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Friday, June 11, 2010

So, what do you do to kill time?

How are you waiting the game?

What are you doing to kill the nervousness and the anxiety?

What time will it start at your corner of the world?

What will be your ritual?

Who will you watch it with?

Any superstitions?

What will you be wearing for the game?

Come on, people! Share this agony with us, please!

Anonymous said...

i'm going crazy!!!! I'm going to my local argentine bar in costa mesa, ca wearing my albiceleste jersey with my family!!! VAMOS ARGENTINA

TQ said...

Man I can't not wait I didn't sleep since yesterday I'm so excited couldn't fall asleep
Now I wanna go to sleep to kill time but I can't by the way I'm haitian.. I lost a lot of family members on the earthquake now argentina can make a smile in my face
Ima be watchin it with friends I don't speak spanish vamosssss argentina

hastaelgolsiempre said...

I'm going to sleep like a baby tonight, after getting up early (by my standards!) for the opening match. Very early start tomorrow morning for South Korea against bloody Greece though.

I'm not that nervous yet, but I will be come kick off because I'm watching the big match with an American, and if we slip up at all I know he'-

Oh, the ARGENTINA game.

No idea where I'll watch it yet, perhaps a cafe in San Telmo or I might head up to Plaza San Martín to watch it on the big screen. A lot will depend on how awake I feel after the first game of the day. I'll be wearing my Argentina shirt for their game, then rushing home to change into my England shirt as soon as it's over. Just hope both games are better than Uruguay vs France was today!

pablo.d said...

its a long day here and i am wearing my long sleeved shirt to show all and the k.o time is really bad at 2.00am and surprisingly im not happy about it.
im getting very excited but also nervious.
vamos argentina

Anonymous said...

I'll be taking my 5 yr old to her last futbol practice of the Spring season about 10 minutes after the game is scheduled to begin. I'm letting her wear my lucky Albicelestes t-shirt - the one I bought the day before the Italy semifinal in Naples. I'll tape the game and pray the boys play well.

Vamos Argentina !

Anonymous said...

i never wear my argentina shirt during a game its been bad luck for me but always around games/tourements just not during a game, i also kiss the badge 3 times thats usualy a good one in terms of results,i always watch alone or in small group never in pubs public etc its dear to me i focus its something personal that iv waited for (ill be in bedroom hd tv and hd sky satalite box) recording it also,,thats about it oh 3pm im in uk right in the center of england city of leicester witch is next to nottingham probably more nown to yoy OUTSIDER'S lol for the robin hood (made up crap lol)thing,all family freinds etc are going to be following england obviously of course my country winning would be cool but im argentina thru and thru to the end noone's guna change that i was 14 in 1986 and then i watched argentina dominate in copas youth but sadly not wc,i couldnt live with brazil getting ALL the luck again it will kill me seriously iv had it up to here with brazils luck i cannot take any more,its time the hex ended there the best nation on earth at this game and we have messi its got to hapen no more bad luck from the gods we have paid enough argentina need that consistency back like the 80s 90s 70s and earler in the last centery we got to get back on top if argentina win this and copa and next olyimpics theres no douting whos number 1 its trime for domination and the respect of the world

olympic records most winners/all time top scorer/best possesion% all argentina

copa america again argentina dominate,youth woreld cup again best records top scorer all time 6x u20s champions south american champions league again argentina no 1 and look at europe champ leage uefa cup spain england italy its all about the argentina players

this cup is ares god damb it so go get it boys VAMOS ARGENTINA

GK said...

I am born and raised in Canada. I am of Italian decent. I have never been to Argentina (yet). But my father was born and raised in Buenos Aires. We (myself and my brother and sister) have been brought up to cheer and support the Albiceleste no matter who the opponent. My first memory of football is the penalty shootout against Italy in Italia 90. That is a moment I will never forget and that is the moment I truly fell in love with the white and sky blue.

I love football on every level but it is really special to me when Argentina plays because it becomes more than just a game. When Argentina plays it is always a family celebration. Whether it be a friendly, an U20 match or a World Cup competition.

Anytime the Albiceleste take the pitch there is a party at my fathers house. We go there wearing our shirts, waveing our flags and cheering on our men in blue and white.

We have waited a long time since we were left in tears (literally) in 2006, and tomorrow will be a very very special day for me and my family. Kick off is around 10am our time but I will be at my dad's house for 7am sharp. I will be wearing my long sleeve South Africa Messi jersey, scarf around my neck and full size flag in my hand.

I can really go on forever about our traditions when it comes to the national team but I would be up all night typing when I really want to get to bed so tomorrow comes sooner. Just ask John, I have told him about the parties we have when Argentina plays in the past. Tomorrow will be no different.....

Anonymous said...

some great fans in here. So does anybody know if we are going to line up with messi, higuain AND tevez up front???

SunnY said...

The match starts at 8 Pm local time over here in Bangladesh. We will all be watching the match at a local cafe on a huge tv screen. Most people in Bangladesh are Argentina supporters including me. We are very passionate about the team. I will be wearing the Argentina jersey and be carrying the flag in my hand to cheer the team. VAMOS ARGENTINA....!!

lz said...

Great story, GK. I can almost envision you and your folks wrapped in white/sky blue. Such a great family tradition and passion for the ARG squad merits an albiceleste victory tomorrow--just for you up there in Canada, in your family's honor! You guys should not emerge from that loud TV-room (I can hear it ;-) without having witnessed at least a 3-1 win. My forecast is a 2-1 for us, but I'm sure we'll all be equally happy with that.

For us in California will be an early rise: 7:00 am kickoff. There will be just 3 of us in my house, but will chant like a million. My all-American neighbors were conveniently warned ;-) They laughed, and said that very likely will end up joining in "to finally learn what real good 'football' is all about"! Got to love them!

Vamos Argentina!

Anonymous said...

As an American with an Argentine father I've always supported the sky blue and white. My first memory was also the 90 copa. Goycochea made me want to be a keeper. Alas, my 5'9" frame would not allow it, hence center mid. I've watched every copa with my tio and this will be the first as I recently moved to North Carolina and he still lives in Miami. Watching the Albiceleste without him will be difficult, to say the least. However, we haven't won while we were watching so maybe this is what it takes. I've been a follower of Mundo since the '06 World Cup. Seba, Roy, & John do a great job and please keep up the good work. Vamos Argentina!

lz said...

Go SunnY go! A big transnational "hello" for you and your Bangladeshi friends over there. Thanks for your support! (smart people there in Bangladesh, I can see that! :-)

Sebastian said...

I've found a picture of an Albiceleste street in Bangladesh!

Scroll down to the second entry from the top and see the picture at the end of it.

Luc, you speak Spanish so you can also read the article if you feel like it.

It's almost 3 AM now in Buenos Aires. I better go to be now if I want to watch our Group B rivals playing each other very early in the morning.

Argentina_fan_from_India said...

Match starts here at 7.30 pm in the evening. I have been supporting Argentina from the year 1986!! In fact there are lots of people in Kerala ( A small state in India) support Argentina!

Read this report to understand how passionate we are :-)

Carlos said...

i'm korean, born in argentina, living in LA. i'm staying up to watch the Korea-Greece game at 4:30am with my 2006 Korea home jersey, then i will switch to my brand new Albiceleste Messi #10 jersey to watch THE GAME at 7am. a couple of friends are coming over. we will have some breakfast to celebrate the argentina victory and then watch the US-England game. Then comes sleep.

as for the korea-argentina game on the 17th. Vamos, Vamos Argentina!

Tanguero said...

I take my mind off by listening to tango music.

p2bn said...

