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Tacos, quesadillas, tortas, tamales: $1.75-$7; breakfast items (served on weekends): $4-$5; sides: $1-$5    (end of article)

[Originally published in September, 2012.]

On September 30, 2012, Garin wrote:
I have been reading with great interest your stories on the Taco King, which has become my family's favorite taqueria! A couple of times the Observer has implied that the decor of the restaurant is lacking. Briefly Noted calls the decor "utilitarian" but I have to point out that for the last month my 9 year old son Archer and I have covered the walls of the seating area with an exhibition of colorful photos we have taken in Mexico. The decor has greatly changed

in the last month and you guys should stop by and take a look!

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Monday, 30 May 2011

AKB: the deluded railroading of debate

I wrote briefly on the 'AKB' tag the other day and this was largely inspired by some pretty slack jawed stuff that had been trotted out elsewhere in recent weeks. There were a number of excellent and eloquent responses from readers, certainly others who had been as angered as myself at the way in which some lazily trot out the 'AKB' tag in order to avoid ever listening to the opinions of others or thinking with their grey cells. This response summed it all up well:

"I am afraid that these 'empty vessels' who pamper to the vocal minority in search of greater visibility, will inevitably drown the voices of those among us who care for the club and wish to contribute with constructive argument and debate."

Quite right. Strangely the whole issue was neatly summarised when someone who seems to be unable to say anything without using the AKB tag emerged from the pond to try to explain his 'logic', if one can call it that. According to this intellectual powerhouse all Arsenal fans must divide themselves up into two camps, we must either be AKBs and think Arsene is a supernatural deity or be utterly opposed to these silly AKBs, thus want Arsene sacked and the playing squad completely dismantled.

Apparently it is courageous to 'make a stand' like this and call for the manager's head in the most vitriolic, angry and disrespectful of manners. Anyone who doesn't agree with sacking Arsene is then written off as a 'fence sitter' who is catalysing the process of stagnation at the club, what flawless logic.

The saddest thing about all this is that a small minority of Arsenal 'fans' is trying to divide and conquer, they are creating a rift in order to further their own rather polarised 'beliefs'. The greatest irony of all this is the way in which the AKB tag was coined, it was created by this vocal minority as they simply couldn't be bothered to engage with their fellow supporters, they just lazily and arrogantly wrote off a large section of their fellow support without even bothering to listen to their views. It was not something to be proud of.

The world is not black and white, we are not all either communists or fascists, this polarised view of events is neither helpful, intelligent or productive. In fact forcing people into two camps at opposite ends of the spectrum is immensely counter productive, and those who do the forcing have shown their true colours, their arguments on their own do not cut the mustard, so they have fallen back to bullying others into their way of 'thinking' or not 'thinking' as the case may be.

In conclusion this piece is not intended to divide, its intention is to draw attention to the unacceptable way in which a small angry vocal minority is treating its fellow Arsenal supporters. If you don't agree with someone, why not listen to their point of view, discuss things and then you can always agree to disagree like adults. It is not big or clever to polarise the debate, tag people with an oversimplified label and then just try to force your opinion down their throats while holding your fingers in your ears whenever they dare express their own opinion.

Sunday, 29 May 2011

Mediocre Manu humbled and pathetic AKB piffle

It was the better result for football in the end, the better footballing side convincingly dispatched their opponents, a justice of sorts on the football field. It was even strange to see Barca play with some integrity, there wasn't anything like the same level of gamesmanship that we have seen in recent games.

It seemed to me that Ferguson blundered with his team selection. Although United started well for the first ten minutes or so, the absence of Nani baffled, Carrick and Giggs were rather anonymous in the middle of the park. If it wasn't for some excellent last ditch defending and goalkeeping then it could have been far more than the three goals conceded, the goal Manu scored was also a clear yard offside. Valencia should also have been sent off, guilty of four particularly crude or cynical tackles, in the end he escaped with just the one yellow.

Still however United had approached the game they probably would have lost, they simply aren't that great a side, they are deeply average in many areas of their side, particularly in the centre of their midfield. Barca played some great stuff, Messi was electric, Xavi and Iniesta instrumental, but for me it was their phenomenal work rate and fitness that stood out. Their work ethic and pressing game takes some commitment. They also produce in game in game out, it is pretty damn rare that this Barca side fails to turn up.

Some of the current Arsenal squad need to take a long hard look at themselves in the mirror, they should look at the work rate and effort that Barca players put in week in week out and realise that no matter of one's name, reputation or ego, it is simply not good enough to only turn up to games sporadically and expect to win the easier fixtures without trying hard. Song has openly spoken of this issue and well done to him for having the courage to do this. Everyone in our squad needs to work harder, even certain big names who some seem to think are immune from all criticism.

Finally onto a lot of rather lazy and unconstructive stuff that has been put out there in the last few days. It is not often that I single out a site for criticism but in this case I make an exception, the OnlineGooner has covered itself in turd of late. It started with this 'Dear AKB' post, it summed up so much that is wrong in the way that some idiots reason and rationalise the 'debate'. The AKB tag is a useless and stupid term that serves no productive purpose, it is used lazily by morons to polarise the debate so that they don't have to listen to the opinion of others and therefore have a proper debate. The 'with us or against us' argument is nonsensical and dumb, seeing Arsene Wenger has a God or an idiot is just plain foolish, the truth is somewhere in the middle, so labelling people as one extreme or the other is unconstructive, stupid and patronising in the extreme.

The OnlineGooner has followed up its weak AKB piece with another limp effort, this time it's apparently a tongue in cheek effort to mock those silly AKBs (note sarcasm here). The fact that a lot of people didn't realise it was meant to be 'funny' says it all really, it isn't funny, it's just a sad attempt to polarise the debate and insult anyone who dares disagree with your opinion, rather than bothering to listen and engage in a reasonable debate. The author 'Raskolnikov Enahoro' seems to think he knows it all, he wants Arsene sacked, he has openly stated how useless he thinks Arsene is and he has made it clear that he is unwilling to listen to anyone who would dare disagree with his mighty opinion.

Anyways I'm rambling, the point I'm trying to make in a rather laboured fashion is that the 'AKB' tag is completely useless and invariably used by rather aggressive reactionaries who have nothing constructive or productive to say. It is amusing that these reactionaries are so often incapable of suggesting any realistic managerial replacements for Arsene, they are all too happy to list players we should sign, however when they sign for someone else and turn out to be utter turnips then this is completely forgotten. Arsene deserves criticism, I'm not saying otherwise, but it should be reasonable, proportional and fair, and certainly a lot of dross written slagging him off in a rather disrespectful and vitriolic manner deserves nothing more than a wastepaper bin. Generally if you have to use the 'AKB' tag to make a point then your argument is probably about as solid as Ryan Giggs' superinjunction.

Saturday, 28 May 2011

Night of the gruesome twosome and other news

Well the hype surrounding tonight's Champions League final has been going full blast for hours now and I have a certain feeling nagging inside me concerning the injustice dished out to us by Barcelona and their referee in that tightly contested tie earlier on this season. We were robbed, although I feel Arsene got his tactics wrong in the second leg, Rosicky was poor and Arshavin should have started, some of the refereeing decisions were completely incomprehensible, especially the RVP sending off. In fact since that red card I have noticed even more that players shoot as RVP did, after the whistle had gone, rather routinely and never get punished for it.

