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Green Dot is what many fintech companies wish to grow up into. At least according to their CEO Steven Streit. The bank has the technology and the banking background, which many fintechs are missing these days.
It also owns a real live bank.
The next sector this "fintech dream" will be looking at is payments processing.
"Our money processing division, where MoneyPak and our swipe reload businesses live, is a real fertile opportunity for us," Streit said during the JPMorgan Fintech and Specialty Finance conference this morning. "In fact, most of the transformative ideas are in money processing these days. We have stumbled on this faster payments thing, and we see a lot of business opportunity there now."
The on-demand or gig economy, specifically, drives the "transformative" development in the money processing space, according to Streit. "[Gig economy] is a real part of the economy. We have designed business to business products to cater to this space, and build out this per-click processing model."
The instant payments feature has been a "real hit" among Uber drivers, Streit said during the company's earnings call earlier this month.
We wondered whether the availability of instant pay to any debit card would harm GoBank checking account enrollments, but in fact adoption of both services is growing nicely. The Any Debit program in particular has scaled very fast, with millions of transactions completed so far. We are very pleased to serve as the Bank of Uber for these innovative offerings.
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BarCap: trading USD/JPY
Analysts at Barclays Capital outline the following scenarios for USD/JPY:
- If the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) achieves the one-party majority (wins 60% of the available seats), USD/JPY will make a rapid move up towards 103.00.
- If LDP shares the majority with its coalition partner New Komeito, USD/JPY will drift higher towards 103.00, though gradually.
- A very negative election result for the LDP (and Abenomics) would likely lead to USD/JPY to 94.00.

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Ah well, enough about him. Think about this. "It's uh, it's really nice to have people help me with this sort of thing." I said, trying to strike up a conversation.
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I sensed Charlie stiffen at that. "I, uh..."
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this model is about to convenience store`s snacks in korea.
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Not for the first time this season there was a row over video replays – the lack of use of one, rather than any disagreement over what it showed – as Jim Mallinder, the Northampton director of rugby, described referee Wayne Barnes's decision to halt play on the advice of his assistant as "ridiculous". Others might say Barnes was quite right to call what he saw rather than wait to hit the rewind button.
"Why have the technology like that and not use it?" asked Mallinder, referring to the trial regulation that allows the run-up to a try to be reviewed as long as play has not stopped. Foden had caught George Pisi's flipped pass in the 22nd minute and weaved to the line only to see Barnes, stationed 30 metres back down the field, indicating there had been a forward pass in what was an extremely tight call.
So instead of a five- or seven-point lead for Saints, the scoreline stayed at 3-3, and it had moved on only to 6-3 to Quins by the 55th minute, at which time the visitors' impressive tighthead prop James Johnston went to the sin-bin for a blatant flop on the wrong side of a ruck. Those of a multi-coloured persuasion might have recalled a win here on New Year's Day 2011, when they were down to 13 men for a while.
There must have been similarly deep satisfaction among the reigning champions that they gradually pulled clear this time. Though initially pegged back to 6-6 by Steve Myler's second penalty on 57 minutes, Harlequins rallied to lead by six points while still down to 14 men.
All the Quins' scores came from the fly-half Nick Evans's boot: the All Black had two penalties in the first half and two more in the final 10 minutes, either side of one by Myler's replacement Ryan Lamb. But Evans for once was a comparatively peripheral figure. For every piece of possession spilled in contact – and they must have been in double figures – there was a committed tackler, and Quins, led by Chris Robshaw, had plenty of those.
They also had Mike Brown enjoying himself at full-back – not the wing position he occupied for England during the autumn, when Saracens' Alex Goode had the No 15 jersey – with raking positional kicks and one outstanding defensive catch of a Myler cross-kick that launched a rousing 70-metre run-and-hack gallop by Nick Easter via Robshaw's smart inside pass.
Mallinder's counterpart, Conor O'Shea, praised the "top-notch performance levels" throughout his team and said he had met England coaches Stuart Lancaster and Andy Farrell together with Brown a week ago to discuss the full-back – or is he a wing? "Mike wants to play at full-back for England," said O'Shea, "though he will play anywhere to be in the team. My selection would be different."
