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20 facts about Arsenal so far this season
The fourth month of the 10-month long Premier League season is around its midway point and the gooners have witnessed a lot from the team they support. The club ended last season on a sad note and put themselves in an almost precarious situation when they had to face the gamble of qualifying for the Champions League through the knock out phase.
Udinese Calcio provided a very good threat but Arsene Wenger's men turned on the style to begin a journey that has seen them top Group F just past the halfway point of the Champions' League group stage proper. So far, the Gunners have been engaged in three football competitions and they had a shambolic start in the one that they've won 13 times, the Premier League.
From my review of the season so far, I've been able to gather a lot of facts about Arsenal Football Club and I'll like to share my top 20. Here's my take on 20 facts about Arsenal so far.
Robin van Persie is a goal scoring machine
Since the turn of 2011, Arsenal's lethal forward Robin van Persie has been on an unbelievable goal scoring streak amassing 28 Premier League goals in his last 27 Premier League games as well as 34 goals in 38 games in this calendar year.
Everything van Persie touches has changed to goals and he proved this fact yet again when he came off the bench to score a brace against Stoke City. More recently, he scored his easiest goal of 2011 when Arsenal hosted West Brom with a simple finish from less than six yards out.
When Aaron Ramsey scores something mysterious happens elsewhere
Call this coincidence but three major deaths have been recorded a day after Aaron Ramsey found the back of the net for Arsenal.
When he scored the only goal in the narrow 1-0 win over Manchester United, Osama bin Laden was killed in Pakistan the next day; when he scored Arsenal's equalizer against Tottenham, Apple's Steve Jobs released his latest and final software called iDied a day after and when he scored Arsenal's last minute match winner against Olympique Marseille, Libya's Moammar Gadhafi was caught and killed the next day.
There's something freaky about Aaron Ramsey scoring and I wonder what will happen next when he decides to score again.
Bad refereeing decisions have played its part yet again
One tends to wonder if the issues of referees and Arsenal must be a curse from beyond but the match-day officials have played a role in some decisions that has gone against the Gunners this season.
When Arsenal hosted Liverpool at the Emirates in August, Luis Suarez was offside when he received the ball from Raul Meireles but the linesman chose not to raise his flag and the outcome ultimately led to a goal. More recently in Arsenal's match against Stoke City, Peter Crouch and Laurent Koscielny challenged for the ball in the air but the ref blew his whistle for a foul that never occurred. It wasn't surprising to know that Peter Crouch got on the end of a nice training move to score Stoke's equalizer.
Squad indiscipline
There was a time when Arsenal was accused for not 'sticking in' too much when the likes of Bolton and Blackburn under Sam Allardyce took time out to be bullying Arsenal's players but the trend has changed for the worst because the new-look Arsenal has started breeding ruffians that are never afraid to get a yellow or even worse.
Alex Song escaped with a red card when he stamped on Joey Hitler's foot when Arsenal played Newcastle but he didn't escape the eagle eyes of the FA after the match. However Emmanuel Frimpong (Liverpool) and Carl Jenkinson (Manchester United) didn't escape the clutches of the referees though.
Unfortunate injuries
This is the biggest cliché Arsenal fans have become accustomed to. Year and year, Arsenal will always have a player that will spend a considerable time on the sidelines especially when he's needed the most.
Jack Wilshere was a phenom last season for Arsenal but he hasn't kicked the ball this season because of an ankle injury that he sustained in the summer. Thomas Vermaelen spent seven long months out last season and after suffering a late tackle when Arsenal played Udinese Calcio he has been out for quite some time but he's back to full fitness while Bacary Sagna has become the most recent long-term absentee after fracturing his leg when Arsenal played Tottenham.
On the good side, regular customers like Robin van Persie and Aaron Ramsey have been playing at optimum health but Kieran Gibbs and Abou Diaby have picked up where they left off last season with more injury problems.
Bad Luck
If you search a dictionary for the football meaning of the word 'bad luck', you'll probably see a picture of Wojciech Szczesny and Laurent Koscielny looking very gloomy at Wembley. This season, Arsenal's visit to Ewood Park was the Google definition of football bad luck.
How on Earth can a team score five goals in a match while their opponents scored two yet they ended up losing? I'm pretty sure that Albert Einstein won't be able to give me an answer to that.
Andrey Arshavin's inconsistency
Look for the Prince of Persia somewhere in Alamuth, steal his dagger then activate the Sands of Time to rewind the football world back to May 2008. Zenit St. Petersburg played Glasgow Rangers in the final of the UEFA Cup. Rangers run to the final saw them record many goalless draws that were settled with penalties but a little Russian delivered two through passes that cut their defense open like hot knife through butter.
Move a bit forward to the European Championships that took place in Switzerland and Austria in the summer of 2008. The little Russian was suspended from some matches in the group stage but singlehandedly destroyed tournament favorites Holland in the quarter finals before losing to the eventual winners Spain in the semis.
Finally, move forward to February 2nd, 2009. After a very long transfer saga that was almost thwarted with issues concerning money, this little Russian inherited the jersey left by Sol Campbell to wow the Arsenal faithful with breathtaking performances with the pick of the bunch being his amazing four-goal haul when Arsenal visited Anfield.
Return back to reality and see the same Andrey Arshavin that was regarded well above Robin van Persie and Samir Nasri as one of Arsenal's world class players after Cesc Fabregas. He has become a very peripheral figure in matches and he can be a pain to watch at times.
I hope he gets his act right soon enough.
Alex Song's sloppy passes
Trust me, no one has sang more sweet tunes for a fellow African gem like Alex Song than me. The Cameroonian joined Arsenal from SC Bastia and was sent to Charlton to improve his football because he struggled to make the squad with the likes of Gilberto Silva, Mathieu Flamini and Lassana Diarra still present in the squad. The way they all departed was not taken likely by the fans……me included.
Wenger went back to the lab and brought out one of the best defensive midfielders in the Premier League. Naturally built and with the stamina of an ox, Song added technique, skill, confidence and goal scoring to his game making him one of the finest players to have being molded by Wenger.
However, there's a part of Alex Song's game that needs some massive improvement. This season, his passes to teammates have been very poor and he has handed the opposition times without number. I hope he will decide someday to give the ball to the people that really know what to do with it and do his own job on the pitch. His pass to Gervinho when Arsenal played Blackburn was a peach though.
Per Mertesacker is a slow poke
Imagine a scenario where a tortoise, a snail and Per Mertesacker will be on the starting grid for a 100m dash, who do you think would emerge as the winner?
Even though he has the height of Jack's Beanstalk, the composure and calmness of a rattlesnake waiting for a rat to enter its striking range and the positioning of great defenders from yesteryear, Mertesacker's pace is a real cause for concern in a fast-paced league like the English Premiership and it has already been exploited by the opposition this season.
Nevertheless, I consider him as a good signing because he has added a lot of experience and coordination to Arsenal's backline but certainly not some pace.
Marouane Chamakh's confidence has hidden under a rock
There was a certain Moroccan sensation that played his entire career in Girondins de Bordeaux before switching to the Red half of North London. He started with a few goals during the preseason before forcing Pepe Reina to score an own goal on the opening day of last season in Anfield.
He scored his first goal on his home debut against recently relegated Blackpool before joining the party when Arsenal thrashed Bolton by 4-1 in September. He also scored on his Champions League debut in the 6-0 spanking of eventual Europa League finalists SC Braga and continued his personal scoring record in the competition that extended from his Bordeaux days.
He scored in his Arsenal's second Champions League tie against Partizan before scoring the match winner against Birmingham City in mid-October. He scored again in Arsenal's third Champions League game against Shakhtar and it seemed as if he was destined to score in every game of the Champions League as long as he played.
The goals dried up a bit but he found some form again in November scoring a brace against Wolves before scoring Tottenham and Aston Villa. Marouane Chamakh's toe poke in Villa Park was his 10th goal in just 21 appearances averaging a goal every two games then Robin van Persie came along and Chamakh found himself relegated to the bench and featured in lowly Cup ties.
