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Andrew Gordon: Mission Accomplished!
The 2009-10 Hershey Bears celebrate back-to-back championships and their 11th championship in franchise history. (Photo by Kyle M.)
It was only one week ago that the Hershey Bears won the Calder Cup in a 4-0 rout. It was their second championship in as many years, their third in five years, and the eleventh in franchise history. Andrew Gordon writes to share his thoughts on the championship, the celebration, and what happens now.
Life has a million ways to make you feel good, and a million ways to make you feel miserable. In my 24 years, I have found only one way to feel like a champion (make that two ways now). It's a feeling that all players at all levels try to put into words but can't ever find the exact way to express it.
It's a combination of happiness, excitement, relief, satisfaction, fulfillment and complete bliss all mixed together and topped with a touch of "thank God it's over."
A championship win is so much different than a regular-season win because there is nothing left to accomplish after it's over. There is no refocusing for your next opponent. No pasta meal waiting for you before tomorrow's game. No more playing through injury or sickness. It's all over, and you have nothing else to think about. It's as if half of your brain suddenly has nothing to do, so it just shuts down and lets the 8-year-old in you run wild.
In the championship moment, nothing matters except the guys around you. I know there was some intense crowd noise as the buzzer sounded in Hershey, especially compared winning on the road in Manitoba, but I don't remember hearing a sound. It is like I blocked out everything else in the building except the pile of players huddled around the crease. As you fly over the bench, all you want is to be there with the boys, celebrating what you have just accomplished.
When my career is over, I might not remember the score of the game, but I'll always remember the feeling of jumping that bench (and falling on my face, if you watch the tape) and sprinting towards the rest of the guys.
In my three years of pro hockey, I'm not sure if I have ever seen a team play with more fire and determination than we did in game six. It was as if we just decided that enough was enough. We couldn't let them think they were back in the series, so we had to make a statement in the first period.
I think it was our best period of the year. We won every puck battle, finished every check, shot every puck, and defended with our lives. I don't know if a single guy made a mistake in that period. After that, it was too late for the Stars.
I truly believe that– the way we played that game– we could have beaten the Leafs, the Oilers, and (for most of the season) the Hurricanes. It was a combination of work and skill that is rarely seen at this level. I think we were virtually unbeatable that night, and it couldn't have come at a better time.
How sweet it is. Andrew Gordon hoists the Calder Cup for the second straight year.
It's both ironic and fitting that we capped off our last game of the season with another record-breaking performance. In a previous entry, I mentioned my "Fun Fact" of the day– that no team had ever lost games one and two at home in the finals then gone on to win the series. Guess they can erase that one from the AHL color-commentary handbook. But that brings me to another point altogether: HISTORY DOESN'T MATTER!!! Nobody in our dressing room was discouraged by the fact that no team had ever come back from two games down. Who cares if it's never been done? We aren't those teams who failed before. We are in control of our own destiny, and we will make it happen our own way.
There is no manual that explains how to win a series. You just win four times before they do.
I remember being interviewed before the playoffs about setting all the team records this year and how I felt knowing that the teams who previously held those wins and points records were upset early in the playoffs. My response: we're not them. Nothing in the past affects you in the present unless you are too mentally weak to separate the two. Just because something happened the year before doesn't mean it will happen again. Every season brings a different team with a different outlook and a different identity. No playoffs are ever the same.
That's why I believe the Caps won't have a repeat of what happened this year. They had a great team, but couldn't get a break. It's a freak occurrence that happens once in a blue moon. It's sad that it happened to them, but maybe it's a stepping stone to greater things. I firmly believe that things happen for a reason. It may be hard to understand at the time, but I bet the Caps getting upset in this year's playoffs lights a fire in them for years to come.
The Hershey Bears mob Michal Neuvirth after the final horn sounds! (Photo by Kyle M.)
I think the best part of winning a championship is the two hours right after the buzzer sounds. All the players' families are there on the ice, there are news crews and photographers everywhere. It's complete mayhem. You can't stand still for more than five seconds because you are always seeing someone new who you have to go celebrate with. I was fortunate enough to share this win with both my parents who came in from Porters Lake, Nova Scotia. My father was there last year in Winnipeg, but my mother hasn't seen me play live too often in the past few years, so it was great to have her there on the ice moments after we won. As I always mention, these opportunities don't come around every year, so having her there to experience the emotion in person meant a lot to me. It's a memory I'll never forget, and I'm sure she won't either.
After the trophy is handed out and the pictures have been taken, the real fun starts. In the dressing room there is nobody but the team and its officials, so we really get to be ourselves and cut loose. This is where the 8-year-old brain I mentioned earlier comes into play. There are bottles of champagne being popped and sprayed all around the room. We had beer, water, Red Bull, Gatorade, and pretty much anything else you can find in an arena fridge being flung around in the air at all times. Guys were strapping on swimming goggles at one point to save themselves from going blind. Where they got them, however, I have no idea. That's some serious planning ahead if they brought them from home!
The Hershey Bears drink from the Calder Cup (via The Patriot-News)
After that, things die down a bit. The team is out of booze since we wasted it all in the first ten minutes. We are soaked in our own sweat and stupidity. And we have to get our gear off and showered up before we get to start sharing more moments with our families again. For me, that's when it really starts to sink in. I realize that I'm taking my skates off for the last time. There is no more knee pain or cut up swollen ankles to deal with. It's a wonderful relief. I think your body starts to wilt a bit as it knows it has nothing left to give. As you look around the room, there is nothing but smiles and high fives being thrown around. There is music blaring out of the speakers, but you can barely hear it. Again: in this moment, nothing else matters. From that moment till you leave for home its nothing but happiness. Even when you are packed up and saying goodbye to the guys, there is always that little smirk saying, "hell of a season pal," without the words needing to be said.
I've heard that– once you win a championship– you'll always have a special bond with the guys on that team. I've now experienced that twice, and it's true. Everybody on those two teams can now look back and share those great memories together. Once you become a champion, you gain a little immortality. That win can never be taken away from you. You are in the history books. Once you are a champion, you are always a champion.
Gordo waves to the crowd at the Calder Cup Championship Rally at Giant Center. (Photo by Tim Stough)
In closing, I would like to thank the guys at Russian Machine Never Breaks for giving me the opportunity to join their team. It's been an incredible ride through the playoffs this year and for me to be able to share my thoughts and feelings with so many people has been an amazing experience. I loved sharing stories about our wins and the courage it took for us to climb back into this series, but I think what I'll remember most is how writing these entries helped me cope with the times when the series didn't look so good. It was good for me to get my emotions out, and having thousands of people to vent on was really great.
To those of you who read these entries, I especially thank you! I have had nothing but wonderful feedback from all of you, and it was really encouraging for me to hear. I was a tad nervous at the beginning due to by lack of writing experience, but thanks to all those good reviews, I might have a new outlook on my career after hockey! Without readers, blog sites would never be as prominent of a media source as it is today, so I thank you for your ongoing support. Over the past few weeks it's been a pleasure to help so many see a little deeper into what's going on behind the scenes and in my head as a player. You as fans make playing hockey the joy that it is, so to be able to give back a few words every couple days is really the least I could do. Again, I thank you.
As my last quote, I only have to go back a couple months to the Olympics in Vancouver. After Canada won the gold medal game in overtime, one of the NBC announcers had this to say, and after going through this season in Hershey, I completely agree with him.
"In sports, one of the hardest things to do is win when you are supposed to."
Thank you for your time. See you in September!
