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The Boulevard Memorial unveiled on Saturday, a gift from the fans of Hull FC today, to the fans and community of the future!
They think it's all over?….well it is next Sunday!!!! And I for one won't be too displeased either! I'm always a bit sad at the end of a season but of late I've just about had enough by then too!
Friday saw another passionate display from the young lads and another example of how we can get in front, but not far enough in front AND then throw away that lead and capitulate at the last hurdle. Of course that said it was yet another dead rubber for us and another final score line that flattered the much fancied opposition, plus I have to say another pathetically poor gate at the KC. A crowd declared at 9,500 looked a lot more like 7000 to me, but what do I know! Once again on Friday, as so often this term, it was apparent that there is nothing wrong with our youngsters, in fact quite the contrary, but our senior players who should know better just can't respect the ball or have the poise and game management to get us over the finishing line. It's that getting your heads right stuff again isn't it?
After the game in the post match interviews Lee Radford told us that we were "nearly there" and that next season we just have to learn to convert these close losses into wins. Where have you heard that one before?
I'll tell you where it was, it was in here twelve months ago when, according to Lee, we were 'nearly there' again and ready to convert close defeats into wins in the 2015 season. However this year we have had even more close defeats and although Lee said after Friday's game that he felt we had improved this year, for us lot on the terraces those quotes from last season prove that if we have, then it isn't by much. In fact the main improvement that I can see from last term is the fact that, because Rovers and Widnes weren't up to it, we scraped into the top 8, and probably as well, that we have seen some real hope for the future from the production line of our soon to disappear academy.
It was a game that few thought we could win and beforehand I listened to stories as to how you could get 5/2 and even 4/1 on Huddersfield to win the Grand Final and it appeared at those odds one or two FC fans were indeed having a punt. From what I have seen of Huddersfield of late, they are a real evolving team that has moved from the games perpetual nearly men, to real contenders for the Grand Final. They are in fact a real role model for any aspiring Club. But, how have they done it? Well, in grocery terms it's the 'No Frills' approach. They utilise a very basic game plan that concentrates on playing out error free sets, relying on Broughy to get them down field with his kicks and then they defending until they force an error. After which nine times out of ten they just move it wide and sneak in at the corner. It's not as exciting to watch as our recent 'Young Guns' stuff but it's got them to the brink of the Grand Final.
The visiting support they brought I guess, when compared with their usual 'two taxi loads', was quite good and probably the best I have seen from the Giants, but looking round at who turned up at the Boulevard on Saturday, one wonders too how many we would have taken to Huddersfield where the roles of the two Clubs reversed. As far as attendances are concerned, even for the Clubs that are doing well, the game is on its arse!
On Friday, the first half started brightly with the soon to be missed Jordan Rankin crashing in, but then despite a great effort again from the same player that saw him stepping his way out of two tackles, to the line, it was an uphill battle to even get out of our half as the visitors played out that basic style of rugby to perfection and with Broughy buzzing about and a strong defence, they controlled the game on the back of some excellent pass choices and forward running.
The second half, a comedy of errors at times from some of our more senior players, was none the less certainly entertaining and we showed more verve and more tenacity in the tackle. In fact when we had fought back so valiantly on the back of an excellent try by Yeaman that really rolled back the years, we were leading by 2 points for about 15 minutes. Huddersfield were there for the taking, but we couldn't complete our sets and became sloppy as players like Pryce (who I thought wasn't fit) and of all people Liam Watts coughed up possession on a regular basis. You know for a Super league Club our ball retention, passing and catching is at times woeful! Then of course the mandatory miss of a blatant forward pass by the official, saw Huddersfield back in front and that was that!!
Was it Jordan Rankin's best game for us? Well for me, it wasn't far off, although I also have to say he has had a few poor ones too, but at just 23 he was bound to have a couple wasn't he? You know already if you read this every week that for me we should have tried to keep him and overall when you look to the future even though our recruitment is pretty spectacular, Jordan will only get better. However he's got what he wanted and good luck to him!! For me at least, we still have two major issues to address because our attacking play won't improve until we get a new play maker and we have no cover at all at hooker! Seeing Danny Houghton's swollen chest on Saturday morning shows that we should have maybe given him a bit of a rest, but we simply don't have a replacement.
For me Pryce is coming to the end of his career and Sneyd (who in fairness had been on the treatment table all week), although obviously talented, needs more support and mentoring on the field, because he is still relatively young and infuriatingly hit and miss.
Stepping through the line; Jordan Rankin and how I really want to remember him!!
However some of the youngsters were just brilliant and when I spoke to him on Saturday Lee Radford picked out Brad Fash for particular praise. He admitted to wondering at one time about his stature but he said he has adapted his style of playing and the way he pulled off one crunching hit in the second half was just amazing. Dean in the centre too did well playing out of position and some of his positioning in defence was superb. Turgot went OK too and so we go on….again! But in the end it was another defeat full of mistakes and brain farts from which few of the senior players came out with much praise, whilst once again the youngsters excelled.
Saturday brought the first event of Heritage week which was the unveiling of the much anticipated Boulevard Memorial.
The memorial unveiling, with on the right the Lord Mayor who was in full civic regalia. Quote of the day came from a little girl who walked up to her afterwards and said "Are you supposed to be a pirate?"
This was completely a fans initiative and saw a standing stone in honour of the old ground and to commemorate the memory of all those whose ashes were spread on the pitch over the years, unveiled by Johnny Whiteley and the Lord Mayor of Kingston upon Hull.
It was a great turn out on a beautiful West Hull morning!
There were about 400 fans there as well as dignitaries and VIP's that included around 40 ex players, Adam Pearson, Richard Horne, Lee Radford, Andy Last, Gareth Ellis, Danny Houghton and Kirk Yeaman, plus The Leader of the City Council and the St Andrews Ward Councillors. Then there was representation from the RL, The Club Chaplain and Bill Dalton the Club historian, who gave a great talk about the history of the old place. Everyone there was buzzing with Boulevard stories; Knocker, Keegan, Sully and Sterling, the Threepenny Stand, Watery Bovril, muddy nights, flickering floodlights, an amazing atmosphere oh and and no bloody Allams!
The VIP seats see them all asleep; probably during that Pete Allen's speech!!!
As the sun shone down and the brass band played 'Old Faithful', there were a few moist eyes around the place, as we all remembered and lamented the passing of our old stadium and our home for 107 years. With a big exhibition of memorabilia and a free cup of tea thrown in, it was great meeting so many Diary readers and old pals. Well done to everyone who went!
