I had a little Tupperware container of sardines in the fridge the other day and took them out to have for lunch (yes, I like the wee fishies: anchovies, sardines, mackerel, you name it) I had the darndest time getting the lid off the container, until (you probably already saw this coming) the lid suddenly flew off and my sardines-packed-in-water spilled all over me and the kitchen counters and floor. Of course, I was wearing my favorite blue cashmere cardigan from Landsapos; End, just returned from the dry cleaner, and I got fishy water all over it.

The cats had been watching with interest all along, as they know that anytime Iapos;m prepping food there just *might* be something in it for them, and when the the sardine explosion occurred, it was like throwing chum to sharks. Suffice it to say, they helped significantly with cleanup.

My sweater smelled so bad, I took it off and put it aside while I cleaned up the the mess, and I promptly forgot about it. About an hour later, I was sitting down to go through my in-box, when I heard a persistent chewing sound nearby, and when I went to investigate, there was Cindy, chewing what turned out to be a 3" diameter hole right through the sleeve of my now-delicious sweater. Aaargh

I pulled her off it, and stared at it for some time trying to decide if it was in any way salvageable (Itapos;s not. I can patch it and use it as an around-the-house sweater, I guess, but itapos;s ruined for any sort of public wear.) Then I began to contemplate where all the wool had gone, and quickly realized that it was gathered in little Cindyapos;s stomach. They say tripe tastes like boiled knitting. I guess a sardine-soaked sweater tastes like boiled fishy knitting, which is apparently delicious if youapos;re a cat.

I wondered if Cindy would be able to actually digest all that blue cashmere. After all, itapos;s soft and, presumably, in lots of little pieces in her tummy. I worried a little that I might have to bring her to the vet for some sort of emergency procedure. I decided, though, to let Nature run its course. I made her sleep in the bathroom that night, but nothing untoward happened. The next day she ate, pooped, and played just like any other cat.

Then last night, she was sitting innocently at my feet here at the desk, when she started heaving, eyes bulging, like the guy from whom the Alien burst in the eponymous movie, and with one mighty blurggggg, out came an absolutely enormous pile of blue knitting. I honestly could not believe that that little cat had been walking around with all that yarn in her tummy for two days. She then walked off as if nothing had happened. Buttered cashmere would not have melted in her mouth.

(Anyone who feels any sympathy for the cat, by the way, is barking up the wrong blog. She is an eeeevil cashmere-chewing she-cat, and as my mother-in-law would say, sheapos;s no better than she ought to be.)

Here she is, looking sweet and innocent.

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I'm delighted to announce that a leading international publisher, has invited us to produce a new book, to be called 'The Entertainment Industry: An Introduction', this will become the first in an Entertainment Management series, and is due for publication in Autumn 2009.

The book will profile an entertainment sector per chapter, including a breakdown of types of entertainment entity within that particular sector. Other generic information that will be covered per sector will include; brief history background; products and segmentation; contemporary issues; micro and macro business environmental influences that have helped shape, develop and influence entertainment products; detailed case studies of entertainment organisations and products; and the predicted future for each sector.

This book is aimed towards undergraduate and post-graduate students studying a programme that involves aspects of the following industries: entertainment; leisure; recreation; events; tourism; the arts; culture; media and spectator sports.

I am looking for contributors to lead the development of a chapter (or chapters), or for contributions in a specific area such as a case study, or any expertise that is relevant to a particular chapter. This is a really excellent opportunity for an unpublished academic to become published, or for anybody to bolster their existing publication list. Anybody that is interested in exploring this further should contact me via email on s.moss@leedsmet.ac.uk . A full list of contributors needs to be submitted by mid May.

The chapters are as follows:

1. Introduction to the Entertainment Industry
2. Staged Story Variety
3. Live Music
4. The Nightclub Sector
5. Cinema and Film
6. Broadcast Media
7. Recorded Audio and Video
8. The Internet
9. Computer Gaming
10. Printed Media
11. Gambling
12. Spectator Sports
13. Thrillertainment
14. Edutainment
15. Sellertainment
16. Culturtainment
17. Spiritual Entertainment
18. Health Entertainment
19. Adult Entertainment

A breakdown of suggested topics per chapter now follows - this is negotiable with contributors.


1 Introduction to the Entertainment Industry

Entertainment is recreational by nature, meaning that it is part of a process undertaken by people who wish to rejuvenate their body and / or mind. Not all recreational activity is entertainment, indeed recreation also encompasses leisure, hobbies, pastimes, and sports. People seeking entertainment form part of a recreational audience who are searching for something that has the primary purpose of engaging or captivating them through sensory stimulation and / or emotion. An audience can be as large as infinite, and as few as one. It is important to remember that entertainment does not have to be jovial, or created with any form of humour or light relief in mind (traditionally referred to as light entertainment).

The entertainment industry exists, it is real, and yet all too often entertainment is dismissed as being an aspect of leisure. This is not the case, Vogel (2004) estimated that the global entertainment industry is worth a trillion US$ annually, but where is this money coming from? This chapter will set out to define the entertainment industry, detailing the sectors that make it up, and the complexity of these in terms of identifying exactly which sector(s) different types of entertainment should be categorised within. It will also examine the relationship that entertainment has with other industries, including events, leisure and tourism, ending with the rationale and justification for the stand alone identity of an entertainment industry.


2 Staged Story and Variety

Live entertainment that is often set on (or within) a purpose-built area where a pre-determined story or routine is acted or performed.

