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Going by the past trends, one expected Australia to run away with the match after scoring the equalizer. But India were solid defensively, allowing Australia just two shots at goal from open play.
Rupinderpal Singh, returning from a long injury layoff, made crucial interceptions while Dipsan Tirkey once against proved why he is rated so highly in this set-up. India, on the other hand, missed several chances — Akashdeep Singh the guilty party on most occasions while the penalty corner specialists, too, had an off night.
WAYNE ROONEY has scored some sensational goals down the years, but he has admitted his hat-trick goal in Everton’s 4-0 win over West Ham tonight may top the lot.
Rooney returned to the Everton starting line-up for their crucial match against West Ham and proved just how clinical he can be on his day.
The former England captain had his penalty saved in the first half before heading in the rebound and scored his second of the game just 10 minutes later after good build-up play from Jonjoe Kenny and Tom Davies.
But his shining moment came midway through the second half when he noticed Joe Hart out of his box and struck a first time effort from inside his own half that rifled into the empty net.
Rooney has scored over 200 Premier League goals since making his debut in 2003, but the 32-year-old admits he doesn’t think he has hit one sweeter than his goal tonight.
“It might be the best goal I have scored, I hit it as well as I have ever kicked a football,” Rooney said.
But Rooney was quick to offer kind words to David Unsworth in his final game in charge of Everton with Sam Allardyce set to take over for this weekend’s match against Huddersfield.
“I’m sure we’ll enjoy tonight,” Rooney added.
“First of all we’ve got to give a lot of thanks to David Unsworth.
“He’s stepped in at a difficult time for the football club.
Top-seeded Naty Alvarado of Hesperia and No. 2 Vern Roberts of Tucson advanced to today's semifinals of the United States Handball Assn. pro tour stop at the Los Caballeros Racquet and Sports Club at Fountain Valley.
Alvarado will play No. 4 John Sabo of Summit, N.J., and Roberts will play No. 5 Pancho Monreal of El Paso.
Friday, Alvarado defeated Tim Labey of St. Paul, 21-10, 21-16, and Roberts beat Dan Amijo, 12-21, 21-16, 11-0.
On the surface, it”s the easiest of all holidays to slide into.
No shopping malls or guilt-driven gift purchases. No annoying canned elevator music. No costumes or office parties, candy, flowers or gift cards required.
Just show up for dinner. Oh — and bring a pumpkin or pecan pie, would you please?
A little football, either on TV or out on the front lawn warning: don”t tackle aunts, uncles, nephews and especially nieces — and don”t even think of playing after eating, innocuous discussions of the weather while scrupulously avoiding any past family dysfunction or either one”s feelings about either the tea party or Occupy movements, then off to bed and the specter of Black Friday.
What”s so tough about this? Other than having to volunteer for after-dinner cleanup duties, nothing much is asked, nothing much required.
And though Thanksgiving started as a day of spiritual reflection, that really isn”t on most of our minds as we prepare to tryptophan the light fantastic into turkeyed bliss.
The present uproar over Wall Street and big banks reminds me of a personal story.
A long time ago, I received a letter with no return address on the envelope and no message inside. Just a newspaper clipping.
I had been just another accident statistic, holding several construction loans for housing while caught up in a ruinous inflation that sent interest rates soaring into double digits and made selling properties almost impossible.
I went to see my lender, who had been helpful and eager to make the loans when times were better, but, this day, in his bank office, simply shrugged. The matter was out of his hands. The loans were due.
Within a few months, I had lost everything and ended up on the road, trying to regain my footing.
More than two years later, the news clipping came in the mail.
It was a short article in a Bay Area paper. “Bank Executive Changes Plea.” The story detailed how the executive — the same banker who had shrugged his shoulders when I pleaded for more time — was pleading himself, “guilty” to federal charges he”d taken more than $11 million in fraudulent mortgage loans and used the money to buy property for himself. He faced 20 years in prison.
What I couldn”t possibly have known then was that years later I would come to be grateful for these hard times. I learned I can”t be consumed by what others have done — or what they have or don”t have — but on the many gifts and blessings that have come my way, despite my own failures.
