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Bert

Speak to him, write him a letter, send him a christmas card anything before indeed it is too late.

Bestie is a legend. My own father died of similar com;ications earlier this year and it has brought that sad episode back to me.

May you rest in peace now George and thank you for the on-the-field magic you gave to many

Posted by Stu on November 25, 2005 02:21 PM.

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The end of a long fight, I hope George Best is at peace now. He died around the same time as I was having liver and kidney function tests today because of my heavy drinking- a timely reminder. George fought his demons bravely and publicly but sadly too much damage had been done to his body but I am sure his candidness helped many people. He was also

brilliant footballer

Posted by Beth Heron on November 25, 2005 02:27 PM.

A Legend In His Own Lifetime

There's not many people whose myth overtakes them in their own lifetime. It is a measure of his greatness as a football player that George Best did so not just in his own country, but globally. I was a young boy growing up in Iran when I first heard people talk about Best. The first time I saw him play I became a Manchester United supporter for life. I was

only ten years old and didn't even realise that I had already missed the best of George Best back in 1969. But even so, what I saw of him through to the mid seventies was still head and shoulders above any other player I have ever seen since.

I remember seeing him return from a club imposed suspension in a cup replay against Southampton which United eventually won 4-1 in extra time, at it was a one man master class. A one man team. Best had a dozen chances saved, cleared off the line or hit the woodwork. He made a dozen more chances for his team mates and in the end he had scored two and made

two. Sportsnight cleared their whole evenings agenda to show as much of the game as possible. I have never seen anyone singlehandedly influence a game as much as Best could. Not even Maradona. Not close.

He will never be forgotten even when people no longer play football, he'll be like some mythological god from a distant past.

Football can be an overly sentimental business, today it is surely justified. It should be remembered that George Best was the best player we have ever produced in this country. Everything that happened since he retired from the game should not be dwelt on when remembering his talent, which was unique.

Posted by damien on November 25, 2005 02:33 PM.

UK political blog Harry's Place has answered my call for details of other newspapers hosting blogs:

The excellent little Italian centre-left newspaper Il Riformista, has been offering blogs to its readers and from its journalists for about two years now.

They also, believe it or not, print a blog supplement in the paper once a month with the best material they have found on the sites.

Thanks for that Harry ... more nominations of "blog friendly" papers from around the globe are welcome.

Contemporaria

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The post was written by Jane Perrone. You can email the author at jane.perrone@guardian.co.uk

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Crystal Triode Action in Lead Sulphide, P. C. Banbury, H.A. Gebbie, C. A. Hogarth, pp78-86. SEMI-CONDUCTING MATERIALS, Conference proceedings, H.K. Henisch (ed), 1951 Butterworth's scientific publications LTD 1951.

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Domenica. Pomeriggio al cinema con famiglia. Betta organizza, si vedr� un non meglio specificato film sui pinguini. Ammetto che non � molto furbo delegare completamente e non informarsi, ma i film di animazione sono pi� o meno tutti piacevoli da vedere, e i bambini che ridono sono comunque un bello spettacolo. Arriviamo al cinema Medusa in perfetto orario,

ma il film ritarda perch� c'� da vedere la pi� lunga serie di pubblicit� che abbia mai visto. Almeno venti minuti di automobili, profumi, ancora automobili, bevande pi� o meno alcoliche, automobili, banche costruite intorno a te. Tutta roba che ora odio e comprer� solo in caso di assenza di alternative. Almeno una volta al cinema c'era la pubblicit� di

quello che ti fa mettere il collarino per truffare l'assicurazione, che nel suo surrealismo era artistica.

Prima di tornare in quel cinema, che purtroppo � l'unico in cui si parcheggia facilmente, passer� un bel pezzo. Comunque comincia il film e mi accorgo, tragicamente (immaginate stia usando la voce fuori campo di Fantozzi) che � un documentario di novanta minuti sul Pinguino Imperatore. Io, come tutti naturalmente, conosco l'Aptenodytes forsteri e le sue

abitudini riproduttive alla perfezione. Ci hanno frullato i maroni con questa bestiaccia da quando esistono i documentari. Gi� nel 1997 Michele Serra esternava la sua antipatia in questa maldestra imitazione di Danny de Vito, e non c'era ancora Sky.

Almeno i bambini si fossero divertiti. Alla scena in cui una foca leopardo (Hydrurga leptonyx) sbrana la mamma pinguina che Fiorello si era tanto prodigato ad umanizzare, Federico � scoppiato in lacrime. Quando un'Albatros (sottospecie incerta) ha ammazzato a beccate un cucciolo, met� dei cinquenni della sala ululava apertamente. Tornando in macchina, mentre

Fede singhiozzava "poveri pinguini" ho inchiodato il coperchio sulla bara del film: "Bella fotografia, comunque".

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