tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133742912011-12-14T03:54:10.110ZNot me that's for sure. But I'm trying to find someone who does.GrecianEdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17390154164709353044noreply@blogger.comBlogger841100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13374291.post-1158428556060003062006-09-16T17:26:00.000Z2006-09-16T20:02:58.906Z

This afternoon, with City away and not being able to get to Gravesend, I popped along with a friend to watch the Exeter Chiefs play their first game at their new ground out at Sandy Park. Parking was in Sowton car park 30 or Digby Park and Ride (which is where we were, for £2 which went to charity). From the car park its a 5/10 min walk to the ground. Prices for the ground were £16 for the

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Chris and I set off for Oxford at about 330pm. 5 minutes later, we'd stopped to get petrol.... After that false start we finally got going for real, with Bloc Party on the stereo and a tiny bit of fear in our hearts as City faced a tough away game against table-topping Oxford, who were unbeaten. We hit the M5 (NORTH)....You can see the fear I was talking about in Chris's eyes here (unless thats

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Well, I've managed to avoid posting on here despite having little else to do at the moment. I've resorted to selling numerous things on ebay and amazon to keep me busy. Its surprisingly addictive. Anyway, a few pics from Tour 3 at Cardiff (YEAH DEVON 2) where Devon 2 came 18th out of 22, playing decent ultimate in patches. A few photos from the weekend:Sexy Devon 2.Devon's crack commando unit

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On Friday Santa, his daughter, Jam and myself set off from Exeter for the combined Britopen/Tour 2 at Eastbourne, and a weekend of frisbee played as only Devon 2 can. We arrived, after a 4 hour drive, at about 9pm to find Chubby and Tiger relaxing with a beer. After setting up the tent a few of us headed to the nearest pub for food (they'd stopped serving, dinner was 3 packets of crisps) and beer

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Well its Friday and in a short while I'll be making my way to Eastbourne for a weekend of frisbee and drinking (not necessarily in that order). I've picked myself up a camera so I'll be taking a "few" (ha!) pictures of the weekend and no doubt writing about it in detail (hey, I need something to fil in the time at the moment). Still no luck on the job front, but I have some leads...... to be

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Well things have been pretty busy down here for me since the last time I posted. I've finished my course (passed hurrah!), spent a lot of time with a certain someone, popped up to the lake district for a few days, had a few BBQ's (including a 4th of July party - yes I celebrated Independence day, the things I do for that girl ;-) ).Anyway, after such a busy (and fun) few weeks, things came to a

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The heading for this entry is infact the heading for the part of my employment law text book that Ive been staring at for the last few minutes without making much progress. It's not that exciting really. I'll read it eventually maybe. So I did make it to Oxford the other weekend and met up with GK for a few pints on Saturday night, and to crash on the floor of his lovely house. Had a brief chat

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So, after not bothering with it when I was at Oxford, I've actually signed up to facebook. Its been entertaining trawling the place for people I know and adding them as friends. I'm hoping it'll be a good way of keeping in touch with people and knowing what they're up to. Not that I'm nosey or anything.I may, or may not, be heading up to Oxford for the weekend, if GK would bother to answer his

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Well life's lots of fun at the moment. Loads going on - playing plenty of frisbee and five-aside. Oh and I think I'm supposed to be doing some work in between all the fun stuff but that seems to have taken a back seat at the moment due to a lack of the ability to concentrate (now that's a fun story too....). The weather today is excellent - lovely clear blue sky, though a bit hazey. The shorts

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My final article of the season from City's final league game against Scarborough 29/4/06So another season comes to a close with City having nothing to play for. It’s so dull being an ECFC fan isn’t it? Nothing ever happens! It is of course the first time in 4 years that we’ve reached the final game and not been fighting for something – either league survival or the Conference playoffs – at least

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Programme article from City v Crawley 25/4/2006. One to goAs we near the end of the season City are left with very little to play for but just down the road our dear friends Torquay are fighting for their league status. It looked hopeless a few weeks ago but they’ve kept plugging away and have hauled themselves off the foot of the league to be within 3 points of safety with a game in hand.

