Legendary goalkeeper Oliver Kahn played the last match of his career on Tuesday night in a farewell match in Munich. With his old club Bayern Munich holding the German national team to a draw, the night was less about the result than about emotions and the celebration of an extraordinary career.
As we love or hate him:
*Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
The island of Greenland is a bit on the sides of all that. In a smaller way, however, Greenland too will bring you and itself benefits from climate change! Here's how:
The Copenhagen Post: Iceberg in a bottle
Greenland plans to sell bottled water sourced from icebergs The bottled water market is stronger than ever, promising the consumer the purest water from natural springs. Greenland could soon be joining familiar brands like Evian, Aquafina and Volvic by producing its own bottled water. The abundance of glacial water is the perfect opportunity to join the global market, which is expected to be worth more than 445 billion kroner by 2011. Market research from a number of large cities in the US and Japan has revealed that there is interest in Greenlandic water, with potential consumers viewing it as clean and original. Head of the project Dorthe Lund Kaack told Berlingske Tidende newspaper that Greenland will begin producing bottled water from an island spring next year, but bottled iceberg water will follow.
The bottled water market is stronger than ever, promising the consumer the purest water from natural springs. Greenland could soon be joining familiar brands like Evian, Aquafina and Volvic by producing its own bottled water.
The abundance of glacial water is the perfect opportunity to join the global market, which is expected to be worth more than 445 billion kroner by 2011.
Market research from a number of large cities in the US and Japan has revealed that there is interest in Greenlandic water, with potential consumers viewing it as clean and original.
Head of the project Dorthe Lund Kaack told Berlingske Tidende newspaper that Greenland will begin producing bottled water from an island spring next year, but bottled iceberg water will follow.
Via TreeHugger
The Wrestler has won the coveted Golden Lion for best picture at the Venice film festival. The film stars Mickey Rourke as a has-been professional wrestler pitifully loath to throw in the towel. It marks Rourke's return from acting obscurity.
The Wrestler has won the coveted Golden Lion for best picture at the Venice film festival.
The film stars Mickey Rourke as a has-been professional wrestler pitifully loath to throw in the towel. It marks Rourke's return from acting obscurity.
Sumo Headlines and Sumo News - Japan
The Toshi-yori Group ... met yesterday to hold an emergency meeting in light of the news that second drug tests for Roho and Hakurozan came back positive. The group discussed the stance Kitanoumi Rijicho [boss of the Sumo Association] has taken despite the second test that points to the Russian brothers' usage of marijuana. The group demanded that an emergency meeting be held on September 8th by the board of directors to determine a punishment of the two rikishi before more test results are revealed later that day. During the meeting, Otake-oyakata[ = stablemaster] read a written statement from Roho where the Russian maintained his innocence, but as the oyakata read the letter, he was heckled by another unnamed oyakata who shouted out "That's enough! Stop right there!" Otake-oyakata and the other oyakata stared each other down creating an uneasy feeling in the room.
Remember: this is Japan, and this is the elders of Sumo, who are supposed to be the best examples of polite decency. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
elders of Sumo are supposed to be the best examples of polite decency.
Umm, they're human beings who compete with each other for power and prestige. Polite on the surface maybe, but decent....? Who are they kidding ? keep to the Fen Causeway
I add that in the current case, while many oyakatas might be also motivated by power, the push for doing something seems to come from public opinion (at least as represented by media and politics), including public calls for resignation from the sports ministry.
Then again, in the - in our Western eyes much more serious - scandal a year ago, when a wrestler died from brutal treatment during training, the public got a glimpse for a different standard for oyakata behaviour behind closed doors... *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
