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Democratic Football Lads Alliance steward left stranger with brain injury after march in Sunderland
A march steward caused a brain injury to a stranger who he pushed to the ground when violence flared after a city centre protest.
Dean Lawrence, 42, had provided security for the Democratic Football Lads Alliance (DFLA) during their march in Sunderland in September 2018, which was met with counter protesters on the day.
Newcastle Crown Court heard in the hours after the event, some of the attendees went drinking in bars.
Prosecutor Alec Burns told the court two men walking home from the pub, through a park behind Crowtree Leisure Centre, came under attack.
One victim, who had been at the counter-protest and had been involved in "banter" with the DFLA during the event, was punched to the ground and beaten by an unknown attacker.
His friend, who had not been at the march, was pushed to the ground by married dad-of-two Lawrence and left with four areas of intracranial bruising with bleeding on the brain.
Mr Burns told the court: "He pushed the complainant and knocked him to the ground. He had no time to react and wasn't able to soften the blow and hit the ground with his head, which knocked him unconscious."
The court heard Lawrence walked away and left his victim on the ground.
His victim spent three days in hospital, with an injury prosecutors said could potentially be fatal, and was unable to drive for seven months after the attack.
He said in an impact statement he was left with painful headaches and when out alone he is always "wondering if i'm going to be attacked again".
He added: "I don't think I will ever get over the psychological effect this had on me.
"I am trying to take each day as it comes in the hope that as time goes by it will become easier to deal with."
Lawrence, of Aintree Close, Catshill, Bromsgrove, West Midlands, admitted causing grievous bodily harm.
Judge Julie Clemitson sentenced him to 20 months behind bars, suspended for two years, with a £2,500 compensation order.
The judge told him: "You left, you walked away, you left him there without checking to see if he was alright."
Judge Clemitson said Lawrence has since "distanced himself" from the DFLA organisation, has positive references, has never been in trouble before and is remorseful for the attack, which faced delay in being concluded in court.
The judge added that the current public health crisis had influence over her decision to suspend the jail term.
Steven Reed, defending, said Lawrence struggled to accept what he had done in the aftermath of the violence and was "scared".
Mr Reed said Lawrence had been a steward at the march and had gone to the pub afterwards.
He adde: "In relation to the confrontation in the park, he went there with the intention of preventing a confrontation, not being involved in a confrontation."
Mr Reed said Lawrence has raised money for charities supporting homelessness and autism and got himself "caught up through naivety".
Sunderland Echo
Sheffield man jailed for 'torturing' victim in brutal assault
A Sheffield gang member who tortured a man in an ordeal that lasted hours has been jailed for more than 21 years.
Byron Naylor
Byron Naylor, aged 29, attacked the man in his own home, beating and stabbing the victim repeatedly with a bladed knuckleduster and leaving him with over 100 stab wounds.
Naylor, formerly of Glenholme Road, Woodhouse was sentenced to 20 years yesterday, June 7, for grievous bodily harm with intent.
He also received a 13-month sentence for possession of an offensive weapon and will remain on Life Licence.
On the evening of October 18 last year, Naylor entered the home of his 57-year-old victim uninvited and carried out the unprovoked attack.
The victim suffered 19 broken ribs, broken fingers, a broken elbow, a fractured left eye socket, extensive bruising and swelling and countless puncture and stab wounds to his entire body.
He continues to receive hospital treatment more than seven months on.
Naylor was previously a prominent figure in Sheffield's organised crime group scene.
Detective Constable James Hughes, who led the investigation, said: "This incident was a vicious, evil act of violence.
"The victim was essentially tortured in his own home for a number of hours, in which time he was punched, kicked, stamped on and stabbed over 100 times.
"His injuries speak for the brutality Naylor mercilessly inflicted on him.
"I would like to commend the victim's bravery in coming forward and giving evidence. Without his support, this prosecution would not have been possible.
"The victim, his family and the public can now rest assured that Naylor has been brought to justice and is now behind bars.
"I thoroughly welcome this verdict."
Sheffield Star
Shane Wallace to be sentenced today after admitting two charges in relation to Queensway incident that left him in induced coma
Shane Wallace admits affray following the incident in Queensway just before new year
The man who ended up in a medically induced coma and suffered horrific injuries in a street fight has admitted charges of affray and possessing a knife.
Shane Wallace was refused bail and the chance to return home to his family before he is sentenced today.
Wallace, 34, of Greyfriars, Grimsby, was originally accused of attempting to wound a man with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and possessing a knife on December 30, during an incident in Queensway.
But the more serious of the two charges he faced at Grimsby Magistrates' Court has been dropped and it was not put to him when he appeared at the higher court via a video link from Doncaster Prison.
It was replaced with the lesser affray charge alongside the knife offence.
Prosecutor Jeremy Evans said of Wallace: "This man suffered horrific injuries."
Judge Paul Watson QC said that Wallace suffered multiple fractures to his face and was in an induced coma in hospital.
He added that many would say that the worst aspect of his involvement was possessing the knife.
Defence barrister Andrew Bailey asked for Wallace to be allowed bail pending sentence.
Shane Wallace was treated at Hull Royal Infirmary following a serious assault on Queensway, Grimsby
"He would now like to go back to his family," said Mr Bailey.
"He has entered honest pleas."
But Judge Watson said that it would be worse for Wallace to be allowed bail and then have to go back to prison when he was sentenced.
Wallace will be sentenced without a pre-sentence report at Grimsby Crown Court today and was remanded back into custody following yesterday's hearing.
Another man charged in connection with the incident will appear in court in May
The baby-faced 'tyrant' who grew into a merciless thug
Sonny Grainger is only 21 but has already been in court 20 times
He was the baby-faced boy who became one of the youngest people in Hull to get an Asbo.
And Sonny Grainger is now back behind bars after making his 20th appearance in court this week.
Grainger was jailed for two years and four months for a shocking attack outside a Hull pub which saw him punch a man "for no reason", follow him, kick him in the head and then brag about the assault to a bouncer.
Grainger, who was the second youngest person in Hull to be given an antisocial behaviour order (Asbo) has previously served two short spells in prison for his behaviour.
He was slapped with the order in 2009 and banned from seven streets after he "terrorised" the Boothferry estate by stealing cars, starting fires, assaulting neighbours and even smashing his own windows.
Neighbours described him as a "living hell".
'Wave of terror'
Sonny Grainger was once described as an 'ASBO Crimewave'
PC Trevor Neeham said at the time: "Sonny Grainger has caused untold misery for the people of the estate. He has been a tyrant to people here.
"On a daily basis we received complaints about his behaviour, it is actually unbelievable how bad this lad was. He has been a one-boy wave of terror."
He went on to break the terms of his Asbo just two hours after it was served with it, followed by a further five times in 18 months. He was eventually put on a tag.
Kicked out of 7 schools
When he was 13, he assaulted a fellow pupil at Bridgeview Special School, Hessle, after he was caught with cannabis on the premises. At the time, his mother said the order was no longer working and claimed she was not receiving the support she needed to tame him.
Grainger was diagnosed with ADHD and ODD (Oppositional Defiant Disorder), a condition where children have disruptive and oppositional behaviour that is directed towards authority figures.
In 2011, when he was 14, he returned to trouble and was given a second Asbo which lasted for two years after causing problems around the former One Stop shop in Hessle Road.
He was shoplifting, harassing staff and causing damage. By this point he had already been excluded from seven schools.
Just a year later Grainger was sent to a secure children's home in Leeds after breaching the second order.
Grainger arriving at court in 2014
At the time, his mother said: "He was very upset when they took him away. He was crying his eyes out."
She told at the time that her family were not getting enough help with him and her son "knew how to play the system" by a very young age.
Ward councillor Pete Allen said: "I don't like to see any young lad get sent to a children's home but if that's the best thing fro him, it may not be a bad thing if there is a long-term gain.
"Sonny has to take advantage of this opportunity."
However, he did not and he was soon back in trouble again.
In 2015, when he was 18, Grainger was back at court for attacking a man with a plank of wood after his brother had taken his own life the day before.
Hull Magistrates Court heard how Grainger took his frustration out on a man he mistakenly believed was trying to provoke him. He admitted four charges, including one of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and one of racially aggravated violence.
The victim of the attack suffered a number of facial injuries, including lumps on his head and bruising to his face.