So Harlequins will spend a happy Christmas positioned at the top of the Premiership and expecting Boxing Day to see them sell the last of the 81,600 tickets for Saturday's Big Game against London Irish at Twickenham. The mood at Northampton is difficult to judge. Near silence greeted the final whistle, as the home support digested the continuing run on this ground of losses since October to Saracens in the league, Harlequins in the LV Cup and now the league, and Ulster in the Heineken Cup, much as they cheered last week's win in Belfast that kept Saints alive in Europe. "We have won three out of our last five so we're getting something right," said Mallinder. "We won't lie down, we'll go to Saracens next week and show the reaction we did last week. We have just come up against two of the best sides in Europe." Doubtless there are Saints devotees who would like to think of their own team in that bracket but this loss pushed Northampton out of the Premiership's top four, in the absence of their suspended captain Dylan Hartley, even if they were tipped by O'Shea to recover and reach the play-offs. There were a lot of mauls – if it hadn't been for the use-it-or-lose-it law, the ball might have been out of sight all afternoon – and lost line-outs, for which disruptive defence should take some credit.
Northampton kicked two penalties to touch in the first half rather than take long pots at goal but secured no points. Another regret to be lingered over was the extension of Quins' Indian sign over them to one loss in six meetings.
Northampton Saints B Foden; K Pisi, G Pisi, T May (D Waldouck, 57), J Elliott; S Myler (R Lamb, 72), L Dickson (M Roberts, 72); S Tonga'uiha (A Waller, 63), M Haywood, P Doran Jones (B Mujati, 52), S Manoa, C Lawes (M Sorenson, 69), P Dowson (capt), GJ van Velze, T Wood.
Harlequins M Brown; T Williams, M Hopper, T Casson, U Monye; N Evans, D Care; J Marler (M Lambert, 67), J Gray, J Johnston, O Kohn, G Robson, M Fa'asavalu (W Collier, 60-67; T Guest, 67), N Easter, C Robshaw (capt).
Referee W Barnes (London).
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Roy Williams (left) and Mike Krzyzewski (right) have their teams playing well in recent weeks.
North Carolina and Duke come into Thursday's matchup as two of the hottest teams in college basketball. Since January 21 (the last 4 weeks), North Carolina and Duke are No. 1 (95.3) and No. 2 (94.8), respectively, in BPI.
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Duke is grabbing 40.7 percent of its own misses over its last nine games, compared to an offensive rebound percentage of 29.7 in its first 17 games. The Blue Devils are averaging 15 offensive boards per game in their last nine games.
That improved offensive rebounding has led to four more points per game on offensive put-backs in the last nine games compared to the first 17.
Jabari Parker
In his last nine games, Jabari Parker is averaging 20 points and 11 rebounds per game on 47 percent shooting.
During that time, 72 percent of Parker's field-goal attempts have come in the paint. In his first four ACC games, only 37 percent of his field-goal attempts came in the paint.
Parker's pick-and-roll defense has also improved recently. Opponents shot 74 percent against him on pick-and-roll plays in his first 16 games, but that figure has fallen to 23 percent in his last 10 games.
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Lately, Andre Dawkins, Rasheed Sulaimon, Amile Jefferson and Marshall Plumlee have received more playing time.
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Dawkins, Sulaimon, Jefferson and Plumlee are combining to average about 20 more minutes in the last 10 games than they did over the team's first 16 games.
During this recent stretch, the foursome is contributing nine more points, two more offensive rebounds and three more assists per game.
Sulaimon has taken on more of a ball-handler role, averaging 3.8 assists per game in his last 10 games more than doubling his average (1.5) from his first 15 games.
North Carolina has been terrific in its last seven games, averaging nearly 16 more points per game than in its first five conference games. The Tar Heels are shooting 35 percent from beyond the arc in their last seven games compared to 23 percent in their previous five games.
Much of the improvement has to do with the play of James Michael McAdoo and Marcus Paige.
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James Michael McAdoo is averaging 16 points and eight rebounds per game in his last seven games and has been especially efficient on post-up plays, shooting 50 percent in his last seven games, up from 39 percent the rest of the season.
Marcus Paige, meanwhile, has been a more efficient half-court scorer in recent games and can thank his improved accuracy on jump shots -- making 48 percent of his shots over the last seven games.