In recent times, Chamakh has been a ghostly figure on the pitch and the player that amassed a goal in two has currently scored just two goals in his last 33 games or so. It's so unfortunate to see how his form waned like a player that returned from a long-term injury but it's fair to say that Chamakh's days are probably numbered in the club and with the likes of PSG gunning for him; you can never tell what will happen next.
Arsenal's worst result in the 21st century
The last time Arsenal conceded eight goals in a game, my father's father was not even born because Zeus was still commissioning the Olympic Games as far back as 1896. 115 years later, Arsene Wenger carried a bunch of kids in his bench as well as same 'experienced' heads to visit Old Trafford on a faithful Sunday evening.
Wayne Rooney was in scintillating form and Arsenal's defense activated their self-destruct sequence. Shortly after the match anti-Arsenal fans and media Vultures alike created the punch line of the season,
"I'll 8-2 be an Arsenal fan right now"
Potential transfer targets were missed yet again
Last summer was very busy from an Arsenal point of view and the media Vultures flew around the Gunner camp to release reports linking players in and out of the club. There were very notable departures for Arsene Wenger's side this season.
Gael Clichy quietly packed his bags and joined Manchester City while the three-year long Fabregate saga involving Arsenal and Barcelona finally came to an end. Samir Nasri put the club at ransom at some point before making a big money move to the Etihad Stadium. This meant that there was enough money in the bank and Arsenal was in need of dire replacements especially in midfield and the defense.
The media Vultures heralded Gary Cahill as the defensive messiah and Chris Samba literally pleaded with Arsenal to come and get him. Clichy's departure brought up names like Leighton Baines and Jose Enrique but Arsene Wenger folded his arms as the days went by without any activity. In the midfield, Eden Hazard and Yann M' Vila were also linked to the club but the pleas from the fans to buy them also fell on deaf ears.
Personal milestones for Arsene Wenger
Arsene Wenger has been under serious stick at the start of the season following a run of poor results but there was still time for the Gunners boss to celebrate his 15th anniversary as Arsenal's manager as well as his 62nd birthday.
This milestone still puts him 10 years behind the great Sir Alex Ferguson in terms of service to a football club but Arsene Wenger's managerial career is worth emulating as he proves yet again that continuity is a key attribute for the stability of any football club.
Chelsea's Abramovich had a certain Special One that won the club's first set of trophies since the days Merlin was the Chief Wizard of Camelot but after rescinding the Portuguese contract, he has gone on to bring in an influx of managers that he ended up sacking with the exception of Guus Hiddink that left on his own accord.
Panicky deadline day signings
Say what you must but Arsenal fans should extend a little bit of gratitude to Manchester United for opening Arsene Wenger's eyes in the worst possible manner. He had lost midfield juggernauts like Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri and decided to place all his faith on Andrey Arshavin, Aaron Ramsey and probably Tomas Rosicky to handle the burden of creativity. I had a feeling that if Arsenal escaped Old Trafford with a draw or probably a surprise win, Wenger might just have stuck with his thin squad.
But on the bright side, Arsenal fans are elated when the usually miserly boss cleaned off the dust from Arsenal's cheque book to buy five players that have integrated themselves well into the Arsenal setup with little time to gel.
Andre Santos arrival has been a breath of fresh air as Arsenal now has a full back that can offer a whole lot in attack as well as remain responsible at the back. Per Mertesacker has added calmness and coordination to a usually panicky Arsenal defense. Mikel Arteta has been a blessing to Arsenal as he has provided the perfect balance in the midfield. Yossi Benayoun's wit and versatility has been a tool that has been exploited by Wenger and Park Chu-Young's finish against Bolton was a goal made in dreams.
A simple word to Manchester United: Thanks. J
Initial struggle after the loss of Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri
To lose a player that provided 100 assists in eight seasons was a very bitter pill to swallow and the other midfield maestro that was touted as his favored replacement followed suit weeks later. The club clearly struggled in late August and early September as the team's lack of creative spark was glaring for all to see.
The only player that offered a glimmer of hope in terms of creativity was sent off on his Arsenal debut in St. James Park but he helped the club in their Champions League playoff aspirations.
Aaron Ramsey has finally come of age
Aaron Ramsey had a steep learning curve that was halted untimely by injury and it took him a long recuperation process and a few loan spells in npower Championship sides to hit the ground running.
It was fabled that Ramsey's long-term injury paved the way for Jack Wilshere but the tables have been turned because Wilshere's spell on the sidelines has given Ramsey the license to get a great number of games under his belt and he has thrived very well with his new opportunity.
Wilshere is still regarded as Arsenal's best midfielder by a mile and it's also obvious that Alex Song will be staring every game so the real battle for the final midfield spot will be between Ramsey and Mikel Arteta because they'll definitely be selected above Tomas Rosicky et al.
Wojciech Szczesny is gradually working his way up the Premier League goalkeeping food chain
To think that Arsenal had such a talented goalie that started last season as the fourth choice custodian between the sticks. If Manuel Almunia and Lukasz Fabianski didn't suffer mysterious injuries like they did last season, the world might have been denied a young, confident and commanding Pole called Wojciech Szczesny.
Standing at a massive 1.95m, Szczesny is a dominant force in the box and he's a very vocal lad that instills confidence on his centre backs. This season, he has made impossible saves with the standout save being that save from Lee Cattermole's header when Arsenal hosted Sunderland.
This season, I can only think of four goalies that have been better than Szczesny in the Premier League; Swansea's Vorm, Pepe Reina, Brad Friedel and Joe Hart. In my opinion, Szczesny has usurped the likes of Petr Cech and David de Gea.
Laurent Koscielny's massive improvement
The Frenchman has done well in Thomas Vermaelen's absence to make performances that have been rewarded with his very first French cap in a friendly against USA.
Most people will feel that Per Mertesacker should be Vermaelen's starting partner but with the form Koscielny is in, I'll put my money on the French lad to play along the Verminator when Arsenal faces tough opposition.
October has been a month to remember
The season started on a very bad note for Arsene Wenger and his men but they've done well to go back to the drawing room and find their feet. Arsenal started October with a narrow 2-1 loss to Tottenham but the club has gone on to win every other game in the month with the most notable victory being the enthralling 5-3 spanking against fellow title rivals Chelsea.
Arsenal's overall play has massively improved
As the months went by, Arsenal is gradually becoming a very solid football side with quality in every position of the pitch. Wojciech Szczesny's emergence has brought an end to the club's goalkeeping woes while the defense has improved with the return to full fitness of Thomas Vermaelen.
There's an abundance of talent in midfield with Alex Song getting better with each passing game while Aaron Ramsey is repaying Arsene Wenger's faith shown in him. Robin van Persie has been phenomenal in attack while Gervinho has added dynamism to the squad.
There's also a measure of depth in the squad with the likes of Marouane Chamakh, Andrey Arshavin and Tomas Rosicky spending more time on the dugout to come into the game as impact subs.
There are many other facts but these are my top 20.
I hope that you enjoyed reading the article.
A brief review on Arsenal's ambassadors on international duty this weekend
I guess that I'll have to start by apologizing for some of the content in my last post. I wrote that I was probably going to get some stick by putting Eduardo and Carlos Vela in a list that had Pascal Cygan, Denilson and Mikael Silvestre and boy, did I get some stick or what. Many gooners expected names like Francis Jeffers and Sebastien Squillaci to be in the list but as I wrote in that same post, the list is endless..
Moving on from that minor setback, this weekend turned out to be a boring affair because I was forced to watch some countries bore me to tears with 0-0 draws as well as a 1-0 England win in a game that I anticipated to have a boatload of goals at least. From a neutral point of view, it was an interesting match between two football heavyweights but Vicente del Bosque had to succumb to just his sixth loss as Spain's manager which is pretty impressive if you ask me.
