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Fourteen games into the season and Supporters' Shield frontrunners FC Dallas finally have their first individual multi-goal scorer in a match.
FC Dallas drew 2-2 with the Colorado Rapids Saturday at Dick's Sporting Goods Park, with forward Blas Perez scoring two goals, each immediately following goals by Atiba Harris for Colorado, to give the visitors a point on the road. The result keeps Dallas in pole position in the Western Conference.
"The first goal was just a rebound that was there for me and I hit a good shot to the side of the net," Perez said through a translator of his brace. "The second goal was a great pass by Jackson, he saw there was a defender going for the ball and he just went over him. I chested it down and had the patience to score from there."
FC Dallas has scored 23 goals on the season, tied with New York Red Bulls for most in the league. But before tonight, FCD had depended on team distribution for putting the ball into their opponents' net with ten different goal scorers (tied with LA, Montreal and Chivas for the league lead). It was also only the third time in fourteen games Colorado's usually stingy defense (third fewest goals allowed in MLS coming into tonight) had allowed two goals in a match.
"I think Blas didn't get a lot of chances, but he was pretty damn good in his finishing, wasn't he?" gushed FC Dallas Coach Schellas Hyndman to reporters after the match. "The thing that I could say for my team was they showed a lot of character. When you are on the road, at altitude, have difficult times, we've got a player gone with the national team [Je-Vaughn Watson to Jamaica], we left two starters at home...we had a lot of reasons to fold."
OPTA Chalkboard: FCD play the ball inside out all game long
Hyndman went on to compliment his team by saying, "I think it showed a lot of character on our part to go a goal down and come back, go down again, and come back. I just congratulated the boys on what great character they have and for us, we got another point."
The coach also used a colorful metaphor to describe the efforts of the Rapids to get a late winner.
"The last maybe ten minutes, was desperation by Colorado, just throwing everything at us including a couple of sinks. I almost said toilets, but [I meant] sinks."


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*Citing an unnamed source, the web site reddingnewsreview.com is reporting that New Birth Missionary Baptist Church pastor Bishop Eddie Long is paying nearly $25 million to settle claims he had sexual relationships with four young male parishioners, and has also given an apology to the accusers.
The source, who claims to be familiar with the details of the settlement and did not wish to be identified, said that Long refused to give a public apology, which ended up costing him more, according to Redding's editor and publisher Robert Redding Jr.
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What began as a $2 million agreement to settle the case for each of the four men quickly rose to $5.5 million for the respective plaintiffs, the source said, only because Long refused to publically admit guilt.
The men are to divide $2.2 million equally and then receive $400,000 in payments until the money is paid out over the next 20 years, the source said. The final figure comes to $22 million for the four men and $2.8 million for the plaintiffs' attorneys.
The church had already been paying these four young men $40,000 annually each before any charges were filed, the source said.
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Indee's Teel finally wins CR Bassmasters' award
CEDAR RAPIDS — After finishing a close second last year and in the top five in the preceding three years, Brad Teel of Independence finally won the Cedar Rapids Bassmasters' fisherman of the year title in 2012.
Teel, 31, speaking Wednesday evening at the club's annual awards banquet, said it's an honor to have his name inscribed on the traveling trophy that records winners dating to the club's formation in 1973.
"That means a lot to me to have my name up there with my mentors," Teel said. "This club has a high level of competition. It's awesome to be able to compete with them and come out on top once in a while."
Teel attributed his success to versatility and a strong work ethic.
Having pre-fished for every club tournament the past two years, Teel said his familiarity with local conditions and his ability to adapt to changes gave him an edge over many competitors.
"It's hard to do well if you have to spend tournament time finding fish and determining how to catch them. You have to have that figured out from the get-go," he said.
Teel joined the club in 1999 and fished out of the back of other club members' boats until 2004. Becoming a boater, he said, has enabled him to find fish-holding spots that are not commonly known.
"You just have to go out and try it. That's how you learn," he said.
The Cedar Rapids Bassmasters title goes to the angler who records the highest cumulative score in the club's seven tournaments, with 100 points to the winner of a tournament, 99 points to the runner-up, and so forth. Teel recorded 686 points without winning a tournament, although he placed in the top five in all club tournaments a second straight year.
Runner-up Dean Miller, who won the club title in 2004, also without winning a single tournament, finished eight points behind Teel. The winner's dad, Steve Teel of Independence, finished third.
Others in the top 12 (in descending order) were Dave Reibsamen, Darren Corley, Bob Heath, Roger Corley, Dennis Olson, Jim Roth, Justin Lubbock, Verlyn Hines and Tom Milder.The club's annual fundraiser, an ice fisheree on Pleasant Creek Lake, is Jan. 27. Proceeds benefit the popular recreation area near Palo.
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Driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, or at excessive speeds are widely considered to be the main causes of serious accidents involving a single vehicle. However, a new in-depth on-scene study in Sweden reveals that driver fatigue, slippery roads, and inexperience could be just as important and should be factored into the design of new vehicle safety features, according to researchers writing in the International Journal of Vehicle Safety.
Jesper Sandin and Mikael Ljung of the Vehicle Safety Division, at Chalmers University of Technology, in Sweden, used the Driving Reliability and Error Analysis Method (DREAM) to dissect the cause and effect of 38 single vehicle crashes that occurred in Gothenburg. They found that the crashes could be grouped into four scenarios.
In the first scenario, vehicles drifted off road or into the oncoming traffic lane due to driver fatigue, sleepiness or distraction. In the second scenario, a loss of traction caused by an undetected slippery surface caused even experienced drivers to lose control in bends, the researchers explain.
They also found that loss of control in driving around a bend was a factor in the third scenario, but this was due partly to the vehicle's high speed. In this scenario, drivers overestimated their driving skills or had limited experience of the vehicle or the bend and so lost control. In the final scenario, panicked drivers lost control of their vehicle as they tried to steer themselves out of trouble and failed through excessive over steering.
Vehicle safety has improved considerably in recent decades with the development of driver and passenger air-bags, side-impact protection devices, wheel antilocking systems, and traction control for improved cornering. However, single vehicle crashes are very unpredictable with incidence of vehicle rollover and collision with solid objects on the roadside leading to significant injury and fatalities.
"Our study demonstrates a methodology that can be used to explain how a combination of factors may increase the risk of single vehicle crashes," the researchers explain. Such an analysis could allow vehicle manufacturers to design new features that can compensate for the causes described in each of the four crash scenarios. The development of sensors for crash prevention and detection and the activation of safety measures such as airbags and pre-tensioning systems could now take into account the many unpredictable factors involved in single vehicle crashes.


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Bing, son of blogger and politico Mike Haubrich, has just arrived in Japan where he will spend several months assisting in a linguistic research project in the Greater Tokyo Metro area. And hopefully getting around the country a bit to see some cool stuff.
He's got a web site tracking his trip here.
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Once upon a time Jack set out to find his fortune in the big city. But the big city is Toy City, formerly known as Toy Town, and it has grown considerably since the good old days. It isn't all that jolly any more, and there is a serial killer loose on the streets who is slaughtering old, rich nursery rhyme characters one by one. Meanwhile, Private Eye Bill Winkie has gone missing, leaving behind his sidekick Eddie Bear of the Toy City Police to take care of things. Eddie may be a battered teddy with an identity crisis, but someone's got to stop the killer. Eddie and Jack team up to take down the killer, and along the way participate in heavy doses of bad behavior, car chases, and plenty of gratuitous sex and violence.
