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Oliver in charge of Watford cup tie - Referee
Thursday, 14th Feb 2019 17:40 by Clive Whittingham
The Premier League's top referee Michael Oliver is the man in the middle on Friday night as QPR host top flight Watford in the fifth round of the FA Cup.
Referee >>> Michael Oliver (Northumberland), Premier League's leading referee who took charge of Millwall's upset against Everton in the last round.
Assistants >>> Simon Bennett (Staffordshire) and Daniel Robathan (Bedfordshire)
Fourth Official >>> Graham Scott (Oxfordshire)
Leicester 5 QPR 1, Sunday May 24, 2015, Premier League
There was a list of problems a mile long for Chris Ramsey to deal with at half time. Fer, as he has done whenever selected there, showed he doesn't have the defensive game, or the desire to get up and down the line, to play wide left. Joey Barton, as he has done all season, spent the half kicking the ball straight to Leicester players. This included from every single set piece which he insisted on taking – one free kick in a decent crossing position was curled several feet over the bar as he took on a stupidly ambitious shot, then when referee Michael Oliver awarded one in shooting range he drilled a limp effort into the wall. Still, he was given a standing ovation by the QPR fans every time he came across to take a corner in the second half, so some people clearly enjoy seeing the possession turned over frequently and every set piece wasted.
Leicester: Schmeichel 6; Wasilewski 6 (De Laet 45, 6), Huth 7, Morgan 7; Albrighton 8, Cambiasso 9 (Drinkwater 76, 6), King 7, Schlupp 6; Mahrez 7, Ulloa 7, Vardy 8 (Kramaric 65, 7)
Subs not used: Konchecksy, Hammond, Schwarzer, Wood
Goals: Vardy 16 (assisted Mahrez), Albrighton 43 (assisted Schlupp), Ulloa 51 (assisted Morgan), Cambiasso 52 (assisted Mahrez), Kramaric 86 (unassisted)
QPR: McCarthy 4; Onuoha 4, Dunne 3, Hill 3, Yun 3 (Kpekawa 85, -); Phillips 6, Henry 4 (Comley 80, 6), Barton 4, Fer 3; Austin 6, Grego-Cox 5
Subs not used: Hoilett, Murphy, Doughty, Petrasso, Furlong
Goals: Austin 57 (assisted Barton)
QPR 1 Reading 1, Sunday November 4, 2012, Premier League
But let's be perfectly honest here; this is a Reading team that has proven wholly inadequate at dealing with the rigours of Premier League football so far this season. During the week the Royals conceded seven against Arsenal Reserves to lose a match they had led 4-0 at one stage in the first half. Despite that they were far, far better than QPR in the first half: Roberts, when he wasn't chewing the ear off referee Michael Oliver, was a pacy, physical pest; Noel Hunt, consistently won a physical battle against defenders who were happy to allow him to do so rather than engage him and possibly get hurt; Leigertwood and Tabb dominated the middle of midfield while Ale Faurlin sat on the bench, unused.
The referee incurred the wrath of an increasingly frustrated home crowd around the half hour as he first of all bought an obvious dive from Roberts on halfway and awarded Reading a free kick, then penalised QPR again over by the corner flag when it appeared that Mackie was the man dragged to earth, and was then quick with the whistle again when Tabb hit the deck under minimal contact but Shorey struck the ball over the bar from a similar position to the one he'd scored from in the cup game here a month ago. Oliver did however show a yellow card to Hunt for a firm foul on Diakite, and then rather kindly let the striker off without so much as a warning when he deliberately used his hand to set himself away down the line. Other referees would have issued a second yellow card – but then I do often say we don't come to football to see people sent off so I won't criticise him for that.
The second half could scarcely have been worse than the first and the early signs were promising for Mark Hughes. Another lung busting run from Diakite drew a foul from Tabb and Granero struck the free kick into the side netting after a prolonged argument with Taarabt over who should take the kick. Cisse had a shot blocked and Jamie Mackie had what looked like a very decent penalty shout waved away by Oliver as he fell to ground chasing the loose ball. Then Hoilett went on a mazy run from the left flank to the heart of the penalty area but shot wide via a deflection.
The game then became a bit of an end to end farce. Bosingwa's back post header was important at one end, Diakite's driving run and shot at the other rather wild. Oliver awarded a generous free kick to Cisse, Taarabt and Granero argued over the free kick, the Spaniard shot into The Loft. Hughes sent on Bobby Zamora – nothing better to do with his time on Sunday apparently so he decided to turn out – and Reading introduced Hal Robson Kanu for Jobi McAnuff. As much as things change, they stay the same: ten minutes from time another corner, Morrison unmarked again, this time he headed wide of the target. Excuse me a moment while I tear off my own face and throw it at somebody through the pure frustration of watching the basics of football neglected to such a bloody huge extent for an entire afternoon.
QPR: Cesar 6, Bosingwa 4, Ferdinand 4, Nelsen 8, Traore 5 (Onuoha 84 -), Hoilett 6, Granero 6, Diakite 7, Taarabt 7, Mackie 5 (Zamore 81,-), Cisse 6
Subs Not Used: Green, Hill, Derry, Wright-Phillips, Faurlin
Goals: Cisse 66 (assisted Bosingwa)
Reading: McCarthy 8, Gunter 6, Morrison 6, Gorkss 7, Shorey 6, McCleary 5 (Kebe 62, 7), Tabb 7, Leigertwood 7, McAnuff 6 (Robson-Kanu 79, 6), Roberts 7 (Le Fondre 88, -), Hunt 6
Subs: Federici, Pearce, Cummings, Pogrebnyak
Goals: Gorkss 16 (assisted Morrison)
Bookings: Hunt 33 (foul), Le Fondre 90 (diving)
Referee – Michael Oliver 7 I actually came away from this thinking he'd had quite a poor game. He allowed Jason Roberts to pretty much follow him around all afternoon saying whatever he liked and influencing decisions and several times awarded free kicks when he'd clearly been conned by a dive. I also thought Mackie had a decent case for a penalty. However, on reflection, the game was controlled reasonably well, and the big decisions were correct including the late booking for Le Fondre.
MK Dons 1 QPR 1, Saturday January 7, 2012, FA Cup
Faurlin also hit a shot straight at David Martin in the Dons goal from a free kick a moment later but the big moment of the half came within seconds at the other end in front of an astonishing QPR following of more than 5,000 fans. Daniel Powell, a product of the Dons' academy and the one player who seemed overawed by this occasion, took a wild fresh air shot at a presentable chance deep within the QPR area. He recovered his composure enough to try and cut the ball back into the goal mouth from the byline butClint Hill intervened, sliding in with his hands above his head to palm the ball behind. Referee Michael Oliver looked to his linesman who had a perfect view of the incident but awarded a corner. Hill didn't even look like he was convincing himself by pointing to his face, this was a nailed on penalty kick.
