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Actors:

Kathy Burke: ‘Lifelong member of the non-pretty working classes’ - https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/oct/29/kathy-burke-interview-lifelong-member-of-the-non-pretty-working-classes To an extent, her experience, and someone like Caitlin Moran, reflect my experience a lot more than the "proper" 'this is what it's like to be a modern woman'. The non-pretty-working-class experience (which I am going to steal if I ever need a description) is underrepresented.

Animals:

New great ape species identified in Indonesia - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41848816

Economics:

Managing the managers: The rise of the business 'philosopher-kings' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41582245

Health:

The nurse hired to combat cancer myths online - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41780776 It's terrible that she's needed but I am glad that she's there.

Teasing Kids About Their Weight May Make Them Gain More - https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/05/30/728111494/teasing-kids-about-their-weight-may-make-them-gain-more There is data if you need some to beat people over the head with.

Just a few nights of bad sleep upsets your brain - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41816398 My anecdata agree with this.

10 things to know about sleep as the clocks change - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41666563

History:

Forgotten history: The black missionaries of Colwyn Bay - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-41777209

Savitri Devi: The mystical fascist being resurrected by the alt-right - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-41757047

Media:

Tackling the 'boys' club' of political cartoons - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41724321

Miscellaneous:

Have Halloween costume bans in Canada gone too far? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41768859 In traditional Betteridge’s law style, the answer is no.

Free ATMs could be cut back in cash machine shake-up - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-your-money-41832537 And that was before COVID

The US state that bans sparklers but not guns - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41811499

How Facebook saved a dying mill town - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40050607

Religion:

The young man who shook the Catholic Church to its core - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41742857

Sport:

Horse racing:

Talking Horses: pros and cons of an upper age limit for jumps racehorses - https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2017/oct/30/talking-horses-pros-and-cons-of-an-upper-age-limit-for-jumps-racehorses

Ice hockey:

Champions Hockey League: Nottingham Panthers hope to continue European fairytale - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/ice-hockey/41788910 From 2017 - Unfortunately they then lost, but it’s the start of what has been good times for GB Ice Hockey

Winter Olympics:

The highlights of past Winter Olympics - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-41816520

Technology:

The robot lawyers are here - and they’re winning - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-41829534 Although this could go under 'law and order' as well

Television:

Ghostwatch: The BBC spoof that duped a nation - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-41740176 Let me assure you, it was terrifying.

Miscellaneous:

From Eta to Stockholm: Is terror more of a threat to Europe than before? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39540371

Mastodon the band’s response to Mastodon the platform is metal AF - https://mashable.com/2017/04/06/mastodon-band-social-media/?europe=true&utm_cid=mash-com-Tw-main-link#k_WeOmC5Hiq3

Is the humble Lada now a classic car? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39489527

'My Airbnb flat was turned into a pop-up brothel' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-39528479

Old Bailey's first non-white judge was mistaken for defendant - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39537439

21st century nuns: 4 things you wouldn't expect - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2fGs8wkM0Pz6Dqrs0QfCPQd/21st-century-nuns-4-things-you-wouldnt-expect

Double hand transplant patient writes letter of thanks - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-39512868

Politics:

THE TRUMP LIFESTYLE IS BLEEDING THE SECRET SERVICE DRY - https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/03/trump-lifestyle-secret-service?mbid=social_twitter From March last year

Mar-a-Lago: The price of Trump's 'Winter White House' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39497447 From April last year

Science:

The race to destroy space garbage - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39521406

Sport:

Cricket:

Misbah-ul-Haq: Pakistan captain to retire from internationals after West Indies tour - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/39512829

Cycling:

ARENBERG, 50 YEARS ON: A TRIP TO THE HEART OF HELL - https://www.eurosport.co.uk/cycling/paris-roubaix/2017/arenberg-a-trip-to-the-heart-of-hell_sto6117660/story.shtml All caps, completely justified

Horse racing:

The jockey who raced again after reading his own obituary - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-39507939

Ice hockey:

How the NHL concussion lawsuit could threaten the future of the league - https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/apr/05/nhl-concussion-lawsuit-could-threaten-future-of-league Although this may have repercussions for other sports

Rugby League:

Joe Cobb retires as RFL referee to continue legal career - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/39515658 You would have thought he's the kind of person they'd try harder to keep.

