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Ipswich Town fan Russell Claydon says loans won’t help build team morale

They’ve been there and done it before but how many of them are hungry enough to run through walls to do it again?

And more importantly, how many are here to do it for Ipswich Town?

Goalkeeper Stephen Henderson amazingly became our eighth loan signing over the international break, while Nigel Reo-Coker has only put pen-to-paper until mid January.

The influx of players has been quite astounding and you need only ask Norwich City fans the story of their drop to League One in 2008/09 to see an over-reliance on borrowed players is a dangerous path to tread.

Aside from the fact Paul Jewell said he wouldn’t do this, what it says to me is he has no confidence in his current players, those he brought in himself, and his ability to get the best out of them.

That message must be coming across in the dressing room and that can’t be a good thing for team spirit at a time when we need it most.

Henderson’s arrival from West Ham is the most pointless signing, knowing we were unable to negotiate personal terms with him while at Portsmouth.

Scott Loach was the hero who saved us against Huddersfield but one bad performance and he looks set to be dropped. How is that meant to help his confidence?

Other players such as Luke Hyam and Massimo Luongo have played reasonably well but now look to be some way away from the starting XI.

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The 45-year-old had gone to the lane between Canon Cockin Street and Fuller Road, in Hendon, Sunderland, with his son Kyle Walsh after they heard his other son, David, had been attacked last November 20.

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Bike Camping

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Seacowboys, Mar 22, 2011.

  1. Seacowboys

    Seacowboys Senior Member Founding Member

    I recently bought a dual-sport bike and have been doing a bit of camping on over-niters. So far, I only do this alone but would be interested if others do this? I ride a KLR650 and typically carry the following:
    Hennessy hammock
    Rain fly
    Mess kit
    Volcano stove
    Sleeping bag
    Freeze dried meals
    Rain gear
    Martin Back-packer guitar

    So far, I haven't missed anything but I always have my BOB along too.
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  3. Seawolf1090

    Seawolf1090 Adventure Riding Monkey Founding Member

    I do much the same. The KLR is a real workhorse! Basically the Jeep of motorcycles.
    I use two tank pannier bags, each carrying a GI canteen of water and some 'survival gear'. I have two smaller 'cheek bags' on the lower fairing - one is a FAK and one is a mini-PSK. They pop on and off with 'quarter turn' fasteners, taken from a cheapo Walmart hunting belt/pouch set.
    Heavier items go into the side boxes or bags. I made a wider cargo rack on the rear end, which can strap a big gear bag and the tent, foam pad and camp chair onto. Don't laugh at the campchair - in camp, my 54 year old back appreciates it, and many fellow riders begin to look into getting their own! ;)
    I arrange the load to provide back support while riding.
    I use either a one-man bivy tent (Sportsman's Guide) or a two-man dome tent (Eureka 2XT), and usually an inflatable air matress. I have had no luck with 'self inflators'......
    Carry a Slime-brand electric air pump - best there is! I even have a tip ti use for the air matress!
    Using the "Ride-On" brand inner tube sealer helps minimise flats, but I do carry the tools to pull the tire and change or repair tubes.
    For food, I vary between MREs, "Ready To Eat" Rice packets with meat packets, and Mountain House packets.

    Hope to see ya on the road sometime! I'll be the Big Guy on the red KLR loaded like a packmule....... :D
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  4. Seacowboys

    Seacowboys Senior Member Founding Member

    I like that chair idea a lot! I got a couple years on you so my 56 year old butt should really appreciate a place to park. That hammock is really comfortable, I like it much better than a tent and mattress. I use a three-season bag (down) that stuffs into a tiny sack and only weighs 2 lbs. My BOB has a Spetznaz shovel and a small machete that makes short work of clearing a camp site.
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  5. vegasrandall

    vegasrandall Monkey+++

    You kids in your fifties must have it nice.I don't carry a chair,I find it easier to rig up a hammock seat and hang it from a branch.jetboil for cooking,a bivanorak and a wiggy's woobie does me fine until it really gets cold.
    I ride a real motorcycle,BMW.
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  6. Seacowboys

    Seacowboys Senior Member Founding Member

    That reminds me: you know why Brit's don't make computers? Can't figure out how to make them leak oil.
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  7. Seawolf1090

    Seawolf1090 Adventure Riding Monkey Founding Member

    Beemers are nice...... til you drop it, and have to call your broker to see if you can afford to let Gustav repair it......

    We KLR guys just break out the duct tape and wire ties, and keep on riding....... :D

    Just joshing....... have a buddy who has knobbies on his 1100GS and does amazing rides with it!
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  8. vegasrandall

    vegasrandall Monkey+++

    There is a reason the brits drink warm beer.....their coolers were built by lucas.
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  9. hedger

    hedger Monkey+

    Not A Motorcycle Rider But...

    Those of you posting about your rides and camping equipment sort of make me wish I had a motorcycle as well.

    Sounds like a really enjoyable time.
  10. ghrit

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    So get one, take an MSF class, and ride. I restarted at age 50 after a 30 year layoff.
  11. toydoc

    toydoc Monkey++

    I agree with ghrit just do it. I got my first bike when I was 61 and when I was 62 rode it from central Mo. to Alaska and back. Camped out a lot. Enjoyed the heck out of it. Planning a ride to the North rim of the Grand Canyon, just trying to see how I can get that past momma.
  12. Seawolf1090

    Seawolf1090 Adventure Riding Monkey Founding Member

    Yep, I got back on 'the horse' after a 29 year hiatus. Missed a LOT of fun! [dunno]
  13. Byte

    Byte Monkey+++

    Just got a TW200 last Nov. Have been out riding a few times this year already. Can't wait to load it up and spend a weekend camping out of the panniers. She ain't a fast machine by any stretch of the imagination but I find myself wanting to slow down anyway.

    From what I gather on a few TW forums the bike will actually haul quite a load. They are dirt simple to work on too. 78mpg. Wet weight about 280#. Too bad the gas tank is a mere 1.8g. A 2.8 gallon plastic tank is avail though. Think I'll fit a 4g XT350 tank for extended range. It's not too difficult to pack an extra gallon or two of fuel though.

    If you've got the time it'll take you anywhere.

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  14. Seawolf1090

    Seawolf1090 Adventure Riding Monkey Founding Member

    And those fat tires will scoot right over the soft Florida sugar sand, when a KLR650 is trying to dig it's way to China......... ;)
  15. vegasrandall

    vegasrandall Monkey+++

    That's nice.good tires for getting through splooge.
  16. Seacowboys

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Discussion in 'Back to Basics' started by Tango3, Jan 3, 2007.

