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FREDENAND m Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic elements frid "peace" and nand "daring, brave".
FREDERICA f Portuguese, English
Feminine form of FREDERICO or FREDERICK
FREDERICK m English
English form of a Germanic name meaning "peaceful ruler", derived from frid "peace" and ric "ruler, power"... [more]
FREDERICO m Portuguese
Portuguese form of FREDERICK
FREDERIKKE f Danish
Danish feminine form of FREDERICK
FRÉDÉRIQUE f French
French form of FREDERICA
FREDIANO m Italian
Italian form of the Roman name Frigidianus, which was derived from Latin frigidus "cold"... [more]
FREDO m Italian (Rare)
Short form of FEDERICO, ALFREDO or GOFFREDO
FRENS m Limburgish
Limburgish form of FRANCIS
FRENSKE m Limburgish
Diminutive of FRENS
FREY m Norse Mythology
Variant of FREYR
FREYA f Norse Mythology, English (British, Modern)
From Old Norse Freyja meaning "lady"... [more]
FREYJA f Norse Mythology
Older form of FREYA
FREYR m Norse Mythology, Icelandic
Means "lord" in Old Norse... [more]
FRIDA f Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Ancient Germanic
Germanic name, originally a short form of other feminine names containing the Germanic element frid meaning "peace"... [more]
FRIDENOT m Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic elements frid "peace" and not "need".
FRIDESWIDE f History
Modern form of the Old English name Friðuswiþ, formed of the elements friþ "peace" and swiþ "strong"... [more]
FRIDUHELM m Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of FRIEDHELM
FRIDUMAN m Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of FRIEDEMANN
FRIDUMAR m Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic elements frid "peace" and meri "famous".
FRIDURIC m Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of FREDERICK
FRIDWALD m Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of FRIEDHOLD
FRIEDE f German
Short form of names containing the element fried, derived from the Germanic element frid meaning "peace".
FRIEDEMANN m German
Means "man of peace" from the Germanic elements frid "peace" and man "man".
FRIEDERIKE f German
German feminine form of FREDERICK
FRIEDHOLD m German
Means "peaceful ruler", derived from the Germanic elements frid "peace" and wald "rule".
FRIGE f Anglo-Saxon Mythology
Anglo-Saxon cognate of FRIGG
FRIGG f Norse Mythology
Means "beloved" in Old Norse, ultimately derived from Indo-European *pri "to love"... [more]
FRIGIDIANUS m Late Roman
Original Latin form of FREDIANO
FRISO m Frisian
Refers to a member of the ethnic group, the Frisians, a Germanic tribe of northwest Europe... [more]
FRÍÐA f Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
Old Norse cognate of FRIDA, also in part derived from Old Norse fríðr meaning "beautiful, beloved".
FRIÐÞJÓFR m Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse form of FRITJOF
FRIÐUSWIÞ f Anglo-Saxon
Old English form of FRIDESWIDE
FRITJOF m Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
From the Old Norse name Friðþjófr meaning "thief of peace", derived from the elements friðr "peace" and þjófr "thief".
FRITZI f German
German diminutive of FRIEDERIKE
FRODE m Danish, Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Fróði, which was derived from fróðr meaning "learned, wise".
FRODO m Literature
Derived from the Germanic element frod "wise"... [more]
FROSINA f Macedonian
Macedonian form of EUPHROSYNE
FRÓÐI m Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse form of FRODE
FRUZSINA f Hungarian
Diminutive of Eufrozina, the Hungarian form of EUPHROSYNE.
FULBERT m French, Ancient Germanic
From the Germanic elements fulc "people" and beraht "bright"... [more]
FULCO m Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of FULK
FULGENCIO m Spanish
Spanish form of the Late Latin name Fulgentius, which meant "shining" from Latin fulgens... [more]
FULGENTIUS m Late Roman
Latin form of FULGENCIO
FULK m English (Archaic)
From the Germanic name Fulco, a short form of various names beginning with the element fulc "people"... [more]
FULKE m English (Archaic)
Variant of FULK
FULTON m English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "bird-catcher's town" in Old English.
FULVIA f Italian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Fulvius (see FULVIO).
FÚLVIO m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Portuguese form of Fulvius (see FULVIO).
FULVIO m Italian
Italian form of the Roman family name Fulvius, which was derived from Latin fulvus "yellow, tawny".
FULVIUS m Ancient Roman
Latin form of FULVIO
FUMNANYA f Western African, Igbo
Means "love me" in Igbo.
FUNANYA f Western African, Igbo
Means "love" in Igbo.
FUNGAI m & f Southern African, Shona
Means "think" in Shona.
FUNS m Dutch, Limburgish
Short form of ALFONS
FUNSKE m Dutch, Limburgish
Diminutive of ALFONS
FURAHA f Eastern African, Swahili
Means "joy, happiness" in Swahili.
GABI f & m German, Romanian, Hungarian
German diminutive of GABRIELE (2) (feminine), Romanian diminutive of GABRIEL (masculine) or GABRIELA (feminine), and Hungarian diminutive of GÁBOR (masculine) or GABRIELLA (feminine).
GABIJA f Lithuanian, Baltic Mythology
Probably from Lithuanian gaubti meaning "to cover"... [more]
GABINUS m Late Roman
Latin form of GABINO
GABRIEL m French, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, English, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
From the Hebrew name גַבְרִיאֵל (Gavri'el) meaning "God is my strong man"... [more]
GABRIELA f Portuguese, Polish, Romanian, Spanish, German, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Bulgarian
Feminine form of GABRIEL
GABRIELE (1) m Italian
Italian form of GABRIEL
GABRIELE (2) f German
German feminine form of GABRIEL
GABRIELĖ f Lithuanian
Lithuanian feminine form of GABRIEL
GABRIELIUS m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of GABRIEL
GAE f English (Rare)
Variant of GAY
GAEA f Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of GAIA
GAGE m English (Modern)
From an English surname of Old French origin meaning either "measure", originally denoting one who was an assayer, or "pledge", referring to a moneylender... [more]
GAHARIET m Arthurian Romance
Medieval French form of GARETH
GAIA f Greek Mythology, Italian
From the Greek word γαια (gaia), a parallel form of γη (ge) meaning "earth"... [more]
GAIANA f Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Γαιανη (Gaiane), a derivative of GAIA... [more]
GAIANE f Ancient Greek
Greek form of GAIANA
GAILA f English (Rare)
Elaborated form of GAIL
GAIOS m Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek
Greek form of GAIUS
GAIUS m Ancient Roman, Biblical Latin, Biblical
Roman praenomen, or given name, which is of Etruscan origin, meaning unknown... [more]
GALADRIEL f Literature
Means "maiden crowned with a radiant garland" in Sindarin... [more]
GALAHAD m Arthurian Romance
Meaning unknown... [more]
GALCHOBHAR m Ancient Irish
Means "foreign help" in Irish.
GALEN m English
Modern form of the Greek name Γαληνος (Galenos), which meant "calm" from Greek γαληνη (galene)... [more]
GALENA f Bulgarian, Macedonian
Bulgarian and Macedonian feminine form of Galenos (see GALEN).
GALENE f Ancient Greek
Greek feminine form of GALEN
GALENOS m Ancient Greek
Original Greek form of GALEN
GALLAGHER m Irish, English (Rare)
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Gallchobhair meaning "descendent of GALLCHOBHAR".
GALLCHOBHAR m Irish (Rare)
Irish name derived from gall "stranger" and cabhair "help".