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Outfielder likes Chicago, but will explore free agency
By Scott Merkin / MLB.com
On the other hand, with Podsednik entering free agency in the best position of his career, the outfielder doesn't intend to simply take Chicago's first offer and run with it.
"No, we are going to wait it out and see what happens," Podsednik said concerning his foray into free agency. "If they want to try to bring me back, then we will entertain that idea and go from there. But this is all kind of a new process to me. I'm going to seek counsel from my representation and do what we feel is best.
"I really don't know what to expect and what kind of market there's going to be for me, but I'm going into it open-minded. I'm going to learn as much about the process as I possibly can."
Podsednik, 33, has been a revelation on offense for the White Sox during the 2009 season. He carried a .306 average, seven home runs, 48 RBIs and 30 stolen bases into the season finale Sunday at Comerica Park, although he didn't play his first game with the South Siders this year until May 1.
There have been a few baserunning and defensive hiccups along the way, but in looking over his entire body of work, Podsednik ranks as the team's most pleasant surprise if not its Most Valuable Player with the bat. The question now for Podsednik and his current employer is whether he has done enough to be brought back into the 2010 fold.
The name of Chone Figgins already has been thrown out in the rumor mill as the top leadoff man available on the open market, and the White Sox have been linked to that rumor. While Figgins provides an interesting option for just about any team in need of a quality presence at the top, his eventual asking price in terms of years and salary could make the ultimate difference for various teams.
"Would we like to have players like him? Everybody does," said White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen of Figgins. "But this kid is going to cost you a lot of money. If we figure out this guy is going to solve our problem, then [White Sox chairman] Jerry [Reinsdorf] will take a shot, because Jerry wants to win.
"Jerry wants to win. [White Sox general manager] Kenny [Williams] wants to win. I want to win. Everybody wants to win. In the meanwhile, Kenny is going to go see the market and we are going to see how ... I would love to have Podsednik back, but that's not my call. It's between Podsednik's agent and Kenny and the White Sox, but we just need someone. That was our problem this year. Our center-field problem was pretty deep."
A deep problem, that is, until Podsednik arrived through a Minor League deal to help alleviate some of the stress. Alex Rios will take care of the center-field issue for the 2010 season, and a healthy Carlos Quentin will flank Rios in either left or right. That pairing leaves one outfield spot open, a spot Podsednik would like to fill.
When asked to analyze what might be the major knock against him, Podsednik pointed to his ability to stay healthy as a perceived negative. But Podsednik also feels as if he's turned the corner in that area through a new workout regimen that had him ready for 2009 success.
"I've put in hard work to counter things I was having problems with in the past," Podsednik said. "I haven't felt any muscle strains, aches, pulls, anything close to some of the stuff in the past. I feel I have a good working program and can keep my body healthy for a full season.
"I don't know what those guys are planning here. To be honest, I don't know if they know at this point. We will have to wait and see. Go home and relax, watch the postseason and see how things carry out from there.
"I'm looking forward to it. It's going to be fun, an exciting time," Podsednik said. "I just hope that after all is said and done, I find myself in someone's starting lineup to start the 2010 season."
Scott Merkin is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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When compared with nonmydriatic fundus photography, nonmydriatic ultra-widefield retinal imaging was found to reduce the ungradable rate by 71% and image evaluation time by 28% in a diabetic retinopathy ocular telehealth program, according to a study.
According to the study published in Diabetes Care, 1,633 patients with diabetes were evaluated for diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema using nonmydriatic fundus photography (NMFP) and 2,170 were evaluated with ultra-widefield retinal imaging (UWFI). No statistically significant differences in regard to age, diabetes duration, gender, ethnicity or insulin existed between the groups.
The ungradable rate was lower with UWFI when compared to NMFP for diabetic retinopathy (2.9% vs. 9.9%) and diabetic macular edema (3.8% vs. 8.8%), according to the study abstract. The median image evaluation time was lower with UWFI compared to NMFP: 9.2 minutes vs. 12.8 minutes.
UWFI also fared better than NMFP at identifying patients with diabetic retinopathy (38.4% vs. 33.8%) and vision-threatening diabetic retinopathy (14.5% vs. 11.9%).
The authors concluded: "These data suggest that UWFI may improve efficiency of ocular telehealth programs evaluating diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema."
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Spring is in full swing now that baseball season is back. Go to a game, run in the sand or check out a play this weekend.
Friday, April 12
Padres Ultimate Cookout
7:10 p.m. at Petco Park
Baseball season has arrived! Go to the first weekend game at Petco Park, which features a BBQ cookout and live entertainment from Southbound Johnny. The Padres will be playing the Colorado Rockies.
Kettner Nights
6-9 p.m. on Kettner Street between Grape and Laurel Streets
See some local art as shops in Little Italy display their best pieces for Kettner Nights. The event is free and open to the public.
Saturday, April 13
I Love a Clean Alpine
9 a.m to 3 p.m. at 2955 Alpine Blvd.
Pick up a free tree in the foothills of San Diego County at this green event. The Alpine Chamber of Commerce will also provide complimentary electronics recycling so you can get rid of any unwanted old items.
"Federal Jazz Project"
8 p.m. at Lyceum Theatre
Watch the latest play at the San Diego Repertory Theatre downtown: "Federal Jazz Project." Tickets start at $31.
Sunday, April 14
College Area Taste
11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 4704 College Ave.
Sample some of the best food from College Area restaurants. Tickets for the event are $30 at the door.
Meet the Chefs of Del Mar
1-4 p.m. at 15575 Jimmy Durante Blvd.
Some of Del Mar's best restaurants will be serving up their best dishes for this benefit. Food from Brigantine, Prepkitchen and Poseidon will be paired with California wines. The event benefits local charity Casa de Amparo, which helps prevent child abuse.
7:30 a.m. at DeAnza Cove
Thousands of locals will participate in the 14th annual epilepsy awareness event, including a 15-mile bike ride and 5k run/walk. Day-of registration is $35 and includes a lunch hosted by Phil's BBQ.
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When: 9 a.m.
Cost: Free
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What: Tool Test Drive
In preparation for Father's Day, men and their families are invited to test drive more than 50 tools and meet with representatives from nearly a dozen vendors whose companies specialize in power tools, outdoor power and lithium ion technology .
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When: 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Cost: Free
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Participants will learn about the Las Vegas Design Center through a brief overview and walking tour of the downtown facility.
Where: Las Vegas Design Center, 495 S. Grand Central Parkway, Suite C-176
When: 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Cost: Free
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Where: Springs Preserve, 333 S. Valley View Blvd.
When: 11 a.m., 1 and 3 p.m.; also Sunday
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Dystopian film pits love over violence
The Giver, in US theatres last Friday and based on Lois Lowry's novel, explores a futuristic society cultivated and controlled by Elders, whose leader is played by three-time Oscar winner Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady).
The Elders have formed an efficient working society but erased any colour, music and frivolity. At 17, the teenagers of the society graduate from school and are assigned a place in the workforce according to their personality traits.
Jonas, played by rising actor Brenton Thwaites (Maleficent), is chosen as the Receiver of Memories, a singular job that leads him to The Giver, the man who holds all the memories of humankind's past — from wars and death to the beauty of nature and love.
As Jonas learns more about the world before his, he realizes that not everything is perfect within his own society and its selection process from birth, and he begins to question it.
"It's very reflective of our times," said Academy Award winner Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart), who plays The Giver. "We live in a society that's swept up by technology and our ethics haven't really caught up with us, and it's time to slow down a bit and think about what we're willing to pay for our comfort and happiness."
