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- When in Spain I met a lady who was collecting pertitions regarding China and how they treat their animals. Particulary endangered species. I gave her my details and this website to post her details on and I hope she contacts us so that for you who are against animal cruelty can at least sign your name on the petition, or perhaps take some kind of action like writing to the Chineese government. I cant quite remember who spearheaded it, from memory it could have been Linda McCartney. I apologise to the lady who spent 10 minutes giving us her spill and now me forgeting. Just wondered if there is any intrest out there and who could be contacted failing this lady contacting this website! Answers anyone? Elliot
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- January 6, 2006 at 3:38 pm
  
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- TRIFECTA featuring KING BRITT Come join us this Monday Jan 09, for Trifecta with KING BRITT. KING BRITT will be performing a 1 hour set in each room. To be placed on the guest list, please include your first and last name. Or, you can email your information to david@godspeedlv.com. Be sure to include the number of guests that are attending. www.godspeedlv.com www.myspace.com/godspeedlasvegas
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- January 5, 2006 at 9:35 pm
  
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- ERYK ORPHEUS LIVE P.A @ FRIDGE TOTAL MAYHEM 3RD BIRTHDAY BONANZA FRIDAY 13 JANUARY 2006 THE FRIDGE, BRIXTON 10PM-6AM HARDHOUSE, HARDTRANCE AND UPLIFTING TRANCE DJS KUTSKI (radio 1) CALLY GAGE (frantic) ERYK ORPHEUS (world exclusive freeform set) BILLY DANIEL BUNTER (tasty) BILBSTAR (total mayhem) MICKEY.C (total mayhem) KIERON TONG (spangled sundays) IAN EDWARDS (spangled sundays) MATT VONHOLTZ (total mayhem) KESTAS (total mayhem) room 2 STEFAN B (peach goes hard) BRETT WOOD (smile) DANNY TAPPENDEN (union) ZAPPA (flashback) SERAYA (hard drive) SMYRKY (hard drive) On friday 13 january 2006 total mayhem will be celebrating there 3rd birthday. And what a night we have planned for u londons biggest name djs and live acts will be there celebrating 3 years of mayhem our very special guest will be none other than radio 1 dj kutski this guy is the most talked about dj at the moment and if u have listened to his radio show or been to an event he has played u will know why we also have a live p.a by eryk orpheus he will be doing for the first time ever a world exclusive freeform set. also making her mayhem debut is cally gage this girl needs no introduction she has been ripping up dancefloors at frantic and other events around the u.k for the past 2 years and were over the moon that she will be playing at this event. and no total mayhem party would be complete without the legend that is billy daniel bunter. all this and of course the stars of tomorrow will be on display at this awesome event. attractions to include state of the art sound and lighting, giant l.e.d wall, backdrops, giant inflatables, giant lasers, smoke machines, fireworks and much much more. advanced tickets £10 from ticketweb 08700 600 100 (ltd tickets available) www.ticketweb.co.uk for paying guestlist and info call 07984 721 366 or email MICKEYC@TOTALMAYHEMUK.COM so join us as we celebrate 3 years of total madness 3 years of total excitment 3 years of TOTAL MAYHEM!!!
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- January 5, 2006 at 11:10 am
  
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- halloween synth circus what will the music policy be please? will there be DnB/Jungle? 1 2
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- January 4, 2006 at 8:25 pm
  
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- MULTIE RIGGA LINK UP!!!!! NE1 GO FAIR PLAY WOT A HUGE LINK UP FRM F.R.U. K.S.S. KAOTIK. TOOTHDUST. KRONIK. UNKNOWN./ THE RIGS WERE FRM EVERYWHERE bristol / london / birningham/ rest frm wales QUALITY link up
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- January 4, 2006 at 7:42 pm
  
