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I love doing crafts with Mr. Non-Stop. He is usually done with the project before I am, but that is ok, it's just fun doing stuff together.
I purchased a pack of 12 x 12 canvases before Christmas thinking I was going to have time to make some fun stuff, but that never happened. So now I have the time. I also love incorporating Mr. Non-Stop's hand print or foot print into items we make, this way we have those prints but also art!
Once the paint was dry I pulled off the tape and actually had a pretty good straight line!
I then taped off the opposite corner and painted. You will see the bottom corner of the canvas is propped up on a tube of glitter, just using that so I didn't have to lay the canvas on the table and worry about the paint sticking to the paper covering my table.
I repeated these steps until the entire canvas was completed.
Make sure each section is completely DRY before you add the tape to paint another 6 x 6 section. To be honest, this took me about 5 hours. I was doing other stuff, but I really wanted the paint to have time to dry. To get good solid coverage you need about 3 or 4 coats of paint on each section.
Waiting for the last section to dry and waiting. While I was waiting I printed the letters L and E. I used Georgia font and it was about 380 point!
It took a couple of attempts to get the right size, but once they were trimmed, I could tell they would take up most of the space.
Now, how to get those letters onto the canvas? I'm sure there is more than one way, but this worked for me!
I turned the letter over and using a pencil scribbled around the outside edge of the letter. (that black spot you see, is me reusing paper in my printer, just scribble over it!) Don't just lightly scribble, get some lead on that paper!
I then folded the letter in half long ways to find it's center, and lined that up to the 3" center of the 6 x 6 box. Basically I was doing my best to center the letter in the box. I then traced around the outside edge of the letter.
All that scribbling was worth it, I now have a stenciled letter on my canvas. I repeated this with the E also. Then started painting inside the stencil using a very find paint brush for the edges and a bigger brush for the middle. I have a couple of paint brushes that have very straight bristles, so I would lay that on the edge and pull the paint towards the center. I have a fairly steady hand, so I did not tape off my letters, but you could. Again, it is going to take numerous coats of paint to get your letters smooth and even. Once everything was dry and because of stuff going on, it was a couple of days later that we finally had time to paint Mr. Non-Stops hand and feet. I explained to him to not move his hand and to keep his fingers closed. He giggled a lot when I painted his feet.
It took a while, but over all we were happy with the final result!
And here it is on the wall in the kitchen.
Don't be afraid, it's just paint, you can just paint over it!
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It's funny, celebrating the end of one year and at the same time, the arrival of another. Only a minute separates the two, and yet in those sixty seconds, we all expect big changes. In that small amount of time, we enforce goals, resolutions and cement changes that we naively, or optimisticly expect to carry out and fulfil said targets in only 365 days. Silly really. Yet we all buy into it, the facade, the illusion, the concept that with a new year comes new possibilities. In one respect, it does. In another, it kind of frustrates me. I'm all for new years resolutions that people are actually capable of fulfilling, but those irritating people who take to social media outlets and drone on about "new year new me". Well frankly, they can do one, because you can change any time, or more likely, change gradually. It doesn't happen overnight, nor does it happen in the space of the countdown timer.
I love new year, no matter how I spend it. Then again, it's no secret that now I go out for new year, it's even better. Throwing silly amounts of money at the barman in exchange for something lethal that will make you hate yourself in the morning. Hysterical laughing, singing and generally just being surrounded by faces you know and love. Being outrageous and nostalgic and happy and drunk all in once place, and it's just sort of brilliant. Every year, I big it up, and every year, it falls short, at my feet. This year, I'm absolutely positive, will surpass expectations. The end of this year, I think, is something worth celebrating like hell about. It's been rough, for some, very rough for others. There seems to be a cloud of negativity shrouding 2013 and it's complete existence, but by the looks of it, we'll rise from the ash in 2014. The verdict is good, everyone seems optimistic, plus, thank god, it's not snowing yet. *touch wood*
Whatever 2014 brings, I'm ready. I'm hoping it's one of the best yet. I haven't got many concrete plans, but that's okay, it's not even January 1st yet, so you could say, I've got a bit of time left. There are things I want to do, see and achieve. Places I want to visit. Things I want to experience and people I want to share it with. Let the countdown begin. I'll be ending the year in the way I started it, surrounded by friends, shotting tequila, totally and utterly intoxicated, and absolutely in love with my life. HERE GOES. For the people I lost this year, I'll never forget you, and the ones I gained, hold on tight, 'cause you aren't going anywhere. So long 2013, I guess it's been nice knowing you. x

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|Enterprise Bill
Miss Johnson: Perhaps I can come back to that point in a moment. In Scotland, the Lord Advocate is responsible for prosecutions—I realise that the hon. Gentleman is well aware of that—and he will consider a report from the OFT carefully before taking any decision.
It was a matter of interest this morning how many Scottish qualified lawyers are employed at the OFT. We do not have the figures and it will take some time to get them, but the hon. Gentleman will agree that the real issue is that the OFT has access to Scottish legal advice—and it certainly does. It has access to the advice of the officers and solicitors of the Advocate-General. A long tradition exists of making such advice available to all UK Government bodies at an early stage. Good communication channels with the Crown Office are also open. The Crown Office can provide the OFT with immediate practitioner advice on Scottish legal matters at any stage of an investigation.
The OFT is also a named prosecutor to allow for the possibility that it may be appropriate for it to take on a prosecution role in future. The prior consent provision is necessary to enable the OFT to prevent any prosecution, by a third party, of individuals who have been granted leniency. The reason for the phrase
is to allow private prosecutions and to close down other options.
4.45 pm
I have explained that we envisage a prosecution being brought by the SFO, except in Scotland. Third-party prosecutions may normally be brought for any offence where the legislation does not exclude them. The amendment would restrict the bringing of prosecutions for the cartel offence to the SFO, but I do not believe that there are grounds for doing so. To ensure the proper working of the leniency regime, it is important that a private prosecution can be brought only with the OFT's consent. I have now said quite a lot about the leniency provisions, so I shall not say anything further at this stage.
Mr. Carmichael: I may be missing something blindingly obvious. The Under-Secretary keeps going on about private prosecutions, but I do not see how there could be private prosecutions for these offences, because they may be instituted only under the two options in the provision.
Miss Johnson: I will come back to that in a moment, if I may. I should like first to deal with the point about scrutiny by surveillance commissioners. The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 requires that there be prior approval by a surveillance commissioner. Someone alleged that the decision would be by the OFT, but that would not normally be the case. It would happen only in an urgent case, which I think would be very rare in a cartel investigation. In those circumstances, however, there is a provision in the 2000 Act for the authorising officer—in this case, the OFT chairman, I guess—to issue a notice that grants authorisation and explains the urgency that justifies going ahead. Then the surveillance commissioners, who exist under that Act, would be there to scrutinise immediately after the fact in any event.
Prior scrutiny is the norm under the provisions. As I have said, I expect matters of urgency to be very rare. Complaints and appeals can be directed to the investigatory powers tribunal set up under the 2000 Act. There are plenty of safeguards. In some circumstances, however, it will be necessary to resort to the measure that I have described.
