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'Fingers Become Thumbs!'/'The Lord Hates A Coward' will hit all good record shops on the 29th of January via the physical medium of 7" vinyl, to be preceded by the usual digital format. The two tracks, released through Too Pure, will be backed by 'The Fibre Provider'. I have a copy already and it's mega-awesome, so expect a full review in the coming weeks.
The trio have also recently confirmed their biggest London show to date, playing the 100 Club on Tuesday, January 30th with LoneLady and Kong. Want tickets? Of course you do, so clicky-clicky right here. Don't worry, the link will open in a new window. We're so good to you.
As if this isn't enough to get you vaguely warm on even the chilliest of December evenings, there's also the news that the debut album may not be too far away. Speaking on the band's BlogSpace, Falco recently said:
"After two weekends spent in the not-that-haunted-at-all environs of Monnow Valley studios, we have finished recording (and about half the mixing) for nine songs which should be finding their way onto the finished album... we'll be back to finish it off sometime near the end of February".
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Instead of going all thermonuclear against Android handset-maker HTC, Apple signed a patent decade-long licensing deal with them. Now Samsung, which is one significantly less friendly terms with Apple, wants to know exactly what that deal was, and is filing to have it revealed.
Samsung's reasoning here is that the HTC deal may very well contain some of the patents that Apple is using in its fight against Samsung. If that's the case, Samsung would like to know. If the filing goes through, Apple will have to give Samsung a copy of the up-til-now confidential agreement, including a list of the patents involved.
The lawyer representing Samsung in the case put it this way:
"As you know, the issue of Apple's willingness to license its patents was briefed in Samsung's opposition to Apple's motion for permanent injunction. This license has direct bearing on the question of irreparable harm and whether monetary remedies are adequate."
Samsung's made it clear it has no intentions of playing nice with Apple, so consider this an attempt to collect some intel for the next skirmish, not an attempt to draft similar agreement. Samsung is pushing for a decision on the matter by November 27th. [CNET]


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I am hard on my kids. Too hard, a lot of times, which always makes me regret it once I stop and think about how I'm treating them. Instead of choosing my battles, I decide to take on every battle! That is what SUPERMOM is all about, right? Keeping a tight leash on your kids and setting the bar super high? After some ReFleCtioN this week, maybe I should start looking for a new role model…
As Christians, we know how miserably we fail at numerous tasks and actions throughout our day, yet when we glance up at God we are reassured that He forgives and loves us no matter how much we are being a disappointment. It is so comforting to know that when I make mistakes, at least someone still has my back…because HE knows we are human and are far from pErfeCt.
Yet WHY do I hold my kids to a different standard? When they don't do what I ask, or spill a cup FULL of pop on the floor, I repeatedly get on to them and ask why they didn't listen or be more careful!! Not only that, but I bring it up AGAIN when their Dad comes home and maybe even AGAIN before they go to sleep, in hopes that I am getting my point across!
When I make the same exact mistakes (just in adult form!), does God TrEaT me like that? Never. I always feel Him looking at me in a calm way, his eyes telling me that I need to pick myself up and go on. I know I let Him down but I also know that once I acknowledge my weaknesses to Him, He moves on and doesn't keep throwing it in my face. I really appreciate that about Him.
So why is it okay for me to fail God but not okay for others to fail me? As cHalleNgiNg as it will be, I am going to try to be as understanding and calm with my children as He is to me. Sure, I'll still get on to them and discipline when needed, but then I need to let it go and hope they make a better decision next time. We know that kids won't always do the right thing, but thankfully God doesn't give up on us adults either! With every year I get under my belt, I can see I'm going to need all the help and forgiveness I can get!


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Coordinating schedules with Benoit Jallon and Umberto Napolitano of LAN [Local Architecture Network] Architecture is hard. They're busy. Which is just about the best adjective you can wish upon these founders of an (almost) eight-year-old practice. Well, that, and "happy" — specifically with the projects keeping them chained to the drawing board. Oh, but we'll get to the topic of architectural hedonism yet, believe me.
by Katya Tylevich
Somehow, it's in the process of trying to find a time to talk, that Napolitano and I end up having a full-blown conversation. Through e-mails and a game of "Pass The Word doc." we get at what it means to remain a young practice despite gaining a few grey hairs with time (and stress). We also discuss the relationship between architects and rockstars, but it's not what you think. Really. We talk about private versus public projects, and, yes, we issue a shout-out to Carla Bruni for good measure.
It's only fitting that Napolitano and I manage to have as round and improvisational a discussion as we do — complete with inflections and asides — in the sometimes over-edited or reserved medium of text. But LAN is behind the publications YOU CAN BE YOUNG AND AN ARCHITECT (an entertaining how-to for and about young firms, 2008) and WELCOME TO SAINT MESMES (a monograph on LAN's creation of the Marchesini French headquarters, 2009). LAN is the rare example of a firm that can both articulate and practice architecture with enthusiasm and expressiveness. Typically it's one or the other, right? Or is that just an "architect stereotype"? Napolitano and I discuss some of those, too.
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YOU CAN BE YOUNG AND AN ARCHITECT by LAN
Katya Tylevich: With a book like YCBYA, which helps and promotes young architects, you seem to be developing a friendly architectural community — at least on paper. So is LAN the antithesis of this stereotype of the isolated architect, who's intrinsically competitive and "members only"?
Umberto Napolitano: I don't completely agree with your stereotype of the architect. Here in France, an architect is most likely dressed in black and is — by necessity — interested in many aspects and facets of the world of culture. Someone who might be a bit of a jet-setter. That's not necessarily the case with us, but still. I look around, and I don't find any isolated or insular architects. Except, maybe, Peter Zumthor.
