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WIth the summer transfer window set to slam shut on Monday at midnight it is time to review Barca's summer dealings.
After Barcelona was beaten 7-0 over two legs by Bayern Munich in the Champion's League, Sandro Rosell said an interview and said "we will make four or five signings. We must shake up the squad. We will bring in players from the Barca B. There are certain positions that need to be strengthened".
Many took this as a sign that Barca would try to evolve the squad and add some new faces to help strengthen the squad. Center Back was the position on most people's minds along with Neymar being brought in the add more to the attack. There was rumors of multiple defensive replacements being brought in with the possibility of Marc Bartra being loaned out to gain experience. Midfield was also mentioned as an area that could use a new face.
Alas, Sandro Rosell deceived us all as he held to his word of "4 or 5 signings" but never mentioned that four of those players would be signed to the Barca B team. Adrian Ortola, Dani Nieto, Edu Bedia, and Dennis Suarez were all signed to the B team while only Neymar was bought for the first team.
In total, Barca spent 71.5 million euro's on players this summer: Neymar at 57 million, Dennis Suarez at 1.5 million and Bojan Krkic at 13 million (all other B team signings were free transfers). Bojan was subsequently loaned out to Ajax for the season. Barca also lost David Villa to Atleti, Andreu Fontas to Celta de Vigo, Thiago Alcantara to Bayern Munich, Marc Muniesa to Stoke City, and Eric Abidal to Monaco.
This was not the summer of evolution that most were hoping for. Where was the CB signing to help close what was a swiss cheese defense last season? Where were the new faces who were supposed to bring about an evolution for Barca to help bring them back to the top of Europe?
The Center Back situation in particular is strange. The single minded pursuit of a player who was never going to be sold by his club was strange. The decision to only truly look at 3 possible replacements is also strange. Maybe Barca did look at others such as Marquinhos, Mats Hummels, Toby Alderwiereld, Mamadou Sakho, and Inigo Martinez and decided that they didn't fit Barca or where too expensive. Maybe Barca even made quiet inquires about these players. But the fact remains that Barca have failed to fill the biggest hole in the lineup and have left the club short handed at the position.
Questions must be asked about the other dealings that the Barca management made this summer. First and foremost, allowing Thiago Alcantara to leave was a huge mistake and one that, in my opinion, Barca will come to regret in the future. Yes Barca were able to promote from within the "fill the gap" but there is a reason that Thiago was playing ahead of Jonathan Dos Santos and Sergi Roberto. Enough has already been said about this situation so I will leave it at that.
As for David Villa, Barca did a nice thing by sending the player to the team he wanted to join, but when that team is a direct rival you really have to rethink that strategy. I would much rather see David Villa plying his trade in the EPL where he would not be a factor to Barca (seeing as how he already scored one against us, whats to say he won't hurt us more). There have been rumors that the reason that the fee for Villa was so low is because Barca now have first option on Oliver Torres. If this turns out to be true then it could end up being a great deal, but if it isn't true then this was simply poor judgement by the Barca Management.
The treatment of Eric Abidal is also a sour spot on the Barca management. The way the fans and players have reacted to him leaving is telling enough (Dani Alves going as far as wearing Abidal's old number in tribute to the player). Even if the goal was to sign a new CB, what is the harm in re-signing Abidal? He already knows the system and fits very well in it, either at LB or CB. He is a fan favorite and leader in the locker room and he absolutely loves Barca. I have no doubt that he would have taken a pay cut to stay with Barca, even if it meant not playing as much as he was accustomed to before his unfortunate illness. And as a player that most think will one day be a coach, who better to help mentor the younger players like Martin Montoya and Marc Bartra? With the current situation of having only 3 true CB's on the squad, allowing Abidal to leave looks even more to be a stupid decision. WIth Puyol struggling with fitness and injuries, having an extra, veteran player to be able to fill in would be a great thing for Barca.
Not only losing Abidal was bad, but the way the situation was handled was poor as well. Sandro Rosell and his board waited until the very end to tell Abidal what was happening, this is the same thing that happened with Marc Muneisa who even publicly said that he had no idea what was happening and had no contact with the club. And with the recent comments made by Kiko Femenia (which may just be those of a bitter player who couldn't cut it, who knows), it seems that the Barca management is really handling player contracts poorly. As a club that touts being "mes que un club" (more than a club), these situations are really questioning that motto. Every player should be treated with respect and always kept informed on their own situation. One would hope that players who leave Barca to say that the club always treated them fairly and as an individual, that is was never treated as business decisions even if that's what it really was in the end. That players would leave saying only good things about the club, that is what "mes que un club" should truly mean. That Barca treat all situations better than any other club would because they are just clubs and we are more than that, we are closer to family.
In fairness to Rosell, the signings that have been made have been good signings and the other players that were pursued but ultimately not signed were top quality. Dennis Suarez looks to be the real deal and could become a huge asset to Barca in the future as could the other B team signings. Neymar has had a great attitude from day one and, given the time and opportunity, will gel well with the squad and, hopefully, become a success. And, obviously, I have no idea what goes on behind the scenes at the club and perhaps am in no place to question the way in which Barca does their business.
While the signing of Neymar will, hopefully, turn out to be a bargain, the other dealings that Barca have done this summer have been, in a word, poor. Is this squad really any better than the team that was embarrassed by Bayern in the UCL and by Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey? I don't think so. Sure, Neymar is an improvement over Villa if he manages to gel with the squad quickly but if he doesn't there could once again be a Messi dependance for goals. Is Sergi Roberto an improvement over Thiago Alcantara? No and neither is Jonathan Dos Santos. Is signing no one an improvement over Eric Abidal? Of course not.
Maybe a renewed sense of purpose and energy along with new tactics (or a return to old tactics) and a new coach is enough to push Barca over the top. I am not so sure and would have liked to have seen some more new faces brought into the club, or at the very least, seen less of the old faces leave.
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This article differs in tone substantially to this one in the New York Times today: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/12/business/12change.html?ref=business
Given the references in the NY Times from people whose opinion I respect, and my own take on things, I'm afraid I have to go along with them: nothing substantial has changed - it is still business as usual and the rats are still running the ship.
Further, this article seems to loose sight of the massive level of debt in the West (in the US nearly double as a percent of GDP going in the recession today compared with 1930). Where is the demand, the new business, the takers for the banker's bright new ideas? Nothing has been done about debt except to shift it from the banks to the taxpayer. And the public's debt load is massive. You can not just move a few pieces around on the deck while the boat is sinking from a massive hole at the waterline and expect it to float on as usual. Financial instruments indeed! The instruments of the band on the Titanic (if you will forgive me for overdoing this ship business a bit)
> [It may] leave investors trying to hedge specific risks with blunt instruments, making the system less safe, rather than more.
But less safe is more safe, in this case.
Finance has shown us quite well just how unsafe it is, when finance comes to think of its investments as bulletproof - all they do is to invite bigger bullets.
Only when investments aren't perfectly safe, only when making the wrong investment decision actually carries a penalty that can't be hedged out of existence, can a financial *system* be safe.
They used to call that "prudence" - look it up in a dictionary, pre-1980, if you have one.
Otherwise, if no losses are possible at all, no matter how stupid your investment is, how is the financial system supposed to create an efficient economy and why would you need financial experts?
14 trillions to save the rich and greedy but not a dime for the poor and unemployed.
Mark-to-market caused the financial crisis, and when it was eased, the market bounced back. I realize that many have motives to ignore this fact, because it means that the government, which imposed the rule, is to blame, and the private sector is absolved. But it is a fact nevertheless.