His effective field-goal percentage on jump shots in those games is 67 percent, compared to 50 percent earlier in the season.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama slipped into the role of late night talk show host on Monday, nudging Stephen Colbert away from his perch during an appearance on the comedian's satirical programme and poking fun at himself in the process.
"You've been taking a lot of shots at my job, I've decided I'm going to go ahead and take a shot at yours," Obama said before sitting down alone behind Colbert's desk.
"As you know I, Stephen Colbert, have never cared for our president," Obama proceeded, pretending to be the comedian.
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PRIMME: PReconditioned Iterative MultiMethod Eigensolver. Symmetric and Hermitian eigenvalue problems enjoy a remarkable theoretical structure that allows for efficient and stable algorithms for obtaining a few required eigenpairs. This is probably one of the reasons that enabled applications requiring the solution of symmetric eigenproblems to push their accuracy and thus computational demands to unprecedented levels. Materials science, structural engineering, and some QCD applications routinely compute eigenvalues of matrices of dimension more than a million; and often much more than that! Typically, with increasing dimension comes increased ill conditioning, and thus the use of preconditioning becomes essential.
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NEW YORK — Darrelle Revis is moving closer to getting back on the football field.
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Jets general manager John Idzik said during a conference call with season ticket holders Monday that there is encouraging news from doctors on Revis' rehabilitation from a torn ligament in his left knee.
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I remember my dad's 1959 Chevy.
When I was a kid, my dad drove this huge battleship of a 1959 Chevrolet. It was two tone green, and it had enormous fins on the back end. I looked up a photo gallery of that era, and it was probably a 1959 Chevy Impala. All I can remember distinctly were those enormous fins, and the mountain of tools and stuff that daddy carried around in the trunk. The fins don't look all that wide now, but I was small for my age, so those fins looked really big to me.
There was a big deep quarry a few miles from our house that daddy took us to. It was pretty much just a whole dug into the bedrock. It was probably used to build roads. In the 1950's and 1960's in the rural area where I lived, there were more gravel roads than paved roads. This quarry was a favourite swimming hole, and daddy would take us there as often as we could wheedle him into it.
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We had that car pretty much all of the 1960's. I remember my dad and two brothers working on it all the time. We lived on a piece of property with 30 acres, so one of the fields to the side of our house became something of a car graveyard. They were used for parts. There was one time that we were coming home from somewhere with a couple of hamsters. I don't remember the details, but I do know they got loose in the car, and daddy took the entire back seat out to look for them. I don't remember having hamsters as pets, so they must have got away.
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text: The Odyssey By Homer ca. 700 BC Characteristics of the Epic Long story Deeds of a hero Determines fate of a whole people Begins in medias res [middle of action] Involvement of the gods Magic or supernatural events Characteristics of oral tradition [like repetition] Beautiful Language [often verse] View of the gods Arbitrary--punish or reward as they feel they've been wronged or honored Not all powerful– they debate on Mt. Olympus & don't always know everything that happens No one god in charge--even Zeus must accommodate other gods when they get angry Do care for humankind--Odysseus has suffered enough They are shapeshifters View of Man Man must worship and obey the gods A son must earn his own reputation— Telémachos must become his own hero Men want women for their beauty, sexuality, possessions Men are basically physical--eating, drinking, lusting, fighting, competing Man is at least partly responsible for own fate View of Women Possessions--responsibility of their fathers, then husbands, then sons. Every woman categorized as "maid," "wife," "widow," or "whore." Powerless Must scheme to survive Penelope smarter than average--has outwitted suitors for nearly 10 years Gender Complexities Athena appears to Telémakhos as a man, partly to hide her godhood, partly because a man could move freely within Akhaian society As a "father," she makes a man of him--urges him to seek his father's fate and to fight his mother's suitors Until then, Telémachos has been "emasculated" The Man Odysseus "no mortal half so wise" (85) His wisdom hasn't