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Mr. Rodney Lawrence Copeland Funeral services for Mr. Rodney Lawrence Copeland were held at 10 AM Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012 from North Bend United Pentecostal Church with Rev. Nathan Moore and Rev. Bennie Alford officiating. Interment was in the Church Cemetery. John E. Stephens Chapel Funeral Services was in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Copeland, 80, passed away on Thursday, September 20, 2012 at his residence. He retired from the Forestry Commission. He was an avidhunter and fisherman. Mr. Copeland enjoyed raising cattle, which he didfulltime after retirement. He was a member of North Bend United Pentecostal Church.

Mr. Copeland is survived by his wife, Opal Copeland; daughters, Debby Alfordand Diane Alford; son, Ronald Joe Copeland ; sisters,Tommie Ruthvens and Charlotte Burton; a sister-in-law; brothers, Larry Copeland, all of Phila, MS and Stanley Copeland of Hernando, MS; (9) grandchildren; (16) great-grandchildren; host of nieces & nephews.

Pallbearers was Rodney Eric Copeland, Robby Alford, Kevin Alford, Dylan Alford, Thomas Cameron and Drew Jones.

Mr. Woody Elwood Graveside services for Mr. Woody Elwood were held at 2 pm Tuesday, September 25, 2012 from Cedarlawn Cemetery with Rev. Zachary Kilpatrick officiating. John E. Stephens Chapel Funeral Services was in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Elwood, 69, passed away on Saturday, September 22, 2012 at AndersonRegional Medical Center in Meridian, MS. He was born and reared in Philadelphia, MS. Mr. Elwood operated his own transportation company. He wasa member of Southside United Methodist Church.

Mr. Elwood is survived by his wife of 49 years, Judy Willingham Elwood of Phila, MS; Paula Elwood Boatner of Phila, MS and Amanda Elwood Beckham, Shannon of Phila, MS; son, Mike Elwood of Meridian, MS; (4) grandchildren, Pallbearers are Michael Alexander, David Ray, David White, Dewayne Davis, Billy Harbour and Danny Davis.

Mr. John Lewis Holmes Mr. John Lewis Holmes 78, passed away in Detorit MI Wednesday, September 12, 2012. He was born in Winston County, MS on May 9, 1933 and was retired from General Motors.

Mr. Holmes funeral was held at New Zion M. B. Church Saturday, September 22, 2012 at 11:00 A.M. with burial following in the church cemetery with Rev. Donald Bryant officiating

Mr. Holmes is survived by one daughter Linda Faye Allen; one son John Lewis Holmes Jr. both of Omaha, Nebraska; four sisters, Ida Mae Miller and Jessie Mae Streety both of Louisville, MS, Margaret Stubbs of Jackson, MS, and Sarah Mayfield of TN, also three special nieces.

William & Hampton Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Minnie Bell Blake Mrs. Minnie Bell Blake 74, passed at Pioneer Community Hospital in Ackerman Thursday, September 20, 2012. Mrs. Blake funeral was held at Center Grove Baptist Church Saturday, September 22, 2012 at 11:00 A.M. with burial following in the Center Grove Cemetery with Revs. Joel Hudson and Eddie Dodd officiating.

She was a member of Center Grove Baptist Church.

Mrs Blake is survived by her husband Joe Ray Blake of Ackerman,MS; two daughters, Jerry Jackson of Ackerman, MS and JoAnn King of Water Valley, MS ; five grandsons and one great-grandson; two sisters Louise Cooper of Eupora, MS and Addie Shepherd of Mathiston, MS

Coleman Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Lora Ann Goodin

Mrs. Lora Ann Goodin, 80, died Wednesday, September 19, 2012, at her residence in the Nanih Waiya community. Funeral services were held at 11:00 A.M. on Friday, September 21, 2012 at Porter Funeral Home, with Rev. Jason Gross, Rev. Mike Ingram, Rev. Bobby Joe Butler, and Rev. Gerald Butler officiating. Interment was in Good Hope Cemetery.

Mrs. Goodin was born August 25, 1932, in Winston County, Mississippi. She was a homemaker and a member of Good Hope Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Mattie P. and A. B. Moody; brothers, Cloyse (Thelma) Moody, Forest (Sallie) Moody, Edmond (Mildred) Moody, Bobbie (Jessie) Moody; a sister, Myrrha (Lester) Jarvis; and a brother-in-law, Vance Boyles.

She is survived by her husband, Robert C. “Bob” Goodin, Sr. of Louisville; a daughter, Rhonda (James) Hunt of Louisville; a son, Robert C. Goodin, Jr. of Louisville; three grandchildren, Dawn Hunt, Caleb Hunt, and Bridget Hunt; two great grandchildren, Gracie Perkins and Carter Hunt; a sister, Inez Boyles of Louisville; and a host of nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers were Caleb Hunt, Ronnie Boyles, Wayne Moody, Woody Moody, John Moody, Gerald Ray Goodin, Chuck Goodin, John Catt, Ellis Houston, Christopher Moody, and Billy Moody. Memorials may be made to the Good Hope Cemetery Fund, c/o Billy Moody, 11766 Hwy 490, Louisville, MS 39339.

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Louise Smith Jones March 3, 1933 – August 28, 2012

Memorial services were held at 11:00 a.m Saturday, September 8, 2012 at Jones & Son Funeral Home Chapel in Hattiesburg, for Mrs. Louise Smith Jones, 79, of Hattiesburg who died August 28, 2012 at her residence. Burial was in the Corinth Baptist Church Cemetery in Purvis with Rev. Brian Williamson officiating.

Louise was a member of the Hattiesburg Women’s Bowling Association Hall of Fame at Southern Lanes. She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert Nathan and Lily Mae (Sullivan) Smith; a daughter, Donna Jones Herrin; son-in-law, Jimmy Hodges; one brother and three sisters.

She is survived by her husband, Charlie Dean Jones of Hattiesburg; two daughters, Charlene (Donald) Bennett of Sumrall and Eva Dell Hodges of Purvis; two sisters, Lucille Garrard and Dora Mae Wedaman, both of Louisville; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

When I’m Gone When I come to the end of my journey And I travel my last weary mile, Just forget if you can, that I ever frowned And only remember the smile. Forget unkind words I have spoken; Remember some good I have done. Forget that I ever had heartache And remember I’ve had loads of fun. Forget that I’ve stumbled and blundered And sometimes fell by the way. Remember I have fought some hard battles And won, ere the close of the day. Then forget to grieve for my going, I would not have you sad for a day. But in summer just gather some flowers And remember the place where I lay, And come in the shade of evening When the sun paints the sky in the west. Stand for a few moments beside me And remember only my best.

Mrs. Catherine Slawson Vaughn

Mrs. Catherine Slawson Vaughn, 74, entered the Greater Life on Saturday, September 22, 2012, at her residence in Union, Mississippi. Visitation was Monday, September 24, 2012, from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. at Nowell-Massey Funeral Home in Louisville, Mississippi. Funeral services were held at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 25, 2012, in the Nowell-Massey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jerry Lundy, Rev. Wayne Hill, and Rev. Johnny Collins officiating. Interment will be in Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery.

Mrs. Vaughn was born on October 23, 1937. She lived in the Nanih Waiya area for 50 years and was a member of Harmony Baptist Church. She was also a member of Neshoba Baptist Church. Special thanks to Quality Hospice for their special care.

Mrs. Vaughn is survived by three sons, Randy Slawson of Hendersonville, Tennessee, Paul Slawson and wife, Jessica, of Henderson, Kentucky, and Wayne Slawson and wife, Jennifer of Ashland City, Tennessee; daughter, Vicky Higginbotham of Noxapater, Mississippi; two step-daughters, Janice Usry (Ernest) and Brenda McRorey both of Union, Mississippi; one sister, Lexie Barnes Craft of Raleigh, Mississippi; and three brothers, John Barnes of Chicago, Illinois, Robert Barnes and wife, Loretta, of Langley, Oklahoma, and Eddie Barnes of Ackerman, Mississippi. She is also survived by 14 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren and a host of nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husbands, Marvin Slawson and Fred Vaughn; her parents, Bill and Ethel Fortenberry Barnes; a son, Michael R. “Mike” Slawson; and her brother, Hulon “Pete” Barnes.

Pallbearers were Billy Charles Stokes, Lavern Green, Justin Kitchens, Carl Noel Stokes, David Foster, and Charles Henry Stokes.

Memorials may be given to American Cancer Society, 532 E. Main Street, Louisville, Mississippi, 39339.

Arrangements were under the direction of Nowell-Massey Funeral Home, 724 North Columbus Avenue, Louisville, MS. Memories and condolences may be shared with the family by signing the guest register at .

