"Do this in remembrance of me." Paul recalls this command of Jesus in his account of the institution of the Eucharist; it's the oldest testimony we have to Jesus' words at the Last Supper. "Do this," i.e. take bread and the chalice, give thanks, and share. Jesus commands us to repeat the action by which he instituted the memorial of his own Pasch and gives us his Body and Blood. The "doing" always has Jesus as its subject but is made real through our hands anointed by the Spirit. On a previous occasion he asked his disciples to "do" it, in obedience to his Father. Jesus says to the disciples in front of the crowds: "Give them something to eat yourselves." Jesus blesses and breaks the loaves and provides food to satisfy the crowd, but the disciples offer him the loaves and fish. Jesus wanted it this way: that, instead of sending the crowd away, the disciples would put at his disposal what little they had. And the pieces of bread, broken by Jesus, pass into the hands of the disciples, who distribute them; the disciples are "doing" with Jesus, giving them something to eat. Christ wants to give himself for the salvation of all, but it needs to happen through our offering what we have, receiving bread broken by Jesus, and giving it to all.
'Breaking' explains "Do this in remembrance of me": Jesus, broken for us, asks us to give ourselves, to break ourselves, for others. "Breaking bread" became the sign for recognizing Christ and Christians. The Emmaus disciples knew him "in the breaking of the bread." The first Jerusalem community "held steadfastly… to the breaking of the bread." From the outset the Eucharist becomes the Church's center and life pattern. Think too of saints, famous or anonymous, who "broke" themselves, their lives, to give others "something to eat." Parents, besides the bread they provide at home, have broken their hearts to let their children grow. Responsible Christians have broken their lives to defend human dignity. They find strength to do this in the Eucharist, in the power of the Risen Lord's love. May we give food to the crowds of today, breaking open our faith and lives as a sign of Christ's love for everyone.
1 Pt 2:2-5, 9-12 Come to him, a living stone precious in God's sight, and, like living stones, be built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood to offer sacrifices acceptable to God. You're a chosen race, a holy nation, so that you may announce the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his light. Once you were no people; now you're God's people. You hadn't received mercy; now you have. Maintain good conduct, so people may observe your good works and glorify God.
Ps 100:2-5 "Come with joy into the presence of the Lord." Give him thanks; serve him with gladness. Know the Lord God made us, and we're his people. The Lord is good, kind, and faithful forever.
Mk 10:46-52 When blind beggar Bartimaeus heard Jesus was passing by, he cried out, "Jesus, son of David, have pity on me," even as many told him to shut up. Jesus asked him, "What do you want me to do for you?" / "I want to see." / "Go; your faith has saved you." He received his sight and followed him.
Creighton: When the crowd urges Bartimaeus forward, he abandons his cloak. For Jews the cloak was almost a house and identity, protection, and power. He jumps up, goes to Jesus, asks for sight, then is healed and sent on his way. Once he sees, he goes on without his cloak, and all it means, to follow Jesus. Later in Mark, similarly, at Gethsemane a nameless young man followed Jesus wearing only a linen cloth. They caught hold of him, but he left the cloth with them and ran away naked; he reappears at the tomb on Easter morning. If we believe we "see" who Jesus is and what he's about, are we willing to abandon our security and power, all that gives us identity and security and follow Christ empty of ourselves to be ready to enter his risen life?
One Bread, One Body: "If anyone thirsts...": To receive the Spirit, we must thirst. Thirst is one of the strongest human desires; think of nursing babies' thirst. "Be as eager for milk as newborn babies, pure milk of the Spirit to make you grow unto salvation." We can be this thirsty because the Lord is at work. The Lord has called you to stifle desires of the flesh and thirst for the things of the Spirit. Pray for a greater thirst.
Passionist: When Jesus asks Bartimaeus, "What do you want me to do for you?", Bartimaeus replies "Have pity on me," refusing to let the crowd quiet him, and Jesus hears him. Some suggest the "cloak" identified legitimate beggars, but whatever it was, he threw off his old self to go to Jesus. Jesus asks us too, "What do you want me to do for you?" In receiving his sight, Bartimaeus started to follow Jesus and can rejoin the community that sat him on the roadside to beg; his identity shifts from beggar to disciple. What do I deeply want?
DailyScripture.net: "What do you want me to do for you?" Bartimaeus was determined to get near the one who could meet his need. He'd heard of Jesus and his healings but hadn't had a way to contact him. It took "guts" and persistence for him to get his attention. The crowd was likely annoyed because he was disturbing their peace and interrupting Jesus' discourse. He was determined to get Jesus' attention and was persistent. Jesus showed that acting was more important than talking. Jesus was ready not only to empathize with the blind man's suffering and to relieve it. Jesus commends him for his eyes of faith. Do I recognize my need for God's healing? Do I seek him out with persistence and trust his goodness and mercy?
Universalis: Unconventional tutor, priest, confessor, inventor of services begetting oratorios, cared for students, founded still-flourishing Congregation of the Oratory. May we aim for joy over respectability, make fools of ourselves, and see ourselves as God sees us. See also Catholic Encyclopedia.


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With the end of Bo Xilai's trial, is Xi Jinping co-opting the 'Chongqing model'?
August 27, 2013 Kevin Lees	1 Comment
It's been perhaps the most sensational rise and fall of a top Chinese official in a generation, but the corruption trial against former Chongqing party leader Bo Xilai (薄熙来) wrapped up this week with plenty of surprises, even if his guilty verdict for bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power, is all but assured.
On the final day of what has been a sensation hearing by Chinese standards, Bo accused a top aide of becoming romantically involved with his wife, capping five days of what has been a spirited defense by one of China's most charismatic 21st century party leaders. Far from showing remorse, Bo (pictured above) has vigorously denied the charges and defended his actions:
He said he never cared for money. "The long johns that I'm wearing now were bought by my mother in the 1960s," Bo said, suggesting he did not approve of the lifestyle Gu had created for their son, Bo Guagua. "I have been working like a machine. I really don't have time to care about air tickets, hotel expenses and travel expenses," Bo said. He added: "The country did not pick me because I am a good accountant."
