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By Elliot Ross, The Far Post
In Maputo, the "Garden for Sculptors" behind the Museu Nacional de Arte on Avenida Ho Chi Minh has become a kind of prison yard for Mozambique's various Ozymandiases, a semi-public dumping ground where colonial monuments now crumble quietly away. A marble European baroness reclines in thick robes, the grasses growing up around her base.
Both of her arms have been lopped off, but her amputated left hand still touches the midriff of a black male slave crouched in a loincloth by her side. Nearby, a decapitated Lady Justice presides over a small patch of weeds and bare earth. No longer public art, but not quite garbage, these are the monuments which were extracted like rotten teeth from the city's squares and public buildings when Portuguese colonial rule finally ended, but which nobody could quite bring themselves to destroy.
One August afternoon I chanced upon the newest addition to this miserable collection. Facedown in the dirt lies an enormous bronze angel, wings stretched high over its head like some kind of massive avian Academy Award. Walking around it to its jagged base, ripped from wherever it had once been rooted, I found that the figure was completely hollow. Inside there was a small plaque whose Chinese characters I could not read.
Intrigued, I went back into the museum, and asked the receptionist there where this gigantic statue had come from and why it had been dumped here. He answered with the air of someone patiently explaining something very obvious to someone very dull. The angel had been erected in 2011 by the Chinese government in front of the new national soccer stadium, to give the place some character and serve as a kind of focal point. But when Mozambican officials saw that the statue had "a Chinese face," they decided it wouldn't do to have a Chinese angel in front of their national stadium, tore it down, and trucked it into town to join the rest of Maputo's unwanted colonial trappings in the Garden for Sculptors.
Mozambique's new national stadium, Estádio Nacional do Zimpeto, is on the outskirts of Maputo, not far from the Chinese-built international airport. The Chinese have also overseen the construction of the new parliament building and a new "Palace of Justice" in the last few years. The main institutions through which a sense of Mozambican national life is constructed — the laws of the nation, international departures and arrivals, and its most spectacular public moments of heroism — now take place in Chinese-built structures.
If you want to see the heart of China's soft-power push into Africa, you'll find it in the continent's new soccer stadia.
China completed its first stadium construction project in Africa in 1970 with the opening of the 15,000-seater Amaan stadium in Zanzibar, Tanzania. That modest structure marked the start of four decades of so-called "stadium diplomacy" by China across Africa, the Caribbean, Asia and the South Pacific. Today there are few countries in Africa that don't have stadiums built by the Chinese government as gifts or with concessionary loans.
There was a noticeable acceleration in construction in the late 1980s and early 1990s, as Senegal, Mauritania, Mauritius, Kenya, Rwanda, Niger, Djibouti and the Democratic Republic of Congo (then Zaire) all got shiny new stadiums. But the real boom has come in the last 10 years. Three recent host nations of the African Cup of Nations — Angola, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea — have had all their tournament stadiums built for the purpose by China.
All three happen to be nations with significant off-shore oil reserves ruled by autocrats and small elites structured around a ruling family. But countries with more modest natural resources and more democratic structures of government — Ghana, Tanzania, Zambia and Malawi for example — have also found room for new Chinese-built stadia within the last decade, as part of China's much-documented program of economic expansion.
The impact of this most concrete form of soft diplomacy is difficult to assess in terms of hard cash. But there's little doubt about how it is supposed to work. For relatively small outlays — usually well short of $100 million — China constructs a sterile national arena that can be opened with long speeches and presidents in tailored suits kicking balls for the cameras, in return for sweetened access to natural resources, votes at the United Nations and the marginalization of Taiwan. Domestic politicians point to highly visible new infrastructure as evidence of their success as managers of the national development agenda; China and Chinese businesses gain, at the very least, an entrée into the highest circles of government.
All of this is officially carried out in the name of friendship, of course — there's one Stade de l'Amitié, in Libreville, Gabon, and another Stade de l'Amitié in Cotonou, Benin. Fortunately, the pious fraternal rhetoric attached to the openings of these stadiums has on occasion been punctured by moments of mutual cultural befuddlement. In 2007, for example, it was gleefully reported that at the opening of the new cricket ground in Grenada in the Caribbean, the Chinese ambassador Qian Hongshan and assorted dignitaries displayed visible discomfort as they sat through the Royal Grenada Police Band's stately rendition of the national anthem of the Republic of China — a country more commonly known as Taiwan. The bandmaster took the rap. "This unfortunate error breaks my heart," said the Grenadian Prime Minister.
By 2010, more than 50 stadia had been built with Chinese government support across the continent, and despite the always-repeated insistence that another new stadium is "needed" we are now approaching stadium saturation point. If there was a Millennium Development Goal for stadia per capita, Jeffrey Sachs would probably turn up one morning at one of his Millennium Villages and find that the Shanghai Construction Group had knocked up a 55,000-seater next to one of his newly dug wells, christened it Le Stade de la Fraternité, and carted off all the hardwood trees from the forest.
If the "agenda" of stadium diplomacy has been concealed, it hasn't really been hidden very far from view. Yet all the focus has been on the not-especially-mysterious question of what it is that China expects in exchange for all these stadia, rather than on what this addition to virtually every African capital city means culturally and historically, let alone whether they're actually enjoyable places to watch a soccer match.
