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Mere fugitive logistics could have motivated him to steal his father's yacht from a marina in Surfside, Texas. But Michael Soutar spent his formative years on the ocean. Perhaps he knew how a receding shoreline tends to melt away the past and a saltwater breeze suggests the chance of a fresh future.
If there's one thing Soutar never seemed to elude, it was his desire for money. Before he skipped town, he even sold some of his mother's jewelry to local pawnshops, according to one statement to police.
In November 1992, Soutar docked the stolen yacht in a Florida marina. Rhonda Walker, whom he met weeks earlier, was at his side. Her family reported to police that the boat's ultimate destination was perhaps Cozumel, Belize or the Virgin Islands.
Authorities noted in an FBI database that the yacht was made in 1984 and worth about $180,000. A blue streak of paint swished across the cabin cruiser, which had a white fiberglass hull. Escargot was her official name, and she could reach up to 20 knots.
Soutar took the 36-foot yacht late one night after learning police were looking for him at his parents' home. The cops had an arrest warrant in his name for charges in New Mexico. Soutar's father was the rightful owner of the vessel. He told police he wanted his son, then 34, charged with its theft. After the voyage ended, authorities extradited Soutar to the Land of Enchantment to face a felony aggravated assault charge.
This was one of Soutar's early escapes from authorities. But it wasn't his last.
Accounts detailing Soutar's criminal record fill several boxes at Attorney General Gary King's office. They trace the history of a confidence man twice showcased by America's Most Wanted. He was dubbed the "Casanova Con Man" for his history of charming women into relationships to gain access to their money.
After spending nearly 30 years refining his con game, Soutar is a free man now, thanks partly to King, the state's top law enforcement officer and the current Democratic nominee for governor.
"He is a predator without a conscience, roaming through our society, who sees people only as objects to be used to satisfy his immediate needs"
The attorney general's office successfully prosecuted Soutar in 2007 on ten felony counts of securities fraud and racketeering stemming from an investment scheme he set up in Santa Fe.
But by 2012, Soutar stood before a judge in a highly unusual hearing that occurred five years after he first handed down a sentence of 34 years behind bars. King's office did not take a position on whether Soutar should be released. One factor that helped set Soutar free decades before completing the prison sentence? Money.
Born in 1958, Soutar spent much of his early life in Texas, where his father owned a tool company and gave Soutar significant amounts of freedom and money, his attorneys say.
Around the age of 18, he enlisted in the Navy. He would later represent to a number of his victims that he had been a Vietnam War veteran. Yet Navy documents show that he was honorably discharged due to a preexisting medical condition. He'd never seen a day in any combat zone.
Soutar kept to the ocean. He was living on a boat in St. Thomas, in the Virgin Islands, in September of 1985 when he met Helen King, she would later tell police.
King (no known relation to the attorney general) and Soutar had a son and daughter together, yet after King divorced him in 1990, Soutar failed to support them financially. Her family hired a private investigator who learned that Helen was already Soutar's fourth wife—he allegedly tied the knot with the third wife while still married to the second. Three years after the divorce with King, Soutar was nearly $20,000 in arrears in child support payments, King told police, an amount later disputed in court.
By then, Soutar's criminal activity began to accelerate. Over a ten-year period starting in 1990, he earned 9 felony convictions, according to one account. And those are just the convictions that represent a mere snippet of Soutar's crimes. Many charges were forgiven or forgotten. During that period he was charged with felony counts of forgery, fraud, theft, aggravated assault, embezzlement and writing worthless checks in jurisdictions spanning Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. Moreover, the list of convictions also doesn't account for various civil judgments filed against him for money owed to business associates, lawyers and lovers. "That is prolific," one prosecuter later remarked to a jury in 2007 of Soutar's rap sheet. "Absolutely prolific."
In contrast to the faceless frauds of the Internet, Soutar's hustle harkens to the days when a con man had to get more personal with his marks. Soutar courted female victims. There are too many of them to account for here.
"I met Michael Robert Soutar on Sunday, September 29, 1991, down at the Turtle Club at Clear Lake," Lisa Falk reported to police. "He swept me off my feet." She went with him from Texas to Albuquerque the next day.
Soon afterward she found herself describing to police an October night spent in a red BMW, witnessing Soutar pointing a gun at a man during a confrontation outside an ATM, threatening to kill him.
Police and prosecutors cite that incident as evidence that Soutar was not only a financial criminal—he could be a violent one too.
To various judges, Soutar blamed his lawbreaking on a drug habit.
But those who follow his storied career argue that too much deceit belied his criminal activity to fit the profile of a regular junkie. They say Soutar was more cunning than an addict who might finance his next hit with a stolen television.
"He is a predator without a conscience, roaming through our society, who sees people only as objects to be used to satisfy his immediate needs, rather than as human beings," concluded William Copeland, an investigator in the Second Judicial District Attorney's Office, in an extensive report he based on interviews with Soutar's early victims.
Connie Luttrell met Soutar in 1992. An Albuquerque schoolteacher, she told police that after she loaned him $8,000 under the pretense that he was in dire straits. Then, she found him with another woman. She marched into his apartment, where she spotted expensive men's clothing and a "pile" of cocaine.
When he was dating Luttrell, he was terminated from his job as a car salesman after he got caught falsifying loan documents on a car he let Luttrell drive. He allegedly signed his father's signature on the loans. Reliable Chevrolet owner John Grant recalls Soutar being "probably the best" salesperson he'd ever seen at the Albuquerque dealership.
"But he just couldn't keep it straight," he told Copeland.
Soutar invited Luttrell on what Copeland would later call a "voyage into blissful fugitive status" aboard the yacht that landed in Florida. But by then she was cooperating with police and declined the invitation.
The law was on his tail. A Bernalillo County grand jury indicted him on charges of aggravated assault for the ATM incident. He also faced other criminal charges and civil judgements.
Walker, who accompanied Soutar on the yacht to Florida, told investigators Soutar defrauded her of $25,000 and she became frightened because Soutar had access to guns.
Natalie Sellner married Soutar a month after meeting him in Albuquerque in the summer of 1993, according to records. She flew to Germany at his urging in September. Soutar told Sellner he would meet her there for the vacation but never showed up. When she returned her possessions and money were gone. She annulled the marriage, filed for bankruptcy and requested a court order him to pay her $75,000 in damages.
The law was slowly catching up with the elusive con man. He faced a 1992 grand jury indictment for assault along with a September 1994 grand jury indictment on 12 counts of fraud, forgery and embezzlement.
As the cases were moving through the court in New Mexico, prosecutor Margarita Haury would later tell a judge, Soutar ran off twice. Once he fled to Houston, where the FBI's Violent Fugitive Task Force located him in a hotel room with a loaded handgun and knife. He was captured again after a 45-minute standoff with a SWAT team, she said.
He eventually entered a plea agreement on eight charges of assault, fraud and forgery that would send him to prison for up to 10 years, but Soutar convinced a judge to release him on medical furlough for a knee surgery. Then he disappeared again until September 1997, when authorities in Arizona received a tip from a private investigator who spotted Soutar barhopping in Scottsdale. He was at times driving a Mercedes and BMW, said the investigator. Authorities again surrounded his hotel room, where they again found the fugitive with a firearm, and eventually extradited him to New Mexico.
He did not remain behind bars for long. Christina Fourzan married Soutar shortly after his 2002 release and the two spent time in Las Cruces before moving to Santa Fe. Partly using money invested by one of Soutar's former prison guards—who had won a settlement stemming from his son's death—they cooked up a plan for a new project: the Santa Fe Art Market.
One of his early hires was James O'Hara, who had moved to Santa Fe with his wife just a few years earlier.
Soutar, he says in an interview, was "difficult to get to engage with on anything, to get any definition. He was kind of shape-shifting, if you will."
