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Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron leaves Downing Street to see Queen Elizabeth II for the official dissolution of Parliament, in London.
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron speaks with worker Sam Barrett as he views a military aircraft during his visit to BAE Systems, in Preston, northern England.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron delivers a speech on the economy in Nottingham, central England.
Prime Minister David Cameron (L) attends a ceremonial welcome for the president of Singapore Tony Tan, and his wife, at Horse Guards Parade in London. The president and his wife will be guests of Queen Elizabeth during the first state visit of a Singapore president to Britain.
British Prime Minster, David Cameron, with his wife Samantha, following his closing speech at the Conservative party conference in Birmingham.
Prime Minster, David Cameron, laughs as Boris Johnson, London Mayor, delivers his speech at the Conservative party conference in Birmingham this afternoon.
U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron, watch a flypast on the second day of a NATO summit at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, Wales on Friday
Prime Minister David Cameron is the first prime minister to visit the Shetland Islands in 34 years, following the visit of Margaret Thatcher in 1980. He rode on the fishing boat 'Radiant Star' in the Scalloway area of the islands.
A handout photograph made available by the European Commission shows Jean-Claude Juncker and David Cameron giving each other a high five.
Britain's prime minister David Cameron visits a construction site in central London. Mr Cameron will travel to Brussels on Tuesday to meet European counterparts after election victories for the far right in Britain, France and Denmark
British prime minister David Cameron and London mayor Boris Johnson wait for a train at Newark station in central England following a visit to the town were they campaigned ahead of the Newark by-election which is to be held on June 5
UK Prime Minister David Cameron and President François Hollande of France have a chat with Archie Orr-Ewing, landlord of The Swan Inn at Swinbrook in Oxfordshire. The two leaders had lunch at the pub on Friday.
David Cameron, UK prime minister, and mayor of London Boris Johnson visit a Crossrail construction site underneath Tottenham Court Road in central London. Crossrail, which is expected to start running in 2018, will link Berkshire, west of London, with Essex, east of London. Mr Cameron is pictured fourth from left, Mr Johnson third from the right
Chinese premier Li Keqiang and David Cameron, UK prime minister, talk during a signing ceremony inside the Great Hall of the People. Beijing, China.
Conservative leader and prime minister, David Cameron, delivers his keynote speech to close the party's annual conference in Manchester on Wednesday.
Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, delivers a speech on Wednesday on the third day of the Conservative Party's annual conference in Manchester, UK.
David Cameron, UK prime minister, leaves Number 10 Downing Street to attend parliament in London on Thursday. Britain's parliament has been recalled to vote on how to respond to Syria's suspected use of chemical weapons
The peninsular of Gibraltar, on Thursday, focus of a political row between the UK and Spain. The UK prime minister, David Cameron, says he has spoken with his Spanish counterpart, Mariano Rajoy, who has offered to "reduce measures" at the Gibraltar border. Tensions between the two countries have been raised on issues surrounding the sovereignty of Gibraltar. An increase in Spanish border crossing checks between the Rock and mainland Spain, leading to lengthy queues, is widely considered to be a retaliatory move for the construction of an artificial reef in British waters, which it is claimed has had a negative impact on Spanish fishing vessels in the area.


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Odell and JoAnn DeSpain will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Feb. 13, 2015.
Their children are Debbie Johnson, Tony Embry, Billy Joe Embry, Susan Embry, Linda Skaggs, Katy Jo Dulak, Lisa Gayle Ashley DeSpain and Christina Gayle DeSpain.
Congratulations to Brilee Brooks and Evan Wafford, the winners of the Little Miss and Mister LaRue County Sweetheart Contest.
They will receive a prize packet and ride in the Lincoln Days' Parade in October.
Contestants may pick up their photos after Feb. 11.
The Lincoln Museum was recognized as one of the top sites in Kentucky by a new website, Explore Kentucky.
The museum, located on Lincoln Square in Hodgenville, ranked second in a list "What to do" in Kentucky. Kentucky State Parks were top-ranked as one of the places to travel in 2015 at louisville.com.
The sites were rated by Gerry Seavo James.
Anita Musgrove, a writer from Brandon, Mississippi, has released her second cookbook — Kentucky Back Road Restaurant Recipes.
The cookbook and restaurant guide features everything from restaurant signature recipes to those family favorite recipes the owners and chefs cook at home.
Happy Birthday, Mr. President! Enjoy a day's worth of activities in Hodgenville as we celebrate Abraham Lincoln's 206th birthday on Thursday, Feb. 12.
Make sure to visit the Lincoln Days website http://www.lincolndays.org for more details on how you can join the fun.
Junior Bowen came to Sunrise Manor Nursing Home as a volunteer in 2000 when his mother became a resident. Even though his mother passed away, he has continued to come to the nursing home daily to visit with residents.
