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PARIS - Manchester City's second flirtation with the Champions League ended as the first on Wednesday in a deeply frustrating group stage elimination after they could only draw 1-1 at home to Real Madrid.
After finding Bayern Munich and Napoli too hot to handle 12 months ago, City at least had the consolation of winning the Premier League title. But in European terms, Roberto Mancini's men have yet to make the grade after Sergio Aguero's second-half penalty garnered only their third point from five outings, leaving nine-times continental kings Real to cruise into the last 16.
The Spanish were joined by Schalke and Borussia Dortmund of Germany, England's Arsenal, Paris Saint Germain of France, and Italian giants AC Milan. Two-times champions Porto, 3-0 winners over Dinamo Zagreb, and debutants Malaga, who drew 2-2 at Zenit St Petersburg, had already qualified before the fifth round of group action.
Had City managed to hold onto a 2-1 lead in Madrid in the opening match in Group D it could all have been so different - but Real fought back to win 3-2 and two dropped home points against Dortmund and four more spurned against Ajax closed the door firmly shut on the English side's ambitions. City's England keeper Joe Hart was brutally frank in his assessment.
"All the games cost us - we've lost our two away games and not won at home. It's been a bad campaign for us. It's incredibly frustrating," Hart told Sky Sports. "Unfortunately, we weren't able to do the business when it mattered." Mancini himself was sanguine.
"The first chance they had they scored. When you start like this it's always difficult," said Mancini, who rued the opening last gasp loss in Madrid as the start of his side's slippery slope to the exit. Real counterpart Jose Mourinho, in his 100th Champions league match as a coach and desperate to make history by winning the tournament with a third club after Porto and Inter Milan, said Real could have added to their tally before settling for a draw.
"We had plenty of chances to score a second goal. They had a reaction, they had the penalty," he told Sky Sports. Mourinho insisted he was not worried about coming in behind Dortmund. "The only two times I finished second in the group I won the Champions League. The other times I always finished first and never won the competition" on those occasions.
"My experience says it (finishing as group runners-up) doesn't mean so much." Real took the lead on ten minutes. Luka Modric found Angel Di Maria and he swept a high ball into the danger zone for French striker Karim Benzema to sweep home from close range. Real were on the back foot after Alvaro Arbeloa earned a second yellow card for bringing down Aguero in the box 18 minutes from the end and the Argentinian striker sent Casillas the wrong way.
But that was as good as it got for City - though Aguero could have had an earlier goal when he saw Casillas block a close-range effort right on the line. Former United star Cristiano Ronaldo had a comparatively quiet return to Manchester - but Real joined Dortmund in the knockout phase - though the Germans win the group as they thrashed Ajax 4-1 away to move onto 11 points to Real's eight.
Arsenal meanwhile moved into the last 16 after second-half goals from Jack Wilshere and Lukas Podolski enabled the Gunners to see off French no-hopers Montpellier to ensure they go through with Schalke, who still top Group B by a point after a 1-0 success over Olympiakos pushed the Greeks out of contention.
AC Milan moved through to the knockout phase for the 11th straight season in a Group C which Malaga have dominated after the Italians won 3-1 away to Anderlecht. Malaga won the group with their draw in Saint Petersburg. Paris Saint Germain are still vying for top spot in Group A and are through to the second phase for only the second time after Ezekiel Lavezzi struck both goals in the French side's 2-0 win at Dynamo Kiev.


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Cast-ons really get knitters worked up. Some of us are convinced that the only proper way is how we learned as children, or that other people's ways must be better. The toes of some of us curl in glee when we learn a new one (happily, there's always a new one to learn).
In this post we thought we'd discuss a few common ones and their advantages and disadvantages. None of them is the perfect one for everything, and knowing several for different circumstances is a useful skill for your toolkit. You'll find videos of all of them at this link. Where it matters, there's separate Continental and English videos. So why not grab some needles and some yarn and do a bit of experimentation along with us?
First of all, there's cast ons that are worked with two needles, where the cast-on tail and the working yarn start the first row at opposite ends of the row.
Most Irish school-taught knitters seem to have learned the knitted cast on (knittinghelp calls it knitting-on). It's got the advantage of using exactly the same movements as a knit stitch, so you don't need to learn a separate action. It's got another property, though: it's loose. When you knit the first row normally, you get a slack floppy edge, which may not be what you want.
One remedy for this is to knit the entire first row through the back loop. This works. In fact, it works too well: you get a very firm, inelastic edge, and in a hat or the top of a sock, this isn't what you want. The picture below shows the right hand half of the stitches knitted normally and the left hand half knitted through the back loop, so this picture is one row into the work.
But the looseness of this cast on isn't always a disadvantage. It's an excellent cast on for lace, because the floppiness gives you plenty of room to block hard with little risk of your cast on tearing (yes, it can happen; no, we don't want to talk about it).
A variant of the knitted cast on is the cable cast on. It gives you a very neat corded edge, it avoids the floppiness of its relative, and because it uses a little more yarn, it's more elastic.
If you want an all-purpose cast on that will give you a flexible hat or sock edge and a pretty edge, this is a good one. It's the one that we teach most often in classes at This Is Knit.
The long tail and the twisted German cast ons are worked with one needle, and they both need to start some distance into the ball of yarn. They both involve putting the loops onto the needle and knitting the first row at the same time, so they're neat and elastic.
The long tail cast on is the preferred method of one of our heroes, TECHknitter. She's got a post about the long-tail at this link which is long but well worth reading, especially for its advice to start your cast on without a slip knot.
