Sei invitato a partecipare alla manifestazione nazionale contro il razzismo

in ricordo delle vittime, delle leggi razziali e della barbarie nazi-fascista,

organizzata dall’Associazione Nazionale Partigiani d’Italia (ANPI),

prevista per sabato 12 dicembre, alle ore 15.00,

in Piazza Martiri della Libertà a Mirano.

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Maggiori informazioni puoi trovarle qui.

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What was I saying?  Oh yes, apparently the idea that your brain uses gamma ways frequency to differentiate current experiences from past experiences.  “They found that the hippocampus selectively tunes in to different frequencies of gamma waves coming from different brain areas. The lower gamma wave frequencies are used to transmit memories of past experiences, and the higher frequencies are used to convey what is happening where you are right now.”

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091120000140.htm

http://www.kurzweilai.net/news/frame.html?main=news_single.html?id%3D11439

Eu estava ansioso por escrever
Mas não achava inspiração ou  motivação pra tal
Foi um blog privado de uma amiga
Que me deu forças pra realmente começar o meu

Ela tinha belos textos escritos lá
E eles estavam praticamente jogados ao vento
Declamados provavelmente em noites insônes
Com uma voz que, acredito eu, nunca chegou ao ar

E ainda assim
Ali estavam eles
E eu os devorei

Eu estava maravilhado
Uma sinceridade quase transparente
Enfeitada pelas figuras de linguagem certas

Eu sabia o como fazer
Mas tinha perdido o interesse
A esperança de encontrar leitores

Mas ao ler aqueles textos
Eu me deixei cativar
Me deixei tocar por eles
E tive um sentimento gostoso
De identificação e de proximidade

Era o tipo de sentimento que eu buscava causar
Quando escrevia nas minhas noites

Eu fiquei ali
Perplexo com o fato de ter notado
Que somente suas palavras
Tinham me feito mudar tanto meu pensar

Por isso voltei
Por isso achei inspiração
Pois quero causar o mesmo
Quero emocionar, comover

Minha sinceridade cruel
Insiste em lhe dizer tudo isso
Mas eu devo calar
Pois se eu dirigir a palavra a ti
Perderei essa inspiração

Eu aguardarei
Até o dia que você me quiser ler por completo
E até esse dia chegar
Continuarei sendo sincero com esse vil cursor
Que insiste em tirar de mim sempre mais uma letra
Piscando inflexivelmente a intervalos compassados

Se me perguntar
Sim, eu adoraria que esse dia fosse ontem
Mas entendo o que se passa na sua cabeça
Não é condescendencia

Ame
Consuma seu coração inteiro
E quando as pernas fraquejarem trêmulas
E você não quiser mais ter de lutar pelo amor
Eu posso te oferecer o que quiser

Mas até esse dia chegar
Eu calo ou desconverso
Me reservando o direito de somente postar nesse esquecido blog
Tudo que, a cada dia, eu tive vontade de dedicar a ti
[Victor Waltz]

There are days when sometimes a man can just use a word of encouragement. Something to lift his spirits. There are days when we don’t feel like baring the burden of our brothers but i tell you the truth that we are indeed all brothers in Christ and as such are called to carry and love on another! Because of this lift one another up in love and in prayer! You might say to yourself but i just cant do this right now its to hard. My response to that is this.

Proverbs 11:25 – “He who refreshes others will himself be refreshed!!!”

Isaiah 40:28-31 – “Do you not know? Have you not heard? The lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the week. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength! They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”

2 Thessalonians 2:16 – “May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word.“

Men do you know have you not heard that our Lord is God and in him we have eternal encouragement in Christ Jesus our Savior! “So therefore let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us!” (Hebrews 12:1) Lift one another up, travel through each others valley’s together and live transformed lives!

Today i am tired. Yes more than tired my soul has grow weary downcast in spirit. For life is seemingly always constantly pounding on me and i am to weak to make it own my own.

I ask God that my focus my eyes my spirit rests on the Risen Christ, and it will be impossible for drudgery to damp me. – oswald chambers

psalm 42:5-7

“why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for i will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. My soul is downcast within me; therefore i will remember you from the land of the Jordan, the heights of Hermon from Mount Mizar. Deep calls to Deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me.”

psalm 84:11-12

“For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless. O Lord Almighty, blessed is the man who trusts in you.”

Guys put your hope in God and focus on the living God! Deep calls out to Deep! Though the storms of life will come and seek to destroy allow the Lord of all to sweep over you with his love and glory and power! Be exhausted for Christ! And put your hope in Him, our savior and our God!

So this guy comes up to me and says “what’s the vision? What’s the big idea?” I open my mouth and words come out like this…
The vision?

The vision is JESUS – obsessively, dangerously, undeniably Jesus.

The vision is an army of young people.

You see bones? I see an army. And they are FREE from materialism.