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YOU CAN BE YOUNG AND AN ARCHITECT by LAN
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YOU CAN BE YOUNG AND AN ARCHITECT by LAN
KT: Well, if you're not Peter Zumthor, and you're not jet-setting with all-black carry-on items, how do you see yourself as a practice?
UN: I like Pink Floyd's story. The band's sold millions of albums worldwide, their music resounds in any club inscribed with the word "rock," and we even relate them to the fall of the Berlin Wall. Yet, nobody really knows the band by face. Whereas the Rolling Stones and Beatles had to be accompanied by bodyguards, [Pink Floyd's] Roger Waters could buy discs in central London without being assaulted. Why? Because Pink Floyd — whose first albums didn't include group portraits, for example — consciously decided to bet everything on music rather than image. This is the kind of story we want to live up to with our architecture.
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Marchesini Headquarters, Saint Mesmes, France (Photo © Lucboegly.com)
I'm quite sure every practice wants to think of itself as unique, but even so I believe we have quite a different profile in the French panorama. We are interested in finding our own way of doing architecture, in multiplying our experiences, diversifying them and inventing new stories. When it was just Benoit and I, we were constantly overloaded. And if for some reason we weren't overloaded, we would invent more projects so that we would be. So we are not really jet-setters because we just don't have the time to be! But we are not isolated because we share our experiences with others.
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Marchesini Headquarters, Saint Mesmes, France (Photo © Lucboegly.com)
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Marchesini Headquarters, Saint Mesmes, France (Photo © Lucboegly.com)
KT: Through YCBYA, for example, you also seem to facilitate an exchange of experiences between other architects.
UN: In my view, community and exchange are connected. For example, we conceived the first YCBYA book not as a finished object, but as a tool to provoke and animate a debate about today's young architects. The lectures and presentations we gave regarding the book proved rich occasions for exchange. We learned a lot from this process, which is at the heart of how we think of architecture — as a sort of bridge between different fields. From the beginning we tried, at all costs, not to lock our vision into projects, but rather to use projects to enrich our vision of society.
KT: But it's a two-way street, isn't it? Whatever new vision you gain from a current project, probably goes into a future project, and so on.
UN: It's almost a game. When we have a new project, we explore its political, social and cultural context — the cooking and the literature, the people, the professions. Imagine the amount of information you end up with when you begin to multiply projects, typologies, and countries! I like knowing that for a project in Angola I can bring in things I learned from a project in Switzerland.
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94 collective housing units in Bègles, France (Rendering © RSI-Studio.com)
Our collective housing project in Begles, France, is one example of this process: The housing benefits from a very rough winter climate and a very soft summer climate. So, we proposed something between a "Mediterranean way of life" and a German Passive House. As in Germany, our apartments can be completely closed in winter, as hermetically as possible. As in Mediterranean areas, the apartments can also be open in the summertime, allowing inhabitants to live in a ventilated, outside space.
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94 collective housing units in Bègles, France (Rendering © RSI-Studio.com)
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94 collective housing units in Bègles, France (Rendering © RSI-Studio.com)
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94 collective housing units in Bègles, France (Drawing © LAN Architecture)
KT: It seems important for you to practice in a variety of contexts and countries.
UN: We try to expand beyond the French frontiers, to confront new contexts and cultures, which is extremely enriching. Today, the situation in France is extremely strict. New buildings are more the outcome of "what can we make?" as opposed to "what would we like to make?" This often kills innovation and creativity. So building in different countries allows us to experiment with new vocabularies, forms and systems. I remember how in order to realize the concrete rooftop of the Marchesini France Headquarters in Saint-Mesmes last year we had to perform miracles — while in Switzerland, rooftops like these have been realized since the '90s.
KT: Is there a project to which you feel a particular connection?
UN: There is a sort of morbid attachment to all projects. The EDF Archive Centre in Bure, France above all, maybe, because it is the first important project to be completed next summer, under construction now.
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The EDF Archives Centre in Bure, France, an extremely successful building in terms of energy and environment due to the use of an intelligent morphology, a high performance skin and the use of renewable energies. (Rendering © RSI-Studio.com)
Like others, this project manifests our consideration of the context. To give the impression of a lightweight building in movement, we proposed incorporating stainless steel studs into earth-colored concrete cladding. This solution had the effect of blurring the building's limits and reflecting the surrounding colors and changing seasons. We are following its construction with great attention, and waiting impatiently for it to be completed.
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The EDF Archives Centre in Bure, France
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The EDF Archives Centre in Bure, France
KT: Do you still think of your practice as "young"? You will be eight year old this year.
UN: Yes, I can say that LAN is still a "young practice." Just one visit to the agency is enough proof of that. We have a ping pong table, a PlayStation, a Wii, a cocktail bar, a 6m long dining table, a DJ station, a big screen for football matches, an outdoor sun-kissed terrace for when there's sun in Paris, guitars and amplifiers and a trumpet. At LAN, the feeling is that of an indefinite place rather than an architecture studio. And the oldest architect is Benoit, who is 37. Though I am starting to feel old: I just turned 34 and I found my first white hair! Can you imagine?
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The 486 Mina El Hosn project in Beirut, Lebanon (Rendering © RSI-Studio.com)
KT: You clearly draw from fields beyond architecture, which is evident in this idea of an "indefinite place." Even the links on your website aren't purely "architecture" links. How does life beyond architecture inform your work?
UN: Architecture isn't really interesting when it is not a physical translation of a socio-political vision. So, you can only imagine where our references come from: molecular cuisine, the World Cup, Nike advertisements, the war in Iraq, Jarmusch movies, last night's love stories, exhibitions, artists we meet, Sarkozy and Carla Bruni, Daft Punk. We actually work with very few private clients. The world interests us — society. In order to understand it, we need to live and accumulate experiences.
