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Monday, 18 May 2009
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
Something of a pre-emptive strike.
Today's the big day.
Well, the first of two.
First, (today), I go to Oxford for my pre-operative assessment, for a planned operation on my left wrist/hand. Second, of course, is the actual thing.
What was originally planned was to straight it out to give it a natural look and give it more function.
But also, I'm going to ask about my weird joint in my thumb, which seems to stick out a fair bit. When I was 11 I tried a botox injection, which needless to say, went terribly wrong.
So I'm not all that optimistic about my chances for this once.
Let's hope they at least get the anaesthetic levels right so I don't feel a thing!
Will take lots of pictures of beautiful Oxford rather than my strange hand!
More later. Stay Tuned.
Well, the first of two.
First, (today), I go to Oxford for my pre-operative assessment, for a planned operation on my left wrist/hand. Second, of course, is the actual thing.
What was originally planned was to straight it out to give it a natural look and give it more function.
But also, I'm going to ask about my weird joint in my thumb, which seems to stick out a fair bit. When I was 11 I tried a botox injection, which needless to say, went terribly wrong.
So I'm not all that optimistic about my chances for this once.
Let's hope they at least get the anaesthetic levels right so I don't feel a thing!
Will take lots of pictures of beautiful Oxford rather than my strange hand!
More later. Stay Tuned.
Monday, 11 May 2009
Southgate in Stupidgate scandal
Big game tonight, at the rear end of the Premier League.
Newcastle face Middlesborough in what looks like to be a relegation decider with just 3 games to go.
The funniest of thing of all, comes from a comment from Gareth Southgate, in what I call "Southgate in Stupidgate scandal"...
Newcastle face Middlesborough in what looks like to be a relegation decider with just 3 games to go.
The funniest of thing of all, comes from a comment from Gareth Southgate, in what I call "Southgate in Stupidgate scandal"...
- "We are probably closer to survival than we were eight weeks ago because the tally needed to stay up seems to reduce every week." -
Hilarious. If his management is as good as his pre-match comments, you can be sure to witness a Shearer inspired 3 points today and Middlesborough in the Championship next season.
Monday, 4 May 2009
Friday, 1 May 2009
Port Vale manager Glover sacked - Next: Leroy Rosenoir?
Port Vale and manager Dean Glover have agreed to part ways, it has been announced today.
Talks of a new manager have already banged around the names of current assistant Kevin Downing and John Ward (former Cheltenham manager) according to the Guardian, a replacement will be found by the end of May.
Of managers currently in a job... here's my wish list:
Martin Allen
Danny Wilson
Mark Newell
Out of a job:
Leroy Rosenoir
Tony Adams
Paul Ince
Steve Cotterill
Ian Holloway
Micky Adams
Gary McAllister
John Sheridan
Andy Ritchie
Gary Hill
Some of these names, I admit are pie-in-the-sky, but there are a host of names Port Vale could be attracting really and should be targeting.
Any one of these names other than former Cheltenham boss John Ward are the ones to go for, and would be a real coup.
Anything but a former player is needed (though I'd accept Gareth Ainsworth currently at QPR).
The other important thing is TIME.
Money is something Port Vale really don't have much of, but first and foremost a team needs a manager so that is the number one priority. No point spending on a team if the framework isn't there.
Second, considering the money situation at Vale, it makes sense to guarantee the manager time to at least bring in his own staff once the current backroom's contracts expire.
It's time for a fresh start for Vale and a fresh new era. It's the only way, and the only way Port Vale will go up the ladder and not down into non-League obscurity.
Over my games watching at Port Vale I have witnessed fickle fans never really giving Glover the chance because 'Porter' was the one everyone wanted - but even now I don't think he is the man either.
Port Vale require time and support of fans and maybe we can do a Swansea or MK Dons to rise up those divisions on limited funds.
It can be done, but Port Vale at Boardroom level to team management to the fans need to stick behind to get this to work.
My personal choice as manager from my list? Leroy Rosenoir, though if I had a pie in the sky option... Paul Ince, Mike Newell* or Mickey Adams would do just nicely.
*Mike Newell was my choice before Glover was appointed, if Vale had got him instead this season could have been a whole lot different.
Talks of a new manager have already banged around the names of current assistant Kevin Downing and John Ward (former Cheltenham manager) according to the Guardian, a replacement will be found by the end of May.
Of managers currently in a job... here's my wish list:
Martin Allen
Danny Wilson
Mark Newell
Out of a job:
Leroy Rosenoir
Tony Adams
Paul Ince
Steve Cotterill
Ian Holloway
Micky Adams
Gary McAllister
John Sheridan
Andy Ritchie
Gary Hill
Some of these names, I admit are pie-in-the-sky, but there are a host of names Port Vale could be attracting really and should be targeting.
Any one of these names other than former Cheltenham boss John Ward are the ones to go for, and would be a real coup.
Anything but a former player is needed (though I'd accept Gareth Ainsworth currently at QPR).
The other important thing is TIME.
Money is something Port Vale really don't have much of, but first and foremost a team needs a manager so that is the number one priority. No point spending on a team if the framework isn't there.
Second, considering the money situation at Vale, it makes sense to guarantee the manager time to at least bring in his own staff once the current backroom's contracts expire.
It's time for a fresh start for Vale and a fresh new era. It's the only way, and the only way Port Vale will go up the ladder and not down into non-League obscurity.
Over my games watching at Port Vale I have witnessed fickle fans never really giving Glover the chance because 'Porter' was the one everyone wanted - but even now I don't think he is the man either.
Port Vale require time and support of fans and maybe we can do a Swansea or MK Dons to rise up those divisions on limited funds.
It can be done, but Port Vale at Boardroom level to team management to the fans need to stick behind to get this to work.
My personal choice as manager from my list? Leroy Rosenoir, though if I had a pie in the sky option... Paul Ince, Mike Newell* or Mickey Adams would do just nicely.
*Mike Newell was my choice before Glover was appointed, if Vale had got him instead this season could have been a whole lot different.
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
Photography Venture...
After being at the Gig recently, as well as the Eddie Izzard gig, I have noticed that I am out a fair bit and with the weather starting to get good it's clicky clicky time.
Decided to plump for a Samsung L313 from Argos. I'm not big on photography - not much of an eye for it but I am an appreciator of it and the art of it all.
13.6MP, so considering I'm using it just for a hobby but at least so the pictures aren't God awful like the ones in recent blogs and such (iPhone only really good for photos up front --> I've decided too that even an iPhone upgrade won't give me much more, it's a phone, not a camera...)
Pretty.
Decided to plump for a Samsung L313 from Argos. I'm not big on photography - not much of an eye for it but I am an appreciator of it and the art of it all.
13.6MP, so considering I'm using it just for a hobby but at least so the pictures aren't God awful like the ones in recent blogs and such (iPhone only really good for photos up front --> I've decided too that even an iPhone upgrade won't give me much more, it's a phone, not a camera...)
Pretty.
Monday, 27 April 2009
E is for Eddie, L is for Loser (Eddie Izzard Talking Politics, Bloomsbury Theatre, 27th April 2009)
Long winded title so apologies.
E is for Eddie -
Went to see Eddie Izzard Tonight at the Bloomsbury Theatre in Euston, London. Stopped over at the Bree Louise for a pint and half.
Eddie was joined by Ed Balls MP (Minister for Education) and Tessa Jowell MP (Minister for Sport, Arts and Culture). It was a political question time with Eddie playing the host role.
Only difference being there wasn't anything negative, except your normal Tory/Cameron political bashing.
Nothing really of note - Europe and the Olympics were the big talking points. Eddie is very passionate about Labour politics and Europeanisation that he had said he intends to stand for public office - I'd like to see him run against Boris.
Twitter was also mentioned - Ed Balls didn't quite get it, and one Tweeter has commented that Eddie should run against Boris Johnson for Mayor of London - and see the clown get beat by a real comedian.
Audio of Eddie Talking Politics here (my AudioBoo) - you can hear me laugh at one point!
Picture 2
Picture 3
Picture 4
L is for Loser
Other than that, at some point between Bloomsbury and Euston I noticed I had lost my wallet - rediscovered it back at the Theatre!
On top of that, I lost my keys, too.
E is for Eddie; L is for Lucas - L is for Loser...
E is for Eddie -
Went to see Eddie Izzard Tonight at the Bloomsbury Theatre in Euston, London. Stopped over at the Bree Louise for a pint and half.
Eddie was joined by Ed Balls MP (Minister for Education) and Tessa Jowell MP (Minister for Sport, Arts and Culture). It was a political question time with Eddie playing the host role.
Only difference being there wasn't anything negative, except your normal Tory/Cameron political bashing.
Nothing really of note - Europe and the Olympics were the big talking points. Eddie is very passionate about Labour politics and Europeanisation that he had said he intends to stand for public office - I'd like to see him run against Boris.
Twitter was also mentioned - Ed Balls didn't quite get it, and one Tweeter has commented that Eddie should run against Boris Johnson for Mayor of London - and see the clown get beat by a real comedian.
Audio of Eddie Talking Politics here (my AudioBoo) - you can hear me laugh at one point!