Junior has developed a wonderful relationship with residents, staff and volunteers over the years. Some residents respond better to Junior than they do to anyone else – and truly miss him when he is not there.
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In a decade-long space mission of European spacecraft 'Rosetta' - launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) in 2004 - is getting closer to a comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko which is roughly 3-by-5 km in size, discovered in 1969.
It has taken Rosetta 10 years, five months and four days to reach the comet. On a widening spiral course, the spacecraft circled the sun as it headed for the comet, swinging past Earth and Mars to pick up speed and adjust its trajectory. Rosetta was put in a deep sleep for 31 months and woken up earlier this year, because the trip was so long and took the spacecraft so far from the sun's solar rays.
Rosetta is the first to ever catch up with a comet, versus a fly by shooting pictures only. In an unprecedented maneuver expected in November 2014, Rosetta will accompany the comet on its trip around the sun with plans to land a probe on it. Information obtained from the probe is expected to help scientists unlock some of the secrets of the solar system.
As Rosetta neared the comet, pictures taken revealed that it is not shaped like an American football but is comprised of two segments connected by a 'neck' which gives it an asymmetrical shape that has been likened to a duck.
Rosetta Flight Director Andrea Accomazzo said, "We know what the comet's shape is. But we haven't really measured its gravity, we don't know yet where the center of mass is." Accomazzo is based at the ESA's satellite operations in the German town of Darmstadt, south of Frankfurt and has been working on the Rosetta mission since 1997.
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Fairfield Woods Middle School
Fairfield Woods Middle School (originally named Jennings Woods Middle School) is a co-educational public school in Fairfield, Connecticut.[1] The school was built in 1954 due to overpopulation of the other middle school, Tomlinson Middle School. Once construction began, there were issues with the layout. The construction company had to redesign the school due to a hill. Once that was finished, Fairfield Woods would be open. Then in 1972 the school changed the name due to another elementary school with the same name today, Jennings Elementary School.
The bus loop goes by the main entrance. As one drives into the bus loop, the 6th grade wing is on the left, while tennis courts are on the right. Inside the entrance is the rotunda, where one hallway on the left leads to the 6th grade wing and the Family and Consumer Science labs. The other hall is forward. It goes past the cafeteria. Forward is the 8th grade wing, with a set of stairs that leads to the 7th grade wing and health classes on the second floor. There is also a side hallway leading to a some classrooms and a gym, connecting to the music suite. The left hallway would go past the library and computer labs to the sixth grade wings, which, to the right, the art rooms are located. On the right there is a hallway that goes past the exit to the cafeteria, to the Tech Ed labs, faculty lounge, "Project Adventure" gym, fitness room, gymnasium, auditorium and music rooms.
NELMS Spotlight School award[edit]
In 2006 the New England League of Middle Schools visited Fairfield Woods. The League declared that this school was to be the first school ever in Fairfield County to be nominated for an award. Since it was first to be nominated in the county, the League wanted to create a name that the county would remember. The award was named the "Spotlight School" because the school was very special and it had the best acting activities in the district. In late 2006 the league announced the award and then gave the award to the principal, Susan Cox, as an honor of the school. This is what NELMS had to say:
"Fairfield Woods Middle School is a special place because the people here dedicated their lives and their energy to making sure all children learn and experience success. Building positive and nurturing relationships with students and parents is the key to making learning accessible and the culture of FWMS reflects this value."
The district is allowing renovations to the school. Since the population spike in 2009 and the overcrowding of Roger Ludlowe Middle School, the district decided to do a $24.4 million renovation to the school. The renovations will include:
- Auxiliary Gym, OT/PT, hallway
- Auditorium
- Various small instructional spaces: Special Education, ELL, ISS, Speech
- New bus loop due to overcrowding.
They are already finished the following:
- 10 new construction classrooms
- 22 new renovated classrooms from captured current space
- Renovated media center/nurse area
- Cafeteria/Kitchen expansion
- The B.O.E says the construction should be finished in late February 2012.
Update: The school has finished construction and now also includes an auditorium, a new gym and hallway, with some various classrooms around the school.
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The CW's Hunger Games-ish drama pilot has added an adviser.
Sean Patrick Thomas, who co-starred opposite Julia Stiles in Save the Last Dance, has been cast in The Selection, The Hollywood Reporter has learned exclusively.
The project is described as an epic romance set 300 years in the future in which a poor young woman is chosen by lottery to participate in a competition to become the next queen of a war-torn nation at a crossroads.
Thomas will play Sylvan Santos, a close adviser to the current queen and an expert in royal etiquette who advises the participants in the competition.
The actor, whose recent small-screen credits also include episodes of the CW's Ringer and Lifetime's Army Wives, joins Friday Night Lights alum Aimee Teegarden and 10 Things I Hate About You's Ethan Peck in the project.
Teegarden play a poor young woman who competes become the next queen. For his part, Peck will play the handsome and regal Prince Maxon, whom the girls are competing to marry.
