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Rosenstein to meet with lawmakers over report he sought to secretly record Trump
Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein at the White House on Thursday. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
September 28, 2018 at 2:25 PM EDT
The House Judiciary Committee expects to interview Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein behind closed doors sometime in the next few weeks, according to its chairman, who said Friday that he is finalizing the meeting's details with the Justice Department.
"There are many questions we have for Mr. Rosenstein, including questions about allegations made against him in a recent news article," said the chairman, Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.). "We need to get to the bottom of these very serious claims."
Rosenstein agreed to a meeting after speaking with Goodlatte on Thursday, said an administration official with knowledge of their discussion.
A spokeswoman for House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) said that the Judiciary Committee "is calling the shots" and that "we support the Judiciary chairman."
Memos kept by former acting FBI director Andrew McCabe say Rosenstein suggested secretly recording President Trump, potentially as part of a plan to remove him from office under the 25th Amendment. Rosenstein has denied this but offered to resign after the report's publication last week.
He is expected to meet with Trump next week to discuss the matter.
McCabe memos say Rosenstein considered secretly recording Trump
Last week's report by the New York Times touched off a firestorm among conservative Republicans, who have pressured Rosenstein to turn over documents as part of their ongoing scrutiny of the Justice Department and FBI and how the agencies conducted their investigations of Trump's campaign and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton.
Rosenstein appeared on the brink of impeachment over the summer, but in recent weeks top GOP officials have said they felt he had become more compliant with lawmakers' requests.
Now Republican leaders say they support demands for more information. On Thursday, the Judiciary Committee subpoenaed McCabe's memos, along with documents related to the FBI's application to surveil former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page and other materials about the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election already shared with the "Gang of Eight," a bipartisan group of congressional and intelligence committee leaders.
House Judiciary panel subpoenas McCabe memos, Page surveillance documents
Trump has said he is inclined to let Rosenstein remain in his job for now, though it is expected that he will depart the Justice Department along with Attorney General Jeff Sessions after November's elections.
The House Judiciary and Oversight committees plan to meet with former FBI general counsel James Baker next week as part of their ongoing probe. Lawmakers expect to meet in late October with Nellie Ohr, a former contractor for Fusion GPS, the private research firm that produced a dossier detailing Trump's alleged personal and business ties to Russia, according to two members. Ohr is married to Bruce Ohr, a Justice Department official who met on several occasions with Christopher Steele, the former British intelligence officer who compiled the information contained in the dossier.
The committees also have invited Glenn Simpson, the founder of Fusion GPS, to speak with them and have sent requests to former FBI director James B. Comey, former attorney general Loretta E. Lynch, former acting attorney general Sally Yates and former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos. Simpson rejected the invitation, raising the possibility lawmakers will issue a subpoena for his testimony.
Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported that the House committees invited Christopher Steele to speak with them. The committees invited Glenn Simpson, the founder of Fusion GPS, to speak with them.
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It's easy to think that everyone treats their home the same way you treat yours, but that's not a safe assumption to make. It's always best to err on the side of overly polite when you visit someone. There are things that you may do that drive the person you're visiting crazy, but they're too polite to mention it.
1. Do not go to the side door, back door or door from the garage to the house. Especially if it's your first time at someone's house. Go directly to the front door. This is the main entrance to the house and the place where you'll typically find the doorbell and welcome mat. When you've reached the back/garage door entry point with a family, you'll know. Also, the last thing you want to do is stand in the rain at someone's back door because they're upstairs and can't hear you knock, but are listening for the doorbell.
2. Do not take more than 2 steps into someone's home without asking if they'd like you to remove your shoes. I say two steps because that's far enough to close the door behind you but doesn't typically get you off the rug or tile at the door and onto carpet. This goes for any flooring choices. We have all solid flooring on our first floor and you still aren't allowed to wear shoes in my house. If the hosts says not to worry about it, then don't. But if they're a shoes-off house like mine, they will truly appreciate it.
3. Do not yell at, kick, spank or otherwise reprimand the pets that live in the home. This goes without saying for the children in a home. But people tend to forget that the animals, they may or may not actually like, live in the home and they are only guests. I've had a couple of cat haters visit us and the ones who have yelled, "Get away from me stupid cat" to my friendly furbabies, or kicked at them, don't get invited back.
If you don't like the animal, don't pet it. If you're allergic to it, tell the host and they will try to keep the animal away from you. If they have a dog that is jumping on you, ask the host if there's a way to stop the dog from jumping on you and they'll intervene. We live every day with our pets and sometimes forget that not everyone loves them like we do. But it's my home and it's the animals' home, not yours. If there's something my pet is doing that's bothering you, please let me know and I'll take care of it, don't yell at them or discipline them, you don't have permission.
4. Do not open doors or drawers. If you've ever been showing off a new home, you've probably had people open your closet doors or peek in the drawers as part of their house tour. If I want you to see the inside of the drawer where I keep my tampons, don't worry I'll show you. When we have guests, I tend to stash things in closets or drawers, if I want to show you the features of them, I'll open them for you. Also, yes that closet is literally full of diabetes supplies. And no, that's not weird.
5. Do not leave the toilet lid open or seat up. There's probably never been a host in history who normally leaves their commodes open who has been offended by a closed toilet. However, many of us like to keep them closed. Overall, it's more sanitary. People with newly mobile children or less than intelligent pets definitely don't want to have open toilet water available to them. I once had to rescue a cat stuck in an empty bathtub, the last thing I want to do is rescue one from a toilet. Ewww.
6. Do not blow out candles, turn off warmers, unplug air fresheners, etc. If a smell is bothering you, please ask the host if you can blow out, turn off or whatever the thing with the smell. I get that scents can be bothersome or irritate allergies/asthma, but we want to have a nice smelling home, it's polite to ask. If you ask, it will be blown out, turned off or removed. No further questions asked.
7. Do not rearrange their things. Please don't move my glasses to the cabinet you think they belong it. Don't move the furniture to different places in the room. It's my house, they are my things and I put them where I put them. Usually it's the people who view us as kids who want to either tell me where to put things or move them without asking.
8. Do not criticize the way they do things. If I put it in my dishwasher, it's because it's dishwasher safe… so yes, I put my pans in the dishwasher. It saves hours of my life. I fold my towels the way that works for me… they're clean, they're folded and they're not at your house.
Most of these should seem like common sense and generally good manners, but every one of the things on the list has happened to me, in my home, within the last five years. I know that it's not intentional rudeness, it's often simply not thinking.
What kinds of crazy behavior have you experienced from guests in your home? What would you add to this list?
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It's probably pretty sad that people need this reminder! Ha! Great tips!
I'm so glad you still have your no-shoes policy.


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Q: SeLinux stops starting of nginx Reboted nginx proxy server (centos7+nginx only, apache on another) I got error:
  DOMAIN systemd[1]: Starting Session 439 of user root.
-- Subject: Unit session-439.scope has begun start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
--
-- Unit session-439.scope has begun starting up.
Jun 08 06:30:02 DOMAIN CROND[16408]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/sbin/script.sh)
Jun 08 06:30:02 DOMAIN CROND[16409]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/bin/script.pl >/dev/null)
Jun 08 06:31:31 DOMAIN sshd[16419]: Connection closed by 10.1.1.3 [preauth]
Jun 08 06:33:40 DOMAIN run-parts(/etc/cron.daily)[16439]: finished 0yum-daily.cron
Jun 08 06:33:40 DOMAIN run-parts(/etc/cron.daily)[16441]: starting logrotate
Jun 08 06:33:45 DOMAIN run-parts(/etc/cron.daily)[16505]: finished logrotate
Jun 08 06:33:45 DOMAIN run-parts(/etc/cron.daily)[16507]: starting man-db.cron
Jun 08 06:33:47 DOMAIN run-parts(/etc/cron.daily)[16516]: finished man-db.cron
Jun 08 06:33:47 DOMAIN run-parts(/etc/cron.daily)[16518]: starting update-ocsp
Jun 08 06:33:56 DOMAIN systemd[1]: Stopping nginx - high performance web server...
-- Subject: Unit nginx.service has begun shutting down
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Unit nginx.service has begun shutting down.
Jun 08 06:33:56 DOMAIN systemd[1]: Starting nginx - high performance web server...
-- Subject: Unit nginx.service has begun start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit nginx.service has begun starting up.
Jun 08 06:33:56 DOMAIN nginx[16568]: nginx: [emerg] BIO_new_file("/etc/nginx/ssl/client-ocsp.pem") failed (SSL: error:0200100D:system library:fopen:Permission den
Jun 08 06:33:56 DOMAIN nginx[16568]: nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed
Jun 08 06:33:56 DOMAIN systemd[1]: nginx.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1
Jun 08 06:33:56 DOMAIN systemd[1]: Failed to start nginx - high performance web server.
-- Subject: Unit nginx.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Unit nginx.service has failed.
-- The result is failed.

After restorecon -R -v /etc/nginx/ssl/ and  restorecon -R -v /etc/nginx/ssl/*.pem
Nginx started, today was updated ocsp what worked years before, afrer nginx restart i have got same permission denied error.
How it can solve? It's production server, little bit scare to experiment with it
Thanks

A: Here's a general solution to allowing what was previously denied.
(optional) First we disable enforcing so we can do it all at once, not rerun and add one change at a time every time it fails:
setenforce 0

Then we start nginx, use it a bit, restart it too (so we log anything shutdown related)
Then we review what we'll be allowing:
grep nginx /var/log/audit/audit.log

And if you are satisfied with allowing everything mentioned:
grep nginx /var/log/audit/audit.log | audit2allow -M my-nginx-module

But if you weren't satisfied, adjust the grep to match something more specific, for example:
grep -E "name_connect.*nginx|nginx.*someporttype..." /var/log/audit/audit.log

And now we enable enforcing again, and retest.
setenforce 1

A: SELinux does not expect certificates to be placed in the /etc/nginx directory, so if you place them there they may come up with the wrong contexts.
Store your certificates in the default directory structure under /etc/pki/tls. If you use Let's Encrypt, and have installed the certbot package, then you can also use /etc/letsencrypt.
Files may also have the wrong context if you mv them instead of cp. On SELinux enabled systems, always remember to copy files and then delete the original if it needs to be deleted, or use mv -Z.

