Local cricket clubs, including those in Hampshire may be hit by a massive funding shortfall, according to Winchester’s MP Mark Oaten.
This comes after the government was recommended to move the Ashes test series back to terrestrial TV.
Martin Peters, store manager of Wild Sports in Winchester agrees that the move could be damaging to local club cricket, but also acknowledges that it could have its benefits.
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The Lib Dem MP has written to Gordon Brown, and urged him to consider the financial impact the switch could have on grass-roots cricket.
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
My Radio Production story.
Students from Southampton Solent University have organised a virtual race night for young adults in the Hampshire area.
The event is on the 24th of March and is at Wahoo bar in Southampton. I caught up with Nick and Steve from 5 star events…
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The team used a number of advertising techniques such as handing out flyers, making a radio advert for Radio Sonar, and have set up a Facebook event page, and claim to have more than 50 confirmed guests already.
The event is on the 24th of March and is at Wahoo bar in Southampton. I caught up with Nick and Steve from 5 star events…
[Audio link]
The team used a number of advertising techniques such as handing out flyers, making a radio advert for Radio Sonar, and have set up a Facebook event page, and claim to have more than 50 confirmed guests already.
Thursday, 25 February 2010
Kant and Freunds
The Kant and Morality lecture took me back to year 12 Philosophy and Ethics, and the confusion which lead me to wasting my time making up stupid Kant puns. ‘I can categorically say that I Kant do this Sir’ didn’t go down at all well with the pony- tailed Mr Tatum-Smith, so I’ve decided to leave the ‘short-sighted foolishness’ out of this blog post as well.
Kant is known for being the last influential philosopher of modern Europe in the series of the theory of knowledge during the enlightenment where he followed the likes of John Locke as a thinker, and David Hume as a man who likes to criticise things all the time.
Kant’s ideas had a big impact on philosophy in Germany during his lifetime, where he moved philosophy beyond the debate between the rationalists and empiricists.
According to Kant the results aren’t important, it is the way they are reached which shape our morality. So as long as things are done properly, you can be confident that your soul will remain intact. So Kant would feel totally comfortable of standing with me in the Sir Bobby Robson Stand at Portman Road as we watch Ipswich play beautiful football, and out-pass the opposition on the way to a 3-0 home defeat.
Kant’s categorical imperative was also mentioned, which is an interesting tool used to find the greater good. It denotes an absolute unconditional requirement that can stamps its own authority in any circumstance, and is an end in itself. This really counters the idea of Utilitarianism which we have also looked at, because it is irrelevant for people only trying to find the good for themselves. And there we have it…John Terry is a Kant.
Kant is known for being the last influential philosopher of modern Europe in the series of the theory of knowledge during the enlightenment where he followed the likes of John Locke as a thinker, and David Hume as a man who likes to criticise things all the time.
Kant’s ideas had a big impact on philosophy in Germany during his lifetime, where he moved philosophy beyond the debate between the rationalists and empiricists.
According to Kant the results aren’t important, it is the way they are reached which shape our morality. So as long as things are done properly, you can be confident that your soul will remain intact. So Kant would feel totally comfortable of standing with me in the Sir Bobby Robson Stand at Portman Road as we watch Ipswich play beautiful football, and out-pass the opposition on the way to a 3-0 home defeat.
Kant’s categorical imperative was also mentioned, which is an interesting tool used to find the greater good. It denotes an absolute unconditional requirement that can stamps its own authority in any circumstance, and is an end in itself. This really counters the idea of Utilitarianism which we have also looked at, because it is irrelevant for people only trying to find the good for themselves. And there we have it…John Terry is a Kant.
Friday, 4 December 2009
Patients too ill for hospital?
Hospital managers have made the decision that hospitals are an unsuitable place for those suffering from certain viral infections this winter.
Cases of the winter vomiting bug on the island appear to be on the increase, which has lead to hospital managers making the decision to delay all non-urgent routine surgery.
Many appointments will carry on as normal, and those affected by the changes will be contacted by the hospital.
Families and friends of patients have been urged not visit their loved ones during this time, if they have been suffering from illness in the previous 48 hours.
Cases of the winter vomiting bug on the island appear to be on the increase, which has lead to hospital managers making the decision to delay all non-urgent routine surgery.
