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Pakistani actress Veena Malik (Urdu: ويتا ملک, born Zahida Malik), who raised eyebrows last year for her provocative on-screen behavior in a reality show, is in the midst of yet another controversy after posing in the nude for the December 2011 cover of the Indian edition of international For Him men's Magazine(FHM). The ISI tattoo on Veena's arm in the picture adds to the provocative nature of the cover. This latest "outrage" raises the following questions: Is Veena motivated by her desire for publicity and money? Is Veena leading a new form of protest against Pakistan's religious, political and social orthodoxy?
Challenge to Religious Orthodoxy:
Malik is part of a new emerging crop of Pakistanis which, in small but significant ways, has challenged the religious orthodoxy. She, and others like her, present a sharp contrast to the rising wave of Islamic radicalism that the U.S. and the Pakistani secular-liberal elite view as an existential threat to the country. And with many well-traveled Pakistanis importing ideas from abroad, they are contributing to Pakistan's 21st-century search for itself.
Media Revolution:
In addition to increased international travel, Pakistan's media and telecom revolution that began during the Musharaf years is contributing to changing society. There are multiple, competing TV channels catering to almost every niche, whim and taste---from news, sports, comedy and talk shows to channels dedicated to cooking, fashion, fitness, music, business, religion, local languages and cultures etc. It seems that this media revolution has had a profound influence on how many young people talk, dress and behave, emulating the outspoken media personalities, actors, preachers, singers, sportsmen, celebrities and fashion models. In addition to a smorgasbord of TV channels born out of a surge in advertising spending, there are many newspapers and tabloids, and serious and glossy magazines, and many FM radio stations providing local news, sports, weather and traffic updates.
Protest Culture:
Enabled by Pakistan's youthful population's embrace of the new media, the hit videos Aalu Anday and Paki Rambo are the latest examples in a long tradition of protest music, poetry and literature in the rich and diverse culture of Pakistan.
In recent years, Pakistan's protest culture has entered a new and exciting phase. The artists no longer feel stifled by the heavily censored state electronic media which dominated the national landscape for most of Pakistan's existence. In fact, the new talent does not rely even on the corporate-owned commercial media that have emerged and become powerful during the last decade of President Musharraf's rule. With the growth of Internet in Pakistan, the rapidly expanding online population is feeling more empowered than ever to engage in free expression as part of their political and social activism.
Social Transformation:
Regardless of Veena's personal motivations, it is clear that the FHM cover featuring her in the nude is an act of defiance by the publicity-seeking actress. Shocking as it may seem to many Pakistanis, it represents only the tip of the iceberg of big social changes coming to Pakistan. These changes will likely lead to greater polarization in the short to intermediate term. Eventually, however, I expect that Pakistanis will learn to tolerate diversity and emerge as a stronger and more unified nation.
Here's a video clip of Veena Malik performing for India reality show Bigg Boss:
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Here are some excerpts from Washington Post blog on Veena Malik:
The controversy comes on the heels of a tense week for Pakistan, in which NATO airstrikes killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, an incident Sen. John McCain (R.-Ariz.) blamed on ISI, which he said was actively supporting terorrist organizations. Senior officials in recent months have repeatedly accused ISI of supporting militants based in Pakistan's tribal areas. Pakistan has denied such allegations.
Sharma says having ISI written on Malik's arm was just intended as a joke. "In India we joke about this . . . if anything goes wrong . . . we say the ISI must be behind this."
But Pakistan's media aren't finding it funny, with the Express Tribune staunchly declaring that the "viral photo is fake."
Malik has stirred up controversy before. In 2010, she outraged conservatives for appearing on Indian reality show "Bigg Boss," a show similar to "Big Brother." In March of this year, she challenged a Pakistani cleric on television.
Male Pakistani actor Osman Khalid Butt also rose eyebrows back home this week after he recorded a "foul-mouthed" video. In the video, Butt attempts to use as many of the 1,500 English and Urdu words recently banned by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority from use in text messages that he can.
In a Tehelka Op Ed, Kiran Nazish writes: "One way to regulate the media or politics in Pakistan is to have civil society watchdogs and that seems to be working. The civil society in Pakistan seems to be quietly — and perhaps, inadvertently — regaining strength. We don't know if this could this be a threat to the establishment's control over the state."
More excerpts:
"In recent years, Pakistani media has been on a wild ride of television ratings. To catch up, Maya Khan, a popular TV host took her show to public parks, where she – with her battalion of likeminded women, ran from 'couple' to 'couple', with microphones and cameras, exposing them as a social disgrace. "
"If the stars were on their usual path, Maya Khan would not have encountered the kind of public outrage she did. While some jocular humour embellished public anger, and jokes like 'when in parks, beware of dogs and Maya Khan', were winning popularity; a group of civil society members took shape. The Citizen for Free and Responsible Media (CFRM) emerged as a group of activists, academics, lawyers and journalists, including unadorned citizens that collectively forfeited against Maya's actions and ran a campaign to ensure that she identifies such behaviour as unethical and apologises. Which, when she didn't, aggravated the situation and caused her to get fired by the channel along with rest of the team on her show. The following days CFRM continued pointing out and campaigning against other programmes with questionable content or anchoring style and caused two resignations from the anchor and producer of popular prime time shows.
Maya Khan is not just a person, but also a phenomenon, and the growth of such phenomenon is now being impeded by efforts of groups like the CFRM. This development is significant in Pakistan, especially when, to rephrase a CNN report, 'Media is becoming more powerful than the military.'"
"Take the NRO issue or the Memogate scandal, a massive outrage from the public has constantly been visible. Pakistan now seems ready to hold the state to account, forcing it to live up to its own commitments. Then the lawyers' movement, with 10 million signatories, was crucial to restore the chief justice. Not just lawyers, but people from all walks of life took to the streets till the goal was accomplished. A lot happened in between but the resistance could not overcome collective civilian participation. It was the civil society in Pakistan that brought about the change from authoritarianism to democracy. We need to explore how quietly and steadfastly their efforts are having a transformative impact. And whether civil society can help dismantle the power, political and monetary concentration by the military. Pakistan may not have free and independent media yet but behind the barricades and across the checkposts, the civil society is learning how to self-liberate."
Veena Malik is now being accused of being an ISI agent, reports Express Tribune:
Pakistani actor Veena Malik's controversial ISI tattoo caused a stir on both sides of the border, but it seems some Indians have taken the message in the photo shoot literally. Allegations have arisen that Veena is working as a spy with Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) – a rumour she has been quick to deny and term "nonsense".
"One day I am accused of being aggressive, and the next day a spy. I am an actress. I don't like being given such labels. People should respect me. I am an honest person who is just doing her work," the actress was quoted as saying.
The latest controversy erupted after a court order to look into a complaint that Veena was spying for Pakistan. Delhi police investigated the matter and reported that Veena had denied the allegations. The original complainant had said that Veena's tattoo in a risque photo shoot for FHM magazine indicated that she was spying for the intelligence agency.
In response to this charge, Veena's international manager Nisha Sahdev said:
"We see and hear stories in the press daily on Veena Malik. We choose to let them be, but on this occasion we must clear that Veena has all the proper paperwork to enter and exit countries she works in and holds all the rightful documents for each project. These comments are unnecessary and time consuming."
Veena is currently focusing on the release of her three Bollywood films and a reality TV show.
Here's a link to pictures of Nadia Moore Ali, Pakistani-American Playboy Centerfold:
Here's a report on Taan, Pakistani version of Glee:
Gay romance, Islamic extremism and a soundtrack of classic love songs make for Pakistan's taboo-breaking answer to the hugely successful US television series Glee.