Still, although Barca are a bunch of cheating, diving, arrogant tosspots, it is hard to even come close to backing the side that comes from the grim hole in the north, Manchester. They have so many unpleasant malignant sorts in their team and their manager is the most deplorable of the lot. They are also a distinctly average side, the fact that we so comprehensively outplayed them as we beat them 1-0 at the Emirates showed this. Their fans are also such obnoxious arrogant numpties in the most part. The fact is that Manchester United have got a great record of winning things when they haven't been that great a side, beating Munich in that final a few years back was the best example of this, distinctly second best for the whole game, one of the most undeserved triumphs in footballing history in most objective people's book.

The role that Ferguson's bullying and intimidation of officials plays cannot be underestimated in my opinion. His comments earlier this season relating to Martin Atkinson's impartiality summed this up. The strangest thing was then that Atkinson didn't get given any more Manchester United games for the rest of the season. The Italian refereeing scandal of a few years back got a lot of attentions and resulted in huge punishments for the clubs concerned, yet in England the way in which officials are given certain games is still conducted in the most hidden and subjective of manners. To me it looks like there is far too much room for manipulation here, in the context of Manchester United's narrow title success, small changes from this kind of systemic manipulation may be rather key in their success. Anyway tonight it's a hard choice for me, and frankly I won't lose any sleep over it either way. If I had to lean either way it would be towards Barca simply because they are far better in footballing terms than this distinctly average United side.

Transfer wise I refuse to get too excited about all the gossip, we have been linked with dozens of players already and most of it will turn out to be utter horseshite, let's just wait until deals are done and then make comment. The most important thing for me is getting rid of those who have not performed and who are not 100% committed, whoever they may be, big name or otherwise. Almunia, Squillaci, Denilson, Vela are just a few of the names we could do without, while they are certain young players who are clearly not going to cut it at the highest level. Good to see Aaron Ramsey confirm his recovery with a cracker for Wales last night. The goings on at FIFA are also rather welcome, let's just hope this can be the beginning of some real change for the better.

Tuesday, 24 May 2011

Alex Ferguson: a disgrace of a human being

I challenge even the biggest Manchester United supporter to defend the above. One has to give credit where credit is due and no one can doubt Fergsuson's incredibly achievements and record as United manager.

However as a human he is not someone I have much respect for and his behaviour above is a perfect example of what a deeply unpleasant character the man is. He is a cowardly bully, a man who has consistently and routinely used his position and power to force his own way on others. He is not a man who listens to others, he is not a man who can be reasoned with, he is a man who no other way than to aggressively force his way on everyone else.

The journalist was merely asking a question and Ferguson couldn't handle that. He had to react by vindictively trying to ban the journalist from future press conferences, truly the cowards way out. This is the latest in a long line of incidents in which Ferguson has been caught trying to bully the media. Shame on him. He will always be remembered as a great manager, but also as a malignant bullying thug.

Sunday, 22 May 2011

Disastrous end complete and a tribute to Blackpool

So I think I can say that our end to the season has been an unmitigated disaster, there have been so few good performances, so many average ones, so many defensive errors and so many poor shows, it is not a surprise that we have picked up only two wins from twelve, a truly terrible record by anyone's standards. Our points total of 68 points puts us on a par with 2005-6 (67) and 2006-7 (68) and it does show that no progress has been made. I won't bore with you my deranged ramblings about where these changes should come, I will save that for a later day, but what has been abundantly obvious in recent weeks is that significant changes in terms of both personnel and thinking are required.

The big talking points from today will not be the football. The absence of our club captain will be hyped up by some and played down by others, but I cannot help but feel that despite being injured, he would have shown more commitment by travelling with the squad to the game at Fulham. Maybe I am on my own with this one, but I feel we would be better off without Cesc if he is not completely committed to the club. The absence of Song was also slightly baffling, Bendtner's failure to make the bench may also be a hint of what is to come.

I would say congratulations to Manu if they were an outstanding side and their squad wasn't riddled with such filthy human specimens, but as things stand they are one of the most mediocre league champions I have seen in my lifetime. Chelsea have gone backwards too, the only team that has made progress is City and it's not hard when you have millions to blow, this is no reference to Imogen Thomas and Ryan Giggs, I would like to make that 100% clear.

Blackpool have been a breath of fresh air in the Premiership all season long. Their work ethic, commitment and team play is quite something, the fact that they have played such lovely football in the process makes things even more remarkable, their manager is also a legend, his unique brand of humour and dignity in defeat have been a credit to both him and his club. I was truly sad to see them relegated today, they put up a typically brave fight at Old Trafford, in the end they just didn't quite have enough in their locker but they played some scintillating football in the process, their second goal was a great example of their lovely passing game. Bravo Blackpool and Ian Holloway, my manager and team of the season.

If you haven't got anything good to say then don't say anything, so when I move on to Birmingham City FC and their relegation, I will leave it there, the championship awaits.

Friday, 20 May 2011

Denilson off, more dead wood must follow

So the deeply average Denilson, frankly I can't be arsed with his full Brazilian name, is to leave us and shock horror, he is not going to be joining Chelsea or Manchester United. He has spoken to the Sun and said a few rather silly things, he has also shown us that he is verging on the delusional.

Apparently Denilson is a 'winner' in his own words, how he has worked this out is not mentioned, several years distinctly average displays do not a winner make in my opinion. He is not useless, I do not intend to insult the lad, the problem is that he is simply not that good at anything. He is not very quick, he is poor in the air, he is very weak defensively, lethargic even, his passing is ok, his long range shot is decent, he is no dribbler. He just hasn't developed as many of us would have hoped, putting in bluntly Denilson just isn't good enough for Arsenal Football Club.

Chelsea and Manchester United, and even Spurs, would not want to touch Denilson with a proverbial barge pole, he is just not up to it and this has been clear for some time. The final straw appeared to be his half time withdrawal away at West Brom, but the signs had been there long before that, many of us wanted him shipped out well before that. There is no doubt that after 153 appearances for us he should be doing a lot more in games, he is consistently a weak link, opposition players walk past him as if he wasn't there, defending and attacking are not his strengths.

I hope this is the start of a proper spring clean at the club. There are several other players at the club who need to be sent packing. The whole squad need a kick up the arse, the complacency that we have seen at times this season needs to be stamped out ruthlessly and clearing the dead wood is a great way to start this process off. Farewell Denilson, I wish you well wherever you end up but fear that you will drift down the food chain from here, because frankly you aren't really that good.

Thursday, 19 May 2011

A depressingly early close season: my predictions

With the season reaching the whimpering stage at a premature point, we are set to endure an extended period of media speculation and rumour concerning the ins and outs at Arsenal Football Club. It's hard to avoid clicking on those annoying made up transfer links, I know, but do yourselves a favour and ignore the rubbish, let's remain patient and see what happens.

I am sure the club's tentacles have been spread far and wide, there are certainly many unpredictables and we must plan as best as possible for these. Will Nasri and Clichy extend their contracts? For if they do not then we must be prepared to let them go and replace them with quality. Is Cesc fully committed? If he is not as I suspect then he must be sold, there is no room for those who will not work their socks off for the club in every game, there is no passenger space.

