Previous experience having taught us so -- we knew that no sooner would Adil set up his tripod, then a crowd would gather.

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As the group played, a crowd began to gather around it, including a handful of unexpected onlookers.

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Eventually the crowd was allowed to gather outside, attracting many more tourists, commuters and passers-by to join in the event.

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Predictability has been the defining characteristic of the Mariano Rivera experience the knowledge that calling upon the lean relief pitcher was essentially to end a ballgame several outs early, extinguishing an opponent and giving the crowd a few extra minutes to gather personal effects.

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There are contractors (that surveys like MBOPartners cover), casual global freelance pools on sites like Elance, and increasingly crowd-based labor sites, which gather around sites like Mechanical Turk and Crowdflower, where, once again, US workers predominate.

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However, the home crowd's relief was shortlived as Ronaldo beat the offside trip to gather Mesut Ozil's fine pass down the right, and the world's most expensive player netted his 54th goal this season from an acute angle.

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