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On Nov. 10, 1775, the U.S. Marines were organized under authority of the Continental Congress.
In 1871, journalist-explorer Henry M. Stanley found Scottish missionary David Livingstone, who had not been heard from for years, near Lake Tanganyika in central Africa.
In 1917, 41 suffragists were arrested for picketing in front of the White House.
In 1928, Hirohito was enthroned as Emperor of Japan.
In 1938, Kate Smith first sang Irving Berlin's "God Bless America" on her CBS radio program. Turkish statesman Mustafa Kemal Ataturk died in Istanbul at age 57.
In 1942, Winston Churchill delivered a speech in London in which he said, "I have not become the King's First Minister to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire."
In 1954, the U.S. Marine Corps Memorial, depicting the raising of the American flag on Iwo Jima in 1945, was dedicated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in Arlington, Virginia.
In 1969, the children's educational program "Sesame Street" made its debut on National Educational Television (later PBS).
In 1972, three armed men hijacked Southern Airways Flight 49, a DC-9 with 24 other passengers on board during a stopover in Birmingham, Ala., and demanded $10 million in ransom. (The 30-hour ordeal, which involved landings in nine U.S. cities and Toronto, finally ended with a second landing in Cuba, where the hijackers were taken into custody by Cuban authorities.)
In 1975, the U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution equating Zionism with racism (the world body repealed the resolution in Dec. 1991). The ore-hauling ship SS Edmund Fitzgerald mysteriously sank during a storm in Lake Superior with the loss of all 29 crew members.
In 1982, the newly finished Vietnam Veterans Memorial was opened to its first visitors in Washington, D.C., three days before its dedication. Soviet leader Leonid I. Brezhnev died at age 75.
In 1997, a judge in Cambridge, Mass., reduced Louise Woodward's murder conviction to involuntary manslaughter and sentenced the English au pair to the 279 days she'd already served in the death of 8-month-old Matthew Eappen.
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I spoke at Velocity 2009 on Tuesday with my friend John Allspaw about how we work together at Flickr to make a lot of changes to the site without breaking it too often.
This is the third talk I've given with others around how to work together, but the first time I've tackled the ops/dev connection. It seems this relationship is easier to reflect on; it felt more natural giving direct advice in our talk instead of vague handwaving about designers and developers being nice to each other.
The slides are available as a PDF, or you can look at them on slideshare. A video of the session is up on blip.tv, and there's even a code.flickr.com post about the whole thing.■

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Table of Contents
Overview 1. Servlet Intro 2. JSP Intro 3. MVC 4. Environment 5. Container facilities 6. View facilities 7. JSP pages 8. Custom tags 9. Controller facilities 10. Model options 11. Asynchronous 12. Security
Worthwhile reading:
12.1 Understand the role of the container in security
Four concepts:
- Authentication: The means by which communicating entities prove to one another that they are acting on behalf of specific identities that are authorized for access.
- Authorization: Access control for resources: The means by which interactions with resources are limited to collections of users or programs for the purpose of enforcing integrity, confidentiality, or availability constraints.
- Confidentiality or Data Privacy: The means used to ensure that information is made available only to users who are authorized to access it.
- Data Integrity: The means used to prove that information has not been modified by a third party while in transit
The container checks the URL accessed and login credentials (username, password) against an internal table (username, password, role) and may send a '401 Unauthorized' error page. Other relevant codes are '403 Forbidden' for resources that no user has access to.
Authentication is performed prior to authorization. Security should ideally be done declaratively.
A realm (<realm-name>) is a place where authentication information is stored. It is valid only for Basic, Digest and Form authentication.
Authorization Step 1: defining roles
tomcat-users.xml (e.g. C:\xampp\tomcat\conf\tomcat-users.xml)
<tomcat-users> <role rolename="Admin"/> <role rolename="Member"/> <role rolename="Guest"/> <user username="Annie" password="admin" roles="Admin, Member, Guest" /> <user username="Diane" password="coder" roles="Member, Guest" /> <user username="Ted" password="newbie" roles="Guest" /> </tomcat-users>
<security-role> <role-name>Admin</role-name> </security-role> <security-role> <role-name>Member</role-name> </security-role> <security-role> <role-name>Guest</role-name> </security-role>
Authorization Step 2: defining resource/method constraints
- 1 or more <web-resource-collection>
- 0 or 1 <auth-constraint>
- 0 or 1 <user-data-constraint>
<security-constraint> <!-- can have many of these elements --> <web-resource-collection> <!-- can have many of these elements --> <web-resource-name>secure</web-resource-name> <!--optional name used by tools --> <url-pattern>/security/admin_and_member1.jsp</url-pattern> <!-- resources to be constrained --> <url-pattern>/security/*</url-pattern> <http-method>GET</http-method> <!-- restricted methods. if none specified, all are constrained --> <http-method>POST</http-method> </web-resource-collection> <auth-constraint> <!-- if absent, the Container MUST allow unauthenticated access for these URLs --> <role-name>Admin</role-name> <!-- optional allowed roles. Applies to all web-resource-collection elements --> <role-name>Member</role-name> </auth-constraint> </security-constraint>
- <http-method-omission> is opposite of <http-method> and new in 3.0. http-method-omission and http-method elements are never mixed in the same collection
<role-name> rules
- Within an <auth-constraint> element, the <role-name> element is OPTIONAL.
- If <role-name> elements exist, they tell the Container which roles are ALLOWED.
- If an <auth-constraint> element exists with NO <role-name> element, then NO USERS ARE ALLOWED.
- If <role-name>*</role-name> then ALL users are ALLOWED.
- Role names are case-sensitive
<auth-constraint> rules
- Within a <security-constraint> element, the <auth-constraint> element is OPTIONAL.
- If an <auth-constraint> exists, the Container MUST perform authentication for the associated URLs.
- If an <auth-constraint> does NOT exist, the Container MUST allow unauthenticated access for these URLs. Same as: <role-name>*</role-name>
- For readability, you can add a <description> inside <auth-constraint>
- NO <auth-constraint> (allow all) is the opposite of an EMPTY <auth-constraint/> (allow none)
multiple <security-constraint> rules
- When combining individual role names, all of the role names listed will be allowed.
