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Patricia McGuire, the president of Trinity Washington University who once accused those who protested President Barack Obama's commencement honor at the University of Notre Dame of "religious vigilantism," is now calling at Inside Higher Ed for an end to the "bread-and-circuses spectacle" of celebrity commencement speakers which, she says, "demeans the true purpose of the ceremony."
Just this year, The Cardinal Newman Society identified at least 20 Catholic colleges and universities that hosted scandalous speakers and honorees at commencement ceremonies.
"Commencement speeches have become all about the speakers (or the withdrawn or disinvited speakers) with hardly a word about the graduates," writes McGuire in her article.
She points to the commencement speakers such as Christine Lagarde, chief of the International Monetary Fund, who withdrew in the face of protests at Smith College. She also mentions Condoleezza Rice, the former secretary of state, who withdrew from speaking at Rutgers University. McGuire says their withdrawal "says more about the banal state of commencements today than all of the thousands of platitudes uttered by those who actually did speak this year."
"Today's 'controversies' hardly amount to more than boorish behavior on both sides, with speakers withdrawing in fits of pique after learning of protests by campus constituents wielding the ire of entitlement to have only people with whom they agree speak to them on the big day," writes McGuire. "Muffling speech is the antithesis of what all that learning should have been about."
McGuire reminds readers of what she terms "the truly hyperbolic right-wing frenzy over President Obama's 2011 commencement appearance at the University of Notre Dame, and Secretary of Health and Human Service Kathleen Sebelius's 2012 appearance at a diploma ceremony at Georgetown."
She also proposes that the ideal commencement speaker "should know the graduating class, know the college and be able to embed the institution's values and shared experiences of the students in the remarks -- ideally a faculty member or a local community leader."
However, McGuire had sharp criticism for those who opposed Notre Dame's commencement honor for President Obama in 2009, the actual year of the event. She reportedly labeled the opposition an "ugly spectacle" and an "embarrassment to all Catholics."
Notre Dame's honor for President Obama was publicly opposed by 83 U.S. bishops due to his support for abortion rights. More than 367,000 signers joined The Cardinal Newman Society's petition urging Notre Dame to rescind the invitation.
McGuire argues at Inside Higher Ed that the best result of this year's commencement controversies "might be a serious re-examination of the whole idea of commencement as a venue for commercial entertainment and institutional bragging rights, rather than a modestly festive-but-stately ceremony concluding a period of collegiate study."
"Colleges and universities reap what they sow when the celebrity of the speaker becomes more important than the purpose of commencement," she says. "The time has come to restore the idea of the celebration of academic achievement to center stage on graduation day."
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BALTIMORE, Md. (WUSA) -- Robert Collins tells 9NEWS NOW he was asked to give up his Facebook account password and information for a background check to return to work as a corrections officer in Maryland. Now, he and the ACLU have managed to get the Maryland Department of Public Safety to suspend that practice, at least for now. That policy has been pulled for the next 45 days as it goes under review.
Robert Collins began his work as a corrections officer at the Patuxent Institution in 2007. He took a leave of absence in April 2010 and then decided he wanted his old job back later that year.
According to Collins, the re-certification process included a 2010 November interview where an investigator asked for, among other things some private information regarding his use of social media.
"He began to ask me which networks I had the social media accounts on. Then he began to request user name and password information, personal log in information for this stuff," stated Collins.
According to Collins, applicants applying for corrections officers jobs in the state of Maryland already go through an in-depth background check to screen for, among other things, possible gang affiliations within applicants.
The information he was asked to give, he says, was bothersome because he felt his privacy and that of his Facebook friends was being invaded.
"To go this distance, it's too much and then it's illegal," stated Collins.
The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services released a statement saying, "If any information is provided by an applicant it is done so voluntarily. If an applicant does not provide this information, it is not held against them and the interview process moves forward."
Collins said, "That was never indicated to me, nor was that the implication, nor was there any mention that it was a voluntary process."
He says that's the reason he called the American Civil Liberties Union and has been fighting that policy since late last year.
Meredith Curtis with the ACLU said, "Hopefully, we'll be able to resolve it quickly and we're able to ensure it stops in Maryland, that it doesn't go to other Maryland agencies, and it doesn't go to other governments across the country."
Collins says he has received orders to report back to work within the next month and a half. He wouldn't say at which institution.


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Written and illustrated by Jeannie Baker
Published by Candlewick Press, 2010
All grades
The everyday similarities and differences of two worlds oceans apart are at the center of Jeannie Baker's latest stunning picture book. Reflecting the book's title, parallel stories about the lives of two boys sit opposite each other—one on the left and one on the right, one in Australia and one in Morocco —literally reflecting what is happening in the other. Aside from the title and author's note at the end, the only text in the book is found upon first opening it. Here is where the title reveals another layer: the Australian boy's story is written from left to right in English, while the Moroccan boy's story is written in Arabic, which reads from right to left. From there, the wordless stories of a day in the life of each boy unfold, culminating in a surprise connection they unknowingly share. Through meticulously detailed collages, Baker's signature artwork illustrates the intimate textures and nuances of everyday life that each boy experiences. Not only will this book help students of all ages explore two different cultures and languages, but it will also encourage them to reflect on the common humanity we share.
Teaching Invitations
Primary Grades (K-2)
- Partner Picture Walks and Storytelling. Wordless picture books are terrific tools for helping children develop their oral language and emergent reading skills. Have pairs of students sit side by side, each handling one side of the book (i.e., one handles the Australian story, while the other handles the Moroccan story), and encourage them to walk through the illustrations and tell the stories of what is happening on each page to each other. They can take turns with each page, or take turns telling an entire story. To emphasize the book's celebration of two cultures and languages, encourage students to tell their stories in another language if they feel more comfortable doing so.
- A Day in Our Lives. Using Mirror as a model, have each student create a picture storyboard of the events in one day of his or her life, from morning to bedtime. Share the storyboards with each other. What is similar and different about each student's day? Encourage them to ask each other questions to learn more about their unique families, customs, and practices.
Intermediate and Middle Grades (3-5; 6-8)
- Mirror as Inspiration for Creative Writing. Many writers are inspired by pictures to write stories and poems. Have students narrate the stories of each boy in writing, or have them pick a specific collage to serve as a springboard for other types of creative writing. Remind them to pay close attention to the visual details that Jeannie Baker provides and to incorporate them into the written piece. If any student is an English Language Learner, encourage him/her to write in his/her native language—or perhaps create a dual language piece just like Jeannie Baker. Take the pieces through the entire writing process and throw a publishing party at the end so that everyone's writing can be shared and celebrated.