For example, it is a fact, not opinion, that AIG's derivative bets did not collapse. Look at the charts from their Congressional testimony. Almost all of their losses were mark-to-market or mark-to-market derived. There were very, very few credit losses. That means their bets were good. It was the government forcing them to take imaginary ("mark-to-market") losses that caused their collapse. Period.
It was initially irresponsible for economic and financial journalists to report that AIG made bad bets. But information is so widely available and accessible in the Internet Age that such claims now border on lying. I expect better. Where is the accuracy? I realize that the truth often goes against popular conceptions, but popular conceptions depend on what the media tells them, and it is the journalists' responsibility to thoroughly vet their work for accuracy, not repeat emotionally gratuitous but false agitprop so they will be safe and liked or to support a political agenda.
Anyone else get the vaguely Monty Python moment were Lloyd Blankfien is defending Goldman?
"Why the Vampire Squid is a small fiddly little thing! If attached to the face of humanity it would barely draw blood."
I think Mr. Blankfein has met his Ida Tarbell.
So the story goes; folks are leaving Wall Street of New York for the Strips of Las Vegas now that the thrills of financial derivatives are gone.
As their former lawyer, how could Obama pretend not to know that ACORN are a huge criminal conspiracy? Why are they getting $8.5bn in the stimulus? To subsidize underage sex slaves from San Salvador?
He is the "ACORN and the sex slaves" story. Obama was a lawyer and organizer for these scum. And now he's the President? Whoops!
Please, no quotes from Monty Python! For the love of god, please no!
Good thing it isn't possible for a regulator to be corrupt. Now, about those Countrywide VIPS loans...
Quick, get Barney Frank and President ACORN on the phone. They'll fix everything.
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Just put ACORN in charge. That's my advice.
Strict mark-to-market rules revealed market conditions to be the sham that they were. Once these rules were eased, the conmen were once again freer to lie and deceive, and thus went right back to fleecing everyone else (and hence the market rally).
I have a freind in the city wo has worked there for several decades, he scenced spmething was happening and got out about six months before the crash, of course these guys know what is happening,
I asked him what he thought about the recent crash and he says its going to take many years to get back up the ladder, and also said the majority will never get back to where they were several years ago.
Most brokers make money from the huge surplus that others have to sell, the middle man is fast becomming extinct, as the worlds economies grow their surplus will be needed and less of it will come out, as energy get harder to get at things will only get worse year on year, as we are now starting to witness.
A good way to get on with commerse is to do badly, go bankrupt and gove yourself a massive boost in pensions from the company which no longer exists, this way of life will become very hard to live with in the future as rightly so.
In the years to come our children will ask why these people were not procecuted for crimes against every man women and child who'd money they now have at default.
Those defaults are entirely down to the powers at large letting things like this happen, who are relly good at acting after the fact, but not where big money is involved.
I have to laugh out loud because most of the worlds leader are top lawyers, QC's etc, how hard can it be to sort things out legally.
the 'casinos' will always remain open and doing well despite some negative events that slow down the 'games'.
however too much of economies are 'paper games' that are not as productive as good old manufacturing and service in the creation of real and sustaining wealth. 'paper games' can be destructive as recent events have shown. history repeats!
creating and servicing 'paper products' is more rewarding to the vender rather than the buyer. to 'bank' on paper as a store of wealth for the future is a riskey proposition. over time venders prosper because buyers love to gamble.
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Cardiff City and Swansea City are in the middle of what is likely to be a busy January.
With both struggling at the foot of the Premier League, players are expected to come into both in the coming days and weeks.
The Swans seem close to a deal for Middlesbrough's Rhys Williams while over at Cardiff, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer appears to have plenty of irons in the fire, including Manchester United pair Wilfried Zaha and Fabio Da Silva.
Here are today's highlights...
Swansea City are close to a move for Rhys Williams from Middlesbrough
They are also understood to be tracking Spanish midfielder Jose Jurado of Spartak Moscow
Fulham are understood to be lining up a £4m move for Swans defender Neil Taylor
Cardiff City are set to allow John Brayford to go out on loan and Joe Mason could be heading to Bournemouth for £2m
Take a look back at all the news as it happened throughout the day.
Welcome to our daily transfer blog.
We will give you all the news from Cardiff City and Swansea City throughout the day.
The closest of our teams to a deal at the moment appears to be Swansea, who are looking to finalise their deal for Australian international Rhys Williams.
Many Welsh fans will remember the Middlesbrough centre back, turned midfielder, playing for Wales under 21 in Brian Flynn's successful team that also featured Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey.
Here is our story on Michael Laudrup's move for the 25-year-old
One Cardiff City player who is thriving out on loan is Slovak midfielder Filip Kiss.
Playing in the Scottish Premiership for Ross County, Kiss inspired his struggling team mates to a stunning 3-0 win over Dundee United at the weekend.
Kiss scored twice, including this 30 yard screamer.
His manager Derek Adams said: "He's great to watch, the people here will be delighted to see the quality he's got, he is a fantastic football player, he's quality on the ball."
Kiss has scored four goals in two games for Ross.
Cardiff City target Wilfried Zaha seems to have hit the headlines over the weekend.
From reports in the Sunday papers, it appears that the former Crystal Palace flier was denied a move to South Wales
The suggestion now is that the 21-year-old will demand a permanent move away after seeing hopes of his loan switch to Cardiff dashed.
Mirror Football today says a series of heated discussions between chief executive Ed Woodward and Zaha's representatives ended with the phone apparently being slammed down.
A deal with the Bluebirds was said to have been agreed before United moved the goalposts leaving Zaha in a state of limbo.
On the subject of Wilfried Zaha, here is what Manchester United boss David Moyes told our sister website, the MEN, over the weekend.
"Wilfried Zaha has a chance.
"I have told him that if I can't get him the games I will put him out on loan.
"But he can't go out while we have Ashley Young and Nani injured and I would be surprised if anyone thought was a possibility."
Welsh football legend Dean Saunders has told Sky Sports that his hometown club, Swansea City, need to sign a striker this month - to avoid being in a relegation scrap.
Former Wrexham boss Deano said: "Michu is injured and the onus is on Wilfried Bony. Michael Laudrup doesn't need me to tell him that he needs to bring in one or two strikers.
"But normally you have got to break the bank to get one in at this time of year."
Ah, January wouldn't be January without the famous Sky sources pushing us in the direction of a story.
As we reported last night, they say: "Swansea City are holding talks with Middlesbrough over Rhys Williams, Sky Sports understands.
"Williams, who was captain of Boro under Tony Mowbray and has played 113 times for the Teesside club, could complete his move within the next 48 hours."
We will, of course, keep you posted.
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Sky are reporting Middlesbrough already have plans for the cash they make from selling Rhys Williams to Swansea.
Norwich City's Daniel Ayala is apparently on Aitor Karanka's January wishlist.
Cardiff City legend Nathan Blake will be in our studio discussing the Bluebirds' transfer targets this lunchtime.
Join us in Blakey's Bootroom from 1pm and get your questions and comments in now.
One player who the Bluebirds were rumoured to be interested in for most of last week was Gabi Mudingayi of Inter Milan.
The 32-year-old Belgium international was signed by Inter from Bologna in 2012.
He wants a move to put himself in the frame for the World Cup this summer.
We will keep you posted.
The latest on Swansea City's biggest winter target Tom Ince appears to be bad news.
