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There has been a *lot* of ink/electrons expended on comments about this, with opinions ranging from "I just don't like it" to "Hell, yeah, 'bout time!" A lot of those comments, and a lot of the more in-depth analysis of this point in the direction that this background choice must have been done to make some kind of political point. If you were going to say this was a signifier of authorial political intent you could go two ways - either (from the fringe Right) that it's just a case of what could be called "feminist imperialism and co-option" or (from the Left) the views that this is an inevitable consequence and easier to use than he/she/it or heshe constructions and (from the far Marianas-Trench deep end of the Left pool) "Hell, yeah, 'bout time the Goddess set things straight!"))
One of the great divides in SF/F right now is between groups of readers that want to claim SF and Fantasy as purely descriptive entertainment, the epitome of escape literature, just living in shared authorial moments of the storyteller entertaining us at the fair, or in the tavern, with no other motive express, implied or accepted. You pays your pennies on the drumhead for the entertainment and that's all you want to see and hear.
On the other side of the table or those who say that all stories have some ulterior external dimension, some subtext, some "message." There is no choice, there is always subtext, whether the author means for inclusion or not. It is inevitable.
In the Interests Of Full Disclosure, I will tell you that I belong in the second camp: not from any skill at analysis, nor any training in critical literature theory, just cause it seems like the way things are.
From my viewpoint, the very act of reaching for the ability to entertain, or the ability to make any kind of contact with the intended audience requires an assumption of commonality of fundamental background points.
It's the same shared societal assumptions that leads a 17 year-old groundling boy at the Globe watching a boy player dressed in wig, gown or kirtle sees Juliet or Prospero's daughter Miranda.
The analogous Junior in high school watching the young male actor in wig and kirtle, in the same roles, lacking the innate bias about women being on the stage, sees the male actor and needs to consciously transform the perception to the male actor to the role of Miranda. Of course, the Elizabethan groundling would indeed find Robbie, in the role as Caliban, truly monstrous
If this background tic in Ancillary Justice (use of female as the default gendered pronoun) is not essential to the storyline, e.g.: could just as usefully use the masculine, as we do in English, as the default, does that authorial choice *have* to be political?
I don't think it has to be.
Why not view it as "this is an alternative, lets explore what this change from the norm implies for the characters and their society, and what does it provoke in the reader?" Now, isn't that a completely fundamental trope for SF?
And, yes, what *does* the reaction, by the readers, to that single change in the society depicted, and their language choices, tell us about *ourselves?*
And, yes, what does the reaction, by the readers, to that single change in the society depicted, and their language choices, tell us about *ourselves?*
Which is another basic trope in SF.
I mean, if all you are going to do is have shoot-em-ups in starship corridors, spaceships commanded by Fine Upright Admirals and Hard-Bitten Detectives taking appointments by televisor, why not just read Zane Grey, C.S. Forester, Dashiell Hammett or Raymond Chandler? The originals are usually done better, anyway, if all you are doing is copying.
But even there, in the originals, the subtext always carries a message: for Grey it was the larger-than-life legend of the American West he wanted to idealize; for Forester it was the superiority of the British class system; for Chandler and Hammett it was the endemic corruption of the political environment of the time.
Those writers may have been trying to be descriptive, not necessarily pushing a "message," 'though I suspect Hammett was being very deliberate in what his subtext expressed, but the very act of writing to those shared assumptions denies that, if the writers are going to be able to connect with the audience.
The same as those bards and storytellers in the square, tavern or campfire. Their stories are entertaining, but they are also passing along and reenforcing the mores and other shared fundamental understandings of their society.
So, where shall we look for the future in SF? Will we look back to the imitators of Zane Grey and say "this was their peak," or will we look forward, and view Dr. Morbius cast in the role as Propspero?
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- Cynthia Wood said...
I fall firmly in the second camp as well - if only for the reason that I have yet to read several stories from the same author, and not be able to figure out some fundamental things about how that individual thinks the universe works. Not necessarily political stance, or anything that overt (though sometimes that is evident too), but at the deepest reflexive level, how they think things just are - the unquestioned axioms about the functioning of the universe.
If an author didn't have established paradigms about how the universe functions - she couldn't function, let alone write. And those will show up in her writing; it can't help but do so.
- Craig R. said...
I think that this is one of the huge issues I have with both Wright and Kratman - without massive and intrusive info-dumps there seems to be no way to get a grab on what they are trying to show in their world building.
And they would be completely at sea if they were challenged to build a story like LeGuin's "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas." A story without plot, with only one individual character, and with presentation and resolution of the story's main tension.
And she makes the writing seem so effortless, so inevitable. With prose that, like poetry, can command parallels and exposition on so many simultaneous levels.
Now, the author has said that the use of the female pronoun as the default was something she chose from the start, not open for negotiation, and Orbit wasn't initially very happy, but agreed.
As I said, the decision *may* have been political, but there is no reason that it *had* to be.
- Kate Orman said...
"What if...?" stories are always going to be at least a little political, because they portray our world with some change made to it, for better or for worse. It's doubly true for stories which change one part of the status quo without changing another part of it. "Caves of Steel" (one of my favourites) is set both in the detailed future of the overpopulated Earth and in the US in the early fifties - so it includes both intentional politics (the warning about overpopulation) and unintentional politics (the 50s nuclear family will persist). Or, for a less sophisticated example: "The Jetsons"!
- Brian said...
In the context of the Hugo nominations, I would find the argument from the anti-message-fiction faction more persuasive if the nominees they put forward didn't themselves have overt and heavy-handed messages. Either they're disingenuously using "message fiction" to mean only those with left-leaning politics, or else they're blind to the politics in their own nominees. Having now read the Hugo nominated works by Kratman and Wright, though, I find the latter a bit hard to believe.
- Craig R. said...
(I should read my own space more frequently)
I'm not a literary critic. It's been 30 years since I did any reviews (doing book reviews for pay means you have to both start to read, AND FINISH books - After throwing some concoction of Andrea Dworkin's against the wall about 4 times only meant I had pick it up off the floor each time, and then keep it to hand as I wrote the review. And "AAARRRGGHHH! INCOHATE RAGE! GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD!" is considered neither complete or impartial. And, yes, I did savage the writing, both in style and substance. But, as in Butcher's "wizard's sight," what has been seen cannot be unseen.
You cannot write something that does not have subtext. Cannot be done.