Had DJ Campbell's goal stood two minutes later the Dons would have fumed, but thankfully for Karl Robinson's men the assistant referee at the far end of the ground was more up to speed with the game and had long since flagged the former Blackpool man offside. Adam Smith responded with a marauding run from right back and shot straight at Radek Cerny. The Czech keeper had to be rather more alert five minutes before half time when Smith's cross looked set to dip under the bar – he intelligently flicked the ball away from the goal and the danger area with his finger tips.
Quite how a replay, and subsequent possible fourth round tie with Chelsea, was achieved I have next to no idea. A minute from time another long punt down field was, to his eternal credit, chased down by Heidar Helguson. Looking yards offside the Icelandic target man clashed with goalkeeper David Martin who spilled the ball and appeared to fell Helguson in the penalty area. All eyes switched to referee Michael Oliver, who'd awarded Aston Villa a nonsense spot kick at Loftus Road in the Premiership earlier in the season. All eyes, that is, except Helguson's – he calmly regained his feet and composure and rolled the ball into the empty net.
MK Dons: Martin 6, Smith 7, Williams 6, MacKenzie 6 (Doumbe 46, 6), Lewington 8, Chadwick 7, Gleeson 6, Potter 6, Bowditch 7, Ibehre 7, Daniel Powell 5
Subs Not Used: McLoughlin, Flanagan, O'Shea, Lobjoit, Alli, Collins
Goals: Bowditch 65 (unassisted)
QPR: Cerny 6, Young 6, Gabbidon 5, Hall 5, Hill 5, Mackie 4, Derry 4 (Buzsaky 77, 5), Faurlin 5, Smith 6, Macheda 6 (Bothroyd 71, 5), Campbell 4 (Helguson 61, 6)
Subs Not Used: Murphy, Connolly, Andrade, Orr
Goals: Helguson 89 (unassisted)
Referee: Michael Oliver (Northumberland) 7 A perfectly fine refereeing performance throughout with few errors or points of interest. However marks have to be knocked off because, for the second time in as many QPR games, he got a big penalty appeal absolutely wrong. Clint Hill's handball in the first half was a clear spot kick that, with no assistance from the linesman, he didn't award. Fine apart from that but referees live and die on their big decisions.
QPR 1 Aston Villa 1, Sunday September 25, Premiership
Which brings me onto the people in charge of appointing our referees each week, who also got exactly what they deserved here. So far this season, and without wishing to get all high and mighty with you this was pointed out in the match preview, Michael Oliver has, for one reason or another, found himself almost constantly immersed in one controversial penalty decision after another. He's given penalties that almost certainly weren't and turned down those that definitely were. He turned West Ham v Leeds in the Championship into a farce and was rewarded for that with an appointment to referee Aston Villa at Everton where he again made a horrendous error over another penalty decision – not awarding a spot kick to Leighton Baines who was obviously hacked down but told to get to his feet. To repeat the same action and expect a different result is the definition of insanity – again they appointed him to a big match, again there were big decisions to make in both penalty areas, again he got them wrong.
Taarabt was at the heart of everything QPR did early in the game. He was the first of several home players to try his luck with a free kick on the edge of the Villa penalty area when Petrov was pulled up by the referee for a foul on Luke Young as Villa cleared a QPR corner. The Moroccan's shot hit the wall and flew out of play for a corner that Taarabt then played short and wasted. Villa are a big side, and it's understandable that QPR were therefore reluctant to sling over crosses from wide set pieces, but the quality of dead balls all afternoon from the Hoops was abject and must be worked on an improved.
The half began with two more refereeing decisions – first Hutton was booked for a hack on Shaun Wright Phillips after he'd been done for pace, and then Ferdinand was treated to a free kick as Agbonlahor ran clear on goal after nudging the defender in the back. But soon it was all eyes on Villa and Paddy Kenny had to be alert and strong in his six yard box when Bannan's wild volley was deflected up into the goal mouth by Agbonlahor. Both Ferdinand and Fitz Hall seemed to be struggling with injury at this point and Villa looked to take advantage as first Kenny had to claim a ball low at Agbonlahor's feet when the rest of his team mates seemed to have stopped and given it up, then the keeper rushed from his line and clattered into Fabian Delph whose lobbed effort drifted wide of the open net as a result.
And then, just before the hour, the first big controversial incident of the game. Villa were on top, no question, and when Luke Young was sucked out of the right back spot and Villa worked the ball into the space he'd vacated QPR had a real problem. That danger seemed to have been alleviated when N'Zogbia crossed far too deep for Agbonlahor rushing in at the back post but as the ball drifted away to safety the shrill blast of the referee's whistle pierced through the Loftus Road atmosphere. He'd given a penalty.
It took a while for everybody realise that's what Michael Oliver had done – given that it wasn't a penalty, none of the Villa fans behind the goal appealed for a penalty and only one or two of the Villa players even put half a hand in the air to ask the question that's understandable – but a penalty had been given all the same. Barry Bannan, Villa's best player by a distance, scraped his kick into the bottom corner with Kenny heading in the right direction but not there quickly enough. It should also be said, as it becomes important later, that Traore was booked in amongst this nonsense.
But what exactly was he booked for? Hauling Agbonlahor back (he didn't) to prevent him meeting a cross at the back post and giving Villa the lead (he wouldn't have done)? Is this not denying a goal scoring opportunity? If you're going to be a pedantic arsehole and give a penalty for something that, were it penalised every time would see games finishing with Rugby League scores, then you have to send the player off. It was a piece of officiating to be ashamed of. It was a pathetic decision. Pathetic, embarrassing, shambolic, farcical and absolutely bang wrong.
It's a decision made by somebody who has been to all of his little meetings and sat in front of all his little video tapes and seen all this shirt pulling going on in the penalty area and decided that he's going to make an example of somebody. And so he has lain in wait, like some half aroused lion ready to leap on an unsuspecting victim and then feast on their violated flesh, desperate to penalise somebody for a shirt pull in the penalty box. This is a referee who two weeks ago at Everton didn't see Aston Villa blatantly hack down Leighton Baines in the penalty box and yet here is giving a spot kick for the most meagre of fouls, if indeed there was a foul at all which I'm not convinced there was. He is a referee who is over thinking and analysing every big decision rather than just giving what he sees – he'll give a pathetic penalty like that to make an example of somebody, but then he won't give a blatant one because it's too blatant, and he won't give you a controversial decision if you've had one against you because it might be seen as him evening it up. Shambolic.
The sense of injustice only would have festered had N'Zogbia found the back, rather than the side, of the net when Villa came flooding forward again a moment later.
And then Villa stopped attacking. Almost as quickly as their onslaught had begun it ended and never recommenced. They had shown that, on the attack, they could cause QPR a world of problems but like some old fish wife calling the kids in off the street at dusk McLeish's had ordered them back into the deep lying defensive set up they'd occupied previously. Had they kept going they'd have won 2-0 at least, now it became a question of whether QPR could score given the paucity of home goals on this ground this season so far.
