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Reports, live coverage, results, images, video and messages of support for all European and World Championships.
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Posted 1st November 2008
Message from the Board of the EKF to all Squad members headng to Tokyo
The Board of the EKF would like to wish the Senior Squad participating in the World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, the best of luck and good fortune. To be competing and attending these championships is a wonderful opportunity to show the world that England are back in business.
The Board would also like to say thank you to, Sensei Terry Wingrove and Cyberbudo for their generous sponsorship of the senior team without his help this would not have been possible. Also a big thank you to Chikara Ltd and AVA Sports for their equipment sponsorship of the team. Thanks, also goes to everyone behind the scenes working together to ensure this is a successful championships.
Once again good luck and best wishes to the squad.
Posted 22nd October 2008
WKF Face Mask availability from November 1st 2008
The WKF has announced that the Face Mask which becomes compulsory from January 1st 2009 will be available from November 1st 2008 - Read more here »
Posted 21st October 2008
Regular Greg Francis Training
Kumite classes suspended till 8th January 2009. Last class this year will be Thursday 30th October 2008.
Greg Francis will be attending the World Karate Championships in Tokyo as Assistant National Coach and then will be conducting seminars in Australia. He will be away until the 28th November 2008.
Posted 13th October 2008
Paris 2009 Squad announced
On Sunday 12th of October final squad selections took place for the forthcoming Junior/Cadet European Championships and Euro Cup Championships which are to take place in Paris France January/February 2009.
120 athletes attended the initial training session at the Dartford Judo Club. This was the first time this venue had been used and most athletes and spectators attending were impressed with the facilities and hospitality of the staff at the centre. Following the warm-up session hosted by Greg Francis and aided by Juliet and her sister Gillian Toney, the Kata and Kumite training took place with the Kata group splitting away from the Kumite group and then the Kumite groups being further split by gender. The training session, which commenced at 10:30am finished at 12:30pm allowing sufficient time for the Cadet/Junior selections to complete.
The first selections to commence were Kata starting with the Girls Cadet 14-15yrs group. With the Boys group following next. Then the Female Junior 16-17yrs group which was followed by the boys group performed their Katas for selection. The lucky athletes that were picked were announced by the National Coach Ticky Donovan at the end of the Kata selection.
The Kumite selections were conducted over two mats, the girls being split from the boys. Both groups started with the younger members working their way through to the U21's. Greg Francis and Juliette Toney oversaw the girls selections whilst the boys selections were overseen by Ticky Donovan and Wayne Otto – both OBE's. Both groups were finally called over together as the successful squad members for the Cadet/Junior European Championships were announced.
Ticky Donovan OBE would like to thank the Referees who were in attendance on the day for their help in ensuring that the selections ran smoothly and on time. Also thanks to Surdhur Mohinder for medical coverage and to the coach's' Wayne Otto OBE, Juliette & Gillian Toney, Greg Francis and Jonathan Mottram.
Squad members for Paris 2009 are:
Male 14 -15yrs
Male 16 – 17 Yrs
Male 18 - 19 – 20yrs
Male Kata
Female 14 – 15yrs
Female 16 – 17 Yrs
Female 18 - 19 – 20yrs
Female Kata
Posted 15th September 2008
Athletes required to return for final selections
Male Cadet
Male Junior
Male Under 21
Female Cadet
Female Junior
Female Under 21
Posted 14th September 2008
Full House!
A great weekend of activity for the EKF was rounded off with the National Squad/Open Training Selection for 36th Junior European Championships in Paris, France 2009 at Bisham National Sports Centre.
Registration was scheduled for 10-00am and by 9-30am more than 120 had signed-on and the session opened with more than 150 on the mat and late arrivals lined up at the edge of the mat. The spectators were the most we have seen with every available vantage point in and outside the dojo crammed to capacity. The training and selections were led by the multi-world champion Wayne Otto OBE and his team.
The atmosphere was very good and everyone agreed that these sessions have come a very long way over the past 18 months. This complimented the efforts of the English senior team under the National Coach Ticky Donovan OBE who were in Liege this weekend competing in a 4 nation competition against France, Belgium & Holland as a warm-up to the World Championships in Tokyo in November (see separate report for details and photos - to be published asap). The seniors move onto Paris next month for a final warm-up competition.
Posted 29th August 2008
Tokyo World Championships 2008 Squad Announced
The England Squad National Karate Team to participate in the forthcoming WKF World Championships being held in Tokyo have been announced. The participants and their respective categories are as follows:
Male England Squad
Female England Squad
Posted 4th August 2008
Squad training date confirmations
A reminder that there is one confirmed upcoming Squad training / selection dates at Bisham Abbey:
Posted 24th July 2008
Medal for Alton Brown in Poland
The University World Championships were held in Poznan, Poland on the 12-13 July 2008.
Congratulations to Alton Brown, Senior England Team member, who won a bronze medal in his category at the championships.
Posted 10th July 2008
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Posted 19th June 2008
Tokyo selections notice
With regard to the selections for the Senior World Championships in Tokyo, there will only be Kumite selections at Bisham Abbey on the 5th July 2008. The kata competitors have been pre-selected on the basis of recent achievements.
Posted 17th June 2008
Commonwealth Karate Federation Championships Scotland 2008
Congratulations to all the English Karate Federation members that competed in the Commonwealth Karate Championships, Edinburgh. There were some fantastic results from England which can only set the standard for future championships. The Championships were held over 2 days at the Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh with 1300 competitors from 9 countries. All the results from are now available to view.
Posted 9th June 2008
EKF Southern Regional Championships May 2008
We have now published the full results and a report on this event.
Click here for a report & results
Posted 31st May 2008
Commonwealth Karate Federation Championships Scotland - Results as they come in
Click here for a report & medals table for EKF squad members
Posted 2nd May 2008
EKF Category changes for 2008 / 2009 announced
A revision of the competition categories in relation to ages of participants etc has been announced. Full details can be found on our WKF Rules page under Sport »
Posted 2nd May 2008
Senior European Championships in Estonia - First Results
Jonathan Mottram takes Bronze in Kata in the Senior European Championships in Estonia.
Jon is the first Englishman to medal at Kata in the Senior Europeans.
Click here for a full results & medals table »
Posted 29rd April 2008
Update on Commonwealth Karate Championships
The Board of the EKF have given consideration to the initial decision not to send a National Squad to the Karate Commonwealth Championships being held in Edinburgh, Scotland, following the Scottish Governing Body's recent
inclusion of the 'Elite' categories for National Squads. After further consideration, the Board have decided it would now be prudent to support this event in light of the championship restructuring. The decision of the Board is to send the current Senior England National Squad, who are currently representing England in the European Championships in Estonia, to the Commonwealth Championships. Only the current senior squad will be processed to enter the 'Elite' Championship events. All remaining EKF athletes may still enter the Open Championship events via their own EKF Associations.
We wish the squad all the best in their endeavours not only in the current European Championships, but also for the forth-coming Commonwealth Championships and we extend our best wishes to all Associations supporting the Commonwealth Karate Championship Open events.
Posted 7th April 2008
EKF National Championships 5th & 6th April - Results
Click here to read the full results (PDF)
Click here to read the full Medals Table (Excel Document)
Click here to read an event report (PDF)
Posted 1st April 2008
Drugs testing at the EKF National Championships 5th & 6th April
Drug testing at the EKF National Championships 5th & 6th April - Following extensive investigation into the drug testing of contestants at the National Championships we are told by the various Sports bodies both Nationally and Internationally that we must comply with the information as stated in these 3 links:
Child Protection: Drug-Free Sport Procedures
Anti-Doping Rules of (NGB) Page 14
Child Protection: UK Sport Policy
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Posted 17th March 2008
British University's Gold Medal
Ross Mathieu of Karate Do International won the British University's Gold Medal under 60 kilo Cat this weekend. Well done Ross.
