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Racket Sports Party quant à lui ne se prive pas de réaliser un véritable copier-coller de la jaquette du célèbre et très commercial Wii Sport pour un titre exclusivement tourné vers les jeux de raquettes.     Sorties du 25 mars 2010Alice au Pays des MerveillesCa y est, elle retourne au pays des merveilles et retrouve tous ses amis qu'elle a laissé quelques années plus tôt. Adapté du film de Tim Burton, Alice au Pays des Merveilles vous transporte dans un univers enchanteur en parfaite adéquation avec le film. Accompagnée de ses amis un peu déjanté, mettez fin aux agissements de la reine de cÅ“ur et du Jabberwocky. Vous incarnerez à tour de rôle cinq personnages de l'univers d'Alice et utiliserez leurs pouvoirs respectifs. Jouable seul ou à deux, cette aventure mettra à contribution vos neurones à travers diverses énigmes à résoudre au fil des niveaux. Etes-vous prêt à rentrer dans le terrier du lapin blanc ?(Prix conseillé : 50€) GTI Club Supermini Festa !Jeu de course issus des salles d'arcade, GTI Club Supermini Festa ! nous proposera de sillonner les ruelles de villes au volant de véhicules tels que la Renault 5 ou bien la petite Mini Cooper. Jouable jusqu'à quatre en écran splitté ou en ligne, vous pourrez défier vos amis au travers d'une foule de mini jeux ou d'une série de courses dans les plus grandes villes du monde. Enfin, les artistes pourront s'en donner à cÅ“ur joie dans leur garage avec la possibilité de personnaliser ses véhicules.Certainement le jeu de courses des nostalgiques.(Prix conseillé : 30€)Red Steel 2Dans un monde où se rencontrent culture occidentale et asiatique, vous devrez vous faire votre place à la seule force de vos armes. Équipé du combo Wiimote-Nunchuk à la précision amplifiée par le Wii MotionPlus, vous devrez faire face à de véritables hordes d'ennemis armé de votre pistolet et d'un katana. Action frénétique agrémentée par l'utilisation de pouvoirs et de techniques mortelles, les petits gars d'Ubisoft ont créés un tout nouvel univers et en ont profité pour retravailler le gameplay du précédant opus pour pousser les capacités de la Wiimote et offrir une expérience de jeu propre à la licence exclusive à la Wii.(Prix conseillé : 50€)Scene It? TwilightSérie de jeux de quiz sur le monde du cinéma, Scene It revient dans une édition entièrement consacrée à la saga Twilight. Révisez vos classiques, le jeu de Konami testera vos connaissances aussi bien sur les personnages que sur leur histoire ou les secrets de production du plus grand succès vampirique de ces dernières années. Les plus incollables auront la chance de débloquer des images des acteurs en bonus.(Prix conseillé : 40€) Step to the BeatEt c'est parti pour des balades rythmées en musique à travers des décors riches. Voilà le nouveau concept mis en avant par Konami. 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Une fois de plus, le Barça s'en est remis au génie de Leo Messi pour s'imposer, dimanche à Saragosse (4-2), en clôture de la 27e journée. Auteur de son deuxième triplé en deux matches de Liga, l'Argentin a rendu folle la défense du Real à lui seul, portant à 25 son nombre de buts inscrits en Liga. Ce succès, précieux, permet au club catalan de revenir à hauteur du Real Madrid en tête du championnat. Le duel sera bouillant jusqu'au bout.

Une fois de plus, le Barça s'en est remis au génie de Leo Messi pour s'imposer, dimanche à Saragosse (4-2), en clôture de la 27e journée. Auteur de son deuxième triplé en deux matches de Liga, l'Argentin a rendu folle la défense du Real à lui seul, portant à 25 son nombre de buts inscrits en Liga. Ce succès, précieux, permet au club catalan de revenir à hauteur du Real Madrid en tête du championnat. Le duel sera bouillant jusqu'au bout.

· Referee was influenced, says Liverpool manager
· United deny Valencia cheated to win spot-kick

Rafael Benítez's dislike of Sir Alex Ferguson manifested itself tonight in the Liverpool manager responding to another damaging setback to his side's aspirations of qualifying for the Champions League by demonstrating more bitterness towards the man who has become his nemesis in English football.

Benítez was aggrieved by the penalty that set Manchester United on the way to a 2-1 win, accusing Antonio Valencia of diving, and he referred to his previous accusations that Ferguson placed referees under pressure. "We know about the influence of Sir Alex in everything," he said. "I've seen three replays [from different angles] and the last one was suspicious. See the replay for yourself and how he fell to the ground." Asked whether he was saying it was a dive, he replied: "Yes, I think so. There is contact but the way he fell down – it was strange."

Television pictures showed the initial contact from Javier Mascherano had been outside the penalty area and Benítez was asked whether Ferguson had been trying to get into the mind of the referee, Howard Webb, when he talked on Friday of the Anfield club getting preferential treatment. "Just on Friday he said something?" he interrupted, his tone heavy with sarcasm. "Which Friday? This Friday or every Friday? Or every Friday of every year?"

Ferguson had written in his programme notes that he felt "a twinge of sympathy" for Benítez's current predicament, but the bad feeling between the two managers led to a confrontation on the touchline shortly after Wayne Rooney had scored his 33rd goal of the season, turning in the rebound after Pepe Reina had saved his penalty.

Rooney, recently troubled by a knee injury, left Old Trafford with a pronounced limp. His goal cancelled out Fernando Torres's fifth-minute header for Liverpool, with Park Ji-sung scoring the winner in the second half. "When you have different opinions you have to express those different opinions," Benítez said of that argument. "As you know, he [Ferguson] has his own opinion about everything."

Ferguson's argument was that Mascherano should have been sent off. "I thought the penalty kick was a red card," he said. "There was no way [Jamie] Carragher could have got across to stop Valencia from shooting, absolutely no way. He [Valencia] is too quick for Carragher to get across. It was a penalty but the law of the game is that if you stop a player from a goalscoring opportunity it's a red card, but not today it wasn't."

The United manager was unaware at that point that Benítez had spoken of Valencia being creative in his fall. "He [Mascherano] tugged him, and obviously I think the referee is right," Ferguson said. "He has got to play the advantage [after the first contact] because he was right through on goal and it wasn't until he was inside the box that he brought him down. So I think that was correct."

Benítez, however, was angered by what he perceived as several crucial decisions going in United's favour and said he was sufficiently concerned at half-time to tell Torres to keep his focus on the game. It was "not easy" for Torres, the manager reflected, and there was more heavy irony when he noted how Gary Neville's studs had connected with Maxi Rodríguez, leaving the Argentinian with a bloodied head. "I think it must have been a bird from the sky," he said.

Park needed a stitch for a facial gash, inflicted by Glen Johnson's boot. "A game like that, it's always been feisty," Ferguson said. "Both teams, with their pride and history, are going to compete. I don't think it got to a serious point at any stage."

While Liverpool are languishing in sixth, 18 points behind United at the top of the table, Ferguson's men have their sights on a fourth successive title, two points clear of Arsenal and four ahead of Chelsea, and have the added motivation of overtaking their Merseyside rivals with a 19th championship in total.

"We have been very consistent in the last two or three months," Ferguson said. "For periods of the game we played very well and in other periods we had to dig in and concentrate. It's always difficult to lose a goal and come back and win, it's a great quality that Manchester United have and it was that quality that won us the game again today."