That Bo has been allowed to mount such a public (and political) defense is not surprising, given his status as one of the second-generation 'princelings' of the Chinese Communist Party (中国共产党). Even if Bo goes to prison for a decade or longer, the trial will have helped to cement his image as the leader of a 'New Left' movement within Chinese politics and society.
But what does that mean for the 'Chongqing model' that Bo championed as party secretary in Chongqing from 2007 to 2012?
The 'Chongqing model' is a vaguely neo-Maoist approach to governing China that involves a redoubling of state power and control, strengthening state-owned enterprises and aggressively attacking organized crime, while bringing back some truly unique vestiges of the era of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong (毛泽东), such as encouraging the singing of revolutionary-era songs. It's often contrasted against the 'Guangdong model' — a leadership style that encourages private development to blossom instead of through state-sponsored economic policy and at least a passing respect for the rule of law and other institutional reforms.
You can place the two models on the familiar left-right ideological axis — the Chongqing model prioritizes equitable distribution among all classes, the Guangdong model prioritizes the highest economic growth possible. In reality, however, the line between the two models is blurrier. Though the 'Guangdong model' is associated with the relatively liberal former Guangdong party chair Wang Yang (汪洋), now a vice premier (though not a full member of the Politburo Standing Committee) in Xi's government, it was Wang who served for two years as Chongqing party chair as Bo's direct predecessor. Realistically, the differences among China's political elite remain smaller than their shared values. Just as there's little chance that China will return to the days of Mao-era socialist state planning, there's also little evidence that economic liberalization and reform has led (or will lead in the future) to greater political freedom.
Over the weekend, The Wall Street Journal reported that Xi Jinping (习近平), who took power as Chinese president earlier this year after assuming leadership last November as the general secretary of the party's Politburo Standing Committee, is also lurching to the left in the first year of what is expected to be his ten-year stewardship of the People's Republic of China: Continue reading With the end of Bo Xilai's trial, is Xi Jinping co-opting the 'Chongqing model'? →
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Fifth Generation: Who is Zhang Dejiang?
November 9, 2012 Kevin Lees	5 Comments
This is the second in a series of posts examining the Chinese leaders expected to be named to the Politburo Standing Committee during the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (中国共产党) that kicked off November 8.
Yesterday, I examined the background and career of Zhang Gaoli (张高丽), the Party secretary in the municipality of Tianjin.
But another Zhang is expected to be appointed to the Politburo Standing Committee — Zhang Dejiang (张德江), a North Korean expert who's been part of the wider 25-member Politburo since 2002 and who has served as a vice premier for energy, telecommunications and transportation.
Like the other Zhang, this Zhang is also 66, and he's also a protégé of former president and 'paramount leader' Jiang Zemin (江泽民).
Earlier this year, Zhang stepped into the spotlight to take over from the disgraced Bo Xilai, who was forced to step down as the Party secretary of Chongqing municipality in March 2012 amid various scandals about corruption and a high-profile trial of his wife, Gu Kailai, who was convicted in August for murdering a British expat in August. Late last month, Bo was expelled from the National People's Congress, and he's expected to be tried for charges soon as well. It marked a remarkable downfall for Bo and the most sensational Chinese political scandal in recent memory.
Bo had attained near rock-star status as Chongqing's leader, and his leftist 'Chongqing model' that featured double-digit growth along with attention to social welfare programs in the face of China's rising inequality, as well as populist attacks on organized crime and a retro embrace of the 'red' culture of old-school Maoism and the songs and slogans of the Cultural Revolution, caused great discomfort among the highest echelons of the Chinese government, who determined that his anti-corruption programs were less than honest governance than the corrupt shakedowns of a leader on the verge of building his own personality cult.
Like Zhang and Xi Jinping (习近平), who is expected to become China's new 'paramount leader,' Bo was a 'princeling' — the son of an earlier senior Party dignitary, Bo Yibo — one of China's most powerful leaders in the 1980s and the 1990s — which makes the younger Bo's downfall all the more remarkable.
With Zhang firmly reasserting more orthodox control over Chongqing — he denied earlier this week that a 'Chongqing model' even exists– he appears to have passed a key hurdle in a career that's seen as many highlights as disappointments.
Now, it appears that Zhang will take the seat on the Politburo Standing Committee that seemed at one time virtually assured for Bo.
As noted above, Zhang's father Zhang Zhiyi served as a major general in the People's Liberation Army.
Zhang studied Korean in his youth and studied economics in Pyongyang in North Korea before returning to China, and his Korean expertise brought him initially to prominence when he arranged Jiang's trip to North Korea in 1990 and, under Jiang's patronage, rose through the ranks in Jilin province, which borders North Korea and Russia in the far northeast of China. Zhang was appointed Party secretary of Jilin province in 1995 and served until 1998, and he was credited with successfully addressing the issue of Korean immigration — about 4.25% of Jilin's population is ethnically Korean. Continue reading Fifth Generation: Who is Zhang Dejiang? →
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The Match - Barnet
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Matchday Information - Barnet
Stadium: The Hive London
Address: The Hive London, Camrose Avenue, London, HA8 6AG
Entrances: there is a walk-in only entrance via Whitchurch Lane (opposite the Canons Park Station exit) or a walk-in and vehicle access via Camrose Avenue.
Nearest tube: Canons Park Station (Jubilee Line). Edgware Station (Northern Line) is not far with buses alighting outside the ground.
Parking: approx. 400 spaces are available on-site on a first-come, first-serve basis. Tokens for exit are purchasable throughout the day from the Bars or Shop at £5.
Disabled parking: bays are available on the same basis and for the same price as the above.