Based on the forthcoming series of books by Kiera Cass, The Vampire Diaries' Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain will write and executive produce the drama, which hails from Warner Bros. Television.
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The Magic Masters Magic Club will present its 70th Annual Magic Show and Banquet on Friday, April 17th in Hickory Hills, Illinois at the Lexington House banquet hall.
Audience members will be treated to a full evening of magic including close up table-side magic, an intimate parlor magic show performed before dinner, and a professional stage show after dinner. Tickets are only $30 each which includes a full dinner served family style. The event begins at 6:30pm with dinner served at 7:30pm.
The Lexington House is located at 7717 W. 95th Street in Hickory Hills. Parking is free and there will be a cash bar.
Performers this year include Adam Flowers, Tomas Medina, Circus Boy, and John Measner.
Adam Flowers has spent the last five years working The Fremont Street Experience in Las Vegas. He has gained the reputation as being a premier magician working private and corporate events in hotels and casinos. You can find Adam at the MGM emceeing and performing at Vegas' hottest and most unique nightclub "Beacher's Madhouse". He is often requested to entertain at private events for celebrities such as Britney Spears, Miley Cyrus, Paris Hilton, among others.
"Professional Magician and Part-Time Handsome Person" Tomas Medina, has been named as, "One of the Top Five Magicians to See," by the Chicago Tribune, and in 2006 won the Suburban Nitelife Magazine's award for best Chicago comedian. Tomas is best known for his quirky, endearing brand of comedy magic, and is a regular performer at Chicago nightclubs, restaurants and corporate events.
With over 25 years experience entertaining and astonishing audiences of all ages, Circus Boy Bobby Hunt is one of America's most unique and popular variety performers. He has appeared onstage with such high profile acts as Weird Al Yankovic, Jackie Mason, The Beach Boys, Billy Ray Cyrus, The Smothers Brothers, The Righteous Brothers, Loverboy and Harry Anderson.
John Measner is a classically trained magician and skilled manipulator with many mystifying illusions. He is a graduate of the Chavez Studio of Magic and a member of several prestigious magic organizations. John has performed on Chicago's own "Bozo Show," cable TV talk shows and dazzled audiences at popular festivals.
The Lexington House is located at 7717 W. 95th Street in Hickory Hills. Parking is free and there will be a cash bar.
Tickets can be purchased by calling our ticket chairman Ed Cook at 708-756-3169, or clicking the link below:
Are there ID requirements or an age limit to enter the event?
This event is for all ages. But the night can be a little long for young children.
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Parking is FREE
Where can I contact the organizer with any questions?
You can call our ticket chairman Ed Cook at 708-756-3169.
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Yes, it will speed things along. Your "ticket" is not your actual ticket. You pick that up at the "will call" table.
What is the refund policy?
All sales are final. No refunds.
Why does it say "The Tim Cate Magic Show" on the Paypal page?
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Saturday 29 December 2007
Offender (1) McLaren-Mercedes Formula One team.
Crime: Spying, passing of secret information.
Punishment: 50m fine; exclusion from 2007 constructors' championship.
What happened: Nigel Stepney, a senior engineer with Ferrari, passed a dossier of information about the Italian F1 team to McLaren's chief designer, Mike Coughlan. Both men denied wrongdoing and an initial hearing was inclusive. But it was subsequently shown that McLaren did, in fact, have access to "highly sensitive" Ferrari data about brakes, weight distribution, aerodynamic balance, tyre inflation and even strategy over a three-month period in the 2007 season. The McLaren drivers Fernando Alonso and Pedro de la Rosa knew this, and when the FIA, the governing body, found out, it fined McLaren $100m (50m) and stripped them of all their constructors' points for the year.
Offender (2) New England Patriots' coach Bill Belichick.
Crime: Spying, covert filming.
Punishment: $500,000 fine for Belichick; $250,000 fine for the Pats.
What happened: On 10 September, when the Patriots kicked off the 2007-08 season against the New York Jets, the Jets coach, Eric Mangini, told NFL security he suspected that the Pats were filming the Jets' signals, a heinous sporting crime in the US, akin to spying on private set-piece or tactical work in British football. The security offices apprehended a Pats' video assistant, Matt Estrella, confiscating a camera and tape on which Estrella had indeed recorded the Jets' signals on the direct orders of the Pats coach, Bill Belichick. Belichick, who later apologised, was fined $500,000 the maximum allowed for illegal videotaping, and the largest fine for a coach in the NFL's 87-year history. The Pats were fined $250,000 and will forfeit their first-round draft pick in 2008 if they make the play-offs.
Offender (1) Dylan Hartley.
Crime: Eye-gouging.
Punishment: 26-week ban.