Posted 22nd February 2008
Trieste 35th European Junior And Cadet Karate Championships 2008 - Report
With 44 counties and 700 elite athletes competing, this was the largest Junior & Cadet European Championships to date. The England squad flew out from Heathrow Airport on Tuesday 12th February arriving at their hotel in Trieste, Italy, early evening. The following two days the squad had some training sessions at the Palatrieste Stadium, venue of the 35th Junior & Cadet Championships. Read the full report here
Posted 20th February 2008
We are very pleased to announce that the EKF has today obtained confirmation from sponsors that they will fund the team and officials for the trip to the WKF World Championships in Tokyo in November. This will motivate not only the competitors but the also give the staff the required time to train the team to their fighting best. We will also be updating details over the next 3 days for the superb package we have been able to negotiate for the families,supporters and others to travel to Japan for 2 weeks to train and/or sightseeing also including tickets for the Championships with first class accomodation
Posted 16th February 8.00pm 2008
Trieste results as they come in!
Posted 11th February 2008
Irish Open Postponed
To all our members. We understand that the Irish International Open has been postponed. Please contact the organisers of this event for an update
Posted 11th February 2008
Senior Squad Selection and Training for Estonia Report 9th February 2008
Well after the last couple of training sessions who would have thought we would break the 100 barrier with athletes in attendance for this training and selection session. There were over 30 athletes alone in the Kata training session led by Jonathan Mottram.
It was inspiring to see many of the seniors training again, a positive step forward for the sport side of karate. Natalie Williams, Jory Charter, Davin Pack, Jason Ledgister and Alton Brown to name a few, were impressive - showing the up-and-coming younger athletes what they will be competing against in the future. The seniors set the standard and will hopefully lead by example, many of the younger athletes look towards the seniors and indeed all the squad for motivation, guidance and inspiration. The magic, the hunger and the desire to be the best was all there. Impressive stuff!!
Once again the coaches changed the format with all kumite, young and old training together, with the obvious split from Kata. During the Senior Selections the Junior/Cadet Squad was taken to another part of the hall where Wayne Otto OBE took the Squad through their final paces in preparation for European Championships. The senior selections were overseen by Ticky Donovan OBE, Juliette Toney and Greg Francis. At around 5:00pm the seniors were all brought together and the chosen squad announced.
Training dates for the coming months are to be confirmed, all of which will take place at Bisham Abbey. Training with Ticky Donovan OBE and Wayne Otto OBE will continue at their respective dojo's in Park Avenue, Barking Essex, and University of Wolverhampton, Walsall Campus Sports Centre Gorway Road Walsall respectively. All squad members are expected to attend either sessions.
The board would like to say "good luck" to the Squad competing in Trieste and congratulations to the Seniors on their Selections for Estonia.
The Team selected are as follows:
Posted 5th February 2008
Notice re Commonwealth Championships in Scotland
With regard to the Commonwealth Championships in Scotland, the Board have now been informed that the organisers are opening up the championships to clubs and associations that are members of Governing Bodies who are affiliated to the World Karate Federation. The Board have decided that they will not be sending a National Team to this event. If your Association or club wish to compete please find details on the Calendar page or you can go to www.karatecommonwealth.com
Posted 30th January 2008
EKF Squad Training Report (27th January)
The English Karate Federation's National Open Squad sessions have been up and running for a little while now since the initial squad selections for the Junior and Cadet World Championships which were held last October. So far there have been four open squad training sessions with two of them incorporating National Squad selections for the Junior/Cadet World Championships and the Junior/Cadet European Championships. The last two sessions have been training only sessions lasting the whole day which have proved hugely popular and represented exceptional value for the calibre and duration of training received.
The latest session was held at Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre, on Sunday 27th January 2008. The session started at 11:00am sharp and finished at 3:00pm. With just a half hour break between the morning and afternoon sessions. The turn out was once again impressive with around 90 athletes being put through their paces. The Junior/Cadet squad attending the European Championships in Trieste, Italy in a couple of weeks were split from the main contingent and drilled incessantly by National Squad Coach Wayne Otto OBE. The remaining athletes were further split into three groups – Female Squad Coach Juliette Toney, taking the female Kumite athletes, Assistant Coach Greg Francis, taking the male Kumite athletes and Kata Coach Jonathan Mottram taking the ever increasing Kata athletes. The entire training session was overseen by National Squad Director Ticky Donovan OBE who got the opportunity to work more closely with some of the groups and athletes.
It was once again good to see such a large turn out for just a training session and great to see some of the experienced senior athletes, such as John Anderson, Paul Abel, Alton Brown, Natalie Williams, etc in attendance. It was also great to see the Kata athletes increasing in numbers with over 20 being trained by Jonathan Mottram, his coaching style obviously being appreciated. With the amount of athletes training, the only concern is that Bisham Abbey's Judo Hall seems to be getting a little small!
The desire to train with and be part of the EKF England National Squads seems to be increasing which bodes well for English Karate. As more and more athletes train amongst their peers with world renowned coaches, the performance of each athlete increases, which in turn raises the whole competitiveness of Sport Karate in England developing England into a major European and World player.
On 9th February 2008, the forthcoming Open Squad Training Session and Senior Selection event for the European Championships looks likely to be one of the busiest sessions yet with the Junior/Cadet squad training, the Senior selections taking place in the afternoon and the chance for all athletes to train with some of the most experienced and accomplished Karateka athletes in England it looks to be a mouth watering prospect.
Posted 18th January 2008
Thank you!
"Thank you to all the staff, squad and coaches - all payments for the Junior/Cadet European Karate Championships, Trieste have now been received from you. You should all now have the details regarding flights/accommodation etc. Any problems please contact Debbie Sell at email@example.com"
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Posted 15th January 2008
Training / Selection on Saturday 9th February 2008 for the Senior Europeans 2008 in Estonia
Please complete and return to Ticky Donovan as detailed on the form. The form must be returned by Monday 4th February 2008, if not you will only be allowed to train and not take part in the selections.
Cadets, Juniors & Seniors – Open Squad Training:
The fee for the training session is £10.00.
Posted 14th January 2008
Next Squad Training at Bisham Abbey - 27th January 2008
The fee for the training session is £10.00
Posted 3rd January 2008
Squad Training at Bisham Abbey
This is a reminder that it is COMPULSORY for all squad members to attend the training sessions at Bisham Abbey Sports Center on January 13th 2008.
The fee for the training session is £10.00.
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Emergency Prevention System (EMPRES) for Transboundary Animal and Plant Pests and Diseases
Disease situation in swine in the Philippines
An Unfolding Situation
December 2008 - Over the past several weeks, FAO has engaged with officials at the Philippine Department of Agriculture in Manila and other national and international agencies (i.e. the World Health Organization, the World Organisation for Animal Health, the United States Department of Agriculture, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and the Australian Animal Health Laboratory) to better understand the laboratory findings of Ebola Reston virus in pigs in the Philippines. This situation represents the first time that the virus, a known primate pathogen, has been identified in a food-producing animal.