  1. Tango3

    Tango3 Aimless wanderer

    frosty Swede(?) wintercamps with minimal gear

    This is 53minutes of a german survival hobbyist camping in the winterforest undera poncho w/out food kindamakes a big deal about howlong hes been without food (31hours), but it demonstrates some good coldweather technique.( subtitled)

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  3. snowbyrd

    snowbyrd Latet anguis in herba

    Ist gotten gutten itromachen

    Some good tips there, like the foot bag thing, used to do a bag on the foot, put on socks another bag and then the boot. They make foot bag things now I think.
    "I forgot to tell you about my other equipment, the Winabago over there":eek: :lol:
    Batteries do go bad in the cold, used to sleep with then, hated beng radio man..... snowbyrd
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    mmm, spruce needle tea. True Scandinavian there! [beer]

    You haven't lived until you try that. I've tried it unsweetened but prefer it with honey.

    Sounds like a Swede to me rather than a German.

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Gunstock wood - question

Discussion in 'Firearms' started by ghrit, Sep 24, 2011.

  1. ghrit

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    Any stockmakers here?

    The recent storms up thisaway left me with a down cherry tree. I've cut it up in firewood lengths except for a roughly 5 foot log, about 18 inches in diameter which just might yield a suitable slab or two for a stock. This is one of the straightest grain woods I've ever seen, coming as it did from a 60 foot tree. I've been told that cherry is plenty strong enough for stocking, and based on some furniture I've had (and have) over the years (including a 200 year old tall case clock) it's pretty stable when properly dryed/cured. The question is, "How does one prepare the log/sawn wood for cure?"

    Yes, I know proper aging is apt to be a couple years. Storage will be in the basement, which is well vented and kept above freezing in the winter. (Unless someone tells me otherwise and it winds up in the shed without any kind of climate controls.)
  3. CATO

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    My dad makes guitar bodies, and I think the process would be the same.

    You'd have it cut into slabs, in your case, maybe 5' long and 3.5" thick and 7" wide (or thereabouts). The final moisture content of the wood should be < 10% (I think around 6-8%). The last few percents might have to be done in a kiln.

    Air Drying Cherry Slabs
  4. ghrit

    ghrit Bad company Administrator Founding Member

    Good scoop, thanx. [bow] Now to find a mill to slab it.
  5. gejoat

    gejoat Monkey+

    Hi ghrit
    1st What kind of stock design; Monti Carlo, straight, shotgun, ect..
    2nd what sized, good idea look at other guns same kind and get rough dimensions from them
    3rd add extra all the way around; at least three inches on each end for possible checking
    4th now splint your log inn half through the pith (center of the tree) assuming no bandmill then "A" chainsaw (be careful most chainsaw bars and chains are designed to crosscut not rip cutting) or "B" use series of splitting wedges but you may not get a straight even split (be careful of steel wedges wanting to pop out and ding you in the shin or other places)5th put the flat side down and slice off / wedge off side pieces
    6th turn on edge and slice off / wedge off outside of tree (this should leave you with almost no sap wood)
    7th allow at least one year per inch thickness for air drying
    8th this will take longer but reduce possible checking at the ends of your blanks; coat them with glue, or paint, or initially you can put them in paper grocery bags to help slow down drying and prevent checking
    9th now stack them flat on sticker boards (always place sticker boards directly above the one below) (sticker boards are about 1"x1' x longer than stack is wide) out of the way, out of sunlight, out of air movement (no air blowing over them) and not in damp spots.
    10 check occasionally:
    11 in due time have fun making your stocks
    12 Woodcraft Supply, Brownells and others sell books and special tools to help and guide along the way

    Good luck feel free to contact me directly if you like on private messages
  6. gejoat

    gejoat Monkey+

    For fine woodworking Instruments I would agree
    However for the intended purpose I would be comfortably in 12 to 14 % range depending on area of country
    Florida 14 to 20% Arizona 4 to 6 %
  7. beast

    beast backwoodsman

    it will warp and bow
    get it quarter sawn so each plank has part of the heartwood
    this will give you the best and strongest wood
    then there are 2 ways to season it properly
    the best is standing on end where there is free airflow
    the second best is piled with spacers
    kiln drying is a rush job and may well f*ck up your wood
    controlled climate im not too fond of either, it changes the way your wood seasons
    ive been in woodworking for over 40 years, old style wood working
    like the amish and our ancestors
    and yes any fruit wood is quite strong and usually very hard
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  8. ozarkgoatman

    ozarkgoatman Resident goat herder

    The way I dry wood is to leave it as a log with the bark on, then paint or wax the ends. This will not allow the wood to dry fast on the ends. then put I put it in the barn, this will take several years (were talking 4-5 maybe more depending on size) but you will have very little if any cracking. Then have it cut.

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Forlag: Poisoned Pen Press
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Omtale Chambers of Death
"Priscilla Royal understands the human heart, the medieval mind, and how to ratchet up the suspense with each turn of the page."
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When one of her company falls ill on a return journey to Tyndal, Prioress Eleanor accepts lodging at a nearby manor. The hospitality may be warm, but the underlying passions among the steward's family are scorching.
Master Stevyn's wife is having an affair with the groom while a local widow acts more like the lady of the manor than the lady herself. Stevyn's eldest son and spouse are obsessed with sin and heaven, while his youngest son, bound for the Church, unexpectedly returns with more interest in lute playing than the priesthood. So it is no surprise when someone's throat is cut. But the sheriff does all he can to avoid offending the family rather than seek the real killer.
As strangers in this place, Eleanor and Thomas know nothing about motives or past history, yet God's justice demands that they do what they can before another innocent person dies....
Priscilla Royal grew up in British Columbia and fell in love with medieval literature as a student at San Francisco State University. She now lives and writes in Northern California. Chambers of Death is sixth in her medieval mystery series.

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Connect the Stars (Heftet)

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Utgivelsesår: 2016
Antall sider: 368
Forlag: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Språk: Engelsk
ISBN/EAN: 9780062274663
Omtale Connect the Stars
From Saving Lucas Biggs authors Marisa de los Santos and David Teague comes a heartwarming middle grade adventure about two misfits discovering the importance of just being themselves.When thirteen-year-olds Aaron and Audrey meet at a wilderness camp in the desert, they think their quirks are enough to prevent them from ever having friends. But as they trek through the challenging and unforgiving landscape, they learn that they each have what it takes to make the other whole.Luminous and clever, Connect the Stars takes on some hefty topics of the day-bullying, understanding where you fit in, and learning to live with physical and mental challenges-all in a joyous adventure kids will love!

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Kenneth Branagh (Heftet)

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Utgivelsesår: 2006
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Forlag: Faber & Faber
Språk: Engelsk
ISBN/EAN: 9780571220694
Kategori: Biografier og memoarer
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From humble beginnings, Kenneth Branagh drove himself to dizzy heights of accomplishment. With a West End hit at twenty-one, a lead with the RSC by twenty-three and his own theatre company by twenty-six, no actor of his generation achieved so much so rapidly. And yet no actor has received such relentless criticism. Based on extensive research and numerous interviews, Mark White traces the vicissitudes of Branagh's career, examining his meteoric rise and the accompanying backlash.