KT: A small firm that rarely works with private clients! That's rare, isn't it?
UN: When we do work with private clients, it's for projects where the financial gain is not the mainspring, but rather where quality and innovation are the main objectives. On public projects, we do not have a unique interlocutor who has an overall vision. Rather, we work with different specialists at specific points, and this dynamic opens a great deal of possibilities.
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The 486 Mina El Hosn project in Beirut, Lebanon, consists of a 34 storey Tower, 5 residential blocks and a basement including public gardens and retail galleries. (Rendering © RSI-Studio.com)
KT: In your office, you and Benoit are like two different "specialists" — coming from different countries [Jallon from France, Napolitano from Italy] and interests [i.e. Jallon studied medicine before architecture]. Do your separate "past lives" influence your present relationship?
UN: I have a lot of respect for those who open their agencies alone. I wouldn't be anything without Benoit and vice versa. Energy characterizes our relationship. And certainly, working as a team lessens the risk of dogmatism. It forces a constant questioning of one's identity, without necessarily threatening the character of one's own work.
KT: Has the dynamic in the office changed as the number of people in it has increased?
UN: The dynamic of the agency has changed a lot, and I hope that it will continue to change. We are used to questioning ourselves. But one thing does bother me: a change in the way we relate to people. In the beginning, when there were only a few of us, I could establish very deep relations and exchanges with my colleagues, due to the amount of time I was spending with them. Today, I can't make this happen anymore, and there are times when I realize I don't really know everyone who works for me. Now I need to spend more time doing things that pleased me in the past, but are beginning to disappear!
KT: In YCBYA, you mention the great pleasure of winning your first competition. Does anything compare to that thrill, now that it's several years behind you?
UN: Fortunately, I always take that much pleasure from our work! But in architecture, the notion of pleasure is extremely hard to catch, particularly for a hedonist like me.
KT: How so?
UN: Well, obviously there is pleasure in successful competition results and in sharing our thoughts, but there are many other different sources of pleasure related to architecture. Let me try to explain. The pleasure of music, for example, is physical. Everybody knows it. Just watch someone tap his foot as soon as he hears a song he likes. And I'm quite sure you've stayed up dancing all night to music you like. Well, the pleasure of space is also physical. Being in a dark room, or in a bright one, in a place with a strong scent, a particular sight, a new material or special texture — This is all about feeling, and this is architecture. Or rather, these are the elements that make architecture possible.
When I was playing music, I took pleasure in the fact that when I played, I could be delighted by the music, I could hear it almost immediately. But architectural practice is different; at least the way I do it. Between the drawing and the constructed building a long time passes — a long time between the act of playing architecture and the moment in which we can "listen" to it and live it.
Far from being ephemeral, as is the pleasure of dance or music, the pleasure of architecture can be long-lasting and deep. The pleasure is in constructing; in the delight of a certain strategy; in combining a large number of considerations, hundreds of people, mountains of papers, liters of saliva, concrete, lands, materials. Then, to be able to listen, at the end, to the sound of this music, is almost mystical!
KT: You know, you've spoken before about the notion of "every project being a first." But a first project sounds as thrilling as it does frightening.
UN: Yes, I admit, I always feel a mixture of fear and confidence. But without it, really, I couldn't go any further. I am like that. I need to be scared, vulnerable, in order to give my best.
KT: And on the topic of fear: what can you say to young practices about situations for which they just can't prepare? No matter how much guidance you give in your books and talks, can you ever ready young firms for the unique series of accidents they're bound to have?
UN: Improvisation and reaction is at the heart of this profession: Know how to catch opportunities, and believe in them. As for those situations for which you really can't prepare? Cross your fingers.
Katya Tylevich is a contributing editor for Mark Magazine. She writes for many different publications.
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They look like a Europop duet, with umlauts over their names.
Is it a bit odd that their name is Local Architecture Network Architecture?
Beautiful work though and I definitely want a copy of that book.
Ha. I find it kind of funny that making it in other industries while "young" is like between 22-26.
While they are like what? 34 and 38?
Unicorn, actually even 45 is sometimes considered 'young' or 'emerging' in this profession (esp. in the US).
Title should be: "You can be young and an architect who builds (in Europe, Asia or South America - good luck in the US)"
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For $299.99 (MSRP), the Classic White PS3 Instant Game Collection Bundle comes packed with value. It includes a massive 500GB hard drive and a one-year membership to PlayStation Plus that includes a dozen PS3 games with the Instant Game Collection. The bundle hits store shelves on January 27th.
That White PS3 and Ni No Kuni, goes hand and hand. I think next week will be a good, if not great week for Sony in the US.
im still waiting on a socom2 hd remake.. or a release of socom 2 on psn then ill buy a ps3 till the xbox ftw!


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|little fellah gets his mojo back with MoP
|travelling companion - surly and blood thirsty, just the way my lock likes em
|wormhole generator you are the bomb! eventhough you mostly seem to drop me at Sra'vess O.O
|note to self: change stylist


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If you bought a major appliance in the last three years, odds are it was "smart," even if you didn't know it. Meaning: it probably contains a wireless radio that can broadcast and transmit over a small personal area network, sending out information about a device's status and energy use, as well as receiving commands that alter its behavior.
Many appliances that don't even announce they have this capability are equipped with it, says Mike Beyerle, an engineer at GE whom I recently interviewed about GE's coming Nucleus home energy management system. "We want to build up a base before we make a big deal out of it," says Beyerle.
