"a dog miaows" and "the laughing bear rides a motorcycle".

true lilly wrote:Westminster
The 132nd annual
Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show
began on Monday at
Madison Square Garden.


Josee Chevalier with Shiver,
an Afghan waiting for competition
at Westminster

Dog Show
at Madison Square Garden
in New York.


Tequila, a chihuahua, wore a pair of sunglasses.


Harley, a Longhaired Dachshund, backstage with her owner
and handler, Alex Davison.


Ike, an Afghan Hound, waited to be groomed.


"Susan" a Miniature Schnauzer being groomed.


Helen Onto-Murphy and Sabin Hamilton
with "Mandu" a Saluki,
yawns while being groomed.


A standard Poodle waited with her handler.


Men waited for their dogs to relieve themselves
in an area in the basement of the Hotel Pennsylvania
set aside for that purpose.

true lilly wrote:News for dog news
A dog named Boo - global superstar
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true lilly wrote:News for dog news

Weather continues to dog Bathurst 1000
Sydney Morning Herald - 2 hours ago
Changeable weather conditions which turned the
Bathurst 1000 top 10 shootout into a lottery
are poised to do the same to Sunday's race. ...
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Alma Dogs is a community club formed in 1995
by the owners of dogs in the City of Port Phillip;
and largely centred on Alma Park.

What we're about is protecting the rights of dogs and their owners
in the municipality;
and helping to maintain the traditional mutually beneficial relationship
that has existed between humans and dogs since the dawn of history.

We emphasize the importance of responsible dog ownership
among our members and encourage the proper training and socialising of
our canine companions through free access to public outdoor spaces.

Alma Dogs has successfully lobbied our local Council for
off-leash recreation areas for dogs. This includes an extended
off lead beach area, for dogs to be allowed on all beaches during winter,
the upgrading of public parks, including (in Alma Park) the provision of
pooper-scooper stations, the Doggerwel drinking and wallowing facility
and the installation of a public notice board. We are recognized by Council
as a popular voice which cannot be ignored.

We are rapidly gaining members in Stonnington, Boroondara and other
surrounding areas where we shall campaign for recognition by these Councils
on
the benefits of responsible dog ownership and the importance of
socialisation. We are also working on reduction of cruelty to dogs by liaising with Councils to rectify any situations reported to us.

Alma Dogs Aims

• registration of all dogs
  
• owners supporting and conducting obedience training by positive reinforcement
  
• all dogs being effectively controlled
  
• forming liaisons with other Melbourne dog groups
  
• being a voice in the community
  
• encouraging positive attitudes and striving to end negativity in the community
  
• encouraging club members to participate in increasing membership
  

true lilly wrote:

true lilly wrote:News for dog news
A dog named Boo - global superstar
Adelaide Now - 2 related articles

President Obama's Family Gets Their Dog!
Malia and Sasha Obama now have the dog
their dad promised them on
election night.
Their new puppy is a 6-month-old
Portuguese water dog.

The girls have named their new pal Bo.

Ciggy wrote:Every time you spam the God of OzTrailer kills a kitten:

Ciggy wrote:Every time you spam the God of OzTrailer kills a kitten:

• EU leaders meet on weekend Courier Mail, 6 days ago
  
• EU wants to recapitalise crisis banks Herald Sun, 9 days ago
  
• Europe's banks need capital: IMF The Australian, 22 Sep 2011
  
• More IMF aid for Greece - or not? Courier Mail, 25 Jul 2011
  
• Default expected in Greek deal The Australian, 22 Jul 2011
  

true lilly wrote:Full steam ahead for our new port at Hastings
by:Peter Rolfe and Mitchell Toy
From:Sunday Herald Sun
October 16, 2011
12:00AM

Victoria's new deep-water port at Hastings
has been described as the state's biggest infrastructure project in a century.
HWT Image Library

A NEW 30km road or rail link through Melbourne's southeastern
suburbs is the key to the Baillieu Government's multi-billion-dollar
development of a new deep-water port at Hastings.

Releasing key details of the project for the first time, Ports Minister Denis Napthine
described it as the biggest infrastructure project in Victoria in a century.

The development will see the Port of Melbourne replaced as the state's main port
and the engine room of the Victorian economy.

A dedicated road or rail link, running parallel to the existing Western Port Highway,
would potentially link the port to a new distribution centre, or "inland port", near Dandenong.

