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West Ham musings by Pete May, author of Hammers in the Heart, Irons in the Soul and Goodbye to Boleyn
Monday, April 30
The price is right
One thing the club has done right is keep the price down of the home leg of the play-off. It's £15 for adults and £5 for kids which is very reasonable. I seem to remember we had to pay full whack for the 2004 and 2005 play-off semi-finals.
Saturday, April 28
We are third in the league...
West Ham 2 Hull City 1
In Ken's Cafe at 11.30aMatt's feeling pleased with himself as he has discovered a new trivia question: Which international footballer appeared on the same edition of Top of The Pops in 1982 singing two different songs. There's a good turnout in Ken's of Lisa, Matt, Nigel and Michael the Whovian, Jo, Mike and Iain, while Big Joe makes a late appearance as young Billy reveals that he personally counted Sam Allardyce spit out 47 piece of gum during the Brighton game.
In Ken's Cafe at 11.30aMatt's feeling pleased with himself as he has discovered a new trivia question: Which international footballer appeared on the same edition of Top of The Pops in 1982 singing two different songs. There's a good turnout in Ken's of Lisa, Matt, Nigel and Michael the Whovian, Jo, Mike and Iain, while Big Joe makes a late appearance as young Billy reveals that he personally counted Sam Allardyce spit out 47 piece of gum during the Brighton game.
While in the Sun Kevin Nolan reveals a fairly unreconstructed view of marriage, when he says he can take moaning fans because they're blokes "who might be getting shit off their wives all week".
We press with some urgency at the start as Vaz Te glances wide an easy header from Lansbury's excellent cross. Taylor then hits the bar with a vicious cross.
But the game is played in very strange near-silent atmosphere as soon as the news come through that Southampton are one up after 16 minutes and then two up three minutes later.
Lansbury volleys a good chance over the bar and it seems unlikely that we'll get four even if Coventry somehow score two. Still, we make the breakthrough when Carlton Cole heads in Taylor's corner after 39 minutes.
Just as we're saying that Cole couldn't trap a bag of cement, Lansbury curls in a fine cross behind the Hull defence and CC chests the ball down superbly to prod home the second on 49 minutes for his 14th of the season.
Many people attack Cole and he's not the player he was two years ago, but they rather overlook the fact that he's had a bad knee injury and still tries his best. He's shown some bravery to play on and put himself about the way he has while never fully fit.
We're just discussing if Carlton might get his first ever West Ham hat-trick when Allardyce pulls him off to save him for the play-offs. As the Saints are only 2-0 up at this stage it seems a premature decision as another 15 minutes to get a third would have really boosted Cole's confidence.
The Saints go 4-0 up and with Baldock and Maynard on we fail woefully to play them any inviting balls. A warning comes when Green has to smother an Evans chance. Matt gets very cross about Noble playing the ball across his own penalty area and O'Neil's fumble into touch, provoking an angry glare from the woman in front, who wishes she had a vicar's son behind her. Sure enough, we concede a terrible goal as Demel makes a woeful back header and Evans heads over Green.
O'Neil's volley brings a fantastic reaction save from Mannone, as two inflated condoms float on to the pitch and the fans in the Chicken Run do the Conga. Our old boy Richard Garcia thinks he's equalized with a header only for it to be disallowed by the narrowest of offside decisions.
We hold on to win 2-1 and finish third on 86 points, two points ahead of Norwich's total in second place last season. So it's Cardiff in the play-offs now. Time to reboot the side for knock-out football and build on four wins and two draws in the final six games and one defeat in 18. In truth we never looked as convincing as Reading and Southampton and now we have to do it the hard way.
Friday, April 27
Winston's bulldog spirit
Whatever happens tomorrow it's been a good year for Winston Reid. Nice to see him score his third goal of the campaign at Leicester and tomorrow will be his 25th appearance of the season. He's made a difference since he returned to the side after suffering concussion with New Zealand. Last season he looked a terrible buy at £2.5 million, was never trusted by Grant and scored a calamitous own goal at WBA. Yet he's proved quietly consistent since August and has proved he's a good player at Championship level. At 23 he offers us some hope for the future. And he's even got his own (not very PC) song after the Millwall game.
Thursday, April 26
Head to head with Saints
Some rumours have been going round that if West Ham and Southampton end up with identical goal differences then it goes to a play-off. Apparently this won't happen, it will go to a head to head on the games between the clubs meaning Southampton would go up having drawn at Upton Park and beaten us at St Mary's. Not that it is likely to come to that...
Wednesday, April 25
What a load of rubbish from Ms Jones
There was an extraordinary piece from Liz Jones in the Mail on Sunday. Seems we're all Dickensian urchins down the Irons. "I was shocked at the level of poverty," she writes. "At West Ham, there was hardly any claret and blue to be seen: I think the fans are too poor to afford the official strip. But there were many, many hoodies, throwing the pinched faces into shadow. These faces used to be seen as the 'salt of the earth', the backbone of Britain, with the tenacity to survive the Blitz. Now the faces are the same, but instead of ancient tweed they are wearing jersey. Now there aren't deferential, gap-toothed grins, but, as Grayling says, scowls."
After rambling on about hoodies she returns to the match: "Back at West Ham, I was peering through the railings at the shiny cars owned by the players: a Ferrari, a Porsche, a huge black SUV. I asked the Oliver Twist character next to me whether or not he was resentful of these young men with their expensive lifestyles. 'Nah. I was too small to be a footballer. Me mum never fed me enough." No resentment, no jealousy. But no aspiration, either."
Strike a light, Guv! Obviously no-one wears claret and blue at West Ham. And there's no blokes working in the City among West Ham fans, no comedians, no journalists, no celebrities, no political bloggers, no lawyers, no plumbers, no office workers, in fact no-one with a job, just Oliver Twist-like oiks with hoods and sooty faces. Talking of Dickens, it's tempting to ask Ray Winstone, who played Magwitch in Great Expectations recently, to go to see Ms Jones and have a word about literary stereotypes.
Tuesday, April 24
2-1 to the Cockney Boys!
Leicester City 1 West Ham 2
"Well, we've prolonged the agony," says Nigel, before he, Gav and myself head off to the non-lucky Harp pub for some post-match analysis over Hopback ale. If Southampton draw at home to Coventry and we win by 4-0 we go up, or if the Saints lose and we win we go up. Easy. All we have to do is ensure that Ricky Lambert injures himself by dropping a salad cream bottle on his toe Dave Beasant-style, Southampton are laid low by an outbreak of bubonic plague and that Coventry relax and play like footballing demi-gods and we're there. Possibly.
It's off to the Lucky Pub somewhere in central London for this one, with Nigel, Gavin, Matt and Lisa and Nigel's mate Tom. The very pub where various Irons have seen WHU beat Arsenal at Highbury, win a play-off semi-final at Ipswich and achieve several other notable away victories. There's some debate if we should be wasting the pub's karma on this game and if a draw would still count as lucky as we haven't actually lost but have blown any hope of the top two, or whether it would destroy the aura of the Lucky Pub – Matt thinks it would.
We discover in the Standard that shouty professor Ruud Boffin has left the club and that Matt, possibly drunk on blackcurrant and soda, announces that he has seen two thirds of his Hammers' appearances. It's a surprise that Lansbury is dropped but his replacement Collison looks fresh. While Carlton Cole is playing while still suffering from his "troublesome knee". Collison goes close with a hard low shot that Schmeichel saves and Cole is put clear by Noble but CC is not exactly pacey these days and is robbed by a last-ditch tackle. Nolan flashes a volley just wide but then Leicester fire a warning, a good headed chance being glanced wide.
We go behind when Taylor sells himself and the unmarked Beckford heads home Marshall's cross on 34 minutes and any hope of automatic promotion looks to have gone. "Taylor's having a nightmare!" rages Matt. Almost inevitably Noble finds Taylor who plays in a great low cross that is bundled into the net by Winston Reid. We press before the break and Vaz Te has a shot deflected wide and fires a free kick past the post.
In the second half we know we have to win. Nolan fires a great chance over when he could have controlled out and shot. Matt wonders what has gone wrong with Collison this season, and his anti-Midas football punditry works brilliantly. We score a second when O'Neil's shot is blocked and Collison shoots home a great 20-yarder that Schmeichel gets a hand to but can't keep out. We can hear Bubbles around the ground and despite ourselves start to get quite nervous.
We try hard to boost our goal difference. Vaz Te and Collison try to pass to each other instead of shooting, Collison has a good effort deflected wide by Bamba and Nolan should score a third when he inexplicably dawdles in the box and hits the keeper.
Cole goes off to be replaced by Collins and there's a late header that is straight at Green and we see the game out for our 13th away win of the season – the best away record in the club's history.
Sunday, April 22
It's not the despair I can't take...