- A role name of " * " combines with anything else to allow access to everybody.
- An empty <auth-constraint> tag combines with anything else to allow access to nobody! In other words, an empty <auth-constraint> is always the final word!
- If one of the <security-constraint> elements has no <auth-constraint> element, it combines with anything else to allow access to everybody
Programmatic security
After user is authenticated, isUserInRole() is called with a role argument. Returns true or false. .e.g
if( request.isUserInRole("Manager")) {
in web.xml, <security-role-ref> can be used to lookup a <security-role>. e.g.
<servlet> <security-role-ref> <role-name>Manager</role-name> <role-link>Admin</role-link> </security-role-ref> </servlet> <security-role> <role-name>Admin</role-name> </security-role>
Programmatic methods are:
- getRemoteUser, which determines the user name with which the client authenticated. The getRemoteUser method returns the name of the remote user (the caller) associated by the container with the request. If no user has been authenticated, this method returns null.
- isUserInRole, which determines whether a remote user is in a specific security role. If no user has been authenticated, this method returns false. This method expects a String user role-name parameter.
- getUserPrincipal, which determines the principal name of the current user and returns a java.security.Principal object. If no user has been authenticated, this method returns null. Calling the getName method on the Principal returned by getUserPrincipal returns the name of the remote user.
Servlet 3.0
Servlet 3.0 specifies the following methods of the HttpServletRequest interface that enable you to authenticate users for a web application programmatically:
boolean authenticate(HttpServletResponse response)
Use the container login mechanism configured for the ServletContext to authenticate the user making this request. If you call this method, the container will send such a response that will cause the browser to prompt the user to enter his/her user name and password.
void login(username, password)
You call this method when you get the username and password from the user. ServletException - if the configured login mechanism does not support username password authentication, or if a non-null caller identity had already been established (prior to the call to login), or if validation of the provided username and password fails.
void logout()
Once you call this method, getUserPrincipal, getRemoteUser, and getAuthType methods return null.
12.2 Describe and implement four authentication models
- DIGEST (not required in JEE 6)
BASIC and DIGEST are based on built-in mechanism of HTTP.
|Data Integrity
|Base64 - weak
|HTTP standard, all browsers support it
|Stronger - but not SSL
|Optional for HTTP and J2EE containers
|Very weak, no encryption
|Allows a custom login screen
|Strong - public key, (PKC)
|Strong, but users must have certifcates
<realm-name> is optional and depends on the container vendor
Transmits the login information in a base64 encoded (not encrypted) form.
<login-config> <auth-method>BASIC</auth-method> </login-config>
Transmits the login information in a more secure way, not widely used.
<login-config> <auth-method>DIGEST</auth-method> </login-config>
Transmits the login information in an extremely secure form, using Public Key Certificates (PKC). Used for B2B.
The CLIENT-CERT authentication method is typically used for identifying the user by his X.509 certificate. This is a special usage of the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) where both the server and the user are identified by their own certificates. Thus, this mechanism requires the client to possess a Public Key Certificate (PKC).
<login-config> <auth-method>CLIENT-CERT</auth-method> </login-config>
Using login form, least secure as no encryption is used when sending username and password.
<login-config> <auth-method>FORM</auth-method> <form-login-config> <form-login-page>/loginPage.html</form-login-page> <form-error-page>/loginError.html</form-error-page> </form-login-config> </login-config>
<form method="POST" action="j_security_check"> <input type="text" name="j_username"> <input type="password" name="j_password"> <input type="submit" value="Enter"> </form>
<html> <body> wrong password </body> </html>
12.3 Force the use of encryption between a web application and the client browser
The container may send a 301 Redirect if a user tries to access a resource over HTTP, rather than HTTPS. The browser will then use a secure connection. This check will occur prior to authentication. Every resource that requires being logged-in should have a transport-guarantee.
Options for <transport-guarantee> within <user-data-constraint>
- NONE - This is the default, no data protection
- INTEGRAL - The data must not be changed along the way, usually using SSL
- CONFIDENTIAL - The data must not be seen by anybody along the way, using SSL
- In practice, Java EE servers treat the CONFIDENTIAL and INTEGRAL transport guarantee values identically.
<security-constraint> <user-data-constraint> <transport-guarantee>CONFIDENTIAL</transport-guarantee> </user-data-constraint> </security-constraint>
12.4 Understand the role of JAAS in pluggable/extensible authentication for web applications
Annotations for Security
This section collect information on @ServletSecurity, @HttpConstraint and @HttpMethodConstraint . Any values explicitly specified in the deployment descriptor override any values specified in annotations.
You use the @HttpConstraint and, optionally, the @HttpMethodConstraint annotations within the @ServletSecurity annotation to specify a security constraint.
@HttpConstraint and @HttpMethodConstraint annotations accept a rolesAllowed element that specifies the authorized roles.
@WebServlet("/SecureServlet") @ServletSecurity(value = @HttpConstraint(rolesAllowed = "member"), httpMethodConstraints = { @HttpMethodConstraint(value = "GET", rolesAllowed = "member"), @HttpMethodConstraint(value = "POST", rolesAllowed = "admin", transportGuarantee = ServletSecurity.TransportGuarantee.CONFIDENTIAL), }) public class ServletAnnotatedSecurity extends HttpServlet { @Override protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest httpServletRequest, HttpServletResponse httpServletResponse) throws ServletException, IOException { PrintWriter out = httpServletResponse.getWriter(); out.println("secure servlet"); } }
This annotation takes two parameters (both are optional):
- value: The HttpConstraint that defines the protection to be applied to all HTTP methods that are NOT represented in the array returned by httpMethodConstraints. Default value is empty HttpConstraint.
- httpMethodConstraints: the array of HTTP method specific constraints.
|Specifies HTTP method constraints which will apply for the servlet.
|Specifies a constraint that applies to all HTTP methods that are not specified by the httpMethodConstraints.
The @HttpConstraint annotation is used within the @ServletSecurity annotation to represent the security constraint to be applied to all HTTP protocol methods for which a corresponding @HttpMethodConstraint does NOT occur within the @ServletSecurity annotation.