Mr. Richard L. “Dick” Still

Mr. Richard L. “Dick” Still, 84, died Thursday, September 20, 2012, at his home in Jackson, MS. Funeral services were held Sunday, September 23rd, at 3:00 P.M. at First Presbyterian Church in Louisville, with Dr. Bob Schwanebeck and Rev. Scott Phillips officiating. Interment was in Masonic Cemetery in Louisville. Porter Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Still was born July 9, 1928, in Rhode Island. He attended Annapolis, Maryland High School, where he was class Valedictorian. He received his B.S. degree in EE from the U. S. Naval Academy. He then received his law degree from George Washington Law School. He was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the U. S. Marine Corp, 1st 90 AA Gun Battalion. He served during the Korean War and was shot down in 1951 on a mission for the Air Corps. He was held as a POW under the North Koreans and Chinese. He served in the Honor Guard under the U. S. Navy. He was a Lt. Colonel in the U. S. Marine Corp. From 1971 to 1988, he served as the General Counsel for the Banking Commission in the U. S. House of Representatives, as well as other Congressional posts. He and his wife, Ann, moved to Louisville, MS, and he was an Asst. Professor of Business Law at Mississippi State University from 1988 to 2008. Upon retirement from Mississippi State University, he and his wife, Ann, moved to Jackson, MS. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Louisville.

Mr. Still is survived by his wife, Ann McIntyre Still of Jackson, MS; five daughters, Sally Sciacca of Alexandria, VA, Susan Protich of Newport News, VA, Elizabeth Rives of Arlington, VA, Molly Venezia of Piscataway, NJ, and Mary Still of Reston, VA; a step-daughter, Ruth Ryder of Alexandria, VA; a sister, Jackie Lithgow of Virginia; seven grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. Pallbearers were Niles McNeel, Jason McNeel, Taylor McNeel, Dr. Glen Peters, John Sharp, Phil Cook, and Dr. J. E. Calloway.

Memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church, Louisville, MS.

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Please consider adopting an animal.  The shelter is full of animals in need of a home. This is Rally, a neutered boxer/bulldog mix.  Adoption fee – $20.  … Read more

ECCC adds 44 Warrior Corp Members

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These East Central Community College students from Winston County are among new members of the Warrior Corps. Pictured are (first row, from left) Jade Smith, Samantha Morgan and Morgan Orr, all of Louisville; and Amy Hall of Nanih Waiya; (second row, from left) Madison Barnett and Anna Claire Webb, both of Noxapater; Madelon Taylor of Louisville and Megan Robinson of Nanih Waiya; and (back row, from left) Karla Higginbotham, Leslie Estes, and Channing Parkes, all of Nanih Waiya; Joelie Hill of Louisville and Logan Gregory of Nanih Waiya.  Warrior Corps is a select group of students who assist in recruiting and serve as hosts for special events on the Decatur campus. Student Services staff members Lanette Hanna and Romonica Evans serve as sponsors. (EC PHOTO)

Forty-four students were recently selected for membership in the East Central Community College Warrior Corps, a select group chosen to represent the College with recruiting endeavors and special events on the Decatur campus.

Joining the prestigious organization are … Read more

UDC hosts Steady On at meeting

Frances Woodruff, Ex-Division President of Mississippi and current President of Winston Guards 2643 of Louisville, was appointed by President General Pam Trammell to serve as Registrar General for 2014-2015 at the Annual United Daughters of the Confederacy Convention held in Richmond, VA, November 7-10, 2014.

The Winston Guards 2643 UDC chapter of Louisville had their December meeting at Lake Tiak O’Khata on December 1. Hostesses were Mrs. Barbara Pearson and daughters Becky Pearson, Christy Creel and Beth Boatner. The meeting was opened by Becky who … Read more

Town and Country Garden Club meets

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The November meeting of the Town & Country Garden Club was held in the home of Mrs. Frances Ball. Co-hostess for the meeting was Mrs. Dale Shumaker. A cup of hot cider was served to each member as they arrived.… Read more

District Reading Fair held at Eiland Middle School

Charles Lampley and he is in the 9th grade at LHS.  He came in Second place in the individual non-fiction section with the topic of his book on Thurgood Marshall

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*If you are testing in Bangladesh, China (including Hong Kong), Pakistan, India, or Singapore, you must present your passport as your identification.

Note: No other forms of identification will be accepted at the test center. Unacceptable forms of ID include expired passports or driver’s licenses, social security cards, draft classification cards, credit cards, employee or student IDs, letters from your university or college, IDs with physical descriptions in place of photos, or any other kind of ID that does not meet the requirements described above.

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Mike Tyson producing biopic

TYSON BIOPIC: Mike Tyson, left, and Lakiha Spicer arrive at the HBO Golden Globes after party at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday, Jan. 12, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Photo: Associated Press/Richard Shotwell/Invision

Former boxing champion Mike Tyson is set to produce a movie about his early years in the ring.

“The Hangover” star will work with his wife, Lakiha Spicer, to chronicle his meteoric rise to the top of the boxing world, which resulted in him becoming the youngest heavyweight champion ever at the age of 20.

Tyson is looking to cast an unknown to play himself, but he wants Kevin Spacey to portray his mentor and trainer, Cus D’Amato, and Helen Mirren to star as his adoptive mother, Camille Ewald, according to the New York Post.

Last year, Tyson brought his life story to the Broadway stage in a one-man show, which was directed by filmmaker Spike Lee.

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      Crisis at the border: While thousands of unaccompanied children flee violence by heading north, Vice-President Biden heads south to address the issue at its source. Plus, views from all sides as to the cause of the humanitarian crisis and how to solve it.

      Then, what are Lt. Governor Anthony Brown's views on issues facing Latinos in Maryland? We'll ask him

      Plus, a conversation with one of the most prominent voices in Maryland on Latinos issues. Maryland State Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez stops by our set for a chat.

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Tractor trailer fire snarls traffic in Hermitage

HERMITAGE, Pa. (WKBN) — Traffic is moving again along Broadway Avenue in Hermitage after a tractor-trailer caught on fire Tuesday evening.

Officials with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation said Wednesday there will be sporadic lane closures over the next couple of days for environmental cleanup near the site of the fire.

The trailer was traveling westbound when it caught fire, and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and Hermitage Fire Department came to the scene. A Pennsylvania Department of Transportation worker said the road was closed to repair damage to the asphalt.

The above video shows the scene when our news crew arrived just before seven near the Hermitage Industrial Park. The road had to be shut down while firefighters cleaned up the area.

There is no word on how the fire started.

There were no reports of any injuries.

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In this week's contest (10/18/13), you can win a family five-pack of tickets to the International Festival at Burritt on the Mountain, a Kaffeklatsch coffee gift basket or a Kaffeklatsch tea gift basket. You have until 5pm Friday to enter. We'll choose three winners at random.

The Blast events for the weekend of Oct. 18, 2013

FRI Concerts on the Docks at Lowe Mill feat. blues from Brotha Ric and the Chicken Bone Reunion. Open to the public. Small parking fee. 6-9pm.
FRI Madison Ghost Walk begins at Bandito Burrito on Main Street. Admission fee. 6pm.
FRI (local music) The Casket Kids, The Dirty Scavangers, Some Kind Of Nightmare at Copper Top in Huntsville.
SAT International Heritage Festival at Burritt on the Mountain. Activities 10am-4pm. No admission for children 2 and younger.
SAT Happy Trail Therapeutic Horsemanship hosts its annual Horse Fair at the Alabama A&M Agribition Center on Moores Mill Rd. in Huntsville. 8:30am-5pm. Open to the public.
SAT Astronomy Day hosted by the von Braun Astronomical Society at Monte Sano State Park. Indoor activites. Sky viewing, weather permitting. 1pm-10pm
SAT Pumpkin Carving Workshop and Contest at Sci Quest Hands On Science Center. 8am-3pm.
SAT International Archaeology Day at Lowe Mill. 1-4pm.
SAT (local music) Ugly Houses, Raw Sugar, Parasites Diet @ Copper Top in Huntsville.
SAT (local music) Liberty In Embers, Lysteria, We Dwell Within, Wolf Among Sheep at 11th Frame Bar in Madison.
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SAT Rocket City Short Film Festival at Flying Monkey Arts. 7-11pm.

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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (BURRISS)  --  As the election winds down many people will be cheering the end of campaign ads, slogans, banners, posters and other election paraphernalia. But in two years it will be time for another round of Congressional elections and all that entails.

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This year was lauded by many news outlets as an incredible year for black films. CNN heralded "Hollywood's African-American Renaissance;" The New York Times called 2013 a "a breakout year for black films." Shani Hilton, deputy editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed, talks to NPR's Arun Rath about why she think those assertions are overstated.


