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The Family Place offers non-residential counseling services to families who may or may not be in crisis (with school age youth) in the Big Bend region of North Florida. CCYS has counselors in Leon, Gadsden, Wakulla, Tayler, Madison, Franklin, and Jefferson counties. Services are generally available within 24-48 hours. The goal of the program is keeping families together and alleviating the problems that are presented.
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Workday (WDAY) is focused on the enormous market opportunity of enterprise resource planning applications for the Forbes Global 2000.
For the most part, the top players in the space include SAP (SAP) and Oracle (ORCL) … but that's actually good news for Workday, as these legacy companies' systems are complicated, expensive and mostly out-of-date. Thus, it's been easier for WDAY to snag top-notch clients including AIG (AIG), Four Seasons Hotels, Kimberly-Clark (KMB) and Lenovo (LNVGY).
As should be no surprise, building ERP software is a tough proposition, as it involves managing critical functions of a company like payroll, HR and financials. But the co-CEOs of Workday — Aneel Bhusri and David Duffield — are veterans of the ERP market, having helped to build PeopleSoft, which was the pioneer in the space.
Building another Workday likely would require huge amounts of capital to hire engineers, build a secure infrastructure and put together a large salesforce, as well as time to gain credibility. Customers want to make sure an ERP system is rock-solid before making a purchase decision.
Like Textura, Workday's second-quarter revenues spiked — in WDAY's case, by 72% to $107.6 million — and fiscal 2013 revs of $273.6 billion were more than double the previous year's.

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In his annual "state of the industry" address, analyst Richard Holway warned of seismic shifts that are threatening the foundations of the technology industry.
The information technology and communications industry ended the first decade of the new millennium with a lower share of GDP than where it started, he noted in his annual State of the Nation presentation in London last week. But the post-Y2K scenario is likely to get even worse as new "cold tech" trends such as offshoring and Cloud computing start to bite.
Cloud computing will be a boon for users by lowering their costs, but will depress the revenues and valuations of traditional IT suppliers who depend on "on premise" software business models.
Another disruptive force is what Holway calls "the Martini moment" with the arrival of internet access "anywhere, anytime and from any device". By 2020 he predicts that 90% of the 11bn global systems capable of accessing the internet will be mobile internet devices (MIDs), a category which didn't exist in 2000 and already represents more than 40% of net advices devices. Within a couple of years, more people will accessing from mobile devices than via fixed-line devices.
Leading the MID charge will be tablet devices riding on the coat-tails of Apple's iPad. The iPad's launch fulfilled Holway's prophesy that 2010 would be "the Year of the Tablet" and represents the fastest move to the mainstream of any technological innovation in his lifetime.
The combination of MIDs, apps and social media such as Facebook will "wreak havoc on the business models of many of the leaders" he warned, with Google's current model is one of most at risk.
Because all these innovations and changes are happening simultaneously, the ICT industry and its main players face the biggest period of disruption in their history, Holway said.
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Several years ago, before Juliet was born, I went to a christmas ornament exchange party. One of my coworkers made one of these walnut shell baby Jesus ornaments. I remember thinking it was the cutest thing I had ever seen.
Last Christmas, I tried to track the ornament down (one of my friends got it). She looked through her boxes, but never found it. I was hoping she would email me a photo of it so I could recreate it.
I couldn't remember anything more than the shell part.
I did a search on the internet, but came up with nothing!
Fast forward to this year and I have seen these ornaments pop up on several different blogs. So, following this tutorial, Juliet and I made one together--finally.
I also dug up this vintage book that was Ben's as a child. The illustrations are really beautiful. It's from a series called Arch Books. Baby Born in a Stable .
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WYCOMBE Phoenix Harriers' sequence of second place finishes in the Youth Development League continued at Jarman Park last weekend.
Ben Layne got pulses racing in the U15 sprints with times of 12.4 seconds, 25.3 seconds and 40 seconds over 100m, 200m and 300m respectively, while in the field it was Max two for Wycombe thanks to the throwing double act of Max Cherrett and Max Gajadharsingh.
They won the A and B discus competitions and were only pipped to a repeat performance in the shot putt by the last throw of the competition.
Cherrett completed the set with a personal best of 31.49 in the javelin.
For the U13s, Toby Holden came fourth after improving his long jump personal best to 4.25m while Ollie Saunders finished second on countback in the high jump, after his jump of 1.25 saw him into a four-way tie.
Saunders then stepped into the breach in the 1,500, running into third place thanks to a personal best time of 5:15.5.
For the girls, Scarlet Storr was red hot in the U15s events with three new personal bests coming in the 75m hurdles, 100m and javelin.
Not to be outdone, her twin Grace recorded lifetime best performances in the 200m hurdles and discus while Kate Cumming and Anna Jones set new bests in the 200m and shot.
Also in the field, the pole vaulting duo of Eden Hudson and Lauren Torley gained maximum points with heights of 2.40m and 2.10m.
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At an evening event in London, the British cruise line unveiled some details on Azura, which is set to debut in April 2010. Highlights include P&O's first-ever spa cabins and an adult-only sun deck sanctuary it calls The Retreat.
The 116,000-ton, 3,080-passenger Azura will offer the range and diversity of Ventura, and the sophistication of Aurora and Oriana, Nigel Esdale, the line's managing director, told assembled journalists. Azura, he added, will primarily be geared to adults and couples -- and the line does not intend to specifically target new-to-cruise passengers (as they did with Ventura). Esdale notes that the new-build will "go back to the core of P&O's Britishness," offering high quality service in a contemporary and indulgent ambience.
Specifically, highlights of Azura's design include:
Sindhu is a new restaurant concept overseen by Michelin-starred chef Atul Kochhar, of Benares fame, and cuisine will be India-influenced with a British twist.
A first for a P&O ship (and frankly a first for a 21st century new-build), Azura will have 18 single staterooms to cater to the growing solo cruise market. Other new-to-P&O cabin varieties include a pair of large suites -- suitable for families or groups of friends.
TV wine expert Olly Smith will create The Glass House, another alternative restaurant option; this one will feature a wine bar as well.
Inspired by sister company Princess Cruises' Movies Under the Stars (M.U.T.S.), Azura's main pool area will offer an open-air movie screen. Programming, shown day and night, will range from popular flicks to major sports events.
For families, there will be a specially designated room for Nintendo Wii, a gaming system known for its interactive style (think whipping the joystick around to actually swing a "bat" in a baseball game). The kids' club facilities will be geared to five different age groups and P&O faves Noddy and Mr. Bump will be a presence onboard.
The aforementioned Retreat is modeled after The Sanctuary, the adult-only sun deck area pioneered by Princess Cruises. It will have its own private terrace area with cabanas and sunbeds, and will offer open-air massage treatments.
Passengers residing in spa cabins onboard will not only enjoy close proximity to the ship's health and wellness facilities but also will have special access to The Retreat.
Other entertainment venues will include a London-themed pub; a show lounge designed around New York; and a dance area in the atrium.
Azura will spend its maiden season cruising throughout Europe though official itineraries have not yet been revealed.
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There's little stress in trying out a new PDF viewer, or test-driving a different task manager. If the new software doesn't hit the mark, just switch back to your old favourite.
But when creating documents pays your rent, the decision to switch word processors can't be taken lightly. Ours certainly wasn't.
As regular readers know, we've been out of love with MS Word for many years, and over a decade we've experimented with free, open source alternative OpenOffice Writer and its younger sibling, LibreOffice.
But when Apple's ultraportable MacBook Air untethered us from both city and home offices last year, we bit the bullet in favour of a word processor that works as nearly as possibly the same on Windows and OS X platforms.
That election doesn't have to be irreversible but by the time you have learnt the intricacies and eccentricities of a new word mill, customised it, converted key template documents and alerted associates you're no longer a Word native, backtracking isn't so easy. But so far, we're not for turning.
The more Word features you use, the more time you'll spend figuring out how to achieve the same results in Writer. Sometimes, you can't, exactly.
