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What to Expect When Adopting a New Dog
Adopting a dog can be a wonderful and challenging experience. The dog will be confused, excited, anxious, worried, fearful and/or elated. Here are a 9 tips to help you through the first month:
All Aboard!
Everyone in the family should be happy and willing to take on this new addition, complete with all his/her doggie baggage. And, there's likely to be at least a "carry-on".
Adding Another Dog
If you already have a family dog, ask if the adoption can be based on this dog getting along with your current dog...at your home. Having the dogs meet first in a neutral territory is good, but, you may get a totally different and inhospitable response at your home. Pick up all toys, chew items and food bowls before the new dog enters. You never know what will spark resource guarding between dogs.
In Transition
Treat the new dog like a guest. Give them several weeks to acclimate to your house and your habits and YOU! Try to be home as much as possible.
You Said She Was House Trained!
Pretend you just got a puppy and take them outside where you want them to relieve themselves, every few hours. You are building a new habit. Don't assume the dog will communicate in a recognizable fashion that they "gotta go!" They might not recognize where your doors and outdoor toilets are.
"Oh, That Was Your Favorite Shoe?"
Use Good Management. Example: Tether the dog to you via a long leash or use gates to other areas of the house. Don't allow them to wander your home without you, but do allow them to explore!
Protect the "escape artist".
You don't know anything about this dog. If there's a hole in your backyard fence, fix it. If there's a door that doesn't shut properly, fix it. Always have them on a leash or long line when you leave the house.
Write your phone number on your new dog's collar with a permanent Sharpie pen in case she escapes.
I Don't Need to Meet the Whole Neighborhood!
Keep things quiet for the first week. Don't invite several guests over and don't drag your dog around town introducing them to everyone. Give them a chance to feel secure in their new home.
I Bite When I'm Scared
Be very careful with strangers and children. You don't know for sure how comfortable this dog is with other people...no matter how friendly they are with you.
Cut Them Some Slack!
Don't dive right into a strict obedience regimen. Spend as much time as you can with your new family member, getting to know who they are and what they know. This dog has her own personality. Don't expect her to be a carbon copy of your last dog. Wait a month before you enroll in a training class.
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Nicolas - Pour Moi... de l'eau
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A pochoir print from an amazing series to promote the French wine distributor, Nicolas. Nectar (their official mascot) plays a dumbfounded waiter, shocked that the gentleman is ordering water not wine! Even the young women, hiding behind her menu, seems to be embarrassed! Find more in the series in our Small Food and Wine Section.
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A happy and colorful spin on the classic watermelon theme for helmet babies has arrived! NEW and ORIGINAL Multicolor Just Fixing My Melon Watermelon Design for Baby Girl Plagiocephaly Docband. Helmet Not Included. Beware of Imitations by copycat shops.
Decorate your baby's plagiocephaly helmet (ex: DOC Band, Cranial Band, Star Band ) with stylish, durable adhesive vinyl decals, complete with custom name! This listing is for one custom name and a variety of watermelon themed elements, such as pictured: Multicolor watermelon slices, multicolor seed pairs, "Just fixing my melon" text, and a smiley face. Helmet not included. *Please note: Only decal sets featured on a painted helmet were designed for use with paint. Painting is not recommended for decal designs featured on an unpainted white helmet (or blue or pink starband).*
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I love the album cover for the US release of the Temptin' Temptations LP. The more I look at it, the more I ask myself, "Was Motown trying to make a statement, political or otherwise?"
I love the album cover for the US release of the Temptin' Temptations LP. The more I look at it, the more I ask myself, "Was Motown trying to make a statement, political or otherwise?"
What statement?
As the Temptin' Temptations is among my favorite Temptations albums, essentially because it is telling nothing than back-to-back-to-back good music, happy music, danceable good-times music, feel-good music. A mini-Greatest Hits album of sorts (other than "The Way You Do The Things You Do" and "My Girl", which was in "Sings Smokey" album) with a cover of the Tempts, other than Eddie's "serious" pose, but I suppose no member, unless the group is the Four Tops, makes the same pose than the other, posing comfortably. Why, just look at happy Otis and Melvin! "Simply Temptations", posing for the camera, for all I know the background just a white screen.
And that would be enough, for the purpose of if there was a political statement to make, I'd interpret it, as during a time period when by then integration was just gradually progressing, a few years prior, paintings of whites had to cover many black acts' records to sell, be on the displaying end of the stack of white households, The male pop-soul crossover act, has arrived.
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yeah - what are you proposing was the statement they/motown was trying to make?
Motown as NOT known for making statements, at least during this period of their history. For instance, they still used cartoons and non-group pics on album covers as late as 1966. The Isley album "This old heart of mine" has a pic of white people on the cover. and the '66 Elgin's album didn't have their pic on it either.
Love Child was one of the first "statements" made by motown. As was DRATS revised Somewhere, where they acknowledged Dr King. You also had Stevie making Heaven Help Us All in 70, Friendship Train in 69, Cloud Nine and other Tempts songs in 68 and 69.
Haaaaaaaaaa...not only is[temptin]my favorite temps lp,it is also my favorite album jacket,as for statement not in[1965]the only thing controversial about it as otis stated was that they didn't wear white shoes...temptations forever!!!
^ lolol was just getting ready to mention that too. recently was flipping through his book and he laughed about that. it is a bit jarring to see the dark shows lolol
he also talks about some wild purple suits Eddie convinced the group to wear. Otis described them as "pimp purple" lol and was sure they'd look awful. but when they went out on stage the audience loved it
anyone have a pic of the purple suits?
That last paragraph was what I was thinking. I know that Motown wasn't known for making political statements, or any statements in general that might be controversial or anything of the sort until a bit later. That cover just stands out to me because of the simple background.
Such a great album and album cover!!!
Guys, I have to admit that my mind does wander and at times goes to places no other has gone before, lol. This seems to be one of those times.
One of the few times Esther (Gordy) Edwards got it right.
Think about it. 1965. Today, no big deal. Or, think about how many nineties "boy bands" made those same kind of poses in the nineties.
But, back to 65' - The rest of the main male soul groups at the time - the Impressions - already by then, mixing 50/50 politics / gospel - and Motown's Miracles and Four Tops - already groomed for more mature tastes.
But the Temptations - lookin' relaxed, friendly and "non-threatening", as I believe that was the term to image those white pop boys for teenage girls' screams and money - for the young ladies.
1965 - Temptations - The major African American pop-soul boy band in a time when their albums finally probably made it to many, black, white, ect, girls' rooms.
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I don't see any particular statement in the front cover of the Temptin' Temptations LP. Most of Motown's album covers from the '60s were about making the artist(s) look appealing (and non-threatening) to a mass audience.
As in the Isleys This Old Heart of Mine?!
The only thing I would change about this album cover would have been to remove all the song titles from the front and have them on the back only. Also include the Gordy record label logo on the front.
This could be a trivia question,but i'm gonna give this one away because there is a significant thing about this album cover,what is it....it's the last time the temps appear on an album with all wearing processes,paul and eddie started wearing their hair natural shortly after.
Yep,sam was da man..i think that the great jerry butler said that after a conversation with sam,he stopped conking too.
There was a barber shop at the corner next to the howard,and once we saw billy stewart getting his conk on.