Yours in hockey,
AHL, Andrew Gordon, Back-to-Back Championships, Calder Cup Finals, Gordo's Take, Hershey Bears, Washington Capitals


Lewis Carroll, The Hunting of the Snark, 1876.
A large scale, triple screen video installation made during my residency at the ESRC Genomics Policy and Research Forum, University of Edinburgh, Scotland. It was first shown during January and February of 2007 at the University's Old College quadrangle (outside the Talbot Rice Gallery). Old College is a large neo-classical building in Edinburgh city centre, designed by Robert Adam. Three Times True was remastered for a show at Detroit Institute of Arts in 2011, and re-remastered and restaged in 2013 for the ESRC's genomics conference in Westminster, London. Following the success of Three Times True ESRC GP+RF also commissioned a companion piece, Ideograph, as an animated digital mural. Images from the installation have featured in various magazines and on book covers.
The images in Three Times True were inspired by research on or applications of genomics, genetics, heredity, cloning and stem cells. The installation also included an alphabetical listing of the most poetic, interesting or funny gene names that I uncovered during my own research, starting with "Agnostic" and ending with "Zipper". The title, like the film's epigraph, comes from Lewis Carroll's poem The Hunting of the Snark in which explorers reach their destination with the aid of a blank map.
One of my aims was to make something inspired by genomics, genes and biotechnology, with the look of microscopy but without resorting to the clichéd images of scrolling GTAC arrays and the double helix, which have already been fully appropriated, assimilated and neutralised by the advertising industry and Hollywood. I also wanted to put as much distance as possible between this work and the expressions of body horror and biological anxiety that seem to be the default when artists get involved in life sciences. The animations use Chinese and Japanese characters (or their radicals) as analogues or pointers to the biological/biochemical processes involved in DNA replication or protein coding, and their effects in living organisms. Some of the characters in the stills on this page can be read as "mother", "stem" (as in stem cell) and "heart". There are many others in the films and in the accompanying book. The super-saturated palette and prismatic effects are inspired by the multicoloured, fluorescent "jellyfish" proteins used to mark different types of cells for viewing under a microscope.
The look and concept of the film was also somewhat inspired by the developments that were happening at the time in synthetic biology, which was little known to the general public or mass media. Recently, of course, synthetic biology has been all over the world's news.
I'm pleased to say that images from Three Times True have been in demand by scientists for book covers, talks and symposia; one was used as the cover of a synthetic biology book called 'Nature After the Genome', for example.
I also made a book, initially available as a limited edition, reworked and reissued in 2011 as an unlimited print on demand edition. I worked on the original in the same Georgian gallery (formerly part of the library) where Charles Darwin studied before he gave up medicine and decided to become a naturalist.
Some images from the book are below: Primer pages lacking vital information and activity pages suggesting activities that even the most advanced researchers struggle to answer simply (top and third rows); animated dynamic haplogroup icons (second row); evolution of human skin pigmentation, with shifting shiro [white] and kuro [black] labels (fourth row), plus diagram of the founder effect; in the bottom row, an alphabetical listing of colloquial names for genes with known functions, circa 2007.
Book design by Alistair Gentry and Jane Grainger at Grainger Dunsmore, Edinburgh.


Workers at The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA), a UK organisation, probably weren't expecting to rescue anything more exotic than a badger when they first joined the charity.
However, recent stats from the RSPCA show that in 2014 a number of unusual creatures were among the 127,321 animals it rescued last year.
These creatures included: an axolotl (a Mexican salamander or 'walking fish' for those who are confused), marmosets, a wolf, an emu, a wallaby, a zebra finch, stick insects and a praying mantis.
A panther chameleon also featured among the RSPCA's rescues after it fell out of a tree having been missing for two months.
RSPCA animal welfare officer Jo Blackburn rushed the lizard to a vet, after calls from members of the public, so he could be brought up to the correct temperature for a tropical lizard.
Blackburn said: "In all the time I have worked for the RSPCA I have never come across one of these before.
"In the wild these reptiles are tree dwellers so it is normal behaviour that he would've climbed up the tree – it's obviously just very unusual that that tree was in the middle of Southampton."
Luckily the vet was successful and the colourful creature was reunited with its owner.
RSPCA assistant director Dermot Murphy noted that sadly 2014 had seen a rise in the number of animals "callously abandoned".
"If people have pets they cannot care for, for any reason, then help and advice is always available from the RSPCA," he said.


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Awarding consecutive World Cups to India makes sense: FIH CEO
According to Weil, the decision of giving it to India instead of Malaysia made sense considering the financial viability of the sport in the country.
New Delhi 10 December, 2019 21:00 IST
FIH CEO Weil stated that the Kalinga Hockey Stadium in Bhubaneswar is the best stadium the federation has at its disposal. - FIH Website
The decision to award hosting rights of the men's hockey World Cup to India for the second consecutive time in 2023 was purely based on merit, the International Hockey Federation body (FIH) CEO Thierry Weil said on Tuesday.
READ | FIH looks to India to break even in 2020 Pro League
"I am coming from another sport which is football, where whenever we organised an World Cup, we have been extremely criticised to have created white elephants,' Weil said, in a tele-conference with Indian journalists from Lausanne.
"So, in that sense I am extremely happy that we as a sport have decided to re-use a venue like Bhubaneswar for the second time because there was a lot of effort and investment went in to build this venue, which currently to my knowledge is the best venue we have," he said.
India will, thus, become the first country to stage four men's Hockey World Cups after having hosted the showpiece in 1982 (Mumbai), 2010 (New Delhi) and 2018 (Bhubaneswar).
"The bid was an open one. There were quite a lot of good bidders, including Malaysia. Actually, it was decided taking into factor India's commercial relevance and high financial contribution. FIH needs financial revenues. India did an extremely good job of putting everything on table," Weil said.
"Some of the countries that bid didn't have infrastructure and needed huge investments. We made the decisions which make complete sense and completely viable for our sport."
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Toys: Robot Damashii God Gundam
Posted on : 09-10-2014 | By : Cacophanus | In : Toys/Kits
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Courtesy of our good friends at HobbyLink Japan, we've been sent a toy from Mobile Fighter G Gundam to review. Specifically, the Robot Damashii God Gundam that's on sale. In addition, to give the toy some context, we've also linked gameplay and anime footage of it in action at the end of the review.
News: Assault Suits Valken Developer Interview
Hardware: Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 2, Super Famicom
Occasionally you get to see something wonderful in terms of gaming history. In this instance it's an interview from the early 90's with the team behind Assault Suits Valken that has been recently translated (made all the more brilliant by lovely scans of Satoshi Urushihara's artwork for the game). Originally in a guidebook for the game, it covers all sorts of fascinating aspects about this classic game. If you have never played Valken, then avoid the dire PS2 port and instead avail yourself of the Virtual Console release. Thanks to GSK for the heads up.
Toys: Variable Action Koubu Announced
Hardware: Dreamcast, Nintendo Wii, PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Sega Saturn
Whilst this is not the first toy of Sakura Shinguji's pink custom koubu from the Sakura Taisen series, this new Variable Action toy from Megahouse looks to be one of the best. Released at the end of September for 7,800 yen, it has a nice sculpt and what appears to be decent articulation too. Sadly, it doesn't look like it comes with a Sakura pilot figure (though this likely helps to keep the price down). If you are one of those that enjoy pink steampunk mecha then make sure to pre-order yours here.