The Weinstein Co's The Giver comes on the heels of dystopian young adult film franchises such as The Hunger Games and Divergent, but offers one key difference to the genre.
"This movie has no violence in it. Some of these other dystopian books and films have had a great deal of troubling violence to me, children killing other children," said Lowry.
"I can't write that myself and I'm glad it's not in this film."
Much of the film is filtered in gray to depict that the society's inhabitants do not perceive colour, but as Jonas learns more about the past, he notices glimpses of vibrant hues in his surroundings and starts to feel more emotions.
"The hardest part was making these moments real. I've experienced these things before — I've seen colour all my life, I've experienced love and a little bit of pain," Thwaites said.
One of the biggest deviations from the book was the decision to raise the children's graduation age from the cusp of entering their teen years to 17, which director Phillip Noyce (Salt) said was in keeping with the age for graduation in schools around the world.
"I think the themes of this book are powerful, and the tagline is 'search for truth and find freedom,'" said actress Katie Holmes (Batman Begins), who plays Jonas' mother. "Human beings have been drawn to stories like that forever."


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This is a screen I remember after watching the last episode, I only remember they fall on the rain and i drew it xD but...I use up all the ink without finished nicely...
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I love the coloring, you did a good job! :D
Awesome draw!! The detail and color is amazing! It's such a cute draw, too... =D
awsome draw so nice!! 5/5
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I admire the way you color. ^^ Very nice drawing, the perspective looks great! 5h
awww soo cute luv the drawing.
awesome job 5h n faves
Great drawing! I love his eyes XD


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Extending the garden
By Drs. Robert & Sonia Vogl
President and Vice President, Illinois Renewable Energy Association
We pulled dead tomato vines this morning, saved good cooking tomatoes and fed the dubious fruit to the chickens. While it's sad to see them die, it's reassuring to think that they will soon be transformed into eggs.
Of course, the living vines will provide us with fresh tomatoes until frost. Then, we'll let the green ones ripen hung indoors.
It reminded us of last year when we tried end-of-season transplanting tomato plants (and peppers) into the hoop house. The temperatures were warm enough, so we hoped for success. As we expected, hours of sunlight were insufficient for them to thrive. Various cabbages lived, but didn't produce much. It was another learning experience.
We built the hoop house nearly three years ago, finishing it just before a November cold snap. It stood idle for months. Then, according to our scanty records (we intended to keep a full journal in our attractive Country Garden Journal, but weren't too diligent), we planted our first crops Feb. 27. The "indoor" temperature was 50 degrees. Beets, carrots, parsnips, daikon radishes, red, yellow and white onions, spinach, kale, mesclun, kohlrabi, swiss chard and choi grew promisingly and provided us with a bounty until they bolted in the hoop house's late spring heat.
The hoop house stands parallel to our vegetable garden, so in effect, it is an indoor extension of our outdoor garden.
Last year, we planted in early fall. This year, we will get an early start again on winter-hardy vegetables. We'll grow lettuce, spinach, beets, carrots, chard and kale. The very best feature of winter crops is that they are so sweet and tender.
We'll plant soon and will check the temperature frequently. Today, in the late summery heat, the hoop house was a toasty 108 degrees. The temperature should remain high enough for rapid growing through December. Then, during the depth of winter, our crops will appear to hardly hang on, but with the sunlight warming them just enough, they will be upright and healthy looking, ready to harvest.
A hoop house is the ideal source of fresh greens during the usual non-growing season. Inexpensive to build, it requires no heat — ideal for energy conservation. If the temperature falls too threateningly low, we cover them with cloth or black plastic, which raises the temperature at least 10 degrees.
While our hoop house is large enough for numerous crops and high enough to comfortably walk in (approximately 15 feet by 20 feet), small ones are possible. They can be high enough to stand in, yet shorter and narrower to fit into a small yard. Low tunnels are also available. Usually, they are less than 3 feet high and short enough to reach in to tend crops.
Unused flat urban roofs provide another possibility for hoop houses. A variation on green roofs, these waste spaces could be used productively for growing vegetables.
As with any garden, a hoop house could well provide bounty enough not only for its owner's family, but also for friends and neighbors longing for tasty, nutritious fresh food.
Drs. Robert and Sonia Vogl are founders and officers of the Illinois Renewable Energy Association (IREA) and coordinate the annual Renewable Energy and Sustainable Lifestyle Fair. E-mail email@example.com.
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The Catholic University of America has announced that Pope Benedict XVI will visit the campus during his April trip to Washington, D.C. and has dedicated a website to the visit.
University President Monsignor David M. O'Connor, C.M., confirmed the announcement in a letter. "We look forward to Pope Benedict XVI's April visit to The Catholic University of America with tremendous anticipation and enthusiasm," he said. He described the visit as "an honor beyond measure."
Catholic University is the only papally chartered university in the United States.
University officials expressed hope that current students, faculty, and staff could see the Holy Father as he arrives on and departs from campus. However, due to security concerns the university will be closed on the day of the visit, April 17.
Pope John Paul II visited Catholic University in 1979, where he delivered an address on Catholic higher education.
Pope Benedict previously visited the university before he was elected to the papacy
During his visit to the Catholic University campus, Pope Benedict will address an invitation-only audience on themes in Catholic education. The audience will include the presidents of Catholic colleges and universities and Catholic school superintendents representing each U.S. diocese.
For more information on his visit please visit http://papalvisit.cua.edu/


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pg.#3 of system shut down ^.^; btw thank you all who are interested in the series and keep on reading it.
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WASHINGTON, March 16, 2016 -- The American Bar Association has as one of its four goals, to advance the Rule of Law. Consistent with this goal, over the past several decades, the American Bar Association has approved policies that urge the President to fulfill constitutional responsibilities and make nominations promptly to fill any Supreme Court and lower federal court vacancies, which has occurred. Our policies call for the Senate likewise to fulfill its constitutional responsibilities to consider and act promptly on the nominees. As the national representative of the legal profession, it is important for us to reiterate our longstanding guidelines and urge the Senate to adhere to the Constitution without regard to political preference.
To be fully effective and to ensure the highest level of access to justice, the Supreme Court needs a full complement of justices. While the Court will continue to function, any 4-4 decisions will not establish precedent and will leave open questions on issues that are vital to the lives of everyday people. The process must therefore continue to proceed with all deliberate speed.
Since 1955, the American Bar Association has also played a role in evaluating the President's nominations to the federal courts. Our Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary, which is independent of the ABA's policy-making and governing entities, will once again fulfill its function to undertake an intensive peer review of the qualifications of the nominee. The Committee will provide its rating to the administration and the Senate Committee on the Judiciary and will post it on its website for the public.
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EDINBURGH, Scotland, May 30 (UPI) -- A newly discovered document indicates German despot Adolf Hitler ordered Rudolf Hess to fly to Scotland to seek peace with U.K. leaders during World War II.
The Scotsman reported Monday a 28-page notebook found in the archives of the Russian Federation in Moscow sheds light on the motivation for Hess' ill-fated May 1941 flight, which crashed in a Renfrewshire field. Hess, a top deputy to the Nazi leader, was captured and detained through the end of the war, after which he was tried at Nuremberg and sentenced to life in prison.
Historians for decades have thought Hess may have been deranged or possibly lured to Scotland by the British Secret Service, the newspaper said. But the discovery casts doubt on theories Hess was traveling without the Fuehrer's knowledge.
The notebook, written in 1948 by longtime Hess adjutant Maj. Karlheinz Pintsch, says Hitler hoped an "agreement with the Englishmen would be successful."
