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The winter in
is often known as the secret season. The days are commonly sunny and
warm, the food is as always excellent, and there are few other tourists
Particularly inland you'll be the only tourist anywhere.
If you stick around in one village for any length of time you might even find yourself invited to lunch (sure to be magnificent).
The Sardinians are like that, once that get to know you they are the friendliest people on earth.
Winter provides the perfect opportunity to visit the larger cities of Sardinia.
Cities like like Cagliari which is really an interesting city full of history and fascinating old alleys and avenues.
I particularly enjoy the rather Bohemian Marina Quarter which is full of lively restaurants and tiny shops selling all manner of interesting things.
If it is the latest fashion and a stylish caffè or two that you prefer then you really must head on down to Via Roma. This is the most fashionable street in the city and the place to see and be seen.
cooler days of winter make it a lot easier to explore. During the sweltering heat
of summer all you really feel like doing is getting down to one of the
city's great beaches -
Poetto beach is the best of these.
Though it is cool in winter I still enjoy walking along this beach on a sunny winter's day.
Cagliari is particularly good as a base during the winter with many Hotels in Cagliari offering very reasonable deals during the winter season.
The interior of the island too is great in winter, the perfect place to really experience the traditional way of life of this magical island.
In fact inland Sardinia is a world away from the coast and has an austere beauty which is easy to fall in love with. The people too are different from anywhere else in Italy, very proud and determined folk.
Often when I travel through the inland villages of Sardinia I feel that not only am I visiting another world but also that I have taken a journey back to another simpler, calmer and more peaceful time. This is how all of Italy must have been fifty years ago.
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One of the reasons I prefer DIY hunts to outfitted or guided affairs is that I absolutely hate climbing into a stand that someone else has set up. Maybe that's a negative part of my personality, but if I have time to sit in a treestand, I want to give myself the best chance of success.
This, of course, includes a host of variables within my control, as well as plenty that I have no influence on what-so-ever. Of those that are firmly within my grasp, shooting lanes are high on my list of importance. Ditto for quality entrance and exit routes. Without each I've greatly reduced my chances of success.
To ensure you don't watch your arrow careen off into the distance from the deflection of a twig while a tall-racked buck hightails it over the ridge, it's best to employ the right tools. Not all saws or pruners are created equal, and some are downright junk. Others are designed specifically for hunters, developed with functionality and durability as the top priorities. Anyone who has had a limb saw fall apart in their hands knows exactly what I'm talking about.
Following are eight products designed to make the job of creating better stand sites much easier:

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Hinge-cutting saplings along a trail, or around a treestand is a great way of manipulating Mother Nature to your advantage. This is a low impact style of clearing, and for a treestand situation, can help you nest your stand with natural foliage to further hide you from a whitetail's keen eyesight.

 For these tasks one of my favorite tools is the Cabela's Pro Survival Tool, which is a wicked looking hybrid machete/axe that features a 3/16" thick high-carbon steel blade. This beast weighs 23 ounces and measures 13" in length and is a great option for sprucing up stand sites.

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Saint Cloud Director, Natalie Neal, is featured today on PromoNews.com for her new music video for the artist Vox.
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LA artist vōx is crowned at sunset in this one-take video by director Natalie Neal.
Set in a desert location and captured in slow motion, the visual sees the artist surrounded by people who proceed to dress her, ruff collar and all, until she looks like a young Elizabeth I (foregoing the heavy coronation robes).
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There's another important date coming up if you filed a tax extension back in April. The October 16th tax extension deadline is a couple weeks away. A tax extension allows you extra time to organize your information and file your taxes. Here are some tips to stay on the IRS' good side if you find yourself scrambling before another deadline:
Know the Consequences
Missing the tax extension deadline could cost you big if you owe the IRS money. You'll be paying a late filing penalty of 5% the tax you owe per month, or up to a total of 25%.
You'll still be hit with a penalty if you underpaid your taxes and then filed the extension. However, it'll be 0.5% of what you owe per month, instead of 5%.
Do whatever you can to get your taxes in by October 16 so you can avoid piling up penalties.
File on time (and online) by the Tax Extension Deadline
Finally, there's another reason to file on time. Filing past the tax extension deadline means you can't file online. Therefore, you'd have to send your taxes in on paper.
Doing your taxes on paper leaves room for more errors, a longer delay in your taxes being received, and potential for your personal information to be lost in the mail.
Until October 16th, you can still file online. See your options here.
Relief for Disaster Victims
You may be eligible for tax relief if you live in an area affected by hurricanes Harvey, Irma or Maria. Therefore, the IRS may have granted you additional time to get your taxes in beyond the October 16th deadline if you filed an extension.
The same goes for anyone required to file quarterly payments. Check the IRS disaster relief page to see if you qualify.
Avoid Future Filing Lapses
Use this as a lesson to help avoid needing an extension next year. What caused you to consequently need more time? Sometimes things come up, you find that you're missing important documents, or maybe you just waited too long.
Save yourself the headache of needing an extension next time. Take proactive steps so you can get your taxes filed in the spring. Read my tips here for hitting that deadline.
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HONOLULU – A Hawaii jury has convicted an adoption advocate of sexually assaulting two girls.
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser (http://ow.ly/HukUv ) reports that jurors deliberated for less than three hours Friday before finding Louis Martinez guilty.
Martinez is the former executive director of an organization that encourages adoption of foster children.
He was charged last year of attempted sexual assault involving a girl who was 11 years old in 2011. In 2013, he was charged with sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl. Prosecutors say he assaulted her in her sleep after he gave her three to five shots of hard liquor.
Martinez opened Heart Gallery Hawaii in 2005 under the name David Louis. That's the name he used when he authored a book about his experiences growing up in foster care.
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Welcome to Y4P
Welcome to our class page. Here you will be able to see all the exciting learning that is taking place and there are lots of useful links included to help. We have a very exciting year ahead!
World Book Day
We have had a great time making masks, learning about Fairytales and writing our own Fairytales with a twist! We hope you like our masks!
Today we had a special visit from Sean Hartofilis who is a Film Maker all the way from New York! He is visiting Manchester to attend the Film Festival as his latest movie is being shown there. We really enjoyed having our questions answered and finding out about what it's like to make a film.
Fun in the Snow
Year Four have had some fun in the snow. We built snowmen, made snow angels, we tried to find out who could make the biggest snowball and who could throw their snowballs the furthest. It was SNOW much fun!
Sacramental Programme
This year is a very exciting year because we are taking part in our Sacramental Programme. In the picture above we are showing how proud we are of our prayers we wrote, which were displayed in church.
As part of our Reconciliation we need to learn the Act of Contrition. Please help us to practise.