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Couple Continues to Wait for Flood Assistance

MEHOOPANY — Pete and Sharon Morgan have lived in their home in Mehoopany township since 1998.

The couple said their lives and home underwent a drastic change after the floods of 2011.

“Frightening. Every time it rains we just look outside and we don’t know what’s going to happen,” said Pete Morgan.

Back in 2011, the flood waters came up about 5 and a half feet in the Morgan’s basement.

Now, three years later the couple is still waiting for the flood money they believe they deserve.

“There has been times throughout the three years that we were told we were close, it was going to happen, it’s going to happen and still nothing happened,” said Pete Morgan.

The Morgan’s are one of five homeowners in the County waiting for FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Assistance Program, or a buy out of their home, to kick in.

Local and federal officials said those homeowners might not see that money any time soon.

“The issue with the home is obviously they have gas leases and FEMA is requiring a clear title with these gas leases,” said Gene Dziak, Wyoming County Emergency Management Director.

In May, FEMA added a new policy banning assistance to properties that could eventually be hosts for gas companies.

However, the Morgans and four other homeowners in Wyoming County had entered their gas leases prior to the policy change.

“If there was a flood tomorrow and there were gas leases involved, we wouldn’t be having this conversation. This policy is in place. The point of tomorrow verses today is that you changed the rules in the middle of the game – not fair,” said Dziak.

In 2011, the Morgan’s signed a $1,400 gas lease with Chief Oil & Gas.

They said it was a one time payment.

The Wyoming County officials say the hold up seems to be one issue: who would take over the gas lease on these properties if FEMA bought them out?

So far, no one has that answer.

“We’re going to keep moving forward. We’re going to keep pushing this rock as hard as we can and hopefully we’ll get good results,” said Dziak.

Newswatch 16 reached out to FEMA to see what it had to say about the policy change.

The agency said there are studies on the new policy being conducted by other agencies and FEMA is awaiting those results.

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Review of NJ Transit Sandy Performance Unfinished

 The anniversary of Superstorm Sandy has come and gone, and an independent review of how New Jersey’s transportation agency responded to the storm has yet to be released, despite officials’ assurances that it would be completed months ago.

Damage to NJ Transit's North Jersey Coast Line from Superstorm Sandy
Damage to NJ Transit’s North Jersey Coast Line from Superstorm Sandy (Facebook)

New Jersey Transit’s rolling stock and infrastructure suffered more than $400 million in damage from the Oct. 29, 2012, storm, including more than $100 million to rail cars and locomotives that were left in rail yards in Hoboken and Kearny. The agency has been heavily criticized for not clearing the yards before the storm.

At a board meeting in December, NJ Transit Executive Director James Weinstein said the agency’s response to the storm would be the subject of a review by the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service, a specialist in emergency response training and preparedness. TEEX is funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, according to NJ Transit.

Weinstein said TEEX “will do an objective, professional and constructive critique of how NJ Transit reacted to Hurricane Sandy and what can be done better,” according to minutes from the December 2012 board meeting. After the meeting, agency officials said the review would be completed in the spring.

NJ Transit spokeswoman Nancy Snyder said Wednesday that the report is being finalized and should be completed in the next few weeks. Snyder didn’t say why it has taken several months longer than officials initially said. A spokesman for TEEX didn’t respond to a similar question this week.

Another prominent regional agency recently submitted to a review by an outside entity that took far less time. In response to a controversy over toll hikes in late 2011, the governors of New York and New Jersey ordered an audit of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s management structure, finances and capital planning.

An auditor was approved that November, and by January, it had released a 55-page report — the first of two — that was highly critical of the agency.

In the year since Sandy, Weinstein has defended the decision to store the rail cars and locomotives at the Hoboken and Kearny yards, telling a state Assembly transportation committee that models showed an 80 to 90 percent chance that the yards wouldn’t be flooded.

NJ Transit has applied for more than $1 billion in grants from the federal government for flood prevention and mitigation projects, which include raising electrical substations as well as safeguarding its rolling stock and rail yards by building, buying or leasing other locations for use as emergency storage and inspection facilities.

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Richard Lee Byers writes in Astrojive:

In the “Conan” movie, the Cimmerian is out to avenge the murder of his father and the slaughter of his clan. In the “John Carter” film, the hero is a Confederate veteran who lost his wife and child in the war (right, just like the dude in Hell on Wheels) and has come to believe no cause is worth fighting for.

Neither concept comes from the original stories. Howard and Burroughs didn’t weigh the heroes down with emotional baggage. They made Conan and Carter adventurers, and that was that.

Now, I’m a writer, and I understand the conventional storytelling wisdom the screenwriters followed. (In my stuff, I often follow it myself.) Giving the hero a personal stake in the story conflict and/or psychological problems can enrich his characterization and intensify the drama.

But the flipside is that by now, all of us moviegoers have seen the vengeance-driven and/or grieving hero many times. Instead of deepening and individualizing a character, such traits can make him seem clichéd. Maybe movie Conan and movie Carter fall victim to that perception.

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I haven’t seen the new Conan yet, but we saw John Carter last night, and let me say: the extra junk was annoying.  Did we have to see all that crap with the Army in Arizona?  And what the hell was all that junk about the so-called religious leaders who were really out to destroy planets?  All that crap about Carter having lost his meaning in life got in the way of his Southern Charm, which, in the book, I found charming but here was almost non-existent.

I hate it when I read books where the characters have sufficient motivation to do something–and then the author has to stack up other crap on top of it that add nothing, waste my time, and turn the story from a story into a MESSAGE.  (Not that stories shouldn’t have messages, but any message shouldn’t be in flashing, 150-point font with arrows pointing toward it.)  And that’s what happened with Carter: a perfectly good movie that you have to mentally edit, because parts of it–the parts that were meant to “raise the stakes” for the characters–are just a waste of time.


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I was trying to find the contextual help section for all the admin pages so I could add some additional text. The main pages I need to hit are the "Pages" page and the "Widgets" page but I'm not sure where to find the files for these. Anybody know file names where I can find the contextual help?

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why did you ask the same question again? wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/28417/… –  Milo Sep 14 '11 at 1:37
because I didn't exactly find my answer. Luckily the answer below was extremely helpful. –  Howdy_McGee Sep 14 '11 at 2:14
you make the site less useful to others by littering it with unanswered questions. you should edit your questions with additional info, reasons why answers are not working, etc., if you're not getting answers that work for you. –  Milo Sep 14 '11 at 2:16
Wow, I even commented on the other one and didn't notice that it was the same asker :( –  helenhousandi Sep 14 '11 at 3:09

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Do NOT edit core files! You can add to or override the default text by using a filter. Try taking a look at http://justintadlock.com/archives/2011/06/02/adding-contextual-help-to-plugin-and-theme-admin-pages

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The following code was provided in another question but doesn't seem to be working. Basically I have 4 post types (deals, accommodation, articles, attractions) and I would like to show a list of post types relating to a common taxonomy (destination) and use a header to seperate each taxonomy.

Destination: London
London Attractions

London Articles

London Deals

Any ideas on this? I have added this to taxonomy-destination.php but it seems to just hang.

$post_type = '';
while (has_posts()): the_post;

if (get_post_type() !== $post_type) {
    // print the header for the post type
    // maybe something like this...
    echo '
', esc_html(get_post_type_object(get_post_type())->label)), '
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// do stuff with the current post

$post_type = get_post_type();

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please, clarify your question –  Eugene Manuilov Feb 19 '13 at 10:13

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First thing's first, correctly indent your code. Your editor/IDE should have auto-magical auto-indenting tools. Use them, they're there for a reason, they're not just some developers high and mighty opinions of beautiful code.

Moving on,

Instead of echoing them out, put them in arrays then after the loop do your echo'ing out of each

// this will contains arrays representing all posts of each type
$post_types = array();

// We will now use our main loop to collect data ( not print it )
while (has_posts()){ // use braces, the while(): endwhile; syntax doesn't play nice with editors and the highlighting

    $type = get_post_type();
    // we may never have come across this type of post before, so make sure there's an empty array ready to receive the content
    if( !isset($post_types[$type]) )
        $post_types[$type] = array();

    // now create the content for this post, and insert it into the array filed under the relevant post type
    $post_content = '
'.get_the_title().'
';

    // notice how [] will append to the end of the array without you having to figure out indexes etc
    $post_types[$type][] = $post_content;

// now we've done our main loop, lets process the data we collected and display it
foreach ( $post_types as $type => $posts ) {
    // get the post types label
    $label = get_post_type_object(get_post_type())->label;
    echo '
'.$label.'
';

    // display this post types content
    echo '
';
    foreach($posts as $post_content ) {
        echo $post_content;
    echo '
';

This should give you headings containing the post type, followed by an unordered list containing posts of that type.

