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Post by neil6147 on May 24, 2009 7:01:28 GMT 10
Good news the first round is now finished. The judges have now selcected 40 for the next round which starts tomorrow night. I am pleased to that Susan Boyle is in that 40.
Neil
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Post by neil6147 on May 6, 2009 1:25:14 GMT 10
Thanks for your kind words dreamy. He got a wonderfull turn out at his funeral. And we were privalaged to have been invited to attend.
The new Clann An Drumma CD shall be ready for sale soon. At this moment it is in the final stages. And the title is going to be a tribute to Joe Kilna Mackenzie.
Neil
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Post by neil6147 on Apr 29, 2009 6:33:32 GMT 10
It is with sadness that I have to inform you of the death of Joe Kilna McKenzie lead drummer and original founder of Clann An Drumma this morning (28 04 09 ) Joe you shall be missed by many world wide. But your music shall still be listened to world wide. Clann An Drumma shall continue to play. And there next album is due ou mid 2009. Mggie joe`s wife shall be back on tour with the band soon.
Neil
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Post by neil6147 on Apr 10, 2009 4:43:17 GMT 10
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Boxing
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Post by neil6147 on Mar 15, 2009 9:36:36 GMT 10
Have just listened to the Amir Khan V Marco Antonio Barrera fight from the MEN at Manchester England.
Amir Khan drew blood from Marco Antoio Barrera in the first round and just kept on top during the rest of the fight. Both the refere and ring side doctor stopped the fight in the 5th Round due to the cut on Marco Antonio Barrera`s head.
Tonights winner was Amir Khan. Thi should now put Amir Khan in line for a world title fight soon.
Frank Warren hopes to have a world title belt around Amir Khans before the end of this year.
Neil
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Post by neil6147 on Mar 15, 2009 5:08:26 GMT 10
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Post by neil6147 on Feb 13, 2009 2:10:07 GMT 10
This report was in our Papers this morning regarding the Helicopter Accident which killed Colin McRae and his son plus two close friends. McRae flying licence had expired Former rally world champion Colin McRae's flying licence was out of date when he crashed his helicopter in woodland near Lanark in September 2007. An Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) report into the tragedy found no cause could be positively determined. news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7886521.stmThe following is what I have discovered from reading the Air Accident Investigation Board report. Plus of my own personal thoughts after reading the 32 page report. Colin at the time of passing his test was under the impression that he held the older Life Long Licence as this system was in the process of being altered to a five year licence. It has since been discovered that he only held the later type which was for five years. Colin started training for a AS350B2 type rating on 12 Nov 2003 and passed his qualifying flight test on 17th Nov 2003. He then took additional training and passed his night rating in March 2004. He then sat two L.P.C. Licence Proficency Checks on the following dates 3rd March 2005 and 21 March 2006 Both after his license had expired. And both times the persons who passed Colin never asked to look at his licence as they both assumed he held the life long licence. If these two persons had checked his licence they would have pointed out to Colin about his licence and this I know would have been updated A.S.A.P. The report also states that no fault could be found on the Helicopter. The next procedure shall be that the Air Accident Investigation Board shall submit the report to Hamilton Sheriff Court for them to read and approach Jimmy McRae and ask if he and the family would like a Fatal Accident Enquiry to carried. This could point to where the blame would lie for this tragic accident. Also the organisers of the Colin McRae gathering who drove from Lanark to Subaru Banbury were to present Jimmy McRae with the money gathered from this event on Sunday the 15th Feb 2009 in Lanark. This has been prosponed at the moment to give the McRae family time to get over this report. But most of all my thoughts are with Jimmy Margaret Alastair and Stewart plus Alison and Holy Mcrae. at this very hard time. Neil
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Post by neil6147 on Jan 9, 2009 21:39:54 GMT 10
Rules that force internet companies to keep details of every email sent in the UK are being criticised.
From March, information on the amount of messages delivered will be kept for a year.
The content of individual emails will not be held but the timing and number of each communication are and security experts say it is an attack on privacy and a waste of money.
The law is being implemented as part an EC directive, and the Government will reportedly have to pay the internet service providers (ISP) more than £25 million to ensure the law is obeyed.
Dr Richard Clayton, a security researcher at the University of Cambridge's computer lab, said the costs of the regulation could have been better spent.
'There's going to be a record of every single email which arrived addressed to you and all the emails you sent out via your ISP. That of course includes all the spam,' he said.
'There are much better things to do to spend our billions on than snooping on everybody in the country just on the off chance that they're a criminal.'
The Earl of Northesk, a Conservative peer on the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee, said it meant anyone's movements could be traced 24 hours a day.
He said: 'This degree of storage is equivalent to having access to every second, every minute, every hour of your life.