Forget the Gordy logo. Stick a UK Tamla Motown one on instead.
When it comes to LP covers like that one, Motown hid the Blackness of their artists and trying to get the albums stocked in the South & Middle America. While Motown did not do this with all of their LP covers during the '60s, The Isley Bros. This Old Heart Of Mine cover is an example of this type of masking.
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Isaac Oliver(circa 1565-1617), Miniature painter
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Oliver was born in Rouen and came to England with his family as a Huguenot refugee. He learnt the art of miniature painting from Nicholas Hilliard but unlike Hilliard, and as a result of his understanding of continental art, he used light and shade (chiaroscuro) to develop a softer, more illusionistic style. Oliver was appointed miniaturist to Anne of Denmark, wife of James I, and later to their eldest son Henry, Prince of Wales.
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by Robert de Baudous, published by Hendrik Hondius (Hond)
line engraving, circa 1610
by John Sebastian Miller (formerly Johann Sebastian Müller), after Isaac Oliver
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by John Girtin
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by Robert Cooper
line and stipple engraving, 1826
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East Aurora Wins First NYS Tournament Game in School History
After winning their first Sectional Title in school history, East Aurora can now add their first NYS Tournament win to their list of achievements. East Aurora fought back from a 4-0 deficit to defeat Geneva 8-6. The Blue Devils scored 7 of the last 8 goals to secure the victory. They held the Panthers scoreless for twenty-one minutes spanning the second, third and fourth quarters. The Blue Devils were led in scoring by Drew Kenney with 4a. Jack Rogers was the only other Blue Devil to score more than one point (2g). Geneva goalie Brandon Wayne finished with 11 saves in the contest, including six in the final quarter.
Geneva led off strong and scored the first four goals. They held the Blue Devils scoreless in the first quarter and for the first twenty minutes. The opening goal was scored by Curtis Denison with an assist from Nick Askin. Denison scored with a shot from the right flat. The second goal was scored only forty seconds later with a feed from behind by Aiden Eighmey to Dugan Doeblin. Doeblin also scored the third goal with a tight cross-crease feed from Sam Miller. Miller finished with 2g-1a to lead his team. The fourth goal of the quarter was scored by Miller with a fast-break feed from Eighmey. The Panthers led 4-0 after 12 minutes.
In the second, neither team scored for eight minutes. The Blue Devils broke their scoring streak with 4:20 remaining in the second quarter with a goal from Cal Klube with an assist from Kenney. The Panther's fifth goal was another goal from Miller with a dodge straight from the top. The Blue Devils scored two goals to finish out the half and pull within two. Logan Darymple and Rogers scored for East Aurora (5-3 Geneva).
In the third quarter, East Aurora added three more goals and held the Panthers scoreless. Tage Hoag scored with a feed from behind the crease from Kenney. Hoag's shot came from the high center restraining line. Aiden Vergien scored the next goal on the second effort. After Geneva's defense knocked the ball to the turf, he came up with the loose ball on the crease and finished into the back of the net. The third goal was scored by Rogers with a feed from behind the cage by Kenney. Rogers' shot came from the left flat. The Blue Devils led 6-5 after three quarters.
In the fourth quarter, East Aurora scored the opening goal with Connor Boss scoring with an outside shot from the top center. The final Panther goal was scored by Denison with a dodge along the right wing with 6:27 left on the clock. Although the Panthers had chances at the cage late in the fourth, they could not capitalize and put one into the back of the net. After a timeout with 1:01 remaining, East Aurora's Brock Roldan took the ball straight to the cage and scored their last with 1:03 remaining on the clock.
The Blue Devils move on to play Jamesville-Dewitt (who defeated Owego 17-3) in the NYS Semi-Finals on Wednesday at CNS, beginning at 4:00.


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Silver medallist at the New York Festivals, this Encounter finds Johann Sebastian in his upstairs apartment at St Thomas' School, a 'cantata factory.' Seemingly oblivious to beasts in the town square, students in the corridors, and at least eight offspring at home, he produced the world's greatest music.
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In the years before organs and robed choirs came to dominate Anglican worship in the 19th century, there was another tradition of sacred music known as west gallery music. This was the music of the gallery bands found in English parish churches of the late 18th century. It was a grass roots music played by local parishioners in the western galleries of their churches using instruments like bassoons, cellos, flutes, serpents and vamp-horns. There was an enormous repertoire of west gallery music, most of it now forgotten, but it deserves to be better known in Australia where it was amongst the first church music of the fledgling colony. These are the sacred songs that built a nation.
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What is the common voice which religions can bring to the big global concerns? Do the various religions share a core ethic, and if so, how does that relate to their distinctive beliefs, sense of identity and understanding of 'the other'? The Parliament of the World Religions, which met in Melbourne this month, provided some interesting windows in to those debates.
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Wendy Barnaby travels to Ireland to investigate some of the many issues arising from this year's Ryan Report. The Report is about conditions suffered by children in institutions between the 1930's and the 1990's. The twenty institutions examined were part of a larger system established by the State but run by Catholic orders.
Biblical Hebrew is an enigmatic language. According to Jewish tradition it's the Holy Tongue, employed by God when he spoke the world into being. So how has the language of Torah shaped Jewish thought - and what does it say today, to Jews and non-Jews alike?
As the global financial crisis reverberates, this week Encounter explores how the seven deadly sins have been responsible for the collapse of many big businesses. What are the ethical frameworks some CEOs and educators are advocating now to form socially and environmentally responsible corporations?
In December the Parliament of the World's Religions is coming to Australia. It's a sort of interfaith Olympics, with thousands of people representing all the worlds myriad religious faiths expected to gather in Melbourne - under the sponsorship of the Victorian Government. In Encounter Nasya Bahfen finds out about the Parliament, and tests her prejudices about the whole interfaith project.
This Encounter is about the importance of sensitive communication with cancer patients and their families. The program features Brisbane psychiatrist Dr Jane Turner and her cutting edge educational work with nurses in cancer wards. We also hear from men and women who are experiencing cancer for themselves or their loved ones. Their stories give grief the words to support the 'o'er-fraught heart'.
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It's not a long story, but it's a large story.
A five-paragraph, 162-word article ("Driver flees police, crashes into traffic") on the inside of Tuesday's Compass encapsulates one of the broadest and most unwelcome trends threatening the societal tranquility of our beloved Cayman Islands.
Let us review the purported time line of the Sunday motor vehicle collisions (yes, plural) that injured two people. (Keep in mind that, at this point, the following are as-yet-unproven allegations but come from a police report):
A 28-year-old George Town man was driving while intoxicated
He was involved in a minor collision with another vehicle
Instead of stopping to deal with the consequences of his behavior, he reportedly left the scene of the accident
When police, with blue lights flashing, pursued the man, he did not stop his vehicle
Nor did he stop for a police roadblock set up in the area specifically to curb drunk driving and other anti-social activities in the eastern districts
Instead, (perhaps in a poor imitation of Burt Reynolds in "Smokey and the Bandit" or James Mitchum in "Moonrunners") the driver veered into oncoming traffic, where his car collided with another vehicle and then crashed into the bushes on the side of the road
The driver then emerged from the damaged vehicle and led police on a foot chase before he was finally apprehended.
