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How To Improve Your Mental Game in Soccer The England soccer team has longstanding success throughout history. Many previous teams have seemed to carry the weight of past success and pressure from expectations to perform a certain way. Though, this England soccer team appears significantly different. Much of the credit for this change has gone to manager, Gareth Southgate and the sport … [Read more...] about Six Mental Game Lessons and England's Success
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Keep a Level Head When Down, Like Switzerland
Developing a Winning Mindset in Soccer Are you able to fight back once you're down in a game? Do you maintain a calm mindset, or do you give in to momentum? In the 2018 World Cup, Switzerland beat Serbia 2-1 after being down 1-0 in the first half. Even though Serbia dominated most of the first half, Switzerland displayed a relentless attitude and will to win. Petkovic, Switzerland … [Read more...] about Keep a Level Head When Down, Like Switzerland
How Caballero Lost His Composure
How to Let Go of Mistakes and Refocus Have you ever made a mistake early in the game that affected you for the rest of that game? Were you thinking too much about that last play and what others might be thinking? Were you trapped in thinking about the past? Did you let your frustration show? Willy Caballero, who is currently Argentina's starting goalkeeper, had a costly mistake early in … [Read more...] about How Caballero Lost His Composure
How the NY Red Bulls Grow in Soccer
How to Develop High Confidence in Soccer Do you get upset with simple mistakes? Or maybe you get frustrated watching your team or athletes commit mistakes that seem so simple? Jesse Marsch of the NY Red Bulls commented after their win against NYC FC 4-0 on watching his young team make simple mistakes. He said: "It's hard sitting on the bench and watching some mistakes that seem so simple, but … [Read more...] about How the NY Red Bulls Grow in Soccer
Why Making Comparisons Hurts Soccer Confidence
Improving Self-Confidence by Focusing on Yourself Do you make comparisons to your teammates or opponents? Are you afraid you don't measure up to a teammate? Does this also affect your focus during games? A recent question from our readers asked: "How can stop making comparisons so I can become a better team player? How can I mentally overcome this in the midst of a game?" Many soccer … [Read more...] about Why Making Comparisons Hurts Soccer Confidence
Mental Game Skills to Play Better Soccer Today
Overcoming Past Failure in Soccer The past is the past... at least, many athletes wish it was. Unfortunately, too many athletes carry the weight of the past with them into the present and allow that past to impact current performances. History is a story of occurrences that have already happened. All too often, soccer players take the past and project it to the present. These players use … [Read more...] about Mental Game Skills to Play Better Soccer Today


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Football movie storylines run a usual gamut from a bunch of losers who become winners to a bunch of athletes who get the coach they need or a bunch of convicts get a game and use it to get back at their guards. Most recently, the most-recognized sports film "The Blind Side" tells the story of an athlete who, with the help of some rich folks, overcomes a bad home situation to become a star in college and the pros. On occasion, you get drama with a message ("The Blind Side" tries this, but just comes off as saccharine). However, let's look today at "Necessary Roughness" – you get no team with a new coach … a unique concept. Watch it for the actors and a solid story line (and it is not to be confused with the TV production of the same name).
'Necessary Roughness'
(1991; 108 minutes; rated PG-13; directed by Stan Dragoti and starring Scott Bakula, Hector Elizondo and Robert Loggia)
(NOTE: I updated this review Dec. 14, 2015, with some links and the then-recent death of one of the actors. I reorganized, expanded the review and updated links again on Sept. 2, 2017.)
"Necessary Roughness" is a good movie about college football and, unexpectedly, Hector Elizondo gives an outstanding performance that elevates this one to nearly-great status. "Necessary Roughness" also enjoys the wonderful work of much of the rest of the cast and talented, but not heavy-handed, direction by Stan Dragoti.
You can find good football films (say, the original "Longest Yard") or a muddled one that's bloated, bad, overrated and full of itself (say, Oliver Stone's "Any Given Sunday") or one with an anti-sports message (say, the disappointing adaptation of "North Dallas Forty" — click here for my review), or even a really nice kids football film ("Little Giants" — click here for my review). But if you want one you probably don't remember, then check out "Necessary Roughness."
At the start, Elizondo playing "Ed Gennero," is a former coach who is commentating on TV about the day's current scandal in college football. He's known as "Straight Arrow" and gets hired by the scandal-ridden Texas university he was just commenting about. That's because its entire team was dismissed because of cheating. Now, Elizondo has to find players who actually are students at the school. What a concept! You know it's a movie when the football players are real students!
As the movie moves forward, the team is pieced together twice (a bunch of Elizondo's first student group gets shut out due to grades) and have to bond through games and a nice bar fight sequence. In the end, of course they turn out winners despite a losing season.
"Necessary Roughness" has a variety of nice scenes, but no single one is so outstanding as to be memorable. Unfortunately there are stereotypes, but they are easily forgotten along the way. So, here's a look at some of the principal cast:
- It's obvious from the first reel that Golden Globe nominee (not for this one) Elizondo, who was everyone's favorite hotel manager in his nominated role in "Pretty Woman," is the best actor here. He obviously worked hard to be able to project strength and wisdom through the role without becoming an annoying stereotype of a coach. Elizondo's effort here is better than his turns in "The Princess Diaries" and "Runaway Bride" and equal to his stint on TV's "Monk." You probably don't remember, but he was one of the crooks in the original "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three" from 1974 (click here for my review) and a decade later was simply terrific with a career-defining character in "The Flamingo Kid" (click here for my review).
- The head coach's sidekick is played by Oscar nominee (not for this one) Robert Loggia, who gives the second best performance after Elizondo. As "Walter 'Wally' Riggendorf" he's brash, loud and takes a chance on a 34-year-old quarterback and a supermodel-beautiful place kicker (real supermodel Kathy Ireland plays the role). Loggia excels here and did everything from "Scarface" to being Richard Gere's father in "An Officer and a Gentleman" to the piano playing tycoon in "Big" to being "Feech La Manna" in HBO's "The Sopranos." He notched 231 credits since his first in 1951 until his death on Dec. 4, 2015 — and that left him with work spanning seven decades. He was nominated for "Jagged Edge."
- Golden Globe winner and two-time nominee (not for this one) Scott Bakula is ostensibly the headliner here by playing "Paul Blake," the 34-year-old who didn't have a college career because he was needed on the family farm. Now, he's got his shot. Bakula, who won and got two nominations for TV's "Quantum Leap" and was in "American Beauty" and a bunch of TV work, is solid, but doesn't elevate the film as much as others. Still, without his competent, even performance, the film would have all too easily failed despite Elizondo.
