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What a great use for a glut of bananas other than the old standard "banana bread."
This chutney is incredibly good with robust curries.
You can make it mild, or hot.
Let flavours meld and develop for at least a month in the jar before sampling.
This recipe is a lab-tested recipe from Canadian Living.
The recipe
Jar size choices: Quarter-litre (1/2 US pint / 250 ml / 8 oz)
Processing method: Either water-bath or steam canning
Yield: 7 x quarter-litre (1/2 US pint) jars
Headspace: 1 cm (1/4 inch)
Processing time: 10 minutes
Prep time:
Cook time:
Total time:
Yield: 7 x quarter-litre (1/2 US pint) jars
Serving size: 2 tablespoons
Calories: 71
Fat: .1 g
- 1 large orange
- 1 large lemon
- 400 g apple (measured after having been peeled, cored and chopped into 5 mm (1/4 inch) pieces (3 cups / 14 oz)
- 1 teaspoon curry paste
- ½ teaspoon salt OR ½ teaspoon salt sub
- 750 ml apple cider vinegar, 5% acidity or higher (3 cups / 24 oz )
- 125 ml water (1/2 cup)
- 100 g raisins (1/2 cup / 3 oz)
- 400 g pitted, chopped dates (2 cups / 14 oz)
- 600 g peeled, thinly sliced banana (about 4 to 5 bananas if you are using the standard supermarket Cavendish banana) (3 cups / 1¼ lbs )
- 450 g white sugar (2 cups / 16 oz) OR 2 teaspoons liquid stevia
- Wash both the lemon and orange. Zest them, put the zest in a large pot. Add to the pot the juice from both of them.
- Add everything from the apple down to the water.
- Bring to a boil, simmer for about 5 minutes.
- Add the raisins, dates, chopped banana and sugar OR liquid stevia.
- Simmer uncovered, stirring every 10 minutes so that the bottom doesn't scorch, until the mixture is just thick enough to form a mound on a tablespoon. This could take anywhere from 60 to 90 minutes.
- Spoon into quarter-litre (1/2 US pint / 8 oz) jars.
- Leave 1 cm (1/4 inch) headspace.
- Debubble, adjust headspace.
- Wipe jar rims.
- Put lids on.
- Process in a water bath or steam canner.
- Process for 10 minutes; increase time as needed for your altitude.
- Best after at least a month of jar time.
Reference information
How to water bath process.
How to steam can.
When water-bath canning or steam canning, you must adjust the processing time for your altitude.
For salt substitute, Herbamare Sodium-Free was used.
For stevia, Better Stevia liquid stevia was the stevia used.
More information about Sugar and Salt-Free Canning in general.
Australia and New Zealand vinegar strength special notes.
Recipe notes
- The Canadian Living directions call for quarter-litre (1/2 pint) jars, and don't give processing times for any larger jars for this recipe.
- It's okay if you are a tidge shy on the dates if they happen to come in odd-sized packages such as 375 g etc.
- You can double the amount of curry paste, if you want it hotter.
- Instead of curry paste, you can substitute curry powder at a 1 to 1 ratio.
- You may wish to try adding a few pinches of dried chile flakes for some heat.
- This is an ideal mixture to use a heat diffuser with while cooking it in the pot.
Recipe source
Banana Fruit Chutney. In: Canadian Living Test Kitchen. The Complete Preserving Book. Montreal, Canada: Transcontinental Books. 2012. Page 224.
All Canadian Living home canning recipes are lab-tested for quality and safety.
Nutrition information
Regular version
Per 2 tablespoons
- 71 calories, 21 mg sodium
Sugar and salt-free version
Per 2 tablespoons
- 44 calories, 1 mg sodium
- Weight Watchers PointsPlus®: Per 2 tablespoons, 1 point
* Nutrition info provided by https://caloriecount.about.com
* PointsPlus™ calculated by healthycanning.com. Not endorsed by Weight Watchers® International, Inc, which is the owner of the PointsPlus® registered trademark.
* Better Stevia ® is a registered trademark of the NOW Foods Company.
* Herbamare ® is a registered trademark of the A. Vogel Corporation.
* Pickle Crisp ® is a registered trademark of the Jarden Corporation.


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Two of Santa Rosa's top priorities — building new housing and legalizing cannabis businesses — are colliding in a simmering land-use dispute that could affect future development around the city's new downtown SMART rail station.
A company planning to grow medical cannabis in an industrial building near downtown is getting pushback from housing developers who claim the project threatens the city's long-term plans to build high-density housing near the Railroad Square station.
It's the latest example of how state legalization efforts and the city's welcoming posture toward the cannabis industry is triggering a "green rush" of investment likely to transform the city's economy and neighborhoods for years to come.
"Cannabis, in some ways, has changed the industrial and light industrial landscape," city planner Andy Gustavson said. "We're kind of in this interesting moment. Can industrial uses continue to be complementary to, or will they frustrate the development of, residential uses?"
Developer Rick Deringer has some pretty strong opinions on that subject. He's is trying to build a 185-unit apartment project about 1,000 feet away from a proposed cannabis cultivation project on Maxwell Court. He thinks allowing cannabis businesses into the area is an abysmal idea and contrary to the city's plans to transition the industrial area to residential uses over time.
"It is impossible for housing to be built in an area with cannabis uses," Deringer wrote to the city, citing what he sees as a variety of nuisance, safety, environmental and economic issues.
Deringer's DeTurk Winery Village project recently won council approval but has yet to apply for building permits. The project, which Deringer has pursued for 13 years, aims to transform a former winery warehouse complex four blocks north of the station into one of the larger apartment developments in the city.
But Deringer thinks cannabis businesses are simply incompatible with housing projects like his, and he's asking the City Council to step in.
The Planning Commission, on a 4-1 vote in February, approved plans by Fleuron, Inc., to build a 10,962-square-foot cannabis cultivation and processing operation at 60 Maxwell Court. Deringer appealed that decision and the City Council must decide the issue Tuesday.
Fleuron is a partnership between Brandon Levine, director of Cotati dispensary Mercy Wellness, and Aron Milhaly, who grows cannabis at an undisclosed location for Mercy Wellness. The friends say the property, which once housed a sign fabrication company, is a perfect location for indoor cannabis cultivation.
