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Information about The Bill for use in fan fictions or anything similar. (aka: how I found out there's a character limit on Tumblr) This will be edited, please feel free to comment anything you want adding or editing.

Part 2

Nicknames for the police/officers:

The Old Bill, Bizzies (busybodies or 'too busy to help'), Feds, Bluebottles, Coppers, Bobbies, Rozzers, Peelers, The Filth, The Fuzz, Dibble (Officer Dibble from Top Cat), Pigs, Plod, Plonk (Person Of Limited Or No Knowledge), The Thin Blue Line, Bacon ("Can you smell bacon?") "The Babylon" (Jamican slang), Boys In Blue, Hawaii 5-O, Woody/Woodentops, The Scum, PoPo, The Law, Gammon.

In the earlier series, CID would refer to Uniform as Woodentops and Woodentops would refer to CID as Superstars.

Community Support Officers: CHIMPS (Completely Hopeless In Most Policing Situations), Hobby Bobby, Plastic Policeman,

Police Lingo, acronyms and abbreviations

ABE: Achieving Best Evidence - recording a victim of serious sexual assault on video for their first statement so it can be played in court to show how they were/the state they were in and try and limit the victim having to be there in person/cross examined etc.

ABH: Actual Bodily Harm

AMIP: Area Major Incident Pool (now Specialist Crime And Operations)

ANPR: Automatic Numberplate Recognition

AP: Agrieved Person - Victim

ARV: Armed Response Vehicle

ASBO: Antisocial Behaviour Order.

ASNT: Area Searched No Trace.

ASP: Baton

Big Red Key: The enforcer

BIU: Borough Intelligence Unit - this is where they could check facial recognition, check through CCTV and use the computers to check for suspects and find out peoples backgrounds.

BLO: Borough Liaison Officer

Blues and twos: Lights/Sirens on police cars

CAD: Computer Aided Dispatch

CIB: Complaints Investigation Bureau, later DPS (Directorate Of Professional Standards)

CID: Criminal Investigation Department

CIM: Critical Incident Manager - Inspector usually who oversees all the big jobs and makes decisions to keep things rolling smoothly rather than lots of chiefs making conflicting decisions.

Civvies (normal civilian clothes - ie a PC changing for an obbo)

CO19 (Used to be SO19 - armed officers. Smithy and Max used to be CO19 officers.) Apparently now MO19!

Code 11: Off Duty

CPS: Crown Prosecution Service

CPT: Child Protection Team

Crimint: Criminal Intelligence

CRIS: Crime Report Information System

CS Spray: Sprayed at criminal resisting arrest. Temporarily makes them unable to see properly and irritates their respiratory system. to enable them to be arrested. Sometimes now called PAVA spray.

CSE: Crime Scene Examiner (was SOCO- Scenes Of Crime Officer)

CSU: Community Support/Safety Unit Now joined with DVU and called SODAIT - Sexual Offences And Domestic Abuse Investigation Team

CLO: Community Liaison Officer

D&D: Drunk And Disorderly.

DVU: Domestic Violence unit. See CSU.

ETA: Expected Time Of Arrival "ETA, 5 minutes."

FATAC: Fatal Accident

Fence: Someone who buys and sells stolen goods

FED REP: Federation Representatives. Officers trained to support officers who are accused of crimes or otherwise want to take the service/bosses on.

FIU: Financial Investigation Unit

FLO: Family Liaison Officer (supports the family members/person who is going through a horrendous time. IE: Jim when Eva's daughter when missing and Smithy to Leanne Samuels when her daughter Carly was murdered)

FME: Force/Forensic Medical Examiner (Police doctor who reviews and treats criminals (and occasionally injured staff) who have gotten hurt, have complex medical issues or who need medication)

FPN: Fixed Penalty Notice - an on the spot fine.

GBH: Grievous Bodily Harm

Grass: informing on someone who has done a crime. Handling: someone who has accepted/bought stolen items either knowingly or unknowingly dependant on circumstances.

IBO: Used in later years instead of the CAD room, the Integrated Borough Operations handled non emergency telephone calls, CCTV viewing, contacting officers and similar. The CAD room was not needed as emergency calls were answered at Scotland Yard or Hendon and then sent to the relevant IBO Operator for the borough (which would be at Bow Central Communications Command) who would then send it to Sun Hill's IBO so all information can be relayed to the officers attending. Much like CAD, the IBO has a Sgt and PC's who would monitor the CCTV and IBO computers and assign officers to calls.

IC1-6 This is how the officers described skintones when searching for suspects/victims/witnesses.IC1 is White skinned european. IC2 is Dark Skinned European. IC3 is Afro Caribbean appearance, IC4 is Asian appearance (Indian Pakistani or Bangladeshi), IC5 is Chinese or Japanese appearance and IC6 is Arabian/Egyptian appearance.