It takes three arguments (all are optional):
- value: The default authorization semantic that applies (only) when rolesAllowed returns an-empty array. Default is PERMIT
- rolesAllowed : An array containing the names of the authorized roles. Default is empty string array. Note: * has no special meaning
- transportGuarantee : The data protection requirements that must be satisfied by the connections on which requests arrive. Default is NONE. Note: While transport-guarantee element in DD has three valid values (NONE, CONFIDENTIAL, and INTEGRAL), the ServletSecurity.TransportGuarantee enum has only two, namely CONFIDENTIAL and NONE.
|Specify authorized role names.
|Specifies type of data protection that applies for the connection (SSL/TLS).
|Specifies the default authorization semantic when no roles specified by the array rolesAllowed.
The @HttpMethodConstraint annotation is used within the @ServletSecurity annotation to represent security constraints on specific HTTP protocol messages. It accepts four parameters:
- value (This is required): The HTTP protocol method name
- emptyRoleSemantic : The default authorization semantic that applies (only) when rolesAllowed returns an empty array. Default is PERMIT
- rolesAllowed : An array containing the names of the authorized roles. Default is {}
- transportGuarantee : The data protection requirements that must be satisfied by the connections on which requests arrive. Default is NONE
|Name of HTTP method.
|Specifies the default authorization semantic that applies for the servlet when no roles specified by the array rolesAllowed.
|Specifies role names that are authorized to access the servlet.
|Specifies type of data protection that applies for the connection (SSL/TLS).
The authorization semantic, either PERMIT or DENY, that applies when no roles are named in rolesAllowed. The default value for this element is PERMIT, and DENY is not supported in combination with a non-empty rolesAllowed list.
This parameter is used in both HttpConstraint and HttpMethodConstraint annotations.
@ServletSecurity(@HttpConstraint(EmptyRoleSemantic.DENY)) // This means: for all HTTP methods, all access is denied. @ServletSecurity(value = @HttpConstraint(rolesAllowed = "R1"), httpMethodConstraints = @HttpMethodConstraint(value="TRACE", emptyRoleSemantic = EmptyRoleSemantic.DENY) /* This means for all HTTP methods except TRACE, auth-constraint requires membership in Role R1; for TRACE, all access is denied. */
The following are some examples from Servlet 3.0 Specification. You should try to understand these because there are questions in the exam in similar pattern.
@ServletSecurity /* This implies all users are permitted to access all HTTP methods because the value of value parameter is an empty HttpConstraint, which permits all to access all HTTP methods. */ @ServletSecurity(@HttpConstraint(transportGuarantee =TransportGuarantee.CONFIDENTIAL)) // For all HTTP methods, no auth-constraint, confidential transport required @ServletSecurity(@HttpConstraint(EmptyRoleSemantic.DENY)) // For all HTTP methods, all access denied @ServletSecurity(@HttpConstraint(rolesAllowed = "R1")) // For all HTTP methods, auth-constraint requiring membership in Role R1 @ServletSecurity((httpMethodConstraints = { @HttpMethodConstraint(value = "GET", rolesAllowed = "R1"), @HttpMethodConstraint(value = "POST", rolesAllowed = "R1", transportGuarantee = TransportGuarantee.CONFIDENTIAL) }) /* For All HTTP methods except GET and POST, no constraints; for methods GET and POST, auth-constraint requiring membership in Role R1; for POST, confidential transport required */ @ServletSecurity(value = @HttpConstraint(rolesAllowed = "R1"), httpMethodConstraints = @HttpMethodConstraint("GET")) // For all HTTP methods except GET auth-constraint requiring membership in Role R1; for GET, no constraints @ServletSecurity(value = @HttpConstraint(rolesAllowed = "R1"), httpMethodConstraints = @HttpMethodConstraint(value="TRACE", emptyRoleSemantic = EmptyRoleSemantic.DENY)) // For all HTTP methods except TRACE, auth-constraint requiring membership in Role R1; for TRACE, all access denied
The following are equivalent:
import javax.annotation.security.*; import javax.servlet.http.*; import java.io.*; @DeclareRoles("Barbra") public class MyBarbra extends HttpServlet { }
<web-app ...> <security-role> <role-name>Barbra</role-name> </security-role> </web-app>
The syntax for declaring more than one role is as shown in the following example:
@DeclareRoles({"Administrator", "Manager", "Employee"})
Overview 1. Servlet Intro 2. JSP Intro 3. MVC 4. Environment 5. Container facilities 6. View facilities 7. JSP pages 8. Custom tags 9. Controller facilities 10. Model options 11. Asynchronous 12. Security
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Got to sleep a little later this morning since we were already in the area of our first sight. I forgot to include in yesterday that we also went to Canyon Ranch & Spa. I just wanted to look around since I have heard so much about it. Right at the entrance was a guard house. We asked if we could just drive in and look around. He said no. They needed to protect the privacy and security of their guest. So that is as far as we got. I wonder who might be staying there. I think some celeb's stay there from time to time.
The trees seem to have changed overnight. There is a lot more color today. Driving the side roads it is just what you picture fall to look like in New England. Even on the highway the vistas are beautiful. The reds, yellows and oranges of the leaves, mixed in with the green trees on the hills, is a sight to behold. The white trunks of the birch trees add to the picture. I know it will be hard to capture what I am seeing in a picture.
Another Berkshire "Cottage", Naumkeag, was our first stop today.
We got there before it opened but the help was there and said we could walk around the grounds and enjoy the gardens. They provided a self guided audio tour which was very interesting.
Naumkeag was originally purchased in 1884 by Joseph Choate, a lawyer from New York. Before he could afford such a beautiful piece of property he and his wife and 5 children would often come to this hill and picnic under giant oak tree and enjoy looking at Monument mountain in front of them. When they were able to afford the property they hired an architect and built their summer home. Their first architect, Olmstead who designed Central Park in New York, wanted to cut down the big old oak tree and place the house there. The tree meant to much to them so they fired him and hired another architect. As you come through the front, in a large entry hall at the other end is a large window with a beautiful view of the distant mountains.
While most families summered at their cottages for only a couple months the Choats loved it here so much they were in residence from April until November. A farm, greenhouse, and vegetable garden provided food for the household. They would also ship some of their food they grew on the farm to their home in New York during the winter.