GALLUS m Ancient Roman
Roman family name which meant "rooster" in Latin... [more]
GAMIL m Arabic (Egyptian)
Egyptian transcription of JAMIL
GAMILA f Arabic (Egyptian)
Egyptian transcription of JAMILA
GANDALF m Norse Mythology, Literature
Means "wand elf" in Old Norse, from the elements gandr "wand, staff, cane" and álfr "elf"... [more]
GANESHA m Indian, Hinduism
Means "lord of hordes" from Sanskrit गण (gana) "horde" and ईश (isha) "lord, ruler"... [more]
GANIZANI m & f Southern African, Chewa
Means "think" in Chewa.
GARBHÁN m Irish
Means "little rough one" from Irish garbh "rough" combined with a diminutive suffix... [more]
GARDENIA f English (Rare)
From the name of the tropical flower, which was named for the Scottish naturalist Alexander Garden (1730-1791).
GARETH m Welsh, English (British), Arthurian Romance
Meaning unknown... [more]
GARNET (1) f English
From the English word garnet for the precious stone, the birthstone of January... [more]
GARNET (2) m & f English
From an occupational English surname which referred either to a person who made hinges (Old French carne) or who sold pomegranates (Old French pome grenate).
GARNETT m & f English
Variant of GARNET (2)
GARNETTE f English (Rare)
Variant of GARNET (1)
GARRETT m English
From an English surname which was derived from the given name GERALD or GERARD... [more]
GARRICK m English
From a surname which was originally derived from Occitan garric meaning "oak tree grove".
GARSEA m Medieval Spanish
Meaning unknown, possibly related to the Basque word hartz meaning "bear"... [more]
GARTH m English
From a surname meaning "garden" in Old Norse, originally denoting one who lived near or worked in a garden.
GARY m English
From an English surname which was derived from a Norman given name, which was itself originally a short form of names beginning with the Germanic element ger meaning "spear"... [more]
GASPAR m Spanish, Portuguese, Judeo-Christian Legend
Spanish and Portuguese form of JASPER, as well as the Latin form.
GASTO m Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of GASTON
GASTON m French
Probably from a Germanic name derived from the element gasti meaning "stranger"... [more]
GATHBIYYA f Arabic
Variant transcription of JATHIBIYYA
GAUBERT m French
French form of the Germanic name Waldobert, composed of the elements wald "rule" and beraht "bright"... [more]
GAUFRID m Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic elements gawia "territory" and frid "peace".
GAUTAMA m Indian
Variant of GOTAMA, or in the case of Siddhartha Gautama, a patronymic form... [more]
GAUTSELIN m Ancient Germanic
Germanic form of JOCELYN
GAUTSTAFR m Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse form (possibly) of GUSTAV... [more]
GAVRI'EL m Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of GABRIEL
GAVRIILU m Old Church Slavic
Old Slavic form of GABRIEL
GAVRIL m Bulgarian, Macedonian, Romanian
Bulgarian, Macedonian and Romanian form of GABRIEL
GAWAIN m Welsh, Arthurian Romance
Meaning uncertain, from the Latin form Walganus used by the 12th-century chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth... [more]
GAYELORD m English (Rare)
Variant of GAYLORD
GAYLORD m English
From an English surname which was derived from Old French gaillard "high-spirited, boistrous"... [more]
GAYNOR f English (British)
Medieval form of GUINEVERE
GAZBIYYA f Arabic
Variant transcription of JATHIBIYYA
GBEMISOLA f Western African, Yoruba
Means "carry me into wealth" in Yoruba.
GEBAHARD m Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of GEBHARD
GEBBERT m Low German
Low German form of GEBHARD
GEBHARD m German, Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic element geb "gift" combined with hard "brave, hardy"... [more]
GEDALYAHU m Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of GEDALIAH
GEDEON m Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Form of GIDEON used in the Greek and Latin Old Testament.
GEENA f English (Rare)
Variant of GINA
GEERT m Low German, Dutch
Low German and Dutch contracted form of GERHARD
GEERTJE f Dutch
Diminutive of GEERTRUIDA
GEERTRUIDA f Dutch
Dutch form of GERTRUDE
GEEVARGHESE m Indian, Malayalam
Malayalam form of GEORGE
GEFFREY m English (Rare)
Variant of GEOFFREY
GEIRR m Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse form of GEIR
GEMARYAHU m Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of GEMARIAH
GEMINI m Roman Mythology
Means "twins" in Latin... [more]
GEMMA f Italian, Catalan, English (British), Dutch
Medieval Italian nickname meaning "gem, precious stone"... [more]
GENESIS f English (Modern)
Means "birth" in Greek... [more]
GENETTE f English (Rare)
Variant of JEANETTE
GENGHIS m History
From the title Genghis (or Chinggis) Khan, meaning "universal ruler", which was adopted by the Mongolian leader Temujin in the late 12th century... [more]
GENNADIOS m Ancient Greek
Greek form of GENNADIUS
GENNADIUS m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Γενναδιος (Gennadios), which was possibly derived from Greek γενναδας (gennadas) "noble, generous"... [more]
GENOVEFA f Ancient Celtic
Gaulish form of GENEVIÈVE
Aabraham ⇔ Aenor
Aeolus ⇔ Aldo
Aldona ⇔ Amar
Amar ⇔ Angra Mainyu
Angus ⇔ Argyros
Ari ⇔ Atiya
Atlas ⇔ Baptista
Baptiste ⇔ Bertha
Berthe ⇔ Braeden
Braelyn ⇔ Callista
Callisto ⇔ Chandana
Chander ⇔ Claudette
Cláudia ⇔ Cuthbert
Cveta ⇔ Debdan
Debi ⇔ Dionysius
Dionysodoros ⇔ Dyson
Dzhabrail ⇔ Eleonora
Eléonore ⇔ Enrico
Enrique ⇔ Euthymios
Euthymius ⇔ Feofilakt
Ferapont ⇔ Freda
Freddie ⇔ Genoveffa
Genoveva ⇔ Gobán
Gobind ⇔ Guto
Gutxi ⇔ Hasib
Haşim ⇔ Hildur
Hilja ⇔ Iekika
Iephthae ⇔ Irit
Irja ⇔ Jaida
Jaiden ⇔ Jernej
Jerneja ⇔ Józef
Jožef ⇔ Karim
Karima ⇔ Kevan
Kevin ⇔ Kristeen
Kristel ⇔ Laverne
Lavi ⇔ Lilija
Lilijana ⇔ Lucília
Lucilia ⇔ Mahaut
Mahavir ⇔ Maricruz
Marie ⇔ Mave
Maverick ⇔ Michela
Michelangela ⇔ Momchil
Momi ⇔ Nanna
Nanna ⇔ Nicolaas
Nicolae ⇔ Obadiah
Obdulia ⇔ Oskari
Oskars ⇔ Pearl
Pearle ⇔ Polly
Pollyanna ⇔ Ragnhildr
Ragnhildur ⇔ Reşit
Retha ⇔ Rosalynne
Rosamond ⇔ Salah al-Din
Salambek ⇔ Selig
Selim ⇔ Sheridan
Sherie ⇔ Sky
Skye ⇔ Süheyl
Süheyla ⇔ Tancred
Tancredi ⇔ Theresia
Theron ⇔ Torger
Torgils ⇔ Ural
Urania ⇔ Veselko
Veslemøy ⇔ Walther
Walton ⇔ Yama
Yamanu ⇔ Zalman
Zalmon ⇔ Zyta


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Key dates in the case of American student Amanda Knox, convicted in the slaying of British roommate Meredith Kercher.
— Nov. 2, 2007: The body of Kercher, 21, is found in her apartment in Perugia, Italy. Investigators say she was killed the night before.
— Nov. 6, 2007: Knox is arrested with then-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito and Diya "Patrick" Lumumba, the Congolese owner of pub where Knox occasionally worked.
— Nov. 20, 2007: Lumumba, implicated by Knox statements to police, is released from jail for lack of evidence.
