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Keith Olbermann: Much Ado About Something
by Maryscott OConnor, Sat May 24, 2008 at 06:15:23 PM EDT
Crossposted fromMY LEFT WING
Any sentient being could comprehend the collective gasp of shock that resounded through the media (and through the millions of us who remain tuned in to the ongoing Democratic primary) when Senator Hillary Clinton uttered her latest gaffe referencing the 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy in an inept attempt to both avoid answering a question whose answer is obvious and to rationalise her refusal to withdraw from the Democratic campaign for its party's nomination.
By now, in fact, even people who haven't been paying attention know about Senator Clinton's most recent jawdropper. It'd be difficult not to know about it, given the avalanche of attention it's received in the past 24 hours.
I stipulate to the astonishing nature of Senator Clinton's comment. I stipulate to the propriety of calling it offensive in the extreme.
But Mr. Olbermann, to quote... well, you: You have gone too far.
Few could claim to admire Keith Olbermann more deeply than I; for years, I have witnessed with joy and relief his courage and tenacity and intelligence in delivering the sole dissenting voice in televised media in the face of the Bush Administration and its GOP enablers. I consider Mr. Olbermann an admirable, honourable and brilliant advocate of reason and truth, and believe he deserves a Pulitzer for his coverage in this age of Orwellian obfuscation in most corporate media.
(And though doubtless motivated primarily by profit, acknowledgement of NBC's fortitude in its support of Olbermann's continued presence on MSNBC must be made. God knows allowing an avowed liberal Democrat his own hourly forum five days a week wasn't the safest route to take in the cable news business.)
That said, I couldn't help but cringe while watching Olbermann's latest Special Comment, excoriating Senator Clinton for her "Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June" blunder.
This is the first Special Comment of Mr. Olbermann's with which I've ever taken issue. With each successive Special Comment, Olbermann grows in my esteem and admiration -- not to mention wholehearted gratitude, but he stumbled last night. And since I don't believe in ignoring missteps and errors of judgement simply because they come from allies, it is incumbent upon me to voice my disappointment and disapproval of Mr. Olbermann's choices in commenting upon Senator Clinton's assassination remark...
First and, I think, most important, and applicable not only to Keith Olbermann but to anyone who got caught up in his soaring (and, admittedly, rousing) rhetoric: This entire "controversy" reeks of the sort of Faux Outrage frequently employed by the Republican neoconservative movement of recent years.
The fact that this tactic proves successful so often for the right wing -- and that it now appears an occasionally successful tactic for the left and even moderates -- may seem a valid reason to adopt it or co-opt it ourselves. Perhaps so; if our only aim is defeating the right wing, then a case can be made for using their own tactics against them.
But, as I've stated repeatedly over the years and has been put far more eloquently by others, in our struggle against our enemies (whoever they be) we must take care not to become what we would defeat.
In other words, if all is fair in our political game now the way it has been for some time in theirs -- what the fuck is the difference between us? Spare me the "But we're right" argument; anyone who says that and doesn't admit he's just claimed the ends justify the means is either an imbecile or a liar. That argument is, in all likelihood, the rationale espoused behind closed doors by the majority of the (probably) well-intentioned right wing.
And in embracing the Faux Outrage card played so long by the right wing, those of us on the left have just taken another step on the slippery slope to where good intentions end.
Further, playing that card against a rival faction or member of our own tribe bespeaks still more steps on that slope. How long before we lose our footing and reach a slide of inexorable descent that mirrors the one experienced by the Republicans some thirty years ago, and hit a nadir similar to the one they did in this past decade?
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I believe what we witnessed in Olbermann's fulmination last night was Last Straw Syndrome: an exaggerated sense of fury provoked not by am independent, genuinely "unforgivable" --albeit, admittedly, outrageous -- act, but by the culmination of a series of alternately outrageous, disingenuous or patently absurd acts.
Taken alone, Senator Clinton's monstrously insensitive comment would probably evoke a shocked and angry reaction; but as evinced by the mildly tempered universal reaction (or lack thereof) when she first made an almost verbatim comment earlier in the primary season, as a stand-alone act it simply does not warrant the descriptor of "Unforgivable." What it warrants, in fact, is the response Senator Barack Obama gave it:
"I have learned that when you are campaigning for as many months as Senator Clinton and I have been campaigning, sometimes you get careless in terms of the statements that you make and I think that is what happened here. Senator Clinton says that she did not intend any offense by it and I will take her at her word on that."
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Keith Olbermann's hitting one sour note after a string of brilliant arias is, obviously, forgivable. Disturbing, but forgivable; after all, Olbermann designates his Special Comments as such because they are clearly his personal territory, moments when he just cannot take it anymore and simply must vent. Many of us in Blogdom commonly issue our own"Special Comments," though here on the Internets they are known as... Rants©.
What disturbs me more than Olbermann's misstep here is the exponential multiplication of similar responses from the choir. Granted, even that is forgivable; but every time the chorus of the left echoes a sour note the cacophony resembles more and more the dissonant screeching of the christofascist right wing zombie brigade -- an ugly reminder of just how narrow the distance truly is between extremists on the right and left, and yes, I count myself among that latter number. We are all susceptible to reflexive thought and action; enlightened self-awareness notwithstanding, even the best-intentioned among us can fall prey to our baser instincts.
I hope this doesn't read like a defense of Senator Clinton or her reckless remark, because that's not my intention. I'm the last person to give her the benefit of the doubt at this stage; her behaviour thus far in the primary season merely confirms my long-held belief that I would find her only microscopically more tolerable a President than any Republican. Nor do I necessarily believe that Clinton's words actually were thoughtless or careless. To the contrary: I actually think she knew exactly what she was saying, and that the only "mistake"(to her mind, that is) was her staggering ignorance of just how fast and hard the negative response would be.