Tickets: tickets purchased from us are available online at www.barnetfc.com or by phone (0208 381 3800, opt. 1) or on the day at the Away Ticket Office. We recommend advance purchase to ensure quick and easy access on the day. Tickets purchased online may be scanned from a mobile device or printed off prior to arrival.
Disabled tickets: please call the Club on 0208 381 3800, opt. 1 or purchase on the day from the Away Ticket Office. We recommend advance purchase to ensure quick and easy access on the day.
Ticket prices: as per information to your Club and our website: www.barnetfc.com.
Facilities: we have a designated Away Bar behind the North Terrace, which serves hot and cold refreshments, as well as alcohol. Sky Sports TV is available in the Bar. Please note that the Away Bar is currently undergoing significant work and whilst it will be open, it may not have all of its facilities available at this time.
Help find our best goal of 2016!
The EFL have launched the search to find the Mitre Goal of the Year for 2016 and we are asking for your help in deciding which of our goals from the last 12 months should be put forward as our nomination.
We can nominate one goal from any EFL competition in the 2016 calendar year, to include goals scored in the Sky Bet EFL, the EFL Cup and the Checkatrade Trophy.
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Monday 6th March
Cambridge United's Annual General Meeting will be on Monday 6th March at 7.30pm.
The meeting will take place in the Premier Travel Hospitality Suite.
The room will be open from 7pm.
For those shareholders who have not received an email with a meeting agenda and a proxy form then please email secretary@cambridge-united.co.uk.
EFL: Key dates for 2017/18 announced
Key dates for the 2017/18 season have been confirmed, with EFL fixtures returning on the first weekend in August.Fixtures for the 2017/18 season – which are due to be announced on Wednesday 21st June – will see all three divisions of the EFL kick-off over the weekend Friday 4th to Sunday 6th August.
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The regular season will continue until the weekend of 5th May 2018, when the Sky Bet Championship, Sky Bet League One and League Two will all come to a close.
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Match Day Information - Accrington Stanley
Some useful information for Cambridge United fans going to the SkyBet League Two match at Accrington Stanley on Tuesday 21st February.
The postcode for the Wham Stadium is BB5 5BX. A sat nav will lead you to the ground. Please be aware that there is no parking for fans at the Stadium but there is plenty of on- street parking on the streets around the ground.
Please park responsibly.
A limited number of disabled car parking spaces are available to away fans by ringing the club, at least 24 hours beforehand, on 01254 356950.
Directions to the Wham Stadium.
From the M65
Leave the M65 at Junction 7, taking the Clitheroe turn off the roundabout. Turn right at the first set of traffic lights opposite Clayton Business Park, following the A678. Follow the road over the canal bridge to the next set of traffic lights. Turn right again going over the motorway bridge and towards Accrington on the A680. Carry straight on at the next set of lights with the Greyhound pub on your right. Follow the road as it bends to the right and then take the first left after the Crown pub into Livingstone Road.
At the end of the M66 follow the A56 until you come to the Rising Bridge roundabout. Take the first turning, the A680 towards Accrington for around 3 miles. Follow the ring road dual carriageway around the town centre. At the fourth set of lights, opposite the Castle pub, turn right to rejoin the A680. Follow this road up the hill for approximately 1 mile, Livingstone Road is approx 400 yards past Accrington Victoria Hospital on the right.
Visiting coaches are advised to park on Livingstone Road adjacent to the Away fans' entrance . Coaches will be asked to pass the ground, turn around at the bottom of Livingstone Rd, and park on the right hand side.
Accrington railway station is approx a 20 min walk from the ground.
The journey time is approximately 4hr 20 mins changing at Stevenage and Leeds or Peterborough, Grantham and Leeds.
Leaving Cambridge at 1356, 1401, 1455 arriving in Accrington at 1820, 1820 & 1920 respectively.
There are no return trains back to Cambridge that evening after the match.
Directions from the station
Leave the station following the railway viaduct down to the main roundabout and head up the hill past the Aldi supermarket on your left, at the top of the hill turn left (Whalley Road) follow this road uphill and through the traffic lights at the hospital. After the mini roundabout, Livingstone Road is the next right turn down Livingstone Road and the ground is on your left.
Staying over - Hotels and B&Bs in the area
Norwood Guest House (across from the stadium) Tel: 01254 398132
Maple Lodge Guest House (3/4 mile) Tel: 01254 301284
Mercure Dunkenhalgh Hotel (1 mile) Tel: 01254 303400
Sparth House Hotel (1 mile) Tel: 01254 872263
Travelodge Blackburn with Darwen services (6 miles) Tel: 0871 984 6122
Holiday Inn Express Burnley (6 miles) Tel: 01282 855955
The turnstiles open at 6:30pm.
A ticket office can be found to the left of the away turnstiles.
Please note that only cash can be used to buy tickets on the night.
Admission is by ticket only and tickets cost:
Adults £20, Over 65s £15, Students with ID £15, Under 18s £15, Under 12s £10.
Supporters can be searched prior to entering the stadium. Thorough searches will be carried out by ASFC stewards at the turnstiles.
Any supporters found with prohibited items in their possession may be arrested. Copies of the Ground Regulations are displayed at the turnstiles and can be found online at www.accringtonstanley.co.uk
Away supporters are accommodated on the coppice terrace, which does not have a roof and seats in the Whinney Hill stand. Prices are the same to stand or sit.
Disabled supporters in wheelchairs are accommodated in the main stand. This is not with the away supporters but is undercover and close to the away accommodation.
Supporters with Medium and High disability who require a carer, pay the full price whilst the carer is free.
There are concessions in the away end (Coppice Terrace and Whinney Hill seating) for visiting supporters supplying hot and cold drinks including alcohol. Please be aware there are no cash machines at the stadium or facilities to use debit or credit cards.
There are pubs that welcome away fans close to the ground, in the town centre and on the way from the town centre to the stadium. The Crown Pub is the nearest, located just 50 yards from the ground and serves food.
