So it's becoming more apparent in the news of late that the UK may soon be put in a position of power troubles. Not enough has been done to ensure we have power for a growing energy market and as a result, the whole country will be put on alert for blackouts.
Some news agencies warn that it will be beinning during 2015/2016, some say it could be at some point during 2014, as a cold winter set's in and people turn on their heating to try and stay warm.
But what to do if this does actually happen to us? Is it going to be a good thing? How soon will the problems be solved?
These are all very valid question's and yet, have no solid answers. To me, this could be a very good thing to happen to us in the respect that during this time we will all have to look at our energy useage, way's we can save energy, invest in our own renewable energy proects and of course, during blackout's,you can't use energy, so cheaper bill's when they come in!
It would of course be a bad thing. The death rate would be one thing to go up, because people would be unable to warm their home's and unable to stay warm, could well freeze to death. People wouldn't be able to cook their own food, and could well starve to death too. This could make people look at alternative ways to stay warm or have some electric and if people are desperate enough, they could well do some very stupid things, such as the woman who storred petrol in her house, well, kitchen to be exact... and managed to ignite it all.
But what can we do ourselves during a blackout?
Now, before any of this starts, it is time to look into our own energy useage. Asking yourself do we really need to put the heating on, or would an extra jumper just do the job? We need to investin solar item's, like, solar phone chargers, which have recently become more available to the public. Torches, candles etc, these will help to have in during blackouts as you can ensure light will be available when its needed.
Blackout's aren't predictable usually, so you've never a good idea of how long you'd be without a form of fuel, so, if it was the electric that went off, for all of us, it means no lighting at night, for some it means no way to cook food and for a few of us, like myself, it means no heating too (where i live is a 1 fuel property). During the time of a blackout it's important to stay warm, layers upon layers of clothing will be needed if it's during a cold spell of weather. Item's like face/body wipes will be very hardy to have, after all, you'll not have hot water for long, if at all!
Alot of this you may notice is to do with preperation and it's something that i've been working at over the past few months and of course will keep doing into the future. While most of us in the country now use energy saving bulbs in our lighting, did you know theres something else that uses even less power? LED lighting! Yes, it uses alot less in some cases. But knowing thing's like this, can help us to keep our energy supply going for as long as possible.
Of course finally, we will all need a figure to blame. Do we blame the government's which have taken their eyes off the ball? Do we blame the energy firm's who have been too busy trying to pocket their profits, rather than trying to ensure that we all have an energy supply in the future?
Who do we blame?
The truth us, we need to blame ourselves.
For too long now people haven't been doing what they can to save power. While some of you reading this may well be offended, in your heated home, ask yourself, do you really need the heating on? Could extra layers of clothes do the job just as well? I mean, take for example the fact that people we're so slow to buy energy saving bulbs, the government had to ban the production of none energy-saving bulbs.
We still have time to preserve the bit of energy we have left, are you doing your bit?
Sunday, 12 January 2014
Tuesday, 7 January 2014
The immigration debate comes around again...
For a little while now the great british public have been talking and yet again, the feeling is, we need to shut the borders and build up our own empire. I, on this topic, have remained quite silent upto now, because i have been amazed by the amount of brain washing that the media has on people, which is why alot of people are against immigration on the level that the UK is currently seeing. So, where do i stand on this.
I'm for immigration.
Why? you may well ask. Well, the simple reason is... it's a compliment that people want to come to this country. It bring's money into the country and it brings a different aspect to our culture. Alot of people at this point will probably already be throwing things at the computer screen in a bid to try and silence my voice, as many people do when it comes to this topic. There's very little "in the middle" on this, it's either a case of you're for immigration, in which case, welcome to the dark side... or, you're against it, in which case you'll feel you're on the majority side and should argue with those who see different, after all, it's clearly your country and you should rule who comes in and who doesn't.
Immigration works for me, because i tend to not like living in the UK (a clearly well kept secret of mine) and i have to wonder what the place was like where these people were, if they're coming here for a better life.
People are against immigration for many reason's, don't get me wrong, i can see their point, but topic's like how we should be keeping britan british, british jobs for british people etc, to me, just seem abit closed minded.
On the employment front, there's very few jobs out there at the moment as it is and immigration has been around alot longer than most of the jobs you'd find today, why's it only recently that you're botherd about who get's these jobs and if they were born here or not? Why didn't you care in the 90's? Maybe you'd preffer more for companies to leave the UK and find their "foreign" workers elsewhere, IE, a few years ago when many call centre's shifted over to india, from the UK.
