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The Judgement of Voyeurs
The reason for such mockery is that the preposterous society we now live in, expects twenty-something millionaires, whose occupation involves kicking a ball on grass, to live lives of unimpeachable virtue. There's an illogical insistence, driven by the media, and happily swallowed by the sheeple, that men in possession of enough wealth and fame to make Solomon himself blush, and occupying what is traditionally an irresponsible age group, to serve as societal role models.
It's an ill-conceived ideal that is as Orwellian, as it is insidious. Yet it has become mainstream — according to etiquette, protocol or fashion — for this unecessary additional burden to be placed on those whose temptation must be the greatest. Here on ToffeeWeb, I've noticed this theme surface in recent weeks,on more than one occasion: Jose Baxter, Billy Kenny, Team Tweedy & Steven Pina-Colada.
Tim O'Connell's "Common sense & integrity in football," running in the Mailbag section right now, ties in. During this thread, Dave Lynch offered the unwavering thought: "Cretins who think they can act the way they like because they are footballers," but EJ Ruane countered it beautifully with: "We can't know 'it' all but fuck me we can do a little bit better than having our opinions formed by the Sun and the Echo."
In a nutshell, there's the rub. Today I've been in discussion with two regular and perceptive contributors, Messrs Entwistle & McGlone, and this wider theme of media came to the fore. My view is simple: If footballers happen to be nice guys as well as good players, then I like them all the more. But I don't expect them to demonstrate moral excellence. It's not factored in to the decision to renew my season ticket, or support my country, as their personal habits are simply none of my business.
Yet the voice of indignation bangs on about responsibility and setting a good example. Of a kind of filial duty, and of course, thinking of the children. On spec, there's nothing wrong with these values... except when they're forced down the throats of players, to the point where they almost prohibit personal freedom. They are expected to walk on eggshells. Parents demand that their efforts to raise their kids the right way get complimented by the behaviour of a gender and age group that unsuprisingly generates the highest car insurance prices, and are outraged when the young and the stupid act their age!
As a kid, I was aware of the England cricketers nocturnal activities wintering in Montego Bay, and Frank McAvennie's penchant for the nightlife. But I remember Beefy the swashbuckler; Hammers' fans recall the pair-up with Cottee that Frank enjoyed. After escaping communist Hungary, Barca fans regard the 131 goals in 186 games that Kubala hit for the Blaugrana,and the fact he represented Catalonia, as the stuff of "leyendas"... and fans of Internazionale will regale you of tales of the legendary Giacinto Facchetti — in whose honour, they retired the number 3 shirt.
This is what football is about. It's mortifying to see a grown man in Eamonn Holmes gossiping on national television about another man's inevitable divorce, as though it were the most natural thing in the world... Slaughtering Ashley Cole, who's getting stalked by the paps, and understandably told these vultures to "Fuck Off!" only to see his "vile," comments predictably splashed over the Red Tops, who profit from his misery. Like him or hate him (and I'm not a fan), it requires expert levels of counter-surveillance to shake off the commitment of the gutterpress's flash boys. Nobody could put up with it. Or deserves it. Unless they're murderers...
Charlie Brookers Newswipe summed it up perfectly when he demonstrated, during the John Terry saga, how ALL of the networks, in a symmetrically sinister fashion, ran with the EXACT same phrase to describe, independently, the situation: "Pressure is growing on England captain John Terry." — Yes, because you're the ones doing the pressurizing, you fucks!
The economic argument is also morally bankrupt... as it's predicated upon envy. Yes, they're earning blah blah blah... therefore they have to act with the humility of Trappist monks. Brian Reade slaughtered the Chelsea players for having the temerity to buy expensive champagne, even though the price of each bottle was proportionally equal to the equivalent of someone on minimum wage buying a pint of Fosters.
Every time a Rooney or a Rodwell comes through the Everton ranks, there's this rushed desire to protect them from the media. But it is the permissive nature of society that allows the media to socially engineer us, to the point where we are discovering things about people we have no business knowing, and formulating opinions based on what we read in print. This is both psychologically unhealthy, and much to our detriment.
Tacit consent for the media to fish around in footballers' lives, or expecting them to raise our kids for us, is not the reason the game, or our club, gripped us. We ought to focus on what happens on the pitch. Do you really expect 11 choirboys representing our club? If players are lairy,or even horrible off it, so be it. If they break the law, it's a matter for the judges.Why should we even hear about it? It should not be a concern of ours...
But let's hope Leighton Baines doesn't decide he's now too big for us!!
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1 Posted 04/03/2010 at 01:14:50
Hi Ho Silver Awaaaaaaay.
2 Posted 04/03/2010 at 02:40:00
There is an irregular verb which springs to mind:
I deserve mercy.
You deserve justice.
They deserve hanging.
Thus, truly, it ever was.
3 Posted 04/03/2010 at 03:22:26
I'm not for footballers being role models, except on the pitch with skills. There were footballers and famous people who inspired me when younger, but role models?
When I was in formative years, bad behaviour abounded. Maradona on coke and whores, Gazza drunkedly beating Cheryl, Adams wrapping a Sierra round a lamppost, Hillier at Heathrow airport, Merson with the holy trinity of drink, drugs and gambling, Waddle with his haircut... but were they role models?
The way those words are used today it seems to be a substitute or an excuse for bad parents to expect their children to grow themselves up. Sorry, my parents taught me right from wrong, manners, and a healthy dose of cynicism from my dad haha.
Terry's situation is one that actually cuts through newspaper bullshit and for once showed a PR move that was instigated for all the right reasons. Footballers can do a lot outside of the game and still be cheered on, and I really don't have a problem with that, though I do have a right to not like someone. I don't like Rooney as a person... not met him but I don't like him.
I despise Brand Beckham though sure he's a nice chap to meet. Terry though brought his behaviour away from the pitch and into the dressing room, and despite how much fans do not like many England players, but are prepared to cheer them on, Terry lifting the World Cup is not something fans want to see, he is not wished to be England captain. We didn't need weeks of tabloid press to make us think that.
And Capello's action was the right one. Cantona was sold to Utd so the theory goes for sleeping with... won't cause TW a headache by naming names.
I guess it comes down to people you like, people you don't and the people who you'd want representing your team.
4 Posted 04/03/2010 at 04:35:04
5 Posted 04/03/2010 at 04:39:39
When I've been asked about the Terry affair I've said it's none of our business, its between him and his missus - I've also stated on these pages that I also think it's none of Wayne Bridges business either seeing as she was his ex. The same applies to all the other "misdemeanors" that are splashed across the papers and tele.
I'm also not in a position to judge people, as Terry said of Bellamy "people in glass houses" etc. and I doubt any on this site are.
Taking that all into account though I have to confess I Sky+'ed the start of the Chelsea v Man City game just to see what would happen in the "shake off", pissed myself laughing so much over what happened I had to call the missus in, rewind and watch it all over again.
Guilty as charged. I'm not proud of it, I hate myself for it but fuck me it can be entertaining and unfortunately thats why it sells papers which is why the papers just give us more and more and more of the same.
6 Posted 04/03/2010 at 04:47:33
However, the argument for protection of private lives should in no way be extended to protecting those who well and truly deserve our contempt for their actions...
7 Posted 04/03/2010 at 06:01:46
8 Posted 04/03/2010 at 05:58:32
Most premiership players are happy to accept plaudits and riches bestowed upon them by an adoring public.To increase their vastly inflated wages they are not averse to using the media to advantage.
Viz a viz the media publicity of interest from other clubs whenever contracts are being negotiated. Terry's case was prime example in that regard.
There is but a very important difference between Terry and others of his ilk. He is or was the captain of England and personified whatever honour that title still holds. To captain your country is to be an ambassador for your sport and all that is good about it. Quite separate from sporting ability is hold the position with honour and integrity.
Shudder! Only a few months ago our new captain was on trial for GBH.
It is wrong to suggest that because standards have slipped there is no approbation in a married man and captain of your country to have a bit of jig a jig with whomever he pleases including partners of fellow players.
Where along the path of decadence should we pause to say enough is enough or should we turn a blind eye as acceptable standards slip a little further down the plug hole. Kevin suggests that Terry's cuckolding of Bridges was a private affair. If that was the case how did the world find out?