On Saturday a lot of fans had chats with Adam, who was pulling no punches and at last admitted that the merger stuff was very much down to finance and the fact that at present gates and income simply are not matching expenditure. OK I know he has brought some of it on himself but it really does sound at times as if for us next term could be the last throw of the dice, the cynics will sneer and the protagonists will groan 'Not again', but I think this time it's for real and that perhaps in the not too distant future we may need to mobilise the fan base to rally round the Club.
Much of the problem it appears is down to the KC and the Allams and the way that their continuing and increasing restrictions on our use are strangling our Club. It also seems that their victory in court against the Council has sent concerns running through Club and fans alike and I feel that we are heading towards some tough times unless Frank the Tank and the boys really deliver next season! Whatever else Adam Pearson took away from the unveiling on Saturday, I think it's fair to say that he had a bit of a 'Light bulb Moment' when he saw all those loyal fans, one or two with tears in their eyes and a few lamenting ever moving to the KC at all. Perhaps now he gets it a bit more.
I heard some interesting comments from ex FC Centre Alan Hunte as well, when he was commenting on his leaving Mr Koukash and the 'Circus' that is Salford at present. When asked what we were getting with Scott Taylor he stated that he was probably the most dedicated and focussed British prop in the game at present. His training ethic, nutritional sense and general leadership off the field is, he said, second to none and both the fans and the Salford owner wanted to keep him. Apparently 'Marvellous Marwan' offered to better whatever Hull FC have offered Scott, but he said that this was his childhood dream and with a long contract at Hull FC he was 'going home'. He might not be grabbing the headlines in our 'new recruits department' but I think Scott's a great signing myself!
So to last week and once again, rather like the deals we have given out over the years to players like Tom Lineham, Jamie Shaul and Danny Houghton, we have again recognised talent and when it is real class, tied it up on a long contract. Jack Logan deserves a deal and has for me got all the attributes to make him a really good centre in coming seasons. I think he's a really exciting player and you have to get these quality youngsters tied up on a deal as soon as it's apparent that they have 'something'. Otherwise these clubs (you know who) that can't raise their own youngsters, but instead depend on other Clubs doing it for them, will be circling. He's a talented kid and I expect that he might even get the number 3 shirt next season, which would be great for him and for us.
On the same day the Club announced, almost as an after-thought, the re-signing for one year of the Clubs veteran record try scorer Kirk Yeaman. He has actually been signed for blooming months and why it's been such a secret, heaven (and James Clark) only knows, but I welcome his continued employment myself, whilst recognising too that 2016 is more than likely to be his last season at the Club; as a player at least. I don't get some folks sometimes, I know there is no room for sentiment in sport but the thing about Yeamo is that he might well make a second rower, he can run the lines out wide and proved that with a great try last Friday and he's still one of the Clubs best 'one on one' tacklers. In addition he also has tons of passion, he 'Gets it', loves the Club and hates Rovers. In addition he's certainly far from the highest paid player on our books and so he's hardly keeping a marquee signing out is he? He's a fan too and I remember he told me three years ago that he would never ever play for anyone else because Hull FC was his team, (you get a lot of bullsh*t from some players but not from Kirk) and so I guess, I'm pleased for him.
You might feel that's all a bit over the top, but I just feel I need to counterbalance some of the disparaging comments that are made about Kirk on social media. Although no doubt he will become a bit part player next season and at the end probably leave to continue his playing career elsewhere (probably on the settee with his Play Station) for now he can play second row and in the centre, if he's needed and so for me he's still a useful guy to have around, if, that is, he stays fit.
It was good to hear that Jamie Shaul won't need an operation after pulling up at Wigan and even better news that he is to be 'wrapped in cotton wool' and not forced to play again this season. There is no point whatsoever in playing him is there, the season was over weeks ago and like it or not, however hackneyed it has all become, at this time of the year we now have to look to the future.
I'm told he could have played patched up against Catalan at a pinch, but his style of fast moving acceleration based attack, makes for a real danger of him doing more damage, so let's get him fit for next season. A product of our Academy, Jamie is a real one for the future and a Hull kid who loves to play for the Club. Ok he's had his issues, but what confident kid doesn't? However he's the future of the Club and now he has a long contract to prove his worth, but he is also a player that we have to look after. We have to value our assets because if we didn't have such class coming through the ranks, we might be looking at recruiting a full back probably from the Championship; thankfully we are starting to see a great production line of talent and Jamie is again proof of that.
So now back to our owner and although the obvious love affair between Leeds United and Adam Pearson continues (you always love your first love) it seems he has again walked out of Football, as hopefully at least his passion for Hull FC was too strong to ignore. Well that's the story anyway and having spoken to him I feel that it's credible at least!!! It was only a matter of time before we heard from Adam about the parlous state of our finances and sure enough there it was in Thursday's newspaper. I knew that our owner was only attending our Club one day a week and that a lot of stuff on the sponsorship and corporate side was on the slide and I'd also heard that the foundation was floundering too, but it was still with some surprise that I received an E mail from a reader (who is a Leeds United Steward) last Tuesday afternoon, claiming that it was all over Leeds that Adam had walked.
I had heard from several people that Adam was to be 'In' all week too, but thought nothing of it, however its apparent that the boss feels he hasn't been able to do justice to his investment of late and I guess it's an indication that you can't, on one hand, fail to replace departing section heads and then continue to stay away yourself on the other! If you don't have a Chief Executive to oversee the organisation in such circumstances, something has to eventually give, because you can't expect things to continue to be all 'tickerty boo' if you're not on hand yourself to oversee them!
Adam was certainly popular with the Leeds United fans and their message boards went into melt down last Wednesday as supporters berated the Leeds owner and despaired at the demise of Pearson who I'm convinced did leave on good terms with Mr Cellino (another first I think!). You can understand Adam's stance can't you? With a lot of fans undecided about renewing for next season, people fed up with another mid table inconsequential meander to the end of the season and there still being a deal of disquiet about concerning the merger of the two Hull's academies, he must be a tad concerned. The latter is something that seems to have been reawakened in the light of what has happened since the kids got into first team action to show exactly what the current academy set up had produced and I guess he's decided that he will need to concentrate on getting as many fans signed up as he can for season tickets.
It's a good deal this year and the signings are brilliant, but I realise at the Boulevard on Saturday that it's not about value for money anymore, but more about the demeanour of the average fan and the number of times he/she has received big promises which subsequently and persistently have little substance in the end. While some don't like the merger, some don't like some of the players and indeed others don't like the Coach, but were it ever so? Yet we have always lived with that sort of stuff haven't we?
I know myself that I am sort of hanging back a bit on renewing our seasons although there is little doubt that I will subscribe in the end, but something has to change soon, because folks are drifting away from both the sport and our Club and it's something that needs to be reversed. Whether we like it or not the Clubs survival is dependent on our continuing good will, having said that however the game itself doesn't do much to help itself either. We are just too beholden to TV and if the RL are pleased with the gates at the Super 8 games thus far, then they must be blind, but that's an issue for another day.
