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All posts tagged architecture
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Phew. Just finished reading this book, Owen Hatherley's The New Ruins of Great Britain - who'd have thought an extended architecture rant could be so unputdownable? Over the last decade I've visited most of the places he talks about, and photographed many of the buildings that also grab his attention, but I never knew so much before about the architectural, planning and political landscapes that underpin them. Hatherley's been longlisted for the Orwell Prize for this effort (guess there'll be one going spare if they de-Orwell Johann Hari) - good luck to him. If like me you enjoy buildings as huge thrilling sculptures, and are strangely moved by windswept vistas of tragi-comic failed aspirations, read this book. There's more about it here. Oh, and it's a superb cover – reminding me somehow of the work of Sex Pistols cover designer Jamie Reid, crossed with the colourways of Gilbert & George – but is in fact by Dan Mogford, who blogs here.
Above: Pseudomodern Dirac House, possibly soon to be renamed
A while back I posted a map and guide to "Dirac's Bristol" – things either named after or associated with the Nobel-winning mathematician Paul Dirac, who was born and schooled in the city. There weren't many such places, and now there's possibly going to be one less, because according to the email here from one of its occupants, Dirac House (pictured above) is being vacated by the Institute of Physics Publishing, and may be renamed. While I'm impressed that Paul Dirac's daughter opened it in 1997, and by the affection my correspondent obviously feels for it, it's hardly a great building. I'm currently gripped by architecture blogger Owen Hatherley's brilliant book "The New Ruins of Great Britain", and Dirac House is of the toytown style he cleverly calls Pseudomodernism. Bristol's a proper city, ancient and established enough not to have been overwhelmed by this kind of sandy-bricked mediocrity, but even so they'd be better off losing all of Dirac House, not just its name. The greater point is that Bristol should be naming nicer things after Paul Dirac in the first place, and making far more of their fascinating connection with Britain's Einstein. It certainly wouldn't be hard to better the current unprepossessing memorials to him, which you'll find in my guide here. And if you're interested in the architectural politics of the last 60 years, and the strange "non-places" post-war planning has created, I can't recommend Owen Hatherley's mordantly descriptive, passionately-argued book and associated blog Urban Trawl highly enough. It even has an entry on Bristol, which he seems to find as fascinating as I do.
Eastmans Exeter Xmas Display by varney2008 on Flickr.
Not a Damien Hirst… but a traditional butcher's window in Exeter. It's from an unusual Flickr stream by Norman Finnimore, a veteran of the butcher's trade. He's posting lots of photos of old butcher's shops, dating back decades - evocative images of some beautiful window displays, with pithy reminiscences. Fascinating for anyone interested in the history of shops, as I am.
I love evocative road names, especially if they're painted on brick – it's a very niche area of the ghost sign. Here are a few that have caught my eye.
Below: "No 1 Oxford Street", Oxford Street, London W1, 2003. What a pity this is blurred, I just snapped it in passing, not realising the entire block would one day be demolished for Crossrail. So now there is no No 1 Oxford Street any more.
Below: "Creek Street", Creekside, Deptford, London SE8, 2002. Roads with Creek in the name are always worth exploring; Creek Street, now called Creekside, runs through an arty area housing many creative studios and the Laban Dance centre.
Below: "Paradise Street", Poole, Dorset, BH15, 2004. There are loads of roads called Paradise Street, and they're often pretty grim. This one's fairly quaint, though most of Poole isn't.
Below: "Cleveland Street", London W1, 2005. On the corner of Tottenham Street, opposite a corner of this attractive Fitzrovia backwater which was later demolished for a misbegotten Candy Bros "luxury" development, now stalled due to the recession.
Below: "Goodge Street", Goodge Street, London W1, 2002. Well, it dosn't actually say anything, but it would say "Goodge Street" if it did – it was later neatly repainted.
Below: "Almond Road", Bermondsey, London SE16, 2002. A DIY job in an alley running beside some railway arches.
That's all – find them also on Flickr.
Lots of people seem to like ghost signs, so I've dug out a few more. These were taken in London and Liverpool docklands in the early noughties, before mega-development swept them away. I wish I'd shot more now, so beware: today's ghost signs are tomorrow's soulless new buildings – record them while you can.
Above and below: Ghost signs, "Johnsons Tea Warehouses", Argyle Street, Liverpool L1, 2003. A city centre area now redeveloped less colourfully: in those days, the door featured a useful diagram of a penis.
Below: Ghost signs, "GR Dennis Electrical Wholsalers", Argyle Street, Liverpool L1, 2003. I'm not sure if this building is still there – the area is almost unrecognisable compared to how it looked in 2003, and far less attractive in my opinion.
Below: Ghost sign, "Refiners", Argyle Street, Liverpool L1, 2003. A type-fancying pigeon appreciating some barely-there lettering.
Below: Ghost sign, "Clarence Graving Dock's", Waterloo Road, Liverpool L3, Merseyside, 2008. Love the rogue apostrophe. The extensive docklands area north of Tate Liverpool (to the right as you face it) is compelling; some semi-derelict, some still working, all grand and evocative. And there's a good art gallery round there too – Ceri Hand at 12 Cotton Street.
Below: Ghost sign, "Lovell's Wharf", Pelton Road, Greenwich, London SE10. Shortly afterwards, this entire historic area was razed for a sorely undistinguished housing development – they didn't even retain the name. Here's a link to see it being built on Google Streetview.
Below: Ghost sign, "Victoria Wharf", Dragoon Road, Deptford, London SE8, 2005. A wharf named after me – as so many things are – now given over to self-storage. It's in Dragoon Road, a name evocative of the area's martial history.
Below: Ghost sign, "Evelyn Wharf", Creekside, Deptford, London SE8, 2002. Roads with Creek in the name are always worth exploring; Creek Street, now called Creekside, runs through an arty / light industrial area housing creative spaces such as Cockpit Arts and the Laban Dance centre.
That's enough wharves – there's more on Flickr.
A few images related to my previous post – "Ghost Signs and the Typography Gene" – about the ghost sign project. Read that, enjoy these, then go out and find some more!
Above: Ghost sign, "Refreshments", York Way, Kings Cross, London N1, 2006. Pictured just prior to disappearing under the never-ending Regent Quarter redevelopment.
My previous post discussed the typographic gene and the beauty of ghost signs, but it was too long to show many examples, so I'm putting them here. Sadly most of my sign photos, while definitely ghostly, don't match the criteria of the official ghost signs group, which is strictly for advertisments and self-promotional signs painted on brick, not tiled or mosaic ads, and not my plethora of utterly pointless random sign fragments. The definition of the original Flickr ghostsigns group, as set out by its mastermind Sam Roberts, is on the discussion thread "Do These Count", and there's an informative essay at literarylondon. Therefore I've created two Flickr sets, one for ghost signs on brick, and a ghost signs miscellany for all the others. But personally I prefer to scroll quickly through an edited selection of images and captions on a blog than keep clicking on Flickr's inconsistent and jumpy interface. So here's an edit of my own sets… and if you enjoy them, maybe you'll be inspired to go out and record some better ones.
Above: "Cash Supply Stores" and "Music Roll Exchange", behind 23 and 29 Clapham High Street, London SW4, 2002. Both were later gentrified away.
Above left: "WJ Perry", Sutton, Surrey, 2002. Nice the way it fades in and out, Rothko-like, at top and bottom. Above right: "Inch & Co Cash Chemists", Kennington Park Road, London SE11, 2001. What a fine name!
Above: "Dyson Provisions & Groceries", Stoke Newington Road, London N16, 2002. Now being encroached on by white paint - see sarflondondunc
Above left: "Beehive", Poole, Dorset, 2004. A ghost sign on a ghost sign. Above right: "Tyres", Kennington Road, London SE11, 2005. There used to be several old shop signs in Kennington, but they're fast disappearing.
Above: "Floor Cover", Atwell Road, Peckham Rye, London SE15, 2010. Strangely beautiful, as with much of Peckham Rye's visual tangle.
Above left: "AS Ashby", Bath Street, Frome, Somerset, 2008. Ah, film – now an almost-forgotten format. Who'd have thought it? Above right: "AXO", Castle Street, Sheffield, 2010. Not concrete poetry, but an opticians.
Above: "Vye & Son", Whitstable, Kent, 2002. Must have been hidden behind two smaller signs. Looks 1930s to me, so they'd presumably been going since the 1830s.
Above: "Church Furniture", Southampton Row, Holborn, London WC1, 2002. Something to do with the nearby baptist church.
Above: "CH N.Katz", Brick Lane, Shoreditch, London E1, 2003. A reminder of the days when Brick Lane was full of Jewish rather than Bangladeshi / hipster businesses. Curry15 on Flickr, who does excellent research, discovered that Katz, which used to sell string and bags, closed circa 1998.
Above: "Dowell's Coals", Norway Street, Greenwich, London SE10, 2005. An old docklandsgate stanchion that disappeared under riverside flats.