Picture Gallery:
Picture 1Picture 2
Picture 3
Picture 4
L is for Loser
Other than that, at some point between Bloomsbury and Euston I noticed I had lost my wallet - rediscovered it back at the Theatre!
On top of that, I lost my keys, too.
E is for Eddie; L is for Lucas - L is for Loser...
Sunday, 26 April 2009
Senses Fail Club Academy Gig Review 25th April 2009
Went train hopping to Manchester for last night's Senses Fail gig at Club Academy, supported by Deaf Havana and My Emergency (click links for their MySpaces!)
My Emergency - typical scene band, but listenable.
Deaf Havana - the better of the three - a bit more like Senses Fail of old, with sscreamer lead vocal and singer/guitarist, nice 4 set.
Senses Fail - the band practically everyone came to see. As I was warned, they were your typical studio band. Having stood in front of the stage by the amp, could barely hear the voices in the songs. Some classics like "You're Cute when you Scream", "Bloody Romance", "Martini Kiss" were all played, and well as their newer, more whiner stuff.
The singer was incredibly dense. He told us that he was an American Cub Scout and there was some documentary of him or something on some channel in America, something about something called "Oxygen" (the channel I think), and to watch at 2AM GREENWICH STANDARD TIME. Tit. Anyway, we are on British Summer Time.
Also, he tried telling us stories of swimming pool parties - thinking we would all understand and that we all have swimming pools. We don't.
And for comical measure, despite admitting he was not a comedian he still saw something humourous in that Mayo squeezing out of a bottle had a striking resemblance to semen. I suppose it was fitting as I and Renate were probably the oldest there - too many 13 year old scene kids drinking WKD by the looks of things.
There was something good though - some guy at the front got kicked out for throwing people over the safety barrier - and plenty of crowd surfers tried to get to the stage but failed. The singer almost got pulled in too. Fun times.
In in all, gig was not too shabby and it was a nice leveller to have someone in Manchester with me who loves it as much as I hate it.
Before the Gig
We had the time to get a pint in at the Lass O'Gowrie after briefly revisiting the memories of Weston Hall - Titanic Stout for myself. All was looking up as Manchester United were losing 2-0 too.
Ended up at the gig early enough to sit outside Jabez Clegg for a sit down and discovering United had reversed the score to 5-2 by the end of the match! - I had the fortunate honour of being hit on - twice for lighter and where to get cigarettes. The girl was going to some Chav gig in another one of the Academy rooms, and looked a right tit since the way she said she came she had to pass a shop. More for my ego, I suppose.
Despite the epic queue stretching as far back as Coupland Street - 2 gigs on, so no joke here - I used my university connections to get in via the side entrance at the Union pub. I'm sneaky, but get away with what you can.
Ended up at the gig early enough to sit outside Jabez Clegg for a sit down and discovering United had reversed the score to 5-2 by the end of the match! - I had the fortunate honour of being hit on - twice for lighter and where to get cigarettes. The girl was going to some Chav gig in another one of the Academy rooms, and looked a right tit since the way she said she came she had to pass a shop. More for my ego, I suppose.
Despite the epic queue stretching as far back as Coupland Street - 2 gigs on, so no joke here - I used my university connections to get in via the side entrance at the Union pub. I'm sneaky, but get away with what you can.
The Gig
It was all broadcasted on my Twitter, but I thought I'd put a blog here too.
It was all broadcasted on my Twitter, but I thought I'd put a blog here too.
My Emergency - typical scene band, but listenable.
Deaf Havana - the better of the three - a bit more like Senses Fail of old, with sscreamer lead vocal and singer/guitarist, nice 4 set.
Senses Fail - the band practically everyone came to see. As I was warned, they were your typical studio band. Having stood in front of the stage by the amp, could barely hear the voices in the songs. Some classics like "You're Cute when you Scream", "Bloody Romance", "Martini Kiss" were all played, and well as their newer, more whiner stuff.
The singer was incredibly dense. He told us that he was an American Cub Scout and there was some documentary of him or something on some channel in America, something about something called "Oxygen" (the channel I think), and to watch at 2AM GREENWICH STANDARD TIME. Tit. Anyway, we are on British Summer Time.
Also, he tried telling us stories of swimming pool parties - thinking we would all understand and that we all have swimming pools. We don't.
And for comical measure, despite admitting he was not a comedian he still saw something humourous in that Mayo squeezing out of a bottle had a striking resemblance to semen. I suppose it was fitting as I and Renate were probably the oldest there - too many 13 year old scene kids drinking WKD by the looks of things.
There was something good though - some guy at the front got kicked out for throwing people over the safety barrier - and plenty of crowd surfers tried to get to the stage but failed. The singer almost got pulled in too. Fun times.
In in all, gig was not too shabby and it was a nice leveller to have someone in Manchester with me who loves it as much as I hate it.
After the Gig
After the gig it was time for Relentless and the treacherous walk through Canal Street. Much to my dismay there wasn't any men in leather, but many uniformed army gays and dykes you could easily mistake for men, and men you could mistake for flat chested ladies. I managed to make up for the experience after though, and a 4 hour wait called at the National Express cardboard box awaited.
We managed to witness a coach driver getting near assaulted by drunken passengers, police coming in and some racially incited banter between some passengers or something trying to go home to London. It's amazing how absolutely leathered people get on a night out!
I had a rude awakening and encounter with the security guard when I went for a cigarette who was probably expecting me to be rude back - but he had a hard night. A short stop at Keele services for photo processing and a walk home ended the night.
I give the night a ***/5 - * for getting away with so much and the entertainment of people getting in trouble with the policia, * for the gig being bareable, * for the shits and giggles.
Ren & I (at Jabez Clegg)
See full Facebook photo album of the night here
Fun with my friend, but I'm tempting to just let my beard grow all Karl Marx like - I never get served like this and its embarassing! I'm 20 for crying out loud!
Tomorrow - essay hand-ins and Eddie Izzard in London. Roll on.
Fin.
We managed to witness a coach driver getting near assaulted by drunken passengers, police coming in and some racially incited banter between some passengers or something trying to go home to London. It's amazing how absolutely leathered people get on a night out!
I had a rude awakening and encounter with the security guard when I went for a cigarette who was probably expecting me to be rude back - but he had a hard night. A short stop at Keele services for photo processing and a walk home ended the night.
I give the night a ***/5 - * for getting away with so much and the entertainment of people getting in trouble with the policia, * for the gig being bareable, * for the shits and giggles.
Ren & I (at Jabez Clegg)
See full Facebook photo album of the night here
Fun with my friend, but I'm tempting to just let my beard grow all Karl Marx like - I never get served like this and its embarassing! I'm 20 for crying out loud!
Tomorrow - essay hand-ins and Eddie Izzard in London. Roll on.
Fin.
Friday, 24 April 2009
'Hung' Parliament and Dead-lines
I have been busy with essays recently - written 3 in the past 10 days hence the lack of blogging because I just haven't found much time for it.
Over the past 4 weeks actually there have been 4 essays I have written this semester:
Philosophy of Mind - "Are Sensations Brain Processes?" (25 March)
Philosophy of Logic- "Do Possible Worlds Exist?" (22 April)
Politics: Germany - "Why has Germany’s second attempt at democracy been successful while its first failed?" (22 April)
Politics: UK - "The Attlee governments of 1945-51 have been described as the most successful application of the Labour Party's version of democratic socialism. What does their record tell us about Labour's version of democratic socialism?" (22 April)
So this Tuesday I hammered out the Logic essay in 8 hours, despite not really having much clue or understanding what the point in these Logic arguments are all about. Not got much interest in it, personally.
The Mind essay is still yet to come back -- but I'm looking forward to it.
Monday, I'm due to hand in the two Politics Essays and an Extended Essay of 5,000 (which now has a deadline extension for many reasons):
"In the event of a hung parliament, could this be seen as consensual democracy or otherwise? Discuss with reference to the United Kingdom."
The essay was chosen by me, much for all my Republican-interests politically and I have until 8th of May for that.
12th May is my Pre-Operative Assessment, so I'm planning a nice few blogs in the CP-section then, and the actual Operation is on the 28th May.
My Exams start 22nd May, with 4 exams - 22nd and 27th May, 5th and 8th June (Mind, German Politics, Logic and then UK Politics).
Its nice thinking everything could be over soon and I could get back to something that I love - decent blogging.
Saturday though - I get to see Senses Fail at Club Academy in Manchester --> Not that I care much for Manchester but I used to like the band when I was a bit younger. *might* be good, but from what I hear I can't expect too much.
Oh, and Eddie Izzard in London on Monday after I hand in my essays, with my dad.
Fun times!
Over the past 4 weeks actually there have been 4 essays I have written this semester:
Philosophy of Mind - "Are Sensations Brain Processes?" (25 March)
Philosophy of Logic- "Do Possible Worlds Exist?" (22 April)
Politics: Germany - "Why has Germany’s second attempt at democracy been successful while its first failed?" (22 April)
Politics: UK - "The Attlee governments of 1945-51 have been described as the most successful application of the Labour Party's version of democratic socialism. What does their record tell us about Labour's version of democratic socialism?" (22 April)
So this Tuesday I hammered out the Logic essay in 8 hours, despite not really having much clue or understanding what the point in these Logic arguments are all about. Not got much interest in it, personally.