This life is always slipping away, and as it does, I can miss out on something far more important than dwelling on the financial sector, or my fears about the future or bitterness rooted in the past.
What does any of this have to do with Thanksgiving?
Because giving thanks can be transforming. You”ll be thankful you”re … thankful. Because radical thankfulness, tough as it is to practice, has a huge upside.
Research has shown that people who are grateful are more likely to help others in need. And helping others takes us out of the narrow place that resentment and bitterness wants to put us.
Gratitude as an attitude leaves people happier, less stressed, less materialistic, more physically active, more spiritually aware, more humble.
It”s no coincidence that people showered with material blessings or gifted with physical beauty or superior talents often remain unsatisfied. Never rich enough. Never young enough. Never noticed enough.
Grateful people often have suffered painful losses, or come up short on youthful dreams — and are only too aware of character defects and failures.
Yes, there”s a spiritual principle at work: In everything, give thanks.
When in doubt, give thanks.
It”s counter intuitive — but then, it”s easy to give thanks when everything seems to be going well.
It says, “yes,” instead of “no,” invites us to share the promise with others, unleashes inner freedom, peace and the power to overcome the thought we have to grab more for ourselves.
It”s the opposite of self-reliance.
Being able to even make the choice … to give thanks.
My wife, who has overcome much and given back more.
The gift of daughters, learning these things themselves.
Freedom of speech, and the freedom to disagree, even with this essay.
Living in Santa Cruz County.
The solitude of late autumn. The color of leaves. The blue-red of sunrise.
Walking into late November sunsets, the soft fade of the endless horizon and the silvery ocean”s haunting call.
The freedom to worship — or not.
Why wouldn”t I be thankful?
Check out Don Miller”s blog at www.santacruzlive.com/blogs/dmillereditor/. Email for Don Miller should be sent to dmiller@santacruzsentinel.com.
Three top figures from Iceland’s failed Kaupthing Bank have been released from jail after barely serving a quarter of their sentences due to a new law. It comes as Iceland deals with a fresh scandal linking the ex-PM to both the Panama offshore revelations and the bank.
Former chairman of Kaupthing, Sigurdur Einarsson, its biggest shareholder, Olafur Olafsson, and the finance director of the Luxembourg branch, Magnus Gudmundsson, were released from the low-security Kviabryggju prison on Thursday.
The bankers have served just one year of their four-to-five year sentences. All were convicted of financial fraud ahead of the collapse of the country's biggest bank in October 2008.
The bankers were accused of concealing an investor from Qatar who bought a 5.1 percent equity stake in Kaupthing, with the money illegally provided as a loan from the bank itself.
The release was made possible due to a new law which was rushed through a parliamentary vote in March.
The law enables prisoners to spend double the amount of time under electronic surveillance in the comfort of their own homes than previously had been allowed, while being released earlier from jail.
Icelandic media reports question why the new bill was passed so quickly. Some claimed that the chair of the Alþingi General Committee and MP for the Independence Party, Unnur Brá Konráðsdóttir, was responsible for the bill.
Left Green MP Bjarkey Olsen Gunnarsdóttir alleged to Iceland’s Stundin newspaper that the change in the law seemed to be made specifically for the three bankers, adding that rushing it through seemed inappropriate during this time.
Iceland has been dealing with a new financial scandal, after the Panama Papers leak revealed information that former Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson allegedly failed to declare his stake in an offshore company based in the British Virgin Islands to avoid paying taxes in Iceland. Local media also linked the offshore allegations to the Icelandic banking crisis, for which Kaupthing Bank managers were jailed, and in connection to which Gunnlaugsson had already been accused of taking a softer stance towards the bankers.
The Panama Papers were published on Sunday and are said to be “the largest leak in offshore history.” They claim to reveal the offshore holdings of over 100 international politicians and public officials, including 12 current and former world leaders.