It took three separate minibus rides from downtown Maputo to reach Zimpeto. I had arrived from Scotland the previous day and was finding Mozambican Portuguese tough going, but this was match-day, with Mozambique hosting neighbor Tanzania, and it was easy enough to find my way by following the crowds of people in bright red shirts and scarves wrapped around their heads, and the constant parping of vuvuzelas.
Inside a vast paved complex ringed with a chain-link fence, a huge gray concrete bowl rose up. When I first saw the new home of Os Mambas, I thought those aliens from District 9 must have finally got their spaceship working and parked it in Maputo. Inside stood a suitably intergalactic prophecy, in Mandarin and Portuguese, written in red letters: "Amizade entre a China e Mozambique irá prevalecer como o céu e a terra." Translation: the friendship between China and Mozambique will last forever like the heavens and the earth.
With five minutes to go until kick-off, there was virtually nobody inside the stadium complex. Outside the perimeter fence, the crowd thronged through bars and shebeens, in and out of minibuses, picking up cold beers from sellers carrying coolers along the roadside and others in leather jackets flogging knockoff Mambas merchandise. From the street, Zimpeto and its arid concrete approach had the feel of a mausoleum.
Once inside, the Mambas fans sat stiffly together high up in one huge uncovered stand of plastic seating. It was a significant match, with Mozambique's hopes of making it to the 2013 African Nations Cup resting on the result, but the stands at either end of the pitch were completely empty. In the town center, I'd seen motorists screaming their devotion to their team out of car windows, pounding their horns at one another and piling fellow supporters into their backseats.
The atmosphere in Zimpeto was so subdued, drowned by the vastness of the place, that I could hear the players calling out at each other down on the field. A huge athletics track circled the pitch, and far off in the distance, in the covered stand for VIPs and the away supporters, we could see a small cluster of Tanzanian fans clad in blue whose cheers reached our ears once or twice, muffled by the great gulf of empty space between us. The Mambas drew 1-1, but eventually won the tie after a very tense penalty shootout. The celebrations in the stadium were noisy but brief, as jubilant fans dashed back out into the street where the real party had already started.
A couple of weeks after the game I met up with Tico-Tico, Mozambique's record goalscorer, recently retired. He told me that while he hoped the team would win the next round and make it to the African Nations Cup to be held in neighboring South Africa, he feared such success might give the false impression that the game in Mozambique was being well-run at the national level. Likewise, the new stadium gave a misleading picture of an ambitious and competent national association, when in fact the Mozambican governing body was in need of radical restructuring and reform if the country was to make the most of its footballing talent. A couple of months later, Mozambique traveled to Marrakech and was soundly beaten 4-0 by Morocco.
By and large, the venues that were replaced as national stadiums during the great wave of stadium diplomacy were those that had been built or repurposed after decolonization in the 1960s. Many of these had hosted national independence celebrations. And there was legendary soccer that took place in them. The original Estádio Salazar (renamed Estádio da Machava after independence from Portugal in 1975) had been inaugurated in 1968 with a friendly match between Portugal and Brazil. Portugal was captained by a black player from Maputo, Mario Coluna. The Brazilian side included Carlos Alberto and Tostão.
The great generation of Mozambican footballers of which Coluna was a leading light — Eusébio, Matateu, Vicente Lucas, Hilário da Conceição and Alberto da Costa Pereira were others — never played for the Mozambican national team (it couldn't exist under colonialism and so instead they forged Portugal's greatest ever team) but at least some of them played right in front of their countrymen at Machava that day in 1968.
Sad that I had come to Maputo too late to see the Mambas play at Machava, I wrote a friend shortly after the Tanzania match who had been to a World Cup qualifier there some years previously. I'd heard a rumor, incorrect as it turned out, that the old stadium was to be demolished. "I'm not sure that Machava can actually be 'torn down,'" wrote my friend, "since it was just a hole in the ground to begin with. Perhaps it can be filled in."
The replacement of venues whose crumbling terraces are layered thick with national history by soulless flat-pack "friendship" stadiums is not unique to Mozambique. In the 1960s, Lusaka got Independence Stadium. Nowadays, Zambia's Chipolopolo (copper bullets) play their games at the new Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, which looks an awful lot like Zimpeto and happens to have been built in Ndola, an industrial town close to many of the country's most important mines.
From this year, Malawi's national team, the Flames, will play home matches in Lilongwe, a gridded city of embassies and fenced-off NGO headquarters, rather than the commercial capital Blantyre, where the national team has always played since Malawi's independence.
Lilongwe's Kamuzu Stadium was named after Kamuzu Banda, the eccentric Chicago-educated family doctor who ruled Malawi as a one party state for thirty years. The Rangeley Stadium constructed in the 1950's took its name from a British colonial administrator. For a few brief years following independence in 1964 it was known as the National Stadium, before Banda purged all political opposition and set about transforming the country into his personal fiefdom: major highways, hospitals, schools and of course the national stadium were all named after him.
After Kamuzu was voted out and multiparty democracy installed in 1994, the new president Bakili Muluzi renamed everything that had borne Kamuzu's name as a way of exorcizing the decades-long cult of personality that had set in. But Muluzi himself liked having institutions named after him, and soon the re-christened Chichiri Stadium was the home ground of the Bakili Bullets. When Muluzi was replaced by Bingu wa Mutharika, who liked to style himself as a kind of second Kamuzu, the venue was renamed Kamuzu Stadium after the self-professed "lion of the nation" and the Bakili Bullets became the Big Bullets.