Since you work both long tail and twisted German towards the cut end of the yarn, it can be tricky to estimate how much tail you'll need. A good rule of thumb is at least three times the length of your finished cast on. There is nothing more miserable than running out of tail as you cast on the 197th of a 200 stitch cast on, so if you're facing into a long cast on, here's a useful trick: tie the ends of two balls together loosely and use both to cast on with. When you've knitted the first row, snip off the ball you're not knitting with and untie the knot. It's pretty much impossible to run out on the cast on if you do it this way.
The twisted German is a slightly more involved sort of long tail. The extra involvement gives you an even more elastic edge, and this one makes a lovely edge for things that need to stretch lots like hats and socks. There's a comparison shot of the two below.
The twisted German on the left is thicker and more substantial than the long tail on the right, and it's rather obvious how it gives you a row already knitted. If you don't want a purl ridge along the bottom of your stocking stitch, purl the first row after a twisted German cast on.
The meatiness of the twisted German has another advantage. You know how patterns worked in the round tell you to join without twisting, and somehow we manage to twist anyway, only realising it several heartbreaking rounds later? Twisted German to the rescue!
See how obvious the underneath of the stitches is below the needles? If you can see your cast-on edge that clearly, it's much easier to spot when your cast on is twisted, and much easier to avoid the twist in the first place.
One final tip for working in the round: if you knit the first five or six stitches with both the tail and the working yarn, you'll help avoid a gap at the join, and you won't have to weave in the tail separately later on. Just snip it close after a few rows, and you're done with it. You can weave in like this when you're working flat, too, of course, but only if the two ends are together at the start of the first row (with long tail or twisted German, that is).
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Oh wow! Looks like a great night! I love the photos of the chefs hard at work.
Wow, what an amazing evening of food and drink! Did you find it difficult to be comparing desserts with mains? And I'm so happy for Sara to have won that book =)
Fantastic photos Simon - incredible what you can get out of that little camera.
You can certainly see what the latest trend in plating up is at the moment from that! :-)
Wow those dishes certainly look unique! And that wasabi sorbet I can't say I've ever tried before. I got the notcies from Merivale but didn't realise how good it would be! Hah, see you around :)
hi angie, the intensity on the chefs faces when they preparing food is priceless. actually i get that scary face too when i'm in the kitchen :-)
hi mademoiselle délicieuse, it was definitely a difficult one to compare desserts and mains. i think they should have been perhaps judged separately. sara was so happy to win, everyone else was jealous of course hehe
hi daniel, i guess it's that age old saying, it's not what you've got, it's how you use it OR it's not the size that counts, it's how you use it hehe although there's quite a bit of photoshop work required to get to this stage and the detail and depth of field is still lacking. i'm hoping canon will sponsor me one day otherwise i'll just have to go and buy myself an upgrade.
hi sarah, i was very inspired seeing them make up their dishes and learnt a few things watching them in the kitchen.
hi sarah vino, i really enjoyed the wasabi sorbet, was very clever way of introducing the taste to the dish and worked for me. a great event to keep in mind for next year although they did sell out in about 30 minutes i think. crazy!
What a great night watching all that young passionate tallent. There is something I totally adore about "kids" with that passion and flair, may be because Junior is in the same age group. Where will they be in 5 or 10 years time? I can't wait to find out.
Was so wonderful catching up with you. Your pictures look amazing. Hopefully my blog will be up this evening :p
What an amazing night, Simon!! I'm with you, that yellowfin tuna with the wasabi sorbet looks utterly delicious... Really liked the peachy dessert as well. Well, all the best for these really cool aspiring chefs!
PS: and another veeeery late night for you!
YAY! I'm happy that Steph won.. Considering that the hospitality industry is male-dominant. I liked how all the young chefs were helping each other plate up...
What lovely pictures as well!
hi sara, looking forward to reading your blog about it all and congrats again on winning the lucky door prize. was nice meeting you too :-)
hi Myriam, a very late night indeed. it's always the case after these special events :-)
hi Phuoc'n Delicious, it's great they were very friendly to work with each other. i wonder how long that lasts until they have their own restaurant and perhaps need to keep recipes close to their chest from competition ;-)
Love the extensive coverage! And that you represented the dishie considering he had to wash 96 plates in one go for the next contestant to use!
hi lex, the dishie had a super challenge ahead of him and it sounds like you guys had a real challenge with kitchen space too. it probably didn't help with me hovering around the kitchen asa well trying to get my shots but everyone seemed to be really cool about it. i tried to stick myself flat against the wall and crevices to keep out of the way as much as possible. it did become quite a small kitchen when the all the plates were being set out :-)


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One thing that can surely be said about the Golden Age of Cilagros is that it outshone those of all other cities of Haracon's Archduchy, and its neighboring kingdoms. An era of relative peace and freedom from religious persecution ushered in an age of gnosis and the rapid advancement of a cultural awakening. An age of "experimentalism" ensued. Sculpture, painting, poetry, dance and all other forms of art took flight in the zeitgeist of "living in the moment". A rediscovery of ancient texts and wisdom only further fanned the flames of this renaissance. At the fore front of the enlightenment was new forms and styles of painting, which took huge leaps forward, and as different styles were invented and improved upon, various schools of artists formed and came together to define, redefine, and master the techniques.