Oh my God,
because you are so good,
I am very sorry that I have sinned against you,
and by the help of your grace,
I will not sin again
Our Trip to the Airport
For our school trip we went to the airport. We had lots of fun learning about the airport, the aeroplanes and the best part was dressing up. We got to see lots of planes and even learnt how to become a pilot and fly one. Have a look at our pictures and all the fun we had.
Over the last half term in our science lessons, we have been learning all about Space. This has been incredibly fun; we have all learnt lots of facts and some new songs. To end the topic we made space rockets at home to show our parents how much we have learnt. These were then brought into school where we held our own rocket exhibition, which included both year three classes. Have a look at our fantastic rockets that we made.
Visiting Prestwich Library
Today we walked down to Prestwich Library for a visit. Whilst there we had a great time learning how the books are organised and becoming a librarian! We heard a lovely story and completed many challenges. We all got to choose our own book that we can read in school over the next few weeks.
George's Marvellous Medicine
This week we pretended to be George from the book we are reading 'George's Marvellous Medicine'. In ICT we made our own chant to say whilst brewing our medicine, just like George did in the story. We even had our own potions class, where we made our own medicine. Take a look at the fun we had during our potions lesson and read the chant we made as a class to say whilst stirring our medicine.
Y3D potions chant
Hopping, bopping the worms are popping.
Smoking, poking like fire burning.
Bubbling, sizzling like soup in a pan.
Fizzing, whizzing like fireworks exploding.
Help! There's snakes zooming through the air.
There's a potion blasting everywhere!
What shall we put in next?
3D Shapes
In maths we have had lots of fun making models of 3D shapes. Can you guess what shapes we have made?


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The Islamic State group initially started off as one of many organizations that wanted to become the dominant jihadist movement in the Middle East.
Their efforts got a big boost thanks to the utter failure of the Iraqi army, which left behind tons of equipment during their infamous retreats when confronted by Islamic State group fighters.
Much of what was left behind was American-made military equipment such as tanks, troop transport trucks and firearms. With this advanced firepower, the Islamic State group was then able to take over large swaths of Iraq and Syria.
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Now, Sky News has reported that the Islamic State group has begun using this same equipment to develop new and terrifying methods of spreading terror, including missiles and remote-controlled car bombs.
Leaked footage from inside the Islamic State group's "jihadi university" in Raqqa, Syria, showed just how sophisticated the radical terrorists are becoming. These aren't just lunatics in turbans waving machine guns. These are highly sophisticated terrorists who have a plan and have been working diligently to implement it.
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One new terrifying development from the video showed that the Islamic State group had become capable of developing thermal batteries, a component vital to surface-to-air missiles.
There are thousands of old missiles in the Middle East that Western governments have considered no threat because maintaining the thermal battery has heretofore been impossible for terrorist groups. Without the thermal battery the missiles cannot be fired.
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If the Islamic State group can make these weapons usable, they can use them to target passenger jets and Western fighter aircraft that have up till now been able to fly with relative safety over the war-torn areas of the Middle East.
The Islamic State group's top secret training program also included multiple lessons on how to wire car bombs and how to control them remotely if necessary. All this knowledge is meant for jihadis migrating to Europe on their mission to sow death and destruction.
"Videoing and documenting this training program was meant for Europe to cause huge damage," a defector from the terror group reportedly told Sky News.
"With this training footage it's very clearly purely designed to pass on information — to pass on the progress in the research and development areas — and it gives us a very good insight into where they are now, what they're aspiring to do and crucially the diversity of the types of threats we might face," stated Maj. Chris Hunter, an adviser to the British military.
The Islamic State group has been proving every day that it is a serious threat that needs to be dealt with before it can carry out more devastating attacks in Europe and elsewhere.
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Being unwed and pregnant can get you fired
An unmarried pregnant teacher was dismissed from the private Christian school where she worked.
Is the school right to require teachers to adhere to their Christian values, or were they out of line?
Cathy Samford, a teacher at a private Christian school in Texas, got an unwelcome surprise when she informed her employers she was expecting a baby. Instead of a discussion about planning her maternity leave, she was given her walking papers. Citing a part of her contract about upholding Christian values, she was fired, and Cathy is now preparing a lawsuit against the school.
Be a role model
The headmaster at Heritage Christian Academy in Rockwall, Texas, expressed sorrow at having to let the teacher go but said her actions as an unmarried woman went against the values the school hopes to instill in their students -- and those they expect the staff to uphold, as well. Cathy's contract stipulated she be a "Christian role model" but says wording is vague, and she didn't violate the clause.
She and her fiance were planning to get married but a series of events put the nuptials off. She offered to get married to keep her job but the school declined, stating that as she'd already unveiled her news to students, it was simply too late.
Good move
Some parents we polled felt it was a good move by the school.
"As a Christian school, and a private one at that, I agree that the teachers need to be a good role model for the students there," said Jenn, mom of two.
John from Missouri had a similar viewpoint. "In my opinion, employers have the right to fire employees for any reason," he shared. "It's their business, they can run it their way and fire anyone who doesn't fit into their way. I personally wouldn't fire her for it, but I can see why this particular school felt it was appropriate."
Not so fast
Other parents were appalled at the school's actions. "I think it is ridiculous that in this day and age that they expect this," Michelle from Kansas told us.
Lily, mother of one, agreed. "I understand that it is a Christian school but honestly expecting a teacher to strictly abide by a set of vague rules that aren't even outlined in the contract?" she asked. "No way. I think she has a good case for a lawsuit."
Can't take it back
The school made a big step when they fired Cathy, and they may want to consider rewording the staff's contracts. Both sides will get their day in court, but until then, you may want to pore over your contract at work to make sure there's no pregnancy clause.
More on pregnancy and maternity leave
Your new job and discovering you are pregnant
Maternity leave -- what are my rights?
Maternity leave vs. FMLA leave


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Vietnams mountains – how to get more trees
In April and May TroFaCo, together with our partner in Uganda, CIDI, has organised planting of trees along 80 km of roads in and around the town of Soroti and at three primary schools in Rakai district. This is due to an agreement with the Danish association GrowForIt. Through GrowForIt nine individuals have sponsored the trees in order to offset their lifelong CO2 footprint. This is just the beginning of a larger collaboration.
Here you see the newly planted trees along Pope Paul road in Soroti town:
And here the planting at Nkoni primary school in Rakai district
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SCHUMANN, Simone: Citizens' Encounters with "Nanofood" in the Austrian Context. Investigating Individual and Collective Appropriation Work.
