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More than half of London's top property sales last year went to overseas buyers, with Russian nationals topping the league after UK house-hunters. Russian nationals are understood to have acquired £266million-plus homes in the capital, spending a staggering £429million. People from the UK purchased 2,183 of the 4,510 homes sold in this price bracket in 2010, according to the data. Steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal's £70million property in Kensington Palace Gardens was bought in 2008 . One Hyde Park has 86 residential properties marketed with prices starting at around £20 million (left) and Roman Abramovich's house in Knightsbridge (right) In addition, research from Lloyds TSB earlier this month found that sales of homes worth at least £1million recently reached their highest level since the peak of the housing market in 2007. Strong demand from wealthy cash-rich . buyers, both in the UK and from overseas, as well as limited supply of . such properties is thought to have boosted sales. It is the latest evidence that Britain is increasingly seen as a save haven for assets during the worsening financial crisis. A number of the world's most wealthy people, including non-Britons Indian steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal and Roman Abramovich have properties in London. And many of the 86 residential properties at the Candy Brothers' One Hyde Park, marketed with prices starting at around £20 million, have been snapped up by foreigners. Here are the top 10 purchasers of £1 . million-plus properties London in 2010, the estimated number of . properties purchased and their worth, according to HBC: . 1. UK 2,183 £3,517,122,197 . 2. Russia 266 £428,740,103 . 3. UAE 198 £319,738,382 . 4. US 167 £268,870,912 . 5=. Singapore 135 £218,003,442 . 5=. France 135 £218,003,442 . 7. India 126 £203,469,879 . 8=. Hong Kong 104 £167,135,972 . 8=. Italy 104 £167,135,972 . 10. China 90 £145,335,628 . Other 1,002 £1,613,225,470 . Total 4,510 £7,266,781,399 . Aircraft manufacturer Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC), which partly based its analysis on Land Registry data, believes that the large number of foreign buyers of prime property in London has contributed to an increase in business flights to some of the region's main business airports. Sean McGeough, HBC president, Europe, Middle East and Africa, said: 'As one of the most desirable cities in the world, it's no surprise that London's property market is attracting a large number of overseas buyers. 'Given that many of these individuals lead busy lives and often travel a huge amount, this helps explain the rise in flights to London's business airports.' HBC found that the number of business flights to Biggin Hill, London City and Farnborough increased by 46 per cent, 38 per cent and 34 per cent respectively between January and September. | After UK house-hunters, Russians top the league .
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(CNN) -- Rapper Fat Joe has been "officially cleared" after Wisconsin police investigated an alleged sexual assault reported by a woman last weekend, according to his lawyer. The 33-year-old Madison, Wisconsin, woman called police with a complaint of "inappropriate touching" after Fat Joe -- whose real name is Joseph Cartagena -- performed at the city's Orpheum Theater on Sunday night, a police report said. The woman said the incident happened inside a limousine with Fat Joe and other male subjects, the police report said. "Fat Joe had no contact with and never spoke to his accuser," attorney Dawn Florio said in a statement Thursday night. "He was questioned for a few minutes at his hotel room and was never detained by the police." CNN's Denise Quan contributed to this report. | Lawyer: Police 'officially cleared' Fat Joe after probe .
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Beijing, China (CNN) -- Dissident artist Ai Weiwei will not be allowed to publicly appeal a multimillion-dollar tax penalty the Chinese government says he owes, he said Thursday. Ai told CNN by phone that Chinese tax authorities sent him a note March 27 telling him he will not be given a public trial but a "written hearing." They sent him another note Thursday saying he must pay the 15 million yuan ($2.4 million) in back taxes he was already ordered to pay, and that he can make no further appeals. Ai, who was found guilty of tax evasion last year, said he plans to sue the tax authorities. Chinese authorities detained Ai for 81 days last year and later ordered him to pay the 15 million yuan in back taxes they said he owed through his company, Fake Cultural Development Ltd. Ai paid 8.45 million yuan ($1.3 million) late last year so he could contest the charges. Had he not paid the sum, he said at the time, his wife would have been jailed. Ai's family and human rights advocates have said they believe the Chinese government is targeting him for his criticism of the regime. An internationally renowned artist, Ai's works -- often with political undercurrents -- command hundreds of thousands of dollars. His 2010 installation at the Tate Modern in London involved 100 million porcelain sunflower seeds, each one hand-painted by specialists in China, spread on the floor of the museum's large entrance hall. Ai helped design Beijing's iconic Bird's Nest stadium for the 2008 Olympics, though he later spoke against the Games. CNN's Judy Kwon contributed to this report. | Ai Weiwei says he will only get a "written hearing"
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By . Daniel Bates . Last updated at 1:45 PM on 9th August 2011 . It killed 15,000 people and caused the worst nuclear disaster in 25years. But now it turns out that the effects of the Japanese tsunami which struck the country in March were felt as far away as the Antarctic. The wake of the giant wave travelled 8,000miles through the Pacific and Southern Oceans until it battered a 260ft tall wall of ice at the southern tip of Earth. As a result several enormous chunks, one of which was the size of Manhattan in New York, broke off and drifted away into the sea. Scroll down for video . Long distance: The wake of the Japanese tsunami travelled 8,000miles through the Pacific and Southern Oceans until it battered a 260ft tall wall of ice at the southern tip of Earth - causing giant icebergs to break off Antarctica . The discovery shows once more the awesome power of the tsunami, which was caused by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake off the northern coast of Japan. It was pieced together by researchers who studied Nasa pictures of Earth to map the path of the wave during the 18 hours it took to cross the globe. Using the satellite images the researchers were able to see the ice sheet calving, or breaking off, in near real time. The Sulzberger ice shelf, which has barely moved in nearly 50 years, was put under so much strain by the powerful wave that vast chunks dropped off. Iceberg in the Antarctic: Researchers who studied Nasa pictures of Earth to map the path of the wave during the 18 hours it took to cross the globe (file picture) The wave was just 1ft high there but there was so much force it had a huge effect. Lead researcher Kelly Brunt, a cryosphere specialist at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, said: ‘In the past, we've had calving events where we've looked for the source. ‘It's a reverse scenario - we see a calving and we go looking for a source. ‘We knew right away this was one of the biggest events in recent history - we knew there would be enough swell. And this time we had a source.’ Tragedy: The wave from a tsunami crashes over a street in north-eastern Japan in March, after the magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck the area, killing 15,000 people . The earthquake which hit Japan on March 11 caused waves up to 130ft that went up to six miles inland. Entire towns and villages were wiped off the map as the waves crashed onto the land in terrifying footage that was captured and posted on the internet by survivors. The wave also caused a meltdown at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant which it is feared has left thousands with radiation poisoning. The research was published in the online edition of the Journal of Glaciology. | Giant wave travelled 8,000miles through .
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FORT HOOD, Texas (CNN) -- Families of tens of thousands of soldiers based at Fort Hood have one military wife to thank for a more normal routine at the base. A blunt conversation with an Army wife started Lt. Gen. Rick Lynch on the path toward his family-first policies. When Lt. Gen. Rick Lynch first took over as commander of the largest Army base in the United States, a soldier's wife approached him and gave him a talking to about how soldiers don't "really" get to spend time at home when they come home from war. "She said 'General, don't talk to us about dwell time. Because my husband might as well be in Iraq,'" Lynch told CNN last week. "'He comes home after the kids go to bed, we never see him on weekends and you take him away to train all the time.'" Lynch said that woman's comments "really hit me in the gut." In response, Lynch made "focus on the family" a key part of Fort Hood's environment. He insists that every soldier on a day schedule leave work in to be home for dinner by 6 p.m. On Thursday, many are told to leave by 3 p.m. so they can have the afternoon with the family. And no one at Fort Hood works weekends unless Lynch signs off on it. He likes to point out that when a soldier deploys overseas, the only thing he can't get is time with his family, so it's important to get it between deployments -- what the military calls "dwell time." Lynch's "home by dinner" order creates a daily traffic jam on the base in Killeen, Texas, as tens of thousands of soldiers leave at once. Master Sgt. Guadalupe Stratman enjoys Fort Hood's family-first attitude. She has a husband and three sons. When she's not cooking dinner after leaving the base, she's helping with homework or "just watching them grow." It's not just about keeping military spouses and children happy, it's about creating a more resilient soldier; one less likely to abuse drugs or alcohol, injure or kill himself in a traffic accident or fall to suicide, Lynch says. It's working. No soldier has been killed on the roads around Fort Hood in more than 200 days. And although the base has seen two suicides since the start of the year, that is much less than some other major Army bases. Lynch is taking other steps to battle stress and suicides at Fort Hood. He's opened a soldier "Resiliency Campus" -- a city-block-sized collection of buildings with programs and activities aimed at improving a soldier's mind, body and spirit. And there is a weekly meeting of the base's "suicide prevention board," which Lynch usually chairs. This isn't to say that all the soldiers at Fort Hood are completely well-adjusted and ready for their next deployment. CNN spoke to one squad of soldiers who'd returned from a deployment to Fort Hood just a week before our visit. One soldier said he has "anger issues. I get angry over a lot of little things." Others are bothered by crowds or just driving around town. But even those young veterans, for whom the stress of being in a war zone continues after their return to their home base, have found ways to cope. The spend their off-hours together playing video games or just remembering what they went through together. "Some of the roughest times we've had, we sit back and laugh," Pfc. Keven Abbott said. "We are very well together -- you cannot bring us down." Watch CNN's Barbara Starr report on sorrows and joys of returning home » . The successful fight against stress at Fort Hood is getting noticed at the Pentagon. Among others, Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has praised Lynch's programs. But just after CNN's visit to Fort Hood, the Defense Department sent out a news release announcing that Lynch would be moving on to his next job in the Army. What remains to be seen is whether his ideas about putting families first and creating "resilient soldiers" will carry on at Fort Hood after he leaves. | Lt. Gen. Rick Lynch at Fort Hood had blunt conversation with Army wife over priorities .
