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Orlando gunman's dad BLAMES gay club security for mass murder
THE dad of the gunman who massacred 49 people at an Orlando nightclub has claimed bad security was to blame for the atrocity.
"If there was good security, he wouldn't have had this opportunity"Gunman's dad Seddique Mateene
Seddique Mateen said the club was partly at fault for the worst mass shooting in US history.
His son Omar, 29, slaughtered revellers at Orlando gay club Pulse in the early hours of Sunday morning.
"That club should have had good security," he told Sky News.
"If there was good security, he wouldn't have had this opportunity.
"Why the law enforcement team was so late - they should have neutralised him quick ... This should not have happened.
"They should protect people that come in the club."
The FBI said the gunman appears to be a "homegrown extremist".
During the attack he called 911 to proclaim his allegiance to ISIS.
ISIS have since claimed responsibility for the massacre and warned that Mateen was just one of many in the American cell operating under their directions.
But Mr Mateen said religion had "nothing to do with" it.
He said: "No religion or background teaches you to harm somebody or kill someone.
"It's a lone act. He's responsible for what he's doing - not the religion or background.
"I don't forgive what he did - it's unforgivable because we didn't teach him to do this.
"I taught him to become more educated and more service-oriented towards the community."
Mr Mateen said he "didn't see any obvious" signs his son held prejudices against the LGBT community.
He added: "I wish he was alive – I could ask him. I don't know at all what was his personal feeling."
It has emerged that Manteen had been going to the Pulse Club for three years, used a gay app called Jack'd and according to his ex-wife had "gay tendencies".
Cops also believe Manteen may have had an accomplice.


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to have cancelled this trip for the whole family?(45 Posts)
So one of my DC is exhibiting very challenging behaviour. It is their birthday soon and we had planned family trip out to celebrate. A couple of days ago I was at my wits end and said that if the behaviour continued I would cancel some of the birthday plan.
As I should have anticipated it has continued and this morning I told DC that the trip was cancelled. DC thinks I will change my mind but the others are pretty sure I won't and are upset. They were looking forward to the trip too and are cross.
So - WIBU to have done this? Should I relent?
I don't want to seem to be a pushover but it would have been a nice thing to do. (although I am happy not to have to spend the money!)
NB logistics mean that it is impossible for DC to be left out of the trip. If we go we all have to go.
Agree with Tantrums.
How old is kid in question?
I came from a big family. Peer pressure is amazing stuff.
Stick to your guns.
be willing to reinstate the trip at a later date - when that DC will not be able to call it a birthday treat
on condition everybody in the family - including the other DC agrees that the behaviour has improved permanently
I think I like the idea of DC (who is 6 BTW) negotiating with siblings as to an appropriate punishment. It was after all them who were being hurt/upset by the original behaviour (DC hitting and breaking toys belonging to others)
I wouldn't back down but I would., possibly, let him 'earn' back a smaller birthday treat but only if he behaves exceptionally well.
Your kids need to know that you will follow through with punishments and that you won't enter into negotiations . Everyone needs to know where they stand
I think canceling a trip is too far ahead for a 6 year old who can be quite impulsive. I think you need a more consistent approach such as time out, crossing off points on a reward chart, something like that.
I'd consult to decide on an alternative punishment that won't hurt the innocent parties.
I have recently done the same and cancelled a birthday treat trip for poor behaviour. Partly because I know with my DSs if they are going through a not behaving trend it would continue on the day out and be miserable for all.
However, I fully intend if/when behaviour improves to reinstate the trip (they don't know that)
I spent my life as a child putting up with cancelled trips out because of my brother's behaviour. Trips to the beach/zoo/park were regularly cancelled, as were parties.
I remember once when my mum lost her temper and cancelled the zoo him muttering "ha, ha, I won, there's only one of me upset but there are four of you" or words to that effect.
I vowed I would never do it, so I have always been very, very careful never to threaten anything as a punishment that I wouldn't follow through, and never threaten anything that would affect my younger children. I have managed to prevent them hating and resenting him, which is a bonus.
I do agree with Tantrums, but you must remember - you haven't punished the other DC. They are losing their trip because their sibling behaved in a manner that he knew would result in the trip being cancelled for everyone. I'm not suggesting 'blame your sibling, not me' but I think it's worth quietly explaining to the others that that is why they aren't getting the treat - but acknowledge that in retrospect it wasn't a great consequence to threaten. It may help with the challenging DC's behaviour?
I think you could say you will reinstate the trip should their behaviour improve - I bet the other DC will do their damndest to ensure their pesky little sibling doesn't act up again!
Sympathies. I am expert in using the spur-of-the-moment consequence that I am certain will work, but invariably doesn't. It is, as you say, a minefield. Sigh.
But she is punishing the siblings, not the bad behaving one. It's not a natural consequence - its one picked by the OP.