The laboratory findings came about after the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) of the Philippine Department of Agriculture undertook field investigation and sample collection activities related to suspected outbreaks of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS). PRRS had been affecting several swine production areas in the Philippines and was characterized by having a greater virulence than what had been described decades earlier in North America and Europe. Such increased virulence in the PRRS virus (an Arterivirus) had also been seen in 2006 and 2007 in China and Viet Nam, respectively.
BAI sent samples to a laboratory with enhanced PRRS experience to facilitate PRRS characterization and to rule out other swine pathogens, such as porcine circovirus, classical swine fever virus (a Pestivirus), or Nipah virus (a Paramyxovirus) using classical and molecular diagnostic laboratory techniques.
During the laboratory investigations, viral particles and genetic sequencing showed that several of the swine samples were infected with: the PRRS virus; circovirus; other agents; and the Ebola Reston virus. Previously, no Ebolavirus had ever been found in swine tissues.
Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF) is the common term for a disease caused by a group of viruses belonging to genus Ebolavirus of the family Filoviridae to which humans and other primates are susceptible. The only other known virus in this family is the Marburg virus. The Ebola virus and EHF are named after the Ebola River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo – formerly Zaire – which reported the first recognized outbreak in 1976.
EHF is often fatal in primates. In humans it is characterized by fever, vomiting, diarrhoea, generalized muscle and joint pain, and sometimes internal and external bleeding. Fatality rates in humans (i.e. individuals that contract the disease and then die from it) can be high, ranging from 50 to 90 percent with the Sudan or the Zaire species of the virus. Multiple organ failure is the usual cause of death. No approved vaccine is available, and treatment relies on supportive care including the infusion of intravenous fluids. Transmission between infected patients or affected animals and care providers or researchers can be avoided by using strict barrier-nursing procedures and employing the proper use of appropriate personal protective equipment.
In the fall of 2007, over 260 people became ill with a suspicion of EHF in the village of Kampungu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Of that total, nearly 190 people died. The previous recorded outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo was in 1995, when 245 people died.
The ecology of Ebolavirus is not fully understood. Non-human primates are believed to be infected directly from the natural reservoir. Subsequently, the virus circulates or spreads by horizontal transmission (e.g. ape-to-ape) within a primate population. Transmission can take place after direct contact with infected blood, secretions or excretions. Transmission is also possible through contact with contaminated inanimate objects or vegetation. Laboratory research and field findings indicate that monkeys probably do not represent the natural reservoir.
Field investigations in the Congo basin in Africa linked the first human cases of Ebola infection to contact with wild mammals hunted or found sick or dead in the rainforest (i.e. gorillas, chimpanzees, monkeys, forest antelopes, duikers and porcupines). Animal-to-human transmission occurred through direct human contact with infected animal blood or fresh organs. Human-to-human transmission occurred either through direct contact with patients or their secretions or later contact with the infected corpse during traditional funeral ceremonies.
The Reston (or Ebola Reston) virus is the only known filovirus of Asian origin with genetic characteristics similar to the virus first identified in Zaire. It was first discovered in crab-eating macaques (Macaca fascicularis) at the Hazleton Laboratories located in Reston, Virginia (USA) in 1989, when quarantined monkeys became ill and some died. These monkeys had been imported weeks earlier from the Philippines.
There is one notable difference between Ebola Reston and other Ebola viruses from Africa: although Ebola Reston can infect humans, it has not been shown to produce clinical disease or symptoms in humans. Ebola Reston also causes a lower fatality rate in monkeys compared to that caused by African Ebola viruses. Co-infection of Ebola Reston with another virus (e.g. simian hemorrhagic fever virus) exacerbates the disease in monkeys and increases the fatality rate.
Several animal caretakers in the 1989–90 Reston incidents seroconverted (i.e. developed an immune response as determined by antibody levels specific for the virus). One of the animal caretakers accidentally cut himself while performing a necropsy (i.e. post-mortem evaluation) on an infected monkey. He did not become ill, even though the virus was isolated from his blood. Seroconversion in humans has also been documented in the Philippines, but illness has not been reported.
The Ebola Reston virus was once again introduced through the importation of cynomolgus macaques from the Philippines to the United States in 1990 and 1996 and into Europe in 1992. The Philippines is one of the world's major sources of cynomolgus macaques, which are often used for biomedical research.
After the first cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire), a second strain of Ebolavirus was found in 1976 among cotton factory workers in Nzara, the Sudan. This strain was responsible for a large epidemic. In May 2004, the Sudan Ebola virus was reported in Yambio County, the Sudan and resulted in five deaths.
In November 1994 a novel Ebola virus was isolated by a researcher infected during a post-mortem exam of a dead chimpanzee in the Tai Forest in Côte d'Ivoire.
More recently, in November 2007, the Ugandan Ministry of Health reported an outbreak of EHF in the Bundibugyo District of western Uganda.
Marburg virus was actually the first human haemorrhagic fever identified to be caused by a filovirus. In humans, Marburg haemorrhagic fever is a severe and highly fatal disease. Case fatality rates vary greatly; from 25 percent in the initial laboratory-associated outbreak in 1967 in Marburg and Frankfurt am Mein (Germany) to more than 80 percent in the Democratic Republic of Congo from 1998 to 2000 and in the largest known Marburg haemorrhagic fever outbreak in Angola in late 2004. In the Germany outbreak the virus was shown to have been introduced by the importation of infected African green (i.e. vervet) monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops) from Uganda. More recent human cases have occurred in individuals entering caves or mines inhabited by numerous bats in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.
Ebola antibodies have been found in free-living chimpanzees, drills and baboons. Chimpanzees and gorillas in the wild and rhesus, vervet, and cynomolgus monkeys in laboratories can develop fatal illnesses after inoculation with Ebola viruses.
No Ebola viruses were found from samples taken from some 30 000 mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and arthropods in outbreak regions between 1976 and 1998. Recent studies have demonstrated the presence antibodies and genetic fragments of Ebola or Marburg viruses in different species of bats. In Uganda in 2008, Marburg viruses were isolated from frugivorous bats.
The situation requires further evaluation by medical, veterinary and biology experts. Testing for the presence of the Ebola Reston virus or antibodies in swine populations, animal handlers and wildlife species will be helpful to understand the chain of events. Understanding how the pigs may have become infected, the mode of transmission between pigs and the potential for spill over to humans is very important toward the design an appropriate public health response. The investigation will take time – with the earliest results expected in weeks to months. Although it is too early to know, there are no reports of sick or ailing people that have had contact with the pigs according to the Philippine Ministry of Health and the Bureau of Animal Industry.
This remains unknown. However, pigs can become infected. While animal illness and mortality were experienced on the farms where the pigs infected with the Ebola Reston virus were bred and raised, other isolated infectious diseases may have caused the outbreaks; the Ebola Reston virus may not have been the sole or main actor. It will be important to identify the different pathogens isolated from the sick or dying pigs from the Philippines and test them individually in carefully planned laboratory experiments under proper biosafety conditions. Necessary and specific laboratory tools (called "reagents") are being developed to test swine and other animals throughout the Philippines to see how extensive the infection is in Philippine swine populations.
This also remains unknown. It is premature at this time to make sweeping statements regarding the possible risk of infection based on four caretakers infected with the Ebola Reston virus. Producers, veterinarians, health officials, and market intermediaries will need to collaborate closely to develop the answer. Studies need to be carried out in the affected swine commercial sectors, with animal handlers, throughout the market chain and its intermediaries, and with consumers before fuller insights can be gained and advice be provided. Investigators plan to: retrace marketing and butchering operations to likely consumers and through interviews; ask these consumers about recent illnesses in their families or close associations; perform blood tests (using \ specific Ebola Reston reagents); and advise appropriate audiences on improved hygiene in general. The planned laboratory studies should also reveal valuable and critical information.