Kits: Valken Announced
As expected, PLUM have finally announced their ASS-117A Valken kit from the classic Super Famicom mecha shooter Assault Suits Valken. Prototypes were previewed a while back and after the success of the various AS-5E3 Leynos kits, this was only a matter of time. Actually set before the events in Leynos, the first Valken game features much grittier mecha designs. These were similarly penned by Kazutaka Miyatake under the auspices of Studio Nue. This particular kit is also of the unit used by the main character, Jake. On sale this July at a very reasonable 6,900 yen, you can pre-order it here.
Toys: Figma Tekkaman Blade Announced
Posted on : 08-03-2012 | By : Cacophanus | In : Toys/Kits, Videos
Hardware: GameBoy Advance, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii
For those that held back on either the Armor Plus or Tamashii Spec toys of the awesome Tekkaman Blade, then you'll now have a far more affordable (though still very shiny) Figma toy on the way. Part of Max Factory's Figma line, this new Tekkaman Blade is admittedly a touch smaller than Bandai's Armor Plus variant (which we admittedly adored) but it does have an excellent sculpt and will likely have utterly epic articulation too. Considering all this will only cost you 3,300 yen, makes for a pretty damn sweet bargain as far as we are concerned. As a company Max Factory have a very long and prestigious heritage when it comes to mecha toys. From producing some of the lushest Guyver figures to some lovely VOTOMS toys as well, these guys really know how to make decent mecha action figures. Admittedly there's also the MAX Gohkin line of toys too, competing with Bandai's similarly pricey die-cast offerings, but the Figma toys have always been excellent value for money by comparison. This new Tekkaman Blade figure will be out this June and you can pre-order yours here.
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Kits: AS-5E3 Leynos
Hardware: MegaDrive, Nintendo Wii
Courtesy of our good friends at HobbyLink Japan, we've been sent the 1/35 AS-5E3 Leynos kit from Assault Suit Leynos. Our review is also of the kit in its unpainted form, followed by painted pictures after. In addition, to help give the kit some context, we've also included some video footage of it from the original MegaDrive game at the end of the review.
Kits: Leynos Kit Previewed
At the 27th Kanazawa Model Exhibition a fair few toys and kits have surfaced. From more Border Break kits to Armored Core as well as a nice little set of new gashapon (which we mentioned a while back). Even seeing the Flintlock from the classic Xexex also cheered us up. However, the big show stopper was the appearance of the AS-5E3 Leynos kit from the genre defining Assault Suits Leynos (aka: Target Earth). The manufacturer behind this suitably regal kit is that of Plum, who've also handled the recent Silpheed and Darius Burst kits. What's different and impressive here though is that this is the first mecha kit the company have made. That said, judging from some of their blog entries, the sculpt and articulation look absolutely bloody amazing. No word on a price or a release date but this is a kit that is made from the purest of DO WANT!
Update: GA Graphic has a nice article on the kit as well, with some cool close up shots.
News: Sakura Wars Debuts In America
Hardware: Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 2
America has finally received a game from the long-running Sakura Wars series. It may have taken a decade or so longer than the fans had anticipated, but I've got a copy of the PS2 Premium Edition in my grubby little paws right now, and can confirm that, yes, this this release has actually happened, after years of false hope, wild rumors, and constant delays.
We've written about this game before, but for those of you who haven't been playing along at home during the thirteen-year wait to see one of these games in English, here's the short version: Sakura Wars is a strategy RPG series that started out on the Saturn and was one of the few landmark titles that Sega was able to develop for their ailing competitor to the original Sony PlayStation, and quickly grew to popularity in Japan because of its (then) unique combination of sexy, steampunk robots and sexy, talkative women, with game mechanics that rewarded the player for their ability to chat up girls with better units to use in the strategy RPG portion of the game. While it did well enough to get live theater performances in Japan, anime hadn't yet hit any sort of popularity in America and at the time no one was willing to take the chance on what would be an incredibly niche product.
Times have changed, though, and Nippon Ichi's American branch announced they were bringing over Sakura Wars 5 as Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love on both the PlayStation 2 and the Wii, and unlike all the other false starts over the years, I have physical evidence that the game is out in my native language. After all these years, it's finally here.. While our younger audience probably fails to appreciate why Sakura Wars' strategy RPG gameplay paired with visual-novel style focus on relationships was so shocking to gamers on this side of the Pacific back in the nineties, old men like myself (23 years old) remember when both strategy RPGs and dating sims were extremely niche genres, never mind a game containing both. Seeing a game in the series make it to market not only fulfills a personal dream of mine, it also shows how cosmopolitan the video game marketplace has become. So what are you waiting for? Grab either the PlayStation 2 or Wii versions now!
Expect us to review this at some point in the future, although given the site's nature, we'll probably have more to say about the pretty robots than the pretty girls.
Toys: Variable Action Zephyr
Hardware: Nintendo Wii
Courtesy of our good friends at HobbyLink Japan, we've been sent the Variable Action Zephyr from Hao Taikei Ryu Knight, a very successful anime series from the mid-90's. The Zephyr was also recently featured in the quite excellent Super Robot Wars Neo. Interestingly, due to its already rather distorted proportions, the Zephyr wasn't rendered in SD in Neo compared to many of the other featured mecha.
Due to the nature that this is a toy, all pictures shown are of the item out of the box. Click on to read more…
Toys: Armor Plus Tekkaman Blade
Courtesy of our good friends at HobbyLink Japan, we've been sent the latest in Bandai's Armor Plus toy range; Tekkaman Blade. This titular mecha was also repackaged abroad as Teknoman and, due to the series' high production standards, enjoyed a large amount of popularity across the world. Earlier this week, Capcom finally released Tatsunoko vs Capcom Ultimate All Stars (which you can buy here) and it features Blade as a playable character. So Bandai's release of this toy is timely indeed.
Due to the nature that this is a toy, all pictures shown are of the item out of the box. However, we've also included comparison shots of the recently released Soul of Chogokin Spec Tekkaman and Pegas set (sold separately). In any case, it's worth clarifying here that this toy is one of the few that falls under the category of "impossibly awesome". Click on to read more…


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Tobey Maguire: "It's great that I'm of an age where I feel like there are more interesting roles and opportunities"
By Erin Konrad on	 October 10, 2012 Film
Tobey Maguire has finally found a role in The Details that he hopes will present him as an adult actor.
"I did have a 10-year period where a lot of my time was taken up doing the Spider-Man movies and I was heavily identifiable as that character," Maguire told Yahoo! News. "Because Peter Parker is such a young and iconic figure, I think there is a heavy identification with me as a more youthful kind of guy."
The actor, best known for his roles in The Cider House Rules and Pleasantville, is actually 37-years-old. "It's great that I'm of an age where I feel like there are more interesting roles and opportunities," he said.
In The Details, Maguire plays a father and husband who has an affair that ends up leading to a series of tragedies. "I do enjoy films where the screws come down on a character," he said. "I can understand how this guy got to a point where he made a bad decision and then in trying to retrieve that, it all unravels."
The Details will be released on VOD and through iTunes on Friday, and then hits theaters November 2.
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Around 1000 BC Illyrians settled in what is now Albania. They founded the empire of Shkodra (now Skutari). After the domination of Macedonia, which the Illyrians (and the rest of the Balkan Peninsula) subjugated, the area became from 167 BC. Part of the Roman province "Illyricum" (divided into Dalmatia and Pannonia in the 1st century AD). After the division of the Roman Empire in 395 AD the country belonged to the Eastern Roman Empire, whose capital was Byzantium, which would later become Constantinople (or today's Istanbul). In addition to Roman law and Roman administration, Greek culture and language dominated.
