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Roger Ebert November 09, 2001
Gene Hackman and Rebecca Pidgeon in "Heist."
David Mamet's ''Heist'' is about a caper and a con, involving professional criminals who want to retire but can't. It's not that they actually require more money. It's more that it would be a sin to leave it in civilian hands. Gene Hackman plays a jewel thief who dreams of taking his last haul and sailing into the sunset with his young wife (Rebecca Pidgeon). Danny DeVito is the low-rent mastermind who forces him into pulling one last job. Hackman complains he doesn't need any more money.
DeVito's wounded reply is one of the funniest lines Mamet has ever written: ''Everybody needs money! That's why they call it money!'' Hackman plays Joe Moore, a thief whose real love is building and sailing boats. His crew includes Bobby Blane (Delroy Lindo) and Pinky Pincus (Ricky Jay); and Joe's wife, Fran (Pidgeon), a groupie who has confused danger with foreplay. They pull off a big job, with one hitch: Moore is caught on a security camera. Time to haul anchor and head for Caribbean ports--but not according to Mickey Berg-man (DeVito), who pressures Joe into pulling one last job and insists he take along his feckless nephew Jimmy Silk (Sam Rockwell). Jimmy is the kind of hothead who carries a gun because he lives in a dangerous neighborhood, which would be safer if he moved.
The plot moves through labyrinthine levels of double-cross. Mamet loves magic, especially sleight of hand (his favorite supporting actor, Ricky Jay, is a great card artist), and the plot of ''Heist,'' like those of ''The Spanish Prisoner'' and ''House of Games,'' is a prism that reflects different realities depending on where you're standing. It also incorporates a lot of criminal craft, as in the details of the diamond robbery, which opens the movie, and the strategy for stealing gold bars from a cargo plane at the end.
When the movie played at the Venice, Toronto and Chicago film festivals, some critics disliked the details I enjoyed the most. We learn from Variety that ''some late-reel gunplay could have benefitted enormously from more stylish handling.'' This is astonishingly wrong-headed. Does Variety mean it would have preferred one of those by-the-numbers high-tech gunfights we're weary of after countless retreads? ''Stylish handling'' in a gunfight is for me another way of saying the movie's on autopilot.
What I like about the ''late-reel'' gunplay in ''Heist'' is the way some of the shooters are awkward and self-conscious; this is arguably the first gunfight of their lives. And the way DeVito dances into the path of the bullets hysterically trying to get everybody to stop shooting (''Let's talk this over!''). The precision with which Hackman says, ''He isn't gonna shoot me? Then he hadn't oughta point a gun at me. It's insincere.'' And the classical perfection of this exchange: "Don't you want to hear my last words?" "I just did." I am also at a loss to understand why critics pick on Rebecca Pidgeon. Yes, she has a distinctive style of speech which is well-suited to Mametian dialogue: crisp, clipped, colloquial. Mamet loves to fashion anachronisms for her (''You're the law West of the Pecos''). She is not intended as a slinky film noir seductress, but as a plucky kid sister-type, who can't quite be trusted. Mamet goes to the trouble of supplying us with style and originality, and is criticized because his films don't come from the cookie cutter.
Hackman of course is a dab hand at tough, grizzled veterans. (''Dab hand"--that could be a Pidgeon line.) He and Lindo inhabit their characters so easily they distract from the plot twists by the simple sincerity with which they confront them. Their world-wise dialogue is like a magician's patter, directing our attention away from the artifice. And DeVito is one of the most consistently entertaining actors in the movies, with an energy that makes his dialogue vibrate. ''I've just financialized the numbers,'' he explains. He is not a bad man in this movie. Just an unprincipled greedy-guts with dangerous associates.
Close attention may reveal a couple of loopholes in the plot. One wonders why the Pidgeon character would do what she does after the truck crashes. Whether we can be sure that her last revelation is, indeed, her last revelation. And the film ends with a character who gives us a little smile that seems wrong, because he is smiling at the audience and not at what has happened. Unless, of course, he knows the last revelation is not the last revelation.
''Heist'' is the kind of caper movie that was made before special effects replaced wit, construction and intelligence. This movie is made out of fresh ingredients, not cake mix. Despite the twists of its plot, it is about its characters.
Consider the exchanges between Lindo and Hackman: They have a shorthand that convinces us they're worked together for a very long time and are in agreement on everything that matters. Most modern caper movies convince us the characters met this morning on the set.
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Ricky Jay as Pinky Pincus
Delroy Lindo as Bobby Blane
Gene Hackman as Joe Moore
Rebecca Pidgeon as Fran
Sam Rockwell as Jimmy Silk
Danny DeVito as Mickey Bergman
Patti Lupone as Betty Croft
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A call to prevent the Wasted Lives of young people living in nursing homes in Ireland
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Don't Save Me, Then Leave Me:
Acquired Brain Injury Ireland welcomes Ombudsman report on the 'Wasted Lives' of young people living in nursing homes in Ireland.
Acquired Brain Injury Ireland welcomes the findings of an investigation by the Ombudsman into the appropriateness of the placement of people under 65 in nursing homes for older people. The report on the investigation, 'Wasted Lives: Time for a better future for young people in nursing homes', was published today to coincide with European Independent Living Day.
Acquired Brain Injury Ireland (ABII) has long championed the message: 'Don't Save Me, Then Leave Me.' Despite more people surviving the major trauma of brain injury, many young brain injury survivors are forced to live indefinitely in nursing homes or community hospitals without access to the specialised rehabilitation supports they need to rebuild their lives. Today's 'Wasted Lives' report provides evidence for and strengthens ABII's case for urgent State investment in specialised neuro-rehabilitation, so that survivors of brain injury can regain their independence and reach their full potential.
Commenting on the publication, Chief Executive and Founder of Acquired Brain Injury Ireland Barbara O'Connell said: ''Wasted Lives' is hugely welcome and pivotal report that evidences the systemic and inappropriate confinement of too many young brain injury survivors to nursing homes, where they are denied the right to life-changing rehabilitation. This is exactly the reason our organisation came into being 21 years ago: to take individuals with brain injury out of the nursing home system, to provide them with specialised neuro-rehabilitation within the community, and to give them back their lives.'
Research published in 2018 by the Disability Federation of Ireland and DCU found that there were close to 1,500 individuals aged between 18 and 65 residing in nursing homes in Ireland. Those living with an acquired brain injury, including stroke, represented the largest cohort of that group.
'For the past two decades, we have been working passionately to prevent unnecessary nursing home admissions, to advocate for the right to rehabilitation and the opportunity for all survivors of brain injury in Ireland to rebuild their lives', continued Barbara. 'We are hopeful that this excellent report by the Ombudsman will urge our Government and our policy-makers to step up, address its recommendations, and invest in rehabilitation services that meet the needs of the individual, their families and our society.'
Currently, more than 60% of the brain injury survivors living in Acquired Brain Injury Ireland's residential rehabilitation services have come from nursing home settings. Moreover, some 50% of all residents engaging in ABII's residential services ultimately return to live autonomously within the community. Clearly, Acquired Brain Injury Ireland is already providing a vital service to prevent the premature placement of young people in long-term nursing home care. The organisation has the range of solutions available to respond both in the short- and long-term to the recommendations in the 'Wasted Lives' report, and to support more individuals whose potential for recovery and rehabilitation is unnecessarily cut short through the absence of services.
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Clipperton Island (10°17' N 109°13' W) is the only coral island, or atoll, in the eastern Pacific. It lies about 965 km from Tejupan Point on Mancanilla Bay, Mexico, the nearest mainland (Snodgrass and Heller 1902). Clipperton is positioned at the edge of the Eastern Pacific Barrier, which is the world's largest deepwater barrier to the dispersal of marine shore organisms. This lends interest from a biogeographical perspective, as it is an area with unusual assemblages of both Indo-Pacific and Panamic flora and faunas (Allen and Robertson 1996). It is possible that Clipperton is an important stepping stone for connection between the two bioregions.
The ring-shaped island completely encloses its lagoon and is about 8 km in circumference. The band of island is generally 100-200 m wide, though it reaches 400 m in the west and narrows to 45 m in the northeast where waves occasionally spill over into the lagoon. The reef surrounding the island is exposed at low tide. The closed lagoon has a strong halocline (vertical salinity gradient), and the waters are almost fresh at the surface and highly eutrophic (UNEP/IUCN 1988). Flora in the lagoon is abundant, with extensive seagrass beds that cover 45% of the lagoon's surface (IFRECOR 1998). Topography is generally low, mostly less than two meters, with the exception of Clipperton Rock, a volcanic plug that reaches 21 meters. The rock is a dark igneous formation, the only visible remnant of the volcano upon which the coral atoll grew. The island has a tropical oceanic climate, with average temperatures of 20-32°C. The rainy season occurs in May-October, and the island is subject to tropical storms. Surrounding ocean waters are warm with a westerly current, which flows directly from the mainland, and is therefore responsible for much of the limited flora and fauna occurring naturally on the island (Snodgrass and Heller 1902).