I have to be at work till 3 which is when the match starts and then I have to do a 100m sprint to come home which is 3-4 mins away. In a way this is good cause oh my god! my head and my heart are killing me, one is full of hope and the other is it might just get bad like those brazilian matches. Man, it's tooo much. And the decision to stop the chat is a good idea, we really need to enjoy the game to the fullest.

By the way Seba, maybe you should post some permanent post at the top for the links . The myp2p links are always the best and they have a forum where all the pre-recorded matches can be downloaded in hd. So if someone missed it, they could simply go there and download in 720p hd :)

Vamos Argentina

Anonymous said...

in germany we have the perfect time to watch the games! today Argentina kicks off at 4.00 pm, couldn't get better.

i have a theory: the only wc-hosts FIFA allows are:

1: germany
2: countries with the same time-zone as germany

i will the Argentina game with other russian friends, many of them also support Argentina, but i am by far the biggest fan.

i am surprised that i am not much nervous. but i am really absolutely convinced we will easily progress to the 1/8. and also the group-stage doesn't give me the chill the ko-games have.

Martín said...

I'm a little nervous, but since I am a university student in the middle of the exams the game should be relaxing to me. Unless Nigeria turns out to be stronger than I thought...

I think I'll prepare a good mate (which none of my Belgian friends here like to drink) and put on my leather hat I've been wearing forever since I've bought it in SALTA, Argentina :-)

Mikey said...

I'm glued to the TV watching TyC Sports and ESPN checking for updates constantly. I also have Pro Evolution 2010, so been playing that and having torneos at my house with friends haha!

Argentina plays at 11am here in Buenos aires, my ritual is to get really hammered of Antares and Quilmes beer with my friends and hope for the best ;)

I'll be probably watching it in San Telmo at my friend's new bar "The Northside." If anyone is in Buenos Aires and wants to meet up, its on the corner of Venezuela y Bolivar.

OM said...

I'm here in Gainesville,a little college town about 380 miles from Miami,Florida,USA .Kick of is in an hour or so.I can't wait !Watching the Greece-Korea game but with my mind on the important one.
I was about to wear the national shirt but my son was faster than me.

Messi to score.

Vamos Argentina !!!!

lz said...

thank you so much for the reference:

Wow, that was beautiful and the pictures moving, really. If anyone reads Spanish, I strongly recommend a visit to the site above. Caparrós is a "maestro," big time. Thanks!

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Tuesday, 8 January 2013

  1. An independent Scotland will be in Nato so the subs and missiles will stay where they are tris. Nato decides where they go. Same with all of our other military assets in an independent Scotland.

  2. Go read the Nato treaty that the SNP voted for kbw.

  3. Aye.

    That's rubbish, at the SNP conference the inference was, if NATO insisted on the UK deterant staying where it is then it would be a deal breaker for membership.

    In any case, NATO doesn't work like that, the notion that a quasi-military/political organisation like NATO can dictate what a sovereign country can and cannot have in its territory is as KBW said: bollocks.

  4. (You could argue, under the non-proliferation rule that they'd have to be moved out of Scotland as it would be a 'new' state.)

  5. Sorry Monty. I agree with the 'bollocks' brigade.

    I can see a deal being struck that would allow RUK keep its missiles in our country until they had a suitable place to put them, for a financial consideration.

    I do admit that a future labour government in Scotland might want to be a nuclear power, but without the interference of Miliband and the right wing of the English Labour party, I reckon the grass root here would suddenly matter again to the leadership, and that Lamont would return to her previous belief that food and medicine for the poor was more important than being in the top people's club.

    I reckon the core Labour vote in Scotland would rather the poor be fed than that they have the wherewithal to kill billions.

  6. So we would need a yes vote in 2014. An overall majority for the SNP in 2016 and an agreement from our Nato partners to remove Trident.
    So what happens if we fail to get all 3 of these ?

  7. Pa. I agree. The deal said that if NATO said that they would have to remain; that they couldn't do without America's bombs (for they are America's bombs, and are included in their count, despite the fact that we pay for them) being placed in Scotland... then Scotland would simply say no to NATO.

    That's the way I understood the discussion and decision.

    Of course you can never guarantee what other parties would want.

    But I don't think that NATO would get in a state. There will still be nuclear weapons stored in France, and if NATO is all that powerful then I'm sure they could force another country to take them: Norway, Iceland, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Poland...

    Why does it have to be Scotland?

  8. There's nowhere else to put them tris.
    I suspect negotiations will rumble on until they end their natural lifespan. Can't see a sub being stuck at sea running low on food with it's base on lock down.

  9. It might, Monty, be written into the constitution, in which case we wouldn't need anything except a +vote in 2014.

    Scotland couldn't afford their weapons. I know we will be rich, but £100 billion every 10 years is too much for even the 6th richest country in the world.

    England can't afford it, but the likes of Cameron will do ANYTHING to keep his status at the right hand of Go... sorry, the American president. Even Lamont isn't gullible enough to think that she could be a world player.

    We don't need NATO to agree to anything. The deal was that either we were rid of the weapons or we were rid of NATO and the weapons.

  10. Scotland votes differently from the UK on so many things.

  11. There's no deal tris. Pa said we had 'an inference' at the last conference. Inferences aren't legal and binding.
    To build new docking facilities for Trident would require billions and a natural deep water port with shelter.
    Like I said they will stay there until their useful life is up. Allowing new facilities to be built somewhere else in the meantime.

  12. I used the word inference, not the SNP at their conference. I used it because that is what I took from their decision. They (the SNP) have promised to get rid of trident, if NATO dig their heals in and tell us we need to keep it where it is, then we don't join NATO.

    I'm not a member of the SNP, I just watch the news and read a lot.

    In any case, this entire argument just detracts from the actual post, which was about MOD double standards in terms of how they regard the worth of people in Scotland (or how they regarded it historically.)

    I've read the NATO treaty and there isn't anything in there to back up what you're saying. At least, not by my interpretation.

    To my mind, this is just fogging the main point being made.

  13. Pa..didn't mean to fog the main topic of the post so won't comment any further. Just a slight correction first though. You said..

    " if NATO dig their heals in and tell us we need to keep it where it is, then we don't join NATO."

    This is looking down the wrong end of the telescope.
    We're staying in Nato (after the conference vote) so it's not a case of refusing to join something.
    Oh and don't watch the news. It's 99% propaganda and lies. That's why people believe in global warming and windmills.

  14. Tris

    One minute you snp drones whinge
    On and on and on how nuclear
    Weapons are unnecessary .due to
    The UK having no enemies wishing
    To nuke us. Yet here you are disassembling
    A load of nonsense over nuclear
    Armageddon for Scotland

    You'll get a mention in dispatches
    From ALex for propaganda for
    The snp above the call of duty .

    Anyway more sensible topic
    What about David miliband
    Saying he accepts the: Tory
    Envelope : on there cuts

    Er why? That's not leadership
    It's more followership.
    He would have different
    Prorities. That's a bit like saying
    He would torture as nicely.
    What's the feck wrong with
    These New labour who keep
    Trying to give us Tory lite.

    It's over people don't want
    It now is the time for
    Fair decent policies .

    Obviously you won't get them from
    The snp

  15. 19000 jobs at risk at Faslane.http://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/referendum-news/yes-vote-would-put-19000-faslane-jobs-at-risk.19860457

    Independence catastrophic for Rosyth http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/scottish-independence-independence-catastrophic-for-rosyth-claim-unions-as-snp-accused-of-ignoring-shipyard-for-five-years-1-2723904

    Do the Nats care at all about defence or jobs?

