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April 12, 2013
An alternative view on Adebayor
I feel like I need to start this article with a whole load of caveats, but I'll try to avoid that. I apologise in advance for rambles and tangents. Thanks to the stress of supporting Spurs, I, like many of you I'm sure, didn't get much sleep…
I'm regularly asked on Twitter why I 'defend' Emmanuel Adebayor despite his apparent lack of quality and effort. It is impossible to answer that appropriately in 140 characters so here are some hastily put-together thoughts that have been running through my brain overnight, amidst a barage of online abuse for the Togolese striker.
Firstly , I guess I do find myself defending him. This isn't because I have any particular regard for him as a person or even as a player – he has, in the past, shown signs of being greedy, money-motivated, career-driven, uncaring about his clubs and their fans; in other words, a typical footballer. However, he is also a footballer whose abilities benefited us last season, and should theoretically be able to benefit this season and beyond.
The penalty
Let's not sugar-coat it, it was an awful penalty. He tried to take the unsavable penalty – high and into the corner. He ended up leaning back after a stuttering run up and got under the ball. Is it, as I've heard people say, 'inexcusable for a professional footballer to miss the target from such close range'? Does this make him a bad player? Of course not. Even Messi missed the target from the penalty spot against Chelsea last season. Clearly, players don't just try to hit the target – they try to place it so far away from the goalkeeper as to make sure of scoring. Did he miss deliberately? Of course not. A man with his ego would love to have scored and been one of the heroes.
Reasons to dislike
The swathe of popular opinion is currently against him, let's make that clear from the outset. He's ex-Arsenal; he's shown signs of being a mercenary in the past (and therefore it's easy to apply this to him now); he doesn't tear around the pitch like a Scott Parker, a Didier Zokora or a Steffen Freund; instead, he has a languid, laid back style – somewhere between Berbatov and Kanoute – that can be seen as arrogance. Essentially he's pretty easy to dislike, and the above reasons make him an ideal scapegoat for many.
Reasons to like
Last season he excelled. He was a vital player to us – after Kaboul and Modric, he was probably my player of the season. His goals were vital, his assists were vital, and his all round link play (and understanding with Bale, Modric and Van der Vaart in particular) was vital to our (moderate) success.
This season so far
This season, it's true, he has suffered. Some reasons for this might be:
– a lack of pre-season due to his protracted transfer (be that due to him holding out for more money or otherwise);
– initially being unable to put together a run of games, due to injury / suspension / Defoe's form;
– playing with Defoe, a player notoriously unable to form partnerships;
– playing without Van der Vaart and Modric, players he so enjoyed playing with last season;
– a lack of confidence caused by all of the above.
The last reason, for me, being the most important. Tellingly, AVB said in the build-up to the Basel game:
"Finding the back of the net allows him to go into the game with more confidence and I always think it's self-belief from the player, rather than anything else that helps them improve."
Adebayor the player – nuance
It seems an irritatingly snobbish thing to say, but a lot of his good work does go unnoticed.
Fans get frustrated by his indirect play – he's not a player who is constantly in the box poaching, for example. But his hold-up and link play, ability to drift wide (dragging defenders away and creating space for others), and his awareness of his teammates are impressive. He will often be the one to make a run to drag a defender away, which indirectly leads to a goal.
He encourages midfielders into the opposition third by dropping deep and creating a focal point/platform for them to play into, and receive the ball back from. We have seen a lot less of that this season due to the sales of Modric and Van der Vaart. Instead, with Bale playing centrally, we are often more direct and will not build in such a slow, patient way. But last season Adebayor was integral to our possession play in the opposition third, and if we do sign a Moutinho-like player, it is essential that we have someone like Adebayor for him to link with.
The attitude / work rate
Some football fans love players who visibly put effort in – who work hard for their club, and do what we as fans would do as a bare minimum were we ever lucky enough to play for the club we love. It speaks volumes that Scott Parker won our Player of the Year last year: a player who almost has to drag himself off the pitch every week, such are his endeavours. A player who gained favour by charging around for 90 minutes, winning the ball back and passing it five yards to the supremely-talented Luka Modric (OK, that downplays him a little, but you see my point). Parker, a player whose own limits have been (almost cruelly) exposed this season by the lack of Modric alongside him.
The antithesis of Parker is the 'lazy', uncaring Adebayor. He is not a player to try to rush defenders by pressing them at every opportunity or chase back into midfield if he's not successfully in retaining possession. But how many strikers are? And do we want them to be? There MUST be a balance between the above, and conserving energy for other areas of the game.
Of course that totally ignores the other types of effort that often go unseen: movement off a defender to show for the ball, movement into the channels to drag defenders around and create space for others, the strength and endurance of constantly holding off brawny defenders.
I'm not saying he's a workhorse and that people just don't notice it – of course there are harder working forwards who visibly 'put more effort it', to put it simply – but to call him lazy is, in my opinion, unjustified and short-sighted.
Worst striker, etc
I've seen it said on Twitter and on forums that Adebyor the worst striker we've had in recent seasons. Have we improved so much that we have forgotten some of the dross in our recent past? Our current squad is probably one of the most, if not the most talented we've had in my lifetime (I'm not yet thirty), and Adebayor is certainly not one of the worst players within it.
He has played for Monaco, Arsenal, the modern-day Manchester City and Real Madrid. Were he to leave, it would almost certainly be to a club participating in the Champion's League. He is a very talented player – he may not have a skill-set that tallies with what some fans want to see in a forward, but to criticise his technical ability and all-round game is pretty ludicrous, in my opinion. By all means have an opinion about what you want to see from our forwards, what you want to see him do more or less of, but worst striker in x years? Really? It's also important to look beyond form – all players have ups and downs, just look at fan-favourite Defoe, who seems to suffer from dips in form more than most. Or more recently Jan Vertonghen, who was absolutely outstanding in March, but has had a pretty appalling April so far.
Of course, most football fans will, knowingly or unknowingly, have agendas. If I'm honest, my own is based on youth players; because I follow the youth teams, I like to see products of our academy involved in the first team squad. Rightly or wrongly, I call for them to be involved (be it from the start of games or from the bench) on more occasions than other fans might. For example, I have frequently called for Tom Carroll to be involved in games when others might not think he is ready yet.
Many fans seem to have an unwavering agenda with regards to Adebayor. For years he was the unfortunate victim of a deeply unpleasant song, shamefully sung by a section of our fans – he was a hate figure, as he played for the enemy. Some fans would simply never take to him, simple. However, the level of negativity towards him – even after a successful first season is confusing – particularly when the leeway offered by fans to similarly under-performing players is clear to see.
Defoe and Acebayor have a similar scoring record since the turn of the year, but whilst Defoe's name is still sung out even when he is sat in the bench, Adebayor's name is sometimes booed when read out by the stadium announcer prior to matches.
Clearly Defoe has earned affection – scoring regularly over a lengthy spell at the club, and showing what appears to be a genuine passion for THFC. On the other hand, Adebayor is perceived as a mercenary who stops trying after becoming too comfortable at hus clubs – or so the press' narrative would have us believe. And so it goes – agendas are built on perception, a player's lack of confidence is perceived as not trying, and the vicious circle continues.
The future
As mentioned, I have no attachment to Adebayor as a player or person and, so long as we replaced him adequately, I couldn't care less if he was to leave in the summer. In fact, I think it's probably for the best that he does, such is the job in 'convincing' our fans that he would have ahead of him were he to stay.
I just hope that we aren't cutting off our nose to spite our face. Were we to sign a Moutinho type or a van der Vaart type, we may end up greatly missing a technically-gifted forward who can play one and two touch passing football, bring talented attacking midfielders into play, and who has the ability and intelligence to draw defenders out wide and create space for others.
The negativity towards Adebayor (I heard boos when his name was read out at Swansea – I thought our away fans were meant to be steadfastly supportive?) is, in my opinion, depressing.
More so because it is so obvious to me that Adebayor is a confidence player – a player who is bubbly, bright, and plays well when his metaphorical tail is up, and who suffers when things are not going so well – on or off the pitch. To get the best out of him, we need to get behind him. Can I see that happening? Unfortunately not.
We all want what is best for Tottenham Hotspur – we just have different opinions on how we achieve it. Even if you disagree with my opinion that Adebayor is a player affected by confidence, and instead think that he is an arrogant mercenary, consider whether you think that moaning, groaning, booing and jeering has any chance of helping him improve his form. Alternatively, what if I'm right? What if our collective support can help to get an extra 5% out of him? What have we got to lose?