So, who also elevates the film? Several supporting cast members …
- The most notable supporting actor is Larry Miller as anti-football dean "Phillip Elias." Miller, who was in "10 Things I Hate About You" and "The Nutty Professor," was just a perfect cast and delivers a wonderful performance as the stuck-up, manipulative and egotistical bureaucrat. Miller's voice must have won him the role, just as Fred Dalton Thompson's voice and presence got him the role as the university president. Miller has a prolific 138 credits since his first in 1982.
- For whatever reason, I like Sinbad in films. From two in 1996, "First Kid" (click here for my review) to "Jingle All the Way" (click here for my review), this man is watchable on screen. Like Bakula, he has a smooth delivery that obviously was developed in his work as a stand-up comedian. Here he plays "Andre Krimm," a professor with one year of football eligibility left – of course. I guess you can't go wrong with Sinbad on the screen. Well …
- Every football story needs a love interest and Harley Jane Kozak as the players' journalism professor. She becomes the target of Bakula's affection in a "meet-cute" by hitting him with a racquetball. Kozak is good, but doesn't have much to work with as "Suzanne Carter." I liked Kozak better in a smaller role in "Parenthood" (click here for my review) and her other credits include "When Harry Met Sally" and "The Lovemaster."
- Jason Bateman has come up in the world since TV's "Little House on the Prairie" and "Silver Spoons" and his small role in "Necessary Roughness," where he plays "Jarvis Edison" (the rich donor's son). Still, he makes the most of his time and doesn't come off as an embarrassment – an all too possible outcome for his character. Bateman has since worked up to lead stuff through roles in "Juno," "Horrible Bosses" (click here for my review), "Identity Thief" and "Couples Retreat." However, he's not really lead material. He's good; he's solid; but he can't carry a film. Just watch "Office Christmas Party" (click here for my review) and you'll know why.
- With a big laugh, an energetic Rob Schneider plays "Chuck Neiderman" as the voice of the Texas State University Armadillos (the fictional college here). Schneider hits every mark in his energetic performance and although I would have liked to have seen more of his character, it probably would have wound up too much of a good thing turning bad. Schneider has also made his mark with "Deuce Bigelow: Male Gigolo," "The Hot Chick," "50 First Dates" and "Down Periscope" (click here for my review). Another small but effect role was in the stoner cult flick "Grandma's Boy" (click here for my review).
Finally, I also enjoyed the work by Peter Navy Tuiasosopo, who plays "Manumana" and is the heavy-weight lineman for the team. In the film's credits, he's just Peter (the Navy was added later) and he delivers a smooth, easy-going effort. It's not Academy Award material, but Tuiasosopo has a lot of fun with his role here. He's also been in "The Fast and the Furious" (as "Samoan guard") as well as "Batman and Robin" along with work on a variety of TV shows.
Oh, yes. Just like in many other films (including "Little Giants"), a bunch of professional athletes – I'll name them all later – are called in by Miller, who tells Elizondo that he's arranged a scrimmage with another state institution. It turns out to be the state prison. At the end of the beatings, Ben Davidson (a huge defensive lineman who starred for the Oakland Raiders), when asked what he was serving time for, replies, "Computer fraud." It's a funny scene given the seriously threatening nature and outright violence of the football players and lone boxer.
"Necessary Roughness" winds up in a satisfactory way, with all the subplots spinning out and answers to most of the questions.
A final note: A TV series of the same name about a psychologist coming in to help a pro football team came out in 2011 but has absolutely no ties to the film other than the name and a slight plot concession.
As for the director, Dragoti, who was supermodel Cheryl Tiegs' first husband, does a wonderful job of taking a bunch of potentially stereotypical parts and making the whole as good as it could ever be. Dragoti's short career behind the camera notched only six other directing credits including "Mr. Mom."
"Necessary Roughness" was the 48th ranked film at the box office in 1991 with $26.2 million in receipts, according to Box Office Mojo. "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" was top of the heap with more than $202 million raked it at the box office. Here are the other films from 1991 that I've reviewed for this blog:
- "Dutch" (unexpectedly good) – click here for my review
- "Father of the Bride" (outstanding Steve Martin) – click here for my review
- "New Jack City" (unexpectedly great crime drama) – click here for my review
- "Point Break – 1991" (solid action flick) – click here for my review
- "Silence of the Lambs" (outstanding drama) – click here for my review
Other cast and film notes (via IMDb.com):
- Although remembered best as a supermodel, Ireland has recorded 39 acting credits including "Loaded Weapon 1" and "The Player."
- Sinbad is a native of Michigan and his real name is David Adkins and he stands (by Hollywood standards) a towering 6-foot-5.
- Kozak's real name is Susan Jane Kozak and she gets her professional name "Harley" from the motorcycle. She never would have make it on "The Big Bang Theory" and its cast of shorties as she's 5-foot-9.
- The prison football team was (NFL team noted): Dick Butkus (Bears), Earl Campbell (Oilers), Roger Craig (49ers), Davidson, Tony Dorsett (Cowboys), Evander Holyfield (boxer and only non-NFLer), Ed "Too Tall" Jones (Cowboys), Jim Kelly (Bills' quarterback in their Super Bowl years and who now has major physical challenges), Jerry Rice (49ers), Herschel Walker (Cowboys) and Randy White (Cowboys).
- Directly from IMDb.com: "Texas State's school colors of green and white are the same as those of the University of North Texas, which was the main shooting location for this film."
- On an ironic note, the fictional "Armadillos" tie the University of Kanas for their first success of the season in the film. Bakula attended Kansas (which has a rotten football team in real life).
- Remember to always check your online resource. Even a wonderful reference website like IMDb.com makes mistakes. In its listing for "Necessary Roughness," it has one character listed as "Eric 'Samori' Hansen." Of course it's "Samurai" (don't blame the credits; it is spelled correctly there) and apparently was entered by someone who cannot spell or could see the underline for misspelling in a word processing program. Sheesh.
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Birmingham Community Condemns Transphobic Vulcan Beverage Sign
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Late Saturday night, the above picture was shared to a Birmingham community Facebook group. The sign, which belongs to the Vulcan Beverage liquor store and is clearly visible to passing traffic, reads "If Bruce Jenner goes missing will his picture be on a carton of half & half." Vulcan Beverage's willingness to throw trans people under the bus to generate advertising and business is disgusting, though unsurprising. Even less surprising was the immediate calls for people to "stop being so sensitive" and "grow a thicker skin."
