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UK told to hand over jailed Afghans
The Afghan government orders the UK to hand over detainees held in military jails in Helmand and Kandahar.
Blue badge fraud prosecutions double
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Missing man's family stage march
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Brazil 2014 dengue risk predicted
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A brief history of plastic
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Argentine liquid cocaine plan foiled
Argentina seizes two tonnes of liquid cocaine, saying it has foiled a plan to produce and ship the drug to the United States and Europe.
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In the western Mexican state of Michoacán, a popular uprising led by heavily armed self-defence groups has chased out one of the main drug cartels.
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Missing man search halted for night
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The future for UK street markets
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Medical Watch: 11-11-11 Babies
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They knew the birth of their baby would be a special day for them. But they soon realized it would be memorable for all.
Lisa Graziano says it was all by chance, but the scheduled C-section, 6-1's. 11-11-11.
Dr. Scott Graziano, expectant father: "Being an obstetrician I kind of think 9, 10 months ahead at a time. It kind of crossed my mind around the time we found out we were pregnant "Oh hey, you know it's going to be November, I wonder if it will work out date-wise where it will be on or around my birthday?'"
Yes, this baby will not only have a special birthday, but will share it with daddy and a special veteran.
Lisa Graziano: "If this baby's a girl she's going to be named after my grandpa who was in the Air Force, so it's kind of cool that it's Veterans Day, too, and that she's kind of honoring him as a veteran."
They're not alone in their excitement about this date. Like reservations for a romantic dinner on Valentine's Day parents planned ahead.
Maria McCarthy-Webb, Labor & Delivery Nurse Manager, Evanston Hospital / NorthShore University Health System: "We are fully booked for our scheduled C-sections, and we are looking at almost being booked for our scheduled inductions."
There are more nurses, anesthesiologists and OB's in hospitals on 11-11. Maria McCarthy-Webb -- labor and delivery nurse at Evanston Hospital -- says they're scheduled to the minute because for some parents, just the date isn't enough.
Maria McCarthy-Webb: "Well one would be to have a baby born on a date like 11-11, but they want it scheduled at such a time so that maybe the baby is born at 11:11 also. It's kind of exciting for all of our staff, and hopefully we can get someone born on 11-11-11 at 11:11."
Great plan but for little Jessica, she just couldn't wait!
Natalie Sewelli, new mother: "It was very early Sunday morning and I started feeling contractions and I was like 'Okay, this is not it, I hope this is not it '"
It was labor, despite a planned C-section on November 11th.
Natalie Sewelli: "It's a special day to me and I wanted it to reflect someone that's special in my life, Jessica, and because she's so special we just wanted something so special to be associated with her."
It turns out Jessica made November 6th a monumental day.
Natalie Sewelli: "The fact that she didn't come on the eleventh, I mean even though it was a little disappointing, whatever date she came, it's still going to be significant and going to be a special day because she's already a special little girl to us."
And as they say, there's always next year.
"We're looking forward to twelve-twelve-twelve."
That's when this wee one will be celebrating a year and one day. Born 11-11-11 at 9:35 am at Loyola University Medical Center, happy birthday Charles Scott Graziano. Quite a present for dad and mom!
No matter what the year people seem to find the fun in numbers. Looking ahead, how about an 11-12-13 baby?


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As many of you know I grew up in a small town, it was just a bit under 4,000 people at that time, the same town that my mom was born in. I recently went back there for a high school class reunion (35th). While I was there, something struck me that I've been meaning to write about.
In the town I grew up in, pretty much everyone knows who the best doctor is, the best dentist, the best painter, the best carpenter, and so on. There were sometimes disagreements about exactly who was best, e.g. who had the best restaurant, but we all knew who to choose if you needed something done, something to eat, your house cleaned, lawn mowed, legal work, child care, whatever.
The people who didn't weren't very good at these kinds of jobs didn't survive for very long. I can think of three lawyers off the top of my head, and if I needed one, I'd know who to choose, or certainly who to ask (growing up, my next door neighbor was the county clerk, and she could be very helpful in navigating anything related to the courthouse — she saved me once when I was in court for going 95 mph and the judge thought a night in jail would be a good lesson — thanks to her I escaped jail, but I did get the message — losing my license for a month helped with that).
I thought about this again yesterday as I was trying to change dentists. I've lost confidence in the one I have, but have no idea who to choose. I asked a few people, and they had recommendations, people mostly say the like who they have, but it was nothing like the kind of comprehensive knowledge I had where I grew up. Same for choosing a painter, a car mechanic, or most anything else. I never really know if I can trust them when the initial choice is made.
In an environment like I grew up in, there is little need for many types of regulation, it is largely redundant. If I still lived there and needed a room added onto my house, I have a friend I grew up with who does that type of work and I would trust him to do it right. Period. And if it wasn't right, he would make it good. These are people you see frequently around town, or hear about from others, people you grew up with from kindergarten through high school (even college since many of us ended up at Chico).
Sure, the doctors and dentists and the like came from outside, but my grandmother was a nurse, one of my mom's good friend worked for a dentist in town, people played golf with the doctors, dentists, etc. at the local 9-hole course, socialized with them at the Tennis Club — you knew what you needed to know. If someone got sick at your restaurant, it was over for the owner. Word would spread quickly and everyone would know. If you had a good story and a good reputation — being good in grade school and being known as honorable has its rewards — you might survive. The town, person by person, would make it's call. That call wasn't always correct, small town rumors, cliquishness and the like are known menaces, but for the most part the town took care of itself. So while it wasn't always perfect – there are parts of the town I don't miss at all — it managed well enough.
What I'm wondering is whether this can, at least in part, explain differences in attitudes toward regulation between more conservative rural areas and larger cities that are generally much more liberal. In a larger city, you are much more vulnerable to predatory type behavior, unfair treatment, much more likely to be dealing with strangers you have never seen before and will never see again. That uncertainty, and the experience of being taken advantage of if you aren't continuously on guard, and sometimes even if you are — maybe a contractor did a lousy job and refuses to fix the flaws or refund money — might lead you to declare "There ought to be a law!" or that "Someone needs to stop this!" You would be much more inclined to think that regulation was needed.
That's not to say that things are perfect in small towns, they're not of course, or that exploitation of the weaker by the stronger isn't present. It is. Farm labor comes to mind. And there is still a role for safety and other types of regulation. But there does seem to be a much stronger sense that people can take care of themselves without the need for a bunch of rules and regulations, and without the need for police looking over your shoulder to make sure that you comply.
And that's just the town. If you add in all the farmers who live in the vicinity — the reason for the town to exist at all — farmers who are their own bosses and think they ought to be able to do as they please with the land that has often been handed down for generations, it's easy to see how a "Leave us alone to take care of ourselves" attitude comes about.
Just a thought.
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After landing in Los Angeles we had about a 30 minute ride to the hotel. We drove past live oil wells and I got my first view of the Hollywood Sign. We are staying on the 18th floor of the Loews Hotel and have a great view of the Hollywood Sign. Next we were off for lunch at Wood Fired BBQ. I had some scrumptious baby back ribs for lunch :) Since we had time before we ...
Trusted Online Pharmacies Are Priceless
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ok... I know this should be considered a dead thread... but oh well... I have made some revisions on a few poems... and written a few more... here they are...
"Rewrite" (Edited)
What once flowed like a river now is an ocean in a storm
a place where time and space flow past like a swarm
This force is everywhere, changing and fitting my needs
To satisfy my ends, to end my suffering
Reverse the flow of misfortune,
Restore what is rightfully mine!
My deaf executioner torments me with his ignorance
It is a necessity that I kill my executioner so that he hears my pleads
But when I killed he who was destined to send me to my end
I realized that it wasn't he who was my killer, it was I!
I sentenced myself to death, but now I have another chance
Fix my errors, correct my path, set into virtuosity
Reclaim what I have lost, renew my faith,
to take it all back, and treat it as just a glance
of what could have happened, if I had not chose to rewrite my past...
"You Are Gone Now"
You are gone now,
You are gone now.
Why did your essence have to fade?
Your absence has turned me into a shade.
My struggles, all for naught,
You, are all I have sought.
From bliss to the pits of despair,
All for nothing, you are not there.
My life is all a blur,
I am nothing without her.
The time we shared was a blast
All of it ended, oh so fast.
Nothing of yours was left to see,
Nothing was left of you for me.
Time passes, I heave a sigh
As I look up to see clouds peppering the sky.