He instituted a family-first program, including orders to be home for dinner by 6 .
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A Massachusetts man who bought a pair of lottery tickets at a grocery shop to break a $100 bill for lunch has ended up winning $10 million. Lottery officials announced Thursday that Richard Noll and his wife Lisa claimed the prize at lottery headquarters in Braintree this week. He chose a one-time payment of $6.5 million before taxes. Big winnings: Richard Noll and his wife Lisa claimed the prize at lottery headquarters in Braintree this week. Noll bought a pair of tickets at a grocery shop to break a $100 bill for lunch and ended up winning $10 million . The Revere man says he needed to break a $100 bill to get lunch at a sandwich shop, so he bought two $20 'Platinum Millions' instant tickets at Lanzilli Groceria in East Boston. The shop gets a $50,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket. Lottery communications director Christian Teja told Itemlive.com that Noll's post-taxes prize money will come to $4.5 million. Noll says he wants to buy a house, make investments and take his granddaughter to Walt Disney World. Lottery officials said in a release 'Noll is the third $10 million "Platinum Millions" prize winner since this instant game was launched in 2013. There are two additional $10 million prizes and sixteen $1 million prizes remaining in the game.' The Blaze pointed out that there is a one in 5,040,000 chance of winning $10 million by playing 'Platinum Millions 2013.' Big plans: Winner Richard Noll says he wants to buy a house, make investments and take his granddaughter to Walt Disney World (file photo) | Lottery officials announced Thursday that Richard Noll and his wife Lisa claimed the prize at lottery headquarters in Braintree this week .
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By . Kerry Mcdermott . PUBLISHED: . 13:38 EST, 21 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 13:40 EST, 21 November 2012 . A debt-ridden civil servant forged his elderly neighbour's will and then bludgeoned her to death with a claw hammer so he could inherit her house. Peter Smith, 48, was today jailed for life for the brutal murder of housebound widow Hilda Owen, 71, at her home in Skegby, Nottinghamshire, in February 2007. Just two days before the attack Smith - who the court heard was 'mortgaged to the hilt' - had prepared a will for frail Mrs Owen which bequeathed her entire estate to him. Guilty: Peter Smith, 48 (left), was found guilty of murdering his frail neighbour Hilda Owen, 71 (right), at her home in Skegby, Nottinghamshire in February 2007 . It is the second time Smith has been convicted of Mrs Owen's murder - he won the right to a re-trial after being found guilty by a jury in 2008. He will serve a minimum of 27 years. The former Department of Work and Pensions employee - who befriended his neighbour by running errands for her and helping her with shopping - had admitted preparing a will for Mrs Owen just two days before the widow was attacked. Smith, who had outstanding debts of £35,000, had denied getting her to sign the document and later filling in details in her absence in order to make himself the sole beneficiary. After falsifying Mrs Owen's will, Smith attacked the widow - who was rendered housebound by arthritis. Police were alerted when Smith pretended to discover her body two days later. He had scattered items around the room in an attempt to fool police into believing Mrs Owen had been attacked by a burglar. The 71-year-old was found with 48 injuries consistent with the use of a claw hammer and a screwdriver. Blood stains found at the scene indicated the woman had been struck from behind while sitting in a chair and then attacked on the floor. Scene: Smith pretended to find Mrs Owen's body two days after he had savagely killed her at her home in Skegby . Prosecutor Peter Joyce QC told the jury Mrs Owen had been 'a defenceless, elderly, disabled woman who was killed by Smith for her money and her possessions'. Nottingham Crown Court heard he had claimed grants for Mrs Owen and posed as her carer in order to collect £240 a month in benefits. After the hearing, Nottinghamshire Police Detective Superintendent Paul Cottee said: 'Once again, a jury has found Peter Smith guilty of the brutal murder of Hilda Owen. 'The evidence against Smith in terms of motive, his behaviour prior to Mrs Owen’s murder and his movements on and immediately after the day of her murder was overwhelming. 'The collation of that evidence is testament to excellent policing work to categorically identify Smith as the person who planned the killing of Mrs Owen in order to benefit financially from her death,' he added. Det Supt Cottee said the re-trial process meant the victim's relatives again had to endure hearing details of the ordeal she suffered at the hands of her killer. 'However, they can now be assured that the man who murdered her has been returned to prison, where he will remain for a very long time,' he said. Defenceless: Mrs Owen was discovered with 48 injuries inflicted with a claw hammer and a screwdriver . Mrs Owen’s family said in a statement: 'We are very pleased that the jury has returned a guiltyverdict so that, once and for all, we can be rid of any uncertainty that lingered over Smith’s original conviction following his appeal. 'Hopefully this verdict will bring an end to this devastating episode in our lives' Statement from Mrs Owen's family . 'We respect his legal right to have sought these proceedings, but it has again been a very upsetting time for us all. We have been put in the very unusual position of having to endure two trials which have both reached guilty verdicts against the same man for the same crime. 'Hopefully, this verdict will bring an end to this devastating episode in our lives.' Mrs Owen's neighbours told of their shock at learning she had been murdered by her neighbour. Geoff Shirley, who ran the village shop in Skegby, said: 'I thought Smith was the bee's knees. 'I thought he was ideal for Hilda, that he was a caring, good neighbour. I felt utterly betrayed when it turned out as it has. I was devastated. 'I honestly thought "how could anyone have done that to Hilda?" She was so frail.' | Peter Smith, 48, attacked his elderly neighbour with a claw hammer and a screwdriver at her home in Skegby, Nottingham, in 2007 .
Smith, who was 'mortgaged to the hilt', had falsified Hilda Owen's will before the murder so he could inherit her house and pay of his debts .
The former Department of Work and Pensions employee was today sentenced to life in prison with a minimum sentence of 27 years .
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By . Anna Hodgekiss . From drinking urine to nose picking, there have long been gruesome-sounding 'remedies' with supposed health benefits. But would you go as far as eating a sausage containing bacteria from baby poo? Spanish researchers believe this could be another way to get 'healthy bacteria' in the body. Bacteria often found in probiotics - Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium - are found in abundance in baby poo, say Spanish researchers . They say that baby stools are an abundant source of probiotics that boost gut health - and that sausages containing it could become a health food. This is because many types of sausages - including pepperoni and salami - are made with the aid of bacterial fermentation, the website LiveScience reports. The bacteria is either naturally occurring in the raw meat or added to the meat in the manufacturing process. More and more evidence is showing that gut bacteria plays a crucial role in our health. Changes to gut bacteria, that result in an imbalance between 'friendly' and 'unfriendly' bacteria, are associated with cancer, diabetes and . inflammatory bowel disease. And earlier this year, researchers at the Buck Institute for Research on Ageing, in California, found that having the right balance of gut bacteria could be the secret to a long life. Probiotics are live bacteria which, when consumed, are thought to colonise the stomach with bugs that help digestion. Their beneficial effects are not wholly proven, although there is increasing evidence they might help with a range of problems, including diarrhoea and food allergies. Scientists cultured this bacteria and used it to ferment the Spanish sausage fuet (file picture). They found this sausage contained enough probiotics to have health-giving benefits . This includes research showing that the bacteria in the gut may 'communicate' with the brain, improving mental health and behaviour in conditions such as anxiety, and possibly even autism and Asperger's syndrome. As a result, the probtiocs industry - which revolves largely around yogurt and supplements - is booming. In an attempt to find other ways to incorporate probiotics into diet, Spanish researchers theroised that probiotic bacteria could also be used in fermented sausages. Live Science contributor Charles Q Choi reports that 'for probiotic bacteria to work, they . must survive the acids in the digestive tract. As such, the researchers . focused on microbes found alive in human faeces'. Probiotics most commonly contain the bacteria Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium - and these are found in high levels in baby poo. More and more evidence is showing that gut bacteria plays a crucial role in our health, from how long we live to our state of mind . So the researchers, led by Anna Jofré, a food . microbiologist at Catalonia's Institute of Food and Agricultural . Research, in Girona, Spain, took stool samples from the nappies of 43 babies aged up to six months old. They then used bacteria cultured from the stools to make type of fermented sausage called 'fuet', which is similar to chorizo. They also made sausages using commercial probiotic strains of bacteria - but the only sausage with enough 'good' microbes to have any beneficial effect on gut health was that made from the baby poo. Even better, the researchers, who findings are reported in the journal Meat Science, say their creations tasted as a traditional fuet would. 'We ate them, and they tasted very good,' Jofré told LiveScience . | Bacteria found in probiotics - Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium - are also found in abundance in baby poo .
