write. In subsequent emails Joy explained that her grandfather Frederick Sharp, known as Fred, had married a lady called Ellen Alden (who everyone knew as Nellie) on 5 August 1916 at the John Street Baptist Church in Holborn. Frederick Sharp had been called up in 1916 and married Nellie just before he left for France with the King's Royal Rifle Corps. In a photograph taken on their wedding day you can see the newly married couple, Fred in his army uniform and Nellie seated by his side.
The King's Royal Rifle Corps had a total of fourteen battalions engaged at the Battle of the Somme from July 1916 until its end in November that year. So it is possible that Fred did indeed see action in the battle. Thankfully he returned home to be reunited with Nellie and the couple had three children, eventually ending up living in Friern Barnet in North London. Nellie died in 1966, the year the token entered the Museum's collection as a donation from Miss Margaret Mary Carvell, who lived at 30 Daleham Gardens, Hampstead. Margaret Carvell was evidently interested in coins as she had joined the British Numismatic Society in November 1966 but died just two years later.
So far we haven't been able to make the link between Margaret Carvell and Fred and Nellie, and maybe we never will. While it's unlikely we can ever be completely certain that this love token was a gift from Frederick Sharp to his wife Ellen, the evidence kindly put forward by Joy is compelling. I for one hope that the couple shown in the photograph is the one we are seeking and that it was Fred, whom Joy described as 'a lovely kind man', who gave the simple token of affection to Nellie before he left to go to war.
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"He's obviously our closer," said Farrell. "I think [he's] coming over and learning this league, understanding that there's power up and down the lineup, particularly the top half, and this club, they can drive the ball out of the ballpark. I think as Joel is making his way through the American League, particularly the American League East, location is key, particularly in those late-inning moments."
That was particularly the issue that proved costly for Hanrahan, who gave up a solo homer to Chris Davis to lead off the inning that turned the game to a 5-4 contest, issued a single and two walks to load the bases, uncorked a game-tying wild pitch and then left a meatball over the plate that Manny Machado deposited into the Monster Seats for a game-winning three-run homer.
"Couple of mislocated pitches. He gets a breaking ball up and out over the plate for Davis for a leadoff home run, then looked to me like he was making his way through the inning. Doesn't get a borderline 3-2 fastball to [Nate] McClouth, and then trying to go down and away to Machado, the ball ran back middle-in and you saw what he did with it. But still, he had very good stuff, looked to be on the verge of closing it out until the base on balls extended the inning and then the three-run homer."
Hanrahan, who had been seeking his 100th career save, instead ended up giving up five runs in the inning, his most ever in a relief outing.
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On this weeks episode of the WEEI SoccerCast Ben, Russ, and Alex talk about the demolition of Barcelona and Arsenal, if the Gunners should fire Wenger, and if the Revs made a good trade?
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You will enjoy the challenges of developing your expertise as an advanced practice nurse, and advancing in your career — whether you decide to teach, practice or become an administrator. It's great to see you create the person you always aspired to become.
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Our classes are student-centered, and in these smaller classes, you will have the opportunity to grow and develop in areas you have identified. So you will work toward becoming skilled in those practice areas. We also spend a lot of time mentoring and partnering with you so you are very engaged with faculty, as well as with our alumni community.
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There are hundreds of nights in high school, but there's only one Prom. In theaters April 29, it will all go down for a group of high school seniors in the new movie Prom (rated PG).
Scholastic spoke with two of the stars from the movie, Aimee Teegarden and Thomas McDonell. PS, Thomas is pretty cute!
Q: Tell us about your characters in Prom.
Aimee: She's type-A personality. Everything has to be perfect in her world. Overachiever, which is kind of why she's, you know, prom committee president and class president and you name it. She's um, she's very preppy.
Thomas: He is the outsider character, sort of loner, troubled. He has problems with his family and gets in fights, but he's not a bad guy. He's just misunderstood by the school. He doesn't like school. He doesn't really know what he likes exactly. He doesn't want to be at school. He wants to graduate, but he doesn't know what he wants to do. But you know, he changes pretty dramatically by the end of the film.
Q: Is the long-hair look you or is that just for the character?
Thomas: A little bit of both. [Laughter]
Q: What's your favorite scene in the movie?
Thomas: My favorite so far is probably in the scene in the art room where Aimee's character and mine are making decorations, and it's sort of how they get to know each other better a lot in there kind of. They're short scenes but there's a lot that happens.
Q: Did you get together before shooting or did they just dump you on set saying, "Here's your girlfriend/boyfriend."?
Thomas: Not really. We did the screen test together. I don't know if it actually happened this way, but it felt to me as if they picked the pair together. I don't know if that's true, but that's how it felt. And I know that it doesn't always happen like this but the film has been sort of chronologically in order. So we've sort of gotten to know each other through filming. You know we film the stuff where they don't like each other in the beginning and they don't know each other at the beginning, and then we know each other. So it sort of followed the path of in real life.