It's an intriguing twist on the old business maxim "under-promise, over-deliver." In this case, manufacturers aren't even telling consumers what their devices are capable of because, in part, those abilities are useless without an energy management hub like GE's Nucleus or a utility company's smart meter…
Once a device is hooked up to an energy management system, things get interesting. Did you realize, for example, that your refrigerator's ice maker's defrost cycle can be shifted to another time of day by your utility in order to drive down power use during times of peak demand..?
GE's Nucleus won't roll out until 2012, and smart meter penetration is still no more than 25 percent in the U.S. But with the cost of new power plants rising by the day, putting smart meters into homes is more attractive than ever to utilities. Not only do they allow utilities to enroll customers in demand response programs, they also tend to lower electricity consumption overall, because they empower consumers to understand when and how they are using energy.
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Full-time: Valdes rushes out of his goal as the whistle goes and gives the referee a piece of his mind. He is booked and then sent off. It must have been a particularly angry piece of his mind. Iniesta is then booked too. What an incident-packed end to a clásico that didn't really feel like a clásico until Mourinho shuffled his pack midway through the second half. Barcelona have every right to feel aggrieved at the non-award of the penalty but in the second half they didn't really do enough to warrant the draw. When things aren't going their way Barcelona struggle to raise their voice and make themselves heard. Madrid got in their face in the second half … and Barcelona looked scared. Thanks for your emails. If you want to join me for the M58-ico between Wigan and Liverpool you can do so here …
90 min: Barcelona are denied a clear penalty at the death. They have every right to feel aggrieved. Ramos clearly trips Adriano, who snakes into the penalty area and shapes to shoot. Ramos was nowhere near the ball as he dangled his left leg out and caught Adriano's shin. Real break and the whistle blows …
89 min: Ronaldo is decked by Daniel Alves after taking umbrage at being made to look cumbersome by some dazzling footwork. He's booked. And rightly so. Ronaldo causes havoc with the resulting free-kick, whipping it into the back post where Valdes palsm it away. Barça break with Pedro, who has a great chance to set Messi free to his left, but Arbeloa takes one for the team and trips him cynically. His name goes into the book.
87 min: Morata is felled 25 yards from goal after a naive tackle from Busquets, tripping the Madrid player when he could have stood him up. in fairness, the other defenders were all over the place so perhaps he committed the foul to prevent a goalscoring chance. Anyway, Ronaldo steps up … but on this occasion he curls the free-kick with his right foot instead of hitting it with his laces, and thuds the right post. The rebound falls to Pepe, who only has to hit the target to score, but shoots wide.
84 min: This has been an example of Mourinho forcing his will on to the game. They turned the match into a battle. They then won the battle and then they showed their quality with the addition of Ronaldo and Khedira. Barcelona have lost confidence in spades this half.
Goal! Real Madrid 2-1 Barcelona (Ramos 81)
Pique concedes a cheap corner. Modric curls a decent ball into the box (nothing special, mind) for Ramos, who has a run on Pique, and glances a header into the right hand corner of the goal, where Barcelona have no one defending the post. Simple but effective. Barça are facing their third defeat in four games.
76 min: AVB wouldn't be a bad shout for next Real manager. Of all the teams around Europe at the moment who squeeze play into a small area and launch rapid counterattacks, Spurs are the next best at doing it that I have seen after Madrid. He could drag Bale with him to the Spanish capital too. Anyway, I write this as Essien collapses on to the turf after an innocuous challenge from Thiago, whose right hand appeared to brush Essien's eye. he'll be all right.
75 min: It is Real who are now playing keep ball. Khedira and Modric are enjoying the lion's share of possession, keeping it intelligently. The ball is knocked back to Pepe, who curls a delicious ball with the outside of his right foot to Morata, who peels off the shoulder of Mascherano and should score. But the youngster takes his chance too early and hits his shot straight into Valdes's midriff.
72 min: "There are two Bond films starring Dalton, both masterclasses in subtlety; for the first time showing a darker James. So it must be an excellent Clasico," offers William Holmden. It's not excellent William, but it has got dark in this second half. Real are going much more direct since Ronaldo's arrival too. His movement across the back four is giving Barça's defence a headache.
71 min: Thiago was booked some minutes ago. Messi has just bodychecked Essien too. You won't see that everyday. He sent the bullish Ivorian tumbling to the turf there. I think I preferred the harmless possession football of the first half. Oh, and Alexis Sánchez is on for David Villa.
67 min: Morata is booked for a cynical tug on Pedro. Arbeloa is on for Varane and Mourinho has got this just right. He has successfully upset the rhythm of the game. Barça haven't had a meaningful spell of possession in the past 15 minutes.
64 min: Ronaldo forces a smart save from Valdes with a free-kick from all of 35 yards. It swerved in the way only his – OK and perhaps Gareth Bale's these days – free-kicks do. It was the result of another cynical challenge by someone. I can't keep up with them. The whistle is blowing faster than me when I go jogging. And I jog pretty fast.
61 min: This has suddenly got a bit feisty. Well, in that annoying way in which a clásico gets feisty. A few cynical challenges a bit of overreacting and a few yellow cards dished out. So that's Ramos, Coentao, Alba and Pique booked since half time.
57 min: Ronaldo and Khedira are on for Kaka and Benzema. Ronaldo immediately gains possession on the left and draws a floul from Pique who goes to ground naively when he should have stayed tall and blocked teh cross. He is booked, harshly for clipping the Real Madrid winger. Ronaldo hits his trademark free-kick in from an impossible angle. It was never bothering goal but causes considerable panic as it bounces in awkwardly and canons off a collection of legs before being booted clear.