Like its smash hit forerunner, Taan follows the lives and loves of a group of young people who regularly burst into song. But this time they attend a music academy in Lahore, instead of an American high school.
Taan - which is a musical note in Urdu - tackles subjects considered off limits in Pakistan's deeply conservative Muslim society, with plotlines including love affairs between two men and between a Taliban extremist and a beautiful Christian girl.
The plan is for the 26-episode series to air in September or October, and while producer Nabeel Sarwar insisted the program was not a "political pulpit", he is determined to take on the tough issues.
"Nobody wants to have controversy for the sake of controversy, nobody wants to have an assignment to violence, nobody wants to push a button that would result in a disaster for anyone," he said.
"But the truth has to come out somewhere. Where are we going to put a line in the sand and say, 'Look, this is what we are'?"
Taking a public stand to defend liberal values like this is rare in Pakistan, where forces of religious conservatism have risen steadily in recent years.
Risque scenes in foreign films are routinely cut by the authorities and the team behind Taan are acutely aware that they must tread carefully with their challenging material.
In one scene the two gay lovers dance and sing in a small room but never embrace - their relationship is suggested rather than overtly shown. The moment is interrupted when a radical Islamist character bursts in.
Director Samar Raza said representing the lives of gay characters was difficult in a country where homosexuality is still illegal.
"Let's say in a certain scene, there are two boys talking to each other, they are not allowed to show their physical attachment to each other," he said.
"So I bring a third character who says: 'God designed Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve'."
It is not only the sensibilities of the censors the producers must navigate.
While 70 per cent of Pakistan's population is under 35, a huge and potentially lucrative audience for advertisers, it is the head of the household who decides what families watch on TV, explains Sarwar.
"The head of the household during the day is the matriarch and the head of the household at night is the patriarch - they control access to TV," he said.
"You have to find programming that allows the matriarch and the patriarch to join in and participate, but there has to be room for the younger audience."
In a bid to appeal to older viewers the makers of Taan have licensed around 100 classic Pakistani songs, some by legendary artists such as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and have reworked them to suit modern tastes, as Glee does.
"We try to find music that resonates with the older generation which control the access to the TV but we contemporise that music so that the younger audience does not feel left out," Sarwar said.
The show hopes that by taking on difficult issues in a light-hearted way it will both reflect the changing nature of Pakistani society and attract a young audience currently hooked on imported Turkish soap operas.
Local dramas struggle to compete with the likes of Manahil and Khalil and Ishq-e-Mamnu (Forbidden Love) - Turkish serials starring Westernised characters with fair skin and dubbed into Urdu.
Turkish soaps are widely watched across the Muslim world, but the popularity of Ishq-e-Mamnu has prompted a lively debate about the "Turkish invasion" of the small screen in Pakistan, with local production companies complaining that they do not have the resources to rival them....
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/pakistans-glee-...
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Thanks everyone for the love and support.Now more than anything its well needed.Long story but it has to do with my spouse.Anyway..i,m not proud of raising my voice but i guess it did alot of good.Wee Pea hows the heart situation???
Natalie so happy you got back to us about Dr Mesa.There is a few things going on with you and i,m glad your getting proper care.Your not being lazy you body needs to rest .
Mimi guess your right ..i,m an unknown drip under alot of pressure
Had my cbc today and all went well. Htc 40%. Plts 390. Hb 14.1. and no phleb or change to my meds, so i am happy happy...
Natalie glad you had a good visit with Dr Mesa etc...keep hydrated if you do do any exersice thats always a good plan...happy running lol
To everyone else, i am sorry i aint gonna address everyone, as i have not been getting the emails either, so i am very much behind all of your latest news. But i think of you all each day and hope for one day a cure for us will be found!! Keep safe, eat healthy, take care etc etc bla bla heehee.....and most of all....be happy and smile each day
luv ya's wee pea
Oh yeh Dee, thanks for reminding me about my cardiologist review. There was no abnormalities found in the 24hr ECG tape i had done and no follow up is required. So i was pleased about that too...
p.s. we are also proud of you Dee for raising your voice too...
Natalie: That is such great news! Dr. Mesa is wonderful for sure. Get some rest, and good luck on the new meds etc. I hope all will be good for you.
Hi Everyone! It was wonderful to go to my email and see so many posts from the forum! however.... it seems that so many are dealing with so much.
Natalie, it's great news to hear that you got to see Dr. Mesa, and that the outcome seems to be good news for a better plan for you! I'm proud of you for pursuing that! and i will keep you in my prayers. I will read up on Pegasys to get acquainted with it, as i don't really know much about it. Prayerfully that with the HU will be the answer to getting your counts in a stable level. Hang in there!
Dee, i'm truly praying that everything goes through quickly for you with the ins. co. to cover your jakafi. I hope it doesn't cost you and arm and leg to be able to receive it! And that this will start to bring down your spleen and get your counts were they belong! You have dealt with way too much for way too long and i (we) are all so proud of you!! you are one of the toughest of tough that there is!! i admire your strength and endurance in your battles with the doctors and ins. co. as well. and as you go through all that.... You still manage to uplift us all here and encourage everyone always!! God Bless you sweetie! (and i hope those feverish spells leave you!)
I heard from our dear Pegetha, she's hanging in there, getting regular cbc's, and the Jakafi seems to be helping. she's tired at end of her days with work and all. praying for her as well.
Mimi, sweetie, i'm sorry to hear that the spleen is acting up again on you too. With the MF dx's i wished they'd start you on the jakafi as well. i know you have the meds there already and are just waiting to hear from your onc. I will keep praying for you my dear. (and thank you for your lovely bday wishes)
I myself am doing good. just getting headaches again, and started feeling nauseated lately? and i'm getting muscle spasms also again, but throughout my body.
I need to go research some stuff......... Everyone take care! God Bless you all.
Does anyone have the "BARR" lab..hydrea its purple and pink??My cvs gave me the green and pink one and i cannot tolerate it.Seems like its going to be hard to find.Will check other drug stores .But just wondering if anyone uses a chain drug store that i can start calling.Thanx =D
Dee, I take green and pink from Future Scripts. No problem, didn't realize there was a difference in color .
Hi, everybody,
Sorry I have been mostly absent from the forum lately. I'm just so tired all the time -- I know that most of you know that feeling! By the time the school day is over, I can barely crawl home and hit my couch. In addition to the "normal" PV tired, I'm now getting a little anemic, which more or less adds to it. I'm doing well on the Jakafi but I'm still taking HU a few days a week. The doc is easing me off the HU, very slowly. Last time he tried to take me off it and put me on something else, my platelets shot up to 1.6 million, I think it was. Then when he put me back on HU, they dropped too fast and too far, and I became neutropenic. This time he's being very cautious.
Dee, I'm so glad you're going to be taking the Jakafi. I honestly believe it will help you. Although my spleen was never as big as yours, it was enlarged and did hurt. Now, my hem/onc doc tells me he can barely feel it! So, there's real hope. The J drug isn't a cure for MF nor PV, but it at least it's a step in the right direction. Who knows, maybe someday in our lifetimes, there'll be a real cure for all the MPN's! By the way, I went through the battle looking for the HU made by Barr. It definitely worked better for me than any of the other manufacturers. The problem (according to my pharm) is that Barr was bought out by another company, and apparently stopped production of HU for awhile. They're apparently back at it again, though, as I was finally able to get the Barr version of HU last time I refilled. I use the pharmacy at a grocery chain called Albertson's, which is a national chain, I think. You might check with them in your area (if they are there) and ask them to order it for you.