It is removed from residential areas, surrounded by other industrial uses, and in a building that is easy to fully secure. They say the building will also be outfitted with the latest and most efficient water, power and odor-control systems available.
"We're going to remain as low-impact on the community as possible," Levine said.
The pair, who've known each other for about 15 years, even chose a company name unlikely to give anyone a sense of what kind of company it is. A fleuron, from the French word for flower, is a stylized flower-like ornament.
Levine, who has operated Mercy Wellness for seven years, knew they might get some opposition over the location but said there aren't many viable cannabis cultivation sites in the city, which for now are restricted to industrial areas.
More coverage of North Coast cannabis commerce: nbbj.news/cannabis
This story originally appeared at pressdemocrat.com/news/6985138-181/santa-rosa-cannabis-business-fuels.


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I have had severa differentl Amex Charge cards since 1998, 3 months ago I applied and was approved for the BCE . The date on the card says member since 1998. But today i was checking my fico reports , and its states account open 2012. I called and spoke to a supervisor and they told me they could not backdate this account since it was a revolver and not a charge account. Is that the correct answer to my question or not.
No, backdating has nothing to do with charge or credit.
PS - They've definitely become much more strict on backdating. I've seen recently many who were refused backdating, especially on AU cards.
Thanks for your response, guess I just used it and let it grow.
I don't understand why your fico would report 2012 when your card reads 1998. Amex usually reports the TL with the member since date automatically.
Thats the reason I called Csr, spoke with two csr and finally a supervisor. He stated the reason the card showed member since 1998, is because thats when I became a member . My charge card is reporting correct , just not this new account.
Call again. That isn't right unless policy has changed again. But it makes no sense. A lot of mixup with policy. Keep trying.
Thanks Crashem, I will later this week.. Another thing that was funny when i got transfered to the Supervisor, she stated the call was being recorded that was a first for me.
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Thanks Crashem, I will later this week.. Another thing that was funny when i got transfered to the Supervisor, she stated the call was being recorded that was a first for me.
All of Amex's call these days are recorded.
Crashem is right. It doesn't make sense, unless there's another policy change where a charge can only be backdated for a charge, and a credit for a credit.
Yall both might be right, im just saying what i was told . I will call back in a few days and see what they tell me.
Don't argue too much. Just call back and try again.


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Earlier this month I went to a local meeting of a grassroots environmental group. One of the people I met there had just got solar panels installed, just like me, and we quickly bonded. We both have 5 kW systems that supply a little more than half our electricity needs. And like me, he was very proud of his solar panels and the money he was saving every month off his electricity bill. But whereas I took out a loan to purchase my system, he leased his and, to put it bluntly, he got ripped off.
Both of us originally had received a postcard from Sungevity out of California extolling the benefits of installing solar panels and both of us excitedly called to request an estimate. But whereas he signed a lease with them without a lot of research, I investigated further into the true costs and benefits of leasing versus buying.
Here are 7 of the hidden costs of leasing solar panels that I discovered:
1) Double the cost of electricity. When you lease your solar panels, your lease "payment" is explained this way by the leasing company: a 5 kW system will generate about $80 of electricity per month. The leasing company will "sell" you this electricity for only $40 per month. So you're saving $40 a month, right? But where does the other $40 go? You guessed it – into the leasing company's bottom line.
2) Missing out on the rebates. Massachusetts has devised several incentives to make solar panels an affordable investment and one of those is the Commonwealth Solar Rebate. This rebate is currently worth about $2,000 off your standard 5 kW system, doubling to $4,000 for moderate home size or income. When you lease your panels, this taxpayer-financed money goes directly to the leasing company and lowers their costs instead of your own.
3) Missing out of the tax credits. There are both federal and state tax credits available for renewable energy purchases and those include solar panels. While the state tax credit is capped at $1,000, the federal tax credit is quite generous at 30%. Together they combine for about $7,500 in savings when you purchase a 5 kW solar panel system.
4) It is all about the SRECs. If you were able to see the leasing company's business plan, you would see the biggest source of their income is from selling the SRECs generated by your solar panels. If it were not for the SRECs, the leasing companies would not be in business. Each MWh your system generates is worth 1 SREC. A 5 kW system should generate between 5 and 6 MWh annually and those SRECs can be sold for between $300 and $600. Conservatively, this is worth $20,000 over the next 10 years.
5) Increased home value. Any home improvement you make that decreases your energy costs will increase the value of your home by an amount equal to how much it saves you over a 20-year period. Since a 5 kW solar panel system will save your about $1,000 annually, it should boost your home's resale value by about $20,000.
6) Long-term leasing agreements. What happens to the solar panels if you want to sell your house before the end of the lease? While some companies allow you to terminate the lease in such a situation, others require you to transfer it to the new owners. And while some potential buyers would not mind inheriting a questionable lease, I think many would look elsewhere.
7) Maintenance costs. Part of the leasing company's explanation for the monthly leasing fee is coverage for all maintenance for the term of the lease. What they do not tell you is that solar panels require no maintenance. They have no moving parts to wear out and need nothing more than an occasional squirt with a hose. Plus, all the hardware has 20-year warranties, so even in the unlikely event you do have problems, everything is covered.
The state of Massachusetts has gone to great lengths to make solar energy a profitable investment for its residents. But the big California-based solar leasing companies are advertising heavily and before you can say "no money down" are scooping up all that incentive money. Please investigate your options and don't lock yourself into a long-term lease offering you only a small fraction of the money you could be earning, a mistake my friend will be regretting for years to come.


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National Occupational Standards
National Occupational Standards
In 2012, BASE and the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) developed new National Occupational Standards (NOS) for Supported Employment, which describe the skills and knowledge needed by the supported employment workforce. The NOS for Supported Employment do not equate directly to qualifications, but are used to inform the evidence needs of the Level 3 Certificate for Supported Employment Practitioners. The NOS were updated and revised in July 2017.
Supported employment offers high quality, personalised support for people with disabilities and/or disadvantages which enables them to find, access and stay in employment. The people who provide this support tend to have a variety of job titles such as job coaches, employment advisers, and employment consultants. It is not necessarily expected that job coaches will have all of the skills and knowledge described in the NOS. Some roles may be specialist and only draw on certain sections of the NOS. The NOS can be particularly useful in recruiting new job coaches, identifying training needs, and performance appraisal.
