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Microsoft Secretly Withdraws Endorsement of Gay Rights Bill
Legislators in Washington state plan to vote on a major gay civil rights bill this Friday which has been endorsed by dozens of high-profile corporations. Microsoft was apparently among those endorsing the bill, but according to Seattle's paper The Stranger in an article to be published tomorrow, the corporation has secretly withdrawn the endorsement after a radical right activist reportedly told executives that if they continued supporting the bill he would launch a nationwide boycott of the company.
If Microsoft refuses to change its position regarding the legislation, it would mark a disturbing turn against both its gay and lesbian employees and the LGBT community at large by a corporation that in the past has received awards for its gay-friendly policies.
AmericaBlog reports that voting on the bill is so close that the withdrawal of Microsoft's support may kill the pro-gay legislation.
According to The Stranger, "House Bill 1515 would protect gays and lesbians from discrimination in employment, housing, banking, insurance, and other matters by adding sexual orientation to a state law which already bars discrimination on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, marital status, and mental or physical handicap."
In a "broader general review of company policy" Microsoft apparently doesn't want gays and lesbians to have these rights. The Stranger reports that DeLee Shoemaker, who handles state level government relations for the company bragged that "no one will know" whether or not Microsoft's withdrawal killed the bill if and when that does happen.
Microsoft may very well find itself at the center of a nationwide boycott.
AmericaBlog's report is well worth the read.
TAKE ACTION: Microsoft abandons gays [americablog]
"The Stranger reports that DeLee Shoemaker, who handles state level government relations for the company bragged that "no one will know" whether or not Microsoft's withdrawal killed the bill if and when that does happen."
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Posted by: Greg | Apr 20, 2005 10:09:40 PM
Crap.. I think that is an outdated email address...
Nothing like someone "bragging" about turning their backs on ten years of anti-discrimination support!
Posted by: Greg | Apr 20, 2005 10:18:59 PM
Boycott Microsoft? For who? Apple? I'm sure Apple is completely pro-gay as well.
Let's face it, these religious right bigots don't even BELIEVE in technology, let alone use it. Their boycott will have ZERO impact on Microsoft's business.
Posted by: Downtown Lad | Apr 21, 2005 12:06:45 AM
I guess I'll just have to steal more shit from Microsoft.
Posted by: elliott | Apr 21, 2005 12:43:41 AM
Microsoft appears to be in a "damned if you and damned if you don't position". Hopefully they do the right thing and support the bill.
And I agree about Apple. Any company that names itself after a fruit would seem pretty gay friendly.
Maybe the conservatives should just invent their own company that makes computers out of rocks and old chewing gum and run on Jesus Power.
Posted by: tom | Apr 21, 2005 2:00:13 AM
What would happen if homosexuals threatened to boycott Microsoft?
It would be their invisible army versus ours!
Posted by: Arf | Apr 21, 2005 3:29:57 AM
Letting Microsoft--and anyone else involved in this--hear from us is the main thing. A boycott probably won't have traction, but we need to make sure our voices are heard!
Posted by: Jess | Apr 21, 2005 9:04:15 AM
It's easy to boycott Microsoft, and you don't have to buy an Apple either...Linux! It's free (!), easy to use, and non-discriminatory :-)
Here's my favourite flavour: http://www.mepis.org/node/68
Just download the CD image, burn it to a disc and boot it up. It's that simple...if you don't like it, you're only out one CD-R...
Posted by: WM | Apr 21, 2005 9:33:58 AM
As a gay employee at Ms, this is very disturbing. Seems very odd for the company to support domestic partner benefits and then do this. Also, MS is not one to be pushed around easily.... I'm hoping that this isn't true. Internal MS email among us gay folk is already abuzz.
Posted by: ed | Apr 21, 2005 3:29:40 PM
Apple has long been very gay friendly. It has Algore on the board as well.
Besides why would you want something small and limp....
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In 1915, British nurse Edith Cavell, 49, was executed by a German firing squad in Brussels for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium in World War I.
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With temperatures in the 80s and a houseful of guests to feed, we turned to our outdoor grill as the preferred cooking location: barbecued ribs, cheeseburgers and hot dogs for our Memorial Day celebration and (my favorite) grilled pizza for lunch.
