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At least a dozen children in need will receive bicycles this Christmas, mostly thanks to the efforts of officers and staff at the Thomasville Police Department.
At least a dozen children in need will receive bicycles this Christmas, mostly thanks to the efforts of officers and staff at the Thomasville Police Department.
For the past several years, the department has repaired and fixed up old bicycles that were either stolen or abandoned in the city, to later donate to charities. This year, the department donated 12 bicycles to the Salvation Army, which will in turn use them as part of The Dispatch's Empty Stocking Fund drive.
"We get a lot of calls where someone will go out and find a bike on their property, and we will go out and collect them," said Capt. Darren Smith of the Thomasville Police Department. "Every year, right before Christmas, we pick through the ones that are usable and fix them up to donate."
Smith said the bikes they choose to donate are those that have never been picked up or reported. He said while they are used, they are also workable and functional.
"If someone does not have the means or resources to give a child a bike, they can get one for free," Smith said.
Since 1981, the Empty Stocking Fund has provided assistance to families and children during the holidays. More than $34,000 went to help families this past year, with donations from community members and businesses.
More than 800 families have applied for assistance again this year, and about 1,600 children on the list to receive presents.
Donation forms for the Empty Stocking Fund run periodically in The Dispatch and can also be sent in on a sheet of paper. All donations should be mailed to The Dispatch, Empty Stocking Fund, P.O. Box 908, Lexington, NC 27293 or delivered to the office at 30 E. First Ave. Checks should be made out to the Empty Stocking Fund.
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In memory of my granddaughter, Kristi Wafford, by Bobby Wafford, $10
In honor of our siblings and their spouses: Lee and Theresa Athay, Webb and Barbara Athay, Irvin and Lisa Myers, Joyce and Mike Boyles and Donald and Fran Myers, by Charles and Marcia Myers, $50
In honor of our nephews and nieces: Miranda and Melinda Athay, Danielle and Billy Joe Athay, Darren and Sara Hanks, Angie McFarland, Julie Boyles, and Travis and Steven Myers, by Charles and Marcia Myers, $50
In honor of Gib and Jean Parlier and Edith Myers by Charles, Marcia and Nathan Myers, $50
In memory of Hubert Myers and Billy Joe Athay by Charles, Marcia and Nathan Myers, $50
In honor of Nathan Myers by Charles and Marcia Myers, $50
In memory of Charlie McKinney by Ann and Gilmer Phillips, $50
In memory of Corp. Greenberry Halsey, 1842-1919, 51 VA Inf., CSA by J. Glenn Vickers, $25
In honor of Donald Charles Harrelson by Deborah Harrelson, $50
Anonymous, $200
In honor of Aileen Myers, Wyatt Stewart, Rick Snider, Bill Jones and Jason Israel by Paul's Chapel Church, $150
In honor of Earl Blanton by Lester and Ann Darr and Jeri D. Price, $35
In memory of our parents, Paul and Irene Streetman, and brother, Bruce Streetman, $25
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Though Frankfurters are proud of their past, they are a contemporary breed. Revel in boutique bars, quality restaurants, galleries – and check out the excellent collection of American Pop Art and Minimalism in Museum of Modern Art. There is much more to Frankfurt than business conferences and 'Manhattan' high-rises. Stroll the atmospheric streets past the decadent facade of the Alte Oper and the timber-framed Römer square that appears genuinely medieval, though both are 1980s reconstructions of buildings destroyed during World War II.
Renowned writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born in Frankfurt in 1749.
Stroll alongside the Main river and see the grand museums like the Städel – containing more of Frankfurt's historic riches. Wrap up the day in Frankfurt's major party district Sachsenhausen. Here, revellers guzzle locally-fermented apfelwein and native Riesling. Both are surprisingly enjoyable – just like Frankfurt itself.
Frankfurter sausages do indeed come from Frankfurt, where they have been produced since the 13th century.
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I was doing little research and realized that SDSU only beat two teams with winning records this year and both were service academies (Air Force, Navy). The rest of SDSU's wins this past season came against teams with final records of 4-7, 2-10, 4-8, 1-11, 3-9, 3-9, and 2-11. After seeing this, my excitement from this afternoon's press conference vanished.
I still will support any man who is the coach of Michigan, but this has caused me to revert back to pre-press conference feelings of uncontrollable nervousness. That said, Go Blue!!


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McHENRY – More than 60 bicyclists and walkers raised more than $12,000 in the fifth annual Pedal (or Walk!) for PADS event Sept. 15 at Moraine Hills State Park.
The money will go to help maintain McHenry County PADS homeless services, a program of Pioneer Center for Human Services.
"We are so grateful to the men, women and children that came out, giving of their time, to help PADS serve the homeless of McHenry County as well as aid in the fight to end homelessness," Larry Ferrarini, event chairman, said in a news release.
The fundraiser included a raffle and a bike parade, in which children decorated their bikes with streamers and balloons. Live music was by Courtney Reinhard and Jeremy Bates.
Taking competition to a new level, two participants went head-to-head to see who could out-do the other in collecting pledges.Bob Smith and Robert Nottoli collectively raised more than $2,400 for PADS.
The title sponsor was Mercy Health System and additional sponsors were Sage Products, RFP Photography, First Midwest Bank, MAC Automation Concepts, Baird & Warner and The Bike Haven.
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Just two days after being picked to finish sixth in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation, the UC Santa Barbara men's water polo team has garnered a national ranking of No. 7 in the Collegiate Water Polo Association Coaches Preseason Poll, which was issued on Wednesday.
The Gauchos' No. 7 ranking is not all that shocking of a prediction as they finished seventh in the poll last season. Cal, UCLA, Stanford, USC and UC Irvine rank first through fifth, respectively, as they did in the MPSF poll. Loyola Marymount, which is a member of the Western Water Polo Association, is ranked sixth.
UCSB earned 71 points in the poll, trailing LMU by three points and coming in three points ahead of No. 8 Pepperdine. All nine of the MPSF schools rank among the nation's top-10, further displaying the conference's dominance.
The Gauchos return several key players from their 2009 campaign including All-Americans Milos Golic and Zsombor Vincze.