The Mind essay is still yet to come back -- but I'm looking forward to it.
Monday, I'm due to hand in the two Politics Essays and an Extended Essay of 5,000 (which now has a deadline extension for many reasons):
"In the event of a hung parliament, could this be seen as consensual democracy or otherwise? Discuss with reference to the United Kingdom."
The essay was chosen by me, much for all my Republican-interests politically and I have until 8th of May for that.
12th May is my Pre-Operative Assessment, so I'm planning a nice few blogs in the CP-section then, and the actual Operation is on the 28th May.
My Exams start 22nd May, with 4 exams - 22nd and 27th May, 5th and 8th June (Mind, German Politics, Logic and then UK Politics).
Its nice thinking everything could be over soon and I could get back to something that I love - decent blogging.
Saturday though - I get to see Senses Fail at Club Academy in Manchester --> Not that I care much for Manchester but I used to like the band when I was a bit younger. *might* be good, but from what I hear I can't expect too much.
Oh, and Eddie Izzard in London on Monday after I hand in my essays, with my dad.
Fun times!
Friday, 17 April 2009
Essays and Referencing
It's madness in my poor, little, insignificant life right now. Well, insignificant to the point I am only one person and there's much worse out there.
But, as I finish typing a political essay on the Attlee Governments and Democratic Socialism, I've realized a real bugbear when it comes to essays - necessary though annoying.
As you probably guessed from the title - it's referencing and bibliography.
As boring as it is, it is also tedious as those academics among you will realize. To help with the speed of my essays, I have merely referenced in the text shorthand (I use Harvard), and now I need to shift through and write them out, long hand and get my bibliography set up.
With this being one of 4 essays due in in the next 10 days, I have also made a similar (mistake) approach to one of my essays due in a week on Monday.
This coming Wednesday - Philosophy of Logic essay - I'm intrigued how this essay is going to turn out...
then a week on Monday:
Extended Essay [Politics] (which requires BINDING) I've not even started researching, never mind writing.
Germany Politics Essay (needs referencing properly)
UK Essay (just conclusion and referencing required)
So just 3,000 words for the Logic essay now, and a further 5,000 in me for the Extended Essay.
I am on a tight schedule to get all this done, so apologies for lack of interesting blogging in the meantime.
I do miss it. But I'm sure you understand.
Rant over.
But, as I finish typing a political essay on the Attlee Governments and Democratic Socialism, I've realized a real bugbear when it comes to essays - necessary though annoying.
As you probably guessed from the title - it's referencing and bibliography.
As boring as it is, it is also tedious as those academics among you will realize. To help with the speed of my essays, I have merely referenced in the text shorthand (I use Harvard), and now I need to shift through and write them out, long hand and get my bibliography set up.
With this being one of 4 essays due in in the next 10 days, I have also made a similar (mistake) approach to one of my essays due in a week on Monday.
This coming Wednesday - Philosophy of Logic essay - I'm intrigued how this essay is going to turn out...
then a week on Monday:
Extended Essay [Politics] (which requires BINDING) I've not even started researching, never mind writing.
Germany Politics Essay (needs referencing properly)
UK Essay (just conclusion and referencing required)
So just 3,000 words for the Logic essay now, and a further 5,000 in me for the Extended Essay.
I am on a tight schedule to get all this done, so apologies for lack of interesting blogging in the meantime.
I do miss it. But I'm sure you understand.
Rant over.
Thursday, 16 April 2009
Football Manager - Male seeking Female?
I'm quite the social networker and I sometimes visit the SIGames Community Forums for Football Manager discussion.
Anyway, I found a Football Manager singles thread (link here, you may need to be a member to see it) and found the below hilarious:
The thread continues with men talking about their frustrations of their significant other's lack of understanding with their love for the game (Football Manager, not football itself!) - and it all just reminds me of something I've had to deal with before, which became the following rant:
It 'ruins lives' apparently and is a silly little dot game. All in good humour of course.
Now though, the game is a little less sexist - You can be a "female manager" now and there are, apparently, girl players of the game. It is too, a little bit more real - still dots but now a 3D view too, so all the more exciting.
Of course, I would say that having played the game in its many versions since I was 8. It is true that it ruins lives, relationships and has been cited as a reason for a divorce (apparently)
Looking for a female player of this game must be very rare, and I must say I don't think it'll ever happen for those looking for it.
Otherwise, it's probably best to lead a 'double life'...
Monday, 13 April 2009
Football on Sundays. Heaven forbid. Or should that be Sunday trading laws?
The question or issue I'm talking about here is 'Football-free Sundays'.
Over the recent row over Easter Sunday football, the Archbishop Vincent Nichols weighed in opposition to live football on Easter Sunday.
Now, the ever famous Desmond Tutu lookalike (John Semantu, Archbishp of York) has weighed in, too.
Using Sunday trading laws or not to prevent games on a Easter Sunday, for a footballing neutral, I would have to say more has to be done to stop games being played on a Sunday as it is.
Historically, games are played on a Saturday at 3PM. With the advent of Sky and tv football, games are moved from 3PM to earlier on a Saturday or on a Sunday/Monday (or any day, take your pick) so that the ones played at other grounds, for the smaller clubs, don't lose out. That is the idea - on the one hand small clubs don't lose out, but also more people watch the tv games too.
If the first argument for tv football is the case, and should we accept Sunday trading laws; should it not be at all possible to prevent games being played on a Sunday at all? Sky have a choice of channels to choose from and are no strangers to interactive "match-choice" via the red button when it comes to the UEFA Champions League. This could be easily acheived by 7-8PM kickoffs on a Saturday and 11AM kickoffs on a Saturday respectively, so no matter what the case is TV football and the traditionalists will win in the end.
Super Sundays (as Sky love to call them) will become Super Saturdays. What is there to lose?
1) Tradition will be somewhat restored - for football and religion
2) Clubs can rest in the knowledge that fixture schedules are in sync with the rest of their league so they cannot gain an unfair advantage or be at a disadvantage.
3) More fans will be able to travel to the games with public transport BETTER on Saturdays than Sundays.
I can't see where the great advantage is for Sundays - other than filling in blanks in the tv listings. Sky could easily throw on repeats of 'Hold the Back Page', WWE, 'Boots 'n' All', etc. Nobody will miss out.
The argument to agree with what Semantu and Nichols are saying, is not a religious argument as the media paint out. It's more one of tradition, heritage to the British nation.
Like the campaign to 'Save the Coachmakers', I'd feel only one party in the political system would be in favour - the BNP.
Heaven forbid!
Over the recent row over Easter Sunday football, the Archbishop Vincent Nichols weighed in opposition to live football on Easter Sunday.
Now, the ever famous Desmond Tutu lookalike (John Semantu, Archbishp of York) has weighed in, too.
Using Sunday trading laws or not to prevent games on a Easter Sunday, for a footballing neutral, I would have to say more has to be done to stop games being played on a Sunday as it is.
Historically, games are played on a Saturday at 3PM. With the advent of Sky and tv football, games are moved from 3PM to earlier on a Saturday or on a Sunday/Monday (or any day, take your pick) so that the ones played at other grounds, for the smaller clubs, don't lose out. That is the idea - on the one hand small clubs don't lose out, but also more people watch the tv games too.
If the first argument for tv football is the case, and should we accept Sunday trading laws; should it not be at all possible to prevent games being played on a Sunday at all? Sky have a choice of channels to choose from and are no strangers to interactive "match-choice" via the red button when it comes to the UEFA Champions League. This could be easily acheived by 7-8PM kickoffs on a Saturday and 11AM kickoffs on a Saturday respectively, so no matter what the case is TV football and the traditionalists will win in the end.
Super Sundays (as Sky love to call them) will become Super Saturdays. What is there to lose?
1) Tradition will be somewhat restored - for football and religion
2) Clubs can rest in the knowledge that fixture schedules are in sync with the rest of their league so they cannot gain an unfair advantage or be at a disadvantage.
3) More fans will be able to travel to the games with public transport BETTER on Saturdays than Sundays.
I can't see where the great advantage is for Sundays - other than filling in blanks in the tv listings. Sky could easily throw on repeats of 'Hold the Back Page', WWE, 'Boots 'n' All', etc. Nobody will miss out.
The argument to agree with what Semantu and Nichols are saying, is not a religious argument as the media paint out. It's more one of tradition, heritage to the British nation.
Like the campaign to 'Save the Coachmakers', I'd feel only one party in the political system would be in favour - the BNP.
Heaven forbid!
Sociology and Religion: Belief in the Supernatural
A Theos survey found:
27% believe in reincarnation
39% believe in ghosts
55% believe in Heaven
53% believe in life after death
70% believe in human soul.
Comparing with 1950s:
22% believe in astrology or horoscopes & 15% believe in fortune telling
1950s: 10% believe in ghosts (2% seen one), 7% in fortune telling, 6% in satrology.
Comparing with 1998:
18% believe in fortune telling
38% believe in astrology
40% believe in ghosts, 15% seen one.
"The results indicate that people have a very diverse and unorthodox set of beliefs. Our research may point to a slight increase in scepticism about aspects of the supernatural over the last 10 years." (Wooley)
Source: BBC
So what does this tell us?
