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A bit of injury news.
Pulis confirmed this morning that Boro will be without Paddy McNair and Daniel Ayala at Millwall tomorrow.
The Ayala news comes as no real surprise but McNair’s absence is a blow.
Jordan Hugill is a player Tony Pulis wants to sign ahead of next Thursday’s deadline.
It’s understood West Ham are willing to let the striker move on - although it’s not clear how far advanced negotiations are and whether Boro are looking for a loan or permanent deal.
West Ham boss Manuel Pellegrini was asked about his transfer plans earlier this week.
“It depends which players will not continue in the club and also on the options we have to replace them, so the sporting director and myself as manager have to work very hard to be absolutely sure that we have the squad that we need for the Premier League,” Pellegrini told the club’s official website.
Pulis was unsurprisingly asked about all of the above.
He again stressed that he hopes Traore stays.
On Assombalonga, he said he isn’t aware of any bids. That’s after Burnley were linked.
And he refused to be drawn on the Hugill speculation.
Pulis was very honest in his press conference this morning, admitting in the broadcast section that Boro are “well behind where we wanted to be”.
“I want to do lot more, the club wants to do lot more, we need to a lot more.
“We’re behind, we’re well behind. we’ve got injuries to key players as well.
So what areas is he looking to strengthen?
“We’re looking right across front line.
“If Adama goes as well we’re looking to strengthen right across front line.
“We want to add one more at the back and a couple more in midfield as well.
“There’ll be quite a bit of movement if we get opportunity and chance to do business we want to do.
“The ideal situation is before pre-season starts you get team together but never works out. We’re waiting for big boys to start eating then all scraps drop off table and hopefully we’re there ready to pick them up.
“I’ve spoken to Steve continuously, he’s of the same opinion.
Some breaking news this morning.
If you weren’t watching the broadcast section of Pulis’s press conference on the club’s Facebook page just now, Pulis talked at length about Gibson, Traore, the “desperate” need to strengthen and plenty more.
On Gibson, he said it would be “fantastic” if he stayed but said the chance to move to the Premier League is a “brilliant opportunity”.
He again stressed that he’s doing all that’s possible to persuade Traore to stay but says it could come down to the player.
On incomings, Pulis said Boro are “desperate to do some business” and revealed he wants a defender, a couple of midfielders and some forward players ahead of next Thursday’s deadline.
Full transcript from the broadcast section coming up shortly.
Hello, and welcome to Friday’s blog.
It’s new season eve, we’re into the last week of the transfer window and it’s Tony Pulis’s first press conference of the season.
So yeah, plenty to go at today.
It’ll be interesting to hear what the boss has to say on the transfer front, particularly on the developments last night.
Burnley are understood to have had a bid for Ben Gibson knocked back. The offer was thought to be around the £12m mark.
Wolves are reportedly ready to smash their transfer record to trigger Traore’s release clause.
There’s more on the above two stories HERE.
BMW is leveraging its racing know-how to design a track-only version of the M4 developed to compete in the FIA’s popular GT4 category.
While the racer won’t be revealed for another couple of months, an early design sketch published by BMW gives us a good idea of what it will look like. Visually, it will stand out from the road-going M4 thanks to a specific front end with a more muscular-looking front fascia, side skirts, and a large wing on the trunk lid.
The modifications will be more than skin-deep. To keep weight in check, BMW will fit the GT4 with a carbon-fiber hood borrowed from the limited-edition M4 GTS, and the coupe will boast a pair of carbon-fiber doors. It will share its seats, its brakes, and its pedal box with the M6 GT3 that has been tearing up race tracks all over the world for the past couple of years.
The M4 GT4 is being developed with affordability and driveability in mind. Power will come from a bone-stock, M4-sourced turbocharged 3.0-liter straight-six engine, though how much power it will be allowed to generate will directly depend on how heavy the car is. The electronics will be sourced from the street-legal M4’s parts bin, too, but the turbo six will breath through a specific race-exhaust system.
BMW’s engineers are putting the final touches on the car, and they expect that they’ll begin testing it on the track before the end of the year. The first cars will be delivered in late 2017, right in time for the following year’s season, meaning the M4 GT4 will likely make its official track debut during the 2018 edition of the 24 Hours of Dubai.
Get pumped for the 2018 CMA Awards by looking through some of the hottest red carpet looks the show has ever seen!
The 2018 Country Music Association Awards are going down on Nov. 14, so we thought it’d be fun to prepare by taking a glance back at some of our favorite red carpet looks from over the years! From country darlings like Carrie Underwood and Kelsea Ballerini to celebrity guests like Karlie Kloss and Lea Michele, there have been plenty of stars who graced the CMAs red carpet in beautiful gowns.
