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Wren confident that reward will outweigh Kimbrel's risk
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Braves general manager Frank Wren understands the risk that goes with entering a long-term agreement with a closer. At the same time, he did not want to learn what life might be like without Craig Kimbrel.
So on Sunday morning, Wren proudly announced that Kimbrel had signed a four-year deal that includes an option for the 2018 season. The contract provides a guarantee of $42 million over the first four years. If the 25-year-old closer exercises his option and all potential bonuses, he could make as much as $58.5 million over the next five years.
If Kimbrel continues to be one of the game's elite closers, the Braves will be glad to give him an approximate average annual salary of $11.7 million over the next five years. But if he gets injured or follows the path of other closers who have experienced a sudden and unexpected decline, then this will prove to be a potentially destructive risk.
"History is the best predictor of the future," Wren said. "You're never going to hedge all your bets. But he's strong, he's healthy, he works hard. He does all the things you want a player to do to maintain their health. That is what we are counting on."
The Braves are also counting on Kimbrel to continue doing what he has done over the past three seasons, during which he has successfully converted 90.2 percent of his 153 save opportunities. He has recorded 28 more saves (138) than any other Major Leaguer during this span and done so while striking out 42.9 percent of the batters he has faced.
"I show up every day to perform and go out and play," Kimbrel said. "That's all I can do is to prepare myself each and every day and stay as healthy as I can. If you take care of yourself, things are going to be okay. There are things out there that you can't judge or say it's going to happen. Obviously, if you don't take care of yourself, it will. That's one thing I do pride myself in, is showing up every day, working hard and being ready when I step my foot on the mound."
While the lifespan of an effective closer has proven to be unpredictable, the Braves are comforted by the fact that Kimbrel has not been on the disabled list or limited by any kind of arm discomfort since reaching the Major League level in 2010.
"When you have guys in your organization that you have brought up from day one, I think you have a good feel for their work ethic and how they handle themselves," Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "You feel a lot more comfortable handing those contracts out."


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With one of the speedier NASCAR races under our belt, Kyle Busch won the race over Martin Truex Jr., and both Toyota Camrys were incredibly fast. Amazingly, Kyle Busch won both the Nationwide and the Sprint Cup series races at Texas Motor Speedway in the same weekend, and he has won back-to-back for the seventh time in his career.
Being one of the better races this season so far, these are 10 things that spun our wheels:
- Pit problems are recurring ranging from crew members being hit to pit fires. This season has not been one of the better for pit crews.
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s karma stuck hard in this race. Due to momentous pit problems three times, he could never recover enough to race in the lead lap.
- Danica Patrick won this race in 28th position, only ahead of Dale Earnhardt Jr. Normalcy is settling in NASCAR, and the media star has finally fallen.
- Goodyear tires can't tolerate the high speeds of these Gen 6 cars. These tires are being shredded particularly during long green laps. NASCAR will need to consider a harder composition for these tires next season.
- Joey Logano made significant strides in this race as he begun in back of the pack due to failing inspection. The back of his car — and Brad Keselowski's — could mean charges imposed by NASCAR for the Penske Racing Fords. Despite all this red-tape drama, he finished an impressive fifth in the NRA 500.
- Battery problems are new in this race. Joey Logano had it beforehand, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. had this issue during the race.
- Roush Fenway Racing, Hendrick Motorsports and Penske Racing are dominating the leaderboards. Despite the troubles that Dale Earnhardt Jr. had, he is ranked sixth in the overall standings to date. Jimmie Johnson, his teammate, is hanging barely in the first position with Brad Keselowski nipping at his heels.
- Jeff Gordon had a run of bad luck as he was taken out of the race due to chassis or tire problems with his car in the last laps of the race.
- These Gen 6 cars — and some drivers like Danica Patrick — can't handle these corners too well. They are pushing the brakes a bit too hard around the corners, and it is damaging these cars at close to 200 mph.
- The NRA sponsorship drama concerning this race was set aside. It may be interesting how NASCAR as an organization responds to the politicians of Washington and some concerned citizens of Newtown. I don't believe the NRA will be pulled as a sponsor for this season or future seasons because it may pull the core of NASCAR viewers. Besides, it does not have any direct impact on the NASCAR drivers, their cars or their pit crews.
Onto the next race at STP 400 at Kansas Speedway where again, there will be another fast race and perhaps faster tempers…
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- Brad Keselowski blasts NASCAR officials over violation, says his Penske Racing team being targeted (aol.sportingnews.com)
- 2013 Subway Fit Fresh 500 at Pheonix International Speedway: 10 Things that Spun Our Wheels (phillyfantasysports.com)
- Brad Keselowski fumes over NASCAR call, sounds off after NRA 500 – Detroit Free Press (freep.com)
- Fox Sports Caves To Anti-NRA Hysteria. Kinda (thetruthaboutguns.com)

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Host a trend-setting dinner party: tips from Sara Oteri
By We Love Our Lamb.
Across the country, we're also hosting modern dinner parties, infusing new flavours and themes with the traditions of the past. Gone are the days of formal sit down dinners, with hosts spending hours in the kitchen, traded instead for informal gatherings, culinary challenges and collaborative cooking.
Former MasterChef contestant and Instagram foodie, Sara Oteri, has created three delicious Australian Lamb recipes inspired by the latest dinner party trends.
Trend: Weeknight entertaining
Weeknight entertaining is the new weekend dinner party, with Wednesday being the night of choice to catch up with friends at home. With young Australians more time poor than ever, hosts are opting for authentic and traditional food that is easy to prepare instead of a three-course meal. Sara's recipe of pull apart sweet potato with diced lamb leg and green olive tapenade is simple to create and can accommodate any dinner party size.
Trend: Collaborative cooking
Collaborative cooking is an emerging trend being embraced by millennials, eager to connect with one another over food and escape the routine and stress of every day life. By sharing in the preparation and cooking of meals together, dinner transforms into a collaborative journey to feast rather than one person stressing over the cooking. Sara's spiced lamb pita pockets with charred eggplant and fresh herbs is the perfect opportunity to create memories with friends (and like-worthy social media posts!) while enjoying a delicious meal together.
Trend: Bring-A-Dish
The practicalities of hosting a dinner party have changed over time, with city dwellers rarely having the space for a dining table, least one large enough for a sizeable dinner party. As kitchens also get smaller, themed 'bring a dish' get-togethers have evolved – bending the rules as to how and where dinner is prepared and served. The rise in street food-inspired dishes, ethnic flavours, simplicity and 'fast causal' concepts all lend themselves to dinner parties where attendees bring their own dish, adhering to a pre-assigned theme.
Often served on mismatched plates around the kitchen table, a theme makes it easier for guests to mix and match dishes, from Mexican to Indian or African inspired. Sara's recipe of Vietnamese caramel lamb rump with fluffy quinoa rice and slaw pulls from Asian flavours, and can be easily recreated by a group of friends coming together.
Vietnamese Caramel Lamb Rump with Fluffy Quinoa Rice and Slaw
Create the perfect spread that takes no time to prepare and each dish can be divided up amongst friends. When combined, these recipes can instantly transform your dining table into a little slice of Vietnam, buzzing with all the vibrancy eating together brings.
Preparation: 20 minutes
Cooking: 45 minutes
Serves: 6
800g rump steak (3cm thick) 1 green chilli, sliced into rounds (optional as garnish)
3/4 cup caster sugar 1 tsp. grated ginger
1 1/2 tbsp. fish sauce 1/4 cup juiced limes
Quinoa rice
250g basmati rice
250g mixed colours quinoa
3 Lebanese cucumbers,
3 carrots, ribboned
1 cup bean sprouts
1/4 cup red cabbage, shredded
1/2 cup peanuts, roasted and chopped 1/2 cup fried shallots
Handful mint, roughly torn
Handful coriander, keep as long stems
1/4 cup fresh lime juice
2 tsp. Sriracha sauce or hot/sweet chilli sauce 2 tbsp. caster sugar
3 tbsp. fish sauce
3 tbsp. vegetable oil
6 Lebanese eggplants, cut lengthways (or vegetable of choice) 2 tbsp. peanut butter
1 tbsp. honey
1 tsp. light soy
1 tsp. sesame oil
Sesame seeds to garnish (optional)
For the slaw
1. Slice the cabbage, finely shred the carrots, cucumber and toss through the bean shoots in a bowl. Add long stems of coriander and roughly torn mint leaves. Set aside.