From bliss to the pits of despair,
All for nothing, you are not there.
My life is all a blur,
I am nothing without her.
Ashes scattered through the wind,
I will never forget the days we shared.
Because you are gone now,
You are gone now.
(Note: This next poem is grotesque and not for the faint of heart! It has the purpose of showing the point of view of a person sent over the edge. You have been warned!)
"Train of Consequences"
"I detest your innocent smile,
Smug as a bug in a rug.
Those beady blue eyes of yours,
Claiming a false sense of purity.
Your nose is as crooked as your soul,
Your hair, ebon like your sins,
Sins which shall never be forgiven.
"That night three years ago,
I hope you enjoyed your time,
For you ruined my being back then.
Intoxicated vision, you climbed into your car,
Your train of consequences pulled out of the station then,
It made a wreck out of my life.
"You caused her death, although none could see it.
Internal bleeding, she must have suffered so.
I should make you suffer the same as she did,
I will claim her vengeance, sevenfold at that!
"Maybe I'll cut your gut open,
Watch as your crimson life force spews out
And remove your organs as your precious fluids spill.
Maybe I'll dissect you while you still breathe,
I'll chop your body apart at the joints.
Or better yet, I'll combine the two,
And do this all with a bloodthirsty grin on my face.
This wreck, it is your train of consequences."


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In order to increase their sales after the poor reception of the Wii U, Nintendo has announced that they're planning to release an updated model of their console. Dubbed the Wii U XL, Nintendo hopes to maximize the gaming experience by increasing the size of the controller to a stunning 8 feet in length.
"With our new controller, we hope to include the entire family in the gaming experience," says Satoru Iwata, President and CEO of Nintendo "One person can operate the touch screen in the center of the controller while two others can operate the buttons on either side. This allows for a level of cooperation never before seen in the gaming industry."
While not much about the updated console is known at the moment, the Wii U XL is slated to be released in Q3 of this year. The exact date and price will likely be released in June during E3 as well as seven new Mario games that will take advantage of the cooperative nature of the gamepad.
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It's Happy First Anniversary today, June 12, for the San Jacinto Valley Certified Farmers Market outside the landmark wooden Farmer's Corner commercial center.
The market has become a place to stock up on locally grown produce, olive oil, eggs, honey, goat cheese, fresh juices, bakery goods and other delights from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursdays since Susan Kelley of Bautista Creek Local Produce in Valle Vista, came up with the ideas last year and rounded up like-minded vendors. The first market was June 13, 2013.
Today there is a raffle with large gift baskets filled with the riches of the market. Chef Marcantonio of Dattilo Restorante Italiano is scheduled as guest chef, shopping the market and turning what he finds into something delicious.
Some vendors from the beginning are no longer there, but Kelley found otherese that are more local. "I think we've hit a good equilibrium with our vendors. It is challenging to get people out," she said.
Going into the second year, she hopes to get the word out to more of the winter visitors, who don't know how they can buy local.
The idea germinated because growers who have displays particularly in Coachella Valley farmers markets have openings in their schedules during the summer when markets like in La Quinta and Palm Desert close due to the heat. The Palm Springs market gets through the triple-digit season because it moves indoors.
Kelley recently added another destination to her own farmers' markets schedule. You can buy Bautista Creek produce from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesdays by the Idyllwild Town Monument on Village Center Drive in the center of town.
So mark your calendars for Thursdays. Kelley also has created a reward card and if you get the card and have vendors initial the card for each $5 purchase, when you hit 10 marks on the card you're entitled to $5 in "market bucks" to spend.
Here is just some of what you can find at the market this time of year: apricots, plums, cherries, zucchini, watermelon, cantelope, onions, lettuce, spinach and herbs. I'm a fan of the olive Janet Henninger's Farmer's Daughter line of olive oils and vinegars and sometimes I spurge on one of Cee Duckett's lemon bars from her line of baked goods.


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'Super moon' over the West Country: Your pictures
Last night saw a bigger and brighter 'super moon' over the UK. Here's a collection of some the pictures you've sent us.
Last night saw a bigger and brighter 'super moon' over the UK. Here's a collection of some the pictures you've sent us.
A pioneering project is underway to make the Isles of Scilly some of the best connected islands in the world.
A teenager drowning off the Cornish Coast was saved after he used his phone to post an SOS message on Facebook.
The Prime Minister is heading back to Cornwall to resume his family holiday after returning to No 10 yesterday to deal with the Syrian crisis.
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If true, the brutal murder of James Foley is shocking and depraved.
The Prime Minister is returning to Downing Street this morning. He will meet with the Foreign Secretary and senior officials from the Home Office, Foreign Office and the agencies to discuss the situation in Iraq and Syria and the threat posed by ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) terrorists.
The Prime Minister's family holiday to Polzeath lasted just over a day.
David Cameron has cut short his family holiday in Polzeath, Cornwall, and returned to Downing Street, after the apparent murder of an American journalist by Islamists in the Middle East.
The Prime Minister has taken his family on holiday to Cornwall. Earlier today David and Samantha Cameron posed for photographs at a cafe in Polzeath.
It's ten years since the north Cornwall village of Boscastle was devastated by flooding.
In case you missed it, here's our special programme which looks back at that fateful day on August 16th 2004, and how the village - and livelihoods - were rebuilt.
Events have been held in the village of Boscastle in Cornwall marking 10 years since parts were swept away by floods.
One of those there on the day was the village postman Tracy Smith:
Events have been held in the village of Boscastle in Cornwall marking 10 years since parts were swept away by floods.
The Boscastle Buoys performed on the Harbour earlier to mark the anniversary.
Homes and businesses were destroyed and 100 people had to be rescued as a month's rain fell in just two hours, with the images being shown around the world.
John Acornley's film takes viewers through the full story of the Boscastle flash flooding - from a torrent running down the main street, to the eventual destruction of nearby buildings.
Ten years on from the Boscastle floods, ITV News West Country has been speaking to villagers and rescue teams that worked tirelessly to prevent any loss of life - to hear in their words what happened on that day:
This weekend marks the tenth anniversary of the devastating floods at Boscastle in which dozens of homes and businesses were destroyed.
On ITV at 6pm tonight we're back there to reflect on that day and see how the village has recovered.
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Kindle 2: How's It Going?
March 30th, 2009
It's now been almost a month since I got my Kindle 2 and wrote about my first impressions of it. In that amount of time, I figure I have read, on the Kindle, the equivalent of 1500 to 2000 printed pages.
I'll start with my personal reactions to the device, and then move on into some less subjective observations about it.
What I've Used It For
To give you a quick idea of what I'm reading:
- David Copperfield (downloaded at feedbooks.com)
- Part of Houston Smith's Why Religion Matters, purchased at the Amazon Kindle Store (currently reading it)
- Cory Doctorow's Eastern Standard Tribe (from feedbooks)
- Most of Simon Travaglia's funny BOFH series through 2000 (built myself)
- Various other bits and pieces of things here and there.
The Gut Reaction
I want everything to be available on the Kindle, and I want to read everything on it. Whether that's just some excitement at a new device (still possible after a month, I guess), or something more lasting, I'm still a little unclear about — but I suspect it's something more lasting.
I have read far, far more since I have had the Kindle than I had for quite some time prior, excepting a certain Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy marathon one Christmas vacation. This leads me to think that the Kindle's main competitor isn't the Sony PRS-505, but rather the XBox, Wii, Netflix, and Hulu. Not that I watched that much TV to start with, but I haven't even been keeping up with the Daily Show since I got the Kindle.
Not only that, but it prompted me to go to the local used bookstore (all proceeds go to charity) and buy a paper copy of David Copperfield for $10, so Terah could read it with me while I reread it on the Kindle.
So it seems that Amazon's stats — which show that people tend to read more once they get the Kindle, and don't cut down on paper book buying — are about right in my case.
Plus there's the fact that I've loaded up the Kindle with over a hundred free books of all sorts of descriptions, some from Amazon's own free book catalog (extensive in itself), and others from Feedbooks, Gutenberg, or other places. That's taken up some time itself, and I now have achieved what I tend to achieve with all devices like this (iPod, MythTV, etc): more material than I can ever possibly get through.
Why I Like It
So, what exactly IS it about this thing that I like?
Part of it has to be the size of the device. Granted, I wish the screen were larger, but even with the leather case, the device is a pretty nice size. I find that I keep two or three books that I'm reading at the top of my list, and it's great to be able to carry around a single device and be able to select from a book as the mood strikes.
