Party near Westbury- what happened next? I was at a free party near Westbury on saturday night. It was the worst organised load of crap i've ever been to. They had 2 really loud soundsystems but both of them were playing hard-as-fuck industrial techno, and sounded like they had been put together by a bunch of spacecakes on k. The organisers were a bunch of spacecakes on k.
the soundsystems kept making a horrible noise every time some k head fucked someting up. they had made no effort at all to make the place look nice or be comforable. didn't have any space heaters or anything. i still had an ok time cos i was off my twat on k as well but as soon as i came out of the k-hole i noticed how shit the music was again!
in the morning things got really dodgy. a couple of landrovers showed up with 'RANGE WARDEN' on them. at first i thought it was a right laugh and ran around taking pictures of these guys in yellow jackets. they told us we had to be out of there by 11 and everyone was like yeah whatever, ain't going to happen. they backed off to the top of the track and i went to talk to them and give them some chocolate biscuits. they said they didn't like chocolate but were quite friendly. they told me we had to get out of there cos it was army land and the marines were moving in to set up a base in those sheds at 11. 2 platoons of marines who were'nt going to be happy to find us there.
no-one was taking it seriously not even the people i was with. i kept going back and talking to the army guys until i was convinced they were telling the truth. the cops showed up and tried to talk to the organisers but they were still taking k and they couldn't get any sense out of them.
our lot finally left at ten to 11. the rigs were still going, no one was showing any sign of packing up. i don't know what happened to anyone, we haven't been able to get hold of our mates who were still there.
was anyone there and knows what happened?
What is a Freegan?
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Freegans are people who employ alternative strategies for living based on limited participation in the conventional economy and minimal consumption of resources. Freegans embrace community, generosity, social concern, freedom, cooperation, and sharing in opposition to a society based on materialism, moral apathy, competition, conformity, and greed.
After years of trying to boycott products from egregious corporations responsible for human rights violations, environmental destruction, and animal abuse, many of us found that no matter what we bought we ended up supporting something deplorable. We came to realize that the problem isn't just a few bad corporations but the entire system itself.
Freeganism is a total boycott of an economic system where the profit motive has eclipsed ethical considerations and where massively complex systems of productions ensure that all the products we buy will have detrimental impacts most of which we may never even consider. Thus, instead of avoiding the purchase of products from one bad company only to support another, we avoid buying anything to the greatest degree we are able.
The word freegan is compounded from "free" and "vegan". Vegans are people who avoid products from animal sources or products tested on animals in an effort to avoid harming animals. Freegans take this a step further by recognizing that in a complex, industrial, mass-production economy driven by profit, abuses of humans, animals, and the earth abound at all levels of production (from acquisition to raw materials to production to transportation) and in just about every product we buy. Sweatshop labor, rainforest destruction, global warming, displacement of indigenous communities, air and water pollution, eradication of wildlife on farmland as "pests", the violent overthrow of popularly elected governments to maintain puppet dictators compliant to big business interests, open-pit strip mining, oil drilling in environmentally sensitive areas, union busting, child slavery, and payoffs to repressive regimes are just some of the many impacts of the seemingly innocuous consumer products we consume every day.
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UK : East : Drugs offences rocket in Suffolk What is interesting is that Suffolk has been one of the most "successful" areas in stopping both unlicensed raves and clamping down on legal venues associated with rave culture...
so if drugs use is going up; this is surely a big sign that intolerance and prohibition is not just failing but making things worse?
At least on the rave scene theres still a fair bit of peer pressure not to do crack/heroin and to try and self-regulate your drug use .... but this is absent when people are doing drugs in smaller groups and less positive surroundings...
http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/eveningstar/news/story.aspx?brand=ESTOnline&category=News&tBrand=ESTOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=IPED14%20Feb%202007%2012%3A54%3A10%3A397
ROCKETING number of drugs offences in Suffolk have been revealed today in figures obtained from the House of Commons.
David Ruffley MP for Stowmarket and Bury St Edmunds discovered drug crime has spiralled by nearly 65 per cent over the past five years when he questioned Vernon Coaker MP, parliamentary under-secretary at the Home Office.
In 2001/02 there were 1,292 drug-related offences according to figures from Suffolk Police. In 2005/06 that number had exploded to 2,015.
The latest figure is 40 per cent higher than Cambridgeshire and 10 per cent more Norfolk.
The number of recorded drug offences in Suffolk has now gone up for the eighth year in a row.
Although the method of recording drug offences has changed since 1997, there has still been an increase of 19 per cent in Suffolk drug offences since 2002, when the latest recording standard was introduced.
