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2010 One-Cent Coin
This month, being February, I thought the penny would be a great Coin of the Month. President Lincoln appears on the front and his birthday is in February.
Now, we have looked at the one-cent coin before. In fact, Inspector Collector presented one as last February's Coin of the Month. Four different designs were created last year for the back of this coin to show four different times in President Lincoln's life, honoring his 200th birthday.
This year, there will only be one design on the back of the penny, the design that will stay there for many years. Do you see the picture of it over there on the side? The biggest part of the image is a shield with 13 stripes and a bar across the top.
If you think the shield looks a little old-fashioned, there's a good reason for that. It's known as a "union shield." It was used a lot during Abraham Lincoln's lifetime, both before and after the Civil War, in all kinds of places, like art, magazines, and coins…even on buttons!
There are many states with different governments, but the states chose to unite under one federal government to combine their resources for safety and strength. That unity is something President Lincoln worked hard for as he led the Union through the Civil War.
The union shield is the kind of symbol required by the law passed in 2005, a symbol that stands for "President Abraham Lincoln's preservation of the United States as a single and united country." So, used here on the one-cent coin, the union shield stands for not only the United States as one united country, but also Lincoln's vision for a nation that stays united despite its differences, with liberty and justice for all.


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AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Nathon Simmons loves playing football.
He's as energetic as they come at 9 years old, but the mere fact that he is able to walk is quite the feat for him these days.
Steven Simmons, Nathon's father, shared, "It was an unbelievably difficult journey because we love Nathon so much."
A closer look at Nathon and you'll notice something different. He has a device that protrudes out of the left side of this chest. It was put there after he had surgery in early November of 2011.
"I felt a little bad because every time I bent over it was hard to get back up," Nathon explained. "Every time I took a step, I would fall over."
Last year he could barely hold a pen and write out letters. By the summer of 2011 he was restricted to a wheelchair. Every move was a struggle for him. Then, doctors at Georgia Health Sciences diagnosed him with the neurological movement disorder dystonia.
Nathon first showed signs of dystonia from a very early age. His parents say the symptoms started to spread and became worse as he got older.
"When his brain tries to connect with his muscles, when he walks, his entire muscles cramps up and he's unable to release," his father explained.
Nathon's neurosurgeon, Dr. Cole Giller added, "He had been treated with medication, treated with a variety of things."
Nothing was working and he was getting worse. That's when doctors recommended something called deep brain stimulation.
"My initial reaction was whatever it is gonna take," Mr. Simmons said.
The process of deep brain stimulation includes the insertion of wires into the brain at specific locations. Surgeons also attached a pacemaker, which stimulates the ends of the wires.
"Stimulation of those location with electricity jam the circuits that cause dystonia and the abnormal movement," Giller added.
It's a procedure that restored much of Nathon's movement, and even though doctors said it would take about six months, Nathon was walking by Thanksgiving, less than a month after the operation.
"For it to happen within two weeks from wheelchair to walking and running and football," said Nathon's mother, Jeannie, "was an absolute surprise."
Doctors say Nathon's pacemaker should last him another three to five years. Nathon plans to take part in more non-contact sporting activities.
"Just seeing my dad looking at me, seeing me walk, that made me feel good," Nathon said.
Doctors say deep brain stimulation has been used to treat Parkinson's. There are also some new studies that show DBS can have an effect on memory, which leads some to believe it may help with Alzheimer's treatment. Those studies are in the very early stages, though.

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In 2008, acclaimed documentarian Alex Gibney set out to make a celebratory film about Lance Armstrong's return to cycling. He had unprecedented access to Armstrong and his team and by 2011, production on the film was essentially complete. But when substantive doping allegations began to emerge, Gibney's film became an inquiry into moral relativism, the nature of celebrity, and the human need for heroes.
This exhaustive and penetrating film shows Armstrong's defiance, hubris, and his tentative steps toward facing the lie he lived. Armstrong began racing in 1992 at the age of 21 and quickly came to prominence in the field. But in 1996, he was diagnosed with metastasized cancers, and underwent testicular and brain surgeries. Only two years later, he astonished the world by returning to professional racing and went on to win cycling's grail, the Tour de France, an unprecedented seven times. He officially retired in 2005 to spend more time with his children, but returned three years later and welcomed filmmakers to document his comeback.
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- Apple vs. Samsung: Smartphone rivals billions apart in value of patent feud
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- Apple v. Samsung: Samsung resumes defense against iPhone maker's patent case
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- Oh, the irony: Apple-Samsung trial judge annoyed by smartphones
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SAN JOSE -- Attempting to undermine Apple's argument that Samsung should pay $2.2 billion for infringing the iPhone maker's patents, Samsung's chief defense attorney on Friday tried to portray one of Apple's chief witnesses in the companies' ongoing trial here as an expensive hired gun whose damage estimate was biased and unreliable.
Under questioning from Samsung attorney John Quinn in the patent case before the U.S. District Court, Chris Vellturo, Apple's damages expert, admitted he's worked on 15 different cases for the Cupertino company and Apple has paid him $2.3 million to work on this case alone.
"Apple has come back to you again and again when they needed your opinion in court," Quinn said, adding, "You're a professional witness for Apple."
Vellturo denied the charge, noting he'd also worked for Microsoft and Amazon. If he was a professional witness for Apple, "I wouldn't be working with their very direct competitors," Vellturo said.
In previous questioning from Apple's attorney, Vellturo said his damage estimate was based on three primary factors: a calculated "reasonable" royalty rate that Apple would have agreed to charge Samsung for the patents at issue in the case, sales that Apple lost due to the Samsung products that infringed on its patents and the amount of money Samsung gained from those products after it was notified of the infringement and before it was able to put in place workarounds to those patents.
Quinn, though, grilled Vellturo about whether he included in his calculation the troubles that Apple was facing in the market. He brought up multiple documents, many introduced earlier in the case, that indicated that starting around 2011 Apple was concerned about losing market share to Samsung but attributed its problems to factors other than Samsung infringing on its patents.
Quinn asked if Apple should have taken into account that it "didn't have what customers wanted."
"Yes," Vellturo responded. "And I do."
Under further questioning, Vellturo acknowledged his calculations of damages were largely derived from the work of another Apple expert -- MIT market professor John Hauser. Hauser had testified about the value of Apple's patents and how much extra consumers would pay for a device that included them.
Quinn suggested that because Hauser only gave one set of values for those patents, jurors had only the choice between agreeing with that value or rejecting it completely and valuing the patents at $0.
Vellturo scoffed at that notion.
"Apple would not grant this for nothing to a chief competitor," he said. "That's why what you're proposing doesn't make sense."
Apple concluded its portion of the case after Vellturo's turn on the stand. Samsung's first witness was Google engineer Hiroshi Lockheimer, who testified about the development of Android. The case will resume on Monday with more witnesses from Samsung.
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Q I recently paid $10 each for my wife and me to do the early boarding on Southwest. However, when we tried to take two seats together, another passenger was apparently holding five seats for his friends. I guess he didn't think the other friends should have to pay the $10 fee. What should I have done to avoid causing an uproar that would have gotten us kicked off the plane (assuming I was willing to endure the glares and comments of him and his friends during the flight)?