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Even as Vita starts picking up steam, Sony is still haunted by the rampant piracy of the PSP. While Sony has upped its efforts on making the Vita a more secure platform, it appears that offering backwards compatibility with the PSP is biting Sony yet again. According to a new report, exploits that allow hackers to run homebrew software have been discovered in two downloadable PSP games: MotorStorm Arctic Edge and Hot Shots Tennis.
"PlayStation hackers have claimed that both titles allow a software trick to be used that gives access to the handheld's core functionality," Edge reports. Through the exploit, homebrew programs like Lamecraft can be run on the Vita:
Homebrew programmer W. Ololo noted that both games have disappeared from the PlayStation Store, suggesting Sony is actively monitoring these developments. While any exploit will be worrisome to Sony and any third-party/indie Vita developer, he emphasizes that the exploit "does not allow people to pirate any PSP or Vita games... People who actually tried to use HBL's source code in order to run pirated games never succeeded in its 2 years of existence, and let me tell you that many have tried."


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We already knew about a large gulf between the internal storage of the Wii U's Basic and Deluxe models: 8 GB versus 32 GB. But Nintendo has revealed another wrinkle to the decision. After accounting for the firmware and the potentially large size of full digital games, space is probably going to run out rather quickly, especially for Basic users.
A new Nintendo Direct (via Kotaku) breaks down the details. As a starting point, the Basic has 7.2 GB of memory after formatting, compared to 29 GB for the Deluxe. But setting up (account data, etc) will take up 4.2 GB on its own, leaving the Basic at 3 GB of usable memory, and the Deluxe at 25 GB.
You can probably see the problem emerging. A game like New Super Mario U is doable on either system, taking up only a slight 2 GB of space. But at 3.2 GB, Nintendo Land won't fit on the Basic at all. That case is particularly problematic since the Basic is the set that doesn't come with Nintendo Land on a disc anyway. The Wii U disc capacity is up to 25 GB, which means that if a game takes full advantage of the disc storage, buying it digitally would use up all the space on your Deluxe.
The good news is you can use USB hard drives. If you have a USB flash drive, it's probably best to use it for storage of games you aren't actively playing. Plug-in hard drives will work fine, but a portable hard drive that needs a power source will require a Y-cable.
Simple, right? This all sounds a bit too confusing for the casual market that made the Wii a smash success. If managing storage space on the console is unwieldy, it might be hard for Nintendo to get them back.


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INTERNATIONAL. At first glance you'd be forgiven for thinking that a marketing brochure for an Islamic credit card must be some kind of elaborate hoax. But banks in the region are now making such seemingly impossible concepts a reality
We all know the arguments in favour of credit cards: "it enables me to spread payment for large purchases;" "it's too dangerous to carry cash;" "sometimes a card is a prerequisite for transactions such as Internet purchases and rental collateral". The problem for Muslim consumers, of course, is that the whole concept of the conventional credit card is unacceptable on religious grounds. Interest payments made when the outstanding balance is not repaid in full are Riba payments, and therefore forbidden in Islam.
Despite this clear-cut position, there are various grey areas of interpretation that enable some Muslims to align credit card usage with their religious beliefs. For example, if one commits to paying off the balance every month and therefore never utilises the credit option of the card, then one can say that Riba is being avoided and thus the card is Halal.
As Islamic scholars such as Shariffa Carlo Al Andalusia have discussed when debating such interpretations, however, this argument still doesn't hold water since the signing of a credit card agreement is the signing of an agreement to pay Riba should the cardholder fail to make every repayment in full and on time. Since no human can either know what the future holds or guarantee their own infallibility, such scholars say, then Muslims cannot enter into any contract that promises that they can.
From the card issuer's point of view, therefore, several problems become instantly obvious. Not only will the bank make little or no revenue from a credit card if the balance is repaid in full, but in religious terms it will be colluding in the commitment of sin if it arranges and signs a contract wherein a Muslim agrees to pay Riba in the case of non-payment of the balance. Quite apart from that, the extension of credit with a view to making profit is not a Qard Hassan loan, and thus is unacceptable in religious terms for the creditor as well as the borrower.
Religious and commercial questions remain
Despite this daunting and complex problem, banks have tallied up the market of some 250 million Muslims in Middle East, North Africa and Asia who want and need financing options, and several have decided that this is an opportunity too great to pass up on. Some banks have reacted to this situation by offering credit cards that aren't credit cards at all in a conventional sense. The Dubai Islamic Bank, as just one example, offers a Visa Classic Card but then debits the balance automatically from the holder's current or savings account every month.
In effect this is a debit card, as officially no credit is extended to the consumer and so no injunctions against Riba have been broken. The consumer may get a short-term loan in practice, for example if he purchases an item at the beginning of the month and the payment is not debited until the end of the month, but that is a matter of bank administration rather than any deliberate contract to loan funds with a view to paying interest on them.
This example, of course, does not look very profitable for the bank. A membership fee can be charged for the service provided by the card, but otherwise it is more of a value-added service to account holders than a significant retail revenue stream. As a result, banks that are keen to offer a fully-functional and profitable Islamic credit card have been unsatisfied with the debit card alone and so have sought ingenious ways of constructing Sharia-compliant card agreements and repayment structures. These structures one might very loosely describe as falling into either the Asian school of thought or the Gulf school of thought.
The Asian solution
Launched in December 2001, the Al Taslif Credit Card from AmBank in Malaysia (formerly the Arab Malaysian Banking Group) works off the Sharia principle of Bai' Al Inah that covers instalment repayments over a fixed period. Cardholders are charged 1.25% per month or 15% per annum on the outstanding balance, with nothing to pay if the minimum payment requested is made on time. The Bai' Al Inah contract works on the basis of two 'akad' agreements. The first is the bank's agreement to sell an item to the customer at an agreed price, with the second agreement covering the customer selling back to the bank at a lower price. The difference is the bank's profit on the transaction and is a predetermined amount.
Though a percentage repayment is being made, this differs from conventional structures in that payment of the minimum balance only does not trigger interest repayments for the outstanding balance. Just from spending on the card, consumers are also helping charities via the AmBonus scheme. For every RM100 (US$26) spent on the Al Taslif card, an AmBonus of RM1 (around US$0.26) is earned that goes to pay off the annual card fee. Once that fee has been repaid, however, all future AmBonus points are donated to charities by the bank.
