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Get an overview of this hotelPlaya del Carmen beachfront resort with spa
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Popular property highlights
On the Caribbean Sea
Viva Wyndham Maya Resort - All Inclusive is situated on a white-sand beach facing the bright, blue sea, within the exclusive Playacar community, walking distance from the famous avenue in Playa del Carmen town, home to a championship, 18-hole, Robert Von Haage-designed golf course.
All-Inclusive Resort
The room rate at Viva Wyndham Maya Resort includes all meals and snacks; unlimited cocktails, beverages and wine; daily activities programs with unlimited non-motorized sports; night time entertainment; and Viva Kid's Club for children 4-12 years of age.
Tropical and ocean views
Colonial-inspired guestrooms at this Playacar resort on the Riviera Maya have private patios or balconies that overlook lush tropical gardens and ocean views. Guestrooms include LCD TVs with premium channels, free bottled water, blackout drapes, climate control, and direct-dial phones.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
Viva Wyndham Maya Resort - All Inclusive
Resort Amenities
All-Inclusive Details
This resort is all-inclusive. Onsite food and beverages are included in the room price (some restrictions may apply).
Gratuities and taxes
Gratuities and taxes are included.
Food and beverages
- All buffet and à la carte meals, snacks, and beverages included
- Meals and beverages at companion properties
- Dining availability limited at one or more venues
Activities and facilities/equipment
All non-motorized water sports are included.
Water activities
- Kayaking
- Sailing
- Scuba-diving excursions
- Scuba-diving lessons
- Snorkeling
- Surfing/boogie boarding
- Windsurfing
Land activities
- Bicycling
- Climbing wall
- Fitness facilities
- Soccer
- Tennis
- Volleyball
- Aerobics
- Dancing
- Pilates
Kids' club
- Supervised activities for children between 4 and 12 years old
- Onsite entertainment and activities
- Access to onsite clubs
- Onsite live performances
- Theme parties
Not included
- Motorized water sports
- Scuba-diving certification
- Scuba-diving excursions
- Snorkeling excursions
- Premium food items
- Premium or imported alcoholic beverages
- Airport transfers
- Childcare
- Laundry/dry cleaning services
- Wireless Internet access
- Activities and services offered by independent operators
- Transportation to offsite activities
Resort Amenities
The majority of amenities, activities, and gratuities at this resort are included in the room rate; guests will not be charged extra for the majority of amenities and activities (scroll up to the All-Inclusive Details section for more information).
Viva Wyndham Maya Resort - All Inclusive lies on the Caribbean Sea, 2 miles (3 kilometers) from Playa del Carmen in the upscale Playacar community.
In addition to the sandy beach, guests have access to a spa tub, bicycles, tennis courts, windsurfing, paddle boarding, a trapeze, and a health club with personal trainers. For additional charges, Renova Spa provides services such as massages on the beach under open-air palapas, body wraps and scrubs, manicures and pedicures, temporary Mayan tattoos, and hair styling including Caribbean braids.
Buffet dining is available for all meals, and theme restaurants offer Mediterranean, Italian, and Mexican fare. Guests may also enjoy à la carte dining at a companion resort 1 hotel approximately 0.3 miles (0.5 kilometers) away. Entertainment includes nightly live performances in a 600-seat theater, and complimentary admission and drinks at the disco.
The live show Viva Circus features acrobatic stunts, juggling, and flying trapeze acts. Guests who wish to join in on the show's action can partake in interactive trapeze lessons or a juggling workshop.
Child-friendly amenities include a children's pool, playground, clubhouse, and free children's club. Onsite childcare is also available.
WiFi access is available in common areas. Luggage storage and laundry facilities are available on site.
Additional amenities include a tobacco shop, jewelry store, and a photo center (surcharges apply).
- Poolside bar
- Spa tub
- Full-service spa
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Sauna
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Children's club (free)
- Nightclub
- Bar/lounge
- Multilingual staff
- 24-hour front desk
- Porter/bellhop
- Hair salon
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Shopping on site
- Babysitting or childcare
- Total number of rooms - 604
- Number of floors - 2
- Tennis on site
- Business center
- Wedding services
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Free breakfast
- Conference space
- Fitness facilities
- Pool umbrellas
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free WiFi
- Number of outdoor pools - 2
- One meeting room
- Garden
- Children's club
- Laundry facilities
- Meeting rooms 3
- Luggage storage
- Snack bar/deli
- Beach umbrellas
- Beach sun loungers
- Pool sun loungers
- Beach towels
- Number of restaurants - 5
- Conference space size (feet) - 18980
- Free self parking
- Conference space size (meters) - 1763
- Spa services on site
- Children's pool
- Television in common areas
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pools
- Children's pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Children's club (free)
- Snack bar/deli
- Laundry facilities
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Playground on site
- Refrigerator
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms:
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Balcony
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Access via exterior corridors
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Free bottled water
- Refrigerator
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Shower only
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe (surcharge)
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Cable TV service
- WiFi (surcharge)
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free cribs/infant beds
Where to Eat
The majority of meals and beverages, plus all gratuities, at the following restaurants, snack spots, and bars are included in the room rate for this resort (scroll up to the All-Inclusive Details section for more information).
La Terraza - Buffet-style restaurant. International cuisine. Themed dinners. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Portofino - À la carte Mediterranean cuisine. Reservations required. Nightly dinner.
Hacienda Don Diego - À la carte Mexican cuisine. Reservations required. Nightly dinner.
Miramare - À la carte pizza and pasta restaurant. Reservations required. Nightly dinner.
Viva Café - À la carte restaurant serving international and modern cuisine. Reservations required. Open for dinner.
The resort also provides a cocktail and snack bar, lobby bar, and a disco bar. All are open from early morning to late evening, while the disco bar opens in early evening.
Nearby Things to Do
Among Viva Wyndham Maya's many recreational facilities are a spa tub and spa services, sun terrace, and a health club with complimentary personal training. Tennis courts, paddle boarding, a trapeze, a rock-climbing wall, free bicycles, and a trampoline are other fitness choices.
Complimentary group lessons are offered for windsurfing, sailing, tennis, Caribbean dance, and introductory scuba diving. A daily activities program includes water aerobics and beach volleyball. At night, guests head for the 600-seat theater to watch live entertainment and to dance at the resort's disco.