Pintsch's interrogation records, found in the same files as the notebook, indicate Hitler "did not seem surprised, nor did he rant and rave about what Hess had done."
"Hitler then went on to read a letter that Hess had sent him," Pintsch says in the transcript. "He read the following significant passage out aloud. 'And if this project … end in failure … it will always be possible for you to deny all responsibility. Simply say I was out of my mind."


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4ZZZ launched its glorious tradition of counting down listeners' 100 favourite songs on New Year's Day 1977. More than 10 years later, 2JJJ in Sydney (which employed many ex-Zed staff) began conducting its own Hot 100. Because 4ZZZ held the rights to the name Hot 100, there was a little bit of legal biffo when TripleJ became a national broadcaster, so they changed the name of their survey to the "Hottest 100".
Rolf Harris Faces Eight New Charges and more at 11am Zedlines
72-year-old man charged after firing shots at his Capalaba residence
In local news, a 72-year-old man has been charged after firing two shots at his residence in Capalaba on Thursday afternoon.
Police were called to a shed at the Cassia Court residence, following reports a man had locked himself inside, allegedly armed with a gun.
The man surrendered himself to police at around 8pm last night.
Nobody was injured during the incident.
Stop the War on Refugees Rally
Protesters will rally in Brisbane on Sunday under the slogan, "Stop the War on Refugees" as part of the national Palm Sunday refugee rights day of protest.
Christmas Island Whistleblower Dr John Paul Sanggaran and Comedian Tom Ballard will be among a number of speakers calling for an end to refugee detention.
Sunday's rally, organised by Queensland's Refugee Action Collective, will start at Brisbane's Queens Park at 1pm.
2015 Results of the Aged Care Approvals Released
Moving onto national news, the 2015 results of the Aged Care Approvals round have been released, with the Australian Government announcing over seventeen thousand new aged care places.
The new places have an estimated value of over nine hundred million dollars.
Minister for Aged Care Sussan (Su-zanne) Ley says the additional funding will benefit thousands of older Australians.
Department of Human Services fears industrial action will threaten Centrelink services
The Department of Human Services fears industrial action will threaten Centrelink services, resulting in delays and disruption for customers.
The Community and Public Sector Union is planning a full day work stoppage at the Department on Monday.
Among the list of demands, the Union will call for a pay increase and protection from workforce casualisation.
Department of Human Services spokesman Hank Jongen says the action further stretches resources and punishes people who need government support.
Mr Jongen says he is confident customers' payments will occur as usual and that the best will be done to minimise disruptions to services.
Rolf Harris Faces Eight New Charges
Looking at the rest of the world, Australian entertainer Rolf Harris faces eight new indecent assault charges against women and children, with the attacks dating from 1971 to 2004.
Harris appeared on Thursday via video link to Westminster Magistrates Court from Stafford prison where he is serving a six-year sentence for sex offences.
Five of the charges come with a maximum two-year sentence and three carry a maximum of 10 years.
Harris will appear in court again on April 14.
New Zealand In Short Supply of Marijuana
New Zealand is reportedly in short supply of marijuana after a successful police crackdown on the illegal substance.
The island nation's police seized over 9000 cannabis plants earlier this month, an increase from last year's yield of 4000 plants.
The situation was first reported by staff writer at The Spinoff, Don Rowe, who says that the substance is almost unobtainable in any meaningful amount right now.
42% of adult New Zealanders are understood to have tried the substance, despite penalties ranging from a $500 fine for possession to a two-to-fourteen-year prison sentence for growth, cultivation, supply or manufacture.


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Japan x Pregnant!Reader - Last Friend
~Kiku's POV~
I was walking down the lonely hallway after school. My mind reflected on the amount of homework I had to do this evening when I heard someone in a classroom I was passing by. Curiously, I backtracked and looked into the classroom, only to see my best friend _____ with her head on her desk, sobbing. "_____-san, are you arright?" I asked softly. _____ slowly looked up at me, her usually happy (e/c) eyes red from tears and her perfect (h/c) hair sticking out in odd places.
"K-kiku-sama, what are you doing at school so late?" She asked, wiping her tears away quickly.
"I was about to head home when I noticed you here. Is everything okay?" I walked over to her desk, setting my book bag on the desk in front of hers.
_____ faked a smile. "Yeah, everything is perfectly fine," she lied.
"_____-san, I've known you rong enough to terr if your rying or not," I sighed. _____ blinked a couple of times, her smile gone, and then sighed sadly.
"I-I don't know what to do anymore, Kiku," she said, her voice wavering. "I can't rely on my parents or my boyfriend, and without them, I'm lost."
"What happened?" I sat down in front of her, concerned for my friend.
"I… I found out that I'm pregnant," _____ said. "I'm pregnant with Gilbert's child. I told him when I saw him right after school, but his reaction was…"
"Bad?" I guessed.
"He looked revolted," she sobbed, tears rolling down her eyes. "He said he didn't want to be with me anymore, and he's all I had."
"And your parents?" I asked.
"When they find out, they'll kill me and then disown me," she replied. Tears streamed down her face now, her sobs were uncontrollable. "I have nowhere to turn, nowhere to go. I might as well kill myself and be done with it."
"Seppuku is not an option, _____-san," I said exasperatedly. "Your friends will support you no matter what happens."
"What friends?" She questioned. "Elizaveta won't talk to me after a rumor was spread about me and Roderich, Gilbert is gone, and the Bad Touch Trio with him, Vash would shoot me from being in his personal bubble, Ludwig is too busy keeping Gilbert in check, and Feliciano is too innocent to understand anything."
"What about me?" I said. "Am I not your friend?"
_____ remained silent for a bit. "Y-you are my friend, Kiku-sama. It's just—!"
~Reader's POV~
You cut yourself off when Kiku gave you a small peck on the forehead. Confused and slightly surprised, all you could do was gawk and stare into Kiku's beautiful brown eyes.
"_____-san," Kiku said, his cheeks slightly pink. "I'rr always be here for you, because… because…" He never finished the sentence because you had kissed him on his cheek, partially returning the kiss and partially… Keep yourself together, girl.
"… Kiku-kun, I really, really like you," you breathed, your tears dried. "I… I understand if you don't return the feelings, but it's best to get it off of my chest while everything else in my life is falling apart."
"…" Kiku stared at you slightly in shock, his eyes opened wide. "… _____-chan… I do rike you. I rike you a rot, and it hurts me to see you sad rike this. I… I wish there was something I courd do to make you happy."
You couldn't believe your ears. He… he likes you back? Was this a dream? You found yourself at a loss of words. "…Kiku… You… You've already made me feel better, just by listening to my problems. I… I… Th-thank you. Thank you for everything."
"You're wercome," Kiku nodded. "I-if you need help with anything, just ret me know. I'rr be here for you."
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yo Gil the second the kid is born you better be prepared for an ass whopping!
Unawesome Gilbert
Aw come on Gilbert. That's so unawesome of you. If you didnt want the baby, you should have wrapped it up.
Ermagerd! Hungary, Prussia, random parent peeps, Germany, Austria, France, Spain, you guys are all meanies.....Italy can't be mean, though. He's too Italian
fuck you Prussia for rejecting your child your so unawsome even Italy is awsomer than you
Awww, that's cute.
Oh my god! This is too cute!! Is it a oneshot or are you thinking about making more chapters? I'd definitely reccomend it! It's a great story! And, for some reason, there's a lack of Japan x Pregnant! Reader stories.
*Throws Bricks at Gilbert* YOU DAMN BASTARD LEAVING ME AND THE UN BORN CHILD! I HOPE YOU BURN IN THE DEEPEST PARTS OF HELL YOU SON OF A BI- OH! Your listening!