Many appointments will carry on as normal, and those affected by the changes will be contacted by the hospital.
Families and friends of patients have been urged not visit their loved ones during this time, if they have been suffering from illness in the previous 48 hours.
Thursday, 3 December 2009
Police on the Hunt for 'Flasher'.
Hampshire Police are looking for a suspected flasher in the Southampton area after a number of reported incidents.
The suspected ‘flasher’ is described as being White, in his early to late teens or early twenties, and of slim build with brown hair.
Four incidents have been confirmed in the Sholing area, but there are a number of other incidents which may be connected.
The first incident happened at around 3:20pm on August 28 in Sholing Valley. A 23-year old woman reported a man exposing himself and carrying out an indecent act.
The next known case happened at around 5.55pm on September 9. A 44-year-old woman saw a man exposing himself on three separate occasions in the Spring Road area.
Another incident was reported when a man was seen exposing himself to a 48-year old woman on October 31 in the Sholing Valley.
The final incident occurred on November 11 at around 3:25, when a 14-year-old boy walking through Millers Pond saw a man committing an indecent act.
People with any information which may be of any use to the case, are urged to contact PC Rachel Gallimore at the Public Protection Unit or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
The suspected ‘flasher’ is described as being White, in his early to late teens or early twenties, and of slim build with brown hair.
Four incidents have been confirmed in the Sholing area, but there are a number of other incidents which may be connected.
The first incident happened at around 3:20pm on August 28 in Sholing Valley. A 23-year old woman reported a man exposing himself and carrying out an indecent act.
The next known case happened at around 5.55pm on September 9. A 44-year-old woman saw a man exposing himself on three separate occasions in the Spring Road area.
Another incident was reported when a man was seen exposing himself to a 48-year old woman on October 31 in the Sholing Valley.
The final incident occurred on November 11 at around 3:25, when a 14-year-old boy walking through Millers Pond saw a man committing an indecent act.
People with any information which may be of any use to the case, are urged to contact PC Rachel Gallimore at the Public Protection Unit or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
Monday, 23 November 2009
The Daily Star and Granny Sex; my reading for the last few weeks.
During the ‘news agenda’ module I’ve had the pleasure of reading the Daily Star aka ‘25p’ on a daily basis. Actually I’m lying already; I’ve bought it now and again because the paper barely differs from one day to the next. At times I’ve even questioned whether it’s worth the 25p that I have to fork out for it. The 0.25 pounds would have bought me 25 penny tubes on my way to school just a few months back!
However I felt inclined to buy it today as the main front page headline wasn’t about Jordan, who had dominated the front page for well over a week because of her return to the ‘I’m a Celebrity’ scene’. However there is no need to panic Britain, as normal service will be resumed tomorrow as she left the jungle today.
Arguably the most bearable part of the paper is that of the sports section, but after reading it in detail today I realised that even that was way lacking in terms of content. For example in the match report of the Stoke vs. Portsmouth game, a game which finished 1-0 I found no details of how the goal was scored. Apparently the goal was a product of a ‘late show’ by Ricardo Fuller. What does that even mean?
Reading the paper backwards I stumbled across the sex adverts section. The biggest advert in there was titled ‘Give it to Granny’ and I immediately wanted to turn the page and forget I ever found it. However I’ve learnt that as a Journalist it is vital to investigate things, so through gritted teeth I had a further look.
I found that out of 35 adverts, 9 of them were of the ‘Granny’ genre of sex chat. Take from that what you want, as I’d rather not comment on this particular topic any further. However I will say that I am confident that this isn’t the reason why readership of the Daily Star have increased by 20% in the last 12 months while all other newspapers are going bust. But I’m sure it’d be amusing to be proved wrong on this one!!
However I felt inclined to buy it today as the main front page headline wasn’t about Jordan, who had dominated the front page for well over a week because of her return to the ‘I’m a Celebrity’ scene’. However there is no need to panic Britain, as normal service will be resumed tomorrow as she left the jungle today.
Arguably the most bearable part of the paper is that of the sports section, but after reading it in detail today I realised that even that was way lacking in terms of content. For example in the match report of the Stoke vs. Portsmouth game, a game which finished 1-0 I found no details of how the goal was scored. Apparently the goal was a product of a ‘late show’ by Ricardo Fuller. What does that even mean?
