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Nick Clegg and his Liberal Democrats have taken the brunt of public anger over tuition fees. Student protesters burn Clegg and Vince Cable in effigy, not David Cameron and George Osborne, who have always favoured graduates paying the lion's share of their university costs. Whatever one's own views on the subject (and I am a supporter of fees), it is hard not to sympathise with voters who supported the Lib Dems last May mainly or even solely because of their explicit pledges on student financing. How can we call ourselves a democracy if politicians make clear promises that they then feel free to abandon a few months after being elected? When Clegg talked of a "new politics" in the campaign, this was not what most voters understood him to mean.
Broken political promises are nothing new but the coalition government has brought betrayals of manifesto commitments that, in number and scale, are unprecedented in British politics. Alongside opposition to tuition fees, the other Lib Dem election policies that lodged in voters' minds were that the party would oppose early and deep cuts in public spending and, as the manifesto put it, would "reject a new generation of nuclear power stations". Tory voters have as much reason to feel aggrieved as Lib Dem voters. Manifesto promises to replace the Human Rights Act with a UK bill of rights, raise the inheritance tax threshold to £1m, and hand out prison sentences for carrying knives have all been set aside.
All this must surely damage the coalition partners. Millions of Britons were frustrated enough by their inability to influence the Labour government's decisions on the Iraq war, but at least that was not an issue in the previous election. Both partners in this government have reneged on several central campaign promises. The British system allows voters a voice in how the country is governed only once every four or five years. It doesn't say much for democracy if even that modest input can be so quickly and blatantly ignored, rather in the manner that Labour governments customarily ignored party conference decisions.
If this is coalition government, many will say, we want no more of it; and we should certainly not move to an electoral system that, by strengthening the Lib Dems and other minority parties, makes a coalition more likely. Next year's referendum on the alternative vote – the most precious concession that the Lib Dems have wrested from the Tories – seems certain to end in a "no" vote. If nothing else, thousands of voters will want to deprive the turncoat Clegg of his reward.
One of the paradoxes of the coalition is that, if we tot up the votes cast at the general election, it is the first government since the second world war to command the support of a majority of the electorate, with a larger Commons majority than Margaret Thatcher in 1979 or Tony Blair in 2005. It is not, by the conventional definition, a "weak" government. No administration since Thatcher's, in her mid-1980s high noon, has acted so decisively and single-mindedly. Yet very few voters feel it is "their" government, and many – perhaps most – believe it has no mandate at all. In this it is quite unlike the last peacetime coalition, the national government of 1931, which sought and won electoral approval within months of its formation.
Lloyd George's wartime coalition also went to the country almost immediately after the 1918 armistice. This is the first unelected peacetime coalition that proposes to serve a full five-year term. Judging by the mood of the anti-fees demonstrators, it arouses peculiarly strong passions and, as its spending cuts bite, it could find itself governing an angry and deeply divided country while lacking democratic legitimacy.
For the Lib Dems, whose support is already below 10% according to the polls, the consequences could be catastrophic. Though their support is more concentrated than it was, they still have many fewer safe seats than the other parties: only eight of their MPs have majorities of more than 10,000; only Clegg in Sheffield Hallam has a majority of more than 15,000. They have no equivalent of the traditional support that Labour enjoys among the urban working class or the Conservatives among sections of the rural and suburban middle class.
Clegg may well regret not embracing the alternative to coalition, which was to support the Tories on an issue-by-issue basis, occasionally extracting policy concessions, such as the pupil premium, in return for a promise not to bring the government down on major policy matters. The practical outcome would probably have been much the same. If all Lib Dem MPs had abstained on tuition fees – in return, say, for more scholarships for students from poor homes or a higher threshold for graduate repayments – the Tories would still have had 21 more seats than the other remaining parties and so would have got the rises through, even with a few backbench rebels. The Lib Dems would still have backed away from their election promise to vote against a rise in fees. But their position could have been presented as both principled and responsible. As it is, they are accused of sacrificing principle for power.
They have probably also sunk their hopes of electoral reform for at least a decade, by demonstrating its potential pitfalls within Britain's peculiar political system. Unlike, say, America and France, we use a single vote to determine both who we want to represent us in parliament and who we want to govern us. Unlike most European countries, we also have highly centralised government that (bar Scotland, Wales and, to a lesser extent, London) leaves the country with no alternative sources of political authority to Westminster and Whitehall. That one vote is more or less the sum total of the ordinary citizen's influence over how the country and its public services, from health to education, are run. And as we have seen, coalition largely destroys even that sliver of influence.
The alternative may be to accept that voting for a government should be distinct from voting for the people who will represent our views and interests and check the executive. If we are electing a government, it is plainly a nonsense to suppose that it can or should reflect every shade of opinion. Equally, it is plainly unfair and undemocratic that, in a supposedly representative assembly, the distribution of seats fails to match the distribution of votes.
Is this the answer, at last, to the question of what to do with the House of Lords? Should it be replaced by a senate, elected not on AV but on truly proportionate lines, to which the Commons abdicates many of its responsibilities for representation and scrutiny? If the Lib Dems can persuade their coalition colleagues of the merits of such a solution, perhaps some good will come of their otherwise disastrous collaboration with the Tories.


