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Armando Iannucci
- List.co.uk
- 26 July 2006
This article is from 2006.
A is for Armando
Has Armando Iannucci actually been involved in every single great comedy moment on British television in the past 15 years? Rodger Evans chases down the improbable truth about
A is for Armistice and Ah-ha!
Memories of the mid 90s topical comedy shows Friday and Saturday Night Armistice are almost as vague as those of Britpop - perhaps that was also merely a dream? - and even the interweb offers few reminders of Armando's follow up to The Day Today. No matter. The toy car travels of the Mr Tony Blair Puppet, a gonk-like representation of the then leader of the opposition, which for reasons best know to Armando looked very little like Blair, were as funny as anything recorded by Noel and Liam. And, as post-modern comedy catchphrases inspired by Sweden's finest export go (no disrespect to Volvo, Ikea or Henrik Larsson intended) does it get any better than 'Ah-haaaa?'
B is for Blair and Big Brother
'He's weirder than ever, our PM,' claims Armando. But not merely on the basis of disagreeable foreign policy decisions, third way sophistry or his oleaginous ways. 'No, TB is weird because he tells us, "I only know what I believe'" and that, as Iannucci points out, 'is the exact same argument used by the Taliban.' From TB to BB, he argues that misnomered reality TV should to be taken to its bloody conclusion. 'Wouldn't it be great if next season saw a special effect as one of the housemates? I suggest Peter Jackson's King Kong. I'd definitely stay up to 3am to watch a 25-foot high CGI ape crash around the kitchen while talking about full body-waxing to a gay actor from Emmerdale, and then crush him.' Would King Kong come to the diary room, please …
C is for Cameron and Cool-Rating
Armando thinks the shiny leader of the opposition also happens to be nothing but a special effect. A very good one, mind, but, 'his head's just that little too big for his body. His casual clothes look nearly casual but not quite. And no actual human being would clench his hands in that pig-teat-pulling way that Cameron does.' Still, Chameleon Dave would doubtless score top marks according to The Thick Of It's Number 10 three line whipped Cool-Rating - 'HBO imports, Pixar, you dig The Streets … who's the only gay in the village?'
D is for The Day
Today Armando produced the superlative news spoof that introduced Steve Coogan and Chris Morris. And television journalism was never the same again. Except that it was of course, only more so. So Exocet-like was the satire of The Day Today that it bled into reality and suddenly it was impossible to tell the difference between Chris Morris and Jeremy Paxman or Alan Partridge and, well, insert the name of any sports presenter chimp or light entertainment whore that takes your dis-fancy.
E is for Election Night Armistice
And so it came to pass one historic evening in May 1997 that not only was Armando allowed to muck about in the studio next door to the one in which one of those Dimblebys was doing the grown-up coverage; he also persuaded us to watch a bunch of kids jumping up and down on a bouncy castle in the shape of the House of Commons, presumably to best represent our top notch brand of democracy. Yes. Take that, Peter Snow!
F is for Fimbles, Factgasm and Fuck
The purple-striped one is actually Patricia Hewitt, he reckons. Hang on though - isn't Bessie really Margaret Becket? Factgasm was an episode of The Day Today, alternatively titled Newsatrolysis. So there. And the F-word is used with Anglo-Saxon abandon by The Thick Of It's sultan of spin Malcolm Tucker.
G is for Get Carter Day and Graphics
Forget St Andrew's Day or St George's Day or that holiday promised us if England had won the World Cup … on Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive it was Will Self who suggested we take 24 hours to celebrate Michael Caine's greatest moment. Well apart from Dirty Rotten Scoundrels … Remember the brilliance of those spoof graphics on The Day Today? And how the real thing came to look more and more like the piss-take? The likely reason was that this element of the show came from the creators of the ITN News graphics, who at the time embraced the opportunity to stretch their style. Trouble is, now, whenever you see those pictures pop up on Channel 4 News one can't help but smirk.
H is for Hobbies
Astronomy and masterminding international attacks, apparently.
I is for Influences
Buster Keaton, Peter Cook, Orson Welles, Woody Allen, Douglas Adams.
J is for Jesuits
Armando's education and very nearly his calling
K is for Knowing Me, Knowing You...
L is for Langham, Chris
Winner of Best Comedy Actor for his portrayal of Minister of Social Affairs, Hugh Abbot in The Thick Of It, Langham is going through what might understatedly be described as legal difficulties at present. But did you know his big showbiz break came from writing gags for The Muppets?
M is for Morris, Chris and McPherson, Archie
'What people don't realise is that Chris Morris is a character played by Steve Coogan and so am I,' Armando once confessed to a Channel 4 chatroom. Archie McPherson is not, to the best knowledge of this writer at least (and however counter intuitive it may seem) the creation of a comedy genius. No. And yet the unthinking woman's commentator was indubitably the super-slacked and bonneted inspiration behind No' The Archie McPherson Show, a Radio Scotland series written, produced and performed by Mandy. Iannucci is still pals with Morris and doesn't rule out their working together again at some point, but he remains tight-lipped on the future of his relationship with the golden Archie.
N is for News International Visiting Professor Of Broadcast Media at Oxford University
He explained this appointment last year to the Beeb thus: 'It means doing four lectures a year on the subject of comedy, and even though the post is paid for from an endowment by Rupert Murdoch, I'll still be able to shaft The Sun, Sky and Fox TV if I want to.'
O is for O'Hanraha-hanrahan, Peter
Useless economics correspondent on The Day Today who was much derided by Chris Morris' super-smarmy anchorman.
P is for Politically Correct and Partridge, Alan
'PC is really about politeness rather than ideology,' Armando argues. Then there's Norwich and East Anglia's finest Ambassador of civility and sensitivity.
Q is for Question Time
He's been on. I didn't see it. Think it must have clashed with Alan Partridge repeats.
R is for Roots
Asked if he'd like to be a Scots-Italian Woody Allen, Armando said: 'I'd love to be a Chinese-Hungarian Harold Lloyd.'
S is for Sopranos
Claims never to have seen an episode and this makes him feel 'rather wholesome and expansive, like someone just back from a weekend in Dorset.' Muthafugga.
T is for The Thick Of It and Time Trumpet
Winner of Best New Comedy in 2005, The Thick Of It is described by Andrew Marr as 'the angry, rampaging bastard child of Yes, Minister'. Throw in a scraping of Larry Sanders and you'd have scooped it there, Andy, having infiltrated the fibosphere of the spinners and the spun where doormat-like Ministers of State, happy slappy policy wonks, and an omnipotent Doctor of the spherical science vie for your vote. The show is painfully close to the truth, Iannucci's 'reality adviser' being former government insider Martin Sixsmith, though the truth is not really the point here, is it. The point is the message and if you're beeping not on beeping message then you're of no beeping use to us, are you, sweetheart? The Alastair Campbell-esque Malcolm Tucker, played with frightening conviction by Peter Capaldi, is perhaps the finest and certainly the most crazed comic creation from Armando since The Day Today. A new series of Thick is promised this year, and if there is any justice in this digital world then it will hop from BBC4 to one of those outlets of auntie's that folk actually watch. Time Trumpet is also coming soon to the BBC. Billed as 'false-history', it's said to be like one of those clip shows but based on the close future as remembered from the point of view of the far future. Got it? If it helps any the press blurb offers: 'Imagine Question Time presented by a donkey puppet called David Dimbledonkey. Imagine a meal made of cloned bits of talking Jamie Oliver flesh that tells you how to cook it.' And all of this to be told by the likes of Ant and Dec, Charlotte Church and David Beckham but as they may look in 50 years. Possibly not what HG Wells had in mind.
U is for Unnecessary
Armando asks if anyone would really miss Mickey Mouse, the Daily Express, or Chad.
V is for Virtual Sherry Trifle
Iannucci's luxury item as chosen at the end of his appearance on Desert Island Discs.
W is for Walking With Dinosaurs and Weapons Of Mass Destruction
2001's The Armando Iannucci Shows on Channel 4 featured visual effects made by the same team behind the Beeb's natural history series. And that's a Dino-fact. But never mind that Jurassic lark, the WMD question was neatly answered by Armando on one of his wonderfully wayward yet spectacularly spot on newspaper columns - he's scribbled for both the Observer and the Daily Telegraph don't you know. So, it turns out it wasn't really WMD that Saddam could have prepared and delivered our way in 45 minutes. No, it was actually a pie. Crust me, as our PM never ever at any smiley and sincere point told the Hutton inquiry.
X marks the spot
In fact, so pissed off about the Iraq war was Armando that he chose to react to the 'adventures' of Tony B and his warmongering mates at the last general election by voting for that nice Charlie Kennedy's lot (as they were, pre-Ming Dynasty).
Y is for Yes, Minister
He championed the classic show last year on the BBC for Britain's Best Sitcom, citing it as both timeless comedy and a crash course in political studies. 'No sitcom has been so thoroughly researched - it used real Whitehall insider moles to spill the beans - and meant that (unlike Richard Curtis, for example) the writers were considered a threat to national security.' It was clearly half the inspiration behind The Thick Of It.
Z is for Zelig-like
For just about every great new comedy moment on TV and radio of the last 15 years it seems Armando has been there or thereabouts … coincidence? Aye probably.
Rodger Evans is a reluctant writer.
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After 40 years, more evidence is being reported Wednesday that the end of the biggest manhunt in the history of physics might finally be in sight.
Physicists from the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Ill., say they have found a bump in their data that might be the long-sought Higgs boson, a hypothesized particle that is responsible for endowing other elementary particles with mass.
The signal, in data collected over the last several years at Fermilab's Tevatron accelerator, agrees roughly with results announced last December from two independent experimental groups working at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, outside Geneva.
"Based on the current Tevatron data and results compiled through December 2011 by other experiments, this is the strongest hint of the existence of a Higgs boson," said the report, which will be presented on Wednesday by Wade Fisher of Michigan State University to a physics conference in La Thuile, Italy.
None of these results, either singly or collectively, are strong enough for scientists to claim victory. But the recent run of reports has encouraged them to think that the elusive particle, which is the key to mass and diversity in the universe, is within sight, perhaps as soon as this summer.
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This is intriguing for multiple reasons, not the least of which to me is that the trusty Tevatron in Batavia, Illinois [which I actually visited once upon a time!] has been able to participate productively in the search for the Higgs Boson, despite its lesser capacity!
Personally, I'm intrigued as hell and can't WAIT for more news!
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Promises, promises!
There are Bible believers and Bible skeptics, and there are Big Bang believers and Big Bang skeptics.
Everything from nothing is so much like religion. I find it helpful to remind myself that however complex the mathematics, it merely approximates reality.
Loren, help me out here. I'm just an amatuer that finds physics fascinating. But I seem to remember something in my school science courses about the difference between discovery and evidence. Higher burden for anouncing a discovery than evidence, right? So is this a discovery or evidence? And could you explain the difference so that a schlub like me could understand? Thanks, man. Whichever, it is fascinating. Still much work to be done. Please keep us posted.
Well, last I looked I wasn't on the invite list to the research team at CERN, but here's my take on it:
A discovery might be the work of a single scientist or researcher. Evidence might be what supports that discovery, but the kicker is: how consistent is that evidence? How repeatable are the results? Can someone else duplicate them? If I build my own rig in Cleveland to replicate what someone else did in Bombay, and the results are comparable, hey, we may have something here! If not, then someone has to look at either his technique or mine (or likely BOTH!) to figure out where the stitch is being dropped.
Both CERN and Fermilab sound like they are looking at the same thing. The problem is that there is likely noise in the data or other difficulties in getting the "wheat from the chaff," if you will. When the data is consistent, when there are no ambiguities, and there is no alternative explanation, the hypothesis of the Higgs Boson will be come a THEORY ... and not before.
And let's keep in mind, even those who are doing the research are willing to acknowledge that the model that predicts the Higgs may NOT prove out, whereupon they have to start all over. It's a bitch, but such are the rigors of science.
A shame the bible-thumpers across the street aren't willing to do the same....
Thanks very much for this explanation. Somewhat clearer. I have always admired that scientists are willing to "throw out the baby with the bath water" when new evidence comes up and draw a new bath. Rational thought. It' a bitch. Again, thank you.
Jessica, thank you. It definately makes much more sense now. Didn't know about Fermilab. What a shame. I think it has been shown that basic research pays off, over and over again. Truly the gift that keeps giving.
Once again, from this non-scientist amatuer, self proclaimed science geek/nerd/boffin, thank you.
This is pure sensationalism. Why not wait until the actual results?
This paragraph illustrates my point:
None of these results, either singly or collectively, are strong enough for scientists to claim victory. But the recent run of reports has encouraged them to think that the elusive particle, which is the key to mass and diversity in the universe, is within sight, perhaps as soon as this summer.
I do hope USA science blossoms as a result of this economic downturn. What better way to stimulate jobs than for research, instead of war. And there are those why say the war is not brought us out of the Great Depression.
or Google "Did WWII end the depression?"
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St Albans physiotherapist 'crossed professional boundaries'
A physiotherapist "crossed professional boundaries" by leaning over a client and squashing her breasts, a panel has ruled.
But Christopher Lewis was cleared of biting the woman's shoulder at a clinic in St Albans in May 2013.
A Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) panel decided Mr Lewis's actions were not sexually motivated.
The panel will reconvene next month to decide on a sanction after deciding his fitness to practise was "impaired".
Mr Lewis admitted having inappropriate physical contact with the client, who was being treated for a fractured shoulder.
The pair had been talking about personal matters and an "informal atmosphere" had developed, the panel heard.
Mr Lewis admitted giving the client a hug and that his movement exerted pressure on her chest, which was not "clinically required".
The woman, who cannot be named, described feeling "vulnerable, uncomfortable and shocked".
Mr Lewis accepted his conduct was unprofessional and told the panel: "Not a single day goes by that I don't go over in my mind where I clearly went wrong".
But the conduct and competence committee decided the woman's account of being bitten "may have become somewhat elaborated over time".
Mr Lewis told the panel his short facial hair might have felt prickly to the woman, who mistook it for a peck on the shoulder.
The committee found Mr Lewis's fitness to practise remained impaired and that his actions undermined confidence in the profession of physiotherapists.
"This was about acting inappropriately with a patient in a vulnerable position and the emotional impact of this action," the panel's report said.