  16. Yes, we also tend to regard stories published in the Scotsman or Herald with a pinch of salt.

    We're not staying in NATO because we'll no longer be in it come independence.

    The choice will be there, SNP have made it quite clear, the non-nuclear stance takes precendence over the pro-NATO one, from a purely (cynical) political POV, the SNP aren't going to shoot themselves in the foot by not getting rid of trident, or at the very least, making those kind of noises.

    I watch the news but believe very little of it, global warming is an example, the two stories above from 'braveheart' are another.

  17. Good I'm glad that's over.

    Now, as Pa says, the point of the post was that 11,000 Plymouth citizens are too important to risk, but 1.5 million Glaswegians can go sod off and die in the interested of fat boy Cameron be allowed to play at being important.

    So that's what we are worth in the eyes of the top tranche.

  18. Why won't we get that from the SNP Niko?

    What so far has given you the impression that we wouldn't get fairness from them?

    Don't you like the fact that they build council houses?
    Don't you like the fact that they stopped their sale?
    Don't you like the insistence that the NHS stays a public service?
    Don't you like that schools are kept in public ownership?
    Don't you like that they will step in where they can to help the poorest against the killing cuts of the murdering Tories, who sat and laughed as labour put up some sort of fight (I thought, for the first time, that Byrne (the bit I saw) wasn't too bad)?

    David Miliband is a Tony (that is a Blairite Tory). If he had won the leadership, I reckon the two parties would have merged at the general election and left the Liberals as the opposition, and Dave Miliband would be deputy prime monster.

    I feel for you Niko. I really do. It must be like it would be for me if the SNP said that actually wanted to stay in the UK!

    What did you do with Harry Harman's plea to rejoin...?

  19. Well, these are scare stories which have already been debunked (actually, if memory serves, by the MoD saying the figures are all wrong). However the unionist press never lets inaccuracy get in the way of some nasty propaganda for the independence lobby.

    But there you go. If you want to create LOADS of jobs why don't we just get more and more and more weapons and start killing more and more people all over the world. Tony Blair's and David Cameron's idea of heaven I've no doubt, to look big and strong and Churchillian.

    How many did we kill in Iraq... how many little boys with no arms, or legs? How many people maimed beyond recognition?

    How many of our servicemen maimed... Oh sorry, you won't know that because it is top secret.

    If what you want is a country that has an extra few thousand jobs, because it has the wherewithal to kill everyone in China, Braveheart, then fine. Don't ask me to want to live in it.

    I've no wish to make sure that the West has control of the oil by killing Muslims at any opportunity.

  20. Comical Alex AKA Bravefart.

    Had a busy day comical, all these posts on the Herald website, you must be panicking.

    19000 imaginary jobs lost at Faslane according to the Herald reporting Davidsons committee. Davidson on radio at lunchtime 21000 jobs at risk, you would think he was just making it up as he goes along, oh thats right he is just making it up as he goes along. After all a freedom of information request for CND (remember them Alex? when Brown and Blair were members) said 525 jobs at Faslane dependant on Trident.

    Monty ten minutes after independence a tug can throw a tow rope to the subs, they can be towed anywhere England wishes to park them. The river Thames near Westminster bridge would be ideal location.

  21. Tris

    Thought that you might be interested in Alistair Darlings three reasons why we are better together. He was at the British Legion in Inverness.

    "Inside, Mr Darling, who is chair of Better Together and the first high-profile politician to visit the North on the campaign trail in advance of the 2014 independence referendum, argued there are three reasons to stay in the Union.

    He said: “One is economic, firms can sell goods and services into a larger single market, the second is we have influence in the world, for example the Eurpoean Union, the big countries call the shots, and the third is the powerful emotional argument, we are Scottish, and we are proud to be English, we don’t have to choose.”

    Yes thats right according to him we are Scottish and we are proud to be English. What a great reason to be bitter together.

    Link to article,

  22. We can debate all we want, weapons of mass destruction are wrong and I despise the fact my country has them on their soil.

  23. Just read the Darling piece, the man is obviously confused following the flipping of his home so many times. Plus he is a fud as well.

  24. tris

    Dear Nikostratos,

    First of all, Happy New Year and welcome to 2013 from all of us here at heraldscotland.com.

    If you’ve got any suggestions about what else we should add, email me at hs@heraldandtimes.co.uk.

    And in the meantime, keep reading,

    Calum Macdonald, Digital Editor

    Yep i certainly will God being a unionist is so fab

  25. Yes Dubs. Figures were made up. It was 9000 I think when Lamontable had a go about them.

    Take a figure, any figure, multiply it by what ever you feel like and add on a few thousands for spite and then report it in your unionist rag to see if you can't boost the reader figures a little.

    I expect one day to read that 4.5 million jobs are dependent on the WMDs.

    Load of rubbish. As I said, even the Ministry of War spluttered in laughter at the figures that Labour has been spouting. We all know they couldn't count (hence the catastrophic debt) but to manage 19,000, then later 21,000 [perhaps they have all been irradiated and are breeding like rabbits]... dear or dear.

  26. Bloody hell, Dubs...we are Scottish and proud to be English!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!????

    As far as I can see the single market is safe as long as both England (and whoever stays with them) and Scotland stay in the EEA. In any case, if Scotland does it has the whole of Europe to trade with whatever England does.

    As for influence in the world, well, I don't think the UK has much in the EU. Mostly other countries would be happy with the moaning harpies would sod off. In the UN the UK only has influence because 90 odd per cent of the time it backs America. And even when natural British feelings would be to vote for something that America votes against, the UK either votes against or (as recently over Palestine) abstains. The UK is a broken old has been that still plays it big: a fur coat and no knickers, which, to be able to afford its big boy toys has to starve its poor to death and make do with antiquated infrastructure. and the 'embassies in almost every country in the world' rubbish is just an example of that. I'd rather they closed half of them and fixed the potholes.

    Clearly, of course, Darling Alistair is right about the last bit... we are all proud as punch to be English... Who would ever doubt it?

    Nob head!

  27. PS Dubs. Thanks for the article...

    He said: “One is economic, firms can sell goods and services into a larger single market, the second is we have influence in the world, for example the European Union, the big countries call the shots, and the third is the powerful emotional argument, we are Scottish, and we are proud to be English, we don’t have to choose.”

    ...is a quote I will keep...

  28. Yeah Bruce... if a man is always forgetting where he lives, it really is time for him to stand down and take things more easily.

    BTW...is it not time that Annabel Goldie and Chic Kennedy did their bit for Butter Together....?

    Like you, I'm ashamed Scotland has WMDs when there are people living in cardboard boxes for the want of housing, and there isn't enough money to pay seriously ill people Incapacity Benefit.

    Deeply ashamed. Because what that says to the world is that we are a horrible uncaring people...and we are not.

    We're far too busy being proud to be English, I suppose.

  29. Niko:

    "....welcome to 2013 from all of us here at heraldscotland.com."

    Usually, when you welcome people into something, it is something over which you have some sort of proprietorial call. Is the Herald suggesting that they own 2013?

    Actually, I hate to disappoint you, but even us lowly nationalists got a letter from the Herald.

    Of course it didn't say the same as you unionists' letter said. It was more along the lines of...

    "... we notice that regrettably you didn't eat or drink yourself to death over the festive season...

    "...if you have any suggestions, keep them to yourself as they will doubtless be swivel-eyed nat ideas which aren't worth the paper that you use to write them on..."

    Clearly no one told the Herald that emails don't use paper, but it's a small matter.

    Munguin's Republic was going to send out letter s like that too, but in the end we couldn't be arsed.

  30. Tris

    His three reasons are total crap just the usual non scare storys.