I shall now deal with the meaning of the phrase
First, it allows private prosecutions, and secondly, it enables the OFT to close down prosecutions. The point is to permit private prosecutions. I hope that, having heard what I have had to say, Opposition Members will be happy for the amendment to be withdrawn. If not, I urge hon. Members to resist it.
Mr. Waterson: I am content for the moment. I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment.
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Mr. Djanogly: Before we move on, it is appropriate to say a little more about the clause, if only because we have not discussed subsection (3), for lack of an amendment. Clearly, many issues have been raised about the penalty and prosecution procedures, and I for one am not particularly comfortable with the
Column Number: 186clause. This comes down to the fact that, by attempting to stand tough, we risk hurting the procedures of the courts, undermining human rights and not doing things to the standard that we expect in this country.
The offence in subsection (3) extends to agreements that are implemented, or intended to be implemented, in the United Kingdom. The exception is for agreements made outside the UK that are not implemented in the UK. If I understand that correctly, two UK companies could plot in Paris to implement an agreement in Germany without being criminals. However, they would be criminals if they missed their train and did their plotting in London instead. I would be grateful for the Under-Secretary's clarification.
I understand from the Under-Secretary's comments that the EU Commission has seen the Bill and is happy with it. I would like to know whether it considered the provisions, which would not work in a European-friendly way. What message does it send to foreign companies that our guys can operate cartels abroad, but that anyone operating a cartel here will go to prison? Cartel operations can be blatant, but they can often be complicated, as we discussed. They can also be immensely hard to prove, because what the OFT considers to be a cartel operation may not be seen as such by the companies concerned. If companies discuss international volumes of supply or international prices at a sector conference, at what point does that conversation become price fixing? Under the provisions, a foreign company is eventually likely to decide that it does not like the way things work and will not invest in this country.
Mr. Carmichael: Those remarks prompt me to make a brief observation about subsection (3).
The Under-Secretary was at pains this morning to emphasise that the essence of the defence is the dishonest agreement. It is curious that in subsection (3) the emphasis is differently put on implementation. I appreciate that that will not be fatal to the creation of the offence or the founding of jurisdiction. However, in the interests of completeness and neatness, some reference to the perfection of the agreement would be appropriate.
Miss Johnson: Under the offence, prosecutions may be brought for agreements that are implemented, or intended to be implemented, in the UK. That includes agreements that are reached abroad and intended to be implemented in the UK. However, subsection (3) requires that in those circumstances, some subsequent action must have been taken to implement the agreement in the UK. That action could be no more than a clear instruction by telephone or e-mail into the UK to implement the agreement. It would be for the courts to determine whether such action had been taken. Those are the arrangements envisaged in the clause.
The hon. Member for Huntingdon mentioned other states. We make legislation that impacts on business that is conducted in this country or on matters that relate to this country, so his point would not be relevant to the Bill. It is a bit of a novelty to listen to
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Question put and agreed to.
Clause 181 ordered to stand part of the Bill.
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Veil of Our Lady of Loretto
| In 1854, the third Bishop of California, Thaddeus Amat, left
Sacramento office and
traveled down the coast of California. He headed into Mexico and then across
Panama. On the
eastern coast, Bishop Amat and his entourage boarded a ship bound for Italy.
In Rome, the bishop procured the body of St. Vibiana, St. Candidus, and various
other relics,
and translated them back to the United States.
Among these relics, was an envelope that was handwritten in Bishop Amat's own writing and sealed shut with a watermarked episcopal seal. Contained in the envelope was this 1/2" by 2 1/2" piece of the veil of Our Lady of Loretto.
The reliquary that holds the relic was custom designed and handmade to resemble the most precious of all reliquaries - the tabernacle that houses the body, blood, soul, and divinity of the Son of the Mother of God.
|This is one of the few remaining pieces of
the veil or mantle which
covered the original miraculous statue of Our Lady at Loretto, the same one
which was
destroyed by fire in 1921. The veil was replaced from time to time, and the
cloth sent to
Rome to be distributed as relics to bishops. The statue of Our Lady of Loretto
was considered
so miraculous that these relics received the same veneration as the relics
of the authentic veils
actually worn by Our Lady in life. It had been believed since medieval times
that Our Lady
held great graces for all who venerated her image there, and granted the
greatest of favors.
Subsequently, this relic is very rare and special since it touched the original
miraculous statue,
this statue which many saints prayed before and which granted so many
The original statue was replaced in the same year by a new statue taken from the Vatican gardens. This statue has been artifically darkened, since in this way it would appear similar to the statue destroyed in the fire, blackened by smoke and time.
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Distance from Grimes, IA to Anita, IA
Driving distance between Grimes, IA and Anita, IA is 64.06 miles (or 103.09 kilometers). If you drove an average car (using about 3.6 gallons of gas per mile), the gas would cost you around $, since you would need about gallons of fuel.
Leaving from Grimes, IA you would reach Anita, IA in about 1 hour 2 mins if you keep an average speed of miles per hour, assuming you don't make any breaks or get stuck in traffic.


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Epox EP-8NPA SLI Review
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PC Modding Malaysia posted an Epox EP-8NPA SLI Review
The Epox 8NPA SLi performs very well and it offers little difference when compared with other socket 939 boards in term of graphic performance. Since socket 754 doesn't support dual channel memory, memory performance is affected but the processor performance is quite good especially when it was clocked at the same speed with the AMD64 3200+ during the testing. Overall, the Epox EP-8NPA SLi is a great board where it allows the user to run a SLi setup on socket 754 systems. Besides that, the board comes with a great bundle of features and it is cheap as well which will be great when matched with a value processor like AMD64 Sempron.
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mediARC GUI
Designed with the skilled archivist and archive management tasks in mind, the mediARC GUI is a Windows application that you use to access most of the mediARC functions. It's the starting point for creating and describing an archive object, modeling or managing a workflow, and researching assets within the mediARC database.
- Quality Control processes
- Phonetic and fuzzy search
- Semantic LinkingUser definable metadata model
- Speech Transcription Search Module (mediARC Dactylo extension)
- Integrated report designer with report print outs and export to xls, xml, txt
- System and workflow design
- Search favorite management
- Player integration with waveform display and Markerdiplay
- Shop and basket system for personal orders
- Beneficiary concept for orders (FTP, Users, Systems, Clients, RemoteFile-Agents)
- Built in network client components to connect to Database Distributor
- Single Sign On with LDAP authentication
- batch process of metadata results
- User designable UID management
- Setup of all connected processors from actLINE
- Setup of all connected processors from ingestLINE
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The data crisis has taken a new twist, as nine NHS trusts admitted losing personal information of patients.
Hundreds of thousands of patients could be affected, according to a newspaper report.
The news comes in the wake of the loss of 25 million child benefit claimants' details on two discs belonging to HM Revenue and Customs, as well as three million motorists' details in Iowa.
The Department of Health says that patients have been informed and there is no evidence that sensitive data has fallen in to the wrong hands.
While the DoH has said that the data losses were being dealt with individually by the relevant trusts and that it therefore did not have details of how many patients' records were lost, one trust - City and Hackney Primary Care Trust, in east London - has reportedly lost the details of 160,000 children, according to a story in the Sunday Mirror.