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A-Z of Bahamas Heritage (Heftet)

Serie: Macmillan Caribbean A-Zs

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Utgivelsesår: 2007
Antall sider: 424
Forlag: Macmillan Education
Språk: Engelsk
Serie: Macmillan Caribbean A-Zs
ISBN/EAN: 9781405002424
Kategori: Kulturhistorie
Omtale A-Z of Bahamas Heritage
Designed as a lively encyclopedia, this includes all the elements that constitute the heritage of modern Bahamians: historical, geographical, economic, political, social and cultural. Key events, institutions, customs and personalities are not just described but evaluated. Yet, as even a dipping will show, this A-Z is far from being entirely strait-laced. Apart from heroes and high-fliers there are plenty of eccentrics and even a few villains. Compiled by the premier historian of "The Bahamas" and four years in the making, this sparkling reference book is the distillation of research and analysis spread over half a century. Printed in colour and beautifully illustrated, it is aimed at both fact-seekers and browsers. It will interest and profit Bahamians, visitors and armchair travellers alike."Macmillan Caribbean A-Zs" are a comprehensive series of reference books that provide an invaluable and entertaining source of information to the countries that comprise the Caribbean region. Highly illustrated and in full-colour throughout, they are a unique 'one-stop' resource to the cultural heritage of a fascinating and richly diverse part of the world.

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Her Kind of Man (Heftet)

Serie: Edge of Scandal

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Antall sider: 400
Forlag: Little, Brown & Company
Språk: Engelsk
Serie: Edge of Scandal
ISBN/EAN: 9781455560400
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When Mr. Right is oh so wrongI'll never let you go . . . Allina had always dreamed of hearing those words. But when her fiance, Isaac, utters them, it isn't a promise-it's a threat. Scared and confused, with only moments before the wedding, Allina knows what she must do. Forget walking down the aisle; it's time to run. Back to Michigan. Back to Kent.Kent has loved Allina for longer than he can remember. Out of respect for their friendship, he's never crossed the line, but when she turns up on his doorstep wearing her torn, tearstained wedding gown, the fire inside him ignites. He'll do whatever it takes to make Allina feel safe-like the beautiful, desirable woman she is. But as Kent and Allina grow closer, and their passion pushes deeper, it's clear that something bigger than a botched wedding still lingers between them . . .

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Giving Back

PTO Ladies Night Out Fundraiser to Feature Randolph H.S. Musical Talent

Jon Zlock, Kelley Guerra, Tia Scola and Jesse Bush Credits: RHS
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Tia Scola Credits: Josh Lane, RHS Senior

RANDOLPH, NJ - Three musicians with Randolph High School ties will be featured on at the annual “Ladies’ Night Out” fundraiser on March 14.

The featured performers for the night include juniors Jesse Bush and Kelley Guerra, senior Tia Scola, and journalism teacher Jon Zlock. The event itself has been going on for 28 years, the last two at the Hanover Marriott in Whippany. The fundraiser begins at 6 p.m.

Prizes for the traditional and popular grand raffle include diamond earrings, a $1,000 gift card, and flowers for one year. Events this year include a “Tricky Tray”/basket raffle, an Instant Raffle, a Grand Raffle, a 50/50, and a power raffle worth $1,000.

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Profits from this event support programs such as Randolph Township Schools Project Graduation, Teacher Grants, projects for the district, and scholarships for graduating seniors.

“The Randolph PTO Council is thrilled to celebrate the talent of Randolph High School students and the amazing vocals of our RHS Journalism Teacher at our 28th Annual Fundraiser this year,” said Dee Pokorny, PTO Council president. “Tia Scola, Jesse Bush, Kelly Guerra and Jon Zlock will provide the pleasantries of the evening with their musical talents and vocal skills that will round out the evening and provide entertainment to our guests attending this charitable cause.”

Zlock, who lives in Morristown with his wife, Molly, twins Deacon and Harper, and their dog, Jake, has been teaching at Randolph High School since 2008.  He periodically performs for his students and has played local gigs regularly over the last four years.  His music taste covers a multitude of genres, including rock, country, folk and pop.

Zlock was once described by a former band mate as "A writer by trade and musician by heart, JZ is your space cowboy. He is Americana roots meets singer-songwriter, Bill Monroe meets the Dave Matthews, Levon Helm meets the Dixie Chicks, corduroy blazer meets cowboy boot.”

Zlock said of the event, “It’s always a good time and it’s always something I look forward to playing at.  The PTO council and all our PTOs are so supportive of our schools, and Ladies Night Out is a great example of why.  The people are fantastic and the crowd is great.”

In addition to Zlock, RHS juniors Kelley Guerra and Jesse Bush will be performing. Guerra also has performed at the local theatre and Carnegie Hall.

“We're really excited to do this,” Guerra said of herself and Bush. ”We're always looking for chances to get together and sing.”

Bush and Guerra won the Randolph High School Talent show last year.  Bush had been part of the band "Flashback," partaking in multiple performances, and gaining experience as a performer.

Bush plays lacrosse and hockey for Randolph High School, in addition to being involved in the drama club and chamber choir.  He will be performing in “Damn Yankees” on Feb. 27.

Finally, Randolph High School senior Tia Scola will showcase her classic country charisma at Ladies’ Night Out. Scola is an avid performer who writes her own songs, and has performed them at events such as the Randolph Country Fair in addition to many different local venues.

“I'm excited for this event,” Scola said. “There's a huge crowd… it is a chance to spread my music and maybe have my music make an impact on the listeners.”

Scola will be attending Belmont University in Nashville starting in fall of 2014 as a songwriting business major.

The annual Ladies’ Night Out has a history of being a night of enjoyment.  The lively atmosphere attracts several hundreds of people once a year to come together and enjoy entertainment and prizes all for a rewarding cause.  Attendees invariably come out having had a great experience and having gained great memories.

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Motive Chorus Daemon keeps trying to connect to internet or local network. What is it and do I allow it in Zone Alarm.

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and I forgot to mention its application: mad.exe dont know what that is either.

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yeah it's ok, it's part of blueyonder broadband.

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As per jonnytub, it's part of the Blueyonder instant support tool.

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Philips has started UK sales of its GoGear Muse 3 portable media player. The MP3 player and video device has a 3.2in widescreen display that is touch-sensitive and uses a ‘swipe’ mechanism for accessing menu items and adjusting volume. This means there’s no need to fiddle about looking for a volume rocker – you can just dab at the screen and instantly get the Muse 3 player to quieten down.

Philips also includes a SafeSound function that allows parents to limit the maximum volume, thereby protecting kids’ delicate ears from damage. Griffin Technology introduced the idea of specific volume limits on audio equipment used by children with its still-popular Griffin MyPhones headphones

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LNP Hervey Bay MP Ted Sorensen has announced that the LNP will employ a new Hospital Liaison officer at Hervey Bay Hospital.

Mr Sorensen said the LNP was fully committed to providing local residents with the best health care services.

“An LNP Government is focused on ensuring everyone has access to the best health care possible,” Mr Sorensen said.

“I am extremely proud to be part of an LNP team that will deliver this funding for our local community.”

LNP Leader Tim Nicholls said only the LNP’s Ted Sorensen would deliver world-class health care for Hervey Bay residents.