This seems a good time to mention the 1882 event coming up. If you fancy being a part of a crowd who will sing for the lilywhite shirt of Tottenham Hotspur, regardless of whether the player in it is Ledley King, Emmanuel Adebayor, or Kenneth McEvoy (who?), then you should read this, and come along to watch our U21s take on Arsenal at Underhill.
Superb, Windy.
He's definitely not the worst and he has been coming slowly back to form. Hopefully he can play a big role for us in the rest of the league season. But he has the most horrendous first touch and takes an age to bring under control long balls played to him. Often he has to go back rather than forward, giving defences a chance to regroup behind him. It affects both his chance conversion rate and his ability to hold up the ball and play meaningful passes to others. Compare in this respect to Berbatov!
You fail to mention though, as the commentators did last night, that he is not in the box enough. He is a striker, he is there to score goals but he doesn't have that burning desire to do so. He spends far too much time on the wing. Sell him, buy an upgrade, Damiao, Higuain or Negrado.
I'm afraid you lost me at the bit where you conveniently forgot to mention his departure to, and elongated reurn from the AFC.
Nice one, Windy. Spot on!
Another good read from you Chris, thank you for your thoughts.
I am somewhat baffled by the lack of support from our fans, apparently our team consists of really bad players, for example:
Friedel – really old, glued to line.
Walker – no football brain
Naughton – awful
Dawson – hoofer
BAE – don´t care
Livermore – championship quality at best
Parker – past his peak
Huddlestone – slow, fat
Lennon – no end product
Holtby – wrong player from Schalke
Dempsey – useless
Adebayor – useless, lazy, greedy
Defoe – useless after christmas
And the list goes on and on.
For me, as long as they play for Tottenham I will support them (albeit from a distance). No player is larger than the team!
What a waste of time and energy you spend writing about a totally useless, uncaring and unskillful player.
If he's so unskillful how come he was the only striker to score 10+ goals in the PL and assist 10+goals in the PL last season.
because he should have had about 10 more goals and 10 more assists than he actually did get last year. The guy is awful I have no idea why anyone would ever defend him.
I don't think you fully grasp the point of the article. Turn your monitor upside-down – it might work better.
But seriously, if we, the fans, get behind him for the rest of the season, we just might get a bit more end-product out of him – which could ultimately help fulfill our objectives for the term. Getting on his back will NOT help us achieve a top-four spot this year.
..and the ACN
Get behind him until a better option is available. We demoralise him (further?) and the club thus supporters suffer the consequences. We must play our part even if Abedayor can not, or are we to be as guilty as he is and fail as supporters?
this is rubbish. he should never have been bought in the first place. he is a lazy money grabber and has been abysmal all season except for a cameo in the Everton game. The chairman has screwed up every transfer window since we sold Berba with nonsense last minute efforts to "buy" a striker. This clown was bought because he was cheap and for no other reason. if i had my way i would not let him on the pitch in a white shirt ever again. I have seen more effort in a game on the marshes. Pathetic
Ahh yes, effort. Bring back Zokora! Or Jenas, he always runs around a lot. Oh hang on, nope he got the hate too. But you're right, should never have let Berba go – now there was a guy who always left it all on the field.
Very good article, apart from the penalty yesterday I thought Ade was one of our best players; held the ball up and often had very little support.
I'm a Spurs fan, I cheer whoever is wearing the shirt, booing isn't going to do anything.
We need to get behind the team to help push on!
P.s I cant believe you're not 30 yet. I've always pictured you as an old man
I am behind whoever pulls on the white shirt of Tottenham Windy and whilst i agree with a lot of what you wrote, I do feel that Adebayor could do a bit more to convince the nay sayers. I agree that he is both talented and a confidence player, but I get so frustrated with his conversion rate. I also feel the same about Jermain Defoe, who I would have sold some time ago. At present, however, we have no choice and until either or both are replaced, then I will gladly call out their names! I am a bit spoiled though, as I grew up with players like Gilzean, Smith, Greaves, Chivers and Peters! Oh what I would give to have any one or two of them now, or even John Duncan, or possibly even Crooks and Archibald, or Lineker, or Clive Allen!!
Ill tell you why we booed him at swansea, the fans who travel every single week and spend ridiculous money to watch that joke of a footballer can't take it no more, he earns more then every player at our club (double gareth bale) yet puts in the least effort every week, how can that be justified ?! If you went every game last season you'd see that players like luka and vdv made him look half decent, he was playing for a contract, now he has it he couldn't give a fuck and should never put on a spurs shirt again !
Poor guy can't win aye – he's slots goals away and it's because of the better players around him. Doesn't score, it's his fault.
Longer term, we're better off putting together a team of good players who play in the same style than pinning our hopes on a lone hero like Bale to win every game for us. When we do get a more creative midfield, having a striker like Ade would be perfect.
adeboyar is useless he cant controll a ball he is his positiong all wrong,teriible in heading the ballwhen we play with him in the team we are playing with ten men. any of the youngstrs would better than him.
The guy is awful, his first touch bounces 10 yards off him everytime annd his finishig consists of passing the ball into the keepers hands. I would rather have any youth team striker at least they'll put the effort in
And of course if they don't put enough effort in, or aren't quite good enough, we can just boo them too, right. Then we'll get someone else in, until they do something we don't like, and boo them too. Then we'll just blame Levy for not running the club properly.
Nailed it!
And I notice how you say you 'heard' booes at swansea, how dare you make a blog and criticise us who go every game for booeing that cunt when your at home watching it on the telly !!
Perhaps we should have to declare our loyalty points total before expressing our opinions?
After all, it would be worrying if we simply had to decide who was right based upon the strength of the argument rather than who the biggest fan is.
Why do you (and so many other bloggers) always claim that critics of your favourites, Adebayor, AVB, whoever, are taking their lead from 'the press', who you seem to believe have it in for Spurs. Anyone with eyes and a brain knows that Adebayor DOES stop trying once he's got the contract under his belt – the evidence is there on the pitch for all to see, and you don't have to read it in the papers to recognize the truth. Oh, and Defoe is just as useless – get rid!
Adebayor is definitely a frustrating player. I've had a go at him on twitter on a number of occasions but you have to take 140 character rants with a pinch of salt and remember that not everyone who bangs on about him on social media sites is abusing him at the games.
My negativity at games is restricted to the occasional wail from the heart or the gut as the team fails to match up to the free flowing yet solid Tottenham that exists in my head. I never boo, I never abuse individual players and I certainly never sing, or sang, the shameful anti Sol or anti Adebayor songs because, you know, I try to be a decent human being on occasion.
He's certainly not the worst player, or awful. Anyone who says he is clearly isn't to be taken seriously or doesn't mean it seriously. If he was, he wouldn't be so frustrating.
He does seem to have a penchant for playing the ballboy role. Its almost as if he's worked out that its a way of making it look like you care about the game without having to, you know, care about the game. I think everyone can see his faults, though. As Windy said, to ignore his attributes does make me think a lot of people have an agenda. I can see he winds people up the wrong way but I've decided to see him as a pantomime villain and to start defending him.
This started last night on twitter. I ended up posing as an Adebayor defender. The mild trolling (telling people that if you cut him open he bleeds blue and white) made me (at least) laugh and made me feel better. I found it a lot more cathartic defending him than I do abusing him – anything the guy does is going to get him dog's abuse. Its not his fault we didn't sign any viable alternatives and he's here now and you may as well enjoy his 'idiosyncracies'.
Some people smile – it doesn't automatically mean "I am very happy". In fact, in his first season the fact that Adebayor smiles on the pitch a lot seemed endearing because its so unusual. I remember one tussle with Bellamy last season where they were both in hysterics about something or other. Ok you could say that the fact that they bonded whilst sitting on their hands at Man City tells you something about both them and modern football, but actually I grew to like Adebayor. I'm in favour of people smiling – try it.
Now that he's been – let's say – average this season, I get frustrated with him. But at least he offers something unlike those on twitter who just slag him off for smiling or for running funny. I suspect Adebayor is like a lot of us. Good points and bad. I doubt I would have been quite so cool about coming back to be abused by thousands of people on a weekly basis when I had been the victim of a gun attack, so he may have a bit more character than some people give him credit for. If you take the unsavoury abuse away, there is a lot of valid criticism of him but it also gets completely hysterical at times. Twitter magnifies all that.
