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Happy birthday, Mini. How could I possibly celebrate? I did toy with the idea of driving my Mini Cooper to Izmir, now in Turkey and the birthplace of Sir Alec Issigonis. Alternatively I could hack out another Mini book and cash in on the anniversary. I really fancied the idea of buying an original Mini and not being charged extortionate ‘classic’ car tax, as it’s an expensive business. Happy birthday, Mini. How could I possibly celebrate? I did toy with the idea of driving my Mini Cooper to Izmir, now in Turkey and the birthplace of Sir Alec Issigonis. Alternatively I could hack out another Mini book and cash in on the anniversary. I really fancied the idea of buying an original Mini and not being charged extortionate ‘classic’ car tax, as it’s an expensive business. If I was going to get another Mini it would have to be different from my Cooper. A Moke would be fun but not cheap, but I could make a business case for any commercial. Otherwise, real-world money buys a dreary ’90s Mayfair. So I would have to look further afield for a Mini I don’t actually need. Once the idea of buying a Mini, and specifically a different Mini, was inside my head, the search was on for an Innocenti. Here was a Mini that didn’t actually look like a Mini. This was December last year and none was for sale in the UK. There didn’t appear to be any in Europe, either – well, not the pure early example I had in mind. The later Daihatsu ones and turbos were around, but by then it wasn’t exactly a Mini. Then I spied a bright red example on autobelle.it. I was barely a couple of minutes into looking for an Italian Mini and already I was sending a message asking for more details. Yes, that escalated quickly. From the pictures – and the seller emailed dozens – it looked very straight and rather perky. Plus there was some supporting documentation that suggested the car was exactly as described: a 1977 Innocenti Mini 90 SL. The money being asked was roughly mid-’70s rusty Mini City, if you’re lucky. I did feel lucky. I also had to put a lot of trust in Google Translate. I asked about ‘ruggine’ – that’s Italian for ‘rust’, if you haven’t guessed. I established the seller wasn’t a dealer, just an enthusiast who needed the space. I think. The car lived in Bologna and, tempted as I was to buy unseen and get it helicoptered home, the reality was that I had a wonderful excuse for a trip to Italy, and I was rather keen to drive it back. We exchanged emails over Christmas and in my head I was planning the return leg over the Alps and through France. Should I sleep in the back? Take camping gear? It will be January, but I’d wear thermals. Lots of thermals. Then the owner admitted that the tyres weren’t all that, so best not to drive it back. I asked if there was a nearby tyre fitter. He was evasive (later I discovered I would have probably died in the Alps due to the dodgy brakes and ancient rubber). On a wet Friday at the end of January, Ryanair took myself and Mrs Ruppert (she’s my designated minder) to the northern Italian city of Bologna. We checked into Il Canale hotel, which was as quirky and attention-seeking as the Innocenti Mini. The place was packed full of absolutely fantastic tat, like a carefully controlled explosion in a hipster shop: an old push bike, stuffed animals and loads of empty but colourful biscuit tins. The next day we went to a bleak, industrial part of the city, with car dealers, random commercial units and what turned out to be a smallish underground garage in which the Innocenti resided. The car was driven out into the daylight and it seemed straight enough. It certainly started without much bother, although a blowing exhaust made it sound a teeny bit rough. At some point it had been indifferently resprayed, but it was still on a par with how most Leyland products left the booth in the 1970s. There were no major dents, just some less-than-brilliant panel gaps, but again, it was all very ’70s. Under the bonnet it was stupendously clean, though, and the togetherness of the upholstery was quite a shock. It was too damp to get right underneath the car. The sills seemed a bit crumbly and there was a colossal amount of black underseal of a certain vintage. Some work would be needed, not least on the basis that it’s from the ’70s and I have never seen any car, let alone a Mini, without some degree of ruggine or other. We drove down the road and around the industrial estate. It was bouncy and noisy and I reckoned it needed things doing. Mostly, though, it worked. The hard-to-get parts and bodywork all seemed intact, and the oily bits are all easily obtainable A-Series components and as cheap as chips. This Innocenti would make one hell of a 60th birthday present, so I bought it. But was I going to drive it home? Er, no. I booked a trailer. Exporting from Italy You need the Italian registration papers, a declaration of sale (signed at the local ACI office), Italy’s MOT equivalent and UK insurance (use the chassis number). Cool Italian number plates belong to the seller: you need their permission to drive off with them and they must trust you to post them back once you’re home – or you hang around for days for export plates. In the UK you have 14 days to notify HMRC via its online NOVA service. No import tax on EU cars over six months old. Get an MOT and complete the V55/5 form to register, which costs £55. Innocenti Mini The Mini 90 and 120, styled by Bertone and introduced in 1974, were the first official hatchback-based Minis, and they preceded the Metro by six years. They were among the first superminis. Underneath was standard Mini A-Series running gear (998cc and 49bhp in the 90, a 65bhp 1275cc in the 120), yet it was only marginally larger than the old car, being just 2.6in longer and 3.5in wider. Leyland Innocenti went bust in 1975 and De Tomaso took a controlling interest in 1976. In 1982 its Mini 3 had Daihatsu power and the British connection ended.