Story telling and dance are two of the oldest forms of man-made entertainment. This chapter will cover the history of storytelling and how story has been interpreted into staged performances, it will include: history background of theatre, opera, variety, pantomime, ballet and other dance performances, as well as other staged performances that follow a pre-determined storyline or routine including puppet shows, stand-up comedy, magic shows, ventriloquism, acrobatic and stunt routines, wrestling, parkour and flaring; products and segmentation including performances targeted at specific age groups and socio economic sectors. Locations and venues where staged performances are encountered, contemporary issues including the of pubs and how these are opening up to staged performance entertainment; micro and macro business environmental influences that have helped shape, develop and influence entertainment products including changing fashions, the increasing use of technology, unionisation of performers, ethics and the stage; detailed case studies of entertainment organisations and products including The Jerry Springer Opera, The Northern Ballet Theatre Company, Opera North, Londons West End, Broadway, Sydney Opera House, The National Theatre for Scotland, Leeds City Varieties, Jongleurs, WWF / WWE, Punch Judy, The Black White Minstrels, The Edinburgh Festival; and the predicted future for this sector.


3 Live Music

Entertainment that is musical in nature, performed live by artists and watched / listened by an audience.

Live music is another example of an early form of entertainment, the rhythmic beating of drums as well as harmonised vocal tones performed to an audience has been happening for thousands of years. This chapter will include the history and background to live music, encompassing varying scales of music concerts, from intimate to mega musical events such as the Glastonbury festival. Popular music forms will be covered, as well as classical music, orchestras, brass bands, and choral performances. Products and segmentation of live music events by socio-economic groups as well as the ages of listeners will be discussed; contemporary issues; micro and macro business environmental influences including youth culture and changing fashions from the mid twentieth century to present day, increased competition, globalisation of mega music events, environmental impacts of music festivals, the impact of technology; detailed case studies of Live Music organisations and products including Woodstock, Glastonbury, The Big Day Out, Burning Man, Festival Republic; and the predicted future for that sector.


4 The Nightclub Sector

Entertainment venues that stay open after dark, and often into the early morning, that provide music as their primary product, to a recreation seeking audience who are there to listen, socialise or dance, and where the sale of food, and drink (often alcohol) is a major factor in attracting clientele

A 20th Century phenomenon, this chapter will include the history background of what is the modern of today, including the rise of the DJ as a star performer alongside and often replacing live musicians, 60s rock and roll, 70s disco, the 80s rave, 90s techno and 00s R products and segmentation including club that are geared towards particular segments of , and club nights aimed at particular audiences; contemporary issues including smoking bans coming into force in a number of countries and states across the world, the increased use of technology to enhance the club experience, drugs and alcohol; micro and macro business environmental influences that have helped shape, develop and influence entertainment products including changing trends in fashions and music tastes, student cities, the relationship between club and promoter and the importance of marketing; detailed case studies of nightclub organisations and products including Luminar Leisure, Voodoo Promotions, The Hacienda Manchester, Paradise Club Sydney, Manumission Ibiza, Miami Beach, Pacha New York; and the predicted future for this sector.


5 Cinema and Film

The entire spectrum of organisations that are concerned with the production, distribution, and showing of big-screen movie entertainment.

Big screen movie entertainment is getting even bigger, each year the money spent on blockbuster film releases increases, globally the centre of this industry is still the USA, but other countries (especially India) are now staking their claims. In the face of this an extremely competitive entertainment industry as well as Internet driven piracy is directly impacting upon movie audience numbers. This chapter will include: history background of the film industry including early pioneers and their contributions; the relationship along the supply chain from production to distribution to showing; the impacts of technology (positive and negative); increased competition; film typology and changing tastes; global perspectives from Hollywood to Bollywood; types of cinema from independent and specialist, to chains, multiplexes, megaplexes and IMAX; social influences that have helped shape, develop and influence cinematic products; cinematic phenomenon including Star Wars, Jaws, Blair Witch; detailed case studies including Rank, Vue, Warner Brothers, Disney, Tarantino, Spielberg; Japanese Anime and Manga; the Hyde Park Picture House and the predicted future for the global cinema and film industry.


6 Broadcast Media

Entertainment that is produced for mass audiences and broadcast or transmitted from a distant source.

The first moving images on film were produced in Leeds in 1888, radio closely followed in 1895, and television appeared in the 1930s. From then on these mediums have grown rapidly from the 1970s onwards in terms of manufacturers, program makers, and technological advancements, bringing non-stop entertainment straight into our homes. This chapter will include: history background of television and radio including government and funded sources; segmentation of media into specialist channels; free to air and pay-per-view, satellite and cable broadcasting; contemporary issues including UK license fees, freedom of speech / censorship globally, US writers strike, the switch from analogue to digital and increasing competition; social change and the impacts upon programming, political sensitivity, Tivo and the impact on advertisement revenue, legal, and technological influences that have helped shape, develop and influence broadcast media products; detailed case studies including The BBC, BSKyB, The collapse of ITV Digital, MTV, Fox, News Corporation, The Disney Channel, Al Jazeera, global and regional radio, Endemol, HBO and the predicted future for that sector.


7 Recorded Audio and Video

Entertainment that includes any one or more of the following: music; the spoken word; and moving images. That is designed for the audience to listen and / or watch, in a format that requires a third-party device to be able to play it.

Technology has had a major impact upon this sector, which has transformed from large and often bulky analogue media, into small and compact digital ones that can be taken anywhere. This chapter will include: history background of AV formats including vinyl, audio cassettes, Cds, MP3s, Betamax, VHS, Blu-Ray; products and segmentation; contemporary issues such as copy protection, and the threats presented by counterfeiting and the internet; copy protection; home entertainment; mobile entertainment; micro and macro business environmental influences that have helped shape, develop and influence these products; detailed case studies including The Sony Walkman, Apple iPod iPhone, Def Jam Recordings, Blu-Ray Disc Association, Island Records, Warner Brothers, Sony, and the predicted future for that sector.


8 The Internet

Entertainment that is accessed via web browsers or other software on computers (or other devices) that are connected to the world wide web.