Allegations of drunk driving, leaving the scene of an accident, eluding police (twice), fleeing the scene of yet another accident, and again attempting to run from police. All on what should have been a quiet Sunday afternoon.
Each step of this alleged behavior is demarcated by a lack of regard for police, for public safety and for social norms.
The above is the most recent example of a disturbing spate of disrespectful behavior and outright attacks on Cayman police. Fleeing the scene of an accident, refusing to comply with (or physically resisting) police instructions has become troublingly common.
Earlier this month a man had the audacity to record himself berating, viciously and with inappropriate language, police officers at a checkpoint.
The video spread like wildfire on social media.
In May, two officers were viciously attacked by a suspect in a burglary arrest. In January, officers were attacked or injured three times in three days while arresting suspects.
Respect for police authority, and for one's fellow man, is a cornerstone of a civil society. These anti-social behaviors are increasingly being displayed by young and old, from every walk of life.
It is evident in the hundred small incivilities we witness on our roadways every day, in the forms of aggressive driving, blatantly illegal motorbikes, shouted curses and blaring horns. We are witnessing a slow coarsening of our society, and we need to reverse it.
As humans, we each have within us the power to do good or to cause great harm, to choose actions that strengthen the social fabric or cause it to fray.
Unfortunately, it is our police, as first responders, who must deal with those who choose the latter. Current means and methods employed by the police, prosecutors and the courts are not keeping pace with the increasingly uncivil behavior we are witnessing.
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A new indoor playspace for kids is opening on the east side this fall.
Indoor playground Wild Katz is expected to open by November at 4629 E. Speedway in the Mission Plaza at North Swan Road.
Designed for children from 6 months to early teens, Wild Katz will have climbing walls, obstacle courses, toddler slides and a ball blaster arena with spiral slides and tunnels with seating areas for parents to keep an eye on the kiddos.
There will be a centrally located, old-fashioned soda fountain with ice cream, television sets, massage chairs and couches.
"The parent is our true client," says owner Jenni Gardner.
Six party rooms, themed as a different cat — tiger, jaguar, leopard, cheetah, bobcat and lynx — will be available for 90-minute rentals that include use of the playground.
Prices are being calculated and will be posted on wldktz.com as the opening nears.
It was during a visit to an indoor playground last year that the mother of four got the idea of replicating the concept.
"I sat there and thought, 'How does Tucson not have one of these?'" Gardner said. "I couldn't stop thinking about it."
Looking for space in central Tucson, her broker showed her the 15,562-square-foot space that was once occupied by Hibachi Super Buffet.
"It looked like they had left mid-shift," Gardner laughed. "There were plates, napkins and soy sauce everywhere."
The space is now cleaned up and ready for equipment to be installed.


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A Theory of Film Music. Hollywood Scores & Soundtracks: What Do They Sound Like? Do They Sound Like Things?? Let's Find Out! The Marvel Symphonic Universe. Modal Interchange.
Directors talking about Composers. What are the greatest film scores of all time? David Lynch and the Independent Filmmaker. Room to Dream: David Lynch and the Independent Filmmaker features original interviews with acclaimed director David Lynch.
See and hear how Lynch brings his unique vision to the screen with technologies that are now within easier reach for independent filmmakers. Interspersed with behind-the-scenes footage from a recent project, Lynch muses on the art of filmmaking, offers wisdom to aspiring filmmakers, and shows you the power of today's tools to give you Room to Dream. When David Lynch isn't making films, he looks to spend a lot of time into talking about making films. Every other day there seems to be a new documentary/featurette cropping up where Lynch talks about filmmaking and how beautifully poetic it is. As far as we're concerned, he can just keep doing that. Epic Trailer Music Composer Yoav Goren (Immediate Music) The SoundWorks Collection talks with Composer Yoav Goren in his Santa Monica studio to explore the exciting and creative process of epic trailer music composing and producing.
About Yoav Goren: Born in Israel and raised in New York City, Goren was born into a family of artists that includes a sculptor, painter, and filmmaker. Encouraged early to study piano, he was heavily influenced first by classical composers, and then by the Beatles and film composers Ennio Morricone, Jerry Goldsmith and John Barry. He started composing during his studies at NYU, where he graduated with a BA in Film and Television Production. From Wax to Bits: Dynamics of the Film Sound Medium. Photo by flickr user Carbon Arc, and used under Creative Commons license.
As dynamics month comes to a close, I thought it would be fun to talk about the evolution of film sound mediums and how they impact dynamics. Since the widespread introduction of sync sound to films in the early 20th century, the technologies involved have changed quite dramatically. From experiments with wax cylinders and phonographs to magnetic tape and Dolby Digital, each evolution in sound technology improved fidelity and dynamics, giving sound designers greater power in creating artificial worlds and engaging the audience. The Early Years Almost as soon as motion pictures were introduced in the late 1800s, inventors and artists the world over began searching for a way of synchronizing sound with the images.
Although impressive for the day, Dickson's film showcases some of the initial problems with sound for picture. Unfortunately Vitaphone, like many other sound-on-disc systems, had some sync issues.
HISS and a ROAR 3rd birthday: interview with Tim Prebble. From today Tim launches a sale for HISS and a ROAR, offering a massive 50% discount for first week and 33% for second week.
Use the discount code: MEOW. Good luck! Hi Tim, thanks for taking the time to talk to me. It's the 2nd time we meet here: you were our first interview in english. Sound Design Tutorial For Film: Audio & Pre-Production. The Sound and Music of Oblivion. Synopsis Tom Cruise stars in Oblivion, an original and groundbreaking cinematic event from the visionary director of TRON: Legacy and producers of Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
On a spectacular future Earth that has evolved beyond recognition, one man's confrontation with the past will lead him on a journey of redemption and discovery as he battles to save mankind. 2077: Jack Harper (Cruise) serves as a security repairmen stationed on an evacuated Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying alien threat who still scavenges what's left of our planet, Jack's mission is almost complete. The simple education of Sound Design for Film. I still have impressed in my mind (and ears) when I followed the class of Electronic Music by prof.
Lelio Camilleri, in which we learnt the basic concepts of Michel Chion's audio vision just watching (and listening) some of the most memorable scenes from 2001: A Space Odyssey, with and without Sound. Good old times.
Dialog. Movies. Foley. Sound Designers. Custom Built Orchestra on Behance. In an Unlikely Echo Chamber, Lucasfilm Captures a Cinematic Gunshot. Photo: Ariel Zambelich/Wired Photo: Ariel Zambelich/Wired Inside the eastern span of the new Bay Bridge.A view of the outside, including an 80-foot column that descends below sea level.The team enters the bridge.Into the pillar.Each section has a distinct code.Burtt balances above an open trap door.Prepping the mid-side mic.Watch where you point that thing.Bang.Below sea level, the water seeps in through thick concrete.
The trek to the bottom of Bay Bridge pillar number 7 (westbound) starts down a ladder below a squeaky metal trap door, continues downwards 80 feet or so on narrow metal stairs sandwiched in a column tight enough to touch either side at once, and ends by passing through a crawl space in about 3 inches of salt water. Once there, in a round concrete chasm, sunk beneath the San Francisco Bay, there's enough room to stand up, which is what Benny Burtt does. Skywalker Sound.