At the end of the day, such responses are callous and serve no purpose but to silence those targeted by this sign. Many transgender people experience homelessness and poverty due to discrimination in housing and employment. "Jokes" like that on the Vulcan Beverage sign send a message that dismissing trans individuals' identities is acceptable and encourages transphobia. What's more, the sign makes light of Caitlyn Jenner going missing in a world where trans women face an all too real threat of actual violence. Trans women - especially trans women of color - are disproportionately more likely to be victims of murder and assault. There were over 26 reported murders of trans people in the U.S. last year, and there have already been two reported murders since New Year's alone.
The Vulcan Beverage sign contributes to a toxic atmosphere of transphobia and violence. We call on the business owners to remove this horrible sign immediately, and encourage them to meet with transgender Birmingham residents so they can hear exactly why transphobia is no laughing matter. The Change Project condemns this action and is calling for other members of the Birmingham community to also condemn this action by signing on to this post.
Here is more information on why misgendering someone matters: http://www.salon.com/2016/02/10/gender_neutral_pronouns_partner/
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Aug. 20, 2002
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. –
Florida State junior tailback Greg Jones, the Seminoles' leading rusher with 713 yards in 2001, was named as a preseason candidate for the Doak Walker Award given annually to the nation's top running back. The award has been presented annually since 1990 by the SMU Athletic Forum.
Jones gained a career-high 713 yards on 134 carries for an average of 5.3 yards per carry last season. He gained over 100 yards in four of Florida State's final seven games, including a game-high 120 yards on 23 carries against Virginia Tech in the Gator Bowl. Jones gained 573 of his 713 yards over the last seven games of the season and averaged 81 yards per game during that span. He scored a team-high six rushing touchdowns as a sophomore.
Jones enters Saturday's season-opener against Iowa State with 979 career yards and needs only 21 to reach 1,000 for his career. He has scored eight career rushing touchdowns and averages 5.4 yards per carry during his Seminole career.
The SMU Athletic Forum Board of Directors will select eight semifinalists Nov. 19 with the recipient of the award announced on ESPN's Home Depot College Football Awards Show Dec. 12. The Doak Walker Award presentation banquet will be held at the Fairmont Hotel in Dallas, Tex., Jan. 28, 2003.
Lucas Staley of Brigham Young University earned the 2001 Doak Walker Award. He was selected by the Detroit Lions in the 2002 NFL Draft. Other winners include Ricky Williams of the University of Texas (1997 and 1998), Eddie George of Ohio State (1995) and Ron Dayne of Wisconsin (1999).


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Bread – Christmas
December 24, 2016
Psalm 45
"You are the most handsome of the sons of men; grace is poured upon Your lips…In Your majesty ride out victoriously for the cause of truth and meekness and righteousness…Your throne, O God, is forever and ever…Therefore, God, Your God, has anointed You…." Ps. 45:1-7
I have not written Bread for over two weeks. It seemed like every time I tried, something happened. I could not even pick up a Bible to read the appointed Psalms. Until this morning, Christmas Eve.
And now I know why, because it is appropriate that we start the appointed Psalm, Psalm 45, today, Christmas Eve.
The Psalmist is addressing the King of Kings, the "most handsome of the sons of men." To be the person addressed by the Psalmist, Jesus had to be born as a "son of man." The Psalmist addresses the King born of flesh. Christmas had to come for this Psalm to take shape.
But the Psalmist also addresses his Psalm to God, and indeed Jesus Christ is also Son of God. The Psalmist says "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever…Therefore, Your God has anointed You." The only way this makes sense is to realize that God the Son, the son of man, is God and He is the Son of the Father. Although the Trinity is a great mystery which is almost impossible to understand, in these few words the Psalmist summarizes the truth. God's throne is forever, and the God the Father anoints God the Son, who is also the son of man.
"In Your majesty, ride out victoriously for the cause of truth and meekness and righteousness:" Ps. 45:4
The Psalmist speaks to Christ, but he might as well be speaking to us. Because God became incarnate and was born as man, He was, through His death and resurrection, building a bridge to the Father. We are the ones, as Christ's disciples, who can walk in His majesty. We are the ones, because Christ has saved us from our sins, who can ride out into the world and into eternity "victoriously." And, because Christ is truth, meekness, and righteous, by riding out for Him, in obedience to Him we can also ride out for these things as well.
Tomorrow will be Christmas with our celebrations of gift-giving and merriment. But as we do this, we need to reflect on the first verse of the Psalmist, as he writes "My heart overflows with a pleasing theme; I address my verses to the King; my tongue is like the pen of a ready scribe." Ps. 45:1. Does our heart overflow in this season with a "pleasing theme?"
Our theme should be pleasing to us and to everyone – God was born into the world as a baby so that He could save me, and you.
So on this day let us listen to our heart and let us address our verses, our poem, our life and our life story, to Him, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Let us rejoice! But let us also proclaim…"The King has come … Come, let us believe in Him, worship Him, and obey Him. Come, let us adore Him!"
© 2016 GBF All Scripture quotations are from the English Standard Version (2001), unless otherwise indicated.


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Greenpeace is combining the use of Twitter and celebrities in a new drive to broaden its appeal and spark a mass movement against climate change.
The NGO wants the general public to identify more closely with its activists, by showing that they are 'normal people'. It hopes this will encourage more people to take part in its campaigns.
Press officer James Turner said: 'Although our activists are brave, they see themselves as normal members of the public. We want to break down barriers between what we are doing and what people at home are doing.'
Greenpeace has turned to Twitter in a bid to make its direct actions and campaigns more interactive.
During recent direct action in Italy, when head of media Ben Stewart climbed a power station to put pressure on the G8 leaders, people were able to ask Stewart questions via Twitter. The Greenpeace man responded to enquiries about how he felt physically, the logistics of how he got up there and the reasons behind his actions.
'It is the first time we have established that communication channel, and we have had very positive feedback,' said Turner. 'Twitter enables people to be activists from their office desks. They can ask campaigners questions and feel like they are taking part in a direct action.'
Greenpeace is using its Twitter account to speak directly to 10,000 online followers by sending out news that mainstream media might not report.
The organisation is also stepping up the use of celebrities in its campaigns, with Alistair McGowan, Emma Thompson and Stephen Fry all getting involved. This is a trend that is occurring across the environmental movement with, for example, Friends of the Earth using Radiohead lead singer Thom Yorke.