The most important fixtures from a European perspective where the European Championships playoffs that took place between eight teams with only four joining the remaining 12 that have already qualified. In other parts of the globe, Arsenal sent 16 ambassadors to represent their national teams and here's a full list of the Gunners in action:
Aaron Ramsey
The Welsh captain led his fellow dragons as they breathed a baptism of fire past Norway in a resounding 4-1 victory. The world's best left-footed Chimpanzee opened the deadlock before the fastest hobbit currently playing in Liverpool made it two. Wolves Sam Vokes completed the rout with a brace.
Laurent Koscielny
The Kosinator has been in inspired form this season and it was only a matter of time before he was going to be called up by Laurent Blanc. He finally made his first cap for France in their 1-0 victory over the United States. Fulham's Clint Dempsey was ubiquitous on the pitch and Everton's Tim Howard made an unbelievable save from Karim Benzema's free kick. Marseille's Loic Remy scored what proved to be the winner with a placed effort from an over the top pass.
Tomas Rosicky
Little Mozart captained his side to put one foot in the European Championships after a 2-0 win against surprise package Montenegro. Rosicky was voted as the Man of the Match as he pulled all the strings in the midfield.
Theo Walcott
The pacey winger played 45 minutes in England's 1-0 victory over Spain. As expected, the Spaniards dominated possession but the Lampback of NotreDame bellied his years and came up with the goods again.
There was so much talk at the start of the season that the Lampback was past his prime but he has been impressive in the Premier League since AVB handed him another chance. He even got a goal and gave an assist when Chelsea played Arsenal but the pick of the bunch was the performance of Captain Van-tastic.
The fore-headed one was in action when the Elephants took on last summer's World Cup hosts in the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium at Port Elizabeth but it ended in a 1-1 draw. Sibuniso Gaxa scored an embarrassing own goal to put Gervinho's side ahead but a Katlego Mphela free kick leveled the contest.
I will never forget Mphela's free kick against Spain in the 2010 Confederations Cup. It left me screaming so hard that my mum came out of her room to check if anything had happened to her beloved son. I would like you all to scream like me so I've decided to put the video of the goal in this post.
Andrey Arshavin
Russia's football czar led his country to a 1-1 draw against Euro 2004 winners Greece. Roman Shirokov gave the visitors a quick lead in just two minutes but the experienced Kostas Katsouranis leveled the tie. Arshavin played all 90 minutes.
Robin van Persie and Johan Djourou
This lethal forward got injured for five months in a fixture against Italy last year so Arsene Wenger took out time to talk Bert van Marwijk about the striker's availability in the friendly game against Switzerland. He played the entire match and shot blanks in a 0-0 draw but he was sent back home on a Red Ribbon as Holland is set to play Germany tomorrow without the Flying Dutchman.
Johan Djourou was on the other end of the pitch for 90 minutes and he was among the players that made sure that van Persie and the rest of the Dutch attack remained quiet throughout the game.
Wojciech Szczesny and Lukasz Fabianski
Both goalies were called up by Poland's coach but Wojciech Szczesny got the nod when Poland took on Italy. Mario Balotelli and Giampaolo Pazzini scored for Italy in the 2-0 win but Szczesny can be happy with his performance because he kept the Italians at bay several times.
Lukasz Fabianski will probably get the nod when Poland plays Hungary on Tuesday.
Thomas Vermaelen
The Verminator enjoyed some good time out at the dugout as Belgium defeated Romania by a 2-1 scoreline. The man-mountain Daniel van Buyten put the Belgians ahead and an own goal from Rasvan Cocis but Vermaelen's side two up. Romanian veteran Daniel Niculae reduced the deficit for the visitors but it wasn't enough as the game ended like that.
Vermaelen has followed the Belgium side that will play France in Paris and I'm pretty sure that Vermaelen will want to get him some French fries on the pitch on Tuesday.
Alex Song
Alex Song was in the starting lineup when Cameroon brushed Sudan aside in the LG Friendly Cup. The game ended at 3-1 in favor of Cameroon.
Per Mertesacker
Arsenal's beanpole defender spent time on the bench like his defensive counterpart Thomas Vermaelen. However, it was a free scoring contest as Ukraine and Germany ended the game with three goals apiece.
Andriy Yarmolenko opened the scoring for the hosts and Yevgen Konoplyanka made it two. Bayern's Toni Kroos pulled one back for the Germans but Serhiy Nazarenko brought Ukraine back to their comfort zone as the first half ended with a two-goal advantage for the Andriy Shevchenko captained side.
Joachim Loew probably went haywire in the dressing room as the Germans came back strongly in the second half. Bayer Leverkusen's Simon Rolfes made it 3-2 before Bayern Munich's Young Money singer turned footballer, Young Mueller Baby scored what proved to be the final goal of the fiesty encounter.
Park Chu-Young
Everybody expected Park Chu-Young to score again when Korea Republic visited United Arab Emirates and he duly delivered. Park has been a goal scoring machine for his nation this season and his goal against Bolton was a thing of beauty.
With the present form of van Persie, Park and Marouane Chamakh will have to be content with a place on the bench and they'll have to strut their stuff when deployed in Cup matches.
As for the Under-21 level, youngsters like Francis Coquelin and Alex the Chambered Ox continued their fledgling careers.
We have one more week before we go back to civilization n the form of club football.
Till then,
Olympique Marseille 0 Arsenal 1: Aaron Ramsey makes the trip worthwhile
Olympique Marseille and Arsenal were suffering from the same case of mediocrity in their respective leagues and dominance in Europe. Marseille ended last season as runners-up to the French Ligue 1 behind Gervinho's former employers but they are uncharacteristically 14 points off the pace while their London counterparts are currently 12 points behind Manchester City with just eight games gone.
Marseille surprisingly had a miserly home defense in the Champions League as Chelsea and Manchester United visited the Stade Velodrome and couldn't score a goal while Arsenal had not recorded an away clean sheet in the Champions League since that famous 2-0 victory in San Siro three and half years ago.
Andrey Arshavin got the nod ahead of Gervinho and Aaron Ramsey was fit enough to make it to the bench whilst Kieran Gibbs remained out.
With just three minutes gone, Alex Song produced a horror moment where he was robbed off the ball after dwelling on it only to receive a yellow card for a tackle he made trying to recover the ball back. Mathieu Valbuena lofted the free kick in but Wojciech Szczesny was equal to the challenge. Shortly afterwards, a cross field ball was sent to Lucho Gonzalez' path but Laurent Koscielny came across to anticipate the ball only to receive a shout from his goalie so the Frenchman ducked as Szczesny caught the ball.
The last time Koscielny and Szczesny were involved in a mix-up, Arsenal lost their best shot of a trophy on the 27th of February, 2011.
Song sent a ball to Theo Walcott who controlled it well before swinging it into the box. Robin van Persie got on the end of the cross but he strayed fractionally offside. On the other end of the pitch, Bruno Cheyrou was unmarked from a throw-in but his effort sailed effortlessly over the bar.
The first major talking point of the match arrived when Carl Jenkinson allegedly handed a cross inside the box but the man with the whistle was having none of it. Andre Ayew was the closest on the crime scene and he was quick to let out his frustrations vocally on the ref only to be brandished with a yellow card.
Vabuena made mince meat of Andre Santos on the right flank but the Brazilian full back decided to exert his revenge on the French elf before getting his name in the Slovenian referee's book. Song and Mikel Arteta combined well before teeing up Jenkinson but his proposed cross for van Persie was intercepted by Souleymane Diawara for a corner kick.
Arsenal had a series of corners that were handled well by the Marseille defense but another talking point surfaced when Diawara deliberately handled the ball inside the box before clearing the ball off the line when van Persie's header beat Steve Mandanda fair and square.
Walcott used his blistering pace to great effect as he dribbled past Jeremy Morel but his ball in the final third was blocked off for another corner that yielded no fruit. A major concern came from the Arsenal bench when Jenkinson hit the turf while clutching his knee. Johan Djourou warmed up a bit but his services were not needed because Jenkinson continued with the game.
