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The fight to be next Pendle MP (From This Is Lancashire)
The fight to be next Pendle MP
3:27pm Thursday 29th April 2010 in News By Tom Moseley, Reporter
IN an upstairs office in Nelson town centre, the Conservative Party machine is in full swing.
Sixty bundles of leaflets are neatly stacked and labelled, alongside balloons and T-shirts bearing the name of candidate Andrew Stephenson.
Less than 100 yards away, working in his Carr Road office, is the man the big-spending Tories are desperate to unseat.
Labour's Gordon Prentice, who won in Pendle in 1992, has waged war against Lord Ashcroft, the Belize-based tax exile and financial backer of the Conservatives' push to win marginal seats.
Flicking through his collection of Mr Stephenson's recent publications, Mr Prentice accuses the Tories of 'trying to buy' the constituency.
"I am very much the underdog and am fighting for my political life", he admits.
It would take just a 2.65per cent swing for the man elected in 1992 to be ousted by the Tories, and Pendle is seen as a classic 'bellwether' seat, whose results often reflect the voting patterns in the rest of the country.
"This is a prime Conservative target", says Professor David Denver, an elections specialist at Lancaster University.
"If they are going to make any advances they have to win here."
Back in the Tories' recently-refurbished Cross Street headquarters, Mr Stephenson, a 29-year-old insurance broker installed as the candidate in 2006, is keen to play down his financial backing as he organises mailshots to be sent out.
"It's actually a quiet day today," he says.
"Yesterday was chaos and we had about 24 people out delivering leaflets and another 15 people helping in the office."
The day the General Election was called, 25,000 leaflets were hand-delivered, albeit by a team of volunteers, and the local party's accounts reveal a surge in support in recent years.
There is no way of knowing how much has come from Lord Ashcroft, as his money is given out through central office grants.
But in 2007 the party's income was £49,799, almost double the previous year, with the main reason given as 'an increase in funding from central office', and the following year it went up to £82,752, including a £19,000 grant from Conservative HQ.
By contrast Rossendale and Darwen, another Tory target seat, was given just £3,785 by central office in 2008.
Mr Stephenson is quick to point out that a large chunk of the money, much of which is raised by local activists, is spent on overheads and staff costs.
These include 26-year-old George Askew, a Lancashire County councillor, who is working in the next door office wearing a 'Stephenson for Pendle' T-shirt.
A former housemate of Mr Stephenson, he is now employed full-time to help manage the campaign.
Mr Stephenson, who lives in Colne, was a councillor in Macclesfield at 22 and became involved with the Conservative Party aged 16.
He estimated 'around one per cent' of his funding came from Lord Ashcroft.
And despite benefitting from Lord Ashcroft's donations, he reveals he would support a ban on donations to political parties from 'non doms', people who have their tax home outside the UK.
"That's my view, and I think it shows how independent Conservative candidates are," he insists.
On whether he should reject Lord Ashcroft's funding given that stance, he said: "We can't say to Conservative HQ 'can you take out the one per cent of cash that might have come from non-dom donors'."
Mr Stephenson said Mr Prentice's attacks had been 'childish' claiming Labour too receive money from non dom donors.
Mr Prentice has been at the forefront of the criticism of Lord Ashcroft, having submitted the Freedom of Information Act request to the Cabinet Office which triggered the announcement about the Conservative deputy chairman's tax status.
And the Labour man has put the issue at the heart of his campaign, using his website and literature to attack the Tory peer.
Mr Prentice says the Ashcroft mailshots have had a 'subliminal effect' on voters, adding: "I am not nervous at all.
"I don't wake up in the middle of the night thinking about the election.
"I have got my back against the wall, and I am coming out with all guns blazing."
As well as being number 45 on the Tories' target list, Pendle is also in the sights of the Liberal Democrats, who have ranked it at 53.
Mr Prentice, who has a 2,180 majority, is worried about losing votes to the Lib Dems and has focused many of his recent attacks on their candidate, barrister Afzal Anwar.
Mr Anwar, whose odds have been slashed from 40/1 to 16/1 following his party's surge in the polls, said: "Gordon Prentice can carry on doing that.
"People are fed up of him."
He claimed the Lib Dems' positive poll ratings following the televised debates had left battle for Pendle wide open.