True that results indicate a diverse and 'unorthodox set of beliefs', and I would like to refer back to my last blog in a mention of a 'Civil Religion' - and that for some, even a sports game can be followed somewhat religiously. So perhaps given this, the results are not all that suprising.
But, what is really meant by a belief in... heaven, or life after death, or reincarnation, or astrology, or fortune telling? We can't by any stretch of the imagination draw anything conclusive other than the very obvious: There is a degree of an increase in such diversity of beliefs. Yet also, we cannot ignore there are degrees within these beliefs. For example, just what IS heaven? Also, what kind of life after death are we talking about? Something along the lines of John Hick's philosophy of a physical existence in the next world, or Christian resurrection, or that we move on to a higher mental plane after our physical death?
I would also like to make the suggestion that some beliefs could well be interlinked: consider the soul, life after death, and ghosts. One person may believe that when we die, our soul continues after death and is reconstituted in the form of a ghost. Another may feel the soul dies with the body, or that it carries on after death and there are no such thing as ghosts.
So there are many different (and interesting things) we can draw from the sociological survey, and importantly that while people may seem to be less religious (consider church attendences), that does not mean that people are any less spiritual and searching for this fulfillment in other ways.
Religion, Faith, Spirituality, Belief... all this smacks of a DIY ethic on the one hand, and a more critical, open-minded and considerate ethic on the other.
27% believe in reincarnation
39% believe in ghosts
55% believe in Heaven
53% believe in life after death
70% believe in human soul.
Comparing with 1950s:
22% believe in astrology or horoscopes & 15% believe in fortune telling
1950s: 10% believe in ghosts (2% seen one), 7% in fortune telling, 6% in satrology.
Comparing with 1998:
18% believe in fortune telling
38% believe in astrology
40% believe in ghosts, 15% seen one.
"The results indicate that people have a very diverse and unorthodox set of beliefs. Our research may point to a slight increase in scepticism about aspects of the supernatural over the last 10 years." (Wooley)
Source: BBC
So what does this tell us?
True that results indicate a diverse and 'unorthodox set of beliefs', and I would like to refer back to my last blog in a mention of a 'Civil Religion' - and that for some, even a sports game can be followed somewhat religiously. So perhaps given this, the results are not all that suprising.
But, what is really meant by a belief in... heaven, or life after death, or reincarnation, or astrology, or fortune telling? We can't by any stretch of the imagination draw anything conclusive other than the very obvious: There is a degree of an increase in such diversity of beliefs. Yet also, we cannot ignore there are degrees within these beliefs. For example, just what IS heaven? Also, what kind of life after death are we talking about? Something along the lines of John Hick's philosophy of a physical existence in the next world, or Christian resurrection, or that we move on to a higher mental plane after our physical death?
I would also like to make the suggestion that some beliefs could well be interlinked: consider the soul, life after death, and ghosts. One person may believe that when we die, our soul continues after death and is reconstituted in the form of a ghost. Another may feel the soul dies with the body, or that it carries on after death and there are no such thing as ghosts.
So there are many different (and interesting things) we can draw from the sociological survey, and importantly that while people may seem to be less religious (consider church attendences), that does not mean that people are any less spiritual and searching for this fulfillment in other ways.
Religion, Faith, Spirituality, Belief... all this smacks of a DIY ethic on the one hand, and a more critical, open-minded and considerate ethic on the other.
Friday, 10 April 2009
Happy Good Friday?
Found this on my Feedly newsreader via Firefox which I found rather strange:
Happy Good Friday. It seems a bit strange, but I asked my dad, Fr Peter and he says its not a day of celebration as such but rather one of remembering. Quite right, too.
This Easter has seen a religious holiday getting all political over the football being shown on Easter Sunday - only ever happened 8 times, ever, in the past. For a country that is historically Christian, I do think that there is a point.
We should remember the Passion of Christ and Easter for specifically those reasons but also I think, for an atheist, who might not have any holidays, a compromise should be found: a religion of one is no less relevant than a religion shared by 6, 6 million or 6 billion.
Robert Bellah puts forward his argument of a 'Civil Religion in America' ; which we if accept this premise, can translate for many football fanatics that football is religion too, and the stadium is the church and the game is the service.
Should there be any clash of religions, (as ridiculous as football being a religion may seem to Catholics, Christians and vice-versa), what I propose is the art of compromise:
Whereby there is a clash, there are those that are religious, and watch their football too, and so both should be allowed in the spirit of things - but the football should be screened at a time that does not disrupt the Easter festivities. Where Setanta are showing the game at 1PM (kickoff at 2PM) - this does not allow most Evertonians travelling from Merseyside to get to the game on time where Christian services are likely to take place around 10:30AM. So I would argue the game should be kicked off at 4PM instead, to allow for Easter to go somewhat less disrupted, ample time to arrive for the game.
All this bleating might seem a bit crazy for some - it's impossible to please everybody. Still, this reminds me of an email my dad sent me on religious days for the atheist:
In Florida , an atheist created a case against the upcoming Easter and Passover holy days. He hired an attorney to bring a discrimination case against Christians, Jews and observances of their holy days.
The argument was that it was unfair that atheists had no such recognized days.
The case was brought before a judge. After listening to the passionate presentation by the lawyer, the judge banged his gavel declaring,"Case dismissed!"
The lawyer immediately stood objecting to the ruling saying, "Your honor, how can you possibly dismiss this case? The Christians have Christmas, Easter and others. The Jews have Passover, Yom Kippur and Hanukkah, yet my client and all other atheists have no such holidays."
The judge leaned forward in his chair saying, "But you do. Your client, counsel, is woefully ignorant."
The lawyer said, "Your Honor, we are unaware of any special observance or holiday for atheists."
The judge said, "The calendar says April 1st is April Fools Day. Psalm 14:1 states, 'The fool says in his heart, there is no God.' Thus, it is the opinion of this court, that if your client says there is no God, then he is a fool. Therefore, April 1st is his day. Court is adjourned."
You got to love a Judge that knows his scripture!
Happy Good Friday. It seems a bit strange, but I asked my dad, Fr Peter and he says its not a day of celebration as such but rather one of remembering. Quite right, too.
This Easter has seen a religious holiday getting all political over the football being shown on Easter Sunday - only ever happened 8 times, ever, in the past. For a country that is historically Christian, I do think that there is a point.
We should remember the Passion of Christ and Easter for specifically those reasons but also I think, for an atheist, who might not have any holidays, a compromise should be found: a religion of one is no less relevant than a religion shared by 6, 6 million or 6 billion.
Robert Bellah puts forward his argument of a 'Civil Religion in America' ; which we if accept this premise, can translate for many football fanatics that football is religion too, and the stadium is the church and the game is the service.
Should there be any clash of religions, (as ridiculous as football being a religion may seem to Catholics, Christians and vice-versa), what I propose is the art of compromise:
Whereby there is a clash, there are those that are religious, and watch their football too, and so both should be allowed in the spirit of things - but the football should be screened at a time that does not disrupt the Easter festivities. Where Setanta are showing the game at 1PM (kickoff at 2PM) - this does not allow most Evertonians travelling from Merseyside to get to the game on time where Christian services are likely to take place around 10:30AM. So I would argue the game should be kicked off at 4PM instead, to allow for Easter to go somewhat less disrupted, ample time to arrive for the game.
All this bleating might seem a bit crazy for some - it's impossible to please everybody. Still, this reminds me of an email my dad sent me on religious days for the atheist:
In Florida , an atheist created a case against the upcoming Easter and Passover holy days. He hired an attorney to bring a discrimination case against Christians, Jews and observances of their holy days.
The argument was that it was unfair that atheists had no such recognized days.
The case was brought before a judge. After listening to the passionate presentation by the lawyer, the judge banged his gavel declaring,"Case dismissed!"
The lawyer immediately stood objecting to the ruling saying, "Your honor, how can you possibly dismiss this case? The Christians have Christmas, Easter and others. The Jews have Passover, Yom Kippur and Hanukkah, yet my client and all other atheists have no such holidays."
The judge leaned forward in his chair saying, "But you do. Your client, counsel, is woefully ignorant."
The lawyer said, "Your Honor, we are unaware of any special observance or holiday for atheists."
The judge said, "The calendar says April 1st is April Fools Day. Psalm 14:1 states, 'The fool says in his heart, there is no God.' Thus, it is the opinion of this court, that if your client says there is no God, then he is a fool. Therefore, April 1st is his day. Court is adjourned."
You got to love a Judge that knows his scripture!
Wednesday, 8 April 2009
Day/Night in Leeds
Leeds, if I could describe it, is Manchester but cleaner. A bigger city too, on first impressions and a nice night last night with friends - Charlie Chan Chinese food, Grolsch Beers and a bit of 360 gameage. Good times. And isn't this just a pretty sight?
Had a bit of a walk round Leeds centre in the morning thanks to Google walking directions & map. It is excellent!
-- Post From My iPhone
Had a bit of a walk round Leeds centre in the morning thanks to Google walking directions & map. It is excellent!
-- Post From My iPhone
Monday, 6 April 2009
Monsters v. Aliens
Watched Monsters v. Aliens tonight, and what a good film it was (as always with a Dreamworks epic).