Now that you know how to separate the posts, and that you don't need to echo them you can save them in variables and manipulate them later, this is now purely a PHP question. Consider using output buffers to simplify the juggling of strings

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, an eminent musical composer, was born in 1655, as the German authorities say, at Leipsic, but Handel and the Italians make him a native of Castello Franco, in the Venetian state. In his youth he was a chorister of St. Mark’s, where his voice was so much admired by a German nobleman, that, obtaining his dismission, he took him to Munich in Bavaria, and had him educated, not only in music under the celebrated Bernabei, but in literature and theology sufficient, as was there thought, for priest’s orders; in consequence of which, after ordination, he was distinguished by the title of abate, or abbot, which he retained until late in life, when he was elected bishop of Spiga. In 1671, at the age of nineteen, he published his “Psalms,” in ei^ht parts. He likewise published “Sonate a quattroStromenti,” but his chamber duets are the most celebrated of his works, and indeed, of that species of writing. In his little tract, “Delia certezza Dei principii della Musica,” he has treated the subject of musical | imitation and expression, according to Martini, like a philosopher, and agreeable to mathematical principles. This work was so admired in Germany, that it was translated into the language of that country, and reprinted eight times. He composed several operas likewise between the years 1695 and 1699, for the court of Hanover, where he resided many years as maestro di capella, and these were afterwards translated into German, and performed to his music at Hamburgh. About 1724, after he had quitted the court of Hanover, where he is s;dd to have resigned his office in favour of Handel, he was elected president of the academy of ancient music at London. In 1729, he went into Italy to see his native country and relations, but returned next year to Hanover; and soon after having occasion to go to Francfort, he was seized with an indisposition, of which he died there in a few days, aged near eighty. There are, perhaps, no compositions more correct, or fugues in which the subjects are more pleasing, or answers and imitations more artful, than are to be found in the duets of StefFani, which, in a collection made for queen Caroline, and now in the possession of his majesty, amount to near one hundred. 1

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At first glance, this question looks bleedingly obvious. With their massive fan base, a beautiful new 60,000 plus seat stadium, and their years of success and trophies, Arsenal should be quite clearly considered to be a “big club.” For the past decade and more, they have been considered part of the so-called Big Four, along with Chelsea, Manchester United, and Liverpool. But now that old order is crumbling, and Arsenal are struggling to keep pace with the other big clubs.

Just about three weeks ago, when Tottenham Hotspur beat Arsenal, Guardian pundit (and EPL Talk award winner) Barry Glendenning made an offhanded comment that should really stick in the gut of all Arsenal fans. He stated that of course Spurs should beat us. They spend significantly more money than us on players. He’s dead right. And now it has come to this: Tottenham are on the verge of finally, and perhaps permanently, overtaking Arsenal as the dominant club in North London.

My fellow Gooners. Read that again. That should strike fear in the heart of every Arsenal fan around the globe.

But the numbers and the reality doesn’t lie. Sure, Arsenal has finished above Tottenham for 15 straight seasons. But you don’t get a trophy for that. And now that Tottenham has finally reaped Champions League riches, these days are certainly numbered as well.

Which leads me back to my original question. Can Arsenal continue to call themselves a big club over the long-term without spending the requisite money?

While Arsenal continue to stay amongst the strongest clubs in Europe on the Forbes list, they have definitely fallen behind domestic rivals Chelsea and Man U, and most certainly behind Barcelona, Real Madrid, and perhaps even Bayern Munich. With the rise of Manchester City and Spurs, it won’t be long before Arsenal find themselves behind these clubs.

But the question has to be asked: Why?

When did Arsenal fall behind to the point where they may simply not be able to keep up? Arsenal have sold big players before, most notably Nicolas Anelka. What makes them different now, and why can’t they recover?

1. Inability to Market Themselves, Especially Outside Europe. By all measures, Arsenal play the perfect style to be the most popular club in North America and Asia. They play wide open, attractive football, and their skill and talent makes crowds want to see them play, even in opposing markets. But Arsene Wenger remains very stubborn. As the Gaffer wrote just six months ago, the fact that Arsenal have not gone on such a tour is almost criminal. The fact that Arsenal have also ignored key markets in Asia, while allowing clubs such as Liverpool, Everton, and of course Chelsea and Manchester United dominate that region has been business malpractice by Arsene Wenger.

2. Smart Spending In Face of Massive Debt. This is one that i will credit Arsene for. While other clubs, most notably Manchester United And Liverpool, spent heavily in the face of massive debt, Arsenal actually made a large profit over the last three seasons, selling such luminaries as Adebayor, Flamini, and Kolo Toure. Liverpool, however, have spent freely, adding Aquilani, Torres, and others. That club may pay the ultimate price: if a new owner isn’t found soon, they may become the new Leeds, forced to sell off players and plunge through the ranks of the football league.

3. Lack of development and motivation of some key players. While I will not spend this column harking on the failure of players like Denilson or Theo Walcott to grow at the club level, it is important to note that a number of these young players have not developed in the way we all thought they would. Sure, some of it has to do with key injuries, but this can not be an excuse: it is Arsene Wenger’s job to highlight not just the top talent, but also durable talent. Every manager knows that the Premier League season is long and grueling. The manager must find players up to the task.

4. Lack of depth. Three and four are very much related. Everyone this side of Rotterdam knows that Robin van Persie gets injured. Everyone, that is, except for Arsene Wenger. When RVP is inevitably out for 3-4 months with some sort of calf/knee/ankle/foot injury, Arsene Wenger has no plan B. But the facts don’t lie. When Didier Drogba was out for a couple months, Nic Anelka was there to pick up the scoring slack. Arsenal simply have no other striker option good enough. Eduardo is not the same player he was before the injury; he may never be. Nik Bendtner is just starting to scratch the surface of his talent. At this point, however, he’s simply not a reliable option.

5. Arsene Wenger Himself. This is the one that is really hardest for me to write. But first, a confession. I generally hate all the coaches/managers of teams I root for. I have always disliked Jim Leyland, even when the Tigers made their first World Series in 22 years. My anger toward Lloyd Carr was unparalleled when he was the coach at Michigan. There has only been one coach who I have steadfastly supported: Arsene Wenger. It was hard not to. The man brought trophy after trophy to Arsenal. Every fan swore their allegiance: “In Arsene We Trust,” the banner reads behind the goal. But is Arsene Wenger really deserving of that? The past five seasons don’t lie: While the ship has been sinking, while Arsenal players struggled (especially in goal), Arsene Wenger behaved not like one of the winningest managers in history, but more like Baghdad Bob. “We have utmost confidence in (insert flopping continental keeper name here)” he would say, while that keeper flubbed one or two goals almost every game. Arsene Wenger needs someone to offset him, someone to say to him “Arsene, we really need a new keeper.” “Arsene, Silvestre and Billy Gallas aren’t good enough.” In other words, Arsene Wenger needs someone to tell him when he’s wrong. He’s been wrong on the keeper, he was wrong to not buy depth the last couple years (as stars were likely out of our price range), and he’s wrong not to strengthen the squad at the back and at the front. If Arsene Wenger is unable to notice these things on his own, he needs someone to tell him when he’s wrong. Before it’s too late.

While Cesc may walk now, and Gallas not long after, it is clear that Arsenal have a lot of decisions to make. While a lot of these fall on the shoulders of one man, it is important that he understands that his years of winning have bought him a lot of patience. But a fifth consecutive season without silverware, and a 4th without any sort of final appearance, will see the end of the patience from a lot of fans. While he can point fingers at Barcelona or Chelsea “tapping up” our players, it is clear that Arsene has not done enough to convince our players that their futures lie at Arsenal. In 2010-2011, Arsene has the chance to reverse the bleeding. If he does not, a steady and perhaps irreversible decline may be at hand at Arsenal.

Jordan Acker will continue to love his Gunners no matter what. Follow him on Twitter at @JAcker2L

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      1. The Carling cup is not a real trophy. And to all Spuds fans your not in the CL yet, that’s why they call it a qualifying round.

  1. I dont understand why after Arsenal being in the champs league 13 years in a row that spurs getting there once means that “these days are certainly numbered as well”?

  2. “But now that old order is crumbling, and Arsenal are struggling to keep pace with the other big clubs.”

    Whaaaa?? you mean Liverpool sucked balls this year and there’s probably only a “big Three” left? What the %#$ does Arsenal have to do with Liverpool’s mid-table slump?

