FrankArr: Sunday, 4 June 2006

Sunday, 4 June 2006

On This Day : June 4
June 4: Independence Day in Tonga (1970)

1615 - Forces under the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu took Osaka Castle in Japan.
1792 - Captain George Vancouver claimed Puget Sound for Great Britain.
1920 - The Kingdom of Hungary was split into five countries with the signing of the Treaty of Trianon in Paris.
1942 - The Battle of Midway began with a massive Imperial Japanese strike on Midway Atoll (pictured).
1989 - The People's Liberation Army cracks down on the Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing.
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Footy Tipping Results : Round 10
Just 6 winners this week. I was hoping the Lions would beat the Magpies, and the Saints to defeat the Demons. Bad Call.

Week 10

Home Draw Away

Crows (30.8 188) Bombers (6.14 50)

Bulldogs (16.13 109) Hawks (13.10 88)

Cats (15.8 98) Eagles (16.5 101)

Magpies (16.13 109) Lions (12.11 83)

Dockers (15.10 100) Tigers (13.11 89)

Kangaroos (14.14 98) Swans (16.9 105)

Demons (15.13 103) Saints (13.12 90)

Blues (12.12 84) Power (17.16 118)

52 correct tips for the season.
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A distopian future...
Since seeing V for Vendetta, I've been introducing Antony to movies which have a distopian vision of the future.

So far, we've seen:

Nineteen Eighty-Four
Brazil
Blade Runner
Twelve Monkeys
Tank Girl
Minority Report
The Island
Serenity

What's Next??? I guess there's A Scanner Darkly coming out soon. He also wants to see Fahrenheit 451
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Demons knock off the Saints
Well, the Demons defeated the Saints this afternoon at the MCG.

Ben, I'm sure you were in the long room with a beer and some 85 yr old octogenarians yelling

This was a really important game for the Saints, but they came up short. They are now 5-5 after 10 games, and need to win 10 of the next 12 to get a top 4 slot. A tough ask, but they did it last year.

Qtr Time Half Time 3 Qtr Time Final

Melbourne 4. 4 (28) 10. 9 (69) 12.10 (82) 15.13. 103

St Kilda 2. 2 (14) 5. 3 (33) 10.08 (68) 13.12. 090

Melbourne:
Goals: - D.Neitz 8, R.Robertson, C.Bruce, M.Whelan, B.McLean, L.Dunn, B.Pickett.
Best: - D.Neitz, C.Bruce, J.McDonald, B.McLean, A.Yze, J.White, J.Rivers, C.Bartram, N.Carroll.

St Kilda:
Goals: - N.Dal Santo 3, F.Gehrig 2, T.Schwarze 2, N.Riewoldt 2, L.Montagna, L.Ball, J.Blake, B.Voss.
Best: - N.Dal Santo, J.Gram, S.Baker, L.Ball.

Injuries - Melbourne: nil. St Kilda: Thompson.
Reports - Melbourne: nil. St Kilda: Goddard (St Kilda) reported by field umpire McLaren for striking McDonald (Melbourne) in the second quarter.

Umpires - S.McLaren, S.Meredith, S.Wenn.
@ the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Crowd: 41,665.
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