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Charlie Parker lived hard, played hard, died young. Now an uncanny sculpture of him in his last months has resurfaced. Richard Williams on a story of jazz, art and devotion

The last time Julie Macdonald saw Charlie Parker, he was catching a flight home from Los Angeles to New York for the funeral of his three-year-old daughter, Pree, who had died in hospital in the early hours of 6 March, 1954 after a long illness. Two nights earlier, Parker had been fired, for the second time in a week, by the owner of the Tiffany Club in Hollywood after behaving erratically and arguing with the management. He was staying at the Pasadena home of Macdonald, a sculptor, when he received the news of Pree's death.

His immediate reaction, in Macdonald's recollection, was to drink heavily and send a series of increasingly desperate telegrams to his wife, Chan. The fourth and last read: MY DAUGHTER IS DEAD. I KNOW IT. I WILL BE THERE AS QUICK AS I CAN. IT IS VERY NICE TO BE OUT HERE. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VERY NICE TO ME OUT HERE. I AM COMING IN RIGHT AWAY TAKE IT EASY. LET ME BE THE FIRST ONE TO APPROACH YOU. I AM YOUR HUSBAND. SINCERELY, CHARLIE PARKER. Then he poured a bottle of scotch down the toilet, gave away his remaining supply of heroin, and Macdonald drove him to the airport.

Some time later, Macdonald began work on a sculpture of Parker's head, for which she had been making preparatory sketches during his visits. Then 28 (five years younger than Parker), she was the daughter of an impressionist painter and had studied at the Chouinard Art Institute in LA. She had met Parker during one of his earlier visits to California, probably in 1952. It seems likely that they were a part of a gathering of artists, intellectuals and scenemakers who met at the Altadena ranch of the Turkish-born painter and sculptor Jirayr Zorthian in July that year, a short drive from Macdonald's home. Zorthian's guests had indulged in a collective striptease while Parker played; a surviving home recording of the event reveals the sound of the saxophonist – apparently fully clothed, despite voluble entreaties – playing Embraceable You, the Gershwin ballad emerging above the noises of ribaldry. At any rate, Parker and Macdonald became close friends and enjoyed long conversations as she took him to art shows around Los Angeles.

After leaving to bury his child that Sunday morning in 1954, Parker would never return to California. He had only 12 months left to live, a year in which he and Chan attempted without success to create a quieter life for their family outside the city; in which his drinking worsened; in which he almost succeeded in killing himself by swallowing iodine; in which he committed himself to the psychiatric ward at New York's Bellevue hospital; and in which he made his last recordings and played his final gigs, before dying of an accumulation of symptoms while watching television in the Fifth Avenue apartment of the Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter. Within days his followers were scrawling "Bird Lives!" on Manhattan walls.

Stravinsky and a heroin habit

When William Dickson, a retired architect living in Edinburgh, got in touch last month to tell me that he was the owner of a stone head of Charlie Parker, I knew exactly what he was talking about. It had to be Macdonald's carving, which appeared on the cover of Down Beat magazine in 1965, an issue that commemorated the 10th anniversary of the saxophonist's death. That black-and-white photograph had showed the head to be a work of great distinction, capturing the contradictory elements of Parker's character. Macdonald carved a face which could be that of a child or an old man, simultaneously illuminated by innocence and exuding wisdom. Once seen, even in a reproduction, it was not easily forgotten. And here it was, 5,000 miles and 55 years from its point of origin, with a back-story that demanded to be told.

A few years after Parker's death, in a brief memoir of their relationship, Macdonald wrote warmly of his "ability to perceive" and of an intellect which, although untrained, was "prodigious". "He listened to Shostakovich, Stravinsky and Bartók; looked at art from Egyptian sculpture to Picasso with the same intensity; and he remembered! Bird's memory was uncanny. With that combination of perception and memory he translated experience through his horn. He caught the pulse of our times, the pressure, confusion and complexity, and more: sadness, sweetness and love."

That complexity is distilled in her rendering of Parker's head. Carved out of pale, lightly striated sandstone from a nearby Pasadena quarry, it is a little less than twice life-size, weighs 275lb, and is pinned to a cube of polished black granite. Its individual features – the sightless eyes, the shapely nose, the slightly pursed mouth, the neat ears – are finely executed. The back of the head, covered with carefully worked hair, is distended like that of a newborn baby. It bears a striking resemblance both to an Egyptian head of the 15th dynasty, which Macdonald had showed Parker, and to the carvings made by the Yoruba people of West Africa between the 14th and 16th century, currently on show at the British Museum.

Parker was capable of extremes of behaviour and appearance. Emerging from a midwestern background of no particular distinction, he became the second of jazz's great instrumental soloists (after Louis Armstrong) to change the way music was played, engendering a cult which endures more than half a century after his death, continually refuelled by what the American critic Gary Giddins called "the relentless energy, the uncorrupted humanity of his music".

A man of vast and undiscriminating physical appetites, Parker could quote from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam and planned to study composition with Edgard Varèse. Unreliable in every aspect of his life except the quality of his playing, he attempted to dissuade younger musicians from copying his heroin habit, but succeeded only in fostering a generation of imitators who thought that living the way he did would help them play like him, too – before discovering that no one could do that. The physician who signed his death certificate estimated his age to be between 50 and 60 (he was 34).

From LA to Edinburgh

Macdonald made at least one other sculpture of Parker, a full-length figure carved from lignum vitae, a dark hardwood. On 1 March, 1955, two weeks before his death, she wrote to jazz critic and historian Marshall Stearns mentioning a possible sale of the wood figure and offering to have it transported for viewing to the New York studio of the blind pianist and teacher Lennie Tristano. "I trust the price mentioned did not discourage you," she wrote, adding a poignant postscript: "I would naturally be happy beyond words for Bird to see the carving if at all possible." According to Peter Ind, the British bass player who lived in New York in the 1950s, studying and playing with Tristano, the piece remained in the East 32nd Street studio for some time, given "pride of place".

The stone head remained in Macdonald's keeping until 1961, by which time the wood figure had passed into the possession of Robert Reisner, a New Yorker who had promoted Parker during the last phase of the saxophonist's life. Reisner was compiling stories for a book titled Bird: The Legend of Charlie Parker, and Macdonald was among his contributors. When she indicated an interest in selling the stone head, Reisner put her in touch with another jazz fan, a wealthy Californian named George E Geisler. "It turned out," Geisler later remembered, "that she had a chance to get a good deal on a Ferrari, and could use the money." The piece remained in Geisler's ownership for four decades.

Macdonald went on to create around 400 other works, including many pieces based on animal figures. Her stone rendering of The Three Graces was installed outside the Downtown YMCA in LA, and she exhibited at the Pasadena Art Museum, the San Francisco Museum, and the LA County Museum of Art. She married twice and had two children; but by the end of the 1970s she was heavily addicted to cocaine and died of cancer in 1982, aged 55.

When Geisler began to disperse his possessions in 2000, Macdonald's stone head was sold to one of the world's leading experts on Parker memorabilia. From there it passed into the hands of Dickson, who had returned to his native Edinburgh after retiring from his London practice several years earlier. Now 67, Dickson works as a photographer, surrounded by his own sizeable collection of material – records, concert posters, books, night-club handbills – from jazz's post-war era, with Macdonald's majestically resonant work as its centrepiece.