A 20th century phenomenon that ranks in importance with the telephone, car and television, this chapter will include the history background of the internet as an entertainment medium including the impacts of broadband and FRIACO; world-wide growth in internet usage and future forecasting; Internet Service Providers, online entertainment products and segmentation, including email, search engines, shopping online, social networking websites and the rapid rise in popularity of online Social Networks, blogs and blogging, Podcasts, file sharing websites, WebTV and Radio, Instant Messenger applications; contemporary issues including censorship of websites by governments, intellectual property theft and the ease of online piracy, other criminal activity facilitated by the internet including security issues and the dark side of the web, future web based entertainment products currently in development; micro and macro business environmental influences that have helped shape, develop and influence the development of the internet as an entertainment medium; detailed case studies of entertainment organisations and products including AOL, Orange Internet, Sky Broadband, Hotmail and MSN, eBay, Amazon, Friends Reunited, MySpace, Facebook, Bebo, Blogger, Google, YouTube, The Open Directory Project, iTunes, BBC.co.uk, Napster, eMule, Imesh, MSN Messenger, AOL Instant Messenger; and the predicted future for that sector.


9 Computer Gaming

Entertainment that involves the use of any electronically operated system whereby challenges are presented and an input device is used to manipulate images (and usually sounds) produced by a computer or micro-processor on some kind of display.

In the 1970s electronic large arcade games began to appear, in the 1980s home game consoles were developed which meant that these games could be played in the home, from then on technological advancements and the rise of home PCs have revolutionised this highly competitive and fast growing industry. This chapter will include: history background of computer games and devices from Pong, Pac Man, Space Invaders, Donkey Kong Atari, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 up to present day console games against a product life cycle diagram; game products and segmentation including classifications of games and console types; contemporary issues including violence in gaming and the need for age restrictions; social, political, economical and technological influences that have helped shape, develop and influence consoles and games including MMOG; gaming machines in pubs, bars and clubs including quiz machines; detailed case studies of any three of the following Sony Playstation, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft X-Box, Nintendo DS, Playstation portable, Mobile Phones as game consoles, and the predicted future for the computer game sector.


10 Printed Media

Entertainment that is typically paper based, involving the use of printed text and graphics.

Books have been around for thousands of years, and more recently newspapers, and magazines. Reading printed media for recreational purposes has been happening for hundreds of years, but with technological advances, mass production and global distribution channels have lead to ever increasing competition. This chapter will include the history background of the modern paperback book, as well as newspapers and magazines; different genres of printed media products including both fact and fiction will be examined along with segmentation to targeted audiences; contemporary issues including the battle of the lad mag, censorship, and paparazzi and ethics; the potential impacts of electronic paper, as well as micro and macro business environmental influences; detailed case studies of Hello!, Zoo, Nuts, Cosmopolitan, Readers Digest, Time Magazine, Viz, Beano, Harry Potter, Penguin Books, Ladybird and the predicted future for that sector.


11 Gambling

Entertainment that centres around risking the loss of money for a possible gain.

Inspired by the media, many of us dream of what it would be like to be wealthy, not to have money worries and celebrating that big win. The reality however is starkly different, and the gambling industry is one where the only real winners are the organisations that make it up. This chapter will include: history background of the modern day gambling industry, including Casinos, Bingo, Race-tracks and Bookmakers; contemporary issues such as the UK Super Casino debacle; legislative impacts upon the gambling industry in the US and UK; the impact of gambling and large scale casinos in the US; the impact of internet gambling; and socio-economic factors that have helped shape, develop and influence the world-wide gambling industry; detailed case studies of gambling organisations and products including the new large scale casino development at Great Yarmouth, William Hill, Tote, the National Lottery, TAB Australia, Gala Bingo, Grosvenor Casino; and the predicted future for the global gambling industry.


12 Spectator Sports

Entertainment where an audience watches an activity that involves physical exertion and fair competition.

The competitive nature of human beings, is one of many factors that lead to the development of sporting rituals and competitions, the first Olympic games being held over 2,500 years ago. This chapter will include: the history background of a number of spectator sports using specific clubs, leagues and competitions as examples of business case studies in the face of increasing competition from within and outside of the spectator sports sector, where audiences are now looking for their sport to entertain them in order to maintain their support; products and segmentation including the use of sponsorship and branding will be examined; as well as contemporary issues including legislative impacts upon sports teams and stadia; micro and macro business environmental influences that have helped shape, develop and influence spectator sport products will be examined through detailed case studies of sporting entities including, the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the London 2012 Olympics, The X-Games, Australian Rugby League, Yorkshire Cricket, The Premier and Football leagues in the UK, Ice Hockey in Canada, Handball in Europe, Major League Soccer, American Football (Gridiron), Ice Hockey in Canada, The Melbourne Cup and the Tour-de-France. Organisations and products from within these areas will be studied with the predicted future for that sector.


13 Thrillertainment

Entertainment that is intended to thrill, excite, stimulate the senses and sometimes cause fright.

Paying money for the thrill of an experience that may be perceived as being dangerous or even near-death to ones self is a relatively new phenomenon, the first rides that appeared in the late nineteenth century certainly seem very mild compared to many of todays offerings, however thrillertainment in other forms such as ancient Roman gladiators fighting to the death and the circus, where man and man-eating animals were only yards apart have been around for thousands of years. This chapter will include the history background of modern day fairgrounds, theme and amusement parks, as well as other forms of thrillertainment including the Circus and more contemporary heritage related offerings such as ghost walks around stately homes or cities; products and segmentation including which thrillertainment products are targeted at which audiences, along with how and why; contemporary issues including globalisation and competition amongst major providers; micro and macro business environmental influences including the impact of global currency markets on consumer choice, sponsorship of parks and rides, alignment with global brands, increasing technology allowing rides to become faster and even more death defying, pay per ride V pay per entry; detailed case studies of entertainment organisations and products including the Disney Theme Parks world-wide, Merlin Entertainment, Luna Park, Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Pleasure Leisure Corporation Plc, Billy Smarts Circus, The Moscow State Circus, Ghost walks in York and the predicted future for that sector.