The standards are based on the internationally agreed 5-stage model of Supported Employment. Each National Occupational Standard has a number of performance criteria which an individual should be able to demonstrate, as well as the underpinning knowledge. The NOS are underpinned by a set of agreed values.
Underpinning values
For a supported employment practitioner to practice competently he or she must apply skills and knowledge that is informed by a set of values. Supported employment practitioners are expected to be aware of and to apply a value based and ethical approach in their practice.
1. We must raise everyone's aspirations that everyone can work and contribute within the workplace.
2. We are looking for real jobs with the same terms and conditions - jobs that need doing.
3. We should support everyone who wants to work, regardless of their disability or disadvantage.
4. There is no evidence that work preparation helps people into employment.
5. We should have an early focus on looking for employment outcomes.
6. Jobseekers should have choice and control of the job finding process.
7. We need partnership action between jobseekers, employers, families and job coaches.
8. Social inclusion is vital within workplaces.
9. We must understand employers' needs and engage with them as customers of our services.
10. Employment leads to people being better valued and respected by their communities.
11. We should promote reasonable adjustments within the workplace.
12. A job is not for life and we should support career progression.
SKA SE01: Apply values and ethical practice as a practitioner within supported employment
This standard is about ensuring own practice adheres to the relevant ethical principles, values and codes of ethical practice that apply within supported employment.
SKA SE01: Gosod gwerthoedd a safon ymarfer moesegol ar gyfer rhai sy'n gweithio ym maes cyflogaeth gyda chefnogaeth
SKA SE02: Assist prospective job seekers who aspire to paid employment
This standard is about enabling those people who have disabilities and/or disadvantages to raise their aspirations and to make informed decisions about employment. It also identifies how the supported employment practitioner works with families, communities and other partners to address their concerns and to enable prospective job seekers to raise their aspirations for work.
SKA02: Cynorthwyo ceiswyr gwaith sy'n deisyfu cael swydd gyflogedig
SKA SE03: Identify the needs of job seekers to enable a good job match
This standard is about the supported employment practitioner identifying the needs of the individual in terms of their skills, abilities and experiences to enable a good job match. It includes finding ways to address any difficulties in their personal circumstances that might create a barrier to paid employment.
SKA03: Deall anghenion ceiswyr gwaith er mwyn canfod swydd sy'n cyfateb
SKA SE04: Create and agree development plans for job seekers to gain and maintain employment
This standard is about working with job seekers to develop and agree development plans that meets their employment, personal and financial needs.
SKA SE04: Creu a chytuno ar gynlluniau datblygu i geiswyr gwaith gael a chadw swydd
SKA SE05: Advise employers about the benefits processes and practices to recruit and retain a diverse workforce
This standard is about engaging with employers to enable them to understand the benefits of developing processes and practices to recruit and retain a diverse workforce. It includes providing support to the employer to review their employment practices, to facilitate workforce diversity, while at the same time meeting their business needs.
SKA SE05: Cynghori cyflogwyr ynglŷn â'r manteision, y prosesau a'r dulliau o recriwtio a chadw gweithlu amrywiol
SKA SE06: Work with job seekers and employers to match individuals to jobs
This standard is about working with job seekers and employers to match individuals to jobs based on the job seeker's needs, skills and abilities, and available employment opportunities. It includes carrying out job analyses and assessments to ensure that employment opportunities are suitable and reflect the aspirations of the job seeker, their health, safety and wellbeing is addressed and that there are support structures in place.
SKA SE06: Gweithio gyda cheiswyr gwaith a chyflogwyr i baru unigolion gyda swyddi
SKA SE07: Enable individuals in supported employment to be productive and integrated in their workplace
This standard is about enabling individuals in paid employment and their employers to have the support and resources they require to be productive in work and do a job which meets the employer's requirements. It enables the practitioner to explore and use proven techniques to support task training, problem solving and coaching in the workplace. It includes working with the employer and employee to identify and obtain any special resources or assistive technologies to enable the individual to do their job and become as independent as possible in the workplace. This also includes identification of funding sources that may be available to enable the job seeker to enter and perform productively within the workplace. The standard also identifies help to those employed to play a full role in the social life of the workplace.
SKA SE07: Galluogi unigolion sydd mewn cyflogaeth gyda chefnogaeth i fod yn gynhyrchiol ac wedi eu hintegreiddio o fewn eu gweithle
SKA SE08: Develop yourself as a reflective supported employment practitioner
This standard is about the way in which the supported employment practitioner develops their own competence and practice through supervised guidance, communities of practice, review and reflection.
SKA SE08: Datblygu fel ymarferydd cyflogaeth gyda chefnogaeth myfyriol


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Keynotes 2012
Announcing Our Keynote Speakers for ATP Aston 2012
We are delighted to announce that our conference programme will host four exciting keynote speakers this year. In addition to Professor Robert Plomin, we are also fortunate to welcome Professor Gina Rippon, Aston University, Dr Fay Short, Bangor University and Professor Susan Michie.
Professor Robert Plomin
Robert Plomin is Professor of Behavioural Genetics at the MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry (SGDP) Centre at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London. He is best known for his work on twin studies and his research into the nature-nurture debate. He launched the Twins Early Development Study (TEDs) of all twins born in England and Wales in 1994-96 which focuses on developmental problems in cognition and behaviour.
During the past decade his research has increasingly turned towards harnessing the power of molecular genetics, especially genome-wide association strategies, to identify genes for psychological traits in order to help understand the developmental interplay between genes and environment. He is an international leader in behavioural genetics and was the youngest President of the Behavior Genetics Association.
Professor Plomin has published more than 500 papers and is senior author of the major textbook in the field ('Behavioral Genetics,' Worth Publishers, 5th edition, 2008) as well as author of a dozen other books including 'Genetics and Experience: The Interplay between Nature and Nurture' (Sage Publications, 1994).
(thanks to the Kings College London website for biographical information)
Professor Gina Rippon, Aston University
Professor Rippon will be presenting her keynote lecture on: Say 'No' to Neurotrash: how to tell Neuronews from Neurononsense.