Well, Middlesbrough's win over Southampton means there's just that slight element of hope of making second place to keep Hammers' fans uncomfortable. A small irrational segment of my brain says what if West Ham won the last two games and the Southampton players, having all eaten dodgy lasagnes, underperformed against relegated Coventry, conceded a dodgy penalty and then couldn't get past an inspired goalkeeper. Of course this couldn't happen — could it?
Saturday, April 21
The waiting game
At least the agony may be over today if Southampton get a draw at Middlesbrough, when all mathematical hope of the top two will have gone. A dilemma what sort of team to play at Leicester if the Saints do go up today - do we rest key players or try to get a confidence-boosting result with a full team? At least Lansbury looks to be running into some kind of form, twice going close against Bristol City. Will he finally come good in the play-offs? And at least O'Neil and Demel should be fresh having both been out for most of the season.
Thursday, April 19
Loved up the Hammers
Wednesday, April 18
How did we miss out?
In some ways West Ham have been a little unlucky in that 84 points took Norwich up in second place last season and we could yet make 86 points if we win the next two. While in a division where everyone was beating everyone else Reading suddenly couldn't stop winning.
But it's fair to say we should have made the top two with the players we signed last summer. Most of them were proven Premier League performers like Taylor, Nolan, Faye and McCartney, there was a solid existing core in Green, Tomkins, Noble, Collison and Cole and we also signed relatively expensive strikers in Maynard and Baldock. The advantage Reading and Southampton have had is they've been building teams over several seasons. In mitigation Sam Allardyce did have to rebuild nearly an entire squad over one summer and gave us a record number of away wins.
We defended well for most the season but in crucial games against Reading and Birmingham we made some catastrophic errors. But the biggest problem has been a lack of imagination in breaking down teams at home. We're hard to beat, having lost only one in 16, but can't win that many either. Allardyce seems to think that Plan B is an old record by Dexys Midnight Runners. When desperate, as at Bristol City, we lump the ball towards a big man in the form of Cole - who has worked hard but has lost his pace, can't play twice in a week and never scores 20 goals a season - or Carew, who has signed for a club too far and looks finished at the top level.
The strategy of playing a big man might have worked better if Baldock hadn't got injured when he had scored five goals early on. As it is we've had to rely on Vaz Te, a shrewd signing, who's scored ten while playing as a half winger/half striker. And we don't appear able to devise a formation where Maynard and Baldock can play together either.
The strategy of playing a big man might have worked better if Baldock hadn't got injured when he had scored five goals early on. As it is we've had to rely on Vaz Te, a shrewd signing, who's scored ten while playing as a half winger/half striker. And we don't appear able to devise a formation where Maynard and Baldock can play together either.
There has been some good passing in midfield at times from Noble, Nolan and O'Neil in recent weeks, but we lack that creativity you might get from a Berkovic or Benayoun during their better seasons with us and also a winger who can beat players. Ravel Morrison might be the long-term answer next season if he's as good as people say. Do we have the quality to win the play-offs? Yes. Will we do so? Erm, remember this is West Ham. Momentum is crucial as they say, so it's important now we win our last two games. And on the small compensations front at least Blackpool away would be a new ground.
Tuesday, April 17
We are third in the league...
Bristol City 1 West Ham 1
Oh well. Knew it was all over once Carew came on... and according to the radio at least he missed a couple of passable chances. It was dropping points at home against Reading and Birmingham on top of five successive draws at home that did for us, not this result. Southampton will get at least one point from Middlesbrough away and Coventry at home so play-offs here we come.
Oh well. Knew it was all over once Carew came on... and according to the radio at least he missed a couple of passable chances. It was dropping points at home against Reading and Birmingham on top of five successive draws at home that did for us, not this result. Southampton will get at least one point from Middlesbrough away and Coventry at home so play-offs here we come.
What have the Posh ever done for us?
Thanks for nothing Peterborough — 2-0 down to Southampton after ten minutes. Half-time now and been listening to the Radio London commentary from Bristol City. Sounds like we deservedly took the lead when Tomkins headed home Noble's free kick, but sadly a Green error allowed a long range shot from Skuse (Skuse me?) to creep in. What's more, Bristol City appear to have a Gherkin in goal, although I think it's actually spelt Gerkin. We need a goal in the second half or it's virtually all over barring a Posh fightback that doesn't look at all likely.
Right hammerings
A lot of discussion about our biggest wins after Saturday's demolition of Brighton. There was the 8-1 against Newcastle in 1986 where Alvin Martin scored a hat-trick against there different keepers, the 6-0 at home to Barnsley when Abou got two and a 6-0 against Sunderland in 1992 on live TV in division one before it became the Championship. That game was watched by just 10,326 fans, the lowest crowd at Upton Park for 30 years.
Then there's Geoff Hurst scoring six in the 8-0 defeat of Sunderland in 1968. Not to mention 10-0 against Bury in the League Cup in the early 1980s. John Lyall immediately decided to buy Bury's centre half Paul 'Diego' Hilton after that one. And if you have the video footage the commentator is an Irish bloke who keeps referring to "Tony Coatee". There, all this talk of big wins should have well and truly jinxed us for tonight's game at Bristol City...
Then there's Geoff Hurst scoring six in the 8-0 defeat of Sunderland in 1968. Not to mention 10-0 against Bury in the League Cup in the early 1980s. John Lyall immediately decided to buy Bury's centre half Paul 'Diego' Hilton after that one. And if you have the video footage the commentator is an Irish bloke who keeps referring to "Tony Coatee". There, all this talk of big wins should have well and truly jinxed us for tonight's game at Bristol City...
Sunday, April 15
200,000 hits
A big thank you to everyone who has viewed Hammers in the Heart as it's just passed the 200,000 views. It's written mainly for love - though the few pence that the blog gets every time someone clicks on an advert might pay for the odd cup of tea in Ken's Cafe - and as personal therapy for supporting West Ham United. Come on you Irons!
Saturday, April 14
The joy of six
Good news for young Billy in Ken's Café as Jo has found him a late spare ticket for the game – he's so excited he can barely shout out the lunch numbers.
Matt's returned from Uzbekistan and taking in Registron Samarkand v Yoshlik Kocon at the Olympia Stadium; Big Joe is bemoaning the dodgy internet link from Sri Lanka that cost him Bristol City tickets and then wanting to discuss Beckett plays in French; Big Phill is enjoying a breakfast grill and anecdotes of Bas Vegas; while Nigel's there with CQ and basking in the light of being a proper groundhopper, hoping that Fleetwood don't go up and that AFC Wimbledon and the old Wimbledon count as one club in his tally of 92 grounds.
We start the game on fire. Nolan finds Lansbury in the first minute and his shot is deflected on to the bar. Two minutes in and Vaz Te sends a long-range effort through the hands of the kneeling Brezovan for the first goal. Brezovan then produces two great saves from Nolan before O'Neil crosses and Vaz Te heads in at the far post after eight minutes. Demel is looking strong and efficient at right back on his home debut. We also appear to be playing 4-4-2 with Vaz Te and Cole up front.
There's ten and a half minutes gone when Tomkins heads Taylor's free kick across goal and Nolan prods home as the Seagulls' defence goes missing again. Don't they know we're supposed to always draw at home?
Fraser says that he only has 20 cigars on him. Nigel suggests that if we win 10-0 we'll better Southampton on goal difference. Matt and myself counsel caution and cite the Wimbledon and West Brom 3-0 up 4-3 down home games.
Cole scuffs a couple of good chances and as so often happens, West Ham relax a little and Brighton come back into it, playing some nice midfield stuff with Gai Assulin, on loan from Man City, prominent. But they lack penetration for all the pretty football and their best and only chance is when Green palms a header from Greer – who may feel his teammates are playing like female eunochs - off the line.
There's time before the break for Nolan to send Lansbury clear with a superb ball, only for Henri to slice his shot wide of goal when he should score.
In the second half we start off with renewed energy, a bit like the Birmingham game. Cole has a one-on-one saved by the keeper and on 64 minutes we go 4-0 up. There's a certain penalty appeal as Lansbury is pushed in the box, but Vaz Te plays to the whistle and scores with a brilliant bicycle kick to claim his hat-trick and tenth goal in 12 games at WHU. Not bad for 500 grand.
Cole surges through to score with a shot that is deflected in off Lansbury and then from a West Ham corner the aptly-named Dicker scores a comedy own goal. Even substitute Carew causes a few problems. It should be mentioned that the ref is rubbish too, allowing Cole to be clattered whenever he gets the ball, but we're still 6-0 up.
There's time for a chant of "We want seven!" I wonder if we should boo them off anyway, just for old time's sake, but it's Bubbles that resonates around the stadium. Nigel's so excited he tweets the score to his followers. The only quibble is that the ground is half-empty at the final whistle, as numerous fans have rushed for the Silverlink or to drink the Black Lion out of Doombar. We don't score six very often so why leave early?