Artists who rented booths at the market and other investors gave up to $200,000 in exchange for securities in the company. He sent investors like Dermot O'Hara, James' brother, projections that promised a 10 percent return. Dermot, a banker in New York City, would send Soutar $32,500.
Soutar later told a judge he worked around the clock to make the market succeed. But trouble arose almost immediately. Rent, sales and investment cash didn't cover the costs of constructing a restaurant in the market, payroll and other overhead. Foot traffic remained sparse even as tourist season kicked up. James O'Hara recalls that he and other employees began complaining of bounced paychecks.
Nobody a decade later is confident about where all the cash went. What O'Hara recalls is that Soutar's preferred drink was Grey Goose vodka, his preferred restaurant was the Rio Chama Steakhouse and that a rotating cast of Rolex watches always seemed to adorn his wrist.
James' wife Linda O'Hara had her suspicions about Soutar.
She began going to the public library in the spring of 2004, looking for newspaper articles about a man she would later discover to be a career criminal.
Linda O'Hara notes that the names in the newspaper articles she found about a con man didn't always directly match the Soutar they knew. The two were loath to make unfounded accusations that James' boss was a criminal. And Linda O'Hara's doubts were somewhat assuaged after obtaining incorporation papers of the market from the state's Public Regulation Commission that seemed squeaky clean. "And I thought," she says, "'Well, surely our government tracks these kinds of things—if he's a criminal."
"He wasn't called a con man for nothing," James O'Hara adds.
He asserts that, in total, Soutar owes him roughly $5,400 in unpaid wages.
Soutar later claimed he didn't want to tell investors in Santa Fe about his criminal past because he wanted a clean start.
In mid-August, eight months after the opening of the market, he was again jailed on probation violations for both having alcohol at his home and for leaving the state without permission.
Patrick McNertney, a prosecutor for the state Regulation and Licensing Department's Securities Division, was commissioned as a special prosecutor to go after Soutar jointly with the Attorney General's Office.
At Soutar's probation hearing, McNertney helped convince a judge to keep Soutar behind bars pending the investigation into the art market scheme. Given Soutar's history of escape, the judge agreed. A grand jury in Santa Fe indicted Soutar in December 2004 on counts of fraud, forgery, issuing worthless checks, securities crimes and racketeering. The premise behind the securities charges was that Soutar broke the law by failing to properly record investments he sold in the market and for failing to tell investors about his criminal past.
At the Bernalillo County Detention Center, Soutar talked his way onto a cleanup crew. Following his indictment, the crew was taking a lunch break near the Albuquerque zoo. Soutar, stripping his detention uniform, jumped into a waiting car.
Months passed. McNertney worried Soutar was gone for good.
America's Most Wanted aired an update on Soutar based partly on its original 1997 episode.
In August, authorities caught him on a yacht in Boston's North End with his then-fiancé Mary Chase. (Fourzan was divorcing Soutar at that point).
As prosecutors worked the case, they offered Soutar a plea deal that would allow him to serve probation in exchange for repaying art market investors. But when they appeared before Judge Michael Vigil to seal the deal, Soutar's lawyer and Vigil got in a dispute about the amount of restitution. Angered at what he considered a misrepresentation, Vigil ordered a jury trial.
McNertney took the lead prosecution role that resulted in Soutar's conviction on ten counts of securities crimes and racketeering. Given his prior convictions and the nature of his crimes, Vigil sentenced him to 34 years in prison—more jail time than some murderers, rapists and child abusers receive.
"I think you're a very dangerous person to other people," the judge said.
When it was Soutar's turn to talk at the hearing, he blamed investors, the press, the jury and McNertney for unfairly persecuting him. Vigil cut him off. "One of the things that I have found being on this bench for thirteen years," Vigil said, "is that one of the highest recidivism rates that we have are exactly this kind of crime."
The judge also said "we can forget about restitution," but he ordered Soutar to pay back an amount to be determined by probation officials upon his release.
The Casanova Con Man always found money.
This time he retained a high-powered defense team that included Albuquerque lawyers William "Dooley" Gilchrist, Robert Desiderio, former dean of the University of New Mexico Law School, and Raymond Sanchez, former speaker of the New Mexico House.
Soutar won an undisclosed settlement—various accounts and court documents pegged it at $500,000—after suing the law firm that helped him incorporate and set up the market for legal malpractice. He argued the lawyers failed to properly register the market and advise Soutar on the requirements of selling securities. An expert witness testified Soutar would not have been charged with the crimes had his lawyer properly advised him.
"Leaving aside the distinct impression that he is buying his way out of prison, here
are a few thoughts"
In 2008, some of the original investors in Soutar's market filed a civil lawsuit against him for a judgment. At the same time, Soutar asked the state's Court of Appeals to overturn his criminal convictions. He was represented by a public defender for that case.
With the pending Appeals Court case, Soutar's private lawyers and public defender began inquiring to officials at Attorney General Gary King's office about pursuing "mediation." They proffered that Soutar now had a pot of money to be able to compensate the victims in the art market scheme.
Soutar's lawyers proposed that he would pay just over $154,000 to some of his investors and would enter a new plea agreement with the state, pointing out Soutar's windfall in the legal malpractice settlement.
"Working out a plea arrangement to put some money back in the hands of the investors/alleged victims, particularly in the context of the long sentence Mr. Soutar has already served, would constitute justice in this matter," Gilchrist wrote in early 2011 to Mary Helen Baber, division director of prosecutions for King.
Soutar also had prostate cancer, his lawyers argued, and his release would let state taxpayers out of the cost of treatment. (Soutar's plan was to get treatment at a Veterans Affairs facility, putting federal taxpayers on the hook).
The lawyers even suggested the original conviction that the Attorney General's Office helped secure might be overturned by the Court of Appeals, a potential embarrassment for King. Robert Rambo, a mediator in the state Appellate Court's Mediation Office, was in on early discussions.
Typically mediations only occur in civil cases. Rambo says in an interview that he's never been called to officially mediate a criminal case. That's a process that can only happen if both the state and defense agree, he wrote in an email to officials in King's office.
Internally, they had doubts about the mediation. By April 2011, Assistant Attorney General Chris Lackmann expressed that in an email to his colleague, Baber. "Off the top of my head," he wrote, "and leaving aside the distinct impression that he is buying his way out of prison, here are a few thoughts.
"Soutar was convicted by a jury and sentenced," he wrote. "He cannot simply trade a jury verdict and a 34-year sentence for a new plea agreement and sentence. In order to accomplish this, there needs to be a mechanism of some sort to undo history…to set aside the original sentence."
Lackmann also wrote that Soutar, then 53, was "an unrepentant and un-rehabilitated con man" who would likely commit more crimes.
Early, King wasn't on board with releasing Soutar either.
In May 2011, he wrote that he wanted the office to "do everything we can to make sure he serves his full term in prison."
"I am sensitive to the plight of the victims," he added, "but believe they can pursue civil actions if Mr. Soutar has assets."
But by 2012, King's mind had apparently changed after numerous email exchanges and a private meeting with Sanchez—King's former Democratic colleague in the Legislature.
"I agreed with Raymond Sanchez that we would attempt mediation in the Soutar appeal," King wrote to Baber and another official in February 2012. "I hope this is not an unsound decision, but I also hope we can use it as a vehicle to try to resolve the victim's remaining issues."
"I anticipate I will participate directly in the mediation," he added.
The Court of Appeals upheld all of the District Court convictions in February 2012, which King noted in another message meant that "Soutar loses his negotiating position."
Yet King was still open to a new deal.
"There is still the issue of how the victims can get restitution," he wrote. McNertney now says that since restitution was ordered in the original sentence, Soutar could have been compelled to give up his settlement funds to repay victims and remain behind bars.