9 Posted 04/03/2010 at 06:22:52
That's the point being made.
Going by statistics..a fair few of those twats booing Terry last night - have actually cheated themselves!
So where does that leave your moral indignation at the antics of John Terry?
The man is on the pitch for his footballing capacity - not the integrity of his private life.
10 Posted 04/03/2010 at 05:56:38
It is even said in this thread that it was none of Bridge's concern as she was his ex. Really? Bridge is the father of their son. They were trying to resolve their relationship and Terry was the counsellor to both parties during the break up. Furthermore, Terry was supposed to be his best mate and tried to hide it by getting court injunctions. How could he do that without footballer's wealth and having something distasteful he wished to hide?
I have been in Bridge's situation and it ain't a great place to be. In spite of all that and my blatant allegiance, Terry was on the pitch to represent our nation in a sporting event. So, however grudging I may have been, I felt duty bound to support him. Every Englishman should be able to do likewise since, as others have stated here already, you don't have to like him as a person so the whole role model for our kids malarkey is just a kop out for poor parenting ourselves.
11 Posted 04/03/2010 at 07:00:40
Do you attend the same swingers clubs as them? Only joking.... But yeah you're completely right.
12 Posted 04/03/2010 at 07:03:34
If I am right, JT most vertainly lost at least some of the camp in this debacle, whereas SG (pains me to say it as I believe it was a miscarriage of justice) was found not guitly for starters and, far more importantly, did not affect the morale of his teamates.
That said, I think SG is a much better captain for the RS than he proved to be for his country last night. Got some work to do Stevie!
13 Posted 04/03/2010 at 07:06:36
If I had kids I would want them to question the status quo. Therefore a good role model would be a player who constantly argues with the ref.
Otherwise kids will be brought up to beileve the non football rulebook is fair, it isn't and therefore must be challenged.
14 Posted 04/03/2010 at 07:14:25
Why is the story valid?
Because of some fabricated and abstract notion that footballers are role models?
The court used this rational in the Jamie Theakston case...it was a load of bollocks then and it's a load of bollocks now...
The European court of Human Rights has consistently rules that sexual activity is a matter of private life...yet the press are allowed to run rings around an increasingly scared juridiciary and an even more frightened Westminister...
If you can give me one cogent reason that the story is valid then I will concede to your viewpoint...
It is none of your or my business.
15 Posted 04/03/2010 at 07:32:09
You clearly read a minor element to one of my posts and took umbrage to my belief in one sentence rather than reading either of my posts in full. Why ignore the part where I say "...you don't have to like him as a person so the whole role model for our kids malarkey is just a kop out for poor parenting ourselves." and misrepresent me in such a fashion as to question my implication as the exact opposite of this view?
So much for me being 100% agreement with you! At least I had the decency to include the initials IMHO in my comment that you even quote containing those initials. If it helps at all, that stands for 'in my humble opinion'. My opinion is something you have a right to disagree with but do not presume to dictate to me what is or is not my business simply because we have a differing viewpoint.
I may agree that sexual activity is private but when it impacts on a team the matter becomes less than private. This was the business of those involved and them until such time as the press declared it lawfully (as wrong as we can agree that may be) and forced a situation whereby it caused a judgement or morals, ethics and decency of our national football team's captain. Therefore, subject to that disclosure creating an undisputed rift in the team I BELIEVE I have a right to know about it and to judge accordingly. That does not mean I believe the press should have opened this particular can of worms with the greater public in the first place so it appears we are not so far apart as you so assertively imply.
16 Posted 04/03/2010 at 07:48:28
When a player is captain of my country I expect, nay, demand, that he behaves in a honourable manner.I know loose morals abound but that does not make it right.
The point I was trying to make was, for those who make money from the media circus where do we draw the line? What kind of transgression is acceptable and what is not. When do we stop shrugging our shoulders. The enormous range of views on this topic clearly shows that the media does not dictate what people accept.
I am far more concerned about press freedom than I am for the sordid peccadillos an England captain.
Anything put in the public domain can be discussed, acted upon or ignored but most of all we are not kept in ignorance. That begs the question, where do we draw the line on what we are kept ignorant of?
17 Posted 04/03/2010 at 08:15:30
What you mean is that people don't want to read about my shennanigans - but they do want to read about Ashley Cole's...
That's all your tired reference to the 'public eye' means...It is simply a euphemism for 'interesting to the public' and a poor excuse for defeating apparent rights to privacy....it's also a term which appropriately enough seems to be constantly confused with the well defined legal principle of 'public interest'..
As for the suggestion that it split the England camp, and therefore there was a right to know....interestingly if you were so concerned about the moral of the England camp [which I think is a tenuous reason for breaching someones privacy before we get to the regression of this position] - then surely you would be in favour of protecting that morale by having the story supressed - thereby avoiding any splitting of the England camp. No?
18 Posted 04/03/2010 at 08:27:04
Your point about it being a valid story...goes to the heart of the article...and this issue.
Now, you've suggested that there was a right to know because it created division - but on the face of it, that's incorrect..because it was ultimately the reporting that created the rift, not JT's actions - so is it not safe to conclude that your reasoning for it being a valid story is rather self-defeating?
I have no problem with freedom of expression whenever it is required...moralising politicians having affairs, misfeasance, conflicts of interests...etc...they can all be dult determined by a intelligent and proper application of the public interest test..the Mosley case being the standard.
The kind of crap that this story relates to..does not in any way relate to public interest..in fact, i'd argue that it stifles proper freedom of expression by taking up room that should really be reserved for proper journalism...
Now, the counter-argument to that is that the people want it...is that a convincing enough argument to allow it?
Not in my mind. It's about as convincing as some tattoo'ed fuckwit claiming that the England captain should be of the highest moral calibre...
19 Posted 04/03/2010 at 08:36:22
However, are you saying the captain of England football team is not a role model ? Surely, you must realise that of course, he is. And it follows he should act in a proper manner and have a higher code of conduct and Joe Public.
20 Posted 04/03/2010 at 08:33:07
I believe if somebody is aware of such a situation they should inform the party involved and them alone. However, we then refer to Dick's position on where do we draw the line on a 'right to know'. I would prefer not to know personally but if there is an unease in the team it is not about the person's sexual activity but the consequences of that activity. As such, I want to have the facts to make a judgement.
Again, you miss the tennet of my point by focussing inaccurately on a convinient minor element. I never proposed the breach of someone's privacy to be acceptable but commented on the situation brought about by that exposure.
To suppress a story such as this would not necessarily preserve the morale of the team as their split was borne out of loyalty to individual players and not tabloid revelations. Their subsequent displays of solidarity in certain quarters is (ironically) far more likely to be a positive that comes from the tabloid excesses fuelling the fires.
Please try to read complete comments before passing judgement. I have had the decency to read yours in their entirity and in general agree with them on this site but do not think it too much to request the same courtesy.
21 Posted 04/03/2010 at 08:54:00
My point that it created division is accurate as the parallel could be drawn of one teamate divulging the story to the same effect. In this case it is not the course of events I accept but that doens not negate the premise of my point. Nor does it mean a division in the team should be suppressed. Therefore, no, I do not believe the premise of my argument to be self defeating.
What a bizzarre comment about the tattooed fuckwit. Relevance? If you do not wish to read the more scurrilous elements of stories there are other sources of news. They are the ones I choose and I do not presume to judge people the way you do. Please do not tell me you are a judge of some sort as I would hate to know someone with tattoos standing in front of your blatant prejudices.
22 Posted 04/03/2010 at 08:57:14
Whether he is a role model or not, is an irrelevant point...the argument is circular.
If he is a role model then there has to be some assumptions made..number one, that his behaviour will influence the more suggestive in our society and number 2, that printing the story is somehow vindicated on this basis...
I would argue that both these are nonsense...for a start, to suggest that those who he may or may not be a role model for will mimic his behaviour...is utter nonsense. Secondly, it is not reconcilable with any logic whatsoever that his perception as a role model validates the printing of the story... if anything printing the story will be counter-productive to the preceived influence on society...therefore the argument for and against role models is counter-intuitive from the start...