Over recent years, nanotechnology is regarded as a new and promising technoscientific area that is crossing a broad range of disciplines as well as diverse fields of application. The application area of food is, in this regard, a particularly interesting case, since it is linked with so many different social worlds and contexts. This complexity provides rich analytical possibilities, such as questions concerning the mutual relations of technology and culture as well as the connection between nano, a highly technoscientific and unfamiliar field and food, representing a deeply culturally and historically established everyday product/practice.
Nanotechnology is among the latest players entering the Austrian food domain. At the moment neither the notion of "nanofood" is widely known, nor is there any controversial debate in the Austrian context. This offers the unique opportunity for me to study how members of the public encounter the use of nanotechnology within food and food related products at an early stage, when established public discourses, leading political ideas or controversies haven't already framed their imaginations. Hence the aim of this PhD project is to investigate people's appropriation processes of nanofood – be they more individual or more collective – "in the making". Based primarily on a detailed qualitative analysis of group discussions I seek to understand how they make sense of this new phenomenon in order to discuss and position themselves without being necessarily educated or informed before.


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Utilizing her wealth of experience in manufacturing, financial management, strategic planning, and consulting, Mary Connor helps manufacturers implement innovative solutions to their business challenges. As a business growth consultant, Mary helps clients become more productive problem solvers and works with them to create new strategic management plans they need to grow and keep pace with domestic and global competition. She was recognized as the 2012 Practitioner of the Year Award by the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) for her CEO Peer Council leadership.
Prior to joining Enterprise Minnesota, Mary served as a proposal manager for Unisys, as controller for the College of St. Catherine, and she also worked for Midwest Fire Protection, where she oversaw the company's finances.
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Merrick is the fifth U.S. model to appear on BelAmiOnline in the last six months.
The addition of Merrick is part of BelAmi's expansion into the U.S. model market that has already seen men like American exclusives Mick Lovell, Brady Jensen and other models become part of BelAmiOnline's fall and winter programming.
Merrick is from San Diego, Calif., and recently traveled with BelAmi to Budapest and CapeTown, South Africa.
For the last couple of months, BelAmi has set up shop in Capetown with dozens of models shooting throughout the winter and into March.
"Austin had such a spark and left such an impression that after his first shoot he was asked to come along to CapeTown to film more scenes," the company said.
His trailer features his first interview at BelAmiOnline, which is now live.
On Friday, his first-ever solo and photo session video is set for release, culminating on Saturday when his first- ever sex scene debuts.
It features Merrick with Kevin Warhol, who is BelAmi's other young newcomer.
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"Because I think he needs Marshawn Lynch and the defense [to be great] to do what he has done," the coordinator replied. That same coordinator said his college scouting report on Wilson read like a report would read for a top-tier prospect, but he gave a lower grade overall based on concerns over Wilson's height. An offensive coach said "the bubble is going to burst" for Wilson if the day comes when the team needs him to throw the ball frequently.
"He is not a 1," a head coach said. "He cannot win the whole thing. Is that why they are not paying him? I think you could make an argument to put him down as a 3, but I would say he is a 2. The running back and the tight end can help him. If you can make the game one-dimensional for him where he has to be a total pocket passer, it gets tough. Green Bay had four interceptions on him [in the NFC Championship]."


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Oh this is going to be fun.
Okay… well i suppose this is a post describing what i think of each of my close family members haha. honestly this is going to be fun… and be warned… my sister Taylor's one might be overly long… mummys might be too haha.
Lets start out with the Parents then shall we.
Mummy/Okaa-San (Mrs Lorna)
Well! Mother dearest in my opinon is a headstrong person, Which in a way is a good thing… in some situations however it can be very bad… Mummy genrally doesnt mind us children doing what we want, as long as we tell her where we are and what time we shall be back. Shes also a great person to sit down and have one of those 'life' chats with haha. I do love my mummy, i just wish sometimes she would stop being so darn stuborn!
Daddy/Otou-san (Mr. Robert)
Daddy is a sorta old fashioned guy when it comes to his kids. Which is good when discipline is involed… bad when your 16 and want to have boys stay round at your house after a party… (yeah… im 20 and i still hold a grudge for that 16th birthday party… lol) Thought because of my tomboyish personality, hes awesome to go to places like the anime convention with, or to sit and build stuff with or play games with. Hes really just a big kid, and that why we love him! hehe!
Robin/ Step-Dad
Robin and My Mum are no longer married, However, He lived with us since i was what? 7 ? 8? who knows… all i know is that its been a long time and no matter what, hes will always be my step-dad. Robino (as i like to call him) is a sorta a posh guy who wants to be a rocker of sorts lol. Hes a great guy to go to rock gigs with, or if you need help with your homework! only bad thing about him is that hes even more stuborn than mummy lol
Belinda / Step-Mum
Belinda Makes me laugh. shes a great step-mum and a hardworking woman… sometimes i wish she would just chill for a little bit, her work makes her waaaay to stressed, even more so then mummys work makes her o.o. She cant really cook, albiet she does try bless her. and DO NOT let her near too much alchahol… bad idea BAAAAAD IDEA! shes either gets really agressive verbally, or really effectionate… its CREAPY! XD but makes me laugh lol
Onto Siblings now then i suppose…
Taylor – 15 year old sister
now I could write a whole book on how much she pisses me off… but im not going to im gonna try to keep it short xD. Taylor is an outspoken person, who genrally thinks shes right, and doesnt wanna back down when shes not. (though the same could be said for me xD) This attitude honestly wont get her far in the world of jobs. seriously she needs to learn to shut up. that is her biggest fault. Shes my sister and i love her because of that… but i hate her too, the amount of times ive wanted to beat the crap outta her but couldnt because of the reprcussions that would come with that… is unbelivable lol. She also has a habbit of coming into my room after ive just bought a few new items of make up (Eyeliner, Mascara, Foundation etc…) and Stealing them! then when i go up to her room and get them back, there gone again the next day! for christ sake BUY YOUR OWN DAMN MAKE UP! by the time i get to actually use them, theve been used up… GAHHH!!!! anyways… im gonna stop writing about taylor from here on because ill stress myself out lol.
Morgan – 5 year old sister
Now Morgan… Is a little minature Taylor. She also is VERY bossy. She has her good points too. She does make me laugh when she wants to, and im in the process of brainwashing her into liking Anime & Japanese Music. Its working very well so far! 😀 Morgan is my half sister, shes my mums and step dads kid, but i never usually say it that way, to me shes just my sister.