The resort's diving center offers PADI certificate courses for scuba divers (surcharges for diving courses, certification, and trips). The staff can help arrange other opportunities, such as archaeological site tours, fishing, horse riding, and sport fishing charters (surcharges apply). Designed by Robert Von Hagge, the 18-hole Playacar Golf Club (surcharge) is a 10-minute walk from the resort.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the resort; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Personal motorized watercraft on site
- Free bicycles on site
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Parasailing nearby
- Fitness classes on site
- Kayaking on site
- Pilates classes on site
- Playground on site
- Rowing or canoeing on site
- Sailing on site
- Scuba diving on site
- Snorkeling on site
- Surfing/boogie boarding on site
- Volleyball on site
- Windsurfing on site
- Beach volleyball on site
Spa Services
- Hot stone massage
- Steam room in spa
- Reflexology
- Number of treatment rooms 4
- Couples treatment rooms
- Massages on beach
- Manicures and pedicures
- Body wraps
- Body scrubs
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Hydrotherapy treatments
- Spa tub in spa
- Massages
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- In-room accessibility
Resort Policies
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Optional extras
- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: MXN 35 per week (rates may vary)
- An in-room safe is available for an additional fee
Resort Name
- Maya Viva
- Maya Viva Wyndham
- Viva Maya
- Viva Maya Resort
- Viva Maya Wyndham
- Viva Wyndham Maya
- Viva Wyndham Maya Playa del Carmen
- Viva Wyndham Maya Resort All Inclusive
- Viva Wyndham Maya Resort All Inclusive Playa del Carmen
- Wyndham Viva Maya
- Viva Wyndham Maya All Inclusive Playa del Carmen
- Viva Wyndham Maya Resort
- Viva Wyndham Maya Resort Playa del Carmen
- Playa Del Carmen Wyndham
- Viva Wyndham Maya Hotel Playa Del Carmen
- Viva Wyndham Maya Riviera Maya/Playa Del Carmen Mexico
- Wyndham Hotel Playa Del Carmen
- Wyndham Playa Del Carmen
- Wyndham Maya
We should mention
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
Awards & Affiliations
Wedding Promotion
Book a stay in any rate category for a wedding, and receive an upgrade to ocean view room with king bed (subject to availability), fruit basket and honeymoon surprise in room, in-room breakfast day after wedding, late morning housekeeping service, bridal bouquet, wedding coordinator services, civil judge, English ceremony translation (performed in Spanish), romantic dinner for 2, wedding cake and sparkling wine for 10 persons, music and decorations, 10 color photos, reception dinner on the wedding night, and late check-out.
Must book qualifying rate category to receive benefits. Full details provided at check-in. Legal expenses and legal certification may require additional fees. Taxes and gratuity may not be included. No refunds for any unused portion of offer. Offer subject to availability. Offer is not valid with groups/conventions and may not be combined with other promotional offers. Other restrictions and blackout dates may apply.
Honeymoon Promotion
Honeymooning couples who book a minimum three-night stay will receive the following at check-in:
- Upgrade to a higher room category (subject to availability)
- Bottle of champagne or sparkling wine
- Fruit basket
- Hors d'oeuvre tray
- 7x4-inch picture
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The post I was dreading....my wonderful daddy left us this morning at 9:55 am, 3 months after being diagnosed.The whole family was with him as he drew his last breath. He took a turn for the worst Friday evening & never regained consciousness. My sister mom & I sat with him throughout the night for fear that he would be alone when he passed. We do believe he heard all our words and was very peaceful at the end.Hospice was great, provided us with 2 different meds for the agitation as well as morphine drops & liquid drops to dry up extra secretions. As sad as we are to have this finality we are so grateful he is out of pain & misery. Please pray for my mom, she has been such a rock and I am so proud of her. Thank you all for the support you have shown on this wonderful site. God bless you all who are either suffering from this dreadful cancer or have relatives who are


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Rare Piranha Catch Illustrates Need to Prevent Invasive Aquatics in Texas
AUSTIN – A rare catch of a red-breasted piranha in a community lake near Houston recently illustrates the need for prohibition of invasive aquatic species in Texas waters.
According to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department officials an actual piranha is a VERY rare occurrence in the wild—only 2 documented specimens in 30 years—and possessing and releasing live piranhas and dozens of other exotic, harmful or potentially harmful fish species is prohibited by Texas law.
Dave Terre, management and research chief with TPWD's Inland Fisheries Division, said the 23-acre Tom Bass Park community lake in Pearland on the outskirts of Houston where the piranha was caught on Aug. 27 remains a great place to go fishing and is completely safe to go fishing there.
"We strongly believe that this is an isolated catch," said Terre. "Our biologists will do an electrofishing survey of the lake to confirm this."
Biologists say piranhas are unlikely to be able to over winter and they will not reproduce.
Terre said it is possible someone held this specimen in captivity illegally and disposed of the fish in the lake.
Game wardens remind individuals that first offense for possession of prohibited fish species is a Class C misdemeanor in Texas, with a maximum $500 fine. Subsequent convictions are Class B and Class A misdemeanors, which could carry jail time and heftier fines. Anyone caught releasing a live, prohibited fish in Texas faces a Class B misdemeanor for first offense, and repeated offenses can bring state-jail felony charges.
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Although the garage could not completely diagnose the issue they were honest in their findings. Only charged the original quotation given online. A trustworthy garage.
Brilliant, professional & friendly service from start to finish. Eagle Autos provided regular feedback & updates on the progress of the work & the cost. The result was absolutely perfect. Am very impressed, will definitely be returning for services & MOTs. I cannot recommend Eagle Autos highly enough.
Independent garage that relies on repeat trade and good reviews. Quick to arrange an appointment. Once the car was in I was contacted to keep me updated and given a full cost breakdown of the work that was required. I have used them once before and will probably use Eagle Autos again.
Great service. From diagnostics to repair, everything was explained simply and all options were covered. Will certainly be bringing my car back for any future work and would recommend to anyone!
Absolutely perfect! Rob and team were extremely helpful and were able to fix an On going problem I had very quickly. They were able to do what other garages failed to do. I would definitely recommend Eagle Autos to anyone. Quick, easy and very reasonably priced!
Had to have bodywork repair & indicator light replaced. Sam was very helpful and on collecting my car 3days after, I was very impressed., not only with the repair but my car was polished & hoovered inside as well as washed outside, tyres were also cleaned & polushed. They even put a car fresh on my rear view mirror. They weren't the cheapest quote as the cheapest was a distance away & had no reviews re. bodywork whereas Kingston Motors were near to me & had 2 positive reviews re. bodywork. Was worth paying the difference of £30. I would use them again. You just need to call them, they don't have a Receptionist so I wouldn't depend on them getting in touch.... Not a problem, after all they're busy.
Fast response and work carried out to a good standard. Initial issue was found to be wrong and full work completed. Reasonably priced in comparison to others looked at. Job well done.