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A consortium of Premier Oil Plc, Sierra Oil & Gas S de RL de CV and Talos Energy LLC made the discovery in the shallow waters of the southern Gulf of Mexico just two years after winning the exploration license. It's the first new find by a private company in the country in almost 80 years, according to consultant Wood Mackenzie Ltd., possible only after the government ended the monopoly of state-run Petroleos Mexicanos.The Zama discovery "is the most important achievement so far of Mexico's energy reform," Pablo Medina, the senior upstream analyst for Latin America at Wood Mackenzie, said by email. "It is one of the 15 largest shallow-water fields discovered globally in the past 20 years."
Source: Mexico Oil Privatization Pays Off With Billion-Barrel Find – Bloomberg

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Timing the sale of a home perfectly, so that the seller has a new place to move into once closing is complete, can be a difficult accomplishment. Rent-back agreements solve this problem by giving sellers the opportunity to stay in their sold home for the amount of time it takes them to find a new place to live. A seller benefits from this by saving money on expensive hotels or burdening friends and family. The benefit to the buyer is that their flexibility with timelines makes them more attractive to sellers who may not be ready to move right away.
How a Rent-Back Agreement Works
A rent-back agreement isn't very different than a lease agreement between a landlord and normal tenant. The agreement lays out a specific amount of rent to be paid by the seller, the period of time the seller will remain in the home, and any security deposit the seller will need to pay. Because the home buyer becomes the full legal owner of the property after closing, they can treat the seller as if they were like any other tenant on the market. This agreement needs to be signed officially filed by both the seller and the new owner during the closing process.
Advantages and Disadvantages for Sellers and Buyers
Having a bit of extra time to move into a new property can be a huge benefit to sellers, but don't expect to spend more than sixty days in your sold property. Since you're technically a tenant, you also may be required to put down a security deposit which may be lost if damage occurs to the home while you remain in it. For buyers, the main advantage of a rent-back agreement comes in the form of negotiating power during the sale. Your offer will look a lot better to sellers who still haven't secured a new place to live yet. Of course, delaying your own moving date by one or more months could cause you hassles of your own.
What's Negotiated in a Rent-Back Agreement?
All buyers and sellers who enter a rent-back agreement should treat the situation like any other important business deal. That means a wide range of terms should be established that protect the rights of both parties. A common rent-back agreement will usually include:
- Length of the rental period
- Amount of rent paid per month, including late charges
- Terms of security deposit (amount and how it's held)
- Who pays utility bills
- Seller's maintenance responsibilities and subletting rights
- Buyer's right to enter the property
In addition to these terms, the buyer or seller may want to include some miscellaneous conditions that may be unique to their particular situation. A buyer of a farm property may want to start storing their equipment on the land before the rent-back period is over, for example. Once an agreement is signed by both parties, it has the same power as any other contract between lessee and landlord.
Negotiating Rent-Back Prices
When it comes to negotiating rental price and security deposit, there are no set-in-stone rules. For sellers, the motive will be to buy some time while keeping costs as low as possible. For a buyer, making sure they're recouping the costs of owning their home, including principal, interest, taxes and insurance, will usually be top priority. Many parties will simply agree on the appropriate market rents for the area to keep things simple, but negotiating a discount on the sale price or simply accepting one bid over another may be worth a month or two of rent for both parties.
Even if both parties decide that a few days of rent-free occupancy is appropriate, legalizing the deal through a written agreement is important. There are multiple resources available online to help you find out what market prices are in your particular area.
Dealing with Insurance Coverage
Determining who's going to pay for insurance during a rent-back period can be difficult. Many buyers want the seller staying in the home to continue their coverage, but insurance companies may not agree to this. In the event of a disaster, they may not agree to fulfill a claim since the party insured no longer owns the property. Buyers should ensure they're covered even if the rent-back period only lasts a week. No matter what agreement is made, it's also a good idea for the seller to get renter's insurance covering their personal belongings.
The best way to protect yourself during rent-back agreement negotiations is to get representation from a qualified lawyer or real estate agent. They can point out the pros and cons of certain terms and use their experience to negotiate better deals. Call a professional in your area today to find out more.


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Martin has done it again....found a new starter motor on ebay! I just bought it
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After many years passionate restoration, and several more when little has happened, I think it is finally time to sell the project. Someone else will have to finish it.


