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The Amateur Golf Confederation of Asia was formed in 1963 at a meeting of three countries – Japan, the Philippines and Chinese Taipei – to run the Asian Amateur Golf Team Championship's Nomura Cup.
Since then, the Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation (APGC) has become a prominent organisation in world golf and is responsible for running the major international amateur championship in the region and promoting golf.
This is by no means a definitive history or even a narrative of the APGC; it could more aptly be called a chronicle of APGC action over the years. Unfortunately, many of the APGC's early records have not survived and the original office bearers have passed on. While some facts are missing, this material does present a good overview of the APGC and provides valuable historical information that may have been lost if not for the foresight of APGC chairman Tommy Lee to commission this task.
The brief history of the APGC provides an overview of the major steps and achievements throughout its 45-year history.
A number of appendices list information such as APGC office bearers, milestones, attendees at the biennial congresses and winners of APGC championships. There is also a complete list of results for the Sir Michael Bonallack Trophy and a list of the Asian Tour Awards when the APGC was responsible for the tour. Unfortunately, some of the information and names of early office bearers are missing because of incomplete records. If anyone can provide this information and fill the gaps it would be greatly appreciated.
– Dominic Wall
Brief History of the APGC
The Asian Amateur Golf Team Championship had its beginnings in 1962 during the Eisenhower Trophy in Kawana, Japan, when Manuel "Dindo" Gonzales, of the Philippines, proposed a tri-nation tournament between the Philippines, Japan and Chinese Taipei. Shun Nomura, vice-president of the Japan Golf Association, embraced the idea and the inaugural championship was planned for the following year.
The inaugural Asian Amateur Golf Team Championship was help in the Philippines from January 24 to 27, 1963, between Japan, the Philippines and Chinese Taipei, with a trophy donated by Shun Nomura that became known as the Nomura Cup. On the final day of the championship a meeting of the three countries was held and the Amateur Golf Confederation of Asia was formed with Gonzales elected president and Leonardo "Skip" Guinto secretary-general. Articles of Agreement were signed which were later replaced by Constitution and By-Laws at Nikko, Japan, where the second championship was held in 1965.
Chinese Taipei was the third venue in 1967 and the format of the best three scores out of four was adopted and is maintained today. Also at this championship, a number of other countries entered and it was decided to hold the event biennially during the years when the World Amateur Teams Championship was not played. It was also decided to hold congress just before the championship and the name of the organisation was changed to the Asia Golf Confederation. Guinto was appointed permanent secretary-general.
The fourth congress was held two days before the 1969 Nomura Cup in Seoul, Korea. A system of election of officers was adopted and, as a result, Korea assumed the presidency and India the vice-presidency as the next host. Unfortunately, India was unable to host the fifth Nomura Cup with the role going to the Philippines.
Also in 1969, the confederation assumed responsibility for running the Asia Golf Circuit, forerunner to the Asian Tour. The circuit was made up of a number of National Opens which were run by various national golf associations – the same bodies that were members of the confederation, so it was a logical step for the confederation to take control. A committee to run the circuit was formed, rules were drawn up and Guinto appointed chairman and co-ordinator.
The sixth Nomura Cup and biennial congress were held in Jakarta and the seventh in Japan. By now the AGC consisted of 14 members – Burma, Ceylon, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. During the seventh championship, the procedure for determining results through playoffs for the Nomura Cup was adopted and is still in use.
The eighth championship in 1977 was held in Malaysia with a then record of 10 nations competing. The newly elected president, Malaysia's Justice Tan Sri Dato Abdul Hamid, proposed to invite Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea as members. This was agreed unanimously and the three countries accepted the offer to join. The name Asia Golf Circuit subsequently changed to Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation.
The 1977 Biennial Congress was significant because Guinto resigned as secretary-general because of health reasons and was replaced by Edmund Yong, from Malaysia, who remained secretary-general until 1996. As a result, the secretariat and day-to-day operations of the confederation moved from the Philippines to Malaysia; the move was significant on a number of fronts and helped shape the future of the APGC.
In 1978 a new constitution was approved and it was decided to hold APGC meetings in the years between biennial congresses. This meant the APGC now met annually and was able to expedite its decision-making process.
Singapore staged the ninth Nomura Cup in 1979 with another record entry of 13 countries. At the congress held before the championship, Guinto was elected first patron of the APGC in recognition of his service.
The tenth Nomura Cup in 1981 was held in India at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club with 10 countries competing. At the congress amendments were made to the constitution approving creation of the executive committee and post of vice-chairman. Four geographical zones were also created – north, south-east, west and Pacific.
Korea staged the eleventh championship in 1983 with Chung Koo Hur becoming president. Hur was to play an important role for the APGC during his term and, in particular, offered to design a logo for the APGC which was adopted in 1984 and is still in use today.
The year 1985 was important for the APGC on a number of fronts. It was the first time the biennial congress and Nomura Cup were staged outside Asia when both were held in Adelaide, Australia. A match was held between Asia and Australia/New Zealand (with Asia winning) and the APGC agreed to take over the operation of the Asian Ladies Circuit, subsequently launched in 1987 with a five-year sponsorship from Kosaido Development Corporation. The circuit became a prelude for other tours for women professionals at the beginning of the year and was co-ordinated by Mrs Rae Vadee T. Suwan, from Thailand.
In 1986, the APGC added a new championship with the inclusion of a senior amateur championship. The first championship was help at the Royal Selangor Gold Club in Malaysia and was won by Bernie Bell, from Australia, with a two-round score of 146. The trophy was presented by Chief Justice Tan Sri Dato Abdul Hamid and was subsequently called the Abdul Hamid Cup. More than 70 golfers from nine countries competed in the championship. The second event was held in Chinese Taipei. By 1991 the championship had become so popular it was decided to make it an annual event.
The 1987 Nomura Cup, played in Thailand, produced the first and so far only tie in a championship which resulted in a play-off between Australia and Japan with Japan victorious on the first play-off hole.
Chinese Taipei hosted the 1989 championship and, at the biennial congress, Tun Adbul Hamid Omar, APGC president from 1977 to 1979, was made the second patron of the confederation. The year 1989 also marked a number of major changes to the Asian Golf Circuit, including establishment of a circuit end-of-season prize, an order of merit system and appointment of Thai Airways as official carrier.
In 1990, three awards were approved for the 1991 circuit – Order of Merit Winner ("Skip" Guinto Award), Rookie of the Year (Tun Abdul Hamid Omar Award) and the Lowest Stroke Average Winner (Kim Hall Award).
The 1991 Nomura Cup and Biennial Congress were held in the Philippines with Atushi Kida, of Japan, and M.J. "Dindo" Gonzalez, of the Philippines, unanimously elected patrons of the APGC.
The Asia Golf Circuit continued to grow and in 1992 a company called Spectrum was appointed overall sponsor and was responsible for television and marketing rights. This turned out to be an indifferent arrangement and by 1994 the agreement was terminated. Also in 1992, a number of discussions began between the circuit and Australasia PGA Tour about a possible merger. This did not eventuate and by 1994 APGC members rejected an offer to merge with Australasia.
In 1993, the Nomura Cup was played at Royal Selengor Golf Club for the second time and proved another important year for the Asia Golf Circuit. The circuit name was changed to the Asia Tour, an all-exempt tour format was adopted and a special tour committee established with the responsibility of running the tour. But probably the most significant development was the Singapore Open leaving the Asian Tour to join the Australasian Tour, a move that signalled major changes on the horizon for the Asian Tour. At the time, Singapore wanted to stay part of both tours but an agreement could not be reached about the number of exempt players from each tour allowed in the field.