Do not, whatever you do, either indirectly or by implication try and turn the siblings against each other. That's horrible.
If he is tantrumming as attention-seeking behaviour, punishing his siblings and letting them blame him will only make it worse.
Tantrums is right. Find another punishment for him (or even better, a more structured reward system for good behaviour) and explain to them all that you aren't willing to punish all of them when they haven't all behaved badly.
Deffer the trip based on improved behaviour over an extended period and don't threaten a punishment which will punish the others in future.
I wouldn't ever back down on a punishment...it would be a chink in my authority to be ruthlessly exploited by my 2.
I would stick to my guns as you have said it, next time I would try to avoid threatening any punishment that I would not want to follow through on. His siblings will no doubt have enough to say on the issue without you laboring the point any more. I would be inclined to rearrange an outing with your DCs at another date, in the not too distant future. I don;t see why any threat should not involve a birthday treat either.
I don't see anything intrinsically wrong with cancelling a Birthday treat.
BUT I do think you should choose as a punishment something which only impacts on the person at fault (as far as possible).
Also I really think if he is only 6 you may be asking more from him than is developmentally appropriate.
I would rethink your strategy. Not ask for "good behaviour" and give out punishments which are in the future.
Start by praising and noticing good behaviour. You could use a star chart and ensure you give him 10 stars a day, to teach you to spot the good behaviour.
Then start to keep notes on the bad behaviour: when does it happen, are there any triggers, can he control the behaviour, does he even know it is not acceptable?
Then you can move on to trying to correct the behaviour, rather than punishment.
i really try to praise any good behaviour but it is hard when there isn't much.
Interestingly enough DC has been angelic this pm and the others have not mentioned the lost trip again.
Feel for you. It's a minefield and you can only do the best you can. You know your DCs and maybe an alternative punishment might be the way forward, or just to stick with the current punishment. I like the idea of earning the treat back or indeed earning a small, alternative treat instead.
We've done the earning the treat back thing a few times. It works quite well as DD knows she's being punished and that I will follow through with it. But it promotes a change in her behaviour too which is beneficial all round
As others have already said it's not fair on the other two, and it does build sibling resentment which obviously you don't want.
Hope you manage to get it sorted
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I still bear grudges towards my brother for similar injustices. At the age of 8, I was always seething and frothing when punished for someone else's crime, and often left the adults (parents and teachers) in no doubt what I thought about this. I used to write letters to my parents explaining what I perceived to be injustices; sometimes lying around for them to find.
Birthdays are a wonderful celebration, but parties and days out are a Treat even for a birthday.
You can still celebrate said dc's birthday at home with a cake and gifts.
If I was you and depending how bad behaviour is I'd cancel birthday gifts from parents as well and I would use this punishment as a constant reminder through out the year as a consequence of said child's bad behaviour.
My dc broke our tv earlier this year and they did not get their birthday presents however we had to go through with parties as we ha already paid for them
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Evan Wood
By Evan Wood
A thirteen flag from the Revolutionary War seems like an odd relic to display inside of a Civil War museum, but only if you don't know the story behind it. These Stars and Stripes were carried during the Revolutionary War by a man fighting for independence. The flag was kept in the family and passed down through generations.
Nearly a century later, it was inherited by another soldier fighting for his country. This Union Army soldier carried the flag into battle to preserve this country, as a tribute to his ancestor who'd fought in the war that established it. This is but one of the artifacts on display at the Missouri Civil War Museum, which recently opened its doors at Jefferson Barracks.
The tale of the flag is just one of many awaiting visitors in the museum, but behind it all is the story of an old brick building, soon to be demolished, and the man who wanted to save it.
In February 2002, the old Post Exchange and Gymnasium overlooking Jefferson Barracks' historic parade ground was about to be bulldozed. The structure was built in 1905, within a decade of the other iconic red brick buildings still used by the National Guard. Originally, it housed a two-lane bowling alley, an indoor running track, a pistol range, barbershop, gift shop, and library. In the 1920s, it was used for troop barracks, and later, it served as a hospital during World War II. After the barracks were decommissioned in 1946, the building fell into disrepair, but before it could be demolished, it was spotted by Mark Trout.
Mark says old buildings are his fi rst love. When Mark saw the Post Exchange eleven years ago, he immediately thought it needed saving.
"The barracks here had fallen into disrepair," Mark says. "Many buildings have been lost since World War II, and something needed to be done out here to start revitalizing the area."
Today, the Post Exchange building's situation has changed. The Missouri Civil War Museum, dedicated specifically to Missouri's role in the conflict, opened in June inside of the building.
The museum features two floors of exhibits that tell the story of our state's identity crisis in the midst of a nation at war. It features four hundred artifacts on display. Most of the artifacts sit in a large open atrium on the main floor where a running track can still be seen in the form of an elliptical mezzanine around the room's perimeter. On the bottom level, the exhibits are backdropped by swaths of the building's original brick, also fully restored.