Clipperton Island is largely covered with scrub vegetation, with a few stands of coconut palms. The scrub vegetation seems to have disappeared sometime between 1858 and 1917; when Snodgrass and Heller visited the island in 1898, they reported, "no land plant is native to the island…" (Snodgrass and Heller 1902). Sachet (1962), however, points out that according to historical accounts from the island in 1711, 1825, and likely in 1839, the island had a low grassy and/or suffrutescent (partially woody) vegetation. It is hypothesized that the vegetation may have been decimated by a tropical storm, and was then unable to regenerate due to the large population of land crabs. After the introduction of pigs by guano miners, the flora was able to re-establish itself as the pigs helped to keep the land crabs in check (Sachet 1962). During the period of settlement, the island's flora was multiplied by the introduction of alien species; coconut palms (Cocos nucifera) were introduced in the 1890's.
Based upon Sachet's visit in 1958, the vegetation is a sparse cover of spiny grass and low thickets, a creeping plant (Ipomoea), and stands of coconut palm. This low-lying herbaceous vegetation appears to be pioneer in nature, and the majority is believed to be composed of recently introduced species. Sachet suspected that the sedges, Heliotropium curassavicum, and possibly Portulaca oleracea are native in origin (Sachet 1962). At the northwest side of the island, at least, the most abundant species are Cenchrus echinatus, Sida rhombifolia, and Corchorus aestuans. These plants compose a shrub cover up to 30 cm in height, and are intermixed with Eclipta, Phyllanthus, and Solanum, as well as a taller plant, Brassica juncea. An interesting feature was observed in that the vegetation is arranged in parallel rows of species; dense rows of taller species alternate with lower, more open vegetation. This was assumed to be a result of the phosphate mining method of digging trenches.
A visitor to Clipperton Island would be most impressed by the thousands of seabirds and millions of land crabs living there. Breeding seabirds include white terns (Gygis alba), masked booby (Sula dactylatra), sooty tern (Sterna fuscata), brown booby (Sula leucogaster), brown noddy (Anous stolidus), black noddy (Anous minutus), and greater frigate (Fregata minor) (Sachet 1962). One of the two distinct forms of masked booby (Sula dactylatra) occuring in the eastern Pacific is found on Clipperton Island, a yellow-billed form (S. d. "californica") (Pitman and Jehl 1998). The orange-billed form (S. (d.) granti) nests almost exclusively on the Galapagos Islands and on Malpelo Island, two separate ecoregions (Pitman and Jehl 1998). Ducks are reportedly common in the lagoon and migratory landbirds rest on Clipperton during winter trips to the southern hemisphere (Sachet 1962). In 1958, Sachet observed coot, martin, cuckoo, and yellow warbler (Sachet 1962). Other land fauna includes a lizard, Emoia cyanura, and the crab, Geocarcinus planatus, which is present in very large numbers (UNEP/IUCN 1988). The lagoon is reported to support an impoverished invertebrate fauna (UNEP/IUCN 1988).
Guano mining began on the island in the late-1800's, and in 1906 the British Pacific Island Company along with the Mexican government built a settlement in order to exploit this natural resource. The bird excrement is valuable for its phosphate content, and is processed into fertilizers. By 1914, 100 people were living on the island, with a supply ship visiting every other month from Acapulco. At the start of the Mexican civil war, the supply ship stopped coming, and by 1917, only three surviving women were rescued by an American ship. The atoll was later occupied by the U.S. military during WWII operations. Remnants of these visits still remain on the island, including abandoned military supplies and the ruins of a lighthouse.
Pigs were introduced at the end of the 19th century, and by 1958, there were 58 pigs on the island eating plants, crabs, and bird eggs; these were all slaughtered that year in order to protect the nesting birds, which had experienced marked declines in population (Sachet 1962). Coconut palms were planted in 1897, and now grow in several groves. Though significant damage was done to Clipperton's native flora and fauna during this short period of human habitation, the island is still considered one of the least disturbed systems in the Pacific (UNEP/IUCN 1988). Despite many proposals, there is no current legal protection for the island (IFRECOR 1998).
The island is now visited primarily by the French Navy, infrequent scientific expeditions, and US tuna fishermen who may occasionally come ashore. Access to the island is difficult due to the heavy oceanic swell (UNEP/IUCN 1988). However, an account from a 1994 visit notes that the expedition encountered many abandoned boat anchors along with other debris directly offshore (Allen and Robertson 1996). A tuna boat that was line-fishing for reef fish and several sailing yachts were reportedly offshore during the visit as well (Allen and Robertson 1996). At one time, it was proposed that the lagoon be opened for construction of a port, though it appears that these plans were dropped (UNEP/IUCN 1988). Meteorological stations have operated on the island, and it is a potential site for a satellite observation post (UNEP/IUCN 1988). Further disturbance would likely result from these activities. It has been recommended that the island be protected as a scientific research site.
Clipperton Island is an isolated oceanic island and the only atoll in the eastern Pacific. It is positioned at the edge of the Eastern Pacific Barrier, the world's largest deepwater barrier to the dispersal of marine shore organisms. This places the island in a unique biogeographic position, as it is an area with unusual assemblages of both Indo-Pacific and Panamic flora and fauna (Allen and Robertson 1996). It is possible that Clipperton is an important stepping stone for connection between the two bioregions.
Allen, G. R. and D. R. Robertson. 1996. An annotated checklist of the fishes of Clipperton Atoll, tropical eastern Pacific. Retrieved (2001) from: <http://www.ots.ac.cr/rbt/revistas/45-2/allen.htm>.
IFRECOR. 1998. Clipperton. Retrieved (2001) from: <http://www.reefbase.org/Summaries/pdf/Clipperton1998.pdf>.
Pitman, R. L. and Jehl, J. R. 1998. Geographic variation and reassessment of species limits in the "masked" boobies of the eastern Pacific Ocean. Wilson Bulletin 110:155-170.
Sachet, M. H. 1962. Flora and vegetation of Clipperton Island. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 4th ser., v.31, no.10. The Academy, San Francisco.
Snodgrass, R. E. and E. Heller. 1902. The birds of Clipperton and Cocos Islands; Papers from the Hopkins Stanford Galapagos expedition 1898-1899. The Academy, Washington, DC.
UNEP/IUCN. 1988. Coral Reefs of the World. Volume 3: Central and Western Pacific. UNEP Regional Seas Directories and Bibliographies. IUCN/UNEP, Gland, Switzerland, Cambridge, UK, and Nairobi, Kenya.
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Toussaint is one of the most important musical figure to emerge from New Orleans in our time and yet a relative unknown because his accolades have come for work behind the scenes. He was cited as "the chief architect of the New Orleans sound" when inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a non-performer in 1998. In 2009 he received the Grammy Trustee Award, given to "individuals who, during their careers in music, have made significant contributions, other than performance, to the field of recording." This year he was inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame.
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Microsoft is adding new features to the Windows Phone 8.1 version of Internet Explorer 11, the company said in a blog post Thursday.
At the top of Microsoft's list of IE 11 improvements for Windows Phone 8.1 is a new address-bar URL predictions capability. The address bar, sometimes called "one box," remembers your favorite URLs and inserts a possible URL as you type. Microsoft used to pan that Google Chrome-like behavior as a privacy violation back when it was rolling out Internet Explorer 9, but now it's going to be a feature of IE 11 on Windows Phone 8.1.
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Microsoft is adding a new "high-savings mode" for the Data Sense app in Windows Phone 8.1 that compresses images and delivers "the most important" parts of a Web site to the screen. It also appears to strip out ads. The feature is designed for users with monthly service plans that limit data use.
Microsoft has added its "live tiles" pinning concept to IE 11 on Windows Phone 8.1. Users can pin Web sites to the screen and they will now display with updated content.
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A fix is now available to let you integrate Sametime Advanced 8.0 with a Notes 8.0.1 client... which has made CuriousMitch very happy.
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Q: odbc memory issue while fetching data records for huge data I am using odbc to connect to DB in PHP. The data records is having millions of records due to which I am getting PHP Fatal Error: Memory size issue
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Here, odbc_fetch_array is fetching millions of records once and storing them in memory at once due to which I am getting Memory size issue.
Is there any way in odbc so that I can fetch the rows in the loop(like 5-10k rows at once and store it in file and then again next 5-10k rows and so on) to reduce the memory consumption?
Note:- One way is to increase the PHP memory limit but I am looking for pagination kind off solution in odbc(as explained above).

