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The very best pictures from the north London derby
Brooks Peck at Dirty Tackle7 hrs agoA goal from Tomas Rosicky in the second minute was enough to give Arsenal a win over Spurs in the north London derby and keep them in the title race. It was a day of childish shows of frustrated rage from somehow current Spurs manager Tim Sherwood and selfie bandwagoning from Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny. These are the very best pictures from the match...
Spurs fans feeling that chairman Daniel Levy selling Gareth Bale for seven magic beans definitely wasn't a good deal.
Wenger: If you touch my wallet, I will not hesitate to mace you.
Olivier Giroud attempts to strangle goal scorer Rosicky out of a strange combination of joy and jealousy.
Tim Sherwood suddenly decides he hates clothing.
Sherwood becomes the first man to experience 'roid rage without ever taking steroids.
Levy's wife: This is all your fault.
Wojciech Szczesny has an orgasm while flying.
Lukas Podolski proclaims himself king of the stewards.
You don't want to know where Szczesny kept his phone the whole match.
Seriously. Do not ask.
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If it continued... (Man United v Liverpool)
Brooks Peck at Dirty Tackle21 hrs agoManchester United continue to plumb new depths of shocking helplessness and ineptitude under David Moyes, with their latest indignity coming in the form of a 3-0 loss at home to Liverpool. Referee Mark Clattenburg awarded the visitors a dizzying treble of penalties and sent off Nemanja Vidic on the third, which Steven Gerrard failed to convert. In doing so, he missed out on becoming the first Premier League player to score a hat trick entirely comprised of spot kicks (and at Old Trafford no less!). But when Luis Suarez scored six minutes later to finish off the day, Gerrard surely got over his disappointment. Still, even he must ask, "What if it continued?"
97' — Feeling left out as the only Man United defender not to concede a penalty, Patrice Evra makes a reckless challenge on Lucas, which prompts Daniel Sturridge to dive out of his seat on the bench. Clattenburg points to the spot.
98' — With Gerrard out of the match, Iago Aspas converts the penalty for his first Premier League goal because why not?
99' — Gerrard resumes his passionate affair with the camera, but is stopped by teammates just as he begins to remove his shorts.
Lionel Messi weaves through Osasuna defenders to become Barcelona's all-time leading scorer
Brooks Peck at Dirty Tackle22 hrs agoAt a mere 26 years old, Lionel Messi has now scored 370 career goals to become Barcelona's all-time leading scorer. The four-time Ballon d'Or winner scored twice against Osasuna to match and then surpass Barca's previous scoring leader Paulino Alcontara, who played 13 years for the club before retiring in 1927.
Messi opened the scoring against Osasuna in the 18th minute. After goals from teammates Alexis Sanchez and Andres Iniesta, Messi ran through several of Osasuna's nine useless defenders packed in the box to score his record-breaking goal from close range.
The Argentinian becomes the all-time highest goalscorer for FC Barcelona with 370 goals! pic.twitter.com/6PRU7KNC0z
It should be noted that goals in friendlies were counted in these totals, which, for Messi, only hastens his inevitable arrival at the 400 mark. Again, he's still only 26 years old. It's easy to forget that. Even though I've said it twice now.
UPDATE: Messi completed his hat trick to round out the day and Barcelona won 7-0. Osasuna might want to work on not letting that happen.
Clint Dempsey slaps opponent in the balls, finally scores a goal
Brooks Peck at Dirty Tackle1 day agoClint Dempsey's poor form for club(s) and country in recent months seems to have made him angrier than usual and the testicles of Toronto defender Mark Bloom found this out the painful way.
Toronto's prized new scorer Jermain Defoe immediately showed up Dempsey by scoring twice in the first 25 minutes of his MLS debut in front of 38,441 Sounders fans. Meanwhile, Seattle and U.S. national team captain Dempsey decided to take his frustrations out on Bloom's crotch with a casual slap.
With that out of his system, Dempsey scored his first goal since October of last year, ending a 14-match scoring drought comprised of appearances for Seattle, Fulham and the USA. So maybe slapping opponents in the balls will become a new good luck ritual for him.
Dempsey's lone goal wasn't enough though, and the revamped Toronto FC won 2-1.
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Thierry Henry celebrates goal by taking control of a video camera
Brooks Peck at Dirty Tackle1 day agoThierry Henry scored his first goal of the new MLS season in the New York Red Bulls' 1-1 draw with Colorado and afterwards he proved that his celebration game is already in midseason form. Henry headed the ball under Rapids goalkeeper John Berner in the 57th minute and then hopped over the advertising board behind the net to commandeer a video camera from a nervous looking cameraman.
The Arsenal legend then briefly tried to film his teammates as they joined him in front of the home fans.
Thankfully, this unexpected encounter with a player worked out far better for this cameraman than the one at the Hoffenheim match earlier in the day.
Maybe Henry will do this after every goal he scores this season and they can then edit the footage together to make a very disorienting film.