"I am extremely positive, from the messages on the doorsteps and people are stopping me on the street," he added.
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4:25pm Thu 29 Apr 10
ganja man says...
Greaves you are a LIAR. I repeat a LIAR!
You were asked to provide evidence to show where Mr Afzal Anwar's (the LIB DEM candidate) were ENROLLED at a school in ENGLAND since APRIL 2008.
It has been claimed that his children have been educated in PAKISTAN for over TWO years now!
NOT the one year you LORD Greaves claimed and the reasons for it.
If you are RIGHT then PROVIDE the EVIDENCE via this newspaper.
YOU told LIES to us the voters in PENDLE for which we all deserve an APOLOGY on this forum.
Are we really asking too much of you, Honourable LORD????
5:29pm Thu 29 Apr 10
Kevin, Colne says...
The avalanche of leaflets from the Conservative Party has not been far off the scene in the first Harry Potter film when the house of Uncle Vernon is inundated with copies of the letter inviting Young Harry to Hogwarts. We sit in our living room trembling for fear that Conservative leaflets will shortly be coming down the chimney. The Labour and Lib-Dem leafleting has been quite tame, by comparison.
Not only have we had leaflets but members of the household have had personally addressed letters too.
This is one of the great pleasures of living under our system of parliamentary democracy. For at least two weeks in every five years the citizenry actually matter.
7:26pm Thu 29 Apr 10
Wellingtonia says...
8:57pm Thu 29 Apr 10
Smooth says...
As for Stephenson and his Agent George Askew (Mr Pea Brain) they will say anything to be elected. At a recent husting in Nelson Mr Stephenson set out his vision for the area and the only reward in that vision was for the well-off and lets be honest theres not many of us in Pendle who come in that bracket. His constant bleating about allowing faith schools and that was just to appease the muslim community of Nelson especially when you consider that the conservatives in Europe are in an alliance with right wing extemists; anti-semetics; homophobics; anti-islamic parties from other european countries. Now that clearly shows the usual conservatives - bigots; out of touch and class orientated.
As for Lib Dems, well they have a candidate who is unable to string two sentences together and would be an ideal actor in a remake of "mind your language" he does not even need to act just be himself.
How can you believe a candidate who feels that the education system in our great country is worst than a third country like Pakistan.
3:20am Fri 30 Apr 10
whitevanman1 says...
9:17am Fri 30 Apr 10
lancastrian lass says...
As for Anwar, well the less said about him the better, I met him at an event a few months ago which was a charity run, the man had difficulty communicating with everyone due to his poor language.
Moving onto the other candidates from parties such as UKIP & BNP, do you really think they are the best at representing your ward there in Pendle Wellingtonia? Just look at past BNP councillors in Burnley, they hardly turn up to meetings, they lack a basic understanding of the political system, they are not sufficiently articulate to win the arguments of the day.
5:59pm Fri 30 Apr 10
ganja man says...
YOU have NOT told the truth.
Time to do the decent thing and own up.
LIB DEMS in Pendle are it seems quiet at the moment and not addressing this issue. It seems they like you are running scared!
Anwar is a boy, out of his depth in this election!
Stephenson again is an even younger boy, who i out to buy this election at any cost!
THE real man is Prentice who has a proven parliamentary record and does actually WORK for the people.
Vote for the only person capable of working for the people.
AS for you, Lord Tony Greaves you just come on this forum and answer the questions.
Unless of course you have been finally shut up by the Pendle people!
Hope to bump into you around Nelson and Colne while you are out telling lies!
1:04pm Wed 5 May 10
abdul786 says...
Theres too many puppets hanging around!
Prentice has done some good work and he is fair with all communities. Not sure about afzal and stephenson.
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Ward 5 Residents Receptive to Gray's Budget
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Residents who represent a microcosm of the District appeared to embrace a Draconian budget presented by the mayor of the District of Columbia during a recent town hall meeting.
More than 200 Ward 5 residents packed the first floor auditorium of the Luke C. Moore Academy Senior High School in Northeast on May 4 to listen to the fiscal year 2012 budget presentation of D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray and other city officials. D.C. Council member Harry Thomas (D), who represents the ward, said that Gray's effort to inform citizens about the budget is a welcomed departure from the past.