Index: Vehicle registration - spelt out phonetically

India 99: Police helicopter.

IRB: Incident Report Book (Notebook) apparently now it's a force/work phone!

IRV: Incident Response Vehicle

LIO: Local Intelligence Officer

LEO: Local Enforcement Officer

LOS: Lost or Stolen

Misper: Missing Person

MIT: Major Incident Team (Used to be Murder Investigation Team)

MP: Met Police Information Room (Scotland Yard)

NCPA: No Cause For Police Action

NCS: National Crime Squad

NFA: No Further Action

NOIP: Notice Of Intended Prosecution. You're not arrested but the police are coming to take you to court soon.

Nonce: Sexual Offender - most used for Paedophiles.

OBBO: Observation - Keeping watch on suspects

OP: Observation Point

PACE: Police And Criminal Evidence Act - The police are bound to act by all rules, objectives and codes of conduct of this act of parliament in every part of their work.

PANDA: Normal police car that's not used for pursuing other cars. That's generally left to the Area Car or an IRV.

Pimp - someone who takes money from a woman on the sex trade. Also known as living off immoral earnings.

PIT: Precision Immobilisation Technique Manoeuvre (usually they try using a stinger to burst the tiers of a car thats speeding away from the police but it's not always possible. Where the road is wide enough and no one will become endangered by it,advanced drivers who are TPAC trained can do a manoeuvre to the car they're chasing and put it into spin to stop it. It CANNOT be done to busses/trucks/motorcycles etc and it's advised to not do it to a car you fear may be carrying armed occupants but to be honest it's not a massively used thing in the UK.)

PNC: Police National Computer = Real time checks on criminal records, outstanding warrants, missing and wanted people, registration checks etc.

PolAc: Police Accident (Ie car crash or hitting a pedestrian etc when it's a police officer involved)

PR: Officers police radio.

Refs: Refreshments/break time

Ringer - A vehicle that has been made up of parts of other cars or identity changed. Sometimes called a Cut n Shut.

RJ: Restorative Justice - a criminal doing something instead of being cautioned/imprisoned - like painting over their graffiti with a new coat of paint.

RTA/C: Road Traffic Accident/Collision

Rule 43 (Now 45): Vulnerable Prisoners in a prison. Smithy endured bullying to avoid being put in this as it means segregation and would bring him more attention and also a lot of isolation. This is for prisoners who are sex offenders, mentally ill, have a target on their back for grassing or being a convicted police/prison officer etc.

RUI: Released Under Investigation - bailed but the case is still being investigated and can be rearrested at any moment. The police hate this but the government have got touchy over bailing people.

Section 59 - Anti Social Behaviour Vehicle Seizure - you've kept driving like a prat so they're taking your car.

Section 165 - Seizing a car for no insurance. Most likely to be crushed.

Shout: A call out/incident communicated over the radio.

Sierra Oscar: Sun Hill Station Call Sign

Snout: Registered informant who gets paid for giving info. NNo sometimes CHIS - Covert Human Intelligence Source or Informant.

SO10: Now Covert Operations - Undercover Policing - can be long term and go really deep undercover. Stevie used to be in this dept. Now includes Counter Terrorism.

SOCA: Serious And Organised Crime Agency

SOPO: Sex Offenders Prevention Order (useless essentially!)

SOR - Sex Offenders Register

Stretch: Prison sentence.

TIU: Telecoms Investigation/Intelligence Unit

TOA: Time Of Arrival "Show me TOA 13.23"

Tom: Prostitute

TPAC Tactical Pursuit And Containment - trained officers who bring vehicles to a stop - like boxing cars in etc.

Trojan Unit: Armed Police

TSG: Territorial Support Group

TWOC: Taking a car without owners consent

VIN: Vehicle Identification Number

VRN: Vehicle Registration Number

Phonetic Alphabet Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, Juliet, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebeck, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, Xray, Yankee, Zulu.

Areas Of Sun Hill/Canley Wharfs/Docks Jubilee Wharf, India Wharf, Limeharbour Dock, Sussex Wharf, Limeharbour Dock, Sussex Wharf, Old Jubilee Dock & Boatyard, Masters Wharf, Dockland Pier, Skippers Wharf

Council Estates Aldbourne, Bronte, Abelarde, Antrim Green, Canley, Farley, Parkmead, Jasmine Allen, Coal Lane, Cockcroft, Whitegate, Hardie, Larkmead, Tankeray, Copthorne, Netherlake,

[The earlier series had Riverdale Estate and one of the blocks was called Elizabeth Garret Anderson]

Other Stations Barton Street (Sierra Bravo) , Spicer Street, Putney Green, Stafford Row (Sierra Charlie), Tottenham (Echo Oscar) Diplomatic Protection (Delta Papa)