— Dec. 6, 2007: Ivory Coast national Rudy Hermann Guede is extradited from Germany and jailed on arrival in Italy.
— Oct. 28, 2008: Judge indicts Knox and Sollecito on murder and sexual assault charges. Guede, who was granted a fast-track trial, is convicted of murder and sexual assault and sentenced to 30 years in prison.
— Jan. 16, 2009: Trial of Knox and Sollecito opens in Perugia.
— June 12, 2009: Knox takes stand; tells court she was shocked by Kercher's death, offers alibi, says police beat her into making false statement.
— Dec. 4, 2009: Court finds Knox guilty of murder and sexual assault, sentences her to 26 years in prison. Sollecito is convicted of same charges and sentenced to 25 years.
— Dec. 22, 2009: Appeals court upholds Guede's conviction but cuts sentence to 16 years.
— Nov. 24, 2010: Appeals trial for Knox and Sollecito opens in Perugia.
— Dec. 16, 2010: Italy's highest criminal court upholds Guede's conviction and 16-year prison sentence.
— June 29, 2011: Independent forensic report ordered by the appeals court finds much of the DNA evidence used to convict Knox and Sollecito is unreliable.
— Oct. 3, 2011: Appeals court clears Knox, Sollecito of murder convictions, orders them freed immediately
— March 26, 2013: Italy's highest criminal court overturns acquittal of Knox and Sollecito, orders new trial.
Amanda Knox book, interview go on as planned
SEATTLE (AP) — Amanda Knox's memoir and interview with ABC's Diane Sawyer will go on as planned, despite an Italian court overturning her 2011 murder acquittal.
Italy's highest criminal court ordered a whole new trial for Knox and former Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito on Tuesday, overturning their acquittals in the gruesome slaying of her British roommate, Meredith Kercher.
Spokesman David Ford says an ABC News Primetime Special scheduled to air April 30 is moving forward as planned. It will be the first in-depth interview Knox has given since returning to Seattle.
Knox also has a memoir — "Waiting to Be Heard" — due out on the same day as her television interview.
HarperCollins spokeswoman Tina Andreadis says the book plans have not changed.
ROME — Italy's highest criminal court ordered a whole new trial for Amanda Knox and her former Italian boyfriend on Tuesday, overturning their acquittals in the gruesome slaying of her British roommate.
The move extended a prolonged legal battle that has become a cause celebre in the United States and raised a host of questions about how the next phase of Italian justice would play out.
Knox, now a 25-year-old University of Washington student in Seattle, called the decision by the Rome-based Court of Cassation "painful" but said she was confident that she would be exonerated.
The American left Italy a free woman after her 2011 acquittal — but only after serving nearly four years of a 26-year prison sentence from a lower court that convicted her of murdering Meredith Kercher. The 21-year-old British exchange student's body was found in November 2007 in a pool of blood in the bedroom of a rented house the two shared in the Italian university town of Perugia. Her throat had been slit.
Raffaele Sollecito, Knox's Italian boyfriend at the time, was also convicted, sentenced and later acquitted.
It could be months before a date is set for a fresh appeals court trial for Knox and Sollecito in Florence, which was chosen because Perugia has only one appellate court.
Italian law cannot compel Knox to return for the new trial and one of her lawyers, Carlo Dalla Vedova, said she had no plans to do so.
"She thought that the nightmare was over," Dalla Vedova told reporters on the steps of the courthouse. "(But) she's ready to fight."
He spoke minutes after relaying the top court's decision to Knox by phone shortly after 2 a.m. local time in Seattle.
Another Knox defender, Luciano Ghirga, was gearing up psychologically for his client's third trial. Ghirga said he told Knox: "You have always been our strength. We rose up again after the first-level convictions. We'll have the same resoluteness, the same energy" in the new trial.
Still, it was a tough blow for the former exchange student, whose parents have had to mortgage both their homes to raise funds for her lengthy, expensive defense.
"It was painful to receive the news that the Italian Supreme Court decided to send my case back for revision when the prosecution's theory of my involvement in Meredith's murder has been repeatedly revealed to be completely unfounded and unfair," Knox said in a statement.
Knox said the matter must now be examined by "an objective investigation and a capable prosecution."
"No matter what happens, my family and I will face this continuing legal battle as we always have, confident in the truth and with our heads held high in the face of wrongful accusations and unreasonable adversity," Knox said.
Prosecutors alleged that Kercher was the victim of a drug-fueled sex game gone awry. Knox and Sollecito denied wrongdoing and said they weren't even in the apartment that night, although they acknowledged they had smoked marijuana and their memories were clouded.
An Ivory Coast man, Rudy Guede, was convicted of the Kercher slaying in a separate proceeding and is serving a 16-year sentence.
Sollecito, whose 29th birthday was Tuesday, sounded shaken when a reporter reached him by phone.
"Now, I can't say anything," said the Italian, who has been studying computer science in the northern city of Verona after finishing up an earlier degree while in prison.
A local Italian news report quoted Sollecito's current girlfriend as saying he and Knox spoke by phone after the judicial setback and described him as being psychologically destroyed.
His lawyer, Luca Maori, said neither Sollecito nor Knox ran any danger of being arrested.
"It's not as if the lower-court convictions are revived," he said, noting that the Cassation Court didn't pronounce "whether the two were innocent or guilty. "
For those familiar with the U.S. legal principle of "double jeopardy" — by which no one who is acquitted of a crime can be tried again for it — the idea that Italian justice system allows prosecutors to appeal acquittals is hard to absorb.
Knox attorney Dalla Vedova dismissed the "double jeopardy" concern, insisting the high court ruling Tuesday hadn't decided anything about the defendants' guilt or innocence, but merely ordered a fresh appeals trial.
Knox had planned to talk with ABC News celebrity interviewer Diane Sawyer in a prime-time special to be broadcast April 30 to promote her new book "Waiting to Be Heard." It wasn't immediately clear if there were any plans to delay the interview or the book, given the court setback. Knox reportedly earned $4 million for the book.
Dalla Vedova said Knox wouldn't come to Italy but would follow the case from home. He said he didn't think the new appeals trial would begin before early 2014 and no date would be set for it until after the top court issues a written explanation of its decision, due in the next 90 days.
Whether Knox ever returns to Italy to serve more prison time depends on a string of ifs and unknowns.
"Questions of extradition are not in the legal landscape at this point," another Knox attorney, Theodore Simon, said on NBC TV.
If she is convicted by the Florence court, Knox could appeal that verdict to the Cassation Court, since Italy's judicial system allows for two levels of appeals — by prosecutors and the defense alike. Should that appeal fail, Italy could seek her extradition from the United States.
Whether Italy actually requests extradition will be a political decision made by a future Italian government.
In the past, Italian governments on both the left and the right refused Italian prosecutors' request to seek extradition for the trial of 26 Americans accused in the kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric in Milan under the CIA's extraordinary rendition program. All 26 were tried in absentia, convicted and received sentences ranging from seven to nine years. Italy's new government will decide if it wants seek their extradition to serve the sentences.
If Knox is convicted and Italy requests her extradition, it would be up to U.S. authorities to decide if they will send Knox to serve any sentence in Italy. Dalla Vedova noted that U.S. authorities would carefully study all the documentation to decide whether she had received fair trials.
U.S. and Italian authorities could also come to a deal that would keep Knox in the U.S.
The United States previously extradited to Italy an Italian woman convicted in a domestic U.S. terrorism case after reaching a deal that she would serve the rest of her sentence in her homeland. Italian authorities, however, released her from prison not long after she arrived home, citing medical reasons.
The appeals court that acquitted Knox and Sollecito had criticized virtually the entire case mounted by prosecutors, and especially the forensic evidence which helped clinch their 2009 convictions. The appellate court noted that the murder weapon was never found, said that DNA tests were faulty and that prosecutors provided no murder motive.