One such school formed when a group of wealthy and bored young nobles, decided to reinvent and perfect Shadow Art. The charismatic Baron Dandolo Bic'Arcre was the inspirational leader of the group; a master painter who had grown bored of his own works and set upon exploring revolutionary ideas in light, shade and form. The fact that he was also an aspiring wizard, despite his advancing age, only further intoxicated the young members of the new troupe. What Dandolo, and therefore the Tenebrists, had not realize at the time, was that Dandolo's own inspiration stemmed from the Swollen Shadow's Taint with which Gazzo Sleep-Eye had returned to Cilagros, after escaping death's jaws on the pocket plane of the Swollen Shadow.
On a particularly cold autumn day, fittingly at dusk, when the shadows grew longer and danced among the canals and archways of Cilagros, Dandolo gathered his hand-picked acquaintances in the backroom of the famed Dark Cormorant Inn, and began to lay out his plans for a brand new, revolutionary form of art. There were five members gathered that evening, and when all was said and done, these five aspiring artists and Dandolo formed a new school of thought, naming themselves "The Tenebrists". Being young, wealthy, and all of noble blood, minor or otherwise, they were quite dramatic with the ideas they set forth, full of romantic notions, pseudo-arcane theories, and esoteric ritual. Hence, their first order of business upon forming was the taking of appellations they had each selected with great flourish. Dandolo Bic'Acre became "Gloomwing" or "Gloomking", as the other members affectionately called him. Taiana Coimtre became "Dusk's Daughter", Vondre Oroffio, "Twilight's Spawn" Balois and Fosco, the Nerteaux twins, dubbed themselves, "Demon's Gray" and "Sepia's Son", and Praslin Toc'Remmo, the youngest and perhaps most naturally talented of the six became "Daylily Shadowmaster", naming himself after the exquisitely rare and beautiful flower.
The Tenebrists decided they would impact the art world with their new techniques and styles of painting, as no artists school had ever before. Each member set out to make his or her "shadow masterpieces" for the great exhibition they were planning for the masses, which would take place during the Time of Festivals. Their techniques were simple but sublime. They explored the Umbra and Penumbra, the stages of light and darkness, silhouettes, gloom-filled landscapes, nebulae, Chiaroscuro, black, white, and as Dandolo said "all the wonderful shades of gray in between." Their works swept the art bourgeois of Cilagros off their feet during their first exhibition. Practically overnight the Tenebrists became the new darlings of the art community. Their paintings became highly sought after, commanding exorbitant prices. The Tenebrists set the latest trends among the nobility, both in fashion and thought. Countless other schools of art sprung up seemingly overnight. They had become the trailblazers of a cultural revolution striving to achieve artistic perfection. Incidentally, another interesting "group" came together around this time, perhaps spurred on by the "Shadow Revolution", The Painters Guild but the two are not to be confused.
The Tenebrists were not yet satisfied or content, though their fame fueled their already substantial egos. Dandolo had become obsessed with fully exploring the "True Realm of Shadow" and began to arouse the imaginations of the other Tenebrists with tales of the lost and forgotten Shadow Magic, which even the mages of Cilagros' arch-guild, the Seven Towers Society, had long considered forbidden, with only a few of the said mages practicing this ancient path of wizardry in seclusion and privacy. Dandolo convinced his colleagues that through the perfection of their art they would transcend themselves into a new breed of sorceror. They would become masters of the antediluvian Shadow Art.
Their clandestine studies soon began in earnest. Poring over tomes and folios in Cilagros vast library, apprenticing themselves with established wizards they had bribed with their seemingly endless coin to learn the rudiments of general magic, and painting, always painting to attempt to break through to the "secrets" of the Shadowrealms. The six Tenebrists eventually became capable of minor shadow magic.
Several years later, despite all their obsessive study, only three of the six, advanced beyond the basic parlor tricks and cantrips. Dissension among the members soon followed as well. The Nerteaux twins were the first to quit the Tenebrists after a particularly spirited disagreement with Dandolo and the others on the direction of the group. Balois and Fosco decided pure art was their first love, and denounced the pursuit of forbidden magic. Much later, the two Nerteaux twins in fact became the most celebrated artists in all of Haracon, but that is a tale for another time.
The next penultimate event in the lives of the Tenebrists was the oncoming madness of Praslin Toc'Remmo. The youth, as mentioned, was perhaps the most talented of the group, both in art and in his aptitude for magic, even greater than Dandolo's prowess. At first, the Tenebrists celebrated Praslin's talents, but it soon became apparent that the young man was disturbed. The culmination of his lunacy, as far as the group was concerned, occurred one night during a "shadow séance" the Tenebrists held once a month. Chanting from ancient texts he had managed to unearth, Praslin somehow momentarily summoned a gruesome creature of shadow, right in front of the eyes of his comrades.(A Haint!!). The creature only materialized for several agonizing seconds, but it shook the group considerably and instilled true fear in them. It lingered briefly but all three Tenebrists swore that the shadow "whispered" to Praslin before departing. The apparition and the seeming "joy" with which Praslin summoned the foul phantom frightened even the "Gloomking" Dandolo. After that night nothing was the same again.
Taiana , Vondre, and Dandolo began to fear Praslin and did everything in their power to dissuade him from further forbidden wizardly pursuits. But "Daylily Shadowmaster" would not be dissuaded. After the Haints whipers, he truly plunged down the deep end of sanity. Redoubling his research, Praslin spent all of his time studying the shadow arts, and began work on his "Final Masterpiece", an inexpressible work of art. Using a huge, floor-sized canvas of human skin, which he had secretly purchased from the dubious Embalmers Guild, Praslin feverishly painted a macabre, grisly, maddening scene of shadow juxtaposition. It was at this point, the other Tenebrists expelled Praslin in absentia from the school, but he cared naught, spending his waking hours either working on his painting, or indulging his morbid facination with all things shadow.