Never shown to the public, the head has been seen only three times in photographic reproductions since it took shape: first in 1962 as an illustration in Reisner's book, then on the cover of Down Beat, and finally in Esquire's World of Jazz book in 1975. Dickson believes it deserves to be seen by a wider public but is uncertain of its appeal and value to institutions – or, indeed, what sort of institution would guarantee it an appropriate setting.

Meanwhile, it sits in the unlikely surroundings of an Edinburgh studio, radiating its subject's unique charisma, a direct physical link with one of modern music's most remarkable figures.

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LIMONT Il a donné son premier entraînement samedi, et était sur le banc dimanche contre Ouffet-Warzee (défaite 2-4). L'ancien entraîneur d'Ostende, de La Louvière et de Wevelgem City, habite à cent mètres du terrain. En contact avec un club de Dubai, il ...

Le club italien de Busto Arsizio a confirmé dimanche la mainmise des formations transalpines sur la Coupe de la CEV (cinq titres en six ans) en succédant à Nivara au palmarès. A Bakou (Azerbaidjan), les Italiennes ont battu les Serbes de Belgrade en finale (3-1).

En ce début de saison, Amaury Leveaux et Alain Bernard s'affrontent uniquement par chronos interposés. Et comme samedi sur le 100 mètres, c'est l'Antibois qui a réalisé le meilleur temps sur le 50 mètres, avec un 22"75 contre 22"84 pour Leveaux. Un bémol toutefois, le vice-champion olympique de la distance revient tout juste d'un stage de préparation physique avec son club aux Canaries.

Football - Israël L'ancien international français et ex-entraîneur du Paris SG Luis Fernandez sera le nouveau sélectionneur d'Israël à partir du 1er mai a annoncé dimanche le président de la Fédération israélienne de football, Avi Louzoun. Fernandez, 50 ans, avait été nommé manageur du Betar Jérusalem en novembre 2005. Il avait quitté le club au printemps suivant.

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As cabin crews prepare for the third day of their walkout, the two sides disagree on how effective the strike has been

The Unite trade union has urged British Airways to resume peace talks as cabin crews prepare toentertheir third day of strike action with both sides claiming to have landed blows in the dispute.

Tony Woodley, the joint general secretary of Unite, Britain's largest union, called on BA's board to reopen negotiations over staffing cuts that broke up acrimoniously last week. BA is trying to restore a normal schedule when the strike ends at midnight tomorrow, but aircraft are now out of place around the globe, threatening more disruption, and a further four-day strike is due to begin on Saturday.

"I am now appealing to the BA chairman and sensible members of the board to use their influence, put passengers first and return to the negotiating table for the good of everyone," said Woodley. "It is quite obvious this strike is in no one's interest. We need a negotiated settlement."

Woodley pointedly failed to mention the airline's chief executive, Willie Walsh, who said yesterday that BA's performance during the three-day strike by 12,000 flight attendants was "better than expected".

Walsh used a YouTube message to laud the fact that some cabin crew members had crossed picket lines.

"It was great to see them walking through the terminal building, wearing their uniform, wearing it with pride, and they are turning up to keep BA flying," he said. Striking cabin crew claim that some colleagues are staffing flights out of fear of losing their travel privileges, or their jobs, if they join the walkout.

With thousands of BA passengers observing rows of empty planes as they flew in and out of Heathrow today, both sides accused the other of fabricating claims about the effectiveness of the strike. Unite officials and BA executives are aware that any perceived weakness would be a disadvantage if negotiations resume this week.

The PR battle saw Unite claim it had grounded significant numbers of flights with a heavily-supported walkout, while BA said it was flying two-thirds of passengers to their destinations with growing numbers of strike-breaking cabin crew. BA said around 50,000 customers travelled to their destinations today, while around 25,000 were unable to fly.

Unite said only 9 of 1,110 rostered cabin crew had turned up at Heathrow, but BA dismissed the claim. A spokesman said: "That is barely enough for one plane. We would not be able to get today's service out." The airline claimed that 55% of rostered cabin crew attended work at the airport, which Unite said was boosted by crew arriving on inbound flights from long-haul destinations.

BA said it was operating a number of empty "ghost" flights, but not as many as the 49 claimed by Unite. "They are cargo flights, which are extremely important financially for the company and they will return with hundreds of passengers," said a BA spokesman.

John Strickland, an industry consultant and former BA manager, said: "They are both getting their message across. The union can point to aircraft parked at Heathrow and BA can show it is operating its programme. But both sides have to see the haemorrhaging effect of this and the impact on BA's customer base."

A trade union source said no peace talks were scheduled and, with a further four-day strike looming, indicated that it would take some time to reach an agreement. "We are up for a deal but it cannot be just any old deal. It has to be one that we can live with."

A BA spokesman said: "We are aware of Tony Woodley's comments, but we are completely focused on flying our customers where they want to go and increasing our schedule as more crew turn up for work."

Striking staff said some colleagues were concerned by a BA warning that strikers will lose their travel concessions.

"Between 20% and 30% of crew commute from abroad and rely on the travel concession to get to work," said one French crew member at the strike headquarters at Bedfont football club near Heathrow. "I know some people who are afraid to strike because of that."

At Terminal Five, some passengers said they didn't notice the effect of the strike, with flights staffed by hundreds of volunteer flight attendants. Nick Barclay, 39, arriving from Aberdeen said: "You wouldn't have known about a strike, it was like a normal flight."

At Bedfont, one non-striking cabin crew member said she had flown in on a flight from Africa and came to show support.

"On aircraft with minimum crew there's no hot meals and drinks are limited," she said. "Our flight was a full crew and there were no hot meals. People in first class were having economy wines. They'd paid thousands of pounds more and it was exactly the same as economy."