In the case of the Puppy-noms, I really don't think they were actually counting on getting on the ballot, so it didn't really matter what they put up.
They didn't think it would ever face close scrutiny. As several people have noted out on File770, the absolute worst outcome for these writers is that people are actually reading the submissions, and taking the pups at their word that this is the best they have to offer. And it ain't pretty. The "quality" of these works, accompanied by the rhetoric and flounces they have shown are not going to be held in wide regard in either convention fandom or publisher's/editorial suites.
- Craig R. said...
in re "changing one thing," Ancillary actually changed two things, the abolition of gender roles, and the use of the feminine for default nongenerative pronoun. And showed that if the gender roles are no longer preferential (matriarchy/patriarchy) the pronoun really *doesn't* matter
- Lee Billings said...
The most interesting thing I found about the default-female pronoun choice was that my own brain followed along with it; lacking specific callouts for characters being either male or female, my mental depictions of the characters also went default-female. I tend to visualize what I'm reading, as if there was a movie scrolling along in my head, and with Leckie's work that meant that I was mentally watching a movie with an almost-entirely-female cast. I found this to be both interesting and cool, and a very different experience from reading most books (SF or otherwise). But if something similar was happening to the male-centric critics, that would explain a lot about the level of vitriol.
I should also note that the amount and style of criticism leveled at this one single authorial choice absolutely gives the lie to the frequently-asserted claim that male-default pronouns are automatically understood to include women as well. Women have been saying for decades that this isn't true, but it took one person actually making the experiment to prove it.
- Craig R. said...
Lee -
I always find these kinds of experiments fun, and a little unsettling, as I try to bring the story into focus.
Another SF writer that has that kind of altered-presumptions base is Melissa Scott. Granted, I haven't read much of her work in too long, but she used to write with the unstated presumption was that a character was not straight unless they were explicitly declared so.
She took this to another level in one of her novels (The Kindly Ones?) where the gender of the main viewpoint character is never explicitly established. She said that there were lots and lots of [people who claimed that she declared the gender of the character, but, when challenged, could never find the place (because it didn't exist)


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Thai nationals who loose their residence permit during their stay in Thailand or have a new passport issued in connection with name changes/expiry of their passport are kindly requested to come in person to the embassy as soon as possible, so that the embassy can contact the Danish Immigration Service and request authorisation to issue a re-entry permit to Denmark. Please note that this process can take from a few days to several weeks and it is therefore important that the embassy is informed as soon as possible.
Children under 18, who follow their mother's residence permit, should ensure that they have a re-entry permit stamped into their passport BEFORE they exit Denmark or else they will not be able to re-enter the country again. The Danish Immigration Service issues these re-entry permits (alternatively they can refer to the nearest issuing office).
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Welcome to Compensation Administration!
A well-defined classification structure and compensation system is the foundation every organization needs to manage its most important resources - people. FIU's new classification structure of 2015 marks the beginning of a continuous journey to attract and retain talented administrative and staff employees. The Compensation Administration Department within the Division of Human Resources is privileged to develop and maintain a comprehensive market based compensation and relevant classification structure which supports the mission of Florida International University. Our compensation philosophy serves as a guide which supports this mission and is designed to align our values, business strategy, operational and financial needs with our FIUBeyondPossible 2020 plan!
With this foundation in place, we improve internal programs, systems and processes related to employment with FIU both now and in years to come!
The Compensation Administration Department's responsibilities include:
- Developing compensation programs, policies, and procedures to meet the needs of the University administrators as they attract, retain, motivate, develop, and organize their diverse workforce.
- Ensuring compliance with federal and state compensation laws, statutes, and regulations.
- Balancing the need for internal equity while recognizing the desire to be market competitive.
- Evaluating positions consistently and classifying them into appropriate job titles ensuring that they are internally equitable, while recognizing the need to be market competitive.
- Developing and maintaining the classification and compensation structures.
Some of the services provided by the Compensation Administration Department include:
- Providing compensation related information, tools and training to HR Liaisons and University Administrators.
- Conducting salary surveys and gathering market data to assist University Administrators in making informed salary decisions.
- Advising HR Liaisons and University Administrators in compensation matters; including establishment of new positions, promotions, transfers, demotions, reorganizations and salary increases.
- Providing current position descriptions to administrative and staff employees.
- Providing departments with Organizational Charts.
- Assisting in departmental re-organizations.
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Vice Versa Hotel
The 7 Deadly Sins
Upon entering the Vice Versa Hotel Paris, you'll find yourself in paradise ... You are welcomed into a perfectly white lounge, furnished with comfortable chairs in which to relax.
The hotel has 37 rooms spread throughout 7 floors. Each of these floors is designed around one of the 7 Deadly Sins, with the theme of each sin reflected from carpet to ceiling. You will find it impossible to resist the indulgence of Gluttony. Greed is manifested in the form of bank notes, clustered in abundance on the walls and ceiling. The passion of Anger is tinged with red and black, decorated with spray paint tagged pictures or patterns of revolvers on the carpet. Composed of gold, statues and marble floors, Pride immerses you in the atmosphere of an Etruscan palace. Envy stirs up the feelings of covetousness using distinctly Parisian fashion accessories. Sloth allows you to taste the rustic joys of a relaxing bucolic setting. And you can lose yourself in the heat of the moment amidst the pink and black of Lust!
At the Vice Versa Hotel Paris, you'll forget the hustle and bustle of the capital as you immerse yourself in its warm, soft and invitingly cosy atmosphere.
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Create your own cocktail: an original concept based on trust! Enjoy a unique experience and come to enjoy one of our great vintage wines served at the perfect temperature thanks to the D-Vine wine by the glass tasting machine.
Open 24/7 with Happy Hour between 18:00 and 20:00.
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The Vice Versa Hotel Paris offers a breakfast in which the pleasure of the eyes will be heightened by the pleasure of the palate! Indeed, in a setting dedicated to the delights of Gluttony, you can enjoy the generous buffet served each morning.
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Finally, to ensure that your pleasure is total, you can spend a delightful time in our hammam, a steamy haven decorated in shades of red and black, symbolising Hell. Located in the hotel's basement, it's open every day of the week from 09am till 10pm, by appointment, so you can spend a privileged moment or two of wellbeing.
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Live Paris, the capital of cuisine, art and fashion! Our team is at your disposal to answer all your queries and accompany you throughout your stay for a memorable one.