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small confession. i have 4 kids and none of them have a baby book. i feel guilty every time i see one that has been diligently filled out by a really good mom (you know who you are!). my poor kids. sometimes i feel for them, but most days i'm cool with being the mom god gave them and that mom is not good at filling in charts or making a list of their favorite baby foods or keeping a lock from their first haircut.
there are however days when they say something funny or i notice something new about their personality or i want to tell them just how madly in love with them i am without it going in one ear and out the other.
and then there is my husband and oh my gosh i want him to have silly love notes from me during this season in our life and i want to remember our dinner table conversations and well i think you get the point.
problem is, i didn't really have anywhere to record all this wonderful stuff until this happened:
a little journal made out of index cards, mini file folders to keep things divided by months and a felt "box" to hold them in while they sit on our family room shelf.
it's been so nice to have…. and would make a cute gift for the new year.
{keep reading for the instructions and download!}
SUPPLY LIST: ruler, piece of felt, piece of cardboard, 400 – 3×5 index cards, tacky glue, 4 clips, scissors, the file folders & card stock
STEP 1: download and print your file folders. cut your cardboard to 5-1/4 x 3-1/2 inches. cut a piece of felt to 8-1/2 x 6-3/4 inches.
STEP 2: ( s e e p i c t u r e b e l o w )
STEP 3: fold the long sides of felt up around the cardboard and then the short sides… you should have a little flap. put a generous amount of glue on the flaps and wrap them around the sides of your felt. use the clips to hold them in place.
STEP 4: allow to dry, remove clips and fill with index cards and dividers.
then, place it somewhere handy or maybe even in the way so you remember to jot things down. it would also be cute and fun to print and add photos to your journal!
so, how do you save memories? journals, baby books, scrapbooks??? let us know in the comments!
we'll see you on thursday with one of my favorite breakfast recipes and trust me, you don't want to miss it.
xo . rae
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Water damage, now heaps of things aren't working. PLEASE HELP!
Hi, i dropped my iPhone 3GS in the sink the other night. I didn't have any tools to open it so I just left it to dry. The next day, it turned on but there was no light. I have to shine a torch on the screen to see it. The phone will still charge but the sensors next to the ear speaker don't work and the same with the volume buttons and microphone. Also, I think that the phone is getting less of a signal on my Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and my carrier. I want to repair everything so it's like a brand new phone with everything working again but I don't know what to fix, what the problem with the non-working parts are, I don't know what things to get and most of all, I don't know how! Please help me. Things are so much different without my phone and I can't live without it. I need a working phone again.
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Whether you are looking for a unique setting for your child's birthday party, after-school or summer camp classes, a class for yourself or a friend, or a self-contained art kit to do at home, I have some thing for you. My Gallery Pages will show you examples of my own art. I have prints and canvas available for purchase and am also available for commissioned pieces.
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Tuesday's writing tip for authors
Roy Peter Clark's Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer belongs in the library of every business owner or social media marketer who depends on their writing skills to market their business.
And, doesn't that apply to every entrepreneur as well as every career-oriented employee?
Roy Peter Clark's Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer has joined The Essential Don Murray and Jack Hart's A Writer's Coach on the top level of the bookshelf near my computer. Each book is a "must read." Each complements, rather than competes with, the others.
Writing Tools is a friendly, informative, and thought-provoking series of essays, examples, and exercises that will change the way you write… and the way you think about writing. It's a model of reader-friendly brevity, empathy, and style.
4 boxes of writing tools
Let's start with Writing Tool's structure and organization. The book carries the reader, in the author's words, "on a journey from the subatomic to the metaphysical level, from where to put the subject and verb to how to find your mission and purpose."
The author goes on to explain the contents and relevance of the four boxes:
- Nuts and bolts: strategies for making meaning at the word, sentence, and paragraph levels.
- Special effects: tools of economy, clarity, originality, and persuasion.
- Blueprints: ways of organizing and building stories and reports.
- Useful habits: routines for a lifetime of productive writing.
This is most definitely not a textbook, however. Chapter, or tools, range from 4 to 6 pages–including the workshop exercises at the end of each chapter.
Favorite tool, "on running a marathon"
Two of the continuing refrains throughout Writing Tools are the importance of breaking long projects into parts and the benefits of daily progress. In Tool 45, Break long projects into parts, Roy Peter Clark creates the perfect metaphor to drive the lesson home:
Where writers gather, I often ask this question: How many of you have run a marathon? In a group of one hundred, maybe one or two will raise a hand.
If properly trained and motivated, how many of you could run twenty-six miles? A half dozen more.
What if I gave you fifty-two days to do it, so you only had to run a half mile a day? Most of the hands in the room go up.
That's the type of reading you can look forward to in Roy Peter Clark's Writing Tools which is available in multiple formats, including hard cover, paperback, Amazon.com's Kindle e-book format, and a spiral-bound format that lays flat. (Note, I subdivided the original paragraph quoted above for easier on-screen reading.)
A final bonus: the 4 toolboxes and 50 tools are summarized as a handy reference for copying and keeping in your wallet or by your keyboard.
Background and workshop
Writing Tools originated as a year-long series of blog posts on the Poynter Institute website. The Poynter Institute is a nonprofit organization dedicated to training journalists and media leaders. I used to read each new blog post with great interest, hoping a book would result.
Roy Peter Clark dedicated Writing Tools to Donald M. Murray and Minnie Mae Murray, whom he calls "godparents to a nation of writers." (Don was an original member of Published & Profitable's editorial board.)
Florida workshop
If you live in or near St. Petersburg, Florida, Roy Peter Clark is conducting an all day writing workshop on December 12, 2009. All participants will receive copies of Writing Tools.
Writing Tools is is best summarized by the three words that end the author's introduction:
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Late first-half goal highlights Deering's 3-1 win
The Rams stay unbeaten by topping Marshwood.
Highlighted by a beautiful goal from Erick Pereira, Deering defeated Marshwood 3-1 in Class A boys' soccer on Tuesday.
"I'm just really happy about the Heal points," said Deering Coach Joel Costigan. "(Marshwood) is a quality team to beat and it's one of the teams we need to beat."
With 1:37 left in the first half and the score tied at 1, Pereira made a terrific move to fake out a defender and launched his shot from beyond the 30-yard line.
"I saw the space and I decided to go for it," said Pereira.
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1983 Jaguar XJ-SReview
I Only Wish I Could Have Been The Original Owner! Sadly, I Can No Longer Work To Restore It. — The Jaguar XJ-S is one of the most beautifully styled sports cars on the road, and it's amazing how much admiration it receives. It is very, very solid at all speeds (past 100 MPH) and seems to accelerate effortlessly. Quiet cabin. Impressive gas mileage (17 in town and 21 to 24 on the mountainous highway). Fabulous brakes and exceptional handling... until the ball-joints, front-end and sway-bar bearings wore out (after 27 years!) Whoever ends up with this Jag will cherish it. Rebuild the transmission and front-end, and the rest of the restoration work can be lovingly done over time, much as one cares for a wooden boat. It is, after all, a labor of love.
Pros: Absolutely love the XJ-S styling, the Jag's ride, and the awesome power - - so we bought another one... My '83 is absent the smog equip, and that's GOOD. MPG is still 17-24! (Wish we could have kept em both!)
Cons: It helps to be your own mechanic. The pros who say they're qualified to work on Jags seldom are. The parts (not really that expensive overall) must often be found on-line, which may require some patience... and another car to drive in the meanwhile.
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Truly A Luxury Vehicle With More Than A Little Nostalgia.
A certain person buys a Jaguar and you feel that when you drive it. You are in the club, a VIP, a secret society of members who just know what you know. Not sure of it is the racing history or the "ah... Read More
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I loved the design but It was a pain in the ass because it was low to the ground. But I had a large straight six so that was fun! I turned head but usually people that were middle-aged or older. Read More
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Amazing Piece Of British Engineering
the xjs is an amazing car you can get super car performance for the price of a small used four cylinder I personaly have the 4.0 straight 6 cylinder engine model. I would however recomend getting the ... Read More
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Top Down And Ready To Drive
This is a rare find - not many made with the manufacturers 5 speed manual transmission. Has a superb look and the color is an eye catcher. Drives well and easy to manage in traffic. Looks great the... Read More
Good Purchase 18 Years Ago With No Regrets
The car has been really good to me over the years. The finish needs some cleaning up, but for an 18 year old car it looks great. I expect it to look a lot better after I do a good cleaning and polishi... Read More
1992 Jaguar XJ-S Reviews
Beautifull Looking And Riding Car
I pretty much summed it up already. It is a beautifull looking and riding car. Just take it out for a ride and stop for coffee you will not get out of the parking lot. Everyone wants to look at the ca... Read More
Budget Luxury Supercar With All The Toys.
able to keep up with all but the fastest, or most modified cars costing god knows how much more. 4 litre straight six able to be tweaked and still maintain 28mpg or more on long motorwaty cruising. od... Read More
1991 Jaguar XJ-S Reviews
Love It! But Them I'm Biased, Its My Most Fav Car In The World! ;)
Very fun cars with imo a fantastically unique look. Performance - I have the 4.0l with a 0-60 currently of 6.9, although I hope to mod the engine one day. Build quality - well mine has been bought ... Read More