The experience of the animal caretakers in Reston, Virginia in 1989 gives insight into the human risk posed by this particular filovirus. Although there was high exposure and a normal immune response, no clinical disease was noted.
Sick animals, regardless of the cause should not enter the food chain, nor should carcases or scraps from sick or dead animals be fed to other animals or disposed of in an improper manner. Veterinary and public health inspectors should ensure that animals destined for slaughter do not have a fever and are clinically healthy; consumers should be weary when prices appear too good to be true.
Handling and preparation of meat should be done in a clean environment (with a clean table top, utensils and knife) and the meat should be well-cooked. The above-mentioned elements are all general principles for good hygiene and thorough cooking, which are essential to destroy any bacteria, parasites or viruses that may be present.
Producers, marketers, butchers and market stall owners must be made aware of the situation through awareness efforts by veterinary and public health authorities as to the knowns and unknowns of this evolving situation. People involved in animal production and sale must also be made aware of their responsibility to provide safe food to consumers, which include their own families and friends.
It is not recommended to handle known pork meat infected with Ebola Reston virus since the true risk of infection and consequences are unknown.
When a country has an animal health problem (of known or unknown origin), the authorities should immediately self-impose a ban on exports to neighbours and trading partners. Although this is likely to cause a significant and negative economic impact on the animal industry, an appropriate, self-imposed ban will increase the country's credibility and maintain the safety of its neighbours and trading partners. Moreover, should a country knowingly allow exportation to continue and the disease spread regionally or transcontinentally, the negative economic impact will increase in the longer term, with the country's credibility being held in doubt for years or decades to come. Perhaps most importantly, should the animal health problem be of a zoonotic nature (transmissible between animals and humans), the situation could have disastrous implications that far exceed the economic concerns.
Naturally occurring Ebola antibodies have been found in chimpanzees, drills, and baboons. Chimpanzees, gorillas, rhesus, vervet and cynomolgus monkeys have develop clinical illness and frequently die when infected with any of the Ebola viruses. Among wildlife, primates, bats and a few other species in Africa are known to be infected by Ebolavirus under natural conditions. Among livestock and pets, swine are currently the only domestic species found to have been infected.
FAO will update this brief as more information becomes available
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Back To School is in Full Swing!
Now that we are in September it is back to school time again. At any age or grade level your children might benefit from reviewing good habits, as they ease out of summer break and back into a new school year. Read forward to review some good tips that will prepare your child for the upcoming year.
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The White Lake Property (as referred to in Act 613, 2004 Louisiana Legislature) or White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area (WLWCA) (as referred to by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF)) is located in southwestern Louisiana in Vermilion Parish. The property is owned by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and managed by the Coastal and Non-Game Resources Division. WLWCA is 71,905 acres, located along the western boundary of Vermilion Parish; it is bounded on the south by White Lake, the northern boundary is 7.4 miles south of Gueydan at the end of Hwy. 91, and the Louisiana Meridian is the eastern boundary. Lafayette is 32 air miles northeast and Lake Charles is 45 air miles northwest. The southernmost point of White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area is 13.3 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico. The property averages approximately 12 miles from east to west and 9 miles from north to south. See map below.
WLWCA has a Birding and Nature Trail that is open to the public from sunrise to sunset daily. Year-round access to this trail is allowed with no payments, permits, or stamps required. All other access is scheduled and closely coordinated by staff through public hunts, fishing lotteries, special events, and scientific research.
Habitat Description
The WLWCA property consists of approximately 53,249 acres of freshwater marsh and 18,656 acres of leased property that contains a combination of cropland, wetlands, wooded areas, and campsites. The freshwater marsh areas are dominated by the following species: Maidencane (Panicum hemitomon), Bull Tongue (Sagittaria lancifolia), Cattail (Typha sp.), Jamaican Sawgrass (Cladium jamaicense), Roseau Cane (Phragmites australis), Spikerush (Eleocharis sp.), Walter's Millet (Echinochloa walteri), and Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis), in addition to the numerous species of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAVs) present. Also, many brush and tree species are found on the numerous levees and high ground throughout WLWCA. A significant amount of habitat diversity occurs on the WLWCA leased property. This includes cropland planted in rice, soybean, or millet, freshwater marsh impoundments, densely wooded areas, grass pastures and freshwater ponds.
Management Objectives
The WLWCA property consists of 53,249 acres of freshwater marsh managed for waterfowl, shorebirds, alligators, and production of high quality habitat for numerous species. Strategies used to achieve successful management include:
- Producing favorable conditions for waterfowl and shorebird habitat and forage growth
- Producing adequate resting/loafing areas and limiting hunting pressure
- Maintaining interspersed open ponds with surrounding emergent vegetation
- Maintaining habitat for nesting and brood rearing of coastal nesting species
- Restoring and maintaining habitat for alligator nesting
- Preserving wading bird rookery sites
- Maintaining trails through the marsh to provide fish habitat and encourage dispersion
- Reducing nuisance aquatic vegetation
The 18,656 acres of agricultural property on WLWCA are managed to maintain all of the cropland (as designated by the USDA Farm Service Agency) in farmable condition and maintain rice production on the property. Furthermore, habitat enhancement for wintering waterfowl is encouraged.
Property History
White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area property has a long history of private oil company ownership and management. Stanolind Oil and Gas Company (Stanolind) acquired the 71,905- acre property from Wright Morrow by Act of Sale on July 31, 1935. This sale included all of the property acquired by Yount-Lee Oil Company from P. L. Lawrence, et. ux., by Act of Sale dated March 7, 1931 and a portion of the property acquired by M. F. Yount from Elizabeth M. Watkins by Act of Sale dated November 5, 1929. Stanolind preceded Amoco Production Company (Amoco) which preceded BP America Production Company (BP). BP owned and managed the White Lake property until July 8, 2002 when BP donated the property to the State of Louisiana. On July 8, 2002, a Cooperative Endeavor agreement between the State and White Lake Preservation Inc. a 501(c) 3 corporation, for management of the property was executed. On January 1, 2005, Act 613 of the 2004 Regular Legislative Session became effective. This act established:
1. Transfer of property management from White Lake Preservation Inc. to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF)
2. The White Lake Property Advisory Board (WLPAB), LDWF, and the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission powers and duties relative to the management of the White Lake Property
3. A special account within the Conservation Fund for the White Lake Property. On December 17, 2004, the State of Louisiana, BP and White Lake Preservation Inc. signed a Transition Agreement for the management of the property by White Lake Preservation Inc. until July 1, 2005, at which time LDWF took total control.
Self-Generated Funding
White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area is a self-sustaining property. Revenue generation on the property allows WLWCA to fund its entire fiscal year budget. WLWCA generates revenue by harvesting alligators and alligator eggs, conducting lottery waterfowl hunts, issuing lottery fishing permits, hosting other public uses, leasing ingress and egress routes to companies for mineral exploration and mining, and leasing portions of the property for agriculture, hunting, fishing, and other surface uses. By generating revenue, WLWCA is able to operate without the use of any state tax dollars. Mineral rights for the entire property were maintained by BP Amoco, so WLWCA does not receive any funding from oil and gas production, exploration or mineral leases.