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Transfers and drivers
We organise your movements, transfers or your stroll in the heart of Paris.
National Museums
No more queue! The Vice Versa hotel offers you privileged and unlimited access to enjoy the many museums and monuments the capital has in its midst.
Shopping Mall Beaugrenelle
Would you like to do some shopping within 10 minutes?! The Vice Versa Hotel will share with you a priviliged collaboration with the shopping Mall Beaugrenelle.
This offer includes :
A personnal shopper, someone to help you with the tax return procedures, the "hands free" shopping, and the delivery of your items directly at the hotel. A real stressfree experience.
Shopping Galerie Lafayette
For the "shopaholics", the Vice Versa Hotel will allow you to benefit from a close partnership with Les Galeries Lafayette, which is the address to go to for fashion and luxury.
This offer includes :
A VIP welcome, personalised customer service, a personal shopper, someone to assist you with the tax return procedures, the "hands free" shopping, and the delivery of your items at the hotel directly.
Culinary outtings and Culture
Restaurants, exhibitions, shows... our team is at your service to organise and book your Parisian outtings.
on your stay
Personalised welcome gift
Surprise your loved ones by organising flowers, chocolates, fruit basket, wine or Champagne in their room upon their arrival.
Beauty and Well being
we can organise your beauty and well being apointments at the hotel: hairdresser, masseurs, beauticians.
Room service
whether for lunch or dinner, we propose a "Gluttony Box" made of local products.
We are at your disposal before your stay if you have any special requests: duck feather allergies, or food intolerance. We will take the necessary steps in order to meet your needs.
For an evening, an afternoon or a whole day, we can plan and organise a babby-sitter for your children with a recognised agency, whose sitters have a lot of experience and speak many languages.
Letters and parcels
We can intercept at your request your letters and parcels before and during your stay with us.
An office on the go at your disposal with our I-Pad which you can use at leisure to surf on the Internet.
International Plugs and Phone: for all your connected items, we put at your disposal adapters and phone chargers with cable or not.
Dringme : Stay connected round the clock with this mobile phone, and live Paris as if you were a real Parisian with the City Guide and concierge service.
- Unlimited calls landline and cell phones to Europe, USA and Canada
- Unlimited 4G data
A boutique on site or online, will allow you to always have a bit of the Vice Versa feel wherever you go.


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The law department at Bifröst University specializes in training law students for industry and business. The undergraduate program (180 ECTS credits) can be completed in two and a half years or three years. Gifted students, or students who have completed a part of a degree elsewhere, may finish the program in two years. Students can only be admitted to the program if the have finished the Icelandic matriculation examination or have an equivalent educational background.
Students finish a strong selection of courses in business in addition to basic subjects of law focusing on acquiring the expertise necessary for running a modern company in a complicated and entangled legal environment. The law program aims at moving away from rote learning practices, which are still too common in law departments around the world, giving the students the necessary training and stimuli to become independent thinkers and actor.
Bifrost University has been an active partner in Law Without Walls from 2013. The project is a part-virtual collaboratory that aims for students to develop the skills necessary to provide effective legal services in today's marketplace. LawWithoutWalls teams up students from several law and business schools around the world with academic, lawyer, and entrepreneur mentors to develop business plans that tackle the main problems facing legal education and practice today. It centers on the intersection of law, business, technology, and innovation. It is designed to embrace and meet the challenges of the economic pressures, technological advances, and globalization that have reshaped the legal market.


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Ohio School Report Cards give your community a clear picture of the progress of your district and schools in raising achievement and preparing students for the future. The information measures district and school performance in the areas most critical to success in learning. Ohio School Report Cards data shows educators, school administrators and families where their schools are succeeding as well as areas where they need to improve.
Schools and districts report information for the Ohio School Report Cards on specific marks of performance – called measures – within six broad categories or components. The components are Achievement, Progress, Gap Closing, Graduation Rate, Improving At-Risk K-3 Readers and Prepared for Success. The Department gives letter grades on each of the six components and most of the individual measures. This will help give Ohio parents and schools an even more complete snapshot of the quality of education they are providing their children.
Students included in this report card have completed at least half of their career-technical education and are enrolled for the second half. There are five components on this report card – Achievement, Graduation Rate, Prepared for Success, Post-Program Outcomes and Federal Accountability Results.
Community schools that serve a majority of their students through dropout prevention and recovery programs receive this report card. Rather than A-F grades, dropout prevention and recovery schools receive one of the following ratings for report card measures – Exceeds Standards, Meets Standards, Does Not Meet Standards or Not Rated (used when there are too few data to issue a rating).
Ohio recognizes schools for maintaining high academic achievement among their students, including many from economically disadvantaged circumstances that can make learning difficult.


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Another bargain outfit for you all today. This gorgeous little playsuit was a tiny £9 from the Topshop sale. The photos don't really do it justice which is a shame as you can't really see the faint leopard print detailing which makes it feel more expensive and dressy. I kept this outfit quite simple by just pairing it with a pair of shoe boots that I picked up in the New Look sale last year.
So I only have 5 days left until I go to uni and I still haven't started packing up my clothes and shoes! I literally have no idea where to start or what to take with me. I want to take it all but I just know I'm not going to have enough room so I really need to start getting organised! I'm excited about going to uni but obviously part of me is quite nervous so if any of you have any tips for me I'd love to hear them!
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Dianna Agron & Sebastian Stan Split
Dianna Agron and Sebastian Stan have split up, sources confirm to JustJared.com.
The 25-year-old Glee actress and Captain America: The First Avenger star, 28, coupled up in May but have gone their separate ways.
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Dianna previously dated Alex Pettyfer, her co-star in I Am Number Four.
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Montgomery College Wins Recycling Award (Video)
Montgomery College won the Montgomery County Excellence in Recycling Award for the second year in a row. The college recycles over 71 percent of its solid waste, far surpassing the county's goal of 50 percent.
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Today marks the eighth annual celebration that honors the important work benefits practitioners and professional advisers do on behalf of North America's workforce.
National Employee Benefits Day was created in 2004 by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans and is celebrated annually each April, commemorating the date the Foundation was established.
The IFEBP created the day to garner recognition for benefits professionals and to provide a vehicle for better educating employers and employees about benefits topics.