They laugh at 9-5 little prisons.
They could eat caviar on Monday and crusts on Tuesday.
They wouldn’t even notice.
They know the meaning of the Matrix, the way the west was won.
They are mobile like the wind, they belong to the nations. They need no passport.. People write their addresses in pencil and wonder at their strange existence.
They are free yet they are slaves of the hurting and dirty and dying.

What is the vision ?

The vision is holiness that hurts the eyes. It makes children laugh and adults angry. It gave up the game of minimum integrity long ago to reach for the stars. It scorns the good and strains for the best. It is dangerously pure.

Light flickers from every secret motive, every private conversation.
It loves people away from their suicide leaps, their Satan games.
This is an army that will lay down its life for the cause.
A million times a day its soldiers

choose to loose
that they might one day win
the great ‘Well done’ of faithful sons and daughters.

Such heroes are as radical on Monday morning as Sunday night. They don’t need fame from names. Instead they grin quietly upwards and hear the crowds chanting again and again: “COME ON!”

And this is the sound of the underground
The whisper of history in the making
Foundations shaking
Revolutionaries dreaming once again
Mystery is scheming in whispers
Conspiracy is breathing…
This is the sound of the underground

And the army is discipl(in)ed

Young people who beat their bodies into submission.

Every soldier would take a bullet for his comrade at arms.
The tattoo on their back boasts “for me to live is Christ and to die is gain”.

Sacrifice fuels the fire of victory in their upward eyes. Winners. Martyrs. Who can stop them ?
Can hormones hold them back?
Can failure succeed? Can fear scare them or death kill them ?

And the generation prays

like a dying man
with groans beyond talking,
with warrior cries, sulphuric tears and
with great barrow loads of laughter!
Waiting. Watching: 24 – 7 – 365.

Whatever it takes they will give: Breaking the rules. Shaking mediocrity from its cosy little hide. Laying down their rights and their precious little wrongs, laughing at labels, fasting essentials. The advertisers cannot mould them. Hollywood cannot hold them. Peer-pressure is powerless to shake their resolve at late night parties before the cockerel cries.

They are incredibly cool, dangerously attractive inside.

On the outside? They hardly care. They wear clothes like costumes to communicate and celebrate but never to hide.
Would they surrender their image or their popularity?
They would lay down their very lives – swap seats with the man on death row – guilty as hell. A throne for an electric chair.

With blood and sweat and many tears, with sleepless nights and fruitless days,

they pray as if it all depends on God and live as if it all depends on them.

Their DNA chooses JESUS. (He breathes out, they breathe in.)
Their subconscious sings. They had a blood transfusion with Jesus.
Their words make demons scream in shopping centres.
Don’t you hear them coming?
Herald the weirdo’s! Summon the losers and the freaks. Here come the frightened and forgotten with fire in their eyes. They walk tall and trees applaud, skyscrapers bow, mountains are dwarfed by these children of another dimension. Their prayers summon the hounds of heaven and invoke the ancient dream of Eden.

And this vision will be. It will come to pass; it will come easily; it will come soon.

How do I know? Because this is the longing of creation itself, the groaning of the Spirit, the very dream of God. My tomorrow is his today. My distant hope is his 3D. And my feeble, whispered, faithless prayer invokes a thunderous, resounding, bone-shaking great ‘Amen!’ from countless angels, from hero’s of the faith, from Christ himself. And he is the original dreamer, the ultimate winner.

Guaranteed.

From 24-7 prayer.com
Thought this was pretty cool

We live in a world today that preaches that there is no moral absolute that truth is relative. We live in a world of uncertainty and of constant change, but I write to remind you that we have a God who is certain and constant, faithful, and one who is never changing! “I the Lord do not change” Malachi 3:6, “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.” James 1:17

For to long to many Christians have remained silent, timid, and weak, and have forgotten basic
fundamental truths. They have lost their first love; the fire and passion that once was so clear in their eyes (Rev 3:1-6). Do not forget that God says we are a “chosen people a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.” 1 Peter 2:9

Let not the generation after us look back upon us and see a people who settled for mediocrity in the faith, a people who did not boldly spread the gospel of Christ (“For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self discipline…” 2 Timothy 1:7-9). Let them not look back on us and say that we did not season the earth with salt and light and love one another despite our sin and differences (Romans 14:1-4 , Matthew 5:13-16, 2 Timothy 2:23). Instead, let them say that we were the generation that was sold out (Philippians 1:20-21 “I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. For me to live is Christ and to die is gain” 2 Timothy 2:1-3). Let them say that there was the generation who spread the gospel of Christ boldly and dared not to settle for less. Let them say we were the generation who brought back life, fire, and passion into the body of Christ and the Church to glorify God. Let them say we were the ones who sounded the trumpet loudly and clearly and gave the call to go to battle (“Again if the trumpet does not sound a clear call, who will get ready for battle?” 1 Corinthians 14:8). Let them say that we were an army of apostle Paul’s and humble servants and slaves of Christ Jesus obedient even unto death.