It was at this time, while aimlessly wandering the streets and babbling to himself, that Praslin witnessed a street performer's shadow-puppet show. Intrigued, Praslin approached the eccentric old man, and an unscrupulous friendship began to blossom. It was several days later when Praslin overheard Gazzo Sleep-Eye speaking of forgotten legends and telling tales of past exploits inside the taproom of the Dark Cormorant for coin, that Praslin finally knew he had found a kindred spirit.
Gazzo Sleep-Eye told Praslin tales of the fantastic and mythic Chiaroscuro, City of Shadow, and in turn Praslin told the puppet-master of his "visitation" and how the Haint inspired, and almost forced him to begin work on a gruesome masterpiece of shadow art. When completed, Praslin claimed the creature spoke of a gate to shadow that would form, allowing young Praslin, to explore hidden secrets and attain true power. Gazzo for his part kept his motivations a secret from Praslin, but goaded and nurtured the madman's pursuits, himself eager to learn, how much Praslin had discovered, and whether or not return to the City of Shadow was indeed possible.
It is not only possible but probable, without some timely intervention! As Praslin feverishly works on completing his Shadow-Masterpiece painting, he is unwittingly creating a plane-portal, which the Swollen Shadow plans on using in order to safely plane-step and conquer Cilagros as it had Chiaroscuro
The PC's initial interaction with Praslin Toc'Remmo and/or Gazzo Sleep-Eye is the key to beginning the adventure. Perhaps the PC's attend the Shadow-Works Exhibit, put on by the Tenebrists. Perhaps they overhear Gazzo telling tales, during one of his shadow-puppet street performances. Perhaps they meet a Tenebrist in the dusky confines of the Dark Cormorant and Praslin's madness is revealed to them for the first time.
The PCs can also run into Chrisia of Chrisia's ShadowShop fame or "accidentally" find her shop. She is a wily woman, who is friendly with both Gazzo Sleep-Eye and even with some of the snobbish Tenebrists.
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WASHINGTON -- The man who was found not guilty of shooting President Ronald Reagan and three others because he was insane soon will be driving on area roads.
John Hinckley Jr. will be allowed to get a D.C. driver's license and spend more time at his mother's home, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman approved most of St. Elizabeths Hospital's requests for increased privileges for the 53-year-old who shot Reagan in 1981, the Washington Post reported.
Hinckley's visits to his mother's Williamsburg home will be increased to nine nights at a time rather than six, and he will be able to visit her more frequently, the Post reported. Hinckley also will be allowed to work as a volunteer in the Williamsburg area, and he will be granted more privileges requested by the hospital if he completes volunteer work on three consecutive visits to his mother.
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Sophos antivirus glitch causes false positive chaos. Security firm Sophos has been had to issue an embarrassing apology after the company's antivirus program suddenly started classifying every and any software update – including the company's own – as 'Shh/Updater-B' malware. The issue became apparent on Wednesday morning when the firm's support forums were deluged with reports from customers that the software was generating large numbers of false positives for legitimate programs including Java, Adobe Reader, Microsoft and Google.
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Samantha Sullivan returns in 2011 as a full-time assistant to head volleyball coach Brandon Rosenthal.
Named the first full-time assistant in the summer of 2010, Sullivan served as a student assistant and graduate assistant from 2007 to 2009.
"Sam has been with our program now for seven years as a player and coach, so needless to say she knows our program inside and out," remarked Lipscomb head coach Brandon Rosenthal. "She continues to do a great job of helping this program evolve with innovative ideas and methods. Throughout the past couple seasons she has been a true measure of what this program stands for. Our success is a direct reflection to her dedication and hard work to always get the job done. Sam is someone that I truly trust and count on to make tough decisions. She is a great balance for me and is always looking to push this program.
Sullivan was a setter for two seasons for the Lady Bisons in 2005 and 2006. She transferred to Lipscomb after playing two seasons for Pierce College in Los Angeles. In only two years with the Lady Bisons, Sullivan managed to make her mark on the Lipscomb Volleyball program. She is currently the second all-time leader in assists with 2,226. Senior Stephine Pease holds the assists record at Lipscomb with 3,910.
Rosenthal likes the way Sullivan can relate to the girls and the way the team responds to her.
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Headstones are pockmarked, their inscriptions faded. Stone slabs that have covered tombs for centuries are crumbling. White marble has turned gray, likely from the acrid smoke that spews from a nearby oil refinery.
One of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the Western Hemisphere, Beth Haim on the island of Curacao, is slowly fading in the Caribbean sun.
Beth Haim was established in the 17th century in the capital of Willemstad and is considered an important landmark even on an island so rich in history that its downtown has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage site. The sparsely populated island of nearly 150,000 people just north of Venezuela is known today mostly as a diving destination or for its namesake blue liqueur made from citrus fruit.
Fleeing to Caribbean
With its lavish monuments and multilingual epitaphs, Curacao's cemetery helps tell the little-known history of Jews in the Caribbean who fled Spain and Portugal to escape the Inquisition aimed at ridding the Christian nations of Jews, Muslims and others people deemed heretics. Many of the exiles first found refuge in the Netherlands, with their descendants later settling in this former Dutch colony, now a highly diverse society and a semiautonomous part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
But the landmark is in danger. The steady erosion, likely intensified by the proximity of the antiquated refinery, is now considered unstoppable, said Rene Maduro, president of the Mikve Israel-Emanuel Synagogue, which owns and maintains the cemetery.