Matti – 4 year old Brother
Matti, Full name Matthias… is a bit of a werido… i love him to bits, but he is just really strange. youd have to meet him to understand why, but he is just very odd haha. but he gives the best hugs in the world, and wil always tell ya, you look pretty without even looking at you! XD Matti is my Half Brother, hes my mums and step-dads kid, i never usually say that though, to me he just my brother
Myles – 1 year old brother
Myles… jesus, if he continues the way he is, i will punch some sense into him when he gets older. or Nanny will. Myles for a lack of better terms to use, is spoilt. Since day one he has genrally gotten whatever he wants. Like Matti and Morgan, Myles is my half brother, My step mums and dads kid. Hes the only kid my Stpe mum has had, so she doesnt tend to spoil him a lot, and when he gets hurt a little, she goes into over protective mode… which granted is funny when you see it, but uneccicary for things like grasies or small head bumps hehe. Belinda bless her does try to decipline him now, with smack and what not, but every time she does she genrally feels bad and we have to tell her that, no she did the right thing, and no dont go and comfort the boy hehe. Myles has a habit of hitting people aswell. me and him and a fight of sorts at one point, because he hit me so i hit him back and it went on for a while, and each time i hit him, i did it harder than the first, so it got to the point where he burst into tears. But at least he learnt to stop hitting me. Myles is a good boy, other wise and does make you laugh, hes always friendly and not the least bit shy to new people too.
Onto Grandparents and then that its ^^
Nanny Cecila – Daddys Mum
Nanny Cecila is someone i have a lot of time and repect for. She always there to stick up for me and shes always there to help me learn new things. As much as i love her though, she tends to not realise that when people need to go, they need to go, I love sitting down and listening to her storys of her past from whe she lived in Jamaica, but not when im in a rush to get somewhere, like if i've just popped round to collect something and ive gotta be somewhere after. lol i suppose its cause shes retired, she doesnt have a sense of time when it comes to these sort of situations hehe.
Nanny Ruth – Mummys Mum
Nanny Ruth i would say is a sorta Chavy posh person… i love her i do… but she has problems lol. she thinks shes skinny when shes not, she has diabetes yet she still loads up on sugary things and smokes… its madness i tell you! lol she a lovely woman, and is nice to have a chat to, but she has problems lol.
Nanny Barbara – Belinda's Mum
XD Oh god Nanny Barbara, what can i say? She loves to spoil every one, epscally when it comes to food, and everytimes shes cooking she never let you help, she always wants you to sit down and rest whilst she does the work lol. bless her. she is mucho fun though! and she makes me laugh with her side comments that she usually says when she thinks no one is listening xD Also she live by the beach, and every time were all down there and its summer, we always go down and spend time on the beach, me and taylor jumping in the sea, whilst nanny Barbara is sunbathing/sleeping fully dressed xD
Harry aka Grandpopsy – Belinda's dad
XD oh bless harry, hes the type of guy that care a lot, but want to make sure that every one thinks he doesnt. I love sitting down and litening to his storys of his past aswell, and i love him telling me about the newest things he found in Charity shops to do with Japan lol. he Olny irritates me when he goes on one of his rants… usually bout my lack of this, or a new doll ive bought lol aww well, the good out weigh the bad points XD
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Players: Maggie Pearce
Morag "Maggie" Pearce (née Kirkland): England's original and best left-back
Born: c.1957, Southampton
Position: Left-back
Debut: Scotland (A) 18 November 1972
Occupation: Schoolgirl (1972)
A 10-year-old Pearce was spotted charging about on the green in front of her house. She soon found her way to Southampton WFC, whose manager Norman Holloway saw "a little shrimp" with potential star quality.
Pearce was not in the Southampton team which carried off the first ever WFA Cup at Crystal Palace in 1971. The full-backs on that day were Pat Judd and 14-year-old Karen Buchanan.
She was not listed in the team for the 1972 final either: Judd and Buchanan remained in the line-up, while Pauline Dickie wore the number 3 shirt.
So Pearce must have come from virtually nowhere to catch the eye of England boss Eric Worthington during that summer's national team trials. An inter-League tournament sponsored by Lillywhites whittled down about 300 hopefuls to a provisional squad of 25 who met at Loughborough College in September.
Lionesses team-mate Wendy Owen recalled Pearce was "already an accomplished overlapping full-back" by the time of England's debut match in Greenock. Playing behind fellow youngster Jeannie Allott, Pearce was one of four Southampton players to start England's 3–2 comeback win over the Scots.
The following year's return match in Nuneaton saw Scotland whupped 8–0. Margaret Miks of Coventry Bantams came in for a debut cap at right-back, giving England two Maggies as their full-back pairing.
Southampton-born Pearce lived in Weston-Super-Mare at the time of England's 5–1 win over Northern Ireland at Twerton Park, Bath. Always hungry for a local angle, the Bath Chronicle branded her a "West Country Girl".
A 2–0 win over France at Plough Lane in November 1974 saw Carol McCune debut as England's new right-back. Over the following decade, Yorkshirewoman McCune (later Thomas) replicated Pearce's consistency over on the other side of the Lionesses' defence.
England were progressing nicely until a comprehensive 2–0 defeat by Sweden in June 1975. Pearce missed out as she was reportedly sitting her 'O' levels. Coach Tommy Tranter handed out another four debut caps.
Judging by the dates it seems more likely she was doing her 'A' levels, unless they were re-sits. In any event Tranter lamented his teenage left-back's absence: "The inexperience told then. And with Morag concentrating on her 'O' levels we had little to offer at the back."
In summer 1977 she tied the knot with Gordon "Gordie" Pearce, taking his surname having hitherto been billed as Maggie Kirkland. Some Programme lists shortly after the wedding spelt her new moniker 'Pearse' but this usage soon died out.
Gordie was fully supportive of Maggie's soccer endeavours and was himself gaffer of local no-hopers Redbridge Rovers.1 He altered the course of football history when he interceded to get Sue Lopez back into the Southampton WFC fold in 1976.
There had been some sort of bust-up or drama behind the scenes, so – reading between the lines – Lopez had gone in a huff for a year. She still played for England, but as a Totton player.
Accordingly, Lopez doffed her cap to Gordie in Women on the Ball (1997): "I will always be grateful for the way he resurrected my Southampton career".
"Flattering comments were often made about Maggie and none sums up her talent more than when people genuinely and complementarily said 'she plays like a lad'." — Sue Lopez (1997)
In the 1976 Cup final, Pearce's Southampton beat sworn rivals QPR 2–1 after extra-time. Lopez was off the scene but later recollected that Pat Davies hit the extra-time winner.
The annotations in the ITN archive attributes the winning goal to Pearce, but the footage shows the slight figure of number 9 Davies emerging from the bottom of the celebratory pile-up.