Part of it is the built-in dictionary and search tools, which I've already discussed.
In the end, Amazon's execution of the concept is just done really, really well. It doesn't require some sort of proprietary Windows app like Sony's reader does. It doesn't even require a PC at all. It acts as reliable as a book, and that's something.
The highlight/clippings feature is also pretty nice. You can highlight a section of text, which then causes it to be rendered with an underline on-screen — just like you can underline something in a book. Better yet, when you're reading the book, you can call up a list of all such passages (as well as your bookmarks, etc), see them with an excerpt of text, and jump directly to them. No more need for millions of tiny pieces of paper marking a page that contains a marking.
Even better than that, the Kindle creates a .txt (yes, plain text) file in the documents/ directory for you. Each time you bookmark or highlight a passage, it adds a little summary of the passage to that file, as well as information about the location of it. For highlights, the summary is the content of the highlight itself. So if you're going to go blog about the book later, there are a bunch of ready-made quotes you can cut-and-paste later. You can read that file both on the Kindle and on a PC. Sweet.
So, I guess I would say that the Kindle makes it easier to read complex texts, and fun to read lighter ones.
Availability of Content
There are several ways you can get content onto the Kindle. The first, of course, is Amazon's own Kindle Store. Quite the clever bit of engineering there. You hit "buy", and generally by the time you can walk over to the Kindle and pick it up, the book's on it, thanks to the integrated cell-network wireless modem. Subscriptions to newspapers and magazines work similarly — each issue is automatically delivered in the middle of the night. However, it seems that the magazines such as New Yorker and Atlantic aren't exactly complete replicas of the print editions for some reason.
The pricing of Kindle content is generally cheaper than paperback editions of books, but not by much. I think it should be more heavily discounted than it is, and part of that may be due to the large commission Amazon takes on things.
Ironically, Amazon also has a tremendous array of free public domain and copyrighted books, and an equally staggering number of books available for under $1.
For the classics, and other things out of copyright, my favorite place to turn is Feedbooks. They've got ebooks available for download for just about any format, including Kindle, and generally do a good job of providing a real linked Table of Contents and the like. Kindle can read DRM-free content in .txt or .mobi format.
I've also built my own ebooks for the Kindle using Mobiperl. It takes an ePub source directory and makes a MobiPocket file out of it, which can be installed on the Kindle directly. For things I find on Project Gutenberg, GutenMark is a nice tool to create a good-looking HTML representation. I also use quote-fixer to help with my other pet peeve: straight quotes and lack of em-dashes on a device that can, and should, display both.
I'm still of two minds about the screen. On the one hand, it doesn't give me eyestrain like reading on a PC, laptop, or cellphone screen does. Also, it looks remarkably book-like. A well-prepared Kindle etext feels so professional on the screen, so real, so lovingly-prepared, that it's fun to read. The Feedbooks David Copperfield is an excellent example of this, as is Houston Smith's Why Religion Matters.
There are several things I don't like about the screen. One is that, while reading a book, it leaves a margin around the edge of the text. I can't figure out why it doesn't use all the available screen real-estate, especially since its built-in web browser does. Another is that, while not terribly reflective, it is still somewhat reflective, and glare from the sun or a light at a bad angle can make the screen unreadable unless you turn it a bit to a different angle. But my biggest gripe about the screen is that it's not as high-contrast as I'd like. Still, I very much enjoy the Kindle, so I guess it's not as huge a problem as I think it could be sometimes.
Pet Peeve
I get really annoyed when I download content for the Kindle and discover that it doesn't have a linked Table of Contents (meaning I can click on a chapter and go directly to it). I'm even more annoyed when it uses straight typewriter quotes instead of the angled "typesetter's quotes" or "smart quotes". The Kindle is capable of beautifully rendering them, as well as things such as em dashes, and when I see what is obviously some cheap attempt at a conversion of some ancient ASCII document, rather than a proper attempt to make a good-looking book, I get annoyed.
And so it was that I requested, and got, a $0.80 refund for my purchase of Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Collection and instead paid $3.60 for The Complete Sherlock Holmes. Yes, I could have spent a few hours converting all these from Gutenberg, but $3.60 is so cheap that it wasn't worth it.
Customer Service
Amazingly, Amazon's customer service for the Kindle is not their usual "Asian form letter" service. It's Americans, who seem to read, understand, and care about problems. I was pleasantly surprised. Too bad the rest of Amazon doesn't learn a thing or two from it.
I think the Kindle is worth it. It will pay for itself exceptionally quickly for people like me that don't live anywhere near a large library, and enjoy reading out-of-copyright material. Even if it doesn't pay for itself that quickly, the convenience of being able to carry several "actively reading" books with you on a single small device is pretty nice. No more pile of books in my suitcase for travel.
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Is Sugar a Killer?
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He turned to me and asked, "What's your tolerance for swearing?"
I shrugged. He swore and said, "What a mess."
In the exam room Lustig encountered an overweight 14-year-old boy dressed in orange and black—it was Halloween and the San Francisco Giants had just won the World Series—with the telltale dark ring around his neck that signals insulin resistance. Lustig high-fived the boy, put down the old leather doctor's bag in which he keeps his stethoscope and prescription pad, and asked what he was eating. The boy knew exactly what to say. No snacking, no fast food, no soda, no eating after dinner. "That's good," Lustig said nonchalantly. Patients' self-reports of their diets are notoriously unreliable. "You want to know why you're gaining weight?"
The kid didn't move.
"Let me tell you what's happening. You're not a glutton. You're not a sloth. But if you eat a lot of carbohydrates or drink those sweetened drinks, the sugar makes your insulin shoot up. You know that ring around your neck? It means your body has chronically high insulin. That's not good. Insulin steals the energy from your blood and puts it into your fat. Say you eat 1,000 calories. Your insulin grabs 500 of those calories and stores them in your fat tissue. And guess what? You're still hungry and you feel tired."
The second patient's file appeared more promising. When Lustig last saw this boy he'd been doing well, losing weight. But that was nine months ago. Since then the child had skipped four appointments and gained 33 pounds.
"You were doing so fantastically! You were so stable! What happened?" Lustig said when he entered the room.
The kid shook his head.
"Are you going to fast-food restaurants?"
"Are you drinking sweet drinks?"
"No horchata, agua fresca, Jarritos, tamarindo?"
The boy's trim father jumped in. "This is not really what's happening. He's spending more time with his friends"—separating from his parents. "We have a lot less structure."
And so the morning went: every 30 minutes, a new obese kid, most of them hunched and mumbling, self-esteem crushed under their weight. Lustig walked into each exam room full of vim, with his rap about how insulin works. Yet it's an endless, uphill battle. For every family he gets to understand the relationship between sugar, metabolism, and weight gain, there are tens of thousands more to help. Lustig's last patient of the morning was a 13-year-old girl. He high-fived her and set down his leather doctor's bag.
"Do you eat breakfast?" Lustig asked.
"Do you eat lunch?"
"How do you do in school?"
"As and Bs."
"You want to get As and As? Eat breakfast."
"I don't have time to eat breakfast," the girl said.
"She'd rather put on makeup than eat breakfast," the girl's mother interrupted.
"You want to know something?" said Lustig, trying to contain his ennui and frustration. "Nobody has time to eat breakfast. I don't have time to eat breakfast. Go to bed 10 minutes earlier and get up 10 minutes earlier. A lot of kids who don't eat breakfast eat in the middle of the night. Those kids are a disaster. Those kids gain weight the fastest. Eat breakfast. And pack a lunch."
Lustig ended the appointment slapping the girl on the back and saying, "Breakfast. As and As."
Out in the hall he said, "If we keep thinking about obesity in terms of personal responsibility, we're not going to work our way out of it."
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DULUTH, Minn. — Cirrus Aircraft's SR-series Engineering and Design Team has been named the recipient of the 2013 Joseph T. Nall Safety Award, for pioneering a wide array of safety features designed for single-engine aircraft. Continue Reading →
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Ashfield Musical Society is presenting the Tony Award- winning musical West Side Story at Concord RSL Club Auditorium, Concord West, for two weekends, opening Friday June 20 and closing Sunday June 29, with both matinee and evening performances available.
When Packemin Productions bring Disney's Beauty and the Beast to the stage at Riverside Theatres Parramatta in July, another of the large scale pro-am musical productions for which they have built such a name, Scott Irwin makes the rather unusual transformation from Gaston, the role which he played in the professional production here in Sydney, to the Beast.
