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Why Bush's Resort to Military Tribunals Rests on a Bad Precedent
There is a world of difference between the military tribunal created in 1942 and the tribunals authorized by President Bush. After the capture of eight Germans who arrived on two submarines in June 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued a proclamation to create a military tribunal to try the men. Roosevelt therefore targeted eight specific individuals.
|The Bush military order covers a much larger universe: any individual who is"not a United States citizen" (about 18 million inside U.S. borders) who gave assistance to the September 11 terrorists. The president need only determine that there is"reason to believe" the person is or was a member of al Qaeda,"has engaged in, aided or abetted, or conspired to commit, acts of international terrorism," caused injury to U.S. national security, foreign policy, or the economy, or has"knowingly harbored" one of more individuals described in the Bush order. FDR looked backward at a handful of known saboteurs who had confessed. Bush looked prospectively to 18 million noncitizens and resident aliens who had yet to be apprehended or charged.
Under the Bush order, the threat of prosecution hangs over a huge population. The extent to which this group is at risk depends on presidential "determinations" and definitions of such phrases as "international terrorism" and "knowingly harbor." "Aiding or abetting" could involve innocently contributing money to a group that seemed to be a legitimate charitable or humanitarian organization, which later the administration concludes operates as a front by providing assistance to al Qaeda or other terrorist bodies.
Cheney's distinction between unlawful combatants and prisoners of war relies on Ex parte Quirin. The Supreme Court distinguished between "lawful combatants" (uniformed soldiers) and "unlawful combatants" (enemies who enter the country in civilian dress). The former, when captured, are detained as prisoners of war. The latter are subject to trial and punishment by military tribunals. The Court made it clear that a U.S. citizen who associates himself with the military arm of an enemy government and enters the United States for the purpose of committing hostile acts is an enemy belligerent subject to military tribunals.
This judicial decision has little to do with the Bush military order, which specifically exempts U.S. citizens from the jurisdiction of military tribunals. What of Bush's decision to designate Yasser Esam Hamdi and Jose Padilla as an "enemy combatant"? Is that covered by the Nazi saboteur case? There is little relationship. According to the Bush administration, whoever fits the category of enemy combatant is held but not charged, is denied the right to an attorney, and (according to the Justice Department) federal judges have no right to interfere with executive judgments.
Compare that to the eight German saboteurs, who were charged by the government, granted counsel, and tried by a military tribunal. They even filed a petition of habeas corpus in federal district court, eventually arguing their case before the Supreme Court over a two-day period, totaling nine hours of oral argument. In sharp contrast, Hamdi and Padilla are held in a naval brig, with no charges brought against them, no access to counsel, and no prospect of a trial, either civil or military.
Ex parte Quirin is far from an attractive precedent. The Justices were poorly prepared to hear the case. The briefs are dated the same day that oral argument began. There was only a cursory district court decision, issued the evening before, and no action yet by the D.C. Circuit. The Court handed down a short per curiam on July 31, but without any legal reasoning. Three months later the Court released a full opinion, but by that time six of the eight Germans had been electrocuted. The Court could hardly cast doubt on the legality or propriety of their executions, much less grant relief.
The conduct of the trial in 1942 so offended Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson that he intervened forcefully three years later, when Roosevelt established another tribunal to try two saboteurs who arrived by submarine from Germany. Unlike the military order of 1942, Roosevelt did not name the members of the tribunal or appoint the counsel for the prosecution and defense. Instead, he empowered the commanding generals, under the supervision of the secretary of war, to appoint the tribunal. Moreover, the trial record did not go to Roosevelt, as it did in 1942. The review was processed by professionals within the judge advocate general's office.
The 1942 process was badly crafted. Roosevelt created the tribunal, picked
generals (subordinate to him) to serve on the tribunal, appointed the prosecutors
and defense counsel (all subordinate to him), and when the tribunal completed
its work, the trial record went to Roosevelt for final review. Stimson thought
it made no sense for Attorney General Francis Biddle and Judge Advocate General
Myron Cramer to serve as prosecutors. Why should an attorney general spend a
month prosecuting eight saboteurs? Cramer should not have been co-prosecutor.
His function was to perform a reviewing role to assure fairness.
For the two saboteurs who arrived in late 1944, Stimson succeeded in removing Biddle and Cramer as prosecutors. Trained military professionals handled the prosecution in early 1945. Stimson also saw that the trial took place not in Washington, D.C., with the circus atmosphere of 1942, but at Governors Island, New York City. Justice Felix Frankfurter, a member of the 1942 Court, later said that "the Quirin experience was not a happy precedent."
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mark safranski - 10/10/2003
A lot of Supreme Court decisions may be poorly argued ( Roe v. Wade) or well-argued but politically disastrous and morally wrong( Dred Scott). It doesn't really matter because until they are overturned they remain operative and binding on lower courts.
FDR could also, at any time, have issued new executive orders regarding saboteurs so Quirin merely recognized the extent of the President's authority in wartime as commander-in-chief to deal with enemy combatants. It revised Ex Parte Milligan which was decided in the far murkier circumstances of a civil, not foreign, war.
Quirin was heard not only in a war atmosphere but during an actual war and the defendents, who had no complaint regarding due process, were swiftly executed and rightly so. In contrast, Mr. Hamdi who was captured fighting on a foreign battlefield with the enemy, has been treated with kid gloves. If anything Bush's executive order regarding war criminals fighting out of uniform is far, far milder than what the United States could apply under Quirin or mete out under the Geneva Convention.
In fact, if Bush wished to strictly apply those standards, most of the captives at Guantanamo would long-since be dead at the hands of a firing squad. Not all, but most.
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Today is an important day for global health. Together with UNICEF, WHO, and Save the Children, The Rockefeller Foundation is formally launching Universal Health Coverage: A Commitment to Close the Gap, a report that serves to reframe the focus of universal health coverage (UHC) so that equity is the lens through which all future efforts towards achieving UHC are viewed.
Since 2008, The Rockefeller Foundation has invested more than $100 million to accelerate progress of UHC globally. Over the last few years, we have focused on the importance and necessity of looking at equity within UHC implicitly. With the launching of this report, we aim to make the implicit explicit.
Equity is the central objective of UHC. Equity is a necessary consideration in any approach to achieve UHC. And equity can be used a useful indicator for measuring progress toward UHC. Many of you might wonder what we mean by "universal health coverage," and so again let me be explicit – according to the 2010 WHO World Health Report, UHC means that "All [and this really means all people regardless of race, gender, age, class, religion or sexual orientation] people can access the health services they need without incurring financial hardship."
This report comes at a crucial time for the global community as leaders everywhere, across sectors, take the week to think about future development goals. Where health is concerned, this report clearly makes the case for UHC as the umbrella goal for the health sector's specific contribution to the post-2015 development framework.
Universal Health Coverage: A Commitment to Close the Gap is the collaborative product of four institutions that are committed to embedding the results within their institutions. Over the next few days and weeks, we will hear from some of the authors in a series of blog posts that will begin to unpack the report in greater detail. Lara Brearley, from Save the Children, will look at how and why equity should be prioritized as countries progress on the path towards UHC; Rodrigo Moreno-Serra, from Imperial College, will highlight the exciting new research coming out of the report; and Robert Marten, my Rockefeller Foundation colleague, will examine the implications for the post-2015 development agenda. We hope you'll follow along as we take a deeper look at health inequity and the importance of making its eradication a priority as countries progress toward UHC.
