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According to Dr. Nelson, ethical concerns should not be a barrier to pediatric research. Although children cannot consent to participate in research studies, there is broad international agreement on three core ethical principles that should guide pediatric research:
Children should not be enrolled in research unless necessary to answer an important scientific question about the health and welfare of children.
Research involving children must be characterized by a balance of risks and potential benefits comparable to that of available alternatives.
Research offering no direct benefit to children must be restricted to that posing minimal risk.
Although definitions of "minimal risk" and "low risk" vary, Dr. Nelson argued that the differences are insignificant. For research with the prospect of direct benefit to the study population, every health authority uses similar language. The pertinent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) language appears in Subpart D of the Code of Federal Regulations, "Additional Safeguards for Children Involved in Clinical Investigations" (21 CFR §50.52). This language suggests that risks must be justified by anticipated benefits, and anticipated benefits and risks must be balanced in both arms of a study. The variability seen in Institutional Review Board (IRB) determinations is not driven by differences in definitions, but by the inevitable differences in individual judgments within any group of people (Sugarman, 2004). Better definitions are not likely to eliminate that variability.
According to Dr. Nelson, ethical barriers to the study of pediatric drugs fall into four categories:
Clinicians are willing to prescribe drugs off label without sufficient pediatric data (adults, of course, are prescribed drugs off label as well). This willingness to use drugs without sufficient data results in delays in needed research.
Sponsors, as expected, act in their financial self-interest. They often pursue pediatric clinical trials late in a drug's life cycle, after its true market value has been determined. Once they have decided to conduct a trial, cost considerations may trump considerations of study design quality.
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Holy Cross men's golf team stands in sixth place after two rounds at the Patriot League Championship held on the par-72 Grace Course at the Saucon Valley Country Club on Saturday afternoon. The Crusaders have a total score of 627 strokes (+51), as they trail Lehigh who is in first place with a combined mark of 595 (+19).
Holy Cross senior co-captain Steve Zychowski (Mendham, N.J.) is tied for sixth place individually with a two-round total of 150 strokes (+6). Senior co-captain Michael McCarthy (Tolland, Conn.) carded a 157 (+13), which ties him for 17th place as an individual.
The Crusaders trail fifth place Lafayette by four strokes (623) and fourth place Bucknell by eight strokes (619).
Holy Cross will play one 18-hole round on Sunday, April 28 to conclude the Patriot League Championship with tee times beginning at 8:00 a.m.

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DANVILLE — By Thursday morning, someone could be more than $400 million richer.
The Powerball jackpot is at $425 million! And that has lots of people looking for that lucky ticket.
When the Powerball jackpot gets this big, the Powerball people start paying up. At a convenience store in Danville, the lottery machine was getting a workout. Dennis Joye of Wilkes-Barre is taking a chance, hoping lady luck is on his side.
"I'll feel pretty great. It would put me in position where I can help family members, family who needs help," he said. "A whole bunch of extended family would come out of the woodwork."
In order to win the Powerball jackpot, you have to match five numbers and the Powerball and the odds of that are one in 175 million. Not only that, but Pennsylvanians are up against some pretty big odds; Floridians have won six jackpots, the most of any state.
"You kind of hope that if you don't win, it's those factory workers where there's a giant pot and you're helping out 30 people," said Stais Domzalski of Northumberland.
If there's no winner this time around, the jackpot will get bigger and that would mean an even bigger windfall for the lucky winner or winners.
"It's going to go up to $600 million, a lot of money if someone hits that. He doesn't have to work all his life or seven generations," said Peter Singh of Penn Jersey Food Mart.
And when the Powerball is this big, Mark Knutson of Danville spares the couple bucks in hopes of striking it rich.
"I don't buy them until they hit really big. Granted, a million, two million, 10 million is a lot but when they get that big, it draws more attention."
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Marshall signs Ky. all-state standout
PAINTSVILLE, Ky. -- Shane Hall comes from a part of Kentucky that's been good to Marshall University basketball.
The City of Paintsville produced Marshall Athletic Hall of Fame members J.R. VanHoose and Karen Pelphrey. Hall, who actually lives in neighboring Prestonsburg, Ky., joined them as a Thundering Herd player Wednesday morning when he signed a National Letter of Intent during a ceremony in the Johnson Central High School library.
"I feel like this is a great opportunity for me," Hall said. "The (Marshall) coaches really want to help me. They want to help me graduate and become a better basketball player."
VanHoose played for Paintsville High School where he led the Tigers to a state championship in 1996 and received Kentucky Mr. Basketball honors in 1998. Pelphrey, who also went to Johnson Central, set the school's all-time record for girls and boys with 2,537 points in the early 1980s.
Hall was joined for the signing by his father, Brad; mother, Amy; younger brother Bradley who also plays for the Golden Eagles; brother, Seton; and sister, Samantha.
Shane, Seton and Samantha are triplets.
The 6-foot-8, 200-pound Hall has 1,235 career points while holding school records for rebounds (827) and blocked shots (332).
Hall is rated as the No. 43 power forward prospect in the nation by ESPN.com and is a candidate for the Kentucky Mr. Basketball award.
He has led Johnson Central to back-to-back 15th Region titles and Sweet 16 state tournament appearances.
"Our team is a lot better just for having him on the floor," said Johnson Central head coach Tommy McKenzie. "He's a slasher-type kid. He's not going to light you up from the 3-point line, and he's not going to play with his back to the basket all the time."
Hall described himself as a real good defensive player who blocks shots and rebounds and as an attacking player with the basketball. He missed part of last season when the Golden Eagles went 22-11 because of an ankle injury, but posted averages of 15.9 points, 10.0 rebounds and 3.5 blocked shots.
Colleges who offered Hall scholarships along with Marshall included Tennessee, Butler, UAB, Indiana State, Miami (Ohio) and Northern Kentucky.
"This a special moment that happens to very few people in athletics," McKenzie said. "This was something he thought out very hard."
The Halls are pleased to have their son staying close to home. Brad Hall said his son Seton will also be attending Marshall and might become a team manager for the Herd.
Marshall's style is suited to how his son plays, Brad Hall said.
"He's more of an up and down player than a half-court player," he said.
Hall said he's doing pretty good academically.
With the signing out of the way he still has a few high school goals.
"I'd like to win the state and win Mr. Basketball," he said.
Johnson Central's first game is Dec. 6 against Covington (Ky.) Dixie Heights in the Mr. Basketball Classic at Tates Creek in Lexington. The Golden Eagles play Dec. 27-29 in the Ashland Invitational Tournament.
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All international students and scholars present in the U.S.A. must file an income tax form each year regardless if you were employed in the U.S. or not. You will need to obtain the appropriate tax return forms online or at the campus or local libraries. ISSS is legally unable to provide tax advice for international students and scholars. However, we have prepared the following list of some sites and resources that you may find helpful:
Helpful Tax Sites & Resources
- Internal Revenue Service websites for: Foreign Student & Scholar Information, International Tax Payer. There is the IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program that you may be able to take advantage of if you are eligible. Please note that NOT all IRS-certified volunteers in the VITA program are trained on "non-immigrant" tax concerns.
- Internal Revenue Service(IRS) Contact Information can be found here.
- California State Franchise Tax Board contact information can be found here.
Information on tax witholding and tax treaties for UCSC employed students and scholars
- Sprintax is a company which assists international students and scholars with their U.S. federal tax filing and it may be ordered for individual use.