Remember what the word of God says “Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every authority instituted among men: whether to the king, as the supreme authority, or to governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to commend those who do right. For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish men. Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a cover up for evil; live as servants of God. Show proper respect to everyone: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.” 1 peter 2:13-17

I leave you with a few final thoughts. Do not forget that God protects and keeps his own. “if this is so the Lord knows how to rescue the godly men from trials…” 2 Peter 2:4-9

Also remember that God has given to us everything we need to walk this Christian life (2 Peter 1:3-11). Don’t forget that the word of God says this: “As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentile; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.” Ephesians 4:1-3

And now I leave you with this my hope for all of my brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus our Lord. “For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God” Ephesians 3:14-19

Jill Johnson/JPI

While hosting a Winter Wonderland-themed charity event for Feeding America at her California home recently, Alison Sweeney said she hoped son Benjamin Edward, 4 ½, and daughter Megan Hope, 10 months, would someday learn from her charitable example.

“I look forward to volunteering at a food bank on Thanksgiving, and I plan to introduce my children to the idea of giving back as soon as they’re ready,” the 33-year-old actress tells BabyCenter.

“It certainly helps me keep my problems in perspective. I want that same clarity for my children.”

Together with husband David Sanov, Alison said she’s also teaching the kids that animals are just as deserving of their help. “Both of our dogs come from shelters, and we explained to Ben how we wanted to take care of them and welcome them into our family,” she explains.

When asked how she maintains such a balanced childhood for Ben and Megan given their mom’s fame, Alison admits”that’s a tough one.” She adds,

“I don’t think anyone’s figured it out 100 percent. You just do the best you can. Being aware of the advantages you have and helping your children understand their good fortune is probably half the battle. Also, setting a good example. Making sure you, as parents, are being good role models is key.”

Alison says that a good place to start is having your child volunteer in the community. “It’s something you can do together, and teaches them the importance of giving back,” she notes. “I remember when I first realized some kids didn’t get presents on Christmas. It’s a scary thought as a kid, but doing something proactive such as gathering toys for orphanages can really bring you together as a family.”

Click below to read about Alison’s Thanksgiving plans.

Family time is definitely on the agenda as Thanksgiving approaches, and Alison says she’ll spend the day helping her own mom whip up a feast. “My mom is a great cook,” she raves. “It’s so fun to see everyone. To me the holidays are all about celebrating together.”

Working side-by-side in the kitchen, Ben and Megan will no doubt be a topic of conversation for mother and daughter, but Alison says the best piece of advice she received about parenting was to parent Ben as if he was not her first child.

“When you’re a new parent think you have to jump at every squeak,” she notes. “But if you imagine that you already have a kid, you realize you can’t just drop that child to come running.” She adds,

“As you deal with your new infant, you’ll come to appreciate the extra breathing room that comes from considering what you’d have to do if you had an older child too!”

When asked whether she now says things she never imagined she’d say, Alison admits that it happens “a lot,” revealing,

“I hated the saying ‘You’ll understand when you’re older.’ I never thought I’d say that — but I have, and probably will again.”

Source: BabyCenter

– Missy

We have homemade pizza fairly frequently in our house.  We’ve tried dozens of different recipes and techniques trying to find the best pizza dough recipe, the most frequent problem is that the middles become soup so we got pizza trays with holes in, which helped a bit.  Last Christmas I got mum a pizza stone but it wasn’t as impressive as all that.  Up until tonight mum has always made the dough and done all the work but tonight I was put in charge.  So I turned to google and my usual foodie haunts trying to make the best damned pizza this family has ever had.  Boasting it may be but I may well have succeeded!

The secret would appear to be part cooking the base first.  It gets all big and puffy but when you put the toppings on that goes down and means that the middle doesn’t stay all goopy but still retains a bit of crispness.  We are also guilty of piling on the toppings, in the past I have been known to have up to an inch deep on mine.  I have no will power, you see.  We set up a little area with all the toppings layed out in bowls to build our own to spec. and I just keep piling it all on!  This, of course, means that they take longer to cook so be aware that if you’re spare with the toppings it’ll take less cooking time, if you’re like me they’ll need longer. 

Makes 3 large pizzas, if not from a family of gluttons makes 4 individual ones. 

For the dough:
500g strong bread flour
2 tsp salt
1×7g sachet fast action yeast
1 tsp sugar
300ml warm water
2 tbsp olive oil

For the sauce:
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 onion, chopped
2×400g tin chopped tomatoes
1 tbsp tomato puree
1 tbsp herbes de provence (or basil, oregano or any herb that’s good with tomato)

For the toppings:
Whatever you like!  I always think that cheese on top is the only must, below that anything goes! 