Grainger also admitted racist language towards his victim. He was sentenced to 26 weeks imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, as well as a 30-day rehabilitation activity requirement.
Criminal friends
Grainger posed with guns with notorious criminal Liam Windas
In 2015, he was seen in a picture on a Facebook profile with notorious Hull gangster Liam Windas.
The picture, from Sonny's Facebook page, shows the pair posing with guns and smiling. Windas was jailed for 24 years in October this year after supplying drugs and guns across Hull.
Although Grainger has managed to behave since then it seems his troubled past was never far away.
Attacked man 'for no reason'
This week he was jailed for causing grievous bodily harm after carrying out the sickening attack outside the King Edward pub in Anlaby Road "for no apparent reason" in the early hours of June 23.
Hull Crown Court heard how, after punching his victim, Grainger then followed him along Anlaby Road before kicking him in the head, leaving him and then going back and moving his unconscious body, leaving him and then going back and moving his unconscious body onto the path.
He then went back to the pub and "re-enacted" the attack to the bouncer.
Sonny Grainger has been sentenced for the attack
His mitigation said Grainger had been thinking about his late brother – who's birthday was coming up – and his former relationship which had recently ended.
Judge Bury said he had gone out to "drown his sorrows."
Shocking CCTV footage was shown to the court.
Prosecuting, Mr Nigel Clive said the 21-year-old, now of Walsall Garth, had an "unenviable criminal record" who "first came to the court in 2008 to the youth court and he was back before the court regularly".
Jailing Grainger to two years and four months – half of which he will serve in custody – Judge Bury said: "The incident was an unplanned one and your mental state was not the best that night. The CCTV doesn't indicate any particular reason why you punched him, but punch him you did. You followed him and caught up with him at a busy junction and approached him.
"This was a repeated assault. You have previous for violence but they are not as serious as this. It is clear you are still young and I accept you are very sorry for what you have done but that doesn't take back what you have done and for that you have to be punished, although I accept you had emotional issues at the time."
Hull Daily Mail
Attacker admits Sunderland airshow violence
A DAD and son were beaten unconscious on the way home from a day out at Sunderland Airshow.
Thomas and David Surtees had been on a trip with relatives, including the family's 86-year-old great-grandfather and a new baby, to watch the seafront displays when they were attacked without reason.
Newcastle Crown Court heard Thomas Surtees' face and head were kicked and stamped on, leaving him with a serious nose injury which required surgery and may never be fully fixed.
His son David was punched and kicked and left covered in cuts and bruises.
Prosecutor Christopher Rose told the court the attackers had initially shouted abuse at the family before the violence started last July.
He said: "David recalls being kicked from behind. He was knocked to the ground and while on the floor he was kicked and punched until he lost consciousness. His father Thomas tried to intervene and he himself was attacked.
"He was either kicked or stamped to the face, and suffered a significant injury to his nose which involved the internal dorsal collapsing."
Thomas Allen, of Wylam Grove, Hendon, admitted causing grievous bodily harm and assault.
The court heard he had Mr Surtees Snr's blood on his shoes when he was arrested.
The 25-year-old also admitted causing grievous bodily harm to a woman, whose arm was broken when a brick was thrown at her, after violence flared in Borough Road after the Tyne-Wear derby in January.
Judge Roger Thorn sentenced him to a total of 32 months.
Stuart Halliday, 24, of Redwood Court, Sunderland, admitted affray on the basis he was with the group which carried out the attack on the Surtees family, but did not throw any punches or kicks.
He was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment, suspended for two years, with probation supervision and programme requirements.
Judge Thorn said: "This was violence involving a group attack on a family unit, including a father and son, and more particularly a grandfather who was 86 and a young baby.
"There were women in that group. People are entitled to enjoy themselves and expect to have fun without any violence or apprehension of violence.
"This was the most disgraceful attack."
Defence barristers said both men plan to stay out of trouble in future.
The shocking, 'bloodthirsty' and racist past of Hull drug dealer Christopher Sirrs
Sirrs was jailed for more than 12 years for his part in horrific racist attacks on Middle Eastern immigrants in Hull
Drug dealer Christopher Sirrs has this week been orders to pay back £3,000 from his ill-gotten gains – but he hides a shocking racist past.
Sirrs, 44, was one of two racist ringleaders who led a violent neo-Nazi campaign against asylum-seekers in Hull 14 years ago.
Sirrs was handed a 14-and-a-half year sentence which was cut to 12-and-a-half years on appeal, while his thug cohort Ben Povey was handed a 19-year sentence reduced to 15 years on appeal.
Bloodthirsty guttersnipes
During sentence, the judge at the time described them as "bloodthirsty guttersnipes".
Povey and Sirrs mowed down an Iraqi asylum-seeker, sending him flying into the air "like a rag doll" and shattering his leg in three places. Later Povey, when asked about the attack, said to his girlfriend: "They should all die."
Mugshots of Christopher Sirrs (left) and Ben Povey who was jailed in 2004 for racial violence
It was just one of a serious of violent scenes which brought Hull's racial tensions to melting point in the searing heat of July 2004.
Gang warfare
The city had become a battleground as gangs clashed in the streets, brandishing lead pipes, baseball bats, Samurai swords and planks of wood studded with nails. Cars were set alight with petrol bombs.
Judge Tom Cracknell said at the time the men were sentenced: "I regard Sirrs and Povey as very dangerous young men. They have not shown one moment of remorse about their conduct."
Christopher Sirrs
The pair had joined the Hull Cruise Club – a group which spent its evenings driving souped-up cars around the streets.
Sirrs, then 30, was adept at manipulating younger members of a club which until then was described by police as a "nuisance rather than a menace".
Thug who thinks he has a brain
Detective Inspector Mark Smith, the officer in charge, speaking after the men were sentenced said: "Sirrs is just a thug who thinks he has a brain.
"He likes to have people around him, likes to have muscle, and he seems to command respect among this element. [He] wouldn't think twice about just petrol-bombing your house or car."
Trouble flared in 2004 when a group of immigrants began driving their cars around the same area as the club. A minor clash led to a series of battles with cars being rammed or smashed up with baseball bats.
In mid-July Povey smashed the windscreen of a Vauxhall car driven by immigrants while Sirrs threw a petrol bomb at the vehicle. They pursued it with Povey swinging a Samurai sword from the open sunroof.
Mowed down
A few days later, two immigrants made the mistake of parking their car in the area before going out to a nightclub.
They returned in the early hours to be met by a gang hurling racist abuse because they believed they were among a group of Kosovans who had damaged the club's cars.
One was hit with a baseball bat and the two fled up the street, with Sirrs and Povey in pursuit.
The car being driven by Sirrs, with Povey as passenger, crossed the central reservation and ploughed into the other man, sending him flying into the air, before driving off. Other members of the gang stayed to abuse the Iraqi with racist taunts as he lay there injured and in pain.
The attack led to further tension as members of the local immigrant community clashed violently with the gang members.
Sirrs and Povey had also tried to intimidate witnesses. Povey fire-bombed a car belonging to the family of a witness while both telephoned him to get him to change his statement.
Povey was convicted of causing Mr Mohammed grievous bodily harm with intent by a jury at Hull Crown Court. He was also jailed for making petrol bombs, intimidating witnesses, arson, violent disorder and possession of an offensive weapon.
Sirrs was jailed for grievous bodily harm, which he admitted, and convicted of possession of a Samurai sword and nail-embedded pickaxe handle, making an explosive substance, violent disorder and perverting the course of justice.
Others were also jailed following that summer of madness for assaults, arson, making explosives and violent disorder.
Sirrs has continued his life of crime and is back in jail after admitting possession of amphetamine with intent to supply and possessing criminal property.
Jail for man who headbutted former serviceman
A man who headbutted a former serviceman in the face after he tried to intervene in an argument between him and a former partner has been jailed for 32 months.
Daniel Sparham, who has been jailed for two-and-a-half years after he headbutted his neighbour so hard he broke a bone Picture: SUFFOLK CONSTABULARY
Daniel Sparham's attack on William Stevely – who was in the RAF and had also worked for Norfolk police for seven years – led to the victim suffering a fracture to a bone in his face, Ipswich Crown Court heard.