I was very pleased with this garage and would certainly recommend and use them again. I found them to be honest and competitively priced. They were also polite, friendly and not in the least pushy. Two small problems occurred and not only were these resolved extremely promptly but l also received some money off my bill. I left them thinking l would trust them completely.
We arrived at 08.30 with our Ford c-max for a new clutch we were told it would be ready for 5pm very reasonable price as per quote and a good job done car ready on time will use this garage again thanks guys
Had car to go through Mot as had failed previously, needed two rear tyres changed and rear cluster brake lights shorting and brake pads. Car passed Mot handed over £280. Did this in January, my previous tyre had a small puncture which I had to re inflate every 2 weeks. I went on holiday for 3 weeks in April and noticed the tyre flat. So I pumped it up again and ever since I've had to do it every week now, took it back and the guy who took my money did not seem interested. I have checked the light cluster and that is still not working so obviously my car is legal. Please don't use these guys.
Really nice guys, completed the work on my car and explained all work done. Would recommend to all.
Excellent and swift service. Thank you.
Got car MOT'd and serviced by Sloane Services. It was more expensive than the online quote, but that was because it needed two new shocks and two tyres, and fitting the shocks was a lot more labour. So it was good value, and it was done to time and they were a pleasure to deal with.
Helpful at providing advice!
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Sidney Biehler Waugh
American sculptor and designer Sidney Waugh served with the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II. He first worked with military intelligence and later the Allied Military Government following the Allied victory. While serving in North Africa and Europe, most notably in Italy, Waugh worked under fire to save and protect cultural treasures. For his efforts, he received the Silver Star, the Bronze Star, the Croix de Guerre twice, and was named Knight of the Crown of Italy.
Waugh was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, and studied art in Rome and Paris. In Paris, he worked under Emile Bourdelle, and then for three years with Henri Bouchard. During this time, Waugh was awarded the bronze medal of the Salon de Printemps in 1928 and the silver medal the following year. Also in 1929, he won the Prix de Rome from the Rinehart School of Sculpture in Baltimore and returned to Italy for an additional three years of study as a fellow at the American Academy in Rome.
His architectural sculptures include a group at the National Archives Building, a pediment sculpture at the U.S. Post Office Department Building, and a group at the Federal Reserve Board Building, all in Washington, D.C. Waugh also worked as chief associate designer at Steuben Glass for three decades. President Truman chose his pieces as gifts for the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and for Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. Waugh's sculpture has also been exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Chicago Art Institute, the Cleveland Museum of Fine Arts, the Toledo Museum of Art, and the Victoria and Albert Museum. He was a member of the New York City Art Commission, the National Institute of Arts and Letters, was a trustee of the American Academy in Rome, and served as president of the National Sculpture Society. Waugh died at the age of 59 of natural causes.


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AFTER the terrifying riots in the Queensgate area of Burnley in 2001, mum-of-six Fran Monks decided it was time something was done to help tackle problems with anti-social behaviour in the area.
Fast forward 13 years and 47-year-old Fran runs The Fraser Street Project which provides a host of activities for around 200 local residents.
With funding from the county council, The Prince's Charities, Tudor Trust and The Henry Smith Charity and various other bodies, it has transformed Brennand House in Fraser Street into a community hub.
The building now houses a music room, recording studio, youth zone, kitchen, conference room, dining room, computer room, office space and creche.
It has been credited with turning around the lives of local youngsters who were becoming involved in drugs and crime.
Fran has also arranged for police to speak to children at the centre after fears were sparked that girls were being targeted for grooming.
She said: "The riots happened on the street where I live, I have six children and it was honestly the scariest thing I have ever experienced. After that my initial reaction was to run away, but because of the children being at school I didn't want to go.
"That's when something clicked and I thought if I stay I will have to make it a better place for people to live. At that time I joined Burnley Lane Action Group after a meeting was called for residents following the disturbances.
"A lot of people at that time had been complaining about the children in the area being a nuisance, hanging around on street corners. But there was no where for them to go."
Along with friend Amanda Chapman, she started taking groups of up to 30 youngsters in a minibus to a youth club at Brunshaw Action Group once a week.
But demand increased and after renting two other community centres to run a youth club, they moved into Brennand House. They now have a number of groups that run from the building including youth club sessions, beavers and cubs, an after-school club, a boys and girls club as well as a mums and tots group and work with Heasandford Primary School. But they now face a new challenge as they cannot afford the £28,000 costs to keep the building running. She said: "Unfortunately it looks like we will have to leave the building later in the year if no more funding comes forward.
"It is such a shame as £200,000 has been spent renovating the building as well as having numerous donations to get the building looking as it does now, but it costs £28,000 a year just to open the doors."
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I will be using some software which is compatible with Windows 7 and 8 and an Android version is promised soon (it is to run a Janty Mid which won't mean anything to you unless you are a vaper - smoker turned nicotine inhaler).
I have never used Wine. Does it bring any vulnerability to Windows viruses and malware? If it does I may well install a second linux OS just for wine and dual boot, so advise please if there is a Linux known to work particularly well with Wine & Windows. Sorry but I'm alergic to Microsoft.
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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - Federal authorities say a Michigan man bought and hid more than 4,000 pounds of explosives with enough potential firepower to equal the Oklahoma City bombing and told an undercover informant that "when the government takes over, we will be mercenaries."
John Francis Lechner, 64, was arrested last week on a charge of possessing explosives and ordered held following a U.S. District Court hearing Monday. His attorney said Lechner, a builder and farmer from Sault Ste. Marie in the Upper Peninsula, obtained the materials for construction projects.
"He's not a terrorist, he's not a mercenary, he's not some freedom fighter," defense attorney Charles Malette told The Associated Press on Tuesday. "He intended no type of violence, pro- or anti-government. The man is not like that."
Prosecutors and agents with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms did not accuse Lechner of plotting to detonate the mixture of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil. Assistant U.S. Attorney Maarten Vermaat told the AP he had "no idea" what Lechner planned to do with the materials.
In an affidavit, ATF agent Timothy DeClaire said an informant told the Chippewa County Sheriff's Department that Lechner asked for help moving and hiding the mixture. The informant wore a recording device while performing the task. The affidavit said a sheriff's detective listened to a recording and heard Lechner's remark about "mercenaries."
DeClaire said he obtained a search warrant Sept. 20 and found 83 bags of the mixture, each weighing about 50 pounds. The next day, he found a supply of explosive boosters, detonating cord and blasting caps at Lechner's mother's nearby home.