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The Nerve of My Neighbor
My mouth is still hanging open at the nerve of my neighbor "Mrs. Bertha Better Than You". "Did you know you can lease a car for two years and drive a new car all the time?" she asked me a few months ago. We have a small pick-up and a small car both around ten years old. Her rental is a new SUV. I wanted to tell her that I have enough money in the bank to pay for two new cars if I want them, but that would have been stupid. (She might want to borrow it!) Haha. Anyway, I wonder what she thinks now that she has to buy all that gas and pay rent. My old economy vehicles get good gas mileage.
I hear you Lexi. Sounds like she lacks tact.
"Did you know you can lease a car for two years and drive a new car all the time?"
I guess I would have probably replied with something like, "Yes, I knew that and think that is fine if one chooses to make a lease payment every month for the rest of their life. I just choose to not do so as I dislike monthy payments and would just buy it outright before I would pay for a vehicle every month."
I always tell those people that I can put as many miles on my vehicle as I want!
My old partner's brother leased an SUV many years back. Got a "good deal" on a 3 year lease rather than 2. He drove it a lot and in less than a year had reached the maximum mileage allowed. So his "good deal" was put in the garage and not used for a year. Then he figured out he might as well buy out the lease and take the reaming and at least be able to use the vehicle.
People like that are stupid. It's sad indeed that stupidity isn't painful.
Here is another that has 2 old cars! Mine is a buick riviera that is 18 years old and hubby's is a century that is 10 yrs old. Both have about 90K on them and are still going strong. We never buy new, but a year old with few miles. Let someone else take that depreciation!
Count me in with Calirose. We drove our last vehicle l9 years and it was a great little car. It was not the fanciest car by any means and I was asked more than once by my sil's "How can you stand to drive that old thing???" For me as long as it was a sound car and the wheels kept turning, then it was fine for me. While they were making car payments to the bank, I was depositing some savings in my account. To each his own I guess.
I would retitle the post The Stupidity of My Neighbor. I am continually amazed at how people manage to keep themselves "car poor". A few years ago it was driving pickup trucks and SUVs for no good reason (do they ever tow or haul anything? no). I overhear our staff at work moaning about owning/operating/repairing their cars, and lately trying desperately to get out from underneath them. I have a 99 Camry which is probably the oldest car on the lot, and I earn a much greater professional salary than the staff. I wonder if they notice?
To each to his own.
My ex-BIL has wheeled and dealed (I don't mean anything illegal) his money and credit all his life. He's never let anyone down, gone through a foreclosure or anything like that. There was a little ugly patch with the IRS but that got straightened out eventually. He does worry more fiscally conservative people in his family who are more like those here. I tend to be more of a worrier too. BUT I haven't had nearly as much fun as him, no where near.
And I'm envious.
He's in his 60s now and doing ok, driving his leased HUMMER, partying on his sail boat, throwing poker parties, having not one but two cell phones because of all the friends (friends, not users) he has because he's always cheerful, friendly, generous. If we both dropped dead - I'd say he had the better life.
marys1000 - Are you kidding? It's very sad if your life has been so unhappy or shallow you ENVY your debt-up-to-his eyebrows ex-BIL because of his "toys" and excessive lifestyle. Where I come from, envy is still one of the 7 deadly sins.
There's nothing you described that would make me conclude this individual "had the better life". If you want "FUN" work, volunteer, or strive for something that helps develop some character qualities like:
You'll be a lot happier than wasting time envying your ex BIL his leased Hummer.
Marys... I think he's just got it figured out right - on the edge, maybe, but you can't take it with you, he obviously has found a way to make it all work, and he'll probably live to be 100. I have no patience with people who spend the whole lives scrimping and bean counting, saving for their 'old age', a time when many of us won't be around to enjoy it anyhow, or else won't be up to it physically, will be fighting their grandkids for every dime and not be able to ever say they had a good time. Of course you need to be careful, certainly do pay your taxes, don't go so far you end up in bankruptcy, and do help whoever you can if you care about them, but honestly, that list of 'qualities' above reads to me like something from a very old time bible lesson and is just not my thing.
I think you can lots of friends that you hang with along with a boat and a leased car and still have:
They are not mutually exclusive.
An excessive, hedonistic lifestyle is a different story.
It looks like my point was sort of missed in the mix. The first point was that my neighbor assumed we had no money since we drive old vehicles. She also thought she would tell me how to get a new car, so she didn't have to look at the old ones in our drive. We are happy people with good friends (the kind that would help us if we were in trouble.) My husband has been out of work for weeks, but we are not worried because we have enough saved to carry us to retirement. We take nice vacations and live well, but we do not waste money to try to keep up with the Jones. I know "happy" people who live in the fast lane too, but many of them stay awake at night wondering how they are going to pay their bills.
Hi Mary's 1,000,
Your ex-BIL, you say. Your sister knows him much better than you. I didn't hear any mention of her ideas or feelings ... or any quotes from her, regarding this situation.
This attractive, charming gentleman has an adequate retirement plan, I assume? Rather, more than adequate .. one that'll be capable of maintainng him in the lifestyle to which he has become accustomed?
Lacking such ...
... does he expect to leave this dimension of living within five years ... maybe a couple of years ... a year, even ...
... of the day that he retires?
With no uninsured medical issues along the way, we are to assume?
Otherwise ... the dollars that he allows to depart his situation now ...
... won't be around to help maintain him when he retires and must depend on pensions, investments, etc. to fund his ongoing activities.
Folks in our society are living longer than ever before.
And many want to retire early ... to enjoy life.
Livng on what?
Hope you don't run out of money before you run out of life.
"He's in his 60s now and doing ok, driving his leased HUMMER, partying on his sail boat, throwing poker parties, having not one but two cell phones because of all the friends (friends, not users) he has because he's always cheerful, friendly, generous."
Mary, has your 'generous' ex-BIL remarried?!
Yes he did, to a woman that ended up being um..... a bit of a mental case I suppose.
It is costing him a fortune to get out of that. Now he dates.
I'm not saying his lifestyle is right or wrong, just that as Lucy says, he seems to have found a balance that works for him, though it might scare others. He's really an extrovert. Also a farmer, no retirement plan that I know of anyway, other than perhaps to sell land which is what many farmers retirement plan consists of. He, and many farmers don't like debt, but its a fact of life. I don't think he wants to retire until he physically can't farm anymore, he loves it.
Lexi - your neighbor may not have any tact and certainly may be narrow minded about her material views, but could she have just been trying to help with information? I would have just smiled and told her how attached I was to my old friends.
grainlady - prune danish?
I have to brag a bit about how my husband found a great car for not much money - it is an Altima, which would cost about $21K with all the nice features it has- but he paid only $10K because it has a "salvage" title. It was stolen as a brand new car- the thieves ripped out the front seat, no other damage, the seat was replaced as good as new, the car had less than 300 miles on it. But because it was "salvage" no credit union or bank wanted to lend for it. BUT, my thrify husband had $10K in cash and we drove away with it. The salvage title would probaby be a problem if we wanted to resell it, but I usually keep my car as long as it runs at all, so we have had it about 5 years now and it's the best car we ever had, for the least money.
I don't understand why some people get their vehicles confused with their egos. As long as my car is safe and reliable and does not overly pollute, it's fine with me. I don't need a car to tell people who I am.
My DS and I had the lease vs. buy conversation the other day. She says, after leasing you just have to make sure to buy the vehicle. I said, have you ever done that? Well, no, not yet...
We leased a car a few years back for two years because we were undecided on what we wanted. What a waste of $7,000 cash.
We drive an old pick up truck and a motorcycle. Sold our car to our son and will never drive one again. I haul everything in that truck and I love it! I stop at the side of the road and toss things in the back. Yesterday I dug up a truck load of lilies at the side of the road and was gong to plant them today, but it's now raining. Do that with a car!