[Tower Wharf mentioned in series 2]

Industrial Estates

Cheetham Road Industrial Estate

Streets Trafford Way, Loftus Road, Leermont Road, Gatley Street, Purchase Road (Red light district), Brands Square, Jamaica Lane, Larkway Street, Godwick Street, Sun Hill Road, Shadwell Street, Harlow Street, Dunsford Street, Brown Square, Victoria Road, Dorral Road, Alforn Street, Mallan Street, Ashon Street, Brim Road, Rudcus Street, Cheetam Road, Cheetham Side, Jessop Street, Halpern Street, Tallow Street, Hoxton Road, Backhouse Street/Lane, Mournemouth Street/Avenue, Rudkin Road, Bagford Street, Brunell Avenue, Askill Road, Limefield Walk, Railton Street, Canley High Street, Ida Lane, Tubbs Lane, Claydon Street, Woodley Heath Road, Ballina Road, Starkwater Road, Calico Street, Tedder Street, Greenroad Way, Greaton Road, Mooreland Road, Ibbot Street, Rudleigh Road, Westway, Abbey Road, Broom Lane, Foundry Way, Humber Street, Muston Street, Valance Street

Prisons Longmarsh

Hospitals St Hughs

Schools

Cheetam Primary/Junior School, Shad Thames Infants School, Elcott Primary,

Canley Comprehensive, Harvey Wallace Comp, Deansgate Comprehensive, Cheetam Bank,

Pubs

Canley Arms, Askill Arms, Rose And Crown, The Green Archer, The Bears Head, The Elcott Arms, The Seven Bells, The White Swan, The Scales, The Grape And Bottle, The Dog And Gun, The Pikes Head, The Thames Tavern, The Pikes Head, The Tully Arms, The Boat Inn, The Tug, The Emma Hamilton, The Cock And Crown, The Sultan. Lord Banbury

Misc

North Canley Sports Center, Canley Fields, City Farm, St Ann's Church, Cheetham Community Support Center,

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Mitä muuta kuin musiikkia konserteissa esitetään?

Pianolla on hyvin mielenkiintoinen historia sukupuolentutkimuksen näkökulmasta. Naisten musisoimista tutkinut Lucy Green[1] kirjoittaa, että 1800-luvun vaihteessa pianon katsottiin olevan eurooppalaiselle ylimystön naiselle kaikkein sopivin soitin. Syyt tähän ovat yksinkertaiset. Pianoa soitetaan istualtaan, jolloin suurin osa ruumiista pysyy liikkumattomana. Kosketinsoittimilla voitiin sitä paitsi säestää sen aikakauden kaikkein feminiinisimpänä pidettyä musiikkia eli laulua. Eräs musiikkikirjoittaja 1700-luvun lopun Wienissä pohtii seuraavasti.

Jokaisen hyvän kasvatuksen saaneen tytön täytyy opetella soittamaan pianoa tai laulamaan – oli hänellä sitten lahjakkuutta tai ei. Ensinnäkin se on muodikasta, toiseksi se on käytännöllisin ja viehättävin tapa näyttäytyä seurapiireille, jonka seurauksena hän voi hyvällä onnella päästä hyvin naimisiin[2].

Samaan aikaan 1800-lukua leimaa hyvin toisenlainen pianon ja sukupuolen narratiivi. Soitinteknologian kehittymisen myötä säveltäjille avautui uusia ilmaisullisia ulottuvuuksia. Pianolle sävelletyt uudet teokset asettivat sekä soittimen että soittajan äärirajoille. Säveltäjän toivomat vahvat fortet osoittautuivat naisille haastaviksi toteuttaa häiritsemättä heidän sukupuolelleen sopivaa passiivisuutta. Myös naisten vaatemuoti teki isommista kehollisista liikkeistä lähes mahdottomia.  

Beethovenin musiikkia alkoivat esittää etenkin miehet. Musiikintutkija Tia DeNoran[3] mukaan toistamalla jatkuvasti esityksiä, joissa säveltäjän musiikki yhdistetiin miehen ruumiiseen, musiikki alkoi symboloida muun muassa maskuliinisuutta ja viriiliä voimaa.

