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Looks like he's going to serve a longer sentance http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-34993002 Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has been found guilty of murder after a South African appeals court overturned an earlier manslaughter verdict. Pistorious killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in February 2013 after shooting four times through a locked toilet door. He is currently under house arrest after spending one year of his original five-year sentence in jail. Pistorius will have to return to court to be re-sentenced, for murder. It was earlier incorrectly reported that the court had ruled the manslaughter verdict would remain. South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal ruled that the lower court did not correctly apply the rule of dolus eventualis - whether Pistorius knew that a death would be a likely result of his actions. The minimum sentence for murder in South Africa is 15 years, but judges can apply some discretion. South African law does not make provision for someone to be placed under house arrest for more than five years, so Pistorius will be going back to prison, reports the BBC's Pumza Fihlani in Johannesburg. What next for Pistorius? Will he return to jail? Yes. He will be back behind bars, less than two months after he was placed under house arrest. When will he be sentenced? We don't have a date yet, but it will be next year. The minimum sentence for murder is 15 years, but the judge does have the discretion to lower it. Can he appeal? Yes, but only if his lawyers are convinced that the appeal judges violated his constitutional rights. So it's a high threshold, and hard to meet. So is this the end of Pistorius' professional athletics career? Almost certainly. He's 29, and will be past his prime by the time he is freed. It is also unlikely that advertisers would want to sponsor him, as the Pistorius brand is now tainted. Pistorius' family gave a brief response, saying lawyers are studying the finding who will advise them on "options going forward". The panel of appeal judges described the case as "a human tragedy of Shakespearean proportions" in their written judgement. Reading the unanimous ruling reached by the five judges, Justice Eric Leach said that having armed himself with a high-calibre weapon, Pistorius must have foreseen that whoever was behind the door might die, especially given his firearms training. "As a matter of common sense at the time the fatal shots were fired, the possibility of the death of the person behind the door was clearly an obvious result," the judge said. "And in firing not one but four shots, such a result became even more likely." Pistorius always maintained that he believed there was an intruder in the house but the judge said that the identity of the person behind the door was "irrelevant to his guilt". Justice Leach compared it to someone setting off a bomb in a public place not knowing who the victims might be. South African reaction: Pumza Fihlani, BBC News, Johannesburg In a packed courtroom with Reeva Steenkamp's family listening to every word, the judge said that when Oscar Pistorius decided to fire four shots through a closed toilet door, he had gambled with a person's life - whoever that was. Under South African law you cannot just shoot - you first need to determine that the threat to your life is real and that there is no other way to eliminate that threat but to shoot. Many South Africans have applauded the court's decision on social media, saying justice has now been served for Ms Steenkamp. This ruling is expected to go some way to show that no-one is above the law, not even South Africa's once beloved "blade runner". The judge also rejected the argument that Pistorius had acted in self-defence. He said that the athlete's life was not in danger at the time of the shooting, as Pistorius did not know who was behind the door or if they posed a threat. The judge added that Pistorius did "not take that most elementary precaution of firing a warning shot". Pistorius did not attend the hearing in Bloemfontein. But Ms Steenkamp's mother, June, was present and afterwards she was seen outside the court being embraced by members of the African National Congress Women's League, who were singing songs of celebration. After the ruling Mrs Steenkamp was greeted by members of the women's league of the governing ANC Our correspondent says that many in South Africa were upset by the original acquittal on murder charges, with women's rights groups arguing he should have been found guilty of murder as a deterrent because of the high number of women who are killed by their partners in the country.