While his dad faces the sack from Blackpool after a terrible run, Tom looks set for a move to the Cote D'Azur and megabucks Monaco.
Here John Cross at MirrorFootball says why he thinks the move to Monaco would be a good one for the English starlet.
Swansea transfer news...
Russian newspaper Izvestia is suggesting the Swans are lining up a bid for Spartak Moscow midfielder Jose Jurado.
They say the Spaniard, who plays as an attacking midfielder, is Michael Laudrup's top target as he plans a raid on his former club.
Having come through the Real Madrid ranks and moved across the Spanish capital to Atletico between 2006 and 2010, the man whose full name is Jose Manuel Jurado Marin has played for Mallorca and Schalke as well as the Russian giants.
Jurado has scored six times in 18 starts this season and SoccerNews.com say: "The problem is he will not come on the cheap having established himself as a key member of the side that is competing for the Russian Premier League title for the first time after quite a while."
Wales under 21 striker Jake Cassidy has joined Tranmere Rovers on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers.
The 20-year-old is training with the Prenton Park club today and will complete the paperwork for his three month loan later this week.
Cassidy has spent two previous successful spells on Merseyside.
Manager Ronnie Moore told Tranmere's official website: "I'm delighted to be able to bring Jake back to Prenton Park.
"He has had two fantastic loan spells here already and I'm sure he will do just as well in his third.
"He's a goalscorer who will add to our attacking options. He works hard, he leads the line and he's got a fantastic attitude and l'm looking forward to seeing him in a Tranmere shirt again."
Blakey's Bootroom is currently live and Nathan will be discussing Cardiff City transfers with Jon Doel and Steve Tucker very soon.
Join them now.
The Times have again reported today that Fulham are interested in Swansea City left back Neil Taylor.
They say the Cottagers have put a package together worth £4m for the Wales star.
The South Wales Evening Post are now reporting that Swansea City's move for Rhys Williams is edging closer to completion.
But they admit Boro chief executive Neil Bausor claims the utility man is still "very much an MFC player".
Over at Cardiff it seems the door is open for Bournemouth to sign striker Joe Mason - but it will cost the Championship club £2m - according to reports.
Eddie Howe's team had been in competition with the Bluebirds' FA Cup opponents Bolton for the striker's signature but it appears that price is too high for the Trotters, where he spent a time on loan this season.
Dougie Freedman appears to have his sights on former Swansea City striker Danny Graham instead.
In his weekly column, author Scott Johnson takes a look at four strikers Cardiff City could sign as an alternative to top target Mame Diouf.
Take a look http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/scott-johnson-four-strikers-add-6530975
Cardiff City transfer latest...
Defender John Brayford is being lined up by a number of Championship clubs.
Bournemouth, Blackpool and Ipswich are understood to be in the race for the right back as well as League One side Sheffield United, currently managed by Brayford's former boss Nigel Clough.
So that's it for another day in the exciting world of the January transfer window.
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And just like that, things look a lot more daunting for the Syracuse Orange. While the Stony Brook performance could be written off as the Orange playing down to their opponent, the 17-10 loss to Minnesota confirmed that this team is who we thought they weren't. And the Quest For Beef just got a whole lot tougher.
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Syracuse has to go 5-3 from there on our for a chance at beef. And that suddenly looks pretty daunting.
Now, let's take a look ahead to see how our upcoming opponents did and how likely we are to raise the QOM in the coming weeks...
Pittsburgh Panthers (2-2):That Pitt team that lost to Youngstown State seems to be gone. A week after dropping Virginia Tech, the Panthers dismantled Garner-Webb 55-10.
Rutgers Scarlet Knights (4-0): You could easily look at Rutgers' 4-0 record and say they haven't played anyone all that impressive but the truth is, on paper, that was a solid 35-26 win over Arkansas this past weekend.
Connecticut Huskies (2-2): UConn lost to Western Michigan this past weekend. Just remember that for when we play them.
South Florida Bulls (2-2): USF lost to Ball State this past weekend. Just remember that for when we play them.
Cincinnati Bearcats (2-0):Cincy didn't play this past weekend. I feel like they never play. I'm not sure they've actually played this season.
Louisville Cardinals (4-0): The Cards are 4-0 thanks to a 28-21 win over FIU but they're suspect as hell. They're going to lose to a crappy team eventually.
Missouri Tigers (2-2): The Tigers' SEC start isn't going so well. They got beat down by South Carolina 31-10. They're probably going to have a so-so record when we play them but it will be deceiving.
Temple Owls (1-2): Penn State upended the Owls 24-13, ruining their best chances ever to beat the Lions.
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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Head coach Chris Mooney recorded his first career loss at Richmond in an Atlantic 10 road opener as the La Salle Explorers defeated the Spiders, 71-59, at Tom Gola Arena.
Tyrone Garland recorded a game-high 17 points off the bench for the Explorers (11-4, 1-1 A-10). Tyreek Duren recorded 15 points, seven boards, seven assists and four steals, Jerrell Wright chipped in 12 points while Steve Zack added 11 point off the bench as La Salle won for the second time in the last three games.
For the Spiders (11-6, 1-1), Kendall Anthony recorded a team-high 13 points. Cedrick Lindsay and Greg Robbins added 12 and 10 points, respectively, as Richmond had a two-game winning streak snapped.
La Salle was 15-of-37 from the floor, while holding the Spiders to 11-of-26 made field goals in the first half, en route to a 33-30 advantage at the break.
The Explorers shot 56.5 percent from the floor and held the visitors without a single 3-point conversion on nine attempts after intermission.
La Salle, which shot just 3-of-15 behind the 3-point line on the day, dominated the points in the paint, 48-24, and bench points, 29-11.
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Bay Harbor Island residents can get special fixed-price menus at participating restaurants in the town on March 22, then go to Town Hall for an evening of improvisation.
The dinner and improv show called "Chasing Tales" starts at 7:30 pm and is not only about comedy, but is mostly centered around telling a story, with well-known comedians from Chicago's Second City, Los Angeles's Groundlings, and New York's Upright Citizens Brigade.
Participating restaurants are Emilio's Trattoria, The Bistro Bakery, Le Pine, Asia Bay, Betto's, and The Palm Restaurant.
Tickets are $15 per person, can be purchased at tickets.chasingtalesonline.com, and should be picked up at Town Hall. Space is limited. For more information, call 305-866-6241.


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October 29, 2008
Therrien Juggles Lines for Phoenix Game
In an effort to create some sort of offense after an otherwise dismal 11-shot performance last night in San Jose, Penguins coach Michel Therrien is once again juggling the lines. Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin will be broken up for the time being. Ruslan Fedotenko will now be moved up to the first line along with Pascal Dupuis and Malkin will center a line with Petr Sykora and Matt Cooke on the wings. Jordan Staal, who is still struggling to score and hasn't potted a goal since March, has been moved down to the third line with Miroslav Satan and Tyler Kennedy.
Many were concerned about the Pittsburgh defense after Ryan Whitney and Sergei Gonchar went down, but the blue line along with Marc-Andre Fleury has been good. The team is 6th in the league with 21 goals allowed, averaging 2.10 a game. The offense is what's concerning Penguin-nation. Through last night's games, Pittsburgh is 20th in the NHL with 24 goals for with Satan leading the way with four goals.