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Ella Henderson Performs 'Ghost' on 'Britain's Got Talent' - Watch Here!
Ella Henderson stands front and center on stage during a fantastic light show during Britain's Got Talent on Monday night (May 26) in London.
The 18-year-old singer brought her debut single "Ghost" to the program and again, blew us away.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Ella Henderson
"What an amazing night! Thank you got your support & feedback on #GHOST … Can't wait for u all to hear more of the album #ChapterOne x E," Ella tweeted after her performance.
She added for her fans, "Thanks so much for your kind words about my performance of #GHOST!"
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Welcome to one of Guatemala City's best kept secrets, and one of the many sites filled with mystical mysteries with a rich cultural and historical legacy, not just for Guatemala, but also for the world, as the civilization that flourished here dates back to 1,5000 years BC.
Kaminaljuyu has been described as one of the greatest of all archaeological sites in the New World by Michael Coe, although the remains of the site today are less impressive than many other Maya sites more frequented by tourists. This important site has revealed a lot about Maya ceramics, sculpture, architecture and engineering. This site was the main producer of Obsidian and also controlled the commerce routs between the Pacific Lowlands, the Highlands, and the Peten Lowlands for centuries.
Kaminaljuyu lies in a valley in the west side of Guatemala City and contains a total of over 100 platforms and mounds created before the end of the Pre Classic period (ending approximately in the year 150 BC). The valley is surrounded by hills which culminate in a string of lofty volcanoes to the south that separate the area from the Pacific Lowlands. At an altitude of 7,000 feet above sea level, the climate is temperate and the soil is rich due to frequent volcanic eruptions.
The Pre Classic phase (a.k.a. Miraflores phase) is the foundation for later eras of the Classic Maya to flourish. Cultures of this phase developed exceptional irrigation systems and had a stable agricultural community. The remains from this time period are abundant at Kaminaljuyu. It is known that they traded cotton with their neighbors in the Escuintla area and practiced loom-weaving and were expert potters.
Religious practices that would later be further developed throughout Mesoamerica were taking root at this time, such as mounds to serve as substructures for small shrines or temples and ritual burial of the dead. The abundance of remains from this period at Kaminaljuyu indicate it was the seat of a large community.
The site was first excavated in 1,925 by Manuel Gamio when he made stratigraphic excavations and found deep cultural deposits yielding potsherds and clay figurines from the Middle to late Preclassic (1,500 BC to 150 AC). Later the extent of the site's importance was discovered in 1935 when a local football club accidentally uncovered a buried structure and the name was given: Kaminal Juyú from the Ki´ché words meaning "hills of the dead".
As you can see in the photo to the left, the area was largely swallowed up by real estate developments in the late 20th century, although a portion of the center of Kaminaljuyu is preserved as a park.


