The broadcast will be helmed by the regular Ghost Hunters duo of Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson - two Rhode Island plumbers who have achieved considerable cable fame in recent years as blue-collar ghost chasers - with Stargate SG-1's Amanda Tapping and Crossing Jordan's Steve Valentine serving as celebrity guest investigators.
"The fact they're inexperienced should keep it interesting," Wilson said in a recent conference call to promote the special. "They should have a lot of questions and will probably get spooked out."
However, the show's skeptical approach will remain intact: Most episodes in the series have the experts capably debunking claims of paranormal activity. "Eighty per cent of all our investigations turn out to be nothing," Hawes said.
The Ghost Hunters methodology involves the deployment of a wide range of ghost-detecting equipment, including digital thermometers, infrared cameras, white-noise generators and, on occasion, a Geiger counter. "We'll pull out all our techniques," Wilson said. "Our audience is aware that it doesn't happen all the time."
The Fort Delaware location was previously visited by the Ghost Hunters team in a fourth-season show. Commonly referred to as the "Black Hole," the site was used as a PoW camp during the Civil War and at one time housed more than 30,000 Confederate soldiers; roughly 2,400 perished.
"We've already built a rapport with what might be there. Most of the deaths at Fort Delaware were due to accidents, but nonetheless it was a prison camp, and that's always miserable," Wilson said.
In a nod toward interactivity, amateur ghost hunters can participate in the special by logging onto the Space website (http://www.spacecast.com), which will show alternative camera angles of the Fort Delaware grounds. Viewers at home are invited to watch and report any ghostly activity that might have been missed by the plumbers.
Ghost Hunters Live will also feature regular reports from the Space entertainment show The Circuit, which will be on-location from the offices of the Canadian horror magazine Rue Morgue (located in a former Toronto funeral home).
Keep in mind that ghosts tend to be finicky, and there is always the possibility Ghost Hunters Live could suffer the same fate as The Mystery of Al Capone's Vault.
Broadcast in April of 1986, the live broadcast was hyped for weeks and garnered an audience of more than 30 million viewers. When host Geraldo Rivera - who else? - finally opened the late gangster's vault in the show's closing minutes, the contents were revealed to be dust, and a few empty bottles. There's never any guarantee with this type of TV event.
"Of course we hope all the ghosts come out to play, but we can't guarantee it," Hawes said. "It's been our experience that ghosts tend to be fussy about when and where they decide to make themselves known to humans. It's just the way ghosts are."
Also chasing spirits tonight: Most Haunted (W, 8 p.m.), which is more or less the same concept as Ghost Hunters, except it chronicles the supernatural expeditions of English experts, some of whom run away like Scooby-Doo's pal Shaggy at the slightest hint of a spectral being.
There is always some jolly scurrying on Most Haunted, which airs a four-hour marathon this evening. It's the sort of program you must watch at least once. So if you've never seen it, start tonight.
Most outings in the long-running British-import series are hosted by Yvette Fielding, a wide-eyed TV presenter who takes her poltergeist pursuits seriously. Without fail on each outing, Fielding is accompanied by a famous British psychic, presumably to lend some degree of authenticity to the investigation; each field trip also includes several observers and TV crew members, always the first to flee madly.
Tonight's first Most Haunted explores the foreboding confines of Coalhouse Fort, situated on the banks of the Thames in Essex. Originally constructed to protect London from naval assault, the fort has inspired hundreds of reports from people who claim to have seen ethereal soldiers and floating orbs and the like.
Fielding teams with psychic Johnnie Fiori to communicate with the other side. As usual, she stands her ground, looking quite fetching in ghost-chaser night gear.
In the second show, the fearless Fielding is off to the seaside at Lancashire, this time with medium and "psychic artist" Brian Shepherd, to creak about backstage at the rundown Morecambe Winter Gardens. Locals have reported sightings of dead vaudevillians in the long-abandoned music hall, which leads to another midnight excursion, and more running away.
But for those weary of presumably real ghosts and night-vision footage this Hallow's Eve, perhaps the safer option would be the original Ghostbusters (Family Channel, 9 p.m.).
The top-grossing film of 1984 still holds up on repeat viewing, though it prompts some questions today, such as: Why did three of the four Ghostbusters smoke? Who designed those smart-looking jumpsuits? And whatever happened to Ray Parker Jr.?
Friday 31 October 2008
John Stanley care Ltd appointed as Thurrock Council launch new scheme to help older people in the borough
THURROCK Council want to contact people in the borough aged 85 or over to offer help and assistance where needed.Its estimated that there are 2,600 people aged 85 or more in Thurrock, and in partnership with NHS South West Essex, the council has appointed John Stanley Care Ltd to run a nine-month pilot project to contact these people and offer help.
The council and PCT have each invested £70,000 into the project.
The aim is to offer older people, initially aged 85-plus, but later 75-plus, a home assessment to help them live safely and independently in their own homes and to improve the quality of life by easily and efficiently connecting them to appropriate support services.
It has nine outcomes planned, these are: that older people are less lonely and depressed; have both practical and emotional support following bereavement; maintain or improve people’s independence; maximise income; falls prevention; home safety checks; reduce the fear of crime; increase participation in social, leisure and learning activities; and to strengthen partnership working.
Councillor Amanda Arnold, Thurrock Council’s Cabinet member for Adult Social Care, said: “We do not want to interfere in older people’s lives, but we do want to make sure that if help is needed, it is provided.
“Many older people do live independent lives, but, for example, they may not be claiming all the benefits they are entitled too.
“Others may be in need of social care or health assistance, but not know what is available or who to contact.
“This Contact and Connect service is being created in an effort to ensure that older people are able to lead full and fulfilling lives in the comfort of their own homes wherever possible.
“It also means involving older people in the community if they want to, ‘working’ for a voluntary agency perhaps.”
For details of the scheme which is due to start on 1 November, contact Denise Shaw of John Stanley Care Ltd at 01375 485445.
Thurrock Council make improvements to Services
THURROCK Council “has made many improvements to how local people can access its services” according to the Audit Commission.
The inspection, in June this year, examined how easy it is for Thurrock residents to reach, use and find out about its services.
This week the council received a “fair, one-star rating with promising prospects for improvement” from the commission.
Cabinet member for Central Services, Coun Barry Johnson, said: “The inspectors praised many aspects of Thurrock’s work to ensure residents can access the services we provide.
“But we know there’s still work to be done and we are doing that - the commission recognised that ‘several aspects of improvement are very recent’, so it is difficult, at present, to judge how they will impact on improving outcomes for local people.”
He added: “We are committed to making life better for the people of Thurrock, ensuring that our residents are at the heart of everything we do and the report recognises the hard work and commitment of all staff towards improving access to our services.”
Inspectors praised the “range of effective ways to contact the council” that are available and said: “Thurrock residents have easy access to services through a combination of a telephone contact centre, customer service centre, area offices, libraries and an interactive website.”
The inspection report also highlights the positive results of a mystery shopping exercise inspectors carried out. It concludes that service requests and enquiries made by telephone and email were “responded to effectively” and how the mystery shopping resulted in a “good user experience”.
The promising prospects judgment reflects the plans and strong platform Thurrock Council has in place to continue its progress. However there are areas for improvement. For example, “despite its plans and investments, key public satisfaction indicators have not yet improved”.
The inspection, in June this year, examined how easy it is for Thurrock residents to reach, use and find out about its services.
This week the council received a “fair, one-star rating with promising prospects for improvement” from the commission.
Cabinet member for Central Services, Coun Barry Johnson, said: “The inspectors praised many aspects of Thurrock’s work to ensure residents can access the services we provide.
“But we know there’s still work to be done and we are doing that - the commission recognised that ‘several aspects of improvement are very recent’, so it is difficult, at present, to judge how they will impact on improving outcomes for local people.”
He added: “We are committed to making life better for the people of Thurrock, ensuring that our residents are at the heart of everything we do and the report recognises the hard work and commitment of all staff towards improving access to our services.”
Inspectors praised the “range of effective ways to contact the council” that are available and said: “Thurrock residents have easy access to services through a combination of a telephone contact centre, customer service centre, area offices, libraries and an interactive website.”
The inspection report also highlights the positive results of a mystery shopping exercise inspectors carried out. It concludes that service requests and enquiries made by telephone and email were “responded to effectively” and how the mystery shopping resulted in a “good user experience”.
The promising prospects judgment reflects the plans and strong platform Thurrock Council has in place to continue its progress. However there are areas for improvement. For example, “despite its plans and investments, key public satisfaction indicators have not yet improved”.
Tesco promote Road safety in West Thurrock
THIS year’s Road Safety Be Safe Be Seen campaign was at Tesco in West Thurrock on Wednesday.The campaign is aimed at the four to 11 age group and their parents, reminding them that as the clocks have gone back and the days are shorter, they must take extra care when they are out and about near roads.
The key messages are that bright or fluorescent clothes show up best by day, especially in dull or misty weather, and reflective material is best at night and shows up in car headlights.
Reflective tape can be put on clothing, school bags and equipment.
The children also learnt that It is against the law to cycle at night without a white front light, a red back light and a red reflector at the back, and parents were being urged to make sure all bikes are properly equipped and working.
The Thurrock Road safety team were at the store to promote the campaign and organised a competition for primary school children with 25 prizes of Child Safety Packs containing reflective and fluorescent safety items.
Councillor Neil Rockliffe, Thurrock’s Cabinet member fro Highways and Transportation, said afterwards: “I’m really pleased the event at Tesco was such a success.
“Well over a hundred primary school children took part in the competition and dozens if not hundreds more young people took advantage of the safety stickers and other safety goodies we were giving away.
“Road safety for cyclists is always a priority, but especially so during the long dark evenings of winter which is coming upon us fast. I would urge everyone who cycles and parents with young children especially, to make sure they are visible when near roads at all times.”
For further information on the Be Safe Be Seen campaign contact Denise Langan, Road Safety Manager on 01375 413386.
Controversial taxi plans have been put on hold
CONTROVERSIAL plans to colour code Thurrock’s taxis have been put on hold.
Last month the Gazette revealed that Thurrock Council had proposed plans to state that all Hackney Carriage privately owned and company vehicles will be required to be all white with green bonnets and boot panels.
The plans were met with outrage from borough taxi drivers who said it would put them out of business.
At the Council’s Public Protection Committee meeting on Wednesday October 22 members unanimously agreed that further information regarding the colour coding of vehicles should be sought before any decision was made.
Chair of the committee Councillor Rob Gledhill said: “It was clear from the discussion that all members felt there were a number of issues to be addressed before a decision could be made.
“Not only were there legal concerns, but there would have been personal financial implications for the taxi drivers in these difficult times.”
He added: “It could also have led to a reduction in licensed cabs in the Thurrock, with unlicensed cabs trying to fill the void. This is not a situation we want to see.”
Councillor Gledhill said: “Although it was clear consultation with the drivers had taken place, it was felt a wider consultation exercise needed to be carried out to include the views of residents, drivers, the police and councillors.
“We need to ensure that we have as many views as possible before we make a decision. I would particularly thank the Taxi Drivers Association for their contribution. It was great to see true partnership working, ensuring the safety of Thurrock residents.”
The committee agreed a concise set of conditions for the borough’s taxi drivers, regulations covering everything from the age of vehicles to the suitability of drivers — including those with convictions for serious offences such as drink drivers.
They also gave particular thanks to the South Essex Rape and Incest Crisis Centre for comprehensive information supplied on re-offending sex offenders.
Although it was felt that the current policy for applicants with any previous convictions was working, Councillor Gledhill asked officers to ensure the policy covered the information supplied and the concerns raised.
Councillor Ben Maney, Thurrock’s Portfolio holder for Public Protection said afterwards: “This is another example of the council listening to its residents and local businesses.
“Making sure we make the right decision for residents based on views and evidence is vital to secure public safety and confidence.
“I would also thank the chair of the committee for the time he spent with stakeholders before the meeting to ensure the actions of the council were correct, and for allowing the Taxi Drivers Association to speak at the meeting."
Last month the Gazette revealed that Thurrock Council had proposed plans to state that all Hackney Carriage privately owned and company vehicles will be required to be all white with green bonnets and boot panels.
The plans were met with outrage from borough taxi drivers who said it would put them out of business.
At the Council’s Public Protection Committee meeting on Wednesday October 22 members unanimously agreed that further information regarding the colour coding of vehicles should be sought before any decision was made.
Chair of the committee Councillor Rob Gledhill said: “It was clear from the discussion that all members felt there were a number of issues to be addressed before a decision could be made.
“Not only were there legal concerns, but there would have been personal financial implications for the taxi drivers in these difficult times.”
He added: “It could also have led to a reduction in licensed cabs in the Thurrock, with unlicensed cabs trying to fill the void. This is not a situation we want to see.”
Councillor Gledhill said: “Although it was clear consultation with the drivers had taken place, it was felt a wider consultation exercise needed to be carried out to include the views of residents, drivers, the police and councillors.
“We need to ensure that we have as many views as possible before we make a decision. I would particularly thank the Taxi Drivers Association for their contribution. It was great to see true partnership working, ensuring the safety of Thurrock residents.”
The committee agreed a concise set of conditions for the borough’s taxi drivers, regulations covering everything from the age of vehicles to the suitability of drivers — including those with convictions for serious offences such as drink drivers.
They also gave particular thanks to the South Essex Rape and Incest Crisis Centre for comprehensive information supplied on re-offending sex offenders.
Although it was felt that the current policy for applicants with any previous convictions was working, Councillor Gledhill asked officers to ensure the policy covered the information supplied and the concerns raised.
Councillor Ben Maney, Thurrock’s Portfolio holder for Public Protection said afterwards: “This is another example of the council listening to its residents and local businesses.
“Making sure we make the right decision for residents based on views and evidence is vital to secure public safety and confidence.
“I would also thank the chair of the committee for the time he spent with stakeholders before the meeting to ensure the actions of the council were correct, and for allowing the Taxi Drivers Association to speak at the meeting."
Yash Gupta and his Multiculturalist Dream Coat
A CULTURAL day was held at the Seabrooke Rise estate in Grays on Saturday October 25.Zimbabwean dancers and food from around the world were just two of the treats on offer, along with the Inspiration Youth group and local Sea Cadets and Scouts.
Children from Seabrooke Rise also read aloud a Human Rights declaration poem.
The event, held in the estate’s new community building, was organised by the Grays Riverside Community Association.
Councillor Yash Gupta, who was at the event, said afterwards: “It was a really good effort by the association.
“We need more cultural events like this across the borough to bring about better community cohesion.”
Jamie Saunders Leukaemia Awareness Group need to raise Cash
A GROUP of fundraisers will be growing their moustaches in the name of the Jamie Saunders Leukaemia Awareness Group.
Led by Jamie’s brother, Wez, 28, the group will undertake the “Movember” challenge and grow their tashes to raise money for Children with Leukaemia.
Wez is joined by Paul Scott, 26, of Southend Road, Corringham and Phil Anderson, 23, of Gordon Road, Corringham.
Wez has also managed to persuade Children With Leukaemia charity worker Jack Bacon and family friend and lead singer of the band, Billy Vincent, Chris Barrett, 27, to join in the tash-growing fun.
Father of three Jamie, 24, of Steeple Hall, Pitsea but originally from East Tilbury died in June after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of Leukaemia.
Before he lost consciousness he asked his family to raise leukaemia awareness.
Wez, of Laburnum Drive, Corringham, said: “We’re doing a lot of things for Jamie’s campaign and are always open to new ideas.
“A few friends said they were taking part in Movember so I thought why not.
“Jamie had a fantastic sense of humour and he’d find this hilarious.”
Movember, the month formerly known as November, is a moustache growing charity event held during November each year that raises funds and awareness for charities.
People can see their tash growing exploits week by week on the Jamie Saunders Leukaemia Awareness Group facebook page.
To donate to the cause visit www.bmycharity.com/v2/movember.
Find out more about Movember at www.movember.com.
Led by Jamie’s brother, Wez, 28, the group will undertake the “Movember” challenge and grow their tashes to raise money for Children with Leukaemia.
Wez is joined by Paul Scott, 26, of Southend Road, Corringham and Phil Anderson, 23, of Gordon Road, Corringham.
Wez has also managed to persuade Children With Leukaemia charity worker Jack Bacon and family friend and lead singer of the band, Billy Vincent, Chris Barrett, 27, to join in the tash-growing fun.
Father of three Jamie, 24, of Steeple Hall, Pitsea but originally from East Tilbury died in June after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of Leukaemia.
Before he lost consciousness he asked his family to raise leukaemia awareness.
Wez, of Laburnum Drive, Corringham, said: “We’re doing a lot of things for Jamie’s campaign and are always open to new ideas.
“A few friends said they were taking part in Movember so I thought why not.
“Jamie had a fantastic sense of humour and he’d find this hilarious.”
Movember, the month formerly known as November, is a moustache growing charity event held during November each year that raises funds and awareness for charities.
People can see their tash growing exploits week by week on the Jamie Saunders Leukaemia Awareness Group facebook page.
To donate to the cause visit www.bmycharity.com/v2/movember.
Find out more about Movember at www.movember.com.
Thurrock musicians Alex Milligan and Will Bristow to play at Barnardo's charity concert
TWO musicians from Grays are set to play with the Becontree Brass Band and the Abbs Cross Wind Band at the Barnado’s Church in Barkingside.
The fundraising concert is scheduled for Sunday November 16 and will feature two of the country’s top soloists from the Black Dyke Band, Richard Marshall on principal cornet and David Thornton on principal euphonium.