A This is pretty outrageous. You should have contacted a flight attendant immediately and had this jerk put in his place (maybe off the plane would have been a good place, where you wouldn't have had to endure his "glares").
I've heard of this thing happening on cruise lines (people saving deck chairs) and around resort pools, but never on a plane.
Carnival Cruise Lines has begun cracking down on this practice, by placing stickers with the current time on chairs that been "claimed" by passengers with books, towels, etc. After 40 minutes, if the chaise is unoccupied, staff removes the items and leaves a note about where to claim them.
Q I have a 3-year-old who weighs 37 pounds. Do I have to purchase an additional ticket or can she fly on my lap for free?
A With air travel as uncomfortable as it is, why you'd want to have nearly 40 pounds in your lap during the flight is beyond me.
In any case, only children 2 years old or younger are allowed to fly as lap children on domestic flights for free.
On international flights, you'll be charged 10 percent of the applicable adult fare.
Q Can I get Delta SkyMiles for a flight I paid for but never used? It was cheaper buying a round-trip ticket than a one-way -- I never understood this!
A No, you cannot claim frequent-flier miles for flight segments not flown.
I'm assuming that you bought a round-trip ticket and just used the outward-bound segment in order to save money. You should know that if you do this often, the airlines might wipe out your frequent-flier account, since this practice is against most airlines' rules.
So if you do it again, don't provide your frequent-flier number.
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Post 77 downs Rutherford for fourth straight win
Published: Friday, June 28, 2013 at 11:00 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, June 28, 2013 at 11:00 p.m.
EAST FLAT ROCK — A 30-minute lightning delay could not stop the red-hot Henderson County Post 77 American Legion baseball team, as it won its fourth in a row, with a convincing 11-5 victory over Rutherford County Post 423 on Friday night at East Henderson.
After Post 423 cut Post 77's lead to 4-3, Henderson County (9-12, 7-8) sent 11 batters to the plate in the deciding five-run seventh inning, with the big blows being doubles by Thomas Waddell (2-for-5, two RBIs) and Austin Fisher (3-for-5, three RBIs).
For the second time this week, Post 77 got a dominant pitching performance, this time by recent Southern Wesleyan signee Zack Oberlies.
Oberlies (2-for 4, RBI and two runs) scattered seven hits over 8 2/3 innings before Waddell came in to induce a bases-loaded fly ball to his center field replacement, Henry Clements.
"Zack had one of the top pitching performances that I have ever seen in American Legion ball," said Post 77 coach Ray Gill.
The Post 77 bats remained hot this week, with seven Post 77 hitters driving in runs against three Post 423 pitchers.
"We had good situational hitting tonight. We capitalized on our opportunities. I asked the boys to give me 100 percent this week and we beat four good teams," Gill said.
Henderson County jumped out to an early 4-0 lead, scoring on fielder's choices in both the second and third innings and a well-executed suicide squeeze by Brett Baker (one RBI) in the fourth inning that scored Sam Linn (two RBIs).
"I talk with the boys about the three parts of the game — pitching, hitting and defense. Typically you will be lucky to get two of the three ... this week we have had all three," said Gill.
Post 77 goes on the road this weekend to conclude its regular season, traveling to Cherryville today and Haywood County on Sunday.
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This list is intended to give you an idea of the type of position you might have while in AVODAH. This is not the full or final list of potential positions available. Position and placement descriptions vary from year to year.
- Bread for the City provides vulnerable residents of Washington, DC with comprehensive services, including food, clothing, medical care, and legal and social services, in an atmosphere of dignity and respect. AVODAH provides a Legal Clinic and Social Services Case Manager, a Legal Clinic Coordinator, and a Medical Clinic Coordinator to Bread for the City.
- Brainfood uses food as a tool to build life skills and promote healthy living in a fun and creative setting. Promotes active learning, self-reliance, and healthy living to empower youth as resources in their own community.
- Capital Area Immigrant Rights (CAIR) Coalition brings together community groups, attorneys, volunteers and immigrants from the D.C., Virginia and Maryland working to ensure that all immigrants are treated with fairness, dignity and respect for their human and civil rights.
- CASA de Maryland assists Latino immigrants and refugees of modest means with finding work, learning necessary skills, accessing available resources, and building a strong community. AVODAH provides a Legal Assistant to CASA de Maryland.
- Central American Resource Center fosters the comprehensive development of the Latino population in the Washington metropolitan region by providing direct legal services, housing counseling, citizenship education, and community economic development, while promoting grassroots empowerment, civic engagement, and civil rights advocacy.
- The DC Employment Justice Center secures and enforces the rights of low-income workers in the Washington DC metropolitan area. AVODAH provides a Legal and Advocacy Associate to the Employment Justice Center.
- DC Jobs with Justice is a coalition of labor organizations, community groups, religious organizations, and student groups dedicated to protecting the rights of working people and supporting community struggles to build a more just society. AVODAH provides a Worker's Rights and Education Coordinator.
- DC SCORES empowers students in urban communities using soccer, writing, creative expression, and service-learning. With teamwork as the unifying value, DC SCORES insprires youth to lead healthy lifestyles, be engaged students, and become agents of change in their communities. AVODAH provides an Elementary School Program Coordinator and a Coomunity Outreach Coordinator to DC SCORES.
- Food & Friends provides food packages, nutrition counseling, and companionship to people living with HIV/AIDS, cancer, and other life-challenging illnesses, and their loved ones thoughout Washington, DC and parts of Maryland and Virginia. AVODAH provides a New Services Coordinator to Food & Friends.
- Housing Unlimited, Inc. is a nonprofit affordable hosuign corporation addressing the housing crisis for adults with psychiatric disabilities who reside in Montgomery County, Maryland. AVODAH provides an Associate Director and a Property Manager Assistnat to Housing Unlimited, Inc.
- Jews United for Justice leads Washington, DC-area Jews to act on their shared Jewish values by pursuing justice and equality in the local community. AVODAH provides a Community Organizer to Jews United for Justice.
- La Clínica Del Pueblo provides culturally appropriate health services to persons in the Latino community regardless of their ability to pay. AVODAH provides an Entitlement Case Manager to La Clínica.
- Miriam's Kitchen provides free, homemade meals and high-quality, individualized support services that address the causes and consequences of homelessness in an atmosphere of dignity and respect in Washington, DC
- N Street Village helps women move from homelessness to independent living and deal with issues of substance abuse and mental illness through day and residential programs. AVODAH provides a Wellness Center Program Assistant to N Street Village.
- Survivors and Advocates for Empowerment (SAFE), Inc. works to ensure the safety and self-determination of domestic violence survivors in Washington, DC through emergency services, court advocacy, and system reform. AVODAH provides a Lethality Assessment Project Advocate to SAFE.
- So Others Might Eat helps the poor and homeless of our nation's capital by meeting their immediate daily needs, such as food, clothing and health care. AVODAH provides aBasic Education Coordinator and Volunteer Coordinator to the SOME Center for Employment Training and a Medical Clinic Assistant to the SOME Medical Clinic.
- Thrive DC works to prevent and end homelessness by providing vulnerable individuals with a comprehensive range of services to help stabilize their lives. AVODAH provides an a morning Program Assistant to Thrive DC.
