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Discussion in 'Other Hoops Talk' started by buddahfan, Jul 15, 2007.
Good genes - LOL (Her dad is Karl Malone)
Beat athlete I've seen in that league.............
Athlete?? Cheryl Ford?? Naw......don't get it twisted she can ball but not what I would call an athlete. Deanna Nolan is the best athlete in the league, she's only 5'10" and can dunk, I actually played some pick up with her in Flint before, she can ball with the best of them girlfriend has got some legit hops. Parker and Leslie can also dunk but their tall and long, Nolan just plain got hops.
They both have different games. Ford is PF and from what I have seen rarely takes a shot from beyond 3'. She is kind of the bruiser type player who grabs a ton of boards. The all-time league leader in RPG. We would be lucky to find the male equivalent for the Pistons.
Well said, Max. I love her game. She does the dirty work in Laimberian style.
We had one, his name was Ben Wallace, but we choose Flip over Wallace.
No Piston Big guy has brought it on both sides of the court like She does since Bob Lanier. She can score to you know. ggazoo - good point on Lamb. He must have hat a lot of influence on her.
No doubt, but she still don't have the hops that Tweety has, watch Nolan on her drives to the hoop and her pull-up "J", it's sick how much lift she has for a female.
Yes she is one of the best guards in the league. Kind of gives you and idea why they won the title last year. Katie Smith their SG is the 4th best scorer of all time in total points.
Dunking doesn't make you an athlete. Being able to be the best or near the best in your sport makes you an athlete and a superior one.
If we're talking pure, raw athletic ability it's usually some combination of speed, strength and vertical ability. Tweety is one of the fastest players in the league with mad hops. There are some players who excel at their sport but many will admit they are not very athletic...see Dan Marino.
Sorry. I couldn't resist it. Your point is well taken.
Now that WNBA Allstar MVP Cheryl Ford has been sidelined for the remainder of the season, can the Shock repeat without her inside presence? Does this correlate to the Pistons going to battle in the playoffs without Ben or in today's world Rasheed and hopes that they can still win it all? SHOCK: Detroit Shock's Cheryl Ford to Miss Remainder of 2007 WNBA Regular Season with Left Knee Injury
She's very good player I saw her playing couple of years ago.
Here's areal reply: Cheryl has become one of the league's most sexiest players this year. Sh e is growing up as a 'woman'(see the HBO intrview) and has a 'I'm gonna rock your world" type of deamenor. What I'm saying is in spite of all efforts to the contrary, if the WNBA became a lil more SEXIER, their attendance would increase 50%!!!!! Tweety NOlan in a cutoff, belly revealing shirt with NBA shorts from the 70"S!!??? Swin Cash and Tara 'GOT MILK??" Braxton in a halter-styl tank top??? LETS GET REAL!!! LETS GO SHOCK!!! SHOW THEM $%$%$$%!!!! BTW...I have returned from my summer break more EVIL than ever!! I MISSS BENNNNN!!!!
I know this is a male-dominated board so I'll probably catch hell for this, but we devalue women if we only look at them as aesthetically pleasing beings. Why not celebrate the WNBAers for their skills? I see where HQ is coming from as far as raising attendance but I think it cheapens their hard work by saying it cannot stand on its own merits and they need to sex it up. Frankly, what the league needs to do is market to lesbians. Half the league has been rumoured to be lesbian and plenty of lesbians attend these games. But the league won't do this because they're afraid they'll drive the families away. We live in a closed-minded society, I'm afraid.
Gotta go against this train of thought. I love sexy women, but not as a sales tool for the WNBA. I'd rather see Cheryl Ford at the Mall in a nice outfit, rather than dressed up for "stare" in the game.........
hey Bro, I saw you lurking on the Det news Tiger forum, but welcome from your vacation. We missed your brashy tell it like it is, sho nuff style of commentary...as Oprah said in the Color Purple.."hush up old man and pass them rolls, Sophia's back in town"...How 'bout an HQ list of the top five sexyWNBA ballers that have had babies...and don't put Sheryl Swoops on there
You won't catch hell for it because we've got a lot of diverse opinions my friend. And you're right. Selling sexiness does take away from the game and there are other, targeted business models that cater to selling the sex first. I think the WNBA can learn from the LPGA. It's taken some time, and it will never be the PGA in attendance or money, but it has become a recognized and stable business. Gimmickry just takes away from that. Another thing to consider is that while the domestic sports market may be saturated, women's basketball has a lot of room to grow internationally. There are a lot of young women in other countries who need role models and a stage to aspire to with their athletic careers.
i know...i was being sarcastic.......i am the WNBA'S #1 FAN!!
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Marks Enigmatic Ending
by John Dart
Formerly religion religion writer for the Los Angeles Times, John Dart is news editor of the Christian Century magazine. This article appeared in The Christian Century, April 18, 2006 pp. 28-32. Copyright by the Christian Century Foundation; used by permission. Current articles and subscriptions information can be found at www.christiancentury.org. This material was prepared for Religion Online by Ted and Winnie Brock.
So they went out and fled from the tomb, for terror and amazement had seized them; and they said nothing to anyone,for they were afraid. -- Mark 16:8
At the end of the Gospel of Mark, three women come to Jesus grave, where they encounter a young man sitting in the empty tomb who tells them that the crucified Jesus has risen and left for Galilee. Mary Magdalene; Mary, the mother of James; and Salome run from the tomb. And though the young man instructs them to tell the disciples and Peter to meet Jesus in Galilee, the women say nothing to anyone.
Thats the end. The earliest Gospel never mentions -- at least not in the best ancient manuscripts -- the risen Jesus reunions with his followers as described in Matthew, Luke and John. Accounts of the appearance of the risen Jesus were added to the end of Mark by later scribal hands. The NRSV labels these as "shorter" and "longer" endings, and relegates to footnotes a discussion of how these endings were fashioned.
A few New Testament specialists maintain that the original ending to Mark was lost. But most scholars of Mark today accept the likelihood that the original first-century author meant to end the narrative exactly -- and abruptly -- at chapter 16, verse 8.
One of those was Donald H. Juel, a Lutheran minister and longtime professor at Luther and Princeton seminaries, who died three years ago. In honor of Juels work on the ending of Mark, Princeton professors Beverly Roberts Gaventa and Patrick D. Miller edited essays by colleagues for a book published last year as The Ending of Mark and the Ends of God (Westminster John Knox).
The essay by Juel that opens the book says that "the history of the Markan ending in manuscript and commentary betrays an unwillingness or inability to take the disappointment seriously." Juel differed with scholars who turn the women at the tomb into heroic figures or who try to transform the trios trembling and astonished response into "positive emotions."
Nor did Juel adopt two increasingly popular ways of understanding Marks disturbing ending. One is the belief that Mark implies that the women would have eventually overcome their fear and told Peter and the disciples of the resurrection, reminding them of Jesus earlier prediction: "After I am raised up, I will go before you to Galilee" (14:28). But the three women, Mark emphasizes, tell no one. Juel observes that like Peter, the women "come closer to genuine greatness than the other disciples, only to fall further. Even in the face of an empty tomb and testimony to Jesus resurrection, the women cannot believe in such way as to perform the most basic task of disciples: testimony." Juel continues: "They tell no one the good news. They flee, and we are left to imagine what became of them, and we are left to imagine the fate of Judas, and the young man, and Peter, and the Twelve."
Another favored solution, based on what some call "reader response" analysis, is to say that this pioneering Gospel writer sought with the sudden ending to challenge Jesus followers to overcome their own lapses of understanding, courage and loyalty. The audience circa AD 70 presumably would say something like: "If the closest male and female followers failed Jesus and still became admired figures and leaders in the churches, surely we too can be forgiven and serve God."
Juel insists on the enigmatic nature of the ending. "If the unresolved ending offers promise, it surely is not because we are encouraged to believe we can do better than the disciples or the women," he writes. "We do not have Jesus even at the end of the story, and there is no guarantee that we can wrest a promise from him or lock him safely away by hermeneutical tricks."