A: Personally I would just turn off SELinux. It causes a lot of trouble and complicate to set up. I admire the developers of SELinux, but this thing is terrible at the moment. :D

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If I had a book club circle based solely on reading books that help us grow into more thoughtful, curious communicators, I would want to discuss the ones on this list. These books are fantastic reads for anyone interested in becoming a more conscious communicator–or raising one. Be sure and check back. I'll continue to add to this list.
Raising Can-Do Kids: Giving Children the Tools to Thrive in a Fast-Changing World by Richard Rende, Ph.D.
Home for Dinner: Mixing Food, Fun and Conversation for a Happier Family and Healthier Kids by Anne K. Fishel, Ph.D.
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Blood-bath at the Beeb
Julian Brookes
These are dark days for the BBC. Yesterday more than 2,000 staffers in production and broadcasting (meaning news, sport, and drama) heard they're getting the boot. This comes on top of 1,700 business-side layoffs announced a couple of weeks ago. By the time Mark Thompson, the newish director general (the last one, you'll remember, quit over that dodgy WMD story) gets done swinging the meat axe, the BBC will be about 6,000 people lighter.
No doubt there's a lot of fat to trim at the Beeb, which, while indispensable on so many counts, is a big, unwieldy bureaucracy — and one, moreover, that subsists on taxpayer money. If Thompson is as good as his word and the money saved will go into new and better programming, all to the good. But we'll see.
Then again, lately the BBC is finding it can't even spend the money it wants to spend. Ricky Gervais, the man behind "The Office" (the best, and most painful, thing to come out of the BBC in years) just turned down a $10 million deal with the corporation, saying, sublimely, that such arrangements encourage "laziness and extravagance" and that, anyway, he didn't want to be the BBC's "bitch."