What happened: The 21-year-old Northampton hooker was cited for making contact with the eye areas of three Wasps' players during a Premiership match in April. He pleaded not guilty on all counts but was found guilty on 24 April of two eye-gouging charges, on forwards Johnny O'Connor and James Haskell. The RFU disciplinary panel decided on a 30-week ban, reduced to 26 weeks "after taking into account Hartley's good character, youth and inexperience." Northampton withdrew a subsequent appeal, ruling Hartley out of any chance of playing for England in the World Cup.
Offender (2) Jeff Farmer.
Crime: Eye-gouging.
Punishment: Six-match ban.
What happened: The 30-year-old Aussie Rules forward with the Fremantle Dockers clawed the face of Kangaroos' Daniel Pratt during a cup match in March. His penalty was only as severe as six games because of his poor record: he had faced a disciplinary tribunal on 13 previous occasions, and served 10 suspensions. He was initially offered a four-game ban for the Pratt offence if he made an early guilty plea, but he declined to do that, and was awarded a harsher six games after a five-hour hearing. The AFL had to deny its tribunal system was too lenient after eye-gouging bans as low as one game.
Offender Satpal Singh.
Crime: Hitting opponent on the head with a hockey stick.
Punishment: 10-year ban.
What happened: Singh, of the Singh Sabha Sports Club (SSSC) in Hong Kong, was handed the unprecedented punishment in May by the HK Hockey Association for striking another player, Douglas Corbel, on the back of the head during a game in March. Corbel was taken to hospital and required stitches. Rival clubs subsequently argued that SSSC deserve harsher penalties as a club after a string of on-field offences. Some have been reported to police, albeit none leading to charges. In November last year, a rival striker's jaw was broken (which led to a seven-month ban for the player responsible). SSSC players have also been guilty of serial umpire abuse offences.
Offender (2) Chris Simon.
Crime: Hitting an opponent in the face with an ice-hockey stick.
Punishment: 25-game ban.
What happened: Simon, an NHL left-winger with the New York Islanders, got involved in a spat with the New York Rangers forward Ryan Hollweg in a game on 8 March. Hollweg had knocked Simon into the side boarding but no penalty was given. Four seconds later, Simon hit Hollweg in the face with a two-handed swing of his stick, leaving a cut that required two stitches. Simon was sent off, which triggered an automatic NHL investigation. The subsequent suspension was the longest in NHL history. The local district attorney considered criminal charges but decided against. Simon apologised to Hollweg, who said that settled matters. In a fans' poll, 52 per cent wanted police charges.
Offender (1) Trevor Brennan.
Crime: Punching a fan.
Punishment: Life ban, 17,000 fine, 3,000 to victim, costs.
What happened: The 34-year-old former Ireland rugby union international was warming up during a Heineken Cup game for Toulouse against Ulster when he jumped into the crowd, à la Eric Cantona, and attacked an Ulster supporter, Patrick Bamford. Brennan said this was in response to insults relating to his mother, something Bamford denied. The incident happened in January, and in March the European Rugby Cup handed out the life ban and financial penalties. Brennan appealed and after a hearing in June his ban was commuted to five years, although the financial penalties stood.
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Michael Vick.
Crime: Felonious dog fighting.
Punishment: 23 months in jail; indefinite suspension without pay from the NFL.
What happened: The 27-year-old Atlanta Falcons quarterback and three associates were charged in July with running an illegal dog-fighting business on Vicks' 15-acre estate in Virginia. Vick was accused of financing it, and involvement in dog fights, dog executions and related gambling. After a plea bargain - and a failed test for marijuana while on bail - Vick was sentenced on 10 December is serving his time at Northern Neck regional jail, Warsaw, Virginia. A return to the sport is extremely unlikely but remains a theoretical possibility assuming he retained his fitness while behind bars.
Offender (1) Craig Bellamy.
Crime: Hitting his team-mate John Arne Riise with a golf club.
Punishment: 80,000 fine;
and ultimately exile from Liverpool.
What happened: The 28-year-old striker was on a five-day Liverpool training camp-cum-bonding session in the Algarve in February when he had an argument with team-mate Riise. This apparently started in the early hours of the morning during a karaoke session in which Riise declined to take part. Bellamy reportedly called Riise names, and Riise, angered, squared up to the Welsh striker. Peace was restored, although not for long, as Bellamy reportedly went to fetch a golf club, then went in search of the Norwegian, and waved it at him, hitting his arms, legs or neither, depending on who you believe. Bellamy was fined but, apparently unashamed, celebrated a subsequent Liverpool goal with a mimicked golf swing. Bellamy left for West Ham United following differences with the manager, Rafael Benitez.
Offender (2) Shoaib Akhtar.
Crime: Hitting Mohammad Asif with a bat.
Punishment: 13-game ban; 28,000 fine.