"We did not do this last year," Thomas, 50, said. "This time last year, we were sifting through the budget and that was quite an exercise. I think Mayor Gray has handed us a responsible budget."
Gray, 68, has held town hall meetings on the proposed budget in each of the wards for almost two weeks. In each of the wards, the D.C. Council member who represents the ward served as co-sponsor of the event.
Ward 5, in many respects, is a representation of the District of Columbia. It's predominantly Black, but has a fast growing population of young Whites, Latinos and Asians.
The ward has established Black middle class neighborhoods that include Michigan Park, North Michigan Park, and a White presence in the vicinity around Catholic University. There are also low-income sections such as the Trinidad and Ivy City neighborhoods that tend to be crime-ridden.
Economic development projects are underway in Fort Lincoln, Fort Totten and the McMillan Reservoir site in Northwest. Although Ward 5 is primarily in the Northeast quadrant of the city, it includes a small portion of Northwest.
Gray told Ward 5 residents to prepare for tough times.
"You have already heard that we have a difficult budget," he said. "It is now in the hands of the D.C. Council."
The mayor explained that the city must close an estimated $320 million gap for fiscal year 2012, which starts on Oct. 1 of this year. Natwar Gandhi, the city's chief financial officer, said that if the budget gap is not closed, the city could face another financial control board, more congressional interference and its bond rating on Wall Street could be severely downgraded.
The mayor's presentation lasted for 45 minutes and covered topics that included programs that are slated to be cut and taxes that will be raised in order to close the $320 million shortfall.
The audience listened closely to what Gray and members of his team said, with many nodding vigorously when it was mentioned that raising taxes on wealthy Washingtonians was on the table. Many applauded when Gray mentioned that the Woodbridge branch of the D.C. Library system will be rebuilt.
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Instead, Now they go and sell their vulnerabilities and spyware apps for money, Ben-Itzhak tells eSecurity Planet. He says hackers often solicit bids from various buyers of known vulnerabilities; security holes that reveal users financial information can command top dollar.
Theyre now making money getting our credit card and bank account [numbers] thats what drives this marketplace now.
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New York rappers Jim Jones and N.O.R.E. have come forward to address the government's recent shutdown of popular hip-hop websites over piracy and illegal sales accusations.
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"This is bad enough that the climate of the industry is cold. Using viral outlets such as OnSmash makes us hot, once they take that away from us what outlets are we going to use to help feed our families." (VIBE)
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After a string of church burglaries, another church is broken into in China Spring.
The McLennan County Sheriff's Office says the Oak Grove Baptist Church in China Spring was broken into and burglarized this past weekend. This makes the fourth church to be targeted by burglars in China Spring in the past two months.
One church goer says she found the church ransacked on Saturday morning so the burglary may have happened overnight Friday or early Saturday morning. She says multiple rooms were thrown about, lights were on and one glass was broken. She says when she realized someone had broken in, she immediately went out of the church.
However, even with everything ransacked, the burglars took a small amount of petty cash. That's compared to hundreds of dollars worth of sound equipment taken from the other churches.
"We've had so many other churches broken into recently that I think we got out easy as far as we only had a little bit of damage and losing about 20 dollars in petty cash," pastor Dennis Larson said.
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Earlier today, Robert Scoble posted a rumor on his Google+ feed that Android boss Andy Rubin was preparing to leave Google to join a stealth-mode startup called CloudCar, a company that even the ultra-connected Scoble says he knows nothing about. The rumor was enough to get Rubin — who has only tweeted ten other times since joining Twitter in 2010 — to post his eleventh tweet, denying the rumor and taking the opportunity ("for meme completeness," he says) to point out that there are now over 900,000 Android devices activated daily, up moderately from the 850,000-per-day figure he'd mentioned at MWC in February. Of course, "no plans to leave Google" isn't the same as "not leaving Google" — and we still don't know what CloudCar is — but with Google I/O just days away, it seems unlikely that we'll hear any more on this for the remainder of June.
No plans to leave Google.Oh, and just for meme completeness -- there are over 900,000 android devices activated each day :-)@Scobleizer— Andy Rubin (@Arubin) June 10, 2012
Update: Rubin explains on his own Google+ account that CloudCar occupies space in his Los Altos incubator, and that's apparently how Scoble's rumor got started. "See you on the 27th," he says, pointing to I/O's kickoff.