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My article from City's game against Dagenham 15/04/2006 I’m writing this having just watched us play on Sky Sports against Grays and fail to win once again in front of the live TV cameras. (We’ll break that hoodoo one day.) Our season, it seems, has ended early this year, as we’re 10 points off the play-offs with a handful of games to go. Stranger things have happened in football (anyone who saw

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Well I've just finished writing my article for saturday's game against Dagenham and Redbridge, having watched Grays v ECFC live on Sky Sports 1 earlier in the evening. Inevitably, given our recent form and the fact that it was live on TV, we lost and the playoffs are now out of reach (Inglethorpe admitted as much in his post-match interview). It was a struggle to write the article as I

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Programme article from ECFC v Altrincham 1/4/06Recently, I’ve been enjoying home games less and less. This isn’t just because of results on the pitch, or because the weather has been bad or because I’ve been having a few less pints before games. It is almost totally because of the atmosphere at home games. I could live with a lack of chanting but what is most frustrating is the amount of

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After City's disappointing draw away at Tamworth last night I feel like letting off some steam......Its certainly been a depressing couple of weeks to be a City fan - in fact things have been pretty tough since the turn of the year. I think what has made the second half of the season so hard to bear is the fact that we started off the season so well on the back of so many positive developments

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My article from the ECFC v Grays, FA Trophy Semi-Final 1st Leg 18th March 2006 Football hooliganism has been in the headlines again recently, and this time it seems it is not the English who have caused the problems. Last week, Rangers “fans” were seen pelting the Villarreal players’ coach before their Champions’ League game in Spain. And then on Wednesday, a group of Roma’s “Ultras” (hardcore

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Article from ECFC v Stevenage 14/03/06It’s time for another TEAM 54 (everyone’s favourite 5-aside team) update. Our season has now finished and our hard work and new shirts have been rewarded as we won promotion from league 5 (of 6) to league 4 in stunning fashion. (It’s not that we scored a lot of goals or played sexy football – the simple fact that we’ve been promoted is what makes it stunning

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Another thriller from the programme for ECFC v Southport 4/3/06 We’ve had a lot of home games this season – home draws all the way through the FA Trophy, a home FA Cup game and of course the regular Conference matches. Normally, as I’ve been back in Exeter for this season, this would be a great thing. However, home games have come to mean one thing to me now: I have to write an article. In fact,

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Well I'm back in the fun revision mode, although so far I've not really found any sort of rhythm. And the next few days won't be much different. Friday I'm heading up to Oxford to have a drink with a few old friends and then to graduate from my Masters on the Saturday. Then Sunday I'm heading to Glastonbury for the second day of South West Outdoor University Ultimate Regionals, which should be

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Article from the game on 18th Feb 2006 against York CityFor the last 5 or so years I’ve been using exeweb.com as my main source of City gossip and general chat on the Internet. It’s an “unofficial” site which means that it’s run by a fan and is not connected to the club in anyway. The focal point of the site is the message board where all sorts of discussions take place, and some bizarre rumours

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My article from City's FA Trophy 3rd Round game against Cambridge CityTowards the end of last year I wrote about my 5-aside team, Team 54 (so named because there are that many teams in the league and we expected to finish bottom), and promised to keep you up-to-date with our progress. Not being one to break a promise I think it’s about time I reported back. We ended last season/term on a high,

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My article from the programme for ECFC v Accrington Stanley 30/1/06Sport is unpredictable, which is why so many people love it and why the bookies make so much money out of bets placed on it. At the Australian Open tennis Grand Slam in Melbourne last week, Rodger Federer, undoubtedly the world’s best player, faced a 4th Round match against the German Tommy Haas, ranked 41st in the world. In the