In arguing for the acquittals to be overturned, the prosecutor described the Perugia appellate court as being too dismissive about whether DNA tests were reliable on a knife prosecutors allege could have been the one used to slash Kercher's throat and DNA traces on a bra belonging to the victim, as well as tests done on blood stains in the bedroom and bathroom.
Whether that argument swayed the top court was unclear, said Dalla Vedova. Sollecito's attorney, Giulia Bongiorno, said the appeals court might have been "too generous" in ruling that the pair did not commit the crime, but was confident that Sollecito's innocence would be affirmed.
The court on Tuesday also upheld a slander conviction against Knox. During a 14-hour police interrogation, Knox had accused a local Perugia pub owner of carrying out the killing. The man was held for two weeks based on her allegations, but was then released for lack of evidence.
Her defense lawyers say Knox felt pressured by police to name a suspect so her own interrogation could end.
Because of the time she served in prison before the acquittal, Knox didn't have to serve the three-year sentence for the slander conviction. The court on Tuesday also ordered Knox to pay 4,000 euros ($5,500) to the man, as well as the cost of the lost appeal.
It was not known why the top court concluded the appellate court had erred in acquitting Knox and Sollecito and won't be until the Cassation judges issue their written ruling.
But Prosecutor General Luigi Riello, who urged the Cassation judges to overturn the acquittals, said he thought it could be significant that Knox's slander conviction was upheld. If the Cassation judges think `'there is a link" between Knox's reason for fingering the pub owner and the murder, it could bolster prosecutors in the new Florence trial, he said.
In her statement, Knox took the Perugia prosecutors to task, saying they "must be made to answer" for the discrepancies in the case. She also said "my heart goes out to" Kercher's family.
The Kercher family's attorney, Francesco Maresca, called Tuesday's ruling "what we wanted" and relayed a message quoting the late woman's sister, Stephanie.
"To understand the truth about what happened that night is all we can do for her now," the family's message said.


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In a world divided by blood--those with common Red blood serve the Silver-blooded elite, who are gifted with superhuman abilities--seventeen-year-old Mare, a Red, discovers she has an ability of her own. To cover up this impossibility, the king forces her to play the role of a lost Silver princess and betroths her to one of his own sons. But Mare risks everything and uses her new position to help the Scarlet Guard --a growing Red rebellion--even as her heart tugs her in an impossible direction.
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The explosive finale to the Feral series by New York Times best-selling author Cynthia Leitich Smith. Anti-shifter sentiment is at an all-time high when Kayla's transformation to werecat is captured on video and uploaded for the world to see. Suddenly she becomes a symbol of the werebeast threat and--along with fellow cat Yoshi, lion-possum Clyde, and human Aimee--a hunted fugitive. Meanwhile, a self-proclaimed weresnake has kidnapped the governor of Texas and hit the airwaves with a message of war. In retaliation, werepeople are targeted by law enforcement, threatened with a shift-suppressing vaccine, terrorized by corporate conspiracy, and enslaved by a top-secret, intelligent Cryptid species. Can Clyde rally his inner lion king to lead his friends--new and old--into battle against ruthless, media-savvy foes? A rousing blend of suspense, paranormal romance, humor, and high action.
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I know that the proper order for a nominative series of nouns including the speaker is "John and I," but what about for the objective? "Mrs. Smith taught me and John," or, "Mrs. Smith taught John and me"? The same goes for prepositions, "Mrs. Smith taught chemistry to me and John," vs. "Mrs. Smith taught chemistry to John and me." Also, does whether one uses the objective pronoun or the reflexive pronoun affect the order? "I taught John and myself," vs, "I taught myself and John."


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How We Ended the Cold War
The Peace Movement's Role
The case for the peace movement's crucial role in ending the cold war rests on two phenomena. The first is the way peace activism created a public demand for an end to the nuclear madness. The second was how a parallel expectation was devised within the new Soviet elite surrounding Gorbachev.
The public demand came in several parts, not so much as a conscious strategy but as an improvisation that sometimes led and as often responded to events. It began with a calculated effort to stigmatize nuclear weapons, to clarify and amplify the vaguely held notion that these were fundamentally unusable weapons. This was quickly achieved by Physicians for Social Responsibility in particular, whose Paul Revere-like flurry altered the national discourse about nuclear deterrence between 1980 and 1982. Within those two years, the conventional thinking about nukes went from a shadowy concern about the Russians being "ahead" to abhorrence at the thought of the weapons ever being used. Even Reagan, in this most hyperbolic phase of his belligerency, was forced to state that the weapons could not be used and that--his Administration's doctrine notwithstanding--no winners were possible in a nuclear war. The physicians and scientists did the technical work and raised the alarm, and the growing antinuclear movement (especially in Europe, which saw itself as the helpless victim of both superpowers) provided the mass angst that made the warnings politically potent.
The rise of the nuclear freeze campaign in the early eighties was both an outcome of this growing stigma and a spur that galvanized further public outrage. Thousands of freeze chapters sprang up overnight all over the country; the movement's scale was apparent in the June 12, 1982, demonstration in Central Park, the largest ever, when 750,000 people gathered to protest the arms race. News media coverage of the movement and its proposals was almost a daily occurrence. It was a citizens' crusade that in part questioned the very legitimacy of elite decision-making, and this constituted a threatening political movement. It also stimulated a clamor about the moral validity of deterrence, something the centrist arms-control community was never prepared to do; it drew the voluble support of many clerics, including the Conference of Catholic Bishops, and innumerable Sunday sermons from Protestant pulpits. This was quite a serious challenge and one that resonated with the American people. Thirty-six nuclear freeze referendums were passed in November 1982. A large demonstration in Central Park on a sunny summer day and articles in policy journals were one thing, and possibly negligible; thirty-six victories in thirty-nine referendums--including eight of nine states--was something Washington took to heart.
That this public reproach was transformative can be clearly seen in opinion surveys. In 1981, as Reagan entered office, only about a third of Americans favored the worldwide elimination of nuclear weapons. But by 1983 the number had leaped to four out of every five. Even the deployment of the Euromissiles was viewed suspiciously, with nearly two-thirds favoring a delay to negotiate with the USSR. Support for a nuclear-weapons freeze was steady and high, reaching a peak of 86 percent. This sentiment was verified by the low support for a "get tough" attitude toward Moscow, which dropped from 77 percent in 1980 to just 44 percent in May 1982.
At first, the White House mobilized every means possible to defeat the freeze referendums, but it gradually abandoned its bellicose rhetoric and moved steadily toward serious negotiations with the Soviet Union. "Ronald Reagan came into office on a Republican platform explicitly pledging the new government to achieve 'technological and military superiority' over the Soviet Union," explains David Cortright, a leader of SANE and SANE-Freeze in the eighties. "Popular culture became increasingly antinuclear as the freeze movement swept the country. Faced with this unreceptive political climate, the Reagan Administration largely abandoned its harsh rhetoric and quietly dropped the concept of superiority." Cortright provides one of the few meticulously documented histories of how the Reagan Administration responded to the freeze and its allies in his 1993 book, Peace Works, and it is apparent from his interviews with top Reagan aides that such bold measures as the START proposals and the "zero option" for eliminating nuclear missiles from Europe were stirred significantly by the growing antinuclear activism in the United States and Europe.