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- NY, NYC 01.12.06 – DUSK ‘TIL DAWN: Lance Jordan, DJ Fame, Michael Hime at Cielo Dusk 'til Dawn Returns to Cielo Lance Jordan, DJ Fame, Eric Cullenberg & Michael Hime Live Performance by Marta C. January 12, 2006 Dusk 'til Dawn returns to the meat packing district for it's first party of 2006 with the styles of Lance Jordan, DJ Fame, Eric Cullenberg & Michael Hime. Marta C. will treat us to a live rendition of "Someone Like Us," the upcoming single produced by Lance Jordan, soon be released on Dusk. Lance Jordan through Dusk brings us his melodic moody and energetic style rapidly gaining industry wide recognition. This new label has been embraced throughout the world while Jordan continues to attract diverse listeners as the producer behind today's chart-topping dance songs. Jordan's remix of "Sleepless", Dusk's first single by Sylvia Tosun is currently #8 on the Billboard's Hot Club Play Chart. Jordan's "Last Night I Was Dreaming" charted at #2 on European dance radio and received strong support within the DJ community from the likes of Sasha, John Digweed, and Danny Tenaglia. Jordan's international career was further propelled when Rosko's "Love Is A Drug," co-produced and co-written by Jordan, seduced the nation reaching number 1 the U.S. Billboard Dance Chart. Dusk Recordings builds upon Lance's previous work with NY LOVE, and functions as a foundation for the next wave of up and coming producers and artists. Dusk takes it on the road again with an upcoming trip to Boston performing live with Rosko at Rise supporting the release of their upcoming single "Milkbone". Dusk continues to attract strong support from top industry names including Deep Dish, Sander Kleinenberg, and Hector Romero. See Lance's website with downloadable music. www.lancejordan.com Cielo 18 Little West 12th 21+ 10pm $15 at the door. For reduced list email: events@duskrecordings.net www.duskrecordings.net www.lancejordan.com
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- January 4, 2006 at 4:43 pm
  