Perhaps sensing some issues in the market, another Asian golf tour (which would become the Omega Tour) was launched in 1994 by the Asian Professional Golfers' Association. Ironically, this tour would lead to the demise to the Asian Golf Tour within six years.
New Zealand hosted the second Nomura Cup and congress held outside Asia in 1995 and Guinto, the APGC's first secretary-general (1963-1978) and patron (1979), died on September 25. An executive committee was also established to run the day-to-day affairs of the APGC.
Edmund Young, secretary-general of the APGC, died in July, 1996. He had made significant a contribution to the APGC, serving in various positions for 19 years, including being the APGC's rules officer to the R&A. David Lee, of Malaysia, replaced Young but he also passed away in August 1997. The confederation then appointed Bertie To Jr, from Hong Kong, who served as secretary-general until 2002 when Indian Dilip Thomas took over and still held the post in 2008.
In 1997 the Nomura Cup and Biennial Congress were held in Hong Kong and a number of discussions were held about areas of mutual co-operation between the Asian and Omega tours. By 1999, these discussions eventually led to the Asian Golf Tour being discontinued and the limited company which was set up by the APGC to run the tour was wound up. This effectively ended the APGC's 30-year direct involvement with the tour and professional golf.
A biennial match between nations of Great Britain and Europe against Asia-Pacific was introduced in1998 and first played in Australia. The event, named the Sir Michael Bonallack Trophy after the former R&A secretary and leading international amateur golfer, has been played every two years since 1998. Europe won the inaugural match and Asia-Pacific Team victories (2002-2004) were under the captaincy of Tai Kawata, from Japan.
Also in 1998, APGC Limited was incorporated in the British Virgin Islands with all member countries becoming directors. It was decided the chairman of the executive committee would become the administrative head of the APGC while the president would act as titular head. This led to Tommy Lee becoming the first official chairman of APGC at the 1999 Biennial Congress held in Pakistan, an appointment that has helped the APGC grow into a major force in international golf.
The 1999 Biennial Congress was also the last time the presidency would be offered to the host of the next Nomura Cup with China's Tu Ming becoming president from 1999 to 2001. At the 2001 congress held in China, Japan's Eddie Tsuji was unanimously elected president, a position he would hold until he retired in 2007 when he was elected the APGC's first honourary president.
The R&A started to help the APGC in 2002 when they offered to provide financial support for running the Nomura Cup. The APGC accepted this support and rather than use the funds in tournament operations, they decided to distribute the funds to all countries that entered the championship to help offset their travel costs. The first time this happened was the 2003 Nomura Cup held in Port Douglas, Australia.
It is interesting to note that originally the Nomura Cup was scheduled for the United Arab Emirates but was moved to Australia less than 12 months out from the championship. Concern was expressed about hosting an event in the Middle East after the September 11 terrorist attacks in the US and tensions in the region.
As well as the 2003 Nomura Cup being held in Australia, the APGC secretariat was also relocated to Australia and based in Melbourne at the officers of the Australian Golf Union. The AGU's offer to host the secretariat was well received by the APGC and resulted in considerable savings to the confederation.
The 2005 Nomura Cup was held in Japan at Narita Golf Club and was won by Australia with a record-equalling low score of 814, 50 under par. This equalled the 2001 Australian Team score in China at Wu Yi Foundation Palm Golf Club and again highlighted the high quality of amateur golf from the Asia-Pacific region.
In 2006, the APGC added a new event to the calendar when it staged the first Asia-Pacific Open Amateur Championship at Mission Hills Golf Club, China. This will become the premier individual amateur golf championship in the region and Mission Hills have agreed to sponsor and host the championship for 10 years. The inaugural championship was won by Englishman Gary Boyd.
At the 2007 Biennial Congress held in Taiwan, the APGC decided to run the Asian Junior Championship, a biennial team event. The APGC has previously been associated with the championship which was held for many years in the Philippines but in2007 decided to take a more active role in the operation and staging of the championship. The first championship was scheduled for 2008.
Also at the 2007 congress, Kwangsoo Hur, from Korea, became APGC president, taking over from Eddie Tsuji. This was a notable appointment given Hur's father, Chung Koo Hur, had been president from 1983 to1985. This was, therefore, the first time both father and a son had held the APGC presidency.
Another important milestone was reached at the 23rd congress when Fiji won the right to host the 2011 Nomura Cup. This would be the first APGC event to be held in the Pacific islands and highlights the reach of the APGC, from the Middle East to Asia, Australasia and the Pacific.
The year 2008 saw the APGC take further steps in its evolution when it appointed its first employee with Australian Dominic Wall taking up a part-time position as the APGC's championship tournament director. His is an active role co-ordinating all the APGC's championships, working closely with member countries and clubs in staging the tournaments.
The APGC has come a long way in more than 45 years ago when representatives from three countries met to form the Amateur Golf Confederation of Asia. It now runs four regional championships and an international team match, is recognised as the international governing body of the Asian, South-east Asian and South Pacific Games, is financially secure, has 28 member countries and close links with R&A, is actively involved in helping the golf industry in the region grow and has passionate people who want to see the great game of golf develop. With the APGC's custody of golf in the region, it looks to be in good hands.


The Bonsai Village was established in Omiya over seventy years ago in 1925, two years after the Great Kanto earthquake in 1923. Bonsai growers who had lived in the Hongo Area in Tokyo, learned a lesson from the earthquake and decided to move to Omiya where there was good soil for nurturing bonsai with clean water and fresh air. At its peak, Bonsai Village encompassed more than 30 distinguished Houses. Today, more than 10 Houses can be found in the area, consistently producing some of the world's most envied and beautiful bonsai. In addition, the Great Bonsai Festival draws great crowds and is held each year from May 3rd to May 5th. Bonsai is very popular abroad, and Bonsai Village has hosted young trainees from Europe and the United States while entertaining 10,000 visitors from abroad annually. Though Japanese people tend to regard bonsai as being rather exclusive, bonsai trees are very easy to admire.
Visitors are welcome to stroll around Bonsai Village at their leisure. For those who have tired from a day's worth of sightseeing, the Japanese-style "House of Four Seasons" provides a relaxing complementary rest area.
All of the Bonsai nurseries in Bonsai-cho are within walking distance from the local railway stations, they are about 2 minutes' walk from Omiya Koen Station of the Tobu Noda Line, and about 5 minutes' walk from Toro Station of JR Tohoku Line. More information about these nurseries is available at the above link.
This bonsai estate owns a collection centered around deciduous trees.
Concentrates on selling bonsai tools such as pots and scissors.
Handles a wide variety of bonsai trees in each season of the year. Also famous for well-studied bamboo bonsai pieces.
A bonsai garden where you can enjoy from mountain wild plants to artistic bonsai pieces. In this garden, Ezomatsu (Japanese spruce) is a must to see. Also a bonsai class is offered.
The owner of this garden is good at nurturing creative bonsai pieces. Original tools are also sold here.
Concentrates on making middle-class but elegant bonsai trees. Also offers a bonsai class that you can easily join on Saturday and Sunday. The monthly fee is 6,000 yen with a 5,000 yen-admission fee.
Concentrates on natural bonsai with minimum human touch for art's sake.
Works on bonsai, mainly on azalea, which can easily be grown at home.