“A vote for anyone other than the LNP will see a return of a do-nothing Labor Government which has the wrong priorities,” Mr Nicholls said.

“Ted is an extremely hard-working MP and vocal champion for his community.

“This funding commitment forms part of our plan to Build a Better Queensland by Building a Better Hervey Bay.”

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221 – Alfred and Guthrum: The Price of Peace

When we left off, Guthrum had marched into the heart of Wessex without being noticed, lead his forces right past Alfred’s hold in Winchester, and seized the Royal tun of Wareham. In response to this, Alfred raised the Fyrd, marched upon the southern port town, and besieged it. Now all of our surviving sources are silent on how long this siege lasted. Alfred may have tried to end it quickly, but it’s just as likely that he and his army camped on the edge of Wareham for a very long time and that Guthrum’s army was running low on supplies. Looking at the record, our best guess is that the siege lasted until winter and only came to a conclusion in either in the end of 876 or early 877, but this is one of those details we will never know for sure.

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  1. March 9, 2017 at 9:26 am

    You mentioned in previous episodes that Viking armies were often slowed down when they were carrying loot from raids; given the urgent speed with which they left Wareham, is there any suggestion that they left any part of the Danegeld behind? Or was it paid in a form that was easily portable?

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      That’s a great question. I don’t know. Unfortunately, we generally don’t know what the full price of these early Danegelds was. But many times the Danes wanted to be paid in hack metal, which would be very portable and could be split among the warriors. So I would assume it would be much easier to transport than furnishings, artwork, livestock, etc.

  2. Ricardo Salazar
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    Another excellent episode. I’m really getting into source analysis woven into narrative!!! I agree with your analysis of the cultural mistranslations that Guthrum exploited so effectively. I don’t think he necessarily believed Guthrum but I’m not sure what else Alfred could have done militarily. Regardless, he definitely misjudged the speed and ferocity of Guthrum’s betrayal.

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Las Vegas Easter Brunch Specials

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Las Vegas has long been known for many fine brunch options. With spring in the air and Easter on the horizon, we’ve assembled a sampling of the wide variety of Easter brunch options both on and off the famed Las Vegas Strip.

Comme Ça by David Myers, The Cosmopolitan — The Strip

Executive chef Brian Howard has created a lovely brunch to celebrate the holiday. Guests may indulge in the tempting brunch menu for $49 per person with an option for bottomless champagne, mimosas, and Bloody Marys for an additional $25 per person. The Easter buffet features house-made charcuterie, deviled eggs with a black truffle garnish, artisan cheese displays with traditional garnishes, assorted quiche, French potato salad, roasted cremini mushrooms with grilled ramps, and an assortment of flavorful glazed spring vegetables. In addition, they are firing up their wood-fired grill with some very nice options that include beer can chicken, roasted leg of lamb with a Provençale chimichurri, savory yet sweet hay-smoked honey ham, and grilled ruby trout. Of course, no Easter brunch is complete without something sweet. Chef Howard and his talented staff have created a sweet finish, complete with apple scones, chocolate croissants, lemon tarts, pot de crème, éclairs, and Comme Ça’s original duck confit cinnamon rolls.

Rao's, Caesars Palace — The Strip

Guests can hop on over to Caesars Palace and enjoy brunch at the famed Rao's Restaurant and celebrate Italian-style. Specials include corn soup ($15), crabcakes ($21), penne with braised lamb shank ragù ($28), and for dessert, a rich carrot cake ($12).

SUSHISAMBA, Palazzo Resort — The Strip

For a unique meal, SUSHISAMBA executive chef Herb Wilson has assembled many options to choose from. Grilled hanger steak with red chimichurri and organic eggs any style is a nice choice. Guests can also enjoy lobster eggs Benedict with miso-yuzu hollandaise; a South American frittata with lingüiça, asparagus, and hearts of palm; and Wagyu sliders. For dessert, save room for dulce de leche French toast, house-made quinoa waffles, and warm churros with spiced caramel and Peruvian chocolate dipping sauce.

OLIVES by Todd English, Bellagio Resort — The Strip

Celebrity chef Todd English has created a delightful Easter menu. Guests can start with grilled shrimp cocktail, BBQ pork flatbread, or watermelon gazpacho. Main course options include black olive chicken with polenta, pan-seared snapper with green pea risotto, or a surf and turf: grilled rib-eye steak with tempura fried jumbo shrimp.

Border Grill, Mandalay Bay Resort — The Strip

Border Grill executive chef Mike Minor has created an Easter menu to be enjoyed inside or outside on their patio. He’ll offer the very popular all-you-can-eat Border Brunch ($29.99 per person with optional $5 bottomless mimosas). The menu is available from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and guests can indulge in distinctive, Border Grill-style fare, such as bacon-jalapeño peanut butter and jelly, Peruvian shrimp and grits, Mexican chocolate pancakes, bread pudding French toast, frittata tart, Mexican rice pudding, breakfast enchilada, and shortrib hash and eggs. Rounding out the menu is Border Grill's famous dulce de leche-infused churro tots, an episode-winning dish from season three of Bravo's Top Chef Masters.

Hash House A Go Go, Various Locations — Off the Strip

Guests can hop into one of the four Las Vegas Hash House A Go Go locations for an enjoyable Easter Sunday meal. Food and drink specials range in price from $5.25 to $31.95. Menu options include the lamb chop hash (crispy potatoes, lamb chops, roasted red peppers, spinach, and goat cheese with two eggs and a biscuit, all drizzled with barbecue sauce), butterscotch almond pancakes, and  roast chicken "Benny:" a biscuit topped with spinach, mushrooms, chicken, and two over-easy eggs. For dinner try the wedge salad, the Hash House mixed grill (lamb chop, duck breast, and boneless rib-eye), or mahimahi stuffed with a crabcake.

T-Bones Chop House, Red Rock Resort — Off the Strip

T-Bones at Red Rock Resort will serve Easter Brunch from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. The buffet menu selection includes assorted salads and smoked salmon, chilled shrimp and crab claws, made-to-order omelettes, braised shortribs, roasted pacific halibut, lemon thyme chicken, cinnamon roll pancakes, dessert, and pastries for $75 per person and $29 for children aged 8 and under. The Easter Bunny will also be making a special appearance.

Dos Caminos, Summerlin — Off the Strip

The newly opened Dos Caminos did not waste any time getting into the Easter mood. The brunch menu will include sopa de albondigas (tiny meatballs in rich herb broth), Oaxacan quesadillas, serrano ham and Mexican cheeses, poached eggs, mole negro, and cajeta-filled dark chocolate eggs in addition to their regular menu.

Marche Bacchus, Desert Shores — Off the Strip

Marche Bacchus, just 10 minutes from the Las Vegas Strip, is known for its lakeside seating. For Easter, the restaurant will offer a champagne brunch featuring a four-course meal and a complimentary mimosa or champagne ($49 per person). It's available from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and guests can indulge in French-inspired fare including chilled carrot ginger soup, jumbo lump crabcakes, pan-roasted salmon, chicken-filled crepes, and classic eggs Benedict.