I think getting rid of some of the dead wood in the squad will be at least as important as who we bring in. There are some marginal cases but there are some clear cut cases of players who have repeatedly failed to impress. The five who I would definitely ship out are Almunia (consistently poor), Squillaci (lethargic defending time and time again), Denilson (mediocre and no progression), Vela (never delivered) and Rosicky (never enough from him). There are others whose form has been erratic and lacklustre such as Diaby and Arshavin who may well also be on borrowed time. While if Cesc is not fully committed he must be sold.

Scanning through our squad it is obvious where the problem lies. We have an abundance of relatively attacking central midfielders, very few defensively solid midfielders and very few genuine wingers. The formation that has failed is so consistently at home (4-3-3) is more a result of our squad imbalance than anything else, this simply must be addressed in the summer.

An experienced keeper would be needed to replace Almunia, a centre back to replace Squillaci, the future of Bartley seems a bit of an unknown at the moment, if Clichy goes then Enrique of Newcastle would fit the bill, this would then leave us pretty well off in terms of defensive players assuming Vermaelen stays fit. Blackburn's Samba would be a useful defensive addition.

The midfield is a far bigger conundrum and it is essential that we correct the balance that has left us without that shield in front of the back four that used to be such a defensive key. Theo is the only player who can play on the right, and it may well be that his future lies more centrally, meaning a purchase here would be essential. Ashley Young would be a fantastic acquisition from Villa, he only has a year to run on his contract and would be a fantastic left sided player for us. Add to this one solid all round physical midfielder who can defend and I then think our squad would be looking far more balanced, especially when one considers that Frimpong, Lansbury and Coquelin may well return to add some depth too.

Up front I think we are close, if we return to playing two up top then this would suit Bendtner and Chamakh far more than the current system, either would fit well up front with RVP just off them. There is perhaps a slight lack of pace in our side these days, so maybe Theo will more into more of striking role in the next few years, if he doesn't then a young hungry striker with pace who likes to drop off the shoulder of centre halves would be useful.

We're not miles off but certainly some decent changes are required to properly debride the squad. One of the most important things is that we get rid of any player who is anything less than 100% committed to the club, we have seen in certain smaller games that any complacent lack of effort will be punished. No matter how big a player's name or reputation, they must go if they are not dedicated to Arsenal Football Club, we need eleven players on the field every game who will fight and die for the club's name.

Sunday, 15 May 2011

Clinical Bent punishes usual Arsenal failings

It pains me to see us lose again but I sense that a lot of the reaction is going to lack context, perspective and common sense. In my humble opinion the defeat today against Villa was nothing to with a lack of effort, despite what some will say, the game was lost for a complex blend of reasons.

Credit must go to Villa who started excellently and their clinical approach saw us two down before we had even left the blocks. Opponents frequently play five in the midfield against at the Emirates and our 4-3-3 system has simply not worked against this approach. Squillaci was caught sleeping for the first, bent finished superbly. Sagna and Squillaci were both at fault for the second, Bent finished well despite being just offside.

We improved as the half wore on but the sad fact was that our tactical approach had been found sadly wanting again at home. The system gave no defensive support to our full backs, Rvp was also far too isolated up front, the effectiveness of the 4-4-2 in the second half showed this perfectly. Arshavin looks a sad shadow of his former self, a player who no longer looks a threat and who I no longer think is good enough for an Arsenal shirt, just like the hapless and day dreaming Squillaci.

The referee bottled a key decision when Ramsey was hacked down while clean through on goal, Dunne should have walked, instead the young official completely choked it, no red card and no penalty, Dunne was nowhere near the ball despite his stupid and ignorant post match comments.

The second half saw us hammer Villa, reverting to the 4-4-2 eith rvp/chamakh up top helped, as did the later replacement of our ineffective Russian with our young Dane. We had countless chances which came and went, there was some poor finishing and some bad luck, also some top Friedel keeping. There was also time for the useless ref to disallow a perfectly good chamakh goal, while petrov should have walked for a clear second yellow offence.

The chamakh goal may well have seen us get something out if the game, maybe even a win, but it was not to be, sadly. Overall it was another cruel blow, a very harsh defeat. We were punished for some bad defending and a tactical setup that has simply not consistently delivered at home this season.

The manager needs to sit down and go back to drawing board, back to the basics, we're not miles off, but changes are need both in terms of the playing staff and our variation of tactics to deal with different scenarios.

Do not listen do the doom sayers who will rage in in vitriolic terms about mentality and effort. Our failure is far more marginal and complex than this, the baby should not be thrown out with the bath water, a sense if perspective and a pragmatism is required to build again, not demolish everything naively.

Looking ahead and beyond

As Arseblogger pointed out yesterday, Arsene is not going to reveal his cards and it would be foolish to do so. The point that I have been rambling on about to various people in recent days is related to the complacency that seems to have developed in the squad. There is no doubt that certain players do not put 100% of effort into every game.

In my humble opinion any player, no matter how good, who is not completely committed to the club should be sold this summer. We simply cannot have passengers in the squad if we are to try to win the league. Arsene needs to cast aside some of the dead wood, bring in some motivated new blood and create a new squad that has the necessary desire, determination and focus in win things. As things stand we do not have this.

I spent some time yesterday looking through the squad in detail and working out how I would tweak it if I were manager. Just listing the players and their positions shows how deeply unbalanced the squad has become for me, basically we are overwhelmed with small technical attacking central midfielders and we have adopted a formation to fit that in balance, 4-3-3. Fitting a formation to an unbalanced squad is a bad idea and this seems to be a root cause of our failings again this season.

The defence does not need that much work on it for me, the defensive problems we have are systemic and more a result of the whole team's inability to defend, frequently relating to set pieces. Our old sides had several beasts in the midfield who could help out the back four, especially aerially, we need to get more balance back into the midfield part of our squad.

We have umpteen central midfielders, very few of whom actually work hard enough or defend with any discipline, there is no doubt that bringing in a good all round midfield beast a la Petit/Gilberto/Vieira is badly needed. We also need more pace and width in the midfield, we have very few players who can actually play wide, we could also do with a bit more raw pace up front.

Villa await today and the today's opponents have a player that I would definitely not say no to in the summer, Ashley Young, he is quick, skilful and can add width to any side, also a player that we know Arsene admires and he only has a year left on his contract. Anyways let's hope we can do a job against them today.

Finally just to add a final comment on the manner in which this deeply average and unpleasant Manu side have won the league. Firstly Dowd was the referee, secondly Manu's equaliser came after blatant and disgraceful intimidation of the linesman by Vidic, Ferdinand et al, and thirdly it was never a penalty, it was a clear dive. It sums up the way Manu win overall, they have no class and no decorum. What a shame to see Stoke go down in the cup final, seeing Ryan Shawcross weeping as he collected his loser's medal was a truly poetic moment. Well done City.