The old stadium is formed by a low grandstand and six gently sloping massive concrete slabs with large steps cut into them, and it holds anything from 50,000 to 100,000 people, despite having one end where there is no kind of structure at all, just a large rusty billboard and a few trees. There are no seats, except in a small VIP section stacked with pricey-looking chairs and sofas that index the relative potency of the backsides sitting on them by the quality of their upholstery. Nowadays, nobody would design a sports venue that looked remotely like Kamuzu stadium.
Periodically, FIFA and CAF have sent their inspectors along and these men leave spluttering dire threats of banning and closure, aghast at the appearance of large cracks, the patchy pitch, and the lack of security (the stadium is in more or less continuous use by ordinary members of the public who keep fit by running up and down the thousands of concrete steps). It certainly didn't feel like the safest stadium I've been in, but there's never been a disaster there, and there was something wonderful about the regularity with which the pompous international bureaucrats would huffily pronounce the place unfit for its purpose, only for it to host yet another joyous and peaceful afternoon of football the following week.
In 2006, I found myself commentating live for TV Malawi on a match between the two bitter Blantyre rivals, Big Bullets and the Mighty Wanderers, at Kamuzu, a scrappy 0-0 draw settled after an interminable penalty shootout. The fans banded together to form great swaying clusters all around the terraces, bounced and chanted throughout the game, danced in the aisles and roared with wonder, derision and disbelief for two hours.
The new national stadium in Lilongwe will be paid for with a $70 million concessionary loan from China. Jimmy Kainja, a writer in Lilongwe, told me "It may take time for a lot of fans and certainly me [to] feel the real loss after leaving Kamuzu stadium," which he called the "spiritual home" of the national team. The new stadium, on the other hand, is part of a series of high-profile Chinese building projects in Lilongwe that includes a new parliament building and a large 5-star hotel. The two countries established diplomatic relations for the first time in 2008. The stadium is being built in a similar style to the new Estadio do Zimpeto in Maputo, and has yet to be given a name.
Elliot Ross is editor of The Far Post. As a child, Elliot spent time in a seminary in no-man's land between Zambia and Malawi. Now based in Brooklyn, NY, he is a regular contributor to Africa is a Country.


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Hello all,
Another in a series of potentially simple questions:
What is the difference between using Fit and Interpolation?
f[x_]=Fit[data, {1,x},x]
I do know that Fit can take arguments for the independant variables
form like:
f[x_]=Fit[data, {1,x},x]
f[x_]=Fit[data, {1,x,x^2},x]
but that's a bit of guesswork if you have a limited set of points, no?
Also, is there a function in Mathematica that allows me to swap
dependent and independent variables? e.g. x=2.5y --> y=x/2.5
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It has every year so far, so I presume it will again this year.
Yeah the place where they have the NF show. Looking forward to another commemorative horse brass to add to the collection.
I've only got the one horse brass, but will be adding to it this year - it's a nice event.
I've got lots of the horse brasses, collected over the years, but have only put them in a bag, together with my medals etc. I believe you can purchase a leather strap (can't remember what it's called) to fix the brasses to, at the information tent.
I see entries are full already. Luckily, I received an e mail from the organisers early in the year, and I entered on line. I believe it's popularity is because it is classed as a trail race, and these are becoming increasingly popular, due to the demise of many road races.
oh dear ive missd it. I was doubtful anyway as it is on my birthday.
I have just entered online, payment has been taken so I must be in ???
The event details on the RW page states "race full" so this appears to be misleading. I hope that I haven't put anyone off who is attempting to enter.
I have just checked back and it no longer says race full, so there has obviously been some sort of mix up.
thank god for that.. .
I'll enter now.
Done this last year and really enjoyed it.
Can remember horses running beside me at points.
I remember passing the ice cream van last year
I read in one of the local papers that they are going to resurface the entry road into the field, so,providing it is completed before the race date, should make for a much smoother drive up to the parking area.
I wonder if it will be as hot as in previous years, or "blessed" with the heavy rain that is currently ruining our summer.
Yeah it was pretty hot last year, but plenty of cloud cover if I remember correctly.
Hopefully it's a nice day, I plan on coming down with my family and having a BBQ after.
If it's wet i'll drive down on my own, run 10miles and drive back.
I've received my race no. and chip, and note that the chip has to be threaded through the laces. This means that I won't be able to wear my Salomon Trail Shoes, as they don't have tie up laces. In previous years, the chip has had a velcro strap which fitted round the ankle. I suppose the lack of a strap is yet another example of cost cutting.
Terence - I suspect the lack of strap is because the vast majority of people have shoes with laces and don't use the velcro anyway? Why not (a) buy some velcro tape or (b) contact the organisers to see if they will have any there on the day or (c) use string/insulating tape round your ankle?
What about using a cable tie?
I have a pair of them Salomon Trail Shoes, but i can't get them on because the tongue in the shoes won't go back far enough. There's no slack. They were given to me by Salomon, i didn't buy them.
This will be my first 'track' or off-road race. Would it be a good idea to wear my new Gel Excel 33 minimalist shoe, or stick with my normal quite cushioned running shoes which are 1170s? Thanks
I think your 1170`s will do as the tracks are stoney.
I ran in Asic 1170's last year, and have worn earlier versions in previous years with no problems. This year, the going is likely to be heavy underfoot in places, so I wouldn't recommend a minimalist shoe.