Well worth the entrance fee, but in typical film fashion, the sadness in the film is vindicated by a happy one.
One for the family, indeed. :)
Come to think of it, haven't I see the gooey dude in Monsters Inc.?
****/5, for a rating, though I am no critic!
Sunday, 5 April 2009
News, Twitter v. Facebook and a new kid on the block - AudioBoo
As previously mentioned in my Analytics for this month, there are exciting new developments for LucasWeatherby.com and the Social Networking community.
First, I would like to mention and recall the blog on Facebook v. Twitter I posted just a couple of weeks ago. I did intend on keeping a 'trial period' going with the idea of keeping status updates separate on both for some time, but with the advent of AudioBoo, I have decided to forego the experiment.
AudioBoo is new on the scene, the new kid on the block. Like Twitter, it is a micro-blog, but with a difference. Like podcasts, AudioBoo allows you to record your voice - up to 3 minutes to say what you want. Short, snappy, and you get to share your thoughts, jokes, news with the world. It's already seen it's importance in the latest G20 developments, just like it's Twitter cousin.
The power of aggregation, I think, is a very powerful tool that I think trumps any traditionalist, purist argument of different uses for Twitter/Facebook statuses. Now, with AudioBoo, you might want to share things that just come across better in voice. I've also come to the conclusion that 'yes', while it can be annoying on Facebook to see someone post lots of statuses, when you play a game, do a quiz, comment on a friend's page - just quite anything comes up in your "News Feed" like it would on your Twitter wall. That being said, I can't see why things I might choose to speak of in the AudioBoo scene or share in the Twitter community, Facebook people might not want to see that as well. It is the choice of the supposed friends, afterall. And yes, I have friends blocked from seeing my statuses who I might not want to see my 'status updates', which I see as a more networking use; whether this be recalling song lyrics or general wonderments or amazings on my status without going into 'touchy-feely' emotion types. There is a place for that, I feel.
Your closest friends are the ones on your phone, who you can SMS, email, and call, or send private messages via Facebook - so why broadcast something that's intimately personal as some do? That is my justification for bringing the aggregation back.
You can find my AudioBoo here, but you will soon, I hope find links on LucasWeatherby.com to playback my 'Boo's' on the webpage.
Finally some exciting news. I have considered with fellow bloggers the use of a 'branded' blog name, to give it a bit of zest, but personality as well. So from this day forth, the blog will be known as Lucas 3:16, an idea and a biblical reference of course, given my roots - but also reminds me when I used to watch WWE (WWF), and `Stone Cold' Steve Austin and his famous 'Austin 3:16' catchphrase.
To complement this, I have changed my authorship name again from 'Lord John Marbury' to 'Lucas 3:16', to encourage readership to my blog rather than something so random.
This is all a bit boring, of course, but I find a sense of fun in these things.
The future's bright.
The future's AudioBoo.
Wednesday, 1 April 2009
Analytics for March 2009
December 2008
January 2009
February 2009
Just first, a quick notice on this belated Analytic post, usually customary for my blog - Been somewhat busy over the past week or so and you can refer to a more recent post for exciting news for the blog, things I'm considering, and website/general social networking news. But onto the Analytics!
March 2009
5 quick points I found interesting:
1) A 25% increase on amount of visitors, 11% for overall visits. (This is a rounded figure).
2) Going Global - now getting more hits from the Americas and Europe.
3) Many hits still coming through Facebook, despite the change in status aggregation - providing for 20% of my hits, but Google search engine a close second.
4) Labels proving a popular hit, but my topical post on abortion generated 47 pageviews, and a few comments. Read here if you haven't!
5) Manchester is still the highesat hit in the city stakes, probably due to my University connections I figure, but possibly also because ISPs locally can be 'seen' by Google as Manchester rather than Stoke-on-Trent. Manchester is 1st, followed by a growing London in second place and Stoke in 3rd.
Goals:
Growth is always good, and see the more recent post for an exciting new development in social networking and LucasWeatherby.com!
Stoke-on-Trent is now Snog-on-Sofa
Just left Stoke-on-Trent station for London Euston, and look what I found at the station. There appeared to be some filming going on, too.
Weird, but it made me laugh!
-- Post From My iPhone
Weird, but it made me laugh!
-- Post From My iPhone
Tuesday, 31 March 2009
Save the Coachmakers
Unfortunately I wasn't aware until it was on to be there, but I pledge my full support to the Save the Coachmakers campaign, getting local news coverage! See video below, my father set up the petition.
Please sign the petition at http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/coachmakers/
See the Coachmakers website at http://www.thecoachmakers.co.uk/
Think heritage. Think real ale. Think a friendly, community, thriving pub. Think, it actually is a pub in the truest sense of the word.
It should never go!
Please sign the petition at http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/coachmakers/
See the Coachmakers website at http://www.thecoachmakers.co.uk/
Think heritage. Think real ale. Think a friendly, community, thriving pub. Think, it actually is a pub in the truest sense of the word.
It should never go!
Monday, 30 March 2009
Saturday, 28 March 2009
Britain is not 'broken', the media is.
Thanks to a reader, I have been alerted to the news that Alfie Patton is not the father, as was once suggested - see my blog here
It seems that there is barely any news anywhere on the subject, perhaps because its not so sexy now that the 'youngest father' in Britain is not really the father. It took a feedly search to find any news on the subject, and all I got was a blog. (and, by the way, my feedly RSS gets all the major UK news sources, shocking, really.)
So is this a surprise?
Not really. Perhaps the media don't like to admit they are wrong - the Sun will do anything to sell their newspapers, but not to damage their own credibility at publishing false stories. The Hillsborough disaster is a case in point - the author has never retracted his story.
Britain is not broken - the media is.
It seems that there is barely any news anywhere on the subject, perhaps because its not so sexy now that the 'youngest father' in Britain is not really the father. It took a feedly search to find any news on the subject, and all I got was a blog. (and, by the way, my feedly RSS gets all the major UK news sources, shocking, really.)
So is this a surprise?
Not really. Perhaps the media don't like to admit they are wrong - the Sun will do anything to sell their newspapers, but not to damage their own credibility at publishing false stories. The Hillsborough disaster is a case in point - the author has never retracted his story.
Britain is not broken - the media is.
Dashboard Confessional - Even Now (Video, Lyrics, Download)
Even now I can smell the clothes
Freshly from the wash
Still hot from the dryer
Even now I can smell your skin
To wrap you in a towel
Lay you on the bed
And try to love you
Even now I can feel your arms
I can feel your breast
I can hear your songs
And I always can find you again
Even now I can feel your hand
Gently over mine
With almost no weight at all
Even now I can feel your eyes
Watch me as I strum
Much too late at night
Even now I can see you smile
I can hear you hum
I can hear you sing
And I always can find you again
Even in the dark of night
Even in the lowest light
Even as the world outside
Is spinning, and spinning
Even now I can feel your hair
Blow across my cheek
As we sit in one of two chairs
Even now I can feel your face
Resting on my chest
Wrestling for sleep
And failing at it
Even now I can see you sleep
I can see the dream
I can see you fly
And I always can find you again
And I always can find you again
And I always can find you again
Freshly from the wash
Still hot from the dryer
Even now I can smell your skin
To wrap you in a towel
Lay you on the bed
And try to love you
Even now I can feel your arms
I can feel your breast
I can hear your songs
And I always can find you again
Even now I can feel your hand
Gently over mine
With almost no weight at all
Even now I can feel your eyes
Watch me as I strum
Much too late at night
Even now I can see you smile
I can hear you hum
I can hear you sing
And I always can find you again
Even in the dark of night
Even in the lowest light
Even as the world outside
Is spinning, and spinning
Even now I can feel your hair
Blow across my cheek
As we sit in one of two chairs
Even now I can feel your face
Resting on my chest
Wrestling for sleep
And failing at it
Even now I can see you sleep
I can see the dream
I can see you fly
And I always can find you again
And I always can find you again
And I always can find you again
Note: A song, from my favourite band/artist, Dashboard Confessional (Christopher Ender Carrabba) - see here - for a live video of the performance I saw last year. It was special, in so many ways. I won't forget. ♥
Thursday, 26 March 2009
Sexual Ethics: Abortion and Condom Advertisments before the Watershed?
As I type, my mother is drawing up a petition against the news that the advertising agency are planning to air TV advertisements giving pregnancy advice before the 2100 watershed.
You can read the planned news here
You can read news on anti-abortion agency being against this proposal here.
And a heartwarming mother’s perspective on the blogosophere on the nature of abortion, here.
There are various positions we can argue from; for and against. The debate rages and comes to light in this blog in light of my own Catholic beliefs and my philosophical background. They are, it seems to be at odds and it is a very emotional issue. So, what’s the fuss about?
Against
The sanctity of life is a moral imperative for Catholics. It would be quiet controversial to suppose that murder is acceptable. Abortion and the morning-after pill equals murder. Condoms and the pill for contraceptive use prevents the possibility of life, the natural order of things. Abstinence is the answer - STIs are avoided and babies can be raised in a traditional, nuclear family.
