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|The Illustrated Dune, p. 106
|The Illustrated Dune, p. 133 (I believe this is supposed to be Kynes, but am not 100% certain)
In this chapter, we meet Kynes, the Imperial planetologist, who will eventually be revealed to be much more than that. This chapter involves him taking Leto, Paul, and Gurney on a visit to a spice-harvesting operation. Much of the opening of the chapter is devoted to Kynes' contempt for the Atreides, which Herbert shows us via occasional interior monologue from Kynes. For example, recalling the question about Imperial facilities he underwent from Hawat, Kynes thinks, "They'll learn soon enough who's master on Arrakis. Order me questioned half the night by that Mentat, will they? Expect me to guide themon an inspection of spice mining, do they?" And then, a bit later, "I will have Stilgar send Idaho's head to this Duke."
One quick thing before I go: I am fascinated by the notion of the ornithopters, because why and how are they? Not nromally-phrased questions, I'll grant you, but questions I nontheless possess. (In National Lampoon's Doon, by the way, they are called "orthodontothopters" and are apparently powered by taut rubber bands, which cracks me up.)
|The Illustrated Dune, p. 114
One FINAL quick thing more: this chapter marks the first appearance of a sandworm. Those are surely among the most intriguing alien creatures in all of science fiction, so bless the Maker, bless his comings and his goings, etc.
|The Illustrated Dune, p. 127
- Leto's melancholy, which seems to be ramping up. "I've felt the cold hand of my mortality," he thinks after denying an old woman the right to sell purposefully-wasted dinner-party water to thirsty beggars.
- Leto's dramatic reading of the lyrics to one of Gurney's songs, which begins, "Review, friends -- troops long past review." I'm not always a fan of the poetical/lyrical content Herbert gives to Halleck, but this tone poem or whatever you'd call it is quite good. It's a thinly-veiled fuck-you to the majority of the assembled guests, and arguably a pledge of friendship to the others.
- Paul forking a piece of food off a young woman's plate to make a point about inter-species competition.
- Jessica's statement of a planetological concept: "Growth is limited by that necessity which is present in the least amount. And, naturally, the least favorable condition controls the growth rate." I'll accept that as a truism, although I'm aware that it might be anything but. Nevertheless, it passes the smell test for me, and so I am indeed accepting it for at least the moment. With that in mind, I find my thoughts turning toward an application of this concept the overarching problem that is Right Now In 2017. How have we gotten to this place? If Herbert is to be believed, then it is by way of whatever precious commodity -- be it physical, mental, or spiritual -- we possess in the least amount. I won't go further than that; but it seems like a thing worth pondering.
- Jessica's line rebuking -- and defusing -- the Guild banker, who has just been on the receiving end of a cutting anecdote Paul tells (after himself being outwardly insulted): "My son displays a general garment and you claim it's cut to your fit?" I'll never in my life be that witty on a moment's notice; and probably not on a week's notice, for that matter.
|The Illustrated Dune, p. 152
This leads to his revelation that Jessica is suspected of treachery, and her confronting Hawat with that accusation.
Do you wrestle with dreams?Do you contend with shadows?Do you move in a kind of sleep?Time has slipped away.Your life is stolen.you tarried with trifles,Victim of your folly.
- I'm somewhat unclear as to why Esmar Tuek is killed. Or, for that matter, why he is even present. Perhaps this is indeed the same night as the banquet, and he is a guest in the castle; that explains his presence. But his murder? I'm tempted to think it is mere coincidence, that Yueh killed him purely because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Either way, the function is to take away from our understanding of events a degree of safety for Jessica and Paul. During the banquet scene, Jessica thinks of the smuggle Tuek as a man who might be able to be used to get them to safety in an emergency; so whether he has or has not been hired in that capacity, that possibility is now removed.
- Mapes, too, has been killed, though she is not quite dead yet. Clearly suffering the effects of the same drug Leto will be hit with soon, she is on the ground, laboring to talk. Leto hears her words, and Herbert gives them to us from Leto's perspective: "S'you," she gasps. I'd never noticed this before, but she is obviously trying to tell her Duke that "It's Yueh." Chilling little moment, there.
- That business with the poison tooth has stuck with me ever since I first read it. And there's more to come with it, obviously. But when Yueh hisses, "Remember the tooth," I apparently listened.
|The Illustrated Dune, p. 164
That's about it for this time. Let's now get our Ellis Weiner in our hands:
We're only going to look at a couple of chapters this time, but I got numerous chuckles out of them:
What sort of man was Duke Lotto Agamemnides? We may say he was a brave man, yet a man who knew the value of caution. We may say he was possessed of a highly refined sense of honor -- yet, like all leaders, was he no less capable of acts duplicitous and sleazy. We may say this, we may say that -- indeed, we may say anything we want. We may say, for example, that he was not a man at all, but rather a highly evolved bicycle. See? We may say just about anything.
--from "House Agamemnides: Historical Perspectives and Worthless Digressions," by the Princess Serutan


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The man responsible for the sexual assault and provision of drugs to a 13-year-old Massachusetts girl was arrested shortly after she dropped her off to the hospital where she died.
According to a statement by Essex District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett
Rivera dropped Chloe Richard off to the ER of Lawrence General Hospital at 4:47 pm "with no pulse, no nothing."
"She didn't even have a pulse when they pushed her out of the car," stepfather Brian Dolan told Boston 25 News. "If that was your kid, if that was your sister, if that was your brother, or your mother, or your father, what would you do? I'm beside myself."
Richard was later pronounced dead. Authorities say she went into cardiac arrest, but the cause of death is still unknown. An autopsy was carried out on Tuesday but the results will not be released for some time.
Richard's mother, Deborah Goldsmith-Dolan last saw her daughter when she was dropped off at a friend's house on Sunday afternoon. She contacted her friends when she didn't return that night, but was told she was fine.
The Department of Children and Families warned there were "red flags" that she'd run away out of state so she went to the local police. She later received a text from Chloe's friend informing her of her daughter's hospitalization.
Rivera was tracked by police via surveillance video, but no further details about him have emerged. His relationship with Richard is not clear, but it has been reported that she and another unidentified 16-year-old were at his 59 Bellevue Street apartment on Sunday and Monday.
He is charged with two counts of distribution of Class B drugs to a minor, two counts of indecent assault, battery on a child under 14 years old, and battery on a person over 14.
He is being held on $750,000 bail and his indictment is set for Tuesday.
A GoFundMe page, which has already surpassed the family's goal of $10, 500, has been set to help fund the cost of Chloe's funeral.

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There were two new voting intention polls yesterday, plus ICM's fortnightly poll this morning. Topline figures are
Survation/Mail on Sunday (22nd): CON 38%(nc), LAB 42%(-1), LDEM 8%(+1) (tabs)
Opinium (19th-22nd): CON 42%(+1), LAB 40%(-1), LDEM 6%(+1) (tabs)
Changes are from a fortnight ago for ICM, last week for Opinium and the start of September for Survation.
One Conservative lead, two Labour leads and no consistent trend in either direction. Survation and ICM were both conducted after Theresa May's Florence speech, so give us the first chance to gauge reactions to it. Survation asked about whether people supported or opposed paying £20bn to the EU during a transition period when Britain had access to the single market – 34% of people said they would support it, 47% said they would be opposed. ICM asked a similar question, but found 41% of people supported the idea and 31% were opposed – the ICM tables aren't available yet, so I don't know what the particularl wording was and whether it might explain the difference.
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The Uk sets it's defence priorities and then should buy the kit that suits it. If it wants a top of the line MPA it should buy it and right now in terms of capability that's the P-8 Poseidon.
If it wants something less capable in particularly i terms of sensor suite then buy the C-295 Persuader. but don't by the Persuader because your in the huff with Boeing and pretend it can do what the Poseidon can, that just makes you look stupid.
likewise if you need a Heavy lift helicopter buy one don't try to do it with a plane and if you need both don't try to do them both with a First generation Tiltrotor.