We retreat to the Black Lion to celebrate with a Broadside and some Adams Mild as the kids in the garden whack footballs against our table.
We discuss our biggest ever scores. Mine is 10-0 versus Bury, who had the great Paul Hilton at centre back. Fraser remembers seeing Geoff Hurst get six goals in the 8-0 demolition of Sunderland when he was a kid (or possibly running Stirling Cooper or being Adam Faith) in the 1960s. Someone in the pub says he was at that Sunderland game with his son too. Does his son still go, asks Matt."No mate, he's banged up!"
It's still in all likelihood going to be too late to catch Southampton, but with a deficit of three points and only three goals behind on goal difference it's now possible. And having finally tonked someone we can go into the final games of the season with some confidence.
What a screamer
Thursday, April 12
We're in the play-offs...
A small consolation for Reading defeating Brighton is that we've sneaked almost unnoticed into the play-offs. Brighton in seventh place are now 13 points behind us with four games left. Automatic promotion looks impossible which is all very disappointing, but perhaps we should remember that under Pardew we came fourth and then sixth, and this season look likely to finish third having made the play-offs with four games to go. The big problem has been Reading sneaking up like the bloody Terminator and winning 18 out of 24 games, while our lack of a goalscorer has meant we've drawn home games we should have won. And now it's lottery time...
Tuesday, April 10
Hammers comeback covers the cracks
We've never been served so fast it Ken's Café. It's 4pm and brunch for my kids for a quid comes within five minutes. Then it's on to the Newham Bookshop where we buy Sugar Girls by Duncan Barrett and Nuala Calvi, a history of the Tate & Lyall factory in Canning Town and two books from The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins. A good start to the day, it's just the football that might be the problem.
At the unlikely time of 5.20pm we join groundhopper Nigel telling tales of "Stand up if talk bollocks!" chants at Barnsley, Whovian Michael and Fraser, complete with cigars, in the East Stand. Matt is still in Uzbekistan, and texts to say: "Greetings from Bukhara heart of the Silk Road." "Is he at Macclesfield, home of the Silkmen?" I quip.
My eleven-year-old daughter Nell asks why the crowd groan when Carlton Cole's name is read out and I explain the goal ratio of CC compared to Ricky Lambert. There are early warning signs as Green parries a Birmingham shot and then Davies heads wide. We go behind after 27 minutes when McCartney plays a loose pass and Mutch surges past Faye to fire into the corner. Robert Green is badly at fault. "Daddy, why didn't Robert Green move?" asks Nell.
It gets worse. Three minutes later a foul in midfield goes undetected and then City play in ex-felon Marlon King, who has found a Shard-size gap through our central defence and expertly shoots past Green. Bugger. It's just like Reading. Then McCartney goes off and is replaced by Danny Collins after a clash of heads. Matt texts: "In Uzbekistan they know how to deal with those who fail dismally."
As both Lola and Nell have Harry Potter books with them I ask them if there's a spell to help us beat the blue forces of Valdemort. Thirteen-year-old Lola comes with an incantation that will make the City players die, but that seems a bit extreme, even for 2-0 down at home.
As both Lola and Nell have Harry Potter books with them I ask them if there's a spell to help us beat the blue forces of Valdemort. Thirteen-year-old Lola comes with an incantation that will make the City players die, but that seems a bit extreme, even for 2-0 down at home.
The crowd and West Ham are sparked into life by the early calamities. Maynard curls an excellent shot against bar and then from Noble's corner Tomkins heads on and Vaz Te glances home another header. Just the fillip we needed for half-time, all we have to do is keep it at 2-1 for two minutes of added time.
Ah, but we fail to win the next tackle in midfield and concede a corner, Nolan heads clear but Burke volleys into the ground and the ball bounces horribly over our defenders and into the corner. It's slightly lucky but if we'd kept a man on the line it would surely have been cleared.
Matt texts: "Tamerlane the Earth-Shaker massacred five million in India – doubt if he would have forgiven Big Fat Sam for another failure." I text back to say we're going to win 4-3.
Allardyce has clearly done some earthshaking at half time, having possibly thrown several tea urns, unread Olympic stadium dossiers and a pile of Karren Brady books at the players. Lansbury replaces Maynard and we start with new intent. Nothing to lose now. Nolan is playing as a near-striker and looks much better further up the field. West Ham bombard the Brum penalty area.
Lansbury has a good penalty appeal turned down and then Cole is held back and the incensed Lansbury races back to remonstrate with the referee and is booked. At least we're playing with some spirit. The crowd sense this and are the noisiest they've been all season with chants of "Come on you Irons!" and "Claret and Blue Army!" Show some passion and the fans will always get behind a West Ham team. Patronise them and pick fights with them and it's professional suicide.
Lansbury has a good penalty appeal turned down and then Cole is held back and the incensed Lansbury races back to remonstrate with the referee and is booked. At least we're playing with some spirit. The crowd sense this and are the noisiest they've been all season with chants of "Come on you Irons!" and "Claret and Blue Army!" Show some passion and the fans will always get behind a West Ham team. Patronise them and pick fights with them and it's professional suicide.
Birmingham's Zigic comes on to chants of "Does the circus know you're here?" Our vital second goal comes after 70 minutes when Nolan is given space to feed the ball back to Cole who does well to swivel and shoot into the corner. "I thought you said he wasn't any good?" says Nell accusingly.
With the lights on it's a proper game. Not pretty, but at least this is what we thought we were buying into with the Allardyce regime – unrelenting effort and never giving up. Collins balloons several crosses in to the area, but we miss the accuracy of McCartney. "We just need a lucky pen," says Mystic May and Nigel offers him a blue Biro. Vaz Te looks a threat and Big Sam goes forward crazy, taking off Noble for Baldock. Cole volleys just over. And then Collins fires wide.
The breakthrough comes a minute from time when Lansbury's shot hits the raised arm of Burke. Vaz Te puts the penalty straight down the middle and scores in front of a heaving Bobby Moore Stand. We almost win it when Lansbury miscues a late chance.
"That was the best atmosphere I've ever heard at West Ham," says 13-year-old Lola. It's been a reminder of why we come to West Ham, in the hope of six-goal thrillers and being entertained. Not much use to our hopes of automatic promotion though, unless Reading lose to Brighton and Southampton, and the first half saw some catastrophic defending. But in the second half a sign there's some spirit in the side that might take us though the play-offs.
Monday, April 9
If the kids are United
Taking my daughters today in the hope that their 100 per cent record this season will result in a win for the Irons - and also because it's kids for a quid. This season they've seen us beat Portsmouth, Peterborough, Derby and Nottingham Forest, though obviously their appearances have to be rationed carefully as there's only so much good karma you can utilise in one season. Would really love us to beat Birmingham, particularly as their more neanderthal supporters tried to attack us West Ham fans leaving the ground in last season's Carling Cup semi-final, even through City had just got to Wembley.
Sunday, April 8
Four-nil to the Cockney Boys!
Barnsley 0 West Ham 4
Clearly the lads are inspired by groundhopper Nigel completing his 92 league grounds in the company of Whovian and Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart biographer Michael McManus, who has ordered "four goals rapid!"
In a desperate attempt to make the blog Matt sends a text reporting dancing in the streets of Khiva in Uzbekistan, where he's on a mini-break with Lisa. He writes that he's celebrating by drinking 11.5% Qibray beer. Meanwhile I'm down in Margate with all my family (insert Chas and Dave joke here) visiting the Shell Grotto and miss Nolan's first goal as I'm still looking round the Turner galleries. Middle-class fans, eh? The half-time replays show that Nolan wins a corner with a clever one-two and the Barnsley defence completely fails to deal with it allowing Kevin to prod home from a foot out for his eleventh of the season.
I'm in the Wig and Pen drinking Spitfire in time to witness the second as Maynard plays a one two with Nolan and in acres of space fires home a fine low shot from outside the area. It gets better. The ground appears bereft of Barnsley fans and the home side are in freefall. Their keeper Button bungles a clearance under pressure from Maynard, slices the ball out to Noble who chips a clever goal into the top of the net – his first from open play this season. In the second half Nolan finds McCartney, who fires a dipping shot at goal. It's saved by Button but Vaz Te is on hand to volley a sharp fourth. We're playing some good stuff and Maynard strikes the bar with a 30-yard screamer and then has a goal disallowed for offside. Hopefully scoring today is the boost his confidence needed.
Nigel texts to say that he's celebrating the biggest away win he's ever seen in the Manx Arms, but bets we blow it against the Blues. We've also broken the club record by wining 12 away games – some achievement. Barnsley were poor, but still had to be beaten and hopefully giving someone a tonking will inspire the lads to win the final five. Irons!