    Access to bigger markets? Will the USA stop importing whisky if Scotland is independent.

    Bigger country's have more clout? which country holds the presidency of the EU at present little old Ireland.

    At least my Chas and call me Dave records are safe he never mentioned that we will loose British music, The Scotsman calling him stupid about that must have hurt, how dare they go off message.

    Will they ever come up with a benefit of this septic union?

  31. Alastair Darling

    I want my knighthood that comes before any benefit 'scrounger' like those about to be made redundant from Jessops because my rich friends in the Arab States pay me very well thank you.

    Any swearword you like can be added with relish. ******* ****.

  32. Yep Dubs. He may regret saying that the bigger nations have the clout, although to a certain extent it is true... but the UK has very little clout, basically because it isn't at the heart of Europe, and mostly people hate them. (Michael Portillo owned up to that recently.)

    Than goodness I will still be able to play Petula Clark cds; they won't change the readers will they?

    If they do, I may have to rethink this!!!

  33. CH: This is what it is all about. The man's K.

    He should know that although he was a dead loss at every ministerial job he had, culminating in making a complete mess of the financial crisis, he will still; get a K and go to the house of dreary numpties. He surely must know that at a certain level the UK rewards failure.

    Imagine these people at Jessops... the scroungers.

    I've got two perfect words that fit these stars...

    Anyway, I'm off to bed to relish being proud to be English... Night...:)

  34. Tris

    You say that Darling 'will still get a K and go to the house of dreary numpties'.

    But what if Scotland votes 'Yes' first?

    I do not think any more Scots will get peerages from the EWNI Prime Minister after independence, and quite possibly existing Scottish peers will be kicked out of the Lords expenses trough even if they are allowed to keep their silly titles. Perhaps that is one reason why Darling and some others wants to save the union.

  35. When I compare you seditious mob
    Of unpatriotic malcontents .
    With those brave honest decent
    Stalwart union men.
    Struggling to keep
    Our flag flying high
    And free in

    I feel heartily sick
    And pukey

  36. Niko,

    Are you sure they are stalwart?

    I have always thought of them as members of an historical re-enactment group that has gone horribly wrong.

  37. Scaraben... HI... Nice to see you.

    Yes. That's what I meant. The whole campaign, for folk like Darling, is about the fact that if we leave their union, he won't enjoy the retirement home he has been counting on for all these years... at £300+ a day!

    Actually, even if he gets the titles before we leave he won't be able to sit in the Lords.

    Tat explains the vitriol that the likes of ffoulkes and Mental Mick Forsyth pour on independence.

    it's about their comfortable club in London, and these nice red benches, so comfortable to sleep of a couple of bottles of good tax-payer subsidised claret ...

    If we really were in it together all that would have stopped.

  38. Awww Niko, bless you... are you all sick and pukey?

    Never mind. I'm sure that Mrs Robinson will look after you, hug your head to her breasts... ohh no, wait a minute... you're not a teenager, are you.

    Nope, you'll get sod all!

    You're better off with us. Maybe Subrosa will give you a wee hug!

  39. Hey Douglas.... LOL LOL LOL

    Yes, they are a bit like that... apprentice boys? Most of them are 140 if they are a day!

    Stall Warts!


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I can whistle and hum at the same time, by making the breath from my humming go out through lips formed into a whistling pucker. I've found that no matter how hard I try to do otherwise, whatever note I hum is the same note I whistle.

  • Is there a neurological reason for this? Is there something like exactly one place in the brain that I can use to generate tones with my mouth?

  • Has anyone used simultaneous whistling and humming at the same time in performance? If so, were they able to harmonize with themselves?

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Almost without doubt, the reason is physiological. I'd be amazed if the voicebox is capable of producing sounds at two widely different fundamental frequencies simultaneously! –  Noldorin Jul 3 '11 at 23:21
Also, I'm not sure this question really belongs on thie SE site (Music), but I'll let the voters decide that one of course. –  Noldorin Jul 3 '11 at 23:22
@Noldorin: But whistling has nothing to do with the voice box, does it? Isn't the pitch of a whistle determined by the shape of the cavity formed between the tongue and the palette? (I don't know this for certain; I can't whistle.) –  Alex Basson Jul 3 '11 at 23:29
This is definitely on topic. It's a vocal performance extended technique. –  NReilingh Jul 4 '11 at 2:38
I'd say it's only a matter of training, I can change my whistling tone while keeping the sung note constant, and the other way around. Logically you could train to control them separately at the same time, as with left and right hands. –  Gauthier Nov 4 '11 at 12:14

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The only difference between singing and humming is really where the air is going. Since you're directing the air through your mouth to form a whistle, this can't be humming, you're actually singing and whistling at the same time.

When I taught myself how to do this, I did notice that the two pitches were moving together at first, but I'll bet if you worked on it in the right way you could learn to control the distinct muscle groups individually. This is actually rather similar to multiphonics on a brass instrument, where the lip buzz and the sung tone must be controlled individually in many cases.

There is probably some innate neural reason why we have trouble with this; whatever it is, it is clear that 99% of human-controlled musical tones are single line, so we have a very strong neural link between a single pitch and a muscular setting. Audiating two pitches at a time and then controlling different muscle groups for each is a pretty tall order given that context, but it can be done.

Here are some things you can try:

  • While singing or whistling alone, identify the minimum amount of musculature that you can move to effect a change in pitch. For me, I can change a pitch in my whistle by moving the tongue only, and can change sung pitch by only moving the throat.
  • Become very familiar with those muscular movements
  • When singing and whistling simultaneously, don't think about the notes. Think instead of individual muscle groups.

Given that, try singing and whistling simultaneously. Once you've got it steady, try moving the tongue back and forth. If you're only thinking about the muscle and not about the note, you should hear a change in pitch of the whistle. Changing sung note while sustaining a whistled one is the same thing with the opposite muscle group. I'd recommend starting with the tongue because it's a very easy muscle to localize your brain's control over.

After you've got that down, then it's just a matter of refining control and linking each individual muscle group back to your musical mind. Good luck!

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Good answer. In particular, trying to change the whistle note by moving your tongue while keeping the sung note constant is a great place to start. That's how I learned how to do this on the didgeridoo, which is essentially the same technique. –  yossarian Oct 27 '11 at 16:09

Nice.. I finally found something on this matter.

I started singing and whistling a couple of years ago, really kind of by accident, and I was just fascinated to hear two different notes coming out of my mouth...

At first it seemed impossible to control any of it. If I would let´s say sing higher, the whistling would follow, and the interval between the notes was random every time. But this was fun in a way, and I tried to just concentrate on one note at a time. After a lot of practicing I found that I could lock the singing on just one note, and move the whistling. This was really the point where I realized that with more practice I could actually control each sound individually. After some more practice I was already able to sing in simple intervals like thirds or fifths. Usually I used my singing for the lower notes, and whistle the higher note. At that point it was starting to get really fun, because I could sing and whistle simple songs together in harmony! I started with simple stuff like Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, using my voice for the bassline and whistling the melody, etc. Then after a lot of practice I already did harder songs and it just became a challenge to hit harder intervals (like the dominant seventh). I didn´t really show it to many people, just a couple of my friends. I do however think I will record something to let everyone hear what im talking about..

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This is kind of an answer and a question. If you have an actual question, ask one as a new question. –  Andrew Jul 3 '13 at 0:38
I have removed your question part - as Andrew said, please ask it as a new question if you want. –  Dr Mayhem Jul 3 '13 at 8:42

There are two reasons that you will struggle to whistle and hum at the same time:

  • Psychological: If you struggle to play a tune on an instrument and sing a harmony, you will also struggle with whistling and humming different notes. You may need to work on developing a sense for harmony before you can do anything interesting.