14 Edutainment

Entertainment that is designed to promote knowledge and learning.

The idea of using recreation as a means to learn, was first practiced by the ancient Greeks with their . Centuries later, societal and class divides often meant that only those who were privileged enough had access to educational resources for the purpose of education. This however is no longer the case, and this chapter will include the history background of edutainment facilities displays and shows, from art galleries and libraries, the medical operating theatre and the great exhibition to modern day Museums, Zoos, Aquariums, Planetariums, Conferences, Guided tours, Adult education classes, Art and craft demonstrations, Historic re-enactments, Stately homes, Shows and displays with an educational component, such as transport shows e.g. air shows and animal displays e.g. falconry; contemporary issues across sectors including the need to be competitive in a highly competitive market; socio economic and political influences that have helped shape, develop and influence edutainment products, including the scrapping of charges in Britains national museums; the phenomena of Naturtainment; dark tourism; and detailed case studies of entertainment organisations and products including The Royal Armouries, National Media Museum, London Eye, Egyptian Pyramids, guided tours of Edinburgh, open top bus tours of Belfast, Australia Zoo, Seaworld Florida, Bodyworlds; Auschwitz and Jodrell Bank; and the predicted future for edutainment.


15 Sellertainment

Entertainment that is designed to sell a product, belief or ideal with the specific intention of increasing take-up amongst the audience.

From the humble origins of street vendors, hawkers and market traders to a multi-billion dollar advertising industry, sellertainment is BIG business, faced with the challenge of getting a message across about a product, belief or ideal to an audience that are not necessarily there to see it. This chapter will include the history background of sales related entertainment including advertising billboards and posters; products and segmentation towards different audience members; contemporary issues such as the introduction of advertising standards and codes of practice; micro and macro business environmental influences including the rise of electronic advertising media and other forces that have helped shape, develop and influence sellertainment products; the increasing convergence of the entertainment and advertising industries; detailed case studies of sellertainment organisations, events and products including, various sports sponsorship, the rise of mascots, US political rallies and campaigns, television adverts and the expense of air-time, advertising in the popular press and magazines, pop-ups on websites as well as banner ads and other forms of online advertising, television shopping channels, QVC, Omnicom, Pearl Dean, Saatchi and Saatchi; and the predicted future for this sector.


16 Culturtainment

Entertainment that involves the celebration or commemoration of the values or beliefs of a particular segment of society.

Society is made up of a plethora of sub-groups, this can be based on ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, profession, beliefs..the list is endless. This chapter will include the importance of celebration and commemoration for those from distinct cultural groups, including rationale for the celebration of a number of cultural entertainment events; contemporary issues effecting cultural celebrations such as perceived terror threats and increased security; commercialisation of culturtainment including corporate sponsorship; diversification of culturtainment away from the original meanings of the celebration / commemoration; detailed case studies including the Notting Hill Carnival, bullfighting in Spain and South / Central America, Bradford Mela, the Mardi Gras Sydney, Maori celebrations in New Zealand, St. Patricks Day, and the New Orleans Mardi Gras; and the predicted future for culturtainment events.


17 Spiritual Entertainment

Entertainment that is based upon the belief that mystical forces can control our destiny.

Supernatural and religious entities have been revered for thousands of years, however their use for the purposes of entertainment is a relatively new phenomenon, and one that some are uncomfortable with. This chapter will include the history background of a number of Spiritual Entertainment events and practices including evangelism, séances, palmistry, crystal ball, tea-leaf readings tarot card readings, celebrations at religious festivals as well as: segmentation of these products to socio-cultural audiences; motivations of individuals to participate in spiritual entertainment; contemporary issues, including the popularisation of spiritual entertainments through film and television and other micro and macro business environmental influences that have helped shape, develop and influence spiritual entertainment products; detailed case studies including witch doctors in the Gambia, religious festivals, evangelism, clairvoyants, palmistry, psychics; and the predicted future for this sector.


18 Health Entertainment

Entertainment that is designed to promote positive physical and mental health.

We are living in a society that is becoming increasingly aware of the need to be physically and mentally fit in order to health and quality of life. This is not a modern day phenomenon, indeed for thousands of years people have bathed in sea water believing it to have qualities. In the face of this an industry has grown that is set to practice therapeutic entertainment on willing audience members. This chapter will include the history background of commercially available massage, spa treatments and other wellness products; the effects of health entertainment on the audience; the distinction between health entertainment and health leisure; segmentation of products against markets; the changing trends towards health awareness in society; global tourism to health entertainment venues; ageing populations in Europe; how socio-economic factors have helped develop and influence health entertainment products; detailed case studies of health entertainment organisations and products including Wellness centres in Germany; Banantynes, Shanti Bhavan Massage (India); and the predicted future for that sector.


19 Adult Entertainment

Entertainment that is intended to arouse sexual desire amongst audience members by displays of eroticism.

Often referred to as the oldest , the providing of sexual favours and gratification for profit has occurred for thousands of years. This chapter will include the history background of the oldest profession, looking at prostitution, peep shows, strip-tease, staged sex shows, lap dancing and pole dancing. Contemporary issues such as the rise of high-street s clubs, and legislative impacts upon these. Detailed case studies of entertainment organisations and regions will include Spearmint Rhino, Stringfellows, the Amsterdam sex industry, regulated brothels in Sydney and Nevada, sex tourism in Asia, the US and European porn industries and the predicted future in those sectors. This chapter will examine the many social, ethical and legal principles that have shaped and will continue to shape this sector.