Underwood never fails to impress us with her red carpet attire. One of our favorite looks of hers came last year when she arrived at the Nashville event in a blue Fouad Sarkis gown. The mermaid style dress featured a plunging off-the-shoulder neckline with ruffled sleeves. The “Cry Pretty” hitmaker finished off the ensemble with silver earrings and rings.
Karlie Kloss also made a major statement in 2017 when she showed up at the event to present the award for Song of the Year, which ended up going to best friend Taylor Swift, although she was in New York for Saturday Night Live rehearsals at the time. (Swift penned Little Big Town‘s hit song “Better Man” and the band accepted the award on her behalf). We were completely enamored with Kloss’ blood orange Elie Saab beaded gown. The model opted to go braless under the dress which was a smart choice considering the open back and plunging neckline.
Want to see even more of the hottest CMAs dresses ever? Then get clicking through the gallery above!
The 2018 CMA Awards air Wednesday, Nov. 14 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
• Archaeologists will speak about what they've found at the Catawba Indian site on the land for the planned new York County museum near Sutton Road on Tuesday, June 17, 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the Fort Mill Public Library, 1818 Baxter Crossing in Fort Mill. For the first half of the 18th century, "Nassaw Town" was the political center of the Catawba Indian Nation. Archeologists from the University of North Carolina have been surveying and excavating the site, located on the property being developed for a new museum on the Catawba River. Brett Riggs and Stephen Davis will speak about Catawba archeology, including their current work, at "Archeology in the Old Catawba Nation." Work at the site in 2007 revealed a large, compact circular town of rectangular, post-built houses. Excavations have yielded native pottery, animal bone and botanical remains as well as trade materials such as ammunition, glass beads and kaolin pipe fragments. Free; seating limited. Reservations required by Monday, June 16.
• Calling all classmates,The class of 1998 from Fort Mill and Indian Land high schools are planning 10-year reunions and is seeking information from class members. ILHS grads can send an e-mail to 98ilreunion@gmail.com or call (803) 431-1202. FMHS grads can e-mail shawa@fort-mill.k12.sc.us or call 548-4801.
• Line dance lessons continue, sponsored by the Lancaster Shag Club, each Thursday through the summer. 7 p.m. at the Lancaster Moose Lodge, 200 Moose Dr., Lancaster. $2 per person per lesson. For details, contact Lancaster Shag Club President, Nita Brown, at (803) 286-5694.
• Guitar lessons, at the Leroy Springs Recreation Complex. Start from the basics and build from there. All styles and skills levels. Private lessons are available in the evenings and Saturday mornings. $70/members, $80/non-members. Call 547-4575.
ELON — In addition to discussing the attractiveness Schar Center possesses as a home base of operations and the program’s commitment to high academic standards, the NCAA Tournament became part of the interview process that led Elon athletics director Dave Blank to new men’s basketball coach Mike Schrage.
How does the Phoenix reach that ultimate destination?
Schrage, an Ohio State assistant coach during the last two seasons, was hired by Elon on Friday and will be introduced during a news conference late Monday afternoon at Schar Center, the new arena that opened for basketball in November.
From his time as an Indiana student assistant (1994-98), to his Duke experience as academic and recruiting coordinator and director of basketball operations (1999-2008), to his eight seasons as a Stanford assistant coach (2008-16), Schrage knows the taste of NCAA Tournament success.
Recently, he has been a part of teams that have won games in the last three tournaments, including Butler’s trip to the 2017 Sweet 16.
Meanwhile, Elon has achieved four winning seasons across its 20 years on the Division I level.
The Phoenix never has competed in the NCAA Tournament — or the postseason version of the National Invitation Tournament — and has yet to advance past the quarterfinal round of its conference tournament since joining the Colonial Athletic Association five seasons ago.
“The challenge of doing something at Elon that’s never been done,” Blank said of the goal of unlocking the NCAA Tournament. “Being the first to do that, and to take that and let that exude into the players, that’s the kind of person I was looking for. It’s not about even the coach getting it done, it’s about the players and them experiencing that first opportunity to be in the tournament, and Mike talked a good bit about that.
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Worcester, passed away Wednesday, February 24th 2010 surrounded by his family after an illness.