Anyone want a nice bit of swan? No? Peacock? No? Ok then, here are some delicious marinated pigs’ ears instead. When this year’s Christmas TV schedules were announced, the BBC Two documentary A Merry Tudor Christmas with Lucy Worsley stood out. In the hour-long programme, the historian examines the festive customs and traditions of Henry VIII and co. As you can imagine, many of the celebrations involved food, but probably not quite the Christmas dishes you’re used to seeing on TV. So intricate and long-forgotten were the recipes, the show enlisted the help of food historian Dr Annie Gray. Alongside Hampton Court Palace chefs, she conjured up dishes from the period. Not only do the calories and costs stack up, but so do the hours, days and weeks it takes to make the dishes. As for the food itself? Well, it won’t be to everyone’s taste. Here’s what we learn from the documentary… You’d be hungry for most of December (unless you were rich) Oh, how times have changed. While we now treat ourselves to a chocolate advent calendar, during December 500 years ago things were a little different. Most of the English po[CENSORED]tion were Catholic when Henry VIII took to the throne in 1509. And what rule did the Catholic church impose? That the period of advent was a time for abstinence, when you were not allowed meat or dairy. Fasting lasted four weeks, so by Christmas Eve people were more than a little peckish. The fast would officially break on Christmas Day, then for 12 days there would be feasting. But for some the wait was too long. “Some people would break their advent’s fast with Christmas dinner on Christmas Eve at midnight”, explains Dr Annie. However, the fasting period wasn’t as difficult for people with titles and money, who added fish and other aquatic delights to their diet during advent. “To be fair, the fish dishes at the time were quite something. So if you were wealthy, it wasn’t a time of hardship, you just ate porpoise and beavers’ tail rather than beef and venison,” she says. Most people were vegetarians – except at Christmas In the documentary we learn that meat was seen as prestigious – because most people didn’t get to eat a lot of it. “Around 80–90 percent of the po[CENSORED]tion were probably involuntary vegetarians because they couldn’t afford meat,” says Dr Annie. “Because it was Christmas and a great big feast you’d want to have meat and – in the majority of cases if you were not a landowner or freeholder you would be an agricultural worker, so you’d have a lord and master and they would gift you some meat for Christmas.” This wasn’t a purely altruistic move though; tenants were expected to give their lord and master a gift too, and they would probably be told exactly what it should be. The dishes the average person made at Christmas weren’t that strange After being gifted something like beef, they would “have probably put it into a stew-like dish or they might have a piece of pie,” says Dr Annie. She adds “the Christmas feast would also have bread – everyone ate a phenomenal amount of bread at this time, and if you could you’d perhaps buy some gingerbread because ginger was relatively cheap as a spice.” The same could not be said for the royals… Early on in the documentary we see exactly what Henry VIII spent on the 12 days of Christmas in his first year on the throne: an eye-watering £7,000. To put that into context, his father Henry VII spent £12,000 on the royal household for an entire year. So, to say Christmas feasting was excessive would be an understatement – and meat was a main component. The festive table would include swan, stuffed peacock, beef and turkey. But one showstopper highlighted the king’s power and prowess… Wild boar’s head was the ultimate indulgence Having hunted down a wild boar with his own spear, the head would then be served up on Henry VIII’s Christmas dinner table. It was a trend for landowners that became problematic. “They (wild boars) kept going extinct in Britain because people were hunting them all the time and eating them. So you had this constant conversation along the lines of ‘oh dear we’ve killed all the boars, let’s reintroduce them so we have something a bit dangerous on our Christmas table.’” In the programme, Dr Annie and the chefs reproduce this dish. It takes quite a lot of effort, and it isn’t for the squeamish. “You’d have your boar’s head prepared – cut back from the second vertebrae – and you’d need a big flap of skin behind the ears,” explains Dr Annie matter-of-factly. But that’s just the start. “You’d need to bone out the head completely before rubbing it with salt and various spices. Then you'd marinate it in red wine and salt and leave it to set for 2 weeks, at which point it would become a sort of purple mess and very leathery”. Seriously, look away “At that point, you'd have to trim all the flesh from inside it. When we did this, it took most of the day. Then we sewed the eyelids and openings shut, which took an hour or two, and then it became this big pinkish cushion cover. “Then you'd chop up all the meat that’s been in the head in brine, add more boar's flesh, fat, spices and nuts – really expensive ingredients that show prestige at the Court – and then you'd stuff the head. "When we prepared this, the boar’s head was so huge that there’s a picture of me with my arm right down the snout, and the ears are tickling my neck. I had pig’s fat all up my arm.” The work didn't end there, though: “Once you’d stuffed it with itself, you flipped the skin round, sewed it up and swaddled it in muslin, then boiled it for 7 or 8 hours in red wine until it was done completely. Then you'd lift it out – which is virtually impossible because it weighs the same as a five-year-old child and it’s huge. "After removing the muslin you'd decorate it. That’s normally quite simple: you'd brush it with a bit of the reduced wine, which by this time was sticky and gorgeous, then brush it on the head so it glistened and had a beautiful winey colour.” As it was brought to the table, a song would be sung about how special it was. So, an awful lot of work for one Christmas dish. And what did Lucy Worsley make of it? “I don't like it,” she confesses. One thing that might have made the boar’s head more palatable than the 16th-century version was that health and safety rules meant it didn’t contain the brain. Would Henry VIII’s dish have included it? “They probably wouldn’t have removed it, no”, admits Dr Annie. While it’s hard to come up with a relative cost for the dish, Dr Annie estimates that in today’s money the head would have “been in the tens of thousands, really”. Meat was in pretty much everything festive On the show we see a precursor to the plum pudding and mince pies served up today. Both would have included a lot of meat and of course fat – the suet in the mince pie came from sheep’s kidneys, and as one of the chefs tells us, they had to “strip out the veins and membranes”. Delightful.