Saw this on the BBC web site and almost sprayed coffee on the screen at the first brand name!! Sorry I'm not clever enough to put the embedded images in as well http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34975365 If you want to understand the challenges of choosing a name for your product in the ever more interconnected global market, look no further than an Indian sportswear range. It demonstrates that what works in one market can be a disaster in another. Brand names are supposed to embody the core values a product wants to project. That is why big companies spend millions of dollars choosing the right name. The owners of the new clothing range clearly believe they are onto a winner. It was launched with some fanfare earlier this year by Saif Ali Khan, one of India's leading Bollywood actors. According to the Oxford English Dictionary its name means courageous and plucky. In Australia it is slang for an attractive person. Appropriate themes for a brand designed "for those people who have a flair for movement… and enthusiastically give in to the rhythm that surrounds them". People "who are free of any inhibitions of mind and body" continues Futurebrands, the company behind the new range. But "Spunk" must surely rank as one of the worst brand names in history - at least when it comes to the British market. That's because in Britain the original meaning of bravery and valour has been almost entirely eclipsed by its use as a slang word for semen. (The first use of the word in this sense recorded in the Oxford English Dictionary dates back to 1890.) I am sure I was not the first British person to let out an involuntary guffaw when I saw the brand name proudly emblazoned on an otherwise rather nice tracksuit. You can, I discovered, also buy Spunk shoes, T-shirts and socks. And Spunk is not alone. The market for appallingly named brands is surprisingly congested. I showed my new Spunk socks to a friend over lunch. Like everyone I have subsequently mentioned the brand to, he immediately produced his own favourite unfortunate brand name. In this case "Fanny", a Vietnamese ice-cream company which will struggle to whet the appetite of its sniggering English-speaking potential customers. A cursory trawl of the internet brings up a host more. Pschitt lemonade, anyone? Or how about Bonka coffee, perhaps accompanied by a Plopp chocolate? Then again you might prefer a bag of the Chinese snack Only Pukeet washed down with a bottle of Pee Cola from Ghana? And don't forget a pack of the Swedish toilet paper, Krapp, and a box of Barf detergent from Iran. You could always store it in a Bol-lock zippable plastic bag. No doubt these products sell well in their home markets but they may find it hard to expand into the English-speaking market. Many companies find it easier simply to change their names. The Belgian chocolate company Isis is just one of a number of businesses named after the Egyptian river goddess which have decided a re-brand is the only way to avoid confusion with the Islamist militant group. A US mobile payments company has done the same, and the British company Ann Summers has apologised for any offence caused after launching a range of "erotic lingerie" called The Isis Collection. Meanwhile, the actor Hugh Bonneville has vigorously denied claims that the scriptwriters behind Downton Abbey decided the Crawley family Labrador was to develop cancer and die because it also shares its name with the jihadist group. Many companies have dealt with perceived problems with their brand name by replacing them with brand new words. That worked very well for BackRub (Google*) and Brad's Drink (Pepsi Cola), but seven years after the British insurance company Norwich Union decided to rebrand itself as Aviva, the jury is still out. The chorus of disapproval was so overwhelming when the British Post Office re-styled itself as Consignia a decade ago that just over a year later it shamefacedly switched back to the original. And a surprising name isn't always a handicap. After all, the British clothing brand French Connection did very well after renaming itself FCUK. *Google is a play on the word googol - the term for the number represented by 1 followed by 100 zeros