The other trusts involved are Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells, East and North Hertfordshire, Sutton and Merton PCT, Sefton Merseyside PCT, Mid-Essex Care Trust, Bolton Royal Hospital, Norfolk and Norwich and Gloucester Partnership Foundation Trust.
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells has reported two breaches of data security, making 10 cases altogether.
East and North Hertfordshire reported a loss but has since recovered the missing data, while that lost by Gloucester Partnership Foundation Trust consists of archive records of patients treated forty years ago, none of whom are still alive.
NHS chief executive David Nicholson recently wrote to NHS managers reminding them of their responsibilities with regard to data handling.
A DoH spokesperson said: "Since the recent heightened concern about data protection a small number of trusts (nine) have reported breaches of their own security rules.
"There are strict guidelines and procedures for dealing with such breaches. Trusts have an obligation to inform patients where appropriate.
"There is no evidence of any data falling into the wrong hands.
"Investigations are under way in all the trusts involved and action will be taken against anyone who has failed to fulfil their legal responsibilities."


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When constructing a new home, there are so many elements to consider and coordinate. The larger the development project, the more complex the building process becomes.
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A lack of external storage devices has always plagued the iOS market. Apple didn't make it easy with SD and micro-SD cards like other phone makers. Even the Apple knockoffs that aren't really Apple products have micro-SD slots. I hate that if I want to put new songs on my iPod Touch I have to delete some of the songs I already have to make room. There's a company that has tackled that problem, to an extent.
No Ability to Expand Storage Capacity Seen as Reason to Not Buy
The one thing that I can't seem to get around every time a new iPhone is introduced is the fact that there's no easy way to get more storage capacity for it. Sure, the 6 and 6 Plus have cameras and photo/video apps that are amazing and generations ahead of what Windows Phone and Android phones can do. If I need to jump from 16GB to 32 or even 64, with my Lumia, I can and it'll only cost me between twenty and fifty bucks or so.
Company with Unique Name Offers Multiple External Storage Devices for iOS
The company's name is The Power Company and they have two main iOS external storage device product lines. Their original product is the iPocket Drive. Their newest product is the iWallet Drive. Both products are external storage devices for iOS devices, however they are completely different products. Let's take a look at them, starting with the original iPocket Drive.
iPocket Drive is Small and Convenient
The ideal storage device for a mobile device is something like a micro-SD card, small enough to fit inside the device. Unfortunately, Apple has yet to give us this capability. The Power Company first introduced the iPocket Drive, a device that's about the size of an iPod Nano only a bit thinner. They call it the iPD for short.
The iPD has a regular USB connector on one side that serves as both a charging adapter for an internal battery that can be used to charge your mobile device and connects to the computer's operating system as an external drive. Sizes offered range from eight Gigs up to 256, with prices starting at about 65 bucks and going up to about $400.
The connector on the side opposite the USB connector is an eight pin Lightning connector that connects directly to newer iPhones, iPads, and Ipod Touch devices. There's an app (above) that you're guided to download and install to the mobile device when you first plug the iPocket Drive in that lets you treat the iPD's memory like an extension to the mobile device's internal storage. Adapters are available cheaply that allow connection to older 30-pin devices. The iPocket Drive Deluxe adds a cable set that allows it to be connected to more than just devices with Lightning plugs. Android and "micro-USB devices" are specifically mentioned, but for some reason they shy away from specifically saying Windows Phone, but my guess is support is there.
iWallet Drive Expands Support to Micro-USB Devices
iPD was so successful that owners of mobile devices with the micro-USB connector (mostly Android users) wanted in on the fun that iPocket Drive represented. Like every company with an Indiegogo platform that has gone before them, The Power Company listened and went back to the drawing board. The result is the iWallet Drive, or iWD. The size of the device changed significantly — now it's about two-thirds of the size of a credit card and about as thick as five stacked.
The iWallet Drive is available in storage capacities starting at eight gigabytes and going up to 256 Gigs. Prices start at around $85 and go up about $420 for the 256GB model. The product advertising on Indiegogo says that all four connectors (USB, micro-USB, Lightning, and 30-pin Apple) all fit inside the box. They don't really say what this means, whether the connectors are part and parcel of the iWD device or if they're an external set of cables like with the iPD Deluxe.
iProduct owners, do these sound like something you want or need? Android and Windows Phone, is this something that might make an eight gig iPhone sound more attractive in the future? Let me know what you think in the comments below.


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Calling itself a lean company with plenty of cash, no debt and a "bright light" going forward, Carmanah Technologies Corp. has reported a $1.3- million profit on revenues of $60.6 million for 2008.
The solar marine and aviation light producer shed non-core business units, trimmed staff and outsourced its manufacturing and is now on a profitable footing, chief executive Ted Lattimore said yesterday.
"We know where we're going and have the technology and lean infrastructure to get us there, Lattimore said in a statement.
"Even during a recession, security and safety remain paramount ... industries require reliable and affordable lights and power."
Carmanah's year-end balance sheet contained a $10.7-million writedown of goodwill and intangible assets due to market conditions, resulting in lower shareholder equity balances but not affecting cash flow or liquidity. The non-cash impairment was related to excess inventory and goodwill from previous acquisitions.
Excluding the writedown, last year's net income of $1.3 million compared to a loss of $6.9 million in 2007.
Carmanah posted a 40 per cent increase in sales of its core products -- LED lights and beacons and solar power systems -- to $34.1 million. Sales in other Carmanah units declined 24 per cent to $26.5 million.
Carmanah chief financial officer Roland Sartorius said the company's cash position grew from a $2 million loss a year ago to $8 million in the bank and no debt.
"Although current market conditions have necessitated the writedown of goodwill, these non-cash charges do not impact current or future operations but solidify our balance sheet even further. Overall we're in great shape for the year ahead," said Sartorius.
Carmanah shares (TSX:CMH) increased a penny to 61 cents yesterday on the Toronto Stock Exchange.


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6-6 Shamiek Sheppard of Fishburne Prep, VA said Friday afternoon he now favors USC after taking an official visit with the Gamecocks Wednesday thru Friday. Sheppard said he plans to make a final decision by the end of February.
"It was a great experience, a beautiful campus and the fans are just phenomenal," said Sheppard who is a native of New York City. "The coaching staff is just wonderful. They really care and support their players."
Sheppard attended USC's game with Auburn Wednesday night and got a good look at the coaching style of Frank Martin.
"Going to the game and seeing him in action and in practice, coach Martin wants players who are ready to play hard and bring the toughness to the table. Players that actually get after it in everything they do and that's something that connects to me very well."
Sheppard said he has not other visits planned and that's something his coach handles, and he's not aware of any other offers. His coach said he has also has another SEC offer and some Big 12 offers.
Sheppard is averaging over 17 points and 11 rebounds per game this season.


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ATLANTA (Reuters) - Bert Lance, a Georgia banker and long-time friend of former President Jimmy Carter who served as Carter's budget chief until being forced to resign in 1977 amid bank fraud allegations over which he was later cleared, has died at age 82.
Lance, who coined the phrase "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" and was an adviser to Democrat Carter during the 1976 campaign in which he beat incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford, died on Thursday in Calhoun, Georgia, according to a statement from a local funeral home.