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He said last week he did not want to be making the headlines and all he wanted was a fair crack of the whip. Although Hungary, fifth placer at Athens Games, mounted a fierce counterattack after the game resumed, Russia maintained the margin till the end of the game, with center back Irina Poltoratskaya scoring twice in the final five minutes to seal the teams first ever Olympic final ticket. The teams remained evenly matched, the Koreans using speed and neat passing and the Hungarians relying on their height to shoot over the top of their opponents. Tiny Iceland on verge of handball glory, sans Bjork. Visitors watch Balloon Dog by American artist Jeff. As Fabio said before the match, the players bless their Gucci socks feel under pressure when all the nasty English people are watching them at Wembley, wanting them to justify their exorbitant wages.

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Left hand prints on rice paper with signatures from a variety. Ve got is handball and volleyball. S air pollution levels dropped by more than half, registering a level of falling within the World Health Organization. Comments by People in the News. Political background Four terms as state avery, currently in third term as trustee of trust funds, past selectmanchair and planning board Occupation Retired from career in insurance and financial services Education Colby College, Waterville, Maine, Bachelor of Arts in business administration, Affiliations St. I voted against increases in taxes and fees on such things as milk, beer, candy, heating oil and motor fuel and vaccines used for peoples pets.

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Left hand prints on rice paper with signatures from a variety. Ve got is handball and volleyball. S air pollution levels dropped by more than half, registering a level of falling within the World Health Organization. Comments by People in the News. Political background Four terms as state avery, currently in third term as trustee of trust funds, past selectmanchair and planning board Occupation Retired from career in insurance and financial services Education Colby College, Waterville, Maine, Bachelor of Arts in business administration, Affiliations St. I voted against increases in taxes and fees on such things as milk, beer, candy, heating oil and motor fuel and vaccines used for peoples pets.

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Despite having no record in handball, Team GB is entitled to enter both the mens. Postcard From Beijing Home Of Clean Air And Cheap Beer.
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Statis Selektah is a very talented producer, and here on Mr Popularity he recruits Consequence to rhyme on this really grimey, hard track. Statiks cuts are smooth and sound very similar to Premiers style, who is obviously an influence of his. Consequence has been making headlines from his awesome video footage backstage at concerts, but its good to see he hasnt lost a step on the mic. Check this joint out
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While one Croatian made his first ever appearance for the 'Vatreni', another made his record 100th. Yes, Dario Šimić finally got his record 100th cap; making him the first ever Croatian to reach the century mark. I think it's a great way for Šimić to go out. I don't see him starting anymore games as World Cup qualifiers start within a month or getting any playing time coming off the bench. Šimić has been with Croatia since 2006; and a 12-year international career is seldom seen on the world level. Only the great can make it to 100. We praise you Dario for making it this far and sticking by your country through the highs of winning 3rd in '98 to the lows of not getting out of group stage in numerous tournaments thereafter.

As Šimić's career winds down, we say hello to a new Croatian defender, Ivica Križanac, who symbolically replaced Šimić at halftime. Križanac is a 29 year-old Split born defenseman who is currently playing for reigning UEFA Cup champions, Zenit St. Petersburg. He will be a good player to have in Croatia's arsenal for the upcoming qualifiers. It's still too early to know if he will have a starting gig with the national team, but you can count on him coming strong off the bench.

Dario Cvitanić was no where to be seen, but don't worry as that was in Bilić's plans from the beginning. Bilić has said that Cvitanić is not yet in the form he would like him to be as he now has to convert to a European style of football. Bilić has also been heard saying that Cvitanić will not be used for the Kazakhstan and England qualifiers in September. We'll see what happens as Bilić is known to be a cunning coach who knows how to play psychological games on his opponents.

With all that news, Croatia still had a friendly in Maribor, Slovenia today. It is their only friendly before qualifying starts against Kazakhstan on September 6th in Zagreb.

Here's a list of all the starters with the subs that replaced them:

HRVATSKA: Pletikosa (45' Runje), Ćorluka, Šimić (45' Križanac), R.Kovač, Pranjić, Srna (81' Pokrivač), Leko, Kranjčar (19' Vukojević), Rakitić, Petrić (45' Klasnić), Olić (85' Vejić)

It's all pretty basic stuff for our team except for the fact that Runje replaced Pletikosa at halftime. Sure it was only a friendly and Pletikosa had a fine Euro 2008 campaign, but the way he's been playing for his club team, Spartak Moscow, has been embarrassing as of late. If he continues this; and remember that he's never played bad for Croatia, I good see a changing of the guard in goal for the 'Vatreni' soon. Runje was lights out in the Poland match at Euro 2008 and showed he is also deserving of the job.

Off to the game!

Croatia was down to Slovenia at 2 different points in the game. Slovenia scored a quick goal out of the gates in the 4th minute only to be leveled by Ivan Rakitić in the 37'. Slovenia then scored again in the 59th minute just to have Darijo Srna convert a penalty one minute later. With another poor friendly result looming for Croatia, Ivan Rakitić put the game away in the 64th minute with his second goal of the game. Let's hope he can keep that going. Croatia ultimately won the game 3-2 and saw a new face in the making. (I apologize for the quick analysis as the game was unable to be seen in the States.)

Qualifiers coming up!!! Should be another fun one against the Brits!!.

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While one Croatian made his first ever appearance for the 'Vatreni', another made his record 100th. Yes, Dario Šimić finally got his record 100th cap; making him the first ever Croatian to reach the century mark. I think it's a great way for Šimić to go out. I don't see him starting anymore games as World Cup qualifiers start within a month or getting any playing time coming off the bench. Šimić has been with Croatia since 2006; and a 12-year international career is seldom seen on the world level. Only the great can make it to 100. We praise you Dario for making it this far and sticking by your country through the highs of winning 3rd in '98 to the lows of not getting out of group stage in numerous tournaments thereafter.