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DTotD: Hoffenheim's Andreas Beck knocks out a cameraman
Brooks Peck at Dirty Tackle1 day agoThe operator of a pitchside TV camera at the Bundesliga match between Hoffenheim and Mainz had to be stretchered off and taken to a hospital with a suspected concussion after Hoffenheim's Andreas Beck smashed into him.
Beck barreled into the camera and its operator, sending all three parties to the ground. As Beck himself recovered from the collision, his teammate Sejad Salihovic quickly noticed the cameraman wasn't moving and was the first to rush to his aid. Nearby medical personnel then took over and carried the Sky cameraman away.
You would think a large TV camera would be enough of a shield to protect you from an out of control footballer, but apparently it isn't.
Beck eventually came off in the 87th minute. Mainz won the match 4-2.
This has been the Dirty Tackle of the Day: a chronicling of unfortunate events.
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Here's the most astounding overhead backheel goal you'll ever see, courtesy of the Jordan Pro League
Brooks Peck at Dirty Tackle1 day agoWonder goals can come from just about anywhere at any time and the Jordan Pro League proved that. In the 52nd minute of a match between Al Ramtha and Al Wahdat, the visiting side's Syrian striker Motaz Salhani scored the only goal of the match in absolutely stunning fashion. While Salhani charged towards the box, one of his teammates delivered a long pass behind him, so Salhani flicked his leg back and connected with the ball. This alone was pretty impressive, since he was running full speed and didn't break stride to execute his backheel overhead kick.
But the truly unbelievable part was that the ball arched high over the goalkeeper's head and landed softly inside the goal. The commentator went berserk and the goalkeeper could only hold up his arms in disbelief as Salhani and his teammates celebrated.
Other players have scored overhead backheel goals — Zlatan Ibrahimovic won praise for his variation earlier in the season — but few, if any, have combined the speed and distance of this one.
Joe Hart calls Wayne Rooney a wimp
Dirty Tackle2 days agoWayne Rooney's famous grit has been called into doubt by one of his international teammates. No, this isn't the first evidence of the England team coming apart at the seams ahead of the World Cup, it's just Joe Hart's blunt appraisal of Rooney's lack of bravery in goal.
Interviewed for FourFourTwo's new digital publication Football Weekly (which is free and worth checking out), the Man City and England keeper was asked if it's true that Rooney enjoys trying his hand at playing in goal during training sessions. Hart responded:
Yeah he does, he likes spraying the balls and catching balls but when it actually comes to whacking a ball at him, he's a wimp.
No man who endures not one but two hair transplants can be described as a wimp. Hart did have a more positive assessment of another one of their teammates' abilities as a goalkeeper, though.
Joey Barton explains his 'cold and calculated' red card meltdown to the Oxford Union
Ryan Bailey at Dirty Tackle3 days agoRenowned philosopher and occasional footballer Joey Barton was finally given the stage his cerebral wit deserves this week as a special guest speaker at the Oxford University Union.
One of the students asked the Queens Park Rangers midfielder about his infamous dismissal against Manchester City on the final day of the 2011/12 season. With QPR's Premier League survival hanging in the balance, Barton was given a red card in the 55th minute for elbowing Carlos Tevez in the face. As he left the field, he kneed Sergio Aguero to the ground before allegedly attempting to headbutt Vincent Kompany and squaring up to Mario Balotelli as he was wrestled from the field.
He subsequently received two FA violent conduct charges, and if Bolton hadn't lost that day, QPR would have been relegated. The blame would have laid pretty heavily on Joey Barton's shoulders.
Rio Ferdinand angers road safety campaigners on Instagram
Ryan Bailey at Dirty Tackle3 days agoDespite the predicament of his team and the growing sense of finality in his career, Rio Ferdinand was in a very good mood on Wednesday. He was so chipper, in fact, that the Manchester United defender shared his joy with his Instagram followers, documenting his journey to training.
It's impossible not to be drawn in by Rio's enthusiasm ("GO ON CRAIGY! ON THE WAY TO TRAINING! LET'S 'AVE IT! GO ON SON! GIVE IT TO 'EM! HAHAAAAA!") but the video raises so many questions. Does he play 14-year-old Craig David songs on the way to work every day? Is he the only person on earth playing 14-year-old Craig David songs on the way to work every day? Is it a good idea to film yourself on a phone while driving? Don't you just love hats?
One of those questions has been answered by road safety charity Brake, who have told that shooting a video of yourself enjoying dated R&B music while driving is "irresponsible" and "insulting" to families who have been left bereaved by distracted drivers.


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Daily Digest: January 30, 2014
Is sugar the new future in gasoline? [Wired]
Cooking helps the economy: by legalizing the sale of homemade food in California, the state created over a thousand local business. [Forbes]
Move over, Cronut: there's a new hybrid in town. Meet the doughscuit. [NPR]
College loans aren't the only worry for students: a new study shows food insecurity is, too. [Time]
The U.N. dispatches food aid to rebel-held refugee camp after 85... Read more >
In Season: Meyer Lemons
Lemons are a beloved tool in our kitchen arsenal, but Meyer lemons, those smooth, golden citrus celebrities, are another thing entirely. Subtly sweet and deeply perfumed, this magical winter fruit will transform desserts, seafood dishes, and even pasta.