For instance, it takes more keystrokes to effect an unformatted paste in Writer than Word.
That's where copied text is inserted without dragging along the inconsistent formatting of its originating document.
Often, though, we've found Writer superior. For example, we want our word processor to auto-date new documents but not to update each day. That can be achieved in Word by a power user who can script. In Writer; it's a standard function.
If you love ribbons, stand by Word. If you prefer traditional menus, especially ones that are easy to customise so every tool you need is in one place, Writer excels. And speaking of Excel, if you make your living with Microsoft's spreadsheet, you're best to stay with MS Office.
LibreOffice's Calc spreadsheet is fine for our purposes but we're an occasional user and we seldom swap spreadsheets with others.
What's to like about Writer? Well, it's cross-platform to an extent that Word can't nearly match.
Any differences between Writer on PC and Mac are forced on the developers by the operating systems, and they are unfortunate but minimal. And you have to love a zero price-tag.
Install a copy at work, another at home and one on the MacBook Air, all for free.
Actually, we elected to make a donation to the not-for-profit that develops the product.
If you only use Word's built-in heading and numbering styles, there's nothing to separate it and Writer. You'll barely find a point of difference.
If, like us, you rely on customised numbering schemes for contracts and other technical documents, Writer is far superior. This a department where Word is complex and, worse, unstable.
Custom outlined formatting can disintegrate unpredictably, wrecking a critical document at the worst moment. LibreOffice took some figuring out in this regard but once we could drive it, the feature was gold.
Writer stability is excellent on a Mac but more unsteady under Windows. On both platforms, an odd bug afflicts unsaved files. They go into an auto-save cycle that is hard to stop. But that just means the best advice in word processing – save your work early and save it often – holds true.
The rule with any software is that, if you've done enough new work that you'd be annoyed to lose it, tap the Control + S key combo in Windows, or Command + S on a Mac, and save a copy. Auto save is a nice backstop but not as reliable as manual saves.
Marking up text changes is another win for Writer. It ignores changes to clause numbering, so adding or deleting a single paragraph doesn't result in a river of red mark up, as every subsequent clause renumbers. But accepting or rejecting changes is a clumsier process, and one of the few real drags in using the program.
We still have Word installed, and we still need to use it sometimes. But we've advanced along Writer's learning curve and we're actually enjoying it. The only circumstance in which we can see ourselves, possibly, backtracking is if we returned to an all Windows world. And as we sit in a sunny park tapping out these thoughts on our MacBook Air, that feels unlikely.
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HARRISBURG — After days of tedious signature scrutinizing in Philadelphia and Harrisburg, the race to get Libertarian Gary Johnson on Pennsylvania's presidential ballot is coming down to the details.
The Pennsylvania Libertarian Party needs 20,601 valid signatures to secure Johnson's ballot line. But is a signature valid on a petition if the address doesn't match the state's voter registry? And what constitutes a valid date?
A panel of three Commonwealth Court judges will answer these types of questions next week, and neither side show signs of backing down.
The Pennsylvania Republican Party first challenged the petition to get Johnson on the ballot. Now, after scores of volunteers from both parties have reviewed more than 49,000 signatures to determine their validity, around 15,000 are still in question and thousands of others were thrown out.
The Libertarian Party estimates it is around 4,000 signatures away from getting Johnson on the ballot.
Tom Stevens, president of the Pennsylvania Libertarian Party, said this vetting process is just one way to keep two-party control and calls for easier ballot access for all third parties.
"The process is the equivalent of dealing with a pit bull on steroids biting at my arm, my leg, my head, my hair," Stevens said. "It's a ridiculous process to have to go through just to get allow the voter an opportunity to vote for somebody."
Adding insult to injury, should the party lose its challenge, it may have to pay the opposing side's legal fees, he said.
To determine what signatures were valid, two volunteer reviewers, one from each party, cross-referenced the name of the person with the state's voter registration cards. It could go one of three ways: The signature is valid, invalid or contested.
Stevens said in some cases, validity could come down to misreading one letter. It's "extremely technical," he said.
So far, both parties deemed around 16,000 signatures valid, said Paul Rossi, attorney for the Pennsylvania Libertarian Party.
Other issues such as addresses that differ from what are on the voter registry and incomplete dates will be left to the judges to address. Rossi said signatures falling into those categories total around 6,000 – meaning if the party's defense on those points is successful, it'll be enough to secure Johnson's candidacy.
Rossi said he's confident the party can win those arguments in court next week, based on federal law supremacy for address laws and when the petitions were printed.
"The date that the petition was redrafted is on the petition and was put on there by the Secretary of State," Rossi said. "Everyone knows these are all 2012 signatures."
But Ron Hicks, an attorney representing the Pennsylvania Republican Party, said the state statute is clear on what defines a valid signature on a petition. There must be a printed name, a signature, a house number, street name, city and a full date, including the year.
"The election code requires that certain people have a threshold, and we don't believe they've met that threshold," Hicks said.
Valerie Caras, spokeswoman for the Pennsylvania Republican Party, said duplicate signatures and those of dead voters were uncovered in the review process, along with signatures of people not registered to vote.
"Our view as a party is we continue to stand behind the objection to the petition based on the fact that there (are) just serious, serious problems with them, and it's clear, blatant fraud in some cases," she said.
Third parties in Pennsylvania have a much higher threshold to get on the ballot. Those candidates must obtain a specific number of signatures calculated off the number of voters from the past election, while Democratic and Republican candidates each need to secure a flat 2,000.
Ed Reagan, of Easton, was a lifelong Republican who joined the Libertarian Party this year. He came to Harrisburg this week to join the team of volunteers to review signatures.
Reagan said the state law regarding third-party candidacy is fundamentally unfair.
"I think the process in Pennsylvania is broken, and you have to keep fighting the process until the process gets fixed," Reagan said.


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A savory border recipe as published in our local paper today.
Top Review by Mike C.
This eventually came out just great and the family loved the taste. I had a lot of trouble with the dried ancho chiles. Rather than straining the seeds, it's much, much easier to remove them either with your knife when you're preparing them or, even easier, by running water over them after the stems have been removed. Also, the recipe doesn't say anything about adding water to puree the chopped peppers. I found I needed to add a little water for a puree consistency. It was my first time using dried peppers, so this was a good learning experience. I think I'd rate this a 5-star recipe if I hadn't had so much trouble. So, my bad. Thanks, Molly, it was great.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 3 dried ancho chiles
- 2 tablespoons corn oil
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 2 lbs boneless beef stew meat, cut into 2-inch cubes
- salt & fresh ground pepper
- 1 -2 garlic clove, minced
- 1 large ripe tomatoes, cored and diced
- 1 cup cooked nopales, in 1/2 -inch dice (canned may be subbed if you can't find fresh paddles)
Directions See How It's Made
- Trim off the glochids and spines from two paddles of prickly pear cactus.
- Cut into 1/2 inch dice and cook in boiling salted water until the color changes to olive green.
- Drain and set to the side.
- Fill a small saucepan with water and bring to the boil; add the chiles and cook for about ten minutes or until fork tender.
- Drain well and remove the stems.
- Whirl in a blender and filter through cheesecloth or a mesh strainer to remove seeds; set to the side.
- Heat a medium skillet over medium heat.
- Add oil and sautee the onion until transparent.
- Add the meat and brown well, taking care not to scorch the onions.
- Add the salt, pepper, chile puree, garlic, tomato and about one cup of water.
- Cover and simmer lightly for about 30 minutes, or until tender (check towards the end of the cooking time to see if you need more liquid). If meat isn't tender, you may need to cook for another 15 minutes or so.
- Add the cooked nopalitos and stir well.