Great story loved it! Faved!! >w<
Great story loved it! Faved!! >w<


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USD/CHF (a 4 hour chart)
General overview
The Swiss currency continues to lose its ground. The head of the Swiss National Bank, Jordan said the central bank would continue to defend the "threshold" franc to the euro. Meanwhile, the banker said that the franc slightly overrated and the regulator would take further action if it was necessary
The price is finding the first support at 0.9370, the next one is at 0.9330. The price is finding the first resistance at 0.9430, the next one is at 0.9500.
There is a confirmed and a strong buy signal. The price above in the Cloud and it is above the Chinkou Span. The Tenkan-sen and the Kijun-sen show a horizontal movement. The upward movement will be until the price is above the Cloud.
The MACD indicator is in a positive territory. The price is growing.
Trading recommendations
We advise to long with the target - 0.9500.


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The 5-star luxury La Maison Champs Elysees is located between Avenue Montaigne and the Grand Palais, the Maison Champs Elysées opens the doors to a new world of luxury and poetry, a relaxed atmosphere in which minimalism is enhanced by an incredible attention to detail. The property is decorated by Martin Margiela, the Maison Champs Elysées successfully combines classical and avant-garde styles to create an elegant, relaxing environment.
Pros: Design, Location, friendlyness of employees
Cons: No doorman at arrival
Pros: The location and staff.
Cons: The A/C was the worst part of our trip and the sink was broken in one of the rooms.
Pros: Location great. Staff very friendly and helpful.
Pros: Excellent Room, clean, breakfast and attention definitely will repeat.
Cons: Just the shower


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Two youths aged 15 and 17 have reported to the police after security camera footage showing a gang of eight young men beating up a man in Eindhoven went viral. The two youths are said to be from Belgium, local television station Omproep Brabant said. The broadcaster aired the footage as part of a regional crime show on Monday, after which it was picked up on social media networks. The apparently unprovoked attack took place on January 4. The 22-year-old victim was hit and kicked by several of the eight-strong group after they marched down the street on 'a war footing'. He suffered severe concussion and injuries to his mouth and jaw. Police spokesman Jordi Cebrian described the attack as 'cowardly' and said more arrests will now follow. (continue reading...)(...more)
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Culture is an important issue for Richard Gitlin. The former Bingham McCutchen partner quietly glides into the office within the rabbit warren that is Nomura's London branch and perches on the most prominent seat in the room. It's not that Gitlin is being an egomaniac – in fact it would be impossible to imagine this softy-spoken native of Connecticut throwing his weight around – it's just that Japanese protocol demands that the host should sit at a vantage point in a meeting so he is able to see who enters or leaves the room at any given moment.
Right now, Gitlin is using his knowledge of cultural diversity to help Nomura win a slice of the ever-growing number of restructuring deals surfacing in the Japanese market, via his newly set-up boutique Gitlin & Co.
But it was Gitlin's move to a small Hartford firm in 1968 that shaped the rest of his career. He says: "I realised that I loved deals, I loved running them and I knew that I didn't want to be one part of the deal [as a tax lawyer], while someone else did all the negotiations and the strategy."
Around this time the US was hit by what was then its largest-ever bankruptcy. The financial deterioration of railroad company Penn Central Transportation on 21 June 1970 marked the beginning of a decade where the US economy languished in the gutter.
Known as the decade of stagnation, where inflation rose but companies failed to grow, WT Walsh, the seventh largest retailer in the US, collapsed, Chrysler nearly keeled over, Watergate came, Nixon went, oil prices fluctuated and investors took a bath on heavily deteriorating real estate investment trusts. In short, the 1970s was the watershed decade for restructuring.
With his love of restructuring burgeoning, Gitlin set up his own specialist firm in 1972, displaying his rather curious mix of steely determination, self-belief and incredible pragmatism. But it was only after Gitlin roped in Ed Hebb, who he had seen lecture at various Bar Association meetings, that the firm really began to take off.
"We were in a bar at two in the morning, talking about whether we should work together, when Ed gave me a book of Robert Frost poems and said: 'If you really want to know what I'm all about read this'," recalls Gitlin. A scan of the poem 'A Time to Talk' was all the convincing Gitlin needed to join up with his new partner to form Hebb & Gitlin.
In the early 1980s Gitlin's career as an authority on international restructuring began to take hold. He says: "In 1981 I made a commitment to learn about global insolvency and I formed the first American Bar Association committee on it."
Gitlin spent the next seven years learning about the area while still fee-earning, despite certain reservations by Hebb & Gitlin's then managing partner, who was curious about where all this study would take the firm.
The answer emerged in 1991 when Gitlin was appointed by the US Bankruptcy Court as the US Chapter 11 examiner on the Maxwell Communication Corporation collapse.
He says: "When the case happened, the US attorney responsible was in charge of picking someone to handle it and my name just came top of the list."
Despite his modesty, Gitlin played an important role in sorting out the shambles that Robert Maxwell had left in his wake. Using his knowledge of global bankruptcy law, and savvy in balancing cultural differences, Gitlin smoothed the way in a situation that, at the beginning, was stuck in checkmate. The administrators had secured an injunction on behalf of the banks against the company's management and an injunction had been issued against the administrators, thereby freezing any movement on the assets. The coordination of US Chapter 11 proceedings and UK insolvency law seemed nigh on impossible. "The idea of an examiner came up to try and harmonise the two sides," says Gitlin.
As a result, he was instrumental in drawing up a cross-border protocol to coordinate the transatlantic courts, which was subsequently adopted as common practice in a number of similar cases.
It wasn't an easy task. "It was a very intense, different, difficult situation," says Gitlin. People wanted me to be more aggressive with the UK and fight for the US interest. There was a lot of controversy surrounding what I wanted to do, but I knew it was the right thing."
In a similar vein, although on a much grander scale economically, Gitlin was also called in to resolve the financial mess surrounding sewing machine-maker the Singer Company, which filed for Chapter 11 protection in 1999.
Unfortunately, the company also happened to have a presence in more than 150 countries, meaning Gitlin had a race against time to secure the assets in each jurisdiction before their value was irrecoverable.
"In this instance the protocol was not practical because Singer was doing business in so many different countries," explains Gitlin. "It was a balancing act, but it was basically simple because it was in everybody's economic interest to keep the business going to maximise the value."
Working with Jack Butler, co-leader of worldwide corporate restructuring at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, Gitlin, in his new role as foreign representative, says: "We were empowered with the authority of the court to go to other courts and ask them for a way to stabilise the assets while the restructuring was going on."
It is as if Gitlin still can't believe his luck, when he adds: "Miraculously it actually worked and we reorganised Singer in about a year."
Prior to this, Gitlin had been roped in by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in 1997 to try and bring some order to the Asian financial crisis, specifically in Indonesia, which was spinning out of control. In this case it was again up to Gitlin to set a precedent in sorting out the financial mire. "At the time, the IMF strategy was to go in and deal with the banking systems and the macro-economic issues, which was not the best judgement because by focusing on that, the corporate sector was really deteriorating."
Gitlin's answer was to propose a restructuring programme rather than follow the IMF's idea of trying to push through bankruptcy law. "Putting these laws in place would have taken between five and 10 years to work in a country which was unaccustomed to working in that way."
Using the restructuring programme as a template, Gitlin
swapped to working for the Indonesian government and drew up the Jakartan Initiative, which introduced mediation as a means of saving companies. Gitlin says: "It had its ups and downs because culturally the country wasn't ready to restructure, but it became the only thing that worked because the court system really was going to take a bunch of years to work."