Playing alongside them will be cornet player Alex Milligan,16, from Grays and tennor horn player Will Bristow, 18, from Chafford Hundred.
The show starts at 2pm.
Entrance is by programme: Adult £10 concessions £7 under 16’s can attend for free providing they are accompanied by an adult.
Contact Ian McKay at the box office on: 01708 743946 or email Ian at: ianmac@waitrose.com.
The fundraising concert is scheduled for Sunday November 16 and will feature two of the country’s top soloists from the Black Dyke Band, Richard Marshall on principal cornet and David Thornton on principal euphonium.
Playing alongside them will be cornet player Alex Milligan,16, from Grays and tennor horn player Will Bristow, 18, from Chafford Hundred.
The show starts at 2pm.
Entrance is by programme: Adult £10 concessions £7 under 16’s can attend for free providing they are accompanied by an adult.
Contact Ian McKay at the box office on: 01708 743946 or email Ian at: ianmac@waitrose.com.
Wheelie bins to replace green bags and blue boxes in Thurrock
WHEELIE bins are to replace the blue recycling boxes and green waste bags in Thurrock and should start to be delivered to household across the borough within a year.Announcing the schedule for the roll out of the three-bin kerbside collection at Thurrock Council’s full council meeting on Wednesday (29 October), councillor Steve Veryard, Cabinet Member responsible for waste and recycling said: “We carried out a comprehensive consultation with residents earlier this year and nearly 6,500 people responded.
“We have listened to our residents and the responses have directly helped shape the future delivery of their household waste collection.”
He added: “While many local authorities across the country have introduced fortnightly rubbish collections, here in Thurrock we promised we would keep the weekly bin collection and we have delivered on this promise.
“We also promised to do more to help residents to increase the recycling rates for a greener and cleaner Thurrock.
“Following the approval of the Council’s Municipal Waste Strategy in September, plans for a new three-stream kerbside collection system are in place and will be operational by the time the new waste collection contract starts in April 2010.”
He said: “To allow time for the new system to settle in, we are planning to introduce the new bins between September and December 2009.”
Thursday 30 October 2008
www.canivote.org
With the election just hours away, voters want to make sure they have everything in order so that their votes will count. Check out "Good Morning America's" voter guide, which answers several common voter questions.
Q: How do I know if I'm registered to vote?
A: To make sure you are registered. Visit www.canivote.org. It will direct you to the registration rolls in your county to make sure you haven't been purged. It also will tell you which polling place to go to.
Q: Can I take off work to vote?
A: Most states require employers to provide time for employees to vote on Election Day. While these laws vary in each state, they generally require employers to give employees time off to vote if the polls aren't open two or three hours outside of the employee's regular shift.
Some states require that employers pay employees for time off while they are voting, while others require employees to request time off from their employers in advance.
Q: What should I do if I go to vote and my name is not on the list?
A: In many, but not all states, you can ask for a provisional ballot. If you forget your ID and can't get home in time to get it, or you aren't registered for some reason, then you can cast a provisional ballot and argue about it after the election.
Q: Can wearing a T-shirt with a candidate's likeness prevent me from voting?
A: It's a first amendment freedom of speech question. Obviously, you can't campaign for a candidate inside the polls or within a certain number of feet in most states. And the problem is that some states have indeed interpreted that wearing of campaign paraphernalia as being electioneering or campaigning.
To be safe you shouldn't wear your campaign stuff when you go to vote.
Q: If I am still in line when the polls close, will I be able to get in to vote?
A: If you are in line when the polls close, then you vote. They can't slam the door in your face.
Q: Do you have to have proof of residency in the state you are voting in?
A: You should bring a photo ID like a driver's license or state issued ID, which are best. Seven states want it and the others will accept alternate photo ids or forms of identification.
Note: Beware of false flyers like one in Virginia telling voters that because of high turnout Republicans will vote Tuesday and Democrats Wednesday.
Also watch out for inaccurate e-mails out there like one going around telling Barack Obama voters that for their vote to count, after they vote for him they then have to vote straight Democratic on the ballot.
Q: How do I know if I'm registered to vote?
A: To make sure you are registered. Visit www.canivote.org. It will direct you to the registration rolls in your county to make sure you haven't been purged. It also will tell you which polling place to go to.
Q: Can I take off work to vote?
A: Most states require employers to provide time for employees to vote on Election Day. While these laws vary in each state, they generally require employers to give employees time off to vote if the polls aren't open two or three hours outside of the employee's regular shift.
Some states require that employers pay employees for time off while they are voting, while others require employees to request time off from their employers in advance.
Q: What should I do if I go to vote and my name is not on the list?
A: In many, but not all states, you can ask for a provisional ballot. If you forget your ID and can't get home in time to get it, or you aren't registered for some reason, then you can cast a provisional ballot and argue about it after the election.
Q: Can wearing a T-shirt with a candidate's likeness prevent me from voting?
A: It's a first amendment freedom of speech question. Obviously, you can't campaign for a candidate inside the polls or within a certain number of feet in most states. And the problem is that some states have indeed interpreted that wearing of campaign paraphernalia as being electioneering or campaigning.
To be safe you shouldn't wear your campaign stuff when you go to vote.
Q: If I am still in line when the polls close, will I be able to get in to vote?
A: If you are in line when the polls close, then you vote. They can't slam the door in your face.
Q: Do you have to have proof of residency in the state you are voting in?
A: You should bring a photo ID like a driver's license or state issued ID, which are best. Seven states want it and the others will accept alternate photo ids or forms of identification.
Note: Beware of false flyers like one in Virginia telling voters that because of high turnout Republicans will vote Tuesday and Democrats Wednesday.
Also watch out for inaccurate e-mails out there like one going around telling Barack Obama voters that for their vote to count, after they vote for him they then have to vote straight Democratic on the ballot.
Award for borough firefighter Colin Edwards
A THURROCK firefighter was among those who have served 20 years with Essex County Fire and Rescue Service and were presented with medals at a special ceremony on Wednesday October, 28.Leading Firefighter Colin Edwards, of Grays Fire Station, was among those honoured.
Each of the 13 recipients, including Leading Firefighter Colin Edwards, of Grays Fire Station, was presented with their Long Service and Good Conduct Medal by High Sherriff of Essex Sarah Courage.
Deputy Chief Fire officer Mark Jones, who was also at the ceremony, said: “Officers like Colin are the backbone of Essex County Fire and Rescue Service; they serve with pride and dedication.
“They have given 20 years of exemplary service to the communities of Essex and in that time have developed a wealth of knowledge and experience which they can bring to bear in protecting and serving those communities.
“This medal recognises their achievement and is presented by us on behalf of the Monarch and a grateful community.”
Lakeside raise thousands of pounds for two breast cancer charities in Thurrock
LAKESIDE Shopping Centre have raised £7000 for two breast cancer charities with various fundraising events.General Manager, Steve Chandler, presented cheques for £3500 to the Lady McAdden Breast Screening Unit and the Helen Rollason Heal Cancer Charity.
Linda Harrison, General Manager at Lady McAdden, said: “Donations of this magnitude are extremely important to us and we cannot thank Lakeside, and its shoppers, enough for supporting us.
“With technology continually changing we need to regularly update our equipment and this comes at a high cost, for example, over the next few years we’ll be investing around £250,000 in one digital imaging x-ray machine.
“The money raised by Lakeside will go a long way and I’d like to offer my heartfelt thanks to everyone for their efforts and generosity. ”
Top 100 Council Workers pocket £7.5 Million pound a year
The new figures published by Thurrock council have shown what value for money local taxpayers have been getting.The report which lists senior staff wages for 2007/2008 shows the top 100 earners wage is nearly 7.5 Million pounds a year between all of them.
The report also shows that Chief executive Angie Ridgwell earns more than a quarter of a million pound a year! (between £260,001 - £270,000)
Great news for her but not so great for all the residents who are having to decide if they should pay fuel bills or pay council tax.
At least she will be having a great Christmas!
The breakdown for senior staff yearly wages are as follows.
£50,001 - 60,000 76
£60,001 - 70,000 33
£70,001 - 80,000 11
£80,001 - 90,000 6
£90,001 - 100,000 1
£100,001 - 110,000 2
£110,001 - 120,000 2
£120,001 - 130,000 0
£130,001 - 140,000 1
£140,001 - 150,000 0
£150,001 - 160,000 1
£160,001 - 260,000 0
£260,001 - 270,000 1
£270,001 - 280,000 0
£280,001 + 1
Andrew Mackinlay & Labour Councillor Carl Morris promote Polish Businesses in Thurrock
PUPILS at Stifford Primary School had two VIP visitors join them for a special lunch on the last day of the half-term.Thurrock MP Andrew Mackinlay and Grays Riverside councillor Carl Morris joined the pupils at the school, in Parker Road, Grays, for a Polish lunch.
The school plans to hold themed lunches regularly and chose Poland to launch the programme because there are 20 pupils of Polish background there.
Also at the lunch were Agnieszka and Yevhen Hladun, who run Pewex Ltd, a Polish food store in Grays.
The couple donated many Polish dishes for the children and visitors to try out.
Councillor Morris said: “Stifford Primary has substantially improved its results lately and I wanted to come and congratulate Head teacher Mr Jones for his success since coming here.
“The chance of enjoying this wonderful dinner with the children was an added bonus.”
And Mr Mackinlay, who has a Polish grandson, added: “I was really impressed.
“The children from all year groups had investigated and celebrated Polish culture, the flags flying and the dinner was a great way to close the half term.”
Tories defeated as Burma Star Association move a step closer to freedom
THURROCK Burma Star Association are a step closer to being granted the Freedom of the Borough despite the majority of Conservatives on Thurrock Council voting against it.
At a meeting of the full council last night, councillor Carl Morris, chairman of the Labour group on Thurrock Council, said he was proud to be bringing the motion forward and asked for “consensus” on the vote.
However, when it came to the vote all the Tories, except councillor Eddie Hardiman and councillor Neil Rockliffe, who both abstained, voted against the motion.
BNP councillor Emma Colgate and Independent councillor John Purkiss both voted for the motion meaning it was carried 22 to 20.
Councillor Morris said: “The Burma Star Association is unique among veterans groups because it’s Tri-Service.
“To qualify as a member, an ex-serviceman, ex-servicewoman or nurse must have been awarded the Burma Campaign Star for service in Burma during World War II.
The Thurrock branch was formed in 1961 and has done great work supporting its members ever since with regular welfare visits and a helping hand when needed.
Councillor Morris added: “It’s a great source of comfort and support for veterans and their families to know the association is always there. As membership is exclusive to those who served in the Burma campaign, the association will eventually cease to exist.”
At a meeting of the full council last night, councillor Carl Morris, chairman of the Labour group on Thurrock Council, said he was proud to be bringing the motion forward and asked for “consensus” on the vote.
However, when it came to the vote all the Tories, except councillor Eddie Hardiman and councillor Neil Rockliffe, who both abstained, voted against the motion.
BNP councillor Emma Colgate and Independent councillor John Purkiss both voted for the motion meaning it was carried 22 to 20.
Councillor Morris said: “The Burma Star Association is unique among veterans groups because it’s Tri-Service.
“To qualify as a member, an ex-serviceman, ex-servicewoman or nurse must have been awarded the Burma Campaign Star for service in Burma during World War II.
The Thurrock branch was formed in 1961 and has done great work supporting its members ever since with regular welfare visits and a helping hand when needed.
Councillor Morris added: “It’s a great source of comfort and support for veterans and their families to know the association is always there. As membership is exclusive to those who served in the Burma campaign, the association will eventually cease to exist.”
Credit Crunch takes it toll on Abandoned vehicle figures
THE number of abandoned cars cleared from Thurrock streets has dropped by 90 per cent in the past four years.
Councillor Steve Veryard, Cabinet member in charge of Street Services, announced the success during the full council meeting yesterday.
In 2003 the council removed 2,796 abandoned vehicles, but this dropped to 292 last year.
Councillor Veryard said: “A triple whammy of cracking down on would-be dumpers with tougher enforcement action, quicker removal of dumped vehicles and soaring metal prices are helping to win the battle against unsightly abandoned cars.
“Thurrock Council will deal with any vehicles reported as abandoned on local roads or property. The vehicle will be removed if it is causing a public nuisance, if it is untaxed, or if it hasn’t been removed by the owner in line with a sticker placed on the vehicle.”
He warned: “There’s no room for complacency.
“We will continue to be doing all we can to make sure cars aren’t dumped on our streets and are removed. This is a top priority.”
Councillor Steve Veryard, Cabinet member in charge of Street Services, announced the success during the full council meeting yesterday.
In 2003 the council removed 2,796 abandoned vehicles, but this dropped to 292 last year.
Councillor Veryard said: “A triple whammy of cracking down on would-be dumpers with tougher enforcement action, quicker removal of dumped vehicles and soaring metal prices are helping to win the battle against unsightly abandoned cars.
“Thurrock Council will deal with any vehicles reported as abandoned on local roads or property. The vehicle will be removed if it is causing a public nuisance, if it is untaxed, or if it hasn’t been removed by the owner in line with a sticker placed on the vehicle.”
He warned: “There’s no room for complacency.
“We will continue to be doing all we can to make sure cars aren’t dumped on our streets and are removed. This is a top priority.”
All Party support over scrapping of Hospital parking charges
THURROCK Council Leader Terry Hipsey won the backing of fellow councillors for his call for hospital parking charges to be scrapped at a full council meeting last night.
When the Welsh Assembly announced that free parking would be offered in almost all NHS hospitals in Wales it prompted Thurrock residents to ask for the Leader to support their demand for the charges to be abolished.
Coun Hipsey supported the residents’ call for an end to “unacceptable and unfair” charges that patients visiting Basildon Hospital are forced to pay to park their car and earlier this year he criticised them as "a tax for the sick".
When the Welsh Assembly announced that free parking would be offered in almost all NHS hospitals in Wales it prompted Thurrock residents to ask for the Leader to support their demand for the charges to be abolished.
Coun Hipsey supported the residents’ call for an end to “unacceptable and unfair” charges that patients visiting Basildon Hospital are forced to pay to park their car and earlier this year he criticised them as "a tax for the sick".
Lee Barker faces charges of death of Louise Cooper in A13 crash
A MAN charged with careless driving in connection with a crash that killed a young woman has appeared in court.
Lee Barker, of Beresford Crescent, West Bromwich, faced the charge following a crash on the A13 between Stanford-le- Hope and the Five Bells roundabout at Basildon.
Louise Cooper, of Celedon Close, Chafford Hundred, had got out of her car after a minor shunt.
The 23-year-old was hit by a lorry and died instantly from her injuries, on February 11 this year.
Barker, 38, appeared at Grays Magistrates’ Court to face the charge.
The case was adjourned and Barker was released on bail.
He will reappear at the court in November.
Lee Barker, of Beresford Crescent, West Bromwich, faced the charge following a crash on the A13 between Stanford-le- Hope and the Five Bells roundabout at Basildon.
Louise Cooper, of Celedon Close, Chafford Hundred, had got out of her car after a minor shunt.
The 23-year-old was hit by a lorry and died instantly from her injuries, on February 11 this year.
Barker, 38, appeared at Grays Magistrates’ Court to face the charge.
The case was adjourned and Barker was released on bail.
He will reappear at the court in November.
Holiday from hell for Kirsty Cobbs and her family
A FAMILY’S holiday in Majorca was ruined after all 16 of them were struck down by vomiting and diarrhoea.
Despite returning home from the holiday in Majorca a month ago, some of the family are still unwell and have had to seek medical help.
A member of the family was taken ill within 24 hours of arriving at the Hotel Jupiter in Alcudia and, one by one, the rest of the family were affected.
Mother Kirsty Cobbs, 25, who booked the holiday through First Choice, said: “The hotel management claimed an airborne virus was making people ill. They said extra cleaning was being carried out and simply advised us to drink lots of water.”
Despite these assurances from the management, the Cobbs were concerned about the cleanliness of the hotel.
Mrs Cobbs added: “Bathrooms and public areas were simply not clean enough — someone was sick in the pool and it was never drained.
“It seemed like everyone at the hotel was ill. People were being sick all the time — the whole experience was awful.”
To add to the family’s problems Mrs Cobbs was due to start a new job as a nursery nurse when she got back from Majorca, but she has been so ill that her employers have had to offer the position to someone else.
She said: “The last few weeks have been a real nightmare.”
The family have now contacted solicitors Ashton Morton Slack, who are appealing for any other holidaymakers staying at the hotel who were affected by this illness to come forward.
First Choice spokesperson Claire Ioannou said: “First Choice can confirm that a small proportion of guests reported sickness at the Hotel Jupiter around the time of the Cobbs family’s stay.
“When staff were alerted to the increased level of illness among guests, the hotel’s management and independent on-site hygiene company implemented and managed a full deep-cleaning program designed to reduce the spread of illness.
“The company also audit each part of the hotel on a monthly basis as standard.
“With these precautionary measures in place the sickness, which was believed to have been caused by an airborne virus brought into the hotel by a guest or member of staff, was brought under control."
Despite returning home from the holiday in Majorca a month ago, some of the family are still unwell and have had to seek medical help.
A member of the family was taken ill within 24 hours of arriving at the Hotel Jupiter in Alcudia and, one by one, the rest of the family were affected.