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By . Paul Revoir . PUBLISHED: . 06:51 EST, 21 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:40 EST, 28 December 2012 . The BBC has apologised on air after a Mensa member appearing as a guest on one of its shows said anyone with an IQ of around 60 was ‘probably a carrot’. Peter Baimbridge made the comment during a live discussion about IQ testing on BBC Breakfast. A number of viewers contacted the programme to complain that the remark insulted people with learning difficulties. Scroll down for video . Offensive: Mensa tester Peter Bainbridge compared anybody with an IQ 'around 60' to a carrot while appearing on BBC Breakfast . Guest: Mr Bainbridge was being interviewed by presenters Charlie Stayt and Louise Minchin about IQ testing . Mr Baimbridge, an IQ test . administrator, had been asked to explain why the testing was unreliable. After saying that most IQ tests would have ‘Mr and Mrs Average scoring . 100’ he added that if your IQ is ‘somewhere around 60 then you are . probably a carrot’. The remark initially drew a smile from . Louise Minchin, but she and co-host Charlie Stayt then read out some of . the complaints on air. At the end of the programme they . apologised for the remarks and read out a personal apology from Mr . Baimbridge. One viewer, an employee of learning disability charity . Mencap, said she was ‘shocked’ and ‘disgusted’ by the comments. Ciara Evans, who has a learning disability, said: ‘I am shocked that someone has described people like me as carrots. Average: Asked to explain IQ testing Mr Bainbridge said that most IQ testing 'will have MR and Mrs average scoring around 100' Laughing: Co-host Louise Minchin seen laughing after Mr Bainbridge compared anybody with an IQ of around 60 with a carrot . ‘We can achieve a lot in life. I live independently, have a full-time job and I’m getting married next year. ‘I am disgusted that he made this . comment, and on behalf of all the people who have tweeted, rung and . emailed Mencap to say how upset they are, I think Mensa should apologise . and he should engage his brain before his mouth. ‘It seems that having a high IQ . doesn’t make you a sensitive or caring human being.’ One of the . complaints read out on air came from a Dr Sullivan who said: ‘As a . clinical psychologist who has worked with many people who have an IQ . below 60, I find these comments to be offensive and completely . incorrect. ‘Such comments perpetuate the stigma . around an individual with learning difficulties.’ According to Mencap, . 1.5million people in the UK have a learning disability. A BBC spokesman . said: ‘Clearly we do not condone the comments that were made in any way . and sincerely apologise for the offence caused.’ Mensa was founded in England in 1946 by Roland Berrill, a barrister, . and Lance Ware, a scientist and lawyer, who wanted to form a society for . people with a high IQ. It has over 110,000 members worldwide, and to become a member of, . you must score in the top two percent of the population on a properly . administered IQ test. Members include Carol Vorderman, whose IQ is 154, and Jimmy Savile was a member of the society. One its its best known members is Sir Clive Sinclair (right), who was chairman . for 17 years from 1980 to 1997. Computer pioneer Sinclair was even . briefly engaged to 21-year-old accountant and fellow Mensa-member . Bernadette Tynan (IQ 154) in 1989. Mensa has been riddled with infighting and scandal since it was founded. Julie Baxter from Lancashire with an IQ of 154, was appointed chair in . 1997 supposedly to change everything - but after nine months was booted . out, saying the committee was obsessed with 'self-aggrandisement and the . pursuit of power for its own sake', and that some of the men on it are . 'sad people with no social life' who are obsessed with Mensa. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- . What your IQ score means . IQ, meaning intelligence quotient, is a test to assess intelligence. The term was originally coined by German psychologist William Stern. A score of 90-100 is considered an average IQ. IQs between 110-120 are considered to show superior intelligence. IQs greater than 140 are said to signify genius, with scientist Stephen Hawking predicted to have the highest IQ achievable of 161. People with IQs below 70 are said to have learning difficulties . Mensa, founded in 1946 as a society . for people with a high IQ, apologised via its website for the ‘totally . inappropriate’ comment which ‘does not represent the society’s official . position or view’. It emphasised that Mr Baimbridge had apologised and . had not intended any offence. Chief executive John Stevenage added . that Mensa ‘fully recognises that it is not what level of mental ability . someone has but what they do with it that is the real achievement in . life’. Mensa, founded in England in 1946 by barrister Roland Berrill and scientist Dr Lance Ware, represents those whose IQs are in the ‘top two per cent of the population’. The society, which welcomes members of any age, has the aim of providing ‘stimulating intellectual and social environment for its members’ and hoping to encourage ‘human intelligence for the benefit of humanity’. Complaints: The presenters read out complaints about the comments later in the programme. 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(CNN) -- Dallas Cowboys tight end Jason Witten is the 2012 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year. Why? In large part because of Witten's tireless commitment to ending domestic violence. As a former professional football player and longtime domestic violence prevention advocate, I understand how gratifying it is to receive this honor from the NFL. For the men engaged in this critical issue, it can be a lonely road. But now Witten has company in Dallas. Moved to action by a series of recent slayings, Mayor Mike Rawlings announced the launch of a citywide awareness campaign to show that domestic violence — and the culture that ignores or perpetuates it — has no home in his city. He's hoping at least 10,000 men show up to rally with that message on Dallas' City Hall Plaza later this month. A drive to end domestic violence, led by men. It's an idea whose time has come, again and again; some men have been pushing it for decades. But now many are hearing the call. Related: Beyond vomiting, how to prevent rape . As Rawlings said in a recent press conference: "In the past this has been viewed as a women's issue, but it ain't. It's our problem." The problem is not confined to a shocking spate of killings in Dallas, or to one major U.S. city. The New York Police Department reportedly receives 700 domestic violence calls every day. Domestic violence costs the United States more than $9 billion a year. More than 603 million women live in countries where domestic violence is not a crime. Globally, at least one in three women and girls are beaten or sexually abused in their lifetimes, usually at the hands of men. What can men do? Men do not just need to stop being violent. The vast majority of men are not violent. But men do need to stop being silent. Calling violence against women, whether street harassment or sexual harassment or rape or murder, a "women's issue" allows men to ignore it as if we have no responsibility for it or stake in ending it. We all have grandmothers, mothers, sisters, daughters and female friends and colleagues. Our lives are inextricably interwoven; women's issues of safety and equality directly affect our lives as men. Beyond that, women are humans, with the same rights to safety and freedom as men. It is therefore our moral responsibility to not remain silent or passively on the sidelines, but to be actively engaged in confronting this problem in every corner of homes, communities and societies. Many men have already taken action. Men marched with women protesting December's notorious gang rape and murder in Delhi. Men worked with women to stop sexual abuse of women in Egypt's Tahrir Square. Men joined women in pushing for a serious response to allegations of gang rape in Steubenville, Ohio (and the social media vileness that followed). Here in New York, men have produced excellent videos calling on other men to stop street harassment. I've been working since 1994 to bring men in as leaders and partners in stopping violence against women. Today, I believe we stand on the brink of a global tipping point. From Dallas to Delhi, the world is paying attention. Now is the time to stand up. That's why I'm joining Breakthrough, the global human rights group, in its "One million men. One million promises campaign." Starting March 8, over one year we will secure promises from men around the world to take concrete action toward stopping violence against women. What can you do? You don't have to be a mayor or an NFL player to have a major impact. You don't have to be like the New York City firefighters who recently tackled the guy attacking his wife with a meat cleaver in broad daylight. Small — even non-"heroic" — actions add up. Challenge norms. Change culture. Make violence against women unacceptable. You can start with the discrimination and inequality that create the conditions in which violence happens. You can call out a friend who makes a comment that disrespects women. You can treat women well in front of boys and men who look up to you. We all, men and women, can reject the script that gets played out in media every day that tells our boys to be unemotional and violent while objectifying girls at increasingly younger ages. The profound presence of media in our lives has only led to young people being exposed earlier and more often to salacious and sexual content. This media bombardment desensitizes our boys and girls to the reality of violence that is anything but the subtext of a life. Our silence only validates that script. We can speak out against it. You can make sure your workplace's sexual harassment prevention polices are up to date. If you hear things getting violent next door, you can ring the bell or call the doorman or the cops. You can show that giving a damn about equality makes you a better man. You can do this. We can do this. Together, men and women can build a safer world for all. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Don McPherson. | Don McPherson: Not enough men speak out against domestic violence against women .