Leading up to National Employee Benefits Day, Borislow Insurance in Methuen, Mass., observed Consumer Driven Health Improvement Week March 26-30 with the support of all New England governors, plus others across the country. Listen in as Principal Mark Gaunya discusses their effort to get the word out on health education as a method of cost reduction.
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Brazil - £320 million to be invested in Marine projects
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Market: Brazil
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71 new vessels will be constructed in the next years create opportunity for UK marine supply chain.
The Marine Merchant Fund (FMM), a Brazilian institution which provides finance support to the shipbuilding and ship repair sector, approved £320 million (BRL 1.6 billion) to finance the construction of 6 new PSVs, 52 new vessels for river transportation, 6 tugboats coastal and repair of 2 container vessels. These projects will create a demand for equipment and services for the next years which can be supplied by UK companies.
To receive the complete list of shipyards and ship owners involved in these projects, please register your interest below. We (UKTI Brazil) can advise your company on how to access these opportunities in Brazil.
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Author Notes: This is one of my favorite sorbets to make in the summer once strawberries hit the farmers market. I love how this sorbet locks in the sweetness and fragrance of the strawberries. To add a special touch, I add a teaspoon or two of my grandmother's home-made sour cherry liquor. If you don't have my grandmother's cherry liquor, then I recommend using kirsch or another cherry liquor. —roxi365
Makes: about 3 cups
pound strawberries, rinsed, hulled, and chopped in half
cup sugar
teaspoons cherry liquor or kirsch
- Wash and hull strawberries and cut them in half or into fourths, depending on their size. Toss them in a bowl with the sugar and sour cherry liquor. Stir until sugar begins to dissolve. Cover and let stand for about an hour, either at room temperature or refrigerated.
- Puree strawberry mixture with lemon juice and salt in a blender until smooth. Chill the mixture, then freeze in your ice cream maker.
- Drizzle with a little bit of the cherry liquor just before serving if desired.
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Ice Cream
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Councilman Duffourc represented District E from 1954-1958 (he later served from 1961-1962 as well). During that period he worked closely with the city's dynamic young mayor, de Lessepps S. Morrison. This image shows Chep Morrison at his first inauguration as the city's chief executive, May 6, 1946.
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Patterson basketball standout Aquille Carr, a rising senior and two-time Baltimore Sun All-Metro Player of the Year, will not participate in this weekend's Under Armour Elite 24 national high school showcase in Venice Beach, Calif., following his arrest Friday on a domestic assault charge.
Carr, 18, was arrested Friday morning and then booked and held Saturday on charges of second-degree assault and reckless endangerment until posting $50,000 bond.
The Under Armour Elite 24, set for Friday and Saturday, includes an all-star game and slam dunk contest featuring some of the country's top high school talent, with both events being aired on ESPNU. Gracie Blackburn, an associate manager for college sports PR at ESPN, confirmed that Carr is no longer a participant. ESPN PR declined further comment. Updated rosters -- including Carr's replacement -- will be released tomorrow.
According to police records, Carr is accused of throwing his former girlfriend to the ground outside a Southeast Baltimore trade school and kicking and punching her. The alleged victim, identified in court papers as Treshonda Williams, 20, is the mother of Carr's infant daughter, Averi, who was born in March.


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Boston University Libraries is composed of the Fineman and Pappas Law Libraries, the School of Theology Library, the Alumni Medical Library, and Mugar Memorial Library and branches (African Studies, Astronomy, Music, Science & Engineering, Stone Science, Pickering Educational Resources, and the Frederick S. Pardee Management Library).
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Flying ants can be distinguished from other flying insects thanks to their hind wings being smaller than their front wings, their elbowed antennae and their thin waists that narrow at the thorax. Other winged insets, such as termites, have broad waists, wings of equal size and straight antennae.Continue Reading
All species of ants have three classes: males, workers and queens. The female ants with wings are always larger than winged male ants. Worker ants, which are female ants that are infertile, are the ones that are seen foraging for food by crawling across the ground. While not as common, there are some species of ants that have winged worker ants. Sometimes, colonies can have thousands of winged ants.
All species of ants live in colonies that are established by queen ants, which are fertile female ants. Winged male and female ants can usually be seen in swarms on days after heavy rainfall. After mating, queen ants shed their wings. Males used for reproduction die soon after mating.
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I've had this problem for a while, but now it's really bad. I did my physical test for the police, and the next day I woke up with an intense pain in my legs. It went down the side of my shins into my ankles. At first I thought it was shin splints, but as time went on, and it went away, it started fading at the top of my legs, with my ankles being the last to feel better. Right now, the pain is only in my ankles. I tried doing the eliptical thingy at the gym, but even that hurt, again, in my ankles. Also, after telling Daisy she is a dummy because she was limping, but insisted on playing fetch, I threw the ball and hurt my ankle worse. Any ideas? This is driving me nuts, because I need to be able to jog if I get on the force.


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The Earl of Courtown: My Lords, the Ireland-UK-Benelux road link project consists of a number of schemes which are in the road programmes of the Department of Transport, the Welsh Office and the Scottish Office and which are at varying states of readiness. From this tranche of funds from TENs approximately £1.6 million in funding was obtained for this route in 1995.
Viscount Mersey: My Lords, perhaps my noble friend will correct me if I am wrong. Am I right to understand that two routes were planned from Felixstowe, one to finish at Fishguard and the other to end at Holyhead? Is not there also a fast route planned from Stranraer down to the M.6 at Carlisle? Does my noble friend have any more specific details on those three schemes?
The Earl of Courtown: My Lords, I thank my noble friend for his question. I should like to answer him fully. The priority projects for the United Kingdom will receive some £22 million, which is just over 15 per cent. of the total funds available for priority projects in 1995 and more than any other member state will receive from the EC fund. In addition to the £7 million for the west coast main line, the Channel Tunnel rail link will receive £13.6 million and schemes along the Ireland-UK-Benelux road link will receive a further £1.6 million. The United Kingdom will also receive another £360,000 for road traffic management.
Lord Carmichael of Kelvingrove: My Lords, will the Minister accept that the points made by the noble Lord, Lord Hooson, were very appropriate for the part of the world from which I come? Is he aware that there was great argument 30 years ago about the Channel Tunnel and a great deal of support came from the north of England, Wales and Scotland because it was believed that it would break down the barrier so that industrial goods and railway passengers could take a route straight down from Scotland and those other areas right to the heart of Europe? If the idea of the Channel Tunnel had merely been to enrich the south east of England, it would not have been well accepted.