..and that's without even discussing whether he is a role model or not...Which is itself a notoriously abstract concept.
23 Posted 04/03/2010 at 09:05:07
I didn't avoid any of your points....You clearly are missing the circularity of your own argument.
You think that the story is valid on the premise of the division caused..but won't acknowledge that the division was caused by the story being printed.
24 Posted 04/03/2010 at 09:06:58
"Secondly, it is not reconcilable with any logic whatsoever that his perception as a role model validates the printing of the story... if anything printing the story will be counter-productive to the preceived influence on society...therefore the argument for and against role models is counter-intuitive from the start..."
I am sorry but (let me remind you that I disagree with the role model premise) the media would be acting precisely as expected to expose a role model falling short of expectations and thus the premise is entirely valid. Purely a point of order as I believe your argument to have been flawed in that instance.
25 Posted 04/03/2010 at 09:14:12
I did acknowledge precisely that "My point that it created division is accurate as the parallel could be drawn of one teamate divulging the story to the same effect. In this case it is not the course of events I accept but that doens not negate the premise of my point. Nor does it mean a division in the team should be suppressed. Therefore, no, I do not believe the premise of my argument to be self defeating."
How many times must you be asked to read all of a sumbission?
Furthermore, there has been no acknowledgement of your misrepresentation of my position as previously pointed out so here it is AGAIN "You clearly read a minor element to one of my posts and took umbrage to my belief in one sentence rather than reading either of my posts in full. Why ignore the part where I say "...you don't have to like him as a person so the whole role model for our kids malarkey is just a kop out for poor parenting ourselves." and misrepresent me in such a fashion as to question my implication as the exact opposite of this view?"
I will leave the thread at this point because this must be tiresome for all others involved besides you, I and perhaps Dick Fearon. Have a good day gents.
26 Posted 04/03/2010 at 09:16:05
What benefit to society is a paper providing by illustrating that someone who may be percieved as a role model...is in actual fact, not the type of person you would have around for dinner?
Can you not see the contradiction there?
The paper claims a public interest in providing these details to the public while the idea of dismantling a role model can in no way actually serve the public interest...
Let alone....the said paper being the arbiter of what these 'expectations' are that the individual concerned has transgressed...
27 Posted 04/03/2010 at 09:22:07
No point taking a strop. I didn't represent you one bit...I repeated the part of your post that I took issue with [i.e that the story was valid].. as this is the entire point of this article (a point I find myself repeating).....and I can assure you I read all of your posts.
Your argument, on the facts - is indeed self-defeating. Whether you admit it or not.
28 Posted 04/03/2010 at 09:46:43
You say you did not represent (I presume you mean misrepresent) me so let's try yet again to draw your attention to the irrefutable facts you conveniently, repeatedly ignore. Here is what you wrote when quoting me; "The gutter press have irrefutably exacerbated the situation greatly but the story itself is (IMHO) perfectly valid."
Why is the story valid?
Because of some fabricated and abstract notion that footballers are role models?"
I now refer you yet again to my posts above outlining about role models and poor parenting as to how you undeniably misrepresented my stance on the matter. Now do you at last have the capacity to see beyond your blinkers?
Also yet again I wrote (this is the third time for this one too) " In this case it is not the course of events I accept but that doens not negate the premise of my point." If it helps you sleep tonight I will accept the point to be self defeating in this particular instance but not as a premise, which was always my contention.
Your clear derision for the red tops is not something I oppose. At no juncture have I alleged the tabloids were correct in their approach or in their desire to oust anyone from the pedastal they placed them onto. I merely pointed to some inaccuracies in your posts. Instead of twisting my comments to make a point opposing the ones I am actually making could you perhaps address them as they stand? Startign with the one at the top of this post? Thought not.
Now I must leave and you may have the final dig. Genuinely and without any sarcasm, as per my original wish, have a good day.
29 Posted 04/03/2010 at 10:10:15
I accept you didn't say it was valid because they are role models...that post was a combined response to both you and a previous poster who had alluded to that reasoning...
I hope this clear the confusion up...It's a very interesting debate in my opinion.
30 Posted 04/03/2010 at 11:13:03
31 Posted 04/03/2010 at 11:52:57
32 Posted 04/03/2010 at 12:33:47
33 Posted 04/03/2010 at 13:31:14
However one could, if one wanted to play devil's advocate, use the 'guest on Jerry Springer defense'
ie: (stands up arms out)
34 Posted 04/03/2010 at 13:37:46
It's football.
35 Posted 04/03/2010 at 13:53:02
36 Posted 04/03/2010 at 15:34:39
What did not escape my attention was how Terry used high powered lawyers and legal threats to avoid exposure. a la Robert Maxwell.
Such a costly recourse is a weapon of the rich and not accessible to the man in the street.
Funny how politeness can somehow go out the window when debate heats up.
For a brief second I was tempted to jump on a plane and fly 12000 miles just to plant my untattooed fist into Ciarans gob.
Just as well I do not have Terry's wealth or might just as well have done that.
37 Posted 04/03/2010 at 17:14:36
But I think my input might be of some value.
For better or worse, every professional footballer I've ever known (and according to some of them, everyone they knew in the game) shagged anything that moved. Usually female and blonde one way or another I hasten to add.
As soon as we look to the world of professional athletes for some sort of moral gudance is the day we know it must all be kicked in the head.
The role of Murdoch's media power is beyond even the possibility of resposible government. Potentially as evil as Hitler, if you ask me.
38 Posted 04/03/2010 at 19:43:14
39 Posted 04/03/2010 at 22:08:37
Others on these pages seem to accept Terry's deed as being normal or at least of little import.
Call me old fashioned but I expect more from people who are appointed to exhalted positions.
40 Posted 05/03/2010 at 02:50:48
41 Posted 05/03/2010 at 03:19:17
You're correct in your assesment of it as being "boring bollocks," and as such I don't want to have it inflicted upon me. But it isn't football...
Nor is it football,when unelected,powerful organisations have the ability to destroy individuals; stalking them with cameras, snooping on their activities,publicly revelling in their misadventures, deriding total strangers while strengthening their position,to socially engineer a docile society, by exposing their weaknesses,to behave as judge, jury & excecutioner.
That IS Orwellian..
Thanks for all the comments,guys. Particularly the weighty & fascinating debate between Ciaran & Lee. Good read..
42 Posted 05/03/2010 at 04:31:57
The long big punch up.
43 Posted 05/03/2010 at 04:29:29
They want all the adoration and trappings that come with the game. But expect people to leave them alone. When it suits them. But believe me when I say, I couldn't care less.
The original tirade was the result of Mr Rooney being mentioned again in the same breath as Everton. That always incenses me, as. He is a cretin.
I also do not have my opinions swayed by the gutter press, I have not read a news paper in 2 years or so.
44 Posted 05/03/2010 at 07:44:03
If you're still there. My point is that 'Orwellian' is too often used out of context and thereby demeaned.
As in this case.
45 Posted 05/03/2010 at 10:48:02
Terry deserves all that has come his way since.
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So the big question on everyone's lips at the moment is 'What are you doing at the weekend?'
For months the big Jubilee weekend has been looming and now it is nearly here. The children are all having jubilee street parties at school, the bread, Marmite, packs of herbs and numerous other food and healthcare packaging is adorned with union flags, red, white and blue and pictures of the queen.
I can't help feeling its a bit like Christmas and New Year. There are all sorts of plans, celebrations, parties and events and the talk is all geared around what people are doing. There is that feeling of social pressure that expects that we all should be doing something, and if we're not then there's the unasked question of 'why not' or the feeling of rejection or failure.
Even for those who are not Royalists, or are just not bothered by all the fuss there is the prospect of the extra bank holiday.
So, 'What are we doing?'. The answer is 'I don't really know'. I'm not a Royalist, but neither am I an ardent republican, I can quite happily sit on the fence with this one and enjoy the status quo. My attitude to this weekend has been largely based on the idea of 'great an extra day of holiday' and an excuse for a bit of a party and 'feel good factor'.
My Mum likes the Royal family, again she's not really a royalist, but likes the history and culture of it. She can remember watching the coronation. It was the first time she had seen a television. A few months ago she and I talked about possibly taking the children into town to see the river pageant. We thought it would be an experience to be part of history. So we idly planned and vaguely assumed that's what we'd do.