Thanks Terence and Mr. K. Looking forward to this one!
One of the best races in the south! Can't wait!
Trippr - where do you hear that? Any more details?
Yepp ... unfortunately now confirmed on the club site http://www.newforestrunners.co.uk/
Just to boing this back to the top of the thread list: Yes the event is cancelled, sadly.
Yes, I have also received an e-mail from the Organisers. They will review the situation in a few weeks time.
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Jason Reynaga, Design Division Director and prolific artist, is featured in a number of art community publications.
Tamar Minassian, Merchandise Marketing graduate, was featured in the Dallas Morning News for her high profile internship with famed fashion show producer, Jan Strimple.
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Wade College students were featured on a YouTube video commemorating Artopia, a fashion, food, art, music, and culture event in Dallas. Wade students assisted in the production of the runway show.
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I just tested his BS for the first time and I got a 127, 148, 122. A little high I thought (that's why I did 3 times) and he wants to do it like his sister. That was after eating a peanut butter and jelly and blueberries.


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Ceres: I guess I didn't know that about the memorial and the Iowa Hort.
society with the planting of the trees...otherwise I would have paid
more attention I guess while we were there. Sorry, but I don't remember
taking any special notice of them, other than the one tree they call the
survivor tree...a large tree that actually survived the bombing, I
think. I think this is a place that would take many, many visits to
absorb. In just the brief half an hour we spent there, it was hard to do
more than feel the overwhelming sadness of the place...those tiny chairs
that represent the lost children nearly broke my heart. We plan to do
the place better justice on our next trip to Oklahoma, so I'll try to
pay better attention then.
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<< We did stop in OKC for just a short trip to the
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Melody, I have been there in the evening. The lights
hi-lighting the chairs
takes your breath away. I was especially
interested in the trees. You may
remember the Iowa Horticulture
Society paid for and traveled there to plant a
tree for each victim.
I thought they were all lindens but was surprised that
was not the
case. I would like to see it in the daylight so I could better

identify the trees. Do you remember seeing the trees? The memorials
still
displayed tore my heart!
 Noreen, this was one of our bus
stops on the way to Houston in 2001.

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Lovells is poised to move into Saudi Arabia after spending several months attempting to ink a deal.
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Psalm 60:1-12
(Of the Director; to "Lily of Witness"; a mictam of David's, to teach; in his struggle with the Syrians of Mesopotamia and of Sobah, when Joab came back and defeated the Edomites in Salt Valley, killing twelve thousand.) 60 You have repudiated us, God, broken us through; you were angry; you should restore us. 2 You have shaken earth, cracked it open; heal its breaks, for it is giving way. 3 You have shown your people a hard sight, have given us a staggering drink of wine. 4* You have given those who fear you a standard to rally in the face of bows. (Selah) 5* So that your darlings may be delivered hold out your right hand and answer us. 6 God spoke in his sanctuary: "I will triumph, will divide Shekem, will measure off Succoth Vale; 7 Gilead is mine and Manasseh is mine, and Ephraim is the keep of my head; Judah is my baton. 8* Moab is my bathtub, on Edom I throw my sandal, over Philistia are my hurrahs." 9 Who will bring me to a city for a siege? who has led me through to Edom? 10 Have not you, God, repudiated us? and you do not go out, God, in our campaigns. 11 Give us help from a foe— human salvation is futile. 12 Through God we shall play a sturdy part, and he himself will trample down our foes.


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Mesut Ozil has warned Scotland that they won't be able to stop Germany if the world champions replicate their performance against Poland.
The Arsenal playmaker was on spectacular form as Joachim Low's number 10 in Frankfurt, providing a sublime pass for Thomas Muller and creating havoc as Germany gained top spot in Group D with a 3-1 win.
Scotland's shock defeat to Georgia in Tblisi has left Gordon Strachan's side struggling to achieve even a playoff berth, and Ozil intends to further damage their Euro 2016 hopes at Hampden Park on Monday.
"I think we deserve to be at the top of the group," Ozil told reporters. "Now we have to go further on Monday. We know it will be a tough game because Scotland will fight until the 90th minute. But if we show what we can then Scotland won't be able to stop us."
Germany are two points clear of Poland at the top of their qualifying group, with the Republic of Ireland a further two points behind. Scotland lie a point behind their neighbours with three games to go.
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Kokoro Connect (ココロコネクト, Kokoro Konekuto) is a Japanese light novel series written by Sadanatsu Anda, with illustrations by Shiromizakana. The first volume was published in January 2010, and seven volumes have been released by Enterbrain as of February 2012. A manga adaptation titled Kokoro Connect Hito Random illustrated by Cuteg began serialization in October 2010. An anime adaptation directed by Shinya Kawamo and produced by Silver Link began airing in Japan in July 2012.
The story involves five high school students, Taichi, Iori, Himeko, Yoshifumi and Yui, who are all members of the Cultural Research Club. One day, they begin experiencing a phenomenon in which they randomly swap bodies amongst themselves. As these five friends face many different phenomena at the whims of a mysterious being known as Heartseed, their friendship is put to the ultimate test.
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LAHORE: PPP Punjab President Mian Manzoor Wattoo has said that continuity of democratic process is very important to resolve the problems facing the country.
