Prosecutor describes Cheney, Libby as key voices pitching Iraq-Niger story.
As he drew back the curtain this week on the evidence against Vice President Cheney's former top aide, Special Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald for the first time described a "concerted action" by "multiple people in the White House" - using classified information - to "discredit, punish or seek revenge against" a critic of President Bush's war in Iraq.
Cheney, in a conversation with Libby in early July 2003, was said to describe Wilson's CIA-sponsored trip to Niger the previous year - in which the envoy found no support for charges that Iraq tried to buy uranium there - as "a junket set up by Mr. Wilson's wife," CIA case officer Valerie Plame.
One striking feature of that decision – un-remarked until now, in part because Fitzgerald did not mention it - is that the evidence Cheney and Libby selected to share with reporters had been disproved months before.
Fitzgerald wrote that Cheney and his aides saw Wilson as a threat to "the credibility of the Vice President (and the President) on a matter of signal importance: the rationale for the war in Iraq." They decided to respond by implying that Wilson got his CIA assignment by "nepotism."
They were not alone. Fitzgerald reported for the first time this week that "multiple officials in the White House" - not only Libby and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove, who have previously been identified - discussed Plame's CIA employment with reporters before and after publication of her name on July 14, 2003, in a column by Robert D. Novak. Fitzgerald said the grand jury has collected so much testimony and so many documents that "it is hard to conceive of what evidence there could be that would disprove the existence of White House efforts to 'punish' Wilson."
Unknown to the reporters, the uranium claim lay deeper inside the estimate, where it said a fresh supply of uranium ore would "shorten the time Baghdad needs to produce nuclear weapons." But it also said US intelligence did not know the status of Iraq's procurement efforts, "cannot confirm" any success and had "inconclusive" evidence about Iraq's domestic uranium operations.
But the White House Iraq Group, formed in August 2002 to foster "public education" about Iraq's "grave and gathering danger" to the United States, repeatedly pitched the uranium story. The alleged procurement was a minor issue for most US analysts - the hard part for Iraq would be enriching uranium, not obtaining the ore, and Niger's controlled market made it an unlikely seller - but the Niger story proved irresistible to speechwriters. Most nuclear arguments were highly technical, but the public could easily grasp the link between uranium and a bomb.
Tenet interceded to keep the claim out of a speech Bush gave in Cincinnati on Oct. 7, 2002, but by Dec. 19 it reappeared in a State Department "fact sheet." After that, the Pentagon asked for an authoritative judgment from the National Intelligence Council, the senior coordinating body for the 15 agencies that then constituted the US intelligence community. Did Iraq and Niger discuss a uranium sale, or not? If they had, the Pentagon would need to reconsider its ties with Niger.
The council's reply, drafted in a January 2003 memo by the national intelligence officer for Africa, was unequivocal: The Niger story was baseless and should be laid to rest. Four US officials with firsthand knowledge said in interviews that the memo, which has not been reported before, arrived at the White House as Bush and his highest-ranking advisers made the uranium story a centerpiece of their case for the rapidly approaching war against Iraq.
Bush put his prestige behind the uranium story in his Jan. 28, 2003, State of the Union address. Less than two months later, the International Atomic Energy Agency exposed the principal US evidence as bogus. A Bush-appointed commission later concluded that the evidence, a set of contracts and correspondence sold by an Italian informant, was "transparently forged."
On the ground in Iraq, meanwhile, the hunt for weapons of mass destruction was producing no results, and as the bad news converged on the White House - weeks after a banner behind Bush declared "Mission Accomplished" on the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln - Wilson emerged as a key critic. He focused his ire on Cheney, who had made the administration's earliest and strongest claims about Iraq's alleged nuclear program.
At the same time, top officials such as then-deputy national security adviser Stephen J. Hadley were pressing the CIA to declassify more documents in hopes of defending the president's use of the uranium claim in his State of the Union speech. It was a losing battle. A "senior Bush administration official," speaking on the condition of anonymity as the president departed for Africa on July 7, 2003, told The Post that "the reference to Iraq's attempt to acquire uranium from Africa should not have been included in the State of the Union speech." The comment appeared on the front page of the July 8 paper, the same morning that Libby met Miller at the St. Regis hotel.
Libby was still defending the uranium claim as the administration's internal battle burst into the open. White House officials tried to blame Tenet for the debacle, but Tenet made public his intervention to keep uranium out of Bush's speech four months earlier. Hadley then acknowledged that he had known of Tenet's objections but forgot them as the State of the Union approached.
Hoping to lay the controversy to rest, Hadley claimed responsibility for the Niger remarks.
In a speech two days later, at the American Enterprise Institute, Cheney defended the war by saying that no responsible leader could ignore the evidence in the NIE. Before a roomful of conservative policymakers, Cheney listed four of the "key judgments" on Iraq's alleged weapons capabilities but made no mention of Niger or uranium.
On July 30, 2003, two senior intelligence officials said in an interview that Niger was never an important part of the CIA's analysis, and that the language of Iraq's vigorous pursuit of uranium came verbatim from a Defense Intelligence Agency report that had caught the vice president's attention. The same day, the CIA referred the Plame leak to the Justice Department for criminal prosecution, the fateful step that would eventually lead to Libby's indictment.


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Fredy Fautrel (born 31 October 1971) is a French football referee. Born in Avranches, Fautrel became a referee in 1993 and has been registered as a Fédéral 1 referee since 2003 meaning he is eligible to officiate Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 matches, as well as matches in the Coupe de France and Coupe de la Ligue. He also serves as a referee for UEFA and FIFA matches, having become a FIFA referee in 2007.

Fautrel has officiated in qualifiers for the Euro 2008 and 2010 World Cup tournaments.

References

External links
 FFF Profile

1971 births
Living people
French football referees
Sportspeople from Manche

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;

namespace TogglRedmine.Model.Toggl
{
    public class CurrencyCollection : List<Currency>
    {
    }
}

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function plotDisplayColor(ip,dataType)
%Gateway routine for plotting image processor window color analysis
%
%  plotDisplayColor(vci,dataType)
%
% The user selects a region of a display image.  This routine plots the
% distribution of color values of various types.
%
%  Current types of data plots
%
%       {'rgb'}               - Digital rgb values
%       {'chromaticity'}      - Display chromaticities
%       {'luminance'}         - Display luminance
%       {'cielab'}            - CIELAB values w.r.t the image white point
%       {'cieluv'}            - CIELUV values w.r.t. the image white point.
%
% The selected values are stored in the userdata area of the plot window,
% that is, get(gcf,'userdata') will return the values.
%
% If vci is empty, then the currently selected processor data (vci) is
% used.
%
% See also:  plotDisplayGamut
%
% Examples:
%  vci = vcGetObject('vci');
%  plotDisplayColor(vci,'xy'); userData = get(gcf,'UserData');
%
%  plotDisplayColor([],'luminance')
%  plotDisplayColor([],'cielab')
%
% Copyright ImagEval Consultants, LLC, 2005.

% TODO:  Restructure using a new routine, plotIP
%

%% Variables
if ieNotDefined('vci');      ip = vcGetObject('vcimage'); end
if ieNotDefined('dataType'), dataType = 'rgb'; end

%% Select the RGB data from the ROI
handles = ieSessionGet('vcimagehandle');
ieInWindowMessage('Select image region of interest.',handles,[]);
roiLocs = vcROISelect(ip);
RGB     = vcGetROIData(ip,roiLocs,'result');
ieInWindowMessage('',handles,[]);

%%
% maxRGB = imageGet(vci,'rgbmax');