Honey Salt, Summerlin — Off the Strip

This new farm-to-table restaurant in Summerlin has a whole day of activities planned. There will be an Easter egg hunt for the little ones and brunch specials that include artisanal hand-carved ham off the bone and farm-fresh eggs with breakfast potatoes. They even offer a special menu for the kids including pizza margherita, mac and cheese, pasta with butter, and chicken. For dessert, options include Easter cookies and milk, honey salt snow cones, or "grow your own sundae"’

Las Vegas offers a wide variety of traditional and non-traditional Easter brunch menus both on and off the Strip. This Easter Sunday no matter your mood or palate, there is a mouthwatering option waiting for you.

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Individualism, optimism, belief in hard work: Pew survey says that's still America

And happier than many other rich countries

WASHINGTON, D.C. - In every presidential election, the party that doesn’t control the White House campaigns on the warning that America is on the cusp of losing its can-do spirit, rugged individualism and pioneer’s optimism.

Republicans say that big government, the Nanny State and expanding entitlements are threatening American exceptionalism. Democrats preach that Big Business, inequality and unchecked markets have put the American Dream at risk.

Well, according to the Pew Research Center, the quintessential American character traits look better out the window than in the mirror. Compared to other countries, Americans remain individualistic and optimistic.

Last year, Pew conducted surveys in 44 countries. Two questions focused on what we might call individualism. One asked if people disagreed with the idea that success in life is controlled by forces outside their control. The other asked how important hard work was in getting ahead.

Americans are at the extreme on both counts, believing in individual control and the power of hard work. Take a look:

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The first person to really diagnose and name this uniquely American quality was Alexander de Tocqueville almost two centuries ago. “’Individualism’ is a word recently coined to express a new idea,” he wrote. “Our fathers only knew about egoism.”

Beginning in the 1960’s cultural critics of the left and right began to worry that rugged individualism was slowly morphing into shallow selfishness. The classic book on that was “The Culture of Narcissism” by Christopher Lasch.  We recently did a podcast with psychologist Jean Twenge, the author of “The Narcissism Epidemic,” who worries that the millennial generation’s individualism is growing even more selfish and cynical.

Perhaps there is some comfort in Pew’s findings, at least comparatively.

Americans also remain super-duper optimistic, especially compared to other wealthy nations. People from what Dick Cheney once called “Old Europe” like to make fun of Americans for chirping, “Have a nice day.” Humbug. Pew asked people in the 44 countries to describe their day. The results, also from Pew, are dazzling:

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Crazy thing #1: America is happier than any other wealthy developed country.

Crazy thing #2: There is no correlation between national wealth and material prosperity and happiness – or self-reported contentment. Look at the countries at the top of the “having a good day” list: Nigeria, Columbia, Kenya, Nicaragua or Bangladesh.

This is yet another data point in one of the most persistent puzzles of social science. In 2000, Yale political scientist Robert Lane wrote a book called “The Loss of Happiness in Market Democracies,” which argued that increased material well-being didn’t increase mental or subjective well-being – happiness. Another great book on the topic by Gregg Easterbrook was called “The Progress Paradox.”

America has resisted the progress paradox more than most of the rest of the world. Maybe it’s because of our individualism. Or maybe Old Europe is just tuckered out.

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Getting the ozone down

A new report demonstrates the gains that the OTC’s air pollution trading program continues to make in cleaning up the air of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States of the US.

The Ozone Transport Commission (OTC) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have released a report which demonstrates the gains OTC’s air pollution trading program continues to make in cleaning up the air of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States.

The report documents the results of the program during 2000. The trading program, which is generally known as a ‘cap-and-trade’ program, reduces pollution while permitting trading of emission credits known as allowances. In addition to contributing to the effort to meet health-based air quality standards, this approach reduces overall control costs and enhances overall cost effectiveness.

Ground-level ozone is the primary constituent in smog, and a significant public health problem. As a way of reducing ground-level ozone, OTC initiated its efforts to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) from major stationary sources, such as power plants, in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) approved in 1994.

All States in OTC except Virginia signed this MOU. In addition to specific emission reduction requirements, the MOU also started the process of developing an emissions trading program which provides for trading NOx emission ‘allowances.’ Allowances aredistributed by States according to individual State rules. Each source gets an emission limit; emission reduction requirements can met by either reducing emissions, purchasing allowances, or both.

Some pollution sources can purchase allowances if other pollution sources have reduced their emissions below regulatory requirements. This then allows sources which reduce emissions at less cost to sell allowances to sources for which reducing emissions is more expensive, thereby minimising the cost of the overall program.

The new 2000 OTC report states that emissions of NOx sources in the program were reduced to just under 175,000 tons over the five-month ozone season which includes the summer of 2000.

This is less than half of the emissions documented for these sources in 1990, and very similar to the level of emissions during the summer of 1999. The NOx reduction program was started in 1995, and the second phase of the program, including emissions trading, was fully implemented in 1999. A trading market has developed for NOx allowances.

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Donald Trump is now officially gunning for the Muslims. On Friday, he signed an executive order titled Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States. The order is nothing short of a Muslim ban by another name. It is cruel and callous, espouses positions contrary to the professed values of the United States, and will certainly produce more problems than it purports to solve. In other words, it’s exactly like Donald Trump.

I cannot tell you how livid these scant pages of bureaucratic language make me. In them, Trump is returning the country to the dark days of excluding masses of people on the basis of our national prejudices. It’s as if we’ve reverted to the late 19th century when laws were passed to bar Chinese entry to the US, but this time the action is by executive fiat and trained on Muslims. Not incidentally, the case law for Chinese Exclusion also established the legal authority for the National Security Entry-Exist Registration System (Nseers), the US government’s previous incarnation of a Muslim registry. We’re never far away from our demons.

Friday’s executive order initiates an immediate 90-day suspension of issuing visas to people from select countries, which currently are Iraq, Iran, Syria, Yemen, Libya, Sudan and Somalia. The list could be expanded. But do you notice anything peculiar about this particular group of nations? It can’t be that nationals of all those countries have committed acts of terrorism in the US, because they haven’t. But it is true that six of the seven countries are currently being bombed by the US, and that most of these countries have also suffered invasions or overthrows by the US.

First, we bomb you. Then we ban you.

Trump’s refugee ban provokes criticism at home and abroad – video report

What happens after this first 90-day period is anyone’s guess. We do know, however, that Trump has directed the government to stop admitting any refugee into the US for 120 days, and the total number of refugees resettled in the US will fall from 110,000 in 2016 to 50,000 in 2017. It’s worse for Syrians. Not a single Syrian refugee will be admitted to the US until Trump himself, in royal fashion, determines that the Refugee Admissions Program is in “alignment with our national interest”.

In other words, the wholesale barring of some of the most marginalized people on the planet will now be seen by the rest of the world as a primary American value. To all my fellow Americans, I ask: are you OK with that?

