NYE… Devon and Cornwall..and the rest it may seem like the summer has only just left us, but perhaps now is a good time to start to talk about having some fun at NYE.
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I like the 'night of the packs' theme of creating so many events that none can really be properly policed. at the same time, i would hope that all are properly 'policed' by the organisers.
how much ideas do we have for NYE? sites? methods? crews?
PM me so that we can arrange ourselves in a tasty way
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Positive housing venture from 1985 still going! http://www.groundswell.org.uk/network/features/giroscope.html
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Giroscope
diy working in hull
Giroscope Workers Co-operative began in May 1985 when a group of young people decided to do something positive about their housing situation. At the time, house prices in Hull were very low and homelessness was on the up. By persuading friends with jobs to take out mortgages and by borrowing money from wherever we could, we managed to buy four houses which we did our best to renovate.
In August 1986 we formed ourselves into a legal company. We chose to be a Workers Co-operative and registered with Industrial Common Ownership Movement (ICOM). We were able to take advantage of assistance from Humberside Co-operative Development Agency (CDA) who advised us on the various legal structures and also basic business practices. We decided to incorporate into our rules a strict pay limit and consensus decision making.
We have managed over the years to raise considerable money from charities and trusts. We have also raised money and received gifts in kind from many companies. We have had grants from English Partnerships, the European Regional Development Fund and the National Lottery. Several years after the formation of Giroscope we changed our structure slightly to an organisation with charitable aims. This means that we are a workers co-operative and a limited company with charitable aims.
We provide a range of accommodation to rent, ranging from one bedroom flats to five bedroom houses. Our prospective tenants come to us by either word of mouth or through various agencies in the city established to help people in housing need. Some of our tenants use us as a short term housing solution whilst others stay with us for many years. Most of our tenants claim Housing Benefit which comes directly to the organisation. We do not charge deposits except in exceptional circumstances. Should any of our tenants find work then we agree with them a reasonable rent based on what is fair and what they can afford.'
now...
At the moment, Giroscope is composed of twenty houses, five flats and a shop (excluding our workshops and office space) all based in west Hull. All but three of our houses are fully occupied with tenants. Two of these houses which have only recently become vacant are being advertised and will be filled in the near future. The remaining vacant property is currently being renovated. This work is near completion and the prospective tenants are ready to move in. We are looking to buy another property in the area, which we can renovate to a high standard and rent out to people who are generally disadvantaged in the housing market. We undertake renovation work using environmentally friendly products and incorporate energy efficiency into our properties wherever possible. For example, two of our houses have solar panels which help to provide hot water and our workshops have them to create electricity.
what next?
The central process of buying derelict and semi-derelict houses and flats, renovating them and renting the properties out to people who are in housing need will continue at Giroscope. However, we are always looking to improve our organisation and develop new initiatives that will increase our cost effectiveness and improve our service delivery. These include the introduction of a more pro-active maintenance system. This would involve an annual survey of every Giroscope property to discover what work is required and what problems may occur in the future. With plans to expand our workforce there is the possibility of carrying out more outside contract work. We should not underestimate some of our specialist administrative knowledge and skills. At present we share our knowledge for free but there may be circumstances when we could charge for help given to other organisations in the future.'
John Wood, Giroscope
July 2001
(Ft Laud FL) FRI NOV 12th – djSTEEL + 6 others! great night!
T H I S . F R I D A Y . N I G H T :
A . V E R Y . R A R E . O P P O R T U N I T Y ! !
...come check out djSTEEL - one of the most talented DJs ever to emerge from the South Florida scene!
Voted South Florida's Best Club DJ in 2003 by CityLink magazine, djSTEEL has been up in Orlando studying at Full Sail, honing his production skills to a truly amazing degree!
THIS IS STEEL'S FIRST PERFORMANCE IN SEVEN MONTHS (since our party, Chemistry, in April 2004), and it will doubtless be an equally long time before his next trip down here.
djSTEEL is coming down to showcase the grand opening of his very own record label - STAINLESS RECORDINGS - and he'll be tossing tons of vinyl & cd's out to the crowd this Friday night. djSTEEL will also be unveiling several of his completely original productions, which you will DEFINITELY not want to miss!
Also on hand are four of Euphoria Project's best & brightest DJs:
NICK WICKED and MIKE FREEZE (both dishing out special oldschool sets for the crowd), BIG BOY (tag teaming with his partner, spinning progressive breaks and hard trance), as well as DERANGED, who will be performing a set of 100% trance - definitely a rare treat for our parties, so for all you trance-heads, GET READY TO DANCE! We're also bringing SWEET CHARLIE down from West Palm Beach for the first time in ages, to close the night out with a special extended set of breaks & electro, to bring the night down with that perfect old bottom-end thummmmp.