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Price Includes Bed & Breakfast, 15% Govt Tax, 7% VAT and 5% Service Charges. Best Offer in Bangladesh. Hotel in Dhaka, Bangladesh CIVIC Guest House ( 2 Star ) Access : It is close to EC Delegation Office, American Club, Australian Recreation Center, BAGHA Club, Dutch Club, International Club, Shops and Restaurants & also 15 minutes drive the Zia International Airport. Price : Room Category-----------Standard-------------------Deluxe Single Occupancy---------35 USD$----------------45 USD$ Double Occupancy--------50 USD$-----------------60 USD$ Extra Bed-------------------10 USD$-----------------10 USD$ Description CIVIC Guest House located in the Gulshan Diplomatic zone, opposite to the Italian Embassy, Road-79/82, House- 20/B to accommodate your VIP Guests. Euro Garden Category: 2 Star Access : It is just north of Gulshan Police Station & Gulshan Central (Azad) Mosque, west of Wonderland Children Park and also just near the Gulshan City Corporation Market No. 2. Our Euro Garden Guest House is only a 10-minute ride from Dhaka Zia International Airport. Price: Room Category-------------Standard----------------Deluxe Single Occupancy---------35 USD$ ++------------50 USD$ Double Occupancy--------50 USD$----------------70 USD$ Extra Bed-------------------10 USD$----------------10 USD$ Description: Our Euro Garden Guest House is located at the heart place of Gulshan Model Town, the Diplomatic zone of the Capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka. Our Euro Garden Guest House is surrounded by natural beauty Hotel Pacific Category: 2 Star Accessible: 35 minutes drive from Dhaka international airport Price: Room Category------------Standard-------------Deluxe Single Occupancy---------30 USD$------------35 $ USD Double Occupancy--------40 USD$------------45 USD$ Extra Bed---------------10 USD$--------------10 USD$ Description: Located in central business hub Motijeel commercial area. by Rickshaw it is easy to enter downtown old Dhaka. Merriott Guest House Category: 2 Star Accessible: The hotel is in Gulshan north with its calm and quiet environment. It is 10 minutes drive to Zia Intl. airport and 20 minutes drive to all the business areas. Surrounded by number of diplomatic missions and international standard restaurant with in walking distance. Price: Room Category-----------Standard------------Deluxe Single Occupancy--------45 USD$-----------50 USD$ Double Occupancy-------50 USD$-----------60 USD$ Extra Bed-----------------10 USD$------------10 USD$ Description: An expert group of hoteliers having working experience in a five star hotels in Dhaka now has taken over the "Marriott Guest House" on their own. PacificInn Guest House Category: 2 Star Accessible: We are in the heart of Dhaka diplomatic zone. 15 minutes drive both ways from Dhaka international airport and central commercial area. Price: Room Category------------Standard------------Deluxe Single Occupancy---------40 USD$-----------50 USD$ Double Occupancy--------50 USD$-----------60 USD$ Extra Bed-------------------10 USD$-----------10 USD$ Description: We welcome you to the pacific inn during your stay in Dhaka. A guesthouse by a lakeside specially designed for your comfortable accommodation. Ambala Inn Category: 2 Star Accessible: The hotel is in Dhanmondi with its calm and quiet environment. It is 30 minutes drive to Zia Intl. airport Price: Room Category-------------Standard-----------Deluxe Single Occupancy----------40 USD$-----------55 USD$ Double Occupancy---------65 USD$-----------70 USD$ Extra Bed--------------------10 USD$-----------10 USD$ Description: Ambala Group’ has added their newly built bed and breakfast motel at Dhanmondi area.business travelers will find it very convenient during their stay in Dhaka. Aristocrat Inn Category: 2 Star Accessible: Aristocrat Inn is situated at Gulshan-2 . It is 10 minutes drive from Zia International Airport. Price: Room Category------------Standard------------Deluxe Single Occupancy---------50 USD$----------60 USD$ Double Occupancy--------60 USD$----------75 USD$ Extra Bed-------------------10 USD$----------10 USD$ Description: Aristocrat Inn the premier guest house in town. The Inn is committed to live up to its name by providing Aristocratic Service to the guests who are the Aristocrats. Asia Pacific Blossom Category: 3 Star Accessible: 10 Km from Zia intl. Airport. Walking distance from all shopping all and restaurant of different cuisine. Price: Room Category----------Standard-------------Deluxe Single Occupancy--------65 USD$----------80 USD$ Double Occupancy-------80 USD$---------90 USD$ Extra Bed------------------10 USD$----------10 USD$ Description: Conference hall is capacity of 150 people with conference facilities, swimming poll and sauna, poolside restaurant, fitness center, safety and security, business center. Accept all major credit cards, same day laundry service BRAC Center INN Category: 2 Star Accessible: Excellent location near the diplomatic enclave overlooking the Gulshan lake. Price: Room Category---------Standard----------Deluxe Single Occupancy------50 USD$---------65 USD$ Double Occupancy-----60 USD$---------70 USD$ Extra Bed----------------10 USD$---------10 USD$ Description: BRAC Centre Inn - A symbol of refreshing elegance. An authentic example of personalised hospitality. Excellent location near the diplomatic enclave overlooking the Gulshan lake. Unique blend of service and comfort with the warm touch of home. Multiple cuisine, local and international, to make your stay all the more enjoying. Bon Vivant Category: 2 Star Accessible: The hotel is located in a clam and solitary area of Baridhara. 7 Kilomater south from the ZIA International Airport and 8 Kilomaters north of Motijheel and Dilkusha Commercial Areas, Dhaka. Price: Room Category----------Standard-------------Deluxe Single Occupancy-------50 USD$-----------65 USD$ Double Occupancy------60 USD$-----------70 USD$ Extra Bed-----------------10 USD$-----------10 USD$ Description: Hotel Bon Vivant is an outstanding international hotel with a unique combination of 38 fully furnished rooms with suites. Hotel Center Point Category: 2 Star Accessible: Hotel is located in Gulshan (Former Lutheran Centre), which is a convenient 15 minutes drive from Zia International Airport. We have easy access to all parts of the city. Price: Room Category-----------Standard-----------------Deluxe Single Occupancy--------50 USD$--------------65 USD$ Double Occupancy-------60 USD$--------------70 USD$ Extra Bed------------------10 USD$--------------10 USD$ Description: Center Point Hotel welcomes you in Dhaka to make you feel at home. A team of Hotel Management personal is working round the clock to serve you better. Citadel Hotel Category: 2 Star Access: Citadel Guesthouse is situated at Gulshan-2 . It is 10 minutes drive from Zia International Airport. Price: Room Category---------Standard--------Deluxe ( Double ) Single Occupancy------45 USD$------- 55 USD$ Double Occupancy-----60 USD$--------70 USD$ Extra Bed---------------10 USD$---------10 USD$ Description: The Citadel Hotel is an unique hotel which is secured comfortable and unbeatable for the warm and personalized service. Civic Inn Category: 2 Star Accessible: Situated in one of the cities prime locations, the prestigious Gulshan diplomatic enclave. 15 minutes drive both ways from the International Airport & Central Commercial Area Price: Room Category----------Standard-----------Deluxe Single Occupancy------45 USD$----------60 USD$ Double Occupancy-----60 USD$---------70 USD$ Extra Bed----------------10 USD$ Description: Civic Inn an impressive hotel with the experience of more than a decade of its professional management which provides every modern amenities & comfort. Offers good facilities for the business executives, international consultants as well as a host of local attractions to entertain the tourists. De Crystal Garden Category: 3 Star Accessible: Located in Dhaka's prestigious Gulshan Diplomatic area. It is 10 minutes drive from the Zia International Airport. Zia International Airport - 7 Kilometers Price: Room Category---------Standard-----------Deluxe Single Occupancy------55 USD$----------65 USD$ Double Occupancy-----65 USD$----------75 USD$ Extra Bed----------------10 USD$----------10 USD$ Description: An oasis of luxury and tranquility in the heart of bustling Dhaka city. The hotel provides extensive world class facilities and services to business travelers who expect comfort, efficiency and warm hospitality. Hotel De Castle Category: 3 Star Accessible: Set amidst the greenery of the diplomatic enclave of