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FULL TIME: A very disappointing result for the home side, who looked toothless for long stretches tonight. United outplayed them for most of the game. Nevertheless, they were unlucky at the end of either half: just before the interval they only missed out on an equaliser by freak chance, and should have had a penalty right at the end.
Rio Ferdinand - was it a penalty? "I didn't see it... but maybe it was a penalty. They've rode their luck here over the years and it's about time we had a bit of luck. Swings and roundabouts."
...Who volunteers to use the phrase "swings and roundabouts" next time Fergie gets blue in the face about a decision he doesn't like?
Ferguson: "I didn't see it. [the penalty, of course.] It's a break, the first win we've had in seven years here.
"Wayne was in tremendous form. Absolutely superb. Work-rate, desire to play, marvellous."
Chelsea have it all to do in the second leg, then. Thanks for reading, and thanks for your emails.
90 min+4: That's it. The game comes to an end with United penned back in their box. Ferguson was readying Chris Smalling right at the death, that's how fraught it was at the death. But United have their win.
90 min+3: Another penalty shout for Chelsea, but this time Torres is booked for calling for it. Valencia may have caught his leg minutely there but it would have been a harsh decision, and Torres is booked for kicking up a stink.
90 min+2: Chelsea are denied a penalty! Ramires is sent clear in the box from a long ball. Evra is beaten but he tries to get back on terms and drags Ramires to the ground with a desperate challenge that gets nowhere near the ball. But hte ref waves play on.
90 min: Anelka shoots, outside the penalty area to the left, but it's straight at Van der Sar. Too easy.
89 min: Valencia, who's stuck it out admirably at right-back, dispossesses Malouda confidently as he tries to get to the byline. Chelsea are pressing though, and they still hava a few minutes to salvage a result.
87 min: "Here is Jeff sitting in front of the lap top in Germany," says, well, Jeff, who has a plan for Van der Sar's successor.. "I watched Neuer last night in the Shalker game vs Inter Milan, Dominant, In tune with play and an ambassador for his club – even good in front of the camaras never mind the goal !! Man U would do a lot worse if they don't get him." A chance for Anelka, outjumping Ferdinand but not getting enough on his header to beat the man himself.
85 min: Ivanovic does brilliantly to beat Evra, outpacing him and muscling him to the turf for luck, before looking up and seeing the goal in sight. He takes a touch past Vidic to set himself... and rolls a feeble effort at Van der Sar.
84 min: United are exchanging slow, composed passes in Chelsea's half now, forcing their hosts to wear themselves out running.
82 min: Malouda sets it for Lampard, who lashes a low effort past the wall. Too easy for VDS.
81 min: Chelsea have a free kick in a good position, 25 yards from goal and just to the left of the D after Malouda was brought down to earth by Ferdinand's reckless attempt at a clearance, which catches the Chelsea man in the face. Lampard stands over it with Malouda.
80 min: Van der Sar is booked for timewasting. He was sorting out his boots before taking a goal kick and the keeper did not like it one bit.
79 min: Hernandez off, Berbatov on.
78 min: Malouda's effort is charged down, then another block sees off Ramires' cross from a tight angle on the right. Chelsea are throwing everyone forward now but United look almost cosy.
76 min: Henry Winter: "I understand Van der Sar's family reasons for deciding to retire but he could easily play another year. Great save to deny Torres"
74 min: Good save from Van der Sar to deny Torres, who directs a powerful header across the keeper and towards the far post from Malouda's cross. Van der Sar sticks out a glove to divert the effort.
73 min: Zhirkov has been replaced by Malouda, Drogba by Anelka.
72 min: Torres isn't ever going to score another goal, is he. He's cursed or something. This is yet another of those half chances, a decent ball from Ramires which is just too long for Torres as he lunges in the box. Normally you'd think a striker needs a few of those before he gets lucky - but Torres never gets lucky these days.
70 min: Zhirkov finds a yard of space to the left of the area and crosses, and Vidic's nodded clearance falls temptingly for Essien, who hits a decent first-time volley low at Van der Sar's left-hand post. A couple of feet wide, and that's as close as Chelsea have come this half.
69 min: When is Fernando's luck going to change. Drogba's pass bounces fortuitously through to him, to the left of the goal with a shooting chance if only he can get it under control. He can't.
67 min: United break at pace after a spell of Chelsea pressure, with Nani in possession on the right and Hernandez in space the other side of Chelsea's centre-backs. Nani's cross bounces out of Cech's grasp and almost falls nicely for the Mexican. United reckon they can kill this off tonight, you feel.
66 min: After his third or fourth foul, this one on Rooney, Essien is booked.
65 min: Positioned in the middle of his own half, Rooney floats a long ball over the top to Hernandez. Who is offside by about 10 yards.
63 min: But perhaps Drogba can pull Chelsea back into the game on his own. He forces Evra to the ground as he powers his way to the byline and digs out a cross on the run. Cut out, though. Ancelotti's got to change something, surely - this isn't working.
62 min: United are looking dominant - except for Drogba, Chelsea just haven't been threatening.
60 min: Ramires upends Patrice Evra, by United's left touchline in Chelsea's half, and the visitors have a free-kick. It's moved on to Rooney, who tries to bully his way between IVanovic and Valencia but can't quite. You half expect him to get frustrated and scowl, at least, but he's on his best behaviour.
59 min: The travelling fans are cheerfully singing that song about Park Ji-Sung. If you know which song I mean, yes it's that one, if not, google, "park rats house dogs scouse country" for enlightenment. He looks faintly embarrassed when the camera cuts to him.
57 min: Drogba goes for a speculative bicycle kick from a cross and gets a decent connection. But wide.
55 min: Rooney has it in the net for a second time but it's disallowed. He set Hernandez free with a cute through-ball, and as Hernandez was bundled to the ground he pulled it back to Rooney, whose first time lashed half-volley crashed into the net. But the flag's up against Hernandez.
54 min: A half chance for Chelsea, as Drogba pulls a corner back low to Frank Lampard, but he can't quite get a shot away. Zhirkov controls but can't work the ball through to a team-mate.
53 min: Nani has a very ambitious shot from distance, a low, skidding effort which is too easy for Cech.
52 min: It's Nani, with Valencia moving back again into Rafael's position.
51 min: Rafael was back on for a minute or two but now he's taken another knock and is leaving the pitch on a stretcher. No substitution yet.
50 min: Drogba, now stationed on Chelsea's right, curls a fine ball towards Ramires, whose run has taken him to the penalty spot. The ball bounces off the top of his head - honestly, I don't think he knew it was approaching - and out of play, a few metres wide of the left post.
49 min: Rafael is off the pitch for a moment, and Ashley Cole seizes the chance to rush at Valencia, deputising at right-back, but blasts a high, wild effort miles over the bar.
47 min: Rafael doesn't get out of the way of the onrushing Dider Drogba, who trips over him with arms flailing. Rafael was hurt in the collision, and the physios are out.
46 min: Chelsea get the second half underway, with no subs used up for either side.
HALF TIME: The scoreline accurately reflects the balance of play, would you believe. United came out and really went for it. They played some scrappy football, but the goal was a thing of beauty. That late flurry for Chelsea shows they're still in this, though - despite the gloomy expression on the face of Roman Abramovic in his diamond-encrusted personal viewing chamber.
Jodie emails, sounding distraught: "How does Ramires make the starting lineup? And how do you leave Malouda and Kalou out?" To be fair, Ramires hasn't been bad - but Zhirkov hasn't really threatened down the right. Malouda soon, perhaps.
45 min+1: That's it for the first half, which came to an end with United looking really unsettled for the first time.
45 min: How are Chelsea not level? That's an bonkers sequence of play. Drogba gets to the left by line, doubles back and aims a cross in towards Torres, who's escaped his marker and has only Cech to beat if he can only connect, 4 or five yards out. He can't, unbelievably, but the ball beats VDS and bounces off the far post - and out to Lampard, who has the goal at his mercy. He can only shin the ball limply towards the net, though, and Evra pulls off a goal-line block to allow United to breathe again.
44 min: Cech gets down to parry another Rooney drive, but then Chelsea can break...
43 min: Terry slides in violently to dispossess Rafael, who appeals for a free kick but doesn't get one. United keep possession, though, and Chelsea are rocking. Rooney has another shot charged down, on the turn from 18 yards. The home side need to see out this half to keep the tie alive.
41 min: Chelsea have a free kick in a good position, but Drogba's cross is a poor one and United can break. Rooney takes down another great long ball from Carrick, just outside Chelsea's area, and cuts inside Bosingwa to have a shot. It's charged down by Ivanovic but falls to Rooney once more and this time he sticks up a fine lofted pass for Hernandez, who can't quite get his head to it.
40 min: Chelsea almost sneak an equaliser as Ramires' hopeful through-ball eludes Vidic and wrongfoots Ferdinand and rolls tantalisingly close to Lampard, on his own in front of goal. He never expected the ball to get to him and wasn't ready for it.
38 min: Essien forces his way past Rooney, putting in a responsible shift at right-back, and into the box. Rooney is chary of tackling him inside the area but Essien's driven cross is hoofed clear.
35 min: Ouch. Zhirkov and Chicarito compete for a bouncing ball on United's right touchline - Hernandez rises to head it, Zhirkov goes for a volleyed clearance. And kicks the striker in the face. He's booked for his trouble and nothing comes of United's free kick.