Sorry this is more about twitter than it is about Adebayor.
A Gooner's perspective? Well Ade was brilliant for us for one season (and I mean really, really good) and then crap for the one after. At Man City he was great for one season and then crap the next. Madrid good for half a season and then crap the next. You lot, great last season and totally useless this one. Anyone see a pattern here?
Ade, when he's playing, focused and motivated is almost unstopable. When he was on fire for us I remember him destroying you lot on more than one occassion. Trouble is he cannot keep that level of performance up. And I dont think its anything to do with ability, more to do with his attitude.
His career is a broken record of one good season followed by one crap one. He is too old to change so I think he is what he is.
My advice, sell him, give him away for nothing if you have to as he's a bad influence and example to the team.
Thankyou for the FACTS.Now please ring AVB , he hasn't realized this yet.better late than never,we still have a chance of top 4
Spurs need to do somwe pruning with the squad and build a squad capable of playing different formations and have adequate quality cover due to suspensions or injuriees. I dont care if the players are massive names, just players that are quality in possession and are competent at their jobs. The scouts need to be working hard to scour the globe to find talent. Players are out there and well within our budget
He is a liability and ultimately, he's letting everyone down
I wish I could be so confident about him. I would much rather have some young hungry blood in the squad in place of the likes of old, playing out their career type of players like Gallas or Ade. They don't show the right attitude on the pitch. I would much rather have a player who is a fighter, who may have limitations, but will fight to get a result. Ade's biggest mistake yesterday was not missing the penalty, but not passing to Siggy in the final minutes when we could have grabbed a last minute winner.
Some fans would do well to read up the definition of support. Hint, it's not dependent on form.
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the thought we had not enough attacking talent to bring the best out of him is flawed,after the subs last night we only had creative types left on the pitch. dawson is a fans favourite because he gives everything, not because hes the best defender, i applaud your unfazed support but there are no excuses left for ade.
It just fucks me off how people can actually defend this muppet, any one of us would put that shirt on and run our bollocks off for 90 mins week in week out for nothing, yet he's being paid 170 grand a week and does fuck all and you can defend that ?!?!
It fucks me off how people keep attacking him just cos he doesnt run around a bit. Jesus christ this is modern football not 5-aside down your local park.
What bothers me more than anything is that as a Spurs fan for 28 years, I've always been proud of our support. We don't boo our own players. We leave that to the lot up the road. Atmosphere and passion has been a hallmark of WHL and even more so with our fantastic "away" fans. Maybe that was because in the past we didn't expect results and were happy when we occasionally excelled. Now we are "moderately" successful, a section of fans almost seem to feel that they have a right to boo our players, feeling that they aren't up to scratch for Spurs. If those "fans" had seen some of the dross that we have had to put up with in my time (who can forget the Andy Booth years!) then they would realise that this squad of players is better than we have had for a number of years. Add in the fact that from an outsiders perspective, the spirit within the squad looks better than ever. If only these fans could get behind the team, rather than getting on their backs at the first sign of trouble, then the air of tension that permeates home games would be gone and maybe players wouldn't be so afraid of making a mistake. Sure, Ade missed and the run-up didn't help. But if there is one player that needs fans to back him, its Ade. We're all in it together, we all have the same goal, so we should all get behind the team and make sure that we achieve what we set out to.
For some reason there seems to be a sense of entitlement growing amongst some Spurs supporters that I can't really get. I'm ecstatic that we are where we are after years of being mocked for being a spurs fan as all my friends supported Arsenal, Man U, Liverpool. Yet to those same fans I'm then considered small minded and we at the mighty tottenham hotspur should set our sights higher.
This season he has been appalling. Last night he was appalling. And i find myself agreeing with the Arsenal fan about one good season, one bad. It's attitude and he won't change.
I think the reason he has peeved off so many of us this season stems from his baffling decision to come out of retirement to play in the African Cup of Nations, at a time when the club didn't have a striker fit in its books. As much as it was poor foresight from the club for not adding one or two to the squad, Ade's decision was a bad one. He deserted the club when we most needed him. The club stuck by him him to offer him a full contract in the summer, knowing they had a player that wasn't due to play in the the ACN. And then with Dempsey and Defoe injured, he decided he wanted to go. Loyalty. There was an opportunity to show the club and fans that he was truly committed to the cause, the aim, the project.
In my opinion, he stabbed the club, the fans and AVB in the back.
This, i think, is why so many fans are upset with him this season.
And then he walks (mostly) around the pitch grinning like a village idiot. He misses changes and smiles. He gets sent off against Arsenal and smiles. And last night missed an awful penalty and smiles.
I hope we get rid of him in the Summer.
Hey, if the queen phoned you up and asked you to play for your country, don't you think you'd go?
We're basically asking him to put our club above his country. How insulting is that.
So people with more loyalty points and who travel every week to support there club don't have more of a right to voice there opinion then ppl who sit at home nd watch on telly lool ? Be real, my dad has the most loyalty points in the club, been every single game this year home away nd abroad and spends around 6 grand doing so but he can't complain and should defend a cunt who does fuck all for our team ?! You lot are honestly ill
Your dad does NOT have more of a right to voice his opinion than people who sit at home and watch on telly!
You might give more weight to his opinion because of that.
I might judge his opinion based on whether it rings true rather than how much he spends on going to see Tottenham, although good on him for going to every game.
But he doesn't have more of a right than Windy (did you notice that Windy actually went to the Swansea game, by the way) to express his opinion, and his opinion isn't right just becaus he goes to every game.
I imagine Lord Sugar went to most Spurs games at one point. And spent a lot more on Tottenham than your dad.
He's still a muppet.
There's a 20,000 waiting list for season tickets or something. What kind of ego do you have to assume anyone at the club would even care for a second if you and/or your dad handed one in?
So even if your dads opinion might be considered by some to be wrong, the fact that he's the most loyal supporter means we should just accept it as the gospel?
At the end of the day the club has moved forward since the days or taricco mabizela atouba and bunjey, were fighting for 3rd in the league, shit like ade shouldn't be at our club, if he put in 100 per cent every game but was still crap he wouldn't be getting so much stick, parkers been dreadful this season but because he always gives 110 per cent every game ppl let it go, this cunt up front makes no effort at all, 1 game in 10 hell give 80 per cent
Livermore gives 100 percent – a fan favourite, I think not. How about Jenas? Anyone crying about Palacios leaving? Zokora? Keane ran around a lot, but I didn't mind him leaving.
Lets face it, fans love a player while he's doing the badge kissing crap and playing well, and immediately want to dump him as soon as he isn't.
Ade would apparently get less stick if he ran around more and didn't look so damn happy. What a stupid, sad comedy this is.
The irony is that Parker is the one (IM strong O) holding the team back at the moment – we need to win games, and that means playing someone creative there.
windy coys, i had tweeted about the effect of the absence of VDV on Ade, I believe Ade def. needs to be in the box more often, when Sandro returns, Dembele will be allowed more freedom, and i think holtby should play AM, really rate him, played well again, and Carroll needs more of a look in, Cant fault Siggy's commitment, technically gifted,set piece specialist, young and links well with Bale, just think that next year with Townsend Kans Sandro back and Bale in his new second striker posiition, we will look like a new team, as for Ade, i still believe he can come good, no one gets 17 goals and 11 assits if they arent good, and the same goes for Clint, think AVB will need to use the summer to sort out these problems, however it is essential we sign another striker, THE striker, surely the competition will get the best out of Ade and Defoe, Jan is class ,Daws is always all in, top bloke, with Kabs and Sandro's return next year, we will only get stronger, also would like it if you could break up why we have been conceding from corners, especially those from the right wing, we def. need to practice more on that, cant fault the lads attitude post the Everton game, from lead conceders, we have started earining vital points late on.