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14 Jul 2014 by Janelle Hickey in Fishing , Hiking & Walking , Kayaking , Nature , Parks , Trip Planning , Geography , Top Destinations , Geology & Fossils , Bonavista , St. John's and Outdoor AdventureRegion: Avalon
Newfoundland is not only scenically stunning, but it's also a place full of natural wonders. Here within, some notable natural landscapes you can explore when visiting our beautiful province.
3 Jul 2012 by Keith and Heather Nicol in Fishing , Nature , Parks , Top Destinations , Gros Morne National Park and Cultural ExperiencesRegion: Western
Theatre Newfoundland Labrador (TNL) is back in Cow Head and they are performing several new plays for the summer 2012 season. We recently saw "The Fly Fisher's Companion" and would recommend this play to anyone since although it deals with salmon fishing, its main theme is the changing face of friendship. The play follows Wes (played by Michael Chaisson) and Don (performed by John Dartt) as they gear up to go salmon fishing from a cabin they built together many years ago.
10 Sep 2010 by Guest Blogger in Boat Tours , Fishing , Hiking & Walking , History and ParksRegion: Western
The first thing you notice is the air, scrubbed by a thousand miles of ocean and a hundred miles of evergreen forest. The spruce-scented breeze wafts along the shores of western Newfoundland filling the billowing sails of our tall ship, Concordia, and simultaneously purging our lungs of city smog. Even the tap water in Newfoundland (affectionately known as "the Rock" by locals) is so pristine you can fill your car battery with it.


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France raises 450 mn euros by selling shares in Safran
France sold Wednesday a portion of its holding in the aircraft engine and equipment manufacturer Safran to raise 448.5 million euros ($573 million).
After the sale of a 3.12 percent stake in the company, a global leader in engines, landing gear and electrical systems for aircraft, the French state was still the top shareholder with a 27.08 percent holding.
The Economy Ministry said that the French state intends to remain a long-term shareholder in Safran, but wanted to take advantage of a 40 percent gain in the company's share price in 2012.
Safran has benefited from the growth of commercial aircraft market. Its profit soared by 55 percent to nearly a billion euros last year on revenue that rose 15.5 percent to 13.6 billion euros.
The Economy Ministry said the funds raised would be used to fund investments aimed at encouraging growth, including capital for a new public investment bank.
The French state is facing difficulty in squeezing its public deficit back below the EU ceiling of 3.0 percent.
The sale knocked back Safran's share price, pushing it down 2.7 percent to 34.53 euros in midday trading in Paris.


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"Wealthy Muslim businessmen state that Darwin's theory of evolution is the source of communism, Nazism, racism and terrorism … Since the summer of 2006 an encyclopedic book full of detailed illustrations has been sent out to Europe by a publishing house in Istanbul. This book has been dispatched, free of charge, to Danish parliamentarians, scientists and high school teachers in recent months…"A report dated 25 April, 2007, headed "Researchers Warn against a Book" again described how the theory of evolution is depicted as the source of such bloody ideologies as communism, Nazism, racism and terrorism. It said how researchers regarded the Atlas of Creation as dangerous propaganda against the theory of evolution.
"Impressive propaganda against the theory of evolution from wealthy circles. There are concerns that Harun Yahya's Atlas of Creation may have a major impact on our education system."


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The second ANZ Test match between the BLACKCAPS and England has ended as a draw, after rain washed out day five at the Hawkins Basin Reserve in Wellington.
Nearly two days of rain makes it hard for the result to be anything but a draw and the two sides will now head to the third and final Test at Eden Park in Auckland for what will be an exciting ANZ International Series decider.
Heavy rain before the start of play made it certain that play would not start on time and any action before lunch was more than unlikely. Drizzle continued to come down and at around 2:00pm the umpires made the call to abandon play for the day.
The BLACKCAPS had been 162 for two and trailing England by 49 runs.
Day four: Rain limits progress in Wellington
The BLACKCAPS will head into the final day of the second ANZ Test match against England trailing by 49 runs, after they reached 162 for two before rain interrupted play.
Only 35 overs were managed on day four, with afternoon showers frustrating fans and players alike. In that time the BLACKCAPS lost the lone wicket of Peter Fulton for 45, while Kane Williamson (55*) and Ross Taylor (41*) held out to make sure England would have plenty of work to do tomorrow.
The duo showed great resilience against a fired-up bowling attack in testing conditions. Williamson brought up his half century off 155 balls, while Taylor was slightly more aggressive with his 41 coming off 90 deliveries.
Sadly though their progress came to a halt when the heavens opened. It lasted most of the afternoon, with only six overs managed towards the end of the day before stumps was called.
It makes it difficult for the BLACKCAPS to achieve a positive result tomorrow and will be relying on their batsmen to withstand an assault from the English bowlers tomorrow.
Day three: Crucial day ahead
The BLACKCAPS require a special effort with the bat on day four of the second ANZ Test against England, after they were forced to follow on today after being dismissed for 254 in the first-innings.
The home side made a good start to their second effort though, reaching 77 for one to be 134 away from surpassing England's total.
Peter Fulton returned to the middle with the clear intention of playing his strokes and was aggressive from the outset. It got the BLACKCAPS off to a good start, but unfortunately Hamish Rutherford couldn't stick around and fell to Monty Panesar for 15.
Thankfully though he would be the only casualty of the day, with Fulton (41*) and Kane Williamson (16*) seeing out the rest of the day's play. Both looked settled at the crease and will be hopeful of showing more of that composure when they return tomorrow.
Earlier, England had got on top with two quick wickets to see the back of Williamson (42) and Dean Brownlie (18) and take the game by the scruff of the neck. Their momentum was stemmed somewhat by a much needed partnership between Brendon McCullum (69) and BJ Watling (60), but England's wickets came in bundles and they were soon in the ascendency again.
McCullum was his usual explosive self and for a period got right on top of the English bowling attack, while Watling noodled the ball around to great effect. The pair put on precisely 100 for the sixth wicket, before McCullum fell to Finn in the 70th over.
The final four wickets didn't last too long after that, with Bruce Martin (21*) the only one to keep pushing the total along. Meanwhile, Stuart Broad was tearing through the rest of the tail at an alarming rate.
The 26 year-old took six for 51, including the final three scalps to finish off the innings. It left the Kiwis short of the follow-on mark, still 211 runs away behind their opponents.
It wasn't how the BLACKCAPS had envisaged their day three going, but all is not lost and a good performance tomorrow will have them right back in the match.
Day two: Late strikes give England advantage
A gritty performance by the BLACKCAPS on day two to dismiss England for 465 was diminished by the loss of three cheap wickets in the final overs of the day, with the home side reduced to 66 for three.