FYREWATER is providing the entire audio setup for the night, bringing in his dual 15" monitors to pound out the sound with wicked clarity and quality, as well as his amazing green laser setup, which totally blew people's minds at our Halloween party two weeks back!
So c'mon out this Friday night, for our BEYOND THE STARS weekly. You will not be disappointed!
-'`'-.,.-'`'-.,.- -'`'-.,.-'`'-.,.- -'`'-.,.-'`'-.,.- -'`'-.,.-'`'-.,.-
( ( (( FRIDAY NOVEMBER 12th )) ) )
NICK WICKED
(Oldskool Electro)
1o3o-1145 - 4bidden muzik, euphoria project
MIKE FREEZE
(Oldschoolin' da Breaks)
1145-1235 - 4bidden muzik, euphoria project
BIG BOY vs ???
(Progressive Breaks 'n Hard Trance)
1235-o145 - 4bidden muzik, resinated plates,
ringmaster productions, euphoria project
DERANGED
(Melodic Trance - Hard Trance)
o145-o245 - orbital grooves radio, euphoria project
djSTEEL [ORLANDO FL]
(Trance/House/Breaks)
o245-o345 - citylink best dj 2003,
stainless records, euphoria project
SWEET CHARLIE [PALM BEACH FL]
(Funky Breaks/Electro)
o345-o5oo - zero57.com
OPEN FROM 11pm 'TIL 5am
COVER IS ONLY SEVEN DOLLARS
18 AND OLDER WELCOME (PLEASE BRING YOUR ID)
Online tickets available at:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/695
For pictures, past lineups, and other info:
http://events.EuphoriaProject.org/beyond/
>> THIS IS THE SOUND OF THE UNDERGROUND!
FREE PARTIES IN NZ???????????? can any body give me any info on free parties in new zealand....
so far i've hit a brickwall... um, i'm planning on doing the usual speaking to the record shop guy, new guy kind of stuff when i get there but we all know how hard that can be sometimes so if any of you guys could help and give me some kind of head start i'd be forever indebted.........
matty
Beware TCPA (Trusted computing) This is a nasty business - all the IT corporates using the current "security scares" to create "secure" standards for hardware and software which could potentially eliminate all non-corporate players from the IT market (like open source developers and customised hardware system builders) and even allow governments to remotely censor documents over the internet!
http://www.againsttcpa.com/index.shtml
chavs attacking fire fighters when I was a little person, when parents said "what do you want to be when you grow up?" boys would say things like 'pilot' or 'fire fighter' or 'astronaut'
these days it seems, in south wales at least, little boys want to just throw rocks at fire fighters :(
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/3980117.stm
Attacks could keep fire crews away
Up to 60 attacks on firefighters have been reported within weeks
Attacks against fire crews are becoming so common officers may withdraw from all but emergency calls.
In one case, a crew was forced to stop tackling a vehicle fire in Pontypool, south Wales, when youngsters threw fireworks at them.
And on Tuesday, stone-throwing youths barricaded a road and prevented South Wales Fire Service getting to a house fire in Ely, Cardiff.
Attacks are so common, it is said officers had to "like it or lump it".
Crews are considering attending certain calls only if they have police protection.
A fire service spokeswoman said the Ely incident on Tuesday could have had fatal consequences.
"Youths were barricading the road, chucking stones," she said.
"Officers called police, the police came and dispersed the youths and they could carry on.
"Luckily nobody was hurt in the fire but, if they'd been trapped in the house, they could have been."
Jo Staples, a community fire safety advisor with South Wales Fire Service, said there had been 50 to 60 incidents in the past few weeks alone.
"You either like it or lump it - unfortunately, they have to lump it."
"It's getting to the stage where fire crews won't enter [some areas] unless they have got police assistance.
In some cases, fire chiefs have said fires are being lit deliberately to lure crews to an area where they are then set upon by gangs.
RU : Local council impose controls and censorship on dance music events! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3987123.stm
The local soviet (I use the word quite deliberately, as this seems to be their mentality!) here has previously banned swearing in the street; those caught are instantly fined by cops
I can see a blind man with a black labrador quickly booking the next Aeroflot flight to Moscow to "exchange examples of good practice"
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Russian city bans 'immoral' DJs
By Steve Rosenberg
BBC Moscow correspondent
Western-style discos have become popular in post-Soviet Russia
Officials in a south Russian city are to impose restrictions on discos and attempt to "educate" DJs in an effort to improve public morality.
The new decree in Belgorod, 700km (400 miles) from Moscow, limits the kind of music which can be played as well as the kind of DJs permitted to play it.