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Monday, January 23, 2017
Identifying Silver Nickels The Easy Way
Three U.S, Mints produced the silver nickel: Philadelphia (mint mark P); Denver (D mint mark); and San Francisco (mint mark S). Lucky for us, the government decided to make it easy to identify these coins from those that preceded them as well as those that followed. Even the Philadelphia mint used their P identifier for the first time whereas before a blank mint space meant a Philadelphia coin.
Compared to the vast ocean of nickels in circulation today, silver nickels are just a small pond. But that pond still has several million coins associated with it. Consider these silver nickel totals by year for all three mints: 1942 > 90,773,000; 1943 > 390,519,000; 1944 > 173,099,000; 1945 > 215,505,100. It should be noted that prior to the composition change to silver, the Philadelphia and Denver mints produced 63,727,000 non-silver nickels with the 1942 date. These will have no mint mark in the location described above. And don't look for 1942 D silver nickels as the Denver mint didn't produce any until 1943.
Will you get rich by saving these coins and turning them in later? Not likely unless you find one or more in pristine condition. However, the current worth for the average silver nickel is about 19 times their face value as listed by Coinflation which you can see here. And those nickels don't wear out easily so there are most likely a bunch of them still in circulation. If you are motivated to start looking for these nickels, don't bother squinting at the date. Just quickly scan every nickel you receive for the special mint mark location, looking for a D, P, or S.
One last item, finally my ebook Buying and Selling Peace & Morgan Silver Dollars is now available in paperback. You can find it here.
Thanks for reading. JA
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Stempel said, "This unprecedented break with prudent practice has created a furor that places the U.S. government in a difficult position... ." UNPRECEDENTED? Either Stempel is uninformed or he's just pushing the usual democrat boilerplate, probably the latter. Coincidentally, in a recent issue of the Weekly Standard, Stephen Hayes pointed out a number of examples that give the lie to Stempel's assertion. One of the most notable involved then-senators Kerry and Harkin and a group of House democrats led by majority leader Jim Wright (later the speaker who was forced to resign account numerous personal perfidies) who wrote—yep, a letter—to Nicaraguan communist dictator Daniel Ortega in April 1985 to at least feign undercutting President Reagan. Remember Iran-Contra?
This is what Wright and his House conspirators wrote: "We regret the fact that better relations do not exist between the United States and your country. We have been, and remain, opposed to U.S. support for military action directed against the people or government of Nicaragua. We want to commend you and your government for taking steps to open up the political process in your country." Did/does anyone believe Reagan ever had any intention of invading Nicaragua? I'm still laughing. The congressmen perpetrated a publicity stunt in 1985, while the 47 senators meant business in their letter to the world's head-butcher.
As a follow-up on Wright's letter, Kerry and Harkin traveled to Nicaragua for a tete-a-tete with Ortega, Kerry identifying themselves as Vietnam vets "alarmed that the Reagan administration is repeating the mistakes we made in Vietnam." He didn't mention that democrat President Johnson was the perpetrator of the alleged Vietnam mistakes or that he (Kerry) while still a Naval officer traveled to Paris around 1970 to "parley" with both North and South Vietnamese pooh-bahs in behalf of peace, trying to undercut President Nixon. The Vietnamese historians are probably still laughing about that.
This is what Kerry said to a Senate committee in 1971: "So what I am saying is that yes, there will be some recrimination but far, far less than the 200,000 a year who are murdered [in Vietnam] by the United States of America …". Kerry's comrades/nation had murdered [his word] 1.6 million Vietnamese 1964-71 (or almost 4 percent of the population for 1970), mostly civilians – women, children, and old men. He's never offered a scintilla of proof for that wacky accusation so, naturally, he has the prevarication bona fides to be secretary of state for Obama. Kerry also said this about American GIs: "They had personally raped, cut off ears, cut off heads." In a Meet the Press interview, he said his language was sometimes "excessive." EXCESSIVE! Egad!
Hayes noted that in 2007 House Speaker Pelosi went to Syria for a tete-a-tete with dictator Bashar Assad at the same time Bush 43 was seeking to isolate Assad account his support for Iraqis who were killing American GIs. The administration had asked her to forgo the trip but she went and seemed to be quite taken with Assad, announcing later that he was eager to be a constructive player and wanted peace with Israel. She was trying to undercut Bush and one wonders if Stempel thinks what she did was UNPRECEDENTED.
Even curiouser is the Obama-Kerry effort concerning Iran currently. Obama said this in his Iranian New Year speech: "Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Khameini has issued a fatwa against the development of nuclear weapons [ending it], and President Rouhani has said that Iran would never develop a nuclear weapon." At the same time, State Secretary Kerry is making some sort of deal with Iranian representatives that will stop them from doing what Obama said the ayatollah said they weren't doing, in the first place. Go figure. Someone's either lying or totally ignorant. Would that be "UNPRECEDENTED?" Stempel knows.
And so it goes.
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God Bless The Child
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Looking for someone
God bless the child
Where's he gone and run to?
Where'd he hide?
Maybe there's no words
No words that I know
Soul is like an ocean
But the flesh grows cold
I see a shadow in the mirrow
I feel the spirit in my bones
I feel joy will drown the sorrow
Like a child that can never grow old
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what you gonna cling to
In the cold daylight
I see a shadow in the mirror
I feel the spirit in my bones
Oh…feel life and joy will drown the sorrow
Let him dream, let him sing, let him go
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I saw news of this new sim come across a blog and had to go check it out. I absolutely love the Yucatan peninsula in RL…and the builders did a great job with this sim, offering a fantast mini-recreation of the ruins of Tulum to accompany their recreation of Chichen Itza in an adjoining sim. Another laudable development since the last time I was at Visit Mexico's inworld presence is the addition of a bilingual, native DJ and local music. If I let myself get lost in the place, it's like I'm back in Mexico. Any chips and salsa sitting around?
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Who are Octagon Insurance?
Octagon Insurance Ltd are a vehicle insurance company providing policies and cover for cars and vans in the United Kingdom. Started in 2009, Octagon Insurance now boast over 100,000 customers up and down the country.
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Come on,
The hurt can't be that bad...
Can it?
I hear anger in the voice I imagine
But it is only words on an LCD screen
Laced with vitriol
And the lingering fragrance of jealousy...
Blame? Yes. It's easy to foist that onto someone else
Make them take the hit
And the fall.
Then chalk it up as another failure.
And that monster lurking behind your steely gaze
Smiles inwardly, content, satisfied
At the blood it has spilled
As your lipsticked mouth curls into a cold grimace of distaste...
...yet, that choice was yours as much as mine.
There's your bed, you made it,
Just lie there and suffer.
The clock only moves forward
And I've laced my boots to venture forth
Shut your mouth, swallow your pride
I've already closed that door.