Unfortunately, some people derive their self worth from their material possessions, like car and house and how clean and new and expensive they are. I often wonder if those people are really happy with themselves - trying to keep up with society. One of my favourite sayins is: "Dull women have immaculate homes." and it's so true!
I'm way too busy living to worry about what material possession I own or what "society" may thing of us! Nor would I care if I did have the time! We both work full time outside the home, have a small farm (veggies and chickens & 2 dogs), I have an art business (painter), hubby has a computer programming business, I hope to add bees and koi or trout ponds next year and we spend all of our "spare" time going for trips through the country side on the motorcycle. That doesn't leave us any time to clean the house, keep the grass and weeds cut or worry about upgrading our material possessions. You can't take them with you, anyway, so who cares? Here's an example: I won't have carpet in the house because I wash my floors, maybe, twice a year and we wear our shoes in the house. Bathroom gets a cleaning once a week.
However, all that said, I no longer have small children in the house to worry about cleanliness. Just us three adults.
It's interesting how our needs and desires change as time passes. I bought a pickup long before it became fashionable to own one. 1975, bought a new Courier mini pickup and boy the criticism I endured. Curiously I got a lot of phone calls, hey, can you help us move? Can you haud this for us? Can we borrow your truck? But I liked it, used it for camping and it was great. People wake up in their tents after a rainstorm and I'd be high and dry (go ahead Joyful, say it!) in the back of the truck with the topper listening to the rain on the roof.
Well age and injuries happened. Then a deal came up on a mini van from a friend's estate. Now that is a great vehicle for me. I don't haul the stuff like I used to, but I still was able to haul a recliner in the van. It's so nice and easy to get in and out of. And I took it up north over the 4th and got 26.5 mpg. No complaints from me on that. I can't get in and out of a little peapicker like I used to be able to. I like something a little more comfortable and need something easy to enter/exit. I like having the power and I think I get reasonable economy. So for now, I'm a mini van man.
"Leasing is a way to get you into a car that you can't really afford."
That and a lot of the pay on the lot used car places, like J B Byrider. By the time it is paid off, the buyer has paid 2-3 times what they would have elsewhere...just the price one pays for something they can't afford and having bad credit or no credit history.
I like your posts; but this one strikes me as more than a little self-righteous & struck an accusatory tone, IMO...
"If you want "FUN" work, volunteer, or strive for something that helps develop some character qualities like:
I can't speak to the Hummer because we don't have a Hummer. But, I can speak to the boat that Mary mentions her ex-BIL enjoying as we have been boaters for many years.
Every single one of your "character qualities" are taught continuously at the helm.
From the moment you lose sight of land & all of the trappings that most people associate with "security" are gone..."faith" takes on a whole new meaning & importance.
Without a huge dose of "patience" the liklihood of safely returning to port diminishes rapidly.
Boats do NOT have brakes. As any mariner knows,
The Rules Of Boating
1) Leaving the dock is optional. Every return is mandatory.
2) Boating isn't dangerous. Sinking is what's dangerous.
3) It is always better to be on shore wishing you were out there than being out there and wishing you were on shore.
4) The ONLY time you have too much fuel is when the boat is on fire.
5) The sail is just a big awning used by sailors to keep the Captain cool. When it rips to shreds, you can actually see the Captain sweat.
6) When in doubt, stay out to sea. No one has ever gone aground on a wave.
7) A "good" return to your slip is one you can walk away from. A "great" return is one after which you can use the boat again.
8) Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough to make them all by yourself.
9) You know you have hit the dock too hard if it takes all of your bilge pumps running at full power for you to step on the dock.
10) The probability of a boat's survival during docking is inversely proportional to the speed of arrival. High speed arrivals, small probability of survival and vice versa.
11) Never let the boat take you somewhere your brain didn't get to five minutes earlier.
12) Stay away from clouds. The silver lining everyone talks about might be a hailstorm. Reliable sources also report that lightning has been known to hide out in clouds.
13) Always try to keep the number of departures you make from your slip equal to the number of returns you've made.
14) There are three simple rules for making a smooth return to your slip. Unfortunately no one knows what they are so BE CAREFUL.
15) If all you can see out of the cabin window is water that's going round and round, and all you can hear is commotion coming from the cockpit, things are not at all as they should be.
16) In the ongoing battle between objects made of fiberglass going tens of miles per hour and the shore going zero miles per hour, the shore has yet to lose.
17) Good judgment comes from experience. Unfortunately, the experience usually comes from bad judgment.
18) It is generally a good idea to keep the pointy end of the boat going forward as much as possible.
19) Keep looking around. There is always something you've missed.
20) Remember, buoyancy is not just a good idea, it's the law. And it's not subject to repeal.
As you can see by reading these "Mariner's Rules"...every single one of your "Character Qualities" is necessary for the survival of your passengers, your crew, your craft, & yourself. Under maritime law, as Captain of your vessel, the minute you cast off you become the Sheriff, the doctor, the judge & jury, & decision maker. It does NOT matter if you're at the helm of a 15' run-a-bout or the helm of a 65', 3-deck cruiser...you ARE the law when you leave port. That requires good character skills in spades.
I would suggest that all of this can be accomplished while having one heck of a great time!
Keeping the alcoholic beverages back at the dock & not in the galley frig goes a long ways towards a successful voyage. Besides, the 'boat drinks' are a great way to celebrate another docking that you've walked away from!
As mariners who've made many trips between the Bahamas & Canada I assure you people can learn to be responsible & frugal on a boat. And talk about FAITH! Just find yourself on a boat, sixty miles from shore in a thunderstorm...need I say more about faith?!
What about being frugal? Sure, it's fun to pull back on the throttle & watch the water fly from your wake. But, EVERY SINGLE MARINER knows the rules...1/3 of your fuel going out, 1/3 of your fuel returning to port, & 1/3 of your fuel in reserve for emergencies (that's the frugal part & boy is it important!). Being reckless just once can cost lives. Boaters are not only frugal...they are downright stingy with not only fuel but water, food, emergency equipment, & lots of other stuff.
It's not necessary to deprive oneself of fun recreational activities to develop good character skills, unless of course, your purpose is to critize & feel superior to those that make different choices.
I should also mention that it's quite possible to enjoy boating & still have sufficient funds available for a comfortable retirement, donate to charity, & all the other good stuff of responsible people.