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Well, my weekend didn't quite go to plan. I ended up going to party with a mate on Friday night. I knew only one person at this party which inevitably for me meant I drank more than I should have. Much much more in fact. I seem to remember having a good time so that's a bonus.The big problem with this was that I had one of the worst hangovers I've had for quite some time the next day and there

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I'm having one of those days where nothing seems to have gone quite right. It started from the moment I woke up when I felt like crap despite having quite a good nights sleep. Then I didn't really take anything in at the one lecture I had today (though that's quite normal at the moment). Next came the text telling me that no one had booked the five-aside pitch for the afternoon (the time my team

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My article from the FA Trophy game against Histon 14/01/2006In last week’s programme I wrote about the atmosphere at St James Park not helping the players’ performances on the pitch. Sadly we had a good example of what is wrong during that game. Some people booed the team off at half time and also booed at times in the second half. Needless to say I rather enjoyed the chant which a few (no idea

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It seems my article in last weeks programme didn't have much effect. At the game last week the team were booed off at half time (the score was 0-0) and then booed during the second half. After we scored the winner, my self and a few friends launched into the chants: "You only boo when we're drawing" and "You're not booing anymore" etc. Ah the hilarity. Well I laughed anyway.So, after the failure

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My article from the programme for ECFC v Gravesend & Northfleet 7/1/2006It has to be said that St James Park is not the fortress it has been in the past. I remember many seasons in the Football league where our home form was pretty good, but we couldn’t win away. I believe that we once went for over a year without winning an away game. The best example of the Park being a fortress is our amazing

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Later today City play Gravesend & Northfleet (two on one? Surely some mistake?) and I think I will be adjusting my match strategy. Until recently I would always wear my City shirt to home games. I stopped for purely superstitious reasons: the home game when I didn't wear it (Cambridge back in September - I was on the train coming back from the airport) City won 4-0 and played well. Given that

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I may be keeping a low profile on Saturday at City's home game. I eventually managed to write my article and ended up having a bit of a go at our home support - too quiet, too negative etc. Hopefully something exciting will happen over the next week so that I have some idea what to write about next week (and not get lynched). Surprisingly, Family Guy wasn't much help in terms of inspiration.

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So it's a new year but I'm having that familiar Monday night feeling: my article for Saturday's programme is due tomorrow (later today now) and I've got absolutely no idea what to write about. I've opened up Word and have been staring at a blank page for the last 5 minutes. It doesn't help that City lost on Monday. Again. Still 2nd but others are closing. What's most annoying is that others

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My programme article from the game against Hereford Unit 30/12/20052005 has been a good year to be a City fan. There have been the usual ups and downs associated with supporting any team, but with a couple of extra special moments that have made it a year in which the club has moved forward, both on and off the pitch.It all began, of course, with the wonderful trip to Old Trafford in the 3rd

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My programme article from the game against Aldershot, 26/12/05I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas Day, that Father Christmas brought you all you wanted and that you didn’t have any unfortunate accidents with the oven leading to uncooked turkey’s and seriously delayed meals. For the next few hours you can forget about the clearing up and enjoy the company of a few thousand of your fellow City

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Poker really annoys me sometimes - well quite a lot. I've still to learn to cope well with either a bad beat (does anyone?) or a bad decision (either by me or someone else). I had a couple of things go against me last night in one tournament and it lead me to play like a tool until I thought "STOP PLAYING YOU IDIOT!".If you look at the whole of yesterday, then it wasn't too bad. I increased my

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I've recently got back into playing poker on-line regularly. I started playing at university, discovering the delights of on-line play in my second year. My site of choice then was VCpoker. It was in my second year that I had my biggest on-line tournament win to date. It was one of the first $10,000 tournaments that they had put one, and one of the biggest on-line tournaments around back then. I

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My article from the game against Bishop's Stortford in the FA Trophy, 18th December 2005.Watching the FA Cup 3rd Round draw the other weekend brought back many memories of last years FA Cup heroics. All City fans will know exactly how Burton felt when their number was matched with Manchester United’s. I can still hear the wonderful phrase: “Manchester United will play …… number 64….”. I didn’t