Giant driver-less trucks, similar to those used in mines, are one of the options under
consideration to move millions of containers and other freight from Hastings to the
new inland port for distribution across the city and state.

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A soon-to-be-appointed Port of Hastings Authority will be ordered
to evaluate building the first Australian electric truck link between
the port and the land likely to be set aside between Dandenong and
Lyndhurst for the freight hub.

Remote-controlled trucks driven by computer and powered by electricity are being
considered
for the route, as the Government takes a state-of-the-art approach to
an election commitment it believes will be the centrepiece of Victoria's
economic future.

In a major shake-up of the state's jobs and
industrial base, the Government next year will appeal to the Gillard
Government for urgent funding to fast-track the development.

Dr Napthine said the port and its transport links - to be up and running within 10 years
to 15 years - would define the Baillieu Government and shape the state's future for the next 100 years.

"In terms of significance to the growth and development of Victoria,
this will be the biggest project since CityLink, and I think it will even be bigger
than CityLink in terms of the opportunities it creates for Victoria," he said.

"It's
one of the biggest projects in the state's history. It is a project
that is about the next 100 years of Victoria, and it's absolutely vital
to our state."

But critics say it is likely to lead to
widespread commuter chaos on the state's rail and road networks, with
industry experts predicting traffic gridlock, unless costly major
changes are
introduced.

In an exclusive briefing to the Sunday Herald Sun, Dr Napthine confirmed:
PRIVATE property owners will have their land compulsorily acquired to make way
for the port. But it has not yet been decided where and when.
THE Government will consider dropping tolls on EastLink at off-peak times in a bid to get freight moving outside peak periods.
THE port's main operations centre could be built off-site, with workers operating infrastructure remotely.
HIGH costs, transport links and environmental impacts will present major
challenges to the Government in the port's construction.
POSITIONS on the Port of Hastings Authority board have been advertised and will
be filled this year to start work on January 1, with their first job a cost-benefit analysis.
NO DETAILED costings or mapping have been conducted since the former
Labor government released reports on the port last year and in 2006.

Treasury last year estimated the cost of constructing the port in the decade at
$9.4 billion and the State Opposition said it would put 6000 more trucks
a day on our roads and 16 new trains on rail lines. Dr Napthine (above)
dismissed both estimations, but could not provide alternate figures.

He said privatising the port "was not part of the plan", but did not rule it out.

The Government has dismissed two transport options, advised by the former government -
a rail link to Gippsland and use of the Frankston-Stony Point rail line -
and settled on the Western Port Highway as the preferred corridor for goods transport.

Dr Napthine said a decision had not yet been made about exactly how and where containers
would move to and from the port, but said it would definitely flank Western Port Highway.

"There are potentially options to have a dedicated truck route that
runs parallel to the Western Port Highway, but doesn't have any
disruption of the Western Port Highway," he said.

"Or it may be that there is a dedicated rail shuttle that would use that same corridor
to and from the inland port that you then distribute goods from there in var- ious ways."

The "inland port" - a hub for trucks and rail - is likely to be built about 30km north of the
port, between Dandenong and Lyndhurst.

Dr Napthine predicted minimal development on the coastal area and more construction on
quarantine, storage, customs and logistics facilities in the city's southeast.

Plans for the port, which will handle more than two million shipping
containers a year, have sparked fears of traffic mayhem, as road and
rail networks are deemed too weak to handle the extra pressure.

A port authority study released this year shows most containers would
need to be delivered to Melbourne's west, meaning a widespread overhaul
of rail and road passages across the city is needed to avoid traffic chaos.

The Victorian Transport Association called for bigger limits on truck sizes so more containers can be moved per vehicle.

VTA
deputy chief executive Neil Chambers said the M1 should be part of a
large-scale upgrade or the city's major arteries could clog with the
added traffic.

The Port of Melbourne's container logistic chain
study, conducted by the Port of Melbourne under the former Brumby
government, shows western and northern areas, such as Laverton North,
Somerton, Altona and Tullamarine, rank among the most common places
where containers are delivered.

"Containers will be ... stevedored at Hastings, but will need to travel to Altona and Campbellfield," he said.

true lilly wrote:
Jockey Craig Williams had a perfect ride on
Southern Speed to win the Caulfield Cup.

Hot favourite December Draw finished last.

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Australia happy to help with euro crisis
From:AAP
October 15, 2011
5:58PM

TREASURER Wayne Swan has
indicated a preparedness to discuss
how Australia can assist
the ailing European economy.