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End of season round-up
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PODIUM: Scotland women won bronze at the World Senior Curling Championships. Pic: twitter.com/jlockhart65
It's been a packed end to the season, with the good (Team Smith's European Masters win, bronze for Scotland women at World Seniors) mixed with the bad (Scotland/GB missing out on Olympic Mixed Doubles).
Here's a quick round-up of how the 2016-17 season has come to its conclusion.
Firstly to St Gallen, where the European Masters involved three Scottish men's teams – Brewster (Tom Brewster, Glen Muirhead, Ross Paterson, Hammy McMillan), Murdoch (David Murdoch, Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews, Michael Goodfellow) and Smith (Kyle Smith, Thomas Muirhead, Kyle Waddell, Cammy Smith).
Team Fleming (Hannah Fleming, Jen Dodds, Vicky Wright, Alice Spence) were the sole Scots on the women's side, but after two wins in the opening two matches versus Teams Schöpp (6-4) and Thompson (6-5) they lost their three remaining group matches to miss out on the final.
Not the results we wanted at the European masters but a great event none the less,Thanks to the organisers. Our season done is for 16/17
— Team Fleming (@Team_Fleming1) April 23, 2017
In the men's event, it wasn't a great tournament for Murdoch, as they only picked up one win from seven round robin games – 7-4 against Team Walstad.
Team Brewster did rather better, with wins against Murdoch (8-2), Pfister (5-3), Walstad (10-1) and McCormick (4-2) qualifying them for the 3v4 game versus McCormick, which the Scots won 4-2.
The best performance, though, came from Team Smith, who won four of their round robin matches – against Pfister (5-4), Murdoch (7-5), Brewster (7-3) and McCormick (8-5) – to edge by Brewster to make the final.
There they faced the ever-menacing Team Edin, and Smith finally got one over on the serial Slam-winning Swedes, as two in end four and one in end eight saw them pinch it 5-4.
The Champions Cup – for teams who have won major competitions during the season – took place in Calgary, Alberta, and involved three Scottish rinks – Teams Brewster and Hardie (Grant Hardie, Blair Fraser, David Reid, Duncan Menzies) on the men's side, and Team Muirhead (Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicki Adams, Lauren Gray) on the women's.
Neither men's team could progress from the round robin, with Brewster taking a win against Team Morozumi (9-3) but being beaten by Teams Laycock (5-4), McEwen (9-1) and Gushue (6-3).
Had a blast at the Grand Slam last week in Calgary… we'll be working hard to be back next season! A huge thank… https://t.co/Kwh6SOA4pV
— Team Brewster (@Team_Brewster) May 2, 2017
Hardie, meanwhile, lost all four games – against Teams De Cruz (8-1), Carruthers (6-3), Jacobs (8-6) and Morris (6-3) – but this was undoubtedly a helpful experience for the team in a Slam environment.
The men's title went the way of Team Jacobs, who overcame Team Koe 6-2 in the final.
Muirhead also missed out on the women's playoffs – beating Flaxey (9-4) but losing to Pätz (7-2), Jones (7-6) and Wrana (6-2).
Well that's a wrap from Team Muirhead on the 16/17 season! Looking forward to time off and hard work over the next months…keep you posted! pic.twitter.com/o3TtOgHdCM
— Team Muirhead (@Team_Muirhead) May 1, 2017
The women's final was contested by Teams Homan and Hasselborg, with Homan scoring two in end eight to pinch it 5-4.
The World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Lethbridge, Canada, saw Scotland represented by Gina Aitken and Bruce Mouat.
They swept the round robin, with victories over Norway (6-3), Bulgaria (10-3), Ireland (8-5), Wales (11-2), Serbia (11-0), Denmark (8-2) and Italy (8-4).
Also in Scotland's group, Ireland (Alison Fyfe and Neil Fyfe) won four and lost three (beating Serbia 10-2, Denmark 7-3, Bulgaria 11-4 and Wales 11-2, but losing to Italy 5-4, Scotland and Norway 10-4), with Wales (Dawn Watson and Adrian Meikle) coming in on W2 L5 (winning against Serbia 11-3 and Denmark 9-7, but defeated by Norway 6-2, Scotland, Italy 9-8, Ireland and Bulgaria).
England (Anna Fowler and Ben Fowler) just missed out on qualifying from the round robin, finishing on a W4 L3 record (beating France 8-5, Kazakhstan 17-2, Turkey 10-5 and Germany 9-6, but losing to the USA 7-2, the Czech Republic 6-4 and Canada 7-6).
The quarter-finals saw Ireland face Korea, losing 6-3, while Scotland – despite winning their group – faced Canadians Joanne Courtney and Reid Carruthers, and they were beaten 8-3 after giving up four in end seven.
Now scrambling to qualify for the Olympics, Aitken and Mouat faced Sweden – and scored four in end four as they beat them 9-2 – while the Irish pair lost to Russia 7-5.
It was the Russians Anastasia Bryzgalova and Aleksandr Krushelnitckii up next for Scotland, and again Aitken/Mouat lost to a very strong opponent, 6-5, as Russia scored singles in ends one, three, four, six, seven and the extra to edge a tight match.
Scotland had to beat Italy next and hope. They did that, 7-5, but Norway's win over Finland denied them a spot at Pyeongchang 2018, with just two points in it on the ranking system.
The eight teams who will compete at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games mixed doubles #curling event are now set #Roadto2018 pic.twitter.com/i5ZcebgoYz
— World Curling (@worldcurling) April 29, 2017
Sport is seldom 'fair', and Scotland had the misfortune to face Canada and Russia after a flawless round robin.
What would seem flawed is a qualification process that places so much emphasis on a couple of games at one event, over the hard work and consistent tournament success of a Scottish duo who have spent the last four years working towards an Olympic spot, and were clearly heartbroken to fall short.
Switzerland, who went unbeaten through the championship, beat Canada 6-5 in the final to win gold, with China taking silver.
Lethbridge also hosted the World Senior Curling Championships, with Scotland represented by Ian Drysdale, David McQueen, Ronald Wilson, Graham Lindsay and Andrew Hemming (alternate) in the men's event.
They finished the round robin with a W3 L3 record, as they saw off Finland 6-3, England 4-2 and Russia 12-2, but were beaten by Canada (7-2), Wales (6-4) and New Zealand (5-2)).
That meant a tiebreaker against Wales (Adrian Meikle, Richard Pougher, Chris Wells, Gary Waddell, Alistair Reid (alternate)), who had also won three and lost three, and again the Welsh came out on top, 5-4 this time, to put the Scots out.
England men (Thomas Campbell, Philip Barton, Mike Spain, Alastair Fyfe) ended up on W1 L5, with Ireland men (Peter Wilson, Johnjo Kenny, Bill Gray, David Whyte, David Hume (alternate)) on W5 L2.
Wales beat Israel 8-6 to make the last eight, but there they succumbed 8-1 to Canada; Ireland, though, qualified for the quarter-finals with a 5-4 win over Denmark.
Canada proved too strong for the Irish in the semi-finals, winning 5-2, but the Irish did secure bronze with a 6-3 win over Germany in the 3v4 game, while Sweden pipped Canada to gold.
As for the women's competition, Scotland (Jackie Lockhart, Christine Cannon, Isobel Hannen, Margaret Richardson, Janet Lindsay (alternate)) qualified from Group B with five wins (against the Czech Republic (9-2), Slovakia (15-1), Australia (9-1), Finland (7-6 after an extra end) and Switzerland (8-4)) and one loss (versus the USA (6-4)).
England women (Judith Dixon, Val Saville, Helen Forbes, Deborah Higgins) were W3 L4 for the event, with Ireland women (Carolyn Hibberd, Marie O'Kane, Louise Kerr, Clare McCormick) W1 L6.
Scotland, having finished second in their group to the USA, had to beat Russia to make the last four, which they did 10-0.
Their semi-final pitted them against Colleen Jones' Canada, and it was the host country who emerged victorious with a two in end eight to win 5-3.
Canada took gold and Switzerland silver, and Scotland ensured they joined them on the podium by beating the USA 8-5 (scoring four in end five) in the bronze medal match.
Skip Lockhart said: "It feels really good to get a medal and to go back with something after not playing quite the 'A' game we wanted against Canada.
"We had to fight really hard for that. It's been a tough week but every medal makes the season worthwhile and we've still got years to play in seniors, so…bring it on."
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Team Flaxey win Perth Ladies International
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TROPHY: Perth Ladies International winners Team Flaxey (pic: facebook.com/perthladiescct)
'International' was the key word in this weekend's Curling Champions Tour event in Perth, as none of the eight teams making it into the knockout stages were Scottish.
In the end Team Flaxey of Canada defeated Team Tirinzoni of Switzerland in the final to take the prize at the Dewars Centre.
More on that later, after a quick check on Team Murdoch's early form at the World Men's Curling Championship…
Scotland are represented at the Ford World Men's Curling Championship in Edmonton, Canada, by Team Murdoch – David Murdoch, Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews, Michael Goodfellow, Ross Paterson (alternate), Ian Tetley (coach).
Their opening match pitted them against Norway – for once not represented by Thomas Ulsrud's rink, as Steffen Walstad's quartet qualified in their place.
The Norwegians scored two in end two and three in end four, but the Scots grabbed two in the third end, two in the fifth and a steal in the sixth to tie it up at 5-5.
Twos in ends seven and 10, though, gave the game to Norway 9-6.
The Scots bounced back to W1 L1 against the USA – which was a tight game up to the eighth end, as the teams traded ones and twos, but a disastrous end eight from the Americans handed Scotland the chance to score five, which they made to win 9-4.
They followed that up with a 7-4 win over Japan, scoring twos in ends three and five, and stealing one in end six.
So with Canada topping the early standings on W3 L0, Scotland are one of six teams on W2 L1.
Back to Scotland, and the EDF Energy City of Perth Ladies International, which involved 24 teams from across the world – eight of those Scottish.
None of the home nation's representatives made it beyond the round robin stage – though Team Smith came closest, as they finished alongside Teams Tippin (Canada) and Wrana (Sweden) on W3 L2 in Section A, but the Canadians' draw shot was better – just – so they progressed to the last eight alongside Team Tirinzoni of Switzerland.
Teams Flaxey (Canada) and Feltscher (Switzerland) qualified from Section B at the expense of the Scottish rinks of Karina Aitken and Hannah Fleming, plus Anna Fowler's English team.
Section C featured Teams Gina Aitken and Muirhead – the latter having just won Worlds bronze in Beijing of course – but neither could finish in the top two in the group, as Teams Middaugh (Canada) and Sinclair (USA) made it through instead.
Finally, Section D saw Teams Fukisawa (Japan) and Fleury (Canada) progress.
Saturday night's quarter-finals saw wins for Teams Flaxey (6-5 over Fleury), Feltscher (4-3 versus Fukisawa), Tirinzoni (8-4 over Sinclair) and Tippin (4-2 against Middaugh).
Two Canadian rinks and two Swiss made it Sunday's matches then, where Flaxey scored three in end four, two in end seven and one in the eighth to beat Tippin 7-4, while the all-Swiss semi went to Tirinzoni 6-3, largely thanks to a steal in end two and two in end six.
The final began with four blank ends from Tirinzoni (who, it must be pointed out, were playing with only three players, so did incredibly well to make the final!), before Flaxey stole one in end five.
After the teams traded twos Tirinzoni was forced to one in end eight, meaning an extra end – where Flaxey (Alli Flaxey, Clancy Grandy, Lynn Kreviazuk, Morgan Court) used hammer advantage to score two and win the game 5-3 to clinch the Champions Curling Tour event title.
Thin double for the win @PerthLadiesCCT!!! 🏆🇨🇦 pic.twitter.com/xUcowEWor6
— Team Flaxey (@TeamFlaxey) April 2, 2017
Very proud of this group. @TeamFlaxey are @PerthLadiesCCT champs! 1st international event 🏆 pic.twitter.com/bu0XVJEa6U
— Caleb Flaxey (@calebflaxey) April 2, 2017
Finally, there were two other events in Scotland this weekend, starting with the National Virtual Club Challenge on Saturday in Braehead.
Sixteen teams took part, leading to a high road final between Stirling and Dundee 2 – which Dundee 2 (Neil Mackintosh, Steven Lafferty, George Dewar, Ally Donald, Jenni Lyall) won 4-1 to take the spoils.
Then on Sunday it was the Newcomers Trophy at Greenacres.
Twelve teams were involved, divided into purple and green sections, before a high road final contested by Teams Ryder and Maxwell – with the latter (Jay Maxwell, Callum McLain, Erin Furey) winning that decider 3-0 for the silverware.
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Muirhead and Murdoch triumph: 2017 Scottish Curling Championships round-up
February 26, 2017 February 26, 2017 theroaringgameblog1 Comment
CHAMPIONS: David Murdoch, Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews and Michael Goodfellow. Pic: RCCC/Brian Battensby 2017
Team Murdoch won the men's title at the Scottish Curling Championships for the first time since claiming their 2014 Winter Olympic silver medals, while Team Muirhead clinched their third women's title in succession.
Finals day began with Team Muirhead facing Team Fleming in the women's title decider, and a three in end five and two in end eight gave Eve Muirhead's rink a 6-4 victory and the skip her seventh title.
Teams Mouat and Murdoch, both on six-game winning runs, collided later in the afternoon, and David Murdoch's men were ruthless in punishing Mouat mistakes, scoring four in end three and three in the fifth to triumph 10-4.
WOMEN'S WINNERS: Lauren Gray, Vicki Adams, Anna Sloan and Eve Muirhead. Pic: RCCC/Brian Battensby 2017
Team Muirhead (Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicki Adams, Lauren Gray, Glenn Howard (coach)) went unbeaten through the tournament, with six wins in the round robin (see my review here) and victory over Team Smith in the 1v2 page playoff.
They had only just edged by Hazel Smith's rink in the group stage, stealing two in end 10 to win 11-9, but they did a professional job on the same opponents in the playoff.
Twos in ends four and six propelled them to a 6-3 victory, putting them into the final and tipping Smith into a semi-final against Hannah Fleming's rink.
Team Fleming (Hannah Fleming, Jen Dodds, Alice Spence, Vicky Wright, Nancy Smith (coach)) had endured a tough round robin, forcing a tiebreaker by beating Team Gina Aitken in their last match.
There they saw off Team Karina Aitken 8-4, putting them into the semi with Smith.
A third consecutive victory followed, as twos in ends one and three, plus three in end six, won them the match 9-6 and booked their spot in the final.
Team Fleming made the better start to that final, maintaining their composure and preventing the Muirhead rink getting an early jump on them, as it was tied at 1-1 after four ends.
RUNNERS-UP: Vicky Wright, Alice Spence, Jen Dodds and Hannah Fleming. Pic: RCCC/Brian Battensby 2017
But a couple of fine shots from Sloan, and loose ones from Fleming, gave Muirhead the opportunity to hit for three, which she duly made for a 4-1 lead at halfway.
Fleming took a single in end six and stole one in end seven to narrow the gap to one, but Muirhead hit back with a two in the eighth end for a 6-3 lead which always looked difficult to pull back.
So it proved, Muirhead running out 6-4 winners for a third consecutive Scottish title (seventh in all) and passage to Worlds in Beijing (March 18-26).
Afterwards, Eve Muirhead said: "I think patience was a key factor out there. Right from the off Hannah and the girls played really well, and so did we.
"We knew we had a game on our hands, we expected that, and as a team we never get ahead of ourselves or get complacent, so we stayed patient and then got that little break in the fifth end, scored the three and that gave us a little jump ahead.
Adams added: "This is what we train for, we do a lot behind the scenes, not just on the ice, and we take each game as one game, we don't get too ahead of ourselves.
"We individualise the games, break them down into stones, single ends, making it much easier to focus on that rather than the bigger picture."
While Muirhead won her seventh title, and Sloan and Adams their sixth, it was a first success for lead Gray, who capped it with two perfect tick shots in the final end.
She said: "I'm so delighted to have won my first Scottish Championship; it was an absolute joy to be playing with the girls today.
"I've been working hard on the tick shots, as this is my first season as a lead, so I was really pleased to make them both in the 10th end."
Muirhead also praised coach Glenn Howard, adding: "As soon as we brought him on board we knew he'd help us in a lot of different ways, especially on the tactical side, and that's just what he's done.
"I think he was more nervous than us today! But he's been fantastic, and absolutely delighted to get his first Scottish title I guess – but now he has the Canadian Championship coming up next week, and we're all behind him for that."
Now the focus turns to the World Championships in China, on which Sloan said: "It's a quick turnaround, so we'll get back to training pretty quickly.
"We're really looking forward to getting out there, the field will be tough this year as always, but we're in a good place and we just need to build on our performances this week – I think we've been pretty consistent.
"We're excited and looking forward to the challenge."
The men's final was a meeting of the two form teams, with Team Mouat (Bruce Mouat, Bobby Lammie, Gregor Cannon, Derrick Sloan, Alasdair Schreiber (alternate), Alan Hannah (coach)) and Team Murdoch (David Murdoch, Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews, Michael Goodfellow, Ian Tetley (coach)) both on six-game winning streaks.
Team Murdoch had a slow start, but picked up the pace to finish on a W7 L2 record and top the standings – review of the men's round robin here.
That put them into the 1v2 page playoff against Kyle Smith's rink, and after a tight match Murdoch emerged victorious 4-3, stealing one in end six and taking their one down the last to make the final.
Team Mouat had to get there the hard way after a terrible Tuesday – losing heavily to Teams Murdoch and Whyte – and three wins on the trot forced a tiebreaker against Team Hardie, which they edged 5-4.
They faced defending champions Team Brewster in the 3v4 playoff, and steals in ends five and six, then a two in the ninth, gave them a 6-4 victory.
SECOND SPOT: Bruce Mouat, Bobby Lammie, Gregor Cannon, Derrick Sloan, Alasdair Schreiber and Alan Hannah. Pic: RCCC/Brian Battensby 2017
Their semi-final with Team Smith was dramatic in the extreme, Mouat dominating the opening five ends and leading 4-2.
Two in end seven and successive steals looked to have swung it for Smith, but a disastrous final end saw them give up three, Mouat winning 7-6 to set up a Murdoch showdown.
It was a showdown which saw Murdoch clinically exploit little mistakes from Mouat, who was playing an aggressive game but seemed to run out of gas after their Universiade exploits and long week in Perth.
Draws came up short or were a touch wide, and after the teams traded twos in the first couple of ends, Murdoch exploded into a 9-3 lead after five ends, courtesy of four in end three and three in the fifth.
There were to be no miracles for Mouat to allow a comeback as Murdoch completed a professional job well done, handshakes offered in the eighth end with the score 10-4.
An elated David Murdoch reflected on a ruthless performance afterwards: "That's how we wanted to be. We didn't win our last two finals, and we wanted to make sure that as we were the more experienced team we came across with that authority, played our A game and put a lot of pressure on the guys.
"For a first final it's quite daunting out there and we wanted to make sure we put them under as much pressure as we could."
On his team, he said: "I'm super proud of them. We've had this as our goal for a long, long time and put in a ton of work.
"It's not easy to win this championship; we've had a super week, and we look to keep that going and get a good result in the World Championships.
"It's something the general public probably don't see, the early starts, in the gym and on the ice; you need to have that amount of work put in to achieve that type of goal.
"We covered every aspect of this week, we wanted to make sure we left no stone unturned, and we certainly did that."
So proud of the boys this week! What a great performance! Next stop Edmonton!! #TeamMurdoch… https://t.co/GzpRUA9iAM
— Scott Andrews (@Andrews14Scott) February 26, 2017
Murdoch is under no illusions that competition at Worlds will be fierce, adding: "The World Championship a year before the Olympics is probably the toughest year; every team is coming up to their best at the end of the quadrennial.
"It's in the lion's den, in Edmonton, and we know how exciting that is – we've been there and done it plenty of times, and that excites us too.
"We need to be at our best as it's going to be a tough fight. [But] I like our chances.
"I've said for a long time, although results might not have been going well this season at times, I always like the way we're throwing it, and we just needed the extra challenge of the Scottish Championship, some good ice conditions, and we brought our best."
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#scc2017 men's round robin review
February 24, 2017 theroaringgameblog1 Comment
CRUNCH TIME: Tom Brewster is in the Scottish Championships playoff mix again. Pic: Brian Battensby (brianbatphotography.co.uk)
The round robin stage of the Scottish Curling Championships is complete, and the men's section saw less playoff pandemonium than the year before, where five teams finished on W6 L3 records.
This year it only required one tiebreaker between Teams Hardie and Mouat to give us a final four of Teams Brewster, Mouat, Murdoch and Smith.
The 10 teams involved in the championship all played their part, with Team Telfer – who lost all nine of their games – coming within a couple of shots of beating Team Smith, edged out 7-6.
Kyle Smith and his rink were also glad to escape unscathed from a tough encounter with Team Whyte, who outplayed their opponents for much of the match but lost 7-3.
It was one of a number of impressive performances from the young team, who shrugged off the loss of regular skip Ross Whyte (he's at the World Junior Championships as Cameron Bryce's fifth man) to claim five wins.
Their six-man rotation, skipped by Callum Kinnear when he wasn't working, upset Teams Murdoch (7-5) and Mouat (8-1), took Team Brewster to an extra end (losing 8-7), and were left to rue a few bad shots in defeat to Team Smith.
Kyle Smith said: "They [Whyte] seemed to have a really good week.
"They're good curlers, and upset a few folk, so we were quite relieved to get over the finish line against them."
The Smith rink posted seven victories to two defeats, putting them joint top of the round robin standings and into the 1v2 page playoff against David Murdoch's Olympians.
"That's 100 per cent where we wanted to be at the start of the week," said Smith. "So we're very pleased.
"We've been pretty good, we've had some tough games and had to dig deep to steal sometimes or create our twos, but we're all working together so we need to keep that going.
"Hopefully we're due a win over him [Murdoch], so we'll see how we get on."
Team Murdoch lost two of their first four games – to Hardie and Whyte – but since then they've won five in a row, meaning they carry the best form into the playoffs.
Skip Murdoch said: "Our number one priority is to get into the playoffs, and it's a great bonus that we're in the 1v2 – that's where we've been aiming the whole week.
"We did have a slow start, but we've played some great curling this week and bossed some teams around, and beat a lot of teams that have been playing well."
In fact they have defeated three of the top five in the section, beating Teams Smith (7-5), Mouat (9-2) and Brewster (8-6).
Murdoch added: "We're in a good place. It's going to be a tough weekend – everyone's in it to win it, and so are we, so we hope to bring our best game to the weekend.
"We've been on a bit of a win streak, so you feel good and have your chest puffed out from that.
"When you have a good feeling you're relaxed, and you just need to bring the intensity."
Rivalling Murdoch for form are Team Mouat who, after their chastening defeats to Murdoch and Whyte on Tuesday, have won four in a row, including the tiebreaker with Team Hardie.
Grant Hardie's rink enjoyed another good week, starting with four straight wins, but ultimately it ended in frustration as defeats to Smith, Mouat and Brewster pushed them into a decider with Mouat, the latter scoring two in end eight in winning 5-4.
Skip Bruce Mouat paid tribute to his opponents, saying: "They're [Hardie] really strong, we've played them quite a few times this season and it's probably been 50-50 games-wise, so it was good to win tonight."
They won gold at the Winter University Games earlier this month, bringing confidence but also, undoubtedly, some fatigue.
Mouat added: "It's always going to be quite tiring after a week's rest and then playing another long week, but I think we've really managed to rest well over the week – and that's what we go to the gym for!"
But it's target achieved for them in Perth, and they're a dangerous side in the last four.
"Initially [making playoffs] is what we set out to do, and then obviously we want to win it now, so it's three must-wins," said Mouat.
"A winning run is always important. We had a rough Tuesday, losing two on the trot, and bad losses, but now it's four on the trot that we've won.
"Going into the games with a bit of momentum is always a good thing, so if we show up and play well we'll definitely cause some problems for the other teams."
But standing in their way are reigning champions Team Brewster, who finished alongside Teams Murdoch and Smith on W7 L2, but having lost to both they missed out on playing in the 1v2 game.
Not that skip Tom Brewster has any complaints about his rink's round robin performance.
"I think we're playing just as well as we were last year; I don't see much difference.
"Even the game we lost yesterday to Dave [Murdoch], we probably outplayed them apart from one bad end which cost us the game."
The concession of fours in end six against Smith and end two versus Murdoch were decisive, fighting back from 5-1 down to 6-6 in the latter match, before being beaten 8-6.
"We've lost two games this week where, truthfully, one bad end has cost us the game, so we just need to cut out a couple of those simple mistakes in the ends we've given up," Brewster added.
"We've not played badly in either lost game, just our opponents have been exceptional. So if we cut that out we'll be in a good place."
As for the 3v4 match-up, it pits them against a team they've already beaten in Team Mouat, albeit after an extra end.
Brewster said: "It's one extra game, that's it; you've just got to be here at the end of the week.
"I'm confident, we've had a good end to the week and we're improving as the week's gone on, so that's what matters."
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Scottish Curling Championships 2017 preview
February 18, 2017 February 18, 2017 theroaringgameblogLeave a comment
LOTS AT STAKE: Glen Muirhead, Tom Brewster, Scott Andrews and David Murdoch. Pic: British Curling/Perthshire Picture Agency (Graeme Hart)
The Scottish Curling Championships return to Perth this weekend, with Teams Brewster and Muirhead aiming to retain their respective men's and women's titles.
We've past the 'one year to go' mark to the 2018 Winter Olympics, which means the stakes are raised up a notch – these championships are not just about the Scottish titles, or Worlds qualification, but also about making a statement in the race to Pyeongchang.
With the Roaring Game Blog joining curlers and fans in descending on Perth, here is a guide to the teams in contention and what's in store over the week.
KEY CONTENDERS – MEN
Team Brewster have put themselves in the box seat for Pyeongchang by winning last year's Scottish Championships, and then qualifying for the 2016 European Championships in Braehead.
The Euros didn't go to plan for the Brewster rink, but in the last couple of months they have won the Karuizawa International and Perth Masters, and of course you would expect them to be up there again in the Fair City.
Tom Brewster's GB team-mates in Sochi in 2014, Team Murdoch, would seem to be running out of chances to return to the Olympics, having failed to represent their country in the three years since those last Games.