Before you enter the building, the restoration's results are in plain sight. The grounds are well maintained, a stark contrast from their former disrepair. In the museum's main lobby, a slide show displays the restoration process. Photos of a building with boarded-up windows and vine-covered walls reveal the transformation. In all, the restoration and museum have cost around $1.5 million and have taken more than a decade to complete.
February 2002 is hardly the only time the barracks have been in danger, though. In fact, they were slated to be decommissioned and destroyed in the late nineteenth century. Instead, they got a face-lift, which included the red brick buildings the National Guard uses today, as well as the Post Exchange building where the museum is now housed. Originally, the buildings at Jefferson Barracks were all limestone— such as the Laborer House, Powder Magazine, and Old Ordnance Room that still stand—but the red brick is a stamp of the late nineteenth-century revival.
Restoring the building was challenging, but raising the money to do so may have been harder. Mark is quick to note that he received no federal or state funds to assist the costly project. He tried, though. Mark applied for many grants at the federal and state level and was eventually able to secure a contribution from St. Louis County. However, after failing to secure significant funding from the federal and state government, he decided to raise the funds independently as best he could.
A handful of corporations were sponsors, but the overwhelming majority of funding came through grass roots fundraising efforts. Although the museum is focused on the Civil War, he says most people who have contributed to the effort did not cite an interest in Civil War history as a reason for donating. Many had a personal interest in seeing the building restored, including veterans who once used it or were stationed at Jefferson Barracks.
Donations have not been exclusively financial. According to Mark, the restoration alone would have cost four to five million dollars if it weren't for the tens of thousands of hours that volunteers donated.
John Maurath, the museum's director of library services, started as one such volunteer. John was living in St. Louis when the project began. He heard that volunteers were needed for a new Civil War museum and decided to help, citing his own interest in Civil War history.
"I was there the first day and have been there ever since," he says.
Because of volunteers like John, money that would have been paid to contractors was used instead on the museum collection. The collection includes more than 400 pieces on display currently and at least 1,200 more waiting in the wings, some of which will be part of exhibits that haven't opened yet. The artifacts are primarily from or were used in Missouri, including some one-of-a-kind and priceless relics.
For instance, the descendants of Charles Bieger donated his Medal of Honor. Bieger was a German-American living in Missouri. He served the Union army during the Civil War and was awarded the Medal of Honor for jumping on a horse and delivering it to his captain whose own horse had fallen in the midst of battle.
While the museum has acquired many artifacts through purchases, a number were donated by people like Bieger's relatives, eager to give their pieces of history a permanent home. "Many of these items have been in the family since the war," Mark says, "and for a family to entrust me and this museum, even years before it was open, even when it was just a dream, is the most humbling thing that's ever happened to me."
Mark and his team have also been hard at work collecting books, letters, images, diaries, and other volumes for the library that will open in the building next door. The collection for the library already includes more than ten thousand pieces, many of which have been donated. John Maurath explains that in addition to the numerous volumes that will be available in the library when it opens, a database of Missouri soldiers is also being compiled.
"We've been collecting data since the beginning," he says, "and eventually hope to have complete files on every single Missouri Civil War soldier or any Civil War soldier buried in Missouri."
The database is a work in progress, and it relies partially on descendants and hobbyists to donate information in much the same way that the museum itself relied on donated Missouri artifacts. The database will be a part of the collection available to the public when the library opens.
Mark says his interest in the Civil War comes from a family legacy. "I had always known as a young child that my ancestors had fought in the Civil War."
It didn't mean much to him as a kid, but the significance became apparent as he grew older. Filmmaker Ken Burns, who directed an influential PBS documentary series on the Civil War, also fueled his fascination.
"If you go in my office right now, you will see Ken Burns in the DVD player," Mark says. "I watch [it] every week".
When his project began, Mark says he noticed that the state was bereft of a permanent museum exhibit that's purpose was educating present and future Missourians on the state's Civil War legacy.
"There had been talk of creating a Civil War museum around the St. Louis area," he says. But with nothing in the works by 2003 and the 150th anniversary of the Civil War approaching in eight years, the time and place were a good fit.
While the state has a number of parks and historic sites related to the war, the Missouri Civil War Museum is more focused on artifacts and sharing a comprehensive collection of information than the preservation of a specific site. Nonetheless, Jefferson Barracks have no shortage of connections to the Civil War.
During the war, Jefferson Barracks was the largest base west of the Mississippi, and a who's who of Civil War officers and generals had already served there. This list included Confederate General Longstreet, and Sterling Price, Missouri governor and eventual Confederate militia general, plus Union Generals Lyon and Sherman, who went on to lead his notorious march to the sea. Robert E. Lee was a lieutenant colonel in the 2nd Dragoons, which were established and based out of Jefferson Barracks. And as fate would have it, Jefferson Barracks was the first military post Ulysses S. Grant reported to after graduating from West Point.
