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Thursday, Aug 16, 2007 - 01:04 SGT
Posted By: Gilbert

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Back-to-School Stimulation

Cute Overload! is heavy on quality, but there comes a time when a picture just screams out to be disseminated. This is one of those:


Stirred, not shaken

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The new academic semester is upon me again - tis the time to download and print copious amounts of lecture notes, e-readings, past year papers and the like in the full flush of early-semester optimism. The disillusionment and last-minute rushing of tutorials will doubtless sink in later, but I'm enjoying it for now. Ran out of A4 paper though, which was a bit of a downer.

The very first lecture, CS5340 Uncertainty Modelling in AI, was to my relief familiar-looking. Didn't expect the seminar room to be close to full with some thirty to fifty students when only seven undergrads were officially registered in the class roster, but from previous experience I don't mind Masters students at all - they no longer have Honours to chase, heh.

Come to think of it, Bayesian networks are quite intuitive after all, and I suppose that most people use its principles unknowingly in the same way as they can catch thrown objects without a formal education in differential equations. More on this next time, but if this piques your interest, give the free GeNIe software a try.

Gave my keyboard a full cleaning too, after I began to get uncomfortable with seeing strands of hair, snack remains and general grime peeking out at me from between the keys. I was never too big on daily maintenance, which was a bit of a problem in the army, but I can't stand too much sloppiness either.


(After) Black is beautiful - Harder to see the dirt

A good guide for removing keys with a screwdriver (or other similar rigid thin thing) can be found here. The "Before" photo was deemed unpublishable, due to the effect it may have on weak stomachs.


Self-defence

 Now for the fascinating EPL. I have been remiss in describing the Community Shield and van der Sar's triple penalty save, so an action photo from the match will have to make up for it; Note van der Sar's gamesmanship as he keeps the opponent takers waiting as he lets himself be escorted to the goal by the referee.

van der Sar displayed his not-so-nice side in the game proper when he rather unnecessarily put up a boot to keep the vertically-challenged Wright-Philips away from him. If it were Crouch, then perhaps it might be understood...
Impatience leads to nervousness, nervousness leads to badly placed kicks, badly placed kicks lead to suffering misses.

No penalties in run-of-the-mill league matches, sadly, as United were held 0-0 by Reading. Didn't see that coming.


Don't you lot have anything better to do?

As it turns out, I should have cut and run in my punting challenge after Saturday. Chelsea suddenly opened up like Brazil, and Arsenal needed two late goals to overcome a total howler by Lehmann. I suppose I'm not the only one who got burnt by Sunday's games, at least.

But that's all over, and the midweek games are upon us. Everton already smacked sorry Spurs 3-1 in the Tuesday one, so here are the remaining six:

2. Portsmouth vs. Man Utd
3. Birmingham vs. Sunderland
4. Man City vs. Derby
5. Fulham vs. Bolton
6. Wigan vs. Middlesbrough
7. Reading vs. Chelsea

Portsmouth vs. Man Utd

Dangerously for the Red Devils, Pompey are known to be strong at home, but looking at the way Reading used a 9-1-0 at Old Trafford, United may be glad to actually have space to attack; Another draw might not be a disaster yet, but it would certainly give the pretenders extra confidence. The 1.55 for a simple win looks just about right, if not especially good value with the Tevez-Rooney swop a huge unknown factor. I'll be optimistic and say 0-2 to United.

Birmingham vs. Sunderland

They know each other well from last season's meetings in the Championship, and both clubs should see this as a chance to grab some early points and build a buffer. Birmingham were not bad at all at Stamford Bridge where they might well have gotten something with better goalkeeping, and we all know how Sunderland shocked Spurs. It could go either way. 1-1 draw?

Man City vs. Derby

City looked good against the Hammers, and 1.48 for the home win looks reasonable. 2-0 City is where I'll lay most of my hopes.

Fulham vs. Bolton, Wigan vs. Boro

I dunno. Pure guesses: Fulham 1 Bolton 0, Wigan 1 Boro 1. Staying well away.

Reading vs. Chelsea

If Reading camp with nine men in their own half again, another goalless draw is not beyond them. Whether being at home will induce them to go for it is another matter altogether. Sadly, my head tells me that the Russian Blues will nick this one somehow. 0-1 Chelsea.

So the official punts for Round 2 are:

$25 on Man Utd to beat Pompey (at 1.55)
$25 on Chelsea to beat Reading (1.50)
$50 on Man City to beat Derby (1.48)



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