- Exploring Diverse Daily Customs. Mirror shows people experiencing the similar events in diverse cultural contexts (e.g., eating breakfast and dinner, going shopping). Have students select another daily event and research what it looks like in different cultures, countries, cities, or geographical areas—or share what it looks like if they have firsthand experience with it. For example, they could explore what nightly rituals children go through as they get ready for bed, or what chores they need to do after school or on the weekends. What objects, tools, and materials do they need? What procedures do they follow? Who else is present? What kinds of clothes do they wear? Have students present or role play what they've learned once they are experts on a particular daily custom. You can also look to the Around the World series by Ann Morris (see Further Explorations section below), which presents similar studies about everyday materials, customs, and practices in diverse cultures.
- Weaving and Crafting Stories through Artwork. Jeannie Baker's collages are not the only works of art in this book that tell stories. The handwoven carpets that appear are another medium through which communities tell stories. Research how these carpets are made, from the practical considerations of supplies and labor to the creative and communicative thought with which the carpets are crafted. How are they similar or different across cultures? How are they similar or different to other cultural artifacts, such as quilts, woven mats, or pottery? Students can also try their hand at creating some of these creative artifacts and put together a display for the whole school to enjoy.
Critical Literacy
- Representations of Family Structures. Families sit at the heart of the two stories in Mirror. Study the representations of each family. Who is in each? What are their daily roles and responsibilities in the family? How are those depictions in line with conventional representations of families? Who else can make up a family unit, and how might the stories go if told from their perspectives? Reconstruct the stories in Mirror around their experiences.
- Representations of "Other" Cultures.An important issue to contend with when reading about diverse cultures is the question of how their representations appear to readers. Are they set up dichotomously—in other words, is one culture portrayed as "normal" and another as "strange" or "exotic?" Is one depicted as "civilized" and "prosperous," while another appears "primitive" or "backwards?" If so, what makes them appear that way? Is this an accurate representation of the different cultures? What stereotypes exist within the depictions? Why might that be so? Have students discuss these questions, explore other portrayals of everyday life in Australia and Morocco, and perhaps even establish penpal or email correspondence with fellow students in these countries to exchange information and learn directly from each other.
- Carpet Weavers and Fair Trade. Read the following article and watch the accompanying video on the struggles that carpet artisans face in Morocco to earn a fair wage for their work: http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/morocco/091022/moroccan-carpet-confidential. Or, consider the fact that most handwoven carpets are actually made by child labor (see http://www.goodweave.org/home.php). Have students research the carpet trade from the gathering of raw materials to the purchase and display of the final product. What costs are involved? Who has an investment in the trade? More importantly, whose interests are served throughout the process, and where does the money involved in the carpet trade come from and go? Continue researching ways to make the process more socially just, and economically sustainable for all parties involved, and encourage them to formulate a social action project around this topic.
Further Explorations
Online Resources
Jeannie Baker's website
Collage Art
Friends of Morocco
The Art of Oriental Carpets
The Art of Oriental Carpets
Thematic Units and Lesson Plans on Morocco
Thematic Units and Lesson Plans on Australia
Thematic Units and Lesson Plans on Morocco
Thematic Units and Lesson Plans on Australia
Multicultural Education Internet Resource Guide
Multicultural Education Internet Resource Guide
Celebrating Cultural Diversity Through Children's Literature
Stories Told from Multiple Perspectives
Aliki. (1998). Marianthe's story: Painted words and spoken memories. New York: Greenwillow.
- Two stories in one book tell the story of Marianthe's arrival in America and her experiences at a new school and with a new language. One story is written in third-person, and the other is written from Marianthe's first-person perspective.
- Ten internationally famous artists illustrate a day in the lives of children across eight different countries.
- Lyrical prose describes how diverse communities across time and cultures greet the rising sun each morning.
- Set in 1492, Taino siblings Morning Girl and Star Boy take turns describing their lives on a Bahamian island and narrating their experience of the arrival of Christopher Columbus.
- Each book in this nonfiction series explores a single concept--such as bread, weddings, and homes--across a variety of cultures and communities.
- The story of the email correspondence and eventual friendship between two teenagers on either side of Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Books in Dual Languages
Brown, Monica. (2005). My name is Gabriela/Me llamo Gabriela: The life of Gabriela Mistral/La vida de Gabriela Mistral. Ill. by John Parra. Flagstaff, AZ: Luna Rising.
Brown, Monica. (2005). My name is Gabriela/Me llamo Gabriela: The life of Gabriela Mistral/La vida de Gabriela Mistral. Ill. by John Parra. Flagstaff, AZ: Luna Rising.
- A poetic picture book about the first Latina woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Told in Spanish and English.
Cohn, Diana. (2002). ¡Si, se puede! Yes we can ! Janitor strike in L.A. Ill. by Francisco Delgado. El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos Press.
- A child's account of his mother's participation in the 2000 janitor's strike in downtown Los Angeles and his own efforts to help the cause. Told in both Spanish and English.
- A series of folktales told in Spanish and English.
- A young girl searches for meaning and hope when her family is relocated to a WWII internment camp. Told in both Japanese and English.
- The story of a Navajo girl forced by U.S. soldiers in 1856 to leave their home in Black Mesa and go on a 450-mile walk to Fort Sumner, NM. Only after 13 years of hardship are the Navajo allowed to return to Black Mesa. Told in Navajo and English.
Books about Australia and Morocco
Alalou, Elizabeth, and Alalou, Ali. (2008). The butter man. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge.
Alalou, Elizabeth, and Alalou, Ali. (2008). The butter man. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge.
- A picture book about a child's Moroccan-born father and an important story from childhood that he shares with his family.
- Part informational book, part collection of narrative vignettes, this picture book disrupts the overgeneralization that Africa is made up of one group of people and celebrates its incredible diversity of countries and cultures.
- An eight-year old's story about the three-month road trip she takes around Australia with her family to learn about the country's diverse people and places.
Baker, Jeannie. (2004). Home. New York: Greenwillow Books.
- An urban neighborhood undergoes environmental renewal, as viewed through a bedroom window.
- A creative collection of images, colors, themes, and patterns that offers readers an entertaining challenge about perspective.
- A charming tale of an elderly woman with a mind set on making pancakes for breakfast, who goes to great effort to gather all the necessary ingredients.
- A little girl discovers a world full of imaginative characters and events in the shadows of a light bulb.
- A magical book tells the postmodern story of the children who find it and read it over the years.
- The enjoyable escapades of a helium balloon loose in the famous museum.
- Just another of Wiesner's fabulous fantastical stories that celebrates the imagination and wonder of author and readers.


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Kimi getting confident now that he is on his second season back. Obviously more aggressive now than he was last year at overtaking. No second thoughts about getting past this year.