Juel chose an open-ended stance, one that defies containment of Jesus and God when reading or hearing Mark. "Jesus is out of the tomb; God is no longer safely behind the curtain (torn asunder in the Temple as Jesus breathed his last)," he writes. "Jesus has promised an end; that end is not yet."
Viewing Mark through a literary-theological lens, Juel and other scholars working in narrative criticism have contributed to a new appreciation of Mark as a storyteller. In an earlier time, when historical and source criticism held sway, Marks Gospel was often considered a collage of episodes, miracles and teachings leading up to stories about Jesus arrest, trial, crucifixion and resurrection. "Narrative criticism has recovered the story as a whole, instead of the fragmented pieces of historical criticism," says David Rhoads, whose Reading Mark: Engaging the Gospel (Fortress) reprints seven of his articles.
The colorful, fast-paced Markan story is said to lend itself to public recitation (and not merely because it is the shortest of the four Gospels). Juel and his students sometimes read aloud sections of the Gospel. Rhoads and Richard W Swanson (Provoking the Gospel of Mark, Pilgrim Press) are among those who have done oral performances of Mark. Whitney Shiner suggests in Proclaiming the Gospel (Trinity Press) that the chiastic, or concentric, word patterns in Mark were likely fashioned as memory aids to performers.
Marks writing techniques are pleasing for audiences that recognize the authors use of tripled actions (for example, Jesus predicts his death and resurrection three times and tries three times to rouse the sleeping disciples before his arrest). Furthermore, Marks distinctive "sandwiched stories" -- he starts an episode and then tells another before finishing the first one -- offer ironic commentary on the interwoven episodes. Readers and listeners are "insiders" to Marks plot; they are informed very early of the divine identity of Jesus (and even told at times what Jesus and his opponents are thinking). The audiences can alternately wonder at those who misunderstand Jesus and admire those who immediately grasp his divine mission.
In Mark, those closest to Jesus tend to be dense, quarrelsome or fearful. Paul L. Danoves The Rhetoric of Characterization of God, Jesus, and Jesus Disciples in the Gospel of Mark (T & T Clark) deals with Marks negative treatment of the followers of Jesus, showing that at times the denigration is even harsher than is evident in English translations. The fear and silence of the women at the tomb is an obvious failing. A more subtle negativity is found in the language. When the young man says, "Do not be amazed, you seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified," the innocuous-sounding seek (RSV) or looking for (NRSV) translates the same Greek word used when Jesus mother and brothers, hearing rumors that Jesus had gone out of his mind, were "asking for" him. Elsewhere in the Gospel, religious authorities seek signs or seek how to destroy Jesus, and Judas seeks to betray him. In all, the last eight of nine uses of the word usually translated as seek (zeteo) in Mark have negative connotations.
Readers puzzling over the texts abrupt ending are left asking how the "good news" ever got out. Danove notes that "the implications of the womens failure to deliver the young mans message could be circumvented if another appropriate bearer of the message could be found." Who would that be? John the Baptist would know, but he was beheaded. The disciples are absent.
How about the "young man" in the tomb? Danove rejects that notion, saying that the youths white robe and the fact that he is portrayed as "sitting on the right side" of the tomb "assert a heavenly origin for the young man and preclude his consideration as a disciple." However, this does not appear to be a figure like the one the Gospel of Matthew portrays -- an explicit "angel of the Lord, descending from heaven [whose] appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow." Nor is he like what the Gospel of Luke describes as "two men in dazzling clothes" before whom the women bowed down. Marvin Meyer and Herman Waetjen are among scholars who see the youth in Mark not as an angel but as an exemplar or "idealized disciple."
This positive character portrayal -- together with Marks negative treatment of Jesus family and the 12 disciples -- arguably constitutes a full-scale polemic against the earliest church leaders. The details are too complex to cover here, but the fact that the young man in the tomb is sitting on the right side may be the authors last dig at James and John, who had asked to sit on either side of Jesus "in glory" (10:35-37). This young man, perhaps initiated into the faith by Jesus on an earlier occasion, appears to be the one destined for that spot in the next life.
The young man is one of many exceptional figures in Mark who make cameo appearances and who seem to have the perception needed to spread the good news. Another is the woman in Bethany who poured costly ointment over Jesus body, as if anointing him for burial. At this Jesus says, "Truly I tell you, wherever the good news is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in remembrance of her" (14:9). Unlike the three women who went belatedly to the tomb, this unnamed woman braved criticism about wasting money and performed the Gospels "first complete and unequivocal act of faith in Jesus suffering and rising destiny," according to John Dominic Crossan, known for his studies of the historical Jesus.
Besides the young man in the tomb, other enigmatic figures are the "young man" who barely escapes capture at the time of Jesus arrest (14:51-52) and the awed centurion who sees Jesus die and says, "Truly, this man was Gods son" (15:39).
The Roman soldiers "confession," as it has been called, has been read as sarcastic by Juel and others. Because the wording is not "the" Son of God, but should be translated, "a son of God" or "Gods son," the comment has been likened to the preceding taunts by soldiers, priests and bystanders. The centurion "witnesses Jesus miserable death and guffaws, Yeah, right, this guy was the Son of God," writes Brian K. Blount of Princeton Seminary in the book published in memory of Juel.
By contrast, an essay by C. Clifton Black, another Princeton specialist in New Testament, emphasizes the significance of the voice from heaven that proclaims at the start and middle of Mark that Jesus is "my Son, the beloved," and relates it to the centurions observation. Black concedes that there is an ambiguity in the centurions statement, but he sees its placement as a sign that it should be read positively. Believers reading Mark "have been given access, at Jesus baptism and transfiguration, to faiths evidence that what the centurion says is indeed true -- whether he knows it and believes it or not," Black says.
After the disciples deserted Jesus upon his arrest, "a certain young man was following him, wearing nothing but a linen cloth. They caught hold of him, but he left the linen cloth and [fled] naked" (14:51-52). Some scholars have called this mysterious young man a symbolic representative of the just-scattered disciples (who also "fled," as would the three women from the tomb). But his fleeing should not be taken as a defining act of character. Equal weight should be given to his other actions in a narrative loaded with irony. The young man is "following" the arrested Jesus so closely that he risks arrest himself. Guards grab his covering, but he escapes naked. This youth has literally left everything to follow Jesus.
Is this the same young man who appears in the empty tomb? Probably not. More likely, both symbolize in Mark the faithful and usually unnamed followers of Jesus, such as those given the "secret of the kingdom of God" (4:11).
The first young man wore a "sindon," or burial cloth identical to the material wrapped around Jesus body. The second young man simply wore "a white robe." Studies of early Christian baptisms, as reflected in Pauline letters and writings of the church fathers, indicate that converts to the faith wore a garment symbolic of the old life, and when they arose from baptism their new life was symbolized by the donning of a white garment. The Roman Catholic Church still uses similar baptismal rites for adult converts. Some conjecture that the two young men were the same new recruit of Jesus, but Marks storyline seems to preclude that the two figures are the same character. If Jesus was initiating the young man in the faith in the Garden of Gethsemane (besides prayerfully agonizing over his own fate), it would seem from the youths burial-cloth garment that there was no opportunity to complete the rite.
Narrative critics have long noticed parallels in words and images between the beginning and ending of Mark. These parallels seem to enhance the positive roles of the Roman soldier and the young man in the white garment.
At Jesus baptism, the heavens open (schizo) as the spirit (pneuina) descends on Jesus, whereupon a voice (phone) from above says, "You are my Son, the beloved." At death, Jesus gives a loud cry (phone) as he breathes (ekpneo) his last; the curtain of the Temple rips (schizo) and the centurion says, "Truly, this man was Gods son.