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Viewpoint: Sofia Guellaty on why Saudi Arabia is one of the world's most creative new markets
by MusicWeek Staff
December 1st 2021	at 6:59AM
PROMOTIONAL FEATURE:
Ahead of MDLBEAST's XP music conference which takes place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, between December 13-15, Tunisian journalist Sofia Guellaty, founder and creative director of creative and publishing agency Mille World – and an advocate for the new event – explains why, with more than 60% of the country's 35 million population under 30, a new music-driven culture is emerging in the region.
You won't have read about it in global media publications, you probably haven't seen it on TV, but over the past few years there has been a colossal transformation taking place in Saudi Arabia. What you think you know, you probably don't know.
At the core of this has been a government-led initiative to open Saudi Arabia to the world. And more importantly, to show the world what Saudi Arabia is truly made of.
I am talking millions of kids who, after years, now have the license to explore who they truly are by being offered cultural content that is unbounded, unfiltered, and, more importantly, authentic and relevant to their own stories.
Aside from economical plans of increasing tourism, and banking on the entertainment industry, in Saudi – and unlike other places in the Arab world – lies an authentic will and a real infrastructure to give space to homegrown voices.
In that region, unfortunately, too often have they have tried to fit the globalised bill of what culture should look or sound like. Because the narrative is that making it in the west, or having some sort of validation there, is the only successful outcome. Yet Saudi is changing this paradigm, offering cultural programs that are authentic to the Arab world, inviting a global audience to discover these regional talents while giving them access to international networking. It starts from home.
Here, millions of people who never dared to dream of making it in creative industries are offered incredible opportunities they would never find abroad. And MDLBEAST is one of them. Only one thing is asked of them: come as you are, Saudi traditions and all.
For someone like me who's worked so much in Saudi, and who travels around the world looking for inspiration, to see this youth culture finding its power and claiming it is incredible.
"Saudi's idea is to let the world in, while offering something so fresh to the international stage"
Sofia Guellaty
Socially, economically, culturally, the pace of change is unusually fast and the opportunities created are fascinating. Of course, there are shocking paradoxes, and, as this is only the beginning, the reception can still be met with scepticism.
For example, we interviewed a lot of Saudis who are very excited and very ready for change, but their parents are still processing things. How do you explain to these mums and dads what a dance music festival like MDLBEAST in Riyadh is? A rave in the desert? How do you explain that their daughter can go out and wear whatever she wants It's a lot for older generations to understand, but they also need to celebrate that change is good. Because while these kids are taking global influence on board, they're not just morphing into a homogenous global group.
They are not becoming other people, they are just building their own identity more openly while staying true to who they are. They are building a new narrative for the region they represent with more freedom, more pride, and more opportunities to dream for a better future. The measure of success will lie in trying to get as many people as possible from the region, and from the world over, to shift their daily thinking. We want this new young generation to consume more culture, with the hope that they take it on board and grow it, add to it and pass it on. After all, this is how shared cultures grow.
The world has never experienced a country like Saudi suddenly switch on the creative economy's lights. But their idea is to let the world in, while offering something so fresh to the international stage.
Let everyone be transformed by the encounter. Let Saudi add its local narrative to the global one, enriching both in the process. The people there are saying: "We're here and we're ourselves, come get inspired by the millions of people, the rich history, the tensions, the patrimony and the new underground scenes mushrooming all over."
While I'm not Saudi, I take a huge sense of pride in what's happening as an Arab, and I want to be a part of this new shift.
For more information and tickets for the XP conference visit www.xptickets.mdlbeast.com.
MDLBeast,
XP,
Sony Music partners with streaming platform Anghami on Vibe Music Arabia label
New XP conference aims to bring the Middle East's music to the world
Soundstorm festival returns to Riyadh in December with David Guetta, Camelphat, Carl Cox and more