That's enough for now – there's more on my Flickr page.
Do you possess the typographic gene? If so, you may appreciate the beauty of ghost signs…
Above: Ghost sign, "A Century's Experience Vye & Son the Kentish Grocers", Whitstable, Kent, 2002. Must have been hidden behind two smaller signs.
I've always been transfixed by typography. One of my earliest memories is the script logo on a 1960s fridge, and once I came of scissor-wielding age I'd cut out the decorative letters from sweet packets in a vain attempt to collect entire matching alphabets (imagine how I felt about all that wasted time when I discovered Letraset). Not surprisingly I went on to study graphic design, and as soon as I got a camera in my hands – one of the many great revelations of art school – I started taking photos of type I liked, which tended to be on crappy old shop fronts.
I still remember the reaction of a photography tutor when, in a crit at the RCA, I put on a slide show consisting mainly of bits of text found on decaying signs around Soho. Although the other students (mostly graphic designers too) seemed to appreciate it, and to my gratification found some of the images amusing, the tutor – a highly regarded nature photographer – declared himself completely bewildered. He simply couldn't understand why I would bother with such boring images, and suspected I was taking the piss. I, meanwhile, was genuinely surprised that he couldn't see the beauty in these fragments of communication: formal compositions of shape and colour, constructed from words which lent them a narrative. To me, they were compelling urban tales which deserved noticing and recording.
This was well pre-internet, but even then I knew I wasn't alone. I concluded my obsession must be due to having a "typographic gene"; most graphic designers seemed to document similar things, and plenty of non-designers enjoyed them too. And then came the world wide web, and Flickr – and what a lot of typographic gene owners there turned out to be, as the world's font fanatics proudly posted their terabytes of type photos online. Except me; despite my enjoyment of recording and categorising tens of thousands of mainly text-oriented images over the years, there's not that many ways to photograph a dodgy old sign, and I could never see the point in uploading an image a squillion other type nerds had uploaded too. Until, that is, I discovered the Flickr group called "ghostsigns".
The term refers to faded old wall signs, survivors from the days when business names and product ads were skillfully painted directly onto bricks and mortar – often lingering on in unreachable places, or revealed by building works. Not a new subject, of course; photographers from Atget onwards have been beguiled by such graphics, and there are plenty of individual collections. But it took the internet to enable the possibility of a global collaborative collection, and a member of the typographic genome fraternity called Sam Roberts to give the subject a marketing identity: "ghost signs". In 2009 he went viral with the term, popping up all over the UK media to encourage people to record these disappearing treasures and, if they wished, to donate the digital rights to his collaborators the History of Advertising Trust (HAT). He tells his own story in this Time Out piece and you can find out more about his project at the Ghostsigns website (although the HAT Ghostsigns archive was throwing up error messages when I last visited). There's also a blog, a lively Facebook page and a Twitter feed @ghostsigns. However Sam Roberts has since moved to Cambodia for a couple of years and the underfunded HAT seems to have stalled; the main repository is now the Flickr ghostsigns group, where several area-based pools have popped up, and where you can view geotagged ghost signs on a map.
For all its faults (of which I think there are many), Flickr is currently the best gathering place for such image communities, and with so many ghost signs now disappearing, it's clearly worthwhile to collate them. I don't personally have many such photos – it's not one of the main subjects I pursue, more a byproduct – and I'm sure that other people will have posted better versions of all my findings. But ghost signs change over time, as the weather beats and the graffiti creeps, so there's no harm in having multiple views; and if this post can encourage other typographic gene owners to participate too (ideally donating their images to the HAT Ghost Signs archive – assuming it's still operative – or even helping them out), so much the better.
I do find the scale of it all rather daunting though. Imagine if every ghost sign in the real world was also preserved on the internet. Then it would be just as random to find interesting examples online as it is in real life, and I'd rather wander round living neighbourhoods than navigate Flickr pools or Google Street Map (addictive as it is) for my typographic fix. And it's slightly depressing to think that there may one day be no old signs left to be discovered (although an alternative view would be to get over it, and start contemplating the future). Of course, the same could be said for anything that's migrating online, which is why we need editors. So I shall do my bit by recommending you get started with curry15, a retiree who has uploaded decades-worth of her evocative photos on many architectural subjects, and does absolutely brilliant research and captions. My own Flickr set is here, but I'll post a few of my own ghost signs in a follow-up entry, as this one's really long. In the meantime, here's an art-related ghost sign to be going on with…
Above: Ghost sign, "Hoxton Electrovision" by Bob & Roberta Smith, Hoxton Street, London N1, 2004. This is actually an artwork, one of several similar wall signs placed down Hoxton Street by Bob & Roberta Smith (who is really one person, British artist Patrick Brill) as part of his exhibition Shop Local. But since they were done so long ago they've become real ghost signs - or rather, art ghost signs.
Click here for a few of my ghost sign images and details of the Flickr group
"Bristol produced the greatest British scientist of the past century, but there isn't much to mark that fact. Even the suggestion of naming a school after him got turned down" – Graham Farmelo
Above: Dirac in regulation "genius-at-blackboard" pose (l); and Farmelo's biog (r). The map below links to a google map at http://bit.ly/9YvBWO
Bristol is a multi-textured and somehow mysterious city, full of layers both metaphorical and physical in its piling up of history and hills. It's a place I've not yet tired of exploring, and after reading Graham Farmelo's gripping biography of brilliant Bristolian Paul Dirac,"The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Quantum Genius" (Faber), I had one more route to map. Dirac, who foresaw string theory and anti-matter, is considered the greatest British physicist since Newton, and as paradigm-shifting as Darwin. Yet though he was born and educated in Bristol there's very little to commemorate him there, so I decided to compile all the relevant locations I could discover on a Google map. The most interesting source I found was a blog by Hamish Johnston, "My Neighbour Paul Dirac" – the comments include some first-hand reminiscences, plus clarifications by Graham Farmelo. There is also a good article featuring an interview with Farmelo in This Is Bristol. For those who haven't read the book, I highly recommend it: peruse this un-paywalled Guardian review then pop over to Amazon to purchase. For those who have read it, below is a clutch of Dirac-centric locations. Nearly all are stunningly dull, but that's apt for a scientist who was widely believed to have no personality.
Home 0: 42 Cotham Rd, Bristol BS6
• Dirac's parents' first home (Farmelo, p9). Not exactly compelling as he wasn't even born at this time.
Home 1: 15 Monk Rd, Bristol BS7
• Dirac was born here in 1902 (Farmelo, p10) when the houses were very new, and left in 1913. The plaque outside was dedicated the same day as the Small Worlds sculpture, below, and wrongly says Dirac left the house in 1923; see the magisterial correction by Graham Farmelo on Hamish Johnston's blog – he explains that it took him "years to pin down" the correct 1913 date.
Home 2: 6 Julius Rd, Bristol BS7
• Dirac's family moved here in 1913 (Farmelo, p18). Apparently the current owners were incredibly helpful while Farmelo was researching his book, whereas the owners of of 15 Monk Road (see paragraph above) wouldn't let him in.
School 1: Bishop Road Primary School, Bristol Road, Bristol BS7
• Dirac's primary school, where he first learned about maths and technical drawing. Bizarrely, one of his co-students was the young Carey Grant, then known as Archie Leach. "There was an age difference of two years between them, so I'm sure they must have encountered each other at school," says Farmelo. "I'm also sure Dirac would never have spoken a word to him." The school still exists and recently won a "dream playground".
School 2: Merchant Venturers' School, Unity Street, Bristol BS1
• Merchant Venturers' was Dirac's secondary school. However, having lent out my copy of Farmelo's book, I'm not entirely clear if he studied at these original Victorian Gothic premises, which are now swanky but contentious flats, or at Cotham School, below, which was also once part of Merchant Venturers' operations.
School 2 (?): Cotham School, Cotham Lawn Road, Bristol BS6
• Dirac's secondary school, Merchant Venturers', later became known as Cotham Grammar School, then in 2001 simply Cotham School; but I'm not sure if Dirac studied at this site, or the original Merchant Venturers', above. Whatever, Cotham School has a Paul Dirac Building, which was apparently a lab when it was Cotham Grammar. By 2009 it housed art activities, but due to asbestos the school is being redeveloped, and the Paul Dirac Building may be demolished and rebuilt.
University 1: University of Bristol, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8
• Bristol's attractive university area, full of gardens and grand buildings, is worth exploring in its own right. It was here that the fast-tracked Dirac came to study mathematics at the age of 16, before going on to Cambridge and the wider world – he ended up winning the Nobel Prize, marrying a Hungarian widow and becoming a prof in America.
DIRAC's BRISTOL TRIBUTES
Above: Dirac House (l) and Dirac Road (r). Exciting!