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- INT : Yanks hand over control of *all* Internet domains to national governments long but essential reading, USA have basically decdided that the national Government in all nations is to have control over national Internet domains (the two letters that represent your country), and the content that may go through them (if they don't like it they can re-route the site to a Government server (and catch the IP addresses of all the users!) whilst Washington/Pentagon has overall control over the domains, and the workings of DNS (a load od big computers that make the internet work). Quote: Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/29/us_undermines_internet/ 2005: The year the US government undermined the internet By Kieren McCarthy Published Thursday 29th December 2005 19:34 GMT 2005 in review 2005 will be forever seen as the year in which the US government managed to keep unilateral control of the internet, despite widespread opposition by the rest of the world. However, while this very public spat went on, everyone failed to notice a related change that will have far greater implications for everyday internet users and for the internet itself. That change will see greater state-controlled censorship on the internet, reduce people's ability to use the internet to communicate freely, and leave expansion of the internet in the hands of the people least capable of doing the job. It is also another example of where the US government's control has - in real, verifiable terms - had a direct, unchecked impact on the internet, despite constant assurances that it takes only a benevolent and passive role. And it has come as a result of the US administration's hugely controversial decision to invade Iraq. Redelegation We are talking about the ever-troublesome redelegation process for country code top-level domains (ccTLDs) - like .uk for the United Kingdom, .fr for France and .de for Germany. There are currently 246 ccTLDs in existence (although there should really only be 240), and every year, there are arguments over who should be entitled to run them. Mostly ownership of the domains is stable but in recent years African governments have been keen to take more of a role in running their country's Internet, causing a glut. This year, 2005, there have been seven redelegations: The Falkland Islands (.fk); Hong Kong (.hk); Iraq (.iq); Kazakhstan (.kz); South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (.gs); Timor-Leste (.tl); and Tokelau (.tk). Of these, three were agreed to before July and are of little consequence, being no more than agreed changes in owner or country circumstances. However, on 28 July 2005 at a special board meeting of internet overseeing organisation ICANN, ownership of both Iraq (.iq) and Kazakhstan (.kz) was changed in a way that soon after saw a change in ownership for South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (.gs) and Tokelau (.tk). At that meeting, consciously and for the first time, ICANN used a US government-provided reason to turn over Kazakhstan's internet ownership to a government owned and run association without requiring consent from the existing owners. The previous owners, KazNIC, had been created from the country's Internet community. ICANN then immediately used that "precedent" to hand ownership of Iraq's internet over to another government-run body, without accounting for any objections that the existing owners might have. Previously it had always been the case that ICANN would take no action (and only ICANN, through IANA, can actually change ownership of a ccTLD) unless both sides were in complete agreement. Now, ICANN had set itself up as the de facto world authority on who should run different parts of the Internet. Nuclear option The Iraq situation is more complicated than briefly outlined above (of which more later), but in a little under two hours, the ICANN Board set aside a process that had held since the very earliest days of the Internet. Not only that but it provided governments with instant, unassailable control over what happens under their designated area of the internet. If a company running a country code top-level domain refuses to agree to hand over any information or data held by it to the government, either legally, illegally or extra-legally, secretly or not, the government can simply replace the company with a government-run agency. If it refuses to shut down a website, or to redirect it elsewhere, the government can simply replace it with a government-run agency. It is a nuclear option, but neverthless a nuclear option that didn't exist prior to July. It will also never have to be used - the threat of its use will see any company wanting to keep hold of its livelihood agree to government demands. Of course this would never happen. Except it has already. Within months of the government-run "Association of Kazakh IT Companies" getting control of Kazakhstan's internet domain, it shut down the website of British comic Sacha Baron Cohen (best known as Ali G). The site at www.borat.kz featured another of Cohen's comic creations, Borat Sagdiyev, a Kazakh journalist. It was removed from the Internet. Why? The president of the organisation said it was so the comic "can't bad-mouth Kazakhstan under the .kz domain name". If you want an example of government-owned and run censorship on the internet, you'll be hard pushed to find a clearer example. Sleight of hand and powergrabs What was the method by which the US government managed to undermine its very justification for continuing to run the Internet and instead open the way for state censorship of the Internet? It came in the controversial "declaration of principles (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/01/bush_net_policy/)" at the end of June. The aim of the principles was to fire a warning shot at the rest of the world's governments just prior to publication of a United Nations report that recommended control of the internet be taken away from the US government. There were four principles (http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/USDNSprinciples_06302005.htm), the most controversial being the first, which stated the US government would "maintain its historic role in authorising changes or modifications to the authoritative root zone file". The second was largely seen as a way of preventing the world's governments from going ballistic since it recognised that "governments have legitimate interest in the management of their country code top level domains". ICANN and IANA had already decided to adjust vital wording in any ccTLD redelegation process to "address concerns". Agreement between a ccTLD operator and ICANN was now "desirable but not necessary to finalise a redelegation", they had agreed. Combining this loosening of existing operators' powers with the US principle that strengthened government oversight, ICANN switched control of the internet in one fell swoop to governments. And, of course, it puts itself in the role of judge. This is the phrase that has since appeared in every redelegation following the July meeting: "ICANN has reviewed the request, and has determined that the proposed redelegation would be in the best interests of the local and global Internet communities." It is with this loose and ambiguous justification - arrived at, you should note, without any publicly available information or debate whatsoever - that ICANN has set itself up as the internet's Supreme Court. And given governments effective control of the internet. Legal semantics ICANN's efforts to turn itself into the Internet's government in this area stretch the phrase "redelegation" itself. Despite repeated requests by ccTLD owners themselves, it is ICANN that insists on calling the process of changing the name of the administrative or technical owners of a particular ccTLD "delegation". The operators themselves prefer the terms "change of manager", "change of technical contact" and, in the case of more technical changes "change of name servers". The advantage of the term "delegation" is that it has legal connotations. If you are delegating something, it automatically implies that the delegator has some form of legal authority over the delegee. This is something that most country code managers would strongly disagree with in the case of ICANN. The case of Iraq Why did the US government allow this sleight-of-hand from an organisation that it has overall control over? Simple: Iraq. When the US government took over Afghanistan in 2001, it was fortunate in that the current ccTLD owner was killed during bombing of Kabul. It simple forged the man's signature on a piece of paper handing over control to the US-created authority and the job was done. Control of Iraq's domain was far more complicated however. The .iq domain was registered instead to two brothers living in the US. The Elashi brothers and other members of their family at the time were also in US jail awaiting trial for funding terrorists - which in the end amounted to shipping computer parts to Libya and Syria and for which they all received hefty sentences (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/07/09/iraq_domain_owner_convicted/). The US was keen to turn over Iraq's internet over the US-run administration but the whole process was political dynamite. Head of the temporary government, Paul Bremer, wrote to ICANN head Paul Twomey requesting ownership of .iq, but Twomey had to say it wasn't possible because the rules dictated that the Elashi brothers agree - something that was pretty unlikely. We only found out about that letter a year later however, and the letter does not appear on ICANN's website. The situation infuriated the US administration which immediately sought to change how things were done. At the same time however, the US government could not be seen to be demanding that the .iq domain be handed over to whoever it said, because it would undermine its very position at the head of the Internet. It was also inevitable that any such move would attract media attention and criticism. And so a method was devised by Washington and ICANN to ensure that the rules could be bent. And so they have been. As a result no one single soul is better off, and governments have been given control over the internet by the backdoor. Now you know. ® Related stories Iraq domain owner convicted (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/07/09/iraq_domain_owner_convicted/) All hail the new TLD - .ax (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/18/ax_domain/) Niue is dead! Long live .nu! (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/01/15/niue_is_dead_long_live/) Bush administration annexes internet (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/01/bush_net_policy/) Related links IANA report on .iq (http://www.iana.org/reports/iq-report-05aug05.pdf) [pdf] IANA report on .kz (http://www.iana.org/reports/kz-report-05aug05.pdf) [pdf] US internet "principles" (http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/USDNSprinciples_06302005.htm) © Copyright 2006
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- January 4, 2006 at 4:42 pm
  