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In the following centuries the area of today's Albania came under various influences: from 600 Slavic tribes invaded, in the 9th century the Bulgarians. In the 11th century, the Normans conquered coastal areas, in the 12th century parts of the west belonged to the Kingdom of Sicily. In the 13th century the north of the country fell to Venice, the south continued to belong to the Byzantine Empire. Around 1400, several small principalities were founded, which from 1443 under the leadership of Prince Gjergji Castriota, known as Skanderberg (1403-1468), united against the threat posed by the Ottoman Empire. The area was occupied by the Turks (Ottomans) in 1468, and many of the Albanians subsequently adopted the Islamic belief of the occupiers.
19th and early 20th centuries
In the course of the 19th century, the first national movements emerged that rediscovered the Albanian language and led several uprisings against Ottoman domination. In 1910 the uprising seriously troubled Turkish troops for the first time. During the First Balkan War, Albania's independence was proclaimed by an Albanian national congress led by Ismail Kemal Bey in 1912, which was recognized by the major European powers a year later. Already in 1914, when the First World War broke out, the country was occupied again, this time by Austro-Hungarian troops, in 1916 by Italy.
In January 1920, the sovereignty of Albania was recognized again by the League of Nations, the Italians had to withdraw their troops. After years of power struggles in the country, the large landowner Ahmed Zogu seized political power in Albania in 1925 and proclaimed the republic. At that time, around 800,000 Albanians lived in the country, the capital was Tirana. Ahmed Zogu became prime minister, and declared himself king of Albania in 1928. According to AbbreviationFinder, through its agreements with Italy, Albania became heavily dependent on the country, both economically and politically. In 1939, Albania was occupied by the troops of the Italian leader Mussolini and united with Italy in a personal union. The Albanian king Zogu I fled abroad.
The national resistance movements against the Italian and German occupiers that formed during the Second World War were dominated by communists, led by the partisan organization under the communist Enver Hoxha, who was also the founder of the communist party. After the occupation troops withdrew in November 1944, his organization succeeded in forming a government that was recognized by the USSR and by Great Britain and the United States. Hoxha started with the expansion of a socialist People's Republic based on the Soviet model. A year later, as dictatorial head of government and party chairman, Hoxha entered into a customs and monetary union with Yugoslavia, which ended in 1949 after Yugoslavia's break with the Soviet Union.
Isolation policy
In 1955, Albania joined the Warsaw Pact as a counterweight to the Western Defense Alliance (NATO) (along with Poland, Czechoslovakia, GDR, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and the USSR). De-Stalinization worsened relations between Albania and the Soviet Union in the late 1950s, and in 1961 Hoxha broke with the USSR and intensified contacts with the People's Republic of China. Chinese industry has expanded heavy industry and agriculture in Albania. From 1967 all religious activities in Albania were prohibited, churches and mosques destroyed, clergymen detained. Albania hermetically sealed itself off from the rest of Europe, and in 1968 it left the Warsaw Pact after troops from the Warsaw Pact entered Czechoslovakia.
In the second half of the 1970s, the Albanian leadership also cut contact with the People's Republic of China, which is completely isolated the country. It was only when the dictatorial leader Enver Hoxha died in April 1985 that his country's successor Ramiz Alia (until 1992) saw the country's first cautious opening to the western states.
Beginning of a reform policy
At the end of the 1980s, serious unrest occurred in Albania due to the country's catastrophic economic situation and the political changes in the socialist states of Eastern Europe. Prime Minister Ramiz Alia then initiated the first democratic reforms and privatized parts of agriculture. The ban on religion was lifted and the formation of political parties permitted. The Democratic Party of Albania (PDS), the first opposition party, won the first free elections in Albania in March 1991 and 1992, and Sali Berisha became the new head of state, Alexander Meksi, the new head of government. The radical reforms they initiated towards a free economy initially led to a breakdown of the country's economic system.Due to the poor economic situation, thousands of Albanians fled the country, especially to Italy and Greece.
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Albania has entered into various alliance agreements with various countries (Turkey 1992 and 1993, Bulgaria 1993, Greece 1996), while relations with the neighboring country of Yugoslavia have been affected by the ongoing conflicts over the province of Kosovo, in which the majority of the population were Albanians, since the early 1970s. designed extremely difficult. In 1993 the conflict worsened again due to the oppression of the Kosovo Albanians. To the west, Albania sought links to the European Union and the North Atlantic Defense Alliance.
The most recent time
In 1997, the collapse of several investment companies, in which many Albanians lost all of their savings, led to serious unrest in various cities in Albania. The government was heavily accused, but refused to resign. Over 1,600 people were killed in the street battles and riots that followed in the next few months. Thousands of Albanians left the country, and numerous international aid organizations and UN troops were deployed.
In new elections in July 1997, the Socialist Party under Fatos Nano emerged victorious. The new state president was the physicist and mathematics professor Rexhep Mejdani (Socialist Party). In 1998 Albania was by far the poorest and least developed country in Europe. In addition to internal economic problems, there was a danger of an impending military conflict with Serbia, which prompted the Albanian government to call on NATO troops. The Albanian military had very few weapons and was unable to defend its borders. In contrast, there were large arms stocks among the civilian population that resulted from the looting of police and military deposits. In 1998 Pandeli Majko (Socialist Party) succeeded Fatos Nano as head of government.He again confirmed the Albanian government's willingness to tolerate NATO troops for intervention in the Yugoslav crisis province of Kosovo on Albanian state territory. In 1999 Ilir Meta (Socialist Party) replaced Pandeli Majko.
In the parliamentary elections in June 2001, the socialist file under Ilir Meta won again and won an absolute majority. Meta resigned in January 2002 after an argument lasting several months with the chairman of his own socialist governing party, Fatos Nano. His successor was ex-Prime Minister Pandeli Majko. Alfred Moisiu, former Defense Minister, was sworn in as the new President in July 2002. The ongoing conflict within the Socialist Party also resulted in Majko's resignation in July 2002; he was replaced by Fatos Nano. The Democratic Party won in the 2005 parliamentary elections; Sali Berisha became head of government. Bamir Topi became the new head of state in 2007.
At the end of 2000, Albania experienced significant economic growth for the first time thanks to the direct promotion of western industrialized countries. Nevertheless, the agricultural country is still one of the poorest countries in Europe. In 2001 Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Croatia, Macedonia and Romania agreed on a free trade area with effect from 2003.
The Council of Europe noted in 2006 that Albania has now improved its relationship with neighboring countries and that it also has a constructive policy towards Kosovo. Nonetheless, the parliament again demanded independence for the province of Kosovo, which had in fact already been replaced by Serbia, and which then separated from Serbia on February 17, 2008. Albania was one of the first countries to officially recognize the Republic of Kosovo just one day later.
Albania, which had already concluded a stabilization and association agreement with the European Union (EU) in 2006, joined NATO in 2009 with Croatia. In the same year it submits an application to join the EU.
Parliamentary elections in June 2009 brought the Democratic Party a slim majority over the Socialist Party. Sali Berisha thus remained head of government. In the 2012 presidential election, Democratic candidate Bujar Nishani was elected new head of state. Ahead of the 2013 parliamentary elections, the socialist LSI left the government coalition with the Democrats to move to the socialists. The coalition under the leadership of the socialists was won by the top candidate Edi Rama, who has been the prime minister ever since.
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Please read carefully. We also recommend reading the entire Regulation 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council, also known as the General Data Protection Regulation, (hereinafter, RGPD), where you can find out in more detail about your rights in terms of privacy and protection of personal data.
