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YORKSHIRE: The history of Yorkshire:
In the Scottish campaigns of Edward I., which shed such a lustre on the English arms, the forces of Yorkshire were led by John de Warren, Earl of Surrey, a Yorkshire baron, whom the king, after the battle of Dunbar, appointed Warden of Scotland. Shortly after this, Sir William Wallace appears upon the scene, and transfers for a time the fortunes of war from the English to the Scots. One after another the captured fortresses were retaken by Wallace, and the star of Edward's military glory seemed as if it were about to set in irretrievable defeat.
Returning hastily from Flanders, the king summoned the parliament to meet him at York, in 1298, wherein he confirmed the Magna Charta and the Charter of the Forests. At this parliament the king abandoned his right to raise taxes without the consent of parliament, and thereon the Commons of the realm granted him the ninth part of their goods; the Archbishop of Canterbury with the clergy of his province, the tenth penny; and the Archbishop of York and his clergy, a fifth. In the July following, the English army wiped out the disgrace of former defeats by the victory at Falkirk.
After this battle Edward returned to York and held another parliament. In the following summer (1300), Yorkshire was called upon to furnish 5,900 men, to serve in the war against Scotland, a levy which must have been very excessive in the thinly populated state of the county at that time. With the capture of Stirling Castle, in 1304, the reduction of Scotland was complete, and Edward, on his return to York, ordered the sittings of the Courts of King's Bench and the Exchequer, which had been held for seven years at York, to be removed back to London.
By the death of Edward I., in 1307, the only man whom the Scots feared was removed, and the Crown of England fell to an unfortunate successor, who was as gentle and inoffensive as his father was brave and ferocious. Lamentably wanting in character, existence seemed impossible without someone on whom to lavish his favours. Edward had seen his son's weakness and banished from his court Piers de Gaveston, the corrupter of his youth. Disregarding his father's dying injunctions to prosecute the war against the Scots, he received his favourite back with open arms, and showered upon him favours which roused the jealousy of the barons. They rose in rebellion against the king, and compelled him to banish Gaveston, but he was recalled again and received into favour at York, where the king was resident from January to April, in 1312. A conspiracy, headed by the Earl of Lancaster, the king's cousin, was formed against him. An army, raised in Yorkshire, and led by the earl, marched upon York with the intention of seizing the favourite, but the king, hearing of Lancaster's approach; fled with Gaveston to Newcastle-on-Tyne. The barons followed, and the king had just time to escape to Tynemouth, where he embarked with his favourite and sailed to Scarborough. The castle of this place was one of the strongest in the kingdom, and the king, appointing Gaveston governor of it, went forward to York. The army of barons, commanded the earls of Surrey and Pembroke, Henry de Percy and Robert de Clifford, laid siege to the castle, which Gaveston defended with the courage of desperation and repulsed several assaults. All communication with the king was cut off, provisions were exhausted, and Gaveston was compelled to capitulate. He was conducted a prisoner of state to the castle of Deddington, near Banbury, where, with the connivance of Pembroke, he was seized by the Earl of Warwick, whom he had nicknamed the "Black Dog of Arden," and beheaded on Blacklow Hill, on the 20th of June, 1312.
The rupture between the king and several of his most powerful barons was a favourable opportunity for the Scots to strike again for independence. Led by Bruce, they ravaged Northumberland and Durham, giving to the flames each town and village which lay in the line of their route. Edward summoned his barons, earls, and knights to meet him, but the earls of Surrey, Warwick, and Arundel held aloof. On the 24th of June, 1314, he encountered the enemy at Bannockburn, and met with a disastrous defeat. The north of England now became the prey of the enemy, into which they made yearly incursions, pillaging and burning the towns and villages, and carrying off the cattle. The miseries of the people were further intensified by a famine and plague which raged about this time, and so malignant were the effects of the latter, and so numerous the deaths, that the interment of the dead was often accomplished with the greatest difficulty. Bread-corn rose to forty-two shillings a quarter, about ten times its usual value; and to such dire extremity were the poor reduced, that, it is said, men ate the dead bodies of their companions, and parents the flesh of their own children.
Bruce was now successful at all points; he had driven the English out of Scotland, and the horrors of war were transferred from his own kingdom to the north of England. The Scots invested Berwick, of which they obtained possession through the treachery of a man named Spalding, who betrayed to them the post where he kept guard, and a few days after the castle surrendered. The fall of Berwick was followed by the reduction of the castles of Wark, Harbottle, and Mitford; Northallerton, Boroughbridge, Scarborough, Knaresborough, and Skipton were burnt, and destruction carried almost to the gates of York. A commission of array was issued for raising 15,000 foot soldiers in the five northern counties, of which number Yorkshire was to furnish 10,000; and the Bishop of Durham was commanded to raise the men of the palatinate. Newcastle was the place of rendezvous, and, at the head of the assembled forces, Edward proceeded to Berwick. But so obstinately was it defended by the Scots, that all attempts to capture it proved futile; and whilst the English were thus engaged with the border town, the Earl of Murray and Lord Douglas, with 15,000 chosen men, were despatched by Bruce to surprise the queen, Isabella, at York, and to ravage the country. Isabella escaped with difficulty, and the archbishop, at the head of the posse comitatis - a motley array of cowherds, swineherds, town and country labourers, ecclesiastics, and others, without military discipline or spirit, - ventured to oppose them at Boroughbridge. The armies met at Myton, near that town, on the 12th of October, 1320. The Scots set fire to some haystacks, and under cover of the dense smoke, a division of the army crept round to the rear of the English, who were thus attacked in front and rear at the same time. They were thrown into disorder by this unexpected movement, and routed with great slaughter. Among the slain were so many clergymen (300 it is said) that it was playfully called, in the pleasantry of the times, the "White Battle," and by the Scots, with a spice of humour, the "Chapter of Mytton." The victors returned to their own country laden with spoil, and Edward, apprised of the disaster, and also of a conspiracy amongst some of the barons against his new favourite, Hugh de Spencer, raised the siege of Berwick and returned to York, to which town the Domesday Book and the other records had been removed from London.
Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, the king's cousin, was again the leader of the discontented barons, but his force was too small to cope with the royal army, and he was still further weakened by the defection of Sir Robert de Holland, whom he had raised from the humble office of his butler to the dignity of knighthood. Failing to secure a position at Burton-upon-Trent, the earl and his followers retreated northward to his castle of Pontefract. Here a council of war was held, at which it was decided to march to Dunstanburgh in Northumberland, where they expected aid from the Scots. Arriving at Boroughbridge, they found the country people in arms, and Sir Simon Ward, Sheriff of Yorkshire, William, Lord Latimer, Governor of the city of York, and Sir Andrew Harcla, Governor of Carlisle and the Western Marches, ready to oppose their further progress. The forces met on the 16th of March, 1321; the first discharge of arrows from the archers of the royal army threw the Lancastrians into confusion, still they strove manfully to hold their ground against superior numbers. Hereford with the men-at-arms, attempting to force the passage of the river, was slain by a Welshman secreted below the wooden bridge, who thrust up his lance through one of the crevices. Lancaster led his men lower down the stream, but was repulsed by the archers on the opposite bank. He had in former times given Harcla his knighthood, and he now offered him one of the five earldoms in his possession, if he would desert the king's cause; but Harcla's loyalty was proof against the bribe. His courage now began to fail, and he solicited a truce till the following morning, in the hope that the expected Scottish help might arrive during the night. But this faint ray of hope vanished with the morning's dawn, and retiring to a chapel, he knelt before the crucifix in prayer, saying "Good Lord, I render myself to Thee, and put myself into Thy mercy." He was conducted first to York, where he was mocked by the crowd and pelted with dirt, and thence to Pontefract, where he was confined in the tower of his castle. Shortly afterwards the king arrived at Pontefract, and Lancaster was arraigned in the hall before the king, Aylmer, Earl of Pembroke, Edmund, Earl of Kent, John de Brittany, Earl of Richmond, and Sir Robert Malmethorpe. He was condemned, without the formality of a trial, to be hanged, drawn, and quartered; through respect however to his royal blood, the punishment was changed to decapitation. Placed upon a wretched horse, he was paraded through the streets with a friar's hood upon his head, and subjected to the most ignominious insults. At the place of execution he was made to kneel with his face towards Scotland, and his head was then severed from his body. The fate of Lancaster involved that of many others. Never since the Conquest had such havoc been made among the ancient nobility; never since then had the scaffold been drenched with so much noble blood as on this occasion. No less than ninety-five barons and knights were taken prisoners, and afterwards tried for high treason. A number of his followers were executed the same day at Pontefract, and others afterwards at York.
The following year, Edward held another parliament at York, in which the sentences previously passed by the rebel barons against the Despencers was reversed, and a subsidy of fourpence in the mark was granted to the king by the clergy of the province, to enable him to carry on the war against Scotland. He assembled an army, crossed the border, and penetrated as far as Edinburgh; but, unable to obtain provisions in that beggarly country, he was compelled to retreat into England, whither he was closely followed by Bruce and his Scots. The English were suddenly surprised near Byland whilst the king was feasting in the abbey. The struggle was short; the English fled; and Edward only escaped through the fleetness of his horse. John, Earl of Richmond, was less fortunate; he was captured, and long held for ransom. The enemy returned to their own. country laden with spoil. Sir Andrew de Harcla, who had been created Earl of Carlisle, was accused of treachery in this affair, for not opposing the Scots in their pursuit of the English, arrested by order of the king, tried, and executed at Carlisle. On the question of his guilt much doubt exists. Soon after his execution a truce, signed at Bishopthorpe, near York, was agreed upon between the two nations. Five years afterwards, Edward was deposed and cruelly murdered in Berkeley Castle. His youthful son, Edward III., succeeded, and was crowned in 1327.
Bulmer's East Riding
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Fall is coming! It's my favorite part of the year, because that morning-evening air and the smell of dry leaves make me feel so fresh, like I am reborn! I associate autumn with a new beginning... New decorative elements, new warm and soft fabric and a cup of hot chocolate :)
There are some color that should prevail in your interior to feel closer to this wonderful time of the year. These colors are gold, orange and brown.
In decoration you can use such elements as twigs, wheat, burlap fabric, wine corks some fruits like apples, grapes and of course pumpkin. Here I found some interesting DIY projects with these elements that will inspire you to refresh your home!
Burlap Pillow
Colorful Leaves Pillow
Fabric Bouquet
Wheat Wreath
Thanksgiving Table With Candles, Fruits And Fir Branches
Fall Sign
Fall Twine Monogram Wreath
Rope Bowl
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Rustic Style Porch

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|David Kastrup
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David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes: > David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes: > >> Don't rebase either origin and translation. Simple rule. Don't try >> being clever about it: being clever around git is a recipe for disaster. >> If you messed up your own repository (and that does not mean "merely" >> the state of the work tree, but the history of commits), don't push. >> Ask. We will figure out how to get it back into a nice state. >> >>> Then I waited until patchy merges into master, so I can now be sure >>> that all those commits are 'upstream'. I could now safely merge master >>> into translations as usual. When I will eventually merge again, >>> duplicate commits should ideally combine in a single history. >>> >>> If not, and if we have any conflicts, I could merge with strategy >>> recursive and option 'theirs'. >> >> Well, there we are. It would appear that you used the merge strategy >> "theirs" rather than "recursive + option theirs". The respective merge >> _claims_ to merge two commits but doesn't. It just takes the tree from >> "theirs" unchanged. At least this is what happened with the merge I >> traced to be faulty. > > Ok, I take that back: this merge might not necessarily be the exact > cause of the trouble. If you merge an original branch again after you > already rebased it, the merge conflict resolution would essentially > resolve to what the rebased branch already had. So that merge > resolution would indeed look like a one-sided merge strategy in its > outcome. > > Digging further. man git-rebase has a few interesting bits: -m, --merge Use merging strategies to rebase. When the recursive (default) merge strategy is used, this allows rebase to be aware of renames on the upstream side. Note that a rebase merge works by replaying each commit from the working branch on top of the <upstream> branch. Because of this, when a merge conflict happens, the side reported as ours is the so-far rebased series, starting with <upstream>, and theirs is the working branch. In other words, the sides are swapped. Also -p, --preserve-merges Instead of ignoring merges, try to recreate them. This uses the --interactive machinery internally, but combining it with the --interactive option explicitly is generally not a good idea unless you know what you are doing (see BUGS below). Merge commits are usually _ignored_ when rebasing. This includes merges from master into translation. If you rebased the translation branch on an _old_ version of master (namely on your local master rather than origin/master). Hm, no, I still don't get what happened. I need to figure out more. -- David Kastrup
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Berlin-based ebook retailer 'txtr (for those unfamiliar, there's no capital, no vowels and the apostrophe is in the right place!) is about to take another big leap forward with the imminent launch of six new ebook stores. Five in South America – Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru and Venezuela – and another in Mexico.
At this point the store menu (bottom right on the 'txtr home page) has visual links to the new stores, but they feed back to the central store in Germany. We're hoping to hear back from 'txtr on a firm launch date for these, and whether we can expect 'txtr to follow Google Play's lead and roll out across a wider swathe of Latin America.
Some observers will be dismissive.
'Txtr has yet to make a significant impact anywhere, and its token stores in the US, Canada, UK and Australia face fierce competition from established American and domestic brands. 'Txtr also has the failure of its ultra-cheap ereader the 'txtr Beagle to weigh down its reputation.
But as Tennyson would have said had he lived to see digital books, better to have tried and lost, than never to have tried at all.
Here's the thing: 'txtr is a plucky little outfit with ambition, vision and, it seems, enough money (3M, itself no stranger to ebooks, are among its backers) to play the long game.
With twenty-five global stores 'txtr has already more than doubled Amazon's Kindle stores, and is firmly in third place behind Google Play and Apple for dedicated ebook stores catering to overseas markets. Throw in the reach of 'txtr's partner stores and 'txtr ebooks are available in some fifty countries. Without surcharges.
Our guess is Russia, Brazil and India will be priorities for 'txtr, and then to embrace those areas of Europe so far by-passed (notably Scandinavia and east Europe), before turning its attention to S.E. Asia, following close on Google Play's heels.