Tribute 1: IOP Dirac House, Temple Back, Bristol BS1
• Named after Dirac: a nondescript millennium-style building housing the Institute of Physics Publishing.
Tribute 2: Dirac Road, Ashley Down, Bristol BS7
• Also named after Dirac: a boring new-build road way out of town.
Tribute 3: Small Worlds, @Bristol, Anchor Road, Harbourside, Bristol BS1
• "Small Worlds" is an easily-missed pointy memorial sculpture by Simon Thomas, composed of "concentric cones which create a scaled path through space pointing towards the ever smaller worlds studied by Dirac," accompanied by a tribute plaque in the pavement. Located outside annoyingly-named kids' science exhibition @Bristol, it was unveiled by Professor Sir Michael Berry of Bristol University Physics Department in 2001. The best thing about @Bristol used to be that you could point the electronic telescope outside to Uranus, a word which it then spelled out on a giant LED sign for all to see (well, it always made me laugh), but then it stopped working. Dirac: genius; me: moron. Sigh.
Above: Wozencroft Opticians, 9 Osmaston Road, Derby DE1 2JH
I present this for two reasons, both graphic design related. Firstly, it's a beautiful sign, in a classic mid-century commercial script. You can still find plenty of businesses in Europe bearing swashy calligraphic lettering, but the only time I've come across them in the UK – and then only rarely – is on old-fashioned and generally Jewish emporia, evoking visions of a vanished Mittel-Europa (or maybe I just over-react to fonts). Whether such scripts were ever common on UK shop facades I don't know, but my researches suggest not; perhaps they were considered too foreign and fancy. My second reason for posting it is that one of the graphic design profession's more highly regarded commentators – an RCA tutor and some-time Neville Brody collaborator – is called Jon Wozencroft. It's an unusual name, sounding Polish but deriving from the Old English Wulfstan, so I'm wondering if the optician is some relation. I'm not enough of a design stalker to go googling around the internet to find out, but either way it's nice that a graphics guru's optical namesake has such charming typography. And, on the subject of calligraphic shop signs, below are two examples to illustrate my earlier point: Lindys bakery in Golders Green, London, and Douglas drugstore in Berlin, Germany. There used to be another Lindys in Goodge Street, just along the road from a striking maroon-and-white fronted patisserie called Grodzinski (below), but both disappeared under the tide of chain outlets which started blandifying this characterful corner of Fitzrovia in the 1990s.
Above: Grodzinski, Goodge Street, London W1, on a snowy evening in 1992
Above: Lindys, Golders Green, London NW11, on a rainy day in 2003
Above: Douglas, one of a chain of drugstores, Charlottenburg, Berlin, 2003
Above: Quicksilver Amusement Arcade, Green Lane, Derby, DE1
Wherever I go I photograph commercial facades, and Derby had two I found particularly striking. The one here, Quicksilver Amusement Arcade, echoes my post about Derby Hippodrome, and stands diagonally opposite: it's another faded entertainment hall, occupying another imposing building. This twin-towered bastion started life as a Primitive Methodist chapel, but now looks as if an ornate spacecraft has descended from planet portentious and landed on top of a Nazi disco bunker. Perversely I like it, although it's damaged a fine building. Due to being on an ancient route, the Green Lane area has an important mix of Victorian and Regency architecture, including a huge old Victorian Gothic ex-art school (image below); the locals are currently trying to get it designated a conservation zone, galvanised by their council's enthusiasm for wanton "redevelopment". There's an in-depth article about the area's architectural delights by local historian Maxwell Craven here, and some photos of various buildings here.
Below: the old art school in Green Lane, Derby, designed by FW Waller
Derby makes a good stopover for a Nottingham art trip, and has merits of its own. Here are nine of them: three exhibition venues, three pubs, and three decaying buildings. In addition, arts venue Quad is hosting UK Young Artists from Oct 24, which ties in well with the extensive October art activity in Nottingham (see my guide here).
This map links to a proper Google map – find it at http://bit.ly/aRgezQ
An idiosyncratic selection perhaps, but then there isn't that much actual art to see in Derby. My building choices may suggest urban decay, but the reality is a stolidly built small provincial town with interesting buildings from many eras dotted between a predictable array of overbearing malls and tired shops. It's an industrial heritage area with pleasant strolls along the Derwent River and three noted real ale pubs (being allergic to wine I seek out craft beer), though two are somewhat unreconstructed for my taste – which would be a plus point for many. Highlight is the art and multimedia venue Quad Derby, whose rolling programme of arthouse films means there's always evening entertainment for the mimsy transient art fan; they do decent light meals and good bottled beer too, at half London prices. Note: the train station is a long, confusing and rather unpleasant walk from the so-called Catherdal Quarter, but it's nicer if you go via the riverside path.
Quad Derby
Market Place, Cathedral Quarter, Derby, DE1 3AS
• I stayed in Derby while visiting Nottingham, and it's fair to say that without this cultural oasis I'd have been pretty lost, especially on a quiet Sunday evening. The art shows are intermittent, but there's a civilised cinema with a fast-changing roster of films, performances, talks and events, plus a BFI Mediatheque with free access to over 1,700 film and TV classics, so there's always something new to see. I was able to amuse myself with an extensive Ian Breakwell exhibition, followed by Banksy's film, which I'd missed in London, topped off with a good value locally-sourced burger/poncey beer combo. The glass-walled cafe/foyer/bar area is quite small and starkly trendy in an Ikea-baroque kind of way, but it's got comfy corners and a panoramic view of the square outside, not that there's much to admire out there unless skateboarding goths are your bag. It opens till late, spilling light onto its bleakish surrounds, and is a pleasant place to while away time; so it was heartening to see a wide mix of ages and races enjoying the facilities, from trendy asian youngsters to crusty caucasian ancients – all seeming equally at home. With the high profile failure of provincial noughties archi-star venues such as as Nigel Coates' drum-like HUBs in Sheffield (once a pop museum, now a students' union) and West Brom's The Public (a Will Alsop-designed multimedia pink elephant, now fighting back from administration), it's good to see a millennium-style arts emporium confidently meet, and even exceed, local needs.
Derby Museum and Art Gallery
The Strand, Derby DE1 1BS
• A typical small municipal museum, worthy but frozen in hessian-clad time due, presumably, to lack of funding. The world's largest collection of Joseph Wright of Derby paintings (which means one medium-sized room-full) is genuinely worth seeing, and deserves finer surrounds than this dowdy gallery – which won an award in the 1990s, but must have lacked love since then. It was also sad to see a collection of 1960s ecclesiastical sculptures – made by a local artist and rescued from a hospital chapel, details of which I've been totally unable to excavate via Google – distributed across three floors, and literally propped up in corners. On the plus side, there are regular shows of local and national contemporary art, and it's an interesting accretion of buildings melding Victorian Gothic with a classic early 1960s frontage. It just felt as if the decent art holdings could be displayed much better.
The Silk Mill / Derby's Industrial Museum
Silk Mill Lane, off Full Street, Derby, DE1 3AF
• An industrial relic housing yet more industrial relics, this was one of the first factories in the world: the Lombe brothers' Silk Mill, completed circa 1723. It is now part of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site and currently showcases, in slightly ramshackle fashion, historic examples of local industry – which will be of most interest to those with an insatiable curiosity about the innards of Rolls Royce jet engines, which are manufactured nearby. It's a subject which was more artfully treated in Jane and Louise Wilson's film installation "Spiteful of Dream" (2008), specially created for the launch of Quad Derby.
The Brewery Tap
1 Derwent Street, Derby DE1 2DE; T 01332 366 283
• Offers a superb array of beers, including some Belgian fruit varieties (yum) plus beer'n'cheese sampler trays; a top pub with nice decor, though considered a trifle identikit-sub-gastro for the knowledgeable punters on beerintheevening.com. I can see their point, as it was a bit characterless and suit-friendly, but I still preferred it to the two real ale dens below – maybe because I'm not a bloke.
The Old Silk Mill
19 Full Street, Derby, DE1 3AF; T 01332 369748
• Swirly carpeted old-style boozer with around 12 beers and two cats. It's favoured over The Brewery Tap by beer purists but a bit old skool for my taste; it used to be a bikers' pub apparently, and still has that grotty feel.
The Flowerpot
23-25 King Street, Derby DE1 3DZ; T 01332 204 955
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• This has a big fan following for its in-house brewery and multiple ales, but both times I attempted entry I was almost instantly repelled by a rebarbative mixture of shouty men, amplified rock music, and sticky-looking decor. Guess I'm just a girlie sap.
Bath Street Mill
Bath Steet, Derby DE1
Above: the ruins of Bath Street Mill from the river (l) and hill behind (r)
• Or ex-mill: Google satellite view shows this as still intact, but what was once a historic ex-silk mill is now a sorry if romantic ruin on the riverside, just upstream from Derby's only high-rise tower block. Built around 1850, for most of the 20th century Bath Street Mill was home to various small industries, but in 2009 it was bought by a developer and subsequently went up in flames – a similar tale to the Hippodrome, below. There seems to be a lot of "mysterious" developer-related destruction in Derby, which is sheer cultural vandalism given the town's industrial heritage. For anyone who's interested, there are a few links to this intriguing building below.