Advances in brain imaging techniques have led to some astonishing insights into the workings of the human brain. There has been an explosion of interest in the media and a genuine effort by the brain imaging community to make their findings as accessible as possible, particularly via beautiful colour coded brain 'maps'.
However, the downside of this is that some worrying illusions/ delusions about what brain imagers can and can't do are emerging. This talk will address this issue and try to provide some tips to use when reading the next over-enthusiastic article about 'brain findings', via considering questions such as: "Are brain imagers really mind readers?" "Is there a chocolate spot in the human brain?" "Can brain imagers identify terrorists?"
To find out more about Professor Gina Rippon and her research follow the links: http://www1.aston.ac.uk/lhs/staff/az-index/rippong/
Dr Fay Short, Bangor University
Dr Short is a leading member of the Bangor Teaching Team and has previously had experience as an A Level Psychology teacher giving her an excellent insight into both pre-tertiary and HE. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Chartered Psychologist in the British Psychological Society Division of Academics, Researchers and Teachers in Psychology. This year she was invited to join the Academy of Teaching Fellows at Bangor University in recognition of her excellence in teaching.
Her primary research interest is in the field of body representation and she was recently awarded the Young Investigator Award by the American Psychological Association in honour of her research in this area. She also conducts research in the field of education and is currently collaborating with tutors in a local college of further education to develop effective feedback methods for A Level students. She has also recently been awarded a grant to pilot a Learning Advisor program for International Students within the School of Psychology.
Dr Short's keynote will explore a method of enhancing the student experience. Modern institutes are expected to raise grades yet maintain academic standards, ensure discipline yet foster a positive student experience. This talk is designed to explore one method of enhancing the student experience using the skills developed in the counselling sector. Dr Short will actively demonstrate counselling skills during the talk and explain how these skills can be used in the classroom to support learning.
This keynote lecture will be followed by workshop which will give delegates the opportunity to practice using the ideas presented in the lecture in a practical way within the classroom.
Professor Susan Michie, UCL
Professor Michie's research is in the area of health psychology and health services, focusing on the design, delivery, uptake and impact of behaviour change interventions related to health. Her research investigating innovative methods for developing and evaluating behavioural interventions is conducted in two health domains: professional practice (e.g., the implementation of evidence-based guidelines, such as hand-hygiene amongst hospital staff), and risk factors amongst the general population (e.g., smoking, physical activity, preparing for pandemic flu).
Professor Michie's keynote speech will focus on the following points:
- Behaviour is central to health.
- Managing our behaviour effectively is key to keeping ourselves healthy, managing illness and, in the case of health professionals, delivering high quality health care.
- Changing behaviour is not easy and interventions to change health-related behaviours (amongst the general population, patients and health professionals) have had variable success
- Evidence shows us that behaviour is not just the result of "choices" but of a host of more automatic processes such as emotion, cued responses and habit
- Developing more effective interventions depends on understanding the nature of the target behaviour in context and designing interventions using evidence-based theories and techniques of behaviour change.
- These points will be illustrated in relation to two serious health problems: pandemic flu and obesity.
- Key behaviours in pandemic flu include those that reduce transmission such as respiratory and hand hygiene and prevent illness, such as vaccination uptake. Key behaviours in obesity are physical activity and healthy eating but also behaviours that undermine people's attempts at self-regulation, such as in the minimally regulated food industry and in retail strategies.


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Plus Special Guests Frankie Stew and Harvey Gunn & Written in Waters
The tidal wave of musical freshness that is Brighton-via-Bradford soul/hip-hop crew Normanton Street continues to wash through the UK and beyond, with the top class triple-pronged vocal swat team of Phoebe, Ned and Nicholson taking you to exhilarating new places with their blend of beautiful vocals and kitchen sink, down to earth spoken word. With easily amongst the UK's most hectic tour schedules and a fast growing, there's no let up in sight for our favourite UK crew.
The evening's performance will include special collaborations with poet Tommy Sissons and female rapper Bobbie Johnson.
Tickets: http://brightondome.org/event/7889/normanton_street/


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Oral History Interviews
Submitted by Karen J. Sanchez-Eppler
Amherst College does not require the Institutional Review Board to approve Oral History Projects, but you still need to conform to good practices and make sure that the people you talk with give informed consent. Tell them that this conversation is part of research for a class project, that you may quote them but that you will not identify them by name and that the outcome from this project will not be published. We would advise you to use the contact numbers for the congregation you wish to visit to inform them that you are coming and your intention of talking with members of the congregation about their experiences, and to ask for suggestions about appropriate dress, etc.


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November 29, Ottawa. On the eve of the Paris Climate Summit, let's show our new government that a 100% clean and renewable economy is 100% possible.
With the election now over, it's our turn to show our new leaders what bold action on climate change looks like.
Please join us on November 29 in Ottawa for 100% Possible: Marching Together for Climate Solutions and Justice.
The transition to a 100% clean energy economy by 2050 is not only necessary to solve the climate crisis, it's 100% possible. It's a vision for a healthy, diverse economy with low-carbon jobs, that respects Indigenous rights, and stops growing the tar sands and building new pipelines. It will lead to a safer, more sustainable, and more just future, for everyone.
It's time the politics of climate action caught up with the science of what's necessary. Please join us in Ottawa this Nov 29 for 100% Possible.
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Drama Club: Dear Mom Episodes 29-30 Recap
Yi Wan is safe and sound but the family is up in flames that she was ever in danger. Xiao Fei is now certain of his feelings and now they must tread the tricky waters of pissed off parents. Qing Qing doesn't understand why her Boss is suddenly cutting her off as he struggles with his own growing feelings. Join Amy and me, Wendilynn, as we discuss the aftermath of a kidnapping in these episodes of Dear Mom.
Watch episode 29:
Amy: I completely understand why Yi Wan's mom was so upset but I don't get why she wouldn't even try to listen to an explanation. I guess she needs more time to cool off? Thinking about myself, I would want an explanation even if I was THAT angry. I guess everyone is different. I felt sorry for Yi Wan's dad too. He wanted to support her but also her mom at the same time. Poor guy. Hee hee! I think he made the right choice supporting his wife. She needed him.