Crab Carbonara with Meyer Lemon, Black Pepper, and Parsley
Dress up a classic carbonara with Dungeness crabmeat and Meyer lemon zest, which gives the dish extra vibrancy.
Lobster Tabbouleh with Meyer Lemon Vinaigrette
This simple tabbouleh includes plenty of flavorful herbs and a generous amount of lobster. Serve it in endive leaves as an hors d'oeuvre or on its own as an elegant side dish.
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Daily Digest: January 29, 2014
Michael Pollan tackles a new subject: justice for food workers. [Truth-out]
No cork? Condoms designed to seal up your next wine bottle are coming soon. [LAT]
Despite numerous attempts in the past decade, FDA is still unable to control farm antibiotics. [Wired]
$8 billion may be cut from food stamp program when new farm bill is revamped. [Eatocracy]
Charges dropped for three men arrested for taking home food waste. [... Read more >
Recipe: Pink Apple Crostata
It's tough out there. It's cold. It's dark before we leave the office. And when it comes to local fruit, it's nothing but apples.
The antidote to all this midwinter ennui? Well, we can't help you there, but we can give you an apple recipe that's truly easier than pie.
Brought to us by Corkbuzz in New York City, this rustic, free-form crostata holds slices of Pink Lady apple, a variety that's tart and deeply flushed, tossed in a coriander-forward spice mixture. (If you can't find Pink Lady apples, substitute Honey Crisps or Jonagolds.)
And it's a cinch to prepare: just roll out your dough (don't fret if it's not a perfect circle), mound the apple filling in the middle, and fold over the edges. No pie pan or decorative crimping requ... Read more >
Daily Digest: January 28, 2014
Amsterdam's trendy "game pâté" is rumored to be made from urban pigeons. [Smithsonian]
The FDA has understood the health risks of giving antibiotics to livestock for years. [NPR]
A Wisconsin brewery is testing beer delivery via drone. No word on how the technology will determine if customers are of legal drinking age. [CBS Minnesota)
A former sushi chef and a farmer have teamed up to cultivate a very special kind of rice in Uruguay. [LA... Read more >
Super Bowl Snacks!
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This was James Beard's to-go guacamole recipe. Keep it clean and just stick to the basic ingredients, or try adding one of Beard's various extras, like diced tomatoes, crumbled bacon, or roasted peanuts or almonds.
Pork Cracklings
Make it a true pigskin party and put some pigskin on the table. These pork cracklings are simply seasoned with salt and pepper, but feel free to experiment. The recipe includes 12 hours of chilling... Read more >
Daily Digest: January 27, 2014
Spam is one of the most coveted food products in South Korea. [NYT]
The potato lobby pressures the USDA to include white potatoes in one of its food assistance programs. [Food Politics]
Pig virus kills off one million piglets. How will this affect our bacon? [NPR]
New cookie dough and marshmallow crispy Oreo flavors are on the way. [LAT]
Fifteen potato chip flavors that ought to be available in America. [... Read more >
Recipe: Meyer Lemon Panna Cotta with Candied Kumquats and Sea Salt–Roasted Pistachios
Sweet, mellowly acidic, and believed to be a cross between a common lemon and a mandarin orange, Meyer lemons are one of the more beguiling varieties of winter citrus. We love the soft tang they give to sweets, like this sophisticated panna cotta from pastry chef Bronwen Wyatt of La Petite Grocery in New Orleans. In addition to showcasing the Meyer lemon's delicate flavor, the dessert is also an homage to Turkey, which Wyatt visited a couple of years ago. "I was incredibly inspired by the flavor profiles in Istanbul," she says. "The touch of orange blossom water in the panna cotta and the roasted pistachio garnish are a nod to its cuisine."... Read more >
Sustainability Matters: January 24, 2014
Quinoa may be falling out of fashion. Meet teff, the Ethiopian nutrient-rich "ancient grain" that's poised to take its place. [The Guardian]
More children are learning about agriculture, health, and nutrition as an increasing number of states pass Farm-to-School legislation. [Civil Eats]
Coca-Cola reconsiders the economic impact of climate change after closing plants due to drought and other supply chain disruptions, and other large companies follow suit. [NYT]
Plant "STDs" and honeybees: How the tobacco ringspot virus may be decimating bee populations. [... Read more >
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Here's what's on the Beard House calendar next week:
Monday, January 27, 7:00 P.M.
An unlikely oasis of vibrant Mexican flavor in the hardy wilds of Maine, Zapoteca has won raves with its authentic cuisine that's mindfully sourced from local producers. Diners also love its unique beverage program, which features more than 100 premium tequilas.
Tuesday, January 28, 7:00 P.M.