Sunday, 8 May 2011

Suicide monkeys induce widespread groans

Another characteristic performance and yet more frustration, fortunately with City dropping points yesterday our hopes of holding onto third spot remain, but that is all. You know what you are going to get at Stoke and we got it, we simply didn't do the basics well enough defensively and got punished for it by a workmanlike Stoke side

Johan Djourou has had a brilliant season but he has made some sloppy errors in his last couple of away games, today Stoke's scrappy opener was down to his failure to adequately mark Kenwyne Jones and we paid the price. The second was a fortunate deflection. 2-0 down at half time and a mountain to climb. The problem was that goals change games and by conceding such a sloppy opener it played right into Stoke's hands, they could then keep men behind the ball and play exactly as they wanted. If we could have defender better then given our domination of the game, this was just the kind of game we could turn from a defeat into a comfortable win.

We controlled the second half and were again by far the better footballing side, RVP even got us back into it with his goal in the final third. Sadly our hopes of a recovery were short lived, Djourou's poor clearance broke for Walters in the box, he was given far too much space and gave Szczesny no chance at all. All the possession, domination and superior technique counts for nothing if you are going to surrender cheap cheap goals in this suicidal fashion.

This has been the story of our season, cheap goals conceded that have cost us point after point in games which we have frequently been by far the better footballing side. Our casual and negligent defending has cost us big time this season. Whatever happens in United Chelsea later only postpones the inevitable crowning of the most average Premier League title winners for quite some time, it is sad that we haven't even been able to push them to the wire.

Our defense and our defensive play as a team need sorting, this much is obvious. The formation doesn't seem to help us much, the lack of defensive structure of the 4-3-3 is a hindrance. There are problems with some individuals in the squad. There is a lack of depth in terms of defensive midfielders and centre backs, maybe this is why we are seeing the likes of Song and Djourou burnt out at this stage of the year. No matter how good a team is offensively, if you keep going behind to cheap goals then you are going to throw a lot of points away in a season.

Monday, 2 May 2011

Cheating and the inaction of authority

This weekend we have again seen countless incidents in games of football that could have been better judged by using video technology in order to reduce error. There was the ball that never crossed the line and the offside goal at the lane, the Vidic handball at the Emirates and some rather dubious penalties elsewhere. In midweek we also saw countless examples of despicable cheating and the feigning of injury in the Madrid-Barca game, in fact a dodgy red card changed the entire complexion of the game.

Enough should be enough but this does not appear to be the case for our useless and incompetent footballing governing bodies, the FA, UEFA and FIFA. If UEFA cared about discipline then they would be charging several Barcelona players with the feigning of injury (Pedro/Busquets) and both sets of players for their shocking intimidation of the officials. The fact that they will do nothing about the cheating and intimidation says it all, they lack the moral fibre or courage to act. The only thing UEFA have done in recent years is introduce extra officials, hardly something that is likely to make much difference to anything at all.

This weekend in the Premiership there were two extremely dodgy penalties given, one for Wolves against Birmingham and one for Liverpool against Newcastle. The former saw Ward go down after virtually no contact from the Brum keeper Ben Foster, after he had lost control of the ball too, the second saw Suarez go down in rather theatrical fashion after the slightest of touches from the Newcastle defender. Strangely the media just don't pick up on these rather blatant acts of gamesmanship, just as they ignored Michael Owen's dive against Arsenal yesterday.

The diving in the box for dodgy penalties is getting worse and worse, it is also being catalysed by incompetent referees who give decisions based on the player's dive rather than the nature of any foul or the contact itself. This was all summed up earlier this season when Howard Webb justified not giving a penalty because the striker had not gone down, this simply shouldn't matter, if it is a decent foul that knocks a player off balance then it should be a penalty, while if there is minimal contact, and the player makes no effort to stay on his feet whilst going down in a Michael Owen parachuting dive manner, then no penalty should be given. The same logic applies to dives outside the box too.

The case for the use of video technology is undeniable, it is such a great shame that our footballing governing bodies have their vacuous heads in the sand on this issue. The fans want it, the media want it, the experts want it and the referees want it. It would be so easy to sort out goal line disputes, it would be so easy to have some kind of citing system after games, it would be so easy to start retrospectively punishing violence and cheating, it would be so easy to help referees by assisting them sensibly with video technology for the big decisions. It is appalling that so many dodgy decisions are routinely deciding games and championships, until something is done cheating will simply continue to proliferate.

Sunday, 1 May 2011

Arsenal teach cheating United a lesson

Frankly it is days like today that make supporting a football team worthwhile, these kind of moments are so very precious and enjoyable, in fact strange as it may seem to say, grinding out a thoroughly deserved one nil win against such an odious United side produces that kind of feeling that it is almost impossible to better. It makes winning trophies seem unimportant, it is these kind of highs that must be savoured and that is precisely what I am going to do.

The victory was catalysed by our midfield's excellent performance and a big part of that was a very hard working show from Aaron Ramsey that was capped by a fantastic goal. The first half was one way traffic, United were simply outplayed in the midfield. United held on thanks in part to some poor finishing, some excellent defending and some pathetic cheating.

Wilshere had a great chance to open the scoring when the ball fell to him just inside the box, he rushed his shot and hooked it just wide. Evra had to be alert when Walcott was thundering in to tap in a precise Clichy centre. Then the first moment of controversy, Wilshere broke through, Vidic clattered into him and missed the ball by a mile, he was probably the last man, Foy was well placed, nothing done. Then the second moment, a fantastic whipped cross from the right flank by Theo, it seemed destined for RVP's head, Vidic batted the ball away with his arm, a quite deliberate handball to deprive a goalscoring opportunity, arguably a red card and a definite penalty, the linesman was perfectly placed, nothing doing again.

So United survived until half time, Foy had been instrumental in this, not forgetting the three defensive interceptions of the ball he made, largely because he was too slow and cumbersome to do his job and get out of the way of the ball. Rooney was also lucky to still be on the field, he was booked by Foy for a late hauling down, he then told the ref to 'eff off' and kicked the ball away, Wayne got his typical one yellow card for the price of three. This was something we were to see time and time again in the second half, the weak referee Foy let several United players get away with blatant acts of dissent time and time again.

Our midfield trio Wilshere/Ramsey/Song were working like lions. Song was an immovable beast who was simply too strong for United players time and time again. Wilshere and Ramsey scuttled around like beavers, pressing, forcing errors, making vital tackles and then importantly having the ability to drive past players when they broke forward at pace. The goal came when Song intercepted in midfield and fed Ramsey, he then slotted the ball through to RVP, he then jinked this way and that in the box, looked up and saw Ramsey arriving late into the box, he cut it back, Ramsey sorted his legs out and side footed the ball home clinically into the bottom corner past Van der Saar's despairing dive, great goal all round and more importantly a deserved one nil to the Arsenal.

United huffed and puffed, and most of their chances came from soft free kicks on the edge of our box, Nani does frequently give in to gravity, Szczesny producing a top save from one of these Rooney free kicks. Vidic had a good chance with a header from a corner, having shoved Djourou out of the way with a cynical two handed push. Generally we defended well and restricted United to very few clear openings. We could have made the game safe on more than one occasion as we counter attacked at pace, a little more precision would have seen United buried by more than the single goal.

The final critical moment in many United games consists of a theatrical fall in the penalty box and Michael Owen provided us with this. He was touched by Clichy, but the contact was minimal, the consequent dive then made Owen appear as if he were parachuting out of an aeroplane, the knees bent and the ankles cocked back, it is not the first time that this dull little man has been caught trying to cheat a referee and it won't be the last, penalty my arse.