The House of the Four Seasons stands in the nook of Bonsai Village. The house offers rooms which can be used for tea ceremonies, Japanese dance practice or meetings for rent with a charge. It also has free space for rest which anyone can use. This is the place where you can really enjoy the authentic Japanese atmosphere. The harmony of the House with the surrounding bonsai gardens is a unique feature of the village.
There is a second area in Omiya City that specializes in growing Bonsai and has several nurseries in close proximity. The link above will show you a detailed map of the area. For more information I suggest you contact the Omiya Sightseeing Association.
This bonsai garden owns a wide variety of bonsai pieces from wild mountain plants to creative bonsai trees. This garden is included in a Hato Bus tour.
The owner of this garden excels in nurturing creative bonsai trees whose natural forms are preserved.
This garden offers bonsai trees of Ezomatsu(Japanese Spruce), Kuromatsu(Black Pine) as well as deciduous trees such as mountain maple trees and plum trees.
The bonsai nurseries in Omiya are beautiful, so are their trees! Remember that you cannot photograph them. I was knocked for six in Bonsai Heaven but I was disappointed that I had not allowed enough time to visit them all. They are not open on Thursdays and I was being guided so had to go when and where the guide went. A lot of time is taken up with introductions, tea and bonsai discussion before looking at the Bonsai. The Bonsai masters I met were really nice, unpretentious people and very generous. I reckon I would have needed about 4 or 5 days to see the lot properly.
Masahiro Owada's Web Page - In Omiya City, the staff at the Information and Travel Bureau in City Hall made me most welcome and their hospitality was wonderful. I must acknowledge especially Masahiro Owada in that office and the trouble he went to on my behalf. It was far above and bdyond the call of duty, including arranging for a delightful guide named Noriko Ishiguro.
I went to Omiya to see the bonsai village. Unfortunately, Omiya is a large city with few obvious English speakers, I had forgotten to take detailed directions, and the bonsai villiage is not within eyesight of the main rail line. As a result I found a neat urban park and temple instead. These are located to the NE (right as you come from Tokyo) of the main rail station about 1 km away. I figured I had better be prepared for my next visit to Japan so I had the hotel concierge sort out the directions after I got back. The first step is to get to Omiya main station. This is fairly easy on the JR lines and costs about 500 yen each way from downtown Tokyo. Most of the cars now have lighted displays to give the next stop name in Romanji, Kanji, and Hiragangi (I may have spelled the last wrong and only read the first). A word to the wise is that when everyone else gets off the train before you reach your destination you should follow the crowd as there has been a train change. Once you reach Omiya it is time to change to the local train. You want the Tobu Noda Line for Omiya Koen Station. I did not make it this far, but I suspect that this entails going from the main station to a secondary station nearby (I saw directions to the other station) since there are several train companies and I beleive that this is a different company's line.


Do you give shuttle till the Walmart and the north east mall ? Do you have buffet breakfast ?
We shuttle within 5 mile radius, and we have a hot and cold breakfast buffet.
what time should shuttle pick me up for a 7 am flight?
I believe they run at the top and bottom of the hour, and I think the hotel recommends a 2 hour lead time. It's very close to DFW, however it's a very big airport, so it takes a few minutes. I think 2 hours is more than enough time. I'd be comfortable with 1 1/2 hours if I'm not checking luggage.
Have a room with a hot tub/jetted tub?
Yes we do have it!
What time is the breakfast on Sunday?
Where at DFW is the shuttle to the hotel?


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Making it to the closing table is the expectation of buyers of Highlands NC real estate. Sometimes there are unforeseen circumstances that get in the way of a home purchase succeeding but other times actions of a buyer can put an end to the deal at hand. Knowing what to do and what not to do while under contract can help assure that you make it to the closing table.
Your Highlands REALTOR is an invaluable asset in helping you locate a home and negotiate its purchase. Once you are under contract and passed your contingencies you are merely waiting for the day of closing. If you are financing your home it is important to watch your spending during this time. Things that can get in the way of closing include losing a job and over-extending your line of credit. Keep an eye on your financial behaviour because your lender certainly will.
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Feeling the need to prove ourselves is a habit that results from believing that we need to defend ourselves against attack or criticism about who we are or how we live. We may know deep down that we are well, happy and whole but in public or when faced with criticism or doubt, feel at a loss as to how to show this and revert to self defense mechanisms that operate from a place of insecurity.
There are certain people in everybody's lives who don't seem to respect boundaries, don't make the effort to communicate in a way that is respectful of another person's wishes or desires or are so consumed with their own insecurities that they act in ways designed to provoke self doubt and worry in others.
There are also people who innocently project their fears and conditioned beliefs onto those around them in a bid to keep them safe and protected.
Finally, there are people that we misunderstand and react to in ways that are heightened and overly emotional.
When it comes to feeling that we need to prove ourselves, there may be an element of feeling shame or guilt over past mistakes that makes us feel especially vulnerable, particularly if we feel someone is trying to 'expose' us. Growth happens when we forgive ourselves for our indiscretions and bad judgements and reflect on our own innocence in believing that acting as we did would make us feel better.
When we move on from self judgement and feelings of guilt and shame, we begin to operate from love and health and act in ways that are beneficial to our own wellbeing and the wellbeing of others. Experiencing feelings of panic because someone is going 'show the world who we really are' is not only unhelpful but untrue.
Who we really are is the energy of love; perfect, whole, healthy. When we let go of fear that we will be shown to be other than this, we choose to operate from the space of health within. We can also see that anybody trying to make us look bad is suffering on some level and mistaken in the belief that attacking or belittling someone else will relieve their own pain and make them look better to others.
We live in a society that benefits from miscommunication, insecurity and the need to prove ourselves. But what does this do for us on an emotional, psychological and physical level?
When we feel a constant need to prove ourselves, we lose sight of our wellbeing. We give up our own truth in order to operate within the confines of another person's reality. We cannot convince other people of something they refuse or are unable to see because of their own belief system and the exhausting cycle of attack, defense, grief and worry leads to us feeling wiped out on every level.
We cannot avoid people for the rest of our lives and some of our harshest critics may be people that we want to maintain a relationship with. Likewise, we may also be misunderstanding other people's communication and reacting to a threat that is not even there. For these reasons and many others, reverting to a space within that allows us to trust in ourselves, observe the ego and our thoughts of worry and stress and act instead in our own best interests is our best way forwards during these interactions.
So, how do we let go of the need to prove ourselves to others?
Take a breath as soon as we feel attacked or judged. Reacting from a space of hurt and panic will not help us personally and may be ceased upon by another person as evidence that they are correct in their assumption or opinion about who we are or who we aren't.
Respond from a place of self love. This means not harming ourselves by reacting to the other person and may be as simple as saying, "I'm uncomfortable with this conversation", changing the topic, remaining silent, calmly explaining we will not be defending ourselves or excusing ourselves from the situation.
Let our thoughts flow. When we are flooded with adrenaline as the body tries to decide whether we should fight or take flight, it can feel like second nature to act on our every thought. But fast and noisy thinking is rarely helpful to us. Hindsight is so often wise because we are no longer in the feeling of the situation and able to get a better perspective on it. If we can remain quiet within, we are more likely to find a way of dealing with the situation that is helpful to us.
Forgive ourselves if we do react. If somebody wants to provoke us into feeling the need to prove ourselves and we react to the stress we feel in response to that, they may call us out on our behaviour but we need to remember that we are human. Of course we have moments when we feel less than or frightened or confused and some people may use this as an example of where we are failing or not good enough but that doesn't make it true. Forgiving ourselves for allowing another person to provoke us into feeling we need to prove ourselves is a self loving act that can only benefit us and help us evolve past the need to engage in battles begun by others.