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My programme article from City's home game against Canvey Island on 3rd December 2005.While one of my teams has made a pretty good start to the season, my other team has not. City have done well so far and find themselves in a solid 3rd place in the Conference, well placed for a promotion push. My 6-aside team, on the other hand, hasn’t quite hit form yet, and finds itself languishing in the

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Another classic article (hmmm!).... from ECFC v Grays (attendence 6682) 19th Nov 2005It is often said in relation to football that the result is all that matters. This is certainly true in the long run: you don’t get any points for playing well and losing but you do for playing badly and winning. However, in the short term, the performance feels almost as important as the final score. I know I’ve

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If you want to know what I'm on about when I mention ultimate frisbee, take a look at this video of the College Ultimate Championship Final from the USA. High class stuff:2005 College Final

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My article from the Grecian Matchday Magazine for ECFC v Tamworth 29/10/2005 English philosopher Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) is quoted as having said: “Fear is the main source of superstition and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom." This seems a little extreme, as most superstitions these days are harmless. For example, they are very common among

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My article from the FA Cup game against Stevenage 22nd October 2005 The pictures of those who went to Crawley last weekend celebrating the late goals from Jon Challinor that won us the game brought to my mind some of the great City away games I’ve been to in recent years. Away games seem to rank high in my list of most memorable City games. In fact, my top two all-time favourite City games are

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My article from the Grecian match day magazine for ECFC v Halifac 8/10/05 It’s always seemed strange to me that the entire Saturday afternoon football schedule has to be rearranged for the sake of a single game. While that game may be an international that many want to watch, why can’t that game be an evening kick-off, rather than re-jigging a few hundred lower league games and no doubt costing

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Tis all a bit hectic for me at the moment. I'm 4 weeks into my new year at a new uni: Exeter. I'm having to get used to having a timetable that involves more than a few hours a week - it's not pleasant. 16 hours ish contact time a week plus preparation = Eddy busy. In amongst this I'm trying to fit a bit of exercise. So far this has involved a couple of trips to the gym, a few runs and a few

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Programme article from 27th Sept ECFC 1-1 Woking Last Thursday, Jonathon Woodgate endured what must surely be one of the worst ever debuts. Woodgate signed for Real Madrid over a year ago, but hadn’t played in a competitive match for them due to injury. Having finally got himself fit, he was rewarded with a starting role against Athletic Bilbao. Real had had a shaky start to the season, taking 3

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My programme article from the Burton Albion game on 24th September. A thrilling read as always...... I’ve been playing different versions of Championship Manager (or Football Manager as it has now become) for a number of years with varying degrees of success. If you’ve not come across it before, it’s a simulation game where you manage a club of your choice, from the Premiership down to the

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Right, time for a little write up of my recent trip to the Pyrenees with a few mates from Uni. Don't worry, there are pictures too.....It all started on 31st August when 4 of us met up at Stansted Airport for our early afternoon flight to Perpignan, on the Mediterranean Coast of France. The 3 others were: Ben, GK and Lozza.When we arrived in Perpignan (after what can only be described as an "

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I'm back from my holiday ... I can hear the cheers from here. I'll be popping a few pics up here and a bit of text about it some time soon. For now, here are a few Grecian programme articles that I've not put up before. The mighty Grecians stormed to a 4-0 win today and reclaimed the top of the Conference table. Still unbeaten. Not a bad start to the season..... 29th August ECFC v FGR As a

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Well I don't mean to be only posting one day a week but it's all I've managed to do recently. Things are unlikely to improve over the next couple of weeks either as I'm off on holiday on Tuesday. Going to the Pyrenees for a couple of days hiking and a week of lazing around and/or drinking. I've just finished my article for the 10th Sept City programme because of this. It was a real struggle to