Addressing a press conference at PPP Punjab Secretariat here on Monday, he said that PPP leadership had rendered great sacrifices for the revival of democracy, democratic institutions and uplift of poor people's plight.
He said that Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto adopted the democractic vision of Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and included it in the constitution while Shaheed Benazir Bhutto also struggled for it.
He said that PPP, Minhaj-ul-Quran Chief Tahir ul Qadri and Nawabzada Nasarullah all made struggles for the promotion and strengthening of democracy but now the agenda of Minhaj-ul-Quran Chief was incomprehensible.
He said that elections would be held within sixty days after the caretaker setup would be formed.
He further said that people would elect their representatives on merit and only choose those who would work for the progress of the country.He said that Pakistanis were very intellectual as they had supported Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah against the feudal system.
He said that parliament had already made reforms through 18th and 20th amendments, now institutions were being established and provinces were being made autonomous.
Proper mechanism for the appointment of judiciary was existing in the country while proper mechanism was being adoted for setting up of caretaker set up.
He said transparent elections would be held as the Chief Election Commissioner and his team was very credible.
The elections would be held on time and there was no possiblity of its postponement, he said and added that there was no room for any electroral reforms in the country.
He said that those parties wanted to create unrest would get nothing and they would face severe defeat.
He said people would not forgive those who would sabotage the election process.
He said that yesterday Punjab Governor Makhdoom Ahmed Mehmood had invited all Punjab Assembly parliamentarians but PML-N MPAs did not turn up which showed their bad attitude.
He said that all parties wanted the transfer of power to civilian government peacefully.
Responding to a question, he said there was no cold war between PPP and PML-Q. PPP was ready to negotiate with MQM on reforms issue while being remained within constitutional limits.
Responding to another query, he claimed that Qadri's long march would not took place and deterrence would prevail against it.
Earlier, Seth Muhammad Amjad from RY Khan, Syed Sajjad Hussain from Hasalpur, Malik Ejaz from Lodhran, Syed Fazal Hussain Shah from Layyah, Mian Amjad Yaseen from Faislabad formally joined PPP on this occasion.
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Good morning Cardiff!
Today an exhibition of artwork will go on show in Grangetown Library – with work from a group of artists inspired by the local area. The exhibition starts at 12pm today and finished on Saturday 17 July.
At County Hall the executive business committee will meet at 2pm and the economy and culture scrutiny committee will meet at 4.30pm.
Tonight the Incandescent poetry reading group will meet at 5.45pm at Cardiff Central Library.
In the news and on the blogs today
In the news today Bute Park will be getting a full-time permanent gardener - Alex Sibley, 24 has been appointed to the role following successful completion of a three year horticultural apprenticeship scheme with Cardiff Council.
The new post is funded through the £3.1 million Heritage Lottery Fund grant, which is supporting the £5.6 million Bute Park restoration project.
Alex Sibley said:
"After learning my trade as a horticultural apprentice, I am now thrilled, and excited to be given the opportunity to become a full time gardener at Bute Park. I look forward in working there as I know there are exciting times ahead!"
The Welsh Assembly is looking for public responses on whether water sprinkler should be installed in every new home in Wales to prevent the 18 deaths a year which occur from house fires. A seven-year-old boy was killed in a house fire in Canton this week. The consultation runs until 3 September and to take part send your views to:firstname.lastname@example.com
Twitter is still all abuzz after Stephen Fry's visit to the city to receive an honorary degree from Cardiff University – and he couldn't have had better things to say about Cardiff – see his tweet below.
Yesterday the Pont Y Werin bridged opened after long delays. Read the report on yourCardiff and check back on the blog for some photos later. DJ Leekee has put some photos and comment up on his blog.
Deputy Leader of the council Neil McEvoy has been warned the code which prevents councillors from calling people a "liar" will be upheld, reports WalesOnline.
If you would like to share your news or an event with me, please write a comment below, or drop me an email, or send me a message on Twitter @GdnCardiff


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Field naturalists
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- Measurements
- 80.9 × 121.3 cm
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Gift of Mrs E. H. Shackell, 1962
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Jane Sutherland was one of the leading female professional artists in Melbourne during the late nineteeth century. Reflecting her love of the Australian bush, she was memeber of The Field Naturalists Club of Victora, which was formed in 1880 for the purpose of exploring natural history through excursions into the bush. In 1891, to encourage this interest among school children, prizes were offered for certain collections. Sutherland's young field naturalists remind us of the adventurous Woolcot children of Ethel Turner's classic novel for children Seven Little Australians (1894).


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London, Oct 28 (ANI): Abu Dhabi's new indoor Ferrari World theme park has the fastest rollercoaster in the world.
The heart-stopping ride, which reaches speeds of 149mph in 4.9 seconds, makes the occupant feel as if they are inside a Formula One car.
The red roof of the indoor complex is modelled on the side profile of a Ferrari GT and is adorned with the largest prancing horse logo ever created.
There is also a more sedate Scalextric-style track, with replica Ferraris for visitors to drive around.
The park is expected to become a mecca for Grand Prix racing fans, particularly as the Formula One race is due to take place there next month.
"The Ferrari park is a major leap forward in our leisure proposition as it has enormous appeal regionally and internationally," the Daily Mail quoted Mubarak al Muhairi, director general of tourism, as saying.
United Arab Emirates have ploughed billions into the 861,000 square foot park on Yas Island and expect 10,000 visitors a day.