Frank was born in Worcester, one of ten children born to the late Santo and Rose (Scola) Reno. He attended Worcester Public Schools, met and married his wife of the past 72 years, Carmella (Pingatore) Reno. In 1943, he joined the U.S. Army to serve his country during World War II, taking part in several campaigns including the Normandy Invasion on D-day, "Battle of the Bulge" and the "Battle of Hagenow" earning a purple heart for injuries suffered in that battle. He has lived here all his life.
Frank worked more than 35 years as a firefighter for the City of Worcester before retiring. He previously worked as a manager for Gloria Chain Store before the War.
Frank is survived by his wife of 72 years Carmella "Dolly" (Pingatore) Reno; three devoted children, Rosemarie Swindell and her husband Harold of Auburn, Francis A. Reno and his wife Donna of Sutton, Paul S. Reno and his wife Patricia of Worcester; Two brothers, Joseph A. Reno and his wife Veronica M., Robert S. Reno and his wife Lucia M. all of Worcester; two sisters, Anna B. Rocco of Worcester and Rita Maruca of Springfield; eight grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren; many nieces, nephews and friends. Four sisters, Mary R. and Pauline Reno, Emily D. Falcone and Carmela R. Bafaro and a brother, Raymond Reno all predeceased him.
Frank was a founding member of Our Lady of Loreto Church, a former member of its men's club and Church council, and also an active volunteer of many church functions and annual festivals. He was member of the Disabled American Veterans Association and the Eastside Post 201 American Legion, the Pope John Council Knights of Columbus and the Bishop O'Reilly 4th degree Assembly. The Local 1009, International Brotherhood of Firefighters and the Worcester Fire Relief Association and Credit Union.
The funeral will be held Saturday, February 27th from the MERCADANTE FUNERAL HOME & CHAPEL, 370 Plantation St. with a Mass at 10:00am in Our Lady of Loreto Church, 33 Massasoit Rd. Burial will be in St. John�s Cemetery. Friends and relatives are invited to visit with the family Friday, February 26th from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the funeral home. Members of the Pope John Council, Knights of Columbus will meet at 6:30 p.m. Friday in the funeral home to conduct their ritual. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Disabled American Veteran's Association, P.O. Box 14301, Cincinnati, OH 45250-0301, Attn: Gift Processing or a Charity of the Donor's Choice.
There’s something very classically science fiction-y about how much talking there is in “Augmented,” a short film from Ross Peacock. Because it is mostly two people in a room, talking about the implications of technology—but that isn’t the real story it’s telling.
“Augemented” is technically about the technology that allows people to manipulate what everyone around them sees. But it’s more about what companies will do to exploit it, and that’s far more interesting—at least framed the way Peacock does—than the technology itself.
Ipswich Town youngster Corrie Ndaba has been offered a professional contract with the club, we understand.
The Irish central defender is currently in the third year of his scholarship with the Blues but is now understood to have been offered professional terms.
Ndaba, 19, arrived from Dublin side Cherry Orchard in 2016 as a central midfielder but has since been converted into a central defender and has made rapid strides during the course of this season.
He has become a regular in the Blues’ Under 23 side, which he has captained on occasions, and is a solid defender who has pace, power and a good positional sense.
Ndaba was name-checked by first-team manager Paul Lambert on Saturday, when the Blues boss discussing the central defenders at his disposal in the absence of both James Collins and captain Luke Chambers.
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The defender was part of the same scholarship intake as Jack Lankester, who earned a professional deal in the summer and has since broken into the first-team.
Left-back Bailey Clements and creative midfielder Idris El Mizouni have also signed professional contracts during the course of this season, while youngstersHarry Wright and Ben Morris have also penned new deals.
Let’s see…imitates golf. Or rather, golf imitates art. Or is it that golf imitates life?
Never mind. At Par Excellence! you don’t have to know much about art if you know what you like—and if what you like happens to be miniature golf. The exhibit, which was designed by 22 Chicago-area sculptors and painters, is a fully puttable paean to America’s favorite roadside attraction. And it may soon be coming to a gallery near you.
The course, a bizarre array of 18 challenging holes with names like “Proper Burial” and “Duffers of the Apocalypse,” caused the leisure-sport sensation of the summer when it opened last month at the Art Institute of Chicago’s Gallery 2. During the exhibit’s five-week run, gallery attendance swelled from 50 visitors a week to 1,500.
Athletes and aesthetes came from as far away as Racine, Wis., five hours north of Chicago, and filled the guest books with rave reviews. (“Artful yet sadistic,” noted one patron approvingly.) The show’s creators have been swamped with requests to take the exhibit on tour, build a permanent Chicago course and design an indoor miniature-golf game for commercial use—all of which they plan to do within a year.