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Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 Leaked In An All Metal Body With Fingerprint Sensor
by Jul 5, 2015 10:27 pm4
Remember a few days back, we had spotted a render that was reportedly of the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2. Now, we have much more than a render, thanks to the picture that leaked earlier today of the actual device. The design looks exactly the same as the render, which makes us believe that this could indeed be one of the various versions of the upcoming Redmi Note 2.
From the image, we can see that the phone uses an all metal design. There is a round camera sensor at the back along with dual LED flash just below it. You will also find a fingerprint sensor below the camera unit. The 'MI' logo lies near the bottom of the back along with the speaker grill. The overall design looks quite good, but if not for the logo, you could have easily mistaken this phone for an HTC or Meizu device.
In fact, here's the Meizu device in comparison with Xiaomi's device. You can easily tell that the general design is similar to Meizu.
As for the specs, the phone is said to come in two different variants, one powered by Snapdragon 615 (Pro version) and the standard version powered by Snapdragon 410. The display is expected to be of 5.5-inches with 1080p resolution. There will be 2GB RAM on board with 13MP + 5MP cameras.
Since its been more than a year since we saw the first Redmi Note flagship, expect Xiaomi to release its successor sometime soon. Stay tuned for more details.


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I'm catching up on my logbook that is many years behind and I have a few questions. I have uploaded all my schedules from my company's scheduling software. However when uploading my first few years I didn't auto fill any information. So I have a lot of flights with just duration, I was curious if there was a way to quickly add day landing, cross country, and either second in command or PIC.
Second, a lot of flights from years ago on my company's schedule removed the aircraft N number and make and model. It replaced the make and model with a 3 digit code that I can determine if its a CRJ-200/700/900. Is there a way to make all of one 3 digit code be all changed to, for example, a CRJ-200 with a tail number of 123AB?
Thanks for the help,


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While searching for Onn's identity I reached back through my gaming roots and personal like for mythology and history. One of the things I wanted to keep were commonly percieved notions about things so players and Referees could believe the setting, but still have room for the fantastic and supernatural. One of the staples of my historical loves are the Greeks and their myths. Years ago, one of my fellow players, Brian Freed, built and Refereed in his own setting on and off, called Moi Greke.
Brian is a very tactical-minded historic buff. He loves military history, tactics and all things battle related. He also has a penchant for naming his Rangers with the letter "R", the most memorable being Rommel (in honor of the Desert Fox, of course) and another character, Rentar (either an elf or half-elf, the memory is fuzzy now), was the inspiration for Rentarwood. Brian's Moi Greke campaigns were filled with alot of fun times, some historical perspective (in a fun way, he didn't ram tactics down our throats with his enemies or he would have wiped the floor with us) and alot of close calls. He enjoyed when he saw us figure out something 'on the field' as well as when the plot advanced.
I have to say, I miss playing in his setting alot. The summer of 2008 when I was finally working on the finishing touches for Onn as a setting for 3e (a project that never finished as I found Swords & Wizardry and jumped whole-heartedly into creating Onn's Supplement I for that system), he was working on updating his setting as well for a new campaign, but my work schedule changed and I couldn't play on game day and missed a vast majority of the games he ran.
So, when deciding on the general culture for one of Onn's lands, I settled on the Greek, all because of the fun from Brian's games. It makes the mishmash of European Middle Ages, Viking and Greek philosophy and combat tactics more interesting, at least to me.
Roll on Brian, may they all be 'Nats'! (Just not on my PC!)
Sunday, January 03, 2010
Moi Greke
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Police: Car lot employee stole nearly $300,000 in vehicle sales
Police: Car lot employee stole nearly $300,000 in vehicle sales
LOUISVILLE, Ky. —
A man is charged after police say he sold vehicles while employed at a car lot, and kept the money.
According to police, 63-year-old James Barnsfather sold 41 vehicles while employed at Mike's Motors on Preston Highway, keeping nearly $300,000 for personal gain.
Police said he would purchase the vehicles using his employer's funds, and would sell the vehicles to different car lots and have them make the checks payable to himself, instead of giving the money back to Mike's Motors.
According to the arrest report, Barnsfather stole $281,387 from his employer.


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Review Summary
- Intimate, charming boutique hotel
- Fantastic location just off the Hippodrome in Sultanahmet
- Roof terrace with stunning view of the Blue Mosque and the Bosphorus
- Modern room amenities, including flat-screen TVs and iPod docks
- Rainfall showerheads and Molton Brown toiletries
- Free breakfast buffet with fruits, meats, cheeses, and pastries
- Free coffee and tea all day, plus afternoon cake
- Small DVD library
- Wood-burning fireplaces in the cozy lobby and library
- Laptop computer and printer available for use
- Elevator (but it's tiny)
- Beds are on the hard side
- Standard rooms are tiny
- No restaurant or fitness center
- Fresh orange juice at breakfast is an extra fee
Bottom Line
Hotel Ibrahim Pasha is one of the most charming boutique hotels in Sultanahmet, with an unbeatable location just off the Hippodrome. The cozy lobby and library both have wood-burning fireplaces -- a real treat in the cooler months -- and the roof terrace has a jaw-dropping view of the Blue Mosque and the Bosphorus. The free breakfast is perfectly adequate if not as extensive as the offerings elsewhere, and free tea and coffee are served all day upon request. Standard Rooms are diminutive but adorable, with flat-screen TVs, iPod docks, robes, Molton Brown toiletries, and rainfall showerheads. For what you get, it's a great value, though prices do spike up in peak season.