34 min: Torres bursts into the box from the right, mano-a-mano with Vidic, but whatever juju he used to exert over the Serbian has worn off, for now at least, and he's muscled off the ball. He has a think about enhancing his tumble for Alberto Mallenco's benefit but has second thoughts and just gets up disconsolately.
32 min: Corner for Chelsea on the left after Bosingwa's dangerous ball from the touchline skids threateningly across goal before being wisely tucked out of play by Rafael. The set-piece is cleared as far as Terry, who shimmies - that's right, I'm challenging you to imagine John Terry shimmying - into the area and squares to Essien, who manages to dig out a shot udner lots of pressure, aiming a curler at the far corner. It's deflected into the keeper's grasp.
31 min: Zhirkov wriggles past his marker on the left and stands it up for Fernando Torres, 10 yards out to the left of goal. He goes for an overhead volley, and - well, how to put this politely - doesn't pull it off.
30 min: Vidic is fouled by Drogba just outside the United area and looks after him wearing a hurt expression, as though nasty surreptitious fouls are totally opposed to the spirit of the game as imagined by Nemanja Vidic. Then Van der Sar punts the free kick so far upfield it's caught by Cech.
28 min: To use a technical term, Rooney is "well up for it." He knocks it inside past Bosingwa, his marker, and chases the ball inside with thoughts already turning to his second (or so I assume). He's tackled this time though.
26 min: This is getting frantic. Long balls and miscontrolled passes from either side. But no camera-baiting from Rooney.
23 min: GOAL! Chelsea 0-1 United (Rooney): Great goal. Fantastic diagonal ball over the top from Carrick, deep on the right, to find Giggs, and Giggs's touch to take him past Bosingwa to the byline is sublime, as is his pull-back to Rooney, who's unmarked on the penalty spot. He sidefoots in off the right-hand post. Classy finish.
21 min: Half a chance for Rooney, as he pings a sumptuous crossfield ball to Park and running into the box to receive the return. His first touch takes him past Ivanovic but with his next he tries to flick it towards the byline and loses control.
19 min: That's more like it from Chelsea! Drogba takes a touch to control a pass on the right of the United box and blasts it towards the top corner. It's close to Van der Sar but travelling at quite a lick and the keeper palms over.
18 min: Cole takes a frankly silly length of time to take a throw in, walking up and down the touchline on his tip-toes with the ball poised behind his head before finally chucking it to Torres. Who's immediately tackled by Evra.
17 min: This time Chelsea clear the danger properly and advance out of their own half. United have looked marginally the sharper of the two sides so far, but still not very sharp, if truth be told. Which it shall be.
16 min: It's Giggs, and it's bent in towards the spot and half-cleared by a defender as far as Park, who lines up a crack at the far post. Deflected wide and United have another go...
15 min: Evra beats Ramires again, then wins a corner when Essien gets an ill-advised toe to the ball when Evra was likely to run it out of play. Corner for United...
13 min: Carrick spreads to Evra, who beats the lumbering Ramires easily and knocks it forward for Giggs, who aims another long ball upfield, towards Rooney this time. Poor pass.
12 min: Drogba has taken a knock and has to wait on the touchline for a moment. The tannoy booms into life and for a moment it sounds like he's going to be replaced - but no, it's just an announcement to say someone left his lights on. Drogba is back on after a few seconds.
10 min: NIce movement from United, who try to work their way through to the area. Giggs and Park exchange passes before the former loops a ball towards Hernandez who's handing around by the penalty spot. Cech claims easily.
8 min: Giggs moves the ball on neatly to Ji-Sung Park on United's left, and he's upended spectacularly by Bosingwa. A fair challenge, though, and Chelsea break, but Ramiers' cross is intercepted.
7 min: Evra gives the ball away to Torres, who has a chance to terrorise Michael Carrick, who isn't having a lot of fun and backs off him. Torres' shot from the edge of the area draws a sharp save from Van der Sar.
5 min: It's a frenetic start at the Bridge but nothing too clever from either side. Giggs punts a long ball to Hernandez but it's off target.
3 min: Wayne Rooney, being roundly booed at every opportunity, is hacked down by Michael Essien. Very nasty challenge that and Essien is lucky to escape without being booked.
2 min: First half chance falls to Chelsea as a diving Torres gets on the end of Bosingwa's cross but can't get anything on it. Very difficult chance from a tight angle.
1 min: United kick off in red, greeted by a volley of noise.
1942: BREAKING: the teams are out - and just before the ad break began Wayne Rooney did a smile.
1937: Surnameless Ben emails about my directionless 4-4-2 ruminations from 20 minutes ago. "No, both of the articles you link to are saying that England's 4-4-2 was crap. That's all. Chelsea don't play two out wide, Ramires is hardly a winger, and Rooney has been playing much deeper than Hernandez."
Well, Nick, moving on from the fact that you're probably right, here's what I think: using those formulas to describe formations is misleading almost all of the time.
And Cathy Rock emails from foreign parts with her two cents: "Reading your comments from the States and thrilled to see Rio back on the pitch again!!!! As for Rooney edging Drogba for rudeness, has everyone completely forgotten the horrible scene at the end of the Chelsea v. Barcelona game 2 years ago where the ref's life was so close to danger because of Drogba and others on that team because they lost?
"I'm not condoning or supporting what Rooney did but let's put it up against actions of other players look at them side by side. Everyone seems to have forgotten every other action and word that has ever been done or said."
No, we certainly don't want to forget everything that ever happened. That would leave us in an impossible position, frankly.
1928: A prediction from Nick Harris: "I predict Chelsea to squeak a win and Rooney to edge Drogba for rudeness. But David Luiz will show them both the error of their ways and usher in an era of peace and reconciliation between the clubs."
I like the idea of Luiz the peacemaker, Nick - another string to his bow - but alas he is cup-tied. A big loss to the game of football and the cause of peace alike.
1923: Darron Gibson makes it on to the bench for United, the visiting fans will no doubt be relieved to note.
1920: Full teams. Ferdinand starts for the first time in over two months, and Hernandez and Rafael start after being left out against West Ham. Zhirkov starts in place of Malouda for Chelsea and Torres and Drogba can have another go at making their relationship work up front.
Chelsea: Cech, Bosingwa, Ivanovic, Terry, Cole, Ramires, Essien, Lampard, Zhirkov, Drogba, Torres. Subs: Turnbull, Benayoun, Mikel, Malouda, Ferreira, Kalou, Anelka.
Manchester United: Van der Sar, Rafael Da Silva, Vidic, Ferdinand, Evra, Valencia, Carrick, Giggs, Park, Hernandez, Rooney. Subs: Kuszczak, Berbatov, Smalling, Nani, Scholes, Evans, Gibson.
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)
1915: 4-4-2: zombie formation? With both sides lining up in a good old fashioned two-out-wide, two-up-top setup it suddenly looks like the system - recently damned in these very pages as "moribund" and "rigid and one-dimensional" - is in vogue again. What's that about, then?
I reckon the only reason Ferguson started played three in the middle in big games last season was to avoid playing Dimitar Berbatov. Now he has another way to get out of playing him, so 4-4-2 is suddenly OK again. Poor old Dimitar.
1900: Prediction o'clock.
Yesterday I was doing Schalke-Inter, and was certain beforehand that it was going to be a typical, dull-as-ditchwater, safety-first Champions League first leg, one of those games where the TV commentators resort to saying things like "this is just so delicately poised" while checking their phones for Spurs-Real updates.
It turned out to be a brilliant game - so let's see if lightning can strike twice...
This is going to be a dull-as-ditchwater, safety-first, typical Champions League first leg. These sides have played so often they've become expert at nullifying each other - as I type these very words Alex Ferguson is saying to Antonio Valencia for the fifteenth time today, "Now Tony, you're not to do anything too fancy. Just pretend there's a string tying you to Ashley Cole and if it breaks you're dead, cause Tony, and I mean this, if you let him get away from you, you are dead."
If there's to be interest, maybe it will come from footballers being angry. Here are Wayne and Didier, what are they like, saying rude words. (Warning: rude words.)
But who's going to be angriest/rudest this evening? And who will win this here football match? These questions need answers! Drop me a line if you can provide them.
1845: Here it is then, the one we've all been waiting for. (No, not Barca-Shakhtar, but Thom Gibbs has that covered here.)
Will Carlo Ancelotti's men register a win to preserve their hopes of finishing this season with at least one big shiny thing in their trophy cabinet? Will Frank Lampard produce a performance worthy of his 500th Chelsea game? Can John Terry make up for that unfortunate/hilarious penalty miss three years ago?
Or will United grind robotically closer to another treble with a crucial away win, their first at the Bridge since 2002? Whoever knows.
Here's some (7 pm update: slightly wrong) TEAM NEWS that is spinning around Twitter:
United: Van der Sar Rafael, Vidic, Ferdinand, Evra; Valencia, Giggs, Carrick, Nani; Hernandez, Rooney
Chelsea: Cech, Bosingwa, Ivanovic, Terry, Cole; Essien, Ramires, Lampard, Zhirkov; Torres, Drogba
Subs to follow, in the meantime here is John Ley's preview, freshly Ctrl V'd.