Mother Kirsty Cobbs, 25, who booked the holiday through First Choice, said: “The hotel management claimed an airborne virus was making people ill. They said extra cleaning was being carried out and simply advised us to drink lots of water.”
Despite these assurances from the management, the Cobbs were concerned about the cleanliness of the hotel.
Mrs Cobbs added: “Bathrooms and public areas were simply not clean enough — someone was sick in the pool and it was never drained.
“It seemed like everyone at the hotel was ill. People were being sick all the time — the whole experience was awful.”
To add to the family’s problems Mrs Cobbs was due to start a new job as a nursery nurse when she got back from Majorca, but she has been so ill that her employers have had to offer the position to someone else.
She said: “The last few weeks have been a real nightmare.”
The family have now contacted solicitors Ashton Morton Slack, who are appealing for any other holidaymakers staying at the hotel who were affected by this illness to come forward.
First Choice spokesperson Claire Ioannou said: “First Choice can confirm that a small proportion of guests reported sickness at the Hotel Jupiter around the time of the Cobbs family’s stay.
“When staff were alerted to the increased level of illness among guests, the hotel’s management and independent on-site hygiene company implemented and managed a full deep-cleaning program designed to reduce the spread of illness.
“The company also audit each part of the hotel on a monthly basis as standard.
“With these precautionary measures in place the sickness, which was believed to have been caused by an airborne virus brought into the hotel by a guest or member of staff, was brought under control."
Parents of doomed Chadwell St Mary School dealt another blow
PARENTS campaigning to save Chadwell St Mary Primary School were dealt another blow as councillors voted against withdrawing the consultation on closure.The school has been under threat of closure since September when it was leaked to the Gazette that Thurrock Council, which is facing a budget shortfall, could cash in by closing troubled Chadwell St Mary School which it says is massively under-used.
At a meeting of the full council last night Labour ward councillor for Chadwell St Mary Gerard Rice put forward a motion to withdraw the consultation on closure.
As well as the well-being of pupils Coun Rice cited the proposed 700 new homes being considered by Thurrock Council and the Thames Gateway Development Corporation as key reasons why the motion should be carried.
He said: “In Chadwell alone there is 400 new homes proposed according to the Local Development Plan (LDF) plus 300 more from the Development Corporation.
“If you have 700 new homes in Chadwell we’re going to have at least 250 to 300 new children. We will need to expand that school not reduce it.”
Leader of the Council Terry Hipsey responded to parents from the public gallery who asked whether the decision to close the school has already been made?
Coun Hipsey said: “Despite all the rumours that cabinet members have already decided the future surrounding the school they have not discussed the future options.”
Parents also asked why the teachers were left in the dark over the plan to close the school.
Deputy leader of the Council, Sue MacPherson, who has responsibility for education and children, said: “It would have been preferable to inform staff, parents and pupils of the consultation ahead of the press.
“The fact that information was leaked to the press in the school holidays made it difficult.”
Despite heartfelt pleas from Labour councillors to carry the motion the Tory’s quibbled on the wording of it with Councillor Neil Rockliffe claiming that not going ahead with the current consultation could result in the decision being made by central government.
The consultation process ends in December when the documents will be gathered together and presented to the cabinet. A final decision will be made in the new year.
Life Saving Volunteers needed for Eastern Region Ambulance Service
LIFE-SAVING volunteers are being sought by the East of England Ambulance Service.
Community-spirited people across the south of Essex are being asked if they would do their bit by training to become a First Responder.
First Responders are people who live or work in local communities and are activated by the East of England Ambulance Service to attend emergency calls where time can make the difference between life and death.
General manager for south Essex, Simon Eatherton, said: “There are a number of First Responders groups across the south of Essex, but we are really hoping to increase the number of volunteers within each of these groups.”
Training is free, takes just two days at the weekend, and covers managing an incident, making a survey of a patient and managing a patient who is not breathing and has no pulse.
For more information, contact First Responders coordinator John Hopkins on 01245 44 33 44.
Community-spirited people across the south of Essex are being asked if they would do their bit by training to become a First Responder.
First Responders are people who live or work in local communities and are activated by the East of England Ambulance Service to attend emergency calls where time can make the difference between life and death.
General manager for south Essex, Simon Eatherton, said: “There are a number of First Responders groups across the south of Essex, but we are really hoping to increase the number of volunteers within each of these groups.”
Training is free, takes just two days at the weekend, and covers managing an incident, making a survey of a patient and managing a patient who is not breathing and has no pulse.
For more information, contact First Responders coordinator John Hopkins on 01245 44 33 44.
Wednesday 29 October 2008
Win Magicbox Clarus Plus Internet Radios!! Three up for grabs!!
Access the World with over 8,000 Radio Stations via this Multi-Format DAB, FM & Internet RadioWith almost every radio station streaming its output to the Internet it's never been easier to receive radio stations from almost anywhere in the world.
Magicbox, one of the first to develop Internet radio products, has launched its second On-line masterpiece to include DAB and FM at an affordable £79.
The DAB/FM option offers faster tuning to favourite local or national UK based radio stations whilst the Internet radio benefits from the international search.
Being WiFi the Clarus Plus is totally mobile around the home and doesn't need a physical connection to the computer, or even for the computer to be on.
The Clarus Plus is compatible with Listen Again Services offered by many radio stations, with 24 presets, 8 for each format; there is no need to keep searching for favourites.
This neat black box has an Alarm Clock/Sleep timer feature, large backlit display and headphone port, plus excellent audio through the 1.5-watt stereo speakers.
Price £79 Visit: http://www.magicboxproducts.co.uk/
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Enter the competition by answering the question here and submitting your details.
Win My Name is Earl Season 3 DVDs!! THREE DVDs up for grabs!!
Earl Hickey (Jason Lee; The Incredibles, Dogma), discovers an important fact of life: When you do good things, good things will happen to you, do bad things and they'll come back and bite you in the ass. However, Earl didn't expect by adopting karma into his life it would end him up in the slammer for a two year jail sentence. Join Earl in the hit US comedy series MY NAME IS EARL Season 3 as it comes to DVD from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.When we last saw Earl, he was finally getting his life together. He got himself a job, got an apartment and even a girlfriend. Then his trashy foul-mouthed ex-wife Joy (Jamie Pressly; Charmed, Not Another Teen Movie), was facing a hefty sentence in prison for stealing a truck which Earl ends up taking the wrap.
Earl (now known as inmate number 28301-016) starts his two year prison sentence on the-inside, whilst on the outside Joy tries to repay Earl by looking after Randy (Ethan Suplee; Chasing Amy, Road Trip), who is struggling to adjust without him. Earl looks for ways to pass the time in jail and finds himself in some tricky situations including trying to get a certificate that allows him a month off his sentence. All he has to do is end the war between two rival gangs at the prison - not as easy as he first thought. Meanwhile, Randy is missing Earl so much that he looks for ways to join him in prison and eventually finds one... by becoming a prison guard! Suffering with boredom, Earl decides to take a creative writing course to start writing short stories, but soon finds out that everyone else has a better imagination than him.
The hilarious third season of this Emmy award winning show is made up of 22 laugh-out-loud episodes and again includes the outstandingly funny characters, such as Earl's loveable, clueless and naive brother Randy and sexy good-spirited hotel cleaner Catalina (Nadine Velazquez; Entourage, War).
How will Earl get through the next two years of his life as a jailbird? Has he finally had payback for all of his crimes and mistakes he had made earlier in his life? Has 'karma' finally hit him back right where it hurts? MY NAME IS EARL SEASON 3 is definitely one for all comedy fans and is guaranteed to have you in stitches. With superb all round performances from the whole cast, this show is nothing less than the work of a genius.
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Children help Thurrock Council test out new play equipment at Dilkes Park South Ockendon
YOUNG people had a chance to road test some new play equipment at a funday in South Ockendon on Sunday October 26.Thurrock Council is consulting on how to spend money improving play areas across the borough, and invited a playground company to bring some new high-tech equipment down to Dilkes Park for the day.
The Neos, which is based on similar technology to the Nintendo Wii, is a great way for children to interact with each other and to use their skills, with flashing lights, noises and scores to keep them interested.
The Friends of Dilkes Park organised a funday in the park - with autumn crafts and planting demonstrations to get the whole family involved in the site.
Councillor Sue MacPherson, Thurrock’s Cabinet member for Children’s Services, was there and said afterwards: “The young people were having such fun I wanted a go too!
“It was wonderful to see the youngsters jumping around and helping each other, as well as encouraging them to play outside and work with each other, The Neos definitely gets you fit too.”
She added: “We were particularly keen on finding out the young people’s view on how they wanted to play and instead of just asking questions we felt it was better if they actually saw and tried something different.”
Rotary Club presents 28th musical soiree set for Thameside Theatre
A MUSICAL soiree will be held at the Thameside Theatre on Monday, November 17.
The Rotary Club of Mardyke Valley, in association with Vera Plumridge, is presenting her 28th musical soiree, which will include music, dance, comedy and vocalists.
The evening’s proceeds will go to the Burned Children’s Club.
Doors open at 7.30pm, with tickets costing £8.50 (concessions £6).
For more information, call 01375 373473 or 0845 300 5264.
The Rotary Club of Mardyke Valley, in association with Vera Plumridge, is presenting her 28th musical soiree, which will include music, dance, comedy and vocalists.
The evening’s proceeds will go to the Burned Children’s Club.
Doors open at 7.30pm, with tickets costing £8.50 (concessions £6).
For more information, call 01375 373473 or 0845 300 5264.
Funding fair to be held at the Beehive Voluntary and Community Resource Centre in Grays
VOLUNTARY and community groups seeking funding will have a chance to find out what’s on offer next week.
A Thurrock Funders’ Fair is being held on Tuesday November 4 at the Beehive, Voluntary and Community Resource Centre in Grays between 2pm and 6pm.
Among groups at the event will be: The Thurrock Community Chest; Thurrock Youth Cabinet; Veolia ES Cleanaway Mardyke Trust; the Essex Community Foundation; the Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corporation; the BIG lottery; Heritage Lottery; Playbuilder; and GRANTnet.
One-hour workshops will be held where several of these organisations explain how they work and how to apply for grants.
For more information or to book a place, contact Carol Spencer on 01375 413957, or email here.
Spaces are limited and workshops will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
A Thurrock Funders’ Fair is being held on Tuesday November 4 at the Beehive, Voluntary and Community Resource Centre in Grays between 2pm and 6pm.
Among groups at the event will be: The Thurrock Community Chest; Thurrock Youth Cabinet; Veolia ES Cleanaway Mardyke Trust; the Essex Community Foundation; the Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corporation; the BIG lottery; Heritage Lottery; Playbuilder; and GRANTnet.
One-hour workshops will be held where several of these organisations explain how they work and how to apply for grants.
For more information or to book a place, contact Carol Spencer on 01375 413957, or email here.
Spaces are limited and workshops will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
Essex FM's Martin and Su are back on the radio after viewers protest
ESSEX FM DJs Martin and Su will be back on the air tomorrow, the station confirmed today.
The DJs were taken off the air on Monday while the station discussed the implications of some inappropriate comments made on air.
Programme Director Chris Cotton said: "We have managed to resolve the issue and Martin and Su will be back on air tomorrow.
"It was the outcome we'd hoped for so it is a good outcome for us.
He added: "I've had over 3000 individual emails and all of them are positive about Martin and Su, so they will be really pleased and find it very gratifying."
When asked about the speculation that their removal may have been just a publicity stunt, he said: " To take a show off the air in order to get more listeners would be really risky, I can't see how that would work for radio."
Mr Cotton was also quick to say that the reason the duo were taken off the air had nothing to do any comments regarding sex education and scouts, as some listeners have speculated, adding: "It had absolutely nothing to do with that, there were some comments made about scouts which were close to the bone, as Martin and Su can be, but that's part of their charm.
When asked if he could confirm the real reason they were removed he said: "I really can't say, I'd like to as it would make it easier to explain, but if you bring up the issue up again its like you're making those comments all over again and we've been advised not to do that."
Corringham fan Tania Furber, 32, who organised a protest to get the DJs back on air said: "I'd be really annoyed if it turned out to be a publicity stunt, but I honestly don't think it was."
The DJs were taken off the air on Monday while the station discussed the implications of some inappropriate comments made on air.
Programme Director Chris Cotton said: "We have managed to resolve the issue and Martin and Su will be back on air tomorrow.
"It was the outcome we'd hoped for so it is a good outcome for us.
He added: "I've had over 3000 individual emails and all of them are positive about Martin and Su, so they will be really pleased and find it very gratifying."
When asked about the speculation that their removal may have been just a publicity stunt, he said: " To take a show off the air in order to get more listeners would be really risky, I can't see how that would work for radio."
Mr Cotton was also quick to say that the reason the duo were taken off the air had nothing to do any comments regarding sex education and scouts, as some listeners have speculated, adding: "It had absolutely nothing to do with that, there were some comments made about scouts which were close to the bone, as Martin and Su can be, but that's part of their charm.
When asked if he could confirm the real reason they were removed he said: "I really can't say, I'd like to as it would make it easier to explain, but if you bring up the issue up again its like you're making those comments all over again and we've been advised not to do that."
Corringham fan Tania Furber, 32, who organised a protest to get the DJs back on air said: "I'd be really annoyed if it turned out to be a publicity stunt, but I honestly don't think it was."
Thurrock dance group in Corringham invite you to ceroc and roll
IF you’ve always wanted to shimmy like Austin Healey or ceroc and roll like Rachel Stevens then there are classes in Corringham just for you.
Classes in Ceroc, Ballroom and Latin are being at The Corringham Hall, Springhouse Road at 8pm every friday.
They also hold classes once a month on Saturday evenings at the Civic Hall in Grays.
Karen Brooks, one of the franchisees for Ceroc in Essex said: “The best thing for me about dancing is that I get to completely switch off from the days trials and tribulations.
“Whatever is on your mind disappears as soon as you cross the threshold and once you start to dance you become totally immersed in the moment. “Unfortunately attending the gym, watching TV or generally socialising just doesn’t have the same effect for me.”
For more information visit www. cerocnights. com or call 01634 240700.
Classes in Ceroc, Ballroom and Latin are being at The Corringham Hall, Springhouse Road at 8pm every friday.
They also hold classes once a month on Saturday evenings at the Civic Hall in Grays.
Karen Brooks, one of the franchisees for Ceroc in Essex said: “The best thing for me about dancing is that I get to completely switch off from the days trials and tribulations.
“Whatever is on your mind disappears as soon as you cross the threshold and once you start to dance you become totally immersed in the moment. “Unfortunately attending the gym, watching TV or generally socialising just doesn’t have the same effect for me.”
For more information visit www. cerocnights. com or call 01634 240700.
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Jack Collins denies attack
A MAN accused of violently attacking another man has appeared in court.
Jack Collins, 20, of Ashway, Corringham, denied inflicting causing grievous bodily harm when he appeared at Basildon Magistrates’ Court. The attack is alleged to have happened in Corringham on Christmas Eve last year.
He was released on unconditional bail and will appear at Basildon Crown Court on Friday, October 31.
Jack Collins, 20, of Ashway, Corringham, denied inflicting causing grievous bodily harm when he appeared at Basildon Magistrates’ Court. The attack is alleged to have happened in Corringham on Christmas Eve last year.
He was released on unconditional bail and will appear at Basildon Crown Court on Friday, October 31.
Nicky Mason and his fallen comrades remembered
SOLDIERS from Essex-based 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment have returned from a six-month tour of duty in northern Helmand, Afghanistan.The regiment has suffered more losses than any other serving there.
Fifteen soldiers, among then Lance Corporal Nicky Mason from Aveley, who were members of 2 Para, or were attached to the unit, died fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan in the past six months.
The regiment have announced that a service to commemorate soldiers who lost their lives will take place on Thursday this week.
Major Russell Lewis said it was incredibly difficult for the soldiers to cope with the losses: "I've lost four and the battle group has lost significantly more."
Major Russell Lewis said the soldiers would be remembered on Thursday.
"We lost three in one go to a suicide bomber and that was just an awful day, but it's amazing how the guys deal with it," he said.
"We had a night of grieving and the next day we were back out there.
"We had to, but I think that was what we wanted to do for our comrades - we are paratroopers and we go straight back out there and take the fight to the enemy.
"To some extent we've been so busy we had to put these things to one side to crack on with our job and that's what Thursday's about, it is almost the proper grieving process now that we're home."
Grays win 2-0 in hard fought FA Cup victory
Grays Athletic 2, AFC Totton 0
CASH-STRAPPED Grays put themselves in with the change of a lucrative first round FA Cup tie with a hard-fought win over AFC Totton.
This is a Blues side woefully short of confidence, but they had just enough to see off a spirited performance from the Southern Division One South and West side.
A rocket from Stuart Ellliott broke the deadlock, but the game was in the balance until the 85th minute when a controversial penalty was converted by Barry Cogan.
A relieved Gary Phillips, Grays’ assistant manager, said: “We needed that result.
"The situation of this club has been well documented and this gives us the chance to kick on in the league and, perhaps, get a good cup draw."
AFC Totton manager Stuart Ritchie said: “We are massively disappointed. We had the better chances in the first half, but their extra bit of quality told in the second half.”
The Stags were the better side for much of the first half and had, in Mark Osman,the most threatening player on the pitch.
The striker forced David Button into a smart save, after being put through by James Taylor, and nearly prodded his side in front, only to be denied by a deflection from Jamie Stuart.
Grays’ best chance was a low drive from Stuart Thurgood, which almost sneaked into the bottom corner.