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Colin Ebelthite (15k Australia F4)
Luke Saville (15k Australia F10)
JP Smith (15k Canada F6)
Andrew Harris (15k USA F27)
Greg Jones (15k Australia F8)
2014 Titles
4 Titles
John Millman (50k Traralgon AUS, 50k Yokohama JPN, 10k Korea F10, 10k Korea F11)
Jason Kubler (42.5k Sibiu ROU, 10k Spain F1, 15k Netherlands F3, 15k Italy F24)
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Nick Kyrgios (100k Sarasota USA, 50k Savannah USA, 64k Nottingham 2 GBR)
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James Duckworth (50k Lexington USA, 50k Charlottesville USA)
Alex Bolt (50k An-Ning CHN, 15k Australia F4)
Dane Propoggia (15k Korea F2, 10k Turkey F21)
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Matt Reid (50k Burnie AUS)
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Thanasi Kokkinakis (15k Canada F5)
Gavin Van Peperzeel (10k Serbia F8)
Dayne Kelly (10k Thailand F7)
Chris O'Connell (10k Croatia F12)
2015 Titles
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John Millman (50k Lexington USA, 100k Aptos USA, 50k Kobe JPN)
Jordan Thompson (15k Australia F4, 15k Thailand F6, 15k Thailand F7)
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Matt Ebden (42.5k Surbiton GBR, 50k Traralgon AUS)
Sam Groth (75k Taipei TPE, 42.5k Manchester GBR)
Ben Mitchell (50k Canberra AUS, 15k Australia F10)
Matthew Barton (15k Australia F2, 15k Australia F3)
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Omar Jasika (15k Korea F2, 15k Canada F4)
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JP Smith (50k Drummondville CAN)
Thanasi Kokkinakis (85k Bordeaux FRA)
Matt Reid (15k Canada F6)
Luke Saville (15k USA F24)
Jacob Grills (10k Thailand F3)
Dayne Kelly (15k Australia F11)
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Andrew Whittington (25k Australia F3, 25k Australia F4, 10k Guam F1, 10k Hong Kong F1, 10k Hong Kong F2, 10k Hong Kong F3)
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Jordan Thompson (42.5k Cherbourg FRA, 100k An-Ning CHN)
James Duckworth (50k Bangkok THA, 10k China F6)
Marc Polmans (10k Mozambique F1, 10k Mozambique F2)
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Matthew Barton (25k USA F11)
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I was just thinking today we need a thread like this since they have one on TF. Thanks for opening one. Are you going to be posting where all the Aussies are playing on a weekley basis?
With regards to Marinko i agree looking at the draw he has a very good chance. As long as he doesnt get jet lagged from playing today and flying from Brisbane to Mexico.
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yeah i got the inspiration from TF too haha. i can post every week unless someone else does it first, it's not too much effort but it's good to keep track of where everyone is :)
this week...
10k Vietnam F1 Futures
F: [2] Statham d [5] Nick Lindahl 5-2 ret.
next week...
35k+H Blumenau, Brazil
R1: [6] James Duckworth d Galdon 7-6(9) 6-4
R1: Matt Reid d (Q) Lopez 7-5 2-6 6-3
R2: [6] James Duckworth d Kirche 6-7 7-5 7-5
R2: [8] Elias d Matt Reid 6-1 7-6(1)
QF: [4] Veic d [6] James Duckworth 6-2 6-2
35k+H Leon, Mexico
QR1: [1] Klec d Nima Roshan 4-6 6-4 6-3
QR1: Colin Ebelthite d Krainik 6-4 6-4
QR1: [6] Chris Letcher d Padilla 6-0 6-1
QR1: [4] John Peers d Loza 6-2 6-2
QR2: Colin Ebelthite d [1] Klec 6-4 7-5
QR2: [6] Chris Letcher d Boe-Wiegaard 6-3 6-0
QR2: [4] John Peers d Moreno Figueroa 7-5 6-4
QR3: Colin Ebelthite d [6] Chris Letcher 2-6 6-4 6-4
QR3: [4] John Peers d [8] Reyes-Varela 6-3 3-6 6-1
R1: (WC) Gallardo-Valles d [1](WC) Marinko Matosevic 6-4 7-6(4)
R1: (Q) Colin Ebelthite d (WC) Sanchez 6-4 6-2
R1: JP Smith d [6] Baker 6-4 6-7(0) 6-3
R1: Ghedin d (Q) John Peers 7-6(2) 7-6(7)
R1: [2] Ram d (LL) Chris Letcher 6-2 6-2
R2: Velotti d (Q) Colin Ebelthite 7-6(4) 7-5
R2: JP Smith d Ghedin 7-6(3) 6-3
QF: [2] Ram d JP Smith 6-2 6-4
15k Italy F4 Futures
QR1: [15] Alex Bolt d (WC) Bagarello 7-5 6-2
QR1: [6] Maverick Banes d Andrew Whittington 6-2 6-2
QR1: [14] Oradini d Andrew Harris 7-5 6-4
QR2: [15] Alex Bolt d Picco 6-4 6-3
QR2: [6] Maverick Banes d [11] Di Ienno 4-6 6-4 6-1
R1: [5] Podlipnik-Castillo d (Q) Maverick Banes 3-6 7-6(7) 6-1
R1: [8] Van Der Duim d (Q) Alex Bolt 4-6 6-1 6-1
15k USA F9 Futures
QR1: Santiago d Harrison Keyser 4-1 ret.
QR1: Sobolta d Julian Arnold 6-0 6-3
R1: Mark Verryth d Harrison 6-4 2-6 6-1
R2: Mark Verryth d (Q) Bouras 4-6 6-2 6-2
QF: Mark Verryth d (Q) Stahl 6-4 6-3
SF: [2] Ouellette d Mark Verryth 4-6 6-4 6-4
15k Chinese Taipei F1 Futures
R1: John Millman d [5] Basic 6-3 6-4
R2: (PR) King-Turner d John Millman 6-1 3-6 7-6(7)
10k Greece F2 Futures
QR2: Merunka d Ethan Tulliani 7-6(1) 7-6(4)
QR2: [11] Nunes d Dale Sutherland 6-3 6-3
10k Vietnam F2 Futures
QR1: [13] Kadchapanan d Li Tu 6-4 6-3
QR1: [5] Jack Schipanski d (WC) Hoang Anh Khoa 6-2 2-6 6-1
QR1: Chris O'Connell d [8] Blake Mott 6-3 6-2
QR2: [5] Jack Schipanski d [10] Doakmaiklee 7-6(2) 6-3
QR2: Chris O'Connell d [11] Burlage 7-5 6-0
R1: (WC) Do d Leon Frost 7-5 6-1
R1: Botti d Dane Propoggia 3-6 7-5 6-3
R1: (Q) Schulz d (Q) Chris O'Connell 6-4 6-2
R1: [4] Isaac Frost d Nick Lindahl 4-3 ret.
R1: (Q) Oku d (Q) Jack Schipanski 6-3 6-3
R1: (JE) Luke Saville d (WC) Mam 6-0 6-4
R2: Belot d [4] Isaac Frost 7-6(8) 4-6 6-3
R2: (SE) Geib( d JE) Luke Saville 6-3 6-7(4) 6-4
10k Qatar F1 Futures
R1: Zach Itzstein d (WC) Al Harib 7-5 6-0
R2: [1] Samper-Montana d Zach Itzstein 6-4 6-2
this thread is mainly for discussion about the players and tournaments not just about the results, so post!
good chance for Marinko to go deep this week and get his ranking up further. also a few of the aussies can go well in Vietnam again this week if they play well.
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This is great, thanks for doing this. If you were to do it on a weekly basis we would really appreciate it.
I was looking at Marinko's results from last year and seriously, that guy has pretty much nothing to defend for the rest of the year. Well nothing substantial anyway. Top 100 is so close.
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Xristos should start playing more tournaments.
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easy first round matches in Vietnam we should get at least 4 wins in the first round
Leon Frost v (WC) Do
Dane Propoggia v Botti
(Q) Chris O'Connell v (Q) Schulz
[4] Isaac Frost v Nick Lindahl
(Q) Jack Schipanski v (Q) Oku
(JE) Luke Saville v (WC) Mam
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Yeah great draws there.
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Dissapointg results for the Aussies in Vietman and Italy.
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yeah we did a lot shitter there than i though we would! at least Millman had a better result against Basic
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Why does Nick Lindhal retire in so many matches!?