However: It is one thing to privately or believe the worst of candidate Clinton and respond as such. But it is tone deaf folly to "give her the benefit of the doubt," as Olbermann and others have done, and proceed to excoriate her with exactly the fervour and venom reserved for those who do not deserve the benefit of the doubt.
So, Mr. Olbermann, what is it to be? Do you secretly believe, as I do, that Clinton knew exactly what she was saying -- and therefore deserves every ounce of our ire and outrage... Or did you aim your diatribe at the right target for the wrong reason? If the former, then you owe it to yourself and your audience to admit the true nature of your response; and if the latter, then you owe your audience an apology and apologia.
Of course, were Mr. Olbermann to read and respond, it's likely he would reply that neither answer applies, that he sincerely believed last night in the "unforgivable" nature of Ms. Clinton's words irrespective of her intent.
To which I would have to respond: You were wrong.
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Disturbing as Senator Clinton's remark was, with respect to her injudicious juxtaposing of the 1968 Kennedy assassination with the 2008 primary, two elements of this situation disturb me far more:
First, the categorically disingenuous nature of Clinton's comparison of the 1992 primary season to the current one as rationale for her remaining in the race: Clinton knows damned well she's comparing apples and oranges and blueberries with that nonsensical argument.
In the first place, 1992 could not possibly compare to 2008, if only because the primary calendars of each differ so radically she might as well have drawn a comparison between this year's race and the Roman run-up to Julius Caesar's appointment as Supreme Dictator. By June of 1992, Bill Clinton had already won the Democratic party's nomination in all but official terms.
(The 1968 primary contest between Humphrey, McCarthy and Kennedy might have led, arguably, to a contested convention because of Humphrey and McCarthy's refusal to concede defeat after Kennedy's narrow California win; ironically, Senator Clinton's comparison to 1968 holds far more water than to 1992.)
Hillary Clinton's intractable refusal to acknowledge the disparity between her husband's primary and her own is, by now, par for her course. The junior Democratic Senator from New York, it turns out, has one terrible thing in common with her husband: a seemingly genetic tendency to lie when it is convenient, with little to no regard for the blatant transparency of her lies to even the casual observer -- and a constitutional incapability to consider the ramifications of telling outright lies in a society with 24-hour cable news outlets, not to mention Google.
Keith Olbermann actually did address, although too briefly, the second disquieting aspect of this latest debacle: The absurdly equivocating nature of Senator Clinton's "expression of regret" in response to the avalanche of criticism of her remarks on Friday.
I suspect that, had Clinton immediately and unequivocally answered her critics with a no-holds-barred "Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa, the entire brouhaha might have amounted to a smattering of aghast but resigned admonitions; certainly her tastelessness and judgement would have been fair game, but Clinton could have diffused the situation considerably had she quickly and simply apologised and in no uncertain terms acknowledged the degree to which her comment was patently inappropriate.
Of course, given her track record, it may well be that Senator Clinton is not only congenitally inclined to lie when she finds it convenient but equally inherently incapable of issuing a straightforward apology without adding so many caveats as to transform even the simplest apology into an apologia, thus through "explanation" rendering the apology ultimately moot. I suspect this to be the case, so perhaps this latest conflagration was ultimately inevitable.
Still, I cannot help but maintain my premise: That the intensity of the uproar over Senator Clinton's remarks is, while not as inappropriate as the remarks themselves, nevertheless what a psychiatrist might call "misplaced anger." A far more appropriate Special Comment from Keith Olbermann would be, for instance, directed at the totality of Senator Clinton's actions and words since the moment when the inevitability of Senator Obama's victory in this primary became irrefutable... by everyone except Senator Clinton herself.
Now, that is a Special Comment I want to see.
Tags: assassination, clinton, Democratic Primary, Kennedy, obama, Olbermann, RFK (all tags)


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Anti-illegal-immigration activists are pushing Assemblyman Eric Linder, R-Corona, retiring Sen. Bill Emmerson, R-Redlands and 13 other GOP state legislators to withdraw their signatures from a letter supporting comprehensive immigration reform with a path to citizenship for millions of people in the country illegally.
The letter urges California Republican members of Congress to encourage House Speaker John Boehner to call a vote on immigration reform.
Activists with the anti-illegal-immigration group We the People Rising rallied in front of Linder's Corona office last week and then met with a staff member.
Last month, members of We the People Rising and other groups met with Emmerson after a rally outside his Redlands office.
Anti-illegal-immigration activists have visited other legislators' offices as well, to thank those who didn't sign the letter and ask those who did to take their signatures off.
"The letter should have been about enforcing the law," said Robin Hvidston, executive director of We the People Rising and an Upland resident.
Hvidston told me Linder, Emmerson and other legislators should focus on expanding the number of jobs for U.S. workers.
Anti-illegal-immigration activists argue that giving legal status to millions in the country illegally would take away jobs from citizens and legal residents. Economists disagree as to the impact legalization would have on jobs.
State legislators do not vote on changes in immigration law. But Hvidston say Republican lawmakers influence the opinions of GOP members of Congress. And many legislators later run for Congress, she said.
Linder's office released a written statement in which the assemblyman said, "The letter encourages Congress to do its duty and take action. It also supports legal immigration by promoting essential reforms: enhanced border security, sanctions on employers who break the law and not disadvantaging those going through the citizenship process. Everybody has a right to express different views and I welcome and enjoy good dialogue on important issues."
The letter does not support a particular bill. It says there should be an "opportunity for undocumented residents to earn their way to full citizenship, but only behind those who have applied to become citizens through the current citizenship process."
In June, the Senate approved a comprehensive immigration bill with a path to citizenship. But Boehner said he will not allow a vote on a comprehensive immigration bill in the GOP-controlled House unless it has the support of a majority of House Republicans. Few House Republicans have publicly stated support for a path to citizenship.
Nearly 48 percent of the voting-age population in Linder's 60th Assembly district is Latino, according to this report by Latino Decisions, a political polling firm.
