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For those who had chosen to sleep though the final, TV networks ran endless replays of the match's highlights, culminating in the nerve-jangling penalty shootout that resulted when the match, played in front of 50,000 fans at the Commerzbank-Arena in Frankfurt, ended 2-2 after extra time. |
Newspapers rushed to distribute special editions to mark the occasion. "Nadeshiko, the world number ones!" read a headline in the Asahi Shimbun, referring to the team's nickname, a frilled pink carnation that supposedly symbolises the beauty and grace of an "ideal" Japanese woman. |
In wartime, the term "Yamato Nadeshiko" was used to describe women who displayed the traditional virtue of silent sacrifice in the nation's cause, an etymology that seems a little at odds with the fearless exploits of their modern-day footballing counterparts. |
All but the most loyal Nadeshiko devotees were expecting the Americans to lift the World Cup for a third time against a side to whom they had not lost in 25 previous meetings. |
With an average height of just 1.62 metres, the Japanese were far smaller than their opponents, but what they lacked in stature they made up for in tenacity and teamwork, qualities that led one commentator to liken them to the current Barcelona team. |
The victory – the first time an Asian team has won a world football tournament at any level – provided momentary respite from the aftermath of the 11 March earthquake and tsunami, and the continuing crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. |
In what proved an inspired piece of sports psychology, the team's [male] coach, Norio Sasaki, had shown them footage of the disaster before their previous two wins against Germany and Sweden. |
"My girls played their hearts out," Sasaki said in a TV interview after the final whistle. "We could feel the energy coming from everyone back in Japan watching on TV. I'm stunned." |
The mother of Homare Sawa, Japan's captain, said: "I felt the whole of Japan smile." |
The team, aware of the added dimension to the result, unfurled a banner that read: "To our friends around the world. Thank you for your support." |
Akino Yoshihara, a translator from Kyoto who is more accustomed to following the men's football team, said: "I always felt the players had the confidence to win. I'm not sure how much the tsunami factored into their performance, but they never gave up, and it's that attitude that will help us through the aftermath of t... |
Miho Kajioka, a football fan from Tokyo, said: "I don't think this will make people forget about the disaster, but at the same time we haven't had a single piece of good news for the past four months. |
"It's as if we had nothing to be hopeful about, so in that sense the result is great. It's incredible." |
Japan's opponents were gracious in defeat. "I truly believe that something bigger was pulling for this team," the US goalkeeper Hope Solo said. |
In Washington, Barack Obama, who had watched the match on TV with his family at their official residence, congratulated the Japanese in a Twitter post: "Congratulations to Japan, women's World Cup champions," he said, adding that he "couldn't be prouder of the women of [the US national team] after a hard-fought game". |
But the most effusive praise came from Junji Ogura, president of the Japanese football association. "The players have showed the brilliance of Japanese women," he said. |
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Publisher Image Comics |
First appearance Spawn #1 (May 1992) |
Created by Todd McFarlane |
In-story information |
Team affiliations Hell |
Malebolgia (also referred to at times as the Malebolgia) is a fictional demonic character, appearing as the original main antagonist in comic books featuring the superhero Spawn. Created by writer/artist Todd McFarlane, the character first appeared in Spawn #1 (May 1992). The name Malebolgia is derived from the term in... |
Character biography[edit] |
Thought to be the equivalent of Satan in the Bible, he is responsible for the creation of Spawn. It is eventually revealed that Malebolgia is one of Hell's many rulers, a being from the "Eighth Circle of Hell" who has been around for approximately 70,000 years, forming an army in his war against Heaven and God. It has ... |
Malebolgia is one of the few characters from the Spawn universe who has made an appearance or a cameo in other Image books outside the core Spawn title and its spin-offs. He is notably absent, but is mentioned, during Chapel's rise to power in Hell when he usurps control of Hell away from Lucifer and becomes Lord Chape... |
Malebolgia is slain by Spawn in issue #100. Spawn is offered the crown of the Eighth Circle, and though he declines, Spawn still receives vastly enhanced powers and a command over Hell itself. It has become known that Mammon is a far more commanding presence in Hell than Malebolgia. Though Malebolgia is given self-dete... |
As Spawn issue #199 ends, the now-returned "Freak" from early Spawn canon is attacked by Clown, who rips the Freak's arms off. The Freak laughs it off and lets Clown know that he is not scared of him or any other of the Spawns because they are all "his." Clown quickly shies away as the Freak begins to transform. After ... |
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Malebolgia is respected and feared as the most powerful of the rulers, and thus the de facto grand master of Hell. His powers include Necro Energys like raising the dead, matter manipulation, super strength, recuperative abilities, and abilities to morph and induce hallucinations. His standing in Hell's hierarchy gives... |