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CHESTER CITY have been suspended from the Football Conference for seven days after failing to fulfil two of their fixtures.
The club were unable to field a team for Tuesday's clash at Forest Green after unpaid players refused to get on the team bus.
They were also forced to postpone this Sunday's derby clash with Wrexham because the local authority issued a prohibition notice on the Deva Stadium after police refused to man the game over an unpaid bill.
They will now meet with the Football Conference on Thursday, February 18 to answer questions about failing to fulfil those fixtures and to prove that such a situation will not arise again in the future.
Chester's managing director Bob Gray told Sky Sports News: "It's good news for the fans as they still have a football club.
"There are investors out there who are still interested in taking over the club, or being part of the football club through investment.
"It's not all doom and gloom. We have to fight hard to keep this club going.
"What we'd like is that if the investors come through in the next seven days then the fans can support the football club as well.
"We will fight hammer and tongs with the conference next week and hopefully continue to play football, which is all we have ever wanted to do."
Chester will also not fulfil next Wednesday's clash with Kidderminster as a result of the suspension.
They were handed a 25-point penalty after falling into administration last summer and currently lie 31 points adrift of safety.
They faced a winding-up order from Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs last month but were handed a 42-day adjournment, and the club was also put up for sale for £1.


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Michelle Obama signs 'Becoming' copies on book's anniversary
Former first lady Michelle Obama greets people as they buy signed copies of her book, "Becoming," Monday Nov. 18, 2019, at Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Darlene Superville, The Associated Press
Published Tuesday, November 19, 2019 9:52AM EST
Last Updated Tuesday, November 19, 2019 9:55AM EST
WASHINGTON - Michelle Obama marked one year since publication of her bestselling memoir at a book signing in the nation's capital Monday.
"It's so good to meet you," the former first lady told patrons as she signed copies of "Becoming" at a Washington, D.C., bookstore.
More than 11.5 million copies of the memoir have been sold worldwide since it was first published in November 2018.
Mrs. Obama then embarked on a rock-star-style tour of more than 30 cities in the U.S., Canada and Europe to promote the book.
Patrons did not seem to mind the hours-long wait outside in the November chill before they were ushered inside the bookstore.
Behind a black curtain, Mrs. Obama sat at a table. The shelves behind her were stacked with copies of "Becoming," along with an accompanying journal being released Tuesday.
"She looks so much younger than I thought," one man was overheard saying as he waited in line.
"She looks beautiful," exclaimed a woman. "Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh," gushed another woman in line.
Rosalind Myers, an attorney from Rockville, Maryland, told those still waiting outside as she left the store that "it's worth the wait."
Myers said she had missed two previous opportunities to see Mrs. Obama at her book events. But on Monday, Myers was 26th in line.
"She took the time to look me in the eye, to shake my hand," Myers said. "She's a beautiful woman inside and out."
In "Becoming," Mrs. Obama tells the story of her upbringing on the South Side of Chicago, her academic and professional careers as an attorney and health care executive, her marriage to Barack Obama, their daughters Malia and Sasha, the 2008 presidential campaign and the election that made them the first black U.S. president and first lady.


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Explain, the Newcastle-based market research and insights agency, has welcomed three new recruits.
Armed with a BSC (Hons) in criminology and sociology and an MA in applied policy research, Kat Allen joins Explain as a market research executive and will be working in a team that manages both qualitative and quantitative projects.
With particular experience in service improvement from four years at Northumbria Police, Kat will manage some of Explain's largest clients in specialist sectors such as social housing, where her expertise for data analysis and survey design will be well utilised.
In addition to quantitative projects, Kat is also looking forward to expanding her skills and experience into qualitative research methods, such as the facilitation of discussion groups.
Joining as market research assistants are Rhonda Winskill and Michael Spink who will assist across both qualitative and quantitative teams. With a degree in geography from Dundee University, Rhonda is ideally suited to begin her career at Explain and is eager to build upon her skills in research, with a particular interest in qualitative methodologies.
Michael joins Explain for a 12-month placement as part of his university degree. Studying business management at Newcastle University, he was keen to supplement his studies by gaining a broad range of experience across the business in preparation for his final year dissertation.
Emma Hopkins, Explain research director, said: "Our new recruits are the perfect additions to the Explain team and join us at an exciting time.
"We have just relaunched our new-look online communities product, Explain Communities, embarked upon our collaboration with North East=based business REALRIDER® and have a new market-leading product launch on the horizon. There is plenty for our new recruits to be getting stuck into!"


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here you will find nails by me, and ones i find online and lovee!
Basically, its updated wayy more frequently, because not all the designs are my own, and you can get so much more inspiration for your own nails!
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FitGems Nation: Let's kick this off by telling us a bit about yourself.
Amy Yastremski: I am a 30yr old ER nurse with a 3yr daughter, and have been married to my husband Jeff since Oct 2007.
FitGems: When did you first start competing?
Amy: I started training for my first competition, the NPC Mid-Atlantic Classic in the summer of 2010
FitGems: What is your strategy when you head to the gym? Is it mostly weight-training, mostly cardio, a balanced mixture of the two, or something else?
Amy: I do all weight training. I hate cardio!! Any cardio that I do is at home on the treadmill
FitGems: Due to your muscularity, has anyone mistaken you for being in something OTHER than physique competitions (MMA fighter, boxer, pro wrestler, track and field runner, etc?)
Amy: No, I have not had anyone think that. Usually people just say "you must workout", and that is when I explain to them about competing in the figure class.
FitGems: With women's physique and bikini now part of the NPC and IFBB, do you feel that there's now a division for every female who wants to compete?
Amy: Definitely. I think that the new physique and bikini divisions allow for a greater variety of female athletes to compete.
FitGems: Along those same lines, where do you personally see the direction of figure in the long haul? Do you think it will remain in a "soft" state where there are those that say that it's dangerously close to drawing a line between figure and bikini, or do you see it going back to a somewhat harder look, like when Davana Medina was queen of figure during its birth?
Amy: The shows that I have been a part of have leaned towards a harder look, but I would like it to remain "soft". I would rather the physique and figure classes look similar, than the bikini and figure classes.
FitGems: If you weren't a part of the female physique world, what would you be doing right now as your profession?
Amy: I do work as a nurse in the ER full time. Competing is only a hobby at this point. I like the idea of having competitions be for "fun" right now.
FitGems: What (if anything) would you change about any of the IFBB female divisions?
Amy: I again have only just started competing, but I would like to see the figure division be on the softer side, physique be in the middle, and bodybuilding division obviously have the hard look. I wonder were to draw the line between figure and bodybuilding.
FitGems: Which competitor (past or present) you look up to the most for your inspiration?
Amy: My trainer Kisha Wilson, and Quincy Roberts have been instrumental in getting me to were I am today.
FitGems: What are your future plans heading into 2011 and beyond, and where do you see your career after you're done competing?
Amy: I am looking forward to competing in my first national show in the summer of 2011, and would like to obviously earn my pro card. I would love to be able to do some fitness modeling, and one day make the cover of Oxygen Magazine, or any of the other fitness magazines. I just want to enjoy myself.
For more on Amy, visit her website at www.amyyaz.com, And search for "Amy Yastremski Figure Competitior fan page" on Facebook. We wish you best of luck in future competitions, Amy!!


