Lightspeed, Knoxy, Plymouth, Switzerland, Netball

[joggerjayne]

Here are some interesting things that will happen today.

1. THE SPEED OF LIGHT

Scientists in Italy (Gran Sasso Research Facility) will give details today of observations recently made at their clever underground research place of particles travelling ... faster than the speed of light!

Breaking the speed limit supposedly imposed by the Special Theory of Relativity.

Clever stuff, huh?

2. AMANDA KNOX

Closing speeches in the Appeal begin today.

The Appeal has destroyed every last scrap of the (supposed) "evidence".

I've read a few books about the evidence in this case:

The Murder of Meredith Kercher - Gary King
Darkness Descending - Paul Russell and Luciano Garofano
The Monster of Perugia - Mark Waterbury
The Study Abroad Murder - Will Savive
Angel Face - Barbie Latza Nadeau
Injustice in Perugia - Bruce Fisher
Walking With Amanda - Florisbela Inocencio
Murder In Italy - Candace Dempsey
The Trials of Amanda Knox - Nina Burleigh

Of these, the most viciously hostile to Amanda and Rafaelle was Barbie Nadeau's "Angel Face", which pretty much said "She's a witch ... BURN HER!!"

Well, even the vicious Ms Nadeau now grudgingly concedes that "Too many mistakes were made for this to be a clean conviction".

By this time next week, Amanda and Rafaelle will be on their way home.

3. PLYMOUTH ARGYLE

Try to watch Brighton v Leeds on Sky tonight. We're going to wear green shirts (instead of sky blue) to try to draw attention to the financial plight of Plymouth. While the affluent prima donnas in the Prem are swanning around in their new Bentleys, Plymouth haven't been able to pay their staff or players for ages, and the club might not survive. Spare a thought for them, next time you are watching Chelsea or Man City on the telly.

4. SWITZERLAND

First thing tomorrow, I'm going to visit my lovely BF ... Yaay!! Okay, this one might not actually make the national News, but I think it's jolly.

5. WORLD NETBALL SERIES

Tickets for the World Netball Series (25th-27th November, in Liverpool) are on sale. If you've never seen Netball played at the top level, and you live in the area, you should seriously go to watch. You will not believe how fast the ball flashes around the court. You'll also be surprised at how many times the players collide, and knock each other on to the hard floor. And, of course, they get up and get on with the game. It's a good job some of the more delicate Premiership footballers don't play a physical game like Netball.

Okay, I'm done for now. I have to go to Smelly London shortly, so I thought I'd pack it into one post.

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[ladybirder]

Bednobs have you really never heard of Amanda Knox?