What happened: Shoaib, one of Pakistan's fast bowlers at the Twenty20 World Championship, was sent home from South Africa before the event even started after abusing and hitting Mohammad Asif with a bat. "Akhtar not only hit Asif on the thigh with the bat, but he also used abusive language," said a senior Pakistan Cricket Board official, Shafqat Naghmi. Asif suffered a bruised thigh. It was reported that Shoaib was upset that Asif and another team-mate, Shahid Afridi, had disagreed with his own view that he was held in the same esteem in Pakistan cricket as Imran Khan. Akhtar was found guilty of three charges: hitting a team-mate, accusing Afridi of involvement, and holding a personal news conference on his return from South Africa.
Offender (1) Pacman Jones.
Crime: Altercation with an exotic dancer at a strip club.
Punishment: Suspension for entire 2007 NFL season.
What happened: The lap-dancer incident, in Las Vegas in February, was the straw that broke the camel's back for Jones, a fiery 24-year-old cornerback with the Tennessee Titans. He got into a scuffle after throwing thousands of $1 bills at strippers, and then allegedly hit one when she took some money. He also bit a security guard's leg, and someone later fired a gun, though Jones says it was not anyone in his entourage. Jones has also consorted with drug dealers (though not been linked to dealing), and has a history littered with assaults, public intoxication, nightclub scuffles, driving offences and vandalism. He met the NFL commissioner Roger Goodell in April to discuss his "issues" and was banned the following week. He is appealing the ban.
Offender (2) Jeff Farmer.
Crime: Punching a security guard at a Perth nightclub.
Punishment: Six-week suspension, 2,100 club fine, 1,250 court fine.
What happened: The firebrand Aussie Rules striker (see "Violence on the field of play", above) is nicknamed "The Wizard" for creating goals from nothing. But he can also conjure up trouble in a flash. The nightclub incident happened in April after he sneaked into the Paramount club through an exit and was ejected by a bouncer. Farmer tried the back door, and when the same bouncer tried to stop him, he thumped him in the eye socket. He pleaded guilty in court to assault and was fined. His club also fined him and added six weeks to a playing suspension he was already serving for eye-gouging. In July, police charged Farmer over a separate incident of criminal damage to a car after leaving a casino. He was fined 320. His club also fined him 4,240 (the maximum allowed under AFL rules) and requested he donate 8,500 to charity, but did not suspend him again.
Offender (1) Marion Jones.
Crime: Covered up past steroid use, which she finally admitted in October.
Punishment: Two-year ban; forfeiture of all prizes, including Olympic gold medals.
What happened: Jones, now 32, was the supreme female athlete of her generation whose career peaked at the Sydney Olympics of 2000, when she won three gold medals (100 metres, 200m, 400m relay) and two bronze (long jump, 100m relay). But her exploits were long shrouded in doubt, not least via her association to C J Hunter (one-time husband) and Tim Montgomery (ex-boyfriend), who were both mired in drug scandals. In October this year, Jones finally admitted that she had taken steroids before the 2000 Games. She also pleaded guilty to making false statements to federal agents investigating Balco, the American company that provided numerous leading athletes from various sports, including Britain's Dwain Chambers, with a then-undetectable steroid, Tetrahydrogestrinone aka THG, or "The Clear" and growth hormones.
Offender (2) Barry Bonds.
Alleged crime Perjury, obstruction of justice in relation to Balco.
Punishment: To be determined.
What happened: On 15 November, the 43-year-old former San Francisco Giants baseball player who set the all-time home run record of 762 in 2007 was indicted on four counts of perjury and one of obstruction of justice in relation to allegations that he lied under oath (in December 2003) about his alleged use of steroids. Bonds' former personal trainer, Greg Anderson, served a prison sentence in 2005 after admitting conspiracy to distribute steroids, although he never named Bonds. Anderson served a second prison term, starting in 2006, for contempt of court for refusing to testify about Bonds to a federal grand jury investigating Balco. He was released, reimprisoned for further contempt of court, and released again on 15 November, when Bonds was indicted. Bonds faces trial in the new year.
Offender (1) Sergio Garcia.
Crime: Spitting in a hole.
Punishment: Fine of $20,000.
What happened: The 27-year-old "El Niño" of golf blew up a storm in March after spitting into the bottom of the cup at the 13th green after bogeying the hole during the WCC-CA Championship in Miami. "I just missed that putt and wasn't too happy," he said. "But the spit did go in the middle of the hole and wasn't going to affect anyone else. If it did, I would have wiped it off." Fines in golf are common for misdemeanours including bad language and ungentlemanly behaviour towards stewards but governing bodies keep the amounts secret. John Daley once complained of a huge fine and joked that Tiger Woods had responded along the lines: "Hey pal, that's nothing compared to what I've paid before!"
Offender (2) Ronnie O'Sullivan.
Crime: Walking out on a match.
Punishment: 11,750 fine, 4,050 docked earnings, 5,000 costs, 900 ranking points.
