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Inside a press conference used on the Riviera Hotel and Casino on Might 17, 2010 the Association for Billiard Game enthusiasts (ABP) announced that they’ve officially released. The conference was used by expert game enthusiasts Johnny Archer, Rodney Morris and Stevie Moore. The objective from the new association would be to permit the billiards game enthusiasts have some manage in tournaments which they compete.

The primary objectives from the new association consist of getting guaranteed payment in events, controlling their personal ranking points program, safeguarding themselves against unforeseen problems, and positioning themselves within the long term to provide advantages for example wellness insurance and retirement funds. Inside a bold statement which will send a shock close to the globe, the ABP additional declared that all promoters will have to adhere and adhere to the stipulations that they’ll supply within the close to long term.

Inside a press conference used on the Riviera Hotel and Casino on Might 17, 2010 the Association for Billiard Game enthusiasts (ABP) they which have officially released.

The ABP also disclosed which they are already operating using the Billiard Congress of America (BCA) to assist with administration, collection of player entry costs, promoter costs and additional cash. The BCA with provide additional assistance by operating using the ABP in other locations, namely the eventual turnover from the ranking program.

On the moment the roster for that ABP consists of Johnny Archer, Rodney Morris, Stevie Moore, Mike Davis, Shawn Putnam, Shane Van Boening, Mika Immonen, Charlie Williams, Thorsten Hohmann, Corey Deuel, John Schmidt and Oscar Dominguez.

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With the real estate market being like it is, sellers and agents are using every trick in the book to sell property. The few that are on the market seem to be moving steadily, but with many would-be movers staying put for now, or not able to get the credit, things are still in the doldrums. MLS or Multiple Listing Service inventory is tight, with fewer properties than usual available, and those that are aren’t selling at all, or very quickly.

The newest trick to sell homes is a step along from home staging, and it’s called “Occupied to sell.”  Home staging is an old trick where an interior designer or professional stager will present a home in the best possible light, using props, rented furniture and other accessories to make the house look like a home a buyer wants. It’s well known that vacant homes take longer to sell, and don’t fetch as much as a fully furnished, lived in one.

To solve this problem, enterprising people are offering a home staging, and occupation service to home sellers. The company will stage the home as required, then have one of their home managers “live” there while it’s being viewed or shown. The manager is responsible for keeping the home pristine and ready to show at any time.

This not only increases the security of a vacant property, but it also creates the illusion of a family home, rather than an empty lot. This allows the seller to achieve a more realistic price and hopefully a quicker sale. In return the seller pays a monthly fee to the company until the home is sold and a “success fee”  once it is. The fees are around a quarter of a percent, and the success fee around three quarters.

This service isn’t for everyone. Typically homes over the $400,000 mark are ripe for occupied staging, as they will see the most benefit. Even a couple of percent increase in price more than makes up for what the staging company would charge, and the home gets looked after while it’s not being lived in.

The selection of a home manager is important, but something that quite a few people seem interested in. Many people would like to live in a luxury home in a gated community, even for a couple of weeks. The catch being that they have to be fastidiously clean and have the house prepared for viewing at all times. Other than that, it’s a breeze.

In return for a small monthly fee, a seller can be happy in the knowledge that their home is occupied and ready to sell to the right buyer. The home has been staged to within an inch of its life and there are people there to paint the picture of the lifestyle that will achieve the highest price.

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news analysis Whatever happened between Tiger Woods and his wife last Friday, by now they're probably wishing they never talked to the police.

The initial reports said Woods lost control of his Cadillac SUV outside of his home and hit a fire hydrant and tree in his neighbor's yard. His wife, Elin Nordegren, reportedly told local police that she was in the house and, according to the police chief, “came out and broke the back window with a golf club” to extricate her husband.

But TMZ.com reported on Monday that Woods' wife told a different story to Florida state troopers that involved her searching for him in a golf cart, and that there was no blood on the steering wheel. That opens the couple up to the possibility of an investigation of spousal abuse on the possibility that the injuries were suffered before his accident; TMZ claims the Florida Highway Patrol is seeking a search warrant after Woods turned them away from his home three times. (Here's Woods' statement, and a CBS News report about an alleged other woman.)

Let Tiger and Elin's encounter with the local constabulary be a warning to you: Don't talk to the police without your lawyer present. Even if you're innocent. Just don't.

This advice may seem counter-intuitive. But before you convince yourself I'm wrong, it's worth watching this video (below) by James Duane, a professor at the Regent University School of Law in Virginia Beach and former criminal defense attorney, who makes precisely this point about your Fifth Amendment rights. (Here's a rebuttal from a police officer who agrees.)

One reason is that the list of what is and what isn't a crime has grown so long that even lawyers can barely figure it out. The American Bar Association has only an estimate of how many crimes exist: Offhand, do you know what is and isn't legal? Another is that, if the police already have a sufficient reason to arrest you, you're not going to be able to talk your way out of it.

Plus, the recollection of police officers can be mistaken; they may say you acknowledged guilt of some sort. Who do you think a judge will believe? The Innocence Project reports that: “In about 25 percent of DNA exoneration cases, innocent defendants made incriminating statements, delivered outright confessions or pled guilty.”