"This isn't the place for a detailed military discussion."
i don't see why not; we discuss everything from medical ethics to a Thorium future!
Having no worse safety record as the Seaknight doesn't mean the sea knight had a good safety record. I am more than happy to say that the current in service osprey is a lot safer than the first ones, but for me it will always have a bit of the Concorde or comet about it.
A great piece of ground breaking engineering and ahead of it's time but just pushed the envelope a bit further than should have been. It will always have question mark and so if you can do the job you need with something else cheaper….why take the risk and incur the extra expense.
The next gen TR's look like a better bet but overall as a class TR's have had a long difficult development history.
peter cairns
I have now read somerjohn and ptr on the merits of aircraft. Perhaps i was a little rash in being impressed by your knowledge. Still you talk the talk i will say that for you.
@ PTRP – I'm sure you are aware who created the European Convention on Human Rights and why ! :)
Anyway lets pick item #28 on comparison of EU and UK position on citizens rights.
#28: Administrative procedures – criminality checks
EU: criminality checks cannot be conducted systematically.
UK: systematic criminality checks on applicants necessary to assess criminality/conduct criteria in application. UK intends to ask applicants to declare criminality.
I'm pretty sure you'll know an example or two of where this has been a major issue for HMG in the past – May is certainly aware of it having been Home.Sec!
As I have said many times although I do read the D Mail, I get it for my wife as she likes it, especially the female orientated content. I do read the politics in it as I do the Guardian, still available free on line. I do not read the DE which I consider a rubbish newspaper. I also occasionally read the Times, Daily Telegraph and FT. So whatever you mean about DM tendency does not apply to me in the way you are trying to make out.
I assume you actually mean people who have a different view about human rights and responsibilities. That's life we often disagree.
@ WB – sorry, I saw your first one bashing TOH so ignored the others. your longer post makes sense. I did state we could creep further – curious of your view on how far we can creep without fully caving in – ie is compromise possible or does one side have to cave in?
What is your view on the red box #28 item I posted above?
Trev – ??????????????
Well, it's lost amongst the copters, I was trying to respond to your implication ( maybe I was wrong), that no one wanted to invest in Venezuela, I assumed your question to Peter was a rhetorical flourish not an actual question.
I will say I only caught the bit about the fact that Peter would get into one, I believe that the poor flight characteristics of the Flight control systems had a big hand in the early crashes the other issues were how operationally used for example the fight control systems did not take into effect differential ground effect where one propellor was over a a landing craft and one was not creating a differential lift that the flight control system was not very good at interpreting. so they changed the way they approached their carrier 'sidesliding' to convention over the stern landings until it was fixed,
That said I am not sure why it would be chosen over a Chinook in terms of what the UK needs and having a complex mix of craft.
I am glad somebody other than PeterW can see the simple point I am making about the ECJ.
I think in the 1st round of the negotiation the UK offered a new court with representatives from the EU and the UK with a neutral chairman I assume with a casting vote. An eminently sensible solution IMO as I said at the time. What it cannot be is the ECJ for the reasons I have given.
If the EU don't move then there is no deal which i have been saying for a long time. I cannot believe the Government would cave in. If they did they would be crushed at the polls. I suspect my red line is supported by most who voted leave. We need polling on it.
No so much rhetorical flourish as red herring.
My point was you can hardly point the finger at the alleged inaccuracy of some credit agencies when you disagree with them and then uses them as vindication when it suits you.
The response was to try, rather poorly in my view, to switch the debate from cherry picking facts to suit yourself to being about the economics of latin America.
It takes a while to get used to peoples styles
TOH makes seemly knowing proclamations but when challenged pontificates.
TW, seems to like the frog approach, he gives long lists of his personal assertions that he presents as far more factual than they actually are then jumps to another topic when they are challenged.
Far more content but not really any more logic.
Polling would be helpful but I don't recall the ECJ appearing as a major issue in post referendum analysis.
My expectation would be that most people.who.voted in the referendum have only the haziest notion of what the ECJ is and does and probably think it is the ECHR. I also expect you are projecting your red line on to others.
is it then not up to the judge to take account of the relevant ECJ ruling or to state why they are not in play as per ruling. I am not sure how this is implemented in a piece of legislation as that seem more tricky than just saying the ECJ has jurisdiction but I can understand why ECJ is seen a san issue for certain things as we would be subject to laws we have no say in unless which does not make sense on British soil as a third country. My view of the problem is that EU just does not trust the UK to treat EU citizens fairly or that the politics of all of this make treating the EU citizens fairly look like a lottery and as I said it not help by the Home office defying a court regarding the expulsion of an individual.
I love the idea of me being "bashed". Suggests the "school playground" which I must say some of the posts I get remind me of as well. Somebody tried to bully me in the playground when I was five, nobody has since. The outcome of that playground battle, a bloody nose for me and a black eye for the other boy. We both got the slipper for our pains. I was friends with him for more that fifty years but he's dead now.
Sadly your probably correct about that. I may be that I am projecting my own views onto others, but all I can say is that all the Leavers I know (mostly middle or upper middle class retired people) feel very strongly about the issue. Hence my wish for polling on it. My son certainly feels the same even though his wife is Danish. He voted remain but is now a Leaver. Don't worry I have not tried to influence my children one way or the other.
Peter Cairns
"TOH makes seemly knowing proclamations but when challenged pontificates."
Make two of us then Peter.
Peter Cairns, oh yes, I recall the Moodys thing now. I was on my first coffee.
Trevor Warne, it is quite a challenge to follow your multiple engagements.
Does Germany's constitutional court accept the supremacy of the European court?
As I understand it they have the power to declare a European law 'unconstitutional' and came close to doing so over ECB bonds before deciding to 'allow' the ECJ to rule on the issue.
Am I wrong about this?
Helicopters, what about the EH101 ? Is that too small?
@ TOH – some issues might be simple enough to split jurisdiction on – lots of green in the boxes on the citizens rights progress. ECJ's role as a (very) persuasive authority with UK's voluntary acceptance of future law and regulations should IMHO be a fair compromise if we give a little elsewhere (money I'd assume!) but some of the red boxes (e.g. #28) are fairly fundamental up front discussions.
EFTA+ court would be my middle ground on trade. Take what is there during transition but add a + later by mutual agreement between EFTA/EEA and EU. Agreeing an end to CET is the priority IMHO and why EFTA won't work as it currently operates after a transition period. Not UK's preference but fair compromise and important if we consider the legacy of Brexit might fall to a far-left govt.
New bilateral court on human rights aspects possibly but neither side would really want that if they can avoid it. Again, it really depends on the future relationship. If it is a Canada model (either agreed upfront or after a period of separation) then no need. If it is a Swiss (or even Norway) model then we'll have to cave and hope for some compromise by requesting some of the EU law change (e.g. criminality checks) but that is a bit of cake and eat it.
I'm not that familiar with the non-trade parts. I just see items like #28 as very contentious. Barnier has a strict mandate and wants all the boxes turned green. At some point we have to say we think it is sufficient progress and get the organ grinder (EU council) to give the money a new song sheet.
We've discussed timing before and I think Dec meeting is when we make the big push. After Repeal bill, budget, etc.
Business lobby in EU starting to get anxious as well – not a big deal but should indirectly put Barnier's toes to the flame!
What I find slightly weird about the Tory objections to the ECHR is that the convention under which it operates was written almost in entirety by a 1950's Tory MP.
Have we regressed so much that what a Tory MP considered to be natural human rights fifty years ago are no longer acceptable? Really?
It depends what you want to do.
Roughly speaking their are utility types that can carry about a dozen men and up to 2 ton, medium lift which can be about 5 ton and say two dozen men or Heavy lift that can lift near 10 tons and up to four dozen men.
The EH101 is the middle category with the NH90 a bit below that but above things like the EC-135 or Blackhawk.