  3. “My fellow Gooners. Read that again. That should strike fear in the heart of every Arsenal fan around the globe.”

    Not for a second – it makes me quote you and jump into the comment to call this article “FULL OF SH*T” , “Flamebait”, and an attempt to turn the recent Arsenal news into more clicks for your site’s Ad banners…

    Lol, Tottenham better than Arsenal – that’s some good gangja you’re smoking there

  4. I think you do Arsenal a disservice Jordan and I’m a Spurs fan. Only the most optimistic ( or blinkered) Spurs fan can honestly say we’re anywhere near the level of consistency shown by Arsenal over the last 13 seasons since Wenger arrived in North London. As we say here, one swallow doesn’t make a summer.

    Fabregas was always, always going to rejoin Barcelona, it’s just surprising how quick it’s turned out. It’s tough when your best player leaves, I’ve seen it enough at White Hart Lane over the years but it’s not the end of the world.

    The Gunners are in far better shape financially than any of the other big teams debt wise and the squad is still very young. Some wise acquisitions this summer could easily fill the gap left by Fabregas.
    Compared to Liverpool, who are in real trouble, both off and on the field, despite what their fans may think, Arsenal will be up there once again next season.

  5. You should definitely watch the free Q&A videos with Ivan Gazidis on the Arsenal website. He clearly discusses the club’s deficiencies on the commercial side, including our approach to overseas marketing and touring. He talks about how the club have (prior to now) lacked a world-class management team to tackle the challenges of capitalizing on the club’s worldwide brand. It is patently not down to Wenger’s “stubborness”.

    Your post reeks a bit of naivete and ignores the shift in strategy employed by Wenger in the face of a stadium development, property development, inflation of wages due to Chelsea and Man City, and the financial crisis. He has managed to position the team and the club in a strong financial posture with a very young squad which will only improve with time and with the club’s increasing prosperity.

    You only have to look at Liverpool to see that it is not just down to spending money. Arsenal are a proper club run the proper way, and in the next decade you should expect to see a vast tranformation of Arsenal into a true megaclub. If you look at Man U, Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Milan, they have all had their enormous stadiums for many years already. Arsenal have just got theirs. We will be joining their ranks in the very near future.

  6. Its not ‘is’ Arsenal, its ‘are’ Arsenal. The team/club is not referred to as I or he, Its referred to as as ‘we’ or ‘us’.
    seems a little trivial, but i have come across this on a few blogs lately…
    its bad enough that you call it the EPL, but at least thats understandable as it has been promoted as that overseas…but Arsenal ‘is’…is just really bad

    1. And “its” is supposed to be “it’s”, but apparently you are too wrapped up in your own self righteousness to notice or care……since you did it 4 times. *That’s* just really bad.

      Sorry, but you really need to let that kind of stuff go, particularly if you’re not going to be perfect yourself.

  7. Nah thats daft. Spurs have got a long way to go to be on par with us. Even if they did finish above us for a season or 2 it would not last. The work we have been putting in will hold us in very good stead in the not too distant future. Scaremongering seems to be the new religion.

    1. “Even if they did finish above us for a season or 2 it would not last”
      this is based on absolutely nothing. so you cite the past as defense for the present, but if the past is unfavorable then it doesn’t matter at all? i agree this article is a bit ridiculous, but that is not grounds for posting mindless bs like its fact. whats next, “if we get relegated it doesn’t mean we aren’t the best club in england”?

      i think arsenal do have some problems. they are a clear 3rd right now in england, and nobody really knows how this city madness will unfold. if wenger can bring himself to spend money then they will be fine, but its hard to believe they will be better next year than last.

  8. Arsenals history ordains that we will always be a big club. Remember we are “The Arsenal”. We even got a tube station named after us.

  9. Arsene is one but the board has pretty much a lot of say in the transfer fee available i would imagine. I admire Arsenal for the way they play and their philosophy which is to give the young ones a chance. Sure people will compare to The Invincibles but that was a team of Henry,Bergkamp,Pires,Ljungberg,Vieira,Petit/Gilberto,Cole,Lauren,Campbell/Adams/Keown & Seaman all top class and that was quite a phenomenon whereby things clicks to be so beautiful much like the current Barca team. And all above players was brought in as unknowns and young polished to be a gem of a team which is what Arsene has always been about. Walcott/Persie/Hleb/Nasri/Rosicky/Arshavin/Wiltord/Flamini/Cesc/Ramsey/Clichy/Sagna/Gallas/Vermaelan/keepers are similar and still very much in a template of the above team and its players. So it will definitely click again and they be winning and playing beautifully while at it. Even if Arsenal does not win next season or a few more Arsene will still be around because the board knows he is that good for the club future.

  10. If you want to dwindle on semantic Spurs technically aren’t in the CL yet. From a purely theoretical point of view they have to play a qualifying round since they did come 4th and for all we know they could be knocked out right there and then and be looking at the Europa League. With the recent change in format to the CL to include top 3 automatically qualify and the 4th play a qualifying round for the group stages there is the potential for some quality opposition for the Spurs.

    To be honest this situation can be likened to Liverpool/Everton in 2007 when Everton finished 4th in the league and Liverpool finished 5th but won the CL. Liverpool got back into the CL on a technicality and Everton crashed out of their group stage qualifier and haven’t see any CL action since. Until Spurs consistently stay in the top four then Arsenal don’t have to look over their shoulder at Spurs. Even historically, Spuds have a long way to go to to match Arsenal. They’ve won 2, count them TWO league titles and Arsenal have 13 so this could be a one off for Spuds or it couldn’t be but we’re definitely jumping to conclusions about them already.

    1. it wouldn’t be looking over their shoulder if they were on par with or better than arsenal. should they look over their shoulder at united? wouldn’t do much good since they have been in front of them for seasons.they should be looking over their shoulder at spurs. they are still behind them but not paying attention to your up and coming competitors isn’t really a good idea.

  11. How many years has it been since their last title?

    They are a consistently good team…not great…and they don’t seem to address their weaknesses on defense nor their inability to stay consistent under Wenger

  12. This article exemplifies why I hate the offseason. Some folks have too much free time on their hands and can’t help but think up rubbish like this article. Every year countless people, like the author above, slag the Arsenal and foresee their impending doom, and every year the Arse proves them wrong! And please stop the reckless fear mongering about how every club is overtaking us just because the Spuds reached the CL qualifier!

      1. Friend, really, I’m going to have to ask you to bring a little clarity into your perspective. There are four titles (three, really, since the League Cup is pointless) available every season to every English side. The league is the most difficult to win on a tight budget, which is what Arsenal has willingly constrained itself to in the hopes of a stronger long-term foundation, unlike it’s primary three contenders. The other three competitions involve TONS of luck in order to even make a final, which is why you saw Pompey, the absolute dregs of the top division even before the points deduction, in the FA Cup final this season. Any time you reduce a competition to a series of single- or two-game competitions (which also feature blind draws), the results are due as much to good fortune as supreme talent.

        Yes, we all want trophies, but let’s not confuse a relative lack of silverware with a capitulation. Arsenal have been remarkably consistent — and consistently excellent — in Wegner’s term. Every top side in the world, including mighty the world-beating Barca, have seen slumps of similar nature over periods of time that rival Arsenal’s current five-year drought. To spend like drunken sailors this summer in order to satisfy the singular goal of winning a trophy in 2011 could stand to be a Pyrrhic victory, and those are always remembered as losses in the end.

        Arsene has proven many people wrong on many things since the first day he arrived in the league. This is not to say he is above reproach or doubt, only that he has certainly earned a great deal of rope.

        1. EDIT: My statement about the “four” titles available is clearly an overstatement. Obviously, the caveats for each competition apply; I meant to say that there are four available to the top four teams. Apologies.

  13. Talking out your arse mate. Tottering Hotscum will never be bigger than us, They make the champions league once and its the end of the world for Arsenal. You sound like one of those plastic mugs who think the answer is spend, spend ,spend sack the manager its all about huge transfers. Fuck off and support someone else.

  14. All i can say is what the biggest load of crap ive read Arsenal 13 years of Champions league football at the beginning of last season all the press blogs said this is Liverpools year Spurs will not get out of the group stages of the champions league and will finish 8th or below next year there out of their depth winning the stupid league cup means nothing we put our teenagers in that stupid tournament im sick of hearing this crap from the press and bloggers alike Cesc wont leave either 5 years left on his contract if he leaves it will be because wenger will be leaving and he will go for a record fee

    1. What in the world has happened to punctuation in the 21st century? Is it really that hard to use a comma or a period? Brutal.

      You don’t have to be perfect but can you at least try write properly?

  15. An absolute ridiculous topic for a story. Is there no more imagination in writing/blogging anymore? A bit of a lazy story from this readers standpoint.