"As Soutar was ordered to pay restitution pursuant to the Court's Order of 2007," he says, "why did the Attorney General's office agree to accept unquestioningly Soutar's demand that he be released from prison prior to paying any restitution without succumbing to blackmail?"
The O'Hara brothers remained in regular contact with the attorney general's victim advocate in the case, Annie Henz, who had been sending lists of Soutar's victims to various officials within the office. In 2011, she solicited victims, including the O'Haras, for input on the potential deal. They both gave Henz information. But James O'Hara learned about Soutar's potential freedom in a newspaper headline.
"Can you share with me what is the status now vis-à-vis my claim and my brother Dermot's also," O'Hara asked Henz days before the 2012 hearing, "and the time frame for this matter?"
Henz forwarded the email to Special Counsel of the Attorney General's Office David Pederson. "Annie, do not respond," he replied. "Who is this person and how does he fit into the Soutar case?" He added the case would be "finalized tomorrow in Santa Fe."
Judge Vigil presided over the March 2012, resentencing hearing. Pederson, representing the Attorney General's Office, said the hearing was a "highly unusual posture," given it was occurring five years after Soutar's original sentence. But the very office that prosecuted Soutar did not say at the hearing whether it thought Soutar should remained imprisoned.
Daniel Tanaka, the director of the Securities Division, which jointly prosecuted Soutar, said he should remain behind bars. Soutar's son added his own letter skewering his father. McNertney wrote to Vigil opposing any change to the sentence.
"As a prosecutor forsworn to uphold the integrity of the system, should every criminal, especially of the white collar ilk, be entitled to a reconsideration if Soutar were to receive one?"
After the hearing, King released a statement placing responsibility on Judge Vigil for releasing Soutar.
"We argued that the judge should not reduce the amount of prison time that he had given to [Soutar] in the original sentencing," King said in a video posted on his website. "But the judge, in considering everything, made a determination to allow Mr. Soutar to—to instead of serving the rest of his sentence in prison—to be on probation."
Pederson tells SFR in a recent interview that King misspoke. At no point in the hearing did Pederson, representing the Attorney General's Office, argue "that the judge should not reduce the amount of prison time that he had given" to Soutar.
"All that we said was Mr. Soutar has got the right, like any other criminal defendant, to ask the judge for reconsideration," of his prison sentence, Pederson says. "And we did not say that that means we agree with the reconsideration. It just means that we conceded, because it's the law, that he had a right to ask for this."
King, through his office, declined a request for a personal interview about the case.
Soutar paid $179,452 to various victims connected to charges in the art market scheme—along with $48,000 to three other people to whom Soutar owned money. Even Natalie Sellner, whose attorney passionately lobbied King's office once he got wind of the deal, got $26,300 from Soutar. Soutar pled guilty for his charge for escaping prison in 2004 and pled no contest to nine charges dropped from his initial indictment.
The O'Hara brothers missed out on restitution. Pederson told O'Hara in a letter that restitution would not be available since neither he nor his brother were listed as a named victim in the original indictment or conviction. McNertney—whose prosecutions have led to the convictions of some of the most infamous con men in New Mexico—cites other cases where victims not named in charges received restitution. He says Dermot's testimony in the case was important to Soutar's original conviction.
The family did not hire an attorney or file suit against Soutar like the other investors because they never thought they'd get their money back—as Vigil originally said. James O'Hara now says he thought the victim's advocate, Henz, would be representing his interests.
James and Linda O'Hara are in a financially tight spot, but the $5,400 in unpaid wages they allege are owed to James wouldn't help them much. Dermot, whom the state paid to fly in from New York to testify, is still out $32,500.
The couple says they want to expose King's actions in this case and gave the emails detailed in this account to SFR. They obtained them in public records request made in 2012 and have been searching for an attorney to bring a civil lawsuit against King and his office.
Former prosecutors involved in the case say they think Soutar will con again.
"In my professional opinion, I don't think it's a possibility he will do this again," Lackmann now says. "I think he will do this again—absolutely, positively guarantee."
(King recently fired Lackmann and he is now working in the Bernalillo County District Attorney's Office.)
McNertney, now in private practice, agrees. He says the resentencing hearing and email traffic that led up to it shows an "erosion of prosecutorial ethics" that sends a message to financial criminals that New Mexico is a state where they can buy their way out of prison.
McNertney and the O'Haras say they are Democrats who will not vote for King in the upcoming gubernatorial election.
Before leaving Santa Fe in the spring of 2012, Soutar flashed a final smile for a camera. It offered a stark contrast to the white, ghostly look McNertney recalls that engulfed Soutar's face following Judge Vigil's damning pronouncement that he'd rot in prison for 34 years.
But the most serious pitfalls in Soutar's life never seemed to limit him to any pit. One investigator remarked to SFR in wonderment at the team of attorneys and advisors Soutar could summon from the confinement of a jail cell.
In a photo he posted on Facebook, Soutar stood in the snow-covered Santa Fe National Forest, newly free and married to Chase. After marrying, the two rode off to the shores of Norwalk, Connecticut.
Probation authorities there say Soutar is prohibited from engaging in any employment where he would be in custody of money belonging to another individual or business. Yet, in various online postings, Soutar appears to have been active in his wife's Connecticut-based company, Turquoise Mountain Jewelry, whose website says it sells wares crafted by popular New Mexican artisans. On Facebook, his posts detail vacations at Chase's beach house.
Soutar's probation is set to end March 18, 2017. Officials say he hasn't violated any terms of his probation. He's an offender in a "non-reporting" capacity, they say, meaning he doesn't have to physically check in with his probation officer. Soutar's name does not make an appearance in various federal and state court databases. But if Soutar violates any terms of his probation, he could face years in prison, part of what Vigil called the "long probationary tail" he put on the con man whom he'd previously described as a "very, very sick man."
When Soutar learned of his freedom in 2012, shedding tears, he apologized to his victims.
But Soutar doesn't strike the same remorseful tone now, after being asked if he'll ever pay back the O'Haras.
"I went to prison for—for a wrong deal," he tells SFR during a brief phone interview. "I'm done. I told you. I paid my dues. I paid everybody back. I want to go on with my life. Why don't ya'll just get out of my hair?"
In his photo with Chase, there's one thing that flashes with the same intensity as their smiles—a garish watch clasped securely to the Casanova Con Man's wrist.
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A Mitchell County game warden and a Texas Parks and Wildlife summer intern were on patrol late one evening when they heard radio traffic about a subject in the neighboring county firing shots from his vehicle. Nolan County authorities attempted to pull the subject over, which resulted in a multi-agency pursuit. The subject drove into Mitchell County where the Department of Public Safety set up a spike strip; the game warden and intern were set up about 200 yards away from the spikes. The subject was then taken into custody. After the pursuit, authorities began a search for a pistol that was tossed out of the window by the subject; and found it two days later. Speeds during the pursuit ranged from 45 mph to 110 mph. The incident was a result of a family disturbance.
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Game wardens from Freestone and Anderson County were patrolling Cedar Creek Lake in Henderson County for water safety and fishing violations when they saw four people fishing from a boat. When the wardens got closer to the boat, they saw a stringer of catfish in the water, and a couple of them seemed to be undersized. The fisherman said they normally fish on Lake Palestine, which has no minimum length on channel or blue catfish. The wardens informed them that the standard length is 12-inch minimum for channel and blue catfish on Cedar Creek. One citation was issued.
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MIKE Benson has stepped down as county secretary of the Wiltshire Football Association, it was announced this morning, with the county governing body still refusing to disclose the reasons for his departure.
Benson's future has been at the centre of speculation since October of last year when it was revealed the 78-year-old had been on leave from his position for several weeks.