Thanks, Sarah, for being such a sweetie and checking on me. I tend to hibernate when I'm not feeling well, and need someone to kick me in the patootie. You and Dee definitely help to hold us all together. Thanks!!
I hope everyone has a good weekend with lots of energy and things going your way.
Later . . .
Glad to see you here Peg.Hope the rest of the school year goes by fast.Then you can try to care for yourself and rest up ..How much Jakafi do they have you on ?I,m concerned with the dose they want ,me to start.20 mg 2x a day.I might (after telling them) try half of that till i know how i feel.In the past new meds have had some nasty side effects so i,m guarded with starting something really new.Thanks for all the info about "Barr labs"But i found taken half of a dose of the pink and green i can tolerate.Then i have to go without for a week before the jakafi.Your right in saying Jakafi is,nt a cure but it does help the symptoms alot.At this point i,ll take anything.I,m so physical it really gets to me not to have the energy or the strength to do more.So hope is there lol.My scan is next week and the spleen is sitting what i call normal "for me"but the feelings are another story.My back does arch alot when " gerty" ( name of my spleen lol) gets big.
Neil are you buried in work ?
Evryone else i miss you and hope you can post soon.Gotta run Huggers =D
Dee, 20 mg of J twice daily is the standard starting dosage for people with a platelet count greater than 200. For platelets of 100-200, the starting dose would be 15 mg twice daily, according to my instruction sheet which comes with the med. What is your platelet count now? The J comes in tabs of 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 mg, and you're supposed to take them twice daily, so they all come in bottles of 60.
Hallelujah, I'm finally completely off the HU, as of yesterday. My doc called me and told me to stop it altogether, since the J has brought my counts down significantly. I'm still supposed to go in twice a week for a while for a cbc, just to make sure I don't get a rebound effect from stopping the HU. Soon, I hope, I'll cut down to a cbc once a week, and then -- maybe -- once every two weeks. That would be soooooo nice. My counts have been so unstable for such a long time now that the doc likes to check them every few days, so that he can catch it right away if I develop a problem. It's a real drag, and as you can imagine, my veins are very scarred and hard. So far, though, the techs can still access them, even though it's a challenge sometimes.
Natalie, good job on getting to see Dr. Mesa! From what I hear, he's an awesome doc. He's one of the two or three docs who were involved in the testing of Jakafi. One of the others is Dr. Verstovsek at MD Anderson. I'm still seeing him, as well as my local hem/onc, but he isn't as accessible as Dr. Mesa. It pays to be persistent, doesn't it.
Mimi, when are you going to start taking the J? From what I'm reading in your posts, it sounds like you need it. Since you already have the meds in hand, I can't understand why your docs don't want you to go ahead and start it. As I see it, if there's something available to help us feel better, then why the heck not give it?
OK, gotta run, and finish a few chores. Love and hugs to all, including all of our new friends.
To Everyone awesome news ! Is Jakafi , Ruxolibnib or a new and different drug ?
Hi, Brian,
Jakafi is the brand name for ruxolitinib, so yes, it's one and the same thing.
Hello to all and best wishes to all:
Someone wanted to know how to interpret their lab results recently in a post and I just re-found the site that explains it all to you. Enter in search bar: horizon laboratory ---once at their main site, go to: understand your results. It should take you to a page where you can read all the listings in a basic CBC and a lot of other info. Hope that helps some of us..............mimi
Hi Everyone!
Jules, i know you've been going through so very much. I hope that you've been able to go to the docs regularly and that you start to get some improvement. Please take care of yourself! I'm worried about you....... and i hope that the new baby will bring you much love and joy and many smiles!! take care.......
Dee, i hope that your ultra sound on the 4th shows whatever is going on with the spleen, i know that sometimes it seems that when we go to the docs, things have a way of suddenly disappearing! (kind of like with our cars/an mechanic time!)... so i pray it's all 'caught on the ultra-sound!' I didn't know that those on Jakafi couldn't take vitamins... so be extra careful with those germs. Any word from anyone at the office yet on the ins? Hang in there sweetie, prayerfully some of your energy will return soon! and i will also be praying that you tolerate the med well, i know you say your body responds to new meds and are concerned over the dose amt. But Angels will be watching over you!
Pegetha, it's so wonderful to know that you are handling the Jakafi well! You are such a strong gal! and i'm so proud of you I know you must feel beat physically also (like Dee) many of times. Take care of yourself! and keep doing whatever it is that you are doing! seems to be working good!! will keep praying for you!
Brian i hope things are getting better for you too......
Patti, i'm not sure if you are still at your daughters or heading to your new home. but blessings to you sweetie!
Neil, hope all is still well.........
Everyone, take care and Blessings to all of you!!
Hello: To also add to Miss Mimi's post, there's a site called "labtestsonline.com" that can give you the normal ranges for cbc's etc. Hope this helps. Patti

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What you want controlled goes to line and load. Switch that activates the relay goes to the coil.
I purchased an Omron Industrial G7L-2A-BUBJ-CB-AC100/120 relay and wonder if someone can tell me the way it is supposed to be wired? I can post a picture of the diagram on the relay if needed. I will go into the purpose of the relay later if needed after I get info on the wiring diagram. Thanks a million in advance...JDanW
What you want controlled goes to line and load. Switch that activates the relay goes to the coil.
2 Form A contacts ( DP ST / NO ) coil voltage 100~120 VAC
As you can see on this data sheet, there is a wiring diagram on the side. What is your question?\\
The relay switches the adjacent terminals on the rear, (1-2 and 3-4), and the front terminals are the coil.
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I think if a person does not know what the printing on the side has, then they should not be playing with it.
I am waiting the see the application that it will be used in.
A SPDT is not the same as a DPST for starters.
Be careful playing with electricity.
What the drawing says to me: I energize the coil, via 1 & 2, it in turn activates the switches that close 2 to 4 and 6 to 8. I tried this as well as another set-up because things weren't working (probably all started with the wrong relay "teaching" me the wrong way to hook it up) and neither worked. More specifically, what I think the symbols mean, because I am not a trained electrician or electrical engineering student, is I put my HOT to 0, neutral to 1. This is what my switch activates. Then, I wire my equipment to terminals 2 & 6 as HOTs, and the terminals 4 & 8 acts as the neutrals to the equipment. Is this right (BTW HJ, I assume this is what you meant, but had the load terminals labeled as 1-4)
DPST: got my terminology wrong, again, learning here. As you can see from my drawing and my acquaintance discussed was I need a relay to power two pieces of equipment when the timer is one...thanks again, don't flame me for the mini rant please...just very frustrating to be dogged from the get go...
First off, you have "double pole single throw" dpst switch, NOT a "spdt". Second, the relay connect 2 & 4 together adn 6 & 8, so when you connect the transformer to 2 & 4, you "short it out" when the relay operates. 6 & 8 do NOTHING, because they have NO active feeds to them. But in actuality, from what I can decipher from your drawing is that there is NO HOT OR NEUTRAL wires anywhere on the relay, except at the coil. ALL terminals are isolated, therefore NONE of them are connected to any other terminal. The right hand relay will also do NOTHING, unless its "hot feed" from the timer is connected to the 0 terminal. Time to attend another wiring diagram and electrical circuit class.
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OK, got all that, thanks HJ...Here is the way I interpreted it to begin with, but again, when it didn't work, I doubted myself. Turns out I was right all along. So, I supply power to 0,2 & 6, take neutral off of 1 to complete coil circuit. Power comes out of 4 & 8 when the relay is energized goes to my loads and the neutral from the load goes back to the main supply. Is that right? Or am I still off some...