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"Change culture. Make violence against women",
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"discrimination and inequality that create the",
"conditions in which violence happens. You can",
"call out a friend who makes a comment that",
"disrespects women. You can treat women well in",
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"men and women, can reject the script that gets",
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"to be unemotional and violent while objectifying",
"girls at increasingly younger ages. The profound",
"presence of media in our lives has only led to",
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"bombardment desensitizes our boys and girls to",
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"show that giving a damn about equality makes you",
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Editor's note: Maury Klein is professor emeritus of history at the University of Rhode Island. He is the author of 15 books, including "Rainbow's End: The Crash of 1929" and most recently "The Power Makers: Steam, Electricity, and the Men Who Made Modern America." Historian Maury Klein says it's important to remember that psychology plays a huge role in financial markets. (CNN) -- Friday marks the 79th anniversary of the day that launched the stock market crash of 1929. As an unprecedented wave of selling threw the floor of the New York Stock Exchange into pandemonium on a day that became known as Black Thursday, a show of organized support by a coterie of leading bankers halted the panic. But on the following Monday, the market collapsed in a tsunami of selling. Every intense convulsion of the stock market raises primal fears spawned by the Great Crash of 1929 and the ensuing Great Depression, which dragged on for a full decade and has haunted Americans ever since. The Panic of 2008 is no exception. In the past year, the market's fall has at times rivaled that of 1929. Are there connections or similarities between those earlier national traumas and our current crisis? First some facts about that earlier experience. The Great Crash and the Great Depression were two separate events. The Crash was a financial panic, the Depression an economic downturn. The one does not necessarily lead to the other; the market has collapsed several times in American history without bringing on a depression. Great Depression holds lessons for surviving a tough economy . The Crash began in October 1929, and the worst of it was over in three weeks; the Depression did not fasten itself on the nation for another year. To this day, the connection between them remains unclear, which makes it difficult to draw lessons or analogies from them. The Dow plunged 39 percent between October 23 and November 13, 1929, but it regained 74 percent of that loss by March 1930. Only when the economy failed to gain momentum in the spring did the market slip back. By fall the country had slipped into a depression, and the market resumed a downward course that did not touch bottom until July 1932. It did not again return to the levels of 1929 until 1954. The Depression did not end until increased military spending revived the economy in the spring of 1940. The bull market of the 1920s was unique in that it marked the first time large numbers of ordinary people participated. The market moved from Wall Street to Main Street and aroused intense interest even among people who were not active in it. The new investors, or "fish" as the pros called them, were prone to panic when the market fell sharply. Could it happen again? History never repeats itself, but historical patterns do -- though always in a new context. Here are just a few of the similarities and differences between the earlier crisis and its modern version. During the 1920s, the financial industry underwent a great expansion, bringing into the business many inexperienced people and new investment vehicles -- most notably the investment trust, the forerunner of the modern mutual fund. Nobody knew what impact they would have on the market with their buying and selling on a large scale. The business world hailed the 1920s as the "New Era," one with new rules in which the old pattern of cyclical depressions would no longer occur and prosperity would be continuous. Compare this delusion with the "New Economy" of the 1990s. The 1920s marked the beginning of the consumer economy, and with it a broad expansion of credit. Installment buying made its debut on a large scale. Credit also was used to buy stocks on margin, greatly increasing the market's volume and volatility. The banking system was shaky throughout the 1920s, and failures escalated steadily after 1929. The Crash exposed many cases of fraud that led to investigations and passage of the most significant banking reform in American history. The Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., or FDIC, gave rise to the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, and separated investment banks from commercial banks. The latter reform was repealed in 1999, giving banks free rein to perform both activities once again. Some differences between the eras are worth noting. Prior to 1933, the federal government played virtually no active role in relieving the banking crisis of the 1920s. The stock market did not have giant institutional buyers moving huge blocks of stock. Nor did it operate on a global scale, though it was deeply influenced by international events. After the crash, the banks had plenty of money to lend but no takers, the opposite of today's situation. Deflation became the mortal enemy as people removed their cash from banks and hoarded it. A familiar pattern emerged from these events. Business and the Republican Party in the 1920s demanded and got a "free" market unrestrained by government. Neither Wall Street nor the New York Stock Exchange was regulated by the government. The resulting disaster prompted outraged demands that Washington "do something." Regulation was then forthcoming. Later, as prosperity returned and the market began soaring, the restraints were gradually removed and the pattern of excess began anew until it collapsed once again in our own time. With the fall comes renewed pleas for government to "do something." Finally, it is important to remember that psychology plays a huge role in financial markets. Every panic has been at bottom a crisis of confidence. So too with the economy. As Frederick Lewis Allen observed, "Prosperity is more than an economic condition; it is a state of mind." The trick is always to find out what exactly is needed to restore it. We are still fishing for the answer to that riddle. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Maury Klein. | Maury Klein: The 1929 market crash and the Depression were separate events .
Many financial panics have not led to depressions, Klein says .
Before 1933, the government wasn't active in trying to save banks, he says .
After crisis, people demanded regulation, which eventually faded, Klein says . | d92c5fe83cca7bbe0451c497c69399410a5d68a9 | [
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He's an 82-year-old "redneck hillbilly from west North Carolina" who's been scratching an itch to go fast his whole life. Finally, after decades of racing high-performance speed boats and winning world-class endurance car competitions, Preston Henn got his hands on the fastest executive jet on the planet: the G650. CNN caught up with Henn by cell phone between practice laps at Daytona International Speedway. "As long as the cars here don't crank up, we can talk!" he said. From then on, Henn -- Florida's flea market kingpin -- sounded like a giddy schoolboy as he told his story about how he put down a $1 million deposit in April 2012 to become the first person to buy a Gulfstream G650 -- "the hottest airplane out there" --- with its distinctive, sweeping, curving wings and its roomy, swanky interior. It made him "feel like a million dollars," he said gleefully. For a plane that costs $65 million, feeling like $1 million might seem like a disappointment. But you get the picture. The jet's top speed: 704 mph -- nearly the speed of sound -- makes it arguably the world's fastest civilian aircraft. "I was just amazed at how quick it took off," says Henn. "And then it just went ZOOM -- straight up. I just sat back and drank a glass of wine and enjoyed it." Henn knows speed. He's been around the track a time or two -- winning the checkered flag during the '80s at the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours event at Florida's Sebring International Raceway. He doesn't compete anymore. But he still travels around the world to race his friends. A super-fast G650 that can fly 8,000 statute miles -- farther than just about any other executive class jet -- might save him a lot of time and hassles. Saving time and avoiding hassles are the main reasons the rich and famous want to fly private. Oprah Winfrey and Bill Gates reportedly each own a Bombardier Global Express. Tom Cruise is said to have a Gulfstream IV. Jackie Chan has an Embraer Legacy 650. And Jay-Z reportedly received a Bombardier Challenger 850 from his wife, Beyonce, as a Father's Day gift. But none of these planes can smoke the G650. Speed aside, it's got goodies like no other jet in its class. In the cockpit: an infrared night-vision system projects a pilot windshield display, increasing safety during landings. In the cabin: bigger 28-inch-tall windows and a ceiling height of 6-and-a-half feet. "if you fly from here to Tokyo, you have to fly with two crews," Henn explains. The G650 has "a complete crew quarters and restrooms and galley and everything they need. So it's a different breed of cat from what I'm used to." Speed flows through Henn's family bloodline, dating back to his boyhood in Western North Carolina. His father raced speed boats and cars when he wasn't running movie theaters. As an adult in 1963, Henn bought a drive-in theater of his own in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. During the next half-century, that drive-in grew into the Swap Shop -- an 88-acre flea market and cash cow. Of course, Henn's not the lone lover of the G650. Reportedly, the plane has caught Oprah's eye as well. Also said to be interested are Hollywood media mogul David Geffen, designer Ralph Lauren and financial wizard Warren Buffett. Keep in mind that "very few celebrities own their own jets," says Doug Giese of Embraer Executive Jets. Owning a plane is still expensive, even if you're rich. Giese says most celebs fly private by using brokers or buying memberships in fractional share programs. Brokers . New Hampshire-based PJS Private Jet Services Group brokers private jets -- hooking planes up with passengers for a one-time, up-front price. "Private aviation is becoming more commonplace because there are more programs now," says PJS CEO Greg Raiff, a 23-year top broker whose business includes several college and professional sports teams. "Thanks to the Internet, there are now 500 companies that can arrange something for you." Typically, an aircraft that can fly about 10 passengers round trip from New York City to Los Angeles could cost about $54,000. A smaller jet that seats about seven might cost $26,000 round trip from Philadelphia to Austin, Texas. Split the cost among the passengers, and it's comparable to the price of some luxury cruises -- and a possible option to celebrate an important life-event such as a golden anniversary or a retirement party. Fractional shares . Fractional share programs such as NetJet have been around for a while, offering travelers the less expensive option of buying shares of a jet instead of buying the whole thing. Share programs often come with "jet cards." Prepay tens of thousands of dollars onto your card in exchange for the convenience of dialing an 800 number and ordering a jet. "That was a real industry game-changer," says Raiff. "It made booking a jet as easy as ordering a pizza." One downside, says Raiff: You have to pay well in advance. Many jet cards start at a minimum of $100,000, but Delta Private Jets offers a more affordable $25,000 card. Give them at least 48 hours notice, and they'll get you a plane, says DPJ President Cyril Turner. One upside, says Turner: You're protected against rising prices. "People can lock in today's rate even if there are future increases," Turner says. "With the cost of Jet A fuel approaching $6 a gallon and a burn rate approaching -- depending on the plane type -- 200 gallons an hour, that gets pretty costly." Delta Private Jets charges about $5,000 per hour for jets seating up to eight people. Rates start at $9,800 per hour for jets seating up to 14 people. BlackJet offers an even more creative idea: "semi-private" flying, CNNMoney reports. BlackJet books business class planes from carriers such as JetSelect and sells the seats individually. A BlackJet seat on a Challenger 300 from New York to L.A. might cost around $3,500. CNNMoney: BlackJet offers private jet seats for less . Development of the G650 survived a crisis in 2011, when one of the jets crashed during a takeoff performance test in New Mexico, killing two Gulfstream pilots and two flight test engineers. Federal investigators blamed Gulfstream's testing process. During the investigation, Gulfstream temporarily shut down its G650 test planes. But 17 months later, the G650 received FAA certification. Now, Gulfstream has more than 200 customers waiting to get their hands on a G650. So far, only about a half dozen have been delivered to customers. As they roll out, plane spotters are on site, snapping photos and posting them online. "If you call Gulfstream and ask, 'When can I get a G650?' It's four or five years off," says Henn. Unfortunately for Henn, enjoying his G650 won't be an option for the time being. Ultimately, he says, he's a businessman, and the plane is an investment. He leased the jet back to Gulfstream so the company can use it as a demonstration model. "It's on its way to China," Henn says. "It's supposedly going to set a round-the-world record." There's a hint of disappointment in Henn's voice, above the sounds of revving engines at the Daytona track. "Sorry, it's time to get back to it," he explains. His Enzo Ferrari is beckoning. "I'm going to take my Enzo back out on the track, and then I'm finished for today," he says. "Then I'm going back to work." | Aviation fans are excited about the new, super-fast and stylish Gulfstream G650 .