For indies this is great news. While some indies have been enjoying sales at 'txtr for several years through Ebook Partnership, it is only recently that 'txtr has been easily accessible, thanks to a distribution deal with Smashwords.
Yet bizarrely many indies seem to have opted out of 'txtr distribution.
Their loss, because 'txtr is one of the few ebook stores that wears its indie badge with pride.
Check out the indie section on 'txtr's US and UK sites, where indie titles are being given significant exposure. Not a self-pub ghetto like on OverDrive (an update on this soon) but front page stuff saying 'txtr are PROUD to host self-published titles.
At which point you'll be thinking, yeah, very nice, but it will be the usual suspects. Ordinary indies like us don't stand a chance.
Think again.
No sign of Hugh Howey and Joe Konrath here! Konrath of course is exclusive with Amazon (apart from Be The Monkey), and Howey, it seems, just can't be bothered with 'txtr, or even Smashwords. Given Smashword's is the world's biggest indie aggregator and indie ebook store this is a rather curious stance from someone who purports to champion the self-pub cause.
So which indies are 'txtr showcasing?
Click on this link – http://us.txtr.com/smashwords/?referral=banner – and you'll see a slide show of highlighted indie authors. Delve deeper to see highlighted indie series and other great little boosters.
Doubtful these authors will be buying their second luxury yacht off of 'txtr sales just yet, but don't dismiss 'txtr out of hand just because no-one's ever heard of it in indieland.
In the real world beyond, 'txtr has a lot going for it.
An ebook store with over a million titles, a great device-agnostic platform, and a key understanding of glocalization that Amazon sorely lacks.
While Amazon hints at a pending Kindle Netherlands store, maybe, some time, when they can be bothered, and meanwhile surcharges Dutch readers who try to buy from the Everything Store, 'txtr long since provided the Dutch with their own ebook store. And the Belgians, and the Swiss, and the Danes, and the Poles, and the Hungarians, and…
In fact, going where Amazon can't be bothered is a key part of 'txtr's strategy.
"Especially in markets where Amazon isn't yet present, network operators can combine the competitive advantage of being first to market with their billing capabilities to lead the development of the local ebook market. txtr's e-reading service comes with an integrated billing solution, but we have extensive experience of connecting to 3rd party payment providers."
'Txtr has been around since 2008, a year before Amazon launched KDP, and as above counts 3M among its backers. At the other end of the business 'txtr counts classy book retailers like Foyles (UK), and major tech-players like T-Mobile and Lenova as partners.
'Txtr may not have Amazon's brand recognition or traffic, and may forever be a bit-player in the key US and UK markets, and even in its home market in Germany, but elsewhere 'txtr is shaping up to be a significant player in the global ebook market Amazon shuns.
Here's the thing: Amazon's Kindle stores runs on rails. Print rails. It's a sad irony that the store dedicated to accelerating the transition to digital at home (mainly to reduce storage overheads and shipping costs) predicates its international Kindle expansion on the print market.
That's just beginning to pay off in Brazil, where Amazon is starting to gain traction in the lucrative print market. But as anyone who has sold an ebook on Kindle BR will know, you can hit the best-seller charts with a single sale, and make the higher echelons of the in-store chart with just a handful.
Brazilians were buying ebooks from domestic and Latin American stores back when Amazon was slapping surcharges on readers who tried to buy from AmCom. No surprise then that Brazilians haven't rushed to embrace the Kindle store since it launched.
And it's a similar story across the Amazon sites. With the exception of maybe Kindle UK and Kindle DE, the satellite Kindle stores are simply adjuncts to Amazon's actual or pending print and other e-commerce interests in those countries.
Which is why we can't even hope, let alone expect, Amazon ever to become a global ebook player in the way that Google Play and 'txtr are now positioning themselves.
As the global ebook markets burgeons, so Amazon will become more and more marginalized.
Not a problem for those authors who think the US and UK are the be-all and end-all of their publishing existence – Amazon will continue to be the dominant player here for the foreseeable future. But for anyone with ambitions to become a truly international bestselling author it is stores like Google Play and 'txtr that will help make it happen.
At the moment Google Play, while supportive of self-publishers (Google Play is actively seeking out indie authors to sign up for special deals) does not make it easy for us.
The Google Play self-pub portal is a challenging process, and as yet very few aggregators will get you in. The UK's Ebook Partnership and Italy's Narcissus, and Ingram and Vook seem to be the only alternatives to going direct.
With 'txtr, by contrast, access is as easy as signing up to Smashwords.
And as is now plain for all to see, 'txtr won't hide your Smashwords titles away like OverDrive does.
Just the opposite. 'Txtr will proudly shout them from the rooftops.
At a time when indie authors are increasingly being sidelined by ebook stores (in the UK three of the biggest ebook retailers have no self-pub titles at all); at a time when Trad Pub is dominating the ebook charts; and while the big players like Amazon and Kobo continue to pay lip-service to indies while giving Big Pub all the perks (how many years has it taken just for indies to get pre-orders?), we need all the friends we can get.
If you are in Smashwords and have for some reason opted out of 'txtr, you might want to reconsider.
If you are not in Smashwords at all, then the 'txtr distribution alone is a good reason to reconsider, plus they have great distribution to Flipkart, India's biggest ebook store. So far as we know Smashwords is the only "free" (pay-as-you-sell – there are no free lunches!) aggregator getting titles into 'txtr.
So a big round of applause to Mark Coker and Smashwords for the deal with 'txtr, and an even bigger one to 'txtr for embracing and promoting self-published titles, instead of hiding them away.
Now how about we indies do something to show our appreciation?
Next time you're doing some promo, spare a thought for 'txtr. No, none of the big promo newsletters even know 'txtr exists, but there's nothing to stop you adding a 'txtr link to your tweets and FB posts.
If we all tweeted a 'txtr link alongside our Amazon links it could make a big difference, not just to our sales, but to 'txtr's future.
'Txtr is making the effort for us. Let's return the favour.
Ebook Bargains UK.
Far more than just an ebook promo newsletter.
Far more than just the UK.


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It's been a long time since I haven't talk about Project Life. The thruth is, with all the work I had to do (aside of my family life) these past months, I fell behind. Really behind!! Something like 10 weeks behind!! Yes! So this week I was "kind of" not so much in stress (that's not totally true, I have a birthday cake to make and a birthday to organize for Friday) but let's just say I took the time to work on my Project Life and now I am just one week behind! YESSS! :)
So I won't show you everything today, but lets start with week 13.
Seeing the beauty around me. And noticing the small details of our every day life.
A conversation I had with Arielle about me having two girls and not two boys. (She brought it up, not me!) She told me it was my lucky day when I ad my girls. And she added that her lucky day was the Easter bunny gave her TWO necklaces!
Taking advantage and enjoying my life in the USA. And enjoying also the time that I can spend with my parents in Canada.
This is an insert. (I have 3 inserts this week - I was in Canada so I always come back from there with pictures and stories!) I documented the strike we were at, my mom and I, to support my brother's family as the school board decided to close their school.