Jeannie Allott's departure to Dutch football in 1976 gave Southampton southpaw Pat Chapman her opportunity with the Lionesses. Renowned motormouth Chapman had sky-high standards and could be demanding to play alongside (Sue Lopez quipped she was sometimes glad to be deaf in one ear when lining up alongside Chapman).
But Pearce proved an excellent foil for Chapman's bountiful talents and the duo soon struck up a firm understanding, to the benefit of club and country.
In October 1976 at Ebbw Vale, buccaneering Pearce punctured surprisingly stodgy Welsh resistance when her "pinpoint cross" was turned in by Droitwich's Rayner Hadden for the opening goal. The Lionesses departed with a narrow 2–1 win.
In the 1978 Cup final, Southampton avenged their 1977 defeat by QPR with a stirring 8–2 win over the same opponents at Slough. Neat interplay down the left from Pearce and Chapman laid on the second goal for Lopez, before Chapman hit an astonishing double hat-trick.
Lopez (1997) recalled that Maggie's proud husband Gordie Pearce was left purring: "Ten more trophies should have been made, for in fact, this was a complete team performance."
In-form Pearce started England's 3–0 win over Belgium at The Dell in October 1978, bouncing back after Alison Leatherbarrow had taken the left-back berth for the 6–1 win over Ireland at Exeter earlier that year.
At club level classy Lancastrian Leatherbarrow turned out for Foden's, Welsh cracks Prestatyn, and St Helens. She mounted a strong challenge for Pearce's place in the national team under Tommy Tranter.
In the 1979 unofficial European Championships, Pearce was first-choice. But when she was crocked in the semi-final defeat by hosts Italy, Leatherbarrow came in for the third place play-off.
Incoming England manager Martin Reagan was apparently less taken with Leatherbarrow, who drifted out of the reckoning and later won caps for Wales as a centre-forward. But Reagan retained Pearce, impressed by her level-headed dependability.
She played in a 1–1 draw with Sweden at Filbert Street, Leicester in September 1980. But she sat out the 1981 England games and Southampton's last Cup final due to pregnancy. While England toured Japan in September 1981, Pearce that month welcomed daughter Laura Jane.
Another bruising friendly with Sweden in May 1982, a 1–1 draw in Kinna, saw Pearce make a swift return to the team. During Pearce's absence England had found another option at left-back in the shape of Angie Gallimore.
But for the UEFA Championship qualifiers Pearce came back in, with Gallimore moving inside to centre-half and Linda Coffin dropping out. Reagan hailed Pearce as "outstanding" – her left-footed distribution "out of this world" – in the decisive 4–0 win over Scotland in Dumbarton.
In the UEFA 84 final first-leg against Sweden, Pearce was part of a disciplined and compact Lionesses rearguard.
In the debit column, she will have been disappointed that the goal came down her side: Swedish defender Burevik lumbered forward with Pearce temporarily posted missing and measured a fine cross onto Pia Sundhage's head.
After England's penalty heartache in the return leg, Pearce retired from international football. She was presented with a shield by the Mayor of Preston at Deepdale on 17 March 1985, after England beat Scotland 4–0.
The November 1984 edition of WFA News carried a warm tribute from Martin Reagan:
"Maggie Pearce always appears to have things under control, and few can suspect the fighting temperament there is under that calm exterior. A very cultured left foot, one of the best in women's football, made her a difficult player to beat. […] One of Maggie's greatest delights was to score a goal in a practice match, with her right foot. The determination of this young lady, was typified when she retired to give birth to her daughter, and then took up the game again and fought her way back to the top."
The 1984 Mundialito tournament in Italy saw a first call-up for Norwich's Jackie Slack, an excellent left-sided defender in her own right, who had to bide her time for a chance with England.
Maggie's younger sister Heather Kirkland was also a Southampton player. Heather started out as a full-back like big sis, but was repurposed as a forward when Southampton's fortunes began to wane.
The WFA News of June 1985 congratulated Pearce and Gordie on the recent birth of their second daughter. Pearce was not among the exodus to the Red Star club when Southampton WFC folded in 1986, instead she focused on coaching her other great sporting love, netball.
Pearce was later (2010) a primary school teaching assistant and made the local press when trapped in the Costa del Sol by unpronounceable Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull.
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It's always poor form comparing women players to the top men. That's why Lorraine Hanson's article contains no mention of her illustrious forerunner in the centre-back/centre-forward stakes, John Charles.
But in this case the Southampton WFC players themselves widely acknowledged their debt to England's heroes of '66. So it's not gratuitous to say Ray Wilson's calm demeanour was reflected in Pearce's play.
In football's family tree Rachel Unitt was perhaps Pearce's god-daughter, Claire Rafferty and Alex Greenwood her impetuous grandchildren.
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Players: Lorraine Hanson
Lorraine Hanson (née Dobb): Belles and England great
Born: c.1959, Worksop
Position: Defender/Forward
Debut: 1975?
Occupation: Sales receptionist (1983, 1985), Clerk (1986)
A Worksop-born Sheffield Wednesday supporter, Hanson cut her teeth in street football with the boys in a Nottinghamshire mining town, much like future team-mate Jackie Sherrard.
As a bright prospect with Carr Fastener (a factory team from Stapleford) she made Tommy Tranter's England squad for the 2–0 win over France at Plough Lane, Wimbledon, on 7 November 1974.
She sat on the substitute's bench alongside Carol Thomas and Liz Deighan, who came on to make the first appearances of their illustrious Lionesses careers.
At just 14 years old Hanson was there for the experience. But if she did make it on the pitch she must be England's youngest ever senior player.
The programme for England's match against Sweden at Ullevi on 15 June 1975 listed 'Loiraina Dobb' at number 7. The Swedes won 2–0 to inflict England's first defeat.
Hanson's opposite number Ann Jansson hit both goals in the game played over 30 minutes each-way before a Swedish WNT record crowd of 2,963.
Fifteen-year-old Pia Sundhage debuted for Sweden, the first of many duels Hanson fought out with the all-time great. Hanson later put on record that Sundhage was the best player she ever faced.
At the 1976 Pony Home Championships, schoolgirl Hanson was attached to Nottingham Rangers. She joined Notts League rivals Doncaster Belles in 1977.
In the 3–0 win over Belgium at The Dell, Hanson won a 14th cap. It was England's first match on a top tier ground and attracted a record crowd of 5,500.
Hanson then quit England duty for a spell. She snubbed the unofficial 1979 Euros, being described as "retired" in Sue Lopez's Women's Football magazine report (Lopez's scare quotes).
A few England players drifted away at this stage, disgruntled at the sport's lack of progress. UEFA's women's sub-committee (all-male) had folded, so the prospect of proper tournaments receded.