That looks more better.
You could have saved some wire by jumpering between # 2 and #6 on both relays, then running the neutrals from #1 to the transformers. What is the "black blob" that is activated by either/both relays?
Can you also tell if my wife is pregnant and where I left my car keys?
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DonL, thanks for coming back after my little rant. I do appreciate the help. I'm ignorant, not stupid...And yes, that blob is a fan. Circuit is designed to open a damper and turn on fan when switch is pushed, from both bathrooms as well, without sending 240 volts to the fan. the electrician helped me design it so the same power is going to the fan when both circuits are open.
1) Could I have fried my timer switched doing ti the first diagram? I can't get them to function properly. When I use them in the circuit, they close immediately. (If someone would like to help me troubleshoot these switches, I'd take that help also)...anyway...
2) Can anyone tell me if it's possible to add another timer switch to trip the relay from one bathroom? I have the switch in the toilet room, but would like to put one out in the bathroom proper if possible, so i don't have to go in the toilet room every time I want to turn it on. Is it as simple as what I put in the drawing?
(I have changed the drawing to more accurately reflect the way it will be done. I started to use red for the SWITCHED power, just to make it easier to follow). Thanks for any and all help!!
It looks good for the most part, as far as working.
I would be a little concerned about the bare power wires that have damaged and missing insulation.
As long as it does not need to be inspected, It may work. But may not pass for various reasons.
Thanks DonL. I might do some rejiggering to get insulation on all wires, but this is where I am right now. Do you have a comment on my double switch question in the earlier (but recent) post #13? I appreciate your time to answer. Thanks.
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With spring finally here, there's a lot to do out in the garden - leaves to clear off the flower beds, roses to prune, perennials to relocate and early annuals to plant, of course. It's a wondrous time to share with your children, but it can be a tough one too, trying to figure out how to occupy them while you're busy getting your hands dirty. Don't miss out on an ideal opportunity to demonstrate both stewardship of nature and love for the great outdoors. And the work will go a lot faster - and be more fun! - with more hands involved. So don't think of gardening and parenting as separate activities. Get your kids in on the garden work too! Click through for 7 ways to get your kids involved in the garden! -By Brian Gresko
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Reducing overall test time in high volume electronic manufacturing sites is critical to meeting manufacturing capacity and cost targets. Optimizing throughput, while not sacrificing test coverage or production yield, is essential to retaining a competitive edge.
Best-in-class manufacturers use statistical methods during test system development to achieve high throughput without compromising test coverage or test yields. During test system development, statistically based Gauge Repeatability & Reproducibility studies are used to verify the stability of the test methods and test system. After establishing a reliable and repeatable test, methods to optimize throughput can be explored. The statistical methods can be used again to verify test throughput optimization will not impact test yields.
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To the editor: When you turn on the television, you are subjected to an endless barrage of advertisement....
Middleclassworker are you meaning the teacher retirement pensions like the St. Paul and Duluth Teacher Retirement funds who had to give a $26 million bailout to this last legislative session? Your posting points are way past the "sell by" date.
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JReader, you really have no clue. Most pensions were squandered by corporate executives. But, knowing you, you will have some BS response that the workers deserved to lose their pensions because it was the executives who deserved it. Open your eyes!
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You mean those seniors on medicare MCW ? Do you mean those seniors eligible for food stamps ?
Most all pension recipients come from two groups - either public sector workers or union workers. So, just who was it that stole their money ?
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You mean like the seniors that choose between needing food and wanting prescriptions? Many of these people have lost their pensions by people who wanted a half billion dollars, but certainly didn't need it.
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Far too many people are confused today when trying to determine the difference between a want and a need.
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I too thought the letter was good. My comment was simply to point to how swarming behavior can manifest itself in humans as driven by social pressure. The advertisers can control the direction of the swarm and credit pushers are all in on that. Fyi-flocking bird behavior is not driven by cannibalism.
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I thought, the article was good, until I read the comments, how far off from something, can you people get.
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I think they do, but they are one of the few.
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I guess I am too old--posted a comment with nothing in it. I think the Assembly of God churches still encourage tithing.
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notogop, I know of very few churches that preach tithing anymore.
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Give your charity dollars to your favorites directly. Eliminate the middle man and your dollars will go 10% further
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Science does it again. Scientists studying swarming of locusts have come to the conclusion that what motivates the group is simply this; cannibalism. The individuals in the group are simply trying to eat the guy ahead of them and trying to avoid being eaten by the guy behind them. Anybody else see how this relates to humane society?
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The poor you speak of are on the various levels of food assistance programs already, and have trouble buying food. This writer is not talking about the people that are literally poor, he's talking about the middle class and the NEW American dream of buying on credit and the pitfalls associated with it. I for one, can say I am somewhat guilty of what he's talking about. However, if people really would want to talk about this, it's a deep issue across the middle class and it spills into all the different areas of society, including religion. But, it's not a religious issue, it's a social issue.
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Why does everything in these forums turn to religion. Of ALL the words in this letter, only ONE came close to even hinting at religion, but yet, that's the first conversation in the forum. Please focus on the meaning of the letter, this is a huge concern for the upcoming generations of both parents and their children. It does affect everyone of us when things go bad and our tax dollars go to the assistance programs that go to the financially irresponsible.
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Except for you are to give God the First Fruits, not what is left over.
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Penalty shoot-out (association football)
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A penalty shoot-out, referred to as kicks from the penalty mark in the Laws of the Game, is a method used in association football to decide which team progresses to the next stage of a tournament (or wins the tournament) following a tied game. Kicks during a shoot-out are governed by different laws from a penalty kick.
During a shoot-out, coaches, players other than the kicker and the defending goalkeeper must remain in the centre circle (other than the kicking team's goalkeeper, who stands on the junction of goal line and penalty area near to the assistant referee).
Goals scored during the shoot-out are not included in the final score, nor are they added to the goalscoring records of the players involved.[citation needed]
Generally, shoot-outs are used only in knockout "cup" ties, as opposed to round-robin "leagues". The shoot-out thus decides who will progress to the next stage of a tournament, or who will win it. Usually extra time has been played first; exceptions include the Copa Libertadores, the FA Community Shield and the Football League Trophy, all of which use shoot-outs straight after the end of normal time.
Exceptionally, a shoot-out after a league match may be provided for, in the rules for the group phase of multi-round tournaments: if the opposing teams in a final-day match finish the group with identical records, they can immediately play a shoot-out. This happened in Group A of the 2003 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.[1] The prospect was discussed of this rule applying after the Turkey–Czech Republic match in Group A of Euro 2008, if it ended in a draw;[2] in the event, Turkey won so no shoot-out was required.[3] This rule is a recent innovation, and for example did not apply in Group F of the 1990 World Cup, where the Republic of Ireland and the Netherlands were separated by drawing of lots immediately after finishing their final-day match in a draw.[4]
In the late 1980s, a number of European football leagues, including Hungary, Yugoslavia, and Norway (also Argentina), experimented with penalty shoot-outs immediately after drawn league matches, with the winner gaining one point more than the loser. This was soon abandoned. In the United States, Major League Soccer initially also had a shoot-out immediately following the end of full-time, even during league matches, although these shoot-outs differed from standard penalty shoot-outs (see below). Similarly, Japan's J. League used shoot-outs after drawn games to determine a winner when that league began. These have also since been abandoned.