  • Physical: The notes you make with whistling and humming occupy the same air, and so interfere with each other. If you sing tenor, then the whistled and hummed notes are relatively close to each other, and the interference between them will make the whistling harder. If you sing a deep bass, you will have an easier time of it.

As for performance, you can find a few youtube videos lately on the subject (I found two that were relatively good). If you have a particularly spectacular whistle and voice, you may just be able to attract an audience. You may need to add some percussion, and then bill yourself as a one-man-band.

When I whistle and hum, with great virtuosity if you ask me, nobody is particularly impressed - it is fun though, and best done in the shower.

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I would like to learn a wind instrument and I am interested by the transverse flute. I have seen and heard the alto flute in concert, which is bigger and has a deeper sound.

It seems that most flute players begin by the C-flute then switch or add the alto flute or the piccolo. So I wonder if I could begin to learn this kind of instrument with the alto size.

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Just as a note - really the only differences is a slightly relaxed embrouchure and more air. That being said, learning a C flute first will help you work to the "more air" part more easily. –  Michael May 11 '11 at 18:42

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If you are learning a wind instrument for the first time, I would recommend that you start with the C flute. A couple of reasons:

  • Alto flute, as well as piccolo, is typically a doubler instrument. Flautists train and become proficient on C flute first, and then extend out to the piccolo or alto flute when the literature requires it (they don't switch completely).
  • You will be hard-pressed to find a "student" alto flute. Due to the nature of it being a doubler instrument, played by already experienced flautists, the majority of those on the market are not cost-effective instruments to learn on (read: professional quality). You will easily be able to find a C flute to learn on that doesn't costs thousands of dollars.
  • You may have trouble finding a teacher willing to start a student on alto flute.

If you're dead-set on playing alto flute and nothing else, then realize you'll be sinking a few thousand dollars into something that's a bit risky in terms of finding a teacher and playing opportunities. Starting on C flute will be a cheaper initial investment, you'll be able to find a teacher easily, and you'll be able to play in virtually any community band.

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+1 on finding a low-cost c flute... finding those a lower-priced alto flute is going to be near impossible. –  Melanie Shebel May 11 '11 at 10:23
I am having a flute made of wood, "C#" is written on it... I love its sounds.. I play basic songs but when I play "Ma` Dha", its not working well. please help me... I need help... –  Parth Trivedi Sep 14 '14 at 19:42

I am a new flute student (C-flute) and from what I gather from the books I'm using AND my own personal experience is that it's more difficult for beginning to learn to play low notes on a flute than high ones.

Many/most music stores allow you to test out an instrument before you purchase it. Try and find a store that carries an alto flute and give it a shot.

Playing an instrument that you would enjoy would be more rewarding and fun to learn than an instrument that you have absolutely no interest in. If the idea of having to play a c-flute before an alto absolutely kills it for you, perhaps you should skip the drudgery of the c-flute and go for what you want to play.

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btw, I checked out the alto flute on youtube -- beautiful instrument. –  Melanie Shebel May 11 '11 at 8:08

I am a slightly advanced amateur flautist and I am happy to own an alto flute (Pearl PFA201). I find its sound more 'meditative' as the sound of a C flute, especially in the low register.

You might want to know about these two differences:

  • As Michael said, an alto flute needs more air. When you are starting to learn to play the flute, you need quite a lot of air; then later you learn to control the embrouchure and you need less of it. The C flute can help you overcome this first stage. If you start directly with an alto flute, don't be surprised with nearly psychedelic effects of holotropic breathing :-)

  • An alto flute is much heavier than a C flute. Together with the asymmetric stance, this may generate significant stress on your spine.

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Yes, you can learm any instrument by learning THAT instrument. You may get social pressure to learn C flute first/as well. But that's another matter.

A tuba takes more air than a trumpet. And it's bigger to carry around. Doesn't mean everyone should start on trumpet.

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Will regular use of a whammy bar cause your guitar strings to come out of tune significantly faster than normal?

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Yes, it will exacerbate detuning issues, sure, but a good quality tremolo combined with a locking nut will minimise this.

The main problems come from the movement of the string beyond the nut if you don't have some way to lock it, and slackening or stretching the strings.

Ways to minimise the issue:

  • Get a good quality tremolo
  • Use a locking nut, or if that is not possible a graphite or low friction nut
  • Counteract actions you take, for example if you have divebombed your guitar give it a pull slightly sharp and vice versa.
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It certainly can, but the impact it will have on your tuning depends on a lot of factors:

  • How old your strings are
  • What type and weight strings you use
  • How solid your tuners are -- locking tuners will stay in tune better
  • How deep you're dipping the whammy bar; big dive-bombs will put you out of tune faster
  • How well you've stretched/broken in your strings if you've recently re-strung the guitar -- doing a few deep bends can help keep the tuning more stable while you're playing

One thing that helped me keep tune with use of a vibrato (both Fender-style and Bigsby) is using a tuning lubricant at the nut and saddle. Particularly with the wound strings, a deep bend can cause the strings to slide a little bit over the nut and/or saddle, and if they can't slide easily back into position, this might put you out of tune.

I personally like "Big Bends Nut Sauce" tuning lubricant, but I haven't done a lot of comparison. It was recommended to me by a local luthier. You put just a tiny but in each groove in the nut and each saddle when you re-string, and it really helps keep the guitar in tune (even if you don't have a vibrato -- it still helps keep in tune through deep bends and such.)

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Careful setup of the guitar will help to minimise the effect that it can have. As mentioned by other answers, a good double locking unit will reduce the problems drastically, but even a fender style can work pretty well if you put the time and effort in. Check out this vid

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Detroit–July 17–There are several problems facing the Muslim community in the United States.  One problem is that Muslims are sometimes targeted by the FBI and other law enforcement bureaus, framed for plots they are not even intelligent enough to hatch themselves, and then arrested and prosecuted for conspiracy to commit crimes they never understood–sometimes they are goaded by troublemakers, wolves in sheepsâ€™ clothing, paid by the FBI in proportion to the crimes they are able to get Muslims to commit.

Another, much worse problem, is that inside the Muslim community we give excuses and podiums to the apologists for Muslim terrorists and troublemakers–who are inherently dangerous to the Muslim community by virtue of their commitment to goals antithetical to the teachings of Islam.

And so this past weekend in Detroit about 100 people gathered at The Shrine of the Black Madonna to complain about government â€œpreemptive prosecution.â€ However, there was the problem that the meeting supported some Muslims who had suffered prosecution for very real offenses.

Not least among those is Tarek Mehanna, a pharmacy graduate who apparently travelled around the world (to Yemen) to seek training to fight against Americans, and who planned to kill numerous innocent civilians at a local mall, and went so far as to conspire to commit this attack.  You may say â€œinnocent until proven guiltyâ€ but first read the complaint, 32 pages of damning evidence, with countless detailed samples of Mehannaâ€™s assiduous efforts to commit terrorism, complete with evidence from two of his coconspirators who backed out of his plot and turned statesâ€™ evidence, and also audio-taped conversations in which Mehanna planned terrorist acts.

Tarekâ€™s brother Tamer spoke in support of him this weekend in Detroit, however Tamerâ€™s speech almost amounted to further evidence against his brother, as he spoke for about 15 minutes, railing against the existence in the Muslim community of â€œsnitches.â€ The use of the term â€œsnitchâ€ already implies that his brother is guilty–as usually a snitch is someone who reveals what was intended to be a secret.  The implication is that Tarek had committed conspiracy, wanted to keep it secret, and Tamer is angry because the â€œsnitchesâ€ revealed the secret.