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No. 908396. Registered office: PO Box 68164, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London, N1P 2AP Page G24 Sport Wednesday June 27 2012 13:17 GMT point on her own serve but won it when Hampton netted a forehand. Wimbledon 2012: Heather Watson powers past Jamie Lee Hampton Tottenham to trump Liverpool and • Watson becomes first Briton to secure Swansea in race for Gylfi Sigurdsson third-round place • Will now face Agnieszka Radwanska or • Spurs agree €10m fee with Hoffenheim Elena Vesnina • Managerless London club leave Liverpool Simon Cambers at Wimbledon trailing Andy Hunter Britain's Heather Watson has beaten Jamie Lee Hampton to reach the third round at Wimbledon. Photograph: Stefan Gylfi Sigurdsson enjoyed a successful loan spell at Swansea Wermuth/REUTERS in the second half of last season after spells at Hoffenheim Heather Watson has broken new ground by beating the and Reading. Photograph: Dimitris Legakis/D Legakis American Jamie Lee Hampton 6-1, 6-4 to reach the third round Photography/Athena of a grand slam event for the first time. Tottenham Hotspur have moved ahead of Liverpool and The 20-year-old was far too solid and held her nerve well to Swansea City in the pursuit of Gylfi Sigurdsson after agreeing a become the first British woman to make it to Wimbledon's third €10m (£8m) fee with Hoffenheim for the Iceland midfielder. round since Elena Baltacha in 2002. Spurs, who are without a manager, hope to complete a Having reached the second round of the French Open in deal for the coveted 22-year-old by the end of this week, but May, Watson went one better and fended off a second-set they have still to agree personal terms with the player. Their revival from the American, who had upset Daniela Hantuchova approach to Hoffenheim comes amid serious doubts over the in round one. The Briton now plays either the third seed future of Luka Modric at White Hart Lane, with Real Madrid Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland or Russia's Elena Vesnina, the linked with the Croatian. woman she beat in Paris and the conqueror of Venus Williams. Liverpool had been confident of signing Sigurdsson There is something incredibly soothing about watching following the appointment of Brendan Rodgers as manager. The Watson when she is in full flow. Nothing is rushed and midfielder flourished under Rodgers on loan at Swansea last everything looks incredibly easy. season and the pair have spoken several times since a proposed Even when Hampton, who had been leaden-footed in the £6.8m transfer to the Liberty Stadium collapsed as a result of opening set, upped her level and when breaks of serve were the manager's departure for Anfield. traded to and fro, Watson always gave the impression that Michael Laudrup, Rodgers's replacement at Swansea, has things were under control, no matter what she was feeling conceded defeat in attempting to resurrect a permanent move inside. to south Wales for the Iceland international. Liverpool's interest The first set was a cakewalk as Watson dominated in Sigurdsson remains but the club fear that Spurs are firm proceedings on a Court Two that quickly filled up in the favourites to complete the deal. warmest conditions of the week so far. Hampton, two years older than Watson and ranked three * places above her at No100, possesses plenty of power but was guilty of poor footwork throughout and made a host of unforced errors as a result. Leading by a set and 2-0, Watson dropped serve for the first time as Hampton, who was playing her first Wimbledon, found her feet. The American broke to level at 2-2 and then the pair From Beirut to Big Brother, Murdoch to traded three more straight breaks before Watson recovered Millionaire, from 0-40 to hold for 5-3. discuss the hot topics in the media on Hampton saved one match point on her own serve in the not one, but two blogs Organ Grinder and next game and Watson double-faulted on the second match guardian.co.uk © Guardian News and Media Limited 2012 guardian.co.uk Page 3 G24 Sport Wednesday June 27 2012 13:17 GMT "Everything is possible," Rogge told the Guardian. "We just launched a tender, because this is an obligation by the EU. It is BBC's Olympic rights under threat from open to everyone – to public companies, private companies, new TV deal free-to-air, satellite, mobile, even the possibility to sell them to an agent company that buys the rights and sells them on. The • Everything is possible, says Jacques deadline is 29 June and then we will enter into negotiations Rogge with different companies," he said. "We sold the rights to Sky Italy but for the summer Games it • BBC desperate to hang on to Games rights has an obligation to run 200 hours free-to-air and for the Winter Owen Gibson Games 100 hours. They did not have the free-to-air capacity but they teamed up with Rai, who will take care of the 200 hours. We have many countries where that is the case. In many countries in Europe there is a complementarity between pay television and public television." Another option, said Rogge, is separating out the broadcasting, internet and mobile rights, and selling them to different players. The IOC has sought to maximise the value of the TV rights since turning its back on a deal with the European Broadcasting Union in 2008, through which the BBC held the rights for the 2010 Vancouver Games and London 2012 as part of a $700m pan-European agreement. The majority of European rights were sold to the sports agency Sportfive, but the six most lucrative markets – Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Turkey and the UK – were carved out for Olympic Games TV rights are always a contentious issue but in direct negotiation. They have all been sold, apart from the UK. the UK the BBC has virtually come to regard them as its own. If it secures more than $71m from the UK auction, which should Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian be a foregone conclusion, it will have raised more than $1bn Jacques Rogge, the International Olympic Committee president, from European sales. has declared "everything is possible" when it comes to selling The tender document calls for bids for the 2014 Winter TV rights for the Games after London, raising the prospect of Olympics in Sochi and the 2016 Olympics in Rio but also the BBC losing some or all of its coverage of the event. provides the option for broadcasters to tie up rights until the A wide range of bids from traditional free-to-air end of the decade, encompassing the 2018 Winter Games in broadcasters, pay-TV companies and telecom providers is Pyeongchang, South Korea, and the 2020 Olympics in either expected by the IOC when it tears open envelopes containing Tokyo, Madrid or Istanbul. the bids on Friday. It will then decide whether to go to a second That was the route taken by the US broadcaster NBC when round of bidding, as it seeks to maximise broadcasting revenue . it tied up the US rights until 2020 with a $4.4bn bid in the face The UK broadcasting rights, which are held by the BBC, of competition from Fox and ESPN. In total, $3.91bn was raised are protected by listed-events legislation that guarantees it from TV rights deals for the 2010 and 2012 Games, a significant free-to-air coverage. But the IOC has confirmed that a pay- increase on the $2.57bn raised from the previous four years. A TV broadcaster such as Sky or a telecom company such as further, more-modest increase is expected for 2014 and 2016. BT, which recently paid £738m for a slice of Premier League BBC insiders say that it is desperate to hang on to the live rights, could bid in expectation of the legislation being Olympics, recognising their value as the sort of major event that altered, or to sublease some of the rights back to a free-to-air binds the country and burnishes its public-service credentials. broadcaster. But it is also operating on a tighter sports-rights budget, having Alternatively, in the new digital landscape, there are many endured a 20% cut in the wake of the licence fee being frozen. more companies which could potentially launch a free-to- air channel distributed via Freeview, cable, satellite and the internet. It is understood that ITV, Channel 4, Sky and BT have also received the tender documents and are weighing up their options. Channel 4, which will show the Paralympics this * summer and bid for Formula One rights, could be a surprise contender. The government, which shelved an ongoing review of listed events when it came to power, will review the situation again this year, when the entire analogue TV network had been switched to digital. Compare and buy Sources said it is unthinkable that the Olympics will not Use our free independent comparison remain on the list in some form. But it is possible that they services to switch suppliers and save could follow the path taken by the IOC in reserving 200 hours money on all your household bills. of coverage for free-to-air TV (100 hours for the Winter Games) guardian.co.uk/money/compareandbuy and broadcasting the rest through pay-TV or another platform. guardian.co.uk © Guardian News and Media Limited 2012 guardian.co.uk Page G24 Sport Wednesday June 27 2012 13:17 GMT Graham Lee, until recently a colleague of Gillies on the jumps circuit before making the switch to Flat racing, rode two Swimming pool accident claims life of winners but was still struggling to take the news in. popular jockey Campbell Gillies "I still can't believe it, to be honest," Lee said. "It's very upsetting. He was a great lad." • Investigation continues into precise cause Other jockeys added their tributes, with champion Tony of death McCoy hailing "a very good jockey but an even better bloke" and Gold Cup-winning rider Paddy Brennan describing "the • Minute's silence observed at tracks worst news you could possibly hear". around Britain Scotland's first minister, Alex Salmond, a keen racing fan, Will Hayler at Beverley said: "This is devastating news. Campbell Gillies, at the age of 21, had achieved extraordinary success, highlighted by his victory at this year's Cheltenham Festival on Brindisi Breeze. "The loss of his outstanding talent is a huge blow, not just to racing but to Scottish sport and our thoughts are with his family and friends at this difficult time." A unifying quality described in many of the tributes was the jockey's positive attitude. The Fife trainer Nick Alexander said: "One of the things I most admired about him as a jockey was that, in many ways, he