Turner said celebrities enabled the organisation to convey its message to different audiences, and to varying sections of the media. But he added: 'It's an important new avenue that we are exploring, but it is just one tool in the box. We are not giving up on our traditional campaigning and we are not dumbing down. All the celebrities with whom we have worked are highly articulate, genuinely care and are energised by the issue.'


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I'd never really eaten much papaya in my life, until I went to Bali last year to do my raw chef certification course. In the UK, the papaya's we get flown over look like this:
The papaya that I enjoyed on a regular basis in Bali looked like this:
Hmm. I think it's safe to say we're not really supposed to be eating papaya in the UK. However! If I see a papaya reduced, and I know that it's going to be thrown in a skip if no one purchases it, I will allow myself the little treat of buying it. It's not just for the delicious taste of papaya that I buy it for; papaya skin makes one of the best face masks around! I can't remember where I first read that rubbing the wet side of papaya skin on your face give you a glow, but let me tell you now that this is absolutely true! The reason for this is that papaya skin gives you a natural deep enzyme treatment (the kind of thing that you'd pay £50 for in a beauty salon). It also acts as a gentle exfoliant to remove dead skin cells and leaves your skin wonderfully nourished and soft. If you want to give one of natures best facial treatments a go, here's how: Cut a papaya in half and scoop out the flesh, wash your face with your usual product and gently pat your face dry with a towel (to state the bleedin' obvious. Well you're not going to 'pat your face dry with sand paper' are you?). Next, take the papaya skin and rub the inside of it on your face in a circular motion; you should find this very refreshing and cooling. Your skin will have a thin layer of papaya on it, and you may find you look a bit like an Oompa Loompa. This is good. Leave the papaya mask on for about 5 minutes, and rinse with cool water. Pat skin dry again and look in the mirror to see your new healthy glowing skin!
Now what to do with your left over papaya fruit?? Eat it as it is? Yes, OR – make these scrumtastic Papaya & Coconut Noodles with Peanut Sauce. It's very simple to make and all you will need is a spiralizer (or veg peeler) and a blender. Sorted.
- For the noodles:
- 1 courgette (zucchini), peeled
- ¼ brown coconut, thinly sliced
- 1 small papaya, peeled and sliced
- For the peanut sauce:
- ½ avocado
- ½ lime, juiced
- 3 tbsp chunky peanut butter (not raw)
- 2 tbsp sesame oil (not raw)
- 2 cm ginger
- ½ clove garlic, or 1 tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tbsp agave or honey
- A little water to blend
- Additional sprouts to garnish
- Make the noodles: Using your spirilizer or vegetable peeler, make noodles or thin pasta like strips out of your peeled courgette. Place in a large bowl along with half of the coconut and papaya
- Make the sauce: Place everything in a blender and blend until smooth
- Pour the sauce over the noodles and gently mix to coat
- To serve, pile on to a plate and scatter over the remaining coconut and papaya.
- Sprinkle on some radish sprouts or other sprouts and enjoy.


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I don't care what your religious or spiritual viewpoints are, this guy is worth lending you ear. Maybe next week I'll turn you on the Urantia Book, too. That is a whole different world.


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Coach Blog – July 10, 2018Tuesday, July 10th, 2018
Coach: John Bancheri
Hometown: Delia, Sicily, Italy
Grand Valley Rowing Experience: 14th Year as the Director of the Rowing Club and Varsity Men's and Women's Head Coach
Personal: Parents are Salvatore and Rosa Gianforcaro Bancheri. Born in Delia, Caltinesetta, Sicily and raised in Atlantic City, NJ.
Awards: Coach of the Year and Regional Coach of the Year a few times. 2002 Dad Vail Coach of the Year.
GREECE and Henley
GVSU first attended The Henley Royal Regatta in the 90s at the urging of then President Don Lubbers. He felt is was a fantastic opportunity for the university in terms of rubbing elbows with the elite institutions of international academia as well as opening the minds and worldviews of our students on the Crew.
Fast forward to 2018. That vision has been replicated thanks to the support and encouragement of Bob Stoll and the university administration. This was now my 4th trip with GVSU overseas and I must say it will be one that will be etched in my mind forever for many reasons.
Originally, in August we had planned on just bringing a small mens squad. The plan was to go to Seville, Spain train then go to the U.K. for Henley. Upon hearing that I was interested in an overseas training camp that would cost the same as if we spent all our time in the U.K., I had a longtime friend, Tina Tsourtsoulas chime in and urge me to come to Greece.
Tina Tsourtsoulas is the mother of Evangelos Tsourtsoulas, one of my marquee rowers who I coached at Marietta College. Evan came to GVSU to live in Allendale with my family for three months in preparation for making the Lighweight National Team as Evan was a dual citizen. He trained out of the GVSU boathouse and also watched after our boys Patrick and Salvatore.
As a thank you for the years I coached Evan and for taking care of him after graduation, his mother insisted on returning the hospitality. So the idea of going to Kastoria, Greece was born. Upon hearing the men's team would be going to Greece, the women's team insisted in also attending. I spoke with Tina and her husband Dimitrios. They said they would help me in accommodating everyone with great prices and rowing equipment.
Fast Forward
The logistics involved in taking 29 people on a 3 week journey were many. I have to say I worked as hard as ever in their preparation despite challenges along the way. In fact, this was a fantastic adventure that was extremely well planned and seamlessly executed despite a few challenges that were inevitable on a trip such as this one.
While in Greece we lived at a 5 star resort, were shuttled around, given first class tours of the region, met the Mayor, Governor, and a Senator. We presented the City and regional Prefecture with GVSU flags and they presented us with gifts to bring home.
Our students visited the world renown monasteries of Meteora. They also spent a day at the beach in the Aegean Sea with Mount Olympus as a backdrop. In Kastoria, they rowed on a lake that also had a settlement from the Neolithic Period. The students rowed and visited the community as well as a local monastery and cave complex. All with expert guidance and perspective from our host Dimitrios.
We also interacted with the Greek National Rowing Team and two of the local clubs that row on Lake Orestadia. It was a pinnacle in my 38 year career that will be hard to match. The true thanks for making it affordable and memorable goes to the Tsourtsoulas Family.
After flying back through Istanbul to London we began our Henley adventure.
Upon arriving in the U.K., we were picked up by my friend Tony at TK Travel in his charter bus. We were whisked away to Henley-on-Thames, where we would further prepare for Henley and the Reading Regatta.