More recently, Bank Islam Malaysia launched its Bank Islam Card (BIC) on 23 July 2002, the name of the product deliberately avoiding the word 'credit'. The bank claims that this card, available in MasterCard Classic or Gold, is the first credit card to be based on Sharia contracts and that is thus free from Riba or Gharar (uncertainty) due to the fact that the maximum profit earned is declared up front. BIC also has the distinction of being the first EMV Smart chip card issued in Malaysia.
The bank says that this card works off a combination of three Sharia contracts: Bai' Al Inah (as for AmBank's Al Taslif card), Wadiah and Qard Hassan. Once an initial Bai' Al Inah transaction has taken place, the item nominally transacted being "a piece of land" according to the bank, the proceeds of the second transaction are transferred into the customer's Wadiah BIC account at the bank.
The customer can then use the BIC card to make payments with the collateral all coming from the funds in the Wadiah account. Finally the Qard Hassan contract is activated if the cardholder wants to spend more than the funds available in the Wadiah account and the bank agrees to make more funds available on an interest-free basis. The bank's Chairman, Datuk Mohammed Youssef Nasir, says that Bank Islam will have targeted some 55,000 banking consumers with the BIC card by late 2004.
"The extension of credit with a view to making profit is not a Qard Hassan loan and thus is unacceptable in religious terms for the creditor as well as the borrower"
The more stringent Gulf view
Critics of solutions such as the two above say that the Bai' Al Inah contract is ethically flimsy when applied in this manner as the sale transacted is a fake sale and thus just a means of masking Riba. As is the case with matters of Sharia-compliance, judgements are based on the Sharia board of each financial institution and so what may be acceptable to one board may yet be Haram for another. For many Middle East bankers, therefore, the solutions found by the Asian banks are simply not stringent enough in their interpretation of Qu'ranic rules.
One Bahrain-based banker who prefers to remain anonymous believes that the Asian interpretation boils down to an injunction against using the card to purchase Haram items and services, and indeed the BIC card will reject transactions related to bars, gambling, massages and so on for payment. The depth of the Sharia-compliance of the card contracts, he believes, are less important to the banks than the avoidance of involvement in any blatantly Haram transactions.
Whether you feel this is a fair accusation or not, Gulf banks do appear to be taking a different tack in their approach to credit card contracts. In September 2002 Shamil Bank in Bahrain announced the launch of what in the words of Dr Ahmed Fouad Darwish, Head of Research, Planning and Development, he believes to be "the first Islamic credit card to be launched by a bank in Bahrain and probably in the world". The word 'probably' is a fair caveat in this statement, since as has become apparent there are multiple views on what might constitute an Islamic credit card and certainly several claimants to the laurels for launching the first one.
Dr Darwish explains that the development process started with the Shamil Card, effectively a convenience charge card. The bank charged fees to cover administrative and processing costs and the collateral was the balance in the cardholder's account. Progress began, however, when the bank began to see its relationship with the cardholder in terms of guarantees. In the case of the charge card, Dr Darwish says, the customer has guaranteed himself and his purchased with the balance of his deposits, the bank making money purely off the fee structure.
From this viewpoint, the bank was then able to change tactics when exploring the possibility of an Islamic credit card. It decided that the solution to Riba avoidance was to exercise the acceptable right of charging for the provision of a financial guarantee. "There must be cost elements involved in making that guarantee," Dr Darwish explains, "and in honouring the guarantee those costs are staff costs, processing costs and so on". The guarantee system works by agreeing that the card issuer is guaranteeing the cardholder's payment to the acquirer in any transaction undertaken. That guarantee holds sway in the time lag between the issuer's payment and the acquirer's receipt of funds.
The result of this research is the Al Rubban MasterCard, available in Bahraini Dinars, Saudi Riyals or US Dollars. No Wadiah deposit is required as the collateral comes from a direct salary transfer rather than a balance. The payment system works by treating total card spend during any given month as being payable over 12 monthly instalments. So, for a balance generated of BD100 (US$380), 12 equal monthly instalments of BD8.34 (US$21.95) will be due. The revenue comes from a 5% fee for the provision of the guarantee and administrative costs that is levied on the first statement containing the transaction. This fee must be settled by the due date on that statement and there is a fixed fee for cash advances that must also be repaid in full on the due date of that first statement. Dr Darwish adds that the repayment period is set at 12 months for ease and convenience while the card is still being tested in the market, and that the instalment period can be extended. The key point, he says, is that there is no link between the fees charged and the repayment period as in the case for conventional card repayments.
At about the same time that Shamil launched Al Rubban, fellow Bahrain-based institution, ABC Islamic Bank, also released details of its Al Buraq credit card. The bank had firstly set up a subsidiary called the Islamic Credit Card (ICC) company. The issue of Al Buraq cards began with bank employees and corporate clients and is now available to individuals through ICC participating banks.
With the ABC strategy, proliferating the card through multiple markets so as to rapidly earn market share is seen as a high priority. As a result, although ABC has kept US$3 million Class a ICC shares to itself, Mohammed Buqais, General Manager of ABC Islamic Bank, says that major Islamic banks and financial institutions have been invited to buy ICC Class B shares and thus gain the authority to issue Al Buraq cards to their customer bases in other countries.
Neither Shamil nor ABC Islamic Bank are unique in their investigation of Sharia-compliant cards. Al Rahji Banking & Investment Corporation (ARABIC) in Saudi Arabia, for example, also offers Sharia-approved Visa and MasterCards. The question doesn't appear to be whether Halal credit cards should be created, rather the focus is on exactly how they can be designed to be profitable and cost effective for customers while also being Sharia-compliant.
If the efforts of pioneers such as Shamil and ABC prove a success, we can expect to see more design ingenuity applied to the issue so that the local banks really can meet the demands of local customers, however mountainous the challenge of meeting those needs might at first appear to be.


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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The defending Big West Conference Champion UC Santa Barbara women's basketball team tipped-off the 2012-13 campaign with a 52-39 exhibition win over visiting Vanguard on Monday night in the Thunderdome.
UCSB opened big, jumping out to a 15-0 lead. Vanguard's Esther Timmermans finally got the Lions on the scoreboard with 10:17 on the clock when she scored the first of her four team-leading baskets in the half.