Banani, only 10 minutes derive from Zia International Airport. Price: Room Category----------Standard---------Deluxe Single Occupancy-------50 USD$--------60 USD$ Double Occupancy------45 USD$--------55 USD$ Extra Bed-----------------10 USD$--------10 USD$ Description: Welcome to the emerald green Bangladesh, the land of opportunities. Stay amidst peaceful and comfortable surroundings at Hotel De Castle, your home away from home. Hotel De Crystal Crown Category: 3 Star Accessible: The Guest House is in Uttara Model Town with its calm and quiet environment. It is 5 to 10 minutes drive to Zia Intl. airport and 20 minutes drive to all the business areas. Price: Room Category----------Standard----------Deluxe Single Occupancy------45 USD$---------70 USD$ Double Occupancy-----35 USD$---------55 USD$ Extra Bed----------------10 USD$---------10 USD$ Dhaka midtown hotel Category: 3 Star Accessible: Located 15 minutes from zia international airport and in the heart of diplomatic zone, the hotel stands in its own extensive grounds next to the Embassies and diplomatic warehouses. Price: Room Category----------Standard-----------Deluxe Single Occupancy-------35 USD$----------55 USD$ Double Occupancy------45 USD$----------65 USD$ Extra Bed-----------------10 USD$----------10 USD$ Description: Dhaka Mid Town Hotel is a nice hotel for international guests. It is professionally operated in a modern building with an eye-catching architectural design. Dutch Club Category: 3 Star Accessible: Located in Dhaka's prestigious Gulshan Diplomatic area, surrounded by Lake with Park, American Club, Australian Club, Dutch Club, British Club, International Club & Nordic Club, which is 10 minutes drive from the Zia International Airport. Zia International Airport - 7 Kilometers Price: Room Category---------Standard-----------Deluxe Single Occupancy------50 USD$----------65 USD$ Double Occupancy-----60 USD$----------80 USD$ Extra Bed----------------10 USD$----------10 USD$ Description: An oasis of luxury and tranquility in the heart of bustling Dhaka city. The hotel provides extensive world class facilities and services to business travelers who expect comfort, efficiency and warm hospitality. Eastern House Category: 3 Star Accessible: Located 15 minutes from zia international airport and in the heart of diplomatic zone, the hotel stands in its own extensive grounds next to the Embassies and diplomatic zones. Price: Room Category-----------Standard----------Deluxe Single Occupancy--------50 USD$---------55 USD$ Double Occupancy--------70 USD$--------70 USD$ Extra Bed-------------------10 USD$--------10 USD$ Description: Eastern house is an exclusive Guest House for international guests. It is professionally operated in a modern building with an eye-catching architectural design Eastern Residence Category: 3 Star Accessible: The hotel is located in a clam and solitary area of Banani. 7 Kilometer south from the ZIA International Airport and 8 Kilometers north of Motijeel and Dilkusha Commercial Areas, Dhaka. The hotel is surrounded by shopping malls, clubs restaurants and diplomatic mission. Price: Room Category----------Standard------------Deluxe Single Occupancy-------65 USD$-----------75 USD$ Double Occupancy------80 USD$-----------90 USD$ Extra Bed-----------------10 USD$-----------10 USD$ Description: Hotel Eastern Residence is an outstanding international hotel with a unique combination of 60 fully furnished rooms with suites and service apartments. In order to cater to the need of the customers of 21st century, we have equipped the hotel with the most modern technology to cope with the diversified interest of today's guest Elenga Resort Category: 3 Star Accessible: Easies way to JRE is from Ashulia and Savar intersection to east to Kaliakoir Intersection. Then to north from Kaliakoir Intersection to Mirzappur. Best to take Mirzapur by pass then avail korotia by pass to reach to Tangail bypass .At he end of Tangail bypass go east again and in less then 5 minutes you will reach to Elenga Bazar in Kalihati Thana. JRL Elenga Resort is adjacent to the east of the Bazar. Large billboard will show the way to the Resort.. Price: Room Category-----------Standard---------Deluxe Single Occupancy--------45 USD$--------60 USD$ Double Occupancy--------55 USD$--------75 USD$ Extra Bed-------------------10 USD$--------10 USD$ Description: Close to the tantalizing view of river Jamuna, and Jamuna Multipurpose Bridge, JRL Elenga Resort is alluring you to invigorate from languorous life and rejuvenate yourself. Visit Elenga Resort and give in yourself to the nature. Far pavilion Category: 3 Star Accessible:It is close to EC Delegation Office, American Club, Australian Recreation Center, BAGHA Club, Dutch Club, International Club, Shops and Restaurants & also 15 minutes drive the Zia International Airport. Price: Room Category---------Standard-------------Deluxe Single Occupancy-------45 USD$----------60 USD$ Double Occupancy------55 USD$----------75 USD$ Extra Bed-----------------10 USD$----------10 USD$ Description: Far Pavilion Ltd. guest house, only 10 minutes drive from the Zia International Airport. We have 32 rooms of various categories suitable for various budgets. We aim to make your stay comfortable & memorable. Hospitality is our specialty. Golden Deer Category: 3 Star Accessible:We are located in Gulsha-2, a diplomatic zone in the northern part of Dhaka. 15 minutes drive both ways from Dhaka international airport and central commercial area. Our professional experience will and ensures that your stay is enjoyable. Price: Room Category------------Standard----------Deluxe Single Occupancy--------50 USD$---------65 USD$ Double Occupancy-------65 USD$---------75 USD$ Extra Bed------------------10 USD$---------10 USD$ Description: Opened in mid-2002, this new international business hotel in equipped to the highest standards to meet the needs of the discerning traveler. Under a highly qualified management team trained in international hospitality, our Golden Deer staff is eager to do their best to ensure your stay to be happy, comfortable and safe. Golden Goose Category: 3 Star Accessible: It is close to EC Delegation Office, American Club, Australian Recreation Center, BAGHA Club, Dutch Club, International Club, Shops and Restaurants & also 15 minutes drive the Zia International Airport Price: Room Category-----------Standard--------Deluxe Single Occupancy--------50 USD$------65 USD$ Double Occupancy-------65 USD$------75 USD$ Extra Bed------------------10 USD$------10 USD$ Description: Hotel Asrafee Category: 3 Star Accessible: Located at Rajarbagh Dhaka just overlooking Rajarbagh police Lines and being at a stone’s throw from Kamlapur Railway station, BRTC-an international road network, Bangladesh Secretariat and Motijheel Commercial Area, the country’s biggest Commercial hub; Hotel Ashrafee is linked with one of the best road and railway communication networks. Inter-city Luxury coach networks like Green Line, Shohagh, Silk Line, etc. are within our vicinity. It’s just a 40-minute drive from the Zia International Airport. Price: Room Category----------Standard---------Deluxe Single Occupancy------35 USD$--------50 USD$ Double Occupancy-----50 USD$--------60 USD$ Extra Bed----------------10 USD$--------10 USD$ Description: HOTEL ASHRAFEE and exclusive addition to Dhaka’s prides on having another new hotel at it’s heart. Only 30 minutes drive from Zia International Airport, HOTEL ASHRAFEE has a convenient location overlooking all the important centers of the city. Marino Guest House Category: 3 Star Accessible: House no.46, Road No.18, Block - J , Banani, Dhaka, Bangladesh Price: Room Category----------Standard------------Deluxe Single Occupancy-------55 USD$----------65 USD$ Double Occupancy------70 USD$----------80 USD$ Extra Bed-----------------10 USD$----------10 USD$ Description: We are located in Banani, a diplomatic zone in the northern part of Dhaka. 