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Much-investigated ref denies fixing soccer matches
ZURICH (AP) — It was in the final minutes of a June 2011 soccer game between Nigeria and Argentina when the little green flags on computer screens in London started to change color.
Nigeria was leading 4-0 in the exhibition match of little significance, and more and more money was being laid down around the world on the possibility that one of the teams would score another goal before the game was over. Monitors hired by the soccer governing body FIFA to detect deviations from expected betting patterns — helped by computer algorithms — spotted something fishy.
The game's 90 minutes of regular time ended without another goal. Referee Ibrahim Chaibou ordered additional time added to the clock — normal in most soccer games to make up for stoppages in play throughout the contest for injuries or other minor delays. He added six minutes — a substantial amount for such a minor game.
When that time ran out, the game continued, with the score still at 4-0. The clock reached 98 minutes.
That's when Chaibou called Nigerian defender Efe Ambrose for touching the ball with his hand — an infraction that brought a penalty kick for Argentina.
EDITOR'S NOTE: This story is part of a months-long, multiformat AP examination of how organized crime is corrupting soccer through match-fixing, running over four days this week.
Ambrose couldn't believe it. Video replays showed the ball touching him halfway up his thigh, with his arm behind his back and his hand nowhere near the ball. The replay also suggested that Chaibou had a clear view of the play.
But the referee pointed straight to the spot and patted his elbow twice as if to confirm his call beyond any doubt. Nigerian players crowded around him, one even laughing in bemusement. Argentina scored the penalty, and the game ended 4-1.
Within days, both FIFA and the Nigerian Football Association announced they would look into the possibility that the match had been fixed.
The world's most popular sport is under sustained attack from criminal gangs that corrupt players, referees and soccer officials into rigging matches — determining in advance the result of a game, or how many goals are scored and when.
The profits from betting on fixed games are so vast that at least two organized crime groups have recently switched from drug trafficking to match-fixing, Interpol chief Ron Noble told The Associated Press. Sportradar, a European company that monitors worldwide betting, says up to 300 games a year could be fixed in Europe alone.
Referees are tempting targets for match-fixers because their decisions can significantly alter a game's outcome. They also make bad calls all the time for reasons that have nothing to do with corruption, so any investigation centers on collaborating evidence, such as unusual spikes in betting or confessions from people paid off by crime gangs.
Chaibou, a slim, bald 46-year-old from the West African country of Niger, is one of football's most-investigated international referees. Matches in which he officiated have been investigated by FIFA, the Nigerian Football Association and the South African Football Association. At least five of his matches have been flagged as suspicious by betting monitoring companies, an action that usually prompts FIFA and national football organizations to look into the possibility that it was fixed.
None of those have resulted in formal charges or sanctions, and Chaibou denies any connection to match-fixing. He says he has retired from soccer and now works in Niger's military.
In a telephone interview from his home in Niger's capital of Niamey, Chaibou acknowledged that soccer authorities have been questioning him about matches he officiated, including the Argentina-Nigeria game.
"The people from FIFA have already asked me. … They asked me all the questions about this goal. They asked around everywhere, a bit to everyone," he said. "I judged it to be a penalty, so I gave a penalty … to make everyone happy. That's it."
It wasn't the first time Chaibou had officiated a suspicious match. In 2010 and 2011, he was the referee at five exhibition matches between national teams in Africa, the Middle East and South America that were flagged by a leading betting monitoring company as potentially fixed, according to confidential company reports seen by the AP.
Before the FIFA-South African investigation was completed, Chaibou turned 45 and was forced to retire from FIFA's approved international referee list in December 2011 due to age limits. That also automatically canceled the investigation, since FIFA investigates only active referees, and no sanctions were issued.
"Ibrahim Chaibou left football before FIFA could launch any potential disciplinary action against him," the FIFA media department said in an email, adding that Chaibou "could of course be investigated again, should he return to soccer."
Chris Eaton, a former security chief for FIFA, said the governing body's investigators tried and failed to question Chaibou in the six months before his retirement, a development he called disappointing.
"People who have serious allegations of corruption against them ought to be properly investigated, if only to clear them of the allegations or confirm them," he said.
FIFA, which has pledged a zero-tolerance fight against corruption in soccer, manages a list of about 2,000 elite referees and linesmen who are qualified to handle national team and international club matches. Each year, FIFA's 209 national associations propose candidates between the ages of 25 and 45 who have worked in top-tier matches for at least two years. A referees committee has veto power over the nominations.
To be accepted, referees must have achieved acceptable grades in domestic matches and must pass FIFA-approved fitness and medical tests. They cannot hold an official position at any soccer club. Successful candidates get to wear a FIFA crest on their shirt.
In 2010, Chaibou was hired for matches in South Africa, Bahrain, Bolivia and Ecuador and small tournaments played in Egypt.
Many of them were organized by Wilson Raj Perumal, who has been convicted of match-fixing in Finland for Asian crime syndicates, and wrote about the fixes in a series of jailhouse letters to a Singaporean journalist in which he linked Chaibou to suspicious matches in South America. After serving his sentence and being released, Perumal has been helping law enforcement authorities in Hungary and Italy uncover rigged games. He has given testimony that is considered a major breakthrough in uncovering match-fixing in Europe.
Perumal's company hired Chaibou to officiate at two games in 2010 — South Africa-Guatemala and Bahrain-Togo. The first was investigated by FIFA and the South African soccer federation; the second involved a team of impostors. Eaton said that when Perumal was arrested in Finland in February 2011, he had Chaibou's number on his phone.
