MY STRONGMAN MOMENTS NOT QUITE WORLDS STRONGEST MAN

Back  in the old days-1987-i joined the BODYBUILDING GUILD.T his was to take part in a power lifting event at my local gym in essex,this event involved DEAD LIFT, BENCH PRESS,LEG SQUAT ,i came last and cant remember weights done.If you look at me now you wouldd not think i had 18 inch biceps and could pick up and carry 330 lbs across gym floor.Later in 2013 i tried to retrain again  at http://www.fusion-fitness-bude.com/ i had  inform the owner about my neck problem which he said was ok as long as my health did not get worse. Anywhy to cut a long story short when i left bude  i could do 245 lbs dead-lift time 2 not bad for a crippled old man .

Mystery Cats: -NEWSLNK-CHINA- ANIMAL WELLFARE-Tiger and wild cat...

Mystery Cats: -NEWSLNK-CHINA- ANIMAL WELLFARE-Tiger and wild cat...: The trade in tigers and other wild cat parts from Myanmar into China has grown in recent years, a new study based on two decades of survey d...

anti-slavery AN ARTICLE

“I hope my case inspires you to know that you’ve made a difference. The work of anti-slavery activists such as yourself is vitally important. Thank you again for your efforts to ensure my safe release. Keep doing what you do in the fight for freedom.” Dear MARK, These are the words of Krishna Upadhyaya, an anti-slavery researcher who was detained in Qatar while interviewing migrant workers experiencing conditions of modern slavery. After 54,034 messages from the Walk Free community he was released without charge and returned home safely to his family. As 2015 begins, we’ve been reflecting on what our community and our partners have achieved in the last 12 months. You helped to win over a dozen anti-slavery campaigns last year. Together we’ve: Fought for stronger anti-slavery laws, including securing a new ground-breaking international protocol on forced labour.1 Held businesses to account: we persuaded Walmart and Tesco, two of the biggest food retailers in the world, to play a role in ending modern slavery in the Thai fishing industry.2 Defended the rights of anti-slavery activists, by fighting for the release of Krishna Upadhyaya and Gundev Ghimire when they disappeared while investigating working conditions in Qatar.3 Thank you for your incredible support -- we never cease to be amazed and inspired by your dedication. We want to make 2015 even more successful as we fight to end modern slavery -- will you help us? Click to donate your time and expertise to help end modern slavery. We believe every member of the Walk Free community has something unique and valuable to contribute to the movement to end slavery once and for all. As the new year begins, please consider becoming a Walk Free Freedom Leader -- you can find out more here. Thank you for everything you do, The whole Walk Free team P.S. Click here to see what else you achieved in 2014. 1 http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/media-centre/press-releases/WCMS_246549/lang--en/index.htm 2 http://www.walkfree.org/thai-slavery/ 3 http://gnrd.net/seemore.php?id=938 Walk Free is a movement of people everywhere, fighting to end one of the world's greatest evils: Modern slavery.

ANTI -FOX HUNTING STANCE AGIANT THE GOVERNMENT TRYING TO BRING IT BACK-STAND UP AND BE COUNTED

COME ON GOVERNMENT THE PEOPLE ASKED FOR FOX HUNTING BAN WHY BACK TRACK IS A QUESTION OF SRTACH YOUR BACK TO THE RICH-DONT BRING BACK FOX HUNTING-

YOUNG GUNS

Well it always make me think of old westerns when the local youths act hard almost like young gunslingers or fighters hence cartoon.

DOCTOR SELLOUT TO GOVERNMENT -STAND UP AND BE COUNTED ITS YOUR HEALTH

Are the government putting pressure on your local doctor .Why you a a lot of dear reader ,well i am hearing of feed back about how treatments are being refused if a smoker,overweight as to quote one doctor my wife saw your not worth money from the  n h s money. Its time to make a stand and say no as noone is perfect  and the  n h s was set up for all to be equal,do you wish an amercian like situation,not me.

ODD JOB REQUEST.

A bizarre job application letter turns up in Sundays programme -ANTIQUES ROADSHOW this Sunday at 8.00pm.The letter is from a fireman wanting  a change of job or career in 1910-Victorian-asking ti  become an executioner.

SEAL FANCIES A FARM VISIT

The seal in pictures was found stranded on a farmers field 20 miles  from the coast. He was found by a dog walker at RED BANK FARM.It is thought he may have swam  50 miles from RIVER MERSEY  and sankey canal ,newton brook and dragged himself to dry land  and shuffled more than 100 yards to the farm.I t took 15 firefighters using bushes to herd him into a pen to be loaded on a trailer ,this took 6 hours.

DISABILITY NO PROBLEM

What makes referee Nathan Mattick  stand out from the rest .He was born with cerebral pulsy and cannot walk and uses a wheelchair.Good for him a disability is not the person.