If you weren't surprised at the idea of grilling pizza, you may already know the smoke and high heat of a charcoal grill is a reasonable facsimile of the wood-burning oven at your favorite pizza parlor. The keys to success are easy to accomplish at home: preparation, timing and a scrupulously clean grate (unless you're trying to add flavors from a previous meal).
Once the grill is cleared of any burned bits and charcoal crumbs, brush it liberally with canola oil or give it a generous coating of cooking spray. Although some recipes suggest using flavored oil for this step, it's not a wise use of an expensive infusion. Set the grate aside while you prepare the charcoal, arranging the coals so that a portion of the grill will stay unheated, giving you a place to move the crust when you add toppings. Although a kettle grill or hibachi is preferable for this grilling job, our portable gas grill was fine.
The next bit of preparation is to find a work surface as close to the grill as possible. Have your spatula, olive oil, silicon brush and various toppings arranged conveniently at hand. When selecting toppings, the notion of "less is more" certainly applies. When multiple ingredients are layered on too thickly, the dough will burn before the cheese can melt. With some ingredients - mushrooms and onions, for example - the flavor can be enhanced if you first sauté them, instead of using raw slices. To make it easy to start with tomato sauce as the first layer, have a ladle handy to scoop up the sauce and smooth it around the surface of the dough.
Either premade pizza dough (sold at the grocery packaged in a blue tube) or pizza crust mix will work for this dish. If you opt to make your own dough, be sure to use all-purpose, unbleached flour, which has the right amount of gluten to create appropriately elastic dough. Use your hands instead of a rolling pin to form the shape and size that fits your grill (or smaller if you prefer to make multiples). The irregularities in the surface and gentle handling will help create a crisp, chewy texture.
Now that you have the dough flattened to about three-eighths of an inch thick, brush one side with olive oil and place it on the hot grill, oil side down. As it cooks for about two or three minutes, it will become puffy on top and nicely browned on the bottom. Slide it over to the cool side of the grill and brush the raw side with olive oil. Turn over the crust, arrange your toppings and place it back on the hot grill, topping side up. It should take another three minutes or so to cook the bottom and melt the cheese.
Since I was using a single-burner gas grill, there wasn't any cool section of grate to use at this point. I had a cookie sheet coated with nonstick spray and a dusting of cornmeal at the ready, sliding the half-baked crust onto it to add the toppings. The dough seemed to be cooking more quickly than I expected, so once the pizza was back to grill the second side, I turned off the gas and closed the lid, resulting in a perfectly browned crust and melted cheese. As with many recipes, you may need to experiment to find the technique that works best for your equipment.
Once you've tasted grilled pizza, you'll likely agree it's much better than anything that comes out of a conventional oven. In the photo, one pizza combined crumbled Italian sausage, caramelized onion, sun-dried tomato and mozzarella cheese; the vegetarian pizza was topped with chopped artichoke, mushrooms, basil and shredded Parmesan cheese.
Next time we grill pizza, I plan to follow advice from our neighbor, Bob LaMorte. No matter what else he adds, the cheese is one-half shredded Swiss and the other half mozzarella, adding a slightly nutty flavor and richness to the melted topping.
I've given you a recipe that describes the basic technique; now all you need to do is pick your toppings and fire up the grill.
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Ready a grill with hot coals or heat a gas grill to high.
Divide dough in half and, using your hands, gently stretch the dough until about 3/8-inch thick. Brush olive oil on one side of each piece of dough.
Place them on the grill (one at a time, if not enough space) and cook for about 3 minutes. Remove to a cool place and coat the uncooked top with olive oil. Turn over the crust and add toppings, as desired.
Return to the grill and cook until cheese is melted, about 3 to 4 minutes. If using a gas grill, reduce heat to medium or low and cover when cooking toppings.
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In this adaptation of Thomas Hardy's classic romance, Tess Darbeyville, a beautiful young peasant in late 19th century England, seeks her fortune with the wealthy D'Urbervilles, whom her family believes to be distant relatives. Although Tess rejects the advances of the D'Urberville's son Alex, he forcibly seduces her, leaving her pregnant and alone. After her sickly baby dies, Tess falls in love with Angel, a parson's son, who abandons her on their wedding night after she confesses her past "sin." This forces Tess to return to Alex, a fateful decision with tragic consequences.