Any property found within the stadium will be held at reception. Supporters can contact reception on 01254 356950
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Roy Turnham is the Cambridge United Sport in the Community Awards star of the month.
Turnham was born blind through a genetic condition and grew up in Liverpool. He now lives in Cambridge and is an accomplished footballer and tennis player.
Turnham's exceptional footballing ability has been consistently recognised on an international stage as he represents England's and Great Britain's blind football team. So far, he has 52 caps and 16 goals on the international stage.
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Supporter Information - Yeovil Town
If you are going to Yeovil on Tuesday please see details that may help your visit.
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http://www.cambridge-united.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/away-tickets-yeovil-town-3564471.aspx
There are many ways to travel, but one way that can help the club and also to beat the costs of traveling independently is by using the Away Travel coach.
For more information you can ring 01223 566500
If there is an emergency or you want to know if there is a seat still available you are now able to TEXT the Away Travel helpline 075 224 73291.
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Sport must do more to fight homophobia, says report
Sport is not doing enough to tackle homophobic abuse and authorities should issue lengthy bans to offenders, according to a report.The report, published by the Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee, wants sports authorities to adopt a zero-tolerance approach at all levels.
In highlighting football, it said attitudes in sport in general are out of step with wider society.
There are no openly gay professional male players in British football.
The wide-ranging report said more should be done to show support for athletes who want to come out.
It also said match officials at all levels of sport should have a clear duty to report and document any kind of abuse, and sporting authorities should issue immediate one to two-year bans to indicate clearly that homophobic behaviour would not be tolerated.
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Fans' director Dave Matthew-Jones Cambridge News Article
Fans' director Dave Matthew-Jones tackles Cambridge United supporters' issues in his new monthly column
In a new column, supporter liaison officer and fans' director Dave Matthew-Jones talks about his roles and the issues concerning Cambridge United fans
Welcome to my first monthly article.
I was recently asked about what contact I have with the club in respect to the roles above at Cambridge United. There is normally one formal board meeting each month, though, of course, I can communicate with board members between meetings and on match days.
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Cambridge United supporters are well known for their support of the club at away matches. This week they travel to Morecambe
Ely at 6:45am and the Cambs Glass Stadium at 7:30am, priced as follows:
Adult £33.00
18-21 £25.00
Under 18 £19.00
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Traveling U's fans are that Morecambe are kindly offering a free pie and a pint to all fans that make the journey, following Jim Bentley's gesture to repay the Shrimps faithful whose collection covered his fine last month.
Tickets for the game are priced as follows:
64 + £17.00
Full Time Student £17.00
Under 18 £6.00
Under 14 FREE
Getting to the Globe Arena
By road: Leave the M6 motorway at junction 34 and follow signs to Morecambe. Take the new duel carriageway (The Bay Gateway) and turn right at the first set of traffic lights. At the roundabout (Shrimp) turn left and continue along Westgate for about a mile. You will pass Morecambe Fire Station on your right just before you reach the Globe Arena, also on your right.
By rail: At Morecambe train station walk along the platform and follow the bicycle / walking signs around the end of the railway line. Continue until reaching West End Road. Cross the road, go down Acre Moss Lane and follow this for its full length (towards the end it becomes Buckingham Road). Upon reaching Regent Road/Westgate turn left, go over the bridge and the Globe Arena is some 200 yards further on, on your left.
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FA Governance to be debated in Parliament
The Culture, Media and Sport Committee has secured a debate on the governance of football governance in the House of Commons.
Inquiry: The Governance of Football
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The debate taking place on Thursday 9 February 2017, starts at approximately 2.15pm and is on this motion: That this House has no confidence in the ability of the Football Association (FA) to comply fully with its duties as a governing body, as the current governance structures of the FA make it impossible for the organisation to reform itself; and calls on the Government to bring forward legislative proposals to reform the governance of the FA.
The Committee published two Reports in the last Parliament calling for reform of the FA, to allow representatives of fans, women's football, BAME groups, officials such as referees and the grassroots sport a significantly greater say in the governance of the game, and to give the Executive Directors of the FA greater weight in comparison with the representatives of the Premier and Football Leagues. However, the reforms called for by groups representing the wider game, the Committee, successive ministers for sport and recently, a number of past Chairmen and Chief Executives of the FA, have been ignored by The FA.
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Three of Our Own
Three of Our Own from the Amber News to read more see here
It has often been said that we are a family club, whose existence is deeply embedded in the Barnwell Community. Many of our players come back to the club regularly and many, Dion Dublin included, look back on their time here as a kind of golden period in their lives. Many, including Rodney Slack, have continued to live in the Barnwell area, where they still are fondly remembered as people who both entertained us and put us on the football map.
It is because of this traditional closeness between players and fans that the loss of three former players of ours has been deeply felt.
Jack Bishop, our Outside Left during the 1950s, has recently died in his nineties. Apart from being an outstanding player, it would be entirely fair to describe him as a war hero, who displayed real bravery on D Day. He was subsequently a POW in a notorious camp in Silesia, surviving this and a murderous forced march as liberation approached.
Graham Atkinson, brother of Ron, spent most of his playing career at Oxford United. During a brief interlude with us during the 1960s he scored 30 goals. An elegant and effective player for us, he has died at the age of 73.
Lastly, and most poignantly for me, was the passing of Robin Hardy at the age of 75. He was captain of the team which took us into the League for the first time in 1970. (It is a lesser known fact that Graham Taylor played for Lincoln in our first league game.)
Robin began his career at Sheffield Wednesday and was there during the great bribery scandal which tarnished that great club's name for a while. He left Wednesday for a short stint at Rotherham before managing a pub, apparently disenchanted with the game. Somehow Bill Leivers persuaded him to return to professional football as he put together a team capable of dominating the Southern League and breaking into the Football League – no mean feat in those 'closed shop' days. Hardy and Gerry Baker formed the centre of the meanest defence in non-league football. Robin Hardy stood out in any company. I often stood on the Newmarket Road End marvelling at his skills and thinking that he was far too good for our level – which he probably was. To me he was a kind of Bobby Moore figure: poised, assured and never hurried. Even after all these years, I can picture him running easily over the cloying mud, delivering pinpoint passes and barely breaking sweat. Terry O'Dell tells me that he put on a bit of weight in later years and idolised his wife, who was glad of his retirement from football. He never really recovered from her loss. He looked back on his time here with great fondness and deserves to be remembered as one of our best – ever.