LUNDY MY TRIP

My Lundy Island adventure  was a 3 day trip via employment training ,wnet over to help build sea wall.We going to  the island went from bideford quay against the tide to pay for trip we had to help unload the ships cargo onto a small boat a bit hairy.It was along walk up a steep hill to our digs,i was sick due to sea trip.All the days on island were the same get uo work,eat in pub ,lamb mainly no rabbit as thier were unwell at time,saw a seal on beach one day that was awesome.LINK FOR LINK ABOUT LUNDY-http://www.landmarktrust.org.uk/Lundyisland/?utm_source=Social&utm_medium=Social&utm_term=Lundy&utm_content=Dark%20Sky%20Dis

A RANT

I dont know if it is just me and my wife but lately the doctors attitude to as seems harsh.My wife was told just to drink a cup of tea and do go to a hypnotist at a cost of 50 pound a time also she has been refused an hearing aid ,she my wife is overweight but she was a regular walker untill her knees got worse silmar to her mother.My self the doctor treats me like the unwashed also when i went to go to volunteer the people you deal with are proper snobs and seem to wish for your help.

Terri Thatcher AN FB POST -NOT THEOPINION OF MYSELF

Amazing pictures show ‘ice pancakes’ forming on River Dee

Some unusual icy formations on the River Dee have been causing a stir. These images show “ice pancakes” at the Lummels Pool at Birse, near Aboyne, and are already delighting viewers online. The formations, which are more commonly seen in the Antarctic, was photographed by Jamie Urquhart, a biologist for the River Dee Trust. Some unusual icy formations on the River Dee have been causing a stir. These images show “ice pancakes” at the Lummels Pool at Birse, near Aboyne, and are already delighting viewers online. The formations, which are more commonly seen in the Antarctic, was photographed by Jamie Urquhart, a biologist for the River Dee Trust. Ice pancakes at the Lummels Pool at Birse, near Aboyne Ice pancakes at the Lummels Pool at Birse, near Aboyne The dinner plate sized discs can sometimes have a thickness of up to 3.9in, and a diameter of 12 in to 9ft. Experts believe foam on the water freezes overnight, pushing and bumping against each other to become circular. The discs may then grow overnight when the temperatures fall again, collecting new foam. During the day, when the discs soften in the sun, particularly around the edges, the rims are built up as the pieces collide in the water.

FART ON MARS?

Well…sort of. The Curiosity Rover on Mars has detected what’s been called a “whiff of methane” on Mars. Cue the laughter. Do you think it’s a Martian cow, or a six-year-old, who’s still giggling about farting on the alien RC Car roaming around the planet? Read More: An Alien Farted on the Curiosity Mars Rover - Proving Life on Mars | http://wgrd.com/an-alien-farted-on-the-curiosity-mars-rover-proving-life-on-mars-no-joke/?trackback=tsmclip

RARE RECORD GOES ON SALE

A rare Northern Soul Record a promo copy of u.s singer Darrell Banks-OPEN THE DOOR TO YOUR HEART .This was found inan attic and could fetch 25,000 pounds due to being not destroyed

SANTA MUERTA

The worlds biggest fastest religion  is the cult of Santa muerte this has a non-judgmental attitude  to evil ie wickedness and is denounced by the Catholic church  as infernal.10 million followers in various countries mostly Spanish speaking.Here is a wiki leak for more info -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Muerte

Antarctic photo science archive unlocked

Aerial photos from the 1940s and 1950s are being used to probe the climate history of the Antarctic Peninsula. UK scientists are comparing the images with newly acquired data sets to assess the changes that have occurred in some of the region's 400-plus glaciers. The old and modern information has to be very carefully aligned if it is to show up any differences reliably. And that is a big challenge when snow and ice obscure ground features that might otherwise act as visual anchors. But the researchers from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Newcastle University and University of Gloucestershire believe they are cracking the problem. "We want to use these pictures to work out volume and mass-balance changes in the glaciers through time," explained Dr Lucy Clarke from the University of Gloucestershire. "There are tens of thousands of these historical images, held by the British Antarctic Survey and the US Geological Survey. "So, they've long been around, but it's only now that we've had the capability to extract the 3D data from them." Dr Clarke has been presenting the work at this week's American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in San Francisco.read more-http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-30471542

Gem quinn interviewed by mark antony raines ghostman

Gem Quinn wrote:
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What inspired you?Good production and sounds inspire me, interesting people and passionate friends who believe in working towards something you love rather than money.
What are you Aims? are to get better and better at my craft..
What plans do you have for the future? for the future are limited, as the future doesn't exist.. The immediate future, maybe, and upcoming gigs, but no big plans.
Thanks.