Beauty and the Beast is a show that holds very dear memories for Scott.
'Roaring Twenties' style show tunes, Vaudevillian characters and wry, observational humour will combine this June to create a delightfully funny musical theatre piece in Hills Musical Theatre Company's The Drowsy Chaperone, bursting on stage at Castle Hill RSL.
Hills MTC, a refreshed Hills Musical Society, will present this show within a show on June 12th – 15th, 2014, replete with big musical numbers, show-stopping leading ladies, tap dancing leading men and, at its heart, a theatre fan with an anxious, sardonic sense of humour.
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MLOC's Thoroughly Modern Millie rehearsals are buzzing with excitement as the June 13, 2014 opening night at Phoenix Theatre, Elwood (Vic) draws near.
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You may not know the name yet, but Brisbane singer/songwriter Bradley McCaw is certainly one to keep an eye on. With an impressive resume behind him, McCaw is set to lead a cast of local performers in Stephen Sondheim's classic musical, COMPANY in June.
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2014 will be a very special year for Melbourne's Award Winning CLOC Musical Theatre, as the company prepares to launch its 100thproduction in its 50thyear.
Manly Musical Society, in its 5th year as a community theatre group on the Northern Beaches in 2014, is celebrating the milestone with the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.
The funny nuns from Nunsense are back on stage at Limelight Theatre (WA) in June 2014 in the sequel to their first musical comedy.
Written by Dan Goggin, Nunsense II: The Second Coming takes place six weeks after the sisters have staged their first benefit concert.
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"I came across a new TV documentary this evening that I hadn't seen before about Brian Clough. It's from 1969-70. Uniquely, the TV documentary starts off by asking then Derby County manager Brian Clough what his expectations are for the season. He goes through his entire squad and offers his critique of each player, what they can contribute and how he thinks his just-promoted side will do. Then in the second half of the interview, the same interviewer goes back to Brian Clough at Derby and reviews how well (or not) his predictions did, as well as discussing how the season went." EPL Talk (Video)
Forward BrazilApril 4, 2013
"As five-time World Cup champion, the Brazilian national team has become known the world over not just for winning, but for winning with a joyous panache that has become synonymous with the beautiful game. However, behind every one of Ronaldinho's toothy grins and camouflaged by the color-shocked mohawk clinging to Neymar's head lies an intensely complicated relationship between nation and sport. Over the course of the 20th century, the average Brazilian's rabid devotion to football allowed the game to be manipulated – serving as an opiate to anesthetize the Brazilian people toward the actions of their government. This wicked transformation has never been more apparent than during the 1970's. Then, the military dictatorship under Emílio Médici spared no expense to ensure that its brutal totalitarian measures were shaded by the blinding brilliance of joga bonito." In Bed With Maradona
Deconstructing the Plovdiv PistoleroApril 2, 2013
"In the middle of the 4th century B.C., the all-conquering army of Philip II of Macedon swept southwards through the Balkans, thus setting into motion an enduring legacy that would be continued and expanded upon by Philip's more renowned son; the famous, infamous, and glorious Colin Farrell. In the course of that marauding charge – in 342 B.C., to be precise – Philip passed through the now-Bulgarian city of Plovdiv, renaming it after himself as he did so (Philippopolis). The arrival of Philip preceded centuries – millennia, even – of invading forces pitching their tents at the walls of Plovdiv, attempting to make the city their own. 72 B.C. saw the Romans give it a shot, under the leadership of Marcus Lucullus. More than a hundred years later, in 46 A.D., Plovdiv finally ceded to the Romans and their Emperor Claudius." In Bed With Maradona
USA did it in 1994, why not Qatar?March 26, 2013
"The latest debate in World football is getting ugly. A political agenda is being created. A heated discussion on culture. Questions are being raised over just the nature, ethics and customs of the host nation. As Marina Hyde puts in her piece for the Guardian 'football may finally be about to go to war'. And this unfortunate chain of events has taken away the beauty of this beautiful game, and put it into a cringe-worthy and down right embarrassing situation. The respect that this 'World' sport demands, its very synonym of a 'Global' game may seize to exist." Outside of the Boot
The Heart and Soul Of Khalilou FadigaMarch 26, 2013
"'Bouba Diop is there!' … There is a short but telling pause. John Motson, one does sense, must have been comfortable in the knowledge that nothing would shock him on the pitch that day, that in the world of football he had simply seen too much. And yet the commentator older than time itself, and whose trademark sheepskin coat is probably even older than that, is lost for words. He is forced to repeat himself, this time louder, certainly, but somehow more hesitant, more noticeably taken aback. … 'Bouba Diop is there!' Again, momentary silence." In Bed With Maradona
Allah's Back HeelMarch 17, 2013
"The tendency to categorise and rate the footballing talents Africa has produced is something of a modern phenomenon. This is due in part to the perception that African players have been somewhat late to the party in terms of making an impact on a global stage. As such the majority of the 'greatest African footballers' lists are weighted greatly towards players of the mid- 90s onwards, give or take a dancing Cameroonian. One player who is consistently overlooked is Mustapha Rabah Madjer. A player of unheralded finesse and technical ability on the pitch, only matched by his combative nature off it. His footballing attributes led to him becoming not only Algeria's greatest footballing export but also a symbol for a nation to latch onto as it searched for its identity. Madjer was born in the costal city of Algiers in 1958. The city was at the epicentre of the Algerian independence movement, which sought to throw off the shackles of French colonialism. A bloody and vicious war was fought between the various factions and the French troops sent to maintain order – a war that resulted in Algerian independence and the fall of the 4th French republic." In Bed With Maradona
An Obsession With Marcelo: No Madness at AllMarch 6, 2013
"On insanity, few have been more veracious than the Chilean writer Roberto Bolaño. In his own inimitable way the nomadic novelist and poet acknowledged what others often refuse to see; that we are all unhinged in our own delicate fashion. To some extent we will freely admit to our peculiarities, but largely our madness is defined by those around us, who witness our behaviour and for reasons of comfort believe it to be more abnormal than their own. How strange it is to be denied even the possession and enjoyment of our own madness by people who yearn to tell us that, yes, we are certainly mad." In Bed With Maradona
Any way back for one of Scotland's legendary names?March 4, 2013
"Heard the story about the Glasgow based football club who ran into financial calamity and went bust? Of course you have, but this tale of woe isn't about the collapse of Rangers, but a club whose name is woven into the fabric of Scottish football's early days – Third Lanark." World Soccer
England's World Cup winning captain Bobby Moore: 20 years gone, but never forgottenFebruary 24, 2013
"Across town at Wembley, setting for Moore's finest hours, the flag of St George will fly at half-mast. A skilled surgeon operated on Moore's colon in 1991 but the cancer would not yield. It spread to the liver. Moore never complained. He simply set about delaying its pitiless impact. Eventually, on Feb 15, 1993, England's World Cup-winning captain released a statement, revealing his illness was terminal. Two days later he was at Wembley, commentating on England's game against San Marino for Capital Radio, his collar turned up to hide his paleness. A week later, on Feb 24, 1993, Moore passed away. He was only 51." Telegraph – Henry Winter
The DromedariesFebruary 17, 2013
"The politics of Western Sahara are complex. Spain renounced control of the territory in 1975 giving Morocco and Mauritania joint administrative control but the Polisario Front rebelled and announced a Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) with an exiled government based in Algeria. Mauritania pulled out and a 1991 ceasefire left Western Sahara largely in Moroccan hands but partly in those of the SADR. The territory has been in political limbo ever since, a story largely ignored by the mass media and the big nations who tend to overlook the divide and push for an agreement." In Bed With Maradona
The Second Coming Of Third LanarkFebruary 10, 2013
"Heard the story about the Glasgow based football club who ran into financial calamity and went bust? Of course you have, but this tale of woe isn't about the collapse of Rangers, but a club whose name is woven into the fabric of Scottish football's early days – Third Lanark. The club who were based in the city's south side were founded in 1872 by the 3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers after the soldiers were inspired to create their own team by the first ever international match between Scotland and England at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow." In Bed With Maradona
Bundesliga Rewind – West Germany vs. France – 1982 World CupFebruary 5, 2013