Fast forward two years and Gitlin had decided that the firm he had set up 27 years ago by hiring a small Hartford office for $200 (£128) a month needed a bigger platform now that it had grown to more than 50 lawyers. It was time for a merger.
At the time, Hebb & Gitlin was still based in Hartford and had a small outpost in London. But he says: "We really didn't have the capital to build a global law firm.
"The day we decided that the firm should merge, I had a call from Bingham Dana [now Bingham McCutchen]. It was like they were eavesdropping in my office," he laughs.
While Gitlin says he enjoyed his time at Binghams – and particularly singles out the firm's London office for praise – it was always in the back of his mind that he wanted to start out on his own again. Through Gitlin & Co, he will play more of a business advisory role in sorting out struggling Japanese companies, while attempting to change the perception of restructuring. His position as senior strategic adviser to Nomura will give him the headstart he needs. "Basically what I'm doing is the same thing I did when I formed Hebb & Gitlin," he says. "I'll start with myself and I'll just follow the same pattern 30 years later."
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Happy New Year, everybody.
Today may be the third Sunday in February on your calendar, but it's New Year's Day for me. And I'm celebrating at home.
For more than 20 years now, my year has unofficially started in Daytona. Not Daytona Beach, the crumbling ocean-side town where college kids will spend their spring breaks next month, but Daytona International Speedway - the big, high-banked race track a few miles inland.
For the masses, it's the "World Center of Racing." For NASCAR fans, the track is the holiest of grounds.
For me, this is home.
OK, I actually grew up 70 miles from here, but I remember more details about this place than my childhood home. It has a smell about it - a fine mix of salt and rubber - that fills my nose in early January.
We VanHooses spent our summers on the beach to the east, staying in hotels that have long been torn down and eating fried seafood at restaurants that are now closed. I awoke last Friday to the gentle crashing of the Atlantic, which I have missed like an old friend.
But I don't have a lot of vivid memories of that beach. On the other hand, I remember more days at that track than I do my own birthdays.
I remember my first race, the Daytona 500 qualifying races in 1989, and my dad covering me when he heard a tire explode - he thought it was a bomb. I remember the 1993 Firecracker 400, the July race where I suffered my first heat stroke. I remember every qualifying race in the 1990s that Dale Earnhardt won, and he won every year.
Still, we could never get tickets to the sold-out Daytona 500. My mom and I wanted to be there when Earnhardt finally won the big one - it took him 20 years - but we missed his win in 1998 and his death on the final lap in 2001.
Finally, in 2003, we got our tickets, which may as well have been printed on gold. The race was a dud and ultimately a washout, but we were there.
Today will be my sixth 500 and the fourth one that I've covered. Truth be told, this is a tough work week. Cranking out 12 stories in five days - and I hope you've enjoyed reading them in the Sports section this week - is not easy.
But as I sit in this press box, overlooking the 2.5-mile track and the sea of humanity that stretches in all directions, I can't think of a place I'd rather be or a job I'd rather have.
This place doesn't seem as big or as mystifying as it did when I first laid eyes on it. The tickets are significantly easier to get, as NASCAR's popularity has declined in the past couple of years.
But I can still close my eyes, take a deep breath and smell exactly where I am. Butterflies will still fly around my stomach when the field of 43 cars roars toward the green flag today.
The Daytona 500 is still better than any New Year's party I've ever been to. Then again, Daytona is more than a party or a race or even a special place.
This is home.
• VanHoose is the features reporter for the Athens Banner-Herald. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Walleye Sandwich
4 - 4 oz pieces fresh walleye, skin & bones removed
1 cup all purpose flour
3 eggs
1/4 cup milk
2 cups Panko breadcrumbs
Salt and pepper to taste
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 cup arugula
4 Kaiser buns
Lemon-Jalapeno Aioli (recipe below)
Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees. To bread the fish set up a breading station with 3 bowls. Whisk the eggs with the milk. Season the fish with salt and pepper. Start by dusting the fish in flour, then egg wash and finally Panko breadcrumbs. In a large sauté pan with vegetable oil, sauté the fish until golden on one side and then flip and place the pan in the oven for about 4 minutes. Toast your buns and assemble with lemon jalapeno aioli on the bottom, arugula, and finally top with crispy walleye.
Lemon-Jalapeno Aioli:
Zest and juice of one lemon
1 jalapeno, roasted, seeded and skin removed
1 cup mayo
1 tbls olive oil
Roast one jalapeno in the broiler until blackened on all sides. Place in a bowl covered with plastic wrap to steam for 10 minutes. Then remove the skin and the seeds from the jalapeno. Set the seeds aside, and after you make the sauce if you would like a little more heat you can add these to spice up your sauce a little more. It depends on how spicy your jalapenos are; I find they vary in heat sometimes. In a food processor combine the jalapeno, lemon zest, lemon juice and mayo. Drizzle in the olive oil and season to taste with salt and pepper.


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All but a small fraction of available capacity at the connection point to flow gas from Slovakia to Ukraine has now been booked, according to data from Slovak grid operator Eustream.
An open season, where suppliers could bid for capacity on the connection to Ukraine, ended on Friday and was hailed a success by Eustream.
The pipeline is expected to become a key source of supply to Ukraine after Russian producer Gazprom stopped providing gas to the country from 16 June.
From 1 October, 100% of the total 17 million cubic metres (mcm)/day of firm capacity has been booked until the end of February, according to data from the Slovak grid operator. During this time, 8.8mcm/day of the total 9mcm/day of interruptible capacity has been booked.
Under the contractual agreement Eustream signed with Ukrainian oil and gas incumbent Naftogaz in April ( see ESGM 28 April ), there will be no interruptible capacity available on the connection from March 2015. There is a small window from March until September 2015 where 25.9mcm/day of the total 26mcm/day firm capacity has been booked. Between September 2015 and September 2017, capacity is fully booked.
Eustream will start flowing gas one month earlier than the officially planned start-date of 1 October, although almost all of the available capacity has been booked on an interruptible basis.
Details of participating companies are not available from Eustream, due to confidentiality agreements. ICIS understands that despite the success of the open season, many smaller companies were unable to deliver on financial guarantees with Ukrainian counterparts.
The Vojany pipeline will connect into the Ukrainian grid at Budince, not far from the main transfer point for Russian gas entering Europe at Velke Kapusany, but it will be separate from the Velke Kapusany lines.
The final costs of the project are still being assessed, but it is understood the first phase of implementation will be just under €20m.
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The Washington Nationals postponed Monday night's game against the Atlanta Braves following shootings at the nearby Navy Yard.
The game was rescheduled as part of a day-night doubleheader on Tuesday.
"It's a very emotional day. An extremely horrific act happened very near to the ballpark," Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo said. "Our thoughts and prayers go out to all the victims over there and all the people affected by this. We felt it was inappropriate to play a major league baseball game with such tragedy right down the street."
Located just blocks from the Navy Yard, one of the stadium's parking lots was used for families of the Navy Yard employees to meet following the evacuation of the facility.
"Major League Baseball mourns those who have been lost to this senseless tragedy," commissioner Bud Selig said. "Major League Baseball's security department will continue to track this matter in consultation with the Nationals and under the guidance of the local authorities."
The postponement was announced shortly after 3 p.m. ET about four hours before scheduled start.
"We have to be in contact with the federal authorities, the state and D.C. authorities to have a coordinated effort, and then whenever you cancel a game, MLB is involved and we have to go through the correct procedures for that," Rizzo said.