Lance was named director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), one of the most powerful government agencies and a Cabinet-level post, when fellow Georgian Carter took over the White House in January 1977.
He moved to Washington with a Carter inner circle that included Georgians Jody Powell, the White House press secretary, and Hamilton Jordan, White House chief of staff.
On September 21, 1977, after weeks of controversy about Lance's alleged past mishandling of the funds of two Georgia banks he headed, Carter fought back tears as he announced his friend's resignation. Ultimately, Lance was cleared of charges in 1981.
"Bert is my friend," Carter said at the time. "I know him personally as well as if he was my own brother. I know him - without any doubt in my mind or heart - to be a good and honorable man."
For four years, Lance battled federal investigations and prosecutions of his financial affairs. A jury acquitted him on nine counts and deadlocked on three others, which were then dropped by the Justice Department.
The banker had handled loans of several million dollars to the Carter family peanut business. At one point, the president and his brother, Billy Carter, were drawn into the probe, but were cleared of any wrongdoing.
After Lance's death, Carter issued a statement saying: "Bert Lance was one of the most competent and dedicated public servants I have ever known. ... Bert was one of the closest personal friends I have ever had, and was always a fountain of sound advice about the most detailed issues of our state and nation."
Lance attempted a comeback when he was named as chief of Walter Mondale's presidential campaign in July 1984. Mondale, vice president under Carter, miscalculated the adverse response and Lance resigned after little over two weeks, saying the dispute had made him a "source of diversion" for the campaign.
In the 1988 campaign, however, Lance secured a role as an influential elder statesman of the Democratic Party. He was a key advisor to Jesse Jackson, chief rival to eventual nominee Michael Dukakis, and played a crucial role at the Atlanta convention, helping the two men overcome their differences and preserve party unity.
The charges that led Lance to leave the OMB were that he made hundreds of thousands of dollars in unsecured loans to family and friends with the intent of defrauding the banks and that he lied on financial statements.
He always maintained his innocence. His defense portrayed him as a populist banker who cut corners to help ordinary people. It acknowledged huge bank overdrafts, but said no illegality was involved.
One government report said Lance's wife, Labelle, had average overdrafts of between $25,000 and $110,000 in 1974 and 1975 and that nine relatives were overdrawn by a total of $450,000 at one point during the same period.
During the trial, Lance sold his 60-room mansion, called Butterfly Manna, for $1.4 million and moved into smaller quarters with his wife, three sons and a daughter.
Lance came to Washington with experience as head of the Georgia Transportation Department from 1970 to 1973 while Carter was governor of the state.
As OMB director, he had hoped to balance the national budget by 1981 and to reorganize the executive branch of the federal government on a more efficient basis.
After leaving Washington, Lance worked for a time as a commentator for a Georgia television station, but he never cut ties to Carter and other national party officials who respected his political savvy.
(Reporting by Steve Holland in Edgartown, Massachusetts, and David Beasley in Atlanta; Editing by Will Dunham)


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Welcome to the office of Barry K. Marcum, D.M.D. and Eric D. Mobley, D.M.D., a leading pediatric dental practice in Peachtree City, GA. Superior oral health is vital for a child's development, and we're here to help every step of the way.
Drs. Marcum and Mobley, and their highly trained staff are committed to making your child's first dental visit a pleasant and comfortable one. We understand the importance of establishing a good oral hygiene regimen early in your child's life, and we provide children with the necessary knowledge and treatment to maintain a healthy smile.
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BRIGHTON, England (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labour Party said on Monday that remaining in some form of customs union with the European Union after Brexit was possible even beyond a transitional period.
At the party's annual conference, Labour's Brexit spokesman Keir Starmer criticized the governing Conservative Party for failing in the negotiations to leave the EU and said his party was ready to lead the Brexit talks.
"Remaining in a form of customs union is a possible end destination for Labour," he told hundreds of party members, adding that no option should be swept off the table when considering Britain's future ties with the EU.
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September 12, 2016 09:30 ET
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Sept. 12, 2016) - Calibre Mining Corp. (TSX VENTURE:CXB) (the "Company" or "Calibre") is pleased announce the Company and Centerra Gold Inc. ("Centerra") have commenced diamond drilling on the Siuna Project, located in Northeast Nicaragua. Centerra can earn a 70% interest in the 253 km2 Project area by investing a total of $9.0 million in exploration on the property before December 31, 2020.
President and CEO, Greg Smith stated: "The current drilling program will test a series of previously un-drilled, high priority gold targets which have been defined by geological mapping, soil sampling and trenching completed over the last year. These well-defined gold targets in a historic mining camp represent an excellent opportunity for discovery."
On the Siuna Project in addition to the historic trend highlighted by the La Luz Deposit (past production of 2.3 million ounces gold) and the Cerro Aeropuerto Inferred resource (707,000 ounces gold and 3.1 million ounces silver) the results from the La Luz soil grid also defined a second gold trend, the Cerro Coyol - El Tiburon Trend, which has been traced for 3.8 km. Within the Northern Siuna area existing gold targets include; Montes de Oro, Mina Victoria, Cerro Aza, and Roskilete.
The La Luz Project is located in the south-west portion of the Borosi Concessions and contains the past producing open pit and underground La Luz Mine that produced 17.1 million tonnes of ore grading 4.14 g/t gold (2.3 million ozs gold) as well as, one kilometre to the south, the NI43-101 compliant Inferred Resource at the Cerro Aeropuerto gold-silver deposit which hosts 707,750 ozs gold and 3.1 million ozs silver in 6.05M tonnes grading 3.64 g/t Au and 16.16 g/t Ag at a cut off of 0.6 g/t (see Calibre News Release dated February 28, 2011).
The technical content in this news release was read and approved by Gregory Smith, P.Geo, President and CEO of the Company who is the Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101.
Centerra Gold Option - La Luz Project
Calibre's most recent mid-tier gold producer partner, Centerra Gold, can earn 70% in the 253 km2 (25,300 ha) Siuna Project by spending $9 million by December 31 2020.
About Calibre Mining Corp.
Calibre controls a 100% interest in over 340 km2 of mineral concessions in the Mining Triangle of Northeast Nicaragua. Additionally the Company has an option agreement with IAMGOLD covering 176 km2 of concessions, an option agreement with Centerra Gold on 253 km2, joint venture exploration programs underway with B2Gold Corp. on 66.1 km2 of concessions which includes the Primavera gold-copper porphyry discovery and the Monte Carmelo Gold Zone, and a joint venture on the 33.6 km2 Rosita gold-copper-silver project with Rosita Mining Corporation. Major shareholders of Calibre include gold producer B2Gold Corp, Pierre Lassonde and Management.
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A strange man with otherworldly talents becomes both a friend and a pariah in a small Turkish town in this drama from writer and director Reha Erdem. Yahya is nearly in a panic when his young son falls into the river on a wintry day and looks lifeless when he's pulled from the water. But a stranger appears out of nowhere and takes the boy in his arms, and suddenly the child is breathing and perfectly healthy again. Yahya and his teenage daughter Neptun are grateful to the stranger, who they discover is named Kosmos, and they bring him into town, where they offer to find him a place to stay. But Kosmos, who often prefers to communicate in inarticulate noises, doesn't care for his new accommodations, and he develops a bad reputation for his habit of stealing things, his strange diet (consisting entirely of sweets), and his desire to bed as many women as possible, including Neptun. Kosmos is on the verge of being driven from the village when it's discovered that he can heal himself at will, and others as well; folks eager to have their loved ones made well again struggle to put up with Kosmos's strange ways in exchange for having a man of his talents in the community.