The barracks also served as a major hospital for soldiers during the war, and there were times when it held more wounded or diseased soldiers than any other hospital in the nation, according to the Jefferson Barracks Heritage Foundation.
Although Mark was interested in protecting the building itself and creating a space to pay homage to the Civil War in Missouri, one of his ultimate goals was restoring historic details. Through research, Mark noticed the Post Exchange was missing a distinct feature: a cannon that once sat outside overlooking the parade ground. According to Mark, the original cannon was most likely sold or otherwise taken from the grounds when the base was decommissioned.
"So many things have been lost," Mark says. "That's something I'm very protective about."
But by chance, Mark came upon an opportunity to recover something lost. While hunting down artifacts, he came across a cannon for sale, the make of which would have been similar to the one that sat outside the Post Exchange. After seeing pictures of the building dating back to its years of military use, he confirmed that the cannon for sale was an identical model and bought it.
Between restoring a building with a largely volunteer crew and fundraising during one of the worst economic recessions to date, the project has faced and overcome many staggering challenges.
"On paper, this wasn't even supposed to work," John says.
But in practice, it did.
This story originally ran in the October 2013 issue of Missouri Life. For more stories like this, subscribe to Missouri Life.
Evan Wood
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Indy 500 Qualifying, Marco Andretti has been put back in the line of the Indianapolis 500 with an incredible last lap to beat the gun qualifying yesterday. Tweet is the first to Tweet this! ShareThis Andretti posted a four lap qualifying average of 224.628 miles per hour on the final day. 28 start from the inside of row 10. Only minutes earlier, was beaten in the field of England Alex Lloyd.
A little over an hour before Danica Patrick finally break it needed – a dry track. His qualifying lap put 224,861 in the No. 26, half of the row 9.
The Penske team's third driver, Ryan Briscoe, also qualified for the May 29 race with a speed of 224,639. Paul Tracy was leading average of 224,939 a day and will start on 25 of the inside of the Line 9.
Formula One – The leader Sebastian Vettel held off Lewis Hamilton to win the Spanish GP in Barcelona, beating his closest championship contender to capture his fourth victory in five races this season.
Vettel took the lead after the second round of pit stops to beat Hamilton by 0.6 seconds and extend his lead atop the standings with 41 points over his rival McLaren.
National – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. took the initiative of 233 laps in the John Deere 250, then held off Sprint Cup drivers Carl Edwards and Brad Keselowski to win in Newton, Iowa, becoming the first regular series pick up a victory at the national level this season.
Edwards, who won the Sprint All-Star Race in Charlotte on Saturday night, finished second behind his Roush Fenway teammate. Keselowski, who won the inaugural event in the nation to Iowa in 2009, was third, followed by Elliott Sadler and Reed Sorenson.
The race was the first time three women ran the same race in Nationwide. Veteran Jennifer Jo Cobb began Cope with the twins, Angela and Amber, who were making their debut in the series. Both halfway Copes encountered problems through the race – to turn so eerily similar. Cobb was 26, Angela 28 and Amber finished 32d.
Edwards's victory in the Sprint All-Star Race was a win very, very expensive.
Not for Edwards, who claimed to 1,000,000 prize with his first victory in the annual exhibition event for NASCAR in Concord, North Carolina, but his unit of celebration through the infield grass at Charlotte Motor Speedway broke the front of his Ford, and the rebuilding of this car will be costly for Roush Fenway Racing.
That's just a small part of it, however. Edwards is in a contract year, and victory Saturday night probably increased its value in the event to get to the free-agent market. He is among the elite drivers in NASCAR and assumed his current contract with RFR places him among the highest paid in sports.
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Hi, I'm 15 years and I've been a christian since I was 6 or 7~. I've just started highschool. I like to go to church, read the bible and to play computer sometimes (I used to play games every day). But now since I feel the end is really near I've started reading the bible every day and looking at christian sites and forums.
I saw Jesus after waking up crying after a nightmare when I was 6 or 7, and he told me not to be afraid. It changed my life. Jesus protected me when I was 6/7/8 or so, and got over run by a scooter and fell into a thorn bush (but didn't get a scratch!), some random who saw this even wore me all the way to my home. He protected me when I fell backwards on ice (didn't get hurt) and when I fell sideways on ice (I didn't get hurt). When I was more depressed than ever, I saw a golden shining orb for a brief second 🙂
But I haven't taken act and read the bible, prayed and gone to church until now. I never read the bible before and didn't prefer to go to church before because I thought it was boring. But now that I realised how important the faith is and to keep it growing and living. Jesus opened my eyes and my heart, and I really wish I had been living in his will earlier.