Out of the blue, Loic Remy used his pace to keep the ball in play before jinking past Per Mertesacker to advance into the Arsenal box. Jenkinson ran at the player with the hope of winning the ball but Remy skipped past him too before Song arrived on the scene to mop up any threat that ultimately led to Marseille's first corner of the game.
Laurent Koscielny showed some uncertainty with a panicky clearance that went in for a throw-in. Cesar Azpilicueta pelted it to Valbuena and the French hobbit's cross arrived on the feet of Lucho but his effort went wide.
That was all the first half had to offer and Marseille were sitting pretty at the top at that point of the game. Arsenal started as the brighter side after the interval and a pass by Tomas Rosicky which was intended for van Persie was anticipated by Mandanda.
Jenkinson couldn't continue with the tie so Johan Djourou came in his stead. Song sent a nice pass to van Persie but Mandanda did well to save the Arsenal captain's low drive that came off his fabled chocolate leg. Rosicky did extremely well to create a through pass for Walcott but his finish was quite atrocious.
The pacey Englishman was replaced by Gervinho who added wit to Arsenal''s play from the flanks. The ref's performance was put under question when he awarded a card to Djourou for a tackle that was won fairly by the Swiss brick wall.
Late on, Arsene Wenger brought Aaron Ramsey back into the fold to replace the peripheral Andrey Arshavin. Valbuena made Per Mertesacker show him his number before drilling a ball that was anticipated by Laurent Koscielny.
Gervinho made a good run before feeding van Persie but his shot was saved by Marseille's goalie. At the 90th minute of play, I'd already prepared a title for today's post:
Olympique Marseille 0 Arsenal 0: The Gunners show lack of quality and confidence perhaps?
But it was smashed to bits when Djourou produced a cross Bacary Sagna and Jenkinson would have been proud of that arrived at the foot of Ramsey and the Welsh captain wasted no time in smashing it past the onrushing Mandanda to win the game for Arsenal right at the death.
Football is all about moments like that and it was a joy to behold.
Ramsey's goal meant a lot to Arsenal at this critical stage of the season. For starters, it was Arsenal's first away clean sheet since the famous 2-0 win against AC Milan in March 2008, it was a goal that was going to raise the confidence of the players, It signified that Arsenal had recorded an away win and they have been hard to come by nowadays and it has brought Ramsey to the spotlight for all the right reasons.
Szczesny (6.5) had an untroubled outing but did okay under the circumstances.
Jenkinson (7.0) made a large amount of crosses and supported Walcott superbly on the right hand side.
Andre Santos (6.5) didn't offer much in attack and had his lucky stars thank when the referee left him on the pitch.
Koscielny (7.5) was very impressive in defense and made many vital interceptions.
Mertesacker (6.5) was on the end of some disgraceful dribbles against the opposition but he did okay for make some challenges in the course of the game.
Song (6.5) put his team under pressure in the game and was lucky that his mistakes were not utilized by the opposition.
Arteta (7.0) coordinated himself well and was always available for a pass.
Rosicky (7.5) showed good movement on the ball and defended well off it.
Arshavin (5.5) was painful to watch.
Walcott (6.0) eased off as the game progressed.
Van Persie (6.5) lacked good service but did well to get on the end of some moves that ended up being offside.
Djourou (7.5) provided a brilliant assist.
Gervinho (7.0) added some steel to the attack.
Ramsey (7.5) was Arsenal's hero at the end of the encounter despite being on the pitch for a short while.
The fans chanted the 'One Nil to the Arsenal' song and the winning run that Arteta hoped for is currently ongoing. A win against Stoke will be highly welcome before Arsenal hosts Bolton in the Carling Cup.
As Jordin Spark said in her hit song,
It's one step at a time for Wenger's men.
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Director: Amma Asante
Starring: David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike, Jack Davenport
Release: November 25th, 2016
David Oyelowo gets far too little credit for his acting talent. Some people dismissed Selma as a propaganda piece, failing to give its director & star the credit they both deserve. Well not me, not my critic's organization, we understood the effort put into that picture, and I understand the great talent of David Oyelowo. He'll be perfect in this role, that I can almost guarantee, and I respect Rosamund Pike as an actress as well, her Gone Girl performance not the most she can give. Add in the director of Belle and you've got something to see.

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SledZilla 2013
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Micromax is all set to launch the 2nd iteration of the Doodle series, the Micromax Doodle 2. Earlier this week, Micromax started teasing about it on its Facebook page and the device has finally landed on Flipkart.com without any price info under the coming soon tag.
As per the listing on Flipkart.com, Micromax Doodle 2 is supposed to have 1.2 GHz Quad Core processor, Android v4.2 (Jelly Bean), 5.7 Inches HD (1280 x 720 Pixels) IPS Display, 12 Megapixel Primary Camera with Dual LED Flash and a 5 Megapixel Front Camera, 42 Mbps HSDPA 3G connectivity, 12GB of Internal memory and 2600 mAh Li-Ion Battery and Dual SIM & Dual Standby too.
As with the original Doodle launched earlier this year, this too would come with a Stylus. Apart from the features mentioned above, Doodle 2 is expected to have 1GB of RAM, standard connectivity features like WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth, GPS, microUSB and more.
Tough as of now no info is available regarding its price, but it should not cost more than Rs. 18,000. Micromax Doodle 2 would be competing directly with the Samsung's Mega 5.8 launched earlier this year, which is priced at around Rs. 22,000 You can check the comparison between the two on this page (via Flipkart.com).


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According to the Vedic astrology wearing a right gemstone can bring miracle in a life. There are total nine planets and each one of them represents a specific aspect of our life. People can choose right gemstone to solve the problem in their life. Each gemstone has their positive and negative impact in the life. Each gemstone is associated with specific profession and right choice of it can bring you success in life. Let see how these gemstone can be helpful in a specific profession.
1, Ruby (माणिक्य)
Ruby is a precious stone which is also known as 'Manik' in Hindi. Its mystical power is renowned by everyone and attracts almost all individual. It is treated as one of the admirable gemstone in Hinduism. According to the Vedic astrology ruby is the gemstone of sun, the king of all zodiac. The sun is the source of vital energy and soul of the universe. The ruby gemstone assimilates (absorb) utmost energy from the sun, making it one of the strongest gemstone among all.
Some of the professions for which the ruby is very beneficial are government employee, ministers, executives, employee of the forest department, medicinal business, ortho specialists, heart specialists and contractors.
How to wear it
Wear it in a gold ring in your ring finger of right hand on Sunday.
2, Pearl (मोती)
Pearl is the gemstone found in the depth of an ocean and created in the soft tissue of shelled mollusk. Pearl is made up of calcium carbonate and its basic color is white. It is also found in some other colors like yellow, blue, pink, silver and even dark. According to the Vedic astrology it is gemstone of the moon, with emotion, character, vision and wealth.
Pearl is beneficial for person have the business of silver jewelry, water, , travel agency, agriculture, food products and rice. It is also suitable for psychologist and gynecologists.
How to wear it
Wear it in your little finger of your right hand in a silver ring on Monday.
3, Red Coral (मूंगा)
Red coral is made up of a skeleton of hard colonial sedentary that together form a colony. According to the Vedic astrology it is also known as moonga gemstone of Mars. Mars is the god of warfare and commander-in-chief of the planetary system. It represents the vitality, energy, blood circulation and ambition.
This gemstone is beneficial for metallurgy engineer, property dealer, electrician, lawyer, sheaf, surgeon and weapons manufacturer.
How to wear it
Wear this gemstone in your ring finger of right hand in the ring of either copper or gold.
4, Emerald (पन्ना)
Emerald is one of the most beautiful and attractive gemstone among all. It is the stone made up of the mineral beryl and the metal chromium that reflects the bluish-green color to which it is famous for its center of attraction. It is also renowned throughout human history as Mughals empire is very fond of this gemstone. According to Vedic astrology it represents the mercury. Mercury legislate the knowledge and judgment of an individual. It also represent the ability of communication. It is also concerned with the skin, discourse and sensory system.
