South Belfast’s latest rugby pitch is a hit with Ulster team players, yet groundskeepers won’t have to worry about keeping it up to standard. A new Virtual Reality pitch has been developed at Queen’s University by psychology professors, which is hoped will improve player technique for those who use it.
Archive | June, 2012
Psychologists make their point in cyberspace stadium
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It’s wall gone wrong
SQUINTER’S slow progress through Newtownards on Saturday afternoon is soon explained as he draws nearer the town square and the hysterical thud of scores of bass drums grows ever louder. Another weekend, another band day.Rather than sit in heavy traffic for an hour, Squinter parks up and goes for a stroll, which is how he came to meet this fella you see in the picture here.
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Cancer patient draws on his experiences
A SOUTH Belfast cancer charity is displaying unique work by an artist living with the disease at their Eglantine Avenue HQ. ‘Matthew’s Fantastic Journey’ is on show at Cancer Focus NI until June 26, and features the work of Killyleagh man Matthew Knowles, who was diagnosed with leukaemia back in April 2008.
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Rolling but not rocking
It’s 1987 – noisy, flamboyant, big-haired stadium rock is at its zenith and small-town girl Sherrie (Julianne Hough) is desperate for a slice of the action. Leaving Oklahoma for the bright lights of LA, her dream is to make it big in the music business. Arriving in Hollywood, Sherrie bumps into Drew (Diego Boneta), a cute boy with a similar dream of rock stardom and the two instantly hit it off.
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MUM’S BODY IS FLOWN HOME AFTER HOLIDAY FALL TRAGEDY
The heartbroken daughter of a popular North Belfast woman who tragically died while on holiday in Bulgaria will accompany her body as her remains are flown back to Ireland today (Thursday).Mother of two Jacqueline McClafferty (41), orginally from the New Lodge but who was living in Dunmore off Alexandra Park Avenue, fell from the third floor of the Poseidon Hotel in the Sunny Beach resort on Saturday (June 16).
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