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If the first round ends within the next five years, could someone please @me so that I don't miss the second round as well?

I saw the whole video of George Floyds arrest some days ago, hard to watch it. one of his last words he called out to his Mom .... who died two years ago on this same day. He was Handcuffed. Face Down. Knee on his neck. They did nothing. He called the officer "Sir." They did nothing. He begged for his life. He begged for water. He begged for mercy. They did nothing. His nose bled. His body trembled. He lost control of his bladder. They did nothing. He cried out, "I can't breathe." They did nothing. Twelve more times. "I can't breathe." "I can't breathe." "I can't breathe." "I can't breathe." "I can't breathe." "I can't breathe." "I can't breathe." "I can't breathe." "I can't breathe." "I can't breathe." "I can't breathe." "I can't breathe." They did nothing. One last time, he gasped, "I can't breathe." They did nothing. He lost consciousness. They did nothing. A firefighter demanded they check his pulse. They did nothing. Off-duty medical personnel begged them to stop. They did nothing. Deprived of oxygen. His organs screaming. His brain frantic. They did nothing. They watched George Floyd die. His life fading. A slow death. They did nothing. A lynching on the ground. They did nothing. For eight agonising minutes. Four idiots officers watched. He cried out for his Mom... A grown man... Crying out for the woman who gave him life.... As he feared joining her in death. And still they did nothing. have these cops ever been trained how to handle a custody? such a shame that something like that can happen again and again in USA, country that is more and more turning to a "shit hole country" with a brain dead in white house.

It didn't stop Dom Cummings from driving

Rumours that the whole Taliban leadership has the virus: https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/06/01/afghan-taliban-coronavirus-pandemic-akhunzada/

Even a man like him has got birthday. 74 today.

Am afraid I can confirm it is true via his son. I thought Terence Frisby's son might know as Danvers was his godfather and sure enough... Nice tribute to a fighter here imo. EDIT - note for the search engine - Actor Ivor Danvers dead.

posting in here (as this is the appropriate place) There seems some debate about whether it is 2006 or 2011. But I'll say, regardless of whether it's 2006, 2011 or 2019, she is doing magnificently for her advanced age. If you look at more recent pictures of OdH, she does "look" a lot older than in this photo. If you look at this twitter picture, it has the entire picture - https://twitter.com/GilpinPeri/status/1145704850933477382, which you'd have to say is more likely to be the US than France. If so, her last visit to the US appears to be around 2011. Peri Gilpin has shared the photo, but I'd be surprised if that was taken by Peri on that day, it seems something's she shared and the twitterati have responded to. Also, a French paper claimed it was in 2019, but I cannot find that link which makes me think that they may've made a mistake and removed the article. Then 3 days later, Olivia's page on Facebook posted it. There's a number of comments in there about it being 2006. But I can't find the movie forums they refer to. In 2016, in this report from the Daily Fail - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3670080/AP-Interview-De-Havilland-breaks-silence-sibling-feud.html there is a quote about her eyesight failing which brings into question whether she would ride a bike with that vision.

Motorcyclist Carlo Ubbiali, nine time world champion died at 90 years: https://www.gazzetta.it/Moto/02-06-2020/addio-carlo-ubbiali-leggenda-motociclismo-3701486994299.shtml

Thanks! Queries issued on both your teams (always happens, every year!) so once these are resolved, we'll be under way.

He'll be able to tic-tac to his bookie then.

Meant to post yesterday that I heard a statement on the news from Iran (seriously) expressing sympathy for those caught in the oppression in the US! Link to Reuters report on it: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-iran/iran-berates-u-s-over-police-killing-slams-racism-idUSKBN2360QD “Some don’t think #BlackLivesMatter,” Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Twitter. “To those of us who do: it is long overdue for the entire world to wage war against racism. Time for a #WorldAgainstRacism.”

sent a team

As an American, I remember growing up and seeing "lesser" authoritarian countries commit atrocities, and I couldn't believe it and looked down on it. We are now one of those "lesser" authoritarian countries. There's no other way to slice it.