On its face, Trump’s executive order is based on national origin; dig a little deeper, and it becomes clear that the ban is really about religion. One section of the order allows the government to make exceptions to its own refugee injunction “when the person is a religious minority in his country or nationality facing religious persecution”. What used to qualify for refugee status was each individual’s dire humanitarian need to escape deadly oppression of any sort. Now, it’s being non-Muslim among the Muslims.

And if you think this executive order doesn’t apply to you because you’re not Muslim, you’d be mistaken. The US will soon begin collecting biometric data from all travelers on exit (not only on entry, as is currently the case), making airport lines even more interminable. The order also requires in-person interviews for everyone seeking a non-immigrant visa, which will be incredibly time-consuming.

Immigration experts are telling Muslim visa-seekers to expect ideological litmus-test questions when interviewed. Does the Trump administration not realize that people could simply lie – sorry, offer alternative facts – when asked ideological questions? The revisions enacted by this order are mindless and bureaucratic and are certain to raise expenditures enormously.

But the real expense of this order are the human costs. This act of xenophobia masquerading as policy is premised on twin ideas. The first is that terrorism correlates with foreign-born individuals. This is demonstrably not true; just look at Dylann Roof, for example. The second is that Muslims must demonstrate to the government that we’re not terrorists, that we are, in other words, guilty until we can prove our innocence. This not only reverses the fundamentals of American jurisprudence, but is deeply offensive to the core.

The United States already gains significantly from the Muslims in the country. Muslim Americans constitute 1-2% of the population, but about 5% the doctors in the US are Muslim, as one illustration. Yet when a government enshrines prejudice into law, we must brace for a rise in bigotry on the part of the people as well. Meanwhile, the talented Muslims from around the world will simply go elsewhere, and America will lose again.

Trump’s executive order claims that “the United States should not admit those who engage in acts of bigotry or hatred”, including those who perpetrate “forms of violence against women, or the persecution of those who practice religions different from their own”. Fair enough.

But, what if such a person learned those heinous lessons while he was already in the US? And what if such a person ran for office? And what if such a person became the president of the US? How do we protect America then?


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Thomas Vinterberg – back in The Hunt

After the success of Festen in 1998 Thomas Vinterberg suffered a painful fall from grace. Now he has completed The Hunt – and it's just as shocking
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'The mediocre, rational world is my enemy' ... Thomas Vinterberg. Photograph: KCS/Splash News

Way back in the 1970s, before he became a film-maker and travelled the world, Thomas Vinterberg was just a little kid on a Danish commune, a naked infant amid a herd of naked adults. He sets the scene with gusto. Genitals here and genitals there; children climbing on to undressed laps; the whole place full of generosity and love. In third grade the kids demanded a sex education class and their teacher Olin ("half-pissed, a lovely guy") duly obliged by pulling down his pants. "Today he'd get 15 years in prison," marvels Vinterberg. "He would never work again."

The director – now a handsome, hearty 43 – makes no bones about pining for the commune; of feeling bounced out of Eden and adrift in a constraining modern age. One might even view his subsequent career as a search for the purity he knew in his youth. When I meet him he's pacing around a conference room, a windowless space that is nominally in London but might just as well be anywhere. "They've got me here all afternoon," he grumbles. No doubt he has to keep his clothes on too.

Vinterberg recently completed work on a film he describes as "the anti-thesis to Festen", his late-90s breakthrough, in that both movies touch on issues of paedophilia and the loss of innocence, yet come at the subject from very different angles. Where Festen was all about the shocking truth (a favoured son accuses his dad of child abuse), The Hunt focuses on the shocking lie, and its galvanising effect on a close-knit Danish community. One moment Lucas (Mads Mikkelsen) is a straight-arrow citizen, hunting deer with his buddies in the woods beyond town. The next he's a pariah. The townsfolk throw rocks at his window and punch him in the streets. In the end, it seems, all he has left is his dog.

While it remains to be seen whether Vinterberg's message will resonate with a UK audience still reeling from the Jimmy Savile revelations, there's no denying The Hunt makes for rousing, red-button drama. On watching it for the first time, I pegged the picture as an update of Arthur Miller's The Crucible, although the director prefers to view it in terms of a Hans Christian Anderson tale. "It's a film about the evil from outside, the splinter of glass that enters a community and turns everything blue and fearful."

Mads <ikkelsen in The Hunt
'It's a film about the evil from outside' ... Mads Mikkelsen in The Hunt. Photograph: Per Arnesen

He explains that the idea had been seeded years before by some notes handed to him by a child psychiatrist and that the film's central interrogation scene (which initially struck me as over-egged and unconvincing) is actually a cleaned-up version of a real transcript. The result, he says, is a film about a witch-hunt and its victims; a story that identifies a new strain of wickedness. "Of course abuse happens – I made a film about that already. But I think that there's this other danger and it demands new sacrifices, new victims. These victims are not only the men – and sometimes women – who are accused of something they haven't done. But they are also the children who grow up believing they are victims. Those children operate under the grand illusion that something bad has happened to them; they grow up with similar experiences to the children who really did experience it." He draws a breath. "It's rotten, rotten territory."

The Hunt premiered at this year's Cannes film festival, where Mikkelsen picked up the best actor prize. More crucially, the film was hailed as a redemptive work for its creator; a onetime golden boy who fell from grace. It was Vinterberg's fate to break big at an age when most film-makers are still finding their feet. He went straight from the commune to Denmark's national film school, where he won awards for his short film Last Round. From there he fell in with the puckish, talented Lars von Trier and together they helped cook up the Dogme 95 movement, banging the drum for a purer, freer form of movie-making (hand-held cameras, no artificial lighting). Festen made him an art-house star. Ingmar Bergman phoned to hail him as a genius; Hollywood called with offers of work. The sky was the limit and then it all went to hell.

Vinterberg grins; he knows his own story. "I started out early, with lots of success. Film school, Dogme, and then I married very young too. But then, with Festen, I came to a point in my life when I couldn't go any further. It's like I went down a road that ended with Festen, because it was the ultimate me. So I had to explore new territory. That created some fantastic, adventurous years, but it gave me plenty of painful, disappointing moments too."

In 2002 he went to the US to make It's All About Love, a vast sugar-frosted folly that found Joaquin Phoenix stumbling over dead bodies in an apocalyptic Manhattan while Sean Penn sat on a plane, staring glumly out the window. The film was scattered with glorious moments but it was a mess; it wouldn't stand up. And when it bombed it left the director scalded. "It was a very special time," he says ruefully. "Everything fell apart. My marriage fell apart. My financial situation disintegrated. It was basically a midlife crisis and it went on for years. I knew I had to change everything."

Festen - still
All about the shocking truth ... Festen. Photograph: Blue Light

The problem, says Vinterberg, is that success had made him cautious and inhibited. He needed to go back to basics; learn to act the idiot again. This is why he still basically adheres to the tenets of Dogme, because they were about the search for creative freedom, a celebration of human fragility. "That's what we tried to do with Dogme, but it ended up as fancy dress. Dogme was over the night Festen opened in 1998, because it was no longer dangerous, no longer innocent, no longer a revolt. It became a fashion, it became a style, which was never the idea. It was an honest attempt to do something naked and pure."