Aimee: I got a call that they wanted to do a final audition in L.A., so I went and did a mix and match with five other guys, but Thomas was the first guy to come in, and he was absolutely fantastic.
Q: Did you go to prom yourself?
Aimee: I did go to prom. It was good. I had a good prom. I went with a boyfriend. I wore – it was like an over-the-knee, turquoise, sparkly number. Spaghetti-strap. It had this giant satin belt thing. It also had a giant bow in the back.
Thomas: I went to prom when I was 18. I went with my girlfriend at the time in Massachusetts. We were on a boat, out on a boat. I think we just decided we would go together. There was some talk about whether or not to go, you know, whether or not it would be any fun. It wasn't that much fun, but, you know, we decided together that we would go.
Q: What must a girl/guy never do on a date? What's your pet peeve?
Aimee: Ooo, pick up and play with his cell phone. That's a huge pet peeve. That's disrespectful.
Thomas: [Laughs.] Pet peeve. . . I don't like red heads. Just kidding. [Laughter] I'm easy going. It doesn't matter.
Q: Are you ready for heartthrob status and what comes with it?
Thomas: No. [Laughter] A lot of people have a lot of ideas about that, a lot of good advice. People like to give advice about that stuff. People who give advice about that often are not the people who maybe should be giving advice about it.
Q: What books made a difference when you were growing up?
Thomas: We read a lot of stuff in the school that I went to. I think in a row we read The Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden by John Steinbeck. Yea, when I was in like sixth or seventh grade or something. I remember those were actually pretty heavy.
Aimee: My favorite book growing up was The Secret Garden. Classic.
Q: What do you want audiences to take away from the movie?
Aimee: I think the idea would be that, you know, everybody has this idea of their perfect senior year of high school and how great things are going to be and in reality high school's not perfect. It's life. I think that no matter where you go to school or what type of school you go to there's all those teenage problems you go through, whether it's breaking up with a boyfriend, or having girl drama, or, you know, not getting asked to prom, and there are so many things. I think that with this movie I feel like a lot of people are going to be able to relate and just enjoy it.
This movie sounds good! Are you going to go see it? Let us know in the Comments.
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Items where Division is "Faculty of Physical Sciences and Engineering > Electronics and Computer Science > Agents, Interactions & Complexity" and Year is 1994
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Alty, J. A., Griffiths, D., Jennings, N. R., Mamdani, E. H., Struthers, A. and Wiegand, M. E. (1994) ADEPT-Advanced Decision Environment for Process Tasks: Overview & Architecture. In, BCS Expert Systems 94 Conference (Applications Track), Cambridge, UK, , 359-371.
Huang, J., Jennings, N. R. and Fox, J. (1994) Cooperation in Distributed Medical Care. In, 2nd Int. Conf. on Cooperative Information Systems (CoopIS-94), Toronto, Canada, , 255-263.
Jennings, N. R. (1994) The ARCHON System and its Applications. In, 2nd Int. Conf. on Cooperating Knowledge Based Systems (CKBS-94), Keele, UK, , 13-29.
Jennings, N. R. (1994) Cooperation in Industrial Multi-Agent Systems, World Scientific Publishing, Singapore
Malheiro, B., Jennings, N. R. and Oliveira, E. (1994) Belief Revision in Multi-Agent Systems. In, 11th European Conf. on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI-94), Amsterdam, The , Netherlands, , 294-298.
Varga, L. Z., Jennings, N. R. and Cockburn, D. (1994) Integrating Intelligent Systems into a Cooperating Community for Electricity Distribution Management. Int. Journal of Expert Systems with Applications, 7, (4), 563-579.
Wellington, S J and Crowder, R M (1994) A non-tactile sensor for seam tracking and vision applications. Control'94 IEE, 822-826.
Wittig, T., Jennings, N. R. and Mamdani, E. H. (1994) ARCHON: A Framework for Intelligent Cooperation. IEE-BCS Journal of Intelligent Systems Engineering - special issue on Real-time Intelligent Systems in ESPRIT, 3, (3), 168-179.
Wooldridge, M. J. and Jennings, N. R. (1994) Agent Theories, Architectures and Languages: A Survey. In, ECAI94 Workshop on Agent Theories Architectures and Languages, Amsterdam, The , Netherlands, , 1-32.
Wooldridge, M. J. and Jennings, N. R. (1994) Formalising the Cooperative Problem Solving Process. In, 13th Int. Distributed Artificial Intelligence Workshop (IWDAI-94), Lake Quinhalt, Washington, USA, , 403-417.
Wooldridge, M. J. and Jennings, N. R. (1994) Towards a Theory of Cooperative Problem Solving. In, 6th European Workshop on Modelling Autonomous Agents in a Multi-Agent World (MAAMAW-94), Odense, Denmark, , 15-26.


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