Back in February we also got a letter from school inviting us to a 'big lunch' picnic being organised by school, the church, local scouts etc. the event was to be free, but ticket only. Now back in February I couldn't quite get my head around applying for tickets to a picnic and I knew we had the idea of going into town, so I left it.
Another option we vaguely considered was to go away for the weekend. We took advantage of the extra holiday last year when Prince William got married and took the children to Wales and climbed Mount Snowdon. But this time we discounted the idea of going away, largely because B is away on his school trip this week. We felt that after a week away with school friends doing lots of different activities in a strange environment he would probably need some time to calm down and recover. All of us need that bit of space, but I think it is more important for children with aspergers. We just felt going away again would be a step too far for B, which would probably impact on the rest of us, so we're definitely staying home.
Option No. 4 crossed my mind back in March. Why not get together with the neighbours and organise a street party. We have some great neighbours and are good friends with quite a lot of them. Many of us have children of similar ages, so I thought it could be fun. I contacted about 6 of our closest neighbours to see if anyone else was interested in helping to organise it. The response I got was a fairly loud silence followed by a couple of 'Ooh I don't know what our plans are yet!' OK, so no street party.
Back to the picnic or going into town. For those of you who live in our beautiful country you will know that a large part of April and early May was very wet. We were all beginning to wonder whether spring and summer would ever come. I have to say a picnic was not top of my list of plans, and it had been so long since I'd seen the original invitation that it had disappeared from my radar, so we started to look more earnestly in the practicalities of going into London to see the river pageant. My Mum did most of the research and discovered a big event at Battersea Park, but they were charging for tickets. So, do we spend money on tickets to a big crowded event where we would probably have to spend more money on drinks, ice creams, flags, side stalls, fairground rides etc. and would probably stand little chance of actually getting near enough to the river to see anything. You've guessed it, we decided this was probably not a good idea.
OK, so lets go up and stand by the river to watch, but where should we go? The South Bank is quite easy to get to for us, so we looked on the map. Hmmm. The river pageant looks as though it's going to sail down the near the north bank. All the big screens toilets etc are going to be on the north bank. For my Mum, the children and I if we are going to these sorts of things it's really no good to be behind a few people peering through. We pretty much would have to be RIGHT on the river bank in order to see anything. It began to dawn that this was going to be a much bigger event than I had first thought and realistically to get a place by the river at anywhere along the route we would probably have to get there very early in the morning. As the pageant doesn't start until 3.00 in the afternoon this idea got a definite thumbs down from the children and I have to say my enthusiasm was waning at this point. So after months of idle assumptions we concluded the best viewing point for the river pageant would be on the television.
OK, but I don't really want to spend this weekend just watching it all on the telly. As the weather began to warm up last week a few friends started talking about the school picnic. I questioned whether there would still be tickets available and friends assured me they had only just got theirs, so I enquired…. You've guessed it – none left.
The pressure is mounting. Twitter is talking about street parties, buying flags, jubilee parties, Family members are talking about their street parties, other friends are going on holiday. Help, we're going to be the social fail.
Next idea. A local sports club we know have a regular music festival at this time of year. Several of our friends are going and had asked if we were going. We have never been before, often we do choose to go away for this holiday weekend, but on the occasions we are here this is the kind of event that B would absolutely put his foot down and insist he hates. We know why B thinks he wouldn't like it. Lots of people, lots of noise, children running about and quite a few people he doesn't know. In the past we have accepted his reluctance and recognised his difficulties with these types of situations so we've stayed away. However D and I would quite like to go. We want to spend time with our friends, I'd quite like to hear the music. M wants to go as some of her friends and their families will be there. In fact many of B's friends will be there too. So, at the moment we are thinking we will give this a try on Sunday. We know it will be hard for B, but on some occasions he has enjoyed loud music and we have tried to explain to him that sometimes these events have a 'pay off' for him. We enjoy the company of friends and it is often at these types of events that groups of people get together to plan other things, so if you're not part of the crowd you miss out on other opportunities.
I digress slightly, but last year was a great example of this. D was out with friends and B, and as the adults were all chatting about a camping trip they invited us. The invite wasn't just a casual 'do you want to come along?' It involved several people getting together to say 'come, we'll take an extra car, you can borrow some equipment, you can put some stuff in the van', 'we'll make it happen'. Now this was a real experience for our children. Camping is not something we can do easily. You need so much stuff and most camp sites are not easy to get to by train and if they were we probably couldn't carry all the stuff we need. So, as a result of being out with other families B got to do something which he thoroughly enjoyed and wouldn't have got the chance to do if we'd just stayed at home.
We live with a fine balance of planning our family experiences around B's needs, whilst also accepting that we and M have needs and wishes too and also of challenging B to try things and find ways of coping. It sounds awful in some ways, but it is only by doing and experiencing that we learn and open up new opportunities.
So, it's looking very likely that we will go to the music festival on Sunday. We have also found out about a free event on Monday evening being organised by the Council to light one of the 2012 beacons, so we will be going along to that with our picnic too.
So, after much deliberation, umming and arrring we will be doing something this weekend. We won't be a 'social fail'.
I have to say, though, I think our area is very much in contention for the prize of most un-festive area. On the walk to school today, nearly a mile, and then walking to Brownies with M this evening I have not seen a single flag or line of bunting on a house or in the street. There are no flags or bunting in the local town centre, not a flag on a car or anything. Considering we live in the heart of suburbia I find this amazing. Perhaps everyone's waiting until tomorrow night or Saturday to get the flags out!
Anyway hope you all have a great weekend, whether you are going to some suitably jubilee like events, going away or just enjoying chilling at home in the garden or in front of the telly.
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I spent yesterday afternoon in the kitchen dealing with my zucchini (and cooking dinner :) .. I did not have enough to can or turn into pickles and such. But it did need to be dealt with. Here is what I did…
I had this huge one….
I have no idea how Isaac and I both missed this one.. one day there is nothing, a couple days later there are a few almost ready.. then wham.. I think this was hiding .. LOL.. When they get this big, honestly the best use I've found for them is to cut them up and freeze them to use in Veggie Broth. I often save my veggie scraps to make veggie broth. Last year I cut up and froze several for this purpose and used them all. So I chopped up this monster and ended up with 3 gallon bags….