P.s Superjan will miss the first few Cl games next year:(
Also windy, love your blog, top class, would also like to see analysis and break down of the goals we score, your the best at analysis, also Salah looks like some player, young and quick ,would welcome him into our side Levy snap him up
I feel an impulsion to attack any article giving any credence to the concept of Adebayor as a 'good' footballer. Laziness doesn't necessarily breed apathy from the fans, as seen when one nonchalant bulgarian came onto the scene. So long as the player's class subsidises his work ethos, one can't lament his style. Yet Adebayor is classless, lacking any real technical attribute expected of a striker. Yes he's tall, but his heading is largely ineffective. Yes his positioning seems on par with Gervinho's, alas like Gervinho, he fears the reality of a 'chance' on goal. A striker with no composure, but more importantly, no brain. Whilst our thinly stripped squad was yesterday, in theory, forced to rely on the intelligence of Holtby/Sig/Mouss rather than the pace of our legendary wingers, Adebayor finds himself lost in such situations. Unable to calibrate on the wave length of others, ineffective in his own duties, I for one will be cheering the departure of Adebayor. We really would be better off with 10 men, as Mr Adebayor has an unrivaled ability of spoiling others good build up play. Ship him out daniel, im sure you'll see him for more than any spurs fan truly knows he's worth!
Man Windy. Did you join Adebayor's PR Team ? 🙂 I sort of get the gist of what your getting at of "Yeah, he does that bad, but he does this well which is noticed much".
The problem I have with alot of it –> At the end of the day, he is a Striker who is measured on creating scoring chances and bagging goals. And he is paid quite handsomely by the club to achieve. Looking at his body of work on those very objectives this year, he has failed miserably.
This analogy might be a bit of a stretch, but it has merit. Just take your Keeper who consistently gives up goals and is wretched in front of the net on preventing the opposition from scoring ? But say he had a few attributes , like his lovely ability to kick the ball down the field and set up goals. Or , he is solid w/ his hands and feet and can release both fullbacks to create scoring chances. And, maybe he is a great leader who is great in the locker room. But, at the end of the day, how will that keeper be measured ?
And if you want an indictment of Adebayor –> Working on two years of Prem footy. His supposed aerial prowess has produced exactly (3) goals via his head which have impacted exactly (2) games. Personally, I think a lot of this has to do with desire which he seems to consistently lack.
And you can look to last year's numbers all you want, but if dig a little deeper. Adebayor has a MF of Bale, VDV,Modric & Lennon who created the most scoring chances in the Prem LY. He scored exactly 12 goals from the Run of Play (Subtracting his 5 PK goals). Unacceptable
Adebayor is holding this club back. Just like Crouch a few years back, who was obviously a bit more direct, but lacked the few attributes that Adebayor serves up.
Spurs need a skillful Striker who is both technically gifted, but also is Direct. In watching Benteke all season, he fits the bill for the most part and I welcome his arrival this summer if levy can pull it off.
Ade makes 100k in wages a week. He is set for life. He doesn't give a fooock about any of us. Feel no pity for him.
Appreciate your views and keep them coming.
TOTALLY agree. And yes,Benteke would be great as he can lead the line.
Ade can't.
Let's say for argument's sake that Adeybayor is the shittest player ever to pull on a Spurs shirt. If anyone can explain to me how booing and abusing him will make him play better or the team more likely to win then I'll gladly join in.
totally agree that booing abusing him is not the way to do it ,but do we need to start with him it like having 10 men for 90 mins why not drop him and let tom carrol or anyone else have a run in the team. on a positive note looking forward to Barnet will not quiet be Amsterdam but at least its only a bus journey away COYS
Good comments windy. I find it odd that people should be making Adebayor a scapegoat for last night – did they watch the match? Ade wasn't bad and has in fact put in afew deccent shifts recently & scored a couple of goals to boot. If he roams maybe this is what AVB tells him to do…OK, so he missed a penalty, he's not the only one to do that. A bigger mistake was a couple minutes before the end of extra time when he was breaking thru and could have laid it off to the left ( I think it was sigurdson ) who could have had a clear shot on goal. If you want a scapegoat for last night try Dembele whose really dumb mistake led to their first goal or Verthongen whose red card all but ended are chances. 11 against 11 and I think we would have edged it as we were gaining the upper hand…
Superb article on two fronts: 1) setting the facts straight in a calm, cogent manner, which given the subject is difficult; 2) flushing out a host of moronic responses, which is not so difficult, Cheshuntboy, for example, regularly posts his effortlessly stupid observations on various forums, no doubt to mark more people aware of his sink hole of a brain.
I can't add to anything you or Spooky have written, but would like to comment on two things. One is the ACN: few of us will have experienced any war situation as a civilian and an adult (I did, but was only 7 years old), therefore how that affected Adebayor is beyond us. It must have been a difficult decision, but he has the right to represent his country. Secondly, the run up to the penalty and at this point I will not pass comment on that berk from Amstrad. The match was player in teeming rain on a sodden pitch. The players were shattered and I am glad that Adebayor didn't run around in extra time like a lot of cretinous little Englanders would have players do. The little jig may have just been to loosen up his lactic acid laden legs and yes he does run about, just like he did to allow space for Sigurdsson to thread a pass for Bale to open the scoring against the Goons.
Thanks once again for this much needed article for an unfairly maligned player (Dempsey is another one). For many, he will always be an ex-Arsenal player, just like Gallas. Frankly, these people can fuck off!
Totally agree.
Superb article on two fronts: 1) setting the facts straight in a calm, cogent manner, which given the subject is difficult; 2) flushing out a host of moronic responses, which is not so difficult, Cheshuntboy, for example, regularly posts his effortlessly stupid observations on various forums, no doubt to make more people aware of his sink hole of a brain.
I can't add to anything you or Spooky have written, but would like to comment on two things. One is the ACN: few of us will have experienced any war situation as a civilian and an adult (I did, but was only 7 years old), therefore how that affected Adebayor is beyond us. It must have been a difficult decision, but he has the right to represent his country. Secondly, the run up to the penalty and at this point I will not pass comment on that berk from Amstrad. The match was player in teeming rain on a sodden pitch. The players were shattered and I am glad that Adebayor didn't run around in extra time like a lot of cretinous little Englanders would have players do. The little jig may have just been to loosen up his lactic acid laden legs; and yes he does run about, just like he did to allow space for Sigurdsson to thread a pass for Bale to open the scoring against the Goons.
Thanks once again for this much needed article for an unfairly maligned player (Dempsey is another one). For many, he will always be an ex-Arsenal player, just like Gallas. Frankly, these people can fuck off!
Oops, sorry for the double post
Two thoughts:
1) We need to get him laid, then he'll relax. Once he scores… you get my drift.
2) The bastard's getting laid too much. We need to get him neutered…then he can do his scoring on the field.
It's got to be one or the other…unless he's…you don't think he's…could he be….ambidextrous?
Wow this article is amazing! Summed up my thoughts exactly! Well done!


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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Hundreds of fans screamed and waved as the cast of "Star Trek: Into Darkness" beamed into Sydney on Tuesday with the crew of the starship Enterprise returning to space in the world premiere of one of the season's most anticipated movies.
Fans swarmed the red carpet in central Sydney for a glimpse of Chris Pine and co-star Zachary Quinto, who play Captain James T. Kirk and Mr. Spock in the sequel to J.J. Abrams's highly acclaimed reboot of the famous franchise.
"It's a lot of fun. I love Kirk," said Pine, reprising his role as the suave captain in the film, which is due for worldwide release on May 17.
"Kirk's a man of passion who's ruled by his heart. He'll go from crying to laughing to yelling to loving, and I just love his passion."
"Into Darkness" follows the crew of the Enterprise starship as they return to an Earth left in chaos, with Kirk, Spock and the rest of the crew, including Zoe Soldana as Nyota Uhura, setting out to capture those responsible.
The classic sci-fi drama, which began almost half a century ago, has spawned six television series and 11 blockbuster films that have racked up more than a $1 billion, according to the website Box Office Mojo.
That's a history that the actors said added to the fun.
"I used to watch Star Trek reruns as a kid. I always enjoyed it," said Karl Urban, who plays Leonard "Bones" McCoy, Kirk's ironic foil. "It's kind of surreal to be a part of this amazing re-adventure."
Abrams, who revamped the franchise in 2009 with "Star Trek" and is also slated to produce the next "Star Wars" movie, confessed that he had never been a Star Trek fan but used the word "surreal" as well to describe the experience of working with the same stars on the same sets.
"But I think this movie goes further. It's much bigger and much more of an adventure than the last one, and it's a thrill to get to do it."
Asked about "Star Wars," he said only, "So far, so good. It's still very early days yet."
Hundreds of fans lined up for hours in front of a multi-screen cinema in the city centre, some carrying DVDs, posters and photos for which they sought autographs, shouting and screaming as the stars drew near.
"I've watched Star Trek since I was very young with my grandfather. We used to watch it, the old series," said Lex, an IT employee in his early 20s who wore a classic Kirk tunic from the original TV series and was the only person in costume.