Marc Brown, prosecuting, said Mr Stevely suffered from osteoporosis, which made him more vulnerable to suffering broken bones, and as a result of falling to the ground during the attack he also suffered two fractures to his pelvis.
The court heard Mr Stevely and Sparham lived in neighbouring flats in Burnham Way, Lowestoft, and on the evening in question Mr Stevely had been in bed in his flat at about 11.30pm when he heard a lot of noise coming from Sparham's flat.
He heard a man and a woman shouting and shortly afterwards he heard three knocks on his front door.
The victim got out of bed and answered the door and could see a female lying on the grass outside his flat in the recovery position.
Mr Stevely went over to the woman and spoke to her and was calling the police when Sparham came out of his flat.
Sparham became aggressive and as Mr Stevely tried to defuse the situation he was headbutted on the side of the face by Sparham, causing him to fall to the ground, said Mr Brown.
He returned to his flat and was subsequently arrested by police.
Mr Brown said that earlier in the evening there had been an argument between Sparham and his former partner during which he had called the police and officers had taken her to a friend's house.
She had returned to Sparham's flat and there had been a second argument during which Mr Stevely was attacked.
Sparham, 34, admitted inflicting grievous bodily harm on Mr Stevely in May last year.
Jailing him for 32 months, Judge John Devaux said Mr Stevely was more vulnerable than was obvious to Sparham because of his osteoporosis.
Matthew McNiff, for Sparham, said his client felt genuine remorse for what happened to Mr Stevely.
He said despite a bad record Sparham had made positive changes to his life and was in employment.
Eastern Daily Press
Horrific: Thug bites part of man's eyebrow off outside Newcastle takeaway
Michael Sancaster sank his teeth into the face of a 24-year-old man in Newcastle city centre during an altercation
Michael Sancaster who bit off part of a man's eyebrow in a city centre attack (Image: Northumbria Police)
These are the horrific injuries a man suffered when a thug bit off part of his eyebrow in a city centre attack outside a takeaway.
Violent Michael Sancaster, 33, was drinking alone at the Eazy Street bar but was thrown out after he began to bother a woman on a hen party.
He decided to go to the Magic Flame takeaway following the incident where he then got into an argument with a 24-year-old man.
Sancaster became involved in a physical altercation but was thrown out by takeaway staff before the situation escalated.
However, he lay in wait for his victim outside the takeaway and 20 minutes later approached him to offer a reconciliatory handshake.
The man went to shake his hand only for Sancaster to shout "kidding", before punching the man in the face and wrestling him to the ground.
A court heard how a fight then ensued during which the violent thug sunk his teeth into the eyebrow of his victim and ripped out a chunk of it.
The injury inflicted by Michael Sancaster when he bit part of a man's eyebrow in a city centre attack (Image: NCJ Media)
Friends of the victim flagged down a passing police car who quickly attended the scene and Sancaster, of Marshall Street, Sunderland, was arrested.
His shocked victim was left with blood pouring from the gaping three-inch wound that required stitches in hospital.
Sancaster later admitted wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and he was jailed for 40 months at Newcastle Crown Court.
Following the case, investigating officer Detective Constable Matt Murray branded Sancaster a "dangerous offender" who deserved to spend time behind bars.
He said: "Michael Sancaster had found himself alone in a bar in the hours before the attack and in my opinion was looking for a fight.
"He had been thrown out of a bar for bothering a hen party and was angry when he made his way to the Magic Flame takeaway.
"There he came upon his victim and his group of friends. He tried to start a fight but they were not interested in engaging with him.
"Instead he waited outside the takeaway and sucker-punched his victim at the same time as they were trying to make peace.
"This was an unprovoked attack that ended up with Sancaster tearing out a piece of his victim's eyebrow with his teeth.
"It is a violent assault by someone that I would describe as a dangerous offender.
"I am glad to see him handed a lengthy custodial sentence."
Newcastle Chronicle
Paul Moore jailed for Leicester hate crime car attack
A man who hit a Somali woman with his car before going back to run her over as she lay helpless has been jailed for a minimum of 20 years.
Paul Moore, 21, was convicted of the attempted murder Zaynab Hussein after the attack in Leicester last September.
She remains confined to a bed after suffering life-changing injuries.
Moore, of Leicester, was also found guilty of attempted grievous bodily harm for trying to drive into a 12-year-old Somali girl.
Mother who was run over twice by attacker
The trial heard Moore targeted the pair in revenge for the London 7/7 bombings and the Parsons Green Tube station attack, which happened five days before.
Mrs Hussein was returning home after dropping off her two youngest children at school when she was knocked down.
She was thrown by the force of the impact into the wall of a house in the Beaumont Leys area of Leicester.
Jailing Moore for life, Mr Justice Soole said: "The courage of your victims, and the compassion and courage of all those who came to the aid of Mrs Hussein in different ways – and who notably come from across the diverse range of this local community – stand in stark contrast to your wickedness.
"All pedestrians were at risk from you that morning, however, the fact remains that you ultimately launched your assault on those who were in Islamic clothing.
"Your intention to kill Mrs Hussein was underlined by your wicked decision to return for a second assault with the car. It was only luck and her quick thinking that saved your second intended victim from injury."
The judge added: "In circumstances where you have shown no remorse and where there is reason to believe that you may have taken satisfaction from what you did, the alternatives of an ordinary determinate sentence or an extended determinate sentence would provide inadequate protection to the public."
Ruben White jailed after biting off part of man's ear in Gillingham
A convicted killer who savagely bit off part of a man's ear when violence erupted in a Medway street has been jailed for eight years.
Under an extended sentence for public protection, Ruben White, who has a previous conviction for manslaughter, will have to serve two thirds of the sentence before being considered for release.
The 28-year-old, of no fixed address, will be on licence for a further three years.
He was convicted in May with Liam Hudson, 28, of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
Hudson, of Station Road, Rainham, was jailed for eight years. His girlfriend, Amelia Waters, 27, of the same address, was cleared of the charge but convicted of the lesser offence of unlawful wounding and sentenced to 21 months.
All three were given 21 months concurrent for affray. Hudson was acquitted of possessing an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence.
White left his victim, Ian Hayward, in need of reconstructive surgery following the attack in a residential street. The piece of ear he gnawed off was never found.
Judge Philip Statman said after the verdicts: "This is a grave offence and unfortunately it involves violence in the street with premeditation and use of a weapon, namely teeth.
"We have a very ugly injury which has occurred."
Maidstone Crown Court heard the violence happened on November 2 last year following bad feeling toward's Mr Hayward's family over a previous road rage incident.
His son Sam had been with his wife Charlotte South and their six-month-old child in their Mitsubishi Shogun driving along Richmond Road in Gillingham.
Prosecutor Peter Alcock said they passed Hudson standing by an Audi A3 driven by Waters. They followed the Shogun.
Samuel phoned his father, who was working at a house nearby, to tell him about the situation.
When Miss South stopped at traffic lights, Waters pulled alongside and shouted: "Don't smile —— —-, I will bite your —— nose off."
Miss South replied that they had a baby in the car and she should back off.
She then drove to Cavendish Avenue where Ian Hayward was renovating a house. She went into the house with the baby.
The car containing Waters, Hudson and White stopped in the middle of the road and all three got out.
They approached Ian and Samuel Hayward and made a group attack on them with bleach being sprayed.
Ian Hayward told of being held face down over a car bonnet when he heard a crunching sound.
"I initially felt very little pain but I just heard like a crunching noise, like somebody eating cornflakes if you like," he said.
White, formerly of Kingswood Road, Gillingham, was alleged to have held up a piece of Mr Hayward's right ear saying: 'I have got a bit of your ——- ear.'
But Judge Statman said he was not convinced that White "held it up as a trophy".
White was jailed for three-and-a-half years in January 2011 for the single punch manslaughter of Lithuanian Saulius Klevinskas, 35, in Gillingham.
Judge Statman said the violence was in order to take revenge on the Hayward family.
"The three of you acted in concert to bring an ugly act of violence to Cavendish Avenue," he said.
"Each of you were responsible for your own individual acts, as well as acting in concert one with the other."
Hudson's record, he said, was a classic one of a "tearaway youth" and then petty offending and anti-social behaviour.
The judge told Waters he could not be sure she had a weapon when she left the car she and Hudson were in.