Like I said there are really only two or three in the heavy class. So if you want a heavy the EH101 doesn't fit.
It would be perfectly acceptable to look at your requirement and say that most of the time you don't need a chinooks full load potential so why not rationalise the fleet and standardise on more EH101's effectively giving up a top end capability from a few heavies for a larger more flexible fleet.
Much like the MPA argument it depends what you want to do.
You can Keep the aircraft and what you want to do, you can change aircraft and what you want to do but you can't keep the same objective and switch to something that can't do it.
the red box item No. 28 appears to me, legally speaking, to sum up the problem I referred to. Currently it is not lawful for EU citizens criminality to be checked under the freedom of movement rules, the UK is looking, therefore, for a modification under the treaty terms. If an agreement is reached on that point where the UK states it will only check on criminality if it has a reasonable suspicion (what Americans call probable cause) of criminality then that will be an EU right, the EU will want the ECJ to define what amounts to a reasonable suspicion under the treaty, the UK will want the UK courts to deal with that. The UK courts have, under the common law, significant case law dealing with the question of reasonable suspicion which they will turn to as precedent in making the their decision. The ECJ in contrast operates under the civil law approach which treats precedent in a different way (it is far too complex for me to explain that difference in detail, but a quick and dirty explanation is that where as UK precedent is binding unless you can distinguish it, in civil law precedent is only binding if it makes sense in that particular case).
This ties in to some extent with the issue of the meaning of "consideration" of ECJ judgments: in general terms you are right, when the requirement is contained within statute an explanation for departure would have to be given, however if there is a later Act of Parliament which, even indirectly, affects that particular point e.g. if reasonable suspicion was given a statutory definition for some other purpose in a later Act, that would be more than sufficient to justify departure. Further, Lord Sumption (Supreme Court judge) has said in a speech, dealing with ECHR rather than ECJ, that consideration was to be given to ECHR decisions by the Court, according to statute, but he argued that the decisions were not binding but advisory.
It's perfectly clear – the Brexiters don't like Human Rights especially enforced by an international court because they want to tap phones without showing good reason, render for torture, imprison people without trial and kick out anybody they like out of the country, regardless of the consequences – and the costs.
See any of the last decade.
@ TOH – I sent you a long reply but its in moderation (some dodgy word i suspect).
DD is taking the beatings for now with admirable dignity and biding his time I suspect. I can see a jab giving Barnier a black eye at some point ;-)
A little 'slipper' for the economy in 2018-19 perhaps but let's hope it isn't Corbyn being given the cane in a GE :<
I expect the future relationship of UK and EU will be similar to your past experiences as well ;-)
@ NickP
I am sorry but you, as a remainer, are simply repeating a mistake that leavers often make. The ECJ does not make decisions on human rights (save that the European Declaration of Human Rights is embedded in EU law via the Charter of Fundamental Rights and European Law is interpreted with the decisions of the ECHR in mind).
The European Court of Human Rights makes such decisions and we will remain a signatory to that convention despite leaving the EU:
As I understand it yes but no but yes, If their rules differ from the EU then German law is supposed to take precedence but the Laws are supposed to be the same and therefore it is open to interpretation of the interpretation of the law:
From the Telegraph article whom seem disappointed at the German Judges stance.
The German judges stated that EU law has its limits and can never take precedence over the Grundgesetz. "The legitimacy given to state authority by elections may not be depleted by transfers of powers and tasks to the European level," it said.
The court ruled that "the principle of sovereignty of the people (Volkssouveränität)" is violated if EU bodies trespass on democracy. It said the German state is required to "use legal or political means" to revoke or block measures if "institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the EU exceed their competences in a manifest and structurally relevant manner or violate the constitutional identity in other ways."
I understand that the UK wants to have different rules to that of ECHR my point was does that mean that the ECHR should be disbanded as everyone would want different rules and therefore it makes no sense to have such organisations, By definition the point is if you want sovereignty ultimately you could argue there is no need for the UN etc.
Thanks for that answer. It would seem the German Court considers itself to be supreme over the European court but loathe to exercise its supremacy.
"DD is taking the beatings for now with admirable dignity and biding his time I suspect."
I suspect his hide is like mine.
"I expect the future relationship of UK and EU will be similar to your past experiences as well ;-)"
I'm afraid I doubt it myself, as normally I am optimistic but if as I suspect we leave without a deal due to EU's inability to negotiate sensibly then i think there will be a lot of bad blood on both sides.
Thanks for explaining to Nick P I was about to do the same so you have saved me the trouble.
Talking about helicopters always makes me think of Heseltine
Princess Rachel.
Same here, I thought after all that fuss we might be able to use the heli that he fought to keep British (and Italian), but out of US hands.
Well I think that is what happened.
Re: Germany
Actually it is not the German Court which is said to have supremacy but that German Constitutional Law has supremacy over legal decisions of the ECJ where they are in conflict, the court decided they were not in conflict on that particular case. In UK law the problem does not arise at present because there is no written constitution and the our relationship is governed by the European Communities Act 1972, and, as I set out earlier, because Parliament is sovereign, that Act specifically sets out that European Law will have precedence over UK law in the designated competencies, and why The Repeal Bill if it becomes an Act will supersede that authority and return it to Westminster save where Westminster gives that authority to any other organisation.
Sorry, I am starting to feel I am lecturing a bit, I'll stop now!
Interesting commentary on polling re: centre ground from Chris Curtiss of yougov
"It's perfectly clear – the Brexiters don't like Human Rights especially enforced by an international court because they want to tap phones without showing good reason, render for torture, imprison people without trial and kick out anybody they like out of the country, regardless of the consequences – and the costs."
My general impression is that this behaviour is not the preserve of Brexiters and indeed was at its height under Blair, and still significant under Brown and Cameron, remainers all.
It is true that only the current PM has gone so far as to advocate our withdrawal (although she was still at least in public a remainer too when she did so)
@ WB – thank you for the reply and indeed all your posts today.
I'm vaguely familiar with the differences between civil law and case law so your analysis makes sense. A long-term solution might be for some very small changes in EU law that HMG could accept but I don't think we have the time for EU to change the law to something we could agree to – even assuming they wanted to that is – no more cake and eat it as they say!
Again, this cries out for the need to accept sufficient progress IMHO. Some of these issues are quite minor and we're keeping 3mm+1mm people in total darkness – give them some light and sort out the tiny issues like criminal's rights later.
Do you see any give from the EU side? Surely they should be aware of the UK case law system and if all ECJ case law is copied over and a voluntary commitment made to accept new laws would that be enough on minor issues for them to give us a little wiggle room? Given the rest of EU law is civil law, no other country should really be able to take any bespoke UK arrangement into case law for their own use?
@TOH – "I assume from what you say that you cannot name one country that would accept the ECJ in respect of Citizens Rights but you craftily side step by saying it is unique.
So a third question:
3. Name one country that is not a vassal state that accepts another countries courts as supreme in matters relating to that other countries citizens when living the first country. "
Fundamental misunderstanding: The ECJ isn't 'another countries court' – it is a supra national legal body established as part of the EU. It would be perfectly in line with many other treaties and commitments made by the UK to have such a body act as the legal supreme court over specified matters if we so chose to do this – as we have done with the ECHR, the ICC, the ICJ, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea etc etc. Signing up to ECJ rulings after leaving the EU might look on the face of it as a bit odd, given the nature of the EU/ECJ relationship, but in reality it is no different from many other arrangements we have already made.
Answer to the third question – no of course they wouldn't, because we are a single country and they are a supra national treaty organisation. That would be just silly.
@ WB – thank you for the reply and indeed all your posts today
"I am sorry but you, as a remainer, are simply repeating a mistake that leavers often make. The ECJ does not make decisions on human rights (save that the European Declaration of Human Rights is embedded in EU law via the Charter of Fundamental Rights and European Law is interpreted with the decisions of the ECHR in mind).