The Gauchos featured a balanced offense in the first half with eight different players scoring. Sweets Underwood – who finished the game with a double-double (10 points, 13 rebounds) – led the way going 3-for-3 from the field with eight total rebounds. Melissa Zornig, meanwhile, dished out five of the Gauchos' eight assists in the opening 20 minutes. She finished the game with six total to go along with eight rebounds and nine points.
Defensively, UCSB limited the Lions' shooting to just 16.1% (5-for-31) from the field in the first half. Vanguard was able to gain some momentum down the stretch as they out-scored the Gauchos, 13-10, in the final eight minutes of the half to cut the UCSB lead to 25-13 heading into the locker rooms.
Vanguard's momentum continued in the early minutes of the second as Nicole Ballestero opened the half with a seven-point run that cut the Gaucho lead to five.
UCSB was able to regain control and climbed out to a 15-point lead with just under five minutes to go. The Lions got no closer than 11 points in the final minutes as the Gauchos cruised to the 52-39 win.
Nicole Nesbit led the Gauchos' offense in the second half, posting 11 of her team-leading 17 points in the final 20 minutes. She also handed out four assists.
For the Lions, Ballestero led the way with 14 total points, 12 of which came in the second half. Timmermans finished with a double-double after collecting 11 rebounds and scoring 12 points.
For the game, UCSB held the Lions to just 22.4% shooting (13-for-58).
"I am not sure of the sure of the score last year and it's a new season, but it's a win," head coach Carlene Mitchell said post game. "We have a lot of work to do, our upperclassman understand that. It's a quiz; Friday will be the real test. We will continue to get better and that's all I ever promise: we will get better game-by-game."
The Gauchos will officially open the 2012-13 campaign at UNLV this Friday, Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. The game will be broadcast live online here. UCSB will return home on Wednesday, Nov. 14 to host New Mexico State at 7 p.m.
In 2012-13, UC Santa Barbara will begin a two-year 35th anniversary celebration of the Thunderdome. The #thunderdome35 celebration includes commemorative 2012-13 season tickets that feature some of the greatest players to ever compete on the Thunderdome court. The players will also be remembered during Gaucho men's and women's basketball home broadcasts as well as on the Gauchos in Thirty television show and online at UCSBgauchos.com.
Season tickets and single game tickets for women's basketball are available at the Ticket Office in the Intercollegiate Athletics Building on campus, by calling 805-893-UCSB (8272) or online by clicking here.


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'A throwback to the bubble era'
Hewlett-Packard's accusations of "serious accounting improprieties" at Autonomy are eerily reminiscent of accounting missteps uncovered over a decade ago at software firms like MicroStrategy, Computer Associates and Lernout & Hauspie.
- HP makes $6b loss, blames 'accounting improprieties'
- 'Britain's Bill Gates' rejects Hewlett Packard claims
"It looks like a throwback to the bubble era," said Jack Ciesielski, publisher of The Analyst's Accounting Observer.
Indeed, the claims made Tuesday suggest that there is something about the nature of the software business that makes it easier for executives to indulge in questionable accounting.
HP contends that Autonomy, the British software firm that it acquired for $US10 billion last year, misclassified revenue, including sales of hardware with sales of software licenses. Investors care far more about software sales, and this alleged strategy made it look as if software was doing better than it was.
The hardware sales were unprofitable, HP says, and accounted for 10 to 15 per cent of Autonomy's revenue before it was purchased. In addition, the company contends that this practice made a measure of profitability called gross margin look stronger than it really was.
Revenue was inflated by other means, HP said. Autonomy also booked revenue too early and when a proper sale hadn't taken place, the company said.
Without the help from allegedly aggressive accounting, Autonomy likely had operating margins of 28 to 30 per cent, rather than 40 to 45 per cent, said Catherine Lesjak, HP's chief financial officer.
'Shocked and surprised'
Mike Lynch, the former chief executive of Autonomy, denies that the company's financial statement were misleading or contained improprieties.
"We were shocked and very surprised because no one had actually been in touch with us," he said.
How companies recognise revenue is critical to analysts who are tracking the performance of software companies. They have learned to watch the process very closely. Both Computer Associates and MicroStrategy had booked revenue prematurely, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission cases at the time.
Analysts focus on a balance-sheet liability called deferred revenue. This is unearned revenue that represents software services that are still owed to clients. When this doesn't keep up with investors' expectations, a software company's shares can fall. As a result, there may be a temptation to make this item look bigger than it was.
'Tug and stretch'
"Revenue recognition has always been difficult with these kinds of companies," Ciesielski said. The problem, he says, is that software contracts bundle different types of sales. That can make it easier to conceal expenses, inflate certain types of revenue and tweak the timing of when revenue is recognised.
"There are different ways to tug and stretch the numbers," he said.
The claims by HP surprised investors, who sent the company's shares down sharply, off 12 per cent on the day.
Even so, some hedge fund investors have been sceptical about Autonomy for a several years and questions about its numbers have bubbled in the marketplace.
"It was dead easy to spot that Autonomy's statements weren't right," said John Hempton, the manager of Bronte Capital, a hedge fund based in Sydney. "The extent of it I didn't know." Hempton aired his suspicions about Autonomy last month in a presentation to an investment forum in New York.
Some were raising questions even earlier. In July 2009, Kynikos Associates, the firm founded by investor Jim Chanos, wrote a detailed report that criticised Autonomy's accounting in ways that now appear prescient.
In its 2009 note, Kynikos said that Autonomy's deferred revenue looked lacklustre. It added that the company may have masked the underperformance with acquisitions.
HP said a whistle-blower came forward in May, prompting it to conduct an internal investigation, which it says turned up the accounting missteps at Autonomy. Its disclosure raises another uncomfortable question: Why HP — and its auditors — could not spot what it now says it has uncovered. HP says two accounting firms failed to catch the alleged ruses.
Opaque books
On a conference call on Tuesday, John F. Schultz, HP's general counsel, said Autonomy kept opaque books.
"Critical documents were missing from the obvious places and it required that we look in every nook and cranny," he said.