Touchline duel
Carlo Ancelotti v Sir Alex Ferguson: Not as highly-charged as Ferguson's relationship with previous Chelsea managers, such as Jose Mourinho and Guus Hiddink. The pair have had kind words to say about each other so far this season.
Key clashes
Fernando Torres v Nemanja Vidic: Even an out-of-form Torres can trouble United. Given Vidic's difficulties against the Spaniard in previous years when he played for Liverpool, Ferguson may be taking a significant gamble if he prefers Vidic to the quicker, lither Smalling to deal with Torres.
Branislav Ivanovic v Wayne Rooney: Rooney's pace and movement present Chelsea with a problem – neither Ivanovic nor John Terry are blessed with speed – so we may see them playing a deeper defensive line, allowing Rooney the ball in less threatening positions to reduce the risk of him stealing in behind.
Ashley Cole v Antonio Valencia: Valencia will have the job of preventing Cole from galloping forward. When United attack, it will be interesting to see whether Cole marks Valencia tightly in an attempt to cut off his service, or is content to let him cross from deep, trusting in Chelsea's superior aerial strength in the centre.
Man in charge
Alberto Undiano: Mallenco Spain's top referee, with a reputation for letting the game flow. Made his La Liga debut a decade ago at the age of 26, and refereed at last summer's World Cup.
Key stats
7 Chelsea are unbeaten in their seven home matches against English opposition in Europe (three wins, four draws).
4 United have conceded the fewest bookings of any team in the competition.
Chelsea 11/10, Manchester United 11/5, Draw 9/4
David Luiz is 22/1 with Bet365 to open the scoring – a bit tight, given that he's cup-tied.


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Didn't Faulkner say that the past is never dead, it's not even past? I didn't read that quote until college or maybe even later, but when I did, I knew immediately what he was talking about. I grew up with grandparents on both sides of my family who talked often about the Civil War. My maternal grandmother told me stories of a great3 grandfather who left his wife, seven children, and small farm and went with his brother to join Lee's army in Virginia. He never returned. My paternal grandfather spoke of his grandfather, a German immigrant who drove wagons for the Union Army shortly after his arrival in America. So when I visited Civil War battlefields as a young boy, they had a personal dimension for me as I wondered if either ancestor had walked those fields or driven those roads.
Those stories gave me an abiding interest in history. Needless to say I've been elated that my children have shared some of that interest, and was particularly pleased that my youngest son had been badgering me for some years now to take him to see Gettysburg and famous Revolutionary Era sites on one of my frequent business trips to Philadelphia. A school holiday several weeks ago afforded us that opportunity. His other passion is sports, but since the Phillies, Flyers, and 76ers weren't in town, we decided to focus on history and food. I hope other parents will be able to take a similar trip with their children.
Hotel: Windsor Suites
Arrived mid-afternoon at Philadelphia International Airport and took a $35 cab ride to our hotel in downtown Philadelphia, the Windsor Suites (1700 Benjamin Franklin Parkway - 877-784-8379 - www.windsorhotel.com ). I had reserved our room on Expedia for what I thought was a very reasonable $99 per night. We thought the room was large, even though it turned out to be one of the smaller rooms in the hotel. The room had older furnishings, but was clean with modern bathroom tile and fixtures. Add in the full-sized refrigerator and microwave in the small kitchenette and it suited us just fine.
Afternoon & Evening: Continental Midtown and Capogiro
We decided to walk Center City in the late afternoon sunlight to whet our appetites for both sightseeing and food, touching on three of the four squares William Penn had originally laid out when he planned the city in the late 1600s. We started at Logan Square, admiring the beautiful fountain in Logan Circle and the dramatic view up the Ben Franklin Parkway to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, hiked south to beautiful Rittenhouse Square, then turned eastward to Washington Square where the statue of George Washington and tomb of the unknown (Revolutionary War) soldiers are located. We then walked several short blocks for my son's first view of Independence Square, the Liberty Bell, and Independence Hall. He didn' say much, but was clearly impressed. We circled back to the hotel, washed up for dinner, and rewarded ourselves with a super delicious, teen-friendly meal at Continental Midtown (1801 Chestnut St. - 215-567-1800 – www.continentalmidtown.com ) — sharing udon noodle soup, a pile of Szechuan shoestring fries with really spicy Chinese mustard, a spectacular cheesesteak eggroll, and a BBQ chicken quesadilla. We spurned dessert, because youngest son is a gelato fanatic. We headed to Capogiro, 119 S 13th St. - 215-351-0900 - www.capogirogelato.com ), in his never ending quest for the best stracciatella (well, dad settled for sorbet). Fortified, we returned to the hotel in the cold evening air. Since all reservations for the Independence Hall tour were already booked at the National Park Service-affiliated website: www.recreation.gov/tourSearchResult.do?parkId=77815&contractCode=NRSO ,
we were psyched to get up early on Saturday to try to get walk up tickets.
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Father/Son Trip to the Heart of American History: Philadelphia & Gettysburg
Didn't Faulkner say that the past is never dead, it's not even past? I didn't read that quote until college or maybe even later, but when I did, I knew immediately what he was talking about. I grew up with grandparents on both sides of my family who talked often about the Civil War. My maternal grandmother told me stories of a great3 grandfather who left his wife, seven children, and small farm and went with his brother to join Lee's army in Virginia. He never returned. My paternal grandfather spoke of his grandfather, a German immigrant who drove wagons for the Union Army shortly after his arrival in America. So when I visited Civil War battlefields as a young boy, they had a personal dimension for me as I wondered if either ancestor had walked those fields or driven those roads.
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Looking forward to reading the rest! It's such a wonderful advantage for children to be able to "live" history.
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MRand - I've enjoyed reading what you have so far. Looking forward to the rest of your trip report.
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MRand, looking forward to the rest of your report. You didn't say how old your son is. (I got "teen", but that could be 13 or 19- big difference!)
thx for posting!
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Yes, off to a great start--look forward to reading more.
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Thanks Amy, artstuff, sarge56, and AnnMarie_C. Sarge, he's barely 15 years old.
Sat. April 16
MORNING & EARLY AFTERNOON: Independence National Park (Liberty Bell, Independece Hall, and other Revolutionary Era sites)
This morning was cold and wet, but we donned our rain gear and arrived at the Visitor Center about 8:15 to obtain free walk up tickets for the Independence Hall tour. (Timed tickets are required for the tour.) There were about 20 people in line in front of us, but as we neared the front of the line a park ranger appeared an announced that about 15 tickets had been returned for the 9:15 tour. We jumped at that opportunity, and that still gave us time to get in line for the opening of the Liberty Bell Center at 9:00 a.m. I tend to think of the Liberty Bell as an American icon, but most of those in line in front and behind us appeared to be foreigners. When the park rangers opened the pavilion, my son and I skipped the preliminary exhibits and headed straight for the the Liberty Bell itself. We had The Bell to ourselves for about four or five minutes, walking around it to inspect it from all angles. It's much more massive up close than it looks in pictures or from a distance. I've seen it on several previous trips to Philadelphia, but find its symbolism equally moving each time. My son and I didn't say much for those few minutes. He summed it up appropriately: "Wow."
Next stop was Independence Hall to get in line for the 9:15 tour. Our group was led into a side building where our National Park Service guide Tom gave an excellent 10 minute orientation talk about the background of Independence Hall, originally built as the Pennsylvania state capitol building. We then went into the first of the two large rooms on the lower floor of the Hall, where the Pennsylvania Supreme Court met, for a brief talk. Then across to the Assembly Room — The Room Where It All Happened: the appointment of Washington as general of the Continental Army (1775), the deliberations on the Declaration of Independence (1776), and later the debates over The Constitution (1787). Tom continued his riveting presentation there. (Proof? a 15 year old boy's highest praise: "He's pretty good.") My son was most impressed by the story of the large chair on the other side of the Assembly Room, where George Washington sat during the constitutional debates. A half-sun is engraved on the head of the chair. Benjamin Franklin said that during the debates, he didn't know whether that sun was a rising sun or a setting sun, but with the agreement on the Constitution, he was now confident that it was indeed rising.
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Enjoying your report. I spent a few days with my daughter in Philly in the fall.
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Sat. April 16 (cont'd)
The rain continued to pour as we left Independence Hall, so we took refuge again in the Independence Visitor Center. We watched a somewhat cheesy 20-minute '70s era film on the events surrounding independence and The Constitution, got a snack, and then headed out into the rain again. We walked east a couple of blocks to Christ Church Burial Ground to see Benjamin Franklin's Grave, then to the Market Street Houses — three-story red brick colonial row houses built by Benjamin Franklin — and then to the Franklin "Ghost House" (white metal outline of Franklin's home at its original site) in Franklin Court. We spent an hour or so drying out inside the Franklin Museum underneath Franklin Court, which has a small but interesting collection of Franklin-era memorabilia, and viewing a better '70s era movie on Franklin, narrated by a nice guy actor/television personality whom I'd forgotten about — David Hartman.