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If you would like to pay your respects to Chief Dixon, city officials are asking residents to line up along 436 Main St. for the procession following his funeral. Dixon's family requests that donations be made in his name to the Bell County Sheriff's Dept. Foundation in lieu of flowers. You can send those donations to P.O. Box 1563, Belton, TX 76513.
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January 2, 2007
Tifton-- It's a fairly constant problem, armed robbers sticking up gas stations and convenience stores across South Georgia. One thing that sometimes leads to their arrest and conviction is evidence from surveillance cameras. Unfortunately for some stores in Tifton, that's the one thing that was missing.
Several small pictures on a television screen aim to capture big crime in color. But there's been a problem lately in Tifton.
"Unfortunately it happens rather often," said Detective Raleigh Coarsey with the Tifton Police Department.
Robbers and shoplifters enter gas stations and convenience stores and leave with much more than they paid for. Watching eyes from cameras would normally capture the illegal shopping sprees on tape. However, some businesses recently didn't or couldn't press record.
"Video surveillance systems were either in the store but not operational or were not even installed on the premises," said Coarsey. Two different stores in Tifton were not recording video when robbers hit in the past week or so.
"In those instances, it would have made a huge difference," said Coarsey. Detective Raleigh Coarsey with Tifton Police says criminals sometimes can tell when a store does not have working surveillance sysems. Those stores can then become easy targets.
"In some cases, they're clearly aware of the surveillance systems in place either that's not in use or they're cautious of where they look or where they enter the store," said Coarsey. So Tifton Police encourages businesses to utilize technology. Police can use other methods like fingerprinting to catch a suspect but Coarsey says nothing can make a charge stick like surveillance can.
"When a judge or jury sees that, there's no replacing it," said Coarsey. There's no replacing a sense of security either. "If you don't have a video surveillance system, sooner or later you may wish you did," said Coarsey.
It's a price that some businesses are now paying after they got surprised with their eyes closed.
Detective Coarsey says cases are easier for the District Attorney's office to prosecute when they have those surveillance tapes to review. A decent surveillance camera can cost as little as $200.
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Apple (AAPL) TV is among the more recent initiatives from consumer electronics companies to take the content signal away from the telephone and cable companies, which have each had some success in combining broadband and TV delivery to customers. But, the cable/telecom invasion of the home stops there.
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Malaysia to issue multiple entry visas to Indians
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Malaysia plans to issue multiple entry visas to Indians. "Over the last few years, the number of Indian visitors coming to Malaysia is up by 31 per cent. With our recent decision to issue multiple entry visas to Indian visitors, it is hoped that the number would increase further," said the visiting Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, Mohd. Najib Tun Abd. Razak.
While speaking at a meeting organised by FICCI and CII and Malaysian trade bodies MIDA and MATRADE, he said that with regard to international trade, the corporates of both countries must capitalise on the strategic advantage of sharing expertise and resources. He pointed out that India has strong ties with South African Customs Union countries and with South Asia, while Malaysia has ties with West Asia. "The business communities of both India and Malaysia should explore these networks and supply chain relationships to expand trade and investment opportunities beyond our individual boundaries," he said.
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Mr Razak said that there is much potential for the development of trade and investment between the two countries.
Malaysia's trade with India last year stood at $5 billion or only 1.9 per cent of Malaysia's trade and its investment in India from 1998 to 2005 totalled $141 million, he pointed out.
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Turkmen RFE/RL journalist sentenced to half a decade
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Turkmen Journalist Dovletmyrat Yazkuliyev (Yazgulyev, Довлетмурад Язгулиев), 43, employed since 2007 with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)'s Turkmen language service Radio Azatlyk, has been sentenced to five years in prison by a court in Kahka (in the Turkmen province Akhal), after only a 2 day hearing.
The reason for his detention?
The journalist was detained on September 27th for supposedly influencing his relative to attempt to commit suicide. He went on trial on October 4th and was just charged with the maximum sentence, under article 106.2 of the criminal code. Family members were forced to sign statements about these false suicide accusations, and when they tried to revoke them in fear of the damage they would do to the detention and trial Dovletmyrat, they were unable to. However, relatives told RFE/RL "…they have "sufficient documents proving that his case is politically motivated.""