They had a strategy and it needed to be executed perfectly - and the team did excellently.
Hope this is a good omen for the season for them.


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When Buddy finally appeared into view, my eyes nearly popped out of my head: Buddy's idea of "a little something" was a pint of peppermint schnapps and a case of beer. My bemusement turned suddenly to concern as Buddy stashed the case of beer in the trunk, got back behind the wheel of his car, opened the peppermint schnapps, and took a spirited swig. If my apartment hadn't been just a block away, I would have bolted out of the car faster than you could say, "don't drink and drive," but I figured one block and one swig wasn't so bad.
Once we got upstairs, I was relieved that Buddy didn't seem to notice the mess. I had done my best to clean before he arrived, but the squalor of every room in the house (besides my bedroom!) was difficult to control. Seemingly oblivious to his new and squalid surroundings, Buddy just plopped down on the sagging couch and opened the case of beer he had laboriously hauled up the stairs.
I decided that doing makeup first was the way to respond to this situation. Perhaps if I got his makeup finished, I could convince Buddy that we had done enough for one day and he needed to go home. Such an easy way out was not to be, however. Although I painted his face very simply, the process took about 45 minutes because he kept requiring breaks to gulp down a beer and regale me with a story.
At first the stories were very innocuous and boring: he talked about events in his daily life and bragged to me about how he had one line in the press conference scene of The Dark Knight (he claims to be the man who yells "Things are worse than EVER!") and despite the fact that he didn't actually appear onscreen, it was the proudest moment of his life. Gradually, though, he became drunker and his anecdotes became more distressing.
In the hopes that he would be forced to concentrate and refrain from sharing any more stories, I suggested to Buddy that he put on his high heels and we could practice walking. I wasn't sure how worthwhile this attempt would be; in the forty five minutes that I'd been doing his makeup and listening to stories, Buddy managed to finish off all the Schnapps and more than half of the beer. Here I was, stuck with a very large, very intoxicated man in very glamorous makeup, slurring about runway walks. I had no idea what to do, I couldn't expect him to drive home in such a state–he lived in the suburbs–and cab fare was likely to be too expensive. …But he absolutely could not stay here.
Buddy seemed to have completely lost his motivation for the afternoon and besides that, there were three beers left and he was beginning to sway. I didn't think it was a very good idea to continue lessons in walking and I didn't want to just sit there listening to him, but I felt I had no choice. If I were to send him home now and he got into some kind of drunken accident, that would be on my head. Buddy cracked another beer and asked if I did any drugs. At this point I was legitimately worried that he might produce a baggie of meth in order to sober up for his drive home, so I told him I was straight edge. I doubt the Jack Daniels bottles lined up on top of my television helped my case, but I hoped Buddy was too drunk to connect the dots.


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Come November 23, and banks, insurance firms and companies will have a unique opportunity to settle a large number of pending cases involving bouncing of cheques, motor insurance claims, debt recovery, labour and land acquisition problems as well as tax and revenue matters.
The National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) is organising a nation-wide mega lok adalat on that day (November 23) with the help of the Centre and state government authorities, finance ministry sources told FE.
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Confirming the development, NALSA member secretary Asha Menon told FE that NALSA has already held discussions with the department of financial services on issues related to motor insurance claims, debt recovery cases (by banks and financial institutions) and cheque bounce cases. It will soon be holding meetings with the Central Board of Direct Taxes and Central Board of Excise and Customs so that for the first time, pending tax/revenue cases can be brought to the Lok Adalat platform and settled, she added.
Lok Adalats can be conducted only by the Legal Services Authorities (at the national, state, district and taluk levels) under the Legal Services Authority Act, which gives statutory backing to the settlement.
Referring cases to Lok Adalats by the respective parties is done on a voluntary basis. The Lok Adalat route not only results in expeditious settlement, but also cuts down the huge litigation costs. Once the cases are settled, there is no provision to go on an appeal. However, if no settlement can be reached, cases are returned to the courts concerned with no unfavourable noting.
The settlement award of Lok Adalat is equivalent to a court decree and in cases of non-adherence, the aggrieved party can file a petition to ensure that the award is complied with. However, the current adherence rate is close to 100%.
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Asx you shame me by not tanking! Crazy going into the weekend holding with all the news!
Must redeem myself with a Dow sell off tonight! Seriously due for it!
Anyone else snap up some CBA for $80.71 today. If you did you will be counting the cash on Monday.
Big rebound tonight in the US
DOW Futures -34 so far.
and then there was TON!
Missed TON as well but there is another one as well and I am in the money there!
still sailing...not sure how far before hitting reef but unbloody stoppable this week ,shrugged off the dilution like a sandfly and didnt miss a beat.....mighty TON...but for how long?
Well I got that one very wrong. I had 10 graphite miners lined up, researched them all, and subsequently bought the worst performing of all of them so far. That takes some special skill.
Yeah went the wrong way a bit this week but always another day........I hope.
Good luck all
After the tragic overnight news I will take today's result.
Our market showing some maturity for a change!
At 3.15 pm I am a little bit richer and there is not a lot wrong with that!
@Dr No.
US media is blatantly left-wing, often extremely so.
Thanks mate. I've obviously been misled over the years and thought Fox was a blatantly right wing organization.
Thanks for letting me know it's really a front for the lefties.
Going to be trouble when Rupert finds out !!
7% of US journalists identify as Republicans.
Aha, so if you're not Republican you're a blatant left winger ???
Thanks, it's nice to see that you're not biased and only make sensible, thought out statements, unlike some of the other 'left-wing' contributors.
I know it's silly of me to expect people to say what they mean on the internet but I'd recommend it.
And you know what they call blatantly left wing Americans here - Liberal party supporters :-)
MSB new 52 week low,what is going on...cant price potential i guess....becoming a lemon.
"You are most likely to be happy if you are a widowed, single woman, without children, living with at least one other person, in rural Tasmania and using your post-graduate qualifications to earn over $100,000 a year in a full time professional job."
Given all that and the location it's safe to say it was based on a sample of 1.
Agree Mitch. The great majority of people marry, or have some family in their life, or have children. So this survey suggests that if you never have children, and you have tragically lost a loved one early in life, and you're all alone, then happiness awaits? Methinks NAB's spreadsheet has a glaring error in it, but they don't have anyone with enough common-sense to question the output. Scary thought.
Mitch, maybe NAB did a scan of dating-site profiles of women between 40 and 60 who are widowed, have no children, and have said "very happy" in their profile. I dare any man to test the honesty of that statement :)
Gee Mitch, $100k? That's a lot of apples! GG.
LOL ... thanks for the laugh Gareth.
A double income graduate family makes in excess of $150k p.a.
