Pirates: Ford still confident Poole can plunder play-off berth

Pirates: Ford still confident Poole can plunder play-off berth

7:00am Monday 29th July 2013 in Sport By Ian Wadley

MATT Ford insists Pirates can boost their Elite League points tally at Belle Vue tonight as they bid to maintain their remarkable play-off push.

Pirates have overcome a series of major injury problems this year to remain in the race for a place in the end-of-season silverware showdown.

After losing Robert Miskowiak early on, Pirates have also had to cope without Darcy Ward, Tomas H Jonasson and Chris Holder for extended periods in 2013.

But with legendary two-times world champion Greg Hancock replacing stricken skipper Holder and Ward and Jonasson back to fitness, Poole now have high hopes.

Ahead of tonight?s trip to Belle Vue, Pirates are three points behind fourth-placed Lakeside and two ahead of King?s Lynn, although both have a meeting in hand.

Poole promoter Ford told the Daily Echo: ?We know the last place is between King?s Lynn, Lakeside and ourselves. We have ridden more matches than both of those clubs but having said that, they have got to ride each other twice and we have also got to face Lakeside at home and away.

?I certainly feel that we need to go to Belle Vue and score something and all being well, with Greg in the team, I believe we can certainly achieve that.

?We genuinely need some good fortune rather than bad. We are still in there fighting, which is quite incredible, given our injury problems this year.?

While Pirates are hoping Hancock?s paperwork will be completed in time for the trip north, they are set to be boosted by the return of Jonasson following chest, rib, shoulder and collarbone injuries.

Pirates star Maciej Janowski will feature after scoring 10 points in the first European Championship final on Saturday.

Belle Vue: (from) Cook, A Dryml, R/R for Nieminen, Ostergaard, Wolbert, Zagar, Zetterstrom.

Pirates: (from) Dyer, Grajczonek, Hancock, Janowski, Jonasson, Tungate, Ward.

Source: http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/10577002.Pirates__Ford_still_confident_Poole_can_plunder_play_off_berth/?ref=rss

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wildsting: The Black Privilege Checklist

Peggy McIntosh wrote a White Privilege Checklist which I found ridiculous.? In order to paint a clearer picture of my reality and the reality of the silent majority (whites and black conservatives), I decided to compile a black privilege checklist.? Viola:

1??? 1. Affirmative action

2 ?? 2.? Black only scholarships

3??? 3. SSI

4??? 4. TANF

5??? 5. No Child Left Behind

6??? 6. Censorship

7 ?? 7.? Hate crime legislation

8??? 8. Usage of nigger versus cracker (or faggot, bitch, ho, cunt, dirty Jew, chink, etc.)

9 ?? 9.? Obamacare

1?? 10. Medicaid

1?? 11. Food stamps

1?? 12. Publicly funded school lunches

L?? 13. Low income/HUD housing

1?? 14.?? SSDI

1?? 15.?? Black only organizations, including: National Association of Black sin Criminal Justice, The National Association of Black Journalist, National Association of black Owned Broadcasters, National Association of Equal Opportunity in Higher Education, Conference of Minority Public Administrators, Black Psychiatrists of America, Black Causes of the American Library Association, American Association of Blacks n Energy, National Back Media Coalition, National Black Police Association, National Black Staff Network, National Coalition of Black meeting planner, National Conference of Black Mayor, National Council of Black Engineers and Scientists, National Forum for Black Public Administrators, and the National Minority Supplier Development Council

1?? 16.?? Diversity management/training including the Roosevelt Thomas?s Institute or Managing Diversity 1994 conference, which cost $1,500 a head