protected him from grief and harm How wise is he, really? LOOK FOR EVIDENCE FOR OR AGAINST O'S WISDOM THROUGHOUT EPIC A brilliant schemer--note all ways Homer has of saying this Book One After Odysseus sacked Troy, he was detained by Nymph Kalypso All gods pitied him except Poseidon. Athene champions O, goes to Telemachos disguised as a mentor and tells him O will return. Book Two T. had no father to teach him to fight; so he must learn from Athena Suitors ridicule him, but he stands his ground T. appeals to suitors' responsibility to care for widows and orphans (his mother and he) , rather than taking advantage of them – the suitors have been there so long they are eating them out of house and home! Penelope promises suitors she will marry once she finishes weaving a rug to honor O. Everyday she weaves, and every night she unravels what she weaves. Suitors think it is magic, but eventually after many years, she gets caught. Suitors angrily demand she marry one of them and make him king of Ithaca. T's mentor [actually Athena in disguise] claims the suitors not as bad as those who do nothing about them. Book Three We see several scenes of "real" Greek life sacrifice of bulls/blood and fire offerings respect for elders is important but lacking in the suitors hospitality to strangers extremely important – thus Penelope does not throw the suitors out sharing of war stories death as sending one into the underworld concern for one's geneology; that's how you know whether you can trust this person At Palace of Lord Nestor Story is told for first time of Agamémnon Essentially – Agamemnon to help Menelaus recapture his wife Helen, A sacrificed his opwn daughter. A's wife Clyaemnestra wants revenge and kills A when he returns from Troy. Story is told for first time of Meneláos Everyone wanted to marry Helen because she was the most beautiful woman in Greece and her father Tyndareus feared there would be war amongst the suitors. Odysseus suggested that each suitor swear an oath to stand behind whomever Tyndareus selected and be ready at any time in the future to defend the favored bridegroom against any wrong done to him in respect to the marriage. Everyone agreed to these terms. It may be important to realize that Helen really had little say-so in this arrangement. Menelaus was a political choice on her father's part. He had wealth and power, mainly through his brother Agamemnon, but for Helen, he did not offer the good looks and glamour of some of her other suitors. Book 4 –Helen & Menelaus Helen marries Menelaus Helen marries (or lives with) Paris Helen repents what she has done Helen doesn't betray O. in the Trojan camp Helen does try to get Greeks to answer from within Trojan horse Helen asks forgiveness of Menelaus and receives it Book Five Odysseus with Kalypso- She represents one of the temptations--or life trials--that he must win against. She represents sexual temptation, or being slave to the sensual rather than focusing on the spiritual. Because of Athena, Zeus orders Hermes to tell Kalypso to release O O makes a raft which Poseidon sinks, but O reaches land Book Six Skhería Island, Alkínoös' kingdom, is perfect place for Athena to send O.--island of shipbuilders Once more, Athena shape shifts, this time into form of a girl to stir interest in the stranger O Nausika finds O and Athena makes him look godlike Book Seven Athena appears as girl child We learn why Poseidon loves these people-they are his descendants Arêtê is woman of wisdom; settles disputes between just men O begs for & is granted conveyance home Odysseus asked to tell story of his escape-repetition of part of what we've already heard Book Eight Athena stirs interest in the stranger as O reaches another island King's court speaks of O's adventures, but O does not reveal himself King says O should be rewarded Only then does O reveal himself Book Nine Odysseus' answer is to tell his story of the last 9-10 years These episodes are, perhaps, symbolic of the variety of temptations that O. must overcome to return home Perhaps like the things that Gilgamesh must see and do in order to become wise Episodes and Temptations Kalypso--lust the Lotus Eaters (drugged)--sloth the Cyclopês (slaughtered and stole sheep and goats)--unthinking violence The story of Nobody Giant asks Poseidon to curse O Book Ten: Episodes the Aiolians (give O a bag containing wind so he can get home, but his sailors open the bag of winds thinking it is treasure)--greed, jealousy, lack of prudence, lack of vigilance. the Laestrygonians (they are cannibals)-gluttony, lack of respect for life. Circe (magically turns men into pigs)--lack of reason, which differentiates us from animals. Book Eleven: Episodes Journey to the Underworld--journey into wisdom, death and resurrection myth. O… Must accept that death is unavoidable. Learns to appreciate life as it is--accept. Sees that it is better to have lowliest life than highest honor in death. Once dead, there is no more returning