I Was A Coldham's Common Smoothie..
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I have spent most of the past few days (23rdrd December) digesting Andrew Bennett's book Newmarket Road Roughs. (1912-1951). It only took less than 3 days to get to me, which is swift going for the pre-festive week. It answered a question which has been nagging me all my life. When I was little, I am sure, I was at a football match on Christmas morning at the Abbey. I thought maybe I had dreamed it. But Andrew tells me that Christmas Day games were common after the Second World War and only petered out in the late 1950's. I have never met the author but I have seen a character sitting up the corner on two occasions taking copious notes...
I have no doubt the book was researched from, among other sources, the archives of the then "Cambridge Daily News" in the Central Library. I have used such bound sources and they are a joy to behold. And they smell nice. Many old newspapers are now on micro film or disc and are not half as much fun as the original paper ones. There are no proper newspapers here in Milton Keynes, but there used to be some weeklies that existed up to the 1980's. Cambridge will not have a proper news paper in a few years time. News will have to be gleaned from the unregulated dross that is called "social media" now and will be of no use to researchers in 50 or 60 years time. So books such as these will be especially valuable.
Even Andrew cannot work out when the U's were formed, or even what they were called then. The worrying thing though is that I seem to recognise some names from the forties, Gallego, Crane, Cornwell, although players often went onto their forties then, so perhaps I am not that old in real terms?
It's the little things that grab my interest in life. On page 233 is a picture of a programme, c1950, that includes an advert for the "Rocket" on Mill Road. This was a shoe repairer's shop owned by my uncle Jack. No doubt he had to work Saturdays and could not get to games. Uncle Jack used to keep pigs up the allotment off Coldham's Lane during the war and used to take the odd one home and slaughter it in the bath. This was very naughty during the war. Uncle Jack died when he was in his 50's. There was still a shoe repair shop on the site the last time I was in Cambridge.
And never sympathise with players who get worn out today, having to play two games in a week. I won't spoil it for you but United, in those days, had to play two games in a day once. And in the winter, games would be abandoned as it got dark early. They were also expected to cycle to Histon. I did not quite understand how some players got paid while they were still classed as amateurs though.
I am looking forward to the 1951-1970 volume (more my era!)
WHAT DREAMS ARE (NOT QUITE) MADE OF; this is the Tom Youngs' autobiography. A great title and, a very rare occurrence for a footy book, he wrote it himself. I think it is the only book I have read in one day. I then re- read it from the end and went back to the beginning.
Now most of us will remember Tom. He was unique as a professional in that the other players thought he was a bit aloof because he did not want to join in with the "changing room" humour and culture, and had "A" levels. He was first signed when he was about 3 years old, and got in the first team when he looked about seven. Things have changed though; he looks 15 on the cover of the book. I bet the ref once said to him, "Time mascots got off now Sonny; we are going to kick off in a minute or two".
Unfortunately injuries followed Tom around like a stray dog looking for a dinner. And then when he got fitness back they could not quite decide where he should play. He is also honest about his pay. Now £400 pounds a week may not have been a small sum, but it is when you may not be offered a new contract in a few years time, not much chance of a pension in your 30's, and struggling with a mortgage. Tom also saw fellow team mates like Benjamin, Abbey (Zema, not the stadium) and Kitson who no doubt saw their wages at least tripled overnight when they moved on.
Tom was offloaded to Northampton, who were keen on him because he had a good scoring record against the Cobblers. He never set Sixfields alight and his career is summed up by himself. He went shopping in town one day and saw a youngster with a team shirt, with "Youngs" on the back; he felt he had let him down. He also became somewhat disillusioned in later years to discover the only well known sportsman called Tom Youngs was the England rugby player.
He then moved on to non league football and realised one day the journey was costing more than he got paid and perhaps it was time to move on to a proper job. The subtitle on the book cover reads "No Fame, no Fortune, Just Football...and Multiple Sclerosis". You could not have wished for a better servant for the club.
And talking of club servants, I am convinced Dion Dublin thinks he still plays for United, but had to go on to other clubs for all the usual reasons, where perhaps he had not been as happy. He now appears on the BBC Saturday afternoon FA cup programmes. He was viewing the second round one day on the monitors when he suddenly exclaimed and pointed. "A goal at Cambridge!" And then when asked on the next programme what he thought about all the empty seats at grounds and if the FA cup was not so important as it used to be, (was it Leeds first team we played by the way?) I think Dion agreed then said, "I had some great cup games at Cambridge." I was there at the most memorable one, even though we lost.
When we read of the "characters" who get awards in the Queen's New Years' Honours List, can Dion be there? Nothing too grand of course. "Earl of Barnwell" will do.
Come on you U's!
NEIL HUDSON
Article From the Amber News see more here
Visitors to the Abbey are often struck by the family feel of the place, and that's as it should be. Ours is a club that has been raised and succoured by its community – a community in which everyone is related by strong bonds and blood ties. We all bleed amber and black.
Sometimes, as happens in every family, those bonds are loosened: supporters discover new lives far from Newmarket Road; players call it a day or move to a new club; employees follow the dictates of their careers.
These fractures in the family occur naturally, but there's no harm in trying to ensure the bonds, although loose, remain in place. In fact it can be a very positive thing, and that's one of the reasons 100 Years of Coconuts launched Cambridge United Former Players' Association last year as part of its two-year Lottery-funded project. We wanted to try to bring the extended U's family a little closer together.