- The Thurgood Marshall Academy Public Charter High School is a law-themed school that prepares students to succeed in college and to actively engage in our democratic society. AVODAH provides a Programs Associate and a Student Support Services Associate to the Thurgood Marshall Academy.
- The Washington DC Jewish Community Center's Behrend Builders Program teaches volunteers to repair, rebuild, and renovate low-income houses, homeless shelters, community centers, and other vital community facilities. AVODAH provides a Behrend Builders and Community Service Coordinator to the DC JCC.
- Yachad brings communities together by preserving affordable homes and revitalizing neighborhoods throughout the District of Columbia and the greater metropolitan area.
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At Watkinsville and Auburn FGD gypsum and poultry litter will be applied at four rates (0, 2, 4, 6 Mg ha-1) to bermudagrass pasture to evaluate changes in available soil P over three years. Use of similar treatments at Auburn and Watkinsville is to evaluate differences in treatment effects associated with differences in soil and climate at the two locations. FGD gypsum and poultry litter would be applied annually and measurements of soil P fractions (Total P, water soluble P, Mehlich P, and organic P) would be made at 6 month intervals. Soil aggregate stability would be measured yearly to evaluate impacts of FGD gypsum on soil structural stability. In addition we would evaluate FGD gypsum and poultry litter effects on forage production and quality along with the potential for nutrient removal by grazing and haying which is important for management of high P soils. Forage would be harvested at regular intervals to simulate haying and evaluated for P content (P removal) and forage quality. Results would establish potential for using FGD gypsum as an amendment to increase poultry litter application rates and improve water use efficiency on pasture and hay land. At Oxford - Two studies will be conducted. At the Northeast Mississippi Experiment Station at Verona the effects of FGD gypsum on an existing set of no-till cotton plots will be evaluated. FGD gypsum application rates of 0, 1, 1.5, 2, and 3 tons/acre would be applied on a replicated plot experiment. A Study at Milan, TN will evaluate the effects of tillage-gypsum interactions on cotton yields. Crop yields will be measured by the experiment station personnel responsible for all agronomic practices. Following harvest each growing season, soil cores will be collected to a depth of 36 inches from each plot and characterized for water dispersible clay as a measure of erodibility, particle size distribution, organic carbon content, pH, exchangeable Al, exchangeable bases, total calcium, sulfur, nitrogen, and phosphorus.


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I have a question I have not been able to figure out in regards to performance improvements in the triathlon world.
I am an age grouper (37 yo) on my second year practicing the sport, however, I have been a runner for 4 years, good health and no injuries so far.
Over the past couple of years, I have beneficiated with more endurance, as I finish less fatigued each race (mostly Sprint distance) but my finish times remain the same for the past couple of years ( 1:45/1:50) I follow a healthy diet, have some sessions with tri-groups, and follow training schedule 3-4 times a week (7/10 hrs a week)
How long should it take to start seeing improvements in my performance?
Two years ago, when I stated, I based my performance from the first 3 races, I figured I should be hitting the 1:35 mark for Sprint distance by now, but I am not.
I have completed 9 tri races in the last 24 months.
Any suggestions?
Hi Marilyn,to improve you need to break Triathlon down into 4 parts,swim-bike-run and transition.The easy answer would be swim faster,bike faster and run like the wind!!Everyone is different, as far as time to train,work schedule,family etc.for instance all my running is right off the bike 3days a week 10/20 mile bike followed by3/5 mile run and depending on what race I'm doing next will depend on pool time.Take a look at your transition times then look at the people who have your desired time,you'll likely see a lot of time to be saved in transition.I'm 50 and actually getting faster because I'm training smarter,I don't just wing it anymore,best of luck and hang in there you'll be improving in no time!!
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Marilyn, congratulations on your improvement in your general fitness and your ability to finish races and be less fatigued. The only way that I have found to improve speed is to practice being faster. If you currently run the 5K at an 11 minute pace, practice running a single mile under 10 or under 9 if you can. Or if necessary start with a half mile at a really fast pace for you. Eventually, you can then extend the speed to a slightly longer distance, until you can maintain the speed for the entire distance. Maybe you can add a 1/4 mile per week of a faster pace. On the bike practice riding as fast as you can for 3 minutes and then ride easy for 3 minutes. Do as many repeats as you can until you can cover the entire 12 mile distance. If you do that individually for each discipline during practice sets, then you will become used to moving at a faster pace. This will carry over to your events and with the right mix of speed and endurance, your times will improve. Good luck.
I second what Ron said. Definitely going faster in practice will help you with going faster in races. Do interval work in all three disciplines. You should be able to handle it now that you have a few years of endurance work under your belt.
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CINCINNATI -- When Giants starter Barry Zito struggled out of the gate, manager Bruce Bochy yanked the left-hander after just 22/3 innings.
When Cincinnati's Mike Leake struggled out of the gate, manager Dusty Baker stuck with his starter ... until a two-run fifth broke the game open.
Did Baker think about taking out Leake any earlier?
"Well, I mean, did you know it was going to happen during that time?" Baker said, sensing he was being second-guessed after the Giants' 8-3 victory in Game 4 of the National League Division Series. "(Leake) was dealing during that time. You can always look back and say, 'Hey, should you have taken him out at that time. But what if he had gone another two or three innings and dealt."
Baker, a three-time N.L. Manager of the Year with the Giants, has more victories than any active manager other than the Detroit Tigers' Jim Leyland. But his patience backfired this time as Leake surrendered five runs in 41/3 innings.
Leake's outing ended in the fifth after he surrendered back-to-back doubles to Joaquin Arias and Angel Pagan, and Marco Scutaro bunted Pagan to third base.
"He was getting the ball up in the middle of the plate," Baker said. "When he does that, generally speaking, like most pitchers, he gets hit."
Sanchez proved as much over nine innings, catching five different pitchers and scoring a run after a second-inning single. He also walked twice after drawing just five free passes in 227 regular-season plate appearances. Sanchez said he jokingly asked bench coach Ron Wotus for the lineup card as a keepsake.
"Two walks in one game is amazing for me!" he said. "I was focused."


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Tottenham Hotspur Message Board
Is it me...?
I must be getting old.
Why is football treated differently?
We now have a 'fan' being jailed for his 'attack' (I thought it was more like a half push/slap) on Kirkland.
We have little old ladies scared to leave their homes or who get mugged. We have genuine cases of ...ism where a person is overlooked for a job or promotion because of their skin colour, sex, sexual orientation...blah blah. Those cases are lucky to get to court, and when they do, the offender gets off with community service or a small fine.
In football, it seems the offender, if high profile, can dictate when the court case will be heard. Abuse becomes racism. A slap/push becomes an attack and if the offender, if 'joe public' gets an inflated sentence. I don't recall any player/manager being prosecuted for pushing, kicking, punching, gouging the eyes...etc of an opponent.
Odd eh? Terry becomes racist and it's ok to prosecute (but takes a year to get to court). Players have openly slapped and punched each other and nothing is done. A fan shoves a player and within a couple of days, he's caught, tried and in prison
Is the law now about celebrity and nothing to do with the severity of the crime? Just because football is high profile, should the law be 'bent' to suit? I semi understand making an example, but doesn't this sort of thing send the wrong message?Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
Our legal system has always been open to manipulation, the more money you have the more malleable it becomes. Footballers are currently the ones with the funds available to exploit the loopholes and laws.