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I was recently asked by a friend to give my view on the interpretation of a prophecy of Daniel that he came across. This post is my response to this view which, despite being in the fanciful category, appears to be popular. What I have written is by no means comprehensive, but I hope it says enough to show the interpretation that I was asked to comment on to be very misleading.
This is the
MISLEADING INTERPRETATION as I received it: There are now FIVE PARTIES forcing Israel out of its Promised Land… These are the VERY SAME BEASTS that the Prophet Daniel saw: LION – Britain
EAGLE WINGS – United States
BEAR – Russia
LEOPARD – European Union
(Principally, 4-head German "Leopard" with "wings of a fowl," French Rooster)
DREADFUL BEAST – World Government – U.N.
Let's consider this in the light of the book of Daniel.
Here are the scriptures that this bad interpretation is based on:
Daniel' vision:
"Daniel declared, 'I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea. And four great beasts came up out of the sea, different from one another. The first was like a lion and had eagles' wings. Then as I looked its wings were plucked off, and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man, and the mind of a man was given to it. And behold, another beast, a second one, like a bear. It was raised up on one side. It had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth; and it was told, 'Arise, devour much flesh.' After this I looked, and behold, another, like a leopard, with four wings of a bird on its back. And the beast had four heads, and dominion was given to it. After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, terrifying and dreadful and exceedingly strong. It had great iron teeth; it devoured and broke in pieces and stamped what was left with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns'" (Dan 7:2-7).
The angel's interpretation of the vision:
"'These four great beasts are four kings who shall arise out of the earth. But the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever, forever and ever'" (Dan 7:17).
Daniel asks about the fourth beast:
"Then I desired to know the truth about the fourth beast, which was different from all the rest, exceedingly terrifying, with its teeth of iron and claws of bronze, and which devoured and broke in pieces and stamped what was left with its feet, and about the ten horns that were on its head, and the other horn that came up and before which three of them fell, the horn that had eyes and a mouth that spoke great things, and that seemed greater than its companions. As I looked, this horn made war with the saints and prevailed over them, until the Ancient of Days came, and judgment was given for the saints of the Most High, and the time came when the saints possessed the kingdom." (Dan 7:19-22).
The angel's Interpretation of the 4th beast:
"Thus he said: 'As for the fourth beast, there shall be a fourth kingdom on earth…" (Dan 7:23-27).
Probably much more could be said, but I will respond to just a few things here:
Firstly, the Lion with the wings was one beast and was synonymous with the Babylonian Empire, a world empire that directly ruled over Israel and its people. There is archeological evidence of this type of lion with wings being associated with Babylon.
Also, in the context, Daniel and his people, the Jews, are in exile in Babylon and their land, Judah and Israel, is part of the Babylonian Empire. Daniel was given something to write that was applicable both to the Jews then, who were undoubtedly wondering about their future, and also to the next generations who would be in the hands of subsequent empires. In the light of what the next hundreds of years were going to entail, a beast representing Babylon was the most appropriate 1st beast in the list.
The article goes about dividing the Lion from its wings to depict two separate nations (kingdoms), Britain and the USA. This goes against the interpretation that the angel gives in the Book of Daniel. In Daniel 7:17 the angel says, "These four great beasts are four kings (or kingdoms) who shall arise out of the earth" and also that in Dan 7:23 he says, "Thus he said: 'As for the fourth beast, there shall be a fourth kingdom on earth…" From the angels interpretation we can see that each of the beasts represents a singular kingdom.
Now, some may argue that if the Bear "raised up on one side," that is traditionally considered to be the Medes and the Persians, were two nations acting as one, why can't the Lion with wings be two countries. To begin with, the Bear has a parallel prophecy in Dan 8:3 with the Ram corroborating the picture of one kingdom of two nations, with the words "had two horns…one higher than the other."
Furthermore, the nature of the union of the Medes and the Persians was such that they acted completely in unison. It was a strong alliance through marriage, with the Persians being stronger and bigger in their unity. In the manner that the word "kingdom" was used, used loosely, we can see that many modern "kingdoms" as a union of "kingdoms". The USSR, with Russia the dominant member was an example. In a sense, even South Africa is a "kingdom" made up of many "kingdoms". But, the USA and Britain can't be called a "kingdom" simply because they agree on some issues.
Another thing is if we look at Dan 7:23, the word "shall" has a sense of the fourth beast being part of a line of consecutive kingdoms, and not simultaneous ones. Also, these kingdoms parallel the statue vision in chapter two, where clearly the kingdoms are depicted as coming one after another. In the article that you sent me the beasts are shown to exist simultaneously.
Then, it seems that the need to make prophecy fit the occasion has made for the dubious claim of the Leopard with 4 heads being linked to the EU and to Germany, a key member of the EU. While some frail connection can be found to Germany and the use of a leopard as a symbol, it isn't convincing at all. Surely their main symbol would be used to avoid confusion!
Then "the wings of a fowl" on the leopard being France, in my mind, only weakens their view further, because, although they and Germany are part of the EU, they are nevertheless independent "kingdoms". Also, it's debatable equating the EU into the mold of a "kingdom." Surely this view is far less convincing than the traditional one that proposes that the Leopard with 4 heads was the Greek Kingdom that was later divided into 4 among 4 generals because Alexander the Great had no heirs. The traditional view is supported in the book with other parallel prophecies and by the outcome of history.
The article claims the following:
But ALL FOUR of Daniel's Four Beasts are said to be IN POWER – IN EXISTENCE – when Jesus returns! These Four Beasts CANNOT be the ancient kingdoms of Babylon, Persia, Greece and Rome – as most Bible commentators and teachers assert. Here is why:
At Armageddon, Daniel saw that the OTHER THREE BEASTS "had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time. (7:12)
Is this true?
Daniel does not say that all four beasts are in power at the same time. Daniel 7:12 reads, "As for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was taken away, but their lives were prolonged for a season and a time." In context, "As for the rest of the beasts" is Daniel's commentary on what had happened in the meantime to the other beasts that preceded the 4th beast. It's not a view of what happens at one point in time as the interpretation above implies. Rather, what Daniel is saying is that at the end of each successive kingdoms' period of dominion, their dominion was "taken away", but they were still allowed to exist, only without the dominion that they had previously had.
The 4 beasts are 4 kingdoms that would for the most part have control over the land of Israel and its people from Daniel's time to the coming of the Messiah. They are Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome.
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Lord Berkeley: My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Teviot, for allowing me to intervene. I was referring to the Kent coast trains and not the inner London suburban trains as regards which the noble Lord is quite right. There are new trains on the inner London routes.
Lord Teviot: My Lords, I am glad that the noble Lord has made that point. There are new trains on the South-West lines too. I hope that when the noble Lord, Lord Clinton-Davis, reintroduces this debate this time next year, there will be some better news.