Carl Forster: Whitehaven coach, 24, plotting Challenge Cup upset against Halifax - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/39519133 From last April

Television:

China laps up glossy TV corruption drama - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-china-blog-39524084

History:

Torrey Canyon oil spill: The day the sea turned black - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-39223308

WW2 soldier killed in Italy to be reburied - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-39288659

Miscellaneous:

Is this the 'worst pint of Guinness imaginable'? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39261330 The Paul Ryan incident from March 2017

Spaghetti Junction picture mystery solved as workers identified - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-39295025

MP Dawn Butler praised for using sign language in Commons - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39295244

Sign language costs 'too high' for some families - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-39270335

Polio's last stand: frantic effort to eradicate Pakistan's 'badge of shame' - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2017/mar/15/polio-in-pakistan-the-frantic-effort-to-eradicate-the-countrys-badge-of-shame

Thordis Elva and Tom Stranger: Should a rapist be invited on stage? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-39274941

Ikea drivers living in trucks for months - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39196056

How the government’s new child maintenance service leaves domestic abuse survivors out in the cold - http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/new-child-maintenance-service-leaves-domestic-abuse-survivors-out-in-the-cold/

Why does everyone keep making Nazi comparisons? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-39266863

Science:

The crimes against dopamine - https://medium.com/the-spike/the-crimes-against-dopamine-b82b082d5f3d

Three-person baby licence granted - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-39292381

Colourful, creative and close up: Wellcome Images 2017 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-39272111

Sport:

Cricket:

Bob Woolmer: Pakistan coach's death remembered, 10 years on - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/39282939

Football:

Football, bloody hell! Leicester's triumph was one of the special nights - https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/champions-league/2016-2017/football-bloody-hell-leicester-s-triumph-was-one-of-the-special-nights_sto6093758/story.shtml Leicester vs Sevilla

Ice hockey:

Harrison Browne retiring after breaking hockey transgender barrier - https://sports.yahoo.com/news/harrison-browne-retiring-after-breaking-hockey-transgender-barrier-152233217.html

Motorsport:

John Surtees: Former F1 world champion was a 'towering figure' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/35126201

Tennis:

BEST OF ENEMIES: FEDERER, NADAL AND THE GREATEST RIVALRY IN SPORT -https://www.eurosport.co.uk/tennis/australian-open/2017/australian-open-2017-final-the-greatest-rivalry-roger-federer-v-rafael-nadal_sto6037774/story.shtml

Television:

Can Big Bang Theory learn from past TV spin-offs? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39265553

Award Ceremonies:

Jackie Chan awarded honorary Oscar - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37253382 I suspect I may have shared this before.

History:

Slum photographs spark charity appeal - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-37288396

Oscar Wilde love letter celebrated 'behind bars' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37277397

What Al Capone can teach India about prohibition - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-37230259

Mary Rose shipwreck skulls go online in 3D - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37250413

Miscellaneous:

Single mum drags up for 'Donuts with Dad' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-37307984 1 - this Mum is awesome. 2 - why is it always 'x with Dad' events. It's like once again, father's get cookies for just doing the basics.

Downton's effect on the political mood - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37288981

Dying mum's letter found in book in second-hand bookshop - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-37284497 Update: letter's intended recipient found.