The scandal escalated quickly in Iceland, with massive protests forcing Gunnlaugsson to resign on Tuesday, even though he denied violating the law. According to a Gallup poll conducted ahead of Gunnlaugsson’s resignation, a whopping 81 percent of Icelanders wanted the PM to resign.
The Icelandic center-right coalition appointed Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson, the deputy chairman of the disgraced former PM, as the country’s new prime minister and scheduled early elections for the fall.
Glasgow Warriors centre Huw Jones is likely to miss the rest of Scotland's Six Nations campaign.
It follows news that club-mate Stuart Hogg is struggling to be involved in the tournament again after damaging shoulder ligaments against Ireland.
The 25-year-old Jones suffered knee ligament damage as he earned a 17th cap in Saturday's loss at Murrayfield.
"The injury recovery time would likely be beyond the reaches of the current campaign," Scottish Rugby has stated.
Like Jones, Hogg has undergone a scan for his injury, but the governing body has not given a timescale for the 26-year-old's recovery.
Head coach Gregor Townsend had on Wednesday contradicted a newspaper report suggesting Hogg could miss the rest of the season by saying he remained "very hopeful" the full-back could play some part in the Six Nations campaign.
Scottish Rugby stated that he "is now under the joint care of the Glasgow Warriors and Scotland medical teams, with his rehabilitation progress and review ongoing".
However, it stressed that Jones is "unlikely to play any further part" with games to come against France, Wales and England.
He served our country more than half a century ago. Now, a Navy Seabee is receiving the trip of a lifetime.
The Town of Achille will have their first town hall meeting with their newly elected board members Tuesday night.
A bill aimed at preventing trains from blocking major intersections in Oklahoma is set to go before a senate committee.
A bill allowing authorized personnel to carry guns on campus passed through the Oklahoma House of Representatives on Thursday.
Three state legislators gave their accounts of the first trimester at the state capital in Ardmore Friday afternoon.
Watch the Durant City Council forum live stream moderated by Maureen Kane.
Republican legislative leaders have reached agreement for expanding the governor's power over agency directors.
State lawmakers are proposing legislative measures to raise Oklahoma's minimum wage.
A group of people staged a presidents day protest in front of the Grayson County courthouse this afternoon.
It is one of the first rules in the journalism handbook: thou shalt meet thy deadline.
I have learned the hard way that this applies even more when requesting EU documents.
When EU citizens are unhappy with the outcome of an access to documents request under the EU's transparency regulation, there is the option of appeal.
This needs to be done within 15 working days of receiving the initial answer.
In August 2018, I filed a request with the commission's directorate-general for mobility and transport (DG Move), asking for documents related to several high-level meetings about self-driving cars.
In the response which followed, DG Move said that there were no documents at all about a meeting between Friedrich-Nikolaus Von Peter, a cabinet member of EU transport commissioner Violeta Bulc, and Google.
I found this difficult to believe.
At the very least, you would expect there to be email correspondence between Von Peter and Google, to establish the meeting.
But it also seemed reasonable to expect the existence of some email or summary that lists what was said during that meeting.
Unsatisfied with the response, I filed an appeal, known in EU jargon as a 'confirmatory application'.
However, I filed my appeal way too late.
Instead of responding within 15 working days, I only submitted my confirmatory application two months later.
The commission's secretariat-general, in charge of dealing with such appeals, was unforgiving.
"I regret to inform you that your confirmatory application was lodged outside the applicable deadline defined in article 7(2) of regulation 1049/2001," the commission said.
"Consequently, the commission is not in a position to handle your application," it added.
Fair enough, you might say. And normally, I would have.
But there was something inconsistent about the commission's stubborn refusal to look beyond the letter of the law.
DG Move's response itself was already late.
The regulation determines a response should be given within 15 working days, with a possibility to extend that deadline with another 15 working days.
DG Move did so, but then unilaterally extended the deadline to reply with an additional 10 working days, for which there is no legal basis.