Even with the video clearly showing Terry using racially abusive language there is an element of doubt, because of context (bullshyte IMO, but they're the laws). I imagine the delay in this case was due to legal teams gathering evidence.
'the wrong message' becomes subjective, there are people who feel Terry is a victim in all this. Some people would believe the Mugger, was a victim of a society! (bull, but I've heard people defend burglars with this) the fan who slapped kirkland is difficult to defend because of the weight of evidence against him.
Laws and the way they are used have never been fair or consistent and IMO they are never likely to be- there are so many variables to consider, all of which have the potential to completely change what may seem an obvious decision.
What are your thoughts on Rio's proposed Black player Federation?
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I'll start with your question. I think setting up a 'black' player federation is in itself actually racist. I'm not being funny there. But if that was done for 'white' players, there would be all sorts of uproar.
Surely, the whole point about defeating racism is to have ALL races, creeds and colours together. NOT introducing some form of apartheid. Seems like the brainchild of a single celled amoeba (and that is being amoebaist) to me.
I wasn't trying to get back to Terry per se, it was just with the Kirkland thing it seemed that football, the players and managers, were all treated as special cases. Because racism was 'high profile', Terry gets charged for a comment on a football pitch (that IMHO was insulting rather than racist - as if you take each word in its context Terry never actually thought that Ferdinand was having sex as a black sexual organ - so why focus on black as being something that was actually meant to be taken literally rather than as an insult). BUT, we then see a football fan sent to prison for assaulting a player, when players who assault players/managers/officials on the pitch (and I don't mean dodgy tackles here) or at the pitch side (Gattuso/Jordan comes to mind, Pardew and the linesman (! just for H), Mourinho gouging etc) do not get charged.
Then as I say, some poor old dear gets mugged, the crime is also on camera. The offender gets caught, goes to court, courts the judge by wearing a natty suit, and gets off with a ASBO. Is slapping Kirkland a worse crime than mugging or frightening someone who may be truly scarred by the incident? Ditto for true ...ist crimes - where peoples lives are really affected by an '...ism'. Was Ferdinand truly upset by the Terry abuse - I'm not so sure - and what abuse does he (Ferdinand) come out with each week to other players?
It just seems that anything around the periphery of football gets blown out of proportion.
I know the justice system is biased (if you want true 'bias' in a really scary way look at the Old Bailey case archives from the 17th/18th centuries on line), but the latest 'let's look as though we're doing something' for the media bit just seems a bit cynical to me.
Bare with me! I must apologise for getting slightly 'into' this subject.
I agree, 'I really think you have to be careful with .....isms. What is and what isn't an '...ist' act - what is and isn't a justifiable '...ist' act.'
In this instance , IMO Terry is guilty of using racially offensive language, I don't think he is a racist, but that does not stop his choice of language being racially offensive. He chose those words to offend. So does Terry think being called black is offensive? if not, why say it? He targeted Anton's race as a way to offend him, therefore implying that there is something wrong with being black, whether he believes that or not, that's the implication. Changing the word black for ginger, bald, gay doesn't change the meaning of the sentence, it just makes it offensive to a different 'minority' group.
Anything relating to race is going to be more emotive (than say gingerness), not least due to the recent history of slavery and vilification.
IOf course laws are applied differently depending how rich you are, I don't like it, but the more money you have the more loopholes there are, sad but true and unlikely to change. Terry silenced the newspapers, by paying for a court injunction, he stopped the 'free' press, who else could afford to do that? Money changes the rules or at least allows you to bend them.
Laws/rules are entwined with commercial operation IMO, look at most people employment contracts, its full of laws/rules, many of which are designed to protect the company and its commercial interests.
Lance Armstrong broke many the laws/rules of cycling by blood doping, those laws are in place for many reasons, some which will be to protect the commercial integrity of sport and governing body and also to try and ensure the race was as 'fair' as possible. As we have seen business do not want to be associated with cheats or rule breakers, that's why Lance Armstrong has been dropped by Nike, Oakley and virtually everyone else and why people like Kate Moss were dropped, when pictures of her doing coke were published.
IMO we as humans are obsessed with the concepts and ideals of fairness and integrity, which is why we find blatant cheating so unacceptable. Depending on where each of us place our values will depend how offensive or acceptable we find different infringements on these laws/rules. I think Armstrong is a shyte, but many people may look at his charity work and forgive his other actions.
The fan who slapped Kirkland knew the rules before he ran onto that pitch. The punishment had to protect the values of the FA, and try and prevent a re-occurrence. Although I do think we all need to look at the way criminal records work. IE a kid caught in possession of drugs can be tarred for his entire life, IMO thats not fair (I digress).
Prescott was egged, I believe? He punched a bloke, who threw an egg at his face. Even though Prescott knows he broke the rules by throwing the punch, it could be argued he was acting on instinct, to protect himself. The pitch invader was not protecting himself, he was acting out side of the laws/rules of football and society in general.
EPIC- still awake?
Still there Joe.
I totally agree that JT was being offensive and used black to be offensive. So, in that context was 'racist' - but the act wasn't racist - it was insulting. If Anton had been gay, I would guess that JT would have used another term apart from black. The aim WAS to be offensive. He hoped that Ferdinand would take offense at ALL the words he used. That was his aim.
I tend to to see true '...ism' as where you purposely and continually do something to put down/hurt that 'thing' object. IE if I hated women and I purposely didn't employ them, or spat at them each time I saw them or stopped them using my taxi or stopped them coming in my restaurant or....- then that to me is racist. To call a single woman '...you b****y woman...', when I have nothing against women in general, is just being offensive in general.
There is a difference to me. (That all got bogged down in JT again - rather than football being treated differently)
As for justifiable / not justifiable acts of '....ism':
Paying different because of gender for the same job. NOT OK.
Charging different for insurance, where a gender/age group is shown to have a better record. OK (if it's not ok to differentiate by gender, then why is ok to differentiate by age or even post code?) - as it is based on a proven risk assessment.
I know the law is biased. It always has been, from the outset when the powerful murdered and stole the land to became 'lords' or kings, and then presided over drafting of laws to condemn those who stole or murdered. But the levelling of law is what it all should be about. Not continuing to make special cases - which is what I appear to see happening more and more with celebrity and football in particular. To me its a bit like this black player federation - condoning that would be such a step back - as what you want is integration and fairness across the board. Ditto for the law. The law should be applied the same to all, not justifying different use of law in 'special cases'. With knowledge and 'wisdom'.
If we met, and you slapped me like the fan did Kirkland, do you really think that a jail sentence would be warranted? (I think SB and Sfer would probably think it was warranted ;-)). I bet, if the event was caught on camera, I would have a hard time even getting the police to come out and recognise that anything happened at all, let alone bother trying to take it to court.
Anyway, what do you think about the game today - no Bale, no Ade....sounds like the subject of another thread to me?
I agree, and your analogy makes perfect sense. I think Terry is guilty of using racially offensive language, but that doesn't necessarily mean he's a racist, IMO if he were he would not be where he is today.