"The German national team kicks off their calendar year with a friendly against France this Wednesday. To get you in the mood we'll wind back the years and take a look at a match widely considered to be one of the greatest in World Cup history and certainly one that still sticks in the memories of many France and Germany fans, their epic encounter in the 1982 semi-finals in Spain." Bundesliga Fanatic
The Soaring Blue and Black LionsJanuary 26, 2013
"A short drive south of Rome is a rather curious city, so very Italian and yet in all of Italy there exists no other city like it. It is a city whose football club has never before gone beyond the third division and yet which has produced one of Italy's greatest ever goalscorers and one of the jewels in Maradona's Napoli. But if you haven't heard of Latina and its blue and black lions, perhaps you soon will. The team is within touching distance of playing in Serie B for the very first time. Latina lies less than an hour south of Rome along the historic Via Appia and is a very atypical city; rich in history and yet less than 100 years old. Founded by the Benito Mussolini-led Fascist regime in 1932, it was first named Littoria (after the fascio littorio) and was a grand symbol of the regime's nation building program." In Bed With Maradona
ExcursionistasJanuary 17, 2013
"It is the 24th of April 2000 in Argentina, and the turn of a new millennium has seen the continued upturn in fortunes of Club Atlético Excursionistas, a Primera C side who have racked up ten successive victories under director técnico Néstor Rapa. Sitting pretty at the top of the table, they have a home clash versus Club Comunicaciones at Pampa y Miñones, the 8,000 capacity ground that hides, camouflaged, in the Belgrano neighbourhood of Buenos Aires." In Bed With Maradona
Die Dritte NationalmannschaftJanuary 13, 2013
"Most football fans can recall two German national teams, East and West, participating on the international stage prior to the demolition of the Berlin Wall. But, for a while, a third German national team existed. In modern Germany, Saarland is a small federal state along the border of France and Luxembourg. In the past, the political identity of this state has been the cause of a tug-of-war between France and Germany. After World War II, Saarland came under the administration and jurisdiction of France as the Saar Protectorate. Its highly valuable coal industry was one of the reasons why the French government showed great interest in the area. During this period, Saarland had its independent political identity and its own constitution and between 1950 and 1954, it was accredited by FIFA as a separate footballing nation." In Bed With Maradona
St Pat's '98 and the False Dawn Of Irish FootballJanuary 9, 2013
"Paul Lambert and Henrik Larsson were in no mood to hang around. After Celtic's 73rd home game in Europe, they shook a few hands and immediately hurried off the pitch. It was a result that verged on the humiliating: a 0-0 stalemate, just the 12th draw in those 73 games that included 53 wins, against a team they hadn't given a second thought to swatting aside. The 56,000 home crowd had mostly dispersed as a group of players — most of whom they'd never heard of — sprinted to salute the pocket of 1,500 delirious away fans tucked into a corner of Celtic Park. It was just the second time their team had avoided defeat in an 11-game European history." In Bed With Maradona
Revival of Videoton bodes well for HungaryJanuary 7, 2013
"Twenty-six long years have passed since Hungary last participated in a major footballing tournament. It was the World Cup of 1986 in Mexico and even though confidence was high, the Magyars crashed out in the group stage after disappointing results to France and their bitter foes, the Soviet Union." World Soccer
After the Curtain Had Fatten
"The domestic football league of the old USSR was a vast, vibrant, and powerful competition, containing as it did clubs such as the Moscow giants Dynamo, Spartak, CSKA – and occasionally Torpedo – as well as influential teams from the republics, like the Dynamos of Kiev, Tbilisi, and Minsk. Evidently, the league would have been exceptionally strong and closely contested – it was so strong, in fact, that it rose to second place in UEFA's league rankings." In Bed With Maradona
Snapshot: Applause For The Brave Amateurs From GermanyDecember 31, 2012
"Borussia Mönchengladbach's first journey into European action earned them the respect of their professional opponents. German sides have throughout the existence of the European Cup Winner's Cup been involved in a number of memorable matches: Fortuna Düsseldorf's 4-3 loss to a legendary Barca side in the final of 1979 or Werder Bremen's win over Arsene Wenger's AS Monaco are certainly highlights to cherish. The list goes on. The competition itself got off to a bumpy start in the 1960/61 season though. Only ten cup winners chose to participate in the first edition of the competition. Borussia Mönchengladbach were amongst those ten teams, and were lucky enough to go past the first round on a walk over draw. The luck ran out when it came to the quarter-final draws. Bernd Oles's side had to go up against Scottish cup champions and greats Glasgow Rangers." Bundesliga Fanatic
The forgotten story of … Heleno de FreitasDecember 12, 2012
"For most in Brazil, what happened in the Rasunda Stadium in 1958 was a gleeful affirmation of what they had always known. They were the world's great football nation and beating the hosts, Sweden, in the final was vindication after the trauma of the defeat to Uruguay in the Maracanã eight years earlier. In an asylum in Barbacena in the state of Minas Gerais, patients clustered anxiously round a radio as the game entered the final minute. A cross came over, Pelé rose and made it 5-2: the world title was confirmed. Patients and staff celebrated together – all except one. In his room, alone, Heleno de Freitas filled his mouth with cigarettes, lit them all and tried to smoke himself to death." Guardian – Jonathan Wilson
Heleno de Freitas
"Heleno de Freitas, nicknamed Prince Cursed, (born 12 February 1920 in São João Nepomuceno, Brazil; died 8 November 1959 in Barbacena) was a Brazilian footballer. The striker spent most of his career with Botafogo, scoring 209 goals for the club, most with his head. In 1948 he transferred to Boca Juniors in Argentina, but returned to Brazil the following year, winning the 1949 Campeonato Carioca with Vasco. He ended his career with América in Rio, he played only one match for the club and it was the first and last game in the Maracanã. He died in 1959 in a sanatorium in Barbacena." Wikipedia
Dundee United's Domination Of BarcelonaDecember 3, 2012
"Celtic made waves across Europe with their Champions League group stage win over Barcelona. While the result was a notable upset, it was in keeping with the Catalan side's decidedly average record against teams from Scotland. Curiously, in 18 contests Barca have won six, drawn five and now lost seven against Scottish opposition. The Bhoys' recent triumph was their second against the side from the Nou Camp, following on from a first-leg win in the 2003/04 UEFA Cup which helped them progress to the last eight of the competition. Back in season 1960/61 meanwhile, Hibernian's 3-2 victory at Easter Road clinched a 7-6 aggregate win in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup quarter-finals. However, when it comes to taming Barcelona, one Scottish team have a record that many bigger clubs can only dream of." In Bed With Maradona
Cameroon's Théophile Abega was so intelligent they called him the doctorNovember 27, 2012
"Some time towards the end of January, Théophile Abega stopped replying to my calls. I was in Equatorial Guinea, heading on to Cameroon, and was keen to meet him, partly to talk about the rivalry between Thomas N'kono and Joseph-Antoine Bell for my book on goalkeeping but mainly because, well, because he was Théophile Abega, one of the most skilful African midfielders of all time, the man who led Cameroon in 1984 to their first Cup of Nations triumph, scoring a brilliant goal in the final." Guardian – Jonathan Wilson
Dictators and Soccer: Mobutu Sésé Seko of ZaïreNovember 16, 2012
Mobutu (right) with Pelé in 1968 – Zaïre – 1974 World Cup
"In 1974 the ex-colonial and newly named Zaïre played its first World Cup in West Germany. The country's diminutive strongman Mobutu Sésé Seko, famous for his trademark leopard-print pillbox hat, had rechristened the Lions the Leopards. (Consistency is key in propaganda.) He had convinced himself that Zaïrean soccer could further elevate his own stature. He liked elevating himself and he liked renaming things. He'd re-minted the country from Congo Crisis First Republic (formerly The Belgian Congo) to Zaïre, which translated to, 'The river that swallows other rivers.' He fully intended to hoover up every power and exploit every possibility. He'd already outlawed all political parties except his own, and outlawed all wearing of leopard-print hats, except of course his own." Cult Football
Dictators and Soccer: Nicolae Ceaușescu, Genius of the Carpathians
"Up until Christmas 1989 when a three-man firing squad executed Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife Elena after a quickie two hour tribunal, the archetypal Iron Curtain strongman ruled Romania with an iron fist. After getting strafed with bullets, however, the iron fist swiftly went limp, then rigor mortis. And as the title up top suggests, soccer most definitely played its part in the image engine of the autocratic regime." Cult Football
Bundesliga 50: The 1960′s – The Rise of Professionalism and the Anglo-German RivalryNovember 16, 2012