Forgive the other person. We are complex individuals with layers of conditioning to break through, operating in a society designed to oppress us and profit from our confusion and pain. Each of us has our own path and we are walking it in the way that makes sense to us. If we can try to have compassion for the person forcing us to prove ourselves, we may respond to them more lightly and kindly than if we see them as our adversary and attacker.
Understand that we may be misreading the situation. If we assume we are actually not under attack and not being called on to prove ourselves, it removes a lot of tension and struggle from the situation and we can relax and communicate from a more peaceful and loving space.
Realise that in every day life we never have to show or prove anything to anybody. If we are operating from health, we can trust our intuition and self awareness and shrug off other people's criticisms or attacks.
It is very difficult for us to try to provide evidence of what we believe or who we are when we feel under threat and unless we are enjoying an interaction during which we wish to demonstrate our position, it is often useless and unhelpful for us.
We are the perfect, divine expression of consciousness. When we let go of the need to prove ourselves and instead allow ourselves to stay connected to our truth, we are more likely to remain clam and peaceful. When we remember who we really are, we know that wellbeing will keep us safe. In the face of others' demands and our own misconceptions about what is being asked of us, we are lead by wellbeing to respond in a way that is loving and helpful for ourselves. And in times when we do react, we can revert to wellbeing by forgiving ourselves for the innocent belief that reacting to the judgements of others will make us feel better and let go of the situation so that we can move on and enjoy who we know we really are.


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The Prisons and Court Bill published in February 2017 provides a revolutionary new way of handling guilty pleas to summary, non-imprisonable offences.
The law on parking penalties following on from ParkingEye –v- Beavis
On the 4th November 2015, the Supreme Court gave its judgement in respect of the combined cases of Cavendish Square Holding -v- Talal El Makdessi and ParkingEye Ltd -v- Beavis 2015. The appeals gave the Supreme Court an opportunity to review the law on parking penalties as it has become something of a fraught area.
Barry Beavis, 47 from Chelmsford, Essex, is a Chip Shop owner who was pursing litigation clearly, as a matter of principle so far as he was concerned. He had also been the recipient of an £85 charge for breaching a 2 hour limit in April 2013, which he argued was "unfair and disproportionate". He did not, in principle, dispute that he had overstayed a free parking period by nearly an hour.
Is marriage going out of fashion?
Figures released on the 5th November 2015, show that cohabiting couples continue to the fastest growing family type in the UK in 2015.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS), have provided a Report showing that cohabiting couples in the UK have now reached 3.2 million. This in fact, represents an increase of nearly 30% between 2005 and 2015.
Impact of dishonesty and/or non-disclosure in divorce cases – important ruling by the supreme court
The Supreme Court has unanimously allowed the appeals of two ex-wives in the landmark cases of Sharland v Sharland and Gohil v Gohil.
In these two cases, the Supreme Court has made it clear that there will be zero tolerance for non-disclosure or indeed, dishonesty in financial proceedings arising from the breakdown of the marriage. In both of these cases, the former wives were seeking to have their divorce settlement set aside on the specific grounds of non-disclosure or dishonesty by their former husbands.
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Sporting events such as the recent Rugby World Cup captivated millions. Whether they watch on TV screens or for those lucky enough to have tickets in stadiums, the prospect of glory can be truly hypnotising.
Major sporting tournaments have existed for generations, but now fuelled by 24 hour news and media, today's hype surrounding speculation of "who will win" is unprecedented. It can be strengthened by omnipresent betting websites adverts, by twitter or by a single click on a mobile that keeps everyone involved in the action whatever they are doing. There is just one winner, who will take it all, as the song has it.

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Being naughty in Raleigh with Little Miss Nasty
Posted on February 2, 2018 by Gus Samarco in Live Review, USA, Women in Rock
Little Miss Nasty
By Gus Samarco, Rock At Night Raleigh
Venue: The Pour House Music Hall, Raleigh-January 30, 2018
I was pretty curious about Little Miss Nasty since I've first heard of them, so besides four smoking hot chicks, I honestly didn't know what to expect from the show. Gina and the Eastern Block opened the set with a very energetic performance that got the crowd all warmed up and rowdy. Before talking about the performance of Little Miss Nasty, let me give a huge shout out to their support crew. I was impressed how the guys set up the stage for the performance. You'll see from the pictures how much work was done in a very short period of time.
Alright, Little Miss Nasty took the stage and my jaw dropped. The description in their website nails it down saying "Little Miss Nasty is the wildly successful Los Angeles based lifestyle brand and high energy rock and roll dance show full of beautiful, talented and irresistibly bad ass girls." This pretty much sums everything up.
One major difference between Little Miss Nasty and everything else I have ever shot on a stage is that there's no band (yet?), "just" the four girls… the four members of a decadent troupe of feisty little sex kittens causing a ruckus in leather and stilettos Wherever They May Roam, presenting a provocatively decadent and energetic performance
Little Miss Nasty brings a new product to the market and it is a nice product, so leave the stereotypical and preconceived ideas and threat yourself to a great show.
You'll have two more chances to see those ladies in action before they go on a break:
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Gus was Born and raised in Brasilia, Brazil but have been living in Raleigh, NC since 2000.
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Dino is the name of the alpaca featured in the picture above, and I have a very complicated relationship with him. He tends to lead all of the other alpacas astray – running away when they're meant to get penned for shearing. Dino also dunks his front legs in watering troughs whenever he has the opportunity. He's a handsome unit, but goodness he causes trouble.
Our Indian Runner ducks are all-white and very popular amongst show breeders. Some of these Runners are able to lay a duck-egg-blue coloured egg. And they're hilarious to watch running around – very similar to waddling penguins. We're starting to move some of these ducks on to new homes because they aren't as good layers as the Khaki Campbells.
Khaki Campbell hens enjoy their time in the sunshine. These KCs are clearly not pure-bred but have done a great job for us thus far. I really like the blue tips on some of their wings, and we've had some absolutely stunning ducklings hatch from these girls. They lay many duck eggs for us, and we're thankful!
100 baby chicks arrived at Heritage Farm last year, and we grew them all up from day-old. Unfortunately not all of our female chickens were entirely female! 5 roosters have fully grown and lived a perfectly wonderful life carving out their niche in the farm. For now we've left them largely to their own devices but we'll have to find a solution for them at some point. Just not yet!
An escapee chicken jumped our six foot high fox proof fence and discretely laid a clutch of eggs under the agapanthus' in our driveway. Clearly avoiding all predation and sorting out her own needs in the process. One morning one of our Farm Stay guests went outside only to find this escapee with her brood of 15 baby chicks of all different colours! While not in this tranche of farm photos, she's done a wonderful job raising the chicks to a month old.
That's a good summary of what's been going on at Heritage Farm recently, but we also have a video of Heritage Farm in Winter 2018 that you can also check out.
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When a cruise ship sinks in the ocean or an airliner crashes and the causes are examined retrospectively, human error turns out to be the most common cause of the disaster. Someone pushed the wrong button, miscommunicated, slept on his watch, missed the signs or misunderstood or disobeyed instructions.
In our Titanic today, that navigator, who doesn't believe in maps and thinks the best way forward is right through the iceberg, seems to be Mr Mika Salminen, The director of health safety at Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL).