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One of my New Years Resolutions is to keep up more often with Hel's lovely challenge as towards the end of last year I got very remiss! When I peeped this morning I just felt like making a 'pretty tag' and Ultraviolet seemed a good place to start! I have hunted down some Buckram at my local Dunelm shop as I have wanted to make some flowers out of it. American blogs call it Crinoline and on Tammy Tutterow's blog and you can find a wonderful blog tutorial here. So I die cut tattered flowers and sprayed with Dylusions ink in blues and purple and I love the way they dry and can be moulded. Here is the tag I made around the rose.
First I swooshed a tag through Seedless Preserves and Dusty Concord and Brushed Pewter DI and DP. Then I overstamped The Papillion background from Tim's set that I use very often in Archival Watering Can and ripped up a piece of lilac lace and adhered it down the side. The greenery is sprayed with two dylusion greens and is also cut from the Buckram and dries really dimensionally. The Jofy stamp was lightly brushed with Milled Lavender and stamped with Archival Watering Can, the circles painted with LuminAire Bougainvillia and then framed with a cut out embossed tag folder that I found free in a craft magazine a few months ago which I highlighted with Seedless Preserves. I sprayed the whole tag lightly with some glitter spray and found a delicate piece of yarn for the top.
This is for my friend Sally who will get a surprise in the post this week, so look out for the postman love! Nearly completed my Tim tag, so will post again soon. Thanks for looking! x


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text: I will not exaggerate if I say that year 2014 was one of the best years in my carrier so far and it will be hard to beat. And like they say Save the Best for Last, we can easily say this for one of the last weddings in 2014, Morocco destination wedding in Marrakech. The most historical and the most farthest city we have ever been. And if we add that the groom is a wedding photographer from United Kingdom then probably you know that the wedding was something special. Old part of the city of Marrakech named Medina, colorful venue, people who live their lives with passion and two people in Love all that created images below…. Marrakech wedding story!