Samalla toistettiin myös esityksiä, joissa Beethovenia edeltävien säveltäjien musiikki yhdistetiin kotioloissa tai salongeissa soittaviin naisiin. Toki naispuolisia konserttipianistejakin oli. Tässä musiikkikriitikko Stephen Hellerin ajatuksia pianisti Wilhelmine Szavárdyn soitosta, joka resitaalissaan soitti muun muassa Beethovenia:

hänellä on viehättävät sormet, mutta mitä ikinä hänen ihailijansa sanovatkaan, häneltä puuttuu paljon mitä tulee sielukkuuden ja totuuden luonnolliseen ilmaisuun. Hän soittaa kuin lapsi ja nainen, joista kummastakaan ei ole taiteen tekemiseen. Naisissa on jotain viehättävää ja arvokasta, mitä ominaisuuksia he itse tulkitsevat väärin ylevyydeksi ja ilmaisuksi soitossaan, näiden asioiden he käsittävät olevan väärin omaperäisiä.[4]

Palatkaamme sitten nykypäivään. Vaikuttaako pianon historiallinen tausta nykyajan pianisteihin, ja miksi sukupuolen ja musiikin yhteyttä kannattaisi pohtia?

On monta syytä tarkastella sukupuolen ja musiikin yhteyttä nykypäivänä. Esimerkiksi The Guardianin[5] tekemässä haastattelussa pianisti Yuja Wangista pohditaan, että Wangilla on ikään kuin kaksi identiteettiä. Toinen on muotitietoinen ”fashionista” ja toinen on suuria pianoteoksia soittava virtuoosi. Jutun kommenttiosio osoittaa, että näiden yhdistäminen ei ole ongelmatonta. Eräs kommentoija kirjoittaa, Wangin kehon häiritsevän hänen kuuntelukokemustaan Brahmsista ja Schubertista. Hän kehottaa ”tyttöä” laittamaan persoonallisuutensa ruotuun ja keskittymään musiikkiin. Wangin ruumis nähdään siis musiikkia häiritsevänä elementtinä.

Kenen ruumis on sitten sopiva musiikin esittämiseen? Onko valkoisen miehen ruumis oletus ja kaikki siitä poikkeavat kehot ”häiritseviä”? Vai onko kyse pelkästään vaatetuksesta? Tätä tekstiä kirjoittaessani viimeistelen myös pro graduani siitä, miten naiseksi identifioituvat pianistit kokevat sukupuolen, ruumiillisuutensa ja seksuaalisuutensa. Haastatteluaineisto viittaa siihen, että pianistit ovat kyseenalaistaneet oman soittonsa vakuuttavuutta juuri sukupuolestaan johtuen.

Eihän se sinänsä yllätä, sillä onhan suurin osa pianisteista soittanut ennen kaikkea miesten säveltämiä teoksia. Äänitysteknologian kehittyessä 1900-luvun puolessa välissä, ikuistivat erityisesti (valkoiset) miehet Bachin ja Beethovenin pianomusiikkia, samalla ikuistaen itsensä näiden mestarisäveltäjien mestaritulkitsijoiksi. 

Voiko Beethovenin suurimpia teoksia soittava nainen koskaan olla vakuuttava? Toki vakuuttavan Beethoven-soiton voidaan ajatella olevan haasteellista muillekin sukupuolille. Muille sukupuolille historia kuitenkin näyttää hieman synkemmältä.

Miten tätä sitten rikkoa? Miten muusikko voi välttyä olemasta konserttilavoilla kulttuuristen merkitysten työväline?  

Barbara Hannigan[6] kertoo hänestä tehdyssä dokumentissa, että ollessaan luovassa tilassa hän ei koe itseään naispuoliseksi ihmiseksi, vaan eläimeksi. Hän voi musiikin mukana muuttua mielessään milloin sudeksi ja milloin linnuksi. Tavallaan luopumalla ajatuksesta ihmisyydestä hän luopuu myös sukupuoleen liittyvistä ongelmista. Hanniganin ajatus on kutkuttava ja mielenkiintoinen. Toisaalta on hieman surullista, että ihmisyyttä on niin vaikea kokea ilman sukupuoleen liittyvää painavaa taakkaa.  

Musiikintutkija Suzanne G. Cusick[7] kutsuu kaikkia muusikoita tarkastelemaan kriittisesti omaa suhdettaan musiikkiin. Cusickin mukaan vain pohtimalla ja kriittisesti tarkastelemalla musiikin esittämiseen liittyviä ongelmia, voi niistä vapautua. Hän kirjoittaa ymmärtävänsä, että analysoimalla musiikkiin yhdistyviä sosiaalisia rakennelmia saatetaan pelätä musiikista etääntymistä. Voiko musiikista enää sitten nauttia?

Pianon kulttuurihistoriallinen tausta osoittaa, että soittimeen liittyvät sukupuolen merkitykset ovat rakentuneet toistuvien esitysten kautta. Konserttisalit ovat tiloja, joissa vallitsevat sosiaaliset rakenteet sekä esitetään että rakennetaan. Kuten Svavárdyn resitaalin saama vastaanotto osoittaa, konserttisali on myös tila jossa sosiaalisia rakennelmia voidaan haastaa ja rikkoa. Jokainen esitys on siten myös mahdollisuus luoda uusia rakennelmia. Toistamalla perinteitä haastavia esityksiä, voidaan rakentaa uuttaa maailmaa, jossa konserttisali olisikin binaareista sukupuolirakennelmista vapaa ilmaisun ja musiikista nauttimisen tila!