They're the top-ranked Scottish rink this season though – currently 12th in the World Curling Tour Order of Merit, ahead of Team Smith in 14th and Team Brewster in 18th – and skip David Murdoch is a serial winner of this competition (as were his team from 2011-13).
But they have found their route to major championships blocked in recent years – often by Brewster – so, should they both reach the final this year, will Murdoch finally be able to turn the tables?
There's no guarantee of a Brewster-Murdoch final, mind you, as Team Smith have enjoyed a superb season in winning the OCT Oakville title and reaching a first Grand Slam of Curling final at the Tour Challenge.
If they put a run of wins together they're very hard to stop, so don't rule out a first Scottish title for Kyle Smith and co this year.
KEY CONTENDERS – WOMEN
Defending champions Team Muirhead arrive in Perth, once again, as big favourites – their skip is going for her seventh Scottish title after all.
Naturally Eve and co are favourites to represent GB in Pyeongchang too, and have brought Lauren Gray in at lead and Glenn Howard as tactical coach with the aim of upgrading on the bronze won in Sochi.
And it's not been a bad season so far for the re-jigged line-up, with tour victories in Basel and Glasgow (the Glynhill Ladies International), plus European bronze.
With last year's second-placed skip, Gray, now in the Muirhead ranks, their main adversaries would seem to come in the form of Team Fleming.
Having brought Jen Dodds and Vicky Wright on board, the Fleming rink have had an excellent season, reaching finals at the Stockholm Ladies Cup, Red Deer Classic and Qinghai China International, and rising to 29th in the WCT Order of Merit.
Their head-to-heads with Muirhead have tended to go the way of the more experienced skip, but these championships gives Fleming the perfect chance to show how much that gap has narrowed this year.
DARK HORSES – MEN
There's nothing like a gold medal to perk you up before a(nother) major competition, and that's just what Team Mouat achieved at the Winter University Games in Kazakhstan earlier this month.
The reigning Junior World Champions certainly have the talent and pedigree to cause a major headache for Brewster, Murdoch et al.
As do Team Hardie, who were impressive at the last Scottish Champs and have once again performed well on the Scottish Curling Tour, clinching the overall tour crown with one event remaining.
They like pulling off an upset these boys, so don't be surprised if they put a few noses out of joint on their way to a playoff spot.
Hardie themselves were upset in the Forfar Open final by relative newcomers Team Fraser – they have a former Scottish champion in Ruairidh Greenwood, and it will be interesting to see how they fare against the more established names.
DARK HORSES – WOMEN
Team G Aitken were, like Team Mouat, at the World University Games, and narrowly missed out on a playoff place after losing a tiebreaker against Switzerland.
They have gained valuable experience on tour this season too, and will be eager to prove that a Fleming v Muirhead final is far from a formality.
(One stone at a time, one game at a time… I know, I know.)
Younger rinks Team K Aitken – Scottish Junior runners-up this year – and Team MacDonald – 2017 Asham Under 21 Slam winners – are also ones to look out for.
RIVALS: Eve Muirhead calls the shot while Hannah Fleming watches on. Pic: British Curling/Perthshire Picture Agency (Graeme Hart)
THE BIG MATCH(ES)
The 10 men's rinks and seven women's will play round robin games from Sunday, February 19 to Thursday, February 23.
Some match-ups to look out for include:
Murdoch v Smith (Monday Feb 20 at noon) – the first clash between probable title contenders on the men's side.
Fleming v Muirhead (Monday Feb 20 at 4pm) – the two highest-ranked women's teams look to land an early psychological blow.
Brewster v Smith (Monday Feb 20 at 8pm) – big day for Team Smith this one, with their second game versus a 2016 finalist, and also Glen Muirhead v Thomas Muirhead.
G Aitken v K Aitken (Tuesday Feb 21 at 8am) – more sibling rivalry, this time between skips in the women's section.
Brewster v Murdoch (Wednesday Feb 22 at noon) – a repeat of last year's final, the two big favourites… let's hope it's better than their 2016 round robin meeting, which was over far too quickly.
G Aitken v Fleming (Wednesday Feb 22 at 4pm) – two teams looking to close the gap to Muirhead. Who will come out on top?
Hardie v Mouat (Wednesday Feb 22 at 8pm) – outside of the big three of Brewster, Murdoch and Smith, these rinks look best equipped to challenge.
Tiebreakers (if required) will take place on Thursday Feb 23 at 6.30pm, ahead of the page playoffs (Feb 24 at noon), semi-finals (Feb 24 at 7pm), women's final (Feb 25 at 11am) and men's final (Feb 25 at 4pm).
The Royal Caledonian Curling Club event page will have all the team line-ups, linescores and standings during the week, and of course I will be doing my best to bring updates via the Roaring Game Blog Facebook and Twitter.
Although the BBC will be filming at the championships, with highlights to be broadcast the week after the event finishes, there will be no live streaming of matches.
The fourth best way to enjoy curling, so says the tagline, is CurlingGeek, and I will endeavour to cover as many games as possible from Monday… hopefully with fewer trolls than last year.
That said, if you can make it to Perth for a day or two, watching (for free) from the friendly fans' viewing area above the sheets is heartily recommended – it's only the finals on Saturday which require tickets via Eventbrite.
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2016-17 curling half season review
December 31, 2016 December 31, 2016 theroaringgameblog1 Comment
Braehead bronze: Team Muirhead with their European Championship medals (photo: twitter.com/Team_Muirhead)
As 2017 looms large, it's time for The Roaring Game Blog to look back on the first half of the curling season.
There was plenty going on – although thankfully #Broomgate controversy has vanished from the spotlight, following the World Curling Federation's sweeping summit and new regulations.
That means the focus has been on the ice, with Scottish teams more than holding their own as non-Canadian teams draw closer to the likes of Gushue, Homan and Koe.
Here are some of the highlights…
BRAEHEAD: Curling came home, as Braehead hosted the 2016 European Championships… which ended up being pretty similar to the 2015 Championships.
Just as in Esbjerg 12 months previously, Sweden won men's gold (more on Team Edin later), Russia won women's gold, Scotland men fell short of the playoffs, and Scotland women medalled again.
Team Brewster defeated all of the eventual men's medallists (Sweden, Norway and Switzerland) in the round robin but finished in sixth place – missing the playoffs but qualifying Scotland for the 2017 World Men's Curling Championships.
Team Muirhead cruised through the round robin, winning nine from nine, but had one bad game – against eventual winners Team Moiseeva of Russia – and had to settle for bronze… skip Eve Muirhead's seventh consecutive European medal, a remarkable run of consistency.
In the B-Division, England's men and women, and Wales men, all won more than they lost – but none made the playoffs, the English women particularly unlucky, with three of their defeats coming after an extra end.
KINGS OF SWEDEN: Team Edin have been the outstanding team in the world this year, the Swedes winning their third consecutive European gold, as well as claiming victory at the Stu Sells Oakville Tankard, Swiss Cup Basel, Champery Masters and the first two Grand Slam of Curling events of the season – the Masters and Tour Challenge.
No team has perfected the art of starting a tournament slowly and finishing it like a steam train quite like Niklas Edin's rink, and they look more than capable of continuing their amazing title-winning form into 2017.
GREAT SCOTS: Team Smith (photo: Tom J Brydone/British Curling)
THE RIVALS PART I: Team Smith have enjoyed an outstanding first half of the season, despite being beaten to European qualification by Team Brewster, and it could have been even better had they not repeatedly run into the red-hot Team Edin.
Kyle Smith's quartet won the Oakville OCT Fall Classic to kick-start their season, before making the Stu Sells Oakville Tankard semi-finals (beaten by Edin) and Swiss Cup Basel semis (beaten by Edin).
They then reached their first ever Grand Slam final, at the Tour Challenge in Cranbrook, where they finished as runners-up… to Edin.
So far, so Djokovic v Murray in tennis slam finals – but Smith's form shows they're a match for anyone in the world, which they continued to demonstrate by taking the Dumfries Challenger title just before Christmas to sit 13th in the World Curling Tour Order of Merit rankings.
FLEMING TAKE FLIGHT: Just like their 2013 World University Games comrades Team Smith, this half season has been a real breakthrough for Team Fleming.
Hannah Fleming's rink, having added Jen Dodds and Vicky Wright to the line-up, have pulled off some remarkable victories over top teams and posted a series of runners-up finishes.
The Women's Masters Basel saw them reach the semi-finals, and they upped that result by reaching finals at the Stockholm Ladies Cup, Red Deer Curling Classic and Qinghai China International, only to fall short of the top prize each time.
A first title of the season may still elude them, but there's no doubt they're on the up – to 27th in the women's Order of Merit.
DIFFERENT NAMES, SAME RESULTS: Team Fleming are still chasing the top Scots though – Team Muirhead have added Lauren Gray at lead and Glenn Howard as coach, while fielding Kelly Schafer at third for the first few months of the season while Anna Sloan recovered from injury, but they have looked no less impressive.
They were the best women's team in Braehead (and so were unlucky to 'only' win bronze), while also coming in as runners-up at the HDF Insurance Shoot-Out and Colonial Square Ladies Classic.
After those second-placed finishes, they finally got to the top spot of the podium by winning the Women's Masters Basel – and ended 2016 by coming third at the Karuizawa International.
The 2018 Winter Olympics remain the ultimate goal for these ladies, and the indications are that they're gelling with plenty of time to spare.
ON THE UP: Team Bryce (photo: facebook.com/CurlingTeamBryce)
NICE TO SEE YOU, TO SEE YOU BRYCE: Team Murdoch were runners-up at the Swiss Cup Basel and Karuizawa International, Team Brewster won the latter, but the most successful Scottish men's side aside from Team Smith have been Team Bryce.
With a rejigged line-up of their own, they've had a fantastic first half to the season – winning the EJCT Braehead Junior International, Greenacres Junior Masters (U21 Slam), Kinross Junior Classic (U21 Slam) and EJCT Livechannel Cup.
Add to that third place at the EJCT Thun event and second at the Dumfries Challenger (pushing Smith all the way in the final), and it's no surprise to see them ranked as Europe's second best junior team.
They're also favourites to win next year's Scottish Juniors to qualify for Worlds.
THE RIVALS PART II: Team Bryce's superb form has irked one team more than most: Team Whyte, who just haven't quite managed to get the best of them yet.
Bryce won their head-to-heads in the Braehead Junior International final, Greenacres Junior Masters final, Kinross Junior Classic final and EJCT Thun third-place playoff.
Ross Whyte's boys have had a fine season themselves, mind you – runners-up at the Dumfries Open and winners of the Inverness Junior International and Lockerbie Junior International U21 Slams.
And 3/4 of their line-up, skipped by Callum Kinnear, have been tearing it up in the U17 Slams – victors at the Stevenson Trophy, Lanarkshire Slam and Baljaffray Trophy.
EUROPE'S BEST: Team Jackson are first in the EJCT women's rankings after enjoying their own excellent half season.
It's been a very busy one for Sophie Jackson and co, but their highlights include winning the women's titles at the EJCT Braehead Junior International, Greenacres Junior Masters and EJCT Prague Junior Cup, as well as placing second in the Braehead Open and Dumfries Challenger events.
They also saw off Team Karina Aitken to qualify for next week's World Junior-B Championships, where their aim is clear: get Scotland back up to the top table after relegation last year.
QUEENS OF SWEDEN: Outside of Scottish curling, it's been an intriguing season so far, perhaps most marked by the emergence of Team Hasselborg of Sweden.
Shooting past Team Sigfridsson (so long Sweden's dominant rink, who haven't had a bad half season themselves to be fair), Hasselborg have won the Stockholm Ladies Cup, reached the semi-finals of two Grand Slams, and won silver at Europeans in Braehead.
We've also seen the impressive return of Bingyu Wang of China, the 2009 world champion, while Team Homan have struggled to find the consistency of their steamroller-style start to 2015-16 – Grand Slam titles instead going to Teams Einarson, Flaxey and Sweeting.
On the men's side, Teams Carruthers and Jacobs have looked the most impressive aside from Team Edin, while Team Gushue have performed admirably during skip Brad's recuperation – and 'Team Pants' (Thomas Ulsrud's delightfully wacky Norwegian rink) have been far from pants in coming second at the Baden Masters and Europeans, before winning the Qinghai China International men's title this month.
CHAMPIONS: Bruce Mouat and Gina Aitken, Scottish Mixed Doubles winners (photo: facebook.com/TeamAitkenMouat)
MIX IT UP: Gina Aitken and Bruce Mouat continue to make waves in the mixed doubles discipline, winning their fourth Scottish Mixed Doubles title to qualify for Worlds, while excelling on the continent.
They claimed the CCT Bern Mixed Doubles title, as well as coming in as runners-up at the CCT Austrian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup.
Judith and Lee McCleary were second at the Scottish Championships, and also won the Consolation Cup at the Bern Mixed Doubles, so proved they're very capable of keeping Aitken and Mouat on their toes as Pyeongchang 2018 draws closer.
At the 2016 World Mixed Curling Championship (four players per team as opposed to two), Cameron Bryce (skip), Katie Murray, Bobby Lammie and Sophie Jackson played brilliantly as they secured bronze medals for Scotland.
SUPER SILVER: Speaking of medals, the Scottish wheelchair curlers Aileen Neilson (skip), Gregor Ewan, Hugh Nibloe, Robert McPherson and Angie Malone (alternate) won silver at the World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship.
In doing so, they also qualified for the 2017 World Wheelchair Curling Championship – and the 2018 Winter Olympics as Great Britain.
Curling in 2017 kicks off with the World Junior-B Championships in Sweden (January 3-9) and the Mercure Perth Masters (Jan 5-8). Enjoy!
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Teams Brewster and Smith end 2016 on a high
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Dumfries Challenger Series champions Team Smith (photo: facebook.com/DumfriesCurling)
Teams Brewster and Smith finished the year as champions, winning titles at the Karuizawa International and Dumfries Challenger Series.
They weren't the only ones to enjoy success, with Teams Fleming, Muirhead and Murdoch also enjoying success in China and Japan.
There was a strong showing from the Scottish rinks in Dumfries, too, while Team Whyte took the plaudits at the Lockerbie Junior International.
Teams Brewster (Tom Brewster, Glen Muirhead, Ross Paterson, Hammy McMillan) and Murdoch (David Murdoch, Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews, Michael Goodfellow) ventured out to Japan to contest the Karuizawa International men's title, which was won by Murdoch last season.
Brewster progressed straight to the semi-finals thanks to a W4 L0 round robin performance, having recorded victories against Teams Natsuizaka (5-3), Ogihara (6-4), SooHyuk Kim (8-5) and Takigahira (4-3 after an extra end).
Murdoch, though, had it a little tougher, as despite wins over Teams Komoda (10-2), Hirata (8-3) and Suzuki (6-2), a defeat to Team Morozumi (6-5 after extra end) placed them second in their pool and required them to play a quarter-final.
For that match they faced SooHyuk Kim, and threes in ends one and six propelled them to an 8-2 victory.
In the semi-finals, Brewster edged past Team Morris 7-6 (scoring two in ends one and four, and three in end six), while Murdoch won their rematch with Morozumi – three in end three and twos in ends five and six pointing the way to a 7-2 outcome.
The all-Scottish final was a tight affair, Brewster and Murdoch tied at 1-1 after four ends, before Brewster scored one in end five and Murdoch two in the sixth end.
Brewster blanked end seven, then made full use of hammer in the eighth by scoring two to win the match 4-3 and secure the title.
Skip Tom Brewster said: "We have had a great time here in Japan and the result just tops it off. The team has played great all week.
"Since the Europeans we have been working on a number of things and it's great to see all that effort has paid off."
In the women's competition, Team Muirhead (Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicki Adams, Lauren Gray) emulated Brewster by proceeding straight to the semi-finals – beating Teams Ji Suk Kim (7-6), Matsumura (5-4 after extra end), Sigfridsson (9-3) and Fujisawa (9-2).
The last four threw up a Muirhead-Sigfridsson repeat, this time with a different outcome, as the Swedes scored two in the extra end to win it 7-5.
Muirhead still had the chance to finish third, though, and took it by defeating Team Sidorova 5-3, with a two in end seven and steal of one in end eight.
Loved our time in Japan @karu_curling 😀
3rd place finish and now it's banquet time 🇯🇵🍣
Thanks for a great 2016 🎉 pic.twitter.com/fr5C19EjkC
— Team Muirhead (@Team_Muirhead) December 18, 2016
Team Un-Chi Gim claimed the women's title by overcoming Sigfridsson 7-4.
Team Fleming (Hannah Fleming, Jen Dodds, Alice Spence, Vicky Wright), meanwhile, were in China for the inaugural Qinghai China International ('Redmagic Cup').
They got off to a losing start, beaten 6-5 by Team Kubeskova after an extra end, but recovered to defeat Team Kauste 10-6 and local favourites Team Wang (by a remarkable 11-10 scoreline).
But they were then beaten 10-7 by Team Brown of Canada, before a 7-5 victory over Team Witschonke had them on W3 L2.
Proud to be rocking the German colors in Xining/CHN at the "Redmagic Cup" The 1st China Qinghai International Curling Competition
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That was improved with a 4-3 win versus Team Jentsch (stealing one in the extra end), but a 10-8 loss to Team Roth (after another extra end) pushed them into a tiebreaker for the playoffs.
There, two in end one, three in end six and a stolen two in end seven saw off Wang 8-2.
In the semi-finals they faced Roth of the USA, and frittered away a 4-3 lead after six ends to trail 6-4 after nine having given up consecutive steals – but a three in end 10 won it for the Scots 7-6, and booked a spot in the final.
Fleming had to settle for runners-up spot, though, as Brown grabbed four in end five and three in the seventh end as they won out 9-4.
Another weekend,another final. Unfortunately coming away in second place.Lots to gain from a great event.Thanks to all involved #redmagiccup pic.twitter.com/tDeNlxliQR
— Team Fleming (@Team_Fleming1) December 17, 2016
Coming after a second-placed finish at the Red Deer Curling Classic at the end of last month, it's been a very fruitful finale to the year for Fleming.
The men's competition was won by Team Ulsrud of Norway, who beat Canadians Team Lyburn 8-5 in that final.
In Scotland, the Dumfries Challenger Series drew in teams from the home nation and across Europe.
Section A of the men's competition was topped by Team Mouat (Bruce Mouat, Bobby Lammie, Derrick Sloan, Gregor Cannon, Alasdair Schreiber), who took wins over Teams Thune (8-3), Haubjerg (7-1), Gallacher (8-3) and Jamieson (conceded) – while Thune also made the playoffs.
Team Bryce (Cameron Bryce, Robin Brydone, Euan Kyle, Frazer Shaw) edged fellow Scots Team Hardie (Grant Hardie, Blair Fraser, David Reid, Duncan Menzies) for top spot in Section B, Bryce winning the head-to-head 5-1 and also beating Teams Grzelka (7-1), Brunner (7-3) and Hamilton (6-0) – Brunner joined Bryce and Hardie in making the last eight.
And in Section C it was Team Smith (Kyle Smith, Thomas Muirhead, Kyle Waddell, Cammy Smith) who came out in first spot, with victories over Teams Fraser (6-3), Jungen (10-3), De Mollinedo (7-4) and Telfer (6-1) – Fraser and De Mollinedo also reaching the quarters.
The last eight matches saw wins for Bryce (7-3 versus Fraser), Hardie (5-3 over Thune), Smith (7-4 against Brunner) – and, pulling off a shock, the Spaniards De Mollinedo, four in end seven and two in end eight giving them an 8-4 triumph versus Mouat.
Come the semi-finals, Bryce scored four in end three and three in the sixth to outgun De Mollinedo 8-3, while Smith scored two in end one, stole in ends two and three, before adding more singles in ends five and six, then a two in the eighth as they saw off Hardie 8-4.
The final was a suitably close encounter, with the rinks exchanging singles throughout.
But it was Smith who ultimately took the match and the title, scoring ones in ends one and three, blanking end five, and adding ones in ends six and eight to win it 4-3.
Coach Viktor Kjall told British Curling: "Coming in as very heavy favourites for the weekend it was good that they executed their plans so well and got through the tournament undefeated.
"It's been a terrific first half of the season. They have [made] a final at a Grand Slam and won two tour tournament victories – all this puts us in the top 15 in the world.
"Now we get a few days off over Christmas, then back to camp in Braehead just before New Year's Eve, then we start the second half of the season with the Canadian Open in North Battleford (January 3-8)."
In the women's section, Teams Jackson (Sophie Jackson, Naomi Brown, Mili Smith, Sophie Sinclair) and Mathis (Switzerland) secured direct progress to the semi-finals, Jackson beating Teams Lander (7-4), Hazel Smith (5-2), Gina Aitken (10-2) and Barbezat (6-4).
The quarter-finals were then contested between Teams Aitken, Barbezat, Gisler and Smith, with Aitken (Gina Aitken, Rowena Kerr, Rachael Halliday, Rachel Hannen) and Barbezat making the semis, both by 6-5 scorelines and both stealing in the eighth end to clinch it.
Jackson won the dramatic last-four tie with Barbezat, stealing one in end eight to win 4-3, but Aitken could not make it an all-Scottish final, beaten 5-4 by Mathis after giving up a three in end six.
That final was also very tight, with Mathis taking a 3-0 lead after two ends but Jackson battling back with a steal of two in end seven for 6-6, only for the Swiss rink to take one in the eighth for the victory.
We had a close final but unfortunately lost. We have had a great weekend and would like to thank our sponsors for all of their support!😊
— Team Jackson (@CurlTeamJackson) December 18, 2016
Finally, we come to the Lockerbie Junior International, a part of the Asham U21 Slam series.
Team Whyte (Ross Whyte, Callum Kinnear, Ryan McCormack, Duncan McFadzean) were looking to take advantage of U21 Slam nemesis Team Bryce competing in Dumfries instead of Lockerbie, and they topped their section with four wins from four.
In the semi-finals they edged out Team McNay 5-4, scoring two in end eight, before facing Team Baird in the final.
Two in end two, three in end four and two in end six gave Whyte a 7-2 triumph.
Round up of Lockerbie u21 asham slam final day! pic.twitter.com/M7XgA1ILvr
— Team Whyte (@WhyteTeam) December 18, 2016
Team Bremane of Latvia saw off all the Scottish opposition to take the women's title, defeating Team McDonald 8-3 in the final.
Team Carson secured men's third place ahead of McNay, while women's third went to Team Farmer ahead of Team Keen.
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Climate change could kill 500,000 a year by 2030
Sources: New scientist
18:00 29 May 2009 by David Cohen
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It's been a busy week for climate change campaigners. First, a gathering of Nobel laureates at St James's Palace, London, declared world governments must take bold and quick action to avert catastrophic climate change. Then, on Friday, Kofi Annan piled on the pressure, throwing his weight behind the first report investigating the impact of climate change on humans.
The 20 Nobel prize-winning scientists, economists and writers signed a memorandum (pdf format) calling for an agreement to be reached at the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen in December to halve greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050, to stop global average temperatures from increasing by more than 2C.
The new report, The Human Impact of Climate Change published by the Global Humanitarian Forum, an organisation led by former secretary general of the United Nations Kofi Annan, concludes that climate change kills an estimated 300,000 people per year, equivalent to the number of deaths caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Ninety per cent of them are in the developing world.
"Climate change is having a real and significant impact around the world, communities and individuals are suffering," Annan said. The report predicts that the number of victims of climate change is expected to rise to 500,000 by 2030. The majority of deaths are attributed to gradual environmental degradation such as crop failure leading to malnutrition, and water problems such as flooding and draughts.
Annan called for a fairer deal for developing countries at the Copenhagen climate summit, to be held in December, and said it was vital for governments to act now. "Climate justice means pollution has a cost and those costs must be born by the polluter. The 15 least developed countries contribute less than 1% of global carbon emissions, and yet it is they who suffer the most," he said.
The two events were well timed in an attempt to influence the next round of negotiations that begin in Bonn on 1 June in the run up to the Copenhagen summit.
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Zeitgeist Coffee and Juxt are presenting a showcase of mobile device photographers from Seattle and the Puget Sound.
A gallery of photography produced on a mobile device, will be on exhibit beginning at 5:00 PM, with live music from DJ Spinja (local DJ celebrity) until 8:00 PM for the Opening Reception on January 5, 2012 during Seattle's famous First Thursdays Art Walk.
The gallery will remain until February 1, 2012.
Please also save the date for our Closing Ceremony on January 28, 2012 at 3 PM. This day will begin with a photowalk/ shootout through Pioneer Square. This is an opportunity for Q&A with the photographers about their photographs, processes, and inspirations.
The Darkroom Series: In today's world of constantly evolving technology, mobile photography is an emerging art form. The advancements in functionality and design for cameras on the iPhone and Android platforms have been astounding. The imaging is simply amazing, and the artistic content truly fascinating. Anyone with a camera phone can snap a picture or preserve a moment. What we present to you in this series are individuals taking mobile photography to higher levels; the casual user as Artist, the casual user as Photographer.
In towns and cities, in rural and urban areas all over the world, mobile photographers have the ability to capture moments in time with unprecedented clarity. The advantage mobile devices or smart phones provide is that ultra-spontaneous element: Your phone, your camera, is always with you. Every ordinary moment becomes an opportunity to compose a stunning photograph.
The DarkroomSeries will show that mobile devices are not just phones, but are now valid cameras and darkrooms. A photographer can now edit, much like in a darkroom, the shots they take on their mobile device through a multitude of apps. All of which can create the same effects of an actual darkroom. This series will highlight mobile device photographers from Seattle and the Puget Sound who continue to amaze through mobile device imaging.
We recently published here an article about Juxt. Juxt is an organization designed to cultivate and foster art created through mobile device technology. Juxtbelieves that through cultivation and fostering of art created by casual users through social networking, that this community will flourish. Mobile device technology has empowered the casual user to tap into their creative and artistic side.
This artistic merit is where Juxt finds its niche in ensuring legitimacy in the art form. Juxt staff are artists themselves with long histories of community arts organizing and event planning. For more information about Juxt, visit their website at www.wearejuxt.com or email at [email protected].