Contact Information
For information regarding lottery hunting, lottery fishing, other public access, or mineral resources, contact Wayne Sweeney at 337-536-9400 Ext. 1. For information regarding habitat, wildlife, the birding and nature trail, alligator harvest, waterfowl harvest, agriculture and hunting leases, or management, contact Schuyler Dartez at 337-536-9400 Ext. 2.


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Hong Kong's #1 Skyscraper 'Pulses' at Art Basel
Technology and art met at Hong Kong's 2014 Art Basel this year. The city's tallest skyscraper, the International Commerce Center, became the medium for a sky-high light and sound exhibition. The WSJ's Thomas DiFonzo shows us the debut of Alpha Pulse.
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BriceM needed a new button or icon design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 47 designs submitted by 15 freelance designers.
I am a company who develops iPhone and iPad apps for people and myself to sell on iTunes. Visit http://www.JBMJBM.com for more info. I have over 95 applications myself and have made over 50 for other companies. I have sold over 275,000 apps.
iPhone and iPad users and developers.
I need an updated iPhone graphic for my website. Look at http://www.JBMJBM.com and the iPhone image at the top left is what needs changing/updating.
I really don't want to take up any more room than it is already taking up, so about the same size would be great.
I would also like the iPhone graphic to be animated. Now it has to be iPhone friendly, so it can't be flash.
I would also like to look at maybe adding an iPad image within the graphic somehow. Maybe or maybe not, I will have to see how it looks first.
This image must be super flashy and look really nice because this is one of the first things the user sees.
I am up to any ideas on what is being animated, my logo, my apps, all of the above etc., etc., etc.
I think some of you are missing the point. Just the iphone graphic, not my logo.


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- CHECK Constraint
- Triggers
- Functions
- Variables
- Cursors
In this tutorial we are going to:
- Create a table that will store the words that are flagged as profane.
- Index that table since we are going to be rarely changing the data in there.
- Create a function that is able to test a string for profanity.
- Create a dummy comments table that will accept some user input.
- Place a trigger on the aforementioned table to test for profanity when a row is added or updated
- Create a table solely for keeping track of our profanity flag on each comment.
Creating the profanity table
This table only really needs one column to hold the flagged words. If you wish to add an IDENTITY column to satisfy your needs then by all means. Nothing in this tutorial is set in stone.
The syntax for our profanity table is as follows
--Create table to hold profanity CREATE TABLE profanity ( word VARCHAR(32) NOT NULL )
Notice there isn't an index on it as yet. We'll create the index after we've inserted the data. I grabbed a list of words from the internet that proved to be quite handy.
Now to create our index
CREATE CLUSTERED INDEX idxProfanity ON dbo.profanity(word)
Creating our function to test profanity
Our function will use the LIKE operator to determine if there is a match. The trick to this is to not detect words within other words.
For example grass contains ass and a mere 'grass' LIKE '%ass%' will be flagged as profane. It may seem backward having the user's input on the left side of the LIKE operator but it's totally valid. The reason for this is that when we're working with an input like The cows love to eat green grass our LIKE statement would look like this
'ass' LIKE '%The cows love to eat green grass%'If you're familiar with the LIKE operator you'll see that you will never get a match there.
Let's create our function called profanityCheck that will accept a VARCHAR of size 32 and return a TINYINT (0 or 1).
--Create function to check for profanity CREATE FUNCTION profanityCheck(@text VARCHAR(32)) RETURNS TINYINT AS BEGIN --Our code goes here --Don't run this just yet END GO
Within our BEGIN END block we shall declare a variable with a datatype of TINYINT.
DECLARE @result TINYINT
We will then set @result to the result of a query which will count the amount of matches found.
--Detect matches from the profanity tables SET @result = ( SELECT COUNT(*) FROM dbo.profanity WHERE @text LIKE ('%[^a-z]' + word + '[^a-z]%') OR @text LIKE (word + '[^a-z]%') OR @text LIKE ('%[^a-z]' + word) OR @text LIKE word )
Finally we must return out result.
--Return the number of results found RETURN @result
We now have a entire function. Feel free to run it. To create our dummy comments table you must add this code
--Create a sample table to accept user input CREATE TABLE comments ( id INT IDENTITY PRIMARY KEY, content VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL, ) GO
Now to create the table that will keep track of the entries that contain profanity or not.
CREATE TABLE flag ( commentId INT, flag TINYINT, PRIMARY KEY(commentId) ) GO
Our final step is creating a trigger that will be executed before an insertion or update takes place on our comments table.
--Create trigger CREATE TRIGGER runProfanityCheck ON comments INSTEAD OF INSERT, UPDATE AS DECLARE @content VARCHAR(255) DECLARE @id INT DECLARE @cursor CURSOR DECLARE @flag TINYINT DECLARE @insertion TINYINT --Determine if we're dealing with an UPDATE or INSERT IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM deleted) SET @insertion = 0 --We're not inserting but updating ELSE SET @insertion = 1 --We're inserting data --Set the cursor to read from the columns ID and CONTENT SET @cursor = CURSOR FOR SELECT inserted.id, inserted.content FROM inserted --Must open the cursor in order to use it OPEN @cursor --Similar concept as reading a file with ifstream in C++ FETCH FROM @cursor INTO @id, @content --If the status is anything other than 0 then --the fetch failed, went pass the last row or --found a missing row WHILE(@@FETCH_STATUS = 0) BEGIN IF dbo.profanityCheck(@content) > 0 SET @flag = 1 --Flagged for profanity ELSE SET @flag = 0 --Not flagged for profanity IF @insertion = 1 BEGIN --Populate our tables INSERT INTO dbo.comments VALUES (@content) INSERT INTO dbo.flag VALUES(@@IDENTITY, @flag) END ELSE BEGIN --Update our tables UPDATE dbo.comments SET content = @content WHERE id = @id UPDATE dbo.flag SET flag = @flag WHERE commentId = @id END --Attempt to fetch the next row FETCH FROM @cursor INTO @id, @content END CLOSE @cursor DEALLOCATE @cursor GO
I'll explain why the cursor is used in our trigger. A trigger isn't executed each time a row is inserted, deleted or updated but each time INSERT, DELETED or UPDATED statement is executed (depending on what the trigger is set to respond to). Without the cursor in our trigger queries like
INSERT INTO dbo.comments VALUES ('This is a row I would like to insert'), ('Here is another just for the fun of it')will populate the deleted or inserted table with more than one row. This will cause a simple code like
SET @content = (SELECT content FROM inserted)to fail.
The entire code is in the spoiler below.


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Monthly Onslow County GOP Meeting
Onslow County Republican Party wishes to invite you to our monthly meeting (held on third Tuesday of each month - same location). The meeting is open to all registered Republicans. Join us at 6:00pm for dinner; meeting starts promptly at 7:00pm. Come get involved and meet like-minded friends. If interested in volunteering, we have several committees for you to get involved. Let's Keep America Great together!
Hope to see you there! Feel free to bring a friend.
Like their Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/onslowgop/
Official Event
May 17, 2022 at 7pm - 9pm
Golden Corral
2055 N Marine Blvd
Jacksonville, NC 28546
United States
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2055 N Marine Blvd
Jacksonville, NC 28546
United States
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Also, I will first show you the result of my tutorial, so you can understand the nature and difficulty of this tutorial.
I have used DIC's header and implemented the name into the background.
- To begin, we first paste an image on the canvas so in this case, the DIC header.
- We then type in text, so we type in </dream.in.code>. I have used ORC A Extended which should be included in all Fireworks and Windows.
- Then with the text selected, go to the Properties window below the screen, select Effects --> Bevel and Emboss --> Raised Emboss.
