http://www.thegovernmentsays.com Comments on TheGovernmentSays.com en-gb Copyright The Government Says 2004-2005 rss@thegovernmentsays.com rss@thegovernmentsays.com Government news 1901-01-01T00:00+00:00 1 daily http://www.thegovernmentsays.com/comments/304514#comment_52146 http://www.thegovernmentsays.com/comments/191795#comment_51999 I am not hard of hearing, but I find that my enjoyment of many very good history programmes spoilt by the presence of intrusive background music and sound effects that bring the level down to that of the cheapest tabloid journalism. http://www.thegovernmentsays.com/comments/484133#comment_51991 Dear Mr Cameron, As a Rugby resident,( where a crematorium is planned in an area near to schools etc) I would urge you to look into legislation permitting the use of the 'Promessa" system of disposal. As you will be aware, this system does not produce the toxicity of cremation or the use of fuel etc. and is, therefore, environmentally desirable, with very little use of valuable land and resources. I feel Britain should be one of the world leaders using 'Promession' ( and Rugby possibly the first British town!) and I look forward to it's use being legal in our country very soon. Sincerely, Margaret Duckworth. http://www.thegovernmentsays.com/comments/191795#comment_51979 It would appear to me that the broadcasters have simply lost the plot. When people complain about background music (including noise which isn't really music), the response seems to be that it 'creates a mood'. This may be relevant in the case of a drama where the impact may be heightened by music, but it is most definitely not required in fact-based programmes where viewers usually want to make up their own minds based on content. What, for example, is the point of a music sound track attached to a science programme. Do the producers really think that it clarifies the message in some way, or do they have an agenda aimed at influencing our thoughts - Big Brother-like. Nature programmes also suffer, with a sort of tacit assumption that nature as she is can only hold an audience if the 'mood' is right. Just imagine taking a country walk in which a background noise makes it hard to hear the very sounds that are the object of the walk (bird-song, wind in the trees, flowing water etc.). And the experience that we get from observing (and listening to) nature programmes really is compromised by the this mindless insinuation of pointless music(and/or noise). http://www.thegovernmentsays.com/comments/191795#comment_51883 I am that fed up with trying to tell what is being said on tv nowadays that i find the best solution is to turn that program of and put something on that i can at least listen to if everybody done this i bet they would soon stop all the music and background noise that does nothing at all for the program http://www.thegovernmentsays.com/comments/191795#comment_51869 Thankyou very much for this site! I am greatful that others are trying to solve this problem too! It would be great to enjoy the programme; if I wanted to hear music, I would turn on the radio! P.S. Is there any software out there that can remove dubbed in "music", but leave the voice and background noises in? Is it possible for programme produces to mandatorily have a raw sound episode available for free download? What is the percentage of people with "cocktail party syndrome" or the official name of the condition which I have of not being able to concentrate on the voice when "music" has been dubbed in? Cheers, God Bless you all! http://www.thegovernmentsays.com/comments/191795#comment_51612 Homes under the Hammer, could not understand what the presenters were saying, music too loud. when are the BBC going to give it,s licence payers programmes they can watch and enjoy. will now turn off all programmes that contain this load music, as viewers want to listen to the presenters. come on all you programme makers and get the all the broadcasters to present them so all can enjoy. http://www.thegovernmentsays.com/comments/191795#comment_51552 Background music on all stations has got worse , i now find it impossible to watch tv and when i think that i pay virgin for the to watch more advertising than tv content i give up , where is the off switch ? http://www.thegovernmentsays.com/comments/191795#comment_51405 thankyou f stevens for making me laugh - otherwise far too easy to be driven to doom and despair! http://www.thegovernmentsays.com/comments/191795#comment_51386 not only are radio and TV documentaries made unintelligible by background 'music', but so, rather counter-productively, are all the trailers!; i dont mind it so much with films and plays, as at least the music has some function there - ie to invoke places or feelings that are not otherwise immediately revealed or otherwise fully experienced by the listener/viewer (who these days may well have already been desensitised by a whole life spent drowned in 'music') what really finishes it all off for me is that