The following is a summary of the procedure for kicks from the penalty mark. The procedure is specified in FIFA's booklet Laws of the Game, not as one of the 17 numbered laws, but within the supplementary sections Procedures to Determine the Winner of a Match or home-and-away (pp. 54–56) and Additional instructions and guidelines for referees (p. 130).[5]
- The team to take the first kick is decided by a coin toss and the referee chooses the goal at which the kicks are taken.[5]
- All kicks are taken at one goal to ensure that both teams' kick-takers and goalkeepers face the same pitch irregularities (if any), wind and sun conditions, etc.
- All players other than the kicker and the goalkeepers must remain in the pitch's centre circle (see above).
- Each kick is taken in the general manner of a penalty kick. Each kick is taken from the penalty mark, which is 12 yards out from the goalmouth, with the goal defended only by the opposing goalkeeper. The goalkeeper must remain between the goal-posts on his goal-line until the ball has been kicked, although he can jump in place, wave his arms, move side to side along the goal line or otherwise try to distract the shooter.
- Each kicker can kick the ball only once per attempt. If the ball is blocked by the goalkeeper the kicker cannot score from the rebound (unlike a normal penalty kick). Similarly, if the ball bounces off the goal posts or crossbar, the kicker cannot score from the rebound.
- No other player on either team, other than the designated kicker and goalkeeper, may touch the ball.[5]
- A kick is successful if, having been touched once by the kicker, it crosses the goal line without going out of play or touching any player other than the defending goalkeeper. The ball may touch the goalkeeper, posts, or crossbar any number of times before going into the net. This was clarified after an incident in the 1986 World Cup shoot-out between Brazil and France. Bruno Bellone's kick rebounded out off the post, hit goalkeeper Carlos's back, and subsequently bounced into the goal. Referee Ioan Igna gave the goal to France, and Brazil captain Edinho was booked for protesting that the kick should have been considered a miss as soon as it rebounded off the post. In 1987, the International Football Association Board clarified Law 14, covering penalty kicks, to support Igna's decision.[6][7]
- Teams take turns to kick from the penalty mark in attempt to put the ball into the net, until each has taken five kicks. However, if one side has scored more successful kicks than the other could possibly reach with all of its remaining kicks, the shoot-out ends regardless of the number of kicks remaining.
- If at the end of these five rounds of kicks the teams have scored an equal number of successful kicks, sudden death rounds of one kick each are used until one side scores and the other does not.
- Only players who were on the pitch at the end of play are allowed to participate in the shoot-out.[5]
- A team may replace a goalkeeper who becomes injured during the shoot-out with a substitute, provided the team has not already used the maximum number of substitutes allowed by the competition.[5]
- If a goalkeeper is sent off during the shoot-out, another player who finished the game must act as goalkeeper.[5]
- If a player, other than the goalkeeper, becomes injured or is sent off during the shoot-out, then the shoot-out continues with no substitution allowed.[5]
- Any player remaining on the pitch may act as goalkeeper, and it is not required that the same player act as goalkeeper throughout the shoot-out.[5]
- No player is allowed to take a second kick from the penalty mark until all other eligible players have taken a first kick, including the goalkeeper.
- If it becomes necessary for players to take a second kick (because the score has remained equal after all eligible players have taken their first kick), teams are not required to follow the same order of kickers as was used for the first kick.[5]
- If at the beginning of kicks from the penalty mark one side has more players on the pitch than the other, then the side with more players must select an appropriate number of players who will not take part. For example, if Team A has 11 players but Team B only has 10, then Team A will choose one player who will not take part. Players deselected cannot play any part in the procedure: so a goalkeeper cannot be deselected from kicking while retained for saving. This applies whether players are absent through injury or being sent off. The rule was introduced by the International Football Association Board in February 2000 because previously an eleventh kick would be taken by the eleventh (i.e. weakest) player of a full-strength team and the first (i.e. strongest) player of a sub-strength team.[8] However, if a player is injured or sent off during the shoot-out, the same principle does not apply and the referee does not reduce the number of players on the opposing team.[5]
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Defending against a penalty kick is one of the most difficult tasks a goalkeeper can face. Some decide which way they will dive beforehand, giving themselves time to reach the side of the goalmouth. A 2011 study published in the journal Psychological Science found goalkeepers dived to the right 71% of the time when their team was losing, but only 48% when ahead and 49% when tied, a phenomenon believed to be related to certain right-preferring behaviour in social mammals.[9] Others try to read the kicker's motion pattern. Kickers may attempt to feint, or delay their shot to see which way the keeper dives. Shooting high and centre, in the space that the keeper will evacuate, carries the highest risk of shooting above the bar.[10] If a keeper blocks a penalty kick during a match, there is a danger the kicker or a team-mate may score from the rebound; this is not relevant in the case of a shoot-out.
In high-level competition, a goalkeeper may also use public knowledge of the shooters' past behaviour to inform his decision. In the shoot-out between Argentina and Germany in the 2006 World Cup, Jens Lehmann was seen looking at a piece of paper kept in his sock before each Argentinian player would come forward for a penalty kick. It is presumed that information on each kicker's "habits" were written on this paper. Players may counter this preparation by switching from their usual side on occasion. Some kickers in a shoot-out may seldom have taken a regular penalty kick, in which case there will be few statistics for the keeper to rely on.
The crowd behind the goal may favour one team and try to distract the other team's shooters. To forestall this, referees may choose the less partisan goal for the shootout. A goalkeeper may use distracting gamesmanship such as cleaning his boots or asking the referee to see if the ball is placed properly; this risks a caution for unsporting conduct. Bruce Grobbelaar's "wobbly legs" clowning distracted Francesco Graziani in the 1984 European Cup Final shootout.[11] The keeper is forbidden from moving off the goal line to narrow the shooter's angle; the 2003 UEFA Champions League Final shootout caused controversy as replays showed that both keepers got away with this, and Jerzy Dudek in the 2005 Champions League Final.
Before the introduction of shoot-outs, knock-out matches level after extra time would be decided by a replay or a coin toss. However, variants of the modern shoot-out were used before then in several domestic competitions and minor tournaments. Domestic examples include the Yugoslav Cup from 1952,[12] the Coppa Italia from 1958–59,[13] and the Swiss inter-regional Youth Cup from 1959–60.[14] International examples include the 1962 Uhrencup[15] (at the suggestion of its founder Kurt Weissbrodt),[16] the final of the 1962 Ramón de Carranza Trophy[17] (at the suggestion of journalist Rafael Ballester),[18] and a silver medal playoff match between amateur teams representing Venezuela and Bolivia in the 1965 Bolivarian Games.[19]
In major competitions, when a replay or playoff was not possible, ties were previously decided by drawing of lots. Examples include Italy's win over the USSR in the semi-final of the 1968 European Championship (the final, also drawn, went to a replay).[20]
Israeli Yosef Dagan is credited with originating the modern shoot-out,[21] after watching the Israeli team lose a 1968 Olympic quarter-final by drawing of lots. Michael Almog, later president of the Israel FA, described Dagan's proposal in a letter published in FIFA News in August 1969.[22] Koe Ewe Teik, the Malaysian FA's member of the referee's committee, led the move for its adoption by FIFA.[22] FIFA's proposal was discussed on 20 February 1970 by a working party of the International Football Association Board (IFAB), which recommended its acceptance, although "not entirely satisfied" with it.[23] It was adopted by the IFAB's annual general meeting on 27 June 1970.[24] In 2006, Deutsche Presse-Agentur reported a claim by former referee Karl Wald (b. 1916), from Frankfurt am Main, that he had first proposed the shoot-out in 1970 to the Bavarian FA.[25]
In England, the first penalty shoot-out in a professional match took place in 1970 at Boothferry Park, Hull, between Hull City and Manchester United during the semi-final of the Watney Cup, and was won by Manchester United. The first player to take a kick was George Best, and the first to miss was Denis Law. Ian McKechnie, who saved Law's kick, was also the first goalkeeper to take a kick; his shot hit the crossbar and deflected over, putting Hull City out of the Cup.