For
The reality is different: STIs are on the increase, media sensationalization of sex and the acceptance of sexual promiscuity is clearly the problem and we must respect the rights of the mother and the social circumstances that lead to use of contraception and abortion methods. A last resort, is needed to prevent the breakdown of society and we must provide for the circumstances in abortion and condom use is sensible and necessary.
Conclusion
Speaking with my philosopher’s hat on, it is not disputed that abortion is abhorrent, the destruction of life. I would have to agree with BBC Mark Easton’s blog:
“What stops teen pregnancies: condoms or family meals? I suspect that the problem is more down to lifestyle than to lack of information.” [Read blog here]
This hits the nail on the head and fits into both arguments - the conservative, religious view and the liberal, pro-choice view. So what’s the answer?
The reality must be accepted - that we exist in a society where sex is apparent, and yet it seems that discussion of sex and sexual ethics is a ‘taboo subject’. It is not the place of government is legislate what is right and wrong on this personal issue, but some guidance and acceptance in the difference of opinions should allow people to make a rational choice. Perhaps this is too philosophical to contemplate, maybe no society can become one-dimensional in its moral directives. Yet if the education is there, condoms and abortions can be used for the more rational and acceptable means: Preventing spread of STIs, Family planning, abortion to protect the life and welfare of the mother and child. To resolve this dilemma of ‘what is right’ here is an age-old question that I cannot answer. Something to consider…
PS: You can read my personal opinion in the comments section here.
Sunday, 22 March 2009
Toilet Scandal
Thought this was funny:
"A US firm is offering $5,000 (£3,450) for clues leading to the arrest of an arsonist who has been setting portable toilets on fire across San Francisco."
Read Full Article HERE
Reminds me of the investigation in my school years of the mysterious 'poo' toilet vandal. Some kid was apparently putting their poo and hanging on the toilet pegs as presents for people coming in to do their business.
Never did quite find out who that was...
Saturday, 21 March 2009
Stoke to Stay Up!
Stoke City won a must-win game against Middlesboro today, winning 1-0 and taking them 3 points clear. Here's a list of their remaining fixtures: (in brackets I have put their league position as of writing. Newcastle play Arsenal tonight:
Stoke are soon to face West Brom, Newcastle and then Blackburn - win all 3 and they should stay up. You wouldn't bet against it. West Brom drew today 1-1 with Bolton and you could just see on the looks of the players at the final whistle that they have consigned themselves to relegation.
Middlesbrough, having lost at Stoke are on a downward spiral as of late and their remaining games include Villa, Manchester United and Arsenal - so they look certain for relegation now too.
All leaves that magical 3rd spot. Who is it going to be? Too close to call perhaps but I'm going to put my neck on the line and nominate 3 teams - Newcastle, Hull and Blackburn to be fighting on the last day. And the one to go down? Hull.
At the other end, United lost a shocking 2-0 to Fulham (away) today with Rooney and Scholes both sent off - now along with Nemandja Vidic facing suspension. They more than have the squad to cope you would feel but they seem to be cracking under pressure. A big big game next against Villa which could turn the title on it's head.
Villa could, as I predicted have a real say in the title race this season
Saturday, 04 April 2009
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Sunday, 24 May 2009
Barclays Premier League
Arsenal (4th) v Stoke, 16:00
Of the remaining 8 or 9 games left in the season, it appears that any team below 35 points could get suckered in and be facing relegation.Barclays Premier League : Table 21 Mar 17:01
| | Home | | Away | |||||||||||||
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS | |
| 1 | Man Utd | 29 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 31 | 65 |
| 2 | Chelsea | 29 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 33 | 61 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 29 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 28 | 61 |
| 4 | Arsenal | 29 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 19 | 52 |
| 5 | Aston Villa | 29 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 52 |
| 6 | Everton | 30 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 48 |
| 7 | West Ham | 30 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 0 | 41 |
| 8 | Fulham | 30 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 40 |
| 9 | Wigan | 29 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 38 |
| 10 | Man City | 29 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 25 | 8 | 35 |
| 11 | Tottenham | 29 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 1 | 35 |
| 12 | Bolton | 30 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 26 | -12 | 34 |
| 13 | Hull | 29 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 21 | -16 | 33 |
| 14 | Sunderland | 29 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 20 | -9 | 32 |
| 15 | Portsmouth | 29 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 23 | -14 | 32 |
| 16 | Stoke | 30 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 34 | -18 | 32 |
| 17 | Blackburn | 30 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 27 | -16 | 31 |
| 18 | Newcastle | 29 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 24 | -11 | 29 |
| 19 | Middlesbrough | 30 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 26 | -21 | 27 |
| 20 | West Brom | 30 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 27 | -29 | 24 |
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Stoke are soon to face West Brom, Newcastle and then Blackburn - win all 3 and they should stay up. You wouldn't bet against it. West Brom drew today 1-1 with Bolton and you could just see on the looks of the players at the final whistle that they have consigned themselves to relegation.
Middlesbrough, having lost at Stoke are on a downward spiral as of late and their remaining games include Villa, Manchester United and Arsenal - so they look certain for relegation now too.
All leaves that magical 3rd spot. Who is it going to be? Too close to call perhaps but I'm going to put my neck on the line and nominate 3 teams - Newcastle, Hull and Blackburn to be fighting on the last day. And the one to go down? Hull.
At the other end, United lost a shocking 2-0 to Fulham (away) today with Rooney and Scholes both sent off - now along with Nemandja Vidic facing suspension. They more than have the squad to cope you would feel but they seem to be cracking under pressure. A big big game next against Villa which could turn the title on it's head.
Villa could, as I predicted have a real say in the title race this season
Wednesday, 18 March 2009
Twitter, Facebook, Status Updates & Blog Traffic
There hasn’t been a lot of blog activity this past month - and much has contributed to it, mainly illness and other commitments (What other commitments? - Those close to me may ask) but the past few days, with the latest iPhone OS 3 being announced and me becoming more immersed into the actual workings and potential of Twitter (Installed TweetDeck today and found out via Twitter that actor Ron Silver has died, rest his soul) - I have come to wonder about the purposes of Twitter v. Facebook status updates, particularly since the new Facebook layout was announced (‘What is on your mind’ seems a bit more Twitterrific). What’s more, I too, have wondered given the success of my blog in recent times whether this would impact on my Blog Traffic.
I am not going to get into a debate about the delicate nature of what status updates are meant for on Twitter, or on Facebook - but be a part of either and you will soon get the idea. That is not the point of my little ‘wonder-ment’ here. Instead, I am going to take these little thoughts in my mind and as of today, my Twitter-syncs with Facebook will be suspended until ‘come what May’. (I get the feeling that isn’t the right idiom/description to use here but whatever!). Indeed, come May, I will write back, maybe, just maybe get into a little talk about what my feelings are on both (status updates-wise) and whether there is indeed a place for Twitter and Facebook statuses being together, in one place, rather than apart. It will be interesting to see in the meantime, whether this will impact on my blog traffic.
If you don’t have Twitter but ‘fear’ for my Facebook statuses probably never really, if ever, changing; you can see my ‘Tweets’, or Twitter updates at the LucasWeatherby.com homepage - www.lucasweatherby.com - or on my Twitter - www.twitter.com/lucasweatherby
This bit of contemplation is all striking me as a little bit weird now - its strange what your mind can do to you sometimes when you really, really should be doing something else - Like University essays and research. That, is something you can be rest assured I will be doing if you see little blog action at www.lucasweatherby.com, but at least, still you will be kept entertained by my Twitter updates…
I am not going to get into a debate about the delicate nature of what status updates are meant for on Twitter, or on Facebook - but be a part of either and you will soon get the idea. That is not the point of my little ‘wonder-ment’ here. Instead, I am going to take these little thoughts in my mind and as of today, my Twitter-syncs with Facebook will be suspended until ‘come what May’. (I get the feeling that isn’t the right idiom/description to use here but whatever!). Indeed, come May, I will write back, maybe, just maybe get into a little talk about what my feelings are on both (status updates-wise) and whether there is indeed a place for Twitter and Facebook statuses being together, in one place, rather than apart. It will be interesting to see in the meantime, whether this will impact on my blog traffic.
If you don’t have Twitter but ‘fear’ for my Facebook statuses probably never really, if ever, changing; you can see my ‘Tweets’, or Twitter updates at the LucasWeatherby.com homepage - www.lucasweatherby.com - or on my Twitter - www.twitter.com/lucasweatherby
This bit of contemplation is all striking me as a little bit weird now - its strange what your mind can do to you sometimes when you really, really should be doing something else - Like University essays and research. That, is something you can be rest assured I will be doing if you see little blog action at www.lucasweatherby.com, but at least, still you will be kept entertained by my Twitter updates…
Tuesday, 17 March 2009
iPhone 3.0 Conference, Summary and Thoughts
Features:
1. Applications : Subscriptions, sell new levels within app, new content
2.P2P Gaming/Applications (Peer to Peer) - Automatic Discovery, Bluetooth, Devices are not paired, use of the Bonjour technology, used for applications too.
3. Custom Apps will now be able to interact with 3rd party hardware. EG. FM transmitter.- Dock Connector, Bluetooth functionality.