Our students and staff (Mitch Eastlick, Costas Ciungan and my wife Christine) were housed in three homes in Henley. It was a dorm style set up with the max number per room, but clean and a safe environment in this quaint village that comes alive every June. The home housed by our women and two coaches was across the street from the estate of George Harrison. His wife still lives there most of the year.
Our students practiced on the River Thames and had the opportunity to see some of the best rowers in the world. They also visited London and some even had a day in Belgium, Ireland, France, Poland and Switzerland.
As for racing.
Our women were entered in the elite event of the Remenham Cup and were knocked out in the time trial. They felt they had a great row, but at that level it would have taken the best eight women to ever row at GVSU to qualify for the coming weeks bracket.
Our Men's A Four pre-qualified for the bracket that started on the 4th of July. The B Four also had to row in the Friday Time Trial. They had a fantastic race but still ended up 4 seconds shy of qualifying. I was honestly excited for both our crews performance knowing their capability and that of the competition.
On Saturday our team went to the Reading Town Regatta. Two of our crews won "pots". Pots are tankards that have been given out as awards since the 1800s. Those pots are where the term "pot hunting" emanated. Fun Day for all!
On Sunday the team went to London and had the opportunity to explore for the day. Great stories of all these excursions from the viewpoint of the students can be found in the blogs in this journal. Please take time to read a few.
The only boat left to race at Henley was the Prince Albert Cup Men's Four. They came out of the blocks with a great start and took a slim lead only to be passed and beat by 1 and 3/4 LENGTHS by the eventual winner and course record breaker, Imperial College of London. Our rowing season was over but the adventure continued.
In retrospect.
A lot had been on my mind prior to going overseas and while in Greece as well as the U.K. I tried my best to make sure everyone had a fantastic experience. There is so much I want to say right now but I will keep it in my heart and I truly hope everyone had an adventure of a lifetime.
Thanks to everyone who helped make this work from the university to my friends overseas.
Wherever my career takes me I will go back with a crew to Greece as they have invited me again. I will take only one gender at a time and I will stay longer than one week. Opa!


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The IPBES core glossary provides a standard definition for important terms of broad applicability to IPBES outputs. This core glossary does not replace the assessment-specific glossaries, but is complementary to them. It was developed by a glossary committee established for this purpose.
|Calibration (of models)
The use of observations, or in some cases a reference model, during model development to ensure that the model output compares favourably with the properties of the system being modelled.
An economic policy instrument in which the State sets an overall environmental target (the cap) and assigns environmental impact allowances (or quotas) to actors that they can trade among each other.
|Capacity-building (or development)
Defined by the United Nations Development Programme as "the process through which individuals, organisations and societies obtain, strengthen and maintain their capabilities to set and achieve their own development objectives over time". IPBES promotes and facilitates capacity-building, to improve the capacity of countries to make informed policy decisions on biodiversity and ecosystem services.
|Carbon cycle
The carbon cycle is the process by which carbon is exchanged among the ecosystems of the Earth.
|Carbon footprint
A measure of the total amount of carbon dioxide emissions, including carbon dioxide equivalents, that is directly and indirectly caused by an activity or is accumulated over the life stages of a product.Wiedmann and Minx 2008
|Carbon sequestration
The long-term storage of carbon in plants, soils, geologic formations, and the ocean. Carbon sequestration occurs both naturally and as a result of anthropogenic activities and typically refers to the storage of carbon that has the immediate potential to become carbon dioxide gas.
|Carbon storage
The biological process by which carbon in the form carbon dioxide is taken up from the atmosphere and incorporated through photosynthesis into different compartments of ecosystems, such as biomass, wood, or soil organic carbon. Also, the technological process of capturing waste carbon dioxide from industry or power generation, and storing it so that it will not enter the atmosphere.
|Carbon-lock-in phase
Refers to the tendency for certain carbon-intensive technological systems to persist over time, 'locking out' lower-carbon alternatives, and owing to a combination of linked technical, economic, and institutional factors.Erickson et al. 2015. Assessing carbon lock-in, http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/10/8/084023
|Carrying capacity
In ecology, the carrying capacity of a species in an environment is the maximum population size of the species that the environment can sustain indefinitely. The term is also used more generally to refer to the upper limit of habitats, ecosystems, landscapes, waterscapes or seascapes to provide tangible and intangible goods and services (including aesthetic and spiritual services) in a sustainable way.
|Catalogue of policy support tools and methodologies
The IPBES catalogue of policy support tools and methodologies is an evolving online resource with two main goals. The first goal is to enable decision makers to gain easy access to information on policy support tools and methodologies to better inform and assist the different phases of policy-making and implementation. The second goal is to allow a range of users to provide input to the catalogue and assess the usability of tools and methodologies in their specific contexts, including resources required and types of outputs that can be obtained, thus helping to identify and bridge gaps with respect to available tools and methodologies.See https://www.ipbes.net/policy-support
In the context of IPBES, the summary terms to describe the state of knowledge are the following:
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Synthesis of organic compounds (as in living cells) by energy derived from inorganic chemical reactions.
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As defined in Article 1 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, "a change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods".United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 1992
Process of management in which government shares power with resource users, with each given specific rights and responsibilities relating to information and decision-making.
In the context of the IPBES conceptual framework, this is the joint contribution by nature and anthropogenic assets in generating nature's contributions to people.
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Community-based natural resource management: an approach to natural resource management that involves the full participation of indigenous peoples' and local communities and resource users in decision-making activities, and the incorporation of local institutions, customary practices, and knowledge systems in management, regulatory, and enforcement processes. Under this approach, community-based monitoring and information systems are initiatives by indigenous peoples and local community organisations to monitor their community's well-being and the state of their territories and natural resources, applying a mix of traditional knowledge and innovative tools and approaches.
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Approach to managing agro-ecosystems for improved and sustained productivity, increased profits and food security while preserving and enhancing the resource base and the environment. It is characterized by three linked principles, namely: 1) continuous minimum mechanical soil disturbance; 2) permanent organic soil cover; and 3) diversification of crop species grown in sequences and/or associations. This covers a wide range of approaches from minimum till to permaculture/"mimicking nature".
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The difference between the total amount that consumers are willing and able to pay for a good or service (indicated by the demand curve) and the total amount that they actually do pay (i.e. the market price), or the difference between the consumers' willingness to pay for a commodity and the actual price (equilibrium price) they pay.
|Correlative model
See "models".
