David Jones, artist and poet (1895-1974) begins his PREFACE TO THE ANATHEMATA :

'I have made a heap of all that I could find.' (1) So wrote Nennius, or whoever composed the introductory matter to Historia Brittonum. He speaks of an 'inward wound' which was caused by the fear that certain things dear to him 'should be like smoke dissipated'. Further, he says, 'not trusting my own learning, which is none at all, but partly from writings and monuments of the ancient inhabitants of Britain, partly from the annals of the Romans and the chronicles of the sacred fathers, Isidore, Hieronymous, Prosper, Eusebius and from the histories of the Scots and Saxons although our enemies . . . I have lispingly put together this . . . about past transactions, that [this material] might not be trodden under foot'. (2)

(1) The actual words are coacervavi omne quod inveni, and occur in Prologue 2 to the Historia.
(2) Quoted from the translation of Prologue 1. See The Works of Gildas and Nennius, J.A.Giles, London 1841.


23 October 2012

Velo Vice

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Anti-doping agency says Armstrong sport's biggest cheat : 
Lance Armstrong was at the heart of the biggest doping conspiracy in sports history when he won the Tour de France seven years in a row, a US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) report says.
USADA has submitted its report on why it banned Armstrong for life to the International Cycling Union (UCI) and World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), releasing more than 1,000 pages of evidence from its probe of doping in cycling.

 "Lance Armstrong did not merely use performance-enhancing drugs. He supplied them to his team-mates," the report said. "He was not just a part of the doping culture on his team. He enforced and re-enforced it."
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Anti-doping agency says Armstrong sport's biggest cheat
Jane Cowan : ABC News
11 Oct 2012

Following that report, news today that the International Cycling Union has endorsed the findings of the UCI and stripped Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France victories. They have also imposed a lifetime ban on Armstrong, one of the world's most famous athletes.
The long-awaited decision has left cycling facing its "greatest crisis" according to UCI president Pat McQuaid and has destroyed Armstrong's last hope of clearing his name.

"Lance Armstrong has no place in cycling. Lance Armstrong deserves to be forgotten in cycling," McQuaid told a news conference as he outlined how cycling, long battered by doping problems for decades, would have to start all over again.
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'Sickened' UCI strips Armstrong of Tour wins
Julien Pretot : Reuters
22 Oct 2012 

Temptation !
 

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