4. Google Maps can now be used within applications (Not just the Maps app!) = Now with TURN BY TURN DIRECTIONS!
5. Push Notification - but NO background processing. :(
6. The Sims, Meebo to come to the iPhone... Also fitness apps and hardware accessories for the diabetics! Also TouchPets (a bit like the Sims...) and LiveFire, a FPS (with wifi, global play). Dr Wang of Smule unveil 'Leaf Trombone', a multiplayer music app.
7. Cut, Copy and Paste. (finally...) With Undo support, and works across apps!
8. Landscape mode in Notes, Mail and SMS...
9. SMS has forwarding and deleting texts! (yay!)
10. MMS support.
11. Contacts with photos/audio alerts per contact (pretty cool...)
12. Voice Memos.
13. Overhaul of that crap Stocks app - now with news stories and details...
14. Search/Spotlight capability in all applications.
15. Notes Sync too!
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Details:
16. OS 3.0 will be free, backwards compatible to 1st Gen iPhone, and at a cost of $9.95 for iPod Touch....
17. Q&A - Copy and Paste took long because of security issues, Flash not yet announced (but HDTV streams now possible).
Peer to Peer is Bonjour only.
Tethering support is being built in, but not yet in as a function.
Can't move files over Bluetooth, but the Q&A guys were a bit stumped!
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My thoughts?
Nothing on possible skinning the phone screen, background and such.
No news on editing the sounds for texts/alert sounds.
Can't manage screens on the iPhone via iTunes?
Tethering and Flash not there yet.....
Can't record video (only with a 3rd party app)
People are still going to jailbreak for reasons I've just mentioned (and probably more, but I'm not the best informed)....
Looking forward to the next iPhone model to be announced!
See the conference in all its glory - here. - No Steve Jobs though....
1. Applications : Subscriptions, sell new levels within app, new content
2.P2P Gaming/Applications (Peer to Peer) - Automatic Discovery, Bluetooth, Devices are not paired, use of the Bonjour technology, used for applications too.
3. Custom Apps will now be able to interact with 3rd party hardware. EG. FM transmitter.- Dock Connector, Bluetooth functionality.
4. Google Maps can now be used within applications (Not just the Maps app!) = Now with TURN BY TURN DIRECTIONS!
5. Push Notification - but NO background processing. :(
6. The Sims, Meebo to come to the iPhone... Also fitness apps and hardware accessories for the diabetics! Also TouchPets (a bit like the Sims...) and LiveFire, a FPS (with wifi, global play). Dr Wang of Smule unveil 'Leaf Trombone', a multiplayer music app.
7. Cut, Copy and Paste. (finally...) With Undo support, and works across apps!
8. Landscape mode in Notes, Mail and SMS...
9. SMS has forwarding and deleting texts! (yay!)
10. MMS support.
11. Contacts with photos/audio alerts per contact (pretty cool...)
12. Voice Memos.
13. Overhaul of that crap Stocks app - now with news stories and details...
14. Search/Spotlight capability in all applications.
15. Notes Sync too!
----
Details:
16. OS 3.0 will be free, backwards compatible to 1st Gen iPhone, and at a cost of $9.95 for iPod Touch....
17. Q&A - Copy and Paste took long because of security issues, Flash not yet announced (but HDTV streams now possible).
Peer to Peer is Bonjour only.
Tethering support is being built in, but not yet in as a function.
Can't move files over Bluetooth, but the Q&A guys were a bit stumped!
----
My thoughts?
Nothing on possible skinning the phone screen, background and such.
No news on editing the sounds for texts/alert sounds.
Can't manage screens on the iPhone via iTunes?
Tethering and Flash not there yet.....
Can't record video (only with a 3rd party app)
People are still going to jailbreak for reasons I've just mentioned (and probably more, but I'm not the best informed)....
Looking forward to the next iPhone model to be announced!
See the conference in all its glory - here. - No Steve Jobs though....
Monday, 16 March 2009
A great way to boosting attendences?
In Rugby Union, they have resorted to inflatable fans to make the crowd look more full. See article here.
With Port Vale attendances below the 5,000 season ticket holder sales for this season, maybe it's a way to increase support?
Saturday, 14 March 2009
Coachmakers Arms - Venus
5% ABV
At 5% it actually tastes fair light, creamy too. Good Stuff. ***/5
-- Post From My iPhone
New Facebook just reads my mind!
After the media frenzy over Facebook lately over privacy and their terms and conditions, Facebook has tried to gloss it over with a trendy new look. Time reports that Facebook wants more contemplation in their status updates, and more power over who you get news from - because let's face it, you don't want to see love birds comparing themselves to Scooby and Shaggy sharing love notes over a status update and a random, jealous person getting all hot under the collar.
It also creates the intention too, that it's okay for people to cry, and moan about stuff going on. To each their own, I guess.
The great thing though, is you can use your friend groupings to only get news about people you want - I do this already to help with my privacy settings, but now I will only get news from people I actually want to bother hearing about. (30 out of 277, for me!)... so it cuts out all the clutter for me.
And the layout? Much, much better I think. I don't know what all the fuss is about!
It also creates the intention too, that it's okay for people to cry, and moan about stuff going on. To each their own, I guess.
The great thing though, is you can use your friend groupings to only get news about people you want - I do this already to help with my privacy settings, but now I will only get news from people I actually want to bother hearing about. (30 out of 277, for me!)... so it cuts out all the clutter for me.
And the layout? Much, much better I think. I don't know what all the fuss is about!
Go on, have a flutter
Manchester United are odds-on favourites to win today against Liverpool.
The odds on Liverpool though, obviously not so favourable but a fancible flutter nonetheless. So I've gone for it.
Liverpool to win 2-1, for me. Could I be right...?
Let's hope so.
The odds on Liverpool though, obviously not so favourable but a fancible flutter nonetheless. So I've gone for it.
Liverpool to win 2-1, for me. Could I be right...?
Let's hope so.
Monday, 9 March 2009
Chimp pre-meditates stoning zoo visitors
Peter Singer would agree with me, (read copied article below), that this is evidence that we need to give Chimps rights, and maybe, also, we need to start making chimp prisons?:
Zoo chimp 'planned' stone attacks
 Chimpanzees have long been suspected of planning ahead |
A male chimpanzee in a Swedish zoo planned hundreds of stone-throwing attacks on zoo visitors, according to researchers.
Keepers at Furuvik Zoo found that the chimp collected and stored stones that he would later use as missiles.
Further, the chimp learned to recognise how and when parts of his concrete enclosure could be pulled apart to fashion further projectiles.
The findings are reported in the journal Current Biology.
There has been scant evidence in previous research that animals can plan for future events.
Crucial to the current study is the fact that Santino, a chimpanzee at the zoo in the city north of Stockholm, collected the stones in a calm state, prior to the zoo opening in the morning.
The launching of the stones occurred hours later - during dominance displays to zoo visitors - with Santino in an "agitated" state.
This suggests that Santino was anticipating a future mental state - an ability that has been difficult to definitively prove in animals, according to Mathias Osvath, a cognitive scientist from Lund University in Sweden and author of the new research.
"We've done experimental studies, and the chimps in my mind show very clearly that they do plan for future needs, but it has been argued that perhaps this was an experimental artefact," Dr Osvath told BBC News.
"Now we have this spontaneous behaviour, which is always in some sense better evidence."
Cracking show
Dr Osvath embarked on the study after zoo staff discovered caches of stones in the section of the enclosure facing the public viewing area.
Since the initial discovery in 1997, hundreds of the caches have been removed to protect visitors, to whom the caching and the aggressive displays seem strictly related; in the off season, Santino neither hoards the projectiles nor hurls them.
 The chimp stashed hundreds of stones in anticipation of throwing them |
Most interestingly, Santino seems to have learned how to spot weak parts of the concrete "boulders" in the centre of the enclosure.
When water seeps into cracks in the concrete and freezes, portions become detached that make a hollow sound when tapped.
Santino was observed gently knocking on the "boulders", hitting harder to detach bits that were loosened and adding those to his stashes of ammunition.
There are a number of examples of complex behaviour in apes that suggest forms of consciousness.
Planning behaviour like that of the current work is connected to so-called autonoetic consciousness, where information due to memory can be distinguished from that from the senses.
"I'm personally convinced that at least chimps do plan for future needs, that they do have this autonoetic consciousness," Dr Osvath said.
"I hope that other zoos or those in the wild will look more closely at what is happening," he added.
"I bet there must be a lot of these kinds of behaviours out there, and I wouldn't be surprised if we find them in dolphins or other species."
Sunday, 8 March 2009
Birthday Boy and Girl
Buffet Island in Newcastle-under-Lyme. Nice meal, though I was ill after!
Happy bdays Jim and Kate!
They got a nice cake all to themselves!... And they are heading off to the US, Chicago soon! I am jealous....
-- Post From My iPhone
Saturday, 7 March 2009
Before and After - Cerebral Palsy Leg Surgery Photos
This blog has been one of my intentions since setting up these series of blogs. With my DVD footage of my Gait Lab assessments on my walking pre- and post- operation on my leg 6-7 years ago I can finally share.
A quick background just to understand why I had the leg operation 6 years ago in 2003. I was born with Cerebral Palsy. The type that I had involved one leg (indeed one side of my body) being shorter than the other, meaning lesser growth, mobility in that side, etc. In my case it was my left side.