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The NYU Wasserman Center for Career Development now requires employers indicate that unpaid internships meet Labor Department guidelines before posting them on CareerNet, the school's online jobs site. The Wasserman Center's website also offers students a link to the Labor Department's website and a guide to help students identify potentially fraudulent job postings. Additionally, the site provides a comprehensive directory of internship coordinators across NYU departments.
NYU junior Christina Isnardi began pressuring the career center last year with a petition demanding that the center "remove postings of illegal, exploitative unpaid internships."
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By Terri Moon CronkAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, June 14, 2013 Two installations have set up overnight shelters for military families affected by the Black Forest fire in Colorado Springs, Colo., while another has opened an emergency center for family assistance.
The Army's Fort Carson and Peterson Air Force Base in the southern Colorado Springs area opened their shelters earlier this week to accommodate military families, Defense Department civilians and other authorized common access card users, officials said.
Fort Carson is accepting families that have evacuated their homes because of the Black Forest and Royal Gorge fires burning at opposite ends of the metropolitan area, Fort Carson spokesman Army Staff Sgt. William Waller said.
Up to 100 people can be accommodated overnight at Fort Carson's youth services center in Building 5950, and the center is open every day, around the clock. For more information, families can call 19-526-2794. Shuttles will transport people from the shelters to food courts and a place to shower on post, Waller added.
Carson's shelter permits family pets, but owners must supply kennels, food and dishes for them. Military families with horses and other livestock can take their animals to one of several fairgrounds and stables.
Officials said families who need a place for livestock can contact these local resources:
-- Elbert County Fairgrounds, 95 Ute Ave., Kiowa, Call: 303-621-3152
-- El Paso County Fairgrounds, 366 10th St., Calhan, Call: 719-520-7880; and
-- Adams County Fairgrounds, 9755 Henderson Road, Brighton, Call: 303-637-8000.
At Peterson Air Force Base, the emergency evacuation center also accepts evacuees from both fires at its fitness and sports center in Building 560 on the base, which also is open 24 hours a day. Evacuees should first check in at the Peterson Personnel Support for Contingency Operations Team, which operates the shelter, at the lodging office in Building 1042, Peterson officials said.
The Peterson shelter also can accommodate 100 people, and is filled on a first-come, first-served basis. While Peterson's shelter cannot accept pets, it offers a list of base personnel who will provide temporary shelter for them. Other places to shelter pets on a temporary basis can be found at the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region website, http://www.hsppr.org/blackforestfire.
The Peterson shelter is open to all personnel with base access who have evacuated their homes because of the fire, regardless of their state-mandated evacuation status, Peterson officials said.
The base's facility provides cots, linens and showers to evacuated military families. Personal weapons are not permitted, officials said.
Donations are accepted for the Peterson shelter through the Care and Share Food Bank for Southern Colorado, at 719-528-1247
Peterson also established an emergency family assistance center in Building 350, which is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Mondays through Fridays. The center is similar to the U.S. Air Force Academy's Emergency Family Assistance Control Center.
The academy, in northern Colorado Springs, offers families and DOD civilians access to its center, which is a staging area where military families can get assistance, information and contingency services because of "a significant catastrophic event," said Jodie W. Rhone, the center's coordinator.
The academy's center is in the Airman and Family Readiness Center in Building 6248 on West Pine Loop on the academy grounds. Services provided through the center include legal, mental health, chaplain, Air Force Aid Society -- also known as emergency financial assistance -- and casualty and finance.
The academy's center also offers its Discovery Center to military families, where they can use computers and printers, officials at the academy said. The center is open to all DOD identification card holders. Families affected by the fire can contact the center at 1-800-379-1455. It is open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
While the academy does not offer a shelter for military families, officials said, it had sheltered 13 evacuees from the fire in base lodging, 55 campers in its camping area, and 14 horses in the academy's stables as of yesterday.


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Parents may apply for a hardship transfer from their zoned school if there is are extenuating circumstances that prohibit the student from attending the zoned school. Hardships are processed using the following procedures:
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Rooftop Wind Turbines: Do You Have What It Takes?
Rooftop wind turbines
, also called rooftop wind generators,
offer a relatively inexpensive way to participate in the rush to
renewable energy systems.
The same technology used in large residential turbines has
been incorporated into smaller, rooftop versions costing as
little as $600.
But the limitations of a rooftop installation require your specific
location to "have what it takes," or meet certain requirements
before a rooftop turbine begins to make economic sense.
According to Ron Stimmel of the American Wind Energy Association, "…rooftop turbines
still account for only 1 percent or so of the 10,000 small wind turbines that are sold
each year in the country." For this reason, few performance statistics are available
from actual owners.
It's possible, however, to get an idea of the estimated power output of a rooftop
turbine from the manufacturer's website. For example, the energy performance chart
shown below for Southwest Windpower's 200W Air Breeze predicts 20-30 kWh
(kilowatt hours) per month from 10-12 mph winds occurring 6 hours per day.
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To put this in perspective, 30 kWh is less than
5% of the power consumed each month by the
average household.
Overall, the payback from a single, roof
mounted turbine in tangible financial terms
leaves a lot to be desired; even in light of the
new 30% Federal tax credit for residential
wind power.
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turbine(s) is probably aware of this already.
The rooftop wind enthusiast is not motivated by financial relief, but rather the
intangible rewards of pride of ownership, walking the walk, or simple satisfaction as a
Motivation aside, it doesn't make sense on any level to proceed with a wind powered
project unless the three following requirements are met:
. Higher than average cost per kWh. The more you pay per kWh for electricity, the
more economical wind power becomes. A rule of thumb in the wind turbine industry
states a residential wind powered system shouldn't be considered unless you pay
$0.10 or more per kWh for electricity.
The easiest way to determine your cost per kWh is divide the current monthly balance
on your electric bill by kWh usage (also plainly stated on your bill).
. Building codes. Visit your building department to find out if there are any zoning
restrictions for roof top turbines. Don't build your rooftop system first and ask
questions later - only to be told it violates zoning laws and must come down.
. Minimum wind speed. Wind speed of 7 mph, or 3 m/s (meters per second) is the
start up speed for just about every wind turbine. However, in order to get any "juice"
out of the turbine, minimum wind speeds of 10-12 mph for 6 hours per day are
Although wind speed charts for the United States and Canada are available to help
site larger turbines, they're of little use for rooftop systems because the data is
collected at a minimum altitude of 30 meters (98.4 feet).
However, you can get a good idea of the wind speed at proposed turbine locations by
purchasing an anemometer (wind speed meter) for around $150. The kit comes with a
rooftop sensor, 60' of cable and mounting hardware for the read out display. These
are not data logging meters, so you'll have to keep notes on your observations.
If you're really serious about wind speed data collection, you can purchase a data
logging anemometer kit with tracking software for $400.
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begging for a breeze, are not usually a reliable indicator of average yearly wind speed.
Also, rooftop turbines located at the edge of a long flat roof experience much more
wind than those located on roof peaks.
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A toy wishes for a friend in episode 20 of #WaddleOn, a musical entitled "Someone Like Me To Like Me." Happy Holidays!
#WaddleOn will return in January 2014!
-Club Penguin Team
G'Day Penguins,
Merry Christmas Eve! You were all looking so fantastic in your Santa outfits, I am loving the Christmas fashion at the moment. Here's a photo of the Santa Flash Mob taking over the Iceberg with Christmas presents - so cool!