Speaking
in Paris ahead of the G20 Finance Ministers Meeting, Mr Swan was bailed
up by foreign media in his hotel lobby on Friday, the same day he was
due to meet with IMF managing director Christine Lagarde.

"I
think a number of finance ministers have indicated a willingness to
discuss, as part of the agenda here (in Paris), ways that resources can
be made available to the IMF to further assist European countries
respond to the issues," Mr Swan told reporters.

Remaining silent about his bilateral talks on Friday which included meetings with
Ms Lagarde, French Finance Minister Francois Baroin and Indian Finance
Minister Pranab Muhkerjee, Mr Swan said he had seen evidence of
improvement in Europe's economy.

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• Default expected in Greek deal The Australian, 22 Jul 2011
  

"The first priority here is for the Europeans to put their house in
order," he said with regard to the eurozone sovereign debt crisis.

"I was encouraged when we were in Washington a couple of weeks ago that
they had heard that message loud and clear from fellow G20 finance
ministers from outside the Euro area. Since that time I've also been
encouraged by the unity they've put into developing and enhancing
further measures to deal with the sovereign debt crisis and it's impact
on the European banking system."

The Deputy Prime Minister added that he was confident "a comprehensive response"
to the crisis would be announced by the European Council and eurozone summit on
October 23.

Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens is also in Paris for Saturday's G20 meeting.
______________________________________________________
...and Australia's Richest City, the Capital of VICTORIA...

Melbourne homes the nation's richest

by:John Masanauskas
From:Herald Sun
October 15, 2011
12:00AM

MELBOURNE households are the richest in Australia, says a new report.

Households in the state's capital had an average net worth of $866,000 last year,
ahead of Perth ($853,000), Canberra ($843,000) and well in front of Sydney ($766,745),
an ABS report released yesterday said.

The average wealth of all Australian households was $720,000,
up 14 per cent compared with 2005-06 when adjusted for inflation.

Estimates were derived from the value of assets, including the home, minus liabilities
such as mortgages.

For households that owned their home outright,
the average value of the home was $541,000.

The
report revealed
the richest 20 per cent of
Australian households
had increased their worth by 15 per cent
over the past five years
to an average of $2.2 million in 2009-10.

The poorest 20 per cent had only a 4 per cent rise to an average $32,000 a household.
For households with superannuation, the average value was $154,000, but half of those homes had super assets under $60,000.
Superannuation was the main financial asset, with 75 per cent of all homes having some super assets.
One in five households has property other than their own home, including holiday homes and rental properties.
[email=masanauskasj@heraldsun.com.au ]masanauskasj@heraldsun.com.au[/email]
______________________________________

So, 'Ciggy/tintin/et al', should I provide 'your' contact details to all those
'you' CONNED into taking 'your' advice to 'invest' in everywhere and everything,
EXCEPT AUSTRALIA, for these last 5 years.

And no 'tintin', damning Australia for being the real promised land, i.e.
The Home of Re-gathered Israel, that 'you' mob so bitterly want to TAKE
for 'your' evil selves, doesn't count 'for' you, it damns you.

Oh and readers, unlike 'tintin', I'm not 'connected',
I'm not involved in investments, or politics etc.,
I simply notice news that's freely available for all,
and compare it to what God's Word told us to watch for.

Mind you, that is God's Word,
that described the whole world, all the earth
and all peoples, FROM IT'S ACTUAL BEGINNING,
NOT that FALSE 'time line' sold to the world
via that 'out of Egypt' lie.

true lilly wrote:Jewish community wants
Islamic group Hizb ut-Tahrir outlawed
by:John Masanauskas
From:Herald Sun
October 14, 2011
10:21AM
28 comments

VICTORIA'S Jewish community wants a radical Islamic group banned, claiming it poses a security risk.

Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is banned in several countries, is due to hold a conference
against the Afghanistan war in Melbourne tonight.

The group's Australian branch has also recently criticised a new counter-terrorism website launched by the Federal Government.

Victorian Jewish Community Council president John Searle said yesterday that
Hizb ut-Tahrir's beliefs were contrary to those of most Australians.

"They peddle a very virulent form of anti-semitism and anti-Zionism, and they
are the sort of group that would encourage home-grown terrorists," he said.

"We are not happy that they are here at all. We don't believe they are a desirable influence on young minds."