Also, at the very start (1:2) a prophesied "messenger" is "sent before thy face" to prepare the way of the Lord -- just as at the very end, the young man in the tomb is the only human left to testify to the risen Jesus, who "went ahead" to Galilee.
In Provoking the Gospel of Mark, storyteller Richard Swanson, who teaches at Augustana College in South Dakota, says the difficulties of Marks ending become very clear when one performs it. The story leaves "the young man onstage alone at the end with no clear notion of what to do next."
Swanson does not suggest this possibility, but one can imagine the audience at a performance of Mark shouting, "Author, author!" The young man could then open his arms as if to say, "Thats me."
If the evangelist John hinted that he is the unnamed beloved disciple in his Gospel, perhaps Mark did the same with the young man in the empty tomb. At the least, there is a messenger at the end of the story bearing good news, who with the others who met Jesus "on the way" can tell the story.


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Cee Lo's accuser had claimed that he slipped some Molly in her drink over dinner and the next thing she remembered was waking up naked in his bed. But sources say prosecutors found too many inconsistencies in her story, especially considering she and Cee Lo were dating at the time of the incident and had already been intimate.
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If Fabio Capello's public criticism of the FA's decision to strip John Terry of the England captaincy and statement that he still considers him team leader is an attempt to motivate his team ahead of the do-or-die European Championships, it is a very odd one.
Either he's trying to pressurise the FA into reinstating Terry (no chance), seeking to wind his other senior players up, or trying to get sacked so he can have the summer off before his contract expires.
ED actually expected Capello to support Terry through his latest sideshow distraction. Well, privately at least.
First up, Capello is from Italy. Note ED says 'from Italy' and not 'Italian'. This is because there is and should be no implication that Italians are racist, per se, or any more or less tolerant of racist attitudes than, say, the Swedish.
But, in Italy, there is a different attitude to dealing with the nonsense that people spout in the heat of the moment; the things people say to get a rise or after taking the bait of an affront. Whether in football or life itself, it is considered far more offensive in Italy to blaspheme or curse an adversary's mother than it is to refer to ethnic origin or sexual preference. And even that is largely shrugged off, so long as no one gets knifed. Different priorities and all that.
More telling than Capello's public support of the Lega Nord party — which, if you're unfamiliar with Italy's politics, is more UKIP than Conservatives — is his relationship with a man of a more moderate political persuasion, a man who has been the target of more mud-slinging than a bathing hippopotamus, with plenty of it sticking to boot: Italy's former Premier, Capello's long-term friend and employer, the effervescent old stud that is Silvio Berlusconi.
ED is going to draw a direct if typically convoluted analogy on how similar situations in politics panned out in Italy — with Berlusconi — and Britain, with former Energy Secretary Chris Huhne. Stop yawning at the back there.
The rake that is Papa Silvio (So young! So handsome!) has been accused of corruption, nepotism, despotism and whoring - enough perhaps to make even Caligula blush.
Capello is a long-time pal of Berlusconi, the man who gave him his first real job after football before easing him into Milan's coaching structure. They have retained strong links since and, given how he failed to resist most temptations sent his way, Berlusconi did a pretty good job of resisting the temptation to end the media circus by doing the decent thing and quitting, when even his staunchest supporters begged him to — it took a parliamentary revolt (over his handling of the Eurozone crisis, not his legal troubles) to finally tease his resignation last year.
Indeed, Papa Silvio loitered with intent for at least a decade after it first became apparent he was as shady as a caramel latte, with some of his antics relevant to his job and some not. You see, Papa Silvio felt safe in the knowledge the Italian Left was so fractured that he could pretty much do anything he wanted until a financial crisis forced his hand.
Given his mate's precedent, Capello clearly cannot understand how someone can be forced out of a role before they have had charges against them proven or otherwise; but Capello, like many of those commenting on our stories in support of Terry, is completely missing the point.
Terry is not being sent to prison before trial; he is not being kicked out of the England team before trial; he is not being suspended from all play by the FA pending the conclusion of a thorough hearing.
He is simply being told to step aside from a representative role that makes him the focus of all media engagements with players, the face and voice of the team on and off the pitch — from referees, to the press and to brand partners.
And Terry should not have waited to be told. The England captain is the public image of a team that, in essence, is supposed to symbolise the highest echelon of English football; to represent the nation, the fans and the FA's interests.
The FA's brand partners, of which there are many, cannot have their figurehead in the midst of an unsavoury court case, a case which — by its very nature — is in direct contravention of the values they espouse.
Subsequently — whether guilty or not — the FA cannot allow its flagship player to drag a carnival of doubt and speculation up to and through the European Championships.
The FA cannot afford to have Terry in such a prominent role because — as with all PR and marketing matters — it has to account for the majority view of its target audience: the public, England fans and England's casual backers.
Terry has the backing of Capello, a lot of Chelsea fans, a gaggle of free-speech advocates and (gulp) some racists. Racists like the small number who booed Rio Ferdinand for happening to be the brother of the man Terry is accused of allegedly happening to abuse, a man who didn't even make the complaint (a member of the public did). Go on, justify yourselves without sounding like a fool.
But that's another matter entirely — the point is that those who back Terry are in the minority, the overwhelming minority actually.
A survey on our own website — a survey you should still be able to vote on via our homepage — has a whopping 64% of readers believing Terry should not even go to the Euros, let alone be selected as captain. Not even in the squad, let alone the figurehead of the team.
At the time of writing that poll had nearly 34,000 respondents — statistically viable, with a greater number of respondents than any pre-election survey and without the gerrymandering of focus groups and loading of questions (it was a simple 'should or shoudn't he). The FA, sponsors, associates and investors do not care what ED thinks, what your mates in the pub think, what you think, even what Capello thinks — they care about what the majority of people think. It is not relevant to Chelsea, because their fans overwhelmingly support their idol. But to England it is highly important, because the fans do not back Terry on this.
Much like a place on the front benches of Parliament, the England captaincy is a symbolic role, a representative role and thus subject to the weight of public opinion. ED is not naive enough to think, say, that Huhne was responsible for all the coalition Government's environmental policy: a team of policy wonks, scientists and economists formulate strategy, he just sells and manages it. Thus, when he gets in a spot of bother, he is in no position to act as the mouthpiece of Government.
Similarly, whether captain or not, on the pitch Terry will still be able to yell at people, take kicks to the head, and get caught for a lack of pace to his heart's content — just like ousted minister David Laws was no doubt able to help shape Government strategy on deficit reduction, just as Huhne will be able to help Britain reduce its carbon footprint.
On the same day that Terry was demoted, Lib Dem cad Huhne did the decent thing and resigned from his role as Energy Secretary after finding out he would face charges for a matter involving a bitter ex and a fast car. A matter, by its very nature, that could easily have involved an England footballer. Terry should have done the same; it says a lot about the pig-headedness of the man that he didn't.
Lord Triesman got it right when he drew an analogy between Terry and Huhne — on the day, ED's similarly emaciated co-workers privately made the same analogy, stretching it to link the dastardly duo's reputations as excellent employees but dreadful men.
Yes, it is a political decision; a corporate decision even. In England, with public opinion against him and an unsavoury court case that hangs heavy on the shoulders, Terry cannot be captain.
Capello made his comments to Italian television — but Capello must be reminded that he is not in Italy, where the Chelsea skipper would probably have escaped criticism let alone police action, where it is acceptable for the nation's political leader to reek of a stench far stronger than Terry's, and where a level of insularity pervades that allows public leaders to not give a tinker's cuss about public opinion. A similar culture has existed, and is currently unravelling, in UK high finance.
So why on earth did Capello say this? Does he want the FA to censure him, to force its hand before he has to take a squad of arrogant playboys to Eastern Europe knowing they will self-destruct on and off the pitch, to further stain what had been a legacy as one of the all-time great coaches?
Or is it a bizarre call to arms, the laying of a gauntlet to players who will compete for the captaincy but will know they are second-best to Terry in Capello's eyes?