The European Court of Human Rights makes such decisions and we will remain a signatory to that convention despite leaving the EU"
Ha! Not quite a straw man, but a patronising squirrel indicator at least.
It's not me that keeps publishing diatribes suggesting that human rights prevent us from deporting rapists, murderers etc!
@Peter Cairns
Re the MPA/helicopter discussion.
I'm most interested in the political dimension. May is huffing and puffing over Bombardier, but without a credible alternative to buying from Boeing, it is "Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing."
By the way, although I voted to remain in the EU, I am not a "remainer" – I am happy to leave and let Jeremy & Co renationalise our utilities and assets.
That'll be the best revenge on Boris, Gove, Davies et al as well as the Tories who held a vote that has resulted in such an enormous waste of time and money in pursuit of illusory rewards (unless you are a carpetbagger or profiteer).
That's a moot point really as the court interprets the constitution.
It goes to show though that the European Court isn't sacrosanct and that when it comes to circumventing it 's jurisdiction, for Germany at least, 'where there's a will there's a way.'
"Fundamental misunderstanding: The ECJ isn't 'another countries court' – it is a supra national legal body established as part of the EU. It would be perfectly in line with many other treaties and commitments made by the UK to have such a body act as the legal supreme court over specified matters if we so chose to do this – as we have done with the ECHR, the ICC, the ICJ, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea etc etc. Signing up to ECJ rulings after leaving the EU might look on the face of it as a bit odd, given the nature of the EU/ECJ relationship, but in reality it is no different from many other arrangements we have already made."
That's where the UK Government and I disagree with you and the EU. Nothing new, as I have said the Government has not moved on this specific since the negotiations began, quite correctly IMO.
@TOH – "I quote from D. Davis this morning:"
As is your wont. And previously he has said (as you helpfully reminded us) "We also recognise the need to ensure the consistent interpretation of EU law concepts.
We have not agreed the right mechanism for doing this yet but discussions this week have again been productive."
Davis and May have already promised that future ECJ rullings and interpretations will be applied on this matter in the UK – only the mechanism for doing this remains to be agreed.
EU citizens in the UK before Brexit will still have their rights decided and interpreted by the ECJ, with those interpretations being applied by British courts, subject to some form of supra national oversight. Davis has said this.
@ PTRP – the way I see the problem is that you can't simply tweak the ECHR (c=convention, not court), you have to repeal it, photocopy 99% of it and tweak the 1% (e.g. criminal's rights). WB seems to be the guru on this subject and has provided excellent input today.
Peeps get freaked by 'repeal' but from what I understand HMG don't have issue with 99% of ECHR or any other EU law that we intend to copy over and I really wish HMG would make this known to both the UK public and the EU council – parts of the Lancaster House speak were OTT and have overly spooked both the UK public and EU Council/Parliament.
I have no handle on the time aspect. From experience I would expect the legal aspects are going to take a lot longer than we really have time for if Barnier wants all the boxes turned green.
There is another factor in choosing helicopters (or any other category of military aircraft) and that is the number of different types in service. For each type, you need to have spares and also people trained in servicing that type, which costs money.
The need for different helicopter capabilities will be based on SAG Scenarios (MoD models of conflicts that could occur) which inform procurement decisions. If enough of them show that a Chinook load-carrying capability is required, then that drives procurement. So, once you have decided that you need a heavy-lift transport helicopter, like Chinook, you can also use it for similar missions that could be performed by EH101 (Merlin), but not (as you note) vice versa.
Also, there are examples of rationalisation between the Services. For example, the Royal Air Force's fleet of Merlin HC3/3A were transferred to the Royal Navy, which was already operating earlier marks of Merlin, from 2012 onwards.
Similar reasoning led to UK taking the Harrier out of service, because it was a choice between it and Tornado in the ground attack role and using only one type of aircraft produced major savings in maintenance costs..
I don't always agree with MoD's decisions, particularly when they are based on the needs/affordability of a single Service rather than a pure Joint approach, but I can understand why they made them.
@ NICKP – judging by this poll that is a view shared by 18-19% of Remain voters :)
I have faith that enough of the 71-72% will see the options at the next GE, post Mar'19, and make the right decision!
""Fundamental misunderstanding: The ECJ isn't 'another countries court' – it is a supra national legal body established as part of the EU. It would be perfectly in line with many other treaties and commitments made by the UK to have such a body act as the legal supreme court over specified matters if we so chose to do this – as we have done with the ECHR, the ICC, the ICJ, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea etc etc. Signing up to ECJ rulings after leaving the EU might look on the face of it as a bit odd, given the nature of the EU/ECJ relationship, but in reality it is no different from many other arrangements we have already made."
Whilst technically I understand the point your making, in reality the UK Government and people like myself see it differently, and it is a red line. It is easily resolvable as I posted above and as the UK suggested, I think at the first round, but the EU seem to see it as a red line also. hence my long held view that we are likely heading for no deal.
@Sea Change, our post 26th sept 12:39pm
It is politically impossible to give EU Citizens greater rights than UK Citizens in the UK after Brexit. Plus the idea that the ECJ would hold sway over the rights of non-citizens in the UK after we leave is also politically impossible.
Have I miss understood your point?
Are you saying once we leave the EU we will have less rights than those still in the EU?
Dream on, Howard. May started off telling us we will be free of the ECJ, and then she told the EU that we would find a way to ensure we would follow ECJ rulings. Her position has changed, as I expected.
If you want to fall for the spin, that is your prerogative. I don't.
I think you'll find the majority of voters in ALL polls are in favour or renationalising transport, water and energy (as well as funding NHS better) – brexit may well be much more of a side show for voters than you think.


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There were some warnings last summer about the people who like to lie out in the sun on the beaches, to the effect that it was possible that certain skin cancers might develop from too much of such exposure.
It is to be hoped that this will not be taken too seriously. Certainly it applies only to elderly people, and certainly it applies only to the summer. Children will not develop cancer of the skin, or at least so rarely as to make the thing negligible, and children and expectant mothers need a good deal of sunshine. This warning is especially applicable to the winter season, when the short gray days are likely to cut down the total amount of sunshine, and the inclement weather tends to keep people indoors.
It should be remembered that ordinary window glass shuts out the particular light wave in sunshine which is valuable, and it is interesting to note that cellophane allows it to come through. The only substitute for window glass which we have hitherto had, which was known to allow the ultra-violet rays to come through, was quartz glass, which is quite expensive, until this discovery of cellophane's property in that respect.
We are assured by a member of the faculty of Johns Hopkins university that cellophane actually has this property. He writes: "Cellophane cuts down somewhat the intensity of sunlight without affecting the short wave length limit of the transmitted radiation, therefore, a slightly longer exposure through cellophane will accomplish much the same thing as direct exposure to sunlight."
For those who want to take some sun baths during the winter this is important, and a window frame made of this substance can be constructed so that the child or expectant mother can receive sunlight exposure over a large area of skin surface, at the same time staying indoors where it is warm, and thus avoiding the danger of chill and exposure.


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For the past many years, right since my birth I would say, my mom has been the one person with whom I have always fought. We fight like crazy for we can never agree on a single thing. Our points of view are vastly different.
But today when circumstances demand that I leave her behind & start life in a new city I just cannot bring myself to do it. And neither is she too willing to let me go. Guess our fights are our way of letting each other know how much we love each other. I have realized this very important thing during these past days. I love her a lot & when the time has actually come to go my separate way I cannot leave her behind! 🙂
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It is a story told over and over again. For a time, Brazil argued it's negro and mixed blood people were all wonderful gifts of diversity. But the favelas grew and grew as the africanized genes reproduce regardless of ability to take care of children. And the more caucasian Europanic gene Brazilians who built the city of Sao Paolo find themselves in the midst of african people who are increasingly taking on violence and murder and rape all around them.
How could this happen in what was supposed to be the poster child for mixed race brown people?