What happened: "The Rocket" walked out of his UK Championship quarter-final against Stephen Hendry in last December when trailing 4-1. He had just missed an attempted pot when he shook hands with a bemused Hendry and the referee, Jan Verhass, and made an early dash for home from the best-of-17 match. O'Sullivan apologised to fans and his opponent afterwards, saying he had had "a bad day at the office". O'Sullivan attended a WPBSA disciplinary hearing into the matter on 31 May, and his management company said they were "disappointed" with the verdict and punishment. O'Sullivan's solicitor, Leo Martin, said the player had made "declarations of a sensitive and personal nature" in his defence.
Offender (1) Robert Winston.
Crime: Passing information for reward.
Punishment: Banned from riding for a year.
What happened: Before the trial (and exoneration) of Kieren Fallon, Winston became the most high-profile jockey to be punished to date after an inquiry into claims of race fixing. A Horseracing Regulatory Authority disciplinary panel in February found Winston guilty of passing information for reward. An investigation centred on 37 races between June 2003 and February 2004. Winston rode horses in 21 of them. An unlicensed bookmaker, Ian Nicholl, was warned off indefinitely during the process. Winston was judged to have misled HRA investigators.
Offender (2) Chris Munce.
Crime: Betting, and selling tips.
Punishment: 30 months in prison.
What happened: Munce, a leading Australian flat jockey and former Melbourne Cup winner, was sentenced in Hong Kong in March to two and a half years in prison after a judge said he had "undermined the integrity of racing" in Hong Kong. It was the first time a jockey had been jailed for taking money for tips. Munce's lawyer acknowledged his client had broken HK racing rules by betting (by proxy, via a middleman who also bet on his tips) but argued he had not committed a criminal offence, that is: fixing races, and therefore the crime was "victimless". The lawyer said the case should have been one for racing officials, not the courts, but the judge disagreed, saying the reputation of racing was at stake. Prosecutors said Munce gave tips to a businessman 17 times between December 2005 and May 2006, and some included races that Munce rode in.
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The 7/11 mini marts in Los Angeles, California have been doing this for over a decade to repel gangs and homeless persons. The biggest problem is that over time the "undesireables" have beecome desensitized to the classical music and have aquired an immunity to it.
Just when I thought all the fun of playing guitar had been completely eliminated, somebody yet again proved me wrong.
"This story presents some very singular features".
You can get a loaf of bread and a dozen eggs at Walmart for $2.50. A typical beggar could earn that in less than an hour of begging in front of the store. Here in the US, we have subsidized farms, put entire villages out of business, and monopolized entire agricultural sectors so that food can be extremely cheap. Even the poorest of the poor can afford a meal if they are willing to work or beg a little.
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seeds in persimmons
I have occasionally found a seed in the fruit but this year there is alot. I am a seed saver and wonder if it is worth the work to start these seeds. There are 7 I have saved and dried. I read they need 2 months in the refrigerator. How do I know they will even bear fruit?
Would it be faster to take cuttings? do they need grafting?
I'm pretty sure you don't want the seeds to dry out. With some seeds thats okay but I think with persimmons it drastically reduces germination potential. I think seedlings are what all persimmons are grafted onto, so if you want to propagate a persimmon tree yourself then seeds are the starting point, but if you have a named variety grafting is the way to get another tree of the same variety. If you just grow out the seedling you may get a male (that produces pollen but no fruit) -- persimmons are one of the relatively few trees that are male/female -- or you could get a less desirable female, but there's a chance you could get a good female.
Are we talking about American persimmons or Asian? If American yes they are male or female and grown from seed. If you mean Asian they are grafted on to American persimmon roots. They all produce not a male female thing like the American. That is how I think it works as I am far from an expert on persimmons. If I am wrong someone will be along to correct me.
A UC Davis fact sheet about kaki persimmons says:
Deciduous tree; dioecious to monoecious but androdioecious and tri-monoecious ones exist. Most cultivars pistillate or pistillate-sporadically. Certain cultivars in certain environmental conditions can set fruit parthenocarpically.


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West Midlands, with an overall average price of £186,496 was more expensive than nearby East Midlands (£173,217) and North West (£165,463), but was cheaper than South West (£241,016). The priciest area within West Midlands was Warwickshire (£242,154) and the least expensive was Staffordshire (£164,437).
During the last year, sold prices in West Midlands were 5% up on the previous year and 5% up on 2010 when the average house price was £178,127.


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Riot really needs to stop banning people because THEIR client is ****. ive uninstalled the client many times and still it bugs out, wont let me join matches, wont log me in etc. it has NOTHING to do with my pc nor my connection because 70% of the people i know have this problem where the game wont launch, the game freezes because of ''airbug'' (w.e the hell that is) etc. so that really makes sense, get a 3 day leaver ban when its their own client making us leave. okay. atleast change that system up a bit.