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The 78 Project Movie Heads to Theaters Nationwide
Fresh off the success of its New York premiere August 5 as part of the Film Society of Lincoln Center's Sound + Vision series, The 78 Project Movie is headed this weekend to the Windy City for its Chicago premiere on August 16th and 17th at the Music Box Theater's Summer Music Film Festvial. And to round out the month of summer screenings, the Jacob Burns Film Center will screen The 78 Project Movie on August 18th as part of its Sounds of Summer series. Director Alex Steyermark and Producer Lavinia Jones Wright will be present at all three of these screenings for Q&A.On September 5th The 78 Project creators will launch The 78 Project Movie Official Release Tour with a prestigious event at the Library of Congress, where they will show the film, give a Q&A and cut a record live as part of the Library's Botkin Lecture Series. Continuing on from there, they will appear live at screening events in Los Angeles, CA, San Francisco, CA, Seattle, WA, Portland, OR, Athens, GA, New Orleans, LA, Baton Rouge, LA, Lafayette, LA, Little Rock, AR, Carbondale, IL, Boston, MA, Louisville, KY and more cities to be announced. At many of the screening events The 78 Project creators will cut a record live in the theater with a special guest musician. See screening details and dates on The 78 Project Movie website.
The 78 Project Movie SXSW world premiere In addition to the theatrical screenings, The 78 Project Movie release tour will include a series of live in-store events at Goorin Brothers locations across the country. At Goorin Brothers stores, including locations in Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, New York, Boston and New Orleans, The 78 Project will play their recordings on vinyl and acetate, show video clips, and in some locations will present live musical performances and live record-cuttings. During the official release tour and beyond, The 78 Project Movie will also be showing nationwide through a partnership with Gathr TheatricalOnDemand®. Using Gathr's innovative system, moviegoing audiences across the country and around the world will be able to request and host screenings of The 78 Project Movie in their hometowns. Community is at the heart of The 78 Project Movie, so it is an excited to be able to use Gathr's innovative system to share the film with you and your friends in the same same Grassroots spirit in which it was made. About Gathr Films Committed to democratizing theatrical film distribution, Theatrical On Demand® allows audiences to pull films to their local theaters by aggregating their interest and pre-ordering tickets in advance. A modern paradigm shift to an archaic film distribution process, Gathr TOD®enables theatrical screenings, virtually wherever and whenever there is critical mass audience demand. Beginning today, communities can Gathr® their own local screenings of The 78 Project at theaters and community venues near them, anywhere in the nation. GATHR's mission is to revolutionize theatrical distribution by giving filmmakers the tools to directly market and distribute their films, and by enabling moviegoers to crowdsource screenings of films to theaters near them. In the process, Gathr is growing the largest independent film community of moviegoers in the world. Using Theatrical On Demand®, a film's audience has the opportunity to take action and directly participate in bringing the film to their community. Gathr audiences are passionate, active filmgoers that use the unique power of the film medium to share new ideas and stories with their communities. Gathr screenings regularly include speakers, fundraisers and Q&A sessions that provide further community, context and commitment to the films. Gathr is Theatrical On Demand®


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I WAS THERE . . . Tribeca Film Festival's Breaking the Band
Event: Tribeca Film Festival's Breaking the Band with The Republic Tigers + The Virgins + The Hold Steady
Venue: Webster Hall
Date: 5/2/08
It may be aggravating to see the Tribeca Film Festival's huge black SUV's cruising around Manhattan constantly, but they definitely know how to throw a party. Last Friday's Breaking the Band Showcase made a local rock show into a full red-carpet event. Webster Hall's labyrinthine faded opulence and an upstairs VIP lounge definitely added to the experience.
The Republic Tigers were Tribeca's Next Big Thing in unsigned bands, and they definitely look the part. Unfortunately, they sound like a mumbly, over-amplified Interpol, but may grow out of that. In person they are easy-going and quite comfortable talking about what they need to do to grow as a band.
I wanted to blame the RT's murky sound on Webster Hall, but The Virgins who played immediately after, totally shot that theory out of the water. The Virgins are my new favorite band, taking the best parts of early Cars and early Stones without sounding like a hackneyed tribute.
The Hold Steady closed out the night, and from the crowd's response, they were clearly the big draw. They are decent and a lot of fun live, but seem to think being headliners gives them license to be dicks off stage. Still, they're paid to put on a good show, not be our friends, and it's hard not to have a good time while they're on stage.


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Thursday, January 17, 2019
ABU DHABI, Jan 12 2018 (WAM) - The reality is that the energy mix for the foreseeable future is going to consist of both fossil fuels and renewable energy forces, according to Frederick Kempe, President of the Atlantic Council. "Work in the energy market with a mix of both these energy forces is key to why we brought the Global Energy Forum to the UAE."
Kempe's remarks come ahead of the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, with the Atlantic Council holding its second-annual Global Energy Forum in the capital this weekend. The two-day premier event, opening today, gathers international and regional industry leaders in Abu Dhabi to address the geopolitical, energy and sustainability challenges and opportunities of the future.
In an interview with Emirates News Agency, WAM, the Atlantic Council President explained that the most important contribution of the forum is looking at the geopolitics of the energy transformation. He said that the shift over time to renewables will greatly benefit nations, although there is a need to consider the challenges that could arise as a result of some nation's dependence on fossil fuels, with possible political instability.
Having the summit in the UAE is key, Kempe explained, as the country is the "most visionary of the fossil fuel producing countries, and (is) thinking about renewables and planning for the future, and diversifying its economy.
"We chose to base the forum here because, in some respects, the UAE is the 'model' of how to think about the energy mix while still having time to plan for it." The summit seeks to draw global attention to the UAE's journey of progress in this field, "which in many ways embodies some of the smartest directions in dealing with the energy transition."
The UAE Energy Plan 2050 aims to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 70%, increase clean energy use by 50% and improve energy efficiency by 40%. By 2050, the UAE aims to obtain 44% of its energy for local consumption from renewables, with gas accounting for 38%, clean fossil fuels for 12% and nuclear energy for 6%. At the moment, more than 90% of the UAE's energy needs are met by natural gas.
Commenting on the UAE energy strategy and the role the country plays in the global renewable energy sector, Kempe said, "I'm not sure there's another country in the world that's a global leader in fossil fuel production and renewable energy."
Addressing the potential for enhanced collaboration between the United States and GCC nations, the Atlantic Council president sees plenty of room for cooperation. "The big market for everybody is Asia," he continued, adding that the main belief for a period of time was that the US would take less interest in the region because it'll be extracting less energy resources from it. However, he said, "What we've learned is that the geopolitical interest in the region and the overall impact of the GCC on the world energy market ensures that the US will stay focused on this region for some time to come."
Following on with the latest hike in oil prices in 2017, Kempe commented that the global markets are seeing a return of geopolitical risks, and that "as long as markets perceive these risks, you'll see prices going up." He went on to explain that if "these risks are not borne out of true crises, my guess is in another year, prices will come back down again," adding that there is natural evolution towards renewables.
Female participation in the energy sector is integral to ensuring GCC countries' innovation and economic prosperity, he added. Commenting on the fourth agenda topic of the forum, Kempe said, "What we're learning more and more is that the countries that do best in the world are those that unlock half of their society, and the UAE has been ahead of the curve in unlocking the potential of women in society."
"We are particularly moved by the centenary of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's birth. If you think about where the UAE was 100 years ago when he was born, and where it is now, it's breathtaking," Kempe concluded.
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A HIGH-profile cabinet minister promised Southport voters a 'Labour voice' when she spoke in the town.
Hazel Blears, secretary of state for communities and local government, sounded tough notes on crime, NHS reform and party funding in her after-dinner address at the Southport Constituency Labour Party event.
The hotpot supper at Old Links Golf Club was attended by almost 100 members, trade unionists and leading Labour figures from the region and featured Ms Blears as guest of honour.
In her speech, the MP said: "The last few months have been really, really tough for the party.
"I'm under no illusion that the fight with the Tories and the Lib-Dems is going to be hand-to-hand"
As a former policing minister, Ms Blears helped build her reputation in government as a promoter of the 'Respect agenda' for cracking down on anti-social behaviour.
She pledged a continued determination to fight violent crime in the wake of the conviction of the teen murderers of Warrington father Garry Newlove.
With Labour languishing in third place in Southport in every general election since 1970, Ms Blears accepted the resort was not heartland territory for her party.
But she was adamant that "every single person should have the right to vote for a Labour candidate".
She hailed the campaigning support of party activists in the resort for Labour MP David Borrow, whose South Ribble constituency includes Banks, Hesketh Bank and Tarleton.
"The truth is that if we do not get David back we do not have a Labour government," said Ms Blears, referring to a Tory push to unseat Mr Borrow, who held the constituency with a marginal 2,184-vote majority in 2005.
Responding to a question from the floor, Ms Blears said she envisaged in 10 years' time an NHS "much more driven by what people themselves decide they want".
"Small district hospitals should have a role but it will be a very different role to what they have had in the past," she predicted – with specialist care increasingly centred away from these community hospitals.
Ms Blears pointedly added: "GPs need to take a long hard look at their practices," including providing more flexible opening hours for patients.
Asked about political party funding, Ms Blears said she backed a curb on billboard advertising for parties at elections.
Other guests at the supper included Cllr Paul Brant, deputy leader of the Labour group on Liverpool City Council and Southport's Labour candidate for MP at the 2001 and 2005 general elections, and Arlene McCarthy, Labour MEP for the North West.
Cath Cookson, chairwoman of Southport CLP, said: "This is a really special night for us.
"It's in a lovely place and we're lucky to have so many important guests come along, as well as nearly a hundred members."
For our full news feature on Hazel Blears' visit, see this week's Southport Visiter