For the salad dressing
1. Combine all the salad dressing ingredients until dissolved.
For the quinoa rice
1. Cook the rice as per package instructions and boil the quinoa for 15 minutes, or until tender. Drain well and serve on its own or combine with the rice.
For the eggplant
1. Place cut side down in a lightly oiled frypan. Once coloured, transfer to a baking tray cut side up and cook in oven at 180°C until just tender.
2. Mix together the peanut butter, honey, light soy, sesame oil and brush on top of eggplant before returning to the oven for a final 2 minutes, or until the tops begin to bubble.
For the caramel
1. Place sugar and 1/2 cup water in a non stick pan on medium heat until it turns a light caramel colour before taking off the heat immediately.
2. Add 2 tbsp of hot water (carefully as it will spit), 1 tsp. grated ginger and 1 1/2 tbsp. fish sauce. Once cooled, add 1/4 cup lime juice and a pinch of salt.
For the lamb
1. In a large non-stick frypan, pan fry the rump on medium/high heat for 5-6 minutes each side or until nicely charred. Set aside and allow to rest for 5 minutes. Slice against the grain into 2cm thick pieces.
To serve
1. Dress your salad and top with peanuts, shallots and chilli. Place the eggplant on a plate with some lime wedges and arrange your sliced lamb rump before pouring the caramel down the middle.
2. Leave a little caramel on the side for friends to add their dish.
- Always take the lamb rump out of the fridge around 30 minutes before you want to cook it. This will allow the rump to cook more evenly.
- Never leave the lamb juices in the pan. They can be mixed with other ingredients to make a great sauce.
- Make sure to trim about 20% of lamb rump fat off to ensure the meat is primed for cooking


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Welcome to the July Carnival of Natural Parenting: Let's Talk About Food
This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Code Name: Mama and Hobo Mama. This month our participants have written about their struggles and successes with healthy eating. Please read to the end to find a list of links to the other carnival participants.
So I love snacks, horrid, overly processed awful for you snacks! I am also a snacker, I don't really eat meals - I graze throughout the day. Paul is like that too. I don't know if it's because of me, or if that's just how he is. So making meals is a weakness of mine.
We ate pretty decently (pre-pregnancy of Dolores) for our budget (very little processed food, raw milk, whole foods……..). It wasn't great by many standards, but it was as good as we could do. It helped that my son, at the time about 2, was really starting to eat non-breast milk, and I did not want him eating that stuff. Then I find out I'm pregnant, and all that goes out the window! The snack fest begins! It just so happened also, that Paul weaned during my pregnancy (so sad he didn't make it to three, had been my personal goal), which meant that he too was eating those foods.
Now, we have been eating like this for over a year, more like a year and a half. It's a hard cycle to break. I swear that they put stuff in that food that makes you addicted!
Currently we try to make better choices. I limit high fructose corn syrup, and have even recently begun watching labels for corn at all since most corn is the GMO type, and we don't want that. We also avoid soy if possible. But if I have to pick between hfcs and soy, I'll pick soy. I pick the best, or rather, least full of nasty stuff, item that I can find. Ultimately we want to be growing/raising all of our food, so we won't have to worry at all about what's in it!
Right now my struggle is getting over the convenience food and snacks. It is so, well, convenient. Plus add in the heat of summer (makes cooking oh so much hotter), and I want something that comes together quickly, with little heat and little effort, and I'd like it to be cold :). Also, we have major budget constraints that hinder our ability to buy good meat (grass-fed and free range – we actually have a farmer somewhat near that does this, we just don't have the money, and also, the freezer space! that is on the agenda for the next tax return! :)). We live in the middle of nowhere and china-mart is the only place to do most shopping. There are two other small grocery stores that we get a few things at (they have more organic, and natural food, plus better meat than walmart). If it were up to us, we'd shop a Whole Foods type store only, but that's over an hour away (and tons of gas and miles!)
Our desire is to follow mostly a Traditional Foods diet, or at the very least, a whole foods diet. Nothing processed or full of chemicals. Meats that are raised the way they were intended to be raised, like cows eating grass. We are soon moving to a small piece of land and will start the journey of growing our own food, meat, veggies and grains.
I need to find a way to eat well without a lot of prep, and heat. Or I need to get over the fear of an hour of prep and a hot humid kitchen! I think the latter is what needs to happen!
So if anyone has tips for eating cool and somewhat cheaply and WELL, please share.
Visit Code Name: Mama and Hobo Mama to find out how you can participate in the next Carnival of Natural Parenting!
Please take time to read the submissions by the other carnival participants:
(This list will be updated July 13 with all the carnival links.)
- Welcome to Two — All About Food — In case you hadn't heard, there is a conspiracy afoot from the two year olds of the world. Shana at Tales of Minor Interest stumbled onto their newsletter!
- Four Seasons of Eating Locally — Jenn at Monkey Butt Junction has pointers for what fresh produce can be found year-round. (@MBJunction)
- Happy Families Can Have More Than One Diet — Deb Chitwood at Living Montessori Now has figured out a way for her family to live happily as vegans and vegetarians with relatives who eat meat. (@DebChitwood)
- My Own Omnivore's Dilemma — Seonaid at The Practical Dilettante prioritizes responsible consumer choices for her family.
- No Gluten — No Cry — Joni Rae at Tales of a Kitchen Witch Momma learned to cook balanced meals when her son's food sensitivities prompted a diet overhaul. (@kitchenwitch)
- Try, Try Again — Stefanie at very very fine has become an enthusiastic consumer of locally grown food.
- CSA — Week 1 — Casey at What Love Is wants her children to know where their food comes from, so she joined a friendly CSA. (@CBerbs)
- Food: Parenting or Homemaking? — Michelle at The Parent Vortex sees food as part of a parent's nurturing role. (@TheParentVortex)
- 5 Tips to Help Kids Develop Healthy Eating Habits — If you struggle with healthy eating, helping your child develop healthy habits might be a challenge. Dionna at Code Name: Mama shares five easy tips that will help your kids learn to make good food choices. (@CodeNameMama)
- Family Food: Seeking Balance Between Healthy, Sustainable & Affordable — Kristin at Intrepid Murmurings has a whole list of ideas for how she can improve her family's eating, both now and into the future. (@sunfrog)
- Whole Foods in, Wholesome Feelings Out — Jessica at This is Worthwhile has turned her back on the processed, preservative-ridden food of her childhood. (@tisworthwhile)
- When to Splurge on Organic (and When It Is Okay to Skip It) — Becoming Mamas tell you what foods to prioritize when buying pricier organic food, and where you can find it cheaper. (@becomingmamas)
- A Locavore's Family Meal — Acacia at Be Present Mama tells a story in pictures of her family taking a trip to the local organic farmers market and then preparing a summer meal together with their bounty.