CRASS AN ARTICLE

Re-printed in it’s entirety from Best Before). When, in 1976, punk first spewed itself across the nation’s headlines with the message ‘do it yourself’, we, who in various ways and for many years had been doing just that, naively believed that Messrs. Rotten, Strummer etc. etc. meant it. At last we weren’t alone. The idea of becoming a band had never seriously occurred to us, it simply happened. Basically anyone was free to join in and rehearsals were rowdy affairs that invariably degraded into little more than drunken parties. Steve and Penny had been writing and playing together since early ’77, but it wasn’t until Summer of that year that we had begged, borrowed and stolen enough equipment to actually call ourselver a band….CRASS. Having finally managed to rehearse five songs, we set out on the road to fame and fortune armed with our instruments and huge amounts of booze to help us see it through. We did gigs and benefits, chaotic demonstrations of inadequacy and independence. We got turned off here, turned down there and banned from the now legendary Roxy Club. ‘They said they only wanted well behaved boys, do they think guitars and microphones are just fucking toys?’ By now we had realised that our fellow punks, The Pistols, The Clash and all the other muso-puppets weren’t doing it at all. They may like to think that they ripped off the majors, but it was Joe Public who’d been ripped. They helped no one but themselves, started another facile fashion, brought a new lease of life to London’s trendy Kings Road and claimed they’d started a revolution. Same old story. We were on our own again. Through the alchoholic haze we determined to make it our mission to create a real alternative to musie biz exploitation, we wanted to offer something that gave rather than took and, above all, we wanted to make it survive. Too many promises have been made from stages only to be forgotten on the streets. Throughout the long, lonely winter of 77/78 we played regular gigs at The White Lion, Putney with the UK Subs. The audience consisted mostly of us when the Subs played and the Subs when we played. Sometimes it was disheartening, but usually it was fun. Charley Harper’s indefatigable enthusiasm was always an inspiration when times got bleak, his absolute belief in punk as a peoples’ music had more to do with revolution than McClaren and his cronies could ever have dreamt of. Through sheer tenacity we were exposing the punk charlatans for what they really were, a music-biz hype. Our gigs remained wild and disorderly, we were still too scared to play without a belly full of booze and invariably we were in such a state that we’d realise half way through a song that each of us was playing a different one. For all the chaos it was immense fun, no one bitched about leather boots or moaned about milk in tea, no one wanted to know how anarchy and peace could be reconciled, no one bored our arses off with protracted monologues on Bakunin, who at that time we probably would have thought was a brand of vodka. Ideas were open, we were creating our own lives together. These were the glorious years before the free alternatives that we were creating became just another set of bigoted rules, before what we were defining as real punk became yet another squalid ghetto. We even played a Rock Against Racism gig, the only gig that we’d ever been paid for. When we told the man to keep the money for the cause, he informed us that ‘this was the cause’. We never played for RAR again.-READ MORE LINK-http://blog.southern.com/about-crass-records/-

Lauren Barley	2:31 PM (22 hours ago)
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Thank you so much for getting in touch. Great that you are interested in Crass. There's so much of a story to tell...this would be a good place to start: http://blog.southern.com/about-crass-records/

Thanks for the cartoon! Let me know how you get on with your explorations.

On 10 December 2014 at 16:20, mark antony raines <maraines88@gmail.com> wrote:

i would like to know more about crass as heard a brief history through a talk given at weird weekend 2014 by wally dean ,am just a humble blogger  here is a link-http://ghostmanraines.blogspot.co.uk/ and a free cartoon for you-thank you from me mark aka ghostman

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Back-to-work schemes are 'making mental illness worse' says charity

The government's back-to-work schemes are ineffective and damaging for people with mental health problems, according to campaigners. The charity Mind says unemployed people with mental health problems should be moved from mainstream programmes onto a specialist scheme. Mind surveyed 439 people supported by the government's Work Programme. The government says it has helped thousands of people with mental illnesses into work. The coalition government introduced the Work Programme - a key plank in its welfare reform agenda - in 2011. Participants are given support but can face sanctions if they fail to comply with certain conditions. According to Mind, 83% of people they surveyed said using the programme and the government's job centre services had made their mental health worse. Three quarters of those polled said they felt less able to work as a result of being on these schemes, the charity said. At the same time, the schemes were ineffective for people with mental health problems, as only 5% of people had been helped into work, campaigners claimed. 'Perverse' The charity is calling for the government to introduce a specialist scheme for people with mental health problems. The Work Programme is a government welfare-to-work programme introduced in Great Britain in June 2011. "It's perverse that programmes which are supposed to help those who are unwell and struggling to get into work are having the opposite effect, damaging their health," said Paul Farmer, Mind's chief executive. "These schemes are not appropriate for people with mental health problems. If someone is out of work because of depression and anxiety, simply asking them to attend a CV writing course is a waste of time and money, as it doesn't address the real problems they are facing. "Forcing people to engage in these activities, and cutting their benefits if they struggle to do so, is inappropriate and counter-productive. "This approach assumes people don't want to work and the only way to motivate them is to withdraw financial support, which only causes greater anxiety and stress, and makes returning to work less likely."read more-http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-30415243