Wendilynn: He was certainly in a tough spot. I can also understand why they are alarmed. This gangster woman comes to push a proposal to a couple you had no clue about and then ones daughter is kidnapped. Any parent would be alarmed. I, however, felt that they were too harsh on Yi Wan. I felt it completely unfair for them to keep yelling at her all the time. They know her nature completely and yet they kept yelling at her for being herself. As if it was her fault she was kidnapped.
Amy: Yeah. That wasn't cool. I'm just glad she gathered up her courage and visited Xiao Fei despite her mom telling her not to. I think that it is important for them to communicate and stay together instead of avoiding each other. I know Yi Wan's parents don't like it but I also think that they need to trust her judgment more. Her family treats her like she is dumb but I think they need to give Yi Wan more credit. I'm tired of them telling her that she is bad at making decisions and stuff like that.
Wendilynn: She is a peacemaker and doesn't defend herself like her more vocal siblings so she gets lost often. Oddly enough, that's one of the reasons I like Xiao Fei. He pays attention to her quiet moods and tries to read them. He doesn't try to push her in bad ways. When she couldn't tell him why she was upset with him, he kept trying and trying until he thought he figured it out. He wasn't going to just tell her she was stupid.
Amy: Yeah. I keep forgetting that she doesn't speak up for herself. I wish that she would because it's good for her. Maybe she'll learn to do it. I can tell Xiao Fei is going to be good for her. He might even help her out of her shell a little bit. What did you think about Qing Qing's boss? I think it is a smart move on his part to distance himself from her.
Wendilynn: He's trying. He's being really illogical about it though. I found his drunk conversation about marriage illuminating when he was at Xiao fei's house. And now they are going to this party together. oh boy.
Amy: I guess since he got married to someone right after he graduated college he feels like he didn't get enough experience dating. I don't know. He made his decision, though, so he's stuck. I don't like them going to the party together. I'm pretty sure we'll relive the night they drank wine together.
Wendilynn: Well, he said that his wife was the first woman he knew that made him want to settle down. But clearly they are no longer spending time together. She is constantly making excuses that leave them alone for long periods of time. This is not helping him.
Amy: Yep. I hope he is able to put forth some effort and work things out without getting too involved with Qing Qing. I could picture things going either way but someone is going to end up hurt no matter what.
Wendilynn: Well, Xiao Fei did warn him that he'd dealt with many an unhappy divorce because of cheating spouses. We can only hope that Qing Qing and her Boss can keep from going too far. But running away from it won't help. They need to talk this out. Speaking of talking things out. I'm glad Xiao Fei finally came clean with his mom.
Amy: Hee hee! Xiao Fei's mom took it well too. I think she is mellowing out a little bit now that she knows what is really going on and is satisfied that Xiao Fei and Yi Wan like each other. I'm not saying she won't push for marriage but she seems like, for now at least, she will be happy as long as they're together and their relationship is moving forward. Also, I really like the way that Xiao Fei looks at Yi Wan now that he knows that he likes her. It is just so completely adorable!
Wendilynn: Patience is not his Mom's virtue. Now that they've admitted to loving each other, she can be secure that her preferred ending will take place. lol
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So Far Treasury Has Sold Warrants Back at 66 Percent of Panel's Best Estimate of Fair Market Value
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Congressional Oversight Panel (COP) released its July oversight report today, "TARP Repayments, including Repurchase of Stock Warrants."
In late 2008, the economy faced an exceptional crisis, and Congress created the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) in an effort to stabilize the financial system. When Congress authorized the commitment of $700 billion to rescue the financial system, it decided that taxpayers should have the opportunity to share in a potential upside if the banks returned to profitability.
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Treasury is just beginning its warrant repurchase program. Banks have bought back only a fraction of one percent of all warrants issued, and the prices paid thus far may not be representative of what is to come. The report further analyzes how Treasury is constrained by the provisions of the contracts governing the TARP investments in the banks and recognizes that the Panel's valuations do not include the liquidity discounts and other adjustments contemplated by Treasury. In reaching a judgment with the bank supervisors to allow a particular bank to repay its TARP assistance and in determining the price, time and manner at which it will sell the warrants it holds in that bank, the Panel found that Treasury must balance the public interests in financial stabilization and economic growth. The Panel emphasized it is critical that Treasury make the process – the reason for its decisions, the way it arrives at its figure, and the exit strategy from or future use of TARP – absolutely transparent.
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ATHENS -- Last summer, Georgia helped lead the charge to stem the supposed scourge of over-signing in the SEC. In the first year of those new rules, the Bulldogs lived up to it by under-signing.
Georgia signed only 18 players and was still waiting for a national letter-of-intent from Josh Harvey-Clemons. Either way, it was far short of the 27 spots the Bulldogs had available, but they also had to consider the overall roster limit of 85 scholarship players.
"You can't sign any more than you don't have room for as well," Richt said. "So you don't know what's going to happen with that number."
It's not unprecedented for Georgia. Two years ago, it only signed 19, and it was a 17-member class in 2005.
The reviews on the overall ranking of Georgia's class was mixed. It was as high as fifth (ESPN) and as low as 19th (Rivals). The status of Harvey-Clemmons could impact that, since the ESPN and 247sports each still counted him in Georgia's list and had the Bulldogs ranked higher than Rivals and Scout.com, which did not include Harvey-Clemmons in their calculations.
Naturally, Richt thought fans should focus on the sites that he said reflected the quality of the signees, not the amount.
"There's other people that look at it more per player. Did you take care of your needs? The players that you brought in, how quality are they? The services that have that type of philosophy I know our ranking was very high with those kinds of people," Richt said.
"But we don't get too crazy about those types of things. I'm saying that to educate those fans who might be concerned about something. We just know we're very excited about the young men we did sign, and we got some very good ones."
Light on receivers
Georgia only signed one receiver, Blake Tibbs, while missing out Wednesday on two major targets: Cordarelle Patterson signed with Tennessee, and Jaquay Williams with Auburn.
But Richt pointed to all of Georgia's returning receivers.