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She was paid her first dividend for WFC PFD today and she bought back the LO shares she sold under 59.
Both investments are trading XD today.
LO will be held for the merger wherein she'll receive $50.5 per share in cash and .29 shares of RAI for each share of LO she owns. Grandma likes her risk arbitrage.
She bought back the shares she sold in June pre merger announcement over 61. Her cost was under 59 and upped her holdings by about 25%.
It's still her 3rd largest holding behind BRK and PM.
I also sold more put options against LO today in my other accounts.
Buy LO and sell it high is my middle name.
Bought more in IRA #1 using proceeds from $$ held for selling options. Paid-59.7934/share, increased my holding by about 15%.
In other news-off to pick hops.
Get it-Buffet--Buffett??
in IRA #3. Increased my position by about 30%.
XD tomorrow---.61/share.
Paid less than 60 today.
In other news-BRK strikes again with the boys from Brazil.
Eats at BK? I do but it's usually take-home.
This is another great deal for BRK and I'm hoping the deal has a conversion feature.
I'm short the 135 call options so the fun may be over for now.
If you need tax free income check out closed end muni bond funds that use a little leverage and sell at discounts. They're borrowing $$ for next to nothing and using the cash to buy minis that are tax free to their shareholders. Instead of earning 4% tax free you could safely earn 5-6% tax free but check with your accountant first to see if it works for you. It doesn't for me because I'd have to pay state income tax because I can't find a closed end fund that buys Oregon muni bonds.
Here's a fund that invests in CA-Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund 2
Grandma thanks you. It currently makes up 2.8% of her portfolio and is her 13th largest holding.
"Altria Group, Inc. (Altria) (MO) today announced that its Board of Directors voted to increase Altria's regular quarterly dividend by 8.3% to $0.52 per common share versus the previous rate of $0.48 per common share. The quarterly dividend is payable on October 10, 2014 to shareholders of record as of September 15, 2014. The ex-dividend date is September 11, 2014."
For her, the dividend is federally tax free. So far this year, she's only taken long term gains so she'll be paying very little in federal taxes but Oregon will collect at least 5% of her gains.
About 60% of my equity value is in BRK but it only makes up 40% of all my liquid assets.
My IRAs are all in the 10-25% BRK range.
I'd still rather own BRK than the S&P 500 so that's where I'll stay.
I'll go with .96/quarter.
Thanks HC, My interest in CEFs corresponds closely to my given cash on hand at a given time. So as my cash holdings rise so does my thirst for bargains.
So if my cash reserves are low I don't bother looking but now I'm on the hunt.
What do you think of these levered bond funds selling at a discount that Bill Gross talked up on CNBC last week I believe? I'm considering a small investment for my IRAs.
I concur.
In 2009 they were all dirt cheap but so was everything else.
I'll be going to Vegas in October. I'll be sitting by a pool betting on football and relaxing. We're in the middle of a kitchen remodel and my wife and I could use one.
Also bought into a closed end fund today for IRA #4. I took a 2% position in ADX and will be adding more in other IRAs on any weakness. It trades at a 15% discount to net asset value so unless the discount narrows I'll continue to hold it.
Let me know if you see any more CEFs out there with similar parameters.
I purchased a 2% position in ADX today in IRA #4.
It trades at a 15% discount to its NAV and has low fees with reasonable returns.
Anyone else follow the closed end fund market?
And I believe it's a $2 billion company. When I got in this firm it was trading at less than 10 times earnings and only 4 times its net working capital.
But that's what makes a market.
Buy at 50 and sell it at 65 is my motto. Therefor today I have it at a sellllllll.
Bought some in IRA #1-net cost about 15.24/share.
I'm short the 90 call options and the stock is at 92.66 so my shares will be called away today.
Also sold more put options against DECK that would put me back in it under 85.
In other news-next week we're picking hops so I'll be taking my annual working vacation, therefor I'll have very little time for sharing ideas via this board.
I'll go out on a limb and make a prediction--We'll have a 6-12% selloff in the market which starts today and continues into late October.
My shares should be called away at 90 unless there's a dramatic selloff at the end of the day. I also sold put options against DECK that require me to buy back my position if the stock drops 10% in the next few months.
DECK currently priced at 92.66/share.


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The NFL Draft Season is now fully underway and Cowboy Fans all over BTB are lining up their mocks and boasting them proudly in their signatures.
The NFL Draft is still more than three months away and some people have already narrowed down which player(s) the Cowboy absolutely should take with the first pick in the 2014 draft. While having draft favorites is not necessarily a bad thing, we should do our best to avoid developing a one-track mentality.
A one track mentality is:
Definition: A focus on one issue or topic, to the exclusion of all else; an obsession with only one thing.
The favorite for most on this blog seems to be DT Aaron Donald from Pittsburgh and it is not hard to see why. Donald has all the tools needed to succeed in a 4-3 One-Gap Scheme. He has an explosive first step "quick twitch" and solid motor "hustle" which are two of the most important traits needed to be a three technique in Marinelli's scheme. However, there are other options in this draft class which happens to be rich in defensive tackles. In fact, there are a other Defensive Tackles like Timmy Jernigan, Will Sutton, Dominique Easley, and Caraun Reid who could potentially be chosen later and fit our scheme. The Defensive End class which is less polished than the Defensive Tackle class, could have one or two guys rated higher than any Defensive Tackle. The Offensive Tackle class is also fairly deep but mostly top heavy. The Wide Receiver class is without a doubt the deepest of all so there are plenty of options to look for. The Defensive Line will no doubtfully be a position of upgrade but which player is taken will depend on the Cowboys Draft Board.