It's possible that the company was looking at Autonomy through somewhat rose-colored glasses at the time of the acquisition, putting its desire for growth above the need for thorough due diligence. Autonomy cost $10 billion. HP said Tuesday that it took a charge of more than $5 billion related to the alleged accounting chicanery, though it's not clear exactly how the company arrived at that amount.
Despite everything, Hewlett's chief executive, Meg Whitman, said that Autonomy would still play an important role at her company.
"This will be a growth engine for HP," she said, then added, "Perhaps not as big a growth engine as we originally anticipated."
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GTA IV: Westdyke, near an abandoned mansion in the north-east corner of the map. - Where exactly (Street, or a picture of the map) ??? --Ich binnns 12:52, 30 August 2008 (UTC) [1]
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HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP— The Mercer County Equestrian Center's Fall Festival, a day of free family fun, will be held Sunday, Oct. 28, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
With Halloween right around the corner, youngsters can enjoy hayrides, a scarecrow contest and a costume contest for horses. Children are encouraged to show off their Halloween costume at the festival, and all children dressed in costume will receive a special Halloween treat.
The Fall Festival, at the Mercer County Equestrian Center on Federal City Road, also features fresh apple cider pressing, crafts, a scavenger hunt and games for kids of all ages.
This year, the festival will also hold a Parade of Breeds horse show, highlighting more than a dozen unique horse breeds.
To enter the scarecrow contest, the horse costume contest, or to show your horse in the Parade of Breeds horse show,contact the equestrian center at (609) 730-9059. Scarecrows will be made Thursday, Oct. 25, through Saturday, Oct. 27.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 26th Nov 2005 17:02 UTC, submitted by Megatux
"I followed the debate about a successor for the C/C++ combination as the primary language for developing the GNOME core desktop platform very closely last month. There has been discussion about a number of options. What I would like to do on this page is give an overview how a probably less well-known language might be a viable compromise as a C/C++ successor. This language is called Eiffel and exists for over a decade. Eiffel takes the principle of Object-Oriented programming to its extremes and, as a consequence, is a very easy to learn language."
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RE[2]: Bad idea
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A resume is not a mere list of languages. Eiffel can be a great way to learn design by contract or even object-oriented design.
HR departments don't give a damn about that though. All they know is that their job requires C++ skills (or whatever) and if you can say "hey, I made a big contribution to <some project> using C++" then that looks good. Saying "I learned design by contract using Eiffel" will be completely over their heads and you won't even get past the initial screening.


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Vic Tafur's scouting report, Dec. 21
Updated 1:55 am, Friday, December 21, 2012
-- They're filming "The Replacements II" in Dallas. Thanks to injuries, Cowboys defensive coordinator Rob Ryan has had to throw in seven players who weren't on the team to start the season, including five who signed after Thanksgiving.
-- Vikings receiver Percy Harvin has had a great season, but there are those who believe a second argument with head coach Leslie Frazier - not an ankle injury - is why he is on injured reserve.
-- Detroit has lost six straight, the NFL's longest active skid, to seal its 10th double-digit loss season in 12 years. Not surprisingly, Matthew Stafford is 63 attempts shy of breaking the NFL single-season record (691) set by Drew Bledsoe in 1994.
-- Two bad seasons aside, cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha would like to return to the Eagles. "Yeah, I mean, all I can say right now is I really wouldn't want to be anywhere else," Asomugha told reporters. The former Cal player and former Raider is due $15 million next season, but only $4 million of that is guaranteed and only that amount would count against the cap if he was cut.
-- Rams running back Steven Jackson needs 91 yards to become the sixth player to top 1,000 rushing yards in eight straight seasons. The others? Barry Sanders, Thurman Thomas, Emmitt Smith, Curtis Martin and LaDainian Tomlinson.
-- Suspended Saints coach Sean Payton might be a free agent, but don't book him for Dallas just yet. "I'd be shocked if he wasn't here next year," Saints quarterback Drew Brees said. "I have not even thought for a second that he wouldn't be here, honestly. Not even thought for a second."
-- Former Jets defensive tackle Kris Jenkins wasted no time piling on demoted Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez. Sanchez "had a stellar offensive line," Jenkins said on Showtime's "Inside the NFL." "He had running backs that kept the pressure off of him. He had the opportunity to grow and develop. During the time that he could have gotten better, he wanted to sit back. He wanted to pose for magazines, worry about his haircuts and do all of that stuff."
-- Speaking of the Jets (and who isn't?), Michael Vick might be the next media darling. According to the New York Daily News, Vick would be "amenable" to coming to the Jets if Sanchez isn't in the equation. Head coach Rex Ryan is said to have an "affinity" for Vick and a Jets source told the paper, "Bring it on. He was hit too many times (behind a subpar offensive line) the last two years."
-- The heat is definitely on Colts rookie quarterback Andrew Luck. The Stanford alum has been sacked nine times and hit another 19 times the past two weeks.
-- San Francisco's Stevie Johnson is closing in on his third straight 1,000-yard receiving season for the Bills. Johnson last season became the team's first receiver to post back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons.
-- Texans running back Arian Foster said his teammates were jealous of him riding his $5,000 Segway around practice, so he bought his 10 offensive linemen one each. "Sometimes they're like a polar bear on ice but they should be fine," Foster told reporters. "You can't go that fast on it, so you might get a scrape when you fall."


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Vodafone hikes PAYG call costs
Inflation nation
Posted in Networks, 29th June 2011 15:31 GMT
Vodafone has left its Pay As You Go customers with a sour taste in their mouths after increasing the cost of calls by up to £1.50 a minute.
From the middle of next month, Vodafone punters on the Simply price plan will be stung with a hike. Calls to any network, standard landline, or voicemail, will jump four pence to 25p per minute. Texts are set to rise to 12p each, with picture and video messages up to 36p and 60p, respectively.
The big stinger is premium rate numbers, which at the moment cost 50p per minute. Vodafone now insists customers pay £2 instead - a whopping 300 per cent increase.
You shouldn't worry too much as that only applies to digits starting in 09. However, numbers such as 'freephone' and 08-ers, will set users back 25p per minute.
The inflation doesn't stop there, though.
Those on other price plans, such as Smart Step, Smart Plus, Anytime, Anynet, All Calls and Original will also see calling costs rise from 15p to 25p per minute. Mobile Internet users will be hit for £1 per 25MB too, although the maximum data charge each day is £5.
