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“We know that sometimes when it gets really physical, people accuse Mesut Ozil of not even turning up for the game. |
"It's away [against Bournemouth], it was going to be tough so he's used his squad the best he can. He changed the system and Mesut Ozil is there on the bench if he needs him. |
“This manager isn't afraid to make tough decisions. The challenge is down right there for Mesut Ozil. |
“I think he'll definitely play [in the north London derby]. He's a big-game player. |
"Sometimes the mindset is more difficult against the smaller teams because playing against the big teams, that's the one you're motivated for. |
"I think there's a bit of mind games going on with the manager and I think he's challenged Mesut Ozil, and I think Ozil will show up." |
And finally, Emile Smith Rowe is eager to help Arsenal achieve big things this season. |
Smith Rowe scored his third Gunners goal of the season in their straight-forward 3-0 Europa League success over Vorskla Poltava tonight. |
The 18-year-old said: “My fingers and my toes are very cold, but you’ve just got to get on with it. |
“It was a good win for us and a few lads got their debuts, so we’re just happy to get the win. |
CLEVELAND – Art Modell will be forgiven here today before the last-ranked offense in the National Football League will shove the ball down the throat of its second-ranked run defense. Snowballs out of the Dawg Pound have a better shot against the underside of Bill Parcells’ collar than the Browns do of a 75-yard drive ... |
The last Given Sunday anything so miraculous might have occurred would have been the first Easter. And the next time a physically superior team loses regardless could be today if the Giants send the Browns the Christmas gift Chris Palmer never received from Lomas Brown. The 10 point underdogs can pull it out the way ov... |
Jim Fassel looked it up. During the nineties, a team with only a plus-one advantage in turnovers in a game won 67% of the time. At plus two, the percentage went up to 82%. At plus three, it reached ninety. No team minus as much as six ever won. |
This is why bad teams sometimes can beat good teams and, of course, why they usually don’t. “Mistakes are forced by being a better team to start with,” said Giants GM Ernie Accorsi. “Superior defensive players not only know how to strip the ball but are better players. |
And teams of average talent can look like good when they don’t. If you want to know how the fishy-looking Giants are 6-2; the suspect Lions 5-3; and the Seahawks, a playoff team a year ago, are 2-7; skip injuries, perceived coaching brain lock, offensive and defensive yardage rankings, quarterback ratings and all other... |
The Giants were minus-eight last year, when then they went 7-9. They are now an NFC second-best plus five, behind the Lions who, at plus-12, are feeling no pain. |
Therefore, we’ll tell you more. |
There have been offensive powerhouses with poor or mediocre turnover ratios. The 1997 Packers, thanks to the gunslinging Brett Favre’s 21 interceptions, were even in turnovers in a Super Bowl year and the next season were still a playoff team at minus 10. |
Of the 60 playoff qualifiers in the last five years, 45 have had a plus figure, which, based on the above numbers Fassel distributed to his team, is not quite as high as you would think. Last year, five playoff teams (Minnesota -10, Buffalo and Miami -6, Indianapolis -5, Tampa Bay -4) were negative. |
Perennial powerhouses, while usually plus, are not always among the ratio leaders, either. But whenever a team like the 1996 Panthers (+13), 1997 Giants (+25) or 1998 Falcons (+20) turns from a pumpkin into a coach for just one run to the ball, having a good coach subsequently doesn’t prove to be as big a factor as hav... |
Now, that’s not to say that good luck is only dumb luck. Strong defenses have players who wind up with the ball. |
“When we judge who to draft or sign, we analyze turnover-causing ability,” said Accorsi “A guy has a lot of fumble recoveries, it means he has a nose for the ball and a sense of where it is, a big part of the package. |
“Sometimes you’ll see a top-rated player with no interceptions in two years. That’s a red flag. In college an exceptional player won’t get the ball thrown his way, so you weigh that. But if you are a playmaker, you have to make plays. |
This is why Ron Dayne’s ability to hang onto the ball was “the biggest thing” in Fassels’ mind when the Giants made the pick. Also why their scant three fumbles in eight games (right behind the Rams and Chiefs’ league-best two) might be the single biggest factor in Big Blue becoming 6-2. |
“I’ve always taken pride in having my teams be stingy with the football,” said Fassel. He should. According to ABC researchers for Monday Night Football, the Giant coach has the second best fumble-per game average of any coach in NFL history (1.55), behind Tom Coughlin (1.52) and ahead of Barry Switzer (1.55), Wade Phi... |