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These 4 Videos Will Introduce You To The 'Intellectual Dark Web'
These high-profile public intellectuals have coalesced and achieved notoriety for being rejected in some form by the Left's anti-religious fundamentalists.
By Matthew Garnett
In a recent lecture on race relations in America, John McWhorter describes the prevailing thoughts on causes and solutions for racial disparity as akin to religious fundamentalism. McWhorter asserts, "It has become a matter of 'religious faith' among educated white people…to 'come to terms with their racism'…Every third story at Slate (on racism) is a 'church service,' every third story on NPR (on racism) is a 'church service'."
This kind of behavior certainly matches my religious experiences. As a young adult, I converted into a fundamentalist sect of Christianity. I rapidly discovered the sect would reject me if I violated any of its taboos, rules, and rituals. In an effort to escape this oppressive subculture, I entered a master's program in a far-left environment, where I found simply another version of the fundamentalism I was so desperately trying to escape.
While this version of religious fundamentalism had different taboos, rules, and rituals, the punishments for violating their standards were just as strict and damning, if not more so, than my former Christian fundamentalist community. Violating the taboos of fundamentalist group-think in favor of individual ideas and opinions has fostered the so-called "Intellectual Dark Web" (IDW). These high-profile public intellectuals have coalesced and achieved notoriety for being rejected in some form by the "fundamentalist left."
Some, such as noted atheist Sam Harris and Muslim activist Maajid Nawaz, have been tagged as promoting "hate speech" by the Southern Poverty Law Center simply for challenging Islam. Bret Weinstein and his wife Heather Heying were forced from their tenured teaching positions by harassment and threats at Evergreen State by merely questioning a "Day of Absence" event on campus that promoted racial separation.
Others, such as Jordan Peterson, Ben Shapiro, and Charles Murray, are demonized simply because they trend toward conservativism, which automatically brands them with the scarlet letters for "racist," "bigot," and "homophobe."
These intellectuals have used YouTube to usurp media gate keepers. One of the major themes of IDW content is "red pilling." The idea is that once a person comes into contact with these "dark intellectuals," they'll want more. One video, podcast, or personality leads to another, then yet others.
The rabbit hole goes deep. Before you know it, you're listening to Wall Street Journal columnist Jason Riley give a lecture on race at Claremont-McKenna that you can barely hear but is enormously entertaining as he shoots down college snowflake after college snowflake who think they're "woke" to race in America. If you want to get a flavor of what's going on down the rabbit hole, here's a set of videos to introduce you to this Internet phenomenon.
Jordan Peterson Interviews Stephen Hicks
One of the IDW's major themes is analyzing the philosophies at work behind the scenes in Western politics. In this episode, clinical psychologist Peterson interviews philosopher Stephen Hicks on the cultural effects of postmodern philosophy. The men discuss how the notion of economic power (i.e., the "proletariat" versus the "bourgeois") has been replaced with the notion of sociopolitical power specifically in race and gender via the media of post-structuralist or post-modernist literary critique.
While that might sound a bit dry and intellectual, the conversation is quite accessible. It helps one make sense of why certain actors in the realm of "social justice" act bizarrely. Additionally, this exchange is foundational to understanding many IDW discussions. Indeed, this is where most on the IDW find their common ground.
Of course the common ground between, say, a Sam Harris (a left-leaning atheist) and a Ben Shapiro (a politically and socially conservative orthodox Jew) might have been sparked by abuses from the far, progressive left, but ultimately, their agreement on philosophical approaches unites these men. Put simply, personalities on the IDW agree that cultural Marxism, as it were, must be combated, above all else, if the Western experiment is to continue. Peterson and Hicks, in this interview, lay out this foundation in clear and understandable terms.
Dave Rubin Interviews Larry Elder
In this episode of The Rubin Report YouTube show, commentator Larry Elder challenges Rubin on what he means by the phrase "systemic racism." Rubin is stumped and, to his credit, leaves this portion of the interview in the video for all to see.
Here, Elder exposes the notion of "systemic racism" as a ploy of "cultural Marxism." It is a fascinating exchange, because it leaves the audience with a very simple choice: either label the entire American experiment as inherently racist from its founding or seek alternatives for solving the social and economic disparities blacks experience in America.
Joe Rogan Interviews Bret Weinstein and Heather Haying
Another major theme of the IDW is religion and traditional sexuality. The major theme in this video is that, from an evolutionary standpoint, monogamous heterosexual relationships that produce children are by far the most fulfilling sexual experiences human beings have, especially when compared with the veritable smorgasbord of options in Western culture today.
While this episode of "The Joe Rogan Experience" does not address religion specifically, it upholds and affirms the values of human sexuality known for millennia by those who enjoy the Judeo-Christian tradition.
The Matt Dillahunty Versus Jordan Peterson Debate
In this debate, sponsored by Pangburn Philosophy, IDW personalities' major disagreement is placed front and center. That disagreement is over whether religion plays a positive role in helping to shape and correct modern Western culture.
These types of discussions are probably the most informative and entertaining on the IDW. Some on the IDW (like Dillahunty) will argue that the West has always been about moving away from religion and toward further "Enlightenment progress," while others (such as Peterson) argue the narratives that religion has given us are foundational and sustain Western mores as we know them. The atheists maintain that religion hinders human flourishing, while the theists hold that human flourishing is without a philosophical foundation without religion.
The IDW is a deep well. However, it is proving to be a refuge for millions of people from the superficiality of sound bites and three-minute interviews from the traditional media outlets. Indeed, it is the news behind the news. Are you having trouble understanding why "Good Morning America" insists that racism is rampant and you're to blame? Or that the next show on the dial insists that you're a victim of an unjust system? The Intellectual Dark Web may have your answers.
The IDW displays unusual bedfellows spending copious amounts of time having genuine and heartfelt conversations. It's more than we can say for some of our elected officials. If nothing else, this absorbing "new media" coalition clarifies the issues and should not be ignored.
Matthew Garnett is the husband of Jennifer, the father of two children, a member of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Fort Wayne, Indiana, truck driver, and host of the "In Layman's Terms" broadcast.
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Transas Marine received an order from Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) for a mathematical and visual model of the company's 75,000 gt container ship. OOCL will use the container ship model at its simulator training facilities in Zhoushan, China, where a Navi-Trainer Professional simulator from Transas was installed in early 2000. The model, based on real characteristics of OOCL's vessels, will give the navigators an excellent opportunity to try the maneuverability of their ships and improve their navigating skills prior to embarking upon an actual voyage.
Transas will develop the simulated prototype of the OOCL's container ship based on the comprehensive data and ensure that the fully realistic behavior of the vessel is achieved in the simulation environment. Upon the completion of the development process, this container ship model will be added to the extensive database used with the Transas Navi-Trainer series of ship handling simulators.