- Eat Your Food, or Else — Why should we not bribe a child to eat? TwinToddlersDad from Littlestomaks (Science Driven Real Life Toddler Nutrition) explains. (@TwinToddlersDad)
- Food, Glorious Food! — Luschka at Diary of a First Child describes three easy ways her family has started eating healthier. (@diaryfirstchild)
- Celebrating Food — Mrs Green at Little Green Blog believes in food as medicine and thinks it's worth paying more to keep healthy. (@myzerowaste)
- Oil and Yogurt — What have you been motivated to do with the current oil spill crisis? midnightfeedings has started making her own yogurt. (@midnightfeeding)
- Growth-Spurt Soup (AKA "Beannut Stew") — BeanMa has a special stew to help her baby through growth spurts that keep her up all night. (@thebeanma)
- Why I Love The Real Food Community — Much like many people who follow AP/NP values, Melodie at Breastfeeding Moms Unite! takes the parts of the "real food" philosophy that work for her family and leaves the rest. (@bfmom)
- Feeding a Family of Six — Mandy at Living Peacefully with Children gives helpful tips for feeding a family of six.
- Starting Solids at 6 Months — Did your doctor recommend that you give your baby cereal? Sheryl at Little Snowflakes discusses how whole foods are so much healthier (and more delicious) than traditional cereal. (@sheryljesin)
- Am I What I Eat? — Andrea!!! at Ella-Bean & Co. has figured out a way to avoid grocery stores nearly altogether.
- Are We Setting Our Kids Up To Fail? — Megan at Purple Dancing Dahlias found that cutting out the junk also transformed her sons' behavior problems.
- Changing your family's way of eating — Lauren at Hobo Mama has techniques you can try to move your family gradually toward a healthier diet. (@Hobo_Mama)
- Real Food — What kinds of fake foods do you eat? And why?! Lisa C. at My World Edenwild talks about why she chooses real food.
- A Snackaholic's Food Battle — Julie at Simple Life wants to stop snacking and get into the old ways of cooking from scratch and raising her own food. (@homemakerjulie)
- Food, Not Fight — Summer at Finding Summer doesn't want her kids to grow up like her husband: hating everything green. (@summerm)
- How Do You Eat When You Are out of Town? — Cassie at There's a Pickle In My Life wants some tips on how to eat healthy when you are out of town.
- Carnival of Natural Parenting: Food! — Sybil at Musings of a Milk Maker hopes that by serving her children healthy, balanced meals, they will become accustomed to making good food choices. (@sybilryan)
- There's No Food Like Home's — NavelgazingBajan at Navelgazing revels in the Bajan food of her upbringing. (@BlkWmnDoBF)
- This Mom's Food Journey — Kat at Loving {Almost} Every Moment made a journey from not paying attention to food to growing her own.
- Who Knew Eating Was So Hard? — The challenges involved in changing to healthier eating habits take on a whole new dimension when you have a child who has difficulties eating. kadiera at Our Little Acorn shares her own experiences. (@kadiera)
- Loving Food — Starr at Earth Mama truly believes food is her family's medicine and is willing to spend days preparing it the traditional way.
- Food Mindfulness — Danielle at born.in.japan details how her family spends money on each category of food. (@borninjp)
- Food for Little People — Zoey at Good Goog wants to bless her daughter with happy traditions built around good food. (@zoeyspeak)
- Eat Like a Baby — Have you been told that you should not equate food with love? Kate Wicker at Momopoly shows us why that's not necessarily true. (@Momopoly)
- Food — Deb at Science@Home tries to teach her children three rules to help them eat a healthy diet. (@ScienceMum)
- Healthy Eating Lactose-Free — MamanADroit gives us tips on how to eat healthy if you are lactose intolerant (or just don't want cow milk). (@MamanADroit)


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The original Kingof social browsers is as good as dead. The Flock web browser will dieon April 26th. Back in January, we told you that Zynga Acquires Flock; May Take Social Gaming To A New Level. As you probably know, Zynga is the social gaming power-house behind Farmville, Mafia Wars and a dozen other popular social games.
What wasn't expected by many Flock users, was that they'd be abandoned so quickly, without anything to take Flock's place. I just received my End of Supportletter today. Apparently they made the announcement on April 13th.
Flock said the following it their FAQ:
Flock will no longer be actively maintained, which means you can keep using the product, but key features will stop working after 4/26/11 and over time the browser will no longer be secure as software updates and upgrades will no longer be provided.
Here was one of the immediate responses from the Flock faithful.
David S: This sucks big time! Zynga's decision to shut down this fabulous browser is an outrage and should be condemned. I have officially boycotted all other Zynga products and encourage others to do so as well. … I curse the day they purchased the property …
Since Zynga has decided to kill the Flock browser, what do they recommend that their users do now? Here's what they said:
There are many browser choices. We recommend either Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox.
I think most people expected that Zynga/Flock would work on a new browser that is designed to work with social gaming. All bets are off now, but if you still want to use a good social web browser, I'd recommend Rockmelt, which gives you built-in access to Facebook and Twitter.


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a little hesitant of sharing this I dont want you guys to think I'm some terrible shoeless type all the time
but the photo I had the presence of mind to take really late {early? } one night made me laugh very much and I thought it should be in the scrapbook....
Paper Cuts No. 01
Shimmer Me Tidbits: Splattered
Krafty Tags: Celebrate
Arctic Whites Paper Pack No. 02
So Fine Element Pack
Coin Holder Photo Frames No. 03
Pocket Cards: For the Record No. 02
Messy Stamped Chevrons Brushes and Stamps No. 01
Ticketed Brushes and Stamps
Dictionary Blendables: Fall
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Aus 14 Designs von 5 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
Need a wordpress theme that I can upload to wordpress and use right away. I want it based on ppc-coach.com with a nice header, a "sub-header", (see "what I want section"), then the body, a sidebar on the left and footer.
I am launching a blog for my main site ppc-coach.com and need a template that ties in nicely with that design/colors. I also need to be able to have a spot for banner ad sales as described in the short summary, (6 125 x 125 banner spots in the sidebar, 1 468 x 60 in the header somewhere). I would also like a gradient background for this. The layout is: header, two column, (left side is posts, right side is a sidebar with menu and banner spots), then a footer.
I want to just plug it into the wordpress template system to use it.
- faded page background
- header with a nice suttle faded background?
- menu below header with the following:- Home
- About
- Contact Us
- Advertise
- (all these can just be text of course)
- sub header divided in 3 even sections, (same background color)
- 1 section for "popular posts"
- 1 section for an opt in list (email and name form)
- 1 section for "recommended moneymakers"
- the body has the posts on the left
- sidebar on the right, in the sidebar have the following sections:- subscribe section for the rss feed
- sponsor section with 125 x 125 banners, (2 wide please by 3 down)
- "featured sites" section
- "recent articles" section
- "recent comments" section
- "top commentators" section
- "categories" section
- Note: the order of the last couple sections doesn't matter
- footer has 3 even sections, (same background color?), as follows:- "recommended moneymakers" (just text links)
- "recent readers" (for mybloglog)
- "links"- something like johnchow.com or uberaffiliate.com but not those colors or background, (layout wise I like).
- to be able to just upload it to wordpress to use it
- a fixed width of 750px give or take, (not 100% fluid).
- colors/style to match existing site
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We can all remember plenty of wonderful moments from the punditry past which sum up the magic of doubting the Cup. Upstart minnows like Don Goodman upsetting analysis giants like Graeme Souness by proposing we scrap replays. The famous Matthews final, in which Matthews Le Tissier and Holland debated whether a Champions League place should be awarded to the winner.
And who can forget Jimmy Hill beating the odds to suggest we should invite Scottish teams to spruce it up, before being mobbed by hundreds of parka-clad children?
The disappointing impression on a weekend of stilted FA Cup telly is that the discussions around the clichés have become as played out as the clichés themselves. ITV's coverage began with a pretentious title sequence in which the memories of the Cup, its very fabric (Ricky Villa, basically) came together to form the trophy over Harry Potter-arrives-at-Hogwarts music.
Twinkling with a hint of danger, unlike Lee Dixon and Gareth Southgate who were merely workmanlike and agreeable.