A motivational tool, perhaps, to spark a response from the willing but seemingly indifferent Steven Gerrard, to spark him into performing to something close to his maximum for England?
If it is a mind-game, it's a highly risky one. ED wants Scott Parker to be the new England captain — he is untainted, honest, a leader of men, clean as a whistle and a throwback to the days when England actually won stuff (haircut and all). How would he respond to this remarkable lack of confidence? (Modestly, ED suspects).
Should Capello's latest gambit pay off, ED will bow down to a man with a quite remarkable track record prior to his disastrous 2010 World Cup.
But if it fails, one has to ask 'what the hell was he thinking?', begging the question of what will come next for England — because if Harry Redknapp's tax trial case drags on through the summer and beyond (if convicted, ED is close to certain he will appeal), and given the precedent now set, where will England turn?
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "I don't blame Howard Webb - he needed help in that situation and he didn't get it. That assistant referee, who's all too happy to flag at Old Trafford for penalty kicks, didn't give them" - Sir Alex Ferguson refuses to blame his old mate Webbo, even if all evidence points to a blunder from the referee.
FOREIGN VIEW: The Spanish press reacted with shock and horror to the news that Barcelona pantomime villain Sergio Busquets was not play-acting when he suffered this nasty injury during the win over Real Socieded. The good news is that the Spain midfielder only suffered a deep gash and should be back in a few weeks.
COMING UP: Liverpool face Tottenham at 8pm as the race for the European places hots up; at 6pm Paul Parker will give his view on the Chelsea-United epic; and for fans of cricket, England's match with Pakistan is in its fourth and probably final day.


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Jan. 10, 2014
@VOL_HOOPS REPORT: Vols Host Aggies in First SEC Game of 2014
One entire game... plus an additional half game. That's how much basketball - 60 minutes worth - it took for a winner to emerge from last year's clash between Tennessee and Texas A&M in College Station, Texas.
Reaching four overtimes, it was the longest game in the history of Tennessee basketball. It also ended on a good note for the Big Orange, as UT managed a 93-85 victory.
On Saturday, Texas A&M comes to Knoxville for the rematch. The Volunteers and Aggies boast identical 10-4 (1-0 SEC) records. Tipoff at Thompson-Boling Arena is set for 6:05 p.m. CT, and the game will be televised regionally on FOX Sports Net.
The Vols ride a four-game win streak into Saturday's showdown. Despite a few setbacks in pre-conference play, they have their heads held high after starting league play on a winning note Tuesday at LSU.
"Just to be able to come out and play as well as we did shows a lot about us," Vols junior Josh Richardson said. "Our first SEC road game, to come out and win it so convincingly, it gives us a lot of confidence.
Richardson was asked what adjustments were made to enable the team to perform so efficiently of late.
"Our defense has been a lot more consistent, and we've been putting two halves together. That's definitely been showing," Richardson said. "We've just been following the game plan, really. Just executing."
Texas A&M opened SEC play Wednesday night with a home win over Arkansas.
"They're a fast team. They're really athletic," Richardson, a native of Oklahoma, said. "Alex Caruso I know is really athletic. My friend Jordan Green plays for them, and I know he's a pretty good player. They're pretty loaded across the board."
Saturday's game on Rocky Top will be the Aggies' first game outside the state of Texas this season.
While meeting with reporters Thursday, Martin talked about the nagging left shoulder injury that has hampered freshman wing Robert Hubbs III this season.
Hubbs' injury dates to his senior season in high school last winter. He has worn a soft brace during all of UT's games and practices this season.
He has not played in Tennessee's last two games, and Martin indicated that Hubbs' season could end prematurely so that the UT medical staff can address the problem surgically.
Martin said the chances of shutting Hubbs down for the remainder of the season stood at "50/50" and that he will discuss all the potential options with Hubbs' family before a final decision is made.
"Right now we're getting all the information that's necessary - talking with his family and the trainers and doctors and figuring out the best-case scenario moving forward," Martin said. "The most important thing for me as a coach is Robert's safety. That's the bottom line."
A native of Newbern, Tenn., Hubbs has appeared in 12 contests for the Vols and has averaged 5.0 points and 1.5 rebounds in 18.3 minutes off the bench.
"You're talking about a very talented player and a guy you count on for production," Martin said. "We know he hasn't played as well as he's capable of playing, but he's a guy who brings a lot to the table. He's in a brace, so it's tough to do the things he needs to do to be successful."
After scoring a career-high 12 points during Tennessee's Jan. 4 win over Tusculum College, wing D'Montre Edwards was the first player off UT's bench in Tuesday's victory at LSU.
The senior from Charleston, S.C., had totaled just 10 minutes played in three appearances prior to the turning of the calendar. But when his opportunity arose, he was ready to capitalize.
"I was just ready," Edwards said. "Coach (Martin) texts us all the time individually, telling us to keep your head in the game, stay strong, your time is coming. You never know, so you have to just keep working on your game."
Within moments of checking into the LSU game Tuesday, Edwards drained a 3-pointer from the right wing. But he knows it will take more than just scoring to maintain a spot in Martin's rotation.
"I just want to go hard in practice every day," Edwards said. "Coach will decide come game time (who is going to get minutes that night). As long as I'm able to defend at a high level consistently, then hopefully I can get some more minutes out there."
A leader in Tennessee's service projects off the court, Edwards is a nominee for the 2014 Allstate NABC Good Works Team, which honors players for outstanding efforts in community outreach.
The Tennessee Ticket Office is offering a "Starting 5 Pack" that allows fans to attend their choice of five SEC home game for just $50.
Fans who take advantage of the promotion can select tickets to the Volunteers' home conference clashes against Texas A&M (Jan. 11), Auburn (Jan. 15), Arkansas (Jan. 22), Ole Miss (Jan. 29), South Carolina (Feb. 8), Florida (Feb. 11), Georgia (Feb. 18), Vanderbilt (March 1) and Missouri (March 8).
All tickets will be allocated in the 300 level of Thompson-Boling Arena.
For the most up-to-date information about the Tennessee basketball program, visit UTsports.com/basketball and follow @Vol_Hoops on Twitter and Instagram.


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Steve Foley and eConfex present the Internet Wealth Weekend a '2 in 1 super conference' at the Park Inn, London Heathrow UB7 0DU between 5th and 6th March 2011.
The Wealth Weekend consists of the Internet Marketing Summit on Saturday and the Internet Gold, Silver and Forex Summit on Sunday giving you two days to meet the speakers / mentors 1 on 1, do some networking and maybe even some deals.
The speakers for these two days are:
- Mark Lyford – USD 300k in his first year with membership sites
- Rick McMunn – GBP 2 million from 'how to' books
- Sarah Staar – video and social marketer
- Ciaran Doyle – affiliate marketer and motivator
- Simon Coulson – Internet marketer and international speaker
- Glen Kirkham – GBP 12k a month from Facebook automatically
- Marcus Matthew – Gold and Silver bullion trading
- Veronica Anglin – easy forex trading GBP 1k to 3k a day
- Minesh Bhindi and Ash Bhindi – Gold and Silver trading
- Andy Palmer – Automation of forex trading
- Ron Holland – affirmations and mindset
To attend this unique event, the Internet Wealth Weekend, click here. There is a small admin charge but the content will far outweigh that.
Steve Foley and eConfex present the Internet Marketers Ball to be held at the Sheraton Heathrow, London, UB7 0HJ between the 26th and the 28th November 2010.
This event is a bit different to the usual internet related seminars. During the day on Saturday and Sunday there will be conference presentations from the speakers and prior to that on Friday there will be conference presentations and workshops. But on Saturday evening Simon Coulson and his band, The Sleeves will be entertaining us after the 'meet the mentors' dinner where you can socialise, network and have fun.