The changes in Vodafone price plans will take effect on 14 July.
Fortunately, not all costs are on an upwards path. From 1 July, Vodafone is lowering the cost of making and receiving calls while abroad. In Europe, customers making calls will now pay 36p instead of 39p each minute, while forking out 11p instead of 15p to receive them. ®


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Killie squander top-six chance
Kilmarnock missed the opportunity to return to the Clydesdale Bank Premier League's top six as Dunfermline claimed a valuable point in their battle against relegation after a 1-1 draw at East End Park.
In a game postponed due to fog on December 10, James Fowler's deflected shot after 21 minutes put Killie ahead as the visitors sought to avenge the 3-0 loss to the Pars on January 21 and return to the top half of the table.
Andy Kirk equalised after 44 minutes, and although Dunfermline's search for a first home victory of the season goes on, the Pars moved level on points with Hibernian at the foot of the SPL standings, while Killie moved seventh.
Dunfermline made five changes from the side which lost to Aberdeen on January 28, with on-loan Rangers midfielder Kyle Hutton and former Ger Jordan McMillan making their debuts and the fifth enforced after goalkeeper Iain Turner suffered a back problem in the warm-up, with Chris Smith a late replacement.
Kirk fired off-target after 14 minutes before a good cross from his strike partner Liam Buchanan evaded everyone.
Killie then took the lead after Dunfermline failed to clear Lewis Toshney's cross from the right and the ball fell for midfielder Fowler to net a deflected shot down the centre of the goal.
Dean Shiels had an effort saved before almost setting up a chance for Paul Heffernan, only for Alex Keddie to get in front of the Killie striker and Smith to collect.
Smith saved a Shiels shot on the turn before Dunfermline equalised one minute before the interval.
David Graham burst through the centre of the field and prodded the ball forward to Kirk, who beat the offside trap.
With Cammy Bell advancing from his line, Kirk shot early into the bottom corner.
Buchanan shot across goal but wide early in the second half before Dunfermline were almost undone by their own defending.
A Kirk pass-back fell for Heffernan, who prodded goalwards, but Smith managed to spread himself and save well.
Having shown his strong side, Smith, who has made a number of gaffes this season, then made manager Jim McIntyre anxious.
The goalkeeper ballooned a clearance kick high in the air and was fortunate Paddy Boyle was present to clear.
Smith then saved low to his right from Garry Hay and substitute Dieter van Tornhout's header from Heffernan's cross bounced off Kevin Rutkiewicz and out for a corner as the visitors continued to look the more likely to take the lead.
Toshney was bundled over on the edge of the area, but nothing was given and Van Tornhout's heavy touch saw Kirk go clear at the other end, only to flash a shot wide.
Hutton was booked for bringing down Shiels after being beaten by the Killie playmaker, presenting the visitors with a free-kick from a promising position.
Hay hit the resulting set-piece on target and Smith managed to palm the ball around the post before being relieved to see it go out after flapping at the resulting corner.
Manuel Pascali's header from a further corner was cleared off the line by Kerr before Killie scrambled clear a set-piece at the other end, with Pars substitute Martin Hardie's shot hitting a defender as the match finished drawn.
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Be frightened. Be very frightened.
A couple days ago, a few players were talking about paranormal things in baseball and then I noticed them reading this website. Apparently, the hotel we're staying at in Tampa Bay – the Renaissance Vinoy – gives us good reason to be a little paranoid. I mean, I've heard all about the woman in a red dress who sometimes walks around at the Top of the Park at Dodger Stadium and I know all about Adrian Beltre's encounters with ghosts at the Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee, but have since learned that our trainer, Stan Johnston, was responsible for some of the noises.
Still, I think I'll wait until after June 24 to read this book…
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Wow, spooky. I've heard that the site of old Seals Stadium in San Francisco is haunted as well, I think a strip mall is currently on the site. Stuff falling off the shelves overnight, cold spots, stuff like that.
here's hoping for a good night's sleep in Tampa
well, ghosts can be kinda fun sometimes…
Just another case of Grady not knowing when to pull a pitcher. on another topic, Nomar ,Pierre,Kent, and Gonzo look injured 🙂 Maybe they should be put on the DL and we should call up the younger guys.
Speaking of scary stuff, we have the Crypt Keeper and Beetlejuice in the outfield. 🙂
from the previous thread.> juan pierre=expensive willie harris number 8 type hitter. move him down before this season turns into 2005. thats really really funny fleigel, right on the money. our new outfield should be called the juan pierre louisiana logjam. we need kemp and we need him fast. i wanna start seeing some runners get thrown out. our outfield is conceding bases everytime we run Juan Out out there.
What is really scary is that Betemit now has as many home runs as either Kent or Nomar.
The bullpen blows its first "real" lead of the year and it's all because of Grady Little… pathetic fliegel. Swing and miss for something else.
Bills has good #'s against Florida i'd give him the ball in the later innings if i were Grady.
i wouldn't bring bills out of the pen anymore. Bring up Brazoban. Billingsley isn't a reliever. He has Ace type stuff and he should be harnessing his stuff in Triple A or in the Rotation on the big team.
You know whats funny. Grady managed in the minors for 30 years and he looks lost when trying to handle the young guys up here. And whats even worse, Colletti signed him to an extension. 😦
"i wouldn't bring bills out of the pen anymore. Bring up Brazoban. Billingsley isn't a reliever. He has Ace type stuff and he should be harnessing his stuff in Triple A or in the Rotation on the big team."
I was thinking that exact thing when things "unfolded" yesterday max. ". And whats even worse, Colletti signed him to an extension. :("
that's the only thing I don't agree with you.
There's another way to look at it. It may be that a younger Gung Ho manager with some fire in the belly can get more out of the younger players than the laid back style of Grady Little. It will have to be the younger guys who're going to bring us to the World Series – not the current middle of our lineup that is declining in productivity, and not the addition of Pierre. We may still be in first place, but I am not pleased with the direction that we're on with all of our veterans blocking the talent that should be up with the Dodgers and developing at the major league level.
If Tomko has another shaky outing, then perhaps it's time to juggle the staff around to allow Billingsley a shot with Tomko's spot in the rotation.