I've started living by his will and now I'm spirit baptised and soon I'm water baptised too. I've been a bit of a porn, masturbation addict before (not addict maybe), but I made it a habit. I've done it for a long time even though my parents told me it was of the devil (they never knew I watched porn though, they just warned) and I never prayed about it, I kept doing it a few times after asking for forgiveness of the sin to jesus. But now I decided I'll never do it again and I want to live a better life in his ways.
I have aspergers syndrome and I've had a tough school attendance. I've been a real troublemaker in ground school and kindergarten.
And I've been taking medication like Promethazine (until I was 9 maybe), Concerta (until I was 10 or so), Hydroxizine (stopped in march), Stilnoct (used for max 1 week) and Melatonin (stopped in july I think) for my aspergers/sleep issues.
When I was 13~ I struggled with sound hallucinations for a month, and some of the same usual voices I hallucinated also came up in nightmares, it was horrible.
I haven't had any friends and have been bullied almost the whole last year in groundschool (14-15~) I'm born late, else it would be 15-16.
My parents are christian. But sadly, my mum is in the bondage of medications. And she had a surgery for both of her hands, for what the "experts" were assured of was Carpal tunnel syndrome, but when they checked her nerve pathways, it wasn't carpal tunnel syndrome, so the surgery made it worse, her hands are always cold and stiff.
And she's a smoking addict (been a smoking addict for like 18 years). And she has ADHD, she has fibromyalgia. She has to take depression pills and sleep pills always. She has sleeping problems, she has to hold her hand up or something like that when she sleeps, or it hurts. She has some problems with her back too I think. Due to all this, she can't go to church on sundays, she cant wake up that early (8 AM)
Both my parents are unemployed, my dad had a job as a janitor on a kindergarten, but the manager got into a conflict with the bank and the manager put it on my dad and fired him. Now he can't find any job here in town, also, he got tinnitus and some back problems. They are on disability benifit/pension. I'm the only kid home, my oldest sister (24 years I think) is married and the 2 years younger sister is only in a relation (been for like 4 years), so we have everything we have enough money for food atleast, and I'm thankful for Jesus helping us with that.
My dad is a smoker too, but he quitted it many times, but went back because I think he don't want to make mum feel alone in it so shes the only smoker, and feel sad that she never gets deliverance from it.
So I've had a kinda harsh, anxious life.


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The Middle Ground #58 | Blow, big man, blow!
I've been thinking lately about the whole "The Big Guy versus The Little Guy" thing, when it comes to comic publishers. Specifically, when it comes to Marvel and other people's comics, and the way that the former really doesn't seem to be looking too good in that area recently.
Weirdly enough, I didn't initially put together the announcement of Marvel's Warlord of Mars comics with their recent release of Mystery Men – a comic that shares its name with Bob Burden's Flaming Carrot, with a trademark that may or may not have been swiped on the very day that Universal Movies – The studio that adapted Burden's comic into a movie, back in 1999 – lost its hold on the name, which is… suspicious, to say the least (Marvel deny sniping the trademark to the name, saying that the TM was available when they looked into the matter). After all, they're pretty much unrelated, right? One is just announcing a new licensed book, and the other is just expanding a franchise with a questionably named title…
…Except, of course, Marvel's Warlord of Mars book will come in direct competition with Dynamite Entertainment's already-existant Warlord of Mars comics, a fact that's completely ignored in Marvel's official PR for A Princess of Mars, which instead talked about "bring[ing the Edgar Rice Burroughs] novels to comics for a new generation," as if someone isn't already doing that very thing (The books are public domain, so this is less about copyright, and more about simply ignoring content that's already out there). It's possible that such PR-speak is ignorant, as opposed to malicious (Although Dynamite's Warlord of Mars books have been out for, what, eight or nine months now, and have covers by Alex Ross and Art Adams, both of whom have done work for Marvel during that time, so… You'd think they'd know, right?), but when noticed next to the cavalier attitude towards Bob Burden's ownership of Mysterymen as a title, it seems a little worrying.
It's probably too much to think that Marvel just doesn't care about reusing other people's ideas, because… well, as creators/caretakers of their own intellectual property, they clearly understand the value of ownership of ideas and titles and the whole shebang. But these two moves, happening so closely together, suggest an attitude of "We're what's happening!" that ignores or overwrites other people's effort in favor of making their own seem more impressive or original. That would be disturbing at the best of times, but when you factor in that whole "history is written by the winners" thing, and look at Marvel's market share in the direct market, there's something oddly depressing about the whole thing. I'd like to think that Marvel can't just run roughshod over other people's work, but… they're Marvel, and these days, that means Disney. Who's going to stop them?
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Amateur golf: GB&I retain Jacques Leglise TrophySeptember 1, 2015 Courses and Travel
Peter McEvoy's talented youngsters stage last-ditch comeback
There was drama at the end as defending champions GB&I overcame a two-point deficit to level the overall score at 12/5-12/5 against the Continent of Europe and retain the Jacques Leglise Trophy at Royal Dornoch.