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has apologised for causing "great anxiety" by going on holiday during a mounting wildfire crisis. Mr Morrison cut short his trip to Hawaii as criticism of him increased. One person was found dead on Saturday, and wildfires are raging in three states. Since September, Australia's bushfire emergency has killed at least nine people, destroyed more than 700 homes and scorched millions of hectares. Sydney protesters demand action on climate change How climate change has contributed to bushfires Australia's long and dangerous summer ahead Earlier, deputy prime minister Michael McCormack conceded that more had to be done to tackle global warming, after many Australians linked the severity of this year's fires to climate change. What did PM Morrison say? "I get it that people would have been upset to know that I was holidaying with my family while their families were under great stress," he said on Sunday. Speaking after a briefing with fire officials, he said he knew Australians were anxious about the fires but insisted that the emergency response was "the best in the world". He conceded that climate change was contributing to changing weather patterns, but denied that it had directly caused Australia's wildfires. "It's not a credible suggestion to make that link," he argued. Many Australians have accused Scott Morrison's government of inaction on global warming, with criticism growing as a heatwave broke records across the country and worsened the fires. Although climate change is not the direct cause of bushfires, scientists have long warned that a hotter, drier climate would contribute to Australia's fires becoming more frequent and intense. Firefighters' union leader Leighton Drury previously said Australia was "seeing an absolute lack of leadership from this government, and it is a disgrace". Tributes paid to volunteers Mr Morrison also paid tribute to Geoffrey Keaton, 32, and Andrew O'Dwyer, 36, the two firefighters killed in New South Wales on Thursday. "When our volunteers go out there, they do it for so many reasons - but I can't help thinking they do it for love of family. Family is community, and they were out there defending their communities on that fateful night," he said. The two men died when their truck was hit by a falling tree near a fire front, causing it to roll off the road. Three other firefighters who were also in the vehicle survived with minor injuries. What's happening with the fires? Conditions eased on Sunday, giving exhausted firefighters a better shot at containing huge fires near Sydney. Rain is forecast in some fire-struck parts of New South Wales on Tuesday and Wednesday - but another period of dangerously hot weather is expected next week. Rising temperatures and strong winds had fanned fires in three states on Saturday. In South Australia one person was found dead, another was critically injured and 15 homes were destroyed about 40km (25 miles) east of the state capital, Adelaide. NSW fire chief Shane Fitzsimmons described Saturday as an "awful day". One man was reported missing in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, but ultimately found safe and well, the New South Wales Rural Fire Service tweeted.

Legea 1: Niciodată să nu-ţi pui în umbră superioru' Legea 2: Nu te încrede prea mult in prieteni, învaţă să te foloseşti de duşmani Legea 3: Ascunde-ţi intenţiile Legea 4: Spune întotdeauna mai puţin decît este necesar Legea 5: Reputaţia contează enorm, apăraţi-o cu toate puterile Legea 6: Ieşi în evidenţă cu orice preţ Legea 7: Pune-i pe alţii să muncească în locu' tău dar atribuie-ţi toate meritele Legea 8: Fă oamenii să vină la tine -la nevoie, foloseşte o momeală Legea 9: Adjudeca-ţi victoria prin fapte, niciodată prin vorbe Legea 10: Pericol de contaminare: evită-i pe cei nefericiţi şi ghinionişti Legea 11: Fă-te indispensabil Legea 12: Dezarmează-ţi victima prin sinceritate calculată şi generozitate selectivă Legea 13: Cînd ceri ajutorul cuiva, fă apel la interesu', niciodată la bunăvoinţa sau la recunostinţa persoanei solicitate Legea 14: Pretinde-te prieten dar actionează ca spion Legea 15: Zdrobeşte-ţi dusmanu' şi lasă-l fără suflare Legea 16: Foloseşte-ţi propria absenţă pentru a-ţi spori prestigiul Legea 17: Întreţine teama celorlalţi prin suspans; cultivă-ţi un aer de imprevizibilitate Legea 18: Nu înălţa în juru' tău ziduri de cetate, izolarea este periculoasă Legea 19: Nu te avînta orbeşte; ai grijă să nu dai în cine nu trebuie Legea 20: Nu te angaja faţă de nimeni Legea 21: Fă pe prostu' ca să-i prinzi pe proşti; dă impresia ca eşti mai fraier ca fraieru' tău Legea 22: Prefă-te că ai capitula, transformă slabiciunea în putere Legea 23: Concentrează-ţi forţele Legea 24: Joacă rolu' curteanului desăvîrşit Legea 25: Re-creează-te pe tine însuţi Legea 26: Pastrează-ţi mîinile curate Legea 27: Exploatează nevoia oamenilor de a crede şi creează-ţi o armată de adulatori Legea 28: Acţionează plin de cutezanţă Legea 29: Plănuieşte totu', punct cu punct, pînă la capăt Legea 30: Lasă-i pe oameni să creadă că faci totu' fără efort Legea 31: Nu lăsa jocu' să-ţi scape de sub control; determină-i pe ceilalţi să joace cu cărţile pe care li le serveşti tu Legea 32: Foloseşte-te de fantezia oamenilor Legea 33: Descoperă punctu' slab al fiecăruia Legea 34: Poartă-te regeşte şi vei fi tratat ca un rege Legea 35: Ai grijă să fii în locu' potrivit, la momentu' potrivit Legea 36: Dispretuieşte lucrurile pe care nu le poţi avea, cea mai bună răzbunare e să le ignori Legea 37: Ia-le ochii Legea 38: Gîndeşte ca tine, dar poartă-te ca toţi ceilalţi Legea 39: Scoate vînatu' din vizuină şi adu-l in bătaia puştii Legea 40: Nu te încrede în ceea ce primeşti gratis Legea 41: Evită să calci pe urmele unui om mare Legea 42: Loveşte păstoru' şi turma se va împrăştia Legea 43: Manipulează oamenii prin lucrurile la care ţin şi în care cred Legea 44: Utilizează efectul oglinzii pentru a-ţi dezarma şi înfuria adversaru' Legea 45: Afirmă sus şi tare necesitatea schimbării, dar nu trece niciodată la reforme radicale bruşte Legea 46: Nu da niciodată impresia că ai fi perfect Legea 47: Nu îţi depăşi obiectivu' propus; după ce ai obţinut victoria, învaţă să te opreşti la timp Legea 48: Rămîi fluid asemenea apei