Benson himself insisted he was on "self-imposed suspended leave" citing the pressures of the job and adding: "I spoke to my chairman (Richard Gardiner) and he advised me to take some time off so that is what I did.
"It is a pressurised job and it takes it out of you. I am hoping to be back soon."
Today, Benson would only insist that he had retired from his role when contacted following the release of the FA statement
Despite repeated calls, messages and emails sent by the Gazette & Herald and Wiltshire Times to county officials, including Gardiner, in the past three months, the Wiltshire FA has repeatedly refused to comment or respond to requests for clarification on Benson's position.
In November, sources told the Gazette & Herald and Wiltshire Times that Benson had not returned to work and may have been the subject of an inquiry conducted by the national FA.
Officials at Wembley were unable to confirm if that was the case, having previously insisted that the situation was a "county matter.''
Representatives from the county's football leagues have also revealed they were in the dark over his role - and who was now in charge of day-to-day affairs at the county FA.
Benson had served in the post since 1999, having been involved with the county's governing body since the mid-1980s
Today's Wiltshire FA statement said: "From the end of January 2013, Michael "Mike" Benson will "hang up his boots" and leave his position as County Secretary with the Wiltshire County Football Association (WCFA).
"Mike has served football for over fifty years the majority of that time within his adopted county of Wiltshire.
"He left Bristol in his early twenties to work at Pressed Steel in Swindon and has lived in the town since then working for the major part in the car industry.
"Mike was a referee for many years refereeing up to Contributory League level. During that part of his football career he officiated with some of the top referees of his era.
"He also took on the role of Referee Appointments Secretary with the Wiltshire Football League. Throughout his career in refereeing and since he retired as an active referee he has been a keen member of the Swindon Referees Society helping to recruit and train many new referees.
"In 1984 he was elected to the WCFA and became a very active member of the WCFA Council serving in many of its Committees.
"In 1986 he became Assistant County Secretary taking on the responsibility for the administration of the County Cup Competitions.
"Following the sudden death of the County Secretary, the late Mick Parry, in April 1999, Mike stepped into the breach.
"At the WCFA AGM in June later that year he was formally appointed to the position of County Secretary and also became the WCFA's representative on the Council of The Football Association.
"He has held the position of County Secretary since that time and only retired from The FA Council in 2010 having reached its formal retiring age.
"The FA recognised his service by making him a honorary member of The FA an honour enjoyed by only a very few including such distinguished persons as Sir Tom Finney CBE and Sir Bobby Charlton CBE.
"During his time as County Secretary he has presided over the County Association's change from being an organisation with honorary officers operating from their own homes to its present status IE an incorporated Association with its own headquarters and full and part-time Officers & members of staff.
The WCFA and the whole of football therefore owe Mike a huge debt of gratitude for his tenacity, commitment and tireless efforts over so many years.
"Clearly Mike will be a very hard act to follow.
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SAN DIEGO – Not to put too much emphasis on the regular season ...
The Chargers as much as any team in recent years know how you finish is more important than how you start.
Will they go 10-6? 11-5? 12-4? Will they win eight games again?
The temptation is to say it doesn't matter, that January matters most.
But let's get real.
You might not remember the games played in September, but you don't want to have to count on December miracles all the time.
A bye and home game or two would be nice in January.
That said, a quick start and sustaining the level of play befitting a championship team will be paramount for the Chargers in 2009.
Plain and simple. Nothing less. Not any more.
The Chargers have proved – and still believe – that as long as you're playing your best football at the end of the season, a playoff run is possible. But no playoff run that ends before the hoisting of a Lombardi Trophy is enough at this point.
To that end, throughout the organization there is a belief they'll be better served come January if they can be more consistent throughout the previous four months.
It's all but a foregone conclusion that the Chargers will win their division – arguably the weakest and most bizarre in the NFL – and get into the postseason. But let us take just a little while to engage in the tricky and most-often futile exercise of breaking down the regular season.
Let's do that by paring it into thirds, not only because General Manager A.J. Smith likes to break a season into fourths when evaluating progress, and we want to be different than him, but because there appear to be some natural divisions in this schedule.
The Chargers face what appears to be a big challenge to their impetus on beginning the season fast.
A road game at Oakland on Monday to open the season should be the easiest of the four games before their bye in Week 5. Three playoff teams from '08 (Baltimore and Miami at home and then a rematch of their divisional playoff game at Pittsburgh) follow, including the two AFC Championship Game combatants and Super Bowl winner.
A championship team probably comes out of this stretch at least 3-1.
But a 2-2 record wouldn't be the end of the world, considering what's after the bye.
If there is reason to think the Chargers might not need to save themselves with another perfect December it is that they will have already played all six of their AFC West games by the end of November.
During their run of three division titles, the Chargers are 15-3 against the AFC West and 18-12 against everyone else.
(As an aside, to further the contention it's time this team parlays regular-season success into being the last team standing, the Chargers' 23 victories in their division since 2004 are tied for second behind New England's 24. Pittsburgh and Indianapolis also have 23. Those other three teams all have something in common in their trophy case.)
The good news after a killer first month of the season for the Chargers is that they play their other five AFC West games in a seven-game span in October and November.
They better be at least 5-2 on the night of Nov. 1, as they will have just finished a three-game stretch against Denver, Kansas City and Oakland.
Then, after a couple of weekends brawling with the NFC East (at New York and home against Philadelphia) the Chargers finish their division feast at Denver on Nov. 22 and home against Kansas City on Nov. 29.
The Chiefs are on the verge of being a good team, and playing at Denver and Kansas City has its challenges. And a split against the Giants and Eagles is probably acceptable.
But anything less than 7-4 going into December is cause for concern about how good this Chargers team really is.
Poll position?
Norv Turner has not lost a December game as Chargers coach. The Chargers haven't lost a December game since 2005.
Three road games, including one on four days' rest, make this as challenging a late schedule as they've had since becoming a good team in 2004.
Still, with Turner's emphasis on finishing strong, and perhaps with a little injury luck they haven't had in the past two seasons, a Chargers team finally on a way to a championship should find four victories among back-to-back away games at Cleveland and Dallas, home games against Cincinnati and Washington and a Christmas night game at Tennessee.
That's what a championship team would probably do.
Then again, the Giants lost two of their final three regular-season games before tearing through the postseason en route to their Super Bowl title two seasons ago. The Indianapolis Colts went 2-3 in December 2006 before their Super Bowl win a little more than a month later. And the '06 Chargers won 10 straight to close out that season before a face plant in their playoff opener.
So maybe little of what happens the next four months does matter.


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Justin Bieber Plays Matchmaker for Kendall Jenner on Twitter
Justin Bieber -- matchmaker extraordinaire?
The 17-year-old singer is trying to set Kendall Jenner up with his writer/producer pal, Julian Swirsky. Early Tuesday morning, Bieber tweeted: "Hey Kendall Jenner, you should let my boy [Julian Swirsky] take you out on a date."
PHOTOS: Celebs with Bieber fever
So will Jenner, 15, let Bieber's bud take her out? "Only if you and Selena Gomez join," she tweeted Tuesday. "Double date!"
PHOTOS: Justin and Selena pack on the PDA
Swirsky, who is 16 according to his Twitter bio, responded to the "Never Say Never" star's suggestion about taking Jenner out on a date: "Yeah, I wouldn't mind that."
But Kim, Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian's kid sister might be too busy for boys. Earlier this month Kim, 30, revealed that Jenner was the new face of Australian swimwear designer Leah Madden's Summer 2012 campaign Pirouette. Kendall has also posed for Forever 21 alongside her 13-year-old sister, Kylie.