the 'music' is generally so brazenly trite and repetitive (often just a synthetic single bar with dumpety-dum rhythm, ad nauseam ), conveying only too well the mindset of the 'sound editors' ( they are either idiots themselves, or are openly condescending to what they perceive as audiences of idiots); why the presenters, and especially the ( sometimes too intrusive) talented photographers, put up with having their programmes ruined beats me! http://www.thegovernmentsays.com/comments/191795#comment_50801 There was a quite good TV programme about the sinking of the cruise ship totally destroyed by banging drums and synthesizer music. It was dreadful. http://www.thegovernmentsays.com/comments/191795#comment_50783 Following my previous comments, As a test , I watched these BBC programmes - HOMES UNDER THE HAMMER - this programme has brought a whole new meaning to background musak - foreground musak - totally unwatchable. BARGAIN HUNT - you might as well bring back TOP OF THE POPS! Today I tried to enjoy the repeat of HOME COOKING MADE EASY with the lovely lady Lorraine Pascale - I stress Repeat - I watched this programme `first time round` and I do not remember the whole programme drowned out by this moronic din. Has this been added for the repeat at extra cost of course? I want to listen to her and enjoy, I am sure that Lorraine does not have a ghetto blaster in the kitchen whilst recording. I repeat BBC - BANAL BACKGROUND CACOPHONY!!I now intend to utilize the Freedom of Information Act to ascertain the BBC budget for this complete waste of licence payers money. http://www.thegovernmentsays.com/comments/191795#comment_50767 Totally inappropriate background music & musak is driving me spare. Every TV programme is being ruined by it - even sport - why in heavens name do you need background musak when reviewing golf scores etc? Sheer lunacy!! The BBC appear to be the worst offender. Why constantly drown out programme narrative with this dreadful distraction? How do the hard of hearing people cope? For instance, why make a nature programme and then completely ruin it with musak - I thought that the whole point of a nature programme is to be able to enjoy the natural sounds. Mind you the BBC has been run by MORONS for many years - so what`s new!! I remember some time ago, Points of View had a representative from the BBC responsible for this topic - he said his dept. was looking into it - since then the problem seems to have escalated. How much of OUR licence fee is being squandered on this undesirable rubbish? My new interpretation of BBC - Banal Background Cacophony!! For goodness sake BBC - listen to your viewers and get your act together. http://www.thegovernmentsays.com/comments/191795#comment_49320 It is clear that a great number of people consider that TV documentaries are ruined by unnecessary and usually inappropriate background music. Many simply cannot hear the dialogue because of the music and as many more are irritated by the trivialising with subjective mood music of what could otherwise be stimulating informative TV. The music is presumably added after the narration. Could not the programme be shown at a different time or on a different channel without the music - or perhaps transmitted in stereo with the narration on one side and the music on the other? The viewer could then decide whether to have one or the other (or both). http://www.thegovernmentsays.com/comments/267432#comment_49240 I have an excellent record in the care sector and have doing the job for 16 yrs i have been working as a manager of a care home for 6 years now and recently have been attending interviews for other homes as i feel i need a new challenge. 6 yrs ago i finished a relationship and the lady did not take too kindly to this and made an alegation i had hit her on my way out the door. i was arrested on abh and at the time was awaiting a job start the one i am currently at. they said to me that they would take me on if it were common assault but not abh. my solicitor said that it would take 5-6 months to get to court and there was obviously no evidence and it would certainly be quashed and funnily enough the police offered me a caution for common assault and then they would take it no further. i was gob smacked they obviously had nothing and knew a court case would prove me innocent but also knew i was awaiting a job start and used this as an opportunity to get a caution at least i felt i had to accept this and did so or else the job would have gone. but now i cannot get a job that i know 6-7 years ago i would have got with my eyes closed this caution is still on my enhanced CRB and i am certain this is the reason for my now lack of finding a new job. This is so unfair and at a time when unemployment is at a record high this type of record is preventing many law abiding people from getting work. http://www.thegovernmentsays.com/comments/191795#comment_49089 Background music is driving me nuts. You can't undestand half of what is being said because of the loud obnoxious music in TV, movies etc: I like to eat in Taco Bell. I have complained many times in the resturant and on line. It gets turned down very few times. It's very hard to carry a conversation trying to talk over loud music. http://www.thegovernmentsays.com/comments/200005#comment_47995 nice government website ================= auto auctions http://www.thegovernmentsays.com/comments/89560#comment_47817 David Duff is also a Director of a company called QM5 limited. It's details are: Registered no: 07292465 , The Registered office is: Suite 303 ,34 Buckingham Palace Road, London ,SW1W 0RH which is David Duff's London Address. 