% Always open up a new window?
figNum =  vcNewGraphWin;

switch lower(dataType)
    case {'rgb'}
        colorlist = {'r','g','b'};
        for ii=1:3
            subplot(1,3,ii);
            nBins = round(max(20,size(RGB,1)/25));
            hist(RGB(:,ii),nBins);
            set(gca,'xlim',[0 1.1]);
            c = get(gca,'Children');
            set(c,'EdgeColor',colorlist{ii});
            grid on;
        end
        subplot(1,3,1); ylabel('Count');
        subplot(1,3,2); xlabel('Pixel value');
        title('RGB histograms');
        set(gcf,'Color',[.8 .8 .8]);
        udata.RGB = RGB;

    case {'xy','chromaticity'}
        dataXYZ = imageRGB2XYZ(ip,RGB);
        xy = chromaticity(dataXYZ);

        plotSpectrumLocus(figNum); hold on;
        plot(xy(:,1),xy(:,2),'o');
        grid on;

        title('CIE (1931) chromaticities');
        xlabel('x-chromaticity'); ylabel('y-chromaticity');
        axis square;

        meanXYZ = mean(dataXYZ);

        txt = sprintf('X = %.02f\nY = %.02f\nZ = %.02f',meanXYZ(1),meanXYZ(2),meanXYZ(3));
        plotTextString(txt,'ur');

        udata.xy = xy; udata.XYZ = dataXYZ;

    case 'luminance'

        dataXYZ = imageRGB2XYZ(ip,RGB);
        luminance = dataXYZ(:,2);

        hist(luminance(:)); grid on;
        xlabel('Luminance (cd/m^2)'); ylabel('Count'); title('Luminance (CIE 1931 Y)');
        set(gca,'xlim',[max(0,0.*min(luminance(:))), max(luminance(:))*1.1]);
        mnL = mean(luminance);
        stdL = std(luminance);
        txt = sprintf('Mean: %.02f\nSD:   %.03f\nSNR (db)=%.03f',mnL,stdL,20*log10(mnL/stdL));
        plotTextString(txt,'ul');

        udata.luminance = luminance;
        udata.meanL = mnL;
        udata.stdLum = stdL;

    case 'cielab'
        % Needs updating
        dataXYZ  = imageGet(ip,'roi xyz',roiLocs);
        whitepnt = imageGet(ip,'data or Display WhitePoint');
        dataLAB = xyz2lab(dataXYZ,whitepnt);
        plot3(dataLAB(:,2), dataLAB(:,3),dataLAB(:,1), 'o');
        set(gca,'xlim',[-50 50],'ylim',[-50 50],'zlim',[0,100]);
        grid on; axis square

        xlabel('a*'); ylabel('b*'); zlabel('L*');
        title('CIELAB values of selected region');

        txt = sprintf('Mean: [%.02f,%.02f,%.02f]\n',mean(dataLAB));
        plotTextString(txt,'ul');

        udata = dataLAB;

    case 'cieluv'
        dataXYZ  = imageGet(ip,'roi xyz',roiLocs);
        whitepnt = imageGet(ip,'data or Display WhitePoint');
        dataLUV = xyz2luv(dataXYZ,whitepnt);
        plot3(dataLUV(:,2), dataLUV(:,3),dataLUV(:,1),'o');
        grid on; axis square
        set(gca,'xlim',[-100 100],'ylim',[-100 100],'zlim',[0,100]);

        xlabel('u*'); ylabel('v*'); zlabel('L*');
        title('CIELUV values of selected region');

        txt = sprintf('Mean: [%.02f,%.02f,%.02f]\n',mean(dataLUV));
        plotTextString(txt,'ul');

        udata = dataLUV;

    otherwise
        error('Unknown plot display data type.')
end

set(figNum,'Userdata',udata);
hold off

return;


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Arnd Peiffer, född den 18 mars 1987 i Wolfenbüttel, Västtyskland, är en tysk före detta skidskytt som tävlade i världscupen säsongen 2008/09 till säsongen 2020/2021. Han är anställd som polisassistent vid Bundespolizei.

Innan VM 2009 i Pyeongchang var Peiffers bästa placering en sjunde plats från sprinttävlingen i Oberhof. Vid VM ingick han tillsammans med Andrea Henkel, Simone Hauswald och Michael Greis i det tyska stafettlaget som blev bronsmedaljörer efter Frankrike och Sverige. Den 4 februari 2011 vann Peiffer sprinttävlingen i amerikanska Presque Isle.

Vid de olympiska skidskyttetävlingarna 2018 tog han en guldmedalj i sprint och en bronsmedalj i stafett.

Resultat

Pallplatser i världscupen
Peiffer tog under sin karriär 36 individuella pallplatser i världscupen: 10 segrar, 16 andraplatser och 10 tredjeplatser.

Källor

Fakta på IBUs-webbplats

Tyska skidskyttar
Världsmästare i skidskytte
Tyska olympiska guldmedaljörer
Tyska olympiska silvermedaljörer
Tyska olympiska bronsmedaljörer
Olympiska silvermedaljörer 2014
Olympiska guldmedaljörer 2018
Olympiska bronsmedaljörer 2018
Tävlande i skidskytte vid olympiska vinterspelen 2010
Tävlande vid olympiska vinterspelen 2010 från Tyskland
Tävlande i skidskytte vid olympiska vinterspelen 2014
Tävlande vid olympiska vinterspelen 2014 från Tyskland
Tävlande i skidskytte vid olympiska vinterspelen 2018
Tävlande vid olympiska vinterspelen 2018 från Tyskland
Tyska idrottare under 2000-talet
Födda 1987
Levande personer
Män