"The 1960′s were characterized by Germany's gradual rise as a force in international football again. The success in 1954 had been a one off but from the late 1960′s Germany was an established force in international football and the rewards paid off in European Cups as well as triumphs at the European Championship in 1972 and the World Cup in 1974. More importantly, the 1960′s saw the formation of the Bundesliga, which became an instant success story. This is the first piece in a series covering the last 5 decades of the Bundesliga, commencing with the 1960′s." Bundesliga Fanatic
A Game Without RulesNovember 11, 2012
London's Wembley Stadium, 1954
"In 1904, three years after the first Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to the French poet Sully Prudhomme, the English Football Association chose not to participate in the formation of an International Football Federation (FIFA). They could not see the point. Nor in 1930, the year in which Sinclair Lewis won the Nobel, did England participate in the first World Cup: the English objected to the prospect of a ten-day ocean crossing to Uruguay to play teams that meant nothing to them. The first international football game, they pointed out, had been between England and Scotland, in 1872—a time when Alfred Nobel was still focused on improving his dynamite. Who needs Argentina or Brazil when you have Scotland to play?" NYBooks
The 'Polish Barcelona': This Is Ruch ChorzowNovember 6, 2012
"'We're not German; We're not Polish; We're Silesian.' This is a common refrain from members of the Silesian minority in the industrial region of Upper Silesia in southern Poland. With a population of around 2,000,000, the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union (GZM), whose largest city is Katowice, is one of the biggest urban agglomerations in Europe. For many years, this densely populated region straddled the border between Germany and Poland, with Katowice (Kattowitz) part of the German Empire and neighbouring Sosnowiec part of Congress Poland. After the First World War, the League of Nations arranged for a plebiscite to determine the fate of the region, with Western Upper Silesia remaining part of Germany and Eastern Upper Silesia joining with the Second Polish Republic (although given a considerable degree of political autonomy). When the Germans invaded in 1939, Polish Upper Silesia was annexed to the Third Reich and many Silesians were granted German citizenship." In Bed With Maradona
Bolivian Football: Not DullOctober 30, 2012
"Firstly, let me set the scene. It's my first game from the Bolivian LFPB (Liga del Fútbol Profesional Boliviano) with Universitario de Sucre facing Oriente Petrolero, two teams languishing in the mid-table region of the Apertura half of the competition. Going in to the game, Oriente Petrolero had drawn a mind-boggling 8 of their 11 games, and had only lost once. Universitario were just a point better off but were playing at the Estadio Olímpico Patria, where they had a fine record." In Bed With Maradona
Ban This Unfairness To 'KeepersOctober 24, 2012
"It seems fairly certain now that FIFA will bring in legislation during 1966 to prohibit charging the goalkeeper. In effect, an unwritten law to this extent is already in force throughout the Continent and South America. Thus, Britain alone will be affected. My own feeling is that the law is long overdue. Of course, there will be opposition to it. The health-and-moral-strength brigade will try to convince us that we are taking one more step towards the emasculation of the Briton, and his national game. Others will deplore the licence given to goalkeepers to hold up play by eternally bouncing the ball, while their forwards run into position, and their defence moves up to put the opposing forwards offside. Charging, these people will tell us, is historically 'part of the game', which is undeniable." In Bed With Maradona
The Summer Is Important: English Football In the Shadow Of the 1966 World CupOctober 24, 2012
"Somewhere along the line there had to be a calming influence, for the draw for the World Cup Finals in London early in January threw the domestic soccer season into something of a panic. Representatives from the interested bodies arrived in their droves and the press, radio and television coverage was something that we have not experienced before. Of course, the event has never taken place on our own doorstep previously and it now looks as if everything has been done to make the Finals a memorable occasion. The spate of publicity did wonders for the sale of tickets which had been selling at a steady rate before and we were only a few months off knowing how English soccer supporters would take to summer football." In Bed With Maradona
The Peerless Jozsef BozsikOctober 18, 2012
"Among the most widely noted tactical phenomena of the last ten years has been the increasing importance of the 'deep lying playmaker'. As teams have lined up with ever more defensive midfielders, previously advanced midfielders have dropped ever deeper themselves in search of precious space. In many ways this isn't a new trend, but simply a return to a practice of the 1950s and earlier. For prior to the advent of the WM, the deep lying playmaker (such as Austria's attacking centre-half, Ernst Ocwirk) was a mainstay of the game." In Bed With Maradona
Brazil's 'Stray Dog' ComplexOctober 16, 2012
"In the early twentieth century Latin American football was growing rapidly. Uruguay had won the triple crown of the Olympic Games in 1924, '28 and the inaugural World Cup held in Uruguay 1930. Since then football had sprung up across the continent reaching all sections of society and social class, from Copacabana beach overlooked by Sugarloaf Mountain to the country clubs. This new samba style football was developed; individual skill and flair outshined the rigidity of European tactics. The flamboyant philosophy is an extension of the carnival. Brazilians like to show off. There is a word in Brazil ufanismo, boastful, arrogant nationalism. When Brazil was chosen to host the 1950 FIFA World Cup, they were going to put on a show to encapsulate their style of play, but come the climax of the competition, the Uruguayans did not read the script, and Brazil paid the price." In Bed With Maradona
In Praise Of Giorgio ChielliniOctober 14, 2012
"Many things come to mind when watching 26 year old Giorgio Chiellini in the distinctive black and white stripes of Juventus or the proud blue of the Italian national team. Yet, even in this age of instant media and overused superlatives, first impressions still count for much and perhaps in this case that snapshot proves unerringly accurate. With his shaven head, robust tackling and constant yelling – at opponents, team-mates and even himself – it is hard not to describe Chiellini in exactly the way we initially view him; a typically uncompromising Italian defender. He is something of a throwback, bringing images of the man markers – 'stoppers' as they are called in Italy – of yesteryear, a modern take on the old school type of player the peninsula became synonymous with thanks to the rugged displays of men like Giorgio Ferrini, Pasquale Bruno and of course Juve's own Claudio (not so) Gentile." In Bed With Maradona
Why Cruyff Boycotted Argentina 78October 12, 2012
"The world cup of Argentina 78 has left a Proustian imprint on my memory. It was the first tournament I had watched in color. My mother had managed to scrape up the deposit on a color TV to replace the archaic black & white set and a whole new world was opened up to me. The color TV was rented to us by a company called Telebank. The TV ran on a meter that you fed with fifty pence pieces and at the end of the month the collector would call and take out the hire fee. Any amount over the hire fee was refunded to you, so in a strange way, you were actually rewarded by the amount of hours of television you watched." Sabotage Times
Searching For the Young Soul Rebels: The Real Madrid Blueprint 1965October 10, 2012
"It has been said by the critics that one man cannot make a team, yet when Argentina-born Alfredo Di Stéfano flew the Atlantic to join Real Madrid in 1953, it marked the beginning of an era in which the blond centre-forward led the club to real greatness. Champions eight times in eleven seasons, Real became the most famed and most feared club side of all time, and at the height of their power between 1956 and 1960, set up what will probably remain an all-time record by taking the European Cup five times in a row." In Bed With Maradona
BBC Italia 90 TitlesOctober 5, 2012
"Deep breath…. No, it's no good. You were going to get a snappy intro here but I was in a pool of tears and snot after about three seconds…… At the time, Italia 90 was lambasted as a poor tournament, yet hundreds, possibly thousands of us can recall every kick. Anyway, the BBC got the title sequence bang on the money. Here's the opening and closing credits………sniff……" In Bed With Maradona
HH2: The Other HerreraOctober 3, 2012
"An autocratic manager of South American descent, a success in Spain but enjoying his peak years at the sharp end of catenaccio-fuelled 1960s Serie A. Articles about the well documented life and times of Signor Herrera are not exactly thin on the ground, but this time Helenio takes only an unfamiliar supporting role. This is actually the story of one of his main managerial contemporaries, the unrelated Paraguayan Heriberto Herrera, or HH2 as he was to be christened by the Italian press. He was a manager who is barely known today despite a career that reads like a diluted and histrionic free version of Helenio's. He may not have amassed the prodigious trophy haul nor the media adulation of HH, but he did joust gamely with 'il mago' and bloody his nose on several occasions." In Bed With Maradona
The DynamosSeptember 24, 2012