What a cracking win. Not surprising that the bacon faced bully is claiming that United are the victims of terrible refereeing errors yet again, he is just taking out the aggression he feels because he knows this United side isn't really that good and they were well beaten today. He would do well to look closer to home to see some of the terrible cheats he has in his side, the diving Nani and the cynical Vidic being the prime examples, players who get away with cheating week in week out.

The team played their hearts out today and showed a lot of bottle in holding out for all three points when it would have been easy to surrender the lead again. The balance of the side was better, it was proven just how important it is to have everyone competing for every ball, nothing demonstrated this better than Andrei Arshavin's cameo role as the maverick slide tacking defensive midfielder, awesome. We need talent and skill, obviously this is true, but we also need eleven 100% committed and motivated players on the field every week, this is the mentality and steel we need to win the league. Aaron Ramsey showed a lot of people today just how important commitment and fight are, I just hope a certain young man who watched this from the stands will have taken note.

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OK, so...

I just started vim again, and colors where there. Since then I did make a changehowever, I installed XCode. This is the only thing I did change, so there must be something in there that fixes this.

Thanks for the effort!

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  1. Anonymous6:13 PM

    Satan was a muslim.

  2. Anonymous9:10 PM

    hey man we human can live any way we want. if anyone wants to rape somebody who has the right to stop him. if he is homosexual that's not anyone's problem. so wtf!! you are creating your own religion man. who are you to stop them i mean Muslims raping 10, 12 or 40 year old girls and women.... let them live they have there rights and they are doing what they want. again dont create ur own rules and regulations. who are you to make these restrictions.... how do you category this as barbaric while some are gay and they have there right while 3/4th of the world population are against gay rights... this is sick man. this is the problem of religions.. if you make these restrictions and rules than you are a prophet and a you are forming a new religion. ciao

  3. Anonymous10:14 AM

    People who believe in religions are repressed, sexually and otherwise. So, they take up "God made me do it" or "Satan made me do it" excuse to vent out their repressed wants and fantasies. It's time people recognize this. At least people should be aware that religion can have both good and bad uses, depending on who wields it.

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    I realized rather late in the semester that I had forgotten to give you our lecture series schedule. By the time I realized it, in fact, half of them were already done, so I didn't bother.

    In the absence of that I'd like tell you about one of the speakers that I think was quite different than a typical architecture school speaker: our guest last night, Steven Strong.

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    Steven told us a story about a project he was working on with a University where they had hired a big-name design architect who, after 3 months of working when the University approached him and said "we have money to make this a green building" he said, "not on MY building." Steven didn't tell us who this was but you can imagine any number of old-school type people saying this. And maybe in the old way of doing things, that architect, despite it being the will of the client and the right thing to do, might have gotten his way. But here, in the 21st century, the University pulled out of its contract with that design architect, and got a new one who respected its wishes and designed them a good-looking AND greener building.

    Sustainability and aesthetics are not mutually exclusive. In this brave new era we're entering, anyone who doesn't understand that and adjust may as well try to look for a job in 1985.

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      Apr 16, 09 6:51 pm

      SDA rocks, did you have a chance to ask Steven
      for a job?

      will gallowaywill galloway
      Apr 17, 09 3:30 am

      i have to agree with thomas friedman when he says so far what we have seen in terms of greening the world is chump change and that if we are going to push for a revolution there are going to have to be some casualties (revolutions are never bloodless). to paraphrase him, right now what we have is a green party, and that is fine, but so what. just the typical growth in energy use that seems to have become standard in the last 50 years or so is going to wipe out any gains we make with little piffles of efficiency. solar power is awesome, but we still can't store the energy in a meaningful way, which is why most alternative plants require a traditional (coal burning) plant built alongside as backup.

      what i want to hear is not a warning but a real plan, useful information. i understood the energy thing way back in 1987 (it was part of the reason i went to architecture school - thank you ed mazria!) and for the last 20 years i have been searching for more than fear-mongering. the cliff jump is so george bush button-pushing bullshit.

      just to be clear, i am not disagreeing. i just want to know WHAT is going to be different now? how is the profession going to change? how HAS it changed? so some old architect didn't want to make an efficient building and was replaced. that is not a big change. in fact its not even a small change. really, it feels a bit like the rhetoric is from 1985, not the profession of architecture.

      now we have all kinds of evidence on our side and even political will and power to some extent, and what do we get? more fear mongering? i am waiting for the guy to come up with a lecture on greening the planet who talks about this stuff without resorting to "do this or we all die a painful death". surely we have more to say about this topic now.

      don't we?

      Apr 18, 09 8:11 pm

      Steven Strong is a really cool guy. I helped organized a week long conference with him in undergrad at Rutgers when I volunteered for a Graduate student org. called Rutgers Sustainable. Our objective was to work with him on proposing a package (university wide) that would make RU more efficient. The university admin were so against "all the money they would spend", but we proposed a lot of simple and cheap things like just retrofitting dorms with compact fluorescents. Faculty was all pretty impressed that he wasn't the type of architect who was there to screw them out of money by boasting a green label.

      Jump, I agree with you that we should be having a discussion on what will change and how the profession will be different, and its sad that we now have to look for some large scale plan to get us there. I think its reasonable to say that what we've seen is chump change, and sadly it wouldn't have been if everyone were on board from the beginning. All we needed to change a long time ago was attitudes, but apparently our country is such that it needs either fear or a fad to start doing something positive. It will be a great day when the warnings go away completely in those slides, but I think it will be a while as even attitudes still haven't changed.

      Spending the week with Steven Strong reinforced all of this for me, the fact that "the plan" was right out in front of this profession from the beginning, and now its too late to start. He has been at this a very long time, before it was cool, and in my opinion he is simply really into treating our environment properly (hes also one of the most humble people I've ever met). I would say quite obviously that the best we can do now while we wait is to be an architect who leads as Steven Strong has not because its a trend, not because it saves money, not to maintain a competitive firm, but literally just because it makes sense.

      will gallowaywill galloway
      Apr 18, 09 8:56 pm

      well yeah that is where we need to go, for sure. we need to reach a point where green is meaningless because its built in automatically - just the way "air" means oxygen.

      what bugs me is that we have to convince the world of doing this stuff and usually we give them rather unconvincing sticks, and rather poor carrots. yes we may be driving off of a cliff but our kids will be the ones hitting the ground, or our grand-kids/great grand-kids, even. the people who are able to react to that kind of warning are already on board, and it is a ridiculously small group. long-term vision is not something humans do well. what we DO do well is the tragedy of the commons.

      so what we have to do is make a compelling reason to switch that is de-coupled from the fear button so that everyone will be able to get on board without feeling coerced. otherwise it is just alienating. it is especially alienating the hardcore and the cynical folks that we need on our side. and that just pisses me off. we finally are scoring points but if we want to win the war we have to get off our bums and start coming up with reasons to change the world that are not based on calling everyone an asshole for driving so badly. even if it is true it isn't the kind of thing people react to in a good way, usually.

      what really intrigues me is that while there is a link to steven's stuff there is no actual mention of his work on this post. was the fear button the only thing worth repeating?