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Rabies is caused by a virus that affects the nervous system of humans and other mammals and is nearly always fatal. The virus is shed in the saliva of infected animals. People or animals can get rabies from the bite of a rabid animal or from a rabid animal's saliva if it comes in contact with their eyes, nose, mouth or open wounds. Immediate medical treatment is required after exposure to an infected animal. Skunks, bats, foxes, raccoons and other wildlife should not be handled or fed to prevent exposure to this virus.
In addition to rabies vaccinations for pets and livestock, here are additional precautions to prevent possible exposure to rabies:
- Avoid contact with any wild animals, especially any that act unusually. A healthy wild animal will generally avoid human contact.
- Teach children to stay away from all wild animals, stray domestic pets or any dead animals and tell an adult if they are scratched or bitten.
- Wildlife suffering from rabies will often be out during the day, act aggressively and violently approach people or pets. Rabid wildlife might also stumble or have trouble walking.
- Do not let pets roam freely, since this can increase the chance that they could be exposed without your knowledge.
- Contact your veterinarian if your dog or cat is bitten or scratched by a wild animal.
- If a person has been bitten or scratched by a wild mammal, they should wash the area thoroughly with soap and water, seek immediate medical attention and notify their local public health agency. Prompt medical treatment is key to preventing rabies after a possible exposure.
- Do not feed wild animals, since this reduces their natural fear of humans
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Celebrating International Women in Engineering Day 2017
Since 2016, the UK's Daily Telegraph newspaper has marked June 23 with a list of the Top 50 Women in Engineering.
INOTEX 2017: EOS presentation in INOTEX caught everyone's attention!
As we told you before, INOTEX 2017 had been held in May 23 – 26 at Tehran International Fairground.
3DShow 2017: interview with Ms. Mashhadian of APA
Having interesting experience in Iran 3DShow 2017, we've had a nice interview with Ms. Mashhadian of APA (Afarinesh Pendar Ayandeh)
Iran 3DShow will feature 3D Printing Exhibition and AM symposium in...
Couple of months ago we found out Iran's first AM symposium is going to take place at May, instead of early days of 2017.
LG And Valve To Unveil New SteamVR Headset At GDC 2017
3Dbaz - LG and Valve will unveil a new SteamVR headset at the Game Developer Conference (GDC) 2017 that's scheduled to start in San Francisco...
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Since when does it represent "freedom to believe as one wishes" when one is "forced" to do something that is against their belief? For example, you can "encourage" one to become a Christian by setting an example and giving him reason to consider it. But you cannot "force" someone to become a Christian. If you demonstrate why Americans should be proud of our flag, children will usually respond positively and will want to participate in a pledge or anthem.
While I was serving in the military in Southeast Asia, we were "forced" to donate to a major charity drive. Anyone who declined had to "police the grounds and pick up cigarette butts." I donated because I was "forced" to do so but I've not donated to that charity since. I fly the flag and stand during the National Anthem because I choose to do so. But I also served this country so that anyone could "choose" not to do so. When you "dictate" how people should believe, you become a "dictatorship."
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|Singapore Wombats claim the 2011 Asian Championships in Bangkok, Thailand.
While most eyes were on the 2011 International Cup in August, another highly prestigious Aussie Rules tournament was being fought out in Bangkok, Thailand.
The Asian Championships is a gruelling one day event that saw eleven expat dominated teams from all over Asia stake their claim to the region's most coveted footy trophy. All teams battled fiercely throughout the preliminary matches in an attempt to qualify for the semi-finals and what would be a shot at the cup. After the dust had settled on a hectic morning of non-stop football, one that included four games for most, the race to glory had been narrowed down to just four.
The Singapore Wombats, Jakarta Bintangs and Hong Kong Dragons all entered the semi-finals undefeated with the Vietnam Swans completing the quartet of finalists. Jakarta drew Hong Kong in the first semi-final and although the Bintangs started strongly the Dragons eventually ran over the top maintaining their unbeaten streak en route to a place in the Grand Final.
In semi-final number two the Singapore Wombats showed no mercy thumping the Vietnam Swans 70 to nil. It set up what would be an epic showdown between two countries that collectively owned 7 of all 12 Asian Championship crowns.
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Hasek hoping for spot in Hall of Fame's 2014 classby NHL.com Staff
While the latest inductees still are enjoying their new spot in the Hockey Hall of Fame, one potential member of next year's Hall induction class already is looking forward to a trip to Toronto in November 2014.
Dominik Hasek, who last played in 2010-11 for Spartak in the Kontinental Hockey League, will be on the Hall ballot for the first time next year.
"I don't exactly know the rules ... when the players are eligible for the Hockey Hall of Fame induction," Hasek told NHL.com. "But I can say that I am not planning to play hockey anymore, so from this point of view I am probably eligible. I know it's a big event and achievement. It would be a great honor."
Hasek certainly has Hall of Fame-worthy credentials. He won the Vezina Trophy six times and the Hart Trophy twice and skated in six NHL All-Star games. He had 389 wins and 81 shutouts in 735 games with the Chicago Blackhawks, Buffalo Sabres, Detroit Red Wings and Ottawa Senators. He also went 65-49 in 119 Stanley Cup Playoff games, and backstopped the Red Wings to the 2002 Stanley Cup.
He represented his native Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic at four Olympics, including 1998, the first time NHL players took part. Hasek was named the Olympic's best goalie while leading the Czech Republic to the gold medal. He helped the Czechs win a bronze medal in 2006.
Hasek left the NHL after the 2008 playoffs, when he backed up Chris Osgood en route to the Red Wings winning the Stanley Cup. He sat out the 2008-09 season, then returned to play one season each with HC Pardubice in the Czech Republic and Spartak in the KHL. Hasek made one final attempt to return to the NHL last summer, but found no interested teams.
Now 48, Hasek is living in Prague and enjoying other athletic pursuits, among them skiing, automobile racing and cycling with friends around exotic countries like Albania and India.
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Voight:Maddox just had a birthday. Happy birthday, Maddox! 5 years old--it's a big one! You're getting to be a young man, and I send my love to you. And send my love to...uh...Shakira...and...Shahira...
[To reporter] Is it Shakira or Shahira?
Reporter: Zahara.
Voight: Shahara! Shahara!
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Taste of southern soul in Las Vegas
There's more to Las Vegas than gambling and flashy shows on the Strip. There is also a thriving soul and blues scene, although it seems that not many visitors get to experience it. On the Monday following Viva Las Vegas we went to two clubs where southern soul and blues was definitely the order of the day, and saw some great talent. Here are a few photos from the City Lights club. Thanks to Noah Schaffer for giving us the info.
Regular act at the club is Bobby Jones, who sings very much in the style of B B King. He was celebrating 55 years in the music business and there were several guest singers in the house.