15 minutes drive both ways from Dhaka international airport and central commercial area. Our professional experience will and ensures that your stay is enjoyable Paradise Garden hotel Category: 3 Star Accessible: 15 mins drive from Dhaka int airport to Hotel Price: Room Category---------Standard-----------Deluxe Single Occupancy.......50 USD$...........65 USD$ Double Occupancy.......65 USD$...........75 USD$ Extra Bed.................10 USD$............10 USD$ Description: Paradise Garden Hotel welcomes you to Dhaka. It is a home away from your home. Hotel managed by professionals with five star backgrounds, the hotel strives to ensure all your business needs. Be our guest feel the difference. We offer you most comfortable traditional Bangladesh hospitality to make your stay in Dhaka, Bangladesh, most pleasantly memorable Description: For a Homely stay amidst modern amenities and atmosphere. Rigs Inn Category: 3 Star Accessible: Very near to the diplomatic zone of Gulshan Baridhara and surrounded by a variety of authentic restaurants and shopping malls, the hotel is conveniently located in close proximity of the business areas and within easy reach of the Zia International Airport, the country's gateway by air. Price: Room Category---------Standard----------Deluxe Single Occupancy-------55 USD$-------65 USD$ Double Occupancy------70 USD$-------75 USD $ Extra Bed-----------------10 USD$-------10 USD$ Description: A scenic view of the lake will add a new dimension to your pleasant stay, while on official visit, business or tourism, enjoy our personalized, discreet and efficient service in a homely environment, where every request will be honored by the skilled personnel who have five-star hotel experience inside the country and abroad Rose Wood Residence Category: Three Star Accessible: Rose Wood Residence is strategically located within the Capital City Dhaka surrounded by Baridhara and Banani in the close vicinity to the exclusive Shopping Mall, Bank, Hospital, and Entertainment Zone and very close to the Motijheel Commercial Area, Prime Minister Office & Parliament House. Zia International Airport, Dhaka -12 Kilometers and 15 minutes Drive from the Airport. Price: Room Category-----------Standard----------Deluxe Single Occupancy--------45 USD$---------55 USD$ Double Occupancy-------55 USD$---------65 USD$ Extra Bed------------------10 USD$---------10 USD$ Description: Hotel Rose Wood & tourism, the name blends in a unique combination of experience -comfort, multi - cultural value and achievement since your step taken at our premises. Satisfaction of our valued guests has made a substantial market that leads us to be the pioneer in the field of hospitality industry of the country. Royal Resort Category: 3 Star Accessible: Very near to the diplomatic zone of Gulshan Baridhara and surrounded by a variety of authentic restaurants and shopping malls, the hotel is conveniently located in close proximity of the business areas and within easy reach of the Zia International Airport, the country's gateway by air. Price: Room Category--------Standard------------Deluxe Single Occupancy-----45 USD$----------65 USD$ Double Occupancy----60 USD$----------75 USD$ Extra Bed---------------10 USD$----------10 USD$ Description: A scenic view of the lake will add a new dimension to your pleasant stay, while on official visit, business or tourism, enjoy our personalized, discreet and efficient service in a homely environment, where every request will be honored by the skilled personnel who have five-star hotel experience inside the country and abroad Purbani International Category: 3 Star Accessible: Located in the city center, adjacent to the main commercial district of Dhaka. It is about 90 minutes drive south from Zia International Airport Price: Room Category---------Standard-----------Deluxe Single Occupancy------90 USD$---------110 USD$ Double Occupancy------100 USD$-------120 USD$ Extra Bed-----------------10 USD$----------10 USD$ Description: The hotel provides extensive world-class facilities and services to business travelers who expect comfort, efficiency and warm hospitality Rajmoni Ishakha Category: 3 Star Accessible: Price: Room Category---------Standard--------Deluxe Single Occupancy------45 USD$-------55 USD$ Double Occupancy------55 USD$------65 USD$ Extra Bed----------------10 USD$-------10 USD$ Description: Hotel Sarina Category: 5 Star Accessible: Just 15 minutes drive from Zia International Airport and minutes away from the Diplomatic Enclave of Gulshan and Baridhara Price: Room Category--------------Standard-----------Deluxe Single Occupancy---------95 USD$---------110 USD$ Double Occupancy-------120 USD$---------130 USD$ Extra Bed-------------------15 USD$-----------15 USD$ Description: Govt. approved International standard 5 star hotel at prime zone Hotel La vinchi Category: 3 Star Accessible: 25 minutes drive from ariport Price: Room Category--------Standard----------Deluxe Single Occupancy-----65 USD$---------80 USD$ Twin Occupancy------80 USD$---------90 USD$ Extra bed---------------10 USD$---------10 USD$ Description: Best western Hotel, enjoy your stay! Lake Castle Category: 3 Star Accessible: The magnificent lavish hotel is situated by the side of a lake with greeneries. Its elegant scenic beauty will take you to the dream world. All the 60 beautifully decorated rooms are fitted with all modern amenities. The hotel is in Gulshan north with its calm and quiet environment. It is 10 minutes drive to Zia Intl. airport and 20 minutes drive to all the business areas. The hotel surrounds by the American Club, diplomats and elite of the city.Located near diplomatic zone with all the modern comfort and luxury Price: Room Category------------Standard----------Deluxe Single Occupancy---------55 USD$-------65 USD$ Double Occupancy--------70 USD$-------80 USD$ Extra bed--------------------10 USD$------10 USD$ Description: The 60 rooms hotel is beautifully and tastefully built with modern structural design. It is a twin building and the front elevation is decorated with reflecting glass fittings with Thai aluminium. The professionals have tastefully decorated the lobby and the guest room.We are waiting for you to come and enjoy the comfort and hospitality from a group of highly experienced professionals. Hotel provides five star standard services at an affordable price. Lake shore Category: 3 Star Accessible: Centrally Located, near diplomatic area, 15 min drive from air ports Price: Room Category---------Standard----------Deluxe Single Occupancy------110 USD$------120 USD$ Double Occupancy-----120 USD$------140 USD$ Extra bed------------------15 USD$--------15 USD$ Description: Luxurious well furnished Business hotel. Royal Park Category: 3 Star Accessible: Royal Park Residence - Conveniently located in the heart of the Diplomatic enclave of Banani, is just a 12 minute drive from the Dhaka International Airport, away from the congested down town areas of Dhaka Price: Room Category----------Standard---------Deluxe Single Occupancy-------80 USD$-------100 USD$ Double Occupancy------90 USD$-------115 USD$ Extra bed------------------15 USD$--------15 USD$ Description: The newest and the only luxurious ISO 9001 & HACCP certified "Boutique style Business Hotel in the skyline of Dhaka, offering World-class hospitality whilst recognizing every guest individually and treated with personalized care.' Undoubtedly the most exclusive hotel in Dhaka Tropical Inn Category : 3 Star Access : The hotel is in Gulshan north with its calm and quiet environment. It is 10 minutes drive to Zia Intl. airport and 20 minutes drive to all the business areas. The hotel surrounds by the American Club, diplomats and elite of the city Price: Room Category----------Standard-------------Deluxe Single Occupancy------45 USD$------------60 USD$ Double Occupancy-----60 USD$------------75 USD$ Extra bed---------------10 USD$-------------10 USD$ Description: Tropical Inn, very near to the diplomatic zone of Gulshan Baridhara and surrounded by a variety of authentic restaurants and shopping malls, the hotel is conveniently located in close proximity of the business areas and within easy reach of the Zia International Airport, the country's gateway by air Radisson Water Garden Category: 5 Star Accessible: 5 minutes drive from airport Price: Room Category---------Deluxe ---------------luxury Single Occupancy----USD$ 160--------USD$ 200 Double Occupancy---USD$ 180--------USD$ 240 Extra bed---------------USD$ 25 Description: Hotel Sheraton Category: 5 Star Accessible: 30 minutes drive from airport, centrally located Price: Room Category-----------Deluxe------------------Luxury Single Occupancy-------USD$ 140------------USD$ 220 Double Occupancy------USD$ 140------------USD$ 250 Extra bed----------------- USD$ 25 -------------USD$ 25 Description: Best five star luxury hotel in Dhaka Pan Pacific Shonargaon Category: 5 Star Accessible: 30 minutes drive from airport, centrally located Price: Room Category---------Deluxe -------------Luxury Single Occupancy------USD$ 140--------USD$ 220 Double Occupancy-----USD$ 140--------USD$ 250 Extra bed---------------- USD$ 25 ---------USD$ 25 Description: Top business 5 star hotel in Dhaka Hotline: Bangladesh Expeditions Pan pacific Sonargaon hotel, level-112 Ph: +88-01715093412; expeditionbd@gmail.com info@expeditions-bd.com