Oprah, Ralph Lauren, Warren Buffett are said to be interested in the $65 million plane .
Businesses aim to make flying private more affordable .
Beyonce reportedly gave Jay-Z a Challenger 850 as a present . | 3afa1b1c9f4980032c1e1028b75a9385cb2703b8 | [
"He's an 82-year-old \"redneck hillbilly from west",
"North Carolina\" who's been scratching an itch to",
"go fast his whole life. Finally, after decades of",
"racing high-performance speed boats and winning",
"world-class endurance car competitions, Preston",
"Henn got his hands on the fastest executive jet",
"on the planet: the G650. CNN caught up with Henn",
"by cell phone between practice laps at Daytona",
"International Speedway. \"As long as the cars here",
"don't crank up, we can talk!\" he said. From then",
"on, Henn -- Florida's flea market kingpin --",
"sounded like a giddy schoolboy as he told his",
"story about how he put down a $1 million deposit",
"in April 2012 to become the first person to buy a",
"Gulfstream G650 -- \"the hottest airplane out",
"there\" --- with its distinctive, sweeping,",
"curving wings and its roomy, swanky interior. It",
"made him \"feel like a million dollars,\" he said",
"gleefully. For a plane that costs $65 million,",
"feeling like $1 million might seem like a",
"disappointment. But you get the picture. The",
"jet's top speed: 704 mph -- nearly the speed of",
"sound -- makes it arguably the world's fastest",
"civilian aircraft. \"I was just amazed at how",
"quick it took off,\" says Henn. \"And then it just",
"went ZOOM -- straight up. I just sat back and",
"drank a glass of wine and enjoyed it.\" Henn knows",
"speed. He's been around the track a time or two",
"-- winning the checkered flag during the '80s at",
"the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours event at",
"Florida's Sebring International Raceway. He",
"doesn't compete anymore. But he still travels",
"around the world to race his friends. A",
"super-fast G650 that can fly 8,000 statute miles",
"-- farther than just about any other executive",
"class jet -- might save him a lot of time and",
"hassles. Saving time and avoiding hassles are the",
"main reasons the rich and famous want to fly",
"private. Oprah Winfrey and Bill Gates reportedly",
"each own a Bombardier Global Express. Tom Cruise",
"is said to have a Gulfstream IV. Jackie Chan has",
"an Embraer Legacy 650. And Jay-Z reportedly",
"received a Bombardier Challenger 850 from his",
"wife, Beyonce, as a Father's Day gift. But none",
"of these planes can smoke the G650. Speed aside,",
"it's got goodies like no other jet in its class.",
"In the cockpit: an infrared night-vision system",
"projects a pilot windshield display, increasing",
"safety during landings. In the cabin: bigger",
"28-inch-tall windows and a ceiling height of",
"6-and-a-half feet. \"if you fly from here to",
"Tokyo, you have to fly with two crews,\" Henn",
"explains. The G650 has \"a complete crew quarters",
"and restrooms and galley and everything they",
"need. So it's a different breed of cat from what",
"I'm used to.\" Speed flows through Henn's family",
"bloodline, dating back to his boyhood in Western",
"North Carolina. His father raced speed boats and",
"cars when he wasn't running movie theaters. As an",
"adult in 1963, Henn bought a drive-in theater of",
"his own in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. During the",
"next half-century, that drive-in grew into the",
"Swap Shop -- an 88-acre flea market and cash cow.",
"Of course, Henn's not the lone lover of the G650.",
"Reportedly, the plane has caught Oprah's eye as",
"well. Also said to be interested are Hollywood",
"media mogul David Geffen, designer Ralph Lauren",
"and financial wizard Warren Buffett. Keep in mind",
"that \"very few celebrities own their own jets,\"",
"says Doug Giese of Embraer Executive Jets. Owning",
"a plane is still expensive, even if you're rich.",
"Giese says most celebs fly private by using",
"brokers or buying memberships in fractional share",
"programs. Brokers . New Hampshire-based PJS",
"Private Jet Services Group brokers private jets",
"-- hooking planes up with passengers for a",
"one-time, up-front price. \"Private aviation is",
"becoming more commonplace because there are more",
"programs now,\" says PJS CEO Greg Raiff, a 23-year",
"top broker whose business includes several",
"college and professional sports teams. \"Thanks to",
"the Internet, there are now 500 companies that",
"can arrange something for you.\" Typically, an",
"aircraft that can fly about 10 passengers round",
"trip from New York City to Los Angeles could cost",
"about $54,000. A smaller jet that seats about",
"seven might cost $26,000 round trip from",
"Philadelphia to Austin, Texas. Split the cost",
"among the passengers, and it's comparable to the",
"price of some luxury cruises -- and a possible",
"option to celebrate an important life-event such",
"as a golden anniversary or a retirement party.",
"Fractional shares . Fractional share programs",
"such as NetJet have been around for a while,",
"offering travelers the less expensive option of",
"buying shares of a jet instead of buying the",
"whole thing. Share programs often come with \"jet",
"cards.\" Prepay tens of thousands of dollars onto",
"your card in exchange for the convenience of",
"dialing an 800 number and ordering a jet. \"That",
"was a real industry game-changer,\" says Raiff.",
"\"It made booking a jet as easy as ordering a",
"pizza.\" One downside, says Raiff: You have to pay",
"well in advance. Many jet cards start at a",
"minimum of $100,000, but Delta Private Jets",
"offers a more affordable $25,000 card. Give them",
"at least 48 hours notice, and they'll get you a",
"plane, says DPJ President Cyril Turner. One",
"upside, says Turner: You're protected against",
"rising prices. \"People can lock in today's rate",
"even if there are future increases,\" Turner says.",
"\"With the cost of Jet A fuel approaching $6 a",
"gallon and a burn rate approaching -- depending",
"on the plane type -- 200 gallons an hour, that",
"gets pretty costly.\" Delta Private Jets charges",
"about $5,000 per hour for jets seating up to",
"eight people. Rates start at $9,800 per hour for",
"jets seating up to 14 people. BlackJet offers an",
"even more creative idea: \"semi-private\" flying,",
"CNNMoney reports. BlackJet books business class",
"planes from carriers such as JetSelect and sells",
"the seats individually. A BlackJet seat on a",
"Challenger 300 from New York to L.A. might cost",
"around $3,500. CNNMoney: BlackJet offers private",
"jet seats for less . Development of the G650",
"survived a crisis in 2011, when one of the jets",
"crashed during a takeoff performance test in New",
"Mexico, killing two Gulfstream pilots and two",
"flight test engineers. Federal investigators",
"blamed Gulfstream's testing process. During the",
"investigation, Gulfstream temporarily shut down",
"its G650 test planes. But 17 months later, the",
"G650 received FAA certification. Now, Gulfstream",
"has more than 200 customers waiting to get their",
"hands on a G650. So far, only about a half dozen",
"have been delivered to customers. As they roll",
"out, plane spotters are on site, snapping photos",
"and posting them online. \"If you call Gulfstream",
"and ask, 'When can I get a G650?' It's four or",
"five years off,\" says Henn. Unfortunately for",
"Henn, enjoying his G650 won't be an option for",
"the time being. Ultimately, he says, he's a",
"businessman, and the plane is an investment. He",
"leased the jet back to Gulfstream so the company",
"can use it as a demonstration model. \"It's on its",
"way to China,\" Henn says. \"It's supposedly going",
"to set a round-the-world record.\" There's a hint",
"of disappointment in Henn's voice, above the",
"sounds of revving engines at the Daytona track.",
"\"Sorry, it's time to get back to it,\" he",
"explains. His Enzo Ferrari is beckoning. \"I'm",
"going to take my Enzo back out on the track, and",
"then I'm finished for today,\" he says. \"Then I'm",
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One of the country's most important Jacobean houses that has been used as a police training college for decades has been put up for sale by the Home Office for £25m. Built in 1612, Bramshill House, near Hook in Hampshire, boasts a lake, two chapels and world-class training facilities, not to mention the 329 bedrooms. The Home Office says it is selling because the historic mansion and its 300-acre grounds cost £5m a year to run, but the police have been heavily criticised for their lavish spending on the historic estate. Bramshill House in Hampshire, which the Home Office is selling for £25m, was built in 1612 and sits in 300 acres . The Home Office bought the Jacobean mansion in 1953 and have used it as a police training college . In 2011 the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) was slammed for spending more than £18,000 of taxpayers' cash on the mansion and its grounds, including £1,800 on a beehive and cultivator for the kitchen garden, and £147 on rhododendrons. And the year before that, the agency was revealed to have spent £750,000 on restoring an ornamental bridge - a 1940s folly - in the grounds. The NPIA also spent £2m resurfacing a mile-long stretch of the drive there, and spent £31,000 on a black tie dinner for officers at Bramshill in September 2007. The Home Office has used the Grade I-listed property, which at 43,000sq ft would be one of the largest homes in the UK, since 1953 as a training centre for police. The site also houses the British National Police Library, the largest policing library in Europe, the National Missing Persons Bureau, and the Serious Crime Analysis Centre. The mansion, which was built between 1605 and 1615, has 15 bedrooms, a long gallery, chapel, lounges, a mezzanine and a number of 'magnificent state rooms' which have now been converted into banqueting halls. Grandeur: But such elegance comes at a price: the Home Office says Bramshill costs £5m a year to run . Away from the Jacobean mansion, there . are a number of purpose built buildings which include two bars, 58 staff houses, two . restaurants, a sports hall and 231 en-suite bedrooms. The address dates back to the Domesday Book when it was known as the estate of 'Bromeselle' and held by Hugh De Port. By the 14th century the Foxleys owned the estate and in 1347 Sir Thomas Foxley Constable of Windsor Castle was granted permission to enclose 2,500 acres of land as a deer park at Bramshill and Hazeley. Between 1351 and 1360 Sir Thomas also 'erected a noble mansion at Bramshill', possibly using tradesmen from Windsor. In 1605, the estate was acquired by Cambridge-educated Edward, 11th Lord Zouche of Harringworth. As the ambassador to Scotland and Lord President of the Council of Wales, Zouche needed a large country mansion to make a statement that he was a force to be reckoned with, and so reconstructed the house between 1605 and 1615. King James visited in 1620 and the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1621 and it was also used for a first class cricket match between England and Hampshire in 1823 with the county side winning by five wickets. Bramshill was used as a maternity home during World War Two and afterwards as a shelter for the exiled King of Romania. Emma Cleugh of estate agents Knight Frank, who are selling the house and grounds, said: 'Bramshill's rich history is part of its appeal but also its modern facilities bring it right into the 21st century. 'Bramshill represents an unequalled opportunity to the market - whether for continued institutional/training/educational uses or alternative uses and further development.' | Grade I-listed Bramshill House in Hook, Hampshire, was built in 1612 .