appeared not to be there at all. His horses would just run underneath him and he would allow their natural ability to come through. And he had a fantastic sense of rhythm and timing in a race, whether to go from the front or come from the back. "As the father of a 21-year-old jockey myself, I find it The 21-year-old jockey Campbell Gillies has died while on absolutely unbelievable that he's died like this. He was so holiday in Corfu. Photograph: Rebecca Naden/PA looking forward to going on holiday. Just three months after the breakthrough Cheltenham Festival "He rode out here occasionally and was always very chatty success which appeared to mark the coming of age of Campbell and friendly. He seemed a really chirpy guy, always positive, Gillies, the sport was thrown into mourning by the news that never in a bad mood, whatever the weather was throwing at the jump jockey had been killed in a swimming pool accident him." while on holiday. Gillies would have been 22 on Wednesday. A spokesman for the Injured Jockeys Fund said that they Along with his fellow riders Nathan Moscrop, Harry Haynes would be providing assistance to Gillies' family and to his and Henry Brooke, friends from the northern circuit, Gillies had friends still in Corfu. arrived on Monday in Kavos, Corfu for a short holiday, having ridden at Hexham the previous day. The exact circumstances of his death are under investigation but Peter Scudamore, partner of Lucinda Russell, the trainer for whom Gillies had ridden since 2007, described the death as "an awful accident". "It seems they had gone for a swim this morning and Campbell was swimming in the pool when they realised that he had been under the water for a while," he said. "They got him out and tried to help him but it was too late." Mark Ellwood, head groom at Russell's stable and a close * friend of Gillies, was also among the travelling party. The East Lothian-born Gillies had ridden over 50 of his 131 winners for the stable and the victory of Brindisi Breeze – himself killed in a tragic accident last month when getting out of his paddock and running into traffic – in Cheltenham's Albert Bartlett Hurdle marked a new high for both trainer and jockey. "This dreadful news has hit the whole yard," said Russell. The Guardian digital edition "He was a much loved, popular and respected member at Arlary House and it is so hard to lose part of our 'family'. Our hearts Read the Guardian on the web go out to his mother, Lesley, and brother and sister, Finlay and exactly the way it was printed. Rita. "We are immensely proud of the achievements of Campbell. With award-winning Guardian It was through his innate ability and talent that he reached great photography accessible from heights as a jockey at such an early age. More than that, he had anywhere in the world. a wonderful charm that I believe came across to everyone who met him." guardian.co.uk/digitaledition A minute's silence was held before racing at tracks around Britain on Tuesday and jockeys here wore black armbands. guardian.co.uk © Guardian News and Media Limited 2012 guardian.co.uk Page G24 Sport Wednesday June 27 2012 13:17 GMT London Olympics 2012: join our Newcastle threaten legal action if worldwide network of experts London Welsh win promotion appeal Calling all sports aficionados – lend your • Exiles submit 43-page response to knowledge, experience and expertise to the independent panel of QCs Guardian's London Olympics coverage • Premiership fixtures published before Steve Busfield decision reached Paul Rees The Jamaican 4x100m men's relay team winning gold in Beijing in 2008. Photograph: Olivier Morin/AFP/Getty Images London Welsh submitted plans to play at Oxford United's The Guardian is seeking sports aficionados and experts to Kassam stadium next season but their nominated second take part in our Worldwide Olympics Expert Network, a ground was too far away from their base under the regulations. collaborative and real-time reporting effort between Guardian Photograph: Ben Hoskins/Getty Images reporters, editors and expert readers. The Premiership fixtures for next season will be published We are looking to the Expert Network to capture the energy on Wednesday, but whether the 12th position is occupied by of live action, share trivia and technical insight and talk London Welsh or Newcastle may still be undecided despite about how the Olympics is being celebrated where they live. an appeal on Thursday by the Exiles against a decision by the Great contenders include current participators in the sport Rugby Football Union to deny them promotion. at a reasonably high level, retired athletes, knowledgeable The RFU last month deemed that London Welsh, who won amateurs, bloggers, and those involved in the sport as the Championship play-off final against Cornish Pirates, had administrators and coaches. The main criteria are that the failed to meet the minimum standards criteria. The Exiles person will be a real cheerleader for Olympic sport and be submitted plans to play at Oxford United's Kassam stadium, but willing to share knowledge, experience, expertise and a sense their nominated second ground, Brentford's Griffin Park, was of fun. International perspective is also a big plus. too far away from their base under the regulations. Experts will be featured on the Guardian. Their tweets will There was also a concern that Welsh had failed to meet the 31 appear alongside the Guardian's Olympics live blog within a March deadline to submit their criteria application, one of the dedicated module. Experts' commentary will be integrated in "various other factors" cited by the RFU for denying the club the Guardian's coverage and tweets will be retweeted from @ promotion. Guardian tinyurl.com/yknr4mt , @GuardianUS tinyurl.com/ London Welsh have submitted a 43-page response to the ch65da , @Guardian_sport tinyurl.com/7rd4hh9 , @GdnUSsports decision which will be considered by an independent three- tinyurl.com/7kdfzah . man appeal panel, comprised of QCs, at a hotel on the outskirts This is a voluntary role, although there may be the of London on Thursday. The club will be represented by the opportunity to write paid content for the Guardian and legal firm Pinsent Mason and barristers from Blackstone guardian.co.uk. Our plan is to feature one paid blog a day from Chambers. one of our experts during the Games (although as we hope to The RFU and Premiership Rugby have also submitted have up to 100 experts, not everyone will get the opportunity reports, along with Newcastle who have indicated they will to do this). We may also ask the experts to participate in reader consider legal action if the panel finds in favour of London Q&As. The Experts Network is an excellent opportunity for Welsh. The Exiles, in turn, believes that the criteria contravene an individual to raise their own profile and that of their sport European competition and fair trading law and are prepared to during the London Olympics 2012. go to the high court to fight their case. Welsh have pointed out that four Premiership clubs did not have primacy of tenure last season and they have nominated three other grounds as back-up venues to the Kassam – Brentford, MK Dons and Newbury – with Premiership Rugby insisting that the final weekend of the regular season, when all six matches are played on a Saturday, must not be guardian.co.uk © Guardian News and Media Limited 2012 guardian.co.uk Page G24 Sport Wednesday June 27 2012 13:17 GMT compromised. The club's legal advice is that they have nothing to worry about regarding the deadline as it was in contact with the ICC rules against universal application RFU. The argument will come down to primacy of tenure and of the decision review system whether current members of the Premiership should enjoy concessions denied to aspirants. • Decision on DRS in international cricket "We have received overwhelming support since our entry again put off to the Premiership was blocked," said the London Welsh • Key players have expressed doubts over chairman, Bleddyn Phillips. "This includes not only the general rugby supporting public, but more specifically owners and its accuracy managers of Premiership clubs and other rugby clubs, as well Press Association as leaders of clubs in the Football League and other sporting institutions. "These offers of help and encouragement extend not only to promises of financial and professional support, but also to offering up, in several cases, sporting venues as stadia where London Welsh might wish to play their 'home' games in 2012- 13. We are most grateful for this, which to our mind underscores very sharply what we believe to be the fundamental issue at stake here. "Namely, that any team which demonstrates on the field of play that it has the requisite skills and resources to win through to the top of its division or playing group should be allowed to move on to the next tier, thereby upholding the competitive spirit of sport in general and the ethos of promotion and The ICC have again delayed a decision on the universal relegation on merit-based principles." application of DRS. Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian The panel is expected to announce its decision on Friday with seven hours scheduled for the hearing, but the chances are The universal application of the umpire decision review that will not be the end of the matter. London Welsh have had system in international cricket has again been put off, with the to put recruitment plans – they have been linked with the Wales recommendation being rejected by the International Cricket international Gavin Henson – on hold until they know which Council's executive board. division they will be playing in, and a challenge to the fairness The ICC said: "Whilst approving the recommendations of of the criteria is set to be made by Championship clubs. the chief executives committee relating to the inclusion of Hotspot cameras as part of the minimum specifications for the decision review system (DRS) and the amendment of the lbw protocols regarding the 'margin of uncertainty', the ICC board agreed to continue with the present arrangement where the two competing nations in a bilateral series decide on the use of DRS." India, whose financial clout and political influence within the game give them a position of pre-eminence over such * decisions, have been notable opponents to DRS, with a number of key players having registered doubts about its accuracy. The existing arrangement essentially bolsters the review system when in use but allows India – or any other boards who disagree with its implementation – to opt out. Most other full member nations have come out in support of Fantasy League Classic a mandatory DRS system, but India's preference for a bi-lateral Manage a squad of 16 players agreement between playing sides will now remain in place for the foreseeable future. and a budget of £75 million. A change to universal DRS had been recommended by the £75,000 worth of prizes to be ICC cricket committee and supported by the chief executives committee. The England and Wales Cricket Board are among won in weekly, monthly and the most vocal advocates of DRS and had been particularly keen overall competitions. Beat your for it to be used in the four-Test series in India this autumn. That now looks a virtual certainty not to happen. nearest and dearest in a friends The executive board waved through other league. recommendations, including minor alterations to the playing conditions for one-day internationals. guardian.co.uk/fantasyleague The bowling powerplay has been ditched, fielding restrictions have been tightened to allow four men outside the 30-yard ring during non-powerplay overs and bowlers will be guardian.co.uk © Guardian News and Media Limited 2012 guardian.co.uk Page 7 G24 Sport Wednesday June 27 2012 13:17 GMT allowed two short-pitched deliveries per over. London has to offer this summer. It was also noted that "there was no objection to the He said: "With just a month to go, we are making our final introduction of day-night Test cricket dependent on the preparations and want to ensure each and every person in the agreement of both participating teams". capital gets a flavour of the celebrations and feels part of the Games." Each of London's famous bridges, from Hungerford Bridge London 2012: Giant Olympic rings to London Bridge, will be lit in "a dazzling display of colour" installed on Tower Bridge during the evenings, according to the mayor's office. Giant mobile Olympic rings will travel up and down past famous waterfront landmarks. The Agitos, the giant swirling • Lord Coe and Boris Johnson watch rings symbol of the Paralympic movement, will replace the rings on lowered into place Tower Bridge for the Paralympic Games. • Bridge's new lighting system will The city-wide Look and Celebration programme for the illuminate rings at night Games includes free events, shows, entertainment and cultural pieces, designed to show the world the best the city has to offer. Press Association London 2012: Brits suffer nightmare start to European Championships • Jeanette Kwakye crashes out in 100m heats • 'It's not enough – I've got no words for it' Andy Bull in Helsinki Giant Olympic rings have been installed on Tower Bridge in London Photograph: Julian Makey / Rex Features Giant Olympic rings have been installed over the Thames on Tower Bridge to mark the countdown to the London 2012 Games. The London 2012 chairman Lord Coe and the mayor Boris Johnson were among the VIPs who watched as the rings – 25 metres wide and 11.5 metres tall – were lowered into place on the landmark. The rings, which weigh three tonnes, cost £259,817 to Team GB's Jeanette Kwakye is knocked out of the 100m during produce and installing them is estimated to have cost £53,000. day one of the European Athletics Championships in Helsinki. All costs have been met from the £32m Look and Celebration Photograph: John Giles/PA budget, which will be used to back free cultural events across London. The threadbare state of British sprinting was all too evident on Lord Coe said: "The Olympic rings are an iconic symbol, the first morning of the European Championships. Jeanette inspiring athletes and uniting people around the world. To Kwakye failed to qualify from the first round of the women's athletes they represent the culmination of thousands of hours 100m, finishing seventh in her heat in a time of 11.98sec. of training and reaching the highest level in sport. Her team-mate Ashleigh Nelson did make it through, as the "With one month to go to the Olympic Games opening ninth-fastest qualifier, in a time of 11.43sec. So far not a single ceremony, these spectacular rings on one of London's most British woman has made herself an automatic selection for the famous landmarks will excite and inspire residents and visitors Olympic team. Nelson, who won the Aviva trials, could change in the capital." that if she runs the 'A' standard of 11.29sec in Helsinki, but to do A light show, complete with beams of changing colours and so she would have to knock .07sec off her personal best. intensity, will bring the rings to life at night. It will put into Kwakye, who finished sixth in the 100m final at the Beijing action Tower Bridge's new lighting system, involving 1,800 Olympics, has been suffering with an achilles injury this season, special energy-efficient LED lights, 2,000 metres of linear lights, but said she would have kicked herself if she hadn't tried to 5,000m of cable and 1,000 junction boxes. qualify. She was distraught at her poor performance. "It's The Yorkshire-made rings are attached to a modular not enough – I've got no words for it. I've got a couple of 'A's aluminium grid which is 17m by 22m. Together they weigh from last year but only four weeks until the Games, and you about 13 tonnes. know I can't start on the line in London if I'm going to be in Describing the sight as "glorious Tower Bridge", Johnson that kind of shape and form. I wouldn't do myself justice and said the landmark was the perfect choice to showcase what psychologically it doesn't help. I'm devastated, I don't know guardian.co.uk © Guardian News and Media Limited 2012 guardian.co.uk Page G24 Sport Wednesday June 27 2012 13:17 GMT what's going to happen." was the song I failed to recognise on Weakest Link four years It could yet get worse. The British women's 4x100m relay ago; perhaps I am more synonymous with Blame it on the squad are currently ranked 15th in the world, and need to be Weatherman by B*Witched.) inside the top 16 to qualify for the Olympics. They need to beat Although I was born and brought up in Yorkshire, my work both Poland and Belgium here to be sure of making the Games. has taken me throughout the country and I can now claim to The squad was already down to five runners in Helsinki, having have been adopted by Lincolnshire. The unsuspecting visitor to lost Jodie Williams to a hamstring injury, and with Kwakye this huge county might expect only expansive flatlands, but not unlikely to run the team are now down to four. a bit of it. Both the coast and the Wolds have a beauty of their The men did not do much better. Mark Lewis-Francis own, but as the torch travels south then west across the county, scraped through the first round by finishing fourth in his heat so the magnificent cathedral perched high above the city of in a time of 10.39sec. Harry Aikines-Aryeetey was the seventh- Lincoln comes into view. fastest qualifier, in a season's best time of 10.27sec. Neither While access from the modern shopping area linking the looked capable of challenging the French pair of Christophe city to the castle and cathedral is via Steep Hill – a challenging Lemaitre and Jimmy Vicaut, who were the two fastest through 420-metre climb for pedestrians only – the torch, for logistical the first round in 10.14sec and 10.18sec. purposes, will take the less demanding route along Lindum Hill. With Carl Myerscough being knocked out in the first round The view from the top is spectacular, and the flypast by the Red of the shot put, Isobel Pooley failing to make it into the high Arrows, based a few miles away at RAF Scampton, will surely be jump final, and Abigail Irozuru also failing to make the long a highlight of the 70-day relay. jump final, it was a depressing sort of morning for the British Lincolnshire is a county famous for its agriculture, big skies team. and coastal resorts, but the imposing city of Lincoln has existed There was some relief in the 400m hurdles, where Nathan since the iron age. The cathedral and castle date back to the Woodward and Rhys Williams both qualified for the semi-finals 11th century and, despite the odd period of decline since, this by winning their heats. remains a city and county characterised by its great resolve and ambition. A statue of the Victorian Lincolnshire poet Alfred Lord Olympic torch route, day 40: rain or Tennyson stands in the cathedral grounds, and his words are a shine, imposing Lincoln will impress fitting testament to all competitors at London 2012: "No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. Don't knock your friends. Don't knock your enemies. Don't knock yourself." Weatherman John Kettley will be keeping Of course, everyone will be there to win, but even out of an eye on the skies as the torch arrives in defeat will come new opportunities and friendships. And Lincolnshire for millions viewing around the world, no matter who they support, the Games are going to be spectacular – whatever the John Kettley weather. 