Mr Ruffley said: “These are some deeply troubling figures and local people in Suffolk deserve to know why we suffer from more drug crime than elsewhere in East Anglia.
“It is clear from the answer the Minister gave me that drug crime is on the rise across the Eastern region.
“I have taken the matter up with the Chief Constable of Suffolk Constabulary, Alastair McWhirter, and asked for his explanation for these figures and what steps he believes are necessary to clamp down on this apparent drug problem in our county.”
legal events do many of you on here attend legal events,like hall parties or places open till late ie 2am and would you be prepared to pay £5 to get in to listen to unknown free party dj's12
Advice on squatting please Was wondering does n e 1 know what rights my friends hav to stay in this flat: it is a council flat & the person who's flat it went down 4 a while about a week ago.......:frown:
A couple of mates are still livin in the flat, OB have knocked a few times now but we hav been quiet & not opened the door to them, do my mate's have a right to stay in the flat, if they were to be evicted from the property it wud only be left empty by the council anyway........
"Peace & Respecta"
Underage and want to party?
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The Arizona Republic
Sept. 25, 2006 12:00 AM
Underground party crews have made a teenager's search for action as easy as surfing the Internet or calling a hotline. It's even easier for teenage girls, who often only need to show some skin or wear a thong to get into a party-crew-sponsored event.
Party crews have worked the Valley for the past five to 10 years promoting and hosting parties that target teens looking for liquor and a good time. Often run by young adults or older teens, the crews are highly organized and advertise aggressively. In one case, a crew had business cards, a party hotline, a Web page and held weekly planning meetings.
While party crews aren't illegal, selling alcohol to minors and without a license are misdemeanor crimes.
But what may appear to be at worst a haven for underage drinking has spiraled into out-of-control parties marked with beatings, shootings and drug use. Police and prosecutors said they have seen party crews evolve into violent gangs in the past two years, with once-peaceful crews committing assaults and drive-by shootings in a bid for money, power and making a name.
"There's a lot of people and the beer," said a 19-year-old East Valley woman who spent the past two years in and out of the party-crew scene. "Mostly (you go) because there are boys and you have fun and everyone gets drunk with their friends."
The girl, whose name is being withheld by The Republic because of possible retaliation, said the parties are well-known among teenagers who find them through word of mouth, telephone hotlines, fliers and on MySpace, a popular social networking Web site.
Once connected, teens get text messages on their cellphones giving the date, time and location, and for $5 or $10, they're in. The parties are often held at homes, warehouses or vacant or abandoned houses, and she has seen kids as young as sixth-graders attend.
"It's a habit," she said. "You get addicted to it."
Crews try to separate themselves from gangs to avoid attention from police and prosecutors, but many are documented gang members or associates. They've surfaced from Phoenix to Glendale to the East Valley, police said.
"Now that school is starting up again, there will be many more of those turning up and more of a demand for it," said Phoenix Detective Herbert Jacobs, with the youth alcohol enforcement squad. "They are organized. They collect the money, have their own security. It's not just a bunch of kids having a party."
In the past year, two Phoenix party crews that evolved into gangs have been successfully prosecuted, and a Mesa case is in the system, said Kirsten Valenzuela, a Maricopa County deputy attorney with the gang unit. "We're not prosecuting party crews. We are specifically targeting gangs," she said. "They happen to start out as a party crew."
The crews-turned-gangs are dealing drugs, have illegal weapons and exhibit features of gang members such as colors or clothing, tattoos and graffiti.
The young woman who has spent time in crews says the violence isn't worth the risk.
"You have to be careful," she said. "If you are hanging out with them, you are putting yourself as a target. It makes you look like you are a member of the group even if you are not."
"There is a high potential for violence. People are getting shot. There's drug use at a lot of these parties," said Mesa police Officer Brent Smith, who heads up efforts to tackle them. "Kids getting together are not party crews. . . . Unfortunately this comes more with the territory."
A photo on a Phoenix party-crew Web site shows armed "snipers" on the roof protecting a party. In Mesa, police found five guns and identified 12 to 15 gangs at a party.
Smith, a graveyard-beat officer, got tired responding to fights and shots-fired calls. When he realized they were related to party crews, he decided to take them on about a year ago. He has reached out to other officers and agencies and has reduced parties in the past few months. His work also led to the arrest of a crew leader.
"Most of the times they look like regular parties, you break it up and never realize it is a party crew hosting," Tempe police Detective Mike Carleton said.