56 min: Messi picks up possession midway inside the Real half. He takes one touch and shifts the ball on as sharp as you like to David Villa. He is ahead of Varane, but the youngster pegs him back and blocks his shot brilliantly as Diego Lopez rushed out. Should be a corner but it isn't given.
55 min: The Real fans are getting excited. The reason? No, Sid Lowe hasn't stripped off at the Bernabéu. But Cristiano Ronaldo has. Well, he's taken his tracksuit off anyway.
52 min: Barça end a three-minute spell of near-full possession with a lovely incisive move around the penalty area, with Messi, then Iniesta evading a couple of challenges and pop-pop-popping the ball out to Pedro inside the area on the right. He drills a ball low across the six-yard box behind Real's defence and just in front of a stranded Diego Lopez, but Messi can't quite stretch his little frame enough to convert the cross into a goal. Lovely stuff.
49 min: Ramos is penalised for what looked like a shove on Pedro on the right wing. It's made the co-commentator, a certain Andy Gray, very hot and bothered. He needs to calm down. It looked like a shove to me. The free-kick comes to nought as Barça hardly bother sending anyone into the box to attack it. They know they'll have the ball back shortly in any case.
47 min: From the resulting free-kick Mascherano, yes him again, has a shot from the halfway line. Yup. It goes wide. And wasn't troubling Diego Lopez anyway. Mascherano has never scored for Barcelona. Funny that.
45 min: We're back underway. There don't appear to have been any substitutions. Real win a free-kick 40 yards from Barça's goal. It is whipped in from the left by Modric, but Mascherano, of all people, leaps highest to head clear. Moments later, Essien catches Villa with a cynical late tackle and is lucky not to be booked.
If somebody can explain to me what the meaning of this email is, I'd appeciate it. "I need help," begins Nicholas Ayanleke in Lagos. "I'm following this mbm and all of a sudden the race in which Paula Radcliffe takes a toilet break midrace still wins the race pops to mind! Why, I ask meself? I don't know, but how did the other runners continue to race afterward knowing that even with a toilet break, they couldn't cut it? How can life be so cruel, I ask you?" Thanks Nicholas. Erm, readers? Is he suggesting this clásico is a mere toilet break in the grander race that the hundreds of previous clásicos represent.
Hmmm, in the absence of any emails, I'll offer a comparison. If this clásico was a James Bond film it would probably be the one with Timothy Dalton in it.
Well, what started out as a pretty open game, soon descended into a practice session for Barcelona's possession game. But you can't blame either side for how it has turned out. Barcelona don't need to win and are happy to play keep ball after Tuesday's chastening. While Real's second string aren't expected to win and are clearly not the well-oiled counterattacking machine of Ronaldo-Alonso et al. Back with your emails shortly.
45 min: Nothing happening here. Barça happily in possession. Real happily stacked up with two banks of four. Blow your whistle Mr Referee.
43 min: This is all pretty tame stuff. Barça are keeping possession between their own 18 yard-box and halfway into Real's half. They are then losing it only to be presented with possession again within five seconds by an errant Real Madrid pass. Did I say they are missing Alonso? Thought so. Kaka is fluffing his chance to impress before Tuesday. He's been anonymous.
39 min: Real are trying to force play too much and are giving away possession too cheaply. They are badly missing Alonso, never mind Ronaldo. Modric shows a rare bit of invention for the home team, drawing Busquets in to a tackle and nicking the ball in front of him before hanging a cross to the back post where Morata heads into the side netting when he should have squared it for Benzema, who would have had a free header on goal.
37 min: Iniesta plays a delicious ball out to Villa without even looking. He doesn't have to look. He just knows. Villa takes a touch and drives into the box but bends his shot wide from 15 yards under little pressure. He should have done much better with that chance.
35 min: "Hey no disrespect but as a long time Madrid fan 'that other Argentine genius' must refer to Alfredo diStefano," chides Gene Salorio. Point taken.
32 min: David Villa picks the ball up on the left and scuttles forwards with it. He does nothing spectacular but send in a left-footed low ball towards Messi. It should be cut out by either Ramos or Varane but isn't. And it falls to Messi on the edge of the box. The Argentinian, shuffles the ball on to his unfavoured right foot but rushes his shot as though surprised to have gained possession in the first place, sending it straight down Diego Lopez's throat when trying to curl it round him.
29 min: Barcelona have just held on to the ball for a good minute and a half. They were going absolutely nowhere with it but you got the feeling they thoroughly enjoyed drawing out a crescendo of jeers from the home fans. Pique ,umps it forwards eventually as though bored with the game.
28 min: "Messi needed that, didn't he? He'd begun to look like a shadow of the player we saw last season. Only 1.25 goals a game in 2012-13, I mean, c'mon. Who does he think he is, Ronaldo?" parps Simon McMahon.
27 min: The match has kind of descended into a stand-off, with both teams unwilling to commit players forwards for fear of being caught behind. It will suit Barça more than Real.
25 min: Pepe falls to the turf in the kind of faux-agony that only he can. He was fouled, however. But only a hammer to the shins, Tony Soprano-style, could have realistically made him squeal with the kind of gusto he just displayed.
24 min: Essien and Modric combine well on the right for Real. Essien playing a one-two with his little team-mate before drilling a cross into the Barcelona box that is easily cleared.
22 min: It's gone a little quiet at the Bernabéu now. The home fans can sense the tide shifting with Barça looking more dominant, pressing Real out of possession when they lose it, as they did in the good old days of … erm … a few weeks ago.
20 min: That's 50 goals in 39 games for Barcelona this season. Not bad. Messi also draws level with Di Stefano for goals scored in clásicos. He's on 18 now. And he is sure to beat that total – maybe even in this match.