Lord Ewing of Kirkford: My Lords, I join all who have contributed to this debate in recording my thanks to my noble friend Lord Clinton-Davis for initiating it and for making it possible. Perhaps I may at once place on record my slight displeasure at the rather critical comments of the noble Lords, Lord Astor and Lord Harding, about the staff of British Rail trains. My experience is exactly the opposite to that described by the noble Lord, Lord Astor. The staff of whom I have had experience are certainly very helpful and very kind people. Whatever be the way in which the people of this country choose to seek to serve the public, the staff of British Rail choose to do one of the most difficult jobs that it is possible to do. Therefore, I wish to place on record my tribute to the staff.
I cannot avoid the feeling today that whatever we say will go unheard. Public opinion registered time and time again through the ballot box on the one hand, and through opinion poll material on the franchising and privatisation of our rail network system on the other, has shown clearly that the mass of public opinion is against the proposals that are now being implemented. I do not come to this debate uncritical of British Rail. I have no
Indeed, over the years I have been heavily critical of ScotRail, for example, because there is nothing more frustrating for people travelling from east, north-east and central Scotland to Edinburgh airport than to find that the train passes the perimeter fence of Edinburgh airport. It would be the simplest of simple measures to build a rail halt and to run a shuttle service from there for the two minutes down the road to the airport. Instead, over the years British Rail has refused to build that facility and passengers are taken into the heart of Edinburgh. They then have a fair walk from the train to the airport bus and another 45-minute journey from there out to the airport. So I do not come to the debate uncritical of British Rail. I hope that, if anything, the new franchise holders of the east-coast main line--although they are not responsible for the domestic network in Scotland--will be able to bring their influence to bear so that the nonsense of passengers being taken into the heart of Edinburgh only to be brought back out again is brought to an end.
Franchising has nothing to do with improving the services. As so eloquently put by my noble friend Lady Castle, it is primarily about profits for shareholders. That is not the best motive, although it is a motive. "Profit" is not a dirty word. I do not complain about companies making profits because without profit there is no investment. But it is when profit becomes the prime function that trouble is caused. One needs to look no further than British Gas. It is now the most unpopular of all the privatised companies in this country and the water companies are rapidly following suit where profit takes precedence over service to customers.
I wish to ask the noble Viscount, Lord Goschen, one or two points in relation to Scotland. What now is the position regarding the fast rail link to the Channel Tunnel? What are the plans, because they seem to have been pushed aside? If Scotland is not to have access to the fast link it will have very serious repercussions in relation to the development of the industrial infrastructure of Scotland. What is the position of the Forth rail bridge? My noble friend Lord Clinton-Davis mentioned the fact that the Health and Safety Executive had issued Railtrack with two restriction orders, and one of them relates to the Forth rail bridge. I do not want to alarm or cause unnecessary anxiety, but the rail bridge is in a state of disrepair. It is one of our great engineering achievements. When the Minister winds up can he say what is happening in relation to the repairs that the Health and Safety Executive want carried out on the bridge before it will lift its order?
I now turn to the privatisation of Railtrack. It is noticeable that the National Westminster Bank, whose chairman is a highly respected Member of your Lordships' House, has this week advised its clients not to buy shares in Railtrack. That advice was based on NatWest's belief, which I share, that there is going to be a Labour Government. The advice went on to say that a Labour Government would take Railtrack back into public ownership. All that I can say to that is that
I am a simple chap and bring forward simple solutions to simple problems. The question that is asked is: how can you buy back Railtrack? How much will it cost? From my point of view, the answer is to say to those who buy shares in Railtrack, "You didn't give your money to a Labour Government. You gave it to a Tory Government, so you will get that money back from the Tories the next time that they are in power". It is a simple solution to what everybody seems to be presenting as an insurmountable and complicated problem.
Running side by side with NatWest's advice not to purchase shares in Railtrack was the revelation that it will cost £11 billion to put the rail network into a good state of repair. One of the promises made by the franchise holders is that they will speed up journey times. From my limited knowledge of the railways I can say with certainty that it will not be possible to speed up journey times unless the Railtrack network is put into a good state of repair. The French speeded up their journey times and were able to introduce the TGV by straightening all the bends and getting rid of all the bridges which obstructed fast-moving trains. Anyone who thinks that you can come round the Morpeth bend just outside Newcastle station any faster should take account of the incidents that have taken place over the years on that very bend. The network is riddled with such obstacles to speeding up journey times. In any case, where will that £11 billion which is to put the rail network into a good state of repair come from? It will not come from putting Railtrack into the private sector, so where will it come from?
We are told that in order to provide an incentive to encourage people to buy shares in Railtrack, a dividend will be paid in October--before it has been earned. I know Bob Horton very well. He was chairman of BP, with which I was closely involved because of my constituency interest in the petro-chemical complex at Grangemouth. I have been in the company of Bob Horton and his fellow directors at BP on a number of occasions and I can advise your Lordships that if Bob Horton had suggested at a BP board meeting that that company should pay a dividend before it had been earned, the company car would have been locked away and 10 minutes later Bob Horton would have been on the Clapham bus going home. Trying to justify the indefensible makes a professional man of Bob's standing look rather silly. It was not to his credit, but let us leave that as it is.
What is to be done? First, there must be a general election. Secondly, there must be a Labour Government. Thirdly, we must return to having the integrated rail network which the people of this country want. I am not talking about politicians now. There is no meeting place between us on some of these points. I respect those who take the opposite view from me. We can argue all day about it in this House, but the people of this country want an integrated rail network. They do not want to see incidents such as occurred last week when disabled people had to leave one train to buy another ticket and
Lord Mountevans: My Lords, I declare two non-financial interests: first, as chairman of the British Rail/Railtrack best station judging panel and, secondly, as honorary secretary of the all-party West Coast Main Line Group. The former has this year given me a 10,000 mile snapshot of where the railway was as the first franchises were being let, while the latter inevitably involves me and several other Members of this House in watching a railway struggling to survive in the face of a worn-out infrastructure, worn-out rolling stock and stalled investment.
My 10,000 mile snapshot showed the former regime doing generally rather well, as its European peers (which tend to admire British Rail rather strongly) would expect, with one notable and worrying exception: the East Coast main line. To experience one train running on half power and later the same day another train failing totally was bad enough; to find the wires down two days later, with consequent two-hour delays both going north and coming back again, was even worse.
We are told that privatisation will unleash investment, but the East Coast main line has had the investment. It has had £450 million-worth of investment in the past decade. If that does not deliver--and for me it certainly it has not--it will take something other than privatisation to marshall disciplines and new management skills. It will take something much more than bullish press releases to do that.
Like other speakers, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Clinton-Davis, for giving us this opportunity to debate rail privatisation. But when I started developing my thoughts, I found something of a vacuum or a grey area. Those in favour of privatisation promise us all manner of benefits; those against it stress and stress again their doubts. The former know where we are going, they believe; the latter scare us by saying that we will never get there. But I believe that as of today we really do not know the outcome. I cannot believe those who promise us the earth--any more than I can believe those who suggest that the end of the golden era of British Rail coincided either with their own retirement or, in wider terms, when their party lost either the debate or the election. I find myself in a wait-and-see situation.