What's been worrying me is the fact that Sidney Crosby is playing unselfishly way too much. He may lead the Penguins in shots with 36, but there are far too many times when Crosby is flying down the wing he pulls up too look for a pass or does his spin-o-rama-backhanded pass across the defensive zone that goes to no one. With the team struggling offensively like it is, it's time for Crosby and Malkin to play hockey like they were playing in the NBA, selfishly and all about themselves. Pittsburgh isn't getting 200 points between guys like Dupuis, Fedotenko, and Max Talbot, it's getting them from it's two offensive leaders in Crosby and Malkin. Michel Therrien can do his usual juggling act with the lines, but eventually he's going to have to let them be to create some sort of chemistry between the players. I agree with breaking up Crosby and Malkin, otherwise the Penguins might turn into the Ottawa Senators as a one line time. Staal could be the key in all of this as a winger to help either the first or second line, but by looking at the lines for tomorrow night's game in Phoenix, it seems as if the coaching staff wants to mold him more as a defensive-center than a productive one.
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diome(or Elina) is a member in Finland . She has been a member for over 5 years (1867 days).
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I'm aged 30+ and love to read (many kinds of books, Umberto Eco, Robert Holdstock and Neil Gaiman are three of my favorite authors), watch movies, write (currently writing a historical novel), walk in the nature, sometimes swim, make artist trading cards (ATC) and similar crafts. I listen to music when doing other things - various types from europop and "viking metal" to folk music and renaissance madrigals. I'm a fan of True Blood, Dexter, Downton Abbey, Borgias and a few other series.
Traveling is one of the best things there is to life. I've mostly seen European countries, but also part of USA. Favorite travel partner is my husband.:) Lack of money prevents us from traveling more, but I think Postcrossing is a wonderful way to see the world.
Special interests / wishlist:
- queer/glbt issues & feminism
- landscapes & nature & animals (especially wildlife, wolves)
- history, ethnography & vintage (I'd absolutely love a card with renaissance or 17th century theme, and would be thrilled if it was about musketeers)
- litterature & books
- gothic & fantasy themes, classic fairytales
- ad cards for art exhibitions
- coffee, tea & wine
- museums, art museums, ethnographic museums/sites, farmhouses, book shops, cafés, historical buildings and quarters, castles, street views, parks, libraries
- art cards: both modern and classic art and everything in between (Alphonse Mucha and Gustav Klimt are two of my favorite artists)
- pretty much anything about France
- views of the Alps
- black and white cards are ok
- self made cards are ok, but not a priority
- nudity is welcome, so are also horror themes
- folded cards are ok
- I have nothing against multiviews or other tourist cards
- ad cards falling under my wishlist topics are welcome
(What I don't like so much are seasonal, flower, baby/child cards, Inge Löök and Angry Birds.)
I love cards with lots of text on them.=) Cards written full are deffinitely a priority over any theme.
Ideas on what to write:
- the book you read recently and/or which touched you
- the kind of landscape you feel most home at (be it city or nature)
- a place you enjoy visiting - could be a café, a museum, a recreational area, a national park, another city, your own city, summer cottage, etc.
- your current day - what you did, etc. I'm very interested to hear how people live their lives.
- what you have for breakfast, lunch, dinner
- what you like or dislike about the place you live in or your country
- some current hot topic in your country - a thing everyone is talking about
- what you think of the paranormal romance phenomenon (vampire, werewolf, etc. books, series and movies with a romantic plot)
- if you read historical novels, what are your favorites and why
- if you love a certain country or period of time, which country or period and why just that


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One of Illinois' first licenses to carry a concealed, loaded firearm arrived Monday. Steven Potete, a veteran NRA member, showed FOX 32 News how he'll holster his handgun now every time he leaves his Southwest Suburban home.
"Absolutely excited, glad that it finally came in Illinois, that I can feel comfortable taking my wife and my children outside in public now," said Potete.
However, Potete said that he may remove from his family's van the National Rifle Association stickers he proudly put there years ago. He wants to prevent the chances of his vehicle becoming a target for thieves seeking a gun.
Some police fear exactly that, including Police Supt. Garry McCarthy, one of the most outspoken critics of Illinois' new concealed carry law.
"People steal cars. And now, they're not just gonna' get the car. They're gonna' get a bonus. They're gonna' open the glove compartment and find a firearm. It's outrageous. It's not well thought out," said McCarthy.
To NRA members such as Steven Potete, that's an argument to let people carry their guns virtually everywhere, so that they don't have to be left in vehicles.
Potete will be in the State Capitol Wednesday lobbying to eliminate, or severely restrict, signs on places preventing the entrance of people concealed carrying.
Potete claimed such places would now be targets for criminals, who've been intimidated by concealed carry in other states.
"Stand by and watch what happens. The answer to gun violence is not more guns," said McCarthy.
Supt. McCarthy also said that Chicago Police have received what he called a "new training protocol" in advance of the arrival of legal concealed carry. When police officers stop a vehicle, or a person on the street, checking for concealed firearms will now be a higher priority than ever.
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After a string of low-key album preview shows in Ballarat, Melbourne and Sydney, revered outfit Something For Kate have announced a national headline tour – their first in five years.
The tour is in celebration of Leave Your Soul To Science, the band's stunning new full-length LP. With demand running incredibly high for the preview sets, tickets are sure to sell out quick smart for the album launch tour.
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A republican state lawmaker wants to change the graduation system and public school accountability.
Under House Bill 5, Representative Jimmie Don Aycock wants to take some weight off of standardized testing; HB 5 would require evaluating of schools to be determined on more than just test scores. It would also look at the school's financial situation and community involvement.
There would also be room for students to have more options when it comes to choosing courses in high school, one that would be based more on the student's skills and the career path they want to take after high school.
HB 5 would also take the number of end-of-course tests from 15 down to 5.Aycock says there's simply too many tests for students to take that are distracting them from getting a quality education.
"We'll continue some standardized testing, but I don't think it will have the emphasis that's it had in the past if we succeed at this," said Aycock.
Aycock not only has support from fellow republicans, but democrats too.
"I think we need to really make some significant changes in public education. We're losing a lot of children particularly in that transition from middle school to high school. When they're entering the 9th grade and facing the new STAAR testing. Facing a curriculum that's designed for one purpose and that's to go get a 4-year college education," said Rep. Joe Deshotel (D) of Port Arthur.
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Celebrities are very often scrutinized for their beliefs or political stance, causing many to keep quiet when issues arise. But others, like Stacey Dash and Eva Longoria, aren't afraid to go out there and speak their minds -- regardless of what anyone might think. Check out 11 stars who speak out about their beliefs and stance on various matters:
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You know the song: The most beautiful sound I ever heard; All the beautiful sounds of the world in a single word—Maria; I just met a girl named Maria.
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I'm starting to get inspired for a late winter/early spring garden by pulling out seeds from last year to see what's left, looking at seeds I can exchange, and making the seed and seedling list for this year.
I love to peruse the Baker Creek Heirloom Seed catalog for inspiration and usually try out a new variety. I also like to order from the organic seed section of Johnny's Seeds. This is where I purchased the organic basil and organic green bean seeds for the Organic Garden Seed Kit.
As a very thoughtful Christmas gift my brother -in- law Joel gave me some of their favorite garden seeds, ones especially great for young gardeners. I'm anxious to add these to the garden this year.
I also really enjoy having herbs growing and use them in almost all dishes during the summer months. I am trying to get better at preserving dried herbs to use during the winter months and would like to add a few more to the herb garden this year. My nephew brought me some of my favorite dried herbs (rosemary, sage, and fennel) from his community garden in Brooklyn. He also brought some eucalyptus, which is great aromatherapy for the sinuses. I just boil water, drop in a couple of leaves and sit, as long as I can stand it, with a towel draped over my head letting the warm eucalyptus steam filter into the sinuses.