Peter Fulton (1), Hamish Rutherford (23) and Ross Taylor (0) all fell in the final session, while Kane Williamson (32*) and Dean Brownlie (8*) dug in and will return to the middle tomorrow 399 behind England's first-innings total.
Earlier, Bruce Martin had bowled intelligently to take add three wickets to his overall first-innings figures of four for 130 from 48 overs. He was the catalyst behind the BLACKCAPS ability to dismiss England for a total of less than 500 – an admirable feat considering their position of 267 for two at day's start.
It was Trent Boult who made the first break through of the day though, enticing Jonathan Trott into an edge without adding to his overnight score of 121.
From there Martin took over, getting the better of Ian Bell (11), Joe Root (10) and after a game of cat-and-mouse, Kevin Pietersen (73). Those strikes had England 366 for six and the BLACKCAPS had a sniff of taking advantage of a much needed collapse.
However, the visitors batted deep and Matt Prior proved to be a difficult man to get on top of, with the aggressive number seven playing some glorious shots. His eventual dismissal came from an unlikely source in Kane Williamson, who captured the final two wickets to bring England's innings to a close.
Boult, Wagner and Williamson all finished with two wickets apiece, but it had been Martin who had been the key.
Chasing such a big total the BLACKCAPS were well aware that they needed a big partnership early on and it looked as if Rutherford and Williamson might be the ones to do it. Unfortunately it wasn't to be the case, with the former edging one from Steven Broad in the 22nd over.
If that hadn't put the hosts on the back foot, then the next ball certainly would, with Taylor receiving a pearler of a delivery to clip his off-stump and send him on his way for nought.
Brownlie survived the hattrick and alongside Williamson negotiated the rest of the day calmly. The pair will be hoping to spend plenty of time in the middle tomorrow, as they set about hauling in England's sizable total.
Day one: England on way to hefty total
It was picturesque at Hawkins Basin Reserve on day one of the second ANZ Test between the BLACKCAPS and England in Wellington, with beautiful sunshine and a great atmosphere providing the perfect setting for the 6000 strong crowd.
Those fans were treated to an excellent exhibition of batting from Nick Compton (100) and Jonathan Trott (117*) who put on a whopping 210 run second wicket partnership to lead England to 267 for two at stumps.
Having been put into bat by Brendon McCullum, the visitors lost inspirational captain Alastair Cook (17) early to be 26 for one. It was a key wicket for the BLACKCAPS, but their excitement was temporary, as England took advantage of a great batting deck.
Having recently come off his maiden Test century in Dunedin, Nick Compton was full of confidence and showed great control from ball one. With Trott at his side, the pair went on to put up a quite spectacular display of batting.
Both showed patience and poise in the opening stages to head into lunch at 75 for one, but any complaints about their slow run-rate was quickly quelled after the break with a splurge of boundaries. It was a big blow for the BLACKCAPS bowling attack, who had worked relentlessly to build some pressure on the pair.
The fielding by the home side couldn't be faulted and some great athleticism from the likes of Brendon McCullum and Kane Williamson saved plenty of boundaries. Sadly though, chances were few and far between and England slowly but surely began to gain the edge.
Having seen his side past the 200 mark, Trott then brought up his own milestone with his ninth Test century and first against New Zealand. The superb knock came off 174 balls and was rightfully acknowledged by both English and Kiwi fans.
Compton, not to be outdone, received his own rapturous round of applause soon after and made it back-to-back tons. The 29 year-old was patient throughout his time in the middle and after 298 minutes in the middle finally earned the right to raise his bat. It would be his last act of the innings though, dismissed without adding to that total when he edged one off Bruce Martin to finally give the BLACKCAPS some reward for their efforts.
Kevin Pietersen (18*) came in to face the final overs of the day and had some nervous moments, but alongside Trott successfully walked back to the shed with his wicket intact.
Neil Wagner (Cook) and Martin were the only New Zealand bowlers to take a wicket, not to say that Tim Southee and Trent Boult didn't charged in admirably all day long as well though. They'll have a lot of work to do tomorrow, as they try to restrict England from a mammoth first-inning's total.


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Motorist sought in fatal Mission District hit-and-run
Updated 6:32 pm, Sunday, May 4, 2014
A driver injured in a hit-and-run crash involving three cars in the Mission District died several hours after the collision, San Francisco police said.
The crash happened about 2:20 a.m. Saturday at the intersection of Cesar Chavez and Folsom streets, police said. A car headed east on Cesar Chavez was broadsided when a car driving south on Folsom ran a red light, said Officer Gordon Shyy, a police spokesman.
The man driving the car that was broadsided was taken to San Francisco General Hospital, where he later died, police said. His name has not been released.
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Intel Announces "Quark" SoC Family: Tiny SoCs For Tiny Devicesby Ryan Smith on 9/10/2013 2:05 PM EST
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SeleniumGlow - Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - linkI'll be amazed (or not?) if they drop in an ARM architecture in the Quark... or ARM like... they do have a license for it... time to use 'em I guess. Reply
DanNeely - Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - linkI thought they sold the license along with their previous arm cpu family. Reply
SeleniumGlow - Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - linkYes... what you said is correct. Intel did sell it off to Marvell, however they did keep the license for ARM at architectural level (as in wikipedia... I know it isn't a good source, but that's all I have). Intel is keeping us in nice suspense here though. Reply
Jaybus - Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - linkIntel has been building RISC processors for a very long time, probably longer than ARM. Certainly the i960 was being designed around the time of the founding of Advanced RISC Machines, Ltd. They definitely have the ability to design an updated RISC core. Not to say that Quark is definitely RISC at all. My bet is that it's a 32-bit x86. Reply
bhtooefr - Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - linkWinner winner chicken dinner.
"As for the core Intel's spokeswoman Caludia Mangano said that the first product in the Quark family is a synthesizable Pentium ISA compatible CPU core."
http://gigaom.com/2013/09/10/intel-announces-new-q... Reply
jwcalla - Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - linkJeez. They have a really weird definition of "open architecture". Reply
iMacmatician - Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - linkAccording to what was reported in the PCPer live blog, the core isn't open, but the fabric is. Reply
wlee15 - Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - linkMarvell already had a ARM architectural license when it bought Intel's ARM line plus I don't think the license is transferable. Reply
Penti - Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - linkUhm, they build ARM-based baseband chips in the millions. So they do license low end ARM Ltd IP-cores already and they didn't need to transfer any license when they sold of the XScale series, they continued to produce EOL/legacy network processors and such for a while after the sale so it didn't immediately expire. Their SSD controllers also contains some form of ARM-core. Their chipset actually contains a ARC-core for management capabilities. Their WiFi, GPS solutions also contains microprocessors. Remember it was a long time ago Intel was a MCU company. Of course they will use ARM and others. Doing custom microcontrollers with custom architecture isn't their business though. Reply
jfinely - Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - linkIntel confirmed it is X86 compatible to the eetimes's Rick Merrit
eetimes.com/document.asp?itc=eetimes%5Fsitedefault&doc_id=1319447&page_number=1 Reply
Mondozai - Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - linkAwesome that you guys are at the IDF and that the Apple event isn't soaking up all the oxygen. I was a bit disappointed over the paltry coverage of the Qualcomm event recently, their Vuforia stuff was pretty awesome, judging from their keynote, which I saw later after the event was finished.