Tucked away in the ultra-posh Hamptons, the historic Topping Rose House offers both luxurious accommodations and unparalleled dining overseen by JBF Award winner Tom Colicchio. At this Beard House dinner, executive chef Ty Kotz and pastry chef Cassandra Shupp will serve an elegant seafood-focused menu of seasonal American... Read more >
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LONDON – The Sun, Britains best-selling tabloid known for photos of topless women and celebrity sex scandals, is promoting good will and funny cats in its latest ad campaign to wipe away the January blues.
Under its Big Smile Giveaway campaign, the Suns readers will be sent on vacation, treated to free tea and even have their road tolls paid by The Suns Smile Squad, which will visit towns across Britain. For owner News Corp., the effort may be the latest attempt to restore the tattered image of Rupert Murdochs media empire dragged down by phone-hacking charges and the arrests of top executives.
The tactics are also part of a push by advertising agencies to highlight their clients social and environmental initiatives. With the corporate world reeling from scandals and missteps by executives, companies as varied as condom-makers and soda manufacturers are trying to keep brands above the fray, handing ad agencies a new type of marketing method that is boosting their global $497 billion business.
For an organization that has a reputational trust issue, this type of marketing is going to be critical, said Leo Rayman, head of planning for WPPs Grey London, which helped create the Suns campaign.
In similar moves, Reckitt Benckiser Groups Durex donates condoms to Haiti, Unilevers Lifebuoy soap brand promotes hand washing in Africa, and Coca-Cola Co. reduces waste by using bottles made with plant-based material.
Companies social and environmental efforts increasingly play a role in consumers decisions on which products and services to buy, said Ian Maude, a media analyst at Enders Analysis in London.
The feeling now is that in order to win youve got to give back a bit and show that to your customers, he said. You dont have to win by screwing everyone else.
In the United States, 56 percent of Internet users said they bought a brand because proceeds went to a good cause or the brand supported a particular cause, according to a survey by AYTM, a market researcher in San Francisco.
Its definitely a significant trend thats growing, and part of it has to do with transparency, said Simeon Duckworth, head of business planning at Mindshare, a WPP-owned marketing company that works with Ford Motor Co., Unilever and HSBC Holdings.
The Suns 50-second TV spot for Big Smile Giveaway began airing Jan. 1. The ad features a young girl singing and dancing about in her room encouraging viewers to smile through the pain that is January and to focus on things that make life fun: boy bands, silly puns, funny cats and two-for-ones.
Executives and companies are being held more accountable these days with the rise of social media, which has placed power in the hands of consumers who can influence their friends on Twitter and Facebooks websites or even galvanize masses like at 2011 and 2012s Arab Spring uprisings.
The behavior of governments and businesses led the world to the edge of collapse, said David Jones, CEO at Havas, Frances second-biggest ad company. People are now empowered through social media to sanction or support business.
A company that is responsible and showing that to consumers will do better in business, said Jones, who advised British Prime Minister David Cameron during his election campaign.
Ad agencies are also benefiting from political initiatives seeking to promote peace.
Saatchi & Saatchi, owned by Publicis Groupe, the third-largest advertising company, was behind the Blood Relations short film that draws attention to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by featuring bereaved families on both sides donating blood to each other.
In the backdrop of economic hardship, theres not much joy to be had, and its amazing to feel youve been part of something that has such potential in the world, said Robert Senior, Saatchi & Saatchis head of Europe, Middle East and Africa.
The attempt to appeal to consumers emotions also works in the corporate world.
Proctor & Gamble Co.s spot for Pantene shampoo, which follows a chubby Russian girl as she overcomes obstacles to become a champion gymnast, was also created by the Grey Group and was shown online only, with P&G pledging $165,000 to Russias Olympic rhythmic gymnastics team if it were to receive 5 million views.
To date it has more than 5.3 million views.
We felt that we needed to bring more local relevance for consumers, said Tanja Riemann, a brand manager for P&G in Moscow. The Olympic ad is very Russian from the girl living in a small village to her relationship with her grandmother.
Unilevers Domestos cleaner is sponsoring a Toilet Academy, which was designed to bring attention to poor sanitation conditions in parts of the world.
Making marketing noble again is possible, said Marc Matthieu, senior vice president for marketing at the company.
At Coca-Cola, an ad spot called Daniel and His Mother features the son of a polymer scientist who helped invent the companys plant-based PlantBottle packaging, extolling how much his mom cares about the environment.
The recession that began in 2007 drove out these issues at companies, said Scott Vitters, general manager of Coca-Colas PlantBottle group.
The packaging for plastic bottles, made from up to 30 percent plant-based material, is credited with increasing sales at the companys Dasani bottled water brand in North America by 11 percent in 2011.
Coca-Cola, which spent $3.3 billion on advertising in 2011, also collaborates with HJ Heinz Co., Ford Motor Co. and Nike Inc. to speed up the development of products made from plants.
The emergence of social media means a company can go from hero to zero in seconds if it is caught contradicting themselves, Saatchi & Saatchis Senior said.
Still, even as companies tout sustainability, they arent charities, and topics such as profit margins and investor returns remain clearly at the forefront of business, said Hamish Kinniburgh, global strategy officer at the Universal McCann ad agency.