So I haven’t found any records for him at this stage, but Roger McGough does note in this book that Peter Batten was interviewed by The Sunday Telegraph in 1999 (he even quotes him). Presumably after The Guardian put out that article in the same year saying he had disappeared. Haven’t found anything more yet but I’ll get to the bottom of it.

The contempt Anderson Cooper is currently showing for Trump on CNN is hilarious.

Barry Cryer still enjoying a ciggie. Quite right Bazza, stairs and smoking not killed him yet!

Matt Johnson of The The has undergone surgery for a serious throat problem. Real nasty looking!

Appalled to discover Roger Whittaker doesn't appear to have his own thread Anyway, thought I'd ask a deeply personal question re lockdown Has anyone - like me - ditched the contact lenses and worn glasses all day and then sat out in the sun but worn a sizeable hat to deflect the worst of the rays? Only asking because I did that today, wandered inside, passed a mirror and got a brief sighting of Roger Whittaker. Scared the living shit out of me to be fair!

Visits the palace the first time since March. Don’t think he’s going anytime soon...

The horse is a 14-year-old fell pony called Fern. Not the first time a Royal has ridden a 14-year-old.

Here is my team, to be revealed at commencement of the game. 01. XXXXX XXXXXX - 2 Clubs 02. XXXXXX XXXXXXX - 10 Spades 03. XXXXXXXXX XXXXXX - J Diamonds 04. XXXX XXXXX XXXXXXXX - Q Hearts 05. XXXXX XXXXXX - 3 Hearts 06. XXXXXXX XXXXXX - 8 Spades 07. XXXXXX XXXXXXXX - 4 Spades 08. XXXXXXX XXXXX - J Hearts 09. XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXXX - J Spades 10. XXX XXXXXXXX - 3 Diamonds 11. XXXXXXX XXXXXX - 7 Diamonds 12. XXXX XXXXXX - A Diamonds 13. XXXXXX XXXXXXXX - K Clubs 14. XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXX XX XXXXXXXXX - 4 Diamonds 15. XXX XXXXXXX - K Diamonds 16. XXXXX XXXX - A Spades 17. XXXXX XXXXXXX - 9 Diamonds 18. XXXXXX XXXXXX - Black Joker 19. XXXXX XXXXXXXXX - 7 Spades 20. XXXX XXXXXXXX - 8 Hearts 21. XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXX - 4 Clubs 22. XXXXXXX XXXXXXX - 6 Hearts 23. XXXXXX XXXXXXXX - 5 Diamonds 24. XXXXXXX XXXX - 5 Clubs 25. XXXX XXXXX - 2 Diamonds Subs: A. XXXXX XXXX B. XXXXXXX XXXX C. XXXXXXX XXXXXXX D. XXXXX XXXXXXXXX E. XXXX XXXXX To show my honesty, here is the allocation from Random.org:

The Rules. Victor Blom won't take any nonsense, and neither will I! You pick 25 names. That's it. Then the game runner allocates a playing card from Random.org to each of your picks in the order you list them. If your pick dies within the period of the game you gain 100 points. Bonuses are awarded for poker hands as follows: High Card (i.e. an Ace) - 5 Points Pair (Two cards of same value) - 10 Points Two Pair (Two Cards of same value plus two cards of a separate value) - 15 Points Three of a Kind (Three of same value) - 20 Points Straight (5 Cards of any suit forming a sequence e.g. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) - 30 Points Flush (5 Cards of any value of the same suit) - 40 Points Full House (Three cards of the same value, and two of another value) - 80 Points Four of a Kind (Four cards of the same value) - 100 Points Straight Flush including a Royal Flush (Five cards forming a sequence of the same suit) - 150 points. Bonuses are cumulative. So say early on you gain say, a pair. If you subsequently gain another pair you would get the bonus for the second pair (10 points) plus the bonus for two pair (15 Points). If you made a straight, say 5-6-7-8-9, then hit a sixth death with a 10 allocated, you would gain an additional straight bonus for 6-7-8-9-10. Winner has the most points at the end of the game. DDP Obit rules in force from time to time would apply. No Jokers or Uniques rules. I am including one Black Joker and one Red Joker in the possible cards you can draw. If you draw such a card in your main team, you will receive 50 Additional Bonus Points for the hit if your pick dies. You are able to nominate at any time during the game a card THAT YOU HAVE NOT DRAWN FOR ANY OTHER PICK as a substitute for a Joker, whose pick has died. You will still receive 50 points for a Joker in any event, but you can then use your substitute nominated card to make straights or flushes for example (you still need to have your Joker Pick die for it to count). Once you have nominated the substitute card, you cannot change the nomination again - only one substitute card per Joker. NEW RULE: You must play your Joker, if you have a hit with one, by the end of St Andrews Day (30 November 2020). If you hit with a Joker after 30 November, you have 2 days or up until 31 December 2020 (whichever is earlier), to nominate your substitute card. Only persons notable in their own right, famous for a contribution of some kind are allowed. They must be aged 18 and over on or before 30 June 2020 and human. Members of the Illuminati considered reptilian will be deemed to be human for the purposes of this game. Entries must be received and validated by me by 11:59 pm (BST) on 30 June 2020. The bonuses are so valuable and cumulative that FFBI picks and persons with reflected fame only (PRF) will be excluded. FFBI and PRF are in the opinion of the game runner. The FFBI rule basically excludes anyone famous or infamous for their illness or anything consequential to their illness. This therefore in general excludes campaigners, fundraisers, bloggers, authors of books on their illness and the like. So for example Deborah James is excluded, despite being a BBC presenter as she only seems to have got the job as a result of her cancer. PRF excludes family members, hangers on and the like who in the opinion of the game runner has fame as a result of someone else's fame, but does not exclude such persons if they have a claim to fame themselves separate and distinct from any additional reflected fame (for example, the murderer of a famous person would not fall foul of the PRF rule). Consideration will be given on a case by case basis, but competitors are actively discouraged from giving the game runner a hard time! Do not actively seek loopholes! If one is found, the game runner will be sole arbiter. Death row inmates or anyone under sentence of death whether at the start of the game or for its duration are excluded completely. With regard to terrorists of any hue, confirmation in a qualifying obit of their death by the terrorist organisation to which they belong will suffice. The Strickland/Lucan Rule excludes anyone missing as at the start of the game, or anyone who might be dead and who is officially declared to be dead during the game by judicial or other authority under presumption of death laws. For the avoidance of doubt, someone who famous simply for their longevity (e.g. supercentenarian, oldest person in a country) is included, but they must still obviously garner a qualifying obit. NEW EXCITING RULE: At the end of each month, all players will be invited over to the Card Roulette Table. As host I will draw an equivalent number of cards from Random.org IN ONE GO from one pack to the number of teams participating. That draw will be posted on the thread and players will receive a number of points based on their position in the field. For example, I will always get the first card, as my team shall be first to be posted, second team in gets card 2 and so on. The value attributed to each card will be the same as those for a substitute outlined below (Ace high = 14 points, King = 13 points, etc etc down to a deuce = 2 Points). So if there are 30 teams, 30 cards are drawn and allocated, so your timing of putting your team in may be crucial. The game will open on 1 July 2020 and deaths on 1 July according to official sources up to and including 31 December 2020 will count. Therefore a pick who is subsequently found to have died before commencement but after the game has started is excluded and a substitute will be inserted in place of that person (if a sub has been provided by the player). The game will be terminated at midnight on the turn between 7/8 January 2021, to allow time for news of death to be published (the Dietz-Werner Steck rule). It is recommended that you consider up to 5 substitutes along with your team. If a substitute dies without making it into your main team for any reason, the game runner will draw a card from Random.org on being notified of their death and gaining a qualifying obit and you will gain additional points equivalent to the value of that card (Ace high = 14 points, King = 13 points, etc etc down to a deuce = 2 Points). Your sub card will not count towards bonuses however, and it does not gain the 100 point death award. The game runner will be allowed to enter a team. That team will be published in the thread at commencement of opening entries, but to avoid influence (the Toast Rule) an x will represent a letter of the person's name, but the cards allocated will be revealed, for example: XXX XXXXXXXXXXX - 5 Spades would be revealed at the start of the game as Roy Barraclough - 5 Spades. 　 Good Luck!