We continued south to Carpenter's Hall, which I had not seen on several previous trips to the park, where the First Continental Congress met in 1774 and well worth a 20 or 30 minute visit. We then walked around the beautiful white stone Merchants' Exchange Building built in the 1830s in Greek Revival Style, over to City Tavern, where the founders drank and dined and which still operates as a period restaurant, and then west on Walnut Street in the unremitting rain past the colonial era Bishop White and Todd Houses. My son particularly liked the red brick colonial architecture and asked "why don't they build buildings like that anymore?" He also enjoyed the innovative Independence National Historical Park Cell Phone Audio Tour, where at each of these sites he could dial a main number, enter another two or three digit number, and receive a brief orientation.
LUNCH: Reading Terminal Market
Hungry and getting colder by the minute, we finally capitulated to the elements and hailed a cab to Reading Terminal Market for lunch. Unfortunately, hundreds of others had the same idea, so the lines at the myriad food stalls were long. We were nevertheless highly entertained walking the aisles and admiring the huge diversity of cuisines offered there. At son's request, we settled for a quick cheeseburger at Down Home Diner inside the Terminal, and focused our efforts on getting dessert. He went for a delicious chocolate cupcake at the Flying Monkey Patisserie on the 11th Street (east) side of the market, while I sought out a slice of Amish shoo-fly pie at Beiler's Bakery in the northwest corner of the building. My son, who's not a big pie fan, enjoyed a bite of the molasses-based filling and crust almost as much as his father enjoyed the rest of it. (It tastes a little like pecan pie, but less sugary-sweet and without the pecans.) Contented, we braved the rain again back to our hotel to catch a little of The Masters golf tournament on TV (son) and brief nap (dad).
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DINNER: Four Rivers (Chinatown), Capogiro & Naked Chocolate
Refreshed, we headed out in the bracing early evening air. The rain had stopped and the sky was clearing, so we decided to try Philadelphia's Chinatown. Liking spicy food, we settled on Four Rivers, a Szechuan diner at 936 Race St., (215) 629-8385. We were not disappointed. Every other customer in the small restaurant was Chinese and the gracious hostess seated us and oriented us to the menu. We had sweet and sour soup to warm up, and then tried an unusual cold chicken dish (served on the bone) with a delicious brown sauce and kung pao chicken. Other than having to negotiate the bones, the meal was tasty and as hot as advertised. Son must have consumed eight or nine glasses of water, so we skipped dessert for a trip back to Capogiro on S. 13th for gelato and sorbet to adequately quench the fires. The night was chilly enough that on the way home we were forced to stop by Naked Chocolate Café at 1317 Walnut ( www.nakedchocolatecafe.com ) to split some super sinful hot chocolate (only slightly runnier than chocolate pudding, and just as flavorful). Then back to the hotel to watch some baseball on TV and sleep.
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Wow, what a trip! Naked Chocolate and Capogiro in ONE NIGHT! Duuuuuuuude, that's awesome. (I, too, hang around 15 year olds on occasion.) How did Capogiro fare in your son's gelato quest?
Thanks for the great report; it's a shame you had such lousy weather, but that's pretty much all we've been having. Sigh.
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REally enjoying your trip report!
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Thanks Amy and yk. Son thought Capogiro was some of the best gelato he has tasted.
Sun. April 17
AFTERNOON & EARLY EVENING: Rodin Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Art & Valley Forge
I like art museums, but sculpture is not one of my favorite art forms. Nevertheless, on previous trips to Philadelphia I've enjoyed the Rodin Museum on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, probably because its small but interesting collection can be viewed easily within an hour or so. I suggested this to my son, being skeptical that he'd be interested, but he was game. The rain of the previous day had given way to bright sunshine, so despite the gusty winds it was a good day for a walk up the Parkway. I was pleasantly surprised at how much he liked the museum — not surprisingly, his favorites were The Thinker that guards the front walkway, The Gates of Hell doors at the front entrance, and The Burghers of Calais that dominate the large front room. He was also interested that Rodin first discovered his talent for sculpting at my son's age of 15.
We then walked up the Parkway to examine the massive equestrian statute of George Washington in Eakins Oval at the foot of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The statute also has interesting life-sized figures of Native Americans and wildlife surrounding its base. We trotted up the wide stone stairway to the Museum popularized in the film "Rocky." I had some interest in seeing the "Cezanne and Beyond" exhibit that has received highly favorable reviews, but young son confessed he was "museum-ed out." Since it was turning out to be a nice day, we viewed the Rocky statue hidden on the northeast corner of the museum's grounds and then decided to walk to Philadelphia's famed 30th Street Train Station to pick up our National rental car for excursions to Valley Forge and Gettysburg.
After wandering a few minutes through the station, admiring its interior and scarfing Subway sandwiches, we drove up the Schuykill Expressway (Interstate 76) to Valley Forge National Historical Park, about 20 miles northwest of downtown Philadelphia. The park is in a beautiful suburban pastoral setting. We watched the entertaining and informative 20 minute film at the Visitor's Center, then drove up North Outer Line Drive to see a Park Service-sponsored presentation on camp life in Washington's Army during the famous winter of 1777-78. The drive runs along a ridge that commands a great view of the surrounding area. One can easily see why Washington chose this spot as a refuge to protect and retool his tattered army then.
Along the North Outer Line, the Park Service has reconstructed several log cabins according to descriptions provided by some of Washington's soldiers. My son was fascinated by the construction of the log cabins, and announced that he and his best buddy at home would have to build one. A young woman dressed in a period costume delivered the talk on camp life and did an excellent job. She emphasized that although Valley Forge has been mythologized as Washington's most famous winter encampment during the Revolution, it was not the most harsh winter his army experienced. (That was the next winter at Morristown, New Jesey.) I thought, however, that I recalled reading in a Washington biography that the army went for a solid week without food at Valley Forge. Regardless of the temperature, that sounds pretty harsh to me.
There were lots of runners and cyclists in the park, and as the wind had died down my son - a Pony Leaguer - wished we had brought our gloves and a ball along to play catch for a while. Nevertheless, he was duly impressed by the remnants of the trenches and fortifications as well as the grand National Memorial Arch and the General Mad Anthony Wayne statute that are located at two high vantage points in the park. We drove through the park at a leisurely pace, stopping at the Washington Memorial Chapel and National Patriots' Bell Tower (http://188.8.131.52/frontpage.cfm ) shortly before they closed at 5:00 p.m. The Chapel has exquisite stained glass windows that illustrating scenes from Washington's life and commemorating other founding fathers.
Rather than heading back to the city at twilight, we decided we wanted a change of pace. We went to a movie at the nearby United Artists' Stadium 16 & IMAX theater that is adjacent to massive King of Prussia Mall (allegedly one of the largest in the world). This was one of the nicer movie theaters we've been in,with cushy rocking seats, big screens, and great sound. We then drove back down the Schuykilll to the Windsor Suites in Center City to hit the sack for an early start the next morning to Gettysburg.
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I'm loving your report. I grew up in Philadelphia and now live ooutside of King of Prussia. I went with a class on a field trip to Valley Forge a couple years ago. They were rebuilding one of the log cabins. They do all the building the way the original soldiers did it. No front end loaders or cranes. It was so interesting to watch them use logs and ropes and brut strength to lift each log to its proper place.
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Mon. April 18
MORNING: Drive to Gettysburg, Battle of Gettysburg – 1st Day Sites, Gettysburg College
We got a little later start than I wanted for the 140 mile drive from downtown Philadelphia to Gettysburg, anticipating a full day there, but were still on the road by 8:00 a.m. or so. We drove westward on the Pennsylvania Turnpike (Interstate 76) to Harrisburg, then south on U.S. 15 to Gettysburg. The toll on the turnpike should have been about $6 or $7, but we had to pay the full $15 charge from the eastern border of Pennsylvania to the exit at Harrisburg because, aggravatingly, I misplaced (probably at our brief breakfast stop) and was never able to find our toll ticket. Wolfe's Diner on U.S. 15 in Dillsburg looked like an interesting road food stop, but since we had eaten and were in a hurry, we pressed on.
I had been to Gettysburg before, about 15 years ago, and knowing the battle was complex and stretched over three days in July 1863, I wanted to present it to my son in some logical way. We approached the town from the northeast on intensively developed U.S 30, drove past the old town square, then up Seminary Ridge west of town to view where most of the fighting on the first day of the battle occurred. Gettysburg, as well as Antietam in Maryland, are both well-preserved and unlike the forested battlefields of Virginia, the topographies of these two battlefields provide sweeping views of how each battle developed.
Our first stop was west of town on a low ridge near the woods were the brilliant Union general John Reynolds was killed in the early moments of the fight on July 1, and we then drove along the battle lines north to the graceful Eternal Light Peace Memorial that was dedicated by FDR in 1938 (as clouds of war were gathering in Europe). Amazingly, 1500 elderly battle survivors of both sides attended that dedication. Unfortunately, vandals with spray paint had recently defaced the base of the monument. Just inconceivable.
We continued in an slow arc eastward along gently rolling farmland, stopping occasionally to read the inscriptions on some of the dozens of monuments that dot the countryside, and tracing the progression of the first day's battle where the two armies more or less accidentally stumbled into each other on the outskirts of town. We, like others, found it remarkable to contemplate that through sheer chance on that day this sleepy little village became the most famous battlefield in American history. Even today, however, nine or ten major roads converge likes spokes on a wheel on the town, so we could easily see on the how Gettysburg became the focus of armies that were dispersed across the Pennsylvania countryside.
