HAPPY BOXING DAY…

Of boxers and birds…

IF THE COVER-UP CONTINUES, THEN THIS COULD BE THE BBC’s NEW LOGO…

FROM THE GONZO FILE:
Nov 3, 2012

Right. Here is the current BBC logo, representing the “British Broadcasting Corporation”…

COVERING FOR PEDOPHILES?
Looks like Auntie Beeb is not giving up any abusers in its orbit other than the deceased SIR Jimmy Savile, and Gazza the Glit. Fine. Now for the proposed new logo for the BBC, designed to reflect its current state as a public broadcaster that has lost the public’s confidence…

This BBC new logo could be good for the Beeb, allowing it come clean and be open and honest about its institutional values. Overall, is it a more accurate reflection than the brand at the top?

LASTLY, LET’S FIND OUT WHERE THAT TV LICENSE MONEY REALLY GOES…
Party, party, party! Maybe after Auntie Beeb is finished covering-up for her chronic institutional paedophile illness, she should really come clean and open the books to show us how much public money has been spent on the expense accounts (this will be listed under “fruit and flowers”) for booze – and of course, the fuel which keeps the BIG media going, and going – cocaine…?

WHICH OF THESE LOGOS IS BEST REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CURRENT PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF THE BBC TODAY…?

(WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE ORIGINAL LOGO REGAIN ITS MANTEL, BUT THAT’S UP TO THE BEEB NOW)

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A CRACK DEALER TURNS THE TABLE ON DESTINY

By Patrick Henningsen
21st Century Wire
Editorial
August 20, 2011

Following two weeks of news mired in rioting, social strife and crime in throughout the UK, it’s little wonder that some of our readers have been hit with “doom fatigue”.

The London riots were not pretty. For those among us who were unlucky enough to be caught in the middle of it, even the best spin doctors have struggled to find something positive to report. A few readers have asked us, “why all the negative news, where are the feel-good stories?”, and in all honesty, I’ve been hard pressed to find those nuggets in the pan, but alas, one did turn up this week…

To be sure, 21st Century Wire  is an alternative news agency whose primary function is to act as an early warning system, delivering information and analysis that enables our readers to achieve a better level of awareness about what’s happening in the world and to identify trends that will have a significant impact on society. Admittedly, positive news is not our core function- this is a job better left to other media outlets.

As London is being ripped apart by the clash of right-wing and left-wing ideologies, ‘no alternative’ police state measures, and as politicians attempt to dress the city’s fresh riot wounds with more cheap, off-the-shelf, divisive language of class-warfare, at least one gold nugget has come along to remind the doubting masses that there are individuals out there who can, and have– “flipped the script” of this otherwise muddy debate.

Quince Garcia is one such nugget, an individual whose vision and creativity are chronicled in the featured story below. If you haven’t heard of him, you should definitely listen to his story. It’s a story we all have a stake in, whether we are aware of it or not.

And something tells me that he is not alone in his exploits- it’s highly, highly likely that there are many, many more people like him existing in communities throughout the UK…
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EX-CRACK DEALER “FLIPS THE SCRIPT”

Reformed hustler now runs a media firm encouraging young people into film

By Juliana Lucas
THE VOICE

AN EX-CRACK dealer is transforming lives with a media project he developed to engage young people and keep them off the streets.

Quince Garcia, 32, spent up to seven years pedalling hard drugs on the streets of south London, but left the game after becoming a father and seeing the error of his ways.

QUINCE: Turned the situation around, now moving forward in life and art.

He later set up Road Works, a media centre in Kennington, south London to provide opportunities for teenagers to get into the film industry. It also teaches them skills such as how to write scripts, film production, post production and editing.”

SCREENPLAY

Garcia revealed how he first got interested in the media while serving a 12-month prison sentence. When he was in jail, he started to pen a screenplay about the life of a gangster.

He told The Voice: “When I was selling drugs I started writing a lot of the script at the same time as a form of escapism, but when I went to prison I wrote even more. When I came out I thought rather than go to places to get it funded, I will use my own initiative to get it out there.”

With the help of business partner Julien Bernard-Grau, Road Works was launched in 2009.

INSPIRATIONAL STORY: Former prisoner, now award-winning film maker Quince Garcia with business partner Julien Bernard-Grau.