Rovin' Gabriel Clarke, still recovering from that night in Poland where he had to hold it together for almost an hour as a roof was closed, talked us through the West Ham United team ahead of their game against Manchester United. It briefly flashed up on screen then went away again, confirming the suspicions that your grandmother is in charge of the computers at ITV.
On third-round weekend broadcasters live or die by their choice of games. You could see the logic behind Saturday's lunchtime offering, Brighton v Newcastle, but in the end it played out like an upset that did not feel like an upset. "Tie of the round," offered Clive Tyldesley at Upton Park later.
"Tie of the round which features the best-supported team in the country," might have been better.
After the match and Manchester United's tortuously inevitable comeback Adrian Chiles, fidgety all evening and weirdly keen on chucking his pen on the table, became lost in his own sarcastic cliché. "Well wouldn't you know it? Well yes, you would, actually." There's a joke in there somewhere, possibly.
ESPN took control for Sunday's games, and its excitable style has previously worked well when covering this tournament. It was so fired up this year that the first word we heard was Ray Stubbs saying "ernoon", some nervous cutting removing the "Good aft" which presumably preceded it.
Rebecca Lowe, queen of the pitchside plinth, began uncertainly in Swansea with an odd question for Martin Keown: "The FA Cup, is this the most important year for it, for Arsène Wenger, for you?"
After another mostly tiresome all-Premier League tie it finally started to feel like third-round weekend ahead of Mansfield v Liverpool. The undeniable high point of the build-up was the traditional captain introducing his team-mates segment, expertly handled by Mansfield's keeper, Alan Marriott.
The inventive nicknames for his buddies were especially entertaining: Ritchie "Sutts" Sutton, Ben "Hutch" Hutchinson" and Matt "Greeny" Green. The section could have done with a banter warning beforehand, like the little box ITV put in the top right corner ahead of adverts. A strobing Foster's can, perhaps?
Later, we were introduced to Mansfield's chief executive Carolyn Radford and her sexy trophy husband John, chairman of the club. We were desperately in need of some traditional Cup-based excitement, but Carolyn may have gone too far. "To be standing next to you guys is such an honour," she said, instantly becoming the most excited person ever to meet Ray Stubbs.
Moments afterwards John proffered his hand to Stubbs, assuming the cameras had stopped rolling. Stubbs had to break off from his link, probably teeing up some more footage of Wrexham in 1992, to respond politely. It was a rare moment of lovable amateurism in a weekend of bloodless coverage that was entirely inappropriate for the competition.


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There's a really wonderful article in the NYT magazine this week about queer teenagers and how cultural changes have made it safer (in many but not all areas of the US) to come out in middle school. The gist of the article is that the increased visibility of queer people in the culture at large has made it easier for kids to identify and articulate their own sexual identities, and it makes their peers more likely to accept them. Overall, despite the fact that anti-gay bullying is still widespread, many middle schools have become less like sex-and-gender torture systems and more like safe spaces. I cannot even tell you how delighted I am to hear this.
The angle I want to discuss here is not just about happy gay kids (though it cannot be repeated enough: happy gay kids! omg!), but about a word that never appears in the article but which underlies the whole thing: normativity. In this article specifically, the main cultural shift appears to be a weaking of heteronormativity. Kids these days know there are people who are not straight, and that those people aren't doomed to lovelessness or criminality. Part of how they know this is because of pop culture, and part is this here series of tubes we're all on. Take the case of a 12-year-old bi girl named Kera:
Kera says she was 10 when she realized she was interested in both sexes. "It was confusing for a while, because for some reason I thought that you had to be straight or gay, and that you couldn't be both," she told me at the coffee shop. "So I thought about it a lot, like I do about everything, and I went online and looked up bisexuality to read more about it. I realized that was me."
This story, in its very simplicity, just about kills me, because I was Kera as a teen. My diaries from elementary school are filled with "I love so-and-so" hearts with both boys' and girls' names in them; my middle school days were spent furtively staring at both the widening shoulders of boys and the widening hips of girls. But I had no word for it back then, and I didn't have Professor Google, so I just felt… well, weird. The first time I heard the word "bisexual" used in a casual way (as in, not as an insult or in a tone of disgust), it was electrifying. It was like something woke up inside of me; something in myself stood in recognition. I was 15, and a lot of my friends were dating, but I wasn't — I was too busy having super-intense friendships with sexual tension that couldn't be talked about because I was too busy trying to wish it away. I literally cannot imagine how different my adolescence would have been if I, like Kera, could have just looked it up and found other people like me.
The adults featured in this article are not, generally, as quick to accept this less heteronormative world as their kids are. Many of them doubt their queer children, wondering how they can possibly "know" when they're so young, or before they're sexually active. As the author points out, straight kids are not doubted when they have sexual or romantic feelings at the same age; many of them, in fact, are encouraged. Kera is lucky to have a mom who sees right through the fog of heteronormativity to accept what her daughter tells her:
"My first reaction to the poem [in which Kera came out], which she slipped under my bedroom door before going to hide in her room, was that she seemed really worked up about this," her mother recalled. "But I knew I was interested in boys when I was her age, so it didn't strike me as unusual that Kera might know she's interested in boys and girls, put two and two together and call herself bisexual. Kids just know what those words mean a lot earlier than when I was growing up."
You rock, Kera's mom! Kera's mom has passed Empathy and Cultural Diversity 101: she thinks of herself and her own experiences, compares them to her daughter's, and acknowledges that while different, they are just variations in standard human behavior. Kera's mom had crushes and sexual fantasies as a teenager, so she gets that Kera does, too — and she knows that if she definitely liked boys, it makes sense that her daughter would be definite about who she likes too, even if it's different from her own desires.
Kera's mom,* could you please adopt every queer kid in the country? Kthx!
I know this is my week for tortured analogies here, but I think that there's something to be said for FA here, too. When we depathologize states of being that are considered abnormal, we can reveal the normative structures that propped up our pathologizing in the first place. When we accept that the categories we're accustomed to are not best described as X and not-X (straight and not straight, thin and not-thin, etc.) but as X and Y and probably Z too, we see that X was only considered "normal" because it was important to people who are X to view it that way. When we look from a standpoint of celebrating human diversity, it seems bizarre to think of Z as abnormal or the "opposite" of X: Z is its own way of being. Thin people and straight people aren't required to explain away their bodies and desires; they're not asked "How do you know you're straight?" or "Have you ever thought about trying not to be thin?" Social justice movements aren't simply trying to flip things around and make it so that those questions do get asked of "normal" people, too; they're trying to get rid of these demeaning, eliminationist questions in the first place.
And for some lucky kids and their cool friends and understanding teachers and awesome moms, that seems to be working.
*Or, as I probably would have called her when I was 12, Mrs Kera.


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Kick off National Family Literacy Day by inviting parents, grandparents, and other family members to your classroom for a family-school reading day.
- Invite students' family members to read a favorite story from their childhood, or their child's favorite bedtime story. (Grandparents can share both their child's and their grandchild's favorites!)
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Earlier this year we told you about a rising number of Ford Mustang owners complaining of faulty manual transmissions that Ford can't seem to fix. Now U.S. safety regulators have opened a defect probe into 26,000 cars.
As MustangDaily noted, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Sunday it was opening the probe based on 32 complaints to the agency about the MT82 transmissions built by a Ford-Getrag joint venture in China. NHTSA has been interviewing some of those who complained, and was worried enough to launch an investigation:
Some reports allege incidents occurred while merging into high speed traffic and others allege that incidents occurred while turning left across oncoming traffic. Some complainants allege that the erratic shifting behavior almost caused a collision with adjacent vehicles.
No crashes or injuries have been reported to NHTSA from the transmissions.
While a NHTSA preliminary investigation won't automatically lead to a recall, it will force Ford to tell NHTSA how widespread the problem is, and what steps if any Ford may have taken to tackle it. One insider gave us a possible explanation blaming Ford's efforts to save money by using an older design of Getrag transmission. That design had a drawback - a gear rattle, which Ford engineers quieted by requiring a thicker transmission fluid.