The final half an hour would be a mixture of increasingly desperate QPR attacks and awful refereeing. After the hour James Collins hacked Shaun Wright Phillips down on the edge of the area for an obvious free kick and yellow card. That seemed to be what Oliver was about to do but having awarded the free kick and reached for a card he was then confronted by Richard Dunne who spoke to him for ten seconds and the card went back in his pocket. "Book him and I'll release those pictures of you on Chatroulette ref", said Dunne. Possibly.
And this pattern continued. With 20 minutes left to play Petrov executed a wild tackle on Shaun Wright Phillips in the Villa right back slot. The Hungarian, as he always does, then screamed in the face of the referee to presumably try and intimidate him into reducing the planned punishment. On this occasion he was shown a yellow card but the real controversy was only a second or two away.
When Given palmed the resulting Barton free kick behind for a corner it set up an incident where Alan Hutton blatantly saved a goal bound header from Ferdinand away from both the goal and Bothroyd loitering for a tap in with his arm. You could never wish to see a more obvious handball and penalty and yet referee Oliver and his hapless assistant gave nothing. It was a penalty all day, all night, all week long. I was embarrassed for the officials on that one, a blind bank vole would have seen it.
Neil Warnock sent on Tommy Smith for Shaun Wright Phillips and then watched in anger as the new man produced a cross that seemed to be patted down by Hutton's hand in the penalty area right under the nose of the referee but no spot kick was awarded. On that occasion I thought the referee was right.
When the game moved into stoppage time and Armand Traore was sent off, for a needless lunge on Marc Albrighton that clearly warranted a yellow card at least, the writing seemed to be on the wall. Warnock lambasted Traore as he went off, but they both knew his first yellow card had been a joke and Villa should already have had two off if the rules had been applied equally to both sides.
Anton Ferdinand had to be dragged away from the referee by his manager at full time – had the game been officiated properly then QPR would have won 2-0 and few could have complained had that been the score.
QPR: Kenny 7, Young 7, Ferdinand 8, Hall 7, Traore 6, Faurlin 6, Derry 6 (Helguson 79, 7), Wright-Phillips 7 (Smith 86, -), Taarabt 7, Barton 6, Bothroyd 7 (Campbell 66, 6)
Subs Not Used: Murphy, Orr, Buzsaky, Connolly
Sent Off: Traore 90 (two bookings)
Booked: Traore (foul), Traore (foul)
Goals: Dunne 90 og (assisted Helguson)
Aston Villa: Given 7, Hutton 5, Collins 7, Dunne 8, Warnock 6, Petrov 6, Ireland 5, Delph 7, N'Zogbia 6 (Weimann 85, -), Bannan 8 (Albrighton 72, 7), Agbonlahor 6
Subs Not Used: Guzan, Delfouneso, Beye, Lowry, Gardner
Booked: Warnock (foul), Hutton (foul), Collins (foul), Petrov (foul), Agbonlahor (foul), N'Zogbia (foul)
Goals: Bannan 58 (penalty)
Referee: Michael Oliver (Northumberland) 3 The thing about a penalty decision is it's either a penalty or it's not a penalty. This means that even if you had to decide what it was without seeing the incident you stand a fifty fifty chance of getting it right. In the West Ham v Leeds game, the Everton v Villa match and then again today Michael Oliver has had at least seven penalty incidents to adjudicate on, and he's yet to get one right. I mean even if the kid tossed a coin on these, heads a penalty tails play on, he'd get more right than he's currently managing. Without going into why so many Villa players on yellow cards were allowed to get away with crude tackles without receiving a second yellow there were three key incidents in the game – and he was badly wrong with two of his three calls. Not good enough.
Wigan 2 QPR 0, Saturday August 27, 2011
Wigan struggled in the league last year and ultimately survived only by the skin of their teeth on the final day of the campaign. That said they continue to unearth some seriously talented players from all four corners of the globe and QPR were tormented here by one from El Carmelo ( Columbia ) and another from South Norwood (Croydon). The former, Hugo Rodallega, threatened first with a jinking run across the face of the penalty area that ended with a generous free kick decision from referee Michael Oliver who did little to endear himself to the travelling faithful early on in this game. The resulting free kick from Spaniard Jordi Gomez flew high enough for Paddy Kenny to confidently pay it little attention but still close enough to skim the roof of the net as it disappeared out of play.
Two moments of action to report just after the half hour; one surprising, the other less so. Firstly Michael Oliver got his yellow card out for the first time in the game, but it wasn't a QPR player on the receiving end. Adrian Lopez was the man punished for a cynical shirt pull on Adel Taarabt as the Moroccan skipped away him in the Wigan half. Secondly, Fitz Hall got injured again. The stomach acid is rising again I'm afraid but as mummy's brave soldier battled on for another half hour or so I'll save my second rant of the report for later.
Hall had treatment for whatever the hell was wrong with him this time and returned to the action but having a centre half pathetically limping around, signalling to the bench when he should have been concentrating on the game, and apparently unable to move up the field with the rest of the defence gave the QPR team a ragged feel and Wigan took full advantage.
Within a minute of play resuming Moses found space in the area and cracked a low shot that Kenny gathered safely but would have struggled with had Rodallega touched it en route – he was prevented from doing so by Perone who seemed to give him a fair old shove past the ball. Rodallega didn't complain and the referee showed no interest so presumably it was legal enough.
Warnock removed Tommy Smith, steady but not threatening enough, for young Bruno Andrade with ten minutes to go and he looked lively. Andrade quickly took his full back to the byline and delivered an excellent, dangerous cross through the area where sadly no QPR attackers had thought to move in for a tap in. That came after Shaun Derry had charged into the area and had the ball flicked off his toe by Al Habsi and out for a corner which referee Michael Oliver did very well to give under heavy appeals for a penalty which it definitely wasn't.
Wigan: Al Habsi 8, Boyce 6, Caldwell 6, Lopez 6, Figueroa 6, Diame 8, Watson 7, Moses 7 (McArthur 69, 6), Rodallega 8, Gomez 7 (Stam 85, -), Di Santo 6 (Sammon 69, 6)
Subs Not Used: Kirkland , McCarthy, Thomas, Jones
Booked: Lopez (foul), Caldwell (foul)
Goals: Di Santo 41 (unassisted), 66 (unassisted)
QPR: Kenny 7, Gabbidon 7, Hall 5 (Harriman 61, 7), Perone 6, Connolly 6, Faurlin 6, Derry 6, Taarabt 7, Buzsaky 6 (Bothroyd 72, 7), Smith 6 (Andrade 80, -), Agyemang 4
Subs Not Used: Murphy, Helguson, Ephraim, Hewitt
Referee: Michael Oliver (Northumberland) 6 I thought we were in for a bloody long afternoon in the first 15 minutes when a series of questionable decisions went against us but he grew into the game in the final hour and did reasonably overall. Further marks off for failure to play obvious advantages on several occasions but credit for getting the late Derry penalty appeal right when another referee in his position may hav given a spot kick, a goal kick or a dive when it was corner.