Friday, April 6
Making plans for Nigel
Congratulations to my groundhopping pal Nigel Morris, who barring disasters on the way to Barnsley becomes a member of the 92-club this evening. His colleagues in the East Stand are thinking of presenting him with a claret and blue anorak to mark the occasion at Monday's game. Whisper it gently though, but if Fleeetwood go up he's back down to 91 grounds... Irons!
Thursday, April 5
Never mind the bo**ocks
Big Sam seems remarkably thin-skinned for someone who claimed to have "the skin of a rhino" when he joined the club. The Daily Mirror reports his comments: "You get opinions about our results like, 'James Tomkins shouldn't be playing in midfield because he is a centre-half.' You get that b***ocks that goes round. What happens is I look at the performance of every player and say to everyone who says that, 'You're talking b***ocks.' He played in that holding role for three games with ten men, so that is how short memories people have. That is how much b***ocks is talked about in football. I don't listen to that drivel because what bothers me is that James Tomkins plays well."
No-one disputes that Tomkins did well when we had ten men, but that was because he was often augmenting a back five. Against a really swift passing team such as Reading he looked out of position and not mobile enough in midfield: far better to have a specialist in there when you're chasing a game and not defending a lead. That's a fair footballing analysis and not bollocks. Patronising the fans is really not going to help anyone.
No-one disputes that Tomkins did well when we had ten men, but that was because he was often augmenting a back five. Against a really swift passing team such as Reading he looked out of position and not mobile enough in midfield: far better to have a specialist in there when you're chasing a game and not defending a lead. That's a fair footballing analysis and not bollocks. Patronising the fans is really not going to help anyone.
Monday, April 2
Ten things we learned against Reading
James Tomkins is not a midfielder. A great defender, but not mobile enough to play midfield against top class opposition like Reading.
Abdoulaye Faye was rushed back too quickly after suffering concussion and had a rare poor game.
We go to pieces when Mark Noble is not in midfield.
Julien Faubert is not a right back, as we saw under Zola. Better going forward than O'Brien, but still not a natural defender.
Kevin Nolan is showing signs of improvement, setting up the first goal and late on almost creating one for Maynard. But he would be better played further forward.
Three games in a week looked too much for Gary O'Neil, who has done well to recover from a career-threatening injury.
Carlton Cole can still threaten for 45 minutes, scoring and having one off the line in the first half, but isn't fit enough or trusted enough to play 90 minutes consistently for us. And we need a one-time England forward to score more than ten goals a season.
Sam Baldock needs to complete 90 minutes. Today's Sun points out he hasn't completed 90 minutes since November. Play him until he gets a goal and then his confidence will return.
Henri Lansbury or Jack Collison should replace the injured Mark Noble and not James Tomkins.
We lack a leader when we are chasing games. Southampton would surely have battered a team if they had pulled it back to 3-2.
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Kevin Willett the Founder of the Friends of Kevin Networking Group is happy to announce that the Friends of Kevin will be hosting a free networking event in Nashua, NH at The Millyard Technology Park. The Friendworking event will be held on January 26th from 6-8pm. The Millyard Technology Park is located at 10 Technology Way. The event is on the 3rd floor in the cafe.
You can register on facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/events/972931152767986/
You can register on meetup at: http://www.meetup.com/Friendsofkevin/events/227165770/
When you register for the event please take a moment to introduce yourself to the group on our event page.
I would like to thank Angelina Spilios of The Millyard Technology Park for hosting this event. Please visit their website at http://www.millyardtp.com/

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Article and photographs by Allsion Kennedy
The Saugeen River is one of the most popular canoe routes in the Grey Bruce area. It runs right through the town of Walkerton and has historically been integral to the town's industrial and recreational way of life.
In recent years, a cooperative effort between the Rotary Club, the Town of Walkerton and Saugeen Conservation resulted in the development of the Saugeen River Trail. This trail runs along West River Road for 3 km.
Flood control dikes built in the early 1950s provide the basis of the trail. As a result, the majority of the trail is flat, smooth and hardpacked. The trail is well used by cyclists, hikers, dog walkers, snowshoers and cross-country skiers. Some sections of the trail are wheelchair accessible.
You can access the trail at many spots in the town of Walkerton. The easiest to locate is the entrance on Durham Street, right next to Tim Horton's. There is parking available here and several of the trail's attractions are just a short hike away.
By beginning at the Tim Horton's entrance, you can easily access Riverbend Park and the CPR lookout platform as well as the fish ladder park and the dam.
Riverbend Park has long been a popular picnic and swimming spot. Within the park there is a side trail that runs along the river's edge leading to lots of great fishing spots. The easier route along the flood dike also continues through this section.
On your way to the park, you'll come to the lookout platform. The platform sits on abutments of the CPR bridge which carried trains to the station at the end of Jackson Street. A cedar deck overlooks the river and gives visitors a great view. Just past the viewing platform there is a canoe launch and dock area for those wishing to tackle the Saugeen River itself.
If you head south from Tim Horton's, you can explore the Truax Dam. It was built in 1922 and was the last in a series of dams that have harnessed the power of the river since 1852. The original dam was part of a sawmill operation, and later contributed power for a gristmill and a woolen mill. In later years, electric power was generated on the site.
To visit Fishladder Park, cross the bridge at Tim Horton's and turn right onto William Street, up Orange Street and right on Willow Street. The park is a popular camping spot for paddlers, providing a canoe dock, a washhouse and serviced campsites.
Check out the fish ladder in the spring and fall when salmon and trout are running upstream. This is also the beginning of a 1.5 km CPR rail trail, a wide flat trail that runs to Southline Road.
While the majority of the trail runs quite close to the residential areas of town, the section of trail from South Street to West River Road is more secluded. This stretch passes through both cedar forest and open meadows. While the trail does not run along the river, there are several easy access points along the way. This section is a great spot to see grouse and rabbits. There are also plenty of wildflowers for the avid photographer to enjoy.
Like the Saugeen River, the Saugeen River Trail has become an important part of the community of Walkerton. It's a fishing spot, a cyclist's route, and a dog walking favourite. For more information on the trail, contact the Walkerton Recreation Department at 519-881-0625 or pick up a brochure at the Tim Horton's trail head.
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2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and
Although the sampling procedure is rather arbitrary, this year strikes me as being more narrowly about my academic work than recent years: more about writing, publishing, and teaching and less in the way of philosophical rumination on current events that were stuck in my craw. I'm not sure whether I think that difference is for better or worse.
I. One of the papers I was working on when I looked for places to send short papers has been accepted at Phil. Quarterly.
II. Are digital images allographic?, a paper I cowrote with my colleague Jason D'Cruz, has been accepted at the Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism.
III. I made a comment in class yesterday that was a passing reference to Pulp Fiction.
IV. In a just-published article, Manolo Martínez tries to modify the Homeostatic Property Cluster (HPC) account so as to accommodate polymorphic species.
V. Although I haven't been following it closely, last year President Obama proposed rating universities using factors like affordability and graduation rates.
VI. Ergo, a new open access philosophy journal, recently posted its first issue.
VII. In discussions of peer review, somebody always mentions referees searching the internet to suss out who the author is.
VIII. When my first paper about distributed cognition was under review, one of the referees objected to my account on the grounds that it would count transactive memory as d-cog.
IX. In the waning days of summer, before the semester started, I finished up two draft papers.
X. Imagine an angel comes to you in the night, when you are feverish and in the midst of metaphysical reveries.
XI. Yesterday I learned about recent work by jazz combo Mostly Other People Do the Killing.
XII. I just posted version 1.30 of forall x.
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2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012.
I: In a recent item at 3 Quarks Daily under the title The Problems of Philosophy, philosophers Scott F. Aikin and Robert B. Talisse lament that (according to them) contemporary professional philosophers are too worried about what's wrong with professional philosophy and pay too little attention to genuine philosophical problems.
II: My paper on cover songs, coauthored with Cristyn Magnus and Christy Mag Uidhir, was recently accepted at The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism.
III: I posted an updated version of my paper on Mill on natural kinds, in advance of giving a talk at Middlebury College tomorrow.
IV: I was an invited speaker last week at DIY Publishing and the University, an event held by the NorthEast Regional Computing Program.
V: My paper with Heather Douglas, "Why novel prediction matters", has now made it into the limbo of things published online, waiting in the queue to appear in print.
VI: Via Leiter, I was led to Gerald Dworkin's recent Kindle e-book Philosophy: A Commonplace Book.
VII: I wrote in a recent post that I like the kind of book review which "offers a critical view of the issue and situates the book in recent discussions" and which also "treats the book as a bit of philosophy worthy of criticism."
VIII: I just read Bradford Skow's "Are There Non-Causal Explanations (of Particular Events)?", which is due to be published in BJPS.