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By . Daily Mail Reporter . Two Romanians caught attempting to smuggle Afghan migrants across the Channel to Britain in the boots of their cars have been jailed by a court in Boulogne on the French coast. Ionica Doru Cicea, 22, was arrested on Monday in Calais after two women were discovered in the boot of his Volkswagen Passat. A second man, Dumitru Vaduva, aged 60, was handed over to the French authorities by British Border Police after they found a three year old child accompanied by his parents - again in the boot of a car, a Citroen Picasso. Smuggling: The two men were jailed for smuggling Afghans in their boot. Pictured is the scene at Calais this week, where would-be migrants try their luck on lorries headed over the border . The court heard that investigators established links between the two cases. On both the phones of the two defendants the same number - of a man living in Britain known as ‘Christie’- was found. At first Christie was believed to be Indian but later turned out to be Romanian. He allegedly paid the smugglers to drive the migrants onto the ferry and across the Channel. The court heard that a third vehicle accompanied the two defendant’s cars and was intending to monitor the operation. The migrants were allowed to sit on the back seat of the vehicles but as they approached border control posts they were ordered to get into the boot where breathing was difficult in the confined space. One of the defendants was paid £800 for his part in the operation and the other was told he could keep the car he used for the operation. The judge was told that Vaduva has a previous conviction in 2002. Operation: The court heard that three cars were involved in the smuggling attempt. Pictured above are more hopefuls camped outside Calais . He jailed Cicea for 10 months and Vaduva for one year. A source in Boulogne confirmed last night that the migrants were all of Afghan nationality and had been released after questioning. The Boulogne prosecutor told the court: ‘The family of three persons (parents plus child) had been arrested and questioned by Police three times in ten days. ‘Needless to say,that the smugglers who took them belong doubtless to the same organisation. The two defendants knew exactlywhat they were doing. ‘Otherwise why didn’t they put them on board a Eurolines coach? Of course the bad people are the ones that are not present here in court today. They are the enforcers who belong to a criminal organisation. In the pursuit of gain, everything including standards of good behaviour, comes second.’ | Ionica Doru Cicea, 22, and Dumitru Vaduva were arrested by British police .
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Blighted: Simon Ellis of Crowders . The Government is to be sued for more than £200,000 in damages by the country’s biggest grower of native trees over the delays in handling the outbreak of ash dieback disease. Robert Crowder, chairman and owner of Crowders Nurseries in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, has had to destroy 50,000 ash trees and is blaming three months of dithering and delay by officials for his losses. He is furious that plant health officials who identified about 15 infected trees at his nursery in June issued an emergency order that prevented him from touching or removing the trees. It meant the disease spread like wildfire. Several hundred trees became infected before officials took any further action and on September 17 he was given just six weeks to destroy all 50,000 ash trees. Mr Crowder is also angry that the Government ignored warnings about the potential impact of the disease that the Horticultural Trades Association has been making since 2009. The Government has ruled out paying compensation for loss of diseased ash trees, but Mr Crowder, whose firm grows five million trees a year, is preparing to challenge this. He said: ‘We intend to take legal action. Officials have been slow to react to the potential danger of the disease.’ Officials turned up at the 200-year-old family firm in June. They had identified an infected tree in Leicester that had been supplied by Crowders and wanted to check other trees. Simon Ellis, marketing director at Crowders, said: ‘We were genuinely surprised. We could not understand where the disease came from. ‘We grow from English seed and occasionally if we have storm or flood damage we buy in extra stock from English suppliers. Threat: Ash trees across the UK are endangered by dieback disease . Destroyed: The uprooted ash trees at the nursery . ‘It was only this summer we found out our supplier sent his young ash saplings to the Continent to grow and we bought 10,000 of them. Some went to Leicester for a park-and-ride scheme. ‘The usual advice when you get disease in a tree is you lift it out of the ground and then you burn it. ‘They came at the end of June and found about 15 infected trees. But the officials did not know what to do. We waited and waited.’ On July 19 the firm received a notice. Mr Ellis said he expected this to be the order to destroy the trees. ‘But the notice stated the trees must not be pruned, lopped, trimmed or moved until further notice,’ he said. Horse-riders were urged to wash mud from their animals’ hooves to avoid spreading the disease. It was feared that their mounts could carry the fungus spores from one woodland to another. As the hunt season started this weekend, there were concerns that dogs from more than 200 packs of foxhounds, stag hounds and beagles could move the spores across the countryside. Environment Secretary Owen Paterson said: ‘Everyone should be responsible.’ However, Defra said it would not impose any temporary bans on hunts. ‘Again we waited and were worried about the delays. Then on September 19 we got the destruction notice. By then several hundred trees were infected. ‘Then they decided we needed to get rid of all our ash trees, and there were 50,000 of them. We pulled them up and burnt them within two weeks, but we have lost at least £200,000. ‘We still can’t understand why they didn’t let us destroy the infected trees in June. ‘The problem is that officials are not experienced in recognising the disease or knowing what to look for.’ Crowders is one of 12 nurseries where the disease has been found in ash trees. But according to Mr Ellis it is the only nursery named in emails circulated by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) to other organisations involved in handling the outbreak. Mr Ellis said: ‘We are also going to sue for loss of reputation because we are aggrieved our company name is being repeatedly mentioned and linked to infected sites.’ A Defra spokesman said: ‘The 1967 Plant Health Act allows for an option of compensation for plant disease but there is no legal obligation. At a time when our trees face increasing threat from a range of diseases and when we are seeking to maintain tight controls on spending and reduce the deficit, it is our view that resources are best spent on surveillance and other preventative disease-management activities.’ Two years ago I was in Kyoto, Japan. In the mountain woods around the city, about one-tenth of the trees had suddenly died within six months, but not because anyone had failed to keep the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. Pines – much-loved historic trees in Japan – had been killed by a microscopic worm from America. Oaks, including a species closely related to English oak, had been slaughtered by a mysterious new fungus disease and the insect that conveys it. No one knew where it came from. What can I say about the new ash disease? I told you so. It fits a pattern that has been known, but not heeded, since my student days. I have been saying this for more than ten years in lectures and articles, and in my New Naturalist book Woodlands, published in 2006. The gravest threat to the world’s trees and forests is not people cutting down trees, nor climate change, nor even too many deer: it is globalisation of tree diseases. Most native plant diseases and pests have existed for millions of years alongside their local host plants, which have come to terms with them, so they do only limited damage. This breaks down when people, usually inadvertently, bring them into contact with new host plants that are not adapted to them. Evolution does not provide an answer, because plants, especially trees, have long generation times. Fungi and worms can run rings round them in evolutionary terms. Plant diseases are being moved around the world and are subtracting tree after tree at random from lands that have no previous experience of them. I could quote 20 examples: European elm disease in America, the American vine pests and diseases that very nearly killed off wine-making in Europe, sweet-chestnut disease in Europe and America, etc. England has had alder disease, and the micro-caterpillar that turns horse-chestnut leaves brown, among others, but so far we been let off lightly, compared with Japan or Australia. Globalisation has gone into top gear in the past 40 years through the growth of international trade. Some of the responsibility lies with the tree-planting movement. Since 1973 (remember the Plant a Tree in 73 campaign?) planting ‘native’ trees has become institutional, with contracts to be bid for, work to be finished on time and budgets to be spent by the end of the financial year. An industry has arisen, geared to human administrators, which clashes with the behaviour of trees and their parasites. If English oak trees haven’t produced acorns this year, the contractor cannot wait until next year but goes to a country where acorns are available. This stimulates a trade in living plants. Anyone importing a million container-grown hawthorns from Hungary – as if there were not enough hawthorns in Britain – inevitably imports 1,000 tons of Hungarian soil and whatever is in it. Planting imported trees, even if the original seed was ‘local’, carries a risk for existing trees. At a conference in Ireland in 2004, I