The genes are inescapable. They are simply programmed for violence and murder and overbreeding. It is the African way. There is NOTHING that can change it. And like all these societies while they are small in number the europanics survive for a time, and then they fall into violence and murder and the nation collapses.
Amid the economic, political, and social collapse, Brazil has been described by many as being in the midst of a "zombie apocalypse" as years of corruption and violence spectacularly implodes all at once.
Horrified by the out of control violence and pessimistic about the nation's political and economic outlook, thousands of wealthy Brazilians are now fleeing the country.
Thiago Lacerda, a high-profile actor, is one of the thousands of celebrities, bankers, lawyers and affluent Brazilians considering emigration before the next round of turmoil.
"I'm totally freaked out by what's been happening, especially here in Rio [Rio de Janeiro]," Mr. Lacerda told The Wall Street Journal.
The 40-year-old actor said he has considered moving his family to Europe for the safety of his three children. "In several years, they're going to want to go out, to start dating, without worrying about getting shot."
Naercio Menezes Filho, director of the center for public policy at Insper, a São Paulo business school, commented on the situation and pointed out — the elite fleeing the country is the newest trend amid the threat of gang violence and economic instability.
According to a study published in June by Brazilian polling agency Datafolh, about 52 percent of the wealthiest Brazilians — those with a monthly income of more than $2,500 — want to emigrate, while 56 percent of college graduates have plans on leaving the country.
"The hope that Brazilians once had in their country has gone out the window, and many people are now reaching the conclusion that things are unlikely to change in the next few years," said Mr. Menezes Filho.
Government figures show the number of Brazilians filing emigration notices with the federal tax office reached 21,700 in 2017, that is nearly three times the number in 2011, when officials started recording the data. WSJ notes that many are moving on the Portuguese Riviera and to US cities such as Orlando and Miami.


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Thursday, 18 October 2018
A Chair with a broken peg!
Go ahead and tell the Citizens of Niagara why you allowed your criminal mischief Councilor Sandy Annunziata to pretend he found a reporter's recorder under a hat.
Explain Councilor Augustyn pretense that he didn't know the owner of the recorder when he was yelling for police.
Tell us why you allowed your miscreant CAO to confiscate media equipment from the media desk.
Give the reason you have twice refused to respond to the reporter's request for communication.
Explain why, after 11 months, you still have not returned the reporter's recorder.
Please explain why you have refused the NRP investigator's request to give the detective permission to hear the audio in his investigation into Criminal Mischief!
And please Mr. Caslin don't tamper with the evidence contained within the audio recording.
Chair Caslin, your conduct and that of your cabal of misfits is forcing another tax-burning court challenge.
Go ahead Chair Caslin explain yourself to the Citizens of Niagara...
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Preston, is this true? There is so much of this that I was completely unaware of. You still do not have your recorder back and they refuse to respond to your communications...and they will not allow a Police officer to listen to the recording...this is all true? If it is I find it disturbing.ReplyDeleteReplies
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A chill went up my back reading your story. What power does the Chair of the Region have over the police; not to allow them to listen to the recording?ReplyDelete
IT'S UNBELIEVABLE THAT THESE CORRUPT COUNCILORS AREN'T CHARGED. ORDINARY CITIZENS WOULD BE IN JAIL. WITH ALL THE OMBUDSMAN'S REPORT YOU WOULD THINK THERE WOULD BE CRIMINAL CHARGES. ALL THE CROOKED POLITICIANS KEEP SAYING FAKE NEWS BUT IT HAS BEEN PROVEN ALL THE WRONG DOINGS AT THE REGION. SO OWN UP TO IT NPCA BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND CHAIR OF THE REGION.ReplyDelete
Just another thing a letter to the editor in What's up Niagara says Baty from Fonthill doesn't even mention being a board member of the NPCA. It's funny how Tony Quirk from Grimsby doesn't mention he was on the board director. I wonder if all the board members left this off the campaign brochures. It would be awful hard to explain all the wrong doings of the NPCA board to the voters. UNWANTED COUNCILORSReplyDelete


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The is nothing new to report about the planning. I just need a day off. But the topic of Japan is back on the schedule/the screen fast. At 9:24 I received a alert on my mobile: Major earthquake warning for Tokyo. The epicenter is at sea in front of the coast of Sendai. Tokyo will await a level 3 earthquake. I am online in a instant. A tsunami warning is already been issued; a evacuation order is out for the coast of Matsushima.
My first idea: It is 2011 all over again. The epicenter is very close to the epicenter of Marck 11th, 2011. The tsunami will hit the same coast area. Lucky that I will visit the opposite site of Honshu; Kansai and Chubu. But another 7,3 magnitude earthquake can destroy my plans. One interrupted train track and my plans will be washed away.
By the way. The snow level rises. Half of my travel route reports 20cm of snow. Nice. This is all I need. Tsunagi Onsen is still free of snow. I hope this will change. I hope that there are no surprises. Too much snow can be a problem too (Hokkaido is already reporting 1m), liked closed roads and canceled train connections. But lucky that JR is not Deutsche Bahn.


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Cpl Maseka and his cronies had no trouble engaging dancers for their table. I thought quietly to myself that this duty was no hardship for them, the bill was being paid by me after all. I did notice that while they had dancers busy almost every second song, they were taking care to have at least one of their number watching all the time, while the other three paid attention to the dancer. I was satisfied that they would notice if anything went wrong.
Dimitri and his companion didn't stop talking the whole time that I watched them, although the dynamic changed after a while, and it looked as if it was now Dimitri who was issuing orders or instructions, and the other man who was simply listening to what he was being told.
The waitress came around again and offered me a refill on my drink. When I refused, she lent close to me and whispered in my ear, "Is there a specific dancer that you would like to talk to?" I realised that not engaging a dancer might draw attention that I didn't want, so I told her that I was interested in talking to Bettina. She seemed unsurprised by this, nodded and left. A few minutes later Bettina walked up to my table. She stretched out her hand, and I shook it without thinking.
"Can I sit here?" Bettina asked.
"Sure. That was a great dance." I told her.
"Thank you. I try my hardest. I noticed you weren't that interested I what I had to show?"
"Oh, I was interested all right. I am just not really comfortable in places like this," I laughed.
"What is your name?"
"Rupert. I guess your stage name is Bettina?"
"Yes. It's also my real name," she said with an amused smile on her face. "Why aren't you comfortable here?"
"I suppose I value my own privacy too much, and it seems like an invasion of yours to have hordes of men staring at you. I can't help projecting my own feelings sometimes."
"Oh, I have no problems with it. I work damn hard to keep my body looking like this, so I take pride in displaying it."
"Well that's good to know. It makes me feel a little better. Do all the dancers feel the same way you do?"
"Some of them," she answered with a slight grimace.
"Oh," I prompted gently, "what about those that don't?"
Bettina gave me an evaluating look, then looked over her shoulder before turning back to me. "You aren't a cop, I can always tell, but you are looking for something. What is it?"
"Why do you think that?"
"You don't feel right. Your attention is in all the wrong places. Are you some sort of cop?"
"No. I am a soldier some of the time."
"Mmm that does help to explain it. You aren't here for the girls though?"
"You're very perceptive. Can you keep a secret?"
"You need to get me to dance for you or something or else I will have to move on."
"Ok, that shouldn't be any hardship," I said with a smile. "How about a table dance?"
"It might be better to have a 'private' lap dance. That way we can close the curtain."
"Cool. Do I need to pay you first or something?"
"No. Just wait." Bettina stood up and I saw her catching the eye of one of the bouncers. He nodded to her and she reached up and pulled the curtain closed. "Ok, that should do it. What is the secret?" As she said this, she started to do a strip-tease.
"You don't need to actually strip," I told her.
"Yes I do. I am working after all, and if anyone checks I need to be doing my job."
"Before I tell you the secret, could I ask you about the conditions here?"