      Apr 18, 09 10:46 pm

      well put...i guess it'd be nice to be able to just eliminate the prefix "green" as it relates to architecture and, well, everything nowadays. Campuses, cars, cleaning products, hell, "the green network" is even on tv now which drives me nuts. Separating it from the norm like that obviously supports the other type of fear, in terms of not marketing yourself or firm as "green", e.g., LEED.

      He didn't show much of his own work when I saw him speak, some solar work he did on the white house and a residence in Maine. Anything new this time around?

      Emily KemperEmily Kemper
      Apr 19, 09 5:04 am

      Thanks for your very thoughtful responses to the post. Just a couple of comments from me:

      -jump I agree with you for the most part but I think the bulk of the task ahead is not that we have to convince the world of doing this stuff ... no, I think the task ahead is that we have to tell them how to do it. We simply cannot do it all on our own, especially not when half the profession is dragging its feet. But the feet-draggers may be going out of business soon, eh? Our best bet is to use our resources to help get the tidal wave going, I think...

      -Steven showed some of his work at the end of the lecture. It was great but I confess, he is a talker and my attention span weakens after PowerPoints that last more than an hour and a half. (And yes, he was still going after an hour and a half.) One of the more memorable projects was a building they did for the business school at the University of Oregon I includes PV arrays integrated into the glass facade. Good stuff and you could learn a lot from his stories of how he persuades people to incorporate renewable technologies into their buildings...

      vado retro
      Apr 19, 09 8:51 am

      If the economy somehow recovers to the point where poeple are not worried about job loss, can begin taking advantage of perceived cheaper energy prices, return to the consumptive practices that account for 2/3 of our economy Everything will be more of the same."Green" has already been coopted by advertising and marketing and is being packaged into a commodity rather than a philosophy for living.

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I am an experienced, results-driven, brand marketing & communications professional, with expertise in the hospitality, event planning and advertising industries. I am seeking to use my leadership, creativity and brand marketing skills to strategically develop fully integrated marketing & communications¬ strategies, which will contribute to an organization’s success by increasing revenue. My eight-plus years of experience includes: advertising, event planning, graphic design, marketing, promotions, public relations & social media.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Boston, MA, US, Marketing Manager

Started as the Marketing Manager at The Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers in August, 2006; in November, 2011 I became the Marketing Manager at The Westin Boston Waterfront.
•Develop & implement annual marketing strategies for the hotel, meeting facilities & dining outlets in order to drive traffic, increase brand awareness and maximize revenue (includes traditional & online advertising, events, media, PR & social media/review sites)
•Manage client sites for 36 members of the Boston Metro Market Sales Team
•Develop revenue growth strategies with operations, sales and revenue management teams
•Brand management (includes developing the Park Plaza brand and managing the Westin brand)
•Oversee marketing budget, billing and vendors
•Manage coordinators (delegate daily responsibilities, projects and training)
•Design, negotiate and produce collateral, branded support materials and promotional products
•Write copy, proof read and edit branded materials
•Design & manage traditional and online advertising
•Plan, negotiate, produce & manage all local and national print, radio and online media
•Website design & management (led re-design of Park Plaza website in 2009)
•Manage search engine optimization and external agency
•Manage social media, review sites, e-blasts and email databases
•Develop & publicize hotel packages, events, programs and promotions
•Event planning (includes the Annual Taste of Park Plaza and Boston Choice Awards)
•Supervise corporate & editorial photo shoots & filming
•Lead strategist in crisis management
•Public relations (internal & managed external PR agency)
•Community relations & charitable partnerships
•Starwood’s of Boston Marketing Committee Chairwoman (includes: Sheraton Boston, Westin Copley, Westin Waterfront & W Boston)
•Member of community relations & green teams (developed community relations team at Park Plaza)
•Launched corporate pilot program for Westin (The Westin HIVE)
•Opened Restaurant in October, 2009
•Organize VIP & celebrity guest appearances (including Miss USA and actor Kevin James)

Aug 2006 - current

Mullen Advertising, Boston, MA, US, Account Executive

Started as an Assistant Account Executive in May, 2005 & was promoted to Account Executive in June, 2006
•Served as a liaison between the agency and my clients
•Worked with a team to strategize and present new business pitches
•Researched & compiled full competitive reviews for Fortune 100 clients
•Developed and managed client re-branding efforts
•Developed advertising, media, production & marketing strategies for two international clients
•Managed all print, design, broadcast & other advertising projects
•Managed media, media purchasing & interactive projects
•Managed budgeting & billing of all production & media projects

May 2005 - Aug 2006

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Boston, MA, US, Sales Coordinator

•Developed proposals and contracts for corporate clients & catered events
•Managed & communicated client resumes to internal staff
•Organized amenities for hotel VIP’s

Jan 2005 - May 2005

BBDO Advertising, Atlanta, GA, US, New Business & Marketing Intern

•Developed an advertising pitch for a potential new Fortune 100 client
•Organized & planned new business presentations
•Organized & maintained company intranet for new business
•Organized & completed award show applications for Effie and AMA Awards

Aug 2004 - Nov 2004

Liz Lapidus Public Relations, Atlanta, GA, US, PR Intern

•Compiled full competitive reviews for clients
•Researched competitor’s promotions
•Managed & organized client media clips

May 2004 - Aug 2004

James Madison University Recreation & Education Center, Harrisonburg, VA, US, Marketing Assistant & Graphic Designer for Special Events

•Designed & produced graduate assistant brochure
•Developed new & creative special event promotions
•Responsible for marketing and planning of University Recreations Warm a Winter Wish Foundation
•Designed advertisements, flyers, logos, bulletin boards, and banners for UREC special events

Jan 2003 - Dec 2003

James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, US, Bachelors, Business Marketing

Aug 1999 - Dec 2003

Stars of the Industry Award for best Annual Special Event, 1st Place

Won for Taste of Park Plaza, 2010

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Sandy, UT ( - For the first time since 2008, Real Salt Lake will begin the season with someone other than Jason Kreis at the helm.

Real Salt Lake has been the model of consistency in MLS since Kreis took over for John Ellinger in May 2007, leading the club to an MLS Cup title in 2009 as well as an appearance in the 2011 CONCACAF Champions League final.

But when the former club captain bolted for the head coaching vacancy at New York City FC just three days after suffering defeat to Sporting Kansas City in last season's MLS Cup, the Claret and Cobalt were left with a major void to fill.

Real Salt Lake opted to promote Jeff Cassar, its longtime goalkeeper coach, to the position, making the 40-year-old just the third head coach in the club's nine-year history.

"We're very excited for Jeff to become the third head coach in Real Salt Lake history," said RSL owner Dell Loy Hansen. "Jeff's been a crucial member of the RSL Family since 2007. His terrific leadership abilities, strong character and understanding of our locker room, tactics and overarching club culture will allow us to continue to compete for trophies in 2014 and beyond."

Cassar will have some big shoes to fill as he replaces a head coach that led his team to the postseason in each of his six full seasons with the club.

But while this is Cassar's first job as a head coach, he is well-versed in the Real Salt Lake way. He is familiar with the long-term plan of the club and understands the importance of the player development standards instituted by the previous regime.

Cassar also will have a knowledgeable support staff around him consisting of former RSL midfielder Andy Williams.