"It will be a lot of sensations for every age group. We have managed to turn one of the world's most exclusive brands into an extraordinary experience for families and fans," theme park general manager Claus Frimand added. (ANI)


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She resided briefly with my bestie who was able to get her vetted and spayed and socialized to other cats. She was named "Gwennifer" at that point and it is a whimsical fitting name for her.
Before a major winter storm, she and her two brother cats and my bestie came to stay at my house with me and mine to ride out the weather. And she never left...
I had recently lost my Maggie, a sweet crazy tuxedo cat and had taken in Sir Snowball Flufferbutt, a 13 year old rescue to reside with Kizzie, my last kitten, age 19 and fading... Gwen was a young, funny breath of fresh air.
After Kizzie died, Gwen stepped into the role of First Snuggler. Then odd things began to happen.
I started to notice she would sit at the window as Maggie used to and chirp in the same way. She also meowed in the scratchy raspy voice of Mags. Then she began to curl up next to my head or sleep on my hip as Kizzie had done for 19 years. The kicker was when she began to lick my face in the same exact way as Kizzers. It was as if she were channeling my last two cats to let me know they were still around in spirit form. Instead of heartbreaking or spooky, I found this immensely comforting.
She embodies the traits of two much loved animals but also displays her own quirky traits. She likes coffee.
She likes to play "whackacat" with Sir Snow, she LOVES to race down the hall at a full gallop. And most of all she loves to scratch her scratching posts, butt in the air, front paws grabbing deep and furiously.
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Walking into his bedroom the only thing saving him from having his head taken off by the lamp that had been launched his way was his quick reflexes and sharp sense of hearing. Turning ready to spring into action he stops shorts of launching an attack when he realizes it's his very own pissed off mate, Joss.
"You son of a bitch!" She practically screams this out, she's so damn mad. She can't believe what she had to hear from one of the other pack members. They had been talking about how her mate had found the man responsible for infecting the wolves and that he had been trying to get to her and John didn't even bother to inform her of this! Oh no, he acted like she was a fucking child that needed to be protected. She had been protecting her and Taylor for years before she met his overprotective ass.
Growling out a warning to her; John slams and locks the door. He was really not in the mood to deal with his pissed off mate after just returning from hunting and killing Elias; he was still in a very violent mood. "Enough!" He growls out in anger but leave it to his stubborn ass mate to always push him past his limit. He's thinking this as he once again ducks another lamp that flies just a bit too close as she was standing at the end of their bed.
Launching himself at her he grabs the bookend that she had just picked up. Tossing it aside he grabs both of her hands in one of his and brings them behind her back but she still bucks and bites down on his neck hard; drawing blood. He and the wolf howl in pleasure and pain as he notices her handcuffs still attached to her hip. He quickly snags them and pushes her down towards the bench at the end of their bed and cuffs both her hands over her head to the iron bench.
"John, you'd better fucking let me out of these cuffs or I'll kick your ass!" She's yanking at the chains but it won't do her any good and she damn well knows it…which just pisses her off even more.
Watching his mate - spitting mad, hand cuffed to the bench, and still fighting him tooth and nail fills him with a need that only this woman, his mate can bring out in him. He and his wolf both feel the need to claim her as his once again; after her being targeted by Elias and his group of thugs. Giving her a smirk he slowly removes his clothes, thinking of a way to relieve some of the tension that killing that bastard Elias just didn't do.
She shoots him an incredulous look as he slowly but surely removes the last of his clothing to stand before her completely nude and extremely hard. Shaking her head no, she screams at him. "Don't you even think it, you son of a bitch, because I swear this time your balls really will be in a sling!" She's practically foaming at the mouth and both he and the wolf take this as a personal challenge.
Growling he lets his claws extend as he reaches down and proceeds to rip her clothes off leaving her completely nude as well. Dropping to his knees in front of the bench he dodges one of her legs as she kicks out at him; aiming for his head. He ducks in time and grabbing both legs; he spreads her thighs and leans down inhaling the unmistakable scent that's all Joss.
Moving up, he sits atop her, straddling her waist and fisting her hair as he practically growls out. "Get pissed off as much as you want but know this; you are mine. Mine to protect and mine to fuck!" His wolf growls in agreement as they both are chomping at the bit to claim her tonight.
God help her but she can't help but be turned on, as she usually is, when he and his wolf get all possessive and dominant. But she refuses to give in too soon and make it easy on him. Hell no, if he wants her, he and his wolf are going to damn well have to fight to have her. She bucks once again but is stilled as he yanks her head back growling out a warning but she refuses to give in.
Still fisting her hair he decides that she needs to be punished, for challenging him - her Alpha and mate, in the most delicious way possible. Standing with her still clenched in his hands, he spreads her thighs once again with his knees and growls at her glistening heat. She's so wet and he can't help but be turned on as he and his wolf purr knowing they're the ones responsible for her lust filled condition.
"Joss, you know the consequences of disobeying your mate don't you?" Leaning down as he raises her up to him, he whispers against her lips. "Exquisite punishment!" After saying this he takes his index and middle fingers licks them and then taps her clit hard wringing a surprising moan from her throat. He watches as the blood rushes to her clit and the tiny nub becomes hard. Licking the same two fingers once again he smacks her clit yet again and again. She cries out as the sting mixes in with pleasure and she can't believe she's getting turned on by him spanking her clit.