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If you aren't seething now you bloody well should be, and soon
I published this on Twitter this morning, because it is true that I am in partial denial at the ghastliness that is, inevitably, going to overwhelm this country very soon, and we all need to be aware of who to blame for precisely what is going to happen:
I know that I am in denial about what is going to happen over the next few weeks as the NHS is overwhelmed by Covid 19 and tens of thousands of people die, unnecessarily. But I should not be. I should be nurturing my anger that our government has chosen to let this happen.
They were too late last March, too early in June, wildly optimistic in the summer, irresponsible in September, feeble in November, reckless about Christmas and too late again in January. Whenever they could make this crisis worse that's exactly what the government's done.
Why has that happened? Three reasons. First, this government has never cared about the NHS and the people working in it. They treat them with the contempt they have for all public sector employees. Several in the Cabinet have been open about wanting to privatise the NHS.
Second, they've always wanted to balance their books more than they've wanted to save people. Sunak says that is his priority. So he introduced Johnson to the proponents of 'herd immunity' - otherwise called the 'just let the vulnerable die brigade', which is what they're doing.
Third, they really don't care. All they care about is being in office. And whilst opinion polls suggest it's likely they'll be re-elected they'll carry on not caring that people might die. Call it 'the Generals at the Somme' attitude, if you like, because that is what it is.
So, it's balanced budgets first, contempt for a state run NHS second, and indifference to people dying third, all so long as they can undermine the state and help their friends with a few extra contracts. If you aren't seething now you bloody well should be, and soon.
para 3 typo – delete "private", insert "public"……
Alan Smyth says:
Actually, both are correct. Tories have contempt for workers of either stripe – witness the desire of many of them to slash and burn workers' rights – and treat both accordingly
I suspect you are right
Don't they think U.K. workers are the laziest in the world?
"They treat them with the contempt they have for all private sector employees. "
Typo Richard. You meant public sector employees I believe.
I did, darn it…,.
Couldn't you write the same for the majority of countries in Europe? No one adopts the logic of MMT in the way you want and are preoccupied with balancing the budgets in some way? Add to the the EU shambles of procurement and rollout of the vaccine.. so my point is this plain old Tory bashing on your part? Just asking h to e question..
The ECB has acknowledged it can never run out of money and can always support states
Anything else you would like to get wrong?
"The ECB has acknowledged it can never run out of money and can always support state"
But so has the UK and the US and Japan and every fiat currency.. my point (as you know but failed to address) is that all these entities operate on the same basis and not what you advocate..so instead of criticism directed at the U.K. it should be directed at the EU and beyond
All use MMT but deny it
All are neolibera
All make bad decisions
Jeb Thomas says:
Funny isn't it.
Every major economy has got everything wrong and some fat old ex-accountant who has never held a position of political or economic power in government and who only a few months ago was reduced to begging has all the answers to everything.
Not funny at all. It's possible to be good at things in this country. Unfortunately politics has, by and large and quite emphatically on the right wing, not attracted those who are. That's the issue you miss.
But you are right on one thing. I could lose a few pounds. I am working on that.
And now, very politely, take your neo-fascist dislike of expertise elsewhere.
Actually they have contempt for both – public AND private sector employees.
remember F**k business?
There is no sector outside a small speculative sector of the City that will benefit from their strategy. And in the case of Sunak and co, it is quite deliberate policy, however incompetently executed.
Karen Davies says:
I think it's more deliberate than simple indifference to the vulnerable dying. When old people die, the gov doesn't have to pay their pension. When disabled people die, they don't have to be paid disability benefits. When NHS patients die and private patients don't, you increase the proportion of Tory voters. They're committing genocide accidentally on purpose. And filling their pockets with public money in the process.
Ive thought just the same though my wife told me off for being too cynical! I still think it is in the mix somewhere.
Though at the same time, killing off all those older folk who voted for the Tories and Brexit might not be too bright in the medium term. Short term thinking as usual
Robin Le Mare says:
Underlying the Con Party approach to both COVID & Earth's existential crisis is, essentially, a continuing belief in Garrett Hardin's ghastly 'Tragedy of the Commons' opinion – demonstrated to be completely bogus by Elinor Ostrom in her 'Management of the Commons' & 'Principles of Institutions' for which she won Nobel in 2009.
The underlying Con Party philosophy is pernicious, malignant, misanthropic & utterly damaging to Earth's ecosystems.
They will briefly bend with the wind until the "useful idiots" forget, and then resume their self-centred course. So clap when the world
claps, admire Marcus Rashford (briefly) and then resume sanctions on the poor and needy. I am often reminded of the Marx ( Groucho not Karl) quote: "These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others".
michael moss says:
The Westminster government has been assissted by the media and some business leaders in the Covid crisis.
Many times in Scotland when Covid related restrictions have been proposed business leaders have been interviewed. With the result the proposal will end their business and they should be open as their actions will not spread Covid.
The interviewer appears to have limited knowledge and does not ask any difficult questions. Such as if people mixing pass on the disease why will it not happen in your premises. Or how many people do you want to make ill due to your business activities.
I do share your despair. On brighter note we may at sometime have a quarantine system for the UK. But it's a year later and 70K people are dead.
Strange how a government that is replete with the best scientific advice available can make so many wrong decisions.
Even stranger that so few, if any, rich and powerful people have been victims of the current virus pandemic.
Are we witnessing the herds being culled?
I note in my [pandemically-closeted] world, the shift in considered source of the virus from the wet market, to the virus research site a few miles away. Funded, ironically, in part, by the USA NiH.
#EnfofParanoia
Back to some good news (from my viewpoint). It has been noticed that people with Asthma and COPD are very noticeably under-represented in the lists of victims.
I've been seething since 2010 Richard – sorry!
A great post though. All I would add is that Bozzer and his party have been too busy indulging and pleasing the Panglossian Libertarians in his party who have propped up his administration through BREXIT etc., in the name of 'civil rights' and 'liberty'.
You know – people like MP Desmond Twat – sorry 'Twayne' – who have inhibited I think swifter action on Covid because Boris has worried about losing his tenuous grip on the leadership with his and other Libertarian support.
The only question remains is that given the FTPA ( oh Osbourne you evil, clever bastard!) we have until the next election to recall these times.
Now what was that wonderful quote by Milan Kundera?
"The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting".
All I can say to everyone is 'Remember this moment folks – remember!'
I think you mean the aptly named Desmond Swine (Swayne)!
Ive no doubt that if it wasn't for COVID, most people here would be out on the streets. It is supremely ironic than the ones who are carelessly out on the streets, un-masked, are invariably those who are quite happy with the government policies
Robin – his real name is irrelevant – his stupidity is not.
Swine is one of that large group of Tory MPs who are no different to those Republicans who support Trump despite everything he does. I suspect that like the Republicans in the USA, the Tories are destined for a period in the wilderness but not before they have done terrible damage to the country. At least the Republicans have the Lincoln project which is some kind of centre Right rebellion. We have nothing like that here as all the remotely decent Tories were thrown out of the party.
When you get too irate, calm-down and watch the passing of time at Wells-Next-the-Sea. One of the best real-time webcams out there. It's free.
https://www.portofwells.co.uk/webcam/
A family favourite place
I used to spend many long-weekends near there.
The family had a cottage in Binham. I used to have breakfast in the 1st floor harbour cafe.
I managed one day there this year, in the mid-pandemic summer
Pancakes on the barge is a favourite for us
The Albatross was sold and is being renovated. It isn't there anymore! https://albatroswells.co.uk/
Peter Axworthy says:
'the Generals at the Somme'
A poor analogy based on a re-writing of history to suit modern tastes. Over 200 British army generals were killed, wounded or taken prisoner in WWI, which could only have happened if generals were on the front line. Whilst around 12% of non-officers serving in the British army died, the death rate for officers was 17%. They led from the front and were intensely interested in the welfare of their men.
Far from being hated as a 'butcher', did you know that when Haig died in 1928, over a million people lined the streets for his funeral parade?
As someone who has studied in depth WWI it always saddens me when people show such ignorance.
Nothing but indifference explains Passchendale or the Somme
Please do not excuse mass murder
GerryC says:
The senior British Army officers during 1st War made atrocious decisions which cost the lives of millions of men. How dare you try to defend such callous indifference to such carnage.
DunGroanin says:
Interesting thread. I stated the following facts on a denialist site last week ago to show exactly how we are in a war time economy – with war time deaths. With the usual bloody handed elites doing their ususal smash and grab of public funds.
'In the First WW un the UK there were some 2,000 civilian deaths. '
'In WWII there was a high civilian death toll, 70,000 in the U.K. over a 5 year period. (40k of these in the 7 months of the blitz) In 5 years total.'
We are at Over100,000 Covid deaths in less than a year so far!
That is the level of industrial death and bloody hands that Bozo Johnson will be remembered for and the utter balls up of BrexShit that turned a disaster into a 'holocaust' of our elderly and vulnerable – whilst pocketing hundreds of £billions.
As for the absurd point and deliberate obfuscation by mixing absolute numbers with percentages of the military deaths of WW1 – lets show that BS for what it is.
'Three times as many British forces died on the first day of the Battle of the Somme (19,240) than have been killed in every combat operation since the end of WWII. Over the course of the war, 880,000 British forces died, 6% of the adult male population and 12.5% of those serving. The toll on the adult male population meant that the 1921 Census recorded 109 women for every hundred men.'
https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/research/olympic-britain/crime-and-defence/the-fallen/
2 points to finish on.
First – I refer you to 'fragging' when it comes to deaths of 'suicidal' officers ordering their troops into certain death. Had Haig been anywhere near the front lines in a battle he may have 'suffered from a lucky long range sniper' who had got behind our lines…i'd expect the various Bozo types wouldn't last long in the 'front lines' especially if they are facing forwards.
Second we are about to have a census – it should be more accurate than usual as most will be at home! – There are a couple of questions i would add to that.
Is BrexShit that we have got what we really want?
And for Scotland – should it be an independent nation? (If the majority of Scottish inhabitants over the age of 16 say yes, than the Scottish government should immediately make a UDI and withdraw its MPs from Westminster and seat them at Hollyrood. The Elites can than send in the troops – and see plenty of fragging!
Out of THIS wartime chaos, death and robber baron boot filling, something good could be retrieved – if we understand what and have the gonads and superiority of numbers to grab it. THEY have NEVER given a yard let alone an inch when it came to raising the poorest and allowing self determination.
DunGronian
After both world wars, big, progressive social changes occured.
Let's hope that this "covid war" will see a better country when/if we get out the other side.
Ian Williamson says:
Succinct, as ever Richard and may I offer, that your comment:
"I should be nurturing my anger that our government has chosen to let this happen."
Reminded me of one of my favourite lines of Burns, from "Tam o'Shanter":
Nursing her wrath to keep it warm"
Nurture that wrath, you will best know when to use it…
Andrew Broadbent says:
We have been producing science discussion notes all the way through – more or less in agreement with your analysis Richard although phrased differently. Independent Sage have been having public webinars every Friday – have produced definitive reports and recommendations throughout. They are hardly ever mentioned by BBC, or the Government. Their chair – Sir David King – has publicly pleaded with Govt to adopt the zero covid strategy which has worked in East Asia, NZ etc etc. He is ex Chief Scientist – yet rarely mentioned. Sept 21st was the key decision – rejecting the immediate lockdown recomended by SAGE when infection was rising but still low. They were told thousands would die – but went ahead anyway. Deliberate killing. They still have no meaningful strategy (Stephen Reicher Univ St Andrews) .
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1srJz6L0m5ay6vhR9YkKU3jGYw2iwT7tu/view?usp=sharing
I agree with every word you said, Richard.
The interesting thing is, you've also indicated what can be done about it. You say: "And whilst opinion polls suggest it's likely they'll be re-elected they'll carry on not caring that people might die."
Origin of polls aside, I reckon this Tory longevity not so much because people are happy with the status quo, but because THERE IS NO EFFECTIVE UK-wide OPPOSITION for the growing number who are not.
There is no point in appealing to the Tories; they do what they do. Instead, people in England should be putting huge pressure on the Labour party, to actually not only oppose the bad stuff in a feeble manner, but to stop voting with the Tories, to come up with a strong vision of what life could be like under a party that DOES care about people and how to achieve it.
England needs a party that DOES care about strengthening the NHS, that DOES have a clue about how to handle the difficulties we face, including climate change. And maybe also has a fervent wish to rejoin the EU ASAP? A Labour party that rediscovers its passion, its ideals, and its committment to ordinary people and their situation would certainly make a difference.
The Tories aren't going to change. Labour CAN change, and should change. Sitting on the fence and hoping the other side screws up isn't producing results. Right now, they need to feel heavy pressure from their party members and the voting public to effect change. They need to formulate an energetic and realistic programme for change. They need to select new candidates who will push for change. They need to galvanise the MPs they already have to make sound committments for change while they are in Parliament now. MPs who vow to never vote with the Tories again, unless the Tory policies change for the better.
That's a good place to start.
I wish Labour would oppose more vigorously and effectively.
It is a long time since it had leadership that did
From 2015 to 2020, Labour had a leadership that was prepared to oppose. Unfortunately, the media and most of the PLP did not want to, so that brief flame was snuffed out.
Opposing has to begin outside of parliament.
Google figures:-
UK has had 80868 Covid deaths from 3020000 cases in a population of 66.65 million. 0.12% of pop, 2.68% of cases.
USA has had 373000 Covid deaths from 22200000 cases in a population of 328.2 million people. 0.097% of pop, 1.68% of cases.
Not doing well are we? Let us hope that USA has not been counting so well. Britain, of course, is "World Leading"!
Claire Darling says:
Yes, yes, yes I agree and I have been seething for years, BUT the recurring conversation I keep having is what to do with that outrage, and sadness .
Reading through people's comments I yet again think a process of consolation is going on here ie thank heavens there are people who agree with me. And yes I do it all the time, but nothing will change unless we have conversations with other people. The only response to Richard that talks of action is Jan Foley's exhortation to somehow galvanise the Labour Party. She is absolutely spot on in her analysis, but having
witnessed procrastination and infighting in the LP, I am left desperate for a focus for activism.
Should we be working with Make Votes Matter, electoral reform seems to offer the only possible way for change to occur?
That is worth doing
Others do other political parties
And even talking about it does help
Clair Darling.
I think electoral reform is key.
No political party would be able to rule with absolute power with just 35% of the
electorate voting for them under STV or PR.
At present, the Tories only have to keep that 35% sweet to get the keys to No.10.
Proportional Representation would also nullify the antics of the likes of Cambridge Analytica.
Micro targeted political advertising only really influences results in marginal seats, where a realatively small group of people's votes can effect the results.
To have any effect under PR, everyone will need to be targeted equally. Much more expensive and time consuming.
Roger Gartland says:
Mr. F. W. Wilkinson, headmaster of Latymer Upper School in London at the time of the Second World War had fought at the Battle of the Somme. I was a new pupil, eleven years old, at the school in 1955 just before he retired. At one assembly, he spoke about his experience of the Battle. He said that in the middle of it he made a vow. It was, "If I survive, I will do all I can to prevent such a thing happening again." So great was the slaughter, on both sides. When he became a teacher, he set up exchanges between his school and schools in Germany and France so that in the summer holiday, boys from the schools would stay with each others' families and get to know the others' countries a little. "Wilkie", as he was known, hoped that this would make war less likely. After the Second World War he set up exchanges between Latymer, the Lycee Chaptal in Paris and the Johanneum in Hamburg.
He got it right
vikash tandon says:
The impact of peculiarities of English exceptionalism and nationalism aka Farage's 'success' regrading EU single market will become more evident after the Corona conundrum is 'humbled' via technocratic interventions and vaccines. Though nobody knows for sure.