"That being said, you bear responsibility in many respects that this happened in the first place," he continued. "You don't cover yourself in glory in that particular regard.
"I bear in mind the impact on your character this conviction has and the press reporting and the ignominy that has arisen from there."
White was regarded as a model prisoner and had been given a privileged job, but his record was somewhat different to Hudson and Waters.
"Your victim has lost part of his ear," he said. "He sustained psychological harm as well. One cannot say with any certainty whether his ear can be totally repaired.
"There is here a significant degree of premeditation. There is use of a weapon – in this case part of your body Mr White – your teeth – to behave in the manner you did.
"Further more, your have got bleach with you. It was not something that was simply left out with the rubbish for you to come by."
He told all three: "I detect not a hint of remorse at any stage during the course of your trial. Now, I am told by your counsel you are genuinely sorry for what you have done."
Judge Statman said he was satisfied White passed the "test" for dangerousness, as there had been an escalation in his level of violence.
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Japan to increase number of foreign and female construction workers
The Japanese government has decided to allow more foreign workers to work in the construction industry following the growing demand for manpower in Japan, reported Kyodo News Network.
The building of facilities for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and planned reconstruction of areas hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, are drivers behind the ever increasing demand for workers in this sector, officials said.
The country has experienced a general labour shortage since spending on public projects was increased under President Shinzo Abe.
Measures to create a new resident status, allowing apprentices from emerging economies working in the construction industry to remain in Japan longer than the current period of three years, will be introduced in April 2015. These measures will also permit previous trainees in Japan to return to the country.
The news comes at the same time as plans by The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors to double the number of skilled female construction workers in Japan to some 180,000 within the next five years to help ease the industry's labor shortage.
"I hope more and more young people and women will enter the industry to help it remain attractive," Mitsuyoshi Nakamura, chairman of the federation, said in February.
Sources include: Kyodo News Network; The Japan Times
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Japanese globetrotter pulls handcart 40,000 km thanks to special tires
Japanese adventurer Masahito Yoshida, who recently completed a solo around-the-world trek pulling a two-wheeled cart, did so with the aid of tires specially built for the 40,000-kilometer journey.
Yoshida, 32, from Tottori, set out from Shanghai on his world tour in January 2009. He returned there on June 9 this year after globetrotting across Eurasia, North America, Australia and Southeast Asia.
A year before the trip, Yoshida asked Inoue Rubber Co., a tire maker based in Nagoya, to develop a special tire for his adventure.
"I wanted to visit small villages I would have gone past on a bus or train and meet the people living there," he said. "A cart was the most suitable means for carrying food, clothing and shelter."
Yoshida traveled in some very inhospitable locations during his trek. In Australia, he walked 250 km in five days across a desert, relying on canned food and water. In Bulgaria, he was hospitalized after suffering frostbite in mountains where the temperature fell to 20 degrees below zero.
When he ran out of spare tires, Yoshida tried tires made in China and Thailand. Some went flat after traveling just 30 km. His cargo weighed roughly 100 kilograms, including food and water.
Yoshida said he was able to walk 5,000 to 6,000 km "without any problems" using the tires made by Inoue Rubber. The Japanese adventurer said a store clerk at a Canadian bicycle shop was stunned by the ruggedness of the tires.
Koji Yamada, who was involved in the development of the tires, said there is nothing surprising about their performance. "The tires withstood a 10,000-km endurance test," Yamada said.
Inoue Rubber has manufactured bicycle tires for about 90 years and accounts for 20 percent of the domestic market. But it had never produced a tire specifically for carts, and officials hesitated when first approached by Yoshida.
Inoue Rubber eventually decided to take on the challenge, believing Yoshida's around-the-world trip would be great publicity and advertising for the sturdily built tire.
Japanese door-to-door parcel delivery companies, such as Yamato Transport Co. and Sagawa Express Co., are turning more and more to carts pulled by workers or electric bicycles because they are environmentally friendly, can negotiate narrow or congested roads and require little parking space. Inoue Rubber hoped to cash in on that market.
Heavy-duty tires are also required for electric bicycles. A typical model weighs around 25 kg, which is about 40 percent heavier than an ordinary bike.
Inoue Rubber built the tires for Yoshida's cart using a four-layer nylon cloth for their framework, compared with the double-layer structure used in standard tires.
They also incorporated materials used to make truck and bus tires in the new tire's rubber to better withstand heavy loads.
In April 2010, Inoue Rubber released a new tire based on the prototype it developed for Yoshida's cart under the Ashiraku Pro brand and has sold about 46,000 tires for electric bicycles.
The company says it expects the domestic electric bicycle market to expand from 400,000 units last year to 1 million units in five to six years.
Sources used: The Asahi Shimbun
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The language of Catalan independence
This weekend more than five million Spanish Catalans will be voting in parliamentary elections, and many are expected to favour pro-independence parties. The CDC party for example, wants Catalonia to determine its own future, away from Madrid, and with independent membership of the European Union. Where Catalan independence once seemed like a distant dream, it seems that it may now have become a serious possible reality. Supported by thousands of Catalans on the French side of the border, it is thought that the elections may see Catalonia return to a state of complete autonomy which it has not seen since 1714, when Spanish troops conquered its capital, Barcelona.
An important part of the Spanish rule of Catalonia over the last two hundred years has been its attempt at linguistic domination. In 1714, this took the form of attempting to introduce Spanish to Catalan society. The subtlety of this linguistic invasion is sinister; Philip V of Spain gave instructions that "the mayor must take the utmost care in introducing the Spanish language, using the most discreet and temperate measures, so that only the effects are felt, and not the measures." Much later, after the Spanish civil war of 1939, Franco took a much more open approach whereby he banned the speaking of Catalan, and imposed harsh penalties for any breaches of this rule.
The language of Catalan, and the speaking of it, therefore became an act of resistance in itself. Catalan literature, dating as far back as Medieval times with the works of Joanot Martorell and Ramón Llull has become increasingly significant in the struggle for an independent Catalonia with its own unique identity. The language of Catalan, as used by contemporary authors such as Jaume Fuster and Maria Mercè Roca, is important in shaping a cultural identity whose difference is asserted by the very tongue in which that assertion is made. Since the days of the fascist regime, Catalan has been re-introduced as the only vehicular language used in state schools and is spoken by 9 million people (not only in Catalonia but in Valencia, the Balearic Isles, Andorra and the town of Alghero in Sardinia as well). Although Castilian Spanish still has a prominent place in Catalan society – due to large-scale immigration from Latin America as well as the use of the language in the media – there are still some Catalans who do not speak Castilian Spanish fluently, either because of a conscious rejection of the language (8% do not want to have any official status Catalonia) or because they simply have not had sufficient exposure to it to know it well.
Whether Catalans will vote for political independence may depend on their views of the financial implications of such a move (Francesc de Carreras has argued that the economics of an independent Catalonia "don't add up") and the results will be seen in the days to come. But, whatever happens, the Catalan language, history and culture will always retain their unique independent identities.
Sources include: La Vanguardia, The Guardian, BBC News
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Afghan interpreter wins right to stay in UK
An Afghan interpreter who worked with British armed forces has won his struggle to remain in the UK. Mohammad Rafi Hottak, who suffered shrapnel wounds all over his body in an explosion while working with a British unit in Afghanistan five years ago, was refused asylum earlier this month by the UK Border Agency (UKBA). It is thought they had doubted that Mr. Hottak's life would be at risk if he returned to Afghanistan. However, after much publicity and press coverage in which 26-year-old Mr. Hottak was said to have been "betrayed", UKBA reversed their decision admitting that improvements needed to be made to the application process. They announced that they were now "working with the Ministry of Defence to improve the process for obtaining information about individuals who have worked with the armed forces to ensure this does not happen again."
Mr. Hottak, who has received death threats from the Taliban for his perceived collaboration with British forces in his work as an interpreter, told The Times that he was "very happy" with the change of decision. He added, "They have put me through a lot of miserable times. However, finally they have reached the right decision."
This news comes as New Zealand's Defence Minister, Dr Jonathan Coleman, confirmed that the government had offered refuge to 23 interpreters currently working in Afghanistan. "The interpreters are playing a critical role in the operation of the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Bamiyan enabling the PRT to interact effectively with the local population," Dr Coleman said. "Offering assistance to current interpreters employed by the government reflects the view that New Zealand should demonstrate a duty of care to this group who have served New Zealand with the work of the Provincial Reconstruction Team."