The speakers for the xmas ball are:
- Simon Coulson – internet marketer with over 10 million in sales to date
- Sarah Staar – video production company owner and internet marketer
- Rick McMunn – Simon's number 1 student with over 2 million in sales already
- Craig Richards – internet mentor earning between 20,000 and 30,000 a week
- Kavit Haria – music entrepreneur and membership sites
- Ciaran Doyle – clickbank product creator and paid traffic
- Mark Lyford – entrepreneur and internet marketer
- Janni G – clickbank product creator and social media
- Adeel Chowdhry – clickbank product creator and affiliate marketer
- Tony Sharpe – getting started with membership sites
- Javaid Kiyani – property and internet marketing
- Steve Foley – is the host and is speaking on private label rights
Click here to find out more information on the Internet Marketers Ball.
UPDATE – this event has been postponed
The Rapid Business Marketing seminar is being held on 29th July 2010 at the Thistle Barbican, London between 08:45 and 19:00.
The seminar will cover the following:
- Mindset
- Offline Marketing
- Video Marketing
- Search Engine Marketing
- Google Adwords
- Website Usability
- Joint Ventures
The speakers who will also be available for networking are:
- Mark Nathwani – Property and Internet Entrepreneur who has a PLR and Resell Rights membership site
- Senh Lou – specialises in business structuring and systemisation
- Julia Serbanete and Amir Nazir – specialise in Video Marketing
- Tik Bhayani – specialises in Search Engine Optimisation and Marketing ( SEO and SEM )
- Ciaran Doyle – International speaker and Google Adwords expert
- Collette Mason – website usability expert
- Sohail Khan – International speaker, President of the JV university and founder of the Joint Venture group
Click here to find out more.
Steve Foley and eConfex presents the first annual Internet Marketers Ball to be held at the Renaissance Hotel, Heathrow, London between 14th and 16th May 2010.
The event is 3 long days including learning from speakers, networking, an evening dinner and a live band.
The speakers are:
- Simon Coulson – Internet Marketing
- Saj P – CPA and ebay
- Thomas Power – Chairman of Ecademy
- Chuck Mullaney – Internet Marketing and JV's
- Tony Sharpe – Membership and Internet Marketing
- Dean Hunt – Buzz Marketer and Branding
- Mili Ponce and Paul O'Mahony – Twitter and Social Media
- Mark Nathwani – PLR and Resell rights
- Tik Bhayani – SEO
- Sohail Khan – JV university
- Ciaran Doyle – Internet Marketing and traffic
- Paul Elliott – Internet Entrepreneur and Social Strategies
- Phil Henderson – Simple SEO
- Tom Miller – Facebook
- Vincent Wong and John Lee – adwords and PPC
Click here to find out more.
The live band is Simon Coulson's, The Sleeves. They played a song at London's O2 in October 2009 during the Entrepreneurs Bootcamp and you can hear more from them at this event and socialise.
Paul O'Mahony and Mili Ponce ( the twitter king and queen ) present a 3 day seminar in London between 5th and 7th March 2010 called the Social Media Bootcamp. The seminar will be held at the Radisson Edwardian Heathrow, UB3 5AW and Mili and Paul have also invited along some other guest speakers:
Mark Anastasi – a former broke security guard who turned his life around with Internet Marketing and then formed a seminar company to bring that knowledge to the masses and change thier lives. Mark has recently been doing a series of Speed Cash seminars that showcase the traffic strategies.
Andy Harrington – is one of the leading authorities on the psychology of success in the uk. Andy is an NLP master and his flagship weekend event the power to achieve has changed many lives. You can get a 7 minute taster of what he can do from here or for a limited time he is offering a free dvd of his presentation at the O2.
Saj P – Clickbank best selling product creator 5 times over, his latest was Banner Ad Blueprint which is currently top in the E Business and E Marketing category. Saj is mainly known for his CPA expertise and also for giving so much quality information from stage.
Jeff Mills – internationally known as an outsourcing expert.
Daniel Wagner – property Investor and Internet Marketer. He also runs a successful coaching and mentoring business.
Steven Essa – rose quickly to fame from his attendance at WIS. Steven is an expert in webinars and can show you how they can be used in a number of ways to build quick and longer lasting income streams.
Jason Osborne – known as Mr Article Marketing, he has over 2,000 articles online that brings a constant stream of visitors to his sites.
Chris Farrell – a full time Internet Marketer, Broadcaster, Writer and Product developer. Chris quickly grew his income to over $30k a month now.
Ciaran Doyle – Ciaran's area of expertise is Traffic Generation both free and paid.
Sohail Khan – is a JV ( joint venture ) expert and is a co-founder of the JV University.
If you are quick you can go here and get complimentary tickets making this a great free internet marketing seminar.
See you there.
A friend of mine is giving away some Traffic Strategy Videos.
His story is that whilst attending / working these seminars he got to interview the top Internet Marketers, grilling them for their best traffic strategies. He is now ready to share some of those secrets.
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Visa cancellation kit
7. Examples
Example of a response to a Notice
Example of a statement (for use at both DIAC and AAT stage)
Example of a letter of support
Example of a letter seeking extra time to respond to a Notice
Example of a response to a Notice
This is an example only. You will need to write about your own situation and circumstances in your own words. Refer back to 6. Instructions to remind you what information you need to include. Your response may be a long one, like this example, or it could be shorter, depending on your situation.
Douglas Williams
Cessnock Correctional Centre
PO Box 32
Cessnock NSW 2325
National Character Consideration Centre
PO Box 241
29 August 2011
Dear Sir/Madam
Notice of Intention to Cancel under s 501(2)
This is my response to the Notice of Intention to Cancel my visa dated 27 June 2011.
I accept that I have a substantial criminal record and do not pass the character test. I would like you to exercise your discretion and not cancel my visa. Please take the following information into consideration when you make your decision.
1. The Protection of the Australian community
(a) The Seriousness and Nature of the Conduct
I acknowledge that I have committed offences of a serious nature. My criminal record is relatively long and it includes some offences which are "serious" offences, and some which also have some aspect of violence. The most recent offence is one of aggravated robbery and this happened in 2009. Before 2009 I had been convicted of a number of other offences, all of these connected somehow to my drug and alcohol dependence. I started committing offences when I was 20 years of age and I have been convicted of a few offences since then. Some were less serious, like the drink driving charge in 2007.
For the most recent offence of aggravated robbery I received a sentence of 2 1/2 years with a non-parole period of 14 months. This is at the lower end of the scale of sentences and the judge took into account a lot of the things that were happening in my life at the time of the offence and reduced my sentence. The judge also said that he thought with some rehabilitation I would improve my chances of staying out of trouble.
At that time I was living on the streets, and had drug and alcohol problems. My wife and two children had left me because of my drug habit and this made things even worse for me. All my family - my parents, my brothers and sisters - all live in Australia and even though we are now very close at the time they didn't want anything to do with me. I had no support, no assistance, no motivation to rehabilitate so I just kept taking drugs. No one would employ me and although I have qualifications as a panel beater I couldn't hold down a job anyway because of my drug habit and drinking.
Around this time I was arrested for a breach of bail and I spent some time in prison. It was at this time that I was diagnosed with severe depression and started receiving treatment. I felt much better and everything seemed to be improving for me but when I got bailed and got out of gaol, I found out that my wife left me. I stopped my medication and started using again. This is when I committed the offence of aggravated robbery.
When I was arrested I just pleaded guilty straight up. I knew I had done the wrong thing by the victim, who was just a taxi driver, doing his job. I was just desperate for money and desperate for drugs and I wasn't thinking at that time about the consequences of my actions for me, or him, or my family. I feel ashamed about the way I hurt this man.
(b) Risk that I might re-offend
This offence is clearly not my first one but all of them are related to my own problems, some with drugs and alcohol, some of them personal problems that have come about because of my own background.
I now feel ashamed about the way I have behaved in the past and deeply regret the hurt I have caused to my wife and kids, my parents and brothers and sisters, as well as the various victims of my crimes.