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The left side probably should not be trained up to the same pitch [[https://adalpage.com adal]] of excellence and versatility as the right side. Not only are some of the organs on the two sides different (for example, the stomach, liver, and heart), but apparently the supply of blood to the two sides is not equal. On the other hand, our present neglect and consequent atrophy of the left side is scandalously unfair and obviously disastrous in its general results on health and physique. Even for Cricket alone, we require the left side for fielding, and (far more than most people imagine) for batting, especially in forward-play. Moreover, there should be more than one left-hand bowler in each team. Such a bowler's ball approaches the batsman from an unusual direction and with an unusual break, tending to elicit catches on the off-side. The Americans, led by Professor Tadd, have shown that the left arm can draw and model and do other things practically as well as the right; and the majority of children brought up on Tadd's principles are nearly ambidextrous.{205} But how can we become left-handed? Well, apart from left-side exercises, and such forms of sport as Boxing and Fives, we can employ the left hand in opening doors, cutting bread, and so on. Occasionally left-handed games and matches would certainly vary the dulness of a season's Cricket—and this will apply equally to Lawn Tennis and other games. But at present we are too truly a stiff-legged people, slow to start; as well as a one-sided people, not masters of our full forces. The reason for mental stupidity and atrophy must be partly physical. Brain-work alone—especially such as we are generally offered as intellectual "education"—is little likely by itself to remove such national faults. A word may be said in conclusion, with reference not to "educators" but to teachers of Cricket. While teaching a beginner, let them insist on the essential elements of good play, and give the reason why those elements are essential. Why not flourish the bat? Why not draw the right foot away to the leg-side? The answers to such questions are most helpful, and are very likely to induce a player to correct mistakes when otherwise{206} he might not be convinced that he was radically wrong or know how he was radically wrong. The practice of part-by-part should be encouraged, Mr. Edward Lyttelton's hints about bedroom exercise being constantly borne in mind. The movements should be explained and illustrated and performed by the teacher not only as complex wholes but also as simple parts. The teacher should say, for example, "Watch my left foot while I play forward. No; stand behind me, and watch its line. Now watch my left elbow." He should at first work slowly. Comparisons and contrasts are among the best of helps. Compare cutting to peg-top whipping; compare the left-foot lunge to the fencing lunge; contrast the alertness of the fielder and (if he have Abel's activity) of the batsman with the fixed "stance" of the golfer, whose eye must not follow the ball's flight at once. Let the teacher urge the beginner to correct his faults by exaggerating in the opposite direction: if the batsman's right leg inclines to bend itself, let it be kept rigidly stiff, ridiculously straight. Individuality must not be crushed. But{207} it must not be fostered unless the player already has the necessary mechanisms of the various parts of play—batting and bowling—under control. The player must not hope to form his style out of a stock-in-trade consisting of less than half the muscular elements which practically every successful player possesses. The genius-player may safely be left to move along his own lines, with occasional supervision. The duffer-player, like myself, must not be left to do so; first he must learn to use those muscles, and especially those large muscles, which the best players use—for example, in forward-play, the full extension of right leg and left wrist. Then, if I may repeat the old metaphor, having mastered the spelling and the vocabulary, let him at length write his own writing; having collected the bricks and mortar and wood, let him at length build his own building.{208} CHAPTER IX. FALLACIES OF THEORISTS AND OTHERS. It is safe to presume that every reader has read some one or more of the many writings on Cricket (from a penny upwards); that he has seen many good matches and many great amateur as well as professional experts; that he has batted often, fielded often, bowled at least once. So there need be no explanation of the game and its divisions; the reader already knows pretty shrewdly the chief merits of batting, fielding, and bowling, at least when he sees these merits. He rather needs to have fallacies exposed and faults explained. This chapter will clear the ground of rubbish after we have begun to sow advice upon it; the ground must be cleared, even if it be necessary to pull down some old ruins surviving from fifty years ago.{209} The first fallacy is about games in general, and about Cricket in particular as the grandest of them all. And here we must distinguish what our games are to some few, from what they can and should be to many if not to all. We shall claim much for them as the British nation claims much for itself—on the strength of its best examples, without imagining that the full advantages are universally, or even generally, realised. For the fallacy of many good players, that Cricket actually is all that can be claimed for ideal Cricket, rather than that it might and should be all this, is no less ridiculous. If, for example, the fielder stands careless and listless, Cricket becomes for him almost an exercise in non-promptitude! The ball runs to the side of him, his lazy flop towards it is almost an exercise in non-extension as well. We must guard against all extreme statements as to what cricket is. It certainly is not an end in itself. Even all-round success in it is not an end in itself; still less is success in some one branch only. But it is as well for all who play Cricket to remind themselves if not of the ideal yet of what is higher than their present actual. Cricket is not merely a muscle-maker, a{210} sort of gymnastic drill which scarcely trains the nerves at all. To run out to a ball, to stand up to a fast bowler and not draw away the right foot, to field a hard drive, this means nerve. Nor is Cricket merely a physical health-maker or disease-palliator. To have practised and played it properly is quite impossible without some mental and moral exercise and health as well; it is a social game of the best kind—it is a great bond of union. Far above brainless frivolity, farther above mere recreation, it can be a preparation for the whole of life, even for business life; for it can teach co-operation, specialisation, patience, observation, promptness, full extension, use of great weight and power without loss of poise. It can be valuable for all life, which mere muscle-straining without nerve-training, mere disease-avoidance, mere amusement, cannot possibly be. There are those who would not deny to Cricket some of these many merits, but they would say that Cricket can only be played properly by born players, that no others can ever play it well. To fielding this certainly does not apply: fielders can be trained; so can batsmen, up to a certain point; so—for all we know—can bowlers. I do not mean{211} by the present absence of method, but by the use of sensible methods. For the common advice of the genius-players who are so often set to teach the game is little likely to make cricketers. "Play in a natural way," they say. This advice must be exposed, though it is insisted upon by some of the leading authorities. For Cricket is not a natural game. As Ranjitsinhji aptly says, the natural tendency is to hit up and to pull to the on. In playing forward one does not naturally keep the bat straight and with its handle nearer to the bowler than its bottom is; one does not naturally keep the right foot still, send the left elbow forward, and the bat near to the left foot. The instinct is against all this—for example, to keep the striking implement well away from one's body, as at Golf, Lawn Tennis, Tennis, Racquets, Squash, Fives, Hockey, and so on. Conversely, Mr. Lacey, the Secretary of the M.C.C., after having the Cricket-habit ingrained in him, found it hard at Tennis to get far enough away from the ball. And how can bowling be considered "natural" for him whose fingers and back-muscles are practically undeveloped? So our answer to the teacher{212} who would say, "Choose the natural way of batting, or of bowling, or of fielding," is that this may be well enough if you already have control of the different parts of your batting, or bowling, or fielding mechanism; but that otherwise (and the chances otherwise are at least ten to one), the undeveloped muscles will probably be unused; the work will be thrown on other muscles, and will be done either badly or with excessive effort. We should prefer to say this: "Get control of the various muscles, as by the fast full-movement[7] system; then get the foundations of play—the right foot as pivot, the left leg as straight lunger (for forward strokes), the straight bat with left elbow well forward, the habit of the eye on the ball, and so on; then, if you like, by all means try different ways and styles, and choose what is natural to you; but—unless you are a prodigy—do not be natural prematurely, or you will almost surely form bad habits." That practice of this kind or indeed any sort of training will not be worth while, is a fallacy that has been exposed at the beginning of the chapter on Training. Even if Cricket led to nothing at all, training would{213} still be as useful as most things that we attend to. But Cricket can make one fitter for all-round activity, and proper practice and training must make one fitter for Cricket—fitter in skill, fitter in endurance, fitter in every way. It is necessary to secure proper practice, not practice based on mere theory. Many theories are egregious fallacies. Let us consider a few of them on the art of batting. The first is that in forward play the bottom of the bat must never be sent forward beyond the left foot.