Grays made two changes at the interval, which injected some life into their game, and they went ahead six minutes after the re-start.
Thurgood and Barry Cogan both had shots blocked before the ball fell to Elliott who smashed a 25-yard shot into the top corner.
Totton refused to buckle and should have equalised five minutes later when a ricochet in the box left Taylor completely free, but the striker blazed horribly over.
But the game was put beyond their reach, five minutes before the final whistle, when defender Phil Warner was harshly adjudged to have handled in the area as he threw himself at Bradley Gray’s shot.
Barry Cogan stepped up to convert the spot kick and kill off the spirited Stags effort.
Grays: David Button, Kenny Davis, Rob Gier (Fabian Wilnis 69), Jamie Stuart, Sam Sloma, Luke Hick (Bradley Lodge 46), Stuart Thurgood, Stuart Elliott, Barry Cogan, Jon Dixon (Ishmael Welsh 46), Bradley Gray. Subs not used: Steve Arnold, Gavyn Dayes, Jamie Taylor, Stefan Bailey.
AFC Totton: Gareth Barfoot, Phil Warner, Anthony Lloyd, Ian Richardson, Matt Troon (Fouad Hamoud 85), Joshua Dutton-Black, Jamie Austen, Craig Davis, Ryan Hill (Nathaniel Sherbourne 78), Mark Osman, James Taylor. Subs not used: Graham Mills, Joe Bye, Ross Bottomley.
Attendance: 480.
CASH-STRAPPED Grays put themselves in with the change of a lucrative first round FA Cup tie with a hard-fought win over AFC Totton.
This is a Blues side woefully short of confidence, but they had just enough to see off a spirited performance from the Southern Division One South and West side.
A rocket from Stuart Ellliott broke the deadlock, but the game was in the balance until the 85th minute when a controversial penalty was converted by Barry Cogan.
A relieved Gary Phillips, Grays’ assistant manager, said: “We needed that result.
"The situation of this club has been well documented and this gives us the chance to kick on in the league and, perhaps, get a good cup draw."
AFC Totton manager Stuart Ritchie said: “We are massively disappointed. We had the better chances in the first half, but their extra bit of quality told in the second half.”
The Stags were the better side for much of the first half and had, in Mark Osman,the most threatening player on the pitch.
The striker forced David Button into a smart save, after being put through by James Taylor, and nearly prodded his side in front, only to be denied by a deflection from Jamie Stuart.
Grays’ best chance was a low drive from Stuart Thurgood, which almost sneaked into the bottom corner.
Grays made two changes at the interval, which injected some life into their game, and they went ahead six minutes after the re-start.
Thurgood and Barry Cogan both had shots blocked before the ball fell to Elliott who smashed a 25-yard shot into the top corner.
Totton refused to buckle and should have equalised five minutes later when a ricochet in the box left Taylor completely free, but the striker blazed horribly over.
But the game was put beyond their reach, five minutes before the final whistle, when defender Phil Warner was harshly adjudged to have handled in the area as he threw himself at Bradley Gray’s shot.
Barry Cogan stepped up to convert the spot kick and kill off the spirited Stags effort.
Grays: David Button, Kenny Davis, Rob Gier (Fabian Wilnis 69), Jamie Stuart, Sam Sloma, Luke Hick (Bradley Lodge 46), Stuart Thurgood, Stuart Elliott, Barry Cogan, Jon Dixon (Ishmael Welsh 46), Bradley Gray. Subs not used: Steve Arnold, Gavyn Dayes, Jamie Taylor, Stefan Bailey.
AFC Totton: Gareth Barfoot, Phil Warner, Anthony Lloyd, Ian Richardson, Matt Troon (Fouad Hamoud 85), Joshua Dutton-Black, Jamie Austen, Craig Davis, Ryan Hill (Nathaniel Sherbourne 78), Mark Osman, James Taylor. Subs not used: Graham Mills, Joe Bye, Ross Bottomley.
Attendance: 480.
Grays defender ends two month spell with move to Halesowen
ONE of the strangest transfers in Grays Athletic’s history came to a conclusion today when the club announced that Lee Canoville has completed a move to Halesowen Town.Canoville, 27, was signed by chairman and then manager Mike Woodward on September 1, but though he was always declared in the squad and never appeared on the club’s injury list, he did not feature in any games, even on the bench.
He was released by Notts County at the end of the last campaign, having made 35 appearances last season.
Meanwhile loanees Simon Thomas and Jon Dixon have now returned to their parent clubs.
Thomas, whose original loan spell included the weekend’s scheduled Blue Square South match at Kidderminster, has gone back to Crystal Palace early.
He refused to play for Grays in last weekend’s FA Cup tie as he didn’t want to get cup-tied, even though palace said they were happy for him to play.
Dixon goes back to Brighton and Hove Albion.
Grays midfielder, Ishmael Welsh, has been included in the Contingency Squad for the England "C" sqaud for the International Challenge Trophy, Group A, match against Italy on November 12.
The match will take place at the Stadio Santa Columba in Benevento (near Naples)
New support group for Parkinson's disease sufferers is launched in Thurrock
A NEW support group has been set up in Grays for the sufferers of Parkinson’s disease.
The Thurrock Parkinson’s Support Group has already had two meetings so far at The Beehive Centre in West Street, Grays.
The intention is to have one meeting a month with the next being on Thursday November 6 followed by Thursday December 4.
Sufferes as well as their carers are welcome to go along and to talk to each other about the illness.
The meetings run from 10.30am to 12-.30pm.
The group is being supported for the first six months by The Parkinson’s Society, but after this period it will need funds.
Group secretary George Lang, said: “Donations will be thankfully received and faithfully applied. “ To find out more about the group call 01375 370276 or 07930667865. Alternatively email dorgios@yahoo.co.uk.
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The Thurrock Parkinson’s Support Group has already had two meetings so far at The Beehive Centre in West Street, Grays.
The intention is to have one meeting a month with the next being on Thursday November 6 followed by Thursday December 4.
Sufferes as well as their carers are welcome to go along and to talk to each other about the illness.
The meetings run from 10.30am to 12-.30pm.
The group is being supported for the first six months by The Parkinson’s Society, but after this period it will need funds.
Group secretary George Lang, said: “Donations will be thankfully received and faithfully applied. “ To find out more about the group call 01375 370276 or 07930667865. Alternatively email dorgios@yahoo.co.uk.
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Jill Couper leads by example to achieve Weight Watchers accolade
A THURROCK Weight Watchers leader has received a gold bracelet for 15 years service and been given Diamond leader status.Jill Couper, 52 of Fairfield Avenue, Grays, has been a member of Weight Watchers for 20 years.
In 1988 she lost one-and-a-half stone and has kept the weight off ever since.
Jill, who became a leader in 1993, attended the Weight Watchers leader conference at the Excel Centre in London on October 11, and was presented with a gold bracelet and Diamond leader status.
She said: “I am so proud to have got this award.
“I absolutely love being a Weight Watchers leader. I have made so many friends and I am very proud to have played a part in so many members weight loss journey to goal.”
Jill takes six meetings a week in Thurrock including at Long Lane Leisure Hall, United Reformed Church, Bradleigh Avenue, Methodist Church, Shannon Way, Aveley and Orsett Churches Centre, High Road.
To find out dates and times for Jill’s meetings call her on 01375 377882.
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Jim Johnson and Bonnygate pupils hold special assembly for harvest
CHILDREN at Bonnygate Primary School held a special Harvest Assembly for parents before they broke up for half-term.Each child in the school took part, with readings, songs and art for the parents to enjoy.
They also collected food to be used by the Salvation Army in the local area, and enjoyed a visit from Reverend Brian Duckworth.
Head teacher Jim Johnson said: “This has been a lovely opportunity for the children, both to discover the needs of the wider world, and also so have a greater understanding of where our food comes from”.
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Grays Weirdo Russell Brand in trouble over intimidating phone calls
GRAYS born weirdo and suspected comedian Russell Brand has been suspended by the BBC over prank calls made on his Radio 2 show to actor Andrew Sachs.The calls were made to the actor, who played Manuel in sitcom Fawlty Towers, when the weekly show was recorded on Thursday October 16.
During the series of calls left on the actor’s answerphone machine, Jonathan Ross, who was Brand’s guest co-presenter, swore and said Brand had slept with Sachs' granddaughter Georgina Baillie, 23.
The calls were aired two days later on Saturday October 18, with the warning: "The next programme contains some strong language which some listeners may find offensive."
More than 18,000 people have since complained to the BBC and now Brand and Ross will have their shows taken off air while the BBC investigates the incident.
The news was announced in a statement by the BBC’s director general Mark Thompson.
He said: "I have decided that it is not appropriate for either Russell Brand or Jonathan Ross to continue broadcasting on the BBC until I have seen the full report of the actions of all concerned.
"This gross lapse of taste by the performers and the production team has angered licence payers."
Ms Baillie told the Sun the pair should: "pay for what they've done with their jobs".
She added that her grandfather was: "really upset and says he wants the whole situation to end".
"What's funny about humiliating a lovely old man who has never harmed anyone in his life?" she added.
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St Luke's to hold first battle of the bands competition at the Selex Sports & Leisure Club in Basildon
ST LUKE’S Hopice are holding a battle of the bands competitions and are inviting groups to enter now.Register your band to stand the chance of winning a day in a recording studio.
Auditions are being held on Saturday November 1 and Sunday 2 at Gateway FM, Kelting House, Basildon to find the very first St Luke's Battle of the Band Winners.
Six Bands will then go through to the live grand final on Friday January 23 2009 at the Selex Sports & Leisure Club, Gardiners Way, Gardiners Lane South, Basildon.
The judging panel will decide who walks away with the 'Winners Trophy' to go along with their super prize of a day in the Basildon Recording Studio where they can cut their CD for play on Gateway FM, the local community radio.
Auditions are totally free. To book your audition slot (limited availability) please contact the Fundraising Office on 01268 272292.
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Staff at Abbots Hall Primary in Stanford-le-Hope go pink for Breast Cancer charity
STAFF at Abbots Hall Primary School donned pink outfits on Friday to raise money for Breast Cancer Care.
They also enjoyed a lunch with pink food and drink and held a pink raffle.
Admin Assistant at the school Julia Jex said: “It went really well, all the staff got involved.”
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Tilbury Seafarers' Centre appeal for christmas Donations
WITH the festive season approaching the Tilbury Seafarers’ Centre in Tilbury Docks need items to fill their charity Christmas boxes.
Every year the centre donate gift boxes to the seamen visiting the ports during the festive season, and this year they aim to have 2,000 boxes.
Most seafarers work for extremely low pay in poor conditions and only get to go home to their families a maximum of three months a year.
These men and women often have little choice but to work long contracts on ships, as their single wage supports their entire family, some with as many as 25 people dependent on them back home.
The Christmas boxes are a welcome token for those away from their family during the festive season.
The Chaplains at the centre need donated items such as woollen hats, scarfs and gloves, and toiletries such as aftershave, deodorant, toothpaste, and shower gel or anything else which may be useful to someone working at sea.
The centre in constant need of warm winter clothing for men, anything clean and in good condition is welcome.
If you can help, call into the centre on Tenants Row, or phone 01375 846151.
If you are donating a large number of items staff at the centre can make arrangements to come and pick them up.
For more information about the centre and its work visit their website at www.centresforseafarers.org.
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Every year the centre donate gift boxes to the seamen visiting the ports during the festive season, and this year they aim to have 2,000 boxes.
Most seafarers work for extremely low pay in poor conditions and only get to go home to their families a maximum of three months a year.
These men and women often have little choice but to work long contracts on ships, as their single wage supports their entire family, some with as many as 25 people dependent on them back home.
The Christmas boxes are a welcome token for those away from their family during the festive season.
The Chaplains at the centre need donated items such as woollen hats, scarfs and gloves, and toiletries such as aftershave, deodorant, toothpaste, and shower gel or anything else which may be useful to someone working at sea.
The centre in constant need of warm winter clothing for men, anything clean and in good condition is welcome.
If you can help, call into the centre on Tenants Row, or phone 01375 846151.
If you are donating a large number of items staff at the centre can make arrangements to come and pick them up.
For more information about the centre and its work visit their website at www.centresforseafarers.org.
Thurrock Website of the year
TV star Richard Madeley heads to Lakeside Shopping Centre
TV presenter Richard Madeley will be making a special appearance at WH Smith in Lakeside Shopping Centre on Saturday to sign copies of his new book ‘Fathers and Sons’.The book tells a family story about Richard’s father and grandfather, and takes a look at Britain's evolving father and son relationships.
Gary Huggins, Store Manager at WH Smith Lakeside, said: “We’re all very excited that Richard is coming down to the store and we know our customers are going to be even more excited, he is a friendly face and they will want to ask him many questions about his family history.
“We’re expecting big queues of fans, so we would advise people to arrive here early if they want to meet him.”
The signing will take place inside WH Smith on level 1 from 12.30pm until 1.30pm.
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DP World development creates 50,000 new homes for Thurrock's animals
CORRINGHAM Primary School pupils got to grips with reptiles and other species thanks to DP World at Coryton.Over 50,000 animals have been re-housed as part of one of Britain's largest environmental protection programmes.
As part of a £50m investment into safeguarding the environment, a team of 25 ecologists are collecting thousands of animals including water voles, Great Crested newts, adders, grass snakes and lizards and are relocating these animals to new homes, which have been created by DP World.
One of the methods to catch reptiles includes laying over 23,000 mats across a 78 hectare site, which provide a protected environment reptiles can shelter under.
The ecologists turn the mats twice a day to collect the reptiles.
The mats have been checked over two million times during the summer of 2008.
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Tuesday 28 October 2008
Win FIFA 09 games!! THREE X360 games up for grabs!!
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Enter the competition by answering the question submitting your details.
Win Iron Man Blu-ray Ultimate Edition DVDs!! FIVE up for grabs!!
You know you're going to get a different kind of superhero when you cast Robert Downey Jr. in the lead role. And Iron Man is different, in welcome ways. Cleverly updated from Marvel Comics' longstanding series, Iron Man puts billionaire industrialist Tony Stark (that's Downey) in the path of some Middle Eastern terrorists; in a brilliantly paced section, Stark invents an indestructible suit that allows him to escape. If the rest of the movie never quite hits that precise rhythm again, it nevertheless offers plenty of pleasure, as the renewed Stark swears off his past as a weapons manufacturer, develops his new Iron Man suit, and puzzles both his business partner (Jeff Bridges in great form) and executive assistant (Gwyneth Paltrow).
The Blu-ray Ultimate Edition is out to buy from 27 Oct through Paramount Home Entertainment.
FIVE DVDs games to give away in this online competition.
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The Blu-ray Ultimate Edition is out to buy from 27 Oct through Paramount Home Entertainment.
FIVE DVDs games to give away in this online competition.
Enter the competition by answering the question and submitting your details here.
EROS Hummingbird sex position technique
Hummingbird Technique
As you know, male Hummingbirds do not take part nesting. Most species make a cup-shaped nest on the branches of trees or shrubs. Two white eggs, which are defined, although the smallest of all birds, eggs are very large in comparison to the size of an adult hummingbird. Incubation usually takes 12-19 days. The socket is different in size to the species, size is less than half a walnut shell to a few centimeters in diameter.
Anyone who knows hummingbird stated that they are curious creatures, and not do anything very quickly and in Midair. Their life is much Hovering / Forage for food, raising their young and,of course, festivities.
The coupling is the most interesting part of it. If you want to correctly apply the hummingbird sex position, you should follow the route of hummingbird young grasshopper.
The first thing you should do, boys, is to join the inventory of male Hummingbird. Although it may be several "discourages rapid male reputation, do not let such trivial matters halt to achieve its goal!
The male hummingbird is a creature afar, and when ready to mate leaves his potential partners
about it. This step requires time, preparation and Mexican paints the body. Paints must be able to Mexican public holiday so that it is colorful.
To set the mood, man must first secret of his paintings in the chest range of vibrant colors. Batman logo placement in the center, but as a bright orange, is apparently another bonus. Hummingbirds love bats.
Thus, while the woman is in your sofa, children must be carefully sneak radio and quickly turn in some R & B and funk music, old school, to set a good atmosphere. It is absolutely essential, as males Hummingbirds sneak on women, bopping their heads as if they were a tough road anni'80 with the Walkman. As the woman was taken in the case of sweating with machismo anni'80, boom! Show your chest color. When the boom dynamite.
As you know, male Hummingbirds do not take part nesting. Most species make a cup-shaped nest on the branches of trees or shrubs. Two white eggs, which are defined, although the smallest of all birds, eggs are very large in comparison to the size of an adult hummingbird. Incubation usually takes 12-19 days. The socket is different in size to the species, size is less than half a walnut shell to a few centimeters in diameter.
Anyone who knows hummingbird stated that they are curious creatures, and not do anything very quickly and in Midair. Their life is much Hovering / Forage for food, raising their young and,of course, festivities.
The coupling is the most interesting part of it. If you want to correctly apply the hummingbird sex position, you should follow the route of hummingbird young grasshopper.
The first thing you should do, boys, is to join the inventory of male Hummingbird. Although it may be several "discourages rapid male reputation, do not let such trivial matters halt to achieve its goal!
The male hummingbird is a creature afar, and when ready to mate leaves his potential partners
about it. This step requires time, preparation and Mexican paints the body. Paints must be able to Mexican public holiday so that it is colorful.