 Anna Ramstedt (MuM, HuK) Kirjoittaja on pianisti, pianonsoitonopettaja ja musiikkitieteen opiskelija.

[1] Lucy Green 1997: Music, gender, education. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. s. 58-59.  

[2] Öhrström, Eva 1987: Borgerliga kvinnors musicerande i 1800-talets Sverige. Göteborg: Skrifter från Musikvetenskapliga institutionen, Göteborg, nr 15. Vapaa käännös Öhrströmin käännöksestä s. 107.

[3] deNora, Tia 2002: Music in the action: performing gender on the Viennese stage 1790-1810. Poetics. Vol 20. 19-33.

[4] Ellis, Katharine 1997: Female pianists and their male critics in Nineteenth-Century Paris. Journal of the American Musicology Society. Vol: 50/2-3. Vapaa käännös Ellisin käännöksestä s. 370.

[5] https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/apr/09/yuja-wang-piano-interview-fiona-maddocks-royal-festival-hall

[6] https://www.medici.tv/en/documentaries/barbara-hannigan-documentary-creative-animal/

[7] Cusick, Suzanne G. 1999: On musical performances of gender and sex. Audible Traces: gender, identity, and music. Como: Carciofoli Verlagshaus.

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Over 17 weeks on the DRT Global Rock Radio Charts with over 700 spins per week across the nation with the single No Look Back. . Mi5 Recordings Universal Music Group artist Drew Yowell - and his album release. Return Echo Produced by Doug Yowell - Mi5 Recordings Universal Music Group

Guitarist, singer, songwriter, Drew Yowell has worked with legends like Phoebe Snow, David Lasley, Desmond Child, Dae Bennett, and Herb Alpert, and he has played guitar alongside Sophie B. Hawkins, James Maddock, Will Lee, and Phoebe Snow among many others. Drew and his twin brother Doug Yowell (drummer for Joe Jackson, Suzanne Vega, Duncan Sheik, Sharon Corr and many others) both appear in the MTV music videos for artists such as Sophie B Hawkins’ “Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover” not to mention others. Drew also co-wrote 2 songs with the late Phoebe Snow including the title track to her final release “Natural Wonder".  The song also appears on Phoebe's  2008 "Live" release. Phoebe Snow described the songs that she co-wrote with Drew wrote as "Two of the most beautiful songs I've ever written with anyone”.

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VOICES INC ONLINE! Recovery from Mental Illness is ‘ always ‘ possible!

Blog created by Barrie Macvicar - Positive about Pain & Mental Health Support Group. (facebook) 

The Hopesturn Project

So who is Peter Hawes? Well to me Peter Hawes is a man who came into my life at just the right time. That time was when i was still a service user in February 2012. I met Peter on joining an online support group called

Intervoice - The International hearing Voices Movement.

The reason i had joined this group speaks for itself. Yup ! It’s in the name? Yeah ! That’s right. I was ‘ hearing voices.’ I was hearing lots of voices. Peter was one of the first to answer my call for help when i was in distress then with my experiences.  He and a selection of others were instrumental in helping to teach me how to go about managing to facilitate my very own recovery. These guys just threw me some tools and helped to keep pointing me in the right direction. I then i had to get on with the hard work myself. What work? Rebuilding my entire life and mind. I had a lot to do. I guess i kinda became the apprentice of my own existence. I had to start all over again and these guys showed me how,

Peter Hawes, Kevin Healey,(Recovery Network Toronto)  Egan Bidois, Mike llm Kruger, Rachel Waddingham, Richard Walkinshaw, Shirley Coffey, Lani Maria E, Paul Baker , Margaret Wylie,  Marry Maddock, Earla Dunbar Suzanne Beachy and loads more all came together to offer advice friendship and support. Support that helped me Barrie Macvicar find the strength to both change and rebuild my life.

On meeting Peter i was heavily medicated. On multiple medications & diagnosed Paranoid Schizophrenic. I was in mental health services & was treated in both the hospital setting, as well as in the community. For the last two years of my time in services i was also fortunate enough to have 3 days per week home support.from a charity known as Penumbra.

Thanks to Peter and all the others i am sat here today no longer in mental health services nor hearing voices and no longer in need of support. I was discharged in August of 2013.  I now live medication free. I no longer have any active Schizophrenia and i have the doctors letter to prove it. I am just getting on with enjoying living my life as best as i can. Independently. Still using the tools and the knowledge given to me by my crew above to keep myself well. At the same time as having the comfort of knowing they are all still here online at the touch of a button.