I hope this article isn't an aberration but part of an ongoing series to cover this year's IDF conference in detail. Reply
Krysto - Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - linkEverything Intel wants to do in the lower-end markets, ARM can do better, with less power, and cheaper.
ARM has been having chips like this for years. Intel is trying to enter again in a market completely dominated by ARM, and they'll have just as much success as in the smartphone market, which is to say: not much. Reply
Nagorak - Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - linkWe'll see about that. I think Intel has been like a sleeping giant. Now that they've awoken I think they can take the fight to ARM. They have a huge process advantage and a great deal of experience with X86. Reply
StrangerGuy - Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - link"targeting existing industrial microcontroller users such as energy, transportation, and other general industrial segments"
So Intel saving like 1W on 1KW+ equipment = ARM is deader than dead wooooooo. A solution looking for an non existent problem. Reply
Klimax - Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - linkARM can't make anything. They're producing only designs... I think you thought Qualcomm or Samsung, but I wouldn't rather bet on them having some innate ability Intel doesn't have. Reply
Daniel Egger - Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - linklol, what a name. Quark is also a German word for curd and quite often used as synonym for nonsense that someone is claiming. Reply
ClockworkPirate - Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - linkAlso, it's a subatomic particle (smaller than an atom, get it?). Reply
kenyee - Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - linkAnd how does this compare w/ ARM chips in idle/run modes??? Reply
irrationalJohn - Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - linkI keep hoping that someone will give an explanation of just what the heck is meant by Intel "calling Quark an "open architecture" product". I'm very curious to learn how "open architecture" can be morphed into "Pentium ISA compatible". Reply
Impulses - Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - linkAnything can be morphed however in pseudo marketing speak. Reply
jwcalla - Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - linkApparently it means you can piece together your SoC, kind of like you can on ARM.
But yeah, when I think "open architecture" I think of something like SPARC. Reply
Arnulf - Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - linkWhat kind of performance and power consumption while running at 100% and when idling are we really looking at ? "Compared to Silvermont" doesn't mean much because Silvermont extends an order of magnitude across the planned line-up. I want to know how far technology has progressed since the days of 10-15W Pentiums :-)
I used one Pentium system (150 MHz) for better part of a decade (before its PSU gave up) as firewall/router/NAS and it performed admirably. If Intel can offer this kind of performance on a board the size of a credit card (with SoC the size of a fingernail being the center of it and various connectors and PSU components taking up most of the board's real estate) at negligible power consumption, they will drive MIPS et al out of networking world entirely. Reply
MrSpadge - Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - linkThis level of performance should be relatively easy to reach for them, I guess. Reply
MrSpadge - Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - linkThings could get interesting if Intel also went for BIG.little configurations with Quark and Atom, or Quark + Atom + high end. It would not even have to be completely symmetric, like Samsung currently still does it. Maybe just 1 tiny core for some power saving, or many tiny cores for micro servers, with a few big cores for time-critical tasks. Reply
arms8586 - Friday, September 13, 2013 - linkA very insightful article on how Intel is finding new avenues to attack ARM while still sticking to x86. However, I have some reservations on its success since, power becomes biggest concern as size decreases and devices run on battery. Anyway, more detail by Q4 would give deeper insights on relation between power, performance and cost and thus a fair comparison with ARM.
Btw, there is a typo. It says "but they are throwing around the idea of one-fifth the size and one-tenth the size of their existing low-end Atom (Silvermont) CPU cores". It should be one tenth of power instead of size. Here is the transcript. http://goo.gl/WvWmUF, page 10. Reply
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Honeymoon babies are almost as popular as side chignons among Glamour bloggers: Petra had a honeymoon baby and Joanna did, too! But Rory and I were married almost three years before Emmett made his debut!
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Croydon boxing star Charlie Edwards is all set for a shot at the Tammer Tournament gold medal this weekend.
The 19-year-old, who won silver at the prestigious Finnish event in 2010, prepared with a comfortable win over Aidan Metcalfe out of Crumlin, Northern Ireland, in an England against Ireland event last week.
The manner of his victory over the Irish man will stand him in good stead as he prepares for this important stage in his career.
Charlie, who trains in Sheffield at the England Institute of Sport with the Great Britain team, as well as at Epsom & Ewell boxing club, is targeting a European and World Championship medal next year.
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Duque tonight. He needs a strong game because the Mets have pitching questions heading into the playoffs. … Today is 9/11 and I encourage you to go to an earlier post and share with us your memories of that day.
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I'm a grown woman. One who can make decisions on what I like, don't like, don't want to buy, don't want to buy into, and who I want to be. As a teenager, that was a whole other different story. I was just trying to figure out who I was, where I belonged, and who I wanted to be. I was easily influenced and often mislead by what would make me "popular" or liked by others.
In the end, I realized that being a teenager sucked. I hated my body and thought I was fat. I had crushes on boys who dated the girls who wore skimpy clothes and a lot of makeup. Girls that I obviously didn't look like. I stared into magazines like Seventeen, Sassy, YM, and Teen-hoping one day I'll look like the models.
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Eye-opening video: 2 teen girls ask peers about fashion mags in the middle school lunchroom. on @upworthy upworthy.com/2-teen-girls-t…
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Two teen girls, Julia Bluhm and Izzy Labbe, take a copy of Seventeen Magazine into their cafeteria and ask classmates how that issue of the magazine makes them feel or what they observed. Most of the girls commented on how the models looked "too skinny" and that real girls don't look like that. Even the boys got in on the action, by saying the same thing. Photoshop was mentioned a lot. It's a look into what our teens think.
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Seventeen listened! They're saying they won't use photoshop to digitally alter their models! This is a huge victory, and I'm so unbelievably happy. Another petition is being started by SPARK activists Emma and Carina, targeting Teen Vogue and I will sign it. If we can be heard by one magazine, we can do it with another. We are sparking a change!