PHOTOS: Kendall, Kylie and the Kardashians vacation in Bora Bora
"I love everything about [modeling]," she recently told Teen Vogue. "Although my favorite part would have to be wearing cool clothes and getting my hair and makeup all done."
VIDEO: Kendall says Kim pushed her into modeling
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I've heard that the Vimānavatthu and Petavatthu are considered later additions to the canon by scholars.
Does anyone know on what basis this judgment is made? Is it a matter of doctrine because these tales seemingly trivialize the workings of kamma?
Also, regarding the Jātakas, I've heard that sections of them are considered to be later additions. Is there any consensus on what those are? I've read some jātakas referenced in the four nikāyas, and the earliest classifications of the teachings in the suttas have the jātakas included:
"suttaṃ, geyyaṃ, veyyākaraṇaṃ, gāthaṃ, udānaṃ, itivuttakaṃ, jātakaṃ, abbhutadhammaṃ, vedallaṃ"
"dialogues, narratives of mixed prose and verse, explanations, verses, spontaneous exclamations, quotations, birth stories, amazing events, question & answer sessions"
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From Dec. 13 through Jan. 1, Butte County law enforcement officials conducted a DUI campaign, Avoid the 8, during which 81 individuals were arrested for driving under the influence.
As a part of the campaign, local law enforcement conducted a DUI checkpoint on Dec. 30.
"During the checkpoint operation three drivers were administered Field Sobriety Tests. One driver was arrested for driving with a suspended license," according to a press release.
There will be several Avoid the 8 Campaigns in 2014, the next being during Super Bowl Sunday festivities in February, and again during St. Patrick's Day in March.
According to the press release, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has discovered that sobriety checkpoints can save up to $6 for every $1 spent on the program.
Law enforcement requests that individuals who witness a drunk driver report the information to authorities by calling 9-1-1. The Avoid the 8 program is funded by California Office of Traffic Safety grant.
"DUI Checkpoints, along with regularly scheduled high visibility DUI enforcement, are proven strategies with the goal of removing impaired drivers from the road and heightening awareness of the dangers of driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol," according to the press release.
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Beaverton police say missing endangered man found safe
UPDATE: Russell Welsh, a 69-year-old man who police said was missing and endangered, was found safe Friday night by a transit rider at the Rose Quarter Transit Center, Beaverton police said.
This story will be updated when more information becomes available.
BEAVERTON, Ore. - An alert transit rider spotted a Beaverton man missing since Thursday.
Torrance Wade was at the Rose Quarter Transit Station Friday evening when he saw a man looking distressed.
He recognized him as being Russell Welsh, 69, who had been last seen near SW 22nd and Hall in Beaverton.
Wade called 911. Officer Gabe Hertzler of the transit police responded, verified it was Welsh and reached out to Beaverton Police.
"He is home and safe," said Officer Jeremy Shaw of the Beaverton Police Department. "He's okay."
Searchers had looked in Greenway Park and the Fano Creek trail Friday morning for Welsh.
Police say they were called to the 11000 block of Southwest Marylyn Place just after 4 p.m. Thursday on a report Welsh was missing.
Police were especially concerned about Welsh (additional photo at right) because of the dropping temperatures.


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Huang Po
Sentient beings are attached to forms and so seek externally for Buddhahood. By their very seeking they lose it
If you students of the Way wish to become Buddhas, you need study no doctrines whatever, but learn only how to avoid seeking for and attaching yourselves to anything
Ajahn Chah
Do not try to become anything. Do not make yourself into anything. Do not be a meditator. Do not become enlightened. When you sit, let it be. When you walk, let it be. Grasp at nothing. Resist nothing.
Huang Po
'Studying the Way' is just a figure of speech [...] In fact, the Way is not something which can be studied. You must not allow this name [the Way] to lead you into forming a mental concept of a road.
Ajahn Chah
Traditionally the Eightfold Path is taught with eight steps such as Right Understanding, Right Speech, Right Concentration, and so forth. But the true Eightfold Path is within us-two eyes, two ears, two nostrils, a tongue, and a body. These eight doors are our entire Path and the mind is the one that walks on the Path. Know these doors, examine them, and all the dharmas will be revealed
Huang Po
All the Buddhas and all sentient beings are nothing but the One Mind, beside which nothing exists. The One Mind alone is the Buddha, and there is no distinction between the Buddha and sentient beings
Ajahn Chah
So the Buddha was not enlightened in India. In fact he was never enlightened, was never born, and never died. This timeless Buddha is our true home, our abiding place. When we take refuge in the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha, all things in the world are free for us. They become our teacher, proclaiming the one true nature of life.
And to finish, a quote from Huang Po
So know directly that "it is!"
Without seeking or acting.
For a Buddha to seek Buddha
Is just a waste of energy.
If you let a Dharma-view arise,
You'll only fall into Mara's realm.
Don't separate the worldly and the holy;
Then seeing and hearing will disappear.
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New Duck football slogan? Not quite: 'We are Win the Day'
Watch #LiveOnKVAL for more on this story
EUGENE, Ore. - The Oregon football team's "Win The Day" slogan was temporarily removed from the walls inside Autzen Stadium, which led to a lot of speculation through various social media outlets.
It all started when University of Oregon Senior associate athletic director Craig Pintens tweeted a picture of the inside Autzen Stadium alluding to the bare walls.
Something is missing at Autzen besides 60,000 screaming lunatics. #GoDucks pic.twitter.com/W9Sx3zdb3qCraig Pintens (@UOPintens) June 15, 2014
People on Twitter began speculating that the university may be ditching the slogan coined during the Chip Kelly era.
The highly popular website Reddit even made a mention of the tweet from their college football twitter account, adding to the buzz.
"During the offseason, people need something to talk about," Craig Pintens said, "so this was a great thing to talk about."
In reality, construction work necessitated the artwork come down while work is done on the wall.
"Instead of just patching up 40 spots on the wall we decided to take it all down and put up a new fresh look before kickoff in late August," Pintens said.
The new look won't be revealed until August, but Pintens said they are not going to abandon "Win The Day."
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Nutrients helped type 2 diabetics improve memory, control blood sugar and fats and lowered risk for diabetes, three new studies reveal.
In a memory study, scientists theorized that oxidative stress, which occurs naturally as the body digests food, is chronic in diabetes, and causes diabetics to lose memory. Researchers recruited 16 participants with type 2 diabetes, average age 64, who were not regularly taking high-dose antioxidant supplements. Scientists gave three "meals" on separate days that consisted of:
1) a high-fat meal alone;
2) a high-fat meal plus 1,000 mg
of vitamin C and 800 IU of vitamin E; and 3) water without
any food. Investigators tested memory about two hours after each meal and found that participants had poor memory after the high fat meal and better memory after the meals with vitamins C and E and water alone. Doctors concluded that the antioxidant vitamins C and E cut memory-loss after a high-fat meal in type 2 diabetics.
In a blood sugar study, 51 participants with type 2 diabetes who were taking conventional oral diabetes drugs also took 200 mg of milk thistle (silymarin) three times per day or a placebo. After four months, blood sugar on an empty stomach was 15 percent lower in the milk thistle group compared to 13 percent higher for placebo. The milk thistle group also had 12 percent lower total and LDL cholesterol, while the placebo group did not change and 25 percent lower triglycerides compared to 12 percent higher for placebo.
In a diabetes study, researchers analyzed the diets and measured blood levels of vitamin C in 21,831 women and men, average age 58. During 12 years of follow up, 735 participants developed diabetes. Doctors found that those with the highest blood levels of vitamin C were 62 percent less likely to develop diabetes than were those with the lowest levels and those who ate the most fruits and vegetables were 22 percent less likely to develop diabetes than those who ate the least.
Reference: Archives of Internal Medicine; 2008, Vol. 168, No. 14, 1493-9.