Even at the time, it was apparent that Reagan's peace offensive was aimed as much at freeze inventor Randy Forsberg as at Leonid Brezhnev. "Our main concern," a top Administration official told the New York Times on May 2, 1982, "is to go on the record quickly with a simple and comprehensible plan to show the Reagan team is for peace, thus taking some of the steam out of the nuclear freeze movements in Europe and the United States." Mary Kaldor, a leading historian and activist in England, noted wryly that the "zero option" idea itself was stolen by Reagan aides from the protesters they routinely decried as dupes of Moscow. "I remember having a drink with a senior Reagan Administration official the night the zero option was announced," she recalled. "'We got the idea from your banners,' he said, chuckling." Michael Deaver, Reagan's image maestro, also said the zero option "was our response to the antinuke people."
The Reagan White House rarely responded directly to the peace movement; more often, it dealt with a Congress that was increasingly aroused by the peace movement. By the autumn of 1981, the number of initiatives flowing from Congress on nuclear policy mounted quickly to include, over the next few years, unilateral restraint on antisatellite weapons and SDI testing, curbs on nuclear-weapons tests, reductions in Pentagon spending, complex formulas for stabilizing the nuclear deterrent and negotiating cuts with the Soviet Union, and resolutions on the freeze idea itself. It was an astonishingly bold assortment of legislation. While little of it was actually enacted (the Senate was Republican until 1987), and the Democratic leadership was wary, the amount and variety of arms-control bills were unprecedented. Congress was not only acting to restrain the President, as it did in the seventies, but actually initiated arms-control policies with far-reaching consequences--as with the space-weapons bans.


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Have you ever wondered what it's like to work at a startup? Would you freeze in the presence of paper company legend, Michael Scott? Can you handle getting berated by Selina Meyer's staff on a daily basis? Silicon Valley star Zach Woods knows each of these scenarios all too well. And luckily, he's not afraid to talk about them!
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Like slackers, geeks hold a special place in our hearts. Conventional high school rules may deem them unworthy lunchtime companions or prom dates, but time and television have proven that they're usually the ones with the most interesting things to say. And let's be real: we're all a little bit geeky about something, be it period pieces or comic book sequels.
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Martin Starr started off on Freaks & Geeks and now he's tackling the tech world as an adult in the new HBO comedy series, Silicon Valley. That's all great, but if it's up to you if he's going to share a clip from Silicon Valley with Best Week Ever. See, we're playing this new game called "Audience's Choice," where it's up to you if Starr will cry on command, recite the Presidents in order or reveal a clip from Silicon Valley. For more details, check out the clip above and make sure to tune in to an all-new episode of Best Week Ever this Friday, April 4 at 10/9 C. SET YOUR DVR!


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St. Lucie youths host radio talk show on topics of interest to children, teens
FORT PIERCE — An innovative new radio talk show tailored for a special segment on the Treasure Coast is set to hit the airwaves Thursday.
The Club, a radio show geared specifically toward children and teens, will make its debut on Thursday at 6 p.m. on WIRA AM 1400 The Light.
Three youth members from the Boys and Girls Club of St. Lucie County will be at the hourlong show's helm and will tackle issues facing young adults growing up in a society in which headlines about school shootings and bullying are all too common. The young hosts will also field questions from fellow teens with stories of their own to share, said station owner and Lighthouse Foundation founder Larry Lee, Jr.
Lee said the show will aim to inspire youths on the Treasure Coast, while making parents more aware of the struggles their children face.
"Our youth here are so gifted and so talented. All we need to do is give them some encouragement and they could do some remarkable things," said Lee, who added the show's time slot is perfect for parents who have just left work for the day. "We're hoping this show will develop some young leaders."
Lee added the three hosts will be responsible for the show's content. Co-host Brittany Fray, 12, a member of the Club's Ken Pruitt Unit in Port St. Lucie, wants to address bullying, but said the topics will vary from week to week, depending on what is in the news.
"I want to talk about bullying because there is a lot more technology these days," said Fray who believes cyber bullying is on the rise.
"This show is great because most shows are for adults," Fray said. "No shows focus on topics teens want to know about."
Fray's fellow unit member and co-host, Cody Hatt, 14, plans to speak out against drugs.
"I want to talk about temptations like drugs in schools," Hatt said. "Drugs are just not right and they can hinder your future and career. There are a lot of downfalls."
Maya Brown, 14, wants to eradicate childhood obesity in the area while providing motivation to young listeners. Brown is a member of the Boys and Girls Club's Infinity Teen Center located in Fort Pierce.
"I want to promote eating healthier," Brown said. "The show will give inspiration in a positive way."
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A bone screw for use in joining the fractured sections of the phalanx and a method for its use are disclosed. The bone screw includes a smooth cylindrical central shaft with coarse threads at each end of the shaft. The threads can be a greater diameter than the diameter of the shaft with the threads at each end have substantially the same pitch. The threads at the two ends of the central shaft are of opposite hand; that is, the threads at one end are right handed while those at the opposite end are left handed. In one embodiment, one end of the bone screw is provided with a screw slot which will accept a screwdriving tool for inserting the screw.
1. A method for joining fractured sections of a bone which comprises the steps of:
boring a pilot hole along the axis of the fractured phalanx from the end thereof, said pilot hole extending through one of the fractured sections and into the other fractured section;
spreading said fractured sections apart and inserting a bone screw into a first fractured section at the location of the fracture and leaving a portion of said bone screw protruding from an end of said first fractured section at the fracture;
attaching the other fractured section to the protruding portion of said bone screw, said bone screw including opposite handed threads at the ends of a cylindrical shaft having substantially the same diameter at each end and having a screw slot at one end;
aligning said bone screw with said pilot hole;
inserting a tool through said pilot hole from said end of said phalanx to engage said screw slot; and turning said bone screw to advance said screw into each of said fractured sections.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of turning is continued to draw said fractured sections together.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of boring a pilot hole comprises boring a hole having a diameter greater than the diameter of said cylindrical shaft.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of boring a pilot hole comprises boring a single continuous hole through said sections.
5. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of leaving said bone screw in place after fixation of said fractured sections.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of aligning comprises turning said bone screw in a sense to retract said screw.
This invention relates generally to a bone screw and method for its use, and more specifically to a bone screw and method for joining the fractured sections of a phalanx or the like.
In the fixation of fractured bone sections, a supporting member is often implanted into the fractured sections to stabilize those sections until these sections have had an opportunity to mend. With the phalanges, that is the bones of the fingers and toes, the supporting structure often takes the form of a pin which is inserted through the fractured section. The phalanges are generally hollow tube-like structure of boning material and a hole is bored through the center of the tubes and a metallic pin is inserted into this hole to keep the fractured segments aligned. The use of a pin, however, does not force the fractured sections together, but merely keeps them aligned along a central axis. To force the fractured sections of the bone together, a screw is often inserted into the bone sections to draw them together as well as to maintain axial alignment.
Bone screws take many forms. In one form the bone screw takes a "nut and bolt" form in which the bolt is inserted through a hole through two bone sections and the sections are drawn together by a nut which is threaded onto the bolt with the nut external to the bone sections. Such a bone screw is not applicable, however, to fractures of the phalanges.
In another form, as illustrated in U.S. Pat. No. 4,059,102, the bone screw is form in which the lading and trailing end portions of the screw have different diameters as well as opposite handed threads. The use of such a bone screw requires the drilling of a fairly large sized pilot hole to accommodate the end of the screw having the larger diameter. the large pilot hole adds to the trauma of the injury and is therefore an impediment to rapid recovery. If the diameter of the large sized end portion is made small to minimize the necessary pilot hole, the smaller end is necessarily too small of a diameater to have good holding power within the generally hollow phalanx.
In another form of bone screw is illustrated, for example, in U.S. Pat. No. 4,175,555, the bone screw is provided with screw threads which are like handed on each end, but are of a different pitch on the opposite ends of the screw. The use of such a screw requires the insertion of the screw along its total length. That is, the entire length of the screw must be threaded through a first one of the fractured sections and then into the other fractured section. During the insertion of the screw through its entire length, first set of threads is traumatizing the interior of the bone sections and then the other set of screws of different pitch, is further traumatizing at least one of the sections.