Except the thicker fluid causes some of the gears to slip, creating extra wear and missed or notchy shifting. On top of those problems, some of the bolts holding the clutch can loosen because Ford didn't specify bolt thread locker. Ford has switched back to a different transmission fluid, but that makes the rattle come back.
While Ford has said it was working with customers, some Mustang owners have been told by Ford that noisy or notchy shifting is just how the transmissions are supposed to work. That's one way to fix the problem.


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Time is money when it comes to resurfacing a runway at Amsterdam's busy Schiphol airport. Project leader Heijmans, a nearly century-old Dutchbased construction company, went looking for a state-of-the-art resource management system, and it found one that works perfectly with Atlas Copco equipment. The system results in more efficient logistics, less waste and a smaller environmental impact.
Since 2010 we have constantly been upgrading aspects of our business. In 2014 we finalized a navigation system for road rollers. Next we turned our attention to the logistics chain."
A damp and foggy morning at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport in the Netherlands. Some of the five runways are in normal use, but one of them shows a different kind of activity. At a slow but steady pace, a small army of bright yellow machines is repaving the surface. The project is being carried out by Heijmans, one of the largest road-building contractors in the Netherlands.
The job of refurbishing the runway is scheduled to take seven weeks. It includes stripping the top layer, resurfacing the entire length with asphalt and reinstalling gutters and runway lighting. Time is money, in this industry as in others, so road builders are constantly seeking to streamline and modernize their operations.
Peter van Hinthem is Innovation Manager Roads at Heijmans. "Since 2010 we have constantly been upgrading aspects of our business," he says. "In 2014 we finalized a navigation system for road rollers. Next we turned our attention to the logistics chain." He and his team went searching for any available resource management systems, and they found three candidates. One of those was BPO ASPHALT, a software solution developed by the German company Volz Consulting (BPO stands for Building Process Optimization). Heijmans decided to initiate a test run of the software.
BPO ASPHALT delivers a comprehensive solution for planning projects, allocating resources, calculating material requirements, following up on projects in real time, monitoring truck locations, communicating and handling and change management. It also generates reports for later reference. The system is web-based, meaning it can be run on tablet PCs, iPads and smartphones. BPO ASPHALT creates a totally transparent platform by which supervisors on site, drivers of asphalt delivery trucks and staff at the asphalt plant are constantly kept informed about the progress of the work. They can communicate with one another and make last-minute adjustments.
BPO ASPHALT takes its cues from sensors on the road-paving equipment and from GPS receivers on the delivery trucks. This enables close monitoring of logistics and of quantities used, which in turn facilitates just-in-time delivery of asphalt on site. As van Hinthem explains, this is a crucial advantage of the program. "The asphalt leaves the mill at a temperature of over 150 degrees Celsius [300 degrees Fahrenheit]. For a smooth operation, it is essential to process it as hot as possible. If the asphalt cools down to below 80 degrees Celsius [175 degrees Fahrenheit], it becomes useless. So waiting time on site should be kept to a minimum. And since the sensors tell you exactly in real time how much asphalt is being used, you can make on-the-spot adjustments of the amounts ordered, so the delivery of expensive surplus quantities can be avoided."
Atlas Copco has established a cooperation with Volz Consulting, the company behind BPO ASPHALT. "We decided early on to leave the development of software to specialists and work with them," says Kristof Gijbels, Product Manager Large Pavers at Atlas Copco CR. "This has resulted in a very user-friendly, flexible and versatile system." Atlas Copco road construction equipment works perfectly well with BPO ASPHALT, and if required it can be delivered with all the necessary sensors, including a server-to-server connection from Atlas Copco's FleetLink fleet management system.
Heijmans has been testing BPO ASPHALT for several weeks now, and van Hinthem is pleased with the initial results. "Since 20 years' warranty on pavement is not uncommon any more, it is getting essential to be able to trace the origins of any given patch of asphalt," he says. "Moreover, quality is more important than ever, since construction contractors will nowadays be fined for any traffic jam caused by extra repair work made necessary because of a flawed job." Quicker turnover, lower costs Obviously it was time for the industry to beef up its logistics management with a modern solution, and some major players have successfully worked together to deliver one. "The new BPO ASPHALT software reflects our ambition to provide the best possible product for demanding end customers," Gijbels says. "With BPO ASPHALT, Volz Consulting has created a software tool that ensures more efficient logistics, less waste and therefore less environmental impact, a better and more
consistent quality and a better traceability, which all translate into quicker turnover times and lower costs."
Project: Buitenveldertbaan Location: Schiphol International Airport, Amsterdam Job: Total runway makeover Contractor: Heijmans Duration: Seven weeks, working 24/7 Dynapac equipment used: Two SD2500CS pavers with a V5100TVE screed, Moba sensors and FleetLink fleet management system for use with BPO ASPHALT software.
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Red Bean and Ham-n-Cheese Rolls with TZ, RYW & SD
Floyd's post on Hokkaido Milk Bread, which mentioned red bean filling, started nagging me to make red bean rolls. Fortunately, I had a stash of home made red bean paste in my freezer, which was given to me by a good friend. So why delay?
I decided to use Hamelman's Soft Butter Rolls formula as a base for my rolls. Instead of instant yeast I decided to go with RYW levain. I usually don't use sourdough starter in my soft breads, but I thought this time it would give a nice contrast to the red bean paste. But either my sourdough is too sour or I am too much of a sourdough wimp, so I always build my sourdough with RYW in my hearth breads and I did the same here and used a small amount. And as the post on tang zhong seemed to be the driving force behind these rolls, it was a given.
These are the proportions I used :
RYW Levain
Bread Flour : 150 gms
RYW : 150 gms
Total : 300 gms
Sourdough Levain
Seed : 10 gms
Bread Flour : 20 gms
RYW : 20 gms
Total : 50 gms
Tang Zhong
Bread Flour : 25 gms
Water : 125 gms
Total : 150 gms
Final Dough
Bread Flour : 300 gms
RYW Levain : 300 gms
SD Levain : 50 gms
Tang Zhong 150 gms
Egg : 60 gms
Softened Butter : 40 gms
Milk Powder (non-fat) : 25 gms
Sugar : 30 gms
Salt : 10 gms
Kneaded in Bread Machine till I got a window pane (almost full 20 minutes of dough cycle).
Put the dough in an oiled bowl. Did 3 S&F at 30 minutes interval. The dough was quite well developed & strong after the last S&F. Retarded in fridge overnight. Next day, divided it in 20 pieces and pre shaped in rough rounds and rested for 15 minutes. Decided to make 10 red bean rolls & 10 ham-n-cheese for kids. Used monterey jack cheese with black pepper ham.
My shaping skills are hilarious, as the photos testify, so shaping rolls is always the most tedious part for me. I was just glad to be done with it. Kept for final proof for one hour. Fifteen minutes before baking, put egg wash & sprinkled sesame seeds over red bean rolls. Baked at 180 C for 20 minutes, rotating the tray after 10 minutes.
Notwithstanding their ugly look, the rolls were all that I wanted. The slight tang added by sourdough gave an extra flavour note to the rolls. The tang zhong & ryw helped the softness. If they had lasted beyond one day, I hope the SD & TZ would have kept them from getting stale. But as it goes, my daughter and her school friends managed to devour them in no time and have ordered another batch ASAP. I have agreed on the condition that they help me to shape the rolls next time. They are quite willing and I am confident the 12 year olds have better dexterity than me :).


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|Margaret Thatcher
|71st Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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May 4, 1979 - November 28, 1990
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Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts), Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven, LG, OM, PC (born October 13, 1925. died April 8, 2013), was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, the first, and currently, only woman to hold the position. Her leadership permanently moved Britain to the right and reshaped the nation's political environment to stress economic growth and international competitiveness. The Labour Party in response under Tony Blair jettisoned their old leftist ideas and followed Thatcher-lite programs. Despite being in power for 13 years from 1997 to 2010 Labour did not remove any of Thatcher's anti-union legislation and has refused to even consider doing so.