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The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus made sweet holiday music on Morning Express! It was all part of HLN's " Holiday Sing-Along."
The roughly 200-member group has served as the volunteer chorus for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for more than 40 years, scoring several Grammys and countless special appearances.
Enjoy, and may your holidays be merry and full of music!
Morning Express with Robin Meade airs Monday through Friday at 6am ET on HLN. Like the show on Facebook, follow on Twitter: @MorningExp.


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A PUPIL at Gastrells Community Primary School has won the title of Stroud Primary Mock Trials Court Artist.
Year 6 pupil Mea Edmond saw off fierce competition to win the prize in this year's competition. Her drawing of the court scene, with 3D perspective and attention to detail, took the eye of the contest judge and prize sponsor, Stroud MP Neil Carmichael, who visited the school to present Mea with her award of a paint, crayons and pastels set.
Speaking to Mea and her classmates, Mr Carmichael said: "I would like to congratulate Mea for winning this prize. The competition is a great to embed a sense of the rule of law in young people, and I hope that all those pupils who took part appreciate the importance of our laws."
The Primary School Mock Trials gave local schools the opportunity to see a court environment, in both defence and prosecution, and provided pupils with a taste of the legal profession at an early age.


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There is an event for everyone at the Virginia Horse Center Foundation! As an all-breed, all-discipline facility, every weekend offers a variety of opportunities for competitiors and spectators. The VHCF is also host to an array of community events, farmers' markets, concerts, training clinics, industry seminars, and the Rockbridge Regional Fair & Farm Show.
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Partnership between business school, provost's office will help BRIC discoveries reach market faster
You could develop the greatest product in the world — a better mousetrap, a cure for cancer, etc. — but if it never gets to market, it will never do anyone any good.
Companies utilizing the university's upcoming discovery park, the Baylor Research and Innovation Collaborative (BRIC), won't have to worry about that. That's because when BRIC opens in January, one of its tenants will be the Innovative Business Accelerator (IBA), to be led by Dr. Gregory Leman.
The IBA is a joint venture of the Hankamer School of Business and the Office of the Vice Provost for Research. It exists to help new technology companies grow their business more rapidly by taking advantage of Baylor's research and intellectual resources and will provide a broad range of business, science, legal and technical services, some of which will come from Baylor students.
"The IBA is built on a solid foundation of our successful collaboration with global industry," says Leman. "It will become a single point of access to university and community expertise by providing a critical link between technology companies and Baylor business, science, engineering and law faculty."
Leman, a Clinical Professor at the Hankamer School of Business and director of university entrepreneurial initiatives, had a very successful career as a chemical engineer before coming to Baylor in 2005. He is also the founding director of Baylor's Technology Entrepreneurship Initiative (TEI), which offers courses in technology entrepreneurship and is followed by a real-world consulting engagement called i5 in either the U.S. or China.
Sic 'em, Dr. Leman!
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Major League Soccer will conduct its SuperDraft this Thursday, and the San Jose Earthquakes are slated to make 5 picks in the draft's four rounds. The team's first round pick, at No. 9 overall, possibly provides the best opportunity to select a player ready to make an impact from the get-go, but even one of its lower round picks could garner the proverbial "diamond in the rough."
The Earthquakes roster counted 21 players in total heading into draft week, and that number is expected to increase to almost 30 before the new season kicks off. The SuperDraft should provide general manager John Doyle and head coach Mark Watson the chance to fill in some of holes in the current roster, but where to begin when it appears that the team is set at only forward and goalkeeper?
The recently concluded MLS Combine in Florida revealed just how deep this draft class is at centerback and midfielder — two positions that the Earthquakes could look to shore up Thursday via the draft in Philadelphia. Add in that MLS signed seven players to Generation Adidas contracts, one or more of whom should be available when the Quakes select at #9, and San Jose will hope to make good on the chance of bringing home a proven collegiate talent.
The Earthquakes were active in last month's Re-Entry Draft, selecting MLS defenders Brandon Barklage and Shaun Francis, but neither has officially been added to the roster. Both players could add depth at fullback for Watson's squad but that shouldn't stop the Quakes from reserving their No. 9 pick for a versatile defender.
And so it is very possible that MLS Commissioner Don Garber will step to the podium Thursday morning and announce that the San Jose Earthquakes have selected, from Creighton University, a member of the 2014 Generation Adidas class, defender Eric Miller.
Miller has played across the back line for the Bluejays in his three years in Omaha, but it is expected that he will find his footing as a professional at outside back. A speedy defender, but with good size at 6'1", Miller can also step into an outside midfielder role as well — a trait that will have Watson prizing the former U.S. men's national team U20 player's versatility.
Should Miller already be off the board by the time the Quakes select at No. 9, another option will be to bolster the midfield with a playmaker or winger. To that end, San Jose could see the likes of Louisville's Marlon Hairston, a raw but technically gifted central midfielder, or Stanford's JJ Koval, a strong distributor of the ball from the center of the pitch, available. The former comes with a GA contract in hand while the latter is familiar to the coaching staff, but either one would be a welcome pick. Coastal Carolina's Pedro Ribeiro would be a steal if he was still on the board, but the likelihood is that the athletic 6'4" central midfielder will be draped in another team's scarf by that time.
As noted earlier, the 2014 draft class is loaded with top prospects at centerback. And while this might not seem like a position of need for the Earthquakes, depth in central defense in a year when projected starters Clarence Goodson and Victor Bernardez will miss stretches of games around this summer's World Cup must be considered. Solid selections like Hartford's Damion Lowe, enticing as a GA signing, and New Mexico's Kyle Venter, as steady as they come, could provide service as rookies in San Jose. Both have displayed dominance in the air at the college level and are expected to be solid as professionals.
And finally, a fourth option for Doyle and Watson may be to trade the No. 9 pick in exchange for already established MLS player. Not as far-fetched as it might seem — the Earthquakes have traded away their first round pick in three of the past six years. Most notably, the Quakes brought Steven Lenhart to San Jose in 2011 at the cost of the #15 overall pick, a move that paid major dividends during the 2012 Supporters' Shield winning season. Instead of drafting for a promise, the Earthquakes could make a move for a proven.
No matter what choices the Earthquakes make in this year's MLS SuperDraft, the team will certainly return from Philly with some promising young talent that will make for an exciting preseason camp. Perhaps a surprise will emerge from a lower round selection, like forward Adam Jahn did a year ago, and go on to make an important contribution as a rookie. The possible outcomes of Thursday's draft seem endless, as does the future impact these players may provide. The Earthquakes are on the clock.
Robert Jonas is a writer for CenterLineSoccer.com and SJEarthquakes.com. Send him feedback on Twitter: @RobertJonas


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A runaway horse has been reunited with its owner after taking a stroll down the A3 and Tolworth Broadway.
The black horse was reported to police at about 12.20pm today.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: "The horse had riding gear on but no rider.
"It came off the A3 and subsequently went down the Broadway, where officers put in a rolling roadblock to mitigate against any possible accidents.
"It stopped in the Broadway. We then obviously had to try and find the owner.
"We liased with Surrey [Police] who tracked down the owner, who had come off the horse.
"She came to pick it up and it has now been taken away."
The rider appears not to have been injured when she came off the horse, the spokesman added.


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Get an overview of this hotelLuxury hotel with 6 restaurants and full-service spa
Popular property highlights
Situated near the beach, this luxury hotel is within 1 mi (2 km) of Bisazza Street, Duck Village, and Sliema Promenade. Upper Barrakka Gardens and Lascaris War Rooms are also within 2 mi (3 km).
Hotel Features
6 restaurants, a full-service spa, and an indoor pool are available at this hotel. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, a fitness center, a swim-up bar, and a coffee shop/café are onsite.