A geographically defined area which allows species to move between landscapes, ecosystems and habitats, natural or modified, and ensures the maintenance of biodiversity and ecological and evolutionary processes.Central American Commission for Environment and Development
A vision of reality that places the highest importance or emphasis in the universe or nature, as opposite to an anthropocentric vision, which strongly focuses on humankind as the most important element of existence.Diaz et al. 2015. "The IPBES Conceptual Framework — Connecting Nature and People." Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 14: 1–16. doi:10.1016/j.cosust.2014.11.002
A land cover/use category that includes areas used for the production of crops for harvest.
|Cross-scale analysis
Cross-scale effects are the result of spatial and/or temporal processes interacting with other processes at another scale. These interactions create emergent effects that can be difficult to predict.
Relating to interactions between sectors (that is, the distinct parts of society, or of a nation's economy), such as how one sector affects another sector, or how a factor affects two or more sectors.
|Customary law
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RISC vs CISC doesn't matter for x86 vs ARM
If you've been following tech lately, you've probably heard people talking about the competition between x86 chips (mainly from Intel), and arm chips. Right they're used mostly for different things – phones and tablets have arm chips, desktops, laptops, and servers have x86 chips – but Intel's trying to get into phones and arm vendors want to get into servers. This promises lead to some exiciting competition, and we're already reaping the power benefits of Intel working on this in desktops and laptops. However whenever this comes up, people bring up that arm is RISC and x86 is CISC, presenting RISC like it's a pure advantage and that x86 must be crippled because it's CISC. This doesn't matter and hasn't for a long time now, but let me explin why.
RISC means Reduced Instruction Set Computing, and it really comes out of the 80s, and it describes a certain style of instruction set (ISA) for a computer. The instruction set are all the low-level commands the CPU supports, so it might have things like "load this value from memory", or "add these two numbers together". The ISA doesn't say how those commands have to be implemented though. Despite the name, the one thing that really seperates RISC from other types of instruction set is not the number of different instructions, but that most instructions to only one thing – they don't have different addressing modes. On traditional architectures you'd have instructions that do the same thing, but can work on different types of operands. For example you might be able to add 2 registers together, or add memory and a register, or add memory to memory. This could become extremely complex, and arguably reached the height of it's complexity in the VAX ISA. The VAX was very nice to write assembly code in, but the vast majority of those addressing modes weren't needed when you use a language like C, and the compiler is responsible for making sure you load data when you need to.
The big argument that RISC proponents made was that you could cut out many of these addressing modes, and focus on making your basic operations fast, resulting in a faster overall chip. Since most modes in something like the VAX were rarely used they were usually microcoded and slow, so you had to know which modes were fast anywaysdefeating a lot of the point of having so many complex modes. RISC proponents dubbed traditional ISAs as CISC (Complex Instruction Set Computing), it's not a term that anyone would use for their own work. RISC was very successful in the 80s – ARM started then, DEC (the makers of the VAX) made the alpha, Sun made the SPARC, and even IBM got into the action with POWER. However this was mostly in "big" chips (ARM being the big exception), the other story of the 80s was the growth of the micros – tiny chips that were cheap enough for individuals to buy started coming out in the 70s, and by the 80s there were lots of computer using them: think of IBM PCs (using x86), Commodore 64s (using the 6510, a varient of the 6502 which was used in the Apple II and NES as well), the original Apple Macintosh, and the Amiga (the mac and amiga both used the motorola 68k family). All of these were using what we'd consider CISC chips – they had various addressing modes. Nothing crazy like the VAX, but it was always the outlyer in ISA complexity. All of these ISAs still exist, but most are only used in tiny embedded chips (other than x86). Of those computer ecosystems, the PC took over the world, and the mac survived, but still is a small portion of the computer market (and uses x86 anyways these days after using a RISC chip for a while).
So with that story set, why doesn't RISC and CISC matter anymore? Well there are 2 big reasons 2 things: out of order execution (ooo), and the fact that an ISA doesn't specify how a chip is implemented. Out of order execution was the end result of a lot of things people were trying to do with RISC chips in the 80s – each instuction basically executes asynchronously and the CPU only waits for the results of an instruction if it's being used by somethign else. This makes the ISA matter a lot less because it doesn't really matter if you load data and use it in one instruction or 2. As a matter of fact, since the late 90s Intel has been internally splitting it's CISC instructions into RISC-like micro-ops, which points out how the whole RISC vs CISC thing is pointless these days.
That doesn't mean that ISA doesn't matter, but the devil is really in the details now. x86 is honestly a bit of a mess these days, and decoding it is more complex than decoding ARM instructions (or really any other extant ISA). ARM also just updated it's ISA for 64 bits, and from what I've heard it sounds like they did a really good job, basically making the totally generic RISC ISA with no weird stuff that makes it hard to use. X86 was never even close to the complexity of somethign like the VAX, so avoided a lot of it's problems. RISC chips are also not without strange things that hurt them down the line – they often exposed internal details of their early implementations, which they had to emulate in later faster version. So if you want to compare the x86 and arm ISAs, that's actually an important and interesting comparison to make, but the acronyms RISC and CISC don't actually add anything.


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|All three choirs sang together at Exeter Christmas Market on the 8th December. It was a windy and wet evening, but everyone sang together with great Christmas spirit. Well done to everyone that was able to make it and stick out the challenging conditions
First up, Generation Exe sang a couple of songs on their own, as they have a different repertoire.
We then added a few more female singers to great effect with a fun rendition of "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" - a very appropriate title!
Finally, we got everyone on the stage for White Winter Hymnal and then Sweet Honi and Dawlish Rocks continued with their rock and pop repertoire.
Here we have Emma singing the solo in "Like A Prayer" and there were a good number of people watching us, too. Shortly after this the weather turned to quite heavy rain and we took the decision to cut a couple of numbers from our set and short cut towards our finale, a mash-up of "Poison" and "You Give Love a Bad Name"! Many of the crowd stayed out in the pouring rain to enjoy the singing and support the choir. Fantastic!
Finally a quick pack up was enabled by our wonderful roadies and then the hard-core choir members moved into the tavern to enjoy some mulled beverages. A great end to our term and a lot of fun all round.
We're now looking forward to getting back to rehearsals from 14th January. Check under our events section for all the details.


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What I liked the most about ACL submissions this year was the opportunity to upload datasets and source codes. Although it seems far-fetched to me that reviewers would try to reproduce the results reported in each paper, it at least, to some extend, encourages reposting transparent, reproducible results.