"The rebooted franchise is really good... I think it's opened up a whole new audience."
To date, 11 Star Trek movie installments have grossed more than $1 billion in the United States since 1979, including $256 million from Abrams's 2009 film.
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Some pundits say that registered investment advisors are becoming a portfolio manager, more than an advisor.
Today, broker-dealers and wirehouses are allowing their advisors to have full discretion to invest client assets in stocks, bonds, mutual funds and exchange-traded funds.
Broker-dealers and wirehouses provide training and minimum requirements on experience and time with the firm for reps who want to actually place orders on behalf of their clients.
As of the end of June, reps managed $456 billion in more than 1.2 million individual accounts, up from $403 billion and 1 million accounts at the start of the year, according to the latest data from the Money Management Institute.
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management vice chairman Paul Hatch has said publicly that these reps-as-portfolio-manager programs are "a permanent change."
In this new world, Morgan Stanley's reps as PMs account for 33% of the market, investing more than $150 billion. Next is Bank of America Merrill Lynch with $106 billion and a 23% share of the market. Then come UBS Financial Services ($62 billion under management by reps, a 14% market share) and Wells Fargo & Co. ($49 billion and a 11% market share), according to MMI.
Hatch is ambivalent. On the one hand, he sees advisors better serving clients, because they don't make commissions on the orders they place. They make changes to holdings for flat annual fees.
"The closer the portfolio manager is to the client, the more likely the solution is going to be tied to the client's goals," he is reported to have said.
On the other hand, this is new, challenging ground for advisors. "The biggest challenge the industry faces today is asset allocation; advisors need to be qualified to do this,'' Hatch said. "There might be only 10% of advisors that are qualified to do [stock selection] today, and that's not where it needs to be."
Therein lies the problem. In an interview with Money Management Executive, Neil Bathon, founder of FUSE Research Network, said: "How can an advisor offer superior financial advice and guidance and also be top notch in manager selection, manager monitoring, asset allocation and portfolio construction? The skills required of a rep to be good at all the different pieces that go into being a good portfolio manager are simply not things that they have been educated on."
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Featuring all new interviews with Bradley Cooper, Dave Chappelle, Robert DeNiro, Jennifer Lopez and More
Bravo Media's Emmy-nominated series "Inside the Actors Studio," hosted by James Lipton, reaches a milestone of 250 episodes with a two-hour event on Wednesday, May 29 at 7 p.m. Lipton sits down for new interviews with former guests, including Actors Studio alumnus Bradley Cooper, Robert DeNiro, Jennifer Lopez, Christopher Walken, Barbara Walters, Dave Chappelle, Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien, Ellen Burstyn and Spike Lee.
Notable fans of the show, including Katie Couric, Donald Trump and Sugar Ray Leonard, share their favorite guests and moments from the past 19 seasons. For a sneak peak, visit http://www.bravotv.com/inside-the-actors-studio/season-19/videos/250th-episode-james-lipton-has-no-fear
"This is the episode toward which we've been building for nearly 19 years!" Lipton said. "It's not a summing up, because we're still busily shooting episodes with guests like Liam Neeson, Hugh Jackman and Tina Fey. It's a celebration, featuring a glittering parade of our most memorable moments, chosen - on air - by a galaxy of favorite former guests and some of our most renowned fans from every walk of life in talks with me, and by our viewers in America and around the world. In short, it's two hours of laughter, tears and surprises, leading to the moment this multitude of witnesses has chosen as the most thrilling 'Inside' memory of all ... so far."
Viewers will see highlights of Lipton's famous Bernard Pivot questionnaire (complete with curse words), as well as a retrospective of hilarious moments, including Chris Rock's expulsion from Bible school, Seth McFarland as his "Family Guy" alter-ego Peter Griffin, Will Smith's assessment as to whether or not Lipton can "get jiggy with it" and Will Ferrell's impersonation of Lipton himself. The show will also look back on some of Lipton's most revealing interviews including Dave Chappelle's mysterious trip to Africa, Angelina Jolie's sensuality, Barbra Streisand's relationship with her mother, and Drew Barrymore's childhood substance abuse.
Bravo is letting viewers in on the action with a poll on www.BravoTV.com where fans can vote for their favorite episode of the series. The contenders have been narrowed down to Steven Spielberg, Meryl Streep, Robin Williams, Chapelle, and George Clooney. Lipton will announce the winner of the poll during the 250th episode.
To vote (by May 9 at 6 p.m.), visit http://www.bravotv.com/inside-the-actors-studio/season-19/vote-for-your-favorite-episode-of-inside-the-actors-studio.


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The Liberty lacrosse team returns home this weekend after playing its last five games on the road. The Lady Flames host defending Big South champion High Point on Friday and Coastal Carolina on Sunday. Game time against the Panthers is scheduled for 4 p.m., while the matchup with the Chanticleers is slated to begin at noon. How to Follow the Lady Flames Live stats will be available for this week's games by clicking on the live stats links on the lacrosse schedule/results page. Fans can also follow the games through periodic Twitter updates from @LUGameday and @libertywlax.
Series History The Lady Flames are 0-3 all-time versus High Point. In the most recent meeting between the Big South foes, the Panthers downed Liberty at home, 15-8. The Lady Flames and Chanticleers will be meeting for the second time on Sunday. Last season, Liberty edged Coastal, 7-6, in Conway.
Last Time Out In its last contest, Liberty halted its seven-game losing streak by knocking off the Presbyterian College Blue Hose, 20-10, on Sunday afternoon in Clinton, S.C. The win was the Lady Flames' first road victory of the season and improved their all-time record against the Blue Hose to 4-2. Liberty tallied 31 points total during the contest, marking the third-most points in a game in program history. Ten different players tallied goals for Liberty, with Sam Struss notching a game-high four and Kallie Britton and Olivia Becker scoring three each.
Becker Honored On Monday, Lady Flames' attacker Olivia Becker was tabbed the Crons Brand Big South Lacrosse Freshman of the Week for the first time in her young career. Becker tallied back-to-back hat tricks this past weekend against Campbell and Presbyterian College.
Breakout Performer After setting Liberty's single-season assist record last season with 21, attacker Sam Struss has looked to score more in 2014. The junior has tallied at least one goal in each contest this season and has scored multiple markers in all but one of the Lady Flames' 12 games. For the season, Struss has 31 goals which ranks her in third place on the program's single-season goals list.
Lady Flames Among Big South and NCAA Leaders Big South (as of 4/6/14) Goals/Game: Sam Struss (5th/2.58) Assists/Game: Kallie Britton (8th/1.08) Points/Game: Sam Struss (8th/3.08) Ground balls/Game: Kallie Britton (3rd/2.50) Shots/Game: Sam Struss (7th/4.33) Draw Controls/Game: Morgan Becker (2nd/3.92) Caused Turnovers/Game: Nina Dunay (6th/1.25) Free-Position Goals/Game: Sam Struss (1st/0.92) Goals-Against Average: Kristen Masullo (6th/14.62) Save Percentage: Kristen Masullo (4th/.424) Saves/Game: Kristen Masullo (1st/8.83)
NCAA (as of 4/6/14) Saves: Kristen Masullo (9th/106) Saves/Game: Kristen Masullo (18th/8.83)
Previewing the Lady Flames Liberty (2-10, 1-1 Big South) opened Big South Conference play last weekend by splitting a pair of contests. The Lady Flames fell to Campbell, 18-14, before downing Presbyterian College, 20-10, on Sunday. Liberty is 1-2 this season at home, with its lone win coming on Feb. 21 against Elon, 13-9.
Sam Struss (31 goals, 6 assists) paces a Liberty offense which averages 9.83 goals per game. Kallie Britton has a team-best 13 assists and 30 ground balls. Nina Dunay is the team leader in caused turnovers with 15, while also ranking second on the squad with 24 points and 17 goals.
Morgan Becker grabbed seven draw controls in two out of Liberty's three games last week, upping her team-leading total to 42. The redshirt junior ranks 26th in the nation in draw controls per game. As a team, Liberty is second in the Big South, averaging 12.08 draw controls per game.
In goal, Kristen Masullo has a .424 save percentage and a 14.62 goals-against average. The senior leads the conference in saves with 106.
Previewing the Panthers High Point (6-5, 2-0 Big South) went 2-1 last week, picking up two conference wins over Presbyterian College and Coastal Carolina after dropping a 10-9 heartbreaker to No. 7 Duke to start the week.