Room Amenities
All 150 rooms offer thoughtful touches like bathrobes and slippers, along with free WiFi, free wired Internet, and balconies. Other amenities available to guests include satellite TV, minibars, and room service.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
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Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
In addition to a full-service spa, Fortina Spa Resort features an indoor pool and a spa tub. Dining is available at one of the hotel's 6 restaurants and guests can grab coffee at the coffee shop/café. A swim-up bar is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access.
This luxury hotel also offers a seasonal outdoor pool, a fitness center, and a sauna. For a surcharge, a roundtrip airport shuttle (available 24 hours) is offered to guests.
- Pool umbrellas
- Pool sun loungers
- Fitness facilities
- Sauna
- Spa tub
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Multilingual staff
- 24-hour front desk
- Porter/bellhop
- Total number of rooms - 150
- Number of floors - 17
- Laundry facilities
- Elevator/lift
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Coffee shop or café
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Full-service spa
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Hair salon
- Concierge services
- Luggage storage
- Garden
- Barbecue grill(s)
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Poolside bar
- Number of restaurants - 6
- Spa services on site
- Steam room
- Indoor pool
- Outdoor seasonal pool
- Swim-up bar
- Free use of nearby fitness center
- Wedding services
- Free WiFi
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Room Amenities
- Room service (limited hours)
- Balcony
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Turndown service
- Private bathroom
- Bathrobes
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- In-room massage available
- Slippers
- Separate bathtub and shower
- Satellite TV service
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
Where to Eat
Full breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 7:30 AM and 10:30 AM.
The Terrace - This restaurant specializes in Mediterranean cuisine. Guests can enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting).
Il Giardino - Overlooking the garden, this restaurant specializes in pizza and serves lunch and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. Open select days.
Table 1 - This restaurant specializes in Mediterranean cuisine and serves dinner only. Open select days.
Can Thai - Overlooking the garden, this restaurant serves lunch and dinner. Open select days.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
An indoor pool, a seasonal outdoor pool, and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a sauna and a fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Ecotours on site
- Golfing nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Water skiing nearby
- Personal motorized watercraft on site
- Windsurfing nearby
- Parasailing nearby
- Fitness classes on site
- Miniature golf on site
- Pilates classes on site
- Scuba diving on site
- Yoga classes/instruction on site
- Boat tours on site
Spa Services
The onsite spa has massage/treatment rooms. Services include massages, facials, body wraps, and body scrubs. The spa is equipped with a sauna and a spa tub. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including hydrotherapy.
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
- Manicures and pedicures
- Body wraps
- Body scrubs
- Hydrotherapy treatments
- Sauna in spa
- Spa tub in spa
- Massages
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Cribs (infant beds) are not available.
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
- Destination fee: EUR 0.50 per person, per night
Optional extras
- Fee for full breakfast: EUR 10.50 for adults and EUR 10.50 for children (approximately)
- Airport shuttle fee: EUR 21.50 per vehicle (one way)
- Late check-out fee: EUR 35
Hotel Name
- Fortina
- Fortina Resort
- Fortina Spa
- Fortina Spa Resort
- Fortina Spa Resort Sliema
- Fortina Spa Sliema
- Spa Fortina
- Fortina Hotel Sliema
- Hotel Fortina Malta/Sliema
- Fortina Spa Resort Malta/Sliema
- Fortina Hotel Malta
- Hotel Fortina
We should mention
Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.


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PEOPLE across Swindon have been heading out to the polls today to vote in the local and European elections.
The polls opened at 7am and will stay open until 10pm this evening.
The exact turnout in Swindon is expected to be in the region of 30 per cent.
Despite forecasts of heavy rain, the bad weather has stayed away for much of the day so it was hoped it would not have had an impact.
For many polling stations, located at schools, community centres, churches and even a pub, it was a slow start but as people are finishing work there is set to be a spike in numbers coming in to vote.
In the local elections there are a total of 20 seats up for grabs. In most wards there is one contested seat with the exception of Ridgeway, where there were none, and St Andrews, where there are two.
The count for the European elections will take place on Sunday night so the results of Swindon's contribution to the South West region, of which there are six MEPs, will be announced then.
Despite concerns that people would not be interested, those who have voted say it is important everyone has their say.
Casting his vote at Commonweal School, 43-year-old Matthew Simpson said: "I vote every time but I think this year is important because of all the contentious issues around Europe.
"Because there is so much going on it is important everyone has their say."
At Stratton, Rachel Loveless, 20, said: "I think it's important everyone votes no matter how old. If you don't vote then you can't moan if something happens you don't like.
"I think a lot of older people vote because they have know a lot more about the world. A lot of younger people don't really have an interest in politics."
A significant factor in this year's vote is the increasing popularity of postal voting.
More than 28,000 forms were sent out, of which around 60 per cent will be returned.
Among those using a postal vote is 84-year-old David Walden, of Redhouse.
He said: "I have already sent my vote. It makes things a lot easier and saves going out on the day.
"I think these days a lot of people struggle to find the time to go out and this makes it a lot easier. Everyone should vote as it's very important."
However, despite some people's thoughts on voting, not everyone has headed to the polls today.
Louis Eton, 21, said: "I do not think it is the politicians which make a big difference in my life. It is more important what I do – that affects my life more. Most of the parties are the same so I do not bother."
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The Radial Headbone VT is an advanced "head switching device" that allows two different guitar amp heads to be used with a single speaker cabinet. With Headbone, one head could, for instance, be used for rhythm while a second head could be used for soloing. With 100% discreet class-A circuitry and choice of either buffered or un-buffered inputs, the Headbone will be of particular interest for players that demand the utmost in tonal performance.
The Headbone's internal switching comprises a sequence of relays, photocells, and load resistors, all of which are controlled via a digitally programmed chip. Hit the footswitch and the Headbone toggles the guitar signal from one amp to the other, disconnects the speaker and diverts the signal to a load resister, reconnects the speaker to the second head and turns on the guitar, all in quick succession.
To ensure safe and reliable performance, the Headbone features SafeMode™ whereby even when power is disconnected, the Headbone will automatically default to a 'head-1 to cabinet' status, ensuring a constant and safe load on the amplifier.
For large stages, the Headbone is equipped with Slingshot™, an easy to use remote control system that employs a standard foot switch or contact closure that lets you toggle the Headbone's status from your pedal board. This eliminates running guitar and speaker cables to-and-from the pedal board and the amplifier.
Built specifically for tube amps, the Headbone VT is another Radial "power tool" for serious guitarists.
Why make a Headbone?
Ask any guitarist for the ultimate stage setup and they will tell you that having two amps on stage is tonal bliss. Using a low-power head for crunchy rhythm and a high power two-channel amp for clean passages and soloing lets you handle just about any situation. The only problem is that hauling around another cabinet is cumbersome at best, and using two cabinets on stage requires two microphones and two mixing console channels. You'll also need more space on stage for that extra cabinet and mic stand, more truck space to transport the equipment and added effort during set-up and tear down. All of these factors led Radial Engineering to the development of the Headbone VT, a device that takes a guitar signal, sends it to one of two (selectable) amp heads, sends the amplfied signal back to the Headbone which connects the selected amp to the speaker cabinet.
Although this sounds like a simple task, in reality it is not. Switching amplifiers requires a complex series of actions to be performed (described below) set into action in such a way as to ensure the amplifiers are run safely and switching is both smooth and transparent.