With some streets north of the stadium closed, there was heavy traffic on South Capitol Street, parallel to the third-base. Potomac Street, parallel to first-base line, was blocked by police. Police activity was visible around the stadium, and sirens could be heard throughout the afternoon.
Players from both teams were in the clubhouses at the time of the postponement along with stadium employees.
The doubleheader will open a three-game series. The Braves have a 10-game lead over second-place Washington in the National League East, and the Nationals began Monday 4 1/2 games behind Cincinnati for the final NL wild-card berth.
Washington starter Dan Haren and Atlanta's Mike Minor were pushed back to Tuesday afternoon, and the Nationals' Tanner Roark opposes Freddy Garcia in the night game.
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Diplomatic Juan Mata focuses on Chelsea's Europa League task
The end of Juan Mata's second season at Chelsea is still at least five games away and yet already he is preparing for the possibility of his second European final, his third trophy and, unquestionably, the arrival of the fourth manager he has worked under.
Welcome to Chelsea, where life can be chaotic but the excitement never wanes. If that was not exhausting enough, the Spain international has played 123 games for club and country over the last two years and tomorrow he and Chelsea stand on the brink of a Europa League final.
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Trophies are what happen at Chelsea while they are busy making plans to replace the manager. That was the case last season when Mata was part of the Champions League team that Roberto Di Matteo took over from the deposed Andre Villas-Boas. Now he is a key member of the side, or rotation system, that Rafa Benitez has refined since taking over from Di Matteo – indeed, after every regime-change, Mata has unfailingly found favour with each new manager.
"I've said it before, as a professional you have to be able to do it: to train, to perform and win no matter who the manager is," Mata said. "Chelsea are a club who are always at the top level. It's true I've had three managers. I really enjoyed myself with all of them. Now we are with Rafa and have a chance to win another trophy with him. Maybe it'll be a great season in the end. And that's what we want."
It is the sensible diplomacy that has characterised Mata's time in England. A supremely skilful player on the pitch, capable of changing the course of the game; a thoughtful soul away from it with his university course in journalism and his photo-essays of London. The only question that hovers over him is whether he fits the template for a Jose Mourinho player, with the Real Madrid manager now the first choice to succeed Benitez this summer.
Such is the importance of Mata to the new Chelsea, it seems churlish to ask the question but it has been chewed over by those who know well how the club works. When Mata was signed it was with a view to building a version of Barcelona at Stamford Bridge under Villas-Boas. Two years, and three managers later, it will not be Barcelona that Mourinho tries to recreate – he does things his own way.
Mourinho's midfield, in just over three seasons at Chelsea, were built around players who had power and athleticism – Michael Essien, Frank Lampard and Michael Ballack – with less requirement for a playmaker in the more traditional 4-1-4-1 system that he deployed. Of course, times change, but it will be interesting to see how he regards Mata.
Asked whether he would welcome the arrival of Mourinho, Mata found himself in that awkward position of trying to second-guess Roman Abramovich. "It's not our business, the players, to be honest," he said. "Now we have so many important things still to come. We just have to be focused about what we're playing for, a very important trophy for the club, and being third in the league to get into the Champions League. That's it, all I can say."
Did he think that Benitez, the man alongside him, should be given longer? "Tricky, it doesn't depend on me," he said. "All I can say is that we're working really, really well with Rafa. That's the truth for me. In the training and games we're all together, trying to do the best for Chelsea. That's what we want. As a player, all I can do is perform at my best every game. That's what I'm trying to do."
A 2-1 lead in the semi-final second leg at Stamford Bridge requires Basel to score twice at least and despite their success on penalties against Tottenham Hotspur in the previous round – after a 2-2 draw – history does not favour them. Basel have not won in nine games in European competition in England and a Swiss club has not won a tie in this country since Lucerne beat Spurs in the InterToto Cup at the Goldstone Ground in Brighton in 1995.
Chelsea last lost at home in Europe to Manchester United in the Champions League quarter-finals in 2011 but Benitez warned against the complacent view that they have already secured their place in the final in Amsterdam in two weeks' time. With United awaiting on Sunday in that crucial league game, Benitez also has to husband his resources although he has no injuries in the squad apart from the long-term absentee Oriol Romeu. Ashley Cole will miss the game through suspension.
"I have to use my words carefully: I am concerned, but I'm not afraid," Benitez said. "We know they're a dangerous team. They're quite strong, score goals away, but we know we have a good team and are so close to the final. We have to be focused and make sure we don't make mistakes, but I have a lot of confidence in my players."
The interim first team coach was asked on many occasions about Mourinho's hints that he is returning to Chelsea. This was not an occasion upon which Benitez wished to impart one of his famous messages.
This is not the trophy that Chelsea wanted but it will be a nice add-on to the season providing they qualify for the Champions League. "Since we were out of the group in the Champions League," Mata said, "every time I watch a game on the TV from the competition I think it's a shame." That is putting it mildly – it is the one prize they cannot afford to miss out on.
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It should be the stuff that Nashville's dampest dreams are made of: two strapping singin' and songwritin' brothers from a wild-west small town in Texas. Both grew up ranching in the Hill Country, working on an oil pipeline, and playing in a local band before both won sports scholarships to college. One is married to a beautiful, well-respected singer; the other is engaged to a lovely young gal from a country act currently sitting pretty at the top of the charts. Hell--put them boys in Stetsons and some crisp, tight Wranglers, get 'em into the studio together, shoot a video for Country Music Television that gets the cowgirls all hot in the saddle, and start opening off-shore accounts. Looks like a winner.
But Bruce and Charlie Robison will have none of that. Although these two siblings from Bandera, by way of Austin, make contributions to each other's albums and support each other as only brothers can, they are no flesh-and-blood novelty. They're not this year's Everly Brothers or tomorrow's Stevie Ray and Jimmie Vaughan. And despite the fact both Robisons are signed to Sony Music's Lucky Dog imprint--which has released Bruce's second album, Wrapped, and Charlie's sophomore effort Life of the Party--they're still Texas country, not Tennessee pop, meaning the closest they'll get to radio is in their cars. Fact is, they're already veterans of the music business, despite their relatively rookie status: Charlie has already bailed out on one Nashville deal, and Bruce seems almost surprised he's got his own deal, having previously paid his rent as a writer, not a performer.
For both Robison brothers, the mere fact of their careers is proof enough the talented don't always come up empty-handed, even where Nashville's concerned. "I'm surprised, in a way, that I ended up being a songwriter and a singer," Bruce says. "It didn't seem to be an attainable goal when I was a kid. Those people who made records and stuff were from another planet as far as I was concerned. My family was very working-class, journeyman types. After I quit school, they hoped I would join a union or something."
The brothers Robison--which they pronounce Rah-bison, not Row-bison--grew up in Bandera, the self-proclaimed "Cowboy Capital of the World." Bandera's unlike so many other small Texas towns, which seem to exist in time capsules--or behind protective glass. With its myriad dude ranches and bed-and-breakfast hospitality, Bandera is sort of a fantasyland for outsiders who want a taste of old-time Texas...without getting dirt in their mouths. "It's kind of special, in that it's a small Texas town and yet there's lots of tourists there, so it's a real open-minded place," Bruce explains. "People are used to seeing anybody from Japan or England or China or wherever the hell. It's pretty cosmopolitan in its own backwards kind of way."
Similarly, the Robison household boasted fairly eclectic musical tastes. "We lived out on a ranch, and every morning I would wake up at 7 o'clock with Janis Joplin blaring or Stone Poneys or something like that," recalls Charlie, who is engaged to Dixie Chick Emily Erwin. "It was always there. My grandmother's a huge music fan. Any time of the day, music would be a huge integral part of what was going on."