++ GREG DELON, DAVID HOPPERMAN & SANDY MIX LIVE @ DUNE WINTER SEASON


++ 10E + 1 CONSO


+ GOOD MUSIC, GOOD CLUB & GOOD PEOPLE.

+ MUSIC BY GREG DELON, DAVID HOPPPERMAN & SANDY.

+ TENUE CORRECTE EXIGÉE.


++ DATES À NE PAS RATER:

- SAMEDI 17 AVRIL : SIS live
- SAMEDI 24 AVRIL : REMEMBER (Greg Delon, Nhar, Cebb & Sandy)



DUNE WINTER SEASON
ROUTE DES PLAGES / LE GRAND TRAVERS
34280 LA GRANDE MOTTE
06.67.90.46.59 -//- agenda Concert Electro - LA GRANDE MOTTE, Hérault (34) - le 10-04-2010 -//-

Music By Greg Delon, David Hoppperman & Sandy.

Good music, good club & good people. Music by Cebb & Sandy.

Tenue correcte exigée.

Dates à ne pas rater :
- samedi 17 avril : Sis live,
- samedi 24 avril : Remember (Greg Delon, [...]

ÖREBRO. Betty, 43, njuter av sexlekarna pÃ¥ Club Eden med sin man, Sture, 46, - och flera andra par. De är ett av tusentals swingerpar i Sverige som roar sig pÃ¥ parklubbar pÃ¥ helgerna. - Här fÃ¥r vi utlopp för vÃ¥ra lustar, säger Betty.

Emirates Team New Zealand remporte le Louis Vuitton Trophy d'Auckland sous les couleurs du Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron. Manche décisive ce dimanche dans la Waitemata Harbour. Vainqueur de la première manche de la finale hier, le bateau kiwi a de nouveau gagné aujourd'hui face à Mascalzone Latino Audi, l'équipe italienne représentant le Club Nautica di Roma et Challenger of Record de la 34e "America's Cup".

Kombouaré, en conférence de presse d'après match, donne son avis sur Maurice, Sankharé et N'Goyi, trois joueurs du PSG formés au club et titulaires pour affronter Nice hier soir au stade du Ray.

Jeudi dernier au club j'ai quelque peu "bavé" devant un joli coussinet que ma copine Deudeu a réalisé et comme elle est adorable et généreuse elle me l'a donné !! Il va très bien dans ma chambre et je l'ai acroché à l'une des poignées de ma commode !!!

Il s'agit d'un modèle free que vous pourrez trouver ici !!

   Deudeu !!!!

Disponible depuis février sur PSP, GTI Club Supermini Festa ! arrivera en magasin le 25 mars prochain ! Le jeu de courses automobiles, distribué par Konami, fera sa première apparition sur la console Nintendo Wii.

A vous les folles courses dans les paysages les plus spécifiques de France, d'Italie, d'Amérique ou du Japon ! A bord de vos bolides (la mythique Mini Cooper ou la R5), vous pourrez jouer seul ou défier vos amis et d'autres gamers en ligne.

Vous pourrez personnaliser vos voitures grâce au mode "Garage" ou partir à la découverte du monde dans le mode "Quest".

All-Nintendo est heureux de vous offrir quelques images de GTI Club Supermini Festa !

Comment en est-on arrivé à un tel niveau de violence autour du Paris Saint-Germain ? Après la mort de l'un des leurs, Téléfoot a mené l'enquête sur les supporters du club parisien.

Extrawelt est un duo allemand originaire de Hambourg. Ils se sont fait connaître avec le cultissime "Soopertrack" en 2005, un tube comme il en existe peu dans la sphère électro, paru sur Border Community, le label de James Holden.

Le duo atteint [...]

From Stefan Molyneux's post on the Mises forum: The Freedomain Radio Book Club had a great discussion with Stephan about intellectual property which I thought you might enjoy... FDR1616 Stephan Kinsella on Intellectual Property from Freedomain Radio Play Now We did this yesterday, Mar. 20, 2010. It was about an hour and was a nice, intelligent discussion of IP and related libertarian issues. (Local MP3 file -- 59MB) [Mises; SK]

I knew exactly what I wanted to talk about when I picked Donnie Darko as the next Cinematical Movie Club film. It's the first-time cinematic anomaly, the super-weird flick that found cult adoration, the one that worked when all the flicks that followed it did not. At all. In retrospect, I've always wondered what made Donnie Darko what it became. If it was a some wild stroke of luck, if Richard Kelly sapped up all traces of perfect editorial mojo with his first foray, if the films that came after were too harshly judged because of the fame of the first outing, or if Donnie was the only film that brought it all together in a palatable way.

The reality, of course, is probably a combination of them all...

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Group of wealthy investors plans to take club back from Glazers and distribute shares to fans

Manchester United supporters spearheaded by a group calling themselves the Red Knights are poised to table a £1.25bn bid for the club by June that will involve fans owning a majority stake.

Under proposals being studied by the bidder's financial adviser, Nomura, around 30 wealthy Red Knights investors would take control of United by setting up a new company that would later invite fans from around the world to subscribe to new shares.

The structure of the bid is designed to wrest control of United from the US Glazer family as quickly as possible and to meet legal requirements that determine how firms can be run under collective ownership. "The takeover would be in two stages but the objective is to give the fans a central role in the club's future," said a City source.

Jim O'Neill, Goldman Sachs's chief economist, who is one of the founding members of the Red Knights, is keen to distribute equity as widely as possible among millions of supporters globally.

The idea is for United to resemble Spanish rival Barcelona, which is owned by its fans and where profits are ploughed back into the club. At the moment, United's profits are having to be used to service huge debts drawn down by the Glazers when they acquired United in 2005.

Barcelona relies on the same revenue streams as British clubs, but experts say its model could be adopted by Premiership teams with a strong sense of their own identity.

Japanese bank Nomura last week met with wealthy supporters of the Red Knights campaign, which is backed by investment banker Keith Harris and Paul Marshall, founder of London-based hedge fund Marshall Wace. The man in charge of negotiations is Guy Dawson, who set up financial advisory boutique Tricorn before it was recently acquired by Nomura.

Dawson has already held talks with the Manchester United Supporters Trust (Must) to demonstrate that the Red Knights are serious about giving fans a major say in how United is run.

Duncan Drasdo, Must's chief executive, said: "We want a big stake in the club although the exact size will depend on any take-up of shares in the event that supporters are invited to subscribe to new equity."

Drasdo adds: "It's important that as much of the debt is paid down as quickly as possible so that the club has maximum headroom to invest in new players and to ensure affordable ticket prices."

As a symbol of opposition to the Glazers, Must has been encouraging fans to forsake United's traditional red colours and wear green and gold scarves – the colours of the club, then known as Newton Heath, until 1902.

But a spokesman for the Glazers, who reiterated that the family had no intention of selling, said: "There is no dress code printed on the tickets, people are entitled to wear what they like. The important thing is that they show their support for the team."