"So we know we've got some outstanding playmakers. And I think a lot of the recruits probably knew we had some outstanding playmakers," he said. "My guess is next season's recruiting class will be one that a bunch of receivers will see a bunch of opportunity (because) we only signed one in this class. Sometimes when you nail it the year before it's a little bit tougher the next year at that position."
Play them anywhere
Georgia loaded up on defensive players who can play outside, whether it is at outside linebacker or end. Four players, aside from Harvey-Clemmons, fit that role, and the team wasn't hurting at that spot with current players.
Defensive coordinator Todd Grantham said he expects to move players around from game to game, based on matchups and could see playing three outside linebackers at the same time.
"I think your defense has to be structured in that you don't pigeonhole yourself into you have to play a certain guy at a certain position," Grantham said. "The best example of that (is) you're gonna watch the Super Bowl with the New England Patriots and they're probably as versatile as anybody, whether they're playing 4-3 or 3-4. I think that's the way you have to play defense: You recruit good players, you develop them, you get them to play hard, and then you mix and match where you play them based on who you're playing."
More from Grantham
Grantham, entering the final year of his contract, is set to receive a extension. But he said he and his bosses, including Richt, haven't discussed it since the recruiting period ended.
"Mark and I talked right after the season. I've been so focused on recruiting, because recruiting is the lifeblood of the success of your program. So truthfully I've been dealing with try to recruit and that's all I've been dealing with," Grantham said. "I'm comfortable, and as we move forward in the spring we'll address that issue and I'm happy to be here."
Meanwhile, Grantham said he didn't have any word on the status of cornerback Sanders Commings, who was arrested two weeks ago on a charge of misdemeanor domestic violence.
"Obviously we'll address it as we move forward and now that we're back we can get into those types of things," Grantham said. "But I don't know any more than you know."


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Jessica Simpson is a Dallas Cowgirl
Jessica Simpson arrives at the Dallas, Texas airport on Oct. 9 after spending some time with her boyfriend, Tony Romo.
"I'd love six kids running around, but I guess I'll have to start pretty soon," she recently told The Daily Telegraph in an interview.
"This album has been a journey of discovery. When you go through a divorce, you become numb," Jessica said. "This album was a therapeutic experience."
"It's a beautiful relationship," Jessica said of her relationship with Tony. "He's everything I could dream of and I really love him. I'm proud to be his girlfriend."


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Taliban to decide soon about joining Afghan talks
KABUL - The Taliban's leaders will decide soon about joining talks with the Afghan government, a spokesman said Friday, after President Hamid Karzai invited them to a peace council as part of efforts to end years of fighting.
I cannot say a word regarding these peace talks. The Taliban leadership will soon decide whether to take part in these peace talks, Taliban spokesman Qari Mohammad Yousuf said.
(Reporting by Hamid Shalizi; Writing by Golnar Motevalli; Editing by David Fox)


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Huh, this is a tough one.
I've not really been running a steady campaign since my son was born, except for my somewhat-on-hiatus Exalted 3rd Edition game. That said, I've been fortunate enough to have been able to run quite a few one-shots over the past few months thanks to the Gamers & GMs Mini Conventions that we've been able to set up.
That said I think that one of the best games I've had this year was in playtesting the upcoming new edition of BADASS, the RPG I'd put out a few years back. In many ways it was a stress test to see if the rules still held up all this time, and if it could still be fun. Turns out it was incredibly fun and the group had to stop several times from laughing at each other's antics.
Since it was a playtest, it was good in the way that I was able to get real feedback that I was able to use to improve the game beyond the usual, "It was good!" that doesn't really help, even if it feels good to hear.
That said, keep an eye out for BADASS, as I'm about to announce a crowdfunding campaign for it to finance internal artwork and layout for the game. I want to be able to release the game as a Pay What You Want product, but it has to look every bit as polished as I can possibly make it.


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Parliament does have to be reformed. We should adopt a military approach to Westminster
"Well, ma'am, I'm just a plain and simple soldier," said the cliché colonel, "so I see things in a plain and simple way." And that is what you could have heard in many Hollywood movies in the 'thirties, and read in many novels throughout the first half of the last century, for simplicity was often the best approach to military problems when the fog of war had ensured that the battle plan had not survived the opening shots. The value of simplicity was accordingly appreciated in civil life too when returning soldiers talked of their experiences.
Waste: Simplistic approaches to war used to be valued, which is not the case in the modern day. The complex war against Saddam Hussein's Iraq could have been fought and won at one-tenth of the price the United States paid
Today it is not so. Complexity costs money, justifies high prices, and creates greater profits. The war against Saddam Hussein's Iraq could have been fought and won at one-tenth of the price the United States paid. Aircraft for the RAF needed for the job for which the Eurofighter Typhoon was bought could have been manufactured for one-third of what that aircraft is now costing the nation. And the way in which the campaign in Afghanistan has used and continues to use NATO's air superiority defies logic, for it is both inexcusably ineffective and incredibly expensive.
Some sixty years ago a history student researching the Great War looked ahead to the situation he thought was developing, examined the cost of the new aircraft the RAF was buying, looked at their black boxes and discussed the performance of the next generation then in development, and predicted that a hundred years hence the RAF would have only one aircraft, stored in a warm hangar, and available for the public to see on public holidays. He then began to think about a different way to fight air wars, starting from the end of the Great War and developing along a line separate from that which had led to the RAF's Meteor fighter and Canberra bomber, and was promising new aircraft that might eventually fly faster than sound.
This new idea needed a name and for a good reason he called it the Dragoon Concept – which is still its name today. And because it had to be simple he decided its essence should be capable of description in one single sentence, which later movie producers would call a logline.
His logline was this: the successful prosecution of prolonged armed conflict requires a simple systems approach disciplined by effects-based finance. With "Effects-based Finance", today known as "EBF", as the key principle he recognised that conflicts beyond blitzkrieg length had in the past been shaped by financial factors and that this would increasingly be so in the future.
Strategy: The idea that successful prolonged armed conflict requires a simple systems approach and effects based finance, or the 'Dragoon Concept', was quoted at the NATO conference 3 years ago as a reason for American difficulties in Afghanistan
The Soviets surrendered in the long Cold War because they eventually recognised they could not outspend the Americans, and America is losing the war in Afghanistan because it cannot afford the financial asymmetry which sees the cost to the Taliban of one NATO soldier killed equalling a miniscule fraction of the cost to NATO of killing one insurgent. A speaker at a NATO conference three years ago quoted the Dragoon Concept and predicted exactly this, as those with access to NATO's website can read still today.