"It was supposed to be the ultimate football franchise: Eleven man armies that would prove communist superiority in the world's most popular sport. But more than two decades after the USSR and the Eastern Block fell apart, the Dynamo movement is fading. This is the story of a football machine that rarely worked and, after ninety years of troubled existence, is still in search of its true identity. Born in 1923 to an authoritarian, unstable and violent family, Dynamo Moscow was imagined to be an athletic role model. However, as happens with all autocratic concepts, this desire of an idealist communist sport club crumbled under the weight of its own expectations." In Bed With Maradona
Esposto: Then and Now—Paris Saint-GermainSeptember 18, 2012
"A look back 20 years shows that the parallels exist between Paris St-Germain's 1991 takeover by Canal Plus and their current owners Qatar Sports Investment – the lavish spending, the top talent, the expectation of immediate success, but will things end differently this time around? As the club begins their Champions League campaign on Tuesday, this is the story of Les Parisiens – from then to now." The Score
This Is A Red and Brack NationSeptember 10, 2012
"Over an hour before kick-off and the stadium was already awash with flags, banners and fireworks as it rocked to the drums and chants of the Torcidas. I was in Rio for the game known as the Fla-Flu, the derby between Flamengo and Fluminese. While not as big as Vasco vs Flamengo, the excellently named derby of the millions, the Fla-Flu is a game of historical significance. And the pre-match atmosphere was certainly living up to the hype as the two sets of fans took in turns to explode into action." In Bed With Maradona
West Germany v Austria, 1978: Unravelling the "Shame of Córdoba"September 10, 2012
"Germany versus Austria, and a match that would find its place in history and footballing folklore. In Austria it would be known as Der Wunder von Córdoba or 'the miracle of Córdoba'. In Germany meanwhile it would become known as Der Schmach von Córdoba, or 'the disgrace of Córdoba'. While one could understand the reaction of the Austrians to what was ultimately a meaningless match – they had not defeated the Nationalmannschaft since 1931, after all – I have always wondered why it was seen as such a big deal in Germany. OK, Helmut Schön's side had given their little Southern brothers a rare chance to engage in hysterical hyperbole, but in truth the 3-2 defeat didn't really amount to much in the end." Bundesliga Fanatic
The Curse of WembleySeptember 6, 2012
"The title of the film by German film maker Stefan Keber suggests what many people already know: England have not won any major trophy since their World Cup triumph at Wembley in July 1966: England are cursed by Wembley and the third goal. Not just that, every time they appeared to be coming close to another final, there were German teams eliminating them from the tournament. The last time in 1996 at the Euro held in England." Do not mention the war (Video)
That Watford and Udinese Thing: Reasons To Be CheerfulSeptember 4, 2012
"In the summer of 1986 Udinese were in trouble. As punishment for their part in 'Totonero bis' – a match-fixing scandal which tore through the game and left many of its players and clubs tainted forever – the Friulian club were relegated to the second tier of Italian football. While his arrival may not have had the global impact of Silvio Berlusconi's landing at Milan some four months earlier, Giampaolo Pozzo's arrival would prove to be a watershed moment for a club who bear little resemblance to the one he bought 26 years ago." In Bed With Maradona
Horst Blankenburg: the forgotten man of German footballAugust 28, 2012
"Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Müller, Sepp Maier. These are just some of the most successful and celebrated German footballers of all time, winning just about everything there was to win with club and country. Horst Blankenburg on the other hand is not a name that immediately springs to mind when discussing Germany's most successful footballers but certainly merits a mention, at least at club level. Yet, few remember or know much about the man that never quite fit in in Germany and had to leave his home country to truly make a name for himself." World Soccer (Video)
Total Football Comes To Loftus Road – The 1975/76 SeasonAugust 28, 2012
"QPR fans disillusioned with their recent state of affairs (Four Year Plans, F1 moguls, narcissistic midfielders and the rest of it) will always hark back to the 1970s as the most glorious period in the club's history. The pinnacle of this was the 1975-6 season, their 'annus mirabilis', in which Rangers finished runners-up in the First Division, to this day their highest ever finish." In Bed With Maradona
The Donkeys Continue To FlyAugust 23, 2012
"Donkeys will fly before Chievo makes it to Serie A.' This was a chant directed towards and poking fun at local upstarts ChievoVerona from fans of city rivals Hellas Verona. Yet after a decade of contrasting fortunes for both clubs, the underdogs are currently having the last laugh. While Verona have spent most of the 2000s attempting to reclaim a place in the top flight, Chievo have all but sustained a place in Serie A since their historic promotion in 2001, even twice competing in Europe." In Bed With Maradona
Sócrater the LiberatorAugust 19, 2012
"When the news broke in September last year that Sócrates, the legendary Brazilian midfielder, had been rushed to hospital for an emergency operation, I feared the worst. O Doutor had been a committed fan of alcohol and cigarettes for many years, I assumed his illness was related to his lifestyle choices. It appeared at first that he might be able to shake his sickness off, like he had so many opposing players. This time it was one attacker too many for him. Sócrates lived life by his own rules, and when the rules didn't suit him he changed them. He was a marvellous footballer and always politically engaged, something he continued after retiring from playing. Indeed it is his involvement in the 'Corinthians Democracy' that particularly drew me to read about his life." In Bed With Maradona
Maradona Collage By the Wild BunchAugust 12, 2012
"One of the best resources on the internet, The Wild Bunch website is a part French, part English language site which covers global football with a real retro slant. Featuring downloadable movies and an *huge* amount of great imagery, it's unlikely you'll not find something that raises a smile. The latest project for TWB is a hugely impressive collage of photographs featuring one Diego Maradona at various stages in his career. You'll need to zoom in to get the full effect, but do check it out and make sure you bookmark The Wild Bunch." In Bed With Maradona
Horst Blankenburg: The Forgotten ManAugust 8, 2012
"Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Müller, Sepp Maier. These are just some of the most successful and celebrated German footballers of all time, winning just about everything there was to win with club and country. Horst Blankenburg on the other hand is not a name that immediately springs to mind when discussing Germany's most successful footballers but certainly merits a mention, at least at club level. Yet, few remember or know much about the man that never quite fit in in Germany and had to leave his home country to truly make a name for himself." In Bed With Maradona
Ossie At 60August 3, 2012
"Wily, diminutive, tricky, graceful; feel free to add your own adjectives. Ossie Ardiles arrived at Tottenham Hotspur from Huracán in 1978 alongside fellow World Cup winner Ricky Villa and became a firm favourite with the White Hart Lane faithful. While younger Spurs fans will marvel at the silky skills of Luka Modric, older ones will recall the guile of creator in chief Ardiles. Like Modric, not the most prolific goalscorer, but the key creative component of a number of Spurs sides in the late 1970's and early 80's. Sixty today, Ossie is back in management with second tier J League outfit Machida Zelvia. Here's a nice tribute from 1985…" In Bed With Maradona (Video)
Klinsmann At InterJuly 30, 2012
"The baker's son from Botnang done good. On the occasion of his birthday today we thought we would give you a little bit of Klinsmann at his best. We could have chosen one of the many compilations of goals scored for Germany, we could have gone with his time with Spurs and in particular that video of his goals set to 'Gertcha' by Chas and Dave, but as good as that would have been we went with this." In Bed With Maradona (Video)
Raith Rovers: Kings Of Europe 1922July 30, 2012
"When the dust settled on a difficult season last term for Scottish First Division side Raith Rovers it seemed that most fans were accentuating the positives. The final quarter of the season saw the team second only to champions Ross County in terms of consistency and points won, survival was finally guaranteed with a game remaining and a final day flourish in Greenock against Morton saw the team finish in a respectable seventh position." In Bed With Maradona


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Gwyneth Paltrow Suits Up Like a Boss-------
Hugo Boss wants you to stop and smell the roses—preferably in a sharp tux. The label's newest fragrance, Boss Ma Vie, was created with simple pleasures in mind (i.e., not conscious uncoupling). To capture the concept in the new campaign, artistic director Jason Wu styled Boss ambassador Gwyneth Paltrow in a plunging take on the classic tuxedo. "The tuxedo suit [has] impeccability and precision, mixed with feminine details, [which] is what brings the softness," Wu said. Similarly, the scent's three notes—cactus blossom, rosebud, and cedarwood—symbolize modernity, femininity, and confidence, respectively. Not sure you can wear the pants like Gwyneth? Wu has an answer for that. "I think the key element in pulling off a look is beautiful tailoring, which is the Hugo Boss DNA—a great shape and a confident woman." A flawless blow-out and strategic spritz of perfume certainly help, too.