remarked that the Irish had had enough experience of imported plant disease – the calamitous potato famine from 1845, caused by a fungus that fell off an American ship – to last them 1,000 years. The man from the Ministry got up and bleated that nothing could be done because this would restrict trade and the World Trade Organization would not allow it. Little seems to be definitely known about ash disease: nobody knows where the fungus came from, how it travels, how long it has been here, or even how many of the trees are killed. The fungus kills the shoots, and the tree produces a bunch of replacement shoots – but this can happen from other causes as well. Perfect health is not the normal state of trees. Ash disease is difficult to recognise, indeed probably impossible until next spring, now that most ash leaves have fallen. What is to be done? Probably nothing effective in the present state of ignorance. Talk of exterminating ash trees within 20 miles of an infection cannot be taken seriously given the vast numbers of trees and the practical difficulty of finding and destroying them – and the need to repeat the performance every time ash disease is detected, until there are no ash trees left. It seems that any of the world’s plant diseases is at liberty to enter Britain provided it does so via some other European Union country. By the time the problem has been detected and the bureaucracy has clanked into action, it is too late. Once a tree disease has become established in a country, it is almost unknown for it to be controlled, let alone exterminated. One piece of good news: the Forestry Commission’s pathology research establishment at Alice Holt has been revived after years of decline. It is badly needed. Oliver Rackham is a botanist and historical ecologist, and a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. | The biggest grower in UK blames Forestry officers for fatal delay after his warning .
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"since my student days. I have been saying this",
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"deer: it is globalisation of tree diseases. Most",
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"importing a million container-grown hawthorns",
"from Hungary – as if there were not enough",
"hawthorns in Britain – inevitably imports 1,000",
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By . James Forsyth . The morning after Ed Miliband’s conference speech, David Cameron and his speechwriting team gathered at Chequers. The Prime Minister was in bullish mood. Unlike several of his Cabinet colleagues, he wasn’t overly concerned by Miliband’s raid on ‘One Nation’ Tory territory. He joked: ‘It’s impressive to give a speech for 70 minutes without notes; it’s even more impressive to give a speech for 70 minutes without notes and not say anything.’ Cameron’s crack is typical of his new attitude. The Prime Minister has finally heeded the pleas of many of his closest allies and made himself and his Downing Street operation more political. Conservative Party chairman Grant Shapps and London Mayor Boris Johnson . New Tory Chairman Grant Shapps, unlike his predecessor Baroness Warsi, attends the two key No 10 meetings of the day at 8.30am and 4pm. This ensures the party-political perspective is heard before decisions are taken. This more political approach will be evident in Cameron’s conference speech on Wednesday. He’ll argue his opponents don’t understand how to make Britain economically competitive. He’ll also try to show voters who want to get on that he understands that aspiration is the spur to success. Cameron’s party is increasingly focused on a strategy for winning a majority in 2015. The initial findings were presented to Tory Cabinet Ministers last month and to key aides at the party’s campaign headquarters last week. Outright victory has been made far harder by the Liberal Democrats’ refusal to back Tory efforts to reduce pro-Labour bias in the electoral system. But those working on the strategy – the Prime Minister’s political secretary Stephen Gilbert, his director of strategy Andrew Cooper and Shapps – believe that there are reasons for optimism. First, they think the Nineties phenomenon of ‘shy Tories’ – people not being prepared to say they are voting for the party – has returned. They calculate that the party’s true level of support could be five points or more above what headline figures suggest. Second, they are confident that incumbency gives them an advantage. Their analysis of the last Election result shows sitting MPs tended to be insulated against the national swing. Third, they think they can be more targeted. In 2010, the Tories were trying to take 160 seats. This time, they are looking at just 40. I’m told the list will include more than ten Lib Dem seats. The economy remains the key to victory in 2015, however. In his speech tomorrow, George Osborne will set out tax breaks designed to boost growth. However, on Europe little will be said. One insider ascribes this to the influence of Cabinet Secretary Jeremy Heywood. ‘You can’t talk about Europe in No 10 without Jeremy jumping down your throat,’ I’m told. Cameron will have to say more soon. For his party wants two things from him: an understanding of how he intends to win next time and a clear lead on Europe. Providing these will be the best way to unite Tories around him. Wordsmith: Speechwriter Clare Foges . David Cameron’s conference speech is the first big challenge for his new chief speechwriter, Clare Foges. Foges, who took on the job last . month following the move of her predecessor Julian Glover to the . Department for Transport, drafted the speech pretty much . single-handedly. Foges, who is in her early 30s, has . risen quickly though the Tory ranks. She previously worked for MP John . Hayes and Boris Johnson. At the start of her career, she supplemented . her salary by driving an ice-cream van. She’s been writing for Cameron . since 2008. After the Election, she followed him into No 10, where she . is respected for her ability to capture the Prime Minister’s voice, . knowing how he would choose to say something. Boris Johnson might be going to Tory conference for only 24 hours but, to the concern of many in Downing Street, he’s still set to be the centre of attention. One No 10 aide says, only half-jokingly: ‘At least we know where the trouble will come from.’ There’s also anger at one of Boris’s people claiming he turned down five invitations to Chequers before accepting one last weekend. Cameron is, strikingly, doing a series of TV interviews on Tuesday, both the day of the London Mayor’s speech and the Prime Minister’s birthday. I suspect the present he really wants is for Boris to behave. Ed Miliband and his team are planning a ¿One Nation¿ trip across Britain designed to ram home the message of his conference address . First there was the speech, then there was the tour. Ed Miliband and his team are planning a ‘One Nation’ trip across Britain designed to ram home the message of his conference address. 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Using flimsy-looking pulleys, gold mine workers lower themselves into the deep mines, left. Once inside, and wearing just basic headlamps, they search for the precious commodity. This man, right, displays a gold rock . The miners are part of a 60,000 strong workforce in South Sudan who take part in the back-breaking work, often because of widespread hunger. These images show miners working in the Al-Ibedia area at River Nile State. Miners are lowered into the pits on flimsy-looking pulleys held together by wood. The holes are so narrow, they can barely turn around. Wearing no safety jackets or helmets, the miners have just a headlamp to guide them in the bleak darkness. Once at the bottom of the mines, they use a variety of basic-looking tools to dig for the valuable commodity, in hot, and unremitting conditions. As the miners dig and search for long hours, above ground, makeshift camps are created in which other workers prepare to deal with the findings from below. Fierce: Above ground, workers prepare for their day's work in shelters, which are often battered by brutal sandstorms . Basic: The mines appear as long, slim crevasses in the ground . The pulleys which the workers use to lower themselves down into are supported by planks of wood . Dangerous: The conditions are brutal, with the miners not wearing helmets or protective clothing . Valuable: The mines are dark and claustrophobic but the rewards for those who find gold are huge . Hard work: A gold mine worker lifts a bag down into one of the pits . Workers sift the earth, looking for any sign of gold. Others operate large gold crushing machines and weigh their findings to check on their value. Gold mining is big business in Sudan, particularly in the south. The land is endowed with many resources, many of which are undiscovered. As well as gold, there is also believed to be copper, uranium and marble. But with this comes numerous problems, including smuggling. 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'In fact we did a rough calculation that if this was to have been . organised, I am sure we would have got in total say every year like $600 . million from this additional just local miners and applying taxation . rate of about 33% internationally we would have gotten about $200 . million on average,' he said. The authorities are now having to battle with illegal mining operations across many areas of the country. Officials . have warned they will soon deploy inspectors along with police to . areas suspected of illegal mining. Happy: Despite the work being tough, the rewards can be huge. These workers display large gold nuggets as they weigh them at the mine . Heavy: Large chunks of gold are weighed so workers can assess they value . Battle: Gold mining is fast turning into big business in Sudan. But the authorities are increasingly having to struggle to fight against smugglers . Preparations: Gold mine workers at the back of a truck take cover from the rain as they make their way to a local mine in River Nile State . Boost: The miners work long and brutal hours, so taking time out to eat food is important . Sandstorm: The conditions below ground are tough, but as this picture shows, it is often even worse on the surface . The government needs the money which . it generates as it looks for an alternative to oil, which currently . provides more than 90 per cent of the government's revenue. It is believed that about 60,000 people mine for gold in South Sudan. Many use their . bare hands which they once used to harvest crops. The back-breaking labour is even carried out by women, children and elderly people who are driven to work because of widespread hunger. | Sudanese miners use flimsy-looking pulleys held together by wood to lower themselves into dark pits .