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I am hopeful that TNA is changing in the positive direction I would like to see them go. I am honest enough to admit that they could just as easily head back in the wrong direction. One thing is for sure, 2012 and all of the changes that have been made in both the front and back of the house, leave TNA sitting at the halfway point of a potential 180 degree turn. The reset at BFG has pushed them to 90 degrees and it is up to the talent in TNA to rise in order to push them towards the full turn around.


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Perched at the tip of the Howe Sound inlet, Squamish sits at a crossroads of sea and mountain.
Like any crossroads, it's a popular meeting place – most notably for the winds that can rocket up and down the sound and the valleys of the Squamish and Cheakamus rivers.
Beer lovers have also been gathering here since 1996, the year Howe Sound Brewing opened its doors for business.
"It was built as an English-style meeting house, that was the vision behind it," says Leslie Fenn, co-owner of a venue that comprises a pub, restaurant, boutique hotel and microbrewery.
"We have a lot of local customers, local events, there's music every week. It's really a gathering place for discussion over a pint of ale."
With sturdy-beamed interiors, stone fireplaces and plenty of natural light, Howe Sound's pub and restaurant are inviting venues, with views dominated by the soaring rock wall of the Stawamus Chief.
The inn's 20 rooms are basic but cozy and a sauna and massages are also available, making Howe Sound a neat, nearby getaway from the city.
But it's the award-winning beer that's the biggest draw. More than two dozen types are created throughout the year – 10 year-round – an incredible amount for such a relatively small operation.
"What we really wanted to do was retain a spirit of artisan beers," says Fenn, who founded Howe Sound with her brother David.
"We wanted to have a market feel to our beers, so it would be almost like taking our beers to market every month, or seasonally.
"So that's why we have 26 different beers and we're constantly creating new and inventive beers. . . . Many people say we're crazy but maybe part of the craziness is our creativity and inventiveness."
Crazy or not, beer drinkers as far afield as Wisconsin are falling for Howe Sound's many charms.
Business has flourished since the Fenn siblings decided it was time to redesign their brand four years ago, with eye-catching labelling featuring local themes and quirky names (such as Bailout Bitter, Pothole Filler and Total Eclipse of the Hop) on distinctive one-litre swing-top bottles.
"Five years ago it was just me, and now there's 14 of us including sales," says brewmaster Franco Corno. "We've gone from (producing) two to three thousand litres a week to 16 (thousand). Our capacity here is 19,000 and we could reach that very easily.
"It is a bit of a logistical nightmare sometimes, especially when our seasonals come up," adds Corno of the juggling required in making so many different ales in a traditional facility.
"For example, our Pumpkineater (fall seasonal pumpkin ale) this year. We met up in July and said we'd make 16,000 litres. We ended up making over 40 (thousand) … people wanted it, so we just kept brewing it."
Howe Sound brewmaster Franco Corno
But Corno clearly relishes the fact that his creativity is given free rein. It's allowed him to constantly experiment, then try out the results on the pub's patrons – "our in-house tasting group," as Fenn describes them.
"It helps keep things creative, it keeps the job interesting, keeps the other brewers motivated," says Corno, who's currently hoping to bottle a Cascadian dark ale – evocatively named Gathering Storm – and an as-yet unnamed lager, with an eye to a spring release. "It's a really fun environment to work in."
Howe Sound's original bottling line
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Corno is a quiet-spoken man who, despite the imaginative mind, appears to have a no-nonsense attitude toward the brewing process itself. He doesn't seem quite so approving of the rash of flavoured ales and lagers that have been cropping up recently.
"First and foremost it has to be a beer," he says. "You see lots of different types of beer today that use lots of herbs and spices and that's fine, we do that as well, but it has to be a beer first and foremost, and then I tweak it.
"Essentially, you get so much body and flavour out of a malt, so it's just an issue of how to use it, what to use it with," Corno adds.
In other words, let the chemistry of those four hallowed ingredients – water, malt, hops and yeast – speak for itself. And like any good laboratory, the instruments have to be clean.