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Mr Searle said the Jewish community council wanted the group banned
and was concerned that speakers at tonight's event could inspire people
to take extreme actions.

"They are certainly at the very extreme end and extremists do not produce any good results for anybody," he said.

But Hizb ut-Tahrir spokesman Uthman Badar denied the group was extremist or anti-Semitic.

"The claims made about us are based on hearsay," he said.
"We are happy for them (Jewish community members) to come down
and have a look at our conference."

Mr Badar said the group had a problem with Israel because of the occupation of Palestine.

Federal
Attorney-General Robert McClelland said Hizb ut-Tahrir's views were
well out of step with the Australian community and the question of
banning the group was constantly being reviewed by security and
intelligence agencies.

"The Government takes a hard line against groups that advocate terrorism,
and will act upon advice from its security agencies as to whether they should be proscribed," he said.
Tonight's conference - Afghanistan, Ten Years of Injustice, Oppression and Failure - will take place in a city hotel.
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true lilly wrote:
Bear witness
Close calls with huge halibut
and hungry bears on Alaska's frontier.

Bear witness
October 15, 2011


The bear took Lance Richardson's lifejacket.
Photo: Lance Richardson

Lance Richardson encounters huge halibut and hungry bears on Kodiak Island, on the frontier of Alaska.

Like much of Alaska, it looks uninhabited, a lonely
outpost off the Katmai Coast. Thick forests of spruce climb to snowy
peaks. There are dozens of shingle beaches, water crashing on shores
framed by high cliffs and the white branches of skeletal driftwood.
Though Hawaii's "Big Island" claims the title of America's largest,
Kodiak Island, coming in second, feels particularly vast and untamed.

In 9293 square kilometres there are fewer than 12,000
people, clustered in seven remote communities. All but one of these
require a boat or float plane for access. The rest of the island is a
vast blind spot of wilderness, unoccupied except for several thousand of
one of the world's largest bears.

I am sitting on the deck of the Alaska Marine Highway
Ferry, having taken the overnight passage from Homer, on the Alaskan
coast. As people lean over railings, searching for signs of life on the
island through binoculars, I prepare myself by scrolling through the
saved web pages of "Be Bear Aware," a useful digest of survival
strategies.

"If contact is made," it explains, "drop to the ground
and play dead. Lie on your stomach, clasp your hands behind your neck,
and use your elbows and toes to avoid being rolled over. If the bear
does roll you over, keep rolling until you land back on your stomach.
Remain still and try not to struggle or scream."

Despite the horrifying subtext of these instructions, I
find it difficult to be alarmed by the prospect of a bear encounter
here. Years of Pavlovian conditioning mean, as with many children, I was
taught to associate the figure of the bear with security and comfort.

In 1902, the US President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt went
hunting in Mississippi. Wanting to ensure their leader was successful,
Roosevelt's aides used hounds to track a black bear, which they then
clubbed and tied to a tree. Roosevelt, to his credit, would have no part
of it. Though expected to shoot the bear, he waved away the act as
"unsportsmanlike" - a pardon that electrified the nation, particularly
because of a political cartoon that depicted the bear as tiny and
doe-eyed. A toy-maker saw this cartoon and crafted "Teddy's bear" in
response; the rest is history.

Less well known is that Roosevelt, with his fateful wave,
essentially destroyed human-bear relations forever. Instead of wise
caution when facing a wild animal, many people now see the bear as a
cuddly forest friend. As the ferry docks in Kodiak Town my head is
filled, against all better judgment, with images of a giant teddy bear
turning me over and over like a tootsie roll.

Partly established to combat such woeful
misunderstanding, a visitors' centre by the dock explains the reasoning
behind the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge. In a marked difference from
national parks, which are intended for the enjoyment and education of
the public, a wildlife refuge seeks to maintain the habitat of an
animal; visitors are a secondary concern.

This means, for example, no comprehensive road network
with lookouts and interpretative rangers. While Kodiak Town offers a
modest scribble of highways on the island's eastern side, they terminate
before approaching the refuge in the west.

Established in 1941, the refuge protects bears and salmon
in a reserve that covers more than two-thirds of the island. Male
kodiak bears can grow to three metres and 600 kilograms. So profuse is
their supply of protein-rich salmon that in Kodiak's Karluk Bay the
density is 220 bears per 2.6 square kilometres. A walk around the
visitor's centre makes the situation very clear: there may be a stuffed
bear in the town bank comically dressed as Santa every Christmas, but on
this island bears are no laughing matter. There are a great many of
them, they are extremely big and approaching one in the wild is a
high-risk activity.