Crews have been victims or suspects in several crimes recently.
http://www.azcentral.com/specials/special21/articles/0925partycrews0925.html#
Council painter’s yellow line madness :laugh_at::laugh_at::laugh_at:surprise surprise
http://news.sky.com/skynews/video/videoplayer/0,,91135-yellowlineslvo_031006_1400,00.html
Irreverence Valantines Massacre @ The Goblin, High Wycombe After a very suscessful NYE party with guest's Dirty Habit & hip hop legend Caveman the Irreverence crew are back to full strentgh for some stupid Febuary business.
Join us on the 10th Feb @ The Goblin in High Wycombe for a evening of Breakbeat, House, Hip Hop, Big Beat and Old Skool Flava's running from 9 till 2am and free to all.
Benny Fonzarelli (Breaks Set)
2 Late Mickey (Big Beat & Hip Hop Set)
Smiler (House & Funk Set)
Chester Both Worlds & WestHamDave (Old Skool Random Warm Up Set)
See you at the bar.
You know it makes sense.
contact from the multirigger in bristle How do everyone - I'm a regular from the Psy forum, basically I was wondering if anyone went to the phat milti rigger in Bristol on the weekend?
Loved it personally, I actually need to get my contact number to someone in the remote chance they know someone on here - assuming anyone went of course ; )
Cheers peeps!
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whats yr views Unemployed people who cannot speak English will have to show they are learning the language or face losing benefits, the government has announced.
About 40,000 jobless people say their poor English is a barrier to finding employment - and £4.5m is spent on translators in job centres.
Ministers say this money would be better spent on teaching them English.
Welfare minister Jim Murphy said the measures, to come into effect in April, would benefit Britain and individuals.
Mr Murphy told a Work Foundation seminar that it is "unacceptable" that ethnic minorities in Britain earn on average a third less than their white counterparts.
Redress the balance
On current rates, ethnic minority employment rates will not reach the national average until workers currently joining the labour market reach retirement age.
"This is a social injustice in our society which is not only bad for individuals, families and their communities, but is a barrier against social cohesion and is bad for Britain," Mr Murphy said. "On top of that, as ethnic minorities grow to constitute a much greater proportion in the working age population in the decade to come, it is absolutely critical that everyone is able to access the labour market and can prosper within it."
Some 15% of members of ethnic minorities cite language difficulties as a barrier to work, the welfare minister said.
"That's potentially 40,000 people being denied the opportunity to work because they do not have the language skills to get a job."
He wants more focus put on English language tuition.
He said: "We must utilise the resources we have to redress the balance: to put the emphasis not just on translating language to claim a benefit, but to teaching language to get a job."
New guidelines
From April, new guidelines will require job centres in England to focus on encouraging the take-up of English courses.
And a new programme, backed by £14m of state money, is offering 15,000 places on courses in basic skills and employability training - including language skills - with the Learning and Skills Council.
But an educational think tank which recently produced a critical report into how the government provides English classes to immigrants, attacked the proposals as risky.
The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (Niace) said the English tuition system was struggling to meet demand from migrants who wanted to learn the language.
Alastair Thomson of Niace agreed that investing in tuition was better than translation - but said there were too few classes and teachers. He criticised separate government proposals to charge for some English classes from September.
"It would be premature if changes were to be introduced before there are enough properly-qualified teachers to meet the demand and bizarre if we start teaching people while they are unemployed but then do not have affordable courses for them to progress onto once they find work.
"We urge the government to ensure that all the implications of these reforms have been considered before moving too quickly."
Benefit dependency
Liberal Democrat work and pensions spokesman David Laws said it was "ironic" that the government was seeking to introduce the changes while it was "cutting back" classes "for those without English as a first language". "What is happening here seems to be the perfect example of unjoined-up government," he added.
Meanwhile, a study by the think-tank Civitas suggests a third of households in the UK rely on benefits for their main income, according to the Daily Telegraph.
"What has been happening in the last few years is unemployment has fallen but the number of people receiving incapacity benefits has been going up a little bit," the report's author David Green told the BBC. "But there's also been a huge increase in people receiving what's now called working tax credit. So you've got a mixture of pure benefit dependency and what you might call in-work benefit dependency."
i think its a grerat idea, also i think it should be at work............. i work in a very dangerous indrustry {rope access} we have had so many issue with foreginers , who cant speak English, but have had to do health and safety features, which we had also do , and there was reading and writing envovled. so how the fuck did they pass? then they would just walk into a danger area , with no entry signs all over it, you would shout at them and they would just look blankly at you, as maybe a brick or peice of metal was crashing down towards them,
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