"People think it's a sexy job, but I spend 80 per cent of my time cleaning," Corno says wryly.
Monitoring carbonation levels. Who said brewing isn't a science?
Corno learned from the best. From a certain John Mitchell, in fact – a name that resonates loudly in Canada's craft-brewing scene.
As well as being Howe Sound's first brewmaster, who set the template for beer that's won the brewery numerous North American Beer Awards, Mitchell effectively gave commercial craft brewing the green light in Canada by opening the country's first modern microbrewery in Horseshoe Bay in 1980.
Howe Sound certainly plans to keep pioneering in the Mitchell tradition.
The kitchen already extensively uses beer and its constituents as ingredients, for example in spent-grain bread, ale and cheddar soup and "beeramisu." It's indicative of beer's growing stature as a rival to wine when it comes to cooking and accompanying food.
"We're finding that there are so many flavours and aromas with beer, and styles," says Corno. "Not only can you serve beer with food you also cook with it.
"And our beer is unique in the sense that it's a litre in size. Sometimes we promote our beer as a beer for two, as opposed to drinking a bottle of wine. … We want to get people away from the couch and to the dinner table."
From left: Baldwin & Cooper Best Bitter, Gathering Storm CDA, spent-grain bread
In another inventive move, the brewery recently launched an "Ales for Change" campaign, where limited-run beer is brewed and marketed to highlight social and environmental causes.
"I think there's a new environmentalism and social conscience that's attached to microbrewing and it really goes hand in hand when you're creating a local product," says Fenn.
The beer that launched Ales for Change in November taps more into aid work, and even politics. Boomer's Canadian Red Ale is named for Canadian Armed Forces medic Andrew "Boomer" Eykelenboom, who was killed by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan in 2006, aged 23.
His mother Maureen set up Boomer's Legacy Fund to aid the poor and war-afflicted in Afghanistan, particularly women and children, and a dollar from every bottle of the easy-going ale sold will go toward that fund.
For Fenn and her brother, using their beer as a platform for such causes seemed like a natural thing to do.
"Beer has always been the topic of politics, wherever you have it," Fenn says. "You can create humour and knowingness around new beers and new ales. They become up front for what's going on in your environment, in your community, what's happening politically. Basically you can do whatever with them."
While using beer as a vehicle for good (and good food) is laudable, what Howe Sound's really most focused on is expanding within the craft-beer sphere.
"We're not trying to take over the world, we're not re-inventing the wheel here. We just want to make a good consistent product that people will consume," says Corno.
"We want to stay as an artisan brewery," affirms Fenn. "We're producing 2,000 litres of ale at a time and it's still all hand-made. … We'd rather create unique products at a certain level.
"As long as they're locally based and created with good products and with a great taste, I think it's an ever-expanding market. And it's an artisan market. It's an old way of creating food and beverages."
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Strictly speaking, I shouldn't be following up this branch of the family, as it enters our family tree with my grandmother's second marriage and so are not blood relations.
However, this is a kind of tribute to the man I knew and loved as my grandfather, i.e. her second husband, Aubrey Elliott. If you want to follow the surname through, his is the best tree to start with.
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Sex and the City 2 receives scathing reviews over its 'fascist, superficial' depiction of women
As millions of cosmopolitan drinking,
Jimmy Choo wearing, Sex And The City fans prepare for the premiere of its sequel in London, film critics seem to be slamming it.
The world premiere hit New York City last night and although reviews are hard to find since Warner Bros. are trying to keep some critics away from the screening, the ones that have been published are less than complimentary.
Ed Gonzales of Slant Magazine was apparently the first online review and with only one-and-a-half stars, it doesnât create any desire to sit through the two-and-a-half-hour spectacle.
He describes Michael Patrick King âs SATC2 as a âfascist, superficial assessment of the Sex and the City girlsâ intelligence and insults them as the women we came to know them as on televisionâ, he wrote on Rotten Tomatoes.
Varietyâs Brian Lowry went on to critique the tale of four sexually liberated women from NYC, saying: âFans were so rapturous about Sex and the Cityâs return in theatrical form they accentuated the positive and mostly ignored the shortcomings.