QPR 0 Cardiff 1, Saturday April 17, 2010
Frustration for Taarabt, and the rest of the QPR team, grew when his corner was only partially cleared by Cardiff but as the ball dropped on the far side of the area and the attack recommenced play was stopped by referee Michael Oliver because Stephen McPhail was down on the edge of the box clutching his head. Of course as soon as the play was stopped, and the attack ended, McPhail leapt up and there was nothing wrong with him – he even had the nerve to have a go at the referee for allowing the physio on meaning he had to leave the field for three and a half seconds while Cardiff returned the ball to QPR some 100 yards away down the field. Taarabt was justifiably booked for diving in the second half, this piece of cheating, quickly creeping into the game at all levels, was equally worthy of a yellow card.
Five minutes into the second half it was Cardiff who almost broke the deadlock when Radek Cernymade a worrying return to the form that saw him dropped from the side and replaced by Carl Ikeme just after Christmas. A foul by Ramage on Bothryod as the striker threatened to run through on goal drew a deserved yellow card and set up a free kick 30 yards from goal left of centre. A routine strike from Ross McCormack flew over the wall but seemed to be posing the keeper few problems as it bounced on the edge of the six yard box.
Taarabt's curate's egg of an afternoon continued when he tricked two Cardiff players on his way into the area before collapsing theatrically, farcically, under meagre contact from Darcy Blake. It was the most clear and obvious yellow card referee Michael Oliver will ever hand out, although credit to the referee for not being influenced by the crowd in the most partisan corner of Loftus Road.
QPR: Cerny 6, Leigertwood 6, Ramage 7, Gorkss 6, Tosic 6, Ephraim 5 (Parker 84, -), Buzsaky 6, Faurlin 6, Taarabt 8, Priskin 5 (German 90, -), Simpson 6 (Cook 83, -)
Subs Not Used: Putnins, Vine, Hill, Oastler
Booked: Ramage (foul), Taarabt (diving)
Cardiff: Marshall 7, McNaughton 6, Blake 6, Gerrard 6, Kennedy 7, Whittingham 7, McPhail 6, Ledley 7, Burke 6 (Etuhu 67, 6),McCormack 6 (Chopra 63, 5), Bothroyd 6
Subs Not Used: Enckelman, Gyepes, Capaldi, Matthews, Wildig
Goals: Ledley 80 (assisted Kennedy)
Referee: Michael Oliver (Northumberland) 7 Pretty good overall. Couldn't argue with the bookings, although I would suggest he was a little quick with his whistle sometimes. Several times free kicks were awarded, and on a couple of occasions subsequently brought back for a moving ball or because they were taken from the wrong place, when the players seemed quite happy to play on with an advantage in the first place. He also stopped the game with QPR on the attack in the penalty area in the first half for a head injury that turned out to be nothing at all, in fact the Cardiff player was angry that he had to go off for treatment – although I felt there was plenty of kidology from McPhail on that occasion. Very promising performance from a young referee though, look forward to seeing him again.
Preston 2 QPR 1, Sunday May 3, 2009
They looked pretty nervous about the whole situation right from the off although could well have caught us out and taken the lead in the seventh minute from a set piece. A long ball forward was aimed at Parkin and, obviously keen to assert is authority against a much larger in every sense of the word, opponent, Matt Connolly climbed over his back to win a header. It could have been a free kick to Rangers for backing in, or one to Preston for climbing, and our young referee Michael Oliver went for the latter. All attention was drawn to Parkin, Neil Mellor, Sean St Ledger and the other aerial threats in the penalty area but Preston instead knocked a long ball across to the far side of the penalty area where Billy Jones had come forward from the back unchecked and was able to meet the free kick completely unmarked at the back post and head it back across goal. Rangers, clearly surprised, muscled up and bundled it behind for a corner from which Parkin was penalised for too much physical contact on Radek Cerny.
QPR's strong running and intricate passing in attack brought two quickfire bookings for the home side just before the half hour. First Rowan Vine was crudely chopped down by Billy Jones and then Wayne Routledge cynically hauled back by Sean St Ledger as he thrust towards the penalty area. Both were just about the most obvious bookings you could ever hope to see but that didn't stop the home crowd venting their fury at the match officials and quickly talking them into booking Mikele Leigertwood for a nothing foul on halfway. This crowd pleasing style of refereeing would become more of an issue in the second half. Sadly, for all the pretty build up, the two free kicks won with the bookings summed up QPR's problem – poor final delivery, lack of cutting edge in attack. The same problems we have had all season, the same problems we said we would have last summer.
St Ledger was causing problems in the penalty area again ten minutes before the break, diving rather blatantly attempting to win a spot kick but Oliver rightly showed no interest. That was from a corner, Preston had gone somewhat closer to scoring in the lead up to that – Simon Waley tried his luck from distance, enjoyed the benefit of an enormous deflection, and then watched with baited breath as the ball cleared Radek Cerny as he scrambled across and, thankfully from the Czech's point of view, the cross bar as well.
A last ditch clearance from Gorkss denied Parkin a chance from a low cross, and Cerny came out to punch as Parkin threatened to move in and head home a second. In the ten minutes after conceding an equaliser PNE were completely dominant, flooding forwards in numbers, and with the crowd now at fever pitch our match officials started to crack under the pressure. From the moment QPR equalised Oliver's arm only went one way, and Mr Dead on the touchline swooped back into the action with a number of joke decisions.
First QPR had to defend a free kick from wide that was given against Rowan Vine when he seemed to be sinned against, then after scrambling that out to the edge of the box Rangers thought they'd won a free kick when Delaney was clearly upended only for the pair of pillocks in charge to award a Preston throw. Later Matt Connolly was booked for berating the referee after a corner had been awarded against him – Connolly seemed to keep the ball in and the referee five yards away initially agreed before allowing himself to be overruled by our representative from the Royal Society for the Blind a good 50 yards away on the other side of the pitch with a goal net in the way. When Matt Connolly loses his temper you have to wonder about the decision you have just given.
Preston: Lonergan 6, Jones 6, St. Ledger 8, Mawene 6, Nolan 5, Whaley 7 (Nicholson 79, 6), McKenna 8, Carter 7, Sedgwick 7, Parkin 7 (Elliott 88,-), Mellor 5 (Brown 61, 6)
Subs Not Used: Neal, Chilvers
Booked: Jones (foul), St. Ledger (foul)
Goals: Parkin 37 (unassisted), St. Ledger 74 (assisted Parkin/Brown)
QPR: Cerny 6, Ramage 6, Connolly 7, Gorkss 6, Delaney 6, Routledge 7, Leigertwood 5, Mahon 7 (Balanta 83, -), Ephraim 8, Agyemang 6 (German 75, 6), Vine 8
Subs Not Used: Cole, Hall, Alberti
Booked: Leigertwood (foul), Connolly (dissent)
Goals: Agyemang 57 (assisted Vine)
Referee: Michael Oliver (Northumberland) 4 In my opinion he allowed himself to be influenced by the crowd. I say this because firstly having booked to Preston players, justifiably it has to be said, the home fans screamed for a booking after every minor foul and sure enough within minutes Mikele Leigertwood was booked for a nothing tackle on halfway. Then later in the game when the home crowd were at their deafening best demanding the pursuit of a winner from their team Oliver awarded one free kick after another to the home players. The free kick on the edge of the box awarded to Parkin was a joke, as was the one awarded against Vine and the decision to then award a Preston throw after Delaney had been chopped down. I could rant about the insistence on promoting young kids too high too quickly again but I won't. The linesman nearest the away end looked like he had plenty of experience but was absolutely awful – completely incompetent. It's been a very long time since I saw a player flagged offside in his own half as Vine was in the first half. Poor all round really.