More pictures of the strike.
I still had a little card from my class with Becky Higgins and I thought the saying is so much in line with what's happening in this story. Next to the card there's a picture of my 2 nephews trying to save their school.
I went to Canada for the strike and I organized along a family reunion in a maple sugar house. It's always great to spend the day with my aunts, uncles and cousins.
I've written on a journaling card the 10 main things that happened and that I liked that day. This is a picture of me and my brother's wife. Love her.
More pictures and a short stories at the sugar house.
Oh yes, there was also my brother's birthday and Easter! That's why I have so many photos and inserts! :)
Here I added 2 pictures on one 4x6 card.
This morning I photographed my whole album up to week 22 so I'll show them to you in the next days.
Thanks for stopping by!


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A new bid led by Chinese insurance giant Anbang Insurance Group wants to bust up a merger to create the world's largest hotel company.
Goldman Sachs is buying a startup that's out to 'revolutionize the retirement industry,' and Bank of America just handed a big promotion to one of the most senior women on Wall Street.
Hedge fund billionaire Louis Bacon claims his Bahamas neighbor secretly plotted to have him murdered.
The debate over Valeant's future is splitting Wall Street - here are two sides to the argument.
The National Archives did a document dump on Friday, releasing transcripts, meeting agendas, and confidentiality agreements from the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. Here are some of the highlights:
- Warren Buffett on the Wall Street pay problem, and how to solve it.
- Warren Buffett on why a good business is one "your idiot nephew" could run.
- Steve Eisman from "The Big Short" on clueless CEOs, financial gobbledygook and stupidity.
- Gregg Lippmann and Ben Hockett, also of "The Big Short" fame, on the financial crisis.
- Joe Cassano, the former CEO of AIG Financial Products, on AIG's controversial collateral dispute with Goldman Sachs.
In other news, here are some the young traders helping BlackRock modernize trading, and here is the best explanation we've seen of the technology Wall Street is obsessed with.
Here are the top Wall Street headlines at midday:
More wretched news in the world's 7th-largest economy - Brazil is in free fall.
The biggest force powering the stock market is starting to disappear, and it could be a huge problem - Since the beginning of the post-crisis bull-market run, the biggest buyer of equities hasn't been retail investors or institutions but companies themselves.
The financial crisis scarred an entire generation of investors- The last recession cut deep.
Billionaire investor Ray Dalio explains the process he uses to find ideal employees - If you take a job at Bridgewater Associates, you're agreeing to abide by founder Ray Dalio's " Principles," a manual of 210 musings on management and character.
The real life Gordon Gekko is supporting Bernie Sanders because of a basic economic principle - Asher Edelman, an investor who was one of the inspirations for the nefarious corporate raider Gordon Gekko in the movie "Wall Street," made a surprise presidential endorsement.
15 expensive steakhouses that are actually worth the price - Carnivores: listen up.


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There's not long to go until we celebrate Father's day on the 21st of June. At this time of year there seems to be so much going on that it's difficult to chose so here are our favourite picks for your Dad's this Father's day:
Air Britain Vintage and Classic Fly-in:
North Weald Airfield
Saturday 20th June 2015 and Sunday 21st June 2015
If your Dad is into all different types of aircraft and vintage cars, then this event will be perfect for him as members from the Aeronca Club, International Auster Club, Beagle Pup & Bulldog Club and Cessna 120/140 owners are amongst those who will take their aircraft to join a wide variety of vintage and classic aircraft for him to see and admire
For more information please visit their website@ http://air-britain.com/flyin-about.html
Walden 101 Sportive:
If you have an athletic Dad then he might enjoy being part of the Walden 101 Sportive Cycle day being held in Saffron Walden on the 21 June. There are all different types of rides from 33m, 50m, 75m, 101m distances around some lovely countryside, with two food and drink stations where he will be able to replenish. For more details please visit their website: https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/125496/101-Sportive
Barleylands Farm Park:
Situated in Billericay this a great family venue, and this Father's day they are offering free entry for all Dad's who are accompanied by a paying child. The event runs from 10-5pm. For more information please visit their website http://www.barleylands.co.uk/
There has been some what of a revival of English beers over the past few years, so if your Dad would like to spend the day sample some of the UK's finest then why not check out these beers festivals:
The Swan Beer Festival
The Swan, School Road, Little Totham, Maldon CM9 8LB
Saturday 13th June 2015 – Sunday 21st June 2015
50+ real ales, ciders, craft beers.
Gibberd Garden Beer Festival
The Gibberd Garden, Harlow
Saturday 20th June 2015 and Sunday 21st June 2015
Amazing gardens and sculptures, and for this weekend – beers.
Beerfest UK
Charter Hall, Colchester
Saturday 20th June 2015
German beer, food and oompah music.


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Paul Pogba speaks out about value of being a captain after Mourinho row
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Paul Pogba has claimed he does not need to be the captain of a side to express his feelings and help the team.
It comes on the back of being stripped of the vice-captaincy at Man United. He was also told that as long as Jose Mourinho remains in charge at the club, he would never wear the armband again.
However, Pogba has noted that he's never skippered France – and that hasn't stopped him being a leader.
The Express report he said: "I've never played in the France team to be captain, being here is already a big thing for me.
?You don't have to be captain in order to speak, a leader is not someone who has the armband.
"As a leader you can talk on the pitch but I've seen leaders who didn't necessarily talk."
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 06: Jose Mourinho, Manager of Manchester United and Rafael Benitez, Manager of Newcastle United walk off the pitch at half time of the Premier League match between Manchester United and Newcastle United at Old Trafford on October 6, 2018 in Manchester, United Kingdom. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images) France joy vs United misery
The situation for Pogba at United is of course a huge contrast to the one with his national side.
France are on the back of winning the World Cup.
After initially being questioned in the opening game of the World Cup, Pogba went on to have a great tournament.
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His time at United has been up and down, with his relationship with Mourinho getting worse as time goes on.
Now, despite Mourinho still being in charge at the club, there are still rumours of huge discontent between the two.
Pogba even admitted the club have banned him from talking to the media.
See also: Manchester United ban Paul Pogba from speaking to media
Paul Pogba and Jose Mourinho caught feuding by Sky Sports News cameras
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Kenneth Clarke is bracing himself for an enforced retirement from the cabinet after Downing Street reacted furiously to his accusation that Theresa May gave a "laughable, childlike" example in criticising the Human Rights Act at this week's Tory party conference.
David Cameron is assessing whether to clear out the bulk of Clarke's Ministry of Justice in a long-awaited reshuffle, after what No 10 regards as a series of blunders. The reshuffle was due in the spring, but there was speculation that the shakeup, which will see the departure of the justice ministers Crispin Blunt and Jonathan Djanogly over separate mistakes, could come as early as next month.
Clarke annoyed Cameron for the second time in a week when he appeared to raise the stakes in his dispute with No 10 and the home secretary over the Human Rights Act. In an interview with the Nottingham Post, the local newspaper in his Rushcliffe constituency, he launched a fresh attack on May over her claim that a man had been able to avoid deportation because he owned a cat.