As Šimić's career winds down, we say hello to a new Croatian defender, Ivica Križanac, who symbolically replaced Šimić at halftime. Križanac is a 29 year-old Split born defenseman who is currently playing for reigning UEFA Cup champions, Zenit St. Petersburg. He will be a good player to have in Croatia's arsenal for the upcoming qualifiers. It's still too early to know if he will have a starting gig with the national team, but you can count on him coming strong off the bench.

Dario Cvitanić was no where to be seen, but don't worry as that was in Bilić's plans from the beginning. Bilić has said that Cvitanić is not yet in the form he would like him to be as he now has to convert to a European style of football. Bilić has also been heard saying that Cvitanić will not be used for the Kazakhstan and England qualifiers in September. We'll see what happens as Bilić is known to be a cunning coach who knows how to play psychological games on his opponents.

With all that news, Croatia still had a friendly in Maribor, Slovenia today. It is their only friendly before qualifying starts against Kazakhstan on September 6th in Zagreb.

Here's a list of all the starters with the subs that replaced them:

HRVATSKA: Pletikosa (45' Runje), Ćorluka, Šimić (45' Križanac), R.Kovač, Pranjić, Srna (81' Pokrivač), Leko, Kranjčar (19' Vukojević), Rakitić, Petrić (45' Klasnić), Olić (85' Vejić)

It's all pretty basic stuff for our team except for the fact that Runje replaced Pletikosa at halftime. Sure it was only a friendly and Pletikosa had a fine Euro 2008 campaign, but the way he's been playing for his club team, Spartak Moscow, has been embarrassing as of late. If he continues this; and remember that he's never played bad for Croatia, I good see a changing of the guard in goal for the 'Vatreni' soon. Runje was lights out in the Poland match at Euro 2008 and showed he is also deserving of the job.

Off to the game!

Croatia was down to Slovenia at 2 different points in the game. Slovenia scored a quick goal out of the gates in the 4th minute only to be leveled by Ivan Rakitić in the 37'. Slovenia then scored again in the 59th minute just to have Darijo Srna convert a penalty one minute later. With another poor friendly result looming for Croatia, Ivan Rakitić put the game away in the 64th minute with his second goal of the game. Let's hope he can keep that going. Croatia ultimately won the game 3-2 and saw a new face in the making. (I apologize for the quick analysis as the game was unable to be seen in the States.)

Qualifiers coming up!!! Should be another fun one against the Brits!!.

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While one Croatian made his first ever appearance for the 'Vatreni', another made his record 100th. Yes, Dario Šimić finally got his record 100th cap; making him the first ever Croatian to reach the century mark. I think it's a great way for Šimić to go out. I don't see him starting anymore games as World Cup qualifiers start within a month or getting any playing time coming off the bench. Šimić has been with Croatia since 2006; and a 12-year international career is seldom seen on the world level. Only the great can make it to 100. We praise you Dario for making it this far and sticking by your country through the highs of winning 3rd in '98 to the lows of not getting out of group stage in numerous tournaments thereafter.

As Šimić's career winds down, we say hello to a new Croatian defender, Ivica Križanac, who symbolically replaced Šimić at halftime. Križanac is a 29 year-old Split born defenseman who is currently playing for reigning UEFA Cup champions, Zenit St. Petersburg. He will be a good player to have in Croatia's arsenal for the upcoming qualifiers. It's still too early to know if he will have a starting gig with the national team, but you can count on him coming strong off the bench.

Dario Cvitanić was no where to be seen, but don't worry as that was in Bilić's plans from the beginning. Bilić has said that Cvitanić is not yet in the form he would like him to be as he now has to convert to a European style of football. Bilić has also been heard saying that Cvitanić will not be used for the Kazakhstan and England qualifiers in September. We'll see what happens as Bilić is known to be a cunning coach who knows how to play psychological games on his opponents.

With all that news, Croatia still had a friendly in Maribor, Slovenia today. It is their only friendly before qualifying starts against Kazakhstan on September 6th in Zagreb.

Here's a list of all the starters with the subs that replaced them:

HRVATSKA: Pletikosa (45' Runje), Ćorluka, Šimić (45' Križanac), R.Kovač, Pranjić, Srna (81' Pokrivač), Leko, Kranjčar (19' Vukojević), Rakitić, Petrić (45' Klasnić), Olić (85' Vejić)

It's all pretty basic stuff for our team except for the fact that Runje replaced Pletikosa at halftime. Sure it was only a friendly and Pletikosa had a fine Euro 2008 campaign, but the way he's been playing for his club team, Spartak Moscow, has been embarrassing as of late. If he continues this; and remember that he's never played bad for Croatia, I good see a changing of the guard in goal for the 'Vatreni' soon. Runje was lights out in the Poland match at Euro 2008 and showed he is also deserving of the job.

Off to the game!

Croatia was down to Slovenia at 2 different points in the game. Slovenia scored a quick goal out of the gates in the 4th minute only to be leveled by Ivan Rakitić in the 37'. Slovenia then scored again in the 59th minute just to have Darijo Srna convert a penalty one minute later. With another poor friendly result looming for Croatia, Ivan Rakitić put the game away in the 64th minute with his second goal of the game. Let's hope he can keep that going. Croatia ultimately won the game 3-2 and saw a new face in the making. (I apologize for the quick analysis as the game was unable to be seen in the States.)

Qualifiers coming up!!! Should be another fun one against the Brits!!.