Oliver has refereed 30 games already this season so is well on course to top last season's 43 appointments. He's shown 100 yellows and six reds in those fixtures, topped out by six yellows and a red in AEK Athens 0-2 Ajax in the Champions League. He's had three Champions League games, two in the latter stages of the League Cup, one in the FA Cup and two internationals but other than that it's all been Premier League for Oliver this season. He's refereed Watford once, in a 0-0 draw at home to Burnley on January 19. He is, of course, the referee who awarded Leicester their controversial Vicarage Road penalty which was subsequently missed and led to the amazing Deeney moment.
Last season those 43 games brought 151 yellows and seven reds, topped out by nine yellows and the infamous red card to Gianluigi Buffon in the Real Madrid v Juventus Champions League semi-final which Madrid won on penalties after Juventus had turned around a 3-1 first leg deficit in the Bernabeu. Four Watford appointments, three defeats and a draw, including their 4-1 loss at home to Huddersfield in which Troy Deeney was sent off.
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Foxconn is the world's largest contract electronics manufacturer with total revenue for 2016 exceeding $130 billion USD. With so much money set to hit the state, suppliers from around the area are looking to position their business to take advantage of the new opportunities. Keenan Grenell, director of the Milwaukee-based Manufacturing Diversity Institute (MDI), is trying to make sure that minority owned firms are ready to take part in the upcoming business opportunities as well.
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On February 20th the Levels One and Two Foundations students at AAM visited the Sheikh Zayed Desert Learning Centre at the Al Ain Zoo.
The students toured the five areas at the center and learned about the innovative technologies used in building and maintaining the structure, which was the first building in the UAE to receive a five pearl rating for sustainability.
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Dates announced for Maritime Festival 2019
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Organisers of the Maritime Festival in Great Yarmouth have confirmed the dates for this year's fun-packed weekend.
The celebration of the seaside town's rich maritime heritage will take place on Saturday, September 7 and Sunday, September 8, Great Yarmouth Tourism and Business Improvement Area (GYTABIA) have confirmed.
GYTABIA said on Twitter: "We are pleased to confirm the 2019 dates for the Maritime Festival in Great Yarmouth 7th and 8th September 2019, we look forward to seeing you there."
Thousands of people flocked to the 19th annual festival in 2018 where there was a special focus on two centenaries - the impact on Great Yarmouth of the First World War 100 years after it ended, and the Suffragette movement.
The George Stephenson steam ship proved especially popular, as did the Second World War minesweeper AMS 60 Bernisse and the prototype warship MV Triton.
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Doesn't that subject line sound fun?? I thought so….so much so that I veered away from our scheduled topic of swimming and cycling to talk about a 5K that's coming to Charlotte. I am soooooooooo excited about the Electric Run!! What is it you ask? The "Electric Run™ is a 5k run, a show, participation art, and celebration of life. Incredibly talented artists and lighting technicians with experience creating beautiful art and light at Coachella, Dreamworks Animations, Disney, and some of Vegas' hottest shows have come together to create a world that will fill you with wonder." Now doesn't that just sound amazing? And doesn't that just make you want to do it?
There are a plethora of cool races, be them 5K, triathlon or cycling events that are popping up all over. The infamous Spartan Race, Tough Mudder and other run/obstacle course races have also made wanting to get in shape a fun challenge and a social event. It's this combination that keeps us motivated to stay on course. If you have a group of friends that have all signed up for a cool even in your area, it allows you to keep each other in check about maintaining a consistent workout schedule (teammate accountability). Also, you look forward to the workouts because you know you are going to get a laugh, a juicy piece of gossip or the opportunity to be a listening ear for one of your girls.
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The first quest of Stardew Valley is called introductions and the goal is simply to meet all 28 non-player characters that live around Pelican town at the beginning of the game.
You start at 2 / 28, having already met mayor Lewis and Robin during the intro and when you meet a character, the number goes up. The Wizard does not count, as his tower is locked for a few days at the beginning of the game.
You might get stuck at 27 / 28 as I did. What the game doesn't tell you is that you need to say hello to the characters outside of work. In my case, the missing character was Willy, who spends most of his time selling fishing rods and lures at his counter.
As seen in the picture above, the trick was to simply go around the counter to talk to him in private, and then the quest was completed. It's probably the same thing for Pierre and Clint.
List of the remaining characters
- Abigail
- Alex
- Caroline
- Clint
- Demetrius
- Elliott
- Emily
- Evelyn
- George
- Gus
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- Harvey
- Jas
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Monday, 7 February 2011
Fly Candy - Musky madness
This one is 11" long and tied with a combination of bucktail,White chinese neck hackles,grizzly microbarb saddles and a packed deer hair head. All the freathers have been tied on splayed out to give maximum movement.
I've called this model the FunkyMusky. More to follow in the coming days.
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- Jeff said...
Great stuff Simon. I've been working on similar flies but it much brighter colors. What hooks and sizes did you use?
- 7 February 2011 at 20:51
- All about the grab said...
Cheers Jeff...Partridge Ultimate predator 4/0 on the main body and a Tiemco 811s 3/0 saltwater hook for the trailing tail
- 7 February 2011 at 21:34
- James O Durbin II said...
Nice looking flies. The only comment is the deer hair. Once wet it adds so much weight to the fly. Have you looked at using a foam head instead?
- 7 February 2011 at 22:13
- All about the grab said...
The Guy that ordered the flies wanted them with big tightly packed deerhair heads James, So thats what he got. He's going for the world musky on the fly record this year and had certain specs I had to stick to. For my own personal preferance though James I prefer a heavy fly, and would rather fish with this kind of head than foam as It woudld change the action of this fly considerably. Especially if used with an intermediate. Then you may as well fish with a popper!
- 7 February 2011 at 22:49
- Jeff said...
I went with a 4/0 Gamakatsu S12S with 2/0 Mustad 34007 as the trailer so a pretty similar setup. With the deer hair heads are these meant to be fished just subsurface with an intermediate line or some other way? I tried fishing some large flies with deer hair heads on the surface last year and found they absorbed too much water to make them float and fish well. For subsurface stuff it's hard to beat the deer though.