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Murali Malayappan
An alumnus from the prestigious Harvard Business School, Mr. Murali Malayappan is the Managing Director of Shriram Properties. Born in Pudukottai, Tamil Nadu, he first started out his career as a civil engineer. His talent and skill soon caught the attention of Shri.R.Thyagarajan, founder and Chairman of Shriram Group. Under his leadership, Shriram Properties grew to even greater heights.
Through a foundation of trust, transparency and credibility, he has been instrumental in growing the business exponentially. But for him, the biggest focus is to make Shriram Properties the most trusted property developer in the industry. As one of the biggest property developers in India, his objective is to make the 'Housing for All' mission a reality. Mr. Murali Malayappan, MD of Shriram Properties, also frequently participates in several national and international seminars and has delivered guest lectures at premier business schools like IIM, Bangalore. He is a former member of governing real estate bodies like CREDAI and industry forums like CII and FICCI. He is also actively involved in various social welfare programs to help the blind, differently-abled, underprivileged children, and the destitute through NGOs like Give Life, Chennai.
S S Asokan
Mr. S S Asokan, Executive Director, Shriram Properties is an associate member of Indian Institute of Cost & Works Accounts. He is also a PG Diploma holder in Management and carries with him three decades of experience in Finance and administration. Mr. Asokan took over as Executive Director of Shriram Properties in 2007 and contributed significantly towards striking many PE deals and Foreign Direct Investment for the Company.
Gopala Krishnan
Gopal Krishnan has joined SPL in Apr'18. Gopal has over 27 years of experience in the areas of experience in corporate finance, M&A, corporate restructuring, debt and equity capital markets and debt financing across two of the largest industrial groups in India. Prior to joining SPL, Gopal worked with Reliance Industries for 13 years in various capacities including as CFO of Reliance Holding USA and Chief Operating Officer (Finance). Gopal holds a MBA and a bachelors degree in Mathematics.
K R Ramesh
Executive Director & Chief Financial Officer
Ramesh has been the CFO of SPL since 2007. Ramesh is a Chartered Accountant with over 3 decades of experience in finance. Prior to joining SPL, he has worked as Financial Controller in Paxar India and Varun Beverages.
Nagendra N
Head - Planning and Contracts
Nagendra has over 3 decades of rich experience in the fields of engineering and construction. He has spend nearly 16 years with SPL and has contributed through the entire growth journey. Prior to SPL, Nagendra worked for nearly 2 decades with his previous employer in the engineering industry.
Krishna Veeraraghavan
Veeraraghavan has around three decades of experience in management roles in construction and engineering. Prior to joining SPL in 2014, he served as Vice President – Projects & Operations at SSPDL and ahead of it as Senior General Manger in JMC Projects Construction.
Arun Anand
Mr. Arun joined SPL in April 2017. He is an MBA and has about 13 years of experience. He was previously the Head, Product Strategy and Research in the Embassy group.
Balasubramanian S
Bala has over three decades of experience in the infrastructure and real estate sectors . Prior to joining SPL, he served in business development roles at L&T and DLF, and also as Regional Head of Marg Ltd.
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Chief Operating Officer-Coimbatore
Dr. GV Suresh is an Experienced Management professional with a demonstrated history of working in the IT Products and Services. He is an MBA from IIM B and has 22 years of rich and varied experience in leading successful organisations in India /APAC.
Balaji Rajaram
Chief Operating Officer-Andhra Pradesh
Balaji has been with SPL since its inception and carries over 18 years of experience across various roles in sales and marketing. Prior to joining, he has worked with pharmaceutical majors like Alchem, Cadila and Core Pharma.
Vyoma Pandit
Ms. Vyoma joined SPL in April 2017. She is an MBA from IIM B and has 9 years of experience. She has previously worked for Brigade as the head Marketing and also for the Lodha group.
Jajit Menon
Mr. Jajit joined SPL in April 2017. With Over 16 years of Experience in Sales, Operations and customer experience, Currently heading Sales and Operations for SPPL. SPPL portfolio ranges from Mass level affordable housing to luxury villaments. Responsible for Top line, cost efficiency and overall CRM initiatives.
Sridhar Rajendran
Vice President-Human Resource
Mr. Sridhar is a visionary with more than 16 years of experience in Human Resource Management. Before Joining SPL he has worked with Simbus Technologies. His educational background includes Ph. D in Philosophy from Christ University, Bangalore.
Yasha Saraf
Ms. Yasha joined SPL in March 2017 and carries over 8 years of experience in Presales operations with real estate projects. She has previously worked for the Lodha group and is an expert in Lead Management, Lead Nurturing and Data Analytics.
Mr. T Vittal Rao
Mr. T Vittal Rao is a certified lawyer with 27 years of experience in the field of Law, predominantely in Real Esate Industry. In his prior assignments, he was associated with Vaishnavi Group and Alliance Group.