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Ducky won 76 64 in the 1st round of Blumenau... he faces Leonardo Kirche in the 2nd round....
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So this is a thread for results about most of Aussies in futures and challengers....yet there is only 1 result out of the whole draw posted....useless
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Good result for Matt Reid - gets up in 3 sets against Tiago Lopez. Was a bit wobbly in the 3rd after winning a tight first set 7-5, dropped the second 2-6, then went up an early break to lead 2-0 in the 3rd set. He saved a breakpoint to get to 3-0, then dropped his serve to get to 3-2. He managed to steady the ship though, improving his serve from a low 39% to above 50%, in winning the 3rd set 6-3. Good fight Matt.
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Denis H. Doll, age 80
July 30, 1931 – May 7, 2012
Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday, May 10, 2012 at Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Richmond, MN for Denis Doll, age 80, who died Monday at Hilltop Care Center. Burial will be in the Sts. Peter & Paul Parish Cemetery.
Relatives and friends may call after 4:00 p.m. Wednesday at the Wenner Funeral Home in Richmond. Parish Prayers will be at 4 p.m. followed by a rosary with the Richmond Fire Department, Richmond Lions, and Catholic Order of Foresters. Visitation will continue from 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. Wednesday morning at the funeral home.
Denis was born in Richmond, MN to Joseph and Elizabeth (Mehr) Doll. He married Carolinda Walz on August 16, 1952 in St. Boniface Catholic Church, Cold Spring, MN. He served in the Armed Forces from 1952 – 1954 as a Corporal. Denis worked at the State Bank of Richmond his entire life. He loved the outdoors, especially his purple martens. He was an avid collector. Denis was a member of the Richmond Fire Dept., Richmond Lions, Chamber of Commerce, and Catholic Order of Foresters.
Survivors include his loving wife of 59 years, Carol; sons, David, Richard, Robert (Anita Schneider), Daniel (Terisa Buttweiler); daughter, Sandra (Ronald Christenson); 11 grandchildren, and 1 great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by his parents; brother-in-law, Alex Didier, and daughter-in-law, Diane (Ruprecht) Doll.


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With only three rounds of the 2012/2013 NSW Premier League regular season still to play, it is time to look at the current 'State of Play' with all nine Boomerangs teams.
Importantly, the Boomerangs currently sit in seventh position in the Club Championship – only five points ahead of last placed Sydney City, five points behind Enfield and a further seven points behind the fifth placed Phoenix.
Across three rounds it seems unlikely (although not impossible) the club will be able to make up 12 points to overtake Phoenix, but to make up the five points to climb to sixth place is certainly achievable.
Over the last three rounds Boomerangs teams are up against Enfield, Mascot and Campbelltown. Enfield sit on 32 wins for the season to date (in sixth place) – the same number of wins as the Boomerangs, with Quake (fourth place) on 37 and Vipers (in third place) on 54 .
Sydney City are up against Inner West, Enfield and Phoenix in the final three rounds and Enfield up against the Boomerangs, Sydney City and Mascot – probably the easiest run home of the three.
At the top of the table, the battle for club champion is between Dural and Inner West with Dural up against Mascot and Phoenix – and the Magic against Sydney City and the Quake before the final weekend play off — Dural Warriors Vs Inner West Magic – which is likely to be the Premier League Club Champion deciding round.
To the Boomerangs, and their finals chances…
12 Boys
Current Ladder position: 8th
Out of contention after a poor start to the season. Have definitely played much better in the second half of the season and will surprise the three teams across the final rounds that think they might be in for an easy win.
12 Girls
Current Ladder position: 7th
As with the 12 Boys, a slow start to the season but have definitely played much better over recent rounds and will be no easy beats in the final three rounds of the season.
14 Boys
Current Ladder position: 7th
Out of contention for a finals berth. Still a chance to grab a few valuable club points across the final three rounds.
14 Girls
Current Ladder position: 6th
A slim chance to make the final four, but relies on results from other games going their way.
16 Boys
Current Ladder position: 2nd
The Boomerangs best chance for a top of the table finish, currently sitting in second place behind next round's opponent, Enfield (who they lost to by a single goal earlier this season). 16 Boys have performed consistently well since their last loss in Round 6 (1-0 to the Quake).
16 Girls
Current Ladder position: 6th
Once again a slim chance of making the finals which would require three wins from the last three games and a stumble by one of the teams currently in the top four.
Youth Men
Current Ladder position: 4th
Dural and Mascot sit comfortable atop this group, but any five of the remaining teams can finish in the top four. It is vital the Youth team takes full advantages of the final round games against Enfield, Mascot and Campbelltown to ensure a top four finish.
Open Women
Current Ladder position: 7th
The Open Women's team sit in seventh place and probably lost the opportunity for a play-off place in the heavy defeat last round to Inner West. Many promising signs for next season though, and any wins they can take from the remaining three games will help in Club Championship standings.
Open Men
Current Ladder position: 4th
The Men's team sit in fourth with a game in hand (against Dural). Much like the Youth Men though, any of seven teams can make the final four. It is therefore vital that they take points from each of the remaining three rounds of the season to ensure a top four finish.
And much like the Club Championship, the Men's competition may well come down to the last game on the last weekend of this years competition in deciding who takes top spot into the finals series.


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HATTIESBURG — City leaders in Hattiesburg are considering whether to make bars and nightclubs close two hours earlier for six nights a week.
The city currently allows bars and clubs to stay open until 2 a.m. Monday through Saturday, and midnight Sunday.
The proposal would set closing by midnight every night.
The possible change comes after the shootings that injured three University of Southern Mississippi football players at Remington's Hunt Club in the early hours of Nov. 14.
But, the Hattiesburg American reports that officials were looking at new hours even before the shootings. City leaders had already met with managers and owners of several clubs where police officers had responded to multiple calls this year.
Records from the Hattiesburg Police Department show that Ropers was the club where officers responded most often, with 134 calls and 27 arrests. Remington's Hunt Club came in second for call volume, with 129 calls and no arrests.
Mayor Johnny DuPree said the city could consider the change by January.


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Their latest creation is Bowls Club Jazz, a mad hour of musical comedy that combines McDonald's musical talent and Bullock's absurdist comic sensibilities. Sitting somewhere between Flight of the Conchords and Tenacious D, they promise to deliver a show that tackles the big issues, with song topics including: public transport, drinking and baking.
Armed with nothing more than a guitar, a tambourine, a recorder, a couple of mics, a Lift Plus, and a songbook bursting with lunacy, Bowls Club Jazz will be an epic hour of musical mayhem from two seasoned pros.
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The Parralells of Two Dictators: General Santa Anna and President Obama. A Lesson from The Alamo and the Coming Second American Revolution.
Looking back in history, 176 years ago before Texas was a republic 185 men were under siege at an old Spanish Mission called the Alamo that is located in San Antonio Texas. The men of early Texas could have walked away which they had the chance. Nevertheless, they stood and held their ground knowing they all would die defending the fortress. They would not make any deals with the Mexican dictator. The defenders of the Alamo did not know that Texas declared their independence standing at their post.
On March 2 1836, early Texans gathered to form a new government. A delegation of representatives gathered in a place having the name called today the Washington on the Brazos signing a Declaration of Independence from the Mexican Dictator General Antonio Lopez Santa Anna. Many early Texans knew sixty years prior. Their ancestors fought and threw off British rule. The early colonist did not tolerate being a slave under a King and the Bank of England who has ignored the Magna Carta, which was the law of the land in the United Kingdom. Nor was the early Texans were going to put up with Military General, a man who declared himself Dictator usurping the Mexican Constitution and the rule of law.
Now, how much more will Texans tolerate again today a President who has sworn to uphold the Constitution and disregards the rule of law? Their early ancestors sure did not: As the Declaration of Independence from Mexico as stated:
"When a government has ceased to protect the lives, liberty and property of the people, from whom its legitimate powers are derived, and for the advancement of whose happiness it was instituted, and so far from being a guarantee for the enjoyment of those inestimable and inalienable rights, becomes an instrument in the hands of evil rulers for their oppression."