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What is the "Rahao" for which is just quickly read without a break. And what is this for anyway?
I appreciate coming answers so that I am more conscious about it, myself.
Yves - "Rahao" is an instruction to the reader. It is not to be read out loud. It means to pause (silence) and let the next lines sink in to your understanding. It usually precedes the main thought of the shabad.
I know some people read it out loud, that is because a habit was created and passed from person to person based on the principle of "never alter Gurbani," but "rahao was inserted by the Guru to allow pause and reflection on his words.


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Trina Solar's 100 MW Agricultural PV Solar Project fitted with 210 Modules Connected to Grid
A 100MW agricultural photovoltaic solar project fitted with Trina Solar's 210 Vertex modules, situated in Luotian County, Hubei province, China, has been connected to the grid.
August 12, 2021. By News Bureau
The project, covering 160 hectares, uses Trina Solar's 210 Vertex 550W series and is expected to generate 110 million kWh of electricity a year, offsetting 42,000 tons of standard coal and reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 104,500 tons a year.
With the completion of the project, agricultural production and PV power generation will be effectively combined to achieve both agricultural development and solar energy utilization, which not only improves land use but also promotes local economic benefits.
The 210 Vertex module, based on large 210mm silicon wafers, achieves low-voltage high-power characteristics with innovative non-destructive cutting and high-density cell interconnect technology, achieving maximum power of 670W with an efficiency of 21.6%, and single string power rising 40%.
The inverters compatible with Trina Solar's 550W modules in this project are Huawei's latest high-current string inverters, highly adapted to ultra-high power 210 Vertex modules, resulting not only in higher power generation and safer operation, but also performing exceptionally well in terms of system stability of weak-grid connection and intelligent operation and maintenance.
"Ultra-high-power modules are an inevitable trend in the PV industry," says Huawei. "That is why we have launched matching inverters and provide a complete set of intelligent PV solutions," it adds.
After full verification in the market, the high-current inverters are not only compatible with 210 modules, but also have the advantage of giving full play to the high-efficiency power generation of ultra-high-power modules and improving the system DC/AC ratio. More than 10 mainstream inverter manufacturers have now put high-current inverters on the market that are perfectly adapted to 210 modules.
The synergy of the 210 industry chain is more seamless and mature than ever, and the ecology is more complete. The ultra-high power modules with low voltage and high string power are widely used in large power plants worldwide.
100MW agricultural photovoltaic solar project
Luotian County, Hubei province
210 Modules Connected to Grid


Audio manipulationist G Lucas Crane and guitarist Matt Mondanile (of Ducktails and Real Estate) in a sonic duo monitored by a special device that analyzes heart over volume and chooses the morally superior performance. The pair perform in eight tense rounds at the end of which Morality decides only one victor.
Recorded in March 2011, Moral Kombat was co-produced by G Lucas Crane and Clocktower Gallery Performance and Installation Curator Joe Ahearn.