Sources include: AFP, BBC News, The New Zealand Herald, The Times
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Romania: How Many Official State Languages Should There be?
The issue of language took centre stage in Romanian politics last week as the opposition leader of the centre-right National Liberal Party (PNL) declared that the only language of the state is Romanian. In his statement, Crin Antonescu said that although he supported the use of native languages of minority ethnic groups and encouraged preserving their cultural identity, the Romanian language is the only State language.
Speaking at the end of a meeting of the PNL Central Political Bureau, Antonescu remarked, 'We have said we agree with the native language to be used and with all the means by which the minorities' cultural and linguistic identity should be preserved, but we have always said the only language of the Romanian State was and remains Romanian.'
These comments came in response to remarks made by Kovacs Peter, the Secretary General of the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR, a junior ruling coalition partner) who has claimed that Hungarian should become an official language in those regions of Romania where Hungarians (or Magyars) form the majority of the population. These regions include Bihor, Satu Mare and the Salaj Counties (West). Peter stated that he counted on the support of Romanian politicians in attaining this objective, but that he did not expect it to be attained very soon; 'since we have reached 64 language rights from null in twenty-two years, then in the next twenty years we'll reach a situation in which Hungarian will be an official language on a regional level'.
The Universal Declaration of Linguistic Rights states that 'every linguistic community has the right for its language to be used as an official language in its territory'. In Finland for example, the State has two official languages, Finnish and Swedish, alongside four other official minority languages: Sami, Romani, Finnish Sign Language and Karelian.
Hungarians in Romania are the largest ethnic community, representing 6.5 percent of the population, according to the latest census conducted in 2011. The great majority of Magyars live in the West of Romania and many are seeking autonomy for two counties, Harghita and Covasna there. Whilst UDMR asks for cultural autonomy other smaller Hungarian parties outside Parliament are seeking full autonomy from Romania.
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Net Migration to the UK Reaches Record High
Figures released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) yesterday reveal that 2010 was the highest year on record for net migration to the UK. Net migration was 252,000 for 2010. This number is arrived at by taking the difference between immigration at 591,000 and emigration at 339,000. The main reason behind the increase in net migration was a fall in emigration from the UK, whilst the level of immigration has remained fairly constant.
But what do these numbers mean? To many people they appear pretty meaningless. Their experiences of the effects of migration to and from the UK are primarily based on how it impacts their local area. Many people appreciate the diversity and cosmopolitan character that flows of migration have brought to different towns and cities in the UK. TJC Global, based in the heart of Oxford, enjoys the benefits of the rich talent pool of foreign students, many of whom seek employment in the UK after they graduate. It makes Oxford a great place to locally source highly qualified and experienced translators and interpreters from all over the world.
However, many people in the UK have a less positive perception of migration. A recent e-petition organized by Migration Watch UK, calling on the government 'to take all necessary steps to get immigration down to a level that will stabilise our population as close to the present level as possible' gained over 100,000 signatures in less than week. Opponents of immigration often argue that immigrants are a drain on public services and that they take jobs away from native workers. This sentiment can be especially strong in times of government cuts and rising unemployment.
But immigrants are often merely scapegoats for deeper economic and societal problems. The National Health Service could not function without its large pool of immigrant labour. A higher percentage of immigrants tend to be of working age, relative to the native UK population as a whole. They are therefore economically productive, paying taxes, increasing aggregate demand and ultimately creating jobs in the UK economy. Many sectors of the British economy are highly dependent on immigrant labour.
Nonetheless, the widespread perception that immigration is 'out of control' means that the numbers game is a big deal of the Government. The Conservative Party made a pre-election pledge to reduce net migration from the hundreds-of-thousands to the tens-of-thousands. This has been repeated in recent months by the Prime Minister and the Home Secretary. Put more clearly this amounts to a commitment to reduce net migration to below 100,000 by 2015. However, given the current net level of 252,000, estimated by the ONS to stay roughly the same in 2011, this target will be very difficult to achieve, regardless of whether it is a good or sensible objective to have.
Migration is not homogenous mass in the manner it is often crudely portrayed in the British media. It can be broken down into categories such as: economic, family, student and refugee. Of course these types often overlap and are by no means discreet. Even as rough categories, they need to be utilized to understand how the government intends to meet its target.
For a start, some forms of migration cannot be controlled by the Government. European Union nationals from all but two of the 27 EU member states are legally entitled to live and work in the UK. Other types can only be restricted to a certain extent. The Migration Observatory at Oxford University estimates that Government proposals designed to reduce family migration (migrants joining family members who are legally resident in the UK), will only reduce this type of migration by 8,000 per year. That would make little dent in the reduction of 150,000 required for the Government to meet its target. Likewise further restrictions on work based migration are only likely to reduce this type of legal immigration by 11,000 although it will have an impact on takeaways and sheep sheering!
Student migration is the main area where the government can have an impact on reducing net migration. Tougher restrictions are likely to reduce this flow by over 50,000 annually according to the study at Oxford University. However, non-EU foreign students are charged higher fees than their British counterparts and are vital to funding British Universities. During a time of major cuts to higher education, this somewhat begs the question of why this target is a good idea in the first place. Even with this reduction, with the side effect of harming one of the UKs most successful economic sectors, the target of reducing net migration to under 100,000 by 2015 is likely to be missed by at least 65,000, if not more.
At TJC Global we are never inhibited by restrictions on migration as we can source translators and interpreters from all over the world. Being based in the heart of Oxford gives us the advantage of having a large local talent pool of translators and interpreters. Modern technology enables us to simultaneously carry out multiple translation projects with translators and proof-readers based throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East and the Americas. For more information, and for a free quote for either translation or interpreting, please visit our website at www.tjc-oxford.com.
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On behalf of the British Virgin Islands (BVI), Pobjoy Mint is pleased to announce the release of an unmissable new set of coins commemorating the centenary of the outbreak of World War I.
This set consists of two beautiful WW1 commemorative coins, both in Proof Sterling Silver. The first features the Edith Cavell Memorial in Norwich, England with a nurse in the foreground. Edith Cavell was the British nurse celebrated for saving the lives of soldiers from both sides without distinction. The second coin depicts Lawrence of Arabia on a camel against a background of Aqaba.
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These remarkable coins, released in commemoration of the war, offer a fitting tribute to those who sacrificed their lives for the freedom of others. A limited edition, this Proof Sterling Silver collector's coin set comes in a stunning presentation box complete with a certificate. Both coins are also available individually.


Any notion of returning to our past treatment of refugees in Nauru must be taken off the table by both major parties in Australia.
It was designed to strike a most difficult balance between duly processing asylum seekers' claims while implementing a strong deterrence factor for further arrivals.
It was good for Nauruans, it resulted in the big majority of asylum seekers being accepted as refugees and it was an integral part of a policy that stopped the boats!
Of course it had its problems. What would you expect with such a horribly difficult issue? But all-told it was pretty damn good, compared to just about any other possible option.
You know perfectly well, although I'm sure you would never admit it, that if onshore asylum seekers in Howard's era were treated in the manner that you would have wanted, the boats would have just kept coming and in much bigger numbers.
And you know that if that had happened, ten or a hundred or a thousand times more people would have been caught up in the messy situation, in which they would have been treated a whole lot less kindly.
Yes yes YES!! And of course we should be doing this through our international aid efforts, through the UN, and NOT via haphazard arrivals in our northern waters!
So Susan, why is it that so many refugee advocates seem to get totally hooked up on how onshore asylum seekers are treated instead of very loudly lobbying our government to increase our international aid and refugee effort?
Adovates for the 'illegals' continue to claim off shore processing of asylum seekers is inhumane. Yet Nauru was used as a stop gap measure until christmas island was established. After which Nauru was no longer required as the use of TPVs had stopped the boats from coming and Christmas Island was more than adequate.
It matters little where the illegals are processed,what stopped the boats was not giving permanent residency and that is what is needed now.
The boats have to be stopped from coming. It is far from humane to encourage people to come by boat when about 170 have lost their lives trying it on the last couple of years.
This government has created the current problem and should be held accountable for the deaths.