Goal! Real Madrid 1-1 Barcelona (Messi 18)
Who else? Messi's run to get away from Ramos after Thiago's ball from midfield is impeccably timed. He takes one touch, cuts inside Ramos 12 yards from goal, and drills a left footed shot into the inside corner of Diego Lopez's goal. It's a decent finish but the goalkeeper should have done much better. Messi silences those cretinuous critics, mind.
15 min: Ramos yanks Iniesta back by his collar after being sent the wrong way by a lovely piece of skill. The free-kick is played into Pedro, who takes a touch – a fine one – before just overhitting a dinked ball through to Messi who was attempting to get in front of Varane on the inside-left channel.
13 min: This is better from Barça. David Villa is making himself available on the left and providing an outlet for Iniesta. Up until now Barça have got bogged down in the middle with Essien, Kaka and Modric stopping the flow of play forwards.
11 min: Thiago almost squirts the ball through to Messi on the edge of the box, but Ramos cuts it out and hoofs it clear.
10 min: Barcelona look shaky in possession. How often do you read that?
8 min: That is just the goal the game needed to get it going. Barcelona have been given a deserved kick up the backside by Benzema.
Goal! Real Madrid 1-0 Barcelona (Benzema 6)
Well, this is abject defending by Barça. Morata is given an age on the left to pick out Benzema with a cross into the six-yard box. Alves was just not interested in closing him down. The ball into the box is OK but it could be comfortably cut out by either Pique or Mascherano. They let it bounce in front of them and Benzema finishes with ease from three yards with Valdes stranded.
5 min: Kaka and Benzema combine well down the right, to release the big striker into teh box. He tries to shift the ball on to his left foot for a shot, but he is harried out of possession by a combination of Mascherano and Pique.
4 min: " Hawrite Gregg!" hollers Ryan Dunne. "Talk of anthems has me thinking: would it not be great if both sides, home and away, got an official song sung before league games kicked off, like at international games? This would surely help promote peace and mutual understanding! My team, the Glorious Glasgow Rangers, could have ''Follow Follow'', say, while I'm sure Shakira would be up for singing the Barca anthem!" I think you need to get your tongue out of your cheek Ryan.
3 min: Mascherano drills a delicious pass out 50 yards to Alves on the right, his first touch is good, but his second is a blocked cross and the Barça full-back is faced with a long old run back to his station, which he often doesn't take as seriously as is he could or should.
Peep! We are off. Madrid, in their famous white, are attacking from left to right on my screen. Barcelona, in their kind of blue and red stripes, are going t'other way.
The teams are out. This is lovely. Shadows cast across the green Bernabéu turf, Madrid's anthem belting out and smiles all around. It looks as though they are all friends out there. Ah, the difference a sunny day can make to one's mood. It even makes Kings Cross seem pleasant.
Having questioned Real's ability to attack with pace without Ronaldo, if Benzema runs as fast as he drives they may not miss him at all.
I now have pictures from the Bernabéu. It's a bit weird seeing it full to the rafters and bathed in sunlight. It looks like a World Cup match is about to kick off.
This may be my favourite ever goal in a clásico. Scored by that other Argentinian genius.
"I've read somewhere that, like Xavi, Fábregas played the midweek cup tie on painkillers. But Thiago is a ridiculous talent, yet another in a line of those Barcelona homegrown midfielders," writes Phil Podolsky, who seems a bit giddy with excitement.
"No Cristiano Ronaldo for Madrid, but no Xavi for Barça; Thiago Alcántara is usually neat and occasionally incisive, but if he's next in line to take Fábregas's place as the eventual replacement for Xavi, he's going to have to move up a gear. Meanwhile the team looks - apart from Iniesta - sterile and tired. Sadly, they'll probably lose again today, Cristiano's absence notwithstanding," reckons Charles Antaki. I'm not so sure Charles. I can't see Real counterattacking with the same speed as they do normally, particularly without Alonso to there to launch them.
You have to fancy Barça given the changes made to the Real team. The biggest surprise in the Barcelona lineup is that Fabregas doesn't get the chance to pull the strings in midfield in Xavi's absence. I'd always assumed he was Xavi's long-term replacement.
And here's the Ronaldo-less Real Madrid team: Diego Lopez; Ramos, Varane, Pepe, Coentrao; Modric, Kaka, Essien; Callejon, Morata, Benzema. Subs to be confirmed.
The Barcelona team is in: Valdés, Alves, Piqué, Mascherano, Alba; Busquets, Thiago, Iniesta; Villa, Messi and Pedro. Subs to be confirmed.
So there you have it. Valentine's Day 14 years ago was the last afternoon clásico. It was a Sunday afternoon though, not a Saturday. If anyone can tell me when the last Saturday afternoon one was, I will say: "Well done you". High praise indeed.
El clásico? On a Saturday afternoon? Really? I'm not sure I have ever seen these two sides meet in daylight hours. But then I'm not a Spanish pensioner. Perhaps the scheduling reflects Barça's utter dominance in La Liga this season; they're 16 points clear of Real, who sit third, four points behind Atlético. José Mourinho has long since given up the ghost on the league. And as well he might given that his priorities are very much pinned on knocking Manchester United out of the Champions League at Old Trafford on Tuesday.
And it is that match that will probably colour Real's team selection today. Expect a shuffle of the pack from the Madrid team that chastened a pretty abject Barcelona at Camp Nou in the Copa del Rey last week, with Kaká, Marcelo and Pepe likely to come in.
As for Barça, if you had fallen to earth from outer space, somehow managed to avoid severe injury and landed next to a pile of newspapers full of articles about them, you'd believe the club was on the verge of relegation. It's fair to say their form has fallen away since Tito Vilanova's sporadic appearances on the touchline due to ill health. Three wins, two defeats and two draws is pretty average. But Barça are not average. Vilanova's clever tactical changes and influence on the team's intensity have been missed, sure – against Milan and Madrid, Barça were predictable. But I still believe their biggest problem is the absurdly high standards they have set themselves.