Meanwhile, Kerry Collins’s seven interceptions is a middle-of-the-pack number, like the Giants’ 15 takeaways. That figure is skewed by the whopping five forced against Dallas, but the Giants have won the last three games by not giving the ball back. |
“We practice stripping every day,” said defensive coordinator John Fox. “We get on the JUGS, the machine that shoots the ball at you. |
And exponentially increases your chances of going to the playoffs when you come up with it. |
EVERY summer, tourists pose for photographs in front of Guirke’s old shop in the picturesque village of Hollywood, Co Wicklow. |
The sign on the façade — Hollywood Post Office — intrigues them, and, amused by the fact that a rural Irish village boasts the legendary name, they rarely fail to capture the moment on camera. |
Some may be aware of the film stars — Liam Neeson, Meryl Streep, Brendan Gleeson — who have visited this quiet but scenic place which nestles at the foot of the Wicklow mountains off the N81 on the Baltinglass to Blessington road. |
They may even know that many successful movies were partially filmed both here and in the beautiful countryside around it — Braveheart, Michael Collins, The Wind that Shakes the Barley, King Arthur and Dancing at Lughnasa. |
What they may not know is that locals believe this little village gave its name to the glamorous home of the movie industry — and in fact have even erected a replica of the iconic Hollywood sign in the hills above. |
Talk to local historian John Glennon; in fact talk to any of the 80 or so residents and they’ll tell you about Matthew Guirk. |
Guirk, who came from a farming family living in Dragoon Hill not far from Hollywood — is believed to have emigrated to America sometime between 1845 and 1850, either during the Great Famine or just afterwards. |
“He probably would have been in his mid-twenties, possibly early thirties when he emigrated,” says Glennon, a retired civil servant who is writing a book on the history of the area. |
The movie studios moved in and a legend — or, indeed, a series of them — was born as Hollywood USA became known around the world. |
“Much of what we know is from Jim Guirk, his great grand-nephew, who lived in Hollywood and ran the village shop and sub-Post office for more than 60 years until his death in 2003,” explains Glennon. |
It’s been called Hollywood, Co Wicklow for 1,000 years — some believe its name originates from the words Holy Wood, which described a local forest in which Saint Kevin is said to have prayed. |
The link with California will play a role in the publicity around the village’s first summer festival, the Hollywood Fair, later this month. |
A 130-page booklet about the village’s history, including the Californian connection, is being launched in the run-up to the fair, which runs from August 19th to 21st. |
A big white Hollywood sign was erected 80 metres above the village a few weeks ago in honour of the festival. Measuring 1.8m high and 14m long, it can, claims its creator Tommy Tutty, be seen from as far away as Kilcullen near the Curragh in Co Kildare. |
This is the second such sign erected by Tutty, a father-of-three and lecturer in carpentry, joinery, technical drawing and mathematics at the Dublin Institute of Technology. |
The first, made of leftover wood from the set of Dancing at Lughnasa, which was partly shot in Hollywood and featured Meryl Streep, was installed above the village in 1997 in honour of the Tour de France, but was vandalised a year later. “Because of Hollywood’s connection with California and the famous sign in the Holl... |
And if festival chairman Harry Farrington has his way, we’ll be hearing a lot more about Hollywood Fair in the years to come. |
HOW THE GAME WAS WON: 4 KEY MOMENTS . |
St. Augustine got on the board first, early in the second half. On fourth-and-3 from the Holy Cross 11-yard line, Purple Knights' freshman running back Justin Doyle found the end zone with 11:15 to go in the half to take a 7-0 lead. |
Holy Cross managed only two first downs in the first half, but both came on the Tigers' only scoring drive late in the second quarter. Stopped on three-and-outs four times in the half, the Tigers put together a 58-yard drive on eight plays, capped off by a 27-yard catch and run by Jalen Johnson to tie the score heading... |
St. Augustine kick returner De’Andre Cooper took the second-half kickoff 50 yards to the Holy Cross 35-yard line, setting up the first of three touchdowns in the third quarter. Doyle scored his second touchdown on a 6-yard run to give the Purple Knights a 14-7 lead. Tylie Keasley added a 20-yard touchdown reception, an... |
Damon McFarland’s 40-yard interception return for a touchdown with 3:24 remaining gave the Purple Knights its final score, sealing the victory at 34-9. |
The junior running back scored the Purple Knights third of three third-quarter touchdowns to help St. Augustine take control of the game. The 14-yard touchdown run was good for a commanding 27-7 lead. |