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Ineos Automotive has named major automotive engineering firm Magna Steyr as its engineering partner for the development of its forthcoming Grenadier 4x4. The British firm, owned by chemical magnate Jim Ratcliffe, is developing the machine as a no-compromise off-roader in the mould of the original Land Rover Defender. The Grenadier is due to go into production in 2021, at a new facility in Bridgend, Wales. Ineos has already involved a number of partners in the £600 million project, and already works with Magna’s powertrain division on chassis and development work. It has now agreed a deal with Austrian-based Magna Steyr to lead the development project to turn the concept into a series production machine. Ineos Automotive boss Dirk Heilmann said that the “transition from concept to series development is a major landmark in the evolution of the Grenadier.” He added that Magna Steyr had been chosen due to its “long heritage and experience in 4x4 development.” The Grenadier will be powered by BMW’s latest 3.0-litre straight six petrol and diesel engines. The firm is also working with Stuttgart-based consultancy MBTech on engineering for the new car. Magna Steyr is the automobile production arm of Canadian engineering giant Magna International, and has developed cars, technology and parts for manufacturers including BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Jaguar. It also operated a number of contract manufacturing plants, producing models including the Jaguar E-Pace and I-Pace and Mercedes-Benz G-Class. Magna Steyr was formed in 2001 from the Steyr-Daimler-Puch manufacturing concern, which had a long history of developing rugged off-road and military 4x4 vehicles, including the Steyr-Daimler-Puch Pinzgauer.

Mikel Arteta has been appointed Arsenal's new manager and, while he may appear something of a novice to many, those who know him well say it is a moment he started preparing for more than 20 years ago. Even in his early playing days at Barcelona's academy, in 1997, he was showing the kind of leadership skills which made him a distinctive figure. He has left his mark everywhere he has been since then, not merely as a player but also as a major influence on the team, both on and off the pitch. Such is the regard in which he is held at Manchester City, there has long been an understanding that it was only ever going to be a matter of time before their assistant manager found himself being offered the top job at another major club. He has rejected the possibility of leading Newcastle and Lyon in recent months as they did not feel right at the time. In a recent interview City manager Pep Guardiola said: "Everyone has dreams and desires. Hopefully he's going to stay this season and the next for as long as possible at this club. That would be my dream." In fact Guardiola, who knows that most managers cannot choose when and where to move, told Arteta that if an offer of this stature arrived, he would kick him out of the club himself. When it did, Arteta could not refuse - and he kept Guardiola informed of Arsenal's interest as he had done when other clubs approached him. In that same interview, Guardiola added that "with his knowledge about the game and his work ethic, he's ready, absolutely", adding that it was not beyond the realms of possibility that Arteta might be his successor as City boss. Guardiola will inevitably be a major influence on Arteta. As will another of the leading Premier League managers of recent years: Mauricio Pochettino. When Arteta moved to Paris St-Germain on loan in 2001, he found there a kindred spirit in the Argentine, who was one of the first players he tried to emulate. Pochettino, sacked by Tottenham in November, helped teach Arteta about what was right and wrong when it came to dressing room behaviour, how to interact with players, how to win the respect of team-mates and, crucially, how to become a leader. In Arteta's first game for PSG it became clear to Pochettino that this was a player prepared to assume responsibility when the 17-year-old asserted his authority by taking charge of free-kicks and other set-pieces. "He was brilliant not only because of his talent but his maturity on the pitch," the former Tottenham manager told Sky Sports in February. "His knowledge about football surprised me. He was a young player who had a capacity to talk at the same level as a 30-year-old player. "For me, he's going to be one of the best coaches when he decides to be a coach. He has the capacity to be one of the greatest, for sure. He's a top personality and character." After PSG, Arteta moved to Scotland to join Rangers and, again, his enthusiasm for assuming responsibility became abundantly clear. He was just 19 years and 48 days old when his 94th-minute penalty earned Rangers the 2002-03 league title thanks to a goal difference advantage of just one over Celtic. In the event, because Rangers had scored more goals they would have won the title even if Arteta had missed his spot-kick, but nonetheless the pressure on even the most experienced and mature of players would have been almost unbearable. At Everton, a club where he spent six years between 2005 and 2011, he fought for more creative players to be brought in and helped to build a totally different style and playing ethos than the one that existed