In view of the foregoing difficulties of supporting instruments for use in aiding the healing of fractured bones, a need existed for an improved bone screw and method for its use which would securely hold the fractured sections of bone together during healing without adding an undue amount of trauma.
It is therefore an object of this invention to provide an improved bone screw for joining fractured sections of a phalanx.
It is another object of this invention to provide an improved method for joining fracture sections of a phalanx.
It is yet another object of this invention to provide an improved bone screw and method for its use in joining fractured bone sections which provides for compressibly holding the bone segments without traumatizing the injured bone.
The foregoing and other objects and advantages the invention are achieved through the use of a bone screw which can be easily inserted into the fractured sections of a phalanx or the like. In one embodiment, the bone screw includes a smooth cylindrical shaft having coarse threads at each ends of the shaft. The threads have a greater diameter than the diameter of the shaft and the threads at each end have substantially the same diameter and the same pitch; although, the diameters of the threads need not always be the same. The threads at one end of the screw are of opposite hand from the threads of the other end. A screw slot or other means are provided on one end of the shaft to accept a tool for the rotation insertion of the screw.
The foregoing and other objects, features and advantages of this invention will be apparaent from the following, more particular description of the preferred embodiments of this invention, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 illustrates a bone screw in accordance with the invention.
FIGS. 2-6 illustrate steps for joining fractured bone segments, in accordance with the invention.
FIG. 1 schematically illustrates a bone screw 10 in accordance with the invention. The bone screw includes a central, generally smooth, cylindrical shaft 12. At each end of the central shaft is a set of threads 14, 16 as illustrated. Threads 14 are right handed while threads 16 are left handed. Although the right handed and left handed threads can be reversed, from end to end, it is important that the threads at the opposite ends of shaft 12 be opposite handed. Threads 14 and 16, although only indicted schematically in this view, are self tapping threads so that when they are inserted into a pilot hole they will cut their own threads. The pilot hole does not need to be threaded. Threads 14 and 16 are each of the same diameter and each are of greater diameter than the smooth cylindrical shaft 12; although, the diameter of the threads 14 and 16 need not always be the same. In addition, threads 14 and 16 have the same pitch, or number of threads per millimeter of length. in a preferred embodiment of the invention, threads 14 and 16 are widely spaced so that as the thread is advanced into a bone section the screw advances rapidly with little damage to the inside of the bone. One end of the bone screw includes a slot 18 or other means into which a tool can be inserted to impart rotation to the screw.
The bone screw, in accordance with the invention, is provided in a variety of sizes to be used with fractures of different phalanges or the like and with bones of different sizes. In addition, the screw slot 18, hexaganol female opening to accommodate a hexaganol wrench, or the like is provided at one end of the screw. The screw is preferably made of surgical stainless steel or the like, but can also be made, for example, of plastic or the like to reduce the weight of the screw.
FIGS. 2-6 illustrate a method by which fractured bone segments or sections can be joined using the bone screw, in accordance with the invention, to aid in the fixation of the bone segments. FIG. 2 illustrates schematically the repair of a fracture phalanx. The invention is specifically formulated for the repair of fractures of the fingers or toes, and is here illustrated showing the repair of a fractured toe. As illustrated, a fracture 20 between sections 22 and 24 of the phalanx is to be repaired. Phalanx 26 is located at the extremity of the toe. As is done when a pin is to be inserted to repair a fracture, a hole 28 is bored through bones 26 and the fractured sections 22 and 24 along the axis of the generally elongated bones. The hole is bored through the generally hollow central portion of the bones leaving the bone cylinder intact.
As illustrated schematically in FIG. 3, bone 26 and fractured section 22 are displaced away from the axis running through the bones so that a screw 10 can be inserted into the pilot hole along the axis of fractured segment 24. The bone screw 10 is inserted by rotating the screw using a screwdriving tool (not shown) and relying upon the threads 16 at the leading end of screw 10 to tap threads along pilot hole 28. The screw is advanced into fractured section 24 so that the majority of the smooth cylindrical shaft 12 of screw 10 is positioned within fractured segment 24 and only threads 14 at the trailing end of the screw extend out of section 24.
The fractured section 22 and bone 26 are then realigned along the normal axis of the the toe as illustrated in FIG. 4. The proper alignment of the bones in bone sections is aided by extending a tool 30 through the pilot hole 28 which runs through bone 26 and fractured section 22. Tool 30 is engaged with the slot or tool engagement means at the end of screw 10 and the screw is turned in a sense to rotate the screw out of fractured section 24 as shown more fully in FIG. 5. Driving the screw all the way into section 24 is necessary to allow proper alignement of segment 22 without unnecessary traumatizing the muscles (not shown) which surround the bone sections. Once the section 22 has been realigned, screw 10 can be backed out of the section 24 without unduly stretching the muscles. As illustrated in FIG. 5, the bone sections are properly aligned along the correct axis of the bones and the screw is inserted within fractured section 24 and a section of the screw extends outwardly from section 24 toward section 22.
The fractured bone segments 22 and 24 are then completely joined by again rotating screw 10 using tool 30 (not shown in this view) to rotate the screw in the sense which causes threads 16 to advance into the fractured segment 24 while the threads 14 advance into the fractured segment 22. Rotation of the screw is continued until the advancement of the screw into the two fractured segments draws those two segments into proper alignment. During the joining operation, only the threaded sections 14 and 16 make contact with the interior of the bone sections. Smooth shaft 12, being of lesser diameter does not contact the bone sections so that trauma to the bone is minimized. In addition, insertion of the bone screw in the manner described does not require that the bone screw be inserted through bone 26, and does not require the entire length of screw 10 to be driven through fractured section 22.
The joining of the two fractured bone sections, as described above, contemplates that bone screw 10 will be left in place after the fixation of the fracture. The bone screw is rigidly anchored within the bone section and cannot spontaneously work its way out as is often the case when pins are used for aligning the fractured sections.
Thus it is apparent that there has been provided, in accordance with the invention, an improved bone screw and method for joining bone sections using the improved screw which fully meet the objects and advantages set forth above. Although the invention has been described and illustrated with reference to specific embodiments thereof, it is not intended that the invention be limited to these illustrative embodiments. Those skilled in the art will recognize, after review of the foregoing description, that variations and modifications differing from these illustrative embodiments are possible without departing from the spirit of the invention. It is therefore intended that the invention include all such variations and modifications as fall within the scope of the accompanying claims.
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In Noah Leach's 2-year old mind, his daddy has been flying in a plane for a period of time that stretched on and on.
That's why since his father left in June, Noah has pointed, and exclaimed, "Daddy!" every single time he saw a plane.
In Noah Leach's 2-year old mind, his daddy has been flying in a plane for a period of time that stretched on and on.
That's why since his father left in June, Noah has pointed, and exclaimed, "Daddy!" every single time he saw a plane.
Thomas Leach, of Shawnee, was at war in Afghanistan with the Oklahoma National Guard. The staff sergeant ran troop medical clinics at Bagram Air Field and at a base in Nangarhar province, using his skills as a physical therapy assistant.
On Saturday, Thomas Leach got off the plane that had been ever circling the skies in his youngest son's version of a deployment to war.
Holly Leach swept her son Noah's short brown hair into the tiniest of mohawks as the doors cracked open about 10:30 a.m. About 130 citizen soldiers from the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team appeared at the Army Aviation hangar at Will Rogers Air National Guard Base in Oklahoma City.
While there have been four groups of soldiers that have come home already since 3,000 deployed in June to Kuwait and Afghanistan, this fifth group of about 130 is the largest, the most significant, Col. Mike Chase, the 45th's rear commander, told the crowd.