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Beck, Robert Smith, Devendra Banhart on John Martyn Tribute Album
By Ryan Dombal on July 23, 2010 at 2:40 p.m. EDT
Influential British singer-songwriter John Martyn passed away at the age of 60 in January 2009, and now a tribute album is well in the works, according to his official site. (Via Twenty Four Bit.) So far, the lineup of artists covering Martyn tunes is impressive indeed: Beck, Robert Smith, Devendra Banhart, Vashti Bunyan, the Swell Season, and more. There's no release date for the comp yet, but a list of artists and the songs they're tackling is below.
Folk-Jazz Icon John Martyn, R.I.P.
By Ryan Dombal on January 29, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. EST
British singer-songwriter John Martyn, whose career ran more than 40 years, passed away this morning at the age of 60, Billboard reports. He played folk, jazz, blues, and pop, often trying to find undiscovered spaces in between. He was a singular figure-- how many people do you know who were friends with and influenced by Nick Drake, Lee "Scratch" Perry, and Phil Collins, and who worked with Burning Spear, Talvin Singh, and David Gilmour?
The constant that ran through Martyn's ever-morphing sound was his voice-- an elastic instrument that could whisper and wail with the kind of unironic and soulful intensity seemingly exclusive to high-grade 60s folk. So whether quaintly humming Dylan's "Don't Think Twice It's All Right" on his 1967 debut LP London Conversation, or breathing warmth into Portishead's "Glory Box" on 1998's The Church With One Bell, Martyn never took a note lightly. The Portishead cover was likely the result of Martyn's late-period reknown as a trip-hop originator, largely based on his experimental work on the 1977 album One World. That record included a collaboration with Lee Perry ("Big Muff") and one of his most enduring songs, the gossamer "Small Hours".
The nine-minute track is marked by Martyn's treated guitar chords that echo past the accompanying seagulls heard in the background. It's elegant, poignant and, even 22 years later, remarkably fresh. When his voice creeps in more than three minutes into the song, "Small Hours" has already taken hold: "Well you're very, very lovely, going to take you home/ They say you'll be my ruin but I just don't care/ Cos I love you so/ I just love you so." There it is: the bitter and sweet and humble and irrational in equal measure.
In 2003, Martin was beset by a burst cyst and forced to amputate his right leg. Since the operation, he'd been seen performing in a wheelchair, including an ATP Don't Look Back series appearance in 2006 in which he played his 1973 LP Solid Air in its entirety.
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Exclusive Excerpt from: "Misadventures of a 1970s Childhood"
Norman Rapp's dad saved my life that day.
Maybe I better explain.
An article on MSNBC.com discussed how kids raised in the 1950s, '60s and '70s are survivors. We survived chain-smoking adults, meat-and-potato diets and rough-and-tumble fearlessness of every kind.
It was the Evel Knievel era, after all. Knievel became famous doing wheelies and jumping his motorcycle over cars and buses. Every kid with a bicycle sought to emulate him.
We built ramps from warped plywood and set them on rickety blocks. We took our bikes to the top of Marilynn Drive — a hill so steep it may as well have been a cliff — and roared down it, made a left onto Janet Drive, then kept pedaling until liftoff.
It was a grand feeling to soar through the air – it was grand to experience a tremendous surge of adrenalin — though our landings weren't often pretty.
This was the early '70s, after all. We didn't wear helmets or pads. When our rear wheels hit the pavement, we wiped out plenty — we got hurt plenty, too.
The average kid then was covered with scrapes and bruises. When a landing went really wrong — when a kid went down especially hard — a mom would arrive, the moaning kid would be loaded inside a wood-paneled station wagon and off he'd go to St. Clair Hospital for stitches or a cast.
Which brings us to the day I could have died.
I was riding a five-speed Murray Spyder bike that year. My fifth gear allowed me superior speed and, thus, superior distance off the ramp. I held the neighborhood record for the longest jump — until some outsider broke it.
I wasted no time reclaiming my record. I rode to the tippy-top of Marilynn Drive. I started off in first and, pedaling like mad, pounded through the gears all the way through fifth.
I was moving faster than ever when I cut a hard left and continued on Janet. I pedaled faster and harder — the wind whipping through my David Cassidy hair – as I pointed my bike toward the center of the ramp.
A dozen kids stood on the left side of the road — some cheering for me, some against — while two others stood near the ramp to mark the spot where I would land.
Suddenly, as my front tire hit the ramp, everything went into slow motion. The jolt was spectacular. It caused my sweaty fingers to lose hold of the handlebars.
I remember floating through the air like a directionless missile – my arms flailing as my body sought to regain its balance.
I remember the tremendous impact that shot through my spine as the rear wheel hit the pavement — how my bike began wobbling wildly.
I was heading for a big, wooden telephone pole. I leaned left, then right, and, miraculously, avoided the splintery pole.
The worst was yet ahead. I was roaring toward a thicket of pine trees. Their trunks and branches would surely turn me into kid stew.
Then Providence intervened. His name was Norman Rapp's dad.