Seven months in, I believe we can say we're succeeding. CUFPA membership stands at 130, comfortably beating the first-year target of 100 we, under Rodney Slack's chairmanship, set ourselves. We've communicated with members via newsletters, the association website (cufpa.org.uk), emails, letters, phone calls, personal contact and social media. We've had a couple of informal get-togethers in the Supporters' Club/Abbey Lounge (obviously of more interest to locally based members than others). We're starting to look at how CUFPA might be able to play a more active role in its members' lives; you'll hear about that if and when it happens.
Almost without exception, ex-players have been pleased to hear from CUFPA, and happy to join – it doesn't cost them a penny, by the way, and they get a smart little badge. Recent joiners have included Jon Sheffield, Tony Willson, Lenny Pack, Paul Jeffery, Robbie Simpson, Ian Benjamin and the one and only Brendon Batson (who knows a bit about ex-players' organisations: he's president of the West Brom FPA).
You can play your part in strengthening our family ties. If you know of a former player, coach or manager – at whatever level, from youth upwards – who might want to join CUFPA, please get in touch by emailing cufcformerplayers@gmail.com, texting 07775 658441 or chatting to a Coconutter.
Cheerio
One love leads to another for Cambridge Fans United chairman Robert Osbourn
When Robert Osbourn walked through the turnstiles at the Abbey Stadium on Saturday, January 13, 1979, little did he know that a special relationship was about to be formed.
One bond was already developing, and that connection led to an introduction to Cambridge United that has only grown stronger and stronger down the years.
Osbourn is now chairman of supporters' group Cambridge Fans United, but it was through his wife Val that he was first introduced to football.
"My wife, who wasn't at that time my wife, had a season ticket with her dad and it was when we were playing in Division Two and it was a game where we beat Cardiff 5-0," said Osbourn.
Women Like Football Too! - article from the Amber News
Women Like Football Too!
When I first met Andy, many years ago now, I knew he was an avid CUFC fan. It was clear to me then, as it is now, that CUFC and I would need to come to some sort of amicable arrangement by which we both could enjoy his company!
He tentatively invited me to a home game, fully expecting me to say "No, thank you!" It seemed churlish to refuse without giving it a go first so I dug out my warmest clothes and took the plunge.
The thing that surprised me most was how close to the pitch we stood. You could practically hear the players breathing. It was exhilarating, nothing like watching on TV in the warm. I loved it!
Andy was delighted that I enjoyed it but still expected the novelty to wear off quite soon, especially on cold, frosty days when we were losing. It has never happened!
I enjoy meeting the same, familiar faces at the home games and that banter that passes between us – I don't even know most of their names. They are friendly, lively and make even a poor game entertaining.
I love the passion that fans display for their club, even during bad patches. Their hopes and confidence in the players are not dampened for long. A good lesson for life!
Away games hold a different kind of pull: the fun of travelling to a different town, especially if the ground is a 'first' visit; coming across other fans making the journey and enjoying the company of a different, but familiar group of fans. It's great being in the atmosphere of an away game – drums, singing, shouting and chanting. You can tell the players appreciate the effort made.
Most of my family and friends think I'm mad and that I only go to support my husband. But here I am – 15 years later – a season ticket holder thoroughly enjoying being in the fresh most weekends, despite the recent temperatures, willing my team to make it to the play offs. Maybe another thrilling trip to Wembley beckons.
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Q: Complex(?) SQL join query I have 2 tables:
1) table Masterdates which contains all dates since Jan 1, 1900
2) table Stockdata which contains stock data in the form
   date, symbol, open, high, low, close, volume (primary key = date, symbol)
This is what I'm looking to retrieve (presented here in CSV format)
MDate,SDate,Symbol,Open,High,...
6/4/2001,6/4/2001,Foo,47,49,...
6/5/2001,null,null,null,null,...
6/6/2001,6/6/2001,Foo,54,56,...
where MDate is from Masterdates and SDate is from Stockdata.  I need to have the output start with the first (earliest) extent date for the desired symbol (in this example, Foo, starting on  6/4/2001) in Stockdata, and then include all dates in Masterdates up to and including the last (latest) available date for the desired symbol in Stockdata, outputting nulls where there is no corresponding Stockdata record for a given Masterdate record in the range described.
Is there a way to do this in a single query, a series of queries, and/or by adding auxiliary tables, that will yield fast results?  Or will I have to dump out supersets of what I want, and then construct the final output using my (non-SQL) programing language?
TIA

A: Tested in SQLITE3, your DB implementation may differ
SELECT   m.date,
         s.symbol,
         s.open,
         s.high,
         s.low,
         s.close,
         s.volume
FROM     masterdate AS m LEFT OUTER JOIN
         stockdata AS s ON m.date = s.date
AND      s.symbol = 'Foo'
WHERE    m.date >= (SELECT MIN(date) FROM stockdata WHERE symbol = 'Foo')
AND      m.date <= (SELECT MAX(date) FROM stockdata WHERE symbol = 'Foo')

If this does not execute quicky enough then you could pronably improve performance by setting variables for minimum and maximum value in one query and then using those in the main query. This would save you at least one index hit.
So (In SQL Server Syntax)
SET @symbol = 'Foo'

SELECT @mindate = MIN(date),
       @maxdate = MAX(date)
FROM   stockdata
WHERE  stockdata.symbol = @symbol

SELECT   m.date,
         s.symbol,
         s.open,
         s.high,
         s.low,
         s.close,
         s.volume
FROM     masterdate AS m LEFT OUTER JOIN
         stockdata AS s ON m.date = s.date
AND      s.symbol = @symbol
WHERE    m.date BETWEEN @mindate AND @maxdate

You will also need to be sure that you have an index on masterdate.date and a composite index on stockdata(date, symbol).

A: This is a classic left join:
SELECT * FROM masterdates
    LEFT JOIN stockdata ON masterdates.date = stockdata.date;
Obviously this should be refined to only return the required columns.