Naumkeag is a 44 room cottage with 4 stories. The first two floors being the family's living area. The third story was for the help and the younger children until they were old enough to live with the rest of the family. Going through the house gives you a good idea of how the wealthy lived during the Gilded Age. There were the buttons in each room to summon the help. Also their guest would bring along their help when they came to visit. They didn't travel lightly as you would need many changes of clothes throughout the day. So the help was very busy. As I said the help lived on the third floor and our guide said it can get very hot up there in the summer. That a lot of times they don't bring tours to the third floor because of the heat. The head maid had the largest room and even a fireplace. In Sept and Oct. the nights can get very cold. But the other help didn't have a fireplace, so I guess they were pretty uncomfortable.
The youngest daughter Mabel, inherited the house in 1929, and is the one who left it as we see it today. Over times things were changed. They added more baths and enlarged some of the rooms. Mabel never married and when she died in 1958 she gave the home and land, with all its furnishings to the Trustees of Reservations. Mable not only inherited the house but a fortune and she knew how to spend money. She traveled extensively and brought back many treasures.
The decoration as a centerpiece on her diningroom table are tiles (the yellow objects) from the roofs of a chinese building.
Plates she collected in her travels.
The house is large but seems very livable. It is not the marble showcases of the Newport Mansions.
Mabel is the one, along with her landscape architect, that designed the various gardens. There is one garden room, off the family room, where there is a design of short boxwoods and four low fountains within. In Mabel's time there would also have been flowers within the boxwoods. This was to make it look like a Persian rug.
Surrounding this garden are brightly painted Venetian gondola poles. I loved these stone chairs in this garden although I don't know how comfortable they would have been to sit on.
There is also a Chinese garden that I'm sure looked much better in her time. It is still nice today but a lot of the plantings are gone and things need painting. It includes a Chinese style temple and a moon gate. That flat stone, which has designs on it, that is on the steps is like the stone work they have on the steps in the Forbidden City in China.
At the bottom of the hill Miss Choate had her cutting garden. She tired of climbing the hill so she asked her architect to build her some steps. He went all out and created what they call the blue steps.
In her time the steps were painted blue. The architect thought this would tie in with the sky. There is a fountain flowing down which I 'm sure use to flow better than it does today. It has to be a major expense to keep everything up and do all the necessary repairs to this type of place. However the stairs shaded by the white poplar birches is a pretty sight.
There were also a rose garden, Italian style garden, a linden walk, peony terrace and arborvitae walk.


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Pickling beetroot is a yearly tradition in my house. My extended family is crazy about the stuff, and I'm pretty fond of it too. Some people might be put off thinking it will be too sour, but I can assure you that my Mum was traumatised by years of really acidic beetroot so her version is nice and mild! I can actually give you a tutorial for this one too, as it is a family method. It's not technically a recipe though, as I can't give you proper quantities – veg do vary in volume and density! I'll just tell you what I did.
First off, pick your beetroot! I had a row from our garden that came out to about a kilo.
the most important thing at this stage is not to cut them! If you get them with the greens on, just wash them and snip off most of the leaves, leaving about an inch of stems. If you cut them they will bleed and make a huge mess through the whole process.
Next, boil the beets until al-dente. If you have beets of varying sizes like me, you'll need to drop them in at different times, starting with the large ones and working down to the smallest. Then turn off the heat and let them cool for a while – they will keep cooking a bit.
After a while (you may have noticed this is not an exact science) you can drain them and run them under cold water so you can handle them. Now comes the messy part.
Slip the beets out of their skins and pop them straight in the jar, slicing the big ones into bite- or two-bite-sized rounds as you go.
Your hands will look like this, you just have to accept it and move on! I wouldn't bother wearing gloves, the stain comes off after a couple of washes. Just don't touch anything before you get to the sink!
When your jar is full, fill them with a half-vinegar, half-water mix. Then just seal it up!
These will keep for months. Keep them in a cool dark place until you use them, then once opened, keep them in the fridge. At that point they will last for around one month. You also should leave them for at least a week before you use them to let the beets absorb the vinegar.


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Long Haul's Radical History
It's an anarchist "free space."
An anarchist saying speaks of "building a new society on the vacant lots of the old"; in this case, a sanctuary of Berkeley's left, Berkeley's seekers and sometimes Berkeley's outcasts was built on the remains of Sugar's Den Health Spa and Massage.
"Sugar" reputedly was open-minded about the prostitution laws. Anyway, a fire put her out of business in the late 1970s. Reminders remain — charred wooden beams toward the back, a vivid sign amid political posters on an upstairs wall.
"After the fire, Al (Haber) renteed the entire place for $100 and started making repairs," Jesse Palmer wrote in History of the Long Haul. "The long hallway ... plus the political vision of the place gave it its name."
Haber, 70, a founder of Students for a Democratic Society in 1959, now lives in Michigan with his wife, Odile, a veteran of the 1968 Paris street rebellion that almost overthrew the French government; the government was saved, oddly, by the intervention of the establishment Communist Party.
He visits Berkeley occasionally and stops by the Long Haul at 3124 Shattuck Ave., in an offbeat area at the edge of Berkeley that houses La Peña cultural center, the IRA-leaning Starry Plough Irish bar, a free-legal-aid office, James Chanin, an American Civil Liberties Union lawyer, and the Daily Planet.
Haber is still hard to figure. Sometimes he seems bemused by what he has loosed. He talks frequently about unity, enough of it to make a difference.
"For Al, the concept of union was much more than a labor union," Jesse Palmer wrote in History of the Long Haul. "It meant a group for developing radical theory and tactics ... and supporting its members' lives over the long haul. Al didn't think everyone had to be in the same union—just that everybody be in one.
"Anyway, that's the way I see it," Palmer said.
Dominique and his companion, Melissa, came from South Dakota. They traveled in a van with their dog, Ginger, through a dozen states, from Louisiana to Oregon. "Both our moms thought it was cool, us driving around seeing the world," Dominique said.