[8] In this, as in most theories, there are germs of truth, namely (a), that not many can stretch out much further than this without undue strain or loss of balance; (b) that very few can get pace and power at all into the stroke beyond their left foot, and that therefore the above is a safe rule for the attacking drive; (c) that the ball should usually be hit when the bat is not further forward than this. But the theory—which is repeated by most writers on the{214} game—utterly ignores one or two undoubted facts, (i.) First of all it seems a general principle of ball-games that to ensure a straight line of stroke (and also to allow for too early a stroke), one must follow-through some way with the implement; this is especially true of the ordinary forward stroke, which is usually played by faith as well as by sight; (ii.) the defensive and "safety" forward-stroke (when it is distinct from the attacking drive) has as its first object to smother the ball, to get near to the pitch of it, before the break works out its fulness; common sense would urge a player, if he could do so, to add an extra foot or so to his reach; (iii.) both Shrewsbury and Abel (see the photographs, which show them after the ball would have been hit) do actually reach far beyond the left foot. Who is to limit an Abel, if he has the litheness to add to his stretch those cubits which he cannot add to his stature? The decision seems to be one for the individual. If he can stretch out thus without tilting up the bottom of his bat (and so lifting the ball), and without straining himself or tumbling over, then by all means let him do so, for he will {215}crush the ball thus. But if he cannot, then let him do what he has been so often told to do. Similarly in Tennis I have been frequently told to keep the head of my racket above the level of my wrist for ordinary strokes. Latham does not; Fennell does not; Fairs does not; Lambert did not; Pettitt of course does not; Charles Saunders, Alfred Tompkins, and Mr. Alfred Lyttelton do. I will not deny the beauty and grace and power of the so called "correct" stroke; but what I maintain is that most of us cannot afford the risk. We want to meet the ball as long as possible in its own line. We prefer safety and efficiency to risk and theory: as to grace, well, Latham and Fennell are quite good enough for me. It is often said that the secret of successful batting is the straight bat. There is a fallacy here; the straight bat is important for many strokes, but the straight moving line of the bat, the direct line in which it meets the approaching ball, this is important also; and scarcely less important, for forward play, is the straight lunge of the left foot near the bottom of the bat. I would set this as a foundation of good forward play, since with the left foot goes much of the body's weight, and since otherwise there is a gap between bat and leg. A third and very grievous fallacy about batting is that the right foot must be kept{216} still. Some have urged that it should be pegged down. Here also is a germ of truth. The right foot is the ἀφορμή, the pivot, for most strokes, the late cut excepted. And the line of the right foot, a line just outside the leg-stump, is usually to be kept to; that foot must not be drawn away cowardly towards short leg. But as a universal law "the unmoved right foot" is a mistake. Even in forward play it often tends to drag slightly (it must not drag over the crease), and the heel may rise from the ground. More obvious exceptions are when a batsman runs out (as Abel is doing in one illustration), or jumps out (as Shrewsbury is doing in another). Why should we fetter active-footed boys or men by restrictions that apply well enough to staid men with a long reach. "Play with the feet," says Abel to all who have feet to play with. If I can take the sting off a Racquet service by four or five steps forward, which will make it a volley or half-volley, why not? This is not rash: it is frequently defensive. I dare not wait! For the late cut, again, I believe every player moves his right foot across. For the glide I believe every player moves his right foot back, not a few move their right foot across also.{217} For the pull of a short ball, the right leg, as in the illustration of Hirst, may go well across. For playing back I observe that nearly every good player, including W. G. Grace (see the photograph of him in Ranjitsinhji's book), does move his right foot more or less towards his own wicket; this gives an extra fraction of time in which to watch the short ball and its break or rise. Moreover, the retiring of the right foot does actually prepare for the back play. A fourth batting fallacy is that the late cut is with the wrist only. One writer after another repeats this in the face of the practice of nine late-cutters out of every ten whom I have ever seen. Here once more is a germ of truth, that the wrist is often a sine quâ non. But few could get much power with the wrist alone. As a proof, keep your whole body stiff except your wrist, and then try to cut. Is that how most experts play? Or imitate their exact stroke for half an hour, and see if you do not ache in your forearm and perhaps your shoulder too. Or strip, and watch your muscles in a mirror. We do really want nude photographs for these strokes. Even Shrewsbury uses much besides his wrist. Some wrist there is, though there need not{218} be here any more than when one shakes out a clotted stylographic pen. In the average late cut the body moves a bit to put in some weight; the back muscles under the arm-pits (latissimus dorsi) do some work; the shoulder jerks a little or a lot; the forearm jerks powerfully; some players add force by the stepping of the right foot and the straightening of the left leg; some—these are probably few—keep an almost or quite rigid wrist. Plenty of strength and pace will come from the other muscle-groups. In fact, for the ordinary beginner I should urge a reliance upon the large muscles in particular, lest the big bat shall nearly wield the boy as the big tail nearly waggled the dog. A similar fallacy exists in Racquets. It is supposed that Pettitt relies almost entirely on his wrist-flick; and this certainly has an astounding force. But with it there almost invariably go a forearm-jerk and a shoulder-jerk. Latham's Racquet-stroke largely depends on these two factors as well as on the wrist-flick.
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More snow fell last night, just an inch or so this time, but it was so cold this morning it was frozen by the time I left for work. The ground was solid ice and, just round the corner on the main road I slipped, lunged at a fence and ended up taking it down with me as I fell. Really I should have made a note of the house and called back later to offer to pay for a new fence. At the time I was slightly busy trying to stop myself slipping right into the road and, when I got to less slippery ground and looked back, all the fences along that part of the road were down. It was anyone's guess which one I'd grabbed.
As I'd already done over half an hour's exercise before I left the house, Wii Fit and the warm up part of Pump it Up, it was tempting to stop at the bus stop. No one else was waiting though and no guarantee there would even be any busses. In fairness to the council it did look as if they'd gritted the roads but it was so cold the snow that fell afterwards had turned to ice immediately. Once I got past the bus stop and round the corner a band of pavement right next to the garden walls was snow and ice free, probably down to the way the wind had been blowing and most people had cleared the sections from their drives to the road. I took full advantage where I could and slid, not very gracefully, on the ice I did encounter.
Billy didn't turn up today which had everyone talking. He's already on a stage three so, as Masher put it, "he's toast unless he has a very good excuse." At lunch time Primo enlightened us all, it's handy sometimes having a spy in the management camp.
"He says his crutch slipped on the ice this morning and he fell. His cast got broken and he's been at the hospital since ten thirty waiting to get X-rays and a new one put on," she told us. "Either that boy has no luck or he's lying, either way he's in the shit. Ali Rana wants him gone."
"Surely they can't sack him if he really has been at the hospital?" I asked. Primo just shrugged.
When we got back from lunch there was no sign of Tom. At first we thought something had happened to him during lunch, maybe he'd slipped on the ice too. Then Panda noticed all his stuff was gone, not just his coat but the little odds and ends on his desk, his mug, his water bottle, the stress ball his wife bought him (I'm surprised that one wasn't just worn out), the pencil case Masher always took the mickey out of. Ali Rana spent the afternoon in a meeting with Karen, the CCM. When he finally came back he didn't look very happy.
"I hope she gave him a right ear chewing for bullying him," Panda whispered to me between calls. "That poor man didn't deserve to be treated like that."
To say to mood on the team was bad would be an understatement.
It seems like today was just bad news and accidents. When I got my dinner out of the microwave tonight the plate slipped out of my hand. It fell to the kitchen floor and smashed into a million pieces, a little like a Greek wedding but with the food still on it. Dinner, once I'd cleared up all the mess, ended up being two pieces of toast. Not quite the healthy curry I'd anticipated but at least it was granary bread and half fat butter. At least the snow has gone, it started raining late this afternoon, washing it all away.


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Ed Balls and other senior cabinet figures should contain their personal ambitions and stop playing "top trumps" with the Labour leadership the man in charge of the party's policy has said.
Jon Cruddas, Labour's policy review coordinator, became the first frontbencher to publicly name the three leadership contenders widely believed to be posturing for any future leadership contest.
Labour's problems will not be solved by "throwing someone else in front of a train", Mr Cruddas warned, but must offer a proper "agenda" to offer to voters.
Despite a narrow lead in the polls over the Tories, some Labour MPs and advisers have been critical of Mr Miliband and his top team, fearing that the party is on course to lose next year.
Disappointing election results, a series of disastrous polls putting Mr Miliband's popularity at an all-time low, and series of gaffes including a photocall where he struggled to eat a bacon sandwich, have led MPs to question his ability to connect with voters.
Damaging claims of fresh tensions between Mr Miliband and Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls, who is said to want to install his wife Yvette Cooper, the Shadow Home Secretary, as party leader have also rocked the party.
Mr Cruddas appeared to rebuke the infighters and urged Labour figures to remain loyal their leader. He told the New Statesman: "This is a journey of self-discovery; it's not a question of leadership. It's a deeper question about what the party is. This won't be resolved by throwing someone else in front of the train.
"You ain't going to do it by having a game of top trumps across the leadership. It's not about Andy [Burnham], or Ed [Balls], or Yvette [Cooper]."
"If people think the solution to this is X rather than Y, they are deluding themselves."
The party must instead "expose" Mr Miliband's more popular private persona to voters, he added.
"I see him [Ed Miliband] at close quarters. He has a different form of leadership, which I quite like, actually – it's more inclusive, and it's quite plural."
In the past, Mr Cruddas added, Labour infighting had delayed the party's return to "the ring" following election defeats, a pattern he urged the party's figures to "short-circuit".
He said: "Labour loses and then it goes walk-about, smacks each other up for a bit, discovers that, funnily enough, the electorate doesn't like that and then there's this long march back into the ring."
Conservative Party Chairman Grant Shapps said: "Jon Cruddas has hit the nail on the head, while weak Ed Miliband is getting knifed in the back by his colleagues and struggling to hold his divided party together, the Conservatives are putting in place our long term economic plan to secure Britain's future"
A Tory source added: "It says it all that Labour's policy chief is describing their campaign as a slow motion train crash."


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The last few years, we have been looking at the body-coupled communication scenarios and seen how we can use electronics to detect if we are touching objects and establish communication links.