IX: I am puttering around today and thinking about scientific realism.
X: Today marks the end of this blog's year eight.
XI: I have written several papers recently which have turned out to be a bit under 3,000 words each.
XII: The hour is late, and it's time to review the year.
There was blog activity for every month this year, although this month was thin.
Extrapolating from this sample, this year has been about what I've been reading, what I've written, what I'm talking about.
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Last year, I forgot to mark the blog-year until late November. This year, I wrote the blogiversary post ahead of time in June and dated it to appear today.
I did remember it in time, however, and so updated the post to say that the blog stands at 319 entries and 143,210 words just before this entry.
46 of those entries and 16,448 of those words were from the eighth year, which is quite an increase over the previous year. Many of the recent entries have been about the length of my papers and the size of the blog, and I refuse to guess what percentage of the words are on the topic word counts.
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WWE Universal Championship – Roman Reigns (c) vs. Braun Strowman (Hell in a Cell Match): Rekindling one of the best fights of last year, Strowman promised Reigns that he will charge in his briefcase for a Hell in a Cell combat. with the champion to avoid The Shield. Interesting turn for Strowman to announce his cash for a specific game well in advance, but obviously he has asked for help from Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre. It was announced Monday that Mick Foley will serve as special guest referee.
WWE Championship – AJ Styles (c) vs. Samoa Joe: This fight has become extremely personal, and there is no better way to reserve a resolution than a Hell in a Cell match between the two rivals of a long time ago. Unfortunately, it does not seem that a stipulation of this type is added, which is strange considering the intensity of the conflict and the name of the PPV.
SmackDown Women's Championship – Charlotte Flair (c) vs. Becky Lynch: At one point, it seemed like this was going to be reserved inside the structure. Instead, it will be a singles match between Flair and the newly-converted Lynch, who has added a good lead to his character in the last few weeks since SummerSlam.
Crude Women's Championship – Ronda Rousey (c) vs. Alexa Bliss: The problem here is that Bliss had her arm in a sling the night after SummerSlam, which would have led to believe that a rematch would not be in the cards. Instead, it's Rousey who suckles "bruised ribs" when entering the game.
Jeff Hardy vs. Randy Orton (Hell in a Cell Match): Although Orton did not interfere with Hardy's last chance at a title, the aggression between these two continued after SummerSlam to the point that Hardy led Orton through a table through Swanton Bomb . They will try to finish their fight inside Hell in a Cell, a match in which Hardy has wanted to compete throughout his career. Now the only question is whether to drop the Swanton from the top of the structure. Yikes.
Daniel Bryan and Brie Bella vs. The Miz & Maryse: the first game announced for the event, this immediately follows the diabolical victory of Miz over Bryan at SummerSlam through the brass knuckles smuggled to ringside by Maryse. It will be interesting to see how this combination of mixed-label equipment develops taking into account that Maryse is only a few months after her pregnancy, and Bella said a few months ago that she was officially retired.
Raw Tag Team Championship – Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre (c) vs. Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose: Although Ziggler and McIntyre have just won the titles, they have already frustrated the B-Team in their rematch. Rollins, the intercontinental champion, will not defend his singles title in the program.
Team Championship SmackDown Tag – New Day (c) vs. Rusev Day: Rusev & Aiden English emerged victorious on Tuesday night at SmackDown over The Bar to win the championship opportunity on Sunday. When it seemed that a break was imminent between Rusev and English, they finally remained together. It may be time to add some titles to your friendship.
WWE is likely to add, or designate, one or two start show matches. Those have not been announced at this time.
The following big name superstars will not compete in Hell in a Cell at the moment: Shinsuke Nakamura, Finn Balor, Asuka, Sasha Banks, Bayley, Kevin Owens, Bobby Lashley, Elias, The Usos.
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As always, coming by your postings gives me a bit of welcome inspiration. After this mornings musings in a dying village, it was a great relief to be here. Thanks for posting this.ReplyDelete
Food for thought indeed...ReplyDelete
It's good to know optimistic people. You always give me a lift.ReplyDelete
Expat from Hell:ReplyDelete
Your post today was a scarey, sad look at what is becoming of small town America (I am thinking North America - because we see this in Canada too). Without big industry it has become almost impossible for small towns to sustain themselves.
I'm delighted you find a bit of inspiration here.
Always glad when you stop by.
hi bonnie, very good stuff!!!! i imagined a set of oracular chance cards using modified versions of these phrases . . .e.g., "allow a closed door to be an invitation to knock and enter." "let the edge of the precipice be a launching pad." these could be used in much the same manner as the oblique strategies tool on my "flow" blog. the reader would pull one at random in answer to a question that is posed. have a peaceful evening. stevenReplyDelete
You know, I'm not really optimistic - think my childhood knocked any natural bent toward optimism out of me. But I have made it a point to learn how to purposefully shift into an optimistic mode. My default mode is usually not the most optimistic. I use these questions to give myself a nudge in that direction too.
Negativity is usually a learned attitude/behavior, and it can be unlearned. I'm the proof.
Dear Bonnie,ReplyDelete
Good Questions - Easy Answers, in theory. No, yes, yes, yes. BUT, there comes a time, particularly when you have been struggling for a long time,
when it would be so easy to give up the struggle and accept limitations of whatever kind.
I am really going to enjoy our conversations!
Wonderful post! Brings to mind that old adage of "look for the silver lining."ReplyDelete
Very interesting, bordering on strange, that you would make that suggestion. Years ago, I developed a problem-solving "game" that was based on different sets of cards that you could pull to activate lateral thinking/creativity that you could apply to real life or business problems. I called it "Mind Moves". The company that produced Trivial Pursuit was interested, studied it in their "test kitchen", but decided it was too "up market" to make any money. Close, but no cigar.
Isn't that weird - that your mind would come up with an idea that my mind had come up with too?!
so bonnie, i'm assuming that you might still "own" the idea. you clearly have access to creativity, sensitive intelligence, and lots of other goodies. perhaps it's time to give that idea another tickle?!!!! synchronicity / the convergence of divergence? i don't know. it makes me feel like i'm in the right place at the right time for the right reasons and i'll happily roll with that!!!! have a peaceful evening. stevenReplyDelete
Well, I own "Mind Moves" - but variations thereof would be in the public domain. I hope you did not think I brought that up, to "mark territory". I was simply amazed that our minds work in a similar way. Oracular cards that originate with you would be yours. Go for it!
definitely food for thought. As always a blog to learn from.ReplyDelete
Timely advice. I was just talking to my daughter about how change is inevitable and we have to face it with the right attitude.ReplyDelete
You should give the idea of that game (mentioned in the comments above) another airing.ReplyDelete
You've got a great, diverse blog here - thanks for the comment and the recommendations. Really enjoyed the ``kissing the ground'' image!
IT's a bit like the ostrich with his head in the sand not wanting to face reality. We have to open our minds to different possibilities and look at things from a different angle. Easier said than done, but I'm definitely a work in progress! I'm with David...give that game another shot...it's my kind of game and I bet quite a few others!ReplyDelete
I thrive on change! When shit hits the fan in my life, the initial shock/sadness/anger/frustration is usually pretty severe, but it soon subsides, and a kind of exhiliration and excitement arrives in its place. When i look back at at all interruptions to my "plan" in the past, they now all make perfect sense! Often i think it's the resistance to the unknown/unexpected that hurts us most. We need to just roll with it, and think creatively to make the best of our newfound situations.ReplyDelete
Great post!
I love this Bonnie, esp. since I am currently experiencing a state of unrest at work. Indeed, it's how we SEE the experience/opportunities. Thanks for such wonderful food for thought this morning.ReplyDelete
I am enjoying our communication too!
Yes, silver linings - I think they are always there somewhere in your photographs.
Well, I consider that such welcome feedback. Thank you.
It really is all about change and our reaction to it. Thanks for stopping by.
david mcmahon:ReplyDelete
Thanks for coming over and taking a look around. With all the blogs you see and recommend, I am pleased you see the diversity here. As for the game, thank you, but I think others have come up with similar and superior products since I worked on that one. Plus, I have finally accepted that I am good with ideas, and not so good with marketing my ideas.
That is so key - to stay open. We can see, sense, absorb so much more if we are open. So much easier to adapt to circumstance from an open stance rather than a closed, rigid one.
One little simitopian:ReplyDelete
That is what we learn from so many of the eastern philosophies: it is our resistance to what is that causes our suffering. Accepting what is and going with the flow, decreases suffering - important point you make there.
It really is about how we choose to SEE things. Perception. And it is so empowering, because we are usually in control of our way of perceiving the world.
hi bonnie - no no "marking" of territory. i own nothing - especially ideas - i think that you should go for it and revisit what wasn't menat to be once before but feels like it should be out there now!!! you could solicit ideas from the bloggywordl for phrases to include. have a peaceful day!! stevenReplyDelete
Comments are always read and appreciated.