Derby Hippodrome
Green Lane, Derby DE1 1RT
Above: the decaying Hippo in early 2010 from in front (l) and behind (r)
• Another tale of destruction in the name of development: an important building that, under shady circumstances, has become a burnt-out wreck – though rescue may be on the horizon. This historic theatre started life as Derby Hippodrome in 1914, became a cinema in 1930, and was more recently a Walker's bingo hall. It was sold to a property developer in 2007, and while the locals tried to save it, the poorly-protected premises became a target for vandalism and arson. Then, while "renovating" the roof in 2008, the owner's contractors started "accidentally" smashing the walls with an immense digger, as the videos below demonstrate. The unauthorized demolition was stopped, and the case went to court, but the damage was done. The Hippodrome was left in an unhappy state, its frazzled auditorium open to the elements (you could peer in from the car park behind), and many original features lost. Meanwhile, the developer submitted plans to erect a multi-story car park on the site, and further demolish the building. Derby's citizens have been putting up a fight against such philistinism, and there's lots more info at the links below, including a Save Derby Hippodrome Facebook campaign. The latest news is that the council appears to have rallied behind the campaigners, threatened to bankrupt the developer, and a realistic rescue operation may now be possible. Good luck to them – you can support their Facebook campaign above, and there are links below giving the fuller story.
Public loos and clock tower
The Spot, St Peter's Street, Derby DE1
Above: the art deco loos (l) and matching shopping precinct (r)
• A bit of easily-missed architectural interest: Victorian-style civic pride in an art deco stylee. You often see these thrusting clock tower / public loo confections in Victorian and Edwardian guise (draw from that what Freudian connotations you will), but this rectilinear 1930s version is far less usual. It's opposite a large curved terrace of run-down shops in matching style, which was probably Derby's finest mall in the 1930s, but is now at the fag-end of town (no double entendre intended). And it's at the fag-end of my Derby guide, too.
Twitter keeps suggesting I follow @charlessaatchi - who is clearly not the real one but even so has around 4,000 followers for his imposter's intermittent, unfunny stream of non-sequitur ranting and bad puns. The joker responsible has linked his profile to a blog called "Shit Churches", which would be quite diverting except a) it's blatantly derivative of the "Crap Towns" concept; b) it's an ugly-looking site; and c) there's hardly anything on it. Which is probably why, unlike the fake Charles Saatchi's tweets, it has only a handful of followers. But shit is the operative word, and neither venture is really worth following. Above is something far more interesting: a truly weird and monstrous 1950s bunker of a church, designed by Adrian Gilbert Scott (bro of the more famous Giles). It'sSt Mary and St Joseph Roman Catholic Church in Poplar, London E14 – you can find out more about it here. Apparently there's a very similar one by him in Canada.
Here's me photographing light switches at Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, which from the the 1950s to the 1970s was home to legendary Tate curator Jim Ede. Everything in the art-and-craft-filled house is as he left it, with every last detail almost painfully considered, so I became intrigued by the unusual switches, plaques of thick clear glass framing pits of dodgy-looking wiring. Inspected with a 2010 eye they are in the manner of today's modish pseudo-minimalist-modernist (cod-min-mod?) sculptors – the likes of Nicole Wermers, Matthew Smith and Jim Lambie, who play with elements of home decor and shop fittings in an elegant, knowing way. But Jim Ede was an original Modernist, and for him cutting-edge sculpture ran more along the lines of Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Constantin Brancusi and Henry Moore, none of whom was renowned for jokey electrical interventions. After an OCD-style investigation of all the light switches in the house (everyone else there was writing sensitive poetry – it's that kind of place), I discovered Ede's reasoning: a charming piece of decorative paper precision-placed between glass and gubbins (above left) – very Elle Deco. Presumably the other switches were once similarly dressed. Or maybe Ede's wife Helen did it, in an attempt to cheer the place up: apparently she was very unhappy in the super-tasteful but rather funereal showcase house, and the couple spent their final years in Edinburgh (also quite gloomy), upon which Ede donated Kettle's Yard to the nation. As for me, I never did write any poetry, but I did take some nice pictures of light switches…


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Trade sending D Williams to SAC from MIN for Luc Mbah a Moute to be completed if latter passes physical Tue due to knee concerns,source says
Mbah A Moute of course has had a somewhat lengthy problem with his knees, including tendinitis that flared up during training camp which forced the Kings small forward to miss the first handful of games this season.
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A first review for Mac, Ill try and keep up with your shows and looking forward to Unforgiven. So onto the review.
Okay so expecting a Bradshaw promo here, white limousines pulling into the arena sounds so. I was quite disappointed that Bradshaw wasnt speaking and replaced with Coach, although I mustve misread, I thought he was going to the ring. The Angle/Umaga match seems okay, and I would love to read an Edge/RBD match from you at Unforgiven. I am now seeing there will be SNME, looking forward to that being a first time reviewer. The VIP Lounge a SNME? Usually I dont think youd get a show at a special show, I would save them for general shows but I am not sure how SNME is going to be, strange like in 07 or a warm up to Unforgiven. Nonetheless I see a good couple of shows in future. And I cant wait for the main event as I read on, and I can see a heel win. Not much in this promo but its excited me for future evens.
Not knowing about your previous shows could you please tell me who Paul is? Burchill, perhaps? Not sure. Bradshaw in character and I would never of thought of someone on his cell phone, good booking thus far.
I would love to see a push here for Smith and Rhodes, however in realism Cade and Murdoch deserved the win to be honest. Im not sure with the aftermath, all because of booing because they lost, cheers probably still with disappointment. What is the Sweet n Sour?
Ju means you, right? I lold at that mate. Im not sure whats up in the argument but I reckon MVP is going against Umaga, I hope, because Porter deserves to get battered to be honest, Id love Umaga over MVP.
I never liked Stratus, and Natalya on her side, FTW! Lol. I reckon 7 minutes and 1 second is a bit long for a diva match, I aint sure how long they are but Id say theyre around 4 or 5 minutes, and the extra 2 minutes might mean something, but anyway I aint happy with the outcome.
I am really looking forward to the JBL/Hardy match at Unforgiven, it sounds unique and if in the same brand Id probably have them feuding. Also, the Womens Title set up is looking sweet.
Nice interaction with Natalya and Phoenix.
Edge on about being for himself, Id say its more because hes a jerk so wont talk to his team mates, not because theyre after his title so much, probably both actually, I could understand no interaction anyway.
I bet Ken Doane over JBL shut him up. A good ending if hes against someone in a bad mood, especially the likes of MVP, Kennedy and in this case JBL. Nice roll-up for the win after a nicely timed match.
Not much explaining went into the Morrison/Melina interview but yeah, could of done with an example of a line, probably from Morrison, meh.
I know where Edge is.
Hmm, yeah a quick discussion, Angle wanting the big guy with a lot of determination, good, I guess.
Haha, a bit of a blow for Bradshaw, Coachs services? I wonder. Quite some info in a shortened segment, but I get the idea of it, however as youve been booking for over a year of booking time, I do not have a clue what happened, but Im asking now anyways.
OMFG! A push for Doane, JBL wont be pleased and his performance tonight may lose him the title. Doane isnt the right stuff for the title imo, JBL is a character and Doane is a young man battling his way up there. Id say a bit longer battling the non-title chasers might do the trick for 08, but in your BTB I cannot change it, still Im looking forward to Unforgiven, not loaded tbh, Ive thought of about four matches for Raw good stuff.
WTF! Hmm, good match, solid and the ending was also some top stuff. Loving the VAN DAMINATOR and the reversal was also sweet. Aftermath was a nice ending to the show and sets the storyline for next week and Unforgiven, Angles reactions to the win was the Angle way of life.
Overall I enjoyed it, not so much writing so it didnt take as long to get to the point etc. Liking the main event and build up throughout the show. Only a recap and briefly scripted, but I fairly enjoyed and was a good read. I will try and keep up with the storyline in the future and Im looking forward to your next show, probably Smackdown.
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Sorry I didn't review you sooner, Mac, but you (Mac quote) "know I'm good for it.
Interesting start to the show, placing a lot of emphasis on JBL's more, dare I say it,
side. It almost seems as though this relationship with Angelina has brought out a side of his character previously unseen, i.e. his humanity towards others. The issue is raised, does JBL, in fact,
a manager (or a valet) to survive in this industry? It could make for some interesting interaction later on. You certainly love to use that long, lingering look from a superstar towards a sign or something don't you? I think you first utilized it with Batista and the Triple H banner, and since then it's become quite a familiar feature in BTB for
storyline advancement. Once again, DDMac raises the bar
Glad to see Tully now a regular feature of Monday nights.