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It was almost as if David Moyes had borrowed some of the magic of the FA Cup on Sunday night at Anoeta as his Real Sociedad played at being giant-killers and took the scalp of Barcelona. On one of the greatest nights of his managerial career Moyes masterminded a 1-0 win with the side he took over last November seeing off Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar in style. He was given a helping hand by opposing coach Luis Enrique who bizarrely left Messi out of his starting line-up – perhaps the Barca coach was also paying homage to the world’s oldest club cup competition by resting his most important players. VIDEO Scroll down for all the Big Match Stats as David Moyes delivers a giant killing . Luis Suarez (left) looks on as Real Sociedad players celebrate taking an early lead as La Liga resumed after the winter break . David Moyes' side had previously beaten Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid at the Anoeta Stadium this season . Andres Iniesta (centre) retreats back to the centre circle as Barcelona missed the chance to move top of La Liga . Real Sociedad (4-2-3-1): Rulli; C. Martinez, Ansotegi, I. Martinez, De La Bella; Markel, Granero; Xabi Prieto, Canales (Yuri 90+3), Castro (Finnbogason 66); Vela (Ruben Pardo 90) Substitutes not used: Zubikarai, Gaztanaga, Elustondo, Pablo Hervias . Scorer : Alba (own goal) 2 . Booked: Vela, Martinez, Granero, Markel . Barcelona (4-3-3): Bravo; Montoya, Mascherano, Mathieu (Alves 70), Alba; Xavi, Busquets, Iniesta; Munir (Messi 45), Suarez, Pedro (Neymar 58) Substitutes not used: Stegen, Pique, Rakitic, Rafinha . Booked: Mathieu, Alves, Neymar . That strange team sheet which also included Neymar, Gerard Pique, Dani Alves and Ivan Rakitic on the bench was the first shock of the night, the second came after just one minute when a header from Jordi Alba went flying past his own keeper to give Real Sociedad the lead. Barca came into the game having picked up just one of a possible 12 points in their last four visits to Anoeta. They were facing a Real Sociedad side who had already beaten Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid at home. Luis Enrique’s side now needed a goal but with top scorer in the league Messi (15 goals) on the bench and Neymar, Barca's second highest league scorer with 1, alongside him that was always going to be more difficult. This was not the way for Barcelona to take advantage of Real Madrid having lost to Valencia in the earlier Sunday game giving them the chance to go top. Luis Suarez was looking for his second league goal of the season and might have fancied his chances from a free-kick on 20 minutes but Xavi took the set-piece and sent it over the bar. Suarez then charged through on goal but played in Pedro who squandered the chance. The former Liverpool striker cut a frustrated figure in an attack between Pedro and youngster Munir El Haddadi. It wasn’t what he signed up for when he made his £75million pound switch in the summer. Suarez played in Pedro again but this time the winger crossed and when the ball hit Inigo Martinez on the arm Suarez appealed but the referee waved away the calls for a penalty. Luis Enrique controversially left out the likes of Lionel Messi (second left), Gerard Pique and Dani Alves (right) from the Barca starting XI . Lionel Messi watches the action from the Barcelona bench after surprisingly being left out by coach Enrique . Barcelona defender Jordi Alba (right) heads into his own goal to give Real Sociedad the lead . Real Sociedad's Xabier Prieto (right) attempts to claim the goal after Alba's header on two minutes . Real Sociedad's players celebrate after taking an unexpectedly early lead in San Sebastian . Real Sociedad's Prieto (centre) and Sergio Canales (right) leap for joy as a dejected Suarez tries to appeal . Real Sociedad almost made the most of the stroke of good fortune going down the other end and nearly doubling their lead. Full-back Alberto de la Bella admitted recently that Moyes has been encouraging him to overlap a-la Leighton Baines and the defender flew down the left and crossed for Xabi Prieto who just failed to connect under pressure from Jordi Alba. It was the perfect chance to make it 2-0 but there was another scare for Barça moments after. Sergio Canales pulled off a clever turn that left Martin Montoya on the seat of his shorts and the former Real Madrid man shot at Claudio Bravo only for the one-time Real Sociedad keeper to palm the effort away. Vela then charged through and was booked for diving, the former Arsenal man had gone down under a challenge from Javier Mascherano. With two minutes left of the first half and Messi already warming up Barca had their first shot on target but it came from distance from Pedro and was comfortably saved by Geronimo Rulli. Real Sociedad supporters whistled match official Carlos del Cerro Grande off the pitch at half time after he booked Inigo Martinez in injury time for handling as he stopped Suarez going past him. The ball did not appear to have touched the defender as he went to ground. All Barça eyes were on Messi ready to make his delayed entrance at the start of the second half. He replaced Munir on 45 minutes and Neymar replaced Pedro on the hour – once the Brazilian had removed his necklace. He was perhaps not expecting to come on having had the least rest during the midwinter break. Despite the changes it was Real Sociedad who looked like scoring next with Prieto heading just over after Bravo had failed to come for a cross. Messi tried to bundle his way through at the other end as the visitors did their best to get a foothold back in the game. He took the next sent piece but came no closer than Xavi had in the first half. Alves was thrown on too and with Barca switching to three at the back Real Sociedad needed some heroic defending to see out the second half but with Inigo Martinez superbly marshaling the troops Moyes men did exactly that. Suarez had the best chance but was brilliantly denied by Rulli. After so many headlines about Moyes’ future at Manchester United, on Monday morning the inquests will all be for his rival Enrique. The Spaniard’s job is in doubt. Moyes has won his first big game in Spain and is settling in very nicely indeed. 12 months ago, David Moyes was reeling after Manchester United were dumped out of the FA Cup at the first hurdle by Swansea City. A last-minute goal by Wilfried Bony secured a 2-1 win at Old Trafford after Javier Hernandez equalised a Wayne Routledge opener. Former Liverpool striker Suarez (left) competes with Real Sociedad's Alberto de la Bella as Barcelona chase the game . Barcelona forward Pedro reacts after missing an opportunity to bring the visitors level . Barcelona enforcer Javier Mascherano (left) holds off Canales of Real Sociedad during the first half . Martin Montoya (left) of Barcelona competes in an aerial duel with Canales (centre) and Esteban Granero . Uruguay forward Suarez races away from Canales as Barcelona chase the game in the second half . Moyes screams instructions from the sidelines as Real Sociedad fight to maintain their slender lead . Messi was introduced in the second half along with Neymar as Barcelona tried to change the game . Brazilian superstar Neymar (right) appeared slightly rusty after coming on as a second half substitute . Suarez reacts to a missed opportunity in his own typical style as Barcelona push forward in the closing stages . Real Sociedad's Martinez (centre) blocks a shot from Messi as the home side hang on for their dear lives . Barcelona coach Enrique can expect criticism after his decision to leave out star players backfired . | Barcelona missed the chance to take top spot in La Liga after Real Madrid's 2-1 defeat to Valencia earlier in the day .
Luis Enrique controversially left out star players such as Lionel Messi, Neymar and Gerard Pique .
David Moyes' side had previously beaten Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid at the Anoeta Stadium this season .
Barca defender Jordi Alba headed into his own goal to give the hosts the lead after only two minutes . | f999c07325695249059c1810097a4eee1f4757c7 | [
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