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The Quinta de Gomariz is responsible for the processing of your personal data, as defined in article 4, paragraph 7 of the GDPR. Our website address is www.quintadegomariz.com and the email address is info@quintadegomariz.com
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This Privacy Policy is applicable to all website users. www.quintadegomariz.com and its subdomains. Therefore, the application of this policy is indifferent to the territorial scope, applying to all users from the moment they access our website, regardless of their location.
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How Vilebrequin Reinvented Swimwear
It was a simple romantic quest that gave birth to the brand we can thank for swimwear that's as far detached as can be from the Australianism, "budgie smugglers".
by Nick Scott
Vilebrequin's green camouflage swim shorts, designed exclusively for The Rake.
If Vilebrequin were a song, according to its CEO and designer Roland Herlory, it would be Serge Gainsbourg's Sous le Soleil Exactement: for Herlory, the hard-living poète du pop's solar-powered hit perfectly encapsulates the French swimwear brand's elegant, smooth "irreverencia". If it were, on the other hand, a place – and in a sense, it is – that place would be Saint Tropez, the epicentre of 70s bon vivier where it was founded, early on in that decade.
"Saint Tropez in the 70s was the centre of a new world," says Herlory, who acquired his first pair of Vilebrequin shorts as an 18th birthday present in 1981. "It was a place where a new society was being invented which was all about fun, freedom, romance. As a company, we still always look at that time and place in history for inspiration."
If, meanwhile, Vilebrequin were a Shakespeare play, it would surely be a romance: one whose narrative begins with a young itinerant motoring journalist by the name of Fred Prysquel who, one summer's day in 1971, found himself take on an amorous mission. "He fell in love with a lady in Saint Tropez, and travelled back there to seduce her," says Herlory. "They spent one whole day on the beach, and he didn't feel comfortable with the very tight 'spyros' trunks popular at the time. So, having seen what surfers in Borneo and Australia were wearing, he made for himself what would become modern swim shorts."
What happened next calls to mind the inception of the dinner jacket, whose existence can be traced to an American friend of Edward VII, James Potter, having a copy of the king's Henry Poole evening-wear made and taking it back to Tuxedo Park in Orange County, where it became a vast hit. Prysquel's invention proved so popular, it prompted requests for a similar pair from hoards of his companions on the coastline uniting France and Italy and, before long, he was recruiting any local woman who had a sewing machine, and sourcing ever more colourful fabrics from Africa, to keep up with demand.
He then persuaded his new belle, who went on to be his wife, to sell his line of vibrant swimwear in her store. The brand name he settled on for his enterprise soon after, by the way, derives from Prysquel's erstwhile profession rather than being anything to do with the sun-broiled sands of southern France – it translates as 'crankshaft',
Over four decades later, the name still packs the same unfathomable phonetic resonance with the company ethos, while the basic tenets of Prysquel's vision remain the same. "In terms of design and style, we've retained what he originally invented," says Herlory. "The brand still stands for seduction, comfort, freedom, attractiveness, just as it did in the beginning. For me, the secret of the brand has always been about combining fun and elegance - the patterns and colours we choose all fit in the overlap between these two concepts."
Herlory has pointed out that "You can wear a bathing suit from us with green penguins and pink elephants, and not look ridiculous", and Vilebrequin's gloriously brazen approach to patterns and prints knows no bounds. A collaboration with Massimo Vitali saw the Italian photographer's enticing beach scenes transferred to swimwear. Another, with The Rolling Stones, who spent time in exile in Saint-Tropez (Mick and Bianca Jagger got married in its city hall), saw a patchwork print created from the band's album covers, while a more recent alliance with Karl Lagerfeld conjured up less busy but equally eye-catching designs dominated by deep, vibrant blue hues. Turtles and other sea-life commonly crop up in Vilebrequin designs, and they've even produced a garment embroidered with gold thread.
Yellow and Turquoise Danse du Feu Swim Shorts
Red and White Primitive Turtles Superflex Print Swim Shorts
Green and Blue Turtle and Map Print Swim Shorts
They're no slouches on the manufacturing front, either. Turning soft cotton polyamide – their material of choice - into shorts which boast a perfect drape, whether the wearer is wet or dry, takes 32 manufacturing steps. "There are only two [fabric] printers that are able to accomplish what we need — one in Italy and one in France," says Herlory, "and we always make sure that the pattern on the back pockets line up perfectly with the rest." Other neat touches include the linings having no seams, which makes for a better feel - these garments are designed to be like a second skin – and two metal eyelets in the back that release air, so they never inflate underwater.
There's more to Vilebrequin's passion for all things coastal than its aesthetics and brand ethos. An ongoing commitment to preserving the very milieu Vilebrequin celebrates last year saw a new partnership forged with the charity Te Mana O Te Moana, which was founded in 2004 on the island of Moorea in French Polynesia, and aims to save sea turtles and to raise local awareness when it comes to their protection. It's a more serious side to the brand, and one which comes at no expense to that ethos of weapons-grade fun and freedom, first conjured up by a love-struck young Frenchman in 1971 and these days finding ever more flamboyant, diverse and elegant modes of expression.
The Vilebrequin X The Rake camouflage shorts, featuring exemplary pattern matching on the rear pocket.
Navy and Yellow Prehistoric Fish Swim Shorts
Red and Navy Silex Fish Print Swim Shorts
Navy and Blue Octopus and Shellfish Print Swim Shorts
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Bone Anchored Hearing Systems
What is a Bone Anchored Hearing System (BAHA)?
A Bone Anchored Hearing Aid System (or BAHA) is the only implanted hearing treatment that works through direct bone conduction, working independently of the ear canal and middle ear.
It has been well recognised as a hearing treatment for conductive and mixed hearing loss since 1977, and was approved for Single Sided Deafness (SSD) in 2002.
A BAHA comes in 3 parts:
The Implant is a tiny titanium screw implanted into the skull, it provides an anchor for the abutment and the sound processor.
An Abutment is attached to the implant into which the sound processor will then attach.
The Sound Processor acts as middle ear, converting the sound waves into vibrations, passed through the implant to the bone and from there to the working inner ears.
There are three suppliers of Bone Anchored Hearing System in the UK:
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Conventional Bone Anchored Hearing Systems consist of a titanium implant, an external abutment and a detachable sound processor:
Another type of Bone Anchored Hearing System consists of an internal implanted magnet, an external magnetic spacer and a sound processor.
The image below is of a Oticon Ponto System and shows the Processor, Abutment and Implant:
Bone Anchored Hearing Systems can also be worn on a softband. This allows for young children to get the benefit of a system, without having the surgery. The softband can also be used to test the sound of a Bone Anchored Hearing System before proceeding with the surgery.
How does a Bone Anchored Hearing System work?
Who Is Suitable for a Bone Anchored Hearing System?
Conductive Hearing Loss : A conductive hearing loss means that sound cannot travel freely through the ear canal and middle ear to the cochlea. This type of hearing loss can be caused by an abnormality in the structure or blockage (excess ear wax / middle ear fluid) of the outer ear, ear canal or middle ear.
Mixed Hearing Loss : A mixed hearing loss means that there is both a conductive and senorineural hearing loss (SNHL). A SNHL is hearing loss is a result of damage to the hair cells within the cochlea and/or the hearing nerve. SNHL occurs naturally as part of the aging process, but there are other causes as well.
Single Sided Deafness (SSD) : A Single Sided Deafness (SSD) means that there is no sufficient hearing function of one cochlea.
For more information about Bone Conduction and Bone Anchored Hearing Systems or to book a consultation please contact us on 0116 254 3909.


This soup is perfect for when you have not been feeling very perky - which I have not recently! Also my boyfriend can cook it really well so I can relax and not worry that he is about to burn down the kitchen!