Here are a couple of our garden favorites and we're definitely growing more Kolhrabi this year. It was a big hit with the kids and they loved the kohlrabi recipes in this post. If you would like to grow something right now indoors, these microgreens get us through this tricky time before we can plant outdoors.
If you live in Kansas City, the Annual Winter Seed Exchange (organic and non-gmo seeds) is taking place tomorrow Jan 18th, if you have seeds that you have saved from last year and would like to find some new varieties to try out. Here is a beginners guide to seed saving if you have not tried it before.
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This thread is a load of balls.
I have a question. Possibly my question sounds strange, but answer me in a logical way.
What do you think about 4-ball over and "maiden out" rule (in the case of maiden, the striker is out)?
Runs of byes are attributed to the keeper. Maidens are based of runs scored of the bowler.
i think a 1 ball over should be incorporated into the current cricket paradigm.
You take my pawn, I take your rook. You take my bishop, I take your queen. You take my knight, I buy Mayfair. Because while you were busy playing chess, I've been playing Monopoly the entire time.
I do admire your tenacity mate, you hang on to your ideas like grim death in a manner that befits a true scotsman, but the length of the over is surely the least important issue facing cricket in the second decade of the 21st century
Balls above 90mph to be declared no-balls. To be applied retrospectively to any matches in the last month.
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Byron Bay's Parkway Drive will embark on their most ambitious Australian tour this December to coincide with the release of their hugely anticipated fourth album, Atlas.
Recorded in Los Angeles with esteemed producer Matt Hyde (Slayer, Hatebreed, Sum 41, Alkaline Trio, etc.), the soon-to-be-released Atlas is yet another leap forward for the chart-topping Australian group, whose previous effort, 2010's Deep Blue, took out the ARIA award for Best Hard Rock and Metal release.
December's Atlas tour will boast an all Australian lineup, with support coming from three exciting local acts, I Killed The Prom Queen, Northlane and Survival.
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Wives' Value of Time and Food Consumed Away from Home in Taiwan
AbstractIn the present paper, we examine the relationship between wives' value of time and expenditures on food away from home (FAFH) in Taiwan between 1983 and 2000. An endogenous switching regression model is used to model the household's consumption decision on FAFH. The empirical results show that wives' value of time, household income, presence of young children and grandparents, and wives' educational attainment are important factors for both participation in consuming and amount spent on FAFH. The income elasticities of FAFH have increased from 0.09 to 0.17 over the sample period. Moreover, other things being equal, the level of spending on FAFH has also increased over time. The results suggest that there has been a structural change in the consumption pattern of FAFH by families in Taiwan. Copyright 2005 East Asian Economic Association.
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Obama the Ideologue
October 15, 2010
During one of those sadly recurring times when the moon reflects a particularly
intense form of its lunacy-inducing light, Newsweek editor Evan Thomas bent his
knee before a little-known lawyer, community organizer, and state legislator who
had been sitting in the Oval Office for fewer than five months to utter words
that befouled everything this side of Heaven:
...in a way Obama [is]standing above the country, above — above the world;
he's sort of God...
Thomas deserved all the mocking slings and arrows that came his way regarding a
paean that can arise only from a psyche so perversely disfigured it is incapable
of understanding the simple truth that every false, lying, merely-human god is
doomed not just to be exposed as a contemptible fraud but to abject failure in
whatever he does.
So, too, is Thomas today deserving of a storm of ironic "How's that god thing
working out for you?" as Obama sinks in the polls, taking even "safe" Democrats
down with him and occasioning commentators such as Mark Halperin to write as
follows in Time, a kindred spirit of Newsweek:
Most politically engaged elites have [concluded that] the White House is in
over its head, isolated, insular, arrogant and clueless [and that it] hasn't
much to offer...except more of the same that isn't working.
But while news about the public's rejection of Obama's agenda is inescapable,
there isn't much being said about the why of his failure.
Sure, there's the partially reasonable point made by some that having inherited
not just a profound financial mess but possibly a shocking "new normal" in the
nation's socio-economic structure, Obama is faced with problems that may take
decades to solve or may never be solved.
And there's the ludicrous assertion that Democrats find themselves in political
hell because the president has failed to explain the excellence of his agenda to
the public — an argument notable only for its insulting the American people as
being infinitely greater nitwits than the protagonists of Dumb and Dumber.
But political spin aside, the fundamental reason for Obama's downfall is this:
The man is an incorrigible ideologue who is doomed to failure as much as any
false god.
Now, before evidence for that contention can be offered, a definition is
necessary, with the task best accomplished by quoting the American essayist
Clifton Fadiman, who defined the ideologue as a person who "is not interested in
ideas, but—almost the exact contrary—in one idea . . .[that he] never
And this also from Fadiman:
When [an ideologue] erects this idea into a system and forces the system to
give birth to a way of life, confusion often results, usually to his great
Well, every person blessed with even a bit of education about history knows that
much more than confusion reigns when ideologues force upon a culture a system
they worship dogmatically.
However, comments about the debacles and evils wrought by ideologues of the past
must wait for another time; for the purpose here is to offer evidence supporting
the idea of Barack Obama as an ideologue devoted to a leftist belief system that
has been crumbing so utterly that its only proud proponents these days are
nutcases who admire the grand accomplishments of Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez.
So, to get on with the purpose at hand, the general, overarching piece of
evidence that proves the assertion made above is that as a lover of centralized
authority and bureaucracy — in other words, of the politburo approach to
government — Obama has eschewed advancing creative, innovative ideas of his own
in favor of allowing congressional Democrats to dictate every last detail of
every last one of his policy initiatives.
Now, while ten thousand words may begin to illuminate the supreme stupidity of
such behavior, we can keep things brief if we simply ask ourselves what a
Jonathan Swift or a Mark Twain would have to say about it.
Of course, we can't imagine exactly what such geniuses might come up with, but
we can be certain they would employ bitter ironies, acidic sarcasms, and mocking
exaggerations to satirize the idea that the greater good is best achieved when
Yahoos who title themselves with the despicably euphemistic oxymoron "Honorable
Members of Congress" are exclusively permitted to create, in secret, over a
period of only several months, an unreadable (and unread) 2,000 page abomination
that purports to immensely improve the nation's healthcare system.
Or a secretly stuffed, rotten-pork laden "stimulus" bill aimed at improving
economic opportunities for the American people.
Or a so-called border/immigration "reform" that ignores crucial economic,
social, cultural, security, political, and environmental issues that a class of
high school students could enumerate in an hour of brainstorming.
Yes, the great satirists would understand that an ideologue is doomed to failure
the moment he accepts dogmas teaching that the more government is centralized,
the more it is expanded, and the more it spends and borrows, the greater the
possibilities for the people's liberty, prosperity, and pursuit of happiness.
But those great minds would not limit their response solely to Obama's
disastrous ideas about government; for they would never miss the reality that as
he fails, Obama reacts not just with "great surprise" but, out of an anger born
of pretentious anger, by directing his allies to attack those who disagree with
the "way of life" he proposes with ugly, arrogant, despicable name calling.
With that, the case is made for precisely why never questioning, "more of the
same that isn't working" Obama is failing and why his reaction to failure is
only causing him to fail all the more.