To set the mood, man must first secret of his paintings in the chest range of vibrant colors. Batman logo placement in the center, but as a bright orange, is apparently another bonus. Hummingbirds love bats.
Thus, while the woman is in your sofa, children must be carefully sneak radio and quickly turn in some R & B and funk music, old school, to set a good atmosphere. It is absolutely essential, as males Hummingbirds sneak on women, bopping their heads as if they were a tough road anni'80 with the Walkman. As the woman was taken in the case of sweating with machismo anni'80, boom! Show your chest color. When the boom dynamite.
Anti-social Behaviour Injunctions issued to Nicki Barnard, Lee Barnard, Tony Barnard and Christoff La Riviere of Grays
ANTI-SOCIAL Behaviour Injunctions have been issued to prevent four people from annoying neighbours in Church Street, Grays.
On October 9 Thurrock Council’s Anti-social behaviour team and Legal services obtained the injunctions with power of arrest if breached, against Nicki Barnard, Lee Barnard, Christoff La Riviere, all of Church Street, Grays, and Tony Barnard, of Crest Avenue, Grays, at Basildon County Court.
The problems surround the playing of loud music, using violence and threatening words and behaviour around Church Street, Grays.
Initially Thurrock Council’s Environmental Health team dealt with the noise complaints, issuing an abatement order, but the problem continued and further action was taken.
Councillor Ben Maney, Thurrock Council’s Cabinet member for Public Protection said: “This success was due to a co-operation between the council and the local community.
“The council recognises the difficulties people have in coming forward in these sort of situations. However the benefits are that it enables us to take robust action such as this.
“I would like to thank all who helped us in this action.”
Councillor Peter Harris, who represents the Grays Thurrock ward, added: “The residents were living in a hell for a while, but councillors, residents and the council came together to take action.
“These people were spoken to nicely, and it did no good; they were given an abatement order without success.
“ Now they have got their just desserts.
“I would congratulate everyone involved. A good job.”
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On October 9 Thurrock Council’s Anti-social behaviour team and Legal services obtained the injunctions with power of arrest if breached, against Nicki Barnard, Lee Barnard, Christoff La Riviere, all of Church Street, Grays, and Tony Barnard, of Crest Avenue, Grays, at Basildon County Court.
The problems surround the playing of loud music, using violence and threatening words and behaviour around Church Street, Grays.
Initially Thurrock Council’s Environmental Health team dealt with the noise complaints, issuing an abatement order, but the problem continued and further action was taken.
Councillor Ben Maney, Thurrock Council’s Cabinet member for Public Protection said: “This success was due to a co-operation between the council and the local community.
“The council recognises the difficulties people have in coming forward in these sort of situations. However the benefits are that it enables us to take robust action such as this.
“I would like to thank all who helped us in this action.”
Councillor Peter Harris, who represents the Grays Thurrock ward, added: “The residents were living in a hell for a while, but councillors, residents and the council came together to take action.
“These people were spoken to nicely, and it did no good; they were given an abatement order without success.
“ Now they have got their just desserts.
“I would congratulate everyone involved. A good job.”
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Thurrock Council's Andy Smith apologises to residents over felled trees
THURROCK Council have apologised to Purfleet residents who are furious that trees in a conservation area were cut down by developers without them being consulted.The residents of Church Hollow are outraged that more than 30 trees were cut down last week by a tree surgeon acting for developers Dipping Hollow and their agents Heritage Planning, who are renovating three listed cottages on the street.
Resident Gayle Lawson said: “Apart from it being extremely sad that these trees have been destroyed, it has spoiled the whole look of our road.
“The Council say that some of the trees were diseased but all the tree stumps we could see looked healthy and certainly not diseased!
“We live in a conservation area and many of these trees were protected.
“We received no notification from the Council that this work was going to be carried out.“ Thurrock Council admit that they did give permission for the removal of some trees around the cottages, including ones which were protected by a Tree Preservation Order, however, they say they advised the contractors that the only protected trees which could be removed were diseased ones.
They also say they advised the contractors to leave enough trees to maintain screening from adjoining developments.
However, residents say that they have been left with virtually no screening at all, and they believe that protected trees which were not diseased have been cut down.
Another resident, Anette Connelly, said: "I'm devestated, I've never been overloooked before and now I have flats looking directly into my bedroom window.”
"Where is the evidence that these trees were diseased?
"And even if they were diseased the council still should have consulted us.
She added:"I believe that some of the trees were actually on land owned by residents.
"We want trees replanted immediately!"
The Council has apologised to the residents for the confusion surrounding the removal of the trees, and say that they are looking into whether the contactor’s level of tree removal was in line with their advice.
They also say that they will request a retrospective Tree Preservation Order so they can place a legal duty on the developer for replanting on the site.
However, resident Gill Bray is not happy with just an apology, she said: “I can't find the words, I'm so angry.
“An apology is not enough, there needs to be an investigation into this.
"Its all to easy to cut these trees down and then say sorry afterwards.
"There is now no screening around my property at all.”
Purfleet councillor Andy Smith said: “I'm appalled that the council allowed these lovely trees to be cut down without consulting the residents or myself -the ward councillor.
“I've written to the Council's Chief Executive asking for the whole area to be replanted with the support and involvement of the residents so that they can chose the trees that they would like.
“I'm not at all happy with the damage that has been done but I'm pleased that the council has apologised.
“The most important thing now is to get trees replanted so that residents get a nice and pleasant view back.”
Thurrock Council spokesperson Andy Lever said: “Following the removal of a number of trees from the Church Hollow area of Purfleet, Thurrock Council would like to apologise to local people for any confusion that arose.
“Many of the trees were diseased and needed to be removed, however the process of making this decision left something to be desired.
“The request for the removal of trees came from site meetings on a planning application.
“An assessment was carried out on the trees’ value within the conservation area on behalf of the council by a landscape specialist.
“A number of trees were identified as suffering from sooty bark disease and Dutch elm disease.
“Some of the trees on the site are subject of a Tree Preservation Order, but the removal of diseased TPO trees is allowed.
“The council advised the contractors that around the boundaries there is a mix of trees of varying quality.
“Where possible these should be retained to maintain the screening from adjoining developments and to help reinforce the banks.
“The advice included confirmation of disease and the possible removal and replacement of elms for a more appropriate species.
“We are currently reviewing the applicant’s tree survey and the details of the TPO to assess whether the level of tree removal around the boundary was in line with the Council’s advice.
“The agreement to remove the trees around the cottages was given by the council and although it has become apparent that the specialist was not aware of the TPO, the advice on the value, disease and removal of the trees was the same for the conservation area as it would have been for a TPO.
“Much, if not all, of the work was permissible without an application.
“However a TPO application should have been made for the removal of any preserved trees that were not diseased. T “Thurrock Council is now requesting a retrospective TPO application so it can place a legal duty on the developer for replanting on the site.
“Action has been taken within the department to review the procedures for this service and prevent any further issues of communication in relation to TPOs.”
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Coroner blames doctors and nurses for the death of a Corringham woman Kim Brown
A CORONER has blamed the serious failure of doctors and nurses for the death of a Corringham mum of two following a routine operation.
Kim Brown, 47, of Giffords Cross Avenue, died after suffering a stroke on March 2 2005, less than 20 hours after undergoing a hysterectomy at the Hartswood Hospital in Brentwood.
A three day inquest at Chelmsford’s County Hall heard how Mrs Brown was not seen by a doctor for more three and a half hours during the afternoon following her surgery.
Despite a nurse noticing her blood pressure had dropped dramatically at 1pm it was 4.30pm before she was seen by the doctor on duty who contacted Mrs Brown’s consultant gynaecologist Mr Rajiv Varma.
He arrived at the hospital at 5.15pm and she was rushed back into surgery to be treated for internal bleeding.
Giving her verdict on Friday Coroner Caroline Beasley-Murray branded the lack of attention given to Mrs Brown during this period a serious failure.
She said: “It is to be hoped that there will be ongoing efforts to improve the standard of care at the hospital.
Addressing Mrs Brown’s husband and two children who were in court, Mrs Beasley-Murray said: “You have not only lost a much loved family member you have had the ordeal of sitting through this inquest and you have done so with great dignity.
“I hope you can treasure all the happy memories that you have of Mrs Brown.”
At the time of Mrs Brown’s dearth the hospital was run by private healthcare provider BUPA but they sold it to Spire Healthcare last year, although many of the staff remain the same.
Speaking on behalf of both organisations Spire’s director of clinical services JJ de Gorter said: “The hospital team who looked after Ms Brown were deeply saddened by her unexpected death, and our thoughts go out to her family.
“We will now reflect on the coroner’s findings to see what, if anything else, can be learned to further safeguard patients undergoing this type of surgery in the future.”
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Kim Brown, 47, of Giffords Cross Avenue, died after suffering a stroke on March 2 2005, less than 20 hours after undergoing a hysterectomy at the Hartswood Hospital in Brentwood.
A three day inquest at Chelmsford’s County Hall heard how Mrs Brown was not seen by a doctor for more three and a half hours during the afternoon following her surgery.
Despite a nurse noticing her blood pressure had dropped dramatically at 1pm it was 4.30pm before she was seen by the doctor on duty who contacted Mrs Brown’s consultant gynaecologist Mr Rajiv Varma.
He arrived at the hospital at 5.15pm and she was rushed back into surgery to be treated for internal bleeding.
Giving her verdict on Friday Coroner Caroline Beasley-Murray branded the lack of attention given to Mrs Brown during this period a serious failure.
She said: “It is to be hoped that there will be ongoing efforts to improve the standard of care at the hospital.
Addressing Mrs Brown’s husband and two children who were in court, Mrs Beasley-Murray said: “You have not only lost a much loved family member you have had the ordeal of sitting through this inquest and you have done so with great dignity.
“I hope you can treasure all the happy memories that you have of Mrs Brown.”
At the time of Mrs Brown’s dearth the hospital was run by private healthcare provider BUPA but they sold it to Spire Healthcare last year, although many of the staff remain the same.
Speaking on behalf of both organisations Spire’s director of clinical services JJ de Gorter said: “The hospital team who looked after Ms Brown were deeply saddened by her unexpected death, and our thoughts go out to her family.
“We will now reflect on the coroner’s findings to see what, if anything else, can be learned to further safeguard patients undergoing this type of surgery in the future.”
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There's no doubting the passion behind Morning Light, Roy Disney's cinematic love letter to one of his life's obsessions – sailing.
But as with so many passions, it's hard for an outsider to get on board, a feeling that floats to the surface repeatedly in the too-long saga of 15 young sailors who are chosen to go up against the pros in the 4,000-kilometre California-to-Hawaii Transpac ocean race.
It's a race Disney has done 16 times, starting in the 1970s, and the documentary opens with his quiet reminder to the group as they sit in a Honolulu condo that serves as their base camp, "If you fall overboard, consider it a death sentence."
Unfortunately, high drama on the high seas fails to materialize among these jaw-droppingly naive kids, most of whom have been sailing since they were in diapers.
How will we survive without Starbucks? without cheeseburgers? without pizza? they worriedly ask the camera, making it seem like they're headed off to solitary in Guantamamo for 10 years instead of only facing 10 days without a trip to the drive-thru.
As they train, run drills and learn navigation and safety rules (the highlight is when a hapless volunteer gets tossed overboard), Morning Light becomes as repetitive as an ocean swell: sail, barf, read aloud from their journals, sail some more. After watching scene after scene of Transpac prep, when the counter in the corner of the screen reads "188 days before race," the urge to jump off the side looms large.
Meanwhile, the group is preparing to elect a skipper from among their numbers, and the final group of sailors to make the race has to be winnowed down to 11. Even as a pilot for So You Want to Sail to Hawaii, it's mighty dull.
The sailing footage is thrilling and watching the sleek boat power through the waves is inspiring – the first few times.
With tighter editing and more drama, Morning Light could have done well as a made-for-TV doc, the kind of true-life adventure that the Disney studio built its empire upon back in the 1950s. As it is there's just not enough story or tension there to make it a worthy theatrical release.
For those who love sailing, Morning Light will confirm their passion and please them right down to their Top-Sider encased toes. For the rest of us, this sailors' tale just smacks of naval gazing.
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Eva Kollisch returns to Sarah Lawrence College to discuss her new book, The Ground Under My Feet, which explores the imprint Anti-Semitism and lack of belonging has on one’s emotional life, as well as the healing power of friendship. Eva's first book, Girl in Movement is set in the United States after a teenage girl has escaped Nazi Germany.
Eva Kollisch taught German, Comparative Literature, and Women’s Studies at Sarah Lawrence College for over 30 years. In 1939, as a 14-year-old Jewish refugee from Vienna, she was rescued by Kindertransport and brought to England. Some nine months later she, together with her two brothers, came to the United States, where they were reunited with their parents.
Eva Kollisch has been active in anti-was, feminist and human rights causes. A mother and grandmother, she lives in New York City with her long-time companion, the poet Naomi Replansky.
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It’s hard enough to make modern mathematics comprehensible in print, so I’m especially impressed to see anyone try to do it on television. Tonight, at 8 p.m. on PBS, Nova is presenting “Hunting the Hidden Dimension,” an hour-long documentary on what it calls a “compelling mathematical detective story,” the discovery of fractal geometry and its resulting applications. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that there are lots of beautiful examples of fractals the natural world — and the unnatural worlds of “Star Trek” and “Star Wars.”
The documentary, produced and directed by Michael Schwarz and Bill Jersey, tells how the mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot became obssessed with “roughness” because so much in nature was not explained by orderly classical shapes like cones and spheres. He developed equations to explain shapes ranging from clouds to broccoli, and the equations turned out to be useful in creating movies, building cell-phone antennas, developing stronger concrete and a myriad of other applications. For instance, as Mandelbrot explains in an interview with Nova:
People living along highways scream about noise, but the flat walls put in place to placate them were very ineffective, because the noise that hit them simply bounced off. Responding to some political pressure, a friend of mine had the brilliant idea that a wall having a fractal surface would be far better because it would absorb the noise. . . . . In raw nature, very few shapes are simple: the pupil, the iris, the moon—with two hands, you can count all the simple shapes of nature. Everything else is rough. But if you look around us, almost everything industrial is very smooth, round, flat, corrugated, and so on. Now that is changing. Engineers everywhere know how to use fractals.
You can create your own version of the Mandelbrot set, the most famous fractal of all. And you don’t even have to solve the equations.
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Charlie Brown is still a good man -- so good he and his pals will be giving candy to youngsters who choose to spend Halloween night watching their story unfold.
The Northgate High School drama department will be presenting "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown" on Friday and Saturday at the Centre for Performing and Visual Arts. Both performances will start at 7 p.m.
Tickets are $5 for students and $8 for adults. Tickets will be available at the arts center or can be reserved in advance via e-mail at melanie.bruner@cowetaschools.net or by phone at 770-463-5585, extension 224.
"You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown" began as a record album, based on the "Peanuts" characters created by Charles M. Schulz. Clark Gesner created the story and 10 songs. The album was adapted for the stage and opened off Broadway in 1967 -- running for more than 1,500 performances.
The play was revived on Broadway in 1971 and again in 1999. Television productions of the story include a Hallmark Hall of Fame special in 1973 and an animated version that made its debut in 1985.
Northgate teacher Melanie Bruner is the sponsor for the drama group. She said members of the cast will be giving candy to children who attend the Friday night production. "This is a great place to take kids on Halloween," she said.
In the cast are Jordan Lunstead as Charlie Brown, Antonio Mathis as Linus, Rachel Snow as Snoopy, Nicholas Anderson as Schroeder, Keva Kreeger at Patti and Kelsi Adams as Lucy. Mathis and Snow are seniors. They -- and most of the younger members of the cast -- have been in numerous plays in the past.
The Charlie Brown comedy is a smaller, tighter drama in terms of cast -- compared to many previous Northgate productions, such as "The Wizard of Oz." "It's a lot easier," Mathis said.
He said that the smaller cast and the way the play is structured, however, means that all cast members have to be sure of the sequence and specific lines as the play unfolds.
"It's a lot of pressure, but it's so much fun. It's so much fun, you don't even realize the pressure," Lunstead said.
"I like it a lot," Kreeger said. "It's a lot of fun."
Anderson said Schroeder is a highstrung musical genius, who often shouts in frustration at the other characters. "It's hard on my voice. He gets very anxious because he's a genius," Anderson said.
"You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown" will feature live music. Bruce Patterson, musical director for the show, said the musicians' preparation for the upcoming play is going well.
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In the wake of a traffic throttling investigation that resulted in orders from the FCC to change its bandwidth management practice, Comcast Corp. (CMCSA) has begun updating customers on its progress toward the agency’s demands.
In a service notice, Comcast said that as part of its ongoing efforts to continuously improve the quality of it service, “We are switching to a new network congestion management technique by the end of the year.”
Comcast says the technique “is focused on managing network congestion only when and where it may occur. It will also replace the current technique and will help ensure that all of our customers receive their fair share of network resources.”
Cablecos have claimed that a relatively small number of power users are eating up a disproportionately large amount of their local network bandwidth. Comcast got caught throttling bandwidth demanding P2P traffic.
The FCC ordered Comcast to stop and swap in a new bandwidth management approach by yearend. Comcast then updated its Internet acceptable user policy, which took effect Oct. 1, to impose a 250 gigabyte monthly usage ceiling. Exceeding it twice in a series of months would result in Comcast cutting off service to the violator for a year.