Could I ask the noble Earl whether he is aware of the recent Motion carried in the European Parliament debate on the grand European network? That Motion
The Earl of Courtown: My Lords, I cannot answer the exact question asked by the noble Lord. An efficient transport infrastructure is essential to national competitiveness. The road network is at the heart of our infrastructure, but the size and content of a national road programme must take account of the Government's overall policy and circumstances. We must contribute to the Government's commitment to keep a firm control on expenditure.
Lord Pearson of Rannoch: My Lords, is my noble friend able to confirm that the Channel Tunnel was in fact built without any help from Brussels? Also, are not the projects addressed by the Question more the fruit of European corporatist ambitions to rebuild their economy after the distress brought by socialist policies? Finally, can he confirm that the cost involved is £110,000 million and say how much of that the United Kingdom is expected to spend?
The Earl of Courtown: My Lords, the Channel Tunnel was funded exclusively from private funds. The UK supports the objective of Article 129 of the Maastricht Treaty to realise the benefits of an efficient single market by developing networks in transport, telecoms and energy infrastructure.
Lord Hooson: My Lords, can the noble Earl confirm that scope exists for private, public and European investment? It is necessary for the strategy of this country to be in tune with that of the Continent so that we have the benefit of an integrated--if that is the right term--transport system that will benefit the economy of the whole of western Europe.
The Earl of Courtown: My Lords, Article 129c of the Maastricht Treaty states that:
Lord Donoughue asked Her Majesty's Government:
Lord Chesham: My Lords, the reductions to the World Service were almost entirely to its capital allocation. The private finance initiative offers scope to
Lord Donoughue: My Lords, I thank the Minister for his Answer, though he failed to come clean. The reduction must mean cuts in services because it involves a massive 20 per cent. cut in capital this year and further big cuts in both operating and capital next year in complete breach of the 1994 triennial agreement with the BBC. Is the Minister aware that one of his noble friends, when reflecting on his distinguished period as Foreign Secretary, concluded,
Lord Chesham: My Lords, we have done everything possible to keep the reductions to a minimum. Next year's percentage reduction is lower than that of the Foreign Office--3.1 per cent. compared with 7 per cent. for the Foreign Office as a whole.
Lord Wyatt of Weeford: My Lords, does the Minister realise that the importance of the World Service is that it is broadcast to 100 million listeners in foreign languages which most of our diplomats do not understand? It would be a great deal better to cut the diplomats, who are fairly useless in trade terms, and substitute for them the World Service. That would cost around £5 million a year and save us supporting a lot of diplomats who do not add much to the price of tea.
Lord Chesham: My Lords, it is for the World Service to decide on the optimum mix of languages in consultation with the Foreign Office. We are confident that the World Service can maintain its essential front-line activity and further increase its audience penetration through the use of the private finance initiative.
Lord Renton: My Lords, bearing in mind that the World Service makes a major contribution to international understanding and in doing so enhances the reputation of this country, can my noble friend confirm that the reductions will not in any way impair the service but there is simply a different way of financing it?
Lord Chesham: My Lords, my noble friend is absolutely right. It is merely an alternative method of financing the service.
Lord Barnett: My Lords, is the Minister aware that I do not often agree with the noble Lord, Lord Wyatt, but on this occasion I believe that he almost got it right? I agree with the Minister that the BBC World Service is superb, and widely recognised as such throughout the world. But if there must be a cut, would it not have been
Lord Chesham: My Lords, I agree that the World Service is a superb asset. There is no question of that. However, I pointed out that while there was a 3.1 per cent. cut in the World Service budget, there was a 7 per cent. cut overall for the Foreign Office.
Lord Elton: My Lords, as someone who has been stopped no less than six times in the streets of Hangzhou by Chinese anxious to practise the very good English that they learnt from the BBC World Service, nevertheless, will my noble friend entirely discount the suggestion of the noble Lord, Lord Wyatt of Weeford? Over the 23 years that I have been travelling abroad commercially, I have recognised an astonishing improvement in the service of the Foreign Office which is now second to none in the world.
Lord Chesham: My Lords, I welcome that comment. We believe that the Foreign Office is doing an excellent job backed up by the BBC World Service.
Lord Thomson of Monifieth: My Lords, perhaps I should declare an interest in that a member of my family works for the World Service. But are not the Government going back on a contract entered into by them with the World Service? Was not there an agreement 10 years ago between the Foreign Office and the Treasury on the one side and the World Service on the other, to carry out the funding on a three-year basis? Have not the Government unilaterally reneged on the final year of the present triennium and are they not setting the figure for the first year of the next triennium unilaterally without negotiation?
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According to Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.), the greatest danger facing America isn't terrorism, global warming or economic collapse. It's "liberalism."
During a candidates forum in Wildwood, Mo., on Sept. 29, 2011, Akin laid out his thoughts on the dangers to the country:
You have inherited the highest standard of living and the highest level of freedom of any civilization of people in the history of the world. And it is that inheritance, that you are to guard and to treasure, which is in danger now, unlike I think anything which we've seen in our lives other than perhaps the missile crisis with Ronald Reagan. The danger is not the communists in Russia or the communists in China or the radical Islamists. The danger is Washington D.C., and liberalism and socialism in this country.
The audio was recorded by a tracker for the progressive research group American Bridge 21st Century, which has put up an entire page dedicated to old footage of Akin.
Akin's comments are unlikely to hurt him with his religiously conservative base, which he is counting on to push him to victory over Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) in October.
In June 2011, Akin also said that "at the heart of liberalism really is a hatred for God and a belief that government should replace God."
After Akin was rebuked by national Republicans for claiming that women are physically able to prevent themselves from getting pregnant after being victims of a "legitimate rape," some of the only support he received was from the Christian conservative community.
Now, as The Washington Post reports, Akin's political revival has become something of a cause celebre for these groups, who see the race as a "battle for the soul" of the GOP.
McCaskill currently is leading Akin in the polls.
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Editor's Note: This story was originally posted on myPortal on Feb. 11. 2016. It has been edited to reflect updated training dates.
You may have noticed things are speeding up at the colleges of DCCCD. There are many factors involved in our shift toward greater agility, but one factor stands out no matter what location you land at: Compression Planning.
So what is it really?