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The greatest players in the world of soccer are often compared by whether or not they have won the World Cup. This SportsAspire post lists some true greats of the game, who have been unfortunate enough to never win the coveted World Cup.
Nine Dutch players -- Johnny Rep, Arie Haan, Johan Neeskens, Rob Rensenbrink, Ruud Krol, René van de Kerkhof, Wim Suurbier, Wim Jansen, and Jan Jongbloed -- played in the 1974 and 1978 World Cup finals, losing both games!
The FIFA World Cup is a lure for every budding footballer in the world. It is the holy grail that every knight in a shining soccer jersey looks forward to lifting. But for every player who succeeds in winning the alluring trophy, countless others bite the dust. The beaten gladiators in this global arena shouldn't be forgotten, because, some of the biggest legends of the game have ended their glorious careers without ever having won the World Cup.
Winning the World Cup is just as much a battle of technical and physical prowess as a battle of mental resilience, a battle to adapt to foreign conditions, and the ability to conjure up the marvelous out of nothing. Winning or losing the World Cup is very often balanced on a knife's edge -- one goal changes the complexion of the game, and every small mistake is fatal. To reach the World Cup final, or indeed even qualify for the tournament itself, is no mean feat.
Here's a list of the greatest soccer players who didn't win the World Cup.
This compilation is the writer's personal choice -- opinions may differ. This list includes only those players who have retired from international football at the time of writing.
Often the most underrated position of any champion team, great goalkeepers do more than just making saves -- they rescue vital points, make last-ditch blocks, and organize their defenses to keep out the opposition. No team in the history of the game has sustained a long run of success without having a strong, agile, and alert goalkeeper guarding their net. Here's the ten greatest goalies who ran out of luck when it came to winning a World Cup.
Yashin is considered as the best goalkeeper in the history of the game. His incredible reflexes and his black kit gave him the nickname 'The Black Spider'. Yashin was one of the very first keepers to be able to play as a defensive 'sweeper'. This tactic is virtually ever-present in the modern game, and the credit goes to Yashin and fellow goalkeeping legend Gyula Grosics.
In his 13 years as the undisputed first choice goalkeeper of the USSR soccer team, and an outstanding 20-year club career with Dynamo Moscow, Yashin gained many fans, but sadly, couldn't make it past the semifinals of the World Cup.
Grosics was part of one of the best international teams in history, the Magical Magyars Hungarian team of the 1950s and '60s. Many modern tactics in soccer were implemented for the first time by this Hungarian team. Grosics is said to have invented the role of the keeper-sweeper. He was an incredibly talented shot-stopper, earning him the name 'Black Panther'.
Despite Grosics being adjudged as the best goalkeeper of the 1954 World Cup, Hungary lost the final against West Germany.
Schmeichel won the Euro 1992 with the Danish soccer team, in a defensive system based around the great goalkeeper's ability to keep opponents out, but was largely disappointed on the intercontinental stage. Denmark didn't qualify for the 1990 and 1994 World Cups, but reached the quarterfinals in 1998.
Schmeichel is famous for his highly successful stint with the English club Manchester United, from 1991 to 1999. He is considered one of the best goalkeepers ever to play the game, and once topped a public poll about the same. Schmeichel was a shot-stopper par brilliance, but was especially known for using his 6'3'' frame to great success in one-on-one situations against onrushing attackers. His eight years at Manchester United were among the most successful in the club's history, and his manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, described the deal to buy him for £505,000 as 'the bargain of the century'.
Oliver Kahn, widely regarded as the best German goalkeeper in history, spent the majority of his trophy-laden career with German giants Bayern Munich, winning several annual awards for his goalkeeping heroics.
His international career included highs such as the victory in the 1996 Euro Championship, and lows such as defeat in the 2002 World Cup final. Despite the latter, he became the first, and, as yet, only goalkeeper to be awarded the Golden Ball, the prize awarded to the best player in a World Cup tournament.
Clemence was often overshadowed by another legendary English goalkeeper, Peter Shilton, and never achieved World Cup glory.
Clemence is best remembered as being an invaluable part of the dominant Liverpool teams of the '70s. During his 14-year stay at the famed club, he became one of the most decorated players in the world. He also set a record that was never beaten in a 42-game soccer season: in the 1978 - 79 season, Liverpool, with Clemence ever-present in goal, conceded just 16 goals in 42 games, including an unbelievable 4 in 21 games at home. The record stood until 2005, when Chelsea conceded 15 goals in 38 games.
Dasayev is considered the second-best Russian goalkeeper after Yashin, and was widely regarded as one of the best in the world in the 1980s. He was known as the 'Iron Curtain', due to him being Russian and very difficult to beat in goal.
Despite winning the bronze medal in the 1980 Olympics and silver in the 1988 Euro Championships, USSR never got to the quarterfinals of a World Cup.
Chilavert was as famous for his consistent heroics for Paraguay as he was for being one of the highest scoring goalkeepers in the history of the game. His eight goals for Paraguay is a goal-scoring record for goalkeepers in international matches, while his total of 62 goals is only exceeded by Rogério Ceni.
Paraguay didn't qualify for the World Cup in 1990 and 1994. They were knocked out in the round of 16 by eventual champions France in 1998, and at the same stage by eventual finalists Germany in 2002.
Edwin van der Sar is, to date, the only goalkeeper to win the UEFA Champions League -- the top continental prize for European clubs -- with two clubs, Ajax in 1995 and Manchester United in 2008. He also holds the record for the most appearances for the Netherlands national team. In the 2008 - 09 season, he set another world record in league football, when he went 1,311 minutes without conceding a goal.
Edwin is one of several Dutch players who have suffered from the national team's long-standing inability to deliver the goods on the big stage. During his career, the Dutch never made it past the semifinals of a World Cup, and ignominiously failed to qualify for the 2002 edition. Two years after his retirement, Netherlands again reached the World Cup final in 2010, only to lose for the third time.
Shilton is a legend in the English game, and holds the record for the most appearances for the national team. He is also one of the very few players to have played more than 1,000 competitive matches; he is the only one to have played more than 100 games for five clubs. Soon after his debut in 1966 as a 16-year old, his performances convinced his club, Leicester City, to retain him and sell England's 1966 World Cup-winning goalkeeper Gordon Banks.
Shilton was involved in one of the most notorious games in World Cup history: the 1986 World Cup quarterfinal game against Argentina. This iconic match included Diego Maradona's infamous 'Hand of God' goal, and his second goal in the match, which was scored after a solo run beating almost the entire England defense, was chosen as the best goal in World Cup history.
Pfaff was at the core of the unprecedented success of the Belgium national team in the 1980s. Boosted by the emergence of players such as Enzo Scifo, Eric Gerets, and Jan Ceulemans, Belgium finished as runners-up in the 1980 Euro Championships, and reached the semifinal of the 1986 World Cup, where they were knocked out by eventual champions Argentina.
Pfaff is one of only three Belgian players selected by Pelé in his personal list of 100 greatest living footballers.
The bedrock of every success, the defense is responsible for keeping the opposition out, and feeding their side's attacking players to initiate their own attacks. In terms of importance to winning a game, defenders are even more important than strikers, since even the slightest mistake by the defenders can directly result in a loss for the team.
Here are 10 legendary defenders who never experienced World Cup glory.
Neal's greatest years at Liverpool coincided with a drop in the national team's performance, which failed to qualify for the 1974 and 1978 World Cups. Neal was selected in the 1982 and 1986 World Cup squads, but the team never made it past the quarterfinals.
Phil Neal is among the most decorated British players of all time, along with Ryan Giggs (who holds the top spot in the list), Paul Scholes, and Neal's old teammate, Alan Hansen. Neal played for Liverpool for 12 seasons, and during 10 of them, from 1975 - 76 to 1984 - 85, he only missed one league game! Between 1976 and 1984, where he missed the solitary league game, he played in every game for the club, including league matches, domestic cups, and European matches. Surprisingly, even though he was a defender by trade, he was Liverpool's first choice penalty taker, and scored a penalty in Liverpool's European Cup final win in 1977.
Koeman was an accomplished and much-decorated defender, and was also famous for his attacking runs and long-range shooting, which provided a different dimension to his team's attacking play. In a highly successful career, Koeman played for numerous European sides, including the Barcelona 'Dream Team' of the early '90s.
Maldini's international career flourished between two of Italy's four World Cup triumphs: 1982 and 2006. The Italian team lost in the semifinals of the 1990 World Cup (but won the third place playoff), and was beaten on penalties in the final of the 1994 World Cup, in the quarterfinals in 1998, and in the round of 16 (pre-quarters) in 2002.
Maldini is as famous for his elegant, cerebral style of defending as the simply astounding longevity of his career, and his unwavering loyalty to his hometown club, AC Milan. Maldini played for Milan from 1985 to 2009, and captained them for more than 10 years. He jointly holds the record of appearing in the most European Cup/Champions League finals, with 8 appearances, including an astonishing 5 victories. Despite being right-footed, he played as a central or left-sided defender. His defensive style was based around intelligently anticipating play and positioning himself to avoid goals and through balls, rather than flying into tackles at every possible opportunity. Despite being a defender, he only averaged around one tackle in every two games!
Facchetti was one of the first attacking full-backs, a role taken for granted in the modern game. He was an essential part of the notorious catenaccio formation that brought Inter Milan much success in the 1960s and '70s. He represented Inter Milan for his entire senior career, spanning 18 seasons.
In the duration of his career, the Italian team failed to qualify for the 1966 World Cup, but came back strongly to finish runners-up to a brilliant Brazil side in the 1970 final. They lost in the first round in 1974. However, they won the 1968 Euro Championships.
On the international stage, Hierro played in four World Cups, but the teams lost in the knockout rounds in 1990, 1994 and 2002, and didn't even progress to the knockout stage in 1998.
Hierro was one of the highest-scoring defenders of all time. He was equally comfortable in defense or midfield, and was one of the best tacklers as well as passers in the world during his career. In the 1991 - 92 season, while playing for Real Madrid, Hierro topped the club's scoring tally with 21 goals, finishing second in the league goalscorers chart. He is the fourth highest scorer for the Spanish national team, only bettered by strikers Raul, David Villa, and Fernando Torres. Hierro even has a better goal-to-games ratio than Torres.
Figueroa is widely regarded as the best Chilean footballer ever. Taking into account that he's a defender, this is high praise indeed. He was famous for his calm, intelligent defending, and ability to quickly initiate counterattacks for his attacking players.
Chile managed to qualify for the 1966, 1974, and 1982 World Cups, but couldn't progress past the group stage in any of the three.
Hansen was the defensive partner of Phil Neal at the all-conquering Liverpool sides in the 1980s. One of the many Scottish players bought by Liverpool, he is one of the very few players to win the English League title in three decades. Along with colleague Phil Neal, he is one of the most decorated players in the English game.
Despite the presence of accomplished, decorated players such as Hansen, Kenny Dalglish, Danny McGrain, Graeme Souness, and Gordon Strachan, Scotland never made it past the first round of the 1982 and 1986 World Cups. In fact, they have never progressed past the first round in their World Cup history.
Santamaria is regarded as one of the best defenders ever, and was instrumental in Real Madrid's early dominance of the European Cup. After joining Real Madrid in 1957, he won 4 European cups and 5 league championships.
Despite being included in the All-Star team at the 1954 World Cup, where Uruguay lost out in the semifinal against the Mighty Magyars, Santamaria could never replicate his club glory with either Uruguay or Spain.
Stam had successful spells with clubs like Manchester United and AC Milan, capped off with the Champions League win with Manchester United in 1999. He had both physical and mental attributes of a defender. He was 6'3'' tall, dominated aerial duels, and read the flow of the game excellently to make perfectly timed tackles and interceptions.
Stam reached the semifinal of the 1998 World Cup with the Netherlands, but they failed to qualify for the 2002 competition when he was around.
Trésor is regarded as one of the best French defenders of all time. He was named in the 'FIFA 100' list of the greatest living players, compiled by Pelé.
Trésor played in the 1978 and 1982 World Cups, with his team going out in the group stage and semifinals, respectively.
The midfield is arguably the most important zone on the playing field. Midfielders dictate the tempo of the game, they help out the defense, they assist the strikers, and get on the score-sheet themselves. In the modern game, the midfield is seen as the zone that needs to dominate if the team is to win.
Here are the greatest midfield generals who never got to hold aloft the World Cup trophy.
Best was one of the first 'bad boy' superstars of soccer. His mind-blowing displays on the field were no match for his notorious antics off it, and he is regarded, especially by Manchester United fans, as one of the greatest players in the history of the game.
Despite having arguably the best player in the world at the time, the Northern Ireland soccer team didn't qualify for the 1966, 1970, and 1974 World Cups.