By the time they were in high school, Charlie (the oldest brother) and Bruce were playing in a band that covered everything from Black Sabbath to "Whiskey River." Both of them won sports scholarships to college--Charlie playing football, Bruce in basketball--and eventually dropped out.
"I guess it was at the point when I was a sophomore in high school that I decided I wanted to do music," Charlie says. "I really didn't want to go play college football that bad. I wanted to stay and keep doing music, but I felt like, 'You're getting free school, you'd be stupid not to play.' It was a good experience, but then I was ready to get back to music."
For Bruce, the ambitions took a bit longer to jell. "I didn't think it was something that was within my capabilities," he says. "Those people I idolized, like Waylon and Willie, they weren't real people. When I was a kid, there were people like that, and people like me. I never really thought that people would want to listen to my voice. It was a long and slow transformation to get to that level of conceit, which it kinda is: I'm gonna book a show and people are gonna pay money and come in and watch me for two hours. For me that's a pretty conceited notion, a pretty arrogant proposition."
By 1987, they'd both left college and landed in Austin, and were trying to figure out how to get started in music. Charlie charmed his way into the then-popular roots-rock band Two Hoots & a Holler. Later, both brothers landed in Chaparral, a traditional-leaning country band that sparked the country-dance scene that's still a big part of Austin night life. It was in that band where the brothers began performing their own songs, with Charlie instigating the move.
"He was always the one who did a lot of the things I talked about," Bruce recalls. "It might have been me who first talked about coming to Austin and seeing what would happen, and then we both did. Then it was me who first talked about joining a band, and he went out and did it, made friends with the guys in Two Hoots, and just got in the band. And I just couldn't believe it. Then I was talking about starting my own band, and he went and did it. And that in turn would definitely push me to go ahead and have the courage to do it. He's always been the one to jump in there and have the confidence to do the things that I was thinking about and talking about, and saying, one of these days I'm going to do that."
For years, Bruce had felt like a failure at basketball, at school, at whatever job he took to pay the bills; he says he had gotten used to "being so mediocre, so sub-par." But when his brother insisted they begin performing their own material, he was liberated; no more hiding behind other people's music--and his own insecurities. When "I started writing songs," he says, "all the doors just started to open."
After establishing reputations around Austin, the Robisons signed in 1995 to the small Vireo label and released their first records. Charlie ended up being courted and signed by the Nashville division of Warner Bros. Records, for whom he recorded an album produced by Nashville veteran Josh Leo. But he wasn't happy with the record--he felt it was too slick, too much like the typical product that falls off Nashville's assembly line--and begged out of the deal.
But Charlie managed to fail upward: He and Bruce attracted the interest of Sony Nashville, which had started the Lucky Dog imprint to make inroads into the burgeoning "alt.country" movement. The label picked up Bruce's second record, Wrapped, which he'd released on his own Boar's Nest label, and then re-cut some tracks before reissuing it. Charlie made his own second disc for Lucky Dog as well. Both records were produced by Texas country producer-of-the-moment Lloyd Maines (Bad Livers, the Derailers), a once-and-future member of Joe Ely's band.
The title of Charlie's disc, Life of the Party, may be slightly misleading; it's an often upbeat affair, but doesn't exactly drive home drunk. Rather, Charlie's that guy sitting in an armchair with a beer, spinning tales with a delicious sense of irony. In fact, if John Prine were still a young buck and hailed from Texas, he'd probably make an album like this. After kicking off with a lilting Cajun tale, "Poor Man's Son," the disc settles into a modern country-rock mode that suits Charlie's slightly warped observations nicely. On "Sunset Boulevard," he ruminates on how he might be elegantly wasted in Los Angeles--hanging out with Charlie Sheen and having the National Enquirer "spread a rumor I was gay"--if his gal were to break his heart. "Barlight" cleverly fashions a honky-tonk nursery rhyme, while on "You're Not The Best," he cheekily tells his lover she's "the best that I can do." He even approaches Dylan-esque realms on "Waiting For The Mail," and overall updates the country musical and lyrical currency into something smarter and tougher than your usual alt.country cliches.
Bruce comes off as the more romantic and contemplative of the two on Wrapped. In a parallel move, this disc starts out in Cajun country as well with "Rayne, Louisiana," a duet with Charlie that resembles the country-soul of John Hiatt. And like Charlie, he's got a clever honky-tonker, "12 Bar Blues." The main tone of the collection, however, is heartbreak and desire, slow and mid-tempo tunes whose titles--such as "Angry All The Time," "Desperately," "Go To Your Heart," and "End Like That"--concede the tales told within. There's a strain of old-timey, string-band styles on his version of the Louvin Brothers' "When I Loved You" (a duet with his wife, Kelly Willis) and the two final tracks, "Don't You Ever Call My Name" and "See You Around." Where Charlie's disc is perhaps the more muscular statement, Bruce's leans towards the cerebral. And both albums demonstrate how a country perspective informed by rock and roll can result in sagacious music.
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Lucky Dog has treated both with the sort of dignity rare at most major labels, even letting both shoot videos for their albums. Yet the Robisons' ambitions remains simple, practical. "I see people like Steve Earle and Lyle [Lovett], a lot of folks who didn't fit in anywhere and made a career for themselves," Charlie says. "I've never really aspired to be a huge star or anything like that. But I figure, OK, if there's an audience for that, there's an audience for me. I just feel like if you make good music...I realized that if I was going to stay away from mainstream, I was going to have to try to learn to write well enough that you're going to get a crowd whether it's mainstream or not. That's like what Lyle and Steve do--they write so well you can't keep them down. If your music is good, and you get out there and work it, and you sell enough of these indie records, they'll sign you and give you that chance. You only get two or three of their chances in your lifetime, and you have to be ready to take advantage of that."
Similarly, Bruce is focused on what he calls "attainable goals." For him, that means, quite simply, making a living writing, recording, and touring--and being able to live in Austin the rest of his life. "And that's a pretty big goal."
The focus now is on establishing the brothers' own identities, which isn't so easy: Charlie would actually like the brothers to perform together more often, something Bruce is reluctant to do. He fears being overshadowed by his older brother--and what little brother wouldn't?
"[We are] getting more different all the time," Bruce says. "And our personalities are getting more pronounced in different ways all the time, so it makes it easier for us to do things together. It's one of my main goals to make a record with Charlie, whenever that time comes. I think it's gonna be great too, whenever it makes sense. The Vaughan brothers were a great inspiration in that way. They established their own careers, and then when they made a record, it was really a happening when they did it, and it was special in its own way, and it was a true collaboration. But we've never wanted to be the Bellamy Brothers or anything like that at all. I think we are both too conceited and arrogant for that.


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This opera takes its inspiration from an episode in the life of Eugene O'Neill. One evening, after a fight with his wife, O'Neill walked out of his house into a blizzard. The playwright became disoriented, fell into a snow bank and gave up. A young policeman passing by noticed his feet and rescued him. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner will create an original libretto in response to this chance event in the life of one of America's greatest playwrights. Composer Jeanine Tesori, a two-time Drama Desk Award winner, first collaborated with Kushner on the critically acclaimed Caroline, or Change (2004); she also wrote the score for his production of Mother Courage and Her Children, part of the 2006 Shakespeare in the Park season in New York City. Additionally, Tesori and Kushner have been selected for a Metropolitan Opera / Lincoln Center Theater commission.


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