We then drove back into town for a brief stop at the Gettysburg College bookstore, where my son added to his growing collection of college and university t-shirts. We were hungry so we first tried Dobbin House Tavern ( www.dobbinhouse.com ), allegedly the oldest building in town and predating the Civil War by almost 100 years. Even though it was after 1 p.m., the 45 minute wait there deterred us and we drove on down the street to the packed parking lot at Tommy's Pizza, at 105 Steinwehr, ( www.tommyspizzainc.com ).
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Your report is a wonderful read, review. Growing up I went on school field trips, family outings to Gettysburg, etc., but did not fully appreciate or understand the significance at the time. Now that we're once again living within arms reach I look forward to returning one day soon with my history loving husband who has yet to explore this area. Thank you for your report...waiting for the next installment...
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sounds like a neat trip that you were able to enjoy together.... keep it coming!
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Mon. April 18 (cont'd)
LUNCH: Tommy's Pizza
Clearly, eating healthy was not a major goal on this trip. Like most teenagers, my son considers himself a pizza expert. Despite the crammed parking lot, Tommy's looked pretty ordinary on the outside, but we were in for a real treat. We ordered salads and split a large stromboli (ham, salami, sausage, and our choice toppings + sauce and cheese folded into a pizza crust. It was thick, hot, and cheesy, and the crust was particularly good. Adequately fortified, we were ready to tackle the rest of the battlefield.
AFTERNOON & EARLY EVENING: Battle of Gettysburg – 2nd and 3rd Day Sites
Our original intention had been to hike the second and third day battle sites. Thus, we hesitated to go into the new National Park Service Visitor Center where period exhibits, the standard NPS movie, and the Cyclorama (the giant circular painting of the battle that was created in the 1880s) were located. However, my son was intrigued by the idea of a "cyclorama," so we took the time to see it.
On my previous visit to Gettysburg 15 years before, the old visitor center seemed outdated and deteriorating, and the Cyclorama painting desperately needed a new venue. Obviously, the Park Service has devoted significant resources to making the new Visitor Center and home for the painting a state-of-the-art facility. We were told at the Visitor Center that in order to see the Cyclorama, we had to buy a dual ticket for the movie and the painting and watch the film first. Compared to the more dated NPS movies we'd seen at the Independence-related sites in Philadelphia, we were surprised to be — in my son's terminology — "blown away" both by the moving film and Cyclorama. Their impacts were maximized with the most sophisticated production techniques. Gettysburg veterans who saw the Cyclorama when it was first painted were reportedly moved to tears by its realism. The short 10 minute multimedia "presentation" of the painting more than does this legacy justice. We highly recommend to anyone visiting Gettysburg that they should absolutely take time to see these.
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Great trip report. So nice that you and your teenage son shared this together!
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You obviously did a lot of research before your trip--which enhanced what you saw.
It has been fun reading your trip reports.
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Thanks tdmore and LaurenKahn1. Sorry this report has been episodic, but I haven't had time until now to finish it.
AFTERNOON & EARLY EVENING: Battle of Gettysburg – 2nd and 3rd Day Sites (cont'd)
By the time we were finished at the Visitor Center, it was pushing 3 p.m. so we abandoned out plans to hike the second and third day battle sites. We left the Visitor Center in our rent car and drove north back in to town on Washington Street, then took a left on West Middle Street back up Seminary Ridge to the Lutheran Theological Seminary that gives the ridge its name. The Seminary, ironically, was in the thick of the fighting on the first day when it served as a field hospital, then was behind Confederate lines for the remainder of the battle. We drove south on West Confederate Avenue along Seminary Ridge, paralleling the Confederate lines for the second and third days of the battle. We stopped at the Virginia memorial and the Robert E. Lee monument where the general reportedly consoled the distraught survivors of Pickett's Charge on the third day. Looking across the open fields to the small "Clump of Trees" that marked the center of the Union lines, we were amazed at the unprotected distance the soldiers in that charge had to cross directly into the face of massive Union rifle and cannon fire.
We moved on to the fascinating natural features at the southern end of the park -- walking along the crest of Little Round Top (hill) with its dramatic panorama of the lower half of the battlefield, climbing the boulders in the Devil's Den, and crossing the Wheatfield and the Peach Orchard that on July 2, 1863 were covered with dead and wounded men from both sides. It was in these locations that the most intense fighting raged on that second day, and the area was particularly meaningful for us because it is where my great-great-great grandfather's unit fought during the battle.
We detoured east to Culp's Hill at the other end of the Union line where a separate battle raged at the end of the second day, then finished our tour of Gettysburg on the Union side of the "Clump of Trees" that bore the brunt of Pickett's Charge on the third and final day of the battle. Twilight was beginning to fall as we walked the fields out to Emmitsburg Road, then did an about-face and walked directly back towards the Union lines, covering about one-third of the same ground the Confederates had to cross in their futile charge on that final day. Thunder rumbled in the distance and drops of rain began to fall, adding a melancholy feel to the scene. Pickett's Charge seemed to herald a particularly terrible era of warfare, where battle tactics were mired in the 19th Century but weaponry was rapidly advancing on the cusp of the 20th Century, and which would culminate in the suicidal charges that killed millions of men in World War I. We found it difficult to fathom the courage the men who fought here had to muster on that fateful July day.
This was a somber end to a great father-son trip. As we left the battlefield and before we headed back to Philadelphia, we stopped to get a quick drink just a short distance from where Lincoln gave his Gettysburg Address, just four months after the battle. It took Lincoln to put this sacrifice in proper perspective for us: "that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
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Excellent trip report and history lesson!! My DH and I spent two days touring through Gettysburg several years ago. We used a driving-tour book to traverse our way through the Park. Did you use a guide (audio or book), or are you just a history buff? Thanks for finishing the report.
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Great trip report. We went to Gettysburg last year and used the car tour disc. We enjoy it a lot. My oldest grandson camped out there with his Boy Scout troop. We are going to Valley Forge for 2 days this year.
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Great trip report , just marking the page.
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In the tradition of mid-century era Danish designer Bjorn Wiinblad and contemporary American designer Jonathan Adler, personified vessels have been popping up all over the place lately and I'm really into it. I love the playful, quirky feeling they bring to a vignette. One of my favorite ceramicists du jour, Atelier Stella (she made the smiling, tripodal vessel pictured above) is a great example.
Don't you just love these guys? I wanna give each and every one of them a little kiss on the cheek. And as I type this I am trying to talk myself out of spending $85 on that brass one above–and if it's gone by the time you read this it's probably because I have no self-control what-so-ever when it comes to these little dudes. Help me Rhonda. Which is your fave?
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The brass one seems to be still available. You've been good!!
I like those 2
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– Jim Ross turns 61 years old today.
– Vic Grimes turns 50 years old today.
– New Jack turns 50 years old today.
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MOREHEAD CITY � There�s a new leader in the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament.
MOREHEAD CITY � There�s a new leader in the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament.
Hatteras Fever II brought a 465.3-pound big blue to the weigh station late Wednesday afternoon to take over the lead at the midway point of the six-day tournament.
The catch eclipsed the 423.5-pound blue marlin caught Monday by Sensation.
The tournament continues through Saturday.
Hatteras Fever II angler Taylor Miller said he fought the big blue for about 35 to 40 minutes before he was able to bring it to the boat.
�It hit hard and � it took off,� Miller said. �We had to chase it down.�
Miller said it was the first time he had ever caught a blue marlin.
�It�s exciting,� he said. �This is a lifetime experience. It�s surreal. I can�t believe (it). It�s something you hope for forever, and here it is.�
Hatteras Fever II, which is out of Buxton, is owned and captained by Buddy Hooper.
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This was made in two days, so it's not perfect. The see-through material was hard to work with, and not all that cheap. Just used a modified tunic pattern, pretty easy. Belt was just a tube of same fabric pressed w/iron. I already had the wig. I already had a bathing suit to use, underneath, I didn't make it. My friend Rish bought me the shoes and she drew the skull since I can't draw and I cut them out of reflective tape. Earrings I made out of wooden letters, drilled holes thru them, painted gold. Easy, easy easy...
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A genuine dialogue with freely chosen worker representatives enables workers and employers to reach better mutual understandings. Security of representation is a foundation for building trust on both sides. Dialogue makes it easier to anticipate problems related to the workplace and to make agreements that are mutually beneficial. In some countries, though, there are severe restrictions on the right to free association. NICE recommends that factories operating under such circumstances facilitate the formation of parallel means to independent and free association, such as working groups or committees that include all workers in the factory.
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Freedom of association mechanisms (unions, workers' groups/committees) can also enable proper grievance systems to develop.
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ELYRIA TWP. — The strike continued at the Lorain County Department of Job and Family Services on Tuesday.
Unionized workers at the agency walked off the job Monday as part of a long-running dispute with county commissioners over contract negotiations, and the union's bargaining chairwoman, Kelly Fields, said workers continued their strike Tuesday.
Several phone calls were made to Lorain County Department of Job and Family Services, but those calls went unanswered.
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Fernandez Wins Race; Kanaan Clinches Series Title FONTANA, Calif., Sunday, Oct. 3, 2004 -- Adrian Fernandez defeated Tony Kanaan in a one-lap shootout to win the Toyota Indy 400 at California Speedway. It was Fernandez' second consecutive win...