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Bull and Bear – an optimistic and pessimistic view of investment news. Today's stories: US celebrates as UK stutters again. UK services move into recession territory. Eurozone PMI latest. Banks given four years of grace
US celebrates as UK stutters again
It was not hard to find the good news last Friday. It was not hard to find the bad news either.
The good news came from across the ocean.
In the US of A, December saw net payrolls rise by 155,000.
There has been a rise in US non-farm labour net employment in excess of 100,000 every month since July. December was not good as November, which saw 161,000 new jobs, but better than October (137,000) and September (132,000).
Percentage unemployment kind of stayed still. Last month US unemployment was recorded as 7.7 per cent. This month it was 7.8 per cent. So you and I might call that an increase. But the statisticians revised their estimate for November upwards from 7.7 per cent to 7.8 per cent. Hence the official stats say no change.
Bear in mind, December was the month when the US was worrying about the fiscal cliff.
February and March will see more worries about cliffs and ceilings, but right now the mood is pretty positive. So If December saw 155,000 join the workforce, when there was all that scare talk about cliffs, one assumes that January will be much better – if it isn't something is wrong.
You can be cynical, and say that a high number of the US workers with a job are only employed on a part time basis, and that the stats are not showing us the number of would-be workers who have dropped out of the figures altogether; those who have just given up looking for work. And frankly, there may be something in your cynicism.
But everything is relative. The US might still be suffering from unemployment which is too high.
But if you want to be bearish, spare your thoughts for the UK.
UK services move into recession territory
December was an odd month for UK plc.
You may recall from last week, that UK manufacturing had a good one. The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) from Markit/CIPS tracking UK manufacturing rose from 50.5 in November to 54.0, which was a 20 month high, and well above the critical no change 50 mark.
As for construction, this was not so good. The construction PMI Activity Index averaged 49.6 in Q4, down from 49.8 in Q3. This suggests that the sector acted as a drag on the overall economy during the October to December period. More worryingly, the December figures had new business falling at the fastest rate since April 2009.
Friday saw the PMI for services. And it was worrisome. The Business Activity Index fell from 50.2 in November to 48.9, pointing to the first monthly fall in activity since the heavy snowfall of December 2010 and the largest monthly decline since April 2009.
And taking the three indices together, they collectively point to contraction last December. In fact the composite PMI fell to 49.9, from 50.1 in November. It was the second time in three months the composite index was below 50.
Just to remind you, this time last year the PMIs pointed to mild expansion. But subsequently, the official data said contraction. Many economists said they had more faith in the PMIs than the official data, and the economy was not quite as bad as ONS data suggested.
Now the PMIs point to contraction.
It is important to be consistent. If you think the PMIs were more accurate last year, and that the ONS overstated the slow-down, that must mean you now think the UK is contracting again.
This does not mean we are back in recession – not necessarily. A recession is defined as two successive quarters of negative growth, and it's too soon to tell what Q1 of this year will bring.
But whichever way you look at it, it does seem as though the UK is not in a good place right now.
Actually, on second thoughts, there is an alternative way to look at things. Is there not a school of thought that says the UK needs to rely less on services and more on manufacturing. It is just that such a changeover will not be easy, but may be essential.
Maybe December saw this changeover occur.
Maybe. But it is pretty dangerous to look at one month's data in isolation. Keep an eye on this one, but don't start to draw any conclusions unless the balance between manufacturing and services seen in December is repeated many times over the next year.
Eurozone PMI latest
Meanwhile, Friday also saw the latest composite PMIs for the Euro area.
It is hard to say whether we should be celebrating or crying.
If you follow football, you may know Aston Villa got thrashed three matches in a row: eight nil, four nil and three nil. So what should fans have done when their team was only beaten three nil? Celebrate their best result in three matches or cry?
For the euro area, the latest composite PMIs were the best in seven months – is that reason to celebrate? Maybe, but then consider this: the last composite PMI was 47.2, firmly into contraction territory, and by any normal standards an awful reading. To put it in football terms, it is like being beaten three nil.
Here's the breakdown:
Ireland 54.2 – 3-month low
Germany 50.3 – 8-month high
Italy 45.7 – 11-month high
France 44.6 – 4-month high
Spain 43.9 – 9-month high
Banks given four years of grace
January 2015 doesn't seem quite so distant. Economic forecasts that assume that by 2015 things will be back to normal don't look quite so credible now do they?
For banks that's a problem because that is the year when new Basel rules on banks liquidity come into force, and by then banks must set aside more liquidity so that they could survive another banking crisis – or at least to give them sufficient readies to survive a bank run lasting 30 days.
But if banks must build up all this extra liquidity, won't that mean that in the meantime they will have to lend less money?
This is the essence of their main complaint. The banks say you can't expect us to build up more capital and liquidity, and lend more all at the same time.
Well, never fear. Those nice men and women at Basel committee of banking supervisors (actually not sure if there are any women on the committee), have agreed that their new rules can be phased in between 2015 and 2019.
And since everything will be back to normal by 2019, we can all feel pretty relaxed about those changes.
That is if you ignore the fact that under current accounting standards it is possible that bank's accounts dramatically overstate the value of their assets. 2019 may seem like a nice distant date we don't need to worry about, but don't fall into the trap of thinking the chances of another major banking crisis between now and then is low.
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Based on all the stuff going around comparing Damien to Derrick Rose, Russell Westbrook, etc., I decided to look back at combine measurements (here) and see how he lined up with them (plus who else makes for good comparisons). I'm just looking at PGs from the recent past who ended up top-15 picks (numbers after the jump...). And of course, this is just looking at his body and athleticism, not skillset, but I think time will show those comparisons valid as well.
Lillard measured at 6'1.75" (these are all without shoes), 189lbs, with 6'7.75" wingspan. How does that match up with the above comparisons? Rose was 6'1.5", 196lbs, with 6'8" wingspan, and Westbrook was 6'2.25", 192lbs, with 6'7.75" wingspan. Those are all extremely close; the physique comparisons are dead on.
Who else does he look like coming out of the combine? Brandon Knight was 6'1.5", 177lbs, with 6'6.75" wingspan. Deron Williams was 6'1.75", 202lbs, 6'6.25" wingspan. Devin Harris was 6'1.75", 170lbs, with 6'7.5" wingspan. Antonio Daniels was 6'2", 197lbs, with 6'8" wingspan. Those are the closest that I have access to measurements for (Kyrie Irving, Jared Bayless, and Steph Curry are similar on height and weight but with much smaller wingspans).
What about the athletic testing? Rose and Lillard are definitely the best of the comparison group in vertical leap (identical 34.5" no-step, and 40" vs. 39.5" max); interesting to note that Westbrook (who is known as a real high-flyer) was about 4" behind them in each. Bench press stats also seem to show we shouldn't be worried about his strength; Lillard's 13 reps trailed only D-Will's 15 (Westbrook and Rose with 12 and 10, Harris well behind at 5).
Lillard's agility test times are middle-of-the-pack. The only area where he trails his competitors is the sprint. While Rose and Westbrook put up otherwordly times (3.05 and 3.07), Lillard was at 3.34 (trailing D-Will's 3.25 among the comparison group). So he may not be as fast end-to-end as the guys he's most compared to (to be fair, no one in the NBA is), but otherwise he compares very well (in physique, leaping, strength, etc.).
Of course, one caveat to note is that Lillard was 2 years older than those guys when drafted, but he's still definitely young enough to develop similarly.