Marvel, Jack Kirby, and the Comic-Book Artist’s Plight -
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/09/marvel-jack-kirby-and-the-plight-of-the-comic-book-artist/498299/

News:

What Is Aleppo? This Is Aleppo - https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2016/09/what-is-aleppo-this-is-aleppo/499163/

Workers must not pay the price of Brexit, says TUC - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37300445

Mapuche community in Argentina fights fracking site - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-36892770

Science:

Why We Still Don’t Have Better Batteries - https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602245/why-we-still-dont-have-better-batteries/

Sport:
Football:

The Old Firm rivalry opens new chapter - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-37310016

USA star Megan Rapinoe kneels during national anthem to support Colin Kaepernick -
http://lebuzz.eurosport.co.uk/viral/megan-rapinoe-kneels-during-usa-national-anthem-to-support-colin-kaepernick-18545/

Football tackles conflict on the front lines - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37153684

FA Cup: Rio Ferdinand's body double & the ex-Man City player looking to spend £500 -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37177613

Formula 1:

Felipe Massa: the closing of an F1 career that has experienced ecstasy and agony -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/37244253 Obviously from before the un-retirement

Ice hockey:

Lightning's J.T. Brown speaks out on life 'as a black athlete in the NHL' -
http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/lightning/jt-brown-on-his-reality---as-a-black-athlete-in-the-nhl/2292690

Paralympics:

Rio Paralympics 2016: GB stars hoping to shine on the big stage - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/disability-sport/37220234

Rio Paralympics 2016: Lee Pearson to be Great Britain flagbearer - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/disability-sport/37290538

Rio Paralympics 2016: 'It's not about how full the stadiums are' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/disability-sport/37196387

Rio Paralympics 2016: Ex-Liverpool junior Sean Highdale is heading to Rio -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/disability-sport/37232402

Rugby League:

Batley Bulldogs fan banned over Keegan Hirst tweets - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-37278162 You'll notice that it's a life time ban because rugby league does not tolerate this.

Television:

In pictures: The Prisoner at 50 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-37232329 Just ignore some of the text. I'm not sure the unnamed writer has ever watched the show.

First, James's about remarks re: the all-star team in the ice hockey. I find myself agreeing, even though ice hockey isn't my sport, because no one gives defenders enough credit in anything. It really annoyed me when I played grass hockey (I was a goalie) when, if we won, the attackers won it, and if we lost, I lost the game. Ah, high school hockey, how I strangely miss you despite that. It annoys me in professional sports too, because Zidane shouldn't have won the Best Player at the 2006 World Cup, either Buffon or Cannavaro should have. It's not that I'm not a Zidane fan, there is a reason why he's the player on my football icon, it's just that those two were so excellent (2 goals conceeded in 7 matches, one was a penalty and one was an own goal). At least Buffon got a shiny for best goalie, but it's not enough. I want more recognition for defensive players.

The one goalie who does get the credit he deserves is Shay Given. Oh Shay, how I wished that you played for a better team. How I love that Juventus are chasing after you. Amusingly, he let in 7 goals over two games over Christmas and was still being praised to high heaven, and that was, and this is no hyperbole, because most other goalies would have let in 20 in those two games. Newcastle are terrible.

Secondly, Twig's about Leverage and their reasons for doing their thing. Only I'm not going to be talking about Leverage (see this is why I do spin-off posts). Basically, the discussion was about motivation and how one of them is a retributor, but are the others?

Which leads me into caper films, and heist films and that kind of thing. Because I like them. It's the plotting and preparation, I think. And I like a film which gives them a reason for it. They can be robbers who do it because it's their thing (the original Ocean's 11), robbers who do it because it's their thing and because they have a particular reason for pulling off this job (the remake of Ocean's 11), because it's their job (Sneakers), because they steal from the rich to give to the poor (Robin Hood, etc) and so on. My favourite caper film "How to Steal A Million" has a guy and a girl doing it for love, well, kind of, but what matters is that the characters are true to themselves.