Most make over $200k
People are well off in Oz, so please stop whinging
My bags are packed.
@lima How much a double income graduate family would make depends on what area they work in. If it's social welfare they may be lucky to get $150k.
The Dow futures have fooled the Asx for long enough. Late sell off is due any moment now!
it it gonna drain out this afternoon?
funds sucking punters in maybe?
who knows. lets see.
RE 1:48pm....
The National Australia Bank's latest quarterly wellbeing index confirms that widowed, single women living in rural Tasmania with their dozen cats are liars ;)
Worm uturn
For or Against it? re:HFT i cant see....
prosecutions for stealing the program but none for stealing the shares?
The concern about high-frequency trading is that these are highly proprietary programs, Wall Street depends on them," he said. "If someone can jump ship and potentially corrupt the high-frequency program, it's going to skew the market."
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/business/world-business/wall-street-cyber-wars-enter-courts-with-prosecution-of-secrets-theft-20140717-zu31u.html#ixzz37mwuwcCR
Typical Russian military they have been recorded lying as usual. The plane and now know that they shot it down as they assumed it was military plane with weapons.
Unlike the US when it lies the media catches them out this has never been available in Russia because they just dispose of journalists.
US media doesn't usually report on US politicians lying - especially not when the politicians are Democrat. US media is blatantly left-wing, often extremely so.
Interestingly, doubts are now cast on the audio clip that is said to have involved a Russian security agent talking to a Ukrainian rebel. Turns out the first part of the clip - where no mention of any downed civilian plane is heard - has different quality to the later part where they discuss the shooting down of a civilian plane. The first part of the clip is also of exactly the same quality as a previous attempt at a false flag operation about a month ago.
I don't think it's clear what happened yet. And I don't trust the Americans one iota.
Hmmm. Who benefits from this incident?
Who benefits? It's worth asking the question who benefited when the Syrian government was blamed for using chemical weapons in Syria even though it was the rebels all along. And while Western media are quick to report initial "proof", they seldom report when this "evidence" is debunked later on.
The US mainstream media NEVER questions its military. It took Edward Snowden's extraordinary courage to expose the US surveillance state, the media never would have uncovered it
Tin foil hat brigade on full march today!
@Dr No your source & links re the comments on the "dodgy" clips and the false flag attempt.
Yes it took 70 years for the Russians to own up to the massacre of 20,000 Poles.
The US has many faults but......
"US media doesn't report on US politicians lying" The US media takes great glee in doing exactly that. Clinton and that woman and that dress, Nixon and Watergate & the tapes. The US press has far more freedom than ours, unless they work for FOX.
@Mitch - in many Western media outlets two separate voice recordings are played in succession so as to make it appear that a Russian intelligence officer was involved, whereas this was not the case.
Also, there is an attempt to claim that Russia would have provided rebels with missiles, but that is not the case.
@Harry - the Bolshevik commissars who killed the Polish officers are more likely to have been found in the US and other nations than in Russia, the Bolshevik killers generally emigrated from Russia from the 30s onward.
Me thinks Dr. No is a Russian ?
@DR No the information in your link shows that it was the rebels who shot down the airliner in the mistaken belief that they had fired at a military plane. The truth will come out when the satellite radar track shows exactly where the missile was fired from, whose territory, rebels or gov't or Russia.
@Dr No. The Katyn forrest massacre happened in 1940. If the Bolsheviks were leaving Russia in the 1930s for the US after the purges the killers of Katyn could not be they. You seem to have a very strange recall of history. Wouldn't have something to do with politics would it.
Anyone have something that might be a candidate for a M & A similar to the PNA scenario recently?
Would SXY or BPT be on anyone's radar?
have a look @ SFR
DJW decent result not a bad earner for yield hungry coming up.
Big sell off after last two divvies paid out. Danger Will Robinson. Danger!
It's one of my "W" stocks. Already on it for some time. If the yield tempts buyers and lifts the price I will probably take the profit rather than the dividend. It's next div is 10c f/f compared to the upcoming 16c f/f so not much yield next time around and a long time in coming. Plus those franking credits are a long, long way off.
Another one of my "W" stocks is home-builder VLW. Already flagged a 9c f/f dividend so is a better yielder than DJW. Home-builders are one sector doing well. CWP, TWD, VLW, DVN. Enjoy it while it lasts.
@Wwwish no I want to raise taxes so that the gov't can continue spending on worthwhile programs to raise people's living standards. Every $1 of taxes spent in that way multiplies on its way round the economy and eventually gets back to the gov't as taxes on wages, profits & the GST. Of course when big business diverts its profits to tax havens the equation collapses.
Would just someone to do a correlation study on the ASX opening hi/low and of often the gains/loss are erased during a normal trading day. Pretty frequent these days.
@mitch, no, governments run out of money when they waste the tax money they collect. Once again you want to raise taxes and spend more then the country has
so the ASX couldn't hold the highs yesterday, and couldn't hold the lows today.
what is that?
Because the market is at fair value, and a move up or down is not justified by fundamentals?
Good answer, Irish Phil. So subsequently, traders rely on overreactions to 'events' to create some movement (up or down, doesn't matter if you play both long and short) even though that movement is unwarranted - just so long as they guess it the right way. I thought there would be an overreaction today, so I topped up when it hit the lows and so far, I called it right. The article at 12:13pm sums it up nicely.
fair value is at exactly 5520?
side ways forever?
MBN (Mirabela Nickel) seems to have settled down around 16 cents after its wild ride in the past 3 weeks when it ranged from .026 to 44 cents.
Wild ride there for a few days, lot of money made and lost, you wouldn't want to have bought in at around 40 cents ouch!
not to mention all those that got shafted when they delisted for 0 and re-morphed into the present hayride equipped with more punters cash to burn.....stay away and avoid the hay.or jump in and pray.
Looking at today's chart I can't help but be impressed at how resilient our market is. Not one to forecast (I'll leave this to the day traders) but I believe the status quo will remain while other world indexes continue to seesaw. Both bears and bulls will lament this if trading the all ords, but stability is actually a good thing.
Govt's run out of money when they stop raising or cut taxes. In that context axing a tax that raises $7bn+ pa seems a pretty stupid thing to do.
Talking about chinese bond defaults, does anyone know when a US bond defaulted last? or how many did last year?
The US default on their bonds every month. They then invent a few digits on a computer and make the problem disappear for another month.
No idea about the USA myself. But the issue in China is that the total corporate debt is massive, lending standards are "flexible" and companies are going under in ways that weren't known there before with "more defaults will come".
It seems cash is easier to lose than mountains of metal at Qingdao Port. With smart money fleeing the country and domestic banks holding massive non-performing loans, the news is not good from China.