Some huge announcements from The Coach to kick of proceedings, not least the announcement of the WWE Championship match. I, like many, thought that you might hold off with the straight one-on-one match between Van Dam and Edge until Bad Blood or maybe even Survivor Series, but I suppose it makes sense to capitalize on RVD's incredible momentum as quickly as possible. As Wolfy noted, it's especially nice to see Van Dam now a bonafide main event WWE Title contender in this thread, rather than the wishy-washy, Intercontinental/MITB/multi-man WWE Title match player he has been for much of the year. He'll certainly liven up your title picture after months of nothing but Edge, Orton, HBK and Angle. Speaking of freshening up the title scene, part of me hope that his role at SNME with the two combatants indicates that MVP isn't quite done with this thing yet. Perhaps he initiates an assault on both men, or even joins forces with Edge to attack RVD and further Edge's turn to the dark side? We shall see. Huge main event for tonight also, though I expect Angle and Umaga to be the focal points once again (not like I've made that mistake before eh?).
Well, I think I could definitely be on the right lines with my earlier guess about where JBL angle is going, as this rather (poor) attempt to get Paul Heyman on his side came off as incredibly needy. Bradshaw seems incapable of grovelling properly, or even acting moderately polite. Maybe that's something he can build on.
Another interesting story starts to take shape here as young Rhodes & Smith fail once again on the big stage and fail once again to get over with the crowd. Everyone has suggested a heel turn, but given the lack of face tandems you currently have on Raw, I don't see that really happening. Glad to see that Cade & Murdoch just keep going from strength to strength though.
Ah, so we finally get a brief glimpse into the conspiracy that unfolded during the Summer Games Gauntlet at SummerSlam:
Haha, just think, it could be worse. Ju couldve won the title, then ju would have to give me 50 instead of 25. And as for the second part of our deal, mi amigo, I wont be cashing in that favor anytime soon, so relax, enjoy jour time in the main event spotlight and jour welcome.
I guess that means 'VP & Co. paid Estrada & 'Mags to take the fall, with $25,000 up front and then $50,000 should Porter be fortunate enough to win the title. That all makes sense, but I'm not really sure what Armando could be referring to in the second part of this. A "favor"? Hmmm.
Yeah, I think we all pretty much guessed that it was Nattie Neidhart. It makes perfect sense really, what with their Canadian roots and all, as well as them both being blonde
Not sure if that really means anything though. Good win for Trish as she continues her (inevitable) push towards being named the Number One Contender for Unforgiven. Lita being highlighted makes me think that she might fancy her chances once again now.
Saturday Night's Main Event is certainly shaping up nicely at this point. The RWC/CC match in particular should be an absolute treat, since both teams are great (admit that C&M are great). Matt will probably go over JBL to cement his misery, but as for the other two matches ...
. The Number One Contender's match at such a prestigious show only increases the prestige you've worked so hard to put on the Women's Title, and Angle and Umaga's partners guarantee a crazy match. One question though, what would happen if (I know they won't but I just mean hypothetically speaking) 'Mags or Kurt were traded?
I'm glad that Beth Phoenix is still around. She's definitely the (hottest) best Diva on your roster, and I can certainly see a babyface turn for her on the horizon what with Mickie sidelined and Trish & Nattie now the aplha females of the heel world. I must say, what an amazing Women's division you have. The future looks better than bright for it. The mere
of a Nattie/Beth feud though has me excited.
I'm still not entirely sure why you've decided (I'm going to make an assumption now) to turn Edge heel again. You seemed so proud of making him a successful face a few months back, but I suppose if you're running with the Austin Aries-Jimmy Jacobs thing, it could work perfectly. Think about it, we all
Edge won the feud because he won the matches and the belt, but has all this business with Orton finally driven him over the proverbial (no pun intended) edge? Perhaps it continues tonight when he costs his team the match?
Wow, talk about impressive resumes; I'm pretty sure Ken Doane is now 3 and 0 against JBL in singles competition. Not bad when you consider what Bradshaw is and what he has been in the past. A Intercontinental Title shot could be coming Kenny's way soon I think, though I hope Haas still gets in on the act. Oh, and the fact that Layfield lost his first match without his manager is well and truly noted. See: storyline development 101.
Nothing for Morrison & Melina tonight? Fair enough.
I love the way Angle is basically a tweener who just gets lumped with the babyfaces all of the time. If only we could get another epic implosion like we did from him in the run up to the Battle Royal before SummerSlam. Carlito and Sabu need to find something too, though with the draft coming up that shouldn't take too long.
Oh my word, JBL is not having the best of nights at all is he? Lots of exposure for the Intercontinental Champ has pretty much confirmed this angle as the premiere one on Raw for the moment. Jillian Hall serving as another reminder of where his treatment of his colleagues will get him? Nice. Very good character development from you tonight. I agree with Wolfy, I think we will be able to see where this is all going by the time SNME rolls around, as I don't see JBL keeping quiet for that entire show, or even remaining backstage.
Doane gets his title shot as predicted (yeah, not really a hard prediction to make, but I need
); but, as with the Haas situation, since Kenny
beat JBL, it makes the outcome of their match at Unforgiven rather obvious.
Mixed reaction for Edge? Oh, how I love slow, calculated character development and, in this case in particular, heel turns.
Surprised to see Orton taking the fall in the main event, as (once again kissing Wolfy's ass) I thought either Sabu or Reigns were thrown in there for that very purpose. Both Van Dam and Angle get a hell of a lot of momentum though going into their respective feuds as they slay a former WWE Champion who is clearly on his way out of Raw. He'll be joining the rest of the Evolution mess on SD, I'm almost certain.
I doubt that the Spear after the match will be the moment Edge truly turns heel, as it seems just a bit too easy for you, Mac; you're usually much more cerebral than that. I can see this story having a few more twists and turns down the road yet, but Edge's turn is almost inevitable at this point. It doesn't really matter, as once he leaves his post as top face on Raw, RVD and the obvious SD Draft pick (Rock?) will fill that slot.
Solid recap, with both Unforgiven and (especially) SNME shaping up very nicely.
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Well, the reason my last thread-- what's that? You don't care? Great, I didn't feel like explaining the obvious. Quick recaps of the shows leading up to Unforgiven, quickly followed by the Unforgiven preview shortly, before I get back in the groove.
Friday Night SmackDown! - 9/7/07
The SmackDown heading into Saturday Nights Main Event would be one filled with several major developments and two returns.
Firstly, The Miz returned in a backstage interview with Kristal Marshall, letting the world know that after the way that he and Flair and Kennedy and others have suffered at the hands of Batista, its time that the SD locker room bands together to take down this beast. The fans actually seemed to get a bit behind the former Tough Enough champion but its all for moot, as later on in the night, The Animal, the World Heavyweight Champion, and terrorist, Batista attacks The Miz in the locker room, making sure plenty of people are watching and taking note. Batista bloodies him, slamming the poor bastard into walls, tables left and right but doesnt finish the job, an instead, simply walks away.
Elsewhere, the WWE Tag Team Champions, The Carolina Connection, Shelton Benjamin & Gregory Helms, had quite the depressing/stunningly arrogant backstage interaction with one another after defeating The New Breed in a rather competitive matchup, stating that theyve officially eradicated any and all competition on SD. And, according to them, once they defeat Raws World Tag Team Champions at SNME theyll be done.
Jeff Hardy and Christopher Daniels put on a tremendous, fast paced, fifteen matchup, before Jeff picked up the victory, with a counter of the Angels Wings into a jackknife cover, making Daniels rather unsuccessful against the Hardys recently.
The elder Hardy, Matt, the United States Champion, didnt nearly fair as well on the 9/7 edition of SmackDown. First, in a strong ten or so minute matchup, he found himself on the losing end of a non-title match to William Regal. Then, Regal ordered the two men he brought down to the ring with him, Steve Lewington and Paul Burchill, to attack the U.S. Champion. The three superstars put the boots to Hardy before Finlay and CM Punk made the much needed save.
The Mexicools split continued, as, after losing to the Cruiserweight Champion Jamie Noble and #1 contender Shannon Moore (forced to team together), the two got into a shoving match, before Super Crazy took the high road and walked away. Pfft, pussy.
Santino Marella picked up his first televised victory, picking up a win against Chris Sabin with a simple hook of the tights. Sabin continues to slide
In the main event segment, The Rock made his first appearance since SummerSlam, and openly expressed his doubts about coming back, mentioning that hes now failed in capturing a world title four times in a row since returning. Before Rock can finish his thought, however JOHN CENA returns! The two trade a couple of quick quips, before Cena states that Rock is making the right decision by retiring and Rock says that he isnt. the crowd goes wild as Rocky explains that his recent losses have only made him stronger, and he plans on going absolutely nowhere until the big, gold belt is around his waist. Cena doesnt take the news well, and a BRAWL breaks out, with both former multi-time world champions beating the hell out of each other. Eventually, Cenas lust for the destruction of The Rock wins out, and with the help of a steel chair, The Boss bloodies the Peoples Champ with several brutal shots to the gut, causing serious internal injuries to the Great One. SD goes off the air with Cena standing over Rock, whom struggles to breath, blood dripping from his mouth.