âThe inevitable sequel, alas, requires similar forbearance â again overstaying its welcome at nearly 2 ½ hours â which wonât prevent Warner Bros. from humming a box office tune as jaunty as the showâs opening-title music.
âPart of the action occurs in the desert, which inadvertently proves apt, since the oases of enjoyable moments â and they do exist â suffer from being spaced too widely in whatâs otherwise a long, arid trek.â
The Hollywood Reporterâs Stephen Farber likened it to nothing more than a âtwo-hour fashion showâ.
And on top of the scathing reviews, SATC2 has also sparked controversy for apparently being âanti-Muslimâ during itâs portrayal of Abu Dhabi, where part of the film is based.
Carrie, played by Sarah Jessica Parker , Samantha ( Kim Cattrall ), Charlotte ( Kristin Davis ), and Miranda ( Cynthia Nixon ) run up against the puritanical and misogynistic culture of the Middle East and has sparked concern that itâs not politically correct.
But despite the filmâs racial controversy and hurtful reviews, itâs still set to bring in massive profits merely because of its huge fan base around the world.
Sex and the City 2 is released in UK cinemas this Friday.


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Jersey's Fort Regent roof to be listed
The roof of Fort Regent, Jersey's main leisure centre and former military fortress, is to be protected.
The fort building, built in the early 19th Century to protect against invasion from Napoleonic France, is already a listed building.
The waved roof structure was built in 1974 over the fort's parade area to enclose it for public use.
Planning Minister, Deputy Rob Duhamel, said it was being listed due to its architectural and scientific interest.
He said it was "a modern architectural structure" that islanders and visitors would known well but was "perhaps taken somewhat for granted".
Deputy Duhamel said: "It is a key feature of the St Helier skyline and it was an ambitious and ingenious solution to the challenge of covering the parade ground when it was developed."
The decision to develop the fort for public use was made in 1967, with a cable car and swimming pool created before the roof was built to create the sporting centre and venue for events.
Discussions about the best use of site, which covers 22 acres (89,000 sqm), and how it should be developed continue to this day.
When the roof was built it was the largest of its type in western Europe. It was described as a major technological feat and was one of three buildings featured on a series of stamps issued in 1987 on the theme of modern architecture.
An English Heritage specialist listing inspector described it as an "extraordinary structure… of national importance, it would qualify for listing on the mainland" in a report for the Environment Department in 2000.


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Hello and welcome to the GiveMeSport – Social Report. Where we have a look at the weekend's social media best bits!
After the long bank holiday weekend the Champions League is still in the back of our minds! So to remind you, here are some of the top social media posts from the Real Madrid players at the weekend.
Now the season has finished it can only mean one thing…Yes the FIFA World Cup is on it's way and one man showing he's ready to fight for his country is Mario Balotelli. Yes literally! Not quite sure what the end bit is about. Any ideas???
Now last week Cristiano Ronaldo was seen on the front cover of Vogue naked with his girlfriend, and now Neymar has appeared on the front of Vogue with Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bündchen. Vogue seems to be going for a World Cup theme, so who would you have on the front cover for your country?
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20 Years Ago: Ben Folds Five Break Through with 'Whatever and Ever Amen'
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With their 1995 self-titled debut, Ben Folds Five earned a cult following and a shot at mainstream stardom — an opportunity they made the most of with their sophomore outing, 1997's Whatever and Ever Amen.
During any other decade, the indie pop piano trio's major-label signing would have been promptly followed by efforts to hook the band up with a big-name producer, add some Top 40 shine to their sound and knock a few hits out of the multi-platinum park. But Folds, drummer Darren Jessee, and bassist Robert Sledge found their moment in the mid-'90s, when lo-fi was a badge of honor and pop radio still had some room for left-field quirk. The company signing the checks changed, but when the Five entered the studio in the fall of 1996 to record their Epic debut, they hewed fairly closely to the fuzzy, melody-first aesthetic of its predecessor.
This was partly accomplished by sticking close to home — literally. Instead of decamping to a big-budget studio in Los Angeles or New York, the band stayed in Chapel Hill, N.C., opting to convert Folds' house into a home studio and track the album there. "It just felt right to do it at home," Folds told Drop D. "You aren't aware of the rules you're breaking at home. You turn the recorders and mikes on and just start playing. We didn't want to approach the album like, 'We're on a major label now, so let's make a lobotomized, hugely blown-up version of our first record that would sound good on modern rock radio.' We wanted to make a record that sounded good to us."