Reckon (RKN) looking cheap @ 2.08. Wait til they get their cloud product on the market to compete with Xero's cloud-based system and we should see it fly!
I reckon you are spot on, hope so anyway!
I reckon this is a good spruik job.
And I reckon it's a profitable business unlike Xero and I also reckon I'm going to enjoy the almost FF div next month too :)
fan of Richards as well? i bought in yesterday after scanning the report.......some promise for sure swapped outta DWS which was ok but seemed shackled SP wise.time will tell
Nah I've been holding for months at these levels. I've mentioned it on here a few times when everyone was euphoric about Xero a few months ago.
What's the jist of this report? Is it free to view?
nah...jus another under the radar report subscribe only..hes fairly adept at picking decent stocks so i use his picks to further research,got on ACL recently also 9/07 up 12% since....Reckons rise may be more low key but the business model is sound and looking for a future,good luck.
No, I'm a liquidator :) Mate, right now Heavenly Airways sounds much better than Malaysian Airlines. Besides, when you have an amazing meal or a wonderful experience you say it was heavenly without evoking thoughts about death and images of dying. Or do you really have to die to enjoy a heavenly meal?
The Fin Rev Editorial sums up the situation fairly succinctly today, when in power the ALP was promising money it never had and is now blocking the Government's efforts to put it right!
Today's market reminds me of the adage: "Trading .. the hardest way to make an easy dollar." Hell of a rally off the morning lows, never fun when the boat is loaded short.
Will hold some shorts over the weekend.
I've heard the similar maxim used at the casino: "Poker is a hard way to make an easy living"
Is day trading gambling? Depends on whether you're winning or losing in the long run I suppose.
Can I suggest Phoenix Airlines - guaranteed to rise again.
Markets Live: Crash spooks investors???
not even WW3 would spook these gambling idiots.
btw i dont think it is the investors that are buying.
Don't worry, World War 3 is built into current price levels.
"Give me some volume" ....Not when people are fearful !!!
I've just finished buying for the day and fully expecting a big day on the market on Monday. As Wazza Buffett said "be greedy when others are fearful and vice versa.
you call this fear??
prob not on the same day tho.
Well thank you @No Banks, I have had a great day, hope you did too.
Have no idea why this company sits on $540m in cash and similar miners do the same. MGX paid 2c div last time cost $20m you would think they easily have the capability to pay 10c a share as they have very little borrowings.
I'm sure there are many other companies like this as the market is always rightly sceptical about miners holding too much cash .
They're running out of mine life and will need to acquire something soon.
Yes GS one of the mines(low quality) has closed this month and being shut down in September.
OK why not say
"Well shareholders we've made a lot money here's some back and no rush to spend in this uncertain market but we will come back with a rights issue when we find something we believe is cheap"
No problem raising cash when a company is proven to be successful.
Successful now but maybe not later. Break-even I/O price is $80 and I/O is around $97 now.
Plus QE will end, never know what will happen after (not just for miners), how easier it will be to borrow money, how much of a discount to SP you'd have to raise capital at. Look at the major shareholders... it's basically a Chinese owned company.
The div was the only thing that had me interested last year, now I'm just waiting for the rock bottom prices of last year.
Justifiable comments but don't agree China's growth is reliant on QE but I don't get paid to give advice so leave that for others.
Also good companies never have problems raising money be it debt or capital in any market.
Money on deposit should be either returned to investors (unfortunately brokers try to say this is a failure of management which I think is totally untrue) OR invested WISELY.
Good luck, GS, no matter what happens.
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It should have been done already. No amount of jaw boning will achieve a lower Aussie dollar and when you consider world rates it sticks out like the proverbial!
RBA asleep at the wheel!
Highly leveraged property owners need every tax deductible $, so interest rates should stay high.
Any negative gearing spruikers disagree?
"Today is going to be a pretty ugly day," IG market analyst Chris Weston said.
Will people dismiss MH17 as a soon-to-be-deceased zealot's mistake or will it be the trigger of a pre-weekend minor avalanche? Either way it might provide a little volatility for those who need it to trade. What are everyone's tips on where we will close this week? I'm going for the former and suggest 5points either side of 5500.
worm turned 1040
Did the worm turn by itself or was there a bird of prey pulling on it.
just like last friday. exactly like last friday actually.
what does it mean?
Heavenly Airways? Hope you don't work in marketing.
AGL what a joke, how can getting rid of the carbon tax reduce profit 185million.
Burnt Coal distribution company making profit off a tax to stop buning coal...Great scheme labor.
The Fin Rev Editorial sums up the situation fairly succinctly today, when in power the ALP was promising money it never had and is now blocking the Government's efforts to put it right!
Govt's run out of money when they stop raising or cut taxes. In that context axing a tax that raises $7bn+ pa seems a pretty stupid thing to do.
@mitch, no, governments run out of money when they waste the tax money they collect. Once again you want to raise taxes and spend more then the country has
@Wwwish no I want to raise taxes so that the gov't can continue spending on worthwhile programs to raise people's living standards. Every $1 of taxes spent in that way multiplies on its way round the economy and eventually gets back to the gov't as taxes on wages, profits & the GST. Of course when big business diverts its profits to tax havens the equation collapses.
Israel picked the right time to invade Gaza. The news about that has been completely swamped by the news about the plane.
DBs price target for RIO of $85.25....what century is that? trying to make me cry after selling out..yeah yeah always a "buy" if ya listen to the brokers....
gotta have RIO,BHP,TLS,CBE,WBC in your portfolio yawn yawn.
With everything going on, people will not want to be holding over the weekend (both here & in the US later tonight).
Could get a larger sell off before close.
My thoughts exactly. The break of 1950 on ES is a game changer, looking for 1910 before a bounce.
The best thing for the Malaysian government and other stakeholders is to announce the death of Malaysian Airlines, and after a few months launch a completely new fresh airline with a nice, positive name and catching trustworthy advertising. Call it Heavenly Airways or something but get rid of Malaysian Airlines brand. It's absolutely toxic and is bound for bankruptcy. If you are an investor sell NOW.
Heavenly Airways? Not sure that would invoke much confidence
The local dollar fell US35¢ against its US counterpart, from US93.8¢ to last fetch US93.45¢.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/business/markets/local-shares-poised-to-fall-on-ukraine-shockwaves-20140718-zub32.html#ixzz37m29zQIi
EDs: Arrgh, thanks BSB. The "0." was edited out - should be back now! 35 US cents would be quite a tumble - will wait for the shock US rate rise for that one! Chrs
big spike and pull back yesterday was some kind of an omen?
An ugly candle on the daily for sure, and there was big action in the XJO AUG 5400P. Makes you wonder, doesn't it .. But it was BAU on the US markets with a large POMO day until the black swan appeared.