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Medical Center board amending its bylaws
To allow for relatives to be hired
Cassius Shuman
The Block Island Health Services Board of Directors voted unanimously at its meeting Monday morning to amend its bylaws to allow relatives to work at the Block Island Medical Center.
The action comes in the wake of Susan Greenlee, the wife of board member Bob Greenlee, being hired as a part-time employee at the front desk. Greenlee told The Times after the meeting that his wife is experienced in that role having worked for him for 30 years when he was a working physician.
During the meeting, President Cindy Baute said she spoke with the board's attorney, who recommended amending the bylaws to allow relatives to work at the facility. The attorney said the language prohibiting the hiring of relatives "was highly unusual, and you shouldn't have had it in there to begin with. We worked on these bylaws two years ago — starting two years ago, and everybody was wondering if this was some kind of slip-up."
Chapter 7-6 of the Rhode Island Nonprofit Corporation Act states that: "The initial bylaws of a corporation shall be adopted by its board of directors. The power to alter, amend, or repeal the bylaws or adopt new bylaws is vested in the board of directors unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation or the bylaws."
"Can somebody please summarize what clause is to be taken out" of the bylaws, asked board member Ray Torrey.
"Sure," said Treasurer Pete Tweedy. "It says right now: 'The foregoing shall not preclude any director from serving BIHS in any other capacity and receiving reasonable compensation thereof.' In other words, you can be the plumber, or the electrician, or whatever, as well as a board member and receive reasonable compensation for that, 'Except that no director, other than the Chief Executive Officer, may either be an employee of BIHS, or a spouse, child, parent, brother or sister, by blood or marriage of a BIHS employee.'"
"In other words, if you're a BIHS board member, you can't have a relative working for BIHS. And that's what we're going to take out," said Tweedy, who told The Times the amended language now reads: "except that no director, other than the Chief Executive Officer, may be an employee of BIHS."
Board member Donna Corey said the Medical Center's "conflict of interest" agreement governs conflicts that arise at the facility. "You sign it saying that you're going to abide" by the agreement. She noted that the backside of the agreement provides for a space for listing "any potential conflicts of interest. So it's right out there in the open."
During public comment, resident Sean McGarry read a prepared statement noting that, "by allowing the spouse of a board member to be an employee of the corporation raises many red flags. The corporation does not allow for such action."
"As a nonprofit corporation, as I'm sure you are aware, (it's required) that you file any bylaw changes with the Internal Revenue Service so the changes can be reviewed for structural deviations from your original articles and bylaws that you filed when you requested the 501(c)(3) status," read McGarry. He also said the bylaws "are governed by the Rhode Island Nonprofit Corporation Act. Any time there is a discrepancy between your bylaws and state law, state law supersedes."
"For example, when your terms limits neared expiration and you altered the bylaws to extend the term limits for sitting members. You failed to consider that those changes can only apply to future board members and not sitting members," he wrote.
Bob Fallon, a former BIHS board member, also spoke about the bylaws, and regarding rumors that the board wasn't adhering to the Open Meetings Act. "I agree with where you're going with this," said Fallon regarding the board's amendment of the bylaws. "That's the primary reason I came; because of the bylaws being on the agenda," he said.
"I would point out that the Rhode Island laws that deal with nonprofits do not prohibit a board director from having a family member work for that organization," said Fallon. "It does require full disclosure to the board of the relationship between the director and that individual, and the consent of the board in allowing that individual to work" for the organization.
Fallon said he was "interested in making sure that there's total transparency by the Medical Center. There is some concern in the community that your meetings are not open and transparent. And I have seen no evidence of that at all." Fallon clarified with the board that Dr. Mark Clark, who is also the Medical Center's Medical Director, does not have a vote at board meetings, as he is an ex-officio member of the board.
Fallon told the board that he encourages the Town Council members and the Town Manager to review the minutes from the board's monthly meetings.
Ruddle summarizes name slipup
In other news, Nancy Ruddle explained the name slip-up on a donation letter that was mailed out the first week of July, which noted Mary Stover, the wife of former Medical Center Director, Monty Stover, instead of current board member, Susan Stover.
"Just to summarize, we mailed out 1,185 membership solicitations. As you know, unfortunately, one board member's name was incorrectly noted in the letter," said Ruddle. "This was completely my fault. I apologized to both (Mary and Susan). I notified the board at that time, and sent out corrections to the Block Island Bulletin Board, and The Block Island Times, at the request of Mary Stover."
"She also requested that a letter be sent to all who had received the original letter. I decided that this was too expensive, and that the other methods of communicating this information were adequate."
Pitch for $1 million
Susan Stover, who is the board's new Secretary, replacing Bonny Ryan, said she applied or a $1 million grant from the Champlin Foundation, as part of the Medical Center's capital campaign, which she chairs.
"That's very ambitious, which is our objective across the board," said Stover. "This is incredibly important for what we're planning to do, and for the level of care we provide."
Stover said the Champlin Foundation will be visiting the Medical Center on July 23 for a "site visit, which is a great sign."
"Is there a history of Champlin giving to a medical center?" asked town representative board member Laura Parsons.
"The maximum gift they've ever given is $500,000," said Dr. Clark, "and that was for a community health center. We hope that we can convince them that this is a unique project for Rhode Island." Per its website, the Champlin Foundation awards grant funding to healthcare organizations.
Jim Hinthorn, President of the National Alliance on Mental Health, Block Island affiliate, and Race Director for the upcoming 5K Fun Run scheduled for Sunday, August 4, informed the board that he is looking for volunteers, and help promoting the event. Proceeds are split between the Medical Center and NAMI-BI. For more information about the walk/run event, go to: www.runsignup.com
Warfel receives Dr. Baute award
Certified Athletic Trainer Alison Warfel, who oversees the Medical Center's physical therapy department, was officially announced as the first recipient of the Dr. Peter Baute Award at Monday's meeting.
Dr. Mark Clark made the announcement, noting that Warfel was "a leader," with a vision in keeping with the facility's mission.
Warfel told The Times that she was "totally honored, and really grateful" for the honor. "I think that Dr. Baute was a pivotal provider at the Medical Center, in serving the community for a long time. To be recognized on his level is really an honor."
The next BIHS meeting is scheduled for Monday, August 19 at 7:30 a.m.


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Here's a double giveaway to snap up now before it disappears early tomorrow. Available until 2pm GMT on Wednesday are a pair of good games that couldn't be more different – Sins Of A Solar Empire: Rebellion by Ironclad Games is – depending on how you look at it – a mega-scale space RTS or a small, real-time 4X strategy game. Geneshift by Nik Nak Studios is a multiplayer (with bots) bit of knockabout fun inspired by the rather cyberpunk Grand Theft Auto 2. Both are free and if you snag them on Steam here and here now, you can keep them forever.
Update: The giveaway is over. Hope everyone that wanted them grabbed the games in time.
I'll be the first to admit that 'vanilla' Sins Of A Solar Empire: Rebellion never really grabbed me. But you'll want to pick it up, because the game has a thriving mod scene, and as far as I'm concerned, the absolute best out there is Star Trek Armada 3. This massive total conversion mod envelops the game so thoroughly you'd think it was a Star Trek game from the start. While already enormous, there's another expansion's worth of stuff still in production – take a peek at some of it in the trailer below, although the mod as it stands now is no slouch. Grab it on Mod DB here.