The real reason for his detention?
Yazkuliyev was one of the first journalists to cover the deadly explosion, in an Ashgabat suburb of Abadan this past summer on July 7th, against the will of Turkmen authorities.
Yazkuliyev's covering of the July 2011 explosion lead him to be…
"…told he would be charged with "disseminating defamatory information through the media" and "causing national, social, and religious provocations" if he continued to blog about sensitive information."
Back on August 18th, neweurasia highlighted the plight that Turkmen bloggers and journalists who spread the word about the explosion through traditional and social media outlets were facing, due to their courageous work covering the situation. For an in-depth look, check out "Turkmen bloggers and journalists in trouble…" And journalist Yazkuliyev is indeed one of these newsmakers unjustly suffering the consequences.
On August 18th, neweirasia said:
"Yazguliyev was summoned by security officials on July 14th and made to appear at the police department in his small home town of Annau. Yazguliyev was accused by the security officer of "slandering and disseminating provocative information" regarding the Abadan blasts."
"In spite of the fear and intimidation imposed by Turkmenistan's 'Big Brother', Turkmens went online, on their own, and actively participated in making the news and telling the truth of what had happened to everyone outside their borders."
On October 6th, the Center for Eastern Studies said:
"Yazkuliyev's family and human rights activists have described the charges as absurd. They linked the conviction to his articles on explosions at an arms depot in Abadan in July of this year which caused a large number of fatalities, and articles exposing corruption in the police force."
Also on October 6th, Index on Censorship said:
"Yazguliyev and his colleagues believe that the arrest is an attempt to silence the journalist for his critical reports: he was one of the first journalists to break news of deadly arms storage explosions in the eastern town of Abadan on 7 July."
Similarly, The Telegraph said:
"Mr Yazkuliyev's supporters say that his real crime was to report on the blasts on July 7 in the town of Abadan and expose the government's version of events as incorrect."
In support of what the international community is saying – that he is in-fact being imprisoned for his journalism work – Yazguliyev's even said that family members, including the one who attempted suicide, testified in court in his defense… but their statements were ignored. If their very words don't prove he is innocent, and the accusations being held against him are bogus, then what will?
Hence, this is a clear-cut-case of one being targeted for their independent journalism work that does not favor and puppet the Turkmen State.
RFE/RL President Steven Korn called the case against Yazkuliyev "an outrage." He said:
"This was a bogus trial and a predatory sentence that shows that Turkmenistan authorities respect no law and no standards when it comes to their treatment of the media. RFE/RL protests the sentence vigorously and calls on others in the international community to condemn it as well."
And indeed that is what the international community has been doing – condemning the unjust target against this journalist.
The Committee to Protect Journalists' Europe and Central Asia Program Coordinator, Nina Ognianova, said in a press release on October 5th:
"This conviction is none other than an attempt to silence an independent reporter."
On October 5th, about his sentence, Reporters Without Borders (RWB) said:
"We are dismayed and shocked."
"Yazkuliyev's fate was decided in just a few hours and in violation of all normal judicial procedures. It is still too soon to say with certainty whether lawyers and journalists attended today's hearing of whether they were banned, as they were yesterday."
"Either way, the judges participating in this sham trial have unfortunately demonstrated that the reign of the arbitrary continues unchecked in Turkmenistan, in marked contrast to President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov's promises of democratization, which he reiterated yet again yesterday."
Johann Bihr, from the Europe and Central Asia Desk of RWB, told the Associated French Press:
"On Wednesday, the trial started at 4:00 pm and after a few hours of proceedings he was sentenced to five years."
"The whole process looked like a sham trial."
On October 5th, about his sentence, Freedom House said:
"Freedom House condemns the harsh sentence for Yazkuliyev and calls for authorities to drop all charges against him. The Turkmen government must cease its suppression and intimidation of local and foreign media in an effort to promote press freedom."
On October 7th, American Congressman Berman made a statement regarding the journalist's arrest, reported the Broadcasting Board of Governors:
"Rep. Berman told RFE/RL "By doing this interview and speaking out on this issue, I hope [it] will help to persuade the Turkmen officials — during the time that Mr. Yazkuliyev is appealing his case — that they will reexamine the facts in the light of the unfairness of the trial and come to the correct decision and free him.""