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Monday, January 24, 2011
Tuesday's QBR
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
Okay, can we say deep? Love this book on various levels.
1. Loved that the setting was during WWII, but the content is current.
2. Very thought-provoking on so many levels. (I'm liking that phrase today, so deal with it. LOL)
3. Challenging to get into the language. (I had a hard time at first, but loved the challenge in a "teacher sort of way.")
If you want to read a full version, you can click here for my full review.
3 comments:
- p&k said...
Hey! I should totally read that again--it's been a while!
Stopping by to let you know I posted a follow up "how to" on our advent calendar today. Enjoy.
Sent out an e-mail to those interested, but realized I don't have yours!
- January 25, 2011 at 10:57 PM
- p&k said...
Oh, and very much enjoyed a few of your links lately! Thanks.
- January 25, 2011 at 10:58 PM
- Adeeva Afsheen said...
Banned complain !! Complaining only causes life and mind become more severe. Enjoy the rhythm of the problems faced. No matter ga life, not a problem not learn, so enjoy it :)
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Hi Folks-
Summer time and I haven't fired up my grill at home, definitely something wrong with this picture. Maybe this week. Peter and I are doing a little two week stint of cleaning up our diet. No booze, no simple carbs and no meat for two weeks. So I am going to be grilling some vegetables! Probably one of my all time favorite Melissa Clark recipes from the NY Times is her grilled ratatouille, so fun to move the cooking outdoors. Grilled ratatouille with crostini and goat cheese, I'll probably wait for the weekend for that. I'm glad fish isn't off our list, I so love our salmon. Tonight though I think will be lentils and brown rice. And here's our go to lentil salad.
Warm French Lentil Salad
2 teaspoons olive oil
1 medium carrot, cut into a small dice
1 small onion, cut into a small dice
4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1 teaspoon chopped thyme
1 cup french lentils
3 cups chicken broth
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1 shallot, finely chopped
¼ cup red wine vinegar
¾ cup olive oil
- Heat the olive oil in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add the carrot, onion, garlic and thyme. Cook, stirring, for about 2 minutes. Add the lentils and stir to combine. Add the chicken broth and bring to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer until the lentils are tender, 35-40 minutes. Allow to cool and then drain.
- In a small jar, combine the mustard, shallot, red wine vinegar, salt and pepper to taste. Add the olive oil. Cover tightly with a lid and shake it vigorously until combined.
- Place the lentils into a large bowl and add the vinaigrette to taste and toss and season with salt and pepper.
The fish tomorrow:
- Dayboat Haddock
- Icelandic Arctic Char
- Swordfish
- Alaskan Cod. Frozen at sea
- Shetland Salmon
- Yellow tail sole, dayboat
- 10/20 Dry Scallops
- 16/20 Shrimp
- Wellfleet Oysters
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Are California's agronomic crops a source of the state's weed problems?
Affirmative, says Robert Stewart, field services manager of the California Crop Improvement Association at Davis, and speaker at the recent 53rd Annual Conference of the California Weed Science Society.
However, he explained at the gathering in Monterey, the CCIA is alert with rigorous, seed-quality programs to curtail contamination of agronomic crops by noxious weeds.
Stewart traced the CCIA from its origins in 1920 as the California Improved Seed Program, a cooperative project of the California Farm Bureau and the University of California.
Until 1940, seed fields were evaluated by pure-seed leagues on a county basis, actually committees rather than individual inspectors of today.
By 1944, those seed-certification functions had gathered under the CCIA, the non-profit, seed-certification agency for the state. In the early years it dealt mainly with clovers, small grains, beans, rice and alfalfa.
Standards were developed to ensure seed stock to the industry having the purity of varieties released by land grant universities.
`Paper-work trail' Certification is a system of record keeping, standards, and inspection, or as Stewart put it, "a paper-work trail of identification, segregation, growing, harvesting, conditioning, bagging, and tagging for quality of each and every seed lot."
Growers are keenly aware that good seed control for seed production starts with a clean field. If not all weeds, certainly weeds considered noxious to the particular crop need to be controlled. Examples of noxious weeds are cocklebur in cotton, nightshade in beans, and wild oats in grains.
In recent years, CCIA field inspectors look at averages of more than 175,000 acres of 30 different crops. Five major crops - cotton, alfalfa, rice, sunflower, and wheat - comprise more than 75 percent of the state's certified seed acreage.
In 1999, CCIA certified more than 140 varieties of alfalfa, seed production of which is concentrated in Fresno and Kings counties. Of the seed exported, a majority finds its way to South America, Africa, and Europe.
The CCIA alfalfa seed quality program demonstrates the thorough seed-testing regime. In 1995 the state had 35,000 acres of alfalfa seed. From 661 samples surveyed that year, CCIA rejected 45 samples for weed seed content, 39 of them for dodder seed.
In 1999, from 65,000 acres the association received 1,590 samples, rejecting nearly 350 of them mainly for dodder, alkali mallow, johnsongrass, yellow star thistle or sour clover seed.
Some lots from 1999 were rejected for dodder content once, re-cleaned, and tested again. The state produced more than 40 million pounds of alfalfa seed that year.
"When we have higher acreage of any of our seed crops, the quality coming into our lab seems to deteriorate. I believe that's because when prices get high, a lot of marginal ground that may have weed problems is brought into the system," Stewart said.
Regardless, he added, CCIA's field and lab inspections show the majority of all seed lots do comply with standards and minimum requirements designated by the certification program.
"The devotion and hard work of our seed growers in making the California program known worldwide, have allowed our state to maintain its great reputation for producing quality seed."
Credits state rice Stewart credited the California rice industry for its diligence in clean seed. Red rice, the main noxious weed for rice in the U.S., challenges the southern states but is not known to occur in California.
"This is a good example of an industry that has realized the importance of a good seed program and has avoided bringing in a problem which has plagued many other rice-growing areas," he said.
Several crops, including sunflower, have an additional dimension concern beyond potential contamination from weed seeds. In northern California wild sunflower can contaminate genetic purity of commercial varieties, and standards of isolation from known sources are enforced.
From about 5,000 acres of clover for seed in 1999, California growers generated nearly 2.25 million pounds of certified clover seed, or about 90 percent of all clover seed produced in the nation.
In far smaller amounts, CCIA has certified seed for organic watermelons, wild rice, and even the rubber-substitute source, guayule.