Garcia, who recently received an award at the House of Lords for his project said: “We offer people a programme that will teach them a skill and a programme that teaches people how to become their own boss. This way we are trying to discourage them from joining gangs by providing another option. We are setting up a journalism centre, mentoring and a music programme that will deter them from crime. But I believe the Government should do more. They should create an atmosphere that lets teenagers know it does care about them.”

Although he spent time in prison, Garcia believes the experience helped him to shape a more positive future for himself.

“Prison helped me escape it all. I spent seven years of my life selling crack in south London, although it was a constant battle because it never really sat well with me. I never ever used to go home and think what I was doing was great. At the same time, I felt trapped. I didn’t have great social skills and I had a low self confidence and esteem.”

MEETING

When Garcia met Bernard-Grau at an event, they bonded over a shared interest in films. From that first meeting, they started to discuss plans to set up a media company.

Both were raised in south London but in very different settings: Bernard-Grau attended the prestigious Brits school while Garcia attending a local secondary school in Camberwell.

However they shared a belief that young people need opportunities to channel their talents in a positive direction.

“Bad care, bad living standards and a lack of opportunity are all the reasons why people turn to crime” says Bernard-Grau. “England has the highest child poverty rate in Europe and that’s why the Government needs to increase the minimum wage in order for people to avoid crime.”

In 2006, Garcia became the first person in his family to attend university and achieve a degree in film production, an experience which he said changed his life.

He added: “The drug lifestyle is over-glamorised especially by film and television. It’s not what it is like in real life, and that’s why we need to tell our children to stick to education. I know the implications of drugs. I am not trying to save the world but I want people to know there are alternatives out there. I see people like the late Amy Winehouse and I think it is really sad. I hope people recognise her talent and what drugs can do to them.”

This story originally appeared at THE VOICE.

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New WiFi technology can cover 12,000 square miles

By Matt Jurek
TEKGOBLIN
Aug 2, 2011

IEEE has just announced a new Wireless standard 802.22 that can cover up to 12,000 square miles. The standard is actually for Wireless Regional Area Networks or WRAN which uses the white spaces left in the TV frequency spectrum.

This new wireless standard is expected to bring internet connectivity to large areas which are less densely populated that did not have coverage previously. The WRAN will be able to deliver up to 22 Mbps without interfering with existing TV broadcast stations.

The network will function with a series of base stations like current wireless networks, the customer will only need a small box installed in their house for internet access. It’s now only a matter of time that you will be able to pick up the same wireless network at work and at home.

Check out the press release here for full details

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New Al Qaeda Leader Claims He Has Nothing To Do With Al Qaeda

May 19, 2011

“So who really is Saif al-Adel? The so called new al Qaeda leader has all the hall marks of another Goldstein figure in the mould of bin Laden and the former al Qaeda in Iraq figurehead al Zarqawi. The man has not been seen or heard of for close to ten years, his past is shadowy and undocumented, and we have a report from a legitimate investigative journalist documenting claims from Muhammad Ibrahim Makkawi that his identity was stolen and molded into the “sword of justice” by Western intelligence as part of a “big lie” that is the war on terror…”

THE NEW AL QAEDA LEADER? RECORDS SAY HE IS NOT.

READ FULL REPORT HERE

Get Ready for the Fourth ‘Matrix’ Film

By ELSPETH REEVE
Atlantic Wire
January 24, 2011

There will be a fourth Matrix movie. Will it star Keanu Reeves? Yes. But didn’t Neo die in the third one? Yes. And weren’t the second and third films not so great compared to the groundbreaking first film? Yes. But the only truly important questions here are these: Are you excited to see it? And what chemical enhancements do you plan on sneaking into the theater?

Keanu Reeves has signed a two movie deal to complete the Matrix series

Reeves told a London audience that the Wachowski brothers had finished working on a two-movie deal, in which he’ll star. Though the two sequels were “overwrought albatrosses that only serve to diminish the original’s impact,” the New York Post’s Jarett Wieselman writes, “Keanu said he still feels obliged to deliver the fans a movie worthy of The Matrix brand and promised that this new installment will ‘truly revolutionize’ the action genre like the original did.” The upcoming films will be shot in 3-D–exciting, Wieselman says, given the Wachowskis’ history of advancing sweet sci-fi effects like Bullet Time.

Final question: Do four Matrix films equal one Inception? Inception had four dream levels, after all.

SOURCES

• Are You Excited for a Fourth ‘Matrix’? Jarett Wieselman, New York Post

21st Century Matrix: Concept clips reveal the new Matrix