text: VanityFair.com posted an item today about the decision by L.A. city officials to ban a billboard for the latest season of Project Runway. In the ad, Heidi Klum sits on a throne while a mass of oily naked models slither at her feet. L.A. city officials haven't always been so concerned with the content of billboards, as a recent piece by Los Angeles magazine executive editor Matt Segal proves. Still, all juice cleansing, traffic, and "stay classy L.A." jokes aside, we agree: We see more sideboob on the red carpet these days (thank you Anne Hathaway!) than in this photo.


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Legia Warsaw have filed an appeal against their dramatic axing from the Champions League in favour of Celtic, UEFA said on Tuesday.
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The city mayor, Vimal Yadav, has hit out at the District Town and Country Planning (DTCP) department for declaring a 129 acre area in Sector 68, near Badshapur, as a high density zone.
The Old Town, also known as Ekamra Khetra, is in for a massive makeover as the tourism department has come up with a host of plans.
After rain pounded the town for two days, backwaters of Hirakud Dam submerged many low-lying areas here on Wednesday with the authorities opening 50 sluice gates of the reservoir.
Chandernagore, an erstwhile French enclave is renowned for its revolutionaries....
Chandernagore, an erstwhile French enclave is renowned for its revolutionaries....
Chandernagore, an erstwhile French enclave is renowned for its revolutionaries....
Seeking to check cases of thefts from shops and households, Model Town police has issued advisory for the shopkeepers and residents in the area to prevent such thefts.
Meenakshi Bangera has been elected president, and Vasanthi Bhandary her deputy in the Mulki Town Panchayat. Both are from the BJP. While Meenakshi is a first time entrant to this ULB, Vasanthi is a second time councillor.
Deputy commissioner A B Ibrahim has declared holiday to all state, central government offices, government factories, industrial units, educational institutions - aided included, coming under Mulki town panchayat limits on January 27 in view of the elections to the town panchayat scheduled for that date.
A resident of Model Town was injured after a rashly driven jeep hit her car near BCM School in Shastri Nagar during New Year celebrations.
In an incident that highlights the need for getting the verification of the servants being done, valuables were stolen from the house of a transporter in Model town area. Police has registered a case against the servants and the search for the accused is being carried by the police.
One person from Model town was left injured following a gun shot. The victim is being treated at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital.


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The 49ers, led by the unreticent coach, Jim Harbaugh, recite a rally cry. It goes like this: Harbaugh asks rhetorically, "Who's got it better than us?" to which the whole team bellows "Nooo-boooody." Fitting that the Niners will soon call Santa Clara home, for what segment of enterprise embraces hubris quite like Silicon Valley?
As a disclaimer I should state the obvious. I'm a Seahawks fan. The Seahawks and 49ers have developed the league's fiercest rivalry since Seahawks coach Pete Carroll and Harbaugh packed their mutual hatred for one another and left the PAC 10 for the NFC West. Normally I root FOR the Seahawks. This weekend I'll root against the 49ers with much more fervor than I've rooted against any other opponent.
Harbaugh's choice to use this question—who's got it better than us?—to fire up his team has an innocent origin. Jack Harbaugh would look back at his kids on family outings and ask "who's got it better than us?" To which the kids would respond gaily, "nooo--booooody." Two of Jack's kids, John and Jim, have gone on to coach NFL teams to the Super Bowl, so maybe nobody is a fair response. Not the Obamas, who might barely survive their eight years in the White House. Not Alice Munro, the 2013 Nobel Prize winner for literature who wouldn't likely live through a single snap on the NFL gridiron. And certainly not Nelson Mandela, a guy who croaked after spending nearly 27 years in prison as an anti-apartheid crusader. Though he, like President Obama, became his nation's first black president, it's hard to imagine that during his life he ever had it better than the Harbaughs on those childhood fishing trips to the Great Lakes.
Harbaugh these days has it pretty good. Better than most, I'd say. Except when he doesn't. And when he doesn't he throws sideline tantrums, runs onto the field, and writes the NFL's advisory board of officials, pleading with them to restore his life to a quality better than everyone else's.
It's a question meant simply to thrust a team of massively rich, celebrity gladiators toward the goal of demolishing whatever opponent happens to be on their schedule. By now, most have seen the biased infographic on imgur detailing how much better Colin Kaepernick has it than Russell Wilson. Judging by Kaepernick's tattoos, his silos of unworn sneakers and team caps, his exotic car and jet travel, his nightlife companions, and unrelenting devotion to the pronoun "that", nobody could possibly have it better. Not Wilson, who apparently only boasts one pair of Nike sneakers (and they're the pedestrian Flyknits, which any schmuck can buy) and spends much of his free time in the company of sickly kids. Not Richard Sherman, who spent his youth dodging stray bullets in Compton and now must suffer through Seattle's dreadful winters. And definitely not the fans of either team, who pay gobs of money just to wear a replica jersey the quarterbacks themselves get for free.
To be fair, Kaepernick too gives generously to charities. That popular infographic neglects to highlight Kaepernick's own generosity and philanthropic participation. But that doesn't matter. The point is, Kaepernick, to an extent more measurable than Wilson, weighs success in swagilocity. As if Kanye West wasn't example enough, it's unbecoming for a guy who has it better than all of us to brag about his swag.
Beyond the petty, biased, undersubstantiated comparisons of two gifted quarterbacks, the petulant whining of the 49ers' coach, and the onfield competition between our team and the bad guys, there is something embedded in the meaning of the question "who's got it better than us?" and its answer "nobody", that in this application, irks me. If posed the same question, I could write a list as long as the Bible.
And that question, in the inverse form asks, "who's got it worse than us?" The 49ers' answer then: "everybody." Everybody including the lowly fans who finance those wonderful lives. The artists. Those who have sworn their lives to public service. The wrongly accused. The under and unemployed. The impoverished. The disabled. The soldiers, whose lives are in constant peril, yet who gather around TVs in faraway deserts to cheer their teams to victory. Me. You. Everybody has it worse than the 49ers.
If I asked a homeless man, "who's got it better than you?" and he answered, "nobody", perhaps I could find inspiration in his response. But not if you're a group of mega-rich athletes whose lives—by virtue of their preternatural abilities to play a game—are afforded more luxury than most. It's a bad look. It's braggartly. Spoiled kids brag about how good they have it. Bullies tell dweebs how much better they have it right before they smush a PB and J on the dweebs' glasses. I'd like to think that a group of excellent NFL players, who I'm sure have it pretty good, could channel a little more humility from the less fortunate.
On the topic of humility- here's my pick- Hawks by 30.
Go Hawks.


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ALBANY, N.Y. -- More than 15 million Americans are affected by food allergies, some of which can be life-threatening.
For some, just one bite of food can be deadly.
As parents get ready to send their kids back to school in a few weeks, parents of children with food allergies have a whole other set of preparations to make before their child even gets on the bus.
Whether your child has food allergies or not, you are still affected by this growing problem.
On one side, you're navigating the world of EpiPens and dietary restrictions.
On the other side, every parent must know what kinds of foods and treats are acceptable to bring into the classroom.
Epi-Pens, medical alerts bracelets, safe food checklists, it's all apart of the repertoire of a family with a child with food allergies.
Dr. Scott Osur, a certified allergy and asthma consultant, says the number of those families is growing.
"Maybe I would see a new peanut allergy every week or two and honestly, now it's every day I see a new one."
Dr. Osur has focused on food allergies for almost three decades. Many of his patients are life-long patients, like nine year old Zach Fruiterman.