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Why,Why,Why are unrelated sounds allowed to destroy the purpose of a programme? http://www.thegovernmentsays.com/comments/191795#comment_47333 I fully agree that background music must be stopped. It is ruining virtually every documentary whether it be in studio or outside broadcasts. Do these producers not realise that people with hearing difficulties are entitled to listen to these programmes the same as anyone else. http://www.thegovernmentsays.com/comments/191795#comment_47278 I am partially deaf and have tinnitus in one ear. I can hear sufficiently well in everyday life for my partial deafness not to be a handicap but when it comes to television programmes - films, plays and dramas in particular - I am, most of the time, completely unable to understand the dialogue due to overwhelmingly intrusive background music. I realise that standards for audio should not be driven entirely by people with impaired hearing but surely consideration must be given to the very considerable percentage of the population who experience this problem. Even people with good hearing complain about the excessively loud and intrusive volume of background music on television. Often this music is completely unnecessary to heighten the drama of a programme and is symptomatic of the apparent need on the part of producers and/or directors to "ram it into our heads". I can not think of a more eloquent phrase to use - indeed this practice does not deserve to be treated with eloquence. Isn't there some industry regulation or norm whereby producers of television programmes ensure that background music should not exceed a certain volume as a proportion of dialogue? Apparently not. However, it's no use just complaining - there needs to be a mechanism whereby a dialogue can take place between television viewers and programme producers in order to solve this widespread problem once and for all. After all, programmes are supposed to meet the needs and likes of viewers. http://www.thegovernmentsays.com/comments/875875#comment_47261 Dear Prime Minister Lord Green he wrote: "We need to be able to look ourselves in the mirror and ask two questions about our role in the global bazaar: how is what I am doing contributing to human welfare? Ask some of HSBC Customers in INDIA what he has CONTRIBUTED to there lives as Chairman of HSBC BESIDES SUFFERING. Have a good Look in the MIRROR Lord Green. http://www.complaintsboard.com/?search=hsbc http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/HSBC-asked-to-pay-Rs-20-lakh-for-wrongly-blacklisting-customer/articleshow/5357634.cms http://www.indiaconsumerforum.org/?p=4631 http://www.consumercomplaints.in/?search=hsbc%20bank&page=2 And why am I specifically doing it?Was it for profit. Please go to this site. This is an interview that I did concerning HSBC. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB3vbb9Tx7E When Mr Green was Chairman did HSBC supply false and misleading information to a sitting Member of Parliament???? Ask him Mr Cameron. He is now Lord Green ex-Chairman of HSBC now Trade Minister. HELLO DAVID CAMERON what are you doing, HSBC announces 4200 people out of work, to cut cost and save money. Yet they gave their new CEO £ 9,000,000 LAST YEAR. While Green was Chairman. NOW he is made a LORD. The Tories SAY they will not be rewarding BANKERS. Made a Lord what a reward for a banker. With HINDSIGHT Prime Minister With HINDSIGHT Please ASK LORD GREEN what is HSBC doing to the people in India. Ask him about Household. Ask him about his GLOBAL FOOTPRINT in India. At HSBC AGM in 2010 he told shareholders he would not be going anywhere, he would at the 2011 AGM as Chairman. With HINDSIGHT Lord Green. Lord Green Minister of God, Minister of ARMS???? Have a good Look in the MIRROR Lord Green. Mr Cameron is Lord Green the right MAN, INSREAD of making him a Lord, you should order an investigation into HSBC and what it is doing in India. Kind regards Michael Mason-Mahon http://www.thegovernmentsays.com/comments/875875#comment_47260 Dear Prime Minister Lord Green he wrote: "We need to be able to look ourselves in the mirror and ask two questions about our role in the global bazaar: how is what I am doing contributing to human welfare? Ask some of HSBC Customers in INDIA what he has CONTRIBUTED to there lives as Chairman of HSBC BESIDES SUFFERING. Have a good Look in the MIRROR Lord Green. http://www.complaintsboard.com/?search=hsbc http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/HSBC-asked-to-pay-Rs-20-lakh-for-wrongly-blacklisting-customer/articleshow/5357634.cms http://www.indiaconsumerforum.org/?p=4631 http://www.consumercomplaints.in/?search=hsbc%20bank&page=2 And why am I specifically doing it?Was it for profit. Please go to this site. This is an interview that I did concerning HSBC. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB3vbb9Tx7E When Mr Green was Chairman did HSBC supply false and misleading information to a sitting Member of Parliament???? Ask him Mr Cameron. He is now Lord Green ex-Chairman of HSBC now Trade Minister. HELLO DAVID CAMERON what are you doing, HSBC announces 4200 people out of work, to cut cost and save money. Yet they gave their new CEO £ 9,000,000 LAST YEAR. While Green was Chairman. NOW he is made a LORD. The Tories SAY they will not be rewarding BANKERS. Made a Lord what a reward for a banker. With HINDSIGHT Prime Minister With HINDSIGHT Please ASK LORD GREEN what is HSBC doing to the people in India. Ask him about Household. Ask him about his GLOBAL FOOTPRINT in India. At HSBC AGM in 2010 he told shareholders he would not be going anywhere, he would at the 2011 AGM as Chairman. With HINDSIGHT Lord Green. Lord Green Minister of God, Minister of ARMS???? Have a good Look in the MIRROR Lord Green. Mr Cameron is Lord Green the right MAN, INSREAD of making him a Lord, you should order an investigation into HSBC and what it is doing in India. Kind regards MichaelMason-Mahon http://www.thegovernmentsays.com/comments/89560#comment_47204 Jacqueline Caws and David Duff are both Directors of a company called EUS Properties 1 ltd..They have recently purchased 16 apartments at the RBS Springside development under this company name and David Duff has recently been closely linked with the demise of the Edinburgh Charity, EUS (Edinburgh University Settlement) and is currently under investigation by the Scottish Charity Regulator OSCR...I hope this is of help to you... http://www.thegovernmentsays.com/comments/191795#comment_47159 I had to stop watching the Dr Who Christmas programme because I was struggling to hear the dialogue over the background music. Instead I switched over to another BBC channel and experienced the same problem. RESULT... I pressed the ''off'' button on the television. Perhaps we could have a two tier licence fee; one price without background music and a premium price for those who would prefer the supposed 'added value' of background sounds. No brainer? I agree with Peter Hack . With all the technology available today (i.e. Red Button), surely it could be possible to have an extra button on the remote control that turns the music off. A waste of licence money if I can't actually watch wat I'm paying for. Should I demand a refund? http://www.thegovernmentsays.com/comments/865640#comment_47120 It is my belief that the UK Government were keen to close VWD down because of the new controls over who may or may not play the UK or Euromillions lotteries. Since December 2010 you have to be resident, and remain so, in the UK when you buy a ticket. VWD, a company based in the UK, were operating syndicates worldwide, which clearly is against the new controls. VWD was never a scam, although pretty bad odds for your money. I played with them for four years and have never had reason to complain. When they closed down I got a full refund of my current subscription. RIP VWD. http://www.thegovernmentsays.com/comments/221246#comment_47101 Does this mean since 16 june 2007 I can finally have all my disability benifits ,my name is Martin paul Wilkinson NI.wLIO4330D,and also my sons benifits whom has been diagnosed, with autism, and ADHD,and his name is Martin fredrick stanley william wilkinson and he was born 23/07/94 , after three and a half years of waiting and being given so many different answers , I am getting rather frustrated now , so could you do the decensecy of finally paying us all benifits that myself and my son were receiving in the uk , and we done the honest thing by telling you ,that we are moving to france 16/06/2007 so if you could be so kind ,to tell me when all monies have been paid and benifits have been reinstated thankyou mr martin paul wilkinson . http://www.thegovernmentsays.com/comments/853946#comment_47045 Hi Guys, Not sure if you aware of this, but a fairly seismic shift in the movement to giving children's rights a legal and reinforced position in society. cheers http://www.thegovernmentsays.com/comments/191795#comment_46960 I agree with all the comments made regarding the background music. Considering how long this problem has been festering, plus the previous sympathetic comments from the BBC, it seems rather strange that the problem is getting worse not better with the music volume increasing by the day. If it is true that this can be controlled