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A bolder step towards privacy protection in Hong Kong : A statutory cause of action
Yun Ching Jojo Mo
A. K C Koo
Asian Journal of Comparative Law
https://doi.org/10.1515/asjcl-2014-0012
https://scholars.cityu.edu.hk/en/publications/publication(272a8b5e-209b-49e8-8818-29151464cba8).html
Privacy is an important value which is internationally recognised as worthy of protection. However, it has been under constant challenge for a number of reasons including changes in technology which facilitate informational and other forms of surveillance and privacy-invasive media practices. Because of its multi-faceted nature, privacy is typically regulated by a variety of different means. Data protection laws seek to ensure the fair handling of personal information. Criminal sanctions are used to outlaw more serious invasions of privacy, including certain breaches of communications privacy and uses of surveillance devices. Assorted civil actions are relied on to protect broader interests in privacy. However, the piecemeal nature of privacy protection is often found to be inadequate and victims frequently lack appropriate remedies. Therefore, many common law countries either provide for or are actively considering the introduction of civil remedies to specifically address general privacy issues. There has also been active consideration of measures to regulate media organisations, especially in the light of the Murdoch scandal in the United Kingdom. The inadequacies in the law have prompted calls for law reform in Hong Kong, and recommendations have been made in the report on Civil Liability for Invasion of Privacy (2004). It examined the need of individuals to be able to seek civil remedies for unwarranted invasion of privacy. In it the Law Reform Commission of Hong Kong (HKLRC) proposed the introduction of specific statutory torts of privacy to cover acts and conduct frustrating the reasonable expectation of an individual's privacy. It proposed that a person, who invaded another's privacy by intruding upon their solitude or seclusion, or by intruding into their private affairs or concerns, should be liable in tort. It also recommended another tort for invasion of privacy arising out of public disclosure of private facts. This article focuses on the issue of civil liability and analyses the inadequacies of existing laws and regulatory regimes and attempts to come up with a model that is most suitable for Hong Kong. It takes the HKLRC's recommendations as its starting point but refines and modifies them, drawing on the insights that have since become available from the work of other law reform bodies and further developments in overseas case law.
legislation, privacy, tort
Publication fingerprints text
privacy Social Sciences
invasion Social Sciences
law reform Social Sciences
Hong Kong Social Sciences
remedies Social Sciences
liability Social Sciences
surveillance Social Sciences
solitude Social Sciences
data protection Social Sciences
media Social Sciences
A bolder step towards privacy protection in Hong Kong : A statutory cause of action. / Mo, Yun Ching Jojo; Koo, A. K C.
In: Asian Journal of Comparative Law, Vol. 9, No. 1, 01.01.2014, p. 345-380.
Mo, YCJ & Koo, AKC 2014, 'A bolder step towards privacy protection in Hong Kong: A statutory cause of action', Asian Journal of Comparative Law, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 345-380. https://doi.org/10.1515/asjcl-2014-0012
Mo, Y. C. J., & Koo, A. K. C. (2014). A bolder step towards privacy protection in Hong Kong: A statutory cause of action. Asian Journal of Comparative Law, 9(1), 345-380. https://doi.org/10.1515/asjcl-2014-0012
Mo YCJ, Koo AKC. A bolder step towards privacy protection in Hong Kong: A statutory cause of action. Asian Journal of Comparative Law. 2014 Jan 1;9(1):345-380. https://doi.org/10.1515/asjcl-2014-0012
Mo, Yun Ching Jojo ; Koo, A. K C. / A bolder step towards privacy protection in Hong Kong : A statutory cause of action. In: Asian Journal of Comparative Law. 2014 ; Vol. 9, No. 1. pp. 345-380.


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package main

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"errors"
	"fmt"
	"io/ioutil"
	"net/http"
	"os"
	"reflect"
	"sort"
	"strings"

	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
)

func rawData(c *config) (map[string]interface{}, error) {
	f := c.File
	raw, err := ioutil.ReadFile(f)
	if err != nil {
		msg := fmt.Sprintf("Unable to read '%s'. %s", f, err.Error())
		return map[string]interface{}{}, errors.New(msg)
	}

	var jsonData interface{}
	err = json.Unmarshal(raw, &jsonData)
	if err != nil {
		msg := fmt.Sprintf("Unable to parse JSON. %s", err.Error)
		return map[string]interface{}{}, errors.New(msg)
	}

	return jsonData.(map[string]interface{}), nil
}

func urlData(parent string, data map[string]interface{}) map[string]string {
	results := map[string]string{}

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		keys := []string{}

		for k, _ := range data {
			keys = append(keys, k)
		}

		sort.Strings(keys)
		results[parent] = strings.Join(keys, "\n") + "\n"
	}

	for k, v := range data {
		val := reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(v))
		if val.Kind() == reflect.Interface {
			val = val.Elem()
		}

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		case reflect.String:
			results[parent+k+"/"] = val.String()

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			mapKeysOutput := []string{}
			for subKey, subVal := range val.Interface().(map[string]interface{}) {
				subVal := reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(subVal))
				switch subVal.Kind() {
				case reflect.Map:
					mapKeysOutput = append(mapKeysOutput, subKey+"/")
				case reflect.String:
					mapKeysOutput = append(mapKeysOutput, subKey)
				}
			}

			sort.Strings(mapKeysOutput)
			results[parent+k+"/"] = strings.Join(mapKeysOutput, "\n")

			result := urlData(parent+k+"/", val.Interface().(map[string]interface{}))

			for resultKey, resultVal := range result {
				results[resultKey] = resultVal
			}
		}
	}

	return results
}

func setupRouter(urlData map[string]string) http.Handler {
	urls := []string{}

	for k, _ := range urlData {
		urls = append(urls, k)
	}

	sort.Strings(urls)

	router := mux.NewRouter()

	for _, k := range urls {
		url := k
		data := urlData[url]
		router.HandleFunc(url, func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
			fmt.Fprint(w, data)
		}).Methods("GET")
	}

	return router
}

func main() {

	config := parseCliArgs()

	data, err := rawData(config)
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Printf("Unable to load raw data. Error: %s\n", err.Error())
		os.Exit(1)
	}

	bindInfo := config.Address + ":" + config.Port
	os.Stdout.Write([]byte("Listening on " + bindInfo + "\n"))
	err = http.ListenAndServe(config.Address + ":" + config.Port, setupRouter(urlData("/", data)))
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Printf("Unable to serve data. Error: %s", err.Error())
	}
}