  16. I agree with some of the sentiments here that this does not hold water in most respects. Now, surely the Spurs have a good chance to take their team into ‘the Big 4′ or whatever this season. If they have another successful campaign and can run a string of CL appearances, the money will allow them to spend at a greater rate. However, as history has proven, one CL appearance is not sufficient. So we shall see how things develop. To conclude that Tottenham are “on the verge” of “permanently” (possibly) overtaking Arsenal is simply silly.

    I want to focus on two other points to add to the discussion, since I think this first point has been discussed well already (e.g., Paul Bestall’s comment, though once again, the certainty with which some EPL Talk writers have talked about Fabregas departure is beguiling. There is surely more to the story this time than in previous iterations – and we do hear it every, single, offseason – but we are a long way off from certainty or anything close to it).

    The first is that it is wholly unclear to me that Arsenal have failed in their overseas strategy. What evidence do you have? How does Arsenal fail in terms of overseas market share as it is? How much have tours helped in the past? What about Arsenal’s relatively new youth academy in Vietnam? This first part trades in generalities and common wisdom – but it is far from clear that overseas tours are serious methods to extend one’s brand.

    Second, I think you place far too much faith on Arsene’s public pronouncements of support. He has always done this, his famous myopia. He unfailingly defends his players in the press. Yet we have seen time and time again that he can be ruthless with players who are not performing. You only have to look back to the unceremonious benching of Jens Lehmann in advance of Euro 2008 in favor of Almunia. If he does not sign a goalkeeper this offseason, that would be a sign that he is wrong about some things at the club, but to base it on his public statements seems mad to me. I too wish he would round out the squad with a bit more depth (he had more faith than was rewarded with Fabianski, Denilson, Diaby), but given his amazing run of success (including with recent buys, such as Sagna, Arshavin, Vermaelen), I see this as a relatively isolated error – not as some gaping hole is oblivious to.

    Ultimately, the difficulty in assessing Arsene’s performance of the past few years is the same as it has always been – we simply do not have a clear enough understanding of the financials. We get pronouncements from the club that Arsene can spend, but then we have remarks that he needs to watch his spending. Is he not buying depth because he does not want to spend the money? Or is he not buying depth because of his faith in Denilson? The answer might be both, and it is rather unclear. I admit to being a “In Wenger We Trust” sort of fellow, but I hardly see him as being an obstacle to the club – even if he has made some poor decisions in recent memory.

    1. I completely agree, the topic of Fabregas’ impending depature has been written about seemingly every off season since Euro 2008 and has come to nothing every time.

      This season, the story seems to have a little more muscle to it. I had expected Barca to be heavily linked to Fabregas, simply because this summer the club are holding there presidential elections and he is a talismanic figure in Catalonia.

      I certainly didn’t expect the outgoing President, Juan Laporta, to be leaving after having signed David Villa and attempting to get Fabregas too. I expected both of them to come packaged with one of the new candidates, especially Sandro Rossell, due his connections with Nike.

      As with last close season, virtually every pundit predicted that Arsenal would be the one to fall out of the top 4 to be replaced by Manchester City. As we know now, it was Liverpool who went and Spurs who replaced them and Arsenal weren’t too far from mounting a consistent title challenge.
      Never underestimate Arsene Wenger!!

  17. You should really be asking yourself is liverpool still a big club,and anyone with the cheek whom supports liverpool to make silly statements about Arsenal being small need their heads and eye sites examining….7th VS 3rd and no Champions League :)

  18. “Inability to Market Themselves, Especially Outside Europe”!!!, I can swear to you that here in Kenya, You can not walk 100meters in town without coming across the Arsenal Logo, It is on the Shirts, Jackets, Key Rings, Onthe windows of both the private and public vehicles, Posters inside the Bars and Restaurants e.t.c. As Kenyans we may not have the money to support Arsenal, But you are dead wrong if you think Arsenal is any less popular just because of lack of silverware.

    Fabregas and Gallas came to Arsenal, It is not Arsenal that went to them, Arsenal will survive their departure unnoticed. I’d rather see Kyle Bartley with Vermaelen next season.

    Is Arsenal a big club?? I don’t know because sometimes in my home area,it feels like it is the only football club in the world if you follow the crowds.

  19. To the author of this piece.

    You are a knob of the highest order and should not consider yourself a gooner.

  20. Yes.

    A more interesting question might be what has the absence of David Dein meant to the last few years and is there anyone of sufficient stature to fill that void if the ownership situation remains in détente.

  21. fatal flaw in the argument is “Barry Glendenning made an offhanded comment”

    He is one of the most ignorant, biased “pundits” out there… however, he does occasionally come up with some funny material – but you can’t put any stock in his predictions or analysis

  22. I don’t think the one who wrote the question “is Arsenal still a big club?” is normal. How can you compare the very great team to the recently rising team-Totenham? i can’t even see logicalness in your writing; you have to remember that in case of Tottenham it is not yet guaranteed that the are going to play Champs league. They have to go through a certain sieve which will testify their partcipatiion in the tournament. Arsenal have been lossing players,mostly key-players to those very rich teams, but they are still attaining their character of being in top-4. From my side, i think Man City was the stable team to be the Champs league. Your article is more hatrid towards Gooners, and i think you are one of those who are ever praying for the downfall of Arsene and his boys. i only agree with you if yuo are asking in case of money. Yes, Arsenal have no money this time , but progressively don’t even try to fool yourself and other Arsenal haters. See what Arsenal will have for its fans and supporters next season

  23. I like that I am being called an Arsenal hater. Apparently, you just read the headline and not the column. What I specifically said was that Arsenal are at a crossroads, and poor decisions, and not replacing talent, could lead to a permanent decline from the top 4.

    1. So Jordan – how did the conversation go?
      “Bet I can get more comments than anyone else this week”
      Or was it:
      “Dang man – we’re low on revenue now that we’re in the gap b/w EPL and WC – Post something that’ll draw a lot of attention and comments for our Ads”

      Seriously – you’ve seriously reduced the reputation of this blog with me and many others with this utter shite that you posted. There are a 100 other ways you could have conveyed your “message” aside from this “spectacular” headline and posting. I’m embarrased to know that you support the same club as me. Critical journalism is one thing, flamebait and sh*t stirring is another.

  24. I would find this question more compelling after the summer and the transfer window is closed, and all spending and transfers are done. You have no idea what will be spent or what players will be or not be in the club by the end of that time period. Is it a good question? Sure. But I don’t think it’s a good question right now.
    I think it’s a better question if certain holes that need to be filled aren’t, and it doesn’t look like Arsenal spent quality money on what seem to be quality players. And I said quality money, not “a lot of” money for a reason. We got quality in Thomas Vermaelen last summer, so it can be done.
    Right now, I’m just not really worried about that question. I may be at the start of the season.

  25. What poor decisions? Arsenal have been putting their money in the Emirates and in the academy and in strong value investments concerning transfers. They are already a stable well run club. This isn’t a project club like Chelsea was or Man City is. When Roman Abramovich bought Chelsea, part of the purchase price was ultimately putting several hundred million pounds into the academy, the staff, and most expensively the players. The immediate result was a couple of titles but the more lasting impact was that they were now a perennial contender, Champions League side, a major brand. In other words, a big club. Arsenal are already a Premier League contender, Champions League threat, and a major brand. They have been a big club since at least Chapman.

    You say that they are poorly marketed outside of Europe. I currently live in the United States in a fairly small mid-western college town. A majority of the replica club kits that I see are Arsenal. Second is Barca. After that, you have Madrid, Liverpool, Inter, and Milan. Then you get to Chelsea, Man U, Man City, Bayern, Club America, Ajax, Juve, New Castle, and then to Tottenham with a few kits probably more influenced by where Americans have or do play like Fulham and Everton and the odd MLS or K-League follower. I watch matches almost every day at one of the 3 bars and 1 cafe that dedicate their televisions to matches. If Arsenal or Barca play there are 3 or 4 times as many people than any other non-international game. Arsenal have apparently done something right if they are so poor at marketing.

    Other than recently being weak at goal, I don’t see the poor decisions.

    Until ownership is resolved, it just doesn’t make sense to make a large risky transfer budget part of the equation. They are already a Champions League contender every year. They are already going to compete for the title every year. Why shouldn’t Arsenal continue to concentrate on it’s foundations while playing attractive competitive football?