About seven months ago, they found the Long Haul. "People were just talking to us. You could hang out there. You didn't have to buy anything," he said. "You have the usual in-fighting and excruciating staff meetings, and sometimes conflicting visions are being acted out here, but we are glad to be part of the herd."
Despite an off-putting reception desk with a person of presumed authority behind it, people wander in.
Homeless people come in to use the bathroom. Coffee is free. The Internet is free. Books are all over the place. Somewhat aging donated food is free.
"People have started out as total leeches but end up doing the dishes," said Greg Horton, a member of the collective.
Dominique said, "People have been banned, but it's a pretty big process. You really have to push the line."
A notable evictee was the Berkeley Cannabis Club. It took six years.
The club provided marijuana to people who had a doctor's prescription but evolved into a money-maker with an expanding, paid staff and large amounts of cash passing around, according to people who were there.
Anarchist process requires consensus—everybody must agree or abstain. Then everybody must agree or abstain on how to execute the decision. And so on.
Six years to make a major decision isn't that long.
The Long Haul, celebrating its 15th anniversary, has a lifetime lease, presumably arranged by Haber, and pays $1,200 a month rent to the nonprofit Northern California Land Trust.
Much of the money comes from groups that meet or rent space there—Cycles of Change, a bicycle advocacy group, Needle Exchange, East Bay Prisoners Support, Food Not Bombs, Berkeley Liberation Radio.
The Long Haul is open Monday–Thursday 6–9 p.m., Saturdays 3–9 p.m., and Sundays 3–11 p.m. It can be reached at (510) 540-0751 or www.thelonghaul.org.


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The Bank of England, also known as The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street, is one of the oldest banks in the world. It is also known by the metonym Old Lady. The bank was conceived by William Paterson in 1691 and established in 1694 by the Earl of Montagu to serve the government of England as a depository of funds and reservoir to pay expenses. The Bank of England still serves the English government in much the same way as it did 300 years ago. Since 1734, its main headquarters has been located on Threadneedle Street in the heart of the financial district of London, England.
The Bank of England was set up as a privately owned institution. However, in 1946, it became subservient to the Treasury Solicitor, and nationalized by the English government in 1946. Since 1997, the Bank of England has been operated by the Treasury Solicitor for the benefit of the English government.
The Bank of England has issued banknotes in England and Wales for the past 300 years. The original notes were handwritten financial instruments. From 1725, the notes have been partly-printed. Cashiers typically sign the notes and make them payable to another party.
Since 1997, the Bank of England has independent monetary policy. In this context, it sets interest rates according to government policy, maintains stability of prices, and supports fiscal policy of the government of England. In 2007, the bank used its tremendous financial resources to avert the subprime mortgage crisis. Their role in this debacle helped reduce the shock of this worldwide financial crises.
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Leading global commercial real estate services firm, Colliers International Group Inc.'s (NASDAQ: CIGI; TSX: CIG) upcoming auction in Singapore will feature a freehold re-development residential site located at 25 Branksome Road.
The auction is slated for 30 September 2015, 2.30pm, at the Amara Hotel.
Situated between Tanjong Katong Road and Crescent Road, the subject property has a land area of approximately 13,844 sq ft, and is currently occupied by a single-storey detached house. Under the Master Plan 2014, it is zoned for "Residential" use and within "two-storey semi-detached landed housing vicinity".
Ms Grace Ng (黄黎明), Deputy Managing Director at Colliers International, says, "A landed housing site of this size – and one with re-development potential – in District 15 is rarely made available for sale. Transactions of similar large sites were last recorded two years ago – a 13,632 sq ft site at Seraya Lane that was sold for S$17 million (S$1,247 per sq ft) and a 12,525 sq ft site at Goodman Road that changed hands at S$16.38 million (S$1,308 per sq ft)."
Nonetheless, as of 2Q 2015, the median price of detached houses in District 15 stood at some S$1,246 per sq ft of land area.
According to Colliers International, the indicative price for 25 Branksome Road is in the region of S$15 to $17 million, which works out to S$1,083 per sq ft to S$1,227 per sq ft.
Ms Ng adds, "We expect keen interest from owner occupiers and developers – given that it is a flat site, which has a regular shape and a wide frontage of approximately 28 m. In particular, the site has potential for sub-division to accommodate either two detached houses or 1 detached house and a pair of semi-detached houses."
While the subject property is located in a serene landed housing enclave with a sought-after address, it is in a neighbourhood that is bustling with activities.
Amenities can be easily found in the various shopping malls nearby – such as Katong Shopping Centre, Parkway Parade, Katong Plaza, 112 Katong and the upcoming The Flow @ East Coast. The Joo Chiat and Katong precincts are also well-known for famous eateries, as well as having low-rise buildings which reflect beautiful designs of Peranakan heritage.
Meanwhile, Paya Lebar Central is slated to transform into a vibrant business and entertainment hub. Reputable education institutions in the vicinity include Tao Nan School, Tanjong Katong Girls' School, Tanjong Katong Secondary School, Chung Cheng High School and Haig Girls' School. Access to other parts of the island is via East Coast Parkway, Dakota MRT station, as well as the future Amber and Marine Parade MRT Stations.
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Here's hope for now and in the future in Palestine-Israel!
Former violent foes are reconciling, forgiving, sharing, communing, demonstrating that enemies can change,
can leave behind revenge, nationalism, hatred, self-centered ideologies and religions, and so many other factors creating death and destruction in the Middle East.
Check out Combatants for Peace:
"The Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day Ceremony comes to remind us that war is not an act of fate but one of human choice.
On this particularly difficult day, Israelis and Palestinians acknowledge the pain and the aspirations of those living on the "other side" and strive to prevent the next wave of violence."
"Nonviolence is the greatest force
at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier
than the mightiest weapon of destruction
devised by the ingenuity of man.
Destruction is not the law of the humans."
"Peace does not happen by itself; It requires commitment, perseverance and continuing efforts. The more we increase the circle of people involved in activities, the more we will increase our ability to influence the reality in which we live."
"CFP is a volunteer based movement.
Supporting CFP helps us continue all these activities:
"In-house events – group meetings with a Palestinian and an Israeli member of the Movement who present the personal stories and hold open discussions with the participants."
"Learning Peace" – a series of lectures open to the public."