On a windy afternoon by the Dornoch Firth there was no telling how the matches would finish as the advantage swung one way then the other.
The outcome was eventually decided by the final shot on the final green of the final match.
GB&I team manager Peter McEvoy said: "We've retained the trophy but we wanted to win, we should have won. We played the 18th five times today and we lost the 18th five times. We should have won the match comfortably.
'I thought the lads showed tremendous spirit and great golf all afternoon' "I'm proud of the team, it was a great effort but I think we will still go away feeling the job wasn't quite done. I know we retained the trophy but we wanted to win the match."
After a topsy-turvy afternoon that saw a purple patch from Europe, before three GB&I players in a row won their matches. This left playing captain Bradley Moore to secure the all-important point to retain the trophy.
This year's Carris Trophy champion had a close match against Denmark's Christoffer Bring, but finished strongly and closed out the match 3&1 to allow the GB&I team celebrations to begin.
Europe's team manager Miguel Franco do Sousa said: "It was very tight, it could have gone either way and you have to congratulate the GB&I team, they played really good golf in the afternoon, a very good fight back.
"They should be very proud of themselves and I am very proud of my team. It's a draw but we are not taking the trophy home."
For scoring from the matches, visit Championships.randa.org
The 2016 Jacques Leglise Trophy will be played at Prince's in England on August 26 and 27.


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I no longer make those resolutions, but the only one I hadn't done from 2006 was bake bread. I ground my own wheat and made homemade bread for the first time this week, so I have kept all of the 12 resolutions I made that year - late, but I finished them. :-D
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HOW TO MAKE A MONSTER, 1958. Original theater Lobby Card (11″/14″) vintage science fiction classic poster starring; Robert H. Harris, Paul Brinegar, Gary Conway, director Herbert L. Strock and writer Aben Kandel.
This film also known as "Der Satan mit den tausend Masken" was really a Hollywood round up film of the time, featuring all kinds of cameos from other famous horror and sci fi stars of the generation. Think about interior design with this poster by putting it behind a bar table or in a game room. It would look very nice next too War of the Colossal Beast!
This Lobby card is in fine condition and does not have major defects, only 2 pin holes in the bottom left corner and the upper left corner 5 an 1/8″ folded over sometime in the past.
Condition C9. Price $175
To see this poster and others visit our gallery the Limited Edition in old town Katy, Texas. Providing poster sales, Linen Backing, Restoration and Framing services to the Houston, San Antonio, Austin and Dallas regions since 1994.
The Limited Edition Art and Antiques was established in 1994 in Historic Downtown Katy, Texas and features an eclectic variety of antiques, ephemera and original folk art created by the proprietor Elizabeth Proctor.
We specialize in the sales, linen backing, restoration and framing of vintage posters, We purchase collections and offer consignment services for your collections.
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These Osiris fern wall appliques stand tall and will look great on any wall. With a cartoon like feel these fern plants are full of whimsy. Easy to apply, add these appliques to any wall for an interesting new design.
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Flamingo Profile by papatheoWatch
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Preening Flamingo in the afternoon sun at the Milwaukee County Zoo, Wisconsin.
Nice colorful shot.
Beautiful sharpness of detail and the colour is wonderful
I absolutly love this great picture!!! Would you mind if I used this to do a colored pencil drawing?
Absolutely... I am honored!!!
Stunning capture! I adore the clarity of the eye, it's really fascinating to look at!
Wonderful image! ^^
Wonderful image! ^^
Amazing close-up and you managed to capture it in a perfect pose!
Beautiful shot
as if you live in africa,
beautyfull shot and
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beautyfull shot and
really exquisit captured,
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I wake up in the motel with my sister beside me. The room is dark and cool so all I want to do is sneak back in between the covers. But alas I am too busy as it is our saturday... our very special saturday and I am a bride. I am rushed into the shower and then I drive over to the hairdressers. Zandra knows exactly what she's doing and i trust her completely. We decided to GHD curl my hair using a light natural hold hairspray by DeLorenzo. I recommend this to anyone who hates hairspray as much as me. It was also meant to be pinned half-up/half-down but I liked it so much when it was just down. She shoved a few pins in to hold the veil and then I was rushed off back to the motel for my makeup with Dora (the explorer hehehe) and she was so fast and it was so perfect. She had already finished the girls and my mum by the time I got there.
Then we had to check out of the motel and into the Sebel Hotel. I got my early check in of 11am so I was very lucky. The change over was pretty quick and painless. After that I had a quick shower, picked up the flowers from reception and "ooooh'd and ahhhhh'd" over them for a few minutes. I attached the charms to my bouquet handle and I was set. The girls got dressed and the photographer arrived to capture it all. The room at the Sebel was very old world... dark greens and burgandy's and dark polished timber. I liked the rooms at the Motel better... oh well...