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- UK : countrywide violence reported for NYE meanwhile back in the real world.... this is NYE for "townies" London Ambulance report 35 stabbings and many alcohol related incidents multiple incidents of violence in Reading filled our local Emergency Department - one lad was beaten until he had a fit and left in the street. Group violence erupted at Brannigans and other town centre venues, many casualties. in the provinces there were plenty more stabbings amongst young angry people, a mini riot in grimsby (650 999 calls, 81 arrests!) [1] incidentally violence figures are more accurate via NHS sources as many people sort things out themselves rather than go to cops or criminal justice system, but injuries which draw blood often require medical treatment.... naturally the extended licensing hours are being blamed for this - but is this really the cause? Most cities have had extended opening on NYE since the mid-90s and it became more common since the millenium (which was relatively trouble free!) what is more likely is that violence is getting worse and worse in society, over the year more people are seeing it as a solution and using weapons than ever before. [2] we can't even gloat and say "free parties and the people who attend them are better" - this is no longer the case; people just seem to be taking all their stress and anger to them and exploding when the drugs/alcohol take effect... people are bringing years old grudges and their relationship disputes to events, crews are now having to be peacemakers as well as set up parties... Worst of all NYE is supposed to be a night of celebration in Great Britain - where an old Scots song associated with the celebrations (and sung UK-wide) actually claims that old grudges are to be forgotten! where will it all end? crews can try to stop the scuffles (at least if there are not too many weapons), but hate still remains, it appears to be getting worse, and if someone really goes off particularly with all the weapons it there's actually very little stopping them murdering someone in a corner over the din of the rigs... it only takes one blow with a bottle or knife to a vital organ and people appear to strike first and think later - but such an incident would go unnoticed until the body was found in the morning - by then the killer may have left and the crews will be all being interviewed by the cops (maybe even as potential suspects). Rigs will be seized as "crime scene evidence" and people bailed for months with a potential "suspicion or murder/manslaughter" charge hanging over their heads. (this already has happened after a stabbing in London) - this sort of thing makes people wonder whether putting on raves is worth it! WTF is going on? thought it was supposed to be about having fun! I know liberals often say the violence is because of the the war and tony blair / duyba thinking its OK to bomb Iraq" - but thats an excuse really, just because they have power doesn't give anyone the right to use violence other than in self defence... nor does a "bad background" or any of the other excuses heard these days... A lot of lads appear to be still fascinated by fighting and terrorism (particularly as the terrorist attacks worldwide are mostly produced by gangs of angry young men) - many boys/men today come across sounding as if their idea of an ideal society is a male-run society where the best fighter wins by any means possible (weapons/firearms as well as physical strength) and everyone else is subordinate... I can understand this as I was like this as a boy (of about 10) but surely you mature when you reach your teens or 20s and become a better citizen? But whilst people might think violence gives them power but its only short term, ravers/youths are a minority in a wider society who do not have that much power. If we continue turning our social spaces into battlegrounds, the conventional authorities and wider society will strike back for "the greater good" Extended licenses will be revoked and replaced by curfews, ASBOS and other legislation will be increasingly used to prevent unlicensed gatherings, and our movements will be monitored and curtailed. When we protest, wider society (not just cops) will simply say "we gave you many chances and you screwed it all up" Are we going to just sit back and watch this happen? sources.. [1] http://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/0,2763,1676521,00.html [2] http://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/0,2763,1676910,00.html
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- January 4, 2006 at 1:57 pm
  