My point here is to avoid obsessing over one player because the chance of us drafting that specific player is slim and all we do is set ourselves up for disappointment and resentment. My best advice is to look for all the options available around our draft number and which players could be there. One example was last year, the BTB consensus pick was Jonathan Cooper from North Carolina who was taken way before our number came around and we decided to trade down. What happened next was even more shocking as we chose Center Travis Frederick from Wisconsin which most draft-nicks had pegged as a mid second to third round talent. The pick was mocked with much scrutiny and the pressure was undoubtedly on Travis to preform well. Not only did the pick turn out to be a great investment on our Offensive Line, a lot of the people where praising the pick months later. The Offensive Line ended up finishing as a top ten unit or higher in most categories and in the 2013 Re-Draft, Travis Frederick is long gone before our draft selection at number 31.
Keeping this in mind, I hope by the time the Draft rolls along everyone keeps an open mind and decides to look at how the draft unravels rather than focus on the one player you wanted who just was not chosen.
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Major desktop OS usage market share changes for 2009:
Windows 7 a Huge Success
The biggest OS story of 2009 was the release of Windows 7 from Microsoft. Many people considered Windows Vista to be a failure (and many of those even reside in Redmond), but if you look at the history of Microsoft's OS releases there seems to be a pattern. Think back to 1980 (my Commodore VIC-20 was such a huge step up from teletype).
Bill Gates and Microsoft were approached by IBM to provide an operating system for their new PC. Microsoft reportedly bought DOS to license to IBM for $50,000 and leveraged that to achieve what was possibly the best ROI in the history of business. From DOS to Windows 1 through 3, then a naming convention change to Win 95, Win 98 and Win2000, followed by another naming convention change to Win XP, another change with Vista, and then back to the original naming convention with Windows 7.
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What this shows:
More than half of Microsoft's major consumer-oriented (not NT) Windows releases have been huge successes. And, we'd all be happier if the marketing folks at Microsoft would be more consistent with their naming conventions.
Windows 7, released in October 2009, has been the fastest selling operating system in history. It hit the ground running with a large number of people in Microsoft's test program, and had over 2% usage market share at launch. Win7 peaked above 5% within a month, and peaked above 10% in just over 3 months.
Google Announces Chrome OS
The next big OS story of 2009 demonstrates the battle of the technology Titans. Nick Bilton of the NY Times published a great story providing A Big-Picture Look at Google, Microsoft, Apple And Yahoo. It shows how these companies are quickly entering each other's markets, but no battle looms quite as large as Google's announcement that it would soon be offering a competitor to Microsoft Windows. Leveraging the development effort of Chrome browser, Google is predicting less reliance on local computing power and more reliance on browser-centric cloud computing. Enter Google Chrome OS, expected in 2010 with a small footprint, quick start-up, and focus on getting the user on the Internet as quickly and easily as possible. All, so we can use Google search and click on Google ads.
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NetMarketShare.com reported in December 2009 that mobile browsing now accounts for 1.3% of all browsing, and rose to 1.48% in January 2010. The biggest usage share winners the holiday season were mobile devices. Both Windows and Mac devices lost a small amount of share in December, while all major mobile operating systems attained large percentage gains. This trend not only looks to continue, but perhaps even to accelerate.
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10:50am Friday 6th August 2010 in Hyndburn By Sam Chadderton, Reporter
AN investigation which helped send a cash-in-transit armed robbery gang to prison for 50 years could land a prestigious award.
The partnership between Lancashire Police and Applied DNA Sciences resulted in a pioneering criminal invest-igation in the UK.
It was the first in the country to use DNA coding of bank notes and led to the jailing of an East Lancashire gang for two armed robberies.
In May, Dean Farrell, David Evans, Colin McCash, Simon Ginn and James Mulholland were sentenced to at least 50 years for their parts in two raids in Preston Old Road, Cherry Tree, Blackburn, and Thornton Cleveleys in 2008.
A security guard for cash-in-transit delivery firm Loomis was shot in the leg during the Blackburn raid.
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"It contributed massively to achieving a successful conv-iction against the offenders involved in the robbery, where the security guard was shot, and is a great example of part-nership working"
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Serhij Zhadan is one of the best known writers in Ukraine. He has recently published his new book, "Totalniy Futbol", in German. It is a collection of essays by eight writers from Poland and Ukraine. ContiSoccerWorld talked to Zhadan, 37, about the mood in his homeland shortly before the starting whistle for the UEFA Euro 2012, about his club, Metalist Kharkiv, and his role as goalkeeper for Ukraine's national writers' team.
Serhij Zhadan, editor of the book "Totalniy Futbol" (published by Suhrkamp Verlag). Photo: Susanne Schleyer
ContiSoccerWorld: Mr. Zhadan, you have published a book about the UEFA Euro host countries, Poland and Ukraine. Is it a travel guide? Or a soccer book?
Serhij Zhadan: It is a hybrid, part travel guide, part soccer book. The eight essays tell the reader about soccer in Poland and my homeland, Ukraine. They are also stories about people's everyday lives, politics and the economy; indeed everything that is characteristic of these countries.
ContiSoccerWorld: The title "Totalniy Futbol" addresses the all-embracing impact of soccer. But some of the writers have almost no connection with soccer. Natasza Goerke, for example, admits that she does not know the offside rule…
Zhadan: Well, that writer is not quite so unversed on the subject. OK, maybe not all of the writers regularly visit the stadiums; but they do know a lot about the impact and the importance of soccer in their particular countries. For me, it was more important for the writers to be able to say something about the host cities rather than explaining to the readers how the offside rule works.
ContiSoccerWorld: You, on the other hand, have a close link to soccer. You are in charge of organizing Ukraine's national writers' team…
Zhadan: Not just that, I am the goalkeeper!
Half travel guide, half soccer book: "Totalniy Futbol" by Serhij Zhadan
ContiSoccerWorld: In the run-up to the UEFA Euro 2012, you are also playing against Germany and Poland. How good are Ukraine's writers? One of your opponents, the German writers' team, is the current European Champion, after all.