However Adams more 'local' concerns are impacted further by falling sponsorship levels and corporate support but that's nothing new in Hull at all. Adam said to the Mail on Tuesday that "The City of Culture in 2017 is turning into a real threat for us because that's where businesses are wanting to invest and we have to be very careful we manage the club well in the next few months before next season to give us a chance to build to where we want to be. It is crucial to the financial wellbeing of the club we get it right".
But, Hull is a fiercely proud City, that's why as the article in the Mail stated, Adam shouldn't really be surprised at sponsors leaving the Club because they don't like the merger, that's how passionate Hull people are and all the sports Clubs ignore that trait at their peril. Perhaps Adam needed to come out straight away and say exactly what the consequences of not merging where!
However when something trendy (and 'locally patriotic') comes along like 2017 then that will capture the imaginations of the businessmen. Many other organisations outside the City's sports clubs have experienced this over the years too, because the fact remains that Hull is a small pool with one or two big fish in it, but by and large there is only so much sponsorship around and often too many begging bowls out for it to fulfil.
I remember when I was working on the Hull 700 Celebrations back in 1999 for the Council, it was easy to get what local company's we have on board because it was a City wide celebration that had national impact, the Queen and Desmond Tutu were coming and it pushed all the right buttons. But I remember back then receiving complaints from the Sports Clubs that we were taking all the available sponsorship and over the years little has changed really. Adam compares Hull with Leeds and envies the support that industry and commerce in the West Yorkshire City give to United and the Rhinos.
But Leeds is a centre of not only traditional industry but also an emerging centre for business and commerce and has far more major industries based there than Hull has. The fact is we don't have enough core international industries with their HQ's located in Hull. So when something like 2017 comes along it becomes a massive distraction that makes it really tough for the sports Clubs and local charities to compete.
If I'm honest here, I never felt at ease with Adam being at Leeds. However I understood that he was being paid well for what he was doing and so could understand him wanting to keep his hand in football wise whilst offsetting his investment here with a bit of dosh coming in as wages, but he obviously knows where his priorities lie and I guess we should be pleased that for now at least, they are with us. It's certainly an interesting situation isn't it and with Sheffield Wednesday, Leeds and now this, there's a bit of a developing 'Soccer Soap Opera' surrounding Mr Pearson too.
As an owner you have to take the fans with you and to do that you have to listen to them, but now, make no mistake about it we are, I think, entering a significant and potentially dangerous phase in the history of our Club. At the very least we simply have to be successful next season because the alternative to that and another inconsequential season don't bear thinking about! Why have we to be successful? Well it is only by doing well on the field and exciting the crowds that people will come in and watch the games and with sponsorship and business support on the wane, that's the only way we will survive as a 'Big' Club.
Once again I guess, reluctantly, I have to admit that buying season tickets in numbers is the only way we will survive and so it's being pointed out to us lot I think, that despite what we get served up on the pitch, it's down to the poor old fans again! Despite a lot of downsizing off the field, income still seems to be constantly underperforming when compared with expenditure and the Stadium deal just gets tougher and tougher. For me, for the first time for years, a dark shadow seems to be growing over our beloved Club and it's worrying me!
As I always say in these situations, watch this space…and Mr Allam…..and get saving up!!!!
My Quote of the week this time goes to our Coach Lee Radford who said, just like a man who thinks the new merged Academy with Rovers is a great idea (not), "Performances like the one on Friday night at Wigan wouldn't be possible if not for Bishop Burton. Richard Horne, Danny Wilson, Steve Crooks and Rob Wilson have continued the good work this year in building on the fantastic work put in by Andy Last in establishing the academy at Bishop Burton. Lasty was the one who got it going for us and the fruits of that hard work can be seen now. A lot of investment has gone in over the past few years to give our young players the very best environment to learn and progress through our system. Bishop Burton have been brilliant with us, and down to the fantastic work which Lasty drove, with the backing of our owner Adam Pearson and Jeanette Dawson, Bishop's Burtons Principal"
The thinking behind the merger is becoming clearer for Rovers fans as well, as their Coach this week came out with a damning indictment of the quality of their under 19's too when he said, "Where we haven't been good enough this season is squad numbers 25 to 30. When we've have injuries, we've not been able to cope as well as we would have liked. We are trying to fill those spots with established Super League players and Championship players." So much for youth development there then Chris!!
As I touched on earlier I was so pleased for Jordan Rankin last Tuesday when it transpired that he is leaving these shores at the end of the season to get what he wants; a gig in the NRL. Whether he will make a go of it or not is a matter for conjecture and in the end down to him, but just after the Club told me that only Wakefield were interested in signing him, all of a sudden he is off to Wests Tigers, with whom, as I told you last week, he had been linked for weeks. It just shows what our lot know, but I say good luck to him!
According to his agents our neighbours apparently had a sniff, but he was never going there! However whatever his shortcomings and limitations, there is no way you could fault his commitment, passion, love of the shirt and dislike of the Dobbins. He'd never be short of a word when you saw him out in Hull, but when you spoke to him he always made it pretty clear that he wanted to go back to the NRL and I'm glad he's got his wish. One of the games good guys I think and one who might yet one day return to the fold, I'm just glad that he hasn't signed for another SL team.
Jordan Rankin, I'll miss his enthusiasm!
I see that Gareth Carvell has finally retired from the game after leaving Warrington and joining a succession of Clubs, including us where he has appeared on the field less and less. In the end injuries got him, but as one old timer said to me on Saturday, "Gareth Carvell I thought he retired months ago!" But, while we are on ex players how good it was to see Jacob Miller maybe prove some at our Club wrong as he signed a new two year deal at Wakey. Perhaps we didn't need him as we moved on in the half back department, but you can guarantee one thing… he'll be back to bite us!
I'm really looking forward to the arrival of Frank Pritchard next season and the more I see and hear about him the more excited I get. Being paid more than we as a Club have ever paid a player before, to some, at his age, he might be a bit of a risk, but he has again been one of the Bulldogs' best performers in the back half of the season and his big frame has been causing havoc in the latter rounds of his final NRL season. In fact his skipper James Graham said of him last Monday, "Frankie's been a huge part of this club for the last number of years and I know it gets thrown around a little bit but I have to say that he's probably in the form of his career." I hope he brings it with him!
Big Frank really is, well…… big…. in every way!!!Frank played his last game in Australia this weekend!!