The Panthers feature the league's highest scoring offense (11.46 goals/game) and stingiest defense (8.55 goals-against average). Attacker Mackenzie Carroll leads the Panthers with 36 points and 18 assists. Alec Perry has a team-best 19 goals.
Patricia Bigelow is the reigning Big South Defensive Player of the Week. The senior leads the team with 24 ground balls. Jasmine Jordan paces the Panthers in draw controls (19) and caused turnovers (18).
Goalkeeper, Julia Burns leads the conference with an 8.49 goals-against average and .460 save percentage on the season.
Previewing the Chanticleers Coastal Carolina (3-9, 1-2 Big South) lost two home matches last week, falling 13-9 to Longwood on Friday before suffering a 13-5 loss to High Point on Sunday.
The Chanticleers lead the Big South in ground balls (20.33) and draw controls (12.42) per game. Rachel Waldron leads the team in ground balls (22), draw controls (45) and caused turnovers (14). Sara Nolan paces the squad in goals with 22, while Keri White has a team-best 10 assists. Trista Kuehn has started eight contests in between the pipes for Coastal. The sophomore has a .348 save percentage and a 12.47 goals-against average.
Looking Ahead The Lady Flames head back on the road for their next contest, traveling to Davidson on April 19. First draw versus the Wildcats is scheduled for 3 p.m.
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The High Line's planting design is inspired by the self-seeded landscape that took root on the elevated rail tracks after the trains stopped running. The High Line includes more than 300 species of perennials, grasses, shrubs, and trees — chosen for their hardiness, adaptability, diversity, and seasonal variation in color and texture. Some of the species that originally grew on the High Line's rail bed are reflected in the park landscape today.
This week we share with you one of our Gardeners' current favorites.
Chaenomeles x superba 'Jet Trail,' known by its common name Jet Trail flowering quince, is a deciduous ornamental shrub. This drought-tolerant plant is known for its prolific spring blooms which cover it in delicate white flowers
Shrubs within the genus Chaenomeles are referred to as "flowering quince," even though all quince plants produce flowers. This is because Chaenomeles shrubs are grown as ornamentals rather than for their fruit. The fruits produced by the Jet trail flowering quince are edible, however they are small and unpleasant to eat raw. Fruit from flowering quince, much like their cousins grown expressly for fruit, must be cooked in order to be enjoyed. You'll often find them in liqueurs, pies, or jam.
Fun fact: The word "marmalade" used to refer to jams made from quince. This is derived from marmelo, the Portuguese word for this fruit.
Help us keep the park beautiful for everyone to enjoy. Take plenty of photos, but please do not pick any of the plants or blooms.
For your own safety, do not eat any plants from the park (including their leaves, fruits, flowers or seeds).
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- The Hodag Country Festival kicks off Thursday.But some country music fans have already staked out their camping spots."Surprisingly for a 4th of July weekend, we've got a very large number of campers in here. We probably estimate about 40 percent of our 5,000 and some campsites are already set up," says Dawn Eckert, the festival's co-owner.She co-owns the festival with her two sisters. Eckert thinks the year-round work makes the event a success."Year-round we have 2.5 employees in the office. This isn't a business that once one's over we don't worry about it until the next year. It's year round planning, and with all the five of us organizers, it's definitely a part-time job year-round, and full-time for a few months out of the year," she says.About 20,000 people attend each day of the four-day long festival. They will have about 75 vendors at the grounds. But local businesses also benefit from the tourists who come to the festival."Those people are all here enjoying the Northwoods, and enjoying this beautiful weather that we're having on the lakes, and boating, and golfing, and taking advantage of all the Northwoods has to offer," Eckert says. Sixteen groups will perform over the four day event.
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Fear and loathing in June Lake
Residents vent their frustrations as Rusty Gregory asks for political support for a land trade
One of the Mono County Board of Supervisors agenda items for its Tuesday, March 5, meeting was to hear Mammoth Mountain Ski Area CEO Rusty Gregory's presentation for political support for a federal land swap.
Gregory requested the five county supervisors to send a letter of support to Congress for a land exchange he has been pursuing for about a decade. The land trade, if it occurs, will put 20 acres of federal Inyo National Forest Service land at the base of Main Lodge into the Mountain's ownership—in trade for other properties the forest service hopes to get its hands on.
Although Gregory had asked for the agenda item to be withdrawn and postponed to give him more time to present more information to the board and audience, June Lake's Supervisor, Tim Alpers said the request came too late to take the item off the county supervisors agenda.
The agenda item brought forth fear and rage as June Lake residents attended and vented their frustration to the board of supervisors.
No one from the Mountain spoke at the meeting.
"We're dealing with a person (Gregory) who doesn't tell the truth," said Alice Suszynski, a June Lake resident and business owner.
"Now he's asking the elected officials to support him in his land exchange. Please do not take this stuff without looking at it seriously … do your homework!"
The meeting room was full to overflowing in Bridgeport, with many echoing Suszynski's words and sentiments.
Perhaps no one was angrier with Gregory than long-time Mono Lake property owner Bill Cunningham. He listed an exhaustive litany of ills allegedly done against him and his family by MMSA, when Cunningham tried to sell some of his property to MMSA to be used in the land trade.
Cunningham listed dates, conversations, and details about his long "nightmare" with MMSA, but with no one from MMSA present at the meeting, he got no response.
His words fired up the audience.
"Leave the money and politicians out of it and do the right thing, not the wrong thing. Do the fair thing, not the unfair thing," said June Lake resident Michael Bogash.
Residents saw Gregory's need for political support for his land exchange as a unique vulnerability and an opportunity to put pressure on MMSA to do something valid with June Mountain.
"If we take the pressure off him, who knows what might happen to June Mountain," said Suszynski.
But the Mono County Board of Supervisors was not in a position to take any action at the time.
"We just got back from the peer resort tour," said Supervisor Larry Johnston. "We are going to be bringing a lot more information to you, to the community, about what we think might work at June, get your input on that, and we think it only fair to allow MMSA the extra time they asked for to do the same thing."
"Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer are personal friends of mine," said June Lake Supervisor Tim Alpers. "You can be sure they will be calling up after this to ask if we took a position. It's too early to do that. We don't have the complete story."