Thatcher was chosen to be the leader of the Conservative Party in February 1975, succeeding former Prime Minister Edward Heath. She was opposed to socialism and excessive union power which had brought down the previous Conservative government in 1974. She led the Conservatives to victory in the May 1979 General Election and thus became Prime Minister.
|The economic success of the Western world is a product of its moral philosophy and practice. The economic results are better because the moral philosophy is superior. Choice is the essence of ethics: if there were no choice, there would be no ethics, no good, no evil; good and evil have meaning only insofar as man is free to choose. [1]
Thatcher sold many of the UK's nationalized industries back to private investors and made tax cuts. She broke the power of the trade unions which stood in the way of industrial progress, especially in the mining, print and shipbuilding industries and the public sector. Due to her strong standards and her leadership style, she became known as the "Iron Lady," a term originally coined as an insult in the Soviet Army newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda (Red Star,) but one she adopted enthusiastically. A famous statement of hers was "You turn if you want to, but the lady's not for turning", in reference to calls from within her own party to back down (in the political terminology of the time, "U-turn") on issues that were important to her. Thatcher was always a strong supporter of close relations with the United States and was a good friend of President Ronald Reagan, uniting with him in actions against the Communists.
She led Britain to victory against Argentina in a 1982 war over Argentinian aggression against the Falkland Islands. The United States was allied with both countries, and initially tried to broker a negotiated settlement. When Thatcher rejected the proposed compromise, the U.S. supported Britain with intelligence information and the supply of advanced AIM-9L Sidewinder missiles. The conflict led to a strong friendship with the Chilean leader Augusto Pinochet after Chile helped Britain in the conflict. In 1986, she banned the promotion of homosexuality in schools in a piece of legislation known as Section 28.
Thatcher led the Conservative Party to victory in three general elections (1979, 1983 and 1987). By 1990, her popularity was waning and there were calls from within her own party for her to step aside. She was challenged for the party leadership and just failed to gain the necessary majority in the first election despite getting more votes than her rival Michael Heseltine. After being convinced by colleagues that she would narrowly fail to gain the necessary votes she decided not to stand for a second ballot and resigned as party leader on 22 November 1990. John Major won the party leadership vote, and was subsequently appointed to succeed Thatcher as Prime Minister. Heseltine's reputation was destroyed by his actions and his career in the Conservative Party slowly declined, although he remained in the British government and was Deputy Prime Minister between 1995 and 1997..
Thatcher was the longest serving British Prime Minister in more than 150 years and, alongside Winston Churchill, is considered to be one of the two most important British political leaders of the twentieth century.
She fundamentally moved the British economy from factories and mines to services and finance; although manufacturing output grew considerably under her leadership there was an even greater increase in the banking sector. Time Magazine wrote of Lady Thatcher:
|She was the catalyst who set in motion a series of interconnected events that gave a revolutionary twist to the century's last two decades and helped mankind end the millennium on a note of hope and confidence. The triumph of capitalism, the almost universal acceptance of the market as indispensable to prosperity, the collapse of Soviet imperialism, the downsizing of the state on nearly every continent and in almost every country in the world — Margaret Thatcher played a part in all those transformations, and it is not easy to see how any would have occurred without her. Champion of free minds and markets, she helped topple the welfare state and make the world safer for capitalism and mankind. [2]
- 1 Career prior to 1979
- 2 1979 election
- 3 Prime Ministership
- 4 Thatcherism
- 5 Life after being Prime Minister
- 6 Quick Facts
- 7 Husband
- 8 Notable quotes
- 9 See also
- 10 External Links
- 11 References
- 12 Bibliography
Career prior to 1979
The predominant influence in Lady Thatcher's early life was her father, Alfred Roberts. Roberts was a grocer by occupation who was active in local politics. She attended Somerville College, Oxford, where she read chemistry and became chairman of the university Conservative association. After graduating, she worked for a time as a research chemist before qualifying as a barrister and practicing as a tax lawyer, an indication of her interest in financial matters. In this time period, it was uncommon in Britain for a woman from a background to go to an upper-class university and then to pursue a career in the elitist male world of the Bar.
Lady Thatcher married Denis Thatcher, a successful businessman whom she met at a Conservative Party meeting; a quiet man, he kept out of the spotlight. They had two children, twins Mark Thatcher and Carol Thatcher.
Under the weak and troubled Conservative premiership of Edward Heath (1970-1974), Thatcher served as Secretary of State for Education during which time her most noted achievement was the withdrawal of a daily milk ration to primary age schoolchildren earning her the nickname Milk-Snatcher. After the Conservatives were defeated in the elections of February and October 1974, Thatcher challenged the more liberal Heath for the leadership of the party. When she went into Heath's office to tell him her decision, he did not even bother to look up. "You'll lose," he said. "Good day to you." [1]
Though at the time she was a relatively untested figure (and many in the party were wary of choosing a woman leader), she defeated both Heath and other male rivals in the contest in February 1975. Heath subsequently became a prominent personal and political adversary of Thatcher, drawing accusations of bitterness.
In the 1970s, Thatcher's strongly conservative, pro-capitalist stance resonated with a new mood among the British electorate, many of whom had become dissatisfied with the post-World War II statist consensus (the "post-war consensus", sometimes also called "Butskellism" after the centrist Conservative politician Rab Butler and the moderate Labour politician Hugh Gaitskell). Thatcher and the Conservatives offered a clear alternative vision for an increasingly aspirational society. The Conservative politician Sir Keith Joseph was the primary intellectual force behind these theories that later became known as Thatcherism. They were strongly influenced by the pro-market intellectuals Friedrich von Hayek and Milton Friedman.
Attitude to Abortion
Thatcher, throughout her parliamentary career, voted in favor of liberal abortion laws.[2]
1979 election
The Labour party under James Callaghan (prime minister 1976-79) contested the May 1979 election as unemployment passed the one-million mark and unions became more aggressive. The Conservatives used a highly effective poster created by Saatchi and Saatchi, showing a dole queue snaking into the distance and it carried the caption "Labour isn't working".
Voters gave Conservatives 43.9% of the vote and 339 seats to Labour's 269, for an overall majority of 43 seats. People generally voted against Labour rather than for the Conservatives. Labour was weakened by the steady long-term decline in the proportion of manual workers in the electorate. Twice as many manual workers normally voted Labour as voted Conservative, but they now constituted only 56% of the electorate. When Harold Wilson won narrowly for Labour in 1964, they had accounted for 63%. Furthermore they were beginning to turn against the trade unions—alienated, perhaps, by the difficulties of the winter of 1978-9. In contrast, Tory policies stressing wider home ownership, which Labour refused to match. Thatcher did best in districts where the economy was relatively strong and was weaker where it was contracting.
Prime Ministership
Economic policy
Thatcher's chief goals in power were to reverse Britain's economic decline and to reduce the range of the state as well as standing taller on the international stage. She found a soul-mate in Ronald Reagan, elected in 1980 but whom she had met in 1975. Thatcher started by increasing interest rates to drive down inflation which hit the manufacturing sector and caused unemployment to rise sharply and there was a deep recession in the early 1980s blamed on her Government's economic policy. This led to her famous quote: 'the lady is not for turning', and she refused a policy reversal and, despite an open letter from 364 "economists", taxes were increased in the middle of a recession. Although unemployment did not reach 3 million till 1982, a year earlier British cities burned as thousands took to the streets to demonstrate their frustration. Inflation was going down though, allowing interest rates to fall, proving those "economists" wrong.