Typical competitors to these techniques could be Bluetooth Low Energy, or why not Ant+
So, with that pressure you get some competition. Bluetooth Low Energy, for example, has a wake-up mechanism, or proximity detect if you so like, that detects when you are near objects. It could be used in a similar manner. Rather than touching the object, you decrease that bubble around your device such that it is approximately your own size. Sort of.
Ant and Ant+, more or less a hybrid of Bluetooth, allows the connection of devices to your phone such that you can monitor your health or training or what have you. Typically it is found in gyms here and there. Not the most efficient protocol, but good enough.
Nevertheless, with this pressure on us, I now feel sad to announce that they have even attacked my best friend.
During one of my lectures for High-School students (well, Gymnasiet here in Sweden). I told them that one of our most important lab instruments is the coffee machine. Sort of true to keep us awake those late nights of work. Hmm, maybe one is too liberal with respect to drugs… on the other hand, coffee is about the strongest drug I do, bar Tabasco.


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We're very excited to announce that FenceFins are now available in selected B&M Garden Centres across the UK.
Find us in the B&M Garden Centres' Fencing section
B&M will stock FenceFins in 20 of their top garden centres. B&M Garden Centres already sell a wide selection of garden and landscape products so they're a great place for gardeners and DIYers to find what they need and grab a bargain. The B&M range include fence posts and panels, trellis, gates and fixings. So we think FenceFins is a great addition as it gives B&M customers the easiest way to install their fence posts.
Look for FenceFins in the outdoors fencing section, where you'll find them near the posts and panels.
Thanks to B&M staff
John Gibbs, the inventor of FenceFins, and his team, recently visited all the B&M stores where FenceFins are available. We really enjoyed talking to B&M staff (and a few customers) about how FenceFins work as well as how easy they are to install and get right.
We'd therefore like to thank everyone at B&M for their friendliness and enthusiasm for FenceFins.
Participating B&M Garden Centres
For a list of the 20 B&M Garden Centres where you can buy FenceFins please see our 'Where to Buy' page. You can click on a store name to go to the B&M store finder. There you can easily find directions, maps and contact numbers for each one.


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In our cover quilt Judith Hollies shows you how to dig deep into your scraps to create a dramatic colourful quilt
Dig deep in your stash to create this great scrap-busting project.
The arrowhead unit is simple to make and creates a dramatic starburst pattern. You can colour-code each row like me, or go random and colourful!
Designed and made by Judith Hollies. judith-justjude.blogspot.co.uk
Skill level: Beginner
Finished Size: Appox 178cm (70in) square
This project can be found in Popular Patchwork July 2016
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text: Helen R. Morris went home to her Heavenly Father on Monday, Oct. 8, 2018. She was 84. Born and raised in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late Francis and Anna Lombardi. Helen was a resident of Bensalem for 41 years, and a current resident of Malvern, Pa. for the last 15 years. Helen was a graduate of Commercial High School and had various jobs. She was employed by Innes Real Estate, Twentieth Century Fox, Paramount Pictures, and Re/Max Real Estate. Helen most recently worked as a bagger at Giant Food Store in West Chester, Pa. She was an avid reader, lover of Olive Garden's chicken parmigiana, devoted Channel 6 Action News watcher, and loyal Philadelphia Phillies and Eagles fan. Helen's greatest love was spending Saturdays with her son, Eugene. Helen always helped whenever possible and she will be greatly missed by all of her family, friends, and those whose lives she touched. Helen was the beloved wife of the late Eugene J. Morris; devoted mother of Eugene J. Morris Jr. (Lisa Sweeney); loving grandmother of Tyler; loving mother-in-law of Julia; adoring sister of Marcella Baumann; and loving aunt to many nieces and nephews. Relatives and friends will be received by the family from 10 to 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 15, at Our Lady of Fatima Chapel, 2913 Street Rd., Bensalem, followed by the celebration of her Funeral Mass at 11 a.m. Rite of Committal will be in Oakland Cemetery, Adams Ave. and Ramona Ave., Philadelphia. In lieu of flowers, donations in Helen's name may be made to Our Lady of Fatima/St. Charles Borromeo Church, 1731 Hulmeville Rd., Bensalem. Condolences may be expressed at the funeral home's Web site below. Hoffmann Funeral Home Bensalem www.hoffmannfuneralhome.com


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Mom's Therapy Founder Receives Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Mom's therapy founder and director, Miss Krishna Tamalia Vora, receives award of Entrepreneur of the year 2018 (Startup of the year)!
The Entrepreneur Award was organized by Entrepreneur Magazine (UK – USA based magazine). The channel partner of the event was Zee Business and the event was held at JW Marriott, New Delhi.
The event had awards for around 25 to 35 categories and Mom's Therapy took a part in – Home and Craft based (Startup) Entrepreneur of the year 2018!
Among the dignitaries present at the event was Anand Ahuja, Delhi-based fashion entrepreneur who runs a fashion label called Bhane and husband of actress Sonam Kapoor.
Other awards were won by Oyo Room's Founder – Director; Yes bank and many others. Each category had just one winner and there were no runners up.
"Mom's Therapy" seeded in 2016 in Mumbai is the registered brand of "Palasa Body solutions Pvt. Ltd" under which all their products are manufactured and sold. Mrs. Krishna Tamaila Vora, the founder and director of the company believes in the goodness of natural herbs and therefore with an intention to serve people with ancient ayurveda proprietary methods entered into this venture.
This organization trust 'Ayurveda' as the primitive and most effective authentic medicinal practice that is followed in all parts of India. This organization aims to contribute to this tradition of natural medication that has been followed through the ages. Mom's Therapy follows Ayurveda for each of their products. They believe that the ayurvedic ingredients when mixed in the right proportions is seen to work wonders for one's beauty. Their products pampers the hair and skin and are made using Ancient Proprietary Method and are not less than magical potions.


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New Holmes. New Watson. New York.
The BBC's Sherlock became an international sensation after taking classic Sherlock Holmes characters and tales and cleverly placing them in the modern day. In the U.S., producers smelled a profit, so now we have our own version, Elementary, in which Holmes is not just in the modern day, but in New York City and with a female Watson. Does Elementary: The First Season crack the case, or is it best left in the unsolved files?
Joan Watson (Lucy Liu, Kill Bill: Volume 1), a former surgeon, has been hired to be a caretaker for consulting detective Sherlock Holmes (Jonny Lee Miller, Dark Shadows). Holmes is a recovering addict, and Watson's job is to watch him 24/7 so he doesn't start using again, so she follows him to various crime scenes and onto his many cases, awed by his amazing deductive skills and flustered by his abrasive personality.
The character might be named "Sherlock Holmes," but it's so far removed from anything Holmesian that we might as well call him "Eccentric TV Detective #7,384." Yes, the original stories did reference Holmes's drug use, but these mentions were fleeting. In Elementary, the substance abuse angle is front and center. It's the reason Holmes and Watson are working together, and every episode gives it a mention to keep new viewers up to speed. Holmes's famous deductive skills are less about finding the small details no one else would notice, and more about reading people -their reactions, their facial expressions, and so on. This will remind viewers more of House, M.D. and maybe The Mentalist than Sherlock Holmes. We get an ongoing subplot about Holmes's father and a completely different background and motivation for Watson. Old standbys such as Moriarty and Irene Adler are mentioned as episodes progress, but their introductions and backstories are completely different from…
Ok, stop. STOP! No more playing the comparison game. We've got to forget all the decades of history surrounding the Sherlock Holmes character, and instead view this show on its merits, nothing more. From that perspective, Elementary is nothing you haven't seen a couple hundred other detective shows. Episodes follow the stock formula of crime scene to interviewing suspects to surprise plot twist to second surprise plot twist to the big reveal at the end. It's all so ordinary. I find myself not invested in the murders at all. They seem entirely secondary to Holmes and his issues. In addition to the lingering temptation to return to substance abuse—which comes and goes depending on each episode's storyline—Holmes also keeps bees (why?) and seems interested in starting an aviary in his apartment (again, why?). The thought seems to be, "He's an eccentric detective, so we better give him lots of eccentricities."