Anyone else getting the feeling that 5500, instead of a point to be aimed for and past is a spot best avoided.
Not really.
Interesting that the Aussie dollar seems to have lost its safe haven status.
Considering the AUD is only slightly down from yesterday's peak I think its held up remarkably well.
To $0.9346 from $0.9381 24 hours ago? Run for the hills!!!!
Um yes I know it's not a massive amount, but I'm talking about the direction. Over the last 6 months the Aussie has always gone in the same direction as the $US, the swiss franc etc in situations like this. There had been a consensus emerging that the Aussie was now being seen as a safe haven like those other currencies. That was my point. Even if it was only a 0.35c shift, it runs counter to the trend.
Chinese data earlier in the week very good. ASX does nothing. Good offshore leads earlier in the week ASX does nothing. but you can bet your last dollar bad news and down we go.
Goldies "should: shine today....
I disagree. This market is frustrating for both bulls and bears. No upside potential due to stretched valuations, however limited downside potential thanks to our RBA, who has room to move on rates if things become dire. Can't say the same for the U.S and Europe.
News from China is good? Perhaps, if you believe the GDP numbers.
A Chinese construction firm, Huatong Road & Bridge Group, has said it is unlikely to meet a $65 million loan re-payment due next week. The Chairman had his Party Committee membership suspended and is assisting authorities with their enquires. This will be the second major corporate domino to fall in China this year and the first to fail to pay both interest and principal. Corporate interest rates have spiked even though the Party has reduced the reserves banks need to hold.
A bittersweet day. MAS again, many unanswered questions. Fear and uncertainty have again returned to the markets. One of my jobs as a trader is to leave my emotions at the door. Many will be looking to buy protection today and I am holding roughly 20K of August puts.
The last thing we need is knee-jerk anti-Russianism.
Nobody but John McCain would be stupid enough to think Putin did this on purpose.
We do not want another cold war.
Wake up Fred. The new Cold War is already a reality. This one is also going to be global: BRICS v NATO, and it will be going for at least a century since there is no chance BRICS and Russia can be bankrupted like the old USSR was. The only bankruptcy I foresee will be in USA.
It never ceases to stun me what human beings do to each other.
May the families of the lost ones find strength
Cant really understand why the VIX is so low? Looking at the choppy patterns of the ASX200 chart for last 3months its anything but stable showing a volatile pattern day to day.
Yet the VIX remains low?
pinch of salt? but puzzling all the same.
short sell QAN
A hundred years ago a bullet started World War 1. In 2014, what does a surface-to-air missile bring on? How will the markets react over the next days?
The Americans have been supply surface to air missiles to Islamist rebels in the middle east, so we're lucky this hasn't already happened over Syria, Iraq or Lebanon.
I'm sitting on the fence on the market impact. Part of me thinks this might be the straw that breaks the camel's back, part of me thinks we'll have forgotten about it by next week.
Your kidding right? The world wars ended due to an arms race in nuclear weaponary. Russia, USA and China are limited to pushing around the little guys, until those little guys also join their ranks with you guessed it, nuclear weapons. This will be forgotten about by next week, but please feel free to load up on gold.
@Jobronee This will not be forgotten about by next week as it presents the US with the perfect opportunity to well & truly ratchet up the isolation of Russia. That will bring its own escalation of tensions.


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"We're pleased with that," Seney said about the success of Choose and Use. "To be honest, it's more than I expected."
Curbside tonnage of recycled trash logged about 3,131 tons in the 12 months ending May 31, 2013, county records show.
After Choose and Use was fully implemented, the recycling tonnage jumped to 3,867 tons from July 1, 2013, through June 30.
That's an additional 736.53 tons in a single year, or 23.52 percent, Seney emphasized.
Recycling is rebounding after the recession suppressed participation, Seney said. The lagging economy also inhibited construction, making life difficult for local firms recycling demolition debris.
When Pasco began publicizing its next campaign for recycling in June, the promotion generated 973 phone calls from interested residents in a matter of weeks. The county handed out another 573 stickers in short order as well.
For now, blue bags remain an option for recycling trash. Fewer stores, however, seem to be stocking them, she said.
Seney would prefer to see a "soft phase-out" of the blue bags.
"Recycling processors have problems with them," Seney added. The plastic bags can get wrapped around gears.
Commissioner Henry Wilson recently congratulated Seney, Assistant County Administrator for Utilities Bruce Kennedy and everyone in the recycling and solid waste department for the county ranking thrid in the state, with a 68 percent recycling rate.
In recent years, however, recycling statistics became a bit muddled and harder to interpret, Seney said. There are two separate ways nowadays to measure recycling.
Lawmakers passed legislation to begin counting waste-to-energy conversions of trash in the recycling rate as part of the goal to reach 75 percent recycling.
State statistics seem to show Pasco fourth in the state at first blush, Seney said, but it does indeed rank third among counties that operate their own incinerators instead of exporting trash.
The Pasco County Solid Waste Resource Recovery Facility, in the Shady Hills area, began burning trash to generate electricity in 1991. Covanata Energy operates the plant.
"Diehard traditionalists cringed at that," Seney said about the new measurement with waste-energy credits. The incinerators produce electricity by burning the trash, but Seney and others think of recycling as transforming discarded materials into new products.
Even by that traditional yardstick, Pasco has performed well with a 36 percent rate. At one point, the Pasco recycling rate had fallen close to 25 percent, particularly during the recession. That figure includes curbside pickup, drop-offs, scrap metal programs, private recyclers and other sources.
"I'm proud of the 36 percent," Seney said.
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Tallahassee, FL - The Tallahassee Police Department has launched a Facebook page which is designed to keep citizens informed on up-to-date crime alerts, safety tips and special events. Facebook is an effective way to connect with the public and open lines of communication.
The Tallahassee Police Department will be posting information related to current crime trends, wanted persons, crime prevention tips, and certain topics that the public should be informed about. Chief Jones stated, "Our goal is to improve communication with our community and with those involved in the social media network. This is another avenue to fight crime, keep criminals off of our streets, and keep the public informed. Combined with the utilization of Nixle, Cop-Logic/Online Report Writing, Propertyroom.com and now Facebook, 2010 has been a success in leveraging technology."
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Watching "Songs of the Cinema" night on "American Idol" was a lot like eating a large popcorn at the movies. Some of the kernels were close to perfect, with salty flavor and crispness balanced perfectly (Crystal). Others were stale, as if the concession workers had just dumped a new batch on top of one that had been sitting around since the theatrical run of "Kindergarten Cop" (Lee). And others were inexplicably soggy, which totally makes you gag 'cause Lord knows you didn't order any butter (Michael). (If Aaron was still on the show, I'd also talk about the kernels that were too young to pop.) And when the end credits rolled, you felt so bloated you regretted buying popcorn to begin with.