Saturday Nights Main Event - 9/8/07
Before any action kicked off the night, we got the first two draft picks in the 2007 Lottery, which saw CHARLIE HAAS drafted from Monday Night Raw to Friday Night SmackDown, while THE ROCK was drafted from SD to Raw. Backstage, Jonathan Coachman had a mixed reaction to the news - drafting every marketing agencys dream - an icon with massive amounts of drawing power but damaged goods as of last night.
The first match was somewhat of a shocker as we got the World Heavyweight Champion Batista taking on The Miz in a match made after SD went off the air. As expected, Batista dominates the spirited Miz, before putting the sap away with the Demon Bomb @ 4:12. After the match, it looks like The Animal is ready to do even more damage to Mizanin, but Arn Anderson, Dean Malenko, Ricky Steamboat and other agents get in the way of The Animal, causing Batista to let out a bit of a smirk as he watches the faces of some of Ric Flairs most staunch admirers.
After a quick commercial break, we get ourselves a training video of Kurt Angle preparing for his matchup with Umaga, also hyping up the tag match later tonight.
The second match of the night sees Trish Stratus take on Lita for the number one contendership. With their tremendous history, its no surprise to put them on a decent contest, but the finish comes when both divas get counted out @ 6:31. Yeah, sucks necessary though.
Up next, the second draft picks are chosen, which sees CARLITO drafted to SmackDown, while THE HOOLIGANS are drafted to Monday nights. Backstage, inside the Gms office, Vince McMahon sits with Coach, Hunter and Steph, and Steph speaks up, wanting to know how two of her guys have been shipped to Raw, and Vince responds with a simple Too busy to read the rules?
The VIP Lounge is up next, with Montel Vontavious Porter, surrounded by Luther Reigns and the Playgirls, conducting an interview with the WWE Champion Edge and the #1 contender Rob Van Dam. MVP asks the proper questions to get Edge and RVD going, leading to The Rated R Superstar stating he has nothing personal against RVD, but if Van Dam is coming for his title, hell do ANYTHING to keep it. The two stars share a couple of quips, but of course, MVP turns the conversation towards himself, and begins talking himself up, leading to Edge and Van Dam disposing him from the ring (Edge drops belt). The crowd cheers but as Edge turns around, he gets tossed his belt and then DRILLED WITH THE VAN DAMINATOR! RVD pays Edge back for Monday night before leaving the ring to a mixed reaction.
After the break, we get our only title match of the night, which sees Jamie Noble successfully defend his Cruiserweight Title, forcing Shannon Moore to submit to the dragon sleeper at 5:37.
A video package plays, showing Umaga training, while Armando Estrada watches with a sick smile, before a graphic hyping the prelude to the collision appears.
Before we cut to a break, we get two SmackDown picks in a row (accommodations made for the main event tag match later tonight). First, the blue brand gets MARIA and backstage, Hunter and Steph look somewhat disappointed, after a somewhat underwhelming draft so well. Secondly, Friday nights get RANDY ORTON! H and Steph pop, as Coachs head drops. The two GMs of SD even engage in an impromptu hug, before quickly stopping.
After the commercial break, we get the Tag Champs vs. Tag Champs match with The Carolina Connection vs. The Redneck Wrecking Crew. The two best tag teams in the business put on a solid contest but the nine-minute match is cut short as RANDY ORTON makes his presence felt, grabbing one of the title belts, and DRILLS BOTH MEMBERS OF THE CC, before he knocks Cade from the apron. Orton then drops down, before popping up and drilling Murdoch with an RKO! Orton then leaves the ring coldly, after a sending a message to the WWE that the change in scenery will have little effect on the One Man Dynasty.
Another break precedes the angry Raw GM, Coach, getting all up in Hunter and Stephs faces, complaining about Ortons actions and demanding they do something with their new superstar. H & Steph laugh Coach off a bit.
The other interbrand matchup is next, and JBLs, the Intercontinental Champion, woes continue, as he loses to U.S. Champion Matt Hardy, via pinfall after a Twist of Fate @ 10:08.
Post-break, we finally get the tag match that everyones been waiting on, and Raws third and fourth draft picks. And it ends up being Umaga teaming up with CHRISTOPHER DANIELS to take on Kurt Angle and JEFF HARDY! All four superstars give it their all to put on an incredible contest, with Mags and Angle eventually brawling to the back (again), allowing Jeff to hit a Swanton on Daniels, defeating The Fallen Angel @ 13:02.
After the last commercial break, the final SmackDown draft pick is revealed and its The Heartbreak Kid SHAWN MICHAELS!
A couple of new matches added to the Unforgiven card - Jeff Hardy vs. Christopher Daniels, The Redneck Wrecking Crew vs. The Hooligans for the belts, and Victoria defending her title against both Trish Stratus and Lita.
The final segment of the show would see John Cena come out to the ring, boasting that he is the number one contender to the World Heavyweight Title, since Flair, Rock, Kennedy, Lashley, Taker and HHH cant compete for one reason or another, while Michaels and Orton just got here. Cena says he wants the dream match between he and Batista to happen here tonight but it HAS to be tonight.
Before he can continue though, Jonathan Coachman comes down to the ring, with the Spirit Squad and says that hes gonna make an example out of Cena to teach Smack Down a lesson. The SS leap into action, but The Boss is a man possessed, completely obliterating the four cheerleaders. Barely breathing hard, Cena asks if thats all, but soon enough, JBL, Umaga and Christopher Daniels come down to the ring. The three big time heels begin to beat down Cena, but soon enough, Rey Mysterio, Matt Hardy and The Carolina Connection of the blue team come out to help. Of course, that brings out more guys from both locker rooms, and a HUGE BRAWL breaks out in the middle of the ring. Eventually, the ring begins to clear, and with damn near everybody down, its Cena who comes out on top, planting the final man, Kurt Angle, with an FU! The Boss pounds on is chest with intensity, getting a thunderous mixed reaction, as he screams out that the champ is here.
Before Cena can say another word, however, THE LIGHTS GO OUT! The crowd roars, and after several of those ominous gongs, the lights come back on, and THE UNDERTAKER RETURNS, slowly making his way down to the ring as Graveyard Symphony plays in the background. Taker steps into the ring, but Cena immediately bails, giving the You Cant See Me signal with a smirk, while the crowd boos wildly. Taker gives Cena the throat slash from afar, as random SmackDown faces begin to flicker on the titantron, signaling that the final Raw draft pick is up
The Undertaker looks at the screen in shock, while a huge smirk comes over the face of The Boss as he turns and walks away from the ring as SNME fades off the air.
Monday Night Raw - 9/10/07
MVPs VIP Lounge opened the show with special guest John Cena. The Boss let the world know that now that hes moved away from all of his many problems on SD, hes got his sights squarely focused on the winner of RVD/Edge. MVP tries to interject his own title aspirations, but Cena simply drops the mic and walks out.
The WWE Champion Edge tried to persuade his girlfriend Lita to pull herself out of the Womens Title Triple Threat Match at Unforgiven due to the fear of her possibly getting injured and therefore not being able to accompany him to the ring later that night. Lita refuses.
In the main event, The Rated R Superstar defeated Sabu in a decent matchup, before having a staredown with Rob Van Dam six days before they have their title match at Unforgiven.
Intercontinental Champion JBL teamed up with the World Tag Team Champions The Redneck Crew to take on Ken Doane and The Hooligans, and once more Doane pins JBL, countering his power bomb into a hurricanrana and a cover @ 9:52.
Beth Phoenix looked to get Mickie James back in the game, asking Coach to get her a title opportunity, but Coachman says Mickie has been AWOL since SummerSlam, so thats absolutely out of the question.
DH Smith and Cody Rhodes continued their losing way, being defeated rather handily by Chris Masters and Joey Mercury formally of the RKO Army @ 6:10.
Luther Reigns defeated Jeff Hardy via pinfall @ 5:20 after a bit of interference from Christopher Daniels.
With security guards packed in the ring, Armando Alejandro Estrada, alongside Umaga, and Kurt Angle have an exchange of motivations, with Estrada talking about the complete and utter destruction that Umaga has caused since his debut - defeating the legendary Ric Flair, John Cena, going without a single defeat for a year and a half now, all of which culminated in the absolute destruction of Mick Foley at Vengeance. Armando continues, stating that some people may write off the annihilation of Mick Foley as Cactus being over the hill which is what brings us to Kurt Angle. AAE says that he and Umaga never wanted a problem with Angle, but the more and more Kurt kept coming, the more and more Estrada realized the opportunity that was in front of him; Angle is considered the best of the best, the cream of the crop, in the prime of his career, and if - WHEN Umaga completely obliterated the Olympic Hero at Unforgiven hell be the most feared, respected, and marketable entity in the entire history.