Clarke, who had mocked May at the Tory conference on Tuesday, said: "I sat and listened to Theresa's speech, and I'll have to be very polite to Theresa when I meet her – but in my opinion she should really address her researchers and advisers very severely for assuring her that a complete nonsense example in her speech was true.
"I'm not going to stand there and say in my private opinion this is a terrible thing and we ought to get rid of the Human Rights Act. It's not only the judges that all get furious when the home secretary makes a parody of a court judgment – our commission, who are helping us form our view on this, are not going to be entertained by laughable, child-like examples being given."
No 10, which supported May's speech and feared the justice secretary was opening a second front, asked Clarke to explain himself. Clarke told them he had given the interview in Manchester, a few hours before Cameron's speech to the conference. The timing of the interview lowered tensions in No 10 because it showed that Clarke had stood by an agreement to pull his punches after Cameron tried to draw a line under the affair by joking in his conference speech that he had asked the justice secretary to read Crime and Punishment twice.
In a statement released at lunchtime, Clarke said: "This is old news from an interview I gave during the conference. I consider this issue closed.
"The prime minister has made the position clear, and I fully support it. There is a problem with deporting foreign prisoners, which I have always agreed with Theresa needs to be addressed. The government's commission on a bill of rights is under way. I do rather regret the colourful language I used at one point in my interview."
No 10 thought the statement would close down the affair. But officials had failed to spot that Clarke and May were due to attend a ministerial meeting on trade. When they were spotted entering No 10, rumours appeared on Twitter that they had been summoned to No 10 for a dressing down. The two ministers made a point of talking in a friendly way as they left No 10 together.
Downing Street regards Clarke's public mocking of May as unacceptable behaviour towards a cabinet colleague. There is particular anger as it was the only divisive moment during the Tory conference.
But Clarke believes he is right on the substance and thinks that May was not speaking for the coalition when she said she would like to see the abolition of the Human Rights Act. Clarke and Nick Clegg are due to receive a copy of a report into the future of the act from a commission after the Liberal Democrats rejected the outright rejection of the act.
The view of the justice secretary was endorsed by Lynne Featherstone, the Lib Dem Home Office minister, who rebuked her boss. In her column in the Hampstead & Highgate Express, she wrote: "There is scope for common ground on dealing with those excesses [in interpreting the act], but outside of tha[t] – the Home Sec's 'personal' desire to see the Human Rights Act go – is just not going to happen under this government."
Friends of Clarke, 71, accept that he may struggle to remain in the cabinet at the next reshuffle. The prime minister will be able to argue that graceful retirement is the right option for the MP who entered parliament when Cameron was three. The Ministry of Justice could see the departure of three of its ministers. Blunt was involved in a row last summer over parties for prisoners. Djanogly has annoyed No 10 over the handling of his business affairs.
But Clarke is adamant he is right in his criticism of May. He cites a statement by the judicial communications office on Tuesday, issued with the full authority of the Lord Chief Justice Lord Judge, which said the Home Office was wrong. The immigration ruling makes clear the judge considered the dying father of the Bolivian student's partner far more important than their joint ownership of Maya the cat in deciding the case. The officially unreported judgment which emerged on Thursdayreveals the unnamed student, aged 33, had been living in a "strong relationship" for four years with his gay partner who is settled in Britain.
The senior immigration judge, JR Devittie, regarded evidence from friends and the partner's brothers as to the quality of relationship as "persuasive and telling".
The original ruling shows that the student overstayed his visa and was issued with a removal notice after being arrested for shoplifting. He was not charged with the offence. The detailed ruling shows the evidence about the cat was only introduced by a witness.
While sources close to May have stressed this reference to the cat, they have not quoted the judge's conclusion that the evidence from friends, relatives and photographs of family occasions had "amply demonstrated" the quality and strength of their relationship. "The evidence shows the appellant is well integrated into the larger family his partner has with his siblings and parents. He attends family functions with his partner and is regarded as a member of the family."
He also rejected the Home Office's contention that they could both simply go and live in Bolivia, pointing out that would not be reasonable given that his partner's father was 'in a condition that he was not expected to recover from' and the family, including the Bolivian student had collectively decided to support him.
The Home Office appealed Devittie's decision claiming it had placed "an inappropriate weight on the Bolivian student having to leave behind not only his partner but also his joint cat." The appeal judge, senior immigration judge Gleeson, does not seem to have taken this seriously and says that the Home Office claim that Devittie had made a mistake in law by applying a policy that had already been withdrawn was more significant.
When the case was heard on 1 December 2008 Gleeson dismissed the appeal saying the immigration authorities had overlooked their own procedures for dealing with unmarried partners of a person present or settled in the UK. But even this judge couldn't resist a parting shot: "The immigration judge's determination is upheld and the cat need no longer fear having to adapt to Bolivian mice."


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Xiaobo Yin, a materials scientist at the University of Colorado in Boulder, has released a paper that shows he and his research team at the university invented a film that can cool homes and buildings without the use of refrigerants and the power they require to run.
According to AAAS' Science magazine, the film is made from transparent plastic embedded with tiny glass spheres, absorbs almost no visible light, yet pulls in heat from any surface it touches. Already, the new material, when combined with a mirror-like silver film, has been shown to cool whatever it sits on by as much as 10°C.
Xiaobo's film is a passive cooling method and drew inspiration from previous work done by fellow researcher Shanhui Fan, an electrical engineer at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. Shanhui's heat-absorbing film was successful in cooling surfaces as much as 5°C, but was expensive to produce and was ultimately deemed an unviable option.
According to Science, Xiaobo calculated that glass beads about 8 micrometers in diameter would be greatly effective in absorbing infrared, and so went about acquiring batches of glass powder and mixing it with the materials that would go into making the plastic product. They formed the material into 300-millimeter-wide sheets and backed them with a thin mirror-like coating of silver, and found during testing that the bottom layer of silver reflected almost all the visible light that hit it:"The film absorbed only about 4% of incoming photons. At the same time, the film sucked heat out of whatever surface it was sitting on and radiated that energy at a mid-IR frequency of 10 micrometers," Science reported.
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Religion has played, and continues to play, a role in the life of many of Leicestershire's inhabitants.
The county has many fine medieval churches. As the oldest building within a town or village, if their walls could talk they could certainly tell a few tales. And to some extent they can – as it is possible to learn to interpret what they are saying. Our parish churches have been community as well as religious buildings since they were first built, and their external fabric and interior fittings will have been altered by virtually every generation, reflecting changes in religious beliefs and the liturgy, as well as the changing secular needs of the communities they serve. Unravelling these layers can reveal long-forgotten aspects of community history.
A few families retained their Catholic beliefs through and beyond the Reformation, despite facing heavy financial penalties in the 16th century, and in some cases risking their lives, for following their faith.
From the 17th century, others began to turn away from the teachings of the established church and the many different branches of Protestant nonconformity offered alternative routes to salvation, and their churches grew after most forms of nonconformist worship were recognised at law from 1689.
Roman Catholicism also began to be more acceptable from the late 18th century, with the first of a series of acts relaxing the penal laws passed in 1778.