1?? 17.?? Discrimination lawsuits

1?? 18.?? Over-representation in the media in positive roles

1 ? 19.?? Redistricting/proportional representation

2?? 20.?? Afrocentric schools including Marcus Garvey Elementary School

2?? 21.?? Afrocentric curricula at predominantly white school

2?? 22.?? High self-esteem

2?? 23.?? Fewer body image issues

2?? 24.?? Versatility of hair styles

2?? 25.?? Multiculturalism

2?? 26.?? Anti-colonial or Third World Scholarship

2?? 27.?? Deconstructionism

2?? 28.?? Busing

2?? 29.?? Civil Rights Establishment lawsuits/shakedowns including the $90 million discrimination lawsuit against Lucky Stores for having their employees compile a list of minority stereotypes

3?? 30.?? Proliferation of the cool-pose/hip hop culture

3 ? 31.?? Solidarity, the one-drop rule

3?? 32.?? Aggressive temperament, black rage, white guilt

3?? 33.?? Anti-racist groups including: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), People for the American Way, and American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), National Conference of Black Mayors, National Black Caucus of State Legislators, Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), National Action Network, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, and the National Education Association

3?? 34.? ?Exaggerated accusations of racism?

3?? 35.?? Rigging of standardized tests including: Scholastic Aptitude/Assessment Test (SAT), Law School Admissions Test (LSAT), Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT), Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, Graduate Record Exams (GRE), Foreign Service Entrance Exam, General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) (used for job references), ACT, and MCAT

3? 36.?? Remedial training, costing $30 billion a year

3? 37.?? Backing of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), who could care less about white or Asian grievances

3? 38.?? Popularity of black hate groups/philosophies, including Nation of Islam and melanin theory (a theory that the black race is more evolved than the white race)

4 40.?? All attempts at a dialogue on race becoming one-sided, with hostility on the part of black liberals and leftists who then dominate the conversation

As you can hopefully glean, my list has many more important elements in it than McIntosh?s dopey list.? What would you rather do: lament the dearth of flesh-colored Band-Aids and the difficulty of isolating yourself, or consider yourself fortunate and empathize with your fellow Americans for once, the few whites who are willing to speak up about this?

Source: http://wildsting.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-black-privilege-checklist.html

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Five questions that will be answered by UFC on Fox 8

The UFC returns to network television with Saturday's UFC on Fox 8 bouts. What will we learn from these fights? Check it out.

Can flyweights put on a bout people will want to watch? Small fighters usually have more energy in the cage. Their technique is usually better because they can't rely on muscling their opponents. They fly around the octagon with speed heavyweights and light heavyweights can only dream of. But is that enough to get people to tune in? Saturday's card is headlined by a flyweight title bout between Demetrious Johnson and John Moraga. Will you tune in?

Is Jake Ellenberger deserving of a welterweight title shot? He has just one loss in his last eight fights. His last win was a memorable knockout of Nate Marquardt, but it wasn't enough to earn a title shot. On Saturday, he's facing off with Rory MacDonald. With an impressive win, Ellenberger can get closer to the UFC belt. Will he get it?

Can Liz Carmouche rebound from her loss to Ronda Rousey? For her first UFC fight, Liz Carmouche was under an intense spotlight. As one of the first two women to fight in the UFC, she was expected to put on a thrilling fight. She delivered, but lost to current bantamweight champ Rousey. Now she will fight Jessica Andrade in a slightly lower-profile fight. Will Carmouche get her first UFC win?

Was Robbie Lawler's win over Josh Koscheck a fluke? At UFC 157, Lawler earned a Knockout of the Night bonus for his first-round KO of Koscheck. But after years of inconsistent fighting in Strikeforce, did the knockout win mean Lawler is a true contender? We will find out as he takes on Bobby Voelker on Saturday.

Is this Melvin Guillard's last fight in the UFC? Guillard is 1-4 in his last five fights. He admits not only is he lucky to still have a place in the UFC, but only has it because he took the fight with Donald Cerrone. If he doesn't beat Danzig, he doesn't expect to have a job.

"I've got one foot in [the UFC] and one foot out, but I'll be damned if I let both feet get kicked out. Right now, I'm fighting for my job. I'm not going to get cut from the UFC. I'll die in that ring on July 27th before I let Danzig take my job from me," Guillard told ESPN.