The US Federal Government does not respect the rights of the states or the civil liberties of the people. The EPA announced the takeover of issuing Permits to power plants and refineries when Texas refused to comply with regulations that would have caused the loss of many jobs. The USDA and the FDA are harassing farms and ranches. The BATF harasses people at Gun shows. Let us not forget the raid they did at the Branch Davidian Religious community that was illegal.
President Obama like General Santa Anna took on powers not delegated to him by the consent of the governed. The TSA is now out of the airports now on city streets in Texas. The TSA is now setting up operations to be in Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. President Obama has used the power of executive orders bypassing the congress. I know executive orders have been abused by past Presidents. President Obama has taken the abuse to a completely new level.
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Koke: "Diego Costa is a great footballer and has character"
Atlético also welcomed Radamel Falcao back to training today after the striker returned from Miami after Colombia's friendly against Guatmala, which he played no part in.
Atlético Madrid welcomed Radamel Falcao back to training today after the striker returned from Miami for Colombia's friendly against Guatemala, which he played no part in.
Diego Simeone had all of his squad available for the training session and invited youngsters Javier Manquillo and Óliver Torres to take part too.
After the session midfielder Koke gave a brief press conference to talk about Atleti's opponents on Sunday, Madrid neighbours Rayo Vallecano.
"It's going to be a very difficult game because Rayo have played some very good matches this season, especially at home," he said.
"We have to go there and play well and win, but it's going to be even more difficult because it's a derby," he added.
Koke also praised his team-mate Diego Costa, who scored Atlético's winning goal against Real Betis last weekend, but who will be unable to play against Rayo.
"He is a great footballer, he has a lot of character and he has his own way of playing when he is on the pitch. He does his job and people focus on other aspects of his game too much."
And he remarked that Mario Suárez, who made his debut for Spain on Wednesday against Uruguay "is in a happy mood, it's always great when a player plays for his country".


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BARTESTREE & Lugwardine continued their march towards promotion with an emphatic seven-wicket win over Romsley & Hunnington at home.
The villagers bowled the visitors out for 159 inside their 42 overs with Ryan Trattell taking 5-44 and captain Ben Simpkin said they we're happy with their work in the field.
He said: "We we're happy with what we had to chase – we knew their score was below par."
Bartestree then made short work of the visitors total, getting to the target set inside 38 overs with Simpkin himself top scoring with 51 not out.
He said: "It's about time I scored some runs - I haven't had the season I would have liked."
The league leaders now have six games left until the end of the season and are now 56 points clear of second-placed Himbleton, but Simpkin is not looking further ahead than next week.
He said: "We've just got to take one game at a time and play it game by game."
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Nothing new to report from the David Kilgore camp. We've chosen to stay with him because he's one fish shy of a limit. The way it works with James Overstreet -- and he's the best of the best -- is to keep with a potential winner instead of running around all over the place and gambling on what other leaders might have in the box. More times than not, you leave a guy like this and he catches the kicker needed for the win. I can respect that approach, for sure.
Kilgore is now running more to his key areas. No surprise what those are. Docks. He's very near the launch site, matter of fact. And he's targeting all largemouth at this point. With the chatterbait.
Our guess is he'll stay with this pattern until it's time to bring it home.
One changed we have noticed. The water looks like it's come up a foot, maybe more. What a crazy week for water fluctuations.


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Race emphasizes fun, fitness rather than competition
By Scott Himelein, Special to the Citizen 09/21/12
Lilly Snow and Maura Graff were not concerned about their times or their place-cards. The 10-year-old best friends' only ambition at the 2011 Short Pump Mile was to run it side by side.
The two girls led for the entirety of their heat last September, matching each other stride for stride. As they approached the finish line, their swim-team coach, who was riding a bike along side the race, asked them what they planned to do about finishing. Who wanted to win?
They both said they had no interest in beating the other. It was then that Lilly and Maura elected to hold hands and finish the race together, as co-champions.
"You have to understand these races were fairly competitive, said Gina Snow, Lilly's mother. "And when Lilly and Maura did that, there were people who were absolutely in tears."
"That's something you would only really see at a kids' race," said Bridget Cuthbert, one of the event's organizers.
On Sept. 30, the Short Pump Mile & Short Pump Express Fun Run will return for its fourth year at the Short Pump Town Center. The first heat will begin at 7:45 a.m.
All children and teens 18 and younger are eligible to participate in the race. Registration is $15 per person.
The event began back in 2009. Cuthbert and others at NOVA of Virginia Aquatics helped propel the race into motion.
"It's modeled after the Great Train Race in Fredericksburg," Cuthbert said. "The director of that race, Debi Bernardes, approached NOVA and asked if we'd be interested in helping her organize this in Richmond."
Cuthbert said Bernardes had wanted to make a race just for children – one that would teach them about the competitive aspects of racing.
NOVA of Virginia Aquatics is a youth swim club that trains more than 800 members and offers thousands of swim lessons annually in Richmond.
The Short Pump Run warrants the help of more than 50 volunteers, the majority of whom are NOVA swim parents. It's not a NOVA-exclusive event, however, Cuthbert said.
"The majority of the kids who run aren't NOVA [participants]," Cuthbert said. "We get the word out to physical education teachers, track coaches and school principals all around the area to get students there."
A diverse array of Richmond area schools have participated in the race in the past. The St. Mary's for Kids offers a School Participation Award, which is a $2,000 prize to the five schools that have the most runners participate.
"The money goes towards physical education programs," Cuthbert said. "There's a real emphasis on learning how to live a healthy lifestyle."
Last year, the top five participants respectively were Rivers Edge Elementary, Collegiate, Nuckols Farm Elementary, Shady Grove Elementary and Colonial Trail Elementary.
Overall participation in the run has gone from 450 children in 2009 to 935 in last year's event.
"This year, we're definitely shooting for over 1,000 participants," Cuthbert said.
Along with a participation award, there are also awards for those who finish in first and second in their respective heats. First-place finishers receive $100 gift certificates from Dick's Sporting Goods and second-place finishers receive $75 gift certificates.
Every child, no matter the outcome, also receives a participation medal and T-shirt at the end of the race.
"Before I saw one of the races in Fredericksburg, I wondered why so many kids would want to participate in a race," Cuthbert said. "But after you see the kids near the finish line, they get cheered on by those around them and have these big smiles on their faces, then you begin to understand. This is definitely an environment of participation over competition."
For race and registration information, visit http://www.shortpumprace1.com.
Henrico promotional company changes name
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Henrico-based brand merchandising company NewClients, Inc. has changed its name to Boost Promotional Branding.
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Lidl competition offers shoppers chance to win NYC trip
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Three Lidl shoppers will win trips to New York City to receive a first-look at the Esmara by Heidi Klum collection and attend an international runway event debuting the collection. The contest is open to residents of Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina – the three states in which Lidl currently operates grocery stores. The chain opened two stores in Henrico County last month. > Read more.
Glen Allen advances in 14U Babe Ruth World Series
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The Glen Allen Babe Ruth Baseball League 14-year-old all-star team advanced to the single-elimination round of the 14-year-old World Series, which the Glen Allen Youth Athletic Association is hosting at RF&P Stadium in Glen Allen. > Read more.
Earnhardt gives Redskins a ride
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Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the Hendrick Motorsports No. 88, stopped at Richmond Raceway Aug. 8 in advance of the track's NASCAR weekend in September. He was joined by five players from the Washington Redskins, who were in town for the team's training camp, which concluded Aug. 14. The day in Richmond gave Earnhardt and the Redskins players an opportunity to see how the athletes compete in their respective sports. > Read more.
READ Center a finalist for $25k grant
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The READ Center is a top-200 cause finalist in State Farm's Neighborhood Assist program, making it eligible to earn a $25,000 grant to support adult literacy in the Richmond region. The 40 organizations from across the nation with the most votes will win grants.