How amazing are the Christmas trains? I have been collecting so many coins and donating them to Coins for Change. Its so nice to help people out at Christmas.
For this week's catchup, lets make a huge Christmas train and see how many coins we can collect! I'm guessing it will be loads. This is going to be awesome!
Lets meet at the Snow Forts on the Down Under server at 4pm (East Australian Standard Time) on Thursday 26th December, which will be 6pm for all of you in New Zealand. Don't forget, this is 9pm Penguin Standard Time on Wednesday 25th December (Christmas Day!) for evryone over in the US and Canada.
Merry Christmas Penguins! Waddle on!
- The Club Penguin Team
Happy Holidays!
May I present to you, The Spoiler Alert - Holiday Edition! With bonus special guests Grasstain and Deelitedansa. I hope I am not the only one that reads Deelitedansa as Deeeeeeeelitedansa...
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Sometimes, these mix-ups are harmless. Or, the patient or pharmacy may catch the error in time.
Unfortunately, however, sometimes pharmacy errors can lead to serious illness or wrongful death.
If you or someone you know has gotten sick or suffered an untimely death due to a pharmacy error regarding prescription medication, we encourage you to seek legal advice as soon as possible. You may be able to bring a legal claim against the pharmacy for malpractice or negligence.
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Our team of medical malpractice attorneys is led by Harvard-educated attorney Lang Wiseman , and our lawyers and staff stand ready to investigate cases in which an avoidable error at the pharmacy counter led to a preventable injury or death.
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Amirali at Festivals
Amirali Shahrestani's journey has taken him from living in Iran to Toronto to London where he now resides, via an architecture degree. Growing up in the city of Tehran, and starting piano lessons from the age of 5, Amirali's main musical influence was his father's record collection, which opened his eyes to classical, jazz, blues and rock'n'roll. At the age of 16 Amirali's family immigrated to Toronto in the hope of a better future. Amirali's musical prowess wasn't picked up on until he transferred his architecture university studies to London in 2010. Read more about Amirali on Last.fm.
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Petition Status - Active.
The FWC received a petition to add the Smooth-billed ani to the
list of Endangered, Threatened and Species of Special Concern in
2005. Following the guidance of rule 68A-27.0012, this
petition was reviewed for completeness in the summer of 2005.
The original petition was returned to the petitioner with
deficiencies clearly indicated. A revised petition was
submitted, and found to be complete. All complete petitions
and ongoing listing actions were discussed and prioritized for
action at the February 2007 Commission meeting. The work plan
for 2007-08 presented to Commission recommended deferring action on
the ani petition until the Commission takes final action on the
peregrine falcon petition. Commission approved
recommendation. In December 2007 the Commission
directed staff to review the listing process and for all petitions
(other than the bald eagle and peregrine falcon) to be worked on
after the review was complete. In September 2010 the
Commission approved revised listing rules which included a
moratorium for two years after the effective date of the rule on
new requests for listing or delisting. The revised listing rules
became effective in November 2010. The Smooth-billed ani petition
will remain active but on hold until the two year moratorium is
lifted. The petition will then be prioritized in the Division's
work plan.
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Tom Kenny served Glen Archer a hotdog at the OPSEU-sponsored barbecue held Teusday on Scott Street. The event asked patrons to bring along a non-perishable food item in exchange for a hot meal. Volunteers also provided union information to those on hand. And throughout the afternoon, each of the volunteers wore a red armband to honour the three fallen RCMP officers from Moncton.


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During a recession, everyone has two objectives: save money and make more. Internet marketing is an effective way to achieve both objectives and here are 5 top tips for marketing during the recession:
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Internet marketing helps you connect directly with your potential customers. This is a significant advantage during a recession. Instead of widespread blanket marketing (the expensive kind), you can target your market by the area they are in and precisely how they are choosing to word their searches for your products or services.
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To ensure the cost effectiveness, you must be able to measure the success of your marketing. This has traditionally been very difficult to gauge from a television advert or billboard. But online marketing is fully measurable. This means you can analyse how effective your various campaigns are and drop the ones costing you money but not delivering desired outcomes.
Google AdWords is one of the most effective marketing/advertising weapons in your contemporary marketing arsenal. It allows smart spending, precision targeting and measurable results.
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If you sell "Red Widgets" and every time I've got a question about my current Red Widget, I find the solution on your website, then I'm much more likely to buy my next Red Widget from you when the time comes. Blogging and article writing are marketing activities that cost only time and build credibility, loyalty and a relationship with your potential clients that begins long before they make the decision to buy from you and continues long after they've given you their money.
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TeliaSonera to cut more jobs next year
Telecom operator TeliaSonera has made SEK seven billion in pre-tax profits during the final quarter of last year, that's a bit down on analysts predictions. At the same time the company announced it was cutting 900 jobs in its broadband and mobile phone divisions next year, while 200 new jobs are to be created in its IT division.
The company is facing a tough couple of days, as a report into its activities in the central Asian country of Uzbekistan is expected this evening. The report will look at whether bribes were paid to win a lucrative mobile operator contract in the country.
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McQuaid and Penfield both knock off higher seeds in overtime to advance to the Class A Sectional Final.
No. 4 McQuaid beat No. 1 Fairport 3-2 in overtime. The Knights were down 2-0, but scored 3 unanswered goals to reach the finals.
No. 7 Penfield continued it's Cinderella story by beating No. 6 Webster Schroeder 3-2 in overtime.


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Dortmund produced some scintillating football to crush the Spanish side 4-1.
"That was like Robin Hood taking from the rich," said Klopp. "This will go down in the club's history books. I hope soon they will show a film in the club's museum of the goals by Lewandowski tonight but that will only happen if we win on Tuesday.
"The goals were incredible; the third is worth every single cent of what the TV channels pay for the rights."


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Orchestra, Piano, Violin - SMP Level 8 (Early Advanced)
Violin and Piano. By Itzhak Perlman. By John Williams. John Williams Signature Edition - Strings. Movies. Set of performance parts (Includes separate pull-out violin part). Solo part and piano accompaniment. 20 pages. Published by MCA (HL.849954).
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Violin solo and Piano accompaniment - SMP Level 9 (Advanced)
Composed by Dubose Heyward Dorothy Heyward. Heifetz Collection. Classical. Score and part(s). Standard notation. 56 pages. Published by Carl Fischer (CF.ATF134).
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Chaconne in D minor
Piano solo - SMP Level 10 (Advanced)
With Variations from Partita No.2 for Violin Solo. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Edited by Paul Banks. Arranged by Ferruccio Busoni. This edition: Urtext. Baroque. Single piece. Introductory text, critical commentary, fingerings and editorial commentary. 35 pages. Edition Peters #EP7436. Published by Edition Peters (PE.P07436).
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Sutton strike late to put Heath out the cup
Posted: November 12, 2012|
JACK Durrant and Will Hailston were both on target as Bishop Sutton knocked Premier Division leaders Cadbury Heath out of the Les Phillips League Cup.
Sutton, who lie six places behind Heath in the league, won the game 2-0 after Durrant and Hailston both scored inside the final ten minutes.
Longwell Green Sports, of the Premier Division, needed extra-time to beat First Division side Elmore 3-2.