Thanks to Chris Brockett, who shared an interesting relevant article a few days ago:
"John P. A. Ioannidis. Why Most Published Research Findings Are False. PLoS Medicine". (a summary of this paper is written by the mathematician John Allen Paulos: http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=12510202)
What I liked about this paper was the 6 corollaries on the validity of scientific findings:Corollary 1: The smaller the studies conducted in a scientific field, the less likely the research findings are to be true.
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With 'overtourism' the talk of the town at WTM London, Dave Richardson looks at the effect it is having on Europe and the Mediterranean coastline.
A new buzzword can be heard at WTM London this year and it is one to take notice of, especially in Europe – "overtourism". Europe might receive about half of all international tourists – 615 million overnights in 2016, according to UNWTO – but some cities in particular are feeling the strain.
Protests against tourism have erupted in Barcelona (EU1800) and other Spanish cities, while Venice, Dubrovnik (EU1350) and the Greek island of Santorini are three more tourist centres being overwhelmed by visitors. Two conference sessions are running at WTM London to explore the problem, with UNWTO warning of "tourism-phobia".
Ministers of leading countries came together yesterday to debate this issue, while the European Tour Operators Association (Etoa) spoke at another session on Monday. It says overtourism has become "a major issue in the mainstream media, on the streets in Europe and around the world".
Etoa head of strategy and policy Tim Fairhurst spoke on this subject. "The violent actions of a minority are not representative and should not prevent normal life continuing for residents and visitors, and those that provide services to them," he said.
"But what is 'normal' for Europe's premier city tourism destinations? Recent restrictions on new hotel capacity and efforts to control the growth of the peer-to-peer accommodation market in Barcelona were a response to tourism's impact on the city. Long-term success will require a more holistic approach."
Airbnb and other peer-to-peer accommodation portals are accused of pricing out local people as landlords switch from long-term rentals to tourism, while another problem facing parts of Europe is the number of visits by cruise ships. Venice was the first to raise this issue, while Santorini has now set a limit of 8,000 cruise ship passengers per day after numbers swelled to 18,000 on peak dates.
Overtourism looks likely to be an issue for years to come as parts of Europe face up to the problems of success. Despite major terrorist incidents in several cities that have given a negative image of Europe, there is no evidence so far that terror has a long-term effect on visitor numbers.
The attacks in Paris (EU1920) in 2015 and Nice (EU1900) in 2016 hit arrivals, but now France (EU1900) is bouncing back. In the first half of 2017 hotels in Paris and the Ile de France hit a 10-year high of 16 million guests, with major increases in Japanese and Chinese visitors.
Spain (EU1500) is the second most visited country in the world by the number of trips and third in inbound revenue, according to Euromonitor. Barcelona, Madrid (EU1500) and Majorca receive collectively 15 million visitors per year. "It is obvious that strategies are needed to cope with large tourism demand," said Caroline Bremner, head of travel at Euromonitor. "Venice is a prime example with the local population declining by two thirds in the last 50 years, with residents moving out whilst tourist numbers have swelled.
"In Barcelona the tourist tax, currently used for tourism promotion, will instead be directed towards providing basic services for neighbourhoods most affected by the influx of visitors. Other strategies could include imposing quotas on the number of tourists at key sites, creating new attractions, improving the dispersal of visitors, curbing hotel expansion, controlling short-term rentals, and raising prices such as introducing ticketing at formerly free attractions."
Resorts around the Mediterranean are experiencing record demand, partly as a result of visitors avoiding Egypt, Tunisia and Turkey due to terrorism concerns. But visitors are returning to Turkey, while British tour operators will return to Tunisia next year for the first time since the attack on tourists in 2015.
Thomas Cook chief executive Peter Fankhauser said Turkey was back in favour, adding: "Greece continues to be the standout destination for summer 2017, while customers are also seeking out smaller destinations like Cyprus (EU1300) and Bulgaria (EU900). In contrast, following strong growth last year, bookings to the Spanish islands have levelled off in a very competitive market."
Wherever you look around the Mediterranean, visitor numbers are booming. Tourism represents about 20% of GDP in Greece (EU1200, EU1250), and is vital to lifting it out of a long economic depression.
Arrivals in 2016 were up 7.5% from 2015 and reached approximately 28 million. Germany (EU740), France and Russia were the fastest growing markets for Greece in the first half of 2017.
The forecast for Spain is very positive for 2017 as it expects a new record number of international tourists, surpassing the 75 million of 2016. Numbers were up 11.6% to 36.3 million tourists in the first half of this year.
As an example of how some Mediterranean countries hope to grow, the Cyprus Tourism Organisation aims to hit six million visitors by 2030, a nearly threefold increase. 2017 is set to be its most successful year on record after 1.46 million global tourist arrivals in the first half of the year, up 16.6%.
A 10.5% increase for Malta (EU1450) meant it had nearly two million visitors last year, followed by a 20% increase in the first half of 2017. It is ranked first out of 136 countries in the latest World Economic Forum report, for the priority attached by the government to tourism.
"This is indicative of how much we value our tourism industry, which is really thriving. For a small island, we punch well above our weight in terms of profile," said a Malta Tourism Authority spokesperson.
Now is the time for all European destinations to plan carefully for the growth that is likely to come – especially islands with limited resources. This week's conference sessions on overtourism promise interesting outcomes.
Iceland (EU840a) and Malta (EU1450) are the top performers in Europe in the Tourism Board Marketing Index produced by GlobalData, a market leader in providing business information and analysis.
The index measures both the direct and indirect marketing efforts of 100 national tourist boards around the world, finding that Iceland was the top performer in Europe and fourth worldwide, while Malta was second best in Europe and seventh worldwide.
Sara Grady, managing analyst and tourism specialist at GlobalData, said: "Iceland scored highly despite its size. The country has done so well due to the disparity between its spending on travel and tourism, versus its economic gains. Iceland spends only 1.52% of its GDP on tourism, while the industry contributes over 35% to its total GDP.
"Malta has an impressive social media presence, again despite its size. Despite neither country winning awards for its marketing efforts, both have an effective body in place, as supported by the World Economic Forum and backed up by a strong social-media-to-international-arrivals ratio."
Iceland ranked first out of 60 countries in GlobalData's 2017 Tourism Potential Index, and is forecast to see impressive growth through to 2021 despite the high cost of tourist purchases. Icelandic low-cost carrier Wow Air (EU840a) doubled capacity in 2016.
GlobalData measures tourism boards around the world based on everything from marketing performance to international arrivals. Displayed are the top 20 in the Tourism Board Marketing Index for Europe.