'People have to worry about the scale, the virtuality of your life being exposed to round about 500 public authorities.
'Under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, privacy is a fundamental right... it is important to protect the principle of privacy because once you've lost it it's very difficult to recover.'
The Home Office said the data would be useful for combating crime.
A spokesman said: 'Communications data is crucial for the police to be able to investigate and identify criminal suspects by examining their contacts, establish relationships between conspirators and place them in a specific location at a certain time.
'The data retained is not the content of emails but only the email addresses and times they were sent.
'Implementing the EC Directive will enable UK law enforcement agencies to benefit fully from historical communications data in increasingly complex criminal and terrorist investigations and will enhance our national security.'
Neil
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Post by neil6147 on Dec 19, 2008 20:22:58 GMT 10
A series of events will take place in Lockerbie this weekend to mark the 20th anniversary of the atrocity which claimed 270 lives in the town.
Pan Am Flight 103 was blown out of the skies over the south of Scotland on 21 December 1988.
It crashed to earth on Lockerbie, killing all 259 passengers and crew on board and 11 people on the ground.
A number of small ceremonies are planned in the town on Sunday to remember those who lost their lives.
Events will also take place in America to honour the victims of the bombing.
A memorial service is planned at Syracuse University in New York State, which saw 35 of its students killed.
The dead will also be remembered in a ceremony at the Lockerbie memorial in the Arlington National Cemetery in Washington DC.
Proceedings in the Dumfries and Galloway town have been designed to be "low key" in accordance with the wishes of the community.
"Places to remember" will be open throughout the day at Lockerbie Town Hall, Tundergarth Church and the Dryfesdale Lodge Visitors Centre.
A wreath-laying is also planned at the Dryfesdale Cemetery.
In the evening, services will be held at Tundergarth and Dryfesdale churches.
Former Lockerbie councillor and eyewitness to the crash, Marjory McQueen, said residents of the town were well aware the anniversary would attract worldwide attention.
It has become a place of pilgrimage for many people affected by events 20 years ago.
She said: "Now not only are we having people coming back again to Lockerbie who lost loved ones here, but we are having the second generation.
"Youngsters who were babes in arms and are now in their gap year or finished university want to come back and see where their mother, father, a relative or even a friend died."
Mrs McQueen said that the community recognised it was an emotional time for friends and family of the victims.
"Lockerbie moved on fairly rapidly after 1988 but there is always time for remembrance at this sort of anniversary," she said.
"The town will be warm and welcoming to people who want to come here at this time.
"There is more to Lockerbie now than just the disaster - but we live in the real world and know that this is a national and international event."
Mrs McQueen said she believed a close relationship had been built up between the town's inhabitants and people from further afield who had lost loved ones.
"I think the legacy of Lockerbie over the last 20 years has been the humanitarian side of what happened here," she said.
It is that bond which will be honoured by the ceremonies in the town on Sunday.
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Post by neil6147 on Dec 16, 2008 8:33:29 GMT 10
This has been passed to me from a friend in America. I have read it and think you should all be aware of this device which is now on the market.
Snopes approved.
I locked my car --- as I walked away I heard my car door unlock I went back and locked my car again three times. I looked around and there were two guys sitting in a car in the fire lane next to the store. When I looked straight at them they did not unlock my car again.
How to lock your car safely: While traveling my son stopped at a roadside park. He came out to his car less than 4-5 minutes later and found someone had gotten into his car, and stolen his cell phone, laptop computer, GPS navigator, briefcase.....you name it ...
Called the police and since there were no signs of his car being broken into- the police told him that there is a device that robbers are using now to clone your security code when you lock your doors on your car using your k ey-chain locking device..
They sit a distance away and watch for their next victim. They know you are going inside of the store, restaurant, or bat hroom and have a few minutes to steal and run.
The police officer said ...to be sure to manually lock your car door-by hitting the lock button inside the car, that way if there is someone sitting in a parking lot watching for their next victim it will not be you.
When you hit the lock button on your car upon exiting...it does not send the security code, but if you walk away and use the door lock on your key chain- it sends the code through the airwaves where it can be stolen, something totally new to us...and real ...
Be aware of this and please pass this note on..look how many times we all lock our doors with our keys...just to be sure we remembered to lock them....and bingo someone have our code...and whatever was in the car...can be gone.