Yeah ! There is a lot to be said for online support and the friendships and knowledge that can be gained right here on

SOCIAL MEDIA !

So get yourself started and take a look at Peter’s websites below. Where you can see his work at

VOICES INC ONLINE

you can also watch a film of Peter here doing some of his Glass work and at the bottom of this page you can a look at Peters latest genius creation.

RECOVERY BOX ! 

Peter is my brother from another mother he’s both a friend and an inspiration and i’m sure once you will see why on reading the remainder of this blog. 

Thanks everyone 

Barrie Macvicar. 

So

What is Hopesturn?

An article by Peter Hawes

Based on a project designed by everyone

So I feel to explain hopes-turn I should give a back history of the realisations that led to hopes-turn. I spent 15 years in the psych system believing one universal truth that was pushed down our throats for years. It was quite simply “you have a mental illness and medication helps so take your meds” This turned out to be untrue for me and multiple others, although I will admit that there is some the bio medical model works well for. I dont meet them often but I have seen the rare few. I then exited that system and became a victim of trauma and then later joined the hearing voices network. The hvn was somewhat productive but when I tried to push other ideas and views I was asked to conform. I couldn’t do it as it involved lying to the people on things I believed to be true. So as it turns out I did basically 15 years in a one size fits all system and then another 3 in a one size fits all system. As if that wasn’t bad enough I started my own organisation voices inc. Which was based on art therapy involving fused glass and my own psychoanalytical/ holistic theories on recovery. Voices inc while being a good project and helping a lot of people didn’t work for everyone. We had a 70% variable success rate of recovery for our attendees. Perhaps that’s cause it was a one size fits all system...... WTF are we all doing us holistic heroes in mental health like seriously there is no one size fits all system. I myself was very opinionated and just didn’t get the whole everyone’s different individuality thing so my thinking at the time was very black and white and I had the belief that this works for everyone cause it works for me and others. I will admit it was a bullshit attitude to have. But I never said I was ever perfect nor that my journey was complete I always said when up on stage that we are all still learning and growing together. Myself included. So I took some time off to learn what I needed to learn and evolve into who I wanted to be. I've spent the better part of the last year learning to listen to people and understand individuality and learning to be a team player and delegate as I felt these were all skills I needed to learn and doing so would make me a better leader and friend and just person in general. Somewhere between listening to people and understanding people me and my awesome bunch of past and present voices inc members came up with an idea. I remember the day well we were all sitting round at my right hand man Michaels place bitching about the system and lack of supports, when Robbie one of my proteges made the comment its a shame we cant get voices inc centres set up everywhere then we could reach everyone. I thought about this and theres no way we could reach everyone thats impossible. So my response was yeah voices inc is awesome robbie but I wish there were more holistic methods coming through so we could cater to the choice and individuality of the consumer. I believe it was tori who made the comment hey if we took out all the holistic therapy and art therapy out of voices inc could the same methods be used to set something else up? I went holy crap that girl has a point. Thus we all became very excited about the possibility of the new project we had devised over a bitching session at the current mental health system. Thus Hopesturn project was born. It is among my favourite projects for the simple truth that it was created not just by me but by multiple members and so has many shades and different perspectives. So now you have the story of how it was born it still doesnt answer wtf is hopes-turn? Hopes turn is a peer run initiative, hopes turn is you, hopes turn is me and hopes turn is anyone who wants to make a difference. Basically its a collective of knowledge and ideas and resources to establish different peer support groups. Hopesturn is brilliantly an anagram for “Helping Other Peers Establish Support Through Unification Recovery Network” There will be many exciting advances and opportunities in hopesturn such as--------- hopesturn radio- where peers can run there own time slot on a radio show about whatever subject they want. The benefits of this are that not only does it keep the peers running the shows motivated to talk or educate on topics they already know about, but it also provides an entirely peer run radio station for people to listen to on a variety of topics. Hopesturn peer support app – The hopes turn app is being designed at the moment and will be a bunch of chat rooms with possible gearing towards a social network theme. So that it is connecting peers with similar lived experience to each other to chat and make connections whatever there framework be it mental