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Yes, Dear Readers, we have nearly come to the end of another year, and it's time to open up the balloting for our
April: Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell, for his smarmy approach to demolishing his political opposition.
May: North Korean Dictator Kim Jong Il and NRA Vice President Wayne LaPierre (tie), because they both love their very deadly toys and have no sense of responsibility.
June: Ken Cuccinelli and E.W. Jackson, candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Virginia who gave new meaning to the terms extreme and - in the case of Mr Jackson - bizarre.
July: Edward Snowdon, who single-handedly destroyed much of the US intelligence community.
August: Casey James Fury, who destroyed the $400 million nuclear submarine Miami with the fire he set to give himself an excuse not to go to work.
September: al-Shabaab, the murderous Islamic fanatics murdering their way across East Africa.
October: The US Congress, with Special Recognition to the GOP, for obvious reasons.
November: Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, the executive who smoked crack while in office, then repeatedly denied it.
December: The Government of China, for its ham-handed approach to international relations.
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During the 1930s, Dora Maar's photomontages became celebrated icons of surrealism. Her eye for the unusual also translated to her commercial photography, including fashion and advertising, as well as to her social documentary projects. In Europe's increasingly fraught political climate, Maar signed her name to numerous left-wing manifestos – a radical gesture for a woman […]
A major exhibition exploring the non-stop nature of modern lives. Curated by Somerset House and Sarah Cook, the exhibition takes visitors on a journey from the cold light of the moon to the fading warmth of the sunset through a series of interactive installations and interrogations of 24/7 life. The exhibition is inspired by the book of the same title by art critic and essayist Jonathan Crary (Verso, 2013).
Eco-Visionaries is an exhibition composed of film, installation, architectural models and photography that reflects on how architecture art and design are reacting to a rapidly changing world, beyond mainstream notions of sustainability.
"A Very Human Rationality", by Enrique Brinkmann and Verónica Vázquez
The Spanish artist Enrique Brinkmann and the Uruguayan Verónica Vázquez will showcase their works at the rosenfeld porcini Gallery in London, which collaborates with Piero Atchugarry Gallery in this exhibition. The intense responses which the artworks of both Enrique Brinkmann and Verónica Vázquez conjure up in us relate to one of the principle dilemmas which […]
Ana Morales in La Escuela de Baile
La Escuela de Baile, founded in 1992 by Nuria García, has been uniquely successful in popularising the art of flamenco in London. Its work has been widely acknowledged in the Media for its unique achievements, inclusive feel and community spirit. A remarkable achievement of La Escuela de Baile was winning the Lukas Awards for Flamenco […]


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Shaun Williamson - "We'll see how people receive the special and take it from there."
Shaun Williamson was a postie, worked on a supermarket wines and spirits aisle before breaking into the entertainment business. Most remember him as the lovable yet hapless Barry Evan's in EastEnders who met his fate a decade ago. Other television roles have included the likes of the detective series Inspector Morse and the BBC sitcom Waiting for God but what flung him back into the limelight was his appearance as a washed out, unemployable version of himself in the BBC sitcom Extras. His role on Extra's certainly won Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant over as they asked him to recur his role in their follow-up series Life's Too Short with Warwick Davis. Tonight sees Shaun back on our screens again, this time accompanied by the other two members of the "Twat Pack" so laughs are guaranteed. Here's what Shaun had to say about his hopes and expectations for the Easter Special and beyond.
Did you make it to the screening the other night with the rest of the cast and crew? What did you think of the final cut?
Unfortunately I wasn't able to make it down but Les and Keith texted me afterwards and told me how proud they were of it so I'm really looking forward to seeing it on Saturday night.
So you've been involved in Ricky and Stephen's projects ever since the first series of Extras. How did your relationship come about?
Well I didn't know them personally but I had always been a big fan of The Office and then one day I was in the garden when the phone went and it was Ricky Gervais. He never tends to go through agents and prefers to contact people directly. I didn't know what to make of it at first. I mean, when the same happened to Keith Chegwin, Keith though it was a wind up. He thought it was John Culshaw having a laugh. Basically Ricky just said to me that he'd like me to be in his new series and I went "Ooh er, yes please."
I went from appearing briefly in the first series to go on to even have scenes with David Bowie in the second series so it's been great.
As you play a comical version of yourself how much input do you have regarding your lines or is it all Ricky and Stephen?
Well Ricky and Stephen have their script all written up but they are very willing to hear everyone's input but then again it's hard to come up with something better than Ricky and Stephen really. But there is such a wonderful world of freedom working with them which is really great.
Speaking with Cheggers, he told me that Ricky likes to put everyone to the test. An example he gave me was when he sent the three of you up on stage and said "Right! Tell some gags."
Definitely. I mean Ricky is well aware that we're all experienced at cabaret. I've done loads, Les comes from that background and Keith is absolutely brilliant at thinking on his feet. We're all very good at being able to do stuff on the spur of the moment.
Given that your gag telling went down so well would you consider taking this spoof roadshow on tour? I read you'd love to take it to the Edinburgh Fringe.
Well it's definitely an idea. We'll see how people receive the special and take it from there. It'd be great to work with them again and to do Edinburgh would be amazing. Obviously, in the special it's a delightfully naff version and if we did tour it we'd have to prepare something good as people would be paying good money to come and see us.
And if they offered you a spin-off series?
Well funnily enough someone did come up to me with a script for a pilot for the three of us before Ricky and Stephen had even come up with the idea but it wasn't quite strong enough. I think if the script was well written then I'd definitely consider it.
What about in the US? Obviously before Extras no one there would have known you, Keith or Les. How have your character's gone down?
Well I don't really know but I imagine it's something a bit like us watching something like the Larry Sanders Show. We don't really know who the characters are but we cotton on and pick up the plot quite quickly.
And what have you got planned after the show on Saturday?
Well I often get offered stage work. I've been offered four plays but I've turned them all down as I'm just waiting to see what comes out of this really.
I'm also writing a comedy drama at the moment set in my part of the world, Kent, in World War Two. It's about a few families from London who come to Kent and one of their children goes missing in one of the villages. It's with production at the moment but we're in the process of trying to sell it to a big network if possible.
I've also got a film out soon called The One Hit Wonder which I co-wrote with a guy called Mark Noyce. I'm literally driving up to do a bit of publicity for that right now. I also did Celebrity Juice a couple of days ago and I'm filming Celebrity Pointless next week so I'm really happy that there's so much coming in.
The Life's Too Short Easter Special will air tonight, 30th March, at 10 pm. We'll leave you with the recently released trailer for the show.