Again, I agree regarding the Black Federation, IMO it would be regression and fuel the fire of the bigots and tiny minded people.
'The law should be applied the same to all, not justifying different use of law in 'special cases'. With knowledge and 'wisdom'.'
In theory I agree, however there are incidents where common sense has to prevail over law/rules as there are extenuating circumstances IE: Getting caught speeding, whilst taking someone to hospital, who is in urgent need of medical attention. The law says, no you deserve 3 points, with all the facts and proof the points are likely to be rescind.
Maybe the laws/rules need to be written to accommodate such circumstances? But in my experience even police officers are happy with many of the laws/rules we have as they allow for interpretation and common sense decisions.
IMO many of our laws need revision, but that is entirely a different debate.
Probably your right with regards to Kirkland, If the same thing occurred during a Sunday league game, I doubt the fan would be punished to the same extent. This could be due to the difference in perceived loss/risk, as in the FA/Championship have more to lose/risk if they are not seen to be taking stern action, in order to prevent a re-occurrence.
I definitely agree Re: SB and Sfer, I would expect to be roundly applauded if I slapped you, if it was recorded I'd be selling DVD's or £5 a pop and I imagine you'd be ridiculed for diving better than Tom Daley.
Definitely time for a Maribor thread! I think we will find them a real test, gutted for Ade!
not_blonde_really not_blonde_really Oct 25, 2012 19:26 Flag
I must admit I've not read all of the messages in this thread (they're quite detailed and I'm watching the match more than the board... BOOOOOM! 1-1!), so these points have probably already been covered, but my tuppence worth:
- attacks etc aren't treated more severely in football, they're just more high profile. Terry wasn't found guilty (like many many people daily), and the Kirkland fan was arguably treated more harshly as the evidence against him was so clear due to cameras and he was a customer in Kirkland's place of work, I'd expect my employers to push for the hardest punishment if the same happened to me.
- I don't begrudge them for being more high profile cases, as I believe they set a precedent and are almost a summary of was is and isn't/should and shouldn't be acceptable in our society. I think it's probably the most public microcosm (I know, hark at me using words like that on a football board!) of life in the UK with minimal international crossover we have, and as such the ethics (I guess that's the best word) of it are valuable to the nation as a whole.
- crimes are rightly judged on a case by case basis, footballers might be deemed to be judged more harshly for e.g. fines as it's a % of income.
- there's no excuse for these behaviours on or off the pitch. If the FA do their job properly - as with any organising body - all cases in football will be followed up. HOWEVER, it's virtually always the individual's decision in non-major abuse cases - racial, physical, or anything else. In football the players often (are made to?) feel they have an obligation to see it through, whereas in day to day life people (are made to?) feel they're 'making a fuss' if they do. Hopefully football can show they can follow these cases through.
- SB, this is one of the rare times I agree emphatically with your point! I believe homophobia is a much bigger problem in football, because no player has been bold enough to stand up to it in the same manner as racism.
yay notblonde! its only taken us a few years too agree on something lol. different views is what make life more interesting!
Maybe, because football is high profile, it highlights discrepancies in the system. I'm not so sure.
From what I can gather, the Kirkland Slap warranted a 4 month jail sentence, whereas the systematic 'torture' by these thugs...
...to me is a million times worse (imagine the fear that the people felt when these so called carers were on duty). Suspended sentences? 20 months?
As I said to Joe, I bet I would find it hard to get the police to take me seriously if I showed them a video of me being pushed/slapped a la Kirkland footage - let alone the offender caught, tried and sentenced within a few days. I don't think, that the Kirkland offence, outside of the 'football' environment, would ever have received a jail sentence.
Wouldn't you think that a 'high profile' case, such as being aired on Panorama, would also then warrant a sentence that acted as a deterrent?
To me, the penalty for crimes committed by footballers should be no different to those outside of football (ie to bankers, shop workers,deep sea divers) when it comes to criminal law. Different when fines are imposed by the club/employer itself (ie not a criminal case) - that is then simple employment contract/'law'.
The JT case was brought (from what I gather) because an anonymous caller contacted the police (I think after lip reading what JT said). Again, if I phoned the police and reported a racist act, and had video footage (no sound track, and no witness report of what was said) - do you think the police would take me seriously?


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The listing, released March 26, "America's Top Corporations for Women's Business Enterprises," recognizes companies for how they manage their procurement and diversity programs and how they conduct businesses with women-owned firms after a confidential review process. This is the ninth year the listing was produced.
Denny is not only pleased by the companies that won certification. She's also pleased so far with the new political administration in Washington.
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My father-in-law started me on a running program to get me to work up to running for 30 mins. It's a really slow progression but I'm fine with that. The first week I have to walk for 30 mins. Then the 2nd week I run 1 min, walk 14, repeat. This basically keeps incrementing up until I'm running for 30 mins straight.
However, after only a few seconds of running my left shin hurts to the point where I have to stop running. I don't feel it when I'm walking at all. I've never had an injury and it doesn't seem to be getting better. I tried better shoes, stretching, and I even stopped running for a few months to make it heal.
I think I might have shin splints, is there a way to make them go away so I can get back to running?
Do you warm up before you start the runs? You might try increasing the warmup and adding more stretches, try googling shin stretches. Good luck!
How fast are you running? You should be doing an easy jog, not sprinting.
If you still have severe pain that comes on that quickly, I would be concerned that it is not shin splints. It might be compartment syndrome or a stress fracture. Check with your doctor.
Len - Compartment syndrome. hmmm. Never heard of that one. Had to google it. Thanks for mentioning it. That is one I was unfamiliar with.
Running the straight and narrow,
"Run because you love it. If you don't, learn to love it. Running will bring things into your life that you could never imagine." - Scott Jurek, Star of "Born To Run"
The Surgeon General has determined it is OK to smoke your opponent!
I see that you haven't tried compression sleeves and what do you mean by "better shoes"? Do they have extra medial support?
You can also try orthotic soles.
There's more info here, think would be helpful to you..
I to had shin pain while running, and bought better shoes from a sproting goods store and still had the pain, I talked to the guy that got me running and he sent me to a regular runners store where they looked at my feet, mostly the arches and watched my gait while running on a treadmill then we pickid out a shoe and shin pain was gone other than normal muscle soreness. Do not know if that will work for you but it helped me. Also the lady that runs the shop , she is a marathoner, to shorten my stride when doing my runs, maybe something you can try. If he pain persist I would do like others have said and see your Doc. Hope this helps.
"The long run is what puts the tiger in the cat"
Good advice from Shorty about shortening your stride and being sure you have the right shoes. Make sure you're planting your feet under your hips: overstriding can contribute to all kinds of aches and pains. I mentioned speed because my experience with shin splints always involved faster running. It wouldn't bother me at an everyday training pace. It would only hurt when doing speed work or in a race. Also it would take some time to start - about a mile - and would go away at about three miles. So the fact that it starts immediately and is severe enough that you can't run should be of concern. That's why I mentioned compartment syndrome, though it is relativel rare. I hope you find a solution.
Easy way to shorten your stride is to up your cadence (number of times your foot hits the ground). If you shoot for 90 beats per minute per foot, that will help to shorten your stride.