I don't know about you, but I wasn't that surprised to hear that Andy Lynch had been awarded the accolade of Castleford Tigers Player of the Year and their Players Player of the Year, when it was announced last Tuesday. We should never have got to a situation where he was unsettled with us, because when he was here he was a great forward and although some at our Club said (through mouthfuls of sour grapes) that he was heading 'over the hill', when he left for Cas, he has certainly proved them all wrong, as once again a player that we had worked so hard to capture and prize away from Bradford in the first place, went on to star….for someone else. He certainly deserves the award, because from what I've seen of him both against us and on TV he never has a bad game and at 35, he is still doing long minutes and leading as always from the front. Great player….big loss!
Read it and weep! You won't be seeing this again…..ever! Hull FC's depleted and weakened Academy Under 19 team, defeated in the Final eliminator game at Saints 34-14 on Friday. Thanks for some great games at Bishop Burton this year guys!
The other day I was clearing out the loft looking for some stuff for the FC Exhibition in the Boulevard Academy last Saturday and I found a file full of the correspondence I received after I had released the first 'Roamin the Range' book and was soon taken by a letter I had got from a real hero of mine, an ex FC player from the late 60's and early 70's, Terry Kirchin. Terry was a real hero and a player with such vision and ability he was light years ahead of most of those he played with.
Terry left Hull in 1974 and has he said in the correspondence, only been back a couple of times since. He now lives in Scotland but his letter informed me how he was brought up in Widnes and was actually, in the early sixties, a card carrying member of the Cavern Club in Liverpool where he saw the Beatles on several occasions. It was all really interesting stuff and I hope that Terry comes down to visit us in Hull again one day but nothing can diminish the memories I have of him!
This week in Codgers Corner it therefore seemed appropriate to look back at Terry and the influence he had on our team in those halcyon days of muddy pitches, faded shirts and wagon wheels at half time. The game I have chosen is one that I remember well when on Wednesday 12th November 1969, in front of 3,200 fans, we took on an in form Wakefield Trinity outfit that included several international players and a very young off-half called Dave Topliss. The previous weekend we had watched a good win over Workington Town but on that cold November evening as the Boulevard, as the floodlights caused the muddy morass in the middle of the field to shine and sparkle, I watched an exciting game where we gave the opposition a lead, roared back and then hung on to win.
The start of the game was certainly one some of the FC players will want to forget. Jim Macklin dropped the ball twice whilst Chris Davidson got a caution from the referee for a high tackle on Haigh. Terry Kirchin's ability shone out that night as he constantly drove the ball in and standing in the tackle with a handful of Wakefield players round him he would release the ball to the waiting arms of Hancock or Davidson. He must have done this three times in the first ten minutes to the appreciative applause of us lot huddled in the spartan but welcoming Threepenny's. It was not all good stuff in that first half however, and slack tackling wide out allowed Haigh to run through a massive gap and pass onto young Dave Topliss who touched down near the posts. Then Campbell did the same to release Bonnar who uncharacteristically swept aside Arthur Keegan, as our full back looked to be struggling, having just returned from a period out with a shoulder injury.
Then, as a few FC fans round me seeing 10-0 on the scoreboard started to 'offer some advice' to a few of our players, we snapped into action. Kirchin ploughed into a three man tackle and supplied Davidson with an early ball that our scrum half passed onto John Maloney who shot down the centre channel to release winger Howard Firth. 'Firthy', his blonde hair flowing behind him, 'pinned back his ears' and as the cover came across, he kicked on towards the line. The ball bounced around between several players and a couple fumbled it, before Brian Hancock seemed to knock on but touched down anyway, for the score to be confirmed by a referee who was at least 15 yards behind the play. Maloney goaled and two penalties against one from Brown of Wakefield left Hull 9-12 down.
Next it was Terry Kirchin's turn to shine again, this time in broken play, as he swept into a gap in the Trinity defence and kicked ahead into open space. The ball only had time to bounce once before from nowhere up swept Clive Sullivan. With his embrocated legs shining in the floodlights he timed his run to perfection, collected the ball and outstripped the cover to touch down under the posts. Another Maloney goal gave us a half time lead of two points.
As Hull ran out for the second half it was starting to rain and a heavily smoking chimney in Carrington Street behind the Best Stand saw a pall of acrid smoke settle across the ground making it difficult at times to see the other side of the pitch. Hull certainly came out fired up and a cross field passing movement instigated by Davidson and McGlone saw John Maloney backing up to take a snap inside pass from Joe Brown and score. He converted and at 19-12 it looked to all of us there as if we had the game in the bag.
As the sound of a fire engine could be heard from behind the best stand we held out grimly as Wakey came charging back and both Harrison and Sullivan saved our line with two truly brilliant last ditch tackles on would be scorers. However with fifteen minutes to go we could not stop Bob Haigh powering through and as Brown converted from wide out and the rain started to pour, our lead was cut to just two points. Arthur Keegan who was clearly in pain and had certainly not looked like his usual self left the field to be replaced by Ken Huxley, who immediately took a brilliant one handed pass from Kirchin but, having juggled with the ball and done the hard bit, he tripped over his own feet and spilled it. Don Robson, David Jervis and Terry Kirchin then turned their hand to defending, as three times they sandwiched Wakefield forwards in crash tackles that loosened the ball. As the referee prepared to end the game, another of our heroes that day Mick Harrison broke into the open but hadn't the energy or the legs to get away and as the whistle went we all celebrated a brilliant 19-17victory, after what Dick Tingle later described in the Sports Mail as a "Hammer and tongs finish"
That day we saw an international class try from Sully, 13 points from one of the best kickers I have ever seen, John Maloney and an imperious display by Terry Kirchin who got the award of Man of the Match. Terry was a fine player and it was great to find that letter from him this week, which prompted this journey back to the 60's.
You'll only get this one if you read this drivel on a regular basis and I'm indebted to Richard in London (who set off at 6-00am) on Saturday to get to the memorial event for spotting it!
As Rich pointed out, 'Radders' would have a field day at England RU training; Get some socks Burgess and the rest of you (and Lineham) pull them up!
I wonder how many will turn up on Sunday for the last game of the season against Catalan! I know that's the fear for the Club for next week and I also know a lot of you have really had it with rugby this season. However it is the last game and I really do feel that the likes of Mini, Watts, Ellis and Houghton really do deserve a few claps of appreciation and thanks at the end of the game. And, I guess too I'll be there to give Mickey and Jordan, who have both been model professionals, a clap or two as well. Let's hope we can get a good win to send us all away to the closed season with a smile on our faces and some hope for the future. However another defeat will mean that we have only won one of our last 8 games!!!!