Falkland Islands
As the economy started to recover Argentina invaded the Falklands, the first (and unprovoked) invasion of sovereign British territory by a foreign government since the Second World War. This invasion was preceded, and possibly encouraged, by her withdrawal of the Royal Navy's antarctic patrol ship HMS Endurance from the South Atlantic. Thatcher immediately declared her resolve to recapture the islands in line with the wishes of their inhabitants, and dispatched a naval task force to that end. With help from President Pinochet of Chile and, more covertly, Ronald Reagan, the British forces swiftly recaptured the islands. The resulting wave of patriotic enthusiasm as well as her right to buy policy for council homes, and a uselessly divided opposition, meant she got a landslide victory in the June 1983 general election.
The central theme of Thatcher's second term was reducing the power of the trade unions with a series of measures that a number of unions reacted to with industrial action. In particular action was initiated by the National Union of Mineworkers led by Arthur Scargill, who openly declared the intention of bringing down the elected government. The Tories had prepared for the strike by building up coal reserves and deploying police units fitted out with new riot gear brought in after the disturbances of 1981. The miners responded with violence and very ugly scenes developed on picket lines that split the country. Scargill's failure to hold a ballot for the strike undermined public support and the striker's chant of 'vote with your feet' calling miners to join the strike was turned on them as more and more returned to work over the year of the strike.
In the middle of the strike, on October 12 1984, the Provisional IRA (Irish Republican Army; a terror group that seeks Irish Reunification) detonated a bomb during the Conservative Party conference in Brighton. Thatcher escaped injury but five people died in the attack and Margaret Tebbit was left paralyzed; the conference went on as normal. Thatcher delivered a speech less than four hours after the explosion.
Thatcher's political and economic philosophy emphasized free markets and since gaining power she had experimented in selling off nationalized industries starting with the National Freight company, most of the large utilities followed.
Privatization was perhaps the most enduring legacy of the political economy developed under Thatcher. She privatized long-nationalized corporations (such as the telephone and aerospace firms) and, most important, sold public housing to tenants, all on favorable terms. Theis turned Labour-minded tenants into Conservative-minded property owners and mortgage payers. The policy developed an important electoral dimension during the second Thatcher government (1983-90). It involved more than denationalization: wider share ownership was the second plank of the policy, and this provides an important historical perspective on the relationship between Thatcherism and 20th-century conservatism.[3]
Foreign policy
Thatcher supported Reagan's Cold War policies of rollback of Communism. She supported the stationing of nuclear missiles in Europe and at British bases, ignoring the last-gasp protests by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. She supported the American bombing raid on Libya from bases in Britain in 1986 and, by refusing to side with a European consortium, in backing the American-based Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation over a British company Westland. Michael Heseltine resigned in protest at her style of leadership over this.
In 1984 she visited China and signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration with Deng Xiaoping that agreed the handover of Hong Kong in 1997. At the Fontainebleau summit in 1984 Thatcher argued that the UK paid far more to the EEC than it received in spending and negotiated a budget rebate using the argument that 'We want our money back'. In 1985, the University of Oxford voted to refuse her an honorary degree in protest against her cuts in funding for education.
Reelected 1987
In 1987, Thatcher became the first British Prime Minister to win three consecutive general elections since Lord Liverpool (1812-1827).
In the late 1980's Thatcher began to be concerned by environmental policy and in 1988 she made a major speech accepting the problems of global warming, ozone depletion and acid rain. [4]
At Bruges, she made a speech in which she outlined her opposition to proposals from the European Communities for a federal structure and increasing centralization of decision-making believing that the role of the EC should be limited to ensuring free trade and effective competition. She was specifically against Economic and Monetary Union, through which a single currency would replace national currencies, and for which the EC was making preparations. In 1989 the economy high interest rates were imposed to stop an unsustainable boom. At the Madrid European summit, Nigel Lawson and Geoffrey Howe forced Thatcher to agree the circumstances in which she would join the Exchange Rate Mechanism, a preparation for monetary union. She took revenge on both by demoting Howe and listening more to her adviser Sir Alan Walters on economic matters. Lawson resigned that October and in November, a so-called 'stalking horse candidate Sir Anthony Meyer challenged Thatcher for the leadership of the Conservative Party. In 1989 a new system of local government finance to replace the rates was introduced for Scotland in 1989 and for England and Wales in 1990. Called the 'Community Charge' but known as the Poll Tax was applied at the same amount to every individual resident with only limited discounts. Widespread opposition culminated in a huge demonstration in London on March 31 that turned into the largest outbreak of public disorder central London had seen in a century which was followed by millions of people refusing to pay the tax. This along with her government's handling of the economy, her perceived arrogance and a general feeling that she would never retire, made her politically vulnerable. Geoffrey Howe resigned on November 1 and condemned Thatcher's policy on the European Communities then openly invited 'others to consider their own response'. Michael Heseltine's response was a leadership challenge which resulted in a narrow failure, by two votes, for Thatcher to win automatic re-election. After consulting with cabinet colleagues she found a vast majority thought that she could not win on the second ballot. On November 22nd Thatcher announced that she would not be a candidate in the second ballot. She supported John Major as her successor, and retired from Parliament at the 1992 election.
Thatcherism refers to Thatcher's economic policies while prime minister 1979 and 1990. It consisted of
- free market supply-side economics
- tax reduction
- artificial manipulation of the money supply to reduce inflation
- privatization of public industry
- reining in of trade union influence and power
Life after being Prime Minister
After leaving the House of Commons, Thatcher was dubbed Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven and entered the House of Lords. Denis Thatcher was given a Baronetcy, which ensured that their son, Mark, would inherit the title of "Sir Mark".
She publicly endorsed William Hague against Kenneth Clarke for the Conservative leadership in 1997. She made many speaking engagements around the world, including very vocal support of former General Augusto Pinochet, whom the new Labour administration extradited to Spain on trumped-up charges of torturing political opponents. In March 2002 she suffered a mild stroke, and made few speeches. In 2004 she attended the funeral of her old friend and political soul-mate, Ronald Reagan. Baroness Thatcher was still seen at Tory party gatherings until nearly the end of her life, and continued endorsing party leaders, such as Iain Duncan Smith. In August 2008, it became known that she was suffering from dementia and had withdrawn from public life. [5] [3][4][5]
Quick Facts
- Born: 13 October 1925 in Grantham, Lincolnshire
- First entered Parliament: 8 October 1959
- Became leader of the Conservative Party in February 1975
- Elected as Prime Minister in May 1979
- Age she became PM: 53 years, 204 days
- Maiden Speech: 5 February 1960 during the second reading of her Private Member's Bill
- Total time as PM: 11 years, 209 days
- Nickname: "The Iron Lady"
- Education: Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School and Somerville College, Oxford
- Before Thatcher became an MP, she worked as a research chemist for British Xylonite and then Lyons & Company, where she helped develop methods for preserving ice cream.
- Family: Margaret Thatcher is the younger of two daughters. She often gave her father as an example of an outstanding citizen. She married Sir Denis Thatcher, and has one son and one daughter.
- Interests: Music, art, opera and reading.
Denis Thatcher, as the first male PM spouse in history, was always likely to be the center of media attention - and he didn't disappoint.
When she met him, Baroness Thatcher remarked that "it was clear to me at once that Denis was an exceptional man - he had a certain style and dash." Described as a man of integrity, humor and common sense, he had a strong business background and fought with the Royal Artillery during the war.
It was said that Denis was in 'the Thatcher party not the Tory party'. He once famously remarked, recalling the words of Mark Twain, that: "it's better to keep my mouth shut and be thought a fool rather than open it and remove all doubt."
When he died in 2003 his wife paid tribute to the man she loved by saying: "Being PM is a lonely job. In a sense, it ought to be - you cannot lead from a crowd. But with Denis there I was never alone. What a man. What a husband. What a friend."
Notable quotes
- "I like Mr Gorbachev, we can do business together."