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You are here:	Skagit Climate Science Consortium > Skagit Impacts > Sediment
Figures show the historic delta area that received sediment delivered via the river and the current diked structure that channelizes the river and forces the sediment out to Skagit Bay.
Why Sediment Matters
The Sediment Basics
From its headwaters in the rugged North Cascades down to its confluence with the saltwaters of Puget Sound, the Skagit River drains a huge amount of land – 3,200 square miles, which is twice the size of Rhode Island.
The river carries water, but also considerable sediment: the sand, mud, and pebbles that were once solid rock. In fact, the USGS estimates that the Skagit River transports 2.8 million tons of sediment every year. For example, much of the drinking water in Skagit County comes directly from the Skagit River. Every year, enough sediment is removed, just for drinking water, to cover a football field 11 feet deep in dirt!
This sediment can be carried by, suspended in, or dropped and deposited in channels and Skagit Bay by the flowing waters of the Skagit River.
The Flow of Sediment
Water and sediments mix, mingle, and scour to define the path and shape of the Skagit River every year. In the mountains, the steep slopes erode and generate a lot of sediment acting as the "SOURCE". As winter freezing levels increase, winter storms intensity and glaciers retreat, levels of sediment are projected to increase.
Lower in the watershed, sediment is carried and dropped and carried and dropped by the water in the "TRANSPORT" zone. In the Skagit River, the towns of Sedro-Woolley, Mt. Vernon and Burlington are all in this transport zone. Some sand and gravel fills in river channels between dikes and levees, increasing the risk of flood. Increased sediment also can put pressure on levees as well as bridges during flood events. The figure below shows this conceptually while the figure below that shows what this looks like in one place near Mount Vernon.
In a natural system, sediment accumulates and is deposited across a broad "SINK" area of the floodplain. In the Skagit, sediment is pushed out to the bay and Puget Sound due to river channelization and the extensive levee system. Indeed, since the late 1880s, an estimated 90 million cubic meters of sediment has accumulated in Skagit Bay. This is enough to bury the I-5 corridor between Canada and Oregon 15 feet deep or cover a football field 10 miles high. The sediment has filled in the deeper parts of Skagit Bay an average of 49 feet and up to 90 feet in some places, and represents a tenfold increase in the rate of sedimentation that occurred prior to constructing levees.
Project Changes and Historical Context
As noted above, warming temperatures are expected to substantially increase the amount of sediment because as the glaciers retreat and snow falls only at higher elevations, less of the upper watershed is covered by ice and snow. Ice and snow help keep the mountains from eroding and sending sediment down the watershed so without it, the amount of sediment increases dramatically. The projected increase in rain storms will compound this issue as the increased sediment is released more frequently and is transported more effectively by higher volumes of water.
Sediment quantities and transport have been significantly transformed by the channelization of the Skagit River, human development, and activities such as logging. Sediment loads are currently 10 times the estimated pre-development conditions and as shown in Figure X are projected to increase significantly with the projected increases in water flows.
Channelization of the lower river and the construction of dikes and levees downstream changed the flow of the Skagit River, isolating 90% of the Skagit delta from a high flow deposition area as can be seen in Figures Y and Z. Since the North and South Forks of the Skagit River are the only remaining outlets delivering sediments, the rate of deposition in Skagit Bay has accelerated, creating sand bars, infilling of habitats, and blocking drainage infrastructure. This pattern is more striking in the areas near the North Fork since the dominant flow path was diverted from the South Fork in 1937. In addition to increasing deposition of sediments in the areas immediately adjacent to the North and South Fork mouths and Skagit Bay the landward areas behind the dikes have subsided about 3 feet (Haugerud, 2006) creating a situation where humans have to work harder and harder to drain agricultural lands and prevent flooding. Also of importance to people, is that the bayfront marshlands between the two forks are eroding (Hood, 2012) which has significant impacts to the environment as well as increasing risks from coastal flooding.
The figures above show the historic delta area that received sediment delivered via the river and the current diked structure that channelizes the river and forces the sediment out to Skagit Bay.
Although overall sediment transport has increased due to development, most sediment that reaches the Skagit Bay bypasses the shoreline/bayfront and tidal flats where they would historically remain, and settles instead in deeper waters. This is shown in the figure below, which shows sediment deposition from the North Fork. Green areas show little relative accumulation of sediment, while the areas in red, further out in Skagit show accumulations of up to 84 feet (please note that the figure uses meters not feet).
Fine sediments are swept away by the currents and settle offshore. The offshore transport of fine sediments as far away as Deception Pass is detrimental to nearshore habitats such as eel grass beds. Important shrimp and crab areas and rock fish habitat are being buried and fragmented by sediment. Already, 60–70% of the eelgrass in Skagit Bay has been negatively impacted. Additionally, fine sediment often carries contaminants that are being dispersed further and further afield.
For more information about sediment, download SC2's brief overview and infographic on the topic. Dr. Grossman and Dr. Hamlet's presentations that cover elements related to sediment and sediment can also be found here.
More information is available in the recent Northwest Science Special Issue article "Impacts of Climate Change on Regulated Streamflow, Hydrologic Extremes, Hydropower Production, and Sediment Discharge in the Skagit River Basin."


A growing coalition of grassroots advocacy groups are demanding that Microsoft, Salesforce, and other large tech companies drop their contracts with immigration enforcement agencies like ICE and Border Patrol. Amid disturbing reports of widespread human rights abuses, more than 100,000 people have already signed on to petitions launched by Demand Progress, Center for Media Justice, Color of Change, Defending Rights and Dissent, Fight for the Future, The Nation, Presente.org, SumOfUs.
- "Corporations supporting the inhumane policies of the Trump Administration have lost their moral compass and will be held responsible for the violence and suffering they profit from. No company should be in the business of caging families. On this 4th of July, Presente members have declared their Independence from criminal or cowardly corporations who assist the President's immigration racket." said Matt Nelson, Executive Director, Presente.org (he/him) who launched this petition.
- "The trauma of family separation will run deep for the children and families involved and big tech companies play a huge part in that. Technology can be used to protect or violate human rights. Companies like Microsoft and Salesforce have chosen to use their services to violate them all while saying they care about human rights. It's hypocrisy. That's why we won't back down until all tech companies drop their contracts with ICE," said Jelani Drew, Kairos Fellow at Fight for the Future, who launched this petition.
- "Microsoft must honor the demands of its own employees and thousands of people across the country calling on the company to drop its contract with ICE. Otherwise, it will forever be remembered as the tech company that powered Trump's brutal policy of family separation and detention. The Trump Administration's attack on children and families is unconscionable and Microsoft's failure to act in the face of these glaring human rights abuses is beyond disturbing. History is calling, and it's asking Microsoft to take a side," said Reem Suleiman, Senior Campaigner at SumOfUs, who launched this petition.
- "Microsoft is approaching a day of reckoning. They've gained millions while hundreds of families have lost their children. The company must now make a choice - either help ICE continue to destroy families, or take action and cancel their contract. In the face of such inhumanity there is no other way," said Steven Renderos, Organizing Director at Center for Media Justice, who launched this petition.
- "If Microsoft is as shocked and dismayed as they claim to be by ICE agents forcibly separating children from their parents at the border, then they have a moral obligation to take action and divest themselves from the 'mission critical' services they provide to ICE," said Reuben Hayslett from Demand Progress, he launched this petition.
- "We're seeing that employees inside tech companies are pushing for the products they build to be used in ethical ways for people at the border and around the world. Microsoft employees are not accepting executives' efforts to downplay the company's contracts with ICE and are demanding that their work not contribute to the operations of this agency," said Yana Calou from Coworker.org, which provides education for employees raising their voices at work.
- "Corporate complicity in human rights abuses can't be excused, it must be exposed and stopped. Our members are eager to hold tech companies accountable for profiting off contracts with ICE, and to call out the hypocrisy of companies that decry family separation while helping the Trump administration enforce draconian and inhumane immigration policies," said Sue Udry, Executive Director of Defending Rights and Dissent, who launched this petition.
With more than 500,000 member-volunteers, Presente.org is the nation's largest online Latinx organizing group; advancing social justice with technology, media, and culture.