Fernandez Wins Race; Kanaan Clinches Series Title
FONTANA, Calif., Sunday, Oct. 3, 2004 -- Adrian Fernandez defeated Tony Kanaan in a one-lap shootout to win the Toyota Indy 400 at California Speedway. It was Fernandez' second consecutive win and his third victory in the last five races.
Fernandez, owner/driver of the No. 5 Quaker State Telmex Tecate Panoz G Force/ Honda/Firestone, made his move on Kanaan in Turn 1 of the final lap and beat the No. 11 Team 7-Eleven Dallara/Honda/Firestone by .0183 seconds.
It was the seventh-closest finish in IRL IndyCar Series history and the closest IndyCar Series finish at California Speedway.
Kanaan, who recorded his 14th-consecutive top-five finish, clinched his first IndyCar Series title with his runner-up finish. Dan Wheldon, Kanaan's closest title rival and Andretti Green Racing teammate, finished third, followed by two-time defending race winner Sam Hornish Jr. and Indianapolis 500 winner Buddy Rice.
Darren Manning, who crashed during MBNA Pole Qualifying on Oct. 2, did not compete in the race. Manning sustained a slight concussion and a severe back contusion. He will be re-evaluated upon his return to Indianapolis.
ADRIAN FERNANDEZ (No. 5 Quaker State Telmex Tecate Panoz G Force/Honda/ Firestone): "My team has done a hell of a job. I'm so proud of them. I never thought that (IRL officials) were really going to get the restart in, but they did a fantastic job on restarting. Even on the restart, I got sideways. I put so much power. I wanted to get Tony (Kanaan) so bad, that I got sideways. I knew I had a stronger car. Tony really respected my line, and it was great. It was so close." (About Tony Kanaan clinching the championship): "I take off my hat to him. I've known him since I started in Indy Lights, and he's a really good driver. I knew he was going to win. It was just a matter of time."
JOHN WARD: (Engineer, No. 5 Quaker State Telmex Tecate Panoz G Force/Honda/ Firestone): "We were a little worried that they weren't going to go back green. We felt like we were in the lead, but I think (the IRL) made the right call because they electronically time things. Luckily, we got the restart. Tony (Kanaan) raced hard. I think they all did. The reason we won that thing is great engine and tires, but the guys back at the shop have been massaging on that car for two weeks. They really made it a beautiful car to engineer, and Adrian (Fernandez), he's the best driver I've ever worked with."
TONY KANAAN (No. 11 Team 7-Eleven Dallara/Honda/Firestone): "I tried my best. It was a tough race for us. It probably didn't look that tough because we had a great car. I'm so excited for the team. I did some donuts over (in Turn 2) for (late driver) Greg Moore. He's still in my heart. My dad who couldn't be here, but it's a happy day, not a sad day. I have great teammates and great sponsors, 7-Eleven and Honda. It's a dream come true. Now I can relax a little bit." (Can you relax now and enjoy the championship?): "I hope so. I have a mission. I want (teammate) Dan (Wheldon) to finish second. That's my goal, and I will do anything I can to get him up there. I don't think he needs any help, but I will do whatever I can."
DAN WHELDON (No. 26 Klein Tools/Jim Beam Dallara/Honda/Firestone): "It's excellent for Andretti Green Racing and Tony Kanaan. He's one of my best friends, if not my best friend. I'm very happy for him. For the team to have four cars and run them as equally as they do is such a wonderful achievement. That right there is a champion on the track and a champion off the track. I've never seen a champion like him before. He'll represent the title like no one else." (About his penalty): "I think (IRL Sr. Vice President for Racing Operations) Brian Barnhart made a very bad call. I think when he makes a call like that he should go to the workshop and meet with my engineer and look over the data. I have a lot of respect for the guy, but the decision was very wrong."
MICHAEL ANDRETTI (Co-owner, Andretti Green Racing): "I'm proud of (Tony Kanaan). I'm proud of the whole team. (Tony) drove like a champion from the first race. He drove like that last year, too. He deserved this one. The whole 7-Eleven team did. It was a team effort. Everybody contributed from all four teams. They all love each other, and they are really great friends."
SCOTT DIXON (No. 1 Target Chip Ganassi Racing Panoz G Force/Toyota/Firestone): "It was a very average race for us today. While it was nice to have the pink No. 1 Target Toyota/Panoz G Force start from the front row, we may have concentrated on qualifying a bit too much and should have put our effort more on the race setup. The car was just really loose on entry into the corners, and I had some trouble on the high line. We'll just concentrate on Texas and finishing the season on a high note."
SAM HORNISH JR. (No. 6 Marlboro Team Penske Dallara/Toyota/Firestone): "I was happy with the Marlboro Team Penske car today. It was handling really well in traffic. Unfortunately, I just couldn't find any packs to run with for most of the day. Towards the end of the race, we were running with other cars, and I was able to move up a couple of spots. It's just too bad there weren't a few more laps under green. We didn't quite end up where we wanted to be this afternoon, but we were competitive, nontheless. It was a long, tough race out there, and the good news is we brought the Marlboro Team Penske car home in one piece."
HELIO CASTRONEVES (No. 3 Marlboro Team Penske Dallara/Toyota/Firestone): "Everything was going really well at the beginning of the race. It was great to be out front leading, and all was under control. The setup on the Marlboro Team Penske car was really good. The crew did a fantastic job all weekend. Unfortunately, the end wasn't what we were hoping for. The yellows at the end were really tough for us. I'm not sure what was wrong on the restarts. I think fourth gear might have been too tall, but we'll have to take a look at it to figure out the problem. There's one more race to go. Hopefully, we can end the season with a strong finish in Texas."
BUDDY RICE (No. 15 Rahal Letterman Racing Pioneer/Argent Panoz G Force/Honda/ Firestone): "The car was pretty good today, but I don't think we had the speed of a couple of the cars out there. The Pioneer/Argent Honda was solid enough that we could hang in there with Tony (Kanaan) and Helio (Castroneves) for most of the day. Then when you have a one or two lap shootout, people come out of nowhere that have been in the back of the pack most of the day. Some guys really make their cars wide, too. Our plan was to race with the leaders and then get the car ready for the last 20 laps, but I don't think we had the speed that we needed at the end. We just missed a little bit on the setup for today. I think it is cooler today than we thought it would be. The wind wasn't a factor for us today, but overall, the weather didn't heat up like we had anticipated, and that hurt us a little. We just didn't read the weather properly for the setup we had."
TOWNSEND BELL (No. 2 Menards/Johns Manville Racing Dallara/Chevrolet/ Firestone): "We made up some positions by the finish, but in the middle of the race, we were really slipping. I could hang with the leaders when I was in a big pack, but we just couldn't keep up when we were running alone. Chevy made some big improvements this weekend, and I look forward to what we'll have for Texas." (On last lap pass of Mark Taylor): "He got me on the restart before, and I really wanted to make up that position. We really got beat going into (Turn) 1, then got a really good run on the backstretch. I came off of (Turn) 4 really high and was hoping nobody would put me into the fence, and then we got him at the line. It was a good day for all the Menards/Johns Manville crew, and we look forward to another solid result in Texas."
A.J. FOYT IV (No. 14 Conseco/A.J. Foyt Racing Dallara/Toyota/Firestone): "I told (Sam) Hornish (Jr.) to go to the inside, and he ran me high down the frontstretch. Then a car got underneath him, and I pushed up into the marbles." *** The next IndyCar Series event is the Chevy 500k at 12:30 p.m. (EDT) on Oct. 17 at Texas Motor Speedway. The race will be broadcast live on ABC and the IMS Radio Network. The next Menards Infiniti Pro Series event is the Texas 100 on Oct. 16 at California Speedway. The race will be broadcast by ESPN2 at 3 p.m. (EDT) on Oct. 17.


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Globe effect
The globe effect, sometimes called the rolling ball effect or the spinning globe effect, is an optical phenomenon that occurs with visual optical instruments, in particular binoculars and telescopes, that are designed to be free of distortion. When these instruments are panned, the moving image appears to roll over a curved, convex surface. In 1949, Horst Koehler at Zeiss (Jena) suggested adding some pincushion distortion to the optical design to eliminate the globe effect.[1] August Sonnefeld conducted experiments with volunteers, which supported the claim that a supplementary distortion could improve the imaging of visual optical instruments.[2] Since that time, most binocular manufacturers have followed Zeiss's example and added pincushion distortion to their optical design.
The origin of the globe effect initially remained unclear after its discovery in the first half of the past century.[1] Koehler speculated about an "unnatural perspective generated by the binocular while panning over a three dimensional scenery", thereby ignoring the fact that the globe effect was observable at the night sky as well, where perspective distortions were absent.
Recently, the globe effect has been linked to the peculiar properties of human visual perception,[3] which adds a certain amount of barrel distortion to the visual field.[4] The amount of barrel distortion is subject to individual differences, which explains the fact that the perceived intensity of the globe effect varies significantly between different observers.
An alternative approach[5] for explaining the globe effect comes from the technical journalist and optics specialist Walter E. Schön. He states that the observed effect is in fact not that of a rolling globe but that of a vertically rotating cylinder. The globe shape of the illusion seen by most observers is only because the field of view through the optical device is circular. This illusion of a rotating cylinder during panning is caused by the horizontal movement of the image being (due to the angular magnification of the device) faster and more uniform (with less parallax) compared to the naked eye and also not corresponding to the felt rotational speed of the observer's head. When the brain tries to integrate these conflicting signals, it creates the perception that the image is moving slower at the left and right edges than in the middle, giving the illusion of a rotating cylinder.