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Faster Faster –
Oct. 7, 2018 – Its authors say the findings could be a 'public health warning' and that junk food, lack of exercise and pollution may be fuelling the crisis. Only last year experts warned that the human species could face extinction, after it emerged that the average sperm count in Western countries had more than halved in a generation. The new findings are to be presented this week at the annual meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine in Denver, Colorado.


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Twilight's List by kits
Let Me Tell You About the Hole in My Face by Slavoj Zizek
Madmax x Pacce by roygbiv
A Real Baked Bad by Propellerface
Cancelled by Lucky Roll
The Truth Hurts by Metool Bard
Bloody 'Ell by TaviTwoHooves
Rainbow Rocks by Twinkletail
Twilight's List by kits
Twilight and Rainbow Dash
Romance; 49k words; Apr 2012; Teen
Twilight Sparkle must go on a date to complete her ListIronically, given my intro to PR 82, kits seems to have left the fandom during S4, with "Bats!" being the final straw. Still, they left us this enjoyable TwiDash shipfic. It's considerably longer than it really needs to be, so you'll need a fair degree of tolerance for rambliness. There's the odd nice bit of worldbuilding, though, and a less clichéd ending than in most shipfics. It would have been better at half the length, but it's still worth a look. ★★★
Let Me Tell You About the Hole in My Face by Slavoj Zizek
Dark; 1k words; May 2014; Teen
Applejack tells you her only secret. It is about a hole. The hole in her face. The breathing, living hole in her face. (Inspired by the cover image and a recurring dream)Slavoj Žižek is a Slovenian philosopher – and, it seems, a writer of interesting ponyfic. This would justify a [Horror] tag now, actually. The story is told by Applejack, and is creepy as all hay. Don't go into this because it's short and you want something light and fluffy, because this ain't it. Full of uncomfortable symbolism, a lot of which is explained in the story's comments if you don't get it. (I didn't get everything myself.) For the second time in two weeks, I'm four-starring a remarkable story on the grounds that I didn't enjoy it very much. You should read it, though. Just not late at night. ★★★★
Madmax x Pacce by roygbiv
Big Mac [and OCs]
Comedy/Random/Romance; 2k words; Jan 2015 [on Fimf; it's actually much older]; Teen (Sex)
Written back between S1 & S2, this story is of two OCs meeting on 4chan...This made EQD way back when, but... remember Ponies Discover /co/ (PR 45)? Like that, only even less comprehensible to anyone who wasn't there. Me, for example. ★
A Real Baked Bad by Propellerface
Twilight and Pinkie Pie
Comedy/Dark; 1k words; Nov 2015; Teen
Pinkie ruins Twilight's morning with culinary shenanigans.Given that description, I was terrified that this would end up being some sort of Cupcakes clone. Thankfully, it isn't. There's some mild amusement to be had here, and a couple of nice Twilight moments. Don't expect especially close adherence to canon, though, especially with the ending (which I don't care for). ★★
Cancelled by Lucky Roll
Celestia and Mane Six
Human/Random; 5k words; Feb–Jul 2012; Everyone
Your worst nightmare is coming true: Hasbro cancels My Little Pony. Why would they do such a thing?! //Written for the February Write Off//You'd think this would be terrible, wouldn't you? Amazingly, it isn't. There are certainly some bad bits (the ending is weak, Pinkie doesn't have a job, etc), but there are also a few genuinely amusing sections. Most of all, this isn't just the tale of a bunch of bronies whining about the Hasbureaucracy. In that, at least, it exceeded my expectations. ★★
The Truth Hurts by Metool Bard
Lightning Dust and Others
Dark/Sad/Slice of Life; 5k words; Oct 2015; Everyone
Haymaker teaches Lightning Dust a lesson the only way she'll understand.Haymaker is Lightning Dust's trainer in this short but decent story, and he's distinctly unimpressed by her victim complex. He's even less impressed when Wind Rider shows up and tries to befriend LD. Nothing too deep here, and a few small technical problems, but it's quite a good time-passer about a pony we could do with seeing in the show again one day. ★★★
Bloody 'Ell by TaviTwoHooves
Twilight, Spike and Mane Six
Comedy/Random; 1k words; Sep 2014; Teen
Twilight's latest spell takes a turn for the worst! It seems her nationality changed!According to the author, "not one of [their] best ones". That's a relief, as this is pretty forgettable stuff, and it has some annoying dialogue punctuation errors to boot. I'd advise the author to read Asterix in Britain, a book that shows how to do British stereotypes really well. ★
Rainbow Rocks by Twinkletail
Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie and Maud Pie
Comedy/Romance/Slice of Life; 12k words; Jun 2014; Everyone
Rainbow Dash and Maud Pie couldn't be much more different. Now they're stuck as each other.Twilight does a body/mind swap between Rainbow and Maud – but in her absence, they can't change back. A tad on the waffly side, and things do get a little confusing at times, but it's something a bit different from the usual shipfics. I can't say it gripped me, but those who like low-stakes romance with a bit of comedy thrown in might enjoy this. ★★
Next time on Ponyfic Roundup, stories reviewed will include Kwakerjak's Petriculture and JMac's Quizzical.


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Today is the big day for Func with the release of their first gaming headset, the gorgeous HS-260. The headset follws the much-anticipated product launches from Func's 1030² Series and hits the market alongside their first mechanical keyboard, the KB-460.
Func are brand new to the gaming peripherals market and while they are a completely new company they are in fact the gaming division of PSU and chassis manufacturer Fractal Designs, albeit a team that is doing their own thing, completely separate from the Fractal brand, but still willing to bring every bit of design, style and build quality that their component brand is famed for.
"The HS-260 has been designed to help you through long gaming sessions with comfortable, breathable ear cups and an extremely accurate sound image. The closed ear cup design blocks background noise allowing you to stay focused on your game, while the intuitive controls are located on the ear cup for easy access allowing you to keep your eyes focused on the screen, eliminating distractions. The added features of the removable microphone and detachable cord solution ensure that you have a well-rounded, multi-functional gaming headset." said Func in today's press release.
At a price of $79.95 / £59.99 the headset is entering a fiercely competitive sector of the market, where it will be going head to head with many great offerings from rival brands, so it will be interesting to see how well the new brand competes with more established names. As you can see from the specification below, the HS-260 packs big and powerful drivers, an extra long cable and a perfectly respectable price tag. Even better for you all is that we've already got the headset in the eTeknix office, it has been reviewed and you should keep a keen eye on the site for the review later today!
Technical Specifications
- Driver: 50mm, tuned and paired
- Acoustic construction: Closed
- Frequency response: 20-20 000 Hz
- Impedance: 32 Ω
- Cable length: 3m
- Connection: 2 x 3.5m
- Product Information
- Func HS-260 MSRP $ 79,95
We look forward to telling you all more about this headset very shortly and of course checking out what else the Func brand has to offer throughout 2014. For more information, head on over to the official site here.
Thank you Func for providing us with this information.
Images courtesy of Func.


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An article by Noah Forrest "Hey Noah, when the hell are you going to stop writing so many damn articles about fruit beer!?" Well, maybe I'll stop when fruit stops tasting so damn delicious! Alright, so no one has actually asked me that question, but I'm sure some people have thought about it. But I'm […]
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"Yeah, I guess we were okay" Augh, artists.