So, the Neville brothers working together again.... http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34985168 Bit more high profile than Salford City!! Gary Neville: Valencia name ex-Man Utd defender head coach Former Manchester United and England defender Gary Neville has been named as Valencia's head coach until the end of the season. The 40-year-old, who will take charge officially on Sunday, will remain part of the England coaching set-up. Peter Lim, Valencia's Singaporean owner, has a stake in Salford City, the non-league club co-owned by Neville. His brother Phil, who joined the Spanish club as assistant manager in July, will stay on the coaching staff. "I am absolutely thrilled to be given this opportunity with Valencia," the new head coach said. Neville, who has stepped down from his position as a Sky Sports pundit with immediate effect, will attend a news conference with club president Layhoon Chan on Thursday. He will not lead the team when they face Barcelona in La Liga on Saturday, instead taking charge for the first time when they host Lyon in the Champions League the following Wednesday. England head coach Roy Hodgson said: "As far as I'm concerned, this will be an extra string to his bow and the experience he will gain working in the Spanish league can only be beneficial to our work together with the England team. "Gary's commitment to the FA's preparations for Euro 2016 will not be in any way affected by the fact that he will be coaching abroad during the next five months." Neville replaces Nuno Espirito Santo, who resigned after Sunday's 1-0 defeat at Sevilla, a result that left Valencia ninth in the Spanish league. The club finished fourth last season, but have won only five of their opening 13 league matches this term. Gary Neville's career 1992: Makes Manchester United debut and spends 19 years at club, winning 20 major trophies including two Champions Leagues and eight Premier Leagues 1995: Makes England debut going on to earn 85 caps 2011: Starts as a Sky Sports pundit for the 2011-12 season 2012: Appointed assistant coach to Roy Hodgson with the England team 2014: Agrees to buy Salford City with fellow former United players including brother Phil, Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes 2014: Agrees to sell 50% stake of Salford City to businessman Peter Lim, already majority owner of Valencia 2015: Appointed Valencia head coach with brother Phil as his assistant

If I play, HC KC is preferred game mode but will happily join others for the giggles

If you mean UTC (temps universel coordonné) then, meh, inferior to GMT and French to boot GMT is The Daddy, acknowledged world wide with most time zones being spoken of as being ahead of, or behnd, GMT

I think that's awesome Matt...better than British Summer Time and almost as good as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT is the king from the history alone)

Hhhhmmmm!!! "...for my son. I'll be...." Yeah, right Doc!!

You mean, you got something in your eye as well??

Gotta add us all Doc....don't want any Nobby No-mates

Think you may have a point, my man, but how do you resolve it?

Inside Out. Got mugged by the trailer showing the adults emotions.....target audience is 8 year olds *sits back and waits for the abuse about my mental age*

I have an external NAS drive for media with iTunes set to use it for storage which works quite well. A few years back Didds got me part way through ripping my DVD's as well but that is a bit more problematical and has had a limited success. I stream the music through a laptop and also a Sonos Play 3 which worked reasonably well until they fecked up the app that controls it. Videos are streamed through a WD TV Live unit reasonably successfully, mainly because the house is wired with a CAT5 system. Is your friend trying to stream videos wirelessly as that may be a cause of his video problems

You done Lord Shaxx's Crucible quest yet Lee? Long assed with cr@p rewards but opens up the weekly Crucible Challenges from Shaxx (not the droid) and allegedly (according to Rodders) gives Nightfall type drops, Doing my first one now

Destiny’s Xur of Year 2 The Taken King can be located in the Hall of Guardians (Vanguard) to the right of the table. You will find him there selling the Helm of Saint-14 and Light Beyond Nemesis Helmets, he also has the Crest of Alpha Lupi Chest Armor and the Legacy Special Weapon Engram. Yes, at last the agent has a weapon for sale called The 4th Horseman Shotgun.

Happy Thanksgiving Day friends....enjoy yourselves!!

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They need to buy TTK so, no chance for us I'm afraid https://www.bungie.net/en/Companion/ReferAFriend

My son has it and his comments were to the effect that it was a visually beautiful, easy going shooter game

Don't call me Scarface...

Googles "COBB Tuning SS 3" Turboback exhaust.".....wow!! Hope you don't want it gift wrapped!!

Bonded with Pat yesterday on the jumping puzzle in The Promethean Code.......finally found someone with my level of arial agility!! Good humoured and enjoyable, which is how it should be

Going for an everyday working watch...just broke mine and I'm borrowing my sons' spare to get me through to Christmas

Will it have a "boss key"?

Nothing as it was all 280 but I got the 300+ artifact, 310 ghost shell and a 300 chest piece which has got me to 305....so might be looking at a raid next weekend

Went well, got Rank 5 and enjoyed it