If I am permitted to remain in Australia I will not repeat the mistakes of my past. I am now in a different position to where I was before and with the love and support of my wife and children and wider family I can succeed.
All my family have noticed the huge difference in me since coming to gaol and getting help with my drug and alcohol dependence issues. I am also being properly medicated for my depression and I know with their support I will maintain my commitment to the medication and stay off drugs. I used drugs and alcohol to deal with problems but I know that I don't have to do this anymore.
I have done a lot of courses in gaol, like the DAAP, as well as receiving assistance and support from the prison psychologist. Attached is a report from the psychologist where they say that there has been a genuine and significant improvement in my behaviour and commitment to staying drug free and based on their observations they believe I have a low risk of reoffending, if I maintain my medication and stay away from drugs and alcohol.
As the letters from my wife and kids state, they want me to come back and live with them when I am released from gaol. My wife works full-time and the children, who are 5 and 7 years of age, are at school. My kids now respond to me better than ever, because they can see that I am a different man. I speak to the kids everyday before they go to school and they come and visit me once a week with their mother. As for my own work, my former boss has said he will re-employ me as soon as I get out of gaol. I am attaching a letter from him which says he is offering me a job.
My parents lost confidence in me when I was on drugs and committing offences and they didn't want anything to do with me because they thought I couldn't change. Their letter of support which is attached shows how they feel about me now. My sister has also written a letter of support and that is attached.
2. Age when I came to Australia and how long I've lived in Australia
I came to Australia with my mother, father and two older sisters and one brother when I was 15 years of age. Many of my aunts and uncles from both my father's and mother's family were already living in Australia. I have lived in Australia since that time, and have never been back to the country of my birth.
I did one year of school here and then left to get an apprenticeship as a panel beater. I worked at the same place for 5 years, until I had to give it up because of my drug issues. When I was at school I was a pretty good rugby player and I played for my school as well as club rugby on the weekends. Through out my apprenticeship I continued to play rugby every weekend and this kept me busy because I also had to train twice a week. I'd really like to get back into rugby when I am released from gaol and intend to do that. The friends I have at rugby don't drink lots and don't take drugs so I am more likely to stay away from bad influences if I surround myself with these friends.
3. The best interests of my children
I have two daughters, aged 5 and 7. They are both Australian citizens and have lived their whole lives in Australia. Before coming to gaol I lived with both the children and my wife, except for a short period just prior to this most recent offence. Even when I wasn't living with the children I used to telephone them most days.
When I lived with my family I was working and provided for the children financially and in many other ways. Because I finished work early I would collect both my daughters from day care and school every day. I would bring them home, bath them and make dinner so that my wife didn't need to do this when she arrived home. On the weekends we always spent time together as a family, going on picnics or to the pool which is close to our house, or the watch or play sport.
Since coming to prison one of the things I most miss about my life is the opportunity to be with my children. I still speak with them everyday before school and I see them most weeks when they come to visit but it is not the same as seeing them every day and having that level of contact. I realise I have let them down by my behaviour and I will not do this again.
If I had to leave Australia I would not see my children again, or at least for a very long time. My wife cannot afford to fly herself and the children to England and as I would not be allowed back into Australia this would be the end of our relationship. I would be leaving my children without a father. There is no way I would ask my wife and children to leave Australia to come with me. Australia is their home, it is all they know, they are settled and happy at school, they have lots of friends and support from my family and my wife's family.
I am very close to my parents and siblings, and they live close by to us, and the children have grown up around my family. My family, and my daughters, would be devastated if they had to leave their grandparents. They are also very close to my wife's family and would find it very difficult if they couldn't see them again.
4. Family ties and other relationships
My primary relationship is with my wife, Sarah, who I have been married to for over 10 years.
We met when we were at school and started going out when I was 17, just after I started working. She is an Australian citizen and was born in Australia. We have had some rough times but now are stronger than ever, particularly because I have shown her that I have changed. Although I have not worked for over 12 months, and for a few months before coming to gaol, prior to that I worked full time and Sarah relied on my wage to pay the mortgage. She has had to get a second job to keep the house but is relying on me getting out and getting a job so that she can start spending more time with the children. We would also like to have another child.
Both my parents, my two sisters and one brother and all their families live in Australia. They are all Australian citizens, and I am the only one of the family who is not.
I am particularly close to my mother, who is suffering ill health at the moment. She is very distressed at the thought of me having to leave Australia because she knows that due to her age and bad health she will not be able to travel to England to see me and this would mean I would not see her ever again. My father is also devastated by the prospect of having his eldest son leave permanently.
I have 2 aunts and 2 uncles living in Australia, as well as 5 cousins, their partners and children. I have 13 nieces and nephews and they all live in Sydney, all in the area where my wife and I live. Of these 13 children, 8 of them are under 18 years of age. I have a particularly special bond with my niece Olivia who is 7 years old and was born in the same week as my own daughter. She has pretty much grown up with my family and spends most of her time with us. She does not know I am in gaol because I was too ashamed to tell her, she thinks I have gone on a holiday and will be back soon.
5. Health
Apart from having been diagnosed with severe depression, I have no other health conditions. Being made to leave Australia will obviously impact on my depression and although I will have access to the medication I need to treat it, without my family and my children I don't know how motivated I would be to keep on it. I fear that I will fall back into my old habits and go off the rails again.
6. Ties to England
As far as I know I have no close relatives in England. I have had no contact with anyone in England since my family moved to Australia many years ago. My aunts and uncles on both sides of my family live here, or in New Zealand. I simply do not know what I will do once I arrive there - I don't have a place to live, to work, I don't know my way around, I don't know about social security or the health system or anything like that.
7. Conclusion
I don't know what else I can say except that I hope you can take into account the things contained in this response. My life is my children and my wife and I do not want to lose them. I now realise that if I take drugs and get involved in trouble again I will lose them, and not only because I might be removed from Australia. My wife has said this is my last chance and if I don't step up this time, that is it. I believe that she means it and I know that I can respond and do the right thing by Australia and my wife and my children.
Yours sincerely,
Douglas Williams
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This is an example only. You will need to write about your own situation and circumstances in your own words. Refer back to 6. Instructions to remind you what information you need to include in your statement. Your statement may be a long one, like this example, or it could be shorter, depending on your situation.
I, Glen Afu Baker of John Morony Correctional Centre, the Northern Road, Windsor, in the State of New South Wales:
- I was born on 13 August 1978 in Auckland, New Zealand. My parents are originally from the Cook Islands. I am a New Zealand citizen.
- I have three brothers and two sisters. I am the third eldest of six children.
- I have been with my partner Sabrina for about 15 years. We have two children - Daniel born on 11 December 2002 and Chloe born on 13 August 2005. Sabrina and the kids are Australian citizens.
- When was I around 4 years of age my parents moved to Australia and have lived here since that time. All of my siblings live in Australia.
- All of my uncles and aunties from my mother's side live in Sydney. Some of my uncles from my dad's side also live in Australia, in Melbourne.
- I have not left Australia since arriving in 1982.
- I have no relatives that I know of in New Zealand. I have some extended family members in the Cook Islands but I don't know any of them and haven't had any contact with them ever.
- I attended Prescott Primary School in Merrylands. From there I went to Merrylands High School. I didn't do very well at school because I played up a lot and got into trouble. I was more interested in sport and was pretty good at rugby league.
- I left school at the end of Year 10 and started an apprenticeship as a motor mechanic with a friend of my father. I was doing OK, living at home, working hard, going out on the weekends with my friends.
- It was at this time that I met Sabrina and we have been together ever since.
- When we first got together she moved into my house with my parents and one of my brothers and both sisters. It was pretty crowded so eventually we moved out into a unit at Blacktown. I continued to work and Sabrina got a job too.