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Shift in capital flows gives…
Shift in capital flows gives Dubai a historic opportunity to move centrestage, says HE Dr. Omar Bin Sulaiman
Press Release21 Oct 2008 06:08 pm
DIFC Governor says Dubai's strong fundamentals will help it weather the financial crisis in global markets
The current shift in global capital flows gives Dubai and the UAE an opportunity to strengthen its position as a global economic and financial hub, said HE Dr. Omar Bin Sulaiman, Governor, Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC).
Addressing the delegation in a keynote discussion with Stephen Green, Group Chairman, HSBC Holdings, at the second FT/DIFC World Financial Centres Summit taking place in London, HE Dr. Bin Sulaiman said, "As well as presenting challenges, the effects of the global financial crisis will potentially open up opportunities that were unthinkable only a few months or even weeks ago."
One of the year's most important high-level gatherings of policy-makers and strategists, the World Financial Centres Summit is being held in London from 20 to 21 October. Organised annually by the Financial Times in partnership with the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the Summit brings together senior financial executives, corporate decision-makers and regulatory and government officials to discuss issues impacting financial centres around the world.
HE Dr. Bin Sulaiman further said that DIFC is taking up a strategic project to strengthen links between emerging markets. "We are part of the global community, we are learning and we are aware. We are taking proactive measures to continue our growth, we will continue to manage and assess our strategies, and we will make adjustments according to our needs. Hope in the global financial sector is with emerging markets. Dubai and UAE give access to hope."
Speaking about the low impact of the financial crisis on Dubai, HE Dr. Bin Sulaiman said: "The drivers of Dubai's growth, the "Dubai" model remain strong: openness, excellent infrastructure and logistics, a world-class regulatory framework, strong macroeconomic fundamentals, and knowledge clusters that attract FDI, companies and people. Those drivers, supported by a strong banking and financial sector along with a clear vision and the will to succeed will enable Dubai to weather the storm."
HE Dr. Bin Sulaiman also spoke about the recent measures by the UAE leaders and the Government to protect the economy and ensure its continued growth.
Themes for discussion at the Summit include a new balance for world capital flows; the future of global financial centres; the challenges to the world financial system; the race for talent; the regulatory system; and new strategies for investment banks and private equity.