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Sony Pictures announce Amazing Spider-Man 2 Blu-ray release
The $700 million international blockbuster coming in both 3D and 2D versions
By: Ben Gourlay | Celebrities & Entertainment News | Posted: Jun 17, 2014 5:05 am
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Fresh from its theatrical debut which pulled in a respectable (albeit below expectations) $700 million worldwide, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Australia have announced the release of 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2: The Rise of Electro' on Blu-ray for August 14, in both 2D and 2D + 3D flavours.
Whilst Sony have yet to detail the specifications of the local release, the Blu-ray should mirror the US release which includes Audio Commentary from Director Marc Webb, Deleted Scenes, a feature length documentary entitled 'The Wages of Heroism: Making The Amazing Spider-Man 2' and a music video.
I took a look at the film in its theatrical release back in April.
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Tuesday, November 22, 2016
Your Lie In April - Kousei Arima Paper Toy - by Paperized
Created by my friend, the designer and modeler Paperized, this is the paper toy version of Kousei Arima, character from Your Lie In April, mangá and anime Japanese series.
Criada pelo meu amigo, o designer e modelista Paperized, esta é a versão paper toy do Kousei Arima, da série de animes e mangás japonesa japonesa Your Lie In April.
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Drug court
Drug courts are judicially supervised court dockets that handle the cases of non-violent substance-abusing offenders under the adult, juvenile, family and tribal justice systems. Drug courts are problem-solving courts that operate under a specialized model in which the judiciary, prosecution, defense bar, probation, law enforcement, mental health, social service, and treatment communities work together to help non-violent offenders find restoration in recovery and become productive citizens. In the USA, there are currently over 2,459 drug courts representing all fifty states and the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands and 111 tribal drug court programs.[1] In the UK, drug courts are currently being tested in various places.[2] In Australia, drug courts operate in various jurisdictions, although their formation, process and procedures differ. The main aim of the Australian courts is to divert illicit drug users from incarceration into treatment programs for their addiction.[3]
By country
Drug courts have been established in New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, and Western Australia. People appearing in Australian drug courts often fall outside the parameters for other pre-court services
Drug treatment courts (DTCs) are a recent phenomenon in the Canadian criminal justice system. The first Canadian DTC commenced in Toronto in 1998. The Federal Government currently supports six DTCs in Canada including: Edmonton (December 2005), Winnipeg (January 2006), Ottawa (March 2006), Regina (October 2006), Toronto (1998), and Vancouver (2001). Calgary and Durham have also recently initiated DTCs.[4]
New Zealand
A five-year pilot Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Court was opened in Auckland, New Zealand in 2012, the first of its type for the country.[5]
United Kingdom
In December 2005, the United Kingdom began a pilot scheme of dedicated drug courts.[6] Family Drug and Alcohol Court are in operation in various locations throughout the country, including London, Gloucestershire and Milton Keynes where the service is run by the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust.[7] In February 2015 it was announced that more would open in East Sussex, Kent and Medway, Plymouth, Torbay and Exeter, and West Yorkshire.[8]
United States
The first drug court in the U.S. took shape in Miami-Dade County, Florida in 1989 as a response to the growing crack cocaine problem plaguing the city.[9] Chief Judge Gerald Wetherington, Judge Herbert Klein, then State Attorney Janet Reno, and Public Defender Bennett Brummer designed the court for nonviolent offenders to receive treatment.[citation needed] This model of court system quickly became a popular method for dealing with an ever-increasing number of drug offenders.[citation needed] Between 1984 and 1999, the number of defendants charged with a drug offense in the Federal courts increased 3% annually, from 11,854 to 29,306. By 1999, there were 472 drug courts in the nation and by 2005 that number had increased to 1262 with another 575 drug courts in the planning stages; currently all 50 states have working drug courts.[citation needed] There are currently[when?] about 120,000 people treated annually in drug courts, though an estimated 1.5 million eligible people are currently before the courts.[citation needed] As of December 31, 2011 there are more than 2,600 drug courts operating throughout the United States.[10]
See also
- DWI court
- Last Shot with Judge Gunn (Emmy award-winning drug court show)
- ↑ Huddleston, C. W. III., Marlowe, J.D., Ph.D., D., Casebolt, R. (2008, May). Painting the Current Picture: A National Report Card on Drug Courts and Other Problem-Solving Court Programs in the United States. Washington DC: National Drug Court Institute.
- ↑ "DrugScope reporting on an example of two Scottish trials in Fife and Glasgow". DrugScope.org.uk. Retrieved 19 February 2009.
- ↑ "Australian responses to illicit drugs : Drug courts". Criminal justice system: Specialist courts. Australian Government: Australian Institute of Criminology. 6 September 2010. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ↑ Addiction and Mental Health Research Laboratory. (2009). Drug treatment Courts (DTCs). Edmonton,AB: University of Alberta. Fact sheet.
- ↑ "NZ's first Alcohol and Drug Court launched". New Zealand Government. 1 November 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
- ↑ "UK Ministry of Justice reporting initial drug court trials". Ministry of Justice, UK. Retrieved 19 February 2009.
- ↑ "Court is supporting families to stay together in Milton Keynes and Buckinghamshire". MK Web. 25 February 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
- ↑ "Family Drug and Alcohol Courts to be extended in England". BBC News. 18 February 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
- ↑ Kirchner, Lauren (April 25, 2014). "Remembering the Drug Court Revolution". Pacific Standard. Pacific Standard. Retrieved 2015-05-10.
- ↑ National Institute of Justice. Drug Courts. 2012. Retrieved August 18, 2013 from http://www.nij.gov/topics/courts/drug-courts/
Further reading
- Gerra, Gilberto; Clark, Nicolas (2010). From coercion to cohesion: Treating drug dependence through health care, not punishment (PDF). New York: United Nations: Office on Drugs and Crime. p. 13. This discussion paper is based on the deliberations of a group of international experts present at a scientific workshop held at Vienna in October 2009, called Voluntary-based or compulsory drug dependence treatment? From mandated treatment to therapeutic alliance.
External links
- What is a drug court? Fact sheet This is a knowledge transfer web site provided by the Addiction and Mental Health Research Laboratory, University of Alberta dedicated to sharing recent addictions and mental health research with the public.


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Summer's favourite, the veggie burger! This is a super easy fun recipe to enjoy anytime! Vegan of course.
1 pack of love soy mince (frozen)
1 red onion chopped
2 cloves of garlic
1 tin of chopped tomatoes
1 slice of wholemeal bread
2 x egg replacement (no egg powder)
50g of plain flour
1 pack of Tofutti mozzarella style slices
A pack of salad leaves
8 wholemeal baps
Tomato chutney/burger relish
Vegetable oil
Salt & pepper to season
A frying pan
1 large baking tray
A hob
1. Chop your onion and fry in your pan with the garlic and saute for 2 minutes.
2. Add the love soy mince and fry for 5 minutes.
3. Mix in the chopped tomatoes & egg replacement to the pan.
4. Rip up the slice of bread and add into the mixture too.
5. Once your mixture has started sticking together take the pan off the heat and leave to cool.
6. Turn your oven to 200oc.
6. Now the mixture is cool you can start making pattys which your hands coated in flour, make each patty about the size of a normal burger. You should make 8.
7. Next you're going to fry off the burgers for around 2 minutes on each side and place them on the baking tray after.
8. Its time for the burgers to cook so place then in the oven for about 25 minutes, check them after 15, you may want to turn the oven down to 180oc.
9. You could toast your burger baps if you like and then put a heaped teaspoon of your desired burger relish/chutney & a handful of salad leaves,
10. Place your burger on the leaves and a slice of the Tofutti mozzarella.
12. Put another teaspoon of the relish/chutney with a dash of salt and pepper.
13. Finish by putting the bap lid on top.
You could always add a slice of avocado or gherkin for extra flavour!
If you want to BBQ your burgers, cook for around 8 minutes on each side.