(I am grateful for all awards received. However, I ask that this be an "award-free zone" and meme-free zone. Thanks for understanding!)


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2 Weeks to Health recently surveyed 226 people who have attempted to lose weight. Of the 226 people, 38% claimed they reached their weight goal and were able to keep the weight off for at least a year. The other 62% were unable to reach their goals and keep the weight off. 2 Weeks to Health analyzed the differences between those who were and were not successful and found 5 surprising methods that actually hurt your chances of reaching your weight loss goals. All of these methods have worked for many people under certain conditions, but based on our survey doing any one of these make you at least 10% less likely to achieve your weight loss goals.
1. Signing up for a gym membership
We all know that there are tremendous benefits to buying a gym membership. However, our survey showed that you are 10% less likely to reach your weight loss goal if you have a gym membership. Only 29% of people who achieved their weight loss goals had a gym membership. Why is this? Usually one of the first things people will do when they decide to lose weight is to purchase a gym membership. Whether or not the gym membership is used is a different story. By just owning a gym membership, statistically you are less likely to lose weight, but consistently using what the gym has to offer will inevitably help your weight loss goals.
2. Going on a low-carb diet
Besides purchasing a gym membership, when someone decides to lose weight they usually choose 1 of 2 diets, the low-carb diet or the low-calorie diet. The low-carb diet has become popularized by diets such as the Adkins diet, and are also on par with most ketogenic diets. While low-carb diets have been proven to help people lose weight, a crash low-carb diet is never sustainable. Our bodies and minds need energy from carbohydrates to function normally, which means people who lose weight on a low-carb diet are usually unable to keep it off for a full year. While many people would benefit from a reduction in how many carbs they eat, a strict low or no carb diet is usually unnecessary.
3. Going on a low-calorie diet
This is the one that surprised me the most. Out of everyone who attempted a low-calorie diet to lose weight, a higher percentage of the unsuccessful people tried this diet than the successful people. Overall, roughly half of people on a weight loss mission try this, but out of everyone who was successful, only 44% of the success stories incorporated a low-calorie diet. But how? Calories in, calories out, right? Well, yes, the basics of weight loss are that you must use more calories per day than you consume to lose weight, but you don't particularly need to go on a strict low-calorie diet to achieve this. Instead of going on a low-calorie diet, you can try exercising more often and promising yourself that you remove soda and/or dessert from your diet. You can set a standard for yourself to eat only whole foods with plenty of lean meats, fruits, and vegetables. It appears that most people who successfully lose weight and keep it off for a year don't specify a low-calorie diet, but focus on eating good foods and exercising, which in return leads to a calorie deficit that leads to weight loss.
4. Being a woman
Almost 2 out of every 3 men who attempted to lose weight reported they were able to achieve their weight goal and keep their weight off for a year. Meanwhile, only 1 in every 3 women reported they were able to do the same. Unfortunately for women, human physiology makes it easier for men to lose weight than women. The average man has less body fat and more muscle than the average woman. This means the man's metabolism is going to run faster than the woman's, and the man will burn more calories. Men can naturally eat more and burn more calories than women, which means if you are a woman, you are automatically 33% less likely to reach your weight goals as compared to men.
5. Adopting a diet that requires a strict program such as Weight Watchers
Compared to the successful group, the unsuccessful group was 10% more likely to attempt Weight Watchers to lose weight. Of those who tried Weight Watchers, only 19% were successful. Taking on a strict and quantitative meal and exercise plan like weight watchers may work for some, but the majority were unable to reach their weight loss goals using this plan.
These 5 reasons that may prevent you from losing weight can all be very useful for certain people in certain conditions and when used correctly. Next time you set a weight loss goal, ask yourself "does this work for me". If the answer is no, then you have 2 options, change yourself or change your methods. While changing yourself by increasing your discipline and motivation is always a good option, it is even better to look at your methods for losing weight and ensure they are sustainable. Just because you bought a gym membership and put yourself on a diet does not mean you will see results, and based on statistics you are less likely to reach your goals. You must always put in the work and adapt your strategies to fit your needs.


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Dudu Pukwana - Sounds Zila
Some more dance music coming up here, this time Dudu Pukwana's 80s band, Zila. This was the first of three lps on his and Barbara Pukwana's own label, Jika, and there was a final record, a cd out in 1990. A live recording from the 100 Club in London in 1981, here's the band in a festive mood, some riveting up-tempo numbers, some smoochers and a little traditional South African music adapted for the band. This is Dudu taking his band in a more explicit danceable direction, perhaps not as interesting as his 70s recordings with Spear from the jazz point of view, but as with the Francois Tusques' Intercommunal Free Dance Music Orchestra, attempting to strike a sort of balance between the head and the feet, which is a good combination, particularly for a live performance. Party music, in other words.
Not a top copy, this one - a bit of crackle and some nasty scratches here and there, but it's what I found, so it's what we'll have to make do with for now.
Basic facts:
Dudu Pukwana - Sounds Zila (Jika ZL1, 1981)
A Side
Zila (Dudu Pukwana)
Uyini (Dudu Pukwana)
Chandeliers & Mirrors (Harry Beckett)
B Side
Suite Sweet Nowami (Dudu Pukwana)
Thula Sana (traditional arranged by Dudu Pukwana)
B My Dear (Dudu Pukwana)
Dudu Layi Layi (Dudu Pukwana)
Dudu Pukwana - alto, soprano saxes, leader
Harry Beckett - trumpet, flugelhorn
Dave Defries - trumpet, flugelhorn
Errol Clarke - piano
Mark Wood - guitar
Eric Richardson - bass
Churchill Jolobe - drums
Smiley de Jones - congas
Peggy Phango - vocals
Special guests
George Lee - tenor sax, flute
Pinise Saul - vocals
Sonia Matabane - backing vocals
Linda Conco - backing vocals
Tiny Conco - backing vocals
Peter Segono - trumpet
Phil Kember - trombone
Ernest Mothle - bass
Produced by Dudu and Barbara Pukwana
Recorded live at the 100 Club, London, 16th January 1981
Liner notes by Val Wilmer
Suite Sweet Nowami was composed and performed with the support of a Jazz Bursary from the Arts Council of Great Britain
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2017 HEC NA Top 8 announcement
EVENTSOctober 13th
After one week of registration, we received over 300 registration forms in NA. We're so excited to see that there are so many players who want to join our first tournament. Thanks to all players and teams for their support.
According to the team levels and teammates' rank scores, today we select the Top 8 teams from the hundreds of teams!
Here are the names of the 8 teams. Congratulations to them!
The 2017 HEC NA arena will begin at 4:00 PM on Oct 20th (NA server time) and the whole competition will last 3 days.
During games, we will Live Stream on Twitch.tv!
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Sooner or later, almost everyone runs into impossibly toxic people in business. The worst of them all, the narcissist, is capable of behavior that will frustrate, confuse and ultimately derail healthy interactions within teams, between colleagues, and for service providers.
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As co-authors of The Narcissist at Work, Becky Blanton and I decided to include segments that
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Many of us don't know how to neutralize toxic people to the point where dealing with them is easier. Others of us want to ensure we don't have to work at all with an individual who may be a narcissist.
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The maritime sector is a key contributor to the UK economy . The global shipping, maritime leisure and ports industries are of truly world-scale significance - and the UK is a major player in the supply of capital, hardware and skilled employees into both UK and overseas companies operating in this sector. Measured in terms of the balance of payments contribution to the UK alone, the sector's benefit exceeds that of aerospace.
Some key statistics:
What does it do?
It includes industries where the principal business activities cover the control management and operation of harbours, ports and vessels associated with:
The extensive range of jobs and career opportunities that are available within the maritime sector can be found on the career pathways page
We were delighted to work with Trinity House in organising this conference, which asked whether everything we do together to attract talented school children to the sector is enough, and what else we could do. We had some great speakers, and a good discussion, and terrific hospitality, as ever, from Trinity House.
Click on the link for Averil Macdonald's slides (1.0MB) and Cath Longhurst's slides (5.5MB).
Colleagues agreed that we need better coordination, and that Maritime UK should take the lead.
Click on the link for the Conference report (3 pages).
Company of Watermen and Lightermen
International Jack Up Barge Operators Association
International Association of Maritime Institutions
Maritime and Coastguard Agency
MYBA The Worldwide Yachting Association
Royal National Lifeboat Institution


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Why XMM-Newton?
The European Space Agency decided to honour one of the world's most illustrious scientists by giving the name of Isaac Newton to the XMM mission.
Isaac Newton was born on 25 December 1642 in Woolsthorpe England, the same year Galileo died. His work in the field of mathematics, optics and physics laid the foundations for modern science. He made a large impact on theoretical and practical astronomy.