"Field trips – Tours of the Bethlehem and Nablus areas, where participants get a first-hand look at the actual situation in the occupied territories and meet with Palestinian members of the Movement."
"Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day Ceremony – in memory of victims of the conflict.
Theatre on the Ground – political theater performances promoting non-violent resistance."
"Combatants for peace" (CFP) is a bi-national movement working throughout Palestine and Israel.
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Established in 2003, we have over 100 members in Scotland and meet quarterly in different venues around the country.
Whether you have Transverse Myelitis, Neuro Myelitis Optica, Adem, Optic Neuritis or related conditions, everyone agrees that sharing experiences with others living with the condition helps you to feel less isolated and currently have people whose ages range from 8 to over 80. .
The objects for which the Scotland group is established are to:
- Provide information and support to those with Transverse Myelitis and related conditions (ADEM, Devic's Disease or NMO, Optic Neuritis) and to their carers, friends and families.
- Promote awareness to the public and professional sector about the conditions.
- Facilitate and support networking opportunities among members who are striving to ensure that the need for research is paramount to understanding correct diagnosis and causes.
Membership of the group is open to all patients with TM and its associated conditions living in Scotland and to their families, carers and friends.
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Today (28/05/2013), in the front page of YNET (The Israeli leading internet news site) appeared a link to a translation of the article that was published this week on the Daily-mail about EHS. The link said "Help me, I am allergic to iPhone" and in small letters "women in briten claim: we suffer pain when being around electric appliances, and WI-FI...Is this real?".
The translation included small part of the testimonies of the EHS persons and few words from Dr James Rubin and about his false study. I was able to post a comment about EHS condition and about the studies of Dr. James Rubin and the mistakes he did in these studies (the biggest one was exposing all the subjects to different types of EMF/EMR also during the shame exposure as explained in my post - http://norad4u.blogspot.co.il/2013/02/why-dr-james-robin-ehs-study-is.html ) .
This is the first time that EHS hits the front page of YNET.
I would like to thank all the people who made the original article published in the Daily-mail.
Every article the is published around the world is an important step forward!
Every article the is published around the world is an important step forward!


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The world was pain.
Needles and spikes and tearing razors and things I didn't have names for. Every second my flesh felt like it was about to slough off my bones, because that was exactly what was going to happen. It took a constant effort of will to keep my concrete skeleton in one piece, to keep myself the right shape.
I took a deep breath and pushed it back. All of it, like holding back a river with a single plank of wood. But I did it, and the pain faded to a dull roar. Always there, like my heartbeat or the pull of gravity, but no longer so all-consuming.
I opened my eyes.
I was in the ruined skyscraper that had once been an ave base. The entire building had collapsed from my assault, but the same spikes and twists of concrete that had brought it down also prevented it from falling any further. In fact, the concrete turned the place into a near-perfect fortress, with no entrances or weak spots.
They called it the Grave.
"Alexander," I said.
He stepped out of the shadows swiftly, but without rush. "Yes, my lady?"
"There is a party upstairs." It wasn't a question.
"Yes, my lady. A celebration following the victory against the Americans. There are countless similar parties all across the city."
"I'm sure." I stood up from my cross-legged position. I had been meditating. I couldn't sleep anymore, not when I needed to use my power at all times to keep my skeleton working properly. Clarke's Insomniac gland was a godsend, but I still needed rest. "Call down three of our strongest. I have a job for them."
He looked hesitant, but bowed low anyway. "Yes, my lady." He stepped into what seemed to be a solid wall—the old elevator shaft, now sealed up. The elevator itself was scrap metal at the bottom of the shaft, but it was still useful.
I used my stonesense to track him, or rather the concrete belt he used to ascend the shaft towards the roof. He was almost at the edge of my sense when he stopped at the roof. A few moments later, he and three others began to descend the shaft again, levitating their stone belts to control their speed.
The concrete wall of the shaft opened up like a curtain, and Alexander escorted three people into my chamber. Two girls and a boy. All baseline. Most of my people were baseline. It wasn't a requirement, it was just the way it had ended up.
"Do you believe the war is over?" I said without preamble.
All three of them stood with their backs as straight as arrows. "No, Lady Grave."
"Do you believe that now is the time for celebration?"
"No, Lady Grave."
I levitated my own skeleton, allowing me to float a few feet off the ground and move into a cross-legged sitting position in mid air. "Artemis Butler believes he can solve this with diplomacy and deals. Perhaps he is right. But that is not the way of the Grave."
"No, Lady Grave."
"How does the Grave handle its enemies?"
Three voices barked the response with one voice. "We bury them!"
I nodded. "Good." I pulled a small object out of my pocket. It was about the size of a pen, and I pointed it at the factory-smooth concrete ground. I pressed a button on the side and a light shone out of it, projecting a flat map of the city with a number of red dots scattered around it. They were clustered around the four city gates, especially North Gate.
"Each red dot represents a suspected American soldier, squad, or piece of scrap left behind when the army fled the city." I clicked the pen again, zooming in farther onto kemo territory. "Perhaps these people were simply unlucky. Abandoned by their country. Perhaps they are kindred souls, who need nothing more than friendship and open arms to become contributing members of this city." I clicked the pen off. "And perhaps not."
One of the three—one of the girls—stepped forward. "Lady Grave. Butler's orders are quite explicit. Defense only. He doesn't want to further antagonize—"
"Who rules the Grave?"
The girl swallowed. "You do, Lady Grave."
I slowly stopped levitating myself, setting my bare feet back on the concrete ground. Since I could only use my power on stone I was touching, that meant I could now control the entire building again. The girl flinched, but didn't step back. Good for her.
"Artemis Butler." I nodded. "He is a good man. A man trying to do what is best for this city, who is not afraid to get his hands dirty. But he has controlled this city for far too long."
One of the others, the boy, blanched. "You… you're not talking about a coup?"
I waved my hand. "Of course not. He is what is best for this city. I am simply saying that he is sometimes more worried about keeping his word and making deals than he is about taking out the trash." I tossed the pen to the second girl, the one who hadn't spoken. "Today, that will be our job. Your job."
She nodded, holding the pen. "What would you have us do?"