Smack! Smack! Smack! She moans as he growls, their combined lust growing but he wants her to come with him just smacking her clit. He continues his assault and she bucks up begging him for more, so he stops. She moans in frustration as she realizes he's playing with her. She shoots him an evil glare and yells. "Bastard!"
Smack! Smack! "Yessssss!" Joss screams out. This is exactly what she knew would happen which gets her one step closer to an orgasm but her mate knows what she's is up to. Shaking his head he says. "You won't come until I let you and not a moment before…understand?" He says as he pulls her head back further and slams his mouth on hers; kissing her hard as their tongues duel. Whipping his mouth off her he once again licks the two fingers and taps lightly on her clit not creating any friction only frustration. Standing up, he moves down to kneel between her thighs.
"John…please!" She's going crazy with the need to come but knows he won't let her until he's ready to let her…damn his stubborn ass.
He takes his tongue and licks her heat stopping just short of touching her clit. She bucks trying to dislodge him in her anger but underneath he can smell her lust as well. Holding her down he repeats the action with his tongue and letting his wolf out at the surface, just a little, lengthens and thickens his tongue as he twirls it inside her heat mimicking the act of sex.
She lifts and bucks - this time trying to get closer and not away as he knew she would because no matter how mad his mate get he knows how to turn her on…and she always returns the favor. So it's always a win - win situation and he's always in favor of those.
He continues to drive her wild with his thickened tongue to the point that she has her legs wrapped around his neck holding him prisoner but he still toys with her; not giving her what she wants. Grabbing her thighs he pries her legs from around his neck and reaching down towards her shredded jacket; he finds the keys to the handcuffs and releases her.
She lays splayed out in all her glory body glistening with sweat as her chest heaves and she eyes him wondering what his next move will be. Licking his first and middle fingers yet again he brings them down once again on her hard clit. Smack! Smack!
She arches her back and moans. She's so close she can feel the orgasm making its way down her spine and with another smack on her clit she falls over the edge. Smack! She screams in pleasure so intense her spine arches and her toes curl as only this man, her mate can reduce her to this….completely…utterly…spent.
Breathing hard, coming down from her intense orgasm, she can feel John watching and waiting so she opens her eyes watching as his silver grey eyes are filled with lust and need. He leans down picking her up and stands her on her feet next to the bench as he takes her place sitting on the bench. He lays back on the bench in all his naked glory and reaching down wraps his hand around his cock stroking himself as she watches and he waits.
She licks her lips and straddles the end of the bench, reaching up she shoves his hand out of the way and leans down and licks the head of his cock. She encloses his cock in her mouth and sucks hard and hums in pleasure at his taste and repeating this action again and again.
He bucks his hips nearly knocking her over as she digs her nails into his thighs as she swallows him whole. He growls out in pleasure and then throws his head back and howls at the moon as his mate has her way with him. Grabbing a fist full of her hair he tries to dislodge her but his mate is relentless as she locks onto his cock and sucks just a tad harder. He thrusts up into her mouth making her moan and him growl as the pleasure becomes too much.
Giving his cock one last lick, she scoots up the bench over her mate and slowly lowers herself onto his hard cock. He grabs her hips and thrusts up as she slams down onto him. They both moan as she rides him like a wild stallion and he loves every minute of it if his howls were any indication. She continues to slam down on his cock hard moaning in pleasure and leans down to bite his nipple hard and then sucks to soothe the sting.
John decided to get into the action and play as well and as she slams down on his cock he takes his thumb and rubs up and down her clit as rides him. Throwing her head back she moans his name but continues her ride. "John!"
Grabbing her neck he brings her closer and latches onto one of her nipples. He bites and licks it as his thumb strokes her clit while she slams down on his cock. "John…please…oh…God…please…so…good…too…much!" Closing her eyes she screams as she feels the beginnings of another orgasm. But her eyes fly open as John sits up suddenly lifting her legs under each arm and laying her against the bench, bends her legs towards her chest and thrusts hard into her heat.
Moaning, it's her turn to throw her head back and howl as this new position lets him go deeper into her heat and he's relentless. He thrusts harder growling as he slams into her again and again and he can feel his own orgasm trekking up his spine. Licking his thumb he scrapes it down her clit and she cries out in pleasure. As her orgasm slams into her she tightens her heat on his cock which triggers his own.
"Joss! Fuck…so…good…baby…so…fucking…good!" He continues to thrust into her over and over. They're both thrusting, grinding, and grunting as the last waves of their orgasms leave them totally spent and trying to catch their breaths. After finally getting their breathing together John stands wrapping his arm around Joss and walks them towards their bed where he lowers her gently down and climbs in behind; spooning her as he wraps her in his arms.
"So are you going to finally tell me why I had to hear from one of the other wolves that you not only found the man responsible for the drugging, but that this was apparently a set up to get to me?" She turns over and looks up at him watching and waiting for him to answer her question because she's still pissed even after two mind blowing orgasms.
Sighing, he knows he could simply tell her it was his prerogative to protect her but that would only lead to more fighting and he doesn't want to fight with her on this issue. When he thinks about what could have happened when he was infected he feels both thankful that Elias's plan failed and a rage that the bastard would dare try and hurt his mate.
Cupping her face he places his forehead against hers kissing her softly before responding. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you about Elias and if a similar situation came up I would do things exactly the same." Laying a hand on her lips stopping her retort he continues.