That's not good in anyone's book but we can only hope that better times are around the corner, can't you? Thanks to everyone who came along to the Boulevard on Saturday it was a great day and it was good to talk to so many Diary readers and old pals. Thanks too for sticking with another Diary and for your continued support when despite another defeat it's been another interesting week really!!
Keep Believing!
Faithfully Yours
And Finally…….
I get so much flak from Rovers fans who read this (Why they bother I don't know) who say that the Dentists Diary is biased and simply doesn't give a balanced view of things. So this week in a genuine attempt to redress that in-balance, in the name of a bit of fair play and in the week that the Boulevard Memorial was unveiled, I'll include a picture of the memorial that was erected to commemorate and celebrate the old Craven Park!


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3 August 2017
Independent tests have shown that cladding in 20 council tower blocks in Sheffield is made from solid aluminium, and is safe.
Sheffield City Council commissioned the tests to further reassure residents following the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy in London.
The authority has 24 tower blocks in Sheffield. Three in Stannington are clad in brick. The remaining one, Hanover tower, is having its cladding removed after one element of the system failed the Government's new fire safety test.
Councillor Jayne Dunn, Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods and Community Safety at Sheffield City Council, said: "Independent tests have shown that the cladding on twenty of our tower blocks is not combustible.
"I hope this news provides further reassurance to our residents, so they can feel safe in their homes.
"People's safety is our absolute priority and we have carried out a huge amount of fire prevention work in recent years. I've also announced that we will be installing sprinklers in all our tower blocks, to provide extra reassurance to residents."
Sheffield City Council has a rolling five-year programme of health and safety works to all council flats and maisonettes. Since 2010 this has focused on fire precaution works such as fire doors, filling cavities with a fire barrier product and hard-wired smoke alarms.
The authority will start consulting with tenants and leaseholders about its plans to install sprinklers. This consultation will be done on a block-by-block basis and will start later this year.
Sheffield City Council already has one tower block with sprinklers – Callow Mount – which was retro-fitted in 2011, as part of work with the British Automatic Fire Sprinkler Association and South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue.
Visit www.sheffield.gov.uk/home/council-housing/fire-safety for more information.

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text: In a few months a new and extended translation will be published in The Netherlands by Arpenco Publishers. It has been over a century since Noli Mi Tangere has been translated into the Dutch language, to date this has been the only work of Rizal which has been translated into Dutch. The "Noli" is the first book published by the Philippines national hero Jose Rizal and is considered one of the great literary legacies of the Philippines. Originally it was written in Spanish and published in Berlin in 1887. The book was quickly banned by the Spanish colonial authorities in The Philippines because of its critique on the Spanish.


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Gronks and Donks Trash Talk Bonanza!
Been a huge week of activity, from the shutdown/default can down the road kicking, to new FISC apologia, to the stunning announcement of a new media venture. So, a lot of stuff, so to speak. Also, my retained palm tree trimmers think my palm trees are too unruly and nasty for their "talents". Say what you will, the last item is really troubling.
Anyhoo, I hear there are sports afoot this weekend. Let us start with the lead on the title of this post, the Gronk. The Gronk is back baybee! And that means we must celebrate the return of the Gronk jesus. Since those nasty Patriots up and cut Baby Jesus. Brady has basically been pulling shit out of his ass with Julian Edelman and a cast of nobodies. Smurf Amendola still out and proving exactly how valuable Wes Welker really was (hey, even Giselle must want him back by now), but with Gronk back, maybe, just maybe, the Pats can still take the Jets, Jets, Jets. I think they can make Rex suck on Gronk's toes!
Okay. On to the other NFL games and things of note. Apparently Adrian Foster of the hapless Houston Texans has decided NOW is the time to market his football career via an IPO stock offering. Gosh, I am no Goldman Scrotum Sacks level genius business expert, but maybe when your team sucks ass so bad you are turning to, effectively, your taxi squad quarterback, and the local fans think that is the only possible excitement in sight…maybe you are not an IPO genius. Just saying. And i say this with all love and due respect for our long time friend and matey, teh Gulf Coast Pirate. Arrrrrr, don't but that there stock matey!
The Iggles will ride Nick Foles again with Michael Vick on the injury bench. Foles was down in the hated Old Pueblo of the Arizona Wildcats for 2.5 years, so I know him well. Kid has a great arm, and lots of natural talent. Never read off coverages so good, and is nowhere near the "mobile" quarterback Chip Kelly relishes. That said, he may well have NFL level talent, but as far as I have ever seen, it is as more of a classic drop back QB. We shall see. I actually think Matt Barkley is a better leader, but who knows what Kelly will do in Philly. If you ask me, Kelly's QB is not yet on the Eagles.
In memoriam, last rites must be given to Bad Eli and the Lost Gents of The Meadowlands. On a far happier note, HUGE congratulations to our good friend Pachacutec who was able to finally get married thanks to the rapidly un-bigoting of these here United States. I have never been more happy for a betrothed couple. Salute! Unfortunately, the Giants will still suck this year; though there may be a wedding wedding gift from the Vikings if Adrian Peterson is not so pissed and charged up he rambles for 350 yards.
Oh yeah, Gronks at Jets is actually a game. I know the Mistress of the Distressed Song will be along to carp about how Pretty Tom and his band of Edelmans can not POSSIBLY beat Rex Toesuck and the Jets, but I don't buy it. The Tom and Gronk Show is more fabulous. In other Big Mitten news, the Kittehs should put the Bungles in the litter. Browns are a semi-real deal, but not in Lambeau. Bears and Skins are a pick em. Chefs look to have home cooking. Oh, yeah, about those Donkos in the title of this post. Peyton going back to Indianapolis. Irsay trying to get in Peyton's giant head. Who will win that? Um, think I will take Peyton's big head and the Donkos over Irsay's idiocy. Luck is a keeper, but not this time. Enjoy the Donkos (okay jackasses) in the Canyon music attached hereto.
In the Semi-Pro league, Florida State versus Clemson is by far the class of the offering. Game is prime time and in Clemson's Death Valley home. Still, I am hard pressed to not pick the Seminoles and their wonder child QB Jamels Winston in an upset. Really tough call; Tajh Boyd is pretty much the match, more experienced, and at home. I have bad misgivings about this, but have a hunch the 'Noles are on a roll. The Washington huskies are going to be the final straw for the ASU Sun Devils. Game is at Frank Kush Field, but i won't be there. Huskies are good; Sun Devils an anomaly. Pick em.