On the keeping britan british, well please explain to me what is british these days? Long gone are the cucumber sandwiches in the afternoon with a cup of tea, the queen's speech at christmas is no longer the most viewd programme of the year, we don't say "jolly ho" to people we see... infact the only thing british that we seem to have held onto is the bad dental records.
When it comes to this topic, i think alot of people need to look at immigration for what it is. Stop being influanced by a media which is wanting to poison your mind, look into it yourself, you may get a shock :)
I'm for immigration.
Why? you may well ask. Well, the simple reason is... it's a compliment that people want to come to this country. It bring's money into the country and it brings a different aspect to our culture. Alot of people at this point will probably already be throwing things at the computer screen in a bid to try and silence my voice, as many people do when it comes to this topic. There's very little "in the middle" on this, it's either a case of you're for immigration, in which case, welcome to the dark side... or, you're against it, in which case you'll feel you're on the majority side and should argue with those who see different, after all, it's clearly your country and you should rule who comes in and who doesn't.
Immigration works for me, because i tend to not like living in the UK (a clearly well kept secret of mine) and i have to wonder what the place was like where these people were, if they're coming here for a better life.
People are against immigration for many reason's, don't get me wrong, i can see their point, but topic's like how we should be keeping britan british, british jobs for british people etc, to me, just seem abit closed minded.
On the employment front, there's very few jobs out there at the moment as it is and immigration has been around alot longer than most of the jobs you'd find today, why's it only recently that you're botherd about who get's these jobs and if they were born here or not? Why didn't you care in the 90's? Maybe you'd preffer more for companies to leave the UK and find their "foreign" workers elsewhere, IE, a few years ago when many call centre's shifted over to india, from the UK.
On the keeping britan british, well please explain to me what is british these days? Long gone are the cucumber sandwiches in the afternoon with a cup of tea, the queen's speech at christmas is no longer the most viewd programme of the year, we don't say "jolly ho" to people we see... infact the only thing british that we seem to have held onto is the bad dental records.
When it comes to this topic, i think alot of people need to look at immigration for what it is. Stop being influanced by a media which is wanting to poison your mind, look into it yourself, you may get a shock :)
Tuesday, 31 December 2013
My 2013 - what did it all mean?
My 2013 was possibly one of the most extreme years i remember ever facing and in so many ways. It literally was one of them years that would either make you, or break you, but it feels as if neither happend.
My year was bad in that i came face to face with the aftermath of domestic violence. I wasn't there to see it happen, but i saw how it can turns worlds upside down and change people. It was a bad year in that i was at times pushed into a sevear feeling of depression and loss after meeting someone for a short amount of time. It was bad that it would push my emotions futher than i think they've ever been pushed before and in complete oposite directions.
My year was amazingly good in that i no longer live alone, I have Trey. It was a year that saw me manage through some awful financial times and still manage to stay afloat. It saw me gain a bigger voice in speaking out for what i want to happen in my corner of the world.
2013 is a year that many are going to look back on and call a bad year, try to write it off. For me, i cannot do this, it hold's too many lessons and while yes, some of them are bad, i cannot afford to forget the good times, because i use them to fight off the next round of bad times.
In term's of meaning, 2013 mean's that my life changed, for the better or worse? THAT part, remains to be seen.
Happy new year to you all!
My year was bad in that i came face to face with the aftermath of domestic violence. I wasn't there to see it happen, but i saw how it can turns worlds upside down and change people. It was a bad year in that i was at times pushed into a sevear feeling of depression and loss after meeting someone for a short amount of time. It was bad that it would push my emotions futher than i think they've ever been pushed before and in complete oposite directions.
My year was amazingly good in that i no longer live alone, I have Trey. It was a year that saw me manage through some awful financial times and still manage to stay afloat. It saw me gain a bigger voice in speaking out for what i want to happen in my corner of the world.
2013 is a year that many are going to look back on and call a bad year, try to write it off. For me, i cannot do this, it hold's too many lessons and while yes, some of them are bad, i cannot afford to forget the good times, because i use them to fight off the next round of bad times.
In term's of meaning, 2013 mean's that my life changed, for the better or worse? THAT part, remains to be seen.
Happy new year to you all!
Sunday, 22 December 2013
An interesting bit i found online....
*Le sigh* the good old music debate... i stand on both sides too... maybe not so much with this one though....