Going by the past trends, one expected Australia to run away with the match after scoring the equalizer. But India were solid defensively, allowing Australia just two shots at goal from open play.

Rupinderpal Singh, returning from a long injury layoff, made crucial interceptions while Dipsan Tirkey once against proved why he is rated so highly in this set-up. India, on the other hand, missed several chances — Akashdeep Singh the guilty party on most occasions while the penalty corner specialists, too, had an off night.

WAYNE ROONEY has scored some sensational goals down the years, but he has admitted his hat-trick goal in Everton’s 4-0 win over West Ham tonight may top the lot.

Rooney returned to the Everton starting line-up for their crucial match against West Ham and proved just how clinical he can be on his day.

The former England captain had his penalty saved in the first half before heading in the rebound and scored his second of the game just 10 minutes later after good build-up play from Jonjoe Kenny and Tom Davies.

But his shining moment came midway through the second half when he noticed Joe Hart out of his box and struck a first time effort from inside his own half that rifled into the empty net.

Rooney has scored over 200 Premier League goals since making his debut in 2003, but the 32-year-old admits he doesn’t think he has hit one sweeter than his goal tonight.

“It might be the best goal I have scored, I hit it as well as I have ever kicked a football,” Rooney said.

But Rooney was quick to offer kind words to David Unsworth in his final game in charge of Everton with Sam Allardyce set to take over for this weekend’s match against Huddersfield.

“I’m sure we’ll enjoy tonight,” Rooney added.

“First of all we’ve got to give a lot of thanks to David Unsworth.

“He’s stepped in at a difficult time for the football club.

Top-seeded Naty Alvarado of Hesperia and No. 2 Vern Roberts of Tucson advanced to today's semifinals of the United States Handball Assn. pro tour stop at the Los Caballeros Racquet and Sports Club at Fountain Valley.

Alvarado will play No. 4 John Sabo of Summit, N.J., and Roberts will play No. 5 Pancho Monreal of El Paso.

Friday, Alvarado defeated Tim Labey of St. Paul, 21-10, 21-16, and Roberts beat Dan Amijo, 12-21, 21-16, 11-0.

On the surface, it”s the easiest of all holidays to slide into.

No shopping malls or guilt-driven gift purchases. No annoying canned elevator music. No costumes or office parties, candy, flowers or gift cards required.

Just show up for dinner. Oh — and bring a pumpkin or pecan pie, would you please?

A little football, either on TV or out on the front lawn warning: don”t tackle aunts, uncles, nephews and especially nieces — and don”t even think of playing after eating, innocuous discussions of the weather while scrupulously avoiding any past family dysfunction or either one”s feelings about either the tea party or Occupy movements, then off to bed and the specter of Black Friday.

What”s so tough about this? Other than having to volunteer for after-dinner cleanup duties, nothing much is asked, nothing much required.

And though Thanksgiving started as a day of spiritual reflection, that really isn”t on most of our minds as we prepare to tryptophan the light fantastic into turkeyed bliss.

The present uproar over Wall Street and big banks reminds me of a personal story.

A long time ago, I received a letter with no return address on the envelope and no message inside. Just a newspaper clipping.

I had been just another accident statistic, holding several construction loans for housing while caught up in a ruinous inflation that sent interest rates soaring into double digits and made selling properties almost impossible.

I went to see my lender, who had been helpful and eager to make the loans when times were better, but, this day, in his bank office, simply shrugged. The matter was out of his hands. The loans were due.

Within a few months, I had lost everything and ended up on the road, trying to regain my footing.

More than two years later, the news clipping came in the mail.

It was a short article in a Bay Area paper. “Bank Executive Changes Plea.” The story detailed how the executive — the same banker who had shrugged his shoulders when I pleaded for more time — was pleading himself, “guilty” to federal charges he”d taken more than $11 million in fraudulent mortgage loans and used the money to buy property for himself. He faced 20 years in prison.