That “punishment” wording seems to be missing in the updated policy, which reads: Comcast prefers to inform customers of inappropriate activities and give them a reasonable period of time in which to take corrective action. Comcast also prefers to have customers directly resolve any disputes or disagreements they may have with others, whether customers or not, without Comcast's intervention.”
However, Comcast adds, ”If the service is used in a way that Comcast or its suppliers, in their sole discretion, believe violates this Policy, Comcast or its suppliers may take any responsive actions they deem appropriate under the circumstances with or without notice. These actions include, but are not limited to, temporary or permanent removal of content, cancellation of newsgroup posts, filtering of Internet transmissions, and the immediate suspension or termination of all or any portion of the service.” The cable giant appears to be leaving its options open.
“These actions are not Comcast's exclusive remedies and Comcast may take any other legal or technical actions it deems appropriate with or without notice.”
Comcast said the change in network approach means “probably nothing” to its customers. “We ran five market trials of this technique over the summer and found that less than 1 percent of customers were affected.” The cableco didn’t specifically say if the affected parties were the bandwidth hogs or others.
“So,” Comcast, reasoned, “the vast majority of customers will not notice any change to their Internet experience as a result of this new technique.”
However, the cableco continued, “During the times of busiest network use (which could occur at any hour, depending on your neighborhood), those very few extraordinarily heavy users – who are doing things like conducting multiple and continuous large file transfers – may experience slightly longer response times for some online activities until the period of network congestion ends.”
Comcast says it has once again amended its acceptable use policy “as we transition to this new technique,” and posted it on its Comcast.net Web site.
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James Howard Woods (born April 18, 1947) is a two-time Academy Award-nominated, Emmy Award-winning and Golden Globe-winning American film, stage and television actor. He is best known for starring in films such as Once Upon a Time in America, Ghosts of Mississippi, Salvador and Hercules.
Contents[hide]
1 Biography
1.1 Early life
1.2 Career
1.3 Politics
1.4 Personal life
1.5 Family Guy
2 Filmography
3 References
4 External links
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[edit] Early life
Woods was born in Vernal, Utah. His father, Gail Peyton Woods, was an army intelligence officer who died in 1960[1] following routine surgery, and his mother, Martha A. (née Smith), operated a pre-school after her husband's death[2] and re-married to Thomas E. Dixon. Woods grew up in Warwick, Rhode Island, where he attended Pilgrim High School. Woods, an army brat, had been accepted to attend the United States Air Force Academy with the intention of becoming a fighter pilot. Unfortunately, several weeks before he was to depart, Woods suffered an accident involving a plate glass window which injured his hand tendons severely enough to result in his acceptance being retracted.
Woods received a score of 1580 on the SAT, which included a perfect score of 800 on the verbal section of the test.[3] He chose to pursue his undergraduate studies at MIT, where he majored in political science (though he originally planned on a career as a surgeon). While at MIT, Woods pledged to Theta Delta Chi Fraternity. He was also an active member of the student theatre group "Dramashop" where he both acted in and directed a number of plays. However, he dropped out of MIT in 1969 just before his graduation in order to pursue a career in acting. Woods headed to New York City, calling his mother to tell her of his plans.
While his mother wasn't thrilled at the news, she gave him her blessing to pursue a career in acting. At the 2006 CBS UpFront James Woods stated that his mother told him that if he was going to switch careers to acting that he needed to be the best actor he could possibly be.
[edit] Career
Woods' career has been noted for the intense characters he has chosen, the earliest of which was his portrayal of a sadistic murderer in 1979's The Onion Field. He appeared in an episode of The Rockford Files, playing a son whose parents were murdered and wants James "Jim" Rockford to find the murderer. He was nominated for an Academy Award twice: the first in 1987 for Best Actor in Salvador and again in 1996 for Best Supporting Actor for his acclaimed performance as Byron De La Beckwith in Ghosts of Mississippi. He has also garnered critical praise for his voice work for Hades in Disney's Hercules. His personal favorite of all of his roles, however, is as the domineering gangster Max in Sergio Leone's gangster epic Once Upon A Time In America (1984).
Woods appeared in 1995 in Casino directed by Martin Scorsese and as H.R. Haldeman in Nixon, the biopic of Richard M. Nixon directed by Oliver Stone.
Woods also more recently appeared in the hit movie Surf's Up playing the otter who recruited surfers and competed them against each other.
He was briefly considered for the role of The Joker by Tim Burton and Sam Hamm for the Batman film in 1989. Hamm recalls that he and Burton thought, "James Woods would be good and wouldn't need any makeup, which would save a couple of hours' work every morning." The role ended up going to Jack Nicholson.[4] Quentin Tarantino wrote a part in Reservoir Dogs with Woods in mind, but his agent rejected the script without showing it to the actor. When Woods learned of this some time later, he fired the agent. Woods was also considered for the part of Donald Kimball in American Psycho, but he turned it down. The part was given to Willem Dafoe.
Woods appeared as himself in the episode of The Simpsons entitled "Homer and Apu" and in two episodes of Family Guy entitled "Peter's Got Woods" and "Back to the Woods". The high school in Family Guy is called James Woods High and a forest that is briefly mentioned in The Fat Guy Strangler called James Woods are named after him. In 2006, Woods starred opposite Cuba Gooding Jr. in the political thriller End Game. Also in 2006, Woods played himself in the premiere episode of Entourage's third season. He also starred in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas as Mike Toreno and voiced the falcon in Stuart Little 2.
Woods also starred in CBS legal drama Shark, which ran for two seasons between 2006 and 2008. Woods played an infamous Los Angeles defense lawyer who, growing disillusioned, became a prosecutor.
[edit] Politics
Woods is a Republican, and he was a vocal supporter of U.S. President George W. Bush and former Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani. Woods lobbied hard to play Giuliani in the biopic Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story, and considers the role one of the favorites of his career.[5]
[edit] Personal life
Woods has dated Dana Delany, Sean Young, Teri Hatcher, Heather Graham, Nicolette Sheridan, Lauren Holly, as well as other lesser-known actresses in Hollywood.[6]
He has twice divorced and has recently ended a 2-year long relationship with Ashley Madison, an up-an-coming actress 39-years his junior.[7]
Woods plays on the World Poker Tour in the Hollywood Home games for the American Stroke Association charity. In 2006, James finished in 24th place out of 692 at the L.A. Poker Classic for $40,000. Woods has shared an endorsement for the online poker website Hollywood Poker which is run in conjunction with Ongame Network, and "co hosted" with poker enthusiast Vince Van Patten. He can be found playing regularly at Hollywood Poker, and contributes content to the website.
During a press interview for Kingdom Hearts II, Woods noted that he is an avid video game player.[8]
His brother and fellow actor, Michael Jeffrey Woods, died of cardiac arrest on July 26, 2006. This occurred shortly after James Woods finished 24th at a World Poker Tour event.
Woods reportedly has an I.Q. of 180 or 184 (Stanford-Binet) and is a member of Mensa.[9][10][11][12]
He also volunteers as a Reserve Police Officer for the LAPD.
[edit] Family Guy
References to and appearances by James Woods in the animated comedy Family Guy has become something of a recurring motif, the most prominent of which is the local high school, which is named after him, as is the local forest which is simply named "James Woods".
Woods has also appeared in several episodes in which he is voiced by himself. In his first appearance, "Peter's Got Woods", he befriends Peter Griffin who had called him over to prevent the high school name from being changed. However, Woods becomes incredibly obsessed with Peter, who resorts to trapping him in a wooden box with candy as bait (à la E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial) and having him shipped him away to a government warehouse under the pretense of being "studied by 'top men'" (à la Raiders of the Lost Ark). A disgruntled Woods returns in the episode "Back to the Woods" where he seeks revenge against Peter by stealing his identity, leading Peter to do the same for Woods; in the end, Woods suffers the exact same fate as before (Peter and Brian resolve to tempt Woods with candy right away next time should he return).
[edit] Filmography
The Way We Were (1973)
Kojak: Death Is Not A Passing Grade (1974)
Raid on Entebbe (1977)
Holocaust (TV mini-series) (1978)
The Onion Field (1979)
Fast-Walking (1982)
Videodrome (1983)
Against All Odds (1984)
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Cat's Eye (1985)
Joshua Then and Now (1985)
Salvador (1986)
Best Seller (1987)
Cop (1987)
The Boost (1988)
My Name is Bill W. (1989) (T.V. Movie) Best Actor Emmy Award
True Believer (1989)
The Hard Way (1991)
Straight Talk (1992)
Diggstown (1992)
Citizen Cohn (1992)
Chaplin (1992)
The Specialist (1994)
The Simpsons, episode "Homer and Apu" (TV series) (1994)
Casino (1995)
Nixon (1995)
Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
Killer: A Journal of Murder (1996)
Contact (1997)
Another Day in Paradise (1997)
Hercules (voice) (1997)
John Carpenter's Vampires (1998)
True Crime (1999)
Any Given Sunday (1999)
The General's Daughter (1999)
The Virgin Suicides (1999)
Clerks (TV series) (2000)
Dirty Pictures (2000)
Riding in Cars with Boys (2001)
Recess: School's Out (voice of Dr. Philium Benedict) (2001)
Scary Movie 2 (2001)
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (voice) (2001)
Race to Space (2002)
Kingdom Hearts (video game) (2002)
Stuart Little 2 (voice of the falcon) (2002)
John Q (2002)
This Girl's Life (2003)
Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story (2003)
Northfork (2003)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (video game) as Mike Toreno (2004)
Be Cool (2005)
Family Guy: Peter's Got Woods (voice) (2005)
Kingdom Hearts II (video game) (2006)
Scarface: The World Is Yours (video game) (2006)
Shark (TV series) (2006-2008)
ER (2006)
Entourage (2006)
End Game (2006)
Surf's Up (voice) (2007)
Family Guy: Back to the Woods (voice) (2008)
Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories (video game) (2008)
An American Carol (2008)
[edit] References
^ Warwick Online: Michael Woods remembered for a smile, and a laugh
^ James Woods Biography (1947-)
^ Lycos Clever Celebs - Lycos Celebrity - The cleverest celebrities uncovered
^ http://www.batmanmovieonline.com/behindthescenes/articles/samhamm.htm]
^ Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story (2003) (TV)
^ "James Wood's Dating History". Who's Dated Who?. Retrieved on 2008-10-04.
^ "James Wood's Dating History". Who's Dated Who?. Retrieved on 2008-10-04.
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^ PokerListings.com - James Woods
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^ The Biography Channel - James Woods
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One option for heart attack patients is primary angioplasty, which has a higher success rate than conventional treatment methods if performed in the critical window period of three to six hours after an attack. SUZANNA PILLAY writes.
IT is a daunting fact to absorb: the type of medical attention that heart attack patients receive within a critical window of three to six hours could determine their future quality of life.That is why many medical centres worldwide are now treating heart attack patients with the most effective and advanced procedure available — primary angioplasty.Performing a life-saving emergency procedure like primary angioplasty on patients immediately after they have heart attacks, reportedly, not only reduces the amount of time patients spend in hospital, but also possible complications and likelihood of another attack or stroke in the future.“The success rate of primary angioplasty is more than 95 per cent when performed in experienced hands. In comparison, the injection of thrombolytic agents/clot-busting drugs, the conventional immediate treatment for heart attack sufferers is only successful 60 to 70 per cent of the time,” said consultant interventional cardiologist Dr Devan Pillay, who is spearheading the routine use of this technique.“When a person has a heart attack, there is a sudden total occlusion (100 per cent blockage) of a pre-existing partial block which cuts off the blood supply to a portion of a heart muscle.“The time taken to restore blood flow to cardiac tissue becomes fundamental to outcome.“The affected portion may sustain permanent damage if the blockage in not removed within three to six hours from the onset of the heart attack,” said Dr Pillay.He said about 25 per cent of patients treated with clot-busting medication either die due to failed thrombolysis, or if they survive the attack, sustain permanent damage to a large portion of the heart muscle — resulting in a very much weakened heart.“People with weak hearts have their quality of life affected because they carry on to live with either heart failure, valve leaks, ruptures in the damaged portion of the heart or rhythm problems.”In primary angioplasty, blood flow to the heart is restored by first inserting and inflating a small balloon in the blocked artery to unblock it.Then to prevent recoil and reduce re-blockage at the ballooned site, a metal scaffolding called a stent is inserted to keep the artery open.It is the preferred treatment for a heart attack, according to the American College of Cardiology and European Society of Cardiology. So why are we not performing primary angioplasty in every hospital?Firstly, Dr Pillay cited the lack of public awareness about both heart attacks and the treatment options available.“Many people do not realise that we have trained personnel and the equipment to perform emergency primary angioplasty right away on our heart attack patients.Performing angioplasty in a critical patient with a heart attack in the critical window period of three to six hours is a challenge for any hospital.For effective treatment of patients, apart from cardiologists who are specially trained in interventional cardiology, a hospital also requires sufficient resources like a dedicated team of nurses and cardiac catheterisation lab technicians who can react quickly to an emergency call. "Patients experiencing symptoms of a heart attack are evaluated within minutes of arriving in the Emergency Department at the hospital." When the diagnosis of a heart attack is confirmed, most patients are transferred immediately to the catheterisation lab for Emergency Primary Angioplasty."Another reason is delayed presentation to the hospital, thereby falling out of the critical window period."This is again lack of awareness not only among lay people but also referring general practitioners."Furthermore, large distances to be covered before reaching the hospital, traffic congestion and poor ambulance response times also need to be addressed, he added.Traditionally, heart attacks were more common in patients in the 50-60 age group, but Dr Pillay said today doctors are even seeing it in patients in their late-30s and mid- to late-40s."It is a disease that reflects our modern, more affluent lifestyle. We overindulge in rich foods but do not exercise enough. Diabetes and obesity are fast becoming a problem as are smoking, hypertension and alcohol abuse. Apart from that, modern life has also become more stressful."When people are stressed, adrenaline is released into their blood. In small amounts this is harmless but in cases of persistent chronic stress, it can be harmful because it can cause constriction of the blood vessels. If you happen to have a pre-existing condition of narrowed blood vessels, adrenaline can cause further constriction in your blood vessels, cutting off blood flow and resulting in sudden death.Younger patients with congenital or hereditary problems like familial hypercholesterdemia are also predisposed to early coronary heart disease. A heart attack can strike unexpectedly, warned Dr Pillay."Be aware of the warning signs of a heart attack — chest pain with nausea, vomiting, shortness of breath, profuse sweating, fainting or weakness. You may feel pain in your left arm and if you are a woman, you may feel pain in your stomach or jaws."To keep in the pink of health, avoid foods with a high glycaemic index (which increase sugar levels) and maintain a diet that is a healthy balance of protein and fibre-rich food that is low in saturated fats."Basic exercise also needs to be regular. The American Heart Association recommends 40 minutes to an hour of exercise that gets the heart-pumping, at least three times a week," he advised.Post-heart attack recoveryA HEART attack is a traumatic experience for both patient and spouse. Sometimes patients may suffer from depression which affects their home life, work and sex life."In most cases, it is temporary reactive depression and dissipates gradually, but in bad cases patients may need to seek medical help to treat their depression," said Dr Pillay."Recurrence rates are always a possibility if a patient does not take care of himself/herself. Continue to practise a healthy lifestyle: take the prescribed medication, continue to diet, exercise and learn to cope with stress by undertaking relaxation activities and exercises such as yoga."To remind yourself what you need to do to take care of your heart, visit your doctor every few months to stay on track in maintaining a healthier lifestyle."Most patients follow doctors attentively for the first six months after their surgery, then revert back to old bad habits."It would be also prudent to go for a treadmill exercise and stress test every year to check for potential problems.
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Somewhere out in the fleet, there’s a Navy medical officer who earned the Navy Cross during vicious, hammering combat five years ago.
And he’s not authorized to wear the award — second only to the Medal of Honor.
That’s because the 2003 mission, during which the officer fought like a demon and put himself in the line of fire to save several wounded American and Afghan comrades from al-Qaida and Taliban forces, remains classified.
And so does his identity.
A spokeswoman for the Navy secretary confirmed the existence of the Navy Cross recipient after Navy Times forwarded her a copy of the officer’s citation, in which his name is redacted. So secret was the award that the Navy did not include it when queried as to the number of sailors who have earned the Navy Cross since Sept. 11, 2001. The Navy has now changed the number of recipients from six to seven, even though the seventh award was presented more than a year ago.
“The Department of the Navy has approved the awarding of seven Navy Crosses for Navy personnel,” Capt. Beci Brenton, spokeswoman for Navy Secretary Donald Winter, said Friday.
According to the citation, which is not classified, the unnamed lieutenant wasn’t caught in one brutal firefight but two. The citation does not identify the country but references Afghan personnel who were part of a “joint operational unit” on a mounted patrol with Americans.
Unclear whether night or day, the patrol was ambushed and pounded by “extremely heavy fire from rocket propelled grenades and small arms fire.” The lieutenant got out of his truck to return fire and pulled a wounded Afghan commander behind the engine block and away from the bullets.
Still under fire, he extricated a wounded American, the driver, who was “trapped behind the steering wheel” of a stricken vehicle.
While patching up that American, the lieutenant used his body as a shield, taking several bullets that only punched through his clothing and gear. He then made his way toward two wounded Afghans in the lead vehicles.
After tending to them, he found a squad of Afghan soldiers in “disarray,” rallied them and sent them forward to “break the ambush.”
The account of the first contact ends with the lieutenant treating and evacuating several wounded.