Penalty shoot-outs were used to decide matches in UEFA's European Cup and Cup Winners' Cup in the 1970–71 season. The first ever European Cup shoot out was between Everton F.C. and Borussia Mönchengladbach, with Everton winning 4–3. On 30 September 1970, after a 4–4 aggregate draw in the first round of the Cup Winners' Cup, Honvéd won the first shoot-out 5–4 against Aberdeen, when Jim Forrest's shot hit the bar.
In the first round of the European Cup 1972–73, the referee prematurely ended a shoot-out between CSKA Sofia and Panathinaikos, with CSKA leading 3–2 but Panathinaikos having taken only four kicks. Panathinaikos complained to UEFA and the match was annulled and replayed the following month,[26][27] with CSKA winning without the need for a shoot-out.
The final of the 1973 Campeonato Paulista ended in similar circumstances. Santos were leading Portuguesa 2–0 with each team having taken three shoot-out kicks, when referee Armando Marques mistakenly (as each team still had two shots to take, and therefore Portuguesa still had a chance of leveling the scoreline) declared Santos the winners. Portuguesa manager Otto Glória quickly led his team out of the stadium; this was allegedly to ensure the shoot-out could not resume once the mistake was discovered, and that instead the match would be replayed, giving Portuguesa a better chance of victory. When Santos counter-objected to a replay, Paulista FA president Osvaldo Teixeira Duarte annulled the original match and declared both teams joint champions.[28][29]
The first major international tournament to be decided by a penalty shoot-out was the 1976 European Championship final between Czechoslovakia and West Germany. UEFA had made provision for a final replay two days later,[30] but the teams decided to use a shoot-out instead.[31] Czechoslovakia won 5–3, and the deciding kick was converted by Antonín Panenka with a "chip" after Uli Hoeneß had put the previous kick over the crossbar.
The first penalty shoot-out in the World Cup was on 9 January 1977, in the first round of African qualifying, when Tunisia beat Morocco.[32] The first shoot-out in the finals tournament was in 1982, when West Germany beat France in the semifinal. If the 1982 final had been drawn, penalties would not have applied unless the replay was also drawn;[33][34] from 1986, penalties were scheduled after the final as for the earlier knockout rounds.[34]
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The finals of six major FIFA competitions, including four World Cups for either men or women, have gone to penalty shoot-outs:
- The 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship final between Portugal and Brazil in Lisbon was decided on a penalty shoot-out which the Portuguese won, with the last shot coming from the hands of Rui Costa.
- In the 1994 FIFA World Cup Final at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, USA, Brazil and Italy ended extra time scoreless. Brazil went on to win the shoot-out 3–2.[35]
- The 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Final between the United States and China, also at the Rose Bowl, was scoreless after extra time. The United States team won the shoot-out 5–4.
- The 2006 FIFA World Cup Final also went to a penalty shoot-out (after a 1–1 draw followed by a scoreless 30-mins. extra time) and was won by Italy 5–3 against France in Berlin's Olympic Stadium.[36]
- The 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Final, held at Commerzbank Arena in Frankfurt, went to a penalty shoot-out (after a 1–1 draw at full-time and a 2–2 draw after extra time) between the USA and Japan. Japan won the game after scoring 3 penalties to 1 by the USA.
- The 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup final in Istanbul went to a penalty shoot-out after a 0-0 draw after extra time. France won the game after scoring 4 penalties to 1 by Uruguay.
Goalkeepers have been known to win shoot-outs by their kicking. For example, in a UEFA Euro 2004 quarter-final match, Portugal goalkeeper Ricardo saved a kick (without gloves) from England's Darius Vassell, and then scored the winning shot.[37] Another example is Vélez Sársfield's José Luis Chilavert in the Copa Libertadores 1994 finals (it should be noted that Chilavert had a reputation as a dead-ball specialist and scored 41 goals during his club career).
Antonín Panenka (Czechoslovakia) decided the penalty shoot-out at the final of the 1976 European Football Championship against West Germany with a famous chip to the middle of the goal.
The English, and, to a slightly lesser extent, the Dutch and Italian national teams are known for their poor records in penalty shoot-outs. England has lost seven (out of eight) penalty shoot-outs in major tournament finals, including losses to Germany in the semifinals of the 1990 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 96 (the only two times England has reached the last four of a major competition since the 1960s). Since UEFA Euro 96 England have lost five shootouts in a row in eight major tournament finals, losing to Germany at Euro 96, Argentina at the 1998 World Cup, Portugal at Euro 2004 and the 2006 World Cup and Italy at Euro 2012. The only victory was against Spain in the Euro 96 quarter-final.
The Netherlands, meanwhile, lost four consecutive shoot-outs against Denmark in Euro 92, France in Euro 96, Brazil in the 1998 World Cup, and Italy in Euro 2000, before finally winning one against Sweden in Euro 2004. In Euro 2000, the Netherlands had two penalty kicks and four shootout kicks, but only managed to convert one kick against Italian keeper Francesco Toldo. Frank de Boer had both a penalty kick and shootout kick saved by Toldo, who also saved from Paul Bosvelt to give Italy a 3-1 shootout victory.
The Italians have lost five shoot-outs in major championships, notably being eliminated from three consecutive World Cup finals on penalties (1990–1998). However, they have also won three shoot-outs, including the Euro 2000 semi-final, the Euro 2012 quarter-final against England and 2006 World Cup Final.
On 16 November 2005, a place in the World Cup was directly determined by a penalty shoot-out for the first time. The 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying playoff between Australia and Uruguay ended 1–1 on aggregate, with Uruguay winning the first leg 1–0 at home and Australia winning the second leg at home by the same score. A scoreless 30 minutes of extra time was followed by a shoot-out, which Australia won 4–2.
During the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, Switzerland set an unwanted new record in the Round of 16 shoot-out against Ukraine by failing to convert any of their penalties, losing 3–0. The goalkeeper Oleksandr Shovkovsky (Ukraine) became the first goalie not to concede a single goal in the penalty shoot-out saving two of the Swiss attempts with another shot hitting the crossbar. The result meant that Switzerland became the first nation to be eliminated from the World Cup without conceding any goals (and, moreover, the only nation to participate in a World Cup finals tournament without conceding a goal).
The same competition featured a shoot-out between Germany and Argentina, the two most successful teams up to that point in terms of World Cup finals penalty shoot-outs: each team had competed in 3 shoot-outs and won all of them. Germany won this shoot-out, leaving Germany alone with a 4–0 record in World Cup finals.
On 20 June 2007, a new UEFA record was established.[38] The semi-final of the European under-21 Championships in Heerenveen between the Netherlands and England team finished in 1–1. Thirty-two penalties had to be taken before the tie was decided. The Netherlands eventually won 13–12.