"Believe me, I wish there was something we could do to protect the cemetery," said Maduro, whose family came to Curacao in the 1600s and has 75 to 100 ancestors buried in Beth Haim. "It is beyond the point of repair."
The Curacao cemetery is among several at-risk burial sites that "preserve the cultural, ethnic, biographical and religious history" of Jews in the Caribbean, said Rachel Frankel, a New York architect who has studied and documented historic Jewish sites throughout the Americas, including burial grounds in Jamaica and Suriname.
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The Curacao congregation is considering preserving the cemetery electronically by setting up a website with records and photos, Maduro said. The plan for a digital memorial is still in development, but a lower-tech effort has put replicas of 10 of the most ornate headstones on display at the Jewish Historical Museum in Willemstad.
Besides being sacred sites, Frankel said, the cemeteries help document the Caribbean migration of Sephardic Jews whose forefathers fled or were expelled from the Iberian Peninsula during the Inquisition, and Ashkenazic Jews who later left central and Eastern Europe to seek their fortunes in the New World. Along with Curacao and Jamaica, the smaller Dutch island of St. Eustatius, as well as St. Thomas and Barbados, also had large populations of Jews.
On some islands, colonial Jews numbered in the hundreds, and other locations in the thousands, Frankel said. By the mid-20th century, most of the congregations had declined, but the cemeteries that in some cases had accepted burials for more than two centuries remained.
The Jewish community in Curacao dates back to the 1650s, with the arrival of Sephardic Jews from Amsterdam who had previously fled Spain and Portugal. At its peak, in the late 1700s, the Jewish community on the island numbered about 2,000.
They established the Mikve Israel-Emanuel Synagogue, which is billed as the oldest continually operating synagogue in the Western Hemisphere, as well as Beth Haim cemetery. The synagogue today has about 350 members, of which only about 200 actually live on Curacao.
Remains must stay
Congregation members have determined more than 5,000 people are buried at Beth Haim, but only a third of the inscriptions are legible in a mix of languages that includes Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch and Hebrew. The oldest confirmed inscription is from 1668 on a stone made of potter's clay.
Jewish law forbids disturbing remains so moving the cemetery to another part of Curacao that would be less threatened by refinery smoke is out of the question, Maduro said.
Occasionally Beth Haim cemetery is visited by tourists from the cruise ships stopping at downtown Willemstad. Maduro hopes future visitors will be able to learn more on the hoped-for website.
"Not that we can preserve (the cemetery), but we are trying to make it easier for people to know what's there and who is buried there," he said.


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Looking at London's Olympics plans from over in America, it must be hard to fathom why the attitude of many British journalists (myself included) has often seemed rather negative.Despite some ludicrously heavy-handed sponsor-protection and security measures, the upcoming Games should still have plenty going for them.
London's preparations have focused like no Olympics before on providing the city with a meaningful legacy, investment has been swamping a deprived area and, despite fairly low-key architecture, a few beautiful, reusable sporting facilities will be left behind. So what's the problem?
Rain, that's what. It may sound beyond trivial, but while North America has been baking in some anteroom to hell, Britain has been drowning in the wettest spring and summer on record. Following a winter drought, rain has been pelting down almost without respite since the 5th of April, often throughout the day. Flooding has hit the country hard*. Many outdoor events have been cancelled and those that remained in place, like the Olympic Torch relay and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, have looked less like summer celebrations than scenes from King Lear. London is now a slushy mess, and walking through its parks feels like bouncing across a vast, dirty sponge.
We've been praying the weather changes before the Olympics, but forecasts suggest it won't. Now it looks like our often fair city is going to show the world its most sullen face. With rain continuing at least into the Games' first week, get ready for the "wettest Summer Games ever."
Still, at least Games organisers, aware of London's temperamental climate, put roofs over all the major venues. Didn't they? As it happens, they didn't. While some sites, like the Olympic Stadium, are partly covered, many temporary venues are completely open. Contingency plans are swiftly being drawn up to cope with the predicted downpours but it seems that no refunds will be offered. This may turn spectating into something of an endurance sport itself. According to reports in The Guardian, while spectators in the Olympic Stadium's cheap seats should stay dry, visitors who have paid out over £2000 for the best places may need to use (freely provided) ponchos to protect them from a track-side drenching.
All this might seem funny from across the Atlantic. And in fact, it seems quite funny over here too, particularly since the awfulness of the weather is pushing many people into a state of mild hysteria. As I've mentioned before, self-deprecation is a knee-jerk response over here, and people have been enjoying parodic, rain-soaked predictions of the upcoming opening ceremony like this one. There is also an underlying streak of angst, though. In what is a nightmare for Britons with any shred of patriotism, the whole world is now going to see exactly what we have to put up with.
*Correction: An earlier version of this story mistakenly linked to a 2007 story that referred to some controversial comments made about that year's excessive rain and flooding, not this year's rains.
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A small-town reporter milks a local disaster to get back into the big time.