to the world of men. View of Women Klytemnéstra and Helen both blamed for what happened to their husbands and to whole nations. But there's more to the story. K. grieved over her husband sacrificing their daughter; Helen, in some accounts, was kidnapped and held hostage. "Indulge a woman never,/ and never tell her all you know" Agamemnon (from hades) warns O. against trusting Penelope enough to just walk back in at home- "give no warning./ The day of faithful wives is gone forever" That's exactly what O. does in Book XVII. Book Twelve Sirens—[magical singers in the ocean that lure men to drown – O has all men plug their ears but he is tied to a mast so he can listen safely]. Danger of women and sexuality; lust for knowledge. Skylla (eats 6 men of every ship that passes by – O does not warn his men afraid they will stop the journey) O. learns guilt of his actions determining fate of/hurting other people. Charybdis (a whirpool that sink ships )—O learns of despair as most men die Book Thirteen The Phaiakans do convey O home, and Poseidon punishes them Athena shape-shifts Odysseus for the first time in to an old man. He must be willing to be patient, old, ridiculed. O must be willing to be powerless. Book Fourteen Hospitality, courtesy still alive on Ithaka, but in old swineherd's hut. Nobility becomes matter of behavior, not birth. In Odysseus' home, hospitality is usurped, not granted. **Note throughout the whole last half of the epic that O. can lie convincingly at a moment's notice. Book Fifteen-Nineteen Story speeds up, moving toward final revelation of who Odysseus is and the retaking of his house. Only dog and old maid initially recognize O, but O reveals himself to T Sign of how far O's house has fallen that even beggars and servant girls can be rude toward strangers with impunity [totally against Greek values]. Penelope's unsure it is really O, so designs a contest – to shoot an arrow thru 12 axes Book Twenty Once more, there is a "personal relationship" between Athena and Odysseus. Nonetheless, the gods arbitrarily make people do things that seem bad to us (causing the suitors to become more and more belligerent with Telemachus, O. as stranger, and the servants). Book Twenty-One The test of the bow maintains level of suspense through the end of the epic- Penelope says she will marry the best archer T failed 3 times, would have succeeded on 4th but O stops him All suitors fail O succeeds Book Twenty-Two This begins the denouement, the tying up of things, the setting right of things. Scurrilous suitors killed 1 by 1--differentiating detail for many. Unfaithful servants, both men and women, punished. Book Twenty-Three Reunion of the wandering husband and faithful wife (both amusing and tender) In making him wait, Penelope gives him back some of what she's taken in last 20 years. Penelope still wary, afraid some trick of the gods. Amusing banter of 2 people who love each other and feel comfortable in other's presence. Penelope sets the test of the bed Essentially – bed cannot be moved but only O would know this. Book Twenty-Four Last loose ends- Achilles and Agamémnon share war stories in Hades. Shades of suitors seen in Hades. This war has brought death to them all, but in different forms. O. pays respects to his aged father. "Outrage and injury have been avenged" with death of suitors Parents of suitors appeased with help of Athena.


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I'm looking to install a new electric windlass on my PSC34 and wondering if anyone out there has already tackled this issue on their 34. I'm concerned about using the same basic platform that my current windlass uses, (I know all the holes will be different) but didn't want to off set the windlass to much in order to line up the chain. It seems that most of the windlass are so much fatter than my Muir Hercules. I really like the Lofrans Tigress but I'm considering the Cayman because it's profile is a better fit. Any thoughts??
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Was considering the same upgrade on our PSC37 from the manual, and I snapped some pics of an electric Muir Storm 2200 on a new PSC (31?) that we saw at Annapolis a few years back.
Note the wedge shaped platform that it sits on. I'm sure the factory could set you up w/one.
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I installed an IDEAL Windlass on our 37 back in 2001. Never had a problem. If I can find the pictures will post on the site. Never did pics before so this will be a learning experience. If you can get to the IDEAL website I remember they posted pictures of the installation but that was back in 2001.
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I'm a single hander, so although I really liked the manual windlass that was on my boat, I replaced it with a LoFrans Tigres. I have a Manson Supreme 45lb anchor, 240' of 5/16HT chain. I have only had it all in place for a week but testing around with it I am quite happy.