So, of course, I head into the wild to see the bears.
Under most circumstances this would be an act of outrageous stupidity,
but I'm joining Steele Davis on a Spirit of Alaska Wilderness Adventure.
In other words: I'm placing my life in the hands of a man who carries a
.44 Magnum handgun when kayaking.

After a short tour of Kodiak Town - the island's largest
settlement, though little more than a fishing village - I board a mail
cargo plane and fly to meet him in Larsen Bay. From that bay we float
down Uyak Bay, a dramatic fiord that almost bisects Kodiak completely.
Davis lives partway along the coast in a dilapidated cannery abandoned
since 1983. He also owns cabins on nearby Amook Island, built next to
the remnants of an ancient indigenous village. These facts he throws out
casually: there is an otter; there is a deer; there is my ancient
indigenous village. For Davis there is nothing unusual about having a
market on your property still stocked with olives and jockey shorts from
the late 1970s.

"Is my coffee table made from an anti-tank missile case?" I ask.

"I found it out back," Davis says.

Remarkably, Davis has turned this surreal tableau into an
exhilarating guest experience involving hiking, kayaking, wildlife
viewing and world-class fishing. After dinner I wander through old
factories on the edge of the forest. In the midnight sun bald eagles
skirt the bay. Davis has taken a unique corner of the Alaskan wilderness
and made it accessible; the result is a strange melange of relaxation
and hallucination.

I haven't fished for 10 years: on my first attempt,
casting a test line, I hook a halibut so big (28 kilograms) it snaps the
gaff in half as Davis attempts to secure it to the side of his boat.
After this, I'm intoxicated. Kodiak is the sort of place where the
impossible is not just possible, but highly likely.

Though one could fish indefinitely if desired, Davis is
up for anything you could imagine. At my first mention of tracking bears
we're loaded into kayaks and floating down the fiord. I have been
researching for days, reading every warning pamphlet and guide to
interacting with the local fauna but, in the heat of pursuit, all advice
drains away and everything comes to rest on my expert leader.

"Everyone scoffs at it, but I carry armour-piercing
bullets," Davis says. "I ain't never shot one and I don't plan on it,
but they have a hard head."

After pulling up on a shingle beach we enter the forest
along a well-trod path which, I quickly realise, is not well-trod
because of human traffic. Thick vegetation impedes our feet. Davis leads
the way, crushing branches, crouching occasionally to scan the grassy
fields down the bank with his binoculars.

Though there is a bear in the distance, it appears to be
resting, a small brown face in a sea of green. We wait for some sign of
activity but after a while it becomes clear the bear is content to
remain where it is. Rain has started to fall and Davis calls off the
search, directing me back to the kayaks. After that - perhaps while I'm
lost in thought, revising fantasies of heroic close encounters -
everything goes slightly awry: a bear is sitting at the kayaks,
lifejacket in its jaws.

Davis directs me to halt immediately. The bear looks up,
surprised by strange new intruders, then stands and stares us down as he
continues to devour the very things that are supposed to protect us
against the harsh environment.

In retrospect I wonder: would I have dropped to the
ground and played dead if it decided to charge? Would I have had the
strength of mind to clasp my hands behind my neck, digging elbows into
the dirt to stop the bear from rolling me over? Could I have remained
silent or would I have screamed? Davis starts a slow waltz, talking down
the bear with friendly words and gentle discouragement. Though
beautiful, the bear is terrifyingly large. My heart is pumping
furiously. And all I know is that, contrary to my musings on the ferry,
there is nothing teddy bear-ish about the teeth marks or the creature
that made them, now retreating slowly into the shadows of the Kodiak
forest.
Lance Richardson travelled courtesy of the Alaska Travel Industry Association.

FAST FACTS

Getting there V Australia has a fare to Anchorage from
Sydney and Melbourne from $1820 low-season return, including tax. You
fly to Los Angeles (14hr), then on Alaska Airlines via Portland (7hr).
In high season, flights are LA-Anchorage non-stop; vaustralia.com.au.

Australians must apply for travel authorisation before
departure at esta.cbp.dhs.gov. Alaska Air flies from Anchorage to Kodiak
Island (1hr); alaskaair.com.