While a decent game in its own right, Sins also has a bunch of DLC available, including the recently released Minor Factions add-on. While nice to have if you want to play the base game, I don't believe any of the expansions are required to play Star Trek Armada 3, so feel free to just dive straight into that as soon as you've got a handle on the basic Sins controls and interface. Just don't go trying to play the Borg on your first try – they're a bit weird, as you'd expect.
As for Geneshift, it's a big ol' tribute to Grand Theft Auto 2's combat and cyberpunk strangeness, but with a bit of a genre shift. The currently-free version (still technically in early access) is multiplayer-centric, and focused solely on its quickfire arcade Battle Royale mode. Rounds are just two minutes long, although there's no downtime – dead players respawn as glider-equipped zombies, and killing a 'living' player gets you back into the match. Jay took a look at it here. Take a peek at it in the trailer below.
Geneshift does have a single player campaign mode (complete with online co-op) and some additional longer-form PvP modes, but unless you got the game earlier in its early access life span, you'll need to pick up the Complete Edition DLC for that. The free version is effectively a cut-down multiplayer edition, but it should at least be lively for some time, and it's a fun (if messy) game. Not many remember earlier GTA games, let alone the second. It's good to see someone who does.
You can grab Sins Of A Solar Empire: Rebellion (published by Stardock) here on Steam, and Geneshift here. Don't forget the Star Trek Armada 3 mod here.
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I was happy with the Wallabies performance on the weekend.
During Robbie Deans' reign, the Wallabies have lost 10 straight Tests to New Zealand, many of them lost after leading at halftime.
Australia had the rare chance to win a Grand Slam, the first opportunity to do so since 1984. That tour included a loss to Scotland, the first since 1982, and a drawn game against a very poor Ireland.
Australia lost to England at home last year, a rare feat for England. And however you want to gloss over it, Australia's loss to Samoa is probably the second biggest upset in Australian rugby history (after the famous Tonga Test in the early 70s).
And despite Australia's loss to Samoa last week, many people (including myself) felt the Wallabies would beat South Africa with a strengthened side.
So Spiro's comments about the Wallabies winning when it really matters struck me as odd.
I could also talk about some of Deans' bizarre selections over the years, but I'll put that to the side.
As I began responding to Spiro's column I began listing some of the landmark Tests I felt Robbie Deans has coached (there aren't many!). These are six games that mattered, meant something to the Wallabies for the future, and showed improvement. I've decided to rank these games.
For what it's worth, if Australia beat New Zealand at Eden Park in two weeks time, then that will be number one in my rankings.
6. Australia v Wales – Cardiff 2009.
Australia had lost the Grand Slam and were showing very little improvement. After David Pocock had been far and beyond Australia's best player against Ireland in 2009, Robbie Deans decided to rest him for George Smith against Scotland. Smith unfortunately played a poor game.
This was George Smith's last game for Australia, and he played terrifically. David Pocock played in the first half and resumed the dominant form he showed against Ireland. He later had to be taken off for a minor injury.
George Smith came on and took off where Pocock left off. I think George Smith retired at the right time, just when Pocock was on the rise.
Matt Giteau played his best ever game for Australia at five-eighth and received rave reviews from Welsh legend Barry John after the game.
This was probably the most complete performance in the history of the Deans' reign as coach.
5. Australia v South Africa – Cape Town 2008.
South Africa were playing poorly, and Australia started off the Tri Nations better than any team. But Australia hadn't won in South Africa since 2000 when Sterling Mortlock kicked Australia to Tri Nations glory.
My lasting memory of this game was Australia having a good lead before Sterling Mortlock illegally kicked the ball out on the full, giving South Africa territorial advantage. South Africa scored a try off Mortlock's mistake and got back into the game.
Mortlock looked angry and frustrated. Four minutes later how took the ball from about the five-eighth positive, looked around, decided to run around the ruck, found a hole, and scored a great individual try.
Mortlock was a champion. Like all champions he could just force something to happen against the tide of play.
Unfortunately the shine of this great win was taken off when the Wallabies were beaten 8-51 the following week – their worst ever loss. Deans was never criticized for that.
Nonetheless, Australia had always found it devilishly hard to beat South Africa in South Africa and this was a huge win that mattered.
4. Australia v England – Twickenham 2008.
If ever there was a fight for respect, this was it.
Australia had been embarrassed by England at the Rugby World Cup. Australia was superior in so many ways to England, but they never laid any foundation to beat England. England's forwards were supreme in every aspect.
What was sad watching that game was I felt the Aussie forwards were too tired to do anything around the ground. They looked destroyed from all the scrum resets.
Maybe the saddest moment for Australia in the game was when an English player knocked the ball in with a few minutes to go. I knew what would happen. Australia would give away a scrum penalty and England would gain territory.
That's how sad and how bad Australia's scrum once was. I fear Australia's scrum might be a weakness at this year's World Cup too.
The idea of getting the scrum feed is your team now has the advantage for the other team knocking the ball forward. But for Australia circa 2005-2007 it meant the other team had an opportunity to gain territory.
Few people were picking England to win that game, but I wasn't surprised. I saw Australia's scrum crumble against an average Welsh pack before this game.
Come 2008 and the media scrutiny on Australia's scrum was incredible. Al Baxter was given tremendous media attention, and sought-out for interviewing etc.
The game went better for Australia than expected. In fact I didn't think Australia's backs played all that well. Australia received many penalties and Giteau slotted them from everywhere.
Baxter played perhaps his greatest game for Australia – the one I'll remember him for. Nathan Sharpe was the deserved man of the match, and was punching holes with every ball carry.
The Australian forwards left the field having dominated the England forwards.
3. Australia v New Zealand – Sydney 2008.
Ah how things can change in a week or two! Graham Henry was heavily criticized after this game. There were calls to have him dumped.
New Zealand had lost their first game to South Africa on New Zealand soil in a long time, and lost fairly comprehensively to the Wallabies in this game.
Three years later the scorecard reads something like: Henry 10, Deans 2.
At the time it felt like Australia was turning a corner. Berrick Barnes was my player of the match by far. His kicking just nailed New Zealand to their own territory.
George Smith played his best game against New Zealand in years. Rocky Elsom was in his best ever form, and scored a bizarre try. Giteau played well too.
The aspect about the Wallabies game that helped them win was the way they exploited the ELV's. In the first half Tiquri, Ashley-Cooper, Barnes etc all kicked several up and unders that landed just outside the New Zealand 22. This prevented Dan Carter from kicking out on the full.
After several kicks that couldn't go into touch, New Zealand had the try and run the ball out of their territory, which they struggled to do. Australia capitalized from there.
For many Tests after this one, Australia's big weakness was aimless, pointless kicking. I always looked to this Test as an example of purposeful, constructive kicking that enabled the Wallabies to play with shape and direction.
The euphoria after this game was incredible. Robbie Deans could not have been more loved, and Henry was under the pressure cooker.
As I've noted in the past, Henry's response defined him as one of rugby's greatest ever coaches.
2. Australia v New Zealand – Hong Kong 2010.
There were scores of New Zealanders who felt this game was a dead rubber and that it didn't matter. I never bought that. Richie McCaw looked gutted after the game. The All Blacks wanted to extend their incredible streak.
The All Blacks 10 Test streak against the Wallabies was one of the most frustrating things I've witnessed in rugby. I've always felt Australia should have beaten New Zealand twice in 2009 when Stephen Donald was playing at five-eighth and Dan Carter was injured. I don't think many people realize how poor New Zealand played in those games. But there's no excuse from me, Australia played worse!
There was that game in Brisbane in 2008 when Australia could have won the Tri Nations, but their defence let them down. How the Wallabies could switch off for 15 minutes like they did in a game that would decide the Tri Nations is beyond me.