"Take kemo territory," I said. "All three of you together, hitting every hot spot you can find. Don't give them a chance to respond, don't give them a chance to radio for help. Crush them. Bury them. Leave no evidence behind."
They all bowed. "Yes, Lady Grave."
I nodded. "Go, now. Take a few of the novices with you, if you feel it is necessary, but no more than a dozen. I want the report of your first success within the hour."
They left quickly, running at a solid wall and passing through it like mud. In moments, they were gone.
"They'll be caught," Alexander warned. "Anders has his CS squads. Those three won't be able to fight them."
"They are not supposed to fight them. They are supposed to distract them. Pull them to this sector of the city, far away from where I will be." I had been hit with a counter-song twice since I had returned to the city. It wasn't particularly dangerous, but it had paralyzed me completely.
Alexander nodded, as if he had expected such a response. "And where will you be?"
"East Gate," I said. "Vampire territory."
He nodded again. "Very well. I will collect an escort for you."
"No," I said, grinning. "I will handle it alone." I shivered in delight. "It's been far too long since I was really able to let loose."
And then I sank into the ground, swimming through the concrete and asphalt of the city streets as easily as if it was water.
Behind the Scenes (scene 294)
That's the last short one for a little while. Not forever, of course, but we've got some long ones coming up next.


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Secondly, the Paper app explains in no uncertain terms, that news feed apps and other types of aggregation is the way to go. The techno-approach to research on on the internet journalism has been dominated by investigations of the three assets of new technologies that are normally regarded as to have the greatest potential impact on on the internet journalism: hypertext, interactivity and multimedia (Dahlgren, 1996 Deuze, 2003Deuze, 2004 Deuze and Paulussen, 2002 Domingo, 2006 Paulussen, 2004 amongst others).
A couple of of them are larger, cross-nation research, like Kenny et al. (2000), who investigated one hundred on-line newspapers (62 from the United States and 38 from other countries") at the end of the millennium and identified that 33 % of them supplied hyperlinks inside news stories (target hyperlinks) and only 52 percent of them supplied some kinds of hyperlinks.
That is unfortunate since whilst the Web may possibly give us the national and international news (frequently in excess), the internet is not going to put the names of the men and women who created the Honor Roll at college, detail stories about higher college football teams, images of the homecoming queens, actions of the city council, college board, and so on.
Facebook loses its appeal when so much information is presented in your Facebook News Feed that you can no longer maintain up with it. New Facebook users could not find this to be a issue, but as you make a lot of Facebook Pals and begin to hit the Like button on a lot of Facebook pages, you will rapidly see your Facebook News Feed cluttered up with a torrent of updates, some of which you want to study and some of which you do not want to see.
Thanks to the advent of on the internet newspapers and news aggregators, keeping up with every thing isn't as difficult as it utilised to be. You can be in metros, office or anywhere else in the globe, but if you have a laptop, mobile telephone or a tablet with an net connection, you can verify current headlines trending in the globe through news aggregator sites like Reddit and Popurls.


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So we are on Fall Break (read that as Michael doesn't have class, but there has been plenty still going on...). Michael flew out last Thursday to go down to Alabama to be with our friends, Trace and Bruce. Let me first explain that Trace and Bruce are the 2 elders of Culcheth Community Church, which is the church we are going to in England. Trace is from Alabama (same home church) and Bruce is from England. So Michael flew down Thursday afternoon, then the 3 of them hit the road on Friday for South Carolina. They spent the weekend there (and from the sounds of it, had a greatly encouraging time there) then drove back to Alabama on Monday. On Tuesday, they hit the road to St. Louis. Yes, that is a lot of time in the car for these guys. They stayed here till yesterday, then Trace and Bruce headed back to Alabama yesterday.
I was glad they were able to make it up here a couple days. It was good to get the time to talk with them more about us coming there and hear from them more about their take on the state that England is in.
Hearing them talk though made my heart long to be there now. I don't want to wait 16 or 17 months to get there. I want to go now. I want to dive into to ministry and building relationships. I am anxious to see how the Lord uses our giftings there. What will it end up looking like?
I have to stop myself though. I have to remind myself that the Lord has us here for now. And it is good that we are here. It is good. The waiting will be good. I have been in this waiting spot before. I remember. I will wait on the Lord and His timing. I don't have to completely understand it or be all overjoyed by it, but I will wait on the Lord. I will trust that HE is good and wants to use us here for this time. He will get us there.
We are excited that the Lord has called us to this purpose. We know to that it isn't going to be easy. Some days, my mind goes to "What are we getting into? What are we about to put our children through?" Such a range of emotions over the whole thing really.
Back to our time with Trace and Bruce.
On Tuesday, they pulled into town around 6 (after sitting in STL traffic for about an hour it seemed). We ate a quick bite of chili, then had some people over for dessert and chatting.
Wednesday, we started out our day introducing them to Trader Joe's. I believe Trace had orders from Ginger to not return without having been to Trader Joe's :) (completely joking about the orders bit...)
Then we headed to Pi Pizza for lunch. It is kinda like Chicago style pizza and it was quite yummy. Trace ate so much that he covered lunch and dinner in that one sitting :)
Then that night we had a get together at the Kirk, where Trace and Bruce were able to share about the need in England and what is going on with Culcheth Community Church as well, ministering in a post-Christian society.
I got most of their talk recorded, so I look forward to watching it again myself :)
If you didn't get to come Wed. night and want to watch it with us, let us know!
After the Kirk get together, we headed back to our place and stayed up till 11:30 or so talking. Good discussion happened for sure :)
The guys got together with a couple men from the Kirk for breakfast Thursday morning, then Trace and Bruce headed out to make the drive back to Alabama.
I would have loved to have even more time with them, but soon enough we will all be living and doing life together in England!
Here is a quick look at our time together in pictures:


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Game 2 of the doubleheader in Atlanta is almost done, the Mets are losing again, and my Facebook/Twitter feeds are about to implode from the apparent panic that fans seem to be experiencing.