- First, as it’s now winter here in the uk, I would remind you to prepare a warm draft free place for the dough to rise.  By the fire, on top of a radiator or boiler, in a gently warmed oven, wherever works for you.  I usually put the oven on the lowest setting (Slow Cook) while I prepare the dough then turn it off when I put the dough in and leave it.
- In a large bowl mix together the flour, salt, yeast and sugar. 
- Make a well in the centre and add the oil and water. 
- Mix with a wooden spoon until mostly combined, then get in there with your hands to get it together and get any bits stuck to the bowl off by rubbing the dough around.    
- Turn out onto a floured work surface and knead for 10 minutes until smooth and elastic adding more flour if necessary.
- Wash your bowl if necessary then lightly oil the bowl using your hand to spread it about. 
- Continue to knead the dough for a minute or two with your oily hands. 
- Place the dough in the bowl then turn over so it’s coated with oil. 
- Cover and leave to rise in your warm draft free place for 1 hour or until doubled in size. 

- Meanwhile prepare the sauce and toppings.  Chop up whatever you’re putting on the pizzas and leave them ready for people to put on themselves if you’re doing it that way. 
- For the sauce melt a knob of butter and a small splash of oil in a medium sized pan. 
- Add the garlic and stir on a low heat until just starting to brown. 
- Add the onion and cook on a low heat for about 5 minutes until it is very soft and starting to go transparent. 
- Tip in the tomatoes, tomato puree and herbs and stir well. 
- Turn up the heat and simmer for at least half an hour until the sauce is reduced by half, making sure to stir it occasionally so it doesn’t stick. 

- Heat your oven to as high as it will go.  Mine does gas mark 9. 
- Once the dough has risen knock it down and lightly knead it for a minute. 
- Cut into portions and cover the dough you aren’t working with. 
- Roll out the portion of dough into a very rough circle about 5mm thick. 
- Pick it up (you’ll lose the shape here) and place it on the pizza tray then pull and stretch the edges into a circle and neaten it up. 
- Repeat for each portion of dough. 
- Leave to rest for 10 minutes. 
- Put the bases into the oven and cook for 10 minutes.  *
- Remove from the oven and put the sauce on and spread out to the edges then put your toppings on. 
- Put back in the oven and cook for 15-25 minutes until the cheese is melted and the edge of the crust is golden brown. 
- Slide off the trays and onto plates to serve. 

*I had to do some improvisation with the oven shelves as I had 2 shelves and 3 pizzas.  I could have used the top oven as well but I’d rather only use one oven if I can and save energy.  I placed a deep cake tin on the bottom of the oven and put the grill tray on top of that to create an extra shelf.  Then I swapped the pizzas about throughout cooking so they were cooking at about the same rate.  Obviously opening and closing the oven so often meant they took longer to cook but better that than having the top one burnt to a crisp and the bottom one still soft!

Ron Asadorian/Splash News Online

Suri’s skipping!

Katie Holmes and stepdaughter Isabella Jane, 17 next month, gave the 3 ½-year-old a hand as they spent their Sunday traipsing all over Manhattan, visiting Serendipity 3 and Topshop before stopping to see the ballet at Joyce Theater.

The family is currently in the Big Apple while Katie films The Romantics on Long Island. Meanwhile, dad Tom Cruise is in Germany filming Knight and Day.

Suri wears Kidorable Fairy Rainboots ($32) and matching backpack ($24).

]]> http://celebrity-babies.com/2009/11/24/parminder-nagra-suggests-sleep-when-baby-sleeps/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:00:05 +0000 Anya http://celebrity-babies.com/2009/11/24/parminder-nagra-suggests-sleep-when-baby-sleeps/

Brian To/Elevation

The past year has shaped up to be quite the eventful whirlwind for Parminder Nagra! Not only did she and her longtime boyfriend James Stenson finally tie the knot in January, the couple welcomed their first child together — Kai David Singh — last May.

“Newlywed, newly mother,” she laughs while talking with Celebrity Baby Blog during the 7th Annual Bag Ladies Luncheon.

Life as a new mom has taken its toll on the former ER actress, who admits that after spending six months at home with her baby boy, she has only just begun to put her “feet back in the water” when it comes to her career. And, according to Parminder, for good reason! “Really, I’ve been so exhausted and he is still not really sleeping through the night,” she shares.

As a result of Kai’s midnight festivities, catching up on shut-eye has become top priority for Parminder.  “Sleep when the baby sleeps,” she advises.

“It’s really difficult to do ’cause you’re like, ‘Maybe I can catch up on this.’ Before you know it, he’s woken up again. I read that and my mother-in-law helped me with that as well. My first five weeks she was out helping us. Thank God she was there.”

With the new family of three settling into their routine, a favorite pastime for the mother-son pair has become quiet moments bonding over baby books. “I love reading him Dr. Seuss,” she reveals. Confessing that she never grows tired of the series, which includes all of the classics, mama says she may be into it more than baby!

“I think I’m enjoying it maybe more than he’s enjoying it. It’s so much fun to read,” she raves. “They’re just amazing. Absolutely timeless. Total genius.”

Elated with first-time motherhood, Parminder notes that the addition of baby has been, for the most part, a smooth transition. “It’s great. He’s so much fun,” she says, adding that one of Kai’s latest milestones includes “giggling a lot now” thanks to the family’s furry friends!

“Our dogs seem to amuse him which is quite funny.”