You can download Beat Per Minute music at www.podrunner.com or from www.motiontraxx.com. In my opinion, motiontraxx is better music, but both are good.
In order to keep the cadence up, you HAVE to shorten your stride. If you don't, you can't keep up. This will help keep your foot from getting too far out in front and keep you from landing on your heel which can cause shin and knee problems.
Running the straight and narrow,
"Run because you love it. If you don't, learn to love it. Running will bring things into your life that you could never imagine." - Scott Jurek, Star of "Born To Run"
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OK, here's a radical recomendation. Try losing the shoes entirely. Barefoot for one minute, or even for more of your walking interval will help you get stronger achilles and calves to support the extra stress of the high cadence. Focus on putting your feet down gently, with a midfoot to a forefoot landing. Barefoot walking and running helps you to achieve better form, which is how you avoid injuries. Good luck!
Look for more info over at the Barefoot Runners Society web page. They have great "starting out" plans.
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I get shin splints whenever I try to increase my mileage too fast and it stays with me for several weeks. I buy self adhesive compression bandages at the local medical supply and wrap them when I run. It really helps with the pain. I also use Ice after my runs and motrin as necessary. Don't get discouraged. If you have a local sport clinic you may want to go for a consult with the trainer.
I had trouble with shin pain as well. I went to Fleet Feet & was fitted for proper shoes that helped 75%. Then I found an article on active.com about stretches, I do them before & after. Rock front to back on heels then to toes. Do this about 10 times. I also put one leg behind me putting the toe on the ground and then push forward, so that the top of my shoe is reaching towards the ground & the sole of my foot is pointing up to the sky & stretch the top of my foot. I do that several times on each foot. Then on the stairs I put my toes only on the stair & push my heal towards the lower step, opposite of a calf raise. I also lift my foot & pull it up to my bottom on each side several times. Then pull one knee up to my chest, changing legs, doing this several times. A couple lunges. I also walk for the first two minutes of my run before I start running.
What I read was that shin splints are because the ligaments are not stretched properly. If you have high arches, like I do, this also contributes to shin pain if you don't have the proper support, hence the proper shoes.
Hope this helps. Happy Running.
Wow everyone. Thanks for all the responses, i didn't expect so many.
I can give more details based on some questions already asked. I do warm up and I do a light jog. By better shoes I mean that I went to the local running store, and had my foot properly measured and was fitted with wider shoes. They are New Balance, but good for being a beginner. It also might be worth noting that I don't get the pain anywhere near as bad if I'm using the treadmill. Outdoors seems to be where the worst pain occurs.
I don't think my stride is too long but I haven't paid much attention to it. I'm going to try that tip first and see if I can't get my stride to fix the problem. If it persists I'm going to ask for a referral from my doctor to a sports therapist and see if I can't get this under control. Thanks for all he advice everyone, very helpful.
I think shin discomfort is common among new runners. Ice them after a run, massage them with a tennis or lacrosse ball. I always had some shin discomfort until I shortened my stride and reached about 2 miles of nonstop running, then the legs adjusted.
Good luck.
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It wasn't close to perfect offense, but it was way overdue, they knew it, and they acknowledged it in all the overt and subtle ways the 49ers communicate things these days.
Yard by yard, pass by pass, point by point, tackle by tackle, the 49ers dominated woeful Washington on the way to a 27-6 victory at FedEx Field.
And then afterward, some of the 49ers' statements and gestures were as telling as almost anything on the field.
"By any means necessary, you know?" coach Jim Harbaugh said. "Our guys, they rose up to the challenge and got it done. Needed it and got it."
The 49ers defense was dominant against Washington and Robert Griffin III, but the 49ers defense has been dominant quite consistently this season.
What the 49ers desperately needed was for their offense to reawaken after failing to gain 200 yards in either of the last two games -- both defeats -- and drawing more exasperation and frustration than at any point of the Harbaugh era.
On Monday, with Kaepernick facing a Washington defense loaded up against the run, the 49ers carved out 304 yards -- and Kaepernick had his most efficient game of the season.
Officially, his 134.5 passer rating was the highest of his career.
"I think this was a good step for us in the right direction," said Kaepernick, who completed 15 of 24 attempts for 235 yards and three touchdowns.
Of course, Kaepernick was typically -- or even additionally -- terse and cryptic speaking to the media about his breakout game.
Kaepernick said he hasn't heard or cared about any criticism directed at his play recently.
But during the game he showed extra emotion when he drew a penalty for spiking the ball after a tough run.
This game, after the two dismal losses and the 49ers basically falling out of favor and the NFC West race, meant a little more.
And Harbaugh underlined that by making an interesting point about his quarterback.
"I did comment to him in the middle of the week, Wednesday or Thursday, that he was just being exactly perfect leadership and demeanor-wise," Harbaugh said of Kaepernick.
"It was a combination of loose, focused. ... Just the kind of leader that stands tall and works extremely hard and has the right encouragement for his teammates.
"And that stood out to me."
The implication seemed clear: Kaepernick was terrific on Monday in part because he was so sharp and on point during the week of preparation.
Kaepernick threw several perfect passes to receiver Anquan Boldin -- two for touchdowns -- and looked calmer and bolder than he has probably since his Week 1 explosion against Green Bay.
And during the week of practices and meetings, maybe Kaepernick shook off the criticism and got stronger because of it.
Or at least Harbaugh noticed something.
"He wasn't uptight," Harbaugh said. "He was just the perfect blend. He was strong ...
"Some people have baby-deer skin. Some have armadillo skin. He's got the armadillo skin. It was just strong, good leadership."
Now this victory, again, was against a very poor Washington team that probably couldn't have scored a TD in three or four games combined against the 49ers defense.
And the 49ers are still only 7-4, still far behind Seattle in the division and still have several teams right on their heels for an NFC wild-card spot.
But the 49ers can't go anywhere unless their offense can move the ball, and they can't do that unless Kaepernick is taking steps of his own.
Some of that happened in this game -- in front of a national audience and in the 49ers' first Monday night appearance since Kaepernick's famous starting debut against Chicago last season.
"We didn't lose confidence in ourselves," Boldin said. "We know what we're capable of doing.
"We come out and execute I think you'll see the results, which is what we did tonight."
They didn't look like they were having a nervous breakdown every other snap, they were relatively organized and they made plays when the plays were there.
It wasn't a master class of offensive wizardry, but that wasn't at all necessary and is not where the 49ers offense is right now.
The 49ers just needed to move forward, get some things figured out and get their QB going again.
Kaepernick showed up, and now they can all sprint to the finish line with some confidence -- in themselves and in him.
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A Spartanburg man charged with attempted murder pleaded no contest Thursday to first-degree assault and battery in connection with a shooting.
Jonathan Jerome McCravy, 32, of 630 Seminole Drive, received the maximum 10-year sentence.
McCravy entered an Alford plea, which means he does not admit to committing the crime but thinks a jury would most likely convict him based on the state's evidence.
McCravy was arrested after Spartanburg County Sheriff's deputies responded to a shooting about 5:40 p.m. April 26, 2012 on Stephen Grove Road in the Una community.
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Tottenham Hotspur Message Board
Give AVB more time?