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Below is my first article that appeared in the Grecian matchday programme yesterday. If you manage to get through it (it's very dull) then good for you! I'd planned to write the next one today but haven't done it for no reason other than lazyness. Deadline is Tuesday so it'll have to be done tomorrow at the latest. I've got the basic idea, it's just a question of putting it down on the page and

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Having written my first article for the Exeter City programme last week, I only got around to emailing it to the editor yesterday. Which would have been fine if the deadline hadn't been Thursday. More than a bit embarrassing and giving the editor a bit more work to do to fill the 600 words not covered by my article. Not a great start to the season. My first article will therefore be appearing in

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Well it's been quite a long time since I've posted here. I've no excuse really as it's the summer vacation so technically I've got little better to do after work. I guess it simply comes down to the fact that I've sort of switched off after my exams and have been feeling a little uninspired when it comes to posting topics. We'll see what happens in the next few weeks.Tonight I've just written my

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An article in the Times concerning the likely future leaders of France and Germany, Merkel and Sarkozy, makes interesting reading: Leaders in waiting out to conjure a new vision of Europe.The general gist of the article is that while the rise of those two politicians would bring France and Germany closer to the UK in some ways - for example they both favour more market-orientated economic

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The news in the UK is obviously still dominated by the London bombings. In the US the appointment of a new judge to the Supreme Court is grabbing the headlines, and yesterday Chief Justice Rehnquist was admitted to hospital. He is suffering from cancer and his condition is clearly deteriorating, meaning that Bush is likely to be able to fill at least two spots with his own judges. Whether or not

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It's been a lovely sunny day in Oxford today and I've tried to make the most of it. Visited the Ashmolean Museum for the first time - only took me four years to get round to that. There's a lot to see in there: definately a place you could visit many times. Spent a good few hours lying in the sun in the Uni's Botanical Gardens, covered in sun cream and vaguely reading the paper. Then I moved to a

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A few weeks ago I wrote this:The unfairness of the Common Agricultural Policy is well demonstrated by this article on the plight of African farmers. It amazes me that while at the G8 summit there will be discussions about how best to give aid to Africa, one of the best ways to help the continent, eradicating farm subsidies in both the US and the EU, is not on the agenda.It seems I was wrong and

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I had thought that I would not talk about Thursday's attack on London as I have nothing to add to the many things written elsewhere but I feel the need to comment in light of the following from an article in the New York Times:"The terrorists have come home," said a senior intelligence official based in Europe, who works often with British officials. "It is payback time for a policy that was, in

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Just checking in after an afternoon, evening, and night of drinking post-exams. This site has not been forgotten and "normal service" will be resumed tomorrow when I finally have time to catch up. I really don't know what to say about thurday's events in London. There are many better places to find info on that, so for the moment I shall leave it to them.Bed for me, to sober up and enjoy a short

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As you may have noticed, I've not been posting much for the last few days. My exams start on Friday so I've kicked into full on revision mode and don't have time to keep up with the news, let alone write anything about it! I've got 4 exams: 1/4/6/8 July. So bear with me. Normal service will be resumed Friday week.... actually, better make that Saturday: I'm sure no one wants to read a drunken

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Wimbledon on Saturday was again very entertaining, with another British player going out in 5 sets. As these matches were playing havoc with my revision it's probably no bad thing that Andy Murray went out. I sat down for a "quick" break and didn't get back to the library for 4 hours! Because of that I've got a longer day then I'd like lined up for today. I can't wait....