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"You can't imagine Australia dropping him and saying don't worry about • England 'weakened significantly' for one-day cricket just stick to Tests," he said, either ignoring World T20 title defence or ignorant of the fact that all England players have a clause in their contracts stating that they cannot pick and choose • 'It staggers me ECB did not try to between 50-over and T20 cricket. negotiate that better' He contrasted the "aggressive" and "appealing on the eye" Andy Wilson cricket that Australia have played under Clarke with the "more conservative" approach taken by England under the captaincy of Alastair Cook, who forms an orthodox top three with Ian Bell and Jonathan Trott. "But that's one of the things that makes this series interesting," he said, insisting these extra games would fuel rather than dull anticipation ahead of the renewal of the Ashes rivalry proper next summer. "It is a balance, but I think it's quite a good time in a way for this series leading up to the Ashes. I don't think there's too much at the moment but it's something to keep an eye on. "But this situation doesn't have any significance to the Ashes, that's for sure." Shane Warne is commentating for Sky Sports during an unrivalled summer of live cricket available on TV, online, mobile Shane Warne says the five-match 50-over series between and tablet devices via Sky Go. England and Australia, starting on Friday, 'doesn't have any significance to the Ashes' next summer. Photograph: Tom Shaw/Getty Images Shane Warne has slammed the England management for refusing to consider Kevin Pietersen for their defence of the ICC World Twenty20 title in Sri Lanka this autumn, referring to "a bit too much ego" which he suggests has been counter- productive. Warne, who would have to declare an interest as being a friend of Pietersen's since they made occasional appearances together for Hampshire almost a decade ago, believes that Pietersen's absence from all forms of one-day cricket will make * England "significantly weaker", although he still rates them warm favourites for the five-match 50-over series against Australia that starts at Lord's on Friday. "I don't think the ECB [England and Wales Cricket Board] have shown much common sense at all with not allowing Kevin Pietersen to be available for the Twenty20 side," said Warne, who is in England as a member of the Sky commentary team for Mystified by mortgages? the series. "Any team that hasn't got Kevin is significantly weaker. He's Perplexes by pensions? a matchwinner so that's a big loss. I am very surprised they Confused about your consumer didn't say: 'OK Kevin, we understand you want to balance your family commitments, you want to balance your professional rights? career, you want to play for a long time, we understand all that Our experts are on hand to – if you want to play just Twenty20 and Test cricket, OK that's great.' answer all kinds of financial "I think it's just a bit too much ego for my liking from the and legal questions, so you ECB. Who wouldn't want Kevin Pietersen in your side? He's a matchwinner and he puts bums on seats because people love don't need to be baffled any watching him play. He rubs off on the rest of the players. So to more. Read their advice, or put me it's a huge loss. a question to them, at "It staggers me and I'm very surprised that the ECB didn't try and negotiate that better, drop their egos and say: 'OK we guardian.co.uk/money understand this, we want to keep our best players playing all the time.'" guardian.co.uk © Guardian News and Media Limited 2012 guardian.co.uk Page 10 G24 Sport Wednesday June 27 2012 13:17 GMT future with the club, although Wigan had dropped their interest well before this disciplinary problem. Joe Arundel, a powerful Castleford's troubles continue as Rangi centre, has already confirmed that he will join Hull next year, Chase is suspended and the Australian wing Nick Youngquest has now announced that he will retire at the end of the season at the unusually • Scrum-half's England place is in doubt young age of 28 – possibly to concentrate on a promising • Chase missed match against Leeds alternative career as an underwear model. However there have been a couple of crumbs of comfort for Andy Wilson Cas supporters, as they have confirmed two more new signings for next season to follow Michael Shenton, the former England centre who will return to Yorkshire after two years with St Helens. He will be joined at Wheldon Road by Jake Webster, a former New Zealand centre who has spent the last five years with Hull KR, and Jamie Ellis, a scrum-half who impressed under Millward at Leigh last season but has struggled to make an impact this year at Hull. India must take less selfish attitude to game's problems — Tony Greig • Ex-England captain calls on India to Rangi Chase has been banned for a breach of discipline. Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty Images adhere to spirit of game • India prefers 'indulging in a little payback' Rangi Chase has been suspended by Castleford for an unspecified breach of club discipline that led to his exclusion to conciliation from the defeat at Leeds in Sunday, continuing a nightmare year Andy Wilson for Super League's reigning Man of Steel. Chase has already served a three-match suspension for breaking the jaw of Tangi Ropati during his club's shock Challenge Cup defeat at Featherstone, and this latest ban is especially badly timed coming 24 hours before the England coach, Steve McNamara, names his squad for the second International Origin match next Wednesday against the Exiles team drawn from the overseas players employed in the Super League. The 26-year-old Maori, who threw in his lot with England on residential grounds to play against Australia and his native New Zealand in the Four Nations series last autumn, retained his place at scrum-half in the first Exiles match but is thought to be under pressure from Danny Brough of Huddersfield. Tony Greig, right, pictured with the then India captain Sourav Castleford's coach, Ian Millward, had refused to discuss the Ganguly, said India's apparent indifference to Test cricket was reasons for Chase's exclusion at Headingley on Sunday either disappointing. Photograph: Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP in the post-match press conference, or when he appeared on the BBC's Super League Show on Monday night. But the Tigers Tony Greig, as an England captain and in the decades since as issued a statement on Tuesday confirming that Chase "has been a high-profile commentator, has always shown a deep love for suspended on full pay while the club investigates his actions cricket in India. But in delivering the MCC's annual Spirit of last weekend". Cricket Cowdrey Lecture at Lord's on Tuesday evening, Greig Millward has already spoken of the significance of their blamed India, and specifically the Indian Premier League, for next fixture, at Widnes next Monday night, when a victory many of the game's problems and called on their administrators would remove any lingering chance that the Tigers might finish to "invoke and adhere to the spirit of cricket" to solve them. bottom of the table. That would represent a spectacular slump Most eyecatching, and almost certainly impractical, was after they only narrowly missed out on the top-eight play-offs his suggestion that the IPL should be reduced in length last season in addition to going agonisingly close to a Challenge but expanded in scope to become an Asian Premier League Cup final appearance at Wembley, although there have been including teams from Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh extenuating circumstances, most obviously the death of whose national cricket boards, none of them remotely as Millward's son Robbie in the spring. wealthy as India's, should be given a financial stake in the There have been regular injuries to key players – one of competition. whom, the gifted young hooker Daryl Clark, has now asked for England should then run an equivalent competition a transfer after being ruled out for the rest of the season with a including teams from the West Indies and Ireland, with South broken leg. There has also been regular speculation over Chase's Africa hosting another for their continent, and New Zealand guardian.co.uk © Guardian News and Media Limited 2012 guardian.co.uk Page 11 G24 Sport Wednesday June 27 2012 13:17 GMT given a stake in Australia's Big Bash. Greig also gave his backing to mandatory lie detector tests to tackle corruption, previously advanced by the former Australia captain Steve Waugh, and for the universal application of the umpire decision review system, which he said had been opposed by India partly "because its superstars had such an embarrassing experience with it in the early days". A fresh recommendation for the system to be used in all Test cricket is expected to be defeated by India at the International Cricket Council's annual meeting in Malaysia this week. That will be typical, Greig suggested, of "a sorry state of affairs" in which "if India doesn't like [recommendations], they are, at best, modified, or thrown out". "Fortunately, I think most of the problems can generally be addressed if India invokes and adheres to the spirit of cricket," Greig told an invited audience in the Long Room at Lord's, where Sri Lanka's former captain Kumar Sangakkara delivered a widely-praised lecture last year. "Mahatma Gandhi said: 'A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.' As cricket certainly resides in the hearts and souls of Indian people I am optimistic India will lead cricket by acting in the best interests of all countries rather than just for India. "If there is proof of the leadership India can provide it is the recent announcement of a one-time benefit payment of $13m to former national and domestic players for their services to Indian cricket. This certainly exemplifies acting in the spirit of cricket and rewards those players who played before 2003 for little financial reward. That people like [Bhagwath] Chandrasekhar, [Erapalli] Prasanna, [Chandu] Borde and [Bapu] Nadkarni will have this sort of financial support as they cope with the onset of the years is a powerful sign that India can not only generate great wealth for the game, but use it wisely for the benefit of cricket and cricketers." However, later paragraphs of the copy of Greig's speech that was released in advance contained some strong criticism. "India's apparent indifference towards Test cricket and its response towards some of the key issues – the international calendar and the mix of the different types of cricket; its attitude to the earlier ICC corruption inquiries; its indifference to the urgency to introduce anti-doping rules; the rumoured corruption hanging over the IPL; its attitude to the Decision Review System; and its role in the lack of due process in stopping the former Australian prime minister John Howard being appointed vice-president of the ICC – are all examples of disappointing decisions. But many of the problems with the ICC could be resolved if India invoked the spirit of cricket and didn't try and influence its allies in how to vote. "We can huff and puff as much as we like and have all sorts of external reports but this situation can only be resolved by India accepting that the spirit of cricket is more important than generating billions of dollars; it's more important than turning out multi-millionaire players; and it's more important than getting square with Australia and England for their bully-boy tactics towards India over the years. "It's ironic that the world, including India, rightly worships at the Nelson Mandela altar because of his conciliatory attitude but then India eschews his approach by indulging in a little payback." guardian.co.uk © Guardian News and Media Limited 2012 guardian.co.uk
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Cornerbacks: Leon Hall, 5-11, 193, senior, Michigan; Daymeion Hughes, 6-0, 188, senior, California.