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Make the Most Out of Social Media
Social media is more than just socializing online. There is a broad range of conversation that happens online. One form of which is people talking about what they want to do. Sometimes, this can lead to great opportunities such as being able to work on awesome projects or meeting people to collaborate with.
Social media is useful to you, and in that regard, I have some goals for you.
First, the handful of you reading this who may not be already consuming social media: I want you to start. I want 100% of you all to become consumers of social media.
Some of you consumers, I want to turn into curators. Curators are like the decomposers of information: We take in a bunch of raw material and churn out gold. The curator level is super important. Curating is as simple as tweeting a link or sharing something on Facebook or Google Reader. It's really easy.
Finally, some of you out there may be on the verge of creating, of being a producer: I want to give you that extra push. This won't be the last time I say this, but the real secret message I have for you is that the best way to get more out of social media is to be a producer in the ecosystem.
The Theory
Social media is different from many of the media that came before it. That difference — however slight — is super important. It's important theoretically and pragmatically to you.
I have two big ideas from two big people; both are heroes of mine. Both are groundbreaking in their own way.
"The medium is the message"
Marshall Macluhan is a big media theorist. He was a Professor of Media Studies in Canada who wrote a lot about media.
This guy realized the moment we connected the world together into one global telecommunications network that one day it would be instantaneous and the nature of that kind of communication would have huge ramifications. This concept manifests itself in a statement he made, "The medium is the message."
Think about that: The medium is the message.
Now think of a band like The Beatles. Arguably the most awesome band in the world.
How did they become the most awesome band in the world? Sure, they had talent, but what if we didn't have vinyl records or radio stations back in the day? What if we didn't have televisions, magazines, and newspapers?
Without the major broadcast medium, The Beatles would have just been arguably the most awesome band in Liverpool.
The idea is that the medium of communication matters more than the message that gets communicated.
The reason I bring this up is that sometimes when evaluating social media, I think we tend to look at all the wrong parts, and I am going to talk more about this later.
"anything that's created wants to be mediocre"
Ira Glass is the host of "This American Life" is a show in the United States. Each week they choose a theme and put together a show around that theme. Usually it will be a mix of real stories, interviews, spoken essays, sometimes some fiction, really anything goes as long as it's good.
Even though they aren't "creating" the stories, they are producing the stories.
What I find interesting is they have put on 400 shows, maybe topping out at 1,000, 1,200 stories, but they started in 1995, which puts them, tops, at a 100 stories a year.
Only 100 stories a year is good enough to put into their show.
These people do their show year round. They go all over the country and they can only come up with 100 good stories a year.
Over 300 million people. 50 States. 365 days a year. And they can only find 100 good stories worthy enough to tell.
In one sense, it feels like they aren't trying hard enough, but in reality, all we have to do is look around us.
Do you all tend to walk around everyday having really important conversations? No. None of use do.
Ira glass once said, "It's like a law of nature, a law of aerodynamics, that anything that's written or anything that's created wants to be mediocre."
If we look at what Glass is saying — that most things are mediocre — he doesn't know why, and it's not really a bad thing, it's just the way things are.
It takes a serious act of will to make something good, or even great.
Social Media Sucks
I might be preaching to the choir here, but there are more then a few gentiles out there.
Even though I find internet-oriented people to be more open, there are still a lot of social media skeptics. Here are common criticisms about social media.
Privacy is a real concern and shared by many. Social media isn't great at this issue. While there maybe a little getting used to the new-world order, there are still better ways of handling privacy.
It's Filled with Crap
Danah Boyd is a social media researcher and she has been doing some great stuff around investigating actual use of social media.
It's filled with crap. Twitter is filled with crap, blogs are filled with crap, why would I ever want to look at a blog about some woman's dog, I don't care what people ate for lunch.
Sure, I get it, and I totally agree, but if we look at what Ira Glass said, most things are going to be mediocre, why do we expect them to be something else?
Context is King
JoeChicago: I just ate a bad sandwich.
Yea, not so interesting.
MarioBatali: I just realized that basil grown in Sicily is the secret to a great pasta sauce.
Okay, maybe.
CoWorkerJane: A Korean BBQ Truck just pulled up outside Yahoo!
Awesome, right? It's an integration of local, timely, personal, and pull-based notifications.
This is where we can begin to see the medium is the message come into play — the medium of Twitter and other real-time microblogging services — is what allowed those contexts.
Good Stuff about Social Media
Social media's great because it gives us a way to create connections with real people around or remotely from us.
Something Twitter and other real-time social media services can do is to provide a geographical and date context: Geolocation.
Crowdsourced Pattern of Events
What if you were a mayor and you started seeing people tweet something like:
HenerySanJose: I just heard a huge bang, what's up?
What if we multiply HenerySanJose by a 1000s and put it on a Google Map?
We can start to see a pattern. This is exactly what happened in Portland this year. Out of a thousand tweets, you can extract useful information.
Twitter Movies
Another example of the possibilities of social media is this guy is tracking tweet volume around movies coming out and being able to predict with a high degree of accuracy how much money they are going to make.
Practical Super Secret Tip
First part of being practical is to give back to the network. Be prepared to share. Tweet a link, blog a picture. This maybe the most important takeaway. I can tell you about how to consume until I am blue in the face, but you will never truly get it until you contribute back to social media.
Not So Super Secret
Social Media is a stream — well, more like a river — a torrent of information flowing past you.
Far too many people think they need to consume it all, they think of it as a task to be done like getting your unread emails down to zero. You are going need to fish for good stuff.
Keeping up with Social Media Using the Triage Technique
One of the ideas I want to share with you is the idea of triage. What I know about triage is what I see on medical dramas on television like ER and Trauma.
The idea is that in the face of an insurmountable, completely opaque task, just start making decisions. Tackle social media consumption by prioritizing the more critical stuff.
It works better the more you do it, just like doctors with 10 years of experience will know quickly who needs immediate care and who doesn't.
You need to get better at recognizing the good stuff.
What is The Goal of Triage?
To read less crap and more quality stuff.
This is where something like Google Reader really shines. I can just use the star feature, and then its gets filled away for latter perusal.
Organize For You
Your #1 folder is your protective cradle of what you enjoy best. This folder has to be like your crack cocaine, it needs to keep you coming back for more.
A rule of thumb for me is if I am not enjoying at least every third item I see from a source, then something is wrong, and I need to weed out the bad content.
This folder is easy to clean out in like 20 minutes, and it drives most of my pleasure. When this folder is done, I move down the stack into the larger folders like Twitter.
Where to Consume
You don't watch newspaper on the TV, and you can't see the radio host. I find it easier to consume stuff in different ways, like tweets can be read in the Google Reader, but long form journalism deserves the iPad or Kindle treatment.
I use instapaper for this sort of thing.
Your Plan of Action
Start small, cultivate sources, organically grow. You need time to develop a sense of social media, but investing some time can pay off in the end.
How do you use social media? Why have you chosen to engage in social media?