I'm not going to complain about Grady's laid back style, because Colletti and McCourt are too prone to panic. I like having someone level-headed in such a position. Grady is actually generally reliable to make some good managerial decisions, so that's why I get frustrated when he makes bad one.
One decision that would make me happy would be a red light on Juan Pierre bunting. Pierre makes enough outs already anyway.
A side of Russell Martin we haven't gotten to see much yet. Seems like he has a great sense of humor! 2nd year player messing with the rookie… I love this stuff…
"LaRoche made his first rookie mistake before even arriving at the ballpark, having listened to second-year veteran Russell Martin's advice to leave his equipment bag with the hotel bellman. The bag joined suitcases heading to the airport, while LaRoche had to scramble around the clubhouse borrowing bats, gloves and clothing from his new teammates."
I don't really think we can blame Little for Tsao's breakdown. What should Little have done? Have someone warming up before Tsao's first pitch?
Now that Betemit's a utility guy, Valdez will be sent down soon. Who'll be up first, Loney or Kemp? I say Loney.
I'd like to think that Martin was funny, but I think he's just young and semi-messed up himself. That's OK–he's not the Captain, yet.
I don't understand the Grady criticism. Other than play the guys he's been given to play with, what has he done wrong? You may not like Pierre, Gonzo, Nomar, or Kent (I actually like them all, even though I share the desire to see the kids come up), but if you have them, you play them. The worst thing that Grady has done is leave in a pitcher too long, and since we're 15-1 when leading after 6 innings, it's not been much of a problem. He could barely have pulled Tsao more quickly.
it seems like its going to be valdez down for braz….is there any other way it could possibly go, given that it will probably be in the next few days? Grady said he wanted another pitcher. The problem with the bullpen is theres only one true long man(Bills).
In my comments I did not intend to pile onto Grady. Given the personnel he has, he's playing it pretty much like anybody would. I probably wouldn't have pulled Tsao yesterday any earlier myself – it seemed like he was throwing pretty well, but just getting hit. My point is that Grady would not have been my manager selection, but then Colletti would not have been my GM selection either. I think that he is greatly over-rated. Let's remember that he has around $110 million at his command for player salaries. That's second or third highest in the majors. He chose to spend it on a group of veterans that are past their peak, and, I think, unlikely to bring us to the World Series. Let's face it, for those kind of dollars we don't have Pujols, we have Nomar; we don't have Beltran, we have Pierre; we extended the contract for Kent, who has lost his power and is barely adequate on defense. Our guys in the middle of the lineup have great character in the clubhouse and would make great role models for the younger players, but you can no longer ride their diminishing productivity to a championship level. I probably unrealistically look back to the days of Walter Alston and Tommy, who were grounded in the Dodger system and who lived pretty much with personnel developed on the Dodger farm. This idea of hiring some guns for a year or two doesn't sit well with me. I root for them all I can when they're in the Dodger uniform, but my heart is with our youngsters who are out to prove that their day has come.
i just thought fleigel's crypt keeper/luis gonzalez comparison was funny, didnt really get the beetlejuice/juan pierre thing but i see where he was going with the thread. as far as complaining grady didnt make the right move, look no further than tsao's leadoff walk for the start of that sickening disgusting inning. geez just throw strikes, if he hits it he hits it, just dont give away the dang base. especially when you have tossed 8 perfect innings prior to that with virtually no walks. right when espn ran that 8 perfect innings stat on the bottom line tsao got rocked.
esp-n ? get it esp. haha lol.
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Rebeca Grynspan: Statement at the High-Level International Conference on Water CooperationAug 20, 2013
High Level International Conference on Water Cooperation
Statement by
Rebeca Grynspan
U.N. Under-Secretary-General and UNDP Associate Administrator
Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 20 August, 2013
His Excellency
President of Tajikistan Emomali Rakhmon,
Prime Minister of Tajikistan Akil Akilov,
Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic Zhantoro Satybaldiyeve,
Prime Minister of Thailand Yingluck Shinawatra,
Prime Minister of Mozambique Alberto Antonio Clementino Vakvina,
Ambassador and President elected of the General Assembly of the UN John Ashe,
United Nations Under-Secretary-Generals,
Excellencies, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen,
On behalf of the United Nations Development Programme, it is my pleasure to address this Conference in the beautiful city of Dushanbe. I sincerely thank our hosts for their warm welcome and magnificent hospitality.
Water is at the heart of a daily crisis faced by millions of the most vulnerable people in the world —threatening life and livelihoods, peace and human security.
It was therefore very timely when, at the initiative of Tajikistan, the United Nations General Assembly declared 2013 as the International Year of Water Cooperation, which includes this High Level Conference as one of the Year's flagship events.
This was made possible thanks to the vision and commitment of President Rahmon, to whom we are all very grateful.
Indeed, around 770 million people worldwide still lack access to an improved water source and 2.5 billion lack access to basic sanitation. Developing countries only utilize about half their potential for irrigated agriculture which could take so many out of poverty and hunger.
In parallel, not only is the world experiencing explosive growth in the demand for water resources, but water waste and water pollution increasingly threaten the integrity of aquatic and agro ecosystems vital for life and food security. Climate change is not helping either, increasing variability in the water cycle, and exacerbating extreme events like floods and droughts complicates even further an already immense water management and water governance challenge.
If these trends continue, by 2025, as many as 3 billion people could be living in areas facing water stress.
I would therefore like to highlight three key messages for this Conference,
First, access to clean water and sanitation, and effective water management for irrigation and productive uses, are fundamental drivers for poverty reduction, food security, gender equality, and overall human development, and must be a center piece of our development efforts;
Second, effective and inclusive cooperation on water, at all levels, is a sine qua non for continued progress on international goals and targets on water access and water resource management. No one can solve this problem in isolation! and;
Third, given the central role of water in addressing some of our most pressing global challenges, it is important that water and sanitation feature prominently in the post-2015 and SDGs agenda.
On my first point: let me underscore now, as we did in the 2006 Human Development Report, that the crisis in access to water and sanitation is primarily driven by poverty, inequality, poor governance, and lack of political prioritization, despite the recognition of huge losses in GDP due to water and sanitation deficits and a rate of return as high as $8 for each dollar invested.