Although they dominated for long periods, Longwell Green needed Jake Slocombe's second-half equaliser to take the game into the added 30 minutes.
Ryan Gardiner then popped up with a double to put the Bristol side through, although Elmore managed another goal late on.
Tom Collett also struck twice to put Hallen on their way to a 3-2 victory over Keynsham Town.
The visitors halved the arrears, but James Derosa scored Hallen's third before Keynsham pulled a goal back.
Brislington went through with a 1-0 home win over Bridport, Josh Dyer scoring the only goal of the game.
Winterbourne United triumphed 3-0 over visiting Corsham, with Jack Pitcher notching a double and Aaron Wilson also on the scoresheet.
First Division leaders Hengrove Athletic were shocked by struggling Shrewton, who won 2-0 with Archie Wilkinson and James Dolman on target.
Jamie Lyons fired a spectacular late winner as Larkhall Athletic beat Oldland Abbotonians 1-0, while Cribbs Friends Life lost 2-0 at Ilfracombe, whose goals came rom Gary Skinner and Scott Huxtable.
Street humbled Roman Glass St George 8-1 after taking a four-goal lead in little more than 20 minutes. An own goal started the rout before Steve Murray, Ben Amagher and Ross McErlain gave the home side their four-goal cushion.
Kris Lee pulled a goal back, but a brace from Murray for his hat-trick after the break, another for McErlain and a second own goal saw Street win in style.
Odd Down knocked out holders Bristol Manor Farm 4-1, Twayne Plummer's first-half double putting the Bath side on their way.
Troy Simpson added a third before Sam Rees pulled a goal back, but Lee Brisbane settled matters with the hosts' fourth.
Elsewhere, Buckland mauled Devizes 10-0, Willand thumped Warminster 5-1 and Bradford beat Wellington 3-0.
Westbury won 2-1 at Calne and Melksham beat Chard on penalties after a 2-2 draw, while Cheddar versus Bitton was postponed.
In the First Division, third-placed Shepton Mallet missed the chance to close the gap at the top as they went down 3-2 at home to Portishead.
Dave O'Reilly and Simon Kelly gave the visitors a two-goal half-time lead, but Kye Palmer and Ben Cleverley hauled Shepton Mallet level after the break.
However, it was Portishead that finished the strongest and Danny Benn hit the winner for them ten minutes from time.
Welton, meanwhile, also slipped to a 3-2 home defeat, in their case against fellow mid-table outfit Sherborne. The Dorset side built-up a two-goal lead at the break through Nick Jacobs and Mark Caines, although Jamie Mines pulled a goal back ten minutes into the second period.
Ryan Gay equalised ten minutes after that, but Caines won it for Sherborne with his second, while Welton finished with nine men.


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Tags pop, alternative rock, reggae, rock, punk
Artists Elvis Costello, The Rolling Stones, Bryan Ferry
June 04, 2012
White people CAN skank.
Out Of The Past 2013: Reissues, Etc. by Murgatroyd
Not all of the great music from 2013 was new.
rock & roll, jazz, avant_garde, electronic, funk
Best of The Rest of 2013 by Murgatroyd
There were way more than 20 great releases last year - here's some more of the fantastic music that kept my boat afloat in 2013.
indie rock, avant-garde, hip hop, dance, jazz
Best of 2013 by Murgatroyd
For your listening pleasure, it's the Best of 2013, 20 songs from my picks for the best albums of the year just past.
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Grand Royal Flush by Murgatroyd
With a resurgence of Luscious Jackson in the works (not to mention much talk of Nirvana and other sounds of the 1990's), time seemed ripe to revisit so...
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Silent saxophones sing the reverberating echoes, the songs of the night as chirping crickets conduct
Violin strings drip flavor into each moment with melodies like embroideries of serenades
Cream painted roses lie lusciously on helpless guitars scenting the sound of earth's praise like would the balm of Gilead on her skin
Speaking to her the languages of sanity, eternity's cadence as the flute whispers the culture of angels
The romantic noises of trumpets sensual resound at the site of wingless butterflies on deciduous trees as water lilies are teased by bracken ferns
Conifers whisper the tales of organisms in various ecological niches
As osmosis dances across semi-permeable membranes balancing the division of symbiosis while diffusion spreads the news via ~ between harp's hips
While enabling the stealth of each chord's intensity to penetrate with dramatic fragility,
Dissolving ~ melting ~ stripping the exotic essences of resonant reasoning
Leaving her to ponder among realities, fairy tales, abstract nights and concrete dreams?
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In Michael J. Losier's book The Law of Attraction, he lists words and expressions that often refer to this law. Interestingly, many of the words you will never hear me utter. Others, I state with absolute conviction.
Here are Michael's words and my take on them. We will start with words you will never hear me utter.
Out-of-the-blue and Luck
Out-of-the-blue and luck suggest that whatever just took place was completely random and unexpected. My take is nothing is random. Whatever happens is supposed to happen and is supposed to happen at that time. I realize this is a challenging concept when it comes to tragic events, such as death and injuries, but it is belief I hold firm to. Interestingly, however, I do not believe in predestinty, but I'll get to that in a moment.
Serendipity is defined as the faculty of making fortunate discoveries by accident. I am good with 'the faculty of making fortunate discoveries". I balk at 'by accident'. Life to me is one big treasure hunt for fortunate discoveries. It is not an accident when I find them. It is a result of living a fully aware life.
Coincidence or Synchronicity
These are similar to out-of-the-blue, but in this case they refer to two or more linked events occuring simultaneously by chance. For example, going back to an example from my previous Law of Attraction article, you could say it was a coincidence that I wrote a list of all the qualities I wanted in a life mate, the exact same week that my yet-to-be-met husband wrote his own life mate qualities list. Chance? No, I don't think so. He wrote his list because of exactly where he was at in his life. I wrote mine for the same reason. These lists then allowed us to 'recognize' each other when we met.
Ah, predestiny. Even though I believe that nothing happens out-of-the-blue, nor through serendipity or concidence, I do not believe in predestined Fate. I believe the Universe is far more flexible than that.
Instead, I like to refer to my life as one huge game of cosmic connect-the-dots. A long time ago I started on a dot and made a choice. Based on that choice, the Universe linked me to the next dot. Again, I had a choice to make. Based on my choice, the Universe linked me to another dot. In other words, the Universe cannot predetermine my path. It has to see which decision I make before creating the next dot for me.
Admittedly, I am a bit on the fence about this one. Mainly because it is hard to get a clear definition on what karma is. If it refers to the choices you make dictating your life path, then yes, from the sense of my connect-the-dots game.
If karma refers to a form of retributive justice dolled out by the Universe, then it is not something I personally believe in. I believe the goal of the Universe (God, whomever, whatever) is to guide us to our highest good and power. I do not believe in a punitive Force. If we go from bad to worse to horrific to catastropic, then we just have to connect more dots than someone who goes from bad to good to better to best.
This leaves just two expressions from Michael's list that I do state with absolute conviction.
Meant to be
By now, you have probably figured out that from my perspective everything is meant to be. There is always the next dot in game, and that next dot is custom designed based on choices I made at the previous dot. Therefore, the next dot is meant to be!
Fell into place
I would like to add the expression 'blew all to hell'.
When we make decisions that move us from bad to good to better to best, then everything falls into place. If we make decisions that move us from bad to worse to horrific to catastrophich, then everything is blown all to hell.