In short, Compression Planning is a proven approach for quickly developing viable solutions and action plans. Compression Planning is helping employees districtwide become effective problem solvers.
The Compression Planning Pundit
If you have met our Chief Strategy Officer you have also met our Compression Planning leader. Dr. Mary Brumbach is a champion of the Compression Planning method and relies on it to get stuff done.
"Compression Planning allows groups to come up with solutions that are realistic and fuel action," explains Brumbach. "It is much more focused than traditional brainstorming."
So what kind of actionable solutions has Brumbach seen come out of Compression Planning? Well, in DCCCD, hundreds.
Compression Planning has been used successfully to set budget priorities, create grant proposals, forge industry partnerships and even outline the legislative agenda for the community colleges in Texas.
"It is truly a remarkable model," says Brumbach. "Compression Planning lets us fast-forward our planning process. It saves time and probably a lot of headaches."
The Process and the People
The Compression Planning approach landed at DCCCD's doors in summer of 2014. Chancellor May invited the Compression Planning Institute to lead our Board of Trustees in a meeting to set strategic priorities. We've used the process ever since.
Today we have 118 employees who are trained in Compression Planning, with 75 at the district level.
That number is set to grow Sept. 21-23 when the LeCroy Center hosts a special training session with the Compression Planning Institute.
"Anyone who needs to find solutions, at any level, would benefit from Compression Planning," says Brumbach. "The training is wonderful. You learn how to facilitate the group planning process."
Employees who train in Compression Planning learn how to design and lead (facilitate) a Compression Planning session. After all, it takes more than a passion for problem-solving to lead a successful planning session! It also takes strong listening skills, a fair amount of background research and an open mind. Facilitators must remain neutral during Compression Planning sessions. They are there to gather ideas, not give them.
"Those who train in Compression Planning learn to lead highly focused, highly productive planning sessions," adds Brumbach. "It is excellent professional development."
Tracing Innovation Back to Its Source
If we trace the genesis of any innovation back to its source, we'll often find innovation begins with asking the right question. Compression Planning capitalizes on this truth, using questions to smoothly bring people to conclusions. The quality of these questions makes the difference in a Compression Planning session's success.
"It is not that I'm so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer." Albert Einstein
So how does a facilitator find the right questions for their session "design"? Well, it begins with research …long before the actual Compression Planning session commences.
"I probably spent 200 hours preparing for the Compression Planning session with the Board of Trustees," says Brumbach, who is known for her thorough background research and beautiful infographics. "I went through 15 drafts of the session design with our consultants to really winnow out, 'What do we need to know?' and, 'How can we best get those answers from the panel?'"
Leaders Turn to Compression Planning
What kind of organization do we want to become?
This is the type of question our college presidents are tackling in Compression Planning. Big questions. Questions whose answers are framing our district's future.
During the DCCCD 50th anniversary, Chancellor May outlined a vision of what our leadership wants the Dallas County Community College District to look like in the next 50 years — a vision that grew from Compression Planning.
"We stated that we wanted community members, employers, employees and students to describe us as agile and responsive," said May. "...We will be known as the go-to place for our community to have problems solved."
The Community's Go-To Problem Solver
One way our colleges are solving the problems of individuals, employers and our communities is through Compression Planning. In fact, DCCCD provides pro-bono Compression Planning services to community organizations such as the Greater Dallas Hispanic Chamber and Greater Dallas Asian American Chamber, industry, even cities, like the city of Garland. So what kind of problems are individuals, employers and businesses coming together to solve?
One example is the lack of STEM graduates nationwide.
The state of Texas alone needs 100,000 new STEM graduates in the next three to four years. That's soon, especially when considering the facts. Currently 52 percent of STEM majors switch to a non-STEM major by sophomore year.
Eighteen stakeholders recently gathered together at DCCCD to find a solution to this big problem, with representatives from four area universities, two workforce boards, the National Math and Science Initiative, DISD, Commit!, NAF and all seven DCCCD colleges. The Compression Planning model was used, a grant proposal was developed and the North Texas Regional STEM Degree Accelerator Project was born.
DCCCD isn't the only game changer turning to Compression Planning for results, however. Business leaders across the nation use the Compression Planning model. It has helped develop solutions for General Motors, Hilton Hotels and the Mayo Clinic, to name a few.
"Compression Planning creates solutions that are realistic and can be accomplished," explains Brumbach. "It forges ideas that create action. Focused ideas that can adapt, scale and get results."
Go Further
There are several options for employees to engage with Compression Planning. Can you find one that's right for you?
- Train
- Plan
- Are you interested in having a Compression Planning facilitator lead a planning session with your work group, department or committee? Contact DCCCD Planning and Convening Services. They will help you forge ideas that creation action. Focused ideas that can adapt, scale and get results.
- Explore
- Want to learn more about the DCCCD network and how Compression Planning fits into the big picture? Watch this #JOEtalk to learn more about our new operational model, including how Compression Planning can help us meet the ever-changing needs of the communities we serve.


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REMEMBER IN COLLEGE when we'd go to a little neighborhood Italian restaurant, and they'd haul out a wicker-covered bottle of Chianti and just plop it on the table and leave us alone? There were no pretensions and no expectation that we were supposed to do anything other than just slurp the stuff down with a huge plate of spaghetti.
What the hell happened?
Well, wine started to become written about, which made rock stars out of wine makers, which gave them a sense of self-importance, which gave them license to jack prices way up, which created a cult following for their wines, which caused wine consumers to demand these wines at restaurants, which inspired restaurant owners to start carrying these wines, which allowed consumers to purchase them, which provided restaurant owners with the realization that they can make gangster profits on it.
For example, you know that precocious little chardonnay that's on the restaurant's Oxford English Dictionary-size wine menu for 30 dollars? It cost the restaurant about 10 bucks. In my book, that's not a mark-up—that's a vig.
What's gotten lost in all of this is that wine is, after all, nothing more than a beverage. It's supposed to enhance your food experience. But restaurants have turned it in to a sort of Gong Show-cum-coronation. That said, I've come up with a wine service manifesto, each of its points guaranteed to make even the friendliest restaurant owner or waiter nervous.
Lower the fucking prices already.
If you don't, I'm going to start bringing my own wine to your restaurant, thus denying you a good chunk of your profit margin. And if you make a fuss about it, I'll stop coming to your restaurant altogether. Is that what you want? Then do something about your wine prices before you find yourself in bankruptcy court wondering how the wheels fell off.