Domestic Cup[edit]
In the FA Cup, penalty kicks were used in the 1972 edition of the short-lived third-place playoff. They were introduced more generally in the 1991–92 season to decide matches still level after one replay and extra time. Previously there was no limit on the number of replays, which led to fixture disruption, especially disliked by the top clubs. Replays were often two or three days after the drawn match, which conflicted with the increased planning required after the Football Spectators Act 1989. The first team eliminated from the FA Cup on penalties was Scunthorpe United, beaten on 26 October 1991 by Rotherham United after a first-round replay.[39][40] A shoot-out was first used in the FA Cup Final in 2005, when Arsenal beat Manchester United 5–4.[41] The following year, Liverpool beat West Ham United in the FA Cup Final's second ever penalty shoot-out.[42]
On 31 August 2005, a new English record was established when a shoot-out between Tunbridge Wells and Littlehampton Town in an FA Cup replay involved 40 kicks being taken, with Tunbridge Wells winning 16-15.[43][44]
Shoot-outs have been used to settle three Football League Cup finals to date. The first was in 2001 when Liverpool beat Birmingham City 5-4 on penalties after a 1-1 draw after extra time in the match. More recently the 2009 final between Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur ended goalless and was won 4-1 on penalties by Manchester United. Then the 2012 final between Liverpool and Cardiff City finished 2-2 after extra time, Liverpool winning 3-2 on penalties.
Penalty shoot-outs have been used for many years to settle drawn games in the earlier rounds of the Football League Cup, the earliest example being August 1976 when Doncaster Rovers beat Lincoln City 3-2 on penalties after three drawn games in a row (1-1, 1-1, 2-2) in a first round match. Shoot-outs tend to be quite rare in the semi-finals due to the away goal rule applying after extra time. However a shoot-out was used in the 2013-14 semi-final between Sunderland and Manchester United after both teams finished level over two legs; Sunderland won the shoot-out 2-1.
The Community Shield is also settled using penalties, following the normal 90 minutes of play, but no extra time. Manchester United have won the shield three times via a shoot-out, beating Arsenal in 2003, Chelsea in 2007, and Portsmouth in 2008. Manchester United lost the 2009 match on penalties to Chelsea.
UEFA Club competition[edit]
The first penalty shoot-out in a European Cup final occurred in the 1984 European Cup Final as Liverpool defeated A.S. Roma. The match is best known for the antics of Liverpool keeper Bruce Grobbelaar. As Roma's Bruno Conti prepared to take his kick, Grobbelaar walked towards the goal smiling confidently at the cameras lined-up behind, then proceeded to bite the back of the net, in imitation of eating spaghetti. Conti sent his spot kick over the bar. Grobbelaar then produced a similar performance before Francesco Graziani took his kick, famously wobbling his legs in mock terror. Graziani duly missed and Liverpool went on to win the shootout 4–2.
In the 1986 European Cup Final between FC Steaua Bucharest and FC Barcelona, Steaua keeper Helmuth Duckadam saved all four of Barca's penalties, for which he was dubbed "the hero of Seville.[45] Steaua also missed two, but still prevailed 2–0 in the shoot-out to become the only Romanian club side to win the title.
In the 2003 UEFA Champions League Final the penalty-shoot out has caused controversy among many fans as replays showed that Dida was off his goal line when saving penalties from Trezeguet, Zalayeta and Montero. Buffon was also off his goal line when saving penalties from Seedorf and Kaladze.
In the 2005 UEFA Champions League Final between A.C. Milan and Liverpool F.C., Liverpool keeper Jerzy Dudek used tactics similar to Bruce Grobbelaar in 1984 (known as the "Dudek dance" in 2005) to distract the Milan shootout takers which resulted in victory for his team.
The 2008 UEFA Champions League Final between Manchester United and Chelsea went to penalties, when John Terry missed a penalty which would have won Chelsea the match (and the Champions League). His standing leg slipped as he took his kick, and the ball hit the post. Chelsea lost the shoot-out 6–5, to which Terry reacted by breaking down in tears. Terry was not originally the penalty taker, however striker Didier Drogba had been sent off shortly before extra time ended.
In the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League between Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, Iker Casillas and Manuel Neuer each saved two spot kicks. Neuer kept out penalties from Cristiano Ronaldo (£80 million) and Kaka (£65 million), then the most expensive footballers in history from their transfer fees.[46]
On 19 May 2012 Chelsea defeated Bayern Munich 4–3 on penalties in the 2012 UEFA Champions League Final. Chelsea had never previously won a shoot-out in the competition, and had lost the 2008 final and 2007 semi-final on penalties. Bayern had never lost a shoot-out in Europe; their wins included the 2001 final against Valencia and the 2012 semi-final against Real Madrid. Didier Drogba dispatched the winning penalty, having been unable to take the fifth kick (missed by Terry) in the 2008 final due to a red card in extra time. The following day, many British newspapers made reference to the fact that an English team had finally beaten a German team on penalties.[47]
On 20 July 2011, during the 2011 Copa America tournament in Argentina, Brazil missed 4 penalties in a row which allowed Paraguay to reach the semi-finals 2–0.
The current World Record for the most penalties scored consecutively in a shoot out stands at 29, in a Hampshire Senior Cup 2nd Round game between Brockenhurst and Andover Town on 9 October 2013, in which the 30th penalty was saved allowing Brockenhurst to win 15-14.[48] This beat the previous record of 27, in a Johnstones Paint Trophy first round match between Leyton Orient F.C. and Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. on 7 September 2011, in which the 28th penalty was saved allowing Dagenham to win the shootout.
In 1992 during the African Cup of Nations played in Senegal, Ivory Coast won the penalty shootout by 11:10 with the last penalty missed by Anthony Baffoe the stand in Ghanaian Captain and that is the longest penalty shootout in the history of the African Nations Cup.
The current world record for the longest penalty shoot-out in a first class match is 48 penalties during the 2005 Namibian Cup.[49] when KK Palace beat Civics 17–16[50] However, the record for the highest score in a penalty shoot out was set in the 1988 Argentine Championship, when Argeninos Juniors beat Racing Club 20-19 after 44 penalties.[51]
On the 11 December 2012, Bradford City set the record for most consecutive penalty shootout wins. They have won 9 penalty shootouts since 2009 and that has included wins against Arsenal and local rivals Huddersfield Town.
Win or draw?[edit]
A shoot-out is usually considered for statistical purposes to be separate from the match which preceded it.[52][53][54] In the case of a two-legged fixture, the two matches are still considered either as two draws or as one win and one loss; in the case of a single match, it is still considered as a draw. This contrasts with a fixture won in extra time, where the score at the end of normal time is superseded. In college soccer in the United States, the NCAA treated a shoot-out win as a match win for the 2002 season, but otherwise its statistics treat the match as drawn. However, in the championship game of the NCAA tournament, a shoot-out win is a match win.[55]
In the calculation of UEFA coefficients, shoot-outs are ignored for club coefficients,[53] but not national team coefficients, where the shoot-out winner gets 20,000 points: more than the shoot-out loser, who gets 10,000 (the same as for a draw) but less than the 30,000 points for winning a match outright.[56] In the FIFA World Rankings, the base value of a win is three points; a win on penalties is two; a draw and a loss on penalties are one; a loss is zero.[54] The more complicated ranking system FIFA used from 1999 to 2006 gave a shoot-out winner the same points as for a normal win and a shoot-out loser the same points as for a draw; goals in the match proper, but not the shoot-out, were factored into the calculation.[57]
As a way to decide a football match, shoot-outs have been seen variously as a thrilling climax or as an unsatisfactory cop-out.