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9 years no trophies for The Arsenal, but what about other clubs?
During the FA Cup tie yesterday, once we were 4-1 up and cruising through to a Wembley Semi Final, I started to think about when we last won a trophy. 2005 was that date, the same competition. It has been well documented in the press that it has been 9 years for Arsenal without a trophy. 9 long years. 9 years of suffering. But then I looked at who we were playing . Everton.
The last time Everton won a trophy was in 1995. With no chance of a trophy this year, that will make it 19 years without a trophy. But where are the headlines? Where are the big stories? There are none. Now Everton are a big side. They have won the league 9 times and the FA Cup 5 times. Before Arsene Wenger took over at Arsenal, Everton had only won 1 League title and 1 FA Cup less than Arsenal.
Everton are by no means a small club. They are 6th on the all time list of England's most successful clubs. That position was 5th before Chelsea won the lottery. So why no headlines? 19 years is a lot longer than Arsenal's 9. Remember, before Arsene Wenger, Arsenal & Everton were similar sized clubs (honours, stadium size, fan base, success, time in top division, etc).
This got me thinking further. So much is made of 9 years without a trophy for Arsenal, but if the press are hushed up on Everton's 19 years, how long has it been for other clubs?
Team Last Trophy Total Trophies
Manchester City 2014 16
Manchester United 2013 62
Swansea City 2013 1
Wigan Athletic 2013 1
Chelsea 2013 26
Liverpool 2012 60
Birmingham City 2011 2
Tottenham Hotspur 2008 24
Portsmouth 2008 5
Arsenal 2005 39
Middlesbrough 2004 1
Blackburn Rovers 2002 12
Fulham 2002 1
Leicester City 2000 4
Aston Villa 1996 23
Everton 1995 24
Leeds United 1992 9
Sheffield Wednesday 1991 9
Crystal Palace 1991 1
Nottingham Forest 1990 13
Luton Town 1988 1
Reading 1988 1
Wimbledon 1988 1
Coventry City 1987 1
Oxford United 1986 1
Norwich City 1985 2
Ipswich Town 1981 3
Wolves 1980 13
West Ham United 1980 6
Southampton 1976 1
Derby County 1975 4
Sunderland 1973 9
Stoke City 1972 1
Swindon Town 1969 1
Newcastle United 1969 13
QPR 1967 1
Burnley 1960 5
Bolton Wanderers 1958 5
Blackpool 1953 1
Charlton Athletic 1947 1
Preston North End 1938 4
Cardiff City 1927 2
Huddersfid Town 1926 5
Sheffield United 1925 5
Barnsley 1912 1
Bradford City 1911 1
Bury 1903 2
Notts County 1894 1
Blackburn Olympic 1883 1
Old Etonians 1882 2
Old Carthusians 1881 1
Clapham Rovers 1880 1
Wanderers 1878 5
Royal Engineers 1875 1
Oxford University 1874 1
When I see big sides such as Aston Villa and Everton having not won a trophy in nearly 2 decades, when Nottingham Forest, winners of 2 European Cups, have been trophyless since 1990, Wolves since 1980, and that 'massive club' Newcastle since 1969, I wonder, why the continual fuss over Arsenal?
Yes, 9 years is a long time for Arsenal, but only 9 clubs have won a trophy since Arsenal's last win, and 5 of those clubs won just won trophy. The table above brings a lot into perspective.
We have a chance of winning the FA Cup this season. If we do win it, maybe the press can stop talking about Arsenal and start talking about Everton's last 19 years, or Spurs not winning a league title since 1961.
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23 thoughts on "9 years no trophies for The Arsenal, but what about other clubs?"
David Moore March 9, 2014 at 11:31 am
If we should win the FA Cup this year the media line next season will be "only one trophy in 10 years"
Pius 'Gunner' Chomo March 9, 2014 at 1:48 pm
@David More, you are absolutely on point. This new generation of pressmen and pundits with their constantly skewed analyses will not just give us and our great Arsenal a rest. Whatever it is that fuels their disdain for anything Arsenal is better left to their own imaginations. What is most puzzling however, is the fact that some so-called Arsenal fans often tow the same line of thought and action at the slightest mishap that happens to our darling team! It's ludicrous.
insideright March 9, 2014 at 11:35 am
It might also be noted that hardly any of those other clubs have managed to move to a new , much bigger,stadium during recent history – let alone, fill it week in, week out, despite the 'disaster' of not winning a trophy. Even those that have won things have done so via winning the lottery (as you put it so well) or by putting themselves into, often unsustainable, debt.
Pookie March 9, 2014 at 11:54 am
Excellent summary and deconstruction of the media's grand narrative about our club. Flamini should have hurled his 'birthday' cake in to the face of the itv interviewer yesterday and shouted, "stuff your nine candles up your 4rse, tu sac du merde!"
Hitman March 9, 2014 at 12:22 pm
The continual fuss over Arsenal- the English media and the way they want to portray Frenchman Wenger as a loser
Spectrum March 9, 2014 at 1:15 pm
He IS a loser. Mourinho was spot on. It's not just the media that "portray" him as such. There are many realist Gunners fans who feel the same. And other clubs have gone longer without a trophy, yes, but they didn't have a manager who is the highest paid in Europe ( or the world ! ) did they ?
To deserve that kind of money, you have to produce results within a reasonable time frame. Wenger hasn't. In fact, at any other major club with genuine ambition, he would have been sacked years ago. He's been living on borrowed time for far too long. He should do the honourable thing and refuse the offer of a new contract. It's insane, and rewards him for failure.
" In Arsene we rust."
pchomo March 9, 2014 at 2:07 pm
Whatever message (or was it insult?) which you intended by your last quote failed to achieve uor desired impact. Did I hear you say 'insane'? Well, guess who is insane by his depraved lust for Wenger's blood.
Craszygunner March 9, 2014 at 12:29 pm
It's very easy to look downwards at the clubs that have not won anything for ages and feel better about ourselves but l believe the true test is to compare ourselves with the clubs that have won trophies recently without oil money…ie Liverpool Manchester United Spurs Everton clubs of similar stature you will see that yes we have done well against the other teams except Manchester United…
Even with the move to the emirates l still feel arsenal could have done better Wengers arrogance got in the way of winning the other not too important trophies…
Henrik P March 9, 2014 at 12:32 pm
The thing that surprises me most is how few times (if any) it's mentioned that Liverpool haven't won the league in over 20 years.