Cruyff is universally considered one of the best players of all time. He was an influential proponent of 'Total Football', a visionary tactical system. He won countless trophies in a highly successful career, spent mostly with Ajax Amsterdam and Barcelona. He also went on to win numerous honors with both the clubs as manager.
Cruyff captained what is claimed to be the best team not to have won the World Cup. In the 1974 World Cup, the Netherlands national team, playing an exhilarating brand of 'Total Football', marched into the final, but were beaten 2-1 by West Germany, despite taking the lead before any German player had touched the ball! After Cruyff retired from international football, the Netherlands reached, and lost, another World Cup final in 1978.
Platini's time with France brought about a golden era for Les Bleus. They won Euro 1984, with Platini finishing as the top scorer with 9 goals. Despite this, they were knocked out in the semifinals of both the 1982 and 1986 World Cups.
Platini, who is currently the president of the European soccer's administrative organization, UEFA, is one of the highest-scoring midfielders of all time. Platini scored 312 goals in 580 club games, including 224 in 432 league matches, a goal-to-game ratio surpassing most strikers. He remained the highest scorer for the French national team for more than 20 years, and still has a better goal-to-game ratio that the current top scorer Thierry Henry. Platini only played in one edition of the Euro Championship, the 1984 edition, but is still the highest scorer in the history of the tournament (excluding qualifying).
Despite the increasingly regular emergence of talents such as Giggs, Mark Hughes, Gareth Bale, Craig Bellamy, Gary Speed, and Aaron Ramsey, Wales have not qualified for a World Cup after their lone appearance in 1958.
Ryan Giggs is the most decorated British player in history. He has played out his entire career with Manchester United, and has been an integral part of the club's tremendous success in the 1990s and 2000s. He holds the records for the most appearances for Manchester United, and the most appearances by any player in the English Premier League. He also holds the near-impossible-to-break record of scoring in 23 consecutive seasons of the English Premier League, and 16 distinct seasons of the UEFA Champions League.
Zico competed in the 1978, 1982, and 1986 World Cups, but they couldn't advance past the semifinals. The 1982 Brazil squad is regarded as one of the best teams not to win the World Cup, bowing out against eventual champions Italy in the semifinal.
When a player is known as the 'White Pele', you know he isn't going to be a slouch. Arthur Antunes Coimbra, better known as Zico, is considered to be one of the best players in history, and was widely regarded as the best player in the world during the 1970s and '80s, despite the presence of players such as Paolo Rossi, Diego Maradona, and Kenny Dalglish. He was renowned for his playmaking abilities, as well as dead-ball prowess.
Laudrup is considered the best playmaker in history. Many of Laudrup's past teammates and opponents consider him as the best player ever. He was famed for his dribbling ability, passing, and extraordinary vision. Johan Cruyff, his manager at Barcelona, once commented that even at 80 - 90%, Laudrup was by far the best player on the pitch.
Despite possessing one of the strongest squads in national history, Denmark lost in the Round of 16 at the 1986 World Cup, in the quarterfinals in 1998, and didn't qualify for the 1990 and 1994 editions. Ironically, Laudrup, voted the best Danish player ever, missed the greatest moment in Danish footballing history, when he opted to sit out Denmark's victorious 1992 Euro campaign.
Despite the presence of the legendary Alfredo Di Stéfano, Spain failed to qualify for the 1958 World Cup, and failed to make it past the group stage in 1962 and 1966.
Gento is a legend in European football. He is the only player to have won 6 European Cups (later rebranded as the Champions League), and the only one to have appeared in 9 continental finals. He was a crucial part of Real Madrid's dominance over the European Cup in its nascent days. Madrid won the first five editions of the continental trophy, and Gento won it again in 1966. In addition to the 6 European Cups, Gento also won an astounding 12 Spanish league titles.
Neeskens was an important member of the Netherlands national team in the 1970s, and like many other members of that team, came to prominence at Ajax Amsterdam. Neeskens' tactical flexibility -- he started out as a right back, before moving into the central midfield role -- and stamina were a crucial part of the Dutch tactics of 'Total Football'.
Neeskens is one of the few unfortunate players to have lost 2 World Cup finals. The Dutch team advanced to the finals in both 1974 and 1978, having been tournament favorites in both, but were beaten by West Germany and Argentina, respectively.
Paul Scholes, club legend at Manchester United, is among the most decorated players in the British game. He spent his entire career with Manchester United, helping the team to numerous successes on the domestic as well as the continental front. 2010 World Cup-winner Xavi described Scholes as the best midfielder of a generation consisting of legends such as Zinedine Zidane, Luis Figo, Ryan Giggs, David Beckham, Andrea Pirlo, Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard, and Xavi himself. Scholes started out as a striker, before moving into a deeper, playmaking role, and won acclaim for his composure with the ball, unhurried, accurate passing, and long-distance shooting.
Scholes was one of England's underachieving 'Golden Generation'. Despite possessing a squad filled with legends of the game such as Beckham, Lampard, Gerrard, Michael Owen, Wayne Rooney, Gary Neville, David Seaman, Sol Campbell, John Terry, and Rio Ferdinand, the English team lost (on penalties) to Argentina in the 1998 round of 16, to eventual champions Brazil in the 2002 quarterfinal, and to Portugal (on penalties, again!) in the 2006 quarterfinal.
Matthews made his World Cup debut in the 1950 World Cup, at the age of 35. England exited at the group stage. Four years later, the evergreen Stanley Matthews went to another World Cup, but England fell in the quarterfinals.
Matthews was well-known for his skills on the soccer pitch, as well as his strict diet and fitness regime, which allowed him to play at the premier level for an unbelievable 33 years! Playing in the time of the old, heavy balls, Matthews was famous for his close control and crossing ability. Despite being significantly weaker on his left foot, and a poor header of the ball, Matthews is often considered as one of the best English footballers ever.
The most 'glamorous' positions in the game of soccer, the forwards are primarily tasked with scoring their team's goals. These players are either tall and strong, and can play as the 'target man', or quick and agile, and can play as the 'poacher' or the 'second striker'. In many modern formations, forwards are often used as auxiliary wingers, to increase the threat of the team's attack.
Here are the 10 greatest forwards who never struck home the World Cup.
Portugal didn't qualify for the World Cup in 1962 and 1970. A Eusébio-led Portugal were the team to watch out for in 1966, but were defeated by eventual champions England in the semifinals, with Eusébio marked out of the game by the great Nobby Stiles.
Eusébio is considered the best Portuguese footballer ever, high praise for a man competing with the likes of Luis Figo and Cristiano Ronaldo. Eusébio made his name with Portuguese giants Benfica, and burst onto the international scene in the 1966 World Cup, scoring 9 goals. Born in Mozambique, he became one of the best representatives of African football through his exploits for Mozambique's colonial rulers, Portugal. He was also known as a thorough gentleman. He is known in Portugal as O Rei (the king), the same nickname as Pelé.
Alfredo Di Stéfano is widely regarded as one of the best players in history. Several former players, including the likes of Pelé and Eusébio, have called Stéfano 'the most complete footballer in the history of the game'. He was known to switch positions during the game, dropping deep (even up to his own penalty area) to collect the ball, and distributing it intelligently. After making his name at Colombian club Millionarios, he arrived at Real Madrid in 1953. It was at Madrid that Stéfano would show the world his true class. Along with Francisco Gento and Ferenc Puskas, he was an irreplaceable component of the irrepressible Real Madrid side of the 1950s, and won the first 5 European Cups.
Tragically, Stéfano never appeared in a World Cup. While he was an Argentinian citizen, the country refused to participate in the 1950 and 1954 World Cups. Playing for Spain, the national team failed to qualify for the 1958 World Cup, and while the team qualified in 1962, Stéfano was injured in the buildup to the tournament, and had to sit it out.
Puskas was the captain of Hungary's Magical Magyars, and led them to the 1954 World Cup final, where they were beaten by a resilient West Germany. In the 1962 World Cup, now playing for Spain, Puskas had to be content with a group stage exit.
Puskas is one of the greatest goalscorers of all time, despite not being an out-and-out striker, and is considered one of the all-time greats. He, along with Alfredo Di Stéfano, were the feared strikeforce that propelled Real Madrid to European and domestic dominance. Puskas is also said to have created the position of the 'deep-lying center forward', or 'second striker'.
Van Basten won the 1988 Euro Championship with the Netherlands, scoring a famous volley in the final, but couldn't emulate the form on the global stage. Netherlands failed to qualify for the 1986 World Cup, losing in a playoff to neighbors Belgium, and lost in the knockout round in 1990.
Scorer of probably the most famous goal in Euro Championship history, Van Basten was one of the most gifted forwards in the 1980s. Like so many great Dutch players, he started his senior career at Ajax, scoring more than 100 goals there, before switching to AC Milan. He was a vital cog in AC Milan's domestic and continental dominance in the late '80s and early '90s, before his career was tragically cut short by a recurring injury.
Though Scotland possessed a strong core of talented individuals, they could never make it big on the international stage, and crashed out in the first round of the 1974, 1978, 1982, and 1986 World Cups, going out on goal difference in the first three.
Dalglish became a famous name in British football with Scottish giants Celtic, before cementing his place in football folklore with a move to a flourishing Liverpool team. His 13 years as a Liverpool player (he also managed the team for the last 5 of them) brought 3 European Cups, along with countless domestic trophies. He excelled in the 'second striker' position, controlling the game with his brilliant playmaking and finishing ability. His partnership with Ian Rush is one of the most successful in English history. Dalglish was selected by FourFourTwo magazine as the best post-war British striker, and he also topped a fan poll about the greatest ever Liverpool player.
Rummenigge started out at German giants Bayern Munich, and quickly established himself on the teamsheet. He and midfielder Paul Breitner were influential in continuing Bayern's era of dominance in Germany. Playing as a striker or an attacking midfielder, Rummenigge made more than 400 appearances for Die Roten.
Rummenigge holds the unfortunate distinction of being the only player to captain the losing team in a World Cup final twice. West Germany reached consecutive finals in 1982, 1986, and 1990, losing the first against Italy, and the second against a Maradona-inspired Argentina. West Germany won the title in 1990, but Rummenigge had retired by then.
In more than 10 years with Sporting Lisbon (Sporting Clube de Portugal), Peyroteo scored 543 goals in just 334 games! Peyroteo is often a forgotten man in compilations of the best players in history, but his goal-to-game ratio is untouched, even 60 years after he left Sporting.
Peyroteo's career was blighted by the Second World War, and he never got to play in a World Cup tournament.
Though Raúl played for Spain for 10 years, he didn't win any major honors. The Spanish national team bowed out in the group stage of the 1998 World Cup, in the quarterfinals in 2002, and in the round of 16 in 2006.
Raúl became the youngest player to play for Real Madrid, when he made his debut in 1994, and despite his tender age, he became a permanent fixture in the Spanish side. He stayed with Real for 16 years, until he was sold in 2010. In more than 700 appearances, Raúl has scored more than 300 goals for Los Merengues. He is currently the highest goalscorer in the Champions League, having scored 71 goals in Europe's premier competition.
Shearer is the highest goalscorer in the English Premier League, having scored 260 goals for Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United. He is also the only player to have scored more than 100 goals for two English clubs. He was known for being the classic English center-forward, using his strength and physical superiority to dominate opponents, rather than finesse and skill.
Shearer was an essential component of England's 1994 and 1998 World Cup campaigns, but the team failed to qualify for the former, and were knocked out in the round of 16 in the latter.
Dennis Bergkamp was an expert in the 'second striker' role, and formed a deadly partnership at Arsenal with Thierry Henry. Originally a wide midfielder, he was converted to the trequartista role by Arsene Wenger, and controlled Arsenal's attacking play from the crucial position.
During Bergkamp's time with the Dutch national team, the Oranje lost in the quarterfinals at the 1994 World Cup, and in the semifinals in 1998.
As you can see, some of the biggest names in soccer have not tasted World Cup glory. It just goes to show that when it comes to judging a player's success, the number of trophies accumulated by him should not be the only criterion.
To sign off, here's a list of the greatest currently active footballers who are most at risk of finishing their careers without a World Cup win to their name.
Can the diminutive wizard pull off the greatest trick in the trade in 2014?
Can the relentless colossus set Portugal on the track to victory?
Can the inspirational captain incite an England victory?
Can the aging legs of the Chelsea legend drag England to World Cup glory?
Can the unstoppable striker blaze a path for the Netherlands to finally break their World Cup hoodoo?
Can the wing maestro accomplish the ultimate achievement?
Can the maverick striker spearhead England's campaign for glory?
Can the man with the trademarked name engineer an unprecedented rise for Sweden?
Can the Manchester City skipper lead a second wave of Red Devils into the World Cup?
Can 'scarface' add the one trophy that is missing from his collection?