It marks the beginning of the end, the true start of demobilization for the 45th.
Costly deployment
It has been a heart-wrenching deployment. Fourteen of the 45th's citizen soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since July. In the hangar, their pictures were displayed on easels, a silent reminder of what had been lost.
A soldier attending the welcome home ceremony lingered on one of the faces for a long while, smiling, as if calling up a happy memory.
U.S. Rep James Lankford and Maj. Gen Myles Deering, the adjutant general for Oklahoma, also shared brief remarks.
Noah did not listen; he could only squeal and point as his mother hoisted him up above the crowd to see his dad. As the officials spoke, family members stood, and then crept into the aisles and toward their soldiers, waiting for the end of the speeches. The air was electric with anticipation, emotion.
Noah, released from his mother's arms, ran to his father ahead of the crowd. Thomas Leach bent to pick up his son, who threw tiny arms around his father's neck. Noah clung to him for hours afterward.
"I knew you would come, daddy. I knew you would come," Noah said, over and over.
The families rushed forward to greet the guardsmen, including Holly and their other son, Tommy, 10, a soccer player who missed his dad, perhaps more than anyone, said his mother.
"A 10-year-old boy just needs his dad," she said.
Thomas Leach had coached Tommy's team and now will again. A caravan of close family friends and relatives came to greet Sgt. Thomas Leach.
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Southern Kings v Sharks - Super Rugby match preview
Last Updated: 09/03/13 2:07pm
Last year's runners-up the Sharks travel to Port Elizabeth for a South African derby against a Southern Kings side that made a dream start to their campaign.
Newcomers Kings stunned Western Force in their opening clash, but will need to lift their intensity if they wish to trouble the in-form visitors on Saturday.
The Sharks have made a solid start to their campaign with victories against the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein and the Stormers, despite failing to post a try in Durban.
The Kings have kept changes to a minimum with the abrasive Jacques Engelbrecht taking injured skipper Luke Watson's place while Darron Nel replaces David Bulbring at lock and assumes the captaincy.
The Sharks have named an unchanged line-up from the team that did the business against the Stormers.
They still have a long injury list but have plenty of depth and will be looking for a bonus point victory at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium.
Kings: 15 SP Marais, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 Ronnie Cooke, 12 Andries Strauss, 11 Marcello Sampson, 10 Demetri Catrakilis, 9 Shaun Venter, 8 Jacques Engelbrecht, 7 Wimpie van der Walt, 6 Cornell du Preez, 5 Steven Sykes, 4 Darron Nell (Capt), 3 Kevin Buys, 2 Bandise Maku, 1 Schalk Ferreira.
Replacements: 16 Edgar Marutlulle, 17 Jaco Engels, 18 David Bulbring, 19 Luke Watson, 20 Nicolas Vergallo, 21 George Whitehead, 22 Hadleigh Parkes.
Sharks: 15 Louis Ludik, 14 JP Pietersen, 13 Paul Jordaan, 12 Frans Steyn (capt), 11 Lwazi Mvovo, 10 Pat Lambie, 9 Cobus Reinach, 8 Ryan Kankowski, 7 Jean Deysel, 6 Marcell Coetzee, 5 Franco van der Merwe, 4 Anton Bresler, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Craig Burden, 1 Tendai Mtawarira.
Replacements: 16 Kyle Cooper, 17 Wiehahn Herbst, 18 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 19 Jacques Botes, 20 Charl McLeod, 21 Meyer Bosman, 22 Odwa Ndungane.
What they said...
Sharks head coach John Plumtree
"We were not entirely happy with what we did on the weekend (against the Stormers) in terms of our attack.
"In saying that, looking at the Kings, their set-pieces and defence stats are right up there at Super Rugby standard. That just shows that they are certainly capable.
"I don't think the Force expected it and they got it, good on the Kings. If you look at their side, there are a lot of seasoned campaigners, some young guns who are pretty enthusiastic, they put it all together and came up with a good performance."
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RTW on a thumper... Round the World ADVenturization
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out riding...
Joined: Feb 2011
Location: round the world
Oddometer: 2,285
leaving in about three hours to drive through the night...this part of my RTW is the scouting ride for
- it will turn into about 7000 miles just because of checking things out, not including the drive to Trinidad
Drive to Trinidad???
Well the original plan was just ride of course (solo)...but then a friend 'wikedhd' asked if he could tag along, only issue there was he has 20 days vacation so to be able to ride from Louisiana all the way across texas at the start and again at the end wasn't an option, so the bikes are going in his truck for the trip thru Texas and the trip back
what is
- have a look at the website...but in short, when i have been on the road i bump into a lot of people who say the same thing
wish i could do what you do
i only have 3 weeks off a year
i have the wrong type of bike
arranging everything would be difficult, i wouldn't know where to go etc. etc. etc.
i'm sure most of you have heard this before in one form or another?
so it got me to thinking, set up an adventure company, supply the bikes, gas, accommodation, tents if required, correct luggage, food, a route with lots of off road, back roads, logging roads, single track, go places the big companies don't go, just do one route and do it great....all you would need to do is bring your riding gear, a camera and a sleeping bag
...but why...well after being on the road for 38,000 miles last year the kindness and generosity of people just astounded me and i wanted to pay it back, as i'm not in one location normally too long, tent space wasn't an option, so i'm setting this up keeping the price very realistic and hopefully someone out there might be interested...BTW only four riders per 5000 miles so only about 20-24 riders a year, only runs in the summer and the route will probably vary a little dependent on the weather - no crazy big groups, done that personally and it sucks
even though the website shows the starting point to be Trinidad, it will most likely change to Las Vegas, easier to get to, better to party when the ride is completed and the wife's girlfriends who don't ride can spend your money while you are gone
anyway back to the ride....
here's what's in the soft bags for this trip...not including clothes
yes i know its a lot of tools but having owned a motorcycle shop, if i can, i will fix everything on the two bikes myself
packs down to this
sleeping gear and tent...yes i am sponsored by Big Agnes!!!
tank bag
bikes loaded photos in the next post
riding gear
the bikes
wikedhd is riding a 2008 Honda XR650L - it only has 600 miles on it, this is his first ADV ride
and me i'm on a 2009 Yamaha XT660Z with 54,000 miles on it!!!
...and the basic route according to the geeks at google...of course it isn't exact but it gives you a good idea, more details as we ride
time to go load the truck and get eaten by mosquitoes before it rains again!!!!
more later, stay tuned...
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Rainhill Recreation Club - November 2015
- Thursday 12th
- 7:00pm to 11:00pm
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- Friday 13th
- 7:00pm to 11:00pm
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- Saturday 14th
- 1:00pm to 11:00pm
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Welcome to Rainhill Beer Festival 2015.
As with other elements of the Beer Festival we are striving to improve this event year on year and hopefully provide a better experience for our sponsors, friends and customers. Of course the ultimate beneficiaries are the good causes which we support every year.
After the great success of the 2013 Beer Festival, the 12th Rainhill Beer Festival, 2014 was another great success with a bigger venue for our visitors and supporters, superb sponsorship from friends and local businesses, all in all a great event, improving again on 2013 numbers.
Rainhill Beer Festival, 2015 is now being planned, with the dates already confirmed, we are already receiving enquiries from Sponsors.
We provided a wide range of beers, ciders, lagers and wine, all enjoyed by our usual discerning supporters.
The enormous amount of work required both pre and post festival was delivered amazingly well with virtually no problems and fortunately, with much good weather!
The efforts of Rotary members and friends of Rainhill Rotary was outstanding and everyone should be proud of their contribution.