Interesting how Michael worded this statement.
If you've ever used these words or expressions you're actually referring to the Law of Attraction.
I think you are misusing these words to refer to the Law of Attraction. The Law of Attraction is not coincidence or luck or predetermined. It involves active energy and awareness on our part. My spin is, the Law of Attraction is the manifestation of my dots based on the choices I make. Good or bad.
But, I see where he was going with this. After all, a rose by any other name is still a rose.
Let's Talk
I am sure as you are reading along, there were points where you thought "Right on, Eliza!" and/or "Are you insane?" In the comment section below, I would love to hear where those points were and what your thoughts are. Let's get some awesome dialogue going!


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I want to dress my appy as a medieval horse and myself as a medieval Lady. I have the tack and the like for Magnum. For my costume I was going to get a dress and make a long, hooded cape. For those who watch Merlin, which I only discovered and am now in love with because of this competition, a comstume like Lady Morgana used to wear in the First/Second/Third series. Does anyone know how I can make one of these capes? Or where I can find a pattern for one?
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Hobs: How to buy the best hob
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Higher property taxes for most Nebraskans if agriculural land valuation decreased
For immediate release — Feb. 4, 2013
Higher property taxes for the vast majority of Nebraskans or cuts to schools, roads and law enforcement are likely if agricultural land valuation is decreased to 65 percent of full market value, an analysis by OpenSky Policy Institute shows.
Presently Nebraska values agricultural land at 75 percent of market value. Moving to 65 percent would cause $102.5 million annual shortfalls for localities like K-12 schools, community colleges, roads and law enforcement, the analysis shows.
"Tax increases or cuts to schools and other services that Nebraskans need will be needed to offset this revenue loss," said Renee Fry, OpenSky's executive director.
While it would naturally seem intended to help the agricultural community, the largest benefits of decreasing valuations to 65 percent would not go to the most rural parts of Nebraska, but rather to farmers and ranchers near urban areas.
This is because the property tax revenue lost from farmers and ranchers near urban areas can be made up with higher property taxes on business and residential property owners in those areas. Such tax shifts can't occur to the same extent in more rural areas where there are not as many businesses and residential property owners.
"These communities must make up the lost revenue either by levy increases – which would wipe out much of the tax cut from lowering valuation – or by cuts to education, roads and other local services," Fry said.
The $102.5 million shortfall that would hit Nebraska's localities would include $68.2 million for K-12 schools, $21.9 million for counties and $6.2 million for community colleges.
Current law would call for $29.5 million more in state school aid. But that funding is not guaranteed, would not be triggered until the year after valuations were decreased and would not be near enough to offset the losses to schools and other local entities, the analysis shows.
The analysis did show that decreasing valuations for school-aid purposes only may have merit as such a measure would:
The analysis showed that decreasing agricultural land valuation and other options such as increasing state aid to schools and having the state take over programs that it requires at the local level would be better ways to lower property taxes for Nebraskans than decreasing agricultural land values for all purposes.
"It's important that lawmakers work to lower property taxes as Nebraskans have made it clear that that is their top concern regarding taxes," Fry said. "But lowering agricultural values will not accomplish this goal as it would likely increase – not lower – property taxes for most Nebraskans."
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In 1978 Muhammed Ali Boxed Marvin Gaye, Sammy Davis Junior, Richard Pryor – The Story And Some Great Photos
ON May 8, 1978, Muhammad Ali delivered a punch to the body of entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr. during their benefit fight and show at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles.
On Feb. 15, Ali had lost to Leon Spinks in a 15-round fight in Las Vegas. Ali was crestfallen. Superman was defeated. But Spinks was too tough.
World heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, right, is shown at a press conference in New York, January 31, 1978, with promoter Don King, left, and Herbert Muhammad, center, to plug a comic book in which he beats Superman. Ali holds a copy of the comic book.
On Aug. 15, Ali won the rematch at the New Orleans Superdome, again after 15-rounds.
Ali had become the first man to win the heavyweight championship three times.
In between those epic bouts, he entered the ring with the fearsome Sammy Davis Junior:
Posted: 8th, January 2014 | In: Celebrities, Flashback, Key Posts | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
Roll Over Reeva Steenkamp Today's Sexy Corpse Is Monica Spear Mootz
WHEN Reeva Steenkamp was found dead, the Sun led with this picture:
Posted: 7th, January 2014 | In: Key Posts, News | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
5 Inconceivably Awkward 80s Movie Moments
BEFORE we carry on with the list, let's define what we're talking about here. "Inconceivably Awkward" simply means it contains both of the following qualities:
- It is so terrifyingly uncomfortable you instinctively flinch as if you've been punched squarely in the genitals.
- It is so unimaginably awful you question whether the director suffered head trauma and should seek medical attention.
I should also mention that this isn't a "top five" list as there's plenty worse out there. These are just five scenes (plus a runner-up) which spring instantly to mind when thinking of the worst of the worst.
Posted: 7th, January 2014 | In: Film, Flashback, Key Posts | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
The Top of The Tops Unofficial Celebration
TWENTY years ago, the BBC was celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of one of its most 'iconic' shows.
Ten years ago, the BBC was celebrating its 40th anniversary.
There was a problem, however. During the first decade of the show – which also unfortunately happened to be its heyday – most of the episodes were erased on the grounds that videotape was expensive, and television was considered an ephemeral medium. Posterity was not a consideration.
In the past decade, some missing footage has been retrieved from private collectors, which boded well for the big 50th anniversary. Or so you might think.
In fact, the BBC has removed footage from the clips that are available, and decided not to celebrate the anniversary at all.
The reason, guys and gals, is simple: the programme in question was Top of the Pops, and the TV studio in which it was filmed served as an HQ for the nefarious activities of Jimmy Savile and his pop pals. Hence Jim's introductions and performances from certain artistes are now strictly verboten.
None of which will stop Anorak from picking some top pop moments from the show's golden years – erring on the side of the hidden gems –in this unofficial celebration…
Posted: 7th, January 2014 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, Music, TV & Radio | Comments (3) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
Richard Pryor's Greatest Hits: Mr Black Death Metal Sings The Blues
RICHARD Pryor could sing. Before the comedy hits came, Pryor headed to New York City and sang the blues:
Posted: 7th, January 2014 | In: Celebrities, Flashback, Key Posts | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
Highlights From The Book Witnessing Made Easy: How to Pass Out Tracts for Jesus
JERRY Keever's 1986 books Witnessing Made Easy: How to Pass Out Tracts for Jesus is a gem. This is passive aggressive preaching from 1986.
We've got some highlights from its 319 pages of dogmatic wonderment.
Posted: 7th, January 2014 | In: Books, Key Posts | Comment (1) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
12 Impressively Bizarre and Ridiculous Fitness Records
YEARS AGO in days of old when magic filled the air, people did their workouts at home by their turntable. Generally, the needle bounced and scratched from all the flopping around. Plus, record players were usually centrally located, which meant you had to get sweaty and embarrass yourself in front of everyone in the living room. It wasn't until the advent of the Walkman and the proliferation of health clubs that workout music got practical. Of course, this meant the demise of the fitness LP.
Thankfully, the fossilized remains of some of these albums have been uncovered and are well worth a look.
Posted: 6th, January 2014 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, Music, The Consumer | Comment (1) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
The Ronnie Biggs Story: Money, Arsenal And Going Punk In Rio
FAREWELL then, Ronnie Biggs.