This blog post is in relation to....
The musician Whitey responds to a TV company asking to use his music for free. - Imgur
Now there is 2 very clear side's to this debate... let me explain both from a personal point of view.
Side A)
- The music should be free.
Some people will say that the music should be available for free, for use online or in a bar at an event. This would help whichever artist to be heard by more people and of course, would help them sell more copies of said song.
Side B)
- The music should be paid for to be used.
Other people will agree with the artist in saying, he should be paid for his work if its going to be used. It isn't uncommon for companies or dj's to have to pay a little extra, to play certain song's and this money helps to keep artists making money, after all, it is their income.
Now, where do i stand?
Kind of in the middle with this one. On one hand, yes the artist would recieve some promotion for his work and hopefully it would have given him a new level to promote his music. However, as he has said himself, this is what he does to make a living, this is his income. We really can't do it both ways.
Me personally, if it was going to promote my music, i would have agree'd that they could have used it, even though granted, this company can easily afford to pay him, they don't want to. I'm also unaware of how many times this company has tried to use his music, but to me, it does seem abit harsh to send such a reply, to someone who's only doing their job, i'm sure a simple "no" would have been enough.
But where do you stand on this?
This blog post is in relation to....
The musician Whitey responds to a TV company asking to use his music for free. - Imgur
Now there is 2 very clear side's to this debate... let me explain both from a personal point of view.
Side A)
- The music should be free.
Some people will say that the music should be available for free, for use online or in a bar at an event. This would help whichever artist to be heard by more people and of course, would help them sell more copies of said song.
Side B)
- The music should be paid for to be used.
Other people will agree with the artist in saying, he should be paid for his work if its going to be used. It isn't uncommon for companies or dj's to have to pay a little extra, to play certain song's and this money helps to keep artists making money, after all, it is their income.
Now, where do i stand?
Kind of in the middle with this one. On one hand, yes the artist would recieve some promotion for his work and hopefully it would have given him a new level to promote his music. However, as he has said himself, this is what he does to make a living, this is his income. We really can't do it both ways.
Me personally, if it was going to promote my music, i would have agree'd that they could have used it, even though granted, this company can easily afford to pay him, they don't want to. I'm also unaware of how many times this company has tried to use his music, but to me, it does seem abit harsh to send such a reply, to someone who's only doing their job, i'm sure a simple "no" would have been enough.
But where do you stand on this?
Sunday, 8 December 2013
100 posts, what am i like?
I've made it.
100 posts on my blogger and no sign's of slowing down either.... not that i have a schedule on here or anything, but still...
When i first started blogging, like, in full, i always remember having this urge of wanting to put my opinion out there and seeing what people had to say. Knowing that while my opinion might well be rare, i wasn't the only one to be thinking what i was thinking.
It kind of built on from that, i became used to speaking to the camera and kind of enjoyed it. Then of course, i decided that while i enjoyed looking back at video's, i wanted to look back at stuff i was doing too... and that's where life with bev came along. It was first recorded up at a car park near to where i live, i didn't even tell my friend what i was doing, i just stuck the camera on and... off we went.
Since that time, life with bev has had over 100 video's posted, however, for various reasons, some of them have been taken down.
I think the life with bev series is coverd quite well in the latest set of titles for the blog.
I was loving doing life with bev and the series took me over many journey's in my life, through high times and the low, but i was doing something that was annoying me.
See, i started using the video's as a way to vent my feelings and frustration's at thing's. The whole point of life with bev was for me to be able to look back at thing's that have happend in my life, not so much my opinion's on things. I then ended up setting up the BevRants youtube channel.
Around the same time, i started this blog off, thinking, maybe typing might be another way for me to vent how i feel, or be able to post stuff about my life... or letter's that i've had, that i couldn't show on screen... etc.
Today, this reaches 100 posts and you know... i couldn't be more happy. I mean, it's not the most viewd blog ever, infact, most days, these 100 posts will get no views, but then something will come along and will attracts hundreds of viewings.
Most importantly, i still enjoy posting on here, and for as long as that happens, well, here's to another 100 postings... *clicks glass*
100 posts on my blogger and no sign's of slowing down either.... not that i have a schedule on here or anything, but still...
When i first started blogging, like, in full, i always remember having this urge of wanting to put my opinion out there and seeing what people had to say. Knowing that while my opinion might well be rare, i wasn't the only one to be thinking what i was thinking.