""The government of Turkmenistan has to understand that the people of Turkmenistan are entitled to freedom of expression and that for Turkmenistan to evolve into a truly just country, they have to develop democratic governance, respect different opinions, ensure freedom of speech, and freedom of the press. I have written the president of Turkmenistan six or seven months ago about this issue, apparently to no avail. The government seems to be [pursuing] the same kind of harassment and criminalization of conduct that in a free society would not be tolerated.""
Yazkuliyev now has 10 days to file an appeal before the regional court. neweurasia stands firm with the international community in supporting Yazkuliyev in his unjust case and in the overall fight for media freedom in Turkmenistan – to which this Radio Azatlyk journalist has clearly been a victim of.


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If we learned two things this week, it's 1) that Team Obama was put on the defensive, and 2) that Team Romney has caught up in more ways than one. Indeed, this is the week Romney caught up in fundraising (his campaign and the RNC outraised Obama and the DNC, $76.8 million to $60 million), in some national and battleground state polls (the national FOX, EPIC-MRA in Michigan, and Purple Strategies' swing states), and even on the airwaves (the Romney camp is up in seven states versus the Obama camp's nine). As the GOP presumptive nominee, there was always a time when Romney was going to catch up; just see where John Kerry was at around this point in 2004. But that time is now.
The Daily Rundown's Chuck Todd talks about the latest fundraising numbers as wells as advertising in key battleground states.
*** If the VP picks were stocks: With some possible Romney VP picks speaking at the CPAC gathering in Chicago (more on that below), we're introducing a way to look at Romney's running mate candidates. There are plenty of Top 10 lists out there, but what we're introducing is a way to look at their value -- much like a stock. Who is overvalued right now (in terms of risk vs. reward)? Who is underpriced? Who is priced correctly? Here are our thoughts:
The most expensive: Rob Portman, Marco Rubio. These guys -- right now -- would be your most expensive stocks to buy because they are being viewed both internally and externally as the clear-cut frontrunners. But you can argue the potential risk each brings has NOT been priced into their stock (Bush years for Portman, unvetted record for Rubio).Other Overvalued Picks: Chris Christie, Bob McDonnell. These two governors get lots of attention, but maybe more attention than Team Romney is giving them as both present some downsides that too many in the media overlook.Undervalued: Tim Pawlenty, Bobby Jindal, John Thune: If you were looking for a good deal, you would consider this category, especially Pawlenty, who was McCain's runner-up in 2008. All of these folks are probably under more serious consideration than the C.W. crowd believes.Valued just about right: Kelly Ayotte, Paul Ryan, Susana Martinez. Their risks and rewards have all been priced about right by the C.W. crowd.
*** Romney's new response ad: In a response to this week's hard-hitting Obama TV ad that criticizes Romney's job-creation record in Massachusetts -- that it ranked 47th in the nation -- the Romney camp is up with its own ad. "As governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney had the best jobs record in a decade," the ad goes. "Romney reduced unemployment to just 4.7%. "He balanced every budget without raising taxes. He did it by bringing parties together to cut through gridlock." Some quick facts: The unemployment rate in Massachusetts was 4.7% in Dec. 2006, which was Romney's last full month as governor, but that was higher than the nation's overall 4.4% rate. While the ad states that Romney balanced the budget without raising taxes, he raised revenues and fees as governor.
*** Measuring the Latino vote: Obama continues to lead Mitt Romney by a wide margin, 66-23%, according to a new Latino Decisions poll. And the poll looked at feelings among Latinos toward the Democratic DREAM Act shepherded by Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) vs. Sen. Marco Rubio's (R-FL) proposed bill, aka "DREAM Act Light." Latinos strongly preferred Durbin's. By an 87%-10% margin, Latinos had a favorable view of the Democratic version, as opposed to being split, 49%/46% for Rubio's. Then, they were asked which version they preferred. They said Democrats' by an 82%-13% margin.
*** On the trail: Romney holds an event in Council Bluffs, IA at 11:30 am ET, and then he heads to Utah, where he'll appear with Sen. Orrin Hatch at 4:25 pm ET and then hit a fundraiser.
