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Tuesday 22 September 2009

Monday 21 September 2009

"I closed the book, took a deep breath, and looked at the ceiling in despair: the book was awful. It was so bad that it was a candidate for the worst book that I had ever tried to read. And I had another 501 pages to go."

"It's bloody awful"

Brown’s new book, The Lost Symbol, faces its toughest critic yet: Michael Baigent, the historian who accused Brown of lifting his material in The Da Vinci Code (and lost in court). Baigent’s verdict: It’s bloody awful.
@ 'The Daily Beast'

Jedi religion founder accuses Tesco supermarket of discrimination over rules on hoods

But the grocery empire struck back, claiming that the three best known Jedi Knights in the Star Wars movies – Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker – all appeared in public without their hoods...

@ 'The Guardian'

Caster Semenya: top athletics official admits lying over gender tests

Caster Semenya arriving back in Johannesburg last month. Photograph: Siphewe Sibeko/Reuters

South Africa's top athletics official is fighting for his political life after admitting that he lied over gender tests on runner Caster Semenya.

The South African government today led calls for Leonard Chuene to resign as president of Athletics South Africa, and the ruling African National Congress described ASA's handling of the affair as "disgusting". But the beleaguered official remained defiant, insisting that he will not "jump ship".

A leaked email exchange last week forced Chuene to admit that he knew women's 800m champion Semenya had undergone a gender test prior to the world championships, something he had always publicly denied. He claimed that he kept the information secret to safeguard the 18-year-old's privacy.

Gert Oosthuizen, South Africa's deputy sports minister, expressed frustration that even the government was in the dark and demanded that Chuene fall on his sword.

"Mr Chuene has not only lied to us at the ministry, but to the whole country, and this is not acceptable," Oosthuizen said. "We are convinced that the perpetual denial of the knowledge of these tests have fuelled the continuous violation of Ms Semenya's rights and dignity, by foreign and some local media."

Full story @ 'The Guardian'

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How do you say "HA" in German?

"Tschüss"

Hey Kami - I hope you found it....welcome

(& you too Lachlan!)

What's it all about?

Mick Jones and Nicky 'Topper' Headon of The Clash ~ have recorded together for the first time in 27 years ~ in aid of a prisoners' charity.

The guitarist and drummer have reunited to play with Billy Bragg on a new version of their 1978 song Jail Guitar Doors in aid of Bragg's organisation of the same name which works with prisoners.

The duo last shared a recording session when they worked on The Clash's album Combat Rock, but Headon's drug use saw him ejected from the band on the eve of a tour to promote the release in 1982. He was replaced by Terry Chimes, who had played on the band's first album.

Jones was guitarist and co~frontman for punk pioneers The Clash, alongside the late Joe Strummer, but he too was kicked out the following year, leaving Strummer to soldier on for one more album Cut The Crap.

Jones and Headon were inspired to record again after seeing the work of Bragg's two year old initiative, which supplies musical instruments to prison inmates to aid with their rehabilitation.

Jones, who was the first person to donate money to the scheme to allow guitars to be delivered to a jail, said: "The guys were telling us how much this scheme had helped them move on from their previous lives before prison.

It was really touching to think we've helped, even if it's in a small way."

Nicked 100% from 'The hangover-helper'
Now lock me up!
Can I get one of those guitars Mick?
Thanx Fifi!