Zach was first diagnosed with food allergies when he was 12 months old, after eating a jar of baby food.
His allergies now include milk, eggs, peanuts, treenuts and mustard.
"When you have so many foods that you are truly allergic to, it can be a little bit of a daunting task," says Dr. Osur. "That's why education is so important."
Dr. Osur points out the education extends way beyond a family.
When Zach heads to his first day of fourth grade in a few weeks, his classmates will receive a "safe snacks" list and his teacher and school nurse will be equipped with a safety plan specifically geared to his needs.
"The cafeteria has an action plan," says Judy Devaney, Zach's school nurse. "Every special area where Zach goes or when he comes into contact with anybody, they know exactly what to do in the event of an exposure."
Devaney says part of her job is making sure everyone knows how to identify an allergic reaction and make other parents aware of why it is so important to keep certain foods out of the school completely.
Zach's mother, Cheryl Fruiterman says their life changed when he was diagnosed with food allergies at 12 months old, and then again when he entered kindergarten.
"Kids are worried about what they're going to wear, who's going to be in my class, but to me that was nothing." says Fruiterman.
Dr. Osur says there are trials going on right now to try and find a cure for food allergies, but it could be years
"I think there definitely is hope, but right now, you still have to do what Zach and his family are doing," he says. "Be careful and have your emergency medicine around and be very knowledgeable."
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Several Lubbock businesses along 67th St. want no parking along the curbside. People are parking here because of the abortion clinic and for protesting abortion.
Anti-abortion activist Wayne Krenner says it's not about parking, "It's a first amendment right," Wayne said.
Nestled at the top of the cul-de-sac on 67th St. sits an abortion clinic. Just a few feet away, Wayne and his wife protest against abortion and have been doing that for ten years. They use disturbing pictures for the message. "They (businesses) have come out and said what they're really upset about. It's the nature of the signs. The city doesn't have an ordinance against graphic signs, so the next thing is to limit parking," said Wayne.
The spray paint on the curb is a marking for no parking signs, and a petition shows who's in favor for putting up those signs. 80% of businesses don't want protestors parking along the curbs because it's a safety issue and a parking issue. But those businesses supporting the move didn't want to say that on camera.
"You can see you have one vehicle parked over here, you've got mine. That's it and your vehicle. That's normal activity. You can see it doesn't constitute as a parking issue," said Wayne.
The curb outside the abortion clinic is painted red and designated as a fire lane. The fire department says the clinic's owner made this request six months ago. But why now? The clinic has been here for nearly 20 years.
"It's a progression. You don't park here, yeah, we understand that. You don't park there. Ok. Now they don't want us to park anywhere? They want us completely out of the neighborhood," said Wayne.
This is the second time no parking signs have gone up in this area. The first time was back in 1999. But the same businesses who wanted the signs had the city take them down the next year. The reason: abortion clients were parking in their business parking lots.
Now, it's up the city council to decide on this Thursday at the city council meeting. We'll be there.
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Seth Macfarlane entertains us. A whole new meaning to "Thank Heaven for Little Girls"!
H/T: Andrew Klavan.
"It is not worth the while to go round the world to count the cats in Zanzibar" – Henry David Thoreau
Seth Macfarlane entertains us. A whole new meaning to "Thank Heaven for Little Girls"!
H/T: Andrew Klavan.
I am very vague as to the why for this post? And particularly the use of the term nacelles in the context. tits I'm OK with but nacelles are parts of aircraft and similar. I have never, in my entire puff, heard nacelles used as a term for breasts and dear Gods I've heard enough, sometimes bizarre, euphemisms (and I am a long-term Viz reader) but that is a new on me. Personally I just call them breasts usually. But this list suggests others.
And the title amuses me enormously though not entirely in a good way. I have a personal dislike of "baby-talk" for "naughtie bits". I love the "Carry On" punning because it is funny but I crossed-over when Oprah started on about vay-vay-jays or whatever,
Euphemisms for "boobs"? God's sake. Like having Beavis and Butthead 24/7.
Oh, and can we retire "feminanzi"?
"I am very vague as to the why for this post?" – I could wax eloquent on this all day. Suffice it to say, boobs are God's greatest creation, worthy of daily contemplation and thanks. The question is not "why," but "why not."
Julie, we are not cloistered. We might not make that many ships on the Tyne anymore but when it comes to vaguely (or explicitly) vulgarity turns of phrase we can fight anyone for a quid. We can swear in a way that would make that guy look lik he was M/C at a Baptist teat-dance in Opelika, AL in 1952. It's not that the routine is offensive per-se. It is that seems crass and… just not funny. As I have mentioned here before Kate Wt gets her norks out at the drop of a contract and that is cool because it is a sex-scene or similar. So that's fine to parody but the nude scene in Silkwood? The rape scene in The Accussed? Why not sing a jolly song about the shower scene in Schindler's List?
Nudity in movies etc serves multiple purposes. Some is comedic, some sexy and some about utter terror. I thought Boys Don't Cry was a good movie (not a fun one, mind) but the scenes of Hillary Swank's character being sexually destroyed are not ones to write a comic song about. I tend not to think of sexual assault as a laughing matter.
"Boobs"? How…conservative.
They are bloody TITS laddie!
Well, Nick, apparently none of your remarks in your first comment really addressed your issue, which is a pity since you have now raised a legitimate point. However, I confess to being a little surprised that you find the subject routine "crass" and that that bothers you, given your own preferred writing style.
Actually, what the number made me think of was Janet Jackson's famous Wardrobe Malfunction. Personally, I haven't seen any of the movies named except The Accused, which I thought was quite effective when I saw it 800 years ago. Miss Foster and Miss McGillis were both excellent, and the gang-rape scene was properly chilling and, you're quite right, not a proper subject of comedy. Other than that, while of course I've heard of Kate Winslett I have no idea what she's been in and I've never seen her; most of the others were people I've never even heard of. The fact remains that Sex Sells, and Hollywood is always trying to up the ante on the sex, or sex-and-violence, scenes. In my opinion most of it is a big yawn…all the mystery of sex and sexuality left on the shelf while the prop man gets the module labeled "gasp gasp sproing sproing." I will say that breasts are by now so commonly on view that I don't see why anyone even bothers to notice them them (except for the male when his groin is bothering him, of course). –I take it back. I did see Silkwood, a so-so movie which purported to be a true story but (I understand) really wasn't. Don't remember anything about it but that it was forgettable, as these leftist-propaganda movies so often are.
In any case, I saw the thing as an old-fashioned song-and-dance number that is a mild roast of The Industry's breast fetish, ca. 2011 (or whenever).
I do trust you are even more disgusted by bad movies that glamorize psychopathology, such as Butch Cassidy or Bonnie and Clyde and any number of other "hits," than you are by Mr. Macfarlane's routine.
By the way. "Tits" is actually quite a demeaning word for "breasts," since it's just "teats" slightly mispronounced, and thus specifically relegates a woman, a human being, to the same category as any sow, or bitch, or cow. The only word that might be worse is "dugs."
Well, I much prefer "tits" to "boobs" if we have to slang "breasts". It has an earthiness that "boobs" doesn't – that is end of the pier euphemism. It is Reg Varney and Oprah and her vayjayjay. And I shall repeat my point. I don't think "comic songs" reffing rape scenes with the refrain "I saw your boobs" are funny at all. In fact double-plus unfunny because of the comedic nature of intrinsically comedic nature of the word.