Sin Quirin of Ministry has a new project, 3 Headed Snake. Although the newly released EP only has three songs, all three songs rock. The style is a throwback that is inspired by bands such as Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, and Dio. The EP inspired me to pull out some of my own old school records. What some people call hair metal, I call inspirational.
The first track, "Symbiotic," stands out as a song that has rip-roaring guitars and astounding drums. The song itself is strong and has that hard rock feel from the seventies-eighties era and you can tell that this is something special. "Symbiotic" is a track that will have one thinking it doesn't sound anything at all like Ministry, and it doesn't. I've had the pleasure of speaking with Sin about 3 Headed Snake recently, and this is what he had to say, "I will say with this project, because I did start out writing it with my old buddy, we were going for that specific style which is light years away from Ministry as far as the style goes, but that was the genre we were going for." The song itself is great way to begin the EP.
For me in my opinion, the second track, "Wisdom Screams," is my favorite from 3 Headed Snake (so far). First, it has an amazing guitar solo! Everything in the song clicks perfectly note by note. It is the first single and the video is a must see. Sin had this to say, "My favorite single would probably have to be "Wisdom screams." The single, the one we shot the video, that's the one I first got back from Johnny. It's the first one I got back and because it has a great hook and I think it encompasses everything I think the band is about. I mean it's got the guitars, heavy guitars upfront its got the big drums on there, it's got the organ on there, a catchy hooky chorus. Don't get me wrong, I love the other songs as well." This is the song to listen to.
The final song on the EP is titled "Money God." It is the dark song of the album. Don't get me wrong, it is beautiful. What I mean by dark is worshiping Satan, it is not. The style is very thought provoking. It has great vocals, the guitar is kind of trippy feeling, it is one of those songs that will stick in your head. The song begins loud and heavy, then becomes more mellow, then towards the end heavy again. A good blend. It reminds me of what was knows as power ballads from the eighties. A good way to finish off.
3 Headed Snake may be one of the best new bands today, plus the art work of the cover is very cool. If you are looking for Ministry then this is not the album to look for it on. We may be getting a new release form Ministry in 2019. For now they are on a short tour. Sin is extremely talented writer and guitarist. This EP shows one of the different genres of music he can do. The members of this band came together and made a remarkable 3 song EP. This is just a taste of what is to come. I did ask him what's next for 3 Headed Snake, his reply was simple, "Yes, definitely the plan is to do a full length in 2019 and hopefully doing some shows and possibly doing some touring in 2019." The 3 songs have everything in them to make for a great listen.