Dump the ceremonies.
Why carry the bottle of wine to my table as if you're protecting a wounded dove? I'm getting nervous already because you're setting me up to pay for something rare and precious. Setting a newly pulled cork down before a customer is a tired, unnecessary, and macho practice, born when wine was frequently flawed, when it was deemed manly to protect one's inferiors (original translation: women) from the ravages of skanky wine. Instead of setting the cork on the table, why not inspect it yourself? If the wine stinks, you'll score points by bringing it to my attention. Even goofier is the First Sip Ceremony. You know, that's where you pour a small taste of wine, bow your head, mumble something obsequious and unintelligible, then back away from the table while the customer tries to figure out how not to look like an imbecile. Enough.
Throw away the ice bucket.
Wine makers would have aneurisms if they could see how you're abusing their white wine. Know why? Because your restaurant is probably keeping it in a refrigerator, a surefire method for castrating even the most flavorful wine. And if you're not refrigerating it, you're probably jamming it into an ice bucket. White wine tastes best when it's served about 10 to 15 degrees cooler than room temperature—in other words, slightly chilled. The fact that your ice bucket is sterling silver or festooned with jewels changes none of this.
Pour properly.
I can't speak for all wine customers, but almost nothing about restaurant service is more annoying than the aggressiveness with which waiters pour wine. Are you aware that when you fill the glass more than halfway, the wine can't easily be swirled without the customer flinging it around the restaurant? Swirling releases the flavors and aromas for us to enjoy. But just when I've drunk the wine down to a comfortable level for swirling and sniffing, you top off my tank. Relax: What you view as anticipating our needs is usually perceived as neurotic doting.
Ask the customer how she wants to be served.
I'm always very pleasantly surprised when a waiter asks me questions like "Shall I leave the cork?" or "Would you like to taste the wine before I pour it for everyone?" Better you should ask these questions than serve your customer in a manner that's not comfortable to her. In fact, it's never a good idea to take a cookie-cutter approach to customer service. Instead, ask us questions and observe our comfort level with wine, since it varies from person to person. We'll let you know how we want to be handled.
Don't fake it.
Lots of restaurant patrons really do want good wine information and like to kibbitz about it. I recall overhearing a customer ask this question: "I notice you have a Barbaresco on your wine list, and I've always wanted to try one. What can you tell me about it?" To which the waiter unflinchingly responded, "It's red." If you don't know the freaking answer, go find out. Apply the same thirst for knowledge about the food you serve to the wines you serve. And acknowledge that some customers really consider wine to be an important part of the meal. Come to think of it, you're charging us like it's the most important part of the meal, so we're not going to take kindly to any dismissive treatment.
Buy the right stemware.
What makes for a good glass? First, it should never be colored or etched. Many people appreciate the visual clues that wine provides, so it makes sense to give us unencumbered access to that information. Next, it should have a good feel in the hand, with a stem that's not too thin or too thick and doesn't have annoying seams. And the glass should be large enough (at least 14 ounces) to facilitate swirling. Finally, it should be the right shape, resembling a tulip, with an appropriately wide bowl that tapers inward toward the top. Where do you find glasses like these? Pottery Barn has been selling 'em for years.
Help your customer match food and wine.
Part of the formulaic approach many restaurants apply to wine service is the old bromide Red wine with meat, white wine with fish. While there is much truth to that saying, it doesn't take into account the circumstances of your patrons—she orders the venison in a plum reduction, he orders seared ahi over soba noodles in a mild peanut sauce. You can go two ways: Split the difference between the flavor intensity of the two meals, or choose a wine, like pinot noir, that will work with both.
Carry half bottles.
One of the joys of spending an evening in a good restaurant is tasting different things. Whether you know it or not, there's a whole lotta food swapping going on at the tables. We Americans like to share things, food and wine included. We frequently order different meals than our tablemate, but we're usually stuck with the same wine. If you offered half bottles, people could make better food and wine pairings, and share the results of their ingenuity. Hey, come to think of it . . .
Offer good wines by the glass.
A table of two would never have the opportunity to try all those different wines if their only option were full-size bottles, and offering better wines by the glass allows people to match wine to each course of their meal. A side benefit: Any option that doesn't force them to buy a whole bottle gives them a better shot at driving home sober.
Visit Robert at Ponti.
Every now and then I'll find a restaurant that has such a high regard for wine and how it's served, they'll actually hire a person just to deal with it. Some restaurants call this person a sommelier, while others call him or her a wine steward. Their function is to provide the customer with an informed opinion. Good wine stewards are prepared for any and all questions. They know their stuff. The best sommeliers are incredibly sensitive to wine customers, observing them closely then relating to them in terms they feel comfortable with. These stewards spend as much time with (and show as much enthusiasm for) a bottle of $13 riesling as they do for a $90 boutique cabernet sauvignon. And for that, we thank them.
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It was a career of enduring success, both on stage and screen. After establishing a solid foundation with repertory work, Baker came to wider notice in The Dam Busters (1953). Over the following decades, his career encompassed such landmark series as The Prisoner and I, Claudius, as well as several appearances in the James Bond movies (for which Ian Fleming had at one point wanted him to appear as the lead).
Nor did not he confine his talents to acting, having success both as a director and as a writer, as well as managing his own theatre company. But, despite several offers, he never succumbed to the temptation of a career in Hollywood, instead choosing to see himself as "essentially a British actor, living and working in Britain".
George Baker was born on April 1 1931 in Varna, Bulgaria. His Yorkshire-born father had been sent to Bulgaria as a diplomat during the First World War and stayed on to run an import-export business, eventually marrying an Irish nurse 28 years his junior, who had come to Varna to help treat cholera victims during the 1926 epidemic.
When the Second World War broke out, she was forced to flee through Nazi-occupied Europe with George and his sister and three brothers. She left her husband behind and they were never reunited – Baker's father died in Cairo in 1942.
George attended Lancing College but hated it. His upbringing in Bulgaria marked him out from his peers, and he stood 6ft 2in at the age of 12.
He ran away at the age of 15, getting a job as a clerk. A colleague, on hearing of his ambitions to perform, offered him some curt advice: "If you want to be an actor, what are you doing here?"