Announcing the new name on 9 February 2000, ESA's then Director of Science Prof. Roger Bonnet explained: "We have chosen this name because Sir Isaac Newton was the man who invented spectroscopy and XMM is a spectroscopy mission. The name of Newton is associated with the falling apple, which is the symbol of gravity and with XMM I hope that we will find a large number of black hole candidates which are of course associated with the theory of gravity. There was no better choice than XMM-Newton for the name of this mission."
Newton's Breakthroughs
Newton's first achievement was the development of fluxions, or integral calculus, providing him with the mathematical tools he required for the rest of his work. It led to an acrimonious debate with another scientist, Gottfried Leibnitz, who also claimed credit.
His second breakthrough was the discovery of the law of the composition of light, described in Opticks first published in 1704. He discovered chromatic aberration and the selective refrangibility of colours. His demonstration that light can be split with a prism into its different colours forms the basis of spectroscopy. Although he was not the true inventor of the reflecting telescope, he was the first to make such an instrument and to explain why it was better than a refracting one. Newton was to make many observations with his telescope, sighting for instance, in 1682, the comet later called Halley's Comet.
But Newton's most profound contribution to science is his formulation of his three Laws of Motion, advanced in his monumental treatise Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica published in 1687 which lays the foundation for the principle of universal gravitation.
In the third book of Principia he states: "There is a power of gravity pertaining to all bodies, proportional to the several quantities of matter which they contain."
With this law, the doors of physics were thrown open. All objects in the Universe were suddenly equal, and the notion of hierarchy that had dominated all consideration of the Solar System was eliminated. A mystical approach to understanding the workings of the Universe was replaced by a mechanistic one.
Gravity now explained how the planets moved - although this new knowledge brought difficulties since if each object affected every other, the resulting calculations of their motion were extremely complex. Newton was to admit to being unable to calculate other than in a general way the orbits of the planets in the Solar System. But he did manage to obtain much better results than his predecessors.
Newton's fields of study also covered chemistry, or alchemy as it was termed during his day. He compiled an Index chemicus with over 5000 references to other works, sifting through the jibberish in search of the real basis for chemistry. He also invented the sextant - an instrument used for measuring the angular distance between objects.
Any encyclopedia of science will reveal more references to Newton than to any other individual scientist. Before Newton science was a mixture of isolated facts and laws, capable of describing some phenomena and predicting only a few. Applying a rigorous scientific approach, he left it with a unified system of laws that could be applied to a wide range of physical phenomena and which could be used to make exact predictions.
Isaac Newton died in 1727 and was buried in Westminster Abbey, England, the first scientist to be accorded this honour.
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Horses In The Sky
Description"We recorded some of it next to a campfire by the river, and the sleepy birds even chirped a little there beneath the moonlit trees; "yes we are oh yes we are thee silver mt. zion memorial orchestra and tra-la-la band"… troubled fingers strive to knit upward ladders, joyously; THESE SONGS ARE STICKY, WORRIED KNOTS – everyone sang and handclapped too – (we learned to play these songs on the road mostly…)
"THIS IS OUR TORCHED ESTATES" = 6 busted "waltzes" for world wars 4 thru 6, or the sound of our nervous unit collapsing across sing-song eruptions of anxious light and clumsy heat, "mysteryandwonder, messy hearts made of thunder," tape recordered at thee mighty hotel2tango for all the GENTLE dreamers to cradle or discard… the politics of it is just love thy neighbour mostly, or heartbroken temper tantrums for grumpy refusers, or saucy anthems for all the stubborn dumbass resistance cadres maybe…(first song's about war and drug addiction, fourth song's about kanada, and the rest of it is all love songs trulytrulytruly…) the indignant critics amongst us should note that as usual there's more questions than answers here, more complaints than solutions, and at times the group singing is a little out of tune; the name of the record is "horses in the sky", and we thank you all for still listening".
Release date: 4 April 2005 (Europe), 21 March 2005 (rest of world)
Running time: 58:29
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LP xxxxxxxxx xxxxx.
Tracklist1. God Bless Our Dead Marines
2. Mountains Made Of Steam
3. Horses In The Sky
4. Teddy Roosevelt's Guns
5. Hang On To Each Other
6. Ring Them Bells (Freedom Has Come And Gone)
Beckie: cello, voice
Efrim: guitar, piano, voice
Ian: guitar, harmonium, voice
Jessica: violin, piano, glasses, voice
Scott: drums, percussion, guitar, mandolin, voice
Sophie: violin, trumpet, glasses, voice
Thierry: contrabass, glasses, harmonica, voice
Recorded at thee mighty Hotel2Tango in Montreal by Howard Bilerman. TRACK 5 recorded at Garfield's fire pit. Mixed by Howard Bilerman and the Tra-La-La Band. Mastered by J.F. Chicoine


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The Acoma, "people of the white rock," are one of many pueblo cultures of the southwest. Acoma Pueblo is located in west central New Mexico. The pueblo is multi-unit, multi-family dwelling made of adobe bricks.
The Acoma pueblo village, located at the top of a 350-foot steep mesa that was carved from a huge plateau thousands of years ago by fast-moving river water. It stands imposing in the midst of barren land to the uneducated, but this place has been home to the Acoma people for more than 800 years. Its positioning provided natural defenses against enemies who would try to steal corn they raised, and the arid land actually is home to a host of dozens of plants and small, burrowing animals that provide additional sources of food.
Masters of ultilizing the small amounts of water available to them, crops of corn, beans and squash were managed by planting near springs at the foot of the mesa. Later the Spanish introduced sheep, goats and horses to the Acoma and herding and breeding became prevelent in addition to hunting for rabbit and deer.
Early clothing included buckskin clothing for men at first, but after contact with the Spanish dress evolved into the more European looking black cotten pants and shirts. Women have traditionally worn one-piece dresses that went over one shoulder and tied around the waist.
Every year the Acoma hold festivals such as dances to the rain and corn, in thanks for the blessings of the gods. Puebloan culture sacred ceremonies are held in underground chambers known as kivas, into which the participants enter by ladder. Non-Indian indivduals are not allowed into the sacred spaces.
The Acoma culture exists today despite the fact half the population was eliminated in 1599 by a Spanish explorer who did so to avenge the death of a brother who had been murdered in the area. Almost 30 years later, the Spanish Catholic church arrived to establish a mission. The Acoma did not resist, and although some conversion and missionary work took place, the missionairies worked the Acoma hard to produce crops and arts and crafts which was then sold in Europe and Mexico for large profits, not for the Acoma, but for the Spanish.
While the Spanish were present to "save the souls" of the Acoma, they were not allowed to practice their own religion. As a result, when they were asked by neighboring pueblo peoples to join a revolt against the Spanish in 1680 they did not hesitate. Though the revolt was successful, drought plagued the land the Spanish believed belonged to them. In 1689 the Spanish deeded the Acoma the land on which the pueblo village sat and some nearby grazing lands. However, within 20 years the Spanish were back, and by the 1800s, other European groups arrived, bringing with them smallpox and other killer diseases. Again, the Acoma did not resist and eventually the tribal population was reduced to fewer than a thousand people. The white population encroached on Acoma land illegally for many years until continued Acoma protests forced the United States government intervene and create protection of the land.
Today, many Acoma still reside in the old pueblo village atop the mesa, while others live in more modern communities in valley below the pueblo.


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In the past few years, medical cannabis and the issues surrounding its legalization and decriminalization has taken the nation by storm. By including only responsible content, Cannabis Now Magazine hopes to enlighten and educate the public on the legitimate and beneficial side of cannabis.
Our bi-monthly publication is nationally distributed in Barnes & Noble, 7-Eleven, dispensaries, head shops, smoke shops, bookstores, and numerous other newsstand outlets. The digital edition is available on iTunes, Android, Playbook and for online viewing.
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On Saturday, May 20, 2017, public charter schools located in New Jersey will be recruiting certified teachers, pupil services professionals, senior school administrators and nonprofit business managers at the Charter School Jobs™ Fair Newark. If you would like to build a career in a New Jersey charter school organization, this event is for you. You will have the opportunity to meet charter school hiring managers face-to-face. We hope to see you on May 20, 2017.
Special thanks to People's Prep Charter School (http://www.peoplesprepnewark.org) for graciously providing the venue for this Charter School Jobs™ career fair event.
Target Candidates
- Certified K-12 classroom teachers
- Graduates of teacher preparation programs leading to a teaching certificate before October 1, 2017
- College graduates interested in teaching fellowship opportunities
- Nonprofit business managers
Date & Time
Saturday, May 20, 2017
People's Prep Charter School
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I don't know what's in the fall air, or what pheromone I am putting off lately, but, whatever it is, it appears that people with the descriptors of "crazy" and "disturbed" seem to be drawn to it.