Posted: 4th, January 2014 | In: Celebrities, Flashback, Key Posts, News | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
Watch The Day The Clown Cried: Jerry Lewis's Holocaust Horror Show
THE Day The Clown Cried is an unreleased 1972 Jerry Lewis film. It's the story of a clown who finds himself in a concentration camp during the Holocaust.
Like the Aryan Papers, Stanley Kubrick's Holocaust drama, Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis and David O Russell's Nailed (a small town waitress gets a nail accidentally lodged in her head causing unpredictable behavior that leads her to Washington, DC) you won't have seen it.
The film ends in a gas chamber, with the clown going in to face his death with a group of terrified children, trying to make them laugh in order take away their fear. It ends with them all locked in, the kids laughing as the clown juggles stale bread.
Why did he make it?
JerryLewis.com has more:
In 1971, producer Nate Waschberger asked Jerry to direct and star in "The Day the Clown Cried", based on Joan O'Brien's book by the same name, about a German clown who was arrested by the Gestapo, interred in a concentration camp, and used to march Jewish children into the ovens. Jerry lost close to 40 pounds to play the role. The shooting began in Stockholm, but Waschberger not only ran out of money to complete the film, but he failed to pay Joan O'Brien the money she was owed for the rights to the story. Jerry was forced to finish the picture with his own money. The film has been tied up in litigation ever since, and all of the parties involved have never been able to reach an agreeable settlement. Jerry hopes to someday complete the film, which remains to this day, a significant expression of cinematic art, suspended in the abyss of international litigation.
Why was it never released? In 2009, Lewis spoke with Entertainment Weekly:
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: When I asked you about The Day the Clown Cried, you shut me down pretty quickly.
JERRY LEWIS: Why do I want to go there? If you want to play 10 Questions with me, you can ask me any 10 questions you want about it and you'll get a pretty good amount of answers. And it will only be to satisfy you that it's not so shut-down because you're a nice man and I'm comfortable with you. I'll give you 10 questions.
You're serious?
Okay, I better weigh them…
I've never done this before, I'd like to see what I come up with. Don't f— this up, Chris!
Do they have to be yes/no questions?
No, I didn't say that. That's kind of limiting.
Will I ever see The Day the Clown Cried?
He writes on a piece of white paper in green ink: NO.
Is there more than one copy of the film?
He writes: NO.
Is the film in a safe somewhere?
Yes, yeah.
Okay, number four: is the reason the film has not been released because you are unhappy with it?
He writes: Yes/No.
Which doesn't mean that Yes, I'm unhappy with the work that I did. But who am I preserving it for? No one's ever gonna see it. But the preservation that I believe is that, when I die, I'm in total control of the material now. Nobody can touch it. After I'm gone, who knows what's going to happen? I think I have the legalese necessary to keep it where it is. So I'm pretty sure that it won't be seen. The only thing that I do feel, that I always get a giggle out of, some smart young guy like Chris is going to come up with an idea and he's going to run the f—ing thing. I would love that. Because he's going to see a hell of a movie!
I was going to ask you, it's only creating more interest and tougher criticism if and when it is ever shown.
Of course, of course. What the f— is he saving?!
I'm honestly surprised as hell.I am too. I'm very surprised. There's a gurgling inside that I get when I think about, would this make certain that the Holocaust would never happen again? It's too small a piece. It isn't large enough to make a dynamic impact.
Do you think Jewish audiences would like it?
Jews? Oh, they would love it. I traveled for 18 months from Stuttgart to Belsen to Auschwitz. I was putting together my crew and they brought me a man named Rolf, who was the guy who pulled the f—ing lever on the gas chamber. And I said the only way I ever allow him near me, no less interview him, would be if he understood that I am concerned about the accuracy of the film and it would be because I need some information. But I said to my production manager, "I'm not sure I can handle it." After about six weeks of pretty good meditation, I talked to the guy. The question nobody could answer, that the victims couldn't answer, was: Where were they [when they] were waiting for the ones ahead of them in the gas chambers? How long were they waiting? Where were they standing? Was there an adjacent room? Did they sit? What kind of time was involved? The torture here was waiting! And they couldn't dull the sound effects, the screaming. Could I get that information from this man? I wanted to wear a mask so he wouldn't know it was me. When he came into the office and sat down, I thought, This poor human being. I'm sitting there and it was five after nine at night by the time we were done talking and I was…undone. But he gave me the bottom of his f—ing soul! He wanted penance. I kept looking at his right hand. I was going to ask him which hand did you do it with? I couldn't do it.
You can read the film's script in full here.
Harry Shearer told Spy Magazine:
With most of these kinds of things, you find that the anticipation, or the concept, is better than the thing itself. But seeing this film was really awe-inspiring, in that you are rarely in the presence of a perfect object. This was a perfect object. This movie is so drastically wrong, its pathos and its comedy are so wildly misplaced, that you could not, in your fantasy of what it might be like, improve on what it really is. "Oh My God!" — that's all you can say.
The footage:
Posted: 3rd, January 2014 | In: Film, Key Posts | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
Strange and Terrible Fitness Products from the 1970s
THE NEW YEAR has arrived. Time to once again pledge to stop eating like a starved cow and get going on a weight loss program. Catalogs and magazines in decades past were full of wonderfully terrible options to start you on the Grand New Year's Tradition of Fitness Plans Doomed to Failure. Let's have a look at a few.
Posted: 3rd, January 2014 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, The Consumer | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
Which Newspaper Hates Migrants The Most? A Look At Those 2013 Front Pages
THE ROGARIANS are among us. On January 1 2014, the Romanian and Bulgarians united to invade the British Isles. Armed with a EU Directive, these villains are right now stealing your kids, using your cashcards, moving into your bedroom (quick, go check) and doing nothing – NOTHING – to help the England cricket team.
Liz Gerard investigates the horror:
Scene 1: A group of Romanians runs a car wash franchise in the car park of a DIY store. It's a cold, drizzly day and there are few customers. A woman drives up and the entire dozen-strong workforce emerge from their warm hut and get to work on her car. No one sits back to watch others work, and with everyone pitching in, the job is done in five minutes.
Scene 2: A gang of Romanians cases a London antiques fair and follows one of the jewellery dealers home. They set up camp in woodland at the bottom of her garden and watch her movements for a few days. They see her coming home with new stock. At 3am they remove the bolts and padlocks on her doors and break in to steal everything. Her life's work gone in minutes.
Which would is the better news story?
No contest. One is an everyday occurrence, the other a cruel assault on a woman's home and life. And we know that an essential element of news is that it should be out of the ordinary.
So why does SubScribe suspect that the raid would be reported by many of our newspapers not as something unusual, but as an indication of the sort of behaviour to be expected of eastern European immigrants?
And why, given our endless fascination with the subject and the reams of newsprint devoted to it, is so little written about work ethic and immigrants' contribution to the economy?
As Big Ben chimed midnight yesterday, thousands – even millions – of Romanians and Bulgarians were supposed to swarm into Britain to steal our jobs, our benefits and our wallets.
The mass migration did not materialise on cue, but that doesn't mean we're safe. You never know with sneaky foreigners; they might be biding their time, waiting for us to be preoccupied with the storms, before invading.
