Football fever April 14, 2009
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While browsing the net, an article titled “10 ways to beat the blues” caught my eyes and I started reading it, half way through I realized that the article was not about the 10 ways to beat Chelsea but rather depression…That’s when I realized that I’m catching the football fever again…
14 – 13 son December 3, 2008
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For all of Manchester Uniteds’ glories, silverwares and money there is one team that’s always better than them. There is one coach Alex Ferguson has yet to beat. That team is Arsenal and that coach is Arsene Wenger aka “The Proffessor”. Ever since The Professor held the helms of Arsenal, We have always maintained the upperhand on the head to head matches against United. We have met United 36 times overall, drew 9 times punished them 14 times and they returned the favor 13 times…
The “beautiful” game June 19, 2008
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There is a saying that football (soccer) is the beautiful game in the world. But after watching the extreme violence and brutality of football fans in the movie “The Football Factory”, I was left to wonder if that saying was an irony. This movie unfolds the dark world of British Hooligan culture thats replete with booze, drugs, sex and barbaric bare knuckle fights. Had it not been for the comedic nature of the movie, the gore and savagery in it would have been unbearable.
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Greenspan moment… May 10, 2008
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According to the CIA world factbook, Ethiopia has a GDP of 55 Billion (2007) which ranks her 86th among the 229 “countries” considered “countries” by the CIA but the GDP per Capita is 700 bucks which ranks her 9th from the bottom. On the up side, the GDP growth rate is at a whooping 9.8% placing Ethiopia 14th, slightly below China. On the down side the population growth rate is at a dismal 2.3% which is adversely affecting this GDP per Capita. Even in India, where women pop babies like popcorn, it is still at 1.5%.
A quick fix to this GDP per capita is a mass influx of free condoms and birth control pills into the public domain and a halt on sex education pamphlets that are being confused for a Kama Sutra booklet.