- For the text, the properties are as followed:
- Width - 2
- Contrast - 100%
- Softness - 0
- Angle - 30
- Show Object - Unchecked
- Width - 2
And now the result should be the same as mine.


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Vice President, Corporate Citizenship & Corporate Affairs; Foundation President
Stanley S. Litow is IBM's Vice President of Corporate Citizenship & Corporate Affairs and President of IBM's Foundation. Under his leadership, IBM has been widely regarded as the global leader in Corporate Citizenship, and praised for societal and environmental leadership, labor practices, and civic leadership. Under Mr. Litow, IBM has developed innovative voice recognition technology to help children and adults learn to read, a humanitarian virtual supercomputer to speed research on cancer and AIDS, and new digital imaging technology to improve water quality. Mr. Litow helped devise IBM's Corporate Service Corps, a corporate version of the Peace Corps, to train and deploy thousands of IBM's future leaders; the IBM Smarter Cities Challenge, which is helping more than 100 cities worldwide become more effective; and the Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH), a grade 9 through 14 schools initiative to transform U.S. education and strengthen America's economic competitiveness by connecting education to jobs. President Obama praised P-TECH in his 2013 and 2014 State of the Union addresses, and visited the first P-TECH school in 2013. P-TECH also has been profiled as a Harvard Business School Case Study, as a TIME Magazine cover story and in a PBS special. Mr. Litow is a frequent keynote speaker and panelist at major conferences on philanthropy and corporate leadership in the U.S. and around the world. He has served as Chair of the Governor's Panel on Common Core Education Standards, on the President's Welfare-to-Work Commission, on the boards of the Harvard Business School Social Enterprise Initiative, The Citizens Budget Commission, The After-School Corporation and the Albert Shanker Institute. Currently, Stan also serves as a Governor's appointee on the board of the State University of New York. A prolific author, Mr. Litow has published articles and commentary in such outlets as: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, the Bush Center Blog, Corporate Responsibility, CRAIN's New York Business, Education Week, HBS Working Papers, The Huffington Post, the MIT Innovations Journal, Newsday, The New York Times, the New York University Annual Survey of American Law, U.S. News & World Report, The Yale Law Journal and publications of the American Academy of Sciences. Mr. Litow is the recipient of the Council on Foundations' prestigious Robert W. Scrivner Award for Creative Grantmaking. He also has been recognized by the Anne Frank Center, the Coro Foundation and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission, and has received the Urban Visionary Award from the Center for an Urban Future. Mr. Litow has twice been voted "CEO of the Year" by Corporate Responsibility Magazine, and IBM's efforts to improve American education have won the company two Ron Brown Presidential Awards for Corporate Leadership. Prior to joining IBM, Mr. Litow's career in public and nonprofit leadership included service as Deputy Chancellor of the New York City Public Schools, founder and CEO of Interface, a nonprofit think tank, and as both a City and State Official appointed by the Mayor and Governor of New York.


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Susan Granger's review of 'Vampire Academy'
Think of it as "Twilight" hybrid, set in a "Harry Potter" Hogwarts-like boarding school for bloodsuckers, as teenage girls cope with dating dilemmas while they battle evil supernatural forces.
Insofar as exposition goes, there are three tribes of vampires: the full-blooded, mortal Moroi, peaceful folk who don't kill people when they drink their blood; the half-human, half-vampire Dhampirs, who guard the Moroi; and the evil, undead Strigoi, who are ruthless, vicious marauders, killing and drinking their victims' blood. Conflict inevitably occurs when the demand for hemoglobin exceeds the supply.
Returned to St. Vladimir's (a.k.a. Vampire Academy), somewhere in Montana, after running away, 17-year-old Rose Hathaway (Zoey Deutch) is a loyal Dhampir whose mission is to protect her best friend, Vasilisa "Lissa" Dragomir (Lucy Fry), a Moroi princess and the last in her lineage. As Lissa learns how to manipulate the elements (fire, water, air and earth), she and Rose can communicate telepathically. Complicating matters are the inevitable gossip, clique bullying, preparations for the Equinox dance and forbidden romance.
Plus there's Lissa's older mentor Dimitri Belikov (Danila Kozlovsky), Lissy's love interest Christian Ozera (former model Dominic Sherwood), Queen Tatiana (Joely Richardson), Headmistress Kirova (Olga Kurylenko) and the elderly, terminally ill Moroi leader, Victor Dashkov (Gabriel Byrne), with his ditsy daughter Natalie (Sarah Hyland), who becomes Rose's partner-in-crime.
Based on the bestselling tween book series by Richelle Mead, it's incoherently condensed for the screen by Daniel Waters ("Heathers") and directed by his brother, Mark Waters ("Mean Girls," "Freaky Friday"). They shamelessly combine cliched pop culture references and clunky vampire puns ("The stakes are high...") with familiar themes, highlighted by Rolfe Kent's score, featuring Katy Perry, Sky Ferreira, Natalia Kills and Au Revoir Simone.
By far the most engaging actress is Deutch, daughter of Lea Thompson and her "Some Kind of Wonderful" director Howard Deutch, and "Modern Family" fans will recognize Hyland.
On the Granger Movie Gauge of 1 to 10, "Vampire Academy" is a fast-paced yet flaccid 2, a foolishly fanged fable. As the tagline suggests, "They suck at school."


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The Way Forward
Whenever I sit down to write that last letter of the year, it is difficult to not fall into the trap of making the letter a list of accomplishments and achievements for the past twelve months. Of course, 2016 was a great year for us and we can all be proud of another year of growth in many aspects of our business. We will never take success for granted and we know the hard work and sacrifice that goes into building your Forever future and we are grateful to all of you for being willing to work hard to build a Forever life.
But I want to take moment to lay out our vision for the future as opposed to celebrating the past. We have been around a long time and we have learned over the years that you have to be vigilant and disciplined in your messaging and focus in order to stay current in a marketplace crowded with competition and too many noisy distractions.
To help your message through the chaos of our crowded market place, it is imperative that we stay true to Forever's core message. Forever has always strived to be Pure and Simple with the best products we can make and the simplest marketing plan. In 2017, you will continue to see us working hard to enhance our products through ingredient upgrades and packaging improvements. You'll also see further significant investment and innovations in our processes, policies and marketing plan that will simplify the business and how you do it.
Another key aspect of our message is our USP's. What is it that makes Forever unique? Obviously there are many aspects of Forever that we feel confident are unique and go above and beyond our competition. However, we have identified 5 areas that we think we should all focus on that will enable you to more effectively explain who we are.
- In business since 1978. We are not perfect but we understand how to be successful and we have proven that we are disciplined enough as a company to make the right decisions over a long period of time.
- Our Aloe is the very best. Our Aloe is pure, proven and good for you. We control the entire process so we know what the quality is and how much Aloe is in each product.
- We are vertically integrated. We believe enough in what we do that we purchased and our constantly reinvesting in the entire supply chain in order for us to control price, quality and availability. We even own the ground that the Aloe grows in and the people that harvest it work for the Forever Family. We are not selling someone else's product with our label on it. It is truly ours from plant to product to you.
- Proven Marketing Plan. Our payment and rewards plan has withstood the test of time and all market conditions. We are not experimenting!
- Proven Leadership. Our staff throughout the world has shown over and over again that they are motivated by the long term success of Forever and they recognize that their success is dependent on our ability to create a profitable environment for every FBO and customer around the world.
I hope this helps you all see what we are thinking and what is important to us. I am so proud of each of you and what a thrill it is to be associated with you as we build something very special together.