Then of course one must manage the guitar signal without affecting the tone in any way. When switching heads, you are not just diverting speaker signals; you are also redirecting the original guitar signal. This means retaining the natural tone of the instrument without introducing distortion or coloration. Furthermore, any clicks or pops can be devastating, especially at concert touring levels... and on concert-size stages, running 50-foot cables from two guitar amplifier heads back to a pedal board and then all the way back to the speaker cabinet can be impractical to set-up. not to mention greatly reducing the amps ability to control speaker excursion, resulting in less punch and definition. Remote cabinet switching would definitely be an asset if not downright essential to keep cable lengths down and to consolidate switching onto (eg.) a pedalboard.
The Headbone was designed to address all of this and still be easy to use. What follows is some insight on how Radial did it.
The Headbone Signal Path
From the outside, the Radial Headbone appears to be a simple foot activated switch that toggles two heads on a single speaker cabinet. However simple this concept may be, in practice there are many hidden processes that explode into action the moment the foot switch is activated. All of the functions are controlled by a micro-controller chip.
Maintaining A Perfect Guitar Signal
The Headbone is equipped with both buffered and direct (non-buffered) inputs for the guitar. A buffer is an active gain stage that is used in electronic devices to maintain the level when manipulating a signal to perform various functions such as driving multiple destinations. Most manufacturers employ op-amps or chips to for buffers as one single chip can replace hundreds of discreet components. This makes it easy to route the printed circuit board and reduces costs. Alas, the unfortunate downside to 'the easy school of engineering' where one employs op-amps is a sacrifice in .
At Radial, they do not employ signal degrading op-amps or chips in the audio signal path; their Headbone is no exception; you get Radial's highly acclaimed 100% discreet, class-A circuit design for the most natural and transparent tone possible. Furthermore, if you are using a buffering device like the Radial Loopbone, Switchbone, the Radial JD7 or maybe the Radial JDV, you can bypass the input buffer and connect directly. This eliminates driving multiple buffers which, no matter how good they are, can increase noise and distortion.
Routing the Guitar Signal to the Heads
Once the guitar signal is in the Headbone, Headbone must route it to the two heads. Guitar signal routing can be accomplished using several different methods such as using VCA's - voltage controlled amplifiers, relays - mechanical switches, or photocells, which can be, used as electronic switches.
Guitar signals are low-level, high-impedance signals that are easily disrupted. As such using devices such as VCA's that may work well in line-level mixers, will cause tone aberrations that guitarists find offensive. Relays do not color the tone, but instead introduce a mechanical "pop" when the switch is engaged. Relay switch noise is not audible after the amplification stage such as when switching speakers but is very noticeable when manipulating "pre" guitar amplifier signals.
Following the lead set by Leo Fender's early amp designs, the Headbone employs a series of photocells to perform the hi-Z guitar signal switching. By controlling the photocells to smoothly ramp-up and ramp-down the signal, one can enjoy 100% quiet switching. Of course the downside is cost: Photocells are significantly more expensive than both VCA's and relays. This therefore limits the use of photocells to high-end gear and is why most manufacturers do not use them.
Routing the Guitar Signal to the Heads
While the inputs are being switched to the two amps, the Headbone must also toggle the guitar amplifier outputs going to the speaker cabinet. As anyone that has played around with tube amps knows, amplifiers must always see a load when being driven or else the transformer will heat up and this could cause the amp to malfunction. To address this, the Headbone employs a large "load resistor" that couples with the standby amp. For example: when head-1 is active, it is connected to the speaker while head-2's output is routed to the load resistor.
Actual head-to-speaker and load switching is accomplished using a series of high-cycling silver contact relays. These high performance aerospace industry approved relays are capable of 100W RMS operation and are rated for 10 million operations. Now that's switch life!
The Art of Silent Switching
Now that we understand how the various signals are switched, lets look at how the actual switching process works. Here's what goes on behind the scenes:
Of course all of this has to be controlled with absolute precision. This is accomplished using a digital micro-controller chip. What this means is that when you hit the Headbone's footswitch, you are actually sending a status change command to the micro-controller which then goes into action by muting the guitar, turning off the speaker, applying the resistive load and then turning everything back on again. The Headbone is a true marvel of hybrid technology that marries time-proven high performance analog Class-A circuitry, photocells and relays with state-of-the-art digital control.
SafeMode™ Operation
One of the very clever features built into the Headbone is a function called SafeMode™. This was designed into the Headbone as a fail-safe method to prevent disaster should ever the Headbone's power be accidentally disconnected or should the digital control chip ever fail. In SafeMode, the Headbone will automatically revert to a "default status" whereby head-1 is connected to the speaker and head-2 input is muted and its output connected to the load-resistor.
A Headbone for Tube and a Headbone for Solid-State
Tube amps and solid-state amps work completely differently; a tube amplifier must always see a load while a solid-state amp can be disrupted with back emf. This means that Radial had to develop two completely different circuits to support each type of amplifier: The Headbone VT for valve-tube amps and the Headbone SS for solid-state amps. Both Headbones employ 100% discreet class-A circuitry for the utmost in tonal fidelity. Class-A circuits, although less efficient and more challenging to develop than simple op-amp designs, sound so much better that they are "the choice" when it comes to retaining the natural tone of the instrument.
The Slingshot™ Remote
Long input cables can induce electro-magnetic noise while long speaker cables dissipate energy which reduces the amp's ability to control speaker excursion. This led Radial to the development of their Slingshot™ remote control switching solution. Slingshot allows switching to be controlled remotely using a plain 1/4" guitar cable rather than running long input and speaker cables to and between the switcher, heads and cabinet.
Since most guitarists would like to avoid the complexities of programming a MIDI system for switching, Radial designed a simple analog interface based on time-tested systems used by most guitar amp manufacturers to toggle amp channels. This approach had the unique benefit of being virtually universal among amp manufacturers as most employ 1/4" jacks for foot switches and since guitarists usually own extra 1/4" guitar cables... perfect! Also, Slingshot™ works using a simple contact closure footswitch; the same type,once again, that comes with most channel switching guitar amplifiers. All this means that just about any foot switch with a 1/4" jack can connect to and remotely toggle the Headbone's switching. And there's more...
Slingshot is also implemented on other Radial Tonebone products including the Loopbone™ and the Cabbone™. The Loopbone, for example, is equipped with a Slingshot output which acts like a master controller on a pedal board. You could set up the Loopbone so that when effects loop-1 is engaged, it sends a "switch command" to the Headbone to simultaneously switch heads. With one foot-stomp, you can activate your chorus, turn on an overdrive and switch amp heads! Best of all you are making all of this work with simple 1/4" guitar cable! Simply mind-boggling!
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THE man who died after his car hit a barrier on an M65 sliproad near Blackburn has been named as 48-year-old Peter Warburton.
Mr Warburton, who was from Blackburn, was travelling in a silver Mazda 3 on the eastbound sliproad at junction six, just off Whitebirk Roundabout, when he fell ill at the wheel.
A post mortem examination has been carried out and Michael Singleton, coroner for Blackburn, Darwen, Hyndburn and the Ribble Valley, found he died from natural causes.
The crash happened at 11.30am on January 3 and a slip road was closed while police recovered the car.
The accident came six weeks after Mark Burgess, of Abbey Village, died after his car hit a barrier near junction eight on November 28.
The 39-year-old HGV driver, who was born in Burnley, was thrown from his Citroen Saxo.


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juro wrote:cousinbasil wrote:Have to agree with mental v here. If the person is so smart, why is he keeping his money in the bank instead of investing it?.
It's called being general. I was trying to make a simple point. The bank could be any financial asset.cousinbasil wrote:Besides, there are people who come by their wealth honestly, and many who come by it by cheating, lying, and stealing. The balance sheet is a number, a bottom line; it tells you nothing.
Sure it does. The bottom line is what matters most. If you have good results, isn't that proof of
a mind at work? It may be relative but compare it to a drunk good-for-nothing homeless bum.
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