Socially aware ads arent an uncommercial activity, he said. Ultimately advertising is about selling and delivering to clients bottom lines.


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Broadway's Glinda shares her five favorite dressing room items.
All-access coverage of Wicked's fifth anniversary, featuring the starry benefit concert, The Yellow Brick Road Not Taken.
October 29, 2008The young star, making her Broadway debut as Elphaba, shows us life backstage as the green girl.
November 10, 2009Wicked has won Favorite Long-Running Musical nine years in a row! Find out why the musical's star Kyle Dean Massey was hoping this year it wouldn't.
May 9, 2013A peek into the backstage life of Wicked leading lady Julia Murney
September 17, 2008Wicked Day, which annually celebrates the anniversary of the hit musical's opening, goes uptown for the unveiling of a special community garden.
September 18, 2008Andy finds out what a "Universal Swing" does, hangs with some "Wicked" ladies and rallies the troops with a new theme song.
February 25, 2010Livin' the dream on Broadway with Andy Karl!
March 26, 2010The leading man reveals five favorite dressing room items.
January 4, 2012Teal Wicks, who plays Elphaba in "Wicked," shows us five things she can't live without backstage.
March 16, 2011Watch what three of our Word of Mouth panelists had to say about the spectacular tuner.
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Anna-Maria Nau
Height: | 5-10 |
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Hometown: | Vienna, Austria |
High School: | James Madison HS |
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended James Madison High School as a home school program...Ranks as high as No. 19 in the U18 Austria national rankings....Played tennis in Australia and was named Most Improve Player in NSW rankings in 2008...Won Sydney East Team Cup in 2008...Played club tennis for 12 years...Also competed in gymnastics, track, and basketball in high school.
PERSONAL: Parents are Thomas and Petra Nau...Majoring in mathematics.


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bah. I saw about doing this TD.
I would have gone with the spider to win.
Are you sure you're not Krypto (our in house GSP Nuthugger)? :)
I don't think GSP would hva ethe size to do what Sonnen did. GSP is very lean and would probably struggle to make MW. Just my opinion though.
He walks around at 195.
And says he is still putting on muscle.
He walks around at 195.
Ok, but isn't the rumor out there that Silva walks around at around 215?
Ive heard 210, but GSP could get bigger, and his wrestling technique makes up for the rest of it. I really dont think its too much of an advantage because of the style and technique of Georges.
I can't really judge it off of one fight though. Before this last fight no one thought GSP could dominate Silva the way you are saying "other than krypto" hahaha.
I have heard 215 or 220 for Silva.
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I think GSP would be able to do exactly what Sonnen did except for one thing and thats take a punch from Silva. Sonnen got the takedowns and landed a few shots standing but he had to walk through a few big shots to get there, I don't know if GSP could handle one of those 10-15 second onslaughts from Silva.
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Yeah but remember GSP is amazing at avoiding damage, and he woyuld setup his takedowns better. Plus his speed is amazing.
Not really in disagreement with you, just the what if factor. What if he does get hit, can he take the punch??
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Well to me, it would be a sin not to make this fight.
in this I think everyone agrees.
I just don't see Silva going down. This will be up to GSP to pull a BJ Penn and go up to fight the best...
Not really in disagreement with you, just the what if factor. What if he does get hit, can he take the punch??
nah, he can't. Not against someone like SIlva. I mean look what Serra did, and he's not a pinpoint artist with ahuge reacvh advantage over GSP.
Look, I do like GSP. but IMO Silva was just bad in his last fight.
Not to take away from SOnnen, but I put this more on one bad fight for Silva than simply a "blueprint on how to beat Silva".
Let's remember that Silva fought Hendo and dominated him. He was taken down on the first round but defended well and won the fight onthe second.
Add that with the fact GSP is smaller and if he adds weight, he will probably be slower, I don't think he will be able to beat the spider.
GSP go caught behind the ear. That could happen to any fighter. Anderson has lost more fights. Big deal. Lets look at the matchup. Can Anderson stop the takedowns? No, he cant. So GSP dicates where the fight takes place. How can Anderson KO him if hes being dropped on his **** the whole fight?
Jim, the fact you are wrong is exactly this.
One fight and all of a sudden Silva can't stop takedowns?
What if this was his plan? he knew that Sonnen is bound to get caught by submission so he let Sonnen take him down and it paid up!
Again, as I said, Silva fought PLENTY of wrestlers and this was the first time he was dominated. I disagree that he has weak takedown defense.
He might have had an off day, he could be hurt like he said, or even maybe he was off his game by all trash talk from Sonnen.
Maybe even Sonnen was just extra-inspired.
But is is BS to say for sure that Silva can't stop takedowns.
this is not the first world class wrestler he foung, you know? :)
Look, Im not even a fan of GSP, but going in I knew Cahel would be able to take Anderson down, because that Andersons weakness.
that's the thing I can't see.
Maybe you can help, but how exactly did you see takedowns as the weakspot from SIlva?
Where else was he dominated by a wrestler?