Drasdo said "the amount of money flowing out of club to service the Glazers' £700m debt pile is quite astonishing. "United needs to invest a lot of money in new players in the next couple of years as well as eventually find a replacement for manager Sir Alex Ferguson. He is going to be a very hard act to follow and his successor will not come cheap."

United's chief executive, David Gill, has defended the Glazers, saying that funds are available for Ferguson to use in the transfer market this summer. Gill maintains the £80m received last year from the sale of Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid is still part of the club's budget. Gill said: "The money from Ronaldo is sitting in the bank account."

Sources close to the Red Knights say that offers of financial support continue to pour in, with several sovereign wealth funds expressing an interest. Five British individuals are said to be willing to invest £10m apiece. It is understood they have also won the support of former United chairman Sir Roy Gardner.

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Austin Heap, the programmer from California, explains how he created Haystack, the software that broke the grip of Iran's censors after the disputed 2009 election

If you imagined a computer hacker with the know-how to topple governments, you might well picture someone who looks a lot like Austin Heap. He's a 26-year-old programmer from San Francisco with long wavy hair, wearing jeans, T-shirt and aviator sunglasses the morning we meet. He is also the creator of a piece of software called Haystack, which was a key technology used by Iranians to disseminate information outside the country in the protests that followed the disputed election result in June 2009, when President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unconvincingly triumphed against three challengers.

The Iranian government already filtered its citizens' email and Skype conversations, but in the aftermath of the election, such censorship was increased in an attempt to identify dissidents who were using the web to organise and communicate with each other and with the outside world.

A tech wunderkind originally from Ohio, Heap developed Haystack to open up social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook, giving voices on the streets a platform, and people in the west a window into a closed-down state. He's now the executive director of the Censorship Research Centre in San Francisco, a non-profit organisation founded with his colleague Daniel Colascione to provide anti-censorship education, outreach, and technology for free to those who need it most.

What is Haystack and how does it work?

Haystack is a piece of software that someone in Iran runs on his or her computer. It does two things: first, it encrypts all of the data; second it hides that data inside normal traffic so it looks like you're visiting innocuous sites. Daniel and I developed Haystack by looking at how the regime was using technology to filter the internet, and figured out the best strategy to get around it.

Why did you decide to take on the regime?

I remember the day of the election, sitting around watching Twitter, watching what was going on, reading the election results and thinking, that looks weird. Then I realised that the internet censorship had stepped up more than normal. I thought, hey, I can set up a few proxies and help a few people out. While I'm at it, why not post instructions online so other people could use their computers to get around the government filtering.

Imagine what you can do if you can watch someone's internet connection: you can watch them log into GMail, you can watch them log into Facebook, you can see who they're talking to, you can intercept messages. That's why the encryption part of Haystack was really important. It had to start on the user's side, on their computers. Then it makes its way through the government filters.

Were you politically motivated?

No. I just remember sitting there watching the election results thinking, why are they violently reacting to people who were voting? It's not like they were just jailing people; they were killing people in the streets – people who had a different opinion, people who wanted to share their stories and voice what they thought was right. It shocked me that someone would retaliate in such an inhumane way, and for someone to use the internet as a tool of oppression, as a tool to stop dialogue.

I gather that according to US law, it was illegal to export Haystack to Iran, simply because it would flout Iranian laws – but it did virally make its way onto Iranian computers...

I'll never forget the first person who got a copy of Haystack and sent me a screenshot of Twitter. All of a sudden, the internet was open again. Haystack also allowed people to make Skype calls back to their families securely. It allowed people to send GMail without worrying that someone would try to steal their password or monitor their communication. It gave them a layer of protection that allowed the random person to be a citizen journalist and to do so without the risk of persecution, jail or torture.

Is there content that shouldn't be spread around the web?

The internet is used for anything from drug trafficking to human trafficking. That's completely wrong. But when you decide that you're going to support an open internet, you have to open all of it. You can't go down this slippery slope of saying what's right and what's wrong. Who is this panel of people who's going to say this is OK, this is not OK? Outside the obvious things that are human rights violations, free speech is free speech.

Isn't that a very American point of view?

I don't think [Haystack] has anything to do with American ideology. I think that if you look at what the UN has listed as basic human rights, one of those is the ability to freely and openly communicate. No one should ever have to stop and say, "Can I be this? Can I think this? Can I say this?" It's what we as people deserve.

Who are your greatest critics?

I don't even know where to start. I have a whole fan club of people who hate me. There's clearly been opposition by the Iranian government. They recently passed a law that makes it illegal to use software or proxies that evade the censorship that they've imposed. They're detractor number one.

In my day-to-day life I meet people who don't support what I do. One of the most shocking examples was when someone came up to me and said, "Don't you get that Ahmadinejad is our Obama?" That took me back.

After Google announced it was leaving China, the Chinese government said that US-originated systems that opened up the governmental web blockades – such as Haystack - were acts of terrorism. Are you a terrorist?

It's interesting. There are a lot of things that they [China] do and pursue, a lot of laws that I don't feel anyone should observe. They have a long history of jailing dissidents and people who republish old cartoons. They pick and choose how to enforce laws and they come up with laws that frankly I would consider an act of terrorism of mankind. Maybe we should agree that we're both the same kind of threat, but to one another.

Hilary Clinton made a speech recently that outlined the US State Department's policy on web freedom. She argued that there was no place for censorship. What's the relationship now between the US government and Haystack?

I don't like the view that Haystack is a puppet of the US State Department, but I'm happy to see that the State Department is standing up for a free and open web. They have a long history of protecting human rights around the world and documenting abuses. This is the next step. We live in such an interconnected world. Policy makers, organisations that draft and enforce these policies need to catch up. And they are.

What's next for Austin Heap and for Haystack?

There are a lot of places around the world that are either severely censored now that could use people like me and tools such as Haystack, and they need to be addressed. That includes everywhere from Australia, which is currently dipping its toes in the censorship pool, to Egypt where there are more bloggers jailed than journalists: this is a global problem.

The way Haystack was developed was that we looked at how Iran specifically does its filtering and we came up with a method around it. If you look at what China does with their filtering, they use wildly different technology and have spent millions, hundreds of millions on their censorship. They're probably the best censors in the world. We hope to run down the list. Take on each country that has decided that it's going to try to use the internet against people.

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The Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) held a press conference Friday morning before qualifying for this weekend's 12 Hours of Sebring to announce an expansion of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup. When it was first announced late in 2009, the three-race championship was only going to apply to the top LMP1 class. The new championship will now apply to all four main classes: LMP1, LMP2, GT1 and GT2.

The cup will be based on results from Le Mans series races in Europe, the United States and Asia. The European and American rounds will be the Silverstone and Petit Le Mans races, with the Asian event likely to be held in Shanghai. For each of the classes to be considered part of the cup, at least four cars will have to be entered. So far in P1, Audi and Drayson racing have committed. Peugeot has not yet decided whether to go to PLM or Asia.

After Le Mans, Peugeot plans to focus on development of its all-new 2011 car and may skip the remainder of the 2010 races. In spite of reduced restrictor sizes and boost, the Peugeots still managed to capture the top to starting positions for Saturday's race. The Highcroft Acura grabbed the LMP2 pole while Gunnar Jeannette got the LMP Challenge pole. In GT2, the Flying Lizard Porsche of Jörg Bergmeister had the fastest time after Dirk MÏ‹ller's was disallowed due to a problem with his BMW.

Gallery: 2010 Sebring Qualifying

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