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Please can you not do any thing silly over the next few days. Please can you ignore the silly press and media (yes I mean you too BBC) there is no 1st, 2nd and 3rd place this isn't a race you silly people! Please can you make sure your party does what it's been wanting to do for so long. Please don't let Gordy get in the way he's just a bit prickly, I'm sure he'll let you work with some one else if you ask nicely. Please make electoral reform a reality. Lets keep everyone talking lets all work together! If you do a deal with the torys not only will electoral reform be impossible but you'll also loose all your votes next time and then we'll go ten years backwards na twenty years backwards and be left with a silly 2 party system. the reds in one corner the blues in the other back and forth we'll go for ever more until no one even can be bothered voting due to the pure farcical nature of it all.
Also wouldn't it be nice to have the Green party and northern Ireland's Alliance party as part of a coalition there nice you'll get on with them!
We'll I'll leave it there hope your well and getting lots of sleep.


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Midtown Walmart appeal back before Miami Commission following court case
One year after rejecting an appeal from opponents of a massive Walmart in Midtown Miami, city commissioners will once again consider a request to nix the permit that would allow the 203,000-square-foot superstore on North Miami Avenue.
Thursday's scheduled rehearing follows a ruling in a court case that challenged the commission's original 2013 dismissal of the appeal.
Commissioners last year disagreed with several arguments from Walmart foes, including one that the city's planning director had improperly granted a permit administratively when a public hearing should have been required. That decision was challenged in court. Last month, an 11th Circuit judicial panel sided with the petitioners, ruling that Planning Director Francisco Garcia permitted five loading bays for the Walmart when only three "total" were allowed.
The panel overturned the commission's ruling on the appeal and sent the issue back to the city.
Walmart foes declared victory, saying the retailer was indeed granted the wrong type of permit and should have to start over from scratch to receive proper approval. But City Attorney Victoria Mendez says the ruling requires only that commissioners rehear the appeal on the narrow grounds raised by the court regarding the loading bays.
Walmart representatives say they expect to receive an amended permit in short order.
That has led to arguments by Walmart opponents that the city is improperly interpreting the court ruling, going for a quick fix where a wholesale change is required. Depending on the commission's direction Thursday, another lawsuit could be pending.
"We continue to contend that the city of Miami attorney is not interpreting the ruling from the three judges accurately," said Peter Ehrlich, one of the activists behind the appeal to be heard Thursday.
The Walmart appeal will be heard after 2 p.m. Thursday, during the planning and zoning portion of the City Commission's meeting.


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Placer County health officials confirmed Friday that flu is believed to be a contributing factor in the death of a man who died earlier this week.
Placer County health officials did not release the name of the man, who lived in the county, but say he was under age 65 and suffered from at least one chronic health condition.
Officials say this is the first death related to the flu this season that has been reported to the Placer County Public Health Division.
Both the flu-related death and the ICU admissions were of individuals under age 65. Influenza-related deaths and ICU admissions in persons 65 years of age and older are not reportable to the local health department in California.
Health officials say Placer County has seen a surge in flu cases recently.


text: I have a guest post today over at Misadventures with Andi, a blog that she describes as the "merry musings of a fiesty foodie slash lit-chickie slash globe trotting wannabe Frenchie." I wrote a little ditty about my love of The Town. It's called Here and There in Oakland. Read, relax, enjoy!


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January 3, 2011
Kaylee as Jasmine
5 comments:
- Duncan D. Horne said...
I'll bet she absolutely loves it! Well done!
- January 4, 2011 at 3:34 AM
- Stephen Sitton said...
I sure hope so! I appreciate the comment. You know I find it a lot of fun getting to do images that aren't for money. I think when you throw money into the mix it starts to limit creativity. At least for me it has that effect sometimes. Every once in a while doing an image just for fun is a great way to keep fresh. Even though Jasmine is not my own character design, I still had a lot of fun with this piece.
- January 4, 2011 at 10:56 AM
- The Gulls said...
I love this stephen. Im sure kaylee loved it also. I cant wait to go over to the house and see it in person.
- January 7, 2011 at 2:19 PM
- Chaz said...
This is really very cool! I wish I had thought about doing art for various members of my family and friends for Christmas. *sigh*
I had the chance to bop around your site and look at your work! I really enjoy your fantasy pieces the most. (The Frost Queen and Captain Smith are awesome!) Your facial expressions are also very well done and that's something I have to work on for my own art.
Anyways - Just wanted to let you know that I think your work rocks and thanks for sharing it with us.
- Chaz
My Etsy Shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/Avarra
My Portfolio: www.ChazKemp.com
My Blog: http://chaznouveau.blogspot.com/
My Band: http://pandoraceltica.bandvista.com/
- January 10, 2011 at 6:15 PM
- Lane & Jannica said...
That's one of the coolest things ever!I love it!
- January 29, 2011 at 3:49 PM