"What do you mean?" Bettina asked as she removed her green bra.
"I know this is a strip-club, but I have heard rumours that things have changed since the change in management. Is that true?"
"Yes. Sit back on the bench." I leant back and watched as Bettina removed her panties and climbed up onto the bench. When her knees where on either side of my legs, she leaned forward so that her mouth was right next to my ear. "A few months back a bunch of foreigners took the place over. Since then they have employed a few girls from overseas, mostly Russian and Ukrainian. The VIP room has been turned into a brothel."
"Is it only the foreign girls who work there?"
"No. They have been putting pressure on all of us to work there. I make enough so that I have been able to hold them off, but some of the other girls have started to go back there."
"What are the foreign girls like? Are they happy with their work?"
"That's the problem. They don't say much about it, but I get the feeling from what they don't say that they don't have much choice."
"They're force?"
"Pretty much. You will still see them out on the floor, but mostly they don't dance on the ramp. They aren't really dancers. Some of them spend all their time in the VIP room, and they can't work the floor."
"Why not?"
"Too many bruises."
"Is someone hurting them?"
"Take a look at my left breast."
Bettina pulled back a bit and her breasts were level with my face. From this close, I could see that they had a coating of makeup on them. When I concentrated on her left breast, I could see that the make-up was concealing a faded bruise.
"What happened to your breast?"
"A few days back the one guy out there … did you see the short one at the table near the door?" I nodded. "His name's Dimitri. Anyway, he arrived and he kinda took over. The guy he's talking to is the manager, but Dimitri has been telling him what to do ever since he arrived. Anyway, he called all the girls in, one by one, for an interview. When he saw me, he asked me why I wasn't working the VIP room. When I told him that I was a stripper and not a prostitute, he reached out and grabbed me by the breast and started twisting. It was very strange, he didn't ask me anything or tell me to do anything, he just twisted. I cried out and then he seemed to get excited. The more I cried, the more excited he got. I dropped down to my knees trying to get away from him and he let me go. I think he was going to do something else to me, but his phone rang and he chased me out."
"Why are you still here then?"
"I've been waiting for the end of the month so that I can get paid. It's only another three days. Once I have my money, I'm out of here."
"Has he bothered you again since then?"
"Not me specifically. I think he's been too busy. He scares me. I saw him looking at me a little earlier and I had almost decided that I was going to leave tonight. Screw the money. He's crazy."
"I think more than you know."
"He's why you're here," Bettina said in a sudden flash of insight. "I heard one of the bouncers talking. He said that they were trying to find some guy. You're that guy, aren't you?"
Just then the curtain twitched open and a bouncer stuck his head in. "Another song Bettina?" he asked.
"Yes, maybe even two more," she told him.
He disappeared again, pulling the curtain closed again.
"See," Bettina said, "I told you we had to do this properly."
"Properly is not the word. You know that even with what we have been discussing, I have been excited by you."
"Of course I know. I wouldn't be any good at my job if I didn't pay attention to those big details, now would I?"
I decided to answer her earlier question. "I am just here to find out a little about Dimitri and his crew. Do you know more about him?"
"Actually, there is one of the Russian girls that you should ask. I only know what I have been able to see."
"Which one? Could you point her out to me?"
"No. She is sitting in the change-room. Dimitri decided to teach her an object lesson a little earlier. That's what convinced me he's crazy. Really crazy."
"What object lesson?"
"He said that we were all sluts. His sluts, and we would do whatever he told us to do. He grabbed Katerina and bent her over the table, then he raped her in her arse."
"Shit. In front of you?"
"In front of all of us. That was just a little while before I came out to dance. It was the final straw for me. She is sitting in there now, bleeding. He told me that I could take her to the hospital later."
"Why would he let you do that?"
"She doesn't speak much English. I'm supposed to go so that I can tell the doctors what they need to know."
"Isn't he worried that you'll give him away?"
"No. He said he would send one of his goons along who would hurt me badly if I did."
"Ok. I tell you what, how would you feel about me taking you out of this situation."
"What do you mean?"
"I already have a bit of a 'dispute' with the man. I was thinking that if I got you and Katerina away from the 'goon', that you could help me find out what I need to know.
"I don't know if I can trust you completely. How do I know that you aren't some kind of weirdo?"
"You don't. What I will do is make up the money you are missing by leaving here, and promise that I will do my best to look after the two of you."
"Three actually."
"I have a young daughter. She's seven. She's actually the real reason I didn't leave immediately. Dimitri said that he would hold her hostage for my obedience."
"Shit. Ok, know this. You and your daughter will be safe with me."


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Mangalore, Oct 13, 2014: State Minister for Fisheries and Youth Services Abhayachandra Jain has expressed hopes that the Union Government would soon permit construction of fisheries jetties at Suratkal, Kulai and Kaup.
He was speaking after inaugurating the cold storage unit of the modern fish processing plant set up at the Hoigebazar head office premises of the Karnataka Fisheries Development Corporation under the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana on October 12 Sunday.
The Minister further stated that the government has plans to set up five more modern fish processing plants under the scheme in the coastal district.
Speaking after inaugurating the modern plant, DK District in-charge Minister B Ramanatha Rai said the government would give more importance towards construction of jetties and small ports.
JR Lobo, MLA presided over the function. Mahabala Maarla, Mayor, Kavitha Vasu, Deputy Mayor, Ivan D'Souza, MLC, Nitin Kumar, former president of the Corporation, B Nagaraj Shetty, former minister, VK Shetty, Managing Director of Fisheries Development Corporation, HS Veerappa Gowda, Director of Fisheries Department and others were present.
The modern fish processing plant at Hoigebazar has been set up at a cost of Rs 6.50 crore and can process 16 to 20 metric tonnes of fish per day. The plant has a 500 tonne capacity cold storage, flake ice plant, trolley freezer and chilled room of 10 tonne capacity each and a plate freezer of 6 tonne capacity.


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Amid massacres perpetrated by Turkish occupation, Afrin people are forced to flee their homes
AFRIN – Afrin 's people have been forced to leave their homes due to shelling of the Turkish occupation army by warplanes and heavy artillery thousends of the people are still in Afin city . Amid continuing shelling .
The aircraft and artillery of the Turkish occupation army has been continuing to target civilians and public facilities, especially Afrin 's hospitals on the 57th day of Resistance to the Age , so the people who are subjected to massacres and genocide to flee their homes.
Today, thousands of Afrin 's residents headed to al-Shabba canton in order to preserve their lives and the lives of their children as a result of the continuous shelling of the city.
In this context, the Turkish occupation army targeted on Saturday morning Afrin 's people who were trying to get out of the city and access to the safe areas in al-Shabba canton resulting in killing and wounding dozens of civilians.
It is noteworthy that 47 civilians were martyred and dozens injured on Friday in massacres committed by the Turkish occupation army in Afrin city targeting them with planes and heavy guns.
This comes amid the indifference and silence of the international Society and human rights organizations about what is happening in a city that houses hundreds of thousands of civilians.


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Tom Reed
|Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from New York
|Assumed office
November 18, 2010
|Preceded by
|Eric Massa
|29th district (2010–2013)
23rd district (2013–present)
|Mayor of Corning, New York
|In office
|Preceded by
|Frank Coccho
|Succeeded by
|Rich Negri
|Personal details
|November 18, 1971
Joliet, Illinois, U.S.
|Political party
Jean Reed
(m. 1996)
|Alfred University (BA)
Ohio Northern University (JD)
|House website
Thomas W. Reed II (born November 18, 1971) is an American attorney and politician who serves as the U.S. Representative for New York's 23rd congressional district. A Republican, Reed first joined the U.S. House after winning a special election to replace Eric Massa in 2010. Reed previously served one term as the Mayor of Corning, New York.