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After a long five year absence, the seniors make a welcome return to the Ulster Junior Hurling Championship with a home quarter-final game again Cúil Raithin (Coleraine) on Sunday 4th Oct at 3.30pm. The venue has yet to be confirmed but the club are hoping the game goes ahead in our nearest county ground, the Fianna's Fr Peter Campbell Pk in Annagher which would be appropriate given the hurling lore attached to Fr Peter and the Campbell family. NCC have been undergoing a transition at senior grade with many of the All-Ireland side of 2010 now gone out to pasture, and competitions like this give the next generation a chance to gain experience.
Hurling can be cruel and teaches humility the hard way. It is also said that humility is a good thing and hopefully that will be the case for the Cilles in the future given the large doses of humility suffered this past few years at all grades. Our promising U14 side came up against a much bigger, more powerful and skilful All Ireland winning Eoghan Ruadh side in the county final in An Ómaigh (13/9/15). We followed the same fate as such clubs as Loughgiel, Dunloy, Cushendall and Ballycastle this year in going down by a heavy margin. This Dungannon side were undefeated in the North Antrim league this year - a feat never achieved before by any Tyrone hurling side and which has
been one of the methods used by Down clubs (1970s onward) and Derry clubs (1980s onward) in raising their hurling standards to much higher levels than before. The few NCC lads of similar size and skill were earmarked early on and followed by a swarm of opposition numbers everytime they touched the sliotar. It was a bridge too far for the rest of our younger, smaller lads. The vast majority of the side are underage next year, which gives us hope. Other positives were the large and vocal NCC support, especially from parents, and the fact that the side did display their skills and hurled away right to the finish regardless of the scoreboard.
All but three of the U14 side were back out hurling again last Saturday with good performances and wins over Caoimhín Uí Loingigh (Kevin Lynches) II (2-8 to 1-1) and An Seanmhullach (Castledawson) 1-4 to 0-2 in the Derry U13 league. Training continues on Wednesays at 6.45pm. Games again this Saturday.
U12s and U10s
Coaching Mondays from 6.30pm to 7.30pm at the field. Hurleys and helmets are provided for those without.
Bring boots for outdoor, trainers for indoor and water. Please bring £2 per child and £1 each per brother or sister to help with club bills.
Newcomers always welcome.
U8s and U6s
Coaching for the U8s and U6s now every Friday from 6.30pm to 7.30pm. Hurleys and helmets are provided for those without.
Bring boots for outdoor, trainers for indoor and water. Please bring £2 per child and £1 each per brother or sister to help with club bills.
Newcomers always welcome.
The last meeting of the 2015 committee takes place on Sunday 18 October at 7pm in the club pavilion Áras Chlochóige. The AGM or Cruinniú Chinn Bliana 2015 to review the 2015 season and select the coiste to serve NCC for the 2016 season has been fixed for Friday 6 November at 7pm also in the pavilion.
If you need a stick, a grip, a hurley altered in size or a favoured camán repaired, please contact Paul (07747301263)
who provides a fast, efficient service.
Dúirt siad (They said):
"Dochreidthe a chara! Tháinig an Iarainn amach anocht! (Unbelievable boy! The Iron came out tonight!)" - Tallow chairperson and
Uachtarán NCC Liam Mul's reaction to Tallows unexpected Waterford SHC win over Dungarvan and a place in the semi-finals. Tallow
in Gaelic is Tulach an Iarainn - The Hill of Iron. NCC and T-an-I have been 'twinned' since 1993.


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There are only a few Occupiers tonight and we are meeting at the Occupier couple's home. Their home is centrally located and it's just too darn cold to go anywhere else. The temperature didn't get above zero even during the day and the wind is strong.
Here we thought we were going to get by with a very mild winter. In the back of our minds we knew better. The real winter started today and threatens to continue for a while.
We have been unable to have an official meeting for several weeks. We've had obligations with our allies and there has been quite a lot of colds and flu going around. Several Occupiers are still under the weather. Anyway, it's good to be able to get together this evening.
We start out by talking about the film Occupy Love which we watched as a group a few weeks ago. An Occupier has discovered the film is the last in a trilogy of films created by Velcrow Ripper, an artist who is active in the worldwide Occupy Movement. We decide to watch all three of his films and then decide if we should do a series of film showings with each film being screened on a separate date. The Occupier expects to receive the download of the first film by mid-week so we make plans to view it on Saturday February 21st.
Next we get a report about the NdN Taco Sale that some of us assisted Idle No More with about a week ago. It was a huge success. Everything was sold out well before the scheduled closing time. We had theorized that having the sale on the first Friday of the month instead of the last Friday would draw more customers. We were right about that.
The plan is to have a taco sale on the first Friday of every month. We will prepare at least twice as many taco ingredients and hope for as many customers again. If things go as anticipated we'll be able to raise enough funds to get some INM projects off the ground.
Another Occupier tells us about the invitation we've received from Water Legacy. They're having a fundraiser event at Trepanier Hall, February 22nd 11am-2pm.
Still another Occupier tells us about a comment she heard during last week's Human Rights Commission meeting. She says one of the commissioners jokingly stated, "One of the problems with Occupy Wall Street is that they occupied a burning house". She laughed and replied, "Yeah, most Occupiers have figured that out".
Someone reminds us that we are going out to the Fond Du Lac Reservation area on this upcoming Tuesday in order to meet with an Elder. We'll be leaving at 4pm.
Another item on the agenda is the fact that MN 350.org has approved the formation of a Twin Ports chapter. It's going to be called Northwoods 350.
Local organizers put out initial feelers and there appears to be plenty of interest. We have all signed up as helpers. An Occupier comments, "Finally! We have been saying for over a year that local folks need to become aware of what the 1% has in store for us with the Alberta Clipper and Sandpiper pipelines'.
"I wrote an article about it over a year ago for our local alternative newspaper but received absolutely no response. Everyone was totally focused on the Keystone XL. Now it looks like that's not gonna happen so you know they will try to quietly slip in the Clipper. The pipeline is already built so they can get Obama and whoever else's approval on the sly, fill that snake with tar sands and destroy what's left of our pristine wilderness and sacred Lake Superior. We have got to get the word out".
We begin discussing the route the pipeline travels and where it crosses from Canada into the U.S. Because we are at the couple's house, we have access to several computers. People begin looking.
At first we find the official map put out by Enbridge. Then we look at other maps of northern MN. We can't find the names of any of the towns listed on the Enbridge map on any of the regular maps of MN.
By tracing and comparing we think the Clipper runs at least through Bemidji and Grand Rapids. We believe the Enbridge map deliberately lists just the pumping stations in order to reduce the amount of alarm that would be felt if people realized how close a potential tars sands spill will be to where they are living. Seeing as Enbridge has had over eight hundred spills in the last fifteen years or so, a spill is pretty much a given.
Eventually we notice it is well past the time for our meeting to be over. Computer work tends to mess with one's sense of time.
We print a few things out and do a posting to the Northwoods 350 site.
All Occupiers without vehicles are mandated to accept rides with those who have driven. No one complains. This is the time of year that homeless folks are found frozen to death.
We will be doing actions during our next few meeting times and are not sure when we'll be able to have an official meeting again. Probably not until February 24th or 28th. Stay warm.


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Friday, June 04, 2010
The Fruitful Life Jerry Bridges
Anything by Jerry Bridges is well worth the read. This one comes in the style of the Pursuit of Holiness. If you want to slip along challenge free in the Christian life then I recommend that you don't read this book or indeed any book of Bridges. On the other hand if you are desiring to grow in grace and deal with the sin that remains within - then take up and read. the book comprises 12 simple chapters covering - yes you guessed it - the fruit of the Spirit. Each chapter takes about 10-15 minutes to read and a lifetime to learn. The author takes each of the fruit of the Spirit in turn and unpacks the meaning with the help of other Scripture. At the end of each chapter there are helpful study questions that get the truth driven in deep. This is a most helpful book to use as part of a daily devotions or study for a small group.
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