  26. Arsenal play the best football in the prem league next season will be our season chamakh iz coming in so we hav cover for rvp and a gud goalkeeper will come in and if cesc stays we can hav a brilliant season and hopefully win prem league and persuade cesc to dtay for many years to come. NEXT YEAR IS OUR SEASON. GUNNERS RULE

    1. and if all the stars align just right you can transport to an alternate reality where this stuff is true already. yes you have chamakh. you do not have a good GK yet. cesc is most likely not going to stay. chelsea, united, city, spurs are all looking to buy, and probably more than arsenal. next season is probably not going to be yours. its not impossible, but definitely not likely.

  27. Hiiiiii Liverpool supporter and defender here! I think we’ve forgotten that in the past 5 years, lpool won a CL final in 2005, went to a final but lost in 2007, followed it up by taking Chelsea to wire in the semifinals in 2008, and placed 2nd in the Premier League to Man Yoo last year by only a point or 2. Which is a hell of a lot more than Arsenal has done recently. So my answer is yes, we are still a big club. Yes we had a “bad” season this year, but to be expected when u sell your best midfielder to Madrid and your superstar spent half the campaign inthe stands injured or was playing injured. Do I agree we need new ownership and need to make a few other changes, hells to the yeah! We need to offload some people, settle some debts and get rid of our dumbass owners who don’t know anything about football and yet control everything.

    Now, as for Jordan writing this, how dare he not blindly follow his team and actually question the clubs wheelings and dealings and how they could affect the team both in the short and long term! How dare he be concerned about the future of his team and make suggestions as to fix it despite the fact that Arsene or whoever owns your beloved gunners will never read this post. He might be a little misguided, I wouldn’t know, I only care about Arsenal 2 days a year, but a lot of these comments sound like whiny little children bitching cause someone picked on their favorite team.

    1. “Which is a hell of a lot more than Arsenal has done recently”

      Well Sh8t on a stick – if you’re going to go there then we’ll go there:
      Lets See:
      2003-04 – Oh yeah – the Invincibles, Only team EVER to have done this is Arsenal
      2003, 05 FA cup winners
      CL final in 05-06

      As for the excuses of selling your players – well we sold Henry didnt we?
      So you’re exempting yourself with excuses that hold less water than the “proverbial” excuses of ours? (Stadium $$ much?) Fact is you’re just jealous that Arsenal can build an entire freaking stadium, sell their best striker, and still stay top four through that?

      and as for “a lot of these comments sound like whiny little children bitching cause someone picked on their favorite team.” go ahead and look at your own bloody comment your ignorant tool – cause that’s EXACTLY what you’re doing here…

      1. I notice you had to go farther back to name your accomplishments. We have the FA cup more recently than you as well (2006) I will give you the Invincibles. Thats impressive. We also still hold the record for most Premier League titles (altho, yes, Man U is coming) and 5… FIVE… Champion’s League trophies. Arsenal has how many?? oh yes, none.

        1. well Nottingham Forest have to European cups to Arsenal’s one – does that make them a big club? Is Newcastle still a big club? Both Liverpool and Arsenal are big clubs. The big 4 will not stop being Big Clubs anytime soon – and *gulp* neither will Newcastle. Whether Man City and Tot-ten-ham can become big will be a measure of their winning and their marketing over the next 5-10 years. It’s still a bit too soon to say.

        2. Missy I hate to burst your bubble but Liverpool have never won the Premier league. And isn’t this the second time since 2005 they’ve finished outside the top four?

          1. Excuse me, remove Premier from that sentence, were still tied with ManU for 18 league titles. Whatever it was called at the time of winning. But I see your point that we haven’t won in almost 20 years. And yes, we finished outside the top 4 twice. One year we won a CL trophy so I’d say that compensates fairly well, not that Arsenal fans would know what that’s like. And then this year which was due to a great many issues, #1 being Torres was hurt.

            Look, I agree with all of you, Arsenal is still a big club. You’ve just not done anything in the last 5 years, unlike the other 75% of the Big Four. Attack me all u want, it’s not gonna change that fact. And I’m pretty sure that’s all he was trying to say too. I don’t think that means he needs to have his fan card revoked. He’s trying to say Arsenal need to step it up in various areas. And after the year they had, so does Liverpool, so u don’t need to tell me about my teams woes.

  28. As soon as Spurs have to start doling out the money for a new stadium that Arsenal has done they’ll be back where they belong on the second page of the table. Hope they enjoy the mid-August plane rides.

  29. Are you crazy!??!?! Liverpool have spent freely?!?! With a net spend of 0 in the last 3 transfer windows!! Your absolutely f*@king crazy! Look at Wenger, spent 15 million on Arshavin – Flop. 18 million on Reyes – Flop
    12 million on Walcott – Flop. Bought players like Eduardo, Denilson and Roshitsky who are crap as well.

    Liverpool CL titles – 5 Arsenal – 0

    Never really a ‘big club’ in the first place, no European pedigree

    1. You’re an absolute tit, suffering from a massive FAIL hangover i see…

      As for your numbers – yeah, liverpool are out 84m since Benitez came in – a period over which Arsenal have had a gain of 1.95m.

      Do you not read EPL Talk? it’s right here:

      Oh – and yeah. I’m so glad that your “European pedigree” is keeping you company in 7th place. 20+ pts behind the leaders. You’re just stirring sh*t by posting what you posted. Move on and enjoy that marvelous european run next year that your “pedigree’ has earned you… Oh wait…

    1. Simple grammar lesson:

      Arsenal IS one team. the players ARE what make up the team. And you forgot your question mark.

        1. I actually pronounce Derby the way it’s pronounced in the UK, which in USA would be spelled “Darby”.

          I was only making the statement because Kristian was being a condescending know it all and was wrong. Technically, “is” is the proper term despite cultural grammatical differences. The Arsenal is a singular expression made up of a collection of things, in this case players. So “We are Arsenal” is correct, but “Are Arsenal…” isn’t. Are Arsenal also sounds weird. But I will agree that British and American English are different. This convo is going over on the Liverpool transfer page as well.

          1. Hey Kids

            I was just messing about, was having a bad day at work.

            I must admit there are several UK to US grammar issues, that just seem weird to me, particular in the ways that people use clubs as whether they are a thing, an object or an organisation.

            But its not biggy, in answer to the question, if yo have to ask, then maybe the question has already been answered :P

  30. Honestly it’s obvious that Arsenal F.C. can’t seem to win every rivalry they face. They seriously need to work on their defense. Only if they want to win the domestic competitions.

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Is the US Finally Winning the Foreign Player Battle?

 Is the US Finally Winning the Foreign Player Battle?

Bob Bradley went against conventional wisdom with his squad for the South Africa match next week and picked a good number of young players to make the squad.  Three young MLS players and three international professionals will have the chance to earn their first international cap next week in Cape Town.  What’s interesting about the Rookie Six is that most of them are dual internationals the U.S. has been chasing to join the U.S. National Team.

The most surprising call-up was Teal Bunbury, the first-year striker for the Kansas City Wizards.  Bunbury’s father was a Canadian national team star, but his American mother raised him in Minnesota, causing the national team dilemma for the 20 year old.  In college, CBC quoted him saying “I was born in Canada, I have a lot of family members there, and it would feel wrong for me to play for the U.S. I feel a connection with Canada.”  However, after his selection, the striker said “I felt a better tie with the U.S.  I had to do what was best for me.”  He has turned down Canada’s national team for three matches as well as the U-23.

Mikkel Diskerud is another half-American through his mother who is currently playing in the Norwegian league for Stabaeck.  Diskerud played for two U.S. youth teams but because he was raised in Norway and plays in Scandinavia, his decision was never a slam dunk.  Another call-up, New York Red Bulls Juan Agudelo, has dual American-Colombian citizenship but played in the U.S. youth system.  Gale Agbossoumonde was born in Togo before coming to the U.S. in his youth.  The same week all of these dual-citizenship players were called-up, MLS Rookie of the Year Andy Najar rejected a call-up from the Honduras national team, citing his busy schedule.

Just to note, all of these players are free to choose another national team until they play in a FIFA qualifying match, so it is possible they could never play another match for the U.S.  But it is a good sign for Bob Bradley.

This continues a positive trend for U.S. soccer of dual-citizen soccer players choosing to play for the U.S. national team.  The emphasis on recruiting such players came after the high-profile defection of Giuseppe Rossi to the Italian team, robbing the team of an offensive threat it could use.  But this year Jermaine Jones left the German system to play for the U.S. as well as Polish-American Eric Lichaj.  The U.S. needs to continue this type of recruiting to supplement the youth academy and take advantage of other countries’ youth development.

For the U.S., there are some major battles in the near future.  Andy Najar is still undecided for his international future, and the MLS itself is host to a number of possible American national players, Steve Zakuani and Danny Mwanga as the biggest names.  It’s unrealistic that Bob Bradley will win all these battles, as position depth or nationalistic reasons will be a determining factor for many of these players.  However, more players leaning to the U.S. increases the talent pool and allows Bob Bradley and his successors to build better teams.  In this sense, the experience of the Rookie Six in South Africa may be more important than we think.