Paul Doyle describes shoot-outs as "exciting and suspense-filled" and the 2008 UEFA Champions League Final shoot-out as "the perfect way to end a wonderful ... final".[58] Richard Williams compares the spectacle to "a public flogging in the market square".[59]
The result is often seen as a lottery rather than a test of skill;[58] managers Luiz Felipe Scolari[60] and Roberto Donadoni[61] described them as such after their teams had respectively won and lost shoot-outs. Others disagree. Mitch Phillips called it "the ultimate test of nerve and technique."[62] Paul Doyle emphasised the psychological element.[58]
Only a small subset of a footballer's skills is tested by a shoot-out. Ian Thomsen likened deciding the 1994 World Cup by shoot-out to deciding the Masters golf tournament via a minigolf game.[63] The shoot-out is a test of individuals which may be considered inappropriate in a team sport; Sepp Blatter has said "Football is a team sport and penalties is not a team, it is the individual".[64]
Ignacio Palacios-Huerta has suggested that the alternating kick sequence gives an unfair advantage to the team kicking last. As a remedy, he proposed using the Thue-Morse sequence to determine the kicking order.[65]
Inferior teams are tempted to play for a scoreless draw, calculating that a shoot-out offers their best hope of victory.[66] The 1990 FIFA World Cup was notable for many teams playing defensive football and using time wasting tactics, including Argentina, who scored only 5 goals but reached the final by winning two shootouts. Red Star Belgrade's performance beating Olympique Marseille in the 1991 European Cup Final is often condemned for having "played for penalties" from the kick-off;[67][68][not in citation given] a tactic coach Ljupko Petrović freely admitted to.[69] On the other hand, the increased opportunity for giant-killing may also be seen as an advantage, increasing the romance of a competition like the FA Cup.[70] Some teams have regarded, or been accused of regarding, a loss on penalties as an honourable result or "no defeat at all."[62]
Various tie-break methods have been proposed, both before and since shoot-outs were introduced.
Historically, one of the first tie-breaking procedures was contained in the Sheffield Rules between 1862 and 1871, with the concept of the rouge, scorable when the ball went narrowly wide of the goal. Rule 14 stated "A goal outweighs any number of rouges. Should no goals or an equal number be obtained, the match is decided by rouges". Rouges are still used in Canadian football. Similarly, the try in rugby football was used from 1875 as a tie-breaker if teams were level on goals.[71]
A drawn result may be allowed to stand, unless the fixture determines which team qualifies for a later round. Before 1993 (except in 1974) the FA Charity Shield was shared if the match was drawn. When the third place playoff of the 1972 Olympic tournament between the USSR and East Germany ended 2–2 after extra time,[72] the bronze medal was shared by the two teams.[73]
During the qualification process for the 1962 World Cup, Morocco and Tunisia formed a two-team group. They both won 2–1 at home, so they played a third match at a neutral location. When this ended in a 1–1 draw after extra time, Morocco advanced on a coin toss to the next round of qualification. This scenario was repeated in during the qualification process for the 1970 World Cup, when the same two teams were tied after three matches and extra time. Again, Morocco advanced on a coin toss. Tunisia did have better luck with the coin toss in the intervening years; during the 1965 African Cup of Nations, they reached the final at the expense of Senegal by winning a coin toss after three group matches had left Tunisia and Senegal tied with a win (over Ethiopia) and a draw (against each other).
Current alternatives include replaying a match that has ended in a draw. This still occurs in the quarter-finals and earlier rounds of the English FA Cup. Until 1991, any number of replays were permitted, with a record of five.[74] (Since then, a draw in the (first) replay has been resolved by a penalty-shoot-out.) Only once, in 1974, did the European Cup final go to a replay.
Other suggestions have included using elements of match play such as most shots on goal, most corner kicks awarded, fewest cautions and sendings-off, or having ongoing extra time with teams compelled to remove players at progressive intervals (similar to regular season play in the National Hockey League, where players play 4-on-4 in the extra time).[75] These proposals have not yet been authorised by the International Football Association Board. However, after the 2006 World Cup, Sepp Blatter stated that he wants no more penalty shoot-outs in the Final of the World Cup, tentatively suggesting either a replay or "Maybe to take players away and play golden goal".[64]
Henry Birtles' "Advantage" proposal is for the shoot-out to be held before extra-time, and only acting as a tiebreak if the game remains a draw after the full 120 minutes.[76] Proponents of this idea state that it would lead to a more offensive extra-time as one of the teams would know they have to score and there would never be a match in which both teams are simply waiting for penalties. Another advantage is that players who have missed would have a chance to redeem themselves in extra-time. The obvious flaw is that the team that wins the penalty shoot-out would be inclined to play defensively in extra time in the knowledge that a draw would put them through. However, this flaw is not so clear because a single goal makes the difference between winning and losing, as opposed to a team which defends a single goal lead more comfortably because a conceded goal is the difference between winning and drawing.
Another alternative is Attacker Defender Goalkeeper (ADG), which features a series of ten contests, in which an attacker has thirty seconds to score a goal against a defender and goalkeeper. At the completion of the ten contests, the team with the most goals is the winner.[77][78]
North American experiments[edit]
The North American Soccer League in the 1970s and 1980s, then Major League Soccer in the 1990s experimented with a variation of the shoot-out procedure.
Instead of a straight penalty kick, the shoot-out started 35 yards from the goal and having five seconds to attempt a shot. The player could make as many moves as he could in a breakaway situation in the five seconds, then attempt a shot. This procedure is similar to that used in an ice hockey penalty shot. As with a standard shoot-out, this variation used a best-of-five-kicks model, and if the score was still level, the tiebreaker would head to an extra round of one attempt per team.
This format rewarded player skills, as players were able to attempt to deceive goalkeepers and play the ball in an attempt to make the shot, as in a one-on-one skills contest, and goalkeepers could take on the attackers without restrictions that are normally implemented in penalty shootouts. Soccer Bowl '81, the NASL's 1981 championship final, was decided by this format.[79]
MLS abandoned this experiment in 2000.[citation needed] If penalties are required to determine a winner during the playoffs, MLS now uses the shoot-out procedure specified by the International Football Association Board.
The Attacker Defender Goalkeeper (ADG) concept is loosely based on the 35-yard shootout format except the attacker is facing both a defender and the goalkeeper, with a 30-second shot clock.
See also[edit]
- Penalty shoot-out —information on penalty shoot-outs in other sports.
- Penalty kick
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Davids: Benitez is under pressure
Juventus legend Edgar Davids believes Chelsea interim manager Rafa Benitez's rotation policy makes him an unpopular figure in the Blues dressing room.
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After Chelsea were dealt a humbling 1-0 defeat by relegation-threatened Queens Park Rangers on Wednesday, Benitez was forced to defend his decision to rest the likes of Eden Hazard, Juan Mata and Ramires.
Although the Spaniard is a well-known fan of squad rotation, Davids warned that Benitez's choices were unlikely to be appreciated by the players who were left out.
"Football players can be like predators. They will study you. They will try to find your weakness. It's ego," he explained in a column for the Daily Mail.
"The guys who are not playing will watch you like hawks. They will be on your case because they all want to play in their position no matter who the coach is."
The former Valencia manager took his place at the helm of Stamford Bridge on a six month contract after Blues owner Roman Abramovich sacked Champions League-winning boss Roberto Di Matteo. Despite rumours of Benitez's desire to be awarded the job on a permanent basis, Davids believed that none of the players perceived the Spaniard as their next full-time manager.
"If a player or a coach is under pressure and the others think he is going to leave there is only brief respect. That could be hard for Rafa Benitez, for example," he stated.
"I don't know what the dynamics are at Chelsea, but if everyone knows a manager is only going to be there for six months it's very hard."
Chelsea will begin their FA Cup title defence against Southampton on Saturday.