He carried 16 times for 89 yards, with much of those yards coming as St. Aug put the game away. |
Holy Cross won the regular-season matchup between these Catholic League rivals, 24-20. St. Augustine led that game 14-3 at halftime and 20-10 at the end of the third quarter before three fourth-quarter turnovers keyed the Tigers' comeback victory. Holy Cross sophomore running back Jaden Handy had 98 yards rushing in th... |
The game kicked off under cool, windy conditions. It was 53 degrees with north winds of 19 mph. |
St. Augustine was penalized eight times for 50 yards in the first half, but the Purple Knights were only penalized three times in the second half. |
St. Augustine’s defense dominated throughout, holding Holy Cross to minus-22 yards rushing. The Purple Knights sacked Holy Cross quarterback John Dade Wooton five times. They also created four turnovers; two fumble recoveries and two interceptions. |
Holy Cross coach Guy LeCompte: "It snowballed on us at the end, when you get into a situation where you have to pass it. They (St. Augustine) did an outstanding job. Their coaching staff did a phenomenal job of preparing their kids and threw some wrinkles in that we haven't seen all year. They did a really good job. Th... |
Rushing: Mahmood Bailey, 16-89, TD; Justin Doyle, 11-51, 2 TD; Trevon Woodson, 16-31; Albert Quest, 3-5; Khi Mathieu, 1-(-3); Kendell Sampson, 2-3. |
Receiving: Khi Mathieu, 1-18; Broderick Martin, 3-35; Mahmood Bailey, 1-2; Tylie Keasley, 1-20, TD; De’Andre Cooper, 2-(-1). |
Passing: Trevon Woodson, 8-11, 74 yards, TD. |
Rushing: Jaden Handy, 13-11; John Dade Wooton, 7-(-33). |
Receiving: Jalen Johnson, 5-87, TD; Merlin Seminary, 2-53; Jaden Handy, 3-35. |
Passing: John Dade Wooton, 10-22, 175 yards, TD, 2 INT. |
NEXT UP: St. Augustine will travel to Baton Rouge to face defending Division I state champion Catholic in a quarterfinals matchup. Holy Cross finishes the season at 7-4. |
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the understanding reached between UN agencies and Myanmar on creating conditions that would allow hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees to voluntarily and safely return to their homes in the country’s Rakhine province. |
The Memorandum of Understanding, signed by the Government of Myanmar, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP), on Wednesday, concerns the UN system’s support to creating conditions conducive to voluntary, safe, dignified, and sustainable refugee returns from B... |
“As these conditions are not yet in place, [the Secretary-General] welcomes the agreement by the Government of Myanmar to take this first step to address the root causes of the conflict in Rakhine,” read a statement issued by the UN chief’s spokesperson. |
The Secretary-General also encouraged Myanmar to take “decisive steps to implement the agreement” and reiterated his call for an end to violence, accountability for perpetrators, redress for victims, humanitarian access to all areas in Rakhine state, and the implementation of the recommendations of the Rakhine Advisory... |
Ahead of the signing, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Myanmar, Knut Ostby, said in an exclusive interview with UN News that the two most important conditions for their safe and voluntary return are citizenship rights and an end to violence. |
“People need to have an identity, they need to be able to exist as normal people in society, they need to be able to move around so they can enjoy services and livelihoods,” he said. |
“And there needs to be an absence of violence. People need to be able to return in peace,” he added. |
Since August last year, some 700,000 mainly-Muslim Rohingya have fled Rakhine state, in majority-Buddhist Myanmar, for neighbouring Bangladesh. Most say they were fleeing violence and persecution, including a military campaign by Myanmar forces, which began in response to violent attacks by Rohingya insurgents. |
The Memorandum of Understanding will give UNHCR and UNDP access to Rakhine state, including to refugees’ places of origin and potential new settlement areas that the UN has so far been unable to access since the violence escalated at the end of last August. |
The access, once verified, will allow UNHCR to assess local conditions and help the refugees to make informed decisions on voluntary return. |
The agreement will also allow UNHCR and UNDP to carry out needs assessments in affected communities and strengthen the capacity of local authorities to support the voluntary repatriation process. |
The Advisory Commission on Rakhine State – a neutral and impartial body composed of six local experts and three international experts, chaired by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan – has proposed concrete measures for improving the welfare of all people in the province. |