George added three years to his age and joined a repertory company in Deal, at a time when every town and city still had its own theatre and a bill that changed weekly. He quickly progressed from walk-on to leading roles and by 1947 was offered the job of assistant stage manager at Richmond Theatre.
At 19, after National Service had interrupted his theatrical career, Baker married the costume designer Julia Squire and returned to the stage. He believed that, through rep, he had "acted everywhere" except London. When he finally made his debut in the capital, in 1953 in Aren't We All?, he was soon spotted as a potential film star.
He appeared on screen for the first time later the same year, in the Jack Hawkins vehicle The Intruder, about soldiers returning to civilian life. He recalled being extremely nervous during his screen test: "No one ever looked so scared on screen. You could not only see me shaking, you could hear me."
Critics raved, however, describing him as "the new Gary Grant". Baker was promoted as "tougher than Rock Hudson and better looking than Roger Moore" and certainly won his share of female fans.
Among them was Brigitte Bardot, whom he met at Pinewood Studios. Baker could scarcely believe his luck: "Bardot, the world's number one sex bomb at the time, in a clinch with me, George Baker, jobbing actor," he wrote. "I was completely dazzled."
What Baker described as a six-week ego boost was soon over, but his allure to film producers was more enduring. He was an obvious choice for The Dam Busters, in which he played Flight Lieutenant David Maltby – "the chap," he gently reminded people, "who actually hit the dam with his bomb and burst it".
Indeed, he looked so like Maltby that "when I met Group Captain [John] Whitworth [wartime station commander at RAF Scampton and an adviser on the film], he fell into the habit of calling me Dave, which was really quite disconcerting."
Offers of work rolled in and, in 1956, Baker appeared in The Ship That Died of Shame with the endorsement of the director Basil Dearden, who claimed that he was willing to stake his reputation on the actor's talent. Baker seemed earmarked for greatness, but suddenly, in 1957, his film career ground to a halt. "The scene shifted," Baker recalled. "Working class lads made it and matinee-idols like myself were on the shelf. I was 'pre-kitchen sink'." During the next 10 years he made only one film, the embarrassing Curse of the Fly (1963).
Inevitably, he concentrated on theatrical roles. He appeared in the Agatha Christie whodunnit Toward Zero (1956) as an urbane husband (and suspect); in Jean Anouilh's Restless Heart (1957); and in 1959 opposite Vivien Leigh on Broadway as Phillipe de Croze in the transfer of Noel Coward's adaptation from Feydeau, Look After Lulu.
In the meantime he joined the Old Vic company, where his voice and assurance began to make the critics take notice once again. His Bolingbroke was praised in Richard II, as were his turns as Page in The Merry Wives of Windsor (both 1959) and as the Earl of Warwick (one of his favourite parts) in St Joan (1960). He toured Russia and performed on the West End and had a major success playing the Gentleman Caller in The Glass Menagerie (1965).
By 1966, Baker felt sufficiently confident to establish his own theatrical company – Candida Plays. Based in Bury St Edmunds, the company toured Britain performing a variety of plays which were on the national curriculum. Baker invested all his savings in the venture and at times feared that the company would collapse. But after a shaky start it received an Arts Council grant which enabled it to run successfully for more than six years. Productions included Rattigan's The Sleeping Prince, which transferred to St Martin's in 1968.
Baker resumed his film career with the insipid musical remake of Goodbye Mr Chips (1969), but had more luck that year with a stylish adaptation of Laurence Durrell's novel, Justine.
He went on to appear in numerous minor roles, usually playing civil servants, policemen or criminals – and even featured in several James Bond films, though not, evidently, in the leading role that Fleming had once intended for him. These included On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) and The Spy Who Loved Me (1971).
His television career was proving increasingly successful. Having appeared in The Prisoner in 1967 as Number Two, he played a flamboyant crook in Bowler (1973), a humorous series in the ducking-and-diving vein later made famous by Minder. It was with the role of Emperor Tiberius, however, in the series I, Claudius (1975) that he sealed his popular comeback. Baker portrayed the emperor from the age of 20 to his eventual death from syphilis at 80, even gluing cornflakes to his face to create the corrupt ruler's pockmarked complexion.
In the same year he also joined the RSC, playing opposite Ben Kingsley in a modern dress revival of Hamlet; later he would appear as Clarence in Richard III and as the Duke in Measure for Measure.
But mostly he was in demand for television, appearing in successful series including Z Cars; Hart to Hart, Minder and Robin of Sherwood.
However, it was a role as a West Country police inspector in the 1986 Miss Marple mystery, At Bertram's Hotel, that was to transform his remainder of his career.
John Davies, who would direct Inspector Wexford, happened to drop in at Ealing Studios during the editing of a scene in which Baker's character featured. Taken by Baker's character, he called the actor's agent to offer him the lead role in his new series.
Baker played Ruth Rendell's Chief Inspector Wexford as an ordinary policeman, often desk-bound, occasionally wrong and usually worried about what his wife would say at the overtime he was putting in. This sense of realism even prompted one critic to describe his performance as "prosaically true to life".
But the Sunday night series proved highly successful, and not just with the viewing public. One policeman once buttonholed Baker to say how satisfying it was to him and his colleagues to see a "real" police officer on screen.
Fourteen Wexford adaptations were made in quick succession before Baker surprised his fans by announcing that he wanted to leave the series. "I've done over 30 hours of Wexford," he said, "I don't want it to get too easy." In fact he returned to the part, though less frequently, until 2000, when Harm Done, the last of 23 adaptations (of which Baker co-wrote three) was broadcast.
When not filming he concentrated on other projects, notably directing and writing. In 1980 he had written the screenplay for a BBC drama about the First World War poets, The Fatal Spring. In 1990 his first cookery book was published, A Cook for All Seasons. "I had enormous fun doing it" be recalled, "but I put on two stone testing the recipes so now I'm dieting all the time."
His autobiography, The Way to Wexford, appeared in 2002. He was appointed MBE in 2007.
George Baker was thrice married. After his first marriage was dissolved he married the actress Sally Home. After she died, in 1992, he married the actress Louie Ramsay who, before her own death earlier this year, played his on-screen wife, Dora, in Inspector Wexford. He had five daughters.
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"We are taking a broad look at it," said Lee Peeler, FTC's associate director for advertising practices. "The explosion in advertising [of rebates] for PCs is a concern for us. The question is whether [advertisers] are adequately disclosing terms and conditions."
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