- 7 February 2011 at 23:01
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The idea with these kind of flies Jeff is to have a heavy fly give off as much surface displacement when it hits the water.The 1st 2 strips give off a lot of noise and vibrations plus a long trail of air bubbles. Then the fly generally drops below the surface where it is fished with varying lengths of short & long strips on an intermediate line.
- 8 February 2011 at 00:40
- Jeff said...
Awesome info...thanks. Going to be chasing these beasts this summer.
- 8 February 2011 at 01:42
- dk said...
Wow man that is baaaad aaaass! I went after some Musky this past fall with some of those pike flies I won last year. No luck but I loved the way they fished. The guys I talked to on the lake were fishing with 12- 14 inch live suckers so that fly seems perfect! Should have better action than a fish with a bunch of treble hooks stuck in it!!
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Panzerjäger 38(t) mit 7,5cm PaK 40/3
The Marder III Ausf. H was the second variant of the Marder III Series of Tank Hunters. This model featured a 7,5cm PaK 40 L/46 instead of the Marder III's rechambered 7,62cm PaK 36(r). The PaK 40 was better in comparison to the Soviet produced 76.2mm F-22 M1936 Field Gun, which was mounted on the Marder III as the 7,62cm PaK 36(r).
See Marder-Series for variants.
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Germany manufactured 275 Marder III Ausf. H vehicles, from November 1942 to April 1943. An additional 175 were converted from existing Panzer 38(t)'s in 1943.
110 Infantry Division, 110 Panzerjäger Regiment
A total of 13 vehicles were issued to the 110.Pz.Rgt for anti-tank use. At least one of these was either knocked out or disabled, but it was recovered and out of action for maintenance.
|The Marder series of Tank Destroyers
|Marder I LrS • Marder I FCM-36 • Marder I 39H • Marder II (early) • Marder II (late) • Marder III • Marder III Ausf. H • Marder III Ausf. M
| Germany (Deutsches Reich)
Land Vehicles
1919 - 1945
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- Lexikon der Wehrmacht (German source)
- AFV Database
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Phantom Thread hits Irish cinemas this weekend, and is gaining a lot of attention as possibly the last time we will see Daniel Day-Lewis on screen.
However, the soundtrack is also worth some serious attention, as a new Paul Thomas Anderson film means a new soundtrack from Jonny Greenwood. Phantom Thread marks their fourth collaboration together and is definitely worth checking out.
You may remember Greenwood's foreboding strings in There Will Be Blood and discordant percussion in The Master, but Phantom Thread is his most classical score to date. He captures the tone of the film perfectly, set in London's fashion couture world in the 1950's. The score is quite dominant in the film with some gorgeous piano melodies but mainly string-based cues conveying the opulence of the surroundings and the changing moods of our central character, played so well by Day-Lewis. Greenwood's reference points apparently ranged from Bach to '50's music and his Oscar nomination is richly deserved in the Best Original Score category.
Phantom Thread is a soundtrack you are going to very much notice while watching the film and one you may want to check out again having seen the film, I certainly did.
Hear the Phantom Thread soundtrack by Jonny Greenwood on Movies and Musicals with Aedín Gormley on RTÉ lyric fm this Saturday 1-4pm or listen back on-line here.


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I own four animals, two of them being cats, and plan on always having some purr-bodies in my life. Turns out, aside from keeping me company and (somewhat) sane in my 20's, owning cats can come with some legitimate health benefits!
Cats Reduce Stress & Anxiety
As well all know, having a lot of stress can be hard on your body. Fun Fact: studies have shown that the simple act of petting a cat can actually lower our stress levels. So before you rush to quit your job after a hard day, consider adopting a kitty for some stress relief!
Cats Lower the Risk of Strokes & Heart Attacks
High levels of stress have a tendency to cause high blood pressure. In turn, this can lead to a higher risk of a stroke or heart attack. By owning a cat, you reduce your risk of these by a third! So you are potentially adding years to your life by owning a cat. Crazy, right?
Cats Lead to Better Sleep/Mood
Who wouldn't want a soft little ball of fur cuddled up next to them while they sleep? My two kitties sleep with me almost every night. One is usually by my side, the other on my pillow next to my head or in between my legs.
There was even a study done that showed 41% of people who slept with a pet in bed with them slept better than those who didn't.
Cats Boost Your Immunity
Of course, cat ownership means your house (and your clothes, and your furniture, and everything else you own) will have cat hair on it. While this isn't usually a plus for anyone, being exposed to pet dander and hair can actually boost your immune system and make you less likely to have allergies later on in life. If you already have a cat-allergy, it unfortunately won't help you. But if you don't, there's no better time to start boosting your immunity!
Cats Give You a Fur-ever Friend
This is pretty obvious, but owning a cat gives you great companionship. I'm one of those millennials who prefers to live alone, so having pets is my version of having roommates. I get home from work and my animals always greet me at the door (I swear my cats think they're dogs)! I can sit on the couch, eat dinner, watching TV, and never be lonely thanks to the warm fur-bodies next to me.
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Mike and Katie make up the design duo, better known to the world as TADO.
Based in Sheffield, UK, this pint-sized creative powerhouse has produced an endless list of darkly adorable characters, artwork and projects that have terrorized and delighted individuals and clients world wide for over a decade. Started in 2001 when the pair began to work together at university, TADO quickly became an established name through their unique style, humour, illustrations, animations, and toy designs. Everything they do is produced in total collaboration – whether it be taking turns in drawing, painting, drilling, glueing, scribbling or clicking.


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The True Cost of Technology
The True Cost of Technology
By: Nancy Sabino
Small businesses have different needs at different points in time in their life cycle. The same decisions that worked when you're at a startup or on decline won't work when you're in growth mode or expansion. When you are a startup or in a decline you band-aid things together to keep costs low. As you enter growth or expansion, your mentality needs to shift to efficiency, minimizing risk and planning for the next phase.
Technology is usually one of the things that companies overlook during growth and/or expansion because they feel if it's working it can keep going until something breaks or that they can keep the same methodology as before, without investing in a proper infrastructure, systems that can truly support the business, and ongoing maintenance and end user support. The problem with that is it will cost you more than you know and it's limiting how well you can grow to business maturity.
Gartner, Inc (www.gartner.com) research shows that businesses should be looking at Total cost of ownership when it comes to their technology. Total cost of ownership includes both direct cost (hardware, software, operations, administration) as well as indirect costs (end-user operations and downtime).
Most small businesses believe their direct costs end at the sticker price of hardware or software. But it is only 20% of it's total cost. Support, Maintenance, labor, downtime, and payroll loss makes up the other 80%. Putting it a different way, when you decide to adopt a pet, you don't just consider the adoption fee. You consider other direct costs like food, water, vet visits, toys, etc. AND you also consider indirect costs like the time it will take for you to walk the dog, brush the cat, the time vet visits take and so on.