I ask if he's still friends with Von Trier, his old partner in crime, and he pulls a face. "We've had our fall–outs over the years. I'm a little wary of the word 'friend'. I don't know how you can be friends with Lars. I don't know if he is even able to be friends with me, he plays too many wicked games. But we are having conversations and they are friendly, let's put it that way."

He ponders Von Trier's experience at Cannes last year, when the director joked that he was a Nazi and found himself unceremoniously ejected from a festival that had previously clasped him to its breast. "The thing about Lars is that he always plays this game of teasing the grownups, pushing the boundaries, and nobody ever said no until that day. He may very much disagree and we may have another fall-out over this. But I think maybe it was good for him. He found his wall and it was right in front of him in Cannes, which I thought was beautiful, it couldn't be written better."

These days Vinterberg is happily remarried, with a new family and a fresh lease of life. He explains that he has an arrangement with a theatre in Vienna that allows him to road-test his material on stage with its actors; seeing what works and seeing what doesn't. It's great, he says. He has just written a play about alcohol ("It's about four pissed old ladies; a celebration of drinking"). He's also in talks to direct an adaptation of Far From The Madding Crowd and one day plans to make a film about the commune he left behind.

I tell him that he seems driven by nostalgia and he readily agrees. Vinterberg likes drinking, nakedness, freedom of expression. He despises the rules and regulations of a well-ordered society. "The mediocre, rational world is my enemy," he declares. "Well-adjusted is the thing that I hate. Well-adjusted means fearful and cowardly. Some of my best friends are crazy, they don't give a shit." By this point he's back out of his seat, pacing around the walls again. He's waving his arms, simulating the way in which his friends shoot off sparks or go off like cherry-bombs. "Boom!" he says. "That's where life is! Boom!" He wants to run free, he longs to be naked. The conference room, I'm betting, won't hold him for long.

The Hunt is released on 30 November.


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Teenagers flock to follow fashion

Like hordes of Ugg booted, neon coloured wildebeests, roaming plains of plenty after weeks of deprivation, packs of British teenagers descended yesterday for the first day of what is proudly described as, and looks credibly like, the world's biggest fashion event, Clothes Show Live in Birmingham's NEC which this year is celebrating its 20th anniversary.

Situated with deceptive humbleness above Carole Nash's Motorcycle and Scooter Show, Clothes Show Live is an annual event that has far outlived and exceeded its TV origins, somewhat like Lily Allen shooting, noisily, brightly, above and beyond the fame of her father, doubtless to the surprise of the latter.

The largely teenage sightseers yesterday may well have been too young to have even ever seen the original TV show, The Clothes Show, which ran on the BBC from 1986-2000, but that did not diminish their excitement a jot.

The event, which expects 190,000 neon-coloured pairs of tights to cross its threshold before it closes on Wednesday, features both high designer and high street fashion shows, but the main focus, easily, is shopping. By 11 yesterday morning, just an hour after the doors opened, the Juicy Couture stall - the label known for its velour tracksuits which often come sprinkled with rhinestones, had to be briefly closed, due to what the beleaguered and baffled security guard called "uncontrollable mob scenes". Someone, it was reported, had been bitten in the pandemonium and it was announced the stall might be shut for good. But the queue would not be so easily cowed. "We've waited for three hours to get in - there's no way we're going. We came down to Birmingham just for this," said Lauren Appleby, 20, from Northampton. But what was the appeal? The answer, from Lauren and her friends, came in chorused unison: "Because it's cheap." Anyone worried about the credit crunch? No.

"We're students so it doesn't really affect us," elaborated Lauren Brady, 19 and from Redditch, clutching an enormous shopping bag from Punkyfish.

The Live event might seem a far cry from the original show. Hosted by the be-turbanned Caryn Franklin and the be-suited Jeff Banks the show, despite being hampered by low budgets, was far more fashion forward than many fashion TV shows on today. Whereas Trinny & Susannah and Gok Wan reduce the subject to body image, The Clothes Show featured designer shows and actual information about the industry, such as investigations into sweatshops and eating disorders.

"I don't think the show influenced how fashion is covered on TV today, but I think it showed producers that there is actually a huge appetite for it. It also made people more fashion literate. John Galliano once said to me, 'Because of The Clothes Show taxi drivers know who I am," said former presenter Franklin. It also had a huge impact on the British fashion industry.

The current generation of designers all grew up watching the programme and, in many cases, were inspired by it.

"Growing up in Scotland, it felt like fashion was a different world, but The Clothes Show made it feel more relevant, and also more accessible to the working class because of all the high street stuff. It definitely made me want to go study fashion at Central St Martins," said designer Christopher Kane.

Model Erin O'Connor was spotted at a Clothes Show Live event as a teenager. "The great thing about The Clothes Show was it made us believe we were all entitled to give this rarefied world of fashion a go," she said. Meanwhile back in the NEC yesterday, over at the Paris Hilton stall where, for a mere £60 one can buy an alice band with attached fake hair, dancers writhe in gold playsuits.

"We're just here to attract customers," said Leigh Tyler, 22, from the Midlands. "I was really excited when I got this job because I've never worked with hair extensions. And I get to come to the Clothes Show!"


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Rival biographer admits hoax Betjeman love letter

John Betjeman
Hiller employed vocabulary Betjeman might have used. Photograph: Jane Bown
One of the most spirited literary feuds of recent times gained momentum yesterday as the author Bevis Hillier outed himself as the writer of a fake letter published as part of a biography of John Betjeman.

One week after the love letter was exposed as a fake, Hillier is reported to have confessed that he engineered the plot as an embarrassment to his rival AN Wilson. On close inspection, the first letters of each sentence spelt out the words: "AN Wilson is a shit."

Hillier has written his own three-volume biography of Betjeman and is said to have been aggrieved at the status publishers gave to his rival's book. Yesterday, he explained how he employed the vocabulary Betjeman might have used, including words such as "Tinkerty-tonk", to fool his rival and to take his revenge.

"I wanted the acrostic love letter to spell out 'AN Wilson is a shit' and then built sentences around that," he told the Sunday Times. "I also needed to ensure it seemed valid."

Animosity between the two was heightened by Wilson's review of the second volume of Hillier's work. "This is a hopeless mishmash of a book," he wrote in 2002. "Some reviewers would say it was badly written, but the trouble is, it isn't really written at all. It is hurled together." In 2004 Wilson also wrote a newspaper article which was seen as an attack on Hillier. "How utterly pitiable to be some old bachelor in a Hiram's hospital, smock-clad like a pauper in the reign of Henry VIII, dripping resentment like the dottle from a smelly churchwarden's pipe, and with so little in his life that he has to worry his sad old head about a book review," he said.

Hillier told the Sunday Times that advance publicity for Wilson's book left him enraged. "When a newspaper started billing Wilson's book as 'the big one', it was just too much," said Hillier, 66.