While I wait and see, there are things which I believe that we can influence. I look forward to the Channel Tunnel Rail Link Bill and to making progress towards Thameslink 2000. I hope that other noble Lords will join me in fighting for accelerated progress on CrossRail. More importantly, we should push for progress on West Coast main line refurbishment. Like a photograph of the launch of the Midland main line franchise, it appears to have hit the buffers.
We need replacements on the West Coast main line because it is Britain's spinal route. We need that now--not at some indeterminate date in the future. Decisions
That might seem unfair. There are all the users' interests to be taken into account. If, for example, the principal user, the West Coast main line train operating company, was to go for a diesel-hauled tilting train--after all, that is being tested in Canada and the United States--it would be for the franchising director to decide whether, within existing financial limits, he could agree the increased access charges which would be the price for the other 10 train operating companies which interface with West Coast main line, the five freight companies and, indeed, the European passenger services because they would have to pick up the whole tab of funding replacement of the power supply infrastructure.
Similarly, only the franchising director can decide whether the train operating companies, the users, can afford a new and as yet largely unproven radio-based signalling system. It is unproven in the sense that although it has been proven on brand new railways like the TGV in France, it has never been put to the test on a route with the traffic volumes of the West Coast main line or its intensity and complexity. Can one afford to have that as yet unproven railway signalling system? I have mentioned the 15 operators involved. It is not only the 15 operators. Almost all the traction in British Rail, apart from the third rail equipment in the South, either does or can use West Coast mainline infrastructure. It will cost a fortune to make every locomotive and trainset compatible with the new signalling system. The price to pay will be a very heavy one. I wonder whether that can be met within the budget of OPRAF, because after all he will be the principal paymaster.
Finance is one concern and technology is another. At the moment, the design of the signalling system is out to tender. I believe that installation is planned for the year 2000. It is interesting that the two largest railway companies in the world, Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Union Pacific in the United States, are pursuing the same concept but with a much slower implementation schedule and specific review points. "Are we going down the right route? If not, let us not waste any money going any further". If those truly great and successful railways--which are great and successful because they have the commercial skills and judgment which are such a pillar of privatisation--are deliberately making slow progress why we are rushing along at the projected rate?
Another factor that we can try to influence, as mentioned by several noble Lords earlier in the debate, is the switch of freight from road to rail. I welcome the inquiry by the Select Committee of another place into the adequacy and enforcement of regulations covering coaches and lorries. We know that rail loses freight because road hauliers can cut corners and thus costs. There is a much looser safety regime on the road side of the business than there is, or ever has been, on the railways. One only has to read reports of recent police roadside checks to appreciate the volume of tachograph, overloading and vehicle faults, which are far too
I turn to an ongoing concern: bridge bashing. Last year there were 1,100 strikes, a 56 per cent. increase on 1992. Yesterday, there were six instances, delaying or cancelling 65 trains and giving the worst annualised rate of over 2,200 instances per year. When I last raised this matter it tended to be a problem of a lorry hitting a bridge and the driver, having passed three signs indicating the bridge height, saying that he did not realise how high his load was. Much worse than that, since the matter was last raised the Glasgow tragedy occurred. I am sure that that tragedy will be remembered by the noble Lords, Lord Ewing of Kirkford and Lord Carmichael of Kelvingrove (for whom it is very close to home). As I recall, seven adults and children were killed when a double-decker bus hit a railway bridge. The disaster that we had awaited happened, yet the department remained singularly unconcerned. When shall we see action, and what action shall we see?
Many of your Lordships will remember that some 12 years ago I argued for what I christened a big bang privatisation, that is, privatisation of the railways as an entity. I still wish that the big bang had been the chosen route. That sentiment and wish was reinforced by a recent visit to the United States, in particular to Burlington Northern Santa Fe, the world's largest private enterprise railway. That company tried to headhunt a very senior executive of British Rail. It had discussions with Stagecoach because it saw opportunities in franchises. But it pulled out when it realised that the Railtrack concept gave it no control over the infrastructure. Once that was clear it decided to give franchises a miss and to look for investment in suburban railways in South America. As we fragment, Burlington Northern Santa Fe is consolidating and centralising. When we talk of West Coast mainline signalling we are thinking perhaps of 450 route miles run from one signal box. That company is already operating 30,000 miles of railway from one room the size of the main auditorium in the Queen Elizabeth II Centre. As we go into leasing that company is pulling out of it because it believes it is not capital effective. That company has had 15 to 20 years' experience of the leasing concept. As we rush forward--as with the West Coast mainline signalling project--that company makes slower but deliberate progress. In every respect I believe that we can learn from that company's commercial judgment.
Lord Carmichael of Kelvingrove: My Lords, I always find railway debates rather interesting. There is something fundamental about them. The railways are a link with so much of our history, literature, social life and memories of early holidays. Over the past half-century some unbelievable changes have taken place in transport. I refer to the sheer convenience of the motor car, although for the city dweller it is a diminishing convenience. In most of our cities the motor
As a Glasgow man who occasionally needs to go to Edinburgh, the train is the only way. The journey time is 50 minutes with a service of one every 30 minutes. I understand that there was an intention to increase the service to 15 minutes. My noble friend Lord Berkeley and the noble Lord, Lord Mountevans, will recall that the Class 158 DMUs were brought in which made the journey from Glasgow to Edinburgh in 50 minutes. The intention was to reduce the service from every half an hour to 15 minutes, which would have been perfect. It would have taken a great number of cars out of the city centres. However, the engines and units had teething problems and, coupled with the start of the recession, that ambitious scheme was abandoned, but let us hope that it is not too late. It was a pity that it did not work. Looking at it in retrospect, in years to come it might well be said that a first-class rail service between two big cities 40 miles apart could have been an example worthy of study. That experience could have been extended to many other areas and cities. If we do not try bold experiments, our towns and cities will become more and more uninhabitable.
Government attitude to road and rail has always been very lopsided. In another place the Minister for Railways and Roads gave a reply to my honourable friend Mr. Jim Cunningham. He asked the Minister about the proportion of research money devoted to rail and road by the Ministry of Transport. The proportion was 88 per cent. to road and .5 per cent. to railways. Why does road not carry more of the burden when rail has to carry so much? I am not one to decry the motor car; but one of the points that we must remember when we talk about the railways and road traffic is that the roads are carried on the backs of 22 million motorists who pay for their licences, whereas the railways are freestanding and the passengers must pay when they use them.
In another answer on the same day, the Minister told another of my honourable friends in another place that a certain number of fares on the railways would be regulated by the franchising director. That was good news. But when one looks at the matter closely one sees that there will be a number of uncontrolled ticket prices. The prices will be decided by the operator and not the franchising director. The Minister listed the tickets which would be free of any control. They include all first class fares, APEX fares, super APEX fares, network awaybreaks, super advance tickets, cheap day returns, special day returns, shuttle advance tickets, voyagers--I do not know what those are!--and rover tickets. Some prices will be controlled, but the list I have read leaves lots of room for increases.
That brings us to the big question of costs. The rail regulator will decide the level of charges for access to the track. The majority of Railtrack's income will come from that source; and, to quote the regulator:
The Minister must be aware of those studies, and if I am seriously wrong, I am sure that he will have the correct figure to give to the House when he winds up.