As his car is being towed through downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico, down-and-out reporter Charles "Chuck" Tatum passes by the Sun Bulletin newspaper office and rushes inside. After Chuck boldly informs conservative editor Jacob Q. Boot that he is a $250-a-week reporter but can be had for $50 a week, Boot offers him a job on condition he stay clean and sober. Chuck, who admits his reckless, caustic behavior led to his dismissal from many prestigious Eastern newspapers, embraces Boot's terms, confident that his next big break will soon come. A year later, however, Chuck is still working at the Bulletin when Boot assigns him and cub reporter-photographer Herbie Cook to cover a rattlesnake hunt. On the way, Herbie and Chuck stop for gas at a remote trading post and soon discover that the young proprietor, Leo Minosa, is trapped in a cave in a nearby Indian cliff dwelling. When an Indian tells Chuck that the cave is in the sacred Mountain of the Seven Vultures, Chuck senses a story opportunity. Ignoring a deputy sheriff, Chuck pushes his way into the cave with Herbie and locates Leo, pinned under a heavy plank inside a narrow, unstable crevice. Chuck soothes the frightened Leo, who had crawled into the crevice in search of Indian artifacts, and snaps a photo of him. As soon as he returns to the trading post, Chuck calls Boot and boasts that he has a front page feature. Chuck then arranges with Leo's cynical wife Lorraine to stay in her in-laws's bedroom, and while he is typing up his first article, they talk about Leo. Lorraine reveals that she married Leo, a veteran, right after the war, but quickly became disillusioned and bored. When Lorraine declares that she is leaving Leo while she can, Chuck, mindful of how her desertion will hurt his story, tries to shame her into staying. Lorraine refuses to feel guilty, but changes her mind about going after the vacationing Federber family shows up, eager to observe Leo's rescue and buy food and trinkets. Along with Chuck, Lorraine realizes that as news about Leo's predicament spreads, business at the trading post will explode. The next day, after Chuck's first story appears in the Bulletin , the trading post is besieged by visitors. After learning from Dr. Hilton, who has gone into the cave, that Leo can survive a week of entrapment, Chuck approaches Sheriff Gus Kretzer with a proposition. Noting how much publicity the sheriff would earn if the rescue went on for a week, Chuck convinces Kretzer to use his position to prolong the operation and, in exchange for Chuck's silence and support, guarantee him exclusive access to the story. By threatening to ruin his career, the sheriff then coerces engineer Sam Smollett to drill a shaft from the top of the cave down to Leo, instead of shoring up the walls and getting Leo out in a day. That evening, Lorraine, now flush with cash, tries to flirt with Chuck, but he slaps her. As Smollett's rescue team begins drilling the next day, the area is flooded with reporters, cameramen and tourists. Taking in the spectacle, Chuck tells the wide-eyed Herbie that they are quitting the Bulletin . When other reporters complain about Chuck's favored position, the sheriff announces that he has deputized Chuck and will not allow anyone else inside the cave for safety reasons. In the cave, Leo tells Chuck about his upcoming anniversary and his hope that his predicament will somehow save his marriage. Chuck again reassures Leo and is nonplussed when Leo declares him his best friend. At the trading post, Chuck runs into Boot, who has deduced Chuck's scheme and condemns his "below-the-belt" journalism. Nagel, a New York editor, then calls and agrees to pay Chuck $1,000 a day to cover the story. While the sheriff makes campaign speeches, spectators and newsmen continue to pour into the area, which now boasts a full-fledged carnival. Restless, Lorraine asks Chuck to take her to New York with him, and he responds with a hard kiss. Five and a half days into the ordeal, Dr. Hilton informs Chuck that Leo has developed pneumonia and will only last twelve more hours in the cave. Leo begs Chuck to stop the drilling, which is only twenty-six feet away, and bring a priest. Although Chuck refuses, he asks Smollett to shore up the walls as originally proposed but learns that because of the drilling, the walls have become dangerously weak, making shoring impossible. The next morning, Leo, struggling for breath, asks Chuck to give Lorraine the anniversary present he bought for her. Desperate and angry, Chuck finds Lorraine as she is about to cut her platinum hair and forces her to put on Leo's present--a cheap fur stole. When Lorraine protests, Chuck starts to strangle her with the stole, and she stabs him with her scissors. Though bleeding, Chuck stumbles to the sheriff's car and drives the priest to the cave. Leo dies as the priest prays, and once outside, Chuck grabs a microphone and announces his death. As the stunned crowd takes in the news, Chuck's rivals rush to file the story. Numb with pain and guilt, Chuck calls Nagel, declaring that he has murdered Leo, and drives Herbie to the Bulletin office. After shoving Herbie back to his desk, Chuck tells Boot, "You can have me for nothing," then collapses and dies.
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I'm often wondering when I could 'make' time to write up some of my own personal history - not that it's been that exciting so far but there are certainly some things I'd like to make clear to my descendants and the odd thing or two I think I might be the only one to know about now - or, at least, the only one who can remember.
Reminiscing about my university days yesterday I was realizing I could likely start a good chunk of my personal history beginning...I remember when.
So just 'for fun' here are a few things here - (in no particular order at all).
Following John (Diefenbaker's) footsteps on a Vancouver sidewalk (perhaps to my mother's embarrassment. She was then pretty much a capital L Liberal, federally speaking, meaning for the national Liberal Party, and not Diefenbaker's Progressive Conservative Party).
When Vancouver area pedestrians crossed the street first, and vehicles had to wait
My first British Columbia history project
Thrills Gum!
And later joining in the Nestle boycott
Nickel candy (I don't think I'm really old enough to remember penny candy.)
Vancouver fogs (Now known as pollution.)
When boys were boys, and girls (some anyway) were cross about it
'Party line' telephone service
When I was planning on having 6 kids
My son telling someone,'Mum reads even the small print'.