Its recommendations include establishing a clear and voluntary pathway to citizenship and ensuring freedom of movement for all people there, irrespective of religion, ethnicity or citizenship status. |
The Rohingya have not been granted any level of citizenship, or citizenship rights, which is a major impediment to their return home. |
CHELSEA left it late to see off Cardiff in south Wales - here's the story of the dramatic Premier League match at the Cardiff City Stadium. |
Late goals from Cesar Azpilicueta and Ruben Loftus-Cheek helped Chelsea complete a thrilling comeback to beat Cardiff City 2-1 away in the Premier League. |
With Chelsea heading for an embarrassing defeat against third-bottom Cardiff, their captain Azpilicueta dragged them back into the match with a goal that appeared to be offside. |
Chelsea stayed sixth in the table with 60 points, level with fifth-placed Arsenal, who have played a game fewer, and a point behind Manchester United in fourth. |
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All righty, we begin this dressing file with a brief table of 10 entries of things that you can find outside of a ruined castle, making the approach appropriately ominous: From thickets of brambles and smoldering remains of cloaks to decaying arrows stuck in trees to the time-honored bones, there is a lot of cool stuff... |
Of course, when there’s an outside, there also is an inside: 20 entries inside the ruined castle hint at scuttling critters, with uneven floors making progress rough, and tapestries fallen over furniture may well conceal whatever you want…6 events include suddenly dripping cold water, the cawing of birds or dust and mo... |
This is not, however, where things end – there is a final page of content, and here, we get 20 entries depicting things you can add, dressing-wise, to the tunnels below the ruined castle in question. Among the 6 events provided, we have faint breezes carrying fetid odors, dull cracks and stones falling from the ceiling... |
Creighton Broadhurst is a pro at generating atmosphere – particularly the notion of a subdued sense of decay and dilapidation is something he has down perfectly. This dressing file really manages to evoke a concise sense of atmosphere and excitement, and it’s vague enough to work for pretty much any game. I really enjo... |
You can get this great dressing-file here on OBS! |
Rare opportunity to build in upper Crestwood! This spectacular, level, rectangular .319 acre lot is now available to build your dream home! This lot is conveniently located near the Cultural District, 7th Street Area and Montgomery Plaza! |
Why Is Windows Mobile Losing To Android In The Smartphone Market? |
We brought you news yesterday that sales of Android-based smartphones have been surging lately at the expense of Microsoft's Windows Mobile platform, something that was expected given the amount of handsets based on Google's mobile platform that have flooded the market over the last 12 months. |
However, Microsoft itself is suffering from self-inflicted wounds for which it only needs to blame itself. |
First there's the issue associated with licensing; handset manufacturers need to pay a fee for each Windows Mobile smartphone they sell, this is how Microsoft makes a profit. |
Now the fee might be small but in an environment where profit margins are razor thin, every penny counts and in this game, nothing beats free as in Google Android. |
Then there's the fact that Windows Mobile lags significantly behind its main competitors. Windows Mobile 6.53, the latest official iteration first appeared, in February 2010 and is the latest version of Windows Mobile 6.5 which was launched in ... May. |
The latter is itself a major upgrade for Windows Mobile 6 which was released back in February 2007, that's even before Apple launched the iPhone. As for the latest technologies, well, for example, you can't even do multi touch on Windows Mobile as it stands. |
Android offers more control to the handset manufacturers as it is an open source mobile platform. It means for example that they can offer enough unique selling points to differentiate themselves from other Android-based rivals. Practically, we see that HTC came up with the Sense UI while Sony Ericsson has the Timescap... |
Finally the most pertinent reason why Windows Mobile is taking a beating from Android is that the former doesn't offer any App store like Application repository for now. Sure, you've got thousands of Windows Mobile Apps but they cannot be installed as easily as you'd do for Android or the iPhone. |
The first time Draven Miltenberger played Tomb Raider was in 1999. He was three years old. His home life might have been tumultuous thanks to how often he moved, but that was his constant: Tomb Raider. |
"My family couldn't pry it out of my hands," he wrote in a blog post that described his love for the game. After reading it, I decided to reach out to him. "It hooked me instantly," Miltenberger, now seventeen, told me in an email. |
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