Have wonderful Christmas and holiday time. Take time to reach out to those you love and maybe even to those that you don't!
Forever Yours,
Rex Maughan


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MUDD UP has MOVED!!!!Monday 11 December 2006 at 1:52 pm
I've finally managed to get the blog redesign up and running.
So, this is the last post at this URL. MUDD UP HAS MOVED!!!!
from here on in, check: http://www.negrophonic.com/
please update your bookmarks, RSS readers, blogrolls, and all that type of stuff.
Mudd Up! @ Negrophonic.com is here to stay... first post on the new spot has mp3s from The Ex and a tasty Mavado refix. lots more to come now that i'm done spending 'blog time' wrestling with CSS & HTML.
ongoing thanks for reading and contributing and keeping the mudd hott!
besos a tod@s.
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Todd Cooley
Class of 2015
Major/Minor: English, Music / Creative Writing
Campus Involvement
- Peer Mentor
- WACapella
- Vocal Consort
- WC Voyager
- Student Ambassador for Office of Admissions
- Writing Center Peer Consultant
Hometown: Easton, PA
High School: Easton Area High School
What class and/or professor would you recommend? Professor Mooney's Fiction Workshop
What is your favorite food? Chicken Quesadillas
What do you do for a campus job or work study? I am currently a Student Ambassador, a Peer Mentor, and I will be working in our campus Writing Center beginning in the fall!
Why did you choose your major? English and Music have always been a part of me. I've always been singing and reading as far back as I can remember, so choosing to major in those things was pretty organic for me. I'm all about doing what you love, and that's just what I love to do.
What's it like living in Chestertown? I love it. It's certainly different than living in a heavily populated area like I do at home, and the town is really beautiful. It certainly helps when dealing with the stress school can bring, and I don't know a lot of other places that can offer that kind of serenity.
What is your favorite Ctown hangout? I am a SUPER huge fan of Play It Again Sam's. They make some of the best sandwiches ever, and you really can't beat the atmosphere. It's a great place to go and unwind.


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Installing MSSQL and myLittleAdmin on Parallels Plesk Panel 10 Windows Servers
Windows® dedicated servers with Parallels Plesk Panel® 10 can use its built-in update tool to install the following MSSQL versions:
- Windows 2003 Servers — MSSQL 2005
- Windows 2008 Servers — MSSQL 2008
You can also install MyLittleAdmin, a Web-based tool for managing MSSQL databases. However, after installing MSSQL and MyLittleAdmin, you must complete a few steps before using MyLittleAdmin to manage your databases.
To Install MSSQL and myLittleAdmin on Windows Servers with Plesk 10
- Go to https://[[ipaddress]]:8443, where [[ipaddress]] is you server's IP address.
- Log in to Plesk using the user name admin and your server password.
- In the Server Management section on the left, click Tools & Utilities.
- In the Panel section, click Updates.
- Enter your server password. The Login Name is already populated with NetworkAdmin.
- Click Log in.
- Click Add Components.
- Select one of the following, and then select myLittleAdmin:
- Windows 2003 Servers — MSSQL 2005
- Windows 2008 Servers — MSSQL 2008
- Click Continue.
Do not close the window while the installation completes. It can take up to 20 minutes.
You can now create MSSQL databases and database users within Parallels Plesk Panel. However, if you try to launch myLittleAdmin to manage any of those databases, you will get a 404 error until you finish configuring myLittleAdmin.
To Finish Configuring MSSQL and myLittleAdmin with Plesk 10
- Remote Desktop to your server.
- From the Start menu, Select Run and type
cmd, and then click OK.
- Type the following depending whether you have a 32-bit or 64-bit operating system, then press Enter:
- 32-bit cd C:\Program Files\Parallels\Plesk\admin\bin
- 64-bit cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Plesk\admin\bin
- 32-bit
- Type the following, and then press Enter:
websrvmng.exe --reconfigure-sqladmin
- Type the following, and then press Enter:
defpackagemng.exe --fix --type=sqladminMssql
You can now launch myLittleAdmin by clicking Webadmin within Plesk.


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Another solid win there. Where has this form come from? A proper test up in the next round, though.
Good to see El Mustardo through as well.
Another solid win there. Where has this form come from? A proper test up in the next round, though.
Good to see El Mustardo through as well.
Fascist Dictator of the Heath Davis Appreciation Society
Supporting Petone's Finest since the very start - Iain O'Brien
Also Supporting the All Time #1 Batsman of All Time Ever - Jacques Kallis and the much maligned Peter Siddle.
Vimes tells it how it is:
Estoril Open II
PTA Tour 250 - 2nd Round - Estoril, Portugal - Clay (Red)
- Brett Read has picked up the biggest win of his return with an impressive three-set win over World No. 44 Ion Andueza. The Spaniard was a favourite to knock off the West CWLander, but Read showed some of his old class to take the first set 6-3 with a casual forehand winner down the line. He lost a bit of his mojo in the second set as Andueza grafted and fought his way to a 6-2 scoreline, but the decider was a more tense affair as both players surrendered breaks of serve as the set went to a tiebreaker. There Read played some of his best tennis of the match in a sublime display of consistent ball-striking as he out-worked and out-performed Andueza to win 6-3, 2-6, 7-6(3).
- He now meets fourth seed Kim Vollan after the big Norwegian picked up a straight sets win over East CWLand qualifier Ishan Narang. In his first win back on the PTA tour in months, Vollan's huge serve and powerful ground strokes were too young for the inexperienced Narang who struggled to cope with the step up in tempo from his first round win. The World No. 34 has struggled to stay on the park this season, but showed why he is always a second week threat at Grand Slams with a 6-3, 6-4 win.
- Finally, second seed Sven Oxenstierna survived an awkward opening encounter as he dropped a set to World No. 245 Luis Amaral before winning comfortably. Oxenstierna has been near unstoppable on clay this season, but was stunned in the first set by the Portuguese player who snatched a break of serve against all the play and held on to secure the set 6-3. That was all the fun he'd have, though, as Oxenstierna eased into the match and outgunned him in a safe 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 win. He'll no doubt lift the pace against Aldo Marín in the quarters, but will be boosted by losses to Rasmus Olesen and Jean-Alain Depuis.
- Seeded players out: Ion Andueza; Jean-Alain Depuis; Rasmus Olesen.
Haha **** yes.
Now to make amends against Vollan....
RIP Craig Walsh (Craig) 1985-2012
RIP Hughesy 1988-2014. 63* for eternity.
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I'm Green
The color of immortality, nature and envy - you are truly a unique person. While clearly the color of nature, you also symbolize rebirth, fertility and hope in the world. On the other side of the spectrum, a natural aptitude to money with green coming to signify money and possibly even *********!
BMW Open II
PTA Tour 250 - 2nd Round - Munich, Germany - Clay (Red)
- Rob Bowenburg will meet regular doubles partner Jarkko Maxum in the quarterfinals in Munich after a straight sets win over Brazilian qualifier Felipe Menon. The World No. 59 struggled early as he was forced to come from a break down twice to send the first set to a tiebreaker, and after saving two set points took the opener 8-6 in the breaker. After a frustrating first set, Bowenburg began to find a home for his backhand as he punched winners down the line to leave the Brazilian reeling. Furthermore, the serve that proved so dangerous in Rome returned to action as he eased into the quarters 7-6(6), 6-1.