In 21st-century Leicestershire people are free to follow any faith, or none, and the mix of faiths in the county has greatly enriched Leicestershire's culture.
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OMG Tax owner Scott Juceam has put forth answers to some common questions that have come pouring in the last few days since the IRS released the recent facts. These questions are important to have answered as they can affect your tax return for the 2014 tax year and help you to avoid new tax liabilities when you file your 2014 taxes.
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4. What happens if I lose my insurance or cannot afford my premiums? If you do not have health insurance coverage for all months during 2014 your penalty will be assessed on a monthly basis – or 1/12th of the penalty for every month you did not have qualified insurance coverage. There is an exemption if the cheapest qualified plan is more than 8% of your total reported income.
5. How much will the penalty be if I don't have health insurance? The penalty is $95 per adult on the tax return and $47.50 per child claimed as a dependent with a maximum of $285 per household -- or 1 percent of reported income, whichever is greater. This penalty is supposed to increase over the next few years.
Recommended solutions: If you do not have health insurance coverage under a qualified health insurance plan OMG Tax recommends you either increase tax withholdings or set aside additional funds to pay for any expected penalties when you file your 2014 tax return. This will ensure that even if you do have a penalty for failure to maintain coverage with a qualified health insurance plan you will be less likely to owe the IRS, be assessed further penalties and interest and collection activity.
Owing the IRS is never something you want to do and good planning is the best way to prevent having to deal with IRS collections.


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This week we've got comedian, actor, and ex wife of Andy, Alice Wetterlund! She sits in to talk with us about sobriety, getting divorced and staying friends, finding spirituality, control issues, and show business!
But Alice is also an activist with Black Lives Matter and shares some experiences with that as well as what we can do to be supportive given our position as white people and how to check our ego when someone tells us we're wrong.
ALSO we have a very special VulnerabiliBuddies where Andy tells Dan how to feel and Dan throws a tantrum.
You can see all the cool stuff Alice does and follow her social media on her website!
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By the way, if you have any questions about sobriety or think you might have a problem with drugs or alcohol, PLEASE reach out to us. We are not professionals, but would be more than happy to share our experiences with you on an individual basis and help you find support in your local area.


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Ableton purchases Cycling '74, makers of Max and Max for Live
Written by Roland Trimmel | Categories: News
Those of you working with Liquid Notes for Live will be well aware of Max for Live, the software used for communication with Ableton Live. And, which since inception, has enabled the creation of multiple Max for Live patches, primarily for use with Ableton Live.
It's been a long relationship between the two companies, with Ableton now having acquired Cycling '74.
Deeper collaboration between Ableton Live and Max for Live
The acquisition was announced only a day ago. Read this post if you want to know more about the decisions that led to the acquisition, and how both companies came along. It's a fascinating piece, highlighting the major events in the history of each entity.
The important take away from this story is that both companies have been working more or less mutually exclusive with, and for, each other for nearly twenty years now. That's been long enough to understand each other really well, and make this move now.
As the post explains with links to numerous interviews, there is no risk to anyone owning software from either of the companies. Business will continue normally, yet the collaboration between both entities will be strengthened. That should be a plus for users of Ableton Live, as it puts more stability in the equation.
Stay tuned for more news from them, and a thumbs up from us to them for this move.


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- Category: Harassment Policies, Statement
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- Statement Rating: Not Rated
- Last updated: December 15, 2013
Relevant excerpt
47.1 Definition of Sexual Harassment
Sexual harassment occurs when a person is the recipient of conduct of a sexual nature where:
47.1.3 Such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual's welfare, academic or work performance, or creates an intimidating, hostile, offensive or demeaning education or work environment.
47.2 Examples of Prohibited Behavior
Prohibited acts that constitute sexual harassment may take a variety of forms. Examples of the kinds of conduct that may constitute sexual harassment include, but are not limited to:
47.2.3 Repeated and pervasive unwelcome verbal expressions of a sexual nature, including graphic sexual commentaries about a person's body, dress, appearance or sexual activities; the unwelcome use of sexually degrading language, jokes or innuendoes; unwelcome suggestive or insulting sounds or whistles; obscene gestures.
47.2.4 Unwanted exposure to sexual graffiti, photographs, electronically transmitted images or suggestive objects that substantially interferes with an individual's welfare, academic or work performance.


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Are you wondering, "Can I get fined for not having Health Insurance?"
The "shared responsibility payment" also known as penalties for not having health insurance began in 2014. Note, the employer requirements were extended to 2015 and 2016 depending on the size of the business, but the individual penalties are applicable for the 2014 tax year returns which will be filed in 2015. Obviously, this does not apply to those who have qualifying health insurance through their work or those on medicaid, medicare, etc.
If you're concerned about whether or not you can get fined or penalized for not having health insurance, watch the video below:
The penalty was the greater of either the flat dollar amount of 1% or the taxpayers excess income (defined below) for 2014. Please note, all these calculations will be getting larger over the next couple of years. The flat dollar amount per individual goes up from $95 in 2014 to $325 in 2015 to $695 in 2016. And the income percentage applied to taxpayers' excess income goes up from 1% in 2014 to 2% in 2015 to 2.5% in 2016.
To explain how it works, let's use an example. Let's say you have a family of three with an $80,000 AGI. The child is under 18. Therefore, the flat dollar amount for 2014 is $227.50 (95.00 + 95.00 + 47.50). Children under 18 are counted at 1/2 the adult fee. However, excess income is the amount over the total of their standard deduction and exemptions. In this case their excess income is $55,750. For 2014 the standard deduction for MFJ is $12,400 and the exemptions are $3,950 each for a total of 11,850. Anyway, let's assume my math is correct and their excess income is $55,750. One percent of that is $557.50, thus their penalty is $557.50.
As mentioned above, their penalty is the greater of the flat dollar amount or 1% of their excess income as defined by the IRS. For 2015 is the the larger of a larger flat dollar amount or 2% of their available income. Theses amounts go up again in 2016. Also, to determine "excess income" you use the standard deduction, whether or not you itemize. In other words, excess income can be greater than taxable income.
For those considering paying the penalty going forward, keep in mind that the penalty amount will be going up significantly over the next two years. It should be noted that there are a number of exceptions to paying the penalty.
To see if you qualify please visit Healthcare.gov. Particularly, you may want to look at hardship exemptions.
As you probably already know, the fee for not having health insurance will be calculated on your tax return and taken out of any refund. For more information, feel free to contact us at email@example.com if you've been asking, "Can I get fined for not having health insurance?"


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Pennine Way - Hebden Bridge Loop
8 km / 5 miles
W Yorkshire
To coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Pennine Way, Hebden Bridge Walkers Action has created a waymarked route to the town and back to the Pennine Way via the ancient village of Heptonstall. The original Pennine Way passed by Hebden Bridge as there was little there then for walkers. The Loop seeks to encourage walkers on the Way to visit the town and make use of its accommodation and facilities. Information is online at the Hebden Bridge Walkers Action website below - follow the Pennine Way tabs.