Before Estrada can continue to faun over the potential drawing power of his monster. Kurt, however, starts off by saying that hes impressed with Estradas honesty, so hell use a little honesty of his own. Kurt says hes wanted this match for months now, ever since he watched him beat the crap out of Foley. Kurt says hes all about proving himself against the biggest and the baddest - Austin, Hunter, Rock, Taker, Kane, Lesnar - and this Sunday, he proves that hes as big and bad as they come. Angle slams the mic down, snarls and turns around, leaving the ring amongst cheers, as Maga and Estrada look on with anticipation.
Friday Night SmackDown! - 9/14/07
Randy Orton kicks off the night, and calls for a title match, but Shawn Michaels has other plans in mind, as he comes down to the ring, and calls for a title shot of his own. HBK and young Randall go back and forth for a bit, but soon enough, The Carolina Connection, the WWE Tag Team Champions, come down to the ring and express their anger with Ortons attack at SNME, stating that they both want a crack at him. Randy says he has no time for tag teams, and Michaels slyly agrees, stating that there are more important things at stake at the moment. The CC take offense, of course, but before anything can spout up, Stephanie comes out. Speaking for Hunter and herself, Steph announces that starting next week an eight man tournament will begin to crown a new number one contender with the winner facing and the bracket is put up on the screen
Randy Orton
Rey Mysterio
Mark Henry
Charlie Haas
Shawn Michaels
CM Punk`
Jamie Noble once again defeated Shannon Moore, this time with the Trailer Hitch, forcing him to submit at 4:13, managing to retain the Cruiserweight Title.
The Mexicools defeated the Gymini via pinfall @ 5:53, picking up their first win in a long while, but Psichosis and Crazy hardly celebrated after, clearly still not on the same page.
Mark Henry won a squash match, letting us all know hes still around.
Rey Mysterio, Carlito & Charlie Haas each cut a promo concerning the World Heavyweight Title Tourney starting next week.
In an interview with Maria, William Regal explains his actions last week, stating that hes bloody sick and tired of being treated second rate around this place, and in the here and now, hes now taking things via force.
In the main event, the U.S. Champion Matt Hardy, teamed up with CM Punk & Finlay to take on William Regal, Paul Burchill & Steve Lewington. The six stars put on a hell of a match, but in the end, Regal once more pulls out the victory, planting Finlay with a running knee to the side of the head @ 12:46. After the match, Regal & company look to continue the attack on their opponents until THE UNDERTAKER appears, laying out Burchill & Lewington, while Regal rolls out of the ring, saving himself for another day.
Current Card for WWE Unforgiven
September 16th, 2007
Memphis, Tennessee
WWE Championship Match:
The Rated R Superstar Edge defends against Mr. Monday Night Rob Van Dam
The Collision; The Monster vs. The Machine:
The Samoan Bulldozer Umaga vs. The Wrestling Machine Kurt Angle
Intercontinental Championship Match:
The Wrestling God John Bradshaw Layfield defends against Ken Doane
Womens Championship Match:
Victoria defends against Trish Stratus and Lita
World Tag Team Championship Match:
The Redneck Wrecking Crew defends against The Hooligans
Grudge Match:
'The Fallen Angel' Christopher Daniels vs. Jeff Hardy
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Unforgiven Predictions
WWE Championship Match:
'The Rated R Superstar' Edge
defends against 'Mr. Monday Night' Rob Van Dam
The Collision; The Monster vs. The Machine:
'The Samoan Bulldozer' Umaga vs.
'The Wrestling Machine' Kurt Angle
Intercontinental Championship Match:
'The Wrestling God' John Bradshaw Layfield
defends against Ken Doane
Women's Championship Match:
defends against Trish Stratus and Lita
World Tag Team Championship Match:
The Redneck Wrecking Crew defends against
The Hooligans
Grudge Match:
'The Fallen Angel' Christopher Daniels
vs. Jeff Hardy
Iunno, I guess.
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YES! Finally Mac is back. I'm so glad you decided to come back with this as really, you are this thread.
Unforgiven looks to be a solid show. I fully expect Edge to retain the WWE Title and Umaga to go over Kurt Angle. I can't see JBL losing the IC Title to Doane just yet considering how many times he's lost over the last few shows. In fact, I think all of the titles will be retained. Daniels should finally pick up a win over Jeff Hardy.
Looking forward to it.
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Hey MAC, glad to see that you're back, i will be constantly reviewing once the full shows come. For now though, predictions.
Current Card for WWE Unforgiven
September 16th, 2007
Memphis, Tennessee
WWE Championship Match:
The Rated R Superstar Edge
defends against Mr. Monday Night Rob Van Dam
The Collision; The Monster vs. The Machine:
The Samoan Bulldozer Umaga vs.
The Wrestling Machine Kurt Angle
Intercontinental Championship Match:
The Wrestling God John Bradshaw Layfield defends against
Ken Doane
Womens Championship Match:
Victoria defends against
Trish Stratus
and Lita
World Tag Team Championship Match:
The Redneck Wrecking Crew defends against
The Hooligans
Grudge Match:
'The Fallen Angel' Christopher Daniels
vs. Jeff Hardy
Despite how many times i have read through this, i still can't think of who has one what.
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I my have totally lost interest with this section, but along with Nick and Duane, I expect you to keep giving me some fine reading material in my absence. Just don't go away again and then make me mark over a retro thread and then not following through with said project.
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Current Card for WWE Unforgiven
September 16th, 2007
Memphis, Tennessee
WWE Championship Match:
'The Rated R Superstar' Edge
defends against 'Mr. Monday Night' Rob Van Dam
The Collision; The Monster vs. The Machine:
'The Samoan Bulldozer' Umaga
vs. 'The Wrestling Machine' Kurt Angle
Intercontinental Championship Match:
'The Wrestling God' John Bradshaw Layfield
defends against Ken Doane
Women's Championship Match:
defends against Trish Stratus and Lita
World Tag Team Championship Match:
The Redneck Wrecking Crew
defends against The Hooligans
Grudge Match:
'The Fallen Angel' Christopher Daniels
vs. Jeff Hardy
Glad to have you back.
Shocking results during the SNME Draft btw, didn't expect Cena to switch and/or return; same goes for 'Taker. Not sure how HBK and Orton will fit in on SD what with Batista being a dominant heel champion and all. Doubt either of 'em will win the #1 Contender tournament as a result, but Rey, Carlito, Finlay, Haas & Punk are the only faces present and they've all been booked as Mid-Carders 4 Life in this thread. Probably just get a similar situation to Gold Rush '05, with the winner getting a match on the weekly show, before interference etc. sets up the actual PPV match.
Unforgiven card is pretty weak, but seeing as the PPV is taking place during the Draft transition I don't blame you. Cena, Rock and others will need more time to set up new feuds. Can't wait for Umaga/Angle though. Such a shame we won't be getting this match in full.
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Very pleased to see you back to your bread and butter. Been a while since youve been around here.
Current Card for WWE Unforgiven
September 16th, 2007
Memphis, Tennessee
WWE Championship Match:
The Rated R Superstar Edge
defends against Mr. Monday Night Rob Van Dam
I could see this ending with Edge flipping out and getting DQd, but I dont see him losing the Belt any time soon, so Ill say he ends up getting the victory, although Im not sure it will be clean.
The Collision; The Monster vs. The Machine:
The Samoan Bulldozer Umaga
vs. The Wrestling Machine Kurt Angle
I can see either man getting DQd, but my money is on Angle. This needs to be built just a little bit more before Umaga gets a loss, so it wont happen here.
Intercontinental Championship Match:
The Wrestling God John Bradshaw Layfield defends against
Ken Doane
No more of JBL losing in the weeks leading to a show and not actually losing the Belt. We did that for Slam, so Doane finally gets it here.
Womens Championship Match:
defends against Trish Stratus and Lita
She just won the Belt, enough said.
World Tag Team Championship Match:
The Redneck Wrecking Crew defends against
The Hooligans
Never really liked the RWC, so Ill say BK and PL get the Belts.
Grudge Match:
'The Fallen Angel' Christopher Daniels
vs. Jeff Hardy
I think you still have big things for him, so I really dont want to see him lose another match to a man with much less talent.
Looks a little weak, but the main events should carry it.
Just some other thoughts about what else went down before Unforgiven.
~ I was shocked to see Cena come back like he did but I was even more surprised to see him go to Raw. When Taker came out, I thought that he would be the one heading to Monday nights. But since you had to end either Rock-Cena or Taker-Cena, Im glad you didnt pick the former, because it has so much potential.
~ HBK and Orton should do well on SD!, and hopefully Haas and Carlito can as well.