The National Meat, Poultry and Seafood Summit » » Jenny Plumb-Food Scientist, NIS Nutritics.
Jenny Plumb-Food Scientist, NIS Nutritics.
Jenny works within Food Databanks National Capability at the Quadram Institute Biosciences as part of the team who manage McCance and Widdowson's Composition of Foods Datasets which cover the nutrient content of the UK food supply. Jenny is an analyst with an interest in bioactive compounds and also works with NIS Nutritics providing food product nutritional information.
Presentation title: Food Nutrition Labels: Who cares?
Presentation synopsis: Jenny will deliberate who really cares about the nutritional information on food products; from regulators and scientists to producers, consumers and shoppers. She will conclude with examples of solutions to enable the production of accurate labels.
Simon Carr -General Manager - Diverse, SMMT Industry Forum.


This is a cosmetic surgery procedure that modifies the appearance of the lips by reshaping them to increase the prominence of the vermilion border enhancing the facial area above the lips into a more aesthetically, youthful and pleasing shape.
This is a very common surgical procedure nowadays that elevates the position of the upper lip to create a more relaxed smile. However, there are two types of Lip Lifts: Upper Lip Lift & Corner Lip Lift.
Dr. Augusto Rojas performs the Upper Lip Lift by excising only skin at the base of the nose. An incision is placed directly beneath the nose and a small strip of skin and tissue is removed. The lip is elevated to its new position exposing about 1/8? of teeth and permanently increasing the volume of the pink part of the lip. The procedure takes about 90 minutes.
The result is a more youthful and pleasant shape to the mouth and lips. The teeth will show more and the patient almost always looks happier, sexier and relaxed.
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Similar to last year's entry, the game will ship with a selection of 40 songs that you can groove along to using game controllers or (PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions only) using the Just Dance App on iOS and Android devices. Local co-op will be supported in a number of songs, with the number of dancers ranging between two and four for the Xbox 360, Wii, Wii U, and Switch versions, and up to six for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions thanks to that previously mentioned app. The Kids Mode will be making its return as well so parents you can enjoy busting out some dance moves with your kiddos.
The PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and Wii U versions will also include one month free access to "Just Dance Unlimited", which is a subscription-based service that provides you with a catalog of 400+ songs to stream and dance to in the game.
Just Dance 2019 will be available on the Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo Wii U, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 on October 23, 2018.
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