Like Cassar, Williams, a longtime RSL midfielder who sits second on the club's all-time list for most appearances, was promoted in-house, becoming an assistant coach after serving as head scout for the Claret and Cobalt. He will be joined by Daryl Shore, Paul Dalglish and Craig Waibel on the RSL bench.

Dalglish, the son of legendary Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish, has gained valuable management experience through his time with the USL Premier Development League's Austin Aztex, while Waibel, a longtime MLS defender, arrives at RSL having spent 2012 as an assistant coach at the University of Washington.

Real Salt Lake also has the benefit of continuity as there has been very little turnover to a roster that nearly yielded an MLS Cup title.

There is leadership at the back in goalkeeper Nick Rimando and defenders Nat Borchers, Chris Schuler and Chris Wingert, but it is central midfielder and club captain Kyle Beckerman that makes RSL tick. His tireless work rate and supreme passing ability helps Salt Lake retain possession and spring the attack for the likes of Javier Morales, Alvaro Saborio and Robbie Findley to put the opposing defenses under pressure.

And last season, youngsters like Luis Gil (20 years old), Sebastian Velasquez (22), Devon Sandoval (22) and Carlos Salcedo (20) featured in prominent roles, so they would figure to improve with another year of experience under their belts.

But while there is reason for optimism in Salt Lake this season, don't be surprised to see the club struggle out of the gate. An acclimation period for Cassar should be expected, and with RSL opening the campaign with road matches at the Los Angeles Galaxy, San Jose Earthquakes and Kansas City as well as home tilts against L.A. and a revamped Toronto FC side, the Claret and Cobalt may find themselves behind the eight ball very early on in the season.

ADDITIONS: Luke Mulholland (M).

LOSSES: Yordany Alvarez (M), Lovel Palmer (M).

OUTLOOK: Real Salt Lake is something of an unknown quantity heading into 2014. It's a team that made it all the way to MLS Cup, but the argument could be made that RSL overachieved last season given the prominent role played by some of the club's budding talent. It should all come down to Cassar and his ability to keep the ball rolling. If he can maintain some of the momentum from last season, then RSL will be a contender. If not, the Claret and Cobalt may miss out on the postseason for the first time since 2007.

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High-risk long-stay nursing home residents who have pressure sores, United States, 1999 and 2007a
Population groupPercentSEPercentSE
Total 12.00.0414.30.04
85 and over10.50.0513.40.06
Race/ethnicitybNon-Hispanic, White11.30.0413.80.05
Non-Hispanic, Black15.50.1118.10.14
Non-Hispanic, AI/AN13.10.6016.10.65
Non-Hispanic, API11.10.2912.40.39
Hispanic, all races13.40.2015.60.27

a Data reflect care for the third quarter of each calendar year.

b Excludes records with unknown age, gender, and race/ethnicity.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; API: Asian or Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Minimum Data Set.

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LONDON - A rare astronomy tool that helped medieval scientists tell time will remain in Britain after the British Museum scrambled to come up with the money to buy it.

The brass device, called an astrolabe quadrant, had been sold at auction last year, and the museum was outbid. But money from the National Heritage Memorial fund, The Art Fund and the British Museum Friends helped the museum purchase it recently for $700,000.

"The quadrant will be a very important addition to our medieval collection as an object which can explain the sophistication of science in the Middle Ages and the transfer of knowledge between Muslim, Jewish and Christian communities," deputy director of the British Museum Andrew Burnett said in a statement Thursday.

The 14th-century device, which is shape of a quadrant, or quarter of a circle, was designed to be portable and has a radius of 3 inches (77 millimeters). The instrument was used to calculate the height of the sun. With that information, a scientist could determine the time, date and other calculations.

The eagle engraved on this astrolabe indicates it was to be used with the sun rather than with the stars, because the eagle was believed to be the only animal able to look directly into the sun, said Silke Ackermann, the British Museum's curator of European and Islamic scientific instruments.

The invention of the astrolabe is credited to Islamic scientists in the 9th century who learned about the concept from studying ancient Greek science. The devices were later adopted by Europeans in the 10th century and were used through the 1600s.

Eight astrolabe quadrants are known to exist from the Middle Ages, but the British Museum's instrument is the only one created for use in England, the museum said. It was found in an archaeological dig in 2005 in Canterbury, in southeast England.

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Coach Chad DeGrenier has Mesa Mountain View’s football program on the rise

Nov. 12, 2010 - Coach Chad DeGrenier has Mesa Mountain View’s football program on the rise.
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Chad DeGrenier flung off his headset and looked for someone to hug.

His Mesa Mountain View Toros had just finished off a 43-31 upset of previously undefeated Phoenix Pinnacle, and DeGrenier was in the mood to celebrate. He engulfed an assistant coach in a bear hug, embraced a couple of players and then got in line for the postgame handshake.

A minute later he was talking to two reporters and answering a question that has been a long time coming for Mountain View: Was this a statement win?

“Everything is going in the right direction,” DeGrenier said. “The kids are working hard. Our theme is return to the Mountain View (of the past), and that’s what we are trying to do.”

It’s silly to say Mountain View is “back” only because back for the Toros means winning state championships, something they did five times from 1993 to 2002. But it’s certainly not a stretch to say Mountain View again is a relevant Division I program.

After opening the season with losses against Scottsdale Desert Mountain and Mesa Desert Ridge, Mountain View has reeled off four consecutive victories while averaging 47.4 points per game. It already has as many wins as it did all of last season, and an even bigger statement could be made this coming Friday, when it plays neighbor Mesa Red Mountain.

“All I will say is that we are getting better,” DeGrenier said.

Mountain View needed to beat Pinnacle if for no other reason than to validate what DeGrenier is doing. In 2011 the Toros won three consecutive games after a 0-2 start but then were walloped by Pinnacle 35-10. The three-game winning streak this year came with an asterisk because the opponents — Mesa Skyline, Glendale Mountain Ridge and Mesa Westwood — have a combined record of 7-11.

But Pinnacle, while not on the same level as some elite East Valley teams, was seeded fourth in Division I and had outscored its opponents 236-91. The Pioneers would again be a litmus test as to Mountain View’s supposed improvement.

As DeGrenier noted, “We were here a year ago.”

The difference this year? Well, Clark Brown for one. The junior wide receiver/defensive back was a one-man wrecking crew against Pinnacle, returning two punts for touchdowns, turning a screen pass into a 46-yard score and taking a kickoff 50 yards to set up the go-ahead touchdown.

The 5-foot-10, 145-pound Brown sped by the Pioneers’ special teams and defense with such ease it looked like Pinnacle was stuck in wet cement.

“Clark Brown really sparked our team,” DeGrenier said.

One win doesn’t elevate Mountain View into the group of state championship contenders. The Toros don’t have the size or depth to compete favorably with teams such as Phoenix Mountain Pointe, Chandler Hamilton or Phoenix Desert Vista. One example: Starting defensive lineman Michael Barker, a junior, weighs all of 186 pounds.

“It’s just scheme and smoke and mirrors,” DeGrenier said with a smile. “Just play hard and play tough.”

Mountain View could be in the conversation next year, though. Thirty-seven juniors return, including quarterbacks John Clark and Chase Funk, the team’s top three receivers and kicker Luis Bustillos, who nailed a 48-yard field goal Friday and gives the Toros a weapon most teams don’t have.