- Outside of work I spent lots of time playing footy. It was around this time I started drinking fairly heavily, mostly after training or football with my mates. I started turning up to training drunk, or not turning up at all. After a few suspensions for failing to turn up or showing up drunk I was kicked out of the Club.
- This was really important to me and I went off the rails after this. I kept drinking, and started turning up to work drunk. My boss was a good bloke and tried to give me advice but I didn't listen. Eventually I got sacked.
- Sabrina was still working but I had no job, no footy, no nothing so I started hanging around with a bunch of guys who were into drugs. I had lots of time on my hands.
- I started drinking more and more but eventually alcohol stopped having any effect on me. It was then that I started to smoke cannabis, around the age of 18. By the age of 19 I was smoking everyday.
- Because I wasn't working I had to do something to get money to buy drugs. Sabrina was working long hours and I wasn't contributing anything to the rent or food. I couldn't tell her about my drug habit, because she would have been really angry, so I couldn't get money from her.
- I started doing petty crime, things like stealing car stereos, then got into stealing cars and other robberies. I eventually got done for these offences. I got lots of fines and suspended sentences. I can't remember how many.
- When I was about 20 years of age I first smoked heroin. A few of my mates used to smoke and inject it and would offer it to me all the time. I was smoking pot and drinking but didn't want to touch heroin, thinking that was a drug only junkies took. I was hooked.
- It was from that point on that I started smoking heroin regularly. I had to support my drug habit and the only way to get sufficient money was to steal. I committed a lot of robbery, burglary and stealing offences and also got done for possession a few times.
- From about the age of 22 I have been in and out of gaol. When I wasn't in prison I was living with Sabrina.
- In 2002 Sabrina found out she was pregnant. I was really happy about the pregnancy but it didn't register that I needed to straighten up. I continued getting into trouble and eventually went back to prison. Daniel was born in December 2002 and I was luckily out of prison at the time of his birth.
- In 2007 Chloe was born. I was in prison at the time of her birth and she has spent much of her life seeing me in prison which is something I'm really ashamed of.
- For the entire time that I was in prison, Sabrina made sure that I saw her and the kids regularly. Even when I was in a prison outside of Sydney she would make the trip down on the bus.
- On the days that she and the kids couldn't visit I would ring them. I spoke to Sabrina every single day, often more than once a day. When Daniel and Chloe were old enough I spoke to them as well.
- My family also came to visit me as often as they could but it was hard for them because I spent much of my time in regional prisons like Goulburn, Junee and Lithgow and it was expensive to travel there.
Time in prison
- Since coming to prison I have had time to think about my life. I am clean and on a methadone program and I'm in a different place in my head. I no longer want to live the life I was living. I put my transformation down to the access I have had to professional help which helped me realise the mistakes I was making. Now I realise this I'm doing everything I can to straighten up my life.
- My prison record shows that I had lots of breaches when I was in prison. Most of these were committed before I got onto the methadone program. From the time I got onto the program I stopped getting into so much trouble. I also got a job in the prison and worked in that position for over 2 years. Although I wasn't earning much I paid $27.00 a week in child support and this helped a bit with expenses for the kids.
- I have done lots of courses in prison, including drug and alcohol counselling, relapse prevention and a mental fitness module of study covering stress, anger, control and planning for the future. There were other courses I would have done but they were run at the time I was working so I couldn't attend.
- Justice Health have recommended that I attend a rehab program when I am released. This is a rehabilitation program for people with substance abuse problems and runs four days a week for about 12 weeks. I wanted to get off methadone but have been told its best at this stage for me to stay on it, until I have adjusted to life outside.
- I haven't been a good father to my kids, or a good partner to Sabrina. Since I got off drugs and started on methadone I have come to realise this. I can't say I'm a dad because I've missed so much of their life and I realise that being a dad is something more than just being related to someone.
My current situation
- I truly believe I am a different person now. The reason I have changed my life is my kids and Sabrina. Without them I'd be nothing and I'd have nothing to look forward to.
- Sabrina and I have been together for about 15 years and she has stuck with me all that time, even when I was in prison. Apart from the times I have spent in custody, we have lived together that whole time and if I get out that is where I want to be living.
- I used to tell my son when he was younger that I was in the army, and that's why he had to come and visit me and I couldn't live with him at home. I didn't want him to think that I was a bad person.
- At school he does really well academically and is involved in lots of sports. He plays soccer as well as football, and although I have never seen him play Sabrina tells me he has real talent which makes me really proud. He knows that I used to play footy really well and we talk about it all the time.
- Even though I couldn't be there with the kids, Sabrina made sure that I was involved in all the decisions relating to them, like where they went to school, whether it was a good idea to put them into child-care, issues about discipline.
- I have missed so much in the lives of both of my kids. I missed Daniel's first day of school, first teeth, first footy game. Although I wasn't in prison when Chloe started school I was in and out for the first year of her schooling and missed so much. The kids are so excited that I'm getting out soon and tell me all the things we are going to do together, just simple things like watch the TV, go to the park, eating breakfast together. These are all the things I won't be able to do with the kids if I have to leave Australia.
- Sabrina and I have talked about what will happen if I am deported. She doesn't want us to be separated, and desperately wants the kids to have their dad because she grew up without her dad and she doesn't want this for our kids. On the other hand she has a life here and so do the kids. She is very close to her mother and her brothers. She is the only daughter in the family and doesn't want to leave her mum. The kids are also really close to their grandmother.
- The kids have a strong bond with my family too and if they were to leave this would also deprive the kids of my family, including my parents.
- If I were to leave Australia there is no way Sabrina and the kids could ever afford to visit me in New Zealand. Sabrina doesn't work because she's got the kids and money is tight.
- If I left this would be the end of our relationship. It would mean that I could never play a real parental role in the life of my kids and this is the only thing that has kept me going for the last couple of years - the prospect of getting out and being a real father. For the first time in my life I can say I have a goal and that goal is to be a real dad.
- Sabrina has been through a lot with me, and given me lots of chances. She says, and I believe her, that if things aren't different when I get out this time the relationship is over. I know she is serious and I don't want to lose her or the kids.
- It's finally registered in my head that it's time for me to pay back to Sabrina and step up and be a real man and a real dad. I also need to be the son my mum and dad once had. I just want a chance to live a happy, honest, normal life with Sabrina and my kids and the rest of my family.
Yours sincerely,
Glenn Afu Baker
13 August 2011
Louise Williams
20 Newtown Street
Oatley NSW 2223
National Character Consideration Centre
PO Box 241
29 August 2011
Dear Sir/Madam
I am writing this letter of support for my brother, Douglas Williams. I am Doug's youngest sister and I arrived in Australia with him in 1970 with my parents and our other brother and sister.
I understand that DIAC is thinking of cancelling Doug's visa because of his criminal convictions and I am writing to ask you to consider the effect his removal from Australia would have on me and my family, including my parents.
Doug has had a lot of trouble with the law in the past. However, I believe his difficulties were caused by his drug addiction. He tried many times to stop taking drugs but has not been able to stop until he was sent to prison. He has undertaken courses in prison that have helped him to understand the terrible impact drugs have had on his life, and on the life of his family, as well as the life of the victims of his crimes. He tells me all the time that he is so sorry for the things he did.
Doug tells me that he has been clean for more than 9 months and I can see that he is now a different person. I visit him with my parents every month and when we cannot visit we telephone regularly. Doug has finally decided to turn his life around and I am certain that with our help he can do so. I have invited Doug to come and live with me and my family when he gets out of prison and I have spoken to his former employer who says he would be very happy to give Doug a job. I am enclosing a letter from his former employer confirming that Doug will have employment on his release from prison.
I know that Doug can change and be a better person. It would break my heart and destroy my mother if he were removed from Australia. If he were removed it would mean that we would never see him again because we cannot afford to travel to England to visit him. My parents are also very elderly and do not have the strength to travel. If he were removed it would mean the end of our relationship.