It's true that they could benefit from a centre-back and an injection of a more direct forward. Signing Alex Song was not a priority. But they can be forgiven a couple of defeats. Their style is what it is. And it isn't going to change drastically while their squad consists entirely of midfielders. Let's not forget that they have dominated for the past few years with a reasonably modest number of players in their squad. Perhaps fatigue, more than any other reason, is why they have suffered costly defeats towards the end of recent seasons.
Anyway, they have a few damn good reasons to be motivated for today's match: pride, Vilanova, the chance to make a few journalists eat their words and the prospect of going a whopping 19 points clear of Real at the Bernabéu wouldn't be half bad too. I expect it could be a surprisingly open game, as Real won't wave the white flag in front of a boisterous home crowd, whether they field a weakened team or not.
Prediction: Real Madrid 2-3 Barcelona
Gregg will be here shortly. In the meantime, here's what Kaká had to say ahead of the clásico:
Kaká insists Real Madrid do not view Saturday's La Liga clásico against Barcelona as an opportunity to rub salt into the wounds of the Catalans.
Madrid beat their rivals 3-1 at the Camp Nou on Tuesday to knock them out of the Copa del Rey, while Barcelona are also in danger of exiting the Champions League as they trail Milan 2-0 heading into the return leg of their last-16 tie in 10 days' time.
"We are not thinking about sending them into a crisis, we're just thinking about what we need to do," Kaká said. However, the Brazilian midfielder did concede Madrid had been lifted by Tuesday's result, adding that they now hope to close the gap on the runaway league leaders.
"It's always great for us to beat Barcelona," he said. "We have now shown we can beat anyone and that has made us feel very positive. We go into the game with a lot of confidence and we have to get three points tomorrow to reduce the gap from 16 points to 13."
With Madrid facing Manchester United in the second leg of their last-16 Champions League at Old Trafford next week, José Mourinho is expected to rest several of his usual first-team players against Barcelona. Kaká revealed the players had not been told who would play on Saturday at the Bernabéu but was excited about the prospect of facing Barcelona, as it would give him the chance to prove his worth in a big match.
"He hasn't told us what the team will be, he will make the decision tomorrow," Kaká said. "It could be a great occasion for me, to show that I can still do great things for the team in important matches. It will be a great opportunity for me if I play tomorrow."
The Spanish media has reported that Cristiano Ronaldo will be left on the substitutes' bench as a precaution ahead of the trip to Old Trafford, while the Catalan press believes that Eric Abidal, who has not played a competitive match for over a year following a liver transplant, could return to the Barcelona squad. However, Xavi has been ruled for Barça with a hamstring injury he suffered on Tuesday.


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Friday, July 31, 2009
Sprockey at Advanced Veterinary Medical Imaging
~ Sprocket at Advanced Veterinary Medical Imaging
As some of you may know, Sprocket was recently diagnosed with feline hyperthyroid. He has a benign tumor on his thyroid gland, located in his neck/throat area. If left untreated, the resulting symptoms (added stress load on the heart that's beating much faster, kidneys, etc.) will kill him.
There have been exceptional advances in recent years treating this illness with radiation. What happens is, an injection of radioactive iodine is injected into the kitty's rear leg. Since iodine is only utilized by the thyroid gland the radioactive iodine targets the tumor. The tumor shrinks and the thyroid goes back to performing like a normal thyroid. No further treatment is needed.
When I came home from attending the Cameron Brown trial yesterday, I got an email from the vet with the photo and caption.
You can watch Sprocket at the clinic on the web cam from 8 am to 8 pm Pacific Time. Here is the link to watch. To access his little cubby web cam, type in all lower case:
user: ross
password: sprocket
8 comments:
- Anonymous said...
Does the kitty know he is a movie star.....like a nanny cam!
That is something else. I wish I had one at home so I could watch what my dogs do all day.
I tell my husband it is them who does the online shopping.....
- July 31, 2009 at 11:06 AM
- Jesdamala said...
Good luck to Kitty Sprocket, and best of wishes to the devoted owner. May good health be there for all of you, and even the White Whale, or whatever it is called.
Lots going on in your ife, thanks for the updates. I am more than happy I am not on the jury. I am called for jury duty downtown LA in September, and it is an awesome task, just thinking about it.
- July 31, 2009 at 11:14 AM
- Ken said...
Our former cat never forgave us for that.
Good luck to kitty Sprocket, who is almost certainly not enjoying himself.
- July 31, 2009 at 4:33 PM
- Anonymous said...
Cam down at present, hope to check in later. Noticed yesterday in Mooresville, NC a vet office with large "Cat hyperthyroid clinic" attached to a side building with those large letters facing the road. Surprised to see that in a smaller town like that.
In my household, the old cat is thriving and the owner is the one with the surgeries, CT scans, etc.
Wes J.
- July 31, 2009 at 6:24 PM
- nd said...
Hi Sprocket!
Sounds like you're having a boring summer, NOT! Hopefully your house is back to normal soon and Sprockey has a speedy recovery, medical science is SO amazing! And thank you for squeezing in this fascinating trial on top of everything else you're doing, it's very much appreciated by those of us addicted to your wonderful writing. Even if you can't go every day, it's still such a treat to have you there whenever you're able. {{{{hugs!!}}}}
- August 1, 2009 at 4:16 PM
- Nora said...