Chaibou also officiated two other games in South America — Bolivia-Venezuela and Ecuador-Venezuela — in October and November 2010, respectively, according to documents provided by FIFA. Both of those matches raised flags with betting monitors, according to confidential betting reports. In a letter written from jail, Perumal claimed the Bolivia match was "sold to an investor in China" — a euphemism for Asian crime gangs.
In Ecuador, the home team won 4-1, helped by penalties scored by both teams that were "similarly questionable," according to a confidential betting monitoring report.
When asked by the AP whether he knew Perumal, Chaibou became combative.
"You already asked me this question last time. I told you I don't know him. I don't know him!" he said, his voice rising. "I told you I don't know these people."
In two previous calls to Chaibou, AP had not mentioned the name.
In 2010, Bahrain's soccer federation hired Perumal to arrange an exhibition match between its national team and that of Togo.
But when the match was played in the Bahraini capital of Manama in September of that year, the rag-tag team from Togo contained none of the players from its national squad. Its coach was not that of the Togolese team, but rather Tchanile Bana, who was serving a two-year ban by Togo for a previous soccer scam.
Bahrain won 3-0, but its coach still complained angrily after the game; the score would have been even more lopsided if officials had not nullified several Bahraini goals on offsides calls.
The referee was Chaibou.
From his prison cell in Finland, Perumal wrote to a Singaporean journalist that "Ibrahim Chaibo (sic) was put in charge of this match to keep the score as low as possible."
Perumal said he wagered "against the current" of other Singapore bettors who knew about his ties to the Togo game and who put down money on the Africans losing by a lot.
Chaibou denied that anyone influenced the match: "These are refereeing decisions. That's all."
Asked whether Perumal had dictated the outcome, Chaibou hung up.
He did not answer further calls from the AP.
FIFA did not investigate because there was no formal complaint by either national federation about the match, which has become notorious in the soccer world for hurting the image of international exhibitions.
Two weeks before the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Chaibou refereed another game that caught the eye of journalists as well as betting monitors, who watch information from 300 betting agencies.
The South African Football Association had hired the Football4U agency, later linked to Perumal, to arrange a string of exhibitions, including a May 31 match against Guatemala. Chaibou was the referee.
The monitoring systems noted suspiciously strong pre-match backing for a South African victory, despite the fact the team was resting several regulars, and for at least three goals to be scored in the game, according to a confidential monitoring report.
South Africa won 5-0, with two of the goals coming from the three handball penalties awarded by Chaibou. The first was called on defender Gustavo Cabrera, who replays showed was clearly standing outside the penalty area. Guatemala was awarded a penalty in the 50th minute when South Africa defender Lucas Thwala blocked a shot with his chest; the South African goalkeeper made the save on the ensuing penalty kick. Chaibou gave South Africa another penalty kick four minutes later, and the team scored.
The South African Football Association immediately became suspicious and dropped all of Perumal's referees, canceling Chaibou's plans to officiate its next game against Denmark.
Chaibou denied that anyone had pressured him to influence the outcome of the match.
On Dec. 15, 2012, the South African Football Association announced that a FIFA report found "compelling evidence" that one or more of its games was fixed in 2010. It said referees hired by Perumal were thought to have manipulated its exhibition games before the World Cup for betting purposes, adding that no players were thought to have been involved. It did not name the referees. It has not imposed sanctions but the investigation continues.
Eaton, who has since joined the Qatari-funded International Centre for Sport Security, said he will continue to investigate Chaibou. It is his responsibility, he said, "to protect all sport from the influence of criminals infiltrating sport and corrupting individuals within sport."
"The allegations against referee Chaibou mean he is a person of interest to the ICSS Integrity Unit and its investigators," Eaton said.
Chaibou insists he has never fixed a match.
"It's got nothing to do with me," he said. "I refereed my matches and went home peacefully. End of story."
Sports Writer John Leicester in Paris and Assistant Europe Editor Sheila Norman-Culp in London contributed to this story.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This story is part of a months-long, multiformat AP examination of how organized crime is corrupting soccer through match-fixing, running over four days this week.


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Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Yes, Let's!
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Baffling inscription?
Atmospheric pollution?
"Rotisserie Chicken" label?
Excess punctuation?
Check, check, check, and check check.
Looks like we're covered, Heather K.!
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Omigod... WHAT are those brown turd spots?? And WHY???
- December 23, 2008 at 9:29 AM
- HorribleLicensePlates said...
At least they got a cute snow man. The rest, I agree, is a mess.
- December 23, 2008 at 9:33 AM
- Unknown said...
I'm curious to see if the store is selling the cake as a deli rotisserie chicken.
- December 23, 2008 at 9:35 AM
Why cook dinner when you can have our rotisserie chicken with rosemary buttercream icing? Ewwwwwwwww. That is plain vile.
- December 23, 2008 at 9:35 AM
- shadow said...
I can't decide which baffles me more: the brown sky-smudges, or the chicken label! O_O
- December 23, 2008 at 9:40 AM
At least the decorator has the correct apostrophe. And the snowman's kind of cute.
The sticker label is the crowning jewel here, IMHO.
Word verification: hamenthy, which I'm pretty sure is the correct name for when a store employs stickers from the meat department for products from the bakery. - December 23, 2008 at 9:51 AM
- Andrea said...
The Snowman is adorable, though!!!!!
- December 23, 2008 at 9:52 AM
mmm chicken...
- December 23, 2008 at 9:52 AM
- Arlynn said...