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• Malebolgia does not appear in the Spawn TV series, but his presence is felt. |
• He appears in Soul Calibur II for the Xbox, sending Spawn after Soul Edge. Spawn also mentions Malebolgia in a victory pose by saying, "Malebolgia, just you wait!" |
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An Interview with the Tweeting Anarchist, Elliot Madison |
An Interview with the Tweeting Anarchist, Elliot Madison |
By Steven Thrasher Village Voice |
Tuesday, Nov. 10 2009 |
When Jackson Heights resident Elliot Madison learned last week that charges against him had been dropped by the Allegheny County District Attorney in Pennsylvania, he had little reason to celebrate. The 41-year-old Queens social worker was arrested during the G-20 in Pittsburgh, while he was using Twitter to alert oth... |
Madison, a self-described anarchist, is very open about listening to a public police scanner and then tweeting police locations. (His tweet channel was open and advertised on posters.) On September 24, police stormed the room at the Carefree Inn where he was staying with Michael Wallschlaege shortly after the duo had r... |
Madison doesn't deny his involvement, but he says "it wasn't a crime. It was protected free speech." He tells the Voice he was merely using new technology to pass on publicly accessible information, describing it as being "the same as if you and I were walking down the street, and I said to you, 'Hey, the police are on... |
After Madison made bail, he returned to New York City. But just a few days later, his home was raided by the FBI and the Joint Terrorism Task Force. For sixteen hours, agents went through Madison's home, and removed items that belonged to him, his wife, and their roommates, including computers, cell phones, and "a need... |
Madison's attorney, Martin Stolar, says "as a lawyer, I'm not concerned at all" that the government seized stuffed animals. "It helps my show how absurd it is." However, "as a citizen, and as a representative of someone, I am very concerned that they take someone's property which has nothing to do with a violation of f... |
Stolar says the raid in Queens was "allegedly an independent investigation. Theoretically, it has nothing to do with the arrest in Pittsburgh." Sarcastically he adds, "just because the federal search warrant comes one week after is just a coincidence." And now, as the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette put it, the Pittsburgh "dis... |
Though the government seized his property almost a month ago, Madison has not been charged with any crime. The day after the seizure, Stolar filed a Temporary Restraining Order to keep the government from looking at his client's belongings. That held until last week, when Judge Dora Izzary lifted it. They have attempte... |
Madison describes his limbo as "being like something out of Kafka" and seems most frustrated because he doesn't know what he is being investigated for. "If you have evidence against me, and want to charge me, let's see what it is." For now, he can't. Both search warrants -- in Pittsburgh, and in New York -- are sealed.... |
Madison finds it ironic that all of this happened as the State Department has been applauding political protest usage of Twitter in Iran. The Alliance Youth Movement -- which hosted a summit at Columbia University and featured speakers from the State Department and the Obama campaign -- encourages grassroots activists ... |
"This is at the same time that you and I can go into the Apple store and buy Trapster, which lets us know where there are speed traps on the Henry Hudson Parkway," says Madison. The iPhone app helps users circumvent the police, yet the Executive Director of the National Association of Police Organizes is quoted on the ... |
"It's very disappointing for a lot of people who thought this would change with Obama. They expected it under George Bush," says Madison, "but it's more of the same. They're using secrecy, instead of public scrutiny." |
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Re: Does :target pseudo-class apply to XML documents? |
From: Sampo Syreeni <decoy@iki.fi> |
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 13:37:23 +0300 (EEST) |
To: Elliotte Rusty Harold <elharo@metalab.unc.edu> |
cc: <www-style@w3.org> |
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.4.30.0104221333360.4801-100000@kruuna.Helsinki.FI> |
On Sat, 21 Apr 2001, Elliotte Rusty Harold wrote: |
>The description of the :target pseudo-class in CSS3 module: W3C |
>selectors leaves a number of questions open. In particular: |
>1. Does it only work in HTML where there are well-defined target |
>attributes, or does it work in XML too? |
AFAIK, it's meant to work in any environment where the application is |
capable of telling what a *:target is. In fact, HTML usually isn't one of |
these, since the client will not always know which elements are pointed at |
from another document. When the document is arrived at via a reference, then |
we know, not otherwise. |
>2. Why not just use the attribute selectors on target attributes? |
:target and [class="id"] are two completely separate things. The first only |
applies when the id is actually referenced. |
>3. Is it perhaps because the target selector only works after you've |
>followed a link from the referring URI to the targetted element? |
Aye. Only, in some environments (like a closed HyTime system), the app will |
know even if we're not following a link. XLink with detached link databases |
is another example. |
Sampo Syreeni, aka decoy, mailto:decoy@iki.fi, gsm: +358-50-5756111 |
Received on Sunday, 22 April 2001 06:37:32 GMT |
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