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    1. Ditto.

      Although you will be more challenged and can mature faster as writer over at EPL Talk and should transfer as soon as possible. ;-)

      Happy Friday everyone.

      1. Switch to EPL Talk? Then I’d miss discussions over Eastern Conference finals in Denver and three different drafts over the next five months!

        In all seriousness, the MLS is a unique and fun league, and I always appreciate feedback, so keep it coming please!

  1. Glad to see the US system courting foreign-american talent. We got a lot of talent south of the border and if we can capture herc and torres that says a lot about our system!

  2. Nice article… however, I have a few minor linguistic quibbles. I don’t intend to sound like some a-hole grammar police, but I just thought a couple of things could appear confusing:

    “Three young MLS players and three international professionals”

    By “international professionals”, do you mean guys playing in foreign countries (i.e. outside of the USA)? That’s what I assume you mean, but your story only mentions one guy fitting this profile (M Diskerrud at Staebeck). If this is the case, perhaps you could have used an alternative like “three professionals playing abroad”.

    “all of these players are free to choose another national club until they play in a FIFA qualifying match

    Firstly, the phrase “national club” is kind of weird. I’ve seen it used in other American media, and I think it is a mis-useof the term “club.” A club is a team like Man Utd, NY Red Bulls, Barcelona, etc. A national team is never described as a club. “Club” is not directly synonymous with “team”. Calling the national team a club would be like calling the US Olympic Basketball team “the US Olympic basketball franchise”.

    Secondly, saying they are “free to choose another national club” implies that this choice is unrestricted – like they could just choose to play for Brazil, or Japan, or Australia, or whoever they liked. I can’t think of a better alternative in this case though, unless I get particularly wordy.

    Also, the use of the term “foreign player” in the headline is slightly ambiguous, and potentially offensive to some people. They are players with dual-nationality, which isn’t the same as being “foreign.”

    Ok, nitpicking over, don’t mean to sound like a jerk. I think it’s a good article, and great news that the US is making progress in appealing to more of its potential player pool.

      1. Thanks for taking it well – I’ve become a stickler for spelling, grammar and phraseology recently, so I’m glad you didn’t just think I was being a dick.

  3. Lol, come on. No one is choosing Canada, Norway or Togo when they have the opportunity to play for a team that has a shot at the WC. It will be big news when someone like Rossi picks us instead of a country like Italy.

  4. agreed James. could you imagine if Rossi and Subotic chose USA. We probably would’ve beaten Ghana have a serious attacking threat with Rossi. Altidore is useless

    1. You say you agree Dan, but it seems to me you disagree.

      IF those players chose US, we will win games, meaning they are getting likely to come here. Not over Italy of course, but still getting closer, no ?

  5. james November 12, 2010 at 1:33 pm
    Lol, come on. No one is choosing Canada, Norway or Togo when they have the opportunity to play for a team that has a shot at the WC. It will be big news when someone like Rossi picks us instead of a country like Italy.

  6. With Zakuani accepting a call-up to Congo’s National side that limits his future options to Congo and England even if he eventually gets US citizenship. Let’s be honest, England won’t call up an MLS player. So I hope for Zakuani’s sake that he can spur some improvement in the Congolese side. Perhaps he can get them to an African Cup, but I doubt it. West and North African teams are way too strong for them.

    1. I don’t get it – how are his options limited to Congo and England, if he’s accepted a call-up to the Congolese side? Either he plays for Congo in a competetive match, in which case he’s tied to Congo, or he doesn’t, in which case England and the US are both options for him.

      In what situation can he be ruled out of US selection, but still eligible for both England AND Congo?

  7. If you do more research, I’m pretty sure you will discover that Dom Cervi, the second choice goalkeeper for this trip to South Africa should have been included on your list. Cervi was a standout collegiate goalkeeper at the University of Tulsa, which is an emerging team that has been consistently ranked for the last ten years or so. He was raised in the States, but his family is Italian. He holds an Italian passport and that explains his ability to join a club like Rangers quickly.

    It also serves to refute some of the comments above. If Cervi has a choice between Italy and the USA, (and I have no idea if he has such a choice), it does bode well for US soccer.

    I refuse to speculate that Bob Bradley had anything to do with it. I would think that most players would agree that playing for your country brings out emotions that no coach could overcome. I really doubt Bob Bradley or any other coach could persuade players to join a particular side. While there are always exceptions to the rule, I would think that if a player was forced to choose between sides, it would have more to do with patriotic emotion, playing time, familiarity with teammates, language and travel barriers, as well as input from their club on their availability, etc. I just do not see international coaches being that persuasive. It isnt like they are recruiting kids to a college or an academy or something.

    1. Cervi actually plays for Celtic, not Rangers. And I think saying “his family is Italian” is a bit of a stretch of the definition (actually his great grandparents were Italian, according to Wiki), but I’ll let that peculiarity of American identities slide.

      It also serves to refute some of the comments above. If Cervi has a choice between Italy and the USA, (and I have no idea if he has such a choice), it does bode well for US soccer.

      Not necessarily – it could be possible that he simply had no realistic chance of ever playing for Italy (and given that he’s the third choice keeper at Celtic, and Italy are traditionally strong in the GK department), so he didn’t really have any “choice” to make – it was either USA or nothing.

      1. You are quite right on the Celtic issue. I should have fact checked prior to posting. Its Edu at Rangers and I guess I switched them in my head for a minute. Cheers.

  8. What are the rules for playing for one national team while living in another country? Rules differ for youth national teams versus full adult tems. Is dual citizenship required? Or only proof that at least one parent or grandparent was born in the country where the player is signed up with the national team?
    Once the player plays for one youth team, can he then switch to another national team at youth level, or to a different full national team?

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Guardians of Living Light

Postby Gnosty » 22 Nov 2010, 12:00

Only the harmonics of the LifeCross will bring Living Light to humanity - Michael Edward

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Awesome & beautiful.

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Thank you Gnosty with all my heart, this a very moving experience, this angel on the rock head down looking exhausted...the impact on my heart.....not sure what to say, only thank you, it feel like my whole being is crying
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Postby Paulo » 04 Jan 2011, 08:11

The following is a very interesting excerpt from what I think is a worthy
interview to absorb:

Jeffrey Armstrong on the Mysteries of Indian Culture, the Relevance of Hindu Vedas
and the Realty of Ancient Flying Machines
Sunday, December 19, 2010 – with Anthony Wile

The Daily Bell is pleased to present an exclusive interview with Jeffrey Armstrong.

Introduction: Jeffrey Armstrong is an award-winning author of numerous books on
Vedic knowledge including his recent book: Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar, Ancient
Wisdom for a New World. He is a philosopher, practitioner and teacher of the Vedas
for the past 40 years. He has degrees in Psychology, History & Comparative Religions,
and Literature and had a successful career as an executive in Silicon Valley before turning
to teaching full time. Jeffrey Armstrong (Kavindra Rishi) is the founder of VASA – Vedic
Academy of Sciences & Arts in Vancouver Canada. His work aims at promoting higher education
in the Vedic sciences, showing their roots in Veda and Vedanta, taking an integrated approach
with the different Vedic disciplines. As the Vice President and International Media Coordinator
for the Vedic Friends Association (VFA), Jeffrey Armstrong is a global advocate for the Sanatana
Dharma Culture.

A brief synopsis:

Daily Bell: We believe the West is afflicted by money power – a group of wealthy families that want to
centralize control over the world and are causing misery. How does your philosophy account for this?

Jeffrey Armstrong: The philosophy of India is very clear. We human beings are here with the ability to
utilize our free will and the spectrum is anywhere from enlightened to 'endarkened.' The enlightened end
of the spectrum is where the laws of Nature reside, and is called the Deva view. The 'endarkened' view
is the philosophy of the so-called Asuras, who are always against the enlightened way of being. We humans
can choose to cooperate for the good of all and align ourselves with the Devic view or we can choose to
be entirely selfish and only concerned for the personal gain and pleasure of a few. The dark Asuric choice
brings fear, destruction, chaos, exploitation and is always imposed by a small uncaring minority, enslaving
the masses and farming them like animals to steal their life energy. All the Vedic stories show this human
potential for abuse of free will and the problems it can create.

The Indian epics are rife with classic conflicts involving those who care only for themselves, subvert the laws
of nature, create artificial inorganic societies, cannibalize other living entities and make a few people very
wealthy and powerful at the expense of large numbers of innocent people.

Full interview at the following: ... ines-.html

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