Our thanks must also go to all off our sponsors and especially to the major sponsors:
- Mark and Hetty Salmon for the Lager and Cider Bars,
- Tony Hayes at Hayes Butchers for sponsoring the Beer Festival T-shirts
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Dining facilities at Haymarket Hotel include a restaurant. There is also room service available. The hotel boasts a 24-hour front desk service. Hotel guests will appreciate the welcoming services of our multilingual staff. Other hotel amenities include hair salon and library. Leisure amenities: There is an indoor swimming pool at the hotel. After a long day of business meetings or sightseeing, hotel guests can book a relaxing massage. Other services: concierge services, elevator/lift, tours/ticket assistance, wheelchair accessibility. Business/Internet: The following Internet options are available at the hotel: wireless access.
Hotel Services and Facilities
DiningGrab a bite to eat at the hotel's restaurant, which features a bar, or stay in and take advantage of 24-hour room service. Relax with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge or a poolside bar. Full breakfasts are available for a fee.
Hotel facilities
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Smoke-free property
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Fitness facilities
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Bar/lounge
- Restaurant
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Luggage storage
- Meeting rooms
- 24-hour front desk
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Babysitting or childcare
- Poolside bar
- Porter/bellhop
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Library
- Elevator/lift
- Wedding services
- Multilingual staff
- In-room accessibility
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Indoor pool
- Free WiFi
Important information
- Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.
The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- Fee for full breakfast: GBP 20 per person (approximately)
- An early check-in fee will be charged
- A late check-out fee will be charged
- Crib (infant bed) fee: GBP 66 per night
- Rollaway bed fee: GBP 66 per night
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
How to bookMaking your reservation in Haymarket Hotel is easy and secure. Simply select your dates of stay and click on the "Check Rates" button to submit the form.
After room types and rates are returned to your screen, you will be able to choose the rate you desire by reading the room information in the center of the screen, then clicking on the "Book Now" button on the right side of the screen. After you have selected your desired room type, you will be taken to a "Complete your booking" form. Then you will need to review the "Details of your stay" and fill in the blanks on the "Guest Details" section. Be sure your name and email address are spelled correctly.
After you fill out all of the needed information, press the "Complete reservation" button. To ensure your security, we use a secure commerce server, which encrypts the credit card number and encodes it into a non-usable form.
Area informationDistances are calculated in a straight line from the property's location to the point of interest or attraction, and may not reflect actual travel distance.
Distances are displayed to the nearest 0.1 mile and kilometer.
Her Majesty's Theatre - 0.1 km / 0 mi
Theatre Royal Haymarket - 0.1 km / 0 mi
Trafalgar Square - 0.1 km / 0.1 mi
Admiralty Arch - 0.2 km / 0.1 mi
Nelson's Column - 0.2 km / 0.1 mi
Prince of Wales Theatre - 0.2 km / 0.2 mi
Charing Cross - 0.3 km / 0.2 mi
National Gallery - 0.3 km / 0.2 mi
Leicester Square - 0.3 km / 0.2 mi
St. Martin-in-the-Fields - 0.3 km / 0.2 mi
Edith Cavell Memorial - 0.3 km / 0.2 mi
Piccadilly Circus - 0.3 km / 0.2 mi
Shaftesbury Monument - 0.3 km / 0.2 mi
Coliseum Theatre - 0.3 km / 0.2 mi
Wyndham's Theatre - 0.4 km / 0.2 mi
The nearest airports are:
London (LCY-London City) - 12.5 km / 7.8 mi
London (LGW-Gatwick) - 39.2 km / 24.4 mi
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The sale of the brand, most famous for its Captain Birds Eye advertising campaigns, is part of a sell-off of almost its entire European frozen foods business.
Unilever's Italian frozen food business including the Findus brand, as well as the ice-cream portfolio, have been spared the axe.
The sell-off of Birds Eye comes as the brand struggled to shed an unhealthy image in recent years, despite a £60m overhaul of its range last year.
Patrick Cescau, Unilever group chief executive, said: "Deciding to put the majority of our European frozen food business up for sale has been a tough call. It has been a successful business for us over many years and we've built some great brands for consumers with memorable advertising.
"However, although we have made great progress in increasing profitability in recent years growth has been harder to come by."
He added that the decision followed a review of the business which started last September and concluded that selling was "the best way for us to create value" for Unilever.
This latest decision does not affect the Bertolli-branded frozen business in the US.
The total turnover of the frozen foods business, which employs around 3,500 people outside of Italy, is €2bn.
This latest announcement comes as Unilever reveals a pre-tax profit rise by 27% to €4.7bn from €3.7bn.
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Carbon occurs in a variety of forms that differ widely in their properties. Examples include the extremely hard and transparent diamond and the softer, metallic graphite. These are described as allotropic forms of carbon, the different properties of which arise from the nature of the chemical bonds between the carbon atoms. Synthetic carbon allotropes such as carbon nanotubes and graphene belong to the most promising classes of materials known today, and show enormous potential for high-performance applications. At the same time they are ideal modelling systems for investigating a range of fundamental chemical and physical problems, such as shape- and charge-dependent bonding and discharge of molecules, or charge transport in restricted spatial regions. These areas will be addressed in CRC 953 "Synthetic Carbon Allotropes" in an interdisciplinary collaboration between chemists, physicists, engineers and theoreticians. (Coordinating University: Friedrich-Alexander-Universitt Erlangen-Nrnberg, Coordinator: Professor Dr. Andreas Hirsch)
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Recently a friend of mine made a version of a Tea Light Card I did a couple of years ago. It's always fun to "travel down memory lane". Especially with a cool card like this one.
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My name is T@ra and I was born 1992 in the UK. In 1996 there were 422 babies born with my name and in 2012 there was 109. My name was in the top 200's in the US in 1992 but is now ranked in the 800's. I now live in Australia where 42 little T@ra's were born in 2011, I can't find where my name ranked in the UK for 1992 though? But in secondary school I was one of three in my year group and we were all friends
November 11th, 2013 05:25 AM #13
US statistics: Olivia was #50 the year I was born, currently it is #4
Australian: (using NSW data) It was around #15 in the 1990s and currently it is #3. Although I was born in the N.T and trends seem to a bit backward there, unfortunately there are no statistics for my year or the 90s so I'm guessing it was lower than #15.Ingrid | Kit | Esclarmonde | Alistair | Susanna | Emun
November 11th, 2013 05:55 AM #15Senior Member
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My name is Sophie. I was born in '92, but can only find data from 1996, where it was #1 in the UK. It has since slipped down to 9th but is still a very popular name here. I hate that's its so popular, there was at least one other Sophie in my class all through school (and one point there were 5, including me!).
Last edited by psg007; November 11th, 2013 at 05:57 AM.~ ♥ ~ sophie ~ ♥ ~
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November 11th, 2013 06:02 AM #17
Here are some lists for England, you have to download the year you want I think,
http://data.gov.uk/dataset/baby_names_england_and_wales☆Isobel★Eloise☆Matilda★Alice☆Eleanor★ Amelia☆ Elena★Mirabel☆ Felicity★Phoebe ☆Eilidh ★Rosalia☆Roisin★Azalea☆Elsa★Arabella☆ Genevieve★Elodie☆Tallulah★Ruby☆
☆Eamon★Tiago☆Cooper★Jack☆Jago★Flynn☆ Archer★Lincoln☆Asher★Alfie☆Taylor★Baxter ☆Finnian★Lawson☆Jasper★Lewis ★Oscar☆Fletcher★Caspian☆Miller★
Future middle names will honour family
November 11th, 2013 06:05 AM #19
Im Amelia, from NSW Aust- when i was born in the mid 80's it was 118- with 71 babies a year. Its now in the top 10 with 500 babies a year born.
A bit of a jump!
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