And there's plenty to fear, as the Daily Star warned us yesterday:
"Fears grew of a crimewave last night as hordes of Romanians and Bulgarians bought every seat on planes and buses to the UK…
Police experts predicted a fresh wave of crime as the country already struggles with an influx of foreign crooks.
Shock figures revealed that the eastern Europeans already topped the crime league tables before Britain opened its borders to millions from the two countries today.
Almost 1,000 Romanians were detained by police in just one county alone over the past three years…"
As SubScribe wrote on Tuesday, the new rules on immigration change little. Seasonal workers, those in other specific trades and the self-employed were already able to come to Britain to work. They also had the same right as other EU nationals to enter the country for up to three months as a visitor – and to be deported if they engaged in criminal activity. Romanians and Bulgarians may now come to seek work in any field and stay for any length of time. But they still won't be allowed to stay if they start begging or stealing.
The newspapers most terrified of this foreign invasion have been reluctant to make this clear. They don't seem to have grasped the notion that if someone's intention is to come to Britain to break the law, they didn't need to wait for the law to change to do so. Wouldn't it make sense for them to pop over, make hay for as long as they could without getting caught, and then go home with their ill-gotten gains? They could have been doing this for seven years.
Twitter has been a joy the past couple of days, mocking the tabs that predicted floods of evil migrants. Buzzfeed, as ever, put together a good compendium – and just going on to Twitter and searching 'Romanians and Bulgarians' brings a rich harvest.
SubScribe would like to make a two-part contribution to the conversation. The first was published on Tuesday. The second, below, are British front page splashes from the past 12 months that have focused on the subject of them darn foreigners. So here goes:
And the winner is…
Well, it was neck-and-neck into the final strait. The Express made the early running and built up a good lead over the Mail. But then it got distracted by the scorching summer and, possibly suffering from a touch of arthritis, started to flag. It rallied in the autumn, but the Mail had kept enough in reserve for one last push to come home the winner by a single edition. The iwas the dark horse and ran in third, but well adrift of the leaders.
The Times and Telegraph did their best, but didn't really grasp the rules. This wasn't about referendums on staying within the EU or the ascent of Ukip; it was about nasty foreigners. The Guardian suffered from the same failing and barely left the starting gate.
The Sun and the Star understood the nature of the race, but woke up only at the very last moment, so had no chance. They must have had other things on their minds.
The Result
Mail 18; Express 17; i 5; Times 4; Telegraph 3; Guardian 1; Sun 1; Star 1
And the losers are…
Our national reputation and anyone who looks to the popular Press for a fair and balanced view of the value – or cost – of immigrants to society.
Posted: 2nd, January 2014 | In: Key Posts, News | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
Awkward Band Publicity Photos
TO MAKE IT in the music biz and get some publicity, it used to be a requirement to take some "professional" photographs for local newspapers, magazines, and venue posters. Trouble is, thirty to forty years later someone like me is going to share them with the world. Chances are, your press photos are a tad on the awkward side, and I'll have a snarky comment or two. Shake it off. It's all in good fun. Maybe you can even point and laugh at the other bands.
Posted: 2nd, January 2014 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, Music | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
Pace Yourself Nigel: Michael "Mighty Mike" Van Gerwen Wins PDC World Championship (Photos)
PETER "Snakebite" Wright and his ensemble of brightly tinted mohawk created by his wife, Timmy Mallet's cast-offs and an open-mouthed snake painted on the side of his head were not enough to win the PDC World Championship. Having upstaged Simon "The Wizard" Whitlock beard and plait kit, the 43-year-old Wright went down to the less extravagantly attired Michael "Mighty Mike" Van Gerwen, who in his moment of victory upstaged Wright's effort by wearing the gigantic trophy as a top knot.
Posted: 2nd, January 2014 | In: Key Posts, Sports | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
Checking The Daily Mail For Lies, Half-Truths And Propaganda Balls
Mic Wright's Checking The Mail
I'M not saying the Daily Mail is written by liars and hypocrites, I'm just saying that if you had a visual dictionary of the British Media the face staring out from the definition of Arsehole would be Paul Dacre. Dacre who crows on constantly about family values is a sweary bully whose morning meetings have been called The Vagina Monologues thanks to the number of c-words that fly out of his expensively dentured mouth. This column exists to check the lies, half-truths and propaganda balls spouted by The Daily Mail but will happily turn its attention to other repeat offenders too including The Sun, The Mirror, The Daily Express, The Guardian, The Independent and my old home, The Daily Telegraph.
Posted: 1st, January 2014 | In: Key Posts, News | Comments (2) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
The Best Readers' Letters Of 2013
THE Best Readers' Letters of 2013:
Posted: 1st, January 2014 | In: Key Posts, News | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
DJ Derek Sweet Memory Sounds: A Tribute To The UK's Original White Reggae Star
DJ Derek is Derek Serpell-Morris. He's 72. Last night the Bristolian played his last ever show at London's Notting Hill Arts Club. Derek is the Cadbury accountant who became a much-loved dance hall DJ.
Posted: 1st, January 2014 | In: Key Posts, Music | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
Worse Than Dog Poo: The Real Stink Should Be Over On-The-Spot Fines
DO we sympathise with Peter Taylor, styled as "Community-spirited" by the Stoke Sentinel? Or we do we think he made a problem worse?
The local council is very much of the opinion that Mr Taylor is a nuisance. It handed him an £80 fine for picking up a pump of dog poo left on a pathway in Central Forest Park, Hanley, Staffordshire, and relocating it into long grass.
After complaining at the absurdly high charge, Stoke-on-Trent City Council relented. The charge was cancelled. But Mr Peter was told off for not putting the turd in a bin. And that upsets him. As he says: "I clear the paths nearly every day. I go out and see where the mess is then I go out with a shovel and throw it in the long grass, but apparently I'm not supposed to do that. They told me to leave it where it is and they will come out and remove it."
Carrying out a Clochemerle-type engagement with becoming dignity (he refused to complete the performance) is Digby, a three year old Pyrenean mountain rescue dog owned by Mrs J. Hull of Cheam, Surrey. He is seen officially opening a dog's toilet at Roper's Gardens, one of two set up on Chelsea Embankment by Kensington and Chelsea Council. Holding Digby's lead is broadcaster Robert Robinson, who was described as guest of honour. Uninvited guest at the ceremony were demonstrators demanding free school milk for children instead of loos for dogs. Date: 15/03/1972
Dog poo is disgusting. Along with listening to other people's loud phone calls on crowed trains, dog poo not cleared by the animal's owner is something that annoys most of us. Mr Tay;or adds: "They said, 'once you have touched something it is your responsibility, which sounds ridiculous to me. I couldn't believe it. They weren't going to cancel it straight away. I had to argue about it over three or four phone calls. They were trying to penalise someone who picks up litter all the time. The dog mess up that end of the park is terrible. I told them I won't bother doing it anymore. You can't blame me for that. I've lived here for 25 years but the mess has only started to get bad when they did the paths up about six years ago."
Did the dogs refuse to go on the old, less well-maintained paths? Are dogs choosy?
Posted: 31st, December 2013 | In: Key Posts, News | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
The Most Offensive And Amusing Pitch Gestures
NICOLAS Anelka's controversial celebration after scoring for West Brom at Upton Park – the notorious quenelle salute, made famous by his comedian friend Dieudonné M'Bala M'Bala – will be debated for weeks to come.