Computers require constant configuring and maintenance as well as support from time to time. Someone is dealing with it whether you know it or not. And it's taking time and energy which means money being spent in the wrong places. For example, on average employees spend 30 minutes per week trying to fix an IT problem or helping their colleague with one. Not only are you losing out on their payroll but the revenue they could be producing which only adds to the average $5,000 annual cost for an unmanaged pc. You're talking over $55K for an office of 10 users among both not having managed pcs and employees spending their time. Gartner recently found that a well-managed computer is 37% less expensive than the example above, often saving several thousand dollars per PC, per year.
Now ask yourself, can your business really afford to not invest in the right technology in the right way at the right time? Technology changes quickly and if you want to thrive today's world, you need to move as quickly as technology does. If you don't, your competitors will because whatever can create efficiencies in a time of growth become competitive advantages.


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During this COVID-19 pandemic the fatpoppycat store will remain open. While the Royal Mail is still collecting and delivering I can still post orders. For small items that can be popped in the post box I can post on my daily walk, for larger items it may be a few days before posting. I can post direct if its a present and it may taker a few days more than normal to arrive. Stay safe💙
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Fine Wine Experience unveiled an unrivaled lineup of wines from 19th century
The dinner scheduled for October will feature at least four pre-phylloxera wines, two from Burgundy's venerable estate Bouchard Père & Fils in Beaune, and another two from Bordeaux – the 1865 vintage of Bordeaux first growth Château Lafite Rothschild and third growth Chateau Giscours, in addition to wines over 100 years old from Château Latour and Château d'Yquem.
Phylloxera devasted European vineyards in late 1800s, forcing vineyards to graft vines to American rootstocks that are resistant to the small yellow root-feeding aphid, hence leading many to believe that pre-phylloxera wines are superior.
The question hanging on everyone's mind when the lineup was announced was provenance, to which Fine Wine Experience founder Linden Wilkie assured, was "the first priority" when launching the event in Hong Kong, following previous editions in London with auction house Christie's.
Four wines from Burgundy luminary Bouchard Père & Fils will be on pour at the dinner including a 1846 Meursault-Charmes, 1865 and 1892 Beaune-Grèves Vigne de l'Enfant Jesus in addition to 1885 Montrachet. The wines, according to the merchant, are all consigned by the domaine to auction and directly sourced from their cellar in Beaune.
"The maison takes great care with its treasures – recorking every few decades, topping up with the same wine from a bottle sacrificed for the job, and discarding bottles that have become out of condition," he told to dbHK.
Another unmistakable star on the list is the pre-phylloxera Château Lafite Rothschild from Bordeaux's "landmark" 1865 vintage. The last time auction house Christie's sold a bottle from the vintage in 2006, it fetched US$10,575. Another Lafite is from the 1874 vintage. The two bottles came from the cellar of a 'notable' US collector who had been buying 19th century wines since the 1960s, according to Wilkie, without disclosing his name.
Further expanding, he continued, "His collection came to market in 2000, and a few bottles have surfaced from time to time originating from this sale since then. Back in the 1960s and 1970s, when wine auctions were a new thing, large quantities of 19th century wines were packed up from aristocratic European homes and sold. Such cellars are hardly ever found these days."
The same collector also supplied the 1892 Château Latour, while the other 1896 Latour was later released by the first growth chateau in 2003, he added.
The 1896 Château d'Yquem in the lineup came from an American collection, he told dbHK, and was recently inspected and re-labelled by the château's maitre de chai Sandrine Garbay a few years ago.
The 1865 Château Giscours, as he explains, came from a European collection, accumulated over several decades and offered to Fine Wine Experience via a merchant who has been specialising in rare wines for many decades, without disclosing names to dbHK.
The 1898 Jean Bourdy Blanc Vieux d'Arlay from Jura, according to the merchant, also came directly from the winery. The 1834 Tokaji Aszú 5 Buttig, 'Princely House of Bretzenheim', and Tokaji Essence, 'The Baron Maillot' according to Wilkie boast impeccable traceability. The two bottles first came to the market in 1930s in the UK via Berry Bros &Rudd.
"Our two bottles were the property of well known and highly regarded wine merchant and connoisseur John Avery. He bought the bottles from Christie's in 1976 and they'd been in his superb Bristol cellar since then," he told dbHK.
In addition to provenance, another question that begs the question is whether these more than a century and half old wines have already turned to vinegar.
Admittedly great wines can age for decades, but can they withstand the test of time for more than 150 years? Asked by dbHK about the wines' drinkability, Wilkie replied: "All wine becomes undrinkable in the end – none is truly immortal, though some are known to be able to age for decades and even centuries… Great examples from great terroir from 19th century vintages, if well-stored and cared for, can still be delicious."
"Sometimes they can be dead, of course. Other times they can seem faded, delicate, a bit fragile. Other times they can be remarkably delicious, full, and alive. Very occasionally they can be as objectively great a glass of wine as anything from the 20th or 21st century – even after all this time. That's special. But its not the main reason to explore such old vintages. It's the privilege to taste something previous generations have conserved for us, and it satisfies a certain curiosity for something ancient yet – hopefully – alive."
To discover the wines' drinkability is a risk that will cost you HK$108,000 a head.
If, no one seems to be sure of the taste of the wine, how are the chefs going to prepare the foods…
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We have developed and applied an economically profitable integrated technology that ensures the extension of the storage of agricultural products. Its use makes it possible to reduce the losses in storage, meat, sausages, meat, fish, dairy products by at least 80%. The effect is achieved due to the complex remote action of an electromagnetic field of weak power on provoking rotting and spoilage of microorganisms. Thus, the stored products not only do not deteriorate, but also do not lose weight due to drying out. The proposed technology has the following advantages:
1. To use this technology, there is no need for additional conversion of storage facilities, re-packaging and other changes in storage and transportation of products, as well as additional ventilation
2. There is a simultaneous improvement in the quality of the preserved products, neutralization of nitrates, nitrites and other harmful inclusions.
3. The safety of the products is ensured without the use of preservatives and other chemical reagents.
4. There is no loss in weight due to drying.
5. Disinfection of the stored products is carried out simultaneously.
6. Disinfection of the premises and containers in which the products are stored or transported from mold fungi and other harmful microorganisms occurs, the smell characteristic of such premises is reduced or practically absent.
The impact of a weak electromagnetic field generated by special equipment is harmless to the human body, which is confirmed by the corresponding hygienic certificate.
The equipment is reliable in operation and compact. In a short time it can be installed in your premises. The effect of his work will be noticeable already the next day after installation.
The company guarantees uninterrupted operation of the equipment for the entire validity period of the concluded Contract on any volumes of products and customer's areas. The quantity and quality of the products stored for the entire period of the Contract validity is guaranteed.
The cost of the service is determined on the basis of the following conditions:
- the area and condition of the warehouse or other premises of the customer;
- volumes, condition and type of stored products;
- planned period of service provision.