– Anya with reporting by Nina Tyler

Pour lire cet article en version pdf, cliquez-ici. Thierry Henry mérite-t-il tout cela ? (pdf)

A moins d’avoir vécu dans un autre pays voire une autre planète, vous n’êtes pas sans savoir combien Thierry Henry, l’attaquant et capitaine de l’équipe de France, fait parler de lui. La faute à une main lors du but qui permit à l’équipe de France d’égaliser face à l’Irlande et de se qualifier ainsi pour la Coupe du monde de football ayant lieu en Afrique du Sud à l’été 2010.

Alors voilà. Le monde s’indigne. On lit ou on entend quelques pseudos intellectuels nous dire que Titi (Thierry Henry) doit être viré de l’équipe pour un tel geste.

Les gens sont scandalisés, les hommes et femmes politiques nous parlent de moral et n’en reviennent pas que le foot puisse permettre ce genre de choses, et qu’il faut très vite y remédier…

Alors remettons certaines choses dans leur contexte… Tout d’abord, nous sommes le mercredi 18 novembre 2009, Stade de France, match retour des barrages pour se qualifier à la Coupe du monde. La France a gagné 1-0 à aller grâce à un but heureux d’Anelka.

Le match débute, et rapidement, l’Irlande prend le dessus psychologique sur son adversaire. L’équipe de France souffre, n’arrive pas à trouver son rythme et ne peut suivre celui des Irlandais. Les Verts marquent rapidement et les Bleus sont aux aboies.

Arrivent les prolongations, et la France n’a jamais été capable de prendre le dessus sur son adversaire. Et là, le drame. Coup franc tiré par Malouda. Le ballon tombe dans la surface et vient frapper la main de Thierry Henry ( noter qu’i y avait deux positions de hors jeu…). Ce dernier centre (du pied) sur Gallas qui n’a plus qu’à mettre la tête pour rentrer le ballon dans le but. La France explose et les joueurs irlandais se ruent sur l’arbitre pour signaler une main. Il ne l’a pas vue, le but est validé.

A la télé, le ralenti arrive, et le verdict tombe, il y a main, le but doit être refusé.

« La main de Dieu. »

Alors Henry mérite-t-il tout cela ?

Non. Bien évidemment que son geste est involontaire, un réflexe malheureux, mais pas un acte délibéré de tricherie. Le traiter de tricheur, c’est ni plus ni moins qu’une idiotie. Et lorsqu’on entend des gens demander sa démission, c’est qu’ils ne connaissent et ne comprennent rien au foot. Même les Irlandais ont fait là preuve de mauvaise foi. N’ont-ils jamais bénéficié d’un but litigieux qui leur a permis de gagner un match ? Il suffirait, comme le rappelle Roy Keane, ancien capitaine de l’équipe, de revoir le match Irlande-Géorgie du 11 février 2009. Mais peu importe, n’ont-ils pas été indigné de voir Robbie Keane, leur attaquant vedette, faire une main volontaire (pour contrôler la balle) en pleine surface de réparation pour se voir siffler un pénalty quelques secondes plus tard pour une main géorgienne inexistante? Il restait alors 20 minutes à jouer, l’Irlande était menée 1-0, elle finit par gagner 2-1.

C’est marrant comme les gens ont la mémoire sélective. Bien sûr, c’est rageant de perdre ainsi, et je serais Irlandais, j’aurais eu les boules, mais combien de matchs se jouent sur de mauvaises décisions arbitrales ? Mais plus que ça, c’est qu’on reproche à Thierry Henry d’être un tricheur, d’être le porte drapeau de l’immoralité du monde du football, voire du monde contemporain. Mais quelle honte de balancer de telles conneries ! D’autant plus que Christine Lagarde se permet de parler de tricherie, notre Ministre de l’économie, nous dit sur RTL, je cite : « Je suis évidement très contente que l’équipe (de France, ndrl) soit dans la Coupe du monde, mais ça très triste de s’être qualifié sur cette tricherie. » Voilà ce qui se passe lorsque quelqu’un qui n’y connaît que dalle en football ou en sport, se permet de porter un jugement sur une affaire dont elle ne comprend vraiment rien. Il y a dans le sport en général ce qu’on peut appeler très simplement des faits de jeux. Des choses qui arrivent dans le match sans qu’elles ne soient voulues. Cela peut-être un tir raté et contré qui finit dans le but comme une main malencontreuse qui permet de marquer un but. Pas plus tard que le week-end suivant l’affaire Henry, un défenseur de Ligue 1 se voit sanctionné d’un pénalty parce qu’il rate complètement son dégagement et qu’il balance le ballon en l’air et qu’il frappe sa main qui se trouvait là par le plus pur des hasards ou simplement parce qu’il fallait bien qu’il reste équilibré. Est-ce là de la tricherie ?