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Q: Dynamic EventSource URL (HTML5 Server Sent Events) Is it possible to use Dynamic urls for Server Sent Events?
for instance
var memosource = new EventSource("https://www.website.com/myPhpFile.php?u=myusername&id="+$(".memoid").val());

If not, any workarounds or suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

A: Yes. In your example $_GET['u'] and $_GET['id'] will be available in the PHP script.
Cookies are also passed. But there is no POST support.
(By the way, when I saw "dynamic URL" I was guessing you meant the domain name part would be changing. For anyone coming here with that question, the answer is "yes, except for CORS, and cookies won't send". See the Wikipedia article, or google it, or see ch.9 of my book on SSE, for the extra headers your server-side event source script will need to send.)

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Q: How to combine side menu with tab navigation in Ion React I have a tab navigation page in an ionic react app and I want to add a side menu to this page, I know I have to use the IonMenu component but I am struggling to merge the two. here is my code indicating how I implemented my tab navigation:
import React, { Component } from "react";
 import {
  IonIcon,
  IonLabel,
  IonRouterOutlet,
  IonTabBar,
  IonTabButton,
  IonTabs,
} from "@ionic/react";

import { Redirect, Route } from "react-router-dom";
import { IonReactRouter } from "@ionic/react-router";
import { home, at, albums,addCircleOutline } from "ionicons/icons";

import Tab1 from "./Tab1";
import Tab2 from "./Tab2";
import Tab3 from "./Tab3";
import Tab4 from "./Tab4";

class Home extends Component {
  render() {
    return (
      <IonReactRouter>
        <IonTabs>
          <IonRouterOutlet>
            <Route path="/tab1" component={Tab1} exact={true} />
            <Route path="/tab2" component={Tab2} exact={true} />
            <Route path="/tab3" component={Tab3} />
            <Route path="/tab4" component={Tab4} />
            <Route
              path="/"
              render={() => <Redirect to="/tab1" />}
              exact={true}
            />
          </IonRouterOutlet>
          <IonTabBar slot="bottom">
            <IonTabButton tab="tab1" href="/tab1">
              <IonIcon icon={home} />
              <IonLabel>Home</IonLabel>
            </IonTabButton>
            <IonTabButton tab="tab2" href="/tab2">
              <IonIcon icon={albums} />
              <IonLabel>Saved</IonLabel>
            </IonTabButton>
            <IonTabButton tab="tab4" href="/tab4">
              <IonIcon icon={addCircleOutline} />
              <IonLabel>Request</IonLabel>
            </IonTabButton>
            <IonTabButton tab="tab3" href="/tab3">
              <IonIcon icon={at} />
              <IonLabel>About</IonLabel>
            </IonTabButton>
          </IonTabBar>
        </IonTabs>
      </IonReactRouter>
    );
  }
}

export default Home;

I need to know how can I add a side menu to this page and how can I add a button in such a way that when I click it, the button will open the side menu