Ha! This is truly a great one. I think maybe my favorite holiday cake yet. Especially with that chicken label : )
- December 23, 2008 at 9:55 AM
- ME! said...
Let us snow. How do I go about doing that? Perhaps after I eat this chicken I'll know.
- December 23, 2008 at 10:02 AM
- Megan said...
So is that chicken under the frosting? Eew!
- December 23, 2008 at 10:03 AM
- Caitie Miller said...
Haha the chicken label just totally makes this!
- December 23, 2008 at 10:05 AM
Chicken label..on a cake?
What is the world coming to??
Cute snowman though! - December 23, 2008 at 10:06 AM
Ha ha ha or should I say ah ah ah? I'm trying really hard to snow but it's not happening. I really wanted to join in with the request on this cake.
- December 23, 2008 at 10:08 AM
- Monique in TX said...
You forgot the poor spacing, causing the word "snow" to be all drifted to one o'clock position. The label? That, I think, is a Kroger label. All of their bakery products have an ad for a rotisserie chicken dinner at the top. The label will have the actual product info below the chicken ad--it just doesn't show in the photo. But yes, the juxtaposition is weird. Word: bratepp--a sitcom episode in which the usually-too-cute child is obnoxious because they have a Problem which only Dad can fix with his charming, folksy wisdom
Monique in TX - December 23, 2008 at 10:20 AM
Misspellings? Check.
("Smow", arguably...) - December 23, 2008 at 10:23 AM
If someone could combine the awesomeness of iced cookie and tasty chicken, I'd buy it.
- December 23, 2008 at 10:24 AM
- Justine said...
Ooo baby, after we feast upon this freshly roasted chicken and sugar laden hydrogenated vegatable oil pesudo icing product, we shall make use of this home's two sumptuous bathrooms and "smow" like no two people have ever "smowed" before. Which wine shall we have? The Mad Dog 20/20 Blue or the Boone's Farm Hot Pink?
- December 23, 2008 at 10:26 AM
- E.A.D. said...
Frosted Chicken, mmmmmmmm. Not!
- December 23, 2008 at 10:29 AM
- BellaLovesPink said...
Maybe it's a rotisserie chicken flavored cake. And is the snowman floating on a cloud?
- December 23, 2008 at 10:29 AM
- The Archduchess said...
I would like to mention that Kroger (which is where the sticker came from) labels everything with an ad for rotisserie chicken at the top of the sticker. Why they do that is beyond be, but rest assured it wasn't a labeling error.
However, speeelinge = bad, "punktyashun..." = badder, airbrush poop = baddest. There is no way around that. - December 23, 2008 at 10:31 AM
I am thinking that the brown is smog, lol.
- December 23, 2008 at 10:53 AM
- @wendydesigns said...
Meatcake! My favorite!
- December 23, 2008 at 11:13 AM
Wow. Now you've got me craving that really good Moroccan dish that happens to have chicken, almonds, and powdered sugar in it. Not this, though.
- December 23, 2008 at 11:45 AM
- Jess said...
The chicken label takes the cake!! I had to say it!
- December 23, 2008 at 11:55 AM
Is this a cookie, too? It's hard to believe that anyone would put that much icing on a cookie, let alone eat it. Still, if it's a chicken that's iced....
- December 23, 2008 at 11:58 AM
- Debbie said...
I think this is a cookie, not a cake, and the brown is where the frosting is *thin* (imagine that, underfrosted rather than over) and the cookie shows through. Just a thought.
- December 23, 2008 at 12:15 PM
- Malibu Niki said...
I think the snowman is throwing up his arms in a shrug, as in, "I don't know what's going on here, either."
- December 23, 2008 at 12:16 PM
I'm pretty sure the brownish tinges to the "sky" isn't added. It looks like the top of the cake underneath showing through where the frosting coverage is particularly sparse.
- December 23, 2008 at 12:28 PM
- Scritzy said...
Let's smow?
I think that's illegal in my state. - December 23, 2008 at 12:43 PM
- Debbi said...
Almost sounds a wee bit naughty ...
- December 23, 2008 at 12:54 PM
- Unknown said...
Y'all neglected to mention the horrible depiction of ground snow.
Word verification: REUCE, which is defined as "chicken-flavored cake." - December 23, 2008 at 12:59 PM
maybe they rust ran out of blue icing and stretched the bit they still had... and maybe it still wasn't enough to cover all of the cake, so the brown smudges are just the actual cake (chicken?) showing through?
though if that was the case, they could have just dyed some of the snow blue and used it for the sky.
and as for the punctuation and the "snow" - well, i can't come up with an explanation for those. - December 23, 2008 at 1:07 PM
- Lady Éowyn said...
Let's snow?
Hehe, I'm like Calvin in Calvin and Hobbes, trying to light up like a firefly — "I don't even know which muscle to flex!"
And... it's possible that's not airbrush smog. Maybe it's mold. ;) - December 23, 2008 at 1:20 PM
While I agree that it's more "let's smow" than "let's snow," I don't quite catch the excess punctuation reference (since "Let's snow" is, surprisingly enough, correct, being a contraction of "Let us snow" -- which is what one assumes the decorator meant). Could someone please clarify what I am missing?
- December 23, 2008 at 1:24 PM
- Anna M. said...
To me it looks like they put the top from a chicken container on the cake box, and the brown spots are actually chicken juice that was on the top.
- December 23, 2008 at 1:34 PM
59, the decorator deserves a foul for excessive use of periods, as the legend transcribes to "... Let's snow .." [or smow, as it seems to appear]... (Sorry, just had to use an ellipsis... Argh! Now I can't stop...)