Du coup, on en vient écœurés d’entendre ce genre de choses. Surtout lorsque ces personnalités commencent à nous parler de morale… Lagarde nous parle de morale, elle qui sert à foutu gouvernement hyper libéral dans un monde capitaliste où la moralité est bien le dernier des soucis. Du coup, quand les hommes et les femmes politiques s’en mêlent et qu’ils donnent des leçons, ça me fout hors de moi !

« La cruelle loi du sport. »

Alors Henry mérite-t-il tout cela ?

Quand bien même il aurait triché, qui n’a jamais triché ? Les lanceurs de premières pierres sont quand même culottés de se poser en donneurs de leçons…

Bien sûr, Henry est un professionnel, il a un statut à faire respecter, il se doit être le modèle de la jeunesse française qui se reconnaît en lui. C’est comme ceux qui ont fait de Zidane un moins que rien parce qu’un jour il a pété un câble et qu’il a donné un coup de boule à un Italien qui l’avait insulté. Evidemment que c’est débile, mais arrêtons de nous indigner ! Les gens sont toujours étonnés quand dans le foot il y a de la violence, il y a des bagarres, des insultes ou des injustices ! Mais c’est comme partout ! Le foot n’est qu’une vitrine de notre société, ni plus ni moins ! Comment peut-on attendre mieux du foot lorsque notre société ne s’arrange déjà pas d’elle-même ! Quelle belle bande d’hypocrites ! Et puis Lagarde qui nous rajoute que la FIFA devrait revoir son règlement, c’est se foutre de la gueule du monde quand eux-mêmes n’ont jamais pu, ou su, ou voulu, changer les règles iniques de la finance. Bref.

Le scandale, c’est que Titi est devenu le symbole de la triche ! Un pestiféré ! Regardez-le, c’est un tricheur ! Quelques siècles plus tôt, il était écartelé pour un truc comme ça ! Les médias ont tellement monté le truc que le bonhomme s’est retrouvé esseulé. Où a été le soutien unanime de son équipe ? Pourquoi personne n’est venu expliquer qu’un fait de jeu ne peut être considéré comme un acte de tricherie ? Un mec qui fait semblant de tomber dans la surface pour profiter d’une erreur de jugement de l’arbitre, on en a vu plein, et on n’en a pas fait autant, et là c’est un acte dégueulasse, mais Henry, il n’a pas triché, il a eu un réflexe, un mauvais réflexe, voilà tout !

Alors Henry mérite-t-il tout cela ?

Evidemment que non ! Oui, je suis le premier à regretter de gagner comme cela, c’est dommage. Bien sûr que dans l’idéal ça serait génial de pouvoir rejouer un match, mais nous ne sommes pas dans un monde idéal ! Et si on revient sur des décisions arbitrales comme celles-ci aujourd’hui, demain, il y aura des réclamations posées partout dans le monde pour le moindre petit truc. Un règlement, celui de la FIFA, est tout autant immuable qu’un code civil. Une règle est respectée selon les règles en vigueur au moment des faits. Changer le règlement ? Pourquoi pas, mais il n’y aurait pas à le faire avec l’aménagement de la vidéo pour aider l’arbitrage, tel que le rugby. On nous éviterait des débats débiles et des interventions outrancières ! Jacques Attali par exemple… Sur Slate.fr, il parle de leçon d’exemplarité… Avec Attali, tout devient très simple ! L’Irlande est un magnifique pays avec un peuple uni dans la défaite qu’il nous dit. Je crois bien qu’il y n’a qu’en France que le peuple est désuni dans la victoire ! C’est assez scandaleux ! Il nous dit qu’il se sent aujourd’hui irlandais. Y’a pas longtemps, un type au service duquel Attali s’est généreusement mis, a dit : « La France, tu l’aimes ou tu la quittes ». Je ne cautionne pas ce genre de propos, mais j’en viens à me demander si Attali, dans son infinie bêtise, lui qui désormais soutiendra l’équipe d’Irlande (« Je soutiendrai, désormais, l’équipe d’Irlande »), n’est pas de ceux qui dans quelques temps regretteront leurs propos. En effet, comment peut-on aller jusqu’à demander à exclure à vie Thierry Henry parce qu’il a fait honte à l’équipe nationale… Nous devrions alors sérieusement penser à exclure à vie tous ces hommes politiques jugés coupables de délits, nous devrions penser à exclure ceux et celles qui profitent de la crise, ceux et celles qui se font les complices et les coupables de guerres dont notre pays n’hésite pas à vendre ses produits pour grandir son RNB.