The READ Center, based in Henrico, provides classroom instruction and one-to-one tutoring to adults with very low literacy. > Read more.
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2013 8-Weight Challenge: Fly Reel Review
2013 8-Weight Challenge: Fly Reel Review / Trident Fly Fishing
We have been discussing the relative merits of various attributes of 8-weight saltwater fly reels recently, drag design, spool aspect ratio and price have been factors. Along in my in-box this morning came this 8-weight reel comparison from Trident Fly Fishing which employed a combination of sophisticated measurement machines and good old subjective opinion. One of my preferred reels, Nautilus NV was not included but two others, Hatch and Hardy Fortuna did receive top honers. New player, Cheeky, was very well rated as was the reel that has come up in question here a few times, Ross Fi. The subject of spool width was also addressed. Check out the write up. (I, of course, have no relationship of any kind with this outfit).
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Many thanks. I've only had a quick glance but makes for interesting reading and some real (reel!! haha) surprises...Tibor Sage & Abel towards the bottom.
I need to watch the videos and have a good read.
Could lead to buyers remorse though!:rain:
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Gerard, Here in the States, Consumers Report Magazine is a very influential buyers guide. They rate automobiles annually and plenty of buyers swear by their reliability recommendations. The tale goes like this; "This Ferrari Enzo is way overpriced and further more, the suspension is so low that ingress an d egress are highly inhibited; we do not recommend the Enzo". Now, I'm not shopping Ferrari either but it because assembled fly rods fail to fit in it...never be chagrined when the rod or reel that is best for you places low in a comparison. These things are all somewhat subjective and an emphasis on sealed drag assemblies was evident here. Like Anderson's shootouts, it more food for thought. I love, love, love my Loomis NRX 9'/#4 despite its poor rating in the last 4-weight shootout but I use it differently than the defined focal point of that comparison.
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As a self confessed Abel guy, I think they did a fairly good job with the review. The only quibble I have is with their one negative about the 7/8N, the high start up inertia. My reel needed a bit of a wear in period before the drag was butter smooth. By the nature of the design, it needs to lap itself smooth. My 7/8N was a bit notchy when it was brand new but after playing with it for a while (I couldn't put it down) the notchyness went away completely. It is hands down the smoothest drag of any reel I have owned. Older Super series reels with the anodizing on the back of the spool almost completely polished off are smoother still. I wonder how the test would have treated a slightly used reel? Other than that, I can't fault anything they stated. The Hatch is indeed a fine performing reel and anyone that has one should be proud.
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Couldn't agree more. In the UK the magazine is called "Which?".
I note what Grouch said and think it is fair comment that it might be better to used slightly used products for testing (maybe they were demo units?). It is a bit like in the audio world when they review equipment, Stereophile and the likes, either expect the amps, speakers etc to be "burnt in" i.e. used for some extended time 100hours plus or do the "burn in" themselves. I can appreciate the need for the cork drag reels need some time to "burn in" maybe it is not so imperative on the sealed carbon based drags?
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The neatsfoot oil that the cork disc is treated with may well increase start-up inertia until broken in. I have noted that when I apply a few fresh drops of this necessary cork treatment that there is a bit of stickiness initially. Without it though the cork surface can glaze and alternately lock up or let go. I have lost fish to this in a non Abel cork drag reel which I am going to write about in another thread this morning. And yes, Hatch is a terrific reel on multiple levels and second place Fortuna is excellent as well.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Islamists around the world hailed Mohamed Morsy's election as Egypt's first freely chosen president as a victory for their cause on Sunday while the West, Gulf states and Israel reacted with caution, wary of his political agenda.
Closely watched from Gaza to the Gulf, the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate's win over former army general Ahmed Shafik was widely seen as an historic event with far-reaching consequences beyond Egypt's borders.
"The Egyptian nation did not elect a president just for Egypt, but for the Arab and Islamic nations too," said Fawzi Barhoum, a spokesman for Hamas in Gaza, which hopes Morsy may end Cairo's cooperation with an Israeli blockade.
Though Israel has tried hard to weaken Hamas, it too voiced respect for Morsy's victory and the "democratic process", while urging the new administration in Cairo to uphold the peace accord maintained by Egypt's ousted leader Hosni Mubarak for 33 years.
Viewing the victory through the prism of the Arab Spring uprisings that toppled leaders in Tunisia, Libya, and Yemen as well as Egypt, Islamists said they saw Morsy's win as proof their "revolution" was on the march.
"Mohamed Morsy a president for Egypt, thank God," said Mohammed al-Qahtani, a co-founder of the Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association (ACPRA), a group pushing for democracy.
"This is a victory for the Arab revolutions," he said in a post on social networking site Twitter.
The United States, which provides vast military aid to Egypt, welcomed the result but made clear it expected Morsy to ensure stability and not to veer to extremes.
"We believe that it is important for President-elect Morsy to take steps at this historic time to advance national unity by reaching out to all parties and constituencies in consultations about the formation of a new government," White House spokesman Jay Carney said in a statement, calling on the new leader to ensure Egypt remained "a pillar of regional peace".
Iran, which prides itself on its own Islamist credentials, paid fulsome tribute to those it called "the martyrs of the (Egyptian) revolution", whom it said were responsible for ushering in "a splendid vision of democracy".
"The revolutionary movement of the Egyptian people ... is in its final phases of a new era of developments in the Middle East and the Islamic Awakening," the foreign ministry said.
In Saudi Arabia, the world's number one oil producer, the government was silent. Its relations with the Muslim Brotherhood have been poor, with many of the kingdom's officials accusing it of backing demands for internal political change.
However, analysts said Saudi Arabia would have to work with the new Egyptian president.
"I think (the Saudis) are going to be very practical about it. More and more they will discover common interests in the economy, in politics, on how to deal with Iran," said Jamal Khashoggi, a prominent former newspaper editor with ties to the ruling family.
A spokesperson for Catherine Ashton, the European Union's foreign policy chief, said the election was a major milestone in Egypt's democratic transition and that Ashton hoped the new president would be "representative of Egypt's diversity".
In Britain, William Hague, the foreign minister, gave Morsy a muted welcome, urging him to build bridges and uphold human rights, including those of women and religious minorities, in a statement broadly echoed other EU member states.
Turkey, an increasingly important power in the region, said Morsy's win reflected the will of the people, but made it clear he had a lot to prove. "Important tests await the new president who will lead the Egyptian people to the free and pluralist democracy they deserve," the foreign ministry said.
Across the Gulf, reaction was cautious.
In the United Arab Emirates, the WAM news agency said the government respected "the choice of the Egyptian people in the context of its democratic march".
Dahi Khalfan, the Dubai police chief, was more sceptical. "An unfortunate choice," he said in a tweet. "The repercussions of this choice will not be light to poor ordinary people."
Bahrain's state news agency said King Hamad congratulated Morsy, praising "an atmosphere of freedom and democracy", while Jordan's Minister of State for Information Samih al-Maaytah told Reuters his country hoped Morsy would ensure stability.
Many Egyptians living abroad expressed relief, saying they felt their homeland finally had a chance to flourish.
In Riyadh, Abdulhamid Saraya, 60, an expatriate Egyptian engineer, said Morsy's win was a watershed.
"I am happy we are ending 30 years of injustice. (Ahmed) Shafik's loss is an end to a dark age that forced us to leave the country and live abroad most of our lives to escape injustice and poor living conditions," he told Reuters.
Muslims elsewhere said they were also pleased with the result, but some had advice for the new president.
In Algeria, Atef Kedadra, a senior journalist on the country's El Khabar daily newspaper said Morsy's victory carried tremendous symbolic importance but he would now have to show he was inclusive. "If he appoints only Islamists, he will lose because the Islamists are not used to ruling a country."
In Abu Dhabi, a 37-year-old government employee who gave his name as Seif, was upbeat. "I am sure Egypt has a bright future. The Brothers are forced to keep up with modernity, progress and openness. They don't want to destroy or harm their country."