- December 23, 2008 at 2:38 PM
- Rucifey said...
I think that the excess punctuation reference is refering to the "...Let's Snow.." (minus the quotes). - December 23, 2008 at 2:45 PM
- Denise said...
Your comments actually made me laugh/snort. Thanks so much.
Poor little polluted snowdude. - December 23, 2008 at 3:19 PM
Does everything taste like chicken? Even snowmen? This cake would be great if the Winter Olympics were in Beijing.
- December 23, 2008 at 6:11 PM
You're right, 59. The punctuation is actually correct, contracting "let US snow".
Although why anyone would want to do such a thing (or smow) is truly beyond me. - December 23, 2008 at 6:31 PM
Hey 59,
I wasn't sure everyone would notice the three periods before and two periods after the wording but I think Jen knew that if she didn't point it out, someone else would.
It does make one curious though. If the punctuation is correct but the grammar is wrong overall, does it still count?
Example: Let's flood.
...just a thought..
john - December 23, 2008 at 7:00 PM
- Brooke said...
LOL! Proof positive that global warming is real (and being documented by cake "artists").
- December 23, 2008 at 7:06 PM
Laughed when I read the chicken label...that takes the ...cake??? LOL
word verification ovulan...sounds like new birth control...the parents of this wreckerator should have used it. - December 23, 2008 at 8:12 PM
- Donna M. said...
Maybe it's not really a cake, but a frosted rotisserie chicken!
- December 23, 2008 at 8:21 PM
Cake decorating class: $40
Sassy new outfit to get you a job at the bakery: $100
Decorating such a horribly ugly cake that you become immortalized on Cake Wrecks:
PRICELESS - December 23, 2008 at 9:27 PM
Chicken? Hilarious! So glad I stumbled on this blog. It makes me want to go wreck hunting.
- December 23, 2008 at 9:52 PM
Don't litter!
Stay off the grass!
Let's snow!
Love Grandma! - December 23, 2008 at 10:17 PM
I have BEEN snowed before...maybe this is a master manipulator inviting friends to join in the deception...
- December 24, 2008 at 12:25 AM
- Unknown said...
Umm....Let's snow? And why is there a chicken sticker on a cake? Did someone frost a chicken??
~Amy B - December 24, 2008 at 8:48 AM
- Gillian said...
You know, it's kind of a shame... the snowman himself is actually pretty cute. Maybe you could just scrape off all the rest of the crap.
- December 24, 2008 at 10:48 AM
- Mysterious_Lover said...
I have been a fan for a while...This blog always gives me a good laugh while I am down. I saw the deli thought it was a chicken. HAHA!
- January 7, 2009 at 12:29 AM
I am crying laughing so hard and my toddler is looking at me like I lost my mind. This is SO funny. I love this blog!!!!!!
- January 9, 2009 at 10:20 PM
I had to respond to the rotisserie chicken! I'm fairly certain this cake was sold at a Safeway (where I work :P), and we have ads for our chickens (which are delicious) on everything from the hummus in the deli, to the boxes of cookies in the bakery, to the plastic cups of watermelon in produce! And I'd bet money that the cookie-cake was decorated by one of the baggers - not the actual decorator!
- February 27, 2009 at 3:20 AM
OMG!!!! I realize that someone already pointed this out and that it happend like 3 months ago but it is a freaking advertisement for the store's chicken, they have it on all of their baked goods. I agree that its odd but I've seen more than one cake n this sit that had that sticker just not a close up shot!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- February 28, 2009 at 10:44 PM
lmao for those of you still not caught up.
1. The proper grammar would be more like Let It Snow.
2. Excess punctuation refers to the 3 periods before Let's and the 2 after Snow (I'll be nice and consider smow a stretch.)
3. Has no one noticed the snowman is standing in another larger snowman's poop?!
...Get's with the Pmogram People..:P love from Allie
p.s. yeah they have those labels here too, just badly placed advertising! lol - September 14, 2009 at 4:06 PM
- VeggieT said...
Yes, Let's snow! and then after that let's shotgun!
- December 14, 2009 at 2:04 PM
- Unknown said...
When in doubt, label everything!
Amy B - December 15, 2009 at 11:25 AM
Now I'm wondering if any of the store's chickens are labled as cakes, and if they too are attempting to "smow".
WV" "bridablue" - how a bride feels when she first sees her "designer" (wrecked) wedding cake. - December 16, 2009 at 4:56 PM
I personally like the intestines at the bottom of the cake.
- December 18, 2009 at 6:53 PM
OMG, I saw the word "Chicken" on the label and I swear for a second I thought it was a CHICKEN CAKE.
- March 13, 2010 at 3:30 PM
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That is exactly what had happened. The Sun is currently entering the peak of its 11-year cycle of magnetic activity. When that happens — the actual peak comes in 2013 — its surface becomes blotchy with sunspots, its luminosity grows fractionally brighter, and it sends giant flares up in sweeping arcs above the solar atmosphere. Every so often, it also ejects a blob of hot, charged particles speeding into space.
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Typically, we don't have much to fear from these kinds of events, but the January 13 blob, known more formally as a coronal mass ejection, or CME, was blasted more or less directly toward Earth, at about a million m.p.h. (1.6 million k/h). In principle, that could have led to a disaster. When a mass of charged particles slams into our planet's magnetic field, it can send jolts of electromagnetic energy shooting in all directions, causing what's known as a geomagnetic storm that can threaten communications satellites and radio transmissions, and even trigger blackouts like the one that struck Quebec in 1989 when a CME zapped a regional power grid. On the plus side, geomagnetic storms also tend to trigger amazing displays of the Aurora Borealis — the Northern Lights, to you and me. A CME that passed by last spring, for example, seems to have had that effect.