What I couldn”t possibly have known then was that years later I would come to be grateful for these hard times. I learned I can”t be consumed by what others have done — or what they have or don”t have — but on the many gifts and blessings that have come my way, despite my own failures.

This life is always slipping away, and as it does, I can miss out on something far more important than dwelling on the financial sector, or my fears about the future or bitterness rooted in the past.

What does any of this have to do with Thanksgiving?

Because giving thanks can be transforming. You”ll be thankful you”re … thankful. Because radical thankfulness, tough as it is to practice, has a huge upside.

Research has shown that people who are grateful are more likely to help others in need. And helping others takes us out of the narrow place that resentment and bitterness wants to put us.

Gratitude as an attitude leaves people happier, less stressed, less materialistic, more physically active, more spiritually aware, more humble.

It”s no coincidence that people showered with material blessings or gifted with physical beauty or superior talents often remain unsatisfied. Never rich enough. Never young enough. Never noticed enough.

Grateful people often have suffered painful losses, or come up short on youthful dreams — and are only too aware of character defects and failures.

Yes, there”s a spiritual principle at work: In everything, give thanks.

When in doubt, give thanks.

It”s counter intuitive — but then, it”s easy to give thanks when everything seems to be going well.

It says, “yes,” instead of “no,” invites us to share the promise with others, unleashes inner freedom, peace and the power to overcome the thought we have to grab more for ourselves.

It”s the opposite of self-reliance.

Being able to even make the choice … to give thanks.

My wife, who has overcome much and given back more.

The gift of daughters, learning these things themselves.

Freedom of speech, and the freedom to disagree, even with this essay.

Living in Santa Cruz County.

The solitude of late autumn. The color of leaves. The blue-red of sunrise.

Walking into late November sunsets, the soft fade of the endless horizon and the silvery ocean”s haunting call.

The freedom to worship — or not.

Why wouldn”t I be thankful?

Check out Don Miller”s blog at www.santacruzlive.com/blogs/dmillereditor/. Email for Don Miller should be sent to dmiller@santacruzsentinel.com.

Three top figures from Iceland’s failed Kaupthing Bank have been released from jail after barely serving a quarter of their sentences due to a new law. It comes as Iceland deals with a fresh scandal linking the ex-PM to both the Panama offshore revelations and the bank.

Former chairman of Kaupthing, Sigurdur Einarsson, its biggest shareholder, Olafur Olafsson, and the finance director of the Luxembourg branch, Magnus Gudmundsson, were released from the low-security Kviabryggju prison on Thursday.

The bankers have served just one year of their four-to-five year sentences. All were convicted of financial fraud ahead of the collapse of the country's biggest bank in October 2008.

The bankers were accused of concealing an investor from Qatar who bought a 5.1 percent equity stake in Kaupthing, with the money illegally provided as a loan from the bank itself.

The release was made possible due to a new law which was rushed through a parliamentary vote in March.

The law enables prisoners to spend double the amount of time under electronic surveillance in the comfort of their own homes than previously had been allowed, while being released earlier from jail.

Icelandic media reports question why the new bill was passed so quickly. Some claimed that the chair of the Alþingi General Committee and MP for the Independence Party, Unnur Brá Konráðsdóttir, was responsible for the bill.

Left Green MP Bjarkey Olsen Gunnarsdóttir alleged to Iceland’s Stundin newspaper that the change in the law seemed to be made specifically for the three bankers, adding that rushing it through seemed inappropriate during this time.

Iceland has been dealing with a new financial scandal, after the Panama Papers leak revealed information that former Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson allegedly failed to declare his stake in an offshore company based in the British Virgin Islands to avoid paying taxes in Iceland. Local media also linked the offshore allegations to the Icelandic banking crisis, for which Kaupthing Bank managers were jailed, and in connection to which Gunnlaugsson had already been accused of taking a softer stance towards the bankers.

The Panama Papers were published on Sunday and are said to be “the largest leak in offshore history.” They claim to reveal the offshore holdings of over 100 international politicians and public officials, including 12 current and former world leaders.