The folks at Flex Your Rights, a non-profit group, have put together a less lawyerly, more comprehensive video titled: “BUSTED: The Citizen's Guide to Surviving Police Encounters.” And of course, when dealing with federal police, telling them any “materially false” statement is a federal crime.

It's one thing if you call the police if, say, your wallet is stolen. But when they initiate the conversation and you may be a suspect, it's rarely in your best interests to talk. Just don't.

Because Tiger Woods' wife chose to speak with police, now she and her husband have become (at least if you believe TMZ) the focus of an criminal investigation. Remember, you have the right to remain silent. Use it.

Now wouldn't this be more fun than watching the usual talking heads on Entertainment Tonight and CNN? Here's a purported Chinese news report on Tiger Woods domestic spat, complete with animation that renders the incident like a cutscene in "Final Fantasy VII." And yes, the golf club part is included.

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Charles Pierce, the behatted nemesis of Bill Simmons, wrote a piece for Esquire.com about covering bachelor Tiger in '97 and the golfer's not-so-secret rep as “something of a hound.” And Radaronline and USweekly report foretell more road beef coming.

TMZ (of course) reports that US Weekly has a massive interview with a woman named Jamiee (the extra “e” is for “emotionally damaged”) Grubbs, who claims she had a 31-month affair with Tiger, chock-full of texting, sexting and all sorts of other details that will most likely have Elin reaching for the irons again.

Congratulations, Rachel Uchitel. Your Google-trending will be overtaken by this Grubbs woman starting…now.

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i'm a 56 year old caucasian woman and because i'm caucasian and so is the best golfer in the world's wife, he had an affair with me, too! (yea, right!)

sounds like many jealous caucasian men out there! don't like that Tiger Woods is the best golfer in the world and non-caucasian! plus, he married a beautiful caucasian woman! oh, that makes those anglo-saxon males mad!!!

they cannot beat him golfing, so they have to slander and libel and embarrass him. we get what you are up to.

The worst thing about all this Tiger Woods business is obviously the effect that it’ll have on our faces.

Tiger Woods advertises Gillette, remember. But if he’s really been having an affair with Rachel Uchitel, how are we supposed to trust him? We already don’t trust Thierry Henry (because of his handball) or Roger Federer (because his eyes are too close together) – so if we can’t trust Tiger Woods, then what are we going to do with our faces? We’ll have to grow beards, that’s what. We hate beards. Damn you, Tiger Woods.

But luckily it might not come to that. Tiger’s alleged mistress Rachel Uchitel has swung to the rescue and offered to take a lie detector test to sort this mess out.

Rachel Uchitel has every reason to be outraged by the rumours that she had an affair with Tiger Woods. Because why on Earth would she? Tiger Woods is a golfer, for crying out loud, and golfers are notoriously dull. A golfer’s every waking moment is filled with thoughts of wind speed and swing velocity and loft angle and side spin. They’re all like that bloke off A Beautiful Mind, only less gay and more interested in wearing horrible trousers all the time. Why on Earth would a statuesque beauty like Rachel Uchitel waste her energy on a golfer like Tiger Woods?

Because he’s worth a billion dollars? Oh, right. That.

But anyway, Rachel Uchitel says that she isn’t romantically involved with Tiger Woods, that she wasn’t the root cause of Friday’s Tiger Woods car crash – the one alleged to have happened because Tiger Woods’s wife discovered the affair and attacked his face with her fingernails – and that a lie detector test could disprove The National Enquirer’s claims to the contrary. The Examiner reports:

Rachel Uchitel said that she has offered to take a polygraph for the Enquirer, to prove her claims, but “they refused it. They told me it was too late and the story was running anyway… This is nothing to do with me,” she said. “We have never had an affair, and the claims we did are completely false… I am really upset about it because I am being portrayed as a homewrecker, when it simply isn’t true.”

The problem with this, though, is that The National Enquirer claims that all of its sources have been subjected to lie detector tests as well, and they’ve all passed. So clearly someone is telling porkies about this, but who?

He might be avoiding it for all it’s worth at the moment, but it seems like the only way this mess will get sorted out is if Tiger Woods decides to come forward once and for all and tell the truth behind the crash, the cause of the crash and his alleged relationship with Rachel Uchitel. He’s got nothing to be afraid of – he’s a golfer, so it’s guaranteed that everyone watching will have dozed off after his first three words and miss all the good stuff anyway. What’s he waiting for?

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Despite the fact that TMZ pays to have eyes everywhere, they couldn't actually get footage of Tiger Woods' mishap with his wife. So what did a Taiwanese news program do? They made their own.

It's a lesson news organizations should learn from here: Just make machinima reproductions of events using a Sims 3/GTA 4 style program so that your viewers can see what Tiger Woods getting bitchslapped looks like. I mean, hearing a police spokesperson relay the facts of how Tiger drove away while his wife was attacking his car with a golf club is fine, but nothing beats seeing a virtual woman smack the hell out of a car with your own eyes.

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