But thank God they did.  Better for Tarek to rot in jail, frustrated in his intention to blot out the lives of innocent civilians.

If all Tamer Mehanna can say for 15 minutes is that snitches are bad, he begs the question whether his brother is fully guilty, and also whether he himself is supportive of his brotherâ€™s alleged crimes.
But most of the people discussed at the meeting Saturday appeared far more innocent than Tarek Mehanna. Behind  the speakers was a board on which were posted the names of about 100 people termed victims of preemptive prosecution.

Present at the meeting were many activists on behalf of many of those â€œpreemptively prosecuted,â€ and the most effective presentation was a video about Sami Al-Arian, which advocated his innocence, and expressed the capricious nature of the US prosecution of his case–where when Al-Arian was acquitted of all charges they rearrested him and continued to detain him.

This event was slightly misguided in the ways mentioned above, but the point still stands that the US government has overplayed its hand in the war on terror, by brutally pursuing many who are in fact innocent, and by deliberately detaining them beyond the point at which it becomes obvious that they are innocent.

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Yes. If you have syphilis while you are pregnant, it’s possible that your baby will be born with the infection. Syphilis during pregnancy can result in death of the baby. If you are pregnant, you should be tested for syphilis.

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LOS ANGELES ( – “Poe” star Chris Egan and “Miranda” actor Tom Ellis are ready to get hot and soapy for ABC.

Egan and Ellis have been cast in the network’s drama pilot “Gothica,” billed as a “sexy gothic soap set in present day that weaves together a mythology that incorporates the legends of Dracula, Jekyll and Hyde, Frankenstein and Dorian Gray among others.”

Egan has been cast in the role of Dorian (presumably, Gray), while Ellis will play Victor (presumably, Frankenstein).

Matt Lopez (“The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” “Escape to Witch Mountain”) is writing the pilot, which is being produced by ABC Studios and the Mark Gordon Company.

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Troegs Mad Elf 2009 is Out!

09 October 2009

Hard to believe but the 22oz bombers are starting to show up in stores…TroegsMadElf

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Mad Elf Release Dates
The holidays are right around the corner and Mad Elf will start arriving at stores towards the end of October. Below are list of dates that packages will start to be shipped throughout our territory:
*October 1st: 22 ounce bottles
*October 12th: 12 ounce bottles (6pks)
*November 1st: Mad Elf Gift Pack (includes 1 22oz. bottle and chalice)
*November 10th: 101 ounce bottle
*December 1st: Kegs

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Thai Huynh 21 November, 2009 20:02

Hey I live in Austin, TX and was wondering if you know where I can purchase this online. A friend of mine had recommended but I can't find it.

Thai Huynh 21 November, 2009 20:02

Sorry forgot to include follow up.

mybeerbuzz,  21 November, 2009 20:13

Hi Thai. In PA we can't ship IN to the state, but I'm betting we do ship OUT. I don;t know anywhere off-hand but I'm sure google may lead you to a few

Thai Huynh 21 November, 2009 20:26

Thank you my friend. Will continue to google. =)

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Monday, May 22, 2006

Knitting Helps

I have been moody lately. I have been cranky lately. I haven't been knitting lately. Wonder why it took me so long to make the connection...

Knitting is calming and soothing and makes me feel better. Even when it's a baby hat that lasts all of fifteen minutes before I realize that the cute little I-cord top knot is going to be on the inside because I did something wrong. Or a worsted weight acrylic shawl that I'm not sure I'm doing right because mine looks nothing like the picture. I may keep going to see how it looks after a few more repeats or post a question to the list I found it on. Or frog it and make the baby blanket I was going to use that yarn for.

The important thing is that knitting made me feel better.

And last night, I cast on new socks. These are working. These are going to get finished. I'm going to protect them so they don't meet the same sad fate as the Pretty Comfy socks or the Opal socks and get their needles ripped out by a small person who doesn't realize how mean to his mommy he's being. I should probably put in a safety line to protect them from me.

The pattern is Traveller Socks. I'm using dpns instead of the Magic Loop and my usual toe instead of the one in the pattern. I've added to the stitch count so it'll fit my feet. I guess about the only thing I am using is the suggested yarn weight and the cable. I really really like this cable. There's stuff twisting and shifting every other row and I've never done anything that has me purling from the cable needle. It's fun.

I can't wait until the kids are in bed so I can play with it some more. That's at least ten hours from now. Unless I can get them to nap.

Wednesday, May 17, 2006

If I loved my sewing room before, I can't come up with the words to describe how I feel about it now. Ever since my parents brought over the steamer trunk and doll house and cedar chest last week, I've been fighting the urge to jump up and down screaming "it's mine mine mine mine mine!" I thought it would be bursting at the seams once I finally got everything in there, but there's room to spare and I've still got the bed, which I need for nursing the baby and blocking stuff on.

I've been waiting twenty years to get the steamer trunk. It's been mine since I was in junior high, but it's been in Mom and Dad's attic the whole time. The only reason I've finally got it now is because they sold the house and had to move it. It's probably close to a hundred years old, and it's been in the family since it was new, which makes it even more of a treasure. I think I'm going to keep lace weight and sock yarn in the drawers, which aren't very sturdy.

Grandpa made the doll house for me when I was three. Now it's full of yarn. The cedar chest belonged to my other set of grandparents and was on its way to Good Will or a garage sale. It's kind of ugly, but I wasn't about to turn down a free cedar chest.

Monday, May 08, 2006

At 5am this morning, I was curled up on the couch in the front room (my oldest woke me up at 4:30 because she had a tummy ache, so I was up anyway) trying to figure out how to do buttonhole stitch. By the time I got to the second teacup, it was starting to look fairly presentable.

I got all three teacups outlined before the rest of the family needed me to do much of anything. And, while the babies were napping this afternoon, I took apart my sewing machine and cleaned it, which solved the nasty tension problems I've been having. That's a huge weight off my shoulders because even though I knew I could take it in to the sewing machine store, I still had the awful looming dread that it would never work right again and I'd have to use my nine year old's machine.

Now I've just got the three teapots to outline, and a whole lot of little tiny squares to piece together.

Saturday, May 06, 2006

It's a Start

Now I've got to find some black embroidery floss to outline the applique with and finish cutting the 210 little bitty squares to make the borders.

Friday, May 05, 2006

It's been a productive two days!

I finally finished the pineapple hat, which felt like a lot more work than a baby hat should be. Those 200+ purl 3 togethers just about did me in. But the color and texture are great. I'd make the leaves shorter if I did it again, which I don't really want to, but Alex would wear one and I've got enough yellow yarn left over. Wonder how many purl 3 togethers there'd be if I sized it up for a 9 year old...

I put the new baby swing together last night, which ate up most of my knitting time and was an even worse pain than the pineapple. But is totally worth it because the little baby boy who must be held by mommy at all times LIKES it!!!! I got rid of the old swing when we were moving so I could justify buying one of the nice new ones they've got now, then somehow forgot that there was such a thing. I am SO excited about this swing and the possibility that I'll have enough time to pee or make lunch without him crying.

And, as of about 12:45am, Chaos is done and came out a lot better than I thought it would. I cast on earlier this year, when I was finally out of the hospital and could get my hands on the color yarn I wanted and some dice. The random cables kept me entertained and happy until I realized that the front and back weren't the length they needed to make the button band at the shoulder. (A row gauge problem?) I'm not a fan of buttons on baby sweaters anyway, and I was so sure I couldn't make it work that I shoved it into a drawer and have been ignoring it ever since. Tonight, I undid the neck shaping, knit four more rows of the cable pattern, and turned it into a sort of boatneck thing. Maybe not the best choice for a baby who can squirm out of his cute little sleepers like Houdini, but an impractical sweater's more useful than an unfinished one.