Whenever the subject of how much time you should give a failing manager to turn it around, get his system working etc, comes up people almost always point at Old Big Red Nose or David Moyes.
My problem with that is they are the exception as opposed to the rule. Plus they have both had very different amounts of success. OBRN has of course won everything going over a very long period of time. Could anybody else have done what he has done? Who knows but unlikely. Moyes has in contrast won nothing. His claim to fame is that he has kept Everton in the PL with very little money. Two very different meanings of success.
How long is "enough time" and if you give the manager enough time and it fails where does that leave your beloved team?
What - 5 years, 10, 2 ?? OK, so you give him 2 years and say to yourselves "no matter what happens we give this guy 2 years" and at the end of the 2 years you are in the Championship, mid table, the ground is nearly empty and all your best players have gone with no chance of replacing them. Do you stick with the manager on the basis that he needs more time then?
There is too much at stake for everybody, the owners, the players and the fans, to stick by someone that you "hope" will turn it around. Its a tough old world and whilst you might not expect a new manager on several million pounds a year (sarcasm!) to win his first 6 or even 10 games, you would certainly expect him to have the crowd, the management and most importantly, the players on his side.
Joe, in another post, said that getting rid of a manager too quickly showed a small club mentality. I don't agree with that. Are Chelsea a small club? Have they got rid of several managers after relatively very little time? Yes, are they CL Champions who will no doubt be in the top 4 (or 3) again this year - yes.
There are two differences between the AVB at Chelsea and the AVB now. First, he has been told to smile more when doing TV interviews and second, well there is no second from what I can see.
He has adopted the same negative team tactics, he has made some very strange sub decisions and subsequently that has put some of the neutrals in the crowd against him, he "appears" to have lost the support of some of the senior players (already), he looks like insisting on playing 4-5-1 with tiny Defoe up front on his own and even though he smiles more - he still looks like a smug git.
Yes of course we will win some games this year and I do not expect us to be in the relegation scrap but for a team that most neutrals and "experts" think should be fighting for 4th is that good enough? And what about next year whilst this "transistiion period" that is somewhere in AVB's mind is going on, where does that leave us? watching boring negative games and seeing our best players leave - that would be my guess.
I dearly hope I am wrong but all the facts (as I see them of course) do not point that way.
So, and this is only my opinion of course, AVB is not going to be the saviour we all crave, not now and not next year. And on that basis, regardless of the flack we would get from those who think everyone deserves "more time", I would start looking for someone with all the qualities that a top manager has right now. That "flack" would be long forgotten if we were to actually win something or even get into the top 4.Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
Evening fellow Yids.(hope i'm still allowed to say this)
Enjoyed reading the post on this thread as usual but sadly no one added any humour.
With reference to AVB,i pesonally think he needs a bit more time to see what he can achieve with a first choice 11,ie-all key players are fully fit and able to produce the fantastic football we have enjoyed at the LANE over the last 3 or 4 years and then maybe we will see what he's really made of.
Fortunately we're still in a good position at the moment and not playing nowhere near our best,which has often been mentioned.
Another thing in his favour is that he has the JAN window in his favour and it will be interesting to see if he can bring in the like's of Muthinio and Willian,plus others as this would surely be a feather in his cap to proving that he has objective and ambition to take us to our full potential.(i would love his job)
So for me,this top 4 thing is about MONEY,and from what i read and digest from this forum i'm convinced that a few of you guys and girls could keep our beloved SPURS in the top 4 forever LOL.
Anyway , lets hope we can stuff the arse tomorrow(somehow that don't sound right)and continue in our quest for CL and even more.
...........atb .......JEFFALL.........SPURS ..FOREVER.
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AVB = Another Vilified Boss?
Wot Sfer? Replying by proxy? Clever.
I was not trying to wind anyone up. You simply made a comment:
'...One season of success with Porto does not a PL top 4 manager make!! ...'
The term 'top 4 team' to me means a team that regularly achieves top 4 status - ie it is a record of past achievement, and a potential predictor of future.
The teams that fall into that then are Utd, Chavs, Woolwich, Pool and now Citeh.
We started to get there, but I would suggest we don't quite fit the epithet - Yet.
As for a manager - if you use the same criteria, then that limits very few managers to be judged in that category (given that Utd and Woolwich have been stable, and Citeh have only achieved it with one manager) - only Pool and the Chavs having multiple managers.
I would say that 'arry NEARLY got there. If he'd done it this year, then I would personally have classed him as a 'top 4 manager'. But then any manager outside of the existing 4 (5) clubs managerial history can't be top 4 managers, if you use that criteria. Oddly, I would not yet class Mancini or Di Matteo as top 4 managers - they are managers of top 4 clubs, but not as yet top 4 managers.
That then raised the question in my mind as to how can you identify a manager who has top 4 'potential'? Obviously it's not easy, or else every club would have one ('I told 'eeem we already 'ave one...' as Monty Python would say). It is also then obviously linked to the finances and ambition of the club itself. So can you have a 'top 4 manager', without having a club that already has potential for top 4?
IE even with 'arry and what he achieved over the three seasons, could he have done the same ten seasons back?
Is AVB 'a top 4 manager'. No. Not by the above definition - he can't be. Does he have the potential. based on current, and limited record? IMO no. Could that change by Christmas? Yes. It could start this weekend. It may not. The problem, is that 'top 4 [manager|club]' is a hindsight thing.
If it was easy to predict, the Chavs would have had one manager over the years as would Pool and Citeh. It seems more like a lottery to me. 'Arry totally surprised me. AVB may.
"top 4" has become a generally accepted term in football Joe. Not saying I like it but it is used widely. How to you identify a top 4 manager? I don't know, probably the same way you identify a top 4 team.
As usual that nit picking idiot (IMO obviously) has as usual taken something said in general, analysed it to death and then responded in order just to wind me up. To prove my point, in the other thread he has STATED (as if a fact)that others (presumably me and SB) have said before, beacuse we like him and he doesn't, that when Defoe scores we say he can play as a lone striker and when he doesn't we say he can't. What a load of bollox!!! Certainly I have never said that, I don't believe SB has and I can't recall anybody else saying such. If anybody has said that Defoe can play as a lone striker then they need their head testing. AVB is pretty much the only one who seems to beleive that.
The guy I am trying my hardest to ignore so as not to bore others on here is a complete twatt.
Pretty mich anything and everything said on here is one persons take on whatever it is. I am quite happy to agree if I agree with it and debate it if not and I have always tried to be as sensible as possible about how I do that BUT there is just no way on this green earth that you can do that with this idiot. Everything is twisted, misinterpreted and scrutinised so much the attempt an any sensible debate is completely ruined. He tries to beat people into submission with long winded (excuse this one!) posts which are impossible to follow and most are hypocritical and full of contradictions. I almost think he might be just one big wind up but unfortunately that is probably wishful thinking.
Back to AVB. It seems to me that those of us that would get rid can give some pretty good reasons why we think that should happen (listed over and over in other threads) whilst those that don't can only come up with "he needs more time" but can't give any good reasons why other than it would be rude or hasty.
You can't,
In this instance I agree with you JL,
Is your responding to me to tell me that you've been ignoring me and that you won't respond a bit like a page in a book that has:
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printed on it?