I do agree GSP is a great takedown artist. this is not what I am disputing here. I just don't think this is really a weakness from Silva.
And on the other hand, I noted GSP was caught because he was. And by someone who would not reach past Silva's chest. let alone have the reach advantage Silva holds against GSP.
PLUS Silva's the most accurate striker in the game bar none.
You say what ytou want, but did you se Sonnen's face? for someone who got hit less than 30 times, he looked in worse shape than Silva... Could GSP take this beating? I don't know
Add the smaller reach for GSP, and Silva will probably have a body triangle before tounching the ground...then elboes to the head and GSP is history
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jeyhoe Posts: 490Well, my first comment is that the reviewer, one Michael Jordan, should get better informed before he says this:
"Loving trucks is as American as the Marlboro Man. But just as that rough and rugged pitchman has ridden off into the sunset (probably coughing), ..."
The truth is that the poor Marlboro man died long ago ... of lung cancer.
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jerseypr5 Posts: 3According to the Cadillac website, a three piece lockable (and removable) tonneau cover is standard equipment. I am not totally sure how the mid gate works, but I would think that one could stow the mid gate and then also lock the tonneau cover along with the rest of the truck.
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What are these trucks missing?
A Truck in such a prestiges class, price range, and quality should have a POWERED HARD TONNEAU COVER. The luxury should not stop at the tonneau cover. Everything else is powered. Such a feature should be an option, or better a standard.
Such a system available for the EXT. Auto-Covers show a system on their website that has everything the current tonneau on the EXT has and is powered It even lets you use the Midgate: www.auto-covers.com . Now it is the ultimate luxary truck.
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gregg_vw Posts: 2,419So glad they are cancelling this laughable thing. The Lincoln LT was and is totally ridiculous. At least with the Blackwood they had a Lincoln-looking vehicle. But they were too dumb to figure out in order to sell it in any numbers they needed a 4WD option and an optional open bed. Not rocket science but the overpaid dumbasses couldn't figure that out.
Then they follow up with an F150 with VERY minor additions of chrome. In 2008, the thing hasn't a single airbag more than a Chevy Aveo, and it professes to play in the big leagues without even offering stability control. Pathetic. -
dga57 Posts: 3Having read Michael Jordan's review of the Mark LT and the Escalade EXT, my guess is that he'd never been behind the wheel of a truck before reviewing these two. Talk about comparing apples and oranges... these trucks are $12210 apart in base price; of course the Caddy's going to win out. That's not exactly rocket science. At age 50, my '07 Mark LT is my eighth pickup. My previous trucks were all either Dodge, Ford or Chevy... no imports. My Mark LT is, by far, the nicest and most comfortable truck I've ever owned. Regardless of Mr. Jordan's opinion, the seats are fine for all-day driving. I live in Virginia and have driven my Mark LT to Florida twice, and to Illinois once, in the year I've owned it. My poor old backside has graced the seats of numerous Lincolns and Cadillacs, as well as a few Jags and Rolls Royces. We're talking about trucks here , friends, and, for my money, while the Cadillac may be nicer, it's not $12K nicer. The Mark LT is the better value. Oh, and by the way, I get compliments on it several times a week from complete strangers... how many F150 owners can say that??? They may be the same under the skin, but the Mark LT has a "presence" with which its poorer cousin cannot possibly compete. One last thought: my best friend has a Hummer H2 SUT with the midgate and he says it's the most useless automotive feature ever designed.
gregg_vw Posts: 2,419Still and all, the Mark LT is dead. No 08. No plans for a replacement.
It may have a "presence" due to the added chrome, but this was a blatant example of badge engineering. No body panel variations at all. It was at best a trim level of the F150 (not a bad thing as that is a good looking truck). So actually, a loaded F150 is an even better value...and will probably have better resale value as well in the longrun. -
gregg_vw Posts: 2,419Look at the 07 F150 for information on reliability. There is no difference between them, other than the grill, taillights and a bit of superficial trim. You should get more than $12K off a year old truck. People are getting those kind of deals on a new one (there is an 08 model, but the F150 Platinum will take over for it in 09).
asaro Posts: 14Karen I agree with you so much ! I have an LT also, the best vehicle I have ever owned ! The ride, the seats, and the looks are no match. My wife was not interested in the truck until she got in it. She loves the ride, and the compliments everyweek. I might have to purchas another LT because she is in it all the time. This guy gregg does not know what he is talking about. The F150 is no comparison to the LT. The LT has quality parts and is not the same truck, he just cannot afford one. And I know he has not driven one or owns an LT. People love looking at the LT because it is so nice looking. Enjoy the LT, remember it is just a few of us that can have the LT ! Hard workers Take care
gregg_vw Posts: 2,419You seem to think you know things that you don't know. I have driven both trucks. If you think there is so much difference between a King Ranch and an LT, you haven't.
BTW, EVERY body panel between the two is the same, with just a bit of trim detail difference. and the LT got a different grill pattern shoved into the same F150 grill hole (plus a couple of lame lights added to the F150 tailgate).