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text: Euro Drops for Fifth Day on Bets ECB Will Cut Rates; Rand Falls November 1, 2013 10:00 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Bloomberg Email Nov. 1 (Bloomberg) -- The euro slid for a fifth day against the dollar as signs of economic weakness in the single-currency bloc fueled speculation the European Central Bank will cut interest rates as soon as at its meeting next week. The 17-nation currency headed for its biggest weekly loss since July 2012 after data yesterday showed the region's inflation unexpectedly slowed and the jobless rate climbed to a record. The dollar gained versus its major peers as a gauge of U.S. manufacturing rose to a two-year high. South Africa's rand dropped after the nation's trade deficit grew more than forecast. A gauge of currency volatility rose for a second day. "The European recovery, which we always knew was a bit fragile, just looks that much weaker," Richard Franulovich, the chief currency strategist for the northern hemisphere at Westpac Banking Corp. in New York, said in a phone interview. "As a result of those numbers from yesterday, there are quite a few people formally calling for the ECB to ease policy." The euro fell 0.6 percent to $1.3501 at 11:04 a.m. in New York, extending this week's slide to 2.2 percent, the most since the five days ended July 6, 2012. It reached $1.3483, breaching its 50-day moving average of $1.3487. The shared currency declined 0.2 percent to 132.38 yen after sliding to 132.61, the lowest since Oct. 11. The yen lost 0.4 percent to 98.78 per dollar after gaining 0.6 percent earlier. Volatility Rises A measure of price swings among the currencies of Group of Seven nations increased to a two-week high. The JPMorgan G7 Volatility Index reached 8.12 percent, the highest since Oct. 17. It dropped to 7.48 percent Oct. 28, the lowest this year. The 2013 average is 9.37 percent. The South African rand weakened for a sixth day against the dollar, the longest stretch of losses in five months, after the nation posted a trade deficit of 18.9 billion rand ($1.9 billion) in September. Economists in a Bloomberg survey forecast a gap of 16.4 billion rand. The currency slid 1.1 percent to 10.1546 per dollar after falling to 10.0220, the weakest since Sept. 6. Sweden's krona dropped versus most major peers after a report showed manufacturing expanded less than forecast. Swedbank Markets said its gauge of factory output fell to 52 in October from 56 the previous month. A Bloomberg News survey predicted a decline to 54.5. The krona dropped 0.7 percent to 6.5309 per dollar, its fifth straight daily loss. It was little changed versus the euro at 8.8063. The Swedish currency has depreciated 1.9 percent versus the dollar since Oct. 30, the biggest two-day decline since June. Norwegian Manufacturing Norway's krone rose to a five-week high versus the euro after an index of manufacturing based on a survey of purchasing managers climbed to 53.6 last month, the highest since May 2012, damping speculation the central bank will cut borrowing costs. The krone advanced as much as 0.6 percent to 8.0263 per euro, the strongest level since Sept. 24, before trading at 8.0485, up 0.3 percent. The currency depreciated 0.4 percent to 5.9642 per dollar. "Today's PMIs do not seriously question the Scandi recovery story," Christin Tuxen, a senior analyst at Danske Bank A/S in Copenhagen, wrote in a note to clients. "Overall growth in the manufacturing sector is accelerating, hence reducing the risk of a Norges Bank cut. Euro-krone lower is indeed a natural reaction." Fed Stimulus The dollar extended gains as the Institute for Supply Management's factory index climbed to 56.4, the highest since April 2011, weakening the case for the Federal Reserve to maintain stimulus. Readings above 50 signal growth. A Bloomberg survey forecast 55. The Fed said Oct. 30 it would keep purchasing $85 billion of bonds per month as it awaited more evidence the economy is improving. The Bloomberg U.S. Dollar Index gained for a sixth day, rising 0.4 percent to 1,015.63. It touched 1.0146.35, the highest since Sept. 18. The euro area's annual inflation rate declined to 0.7 percent last month, the least since November 2009, from 1.1 percent in September, the European Union's statistics office said yesterday. Unemployment in the region was at a record 12.2 percent in September, separate data showed. Bank of America Corp., UBS AG and Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc forecast the ECB will cut rates on Nov. 7. BNP Paribas SA, Societe Generale SA, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Scotiabank predict a reduction in December, when the central bank will publish new economic projections. The ECB last lowered its benchmark rate on May 2 to a record 0.5 percent. 'Recalibrating Assumptions' "Markets are recalibrating their assumptions for what the ECB may do in the near future after those fairly shocking inflation numbers yesterday," said Jeremy Stretch, head of currency strategy at Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in London. "It looks like the euro is going to test all the way back toward the support between $1.3450 and $1.3570," he said, referring to levels where there may be buy orders. The euro has slumped 0.9 percent this week, the worst performer after the Swedish krona of 10 developed-nation currencies tracked by Bloomberg Correlation-Weighted Indexes. The dollar gained 1.5 percent, and the yen was little changed. --With assistance from Kristine Aquino in Singapore, Mariko Ishikawa in Tokyo and Lucy Meakin in London. 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My funniest moment travelling was in Santorini when my friend and I decided to get to the top of the island by travelling on mules. We didn't know quite what to expect. My friend and I were the only ones to use the mules, everyone else decided to use the cable car and we should have realised then that it wasn't a good idea! As the local fella in charge was tying his and my mules together, my friend had already started riding hers up the road – only on closer inspection did she realised there were no reigns!! She was screaming and screaming but eventually we caught up, all she could do was hold on for dear life all the way to the top.
My best holiday was when I went on safari in Kenya. We saw all the "big five" that everyone goes to see. The lodges we stayed in were beautiful as many had watering holes where the animals would congregate in the mornings! I would recommend going on a safari to anyone, it was amazing.
I have been very lucky to travel to as many countries as I have, however I would love to go and see the Orang-utans in Borneo – it would be a dream come true.
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Stopping Rodney McGruder will be one of the keys when No. 8 Florida (8-1) meets Kansas State tonight at the Wildcat Classic in Kansas City.
Florida has faced its share of high-caliber players in its first nine games this season.
On Thursday, Florida coach Billy Donovan rattled off some of the big names — Michael Snaer of Florida State, Vander Blue of Marquette, Mike Bruesewitz of Wisconsin, Mark Lyons of Arizona.
But Donovan had high praise for Kansas State senior shooting guard Rodney McGruder, whom the Gators will face Saturday night.
"McGruder may be the best player individually that we've faced this year," Donovan said.
Stopping McGruder will be one of the keys when No. 8 Florida (8-1) meets Kansas State tonight at the Wildcat Classic in Kansas City. With a pro-Kansas State crowd expected at the Sprint Center, Florida will be dealing with its share of adversity.
"I hear their fans are pretty crazy," Florida junior center Patric Young said. "It's just going to be something where we're going to have to push through that adversity.
"It's probably going to be really loud, and we're going to have to, no matter what the situation, stay together as a team and get through."
A Big 12 player of the year candidate, the 6-foot-4, 205-pound McGruder is coming off a season-high, 26-point performance Tuesday night in Kansas State's 78-69 win over Texas Southern. McGruder made 12-of-17 shots from the floor.
"He's played a lot of games from day one," Donovan said. "Very, very talented. Very, very gifted. He can really, really score in a lot of different ways. They run a lot of different kind of screening action for him, so he's a terrific player all the way around."
A Washington, D.C. native, McGruder played high school basketball at Arlington Country Day School in Jacksonville. Young, a Jacksonville native, recalled watching McGruder score 41 points in a high school playoff game.
"He can light it up," Young said.
Kansas State is going through a coaching transition this season, with first-year coach Bruce Weber replacing Frank Martin, who left for South Carolina. Weber was let go from Illinois after failing to make the NCAA Tournament for the third time in nine seasons.
Under Weber, Kansas State is off to an 8-2 start, with its lone losses coming against Michigan and Gonzaga. Donovan is expecting another tough defensive challenge for the Gators. Kansas State is holding opponents to just 57.4 points per game.
"They've got a veteran group and a group of guys that have been around," Donovan said. "So I'm sure they've got some things they've kept in place from Frank, probably some things Bruce has added.
"Their defense, Bruce Weber is a terrific defensive coach, Frank Martin is a terrific defensive coach. They are both terrific coaches so no question I think for that older group their foundation defensively has been built over a period of time."
G Kenny Boynton 6-2 Sr. 12.6 ppg, 4.2 rpg
G Mike Rosario 6-3 Sr. 12.9 ppg, 2.8 rpg
F Will Yeguete 6-7 Jr. 7.2 ppg, 6.8 rpg
F Erik Murphy 6-10 Sr. 11.6 ppg, 4.7 rpg
C Patric Young 6-9 Jr. 10.0 ppg, 6.9 rpg
G Will Spradling 6-2 Jr. 8.7 ppg, 3.0 apg
G Angel Rodriguez 5-11 So. 10.7 ppg, 4.4 apg
G Rodney McGruder 6-4 Sr. 13.3 ppg, 5.2 rpg
F Nino Williams 6-5 So. 5.2 ppg, 4.4 rpg
F Thomas Gipson 6-7 So. 7.9 ppg, 7.1 rpg
Notes: Florida is traveling to Kansas State in a return game from a matchup between the two schools in 2010 in Sunrise. Florida downed Kansas State in that game 57-44. … Florida is 18-12 against current teams in the Big 12 conference. … Florida ranks first in the nation in scoring defense, holding teams to 49.6 points per game. … Mike Rosario is averaging 16.3 points over his last three games. … Kenny Boynton will be looking to break out of a shooting slump. Boynton is just 3 of his last 27 from 3-point range. … Kansas State is holding opponents to just 26.5 percent shooting from 3-point range. … The Wildcats enter the game with a plus-8.8 rebounding margin, while Florida is at plus-10.7.


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Actor Matt Damon has ruled out ever running for office after speaking to a political consultant who was disillusioned with his job.
The star takes an avid interest in politics, throwing his support behind U.S. President Barack Obama during his two election campaigns and speaking out publicly against the war in Iraq.
Last year (12) Damon even came third in a poll for the star Americans would want to run for office, but he admits speaking to a consultant during research for his role in The Adjustment Bureau put him off the idea of stepping into the world of politics.
He tells USA Today, "No (I won't run for office), for a number of reasons. I love my job too much and don't want to do anything else.
"I love making movies. And also, I look at that world and I don't think I'm cut out for it. I don't think I'd enjoy it.