Available September 1. Boss Ma Vie Pour Femme, $80; hugoboss.com
EXCLUSIVE: A First Look at Jason Wu's New Makeup Line for Lancôme-------
Little-known fact: Jason Wu started out sketching costumes and accessories for dolls. While he now designs for fashionable female figures in action, he thinks of makeup like a toy—the overall presentation being just as important as what is inside. "Before you even try the product, [you see] what it looks like first, right?" he noted. "It's kind of like candy." And his latest cosmetics line (click here to preview the entire range) and sophomore effort for Lancôme (launching tomorrow) is certainly a feast for the eyes. Printed with a floral pattern straight off Wu's Pre-Fall '14 runway, the range comprised of two lipsticks, two blushes, a scaled-down brush, three eyeshadow palettes, a liner, nail polish, and a mascara all channel the same "dark glamour" as the clothes in the collection. Here, Wu divulges his thoughts on his latest beauty endeavor, his own skincare regimen, and why cosmetics are the ultimate transformative "treat."
What inspired your Pre-Fall collection?
It really revolved around the midnight floral motif. For Pre-Fall, I was feeling sort of saturated, earthier tones, and that felt really interesting because those weren't colors that I've used so much before. I'm known for using either pastels or brighter, jewel-toned colors, and this time was really much more autumnal-looking. I thought it was a really nice palette to serve as inspiration for beauty because earth tones always make for a great beauty look.
The makeup at your Fall 2014 show also seemed to go in a different, more masculine direction in comparison with the over-the-top feminine glamour we're used to seeing backstage. Why the switch?
I thought it was a different kind of beauty because I've really concentrated on the eyes for the past few seasons. I thought it was interesting to [focus] on the brow for once and do something a little scaled back. It was almost like going in the opposite direction, and [the makeup] felt like it wasn't something I've done before. The clothing was so dressed up that the juxtaposition with the more boyish look was interesting and felt modern.
Is there a product you're particularly proud of in this range?
I always love the compacts because they [contain] all of the colors I love. They mix all of the [shades] I'm really inspired by right now. It puts them into a palette that really gives you a statement look that can be highly versatile depending on how you use them and put them together.
What do the women you're surrounded with think of the new line?
I think it's great to always have all these girls around—it's really inspirational. I think Diane Kruger is a very good example. She does her own makeup for all the things that we do together, and so I think she's always a great [source] for figuring out what the newest lip color is, or what feels really fresh for us. And also the girls around the office, every time we have some new samples come in, I disperse them throughout the studio. They're all kind of my test subjects!
Can you give me a sneak peek of what you have in store for your next Lancôme collection?
Well, there's always something! For Fall I used glitter on the eyes and we literally just used craft store glitter. It would be nice to develop something that gives you texture. I'd love to explore that [idea], but maybe not glitter. I do love the idea of developing some sort of a texture or a new kind of shine that we can play with.
What is the best beauty secret that you've ever learned—maybe from your mom or Diane Kruger?
Always moisturize…In Asia, a skincare regimen is super-important, so I think I just grew up with that. I'm always very good at moisturizing and exfoliating and things of that nature.
So what is your daily skincare routine like?
You're going to laugh—it's super-simple. I just exfoliate a little bit and use Neutrogena.
I take it you don't have time for the twenty-six-plus steps many Asian women have in their beauty regimen. What are your go-to products?
I really like the exfoliating face wash from the Remède Spa. I always love that and I use it all the time. And then Neutrogena's moisturizer for combination skin—the stuff you get at Duane Reade. It's surprisingly simple, but sometimes I think the simplest things are the best.
Very true. Do you ever switch up your routine before bed?
No, I use the same [moisturizer]. I think in the true style of a designer: I put all of my efforts into the women that I dress and design for, and for me it's always a sweater and jeans at the end of the show. It's kind of like that for my skincare regimen. I keep it simple and keep the concentration on the girls.
Is there a beauty product you particularly love for summer?
There's a good oil eliminator from Kiehl's that I really like. It's a shine-control toner, and I think it's really nice for summer. I love a little mist.
I love that you think of beauty products like candy—I definitely can't stop at just one.
It's like a treat, you know? And I think women really have fun with it. I certainly have fun playing with the beauty [look] for my collections because I think it [helps realize] this idea of transformation and being able to change. One season you can be ultra-glamorous and the next season go boyish.
So who will the Jason Wu woman be for Resort?
I think you'll see something that's really fresh and pastel-inspired.
I can't wait.
Winging It, Backstage at Hugo Boss-------
"The inspiration isn't anything or anyone—it's the brand," said hair pro Guido Palau, who was on hand for Jason Wu's debut for Hugo Boss. Palau "amplified" the German label's "chic and rich" aesthetic by crafting a simple, low ponytail. A deep side part was made, Redken Satinwear lotion was added for smoothness, and strands were blown dry. He then coated his hands with Forceful 23 hairspray and raked the length into a low tail, tying it off with a string of black elastic to finish.
"We've been talking to Jason about architecture meets nature," explained Pat McGrath. The makeup guru translated this conversation into a soft, angular wing using a khaki green shadow. "We were playing between a green and a gray, and the green worked," she noted. The hue appears to be working for many a New York designer. Now, to see what the Europeans think.
Making Faces With Jason Wu and Lancôme-------
At this point, the maquillage at Jason Wu's show has practically become the apogee of beauty at NFYW. From last season's gilded gaze to Fall 2013's indigo eyes, Wu's faces, courtesy of Lancôme these past few seasons, have consistently been ones to not only collectively admire, but to also aspire to. Now the beauty brand is making those aspirations obtainable via a new interactive digital beauty program that allows you to virtually try on Wu's runway-worthy looks for size in real time.
The French beauty behemoth has aligned with FaceCake to introduce Swivel Close-Up, a cosmetics try-on technology that allows the public to experiment with both the beautiful androgynous look from Friday's show, along with classic products from the brand. The hi-tech contraption is being unveiled exclusively at DreamDry's flagship in Flatiron to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the popular blow-out salon.
Users are able to test out everything from eyeshadows to blushes to lipsticks and glosses using a touch screen, shop the products selected, and share their virtual makeover pictures on social media. Pro tip: It's best to try out the system while wearing a natural face of makeup, otherwise it's hard for selected shades to digitally appear over your fire-engine-red lip or of-the-moment green shadow.
Swivel Close-Up is currently slated to remain at DreamDry (35 West 21st Street, New York City) through the end of the month and is open to the pubic.
Beauty Sound Bite: Dye Hard-------
"I feel like a social experiment—I think they want to see how short they can get [my hair] without actually shaving my head."
Bunte walked Jason Wu's very first show, then decided to take some time off to study at Central Saint Martins in London before returning to the runway. "I leave the designing up to Jason," quipped the catwalker. As for her cropped cut, she said the length requires her to color it every three weeks. "I use the John Frieda Precision Foam—I'm basically a pro now," she said of her at-home skills. We appreciate a girl who isn't afraid of a pair of scissors or a DIY dye job.


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Crazy japanese at gameshow
Posted by Trarop on Feb. 24, 2007
Posted by Trarop on Feb. 24, 2007
haha: all the people that were trying to stop him were smiling ^_^
I wish: we could get that tv show here.
Asian humor: Is awesome, you always know someone is in for some pain.
didi mao: That guy has a bright future working in a P.O.W. camp
Give: it back haha .. hit that crap ship
fucked up: wtf??
Holy crap!: That was great! I love those cooky japaneese.


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Why not throw a bunch of freeware games in with Blast Works?
That's what Majesco and Budcat thought, anyway. They were already making a game based on a Kenta Cho freeware shooter, with no legal hoops to jump through. There's basically no reason for them not to throw a bunch more Cho games on there! It works out well for them, because it's bonus content, and...
Majesco officially announces Tumiki Fighters as Blast Works
We had just about forgotten about the Gamefly-supplied rumor of a Wii port of Tumiki Fighters, and now we have confirmation from Majesco! They'll be releasing an upgraded port of Kenta Cho's freeware shooter, with the new title Blast Works, in the first quarter of next year-- in Europe. No US date...
Wii Are Tumiki Fighters?
A listing for a Majesco-published Wii version of Tumiki Fighters has shown up on Gamefly, and we really, really hope it turns out to be real. Tumiki Fighters is a freeware shmup by Kenta Cho that involves collecting pieces that fall off of destroyed enemy ships to power up your own ship. We like...
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