Next update will be JUNE 30, which I'm SO bummed about btw. My timing couldn't have been worse.
You have no idea how much I've been wanting to draw the band characters in action! XD I wish I could get the next update to you right NOW! But I need the extra week because of summer class stuff, vending at an event, and working on pages for a comic anthology. Lots to do these next few weeks. Bleh.


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PSL is known as the Pakistan Super League and it is one of the leading T20 competitions. There were lots of problems in playing with PSL and yet they successfully overcome all the risks and going to make it a successful event. The hard work of PSL management has finally paid off and this year it is going to happen in different grounds of Pakistan itself. The psl 2020 schedule and time has formulated and released the Pakistan Cricket Association board of council. The teams of PSL 2020 are listed below:
- Islamabad United
- Karachi Kings
- Quetta Gladiators
- Lahore Qalandars
- Peshawar Zalmi
- Multan Sultans
The players list also has been announced and it includes players from England, Australia, South Africa and other leading cricket nations. The psl 2020 schedule and time has released and is scheduled to play at 4 grounds and thirty four matches are being played totally. 36 foreign players are going to participate in this super league and many young generation players are going to get participated and ready to show their talents in their home town. This PSL is considered as the best opportunity for the youngsters to take part in these matches and impress the selectors and make a spot in the National team.
The opening ceremony is conducted with many events and the National stadium in Karachi will host this opening ceremony. The PSL 2020 starts on February 20th with a grand opening ceremony at the National stadium around 7 PM. After the opening ceremony the match is going to start at 8PM at National Stadium, Pakistan. Most of the young players have got the opportunity that is going to lead by the main players of the team Pakistan. Every team will compete with the other teams twice and based on the number of wins and points, they will be qualified for the finals.


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Full tabs for the YouGov/Sun on Sunday poll are now up here. The slightly larger sample than usual was to make sure they had a good sub-sample of Sun readers, which the Sun used in yesterday's analysis of the poll to look at what their own readers thought. The Express, however, has decided to report the Sun reader crossbreak as a national poll – obviously it wins the coveted UKPR crap media reporting of polls award. Just to be crystal clear UKIP are not in second place in this poll. The headline figures for this poll were CON 33%, LAB 34%, LDEM 8%, UKIP 15%. The figures quoted in the Express relate only to respondents who read the Sun.
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A lovely response & remark.
Your experience brings to mind a similar incident -with a different outcome.
My daughter was trying to negotiate a vehicle parked on the pavement. She steered her wheelchair into the road to do so, whereupon, a smartly dressed & well spoken young man insisted on "helping" her back onto the pavement.
He then ripped her handbag from around her neck & walked off with it.
Stereotypes eh !
"Also I tend to find these stories take longer than a weekend to affect polls anyway. In fact as Anthony keeps saying there are very few things that noticeably affect polls- the rest is a gradual drip drip."
I'm not sure that I agree with you there, although it may well be a point that is almost impossible to either disprove or prove (they tend to be very effective points of argument too!!). However, thinking about it rationally, wouldn't an event like a top level political resignation and/or sensational by-election result have an immediate short-term polling effect rather than a drip-drip delayed one? I can't quite get my mind around a voter who mulls over such things before making their mind up. Surely it's much more knee-jerk and visceral than that, isn't it?
I seem to remember our old mate Cleggy having an immediate effect on the polls after his barnstorming first TV leaders debate in May 2010. Not much mulling and considered thought went on there, I don't think. He moved opinion immediately and I would have thought UKIP's win in Rochester might have accelerated their bandwagon in the initial post Rochester polls. Similarly, if Thornberry's difficulties were going to damage Labour significantly, I would have thought we'd have seen some immediate colateral in the polls.
Maybe tonight's YouGov will tell us something different, but I can't see any slow-burners being ignited here. Instant conflagration, if anything, more like.
You don't get to my age without accumulating a few stereotypes in your mind.
But a couple of late teenage granddaughters make sure you don't attach too much prejudice to them !
I think it is prejudice rather than stereotyping which can be problematic.
Mind you 5 years or so visiting UKPR doesn't help in trying to shed stereotypes.
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Ashcroft National Poll, 21-23 November: CON 27%, LAB 32%, LDEM 7%, UKIP 18%, GRN 7%. Full details on @ConHome, 4pm.
Two five point leads for Labour on the same day, so much for St George!
Here we go.
Tory meltdown by Christmas
And no, that is not a new low for the Conservatives with Ashcroft, he had them on 25 on 1 Jun, and they have been on 27 with him at least 5 times this year, I think it just means his polls are more volatile than the others.
Tabloids spin and both sides predicting the other's meltdown…the silly season has definitely started.
59% for Con and Lab combined…hmm. 9% for others? Hmm.
I'll continue to 'hmm' until another poll confirms it. :))
Apparently the house owner turns out to be a "cage-fighting car dealer" (called 'Dan' to make headline-writing even easier) who has since given his 'thoughts' at some length to the Sun:
which rather suggests that Thornberry was spot-on for once. Though I harbour a suspicion that the place and van actually belong to an Asian lesbian who votes Green, but the Sun didn't feel its readers could cope, so Pressman has hired this gentleman.
Thornberry has always given me the impression that she did have this slightly sniffy attitude towards most people. It may be a lawyerish thing (she's not just a lawyer but the daughter of one and married to a judge) where most representatives of the working class you meet professionally are criminals, you may tend to stereotype. Of course most other people may feel the same thing about lawyers.
This may have meant that the reaction from the media and Miliband's people was "Oh, that's typical Emily" and this informed their subsequent actions, which seem a little over-the-top to an outsider.
Ashcroft's poll suggests a slight drift from Conservative to UKIP, which is what people expected from the Rochester UKIP win, before the press got obsessed by Thornberry. I suspect that the Thornberry thing may not register in VI polls at all.
@ Colin
Talking of stereotypes- are they ever off those effing smart phones? :-)
@ Crossbat
Yes maybe you are right but I think it also is a case of reading Sunday papers for a semi delay and also straws breaking camels backs. So it's hard to see that tweet alone changing anyone's political opinion but combined with enough stories a fortnight before or a fortnight after might just.
After that Ashcroft I wonder if I will be writing MOE all week…
Hmmm. Populus and now Ashcroft. Something on the move, perhaps? Need YouGov tonight to either gainsay or endorse.
Had a piece of nostalgia to chew on as I drove to work this morning. Outside an ambulance depot in Birmingham were gathered 150 or so hardy souls wrapped in thick high-vis jackets to ward off the sharp November morning frost. It was still dark and I could see the flames of the brazier lighting up a few ruddy faces who had gathered around its burning contents for some welcome warmth. Plenty of passing motorists parping their horns in support and of course, I'd happened upon some picketing ambulance drivers, striking against their meagre pay offer. Easily and casually demonised as grasping public sector workers and trade unionists, I felt more than a frisson of empathy with, and support for, them. One day, my life well depend on them. I saw no demons on these Birmingham streets this morning.
What I did see, certainly in my eyes, was a group of poorly paid workers with families to support trying to fight for a better deal in the only way they knew how.. Like old times really and I'm with them, emotionally anyway, all the way. This is what real trade unionism is all about and I think the public are more well disposed to it than many on the right would care to admit.