Most Russians view discos simply as innocent fun.
But officials in Belgorod consider them to be a potential danger to society, hotbeds of drugs, drink and debauchery.
Now the regional governor has ordered DJs to face the music and clean up their acts.
He has imposed heavy restrictions on local discos or, as they are described in the decree, "mass cultural youth events".
From now on, only music which is considered to be of a moral nature can be played.
Measured steps
Recommended works include folk music, Russian and western classics.
Disc jockeys must have completed secondary education and they must know Russia's law on culture.
Special courses will be organised to help DJs improve their qualifications.
As for the audience, from now on anyone boogieing in Belgorod would be well advised to take along a tape measure and a watch.
According to the decree, there can be no more than two people dancing on one square metre and the music has to stop at 10pm.
It all smacks of Soviet-era control. Under communism, censors usually decided which songs could be played and which were too ideologically unsound.
This is not the first time that officials in Belgorod have tried to raise the moral standing of society.
Early this year they launched a campaign to stop people swearing and encouraged police to fine anyone heard using "four-letter" words.
US/CA: Canada Immigration website gets 6x traffic increase following dubya victory! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3987697.stm
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US vote boosts interest in Canada
Canadian immigration officials said the number of US citizens visiting their website went up six-fold the day after the US election.
Their website, which on an average day has some 20,000 hits, was visited by 115,016 on Wednesday, Reuters news agency reported.
The figure dropped on Thursday but was still higher than normal, at 65,803.
There was speculation that Democrats fed up with George W Bush's win were thinking of moving over the border.
The idea of disgruntled Americans wishing to emigrate north across the border has amused Canadians.
One commentator, Thane Burnett, wrote a tongue-in-cheek guide to possible new citizens.
"As Canadians, you'll have to learn to embrace and use all the products and cultures of Americans, while bad-mouthing their way of life," he wrote in the Ottawa Sun newspaper.
Hundreds of Canadians have also signed up to a satirical website urging them to do their bit and marry an American.
"Open your heart, and your home. Marry an American," AFP news agency quotes www.marryanamerican.ca as saying.
"Legions of Canadians have already pledged to sacrifice their singlehood to save their southern neighbours from four more years of cowboy conservatism."
New high
"When we looked at the first day after the election... our website hit a new high, almost double the previous record high," said Immigration ministry spokeswoman Maria Iadinardi.
Canada has a large-scale immigration policy, and Ms Iadinardi said Canada would welcome all new applicants - whether they be Democrats or Republicans.
"Let's face it, we have a population of little over 32 million and we definitely need permanent residents to come to Canada," she was quoted by Reuters as saying.
But she said it would take about six months to find out if there had been an increase in applications.
"There is no unusual activity occurring at our visa missions (in the US). Having someone who intends to come to Canada is not the same as someone actually putting in an application," she said.
Canada could find itself attracting more gay couples from the US after a Saskatchewan court ruled in favour of homosexual marriages on Friday.
The prairie province joins five other provinces and one territory in Canada by declaring existing marriage laws discriminate against gay couples and are unconstitutional.
Earlier this week, 11 US states voted to ban gay marriage in referendums held on the same night as the election.
Omniscience – Maidstone Psy nite If you happen to be in Maidstone, Kent on the first friday of any given month you could do a lot worse than pop along to this...
www.omniscience.org.uk
9pm - 4am and only £3 before 12, and that includes a free shot of vodka! Nice.
Dxm Anybody out there into DXM?? (dextromethorphan) I have done it a few times... but i need to know the health risks there are with it. It has to be doin' somthin to me, so yeah. Thanks for your help!!
"let’s start a war" said Tony today why is it when I read headlines like this
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3981307.stm
US attack on Iran 'inconceivable'
that I feel sure we (US/UK) will start a war with Iran in the near future:(
READ ME!!!! Ok, we are just trying to get someones attention now. . . we need someone to talk to becasue we are looking to explore overseas, we know there is something out there better than these American parties!! haha. this picture is from a Fraternity party we went to on Halloween, it was fun, but not wild enough for our tolerances! Someone Email us about any raves in the southern US please.
COLLISION @ THE PARK NIGHTCLUB COLLISION @ THE PARK NIGHTCLUB MANCHESTER
saturday 20th november
techno / hardstyle
ginge
focus
adam rayner
josh kayned
chris o.d. vs m.r.d.
burt fogg
room 2 hosted by spawn
£5 entry fee
10pm - 3am
free cool goody bags for first 50 entrants
no dress code
r.o.a.r.
for more details:
billy: 07865026840
lucy: 07811896207
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