when he first joined. The Toffees' manager at the time, David Moyes, quickly realised Arteta could improve the team on the pitch but also help develop the philosophy the Scot wanted to impose. It was at Arsenal, though, that he had his greatest influence. When he joined the club it was a quiet, split, disparate group where an easy-going Arsene Wenger had created a world of non-confrontational complacency. He encountered a monastically quiet dressing room where no-one was willing to speak out or say anything controversial. A place where no-one was prepared to stick their head above the parapet, even when necessary to ensure problems could be addressed and solved. But it wouldn't be long before he began to try to get his points across to his team-mates. Ten days after signing he made his debut and found himself faced with a silent dressing room after a sterile 0-0 first-half performance against Swansea. Unable to contain himself, he said his piece before turning to his left, where he noticed manager Arsene Wenger taking it all in but saying nothing. The Frenchman - and the players who witnessed the moment - knew then that he had brought a genuine leader into the club. One issue Arteta addressed at Arsenal was the lack of a bonus system, either for the players or anyone else in the organisation. He could see there were no incentives to do anything other than the minimum. He pushed for that system to be put in place. Along with players like Per Mertesacker (now head of the academy) and Freddie Ljungberg (who has been in interim charge since Unai Emery's sacking), Arteta helped change the dynamic of the Arsenal dressing room, not because they wanted to start trouble but because it had to be done if things were to get better. He knew if he was prepared to go into battle wherever he felt it would benefit the club, others would join him because they would realise it was being done for the right motives. And the more players joined, the more a family atmosphere was created. Barriers were broken down. According to a club source, it was at Arteta's suggestion that a room was built for players' families, who would gather there for three hours or more at the end of a game. The 37-year-old's first official coaching role came at City, courtesy of Guardiola. It was not a surprise move - the pair had enjoyed long conversations before Guardiola committed to moving to England in 2016. Arteta was not initially given any specific responsibility but Guardiola never lost sight of the fact he was the City coach who knew the Premier League better than anyone else. Effectively he was recruited to bring in young blood, new energy, different ideas, and to help with communication. Initially he listened, took on board the club's methods and culture, then he looked at what needed to be changed without upsetting the applecart and sought to impose smooth adjustments to the routine. Gradually he found his feet, suggesting improvements, and steadily his influence within the club grew. One of his major roles has been to bring out the best in players by looking to highlight what is missing from their games. He has been important in the development of Raheem Sterling and Leroy Sane, as both have admitted, through video analysis and long chats in the office, as well as making corrections in training. Highlighting weaknesses in the game of any top-flight player can be a sensitive issue. But it is also an essential one. Fabian Delph and Oleksandr Zinchenko had to make the transition to full-backs and Fernandinho has had to reinvent himself as a central defender. All three have benefited from Arteta's forensic expertise. Brazil striker Gabriel Jesus has had his fair share of problems integrating into the City way but he, too, has been helped by Arteta's guidance. In a recent interview he said: "He's helped a lot of players. When I want to do finishing after training, I tell him and he comes and helps me. He is really fantastic for us. All the players know that - everyone knows that in the club. He is a fantastic guy and fantastic manager." Bit by bit he gained the trust of the players until Guardiola eventually told him - before a league match against Arsenal - "I only ever hear you in training. You give the team talk today. You know Arsenal better than me - explain to them what they need to do and how." Arteta had well and truly arrived. That knowledge of Arsenal is undoubtedly one of the factors which attracted the club's board to appoint him and he will need every bit of experience gained from his time with Guardiola because, in a nutshell, so much of the team needs changing. It will help Arteta that he is strong-minded, a man with a set of principles that are non-negotiable. One player who knows him better than most is his former team-mate at Arsenal, Santi Cazorla, who was helped and mentored by Arteta when he joined Arsenal from Malaga. I spoke to Cazorla last week and he had no doubts his great friend would be more than capable of taking any top-flight managerial job and making a success of it. "He has the personality to do so and those who think otherwise are very much mistaken," he said. "He is not the sort of person who will shy away from making the most difficult and drastic decisions he might have to." Could Cazorla, a former Arsenal captain, be brought in to supplement a staff already comprising Mertesacker and Ljungberg? "In the future, who knows?" said Cazorla, who is enjoying playing for Villarreal after a two-year injury nightmare that almost left him unable to walk. "I will certainly have to work out what I want to be doing and it is right to say that we have a great relationship and many times we have talked about what the future will bring us. "I will always be open to helping him because he is my friend and also because of all the things he did for me when I came to England." Ultimately, of course, Arteta will be judged on results, just as Emery was before him. Arsenal believe they have the right man to restore them to their former glories and those close to Arteta believe he has all the skills to do just that. One thing is clear: it will take not just a strong will but time too, and the club is willing to give it to him.