After we did all the posed brides family and party shots we went to leave for the chapel and my friend Wom rushed up and said "don't panic... the celebrant still hasn't arrived"... I was in some kind of euphoric state because I didn't panic, I just said ok lets take some more of me and the bridesmaids outside while we wait. It turns out the celebrant left the house in thongs not her special celebrant shoes and drove all the way back home to get them... WHAT THE??? So the ceremony started 28 mintues after 1pm... I'm sure Steve would have needed a stiff drink... poor thing.
It's stinking hot. Bright blue skies and no breeze... bridal hell. It had rained all week and was overcast the days leading up to the wedding. I wanted rain... I begged for overcast skies... nope, oh well. luckily the wedding wasn't outside but in the Sebels cute little chapel... the cute little airconditioned chapel :D Everything looked better than I had imagined in my head all this time. Everyone was doing the right thing at the right time. The celebrant was now stressed cos she was so late and rushed through the ceremony practically bossing us all around. If i wasn't in my euphoric state as meantioned before I think I would have been inclinded to violence :P She used the old copy of the ceremony not the new one I gave her so half the words were wrong and the sentiments I added were non existant but I didnt' catch on untill it was too late. Oh well. She also left the marrage certificate on the floor and a guest came up and handed it to us when we were having photos taken. Nice huh.
We had a "thank you line" straight after the recessional and i think it was the best thing we could have done for our guests. It gave each of them a few moments to say how beautiful everything was and how much they loved us. I didn't want to do it at the reception as we wanted to stay as long as possible. Everyone also loved all the ceremony showbags :D The bottles of water definately came in handy and the fans were priceless due to the weather. OMG Steve and i both cried right through the ceremony so the tissues were totally nessessary. I had big burly men with tears in their eyes and quivering bottom lips... it was so beautiful.
My entrance was... pathetic :D I was totally calm and smiling then as soon as I saw Steve I almost had a breakdown. Dad had to hold me up. I wanted to bawl like a baby but I had to keep some form of composure. I ate my tears, composed myself and set off down the aisle on my daddy's arm. My bridesmaids had practically run down the aisle so the music so I had a few moments to gather myself. I was so happy. I walked down to "Bitterweet Symphony" by the Verve and it was AWESOME. EVERYONE in the chapel cried. In the video you can see Steve blubbering like a baby :D After about 5 minutes at the alter I kicked my shoes off and shoved them under the signing table. No one could believe I did it. I did it because my legs were shaking and I thought I would faint. I would rather take my shoes off than fall on the floor in such a pretty dress :D
After all the photographs and hoopla we went back to our room to chill. Steve had a quick shower and aired out his suit to wear again at the reception and I did the same with my dress. I did my best friends make up for the reception and hung out and had a glass of bubbly and a girly chat while listening to Steve snoring on the couch while having a quick cat nap. Soon enough it was time to get re-dressed and touch up the make up. I would recommend every bride do this. I allocated an hour for me and steve to chill. I think that if I didn't make time we wouldn't of had it. We went the reception clean, fresh and raring to go :D
The MC was amazing (My dads best friend) and everyone including the hotel staff said the room was gorgeous. The staff all agreed that mine was the best layout, design and decoration they had ever seen in the Lachlan Macquarie room. So that made me quite thirlled and proud. The room I chose to use was the hotels smallest and boring conference room. Not even a room they reccomend for weddings. They've asked for a copy of one of my photos to use as a hotel reference :D I wanted full artisitic control so I hired all my decorations like table covers, candlabras and crystal.
On Wednesday night I rang to confirm everything with my photographer for the millionth time and he said yep sure no problems Caterina will be there first thing. WHAT THE??? Apparently i had been informed that i was no longer getting Dave, I was getting some chick name Caterina whom i'd never meet, spoken too or seen her work. I was NOT happy. Actually I was quite distraught. Dispite my apprehension of Caterina I was thrilled with her. She was very comfortable to work with and she blended right in. I hardly noticed her at all.
Thank you all so much for making it this far... and I haven't even told you the half of it :D


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Brawl Funnies DELUXE
Rated 5 / 5 stars
At the end of the commercial I stared at the blank screen for like 10 minutes waiting for something to happen.
This is what I get for not having ADD.
I still lurv yew guiys!!1!1!1one!
Brawl Funnies [Dick 2]
Rated 5 / 5 stars
I love you guys.
Such a nic boi
Everything by Everyone
Rated 4 / 5 stars
No egoraptor or awesome series? After all the front pages he's gotten?
Get your eyes checked.
Girlchan in Paradise Ep1
Rated 5 / 5 stars
My god
I love you so much right now Egoraptor.
Messed-Up Bible Stories 4
Rated 4.5 / 5 stars
Very nice animation.
I liked how it showed some very true contradictions of the Noah story, and the profanity wasn't over the top.