Zhadan: It is a triangular tournament which will be held in Germany, Poland and Ukraine. We have already played in Berlin against the German and the Polish writers, and we played against them both again in Kraków. We lost twice to our German counterparts. But the score lines were only 0:2 and 0:4. And by the time this interview is published, we will have played against them for the third time, in Ukraine. We are a very young team and we are gathering experience on the pitch. After all, we only founded the team one year ago. The tournament is our international debut. Results are not so important. The exchange of opinions on the touchline is much more interesting. We also took part in joint readings.
ContiSoccerWorld: The UEFA Euro has a slogan, "Creating History Together". Do you think this will come true? Poland and Ukraine are two very different countries. For example, there are two organizing committees, one in Warsaw and the other in Kyiv…
Zhadan: You are right, our countries are very different. The political systems, the economy … and also the whole issue of organizing the UEFA Euro 2012 have been and still are major political topics. Perhaps we as writers can create a sense of community by means of the cultural approach. We have started building bridges with the book and the writers' tournaments.
ContiSoccerWorld: What are relations like between Poles and Ukrainians, setting aside the question of politics?
Zhadan: Well, I must say that we are very different. Of course, there are business connections here and there, whereas private links are rather rare, I think. For us Ukrainians, Poland is a foreign country. The UEFA Euro 2012 is not going to change very much. Ukraine is politically isolated, after all the things that have happened recently. Thiis is a process that a few soccer games will not be able to resolve.
ContiSoccerWorld: Shortly before the opening ceremony for the UEFA Euro 2012, there are many negative headlines about the political leadership in Kyiv, above all concerning how they have been dealing with the opposition. Many people think that the government is trying to abuse the UEFA Euro 2012 as a way to paper over the shortcomings in its image. How do you view this issue?
Zhadan: It is clear that the people in power were planning to profit from the UEFA Euro 2012 in grand style, economically, politically and with regard to their general image. But it has backfired, and the result is very negative. During this period, many journalists will be visiting Ukraine, but they will not be writing any positive stories, and quite right too. Nevertheless, you have to separate sport from politics to a certain extent, at least as far as the fans are concerned. For us Ukrainians, the UEFA Euro 2012 is highly important. We are hugely looking forward to the games.
ContiSoccerWorld: You are calling on your readers to pay attention to the Eastern European fans. You write that "the air of our countries" is composed of their destinies, biographies and internal contradictions. So, what are Eastern European soccer fans like?
Zhadan: The ultras, the hardcore fans, are not really any different from those in other regions. They have their rituals, their songs, similarly to elsewhere in the world. But it is the other kind of fans who are more interesting for tourists, I think. They are normal everyday people, with their own life stories. People should try to talk to them, because that is the way to find out more about a country rather than just reading headlines about what is going in the corridors of power. I myself go to the stadium regularly. I see lots of decent people there.
ContiSoccerWorld: You go to the games of Metalist Kharkiv, your local club?
Zhadan: Yes, indeed, I go to the "Spider", which is our name for the stadium because of its unusual design. Unfortunately, Metalist is not usually in the running for silverware, but they are not a bad team either.
ContiSoccerWorld: Do you go with your son?
Zhadan: No, he is 16 years old now and he has other interests. I must say I think it is a shame, but there you are. Metalist is not at the level of Dynamo Kyiv or Bayern Munich, regrettably. We cannot boast of any major successes.
ContiSoccerWorld: But this season you reached the quarter finals of the Europa League, and it took Sporting Lisbon to knock you out!
Zhadan: Yes, that's right. I was in the stadium, it was dramatic. We narrowly lost the first leg in Lisbon 1:2, but could only manage a 1:1 draw in the return leg at home. We had some good chances, and even missed a penalty … tragic. That's soccer.
ContiSoccerWorld: Will you also be going to the UEFA Euro 2012 games?
Zhadan: Yes of course, to the games of Ukraine's national team! For me as a fan, the UEFA Euro 2012 is sport, not politics. I am simply looking forward to some great soccer, fingers crossed.


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Why your next trip should include Boracay Island
July 11, 2012
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About Boracay Never heard of the island of Boracay? Well, this is a place you'd definitely want to visit. Boracay is a small island of the Philippines located approximately 315 km south of Manila. It is a destination frequented by many young South Africans teaching English in both South Korea and…
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June 20, 2012
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To so many people, an island like Mauritius means the ultimate luxury beach getaway. Now there's another reason why you should try to visit this gorgeous island. Port Chambly is a beautiful new resort, located on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, just off the south eastern coast of…
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At approximately 6:10 p.m., an officer patrolling on Durham Road observed a vehicle pull out of the driveway of a vacant house at a fairly high rate of speed. The suspect vehicle cut through two lanes of traffic and made a right turn onto South Eagle Road. The driver continued on South Eagle Road, failing to stop at the stop sign at the stop sign at West Road. The officer activated the emergency lights on the patrol vehicle and stopped the motorist in question. The driver was identified as 27-year-old Lawrence Michael McDade of Bensalem. The passenger in the car was identified as 21-year-old Kenneth Edward Glowania of Bensalem. Two witnesses approached the officer and told him that they had seen the two men in the vehicle on the vacant property and when the witnesses tried to speak with the men they jumped in the car and left the property. McDade and Glowaina were transported to police headquarters where they were interviewed. Police determined that McDade had been on the property the previous day and took an air conditioner and he and Glowaina returned to the location to take more scrap metal. They were released until the appropriate charges have been filed and a court date is set.
Wednesday, May 2
A resident of Water Lily Way called police shortly after 8 am to report that at some point overnight her vehicle and driveway area had been hit with eggs.
Around 2:30 p.m., an officer responded to Cypress Place for a report of a suspicious vehicle that was parked on the street. The responding officer located the vehicle and learned that the driver was a contractor that was working at a neighbor's home. All was in order and no further police action was required.