It is very beneficial for the policy agents, writers, brokers, accountant, publishers, teachers, bank employees and engineers. It is also helpful for the person who wants to do business of courier agency.
How to wear it
Wear it in your little finger of the right hand in a gold ring on Wednesday.
चाय पीने के पहले इसमें उपस्थित इन तीन विषैले पदार्थों के बारे में जानलें
5, Yellow Sapphire (पुखराज)
It is the light yellow color attractive gemstone. It's beautiful color and cuts easily draw an attention of an individual. According to Vedic astrology it represents the Jupiter. Jupiter is rewarded as the head teacher of all the planet in the planetary system. It is ell known for its influential forces that make positive impact on an individual. It is responsible for wealth, prosperity, fortune, marriage and bliss in the life.
It is very beneficial for employees of education department, bank employees, managers, publishers, spiritual gurus and consultants.
How to wear it
Wear it in your index finger of right hand in a gold ring on Thursday.
6, Diamond (हिरा)
It is the precious and emperor of the gemstone. It is the hardest known mineral and good conductor of heat and electricity. It has been renowned throughout the Indian history and were used as a religious ornaments, in business and for beautification. According to Vedic astrology it represents the Venus. Venus gives the happy married and luxurious life. It also grant creativity and uniqueness in thought and sharpen the memory.
It is very beneficial for the field of film industry, singer, jewelers, photographers, five star hotels, service industry, advertisement agency, beauty parlor, fashion and modeling industry, cosmetic, business of flowers and architects.
How to wear it
Wear the diamond either in your middle or little finger of right hand on any of gold, silver and platinum on Friday.
7, Sapphire (नीलम)
It is one of the strongest and fastest acting among all the gemstone and it is bluish in color. It is the gemstone which gives the results to many individual instantly by enhancing wealth, solving problem and instant success. According to Vedic astrology it represents the Saturn. Saturn is known as a karmic planet which gives results to an individual according to their karma's. The period of the Saturn is either make or break the life of an individual.
It is beneficial for the field of rubber industry, dentist, agriculture, petroleum products, human resource, labor contractor and metal industry.
How to wear it
Wear it in your middle finger of right hand in a ring made of Panchdhatu on Saturday.


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Pedestrian Accident Lawyers in Riverside, CA
Automobile versus pedestrian accidents are some of the most serious traffic collisions because of the complete lack of protection for the pedestrian. A pedestrian is completely defenseless against a motor vehicle. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, every seven minutes, a pedestrian is injured in a traffic accident, and every two hours, a pedestrian is killed in a traffic accident. Pedestrian accidents account for three percent of the injuries in traffic collisions and fourteen percent of the fatalities in traffic collisions.
Because of an increase in the number of pedestrian accidents and the seriousness of this issue, the U.S. Department of Transportation has made pedestrian safety a top priority by launching the U.S. DOT Safer People, Safer Streets Initiative. Government agencies are working together to increase awareness of the danger posed to pedestrians with the goal of improving conditions for pedestrians and bicyclists throughout the United States. Approximately 40 percent of pedestrians surveyed said they did not expect drivers to stop for them even when they are in a crosswalk.
It is unfortunate that pedestrian accidents occur as often as they do. Many automobile drivers do not maintain a lookout for pedestrians including runners and walkers. In many cases, pedestrian accidents occur even though the pedestrian is being cautious. The traumatic, debilitating, and permanent injuries that result from pedestrian accidents with motorcycles, trucks, and cars result in substantial financial, physical, and emotional damages for the pedestrian and his or her family.
If you have been injured in a pedestrian accident, you may be entitled to receive compensation from the at-fault driver. Contact the Riverside pedestrian accident attorneys at Heiting & Irwin to discuss your case, without any charge or obligation.
Crosswalk Accident Attorneys in the Inland Empire
Automobile drivers have a duty of care to keep a proper lookout and pay attention to the road ahead to avoid colliding with a pedestrian. Even though the pedestrian has a duty of care to watch for vehicles, a driver has a higher duty of care to prevent collisions with pedestrians under California law. A driver must yield the right of way to pedestrians in crosswalks; however, a driver must also watch out for pedestrians who are outside of the crosswalk.
Most pedestrian accidents occur because the driver is not paying attention due to texting, talking on the cell phone, grooming, eating, using GPS, adjusting the radio, or performing other tasks that take the driver's attention away from the road. When a driver causes a pedestrian accident, the driver can be held liable for economic damages including medical bills, lost wages, loss of earning capacity, and funeral expenses. The driver can also be held liable for non-economic damages including physical pain, mental anguish, loss of enjoyment of life, and emotional suffering.
Automobile insurance companies have teams of adjusters, attorneys, and other professionals who work together to pay injury claimants the lowest settlement possible. If you have been injured in a pedestrian accident, you deserve to have a team of legal professionals fight for your right to receive a fair and just settlement for your injuries.
Our pedestrian accident lawyers perform a comprehensive and thorough accident investigation to identify and preserve key evidence to establish fault and calculate the maximum amount of compensation that is fair and justifiable for your injuries and all other losses. You deserve to have a legal team on your side to even the playing field when dealing with an insurance company.
What If The Driver Does Not Stop?
Hit-and-run pedestrian accidents are common in our area. Drivers do not want to be responsible for the injuries they cause or they may not have insurance coverage and are fearful of the consequences of causing a pedestrian accident while driving without insurance. If you are injured in a hit-and-run pedestrian accident, you may be entitled to receive compensation under your own automobile insurance policy. Beware; dealing with your own insurance company is just like dealing with an insurance company for the at-fault driver.
All insurance companies are in business to make money; therefore, your insurance company will still seek to pay the lowest amount of compensation possible. Therefore, it is in your best interest to consult with a Riverside pedestrian accident lawyer to ensure you are being treated fairly.
Our Riverside, CA Pedestrian Accidents Attorneys Want To Help You
Pedestrian accidents result in injuries that range from minor to catastrophic. In many cases, injuries can cause permanent disabilities that require life-long medical care and/or personal care. A spinal cord injury or traumatic brain injury (TBI), both common in Riverside pedestrian accidents, can change a person's life forever. Extensive physical therapy, modifications to the home, and psychological counseling may be needed to help the accident victim cope with the new challenges faced because a careless, reckless, or negligent driver did not use care and attention required to avoid colliding with a pedestrian.
If you have been injured in a pedestrian accident, call the personal injury attorneys at Heiting & Irwin at 951-682-6400 or contact our office online to schedule a free consultation. We want to help you recover the compensation you are entitled to receive under California's personal injury laws. Money will not undo the damage done by a careless driver; however, a financial settlement can help you and your family with the losses and damages from being hit by a motor vehicle.


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With the housing marketing starting to revive in California, we're seeing an increase in people asking about house sales and whether or not they would incur a gain if they sell a house. In this quarter's newsletter sent to our clients this issue is raised. In our Quarterly tax newsletter, the answer is discussed and unfortunately it's a "it depends".
If you used part of your house for business, you may end up with a small gain on the portion of home used in business. Concerned? We can determine ways to minimize the tax.
Contact one of our CPAs such as Ken Awbrey at 559-252-8585 and will walk you through your options.


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June 09, 2008
How Corporation Constrain Productivity
I really want to be productive and dedicated, but the corporation I'm working for right, is giving me a hard time.
So far I've only been working for small companies where virtually everything is possible. At my employer for instance, I can use my own Mac Book Pro for development. That's really cool. I'm allowed to use the tools that I prefer and there is no limitation when it comes to internet access. In short: it's fun to develop this way.