As I write and post this, it looks like the Cardinals are cleaning out the Bums, 6-0 in the 5th. for good in Busch Stadium. Bye bye Bums, that pissing in the DBack's pool was bad karma for you. Who couldda knowd? The Sawx are up 3-2, and have the last two games of the ALCS at home in Fenway. Still, the Tiger's pitching is a problem. Tigers are coming with Scherzer and Verlander in games 6 and 7. Bad ass stuff there. Sawx counter with Buchholz and Lackey respectively. Not the star glitz of the Tigers' pitching aces, but not bad at all. In Fenway, if the Sawx can't win one of the two, they don't deserve the pennant.
There you go. Let your hair down and trash this post with all your swerve and verve.


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The Downtown Neighbourhood Planning began in 2006. The City was intent on strengthening the Downtown as a vibrant community of neighbourhoods over the next 30 years. While developments would be primarily market-driven, City leadership and residents' participation and support of the Downtown were critical. In 2006 the City started a dialogue (through six open houses) with a community support group, the general public and the youth at two downtown schools. This exhaustive public process and the technical collaboration between city staff and consultants culminated in the completion of the Downtown Neighbourhoods Strategic Plan. In April 2008 City Council adopted the Plan and re-affirmed its commitments to the Downtown.
The Strategic Plan focuses on both vision and action. In terms of vision, it employs much graphics to present three "milestones": the next 10 years, 20 years, and beyond – in an effort to render the vision tangible and transparent.
The Strategic Plan actually consists of three plans:
- The Core Plan (commercial core and other critical business locations)
- The Green Links
(major downtown parks and recreation facilities, and a network of "green links" and bikeways along select cross town routes)
- The Neighbourhoods Growth Plan (development directives for 14 "distinct" areas, regarding their optimal use, desired character and appropriate density)
Being action-oriented, the Strategic Plan also recommends a new structure of City-general community partnerships to ensure a long-term leadership for future downtown growth and redevelopment.
Downtown Neighbourhood Growth Scenerios
In support of the Downtown Neighbourhoods Strategic Plan, City staff conducted a detailed land use and scenario analysis. Its purpose is threefold:
To ensure that the downtown neighbourhoods will have sufficient capacities for the projected population
To refine the Plan?s density guidelines and develop growth scenarios to show the neighbourhood?s housing characteristics at various density milestones
To explore the optimal capacity of the downtown neighbourhoods
The report aims to answer the question: Could densification lead to "overcrowding" in the downtown neighbourhoods? It also highlights future housing priorities that the downtown redevelopment process should espouse in order to meet the diverse needs and social conditions of the downtown population.
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-H.M.S. Hood Crew Information-
H.M.S. Hood Rolls of Honour
Memorials to Men Lost in the Sinking of Hood, 24th May 1941
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Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Boy 1st Class
Service Number: P/JX 181937
Date Joined Hood: Spring 1941, shortly before the sinking
Biographical Information: Robert was born 18 November 1924 in Ismalia, where his father was stationed in the RAF. He was the son of George and Daisy Collinson, of Weston Turville, Buckinghamshire. Robert and his two brothers were educated at the school near RAF Halton.
Robert trained at TS Arethusa and Hood was his only posting. He was 16 years old at the time of his loss - the second youngest person lost in the sinking of Hood. We have no additional information.
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AdvertisementWhatsApp is not fully deleting your chats even after you delete your chats from the app, says a new post by iOS researcher Jonathan Zdziarski. Zdziarski claims to have examined the disk images take from the latest version of the app where he found the app retaining traces of chat logs even after its being deleted.
WhatsApp recently activated end-to-end encryption but it seems the data is still very much exposed to anyone with physical access to the device. Zdziarski further notes in his report that the data can be recovered using any remote backup systems.
In his research, Jonathan Zdziarski found that the data is deleted by the app but it is never overwritten. Zdziarski considers use of SQLite library used in coding the app as the reason behind for app default. He says forensic trace is common among any application that uses SQLite, since it does not overwrite data by default.
"The core issue here is that ephemeral communication is not ephemeral on disk," Zdziarski wrote in the post.
Zdziarski further adds that this problem is not limited to WhatsApp. The iOS researcher has criticised Apple's iMessage for similar for leaving similar forensic traces. He notes simply keeping deleted data on a secure device is not an issue but the bigger problem is when the data comes off the device. In the case of WhatsApp, the data comes off in the form of WhatsApp Database.
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For those who watched professional wrestling back in days of WCW, you'll remember when David Arquette was the World Heavyweight Champion. You may even still watch Ready to Rumble to reminisce and because it is one of your guilty pleasures. Last month, Arquette revealed that he wanted to return to the wrestling ring, but no one really knew if he was serious or not. Well, on Thursday night, he proved that he was serious by returning to wrestling at a show out in Hollywood.
Just a few weeks ago, Arquette was a guest on The Wendy Williams Show where he revealed his intention to wrestle again. Oddly enough, the official website of WWE picked up on the story and promoted the fact that Arquette is looking to make a better name for himself in the wrestling world.
"For 18 years, I've been trolled on the Internet. And I just want to bring some respect back to my name."
Since Arquette was on the show to promote his new Netflix series, everyone thought he was joking about returning to the wrestling, but no one is laughing now. Pro Wrestling Sheet reported that not only did Arquette attend an event for Championship Wrestling From Hollywood on Thursday, but he helped determine the outcome of a tag match.
.@DavidArquette made his return to the ring on Thursday night!— Pro Wrestling Sheet (@WrestlingSheet) June 15, 2018
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During the event, the 46-year-old Arquette ended up being persuaded by Ray Rosas and Peter Avalon to get into the ring and take out The Rockness Monsters. As a matter of fact, they wanted him to hit them with Stinger Splashes, which was a flashback to his days in WCW.
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It was obvious that the crowd loved it because he received a pretty loud pop considering the number of people in attendance.
Back on April 26, 2000, David Arquette partnered with Diamond Dallas Page to take on the team of Jeff Jarrett and Eric Bischoff on an episode of WCW Thunder. The match had a stipulation that whomever scored the winning pinfall would become the WCW World Heavyweight Champion and it just so happened that Arquette pinned Bischoff.
All of this could be to help promote his new Netflix series, or he simply could be serious about giving wrestling another shot. Whatever the case may be, David Arquette was back in the ring this week after 18 years away and he didn't do too bad for himself. Now, only time will tell if his wrestling return ever leads to anything with WWE, but he's still going to always be in the record books as one of the holders of WCW's most prestigious championship.


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Develop a better understanding of how the web works, including the use of advanced search techniques to find richer more relevant information for better professional productivity and classroom integration. Learn about alternative search tools that can enhance classroom activities and instructional planning. Develop a stronger understanding of web tracking, privacy, and "publicness" issues in teacher and student usage of web services. Participants will examine/discuss the importance of students acquiring vital digital literacy skills for better problem solving as well as implications for using these tools in their learning environment.