In an interview published in the Finnish daily Helsingin Sanomat yesterday, Salminen said: "We honestly don't understand WHO's recommendations on testing. We won't be able to eradicate this disease globally anyway."
"To suppress and control the epidemic, countries must isolate, test, treat and trace," the WHO's Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a media briefing.
When asked why the successful strategy of South Korea, which was able to reduce the number of cases dramatically by intensive testing and isolation can not be used in Finland, he said: "Let me be straight with you, that model is not implementable in the Nordic Countries." Salminen believes that widespread testing is useful when the chain of transmission is still stoppable. "Finland will not start widespread testing".
These assumptions have already been proven false. China has been able to bring the new domestic cases to zero despite having a much larger infection rate than Finland. South Korea took the spread under control with 15000 daily testings. At the moment, there are only an estimated 250 000 infected and 11 000 deaths globally, which are both still very small numbers compared to the global population.
South Korea was able to bring down the cases of Covid-19 by aggressive testing and isolation
Finland was caught unprepared for the pandemic. Delays, bad decisions and lack of action dominated the initial response of Finland until this Monday when many good measures were taken.
It has now come to light that there are not enough protective gears, masks, disinfectants and test-kits for Covid-19 in the country. All of these should have been foreseen and taken care of - the latest back in February when the virus started spreading outside China and later from Italy to Finland. Also, because of a disastrously wrong and rather conservative testing strategy, we lost track of how many people have been infected in the country. Officially there were 450 confirmed cases in Finland today; The real number is estimated to be 20 - 30 times higher than the official confirmed cases.
There have been several indications that even the health care staff are not being granted tests despite having symptoms. Two nurses who matched all the criteria, and had recently come back from disease hotspots struggled to get tested.
The reason behind lack of preparedness or over-conservative testing practices was so far unknown, but Salminen now reveals in the interview that although the testing capacity in Finland is 1 500 tests per day, the full capacity is not used and tests are limited to the absolutely necessary, which are the patients needing hospital care.
Tragic consequences of this strategy came to light yesterday when a nurse working at cancer and organ transplant ward of the Children's Hospital of HUS was confirmed to have the Covid-19 infection. Twenty-four other staff members, including two doctors who had been exposed to the infection, are now quarantined. HUS says that the infected nurse was not in direct contact with children in that ward, who are often immunosuppressed and would not survive a viral infection. There is no information about whether secondary contacts exposed patients or not.
Salminen reiterates that "test is not therapy" and testing is not easy and should be used sparingly, but even if there would be more than enough kits, capacity, staff and equipment, people with mild symptoms will not be tested.
Basically what Mr Salminen is saying, is that he would rather let the test kits expire and go to trash, than use them to diagnose non-critical cases. This is astonishing. Knowledge of virus transmission is extremely important in keeping track of the pandemic. On an individual level, testing has significant benefits. If the test is negative, the person can go on with ordinary productive life. In case the result is positive, all contacts can be tracked and tested, while he or she can be quarantined and avoid infecting others.
So what is Mr Salminen's strategy for fighting the pandemic? What he mentions in the interview comes down to a mix of fattening the curve and herd immunity.
Herd immunity, which was also initially suggested by Boris Johnson and then quickly withdrawn, has been rejected by the vast majority of experts as a strategy to fight Covid-19. "I've been talking to other academics, science journalists, private companies, & gov't people all of today and still struggling to understand this," Devi Sridhar, Chair of Global Public Health at the University of Edinburgh tweeted referring to UK's herd immunity strategy. "The gov't seems to be following flu playbook strategy. But this is not the flu. COVID-19 is much worse & health outcomes are sobering."
But let's have a look at how would herd immunity work for Finland.
For Herd immunity to kick in, at least 60% of the population - preferably 80% - have to contract the virus, which in Finland's case means over 3 million people. The current estimate of SARS-CoV-2 mortality is about 3.4% based on 100 000 defined cases. As we are not necessarily detecting all cases, the actual rate could be around 1.7%. (Spanish flu mortality rate was estimated between 2.5 - 3.5%) This means up to 30 000 - 51 000 Finns have to die for Mr Salminen's theory to work.
To estimate how quickly a virus spreads, scientists look at the two factors of reproduction number, i.e. how many people each individual with the virus is likely to infect and the serial interval, i.e. the time between one person developing symptoms and a second person becoming infected and developing symptoms. The reproduction number for SARS-CoV-2 has been 2.2, and the serial interval appears to be approximately 4 days. This means the infections double every 4 days.
Through the social distancing measures put in place in Finland last week, we basically slow down the doubling time, and bring down the reproduction number to 1.4, it means the numbers double approximately every 6 days or 16,66% per day. As the disease spreads through the population towards herd immunity, reproduction number deceases, but that is difficult to calculate. An interactive site called Corona Calculator gives an estimate of how social distancing affects transmission and mortality rates for each country including Finland.
It's important to keep in mind that accurately estimating the case-fatality risk is difficult because milder cases are not being diagnosed and death is delayed.
A Chinese study reported that the median time from symptom onset to radiological confirmation of pneumonia was 5 days; from symptom onset to intensive care unit (ICU) admission was 11 days; and from ICU admission to death was 7 days. This gives us a median time of 23 days from symptoms (or confirmation if test taken then) to death.
Mortality rates have varied in different countries, form 0.9% in South Korea to 7.7% in Italy. Percentage of older population is one important factor in case-fatality. Also because of the lag of 23 days the statistics have not updated for countries with a climbing infection rate. A calculation published by the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) has used a mortality rate of 0.05 to 0.1%, which has not been seen anywhere in the world. The calculation is extremely optimistic. Even though case-fatality rate decreased in China for patients with symptom onset after 1st February, we have not seen the same trend in Italy or Spain.
Ideal herd immunity scenario would aim to manage transmission so that mainly those would get infected who will have a mild illness, which is almost impossible to implement. If the transmission is not tracked and controlled, we also have no control over who contracts the virus. Herd immunity is also not easy to maintain; in the case of measles, for example, it is only preserved through very high vaccination rates.
Not testing mild cases also makes it impossible to know when the society has reached herd immunity, other than by extrapolating backwards from the mortality rate of confirmed coronavirus cases in hospitals.
If herd immunity was the main strategy, there would be no need for the extensive shutdown implemented in Finland. It would have been enough and faster to just isolate and quarantine the high-risk groups.
By flattening the curve through the social distancing measures taken at the moment, we have also slowed the transmission rate to 1.4 from an exponential average of 2. This way, the peak of the disease will hopefully not overwhelm hospital capacity. At the same time if we do not actively seek and isolate cases and let infections spread, we are not stopping, but lengthening the epidemic, and the country has to stay in shutdown for a longer period.
Based on a 60% herd immunity, if we estimate that we have around 10 000 infections today, it will take around 60 - 180 days for us to reach the 3 million infections. This means the country has to stay shutdown at least for that period of time and bury an up to 850 people per day. This is the mortality rate which Italy is approaching at the moment. The country hit a daily record number of 627 Corona related deaths today.
Another problem with herd immunity is that the more a virus changes hosts, the higher the chances of it mutating. A recent report already identifies two variants for SARS-CoV-2, the L type and the S type. "I think there's no question the virus will continue to mutate," says Ralph Baric, Prof. of Epidemiology who has specialised in coronaviruses and emerging infections. "There's no question that as a virus passages in a new host species, it adapts to more efficient and more capable replication in that new host species and more efficient transmission between the host species. So it's almost certain the virus will continue to evolve and change, and how that evolution will alter disease severity, it really remains unknown."