I feel so much more productive when I can use the tools that I like and have all the freedom that I need as a developer. That doesn't necessarily mean I am more productive. It simply means, that I put more effort into what I do, because I'm having fun. During the last project that I did, I invested a lot of personal time to switch from Eclipse to IntelliJ. I changed the build process and tweaked the workspace settings, until everything worked seamlessly with the new IDE. I don't know how many hours I put into that transition, just to use the tool that I prefer (As a sidenote: I still think IntelliJ is way better than Eclipse in so many ways and my heart is literally bleeding, that I can't use it at the moment). If you'd make a down-to-earth cost benefit analysis, you'd probably throw your hands up in horror. However, my efforts weren't in vain: we ended up having a neat build process and I believe that led to more overall quality of our software.
At the moment I'm all hyped because of the new project I just started. There a lots of new technologies involved and I'm learning a lot every single day. I'd love to make a difference and I'm trying to put a lot of effort and dedication into my work. However, the circumstances are not very promising. Like in a lot of big corporation there is a process for almost everything - even changing a database schema can only be made by filling out a form. Those processes are not only annoying, they also have the tendency to be rather slow. Waiting for an important piece of software can take weeks, although it's literally one click away. I'm actually surprised how calm I am about those circumstances. Maybe it's because I'm not really accountable for anything, but my code. In my previous project, it was the opposite: I was responsible for virtually every technical aspect of the application.
I'm also surprise how much money, time and ultimately productivity, constrains like limited internet access and user rights cost. Being used to all the freedom in relation to my working environment, I can see now how much it fosters creativity. I can explore new possibilities in terms of tools or languages and that makes me as a tech-geek very happy. Don't get me wrong, I can fully understand the notion of such limitation and constraints from the corporation's point of view. It's important to have standards and processes of how things work. I just think more freedom equals more creativity and thus can yield higher productivity.
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I work for a large, fortune 500 corporation as well. Most of the things are blocked on the Internet. I can't download or evaluate software freely. Oh, I am wrong. I can, but I have to fill out a form, go in front of a committee and 2-3 weeks later I'll have the verdict which is mostly denial.
They have reached their goals: anybody with the right mind is looking for a way out. Many talented developers/software engineers have left already and many on the job hunt right now.
Oh, and I am sure this posting on the Internet was logged by my employer and will be analyzed later.
- June 09, 2008 3:11 PM
It's easier to think the world is stupid than to admit that maybe you don't see the whole picture.
You realize of course how much money is saved in terms of support an maintenance by not allowing users admin on their own machines? You also realize that depending on the industry you're in, the company might have legal reasons for a high degree of IT security, backed up by external audits.
- June 10, 2008 12:10 AM
As the previous Anonymous said, there are reasons for this kind of behaviour from companies and I understand it.
However, I still rather work for companies that can provide a decent working environment.
Seeing that qualified people is an increasingly sought-for commodity, my advice is to get out and stay out.
If getting out is not an option, then use the situation to your advantage: If you have to wait a lot, use the time to learn something new that increase your qualifications. Before you know it, you'll be out of there! :-)
- June 10, 2008 3:07 AM
- willCode4Beer said...
as to letting "users" admin their machines... yes the cost can be very high for the average user.
However, it should be expected that a "developer" can (and should) admin their machine with no support (thus cheaper).
Developers are paid more and they are paid to know. If I'm writing software for company computers, I had better damn well know what the effects will be.
I used to work in an environment like that (DoD). Often I would write the utilities that I needed because it took less time than waiting/fighting for approval.
Often, by the time software was approved, it'd be several versions old. Upgrading to a new version caused the whole process to repeat.
- June 10, 2008 3:16 AM
- David Linsin said...
anonymous > It's easier to think the world is stupid than to admit that maybe you don't see the whole picture.
As I mentioned in the blog post, I really understand why companies are implementing those restrictions and heavy weight processes. However, I'd argue that in many cases the costs of none-productivity outrages the cost of maintenance.
I agree with coding4beer (what a weird sentence), in that I am found enough to be able to administrate my machine and if I'm not I can still call for support. Since I wanna work with my machine, I won't screw with it and thus don't install any crap.
- June 10, 2008 7:53 AM
it also costs money not letting the people surf the internet:
okay, maybe that research is biased but david has a point there.
- June 10, 2008 10:10 AM
that link seems to be too long. use this tinyurl.
- June 10, 2008 10:13 AM
- eddieosh said...
When the IT dpt are measured against the wrong metrics this is the sort of productivity killing outcome that results. Hopefully, Darwinian selection will eventually sift out those companies that aren't fit to survive in a competitive market for skilled workers.
- June 10, 2008 12:34 PM
- David Linsin said...
eddiestumpjumper > Hopefully, Darwinian selection will eventually sift out those companies that aren't fit to survive in a competitive market for skilled workers.
I would go all the way to say that it'll sift out companies. However, as the first commentator mentioned, a lot of talented people are leaving big companies due to problems mentioned in my blog post.
- June 10, 2008 1:02 PM
- Brian Dunbar said...
However, it should be expected that a "developer" can (and should) admin their machine with no support (thus cheaper).
Maybe it depends on what you mean by 'admin'. I know developers who can do that, no sweat, and not take a hit in their productivity.
I also know developers who struggle with routine admin chores and simply can't get stuff done without a lot of hand-holding. Stuff like 'install PuTTY' or 'login to a remote machine with a domain login and a UNC address'.
By all means expect them to do this on their own - except they're going to be a time sink for everyone around them while they try to get this stuff done.
- June 10, 2008 3:23 PM
- Ryan said...
I work for a large government contractor and today I told my boss that I'm leaving (for grad school).
I don't fit in here. I'm tired of the buzzwords, the processes, the forms, the obtuse PowerPoints, the meaningless spreadsheets, the cult of seniority, the ignorance of merit, the technology requirements dictated from on high, the restriction of information, the spam-centric Microsoft Outlook dominated information flow, the lack of admin rights to my own machine, etc. I could go on. I feel strongly about the quality of work that I perform, and this place is literally crushing my soul.
There is a type of person who thrives in this sort of environment. If DoD projects are involved, that can be enough to motivate some (as opposed to maintaining some lame workflow application for a bank). Ex-military types tend to do well here, since they are accustomed to the restrictions, processes, and rules. They may even feel a measure of freedom. Some folks don't mind it because this is the kind of environment they always expected to work in. Perhaps they enjoy the buffer from competition and the nice job security. I'm sure they could come up with just as many reasons to stay as I can come up with to leave. There's a comfort zone, to be sure, but I think that those who stay solely because of a comfort zone are not reaching their potential. A lot of them consider themselves to be electrical engineers or some other type of engineer rather than a software craftsman, and therefore are indifferent to what tools or environment they're forced to use. As far as they're concerned, the only programming languages on Earth are C++, Java, and Matlab. Almost without exception, they are all committed to the corporate processes. They take pride in knowing and following them.
As much as I'd like to believe that this company needs people like me and that by driving us away they'll suffer, I can't. It's not true. This company does not need people like me. They wouldn't even benefit from more people like me. This company needs people who will quietly obey and work hard only within the constraints put upon them. That's the way they win government contracts. All the processes and corporate baggage? It helps them win contracts. This business is alive and well and will continue thriving after people like me leave. It is therefore in both the company's and my interest for me to go.
So, Anonymous #2, seeing the whole picture doesn't really change things.
- June 10, 2008 3:35 PM
- David Linsin said...
brian dunbar > Maybe it depends on what you mean by 'admin'.
I mean that I can install/deinstall applications myself, I can handle security and install the latest patches. That's what I effectively need to to in order to be productive. Anything else can be handled by a sys-admin, which I never claim to be (and don't wanna be).
That's probably a good decision, leaving such a workplace. I've never experienced something like that and I hope I never will.
- June 11, 2008 8:25 AM
- Unknown said...
> Almost without exception, they are all committed to the corporate processes. They take pride in knowing and following them.
That's the engineering mindset. In general, the profession of engineering, regardless of the sector, consists not so much of creating solutions out of whole cloth, but of a mixture of creating small bits of the solution, and then passing them through a string of established, reliable processes that, when followed in its entirety, produce the desired end product.