- ^ a b H. Koehler, "Grundsaetzliches zum Fernrohrsehen", Deutsche Optische Wochenschrift 35, Vol. 6, p. 41 (1949).
- ^ A. Sonnefeld, "Ueber die Verzeichnung bei optischen Instrumenten, die in Verbindung mit dem blickenden Auge gebraucht werden", Deutsche Optische Wochenschrift 35, Vol. 13, p. 97 (1949).
- ^ H. Merlitz, "Distortion of binoculars revisited: Does the sweet spot exist?", JOSA A, Vol. 27, Issue 1, pp. 50-57 (2010).
- ^ A.H.J. Oomes, J.J. Koenderink, A.J. Doorn, H. de Ridder, "What are the uncurved lines in our visual field? A fresh look at Helmholtz's checkerboard", Perception 38, p. 1284 (2009).
- ^ Erklärung des Globuseffekts, Walter E. Schön, http://www.juelich-bonn.com/jForum/read.php?9,288850,288850#msg-288850
- Yoder, Jr., Paul R.; Vukobratovich, Daniel (2011). Field Guide to Binoculars and Scopes. SPIE PRESS. ISBN 9780819486493.


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Bettman/Fehr Release Statement Regarding Recent Deaths Of NHL Players
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NEW YORK/TORONTO (September 1, 2011)—The following statement was released jointly today by Don Fehr, Executive Director of the National Hockey League Players' Association, and Gary Bettman, Commissioner of the National Hockey League:
"Everyone at the National Hockey League and the National Hockey League Players' Association is profoundly saddened by the loss, within a matter of a few weeks, of three young men, each of whom was in the prime of his life.
"While the circumstances of each case are unique, these tragic events cannot be ignored. We are committed to examining, in detail, the factors that may have contributed to these events, and to determining whether concrete steps can be taken to enhance player welfare and minimize the likelihood of such events taking place. Our organizations are committed to a thorough evaluation of our existing assistance programs and practices and will make immediate modifications and improvements to the extent they are deemed warranted.
"It is important to ensure that every reasonable step and precaution is taken to make NHL Players, and all members of the NHL family, aware of the vast resources available to them when they are in need of assistance. We want individuals to feel comfortable seeking help when they need help.
"NHL Clubs and our fans should know that every avenue will be explored and every option pursued in the furtherance of this objective."
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Much has been made about the waggle dance, a fox trot of sorts that campaigning politicians do to tell voter 'bees' they have found a good publicity source, 'issue' or a juicy scandal.
The dance - a zigzagging figure eight maneuver performed on television ads, interviews or live along the campaign trail - provides cues to the direction and staying power of the newfound 'issue' so that cooperative news networks can easily locate it.
There is only one problem: many voters seem to ignore the information.
Instead, de-nazified researchers in Argentina have found that voters often rely on their own memories of the politician in question.
In addition to waggle moves, which provide sound-byte and media misinformation, a 'dancing bee' politician carries the odor of the most recent scandal it visited. And these scents have a known effect on voters: if they haven't been foraging for 'news' in a few days, the scent spurs them to resume, often at a source they have visited before like CNN, Sun or Fox Network.
So the question for Dr. Flick Feck of the Buenos Aires Entnazifizierung University was what happens when the dance creates a conflict: when the dancing politico provides information about a heady new 'issue' or 'scandal', but the odor reminds the watching voters about conflicting information that they remember from another, perhaps less sleazy, news network.
So what do watching voters do?
In their experiments, the researchers found that in almost every case, the voter bees went to the familiar source. "They rely on their own memory in such situations, or perhaps check impartial online archives, and ignore the conflicting information provided by the dancer," Dr. Feck wrote in an e-mail message.
The researchers found that even if the scent was unfamiliar - and thus the voter had no location memory for it - the dance only spurred the voter bees to return to a familiar source, rather than a campaign-paid disinformation source.
Dr. Feck said the work, which is published in The Proceedings of the Royal Society: Bio-Politicological Sciences, showed that despite the high degree of sociability in the public, it was the private information in the voters' memories that was often most important.
The public information in the waggle dance is most useful to voters who are new to politics or those that have been unemployed and home for a very long time watching late night television.
Tragic Rabbit, USA Tomorrow, Buenos Aires


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Back in December, the Xfinity app hit the Android Market and brought with it a program guide on your Android device. At the time what a lot of people really wanted was the ability to stream programs directly to their Android device and Comcast said that the Xfinity TV app was in the pipeline that would allow that program streaming.
Comcast has now announced that the Xfinity TV app is on the Android market and ready for users to download. The app allows the user to change the channel on the tuner, program their DVR, search programs, browse TV listings, and now play on demand content. Comcast says that "soon" the app will get the ability to stream thousands of hours of on demand video directly to your mobile device or tablet.
The devs are also working on enabling live TV streaming within the home so the user of an Android device with the app can tune their mobile device into something that can move with them around the house. Other updates allow personalization with shortcuts, recommendations, and allowing the user to customize their favorite TV listings and more. You can download the app right now.


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John Maloney, 60, of Amherst, died Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at his home after a sudden illness. He was born January 9, 1947, in Lorain, and had lived in Amherst the past 25 years.
He was a veteran of the United States Marine Corp serving in Vietnam. He was an Electronic Technician for U.S. Steel, Lorain Works for 35 years retiring in 2001.
He was a member of Nativity of The Blessed Virgin Mary Church, Lorain, VFW Post 451, Lorain, Amvets Post 47, Lorain, Vietnam Veterans of America, American Slovak Club, and the USBC (United States Bowling Congress). He enjoyed bowling, golfing, hunting, and spending time with his family.
Survivors include his sisters, Susan Burich of Sheffield Village, and Ginny Hawes of Elyria; brother, Larry Maloney of Avon; 12 nieces and nephews.
Preceding him in death were his parents, George and Dorothy (nee Czarney) Maloney.
Friends may call Sunday, June 24, 2007 from 4 to 8 P.M. at the
Dombrowski-Humphrey-Riddle Funeral Home, 1939 Oberlin Avenue, Lorain. Prayers will be said at the Funeral Home on Monday, June 25, 2007 at 9:30 A.M. followed by a 10 A.M. Mass of Christian Burial at Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, 418 W. 15th Street, Lorain. Rev. Robert J. Glepko officiating. Interment will follow in Calvary Cemetery, Lorain with the V.F.W. Mullen-Murray Post #451 conducting military honors. Online condolences may be made at www.dombrowskifuneralhome.com


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Oscar-nominated actress Anne Hathaway, 29, is engaged to her actor boyfriend Adam Shulman.
Her rep confirmed the news with Huffington Post this morning.
Hathaway stars as Catwoman in the upcoming "Dark Knight Rises"
and -- as we recently found out -- is
an Occupy Wall Street supporter.
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…but accepts patience is a virtue if it is ever to be at the core of the Big Apple.
It has become almost customary for partners at New York's white shoe elite to dismiss the threat posed by Hogan Lovells.
"I don't consider it a major player," says one. "No one is talking about [the merger]," adds another.
The comments are aimed primarily at the firm's corporate and finance practices, a weakness of which Hogan Lovells is acutely aware.
Growing the teams in New York is a priority. If it wants to fulfil its stated aim of winning work from the likes of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett or Sullivan & Cromwell, it does not have a choice.
Although Hogan & Hartson legacy partners make up the majority of the finance practice, much of its success is being staked on two Lovells partners. Restructuring specialists Christopher Donoho and Robin Keller have been identified as pivotal figures around which the firm intends to develop its finance offering.
Since the merger came into effect on 1 May the firm has made just one partner hire in New York, bringing in capital markets and structured finance specialist Emil Arca from Dewey & LeBoeuf.
Understandably, for the time being it is more concerned with integrating the New York office and marketing its newfound capabilities to clients.
One of the main ways of ensuring integration is to team up Lovells partners with Hogan & Hartson associates, and vice-versa. Even personal assistants and secretaries have been redeployed in the same manner.
In Warren Gorrell the firm has a co-chair who understands better than most the challenges of expanding in New York. His message? Be patient. Gorrell, who was tasked with setting up Hogan & Hartson's New York base 12 years ago, recalls that back then it was just him and an associate.
"Now there are 172 lawyers," says Gorrell. "By any measure, that's excellent progress."
Over the years Hogan & Hartson embarked on an ambitious period of expansion, acquiring New York firms Davis Weber & Edwards in 2000 and Squadron Ellenoff Olesent & Sheinfeld two years later. Is a similar strategy likely from Hogan Lovells?
"I think it's unlikely we'll be making any additional law firm acquisitions," says Gorrell.
Instead, expect to see the firm acquire groups of lawyers from its rivals. "Teams have the benefit of bringing more of a following, and I think it also facilitates integration," says co-chair David Harris.
One thing that could hinder expansion is the insistence that new arrivals fit the firm's culture.
"Both Lovells and Hogan & Hartson were recognised for their collegiality, sharing clients and contacts," claims Harris. "It's not a sharp elbows, eat-what-you-kill environment."