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About a week before Christmas, I found myself stuck behind a garbage truck which would inevitably make me late to pick up Gray from school (which was a running trend that week) and rather than seeing the situation for what it was, something I had no way to control, I lost my shit. I began to frantically fumble for my phone, as it if would help, bang the steering wheel, cry, yell... you name it. I sat there for what seemed like an eternity, letting out a week worth of stress completely ruining my day, all because of a garbage truck. At the time even I knew it wasn't about the truck. Earlier in the day my carpenter cancelled on me again, and this time indefinitely. I had been anxiously waiting for a few days for the answer on where Gray would go to school, and I couldn't get the guy to call me back about the water which kept leaking from our newly installed heater. I was sick and earlier that morning our Christmas cards had arrived to the house, late, and with our last name misspelled. Oh, and my carpool was going on day 8 of his illness, which meant double the driving. None of these things were that big of a deal. Nothing life shattering, they weren't even the biggest things that we were dealing with at the time, but for some reason the weight of all these little things became too much to contain when that garbage truck stopped me in my tracks.
After a few minutes of my forced pity party, I had a revelation. I'd like to think it's all the yoga that I've been focusing on lately, that helped me to be more present in that moment, or maybe I just finally figured myself out, but it turns out that I'm a control freak. Friends and family members are surely sating to themselves as they read this, "duh," but truly, I just never really saw myself that way. Impatient? Yes. A perfectionist? Sure. But control? I never feel like I have the control. I spend my days guided by the whims of a three year old, how can I ever be the one in control? But there I was, realizing it for the first time. All these little stressors, were only stressors because they were things that I couldn't control at that very moment. I took a step back and really ran through the list of what had been plaguing me and imagined the worst case scenario for all of it. What if I was stuck behind that truck for ten more minutes? Well, then I'd have to call the school, apologize profusely and wait. No one would be harmed, my kid was safe, and I'd get there eventually. Same for everything else... eventually it would all get resolved, and even though it wouldn't be on MY timeline, it would happen.
This was really eye opening for me. By just taking a step back, I could see every situation for what it was, realizing how much stress my need to control each outcome was adding. How unnecessary most of my panic was. It was like the last few years of my life flashed before me, and I could distinctly remember how many moments I've had like this in the past, and how they were all precipitated by the fact that something was happening beyond my control. I look back to our infertility struggle and see how much added pressure I put on the situation, simply because it was something out of my control. I saw it all so clearly, all the ways in which I made bad situations worse, and there in that car I made a conscious decision to make a change. The new year was coming and I knew I didn't want to go in to another year, having the added stress from the one before. That was about three weeks ago, and I have to say, I have really noticed a difference, simply by just being more aware. When something happens now, I take a second and think, is this actually bad, or is it just bad because I can't control it. Taking that time to breathe and assess has done wonders for my mental state, and I feel as though the boys and my husband will be the ones to benefit the most, not having mom freaking out over ever little thing. It's nice, and I hope it lasts. To that end I've come up with a few resolutions to bring with me in to the new year.
- Recognize that I cannot control everything. It's too much, and it's not healthy. In every situation I'm going to really try and see it for what it is. Imagining the worst, as morbid as it is, really helps me. When I can see that the worst possible outcome really isn't that bad, I find that I am much better able to be patient in any given situation i.e. not loose my shit.
- Allow more time for EVERYTHING than I think it will take. This is a big one for me. Often I will look at the clock and see I have 40 minutes until pickup and then think, "I absolutely have time to hit the bank, then the dry cleaners, and drive though the pharmacy." "No, NO you don't!!!!" I want to scream at 2014 Robin. I have a terrible habit of underestimating how long it takes to do anything. On my grave it should say, "it will only take two minutes." This need to get a million things done is driven by my desire to do them without the kids, clearly, but I need to stop actually running all day long. Gray is getting bigger now, and can come on more errands than I give him credit for, and just being realistic about how much time it takes to do things, especially in the city, is going to save a lot of stress this year. You have to leave time for those damn garbage trucks.
- This year I also want to make sure that I prioritize myself more. For the past few years, working out has been my luxury and a priority, and I've used most of my "me" time for that. I definitely still love it, and don't want to stray too far away from it, but I also want to be able to say some days, f%*k it, I want to see my best friend and do nothing for two hours and not be on some crazy schedule I feel obliged to stick to. See that, that's called giving up some control.. and it's only January 6th ;).
- Have fun! I feel like adult life is so serious, and this past year dealing with my husband's ongoing pain saga has really sucked a lot of the spontaneity from our life. As soon as he's feeling better I want to live a little more. See also #3.
- Simplify EVERYTHING. I feel like this is a theme for most people this year, and I am definitely on the bandwagon. No more stuff, saying no to a thousand obligations, cooking things that are more basic, streamlining my to-do list. Simple is easier, thus it's better. I started this at the end of 2014, and I'm definitely going to continue in the new year... with a vengeance.
Those are my resolutions for a new year. It's amazing how far a little self reflection can go and even though it's early in the year I can already feel the shift. It seems like the theme in all of this is let go, have fun, relax more. All and all these are not bad aspirations to have, and let me tell you, these are 5 things I'm definitely going to stick to!
2015... let's do this!


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Recruiting: Dwyer CB Jarius Adams commits to Rutgers; PB Gardens DE Milord Juste commits to FIU
Jarius Adams wanted to commit to a school before the start of his senior season, so he set up a road trip to visit schools like Georgia Tech, Middle Tennessee State, Rutgers and Bowling Green in June.
After returning to Palm Beach County, the 2015 Dwyer cornerback (see his Hudl tape here) narrowed his list to Rutgers and Bowling Green. On Friday, Adams (5-foot-11, 175 pounds) made his decision and verbally committed to Rutgers.
"I talked to my family and we figured it would be perfect to look at the schools early and choose one and just focus on the season the rest of the year," said Adams, who plans to study forensic science and criminology. "I didn't want any distractions."
Adams, who is listed as the 18th-best recruit on the PBgametime Class of 2015 Big Board, participated in a camp at Rutgers during his June road trip and left the school with an offer. Scarlet Knights defensive coordinator Joe Rossi was responsible for recruiting Adams.
"They liked how I was quick on my feet," Adams said. "I can break very quickly during my cone drills. They said I was a great all-around player."
Rutgers will play its first season in the Big Ten this year. Adams said playing on that "big stage" played a factor in his decision.
Verbal commitments are non-binding until players can sign official letters of intent on national signing day, Feb. 4, 2015.
"I may still take a couple of visits," Adams said. "But right now, I'm strong on Rutgers."
PB Gardens DE Milord Juste commits to FIU: After impressing FIU coaches at the program's camp in June, Milord Juste received an offer from the Panthers less than two weeks later.
It didn't take the Palm Beach Gardens defensive end long to accept that offer, as he verbally committed to FIU on Sunday night. Juste chose the Panthers over schools like Army and Bryant.
"I liked the culture at FIU," said Juste, who was recruited by Panthers defensive line coach Randy Melvin. "They showed me a lot of love early on and they kept that love going on throughout the recruiting process."
Juste recorded 61 tackles and nine sacks as a junior this past season.
Despite making a verbal commitment, Juste will continue to take visits. He plans to take an unofficial visit to Army before the start of his senior season and an official visit to Bryant in August.