For now, though, it’s not about championships as much as it about progress. There is belief again on Brown Road, in the bleachers and inside the locker room.

Mountain View may not be “back,” but it’s moving forward.

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Table of Contents: Page Index
Biostar TA890GXB-HD mATX AMD Motherboard
AMD-890GX Chipset and SB850
Biostar AMD-890GX Features
Biostar TA890GXB-HD Specifications
Closer Look: Biostar TA890GXB-HD
Biostar TA890GXB-HD Detailed Features
Motherboard Testing Methodology
PCMark Vantage Benchmarks
Everest Benchmark Results
Cinebench Benchmarks
Resident Evil 5 Benchmarks
Passmark Benchmarks
SiSoftware Sandra Benchmarks
AMD-890 Motherboard Final Thoughts
Biostar TA890GXB-HD Conclusion

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Built upon an advanced version of Capcom's proprietary MT Framework game engine to deliver DirectX 10 graphic detail, Resident Evil 5 offers gamers non-stop action similar to Devil May Cry 4, Lost Planet, and Dead Rising. The MT Framework is an exclusive seventh generation game engine built to be used with games developed for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and PC ports. MT stands for "Multi-Thread", "Meta Tools" and "Multi-Target". Games using the MT Framework are originally developed on the PC and then ported to the other two console platforms.

On the PC version of Resident Evil 5, both DirectX 9 and DirectX 10 modes are available for Microsoft Windows XP and Vista Operating Systems. Microsoft Windows 7 will play Resident Evil with backwards compatible Direct3D APIs. Resident Evil 5 is branded with the NVIDIA The Way It's Meant to be Played (TWIMTBP) logo, and receives functionality enhancements. NVIDIA and Capcom offer the Resident Evil 5 benchmark demo for free download from their website, and Benchmark Reviews encourages visitors to compare their own results to ours.

The Resident Evil 5 benchmarks clearly prove to us the benefit of the 128MB of sideport memory on the ASUS motherboard. The TA890GXB-HD forgoes the memory, and is punished for it in these tests. Since all the other components are the same, the only difference lies in the IGP. The Radeon HD 4290 on the TA890GXB-HD actually has a faster clock speed at 700MHz than the Radeon HD 4200 on the ASUS board at 500MHz. Even so, the sideport memory, that functions as a frame buffer with very low latency (7-7-7-21 DDR3 1333MHz) bandwidth to the graphics core, offers a sizeable difference. It doesn't make the game playable, but it does increase performance.

Whatever you are looking for as far as graphic prowess, whether it be an HTPC for streaming flash video, a PC to play older, less GPU intensive games, or a even just a basic working computer for word processing and internet browsing, the Radeon HD 4290 will function perfectly for you. If you want to play high end games, however, or are involved in any type of 3D rendering, you should invest in a discrete GPU. It should also be noted that the TA890GXB-HD comes equipped with a PCIe x16 port that can be used for a much better discrete graphics card if you need to use the computer for highly GPU intensive games or projects.

# Reviewcaleb 2010-06-01 05:11
Nice review. Would be nice to see a vs against intel platform in same price range.
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# RE: ReviewSam Delaurentis 2010-06-02 15:11
In the pros section you state the mobo has 100% solid state caps. In the images though it is clear that there are only solid state caps around the cpu area, the rest are electolytic.
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# Solid State CapacitorsHank Tolman 2010-06-03 08:05
You are absolutely right. Though many new Biostar boards have adopted 100% solid state capacitors, this board is obviously not one of them. You can clearly see the electrolytic capacitors throughout the board. This is from biostar's features of the board:

"Biostar adopt with low ESR and high ripple conductive solid state caps provide sufficient, stable power supply to the CPU. Also the life-time can be more than 6.25 X of ordinary liquid caps."

But they obviously didn't make ALL their capacitors solid state. I will make the change to the article. Thanks for catching that.
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# Very Bad for Creative USB X-Fi Surround 5.1Rezka TEY 2011-07-07 09:27
I Just buy this motherboard view month ago, it has good performace, but i got a bad experience about my Creative USB X-Fi Surround 5.1

It is going BSOD when i plug the Creative USB X-Fi Surround 5.1 on USB
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# RE: Very Bad for Creative USB X-Fi Surround 5.1Olin Coles 2011-07-07 09:36
That sounds like a driver/software issue. Remove the drivers/software, restart the system, and reinstall.
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Charles Fuqua decorated his house with a glowing pumpkin to attract trick or treaters on Alma Street in Detroit on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013. Nick DiNunzio coordinated with 20 of his neighbors to make sure Halloween is enjoyable for the kids. / Kimberly P. Mitchell, Detroit Free Press

DETROIT -- With plastic pumpkins lit and porch lights switched on, a cold, steady drizzle couldn't dampen Nick DiNunzio's spirit.

As darkness fell, an occasional costumed kid stopped by, bags open and at the ready.

"Trick or treat!"

About an hour in, the rain was still spitting and the wind had picked up. Though lights blazed on other porches along the street, only DiNunzio and neighbor, Charles Fuqua, watched from a porch.

About 15 trick-or-treaters having come and gone. DiNunzio was happy.

"This was already many, many more than we had last year. It's a very good start, and it's only 7 o'clock," he said.

He and Fuqua, who does odd jobs as a handyman, talked about the neighborhood they've called home for years. Fuqua, too, had been disappointed that Halloween night had dwindled to a trickle of children.

"This is the best turnout we've had in a couple of years," he said

Crime in DiNunzio's neighborhood had shrunk hoards of trick-or-treaters from years past at his red-brick bungalow. DiNunzio had had enough. He wanted Halloween back.

So DiNunzio, a senior citizen and part-time sign maker, went door-to-door in recent weeks, asking neighbors to flip on their lights Thursday night and put out bowls of candy. If they said they couldn't afford it, he offered to buy the candy for them.

If their porch light was out, he replaced it for them.

He publicized on a sign outside his front door which local businesses were giving out candy, too.

Nearly 20 neighbors agreed to join in.

A couple of goblins stopped by DiNunzio's house, as well as a 4-year-old doctor and Death, or something close to it, in a purple hoodie.

In fact, Death - really 13-year-old Angelica Ballestro - had seized the opportunity, making rounds several times to neighbors with friend, 11-year-old Zanaija McIntyre.

"We didn't think we'd get any candy," she said, giggling, "Look."

Her bag was stuffed full of chips and chocolates and pretzels. "(It was a) good night," she said.

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Body Of Man Who Fell Off Boat In Lake Norman Found

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CORNELIUS, N.C. -- The body of a man who fell off a charter boat in Lake Norman earlier this month has been recovered.

Officials say the body of 33-year-old Matthew Bell of Charlotte was found by a boater and recovered by Cornelius firefighters on Saturday afternoon.

The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission said Bell was one of 103 passengers and three crew members on a charter boat who fell into the water Sept. 1.Commission Sgt. Barry Rowell says Bell worked for the Ragin' Mistress boat he was on, but was not working when he fell in the water.

Rowell said the case is still under investigation. He says an autopsy will be performed.Officials had searched the water for days before suspended the search without success Sept. 9.

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