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- Anonymous A second tip would be not to attempt past year exam papers from nearly a decade ago - the syllabus might have changed greatly since then, and having no idea how to proceed with half the questions doesn't do one's confidence much good. Not having blogged seriously for some time means a buildup of material - to begin with, there's a fresh way to look at movies from xkcd, and a photoessay on what it may mean to be a run-of-the-mill soldier for two years (the guy managed to turnover a number of girlfriends in that period). Then there's someone who's earning near US$70k a year just by wearing T-shirts, a bunch of Zen stories that kept me going through those early project mornings, a collection of projects far more interesting than mine, and something that I might have slipped into a project, given enough advance notice (from jq). This is followed by some polar bear and dog action, and the Thierry Henry "Hand of Frog" incident (play a game inspired by it), which has escalated tensions between Ireland and France. I wonder how long it will be before FIFA allows video referees at high-profile matches, or at least a few more match officials; heck, tennis has at least six linesmen to help the umpire watch two players on a court maybe an eighth the size of a football field, and video replays on request on top of that. There isn't much point blaming the referee otherwise, since it's likely near humanly impossible to catch all the minutiae that goes on. It's already amazing how linesmen get so many offside decisions right, since that they can't watch everything at once [referenced paper] (the linked article suggests that the linesmen keep an eye on the last defender, and listen for the sound of the ball being kicked, which brings with it its own issues, i.e. the speed of sound). In Henry's defense, he admitted to the infraction readily enough and was up for a replay if FIFA would have it so, perhaps secure in the knowledge that FIFA were not about to grant one (and to make doubly sure, the French Football Federation rejected the Irish appeal too). The incident has at least done more for Irish reconciliation that any politician in living memory, so it seems that the luck of the Irish may simply have manifested itself in an unanticipated way this time. Perhaps another way of looking at the incident is "If you're not cheating, you're not trying hard enough". Yes, yes, cheaters never prosper, but frankly rules are bent so often in football that it's a part of the game. I have seen too many respected players sneak in a tug at the jersey or a hand to the shoulder, or put in a snide little kick to the knees or fly just a bit too theatrically, to have any confidence in ever watching a really "clean" game. From what I can see, openly fouling carries little stigma in sports, at least where there is no intention to escape the punishment - see Solskjaer "taking one for the team" when he put in a foul tackle as the last man in an effort to win United the title, for example, or the "Hack-a-Shaq" strategy employed by numerous NBA teams when Shaquille O'Neal was in his prime. If you pay for it, it's alright. Therefore, it seems acceptable to cheat as part of a method of winning if the cheater is caught, but completely unforgivable to cheat to win if the cheater gets away with it. If an outfield player dives and uses his arm to punch a ball away in the final minute of extra time in the World Cup, getting sent off and giving away a penalty in the process, I doubt that he would be castigated, especially if the penalty ended up being saved (or missed). This seems a good time to introduce Hajime no Ippo, a manga about boxing that I blazed through in the past week. The main character is a honest, hardworking and very hard-punching lad named Ippo Makunochi, who is at the same time completely uninteresting and is used mainly to monotonously drum in the morally correct statement that determination, grit and courage blah blah always wins out in the end. Almost all of his fights follow the script of a Power Rangers episode, where he starts out getting beaten badly due to some special ability of his opponent, before he regains the upper hand thanks to his prior hard work/trust in his coach/purity of heart (pick one) and he knocks the other guy out cold. Yawn. My favourite bout in the entire series so far is then the one between Sawamura and Mashiba, and little needs to be told about them except that they are more or less huge bastards. Hey, if you're going to watch two men pound each other into the dust, it helps if they're both scary f**kers who probably deserve it. Sawamura then edges Mashiba (and the nigh-invincible Mamoru Takamura) as my favourite boxer of them all, due to being just a bit more of a f**ker. Quick sketch time:  Ryuhei Sawamura In the story, Sawamura suffered from a rather lonely childhood, thanks to being abandoned by his mother after stabbing her abusive boyfriend to protect her, and after that shunned by his schoolmates due to rumours of him wringing the necks of birds (though this was not confirmed, I think, but which was at least plausible given his image). Well, this is a society where twisting the necks of a few pigeons is the mark of an inhuman psychopath, but doyens of society shooting birds out of the air is a charming afternoon of entertainment, and slaughtering tens of thousands of wretched animals a day for the tastes of the public is simply good business. Shrug. Oh, Sawamura is a cheater too. He almost goes out of his way to draw blood, and will happily knee his opponent in the face if the opportunity presents himself (interestingly, it was once legal to stand over a downed opponent and hit him again once his knees left the ground). Not that I approve, but at least it's better than cheating to lose (as happened with the Black Sox, and also in the manga with one Malcolm Gedo, who due to his poverty in early life is motivated to get as much money out of boxing as possible) The part that I actually admire about him is his total indifference to the opinion of the masses - to put it bluntly, he completely doesn't care if the crowd, or indeed the entire world, is against him. Much has been said about the virtues of teamwork, but whacking the whole of existence by oneself remains a seductive proposition. And of course, such a guy would be written to have a career-ending road accident right after he wins the title. Meh. In the red again at $829/$900 after the international break... $50 on Sunderland to draw Arsenal (at 3.75) $50 on Aston Villa to beat Burnley (2.03) Next: Data Basted
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