A few hints as to how to not make a girl want to run in the opposite direction:
1. Do not grab my arm in the middle of the Walmart to tell me that I look pretty today, and then sigh and admit that you wish you had more time with me. That will make me (a.) want to kick you to make you stop grabbing my arm (b.) wonder why you chose to say today, as if you see me every day.
2. Do not stalk me up and down several aisles at Michaels and eventually corner me near the scrapbook supplies just to ask me about my love life and whether you can be my next boyfriend. I know you are an "artist" and want to help my shopping experience, but I'm just there to pick up pens.
3. Do not come up behind me at a gas station and try to take the gas pump out of my hand saying that you would like to pump my gas for me. This is likely to provoke me to react and sling the pump around getting gas all over both of our feet. Nice thought, but still, don't scare me near flammable liquids.
These may seem to be self-explanatory as what not to do, but, hey, maybe no one ever told them?!?
Sweet Tweets
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
A couple tips...
Posted by Melissa at 10:56 PM
2 Remarks:
- Stewart said...
Even if it's inappropriate, I'd be willing to bet you'd rather have that than never hearing it at all =)
Life is tough when you're as dead sexy as we are. Honestly, it's a burden. hah
- Melissa Merkel said...
It's not the inappropriate that bothers me, it's the physical contact! Being grabbed by the arm in Walmart is not high on my list of preferred compliments. :)
I know, that's just our cross to carry. *sigh*
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Marisha Hall dances with Emily Simpkins at Dance or Die on May 6, 2004. "A subculture would be a group of people that has a way of living and their ideas that go against mainstream culture," says Liz Kozup. "And every single subculture or group does that in some way or another. Which can make any group a subculture and can make any group mainstream to another culture."
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Sudhir K Arora. Literary NECTAR for Competitive Examinations in English. Bareilly: Prakash Book Depot, 2017. Pp. 346. Price: Rs. 298/-. ISBN: 978-81-7977-616-2.
Reviewed by Abnish Singh Chauhan
Dr Sudhir K Arora, an eminent critic and writer, is a popular figure in Indian Writing in English. His latest book titled 'Literary NECTAR for Competitive Examinations in English' (An Acquaintance with Major Works of Major Authors) is methodologically designed for PGT, TGT, NET and similar Examinations conducted in India. But, this is not the limit of the book and, therefore, it works beyond the limit of aforesaid competitions as the author himself remarks in his preface— "Competition is competition— competition with your own self to make yourself better day by day, and competition with others to prove yourself better in the competitive field for making your claim for success."
One may think. Competition is nowhere if one believes in the philosophy of love and learning; competition is everywhere if one wants to strive for a goal which cannot be shared. In both the cases, some authentic source of information along with productive interpretation of the material is necessarily required for developing proper understanding of the subject. Knowing this, the author has produced a consistent and reliable book— 'Literary NECTAR' worth passing along to the lovers of English literature with the specific aim to make a difference in this competitive world.
The book is a magnificent gem that brings to light a complete study (in brief) of life and works of popular authors and critics of English literature, such as— William Shakespeare, John Milton, William Wordsworth, John Keats, P B Shelley, Matthew Arnold, Alfred Lord Tennyson, T S Eliot, Robert Lee Frost, Walt Whitman, John Milton, Charles Lamb, Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Ernest Miller Hemingway, William Faulkner, John Galsworthy, Kamala Das, Mulk Raj Anand, Nissim Ezekiel, etc. It also introduces noteworthy popular quotes of these authors along with critical insights on their life and works as penned by distinguished critics of the literary field. The book also realistically and cautiously covers pen names of English authors, history of English literature (A screenshot of ages), periods of English literature, authors in history of English literature (ages/century/period wise), events (important years at a glance), popular authors and their works (with years), popular commonwealth writers, popular post-colonial writers, some British dramatists (1955 onwards), popular British dramatists and their dramas (1945-1990), some British poets (1955 onwards), some Irish poets, some Scottish poets, popular contemporary poets, popular English poets (1945-1990), some popular post-war novelists, popular contemporary novelists, popular contemporary British novelists (since 1980), popular British novels of twenty first century, popular recent novels, novelists from other literatures (around 1990) along with literary awards and winners of Nobel Prize, the Booker Prize, the Sahitya Akademi Prize, Poet Laureate, the Pulitzer Prize, etc.
The book 'Literary NECTAR', written in Historical Present, is a result of author's close observations of literary world, useful communications with eminent scholars and extensive readings of significant books of English literature. It is intended for several groups— not only for students, research scholars, teachers, professors and other lovers of literature, but also for those who read merely for getting systematic information for self-learning and self-fulfillment through English literature.
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Appropriate room acoustics is particularly important for speech intelligibility in an arena facility since public safety can be dependent upon the users' ability to hear and understand emergency messages under conditions of relatively high ambient noise. In addition to safety concerns, adequate room acoustics are necessary to control excessive reverberant noise and to support musical performances. Control of noise from mechanical and electrical equipment is also important, and exterior noise from fans, cooling towers, etc. must be adequately controlled to avoid adverse impact on the surrounding grounds and neighbouring properties. BKL Consultants Ltd. has completed the acoustical design of many ice arenas, field houses and related facilities. A few of these are listed below.
Richmond Olympic Skating Oval
Richmond, BC
Complete room acoustics and noise control design for Olympic speed skating venue and future multi-sport facility.
Rogers Arena
Vancouver, BC
Design and specification of acoustical treatment for 18,000 seat professional sports and concert arena. Mechanical systems were also assessed and silencing measures recommended to control background noise.
Medicine Hat Regional Event Centre
Medicine Hat, SK
This 6,500 seat arena opened in 2015 and is home to the Medicine Hat Tigers of the Western Hockey League. In addition to hockey, the facility accommodates a variety of other activities including concerts. BKL was responsible for the acoustical design of the arena.
Milton Velodrome
Milton, ON
This track cycling facility was built for the 2015 Pan American Games and incorporated a 250-metre timber track with spectator seating for 2,500. After the games, the velodrome has served as a multi-sport facility with seating for 1,500. BKL was responsible for all aspect of the acoustical design up to and including commissioning.
Surrey Sports and Leisure Complex
Surrey, BC
Acoustical design for sports complex including internal acoustical treatment, noise isolation and HVAC noise control.
Saskatchewan Place (SaskTel Centre)
Saskatoon, SK
BKL provided comprehensive acoustical design services for this 16,000 seats event venue. In addition, the firm designed and specified a distributed arena sound reinforcement system incorporating forty computerized audio channels, famous for "The Wave". This arena is home to the Saskatoon Blades Western Hockey League team but is also a popular venue for concerts.
Red Deer Leisure Centre
Red Deer, AB
BKL was responsible for acoustics, noise control and HVAC noise and vibration isolation for entire project including a very large field house, large indoor soccer centres, indoor running track/mall, and a dedicated gymnastics facility and an ice arena.
Bill Copeland Arena
Burnaby, BC
This 2,000 seats multi-purpose facility is used primily for hockey but also accommodates up to 4,500 people for concerts. BKL was responsible for acoustical design, noise control and noise isolation throughout the facility including the main arena and all ancillary spaces; noise and vibration control for HVAC system and audio design throughout.
College of Kinesiology
University of Saskatchewan
Acoustics and noise control for 2500-seat NBA size arena plus a multitude of other fitness and educational facilities.
Olympic Speed Skating Oval
Calgary, AB
Design of interior finishes and HVAC control for facility built for the Calgary Olympics.
Surrey Family YMCA
Surrey, BC
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By Rabican Briard at March 24 2019 07:17:36
When it comes to constructing your plan, think about what the goal of each lesson is. Write this down, detailing any skills you intend to teach and include a brief description of the activity you have planned. Depending on how quickly your class progresses you may find it easiest to create your lesson plans on a weekly basis, always with the overall goal in mind. You will have a certain amount of time to cover a set amount of material so constructing lesson plans can help to ensure everything is running smoothly and on time.
Many school districts have a committee that critiques writing plans before the semester begins. This is to ensure that your materials are not only suitable for your students skills, but they are also timely, organized, and reasonable. Some common things to include in your plans include mission statements, texts, writing exercises, reading assignments, classroom discussions, and more. Some committees are content to have a basic outline of your plans, while others prefer a more detailed account. You may be required to alter your plans to meet their requirements.


text: I ordered an 'Heirloom Survival' seed pack from a couple who own a vegetable farm in the States and it has finally found it's way to Winterpeg. I am giddy. Picture a crazy mobster rolling in a bed full of money, but the mobster is a short trinipino and the bills are brightly coloured packages of heirloom organically grown seeds. The best present after working through the past couple weekends.