Yes we need to change the system. First - analyse what the boat people are trying to get. Presumably primarily Safety. Second would be access to a first world economy which can provide a good living and a chance to build capital. Often the second is more important than the first. They are prepared currently to flout the law by arriving without papes and they take considerable risks to succeed.
Australia needs these sorts of people particularly in Mining and Agriculture and 95% make very good citizens, but if we accept them without restrictions, the numbers will increase very considerably and why should they jump the queue unpenalized.
Possibly solution would be to give any refugee who arrives without papers a 5 year visa, provided they take a job and live only in designated areas. There should be no guarantee of visa extension and face immediate deportation should they contravene any law.
When will we ever get through to dills like this one that Oz governments are elected to do the right thing by Oz citizens, not boat people, or any others who want grate crash our boarders?
None of these people should be housed, or supported, until all home grown citizens are similarly housed, first.
Wouldn't it be nice if these bleeding hearts could get their priorities right. Don't ask these people what we can do for them, ask what they can do for us.
Post WW11 refugees were expected to work their way, as soon as they arrived, & were earning their keep within days of their arrival, why not these?
You would be a great consultant on stimulating the growth of the illegal immigrant industry, of which you seem to be an integral part.
If you were able to reverse your thinking, then with your knowledge you could be of value in the area where we desperately need help, thanks to our incumbent incompetents in Canberra, the stemming of the flow of these queue jumpers.
See what you can do, and get back to us.
With half of the Australian population in unstable housing and furthermore will never be able to have the means to do so. Now, one would think that the housing affordability should be the major focal point within the next election.
Why is it that this refuge matter is such a huge issue. I dare say that indeed it is a fact that we have many Australians unable to earn enough money to purchase a home for them selves. And I am not just talking about the mentally ill or drug induce people. I am including many others that have had their next egg evaporated before their very eyes.


Nizoral is probably the most effective shampoo on the market to control dandruff caused by seb derm. It's technically a medicine and is one of few anti-dandruff shampoos approved to make healthcare claims i.e. to treat and prevent dandruff. With a 2% dose of anti-fungal ketoconazole mixed into an 11 ingredient fragrance-free formula, if you suffer from moderate to severe seb derm – it's a must try. Studies show significant and dramatic improvements in 30 days.
Do you want an anti-dandruff shampoo proven to work?
Nizoral 2% formulation is a stand out against most shampoos designed to treat dandruff caused by seborrheic dermatitis because it's regulated as a medicine. And that's the reason why it's able to make on pack claims of 'treats and prevents dandruff i.e. health claims.
Nizoral anti-dandruff shampoo contains only one active ingredient – an anti-fungal called ketoconazole – a 2% concentration.
Read our Nizoral review to find out.
Before we delve into the formula it's time to start at the beginning. Who makes Nizoral anti-dandruff shampoo and are they dandruff experts?
Turn to the back label of your Nizoral anti-dandruff shampoo and right at the bottom, you'll find the name of the company who make it – McNeil Products Ltd.
McNeil Products are an American founded company which began life as a drugstore.
Fun fact – McNeil Laboratories invented what would go on to be known as the popular pain medication – Tylenol.
In 1959 McNeil laboratories were sold to Johnson & Johnson remaining under J&J's control until June 2018 when the brand was purchased by Strada – the makers of Hedrin – a popular head lice treatment.
It's clear Nizoral 2% formulation has been made, formulated and tested by highly reputable companies. Bottom line – we can trust them.
Now, what about the product itself? How does it arrive? What should you expect?
Nizoral anti-dandruff shampoo is sold in a 60ml/2oz bottle which the packaging states is enough for up to 3 months of treatment. You won't miss Nizoral's branding amongst other healthcare products – with distinctive/loud red and white branding the box and its inner plastic bottle are memorable.
On pack claims draw us in to learn – Nizoral anti-dandruff shampoo is dermatologically tested, fragrance-free while also claiming to result in a healthier scalp.
Next stop – in use performance. We know Nizoral anti-dandruff shampoo is a healthcare product – can it match up to the In use performance of a normal shampoo?
Nizoral's plastic flip top cap is easy to open and on a firm squeeze surely allows the required dose of surprisingly pink Nizoral anti-dandruff shampoo liquid. Its scent free as promised and lathers moderately.
What you're likely to notice when using Nizoral anti-dandruff shampoo is a slightly squeaky feeling of hair. This is telling that the cleansing ingredients in Nizoral anti-dandruff shampoo are strong i.e. they're removing excess but also protective grease and sebum from hair and scalp. The longer you leave Nizoral anti-dandruff shampoo on for, the greater this effect. Long hair types will very likely need to follow with a nourishing conditioner. Other than this need to know you're unlikely to notice any differences between Nizoral and other popular mainstream shampoos.
On to the most important part. What makes Nizoral anti-dandruff shampoo able to treat dandruff? Is the active ingredient widely accepted to work?
Nizoral anti-dandruff shampoo is active because of an anti-fungal ingredient known as ketoconazole.
Nizoral, in this instance, uses a 2% concentration of ketoconazole. In the EU and Canada, this concentration is available OTC but in the USA you may need a prescription. In the US, another formulation called Nizoral AD is available OTC, but this is only a 1% formulation. A 1% concentration is clinically proven to not be as effective as 2%.
Fact: Ketoconazole was first used to treat dandruff in tablet form as an oral medicine. Using this anti-fungal active topically i.e. at the site of dandruff enables best results with significantly fewer side effects.
The shampoo contains ketoconazole, which is an antifungal that targets an increased number of yeasts on the skin called Malassezia.
These yeasts occur naturally on everyone's skin, however, people with dandruff seem to have more Malassezia.
The shampoo also treats the inflammation associated with dandruff, relieving scalp redness and itching.
This is what Nizoral tell us, but what about independently published studies? Is ketoconazole effective in the treatment of dandruff?
A very recently published 2018 study showed a 2% ketoconazole shampoo to dramatically improve symptoms of dandruff over 30 days of use – when used once every 3 or 4 days.
An older study completed in 1995 also concluded a 2% ketoconazole shampoo as highly effective to clear scalp seb derm plus help prevent relapse when used preventatively once per week.
Another study concluded that ketoconazole is as effective as selenium sulfide in the treatment of dandruff. However, ketoconazole is a better-tolerated ingredient.
A 2% ketoconazole is significantly more effective in the treatment of dandruff than 1% ketoconazole shampoo.
Bottom line: Ketoconazole is found to be very effective in the treatment of dandruff and especially helpful for sufferers of severe seb derm – not many anti-dandruff shampoos are.
Final stop – are there any other ingredients which can help Nizoral live up to its claim of treating inflammation i.e. scalp redness and itching?
In an overall formula of 11 ingredients, Nizoral anti-dandruff shampoo has minimal space for skin soothing helpers. Some independently reported studies conclude Nizoral, in comparison to other shampoos containing actives like salicylic acid, may not significantly help relieve itching.
Scanning the Nizoral ingredients list for signs of ingredients which may further aggravate your dandruff or seb derm, there are few.
Imidazolidinyl Urea – found on the ingredients list as Imidurea – a formaldehyde-releasing preservative that in around 1 to 2% of people with contact dermatitis which may cause a flare-up. Other studies show around 0.99% with contact dermatitis react to Imidazolidinyl urea.
Overall though, if you suffer from moderate to severe seb derm, a 2% dose of ketoconazole is as good as it gets to help combat your symptoms. The medical evidence is there, and anecdotally, this (and a 2.5% Selenium Sulfide shampoo) are still my go-to shampoos if I suffer from an outbreak. And they have been for many years.
Hi there, great website! Which of these 2% keto shampoos is less harsh?
sodium laureth sulfate paste, disodium laureth sulfosuccinate, sodium chloride, citric acid monohydrate, benzyl alcohol, tetrasodium edta, quaternium –15, poly quaternium – 7, dexpanthenol, laureth – 2, sodium hydroxide, perfume, purified water, erythrosine (E127).
I'm not sure why its prescription only in the US when its available otc in Europe. It makes no sense at all. You can find it on ebay and the likes though.
Couldn't agree more. I still do use it if I have a bad breakout though. That or the Selsun 2.5 are my go to shampoos in a time of panic.
I actually have to mix this with a gentler shampoo to use it fairly regularly, although I guess that brings it down to 1% so maybe not as effective?
If it works for you then it's just as effective!