The creativity is almost always very low-level. There's not a lot of freedom. There's very little discovery. It's almost fully science and very little art.
When the software development profession graduates fully into an engineering discipline (i.e., when it fits the description above), that'll be the day I change professions. Because one of the things I love about software development is the freedom and creativity involved.
I'm not convinced that will ever really happen... But never say never.
- June 11, 2008 4:41 PM
- David Linsin said...
chris ammerman> The creativity is almost always very low-level. There's not a lot of freedom. There's very little discovery. It's almost fully science and very little art.
Maybe I used passion and creativity interchangeably in my posting, which I don't know if that correct. I do think they are tightly related if not coupled.
You are right of course, there are building blocks, parts that we use to assemble our solutions, so creativity in terms of coming up with something new is limited.
- June 12, 2008 8:26 AM
There are lots of reasons why companies generally restrict administrative access for users on their workstations. Some of them are technical, some political; some reasonable, and some are completely arbitrary. The biggest reason though, in my experience, is that the IT department generally has no way of knowing whether you (generically) will be capable of managing admin access on your machine.
I'm sure you've come across some developers in your career who think that they know everything there is to know about their computers, when in reality they shouldn't be trusted with anything more powerful than Notepad. Unfortunately, there isn't any foolproof way for the IT department to tell those people apart from the people that do know their way around a computer's innards. If the IT people let the incompetent people have administrative access on their own machines, those people can cause a highly disproportionate amount of damage (viruses, hacking, botnets, etc.). IT people are generally a conservative lot, and with that high of a risk, their inclination is usually to disallow access for everybody to protect the company's systems.
In my IT role, I have an understanding with some of my users that I know well. They can have admin access to their machines, and in return, they don't ask me for support (the support they get is a newly-formatted machine). Generally, though, I keep the workstations locked down nice and tight, because my primary responsibility is to keep the computers running, and letting people run wild with their machines makes that job impossible.
- June 14, 2008 9:20 AM
- Matt McKnight said...
Isn't the problem here really Windows combined with lazy admins? All most people want is the ability to install or update the tools they need to do their job. If allowing people to do that in Windows XP wasn't risky and encumbered by additional privileges, this problem wouldn't have happened.
Anyway, give the users admin access. If they screw things up- drop them a fresh config. Look at how Google does it and tell me your stupid "users can't install software" policy makes sense for all users.
- June 17, 2008 3:19 PM
- David Linsin said...
Thanks for the link Matt, this is exactly what I'm talking about:
We've changed the way we think about IT here. We don't have to drive for uniformity. Our systems, which basically are consumer systems, have to run on the end points. The side effect of that is I can let a particular employee work on a Mac because it makes him 10 percent more productive. That productivity advantage outweighs the minor cost advantage I get from uniformity.
Google information systems believes in choice, not control. The goal of choice is to let your talent express their talent in the most effective way they can.
Actually it makes a nice summary of what I'm trying to say!
- June 17, 2008 8:32 PM
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Jim joined Anvil in 2000 and has over 20 years of program management, project management, project controls, engineering, and operations management experience in the energy industry. Most recently, he served as Anvil's Cascadia Program Manager and has held diverse roles, including Project Controls Work Group Lead, Project Leader, and Assist Program Manager for various clients. He holds an M.B.A. in Finance from California State University Hayward and a B.S. in Metallurgical & Materials Engineering from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.
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The Gautam Budh Nagar District Table Tennis Tournament 2018 took place in Pansheel Balak Inter College situated in Sector 91 Noida. The selection trials were conducted in 4 categories- Under 12, Under 15, Under 18 and Under 21 for both boys and girls. Madhav, Shaurya, Aditya and Lakshya were declared the winners of their respective categories.
The winners will now represent the district in the U.P. Cup Table Tennis Tournament.
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Hearing underway for AltaLink's Red Deer Area Transmission Development
The Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) hearing into the Red Deer Area Transmission Development begins today. For more information about the hearing please visit the AUC's website at http://www.auc.ab.ca/.
The hearing involves two stages of the development:
- Stage 2 - transmission line rebuilds: rebuilding nearly 75 kilometres of existing transmission lines in the Red Deer and Sylvan Lake areas
- Stage 3 - new substations and transmission lines: building new substations and transmission lines near Ponoka, Innisfail and Didsbury
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A marriage is terminated by the death of one of the spouses. In most states, a marriage may be terminated prior to the death of the spouses by one of three kinds of legal actions:
- annulment
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Remedies Available in a Legal Action for Termination of Marriage
The courts have great latitude in dealing with the issues raised by terminating a marriage relationship. The courts have power to determine:
- child custody and support
- monetary support between spouses
- property division
In addition to the customary remedies available to the courts, if necessary, a divorce court can develop special remedies to meet the particular needs of a party or a family. Such remedies are limited only by the imaginativeness of the court and the lawyersand may include:
- protective orders against anticipated domestic violence
- restrictions of travel by children of the marriage to prevent kidnapping
- supervised visitation to deal with a potential threat by a parent towards the children
- financial protective orders assuring that each party meets their obligations and the like
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- maintenance of health insurance for children of the marriage or dependent spouses
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Causes of Neonatal Deaths in a Rural Subdistrict of Bangladesh: Implications for Intervention
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This paper has been reproduced with the permission of icddr,b, copyright holder of the publication. The paper was originally published in the Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition (JHPN), Chowdhury HR, Thompson S, Ali M, Alam N, Yunus M, Streatfield PK. Causes of neonatal deaths in a rural sub-district in Bangladesh: implications for intervention. J Health Popul Nutr 2010;28:375-82.
The study assessed the timing and causes of neonatal deaths in a rural area of Bangladesh. A population baseddemographic surveillance system, run by the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, recorded livebirths and neonatal deaths during 2003-2004 among a population of 224,000 living in Matlab, a rural subdistrict of eastern Bangladesh. Deaths were investigated using the INDEPTH/World Health Organization verbal autopsy. Three physicians independently reviewed data from verbal autopsy interview to assign the cause of death. There were 11,291 livebirths and 365 neonatal deaths during the two-year period. The neonatal mortality rate was 32.3 per 1,000 livebirths. Thirty-seven percent of the neonatal deaths occurred within 24 hours, 76% within 0-3 days, 84% within 0-7 days, and the remaining 16% within 8-28 days.Birth asphyxia (45%), prematurity/low birthweight (15%), sepsis/meningitis (12%), respiratory distress syndrome (7%), and pneumonia (6%) were the major direct causes of death. Birth asphyxia (52.8%) was the single largest category of cause of death in the early neonatal period while meningitis/sepsis (48.3%) was the single largest category in the late neonatal period. The high proportion of deaths during the early neonatal period and the far-higher proportion of neonatal deaths caused by birth asphyxia compared to the global average (45% vs 23-29%) indicate the lack of skilled birth attendance and newborn care for the large majority of births that occur in the home in rural Bangladesh. Resuscitation of newborns and management of low-birthweight/premature babies need to be at the core of neonatal interventional packages in rural Bangladesh.
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The Times, They Changed
School's out. That was the news in early May 1970, when hundreds of colleges and universities across the country canceled classes, exams, and graduation exercises, fearing violent student protests against the war in Vietnam. Campus demonstrations and strikes escalated following President Richard Nixon's announcement on April 30 that U.S. ground troops would cross the border from Vietnam into Cambodia. The military's mission was to find and destroy sanctuaries the North Vietnamese army used to support its forces fighting on the South Vietnamese side of the border.
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School's out. That was the news in early May 1970, when hundreds of colleges and universities across the country canceled classes, exams, and graduation exercises, fearing violent student protests against the war in Vietnam. Campus demonstrations and strikes escalated following President Richard Nixon's announcement on April 30 that U.S. ground troops would cross the border from Vietnam into Cambodia. The military's mission was to find and destroy sanctuaries the North Vietnamese army used to support its forces fighting on the South Vietnamese side of the border.