For large enterprises, it is possible to develop an individual project for the location and use of a complex of mobile and fixed installations to ensure safety and improve the quality of manufactured products, with subsequent warranty service.
Based on the above data, the representative of our organization compiles an estimate of expenses and issues an invoice for payment of services.
It is possible to extend the shelf life without deteriorating the quality indicators with disinfection of all types of agricultural products, including fish, meat, milk in refrigerators, warehouses, markets, shops, including during transportation.
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ATM card swopping leaves bank customers with little recourse when funds are stolen from their bank account.
Sidwell contacted me after money had been taken from his bank account. His bank refused to refund him after his card had been swallowed while drawing money from an ATM. In the ten minutes it took him to contact the bank, his card had already been used and money withdrawn from his account.
At the time Sidwell was under the impression that it was his card that had been swallowed by the ATM, but like a magic trick, the sleight of hand had already happened.
Kalyani Pillay, CEO of Sabric (South African Banking Risk Information Centre) says card swopping usually happens when a bank client gets distracted by a stranger while transacting at the ATM, and their card gets swopped out with another card.
"Usually the criminal advises the bank customer that something is wrong with the machine and through distracting them with offers to assist, they get hold of the card and swop it with another one".
The criminal then obtains the card holder's PIN through shoulder surfing (looking over the shoulder of the bank client, while they are typing in their PIN number). "Of course the transaction won't go through as the incorrect card is in the ATM and the bank client then leaves the ATM not being able to get any money," says Pillay who explains that then the criminal unlawfully uses the stolen card and PIN to withdraw money from the victim's account, usually from an ATM close by.
Another reader, Bryan, had a similar experience but he was more fortunate than Sidwell as the ATM had cameras which could confirm the incident.
"While I was drawing cash from an ATM, a man attempted to "help" me by showing me where to insert my card in the ATM. I was very aware of him and was suspicious of his actions but as I still had my card in my hand I went ahead with the transaction, and then my card was swallowed by the ATM,'" says Bryan. It was only at that point that he realised his card must have been swopped without him even realising it. By the time Bryan called the bank a few minutes later, his card had already been used at an ATM across the road.
While Bryan was able to prove his version of events through cameras, in Sidwell's case the bank had no way of confirming this story. From their point of view, Sidwell had drawn cash from an ATM using his PIN and then called ten minutes later to say his card had been stolen. It is important to realise that you, not the bank, carry the risk of someone swopping your card at an ATM. The onus is on you to prove your case, so make sure to take precautions when drawing cash.
Protect yourself from ATM fraud
Sabric recommends the following safety tips:
- Be cautious of strangers offering to help as they could be trying to distract you in order to get your card and PIN.
- Be aware of your surroundings. Don't use the ATM if there are loiterers or suspicious people in the vicinity. Also take note that fraudsters are often well dressed, well-spoken and respectable-looking individuals.
- If you think the ATM is faulty, cancel the transaction immediately, report the fault to your bank while still at the ATM, and transact at another ATM.
- Should you have been disturbed while transacting, immediately change your PIN or stop the card to protect yourself from any illegal transactions occurring on your account.
- Don't let anyone stand too close to you.
- Set a daily withdrawal limit as low as possible to protect yourself in the event that your card and PIN are compromised.
This article first appeared in City Press


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FUNCTIONS AT Bag O`Nails
The Bag O Nails is a historic pub in the Victoria district of the City of Westminster. . Victoria is a busy transport hub that buzzes with the movement of tourists, commuters and other travellers.
The Bag O Nails' pub dates back to 1775 when it was a tavern known as the Bacchanals prior to its existence as its current name. The current name came from the tavern's original entrance sign which showed a satyr of the woods, along with a group of revelling dogs called bacchanls, which many locals referred to as 'Bag O Nails' a reference to a famous play by Benhamin Jonson.
Today, Bag O Nails is a beautiful Grade II listed building, with leaded light windows offering a view of the busy junction outside. Heavy red curtains, low lighting and dark wood panelling create an intimate ambiance, while our range of large screen TVs are perfect for viewing sports. Our pub is a favourite of local office workers as well as tourists, so expect the ambiance to be lively, particularly around lunchtime and early evening.
Our private upstairs function room has a separate entrance from the main pub, along with its own bar and toilets, which makes it ideal for private events. The function room features traditional décor,similair to the downstairs bar. With space for up to 40 people, this room is perfect for work events, private dinners and birthday parties alike. We are within walking distance of numerous local theatres, making our function room a popular choice for pre-theatre dinners. The room also features several large screen TVs, so can be easily booked for private viewings of live sports.


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Communication Workers of America (CWA) members held an action in downtown Minneapolis on April 15 to mark a full year of AT&T employees working under an expired contract. The significance of Tax Day brings attention to the $20 billion in tax break that the U.S. based telecom giant received last year under the Trump administration's Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (signed in December 2017).
In lobbying for the tax breaks, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson claimed that U.S. job creation would be a direct outcome, "By immediately lowering the corporate tax rate to 20%, this bill will stimulate investment, job creation and economic growth in the United States… If the House bill is signed into law, we'd commit to increasing our domestic investment by $1 billion in the first year in which the new rates are in place. And research tells us that every $1 billion in capital invested in telecom creates about 7,000 good jobs for the middle class."
Yet instead of bringing job growth, according to CWA's AT&T 2018 Jobs Report, in 2018 alone AT&T cut 10,700 jobs and announced that a further three call centers will soon be closed in the Midwest, while simultaneously sending thousands of jobs overseas where there are reports of outrageously sexist and often unsafe working conditions.
The AT&T Midwest CWA members as well as AT&T's national Legacy T division have been in contract negotiations fighting to guarantee job security, as well as affordable healthcare and a secured retirement. But during an interview at the recent April 15 action, CWA local 7250 President Shari Wojtowicz says that job security comes before all other issues. "Working for the last year without a contract and not striking proves that we are invested in the success of the company and wanting it to succeed. But it is difficult to continue working without job security or any thought that the company cares about the very people that are making them successful."
Wojtowicz continued by sharing her view that the goal is not to take work from overseas employees, but that it is clear that these are jobs that initiated in the USA. Following a teleconference where Wojtowicz had the opportunity to speak to AT&T call-center workers in The Philippines, she learned of working conditions that are unthinkable by US labor standards, such as the reported practice of verifying that female employees have their monthly periods, because being pregnant would be a breach of their contract. These types of practices coupled with unbelievably low wages for overseas workers contributed to AT&T's $30 billion in profits last year.
It is clear that AT&T's biggest goal remains reducing costs and increasing profits, and there seems to be no memory of its previous commitments of domestic "good jobs for the middle class" following the massive tax windfall. CWA members have filed requests for information on how the tax funds were used, the report argues that based on the company's latest quarterly earnings report, there has been increases of money spent on dividends and stock buybacks.
Although it has not yet come to it, CWA members have voted to strike if necessary. Information on CWA's position can be found at www.goodjobsatt.org