Thinking I might have been adopted
Gidget films
My first computer
When I had (and occasionally even signed) a nickname
Baking my first chocolate cake (it 'bounced'.)
Wearing a hat (and gloves) to church
My Grandma and Grandpa Rogers (I do wish I remembered them so much better though.)
Strawberry tarts at Woodward's store in downtown Vancouver
When my very favourite thing was reading (That's NEVER changed!)
Wringer washers
My 21st birthday present from my father (a bottle of Kahlua)
Getting a new outfit for Easter
Separate basement recreation areas for girls and for boys in school.
Singing songs from The Merry Widow while dancing out of Vancouver's Stanley Park after a Theatre Under The Stars show (1956)
Elevator operators
When my favourite colour was blue. (Before that, green; never pink.)
My dad answering the private business line as 'City Morgue'. Grandma Scott (my Na) didn't appreciate that!
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- Loretta said...
I enjoyed your remembrances, Diane. I keep forgetting to check out your blog, but when I do I always love reading it.
- M. Diane Rogers said...
Thanks, Loretta. I enjoy reading yours too. Especially liked your painting of the family farmhouse in Memories of the Farm.
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Ostello San Filippo Neri
Ostello 'San Filippo Neri' is part of the Hostelling International association of Hostels in Italy, located in the magnificent historic centre of Modena. 5
Within a few minutes'walk, it is possible to reach Piazza Grande where are located the Ghirlandina tower and the cathedral that together with the square, are considered a human patrimony form the UNESCO. But Modena is not only culture, it is also gastronomy with the famous balsamic vinegar, and engines' land. Enzo Ferrari was born here, and Maranello is located only a few miles away. Modena hosts very interesting events such as the International Festival of Military Bands (in July), the Philosophy Festival (in September) and Skipass - Winter Tourism Fair (in November). From Modena you can go to visit beautiful art cities as Bologna (40 km), Parma (55 km) or Reggio Emilia (25 km).
International Bologna airport 40 km - Ryanair flights from/to main cities such as Barcellona, Bruxelles, Dublin, Edinburgh, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Oslo, Paris and Valencia.
Please note, if you are not a Member of Hostelling International there is an extra charge of 3 per person per night. Once you have stayed 6 nights at a HI Hostel you become a HI member, and no extra charges apply for future stays. For Italian people they must buy a membership individual card ( 3) valid one year from the day they buy it. For young people with less than 18 years requires the written permission of parents.
In our hostel you can obtain accommodation in twin or three-bedded rooms, with separate bathrooms on the floors, for men and women. Twin, three and four-bedded family rooms have separate reserved bathrooms. We provide also a wardrobe with a key for each bed. There are also two rooms and bathroom for disabled people.
The hostel rooms are closed each day from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., while the common areas are at the guests' disposal all day. We do not have breakfast service, however in our hostel you can find vending machines for cold and hot drinks and a brand new shared kitchen.
We provide bed-sheets and blankets.
We have safe-deposit boxes for small objects, a free luggage room for the departure and the arrival of guests. Internet point and laundry service are only a short distance away from the hostel.
Availability & RatesTo view availability and prices please select dates and click 'Update Dates'
Hostel Facilities & Policies
- 24 Hour Reception
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- Breakfast Not Included
- Child Friendly
- Common Room
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Elevator
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- Free City Maps
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- Hair Dryers
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The hostel is situated within a walking distance both from the railway and the coach station- about 300 yards.
The train station on your back: go straight till you arrive on a large avenue(Monte Kosica) and cross the street at the cross light. Once you have crossed, go right and straight then turn left at the first one (Via Ganaceto) and again left at the first one (Via S.Orsola) and there you are.
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We are 300 mt from the train station Modena, 200 mt city centre , 40 Km from Bologna, 15 Km from Maranello.
International Bologna airport 40 km - Ryanair flights from/to main cities such as Barcellona, Bruxelles, Dublin, Edinburgh, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Oslo, Paris and Valencia.
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Peanut with skin from KS is made from a high quality peanut. Peanut with skin is used for cooking food and dessert. With very high in protein and a crunchy texture, make it widely eaten. Peanut is also good substitute protein from meat. Ingredients: Peanut. Net weight 12 oz. Product of USA.
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If you're looking for something stronger than a beer… but still want a beer, let me introduce Armageddon by Brewmeister. It's a beer that's 65% ABV. You heard that right, it's 130 proof beer. Sounds delicious!
Beer usually only has 5%-10% ABV so to sip on some brew that's 65% is really, really ridiculous. Still, Brewmeister promises that Armageddon is delicious:
Despite being 65%, this beer has lots of flavour. It's slightly sweet, hoppy, malty and retains much of the yeast present during fermentation.
Bottles are conditioned but we recommend people drink this in 35ml measures. So drink with friends to save it going flat.
The beer is made in Scotland and isn't sold in the US but if you're lucky, maybe you can sneak one in through the online store. Beer is good and strong beer is even better so I can't even imagine the greatness of the world's strongest beer. [Brewmeister via Laughing Squid]


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CHARLOTTE � Ted Ginn Jr. capped a sparkling final two weeks of the preseason with a pair of touchdown catches and 149 yards receiving in Carolina's 25-10 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers.
CHARLOTTE � Ted Ginn Jr. capped a sparkling final two weeks of the preseason with a pair of touchdown catches and 149 yards receiving in Carolina�s 25-10 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Ginn ran back a punt 74 yards for a score in last week�s win at Baltimore.