Thursday, May 3
Around 8:40 a.m., police received a call from a landscaper, who reported that he just discovered that the registration plate on the truck he was driving was missing. The tag was entered into the national database as missing and the driver was advised to obtain a new tag.
Shortly after 1 p.m., a resident of Cambridge Lane reported that five rolls of wire were stolen from inside his unlocked van. The value of the wire is unknown at this point, police said.
Around 3 p.m., a resident of Yorkshire Drive came to police headquarters to report that on the morning of May 1, he noticed that his garage was open, when it had been closed the night before. He later discovered that someone had gone into his car, taking approximately $230 cash from his wife's red leather wallet that was in the glove box. The victim is not sure how the garage door was opened since it was not damaged, but the he did hear a noise around midnight on Monday.
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Barnet FC chairman Tony Kleanthous confirms club's plan to sell former Underhill Stadium after move to The Hive in Edgware
Updated 3:55pm Friday 30th May 2014 in News By Anna Slater, Chief Reporter
Barnet FC's chairman has announced plans to sell off its former stadium in Underhill, which he says is "deteriorating fast".
The Bees spent 106 years at the site but the club claims it was "ushered out" by Barnet Borough Council, which increased the cost of the lease.
Before the club moved full-time to its training complex at The Hive, in Camrose Avenue, Edgware, unimpressed supporters launched a Back 2 Barnet campaign in the hope of raising £75,000 to submit their own planning application for a new stadium in Barnet.
When asked about plans for the future of Underhill, Mr Kleanthous said in an interview on the club website: "We are now looking to sell the site.
"We have had (Rugby League team) London Broncos using the facilities keeping it ticking over but it is clearly deteriorating fast.
"The cost of maintaining the old stadium seems disproportionate."
In the past year, the Barnet FC Supporters Trust has organised sponsored walks and recorded a song about the old stadium as part of Back 2 Barnet.
However, the campaign has gone quiet in recent months.
Mr Kleanthous added: "I have waited until after the local elections to see whether the Back 2 Barnet campaign would have any success and to give local supporters every opportunity to influence the councillors looking to get elected, but I have not seen much activity.
"Ultimately we would all like to be in Barnet but this will require a concerted effort from a sizeable group of supporters. I'm not too sure whether enough have the appetite anymore."
In the early 2000s, there were plans for Barnet FC to move to the south part of the stadium, known as South Underhill, but these were ultimately rejected.
Mr Kleanthous said: "Despite the assertions of the conspiracy theorists amongst us, Barnet Council is not and has not been interested in anything to do with Barnet Football Club since Underhill ward become politically sensitive in the local elections 12 years ago.
"Contrary to the rubbish written on blogs and in the media, I do not support any political party and I have never provided any finance or gifts to any political party.
"My only sin was to fight the local council damn hard on the club's behalf and I have suffered a lot of cuts on the way, sometimes from our own camp.
"If the council wanted Barnet FC we would have been offered South Underhill ages ago. The only people that can make a difference and affect change in Barnet are all those who live and vote in Barnet."
Mr Kleanthous also denied money raised from the sale of Underhill would be used to pay for building at The Hive, which has all been financed by a cash injection of £7million provided by himself and grant money.
When asked how long Barnet FC was likely to be playing at The Hive, the chairman replied: "As long as is necessary until I can find a new site, preferably in Barnet, to build a modern new 10,000 seated stadium, which has always been my stated goal."
Leader of Barnet Council, Councillor Richard Cornelius, said: "I understand Tony Kleanthous is selling the Underhill ground. This is obviously separate from Barnet Football Club."
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Sunderland manager Martin O'Neill says new striker Danny Graham could become a big hit on Wearside.
The 27-year-old completed a £5 million move from Swansea City on Thursday, putting pen to paper on a three-and-a-half-year deal.
However, the Gateshead-born forward has taken the slightly unconventional route to Premier League stardom. He began his career at Middlesbrough, and made several loan stints during his time at the Riverside at clubs including Darlington and Carlisle United. He then dropped down two divisions when he joined the Cumbrians on a permanent basis in 2007. Graham has since worked his way back up the football ladder with Watford and Swansea.
Today, O'Neill heaped praise on the way Graham has become a proven Premier League goalscorer. He said:
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"He has done remarkably well considering that at different stages through [his career] he's probably been told he really has a battle on his hands.
"I like that about someone who has been told he maybe might not be good enough, and yet has kept proving people wrong. So that's a good attribute to have."
O'Neill added that his new recruit will also ease the goalscoring burden on the club's top-scorer Steven Fletcher. He said: "We're over-reliant at times on Steven Fletcher. I'm hoping he'll be able to alleviate that problem"
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This is from Corey Braiterman who's on hiatus for the weekend.
Evening, because I love you so much, I figured you guys should get some free combat sports coverage as well. Tonight night, Saturday, August 11th, Take On Productions is running a 14-fight card from Bally's Casino in Atlantic City, NJ. I will be there live and will be liveblogging results (and hopefully some good pictures) all evening. Normally, I would stick to my regular haunt for this sort of thing over at Gals Guide, but let's face it, Bloody Elbow, Mania and Liverkick have plenty more eyes, and these awesome young fighters deserve all the publicity I can give them. So with that said, I'll be posting live results in the fanposts here on Mania along with any good pictures I can take, starting at 6PM.
I understand that this is going to be running at the same time as UFC 150, so I don't expect you all to be hanging onto my every word, but Muay Thai boxing is one of the best combat sports out there, especially for those of you who dislike all that rasslin and grabbin and such. If you can multi-task, this should be a great event.