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Over at Pitch Invasion theres a nice post by Richard Whittall acknowledging that ESPNs coverage of the Euros was, you know, actually pretty decent:
ESPN also offered live, uninterrupted coverage of every game from start to finish. No ads for Ford suddenly covering half the screen during the attacking build-up play, no giant banners appearing from nowhere to advertise some horrific sitcom to air later that night, no tape delay, and no presenter trying to serve as interpreter for an audience presumed not to know or care about the sport.
This coverage was somewhat startling to regular soccerheads like myself, used to watching Euro games, often with smooth, skilled British commentators.  As Whittall notes, part of the problem with usual World Cup coverage from the ESPN/ABC family has been the need to explain the sport to the uninitiated.  Dave Os never-ending up close and personal stories about the players, for example, were an attempt to give viewers a rooting interest in players they were presumed to have never heard of before.  The result was that serious American soccer fans felt like they were being talked down to at best.  At worst, they simply flipped over to Spanish language coverage in an attempt to avoid the annoying prattling of the announcers who seemed so clueless.  (Cue a dozen bigsoccer threads of complaints.)
Whittall, perhaps because hes a Canadian, thinks that a lot of the problem with previous coverage was all the nationalism involved as well:
This unnatural, flag-waving attempt to Americanize a game that already had a distinct national history (including a healthy, St. Louis-based league interest prior to 1930 and the Miracle on Grass in 1950) did nothing to preserve its autonomy or capture its unique American flavor. Viewers new to soccer were left with the image of a very slow hockey game played on a big grass rink, while Edward’s unrelenting patriotic exhortations underlined that the match was worth watching only to witness the USA beat the rest of the world at their own game.
Perhaps.  Certainly with no American team at Euro 2008, there was no rah-rah U-S-A style announcing to bother Whittall.  But, see, Im an American and a fan of the American team.  I dont mind an announcer whos biased towards the US.  And I fully expect that come World Cup 2010 Whittall will be disappointed because whoever is announcing the US games JP and Harksie, perhaps will favor the US again, if perhaps not in a way thats quite as easy to mock as Jack Edwards.  Thats because international soccer has become, at least in US sports culture, like the Olympics.  That, in fact, part of the charm to the casual American sports fan, the ones who dont really know the difference between Real Madrid and Bayern Munich but can easily grasp and enjoy Spain vs. Germany.  (Cue jokes about World War II or tapas!)  In an Olympic style environment, nationalism is going to be there when the US plays. 
What is improving, and I hope this will continue for the 2010 World Cup, is the willingness of ESPNs announcers to assume that viewers know a little bit about how the game is played.  The gradual infiltration of soccer into American sports culture means that some understanding of the game can be taken for granted.  A whole lot of todays sports fans played soccer when they were kids and now theyve seen some World Cup games.  What was noteworthy about Euro 2008 was the way it drew decent ratings with no US team involved at all.  The of international soccer means there is some appeal to games matching well-known teams even without the US. 
Finally, Whittall blames ESPNs broadcasting style for the US-Portugal game not being a bigger event in US sporting culture.  Maybe.  But I would remind him that a game being broadcast in the middle of the night, US time, is hardly likely to generate a mass audience, particularly for a game where the US was not expected to have much chance of victory.  I dont think ESPN helped but it wasnt the biggest reason, by any means.