There's other games too, like the Sydney Test from last year where the Wallabies lost by a point. Yet again another lead thrown away!
There were so many Tests where the Wallabies had thrown away good leads that by the time Stephen Donald was lining up for the match-winning penalty I was furious. Donald missed it.
The Wallabies were close to their try line and when the ball was kicked downfield. Kurtley Beale fielded it, and to his credit, beat one or two tacklers to launch one final attack.
The ball went to the other side of the field where James O'Connor scored the match-winning try and kicked the winning conversion.
Because this match broke the hoodoo, it was a game that mattered.
It also mattered because the Wallabies threw away another good lead, but they found a way to win. There were fantastic tries to Adam Ashley-Cooper and Drew Mitchell.
Kurtley Beale's form was again a highlight for me, as was David Pocock beating McCaw to the breakdown a few times.
1. Australia v South Africa – Bloemfontein 2010.
People forget that under Robbie Deans' reign as coach, it wasn't until the game prior to this in Pretoria that Australia obtained a Tri Nations bonus point for scoring four tries.
I watched the Wallabies play New Zealand in Melbourne last year and was incredibly frustrated by their inability to attack. The Wallabies just didn't know how to score tries. Quade Cooper missed that game.
In their next game against New Zealand, the All Blacks were lauded for their defence. No doubt it was a brilliant defensive effort, but Bob Dwyer perfectly surmised it when he said it was the type of attack defences love.
But as soon as the Wallabies hit South Africa something in them changed. More than any moment in Robbie Deans' reign, last year's South Africa tour was when I really saw some improvement in the Wallabies.
It hurt watching Australia lose in Pretoria after having such a large lead. But the loss hurt less than it should have because I was happy to see the Wallabies playing attacking, positive rugby.
Before the tour to South Africa I didn't see any improvement in the Wallabies. It's one thing to lose a Test, it's another thing to lose a Test and fell like the team isn't improving.
But Australia improved in leaps and bounds in South Africa last year.
The placement of Beale at fullback injected more running into the Wallabies than they'd had in years.
James O'Connor found his feet at international level playing next to Beale, and was involved in some breathtaking counter-attacks.
Quade Cooper displayed his abilities wonderfully too. One try Beale showed by taking an inside pass off O'Connor came after Quade passed a beautiful 20 metre pass to Adam Ashley-Cooper.
Some of the tries to Wallabies scored in South Africa last year were breath-taking. And of course the ending couldn't have been more incredible, after Beale had made two mistakes (including one falcon), he kicked a tremendous penalty to win Australia the game.
Of course the Wallabies blew an unassailable lead yet again in this game. But their ability to score from anywhere was incredible.
For three years the Wallabies backline had been a puzzle. But something about Cooper and Beale helped it fall into place. Right now in 2011 Australia's backline looks more settled than it has in about a decade!
The only dilemmas now are who should play at 12 (Berrick come back!), and whether Ashley-Cooper is good enough to remain at outside centre.
This was the Wallabies first win at altitude since 1963 and the Wallabies first win at Bloemfontein since 1933.
This is the best example of Deans winning a game that mattered.


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Nachdem wir die Hinterachse von Dusty machen haben lassen, sind wir am selben Abend aus Khartoum abgefahren. Nach vier Tagen abhängen zu insgesamt 1000 USD, war das dann auch echt Zeit. Doch am nächsten Morgen ergab der Kontrollblick unter Dustys Hinterteil: Schon wieder Ölaustritt! David und Ana sind also zurück und Katja und ich langsam weiter Richtung Westen. Am folgenden Tag, wir haben auch schön getrödelt, hatte uns Dusty fast schon wieder erreicht, da kam die erneute Havarie: Ölaustritt überall. Jetzt ist die Karre also wieder in Khartoum und die beiden im German Guesthouse. Dusty heisst jetzt endgültig Rusty.
Zu unserem Entsetzen mussten wir feststellen, dass die fette Truma-Klimaanlage in der Molly, ab einer Ansaugtemperatur von über 50 Grad, nicht mehr bereit ist, ihren Dienst zu tun. Fahren war also die einzig mögliche Beschäftigung. Wenn man dann die Hand aus dem Fenster in den von mir so gepriesenen Fahrtwind hielt, dann war das exakt so, als schalte man einen leistungsstarken Haarfön auf Stufe III und platziert die Hand 10 cm vor dem Luftaustritt.
Im siffigen Grenzörtchen Gallabat wurde das Ausreiseritual dann wieder von einem dienstbaren Geist unterstützt. Ansonsten gibt es ja auch keinerlei Hinweise auf die Polizeistation am einen Dorfende, danach die kleine Halle mit den Zollbüros, 150 Meter weiter vorn, um das Carnet de Passages bearbeiten zu lassen und schliesslich das Ausreisebüro, nochmal 100 m weiter. Dann äthiopisches Einreisebüro (ganz modern, mit Pass-Scannern, Webcam-Aufnahme und Fingerabdrucklesern) und schliesslich noch ein Zollcontainer, von wegen Carnet und kleiner Fahrzeugbesichtigung. Alles in allem ca. 2 Stunden, kann man echt nicht klagen.
Es geht bergauf, jede Menge Landschaft, prima Strasse, keine Tierkadaver mehr (ausser einem überfahrenem Affen, an dem die Geier naschen.) Die Dörfer sind zahlreich und nun wieder direkt an der Strasse. Und jedes ist anders: Mal nur aus Rundhütten bestehend, mal aus Hütten mit Wellblechdach, mal völlig vermüllt, mal super gepflegt. Kühe , Esel und Ziegen sind ab jetzt aktive Verkehrsteilnehmer, die sich auch nicht weniger fähig anstellen, wie die Zweibeiner.
Shortly after having picked up dusty from the local mercedes representative where he sat for rear axle repairs, we left Khartoum for Sudan that very evening. Having spent four days at a total of 1000 USD marked a timely end to our stay there. The next morning though, much to our demise, we checked the axle to realise that the problem had come back.
We slowly continued our journey west, while David and Ana returned to Khartoum to have the problem re-examined. Since we took our time continuing, they almost caught up with us the following day only to return once again to Khartoum because the problem had struck a third time. Now they are back at the German Guesthouse waiting for the car to be fixed, hopefuly definitely.
Frustrated and dripping of sweat we realised that our deluxe truma Airconditioning unit was not capable of cooling down the air once ambient temperature reached 50 degrees celsius. So the only thing to do was driving. But even when you are driving, the wind feels more like pointing a powerful hairdryer set to max at a distance of 10cm at your hand.
150km before reaching the ethiopian border, things have changed drastically. We are starting to see some hills, an increase in vegetation, traditional huts made of wood and straw and our first band of monkeys. There were about 50 baboons wandering alongside the road, one big family (a good feeling to have a lot of truck in between us and them).
In the run down border town of Gallabat, we were yet again supported by a willing fixer. If it wasn´t for those helping hands, one would probably not get to the police station on the one end of the village, the customs offices placed in an inconspicuous hall where your carnet de passages is stamped out, and about 150m ahead emmigration.
Uphill, vast vistas, good roads, and hardly any animal carcasses (except for one dead monkey that the voulters were munching on). The villages are plentiful and built close to the through-roads, but they are as diverse as can be: Some consist of only a few round huts, others are basic huts with tin roofs, some have more resemblance with a waste dump, some could be in switzerland in terms of cleanliness. Cows, donkeys and goats now make up an active part of road traffic, and are equally "road worthy" as their two legged companians.