If you do want to watch the event, it's available from gfl.tv for $14.99 and runs from 6-10PM. The link for that is here: http://www.gfl.tv/Events/Fight/MuayThai/Battle_at_Ballys_II__Takeon_Productions/1623
Here's the complete bout listing for both the men and women, amateur and pro:
Amateur bouts
Joshua Aliaga Vs. Mike Gianone
Christina Peteraf Vs. Jennie Nedell (fighting out of the Serra-Longo gym)
Jordan Mamroud Vs. Ramon Maldonado
Kate Allen Vs. Melissa Laterra
Paul Miller Vs. Ariel Abreu
Melanie Odria Vs. Jess Ng
James Gregory Vs. Joe Bastone
Kylie Noll Vs. Prairie Rugilo
Henry Lee Vs. Jessie Jiminez
Spencer Grekoski Vs. Chris Mauceri
Scott Krampetz Vs. Freddy Cheung
(Scott is fighting out of Nick Catone's gym)
Professional bouts
Anthony Demaio Vs. Andy Singh
Deshawn Robinson Vs. Sean Hinds
Doug Ahammer Vs. Jay Matias
EDIT: Sup, Mania. We're about an hour or two away from this shindig kicking off. I'm in press row, about 8 feet from the ring, so I should be getting some great shots.
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As a Asian-American fan it'd mean so so so much to me if the Blazers signed Jeremy Lin.
Obviously he's a restricted FA so he couldn't sign here even if he wanted to without the Knicks consent. But who knows maybe if he made his preference clear then there could be a sign and trade worked out, or maybe the Knicks will be dumb enough to just let him go (they are the Knicks after all).
Now obviously there will be some doubts, maybe he's just a one season wonder or he's not a good fit or he's not worth the money. All legit worries. But I think considering the state this team is in, this dark cloud hanging over the franchise that signing Jeremy Lin would just be the kind of shot in the arm to get fans excited again.
I'd just like to see this team be in the news for something positive again.
Even at worst case scenario, that he becomes a total bust. I mean we've signed worst people to worst contracts, I doubt signing Lin for the full MLE is going to do permanent damage. And the rewards far outway the risks.
Again back to the race thing, it's never bothered me watching a game where every player was black and white and nobody who looked like me with the occassional exceptions (Ha Seung Jin!!!) but when I saw Jeremy Lin lighting it out there, hitting game winning 3's, dunking. It filled me with so much pride. And so much more special was the fact he wasn't from China, or whereever. He was born and raised in America he just happens to have Taiwanese heritage. The fact that he can speak perfect english when he's interviewed.... I guess you'd have to asian to truely understand why this is a big deal.
Anyway, yeah please Blazers pursue Jeremy Lin. Let me dare to dream.
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I know this a looooong shot, but I can't help thinking Jason Bay could benefit from a voluntary AAA stint, a la Steve Trachsel. We all know how that turned out for Trachsel, and Bay is having a similarly atrocious year.
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Budding historians investigate the life of Nelson Mandela (From Worcester News)
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Budding historians investigate the life of Nelson Mandela
9:40am Thursday 6th February 2014 in News
PUPILS at a Worcester school have been looking at the life of historical figure Nelson Mandela as part of their school work.
The history department at Nunnery Wood High School decided to run a competition about Mr Mandela following his death, aged 95, at the end of 2013.
History teacher Bee Speechley said the pupils at the Spetchley Road school were encouraged to undertake their own research into the life and times of the former South African president, to look at positive and negative opinions and to decide whether he was a hero or not.
They were then asked to produce a piece of work and entries included displays of photographs, artwork, poetry and written descriptions of Mandela's life with prizes awarded for the best ones.
Miss Speechley said: "We wanted the students to have the chance to develop another part of the curriculum.
"We asked them to draw on their historical skills of enquiry and interpretation.
" We wanted them to form their own opinions.
"It was in the news so there was lots of information they could refer to.
"We had a phenomenal number of entries, well over 100 from years 7, 8 and 9.
"The range of work they produced was quite incredible."
The winners of the competition were Harry Church and Dan Rickman, from year 7, Jade Bedford from year 8 and Ali Ahmed from year 9.
They all received a £10 voucher for their efforts.
Runners up included James Dec, Darian Murray, Maddie Kinnersley and Hannah-Jo Pass from year 7, Charlotte Cooper, Sam Causley and Ella Sutton, from year 8, and Olivia Saunders and Georgina Last, from year 9.
The runners up received a £5 voucher.
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A day for Dylan
A group of friends of a six-year-old boy from Hampshire, who died in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in America, is to raise money for autism charities in his memory.
Hundreds of people are expected to attend a fun day in June in tribute to Dylan Hockley.
From midday on Saturday 29th June The Hub at Bishopstoke, Eastleigh will be filled with stalls, competitions, taster sessions and raffles.
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House of John Player/ Toddlers split 7"
'Multi Faced' organisation Double Dot Dash have released a release. It's a 7inch split between fellow Readingites Toddlers and Bletchley man House of John Player. Lets go review it shall we?
The latter kicks off with Shyrite, a soft thumping aquatic number. Ethereal vocals pushed to the back of the track while soaring over it at the same time. My first impression brought my head straight back to a time when I was little and had a PS1, playing the demo for 'Fluid' (a game where a dolphin swam around making music, very soothing). Which is good, I suppose, suggests it creates good imagery. Like... 'Air' and their ilk. Or 'Animal Collective's' vibe with the same ideals on vocals. Thumping and muted, like a rain dance by native Americans who found a Korg under a cactus somewhere. See, imagery. Definitely a grower, cause the more you let your mind wander through this track, the stranger your scenery gets. This makes me smile. Good. I think I just heard a monkey...
Son Esqueet, HOJP's second track. Definatly the same band, good start, so I wont give you more lazy references... oh except this is like an ice cave in FF7... still aquatic actually, but deeper... Like the sunken ship instead! So chilled, I could have such a nice nap to this, so otherworldly, delicate, but with a constant beat keeping it current and moving forward.