- He plays Maxum after the ninth seed edged a tight match against Austria's Heinz Hainisch. Hainisch made the final in Tunis last week, and both players were in fine form in an entertaining opening set littered with great shots and awesome defence. With the scores at 5-5, Maxum got the first break of the match and it took a brilliant whipping cross-court backhand which caught the line and earned him a 6-5 lead. He converted to clinch the first set, and set about taking an early lead in the second. But at 2-0, he was broken back by Hainisch as the set meandered towards a tiebreaker. Having made frustrating errors on both wings, Maxum found his feet at the right time and avoided a deciding set as he advanced 7-5, 7-6(2) and in good stead for a tilt at the title.
- Finally, Spas Delev has lost out in a tight match to World No. 27 Antonio Bachunelli. The fourth seed has been inconsistent this clay season, and was evenly matched with the World No. 48 right throughout the contest. But after dropping the first set in a tiebreaker after leading 5-2 earlier in the match, Delev struggled to stay afloat as the Italian broke early in the second and kept his nose in front. In a frustrating end, Delev had two break points to go to 5-5, but couldn't convert either as Bachunelli edged to a 7-6(2), 6-4 win.
- Elsewhere, second seed Rick Henson was the latest big name casualty as he was beaten four and three by Colombia's Johan Ortiz.
- Seeded players out: Rick Henson.
Awesome, can't wait for the match against Maxum! He leads the career record 1 - 0 but that was in qualifiers.
Loser's shout at the Hofbrauhaus -what do you say?
Israel Open II
PTA Challenger Tour - Quarterfinal - Ramat HaSharon, Israel - Hard
- Teenage sensation Marcuss Deane has evened the score with Latvian top seed Ivars Emsis in a convincing straight sets win in the marquee quarterfinal in Ramat HaSharon, Israel. Deane was a big underdog after a disappointing start to his second round match, but was up for it from the start as he and Emsis engaged in a serving war in the first set which advanced to a tiebreaker in just forty-nine minutes. With no breaks of serve, it was hardly the most exciting first set as the two edged towards 6-6 in the tiebreaker before Deane earned a minibreak and nailed his ninth first-set ace to take it 7-6. The second set, however, was all Deane as Emsis - seemingly struggling with his eighth match in twelve days - fell apart and was broken three times in the decider as Deane took it to one. The 7-6(6), 6-1 win from Deane is one of his most impressive yet, and continues his push to the top 100 as he faces Samuel Thorpe who was one of three Americans to win his quarterfinal match.
- Seeded players out: Ivars Emsis; Li Ming-Wang.
Double partners up in Munich. ITSTL....
Good win from Markarse, too. He's got a 1-2 record in semi finals, but he's never going to get a better chance to make the final than here. Not sure exactly, but a title here will put him somewhere around 108-110 in the world.
Serbia Open II
PTA Tour 250 - Quarterfinals - Belgrade, Serbia - Clay (Red)
- World No. 28 Heath Davis has missed a golden opportunity to go deep in another PTA tournament after he let an early lead slip against fourth seed Morgan Carter. Davis is ranked above the American as of May 3, and in a tight first set he showed just that extra bit of class to claim it 7-5. But Carter, who last week proved too good for Illya Altman, fought back strongly and matched fire with fire and he threw the racquet at any loose shot from the fifth seeded West CWLander. Davis struggled to cope with resistance he hadn't met so far this week as Carter raced to a third set where he led 4-0. Staring down the barrel of a bad defeat, Davis managed to claw one break back and keep the match competitve, but couldn't push Carter any further as the American set up a semi final with unconvincing top seed Radek pidlá 5-7, 6-3, 6-4.
- In the third quarter final, third seed Jojo Mustard made light work of Croatia's Ivan Čeljar to advance to a semi final matchup with defending champion Radivoj Daneu. Despite Čeljar looking the better player in their respective second round clashes, Mustard was undoubtedly the better player in the quarter finals as he calmy dispatched the Croat 6-2, 6-2. The World No. 18 is looking in distinctly dangerous form and will no doubt be coveting a top sixteen seeding at the French Open - he'll get it if he can finish at least at No. 17 with Randy Smeltz's likely withdrawal. It may not happen yet, though, with second seed Radivoj Daneu perhaps finding his feet at just the right time as the former World No. 2 beat Nilikar Midid two and love.
- Seeded players out: Heath Davis.
Dammit. Still, it wasn't an easy win for the Yank. Would have capitulated in Straight Sets on clay last season.
Estoril Open II
PTA Tour 250 - Quarterfinals - Estoril, Portugal - Clay (Red)
- Before his return last month, it looked very likely that Brett Read's last match on the PTA circuit would be a 4-6, 2-6, 6-7(8) loss to Kim Vollan at Roland Garros. In a full circle, today he got a chance to level the tally against the big Norwegian in the quarterfinals of the Estoril Open in Portugal. Unfortunately for Read, he was edged out by the fourth seed who started like a shot before closing out a tense finish to move to his first semi final of the season. Read had looked good this week, but the World No. 34 threw his weight around in the first set in a dominant display as he put a bagel on the World No. 135. But down a break in the second, Read somehow tapped into his reserves and with a late break of serve clinched the second set 7-5 thanks to a backhand from Vollan which went about a foot long. The deciding set was a more tense affair; Vollan was looking unstoppable on his serve while Read was desperate and was running down some insane forehands from the Norwegian. Ultimately, though, Vollan was on and his power proved too much in the end as he advanced to a semi final clash with fifth seeded local Tiago Matías (fresh off a straight tiebreaker win over World No. 1 and defending champion Jason Hall) 6-0, 5-7, 7-5. A good week for Read as he eases his way back in against good opposition, and but for a poor first set he might still have been in action.
- Meanwhile, World No. 4 Sven Oxenstierna will look for his third title of the season when he meets Lari Färkkilä in tomorrow's second semi final. Oxenstierna was way too good for Paraguay's Aldo Marín, and it times it looked as if he was playing with the World No. 82 as he looks to refine his game ahead of the Madrid Masters and then the French Open. With just two losses under his belt this clay season, Oxenstierna surged ahead in both sets and cruised to victory 6-2, 6-2. His Finnish opponent has dropped just one set in his three matches as he advanced to a maiden semi final with a 7-6(3), 6-3 win over Germany's Alex Peters.
- Seeded players out: Jason Hall.
Oh well, a quarter and taking the world no. 30-something to the edge is an alright way to play.
BMW Open II
PTA Tour 250 - Quarterfinals - Munich, Germany - Clay (Red)
- Ninth seed Jarkko Maxum has beaten good friend and rival Rob Bowenburg in straight sets to put him two wins away from a maiden PTA World Tour crown. The World No. 46 put an end to Bowenburg's great run of form and has broken the mould of the fragmented careers of many of his East CWLand compatriots by going from strength-to-strength this season. In a tight first set, Maxum's class on the red clay was undoubted as he constantly peppered Bowenburg with deep forehands which pushed him well behind the baseline and it was that tactic that earned him two breaks of serve. After taking the first set 6-4, Maxum continued to dictate the play as Bowenburg was too often caught on the back foot and was unable to create his own pace against the tactical Maxum. Maxum's 6-4, 6-2 win sets up a semi final meeting with World No. 90 Martin Reiter. The Austrian beat Dutchman Maarten Berg 6-3, 7-6(6) to make his first PTA World Tour semi final.
- In the other half, fifth seed Becker Haas looks to make his home final after a win over fourth seed Antonio Bachunelli. He plays Colombian Johan Ortiz.
- Seeded players out: Antonio Bachunelli.
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