Safeties: LaRon Landry, 6-2, 202, senior, LSU; Reggie Nelson, 6-1, 175, junior, Florida.
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Running backs: Ray Rice, sophomore, Rutgers; Mike Hart, junior, Michigan.
Wide receivers: Jarrett Dillard, sophomore, Rice; Jeff Samardzija, senior, Notre Dame.
Tight end: Zach Miller, junior, Arizona State.
Tackles: Sam Baker, junior, Southern California; Arron Sears, senior, Tennessee.
Guards: Ben Grubbs, senior, Auburn; T.J. Downing, senior, Ohio State.
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Kicker: Arthur Carmody, junior, Louisville.
All-purpose player: Ted Ginn. Jr., junior, Ohio State.
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Linebackers: Dan Connor, junior, Penn State; Ameer Ismail, senior, Western Michigan; David Harris, senior, Michigan.
Cornerbacks: Aaron Ross, senior, Texas; Ryan Smith, senior, Florida.
Safeties: Eric Weddle, senior, Utah; Michael Griffin, senior, Texas.
Punter: Durant Brooks, junior, Georgia Tech.
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Tight end: Jonny Harline, senior, BYU.
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Kicker: Mason Crosby, senior, Colorado.
All-purpose player: Sammie Stroughter, junior, Oregon State.
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This studio condominium, located in historic building in the NW quadrant of Washington DC, Columbia Heights neighborhood known for its Victorian architecture, offers spacious one bedroom/living room, one bathroom and convenient location within walking distance to Metro, shopping and restaurants.
The condominium offers fully furnished kitchen, A/C (wall unit), private, off-street parking , free Wi-Fi, cable TV as well as free laundry facilities in the building. Our eat in kitchen offers seating for two.
We are located just three blocks to Columbia Heights Metro (green and yellow line), the Tivoli Theater, DC USA shopping center, the Heights restaurant, Giant grocery store, Sticky Fingers vegan bakery and cafe and all the dinning and shopping located around the Tivoli square.
Columbia Heights borders the neighborhoods of DuPont Circle, Adams Morgan, Mount Pleasant and U Street corridor, DC's most vibrant centers celebrated for its history where the charmingly traditional meets the latest in urban planning.
Rich in history, Columbia Heights stands today as a dynamically evolving neighborhood dotted with new venues for performing arts and zesty Latin eateries. There are coffee shops, grocery stores, department stores all within walking distance. Our neighborhood is located just up from DuPont Circle, right up on the Hill leading down to the White House and the National Mall. Getting to and from the National Mall is easy by Metro which is located just three blocks from the property.
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Great location, easy access, great accommodations. Enjoyed my stay; would definitely stay again.
This was a great location for my husband and I to see the sights of Washington DC. It is located in a great neighborhood, close to the Metro, and great places to eat. We did have several flights of stairs to navigate, but I had read other reviews so was aware of this. Great communication of the owners, too. We will definitely use this rental again when returning to the area.
The water pressure wasn't great in the shower but other than that there I was completely happy with my stay. I have already booked my next stay there. They property is close to everything one needs in DC.
My husband and I came to Washington, D.C. for a 12-day vacation and the studio apartment (#22) met almost all of our needs. The kitchen is extremely well equipped. We ate every breakfast at the apartment, as well as late-night snacks. There is a corner store one block away, but even better...a large supermarket three blocks away. They are both on the way to and from the Metro station. While we didn't cook any evening meals, we certainly could have with the equipment provided in the kitchen.
The bathroom is tiny...but totally workable. There is plenty of room to completely unpack, hang up clothes and just settle in for a nice stay. We used the laundry facilities twice. The entire building is well-maintained. Our apartment only had room for the two of us, but I understand that some of the others could accomodate a 3rd person.
The Columbia Heights neighborhood is extremely diverse and has obviously gone through revitalization during the last few years. It is definitely 'up and coming' with young professionals and we felt right at home with the mixed atmosphere of new and old.
The best part was the convenient Columia Heights Metro with is only 5 short blocks from the apartment. The Green/Yellow lines took us almost everywhere we wanted to go. And, for those few things which required transfer to another line, it was easy and quick to do. While our vacation unfortunately hit during the government shutdown, we were still able to fill our days with lots other activities including visits to Alexandria, Mt. Vernon, and Gettysburg.
We only had two negative comments. First, the apartment is equipped with air-conditioning/heating which operate via a remote. But, there was no information provided on how to work it...and the remote was tucked away in a drawer which we didn't know about until we searched for it. We were there during a hot spell and were dying in the apartment. Even once the remote was found, the air conditioning didn't work and the owners were fairly unresponsive to the problem. Finally, a repairman did come out. The problem...the battery in the remote was dead.
The second problem was the comfort of the bed. The fact that it was a king-sized bed had absolutely been the selling point in booking this apartment. But, we have never slept on a bed more uncomfortable. It was as if the mattresses were stuffed with stacks of newspaper. There was some give, but, for the most part, it was just too hard and creaked and crackled.
This was the perfect location for us. Loved all the windows. Kitchen is large, internet was good. Needed an iron and it was delivered within 20 minutes, excellent service. Could use an additional chair in the living room area. Enjoyed sitting out on the porch on the blue benches. I would definitely recommend this to a single or a couple.
We were pleased with the accommodations, it was comfortable and had everything we needed. Near Metro, safe neighborhood, attractive, restaurants, grocery and shops in easy walking distance. I would recommend and stay there again. Positive VRBO experience.
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