Yours sincerely,
Louise Williams
Phillip Morris
John Morony Correctional Centre
Locked Bag 655 Post Office
South Windsor NSW 2756
National Character Consideration Centre
PO Box 241
18 August 2011
Dear Sir/Madam
Extension for Comments in Response to Notification of Intention to Consider Cancelling my Visa
Client ID: 1447245911
I am writing to request an extension of time to give you my comments in response to the Notice of intention to consider cancelling my visa dated 1 August 2011.
If possible I would like an extension of 4 weeks so that I can get more information for you to consider.
Please write to me and let me know whether I can have an extension and if I can please tell me what date you need all the information.
Yours sincerely,
Phillip Morris


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Curiosity's First Sample DrillingAt the center of this image from NASA's Curiosity rover is the hole in a rock called "John Klein" where the rover conducted its first sample drilling on Mars. The drilling took place on Feb. 8, 2013, or Sol 182, Curiosity's 182nd Martian day of operations. Several preparatory activities with the drill preceded this operation, including a test that produced the shallower hole on the right two days earlier, but the deeper hole resulted from the first use of the drill for rock sample collection.
The image was obtained by Curiosity's Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) on Sol 182. The sample-collection hole is 0.63 inch (1.6 centimeters) in diameter and 2.5 inches (6.4 centimeters) deep. The "mini drill" test hole near it is the same diameter, with a depth of 0.8 inch (2 centimeters).
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Steelers notebook: All eyes on Haley
The Steelers take on the Kansas City Chiefs and their NFL-worst 1-7 record Monday, and much of the focus will be on offensive coordinator Todd Haley facing his former team.
Haley was fired as the Chiefs coach after 13 games last season, a year after Kansas City went 10-6. Haley and Chiefs QB Matt Cassel had public disagreements, one after Cassel gave up early on a Haley play call and spiked the ball on a third-and-goal from the 6 against Minnesota. Haley and Ben Roethlisberger have had no such public spats.
"I think we're evolving constantly," Roethlisberger said of the Steelers' offense. "There are things we're putting in midweek and taking out midweek. I think that's just the good balance and good working relationship that we all have, this offense, coach to player and player to coach. It's going well."
No getting ahead
How bad have the Chiefs been in their first full season since Haley left? They have played 480 minutes of regulation this season without holding a lead. Their only win came when they beat the Saints on an overtime field goal. They were the first NFL team since the 1929 Buffalo Bisons to not lead in regulation in any of their first seven games.
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March 28, 2013
KNOXVILLE - The University of Tennessee women's tennis team embarks on its second SEC road trip of the season when they take on third-ranked Texas A&M Friday night at 7 p.m. followed by an Easter morning match with No. 58 Missouri Tigers in Saint Louis.
UT vs. Texas A&M Last Five
- March 8, 1996 - College Station - W, 5-4
- March 13, 1995 - Knoxville - W, 7-2
- March 13, 1994 - College Station - L, 2-7
- March 17, 1993 - Knoxville - W, 5-3
- March 27, 1992 - College Station - W, 8-1
UT vs. Missouri
- First Meeting
- The Lady Vols returned home for a Rivalry weekend against Kentucky and Vanderbilt last weekend
- UT came away with a clean sweep of the weekend over No. 46 Kentucky and No. 16 Vanderbilt
- On Friday Night, Tennessee easily captured a 6-1 victory over the Wildcats dropping just one match on the night
- On Sunday, the Lady Vols earned the doubles point and No. 1 and 2 singles handidly before Tiffany Tavares battled back on court six to capture the match winning point for Tennessee in the upset
- The Lady Vols added a last minute match on Wednesday against Prairie View A&M taking down their opponent on the road by a 7-0 rout.
- The Lady Vols have earned SEC Weekly honors three times this season.
- The most recent honor came for rookie Tiffany Tavares who was named the SEC Freshman of the Week this week after her 2-0 singles performance last weekend helping Tennessee to a sweep of their opponents.
- Tavares earned the third point of the match for UT on Friday night helping the team to a 6-1 victory and captured the match-winning point Sunday against Vanderbilt
- Other Lady Vols to earn the honor include Brynn Boren (March 13) and Kata Szekely (Feb. 20)
- With their first win last weekend, Kata Szekely and Brynn Boren reached the 30-win plateau.
- The duo currently has notched 31 doubles wins on the season moving into the record books with their victory over Vandy Sunday
- As a doubles tandem, Boren and Szekely became just the third UT tandem, playing all doubles matches together in a season, to hit 30 wins.
- Paula and Peta Kelly achieved the feat four times during their careers from 1979-82.
- The last duo to do so were Vilmarie Castellvi and Agnes Wiski who won 30 matches together in 2002.
- Twelve of the 14 dual matches the Lady Vols have taken part in this season have come against a ranked opponent
- The Lady Vols and Aggies will meet for the first time since the 1996 season.
- Tennessee has a 6-2 series edge over Texas A&M and a 3-1 record in College Station
- UT's win streak sits at two-games entering the match Friday
- The Aggies are currently 14-1 (.933) on the season, and 7-0 in SEC play sitting at the top of the SEC West
- Last weekend, A&M played just one match against Missouri earning a 7-0 victory over the Tigers
- The Lady Vols and Tigers will meet for the first time Sunday
- Missouri is currently 8-7 on the year and 1-6 in SEC action defeating just Arkansas. They are currently last in the SEC East
- Last weekend, the Tigers fell 7-0 to Texas A&M, but bounced back with a 6-1 victory over Wichita State on Sunday
No. 58 MISSOURI
- As a team, The Lady Vols jumped back into the top-25 at 23rd in the country this week after a sweep of No. 46 Kentucky and No. 16 Vanderbilt last weekend.
- After achieving their highest ranking as a doubles duo the week of Feb. 12 at No. 3, Brynn Boren and Kata Szekely returned to the third place ranking this week after extending their match win streak to six games.
- On the singles side of things, Boren moved from No. 20 in the country to No. 21. Szekely improved from No. 40 in the country to No. 38, after her two wins this past weekend.
- Texas A&M has many players in the rankings
- In singles, Cristina Sanchez-Quintanar, their top playeris ranked fifth in the nation, followed by Nazari Urbina (55th), and Cristina Stancu (68th)
- In doubles, Stefania Hristov and Stancu come in as the No. 7 doubles duo in the nation while Sanchez-Quintanar and Wen Sun combine as the 72nd ranked team
- Missouri has just one player ranked in singles, Cierra Gaytan-Leach who is ranked 105. The Tigers have no ranked doubles teams.
- Kata Szekely has won 81 career singles matches, and 93 career doubles victories. Her 93 doubles wins places her in sole control of 11th place on the all-time doubles wins list. She needs just two more victories to enter the top-10 (Agnes Wiski 1998-02 - 95 career wins)
- Szekely and Boren have combined for a 31-5 doubles record this season posting a .861 winning percentage in the 2012-13 season
- Another Lady Vol doubles tandem of Caitlyn Williams and Joanna Henderson started SEC play undefeated in doubles action earning a big doubles win over No. 34 Lilly Kimbell and Maho Kowase (UGA). It marked the first win over a ranked team for Henderson and the fourth of William's career. The duo suffered its first loss at Florida, but bounced back with three straight victories this past week
- The duo of Szekely and Boren have combined for three doubles tournament titles at the USTA/ITA Ohio Valley Regionals, the Tennessee Fall Classic and the UVA Winter Invite. Szekely has also earned the singles title at the Ohio Valley Regional and the Tennessee Fall Classic while Boren earned the singles title at the UVA Winter Invite.


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Tyrone Vaughan visited The Kat to perform tracks off his new album "Downtime." If his last name looks familiar, it's because he's the son of Jimmie Vaughan and the nephew of the Legendary guitarist, Stevie Ray Vaughan. That aside, he's got music chops of his own, so check out tunes and a cover of "The House Is A Rockin'."
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