Mr. Rapp, a welder, had built a giant street-hockey net. Norman stored it in the pine trees where I was headed. The net caught me like a glove. I didn't suffer a scratch.
A doctor in the MSNBC.com article says that most kids of my era survived their childhood just fine. However, some were badly hurt or worse. A helmet could have saved them. I certainly wear a helmet now when I ride.
But it's also true that whereas kids were once free to roam and explore – free to experience "the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat" – many of today's kids aren't free to do anything.
I regained my bike-jump record that day. I'm confident it will stand.
Even if a kid were daring enough to rig up a ramp and jump his bike now, he'd still be covered in more protective gear than a Transformer.
There's no way a kid carrying that much weight will ever fly as far as I did the day I could have died.
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This hotel is in a great location for tourist whether on business or pleasure. The service is number one from the valet to front desk to room service to housekeeping and to the breakfas bar! Love this chain of hotels and love Nashville Vanderbuilt
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Had a really good stay while visiting Nashville, Vanderbilt and Belmont University. Good location right around a bunch of restaurants and clubs and the north end of Vanderbilt campus. Convenient location to everything. Nice rooms, quiet, parking was easy in attached garage.
Embassy Suites was a very comfortable place for us to be for several days. We attended the SEC tourney. The distance was walkable but the hotel also provided a most convenient shuttle. Internet connection was very good. The Manager's Reception was a pleasant way to connect with other fans staying at the hotel. As always, the breakfast was varied and...
Quiet rooms, average décor, Garden Inn up the street is better, newer, Free Breakfast with Omelet station is nice perk. Front door entrance was broken, not happy with that. Valet was good, except they did not bring all the items I checked while waiting to leave.
Dear Matt P.,
Thank you for staying with us during your recent visit to Nashville. I'm sorry that you had to experience the inconvenience of our automatic door being out of service, I'm happy to report that everything is back to normal again. Thanks for sharing the nice feedback about our complimentary Cooked to Order breakfast, we hope to see...
Nice embassy suites. Breakfast included with grill for fresh omelets. Good service. Clean. Very large rooms with great views. Right across the street from a great hot chicken place. Aging a little for sure, but comfortable place. Parking is a bit expensive at $22 for valet.
I recently enjoyed my 1 night stay here for business and found the hotel updated and comfortable. The rooms were spacious and well furnished and the variety of choices for breakfast truly was outstanding. I recommend eating at the restaurant in the hotel for lunch or dinner as it is a unique southern, gastro-pub that offers a delicious selection of...
Thank you so much for taking the time to write about our hotel. Our restaurant team was very happy to see that you enjoyed your time and you will have to be sure to try out other menu items in the future. We are glad that you had an enjoyable experience and we look forward to you coming back and...
Don't stay until this hotel is remodeled. Furniture is uncomfortable and old and bathrooms need remodeled also. The manager's reception and cook to order breakfast did not measure up to what I expect and have received from other Embassy Suites Hotels. I can't recommend this location at this time. It was too much money for the outdated facility.
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Thank you for taking the time to write a review about your recent stay at our hotel. We appreciate your feedback and we're very sorry to hear that you were unhappy with your two-room suite and our complimentary cooked to order breakfast and evening reception.
We continually work to improve our hotel and our guest experience and...
We had a wonderful time staying at this Embassy Suites location. We were surprised at the number and quality of amenities that were provided. The complimentary shuttle services was useful and saved us money traveling to and from lower Broadway. The staff at this location were very helpful throughout our experience.
This hotel was clean and efficient. I went with two of my friends for a girls weekend in Nashville. Our room had plenty of space. We each had our own bed, (2 in the bedroom and 1 on the pull out couch in the living room). There wasn't much of a view and the bedroom was very quiet. My friend...
Stayed there a night out on the town. Room and hotel nice. However, the parking garage is absolutely terrible. Low head clearance, large round pillars in the middle of every 2 parking spaces. Way too close to other cars. Hard to even navigate around the corners. This garage is hardly doable with anything larger than a mid size SUV and...
Thank you for staying with us during your recent visit to Nashville and for taking the time to share feedback. Please accept my apology on our behalf for the issues you experienced with our parking garage and parking garage elevator.
I hope you will consider using our Valet parking option the next time you are in town, we have priced...
Do all rooms include the living area separate from the sleeping room and a kitchenette which includes a refrigerator?
Thanks for any info.
During my stay I was told that the hotel offers complimentary transportation to few areas around (attractions, restaurants...) can please tell me how far the complimentary transportation is for?
What is the most cost efficient transportation from the airport to this hotel?
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wanted: have: lotus seeds, tubers, water iris
olyagrove(z9 Tampa, FL)March 18, 2007
I am going to divide water iris, Blue Flag, soon,
I also have some tubers of Nelumbo lutea (Yellow Lotus) and seeds/seedlings.
I am looking for any other color lotus (does not have to be a named variety): either seeds or tubers.
Thank you,