As a person who has thyroid disease, I sympathize for your cat, Sprocket. I cannot see the camera, so maybe kitty is home by now? I hope he feels fine...He should be fine after that treatment. I know it's stressful for all of you so take care and relax.
- August 1, 2009 at 5:31 PM
- nd said...
Am watching Sprockey on the kitty cam, this is so cool! I wish my vet had this when my kitties have had to spend the night, really gives you peace of mind to be able to see him. Do you know approximately how long the treatment takes to shrink the tumor?
- August 2, 2009 at 12:09 PM
- Sprocket said...
The shrinking of the tumor will occur over several months. The length of Sprocket's stay in the special facility is determined by how rapidly he is becoming less radioactive. There is a certain level Sprockey must reach before the State of California will let him come home.
Parents of kitties are not allowed to visit them in the clinic. Even if I was able to visit him, that would be a long drive down to Tustin, CA, from where I live.
Sprockey get's to come home this coming Wednesday. I'll be picking him up after court on that day. The vet is the one who transports the kitties from the West LA affiliate vet down to the treatment center in Tustin.
We are lucky that there is a place close by to take him to receive this expensive treatment. People in other states that don't have vets who specialize in this would have to send their kitties out of state.
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Neil Jain is driven to solve the world's greatest challenges through innovation and entrepreneurship. He is the founder and leader of Team Gen Z, a student-run group competing for the $10 MM Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE competition. Team Gen Z is developing a smartphone sized device that can diagnose more than 15 common diseases using non-intrusive sensors better than a team of board certified doctors. All of the members on the team are under the age 18 and their goal is to provide easy and affordable access to healthcare diagnostics to millions around the world.
Neil is a strong believer in student entrepreneurship. He founded a Youth Venture club in his school to help students across Seattle gain access to the tools they need to become entrepreneurs. He partnered with the Ashoka foundation to bring leaders in the community to teach students about entrepreneurial values, leadership skills, and innovating thinking. Neil has run multiple boot camps across Seattle helping dozens of students become entrepreneurs.
Neil founded and is currently the president of Innovation Generation, an organization dedicated to inspiring students to become successful entrepreneurs. Innovation Generation hopes to change the role models of today's youth and posts stories of innovative students who are truly changing the world in order to help teenagers across the country realize their true potential.
Neil was selected as a finalist for "Young Entrepreneur of the year" by Ernst and Young for his work with student entrepreneurship and Innovation Generation. Neil was also selected as one of five high-school students from across the country to attend the Singularity University Graduate Studies Program, a program which brings together leaders in their field to the best and brightest to stimulate innovative solutions using exponentially growing technologies for the world's most pressing challenges.
He is currently a member of his school's National Honor Society, tennis team, Chinese Honor Society, President of its Youth Venture chapter, as well as award winning attorney on the district champion mock trial team.


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Wow, what can I say, but time just does not stand still or slow down for me! These days have just flown by!
First I want to say good-bye to some of my designers that needed a break or needed to move. I have felt very blessed to have had all these wonderfully talented ladies share with us over these months. BIG thanks goes out to Kim McDonald, Olga Jewell, Selma Stevenson and Sue Walsh! I will truly miss your beautiful works of art here on my blog, but everyone can still check out their blogs! You can find all the past designer's blog links on my side bar over at TMITA/PCC.
Now let's welcome a new set of wonderfully talented ladies as well as our new Designer's to our team:
Amber Hillman
Dru Cabral
Gloria Westerman
Patti Painter
Marie Bridgeman
Melanie Newby
and the rest of our team:
Jessie Fitz Henry
Nilla Berglie
Patti Nelson
Pat Pedder
I feel very blessed to have all these talented ladies!!
Some of these ladies will be joining us this coming Monday and everyone will be here on July 26th, so don't miss out! Like I said our challenges will resume Monday, July 19th.
So you wonder what I have been doing all this time away. Well, I have been working really hard and I decided I needed to have a "Tea Party" with all my friends out there in cyber space! So I have planned for August 11th (not July 28th I have changed my date, I needed to wait for all the tea to arrive) something you won't want to miss out on! A "Tea Party Blog Hop"! The hop will be showcasing new images made just for this hop... just for your personal viewing and of course they are all "Tea Party" related! How fun is that? AND not only that.... Each blog will have a sketch on it as well so plan on attending/hopping our "Tea Party, Sketch Blog Hop"!
Also, on a down note regarding the Paper Cupcake site. We are experencing some major difficulities with the check out and purchasing when it comes to being Global. I have received several notices of not being able to check out. Please know we are working on this diligently. We have been working on this for about 2 weeks now and needless to say it is very frustrating. We are hoping it will be working soon
Alrighty, Now don't forget to tune back in on this coming Magical Monday July 19th when we will be back in the swing of things! Now I must head for bed, because 1:11 seems like a great number to head that way! ((ugh... not really)
OK.. Thanks for stopping by and have a Magical Day!
July 15, 2010
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If you thought SOPA was dead, well, you'd be mostly right. Its bloated corpse, however, has been resurrected by hacker puppeteers for the valiant purpose of scamming people out of their cash.
The new virus is a pretty standard piece of ransomware that claims to have locked down your computer and offers to unlock it for the nominal fee of $200, but this one waves around the SOPA name for a little extra scare. Anyone who remembers the name, but not that the bill never went through, might be a little concerned at the accusations of piracy. That said, it doesn't take a genius to realize that the U.S. government probably wouldn't be collecting fines in the form of euros via Western Union, like ever.
Fortunately this SOPA doesn't threaten to destroy the Internet as we know it but rather just your private stash of files, illegal and otherwise and it's an empty threat at that. If you know how to Google things the solution won't cost you a cent. It's just a shame all legislation can't be manually removed. [TorrentFreak via Geekosystem]