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Thanks for the replies and pictures. Nice shots of the Muir but I'm going in the direction of a horizontal mount. Thor, its good to hear the Tigres works on the PSC, that's really what I wanted to hear. I also found that a PSC 31 "Cool Change" had fit a Tigres on his boat on the recommendation from the folks at Pacific Seacraft. Lofrans Tigres it is. thanks
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I can get you some pictures later today.
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That would be very nice if not to much trouble, thank you. I'm a cutter rig, and one of my concerns was being able to remove the back cover for servicing. It would approximately be just a few inches forward of the deck hardware for the staysail. I've since decided not to make that an issue.
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Had trouble uploading pics so put them on this blog thing. Let me know if there are any others you would like. One primary difference is that my boat is not cutter rigged. Its a sloop with a solent stay. I did try and get you some pictures that you cold spatially relate to your boat. Hopefully of some use.
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Thanks for the pics, they were perfect for my needs. Sounds like we are on the same track for the anchoring system. I too bought the Manson with 175ft of 5/16 HT and 260ft of rode. The tigres will be the final piece and the remote will be the cherry on top. Thanks for all the help.
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where did youall find the best price on the windlass units?thanks
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Cristiano Ronaldo had endured a rough European Championship tournament heading into Sunday's final group match against the Netherlands, but he picked the perfect time to wake up and start finding the net.
Ronaldo notched a pair of goals during a masterful performance to help lead Portugal to a 2-1 victory against the Netherlands that secured Portugal's place in the Euro quarterfinals.
The loss sent the highly-regarded Dutch crashing out of Group B with an 0-3 record, a team victimized by its own terrible defending, and by an offense that never generated the kind of production expected of it when the tournament began.
The Dutch got off to a strong start when Tottenham midfielder Rafael Van De Vaart scored a beautiful opening goal to give the Netherlands life, but Ronaldo responded with his own brilliant finish to equalize in the first half.
A draw would have been enough to see Portugal into the second round, but Ronaldo added a second goal just to be sure, latching onto a Nani pass before cooly finishing off the Dutch with a well-taken finish in the 74th minute.
Portugal will move on to the quarterfinals, where they will take on the Czech Republic on Thursday.
In the other Group B match on Sunday:
The German national team continued its march to the Euro finals by dispatching Denmark, 2-1, on Sunday.
Lars Bender provided the winning goal to give Germany a perfect 3-0 record in Group B, and to set the Germans up with a quarterfinal date against surprising Greece on Friday.
The Danes looked like they might have a surprise up their sleeve when tournament star Michael Krohn-Dehli equalized to cancel out an early Lukas Podolski strike, but that's as close as Denmark came, with the Germans dominating another opponent on their way to victory.
The loss ended Denmark's tournament, which began so promisingly after upsetting the Netherlands in the opening match. Ultimately, a squandered opportunity against Portugal in a match they could have won wound up dooming the Danes.
What did you think of Sunday's matches? See Germany as the tournament favorites? Impressed with Portugal's ability to step up? See Ronaldo building on his two-goal game, or do you think he'll go quiet again?
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The way the Dutch defense played, they would've gotten torn apart by MLS teams… let alone a Portuguese side featuring Nani & CR7.
That was really tough to watch from a neutral standpoint.
I don't believe that such a great soccer nation Holland, cant produce better defenders. Those two FB's are certainly of Bornstein quality.
"but that's as close as Denmark came, with the Germans dominating another opponent on their way to victory."
I just can't agree with that assessment of the game. The Danes were pushing and opened the second half with 2 great chances. The foul on Nicklas Bendtner should have been a red card and a penalty kick.
Sure Germany had better possession, but Denmark was dangerous and was close to both progressing and even knocking German out.
I don't know about this German domination of Denmark. Had the officials done their job, Germany probably would have lost. That decision to not award a penalty and red card was egregious. Denmark would have gone up a goal and a man with 20 minutes remaining.
As the Dutch always remind us, this is a team sport. You can have all the names you want and even some on the bench, but if the 11 on the field fail to play for, fight for and hustle for each other then all you have is a bunch of big names – awesome individuals – but nothing that is close to a team.