Sfer, Ignore away. I raised a general point. I won't feel offended if you deign not to respond (or reply to tell me that you definitely won't respond)
So after that: The question is:
What does then make a top 4 manager, and how can you spot one?
I have ignored your posts John and I have never sought them or look forward to them as you could start an argument in a phone box on your own. This will obviously not stop you posting your hypocritical, muddled and nonsensical thoughts on anything I say but I thought I should just point out that I will not respond.
So is being a top 4 manager about which team you manage or the manager himself? Or both? Which carries the most 'weight'?
Could say, Martinez get Wigan to the top 4? Could Alardyce with West Ham? Could 'arry have with Portsmouth?
How on earth do you know who is a 'top 4 manager' before they become a top 4 manager?
IMHO it isn't so much about the manager, as the resources the club has. Fine AVB *kept* Porto where they had been accustomed to being, so he didn't make a complete hash of it in Portugal.
But until he had a chance with a club who had the resource in the EPL to achieve and sustain 4th, then how can you tell?
It's odd how the clubs are called the big four - given that those clubs have (apart from two) had multiple managers.
and now Citeh
and maybe us
had or now have the resource to sustain a top 4 challenge.
So realistically, until a manager gets to manage one of those clubs, how do you know if they're top 4 material?
Levy decided that 'arry wasn't the way, and decided on AVB - is he any worse a choice than say Moyes or O'Neill or Benitez or..... I would say that you can't tell. No way to predict.
If you look back (I think I started a thread) that showed how the EPL has become dominated by certain clubs over the past 20 years or so. Before that, certain clubs had better runs - true, but the top of the table positions seemed to be more conducive to change season on season. The change to domination seemed to be coincident with the EPL and CL - the obvious inference is that the money, and hence better players, is likely to be the key - not so much the manager. (AVB could be seen as a Portuguese equivalent case in point there).
Apart from the bit about getting Arry back (I am not sure that would be a good move) I am with you as far as AVB is concerned Derek.
One season of success with Porto does not a PL top 4 manager make!!
ha ha ha ha,
Cheers Sfer, that response was hilarious and has cheered me right up. I though it might pull a few chains, glad you enjoyed it as much as I did.
According to this article all the old fans suddenly decided to not attend and to give their tickets en masse to a load of new fans that happened to be waiting outside. They then watched the game and all boo'd. How ridiculous is that theory?
This guy actually says "given more time AVB is sure to succeed". If ever anybody was so obviously one sided this has to be it. No doubts, just plain old fact - in his mind. He can be no more sure AVB will succeed than I am that he will fail so to write this as fact is again, ridiculous.
He states, yes STATES, that VDV was one of our two best players. Not for me and not for many others he wasn't - by a very long way. I didn't, at the time or since, see a mass of angry and sad fans wailing at the gates when it was revealed he had gone. Unyet, according to him that is one of the reasons we are not playing so well.
Apparently, according to this joker, AVB was not supported by Levy in the transfer market. How the hell does he know that? Levy gets much praise for keeping THFC financially safe but this guy seems to be saying that we should let the manager buy whoever he likes regardless of the cost and how much the player wants in wages. If every team adopted that philosophy the PL would be in financial meltdown in weeks.
There is not one independent, unbiased criticism of AVB or his tactics in this article. Its almost as if it was writen by AVB's Mum.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Among Bronson Arroyo's endless array of pitches is one that catcher Ryan Hanigan says travels at "batting practice speed." There's also The Laredo, which the pitcher said is his "drop-down, backdoor breaking ball."
Whatever it was called Sunday night, the Giants weren't hitting it.
Arroyo allowed only one hit over seven innings to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a 9-0 victory at AT&T Park. Using a paint brush rather than a blowtorch, Arroyo artfully changed speeds, hit his spots and kept the Giants so off-balance that they now teeter on the brink of elimination.
The Reds lead in the best-of-five series 2-0 as the teams head for Game 3 on Tuesday in Cincinnati.
"Honestly, there is no one in the game like Bronson in terms of the way he pitches," Hanigan said after Arroyo's 91-pitch outing. "He does so many things with his breaking ball, with his fastball, with his changeup. He's unique, and that's what's tough."
Arroyo, 35, held the Giants hitless until Brandon Belt's clean single to center with two out in the fifth. Arroyo also walked Buster Posey with two out in the seventh.
Those were the only base runners he allowed.
Pitching in what Reds manager Dusty Baker described as "a forgiving ballpark," Arroyo looked wiling to throw anything from his bag of tricks. Angel Pagan hit a fly to deep right to start the game, but the Giants didn't hit much hard after that.
"I just thought this ballpark would be right for him, even though I don't think he's won here," Baker said.
Arroyo had been 0-4 with a 4.11 ERA in six career starts at AT&T Park. In fact, he hadn't beaten the Giants in any venue since 2008 in Cincinnati.
This time, he threw 57 of his 91 pitches for strikes and struck out four.
"We couldn't get much going ... or anything going," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said.
Arroyo's strong outing rescued a Reds staff left scrambling after Johnny Cueto lasted just eight pitches in Game 1. Arroyo could have gone longer but, with the game in hand, Baker removed his starter in case he wants to use him again later in the series.
Arroyo tipped his cap to his catcher, saying that Hanigan, like former Reds catcher David Ross, understands his deep bag of tricks.
"Those are two guys that I found could think along with me and could understand the dynamic of how I try to beat hitters with an out-of-the-box mentality," Arroyo said. "There are some catchers who have a hard time following that along."
Arroyo delivered the kind of reliable outing that has made him a mainstay in the Reds rotation. Since Cincinnati acquired him in 2006, Arroyo has 91 wins, tied with Tim Hudson of the Atlanta Braves and Cole Hamels of the Philadelphia Phillies for most in the N.L.
With this one, he gave his team some breathing room.
"It's important that we try to end it, if we can, especially with our situation with Johnny Cueto," Baker said. "That would buy us some more time. ... But you're not comfortable at all until it's all over. It's hard to take the last breath out of anything."


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Scott's Court Appointments
Published: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at 12:10 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at 12:10 a.m.
In its latest gig directed at Gov. Rick Scott, The Ledger is complaining that Scott has not appointed enough black judges to the Florida bench ["Public Deeds: Gigs and Garlands," Feb. 4]. We know this is a fact because a group of black legislators say so.
The legislators say that there is a sentiment that black attorneys need not apply for appointment to the bench because "we don't think like you" (Scott). Scott says he will not appoint any applicant who is a judicial activist.
The Ledger thus concludes, and probably rightfully so, that Scott will appoint as judges only those "with the most conservative of politics." These folks are normally conservative white men or women.
Scott was not elected as governor because he received the liberal vote. To the victor belongs the opportunity to make appointments in accordance with his political views.
Does anybody believe that if the Democratic candidate had won, she would appoint conservative, i.e., not liberal, judges? Does anybody believe The Ledger would be offering this editorial if that were the case? Of course not.
While on the subject of judicial appointments, does The Ledger, or anybody else, think that President Barack Obama will fill the next Supreme Court vacancy with a white conservative male, no matter how well qualified? Will The Ledger give the president a gig? Of course not.
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