As this is a new virus, we also don't have enough information about the long term effects of the infection after recovery. A study of 142 Diamond Princess cruise ship passengers in Japan found that up to 10% of totally non-symptomatic infections resulted in fibrosis or other changes in the patient's lungs.
If Salminen was an academic with a controversial opinion, we could just disregard him, but he seems to be in charge and making critical decisions that could cost lives. Lots of lives.
We must not put a general who has already accepted defeat in charge of the battlefield.
Unless the Prime Minister Sanna Marin or the Minister of Health Aino-Kaisa Pekonen exert leadership and put someone else in charge, we'll have to start digging graves.
Fight against Coronavirus in Finland hampered by lack of leadership
As streets quiet down, number of Covid-19 cases rises to 359 in Finland
THL: Measures mean coronavirus carrier will infect 1.4, not 2.2, people on average
Here is how Finland can come out of the shutdown very fast
Alexis Kouros is the Editor in Chief of Helsinki Times
He is a medical doctor with a focus on public health and epidemiology
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Thief 4 review
Excellent and comprehensive settings that can completely alter the way the game is played. Some truly impressive levels. Excellent lock picking mechanics. Generally faithful to Thief lore, with some welcome visits from old friends.
Too many loading screens. Poor AI. Lighting throughout the world is too extreme; either too bright, or too dark. Poor dialogue.
£39.99 (Xbox One/PS4)
I should start this piece with a caveat: I was a huge fan of the original Thief series -- even the Xbox version, Deadly Shadows, from 2004. For many of us older gamers the
Thief titles launched in 1998 were the daddy of the stealth genre. But here we are after a long 10-year wait for Garrett's return, eager to see how the rascal is doing.
Thief 4 -- or just "Thief" to denote the reboot, a la Tomb Raider -- for those new to this frachise, is once again set in a fantasy Victorian gothic steampunk world where it is permanently night. Garrett, a master thief, returns to The City to find it is being ruled by The Baron, a tyrant. To make things worse a sinister plague referred to as the "gloom" is killing off the poor and making them somewhat unruly. You are tasked with taking on various missions in an attempt to piece together what has happened to your uppity apprentice, who has vanished after dropping in uninvited -- literally -- on a mystical ritual. Of course, as you explore The City on these quests you are meant to help yourself to all that glisters along the way.
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The artwork for this reboot is sharp and seemed very much in keeping with previous versions so there's no jarring in tone.
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Garrett, sadly, has a new voice -- for some reason Stephen Russell has not been called in to reprise his laconic dialogue -- but his replacement does a more than decent job stepping into those silent shoes.
Things get even better when you hit the custom settings area of the options where you can set the game to a classic Thief mode -- or any combination inbetween -- where those fans of the older incarnations can mimick the look and playability from the first iteration.
However, be aware that what you set up before you start the game you will be stuck with -- rather annoyingly -- for the entire campaign to follow. There is no turning back to dial down the difficulty settings or reinstate the bow crosshairs once you waste one too many precious arrows trying to stick a guard in his face from across a courtyard. By the end of chapter three, we were cursing our decision on these settings. Would it have been so terrible to allow us to make a mid-campaign change?
Speaking of settings, the gamma is definitely an issue in
Thief. Ideally you want the gameplay to be dark and moody, to feel like you are slipping in and out of shadows and blending seemlessly into the gloomy recesses of the city. What happens here is you have a choice of either gameplay seemingly lit by Tim Burton, where it is devilishly hard to navigate without dropping off ledges or walking into walls, or alternatively the world looks like those music videos where the footage was shot in daylight but clever camera filters have been applied to make it look as if it is night, albeit an unnaturally light one. That sweet spot in the middle, where you feel immersed in the midnight landsape yet able to discern important arefacts and landmarks, is near impossible to find. If it weren't for the light gem indicating that you are cloaked in darkness you would swear that you were lit up like a Christmas tree and freeze in amazement that the guard approaching you hasn't clocked you yet.
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Other nods to the glory of the original Thief are welcome, such as the familiar place names and characters including Basso -- whose part has been much expanded in this new version as de facto sidekick and supplier of lucrative side missions. The arsenal of arrows and flash bombs have been tweaked so that you know where you are from the start, but there are still new weapons to master. A focus view, highlighting areas of interest on screen in blue and revealing traps and wires in red could be seen as being too helpful -- but then if you are groping around in the darker end of the gamma settings it can sometimes be invaluable.
Other changes or flaws kept on from previous Thief games are not so good to see. Taking Garrett out of his appropriate (considering his moniker) attic apartment and housing him at the centre of town in the equivalent of Big Ben is an odd choice.
Having a chest where you can store items that you might need later on is a neat idea, but as you don't know if you will require these pieces until you are well into a mission -- and returning to get them is not on the cards -- one wonders how much use this really is?
One of the great pleasures of the previous Thief games was the entertaining overheard dialogue and grumpy guard grumblings while you made your way about. Here the scripts are very limited and you notice the same one-liners turning up again and again. And the quality of the dialogue is at times woeful. Lines like "I've been a ghost all my life" and "To be alone you must have something to be alone from" are not worthy of bad TV soap operas. And as the guards blunder about looking ineptly for you repeating "there... I haven't gone over there!" before thrusting a sword into a bush, you start to wonder if someone at Eidos Montreal phoned this stuff in as an afterthought.
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This brings us to the AI. The enemies in Thief are either dumb as hell or possess cat-like reflexes and eyesight to match. You won't last long in a straight fight as you meekly prod your blackjack in an assailant's general direction while they respond with cold steel -- so a degree of knowing what you are going up against is key. Sadly you never know if a guard will walk straight past you even though you have been caught seemingly out in the open or if they will spot you instantly despite your cosy hiding place.
Then when they give chase you can sometimes fox them by cunningly going up some stairs or by making them bump into each other. These problems were in the previous versions but you would have thought by now with the next-gen consoles that these AI flaws would be dealt with.
You can also on occasion run into a new zone and the load screen will come up and then once in the next street your guards will have disappeared. It makes it feel very unreal.
And we hope you like load screens because you are going to see an awful lot of them in this game. Go through a window -- load screen. Go down more than a few side alleys -- load screen. The world gives the appearance of being explorable but the degree to which you are funnelled down certain routes is depressing. You look at all those gloriously detailed rooftops and dream of running free across them -- but no. If fact, even some of the landscape you really should be able to climb you can't. Two identical crates appear side by side, one you can scale; the other? Not a chance.
It's not all bad though. Some of Thief is good -- very good. The asylum level is a definite highlight, well judged and more than a little scary. The lock picking is executed with aplomb and feeling round picture frames to find hidden switches gives a real sense of achievement to your nefarious activities. But these glimpses into an excellent game only highlight where the title's failures reside.
With an open world to explore, top-notch AI and a third of the load screens then this would have been an excellent return for
Thief. There is enough here to make it enjoyable but too many inconsistencies and errors to mean that you fall in love with the characters and gameplay. Someone stole Garrett's mojo.
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For a while now the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom has had two vacancies, caused by the retirement of Lord Lloyd-Jones and Lady Arden of Heswall in January. Yesterday it was announced that appointments had been made: Arden's place is to be taken by Sir David Richards, formerly of the Court of Appeal of England & Wales, while Lloyd-Jones's successor is… Lord Lloyd-Jones.