Will that determination be enough for a win, or is this the last fight in the UFC for Guillard, who debuted with the promotion in 2008?

Check out Cagewriter on Facebook and Twitter for more UFC on Fox 8 discussion.

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European court says Russia's Khodorkovsky case not political

STRASBOURG (Reuters) - A European court ruled on Thursday Russia had a legitimate case against ex-oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and business partner Platon Lebedev over alleged tax fraud, rejecting suggestions it had been political motivated.

But the European Court of Human Rights found that their trial had been unfair and that their 2005 sentencing to a remote jail near the Arctic Circle was unjustified.

Khodorkovsky, a staunch critic of President Vladimir Putin and once Russia's richest man, was arrested in 2003 and handed alongside Lebedev 13 years jail on charges of multi-million dollar tax evasion and money laundering.

"Charges against two Russian business executives had a sound basis, but the hearing of their case was unfair, and their placement in remote penal colonies unjustified," the Strasbourg-based court said.

Judges from the court ordered Moscow to pay 10,000 euros ($13,200) to Khodorkovsky in damages.

The punishment, which in December was reduced by two years allowing the two men to walk free in October 2014, was seen by supporters as a politically-motivated act of revenge.

Thirteen people have been freed so far as part of an amnesty for Russia's jailed entrepreneurs intended to correct failures in Russia's legal system, which has often seen entrepreneurs jailed on trumped-up charges.

However it applies only to those who have been convicted once and agree to repay damages - ruling out Khodorkovsky, who was convicted of fraud again in 2010.

Khodorkovsky, now 50, was one of the young tycoons who built fortunes after the Soviet Union's 1991 collapse.

Both sides have three months to appeal the court's decision.

(Reporting By Gilbert Reilhac; writing by John Irish; editing by Mark John)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/european-court-says-russias-khodorkovsky-case-not-political-100040092.html

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IMF explains itself on Argentine debt case

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The International Monetary Fund today tried to justify why it reversed course on filing a brief at the US Supreme Court on the Argentine Debt case, saying that the institution?s political neutrality was at stake. During a press briefing in Washington, IMF spokesman William Murray told reporters that it wouldn?t have been appropriate "at this stage" to file a brief without ... ...

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Mayor?s Fitness Council winners named for 2013

Mayor Julian Castro has announced the winners of the 2013 Healthy Heroes Campaign.

Mayor Julian Castro has announced the winners of his Fitness Council?s 2013 Healthy Heroes Campaign.

These seven winners will represent the Mayor?s Fitness Council by promoting and encouraging healthy living at home and their workplaces.

The seven Healthy Heroes were chosen from 151 nominations that were submitted across San Antonio.

? Cesar Canizalez won in the youth individual health and fitness improvement ? weight loss category. In order to maintain an active lifestyle in high school, Canizalez plays band at Churchill High School.

? Sarah Cazares won in the adult individual health and fitness improvement category. She completed half marathons and the tower climb all with lower lung capacity due to cystic fibrosis.

? Ivan Bermejo won in the youth peer health and fitness influence category. He helped overhaul the school lunch program at Edison High School to introduce more fruit and vegetable and whole grain options.

? Irma Garcia won in the adult peer health and fitness influence category. She volunteers and mentors co-workers at Baptist Medical Center to participate in healthy activities in the workplace.

? Makayla and Alyssa Esparza won in the youth community health and fitness influence category. These two elementary school sisters established Fitness FUNatics as a way to encourage neighborhood children to exercise in a fun, safe environment.

? Irma Bijarro won in the adult community health and fitness influence category. Bijarro participated in a city program to sell more fruits and vegetables at corner stores but also went a step further by eliminating the sale of beer and cigarettes at her Westside store.

James Aldridge oversees online content of the newspaper; edits and reports stories for the online edition.

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