Monday, May 01, 2006

At the Bird Feeder

We're getting used to lots of cute little fellas snacking at our bird feeders, but Heath was surprised when he got up this morning and found this one! I think his new name is Airforce.

The pattern is "Birdie" from Handknits for Kids by Lucinda Guy. I used leftover Caron Simply Soft for the main color and some ancient Caron Wintuk for the belly and beak. I started him because I thought he'd give me a chance to practice my finishing skills, but by the time I got the last little bird piece done, I gave in to bad lighting and impatience and the difficulty of seeing backstitching on dark blue yarn and he's probably the worst finishing I've ever done. But the kids like him. And did I mention that he's done?

Now on to the pineapple hat....
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Here We Go Again: It’s Erie Marathon Weekend

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Now that’s a lotta kale.

So I’m two years into the grand experiment: Let’s run some marathons, eat some kale, and see if we can keep up with the five-year-olds.

So far, so good. I’ve trained smarter, and run more miles than ever. I’ve been eating stuff I never imagined I’d love so much, and regularly see good news on the scale, and on the mile splits.

The kids still wear me out, but breathing is easier, sleeping is easier, and most importantly, waking up is easier than it’s ever been. I don’t get up with the sun; I get up, run several miles, then watch the sun rise, thinking “What kept ya?”

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That’s how I taper

Okay, here we go…

There was no starting gun, because that’s starting to seem a bit weird, after the moment of silence. Instead, somebody blew a horn.

I last ate two hours ago at a Providence Dunks. Bagel. Whole grain. No spread. Been guzzling electrolytes like a- do fish drink electrolytes? It is way too soon for these thoughts.

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Running The Gauntlet: Three Races In Three Weeks

This is a big week for me.

Rye on Mount Lafayette | Finishing the NH4KActually, it’s a big three weeks. First, I completed New Hampshire’s list of 4,000 foot mountains on Saturday. Mts Lincoln and Lafayette were number 47 and 48, all done while carrying a small child most of the way, and there will be a trip report on that later.

This hike was a day after I ran 9 miles in preparation for the Applefest Half Marathon in Hollis, NH, taking on the famous hills on Wheeler Road. But the biggest challenge was the next day, Sunday morning. I was scheduled to go out and run 20 miles.

Can I do that the day after a 9 mile hike that gained 3,200′ while carrying 60 lbs much of the way? Is that physically allowed?

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Does the boss tweet?

I attended the Hub Forum 2012, founded and run by Vincent Ducrey and Emmanuel Vivier, in Paris this week. It’s a grand event, attracting the luminaries of the net in France, the top brass of the French ad agencies as well as some high profile managers in industry.

Inspiration from the top

Nicolas Bordas, TBWA, The Myndset Digital Marketing & Brand StrategyYesterday, I listened with great interest to Nicolas Bordas (left @NicolasBordas), CEO of TBWA France (who took the floor at the end of a day that began with a speech by his boss, the Chairman of TBWA, Jean-Marie Dru).  As ever, Nicolas spoke with passion, clarity and vision.  Kudos!

On top of that, with great fanfare, Nicolas launched an initiative on stage that I found brilliant and want to share with you.

The challenge

In France, the uptake of Twitter is lagging against pretty much any indicator, despite it being probably the most effective and useful social media tool for business and for executives around the world.  Nicolas pointed out that extremely few CEOs in France have an active Twitter account.  Below is his slide showing the luminary examples: Jean-Claude Puerto (UCAR ), Serge Papin (Systeme U) et Alexandre Bompard (FNAC).  N.B.: Of the three cited here, only Bompard has a thriving Twitter presence.  There are, fortunately, a few other CEOs such as the ebullient Xavier Niel (Free) and Pascal Negre (Universal Music).  Until now, however, CEOs from the CAC40 are strictly speaking not present — despite the international nature of their businesses.  They have clearly not yet found the reason to sign up.   What will it take?

Nicolas Bordas, Hub Forum 2012, The Myndset Digital Marketing and Brand Strategy

The concept: TweetBosses

Encourage the CEOs and top brass to be present on Twitter by creating an RSS feed via a Twitter account called TweetBosses.  Launched yesterday, the Twitter account now counts 28 followees (including my friend Thierry Wellhof of Wellcom and Delphine Ernotte of Orange France) and over 300 followers.  Let’s keep promoting it… even overseas.

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Of course, this must be done with a strategy, a long-term plan, continuing education, the proper resources  (time) and some metrics all the same.  I continue to maintain that CEOs need to spend the time getting a proper digital education to raise the Digital IQ of the upper hierarchy.


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Video: Astronaut Jerry Linenger Talks Space, Earth and the Great Lakes caught up with former astronaut, Jerry Linenger as he mingled with the public along with four NASA technicians from the Glenn Research Center during the Hagerty Family Car Show, an event of the 2010 National Cherry Festival in Traverse City.

A resident of Leelanau County in Northern Michigan, Linenger often tells the story of looking at Earth from space and being overwhelmed by the breadth and beauty of the Great Lakes. He picked his home of the future from a spaceship.

Here, Linenger talks about his life as an astronaut while standing by the Boeing Lunar Rover (LRV) Prototype that was on display at the Hagerty Insurance building. The Lunar Roving Vehicle was developed in 1965 by the Boeing Aerospace Corporation to carry two astronauts, scientific equipment and lunar samples across the moon’s surface.

Jerry Linenger was born in Michigan, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and went on to receive a doctorate in medicine from Wayne State University School of Medicine. He joined his astronaut selection group in 1992 and went into space aboard the U.S. Space Shuttle Atlantis on January 12, 1997. He lived on the space station with two Russian cosmonauts, during which time he became the first American to conduct a spacewalk from a foreign space station in a non-American made spacesuit.

In this video, Linenger mentions the difficulties he and his Russian counterparts encountered in space, including the most severe fire ever aboard and orbiting spacecraft, failures of their onboard systems, a near collision, lost of electrical power and loss of altitude control.

Linenger retired from NASA and the U.S. Navy in 1998 and came to Leelanau County in Northern Michigan to raise his family.

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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) -- A Cambodian military helicopter crashed during a training mission south of the capital on Monday, killing five people on board, police said.

It was not immediately clear what caused the accident.

At least one person survived but was seriously injured, said Tum Polin, a police officer at the crash site.

The chopper went down about 10 kilometers (six miles) south of Phnom Penh. It crashed into a pond surrounded by rural land and rice fields, and had sunk into the mud, Tum Polin said.

Chhay Bunna, chief of police at the nearby international airport, said new air force pilots were undergoing training at the time.

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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - The smell of smoke prompted a chartered passenger jet to make an emergency landing Thursday in Spokane.

The Spokesman-Review reports ( that no fire was found but the 105 passengers and five crew members were evacuated from the Boeing 737-900 as a precaution.

Spokane International Airport spokesman Todd Woodard says the plane was bound for Seattle from Minneapolis. It was operated by Minnesota-based Sun Country Airlines.

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Not enough people went to Tully's to make the company a success, but several investor groups wanted to buy the coffee chain. It appears "Grey's Anatomy" TV actor Patrick Dempsey will win the bid for Tully's. (Linda Thomas photo)

Actor Patrick Dempsey beats 'green monster' to win Tully's

Actor Patrick Dempsey's investment group has agreed to pay about $9 million for Seattle-based Tully's Coffee.

Not enough people went to Tully's to make the company a success. "Poor" management and burning through cash didn't help, but several investor groups wanted to buy the coffee chain.

