The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday
Crushed. Devastated. Heartbroken. We were achingly close, but the agonising wait goes on. And so Wimbledon ends for us in the way it always must: with a plucky Brit choking back the sobs as he faces the press after a semi-final defeat.
thoughts of oscar (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Several attended the celebration of the opening of Issalt at venue Cymru....spotted in the crowd CllrsHowarth and Lyon....eating merrily away....... The only person seen to collar the chief exec of Clwyd Alyn to raise some issues was Cllr Mark Jones... Now I thought the said cllrs were keen to represent the residents views...not a Dicky bird has come forth......to busy scoffing for free me thinks...
The Wardman Wire (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Pleasley Hill is a small community near Mansfield in Nottinghamshire. Historically it has been "ignored" (that is probably the best word). Recently one members of the community, Mark Jones, started using a simple Wordpress.com blog called " Plight of Pleasley Hill " to draw attention to the community's need.
Trawler-Rider (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
I went for a beer with Arwyn last month. I have known Arwyn for more than 20 years, We went to California together In 2004. We made a Welsh Skate Roadtrip movie for S4C, it was weird to hear him speak Welsh into the dashboard mounted camera as we drove down the Pacific Coast Highway Arwyn Davies Is a welsh TV star in the national soap opera Pobol y Cwm. He plays Mark Jones, a nasty Nick Cotton type...
World Wide Words newsletter (Free subscription) | 06/27/2009
• Department of Ambulatory Architecture. From the BBC site: “Quaid-I-Azam University in Islamabad is the country’s most prestigious university. Walking through its green and leafy campus, are four mosques.” Thanks to David Lay for spotting that. • In common with many journals, the Daily Galaxy Web site reported the unveiling of a computerised sign in New York that displays...
Express & Star (Free subscription) | 06/23/2009
Walsall blogger Mark Jones mulls over seven weeks out of season that have hardly set pulses racing among the Saddlers faithful.
The Crawfish Boxes (Free subscription) | 06/23/2009
From Zach Levine's Chron.com blog: Rd. Pick Player Pos. School Minors 2 69 Tanner Bushue RHP South Central HS (Ill.) GCL 3 99 Telvin Nash LF Griffin HS (Ga.) GCL 3s 110 Jonathan Meyer 3B Simi Valley HS (Calif.) Greeneville 4 130 Bralion Hyatt RHP South Carolina Greeneville 5 160 Brandon Wikoff SS Illinois Tri-City 8 250 Brandt Walker RHP Stanford Tri-City 9 280 Ben Orloff SS UC Irvine Tri-City 11 340...
Kid Dynamite's World (Free subscription) | 06/22/2009
From AM New York - the free daily paper: "Straphangers, start bringing a broom on your commute. Because of budget constraints, the MTA has curtailed station cleaning, with Transit officials acknowledging they are down by about 100 workers. The agency has also slashed overtime for cleaners, and workers say they simply can't keep up with the mounting trash. “Maintenance took a hit,”...
The Crawfish Boxes (Free subscription) | 06/17/2009
The Chronicle's Jose de Jesus Ortiz had Bobby Heck available for a chat earlier today on the Chron website . Here are some highlights in easy-to-read form. On 2nd Rounder Tanner Bushue Bobby Heck: I think we view our second-rounder Tanner Bushue along th[e same] lines [as Jordan Lyles, Ross Seaton and Brad Dydalewicz]. He's an athletic kid with a natural athletic and simple delivery and good arm action....
Spaghetti Gazetti (Free subscription) | 06/12/2009
Editor's review.... I came across this series of audio CDs when I picked up a free sample which was with the BBC History magazine several months ago. Having listened to the sample edition again recently I have fallen in love with the idea of the history of the last century told in the voices of the people who lived through each decade. I therefore decided to give myself a rare treat and purchased the...
BBC Sport (Free subscription) | 06/05/2009
Wales go into their 600th Test, Saturday's clash against the United States, with wing Mark Jones urging his team-mates to take their chance.
BBC Sport | Rugby Union | Welsh | U (Free subscription) | 06/05/2009
Wales go into their 600th Test, Saturday's clash against the United States, with wing Mark Jones urging his team-mates to take their chance.
icWales (Free subscription) | 06/05/2009
IT’S somehow fitting in the week of the NBA finals that Mark Jones should have proved his fitness for tomorrow’s clash with the Eagles by playing a game of basketball.
Skysports.com (Free subscription) | 06/04/2009
Winger Mark Jones believes his team-mates have a chance to stake their claim to a regular place in the Wales side.
Planet Rugby (Free subscription) | 06/04/2009
Wales winger Mark Jones believes his team-mates can finish the season on a high against the USA in Chicago this Saturday."
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