True. But unlike at Arsenal, they're not scared to take a risk, and have changed managers a number of times. Now under Brendan Rogers, it looks as though their boldness and vision could be about to pay off. They're having their best season for ages, and are third favourites with the bookies. Our odds ? After the debacle at Stoke, we've blown out to a distant 20 /1.
mojo March 9, 2014 at 12:54 pm
That has been the case all along and Arsenal made it big without some one person putting in their millions, come end of season and Arsenal has won a trophy, u will hear 1 trophy in 10yrs. Media dislikes Arsenal due to the fact that they play attracting football and does not need to be spoiled by a reach millionaire to achieve what they have and can.
One trophy in ten years. Still would be a very poor record wouldn't it ? Whilst it would be nice to win SOMETHING, in perspective it doesn't make up for the previous nine years of underachievement and missed opportunities. But the A.K.B.'s are so desperate for ANY kind of success in order to validate ( in their minds ) their defence of him. Pathetic.
Amos March 9, 2014 at 12:54 pm
Excellent perspective – though does anyone really bother to count the League Cup as a trophy any more? I'm not even sure that the FA Cup should count as one. Realistically CL qualification is a better achievement than any domestic cup. Count how many teams have won only the trophies that matter, the league title first and CL second, and the triumphs of some of those who have won a trophy in the last 9 years comes into even sharper perspective
No. Realistically, WINNING the champion's league is a better achievement. Not finishing top four, and shamefully celebrating it as though we had won the final itself – as many mugs and the A.K.B.'s did last season.
dO2 March 9, 2014 at 1:09 pm
Am alwaz furious at doz hell of pundits and media gys… D way Arsenal's issues are taken/addressed is alwaz appalling, with 2much stress/emphasis laid on less irrelevant stuffs… Wen all top clubs taste defeats, only ours tks d headline. eg wen Liverpool lost @home 2 Sothon earlier dis czn, or City's loss at newly promoted Cardiff, it was almost nothn- 'normal' (and to mention Utd's poor run) But wen we lost to Villa on d 1st day, or Stoke's defeat, it was as if dat was d end of d world for us. Take a look at how dey've attacked Ozil in past weeks. A player who has brought in reputatn, added quality to d team turned into a 'flop' overnight for either failling to score in evry game (as if he is a striker) or for missing a spot kick which almost all big names and legends hav missed, using his weakness as anoda aimless point. Anoda hurting thing again is how not just our opponents (+ media/pundits) hav attacked us effortlessly, but even d so-called fellow supporters of ours hav blindly/ignorantly joined in…all in d lazy archaic excuz of: "i speak d truth despite being a gunner…" Dey wont still give up even after lifting d epl or d FA cup, but will stil find lazy/silly xcuz of "dey only managed to win bcos almost every top team changed dia managers or players; dey shud win it bck2bck before convincing us… I c us lifting a trophy dis czn, despite d odds… Long live Arsenal FC, long live GUNENERS!!
Arsenal Till I Die March 9, 2014 at 2:56 pm
Media love plastics.
Utd, Chelsea and more recently City have been the epitome of plastic in the PL.
Not just us, even teams like the Kops who have had people stay loyal almost as us have had to hear this.
Its weird that you have to hear, "With that 3 pts, Utd could start to mount a challenge" when a couple of years ago, in a better spot than Utd are right now, we've had to hear "Could they be relegated/4th place is a dream"
Fuck the Media.
Forget the Rest.
Que Sera Sera, Whatever will be will be, We're going to Wembleyy
People who say in Arsene we rust, would've cringed if he went to a team with means.
Dont just look at Wenger, do keep in mind our downfall and the Yank takeover kind of coincided.
Not a surprise there.
If Faginho with his golden Russian credit card is called a legend and Arsene, a man who built Arsenal into what it is today is a loser, then you should think again.
9 years of underachievement, yes.
Without Arsene's contribution, we would have been off saying "To Dare Is To Do" like a bunch of idiots.
Back him, till the day he leaves.
Back each and every person associated with the Arsenal till they leave.
Spectrum March 11, 2014 at 12:09 pm
Why do the A.K.B.'S always criticise we realists, by listing Wenger's achievements, as if we aren't aware of them ? Of course we are. There's no denying all the good things he did for us. But we've moved on, the A.K.B'S haven't. They live in the past, not in the present. Why continue to idolise a man who has done as much as can for us ? Why can't you free yourselves of your leech-like emotional attachment to him, and realise that the future success of the club lies in thanking him for what he HAS done, let go of your fear of change, and allow someone else to see what he can do ? EIGHTEEN YEARS he's been with us. For exactly HALF that time he's won nothing. Overall that's a so-so 50-50 record. And getting worse every year he goes without a trophy. That's an indication of a manager in decline.
Even if we somehow win the F.A. Cup, my opinion on him won't change. He needs to do a lot more – particularly winning THE LEAGUE, ( a much tougher feat to achieve ) before he'll regain my confidence in him. Until then – Wenger OUT !
Muhammad March 10, 2014 at 1:16 am
We can win the FA to stop chetaring
EPPO March 10, 2014 at 12:16 pm
Spectrum. We undetstand your view so you don't have to end every comment with that term. It is very childish and so makes your opinion worthless!
Arsenal will always be important to me no matter who is in charge or how successful we are !
"Childish" ? It makes a solid statement of what I and many others believe to be the situation. And if you can't see the truth in it, then to quote a favourite A.K.B. expression ; "Go support another club".
Because you are effectively saying that the welfare of THE MANAGER is more important than that of Arsenal itself. You need to get your priorities right.
( Just for you Eppo ) – " In Arsene we rust."
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Also, when we meet some situations that we have tried our best to solve, but the result is that we can't change anything, then we should have a consciousness of "Let it go". Maybe we are not willing to give it up, but we must realize that if we always make great efforts, but we still can't gain the satisfactory result, we should convince ourselves not to insist on it. Let us acquire a great mood, and just let it go. Because we are not regretful, we have experienced it.
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Pramit Bhattacharya May 31, 2015 at 12:38 pm
It's not arsenal it's all about arsene wenger ! 😛


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