Alors on nous parle d’exemplarité parce qu’un homme a touché malencontreusement un ballon de la main ? Qui se dresse aujourd’hui pour parler de choses bien plus importantes ? Qui fait honte à la France en renvoyant des immigrés dans des charters ? Qui fait honte à la France en parlant d’identité nationale ? Alors ? Quel est ce pays et ce peuple qui veut se grandir dans le foot et qui se lamente devant Secret Story ! On nous parle d’exemplarité pour une main quand des gens se trimbalent et s’insultent à longueur de journée dans un loft et que des millions de Français s’abrutissent devant ce genre de divertissement qui rabaisse la pensée à son plus bas niveau ? Et on me parle d’exemplarité pour une main d’un garçon qui non seulement regrette son geste, mais qui en plus ne l’a pas fait exprès ! Et il aurait dû aller voir l’arbitre et lui dire ? Et vous, vous allez voir les flics quand vous brûlez un feu rouge ou quand vous dépassez la limite autorisée avec votre voiture ou quand vous prenez le volant avec un peu trop d’alcool et que vous mettez la vie des gens en danger ? Et s’il l’avait fait, n’auriez-vous pas été les premiers à lui rire au visage en le traitant de naïf, d’utopiste, que dans ce monde libéral, il faut savoir profiter de toutes les situations ? Vous parlez de responsabilité dans le football quand dans notre société, rares sont ceux qui se responsabilisent face à leurs propres actes. Henry n’a tué personne et on le traite comme un moins que rien ! Notre pays aujourd’hui est l’un des principaux vendeur d’armes de cette foutue planète que nous laissons mourir à petit feu, et j’entends des tas de cons m’expliquer qu’Henry a déshonoré la France, qu’il a manqué de sens moral !

Alors Henry mérite-t-il tout cela ?

Non, non et non !

Certes, sans doute n’aurait-il pas du fêter le but de cette manière, mais sur un terrain, à ce moment du match, tu n’es de toute façon pas toi. Un match de foot, avec cette pression là, ça me fait penser à des soldats. Un soldat n’est pas la même personne sur le front et dans la vie ! Et heureusement ! C’est pareil pour tout le monde ! Un professeur va paraître sévère mais sera un trublion incroyable chez lui ! Ne jugeons pas un homme parce qu’il a fait une erreur sur un terrain ! Alors oui, ça fait un peu sens chrétien, mais il faut arrêter de se poser en donneurs de leçons, c’est ridicule !

Thierry Henry ne mérite pas tout cela, il a été complètement esseulé durant cette épreuve, et je lui envoie mon modeste soutien, parce qu’on ne doit pas juger un homme ou un footballeur sur ce genre de choses. Il a quand même tout gagné, et il a gagné dans les règles de l’art à chaque fois. Peut-on juger un homme sur un petit geste involontaire quand une carrière comme la sienne est des plus exemplaires ? Qui pourra remettre cela en question ? Surtout pas moi.

Allez Titi, tu nous fais un beau mondial, une super saison et on te filera bien un jour le Ballon d’Or, parce que voilà quelque chose qui manque cruellement à ton palmarès, et ça, c’est vraiment scandaleux !

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Strike a pose!

Denim Cole Braxton-Lewis showed World Series champs the New York Yankees a little love while posing on the red carpet with mom Toni Braxton at the American Music Awards on Sunday in Los Angeles.

In addition to Denim — who will celebrate his 8th birthday next week — Toni is also mom to son Diezel Ky, 6 ½, with Keri Lewis.

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Music is understandably a frequent theme in the Tennessee home Keith Urban shares with wife Nicole Kidman, and in a new interview Keith says that husband and wife often share a duet! “I love singing with her at home,” the 42-year-old country crooner shares. “It’s quite nice.”

As for whether or not the couple — married since 2006 — will make it official and record a song together, Keith admits it’s not “out of the question,” but adds, “we sort of do our own things professionally.” A daddy-daughter duet could be in the works, however! Keith boasts that Sunday Rose, 16 months, has “got some pipes!”

“They’re loud, you know! I think so. I think she sounds quite musical. Sit her at the piano and play and we mash the keys together.”

Looking forward to the holidays, Keith says that he’ll keep things simple with his New Year’s resolution. “Just to keep choosing love truly,” he reveals.

Source: PEOPLE; OK!

– Missy

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Staying warm in cozy sweaters, an expectant Gisele Bündchen takes a walk with stepson John Edward Thomas, 2, along the waterfront in Boston on Saturday.

Gisele, 29, and QB husband Tom Brady expect their baby, a delivery surprise, next month.

Jack is Tom’s son with actress Bridget Moynahan.

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These links are worth a click:

• A massive recall deems 2.1 million cribs unsafe due to threat of suffocation — CNNMoney
• Talking turkey with actress Martha Byrne — BreezyMama
• The woman behind the NieNie Dialogues shares her near-death story — Today
• Would you enroll your children in a kindergarten prep program? — lilSugar
• Is there a lot of contempt for mothers these days? — Salon.com

Article publié dans Le Figaro en ligne:

La main d’Henry relance le fameux débat sur l’arbitrage vidéo.

S’il estime que rejouer le match est impossible, le sélectionneur italien de l’Irlande Giovanni Trapattoni a en revanche appelé de vive voix les instances du football à recourir à la vidéo. «Un arrêt de 30 secondes, ce serait mieux pour clarifier ces situations», a dit l’Italien. Le débat sur l’arbitrage vidéo refait donc surface. L’assistance numérique, un vieux serpent de mer.