Scientists say they have discovered a possible underlying cause of the neurological disorder, motor neurone disease (MND). The University of Exeter team says it has found evidence that MND is linked to an imbalance of cholesterol and other fats in cells. It says the research could lead to more accurate diagnosis and new treatments. MND affects around 5,000 people in the UK and causes more than 2,000 deaths a year. What is MND? Motor neurone disease is a group of diseases that affect the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that tell your muscles what to do. Also known as ALS, it causes muscle weakness and stiffness. Eventually people with the disease are unable to move, talk, swallow and finally, breathe. There is no cure and the exact causes are unclear - it's been variously linked to genes, exposure to heavy metals and agricultural pollution. What did the researchers find? Scientists at the University of Exeter say they had a "eureka moment" when they realised that 13 genes - which, if altered, can cause the condition - were directly involved in processing cholesterol. They say their theory could help predict the course and severity of the disease in patients and monitor the effect of potential new drugs. The theory is outlined in a paper, published in Brain: A Journal of Neurology. Lead author Prof Andrew Crosby said: "For years, we have known that a large number of genes are involved in motor neurone disease, but so far it hasn't been clear if there's a common underlying pathway that connects them." The finding particularly relates to what is known as the "spastic paraplegias", where the malfunction is in the upper part of the spinal cord. Dr Emma Baple, also from the University of Exeter Medical School, said: "Currently, there are no treatments available that can reverse or prevent progression of this group of disorders. Patients who are at high risk of motor neurone disease really want to know how their disease may progress and the age at which symptoms may develop, but that's very difficult to predict." Dr Brian Dickie, director of research at the MND Association, said the work raises some interesting ideas. "At the moment, it is unclear whether the imbalance observed is a cause of MND or a consequence of the disease. We look forward to seeing the outcome of further research in this area."

A pool installation company owner in Florida has paid off the bills of 36 families who were in danger of losing power during the holiday season. After receiving his own utility bill, Michael Esmond got the idea to "take a little bit of stress out" of the season for his neighbours. He contacted the city of Gulf Breeze, where he lives, to ask about helping out everyone whose payment was overdue. He says he was motivated by his own unheated holiday season years ago. While paying his gas and water bill earlier this month, Mr Esmond, 73, said that he noticed that it read that the due date was 26 December and that supplies may be cut if not paid by then. "This actually happened to me back in the 80s," he told BBC News, saying that he was having trouble juggling the costs of bills and Christmas gifts back then. "We actually had the gas shut off the whole entire winter," he said, adding that it happened to be one of the coldest ever recorded winters in Pensacola. Joanne Oliver, Gulf Breeze's utility billing supervisor, told WEAR-TV that she cried when he first approached her with the idea. "For someone like him, a veteran to come in and do some grand gesture. It was heartfelt for me," she said. In total, Mr Esmond paid $4,600 (£3,500) to help 36 families in his community of 6,000 residents. But what he didn't know until later was that the city sent out holiday cards to the recipients of his generosity saying: "It is our honour and privilege to inform you that your past due utility bill has been paid by Gulf Breeze pools & Spas. "You can rest easier this holiday season knowing you have one less bill to pay." "I think I really struck a nerve with a lot of people. People don't realise that there are people right now that don't have heat and electricity and everything in their house and their going to go through Christmas without that." "My phone hasn't stopped ringing with text messages and emails for days now," he says, with many people promising him they will "pay it forward" and do charitable acts that he helped to inspire. "It's just mind boggling to me," he added. Mr Esmond says he's already thinking of what he can do next year, but says it definitely will not be the same act of kindness. "People say 'are you going to do this again next year', and my reply to them is, if people knew I was going to do this nobody would pay their bill. "They'd all wait for me to pay it," he chuckled. "I'll have to think up something."

WHEN and WHERE ?: From December 28 to March 1 in Pinamar (Del Libertador and Selene) and Cariló (Cerezo and Divisadero). EXHIBITED MODELS: Full range of products, including the commercial launch of the F Series (F-150 and F-150 Raptor, already in presale) and the avant-premiere of two 2020 releases: Territory and Kuga Hybrid. WHAT'S FREE ?: Test drives, mobile workshops, night cruises, driving clinics and interactive games on the stands. More information, in the press release below. December 19, 2019. The Ford Strong Race will be present in Cariló and Pinamar with its all exponents and with the latest releases such as the new SUV Kuga Hybrid and Ford Territory, which arrive in 2020. In addition, various activities will be carried out in both spaces, among which the mobile workshop, night cruises, off-road driving clinics and the performance of test drives in the city and in the dunes. Cariló space From December 28 to March 1, customers can approach the space located at Av. Cerezo and Divisadero, every day from 10 to 23.30h, and meet all exponents of the Ford Strong Race: the New Ranger, the most technological pick-up in the market; the Ranger Raptor, designed by Ford Performance for the most extreme off-road challenges; the F-150, the best-selling series worldwide, and the F-150 Raptor performance version. Also, the New Hybrid Kuga, Ford's first electrified SUV in the country will be exhibited; Ford Territory, another of the launches of the segment that arrives in 2020; the New Mondeo Hybrid and the Ecosport. Among the activities that will be carried out in space, there will be: • Test drives, from 10 am to 6 pm for vacationers who want to try the New Ranger, the Ranger Raptor, F-150, the Mondeo Hybrid, Ecosport, Ka and Ka Freestyle. • Ford Academy: An expert will advise users who want to know in depth all about Ford products (operation, performance, maintenance, engineering, etc.). Interactive devices will provide, in an entertaining and entertaining way, audiovisual information with the main equipment of the vehicles and their modes of use. • Fordpass: A space for users to download and advise on this recently launched app, which allows you to manage the maintenance of the vehicle, schedule review shifts and learn about news, among other utilities. • Sandbox Ranger Raptor, a playful proposal in which each person can create a sand driving track with different obstacles. Then, a Kinect camera will scan the circuit made by each participant and play it virtually. Through the use of a VR helmet (virtual reality) and sitting in an armchair with a steering wheel, the user can play through that simulated circuit aboard a Ranger Raptor. • Playlist Ka Freestyle: In a joint action with Spotify, Ka Freestyle invites vacationers to collaboratively create a playlist in order to choose the 100 best songs to listen to aboard a Ka Freestyle during the summer, always hand in hand Spotify • Virtual Reality: Users will be able to wear a VR helmet that will allow them to live inside the Ka Freestyle and know their equipment interactively. Pinamar space Customers who spend the summer in Pinamar can approach Av. Del Libertador and Selene, from January 2 until March 1, to know all the vehicles of the Ford Strong Race (New Ranger, Ranger Raptor, F-150 and F-150 Raptor) and enjoy activities such as: • Test drives through the dunes, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., every day, with the entire Ford Strong Race pick-up line. • Mobile workshop, which will provide Ford customers with a space exclusively dedicated to technical service: they will be able to carry out the review of their vehicle within the framework of a campaign or service program within the Ford booth. Thus, the Mobile Workshop makes it possible to bring the official Ford technical service to customers at their summer resort to provide a quick, easy and free inspection of their vehicle. • Ford Sunsets: For music lovers, the Pinamar Space will offer acoustic recitals on January 23 and 28, and February 11. • Off-road crossings, at sunset in a private space with free and prior registration. • Off-road clinics: For users of 4 × 4 vehicles, the brand will offer Off-Road Clinics, which will take place on Fridays and Saturdays, with the aim of acquiring practical and theoretical tools of off-road driving aboard the New Ranger To carry out the activities, both in Cariló and Pinamar, attendees can register at the booths corresponding to each space. Once again, Ford seeks to be close to its customers during the summer season to show their vehicles, presenting the widest range of pick-ups in Argentina, products that form the DNA of the Strong Race.