But like breathless warnings of wintertime blizzards that turn out to be mere flurries, this CME was something of a dud. "We're not going to be in for a big disturbance," the Space Weather Prediction Center's Norm Cohen told MSNBC shortly after the eruption was detected.
(More: Weather Patterns On a Cosmic Oddball)
Sure enough, when the blob finally arrived on Thursday after covering the 93 million miles (150 million km) between Sun and Earth, the disruption was minimal. "Weak power grid fluctuations may occur," read that day's alert. "Minor impact on satellite operations possible."
(Photos: Window on Infinity: Pictures from Space)
We hadn't exactly dodged the bullet; instead, the bullet turned out to be made of rubber. The Sun will be crackling with magnetic storms for many months to come, however and may spawn more CMEs or even the fantastic fiery tempests known as solar tornados. The pyrotechnics, in other words, are hardly over — and neither is the danger.


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The college football season kicked off with several games last night, and Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Johnny Manziel will be back in action tomorrow, but not until the second half of Texas A&M's game against Rice. Sportswriter Stefan Fatsis joins us now to discuss the week in higher education. Hi, Stefan.
STEFAN FATSIS, BYLINE: Hey, Robert.
SIEGEL: Johnny Manziel was suspended by the NCAA this week for half a game. What did he do, and why half a game of all things?
FATSIS: Well, ESPN reported that Johnny Football, as he's known, was paid five figures by autograph dealers to sign thousands of photos and memorabilia which college amateurs aren't supposed to do. Manziel denied it. The NCAA said it found no evidence. So it sanctioned him for signing stuff that he should have known would be sold. Regardless of what you think of Manziel, who's had other off-field issues, or whether you think college athletes should be paid, this silly half-game suspension, which pales, by the way, against what other athletes have gotten, once again exposes the absurdity of NCAA enforcement. A cynic might also note that the NCAA and Texas A&M themselves have used Manziel's name, likeness, jersey and signature to make money.
SIEGEL: To make money. Manziel's spot as media darling seems to have been taken over by defensive end Jadeveon Clowney of South Carolina. Tell us about him.
FATSIS: Yeah. Clowney has become a sort of Paul Bunyan figure since he made this tackle in a bowl game last January that knocked the helmet off of a Michigan player. Last night, in number six, South Carolina's 27-10 win over North Carolina, he wasn't quite so dominant - no sacks, just three tackles. His coach, Steve Spurrier, called him out for inadequate conditioning. It's always nice when a coach throws a player under the bus. Clowney shrugged it off. He said it was only the first game.
SIEGEL: Elsewhere last night in a game against Mississippi, a player for Vanderbilt hit his head on the field and then immediately vomited. Tell us about what happened next.
FATSIS: Well, vomiting is a common indicator of a possible concussion, as ESPN's announcers immediately and correctly noted. The player, an All-American wide receiver named Jordan Matthews, was crunched on - after making a catch. His head whiplashed and hit the ground. He vomited on the field, and he came back in after being looked at by trainers after just one play. Now, after the game, Matthews said he had been removed earlier because of cramps. He had gotten an IV and other fluids, and he said that's why he vomited. That's possible, but regardless, one play isn't nearly long enough to evaluate whether someone has had a serious head injury.
SIEGEL: Now, that happened just a few hours after the National Football League agreed to a $765 million settlement of claims with former players over concussions and head trauma. The NCAA also has legal issues there.
FATSIS: Yeah. The NCAA is being sued by former athletes who argue that it was slow to adopt concussion policies, like when you can return to play, and when it finally did, failed to enforce them. Lawyers this month asked a judge in Chicago to certify a class action that would include thousands of plaintiffs. Now, the legal and factual issues are very different from the NFL case, but the question is whether the NCAA will also settle here. I wouldn't be surprised. But if they do, let's not forget, regardless of their size, legal settlements won't eliminate brain injuries in football.
SIEGEL: Finally, Alabama enters the season ranked number one, and many people think they'll end the season ranked number one. What's so good about Alabama?
FATSIS: Well, look, if they do win it again, that will be four championships in five seasons, three in a row. Why they're so good? Well, for some insight, read Warren St. John's profile for GQ magazine of Alabama coach Nick Saban. It describes a pathologically driven man whose ceaseless preparation and work, what he calls the process, has led to all of those titles. He is a weird character but certainly responsible in large part for Alabama's success.
SIEGEL: OK, Stefan. Have a great weekend.
FATSIS: You too, Robert.
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Talk:Church of Romania
I'm a convert in the Church of Romania and am pretty fluent in Romanian, having worked there for some considerable time. I have never heard the Orthodox faith referred to as 'Dreapta credinta' and the only time I've ever seen 'Dreptcredincios' used is as a title for a saint - i.e. 'Dreptcredinciosul Voievod Stefan cel Mare si Sfant' (The Right-Beleiving Voievod - sort of like Prince, but no real translation - Stephen the Great and Holy). Usually, contrary to what is stated in this article, the faith is known as 'Ortodoxie' or 'Crestinism Ortodox' and the Orthodox faithful are known as Ortodox(a) pl. Ortodocsi. I'd cheerfully correct this (I've corrected the odd word of Romanian already where there were problems) but I don't want to step on anyone's toes. If whoever originally wrote the article thinks my comments are incorrect, I'd appreciate it if you'd give me some justification for what I see as problems - perhaps this is normal language in some regions of Romania, but it certainly isn't in Moldova and Bucovina, in my experience.