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Diplomats can be contrasted with consuls and attachés, who represent their state in a number of administrative ways, but who don't have the diplomat's political functions.
Diplomats in posts collect and report information that could affect national interests, often with advice about how the home country government should respond. Then, once any policy response has been decided in the home country's capital, posts bear major responsibility for implementing it. Diplomats have the job of conveying, in the most persuasive way possible, the views of the home government to the governments to which they are accredited and, in doing so, to try to convince those governments to act in ways that suit home country interests. In this way, diplomats are part of the beginning and the end of each loop in the continuous process through which foreign policy is made.
In general, it has become harder for diplomats to act autonomously. Whereas in the past Thomas Jefferson could write to his Secretary of State, "We have not heard from our Ambassador in Spain for two years. If we do not hear from him this year, let us write him a letter",[1] secure communication systems, emails and mobile telephones can track down and instruct the most reclusive head of mission. The same technology in reverse gives diplomats the capacity for more immediate input about the policy-making processes in the home capital.
Secure email has transformed the contact between diplomats and the ministry. It is less likely to be leaked, and enables more personal contact than the formal cablegram, with its wide distribution and impersonal style.
The home country will usually send instructions to a diplomatic post on what foreign policy goals to pursue, but decisions on tactics - who needs to be influenced, what will best persuade them, who are potential allies and adversaries, and how it can be done - are for the diplomats overseas to make.
In this operation, the intelligence, integrity, cultural understanding and energy of individual diplomats are critical. If they are any good at their jobs, they will have developed relationships grounded in trust and mutual understanding with influential members of the country in which they are accredited. They will have worked hard to understand the motives, thought patterns and culture of the other side.
The diplomat should be an excellent negotiator but, above all, a catalyst for peace and understanding between peoples. The diplomat's principal role is to foster peaceful relations between states. This role takes on heightened importance once war breaks out. Negotiation must necessarily continue but within significantly altered contexts.
Most diplomats have university degrees in international relations, political science, economics, or law. In India, the Indian Foreign Service is the gateway for anybody who has completed graduation and aspires to become a diplomat. However, the selection process is tough and lengthy, with an annual intake of roughly 20 to 25 candidates every year.[2]
Status and public image[edit]
Diplomats have generally been considered members of an exclusive and prestigious profession. The public image of diplomats has been described as "a caricature of pinstriped men gliding their way around a never-ending global cocktail party"[3] J. W. Burton has noted that "despite the absence of any specific professional training, diplomacy has a high professional status, due perhaps to a degree of secrecy and mystery that its practitioners self-consciously promote."[4] The state supports the high status, privileges and self-esteem of its diplomats in order to support its own international status and position.
The high regard for diplomats is also due to most countries' conspicuous selection of diplomats, with regard to their professionality and ability to behave according to a certain etiquette, in order to effectively promote their interests. Also, international law grants diplomats extensive privileges and immunities, which further distinguished the diplomat from the status of an ordinary citizen.
Reflecting a dissatisfaction with as the diplomat's elite and out of touch image, African American author Langston Hughes imagined an alternative figure in the realm of international relations. Hughes spliced the terms "diplomat" and "hip to that" to coin the term "hip-to-mat." The figure of the hip-to-mat attends summit meetings and takes up the international situation with an eye toward supplying world populations with adequate food and letting "everybody have civil rights, white, black, yellow, brown, gray, grizzle, or green."[5]
While posted overseas, there is a danger that diplomats may become disconnected from their own country and culture. Sir Harold Nicolson acknowledged that diplomats can become "denationalised, internationalised and therefore dehydrated, an elegant empty husk".[6]
From about 1800 to after the Second World War, diplomats from most countries wore official uniforms at public occasions. Such uniforms are now retained by only a few diplomatic services, and are seldom worn.
Notes and references[edit]
- ^ Quoted in Abba Eban, Diplomacy for the Next Century (New Heaven, CT: Yale University Press, 1998) at 92.
- ^ Stuart Seldowitz, "The Psychology of Diplomatic Conflict Resolution," in H. J. Langholtz and C. E.Stout, Eds. The Psychology of Diplomacy (Westport: Praeger, 2004), pp. 47–58.
- ^ Allan Gyngell and Michael Wesley, Making Australian Foreign Policy (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003), pp. 106.
- ^ J. W. Burton, Systems, States, Diplomacy and Rules (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1968), p. 206.
- ^ Brian Russell Roberts, Artistic Ambassadors: Literary and International Representation of the New Negro Era (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press), 2013, pp. 117-118
- ^ Harold Nicolson, The Evolution of Diplomacy (New York: Collier, 1962) at 107.


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The first week of the 2011 Tour de France has been full of nothing so much as surprises. From Alberto Contador's time loss to the other favorites to the fact that Tom Danielson is the best-placed rider on Garmin-Cervelo to just how long teammate and sprinter Thor Hushovd actually held on to the race leader's maillot jaune, the week can best be described as something we wouldn't have guessed.