More often than not, the poor pay much more for water than the better off. And lack of access to water and sanitation has severe effects on girls' education, women's health and income opportunities, and increases the risk of gender violence.
My second message – and indeed the theme of this conference: effective and inclusive water cooperation at all levels – local, national, regional, and international – is essential to effective water governance and thus to achieving key water-related objectives and targets.
At the national level, community involvement, women's voices and participation and private sector cooperation are essential. In addition, multi-sectoral, multi-stakeholder Integrated Water Resources Management plans (IWRM) for equitable, efficient and environmentally sustainable water use, needs to be the rule and not the exception.
UNDP is proud to support these processes in dozens of developing countries including Tajikistan and Kyrygzstan.
At the Regional level, dialogue, information sharing and cooperation on transboundary waters to advance peace, security, environmental protection, and regional economic development should be supported.
And at global level, international standards, goals, and targets on water and related issues like Climate Change; and cooperation mechanisms such as UN-Water, the Sanitation and Water for All initiative, and indeed, the International Year of Water Cooperation itself, are key.
Lastly, the process of designing the post-2015 and SDGs development agenda is in full force and presents a huge opportunity to go beyond the present formulation in the MDGs, towards a goal focusing on access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) for all, while also addressing management of water resources, wastewater, and water pollution.
The Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals, already noted in its progress report "broad support for a dedicated water SDG".
UNDP hopes that the eight high level panels at this Conference can further inform member states in their ongoing deliberations on the post-2015 agenda. All of us here today represent an important force to make a difference. Governments, the UN system, private sector, civil society and citizens at large all have to come together, and raise their voice for a post 2015 and SD agenda that will be owned by all. I urge all of you to stay engaged and participate in this unprecedented global conversation.
We at UNDP are fully committed to play our part in fostering water cooperation for the benefit of people and the planet and look forward to even more strengthened efforts as a result of this important conference!
Let me finish by saying, Rahmat this conference and Rahmat Tajikistan!
Thank you.


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Jose Mourinho has hinted he boycotted the FIFA Ballon d'Or Gala earlier this year because the voting for the Coach of the Year award was skewed against him.
The Real Madrid coach decided against turning up to the ceremony in Zurich back in January, instead opting to watch his son play football for CD Canillas.
Initial reports suggested the former Chelsea boss didn't attend the ceremony because he felt the award of the Ballon d'Or was biased towards Barcelona's Lionel Messi over Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo.
Mourinho hinted that the Player of the Year award, claimed by Messi for a record fourth consecutive year, was fixed, saying in December the award "has already been given".
Now the 50-year-old has suggested he believes the Coach of the Year award, won by Spain boss Vicente del Bosque, was also incorrect because he was told by fellow coaches they had voted for him, only for official documentation to show their vote was awarded elsewhere.
"I called several people to tell me that the vote was for me and finally went to another," Mourinho is quoted as saying. That's why I decided not to go."
"I accuse FIFA of irregularities in the election of the best coach in the world. There was a lack of transparency.
"FIFA were aware of these irregularities, they knew they existed, but were not prevented."
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Fawkes Enters Two for Saturday's $100,000 Our Dear Peggy Stakes
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Bahamian Squall prepped for a start in next Saturday's $400,000 Vosburgh at Belmont Park Sunday morning, breezing a half-mile in a quick 47.28 seconds at Gulfstream Park.
The workout was the second fastest of 105 recorded at the distance Sunday.
Bahamian Squall showed an affinity for the Gulfstream Park racing surface right from the start of his career, breaking his maiden at first asking on Feb. 5, 2012. Earlier this year, the 4-year-old son of Gone West won the $100,000 Sunshine State Stakes at Gulfstream Park, where he also finished second in the $150,000 Sunshine Millions Sprint and third in the Grade 3 Gulfstream Park Sprint Championship.
Donald Dizney's homebred colt, who won the Grade 2 Smile over 2012 Eclipse champion Trinniberg two starts back, is coming off a second-place finish to Justin Phillip in the Grade 1 Vanderbilt Handicap at Saratoga on Aug. 4.
"I thought he ran a great race. He got trapped on the inside. He had the one post and everyone I talked to said the one post a Saratoga is the kiss of death," Fawkes said. "Being that he ran second and ran as well as he did, I was really impressed with his race."
Luis Saez, who rode Travers winner Will Take Charge to victory in Saturday's Pennsylvania Derby at Parx, has the return mount on Bahamian Squall.
Fawkes to Double-Up in $100,000 Our Dear Peggy Stakes
Fawkes also sent Sola Gratia to the track Sunday morning to prepare for next Saturday's $100,000 Our Dear Peggy Stakes at Gulfstream. The 5-year-old daughter of Touch Gold breezed a half-mile in 49.85 seconds.
Sola Gratia got caught late by stablemate Millennia to finish second in the $100,000 Ta Wee at Gulfstream on Aug. 10. Fawkes entered both horses for the Our Dear Peggy, a race for fillies and mares at a mile on turf.
"Both horses are doing great. Sola Gratia had a nice breeze this morning," Fawkes said.
Parranda, stakes-placed at Monmouth Park in her last start, worked five furlongs Sunday morning in 1:03.15 in preparation for a return to action at Gulfstream in the Our Dear Peggy, which drew a field of 10, including three main-track-only entrants.
Trainer Bill Kaplan dropped three names into the entry box, including Dreamlicious, Putitinmypocket and main-track-only Putyourdreamsaway. Trainer Marty Wolfson, who saddled My Pal Chrisy for a victory in Saturday's $100,000 Musical Romance Stakes at Gulfstream, entered newly acquired Diamond d'Oro and main-track-only Swinger's Party.
Stanley Gold-trained Awesome Belle, a main-track-only entrant, and Steve Towne-trained Creative License round out the field.
Who's Hot: Antonio Gallardo rode a pair of winners: El Beitz ($8.60) in the third and Pompous Miss ($11.80) in the fifth race.
Todd Pletcher, the 10-time defending champion trainer of Gulfstream's Champion's Meeting, notched his first win from three starters at the summer meeting Sunday. Assistant Anthony Sciametta saddled Enquete ($5) for a four-length victory in the eighth-race feature, a $49,000 allowance for 2-year-olds.
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