It kind of built on from that, i became used to speaking to the camera and kind of enjoyed it. Then of course, i decided that while i enjoyed looking back at video's, i wanted to look back at stuff i was doing too... and that's where life with bev came along. It was first recorded up at a car park near to where i live, i didn't even tell my friend what i was doing, i just stuck the camera on and... off we went.
Since that time, life with bev has had over 100 video's posted, however, for various reasons, some of them have been taken down.
I think the life with bev series is coverd quite well in the latest set of titles for the blog.
I was loving doing life with bev and the series took me over many journey's in my life, through high times and the low, but i was doing something that was annoying me.
See, i started using the video's as a way to vent my feelings and frustration's at thing's. The whole point of life with bev was for me to be able to look back at thing's that have happend in my life, not so much my opinion's on things. I then ended up setting up the BevRants youtube channel.
Around the same time, i started this blog off, thinking, maybe typing might be another way for me to vent how i feel, or be able to post stuff about my life... or letter's that i've had, that i couldn't show on screen... etc.
Today, this reaches 100 posts and you know... i couldn't be more happy. I mean, it's not the most viewd blog ever, infact, most days, these 100 posts will get no views, but then something will come along and will attracts hundreds of viewings.
Most importantly, i still enjoy posting on here, and for as long as that happens, well, here's to another 100 postings... *clicks glass*
Keep what's on youtube, on youtube.
This might sound like an odd thing to say, and depending on where this is posted, it probably is an odd and random thing to say.
However, over the past few years, facebook has seen a surge in content (video's) being posted on pages, which have clearly been downloaded from youtube and then uploaded to facebook. While many people might be happy with this because it makes sharing more easy and the people who post the content on their facebook pages happy, because their stats look great, theres several thing's to remember here....
1) Youtube content is made by people, for people. It's not made to be downloaded and uploaded elsewhere without the content poster's permission in writing (that latter bit is from a legal point of view).
2) Adsense adverts appear on most youtube video's these days, and while not many people know how or why, it does prove to be an income for some people to even live off. Taking their content and placing it elsewhere, where adsense is not active, might well be great for a facebook page, but it does take a large amount of income away from the person.
On the adsense point there, don't think facebook won't start showing adverts on their video's... they're looking into it.
3) Posters on facebook need to look at other pages and see what they're posting. Often, people will like more than one page in a certain catagory, take "Vine's" for example. When you search vine on facebook, you will find ALOT of pages there, where people post their fave video's. That's fine... only, it's the same content on each page... so why not shake it up a little, people do get bored of watching the same old stuff.
Most important to notice here is facebook's agreement with the big music companies and content creator's, the more content that is taken off other website's and posted on facebook, the more they get involved... trust me, they can ruin website's if they fully enforce their ways on it.
However, over the past few years, facebook has seen a surge in content (video's) being posted on pages, which have clearly been downloaded from youtube and then uploaded to facebook. While many people might be happy with this because it makes sharing more easy and the people who post the content on their facebook pages happy, because their stats look great, theres several thing's to remember here....
1) Youtube content is made by people, for people. It's not made to be downloaded and uploaded elsewhere without the content poster's permission in writing (that latter bit is from a legal point of view).
2) Adsense adverts appear on most youtube video's these days, and while not many people know how or why, it does prove to be an income for some people to even live off. Taking their content and placing it elsewhere, where adsense is not active, might well be great for a facebook page, but it does take a large amount of income away from the person.
On the adsense point there, don't think facebook won't start showing adverts on their video's... they're looking into it.
3) Posters on facebook need to look at other pages and see what they're posting. Often, people will like more than one page in a certain catagory, take "Vine's" for example. When you search vine on facebook, you will find ALOT of pages there, where people post their fave video's. That's fine... only, it's the same content on each page... so why not shake it up a little, people do get bored of watching the same old stuff.
Most important to notice here is facebook's agreement with the big music companies and content creator's, the more content that is taken off other website's and posted on facebook, the more they get involved... trust me, they can ruin website's if they fully enforce their ways on it.
Monday, 2 December 2013
A gig of an ego boost?
So here i am, monday morning, 1:45am, starting this, feeling on top of the world.
What a weekend i've had!
Saturday was always going to be a long day, i knew that, so friday night, i logged off everything and went to sleep by about 10/11pm, but could i sleep? no. Infact, i didn't get off to sleep until about half 3 in the morning. I woke up at half 7, grabbed a quick bath... and started on my timeline of the day....