Seriously? Are you all really that distressed or upset? Did you honestly believe the current roster has a legitimate chance to compete? Did you honestly believe that making the switch to Sandy/Terry would bring immediate results? Stop for a moment, take a breath, and realize that these Mets are probably not going to head into a Playoff Chase, come away with a Pennant or a Championship. Celebrate the positives, and take the negatives for what they are. Besides , we should all be glad that we're not in the position Terry will be in once the game ends, when he has to release some of that frustration he's walking around with. I wouldn't want to be anywhere near that locker room… Yikes!
FYI: Pedro Beato was pretty awesome tonight. That's right… positives, people!
Here's an interesting mantra that might help cut down a little bit of your stress:
"The 2011 New York Mets were not built to win, and they're playing appropriately. The 2011 Boston Red Sox were built to win, and Beantown has already pressed the big red button".
Chew on that, or chew on this:[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSTGOyDFPrU%5D


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President Reuven Rivlin on Thursday received diplomatic credentials from the new Ambassadors of Croatia, Jordan, the Czech Republic, Egypt and Mongolia to the State of Israel at a ceremony at the President's Residence in Jerusalem.
As each ambassador arrived, their country's flag was raised and the Israel Police Band played their national anthem. The ambassadors inspected an IDF guard of honor and presented their credentials to the president. After an audience with the president, the new ambassadors signed the guest book and Hatikvah, the Israeli national anthem, was played at the end of the ceremony.
When the incoming ambassador of Jordan, Ghassan Majali, presented his credentials, President Rivlin welcomed him and noted that next year will mark the 25th anniversary of the Israeli-Jordanian peace treaty.
"We are determined to live in peace with our neighbors, and we are hopeful and optimistic that others will do as you have done. The good relations between our two countries are a legacy of the leadership of the late King Hussein. Please send my warmest wishes to His Majesty King Abdullah II," said Rivlin.
The president continued, "We appreciate the key role that Jordan plays as an island of stability in our region. But we can still do more to broaden cooperation in areas that impact on both our peoples. We breath the same air and live on the same piece of land. When you lack water, we lack water. We must do more to find ways of confronting these challenges together. Another important project is the 'Jordan Gateway' that could link the port of Haifa to Irbid, Amman and Aqaba, and from there to the Arab world, creating thousands of jobs."
The Jordanian ambassador presented his credentials and he, too, noted the important anniversary of the peace treaty that will be celebrated next year.
"We remember the huge efforts made by great leaders, the late King Hussein and the late Yizhak Rabin, who stood firm in the face of all odds," he said. "King Abdullah believes that the peace treaty is a cornerstone for peace in the region and in the world and that a breakthrough in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process is a top priority for the Hashemite Kingdom. Thank you for your warm welcome, Mr. President."
The president added, "We do not only live in the same neighborhood, we are really neighbors. We drink the same water and we breathe the same air. It is time that our two peoples get to know each other better."
The incoming Egyptian ambassador, Khaled Azmi, also presented his credentials to Rivlin. The president began by noting that in a few months time we will mark the 40th anniversary of the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty. He said he hoped that a way could be found to celebrate the event and to pass on the values of peace and partnership to the next generations.
"Since the peace treaty was signed nearly 40 years ago, we have welcomed six Egyptian ambassadors. Now you are the seventh. I wish you success during your time here," Rivlin said.
The president also said, "We face similar challenges and our military and intelligence cooperation is of strategic importance. Together, we can face the challenges of terrorism and ISIS in Sinai and Gaza better. Under the leadership of your president, Egypt plays a key role in the Arab world as a voice of reason and moderation. We appreciate your efforts towards stability in the region, and particularly with the Palestinians in Gaza."
The Egyptian ambassador thanked the president for his warm welcome and spoke about the anniversary of the peace treaty. "It was an important step and the vision of great statesmen, and it remains a pillar of stability and an example that should be followed around the region. Egypt remains committed to the peace treaty and to bringing peace to the whole region. We are proud of our history, which is a model of tolerance, co-existence and acceptance."
The president added, "The Egyptian people play an important role in our region. There are advantages to peace, and 'no more war' is not just a phrase. It is important that the two peoples get to know each other."
Jordan and Egypt remain the only two Arab countries to have signed peace treaties with Israel. King Abdullah II of Jordan announced recently that he had decided not to extend the part of the treaty with Israel in which Jordan leased lands in Naharayim and Tzofar to Israel.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu later said that while he acknowledges Jordan's right not to extend the lease, his government will open negotiations with the kingdom to secure an extension of the lease, which is slated to end in October 2019.
Jordan's Foreign Minister, Ayman Safadi, made clear recently that the kingdom's commitment to uphold the peace treaty with Israel was not in question despite its decision to end the lease of the lands in Naharayim and Tzofar.
Egypt-Israel ties have been formally cold at times, and Egypt's political elite has remained hostile to any normalization of ties with Israel.
Ties appear to have improved under President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, who took power in 2013 after the army ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Earlier this week, Sisi hailed the peace agreement between Egypt and Israel as "stable and permanent", adding that most Egyptians supported the peace treaty.


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QCMobile is a new smartphone app that will allow for more convenient access to currently available online safety performance information for interstate truck and bus companies.
The app is expected to be a particularly valuable tool for state and federal law enforcement personnel, as well as insurers, brokers, freight-forwarders, and others interested in reviewing the USDOT registration and safety performance information of motor carriers. The app, which requires no log-in, immediately reveals whether the federal operating status of the carrier is authorized while helping to expedite an "inspect/pass" decision by a certified commercial vehicle safety inspector.
The QCMobile app is available for free on both Android and iOS devices. Visit the Apple App Store or Google Play to download QCMobile.
For a Quick Start guide on how to use QCMobile please visit here.
Updated: Friday, April 3, 2015


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Peter's General Speeches
Choosing Your Local Hospital
- Friday, 3rd December 1999
If you need hospital treatment where would you want to have it? Most people would like the opportunity to have it locally and the right to choose
Housing and the Green Belt
- Monday, 15th November 1999
When MPs give their maiden speech they are expected to describe the most important aspects of their constituency.
Housing and the Green Belt
- Friday, 5th November 1999
St Albans & Harpenden Observer
Compassionate Conservatism
- Tuesday, 2nd November 1999
Westminster Ethical Policy Forum,