In 1979 Eileen Lillyman of Bronte was drafted in as a replacement sweeper, but broke her leg the following year.
Hanson was recalled by England boss Martin Reagan in May 1982 for a friendly with Sweden in Kinna. Reagan made changes after seeing his side horsed 3–0 by Norway at Cambridge in October 1981.
She formed a front three with Tracy Doe and Janet Turner as England took credit from a bruising 1–1 draw.
Swedish FA records attribute England's goal to Hanson, but Reagan's report in the WFA News is clear that Doe did the damage.
Lorraine married Belles gaffer Richard Hanson on 20 November 1982 at Worksop Priory Church. On the first day of their honeymoon she played for the Midland region vs South East region at Leicester!
Romance had blossomed when her car broke down and Richard swooped with the offer of a lift to training and matches.
That season she put the Belles in their first ever FA Cup final, heading the winner in a tense 2–1 semi-final win over Friends of Fulham at Imber Court Metropolitan Police Ground.
The programme for the 1983 Cup final at Lincoln's Sincil Bank named Hanson as the only England player in Donny's squad.
She wore number 9, leading the line in the Belles' 3–2 victory. But for England she nailed down a spot at centre-half during the Euro 84 qualifying campaign, alongside Angie Gallimore.
According to Cathy Gibb's match report, Hanson conceded a "dubious" penalty in the Euro 84 semi-final at Crewe, despite her "faultless" performance.
Hanson played well in the final but suffered heartbreak when her kick was stopped by Elisabeth Leidinge in the Lionesses' shoot-out defeat at Kenilworth Road, Luton. It was her 27th cap.
She scored both Donny's goals in their 2–4 1984 final defeat by Howbury Grange. She was denied a hat-trick by a "last minute despairing Sallie Jackson tackle".
In 1985 she played in the final at Craven Cottage, but England midfielder Brenda Sempare led the Belles a merry dance in Friends of Fulham's 2–0 win.
Hanson started England's first two Euro 87 qualifiers, but was absent from the 85 Mundialito. She also missed the Belles' 1986 Cup final defeat by Norwich, as she was three months pregnant.
After welcoming daughter Jenna, she came back in 1986–87, only to find Kaz Walker installed at centre-forward. Walker promptly hit the goal trail, and didn't let up for 20 years!
Doncaster Belles recaptured the Cup in 1987 at the City Ground and retained it the following year with a 3–1 over Leasowe at Gresty Road, Crewe.
Hanson left Donny after 12 seasons in 1989 and is believed to have hung up her boots.
Players: Debbie Bampton
Debbie Bampton: Highly-decorated midfield powerhouseEmbed from Getty Images
Born: 7 October 1961, Sidcup
Position: Midfielder
Debut: Netherlands (A) 30 September 1978
Occupation: Cashier (1981), Selector (1982), Courier (1987), Footballer (1988), Postwoman (2005)
Part One: England
England manager Tommy Tranter handed 16-year-old schoolgirl Bampton her England debut on 30 September 1978 in a friendly with the Netherlands in Vlissingen.
Bampton's overriding memory of the event was the inordinately tight shorts supplied to England's players. They were wholly unsuitable attire for running about on a reclaimed island on the windswept North Sea coast.
As a mere slip of a lass the offending garments did not present Bampton with too many problems. But some of her more mature, fuller-figured team-mates apparently struggled.
In Daily Mail parlance, they had to "pour their curves" into the "sultry numbers".
Unsurprisingly, England crashed to a comprehensive 3–1 defeat, Pat Chapman scoring the goal. Bampton came off the sub's bench for 20 minutes and hated it.
It was the typical sort of amateurish nonsense which saw several leading players quit the game in 1978 and 1979, clearing the decks for the next generation.
Bampton went to the 1981 Portopia Tournament in Japan. She hit England's final goal in the 4–0 win over the hosts in Kobe.
Sadly, the debut micro-shorts were not to be the last sartorial scandal encountered by Bampton during her Three Lionesses career.
Trooping off after another match in Italy, she went to swap shirts with an opponent – but England boss Martin Reagan wasn't having any of it.
His steely touchline glare had Bampton wriggling back into her top quicker than you can say: "Ciao"!
Martin was a straight-laced guy. After all, he was a product of the FA administration which picked Ron Greenwood over "Ol' Big 'Ed" himself, Brian Clough.
But he wasn't scandalised by this airing of early sports-bra technology. More likely he knew the potless Women's Football Association (WFA) could ill afford a replacement shirt!
A broken leg which washed out Bampton's spell in New Zealand (see below) also kept her out of England's first ever UEFA qualifiers starting in 1982.
Battling back into contention, she played a key role in the Denmark semi-final. At Gresty Road, Crewe, England edged a nervy encounter 2–1.
The WFA credited Bampton with England's second-half winner, although Danish FA records suggest Liz Deighan did the damage.
In any event, the second-leg in Hjørring was settled by Bampton's towering header from Pat Chapman's corner. The team celebrated winning through to the final with an impromptu human pyramid.
The final first-leg at Sweden's Ullevi national stadium was backs to the wall stuff. England were fortunate to escape with a 1–0 defeat, but Bampton so nearly grabbed a priceless away goal.
Collecting possession from Linda Curl, she burst into the box but flicked a weak shot agonisingly wide of Elisabeth Leidinge's post.
When the second-leg in Luton went to penalties, Bampton showed an iron nerve to convert England's third kick. But Curl and Hanson put theirs too near Leidinge, who, ankle-deep in mud, failed to dive out of the way.
In August 1984 the Charity Shield between Everton and Liverpool at Wembley Stadium took place in front of 100,000 fans.
The WFA was invited to stage a short curtain-raiser and plumped for a six-a-side knockabout between Bampton's Howbury Grange, Millwall Lionesses, St Helens and a Merseyside/Wirral Select.
Billed as the first time women had played football at Wembley Stadium, Linda Whitehead hailed a major "breakthrough".
Amidst farcical scenes, Millwall were eventually declared winners because their goalkeeper (Sue Street) had the fewest touches!
That was on the Saturday and on the Monday Bampton was basking in Venetian Riviera sunshine, as England's Mundialito campaign kicked-off against Belgium.
A hectic schedule of Euro finals, Wembley and then the 'little World Cup' in Italy: it seemed women's football was at last reaching critical mass.
Bampton was back in Italy for the following year's Mundialito, which England won. They handily beat upstarts the United States 3–1 along the way.
She dipped out of the starting line-up during the Euro 1987 qualifying campaign. Reagan perhaps allowing two creative 'luxury players' Hope Powell and Brenda Sempare free reign against the outmatched Irish and Scots.