Alternatively, Kodiak Town is connected to the Alaska
Marine Highway, a ferry route that runs the length of the Aleutian
Island chain; dot.state.ak.us.

Touring there Spirit of Alaska
Wilderness Adventures, near Larsen Bay, has trips customised to suit
individual interests, run bu Steele Davis, a US Coast Guard-licensed
captain and certified kayak instructor. Three-day tours cost from
$US1550 ($1585) a person, including float-plane round trip. See
spiritofalaska.com.

Staying there Kodiak's A Captain's
Quarters B&B, nearly five kilometres from town, has suites from
$US179 a night for two people. See acaptainsquarters.com.

Information on Kodiak's remote public-use cabins in the
refuge is available at the visitor's centre; phone 1 (888) 408 3514.

While there There are dozens of fishing charters available from Kodiak Town, including Kodiak Island Charters. See kodiakislandcharters.com.

Kodiak Town has several museums, including the Alutiiq
Museum, charting the history of the island's indigenous people. See
alutiiqmuseum.org.

More information travelalaska.com; kodiak.org; bebearaware.org.

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true lilly wrote:The mystery of Dagg's dig
All Black Israel Dagg's explanation
of his unusual try-scoring celebration
mystifies teammates and media.

Dog miaow and laughing bear:
Dagg's bizarre try celebration

September 27, 2011 - 3:45PM

Israel Dagg's bizarre try-scoring celebration against France. Photo: AFP

New Zealand full-back Israel Dagg's explanation today
of his unusual try-scoring celebration against France
proved mystifying to both teammate Daniel Carter
and assembled media in Wellington.

During the match, Dagg marked one of his two tries
in a 37-17 All Blacks victory by bending his arm
to form a shape some described as resembling the French rooster.

He refused to discuss his celebration when quizzed by
journalists, other than offering two crypic clues --
"a dog miaows"
and
"the laughing bear rides a motorcycle".

Carter, sitting alongside, could offer no insight, telling reporters:
"It makes no sense to me."
There were suggestions Dagg's unfathomable clues may have
been inspired by French footballer Eric Cantona's famously obtuse
quote:
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think
sardines will be thrown into the sea."

Carter said the lack of familiarity with the match ball might be behind
the Rugby World Cup kicking woes of the world's best marksmen..
Wayward goalkicking has been a talking point of the tournament so far,
with the manufacturers of the Gilbert ball denying it's their problem,
saying each ball has been checked and approved by an engineer.

But Carter said it had different characteristics to what he was used to
from the Super Rugby season earlier in the year.

"It doesn't have as much give so, if you don't quite strike it right,
it then doesn't fly as straight as you would like at times," the All Blacks pivot said.

"But it is the same for every kicker ... if you strike it well - then it goes straight."

Carter, who had a 75 per cent success rate in the recent Tri Nations series,
described his slump to a 67 per cent average in the World Cup as frustrating.

"Obviously, when you play with a certain ball, you get used to it and to
have a new one for such an important tournament can be frustrating early on.

"But it's just a matter of getting out and working hard on the practice pitch."

AFP
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true lilly wrote:The mystery of Dagg's dig
All Black Israel Dagg's explanation
of his unusual try-scoring celebration
mystifies teammates and media.

Dog miaow and laughing bear:
Dagg's bizarre try celebration

September 27, 2011 - 3:45PM

Israel Dagg's bizarre try-scoring celebration against France. Photo: AFP

New Zealand full-back Israel Dagg's explanation today
of his unusual try-scoring celebration against France
proved mystifying to both teammate Daniel Carter
and assembled media in Wellington.

During the match, Dagg marked one of his two tries
in a 37-17 All Blacks victory by bending his arm
to form a shape some described as resembling the French rooster.

He refused to discuss his celebration when quizzed by
journalists, other than offering two crypic clues --
"a dog miaows"
and
"the laughing bear rides a motorcycle".

Carter, sitting alongside, could offer no insight, telling reporters:
"It makes no sense to me."
There were suggestions Dagg's unfathomable clues may have
been inspired by French footballer Eric Cantona's famously obtuse
quote:
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think
sardines will be thrown into the sea."

Carter said the lack of familiarity with the match ball might be behind
the Rugby World Cup kicking woes of the world's best marksmen..
Wayward
goalkicking has been a talking point of the tournament so far, with the
manufacturers of the Gilbert ball denying it's their problem, saying
each ball has been checked and approved by an engineer.