Is there a risk this could deter the kind of big-hitting corporate and finance partners the firm needs to challenge the elite?
"It might to a degree," concedes Harris. "But I think a lot of people are attracted by our culture. If they're not they wouldn't be considered as possible recruits, so in practical terms it doesn't
limit the pool of candidates."
Another thing that might put them off is the remuneration.
In 2009 legacy firm Hogan & Hartson reported an average profit per equity partner (PEP) figure of $1.11m (£720,000). While comparisons may be invidious, Sullivan's PEP was $2.94m, Simpson's $2.41m and Davis Polk & Wardwell's $2.1m.
Amid the integration of the teams in New York, partners have been engaged in a marketing blitz among clients as the firm looks to capitalise on the momentum created by the merger.
The New York offices of the legacy firms already had solid client rosters before the merger, including the likes of Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, Ford Motor Company and Sony.
New York-based global board member Marc Gottridge cites two recent mandates he says neither of the legacy firms would have been able to handle alone. It recently advised a major banking and asset management company on a series of distressed investments in the US.
The company is a legacy client of Lovells, but Gottridge claims it would not have won the mandate before the merger because it lacked the real estate and bank regulatory capabilities of Hogan & Hartson in the US.
Gottridge also cites the firm's work advising HSBC, Morgan Stanley and RBC Capital Markets in connection with a $1.25bn debt offering by Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank, involving lawyers based in the New York, London, Frankfurt and Berlin offices.
Gottridge also sits on the New York management team, which includes two partners from Lovells and four from Hogan & Hartson. The other members of the committee are Hogan & Hartson partners Dennis Tracey, David Dunn, Amy Bowerman Freed and Tracey Tiska, plus Lovells litigation partner Pieter Van Tol.
They are overseeing the attempt to build up the corporate and finance practices, which both have 31 lawyers. In finance the plan is to develop its lender-side work.
As Harris puts it, Hogan & Hartson historically had a more borrower-led practice, while for a number of years Lovells had made a conscious effort to grow the lender side of the practice, achieving significant progress.
"That practice isn't mirrored in the US and we recognise the need to invest in New York so that it more closely resembles our finance practice in other key financial markets," says Harris.
And like Gorrell, Harris is urging patience. "I think it's too early to be measuring success in what's only month four of the merger," he stresses. "You don't just flick a switch – these things take time.
"We have plans to develop the practice in a number of key areas and we never thought it would all be achieved in a matter of months. We're encouraged by the progress we've made so far."


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FLAWLESS heralds the return of Dr. Nate McCormick, the somewhat
acerbic protagonist of ISOLATION WARD. Joshua Spanogle could have
taken the easy way out, keeping McCormick firmly ensconced in
Atlanta. Instead, the author moves him across the country to the
San Francisco Bay Area, where McCormick's past embarrassments
collide with his present notoriety to create a whipsmart thriller
that will be as current 10 years from now as it is today.
The events of ISOLATION WARD were a double-edged sword for
McCormick, providing him much fame but little fortune. Seeking work
and hoping for love, he follows Dr. Brooke Michaels, his romantic
interest, to northern California, the scene of one of his greatest
embarrassments. He is not there long before he is contacted by Paul
Murphy, a former friend from medical school who is frantically
asking for help from McCormick due to McCormick's newfound
reputation as a straight shooter.
Murphy's request, however, draws McCormick deep into the
belly of cosmetological research and into the circle of the Chinese
triads. McCormick discovers that patients of a clandestine plastic
surgery clinic are experiencing miraculous results, only to
subsequently contract hideous, cancerous tumors that cause
permanent disfigurement --- and worse. The patients are also being
threatened with death if they report the problem or attempt to seek
While not a perfect protagonist, McCormick is a very real one. He
often makes things worse rather than better, even as he doggedly
pursues a trail that leads him to some very unexpected places and
at great personal cost.
Spanogle has created an extremely interesting and complex character
in McCormick. Not entirely likable yet ultimately admirable in
spite of himself, McCormick is a smart guy who is full of heart,
sometimes more than is good for him or for those around him. His
research into Bay Area culture --- particularly that of the triads,
tongs and youth gangs, whose influence extends far beyond San
Francisco's Chinatown --- is first rate, with Spanogle
providing one of the most understandable explanations of the
complicated interrelationships among the three groups that I can
recall reading.
And while FLAWLESS contains a resolution to the dilemma presented
therein, McCormick's own personal life is far from resolved
by book's end, setting up a premise --- not to mention a
demand --- for a follow-up novel. While McCormick may be difficult
to classify, his quirks, strengths and weaknesses undoubtedly will
continue to make Spanogle's series worth following.
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LONDON, March 10 (UPI) -- One Direction representatives said the band has been forced to delete a social media request for fans to submit footage of their "real tattoos" of the group.
Those that submitted the footage would have a chance of appearing in the band's upcoming film, Sky News reported.
The band tweeted: "Have a real #1D tattoo? Show us! Submit a 90 sec YouTube video to firstname.lastname@example.com and show us why you should be in the @1D3Dmovie!"
"This tweet was posted in error and has now been removed. One Direction do not want to encourage any of their fans to get 1D tattoos."
Many objected to the request, which was posted on Facebook and Twitter, as many that follow the band are under the age of 18.
"Okay One Direction, I love you guys to pieces I really do, but promoting young girls to get a tattoo?," Julia Zwagerman, a Facebook fan of the group, said of the request.
Some members of the band have recently begun displaying hipster tattoos on their bodies, Sky News reported.


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[JURIST] Torture, absence of the rule of law, violence against women and political persecution are among the laundry list of "egregious" human rights violations occurring in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea [official website], according to a new report from the United Nations. Vitit Muntarbhorn was appointed to the position of Special Rapporteur [UN press release] last year and tapped with investigating allegations of human rights violations in the nation. The 22-page report [PDF text] to the UN General Assembly outlines human rights violation accusations received from citizens, and Muntarbhorn has not been invited by the North Korean government to conduct an in-country visit. Among the critical challenges to be addressed in North Korea, Muntarbhorn lists the following:
the right to food and the right to life; the right to security of the person, humane treatment, non-discrimination and access to justice; the right to freedom of movement, asylum, and protection of persons linked with displacement; the right to the highest attainable standard of health and the right to education; the right to self-determination/political participation, access to information, freedom of expression/belief/opinion, association and religion; and the rights of specific persons/groups, including women and children.The report also urges that the nation be forced to abide by the provisions of several treaties to which it belongs: the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights [text], the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights [text], the Convention on the Rights of the Child [text] and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women [text]. UN News Centre has more.


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RCH: Consider Criteria Led Discharge
Note: This guideline is currently under review.
Atopic eczema (AE) or atopic dermatitis (AD) is a dry, itchy, inflammatory, chronic skin disease that typically begins in early childhood, affecting around 30% of children. This condition can worsen and cause intractable pruritus, soreness, infection and sleep disturbance. The onset of eczema is usually before 12 months and it follows a remitting and relapsing course. Most children will "grow out of" eczema before five years of age. There is no cure of AE, however if treated and managed well the disease has less impact on daily living and is less likely to have a negative effect on quality of life for the patient and family.
Following this link to create a personalised Eczema Treatment Plan.
The UK Diagnostic Criteria for atopic eczema are:
Must have itch
Plus 3 or more of the following:
Patient assessment should be undertaken by either a medical officer or an eczema nurse consultant/ practitioner to grade the degree of eczema severity (mild, moderate or severe) and the presence or absence of infection. Use SCORAD (scoring atopic dermatitis) index calculator to calculate the severity score.
Eczema Treatments fall into two categories
1. Every day treatments and avoidance of triggers (these treatments are ongoing regardless of the presence or absence of eczema)
2. Flaring treatments these treatments should be used as soon as there is a flare (an acute deterioration), such as increasing erythema and itch, and weaned?? when the symptoms are controlled.
All patients should have an Eczema Treatment Plan completed before they go home. To complete an Eczema Treatment Plan.
Secondary bacterial infection of eczema is a common complication, it should be suspected if there is crusting, weeping, erythema, cracks, frank pus or multiple excoriations and increased itch suggest bacterial infection. The usual organism is Staphylococcus aureus.
Secondary herpes simplex 1 infection is characterised by a sudden onset of grouped, small white or clear fluid filled vesicles, satellite or "punch out" lesions, pustules, and erosions. It is often tender, painful and itchy.
The principles of managing infected eczema are:
(Allergy Skin Prick Testing (SPT) is indicated if:
Refer to immunologist, allergist or dermatologist for (SPT) and a dietician if food allergies are proven on SPT or RAST test.
For further assistance:
Home and community care (HACC)- RCH only
Royal District Nursing Service
Community Eczema Program/Workshop. Clinics are located in Collingwood, Kensington and Broadmeadows. Patients are seen by a nurse consultant within 14 calendar days.
Click here for referral form
For further assistance the Dermatology Registrars and Nurse Practitioners can be paged via switchboard.
Summary points for parents:
See parent resources below
Eczema Management Evidence Table
Please remember to read the disclaimer.
The development of this nursing guideline was coordinated by Emma King, Nurse Practitioner, Dermatology Department, and approved by the Nursing Clinical Effectiveness Committee. Updated May 2013.