Edgar Cabanas (Madrid, 1985) is a Doctor of Psychology, researcher and teacher. Together with the Israeli sociologist Eva Illouz wrote the essay Happycracy: how science and the industry of happiness control our lives (Paidós). The book has been translated into 10 languages and has been a bestseller. How many cups of Mr. Wonderfull do you have at home? (Laughs) None. No notebooks, no shirts, no bags. I do not contribute to consume this type of childishness. He says that happiness is a business. There are the data. The happiness industry is very powerful, lucrative and influential: it includes self-help products, beauty, po[CENSORED]r books, conferences, courses, experts who give talks to companies ... What is a self-help book for? Self-help literature is widely consumed in Spain. They do not work for what they say they serve. They tell us what we want to hear with simple messages. But doctors and psychiatrists sign it like you. The degrees are used to provide rigor, legitimacy and seriousness to the message. Their messages are very deep because they give us a sense of power and control over our lives. They tell us that it is very easy to have a better life, that we can improve our personal relationships, that we can be more productive and, of course, offer us keys to be happy and to be better with oneself. They are very tempting. Clear! But what is behind is a lot of guilt. Because if what they offer you is the idea that happiness is a personal choice, then what they are telling you is that whatever suffering you have as anxiety or depression is your fault. Your messages generate a lot of frustration because they are ideas without guarantees. When one sets out to carry them out, he realizes that it is not so simple. Changing ourselves is not an easy task. You cannot change without changing your vital circumstances. It is very difficult to ask a worker to stop having stress and anxiety to reach the end of the month when he has a precarious job. There is no self-help for structural and collective problems. But companies invest a lot in transmitting that. The latest official data speak of billions a year worldwide. And there are even experts who are dedicated to investigate the happiness of workers. It is said that happiness is associated with greater productivity, but it must be remembered that the association between emotional and productivity is a discussion that has been open for decades and is not closed. What is sought is that workers understand that the interests of the company and their own are the same. That they grow professionally if the company does it with them. It is a useful discourse to downplay labor conditions, such as wages. Money gives happiness. First because it helps. No one can deny that behind money there is security or B plans when things go wrong. With money, family relationships are not eroded so much. A rich person suffers, but they do not suffer the same as a poor person. Can a poor man be happy? (Silence) That's what they say, precisely to take away iron to talk about the conditions in which you can be happy. I am more interested in talking about the conditions in which we can talk about happiness than happiness itself. First because we don't know what happiness is. Not even those who talk about her know it. They do not have a single definition. This is not paradoxical, it is necessary to be indefinite for each one to present their own recipes to be happier. So what is happiness? I do not have a definition. Happiness is a cultural issue. Self-help books tell you that happiness is like a muscle. Clear! Why do they do that? Because that way I can sell you the method to be happy. They tell you all the time that everything is in you, in your attitudes, in your thinking, that what is around you has nothing to do. It's just you and you It doesn't matter what is around. The UN created Happiness Day on March 20, 2012. In the happiness industry there are very influential people. Politicians and entrepreneurs issue reports of happiness. The UN responds to a social demand. But what is happiness ?, yours? It happens with everything. There are lobbies that introduce happiness in education, in companies, in hospitals. Happiness ministries have also been created in Bhutan or Saudi Arabia, where women have no rights. How does the happiness of these citizens compare with those of a Spaniard? What does it mean that they have eight points out of ten happiness? Social networks contribute to all this. We need to show ourselves happy. Networks are an extended identity. That positive self-image tends to be exaggerated because if you don't look like a toxic or a failure. The idea of happiness is associated with success, but there may be failed people who are happy. You created the term Happycondriaco. I think it reflects the obsession to be happy. The problem is that happiness does not have a goal. When they ask me if I'm happy, I say that I don't care, that it's not relevant. I do not defend sadness or depression. I think it is not a category to explain. I prefer to be asked if I do my job well. Another new term is the emotional salary. It is a perverse strategy. With the emotional salary, companies want to sell you that work conditions such as the environment or space influence your well-being. The problem is that the salary is given by the company as a prize, as if they care about you. No, sorry. When you sign a contract by law, it does not only mean salary, but working conditions. And they also tell you that salary is not just money. Let's see, give me the money, pay me well and whatever extra is welcome. But of course, when they do not reach the minimum wage they want to compensate in these ways. A lot is written about the happiness that exists after overcoming cancer. It is an absolute barbarity that you can influence with your emotions in an aspect as concrete as cancer. Some say, even, that bad thoughts cause illness. That is magical thinking and delirium. What happens is that it is now reformulated as a struggle. "You have overcome." "You have fought." "You have grown up in the face of adversity." I think that is banalizing the disease. People who have cancer have the right not to be positive and not to feel good because it is a real bad drink. You have to respect that people who want to feel good say it because it is true that if you take it well, you make it easier for all friends and family to travel the disease. This is not self help, it is common sense. But there are people who don't take it well and seem to be punished for it. First because he has cancer and second because he punishes you for feeling guilty for not feeling like trying to overcome it. You impose a double punishment. What happens? Does medical science have nothing to do with the cure of cancer? Because thanks to science you can heal, not overcome, heal. Does anxiety heal with books? In the long term it has no results. The reason is very simple: the self-help book tells you that your problems are emotional and you have to manage them. But what causes you anxiety is not you, but your work, your conditions, your relationships. Either you change the conditions or fall again. If the self-help books had the keys with a single book, it would be enough, but there are people who buy 50.