But Carter said it had different characteristics to what he was used to
from the Super Rugby season earlier in the year.

"It doesn't have as much give so, if you don't quite strike it right,
it then doesn't fly as straight as you would like at times," the All Blacks pivot said.

"But it is the same for every kicker ... if you strike it well - then it goes straight."

Carter, who had a 75 per cent success rate in the recent Tri Nations series,
described his slump to a 67 per cent average in the World Cup as frustrating.

"Obviously, when you play with a certain ball, you get used to it and to
have a new one for such an important tournament can be frustrating early on.

"But it's just a matter of getting out and working hard on the practice pitch."

AFP
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true lilly wrote: true lilly on Sun Sep 25, 2011 6:35 pm
I tend to refrain from explaining too much these days,
as newbies know they can ask for clarifications,
and the rest, well if they haven't twigged by now, likely never will,
but those who know, know, if I post it, it's worth looking into.

When ELEPHANTS ATTACK!!!

When tigers attack...

BEARS!!! BEARS IN THE NEWS!!!

Red Dog...

MIGHTY DUCKS

Swan named world's best treasurer
4 days ago

World in danger zone, says Swan
4 hours ago

Nurses gagged, afraid of management

ZARA: 'TOYTOWN' retired, hi, HIGH KINGDOM?
& Two Hands & more.....

guivre wrote:02-12-2011, 07:03 PM #32580

Originally Posted by tintin Le Mans, Heineken White and Vermeer. IX Vermeer Colin Firth played VERMEER and he means THE KING's SPEECH. MLK = KLM = TENERIFE MILK and MLK. Milk: Mata Hari Famous statue in MATA HARI birthplace LEEUWARDEN.

Oh wow, this is interesting. Here we go with word fragments again.

This is a statue just north of where I grew up. Also in the town thats the
farthest northwest of Chicago on the commuter train line:

Harmilda the Cow, Milk Day Festival


(this is a better shot of the statue but is too big to put in the thread: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...rvardIlCow.JPG
Quote:
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2448

• Shoe Tree, Woodstock, IL - 6 mi.
  
• Statue of Romeo, The Killer Elephant, Delavan, WI - 15 mi.
  
• Giraffe Statue, Delavan, WI - 15 mi.
  
• 
  
• In the region: University of Lawsonomy, Sturtevant, WI - 38 mi.
  

Well, it makes sence."tintin" does NOT post "TODAY'S NEWS"
in TODAY'S NEWS, well NOT NEWS for the general public,
but NEWS FOR HIS OWN BLACK CIRCLES.

"tintin" doesn't waste time posting random, non-sequitur words,
but links to "innocent looking", CODED sites, that
HIS OWN BLACK CIRCLES KNOW HOW TO READ.

I've posted some, and NOT POSTED MANY examples
over the years, of links to sites that READ JUST LIKE
"TINTIN'S" Thread, only with EVEN MORE DETAIL...

and I did warn, to pay attention to what
I was NOT SAYING...

Chatty Belle, Neillsville, WI.

Kadie the Cow, Columbus, GA.

Joining the herd, Ashburn, GA.

• Giraffe Statue, Delavan, WI - < 1 mi.
  
• Watson's Wild West Museum - 2,000 Branding Irons, Elkhorn, WI - 7 mi.
  
• Harmilda the Cow, Milk Day Festival, Harvard, IL - 15 mi.
  
• In the region: University of Lawsonomy, Sturtevant, WI - 36 mi.
  
• Sponsored:
  

  WI Dells Delavan Lake Resort Grand Geneva Resort Delavan Lake Lake Geneva WI Evergreen Golf Club nobodyswife wrote:http://forum.davidicke.com/showthread.php?t=11956&page=3259 @ Tintin funny that you mention all the Pearl links, girl with a pearl earring and Vermeer which by the way is my favorite painter ever. Colin Firth was sublime as ever as Vermeer. RED ALERT !!!! Canadian Prime minister Stephan Haarper to meet with Obama at the white house on the 7th of december; that's Pearl Harbor Day False flag coming : They are targeting Canada. also Michelle Obama at the lightening of the outside Christmas tree at the White house was with Kermit the frog... They call french canadians frogs NO, as with all "their" "FAILED PREDICTIONS", this is NO PREDICTION, but a "HEADS UP" to "THEIR" OWN BLACK CIRCLES and HIDDEN CELLS.