A: If you use SQLServer, you can use a TSQL stored procedure to get your results back. It will have basically two lines:
1) To get the first date for data available
2) A query with an outer join
If you use Oracle, you can use a PL/SQL to write a similar (although a little bit more complicated) stored procedure to compute the answer you want.

A: I would suggest filling out the missing entries from the Stockdata table and using an inner join. Should be much faster.

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Aging Infrastructure
April 19, 2019 • Volume 29, Issue 15
Does it jeopardize safety and economic growth?
By Daniel C. Vock
Rebuilding or repairing the nation's extensive networks of highways, transit systems, sewers, power lines, levees and other physical assets has been on Congress' to-do list for years, and the country's infrastructure needs are steadily growing more urgent. The American Society of Civil Engineers gives the nation's infrastructure a D+ grade, and many economists worry that crumbling roads and outdated airports are costing consumers and businesses billions of dollars annually in lost time and revenue. In addition, technological innovations, such as self-driving cars, and the intensifying effects of climate change have forced officials to rethink the kinds of infrastructure that communities need to remain vibrant. Both President Trump, a Republican, and Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have touted the prospects of passing a bipartisan infrastructure bill. But Democrats favor using federal money to pay for projects, while the president has advocated using federal dollars as seed money to leverage state, local and private funds. As a result, policy experts say an infrastructure deal is unlikely to emerge soon.
A homemade sign warns drivers in Aspen, Colo., of trouble ahead. Crumbling roads are just one issue for a transportation infrastructure badly in need of upgrading. Congress and the Trump administration are examining ways to make improvements, but they differ over how to fund them. (Getty Images/Robert Alexander)
Highways and Roads
Apr. 19, 2019 Aging Infrastructure
Sep. 11, 2017 Infrastructure
Jun. 06, 2016 Infrastructure
May 04, 2012 Distracted Driving
Sep. 28, 2007 Aging Infrastructure
Oct. 06, 2000 Drunken Driving
Mar. 12, 1999 Truck Safety
Jul. 14, 1995 Highway Safety
Oct. 09, 1981 Interstate Highway System at Twenty-Five
May 05, 1965 Highway Design and Beautification
Sep. 02, 1960 Progress of the Road Program
Mar. 06, 1957 Billboards and Roadside Controls
Dec. 13, 1954 New Highways
Jul. 25, 1939 Prevention of Highway Accidents
May 13, 1935 Elimination of Highway Grade Crossings
Dec. 24, 1932 Federal Highway Aid and the Depression
Apr. 30, 1931 Billboards and Roadside Improvement
Feb. 14, 1929 Toll Bridges and Toll Roads
Jul. 11, 1927 Ten Years of Federal Aid in Road Building
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Powers and History of the Presidency
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Traveling West on Old Route 66 →
Through the Cradle of the Civil War and Civil Rights
After spending most of September in Vermont, we headed south at the beginning of October. While staying with Ellen's sister Martha we visited the wonderful Isabella Stewart Gardiner Museum in Boston.
We stayed with our friends Dave and Claudia in Salisbury Mills, NY in the Hudson River Valley.
We spent one day taking the train to New York City to see a retrospective show of Vija Celmins at the Met Breuer Museum and have dinner with our friends Lynn and Stanley in Brooklyn.
The next day we drove to Washington, DC to stay with our friends Jeff and Susie.
Jeff used to work at the Smithsonian and he took us to see the new and astonishing National Museum of African-American Art and Culture. We didn't realize it at the time, but this Museum set us up for the rest of our trip through the South.
As we drove south from Washington, I felt like we had entered the South. Being born and raised in California, I have always been fascinated by this part of the country. My father and I used to have big arguments about civil rights when much of the history of that movement was being played out here in the 1960s. As we drove through Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia I noted my first impressions: red dirt, kudzu, Southern pines, anti-abortion ads, friendliness, Civil War memories, peaches, William Christenberry's photographs, Civil War battlefield sites, Lewis Hine photographs, Walker Evans and the 1930's Farm Security Administration's photographs and listening to the Blues.
After the end of a long drive and listening to lots of podcasts about the insanity with our President, we arrived at the small but very pleasant town of Eclectic, Alabama. It was founded in 1907 by a practitioner of eclectic medicine, hence the name. I had spent 18 years photographing libraries throughout the United States but, unfortunately, didn't photograph any libraries in Alabama or Hawaii. I was here in Alabama to make amends and help complete the project. The Eclectic Library was housed in the old red-brick jail. Behind it was a very large water tower. Inside, the librarians were very enthusiastic about our project and took me on a grand tour of their tiny library. In the half an hour tour I learned much about this place including that Jessie Owens, Hank Williams, Willie Mays and Condoleezza Rice all came from Alabama. We later pulled into the capitol city of Montgomery after dark. I was exhausted after the long drive but happy to have finally photographed a library in Alabama. Impressions of this state included cotton, aerospace billboards, lots of churches, high school football, "Jesus Saves", and vast tree farms.
Eclectic Public Library, Eclectic, AL
Ellen's sister Martha had recently told us about a new museum in Montgomery dedicated to the civil rights struggle called the Legacy Museum. A few days ago, we had visited the National Museum of African-American Arts and Culture in Washington, DC. That museum was a great celebration of the accomplishments of African-Americans as well as some of the dark history of slavery and segregation. The Legacy Museum focused on the grim reality of slavery and segregation and the heroic fight of the Civil Rights Movement.
Of course, Montgomery was one of the largest centers of the nineteenth-century slave trade, was one of the capitols of the Confederacy and was the scene of the famous Montgomery Bus Boycott which was an early battle for civil rights. As a result, there was great resonance in standing in the place of so much human suffering and conflict.