The reason for this bizarre phenomenon is found by looking at legislation relating to mandatory retirement ages. The Judicial Pensions Act 1959 set the retirement age for people entering the judiciary thereafter at 75, though it was not binding on those already holding office by then (so Lord Denning and Lord Cameron continued until ages 83 and 85 respectively). The Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 lowered this to 70, but again was not retroactive so that those who had held judicial office before 31 March 1995 were grandfathered in. Lady Arden was the last such grandfathered member of the UKSC. The last overall was Sir James Holman, appointed a judge of the Family Division (EWHC) on 18 March 1995, who retired on 28 June.
The Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (which received Royal Assent on 10 March) raised the retirement age back to 75, and this time it was retroactive, so that those already in office can now serve an extra five years, and some who recently retired at age 70 (such as Lloyd-Jones and Richards) can come back for an encore.
Incidentally, I discovered these appointments through the Twitter feed CrownOffFOIDs. The name is a shorthand for "Crown Office Freedom of Information Disclosures". This is the Crown Office in Chancery, a small section of the Ministry of Justice responsible for the production and management of certain state and royal documents. Whether the office itself, or a private citizen, is operating the Twitter account is not clear. The output includes photographs of the Great Seal of the Realm as well as many of the different types of document to which it may be attached. There are writs, warrants, patents and proclamations of a great many kinds, including the proclamation of the present monarch's accession, which the Tweet notes is not as physically impressive as one might have expected.
Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022
Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993
Judicial Pensions Act 1959
Judicial retirement: Plans to move from 70 to 75
Court of Appeal: Retirement of Lord Justice David Richards
High Court: Retirement of The Honourable Sir (Edward) James Holman
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The Normandy invasion was the largest amphibious assault in history.
The Normandy invasion, also known as D-Day, is considered the most decisive battle of the European Theater in World War II. "D-Day," a seemingly innocent and meaningless term at the time, appeared in military planning documents to keep German spies from becoming suspicious of Allied movements. The true name of the invasion was Operation Overlord. The culmination of nearly two years of planning, the invasion owed much of its success to the use of strategic deception.
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The overall Allied strategic goal was to penetrate France by overwhelming a weak spot in Germany's defenses with more force than the enemy could repel, and create artificial harbors able to continually reinforce and supply invading troops without the need to capture an existing port. For the invasion, the Allies assembled nearly 5,000 warships, transports and other vessels -- the largest naval armada in history. The Allied amphibious assault was prefaced by steady bombardment of the Normandy beaches from air and sea. Bombers flew more than 11,000 sorties. During the initial hours of the amphibious assault, more than 100,000 Allied soldiers were landed. The invasion put Germany on the defensive, ultimately leading to the liberation of France and Allied victory in Western Europe.
Mueller, Jennifer. "What Was the Strategy of the Normandy Invasion?" Synonym, https://classroom.synonym.com/strategy-normandy-invasion-18645.html. Accessed 22 April 2019.


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HomeMen's Basketball
Lobos can't hold on to 17-point lead, fall to Fresno State
Isabel Gonzalez 0 February 1, 2020 5:53 pm
The University of New Mexico Lobos looked like they were ready to bounce back and snap a two-game losing streak. Instead, they fell 82-77 to the Fresn
Mountain West releases basketball schedule
SDSU wins regular season title, Lobos suffer 23-point loss
New Mexico hosts undefeated San Diego State
The University of New Mexico Lobos looked like they were ready to bounce back and snap a two-game losing streak. Instead, they fell 82-77 to the Fresno State Bulldogs in California on Saturday afternoon.
While the game started off with the teams going back and forth, the Lobos eventually pulled away and managed to lead by as many as 17 points during the first period.
Keith McGee broke his season high of three-pointers, previously three total against Nevada, by registering four during the first half. He eventually finished the game with six. McGee and Zane Martin led all scorers with 12 points each at the break as their team led 45-34. New Mexico, not a team focused on shooting threes, was hitting 50% of its shots from beyond the arc.
Fresno State was outshooting the Lobos 50%-46% from the field, but it was clear they needed to take better care of the ball as their 10 turnovers had allowed New Mexico nine points.
It was a promising first half for UNM but the Bulldogs came out to play harder in the second, shooting at 63.6%.
The home team cut the deficit to six points just a little over two minutes into the second period. New Mexico held strong and Keith McGee hit his fifth three-pointer of the day at the 13:46 mark to put the Lobos back to a double-digit lead.
With under 10 minutes remaining, New Mexico called a timeout as the Bulldogs had gone on an 8-0 run and made it a four-point game at 60-56. Fresno State didn't lose focus. New Williams tied the game at 66-66 at the 6:23 mark.
Tied at 71 Fresno State's Men's Basketball team with a second half come back against New Mexico 🏀 pic.twitter.com/bqMEj0cvqY
— Bri Mellon (@BriABC30) February 1, 2020
The teams kept fighting for the lead and the game was tied 75-75 with 1:18 left. Williams hit a three, then Martin got a layup. Vante Hendrix had a chance to tie the game again but he missed a shot from the charity line. The last four points for the Bulldogs came from free-throws.
With Saturday's result New Mexico dropped to 16-8, 5-6 Mountain West. Fresno State improved to 8-14, 4-7 MW.
Box score.
Up next, the Lobos have a week off the court before they host the Wyoming Cowboys on Feb. 8 at 4pm MT.
Walk-on Jordan Arroyo was a starter.
Keith McGee registered a season high of six three-pointers.
The Lobos attempted 28 shots from beyond the arc, the most they have attempted this season.
Fresno State's Orlando Robinson led all scores with 20 points on 7-for-10 shooting.
New Mexico had three players get 18 points: Zane Martin, Corey Manigault and Keith McGee.
New Mexico football working on fresh start
Lobos gain experience, but can't get past No. 4 San Diego State


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Man found guilty of murdering 2 women, including Ashton Kutcher's date
By Alex Dobuzinskis
LOS ANGELES, Aug 15 (Reuters) - A jury found a man nicknamed the "Hollywood Ripper" guilty on Thursday of knifing to death two women, including a date of actor Ashton Kutcher, and attempting to murder a third victim.
Michael Gargiulo sat impassively, leaning forward slightly in his chair, as the jury verdict was read.
The jury will next consider whether Gargiulo was sane at the time of the killings, in proceedings to begin on Tuesday, according to City News Service.
Kutcher, the former star of TV shows "Two and a Half Men" and "That '70s Show" told the Los Angeles jury hearing the case in May that he arrived at the Hollywood bungalow of one of the victims the night of Feb. 22, 2001, after arranging a date with her, and found the lights on and the door locked, according to City News Service.
Peering through a window in the home of the victim, fashion student Ashley Ellerin, the then 23-year-old Kutcher saw "what I thought was a red wine spilled on the carpet."
Ellerin, 22, was found dead at her home the next morning by a roommate. She had been stabbed 47 times, prosecutors said.
Ellerin was one of the women Gargiulo was convicted of murdering. The jury also found him guilty of using a knife to murder Los Angeles-area woman Maria Bruno and attempting to murder a third woman, Michelle Murphy, who survived a stabbing.
Gargiulo's lawyers have argued their client suffered from a mental disorder that left him in a confusing "fugue state" during the attack on Murphy, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Gargiulo has denied committing the other slayings, the newspaper reported.