*** If you missed seeing Bachmann, Cain, and Santorum, you're in luck: Conservatives are gathering in the Chicago area for another CPAC confab. (Is it just us, or does there seem to be a CPAC almost every few months? The national one, in DC, took place four months ago in February.) Here are some of the notable speakers: Rick Santorum (who has announced a new group, at 10:45 am ET, John Kasich at 11:15 am ET, Rand Paul (who just endorsed Romney) at 11:30 am ET, Chris Christie at noon ET, Herman Cain at 1:30 pm ET, Bobby Jindal at 2:45 pm ET, Bob McDonnell at 6:40 pm ET and Michele Bachmann at 6:40 pm ET.
*** Just askin': Why is it that Bill Clinton or Cory Booker going off-script becomes national news, but not when Sen. Lisa Murkowski disagrees with the GOP and Romney attacks on Solyndra, or when Jeb Bush praises Obama on education -- a subject on which Romney recently criticized the president? Are those things also going off-script?
*** Good news for Dems in North Dakota: This has been a tough week for Democrats, but they got some good news with a new Mason-Dixon poll out of North Dakota, which shows Heidi Heitkamp (D) running even with Rick Berg (R). In the poll, it's Heitkamp at 47% and Berg at 46%. Meanwhile, for the Indiana Senate race, the Dem groups American Bridge and Majority PAC are up with a new website, WhoIsRichardMourdock.com.
*** Rick Scott = George Wallace? As the drama in Florida continues to unfold over voter registration and voter roll purges, the influential Tampa Bay Times editorial page scolds Gov. Rick Scott (R), comparing him to Gov. George Wallace: "This June, the governor of another Southern state is challenging the federal government's authority. Nearly 50 years after Wallace's showdown, you are standing between Floridians and their right to vote as U.S. citizens. We agree that only citizens should vote, but your approach to cleaning up the voter rolls is fatally flawed. The U.S. Justice Department and county supervisors of election have reached the same conclusion and told you to stop, yet you persist."


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UFC 120: "Bisping vs. Akiyama" is set to take place LIVE today (Sat., Oct. 16, 2010) from the O2 Arena in London, England. It is scheduled to air via five-hour tape delay in the United States, beginning at 8 p.m. ET on Spike TV.
MMAmania.com will provide LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the tape-delayed main card action later this evening, However, for those who want to know the outcomes and/or discuss the fights as they happen, this is the place to do it.
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MANCHESTER — The Amoskeag Fishways presents a preschool program about tracking winter animals on Thurs., February 20 at 6 Fletcher Street in Manchester. Participants will put on their detective hats and learn how to find out that animals have been around even when they can't be seen. By looking for clues around the Fishways, and making their own animal tracks to take home, participants will learn all about how to detect winter wildlife.
Presentations will be held from 9:30-11:00 a.m. or 12:30-2:00 p.m.
The cost is $8.00 per family. Advance registration with payment is required.
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Upside: spirited lovers; ecstatic play in the bedroom; spontaneous; can take the heat; very expressive; honest; fiery libido. Downside: different tempos (quality); loyalty vs. loyal to life; straying; reckless with passions.Fixed Fire and Mutable Fire
Leo and Sagittarius are hugely animated and charismatic signs. Both have instincts that life is an adventure to be celebrated. Dating involves play and possibly travel, creative collaboration or partying (and loving) to dawn.
Sagittarius draws Leo outdoors and soon both are glowing with fresh fire in the cheeks. Falling in love makes them feel even more alive. The athletic Sadge stirs the lion out of laziness, and into the game of pleasure.Quality Time
Yes, they're both fire signs, but a big difference here is in quality (fixed-Leo and mutable-Sagittarius). Leo is here to love with their whole heart, and comes alive with eyes riveted on their radiance. Sagittarius is just as ardent, but has an in-motion nature that keeps them tantalizingly out-of-reach.
Look to other factors in the birth chart for harmonies. Working with this difference in quality, Leo shows Sagittarius how to put sustained effort into one area, and bring it to fruition. Sagittarius keeps the Lion inspired, and exploring the new and exotically far away.The One? Or One of Many?