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- Edinburgh Police Xmas Drugs Bust Looks like Lothian an Borders Police have had a profitable Christmas.....:razz: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4554810.stm
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- January 4, 2006 at 12:45 pm
  
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- HAPPY NEW YEAR!! A touch early I know but what the hell. I wish all of you a very happy new year, I hope you all have a great night out and a bloody good year!
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- January 4, 2006 at 12:41 pm
  
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- SILICON SOUND @ INSIGHT DYNAMIKS – 20/01/2006, Brighton INSIGHT DYNAMIKS “presents” @ Concorde 2, Brighton Friday 20th January 2006 ***** Live Act ***** Silicon Sound ( neurobotics / moonspirit ) > Ad Simeons (something groovy) Vinny (party possible) Mr Raz (ajuca productions) Mortal (digital elf) Oli Insight (insight dynamiks) Eleosss (insight dynamiks) > Mr Fox (insight dynamiks) Vitor + Guests Entry >>> £ 10 Info >>> www.insightdynamiks.com www.ajucaproductions.co.uk
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- January 4, 2006 at 1:29 am
  
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- Drugs Info Some of you may have seen this site before but there seems to be alot of threads popping up about what different drugs are and what their effects are so I thought I'd put this up.. This site is mainly Drugs info for Scotland but it contains useful information about the effects of different drugs on you and also information on the different drugs and the law on possesion and supply... http://www.knowthescore.info
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- January 3, 2006 at 8:50 pm
  
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- The George Monbiot Fashion Poll It looks like eco-campaigner George Monbiot is experimenting with different fashions these days... why not - like most progressive chaps in their 30s-40s he's managed to mix intelligence, strength of character and physical strength (he cycles miles every week as well as looking after an allotment) and keeping up with trends... so which of his current looks would you rather go for? Interested to hear from all genders - whether its us blokes looking for fashion ideas or whether the "modern progressive young lady" would be attracted by such a man... which look would you go for? 1. Friendly "trendy teacher" 2. Sharp Suited Grauniad Man? I'd have to go for the "trendy teacher" look myself - the Grauniad Man pic looks a bit intimidating (perhaps to make him a bit like Paxman) but he ends up looking like Whitehall boss Sir Gus O'Donnell (head of the Home Civil Service)
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- January 3, 2006 at 6:57 pm
  
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- Scottish Drugs Forum For those of you North of the Border here is a link to the Scottish Drugs Forum. It can provide you with information about Drugs and also Drugs Services in your area....:bigsmile: http://www.sdf.org.uk/sdf/sdf_display_home.jsp;jsessionid=E9819449CB6C6EA9BE9B976E37C0B7A4?p_service=Content.show&pContentID=416&p_applic=CCC&
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- January 3, 2006 at 12:39 am
  
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- underground city january 13th with january being a crappy night for putting on club nights, we decided to do a residents night, for this night only we will only have 3 arenas open, business will be resumed as normal for our first bday in march, friday jan 13th £7 allnight 10pm - 6am room 1 skankadelic & cohesion/ techno/acid Alex calver (Glitch/underground city) Cyber steve ( wah wah/underground city) Acid Ted (acid test/underground city) Mr Burns (skankadelic/underground city) Twatted Matt (cohesion/underground city) Matt Acidic (acidic underground city) room 2 Drum & Bass Stimulus Devize (3d mode/underground city) Phase 2 (Final scratch set/underground city) Buzzy (Stimulus/underground city) Samas (Stimulus/underground city) pace (autumn/underground city) Caution (stimulus/underground city) a-flex (stimulus/underground city) mc's / manikular / pm / ruma / algar room 3 house + breakbeat + funky beats Dreaditor and friends State of the art sounds systems visuals + intelligent lighting laughing gas projections uv stalls record stalls www.undergroundcity.co.uk
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