It's a shame that the Dutch cannot learn from the Spanish (or even pick up from where they left off in SA in 2010) and put the little hissy fits aside and play as one. Nope, it's back to the divisions and pissy little in-fighting. I'd respect it more if the guys with beef would just throw down in an old fashion fista-cuff and bury that crap once and for all. Knock that s*#t right out their systems and get it over with.
Oh well, this is another embarrassment to add to the pile of misery that they continuously serve to their fans and to their nation, which sucks because they have awesome fans.
Agreed, the Danes put up quite the challenge and while we can't truly predict how it would have finally played out it's hard to see Germany winning this one if that PK and red card call was made. That miscall came right out of the CONCACAF files for me.
I'm waiting to see how much of a negative effect this will have on the FIFA Ranking for the Netherlands seeing how this is a confederations tournament. They'll finish as either the worst or 2nd worst team in this tournament dependent on what happens in the Ireland match today. Based on their performance in this tournament, they shouldn't be in the Top 20 (my opinion).
Based on what we are seeing here I have to ask (any takers on this one)…is it easier to qualify for a WC or the Euros in Europe than in anywhere else in the world or are the results of these Euros just a timing thing?
I ask because you look at the Dutch who cruised through qualification only to suck a major one at the tourney itself. Now I get it that once you're at the tourney you're playing the best and it's a whole other ball game. But I am asking about the qualification process itself. Is it easier for a top team to qualify in Europe than top teams in other confederations?
Man, I agree with you on both counts. Germany looked bad last night, did not dominate Denmark at all. Ozil was a shadow of himself and even Schewinsteiger was having trouble delivering bad passes. And the Badstuber, p!sses me off so much to see him nonchalantly grabbing Bendtner's jersey in the box and holding him back and then no call from the ref. That should have been a penalty with Badstuber red-carded. Bendtner was still able to reach the ball, but with Badstuber holding him back could not get much behind the shot and the ball dribbled into Neuer's arms. A 1/4 step more and Bendtner would have put the ball into the net and Denmark would have been up 2-1 against. Or if a red card penalty, Denmark up 2-1 against a 10-man Germany with 20 minutes to go and pretty good chance to hold on for the win. Denmark played a great game except for the one big mistake on the Lars Bender goal, and that goal came less then two minutes after the Badstuber jersey pull, which I think shook up the team and they lost their concentration. Totally unfair for Denmark.
It seems to me that Germany now is taking a cue from its FC Bayern players, who in the Champions League matches against Real Madrid were doing all sorts of unsportsmanlike play, handballs and jersey pulls in the box. Last night against Denmark, we see yet another blatant handball by Thomas Muller, but at least the ref this time called him on it (this time).
What amazes me is that up to this point no news stories that I have seen on the Germany-Denmark game mentions the Badstuber action against Bendtner. From this point on in Euro 2012, coaches and players of Germany's opponents should be letting refs before and during games to keep a sharp eye out for Germany cheaters. They will keep doing it as long as the refs turn a blind eye.
This is why I'm not quite ready to agree with all the proclamations in the press about Ronaldo finally turning the corner for the national team, or however you want to put it. Maybe he has, or maybe he just benefited from the terrible defense he was up against. People love to make instant judgments, let's see how he does in the next game or two. One good game does not a tournament make, just ask the Russians.
Simple numbers — 16 (or 14 + 2 hosts) for Euro, and fewer (13) for the WC.
I would argue that the bottom teams that qualify for the Euro and better than the bottom teams that qualify for the WC. And we're talking about 3 games vs. vetted competition — small sample size. I'm not going to bury the Dutch, just like I'm not going to declare that Greece is good.
Agree, the blown call has kept Germany in the competition. Ref's sometimes don't call fouls in the box where the attacker gets off a shot. One of the officials must have seen the shirt pull.
Seems like the easiest place for a top team to qualify has to be CONCACAF, considering the US and Mexico have qualified for the last six and five WCs, respectively.
I was actually kind of stunned to learn that Mexico has ever failed to qualify.
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So, Lalas was right, huh? Oh well. I agree that Germany got away with a penalty, but they really dominated most of the game. The best the Danes could have hoped for was a draw, which wouldn't have been good enough.