"My number one job is to protect you and Taylor, then the pack, and I will do this with a viciousness that could rival anything in this world. It's engrained in my DNA as an alpha wolf to be protective of my mate and cub, so it can't really be helped and I for one wouldn't have it any other way. If that means leaving you out of the loop - then so be it because I will not lose you, and yes I know you can take care of yourself but now that's my job. And it's one that I relish because before you and Taylor there was just me and, of course the pack, but you both entered my life and filled the darkness with so much light. A light that I refuse to let be turned out by some bastard like Elias or anyone else who would try and take you away from me."
She watches him as he said the words and her anger melts as only this man can take her from extreme levels of anger and turn them to passion, and love. Loving this overbearing, kickass wolf that just so happens to also be an alpha male wasn't easy but she'd be damned if it wasn't worth it.
"Well, just like being overprotective is ingrained in your DNA being a stubborn, kickass, independent woman who will not sit quietly on the sidelines and let the "man" pat me on the head and treat me like a fucking child is ingrained in mine. I am your equal in every way John; so what that means is if something happens that affects us as a family and a pack then you'd damn well better keep me in the loop. Or your balls really will be in a sling…permanently."
She says this so fiercely that both he and the wolf purr in delight at the fierceness of their mate. Leaning down he nuzzles her neck purring in contentment as he settles down with Joss, who was his equal in every way imaginable. Raising his head, he shoots her his trademark smirk and says. "You're right, you are my equal in every way but that doesn't mean I won't do everything in my power to protect you no matter how pissed you get. So, I guess we'll end up like we did today with you screaming my name and begging for more." He winks, and flashes her a grin, which he knew was bound to piss her off but a pissed off Joss was just so sexy and irresistible.
Narrowing her eyes at him she leans down and bites him hard but it only turns him on…the bastard. "You're an ass, you know, even if it is a nice ass." She says this with a smirk of her own.
Throwing back his head, he laughs then howls as he settles down for the night he'll spend wrapped in the arms of his equal…his…mate…Joss.
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He and his driver, Saad Shalash, were on foot 150 yards from the first explosion and had walked by the blast site minutes before.
After the first bomb went off they turned towards it and minutes later a second exploded just behind them. Andrews said: "It was chaos. We turned down a small side street. People were running and crying, carrying the wounded and trying to get away.
"As we reached the end of the street, the third blast sounded. I was thrown to the ground. Saad was hit in the arm by shrapnel. I had to scrape pieces of other people's flesh off his shirt.
"We ran in the other direction. I lost Saad, everyone was panicking. And then there was a fourth blast, all in the space of 10 or 15 minutes. Ambulances wailed. People ran backwards and forwards like crazy.
"I went to the scene and saw bodies piled onto a wooden cart, bloody wounds and people screaming.
"Some angry men came up to me with machine guns. They were shouting 'No America, no America' and threatened to kill me.
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Congratulations you've made it to the next chapter, I hope you feel proud of yourself. Now because this young lady isn't from a book fifty shades off a character who can't correctly spell a particular colour, there is a simple explanation as to why she is in the forest. She is off to visit her Grandma who lives in a secluded rural area away from busy village life. Marketed as having a traditional thatched roof and a cosy interior for only all your life's savings and a cup of tea, once Maggie's Grandma had moved in she never left again. After all, after spending all that you'd want to make the most out of it right.
Mildred hadn't seen her Grandma in over 3 months and she was starting to get worried. However trailing in to the darkened wood to visit an elderly relative was all too close to a children's tale for Mildred's liking. She was a bright young lady who'd listened to all the tales that were told around the fire growing up about how shiny men on horses killed dragons and the like. After making sure to avoid donning anything even resembling red and deciding not to take a basket of any description, Mildred said goodbye to her parents and set off along the beaten track to her Grandma's, a quiet place in the country.
Along the journey the beaten track got thinner and thinner and the trees started to close in. Our Molly though wasn't the least bit scared, our Molly has confidence and was even humming a tune. You know, one of those you simply can't get out of your head no matter how hard you try, the trick of course is to stop trying but trying to stop trying is one of the hardest things known to man. In this case it was a tune entitled "I've got no wings to lift my hair". Nobody knew where the tune had come from but once you caught it you couldn't stop humming it.
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Armenian, which suffered heavy losses (up to 70 deaths and injuries) when their reconnaissance and sabotage groups' attempts to launch assaults on positions of the Azerbaijani Army were prevented in July-August of this year, continues to conceal the casualties they suffered as they haven't yet recovered from the crippling blow, says a statement issued by Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry, SIA reports.
The statement, which comments on some Armenian media reports, says Armenian mass media outlets, as usual, continue to spread misinformation in Armenian society about the Azerbaijani Armed Forces through their NGOs and social networks.
"The military and political regime of criminal Yerevan, which had fallen into a panic because of the beginning of anti-government mass protests and internal conflicts in the Republic of Armenia, doesn't give up the habit of disseminating provocative and exaggerated information about the losses of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces and violation of ceasefire in order to distract the public opinion by underestimating its own losses. The Defense Ministry officially says that our units on the front line are ready to prevent and neutralize any subversive acts of the Armenian side. Our soldiers and officers, who are always ready to fight for the liberation of the occupied territories, avenge and will avenge tenfold for every martyr or wounded soldier under the order of the Defense Minister," the statement says.


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