I've often wondered whether people can tell with my walking being any "different". Anyway, part of the operation meant having tests at the Gait Lab. I'm a bit uncomfortable watching it to be fair but I have saved a couple of pictures just to remind myself (before and after). Just something to share:
Taken 22nd August, 2002.
I naturally stood like that, so you can just imagine what the walking was like!
Taken 11th February, 2004.
Medical Science can be pretty impressive!
A quick background just to understand why I had the leg operation 6 years ago in 2003. I was born with Cerebral Palsy. The type that I had involved one leg (indeed one side of my body) being shorter than the other, meaning lesser growth, mobility in that side, etc. In my case it was my left side.
I've often wondered whether people can tell with my walking being any "different". Anyway, part of the operation meant having tests at the Gait Lab. I'm a bit uncomfortable watching it to be fair but I have saved a couple of pictures just to remind myself (before and after). Just something to share:
Taken 22nd August, 2002.
I naturally stood like that, so you can just imagine what the walking was like!
Taken 11th February, 2004.
Medical Science can be pretty impressive!
So you can notice the difference, standing. But I still am very conscious of my walking and my old habit hasn't completely died - sometimes I do have to remind myself, to walk heel first. Still, things are a lot more comfortable now. You will also notice the bobbles stuck to me - these were so they could create computer generated images of me walking. Sadly I couldn't get hold of THAT data!
I remember before the operation looking forward to being able to wear "normal" shoes - rather than ones made specially with a heel build to compensate for the leg length discrepancy. Now I'm sick of having to buy shoes as often as I do!... even if they are so much better.
Moral of the story?: There's always something to moan about...
I remember before the operation looking forward to being able to wear "normal" shoes - rather than ones made specially with a heel build to compensate for the leg length discrepancy. Now I'm sick of having to buy shoes as often as I do!... even if they are so much better.
Moral of the story?: There's always something to moan about...
Thursday, 5 March 2009
Dissertations, Relationships and Moral Dilemmas
At Keele University, working and a girl comes over, asking me to complete a dissertation questionnaire for her friend on the impact of family relationships on your own personal, romantic relationships. And if you weren’t currently in a relationship, you had to relate to your most significant relationship. Not going to say anything too personal, but it was so entertaining for me I wanted to share. Yes, I know it’s a bit weird.
This proved to be quite the moral dilemma for me! But it was fun, I like filling in forms. I came to the conclusion that no matter how bad things may get, or end with a romantic relationship, they shouldn’t influence what you think in context of the relationship itself. Of course things are different after the relationship, but it’s what happened during that’s more important. If said relationship ends, learn lessons from it and get over it.
The questionnaire was stimulating, though asking some questions that can cause a bit of bias post-relationship. Still, looking back, I can’t say anything bad, proud of what was butI’m all over it now. Some of the questions even made me laugh.
As always, dissertation questionnaires are anonymous and confidential. It made my day though, that’s the important thing.
Now back to work…
This proved to be quite the moral dilemma for me! But it was fun, I like filling in forms. I came to the conclusion that no matter how bad things may get, or end with a romantic relationship, they shouldn’t influence what you think in context of the relationship itself. Of course things are different after the relationship, but it’s what happened during that’s more important. If said relationship ends, learn lessons from it and get over it.
The questionnaire was stimulating, though asking some questions that can cause a bit of bias post-relationship. Still, looking back, I can’t say anything bad, proud of what was butI’m all over it now. Some of the questions even made me laugh.
As always, dissertation questionnaires are anonymous and confidential. It made my day though, that’s the important thing.
Now back to work…
Why I won't vote Labour at Student Union Elections
The University of Manchester Student Union elections are on Tuesday 10th March until Thursday 12th March. You might ask, even the politically active among you - what the point is in voting at a Student Union election. There is a fundamental point. Without the student representatives at your student union, many things that happen during your time at University would not come to fruition - including the landmark (and extremely helpful from a personal standpoint), 24 hour opening library times at the University Library during examination periods. The hard work of these students working on your behalf benefits your own university education in more ways than one.
There is however, another point to make. Yes, it is an election, so you could be forgiven for getting all political at a time to exercise a democratic right to vote in such an election. But the work of the student union is about education, not politics. It is about pragmatics, about doing what is right and what is going to benefit your education the most. It is not a place for party politics and to choose a candidate on the basis of what political party society they have their endorsement. In the West Wing, Season 6 at the Democratic National Convention, candidate Matthew Santos argues: “Choose someone who shares your ideals, your hopes, your dreams” - much like Barack Obama in his campaign for ‘Change’ in 2008. That is what voting should really be about, in general elections and student union elections.
More importantly, we should reward the campaigns of those candidates that fight for the student cause: better tutor-student contact, better libraries, ‘friendlier’ student unions. Those that work hard to win your vote are the ones that deserve to win, not the ones that will get ‘block voters’ from those of political party societies.
Every vote counts in these kind of elections with such a small electorate, and even more so with the introduction of online voting. Like in a general election, the main political parties that appeal to their base and yet conquer the middle ground are usually the victors. In student elections, it is easy to vote for somebody because they are a ‘Labour candidate’, without knowing what they are actually going to do for you. Party affiliations in such elections are therefore merely cosmetic, and they are not important in the grand scheme of things.
This is why you should look at the greater picture - not by examining manifestos but knowing that who you vote for will do their hardest for you because they worked hard for your vote, and you know from a glance, what they are for. This is why I will be voting for Cat Taylor (pictured, above) for Humanities General Council Member (University of Manchester), among others. Not out of friendship but because she personally took the time to win my vote. Party ties are insignificant at such a personal and intimate election where change can happen. Your vote at your union, at your university, counts.
Wednesday, 4 March 2009
Coachmakers Arms - Copper Cascade
A nice Scottish drink. Brewed by Stewart Brenning, Copper Casade : 4.2% ABV
*****/5 | But only because I earnt it!
-- Post From My iPhone
'Seize the Moment'
'Flash' Gordon Brown gave a speech to the US Congress calling for the US to seize the moment on the economy woes of our time.
Nick Robinson claims that this is not Brown's colgate moment with Obama, yet the Guardian calls it the crowning moment of Brown's political career.
Still with Brown's economic credentials, if the US actually listen to Brown, and do not vote for more protectionism and a 'buy American/made in America' clause, then maybe this influence of 'Brown knows' could hit home back here in the UK and thus the prophecy of Mandelson can be realized:
Labour can win a 4th term.
Nick Robinson claims that this is not Brown's colgate moment with Obama, yet the Guardian calls it the crowning moment of Brown's political career.
Still with Brown's economic credentials, if the US actually listen to Brown, and do not vote for more protectionism and a 'buy American/made in America' clause, then maybe this influence of 'Brown knows' could hit home back here in the UK and thus the prophecy of Mandelson can be realized:
Labour can win a 4th term.
Tuesday, 3 March 2009
Accrington Stanley v Port Vale: Postponed!
Stuck in a chippy in Accrington after getting here and learning the game has been called off due to a waterlogged pitch!
I am soaking wet.
Epic fail, anyone?
-- Post From My iPhone
I am soaking wet.
Epic fail, anyone?
-- Post From My iPhone
Monday, 2 March 2009
Cerebral Palsy: Arbitrary like eye colour?
Francesca Martinez, comedian (pictured)
A fellow cerebral palsean has remarked that Cerebral Palsy is no different or more important than something such as eye colour. She refuses to be limited by her mild form of CP, and has remarked on something that I cannot agree more with here:"No wonder people are still so nervous about disability, and I can only conclude that names for them are hand-picked from a tombola of words most likely to induce fear and panic. Just stick your hand in and pull one out. Syndrome. Disorder. Cerebral. Palsy. Disease. Spina. Bifida. The rest is easy. Take two words, mix them together, apply to one human being and, hey presto, you've got a ready-made freak. Labels are powerful tools that shape attitudes and tell us much about how the things they are describing are viewed. I have spent my life trying to extricate myself from the label that was plastered all over me at birth. "
This is probably very true: from my own experience, I have been rejected for interviews at jobs where they have been looking for applicants - which I have put down to CP (Asda being the main example here). It's demoralizing to the point where you just don't really want to bother, really. Perhaps a "normal" manual job like that is out of my reach.
Josh Blue, who also has CP, jokes in the video below that the reason he is a stand-up because he didn't have much choice to be anything else. "What was I was gonna do, be a traffic cop?" *flaps arms around*
You can read the Francesca Martinez article here - it also addresses the politicisation of Cerebral Palsy by David Cameron and his son Ivan, who recently passed away. Plus a good personal account.
Sunday, 1 March 2009
Sleepless Nights
According to the Times, CHILDREN who are allowed consistently to stay up past their bedtime watching television or playing on a computer are at risk of late-night sleeplessness for the rest of their lives.
Read the full article here.
All I can say is: story of my life. If this is true, Championship Manager 2 ruined my life.
I still feel the pinch now at times!...
Read the full article here.
All I can say is: story of my life. If this is true, Championship Manager 2 ruined my life.
I still feel the pinch now at times!...
New Deals....
FDR's New Deal....
and now talk of a Brown/Obama New Deal....
so does that make it a B.O. New Deal?
I wonder....
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