Prosecutors have said Gargiulo, 43, began his series of knife attacks as a teenager in the Chicago area in 1993, when he killed an 18-year-old woman, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Gargiulo is expected to later be extradited to Illinois to face charges in that killing. (Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis; Editing by Bill Tarrant and Alistair Bell)


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Mr. Smith is our Headteacher and one of his many jobs is keeping us safe in school. Mr Smith is a lifelong Everton fan and has been known to go on an annual visit to Goodison Park. Away from school also, Mr Smith is a Katherine Jenkins fan and he enjoys going to see her in concert halls around the country. Mr. Smith has recently become a Daddy for the first time and his little boy, Elliot, keeps him busy away from school. He enjoys going for walks with his wife – they are both members of the National Trust. Mr. Smith is a trained singer and tap-dancer also and spends his half-term holidays participating in musical theatre shows with a local amateur society.
Mrs Weston (Deputy Headteacher)
Mrs Weston teaches in Year 5 and 6 and is a member of the Leadership team. She has been teaching at Coton since 2008. In school, Mrs Weston is responsible for Maths. She is also our Deputy Safeguarding Lead. In her spare time she likes visiting islands around Britain as they remind her of the Famous Five stories which she read as a child
Mrs Smith (SENCO)
Mrs Smith teaches in Years 1 and 2 and is one of our Senior Leadership Team. In school she is responsible for Literacy and Key Stage 1 including EYFS. In her spare time she enjoys spending time with her family and going on fun days out. Mrs Smith has crazy curly hair, which reminds her of….Little Miss Curly (from the Mr. Men series) Mrs Smith likes her class to be 'outstanding.'
Mrs Cresswell
Mrs Cresswell works in our school office. She has lots of jobs but the most important one is ordering our school dinners and working closely with Mr. Smith. She is our Business Officer in school. Her favourite colour is green and she is a trained singer and dancer. Her favourite celebrity is Gene Kelly. Her dream job is to work in the West End!
Miss Bains
Miss Bains teaches our mixed Year 3 and 4 class. She loves films and music. In her car Miss Bains loves singing along to musical songs. Unusually she has eight giant African Land Snails! A lovely teacher friend gave them to her as a gift. Miss Bains loves a good roast dinner, even better if it is cooked for her! Her favourite bit is the pork crackling!
Miss Dennis
Miss Dennis is our new Year 1 class teacher. She has a passion for music and can play the piano and the clarinet. In her spare time, Miss Dennis loves going for walks in the countryside with her little dog Tilly. Her favourite season is summer and she loves going on holiday to places that are hot and sunny. She also enjoys baking and her favourite treat to bake is yummy chocolate brownies!
Miss Lester
Miss Lester teaches the Potters in Year 2 alongside Mrs Smith. Before doing her teacher training she worked as a teaching assistant and is actually a trained florist. She loves drawing, painting and being creative. In her spare time, she enjoys musical theatre and for the last 27 years has been part of a local theatre company building and painting the scenery for their productions. She also likes walking in the countryside and climbing mountains.
Miss Walton
Miss Walton works mainly in Key Stage 2, teaching maths to Year 4 and Year 5, as well as teaching English to Year 3. Outside of school, she enjoys spending time with her family, swimming, eating and cooking lots of yummy food. Her favourite thing, above all else, is going on walks with her family – recently, they all climbed Mount Snowdon! Miss Walton also likes to go sightseeing to visit places of interest. She has recently become engaged, and has a beautiful ring!
Miss Knowles
Miss Knowles is our new EYFS and Year 1 class teacher. Miss Knowles is a big sports fan and likes keepingherself fit. Miss Knowles has taken part in numerous triathlons and marathons. She is an avid outdoorenthusiast and loves to travel, she particularly enjoys taking part in sporting events whilst travelling abroad and discovering new places. Miss Knowles loves to cook, recreating meals she has enjoyed whilsttravelling and using home grown vegetables from her garden, if her guinea pigs haven't eaten it all first!
Mrs Butler (On Maternity Leave)
Mrs Butler currently teaches in Years 1 and 2 on a Thursday afternoon and all dayon a Friday. In addition to this, she also teaches Year 3 and Year 5 Maths every morning. This year, Mrs Butler is training to be a Forest School lead and will be helping us to develop a nature area at the side of our school field. Mrs Butler is also our school SENCO. Music is one of Mrs Butler's greatest passions and she has been part of many choirs and can play a few instruments. Mrs Butler also loves the outdoors, whether it be going for a peaceful stroll along the canal or a hike through the Peak District with her husband.
Mrs Brace
Mrs Brace has worked here for 11 years. She is a teaching assistant in our school and she loves Maths! Mrs Brace has a passion for shopping and motor cross! She would love to live near the beach. When she was younger she wanted to be a paramedic because she loves blood and gore!
Mrs Mailer
Mrs Mailer is a very active member of our school who enjoys sport. She is a Teaching Assistant in school and she enjoys doing first aid. She mainly works with the children in Reception and Year 1.
Mrs Thorne
Mrs Thorne has worked at our school for 15 years. She is a teaching assistant and she enjoy seeing children achieve. Her favourite subject is Maths because she is very logical. In her spare time she enjoys the countryside and cooking. She enjoys having dinner parties and her ideal guest would be Stephen Hawking!
Miss Gibbons
Miss Gibbons works in the office alongside Mrs Cresswell. She is currently studying her Business Administration Apprenticeship and brings a lot of great experience with her having previously worked with children in a nursery. Miss Gibbons likes to spend her time going to the gym and walking her dog Alfie. She also loves flamingos too!
Mrs Bettson
Mrs Bettson is a Midday Supervisor, her job is to look after the Children at lunch times. Mrs Bettson enjoys outdoor adventures and trips to the seaside in our caravan. She also loves spending time with my family and watching her son play football. Her favourite time of the year is Christmas and my favourite food is pasta and strawberries!
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Well, I'm back at my mom's place for the night and can't wait until my group therapy tomorrow. I got some of the results today from my gynaecologist. I don't have cervical cancer, nor are there any cancerous cells on the uterus or cervix. So that's good; However, since she read the results for the ultrasound, she sent me for one more test. So now I was tested for ovarian cancer, which I had to pay for... that's why she was delaying it thinking I wouldn't need it. She's just being safe... I sure hope it comes back negative.
Dammit... this is going to feel like such a long week. The week that just passed felt so incredibly long, and I was happy that I was getting it over with finally. I will definitely be having surgery within the next couple weeks to remove the tumors, but just have to find out who's performing it. If there's no cancer, then she will be performing it. Say a little prayer, and I hope I have good news for you next Monday.
Thank you to everyone who wished me well and sent their blessings. I know I haven't been responding much to comments the last couple weeks... and I'm sorry for that. Once I have my head clear I will follow and reply to everyone.
I have sent prayers up for you. I know what it is to be wait and wait and wait to find out what's going on. And then to wait and wait and wait again for treatment and more tests.
I found out last week that I have MS. And now I'm waiting... for more tests, and treatment, and something. By golly, I wish we could just get the show on the road already!
Anyhow, wanted to let you know that prayers are being sent up and although my situation is a bit different, it is also the same. Good luck to you!
Hi Kimberly, Just calling by via the Monday blog hops. Hope you are having a wonderful start to the week.
"Keep your heart open to dreams. For as long as there's a dream, there is hope, and as long as there is hope, there is joy in living."
You know you've been in my thoughts since we are both in the same boat right now.
Let me know how you're doing!
Hope you are better soon.
For now just soak up the well wishes and good thoughts and positive energy coming your way! It is time to put yourself first, and we will all be here waiting for you!
Here's hoping for the best, chica!
Sending prayers your way. I agree, try to think postive. Hang in there.
I hope everything turned out to be alright at the ultrasound, I am sure this must be a terrifying experience no matter what.


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