Alexander Armstrong hits back at 'tribal aversion' to posh comics
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We begin with the story of Alexander Armstrong Telegraph and the apparent victimization of comics "snob." "Why should the funds be used against you?", Asked the descendant of William the Conqueror, a student of a public school in Durham and the director of a production company called Toff Media. "It's so short-sighted ... This tribal aversion to anyone with a voice chip is very annoying "Armstrong -. Better known as half of the design duo Armstrong and Miller - even welcomes the complaint is unlikely that his privileged upbringing was detrimental to his career in . the UK hospitality industry in the first part, he blames the reverse snobbery BBC initially rejecting Armstrong and Miller after his big break in the Edinburgh Fringe in the mid-1990s and he added. "I do not anticipate an offer to appear on Shameless. "
After relive his most beloved character of Comic Relief this spring, Ricky Gervais has announced a new project to the alter ego The Office, David Brent. The former director Wernham Hogg appear in a series of YouTube videos folded learn guitar with David Brent. The videos will feature original compositions Brent, including those - like Spaceman Came Down - in the BBC series. Thanks to the online series, there will be "an album of new songs" was released, which raises the possibility of a release of the album in the future. "Working with YouTube," Gervais said: "This is a fantastic opportunity for new content to be made available without time constraints and international restrictions"
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The Anatomy of Violence by Adrian Raine – extract
In his difficult book on biological causes of crime, the neuroscientist tells how he chose between two suspects after suffering holiday robbery in Turkey
It was the summer of 1989, in Bodrum, a beautiful coastal city in southwestern Turkey, bathed in sunshine, history and nightlife. I was on vacation and had been a long day. I took the bus from Heraklion, where I was named the second worst case of food poisoning I've ever had in my life, including two days in bed vomiting, with grueling pain.
was hot that July night and could not sleep. He had kept the windows open to try to stay calm. I wandered around, being a bit sick and not sleeping - in and out of consciousness, my girlfriend slept in a bed in the room. It was just after three o'clock when I noticed a stranger standing in front of me. At that time, I was teaching a class on criminal behavior, and I tell my students that when they realized an intruder in your home, must pretend to be asleep. Ninety percent of the time, the thieves just wanted to take the goods and then leave. They go - and then call 911. You do not take risks and have a fighting chance to get their business back without a violent confrontation.
So I did when I saw the intruder in my bed? I fought. In milliseconds, it took my visual cortex to interpret the dark character and report it to the amygdala, which kicks off the fight or flight, I jumped out of my bed. In little more than a second, I instinctively attracted the intruder. I was on autopilot.
sensory information reaches the amygdala, twice as fast, because it makes the frontal lobe. So before I could not hold back aggressive frontal cortex, amygdala response, which had already stepped menacingly toward the thief. This in turn activates the system fight or flight of the intruder. Unfortunately for me, his instinct to also comes in.
next thing I knew I was beating so fast it was as if the man had four fists. He hit me so hard in the head, I saw a ray of white light flash before my eyes. Also hit me in the throat. Seemed to strike anywhere. I was thrown violently against the door. I felt the door handle and I must admit that the idea popped into my mind escape. But at that moment I heard the screams of my friend struggle with the man. She finally ended up with bruises on her arms, but I think it was defensive wounds and that the intruder just wanted to keep her calm. Seeing them struggle instinctive reaction initially come to me when I was in bed. I jumped back and managed to push him out the open window.
At that moment, I felt an immediate sense of security and relief. But the euphoria evaporated after turning on the light switch and I saw the blood running down my chest. I tried to scream, but what came out of my mouth was a growling moan.
completely unknown to me in the middle of this contest was not a coincidence that the attacker holding a knife. Very long, with a red handle and a blade of 6 inches, it turned out. But I was lucky. As I mentioned her arm strokes, cheap knife blade was broken, leaving only a few millimeters of metal left on the handle. So when I tried to cut my throat, the damage was much less than it could have been.
Police- me to the hospital. Was rudimentary and bare. I turned back to what seemed to be a hard concrete slab, while the doctor put a few stitches in the throat. The window of the hospital room was open and I could hear in the distance a party was still going on. Strains of music floated through the window, the last night of the Beatles, all the songs.
I then wanted to go back to the hotel to go over what happened. All the neighbors were now standing in the hall, but it had to be about five hours then.
Sharif claims Pakistan victory as Khan falls short
22 dead in violence, vote rigging investigation intimidaton sea and many feared never happened
Fourteen years after he was overthrown and exiled by a military dictator, former Pakistani prime minister known for his disciples as "the Lion" claimed victory Saturday night in one of the most dramatic general election in the country's history.
Nawaz Sharif Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz party (PML-N), will become the next Prime Minister of the country with problems such as dealing with crises on multiple fronts after it became clear that he obtained a leading position despite the challenge of Imran Khan, former cricketer who led an innovative campaign credited with galvanizing an army of new young voters.
Although the final results have been audited hour television channels in the country should Sharif to a peak of nearly 110 seats that would give it a parliamentary majority, said it was necessary to fix the Pakistan's ailing economy.
Khan's Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) appeared headed to a final vote count of about 35 seats, in line with the expectations of many analysts, but well below the stratospheric expectations of its disciples who had repeatedly promised a "tsunami" that will sweep the established parties in the country.
worse humiliation PTI, Khan lost a job to personally challenged in Lahore. Although Khan has won other places, victory in the capital of the rich and populous province of Punjab was considered essential for the PTI was to sweep everything.
was clear throughout the day that Khan fought his opponent PML-N, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, an old school friend of Khan in the elite Aitchison College Lahore.