One of the great turning points in the Civil Rights struggle was the march from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery in 1965. We drove the 54-mile National Historic Trail in reverse arriving in the depressed town of Selma around mid-day. As we drove over the historic Edmund Pettus bridge, we came upon the scene of the Bloody Sunday police riot. Here, State Troopers beat the marchers with night clubs, then donned gas masks and released tear gas to further terrorize the marchers. The demonstrators began running back, stumbling over each other and trying to ward off blows. The troopers and posse continued to use nightsticks, whips and rubber tubes to drive the marchers through the streets of Selma. Standing on these same streets I felt it made these awful events more real by physically being in the place of such historic consequence.
The one place in Selma that offered some release from the surrounding poverty and grim history was the Selma Public Library. The exterior and landscaping seemed like an oasis. The interior contained an extraordinary quilt that was produced by the community churches. It addressed Selma's painful past and was an attempt to continue the community's struggle to heal. There was no better place for this than the Selma Public Library which had literally witnessed such horrors on its front steps 54 years ago.
Public Library, Selma, AL
We drove west from Selma and as we turned off on to Alabama State Highway 61 (not to be confused with Mississippi's Highway 61 that Bob Dylan made famous) we entered the very rural Alabama Black Belt. This name refers to the incredibly rich soils that stretch all the way to Georgia and the Carolinas. It was also the heart of the plantation cotton and slave empires of the antebellum South. Cotton was still grown here but the crops have been diversified. This was beautiful country, especially in the warm, Fall afternoon light.
We arrived in the fascinating restored town of Newbern, AL. It was very small with a population of 186 and a per capital income of $9,476. The Rural Studio of Auburn University was based in Newbern. Its architecture students work under the supervision of faculty designing and building affordable housing and similar projects to support the population of rural areas of Alabama. One of the projects the Rural Studio built was the Newbern Public Library. It was housed in a former bank and the building was donated by a local family to become a social center and the first public internet point in the community. It was designed to be a resource-rich social center, but also to preserve the town's history, heritage and memories. Newbern and its library gave me some hope for the future.
Newbern Library, Newbern, Hale Co., AL
Newbern is located in Hale County, Alabama. Walker Evans photographed the area in 1936 with writer James Agee. They looked at a group of dirt-poor, white tenant farmers in one of the poorest parts of the rural South. They produced their famous book from this project called Let Us Now Praise Famous Men in 1941. Photographer William Christenberry also worked here for many years. In 2019, the film "Hale County This Morning, This Evening" by artist RaMeil Ross was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, poetically addressing the region's shift in demographers and the power of intra-community cooperation.
The second library we photographed in Hale County was in the town of Greensboro, the Catfish Capitol of Alabama. This area was also central to the cotton/slave empires and was part of the civil rights struggles of the 1960s. In 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King hid from Klu Klux Klan members here in what is now operated as The Safe House Black Historic Museum. The beautiful Hale County Library dates back to 1925. Additions to the Library have maintained the original style. The very smart, literate and gracious librarian was kind enough to let us stay a half an hour after closing time while she filled in Ellen with the local history and I scrambled around the small library with my camera.
Hale County Library, Greensboro, AL
We then drove into the night in a white-knuckle downpour. Listening to podcasts about the crazy stuff coming out of the White House was the only thing that distracted us from the sheets of rain and lighting all around us. We finally landed in Birmingham, AL, exhausted.
In our hotel there was a large room with a big screen TV showing Trump blathering on at one of his rallies. I was encouraged to see that no one was watching the story and everyone had turned their backs to the screen and the President. I was also happy to see a car in the parking lot from Mississippi with a "Republicans Against Trump" sticker on the bumper.
Walker had urged us to have a meal at SAW's BBQ in Birmingham. It was absolutely a highlight and my shrimp and grits meal was incredible.
Our first stop was the famous Birmingham Public Library which had been the scene of a sit-in in 1963 to force the desegregation of this Jim Crow era library. We weren't able to photograph the beautiful Reading Room where that sit-in took place. But I did photograph the exteriors of the both the old and new libraries. This library made me think that I should think about starting a new project on libraries that were important in the Civil Rights struggle including ones today such as the library in Ferguson, MO. More on that later as this idea develops…
Birmingham Public Library, Birmingham, AL
The next stop was the site of the death of four little girls on Birmingham Sunday. The lyrics of that famous Richard Fariña song were in my mind as I gazed at the reconstructed 16th Street Baptist Church. In 1963 members of the Ku Klux Klan blew up the church in a terrorist attack killing the four girls and injuring 22 others. No prosecutions were conducted until 1977 when one of the killers was convicted. The others were convicted in 2001. The bombing marked a turning point in the Civil Rights movement and contributed to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
16th St. Baptist Church and Park, Birmingham, AL
Martin Luther King described Birmingham in 1963 as "probably the most thoroughly segregated city in the United States". It was nicknamed "Bombingham" because of the large number of bombings of black properties and churches that occurred during the eight years before 1963. We walked through a park near the church that was a rallying point during the protests. Here, peaceful protestors were knocked to the ground by powerful water cannons. Police dogs attacked women, men and children. Several hundred protestors filled the city's jails including many children. The park was filled with sad memorials to all of this and more.
I was deeply moved and my heart was crying as I stood in the park remembering the words "On Birmingham Sunday/ the noise shook the ground/ and people all over the world turned around/ no one recalled a more cowardly sound/ and the choir kept singing of freedom." Amen.
This seems like an appropriate place to end this post. From Birmingham we will drive to Little Rock, AR; Oklahoma City, OK; Santa Fe, NM; Flagstaff, AZ; Bakersfield, CA and finally home. I'll do one more post at the end. Until then…
2 responses to "Through the Cradle of the Civil War and Civil Rights"
Kenneth Helphand
Amazing trip. Did you see the lynching memorial? I have not been there but did write about it. And the shrimp and grits look delectable We are just back from a week in LA and now off to a week in NYC Kenny
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Bob Dawson
Thanks Kenny. We did go to the very powerful museum in Birmingham but unfortunately not the Memorial. See you two on one of the first days of the trip was great. Let us know when you next come to the Bay Area.