Par Excellence! is the brainchild of Michael O’Brien, a 36-year-old artist and miniature-golf aficionado who for years has managed to play at least a dozen rounds of his favorite sport every summer. O’Brien was working as visual arts curator for the Illinois Arts Council in 1984, when the idea for the exhibit hit him like a mashie-niblick. Last year, realizing it was time to putt up or shut up, he joined forces with six other artists and began designing the course. Each participant, including O’Brien, drew up plans for one hole, then the group held a contest to find designers for the remaining holes.
The artists also had to watch their creations get walked on, swung at and broken—and were even required to provide spare parts in case a hole became unplayable. “Usually artists are so picky, any nicks or scrapes are cause for uproar,” says O’Brien. But in this case, finickiness was overcome by a passion for the game. “Many artists look at miniature golf as sort of folk art,” he says.
Despite leading by as many as 15 points in the second half, Notre Dame faltered down the stretch at Tennessee and fell 71-69, as the Volunteers sunk a go-ahead jumper in the closing seconds.
The sixth-ranked Irish (14-3, 4-1 ACC) led by 15 points after scoring the first basket of the second half and held a 14-point lead as late as the final two minutes of the third quarter, but they were outscored 23-7 by the Volunteers (11-6, 2-2 SEC) over the game’s final 12 minutes to suffer just their third loss of the year.
“I thought Tennessee really did just a great job down the stretch,” Irish head coach Muffet McGraw said. “When they made their run, they rebounded — they held us to one shot, and that was the difference in the game. We were out-rebounding them in the first half, but in the second half, we could not get a rebound, especially at the offensive end.
Much of Tennessee’s damage down the stretch came in the fourth quarter, as the Irish shot just 21 percent from the floor in the period and did not attempt a single free throw. The Volunteers, on the other hand, converted all six of their free throws and out-rebounded the Irish 17-5 in the game’s final period to work their way back into the game.
“I think they were just outworking us,” senior guard Lindsay Allen said, echoing McGraw’s sentiment. “ … We weren’t being smart on offense, we were turning the ball over and they were just coming down and bullying us out there — they were getting offensive rebounds, they were making layups [and] they were getting 50-50 balls.
Irish senior guard Lindsay Allen fights through contact to go up for a layup during Notre Dame’s 72-61 loss to UConn on Dec. 7 at Purcell Pavilion.
McGraw also cited the team’s defensive effort as a cause of the poor finish.
That struggle defending the ball screen was displayed on the game’s final basket, a jumper by junior forward Jaime Naird with just over 10 seconds remaining in the game. Naird came around a ball screen on the play, which gave her a one-on-one matchup with Irish junior forward Brianna Turner. Turner backed off to play the dribble drive, but Naird — who was 3-of–11 from the floor at that point — pulled up for the jumper from the elbow and knocked it down. The Irish were then unable to score on their final possession, and the Volunteers walked away, having completed their comeback effort to steal a victory from the Irish.
The fourth quarter struggles undercut what was a strong performance for the Irish through three quarters. As a team, they shot nearly 57 percent and had 15 assists, paced by Allen’s game-high 10 assists. Sophomore guard Marina Mabrey paced the Irish with 17 points, 10 of which came in the first half. Turner also had 10 points in the first half, but she was held scoreless through the next two quarters.
For the Volunteers, Diamond DeShields was the offensive leader, particularly in the second half. The redshirt junior guard finished with 20 points, including the first eight points scored by either team in the fourth quarter — which narrowed the gap from double-figures to just two points for Tennessee.
When Notre Dame next takes the court, it will square off with Boston College and will return to ACC play for the remainder of their regular season. And while it hopes and expects to get back on track after the defeat, particularly with two more road games this week, don’t expect it to look at its most recent road loss as a learning experience.
The Irish and Eagles are scheduled to tip off at 7 p.m. Thursday at Conte Forum.
Patents are interesting. Pouring through them can tell you what kind of a direction a company is going in. Even if the products envisioned by the patent never actually materializes, they at least give you some kind of insight into where that particular company’s head is at.
Figure nine is especially interesting. Unlike virtually every laptop, which is flat at the bottom, this one is curved. I’ve got mixed feelings about this. On flat surfaces, I can’t imagine this ever being remotely usable.
But if I was working on a plane or bus, or anywhere for that matter where I’m away from my desk, I imagine having a laptop that fits the natural curvature of my leg would be pretty welcome.
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Though the official numbers aren't in for December, it's likely that 2014 will go down as the planet's hottest year on record, at least since scientists started keeping tabs on global temperature.