Later in the day, “while sweeping an area of earlier action, a U.S.-Afghan element was ambushed by a platoon-sized enemy force” near the lieutenant. It’s not clear whether the element was the same joint operating unit ambushed earlier.
After an American and an Afghan were “severely wounded,” the lieutenant had to run 200 meters “between opposing forces” and under “withering and continuous heavy machine gun and small arms fire.”
The lieutenant took shrapnel while tending to the two and protecting them from fire “now directed at him.”
An Apache gunship fired rockets while the lieutenant mustered the remaining Afghans, led a “fighting withdrawal” to safety, then moved out “overland back to base.” He finally treated his own wounds when he stopped moving.
In the citation signed by Winter, the lieutenant was noted for “heroic display of decisive and tenacious leadership, unyielding courage in the face of constant enemy fire, and utmost devotion to duty. ...”
‘Sensitive’ mission
Brenton said the information in the citation is unclassified but the officer’s identity remains undisclosed because “the mission was sensitive.”
He was awarded the Navy Cross in April 2007.
“His name has been redacted to protect the individual, as well as the individual’s family,” Brenton said.
She confirmed that he is alive, but it is unclear whether he is still in the Navy or if he has since been promoted.
While acknowledging seven recipients, the Navy has given names of only four of them: Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class (FMF) Luis Fonseca; Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class (SEAL) Danny Dietz; Sonar Technician (Surface) 2nd Class (SEAL) Matthew Axelson; and Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Marcus Luttrell.
“The other three were presented privately due to the sensitivity and classified nature of their missions,” Brenton said.
Besides the lieutenant, the other two, according to several Internet searches, are Master Chief Special Warfare Operator Britt Slabinski and Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator Stephen Bass. Their citations are on the Legion of Valor’s Web site. The legion is a congressionally chartered organization of Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross and Air Force Cross recipients. Once a service member earns one of those awards, he becomes a member of the legion.
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Julianne Hough is taking some of that dancer's poise into the operating room with her.
"I’m not worried. I'm feeling good," she blogged Tuesday on Fancast about the laparoscopic (teeny incision through the belly button, no scar) appendectomy she was planning to undergo later in the day.
The two-time Dancing With the Stars winner revealed yesterday that she has been diagnosed with endometriosis. But before heading out to meet with her doctor, Hough took time out to explain what actually happened to her last week when she rushed to the hospital with severe stomach cramps.
"Actually what happened is last week was more than just a tummy ache. Obviously. It turned out I ruptured a cyst that was on my ovary. I didn’t know but I have endometriosis. I’ve apparently had it for a long time because I’ve had this pain for about the last five years. It hasn’t been as bad. Up till last week, I let it go and I was always too busy to get it checked out. But because it happened when I was on set, they made me go to the doctor."
And it was a good thing "they" finally did.
"They want to clean out the cysts and take out my appendix, too, because later on it can be affected by the cysts," Hough wrote.
"Endometriosis is a common thing for women. I was like 'thanks mom for giving me my great life—and endometriosis.' I said that jokingly. My sister who has five children is going in for the same surgery in a couple weeks."
Interestingly, the Hough ladies aren't the only ones who have to set aside time for hospital-mandated R&R.
Julianne's dad was playing father-son lacrosse Saturday when he apparently tripped and broke his collar bone and separated his shoulder, becoming the second Hough man (that we know of) to require a doctor's care over the last couple months.
"He was going to be with me for my surgery but he’s going in for his own today. I want to say thanks to a Fancast user named Nana who wrote in with good wishes for my dad," Hough also wrote Tuesday.
In the meantime, she's still hoping for a Hough vs. Hough final on DWTS. "That would be great fun. I hope it happens!" she wrote.
If brother Derek—the only Hough sibling "who doesn’t have to worry about having his ovaries checked"—can stay healthy, it just might.
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Valletta, Malta - There is a 20-per-cent chance of finding a commercially feasible oil and gas reserve off the coast of Malta, according to government estimates. The prospects of two new offshore sites have been described as "more exciting," due to the fact that their geological features are similar to the oil-rich area near Libya. Wells will be sunk between 2010 and 2011.
The Times of Malta reported Monday that international oil companies licensed to conduct oil exploration around the Mediterranean island have spoken about the possibility of striking huge reserves. The Oil Exploration Department of the Maltese Resources Ministry has referred to reserves of "giant" proportions.
London-based Leni Gas and Oil PLC said last week that one of the earmarked areas may contain some five billion barrels of oil, 1.4 billion of which is probably recoverable. If that were the case it would be a major field, similar to that of Bouri in Libya.
The Maltese Resources Ministry opted for a more cautious forecast, saying that, although the study quoted by Leni was realistic and credible, the estimates were rather high.
The contracts stipulate that if oil is struck, Malta, the smallest state in the European Union, will own between 50 and 60 per cent of the reserve.
The Maltese government is, however, considering its options carefully until it determines what stake, if any, Libya will try to claim.
The subject of oil delineation areas in the Mediterranean has been a historically thorny one between Malta and Libya. The matter reached fever pitch in the early 1980s, when the Libyan authorities dispatched a gunboat to stop an Italian oil rig commissioned by the Maltese government from drilling in the Medina Bank.
The oil issue was among the subjects discussed by Maltese President Eddie Fenech Adami and Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in Tripoli last July.
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But as with so many passions, it's hard for an outsider to get on board, a feeling that floats to the surface repeatedly in the too-long saga of 15 young sailors who are chosen to go up against the pros in the 4,000-kilometre California-to-Hawaii Transpac ocean race.
It's a race Disney has done 16 times, starting in the 1970s, and the documentary opens with his quiet reminder to the group as they sit in a Honolulu condo that serves as their base camp, "If you fall overboard, consider it a death sentence."
Unfortunately, high drama on the high seas fails to materialize among these jaw-droppingly naive kids, most of whom have been sailing since they were in diapers.
How will we survive without Starbucks? without cheeseburgers? without pizza? they worriedly ask the camera, making it seem like they're headed off to solitary in Guantamamo for 10 years instead of only facing 10 days without a trip to the drive-thru.
As they train, run drills and learn navigation and safety rules (the highlight is when a hapless volunteer gets tossed overboard), Morning Light becomes as repetitive as an ocean swell: sail, barf, read aloud from their journals, sail some more. After watching scene after scene of Transpac prep, when the counter in the corner of the screen reads "188 days before race," the urge to jump off the side looms large.
Meanwhile, the group is preparing to elect a skipper from among their numbers, and the final group of sailors to make the race has to be winnowed down to 11. Even as a pilot for So You Want to Sail to Hawaii, it's mighty dull.
The sailing footage is thrilling and watching the sleek boat power through the waves is inspiring – the first few times.
With tighter editing and more drama, Morning Light could have done well as a made-for-TV doc, the kind of true-life adventure that the Disney studio built its empire upon back in the 1950s. As it is there's just not enough story or tension there to make it a worthy theatrical release.
For those who love sailing, Morning Light will confirm their passion and please them right down to their Top-Sider encased toes. For the rest of us, this sailors' tale just smacks of naval gazing.
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Eva Kollisch returns to Sarah Lawrence College to discuss her new book, The Ground Under My Feet, which explores the imprint Anti-Semitism and lack of belonging has on one’s emotional life, as well as the healing power of friendship. Eva's first book, Girl in Movement is set in the United States after a teenage girl has escaped Nazi Germany.
Eva Kollisch taught German, Comparative Literature, and Women’s Studies at Sarah Lawrence College for over 30 years. In 1939, as a 14-year-old Jewish refugee from Vienna, she was rescued by Kindertransport and brought to England. Some nine months later she, together with her two brothers, came to the United States, where they were reunited with their parents.
Eva Kollisch has been active in anti-was, feminist and human rights causes. A mother and grandmother, she lives in New York City with her long-time companion, the poet Naomi Replansky.
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It’s hard enough to make modern mathematics comprehensible in print, so I’m especially impressed to see anyone try to do it on television. Tonight, at 8 p.m. on PBS, Nova is presenting “Hunting the Hidden Dimension,” an hour-long documentary on what it calls a “compelling mathematical detective story,” the discovery of fractal geometry and its resulting applications. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that there are lots of beautiful examples of fractals the natural world — and the unnatural worlds of “Star Trek” and “Star Wars.”
The documentary, produced and directed by Michael Schwarz and Bill Jersey, tells how the mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot became obssessed with “roughness” because so much in nature was not explained by orderly classical shapes like cones and spheres. He developed equations to explain shapes ranging from clouds to broccoli, and the equations turned out to be useful in creating movies, building cell-phone antennas, developing stronger concrete and a myriad of other applications. For instance, as Mandelbrot explains in an interview with Nova:
People living along highways scream about noise, but the flat walls put in place to placate them were very ineffective, because the noise that hit them simply bounced off. Responding to some political pressure, a friend of mine had the brilliant idea that a wall having a fractal surface would be far better because it would absorb the noise. . . . . In raw nature, very few shapes are simple: the pupil, the iris, the moon—with two hands, you can count all the simple shapes of nature. Everything else is rough. But if you look around us, almost everything industrial is very smooth, round, flat, corrugated, and so on. Now that is changing. Engineers everywhere know how to use fractals.
You can create your own version of the Mandelbrot set, the most famous fractal of all. And you don’t even have to solve the equations.
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Charlie Brown is still a good man -- so good he and his pals will be giving candy to youngsters who choose to spend Halloween night watching their story unfold.
The Northgate High School drama department will be presenting "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown" on Friday and Saturday at the Centre for Performing and Visual Arts. Both performances will start at 7 p.m.
Tickets are $5 for students and $8 for adults. Tickets will be available at the arts center or can be reserved in advance via e-mail at melanie.bruner@cowetaschools.net or by phone at 770-463-5585, extension 224.
"You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown" began as a record album, based on the "Peanuts" characters created by Charles M. Schulz. Clark Gesner created the story and 10 songs. The album was adapted for the stage and opened off Broadway in 1967 -- running for more than 1,500 performances.
The play was revived on Broadway in 1971 and again in 1999. Television productions of the story include a Hallmark Hall of Fame special in 1973 and an animated version that made its debut in 1985.
Northgate teacher Melanie Bruner is the sponsor for the drama group. She said members of the cast will be giving candy to children who attend the Friday night production. "This is a great place to take kids on Halloween," she said.
In the cast are Jordan Lunstead as Charlie Brown, Antonio Mathis as Linus, Rachel Snow as Snoopy, Nicholas Anderson as Schroeder, Keva Kreeger at Patti and Kelsi Adams as Lucy. Mathis and Snow are seniors. They -- and most of the younger members of the cast -- have been in numerous plays in the past.
The Charlie Brown comedy is a smaller, tighter drama in terms of cast -- compared to many previous Northgate productions, such as "The Wizard of Oz." "It's a lot easier," Mathis said.
He said that the smaller cast and the way the play is structured, however, means that all cast members have to be sure of the sequence and specific lines as the play unfolds.
"It's a lot of pressure, but it's so much fun. It's so much fun, you don't even realize the pressure," Lunstead said.
"I like it a lot," Kreeger said. "It's a lot of fun."
Anderson said Schroeder is a highstrung musical genius, who often shouts in frustration at the other characters. "It's hard on my voice. He gets very anxious because he's a genius," Anderson said.
"You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown" will feature live music. Bruce Patterson, musical director for the show, said the musicians' preparation for the upcoming play is going well.
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In the wake of a traffic throttling investigation that resulted in orders from the FCC to change its bandwidth management practice, Comcast Corp. (CMCSA) has begun updating customers on its progress toward the agency’s demands.
In a service notice, Comcast said that as part of its ongoing efforts to continuously improve the quality of it service, “We are switching to a new network congestion management technique by the end of the year.”
Comcast says the technique “is focused on managing network congestion only when and where it may occur. It will also replace the current technique and will help ensure that all of our customers receive their fair share of network resources.”
Cablecos have claimed that a relatively small number of power users are eating up a disproportionately large amount of their local network bandwidth. Comcast got caught throttling bandwidth demanding P2P traffic.
The FCC ordered Comcast to stop and swap in a new bandwidth management approach by yearend. Comcast then updated its Internet acceptable user policy, which took effect Oct. 1, to impose a 250 gigabyte monthly usage ceiling. Exceeding it twice in a series of months would result in Comcast cutting off service to the violator for a year.
That “punishment” wording seems to be missing in the updated policy, which reads: Comcast prefers to inform customers of inappropriate activities and give them a reasonable period of time in which to take corrective action. Comcast also prefers to have customers directly resolve any disputes or disagreements they may have with others, whether customers or not, without Comcast's intervention.”
However, Comcast adds, ”If the service is used in a way that Comcast or its suppliers, in their sole discretion, believe violates this Policy, Comcast or its suppliers may take any responsive actions they deem appropriate under the circumstances with or without notice. These actions include, but are not limited to, temporary or permanent removal of content, cancellation of newsgroup posts, filtering of Internet transmissions, and the immediate suspension or termination of all or any portion of the service.” The cable giant appears to be leaving its options open.
“These actions are not Comcast's exclusive remedies and Comcast may take any other legal or technical actions it deems appropriate with or without notice.”
Comcast said the change in network approach means “probably nothing” to its customers. “We ran five market trials of this technique over the summer and found that less than 1 percent of customers were affected.” The cableco didn’t specifically say if the affected parties were the bandwidth hogs or others.
“So,” Comcast, reasoned, “the vast majority of customers will not notice any change to their Internet experience as a result of this new technique.”
However, the cableco continued, “During the times of busiest network use (which could occur at any hour, depending on your neighborhood), those very few extraordinarily heavy users – who are doing things like conducting multiple and continuous large file transfers – may experience slightly longer response times for some online activities until the period of network congestion ends.”
Comcast says it has once again amended its acceptable use policy “as we transition to this new technique,” and posted it on its Comcast.net Web site.
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James Howard Woods (born April 18, 1947) is a two-time Academy Award-nominated, Emmy Award-winning and Golden Globe-winning American film, stage and television actor. He is best known for starring in films such as Once Upon a Time in America, Ghosts of Mississippi, Salvador and Hercules.
Contents[hide]
1 Biography
1.1 Early life
1.2 Career
1.3 Politics
1.4 Personal life
1.5 Family Guy
2 Filmography
3 References
4 External links
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[edit] Early life
Woods was born in Vernal, Utah. His father, Gail Peyton Woods, was an army intelligence officer who died in 1960[1] following routine surgery, and his mother, Martha A. (née Smith), operated a pre-school after her husband's death[2] and re-married to Thomas E. Dixon. Woods grew up in Warwick, Rhode Island, where he attended Pilgrim High School. Woods, an army brat, had been accepted to attend the United States Air Force Academy with the intention of becoming a fighter pilot. Unfortunately, several weeks before he was to depart, Woods suffered an accident involving a plate glass window which injured his hand tendons severely enough to result in his acceptance being retracted.
Woods received a score of 1580 on the SAT, which included a perfect score of 800 on the verbal section of the test.[3] He chose to pursue his undergraduate studies at MIT, where he majored in political science (though he originally planned on a career as a surgeon). While at MIT, Woods pledged to Theta Delta Chi Fraternity. He was also an active member of the student theatre group "Dramashop" where he both acted in and directed a number of plays. However, he dropped out of MIT in 1969 just before his graduation in order to pursue a career in acting. Woods headed to New York City, calling his mother to tell her of his plans.
While his mother wasn't thrilled at the news, she gave him her blessing to pursue a career in acting. At the 2006 CBS UpFront James Woods stated that his mother told him that if he was going to switch careers to acting that he needed to be the best actor he could possibly be.
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Woods' career has been noted for the intense characters he has chosen, the earliest of which was his portrayal of a sadistic murderer in 1979's The Onion Field. He appeared in an episode of The Rockford Files, playing a son whose parents were murdered and wants James "Jim" Rockford to find the murderer. He was nominated for an Academy Award twice: the first in 1987 for Best Actor in Salvador and again in 1996 for Best Supporting Actor for his acclaimed performance as Byron De La Beckwith in Ghosts of Mississippi. He has also garnered critical praise for his voice work for Hades in Disney's Hercules. His personal favorite of all of his roles, however, is as the domineering gangster Max in Sergio Leone's gangster epic Once Upon A Time In America (1984).
Woods appeared in 1995 in Casino directed by Martin Scorsese and as H.R. Haldeman in Nixon, the biopic of Richard M. Nixon directed by Oliver Stone.
Woods also more recently appeared in the hit movie Surf's Up playing the otter who recruited surfers and competed them against each other.
He was briefly considered for the role of The Joker by Tim Burton and Sam Hamm for the Batman film in 1989. Hamm recalls that he and Burton thought, "James Woods would be good and wouldn't need any makeup, which would save a couple of hours' work every morning." The role ended up going to Jack Nicholson.[4] Quentin Tarantino wrote a part in Reservoir Dogs with Woods in mind, but his agent rejected the script without showing it to the actor. When Woods learned of this some time later, he fired the agent. Woods was also considered for the part of Donald Kimball in American Psycho, but he turned it down. The part was given to Willem Dafoe.
Woods appeared as himself in the episode of The Simpsons entitled "Homer and Apu" and in two episodes of Family Guy entitled "Peter's Got Woods" and "Back to the Woods". The high school in Family Guy is called James Woods High and a forest that is briefly mentioned in The Fat Guy Strangler called James Woods are named after him. In 2006, Woods starred opposite Cuba Gooding Jr. in the political thriller End Game. Also in 2006, Woods played himself in the premiere episode of Entourage's third season. He also starred in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas as Mike Toreno and voiced the falcon in Stuart Little 2.