The fake letter, which was sent to Wilson two years ago from Roquebrun, France, appeared to come from a woman called Eve de Harben, who enclosed what she said was a passionate love letter apparently written by Betjeman in 1944 to Honor Tracy, a wartime work colleague. De Harben said she had been passed the letter by her father, an old friend of Tracy. Wilson put the letter in his book at the end of the chapter entitled "Betjeman at War".


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Does Federal Marijuana Prohibition Override State Legalization Efforts?

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The struggle over states’ rights versus federal control is as much philosophical as it is political. Since before the ratification of the Constitution and the early days of the American Revolution, prominent historical figures debated the proper way to separate power and just how much freedom people should have from their government.

Would a strong central government be preferable to the safety and security of society, or would a limited government with a strong emphasis on control by the people work better?

The biggest test of federal control is the topic of marijuana. For decades now, various states have legalized marijuana for medicinal purposes. When treating illnesses and dealing with health problems, should individuals have the right to dictate what they try for treatment?

The question is fairly straight forward and, in a free society, people would have the right to control their own bodies. This includes controlling what does and doesn’t enter our own bodies, as well as controlling what they try for treatment when dealing with various health problems.

But what about recreational use of marijuana?

The question came forward in Maine in the form of a referendum. After a bitter, controversy battle, the legalization crowd barely won with a lead of less than three thousand votes. While a recount challenge is being prepared, Governor Paul LePage is already raising his own doubts and implying he will not enforce the law.

Governor LePage has established a reputation during his time in office for standing up what he believes in. He has refused to back down against the federal government on topics such as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as “Obamacare” and welfare reform. More recently, he has backed out of the federal refugee program.

It is for this reason, the Governor’s logic on marijuana decriminalization makes little sense. In a radio interview discussing the will of the people, he stated he will have to consult President-Elect Donald Trump before deciding what he will do.

You read that right: no-nonsense, pro-limited government Paul LePage will be deciding his plans based on what the incoming President decides.

The federal government has long prohibited the use of marijuana and other drugs as part of a costly, questionably constitutional war on drugs. While Governor LePage has been willing to defy the federal government when he believes they are wrong or working against the will of the Maine people. But the Governor has also been a staunch defender of the big government drug war.

The problem here for the Maine Governor doesn’t seem to be whether or not marijuana is good for Mainers, but whether or not he has permission to have his views on it. During his occupation of the Blaine House under a Democratic President, he has had no problem defying the federal government when he sees fit. But now that a Republican is taking over the White House, he has to seek permission before having a view on a Maine vote.

It’s a dangerous and reckless precedent for Governor LePage to endorse. The federal government should not be regulating our bodies or personal lives to this degree, and the spirit of the Tenth Amendment states that federal prohibition is at odds with liberty itself.

Chris Dixon is a liberty activist and writer from Maine. In addition to being Managing Editor for the Liberty Conservative, he also writes the Bangor Daily News blog “Undercover Porcupine” and for sports website Cleatgeeks.

  • Yes, federal law always overrides state or local law.

  • Yes, federal law always overrides state or local law.

    • kevin_hunt

      Where is it written that the states are compelled to enforce federal law?

  • No there should be NO Prohibition to human conduct in a FREE COUNTRY whereby NO threat to individual life liberty or property exist and all consent!

  • Ian James

    Prohibition is the opposite of liberty.

    It’s time to legalize nationally for adults.

  • kevin_hunt

    LePage is off the rails crazy. Thankfully, he is term-limited.


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BMW X6 Concept unveiled in Frankfurt Photo:
Steane Klose | Sep, 12 2007 | 0 Comments

BMW have introduced their new X6, the world?s first Sports Activity Coupe at the Frankfurt Motor Show. BMW were the first manufacturer to create a Sports Activity Vehicle, the popular X5 we have known and loved since the original concept was shown in 1999.

Based on the X5?s chassis the new X6 SAC sacrifices interior practicality for exterior appeal, combining the aesthetics of a coupe with the ground clearance and some of the practicality we associate with the X5.

Featuring a smooth coupe outline, short front overhang, long-wheelbase and muscular wheel arches along with the specially developed 21-inch Y-spoke alloy wheels the X6 is certainly striking.

The BMW X6 features the usual array of BMW electronic driving aids, including the latest BMW traction system, Dynamic Performance Control (DPC), which feeds a variable split of torque to the two rear wheels, providing a stabilising effect under power or when backing-off the accelerator.

When possible over-or understeer is detected, DPC will vary the distribution of drive forces between the wheels for perfect stability and traction. Benefits include higher lateral acceleration and optimum directional stability when accelerating out of a bend.

Combined with BMW's intelligent xDrive all-wheel drive technology, BMW believe that the X6?s drivetrain and chassis control systems offer a unique standard of safe and exciting driving stability in all conditions.

"The BMW Concept X6 is pure driving dynamics - an absolute trendsetter in the all-wheel drive segment. The BMW Concept X6 is a true BMW. And I can promise you that we will deliver a series model which is very similar to this concept car", said Dr. Norbert Reithofer, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG.

Which answers the obvious question, how close is the concept going to be to the production model? With a few minor changes we suspect that you?re looking at it ? the production model that is.

[Source: BMW]

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Going green puts pressure on Porsche Photo:
Steane Klose | Jun, 26 2007 | 0 Comments

Porsche rather oddly have declared their disappointment with some European manufacturers of small cars for only reducing CO2 emissions by 2 percent for their category since 2002.

That?s right?the manufacturer of the twin-turbo V8 Cayenne and some of the worlds most powerful sports cars has spat the dummy at the little fellas? The fire and brimstone was spat by Porsche board member Michael Macht who was disappointed with the contribution made by European small car manufacturers to the lowering of CO2 outputs.

The reason for the outburst are the looming stringent new European Union guidelines on carbon emissions. The EU are pushing for average new car emissions to total 130g/km of CO2 by 2012 and is now in discussions with manufacturers concerning the implementation of this target. Given that the Cayenne Turbo currently puffs out 358g/km you can see the source of Porsche?s distress.

?If the European Commission decides that every individual car maker must reach the 130g/km of carbon dioxide target, then Porsche will have to close its doors,? said a Porsche company insider.

Porsche are apparently lobbying for what is described as a somewhat ambitious percentage reduction in emissions rather than an absolute limit of 130g/km. In the meantime Porsche claim to have reduced the CO2 output of the Cayenne by 15 percent by introducing direct injection technology which it says will filter through the rest of the Porsche range in 2008.

As previously reported we also know that Porsche are working with VW and Audi on a Hybrid version of their shared (Cayenne) SUV platform and the Panamera four-door due for release in 2009 is expected to include a hybrid option. Porsche have ruled out diesel as an option saying that it is ?against Porsche philosophy? and diesel Porsche performance cars would not be accepted in markets like the USA and Japan.

With so much change on the horizon for European manufacturers it becomes very clear why Porsche needed a majority stake in Volkswagen. The R&D, technology and component sharing available via VW will be vital for Porsches survival over the coming ?cleaner? years.

Source : Car Magazine

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