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Post by neil6147 on Nov 20, 2008 7:20:02 GMT 10
A man in Scotland calls his son in London the day before Christmas Eve and says, I hate to ruin your day, but I have to tell you that your mother and I are divorcing; forty-five years of misery is enough. 'Dad, what are you talking about?' the son screams. We can't stand the sight of each other any longer,' the father says. 'We're sick of each other, and I'm sick of talking about this, so you call your sister in Leeds and tell her.' Frantic, the son calls his sister, who explodes on the phone. 'Like hell they're getting divorced,' she shouts, 'I'll take care of this,' She calls Scotland immediately, and screams at her father, 'You are NOT getting divorced. Don't do a single thing until I get there. I'm calling my brother back, and we'll both be there tomorrow. Until then, don't do a thing, DO YOU HEAR ME?' and hangs up. The old man hangs up his phone and turns to his wife. 'Okay,' he says, 'they're coming for Christmas - and they're paying their own way.'
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Post by neil6147 on Sept 3, 2008 20:17:45 GMT 10
Just recieved this as an email and thought you might like a laugh.
Message from the Queen Via: Sir Arthur of Lowe
Message from the Queen To the citizens of the United States of America from Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II In light of your failure in recent years to nominate competent candidates for President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately. Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths, and territories (except Kansas , which she does not fancy). Your new Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, will appoint a Governor for America without the need for further elections. Congress and the Senate will be disbanded. A questionnaire may be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed. To aid in the transition to a British Crown dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect: (You should look up "revocation" in the Oxford English Dictionary.) 1. Then look up aluminium, and check the pronunciation guide. You will be amazed at just how wrongly you have been pronouncing it. 2. The letter 'U' will be reinstated in words such as "colour", "favour", "labour" and "neighbour." Likewise, you will learn to spell "doughnut" without skipping half the letters, and the suffix '-ize' will be replaced by the suffix '-ise'. Generally, you will be expected to raise your vocabulary to acceptable levels. (look up "vocabulary"). 3. Using the same twenty-seven words interspersed with filler noises such as "like" and "you know" is an unacceptable and inefficient form of communication. There is no such thing as US English. We will let M*crosoft know on your behalf. The M*crosoft spell-checker will be adjusted to take into account the reinstated letter "u" and the elimination of -ize. 4. July 4th will no longer be celebrated as a holiday. 5. You will learn to resolve personal issues without using guns, lawyers, or therapists. The fact that you need so many lawyers and therapists shows that you're not quite ready to be independent. Guns should only be used for shooting grouse. If you can't sort things out without suing someone or speaking to a therapist then you're not ready to shoot grouse. 6. Therefore, you will no longer be allowed to own or carry anything more dangerous than a vegetable peeler. Although a permit will be required if you wish to carry a vegetable peeler in public. 7. All intersections will be replaced with roundabouts, and you will start driving on the left side with immediate effect. At the same time, you will go metric with immediate effect and without the benefit of conversion tables. Both roundabouts and metrication will help you understand the British sense of humour. 8. The former USA will adopt UK prices on petrol (which you have been calling gasoline) of roughly $10/US gallon. Get used to it. 9. You will learn to make real chips. Those things you call French fries are not real chips, and those things you insist on calling potato chips are properly called crisps. Real chips are thick cut, fried in animal fat, and dressed not with catsup but with vinegar. 10. The cold tasteless stuff you insist on calling beer is not actually beer at all. Henceforth, only proper British Bitter will be referred to as beer, and European brews of known and accepted provenance will be referred to as Lager. South African beer is also acceptable as they are pound for pound the greatest sporting nation on earth and it can only be due to the beer. They are also part of British Commonwealth - see what it did for them. American brands will be referred to as Near-Frozen Gnat's Urine, so that all can be sold without risk of further confusion. 11. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as good guys. Hollywood will also be required to cast English actors to play English characters. Watching Andie Macdowell attempt English dialogue inFour Weddings and a Funeral was an experience akin to having one's ears removed with a cheese grater. 12. You will cease playing American football. There is only one kind of proper football; you call it soccer. Those of you brave enough will, in time, be allowed to play rugby (which has some similarities to American football, but does not involve stopping for a rest every twenty seconds or wearing full kevlar body armour like a bunch of nancies). Don't try rugby - the South Africans and Kiwis will thrash you, like they regularly thrash us. 13. Further, you will stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to host an event called the World Series for a game which is not played outside of America. Since only 2.1% of you are aware there is a world beyond your borders, your error is understandable. You will learn cricket, and we will let you face the South Africans first to take the sting out of their deliveries. 14. You must tell us who killed JFK. It's been driving us mad. 15. An internal revenue agent (i.e. tax collector) from Her Majesty's Government will be with you shortly to ensure the acquisition of all monies due (backdated to 1776). 16. Daily Tea Time begins promptly at 4 pm with proper cups, with saucers, and never mugs, with high quality biscuits (cookies) and cakes; plus strawberries (with cream) when in season.------------------------------------------------------------------------- God Save the Queen!
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