Dickies Overalls. Stretchy relaxed fit overalls. Adjustable elastane buckle straps featuring Dickies logo screened on top. Button sides. Pocket on chest. Traditional pockets on front and back. Approx. inseam 30".


The ESC Workshop "modern contraception in the modern world" was held in Budapest, 5-8 November 2010.
Following the very successful workshop "modern contraception in the modern world" held in Budapest in April 2009, the ESC organised a similar event in the autumn of 2010. The programme comprised a mixture of lectures and small group discussions, and the participants could practise fitting the different types of IUDs and implants. Here you will find some impressions.


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Get excited about the 2018 Kia Sedona. This 8 passenger van still has less than 10,000 miles! Smooth gearshifts are achieved thanks to the 3.3 liter 6 cylinder engine, and for added security, dynamic Stability Control supplements the drivetrain. Kia prioritized comfort and style by including: delay-off headlights, front and rear reading lights, variably intermittent wipers, a trip computer, tilt and telescoping steering wheel, power windows, and 1-touch window functionality. Storage solutions are integrated throughout the interior, demonstrating thoughtful attention to detail. Premium sound drives 6 speakers, providing you and your passengers a sensational audio experience. Kia ensures the safety and security of its passengers with equipment such as: dual front impact airbags with occupant sensing airbag, front side impact airbags, traction control, a security system, and 4 wheel disc brakes with ABS. Brake assist technology provides extra pressure when applying the brakes. This vehicle has achieved Certified Pre-Owned status, by passing Kia's comprehensive certification process, including a rigorous 150 point inspection! We pride ourselves on providing excellent customer service. Stop by our dealership or give us a call for more information.


Indulge yourself in a relaxing treatment in the hotel's superb Remède Spa - signature Mexican treatments include the Aztecan Regenerating Facial and the La Luna Healing Ritual. Enjoy chilled champagne and snacks in the comfortable spa lounges or one of the delicious juices from the Juice Bar.
J&G Grill boasts a fantastic selection of appetizers - be sure to try the avocado pizza and the mouthwatering ceviche!
To celebrate a special occasion make a reservation at Krug, a small restaurant at the hotel and one of Mexico City's most intimate dining affairs. Indulge in the 11 course degustation menu and enjoy a journey along Mexico's culinary delights.
If you stay on a Wednesday, make sure to attend the Champagne ritual held at 7.00pm in the Atrium every week.
The St Regis Mexico City is a modern and luxurious hotel with superb facilities and exemplary service, with butler service optional in every room. Fabulous restaurants, boutiques, museums and many of Mexico City's key sights are within easy reach.
Located a ten-minute walk from Chapultepec Park and overlooking the historic Paseo de la Reforma, The St Regis Mexico City is a superb base from which to explore one of the world's largest and most dynamic capitals. Wander down this magnificent boulevard through the heart of the historical center and enjoy the splendid architecture of monuments and plazas that line it.
Each of the guest rooms at St Regis are beautifully appointed and adorned with luxurious linens and furnishings. With expansive floor to ceiling windows, stunning city views can be enjoyed from most of the hotel's collection of rooms and suites, the best of which can be enjoyed from the hotel's helipad where private dining can be arranged should you wish to soak in the sunset.
For keen foodies, there are a number of dining options serving up a range of international and regional cuisines - Mexican at the Diana restaurant, steak and seafood at the J&G Grill and Spanish cuisine at Candela Romero while the King Cole bar serves a range of delicious drinks, perfect for a pre-dinner cocktail. Their signature interpretation of the Bloody Mary is not to be missed and it was in the original St Regis New York where this famous cocktail was conceived.
Families are well catered for at the St Regis with the amazing range of activities, as well as an in-house Kids Club, and there are plenty options for connecting rooms making family accommodation simple. For the grown-ups, the Remede Spa promises a sanctuary of indulgence with a range of specialist treatments accompanied by champagne and truffles. If keeping fit is more your style, the fully equipped exercise room, indoor pool and nearby tennis club will more than cater for your needs.
St Regis Mexico City offers a range of bright and spacious rooms and suites, each beautifully appointed with luxurious furnishings. Enjoying a central location in the historical heart of Mexico city, many of the rooms and suites benefit from amazing city views through expansive floor to ceiling windows. The signature St Regis Butler service makes every stay extra special. Bathrooms are contemporary and finished in marble, each with a TV set into the mirror so you can keep up to date with current affairs as you pamper yourself.
Many room categories provide interconnecting options ideal for families and cots or rollaway beds can be set up in Executive Suites. WiFi is complimentary throughout the hotel and each room has an iPad loaded with hotel information making ordering room service and butler service easy.
St Regis is a family-friendly hotel offering a variety of exciting activities for children and their families. Their in-house Kids Club is open mornings and evenings and can be arranged in advance. Story -time, movies and Spanish lessons can all be enjoyed, along with arts and crafts sessions, karaoke, a Nintendo Wii and use of the pool during specific times.
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Facilities in the hotel include a spa, exercise room, pilates studio, children's club, tennis club (nearby), relaxation pool, butler service as well as a selection of dining options to suit all preferences.
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Food was equally impressive and the views from the balcony at Diana Restaurant made for a pretty special sunset dinner.
The St Regis Mexico City is a truly luxurious property and it has fantastic views over the city's famous avenue the Paseo de la Reforma. The rooms are suites are elegantly designed and extremely comfortable. Some of the suites even have showers which can be turned into steam rooms! The hotel has excellent restaurants, a bar and its new La Table Krug, offering an exclusive 11-course dining experience for just 12 guests by Executive Chef Sylvain Desbois.
Resembling an old-fashioned hacienda—if haciendas had soared to eight stories—this hotel wraps around a central courtyard with a fountain that could have been plucked from the zócalo of any Mexican town. The fortresslike walls mean that when you're dining under umbrellas on the shaded terrace or enjoying the view from your own private balcony, there's no noise at all from traffic-clogged Paseo de la Reforma (which runs past the front door). Bosque de Chapultepec, a sprawling park dotted with museums, is within easy walking distance. The 240 rooms and suites are tasteful and elegant, with color schemes of peach, gold, or green; bold fabrics; and dark woods. The service, as you would guess, is polished and professional.
In the heart of one of the city's most exciting zones, The St Regis overlooks the historic Paseo de la Reforma, close to the exclusive Polanco and Condesa districts, in the heart of Mexico City.
11-hour 30-minute international flight to Benito Juárez International Airport, Mexico City. St Regis is a 30-minute drive from the airport.


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Lana Maria Parrilla (born July 15, 1977) is an American actress. Parrilla is best known for her roles on television and radio. She was a regular cast member in the fifth season of the ABC sitcom Spin City from 2000 to 2001. She later starred in Boomtown (2002-2003), Windfall (2006), Swingtown (2008) and as Dr. Eva Zambrano in the short-lived medical drama Miami Medical (2010). She also played the role of Sarah Gavin during the fourth season of the Fox series 24 in 2005. From 2011 until 2018, Parrilla starred as The Evil Queen/Regina Mills in the ABC fantasy drama series, Once Upon a Time. In 2016 Parrilla won a Teen Choice Award for Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actress.
Parrilla was born in the Brooklyn borough of New York City in 1977. Her mother, Dolores Dee Azzara, is of Sicilian ancestry and her father was Sam Parrilla (1943–94), a Puerto Rico-born baseball player who played professionally for 11 seasons (1963–73), including with the Major League Philadelphia Phillies as an outfielder for one season (1970). She is also the niece of Candice Azzara, the American Broadway and TV actress.
She grew up in Boerum Hill and graduated from Fort Hamilton High School in Bay Ridge.
Lana studied acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse in Los Angeles - California.
In her early career, Parrilla appeared in several movies, including Very Mean Men (2000), Spiders (2000), and Frozen Stars (2003). She made her television debut in 1999, on the UPN sitcom Grown Ups. In 2000, she joined the cast of the ABC comedy series Spin City, playing Angie Ordonez for one season. She left the show in 2001. After that she joined Donnie Wahlberg and Neal McDonough in the short lived crime drama Boomtown, for which she received the Imagen Award for Best Supporting Actress, for her portrayal of Teresa, a paramedic. Initially a success, Boomtown began to struggle, and Parrilla's character became a police academy rookie, to tie her more closely to the rest of the show. "Boomtown" was cancelled just two episodes into its second season.