Derek Anderson threw a 35-yard TD pass to Ginn less than three minutes into the game. The two connected on an 87-yard score in the second quarter.
Cam Newton didn�t play for the Panthers, leaving the starting duties to Anderson, who went 10-of-15 for 220 yards. Jimmy Clausen finished 5-of-8 for 26 yards for Carolina, which finished 3-1 in the preseason, and opens the regular season at home against Seattle.
Graham Gano kicked three field goals for the Panthers.
The Steelers, who went 0-4 in the preseason, will open their regular season slate at home against Tennessee next Sunday.
Rookie Landry Jones started under center for the Steelers, who rested Ben Roethlisberger. Jones played the entire game and went 16-of-35 for 189 yards with a touchdown, but was picked off three times.
David Paulson caught a 13-yard scoring pass from Jones to tie the game, but Ginn�s second TD grab boosted the Panthers to a 17-7 cushion.


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Finally, a safer wall system?
by Mark Cipolloni
When we wrote our Safer walls, please! article back in 1996 we asked the racing community to respond to the challenge of designing an alternative to the rigid concrete walls that have killed or permanently injured many drivers. We think Eurointernational may have come up with the best solution to date with its Impact Protection System (IPS).
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The IPS is the result of five years of research, studies, test and modifications. This barrier has the official approval of the FIA and has just recently received authorization to be used experimentally at FIA approved tracks. It is the only barrier to have received such approval. To date a few other barrier systems have been tried, but they have had mixed results. This barrier has also been approved by the FIK (Karting) and FIM (motorcycles). Because of these approvals the barrier is meeting with overnight acceptance from the racing community around the world:
Facts about the IPS
Test Criteria
The FIA test criteria was developed with just this in mind. It stipulates that the barrier perform in both 60 km/h (37.29 mph) and 80 km/h (50 mph) head-on impact tests with a 800 kg car. Those speeds sound low for a race car, but in fact they are not. A head-on crash into an immovable barrier at 50 mph is usually lethal. As a point of reference, in Jeff Andretti's horrifying accident at Indianapolis in the early 90's whereby the vehicle impacted the wall head-on, the speed of the car at the time of impact was under 60 mph. Michael Schumacher's crash last year that broke both his legs was slower than that. We have seen numerous severe neck and back injuries from rear impacts of IRL cars against concrete barriers at what appear to be relatively low speeds. However, because the concrete barriers are immovable, the driver still experiences very high g-forces over a very short period of time, the worst case scenario.
Test Results - FIA Head-on impact test
1st impact test at
80km/h. The blue line is the deceleration curve. Note how relatively
flat it is, signifying a very gradual slowing of the driver. Also
note that the g-forces never exceed 26 G.
CART's position
We spoke with CART's Kirk Russell about this issue at length. He told us that both CART and the FIA are looking at the various options available, including the IPS barrier. They want to be certain that they don't fix one problem but create another one. CART does not have any design or test criteria for safety barriers or deformable structures, deferring instead to the FIA standards. Kirk was of the understanding that the FIA may have a new barrier recommendation later this year.
I'm of the opinion that should the IPS barrier perform well under real-life accidents this race season, it very well may be that the IPS barrier will become the barrier of choice by the FIA, at least until another company can develop something equal or better.
Kirk did admit that he had not yet had the chance to review the IPS test data in detail, but his initial impression was that it would be best used at the end of existing barriers. That, however, is not the real intent of the IPS barrier. It is meant to sit in front of the full length of a rigid concrete barrier....anywhere.
Safety is not only about cushioned concrete walls. It is a total package. The cars and equipment must be as safe as possible. Car, driver�s clothing, and helmet manufacturers must continue to improve the safety of their products. Kirk also made mention that the driver must be preconditioned for impact. He said CART was looking at the Hanns Device used by Sprint car drivers to reduce the g-force loading on the drivers neck and spine when the cars flip violently. It attaches the drivers helmet to a collar that attaches to the drivers seatbelts. The collar is a carbon fiber appliance that rests between the seat belts and the drivers uniform.
CART is also following closely the research being done at Wayne State University.
When it comes to meeting current FIA criteria, right now the IPS may be the only game in town. Lab testing is fine, but until the IPS is evaluated over a period of time in real life crashes, we won't know just how good this product will perform. Eurointernational tells us their test results indicate that it will perform very well. They base their opinion on the fact that the barrier passed the difficult FIA head-on crash test with flying colors, as well as other angle and glancing blow tests they conducted. However, those 'other' tests were not to any specific FIA standard because, quite frankly, none exist. CART or the FIA need to develop better test criteria for varying circumstances.
They also claim the wall will work just fine on oval tracks and they have solved the transition between the straight and the turn with tapered barrier segments. Again, until funding can be provided to test this barrier on an oval, or until a track owner is willing to step up and install this barrier on their oval to see how it performs in real life crashes, we will withhold final judgment. However, we feel confident this barrier may be what the racing community has been waiting on for a very long time. Too long!
We urge CART to take a serious look at this barrier. Either provide funding for further testing, develop their own test standards, or give their approval to install this barrier on tracks CART races on to see how well it performs. If it's good enough for the FIA to approve it for use on their F-1 tracks, we suspect it should be good enough for CART. The do-nothing alternative is unacceptable We owe it to the fans, the teams, the drivers, and most of all the spouses and children who endure the grief of a lost or seriously injured driver, to do something about the inherent danger of our existing wall systems.
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