by the viewer with the use of the red button this information should be made public knowledge by the authority in control of broadcasting standards. http://www.thegovernmentsays.com/comments/431274#comment_46828 I have experienced over 2 and a half years of constant noise disturbances due to laminate flooring and inconsiderate behaviour from tenants living in the flat above me. One tenant was present for six months and actually lowered the volumne of his TV and took his shoes off after I endured four months of noise. However, the tenants that have occupied the flat since let their child run and jump around from early afternoon until late into the night which, on it's own, is extremely stressful. They also have visitors stay and / or around for the evening / night / early morning making lots of noise and in turn dictating when I get to go to sleep. I have tried to approach them on many occassions without success. I have also written to the landlord, the managing agents and the Environmental Health again without success. I have been bullied by the tenant when I have complained and all I am asking for is some consideration. I therefore sign this partition to not only ask that a fine be set up but also that laminate flooring be illegal within any property above ground floor level - especially in flats (unless of course you live in a house and chose to floor it totally in laminate). Thank you. http://www.thegovernmentsays.com/comments/191795#comment_46378 All the above comments are so true. Try watching the Genius of Britain (More4) and the music over powers this very interesting programme. You miss some very important statments. Is this done so we can sell it to the USA ??? Is the mass of people in this country so dumb that they need music to get what the programme is about !!! http://www.thegovernmentsays.com/comments/327391#comment_46358 Having read the above comments I find it amusing that all the expats who have chosen to desert the UK, and who now spend their retirement money supporting other EU countries economies, should have the nerve to complain about not receiving winter fuel allowance from the UK Government.If they think it is unfair then they should come back to the UK, start spending their money here to help our economy,and apply for heating allowance. http://www.thegovernmentsays.com/comments/418791#comment_45983 This is a money making scam as our wonderful Politicians have got the country into so much debt they do not know how to get more out of the taxpayer. Please note that Politicians are NOT CRB CHECKED! Imagine if they were - ppeple such as Harman would not be allowed to work!! She can hit and run and not get prosecuted! The Police can kill somone and get away with it. I would like to ask why there is one law for us and another for them. They have taken millions from this scam. They will never be CRB checked as they do not have the money to build more prisons and lets face it we would need at least two prisons for the Labaour party, one for the Concervatives, one for the Lib dems and at least one for the senile judges and the Police. http://www.thegovernmentsays.com/comments/719758#comment_45889 This is yet a further attack on those who seek to provide even a modest pension for themselves. I think you will find that we have all had enough of Government destroying final salary pensions schemes & the reaction against this policy will hopefully make you think again - which I urge you to do. http://www.thegovernmentsays.com/comments/578901#comment_45849 This scheme has given some financial support to our listed places of worship in recent years. At St Mary's Church, Denby, Derbyshire, ALL of the lead on our roof was stolen over the period from mid Feb to early April this year. Eccliastical Insurance has introduced a max claim limit of £5000 for metal thefts - it has cost more than this just to make the roof watertight with felt. Being Grade 1 Listed, it is not clear that permssion will be forthcoming to use any other material, so we may be forced to re-install what will be uninsurable lead (estimated cost £30,000). With very small financial reserves available to us, the VAT scheme at least provides a little support for situations such as ours. http://www.thegovernmentsays.com/comments/299795#comment_45774 i am againsttax flight bands increase nov 2010 the rise of £50 to £150 on flight to caribbean http://www.thegovernmentsays.com/comments/559503#comment_45723 "Marion is absolutely right.Adoption is an inhumane practice. It is a social experiment that has failed. It only helps and benefits people who adopt, not vunerable mothers and their babies.Separation of mother and child cause life-long,severe mental health and physical ailments to both the mother and the child who is subsequently adopted. Often times you do not hear about these injuries because mothers are so severely traumatized, and their children grow up confused and feeling obligated to those who supposedly "rescued" them. There are humane