Early life and early career
Born in Joliet, Illinois, Reed grew up in Corning, New York,[1] the youngest of 12 children.[2] He received a B.A. degree in political science from Alfred University in 1993 and his J.D. degree from Ohio Northern University College of Law in 1996.[1] After receiving his J.D. degree, Reed worked as an associate in the law firm of Gallo & Iacovangelo in Rochester from 1996-99.[1]
Debt collection firm
After Reed's mother died in 1998, he returned to Corning and opened the Law Office of Thomas W. Reed.[3] The firm specialized in debt collection. After getting elected to Congress in 2010, Reed resisted congressional rules which required him to remove his name from the law firm.[4][5] In 2014, the firm changed its name to RR Resource Recovery; at the same time, Reed's campaign stated that he was no longer involved with the firm.[5]
Mayor of Corning
Reed defeated incumbent Democrat Frank Coccho in 2007 and served one two-year term as mayor.[6] Reed represented the Republican, Conservative, and Independence parties on the mayoral ballot.
|Tom Reed
|Frank Coccho (Inc.)
|Total votes
U.S. House of Representatives
- 2010
In 2009, Reed announced that he would run against incumbent Democrat Eric Massa in the 2010 election.[7][8] Midway through his first term in Congress, Massa announced that he would not seek reelection due to health problems. In March 2010, Massa resigned from Congress after it was revealed that he was under investigation by the United States House Committee on Ethics for allegedly sexually harassing a male staffer.[9]
In the election to replace Massa, Reed was challenged by Democrat and Working Families Party nominee Matthew Zeller.[10] Reed received the endorsement of Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks and every county Republican chairman in New York's 29th congressional district.[11]
Reed won the election and immediately assumed the remainder of Massa's term.[12] In the immediate days following Reed's election, he suffered a pulmonary embolism.[13] After a three-day delay, Reed was sworn in during a special ceremony.
|Tom Reed
|Matt Zeller
|Total votes
- 2012
New York lost two seats in the U.S. House due to population change. The 29th Congressional District was eliminated and much of the district became the 23rd Congressional District. The new 23rd Congressional District includes Allegany, Cattaragus, Chemung, Ontario, Schuyler, and Steuben County from the old 29th Congressional District with the addition of Chautauqua, Seneca, Tompkins, and Tioga counties.[14] Three candidates, Leslie Danks Burke, Melissa Dobson and Nate Shinagawa, campaigned in a Democratic primary to challenge Reed in New York's 23rd congressional district.[15]
Reed won reelection against Democrat and Working Families Party nominee and Tompkins County Legislator Nate Shinagawa.[16] In 2012, Reed said that he accidentally paid one of his tax bills using campaign funds. Reed's campaign voluntarily reported the error in a campaign finance report and Reed reimbursed the campaign.[17][18]
|Tom Reed
|Nate Shinagawa
|Total votes
- 2014
Reed faced Tompkins County Legislative Chair Martha Robertson. Though it was predicted to be a close race,[19] Reed won handily.
|Tom Reed
|Martha Robertson
|Total votes
- 2016
Reed ran for reelection in 2016. He was unopposed in the Republican primary, before facing John Plumb, the lone Democrat to file for candidacy, in the November 8, 2016, general election.[20] Reed was re-elected with 58% of the vote.[21]
Reed initially endorsed Jeb Bush's 2016 presidential campaign before Bush's departure from the race.[22] He then endorsed Donald Trump for U.S. president on March 16, 2016.[23][24] Reed reaffirmed his support for Trump in August 2016.[25]
|Tom Reed
|John Plumb
|Total votes
Reed ran unopposed in the Republican primary before facing Tracy Mitrano in the 2018 general election. Tom Reed was re-elected with 54.2% of the vote.[27]
|Tom Reed
|Tracy Mitrano
|Total votes
Reed has served on the House Judiciary Committee, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure,[28] House Committee on Rules[29] and House Ways and Means Committee.[30][31]
Reed focused on ending government spending and supported budget amendments that eliminated government funding, such as a sewer system in Tijuana, Mexico.[32] He voted to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act which significantly benefited his constituents who could not afford to pay their healthcare bills, and supported the Budget Control Act of 2011.[33][34]
After his reelection to Congress, Reed drafted the Promoting Assistance with Transitional Help Act. The bill would modify the Temporary Assistance for Needy Family (TANF) program by introducing a five-year limit on welfare payments to individuals. The TANF program was originally intended to provide temporary assistance to needy families but had deviated from that mandate and in some states provided indefinite cash benefits to individuals. Reed hopes that requiring the program to provide only temporary emergency relief will reduce dependence on government assistance.[35]
With a government shutdown looming, Reed introduced the Pay Our Veterans and Seniors First Act. The legislation would ensure that armed services members were paid and that seniors continued receiving benefits during a temporary government shutdown. The bill also forfeited pay for Congress and the President for the duration of the government shutdown.[36][37]
In 2014, Reed introduced the Clinical Trial Cancer Mission 2020 Act. The bill would make it mandatory for researchers to publish all information from cancer clinical trials, with the goal being to get more researchers to work together and bring down the number of duplicative studies. The legislation would create a national clearinghouse run by the NIH.[38]
On May 22, 2014, Reed introduced a bill that would amend the Internal Revenue Code to permanently extend and expand certain expired provisions that provided an enhanced tax deduction for businesses that donated their food inventory to charitable organizations.[39][40] Reed argued that it makes sense to make this a permanent measure because "doing it on a temporary basis... is part of the problem. We need to make this sound policy permanent in the tax code and I'm optimistic we'll get it to the finish and allow people to take advantage of the tax deduction that would encourage them to use the food rather than put it in a landfill."[41]
On May 4, 2017, Reed voted in favor of repealing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and pass the American Health Care Act.[42][43]
In the House, Reed votes in line with President Donald Trump's position about 96.6% of the time, and was ranked as the 32nd most bipartisan member of the U.S. House of Representatives during the 114th United States Congress (and the seventh most bipartisan member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York) in the Bipartisan Index created by The Lugar Center and the McCourt School of Public Policy.[44] [45]
Reed sits on the House Way and Means Committee, which is in charge of tax legislation, and was one of only two House members from New York state (along with Chris Collins) to support the provision in 2017 Republican tax overhaul bill that eliminated the federal tax deduction for state income taxes. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo accused the two lawmakers as "the Benedict Arnolds of their time", claiming that the loss of the deduction would cost New York State taxpayers nearly $15 billion and do grave damage to the state.[46] Reed voted in favor of the bill.[47][48]
During early 2019, Reed became the first House Republican in the new Congress to support a House rules change package authored by Democrats. Becoming the first member to "break ranks for a full rules proposal" in 18 years, he argued, according to his spokesman, he "felt that real reforms were necessary that could actually bring legislation to the floor". The change intends to "lessen the sharp partisan divide in the House, in part by making it easier for rank-and-file members to bring their own bills onto the floor for a vote."[49]
On September 19, 2019, Reed suddenly lost consciousness for approximately 30 seconds while waiting to conduct a television interview. Reed was revived and hospitalized.[50]
Committee assignments
- United States House Committee on Ways and Means
Caucus membership
- Problem Solvers Caucus (Co-Chair)[51]
- Republican Study Committee[52]
- Republican Main Street Partnership[53]
- Natural Gas Caucus (Co-Chair)
- House Manufacturing Caucus (Co-Chair)
- Congressional Diabetes Caucus (Vice-Chair)
- Private Property Rights Caucus (Chairman/Founder)
- Bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus[54]
- Tuesday Group
- Congressional Constitution Caucus[55]
- Congressional NextGen 9-1-1 Caucus[56]
- Congressional Western Caucus[57]
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- ^ John Christensen, Mitrano, Reed in 'dead heat', Chronicle-Express (October 31, 2018).