Pour l’ancien ministre des Sports Jean-François Lamour, «si la Fifa n’a pas compris qu’il fallait de la vidéo autour des cages du gardien, alors elle est en train de se diriger dans une impasse. La vidéo marche très bien en rugby, il faut suivre cet exemple pour éviter ce genre de ratage et finalement, au bout du compte, de dévalorisation du rôle de l’arbitre.»

L’ancien président marseillais Pape Diouf précise : «Il y a trop d’enjeux pour se priver de la vidéo. Là où naguère il y avait deux caméras autour du terrain, il y en a 200 aujourd’hui. Les arbitres doivent ressentir cette énorme pression.»

Les Irlandais en appellent à la FIFA pour rejouer le match contre la France. Crédits photo : AFP

Favoriser le fair-play

Cet apport technologique semble incontournable aujourd’hui pour le sport le plus populaire et le plus riche de la planète. Dans le rugby, la technologie gagne du terrain sur l’homme depuis 2000 pour tous les matchs internationaux. Au plus haut niveau, un arbitre peut faire appel à un arbitrage vidéo lorsqu’il a un doute sur une action de jeu qui a conduit potentiellement à un essai. D’autres disciplines comme le tennis ont adopté la vidéo, les images de synthèse ou l’électronique pour améliorer les décisions arbitrales.

Le football, lui, n’évolue pas. Pourquoi ? Tout simplement en raison de l’obscurantisme des instances du ballon rond, le Board, la Fifa et l’UEFA qui ne veulent se fier qu’au seul jugement humain. En mars 2008, le Board, institution gardienne des lois du jeu, a suspendu «la question de la technologie pour la ligne de but jusqu’à nouvel ordre».

Le toujours bouillant porte-parole de l’UMP Frédéric Lefebvre s’en est pris jeudi à Michel Platini : «Les Français n’ont pas à être mal à l’aise après le match d’hier. Il y en a un qui doit être mal à l’aise c’est Michel Platini, qui a toujours refusé la vidéo.»

Le projet français d’expérimentation de la vidéo initiée par Frédéric Thiriez avait été d’ailleurs rejeté par le Board en mars 2006. De son côté le président de l’UEFA, Michel Platini campe sur ses positions : non à la vidéo mais oui à l’arbitrage à cinq déjà expérimenté en Europa League. L’ancien numéro 10 des Bleus et les partisans du facteur humain ne veulent pas dénaturer ce sport : «Le football a été codifié en 1863 dans un pub anglais. Les règles n’ont pas changé depuis. C’est un sport humain arbitré par des hommes. Tant qu’il restera un sport humain, il ne sera pas en danger», glisse Guy Roux, clairement hostile à la technologie… C’est pourtant une évidence. La vidéo permettrait de réduire les injustices et de favoriser le fair-play. Et ce n’est pas parce que la vie est injuste que le football doit le rester.

Romain Schneider
19/11/2009

Fame

She may already be carrying a baby, but Camila Alves didn’t mind picking up son Levi, 16 months, for quick run to the bank on Saturday in Simi Valley, Calif.

Camila, 26, and Matthew McConaughey expect their second child in late December/early January.

See more photos of the family in their photo album!

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525America

Stylish knitwear company — 525America – is hosting a sale on its adorable girls clothing and baby blankets exclusively for CBB readers. Through Dec. 31, type in “525Kids” at checkout for 20% off your whole order.

You’ll find everything from a ruffle bib dress ($62, above left) and military inspired cardigan ($84) to a chenille heart baby blanket ($68, above right) and baby cable knit throw ($48).

Shop away! What better time to stock up on warm-weather gear.

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Pup patrol!

Christy Turlington Burns and son Finn, 3 ½, take their two dogs out for a walk in New York City on Saturday. Holding a leash — and each other’s hands — the pair made their chore a team effort.

The model, 40, is also mom to daughter Grace, 6, with husband Ed Burns.

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While everyone loves the idea of celebrity dads Ben Affleck and Matt Damon enjoying an occasional playdate with their daughters, Matt says that it is yet to happen. “We’re on different coasts,” he pointed out recently to OK!

Chatting from the premiere for the History Channel’s new documentary The People Speak, Matt said that his family — who recently relocated to New York City — would be heading back to Florida for the holidays. He added that he hoped his political activism would someday rub off on daughters Alexia, 11, Isabella, 3, and Gia Zavala, 15 months.

“The tagline is that Democracy is not a spectator sport,” he notes.

“That’s what I would want, more than anything, my kids to take away. This country is about participation, activism, understanding the history of the country, understanding your place in that history, being involved and being a productive part of the American experience.”

The 39-year-old actor credits “good communication” for his happy marriage to wife Luciana, and says that parenthood has been eye-opening as well. He jokes,

“I never knew I could function this well with no sleep. That was a realization.”

Ben is dad to Violet Anne, turning 4 next week, and Seraphina Rose Elizabeth, 10 months, with wife Jennifer Garner.

Source: OK!