~ #1 Contenders tourneys are always a good idea, and I see someone like Rey or Carlito getting the shot, if the match isnt on PPV.
~ Stay around this time, PLZ~!
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thank ya for finally giving them ur blessings
i have the sex appeal of a math book
idk man, i've never met anyone that opened a math book and didn't say "fuck me"
And what person hasn't banged a math book on a desk? Multiple times?
#….uh. in a fit of desperation i've spanked a math book with a ruler.
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i can't be the only one who immediately heard this in their head upon sight
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none of your mythological faves were even remotely straight like welcome 2 the real world jackass hercules had a fuckton of anal sex
People believe what they choose to.it's literally not a matter of belief there is literally a vase with a painting of zeus fucking his cupbearer ganymede while ganymede is holding a dildo like u can't just not believe in thousand year old pottery
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When Harry hears of Peter Pettigrew/Wormtail's deception.
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Genomic structure of swine taste receptor family 1 member 3, TAS1R3, and its expression in tissuesKiuchi S. · Yamada T. · Kiyokawa N. · Saito T. · Fujimoto J. · Yasue H.
aNational Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki bSchool of Medicine, Keio University, Shinjuku-ku cNational Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo (Japan)
Taste receptor family 1 member 3, TAS1R3, is shown to be involved in sweet and umami tastes in mouse, and the nucleotide sequence of the gene has been reported in rat, gorilla, and human. Pigs are frequently used as models for human diseases, and are also considered to be source animals for xenotransplantation to humans due to their anatomical and physiological similarities to humans. Therefore, in the present study, the genomic structure of the swine TAS1R3 gene was determined, and TAS1R3 expression was studied in various swine tissues. The gene was shown to reside on swine chromosome 6q22→q23, from which three types of mRNAs were generated: 3,752 bp derived from six exons in tongue, 3,704 bp from six exons and 3,630 bp from seven exons in testis. The 6 exons/5 introns were structurally similar to those of humans and mice, but the 7 exons/6 introns structure of TAS1R3 was first observed in swine. High expressions of TAS1R3 were revealed in tongue, kidney, and testis by real-time PCR. The expression profile of the tissues except for kidney was similar to that of mouse. When in situ hybridization using an RNA probe for TAS1R3 was performed on swine tongue and testis tissues, TAS1R3 expressions were revealed in tongue circumvallate papillae, fungiform papillae, mucosal epithelium, follicular B lymphocytes, lymphocytes in submucosal tissues of lingual tonsil, and spermatogenic cells. Using peripheral mature B lymphocytes, the expression of TAS1R3 in B lymphocytes was further confirmed by real-time PCR and sequencing of the real-time PCR product.
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Using risk-based security to stem the tide of violence in hospitals
Changes in the healthcare environment demand a more proactive security program
Hospital and healthcare security is experiencing a major increase in violence, instigated by patients, patient families and even healthcare staff.
Just last year, there was an active shooter incident in Reno, Nev., in which two physicians were shot, and in Houma, La., a hospital administrator was shot to death by a terminated nurse. As recently as Easter Sunday in California, two nurses were stabbed at the hospitals where they worked. One was stabbed in both the upper and lower torso and is in critical condition. These two incidents add to the more than 100 violent incidents in 2013 and the first half of 2014.
Since 2010, violence in healthcare has skyrocketed. As a result, the Joint Commission has issued a "Sentinel Event Alert" on the issue and contributed to numerous articles on shootings in U.S. hospitals. The Department of Homeland Security and a consortium of state and local hospitals recently released a standard for active shooters in healthcare. These all point to the conclusion that the current law enforcement-based hospital security model is not working.
The changes in healthcare, including the increase in insured Medicaid patients and increased traffic to emergency departments, highlights the fact that very well-intentioned people are working with an outdated security model that hasn't evolved to address a changing healthcare environment. The change in billing and reimbursements for healthcare organizations, such as tracking of readmission rates, has squeezed hospital profits causing reductions in funding in many security departments at a time when violent events are steadily increasing.
A new risk-based model for hospital security is emerging that is less linear and more cyclical. It uses technology to a greater extent, employs forecasting and statistical models to predict the likelihood of future incidents, and is proactive instead of reactive, focusing money and energy on preventing events instead of simply responding to them. This model also uses risk assessment formulas to quickly assess the current security profile of a hospital, clinic, hospice, or behavioral health facility, factoring in heightened threat-risk environment, not only for the facility in question, but also adding in the wealth of healthcare data that's now available.
A major focus of this model is the continual assessment and evaluation of preventive security controls, which are reviewed quarterly, semi-annually, or annually to discover gaps in controls, and to fix gaps as soon as they are identified. This dovetails nicely into the assessment models already required by the Joint Commission, OSHA and new CMS standards.
Looking at recent high-profile security events that took in place in hospitals shows that incidents happen because of exploited gaps in the existing security of the healthcare facility. In the past, security officers successfully worked hard to reduce response time so that often officers could arrive in under two minutes, but it's still too long. In the Reno shooting, response time was under two minutes, but that was long enough to kill two doctors.
Focusing on prevention makes sense for healthcare, much in the way the Joint Commission focuses on patient safety, by continually assessing controls, reducing discovered gaps in controls, and mitigating gaps by reassessing and tightening security, which creates a cycle of continual improvement in the healthcare security environment.
The healthcare risk-based security model takes advantage of technology. Instead of waiting for manual recording of security incidents every day, software programs allow hospital security officers to enter data at the end of each shift, and that means security directors can map what's happening in the hospital or facility on a daily, weekly, monthly and yearly basis. This can go a long way to identifying trends early and help facilities make appropriate changes in controls so that negative trends can be reversed quickly and both patient and staff security is increased.
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About the whole Niall tweeting Louis thing, just remember that in so many interviews, all the boys help egg on the Demi thing even though we all know that's fake, too
referring to them as "the babies" even though they're all older than me
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Barbados has been told that it needs to take quick corrective action, similar to what was done in 1991, in order to turn around the ailing economy.
Speaking during an interview at the just concluded High Level Caribbean Forum hosted by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Trinidad, IMF deputy division chief Therese Turner-Jones stressed that Barbados' efforts needed to be stronger even as the country headed fast into a general election.
"One of the things we [the IMF] are learning from lessons around the world is that for our medium-term fiscal strategy and fiscal consolidation to be credible, the most important thing is that it needs to be frontloaded," she told the WEEKEND NATION.
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- Posted by SANDREA BUTCHER 2 years, 1 month ago
'One time action', ok! I wonder which one time action they warned the USA to take. In 1991 it was 8% cut. What would please the IMF now? Let us see how the government can reduce expenditure? They surely can't increase revenues since the income tax reform.
1) Maybe send home some public workers. But that would mean more National Insurance payments to the unemployed and less VAT collections.
2) How about another cut in salaries? The DLP would not get back in power for another three terms.
3) Cut expenditure on public goods and services. QEH would be in a hot mess, and then no new hospital. Schools would run down even more. The drug service would have to change the list for meds again or just run out of certain medicines.
4) Maybe they could increase the rents at the NHC units, hmmmmm
5) What about increasing the indirect taxes AGAIN? Lawd more road tax
6) No wait, since we like reform, let us reform the Transport Board. The routes can be in stages. We can go from Depot to Depot. The longer the distance, the more you pay. Oh Lawd!
7) Wait, I have another one. Let the people at the polyclinics pay a fee for the service provided. Say a $20 for each visit.
- Posted by Carl Harper 2 years, 1 month ago
Here we go, again! Another agency (IMF) telling the DLP Administration that its much touted Medium-term Fiscal Strategy does not go far enough in addressing the deep fiscal problems in the Barbados economy, and "corrective action" similar to 1991 is needed. Now that is scary!
With general elections looming, I do not expect the government will see the importance of moving swiftly to implement tough corrective measures. If 1991 be our guide, under the the DLP we saw 8% salary cut and massive layoffs in the public sector, unemployment spiking up to 24%, and foreign reserves critically low.
In 1990-91 ahead of the elections we are assured that economic policies were working and all was well with the economy. The electorate believed the DLP government of the day and easily returned them to Office. Shortly thereafter we were in the clutches of the IMF Structural Adjustment Program that brought tremendous hardship and the threat of devaluation of our currency.
Fast forward to 2012, just before another general elections, with the DLP again in Office and the language and rhetoric just as familiar as in 1991. The country has just been handed its first ever downgrade to junk bond status by Standard & Poor's, personal savings have been eroded, and the NIS is being used as government's piggy bank.
Based on history alone, this government cannot be trusted for us to accept that we will be more prosperous under their continued leadership. I shudder to think what 2013 will be like for Barbadians should the DLP be reelected for a second term.
We only need to ask ourselves if we are better off today than we were five years ago.
- Posted by CARL HUSBANDS 2 years, 1 month ago
- I just Trinidad now has the IMF doing its dirty work.
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