But for the big games Bampton was always in there, usually alongside Gillian Coultard in a double pivot midfield. Both featured as England lost 3–2 to rivals Sweden in the Euro 87 semi-final, after extra-time.
Bampton's toughness and famed aerial prowess meant she could also fill in at centre-half, like she did after the successful Angie Gallimore–Lorraine Hanson axis was broken up by the latter's pregnancy in 1986.
Influential Bampton remained an England regular throughout the 1980s. When Carol Thomas (née McCune) retired in 1985, she was the natural choice to inherit the captaincy.
She clocked up her 50th cap in England's 4–0 win at Love Street, Paisley on 6 May 1990 and was presented with a handsome silver plate.
An ill-timed injury during a period of upheaval saw Bampton lose the England captaincy. Barrie Williams – the WFA's replacement for sacked Martin Reagan – handed Coultard the armband during his short time in the hotseat.
When the FA took over running the national team in 1993 Coultard was still captain, only to be publicly demoted by Ted Copeland on the eve of the 1995 World Cup.
Bampton was back as captain for the tournament in Sweden but the squad was riven with factions. There was no beef with Coultard, though, who remained Bampton's room-mate.
The World Cup showed England were being left behind by other nations. This reached its nadir in May 1997 during back-to-back thrashings by the United States: 5–0 in San Jose then 6–0 in Portland.
Bampton, the sweeper in England's ultra-defensive formation, toiled in the heat – and she wasn't the only one.
Frequently moving as though wading through treacle, with a proverbial piano on her back, she was still among the better performers in England's forlorn attempts at damage limitation.
Full-time athletes like Olympic superstar Mia Hamm were by then on a completely different planet to England's enthusiastic but aging amateurs.
That was not the players' fault of course. It was a result of chronic developmental failures, compounded over many years – as Bampton herself had long been saying.
Bampton's 19-year, 95-cap England service came to an abrupt halt the following month.
She was unceremoniously bombed-out by Copeland, who had left it up to her whether she travelled to Norway for another meaningless friendly in June 1997.
Stressed by playing for and managing Croydon, she took Copeland up on his offer to sit the game out, but was never called upon again.
No thanks, no fanfare, no nothing!
Unimpressed Bampton later branded Copeland a decent coach but "too insensitive to work with women".
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Dad Albert and mum Ann played a key role in Bampton's career and at many of her clubs. Sister Lorraine also dabbled in football, but not as seriously as Debbie.
A childhood judoka, Bampton recalled honing her football skills in time-honoured tradition: in the back garden with her dad.
Wendy Owen (2005) recalled Bampton as a highly-promising young team-mate at Maidstone. A crocked neck meant Owen's own best days were well behind her by then.
But with Albert as manager, Debbie as captain and free-scoring Tracy Doe up front, Maidstone were soon a force to be reckoned with.
The Kent outfit reached the 1981 WFA Cup semi-final but were defeated by the holders, St Helens, at Maidstone United's Athletic Ground.
Silverware-hungry Bampton switched to ambitious Lowestoft in 1981 and won the 1982 WFA Cup in her first season, playing in the final at Loftus Road.
She was chosen to play and coach in New Zealand with Auckland WFC from May to September 1982, alongside Audrey Rigby of Notts Rangers and Caroline Jones of Manor Athletic.
Rigby, a member of England's 1976 Home Championships squad, thrived Down Under. She was their 1985 Player of the Year and won 14 caps as a NZ international.
Bampton endured a less enjoyable trip, consigned to the sidelines as a broken leg restricted her to coaching instead of playing.
Back in Blighty, Bampton captained Howbury Grange in the 1984 WFA Cup final at Sincil Bank, Lincoln. She collected her second winner's medal as Doncaster Belles were seen off 4–2.
At some point in 1984–85 Bampton signed for Millwall Lionesses who were developing their pioneering link with the Millwall men's club community department.
The Lionesses were beaten by Doncaster Belles in both the 1986 and 1987 WFA Cup semi-finals.
In 1987 Bampton was playing for Millwall and worked delivering mail for the Department of the Environment, when she left for Serie A club Trani.
She visited Trani's Kerry Davis for a holiday and trained with the Italian giants, who promptly offered a two-year pro deal.
Like Denis Law and Jimmy Greaves a generation earlier, Bampton found performance-related pay taken to extremes in Italy.
That was okay for Davis, who had gone all-in. But for Bampton – trying to keep commitments ticking over at home – it proved unworkable.
She enjoyed the football: forming a formidable midfield duo with Viviana Bontacchio, having crossed swords with the tireless little Brescian while on England duty.
Trani lost the Cup final 2–1 to Modena and finished second in the league, twelve points behind Lazio. But Bampton had already decided to bail when Trani went bust on the eve of the 1988–89 campaign.
Back at Millwall Lionesses, Bampton was part of an ever-improving team. This culminated in claiming the 1991 WFA Cup at Prenton Park against Doncaster Belles.
When the WFA formed a National League in 1991, the Millwall team broke up and Bampton headed to London rivals Friends of Fulham, who were re-branding as Wimbledon.
The team started brightly, with a flurry of goals from Bampton's England team-mate Marieanne Spacey, but never recovered from a 5–1 home thumping by Doncaster Belles in November 1991.
In 1992–93 Bampton played for newly-promoted Arsenal. As a self-confessed "Gooner" she was proud to collect a historic treble in her first season.
Vic Akers's well-resourced Arsenal franchise made a mockery of the bookies' questionable pre-season odds (12–1!) in the National League.
The 1993 WFA Cup final at Oxford's Manor Ground saw Bampton inadvertently hospitalise her old friend and adversary, Doncaster Belles' Gillian Coultard, after a first-half collision.
That coincided with Arsenal scoring twice in first-half stoppage time, in their eventual 3–0 win. Bampton pocketed her fourth winner's gong from her fourth final.
A trophyless 1993–94 season with Arsenal preceded a move into player-management with Croydon, the club formed as Bromley Borough in 1991 by a few of Bampton's old Millwall Lionesses pals.
In 1995–96 the team overcame a monster end of season fixture pile-up to beat the Belles to the title on goal difference. Despite being out on their feet, they also beat Liverpool on penalties in the Cup final at The Den.
Pete Davies's I Lost my Heart to the Belles (1996) – unashamedly a lovelorn paean to Doncaster Belles – portrayed Bampton in the role of cartoon villain.
That was poetic licence by Davies. But Bampton's brand of straight-talking did not endear her to everyone.
It possibly went against her when the FA appointed under-qualified Hope Powell, her Croydon skipper, over her head as England manager in 1998.
Forthright Bampton was never one to shirk a confrontation. Especially about complacency, for which she reserved a special loathing.