There was no better scenario so far in the NBA season. Both teams reached their first showdown of the season with the same record of wins and losses, and with the same position in each of their conferences. With a 24-4 mark, the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers are the leaders of the East and West Conferences, respectively. All the gazes of the game were put in the duel between Giannis Antetokounmpo and LeBron James, two of the top stars of the most famous basketball league on the planet. And in that virtual contest, the one who took all the flashes was the forward born in Greece. The Greek monster (The Greek Freak) was the protagonist since before entering the Fiserv Forum, the stadium where the Bucks play at home. In a scene that has been repeated in the prelude of each NBA night, the number 34 dressed as a WFW actor - the po[CENSORED]r wrestling league in the United States - and starred in a parody with Robin Lopez and Wesley Matthews, two companions of his team. In the tunnel, a few meters from the local locker room, the 24-year-old forward started hitting the Milwaukee pivot in the head until it collapsed on the ground. Then Matthews appeared, which, as happens in the broadcasts of the sports entertainment program, made him end up throwing himself on Lopez's body to sentence the fictitious fight. The video went viral on social media and even Dwayne Johnson himself, better known as La Roca - the actor who became the best movie pay in Hollywood after starting his career in the battles above a wrestling ring on TV- echoed the crazy previous starring the Bucks. “I love watching these guys have fun,” he said on his Twitter account. Beyond the pre-match parody, Giannis Antetokounmpo was the great protagonist of the victory that Milwaukee achieved: the Greek finished with 34 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists in the 34 minutes he was on the court. But, in addition to being the top scorer of the Bucks, the player who was chosen as the most valuable of the last season of the NBA, got a new record for his career.

Since his friend Zahid Raza was shot dead in the capital of Madagascar, when he was moving remains of the Malaysia Airlines plane that mysteriously disappeared in 2014, with 239 people on board, Blaine Alan Gibson has continued his debris tracking with a much more profile Low than before. There is - that he believes - a connection between the ill-fated flight MH370 and the homicide that, two years later, has not been resolved. This American lawyer, an amateur researcher who found the first fragments of the Boeing 777, allowed to consolidate the main hypothesis about the tragedy, which has been an object of global speculation - the losses affected families on four continents - because, simply, an aircraft of those dimensions cannot fade into the air in an era of constant electronic communication. After following the path that the wreckage of the ship could have taken from Southeast Asia after an impact on the Indian Ocean, Gibson found the evidence that ended the hopes of the passengers and the crew of that flight on March 8, 2014. He had agreed with Raza, the Malaysian honorary consul in Antananarivo, a formal mechanism to move the rubble to Malaysia. He knew that not everyone shared his enthusiasm for Indiana Jones: he had received death threats. The murder of his friend when he was about to complete the shipment of six pieces made him take them seriously. That is why he did not interrupt his search: in November he found a floor segment containing letters and numbers corresponding to the Boeing 777; Several months earlier, she had delivered, with Grace Nathan, a young lawyer who lost her mother on the flight, another five pieces, much to the discomfort of the Malaysian transport minister, Anthony Loke. But he took some precautions. "He currently avoids revealing his location or travel plans, and for similar reasons avoids using email and rarely speaks on the phone," said The Atlantic, who interviewed him for a final note on the disappearance of the MH370. “He likes Skype and WhatsApp because they are encrypted. He frequently changes his SIM cards. He thinks they sometimes follow him and photograph him. ” Almost six years after the mystery of the flight that left Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, where it never arrived, Gibson is the only man who went to look for evidence of the destruction of the ship, and found them. The trajectory that followed, on the advice of scientists from Australia - the country that did the major research, part of the final trajectory - proved the hypothesis that seems to stand above all others: the plane was diverted, controlled by someone from the cockpit, while gaining altitude and violently twisting to the left, the passenger cabin was completely depressurized, all people on board died except the one who piloted, and then remained for hours without a signal, in a quiet flight, until the fuel and make a plummet to 15,000 feet (4,600 meters) per minute.

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