- Well, the Romanian Orthodox Church is a bit strange in that it uses several words for the same thing. So sometimes it keeps the greek/slavonic word, sometimes it translates it (see the use of both 'slava' and 'marire' for glory). Referring to Orthodoxy as "dreapta credinta" is not very common, unless it's in some context - thus, in a sermon the priest may urge the faithful to uphold "dreapta credinta." The only other context where I know of the translation is in the service itself: at the Great Entrance, when the priest says "May the Lord remember you, orthodox Christians..." he says "dreptmaritorilor crestini." It's similar at the end of Vespers. Otherwise, you're right - the faith itself is known as 'ortodoxie.' I hope this helps. Virgil
- This article as it now stands is largely taken from Wikipedia:Romanian Orthodox Church. I'm the one who imported it the way that it is, and I don't know either way regarding the issue you raise. You'd know better than I and are free to edit the article according to your knowledge. Please feel free to register for an account and help us out! --Rdr. Andrew 10:06, 10 Mar 2005 (CST)
- Thanks Virgil and Rdr Andrew. I've now signed up for an account. What I'd most like to contribute to the site are articles on Romanian saints, monasteries etc. Ethnically, I'm German/Czech by way of Britain but I feel more like an adopted Romanian nowadays, having married into a Romanian family and as I find that there appears to be very little on the web about Romanian saints, traditions etc. when compared to Greek or Russian, I think this would be a worthwhile thing to do. I agree with you, Virgil, regarding the use of dreapta credinta etc. - it simply didn't register with me that way because you could just as easily write 'True Faith' or 'True Christians' in English without it referring to Orthodoxy. Romanian is a second language for me after all. I think maybe the wording of the article should be changed to something along the lines of 'also sometimes called...' rather than 'usually called...'. What do you think? --James
- Your suggestions for contribution sound excellent—the Church of Romania is, after all, the 2nd largest Orthodox Church in the world, and I fear many English-speakers know very little about it. (I honestly wish that there were more of a Romanian ecclesiastical presence in the West.) --Rdr. Andrew 08:43, 11 Mar 2005 (CST)
- It seems to me that "May the Lord remember you, orthodox Christians..." is not referring to the Orthodox faith as such. I mean this: that at the time it was written, I don't imagine that Orthodox was the primary designation for the Church (that was more an adjective, no? and something like "The One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church" would have been more of a formal descriptor?). Sure, it does refer to Orthodox Christians, and, sure, it is a statement against heresy, but it seems to me like the best way of translating this would simply be "right-believing Christians" rather than 'Orthodox' with a big 'O'. All of this is to say that I'm not sure it's a great guide to the self-designations of the Romanian Orthodox Church, or at least there are some issues to work out there. What do you think? Fr. John
I removed the link to the Tertullian treatise, mainly because it doesn't seem to have any reference to Dacia in it. Am I missing something? --Rdr. Andrew 12:45, 17 Mar 2005 (CST)
- I don't think you missed anything. I didn't read the article so I'd missed it but I turned up nothing at all searching for Dacia, Geat or Get or any other Romanian tribal name variant I can think of that was used in antiquity. Even the references to Scythians (Scythia Minor was modern Dobrugea and there were Scythian tribes in North Eastern Moldova) seem to be irrelevant - merely using them as examples of heathen barbarians. I think you were right to remove the link. James 02:58, 18 Mar 2005 (CST)
Romanian saints, monasteries etc.
This is really just a question on style, but these sections are growing larger and, if I can do so, I will expand the contents a lot in the future. Should the titles, then, be made into links to the appropriate categories, or should I leave them as they are? If they're left as they are, should I add a link to, for example, every saint I add (which, hopefully, will be an awful lot) or just leave a few as examples? I will follow any advice given. I know enough about at least 6 or 7 monasteries (and a few churches and cathedrals) to write at least a short article on them and have access to the lives of at least a couple of hundred Romanian saints, so if I carry on the way I have been the lists are likely to get umanageable. On the issue of saints, monasteries and the like, I'm in the process of trying to get permission to use images from web sites to illustrate them, particularly icons. Assuming I'm given permission, I will add them as soon as possible. James 07:17, 21 Mar 2005 (CST)
- I think if there are just a couple dozen or so links in a list, then keeping it in this article would probably work fine. If, however, you put in all 200 saints' lives(!) you have, it would probably be better to create a separate article with that list, and include only a "greatest hits" section in this article with a link to that big list (perhaps List of Romanian saints). --Rdr. Andrew 08:52, 21 Mar 2005 (CST)
- OK, that seems reasonable. Obviously it will take me some time (probably years!) to get anywhere near the 200 saint mark, but I thought I'd best find out what to do ahead of time. I'll be very happy if I do manage to get even half of the saints I know about into OrthodoxWiki.James
- You could use http://carti.crez.ro/pateric-romanesc/ (Patericul romanesc - Arhim. Ioanichie Balan )...Eutychius
Re: The Church in Moldova
I'm not sure how to describe this confusing issue in the Wiki-article but currently it does not reflect the situation correctly (as I, Moldovan Orthodox, think).
Republic of Moldova is an independent state where majority of population speaks Romanian language but only 2.1% of them considered themselves to be Romanians and 76.1% identify themselves as Moldovans (out of total 3,388 thousands, census of 2004). The ecclesiastical situation is following.