And if anyone rates this down for insulting religion you are retarded.
You are reviewing a flash on animation, voice acting, and if it fits in that genre, comedy. Just because it criticizes a religion is no reason to down rate it, that's not what you are reviewing it on.
School 13 - I.A.C.W.
Rated 3.5 / 5 stars
The Good: Good animation, good voice acting, good syncing, and was interesting enough for me not to close it.
The Bad: For some reason, the sides of the subtitles were cut off when I watched it, so most of the time I didn't know what was going on.
sorry, i'ts very hard to make subtitles with the vCam...
but I had to use vCam, because it made it look more realistic
The quest for Awesome!
Rated 0 / 5 stars
This movie blew total ass.
You just look like you stopped caring the first 2 seconds you started the movie.
But I guess that doesn't really matter, all you need is to have awesome in your name and you get 13,000 views.
And rating critics of your movie's reviews as useless just makes you look like a huge dick.
Halo 3 2:Halo 4 The Movie
Rated 4 / 5 stars
Your animation is just so bad that is comical.
Nice story line though, very funny.
Weebl & Bob : Goo Fiction
Rated 4 / 5 stars
I didn't get it.
But that's no reason why I shouldn't rate it good.
Good old Weebl and Bob.
Video Gamerz Chronicles1b
Rated 3 / 5 stars
Even though you are on the front page (this doesn't necessarily mean it was meant to be there) but why was the Video and Audio so gapped?
Was there no way you could fix it?


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City Councilman Ed Harris will host a community forum about increasing homelessness in San Diego's beach communities from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Point Loma Library, 3701 Voltaire Street.
Harris has invited several experts on the subject, including officials focused on housing, mental health and homelessness. In addition, the Police Department plans to send two representatives.
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Creatives' talents typically lean heavily toward right brain activities, and they usually don't enjoy or succeed at analytical tasks with the same success as creative tasks. Yet running a smooth business operation requires processes and metrics, plus technology to support both.
Your department's operating processes and procedures are the roots to which people and tools are attached in order to create a healthy operation.
There are many elements of a creative or communications development process that will have an impact on the department's operational health, including but not limited to:
If not properly optimized, any of these elements can lead to bottlenecks, stifled creativity, gaps in communication, points of contention, and a lack of thoroughness.
If set up well, effective department processes and procedures will drive maximum productivity, enforce high work quality standards, enable clear communications and understanding between personnel, and allow for the department to deliver both creativity and business impact at the same time.
Cella can advise on this mission-critical—yet often lacking—aspect of many creative organizations. Cella's consultants reengineer and install creative processes for our clients with these benefits in mind.
When evaluating the performance of their in-house agency or creative department, marketing and creative leaders often have intuition around what needs to be improved. However, they may not have enough hard proof of the current state environment, making it impossible to define and track progress against improvement goals. And while it is possible to make good decisions based on qualitative input alone, it can require time and the ability to experiment through trial and error—luxuries most leaders don't have.
Accurate data supports creative leaders in driving effective and efficient business decisions. In addition, when a baseline of data exists from which to evaluate performance, progress becomes measurable and therefore more desirable.
Cella helps in-house agencies and creative departments effectively measure and consistently improve upon their operating performance through the proper application of time tracking, data collection, and metrics reporting.
It's rare to find a creative team that isn't tasked with doing more with less. In general, we're all being asked to increase efficiencies. Systems and tools are essential for efficiency, decision-making drivers, resource justification, and heightened control. Yet the pace of change and the number and variety of tools available can be overwhelming.
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Fresh Slate of Big Screen Events for 2013
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Life blocks
From CHKN Wiki
Life blocks are literally the building blocks of life. They are obtained by defeating a wild creature and picking up its pieces, or by gathering life blocks from eggs. Each block has a set of stats and a specific function associated with them. Eyes allow them to see, ears to hear, limbs to move quicker, etc. Depending on the stats of the block, they can increase the creature's health and energy burn rate. The distance an eye can see and the strength of a bite are also examples of lifeblock variables. Rare lifeblocks can have increased stats or special abilities. Lifeblocks can be converted into a hamburger with a stove and creatures can eat lifeblocks raw.
- PROGRESSION: There are tiers of creatures that players can create. The higher the tier, the harder they are to make and obtain life blocks for. However, making that high tier creature will make it easier to gather the more valuable resources. Creatures can also have different roles, such as farming and homestead creation, breeding and producing rare life blocks, and defending against loggers and poachers.
- CREATURE BALANCE: This is controlled by Energy Burn. Energy is fueled by food and if a creature runs out of energy it will become weak and eventually die. Abilities such as attacks, eating, seeing, flying, etc cost different amounts of energy than ordinary body blocks. This means that the more things a creature can do, the more it takes to keep them alive.
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To view the list of the life block accessories, click here.