Catherine al-Talli, a prominent Syrian human rights lawyer, said events in Egypt were likely to encourage the opposition battling President Bashar al-Assad.
"It shows that the popular will brings about democratic change, and that when the people chose to rise against repression they can defeat it," she said.
The opposition Syrian National Council agreed, calling Morsy's victory "a source of hope for the rebellious Syrian people".
In Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Laya, a woman who goes to Cairo frequently said she was concerned about how Morsy's victory would change the way women were treated.
"They will think it's now okay to approach girls and reprimand them for the way they dress," she told Reuters.
Other Muslims said they worried Morsy's victory could open the door to fundamentalism.
"Egypt, the most moderate Arab state, run by fundamental Islamists, that's what I call a living nightmare," said Adel Hamza, a 42-year-old music lecturer in Baghdad.
"Al Qaeda is holding celebrations all over the world now."
Reporting by Dan Williams in Jerusalem, Nidal al-Mughrabi in Gaza, Angus McDowall and Marwa Rashad in Riyadh, Rania Al Gamal, Andrew Hammond and Joseph Logan in Dubai, Lamine Chikhi in Algiers, Ahmed Rasheed, Andrew Torchia, Isabel Coles, Muriel Boselli, Regan Doherty, Raissa Kasolowsky, Khaled Oweis, Sylvia Westall, Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Khalid Abdelaziz, Alexander Dziadosz, Jan StrupczewskiS, Anna Ringstrom and Jonathan Burch; Writing by Andrew Osborn; Editing by Philippa Fletcher


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Jimmy Carter, Ex-President and Anti-Catholic Bigot, Attacks Pope John Paul II
(In light of Carter's latest tirade against the Catholic Church, I thought TAC readers would like to see this post from March of last year.)
Bad enough that James Earl Carter, Jr. is the worst president this country has had not named James Buchanan or Barack Obama, but he is also an anti-Catholic bigot as his latest mind droppings amply demonstrate:
Former US President Jimmy Carter has disclosed that he had angry exchanges with Pope John Paul II about liberation theology and about the ordination of women.
The former president said that he complained to the Pontiff about the Church's "perpetuation of the subservience of women" while Blessed John Paul II was visiting the US in 1978, and "there was more harshness when we turned to the subject of 'liberation theology." Carter said that he classified the Pope as a "fundamentalist," placing him in that category along with Iran's late Ayatollah Khomeini.
In the same interview Carter said that "it is very fine for gay people to be married in civil ceremonies," although he suggested—"maybe arbitrarily"—that churches should not be required by law to solemnize same-sex unions.
Carter made his remarks as he introduced a new edition of the Bible with his own study notes, helping readers to follow his understanding of the Scriptures.
Jimmy, here is a clue for you. No one cares a rat's nether regions about what you think about anything. You were a completely incompetent president and the American people have tried their best to forget you. You were such a wretched president that even in your own party you are a non-person, and it difficult to embarrass Democrats over anything. Pope John Paul II was a magnificent pope. Here is a list of just a few of his accomplishments, although it will take centuries for historians to fully assess his almost 27 year-long papacy, but here are some of the factors that I think they will note.
1. He largely stopped the post Vatican II chaos-After Vatican II the impulse to transform the Church into an institution fully reflecting the current views of cultural elites in the West wreaked much havoc. Paul VI, a good and holy man, drew a line in the sand with Humanae Vitae, but he lacked the stomach and the will to fight it out with those who would have transformed the Catholic Church into what the Anglican Church is now: a dying institution, adrift from any allegiance to traditional Christianity, and fully in accord with the mores and beliefs of the secular elite of the West. Many were rubbing their hands with glee after the death of Pope Paul, in confident assurance that a new liberal pope would complete the transformation of the Church into something akin to Unitarianism with fancy dress. Instead they got John Paul II, a Polish fighter who had stood toe to toe with the atheist rulers of Poland and was not the least frightened or impressed by the forces that sought to neuter Christ's Church. The chaos and low morale of the Church could not be completely reversed in one papacy, but John Paul II began the process and made a huge amount of progress.
2. Presiding at the Funeral of Communism-During World War II, both the Nazis and the Communists slaughtered a huge number of Polish priests, viewing them as deadly enemies. How very right they were! The Polish Church, in the midst of one of the worst persecutions sustained by the Catholic Church in the last century, never lost faith that the Church and Poland would both ultimately outlast the totalitarian regimes and emerge triumphant. John Paul II was the embodiment of this robust confidence that Communism, like Nazism, was merely a brief historical aberration that could and would be defeated. The rise of Solidarity was completely predictable to him, and his embrace of it made a crackdown by the Polish Communist regime, and its Kremlin puppet masters, impossible. John Paul II and Ronald Reagan in the Eighties brought about the largely peaceful collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe and laid the groundwork for its collapse in the former Soviet Union. The heirs of Joseph Stalin learned to their sorrow that the type of power wielded by a skillful and determined pope cannot be counted in divisions but rather in human hearts.
3. Culture of Life-In the teeth of an overwhelming movement among Western elites to jettison the belief that human life is sacred, John Paul II rededicated the Church to that proposition and waged a long uphill struggle throughout his papacy against abortion and euthanasia. Like Moses, John Paul II did not live to see the victory in this fight, but ultimately we will win, and his brave stand at a crucial moment in history will be one of the reasons why.
4. Pope of the people-With modern means of transportation, a vigorous Pope can treat the whole world as his diocese by globe-trotting and that is precisely what John Paul II did. In the Nineteenth Century, modern means of communication, the telegraph, photography and newspapers, were skillfully used by Pius IX to forge a personal contact between the Pope and average Catholics. Pope John Paul II took this a step farther by bringing the Pope to the average Catholic. A masterful stroke and superbly executed.
5. Vocations-Pope John Paul II began the process by which the hemorrhaging of priests was stanched and laid the groundwork for the rebound we are now seeing in vocations to the priesthood in most of the Church outside of Europe. Much needs to be done still, but without the efforts of John Paul II the situation now would be of truly crisis proportions.
6. Theology of the Body-One of the crises of our time is the alienation between some men and women caused by rapidly changing relationships between the sexes brought on by modern life. John Paul II addressed this in his Theology of the Body. Go here for a good overview. The exalted view of John Paul Ii of the love between man and woman in marriage of course ties in perfectly with his defense of the sanctity of life. In many ways love was the central theme of the papacy of John Paul II.
7. Centesimus Annus-With the collapse of Communism, in 1991 John Paul II released Centesimus annus, an overview of the mistakes of Marxism and the challenges that remained in a world where Capitalism now seemed supreme. Go here to read it. The most significant two paragraphs:
42. Returning now to the initial question: can it perhaps be said that, after the failure of Communism, capitalism is the victorious social system, and that capitalism should be the goal of the countries now making efforts to rebuild their economy and society? Is this the model which ought to be proposed to the countries of the Third World which are searching for the path to true economic and civil progress?
The answer is obviously complex. If by "capitalism" is meant an economic system which recognizes the fundamental and positive role of business, the market, private property and the resulting responsibility for the means of production, as well as free human creativity in the economic sector, then the answer is certainly in the affirmative, even though it would perhaps be more appropriate to speak of a "business economy", "market economy" or simply "free economy". But if by "capitalism" is meant a system in which freedom in the economic sector is not circumscribed within a strong juridical framework which places it at the service of human freedom in its totality, and which sees it as a particular aspect of that freedom, the core of which is ethical and religious, then the reply is certainly negative.
8. Liberation Theology Rejected-In the Sixties and the Seventies of the last century, elements within the Church engaged in a strong flirtation with Marxism and the idea that the Kingdom of God could be brought about by class struggle and rebellion. The idea was completely hare-brained, but it attracted quite a following. John Paul II explained that the liberation that Christianity brought had nothing in common with the power grab the Marxists were seeking. Go here for resources regarding the statements of John Paul II on Liberation Theology.
This list only touches some of the main features of the papacy of John Paul II, a papacy that will be discussed endlessly as the centuries pass. In the far future Jimmy, if historians will recall you at all, it will probably be because you were president at the start of the pontificate of John Paul the Great.