alternatives to adoption such as helping ALL mothers keep their babies regardless of their age, income and/or marital status. Next would be kinship care whereby the child would be taken in and raised by the next of kin and those people would have first legal right.Finally, and only in extreme cases would legal guardianship which would protect the child's original name and forever access for them to their natural family members and information. Mothers especially of BabyScoopEra have been horribly traumatized by the enforced removal of their babies simply because THEY WERE NOT MARRIED. See www.babyscoopera.com Today these practises still occur but are covered up by supposed "open" adoptions which usually close soon after the mother signs the "agreement." Those agreements are not legally enforceable by her but she is not told this till way to late. Karen.W.Buterbaugh. http://www.thegovernmentsays.com/comments/559503#comment_45699 ADOTION SHOULD NEVER BE AN OPTION. FAMILY PRESERVATION,ENRICHES A NATION. There is world wide research,by the world's top adoption psychologists,and therapists,and there is ongoing research in the field of adoption grief and loss,proving the HOLOCAUST of pain and misery, adoption becomes,to the mother and child, separated through adoption. If not dealt with timeously, four stages of trauma,then fracture, culminating in fragmentation of the psyche occurs,both of mother and child, this becomes a bottomless abyss of sorrow. Patterns appears paralleling mothers and their lost children. Unreported cases of self destruction ensue, drugs, alcohol dependency, and most tragic of all SUICIDES. Medical records,are the bona fide proof of this travesty. If a child needs to be separated from parents,then legal guardianship,is in the best intrests of the child,God allows you to be nurturing parents,through these separated years. Will governments and churches wake up to this HOLOCAUST IN OUR MIDST. WILL CHURCHES, and SOCIAL SERVICES, who ARE NOT professionals in the field of adoption, who have absolutely no acumen, in the field of family separation, severed forever due to adoption. LEAVE IT TO THE PROFESSIONALS. LISTEN TO THE MOTHERS, FATHERS, AND OUR LOST CHILDREN, SEPARATED 20/30/30/50/ DUE TO THE CRUEL ACT OF ADOPTION. PSYCHOLOGICAL,and PYCHIATRIC RESEARCH, outcome of adoption grief and loss,is available world wide on this subject. YET STILL TODAY IN THE U.K WE HAVE FORCED ADOPTION. COERCION. UNINFORMED CHOICE, WHICH IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE,WHEN THIS RESEARCH MATERIAL IS AVAILABLE. GOVERNMENTS, WAKE UP TO THE TRUE COST OF ADOPTION. MENTAL HEALTH AND PHYSICAL HEALTH, costing billions due to UNRESOLVED GRIEF AND LOSS. Introduce parenting skills in early years curriculum, carry it through primary, make it cumpulsary in secondary. Mentoring, and sponsoring,is the way ahead,take a leaf from many of the greats in passed history,good practice. Dr. Kate Waller Barrett. Every child born into this world, is a gift from God,every child born into the world, is a gift to the country born into, every child born into this world, enriches the community born into, every child born into the world, is a living treasure to the family born into. Every child has a GOD GIVEN, inalienable right to be love and cared for by THEIR NATURAL PARENTS. Mrs Marion McMillan. http://www.thegovernmentsays.com/comments/585835#comment_45648 http://www.thegovernmentsays.com/comments/547630#comment_45622 I object most strongly to the BBMF display being canceled. I did not serve in the RAF but was in the FAA for 3years. Tom Hall http://www.thegovernmentsays.com/comments/547630#comment_45621 I object most strongly to the BBMF display being canceled. I did not serve in the RAF but was in the FAA for 3years. Tom Hall http://www.thegovernmentsays.com/comments/558660#comment_45602 why should all dog owner's be penalised for the people that do not clean up after their dogs most dog owners are responable people it is a few that spoil it for all http://www.thegovernmentsays.com/comments/585835#comment_45588 No - No - No. Whoever thought up this ridiculous idea should not be in power. We have regular flooding in this area, with no mains sewerage or gas, and frequent electricity cuts. Look after the present residents as a first priority please. We do not want a prison in our vicinity and our limited facilities could not cope with one. http://www.thegovernmentsays.com/comments/626191#comment_45584 I believe the closed season is outdated and should be abolished as it has now been proved that the closure does not help the fish breeding program http://www.thegovernmentsays.com/comments/607109#comment_45582 http://www.thegovernmentsays.com/comments/533301#comment_45578 We are holding a protest at 10 Downing Street on May 5th between 11 and 4pm. This is in response to the out right refusal to look at CCSVI as a viable treatment. Come an join us and spread the news http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=108227269211224