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SPARK along with Miss Representation, LoveSocial, I Am That Girl, and Endangered Bodies recently started The Keep It Real Challenge! They asked readers to "create a firestorm of social media telling magazines that we're not buying their idealized, retouched images any more. We're telling magazines that we want them to Keep It Real." If you have a second visit Twitter and check out the hash tag #KeepItReal or on Instagram #KeepItRealChallenge You can also follow SPARK on Twitter at @SPARKsummit. It really is social media at it's best.
After watching the videos, reading their posts, and tweets I realized something…teenage girls are incredibly brave, tenacious, and tired of being told what is beautiful by the media. Yes, there is still a lot of work to be done and a lot of teens to reach out to. But, this is a huge step!
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The Minnesota Timberwolves wrapped up a quick two game swing to the East Coast on Friday night in Beantown. Both teams entered the game well under .500 and have started making the appropriate moves for their roster. Earlier Friday, Woj dropped news that the Timberwolves worked out a trade with the Houston Rockets and Philadelphia 76ers. Fan favorites Corey Brewer and Ronny Turiaf are on their way out of Minnesota, with our Pups getting back SG Troy Daniels and two second round picks. Hours earlier the Celtics sent Rajon Rondo to the Mavericks with Dwight Powell for Jameer Nelson, Jae Crowder, Brandan Wright, picks, and a trade exception.
With all of that roster movement out of the way, the Wolves and Celtics took to the floor this evening in an entertaining night of basketball. The Pups opened up with Zach LaVine, Shabazz Muhammad, Andrew Wiggins, Thad Young, and Gorgui Dieng. The Celtics countered with Avery Bradley, Evan Turner, Jeff Green, Jared Sullinger, and Tyler Zeller.
The Wolves held a 13-12 lead six minutes into the game and heading into the first stoppage in play. Wiggins was off to a slow start (0-3 shooting) but Shabazz had two nice post-up moves for two buckets. The Celtics were led early by Avery Bradley who was attacking the Wolves' rookie PG, putting up seven shots in the first six minutes.
Tyler Zeller picked up two fouls and gave way to Kelly Olynyk. The Garden quickly became Olynyk's playground as the Center finished the 1st quarter with 11 points on 5-7 shooting, to go along with 3 rebounds, an assist, and a block. At the end of Q1 the Celtics held a 27-24 advantage.
The teams battled back and forth in the 2nd quarter. Olynyk continued to lead the way for the Celtics, while the Pups offered up a balanced attack on the offensive end of the floor … and very little defensively. Chase Budinger received some early minutes tonight and made the most of them, opening up by hitting his first three shots for 7 quick points. However, the Celtics went on a little bit of a run to close out the half, going up by eight eights before Shabazz hit a three pointer to cut the lead to 53-48 at the half.
After showing signs of falling apart late in the second quarter, the Wolves defense became visibly worse coming out of the locker room. The Celtics rebuilt an eight point lead largely due to poor team defense and an inability to control the defensive boards. With Anthony Bennett on the bench, Flip stuck with Thad Young against Jared Sullinger and all that did was hurt the Wolves on the defensive end of the floor. At the end of the third quarter, the Celtics held an 83-77 lead.
Despite strong efforts for three and a half quarters, the Wolves started to fall apart late in the 4th quarter. The Celtics opened up a double digit lead and seemed to track down every loose ball and find the open man on the Wolves' defensive rotations. After cutting the lead to three points (95-92), the Celtics pulled away and finished the game on fire from the field. The last six minutes of the game were an abomination for the Wolves, who struggled in every aspect of the game.
The final score: Boston 114, Minnesota 98.
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- Shabazz Muhammad took his role as starting wing seriously, putting in 26 points on a very efficient 11-15 shooting to go along with a career high 5 assists.
- Chase Budinger had a season high 19 points on 8-12 shooting.
- The Celtics had six different players with double digit points, led by Olynyk's 21 points on 8-13 shooting.


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I see. I thought faire du sens was only a mistake I made!adelgado wrote:linguoboy wrote:Tikolm wrote:And in fact, a-dy dde llywyll is based on the phrase tu n'as pas de sens "you don't have/make sense", which (I think) is also a valid construction.
I've never heard it used that way. I've heard "Ça n'a pas de sens" and "Tu n'as pas de sens de l'humour/critique/de l'orientation/etc." but not "Tu n'as pas de sens" by itself.
I've heard "faire du sense" as in making sense. Or as in "Ça ne fait aucun de sense". Apparently, it is an anglicism[0], and the 'correct' way would be to say "avoir du sense".
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It's okay, and thanks! (In case you're wondering, a-dy dde llywyll is now an invalid sentence; the correct form would be as ty lywyll <has thee [soft-mutation]+nonsense>.)adelgado wrote:EDIT: I'm really sorry, I just realised I replyied something really old in the thread. Nice language, BTW!


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A FOUR-YEAR-OLD boy found in 'absolute squalor' at a house with 20 uncaged ferrets and 14 dogs needed treatment in a hospital's high dependency unit.
The youngster, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was discovered on a mattress by a police officer at the house in East Lancashire, which also had two dead birds in cages.
A court heard how the child had been living in appalling conditions for two months, with rubbish, rancid food and animal faeces on the floor.
His mother was sentenced yesterday to two years in prison for neglecting her son.
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PC Lloyd Jones who found the boy said the conditions were 'the worst he had ever seen', the court was told.
He had only been visiting the house as part of an investigation about a missing dog.
But when he went into the property, he found the youngster, who had a condition which meant he needed a feeding tube to his stomach, with a serious bacterial infection to an open wound on his torso.
The boy was taken immediately to the high dependency unit at the Royal Blackburn Hospital for treatment.
Judge Anthony Russell QC, the recorder at Preston Crown Court, said it was a 'bad example' of this type of case.
He said: "The neglect was over a period of two months and appears to have commenced when you moved from one home to another.
"The child is only able to take food through a gastric tube. You lived alone with him and a very large number of animals.
"The police called at your home about a missing dog and came across a scene of absolute squalor.
"The house was filthy with rubbish, food stuffs and animal faeces everywhere.
"I have seen the photographs and it is shocking that anyone can let a house get into that state.
"An experienced police officer described the conditions as the worst he had ever seen."
Judith McCullough, defending, told the court her client, 21, had been suffering from depression.
She said: "The circumstances in which she found herself were escalating and worsening as time went on and of course, in addition also had a child who required more care than perhaps some other children may have done.
"She accepts that she failed to care for him in the way she ought to have done.
"She has shown genuine remorse and she picked herself up by the bootstraps and has made efforts to move forward.