Self-ruled Metropolis of Chisinau and Moldova. Self-rule granted in October of 1992. Metropolitan Vladimir, permanent member of Holy Synod of Russian Orthodox Church. Four eparchies: Chisinau, Tiraspol and Dubasari, Edinets and Briceani, and Cahul and Comrat. Church languages - Romanian and Slavonic. Church music - Byzanthine and Russian. 1080 parishes, 30 monasteries, 1 academy, 2 seminaries.
Autonomous Metropolitan See of Basarabia. 30 parishes in Moldova, Odesa region of Ukraine and Chuvash region of Russia (Ural mountains). Founded by bishop of Balti, Petru (Paduraru) in 1992. Supported by political parties opposing independence of Republic of Moldova. It considers itself to be the heir of Metropolitan of Basarabia that existed in 1918-1940 (to make long story short, independent Moldovan Republic existed only for several days after which it was occupied by Kingdom of Romania and annexed) despite protests of non-canonical activity by St. Patriarch Tikhon.
In 1812-1918 the territory of modern Republic of Moldova was Chisinau Eparchy of Russian Church (first Metropolitan - Gavriil (Banulescu-Bodoni), last - Anastasios, future first-hyerarch of Russian Church Abroad), 1401-1812 - part of different eparchies of Ecumenical Patriarchate, since 1791 Moldovlachian Exarchate, 1373-1401 - self-ruled church.
I'm not sure how this information can be used (may be as a separate article, as you wish).
Thank you!
- Wow, thanks for speaking up. This is just the kind of exchange that OrthodoxWiki is great for -- where else could this happen? Fr. John
The article is indeed a bit confused (eg should have been more properly named the Romanian Orthodox Church in the Republic of Moldova), but the reply by a courageous anonymous user is written in bad faith and is faking the history. I try to clarify a bit:
History: Until 1812 the Church in Bessarabia (roughly the territory of the Republic of Moldova) was part of the Orthodox Church in the principality of Moldova (there was no such thing as a Moldovlachian Exarchate as Moldavia and Walalchia were until 1859 two separate statal formations). After the annexation of the Bessarabia the church there became part of the Russian Church. The service in Romanian language was suppressed. In 1918, after the unification of Bessarabia with the Kingdom of Romania the Orthodox Christians were under the authority of the Metropolite of Bessarabia, part of the Romanian Orthodox Church. In 1940 after the occupation by the Soviet authorities the Metropolitan Church of Bessarabia was suppressed and the Orthodoxy tolerated by the communist authorities was under the jurisdiction of Moscow Patriarchate.
In 1992 after the break-up of the Soviet Union a group of clergy and believers (mostly of Romanian language) led by Metropolitan Petru Paduraru asked to join the Romanian Orthodox Church. Their request was granted and the Metropolitan Church of Bessarabia was reestablished as part of the Romanian Orthodox Church. However, the authorities of the Republic of Moldova refused to register this Church (and the Metropolitan Church of Moldova under Moscow jurisdiction also) and left no other option for the faithful than to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, the Court that monitors the respect of human rights by the states members of the Council of Europe (I know that for many non-Europeans this may be confusing but I am available for other explanations). By the judgment of 13 December 2001, the Court found that he Republic of Moldova violated the freedom of religion of the applicants: the Metropolitan Church of Bessarabia and eleven citizend of Republic of Moldova. The summary of the judgment of the Court is available on the web site of the Euroepean Court of Human Rights at
Following this judgment, the authorities of the Republic of Moldova had to register the Meptropolitan Church of Bessarabia and give it the legal recognition. The status of the Metropolitan Church mentions the fact that it is the succesor of the Metropolitan Church that existed between 1918 and 1944. I don't understand why would this be a problem...
Finally about the census in the Republic of Moldova, I would just like to stress that its' results have been contested by the Council of Europe. As this is the Orthodox wiki I do not intend to continue, but I am ready to provide any additional information, including for a separate article.Razvan2001 18:32, May 1, 2006 (CDT)
Explaining The Context
Here's a bit of clarification regarding the situation in Moldova (or Moldavia – how it used to be called in the English speaking world).
What today is known the Republic of Moldova is roughly the Eastern half of the Romanian province of Moldova, also known as Bessarabia to most of the Romanians. In 1812, the Russian Empire engulfed the territory as a result of a peace agreement with the Turks. In the aftermath of the Communist revolution, the province of Bessarabia became independent (1918) and then returned to Romania following the decision of the Bessarabian National Assembly. Yes, there were Romanian troops in the province at that time with the mission to annihilate the local Bolshevik groups and prevent support from Ukraine and Russia. A few months later, the Romanian army would also fought in Hungary to dismantle Bella Kuhn's Soviet Republic.
In 1940, Bessarabia (plus some other, new, Romanian lands: Bukovina and Hertza) went to USSR as part of the Molotov - Riebentrop Pact (the very Commi - Nazi agreement that gave Eastern Poland and the Baltic Republics to the Russians). What followed was an intense policy of communisation and russification. The history was re-written to support a new identity for the people of Bessarabia as an offspring of a Slavic population. This is why there is a Moldovan language today, though it's the same good old Romanian. An analogy would be the languages spoken in Britain and in America.