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Whatever u give a woman, she will make it greater.
Give her sperm, she will give u a baby.
Give her a house, she will give u a home.
Give her groceries, she will give u a meal.
Give her a smile n she will give u her heart.
She multiplies and enlarges what she is given.
So if u give her crap, be ready to receive a ton of shit…
So very true!! don't you agree?? haha... I don't know about other girls, but I know for the last sentence, it applies 100% to me.
Hey, for sure I am an easy going person. I will be a great companion to laugh with and a fun friend to be with (alamak puji diri sendiri plak :p). Even my mom rarely sees me in any other mood except from happy (apart from lazy and sometimes highly annoyed). but DO NOT CROSS me. If you do, you better wish REALLY hard that you won't EVER cross my way again. I'll make your life a living hell (and that's a vow! hoho )
Well, I'm not actually that difficult really. I may be VERY angry but a simple 'sorry' would've been enough to cool me down. The problem is (especially with guys) they either rarely ever say 'sorry' or they say it too much to mean anything (some of them, some are just fine and sweet)
The second one is just as equally annoying. The guy have no stand or dignity at all. Or, he's such a sweet talker and 'sorry' is just another empty words. They never mean it and they keep on doing it again and again.
Yup. Women are difficult being. I agree, but so are Men. So, a much more suitable phrase would be 'humans' generally are difficult being. Back to my topic, battle of the sexes (finally)
Just recently I was assigned to do an assignment on the 'Muted Group Theory' by Cheris Kramarae. I'll just skim over the details so you won't be too bored reading this. Anyway, it basically says that women are finding it hard to express themselves (publicly) or send across what they meant to male dominated world because the words are not created by them. The words as we know today are created by men to benefit men and women are just the 'sidekicks' in terms of language.
The most clear example I can give here is why is it always "History" and not "Herstory"? or why is there a polite way to adrdess a person as "Tuan Hamba" but "Puan Hamba" just sound like addressing slaves? and why Mr/Encik can be used to a guy whether they are married or not, why must there be a Miss or Mrs/Cik or Puan to differentiate women's status and the list goes on.
Doesn't it make you wonder how true it is? For a feminist, this is such a discrimination. For me? Well, I am no feminist. I agree that to a certain extent, women need to have their freedom, need to be able to be independent, but not thoroughly.
I mean, I really don't get this feminism thing. They wanted to be treated equally but at the same time they expect men to be the gentlemen, pamper them and never hit them. Oy oy.. I'm not saying abuse is right (far from it, God forbid), but men fight with men all the time. To be treated equally means you can't complain when they fight you. And, what? you want them to open the doors for you, let you through first, pay the bills, calls you first and then you ask to be treated equally? They NEVER treat any men like that. Which one do you want? To be treated as woman or to be treated like men? Come on woman, MAKE UP YOUR MIND!!
In terms of intellectual and ability to work, I am all up for equality. Don't just dismiss a thought just because it came from a female. NEWSFLASH, we were given BRAINS as well - and we could use it just as good as use yours - in nowadays life, sometimes, better. Don't go rambling on me about how men are born superior than women, bla, bla, bla. I already know that but HELLO!!! wake up and look around, majority of those who populate the higher learning is WOMEN, the ones who populates the pusat serenti and jails are MEN. While we women are breaking our backs and necks (and whatever else there is to break) trying to earn a living, or to study as good as we can so that we could have a better lives, you guys just went on destroying yourselves with drugs, rempits, clubs, gambling, smoking, and the list goes on and on. Really, if you want respect, sure we will give you respect, but just AS SOON AS YOU DESERVE IT!!
I am contradicting my self a lot here huh? Like always, I get carried away while writing. Again, the post is SO LONG! Anyway, what I want to point out is just this, to be FAIR, you CANNOT be EQUAL. Equality never means it is fair. Feminism should focus more on being treated fairly instead of equally. By fair I mean, giving just enough to fit the person's needs. Yes, men can live without women and vice versa. But none of them will be complete without the other. Without each, none would produce such beautiful smiles as this,
or how they perceive the other,
none would be as contented with their lives like this without the other,
Just some thoughts from a brat. I'm me, a brat with opinions.
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Dear Pharos community, would someone please indicate if there is a way to push publications to SQL externally? I imagine a ps script that runs each 10 minutes and as a result all the statistic gets published to psbprint.
Dear Pharos community, would someone please indicate if there is a way to push publications to SQL externally? I imagine a ps script that runs each 10 minutes and as a result all the statistic gets published to psbprint.
Hello Nikolay,
Publication events must be initiated from the Blueprint Analyst. This is done automatically, once per day, per the publication settings schedule, or manually through use of the Blueprint Administrator application. Publication is not a simple SQL task; it is a 'chained' event that requires interaction between the Blueprint Analyst and the SQL database.
Publication does not need to occur more than once per day, especially given that the fact that downstream collection agents, e.g. Print Scouts, Collectors, etc., only upload data once per day to the Analyst. If you are looking to make sure that today's publication data is an accurate reflection of yesterday's activity, you will want to arrange upload times to follow a very logical flow. Print Scouts should be configured to upload data throughout the course of the business day. Collectors should upload data in the evening after normal business hours. Publication can then be scheduled to begin early in the morning to aggregate all the data received the previous day.
On a final note, you really don't want to publish data too frequently, especially during normal business hours, when its operational overhead on both the SQL server and Analyst server may create observable delay in other operations, for example, secure print operations. Too frequent publication may also have the undesired effect of creating fragmentation within the database, causing queries to take incrementally longer to execute.
In summary, Blueprint is not intended to be a real-time reporting tool. When schedules are configured properly, Blueprint does provide very accurate reporting for activity that occurred one day prior. In other words, reports run today can accurately reflect the activity that occurred yesterday.
Can you help to explain the challenge you are trying to solve? Perhaps we may be able to offer a better approach that does not require publication.
Best regards,
Thank you for such detailed information!
Too bad Blueprint is not a real-time SW. Your competitors offer nice looking features that allow for instant monitoring.
Used to work with IBM Lotus\Domino I see many pros of the way you handle data (whole Analyst\Collector thing), but when Blueprint is displayed in demo rooms it looks like an old disco phone next to the modern smartphone.
You have not provided the "what problem are you trying to solve?" answer that Tim (and I) were looking for. Real-time data collection is not typically necessary when the objective is cost reduction, cost recovery (billing back to individuals or departments), data exposure (due to documents just left in output trays or inadvertently picked up by the wrong individual), or general device access control. I have been in the Document Accounting space (as a consumer of said data, as a reseller of said data, and now as a provider of said data) for 18 years, across many different solutions (not just Pharos), and if a customer is attempting to manage any of the previously-stated objectives in a "just in time" model, then they are trying to manage the wrong thing and will be soon frustrated by any software package. However, if the customer wants immediate data for forensic/security purposes, the "just in time" model is appropriate. But in truth, no document accounting solution (no matter how "disco" or "smart") is really designed for that type of need; a data loss prevention (DLP) package will better fit that bill because they can also capture the document contents, whereas accounting software just captures the document name.