Noble Lords will want to know how we on this side of the House look at the future of our vital railway industry. My noble friend Lord Clinton-Davis made a powerful speech, and gave a full answer to that question. The shadow Minister of Transport in another place made clear in her speech on 17th April in another place:
This step towards privatisation, especially Railtrack, is a privatisation too far. I was impressed by the remarkable speech made by my noble friend Lady Castle, to whom I pay a great tribute. I came to transport as one of her young, raw people when she was introducing the 1968 Act. That Act was an exceptional Act. It may have gone further than we were ready for at the time. It did so much, that we shall never be able to undo it all, despite what this Government do.
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Welcome to the Civil Justice Blog. The blog highlights current Maryland and/or federal law dealing with such topics as foreclosures, consumer rights, auto-fraud, and other related public interest issues.
For those who follow the housing market, you may have read repeatedly that the foreclosure crisis has ended. Here is some news for you: the foreclosure crisis is definitely not over. For the past few years, pundits have been stating that the foreclosure crisis has tapered off, and yet foreclosure rates have remained stubbornly high and above historic norms for much of the United States, and in Maryland in particular.
As the national economy recovers, the foreclosure crisis may recede from view, but in Maryland, which recorded the third highest rate of foreclosure in the country in 2014, residents will continue to face the heavy burden of the mortgage crisis in the years ahead. While predicting what may occur in 2015 in the home ownership market is exceedingly difficult, here are a few legal and policy trends related to foreclosures that may prove important:
The rate of increase in foreclosures may slow down in Maryland, but foreclosures will continue to be a big issue
According to Maryland's Department of Housing and Community Development, the total foreclosure activity in Maryland increased in 2014 from the previous year, and has increased every year since mid-2012. However, the rate of increase in foreclosures has fallen, signifying the possibility that the worst of the foreclosure crisis has passed. It is possible that 2015 will see the total number of foreclosures in Maryland go down from the past year, but it is likely that they will remain higher than the historical norm.
But why are foreclosure rates stubbornly high in Maryland? It is true that many of the current foreclosure filings are part of a backlog left over from the recession, and that lenders are now moving ahead with foreclosing those homes. The latter months of 2014 saw a surge in foreclosure filings and foreclosure auctions in several states. According to RealtyTrak, this indicates that lenders are "gearing up for a spring cleaning of deferred distress [properties] in the first half of 2015 in some local markets."
The CFPB rules on mortgage servicing will continue to need to be enforced against noncompliant lenders
In January 2014, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau enacted rules giving homeowners new rights and greater protections from harmful practices by lenders. These rules will need to be enforced against noncompliant lenders through state and federal lawsuits.
Under the new CFPB rules, lenders, with a few exceptions, must wait to file a foreclosure proceeding (in Maryland, this would be the Order to Docket) until a borrower is more than 120 days delinquent. Previously, under Maryland law, a lender had to wait only 90 days before filing an Order to Docket. This gives borrowers more time to submit a loss mitigation application to help prevent a foreclosure. Importantly, the CFPB rules prohibit lenders from starting a foreclosure while they are also working with a homeowner who has submitted a complete application for loss mitigation. Therefore, the new CFPB rules prohibit lenders from "dual tracking" – i.e. simultaneously reviewing a loan modification application while proceeding with a foreclosure sale. Finally, if a borrower submits a complete application for assistance early enough (usually 37 days or more before a foreclosure sale date), the lender must evaluate the borrower for all the options that may be available to the borrower, before proceeding with a foreclosure sale.
While these rules are now federally required in all states, including Maryland, it is likely that in 2015 we will continue to see violations by lenders and their attorneys, and homeowners and their advocates and state and federal regulators will need to proactively push the lenders to comply with the rules.
The recovery from the foreclosure crisis will be slower for minority and immigrant communities in Maryland
Another tragic factor of the foreclosure crisis is the exceedingly negative impact it had on minority communities, most notably African-Americans in Maryland. As Maryland housing prices stabilize, minority-majority jurisdictions such as Prince George's County will take longer to recover by a range of indices. According to an exhaustive Washington Post investigation, 1 in 7 African Americans in the United States owed more on their mortgages than their homes were worth in 2013. However, only 1 in 18 white homeowners were underwater. Additionally, the top 50% of African American families is now left with less than half of the wealth they possessed in 2007, thereby gutting the economic health of the heart of the African American middle class. For white homeowners, the wealth declined by only 14 percent. In Prince George's County, which is the nation's highest income minority-majority county, homeowners lost far more wealth during the financial crisis than families in neighboring, majority-white suburbs. Unfortunately, 2015 may see a continued distinction in the experience of minority homeowners and white homeowners when it comes to housing prices, home equity, and post-foreclosure recovery.
It is worth noting that ten jurisdictions represented 85.6 percent of all foreclosures events during the 3rd quarter of 2014 in Maryland, with Prince George's County, Baltimore City, and Baltimore County representing almost half of all foreclosures. Prince George's County with 2,684 foreclosures had the largest share of foreclosures statewide. Thus, homeowners in these areas continue to need assistance to navigate the foreclosure process and ensure that they receive the best outcomes possible. This benefits not only the individual homeowners but also the home values of their neighbors.
Individuals who previously lost a home to foreclosure may re-enter the housing market again in 2015
As former homeowners strengthen their financial situation in 2015, we may see an increase in the phenomenon of the "boomerang buyer" - those who lost their homes but are now interested in becoming homeowners again. This phenomenon led the government to relax some of their borrowing restrictions in 2014. The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) has changed its regulations to help borrowers whose credit was negatively affected due to a hardship such as a job loss or injury. These borrowers may be able to receive a mortgage and buy a home again after only a one-year waiting period through the FHA's new lending program, dubbed Back to Work. The FHA previously required these buyers to wait three years before applying for a mortgage.
Under the FHA's new rules, buyers who can document they lost their home to foreclosure or filed for bankruptcy because they were laid off or because their income was reduced by at least 20 percent will be eligible to apply for a loan after paying their bills on time for a year. The change is effective immediately and is effective until September 2016. You can read more about the revised FHA guidelines here.
To address the increasing number of former homeowners who need legal assistance, Civil Justice will continue its Foreclosure Recovery program, which assists former homeowners by providing a free 90 minute consultation with an attorney to discuss post-foreclosure legal issues including debt collection and credit issues. More information about the Foreclosure Recovery Program can be found here.
Foreclosure is not inevitable for struggling homeowners: with enough time, loss mitigation options are available for all
It is important to note that there is hope for Marylanders facing foreclosure, particularly if they get help early in the process. Homeowners who have income may be able to obtain a loan modification, a forbearance, or work out some other home retention option. For some homeowners, particularly those who are struggling to pay their mortgage and are on the brink of a foreclosure, it may make financial sense to work out a non-home retention option, particularly when the home is seriously underwater. The homeowner should discuss all of their options including a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure or short sale with a housing counselor or attorney. It is important for homeowners to get help from a housing counselor and/or attorney as early in the process as possible. Free assistance may be available, depending on the homeowner's income. Contact Civil Justice's foreclosure intake line at (410) 706-0174 for more information.
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