illness or trauma based or behaviour based or the aliens implanted a chip in my brain and that’s where my distress comes from :-P either way there’s sure to be a chat room or option to network with peers with similar views. There are also currently being set up a bunch of resources usable by hopes turn members to create and developed there own peer support groups from online conference rooms to learning resources around topics based on networking or finding a venue or even raising funds to keep your group running. The goal of hopesturn is to establish the training and resources to develop more peer run options so if anyone has an idea for a peer support group they can get this up and running. For example lets say there’s a guy called bob. We will for the sake of the argument say bob has bipolar the mental illness and identifies as such because that’s his framework for his experiences and symptoms. (I personally think bipolar actually is biological and has to do with a sensitivity to hormones and instability in environment in child hood where the child has many ups and downs) It does not matter what I think though, cause this is about bob and how bob sees things. Bob has found that dancing helps him with his highs and lows and helps him keep balance in his life. Bob then wonders if this would help other people given how beneficial dancing is for him. Lets also say for the sake of the argument bob is on lithium remembering that bob is in the mental illness framework but bobs not anti psychiatry nor pro psychiatry he just finds lithium helps him (I'm still anti psychiatry and anti meds but pro free choice and I can be anti psychiatry and anti meds cause it works well for me but each to there own) So bob decides to try set up a group called Bipolar Bobs Dancing group. Lets say he decides to run it on a Monday night for 3 hours between 5pm and 8pm. But bob while having a good idea has absolutely no idea on how to get his idea from a hypothetical to a reality as hes never done anything like this before. So bob jumps on hopesturn and finds an article on sourcing products to sell at markets. Bob is also recommended by another member dan who runs a group for depression about crowd funding and finds an article on how to set that up plus get some kick ass exposure for his crowd funding campaign. Bob also finds on hopesturn 3 other members in his local area with bipolar who are interested in helping set up his group. Bob also finds on hopesturn network a mental health worker who works in his local area and will organise a venue. Bob also finds a link to a guy who will design a flier for his group. Bob sets up the crowd funding campaign and maxes out exposure and while the crowd funding campaign is doing its thing raising cash bob gets the flier he had designed canvassed around town and local organisations. Bob uses some of the crowd funding money to run the group for the first month and invests the rest into sellable market products which arrive a week after the group starts and gets an awesome turn out. Member’s who attend bobs group are more then happy to help raise funds by doing markets sell the stock bob has ordered in. Before you know it bobs group has become a social enterprise and begins to grow. Bob then gets some of his best dancers and starts a flash mob in the city to raise awareness for bipolar and gets an article in the paper and segment on the news with contacts he found on hopeturn for media publicity. So you see how this sort of thing can just keep growing when a collective of knowledge and resources and people work together. I've done a lot in mental health and my reputation and accomplishments are re-known and I get a lot of people asking me how I accomplished all that I have in the last six years from the whole public speaking, websites, book and articles and being on tv to setting up 2 mental health organisations. The truth is there’s nothing special about me.. sure I have a high iq and adhd and a bunch of cool people behind me but at the end of the day I'm just like you the only difference is I worked out six or seven years ago that there is nothing we cant do as humans, we are basically geared to evolve and grow on a daily basis so the words can't or impossible are to me just bullshit words for things we haven’t figured out how to do yet. So I never stop I just keep looking for solutions I'm hoping that this project designed by the collective of peers will reach so many and help them figure out how to do things and over time see the possibilities are limitless. I am also hoping that it will provide more peer support options to cater to peoples individuality so that many systems can be developed cause not everything works for everyone and its important to have multiple options and support resources for consumers to access to fullly aid them in there recovery, whatever that looks like to each and everyone. Remember we own our own recovery and its different for all of us. So stay tuned guys cause this is all going off like a match at a gas station in the not too distant future . Me and the team are just finalising some of the projects and then BOOM. I will add some fliers of some of the projects that hopes turn has initiated so far and I have included voices inc because the methods removing the art therapy and holistic therapy are what we used to get the other groups up and running