Then Toddlers, I can see why these are sharing a 7". HOJP and Toddlers are on opposite ends of the spectrum, but the lateral spectrum, like bloomers and sliced bread are. I've got imagery on this too, but let's start with some real journalism. Actually no I can't. 'Preston' starts with what I imagine is a mole singing his dark dark myopic gloominess, but then I couldn't hear the lyrics so I doubt it is to that effect. Not that that's bad, the vocals create their own atmosphere, own bass line. It's unhappy though, no doubt, like a passive aggressive relationship, one that mutters bitch as you leave the room rather than just having the row cause they just don't care anymore... sigh. Oh hello, it's gone jaunty! Imagine that. The contrast is nice in this. Giving you a good array of the bands creativity, from a dark silhouette to a fuller more open sound. Touch of eeriness, but safe. Anyways, real journalism. It's a bit like tool without the guitar I suppose. I'm not going to reference a load of what I assume their influences are because, ask any band, they're always wrong. It continues on with a nice, upbeat I would say, pace. Bouncing along like a foam ball.
As a first release this is certainly an interesting one, mellow with a dark undertone. I think that the songs on this are a niche sound but with something that anyone can appreciate, like I said imagery is big on these due to their abstract sounds and atmospheric compositions. Lovely cover too.
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According to the Tuscaloosa News Corey Harris has been placed on Administrative leave for loaning Haha an amount less than $500 dollars this past summer.
Harris supposedly also has ties to a sports agent although UA found no info that Haha has had any dealings with an agent himself. Haha handed over his bank account to compliance and it looks like he already paid the money back.
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...Or: 10 Reasons to Visit Ten Sleep Next Season
Positive energy was the name of the game in Wyoming's Ten Sleep Canyon this summer. With more traffic than ever before, it might have turned out differently, but somehow it seemed as though nearly every climber who came here this summer got caught up in the buoyant wave of exactly what rock climbing should be about: having fun, no matter how "seriously" you take it.
Following is a roundup of the most exciting area developments and happenings from this summer, all of which I witnessed personally or heard about first hand. As a disclaimer, I certainly wasn't privy to every exciting send or event that happened in the canyon this season, so I apologize in advance for leaving anything or anyone out.
1. Strong women sending. Never before has Ten Sleep Canyon witnessed such an onslaught of strong female climbers. Colette McInerney, Ana Junker, Jenn Fleming, Nicola Korvin and Paige Claassen, among others, all left their marks on the canyon with impressive sends in the 5.12+ to 5.13 grade range.
Strong woman Colette McInerney.
2. Nori Nozumi and Alisa Hughes. I could've included these two in No. 1, but they warrant their own category. Both arrived not really considering themselves sport climbers, with no 5.12 ascents to their names…yet. By the end of the season, Nori, a boulderer who showed up with no gear or rope (I loaned her draws and a rope for the summer), had far surpassed her goal to climb 5.12a. She redpointed Esplanada (5.12d) and onsighted Cocaine Rodeo (12a), as well as sending two additional 12bs and three 12as. Similarly, Alisa, who had a goal of climbing 11a on this trip, redpointed five 5.12s up to 5.12c (Left El Shinto).
Nori Nozumi, exceeding expectations.
3. New climbing area. Longtime canyon climber Mike Snyder started bolting Downtown, down-canyon from the popular Mondo area, early on in the year. When the drill dust settled, a new crag had been born, with more than 20 climbs ranging from 5.10b to 5.13+. Aaron Huey, JB Haab and Charlie Kardaleff were among the other contributors to making this new sector a reality.
4. New route development. In addition to the above, Dave Hume, Lenore Sparks, Joey Kinder, Nick Martino, and Kevin Wilkinson were among the others who added to the canyon's route offerings this season, including several new 5.13s and 5.14s as well as easier climbs.
Joey Kinder, representing with the technique.
5. Strong kids. I watched Boulder's Stefan Lavender cruise Dances With Cows (13a) his second go, and I was also impressed by his positive attitude and his supportive belayer (Dad!). Also visiting the canyon was 15-year-old Kerrek Stinson from nearby Cody, who (with little prior sport climbing experience) onsighted Heart, Balls, and Swagger (13c), Crown Prince Abdullah (12d), and The Burden of Immortality (12d/13a), also redpointing He Biggum (13d) in a handful of attempts. (Stinson also sent four 5.13s up to 13d in Lander in a handful of tries, and then went back to bouldering in Cody to get the first ascent of a longstanding problem, Dope is Chrome (V13), along a bunch of V12s. Whew…quite a summer for him).
6. Bozeman climbers—wow. They are STRONG! I've never seen so many peeps who can throw down 5.13+ so quickly who aren't from Boulder or Salt Lake City. It's not a big city (about 40,000 people). I'm impressed. I wish I knew all of their names to list, but I don't. Suffice it to say, watch out for the Bozeman climbing crowd.
7. Growing local climbing community. More folks from Ten Sleep and Worland had a presence at the crags this year, which was awesome to see. They should be out there enjoying this incredible climbing area right in their backyard.
The communal community.
8. Great climbing partners. Finding myself partnerless due to Kevin's lengthy wait for a visa, I drew upon the climbing community to help me out, and I wasn't disappointed—I spent the summer trusting my life mainly to Danny Spollen, Liz Arce, Lawrence Hughes, Gitta Lubke, Todd Clark, and Nori Nozumi, with a special guest appearance by a random guy from Italy who belayed me on one of my best sends of the summer.
9. Training sessions like never before. Every other summer at my house, I experienced a bit of childish resentment as I watched everyone else eat and drink while I trained after climbing. Not so this summer—nearly everyone who stayed here (more than 30 people, all told) trained with me at some point. One night, 10 climbers trained with me after climbing—such a totally motivating experience.
10. Acceptance and non-exclusivity. Ten Sleep really came into its own as a place for sport climbers of all abilities to gather and share the passion for climbing in a supportive and positive environment.
Hope to see you out there next season!


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