Steeped in football, Bampton's intimate knowledge of the game meant she could wring the best out of her charges.
She balanced a relatively small squad and valued the – ahem – footballer's footballers who played alongside gifted artisans like Hope Powell and Jo Broadhurst.
As well as dad Albert, ex-Millwall Lionneses boss Alan May was involved with the coaching. Broadhurst's dad Brian also helped out but Bampton retained overall control, even while playing.
Tactical team talks were given via the medium of Subbuteo, much to the players' hilarity.
This all fostered amazing team spirit at Croydon, who went unbeaten in the league for two years. Although they did develop an irksome habit of losing Cup finals to Arsenal.
Croydon recaptured the League title in 1998–99 and the squad cheekily went along to the Cup final, to cheer on Arsenal's opponents Southampton Saints.
Arsenal gaffer Vic Akers was left seething after finding a boozy a capella rendition of "Where's Yer Treble Gone?" on his answerphone messages. The culprit was never found, although Bampton naturally fell under suspicion!
Another double was secured in 2000 when Doncaster Belles were controversially edged out 2–1 in the Cup final at Bramall Lane in Sheffield.
When Croydon were franchised to Charlton Athletic in summer 2000, Bampton sensationally quit.
By all previous indications, Bampton was not averse to a tie-up with a bigger men's club, which had been on the cards for a while.
But something about the way it was handled did not sit right. Bampton had her principles and voted with her feet. Even with vastly improved resources, the club never enjoyed success on the same scale.
Postponing retirement yet again, Bampton's next destination as a player raised eyebrows: Doncaster Belles.
Not only is Doncaster 200 miles north of Croydon, but Bampton's club career was hitherto defined by numerous ding-dong battles against the Belles, over some 20 years.
On the opening day of the 2000–01 season, Donny faced Premier League new girls Barry Town in Wales. A goal down after 79 minutes, they roared back to win 3–1 with 38-year-old Bampton notching the second.
On her induction to the National Football Museum Hall of Fame in 2005, Bampton could proudly say: "By the time I finished I had achieved everything I wanted in the game".
Bampton played on for a few years with Eastbourne Borough in the lower divisions, under – who else? – dad Albert. She also held brief coaching assignments at Whitehawk and Lewes.


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On May 16, Binance became the latest and largest exchange to announce its intention to list TUSD. Up until this date, the coin had performed as expected, with scarcely a wobble from its dollar peg. But then Binance released its news and TUSD went on a run to rival even the pumpiest of altcoins. At 3:36am ET, Trueusd was trading at $0.997. In the space of 22 minutes, it jumped to $1.18 and by 5am was at $1.39, a 39% rise for a coin whose defining characteristic is that isnât meant to rise.
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Tate allowed a leadoff triple to Wyatt Mathisen to begin the seventh and after back to back intentional walks, Elvis Escobar singled home the winning run.
Tate, the Yankees' No. 12 prospect called up earlier this week from High-A Tampa, allowed three runs on six hits in six innings. He struck out two and walked four.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the provision of President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act that offers free contraception to women on employer health care plans goes into effect, though many religious institutions have a one-year reprieve.
Catholics who are aware of U.S. bishops' concerns about restrictions on religious liberty–including the contraceptive mandate–generally agree with the bishops' concerns. Yet the bishops' protests against government policies they see as restrictive of religious liberty have not drawn much more interest among Catholics than among the general public.
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Nearly two-thirds of Catholics (64%) have heard at least a little about the bishops' protests against a number of government policies, including Obama administration policies requiring religious institutions such as universities and hospitals to provide contraceptive services to their employees. But just 22% of Catholics say they have heard a lot about them. Moreover, only about a third of Catholic churchgoers (32%) say their priest has spoken out on this issue at Mass.
By a 56% to 36% margin, Catholics who are aware of the bishops' protests about what they believe are infringements on religious liberty say they agree with the bishops' concerns. Among all Americans who are aware of the protests, there is less support for the bishops' position: 41% agree with the bishops' concerns, while 47% disagree.
The latest national survey by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life and the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, conducted June 28-July 9, 2012, among 2,973 adults, finds that most Catholics express satisfaction with the leadership of the bishops and other church officials. Large majorities are very or somewhat satisfied with the leadership provided by Catholic nuns and sisters in the U.S. (83%), their own parish priests (82%), their diocesan bishop (74%), the pope (74%) and American bishops in general (70%).
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As steam builds for moving to a STEM framework in schools, so does the call for innovating student presentations of learning. Integrating the arts and switching up the spaces used for presentations of learning do double duty by popularizing the STEAM fields. Katie and Jamie will present the rationale for hosting STEAM Nites in schools, based on their experience of planning and hosting a community event in April 2015. Participants will engage in hands-on activities and create an action plan for their own STEAM powered parties. Takeaways will include a DYO bound notebook for notes and reflection and a digital storage space for archiving and continuing collaboration.
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This is a relatively old shot that I took some time mid last year. I was playing around with the Ricoh GRD (the original one) and I was tossing up going back to digital (or something to compliment my film gear) with that camera. I had it for quite a while and I enjoyed shooting with it a lot. The main reasons I enjoyed it so much were it's limitations. The fact that it was close to un-useable over ISO400 (this image was shot at ISO400 and you can tell how grainy it is); didn't support a card of more than 2GB of storage; it took forever to store a RAW image (the class 2 SD card wasn't helping either) and a few other things that generally people didn't like about it. But I was drawn to those things because it still maintained a little bit of the essence of the original film GR series. Sure it wasn't full frame, sure it didn't have an optical viewfinder and sure the battery ran out even before you could fill up a 1GB SD card but just the way it felt when you were shooting with it was amazing. It had a proper standard hot shoe so I used to slide in an optical viewfinder (it was suited for a 35mm focal range but it worked), set it up in 'Snap' mode, ISO400 and f8, switch the LCD off and I was ready for action.
I used to just loose myself when I was shooting with it. Absolutely no distractions - just frame (loosely) and shoot. With the 'Snap' mode, there was no lag between me pressing the shutter and it processing the image. I decided to stick to JPEG since the RAW shooting experience was just too awful, as I have mentioned above (though the files it gave were surprisingly good). Also, by sticking to JPEG, I was able to utilize the unique black and white filter it had.
The image above is mainly SOOC. I just added a bit of a vignette and did some very slight exposure correction. That was it.
Needless to say, I was very impressed by it.
I eventually sold it with the intention of purchasing the GRD IV but for some reason, that never happened. But now that the GRD V is out, it is by far the best digital compact in the market and I am considering buying it in the near future. Of course, this is just my humble opinion but there simply is no other digital compact that does a better job than this at street photography.
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