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Above (right) you can see some examples of Peter Hawes glass work. Peter is also well known as Peter Hawes Glass Artist and here below he shows how some of that work is done. 

RECOVERY BOX  ! The Recovery Box idea was formulated on 27 February 2018 when Peter Hawes and Douglas Holmes met in Point Cook, Victoria to put their ideas down on paper and to start clarifying what was needed to turn the Recovery Box from an idea into a project that would change how information would be made available to Consumer, Carers, Mental Health Professionals and the general public. The original idea was to develop an App that could be incorporated into the product Peter had developed and was already selling successfully online.

The original idea was to develop an App that could be incorporated into the product Peter had developed and was already selling successfully online.

However as the brainstorming continued using GLOSS – OFF, both Peter and Douglas made the decision to rebrand a box with its own firmware and content.

This link will explains GLOSS – OFF https://youtu.be/BDJyhqbsZv0

Peter organised a meeting with Kevin and we agreed to work together to see how we could turn this idea into a product that would revelocision how new people coming into the current Mental Health system would access information that could improves people lifes journey

A small working group of interested people would be asked to participate in a working group to assist with identifying what information would be included under each of the heading in the App:

The Headings for each of the Channels include:

Stories Coping Strategies Recovery Resources Medical solutions Events To view RECOVERY BOX - CLICK HERE

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50 favourite photos of 50 awesome people - suzanne maddock (27/50)

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Smiffy and Cass are love. <3

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Oh Cass! 💔

The Cop Idol Storyline/Cass' murder was one of those rare PM storylines that was properly paced and shocking - not least given the time of the year (Christmas) and the light hearted fun of the Cop Idol/Christmas party in contrast with Cass' kidnap attack, the girls getting annoyed at Cass for not turning up and what was actually happening to her at time. Poor Cass being tied up, literally waiting and even begging to know why she was going to die. Poor poor girl 😭😭 (Could have done without even more of the Carl/Craig/Luke/Kerry rubbish during it though!)

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AKA: Times when Smithy showed up on the picture credits before/after adverts.

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Gina: "You can drop me off first. I'm the guv'nor!"

Cass: *drunkenly* "Seeya, Gemma! I think it's really nice you're a lesbian!"

Probably the only thing I miss from the PM era (and before, they were amazing at this, probably actually better than the PM times during the section house years!) is the bonding and friendships shown between the officers in full flow outside of the station. It made their relationships inside the station much more believable.

Much more believable than the times like the Gun Runner episodes were Smithy said there was *noone* to tell about him going undercover - noone from the army years (ignoring Tony for obvious reasons)? SO/CO19? Stations before Sun Hill (Yeah... ignoring Vickers for the same obvious reasons)? Hendon? His football team? Essex? School? Locals? Bob? Past officers? Nick who could have left Witness Protection or at least made contact with Smithy given Weaver was dead by then. Not to mention his mum and family members (they never did mention his brother again after PC times...) Yes there were station friends that would know through the station, especially Gina, but I don't buy Smithy having no other friends whatsoever given he didn't know how long he'd have to be undercover for and therefore away for - or the risk of drama/potential death.

(Bonus props for this episode making a big thing of the serial killer and getting the girls home safe in a taxi after the night out... only for the taxi to be driven by the very person they're after 😂😂😂)

Think I might have found the real reason Cass gets murdered though - also in this episode....

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Poor old Ben gets his wind up welcome to the station... things don't go the way uniform hoped. (First Impressions Part 1)

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WUC!

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Nearing 17 weeks on the DRT Rock Global Radio Charts, staying at #14 and #15 respectively: Drew Yowell - Return Echo Produced by Doug Yowell - Mi5 Recordings Universal Music GroupGuitarist, singer, songwriter, Drew Yowell has worked with legends like Phoebe Snow, David Lasley, Desmond Child, Dae Bennett, and Herb Alpert, and he has played guitar alongside Sophie B. Hawkins, James Maddock, Will Lee, and Phoebe Snow among many others. Drew and his twin brother Doug Yowell (drummer for Joe Jackson, Suzanne Vega, Duncan Sheik, Sharon Corr and many others) both appear in the MTV music videos for artists such as Sophie B Hawkins’ “Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover” not to mention others.

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Nearing 17 weeks on the DRT Rock Global Radio Charts, staying at #14 and #15 respectively: Drew Yowell - Return Echo Produced by Doug Yowell - Mi5 Recordings Universal Music GroupGuitarist, singer, songwriter, Drew Yowell has worked with legends like Phoebe Snow, David Lasley, Desmond Child, Dae Bennett, and Herb Alpert, and he has played guitar alongside Sophie B. Hawkins, James Maddock, Will Lee, and Phoebe Snow among many others. Drew and his twin brother Doug Yowell (drummer for Joe Jackson, Suzanne Vega, Duncan Sheik, Sharon Corr and many others) both appear in the MTV music videos for artists such as Sophie B Hawkins’ “Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover” not to mention others.

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Nearing 17 weeks on the DRT Rock Global Radio Charts, staying at #14 and #15 respectively: Drew Yowell - Return Echo Produced by Doug Yowell - Mi5 Recordings Universal Music Group

Guitarist, singer, songwriter, Drew Yowell has worked with legends like Phoebe Snow, David Lasley, Desmond Child, Dae Bennett, and Herb Alpert, and he has played guitar alongside Sophie B. Hawkins, James Maddock, Will Lee, and Phoebe Snow among many others. Drew and his twin brother Doug Yowell (drummer for Joe Jackson, Suzanne Vega, Duncan Sheik, Sharon Corr and many others) both appear in the MTV music videos for artists such as Sophie B Hawkins’ “Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover” not to mention others. Drew also co-wrote 2 songs with the late Phoebe Snow including the title track to her final release “Natural Wonder".  The song also appears on Phoebe's  2008 "Live" release. Phoebe Snow described the songs that she co-wrote with Drew wrote as "Two of the most beautiful songs I've ever written with anyone”.

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Cass ponders the question of Smiffy being better looking than George Clooney.

Smiffy finks so.

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Mannion likes to keep abreast of all situations.