Jamie Foxx returned as a mentor (one of the few celebs in the history of "Idol" to return in the role, along with Quentin Tarantino, oddly enough) but this year Jamie brought props: Two T-shirts, one that read "Artist" and another that read "Contestant." That's an interesting way to bribe/shame the contestants into actually giving a damn about the competition. If a million dollar recording contract isn't enough, novelty T-shirts should do the trick! (Hell, it's how MTV pays me.) If only Foxx brought T-shirts for the audience, they would read, "Waiting for 'X-Factor' to Start!"
Before I go on a rant about Kara's business woman costume, let's get to the performances!
Lee DeWyze
Song: "Kiss From a Rose" by Seal (from "Batman Forever")
Verdict: Kissed By Karaoke
DeWyze has been compared to Danny Gokey in some circles, and Jamie Foxx gave that fan theory more ammunition by repeating the "I'm Gonna Get In Your Face And Make You Sing To Me" rehearsal tactic he used on the Gokester. ("Idol" producers even supplied a fun split-screen in case anyone forgot!) But where Gokey took that lesson and ran with it, delivering his best — and darkest — performance of the season ("Come Rain or Come Shine"), DeWyze stumbled and got lost in an overbearing, karaoke arrangement. I scoffed when Randy said he wanted Lee the Rocker sing Bon Jovi's "Blaze of Glory." The problem wasn't song choice, dawg. It was Lee's lack of ingenuity in the treatment of the song. You don't want to see a power-hitter bunt, you know? It's that time of the season. Step it up, DeLazy!
Michael Lynche
Song: "Will You Be There" by Michael Jackson (from "Free Willy")
Verdict: Blow Hole
Big Mike was feeling the pressure this week. He set a personal goal to make it to the Top Three (because aiming for the number one spot would be too obvious?) and from the looks of his bumpy rehearsal with Jamix Foxx, Lynche was starting to crack. Jamie handed Michael a "Contestant" T-shirt when Lynche forgot the lyrics and Big Mike pushed it back in Jamie's face. There's the egotistical contestant we knew all season!
Lynche paid tribute to "Free Willy" be beginning the song in a register only whales could hear. Eventually, a choir sashayed down the stairs as Big Mike wailed (pun), "Hold me! Hold me! Lift me up sometime! Carry me!" As if anyone could ever lift that man. I kept picturing the Twitter Fail Whale, except instead of little birds attempting to carry a whale, they were flying around Big Mike in a too-tight leather jacket.
Lee DeWyze and Crystal Bowersox
Song: "Falling Slowly" by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova (from "Once")
Verdict: Failing Quickly
Lee and Crystal's voices went together as well as Jay Leno and primtime. It's not easy to harmonize when you're in the Key Of Lee, and it didn't help that DeWyze's gravelly bellow overpowered Crystal's coo. I was especially bummed with the new Sonny & Cher back-and-forth arrangement, which teetered on feeling under-rehearsed. (The original version was sung by a male/female duo in a simpler, lovelier way, in my opinion.) The tweak they made to the chorus' melody was a change for the worse, too. Instead of reaching for a soaring high note, Crystal and Lee spent most of the time sticking to a lower harmony. Am I crazy for wanting lyrics about hopeful voices to sound … I dunno, hopeful?
What saved the performance from being a Danny Gokey/Kris Allen "Renegade" catastrophe was Lee and Crystal's electric connection. The season nine frontrunners sang to each other so earnestly, the respect and (platonic) love they have for each other rang louder than the musical missteps. (Don't even get me started on Crystal's "Lee's my musical crush" proclamation. Too sweet!)
Perhaps that chemistry is what the judges were responding to when they acted as though DeWyzerSox had birthed the definitive interpretation of the song. ("One of the best moments of the season," Kara? Really?) To me, it didn't come close to the original or to Kris Allen's aching cover last season, which Simon went out of his way to praise as being "brilliant" on a results show. It's not often that a contestant "owns" a song on the "Idol" stage, but one could argue that "Falling Slowly" — which wasn't even on the list of pre-cleared songs last season when Kris picked it — played a big part in Allen's success and deserves to be the "Idol" benchmark that all future renditions are expected to live up to. I'd assume the same for Adam Lambert and "Mad World," David Archuleta and "Imagine," Melinda Doolittle and "My Funny Valentine" and Scott MacIntyre and "Mandolin Rain." (OK, that last one may have been a little cheeky.) Sadly, at this point, I'm starting to suspect that Crystal could do an acoustic version of "Heartless" next week and Simon would praise her "original" song selection.
Or perhaps the judges ignore previous seasons because they don't want to remind us how entertaining this show used to be?
Casey James
Song: "Mrs. Robinson" by Simon & Garfunkel (from "The Graduate")
Verdict: Scarborough Hair
Jamie Foxx's advice to Casey James: "Seduce me."
"Not you, too," Casey James thought to himself.
But really, Casey brought it on himself by picking the definitive ode to cougardom, "Mrs. Robinson." Not since Kristy Lee Cook chose "God Bless the U.S.A." has an "Idol" contestant pandered to his or her base more. Kudos to Casey for playing to his strengths, which is looking pretty and making post-menopausal women feel sexy. Bigger kudos to Casey for switching the '60s rock classic into a mandolin-driven shuffle. It showed some chutzpah, and as Kara pointed out, it proved he was fighting to stay on the show. I worry that the "sitting in the mosh pit" blocking is going to do him in, though. The sight of the girls on screen who were more entertained by the lights than the six foot tall Texan singing two feet in front of them is hard to shake.
Crystal Bowersox
Song: "I'm Alright" by Kenny Loggins (from "Caddyshack")
Verdict: Crystal Clear
All signs were pointing towards Crystal having a disaster on her hands. The judges criticized her past two performances for feeling lightweight, and you can't get much more frivolous than a movie about a gopher who terrorizes a country club. (MamaSox's "All the songs tonight have been heavy, I want to have fun" interview, while charming, didn't indicate that she had guns locked and loaded, either.)
Yet somehow WinnerSox took a song from "Caddyshack" and turned it into a triumphant personal anthem, complete with a percussion section and her magic bong lamp mic stand. "I'm alright/ Nobody worry 'bout me/ Why you got to give me a fight?/ Can't you just let it be?" she sang in a minor key, giving the song a gravitas I never knew existed. (I doubt Kenny Loggins knew the song could sound so political, either.) It only took her two months, but Bowersox finally figured out that the only appropriate time to mouth off at the judges is during the performance, not after.