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Punitive sentences totalling 85 years, which were passed down last week on three English gang members, are unlikely to stem the tide of transatlantic drug shipments.
As he fielded calls last week from people eager to discuss the record prison sentences handed down to four drug smugglers over the €440 million haul of cocaine recovered off west Cork, Michael Colgan repeated one message over and over again.
Intelligence is key to tackling the highly organised and well-resourced drugs gangs that target the European market, insisted Colgan, the head of the Customs drug enforcement unit.
Yet the 1,500 kilos of cocaine was seized off Cork because of an accident that was both dramatic and absurd - the shipment would have safely landed in Ireland if one of the smugglers had not accidentally put diesel, rather than petrol, into the fuel tank of an inflatable boat.
The seizure cast a spotlight on Ireland’s part in the international drugs trade and raised a major question for Irish law enforcement agencies: is Ireland perceived as a low-risk route through which drugs can be moved into Britain and Europe?
The Cork cocaine consignment originated in South America, and was transported across the Atlantic on a US bought catamaran from the Caribbean. It was almost certainly intended for the British market. Drug smuggling is a risky but lucrative business, and it is unlikely that even the punitive sentences handed down last week at Cork Circuit Criminal Court will stem the tide of transatlantic drug shipments.
Three English gang members received jail terms totalling 85 years. Two of the accused, Martin Wanden, 45, and Perry Wharrie, 49, received record 30-year sentences.
A third man, Joe Daly, 41, was sentenced to 25 years for his part in the smuggling operation which came unstuck off Dunlough Bay in west Cork on July 2 last year.
The case brought to light the vulnerability of the Irish coastline for landing consignments of narcotics. For a coastline totalling about 4,350 kilometres, there is just one Customs cutter boat, the RCC Suirbheir, which is based out of Cork. A second vessel will enter service next year and an internal review team is deciding where this can be most effectively deployed.
The Irish Naval Service also polices waters within a 200mile radius of the Republic. The Garda National Drugs Unit, local garda units based out of Bantry, the Irish Coast Guard, the Naval Service and the Customs drug enforcement unit were all instrumental in the recovery operation that followed the Dunlough Bay discovery.
Last week, as much of the focus centred on the €440million haul and the sentences handed down, one of Colgan’s team was packing his bags and going to join the European Union’s new Maritime Analysis and Operation Centre - Narcotics (MAOC-N). The venture involves seven EU states - Ireland, Britain, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Belgium and Italy – and Colgan believes that the MAOC-N unit will be ‘‘a huge tool in terms of the bigger picture’’.
‘‘This is one of the biggest events, in terms of tackling international smuggling,” he said. ‘‘If you can take out the bulk - the big loads - that is the ideal. Transnational crime requires international cooperation at the highest and most effective level.
‘‘Traffickers do not respect boundaries, so law enforcement has to work across them to maximum effect. The emphasis with the Maritime Analysis and Operation Centre is thinking big.”
Even before the centre officially started operating last September, it had coordinated 22 operations in a trial period since the previous April. That led to ten seizures amounting to over ten tonnes of cocaine.
In recent days, Ireland’s first liaison officer, a member of Colgan’s unit, was dispatched to the permanent staff of MAOC-N, and will be based at the organisation’s headquarters in Lisbon. Gardaí are expected to follow suit and dispatch a liaison officer to the permanent office, where they will share information with EU counterparts.
Smugglers use a variety of methods to get drugs into Ireland. Smaller quantities of cocaine, ranging around one or two kilos in weight, are smuggled in via hand luggage thorough airports. West African gangs also play a ‘‘significant role’’ in using so-called ‘‘human mules’’ to smuggle ingested capsules - usually wax coated condoms - containing cocaine.
Some larger consignments are smuggling into Ireland via ports, in private and commercial vehicles. However, bulk transportations of narcotics originate in Central and South America and require large-scale planning to get them into Europe.
Concealing drugs alongside large commercial boats can provide excellent cover, particularly where there is mixed cargo. ‘‘Illegal trade is very much hidden alongside legal trade,” said Colgan. So Customs is adding a second X-ray container scanner to its arsenal, to scan containers unloaded from vessels at freight ports.
Privately owned boats - such as the catamaran Lucky Day, which transported the cocaine haul to Cork from Barbados on a five-week trip last summer - allow smugglers to transport drugs untracked. In an operation known as coopering, the ‘‘mothership’’ can be met by a smaller boat off the coast and the drugs taken ashore in smaller consignments.
Senior gardaí accept that there is an issue over the exposure of the Irish coastline. However, they insist that intelligence information from contacts in the criminal underworld, followed by lengthy surveillance and tracking of vessels, are what lead to the successful seizure of major bulk consignments of narcotics globally.
Attempting to estimate what drugs get through the net is next to impossible. An often-cited figure that law enforcement agencies catch just 10 per cent of the illegal trade is not based on empirical evidence - although extrapolations are frequently used to guess the extent of domestic drug supply by multiplying the volume of seizures by ten.
A more reliable United Nations study on the trafficking of cocaine from South and Central America, which examined production against seizures, indicated that law enforcement agencies managed to take out up to 42 per cent of drugs in the market.
In the first half of this year, gardaí have seized almost as much illicit narcotics as in all of last year. Drugs with an estimated street value of €46.8 million have been recovered this year, compared with €50.3 million last year. The figures exclude the Cork seizure, as it was not intended for the domestic market.
The figures show that heroin seizures have topped €1 8 million, and seizures of cannabis resin have exceeded the €15 million recovered last year. Cocaine worth €7.2 million has been intercepted.
The scale of the seizures would seem to reflect concerns that the use of drugs, particularly cocaine and heroin, has risen dramatically in Ireland. But Ireland is only a small part of a major international jigsaw.
After the US, Europe is the second-largest narcotics market in the world. The US Drug Enforcement Administration, part of the Department of Justice, estimates that about 80 per cent of cocaine from Latin America not intended for the US market is transported to Europe.
The lure is simple: profits are higher in Europe than in the US. Both in 2006 and last year, wholesale prices for cocaine in the EU area ranged between €28,000 and €56,600 per kilo. Higher supply in the US has forced wholesale prices down as low as $9,000.
Spain is the heart of Europe’s drugs trade, and the main route through which Latin American cocaine and North African cannabis enter the EU area. In 2006, Spanish law enforcement officers seized more than 40 tonnes of cocaine - the fourth highest globally after Colombia, the US and Venezuela.
The scale of the seizures reflects growing demand. More than 3 per cent of all adults in the EU - or about ten million people - have used cocaine at least once in their lives, a historically high figure, according to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction.
Research by the Irish National Advisory Committee on Drugs shows that the percentage of Irish people who have used cocaine at some stage in their lives rose from 3 per cent in 2002 to just over 5 per cent in 2007.
Concern over crystal meth seizure
The largest-ever seizure of so-called ‘crystal meth’ in Ireland has sparked concern among gardaí that use of the drug is more prevalent among recreational drug users than previously believed. More than 13lbs of the drug was found in a joint operation in the Midlands by the Garda National Drugs Unit and Revenue’s Customs drug enforcement unit.
Only small quantities of the drug had been found in Ireland previously. The find in Birr, Co Offaly, followed a nine-month investigation, codenamed Operation Chestnut, aimed at drug smuggling from central and eastern Europe. A 39-year-old Lithuanian was arrested and taken for questioning to Tullamore garda station.
Crystal meth, officially known as methamphetamine, is produced from a mixture of chemicals and is highly addictive as a stimulant to the central nervous system. It can be consumed in a variety of ways, such as injected or smoked.
The effects can last for several hours. Immediate effects are euphoria and greater mental focus, although it can also be marked by diarrhoea, nausea and excessive perspiration. Loss of appetite is also a common side-effect of use and chronic users can suffer dramatic and life-threatening weight loss. Other street names for methamphetamine include ‘ice’, ‘crystal’, ‘tina’ and ‘glass’.
Cannabis with a potential street value of close to €1.3 million was also seized in two operations last week.
In one operation by the gardaí and Customs, €1.1 million-worth of cannabis was found in pallets of tiles which had been imported to Dublin from southern Spain. In the second case, cannabis worth €175,000 was discovered in the petrol tank of a British-registered car that arrived in Rosslare on the ferry from Cherbourg, France.

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