Sharing the boards with local producer Caleb Southern, the band set about filling that brief by assembling a dozen-song set that ran the gamut presented on the Ben Folds Five LP while going a step further. The Five's sound remained substantially the same at its core, with Folds' vocals and piano leading Jessee and Sledge's rhythm section, but they'd undeniably matured between releases. At home with a profanity-laced uptempo track or a tender ballad, the group sharpened its compositional weapons, juggling irony and honesty with equal aplomb.
After toying with a handful of potential names for the new record, the band settled on a title that perfectly summed up the half-shrug, half-hug of its musical outlook: Whatever and Ever Amen. Released March 18, 1997, Whatever showed off the Five's growth with its opening four tracks, jumping from the percussive snark of opener "One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces" to the lilting post-breakup lament of "Fair" and the heavy regret of "Brick" — then right back around to the proudly immature jilted lover's anthem "Song for the Dumped."
All in all, it wasn't the most commercial album Epic released in 1997, but the Ben Folds Five's tunefully left-of-center sound was right for the time. Folds' sweet vocals and hummable tunes hooked listeners disaffected by the grunge wave earlier in the decade, and the lack of affectation in the band's sound fit in with a younger generation of emerging rock acts. After Whatever scored a few modest modern rock hits, "Brick" gave them their first — and, to date, last — Top 40 hit on the way to spurring a million in sales.
In the late '90s, a platinum record wasn't necessarily the huge deal it is in today's diminished music industry, but the breakthrough the Ben Folds Five experienced with Whatever and Ever Amen was still enough to nudge the fledgling group off its axis. Emboldened by its success to branch out creatively, they further tested their boundaries with the follow-up effort, 1999's The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner — and when that album failed to match the sales or radio success of its predecessor, the band splintered before finishing their fourth LP.
Still, even as Folds went on to an eclectic and periodically acclaimed solo career, the alchemy he'd created with Jessee and Sledge remained a touchstone for a generation of fans, and calls for a reunion never really went away. After roughly a decade apart, they finally managed to find their way back together for a tour and a new album, 2012's Top 10 The Sound of the Life of the Mind. While they drifted back into hiatus after wrapping up their promotional obligations for that LP, that belated second act proved their bond remained strong — as did the sonic template they explored with Whatever and Ever Amen.
"We were doing something that no one else was doing," Folds reflected years later in conversation with Paste. "I'm moving a baby grand piano around in a van. Someone had to step up and take a real piano into punk rock clubs. There's always a rocker on the piano every decade. There was nobody doing it at the time. So that was us. We did it."
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Around the links: a local golf roundup
Geoff Ballog shows off a 9 1/2-pound bass he pulled from Lake Placid.
Placid Lakes ladies play scramble series
Members of the Placid Lakes Women's Golf Association turned out for a Scramble Tuesday, Oct. 22. Von Lacy teamed with Karen Wallin, Pat Haas and Handan Schneider to win the event with a score of 61.2. Taking second, at 63.1, was the foursome of Sue Mackey, Carol Olsen, Narola Rosenberg and Joan Sniffen. The third-place team consisted of Rose Hunter, Bobbie Miller and Jeanne Ransom. They came around the course with a combined card of 63.5.
Sue Mackey was closest-to-the-pin at hole number 11, her shot coming to rest just 2 feet, 6 inches from the cup.
Placid Lakes men play one, two best ball format
The Men's Golf Association of Placid Lakes organized a "One Best Ball Odd Holes/Two Best Ball Even Holes" tournament for its membership Wednesday, Oct. 23. John Goble, Russ Isaacs and Bud Snyder comprised the winning team with a score of -19. Second place went to Frank Fisher, Bob Sheets and Howard Ticknor with their card of -18. Tom Lacy, Ed Bartusch and Gene Ransom shot -13 to take third.
Tom Lacy had the closest-to-the-pin honors at hole number 11 at 14 feet, 2 inches.
Placid Lakes to host two golf tournaments
Placid Lakes Country Club will host two tournaments this week. On Thursday, Oct. 31, there will be a Halloween Scramble which is open to the public.