Don't you worry, Crystal. I'm not worried 'bout you. Your boyfriend in the American Flag drawstring pants? Now him I'm worried about.
Casey James & Michael Lynche
Song: "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" by Bryan Adams (from "Don Juan DeMarco")
Verdict: A Pleasant Surprise
On paper, Casey and Michael go together like Kara DioGuardi and fashion. One is stiff and introverted, while the other is smooth and over-the-top. I expected their collaboration to go down like a glass of orange juice after you've just brushed your teeth. Instead, it was like chasing Oreos with pretzels. Just scrumptious, even if the tune is one of my least favorite songs in the history of music. (I knocked it last year, too, when Matt Giraud had a near-moment with it.)
Casael (or Masey? Jynche?) sounded a tad rough on their respective verses but once they combined forces on the chorus, their tones snuggled up to each other like lovers in front of a fireplace. The big dramatic stop, all too common in Big Mike's performances, was a neat look for Casey James, whose performances rarely build past their initial setup. Who would have thought that the remaining also-rans of season nine would have a more satisfying duet than the two frontrunners?
What did you think of the performances tonight? Do you think "Idol" judges should acknowledge past "Idol" seasons? Do you think Jamie was inspired by my T-shirt collection? And if you could give each contestant a specific T-shirt saying, what would it be? Leave a comment below, and for more "Idol" insanity, follow me on Twitter @jambajim.


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The Australian Open golf championship is returning to Royal Sydney GC after a five-year absence and will be played from November 28 to December 1.
Golf Australia confirmed the venue and dates for the country's premier golf tournament on Thursday, avoiding a direct clash with the Ashes cricket series by slotting in between the first Test in Brisbane and second Test in Adelaide.
The Open is on the move after three years at The Lakes course and, thanks to an on-going multi-million deal with the NSW government, Sydney is guaranteed to continue hosting the tournament until 2015.
Next year it will switch to The Australian, which recently underwent another revamp by Jack Nicklaus.
The Open was last played at Royal Sydney's Rose Bay layout in 2008 when South African Tim Clark won in a play-off against Australia's Mathew Goggin.
Golf Australia CEO Stephen Pitt said he was pleased the Open would return to a club with significant historical ties to the championship.
"Royal Sydney has hosted the Open 13 times and counts Gary Player, John Senden, Aaron Baddeley, Robert Allenby and Mark Calcavecchia among the past champions to lift the Stonehaven Cup there," Pitt said.
"We are looking forward to returning to Royal Sydney in November with Australia's most coveted championship."
PGA Tour of Australasia chief Brain Thorburn said he was pleased Open would not clash with an Ashes Test, ensuring it would attract due attention.
"We're delighted it's positioned away from other iconic sporting events in what is a very busy summer for Australian sport," said Thorburn.
"In fact we hope the tournament will be able to capitalise on these other sporting events, including the Ashes, bringing even more golf fans from around the world to Royal Sydney's doorstep."


text: Ryan Franklin pitched a complete game with seven strike outs and two walks leading the West Jaguars to a 1-0 win over Washington Post 218 in a pitchers dual at Ronsick Field Friday night. West scored the winning run in the eighth when Danny Biggs led off with a walk, was sacrificed to second, stole third, and came home on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Kyle Case. Washington starter Spencer Juergens pitched seven scoreless innings before being lifted for Nick Thiel who pitched a third of an inning giving up two walks. Thiel suffered the loss. Justin Shuler pitched the final inning and two thirds with three strike outs. Post 218 threatened early putting runners on base in each of the first three innings and had two runners on in the ninth but failed to push anyone across. Ross Seitter, Austin Finder and Noah Borgerding had two hits apiece. Washington drops to 5-2 overall and 3-2 in 9th District action while West improves to 5-1 and 1-1.


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Court documents and people who know him indicate an Idaho man accused of firing an assault rifle at the White House believed he was Jesus.
They also say that Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez thought President Barack Obama was the Antichrist.
Ortega-Fernandez appeared in federal court in Pittsburgh Thursday where he was charged with attempting to assassinate the president or his staff. He's accused of firing nine rounds at the White House last Friday night, one of them cracking a window in the first family's living quarters. The president and first lady were away.
At one point, he even suggested to an acquaintance that the president was planning to implant computer tracking chips into children. But his mother says he has no history of mental illness.
According to a court document released after the hearing, authorities recovered nine spent shell casings from Ortega's car, which was found abandoned near the White House shortly after the shooting. An assault rifle with a scope was found inside.
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Authorities say a man clad in black who was obsessed with President Barack Obama pulled his car within view of the White House at night and fired shots from an assault rifle, cracking a window of the first family's living quarters while the president was away.
The U.S. Secret Service found two bullets had hit the White House and agents caught up with Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez in Pennsylvania on Wednesday after a four-day search. Police arrested the 21-year-old Idaho man at a hotel after a desk clerk recognized his picture. Ortega is scheduled to make his first appearance at 2 p.m. Thursday in federal court in Pittsburgh and many questions remained about his motive and background.
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The Secret Service says a bullet hit an exterior window of the White House and was stopped by ballistic glass.
An additional round of ammunition was also found on the exterior of the White House. The bullets were found Tuesday.
The discovery follows reports of gunfire near the White House on Friday. Witnesses heard shots and saw two speeding vehicles in the area. An AK-47 rifle was also recovered.
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Funeral Service: Friday 02/05/2010 at 11:00am, South facility
Visitation: one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
Burial: Masonic Cemetery
Billy Moore Bounds, 63 of Magee, MS, died Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at Pioneer Community Hospital in Newton, MS.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00am, on Friday, February 5, 2010 at Newton County Funeral Home - South in Newton,MS with Rev. George Felton officiating. Burial will be in Masonic Cemetery, Newton, MS.
Newton County Funeral Home South, 100 Old Highway 15 Loop, Newton, MS is in charge of arrangements 601-683-2152.
Mr. Bounds was a resident of Boswell Regional Center, where he worked and lived most of his life. He loved his family and his friends.
Preceded in death by: Father: Robert Winfred Bounds, Sr.
Survivors Include: Mother: Mary Moore Bounds ,Newton, MS
Sister:Dale Segar,(Ned) Byhalia, MS; Brothers: Bob Bounds, Brunswick, GA, and Sam Bounds,(Patricia) Decatur, MS; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers: Bob Bounds, Sam Bounds, Corey Bounds, Daniel Bounds, John David Upton, and Bill Bingham.
In Lieu of flowers, memorial may be made to: Boswell Regional Center 109 Jaquith Cir, Mount Olive, MS 39.
Visitation will be held from 10:00am-11:00am on Friday 02/05/2010 at the funeral home.
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