Watson's arc throughout this season is more interesting. She clearly wants to go back to being a surgeon, and hopes this gig as Sherlock's caretaker won't be permanent. Through her experiences with him, though, she shows an interest in crime solving, and we see the first seeds of her wanting to become an investigator. Lucy Liu plays the character as cold and steely, which is how she plays a lot of characters, but she gets some chances to open up emotionally, usually in scenes where she's separated from Holmes, interestingly. There doesn't seem to be a "will they/won't they" set up between her and Holmes, but this is only the first season, so maybe they're hoping to build to that over time.
At around the halfway point in the season, we start learning more and more about Holmes, such as why he turned to drugs and why he left London for the United States. The revelations aren't terribly surprising, but they do show that the creators have a bigger picture in mind. This is best seen in the multi-episode hunt for Moriarty in the last few episodes, building up to the big season finale. Still, the head games Holmes and Moriarty play with one another lack intensity, often depicted as little more than a mysterious voice on the other end of a phone call, taunting our hero.
All twenty-four episodes of Elementary: The First Season are included on this six-disc set. Picture and audio and sharp and vivid, as expected for a recently made big-budget network show. For extras, we get a behind-the-scenes featurette, a photo gallery, and cast bios.
The real Sherlock Holmes would've been displeased with such mediocrity.


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Areas of study
- Organising for Safety
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This course is an in-depth theoretical and practical training course designed for people of all levels of experience. It's delivered using a purpose-designed truss rig and a wide range of safety equipment.
Areas of study
- Regulations, Approved Codes of Practice and Standards
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This course helps to promote safety and reduce major injuries and accidents when working with electricity. It covers how to comply with current legislation and well established safety procedures as well as looking at the safe connection of equipment to the mains.
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Some pivot comics will be made. 50 to be correct. though i need to know what will happen and what the name will be. so i made one with my idea but now i need your ideas for the next comic. and you can reply on how good the comic is or how it could be improved. i can edit it.
What to do:
Look at my comic i made and think of what you want it to be and what the name of it you want it to be.
Give me a idea and it will be on the polls list down below in this post.
After 5 ideas are in, vote for which one.
After 3 days, the votes over and whatever wins ill make and put here as the comic.
This is Comic 1: Bazooka Jam
Any Differences you want me to do on it ill do just post on what you want fixed.
Ok guys give me your ideas now!
Please wait for comic...
Always A Place For Great Ideas!
READ THIS!: If theres no new idea in a week then the polls will start anyway. no new characters. only the 4 characters (Victom and Dumbass, SkateShooter and Lil Robo) can be in the comics. Ideas must have only 1 or 2 characters. cannot go over this limit of characters.


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Treat yourself to Laurie Graham's GONE WITH THE WINDSORS. It's the best time I've had in a while from a parody.
There's a new biography of the Curzon sisters out, and I give it 5stars. Read that first, then GWTW. It's vital to have an understanding of the scene around the D&D of Windsor to fully get the genius of satire that Ms. Graham has pulled off here. It's dessert that eats like a meal.
ETA: I don't want to make this sound like it's not a real book, because this is a very solidly researched, beautifully written and crafted piece of work. Such a good book, in fact, that I think I feel guilty for enjoying it so much. Like having dessert for dinner.


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News__ Meet Mary Katherine
Mary Katherine is the kind of girl who everyone was secretly obsessed with in high school, including you. She did her own thing. She played an instrument you had never even heard of. She drew in her journals during math class. She wore fantastically weird, ill-fitting clothes. She slunk through school quietly while the rest of you were too busy with prom. Her individuality scared you. Yeah, admit it! It scared you but it wasn't enough to stop the weird crush you had on her. Where is she now? We don't know about that girl, but Mary Katherine Dunwody is in Macon, Georgia making music, drawing and taking beautiful snap shots of her surroundings. hearty came across her website, This Poem Has Been Caught Stealing and we have been girl-crushing over her bashful exhibitionism ever since. Meet Mary Katherine.
Who are you and what do you do?
Mary Katherine Dunwody. I'm a college student, English major, artist & musician. I'm aiming to be a teacher & write & illustrate demented children's books for grown-ups.
Why do you love to draw and take photos?
Drawing has always been my most important means of creative expression. Photography is up there too, I started taking pictures when I was around 14 with my dad's old 35mm. I use myself as my primary model pretty much because I'm always around & know the images I want from myself.
What inspires you?
All the aforementioned, my southern heritage, the collective unconscious. At this point in my life & in others, female artists inspire me the most. I consider my best friend Logan White my photography muse. Tara Sinn is a design goddess. The people I "meet" through the Internet Etherverse are a constant inspiration. I'm reliving my childhood obsession with such women musicians as Tori Amos, PJ Harvey, Ani DiFranco, Sinead O'Connor, Rasputina's Melora Creager, and even more new artists who are improving on our feminine history. Some of my current favorite female bands are Nite Jewel, Fancie, and Pocahaunted.
How is music a big part of your life?
I've been playing piano since I was 10 or so, so music is a huge part of my life. The drums came later, and manipulative keyboards much later. I play drums in a psych-folk band called Ghost Train which is currently on hiatus due to 2 members relocation. My one-woman noise/spacefolk project is Some Witches are Horses which is the result of hours in hiding seeking out spirits & magic currents & tapping into transmission veins.
What do you heart?
Magic + cats, horses, art, film, ladies & lady-dom, androgyny, sexuality, music.
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U.K. "Batman" Is Really A Chinese Food Delivery Man
And he wasn't fighting crime, but playing a prank with his pal. There are no heroes!
Early on Feb. 25, a man dressed as Batman walked into a police station in Yorkshire, England, dragging with him Danny Frayne, a 27-year-old wanted in connection with a burglary.
"I've caught this one for you," he told police before fleeing.
His identity was a mystery until Tuesday, when a 39-year-old Chinese food delivery man named Stan Worby revealed that he is "Batman" and Frayne is his buddy.
"Danny's a good friend of mine and I've known him for 15 years or so," Worby told the Daily Telegraph.
When Frayne called Worby for a ride to the police station late on Feb. 24, Worby decided not to change out of his Batman costume, which he had been wearing to a London football match.
"At the end of the day it was a practical joke, just between me and Daniel."


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Citation: Kent, James L. "Psychedelic Information Theory: Shamanism in the Age of Reason". PIT Press, Seattle, 2010.


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From October 15 thorough November 13 Technique Junkies Stamps is celebrating 30 Days Of Christmas! All Technique Junkies Christmas stamps are 20% off during this event! And if a customer uses my TJ10Judy code, the customer can receive an ADDITIONAL 10% off! Be sure you go and see what the Design Team is doing at https://techniquejunkies.blogspot.com/ .
Come again! I have lots more Christmas cards for your viewing. I am not posting a new Christmas card every day, but I am posting them more often than usual.
During the 30 days of Christmas, every stamp in the Christmas category is 20% off. AND every customer can use my discount code – TJ10Judy for an additional 10% discount! That means if you use my code you would receive 30% off all Christmas stamps. And if you see stamps you want that are not Christmas , using the TJ10Judy code will get 10% off of everything else that isn't Christmas. So get shopping, stampers!
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Berlin Neukolln, Alte Post
The Business Center is located in the former, landmarked main post office in Karl-Marx-Strasse in Berlin-Neukolln. The impressive building will be extensively renovated, converted and then put to mixed use. Old and new come together here - an innovative office concept integrated into a unique, historic building in a central location in the hip Neukolln district. The Business Center concept meets the spirit of the time and meets all the requirements of a modern, creative office workplace. This includes, for example, fully equipped, flexible workspaces with an all-round carefree service package for members. There are also different office sizes: From a single office to two-person offices to larger offices - also for meetings and events - everything is represented.
This office building is ideally located on the main shopping street in Neukolln. In the immediate vicinity there are retail stores, residential and commercial buildings, various cafés and restaurants. The Neukolln district is enjoying steadily growing popularity. The location is very popular with employees due to the many leisure facilities, such as the KINDL - Center for Contemporary Art, the Rollberg Cinema, the Volkspark and the Kornerpark. This location is also perfectly networked with the heart of the city. The workrooms are located near the underground stations Karl-Marx-Strasse, Rathaus Neukolln and Hermannplatz.
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