Today, the Republic of Moldova is ruled by communists still dependent from Moscow. What happens in the Church has nothing to do with religion. The Church of Russia continues to promote the state's expansionistic interest in good Soviet tradition, while the Church of Romania is just playing the nationalist card. --Stefan 09:58, August 8, 2006 (CDT)
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Don't You think it sounds way-much better saying (something like): "Romanians are the only people upon the face of the earth that are of a Latin heritage/language (like Italians, Spanish, Portugese and French -- which are all Roman-Catholic), but, unlike all other Latins, they have an Orthodox faith" ? Someone might even dare say we're traditional Latin Orthodoxy. :-) ... anyway, ... I just wanted to say that it doesn't seem to me that this particular idea is given the deserved importance, or maybe it's just not so clearly expounded or expresed -- that's all. Luci83ro 19:21, July 5, 2006 (CDT)
- The Spanish-speaking Orthodox and the Portuguese-speaking Orthodox in Central America and in South America are of Latin language heritage. The Patriarchate of Antioch and the Patriarchate of Constantinople have extensive Archdioceses, Metropolitanates and Dioceses in the countries of these regions. Other Orthodox Churches also have parishes in these regions. North America has considerable numbers of Spanish-speaking Orthodox parishes under various jurisdictions. There are also Latin derived language Orthodox throughout western Europe. Romanians are not "the only people on the face of the earth that are of Latin heritage/language" and who are Orthodox. But they certainly are a great people, and have a significant role to play in the worship of the One True God. chrisg 2006-07-06-1151 EAST
!!! WOW !!! ... I never knew that ! ... I've read one conversion story to Orthodoxy of a Protestant missionary who was in Central- or South-America while converting ... but I never ---in my wildest dreams-- dreamt that it took such proportions (maybe it isn't much, but I personally think it's considerable). ... and I think I was some decades ago in my world-view of Orthodoxy also :-) ... Luci83ro 11:08, July 6, 2006 (CDT)
- Here's a good link to relevant websites. :) chrisg 2006-07-07-1333 EAST
- And here is a listing of Orthodox dioceses in Latin America with links to their websites. :-) --Julio (a Latin Orthodox, no less!) 17:39, July 25, 2006 (CDT)\\
i wated to upgrate the article and i unstuck . sorry. where is the undo button? :(( . i wanted to put in article some upgradet information from http://www.patriarhia.ro/Site/Stiri/2006/074.html
,,There are six metropolia and ten archdioceses in Romania, containing 14,035priests and deacons. Almost 631 monasteries exist inside the country for some 8,059 monks and nuns. Three diasporan metropolia and two diasporan dioceses function outside Romania proper. As of 2004, there are, inside Romania, fifteen theological universities where more than 10,898 students (some of them from Bessarabia, Bukovina, and Serbia) currently study for a doctoral degree. More than 15,116 churches exist in Romania for the Orthodox faithful As of 2002, almost 1000 of these were either in the process of being built or rebuilt." Arthasfleo 02:49, February 8, 2008 (PST)
Reverted at your request Arthasfleo. Your update of patriarchal organisation added with citation. Thanks for the latest info. chrisg 2008-02-08 19:27 (AWST)


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Not to say that the alien-bursting-forth concept wasn't a good one, though. I mean, at least the mother's decapitated and dismembered torso has clothes on.
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Look how funny these drawings are! And completely off model!...which would make poor old Ed Benedict furious and me grunt with delight!
This expression is perfect for Fred's emotion in the scene. It doesn't exist on any model sheet and wouldn't be allowed today. Carlo listened to the track and drew how he felt Fred was reacting.
In 1985 I was supervising The New and Crummier Jetsons in Taipei and I called Bob Hathcock, the producer at Hanna Barbera and asked him for casette tapes of the voice actors' recordings for the cartoons I was supposed to draw. Bob sounded confused. He cupped his hand over the receiver and I heard him talking to his junior producer, Jeff something-or-other who hated my guts. "Is that Kricfalusi on the phone again? What the Hell does he want now?"
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Like they do on the prime time TV cartoons today. It makes me wonder why you would ever need more than one episode of a cartoon that always has the same drawings in it. That's why I can't watch crap today. Within 2 minutes you've seen every drawing you are ever gonna see of a modern cartoon character. ?????????????? Explain this to me!
I can't even figure out why Nickelodeon or Film Roman or these places have live artists on staff. Why not just do what South Park does? Put the models in the computer and just copy and paste them over and over again. Why torture creative artists? I think the studios like to pretend that something creative is going on, so they hire artists then tell them not to ever make art. But dress retro so we can feel like we're wacky.
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Our tourneys are a single elimination format with a consolation bracket. Meaning you are guaranteed at least 2 match-ups. This tourney format will not be played at a single location over a weekend instead players are given 7 to 10 days to play each round's match.
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We give first round opponents two weekends to play the first match and then each following round will have a full week to play the match. Players need to be available to play for at least the first 3 weeks after kickoff. Players with 1-week work trips or week long vacations during the first 3 weeks shouldn't participate in the tourney.
The TennisSF.com staff will seed 25% of the participants based veteran status (Most number of matches played in their career) with the program. If we have 8 players enrolled we'll seed the top 2 players, 16 players the top 4 players. The rest of the players will be randomly entered into the draw.
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We will run a consolation bracket for the players who lost their first match. Seedings for the consolation bracket will be randomly selected by the TennisSF.com staff. The winner of the consolation bracket will receive at least a $25 Gift Card. Matches need to be played to crown a consolation bracket winner.
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Starting in 2022 all Tourney's will now have a Cash Reward option. 70% of the proceeds will be awarded back to the Winner, Finalist and Consolation Bracket Winner. The players can choose a Paypal payment and/or items from the Prize Pool at the nominal value of $25 each.
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