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I'm short of time today so I'll simply point you in the direction of Tony Blair's speech to the EU Parliament yesterday. It is 30 minutes long and sets out his view of the current "crisis" and his vision for the future of the EU based on "modern social policy" (i.e. the "third way"). It must be said, Blair is a great orator and clearly has good speech-writers.BBC website: Blair's speechIf you

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An interesting divergence of opinion on the current situation regarding the EU budget is evident when comparing these two articles:As he holds the European flag aloft, the PM can thank his lucky stars. (The Times, UK)European leaders intensify criticism of Blair's priorities. (New York Times, USA)In The Times comment piece by Anatole Kaletsky, Blair is painted as the man to whom European leaders

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A comment piece in The Times a few days a go makes interesting reading: Zimbabwe: the West blinked first.Michael Holman disagrees with my view that Thabo Mbeki, the President of South Africa should take a firmer line with Mugabe, suggesting that the UN should be the body that takes action. The UN, however, is unlikely to do so. While the Security Council is dominated by the larger developed

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President Bush, in his inauguration speech earlier this year, stated that:"All who live in tyranny and hopelessness can know: the United States will not ignore your oppression, or excuse your oppressors. When you stand for your liberty, we will stand with you."At the time it was felt by many that this was aimed at countries such as Iran, North Korea and Cuba: states that had poor relations with

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Recently I seem to be backing Tony Blair on many issues - as a non-labour voter this makes me feel uncomfortable. The main issue has been the EU rebate/budget. Now he is pushing for a total ban on smoking in public places, and I once again agree with him.I spent a few days in Dublin last summer and found going to the pub to be a much more enjoyable experience than it is over here. This wasn't

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All hell has broken loose at the EU summit. The deep divide (you could call it a yawning chasm and not be over exaggerating) between the UK and French positions on the EU budget has lead to a bitter row, with Blair blaming the French and with the French blaming Blair. The BBC has put together some great quotes.The UK is not isolated in its dislike of the current proposals and in its desire to see

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Ah, revision - isn't it such fun? Today has been a lovely, sunny day in Oxford and I have spent the majority of it sat in the library. Having exams in July is not good. To top it off, I popped into the College bar (on the way home from the library, drinking lemonade.....) to say goodbye to some friends who leave tomorrow (term finishes officially tomorrow - it seems the people who set my exams

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Things go from bad to worse in Zimbabwe, yet the world continues to stand by and let "President" Mugabe get away with pretty much anything he likes. Which, to be fair to the rest of the world, is at least better than South Africa's stance, which involves condoning the stealing of elections and generally saying "Hey, that Mugabe? He's a nice guy you know."Mugabe is a dictator. A dictator who has

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Kofi Annan, the UN Secretary-General seems to be on the verge of quitting his post after revelations in a UN investigation into the Iraqi oil-for-food programme (see the BBC's Q&A for more info). The investigation has uncovered evidence that Mr Annan may not have been entirely honest when he said he was unaware of, and had no involvement in, a contract being awarded to a company that had employed

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One of the other likely consequences of the "no" votes in the Dutch and French referenda is that Turkey's membership of the EU will at best be shelved for a significant period of time, or at worst scrapped altogether. EU expansion, especially in relation to Turkey, is unpopular in Germany, as well as France and Holland. The main reasons seem to be the shear size of Turkey, in terms of population,

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Well, Michael Jackson is found not guilty on all counts. Not particularly surprised (see my comments here). The case against him was weak, with the defence successfully undermining the prosecutions main witnesses: the boy and his mother. Listening to the jury was also interesting, giving an insight into their thoughts. They seemed pretty united behind the decision and also seemed pretty united in

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I'm not sure about anyone else, but this seems to have strong Orwellian undertones to me:Children studied for criminality

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This article in the Guardian caught my eye today:Home Office fury at Carr tabloid talesWhile I understand that the Soham murders were, and clearly still are, a very emotive subject, I do find it slightly sad that a woman who did no more than lie to protect the man she loved is being hounded by the press and certain members of the general public. She is not a murderer. She is not a threat to

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Having not been out to buy a newspaper today and having spent a large part of the day with the computer and radio off while working, I'm feeling slightly disconnected from the world. I've only followed vaguely via the net what's being going on "out there" and worst of all, I've not had my daily dose of su doku. This is not good. What the day has shown me is not only should I probably see someone