That being said, there are ways to hasten the in-built process engendered by the Blueprint development team. They are:
Again, a proper vetting of the customer need is the appropriate first step in determining how best to approach this topic. Often, a "just in time" request comes after the customer sees the type (and ways) we represent captured data. I was, just recently, involved in a customer interaction where "something bad" potentially happened regarding print, and we were able to quickly (within an hour) get the data needed to complete the investigation. I look forward to hearing more about your customers' needs and how we can help.
Thank you, Scott for comments on real-time vs decentralized systems pros and cons!
Without getting into lengthy and mostly unnecessary existential philosophy on how the choice is being made, let me just say - this is not a problem any customer has. It is just that in a demo room where an all-in-one hardware\software solution is presented there is no wow factor when it comes to Blueprint. Or may be I am not aware about any . Yet other products brag their real time graphs that make them stand out. Again, this is not a crucial feature for the final decision but it gets word around.
ps. all I asked for was a way to start publication process with ps


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Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 99% and growing larger. The 14 days young Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
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Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 6 days on 17 May 2089 at 03:01.
Moon rises in the afternoon and sets after midnight to early morning. It is visible to the southeast in early evening and it is up for most of the night.
Moon is passing about ∠22° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Lunar disc appears visually 3.3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1832" and ∠1895".
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2089 after 1 day on 24 May 2089 at 10:18.
There is medium ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at very acute angle, so their combined tidal force is moderate.
The Moon is 14 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 1105 of Meeus index or 2058 from Brown series.
Length of current 1105 lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 41 minutes. It is 1 hour and 38 minutes longer than next lunation 1106 length.
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 3 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 6 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
This lunation true anomaly is ∠310.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠331.7°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
9 days after point of perigee on 13 May 2089 at 16:16 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 5 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 29 May 2089 at 11:27 in ♒ Aquarius.
Moon is 391 218 km (243 092 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 5 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 001 km (251 656 mi).
2 days after its ascending node on 20 May 2089 at 20:14 in ♎ Libra, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 11 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 4 June 2089 at 08:00 in ♈ Aries.
2 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
10 days after previous North standstill on 12 May 2089 at 20:53 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠18.534°. Next 2 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-18.583° in the next southern standstill on 26 May 2089 at 04:25 in ♐ Sagittarius.
After 1 day on 24 May 2089 at 10:18 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.


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Zimbabwe's government has pledged to "thoroughly" investigate allegations of abuse and rape levelled against its security forces during a brutal crackdown to quell last week's anti-government protests.
What we saw last week was the social networks being used to plan and incite disorder and to spread misinformation leading to violence. In response, the decision was taken to temporarily restrict access to prevent the wanton looting and violence, and to help restore calm 2/3— President of Zimbabwe (@edmnangagwa) January 26, 2019
Nationwide demonstrations erupted last week after President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced on January 12 that fuel prices were being more than doubled in a country suffering from spiralling inflation and regular shortages of necessities.
The government wishes to assure the public that all allegations of misconduct against any of our security services will be thoroughly investigated and that the law will be allowed to take its course.
Furious demonstrators took to the streets in several cities and towns with widespread rioting and looting before soldiers and police brutally put down the protests at the cost of at least 12 lives, according to NGOs.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has promised an investigation into the violence. Few believe he cares about the truth https://t.co/Ai4XJo2o8S— The Economist (@TheEconomist) January 25, 2019
Hundreds of people were injured, including dozens from bullet wounds.
"The government wishes to assure the public that all allegations of misconduct against any of our security services will be thoroughly investigated and that the law will be allowed to take its course," Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi said in a statement on Friday.
He said complaints should be lodged with the police and also assured that they would be treated with "impracticality and sensitivity", but many Zimbabweans fear retribution and find reporting such cases daunting.
In a separate statement, Home Affairs Minister Cain Mathema acknowledged reports of "alleged rape, sexual abuse and assaults that have been perpetrated by security forces during the recent operation".
But he said only one report had been received so far.
He also referred to media footage of women who claimed they were raped by security forces during the widespread clampdown.
"We take these rape allegations very seriously and investigations will be instituted immediately once complainants file reports with the police," Mathema said.
"We are therefore making a passionate appeal to all citizens of Zimbabwe to come forward and report any cases of sexual abuse, rape or misconduct by the security forces to the police," said Mathema.
The hatred and violence must come to an end.. #Zimbabwe #WNEOIL pic.twitter.com/M42PMprE8U— Tapiwa A. Mandiwara (@tapmandiwara) January 26, 2019
Army spokesman Alphios Makotore earlier this week issued a statement alleging that "bogus" elements in military uniform were engaging in violence and placing the "image of the organisations into disrepute".
Police said that more than 1,100 people have been arrested since the unrest began and hundreds have been moving through the courts for summary trials, according to lawyers.
Zimbabwe's security forces 'are going house-to-house raping women' despite president promising a crackdown on violence https://t.co/TM8n4ksrEj— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) January 26, 2019


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Android Injector [XDA Developers via XDA Developers Blog]


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DIY (do-it-yourself) culture refers to the larger movement of creating goods and services yourself, as opposed to simply buying them readymade. The culture stands in opposition both to the consumer society and the incompetence it creates.
Literally meaning "do it yourself," the DIY ethic promotes the idea that anyone is capable of performing a variety of tasks rather than relying on paid specialists. The DIY ethic requires that the adherent seeks out the knowledge required to complete a given task. The term can refer to a variety of disciplines, including home improvement, first aid or creative works.
The roots of DIY culture can be traced to the industrial revolution and the birth of commercialism. During the following century, as the overproduction of goods and services steadily solidified a world order based on selling more and more, nearly everything has been made available for purchase. As the production has been industrialized and moved to larger institutions, the need for the consumer to craft anything herself has effectively been removed. As a counter phenomenon this development has urged many people to return to crafting and creating various things themselves, thus fighting apathy and the removed agency of such a culture. DIY includes also creating new things out of readymade objects, à la punk culture.


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January Kristen Jones (born January 5, 1978) is an American actress and model. She has played Betty Draper on the television series Mad Men since 2007, and is known for her roles as Cadence in American Wedding (2003), Elizabeth Harris in Unknown(2011), and Emma Frost in X-Men: First Class (2011).
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