Which was always my problem with "Hustle". Because of the whole "you can't con an innocent man", which is bullshit, and this whole thing of 'we're the good criminals, honest', which they don't ever back up. I think the BBC were stuck in a situation where they couldn't have them being 'bad guys' but couldn't really pull of something like Leverage, where they use illicit means for a good purpose.

Thirdly, nhw's post on Starship Troopers (http://nhw.livejournal.com/1151943.html). Which I haven't read, nor have I seen the film (much to the disgust of my housemates). My housemates did try to get me to watch but were most confused by my enjoyment of the school disection bit.

When it normally comes up is when my friend, L, uses it to explain his belief that voting shouldn't be a right and should be a reward for services rendered to the state. Not in a military sense, mostly because, while he disagrees with me re: uselessness of 9/10th of wars, he accepts that mine is a well-thought out, immovable position, and that I am not alone, plus he, rather sensibly, thinks that stuff like teaching, firefighting and policing etc are just as worthy as military service.

I'm not sure I agree, my view normally being that you then almost self-select the electorate, and they will vote for what they think is best for the country, but it might not be, and you'd get a much better picture of what is possibly best for the country, in the views of most people, if you give everyone the vote.

( Group G )

Seriously, why am I watching Italy v Ghana, do I want to give myself a heart attack? Also, Marcello Lippi has a lovely voice. And there was a good point to watching the build up - apparently Buffon has been cleared of his small betting-related problem. Meanwhile, Zambrotta and Gattuso are both injured. This is bad.

Although, Lippi has once again proved his goodness by surrounding Totti with Roma players so they'll be able to help him. Marcel Desailly is a fantastic pundit. Much love. When did Cannavaro reach 32. I remember when he was only a young 18 year old who was going to be the future of the Italian defence alongside Nesta. And goodness gracious me, haven't they been.

Why do I watch? I sit there for 90 minutes calling the Italian team every name under the sun and then some, and do myself no good. And goodness me, Toni and whoever else it was, get onto the end of those kind of crosses.

Missed the second half, quizzing, but saw the end of the World Cup Match of the Day and Leonardo was on. Such love for the man.

Ice Hockey - the goal allow disallowage and allowage in game three confuses me, but not as much as baseball does. Very few things confuse me as much as baseball. Having now seen some of them without their gear on, I wish they wouldn't. Eric Staal, especially, looks like one of my friends and it's very disturbing. And dear me, could Edmonton afford a better singer please.

The other stuff that I forgot to mention yesterday was that I went on a mini-spending spree and bought myself a new pair of jeans (baggy cargo style) and a new pair smart shoes that are quite comfortable and that I can wear to interviews. I also bought a top to cover my arms for the Sports Awards tomorrow, since I've had both an acne outbreak and an unpleasent bruise on my arm. I could only find one suitable top, it's a bit boobalicious, but it'll have to do.

The fencers are trying to kill me. Mostly with overwork.

Other than that, I don't mind Japanese ladies winning the ladies figure skating half as much as I would have objected had an American won. I am well aware I'm biased in Slutskaya's favour, and I'm still pissed about Sara Hughes winning in 2002.

Also - to Frala- Eurosport is really bigging up Daniel Alfrederson. Thought you might like to know.

Well this is what I got drafted with. (Goes off to research the various players)

C Bonk, Radek (C-Ott) C
C Oates, Adam (C-Anh) C
LW Fleury, Theo (LW-Chi) LW
LW Thornton, Scott (LW-SJ) LW
RW Iginla, Jarome (RW-Cgy) RW
RW Palffy, Zigmund (RW-LA) RW
D Housley, Phil (D-Chi) D
D Modry, Jaroslav (D-LA) D
D Hill, Sean (D-Car) D
D Rozsival, Michal (D-Pit) D
Nieuwendyk, Joe (C-NJ) C
LeClair, John (LW-Phi) LW
Zednik, Richard (RW-Mon) RW

G Burke, Sean (G-Pho) G
G Johnson, Brent (G-StL) G
Irbe, Arturs (G-Car) G