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For some odd reason I've been looking at the cost of self-publishing a book. When I say "a book" I mean a book written by me. Why am I thinking about this? No idea really - it's probably a passing fancy that will be forgotten about within a week. But then again, soon enough (4 weeks) my exams will be over and I'll have more spare time. While I'll be working during the day, I'd need something to

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There is a "crisis" in Europe after the referendum defeats for the Dutch and French government. The usually pro-EU citizens have decided that something isn't right and that their politicians aren't delivering what they had hoped. In France, this is clearly related to their poor economic condition. Growth is flat and unemployment is at about 10%. This is not what they had been lead to believe

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At a time when I'm struggling for motivation in the face of impending exams, this article caught my attention.My initial reaction was: oh no, how far has our society fallen that we are forced to "bribe" a group of people, young adults, to want to improve their prospects. However, I do not think we should give up all hope for Britain yet.The scheme is aimed at those who are not academically minded

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Excellent bit of journalism in Exeter's Express and Echo today:Coldplay want to perform City showSlightly over-hyped as nothing is even vaguely confirmed but exciting news nonetheless. It's about time our one true superstar fan (sorry Noel Edmonds and Ade Edmonson you just don't cut it) demonstrated his love for the mighty Grecians. The club would no doubt benefit financially and in terms of

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When working I quite like to listen to something - silence allows my mind to wander. By having something in the background for some reason I stay more focused on the main task at hand - up to a point. Speech kills my concentration as I end up listening more to what is being said than working. This means I need music. The problem with most modern music is it contains lyrics, which I either start

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Today my copies of Oasis' and Coldplay's new albums arrived from CDWow. Bang on time for Coldplay, but a week late for Oasis (they had supply issues it seems). I've had no problem with them before so lets not dwell on that.As for the albums themselves. Having listened to them both now I have to say I'm pretty impressed. Don't Believe the Truth is a cracking album and builds on Heathen Chemistry

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Once more I'm going to plunder The Times, this time concerning an article about my home town of Exeter.Exeter. Or is it Clapham?The article is right to say we have a "clone" High Street. As I was going through the list in the article I was forced to say yes to everything. What that doesn't take account of though is the fact that High Streets tend to have the highest rent so are likely to be made

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Nothing other than common sense, but it has added weight when coming from a Doctor (even if he is from Cambridge Uni!). A few quotes from the "Dr Feelgood: On the science of happiness" from Saturday's Times Magazine. Its written by Dr Nick Baylis (Lecturer in Positive Psychology at Cambridge Uni):"It's not our past that most determines the possibilities open to us: it's what we choose here and

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It seems there's going to be a rumble in the streets of Edinburgh, vaguely related to the G8 conference, and promoted by such figures as Bob Geldof and, more interestingly, Gordon Brown. Excellent work from our Prime Mnister-in-waiting. This whole "make poverty history" campaign sounds great doesn't it? Wonderful idea that no one would possibly disagree with. How we go about it, on the other hand

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You'll be glad to know (well maybe) that 5aside was pretty tiring and that I might actually get to bed before the sun comes up. Excellent.Before that though I think it's time for a rant. I don't know if you've been following the Jackson trial, but I have and I find it simply amazing. The feeding frenzy surrounding it would be comical if it wasn't for the fact that a guy's life and reputation is

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I think I can safely say that my sleep pattern is a mess. I got up at 4pm today. That's just not good. It's not that I'm sleeping for crazy periods of time, its just that I don't go to bed til late (or early depending on your perspective). For example, last night I was up til 6am simply because I wasn't tired. This is clearly because I'm not getting up until late. Bloody vicious circles. The

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I'm not entirely sure why I've started this blog. It's probably best explained as a combination of boredom and work avoidance. I am, it should be said, a king of procrastination. I can make the smallest of unimportant tasks take hours and once I actually start work I'm easily distracted and once distracted, there's little chance of getting back to work for hours. Should probably work on that. Oh

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