When the Rules of Engagement will not allow a bomb to be dropped, the Tornados of the RAF will fly across the Taliban position in an attempt to frighten the insurgents away. Many will remember the MoD publicity featuring an all-female Tornado crew when they frightened a rocket team, but won't recall the MoD stating that it was at a cost of £33,000 per hour because no one thought it necessary to explain this. The Dragoon Concept's EBF principle would insist on a much less expensive aircraft being used, perhaps at £200 per hour, in which case four aircraft used simultaneously would be much more frightening and yet still at less than two and a half per cent of the Tornado cost.
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As might be imagined from this small amount of detail, the Dragoon Concept and the current Afghan campaign are a long way apart. As a speaker at another conference explained, the Dragoon Concept insists that the approach to the Helmand operation was not even wrong, that it was so bad it did not even qualify for a classification. So it might be worth examining again in another article, but here today we ought to be looking at how its fundamental simplicity and its insistence on value for money and on the optimum use of existing assets may be applied to the future of Parliament.
Of course, it is the Deputy Prime Minister's madcap scheme which prompts our interest and once again mystifies us with the paradox that for the last couple of centuries British politicians have boasted to the world of having at Westminster "the Mother of Parliaments" and of having given Parliamentary Democracy to the world — yet regularly raised the "necessity" of "reforming" what, compared with the governance in so many other countries, has until now worked so well for the British.
Does Parliament have to be reformed? Not everyone yet sees the compulsion. Can its functions be improved? Probably. Should we try? Well, should we try with the plain and simple military approach of the Dragoon Concept? Right, then shall we first ask what is wrong with the present system?
The first criticism is that we do not have a democratic government. It is demoncratic. No, that is not a misprint. We are living in a demoncracy. As just a plain and simple soldier I know little of these matters, but I am told that in some constituencies, when the Returning Officer says, "... and I now announce that ..." and gives the name of the newly elected Member, a fairy taps the happy MP on his shoulder and offers him all the knowledge in the world. It's an offer difficult to refuse. Now we cannot see that happen, of course, and be keeps it secret. Then later, when his party leader honours him with an appointment, the fairy returns, still invisible to the rest of us, and offers him all the wisdom in the world, and the Faustian pact is sealed.
You were unaware of this? But you have seen the toothy grins and the morose scowls that mark such men, and wondered how they've escaped the consequences of their sins and then have been reelected, or have moved on to make fortunes overseas. The fairies are, of course, demons, and their influence on the MPs who now have all this knowledge and wisdom is so profound that often we, who voted them into the House of Commons, but don't have the benefit of their knowledge and wisdom, do not understand them and seek, usually unsuccessfully, to control their worst excesses. They are in theory our representatives, our servants, yet they behave as if they believe they are our masters.
Change: The House of Lords should be reformed with the simple strategy of the Draggon Concept as should the rest of Westminster
The demons are our true enemy, and they must be controlled lest we suddenly find we are at war, or selling our gold at the bottom of the market, or dishing out billions of pounds to help other countries pay for their nuclear missiles and aircraft carriers, or transferring our sovereignty to foreigners. (This is known as the Blair-Brown-Cameron-Clegg or BBCC syndrome.) But the tool we have for this control, "The Upper House", has been losing its power to the extent that even many of those who wish its powers had remained undiminished now agree it should be "reformed" or, at least, repaired. But how?
The Dragoon Concept requires us to look at the whole of Parliament, not just at the Upper House, and in the context of what has to be achieved, effective government, this approach suggests that Westminster Palace should be the home of three Houses, the House of Commons ("the Commons"), which as the direct representative of the sovereign people should retain its primacy, the House of Lords ("the Lords"), and the House of Senators ("the Senate"). "Lords Reform" thus becomes a redundant phrase, to be replaced by "Westminster Reform".
The Concept's emphasis on EBF requires an examination of what the Commons has been achieving for the money it costs, and with so much of our lawmaking now done for us in Brussels it appears that the membership of the Commons could be reduced easily to 400 with no loss of productivity and a substantial financial saving. Modern communication systems will continue to improve the access of constituents to their representatives, so there should be no objections on that count, and a lot of routine enquiries could be switched to the Lords.
Reform: The phrase 'Lords Reform' should be redundant as all of Westminster, including the Commons, should be looked at. There should be three Houses, including a house of Senators.
The Concept's approach to the Lords section of the Upper House must acknowledge that the nostalgic views of those who regret the passing of the old ways have a point. A system that could govern a quarter of the world, rule its oceans, and oversee the development of the industrial revolution cannot have been all bad. The membership of the Lords was not confined to rich landowners, for in the last two centuries the vicissitudes of ancient families produced representatives of most sections of society. Early in the 19th century those attending great balls in Edinburgh would buy their gloves at the entrance from an impoverished earl whose later presence among the guests was never questioned. Such aristocratic egalitarianism has increased substantially in more recent years with the destructive effects of penal taxes and calamitous investment.
Accordingly, recognising the advantages of having in the Upper House a body of men and women selected by the lottery of birth, drawn from a fairly broad spectrum of society, and raised within families that respect an ancestral tradition of public service, the Concept, following its principle of using existing assets where practical and financially sensible, would retain in the Lords the present and future life peers plus all those hereditary peers who register their wish to receive a writ of summons.
Elected members: The Deputy Prime Minister's confidence in increased power appears to be based on the 'new legitimacy' of the Lords owed to its members being elected
The Senate would be the Concept's principal contribution to the current debate. The motivation of those politicians who have been active in the various campaigns for "Lords Reform" has ranged from those who wanted the Lords abolished, such as the erstwhile Lord Stansgate at the Labour Party conference in 1980, to those who want the power of the Lords increased, such as the present Deputy Prime Minister, who believes his party would hold the balance and thus allow him to control its operation. (He has described the Upper House as "an affront to the principles of openness which underpin a modern democracy." The irony must have been unrecognised.)