A: First, for all of your pages that you want to add into tab menu, set path that starts with /tabs/*, for example /tabs/tab1, /tabs/tab2, /tabs/tab3, etc.
You need to create one component with a name, for example, MainTabs that will have tab navigation and IonRouterOutlet that contain only routes for pages in the tabs navigation. It could look like this:
<IonTabs>
    <IonRouterOutlet>
      <Route path="/tabs/tab1" component={Tab1} exact/>
      <Route path="/tabs/tab2" component={Tab2} exact/>
      <Route path="/tabs/tab3" component={Tab3} exact/>
    </IonRouterOutlet>
    <IonTabBar slot="bottom">
      <IonTabButton tab="tab1" href="/tabs/tab1">
        <IonLabel>Tab 1</IonLabel>
      </IonTabButton>
      <IonTabButton tab="tab2" href="/tabs/tab2">
        <IonLabel>Tab 2</IonLabel>
      </IonTabButton>
      <IonTabButton tab="tab3" href="/tabs/tab3">
        <IonLabel>Tab 3</IonLabel>
      </IonTabButton>
    </IonTabBar>
  </IonTabs>

Then in App.tsx, you can add a typical side menu code but with one important route:
<Route path="/tabs" component={MainTabs} />

This router outlet doesn't have 'exact' prop and will pick up all routes that starts with /tabs/ and that is defined in router outlet in MainTabs component. So, App.tsx file can look something like this:
<IonReactRouter>
  <IonSplitPane contentId="main">
    <IonMenu contentId="main">
      <IonContent>
        <IonList>
          // here you can put your side menu items with router links
        </IonList>
      </IonContent>
    </IonMenu>
    <IonRouterOutlet id="main">
      // Important route for tabs navigation!
      <Route path="/tabs" component={MainTabs} />
      // and here are defined every other route in your app
      <Route path="/sideMenu1" component={SideMenu1} exact />
      <Route path="/sideMenu2" component={SideMenu2} exact />
      <Route path="/sideMenu3" component={SideMenu3} exact />
    </IonRouterOutlet>
  </IonSplitPane>
</IonReactRouter>

To add a side menu toggle button you need to use IonMenuButton component in the IonToolbar component.
Example:
<IonPage>
  <IonHeader>
    <IonToolbar>
      <IonButtons slot="start">
        <IonMenuButton />
      </IonButtons>
      <IonTitle>My profile</IonTitle>
    </IonToolbar>
  </IonHeader>
  <IonContent className="ion-padding">
    // page content
   </IonContent>
</IonPage>

I hope this will help!

A: Just wrap the whole thing with the split-pane.
<IonReactRouter>
  <IonSplitPane contentId="main">
    <Menu />
    <IonRouterOutlet id="main">
      <Route path="/page/:name" component={Page} exact />
      <Route path="/tabs" component={TabRootPage} />
      <Redirect from="/" to="/tabs" exact />
    </IonRouterOutlet>
  </IonSplitPane>
</IonReactRouter>

See example here - https://github.com/aaronksaunders/ionic-sidemenu-tabs-auth-starter


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Soap Hub Weekly News Wrap: Supercouples, World Travel & A Tribute
Find out what your favorite daytime stars have to say.
By Janet Di Lauro 2 months ago
Days of our Lives' head writer opened up about supercouple's return… A pair of daytime duos weighed in on their plot twists… And a star from The Bold and the Beautiful shared highlights from her trip to Italy… Here's everything you missed in the daytime world — with links — in the Soap Hub soap opera weekly news wrap.
Days of our Lives: Future Days
Head writer Ron Carlivati chatted with Soap Hub weekly news about all things Days of our Lives. Find out what he had to say about the show's move to Peacock and the upcoming return of Peter Reckell and Kristian Alfonso as supercouple Bo and Hope Brady.
Meanwhile, DAYS duo Paul Telfer (Xander Cook) and Linsey Godfrey (Sarah Horton Cook) discussed the status of their onscreen relationship. Find out why the pair believe "Xarah" has staying power.
Dancing Machine
Bill Hayes (Doug Williams, Days) is a man of many talents, including dance. The actor's Instagram page shared a link to "I Love to Tap," an instructional video in which he's featured.
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General Hospital's Kristina Wagner (Felicia Scorpio) marked her son Harrison Wagner's first birthday, since his tragic passing last June, with an inspiring tribute. You can read her touching words here.
GH's John J. York (Mac Scorpio) was this week's guest on Maurice Benard's (Sonny Corinthos) video podcast show, State Of Mind. Although they've worked together for over 30 years, the duo learned some interesting things about each other.
The Bold and the Beautiful: Roman Holiday
Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke Logan, The Bold and the Beautiful) took her first trip to Italy since the pandemic. She shared video of photos from her experience on social media.
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MONTREAL — Too sloppy, too inept on offence, too weak on defence and yet the Argos had a chance to force overtime on 54-yard field goal attempt that turned out to be the final play of the game.
Zack Medeiros hit the upright left with his potential game-tying kick, a fitting finish as the Argos frittered away a fourth-quarter lead.
McLeod Bethel-Thompson produced zero points in the fourth quarter as the Als shocked the visitors, 25-22.
Maybe the presence of Duron Carter, whose signing should be made official Saturday, will help, on either side of the ball as Toronto hits the halfway mark at 3-6 and in third place in the East.
After back-to-back comeback wins over OTtawa and B.C., the third time was anything but a charm.
As devastating as the loss was, and there's no sugar-coating this debacle, the injury toll was extensive with the likes of Cassius Vaughn, Anthony Coombs, Declan Cross, Eric Striker and Marcus Roberson hurt.
The Argos should not have lost to Montreal, but they did and they have no one to blame but themselves.
There are those who will blame the officials, but that's too convenient.
The Als played with urgency and desperation, while the Argos failed to deliver that knockout blow.
Medeiros spent a few minutes following the game visualizing the missed field goal, going to the same spot on the field that would have sent the game into overtime.
A poor screen play on the play prior to the missed field goal to James Wilder Jr., who was a non-factor all night, cost the Argos six yards, while a mental mistake by Llevi Noel cost the Argos time when he went to the outside rather than going upfield and going to the turf. Little things that went awry, too many big plays were yielded by the Argos defence. They all added up.
When the Als traded for Johnny Manziel, the franchise was desperate for any kind of face to drum up interest.
The reality when it comes to Johnny Football is that it's all media driven, a celebrity who is nowhere near ready to assume the mantle of starting quarterback.
Had Montreal known better, it should have turned to Antonio Pipkin, but even his presence was all circumstantial to the point of desperate given how depleted the Als' QB depth chart looked.
Pipkin is a keeper and it will be interesting to follow the coming days and weeks what the Als decided to do when Manziel is cleared to play.
Pipkin was pretty good last week in his starting debut and his play carried over against the Argos, who watched as the kid tossed for more than 300 yards.
The one mistake Pipkin made wasn't even his fault, a sure reception that his intended target failed to catch that ended up in the hands of Alden Darby Jr., who returned it for a pick six.
Argos head coach Marc Trestman praised the Als and was pleased with his team's effort and physicality.
However, he was blunt in his overall assessment.
The Argos began well by moving the ball on offence, but they couldn't finish when scrimmaging inside Montreal's five yard line on Toronto's first possession.
Toronto had to settle for a field goal and the tone would be set for an opening half featuring too many moments of bad offensive football.
Martese Jackson was Toronto's best player, but the returner had several long gains negated by penalties.
An apparent touchdown he produced on a punt return was called back by video, but the field position he provided led to Toronto's lone offensive touchdown, a Bethel-Thompson strike to Armanti Edwards.
Cross fumbled the ball on the final play of the opening quarter, a turnover the Als used to kick a field goal.
The Argos took a 22-16 lead into the fourth quarter, a one-score game that should have been two, perhaps even three.
On Toronto's final drive, with the wind behind them, the Argos were trying to get the ball to at least the Montreal 45 yard line.
"We called a screen,'' said Trestman. "Maybe we get five or 10 more yards to tighten up the length of the field goal. Zack made a good kick. It certainly was long enough and it just drifted left at the end.
"We didn't get it with the five yards. It may have been the difference (on the screen to Wilder that went for a loss). They (Als) made a good play, made the tackle and it cost us four, maybe five yards.
Penalties, turnovers, zero fourth-quarter points, it was combination of many factors.


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Caribou and Beachhouse, at the Tivoli in Utrecht. Caribou blew me away- I have a thing about bands with two drummers. Beachhouse were mysterious and beautiful in a John Hughes-y kind of way. Fun night... just a pity we missed our train back to Amsterdam. The Utrecht train station is a very big, cold shopping mall. Niet zo gezellig.
Glad I made you laugh! It was ok really- we had some friends with us and there was somewhere warm-ish to wait... still, I learnt my lesson: Check the timetable!