The scandal escalated quickly in Iceland, with massive protests forcing Gunnlaugsson to resign on Tuesday, even though he denied violating the law. According to a Gallup poll conducted ahead of Gunnlaugsson’s resignation, a whopping 81 percent of Icelanders wanted the PM to resign.

The Icelandic center-right coalition appointed Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson, the deputy chairman of the disgraced former PM, as the country’s new prime minister and scheduled early elections for the fall.

Glasgow Warriors centre Huw Jones is likely to miss the rest of Scotland's Six Nations campaign.

It follows news that club-mate Stuart Hogg is struggling to be involved in the tournament again after damaging shoulder ligaments against Ireland.

The 25-year-old Jones suffered knee ligament damage as he earned a 17th cap in Saturday's loss at Murrayfield.

"The injury recovery time would likely be beyond the reaches of the current campaign," Scottish Rugby has stated.

Like Jones, Hogg has undergone a scan for his injury, but the governing body has not given a timescale for the 26-year-old's recovery.

Head coach Gregor Townsend had on Wednesday contradicted a newspaper report suggesting Hogg could miss the rest of the season by saying he remained "very hopeful" the full-back could play some part in the Six Nations campaign.

Scottish Rugby stated that he "is now under the joint care of the Glasgow Warriors and Scotland medical teams, with his rehabilitation progress and review ongoing".

However, it stressed that Jones is "unlikely to play any further part" with games to come against France, Wales and England.

He served our country more than half a century ago. Now, a Navy Seabee is receiving the trip of a lifetime.

The Town of Achille will have their first town hall meeting with their newly elected board members Tuesday night.

A bill aimed at preventing trains from blocking major intersections in Oklahoma is set to go before a senate committee.

A bill allowing authorized personnel to carry guns on campus passed through the Oklahoma House of Representatives on Thursday.

Three state legislators gave their accounts of the first trimester at the state capital in Ardmore Friday afternoon.

Watch the Durant City Council forum live stream moderated by Maureen Kane.

Republican legislative leaders have reached agreement for expanding the governor's power over agency directors.

State lawmakers are proposing legislative measures to raise Oklahoma's minimum wage.

A group of people staged a presidents day protest in front of the Grayson County courthouse this afternoon.

It is one of the first rules in the journalism handbook: thou shalt meet thy deadline.

I have learned the hard way that this applies even more when requesting EU documents.

When EU citizens are unhappy with the outcome of an access to documents request under the EU's transparency regulation, there is the option of appeal.

This needs to be done within 15 working days of receiving the initial answer.

In August 2018, I filed a request with the commission's directorate-general for mobility and transport (DG Move), asking for documents related to several high-level meetings about self-driving cars.

In the response which followed, DG Move said that there were no documents at all about a meeting between Friedrich-Nikolaus Von Peter, a cabinet member of EU transport commissioner Violeta Bulc, and Google.

I found this difficult to believe.

At the very least, you would expect there to be email correspondence between Von Peter and Google, to establish the meeting.

But it also seemed reasonable to expect the existence of some email or summary that lists what was said during that meeting.

Unsatisfied with the response, I filed an appeal, known in EU jargon as a 'confirmatory application'.

However, I filed my appeal way too late.

Instead of responding within 15 working days, I only submitted my confirmatory application two months later.

The commission's secretariat-general, in charge of dealing with such appeals, was unforgiving.

"I regret to inform you that your confirmatory application was lodged outside the applicable deadline defined in article 7(2) of regulation 1049/2001," the commission said.

"Consequently, the commission is not in a position to handle your application," it added.

Fair enough, you might say. And normally, I would have.

But there was something inconsistent about the commission's stubborn refusal to look beyond the letter of the law.

DG Move's response itself was already late.

The regulation determines a response should be given within 15 working days, with a possibility to extend that deadline with another 15 working days.

DG Move did so, but then unilaterally extended the deadline to reply with an additional 10 working days, for which there is no legal basis.