13 Responses to Jimmy Carter, Ex-President and Anti-Catholic Bigot, Attacks Pope John Paul II
"Carter made his remarks as he introduced a new edition of the Bible with his own study notes, helping readers to follow his understanding of the Scriptures."
Anybody want to buy a failed President's Study Bible?
I wrote a nasty letter to Zondervan Publishing about a year or so about this, highlighting Carter's anti-Semitism and anti-Catholicism. I got a nastier letter back, as expected. I would have been disappointed otherwise. My advice: boycott Zondervan. There are plenty of other good Christian publishing houses, both Roman and otherwise, without giving them your business.
How is denying the doctrine of the all-male priesthood anti-Catholic in a way that denying the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception is not? We generally don't call those who do not believe in the Immaculate Conception anti-Catholic.
Perhaps Carter is just as "Catholic" as you are, Kurt! 😉
Why doesn't he go away?! He is SO irrelevant. Oops! I guess I just answered my own question.
"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but underneath are ravenous wolves. Matthew 7:15
What Carter is doing is trying to pave the way for Catholics to be excluded from civil society. Painting Catholics as bigoted and discriminatory is the way they will go about this. Denying the Immaculate Conception isn't going to do that. If one expresses belief in the Immaculate Conception in public, you might get some puzzled looks, but no one is going to say you shouldn't participate in public life. It might not be well understood by the rest of society, but it won't get you lynched. It might prompt a conversation about what Catholic teaching is on the matter.
On the other hand, if you can misrepresent Catholic teaching and say that Catholics hurt women and discriminate against women and gays, then you get some real leverage. Again, the public won't understand what Catholic teaching is and they will believe the lie. And once they listen to someone like Carter, they will shut their minds and not listen to a thing you have to say about the matter. In fact, Carter can drum up support for persecution of Catholics on the grounds that we are violating someone's human rights. It's sort of like in the days of Nero when they said Catholics were cannibals. It's a misrepresentation of Catholic teaching designed to shut minds against the Church and lead to persecution. It was back in Nero's time, and it is the same today. To quote the TV series Galactica, "All of this has happened before, and all of it will happen again."
I meant "Battlestar Galactica", the more recent version from 2004.
Obama says that Catholic schools are a cause of the Irish troubles. Carter piles on with his anti-woman nonsense. Sibelius forces us to provide contraception and abortifacient drugs to employees. Caesar, Henry, Elizabeth, Cromwell, Napoleon, Marx, Bismarck, Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin are all gone. The Church remains.
The peanut farmer kissed Brezhnev on the cheek.
John Paul II, Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher kicked Gorbachev in the a**.
Carter's osculation of the Soviet leader led The Economist to remark that he was "a-wastin' Christian kisses on a heathen idol's foot" (cf Kipling). The only political legacy of Jimmy Carter was that he started the fashion among politicians of holding hands with their wives in public (dashed bad form, don't you know). However, unlike the present incumbent of the White House, he didn't use Rosalind as a cheer-leader and warm-up act.
Seriously, Karol Wojtyla was the only undeniable great man of the second half of the 20th century. And the western democracies had the sense to replace Carter and Callaghan with Reagan and Thatcher.


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- Neotectonic analysis - identify structures that have hosted tectonic displacement in the current crustal stress regime and catalogue the variation in their physical and seismological characteristics across the continent. This enables assessment of how earthquake-prone areas are at time scales longer than the historic record.
- Palaeoseismological investigation - identify and characterise individual pre-historic seismic events that make up the neotectonic record. This allows for determination of large earthquake recurrence, maximum magnitude and other parameters useful in the determination of seismic hazard for a site.
- Site response assessment - determine the likely response of an area to a given level of earthquake ground shaking based on its near surface geology. This data is used to adjust modelled earthquake ground motion when predicting damage to structures at the Earth's surface.
- Probabilistic seismic hazard modelling - model a range of potential earthquake events and the relative chance of a given event occurring in the future. This informs the strategic development and prioritisation of long-term mitigation and preparedness activities.
- Earthquake scenario modelling - simulate a given earthquake and the likely levels of impact based on the current or future conditions of a community. This enables the development of plausible options for strategic and operational emergency management purposes; training, planning, capacity testing, response and early warning forecasts.
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We wanted to address some facts in advance of any legislation targeting Arizona workers in state government and Gov. Jan Brewer's proposal to remove covered status of state employees.
State employees were covered for a reason, to prevent undue political influence and corruption in state government. State employees are precluded from becoming elected precinct committee persons, holding office within the political party of their choice, or running for most political offices while a covered state employee. This was done to remove politics from employees tasked with serving the public. Covered status positions require background checks, interviews and competitive screening before hire.
Brewer's proposal would kick the door wide open for Fiesta Bowl-type corruption and cronyism in state government. Open interviews and competitive screenings to determine the best candidate for the job would be eliminated.
The proposal would make ripe political payback and cronyism by placing unqualified employees into these positions. Under Brewer's plan, donors or family members could be hired with no regard to the best interest of the public. Employees could be subjected to political pressure to do certain things or face immediate termination.
Unlike private business, having covered employees who are shielded from undue political pressure, go through a competitive hiring process with background checks better serves the public than the governor's proposal. Covered employees must perform to a certain standard, or face discipline up to and including termination. For early supporters of the governor's plan to say otherwise is disingenuous and not factual. The merit system provides a series of checks and balances to ensure due process and minimize abusive or discriminatory practices.
The governor's proposal to remove these checks and balances, eliminate open competitive hiring processes and standards of conduct for covered employees would only open the door for undue political pressure, corruption and Fiesta Bowl-type political cronyism in state government. The governor's No. 1 priority to the state of Arizona should be creating jobs, supporting education and the economy.
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Six Must-Make Soda Marinades
We're full swing into barbecue season so I've been roaming the web for creative marinade recipes. A good marinade is the key to your meat having that deep of flavor you crave on your favorite grilled foods.
We're full swing into barbecue season so I've been roaming the web for creative marinade recipes. A good marinade is the key to your meat having that deep of flavor you crave on your favorite grilled foods.
Beer is an obvious addition to any marinade at a barbecue, but what about soda? Soda not only makes your meat extra tender because of the bubbles and acidity, it also brings a unique, subtle flavor to your dish.
These soda marinades are nothing short of unique. From Dr. Pepper to Coca Cola and Orange Crush, here are six different ways you can jazz up your marinade by adding a splash of soda.
This grilled BBQ chicken recipe from Jamie Cooks It Up! uses a sweet and tangy marinade with one special ingredient, Orange Crush soda. The bubbly addition will definitely add a subtle hint of orange flavor to your grilled meats!
Over at Carlo Friday's Texas Kitchen, they marinate their flank steak with a can of Dr. Pepper and a good amount of dry rub. That's it! Who knew soda could make your steak taste so good.
This marinade from Chef in Training only uses 5 ingredients, but the most unique one is a can of 7-Up! The lemon lime flavor of the soda mixed with horseradish makes for a zippy flavor for your grilled chicken.
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Kobo Glo: impossible to read PDFs?
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Well research would have picked this up. Kobo Glo from what I understand, was never meant to be a quality PDF reader. Its able if it has to, but ePub is it's general format. That's where it's aimed at. It will even read Mobi, but again it's a bit hit-and-miss because as it will read Mobi, it is not specifically meant do so.
All this has been out there in the ereader community; no secret.
Portable Document Files are fixed to a size on their first build; and that's usually to the size and format convenient to the original author. Unless the PDF file was set-out for Kobe size and format then the magnify and pan is the best you can hope for. You could always redo the layout yourself if you wish. Plenty of programmes out there to do this.
Hope this helps
The sales blurb claims it as a format supported by Kobo (not just the glo - the touch as well). The trouble is, it's so bad it is almost misleading to have it on the list. No excuses, it can be done much better, plenty of other ereaders do it. Kobo have dropped the ball on pdf reading.
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