"I talked to a political consultant when I was doing The Adjustment Bureau. He was getting out of the business. He said that when he started out, you'd work for someone you believed in and you'd craft these messages.
"It was all about the nuance. And then we figured out somewhere along the line that you throw (information) at the other candidate and it doesn't matter if it's true."


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There's an old saw in real estate that goes: Buy a house in an up-and-coming neighborhood adjacent to an already established and prestigious area. And if you can include some revenue with your purchase, so much the better.
This listing at 1510 Carondelet St. in the Lower Garden District fulfills both requirements. Carondelet is the street parallel to St. Charles Avenue, yet it still has a little ways to go on its way to prestigious – which means that right now you can get a great house at a great price.
This two-story Italianate-style house at 1510 Carondelet St. was built in 1875 as probably a city home for a planter who lived most of the year along the Mississippi River. It's now been renovated into five apartments with rents ranging from $650 to $800 a month. But it retains some of its gorgeous accoutrements: marble floors in one of the kitchens, double parlors in one of its apartments, wide heart of pine floors in some of its public rooms, original fireplaces and a stunning staircase to its second floor with its beautiful balcony.
"These apartments are always rented," said Paula George, the listing broker with Sunshine Realty, who owned the building herself from 1998 to 2005, "and the house has always made money." George pointed out that there is also a coin-operated laundry room for the convenience of the tenants.
This Lower Garden District neighborhood is sometimes called the Lower St. Charles Avenue Corridor and there's plenty of activity going on here.
The Felicity Street Re-Development Project, of which George is a member, has renovated over 25 properties in the area. Their fund raiser, Magic in Melpominia, a reference to one of the streets here, is a must-attend event each year.
The property is across the street from the New Orleans Cooking Experience. St. John the Baptist Church, with its gleaming gold dome, is in this neighborhood. So are the Big Top Three Ring Circus and the offices of Parkway Partners. Residents also have easy access to all that St. Charles Avenue has to offer: the historic street car line, an Office Depot, Delmonico's/Emerils and Zea's restaurants plus plenty of banks – all within walking distance.
Jack and Jake's, a fresh food market, will soon take up residence in the old school on Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard, offering a much-needed grocery to residents.
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The abundance of 150-year-old oak trees lining its streets and yards define the neighborhood and form its backbone.
The Lower Garden District is easily navigable by foot. Not only is it accessible due to transit, including the St. Charles Avenue streetcar, but it is such a pleasant area that it induces walking. The architecture along its streets brings one back to earlier times, yet many of the dwellings have adjusted nicely to the present day. The feel is one of comfort, one of tradition, and of aesthetic beauty. Most of the streets are one-lane residential or two-lane commercial; however, vehicles do not dominate the streetscape.
In addition to the streetcar available for transit, this neighborhood is also near the major commercial thoroughfare Magazine Street which provides retail and commercial uses and is a citywide shopping destination. A spacious park on Race Street provides some open space for the residents.
"This neighborhood has seen increased activity due to the favorable economic conditions we have now in the city," said George, "and this is a very good buy right now, because the building has been well maintained and is not in need of repairs." Maybe that old real estate saying will work for you: Buy a house in an up-and-coming neighborhood adjacent to an already established and prestigious area and get it with some revenue to help you meet your note. This house more than fulfills those requirements.
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LITTLE FALLS, NJ--(Marketwire - Jan 30, 2013) - mPhase Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: XDSL) reported today that it has been issued patent number 8,344,543 from the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) for a Reserve Battery System.
The invention patented generally relates to a battery system that is easily activated via low mechanical force thus allowing a reserve battery to be used in a wide variety of consumer related and non-consumer related electrical devices.
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mPhase Technologies is introducing a revolutionary Smart Surface technology enabled by breakthroughs in nanotechnology, MEMS processing and micro fluidics. Our Smart Surface technology has potential applications within drug delivery systems, lab-on-a-chip analytic systems, self-cleaning systems, liquid and chemical sensor systems, and filtration systems. mPhase has pioneered its first Smart Surface enabled product, the mPhase Smart NanoBattery.
In addition to the Smart Surface technology, mPhase recently introduced its first product, the mPower Emergency Illuminator, an award-winning product designed by Porsche Design Studio and sold via the mPower website: http://www.mpowertech.com. More information about the company can be found at http://www.mPhaseTech.com.
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Analysis: The arduous task of chasing an incumbent from a crowded field
WASHINGTON (AP) ' As Mitt Romney reflects on his showing on Super Tuesday, he might sneak a peek at clips of President Barack Obama's news conference performance hours earlier. It was an object lesson about the power of incumbency and about the challenge facing Romney while his own party foes still nip at his heels.
As hard as Romney tries, he has yet to be able to define the race against Obama on his own terms. Busy fending off Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich on his right, his critiques of Obama become part of the Republican chorus, diluted and subsumed.
By contrast, there was the president, wielding a powerful megaphone, able to steal the limelight even on a day when 10 states were deciding GOP nominating contests.
From behind the lectern in the White House Brady Briefing Room, Obama dismissed the Republican contenders for the "casualness" with which they discuss war, giving their calls for a more muscular policy against Iran the back of his hand.
"Those folks don't have a lot of responsibilities," he said scornfully. "They're not commander in chief."
With that, at least for the moment, Obama defined the race on his terms.
What's more, the Republican contest has served to rally Democrats behind Obama while the public's view of the Republican field remains more negative than positive, according to a new poll by the Pew Research Center and The Washington Post.
Indeed, there's a reason incumbents tend to win re-election.
"They have the bully pulpit, they usually have the benefit of no primary challengers at the same time that the opposition party is chewing itself up," veteran Republican pollster Whit Ayres said.
At the same time, as Ayres notes, a presidential contest with an incumbent seeking re-election tends to be a referendum on the preceding four years. For Obama, the country's modest economic recovery still makes him vulnerable even amid signs of improved consumer confidence. At 8.3 percent, unemployment in January was the highest it has been in an election year since the Great Depression. On top of that, gasoline prices are at record highs for this time of year.
The only two incumbents to lose in the past three decades ' Jimmy Carter in 1980 and George H.W. Bush in 1992 ' were also vulnerable. But it still took exceptional, charismatic politicians ' Ronald Reagan, the "Great Communicator," and Bill Clinton ("I feel your pain") ' to beat them.
If Romney is on an eventual path to win the nomination, as his victories Tuesday suggest, his challenge is to rise to the level of a Reagan or a Clinton.
As his base jells behind him, Obama now has the luxury of appealing to independent voters. With a simple phone call last week to Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown University law student derided by talk radio host Rush Limbaugh, he turned a Republican argument about contraception and religious liberty on its head. In so doing, he made a renewed plea for civil discourse, and by extension, to those voters who recoil from the rough partisanship of politics.
Obama is now also calibrating his relationship with congressional Republicans. After months of casting them as obstructionists, he now has won an extension of a payroll tax cut and his aides have spoken favorably of a Republican legislative package to assist small businesses. In the end, Obama advisers believe, the political benefit of any legislative accomplishment accrues to the president.
Romney, of course, doesn't have that perch of power. His business and government accomplishments are in the past, as a venture capitalist, Olympics savior or Massachusetts governor. The only places for Romney to demonstrate achievement now are in the Republican nominating contests, and those so far are a mixed bag.
On Tuesday, Romney won in Ohio, Vermont, Virginia, Idaho, Alaska and his home state of Massachusetts. Santorum won in Tennessee, Oklahoma and North Dakota, while Gingrich took his own state of Georgia.
Romney has shown weakness in the South. Before losing Tennessee and Georgia, he lost South Carolina to Gingrich in January. He then went on to win in Florida. But the South is the most important region in the Republican base of support.
"It's important that the Republican presidential nominee be popular in the geographical base of the party," said Ayres, who has vast experience in Southern and national political contests.
Still, Romney's tentative foothold in the South may be all he needs. If Romney gets the nomination, there is little doubt he would win most Southern states.
Yet as the contest proceeds with Santorum and Gingrich still in the hunt, Romney doesn't have Obama's opportunity to turn his attention to independent voters. The longer the nominating contest goes, the longer Obama can have that audience much to himself.
And Romney, who has said he "won't light his hair on fire" to stir up the Republican base, could finally enter the general election with two opposing tasks before him: stirring up conservatives who preferred his primary foes and making his case to the independents and centrists who ultimately could decide the election.
EDITOR'S NOTE ' Jim Kuhnhenn covers the White House for The Associated Press.