Saturday, the club will be open for the Elks Club's Southwest Central District 2-13 Annual Golf Tournament, a four-person scramble format with an entry fee of $60 per person. This tournament is also open to the public. Contact Rich at the proshop at 863-465-1626 for more information or to enter either event.


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[MobilePRwire.com] Palo Alto, CA - MVE Systems Inc., is announcing the update of its recently released Electronics Virtual Smart Book (VSB) version 1.03. The new version of Electronics VSB is now available and packed with more content: 10 lessons that range from the basic concepts of electronics and electricity, circuits, diagrams, to common electronic components and how they work, to building electronic projects.
It is designed to help students understand the knowledge and concept behind anything that's electricity-driven, as well as a tool for teachers seeking new techniques through engaging videos, high quality motion graphics and animation, comprehensive quizzes and interactive laboratory exercises.
Eric Manalac, the Chief Technology Officer of MVE Systems, Inc., invites fellow students and educators to check out the enhanced version that can be viewed from home on desktop or anywhere from phones or mobile devices. "You don't have to be a math whiz to take this course. The lessons provided here are meant for those who don't know where to begin." says Manalac.
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Olsen twins named Best Dressed Sisters
The former childhood stars beat out Beyonce and her singer sister Solange Knowles for the honour.
Defending the publication's choice, Vogue executive Mark Holgate tells Reuters, "Are there any more chic, stylish, cool, and original sisters than Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen? They are incredibly stylish… Look at what they've done with (their fashion labels) The Row and Elizabeth and James. They are legitimate fashion forces."
Also making the exclusive list were acting duo Dakota and Elle Fanning, British royal Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge and her sister Pippa Middleton, and The Social Network star Rooney Mara and her actress sister Kate.


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This release is a small update on the previous release, but adds extra functionality and marks a significant change in the underlying code. For the first time it is possible to use the Save All command to save the skin file. It is only a short step to creating complete skin files and already a basic skin has been created and demonstrated.
Since it has been over a year since the last release you may have assumed that this project had died. This is far from the case. Time has been limited due to work on another project 'Programming With wxDev-C++'. This has filled many hours since last summer. Also University has consumed some of my time, plus a demanding work schedule. Enough about me though and on to the project.
Today sees the first release in over a year. This time there are many changes and finally the project reach the stage in the roadmap when it can be called 0.3.0. So what are the major changes?... read more
Announcing a new release of SkinDoc2. This release is leading into version 0.3. Many new features have been added, some visible, some not so visible. Soon we will be able you a tool that accomplishes all that is at present only offered.
After a quiet patch during which coding has been quietly progressing, the next release of the visual designer is due soon. Code should be submitted to the cvs in the next couple of weeks and followed soon after by the actual release.
Visual designer now includes embedded form similar to delphi this allows you to see exactly how the finished window will look.
A new event subsystem is in design to allo the different parts of the IDE to communicate effectively. This means that changes made in the property grid will be reflected in the visual design window, etc.... read more
The CVS code for WMZOpen has been updated in preparation for the next release. The major enhancement in this release is Play and Stop buttons for the .wav 'viewer'.
This week has seen the first update to the website. This update is the introduction of a forum. Powered by PHPBB it is hoped that this will allow users of our software to file suggestions, bugs and reature requests.
There are also forums for users to post their own skin building tutorials and offer help.
Any enhancements you wish to see made to the forums just ask.
The recent commits to the CVS follow the decision to incorporate the guidelines mentioned in wxGuide to this peice of software.
It is hoped that by following the guidelines the program making up the SkinDoc2 suite will be easier for our users to adopt.
Today marks the launch of the SkinDoc2 project. The aim of the project is to provide a suite of tools for developers of skins.
The primary focus of this project will be to support Windows Media Player skins, but this will extend to support other media players.
Using wxWidgets as the GUI toolkit will allow programs created by this project to be compiled on a variety of different platforms which will make them accessible to the greatest amount of users possible.... read more
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Being injured during the business end of New Zealand's campaign to win the World Cup on home soil left Dan Carter feeling like he had missed out, and the All Blacks flyhalf is eager to amend that at next year's tournament in Britain.