To whoever it was who hold to pull my head out the sand regarding the Tweetageddon and the influence of the press.
I might not be working class, but most of my family are so perhaps I know a bit more about what might upset "normal working class" people than a bunch of patronising tabloid hacks.
Ashcroft tables are here:
SNP 5% (49% in Scotland), PC 1%, Another party 2%. Final adjustments knock a point of UKIP as usual but nothing else changes.
Ashcroft poll….
SNP…49% = 56 seats
LAB…21% = 2 seats
LIB/DEM…8% = 1 seat
@ Colin
Shocking story by the way and my sympathies however long ago it was. I can't begin to imagine the long term affect something like that could have on your daughter in terms of trusting any stranger.
Sorry for the slightly garbled post above…rewriting posts and drinking black coffee do not go together. ;)
Can you please make that a real award, invite submissions, set up an award committee, and announce the winner of the eve of the PSA awards or similar.
I'm sure there would be enough volunteers within the commentariat to crowd-fund a decent trophy!
Allan C
Ashcroft's Scottish cross-breaks
Based on 63 people, not selected (in that group) on a weighted basis. Doesn't really reward or merit serious scrutiny.
@Allan Christie
"Papers are well aware of the need to reflect the views of their readers and so, for the tabloids at least, it makes sense not to damn UKIP entirely. I expect the approach from the Sun and Mail will be to suggest they understand why people might vote UKIP but ask readers to vote Tory to keep Miliband out/ get a referendum/ keep the economy on track, whilst the Express might go the full way and back UKIP"
Absolutely agree with you. In 2011 the Scottish Sun came out with the headline (play it again salm) and even though it didn't endorse the SNP's flagship policy of independence in the editorial, it did take the softly softly approach to it presumably to keep hold of a large chunk of its readership.
Still think Ahcrofts too small sample size to be meaningful.
I think Richard's breakdown of the strenght of commitment to given VIs is the most encouraging set of numbers for Labour in a few weeks.
Allan C
Ashcroft's Scottish cross-breaks
Based on 63 people, not selected (in that group) on a weighted basis. Doesn't really reward or merit serious scrutiny
That's correct a very small sample with a big big health warning but the VI is still in line with what the current polling for Scotland is showing, although taking out the 52% STV poll it is at the slightly higher end.
Yougov today had the SNP on 41%,, 18% ahead of Labour with a sample of 173 (I think?) so yes it does show the volatility of subs but they still show a trend.
To actually talk about polling:
The Ashcroft polls are quite up-and-down so I think it is safe to draw the conclusion that Labour has suffered no damage from the Rochester-related tomfoolery rather than a genuine boost. Likewise, the Populus poll continues to show a good Labour position relative to other pollsters.
So it comes to Yougov. If Labour show a lead, then it would be consistent with most other polls having Labour with a nose ahead of the Conservatives. So nothing to see there.
If it continues to show level-pegging or a small Conservative lead, then there must be a methodological factor which explains the inconsistency with the other pollsters. So which pollster would be correct? (I am guessing AW would say Yougov).
Not a great start to the week for Cons, it must be said. However, Populus seem generally much better for Lab, and Lord A very volatile, so while this would fit with the assumed outcome of another by election loss, it is contrary to the weight of media coverage post R&S, when we had the usual 'Labour is finished' type of coverage.
Christian Schmidt –
The trophy would be a golden 3D pie chart, as there is really no excuse for 3D pie charts.
A couple of points of interest in that Ashcroft poll. UKIP's regiuonal VI:
South East 15%
Midlands 24%
North England 24%
Wales & South West 23%
Net England (and Wales, presumably): 22%
Scotland 2%
Well over 20% in three regions. Is there scope for UKIP taking seats then? Certainly scope for blocking in marginals (Con, Lab or both?).
We're into the realms of Con / UKIP alliances with their total in England coming to 50%. That'll be popular in Scotland, where the same total is 18%.
Labour on a low 21% to the SNP's 49%, means 55 seats to the latter, and three to the former, while the Lib Dems still cling to the one seat. Conservative wipeout. All hypothetical, but thought provoking.
"Labour on a low 21% to the SNP's 49%, means 55 seats to the latter, and three to the former, while the Lib Dems still cling to the one seat. Conservative wipeout. All hypothetical, but thought provoking."
Is there any reason why today's Ashcroft poll merited a comment on the Scottish crossbreaks, but today's Populus poll didn't?
Looks to me that the Labour and SNP VI will basically be a swap around from the 2010 GE figures. Perhaps not quite a SNP steamroller, but they should get the most Scottish seats out of it.
Just read the article on the Yougov website about how UKIP (and SNP) are making UK politics more European. What irony. But I've long been wondering whether we are in a period where overall majorities are much rarer than normal. Problem is the parties here do seem very unused to forming alliances, as are the electorate. Would they come to dislike these, and get behind a strong candidate and thus hand that person an OM whatever his party? Perhaps PR will come along and make that impossible before long.
Alec is right, but 2 polls in a day with Labour 5% ahead hasn't been seen in a long while & 2 have more credibility than one, though they clearly aren't conclusive. These polls are grim for the Tories and if they turn out to be accurate they would mean that that party has made up no ground whatsoever since January 1. Probably YouGov won't show quite the same figures, but it would be a surprise if the Tories are still shown as being ahead when the figures are announced later. Certainly, if these figures are even within the MOE, let alone completely accurate, there will be great relief in Labour circles, despite the party's own rather low share of the vote, and despite the poor Scottish crossbreak – but the sample size of that crossbreak is far too small to be reliable.
I have never been in a trade union as I haven't had an appropriate job but surely the time is right for a revival.
Now if Labour came out with some pro-TU policies – not a return to the 70s but for example TU representation on company boards. I think it might help them with the working class – but are they too timid?
One wider consequence of a rise in the SNP and to a lesser extent UKIP ( as it will be harder for them to win seats) is that the recent UK red North Blue South Constituency map might become more Yellow Red Blue, with few if any Red or Blue in the North and little but blue in the South but maybe some purple.
So as well as no party with an overall majority we could see no Party having a national spread of representatives.
Labour will still have a cluster of seats in London but I wonder if the Tories might over time become more interested in the South and London as a target for seats than the North, particularly if UKIP eclipse them out with the South East as the main rival to Labour..
If UKIP really are at 15% in the South East and 25% elsewhere the Tories in third North of Watford we could well see questions asked about Labour and the Tories being National Parties.
@Phil Haines
Lab 34
Con 18
Greens 2
23% expect to see Ed Miliband as PM. Is that because 77% won't vote for him, as Ashcroft suggests?
The Conservatives will be saying do you want EM or DC to run the country?
Another 5% Labour lead, despite no good news for Labour is surprising.
LD revival look like its gone.
@Peter Cairns
Don't count your chickens just yet!
That adds to 110%?
Ashcroft also tweeted that his next set of marginals polls will be released later this week.
Ashcroft's England only figures (per Mike Smithson):
Con 28
Lab 34
Ukip 22
Green 8
I was aware of Ashcroft's poll (tabs, that is) but not the other one. If you're looking for partisan reporting, it's not here. I'll happily report on any Scottish cross break, but don't report on them all. It caught my eye, as Lab's 21% was lower than most :))
When I said "Tory meltdown by Christmas" , I meant mental meltdown not, probably, polling collapse. I think both main parties are in a state of near frenzy and a succession of non- knife edge polls one way or they other could cause excessive and/or unpredictable reactions.