Woods also starred in CBS legal drama Shark, which ran for two seasons between 2006 and 2008. Woods played an infamous Los Angeles defense lawyer who, growing disillusioned, became a prosecutor.
[edit] Politics
Woods is a Republican, and he was a vocal supporter of U.S. President George W. Bush and former Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani. Woods lobbied hard to play Giuliani in the biopic Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story, and considers the role one of the favorites of his career.[5]
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Woods has dated Dana Delany, Sean Young, Teri Hatcher, Heather Graham, Nicolette Sheridan, Lauren Holly, as well as other lesser-known actresses in Hollywood.[6]
He has twice divorced and has recently ended a 2-year long relationship with Ashley Madison, an up-an-coming actress 39-years his junior.[7]
Woods plays on the World Poker Tour in the Hollywood Home games for the American Stroke Association charity. In 2006, James finished in 24th place out of 692 at the L.A. Poker Classic for $40,000. Woods has shared an endorsement for the online poker website Hollywood Poker which is run in conjunction with Ongame Network, and "co hosted" with poker enthusiast Vince Van Patten. He can be found playing regularly at Hollywood Poker, and contributes content to the website.
During a press interview for Kingdom Hearts II, Woods noted that he is an avid video game player.[8]
His brother and fellow actor, Michael Jeffrey Woods, died of cardiac arrest on July 26, 2006. This occurred shortly after James Woods finished 24th at a World Poker Tour event.
Woods reportedly has an I.Q. of 180 or 184 (Stanford-Binet) and is a member of Mensa.[9][10][11][12]
He also volunteers as a Reserve Police Officer for the LAPD.
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References to and appearances by James Woods in the animated comedy Family Guy has become something of a recurring motif, the most prominent of which is the local high school, which is named after him, as is the local forest which is simply named "James Woods".
Woods has also appeared in several episodes in which he is voiced by himself. In his first appearance, "Peter's Got Woods", he befriends Peter Griffin who had called him over to prevent the high school name from being changed. However, Woods becomes incredibly obsessed with Peter, who resorts to trapping him in a wooden box with candy as bait (à la E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial) and having him shipped him away to a government warehouse under the pretense of being "studied by 'top men'" (à la Raiders of the Lost Ark). A disgruntled Woods returns in the episode "Back to the Woods" where he seeks revenge against Peter by stealing his identity, leading Peter to do the same for Woods; in the end, Woods suffers the exact same fate as before (Peter and Brian resolve to tempt Woods with candy right away next time should he return).
[edit] Filmography
The Way We Were (1973)
Kojak: Death Is Not A Passing Grade (1974)
Raid on Entebbe (1977)
Holocaust (TV mini-series) (1978)
The Onion Field (1979)
Fast-Walking (1982)
Videodrome (1983)
Against All Odds (1984)
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Cat's Eye (1985)
Joshua Then and Now (1985)
Salvador (1986)
Best Seller (1987)
Cop (1987)
The Boost (1988)
My Name is Bill W. (1989) (T.V. Movie) Best Actor Emmy Award
True Believer (1989)
The Hard Way (1991)
Straight Talk (1992)
Diggstown (1992)
Citizen Cohn (1992)
Chaplin (1992)
The Specialist (1994)
The Simpsons, episode "Homer and Apu" (TV series) (1994)
Casino (1995)
Nixon (1995)
Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
Killer: A Journal of Murder (1996)
Contact (1997)
Another Day in Paradise (1997)
Hercules (voice) (1997)
John Carpenter's Vampires (1998)
True Crime (1999)
Any Given Sunday (1999)
The General's Daughter (1999)
The Virgin Suicides (1999)
Clerks (TV series) (2000)
Dirty Pictures (2000)
Riding in Cars with Boys (2001)
Recess: School's Out (voice of Dr. Philium Benedict) (2001)
Scary Movie 2 (2001)
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (voice) (2001)
Race to Space (2002)
Kingdom Hearts (video game) (2002)
Stuart Little 2 (voice of the falcon) (2002)
John Q (2002)
This Girl's Life (2003)
Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story (2003)
Northfork (2003)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (video game) as Mike Toreno (2004)
Be Cool (2005)
Family Guy: Peter's Got Woods (voice) (2005)
Kingdom Hearts II (video game) (2006)
Scarface: The World Is Yours (video game) (2006)
Shark (TV series) (2006-2008)
ER (2006)
Entourage (2006)
End Game (2006)
Surf's Up (voice) (2007)
Family Guy: Back to the Woods (voice) (2008)
Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories (video game) (2008)
An American Carol (2008)
[edit] References
^ Warwick Online: Michael Woods remembered for a smile, and a laugh
^ James Woods Biography (1947-)
^ Lycos Clever Celebs - Lycos Celebrity - The cleverest celebrities uncovered
^ http://www.batmanmovieonline.com/behindthescenes/articles/samhamm.htm]
^ Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story (2003) (TV)
^ "James Wood's Dating History". Who's Dated Who?. Retrieved on 2008-10-04.
^ "James Wood's Dating History". Who's Dated Who?. Retrieved on 2008-10-04.
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^ PokerListings.com - James Woods
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^ The Biography Channel - James Woods
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One option for heart attack patients is primary angioplasty, which has a higher success rate than conventional treatment methods if performed in the critical window period of three to six hours after an attack. SUZANNA PILLAY writes.
IT is a daunting fact to absorb: the type of medical attention that heart attack patients receive within a critical window of three to six hours could determine their future quality of life.That is why many medical centres worldwide are now treating heart attack patients with the most effective and advanced procedure available — primary angioplasty.Performing a life-saving emergency procedure like primary angioplasty on patients immediately after they have heart attacks, reportedly, not only reduces the amount of time patients spend in hospital, but also possible complications and likelihood of another attack or stroke in the future.“The success rate of primary angioplasty is more than 95 per cent when performed in experienced hands. In comparison, the injection of thrombolytic agents/clot-busting drugs, the conventional immediate treatment for heart attack sufferers is only successful 60 to 70 per cent of the time,” said consultant interventional cardiologist Dr Devan Pillay, who is spearheading the routine use of this technique.“When a person has a heart attack, there is a sudden total occlusion (100 per cent blockage) of a pre-existing partial block which cuts off the blood supply to a portion of a heart muscle.“The time taken to restore blood flow to cardiac tissue becomes fundamental to outcome.“The affected portion may sustain permanent damage if the blockage in not removed within three to six hours from the onset of the heart attack,” said Dr Pillay.He said about 25 per cent of patients treated with clot-busting medication either die due to failed thrombolysis, or if they survive the attack, sustain permanent damage to a large portion of the heart muscle — resulting in a very much weakened heart.“People with weak hearts have their quality of life affected because they carry on to live with either heart failure, valve leaks, ruptures in the damaged portion of the heart or rhythm problems.”In primary angioplasty, blood flow to the heart is restored by first inserting and inflating a small balloon in the blocked artery to unblock it.Then to prevent recoil and reduce re-blockage at the ballooned site, a metal scaffolding called a stent is inserted to keep the artery open.It is the preferred treatment for a heart attack, according to the American College of Cardiology and European Society of Cardiology. So why are we not performing primary angioplasty in every hospital?Firstly, Dr Pillay cited the lack of public awareness about both heart attacks and the treatment options available.“Many people do not realise that we have trained personnel and the equipment to perform emergency primary angioplasty right away on our heart attack patients.Performing angioplasty in a critical patient with a heart attack in the critical window period of three to six hours is a challenge for any hospital.For effective treatment of patients, apart from cardiologists who are specially trained in interventional cardiology, a hospital also requires sufficient resources like a dedicated team of nurses and cardiac catheterisation lab technicians who can react quickly to an emergency call. "Patients experiencing symptoms of a heart attack are evaluated within minutes of arriving in the Emergency Department at the hospital." When the diagnosis of a heart attack is confirmed, most patients are transferred immediately to the catheterisation lab for Emergency Primary Angioplasty."Another reason is delayed presentation to the hospital, thereby falling out of the critical window period."This is again lack of awareness not only among lay people but also referring general practitioners."Furthermore, large distances to be covered before reaching the hospital, traffic congestion and poor ambulance response times also need to be addressed, he added.Traditionally, heart attacks were more common in patients in the 50-60 age group, but Dr Pillay said today doctors are even seeing it in patients in their late-30s and mid- to late-40s."It is a disease that reflects our modern, more affluent lifestyle. We overindulge in rich foods but do not exercise enough. Diabetes and obesity are fast becoming a problem as are smoking, hypertension and alcohol abuse. Apart from that, modern life has also become more stressful."When people are stressed, adrenaline is released into their blood. In small amounts this is harmless but in cases of persistent chronic stress, it can be harmful because it can cause constriction of the blood vessels. If you happen to have a pre-existing condition of narrowed blood vessels, adrenaline can cause further constriction in your blood vessels, cutting off blood flow and resulting in sudden death.Younger patients with congenital or hereditary problems like familial hypercholesterdemia are also predisposed to early coronary heart disease. A heart attack can strike unexpectedly, warned Dr Pillay."Be aware of the warning signs of a heart attack — chest pain with nausea, vomiting, shortness of breath, profuse sweating, fainting or weakness. You may feel pain in your left arm and if you are a woman, you may feel pain in your stomach or jaws."To keep in the pink of health, avoid foods with a high glycaemic index (which increase sugar levels) and maintain a diet that is a healthy balance of protein and fibre-rich food that is low in saturated fats."Basic exercise also needs to be regular. The American Heart Association recommends 40 minutes to an hour of exercise that gets the heart-pumping, at least three times a week," he advised.Post-heart attack recoveryA HEART attack is a traumatic experience for both patient and spouse. Sometimes patients may suffer from depression which affects their home life, work and sex life."In most cases, it is temporary reactive depression and dissipates gradually, but in bad cases patients may need to seek medical help to treat their depression," said Dr Pillay."Recurrence rates are always a possibility if a patient does not take care of himself/herself. Continue to practise a healthy lifestyle: take the prescribed medication, continue to diet, exercise and learn to cope with stress by undertaking relaxation activities and exercises such as yoga."To remind yourself what you need to do to take care of your heart, visit your doctor every few months to stay on track in maintaining a healthier lifestyle."Most patients follow doctors attentively for the first six months after their surgery, then revert back to old bad habits."It would be also prudent to go for a treadmill exercise and stress test every year to check for potential problems.
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Somewhere out in the fleet, there’s a Navy medical officer who earned the Navy Cross during vicious, hammering combat five years ago.
And he’s not authorized to wear the award — second only to the Medal of Honor.
That’s because the 2003 mission, during which the officer fought like a demon and put himself in the line of fire to save several wounded American and Afghan comrades from al-Qaida and Taliban forces, remains classified.
And so does his identity.
A spokeswoman for the Navy secretary confirmed the existence of the Navy Cross recipient after Navy Times forwarded her a copy of the officer’s citation, in which his name is redacted. So secret was the award that the Navy did not include it when queried as to the number of sailors who have earned the Navy Cross since Sept. 11, 2001. The Navy has now changed the number of recipients from six to seven, even though the seventh award was presented more than a year ago.
“The Department of the Navy has approved the awarding of seven Navy Crosses for Navy personnel,” Capt. Beci Brenton, spokeswoman for Navy Secretary Donald Winter, said Friday.
According to the citation, which is not classified, the unnamed lieutenant wasn’t caught in one brutal firefight but two. The citation does not identify the country but references Afghan personnel who were part of a “joint operational unit” on a mounted patrol with Americans.
Unclear whether night or day, the patrol was ambushed and pounded by “extremely heavy fire from rocket propelled grenades and small arms fire.” The lieutenant got out of his truck to return fire and pulled a wounded Afghan commander behind the engine block and away from the bullets.
Still under fire, he extricated a wounded American, the driver, who was “trapped behind the steering wheel” of a stricken vehicle.
While patching up that American, the lieutenant used his body as a shield, taking several bullets that only punched through his clothing and gear. He then made his way toward two wounded Afghans in the lead vehicles.
After tending to them, he found a squad of Afghan soldiers in “disarray,” rallied them and sent them forward to “break the ambush.”
The account of the first contact ends with the lieutenant treating and evacuating several wounded.
Later in the day, “while sweeping an area of earlier action, a U.S.-Afghan element was ambushed by a platoon-sized enemy force” near the lieutenant. It’s not clear whether the element was the same joint operating unit ambushed earlier.
After an American and an Afghan were “severely wounded,” the lieutenant had to run 200 meters “between opposing forces” and under “withering and continuous heavy machine gun and small arms fire.”
The lieutenant took shrapnel while tending to the two and protecting them from fire “now directed at him.”
An Apache gunship fired rockets while the lieutenant mustered the remaining Afghans, led a “fighting withdrawal” to safety, then moved out “overland back to base.” He finally treated his own wounds when he stopped moving.
In the citation signed by Winter, the lieutenant was noted for “heroic display of decisive and tenacious leadership, unyielding courage in the face of constant enemy fire, and utmost devotion to duty. ...”
‘Sensitive’ mission
Brenton said the information in the citation is unclassified but the officer’s identity remains undisclosed because “the mission was sensitive.”
He was awarded the Navy Cross in April 2007.
“His name has been redacted to protect the individual, as well as the individual’s family,” Brenton said.
She confirmed that he is alive, but it is unclear whether he is still in the Navy or if he has since been promoted.
While acknowledging seven recipients, the Navy has given names of only four of them: Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class (FMF) Luis Fonseca; Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class (SEAL) Danny Dietz; Sonar Technician (Surface) 2nd Class (SEAL) Matthew Axelson; and Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Marcus Luttrell.
“The other three were presented privately due to the sensitivity and classified nature of their missions,” Brenton said.
Besides the lieutenant, the other two, according to several Internet searches, are Master Chief Special Warfare Operator Britt Slabinski and Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator Stephen Bass. Their citations are on the Legion of Valor’s Web site. The legion is a congressionally chartered organization of Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross and Air Force Cross recipients. Once a service member earns one of those awards, he becomes a member of the legion.
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Julianne Hough is taking some of that dancer's poise into the operating room with her.
"I’m not worried. I'm feeling good," she blogged Tuesday on Fancast about the laparoscopic (teeny incision through the belly button, no scar) appendectomy she was planning to undergo later in the day.
The two-time Dancing With the Stars winner revealed yesterday that she has been diagnosed with endometriosis. But before heading out to meet with her doctor, Hough took time out to explain what actually happened to her last week when she rushed to the hospital with severe stomach cramps.
"Actually what happened is last week was more than just a tummy ache. Obviously. It turned out I ruptured a cyst that was on my ovary. I didn’t know but I have endometriosis. I’ve apparently had it for a long time because I’ve had this pain for about the last five years. It hasn’t been as bad. Up till last week, I let it go and I was always too busy to get it checked out. But because it happened when I was on set, they made me go to the doctor."
And it was a good thing "they" finally did.
"They want to clean out the cysts and take out my appendix, too, because later on it can be affected by the cysts," Hough wrote.
"Endometriosis is a common thing for women. I was like 'thanks mom for giving me my great life—and endometriosis.' I said that jokingly. My sister who has five children is going in for the same surgery in a couple weeks."
Interestingly, the Hough ladies aren't the only ones who have to set aside time for hospital-mandated R&R.
Julianne's dad was playing father-son lacrosse Saturday when he apparently tripped and broke his collar bone and separated his shoulder, becoming the second Hough man (that we know of) to require a doctor's care over the last couple months.
"He was going to be with me for my surgery but he’s going in for his own today. I want to say thanks to a Fancast user named Nana who wrote in with good wishes for my dad," Hough also wrote Tuesday.
In the meantime, she's still hoping for a Hough vs. Hough final on DWTS. "That would be great fun. I hope it happens!" she wrote.
If brother Derek—the only Hough sibling "who doesn’t have to worry about having his ovaries checked"—can stay healthy, it just might.
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Valletta, Malta - There is a 20-per-cent chance of finding a commercially feasible oil and gas reserve off the coast of Malta, according to government estimates. The prospects of two new offshore sites have been described as "more exciting," due to the fact that their geological features are similar to the oil-rich area near Libya. Wells will be sunk between 2010 and 2011.
The Times of Malta reported Monday that international oil companies licensed to conduct oil exploration around the Mediterranean island have spoken about the possibility of striking huge reserves. The Oil Exploration Department of the Maltese Resources Ministry has referred to reserves of "giant" proportions.
London-based Leni Gas and Oil PLC said last week that one of the earmarked areas may contain some five billion barrels of oil, 1.4 billion of which is probably recoverable. If that were the case it would be a major field, similar to that of Bouri in Libya.
The Maltese Resources Ministry opted for a more cautious forecast, saying that, although the study quoted by Leni was realistic and credible, the estimates were rather high.
The contracts stipulate that if oil is struck, Malta, the smallest state in the European Union, will own between 50 and 60 per cent of the reserve.
The Maltese government is, however, considering its options carefully until it determines what stake, if any, Libya will try to claim.
The subject of oil delineation areas in the Mediterranean has been a historically thorny one between Malta and Libya. The matter reached fever pitch in the early 1980s, when the Libyan authorities dispatched a gunboat to stop an Italian oil rig commissioned by the Maltese government from drilling in the Medina Bank.
The oil issue was among the subjects discussed by Maltese President Eddie Fenech Adami and Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in Tripoli last July.
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