A member of New Zealand's unsuccessful 2003 and 2007 World Cup teams, Carter suffered a groin injury before the All Blacks' final group match against Canada in 2011 and had to watch from the sidelines as his team swept to their second Webb-Ellis trophy.
"Having been involved in three World Cups and had injuries, or parts of the World Cups that haven't gone so well for me personally... so I have achieved a lot in my career but the personal satisfaction of fulfilment of achieving what I want in a World Cup, I haven't had that," Carter said in comments published by Fairfax Media on Thursday.
"It does add as motivation - 2015 is not far away now and I'm giving myself the best opportunity now to be a part of the All Blacks side playing at the World Cup."
Like All Blacks captain Richie McCaw, a team mate at his provincial Crusaders club, Carter is taking a sabbatical to recharge the batteries and will miss New Zealand's June internationals against England.
He hopes to return through club-grade rugby and re-join the Crusaders for the latter part of the Super Rugby season before breaking back into the All Blacks side for the southern hemisphere Rugby Championship with Australia, South Africa and Argentina.
"Obviously the World Cup is a big focus for us now, it's only a year and a half away now," said Carter, one of the best flyhalves to play the game.
"No team has won back-to-back World Cups - that's a goal for us and something we'd love to achieve. But there's a lot of hard work to go before we can achieve that." – Reuters


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How AI will impact marketing and the customer experience
Jeremy Waite, Evangelist at IBM Watson, kicked off speaking at a recent DMA event by highlighting the fact that by 2019 there will be 1m new devices coming online every hour.
With so much smart tech in the hands of consumers, will we end up marketing to machines or algorithms?
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Which trends are changing the way marketers engage with global customers?
Every marketing team in every organisation is having to deal with a furious pace of change in all areas of business.
Customer behaviour, technology, media, data analysis, the way we connect and interact with one another and companies… All these trends are evolving exponentially, but not necessarily at the same speed or in the same way in every territory.
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15 essential best practice tips for social customer service
Over the past 18 months I've hosted over 30 events on social customer service, featuring brands such as eBay, Citibank and British Gas.
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Summer is the season for live events like concerts, baseball games, music festivals and more.
Previously seen as simply a one-way advertising opportunity, mobile's ability to facilitate a conversation with consumers has transformed live events into a key component of cross-channel marketing efforts.
This allows for consumers to become part of the event - whether in person or watching it on television. However, just like any program, a campaign built around a live event requires preparation that identifies goals and key messages to ensure it's a measurable success.
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35+ interesting stats from Econsultancy's Q2 2013 reports
The first week of July heralds not only the second week of Wimbledon and the start of Henley Regatta, but also the beginning of Q3.
That means it's the perfect time to take a glance back at some of the interesting reports that our excellent research team published in Q2.
The topics include customer engagement, content management, personalisation, email marketing and web analytics.
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Content management systems are failing to deliver on brand expectations: report
Just 38% of businesses believe that their content management system (CMS) helps to deliver a brand-enhancing digital presence, according to the latest Econsultancy/Adobe Quarterly Digital Intelligence Briefing.
The report also shows that nearly all (87%) respondents stated that a CMS should help them to improve user and customer engagement, while 78% said it should help to build the brand though positive experiences.
But despite a widespread grasp of the fundamental role played by a CMS in delivering great experiences, the reality is that all too often the technology is actually the problem rather than the solution.
The report, entitled 'From Content Management to Customer Experience Management', is based on a web content management survey of more than 1,000 business professionals spanning marketing, web development and other business departments, carried out in March 2013.
Social customer service: a best practice checklist
This week I went to Manchester to speak at O2's first Marketing Matters event, which was attended by key contacts from the brand's top 50 partners that sell to and manage business customers.
The group had asked for input on social, since they highlighted this as the most important aspect of their marketing plans for the next year. This is interesting in itself, but hardly surprising.
What was heartening however, was that my session covered social customer service. This is something we've covered steadily since last April, with pitches now regularly heading our way full of research into its growth.
In my experience, when that happens, it means that marketing teams have realised that they can get some PR mileage from a study into this 'new trend' – and that means a trend has become more than that. It means it's actually happening.
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