8:30am - Took Trey out for a walk, stunning sunrise today, little bit on the chilly side, but leaving this field soon to go and meet the mother, time for Trey to be pamperd...
9:40am - Trey dropped off at the dog groomers for a haircut and wash. Me and mum off to take a little look around the shops and will probably end up buying some random stuff we don't need... oooh, lets look in pet's at home...
11:30am - Been and picked Trey up, he looks so much better after his haircut and i saw so many animals in pets at home that i wanted...
3pm - Got to mothers and after one job leading to another, the christmas tree is up now and we think we're dealing with mice in the attick, what a joy! Time to get home and get down to the club... gig tonight!!!
5:30pm - Just arrived at the club, now, i'd seen the owner in the week and he'd said about it getting fixed up in the function room and... i'm impressed, but no time for waiting around, it's time to get set up!
6pm - tech guy's have turned up, setting up a huge screen on the stage, it's an awards show tonight, looking really good! People should get here about 7, then they'll start the awards show at about half 7, buffet at 9 and then i'll be djing about 10 ish. Sorted!
They've also been working with me to use this mic on the stand thing, awful, they placed it right under the speaker, on the weird side, i've never used phantom on the sound desk before, so thats something new. Kinda looking forward to seeing how this goes.
9pm - omg, just got out of the awards part, sheesh! Went brilliantly, happy faces, video's and images on the big screen all worked well, so yey to that. Other tech guys are taking the screen down as we speak, so i'll get in, finish off setting the light's up and then we're good to go!
1:17am - Well, the 2nd part went brilliantly, crowed were literally in the palm of my hand... time to pack up now and then wait for the people to leave...
3am - people just left, me and dan (the bar manager) are just clearing off the last few glasses and going home!
3:30am - BED!
So it was a busy day, loads of compliments after the gig, people saying how much they enjoyed it, so im chuffed to bits with it all, i really am! It's rare that i can say after a gig that it went perfect, but it did...
Anyways, that was my saturday... sunday, i've spent in bed, recovering, as you'd expect.
Now though, onto monday.... well, sleep first....
What a weekend i've had!
Saturday was always going to be a long day, i knew that, so friday night, i logged off everything and went to sleep by about 10/11pm, but could i sleep? no. Infact, i didn't get off to sleep until about half 3 in the morning. I woke up at half 7, grabbed a quick bath... and started on my timeline of the day....
8:30am - Took Trey out for a walk, stunning sunrise today, little bit on the chilly side, but leaving this field soon to go and meet the mother, time for Trey to be pamperd...
9:40am - Trey dropped off at the dog groomers for a haircut and wash. Me and mum off to take a little look around the shops and will probably end up buying some random stuff we don't need... oooh, lets look in pet's at home...
11:30am - Been and picked Trey up, he looks so much better after his haircut and i saw so many animals in pets at home that i wanted...
3pm - Got to mothers and after one job leading to another, the christmas tree is up now and we think we're dealing with mice in the attick, what a joy! Time to get home and get down to the club... gig tonight!!!
5:30pm - Just arrived at the club, now, i'd seen the owner in the week and he'd said about it getting fixed up in the function room and... i'm impressed, but no time for waiting around, it's time to get set up!
6pm - tech guy's have turned up, setting up a huge screen on the stage, it's an awards show tonight, looking really good! People should get here about 7, then they'll start the awards show at about half 7, buffet at 9 and then i'll be djing about 10 ish. Sorted!
They've also been working with me to use this mic on the stand thing, awful, they placed it right under the speaker, on the weird side, i've never used phantom on the sound desk before, so thats something new. Kinda looking forward to seeing how this goes.
9pm - omg, just got out of the awards part, sheesh! Went brilliantly, happy faces, video's and images on the big screen all worked well, so yey to that. Other tech guys are taking the screen down as we speak, so i'll get in, finish off setting the light's up and then we're good to go!
1:17am - Well, the 2nd part went brilliantly, crowed were literally in the palm of my hand... time to pack up now and then wait for the people to leave...
3am - people just left, me and dan (the bar manager) are just clearing off the last few glasses and going home!
3:30am - BED!
So it was a busy day, loads of compliments after the gig, people saying how much they enjoyed it, so im chuffed to bits with it all, i really am! It's rare that i can say after a gig that it went perfect, but it did...
Anyways, that was my saturday... sunday, i've spent in bed, recovering, as you'd expect.
Now though, onto monday.... well, sleep first....
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