The Deputy Prime Minister's confidence in increased power appears to be based on the "new legitimacy" of the Lords owed to its members being elected, but thus the fundamental problem surfaces, expressed in this form – to be democratic in the 21st century sense of that word its members "must" be elected, but if they are elected they will rival the elected members of the Commons and challenge its primacy.
This need not be a problem. The election for the 400 members of the Commons should be as now, based on universal suffrage, but the election for the Senate could be based on a more limited franchise such as, for example, by registered electors who are aged forty or above and have a British university degree. The wider franchise for the Commons electors will allow the primacy sought, and the reformers claiming greater democracy as their motivation will have the satisfaction of Senators being elected.
The role of the Senate would be that traditionally exercised by the Upper House, providing a mature voice, expert knowledge and long experience to Parliament's proceedings, and amending, revising and approving legislation. Its 400 members should be elected from the national list of candidates selected by a Senate Selection Committee (SSC) from the candidates proposed by anyone on the current electoral roll who can collect 1,000 supporters, together with those candidates members of the SSC themselves believe should be on the national list. The SSC should be chaired by the monarch's nominee and consist of independent peers first chosen as SSC candidates by the Lords and then elected as SSC members by the Lords. It should not contain active politicians other than those who are genuine Independents.
Much of the Senate's work would be done in committee, and full debates would be in plenary sessions perhaps for two or three consecutive days twice per month. Debates in the Lords would tend to be conducted on the Internet, usually in writing, and on camera only occasionally, with full debates in Parliament perhaps only once per month. The unbalanced sharing in this dual use of the Westminster facilities reflects the difference between the work of the two Houses – the Senate is needed for the introduction of legislation, doing the work of the present Upper House, whereas the work of the Lords will be advisory only, detached from legislation and concentrating on national policy affecting the matters that most concern the public as expressed in the letters and emails the public sends to its members.
Plain and simple soldiers will quickly recognise the advantages this tripartite proposal brings to the "Lords Reform" discussion. The Commons will continue its work, but with a reduced membership, in a more cost-effective manner, and with much of the routine interaction with the public diverted to the Lords. The elected Senate will consist of eminent and successful people willing to contribute to the nation's governance as Senators, many being independent of political parties and most, ideally all, having independent minds. Although certainly elected, they will not challenge the primacy of the Commons. The Lords, with the hereditary characteristic retained, will continue the historical element and redevelop its ancient feel for the public mood by using modern communications systems both to accumulate essential knowledge for the improvement of Parliament's work, and to advise public interest groups on the matters that concern them.
Three Houses?: Westminster should include a House of Senators. Senate¿s work would be done in committee, and full debates would be in plenary sessions perhaps for two or three consecutive days twice per month
The Dragoon Concept's insistence on Effects-based Finance would be satisfied with the Commons remuneration and expenses arrangements remaining, for the smaller numbers, much as they are, but with their supervision passed to an independent Lords committee. Remuneration and expenses for the Senate will probably be determined by individual contracts, for some extremely successful Senators may waive what they could be due, whereas others may wish to be compensated with the equivalent of what they would earn if their time was spent elsewhere. This issue must be resolved whatever the solution to the reform question.
Effects-based Finance for the Lords can be efficiently managed by computer, with the work of each member measured by the contributions to Internet debate and to email responses to the public's questions. Physical presence in the Palace of Westminster may be compensated with remuneration and expenses agreed on a per diem basis, but the new Lords should be primarily a virtual 'old House of Lords' with almost all its activities online.
Well, that is a military approach. Marking the difference between the Commons, the Senate and the Lords does not complicate arrangements – rather it simplifies them by defining what effectively has existed already, the MPs in the Commons, the hereditary peers in the Lords, and the life peers plus bishops and law lords who, in one sense it might be argued, were the forerunners of the Senators.
So, it might be said, this is not much different from what might be produced from, for example, an academic approach. That is true, but the military approach highlights one aspect other approaches might neglect – the need to examine reform in the context of all Westminster, in the context of the "dodgy dossier" (a cosmetic term for a fraudulent fabrication), in the context of unsurrendered sovereignty, in the context of external laws being imposed internally without debate or explicit Parliamentary approval, and in the context of the change in the nature of time and the political consequences of that change becoming evermore dangerous.
Overhaul: A military approach to reforming our governing system, echoing the simplicity of the Dragoon Concept that has been so successful in warfare, is the most appropriate
During World War II it was possible for a new bomber to move from the first sketch on a drawing board to use on operations over enemy territory in eighteen months. Today that could be eighteen years. The first contract for what is to become the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter ordered for the Royal Navy was signed in 1996, and the initial operational capability date for the simplest F-35 variant is currently 2016 – twenty years! (and more delay is expected). What was once a minor investment for delivery within a parliamentary term has now become a major investment for delivery four parliamentary terms later when the responsible ministers are retired, perhaps buried and forgotten.
Early Spitfires cost less than £10,000 each and early Lancasters less than £25,000 each (in World War II money, of course). The F-35B strike fighters are predicted to cost us in 2018, if they are ready then, £115,000,000 each. (The official forecast last year from the American Department of Defense was that the whole through-life cost of the full F-35 programme would be $1.1 trillion – $1,100,000,000,000 – but the unofficial forecast has since risen to $1.35 trillion.) Twenty-odd years ago, when the Typhoon was in early discussion, a very senior RAF officer predicted that it would "bankrupt the Air Force" (as arguably it has), but when this was quoted to an American audience it produced the boast – "That's nothing. We've got an airplane that will bankrupt the whole f*ck*ng country." That is the F-35 of which the last government ordered, and the present government confirmed, the most expensive and least capable version.
And the point of this dissertation is . . . ?
We have allowed the governance of this country, supposedly controlled by Parliament at Westminster, to develop slowly to the state where decisions with potentially catastrophic consequences several parliamentary terms later can be nodded through by men and women who understand neither the decisions nor their consequences. That is why all Westminster needs reform, why a strong Senate with intellectual authority is needed to control the ministers in the Commons, and why the Lords are needed, with the Internet's help, to ensure with wider discussion that the crucial issues are debated in a public forum, that the public's views receive the attention they merit, and that the public knows its views are being heard.


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