- ^ "Biography | Congressman Tom Reed". Reed.house.gov. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
- ^ "Reed answers ethics question". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
- ^ a b Fang, Lee (October 31, 2018). "GOP Rep. Tom Reed Founded Medical Debt Collection Firm That Harasses His Own Constituents". The Intercept. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
- ^ "Reed ousts Coccho" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
- ^ "Mayor Reed announces challenge to Massa". Briefingroom.thehill.com. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
- ^ Reed announces candidacy for Congress, Jeffery Smith, Corning Leader, July 2, 2009
- ^ "Rep. Eric Massa to resign – John Bresnahan and Glenn Thrush". Politico.com. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
- ^ "Republicans zeroing in on Massa's seat in 2010". Stargazette.com. Archived from the original on August 3, 2009. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
- ^ "National Parties Pick Recruits To Topple Freshmen". Retrieved January 4, 2019.
- ^ "Reed wins twice in NY's 29th". The Evening Tribune. November 3, 2010. Archived from the original on June 29, 2013. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
- ^ "Congressman-elect Tom Reed "Resting Comfortably"". ABC News WHAM. November 16, 2010. Retrieved September 4, 2012.
- ^ "Redistricting will give Ithaca a new Congressional representative — Tom Reed or Nate Shinagawa". Ithaca.com. October 29, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
- ^ Ed Sutherland (June 17, 2012). "Shinagawa Leads Primary Democrats in Contributions". The Ithaca Independent. Archived from the original on July 4, 2013.
- ^ "Reed edges Shinagawa in 23rd District race". The Leader. November 7, 2012. Archived from the original on March 11, 2013. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
- ^ Zremski, Jerry (September 3, 2013). "Reed admits error in using campaign funds to pay Steuben County tax bill". Buffalo News. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
- ^ Seligman, Lara (August 29, 2013). "Lawmaker paid property taxes with campaign funds". The Hill. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
- ^ a b c d "New York's 23rd Congressional District elections, 2014". Ballotpedia. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
- ^ Simpson, Amy (April 21, 2016). "No Primary Opponent For Tom Reed". My Twin Tiers. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
- ^ Roby, John (November 9, 2016). "US CONGRESS: Reed wins re-election". Star Gazette. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
- ^ Miller, Rick (August 30, 2016). "Reed not concerned with fallout from Trump endorsement". Olean Times Herald. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
- ^ Phoebe Keller (March 16, 2016). "Congressman Tom Reed Endorses Donald Trump for President | The Cornell Daily Sun". Cornellsun.com. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
- ^ "Congressman Tom Reed Criticized For Endorsing Donald Trump", Cornell Sun, March 17, 2016, Accessed August 16, 2016]
- ^ "Reed maintains Trump support", The Leader (Corning, NY), August 8, 2016; accessed August 16, 2016.
- ^ a b c d "2016 New York House Election Results". Politico. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
- ^ "New York's 23rd Congressional District election, 2018". Ballotpedia. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
- ^ "Congressman Tom Reed Appointed To Judiciary Subcommittees". Reed.house.gov. January 20, 2011. Archived from the original on June 21, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
- ^ "News Items | House Committee on Rules". Rules.house.gov. June 13, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
- ^ "Rep. Reed to be next Ways and Means Committee member". TheHill. June 9, 2011. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
- ^ "CONGRESSMAN TOM REED NAMED TO COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS; Becomes only New York Republican on tax policy and trade committee". Reed.house.gov. June 14, 2011. Archived from the original on June 30, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
- ^ Zremski, Jerry (June 18, 2012). Reed leads campaign against waste. The Buffalo News; retrieved June 18, 2012.
- ^ Reed Votes For Extending Tax Breaks. WLEA (2010-12-17); retrieved 2010-12-17.
- ^ Sherwood, Julie. Reed tells why he voted to repeal health care law, Messenger-Post Newspapers; retrieved 2011-01-20.
- ^ "Reed to introduce bill to support welfare recipients", The Ripon Advance, 08-26-2013; retrieved 09-03-2013.
- ^ Harrison, Julie (September 25, 2013). "Reed introduces the Pay Our Veterans and Seniors First Act". The Ripon Advance. Archived from the original on December 2, 2013. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
- ^ "REP. REED WANTS VETERANS, SENIORS PROTECTED IF SHUTDOWN OCCURS (press release)". Office of U.S. Congressman Tom Reed. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
- ^ "Bill aims to enhance cancer research, end cancer by 2020". Ripon Advance. 2014-02-17 (Retrieved 2014-02-24)
- ^ "H.R.4719 – Summary". United States Congress. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ^ "CBO – H.R. 4719". Congressional Budget Office. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ^ Meyer, Kellie (May 27, 2014). "Reed Fighting Hunger Incentive Act". WENY. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
- ^ "How the House voted to pass the GOP health-care bill". Washington Post. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
- ^ Staff, CNN. "How every member voted on health care bill". CNN. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
- ^ The Lugar Center - McCourt School Bipartisan Index (PDF), The Lugar Center, March 7, 2016, retrieved April 30, 2017
- ^ Tracking Congress In The Age Of Trump: Tom Reed, FiveThirtyEight (last retrieved November 2, 2018).
- ^ Jerry Zremski "Reed and Collins revel in tax compromise that Cuomo and Schumer abhor", Buffalo News, November 1, 2017, Retrieved November 4, 2017
- ^ "H.R. 1: Tax Cuts and Jobs Act -- Senate Vote #303 -- Dec 2, 2017". GovTrack.us. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
- ^ Jagoda, Naomi (September 6, 2018). "House Republicans huddle on 'tax cuts 2.0'". TheHill. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
- ^ Ferris, Sarah. "GOP lawmaker blesses Democratic rules package". Politico. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
- ^ "Reed collapses in capital building". WNY News Now. September 19, 2019. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
- ^ Marcos, Cristina (February 3, 2017). "Lawmakers set up bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus for new Congress". TheHill. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
- ^ "Member List". Republican Study Committee. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
- ^ "Members". Republican Mains Street Partnership. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
- ^ "90 Current Climate Solutions Caucus Members". Citizen´s Climate Lobby. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
- ^ "Members". Congressional Constitution Caucus. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
- ^ "Members". Congressional NextGen 9-1-1 Caucus. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
- ^ "Members". Congressional Western Caucus. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
External links
- Congressman Tom Reed official U.S. House site
- Tom Reed for Congress
- Tom Reed at Curlie
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Profile at Vote Smart
- Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission
- Legislation sponsored at the Library of Congress
- Where does Tom Reed stand on the issues?, Star-Gazette; accessed May 4, 2017.
|U.S. House of Representatives
|Preceded by
Eric Massa
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 29th congressional district
|Constituency abolished
|Preceded by
Bill Owens
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 23rd congressional district
|U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)
|Preceded by
Tom Graves
| United States Representatives by seniority
|Succeeded by
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Survey: State medical boards identify telemedicine as top regulatory issue of 2016
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So, like a child with a new toy I was desperate to start quilting sooo I took my new quilting book and Christmas vouchers to the lovely local quilting shop this afternoon and had a long mooch round. I've decided to try the pattern below first, think this looks fairly beginner-friendly as there don't look to be too many scary stitches for me to measure and sew wrong. I'd love to have a go at one of the complex ones with lots of triangles but currently appreciate my novice skills so will be a little while before I'm attempting anything more complex than rectangles and squares.
So the the next challenge was to choose the colours. I was litterally in awe of the range of fabrics available. There was every shade and pattern type available from classic spots and stripes to cute teddies and even more modern abstracts in some alarming citrus shades.
I managed to take a brave step away from my comfort-zone of neutrals and purchased a rather patriotic red, white and blue jellyroll and some bright red for for the edging on the top. I'm sure this will brighten up any room.
I didn't choose the binding, stuffing or backing, I clearly had my "Beginner" badge on as the assistant assured me this would be more than enough to keep me busy for a while and I should head back in a few weeks to choose these fabrics.
I'm really excited to get started on this, so I'm looking forward to an evening of sewing bits of fabric together and pressing the seems (everyone tells me this is critical) very very soon.
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