Despite the money and coverage, actual GE campaigns don't fundamentally change voting intentions and before anyone mentions 1970 and 1992: In the 1966 -1970 parliament, Labour had trailed the Tories by mostly double digit margins since the devaluation in 1967. Labour did close the gap to 6 or 7 points by Spring 1970, but I think Wilson was sucker punched by Gallup giving Labour a 7 point in early summer (probably a rogue). There weren't many polls in those days. In 1992, the Tories didnt make dramatic headway in the campaign, the polls were broadly neck and neck throughout but it was the pollsters that.got it wrong. The Tories were always going to win.
So, there are just over 23 weeks to go. But this Parliament ends on the 30th March. Two weeks for Easter and then into the campaign proper. Therefore, realistically, only 18 weeks for the Tories to establish a convincing lead.
Where were they 18 weeks ago? Where they are today, 5 points behind.
No wonder nerves are fraying
This post is not about dodgy polls or the unusually large recent Labour leads.
I would be pleased to find a more timely occasion to post, but unfortunately relevant threads don't come up all that often.
Anyway, in the hope that there is someone out there who shares my interests, I wanted to share some thoughts about making sense of long-term polling trends. (If I am just reinventing the wheel, then apologies for this: there are hundreds of thousands of comments on UKPR and no obvious way to search back and check the issues that have been explored in the past.)
Modellers and contributors have used a variety of approaches to predict polling figures and seat tallies for the election. For example, some models make use of marginal polling data and Stephen Fisher's Swingback model makes predictions based on the assumption that month by month swingback will track the swingback we have seen over the last few GEs.
What I've tried to do instead is to see what happens if we assume that recent polling trends continue as they have in the past. Labour's VI has been going down, Ukip's has been going up and so on. Where will each of them be on May 7 if none of the trends are disrupted?
To follow this through, I have taken the 433 polls tabulated on the Wikipedia UK Polling page (covering all listed polls from 1st January, 2014), and put the various part VIs into (linear) regression equations with observed VI on the y-axis and date-code as the x-value. (In my formulae today's date-code is zero, Jan 1st was -322 and Election day is +167). The respective best fitting equations are as follows:
Conservatives: Predicted VI on Day D = 31.97 – 0.00253 x D
Labour: Predicted VI = 33.78 – 0.0138 x D
LibDems: Predicted VI = 7.37 – 0.0079 x D
Ukip: Predicted VI = 15.86 + 0.0113 x D
That is, the best fitting straight line confirms that the Tories are basically flatlining (over the period examined). The negative slopes for Labour and LibDem capture the fact that both are losing VI as time passes. In contrast, Ukip VI I obviously going up.
If you insert D=0, you get the best estimate for today's VI for the four parties. More interestingly, in you plug in D=167 (i.e., Election Day) you get the following VI projections:
Conservatives: 31.55%
Labour: 31.47%
LibDems: 6.05%
Ukip: 17.75%
(Note: You may not get exactly these values if you repeat the calculation. I have used slope and intercept values to five decimal places in calculating these value – with spurious precision.)
So, if past trends continue undisturbed, the Tories are projected to poll slightly ahead of Labour on election day. Interestingly, crossover occurs just 6 days before the election. OK it IS just a model!
You can plug these figures into Swingometers and other models for deriving seat conversions. But basically the figures are not that different from the polling averages and projections that appear in the top right-hand area of the UKPR home page today.
Now, obviously past trends are not going to be a perfect predictor of what happens in the election. But do we do worse by tracking what is happening this time round rather than (say) basing predictions a swingback data that go back decades, and to a time when fewer parties were in contention?
Given the basic trends, it is interesting to speculate what events might occur to break the existing patterns. Last time round, the Leaders' debates were a trend breaker. It needs something like that to shake things about a bit.
Step back a little from by-elections, Twitter blunders and so on and you will see that what has been happening over the last year has been a steady Conservative/Labour VI convergence with no hint that the underlying process is going to change any time soon. The rate of convergence would have to show a sharp uptick for the Conservatives to participate in the next government.
Notes: (1) To simplify the calculations I have made no adjustments for the sizes of the 433 individual polls. Ideally bigger polls should have had a heaver weighting but I didn't have the energy to do that.
(2) The starting date (Jan 1 2014) is clearly arbitrary, but the exercise could be repeated over any period of interest.
I wonder if the Twitter Storm (#CameronMustGo at the top of the trend list for 3 days now) is having an effect?
"Step back a little from by-elections, Twitter blunders and so on and you will see that what has been happening over the last year has been a steady Conservative/Labour VI convergence with no hint that the underlying process is going to change any time soon. The rate of convergence would have to show a sharp uptick for the Conservatives to participate in the next government."
Not so much a convergence more a Lab fall. Con has remained remarkably static all year. However, there is evidence that the Lab fall has bottomed out at about 32/33% and is starting to show anaemic signs of growth.
I therefore disagree that a continuation of the existing trend would lead to a Tory majority of votes, although I do accept your premise that even if there is a swingback it is likely to be too modest to save the Tories. They appear to be pinning their hopes on the Press and the SNP.
Many thanks for your brilliant post;
Lib Dem figures are very interesting; maybe they will achieve double figures on May 7th/8th.
She is now an ordained priest-so I assume trust is default mode :-)
@". Is that because 77% won't vote for him, as Ashcroft suggests?"
I don't think he does-and they certainly didn't make it clear why they gave that answer.
Ashcroft ponders whether it indicates a voting intent, but they could equally well have answered Q4 on the basis of their perceptions of other peoples voting intention.
It would be nice to know on what basis they did answer that question.
an excellent website:
points out that of the last 47 poll this month:
the tories have been ahead of labour in 9 (8 1% leads and 1 3%)
there have been ties in 8
labour have been ahead in the other 30 (12 1% leads; 8 2% leads and 5%)
It's a slight exaggeration to say the polls are tied. labour preserve a slight lead.
Very few people have sympathy with these strikers; they have been cosseted for years with the benefits that the public sector has bestowed upon them – it's now time for the harsh reality of the real world.
As far as the poll goes, it's in line with [NewsUK's] own findings. There is a lot of work to be done in [their] heartland areas to get potential kippers back. What [they ]won't be doing is portraying DC as their mate Dave or hammering UKIP too much – the left wing social media brigade will do plenty of that for [them]
There is however plenty of mileage in the figures – many people will not focus on the election until the weeks up until polling day are here, and [the papers] will present it as a straight choice between DC and EM – which is what it is. If you vote UKIP, [they will say] the net result of your decision could be to put EM in No.10 – you have to live with that decision and when your kids or whoever asks you why this guy is/became PM at all, you will have to tell them what you did.
sorry labour have been ahead in the other 30 polls (12 1%; 8 2%; 5 3%, 2 4% and now 2 5% leads)
when you follow the polls daily it's easy to lose sight of this…labour I think are still about 2% ahead.
Populus Scotland Crossbreak
A look at the recent polls plotted by time shows a very slight widening in Labour's favour.


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