Dempsey, who stars in the TV Show "Grey's Anatomy" set in Seattle, tweeted last night, "We met the green monster, looked her in the eye, and ... SHE BLINKED! We got it! Thank you Seattle!"

The green monster of which Dempsey is speaking is apparently Starbucks, which wanted half of Tully's 47 stores.

Dempsey's group put in a bid for the whole chain, reportedly paying $9.15 million for Tully's.

But The Seattle Times reports the fight over Tully's may not be done, as Starbucks said it and another bidder offered $10.56 million.

Starbucks has not announced whether it will file an official objection.

If a bankruptcy court judge approves the acquisition a week from Friday, the deal for the sale of Tully's is expected to close by the end of the month.

The Seattle coffee chain is named Tully's after the founder's middle name and college nickname.

Tom Tully O'Keefe told me in an interview, when he stepped down as CEO two years ago, he never set out to start a coffee company, especially since Starbucks was already established in Seattle. O'Keefe had other plans.

"I had gotten together with a pal of mine, another fraternity brother (Phi Delta Theta at the UW) and we were going to do a gourmet deli," says O'Keefe. "We had written a business plan that we named Lescargot."

The gourmet sandwich shop never happened. Instead O'Keefe continued developing real estate in Seattle in the 1980s. A few years later Starbucks approached him and wanted to lease space in one of his shopping centers. A woman who worked for O'Keefe suggested, "Why don't you start your own coffee company?"

In 1992, the first Tully's opened. O'Keefe was ready to take on Starbucks because he felt his company had four distinct points of difference. First, was the taste of the coffee, which he says isn't as bitter, or that burnt sort of flavor that a lot of people associate with Starbucks.

From the beginning, Tully's coffee shops were also more cozy than Starbucks with over-stuffed chairs and fireplaces and he didn't mind if people "loitered" in his stores. Another point of difference O'Keefe planned on was that Tully's service would be more friendly than at other coffee cafes.

"When you walked into my store, I not only knew your name, I knew your drink. I started it when I saw you getting out of the car," he says. "What I found at Starbucks, being a Starbucks fan before I started Tully's, is that I would go into a store where I had developed a relationship with a barista and 30 days later that barista was moved to a different store." So, O'Keefe wanted his baristas to stay with one store for a year.

The fourth point of difference with Starbucks was something O'Keefe didn't talk about much. His stores give back to the community through charity. He called it "because marketing" - because it was the right thing to do.

O'Keefe had a vision and business plan for Tully's, but almost 20 years after it started the company has yet to turn a profit and is struggling. What went wrong?

Tully's burned through cash as it tried to expand, and O'Keefe admits they made some bad hiring decisions after he stepped down as CEO in 2001.

"We've had a few leaders in the past that, God I'd love to meet their kids because I can't imagine these people were ever compassionate towards their kids needs because they just beat the hell out of our employees," he says.

A year ago, O'Keefe even took himself out of his own company to try and breathe new life into it, although he remains the largest shareholder.

"In one way, leaving was one of the most difficult decisions I've ever made, in another way it was the easiest thing because I was going to kill someone," he half jokes. "The problem was I was concerned it was going to be me."

He had made about 20 trips to Asia the 18 months before he left Tully's and "lived and breathed" the company 24/7. Now he's cut back, spending about 12 hours a day working with O'Keefe companies.

"I say I had 100 reasons why I retired from Tully's and 98 of them are all the right reasons and two of them were for probably the wrong reasons but I had to do it," O'Keefe says. "The bird had to fly. With me around, I was covering for people who were not as talented as they could have been or should have been."

O'Keefe didn't add any sugar to his coffee company's history. He told me they made "poor choices" for company leaders over the years.

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Cigar Infused Cognac? It's Modernist Cuisine!

Remember last year when I told you about a $650 cookbook called Modernist Cuisine? It's a five volume, forty pound monster of a book, cooked up by Eastsider, and local tech brain, Nathan Myhrvold. He succeeded in creating a cookbook like no other, that uses some complicated, specific, scientific methods to create amazing food.

Well, if you were pining after the $650 version, but didn't want to drop the cash, good news! There is now a simpler $140 version called Modernist Cuisine at Home. Here to talk about the new book is Scott Heimendinger, director of Applied Research at Modernist Cuisine. Scott, 29, recently made Forbes Top 30 Under 30 List in the Food and Wine category.

When I met Scott a few years ago, he worked at Microsoft. But his passion was in food. He has a blog called Seattle Food Geek based on his experiments with, what I would call, molecular gastronomy, but what he says is actually called modernist cuisine. His basement and kitchen have become his laboratory and earlier this year he convinced Myhrvold to hire him over at Modernist Cuisine. A place that also doubles as kitchen and lab.

"Our spice cabinet looks like it's closer to something from Breaking Bad than from Julia Child. It's these racks and rows of white powders. A lot of hydrocolloids, things that we use for creating different textures: thickening, gelling. They allow you to do things with food that you couldn't do otherwise."

Like, concoct this inventive, creative and strange drink.

"People drink cognac and smoke cigars together, so what if we infuse cigar flavor into cognac? Wouldn't that be really cool? So we attempted to infuse Swisher Sweet ash into Courvoisier. The infusion worked marvelously. But it was the worst tasting thing that I have ever put into my mouth!"

But the new cookbook is a little less crazy. Scott says it focuses on cooking everyday foods.

"One of the principals of Modernist Cuisine is that you can apply the same type of fussiness to casual food. This stuff doesn't need to be relegated just to duck confit and that kind of stuff. You can apply the same type of rigor to making a better hamburger, making better french fries. That's one of the the things I love about it."

The book has an entire chapter on mac and cheese. Anyone who has ever made it from scratch knows that to make a cheese sauce you start with butter and flour, add milk, and then cheese. But Scott says those additions take away from the cheese flavor.

"Scientifically speaking, starch in the flour that you're adding in inhibits your ability to perceive some flavors. So it actually dulls the flavor of the cheese. The Modernist Cuisine method uses an ingredient called sodium citrate. Used in very, very, very trace amounts it will actually stabilize the emulsion and prevent it from breaking. So instead of adding all this flour, you end up with this cheese sauce that is overwhelmingly...cheese!

It's the perfect book for geeks who love science as much as they love cooking.

To hear my entire interview with Scott, and I highly recommend it because these concepts are too complex to break into little soundbites, listen to my weekend show at 5pm, Saturday, January 5, 2012 or listen to the podcast at

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Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Movie mania

These days, I am on a super binge of movie-watching; have watched more than 10 in the last week only. As such, I have an appetite for all kinds of movies, but recently, have been watching too many thrillers.

It all started with Harrison Ford's Jack Ryan movies - Patriot Games and Clear And Present Danger, real pop-corn crunching stuff. Followed it up with another Ford thriller, Presumed Innocent, just about passable fare. Then, there was the Clive Owen-Jennifer Aniston starrer Derailed, which was more like a Bollywood flick than anyone of the rest. Followed it up with another mediocre attempt, A Murder of Crows. And finally, watched Spy Game yesterday.

Ah well, I also thought of writing a blog about the movies, and the result is Movie Watchers, where you can find me and Bloomiboy spouting crappy reviews about movies. You might like it or you might not, but you just can't stop us from ranting on and on. So, check it out at your own risk.

And if you are one who takes risks, you will find that we do watch some really whacko stuff, and even our recommendations can be absolutely might-bending. But then, what else did you expect from a couple of crazed fellas?

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Try six days seven nights.
In essence it is a romantic movie, but ford and heche have been seen to be believed.
Worth a watch any time.

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