But he is by no means the first footballer to find himself in hot water following an impetuous or ill-judged gesture…
Fascist salutes
During his time at Lazio, Paolo Di Canio is alleged to have said he was a fascist, and he certainly did nothing to dispel this impression with his salutes. When appointed manager of Sunderland he apologised for any offence caused by the gesture and said that comments about his political beliefs had been taken out of context.
And just to even things up, here once again is the England team in Berlin….
Flicking the Vs
Now sadly dying out, the 'V-sign' (meaning 'fu*k off') was once the most offensive gesture available to native Britons.
In 1971 it briefly became known as 'doing a Harvey Smith' after the pugnacious Yorkshire show jumper greeted the judges with said sign after winning the British Show Jumping Derby. He was fined his entire winnings (two grand) for his troubles.
Footballers were partial to it too. That is to say, bad boys like boozing, smoking, womanising, drug-taking lower-league legend Robin Friday…
As was Charlie George, whose 1972 effort at Derby was dismissed by Arsenal team-mate Alan Ball as 'a bit of devilment', which is 'part and parcel of the game'. Ball said Charlie had learned his lesson, but he was up to his old tricks at his next club (Derby County, ironically) in 1975…
In more recent times, Barry Ferguson and Allan McGregor were banned from playing for Scotland on account of this gesture at team officials, committed while relegated to the bench for turning up drunk at a training session…
Another good old British tradition, kept alive by a Frenchman. David Ginola, who did the 'wanker' gesture at BT Sport host Jake Humphrey, who was oblivious to the insult, but later apologised on air.
Unfortunately German football journalist Raphael Honigstein repeated the gesture on another BT Sport show shortly afterwards. He claimed afterwards that he didn't realise they were on air…
The Finger
Jack Wilshere found himself in trouble recently after giving the finger to Manchester city fans, whom he accused of insulting his children. 'Shouldn't of [sic] reacted the way I did but I know all you dads out there love your kids the way I do…' he tweeted later.
Here's Becks doing the same to England fans at the Euro 2000…
The dark side of the moon
Robbie Fowler's baiting of Graham Le Saux was widely assumed to be anti-gay in intent, as he repeatedly bent over and proffered his backside to the Chelsea defender.
And the light side…
Where else to turn but to ARSEnal's Sammy Nelson? The popular defender famously dropped his shorts at Highbury having netted for both sides during the Gunners' game against Coventry in 1979.
Not to be sniffed at
Robbie Fowler had a few run-ins with authority, but the only other time he got into trouble for a shirt-lifting-related incident, it was for lifting his team jersey to reveal a t-shirt supporting the striking Liverpool dockers, who had been sold out and abandoned by their union.
On a less serious note, his 'coke' celebration, in which he snorted the goal line, remains a classic.
The Handcuffs
Tim Cahill 'did the handcuffs' for his goal brother Sean, who was in jail for GBH at the time.
… while Ipswich's Norris did the same for former team-mate Luke McCormick, who was doing time for killing people in a car crash.
And finally, the most incendiary of the lot…
The Flute
Paul Gascoigne's 1998 celebration in front of Celtic fans earned him a £20,000 fine and a series of death threats. He claimed not to have realized the symbolic significance of his antics – an excuse that would be preposterous coming from anyone else, but which is just about plausible in Gazza's case…
Posted: 31st, December 2013 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, Sports | Comments (2) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
Victoria's Secret: What A Difference 30 Years Makes
CAN YOU GUESS which Victoria's Secret models come from 1984 and which are from recent catalogs? I'll give you a hint: the ones from 1984 resemble actual human females.
Posted: 31st, December 2013 | In: Fashion, Flashback, Key Posts | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
Anelka And Dieudonné: Bigots, But For The Left
WHEN West Bromwich Albion footballer Nicholas Anelka scored in Saturday's draw with West Ham he preformed a "reverse Nazi salute". Oddly, the reverse Nazi is not an anti-racism statement. It's one steeped in anti-Semitism. After thousands of years of persecution, Anelka's friend, Dieudonne M'balla M'balla, created a new way to insult Jews. It might even be trademarked.
The gesture is called the "quenelle". It's big in France. French media have published a photo of a man performing it outside the Toulouse school where four Jews were murdered.
France's Sports Minister Valerie Fourneyron has condemned Anelka son Twitter calling it a "shocking provocation". And it is to those it's meant to hurt.
Posted: 30th, December 2013 | In: Key Posts, News, Sports | Comments (3) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
When Computers Were Giant
IT BOGGLES the mind to think that computers which literally filled rooms a few decades ago couldn't come close to the computers that easily fit in the palm of our hand today. That phone in your pocket can do much more than the giant whirring behemoths brought in on a wench in 1973… It's an amazing advancement when you stop and think about it.
Old science fiction movies and television shows which attempted to depict the computers of tomorrow never predicted anything coming close the compactness of an iPad. They definitely overshot the artificial intelligence aspect [HAL from 2001:A Space Odyssey (1968), Colossus from Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970), Proteus from The Demon Seed (1977), etc.] but seemingly overlooked the possibility that these things might get small. In other words, we knew they'd get smarter, but we always assumed they'd stay big.
Posted: 30th, December 2013 | In: Flashback, Key Posts, Technology | Comments (6) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
The Hanging Dolls Of Mexico's Dead Girl Island
DOLLS die in Xochimilco, Mexico.
They're in the trees and on the ground, bunched together on wooden fence posts and hanging from clotheslines like laundry left to dry. Their dead eyes stare at you from half empty sockets, their dirty hair hangs like cobwebs. Their skin is scabbed and peeling away, and their plump limbs are scattered everywhere—arms and legs strewn about haphazardly, decapitated heads impaled on stakes.
This is not a nightmare. It's La Isla de las Muñecas, a real place located in a southern borough of Mexico City, on a man-made island, which for decades has been home to hundreds of dilapidated dolls.
The island was once the property of Don Julián Santana, a local farmer. Legend has it that in 1950, he saw a little girl drown in the canal and her spirit began haunting the place.
Posted: 30th, December 2013 | In: Key Posts, Strange But True, The Consumer | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
Extreme Dieting: Keith Moon Versus Hunter S Thompson
THE late Keith Moon was once asked whether he thought he was the greatest drummer in the world, he replied: "I'm the greatest Keith Moon-style drummer in the world", and no one can argue with that. However Moon is just as famous, even today, for packing in far more than his fair share of convivial nights during his short eventful life. He died in September 1978 just two weeks after his 32nd birthday when he fell unconscious, never to wake up, in the Mayfair flat of his close-friend Harry Nilsson. Coincidentally, it was the very same bed where Mama Cass Elliot had died four years earlier.
Posted: 27th, December 2013 | In: Books, Celebrities, Key Posts, Music | Comments (2) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
Mic Wright's Remotely Festively Furious: Doctor Who Raised By Moffat, Caitlin Moran Raised By Wolves
WRITING a convincing family unit for television is a tricky one. There are only a few series that manage it over a significant time period. Sgt Wilson, Private Pike and his mother in Dad's Army are perfectly dysfunctional, the Gallagher family in Shameless was brilliant for at least three series and the Trotters are the gold-standard for sitcom families. Go back further and you get the delicious cocktail of hate and love embodied by the Steptoes and the constructed screwed-up family of the Hancock's Half Hour.
Posted: 27th, December 2013 | In: Key Posts, TV & Radio | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0


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