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Faery Healing Journey for Beltaine
Happy Beltaine!
The season of faeries and flowers has officially arrived! Here is an earth healing meditation that may be done for the Beltaine season. This meditation is appropriate now and may be repeated weekly till the approach of Lughnasahd.
Create a small altar and place a candle in the center, with matches nearby. This altar is your Faery Hearth, and the candle is your Faery Hearthfire; it represents the flame of being as it burns in the faery realm.
Set your intention: That you would like to be of assistance to the earth's health and healing during this Beltaine season.
Now settle yourself comfortably before your Faery Altar and light the Faery Hearth candle which is in the center of the altar.... As you gaze at this center flame, breathing slowly in and out, you find that you are becoming more relaxed, calm and serene with each breath. You focus your attention on the candle, then close your eyes, seeing the candle with your inner vision. As you do this, you feel yourself sinking down into the Earth, passing down through the surface layers of soil, sand and clay, and going down, deep, and deeper, ever deeper, into the Earth.
At length, you find that you have come to rest in a clearing surrounded by trees. In the Center of this Grove is an enormous tree.
From its base, a mass of gnarled roots sprawl thickly over and into the ground; its wide-spreading branches form a canopy high overhead. There is an opening in the trunk which leads inside the tree's trunk. You walk into this opening, and find that you are in a small cave, which is suffused with green golden light. The light seems to radiate from the rough wooden walls of the tree-cave. As you observe this, the light seems to swirl towards you, and around you, and it begins to move you, whirling you, spiraling you downward into the ground, through the surface soil, and into the land itself. You pass easily through the many layers of soil and rock, moving downward with the green-golden light, which whirls you around and around as it carries you downward. At last you land upon what feels to be soft earth....
You open your eyes and look around. Directly before you burns a fire within a hearth. The hearth is a beautiful large bowl of burnished copper, which rests upon an emerald studded stand. The flame within it reaches upward as far as the eye can see. You gaze around and see the gently rounded walls which rise around you, sparkling with many-colored stones and crystals, which glow and gleam with light, now rosy, now ruby red, now shot with sparkles of emerald.
You realize that you are within the heart-shaped Glen of Precious Stones, which lies at the heart-center of the Faery Realm, standing before the fire of the Faery Hearth. From this Glen, four gateways—formed by the intertwined, arching growth of two slender trees—lead out into the Four Faery Convocations of Finias, Gorias, Murias and Falias. You turn to look at each of them briefly, and through each arched tree gateway you can see a different landscape ... You turn back to the Hearth and gaze into the flames.
You call now upon your Faery Allies, and ask that they be with you here, and assist you. Immediately, they come to you.....
Now you move to the Eastern Tree Gateway (or Southern, Western, Northern), and as you do so, you feel the presence of the Faery hosts of the Shining Ones, the Tuatha De Danaan, and the King, Queen and Sage of that Convocation, on the other side of the gate.
You stand at the Threshold of the Gateway, and ask them to come in. When you say this, they begin to march through it and into the Glen of Precious Stones, assembling themselves around the Faery Hearth.
Moving to the Southern Gateway -- and the Western and Northern in turn -- you repeat this invitation, and feel the faery beings march through their Gateways and into the Glen, assembling themselves around the Faery Hearth.
When they have all gathered there, you speak to them, telling them what you want to do, and you ask for their assistance. They may have suggestions to offer you, so listen carefully to the answers you are receiving.
Now bring your attention to the Faery Hearth and the flame that burns within. Watch and feel as the flame expands outward, encompassing you and all the beings who stand with you at the hearth. You feel your own inner flame blend with this larger flame, and you feel the inner flame of the other beings do likewise, until you aware of One Flame, which burns in many colors. You feel this flame burning in your heart, and radiating out of you at the same time. Your awareness expands and you allow yourself to be aware of the Land around you and above you. As you do this, you feel the One Flame leap outward to encompass the Land. You envision all the features of the landscape, and notice how their inner flames are touched and enlivened by the One Flame. You realize that the One Flame carries the energy and imprint of the primal and pristine land of the Faery Convocation within it, and these energies are now being planted and impressed into the Land....
You sense when this is accomplished, and simultaneously, you become aware that the Faery hosts are moving back through the Gateway, returning to their own realm. The gates grow misty and seem to fade from view. You return your attention to the Fire that burns within the Faery Hearth, and as you gaze within it, you see the land above, below, and around you suffused with Spirit, and glowing with life and vitality. You find that the green gold light has begun to swirl around you again. It lifts you up, and swirls around and around, upward; you find yourself passing from the Glen of Precious Stones, and upward through layers of soil and pebbles, till finally you emerge once again upon the surface of the land, finding yourself in the place from which you had begun......
Take a deep breath, and allow yourself a few moments to return yourself to normal waking consciousness, and then you open your eyes. You are back.
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It's a good idea to follow up this vision in the days that follow by some physical actions that are helpful to the earth, such as recycling, planting an organic garden (even a tiny one!), cleaning the litter from a local public space, and the like.


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Sanderson, M., Tian, J. and Clough, P. (2006) Automatic organisation of retrieved images into a hierarchy. In: International Workshop OntoImage 2006 : Language Resources for Content-Based Image Retrieval, May 22, 2006, Genoa, Italy. (Unpublished)
Image retrieval is of growing interest to both search engines and academic researchers with increased focus on both content-based and caption-based approaches. Image search, however, is different from document retrieval: users often search a broader set of retrieved images than they would examine returned web pages in a search engine. In this paper, we focus on a concept hierarchy generation approach developed by Sanderson and Croft in 1999, which was used to organise retrieved images in a hierarchy automatically generated from image captions. Thirty participants were recruited for the study. Each of them conducted two different kinds of searching tasks within the system. Results indicated that the user retrieval performance in both interfaces of system is similar. However, the majority of users preferred to use the concept hierarchy to complete their searching tasks and they were satisfied with using the hierarchical menu to organize retrieved results, because the menu appeared to provide a useful summary to help users look through the image results.
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Oil painting of Anna's female hummingbird in a desert landscape. Emphasis is the hummingbird, deliberately proportionally larger. The hummingbird subject was from my photo of the female Anna's who made her nest in my yard and had two sucessful hummingbirds fledge. The desert landscape is also from my photo reference taken while visiting the Anza Borrego Desert.
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Oil painting on canvas of an adult male Anna's hummingbird. Painting measures 16″ X 12″ unframed.
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