- "The lady is not for turning"
- "I have made it quite clear that a unified Ireland was one solution that is out. A second solution was a confederation of two states. That is out. A third solution was joint authority. That is out-that is a derogation of sovereignty."
- "I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left."
- "If you lead a country like Britain, a strong country, a country which has taken a lead in world affairs in good times and in bad, a country that is always reliable, then you have to have a touch of iron about you."
- "I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near."
- " There is no such thing as society. There is living tapestry of men and women and people and the beauty of that tapestry and the quality of our lives will depend upon how much each of us is prepared to take responsibility for ourselves and each of us prepared to turn round and help by our own efforts those who are unfortunate"[6]
- "What Britain needs is an iron lady."
- "Unless we change our ways and our direction, our greatness as a nation will soon be a footnote in the history books, a distant memory of an offshore island, lost in the mists of time like Camelot, remembered kindly for its noble past."
- "I just owe almost everything to my father [and] it's passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town, in a very modest home, are just the things that I believe have won the election."
- "Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend."[7]
- "It will be years before a woman either leads the Conservative Party or becomes Prime Minister. I don't see it happening in my time" (in 1970.) This quote was parodied in the 2006 TV series Life on Mars, when DCI Gene Hunt (speaking in 1973) stated "There'll never be a woman Prime Minister as long as I have a hole in my ar*e."
- "You may have to fight the battle more than once to win it." [8]
- (Referring to her friend and adviser William Whitelaw) "Every Prime Minister needs a Willie."
See also
External Links
- ↑ 1977 speech by Margaret Thatcher; Zurich Economic Society
- ↑ Time Magazine; Time 100 citation
- ↑ Richard Stevens, "The Evolution of Privatisation as an Electoral Policy, c. 1970-90." Contemporary British History 2004 18(2): 47-75. Issn: 1361-9462 Fulltext: Ebsco
- ↑ Speech to the Royal Society, 9/27/1988
- ↑ Thatcher suffers from dementia
- ↑ Interview in Woman's Own
- ↑ Quotes by Margaret Thatcher
- ↑ The Routledge dictionary of quotations - Page 283 by Robert Andrews
- Blundell, John. Margaret Thatcher: A Portrait of the Iron Lady (2008) excerpt and text search
- Campbell, John. Margaret Thatcher. Vol. 1: The Grocer's Daughter. (2000); Margaret Thatcher. vol. 2: Iron Lady (2007), 520pp; 913pp; long, detailed authoritative biography
- Clarke, Peter. "Margaret Thatcher's Place in History: Two Views," Journal of the History of Economic Thought 2002 24(3): 357-368 online at EBSCO
- Geelhoed, Bruce E. and Hobbs, James F. Margaret Thatcher's Last Hurrah: In Victory and Downfall, 1987 and 1990. (1992). 193 pp. online edition; also excerpt and text search
- King, Anthony. "The Outsider as Political Leader: the Case of Margaret Thatcher." British Journal of Political Science 2002 32(3): 435-454. Issn: 0007-1234 Fulltext: CUP and Jstor. Thatcher was a social outsider, psychological outsider and political outsider.
- Thompson, Juliet S., and Wayne C. Thompson. Margaret Thatcher: Prime Minister Indomitable (1994) online edition
- Young, Hugo. The Iron Lady: A Biography of Margaret Thatcher. (1989). 570 pp. well-written and well researched
Political studies
- Adonis, Andrew, and Tim Hames, eds. A Conservative Revolution: The Thatcher-Reagan Decade (1994), comparative perspective
- Backhouse, Roger E. "The Macroeconomics of Margaret Thatcher," Journal of the History of Economic Thought 2002 24(3): 313-334 online at EBSCO
- Dellheim, Charles. The Disenchanted Isle: Mrs. Thatcher's Capitalist Revolution. (1995) 352 pp.
- Evans, Brendan. Thatcherism and British Politics, 1975-1997 (2000)
- Evans, Eric J. Thatcher and Thatcherism. (2nd ed. 2004). 176 pp online edition
- Fry, Geoffrey K. Politics of the Thatcher Revolution: An Interpretation of British Politics 1975 - 1990 (2008) excerpt and text search
- Haseler, Stephen. The Battle for Britain: Thatcher and the New Liberals. (1990). 195 pp.
- Holmes, Martin. The First Thatcher Government, 1979-83: Contemporary Conservatism and Economic Change (1985); Thatcherism: Scope and Limits, 1983-87. (1989). 174 pp. a sympathetic assessment.
- Jenkins, Peter. Mrs. Thatcher's Revolution: The Ending of the Socialist Era. (1988). 417 pp. critical
- Johnson, Christopher. The Grand Experiment: Mrs. Thatcher's Economy and How It Spread. (1993). 341 pp.
- Kavanagh, Dennis. Thatcherism and British Politics: The End of Consensus? (1987). 334 pp.
- Kavanagh, Dennis, and Anthony Seldon, eds. The Thatcher Effect (1989), major interpretive essays by experts
- Krieger, Joel. Reagan, Thatcher, and the Politics of Decline. (1987). 247 pp.
- Moon, Jeremy. Innovative Leadership in Democracy: Policy Change under Thatcher. (1993). 157 pp.
- Morgan, K.O. The People's Peace: British History, 1945-90 (1990) survey by leading scholar
- Pugliese, Stanislao, ed. The Political Legacy of Margaret Thatcher. (2003). 419 pp.
- Reitan, Earl A. The Thatcher Revolution: Margaret Thatcher, John Major, and Tony Blair, and the Transformation of Modern Britain, 1979-2001. (2003). 260 pp.
- Reitan, Earl A. Tory Radicalism: Margaret Thatcher, John Major, and the Transformation of Modern Britain, 1979-1997. (1997). 222 pp.
- Riddell, Peter. The Thatcher Decade: How Britain Has Changed during the 1980's. (1989). 236 pp.
- Roy, Subroto and Clarke, John, eds. Margaret Thatcher's Revolution: How It Happened and What It Meant. (2005). 209 pp.
- Savage, S.P., and L. Robbins, eds. Public Policy under Thatcher (1990), essays by experts
- Sharp, Paul. Thatcher's Diplomacy: The Revival of British Foreign Policy. (1997). 269 pp.
- Smith, Geoffrey. Reagan and Thatcher. (1991). 285 pp.
- Waine, Barbara. The Rhetoric of Independence: The Ideology and Practice of Social Policy in Thatcher's Britain. (1992). 172 pp.
- Wall, Stephen. A Stranger in Europe: Britain and the EU from Thatcher to Blair (2008) excerpt and text search
- Walters, A. A. Britain's Economic Renaissance: Margaret Thatcher's Reforms, 1979-1984. (1986). 200 pp.
- Wapshott, Nicholas. Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher: A Political Marriage. (2007) 329 pp. excerpt and text search
- Whipple, Amy C. "'Ordinary People': The Cultural Origins of Popular Thatcherism in Britain, 1964-1979." PhD dissertation Northwestern U. 2004. 253 pp. DAI 2004 65(5): 1926-A. DA3132626 Fulltext: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
- additional books
Primary sources
- Clark, Alan. Mrs. Thatcher's Minister: The Private Diaries of Alan Clark. (1994). 421 pp.
- Thatcher, Margaret. The Path to Power (1995); The Downing Street Years. (1993). 914 pp., highly detailed memoirs


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One of the main uses we have for GitHub is using it for code reviews. In DemonWare we peer-review all the code, which really improves the quality of the code. Of course, peer-review is different from reviewing the code in an open software situation, as it is done more often and I suspect than the average number of reviewers is lower in most open source projects. We were using Rietveld, which is a good tool, but probably not stellar when you start using it. The main process was, write code, submit it to Rietveld, ask for reviewers, check and discuss comments, update the code and repeat the process; and wait for approval for the reviewers to submit the code to the remote repo.
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