There's been loads of talk and hand-wringing about the incredible number of crashes at this year's Tour. It's impossible to quantify each crash and the injuries suffered and compare them and their severity to previous years, but we do have the advantage of one truly objective measure: DNFs.
I spent a little while this afternoon (in between trips to the bathroom—I've been sick enough to be short on creative energy) [UPDATE: Apparently I was sick enough that I didn't stop to consider the number of starters in between said trips. I've overhauled my analysis based on a reconsideration. This is what you get when a blogger ought to be confined to the couch and the remote. Sorry.] checking previous editions of the Tour for abandons and DNSs. In the last ten years (I'm going to confine this analysis to a jury of peers), by stage 9, the average number of abandons was 13.9. The Tour has suffered 18 abandons this year, tied for the second highest (2007 also had 18 abandons) in the last 10 years. That said, 2003 was a very rough year, with 26 abandons; three of those were riders with GC hopes: Joseba Beloki, Andreas Klöden and Levi Leipheimer. The reason for the high number of abandons that year had less to do with crashes than the fact that the race already had two brutal days in the mountains.
This analysis does suffer a bit of a wrinkle. Most of these years began with a prologue, the upshot being stage 9 fell on the day following the first rest day. Rather than stick with the actual number of days raced, I chose to go with the number of stages because it results in a truer equivalence of days raced in the peloton. Bottom line: The perception that there are a lot of abandons, more than usual.
Have the crashes been worse? It's hard to make a case for that, with the exception of the way Juan Antonio Flecha (Sky) and Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil-DCM) were taken out by the car from French network 23. It was a piece of driving I'd have expected from some rookie hailing from a cycling backwater, such as Morocco, not from the network of record for le Tour. It's tantamount to a 168-year-old newspaper getting shut down for hacking into cell phones and deleting voicemails of murder victims. Nevermind. Some stuff you just don't do.
I told the TV, "I didn't just see that."
Where were we? Oh yeah, those numerous crashes.
Only four of the pre-race favorites are out: Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana), Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Omega Pharma-Lotto), Chris Horner (Radio Shack) and Bradley Wiggins (Sky). All things considered, it could be worse. I'm going to go out on a short limb and assert that of these four riders VDB was the only one with any real shot at the podium. Wiggins had zero shot. Zero. The only Criterium du Dauphiné winners who go onto the podium at the Tour de France are previous Tour winners. It's happened four times in the last 20 years and their names were Miguel Indurain and Lance Armstrong—two apiece. Alberto Contador has yet to do it. At best, statistically speaking, Wiggins had a shot at fourth.
What of the abandon of Tom Boonen? It's unfortunate, to be sure, but a complete non-event. Boonen was riding anonymously as his 50th place overall in the points competition indicates. KOM leader Hoogerland had more than double the number of sprint points Boonen collected.
Crashes are an inevitable, if unfortunate, reality of professional racing. That the peloton slowed to let favorites rejoin following one of the crashes during stage 9 was, I thought, an act of pure class. No one wants to see a competitor beaten at the Tour due to sheer bad luck. At Paris-Roubaix? Sure; that race is all about how the dice rolls, but the Tour is meant to be a test of a racer's mettle, not his ability to dodge crashes for three weeks.
What's seems most surprising is how Contador has thus far turned in Lance Armstrong's 2010 performance. It's hard to make a case that his head is fully in the game to this point in the race. Yes, he's been there on occasion, which is better than we can really say of Armstrong's performance last year. That descent into forgettability was a comedic re-take of Eddy Merckx' 1977 ride to sixth place at le Grand Boucle, a failure people have often said tarnished Merckx' legacy. And we know Armstrong didn't get anything like sixth.
Contador lies in 16th place overall and with more than 1:30 to make up on Cadel Evans, Frank Schleck and brother Andy Schleck. It's a tall order, and while history shows that Contador won the 2009 Tour by 4:11, he didn't do it with a Giro win in his legs. There is reason to think that this year's performance may bear more in common with last year's performance given that A) Contador lacked some of his famous acceleration last year following his second place at the Critérium du Dauphiné and B) has yet to dump anyone on a climb this year.
My money is on someone named Schleck. It's a bit like betting black, but I think the brothers will probably figure out that they can't both win, which should give them the necessary ruthlessness to send one up the road while they hang the other around Evans' neck, the albatross he can't get rid of.
Literally, the only thing in this race that shouldn't surprise us is the way Philippe Gilbert is kicking large-scale ass.
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For the record, here are the numbers of riders that abandoned by the end of stage 9 for each of the last 10 years—
2011: 18 (198 starters, 180 still in the race)
2010: 16 (197 starters, 181 still in the race)
2009: 9 (180 starters, 171 still in the race)
2008: 9 (179 starters, 170 still in the race)
2007: 18 (189 starters, 171 still in the race)
2006: 6 (176 starters, 170 still in the race)
2005: 14 (189 starters, 175 still in the race)
2004: 16 (188 starters, 172 still in the race)
2003: 26 (198 starters, 172 still in the race)
2002: 7 (189 starters, 182 still in the race)