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Now I have been using this phone on a regular basis for a couple of weeks now and i'm going to share my experience with all of you to hopefully determine whether the 6 plus is just an overpriced oversized iPhone 6 or something that is worth all your hard earned money. Now internally for the most part the little brother of this 6 plus the iphone 6 is pretty much identical so much of which im going to be talking about is certainly relatable to the features of the regular iPhone 6.
|Battery life
|Lower Resolution for its large screen size.
|Fast performance
|limit Third party app not optimized for 6 plus diplay
|Great rear facing camera
|Maybe too big for some
|Display looks amazing in any lighting conditions.
|structural not as sound of a design as the last generation iPhone
|Only has 1GB of RAM
|no multi-window multi tasking features
|One hand operation is limited compared to other large phones
Form and Design:
Now back in 2007 the world of consumer electronics changes and certainly cellphones charged. Apple created a device that made mobile communication and computing so easy and powerful that even your grandmother could use it. And fast forward 7 years later much of those essential design cues are being reflected in this new iphone.
Even though the 6 plus is a complete giant compared to previous generation iphones, and if you're currently used to the iphone 5s or even the older 4s, the 6 plus looks like it comes from another planet. However these days we live in a world of blackberry passports and samsung note 4 that rival the size of small tablets. But you may be asking yourself is the 6 plus too big, well to answer that kind of question you have to look at what your used too. If you're coming from most modern android phones than no, its not that big at all. but if you currently have a smaller phone and you want your phone to fit nicely into front or back pockets that the 6 plus may present a problem. In my case the this thing is bigger than what im used to but still manageable.
Design wise I think that it is as well thought out as last years' iPhone the 5s. The exposed antennas certainly don't really add any style or flare to the design at the back of the device. But worst of all since the rear facing camera protrudes out 4-5mm, i would be concerned about scratching the outer lens element, because when you lie the phone flat sacrifice the outer lens of the camera will always make direct contact.
Now ergonomically even with its large size the phone fit wonderfully in my hands, mainly because the device has nicely rounded edges both at the rear and front. double tapping on the home bottom enables the new one hand operation mode, which help you reach the top portion of the screen but the phones' width at 77.8mm is still quite wide for most people's thumbs to reach the full width of the screen, and currently one hand operation mode only resizes the height of the screen the width stays the same, which is unlike what you would find in some of the new samsung phones that can adjust both the height and width of screen for better one hand operations. Additionally the 6 plus can be used in landscape mode on the home screen and has dual panes on certain app to take advantage of that larger screen. However there is no true multi window multi tasking support, which would have been a killer feature that would really compete with what the larger android phones have to offer.
Now solely based on my experience i would have to say that the overall Durability and build quality is quite good. And i personally never came across serious issues of the phone bending in my pocket or anything. Now even applying a moderate amount of force does not compromise the structural integrity of the 6 plus. Now admittedly this phone is only 7.1mm in thickness and its base structure is some very thin aluminate which can bend given a significant amount of force, a force that you would typically not likely come across in your day to day usage of the phone. Now if you ask me if the 6 plus is structurally less sound than the its little brother the iphone 6, i would say yes. And its certainly to as strong as the older iphone 5s, which probably one of the best built phones ever. lastly based on our scratch and drop test I like this current generation of iPhones is certainly not indestructible but if you take moderately good care of the 6 plus i should last you a long time.
Now moving inside at the heart of the 6 plus is the new Appe A8 processor, which may still have only two duals, but currently its one of the fastest mobile chip on the market right now. Based on my the geekbench 3 scores it looks like its eating snapdrag 801 chips for breakfast. The only draw back currently is that if you use allot of heavy duty apps that use a lot of system resources, than you're going start hitting the issue of only having 1 gb of ram. Which kind of dumb when other phones in its class offer up to 3gb of ram. Great call quality and external speakers, probably one of the best external speakers on a smartphone next to the HTC one.
The display is wonderful to look at, especially when you're outside. It actually has a new polarizing layer on the screen that eliminates the glare you get from sunlight. Now at 5.5inches a 1920×1080 is not the best resolution possible right now, phones such as the LG G3 and samsung note 4 now have the 2560 1440 displays that look slightly sharper than the 6 plus, but its certainly not a deal breaker for me. Text, images, and video you look tremendous and the overall color accuracy and dynamics are quite good as well. Currently however Most third party app look fuzzy not optimized for 6 plus resolution.
Battery Life:
The battery performance Is one of the best feature on this iphone, and frankly for me its probably one of the major selling points of the 6 plus over the standard iphone 6. Now after the battery life stabilized after a couple of days of regular usage. I managed to get almost 2 days if not at least day and a half worth of juice. I Check my phone for messages and emails prettly much every 5-10mins,, such watch youtube video, listen to podcasts/music, so i definitely am not a light user but even if your an extreme user i would imagine that you wouldn't struggle getting through a 12-16 hour day.
|My regular usage consists mainly of:
|%30 emails and messages
|%25 youtube videos
|%20 1-2 hours of podcasting/music
|25% others
|bluetooth off
Managed to get a average battery life of 1.5-2 days. Truly amazing performance, making the battery life one of the best features on the iPhone 6 plus.
Special Features:
The 6 plus' touch ID system is easiest and one of the most robust fingerprint scanning system in the market. You can pretty much scan your finger or thumb in any angle and it recognizes our print immediately.
Now here in canada, i haven't came across any stores or merchants that accept apple pay, so that this point i haven't tried out that feature yet. but its certainly something i would like to use. i would love to imagine a time where i never have to worry about forgetting or losing my wallet because everything i need would be on my phone. but it would also make me significantly more vulnerable to hacker and people who want to steal my identity. So its definitely going to be interesting how all of this well workout in the future.
Early versions had several issues, I had problems with connecting to 5ghz wifi networks, but they have now patch that issue. I like the new messages apps that now allows you send/receive audio/video messages. Im not the biggest fan of the ios keyboard. no swipe features and space bar is not big enough. The new Safari browser allow you to view full desktop version of websites, doesn't work as well as the chrome app. Notification centre now allow you to can delete one notification at a time, instead of clearing all notification like in IOS7. I like how you can respond to messages immediately in the notifications bar. And lastly the new Siri shazam integration for song identifications work like a charm.
Front facing face time camera remains the same as you've seen on iphone for the past couple of years. Its certainly due for an upgrade. How ever the image quality of the rear facing cam is slightly improved from the last generation. And even though the camera is 8mp it still looks just as look if not better than the ones you find in other smartphones. Colors a beautifully in well lit conditions and the low light performance is certainly acceptable for you your instagraming and facebook needs.
My two favourite features have to do with video. Firstly the OIS well give you some of the most smoothest video footage on any smartphone. You can see the difference here looking at the iPhone 6 electronic image stabilization vs iPhone 6 plus OIS side by side in the video. the OIS on the 6 plus is certainly less shaky and nicer to look at. Secondly the 240fps at 720p make just everything look epic. you could be brushing your teeth in the mirror if you shot just in 240fps you would look like liam neeson preparing to kill some wolves in alaska.
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