Parrilla guest-starred in a number of television dramas, including JAG, Six Feet Under, Covert Affairs, Medium, The Defenders and Chase. She had a recurring role in 2004 as Officer Janet Grafton in NYPD Blue. In 2005, Parrilla took a recurring guest role on the fourth season of the Fox series 24 as Sarah Gavin, a Counter Terrorist Unit agent. After just six episodes, Lana was made a regular cast member; but in the thirteenth episode, her character was written out after she tried to thwart another character's promotion from temporary to permanent CTU head Michelle Dessler (Reiko Aylesworth).
In 2006, Parrilla starred in the NBC summer series Windfall alongside Luke Perry, fellow former 24 cast member Sarah Wynter, and Parilla's former Boomtown castmate Jason Gedrick. In 2007, she guest starred as Greta during the third season of ABC's Lost in the episodes "Greatest Hits" and "Through the Looking Glass" In 2008, she had a leading role on the Lifetime movie The Double Life of Eleanor Kendall, in which she played Nellie, a divorcee whose identity has been stolen. Also in 2008, she starred in the CBS summer series Swingtown as Trina Decker, a woman who is part of a Swinging couple. In 2010, Parrilla had a female lead role in the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced Miami Medical on CBS, which had a short run towards the end of the 2009–10 television season before it was canceled in July 2010. Windfall, Swingtown and Miami Medical were all canceled after 13 episodes.
In February 2011, she was cast as Mayor Regina Mills/The Evil Queen, in the ABC adventure fantasy drama pilot, Once Upon a Time created by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. The series debuted in October 2011. The pilot episode was watched by 12.93 million viewers and achieved an adult 18–49 rating/share of 4.0/10 during the first season, receiving generally favorable reviews from critics.
Parrilla's performance also received positive reviews from critics. In 2012 and 2013, she was regarded as a promising contender for an Emmy Award in the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series category, though she did not receive a nomination. She won the TV Guide Award for Favorite Villain and the ALMA Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series in 2012. Parrilla also received a nomination for Best Supporting Actress on Television from the 38th Saturn Awards.
Parrilla became engaged to Alfredo Di Blasio, an executive with a technology firm, on April 28, 2013, while traveling in Israel. They were married on July 5, 2014, in British Columbia. On April 13, 2019, she announced in an Instagram post that she is no longer married.
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Yu Gwansun (December 16, 1902 – September 28, 1920) was a female Korean Christian patriot.
Yu joined the March 1st Movement for Korea's independence from Japan while still a high school student. Along with others from the movement, she participated in peaceful rallies in Seoul on March 1 and 5, 1919, and then helped to organize a rally in her hometown a few weeks later. Arrested by the Japanese military police for her actions, she received a three-year prison sentence. Tortured by the prison guards because of her continued activism, she died of her injuries in September 1920 at age 17. Knowing the power of her example, the Japanese buried her inconspicuously.
2 March 1st Independence Movement
3 Aunae Marketplace Rally
4 Imprisonment, Torture and Death
Yu's efforts for independence and justice would presage the later nonviolent work of Mohandas K. Gandhi and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Even though Yu only worked in the independence movement for 21 months, her name remains a source of strength and pride to Koreans even today, and has taken a place among the most beloved Korean patriots in Korean history.
Yu Gwansun's childhood home in Yongduri, burned down in 1919, reconstructed in 1991
The second daughter among five children in the family of Yu Jungkwon and Lee Soje, Yu Gwansun spent her childhood in Jiryeongri, Edongmyeon, Mokcheongun in Chungnam province in Korea. Nearby was the Maebong Presbyterian Church that she attended. Recognizing the young girl as a talented student, American missionary Alice J. Hammond Sharp encouraged her to attend the Hakdang Mission School for Girls in Seoul, about 90 kilometers away from Cheonan. Yu entered the Ewha School in 1915, beginning in the middle school program. In 1918, she graduated from middle school, and began high school studies.
March 1st Independence Movement
Woodblock used by independence movement to produce Korean flags, in collection of Yu Gwansun Memorial Hall
In 1919, Yu Gwansun and other Ewha Hakdang high school students including Guk Hyeonsuk, Kim Hija, Kim Boksun and Seo Myeonghak participated in the initial activities of the March 1st Movement's independence rallies held in Pagoda Park and other areas in Seoul. A few days later, on March 5, she also participated in another rally for independence held at Namdaemun Station. On March 10, the Japanese occupation government ordered all middle and high schools temporarily closed. On March 13, Yu left Seoul and traveled back home to spread independence fever in Korea's southwest region.
Aunae Marketplace Rally
Arriving home, Yu told her family about the independence rally that had been held in Seoul and in various places throughout the country, and encouraged them to work for independence in Cheonan, too. Along with her father, Yu Jungkwon and his younger brother, Yu Jungmu, she helped organize a rally to be held in the Aunae Marketplace in Byeongcheonmyeon on April 1, 1919. On March 31, the night before the rally, she lit a beacon fire on top of Mount Maebong, to gather people from all around the region to join in the rally.
About three thousand people participated in the Aunae Marketplace Rally. Cho Inwon read a declaration of independence, and Yu Gwansun led the crowd in cheering for independence (독립만세). Japanese military police opened fire on the crowd, killing 19 and wounding many, 30 of them seriously. Among those killed were Yu's father and mother.
Yu complained to the authorities that it was unreasonable for the military police not to allow the people to demonstrate, which led to her arrest and detainment by the Cheonan Japanese military police unit. In retaliation for her rebellious actions, the Japanese burned her family's home to the ground. Her uncle, Yu Jungmu, went to the police headquarters to complain, carrying the body of his dead brother in protest. He served three years in prison for his actions.
Imprisonment, Torture and Death
Tried and convicted in district court in Gongju, Yu began serving her sentence in Gongju Prison. Later, on August 1, after an appellate court in Seoul reduced her sentence to three years, she was reassigned to Seodaemun Prison in Seoul. While in prison, she led a demonstration of prisoners on the first anniversary of the March 1st Movement. Because of her continued activism even while in prison, the prison authorities tortured her, and she died on September 28, 1920, at the age of 17, of injuries sustained during the torture. Two days later, she received an unceremonious burial in a public cemetery in Itaewon, Seoul. Her body disappeared when the cemetery was destroyed during the occupation.
Seventy years after her death, a spot was chosen on the slopes of Mount Maebong, where she had burned the beacon light the night before the Aunae rally, to erect the Chohonmyo Memorial Tomb. With the tomb's dedication on October 12, 1989, Yu's spirit finally had a peaceful resting place. Memorial services are held at Chohonmyo each year on September 28, the anniversary of her death. In 2003, a memorial hall and museum was added to the memorial complex.
Stone marker commemorating the sister city relationship established May 1962 between Ehwa Girls High School in Seoul and Yu Gwansun's birthplace of Jiryeong-ri (now Yongduri)
On March 1, 1962, the Korean government awarded Yu the Order of Merit for National Foundation. On May 30, 1962, the Ewha Girls Middle and High School Alumni Association made the village of her birth, Yongduri, an official sister city of the school in Seoul. In 1996, Ewha Girls High School awarded her an honorary high school diploma. Yu's parents, Yu Jungkwon and Lee Soje, killed in the Aunae marketplace demonstration, received a presidential medal in 1963 and the Meritorious Patriot's Award in 1991. In 1977, the government deeded the property and home adjoining Yu Gwansun's childhood home to the surviving members of her family as compensation for their house being destroyed, and in 1991, her birthplace was also reconstructed on the site where it had been burned down in 1919.
Posted placards and exhibit notes, Yu Gwansoon Memorial Hall, Tapwonri, Byeongcheon-myeon, Cheonan-si, Chungnam Province, Korea (on July 17, 2007)
Posted placards, Patriot Yu Gwansoon's Birthplace, #305, Yongduri, Tapwonri, Byeongcheon-myeon, Cheonan-si, Chungnam Province, Korea (on July 17, 2007)
Posted placards, Tombs of Yu Jungkwon, Lee Soje and Yu Jungmu, Yongduri, Tapwonri, Byeongcheon-myeon, Cheonan-si, Chungnam Province, Korea (on July 17, 2007)
March 1st Movement
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