Sadiq had the overwhelming support of its staff Biradari -. Traditional clan networks Khan urged voters to vote ignored when
"I will vote for Sadiq because we have respect for our elders," said Usman Jamil, an employee of 23 years. "This system is very strong in Pakistan and must be respected."
Meanwhile, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), which is very unpopular after five tumultuous years in government, was defeated at the polls. It was created to provide about 35 seats, most of them in traditional rural strongholds in the province of Sindh.
Sharif went to the balcony of the headquarters of the PML-N in Lahore long before midnight to meet the fans who cheered and waved green flags of the party.
- said he was ready to work with all parties to try to solve many problems of the country.
While the PML-N supporters erupted in noisy celebration in Lahore, PTI supporters reacted temper his disappointing result. Some were seen beating cricket bats - the symbol of the party -. On one of the main boulevards of the city
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Theresa May faces Tory backlash over retaining European arrest warrant
by the Liberal Democrats the most controversial measure would incur the wrath of Eurosceptic right
Theresa May, Minister of the Interior, is set to feel the wrath of Conservative MPs on a simple tentative agreement with the Liberal Democrats to keep the controversial European arrest warrant.
The coalition was tense negotiations on the future of the measure, which requires a member of the sale of its citizens without trial in which it is suspected that a crime has been committed state in rest of the EU.
Eurosceptic right-wing conservatives campaigned for the abolition of the order and may publicly criticized while refusing to confirm that the UK will continue next year.
In 2014, the United Kingdom exercises his right of withdrawal of about 130 measures of security and justice in the EU, including the order that opt ??for a small number, including identity has been challenged in government.
The Conservative leadership want to enroll again in just 30 steps, while the Liberal Democrats are seeking at least double that number, a source told Whitehall
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. A sticking point was the European Arrest Warrant (EAW). Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is known to be an enthusiastic supporter.
is understood that, after months of coalition negotiations have reached an agreement on how to keep the European arrest warrant in force, as requested by the Association of Chiefs of Police, among other organizations.
Oliver Letwin, the Cabinet Office minister, negotiating with the Liberal Democrats, has promised that the government will opt back in so far as the law can be amended to include a proportionality that the severity of the alleged crime is taken into account when transferring MAE are requested by other Member States.
The Liberal Democrats, who are convinced of the continuing importance of the EAW in the fight against crime, we know he is convinced that this could be a way forward on question.
- While the agreement may meet the leaders of the two parties in the coalition, is likely to cause significant disruptions in the Conservative backbenchers. Accelerated extradition comes with the MFA is said by opponents, including the Conservative MP Dominic Raab, based on the erroneous assumption that "the rules of justice are appropriate in Europe ".
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Dealing remote-control drone death, the US has lost its moral compass | Akbar Ahmed and Lawrence Wilkerson
chair playing video games is a little better than murder. This misguided policy fuels anti-American hatred
The armed drone is being heralded as the next generation of American military technology. You can fly listened unblinking eyes, almost invisible to the following objectives. Without warning, a missile attack and certain death and destruction on the earth. At the same time, the military pilot, sitting in an overstuffed chair in a room across the world, with air conditioning, is immune to the violence caused to its single button.
While the debate on drones in this country revolves around precision weapons, sometimes misinformation behind the unleashing of a missile, the ability to maintain American boots on the ground, or legality of strikes, few take into account the morality of weapons and the harmful effects of its use in white and people are running. The waves of air attacks are felt far beyond those killed or injured in the actual attack.
The buzz is destabilizing small tribal communities Pukhtun, Somalia and Yemen, with its ancient codes of honor, so it is difficult to implement peace initiatives in unstable regions long term since he was beaten by his own military. Many stories have been disclosed in the media of innocent men, women and children killed.
people fled their families and homes because of the continuing violence and are forced to live like the poor and most vulnerable refugees in the slums of large cities. They are lost unprotected clan and code. The buzz is also fueling a growing anti-Americanism, becoming a symbol of the United States mortal, and feeding recruiting future terrorists.
of a sudden, the drone destroyed a positive image of the United States in the countries in which it operates. He has contributed to the destruction of tribal codes of honor, as Pukhtunwali between Pukhtun tribes of Afghanistan and Pakistan. And immoral and destructive character is reflected in those who use it, which affects the warrior ethic of the American army so important Battle of union between soldiers.
- The warrior ethos can be largely a myth, but, like most myths, protecting something very important: the psychology of killing in the name of the state. This is murder is nothing less than murder when the soldier is absolutely invulnerable. Most U.S. citizens, long divorced from any responsibility to take up arms and fight and kill, do not understand this. Soldiers - good - do. This understanding has led to the recent cancellation of Defense Secretary Hagel of Courage Award for drone operators.
- In addition, the murder by remote control is a dishonorable way to fight the battle, not only because it often leads to death of women and children, removes fighters face to face combat. These make war more like a video game and give technicians separated from life to death and numbers on the screen in front of them. It's war in the murder.
Americans are becoming vaguely aware of the problems and dangerous precedents are set for the future. We read reports of drones about the size of a mosquito, potentially armed police seize domestic drones and violations of privacy laws in the United States. These are, apart from the fact that many foreign powers, many of which are hostile to us, will soon have a wide access to drone technology without mechanisms or agreements governing their use.