The next day, Friday, May 1, students at Kent State University in Ohio joined thousands of others across the country to mount protests against the invasion that would eventually grow into what news reports called a national student strike. When demonstrations spilled from the campus into downtown Kent in the early hours of Saturday, May 2, Mayor Leroy Satrom requested National Guard troops from Gov. James Rhodes of Ohio. Confrontations between students and guardsmen ensued over the next 36 hours, culminating just after noon on Monday, May 4, when the soldiers fired their rifles at students, killing four and wounding nine. Two of the dead were passers-by who had not been protesting.
Within days, students at other colleges and universities responded with rage at the Kent State shootings. Many campuses closed temporarily in order to dampen the student anger, and some didn't reopen until the fall.
The approaching 40th anniversary of the spring 1970 events invites comparisons with the placid political climate on campuses today, a quietness that prevails even though the nation remains mired in wars as controversial as Vietnam was. "Where's the outrage?" is a common retort of radical elders to the lethargy they see on campuses today. Guardsmen on campus were a problem in 1970; but this spring the problem for antiwar activists is a student culture so quiescent that troops are unnecessary.
The exceptions to the dormancy that dominates campuses are few, and even those underscore the larger countrywide pattern of political indifference. Student strikes in California this spring against the privatization of public education and the rising costs of attending colleges and universities were signs that student political life still has a pulse. The call for a national strike and "day of action" on its namesake date by the California March 4 movement had a late-60s/early-70s ring to it, but responses to the call were underwhelming, especially outside of California.
The usual explanations for the difference between then and now won't do. The suggestion, for example, that the renewal of a military draft would ignite students' self-interest doesn't account for the fact that most 60s-era students were sufficiently sheltered from the draft to make their chances of seeing combat negligible. Lewis B. Hershey, director of the Selective Service until 1970, granted draft deferments to students and some white-collar professionals on the reasoning that engineers, scientists, and teachers were essential to national security and the war effort. By the time the lottery system evened the playing field somewhat in 1969, "Vietnamization" was under way, and the number of combat roles filled by American GI's began shrinking.
Likewise, the argument that students today are shielded from the terribleness of war by a government and news media that don't reveal the graphic truth is weak. A comparison of news coverage, past and present, would show that there is far more information available now.
In any case, the idea that students of any generation are so self-interested that they would oppose a war only because it would not be in their interest to fight in it—which seems to be the assumption behind the claim that if there was a draft now, as in the 60s, students would oppose the war—has a finger-shaking quality to it that, delivered by older mentors, is not going to deliver the intended results. That attitude toward student apathy, along with the notion that students remain willfully uninformed about the causes and consequences of the current wars because, well, life is more comfortable that way, works better as a scold than an explanation.
The fact is that student culture today is formed in institutional settings that have changed since the 1960s and 1970s.
The higher cost of education, for one thing, defines two paths to an undergraduate degree, and both curtail campus political culture. One path, typical of private colleges and universities, dictates a lock-step progression through liberal-arts curricula preset to move students from matriculation to graduation in four years. Students' packed schedules allow little time for such frivolity as political activism. The other path, typical of public colleges and universities, harnesses many students to full- and part-time jobs in order to pay for their educations, which might extend far beyond four years. Mediating institutions like neighborhood schools and churches, labor unions, or even extended families that may once have helped students integrate their on- and off-campus lives are now frayed by cost-saving consolidations, plant closings, and the greater mobility required for job searches.
And unlike the paths leading beyond bachelor's degrees to careers in the expanding post-World War II economy, those walked by many students today merely lead to unpaid internships and their parents' basement apartments.
The very effectiveness of the student movement's mobilizations in the 60s against the war in Vietnam wrought other changes that mitigate a repeat of that era's radicalism. Disasters like Kent State taught administrators to "never say never" to student demands. Their own ham-handedness having led them to the tactic of "repressive tolerance," presidents and deans put liberal wrappings around innocuous initiatives like "community service" and "experiential learning" and handed them back to students as the new "activism." Want an organization for human/labor/abortion/housing rights? Sure. Want an office and budget with that? No problem. Course credits? We can do that, too.
The proliferation of minor sports and the Title IX decision in 1972 that opened athletics programs to women filled the discretionary hours in college life for still more students. The image of students and faculty members engaged in after-hours plotting to change the world is hopelessly nostalgic. Offers to meet students after class for coffee and conversation about a lecture are rebuffed with "I've got practice" or I've got a meeting."
New practices like student course evaluations, which grew out of student dissatisfaction with classes they found irrelevant to the events of the 60s—with the Vietnam War at the top of the list—were usurped by college authorities. The questionnaires once formulated by student groups—which then distributed them and collected the data for redistribution to classmates for their use—became tools in the hands of administrators for closer oversight of the curriculum and control of the faculty.
And the same 24/7 media establishment that brings us more news faster also brings the mind-strangling programming of American Idol and ESPN, accompanied by more low-priced electronic gadgetry than the family SUV can haul to the campus. Forty years ago, one hall phone for a dozen rooms and a television lounge shared by students in the dorm necessitated the negotiated use of social space and fostered a common sense of American life. Now, students are plugged into their own isolating iSpace. Facebook, Twitter, and the Internet may create community of a sort, but those communities are fragmented and isolated from one another.
Today, the technology that students imagine delivering the globe to them just as effectively delivers their minds and emotions to marketers and propagandists for whom their atomized selves are no match. Colleges and universities, meanwhile, abet the emPodding of their students, spending millions on hardware and reconfigured infrastructure in a race for bragging rights as the "most wired" school in America.
Most detrimental to the kind of student mobilizations that closed campuses 40 years ago are the junior-year-abroad programs that began to expand after Kent State. For most students, their first term on the campus is an orientation to college life; the second term is a time to sample some organizational involvements. Those interests deepen during the early months of the second year, and a new generation of leaders begins to emerge. Then, the enticements of study abroad wash over the class: Oxford for poets, Rome for artists, and Oaxaca for anthropologists. Who can resist?
It's the best and brightest who get the tickets, of course, and by spring break of sophomore year, the class leaders, the ones who might have gone to Port Huron in 1962, set their sights ahead and begin withdrawing their commitments to the campus community. On an annual basis, the friendship networks and organizational connections that might have grown into a Free Speech Movement in 1964 are fractured and left for the next year's first-term sophomores to rebuild. Seniors returning from overseas have majors to complete, LSAT's and GRE's to master, and the next round of application forms to fill out—little time to make a better campus, let alone end a war.
Political projects like Students for a Democratic Society in the 1960s developed with the guidance of student leaders who were committed to something beyond their own four or five years as undergraduates—and then sometimes evolved into community or workplace organizing projects that lasted many more years. Today, the institutional realities of student life make it hard for undergraduates to sustain commitments beyond 18 months.
When President Barack Obama broke the color barrier to the White House in 2008, pundits noted the large numbers of student campaigners and voters who turned out for him. We can't be sure, though, whether their presence in the campaign was a difference-maker or just different looking when viewed against the backdrop of the campus quietude we had become accustomed to.
In January, President Obama turned out for Martha Coakley's run for the Massachusetts Senate seat left vacant by Edward Kennedy's death. But college students did not. Maybe disappointment with Obama's surge in Afghanistan had turned students to the left, and they took it out on the Democratic Party. But not likely. A forum on the war I attended late last year ended with the same exasperation as others in recent years: Where are the students?
The 60s remembered through the photograph of a Kent State student lying lifeless on the ground has even less appeal for students in 2010 than for the Class of 1970. But histories of that period also record the correlation between student activism and changes that made this country better: students sitting in for racial integration in Greensboro; students standing up for free speech in Berkeley; and students marching on the Pentagon for peace in Vietnam.
Better than questions about the lethargy of student activism in 2010 are inquiries into the times. Where are the 60s? It's the times that have changed, not the students. It's the administrative practices and economic circumstances incubating campus culture that have changed. Those conditions didn't change on their own, however, and they won't change themselves again.


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