"She is well aware she might receive a custodial sentence and has written a letter to her son to be read to him if it is the case.
"There will be no repeat of this behaviour. That does not mean she is not a young woman who clearly requires support and to examine what went wrong during the last part of last year."
But Judge Russell told the defendant, who had pleaded guilty to a charge of child neglect at an earlier hearing: "Although it has been argued that there was a lack of support available to you, I do not accept that argument because you had previously had support and knew it was available.
"I do accept that you have had a difficult history. I also accept that you now acknowledge that your care was inadequate.
"Such mitigation cannot extinguish the fact that this was very serious neglect."
Speaking after the hearing, a spokesman for Lancashire Police said: "Cases like this which involve the ill-treatment of young children are always very hard to deal with, but we welcome this sentence.
"This was a particularly appalling case of child neglect involving a vulnerable four-year-old boy who was living in truly shocking conditions.
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HOUSTON - A family is demanding answers about why an off-duty sheriff's deputy fatally shot a woman in a Walmart parking lot.
Harris County sheriff's deputies said the loss-prevention team at the Walmart store on West Road near the North Freeway noticed several women stuffing merchandise into their purses on Thursday night.
The women paid for some smaller items and tried to leave the store with the merchandise that was not paid for, officials said.
Deputy Louis Campbell was working an approved extra job at the store. He confronted the women at the door and one of them hit him with her purse before running to a car, investigators said.
Campbell ran over to the car and told the woman who hit him to get out of the car, investigators said. She refused to get out and Campbell opened the door, officials said.
Detectives said the vehicle began to move while Campbell was between the door frame and the driver. Campbell opened fire because he was being dragged, deputies said.
The driver took off and the car was later found at The Worthington apartment complex in the 1300 block of Greens Parkway, which is about a mile away from the Walmart.
Shelly Marie Frey had been shot at the Walmart and died at the scene, investigators said.
Two children and three women, including Frey, were in the car. Frey's family wants to know why Campbell would open fire into a vehicle with children inside.
"He murdered this young lady with children in the back seat," said Crystal Muhammad of the New Black Panther Party.
"Was it necessary for him to grab the vehicle, hold on to the vehicle and shoot recklessly into the vehicle," community activist Quanell X said.
Relatives said there is no proof that Frey, who was in the passenger's seat, was involved in stealing items from the store.
Family members claim that the autopsy report indicates that Frey was shot twice in her upper extremities and chest.
The sheriff's office declined to comment, but sources told KPRC Local 2 that a single bullet from Campbell's gun traveled through Frey's body.
Frey's family said they want Campbell to be charged.
"This is a woman killed in cold blood," Quanell X said. "Whatever the perpetrator may have done, Shelley was not involved."
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This summer has been good. There's been something to surf almost every day. Sat and Sunday showed chest high waves with some push. Nothing epic but surfed all weekend and not really crowded.
Was on vaca last week and had some descent waves all week.Took my brother outlaw for the first time in like 10 years for him and he was killin it.Glad to see someone else stoked.I had my first triple sesh so that was pretty cool.I think one of my next goals is to go skiing and surf the same day.
It was fun yesterday (Monday) evening around 6-7PM off VB (Dam Neck). It was only 3ft, but an improvement over what we've been seeing the past several weeks. We'll take what we can get.
There's a pretty cool write up-on it on surfline, in the swell stories section I think...wasn't it Felix that stalled and sent solid groundswell for over a week? I know Luis is special for me, that was my first introduction to sizable point surf, never forget that day. And agreed on Saturday, pleasantly surprised.
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PINELLAS PARK, Fla. — A man is dead following a standoff at a house in Pinellas Park.
The incident began with officers responding to reports of a possible fight with shots fired on Wednesday night.
Witnesses told Pinellas Park police officers they saw an armed man go inside the home. Officers heard another gunshot and called in the SWAT team. The man was found dead inside the home around 11 p.m. Wednesday.
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The Cape Route 62 wine route, which extends from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth, has a dedicated Route 62 Brandy Route.
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Just got back from the Reds Winter Caravan in Charleston WV. Here are some of the highlights:
(1) Reds are in the middle of signing Brandon Phillips to a long term Contract! (Phil Castellini).
(2) Dusty Baker said not to listen to the propaganda over the last two years of how he overuses pitchers. Judge him by the first twelve years he managed successful ballclubs. Went on to say he has always used pitch counts for pitchers, but all pitchers are different when it comes to how many pitches he can throw a game (hopefully none of our pitchers will be considered Kerry Wood or Mark Prior!).
(3) Pete Rose will have a LONG WAIT to make the Hall of Fame as long as Bud Selig is in charge and Petey keeps writing books and saying the wrong things (Thom Brennaman).
(4) Dusty said it would be difficult returning to Chicago to face the Cubs since he left there on bad terms (hence the last two years of propaganda).
(5) Volquez (sp?) has a very good chance of making the starting rotation. He has a changeup that he can throw anytime for strikes (Jeff Brantley). He has a plus fastball, changeup and curve (Gene Bennett, Reds Scout).
(6) Jeff Brantley said he was so bad at the Trivia questions last year because he was born in 1963--and most of the questions were before his time--this year, the questions will be about trivia AFTER 1963 and will be about pitchers (LOL).
(7) Freel says he is completely healed from his injuries and is ready to play ball.
(8) Ken Griffey Jr. is signed through this year and next and if the Reds want him back after that, they will sign him (Thom Brennaman). However, the new Ken Griffey Jr. field opening in Weaver park in the Spring of 2008 makes me think Jr. will be here for awhile.
(9) Although they cannot directly negotiate with him, the Reds have made it known to Barry Larkin that they would like to see him return to the Reds in some capacity when there is a "gap" in his career.
(10) Dusty stated that everyone (including the youngsters like Jay Bruce) would get a fair shot to make the major league ballclub.
Well, that is all I can remember (I really wish I took a notepad).
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July 29th, 1944 — Somewhere in England
Dear Folks,
I was wounded in France and I am back in England now. Do not worry. It would take more than Jerry to keep me down. I met a nurse from Iowa. Tell Dean to get in shape for football.
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- Payments made via Web Branch from a UW Credit Union account will instantly update your available balance. For example, if you have a $5,000 limit on your card and have $1,000 worth of charges, you have $4,000 available credit on your card. A payment of $500 on Web Branch will update your available balance to $4,500. The payment will show as authorized in history and will post in 1-2 business days. At that time, your current balance will be reduced by the amount of the payment.
- Web Statements are available for credit cards on Web Branch going back to January 2007 (in the next few months we'll turn off paper statements for credit cards as we do for other deposit and loan accounts).
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