Reading the paper backwards I stumbled across the sex adverts section. The biggest advert in there was titled ‘Give it to Granny’ and I immediately wanted to turn the page and forget I ever found it. However I’ve learnt that as a Journalist it is vital to investigate things, so through gritted teeth I had a further look.
I found that out of 35 adverts, 9 of them were of the ‘Granny’ genre of sex chat. Take from that what you want, as I’d rather not comment on this particular topic any further. However I will say that I am confident that this isn’t the reason why readership of the Daily Star have increased by 20% in the last 12 months while all other newspapers are going bust. But I’m sure it’d be amusing to be proved wrong on this one!!
Thursday, 12 November 2009
My old friend Rousseau and Romanticism
When I hear the word romanticism I immediately think of one man. And no it’s not Rousseau.
This all stems from A Level English Literature, when we had the privelege of studying ‘Lyrical Ballads’ by Wordsworth and Coleridge. My friend (who will remain unamed) claimed that just like the poets whose work we were studying, he was himself a traditional‘romantic’. This made me laugh at first, but I can see where he’s coming from in a way. He is forever talking about love, enjoys living a nice chilled out life of studying the arts, holidaying in Cornwall and smoking cannabis in the summer time. He also drives an original VW Beatle!
Hilariously the Rousseau lecture enabled me to draw upon even more comparisons to my pal. Rousseau gave each of his five children up for adoption, but strangely went on to write a book on how to educate children.
This strange hypocrisy is also shared by my friend, who frequently spoke about the importance of love, and the significance of losing ones virginity… before losing his own in a seedy brothel in Amsterdam. (Possibly a tragic case of choosing aesthetic over utilitarian standards...therefore romantic in a sense maybe?!!).
In fact I have seen arguments amongst this friend and another, which resemble a modern day battle between John Locke and Rousseau!
Locke, a man who strongly believed in the ‘state of nature’, and the importance of property reminds me very much of a chap who used to throw very frequent house parties. These parties would often come to an abrupt end because of damage or disrespect to ‘his property’. This would often lead to guests like my Beatle driving mate saying things like ‘The Earth belongs to no-one man’ before passionately kissing the sister of the host. This is exactly how I’d expect a man like Rousseau to react to such Locke-like hostility!
All of the above is of course strictly comment, and therefore technically bullshit. However Rousseau did direct the following quote at Locke when he said that 'Taking men as they are and laws as they might be' was an important factor in life.
This all stems from A Level English Literature, when we had the privelege of studying ‘Lyrical Ballads’ by Wordsworth and Coleridge. My friend (who will remain unamed) claimed that just like the poets whose work we were studying, he was himself a traditional‘romantic’. This made me laugh at first, but I can see where he’s coming from in a way. He is forever talking about love, enjoys living a nice chilled out life of studying the arts, holidaying in Cornwall and smoking cannabis in the summer time. He also drives an original VW Beatle!
Hilariously the Rousseau lecture enabled me to draw upon even more comparisons to my pal. Rousseau gave each of his five children up for adoption, but strangely went on to write a book on how to educate children.
This strange hypocrisy is also shared by my friend, who frequently spoke about the importance of love, and the significance of losing ones virginity… before losing his own in a seedy brothel in Amsterdam. (Possibly a tragic case of choosing aesthetic over utilitarian standards...therefore romantic in a sense maybe?!!).
In fact I have seen arguments amongst this friend and another, which resemble a modern day battle between John Locke and Rousseau!
Locke, a man who strongly believed in the ‘state of nature’, and the importance of property reminds me very much of a chap who used to throw very frequent house parties. These parties would often come to an abrupt end because of damage or disrespect to ‘his property’. This would often lead to guests like my Beatle driving mate saying things like ‘The Earth belongs to no-one man’ before passionately kissing the sister of the host. This is exactly how I’d expect a man like Rousseau to react to such Locke-like hostility!
All of the above is of course strictly comment, and therefore technically bullshit. However Rousseau did direct the following quote at Locke when he said that 'Taking men as they are and laws as they might be' was an important factor in life.
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