Trouble begins if Leo suspect that the Archer is an equal opportunity lover. It suits Leo's proud nature to be a whole lotta woman or man -- enough to satisfy every need or desire. A Sagittarius that's restless to experiment makes Leo see red. It's important to know what the other is really looking for, and general love philosophy. This will depend a lot on where each is, in the game of life.
If triggered, Leo's jealousy is a bad fit with the Sagittarian's pursuit of varied experience in love. Their fires burn differently -- Leo is ignited by concentrated attention, and Sadge's sparks cover a lot of ground, in an ever-widening fire zone.
In a relationship, both are social, but Sadge travels further afield. Sadge needs to keep moving, and feel free to follow life's lead. If Leo feels lonely and unappreciated by the busy Archer, trouble ensues.
Sadge's need for freedom conflicts with the Leo's desire to be swept up in an absorbing romance. Sadge can be a loving partner, but can't demonstrate the total devotion in the way Leo wants.
A player Sadge with the prideful Leo is a recipe for disaster. It works when a commitment is in place that both value, and the bond is kept fresh through shared experiences. When Leo trusts that Sadge will return, the bond deepens through the many comings and goings. Kids, holidays, animals, friends, parties -- the Leo-Sadge household is vibrantly colorful. As long as they keep laughing, and work through their differences, this pair has a good run.


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Chapter 2 ADMINISTRATION*
Section 2-339 Officers.
The commission shall annually elect one of its members as chair at the first meeting after the beginning of each fiscal year. The chair shall appoint a vice-chair from the remaining commission members. The chair shall preside at all meetings. In the absence of the chair or the chair's inability to preside, the vice-chair shall preside. The commission rules may specify the duties of the officers.
Editor's note--Ord. No. 21571, § 1, adopted January 7, 2013, recodified Article V. The previous applicable sections were Sections 2-375.09 - 2-375.14.
(Ord. 21571, Added, 01/07/2013)


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and here is one man's offering - might make some think
The Role of 'Educators'
By Thomas Sowell - January 8, 2013
Many years ago, as a young man, I read a very interesting book about the rise of the Communists to power in China. In the last chapter, the author tried to explain why and how this had happened.
Among the factors he cited were the country's educators. That struck me as odd, and not very plausible, at the time. But the passing years have made that seem less and less odd, and more and more plausible. Today, I see our own educators playing a similar role in creating a mindset that undermines American society.
Schools were once thought of as places where a society's knowledge and experience were passed on to the younger generation. But, about a hundred years ago, Professor John Dewey of Columbia University came up with a very different conception of education -- one that has spread through American schools of education, and even influenced education in countries overseas.
John Dewey saw the role of the teacher, not as a transmitter of a society's culture to the young, but as an agent of change -- someone strategically placed, with an opportunity to condition students to want a different kind of society.
A century later, we are seeing schools across America indoctrinating students to believe in all sorts of politically correct notions. The history that is taught in too many of our schools is a history that emphasizes everything that has gone bad, or can be made to look bad, in America -- and that gives little, if any, attention to the great achievements of this country.
If you think that is an exaggeration, get a copy of "A People's History of the United States" by Howard Zinn and read it. As someone who used to read translations of official Communist newspapers in the days of the Soviet Union, I know that those papers' attempts to degrade the United States did not sink quite as low as Howard Zinn's book.
That book has sold millions of copies, poisoning the minds of millions of students in schools and colleges against their own country. But this book is one of many things that enable teachers to think of themselves as "agents of change," without having the slightest accountability for whether that change turns out to be for the better or for the worse -- or, indeed, utterly catastrophic.
This misuse of schools to undermine one's own society is not something confined to the United States or even to our own time. It is common in Western countries for educators, the media and the intelligentsia in general, to single out Western civilization for special condemnation for sins that have been common to the human race, in all parts of the world, for thousands of years.
Meanwhile, all sorts of fictitious virtues are attributed to non-Western societies, and their worst crimes are often passed over in silence, or at least shrugged off by saying some such thing as "Who are we to judge?"
Even in the face of mortal dangers, political correctness forbids us to use words like "terrorist" when the approved euphemism is "militant." Milder terms such as "illegal alien" likewise cannot pass the political correctness test, so it must be replaced by another euphemism, "undocumented worker."
Some think that we must tiptoe around in our own country, lest some foreigners living here or visiting here be offended by the sight of an American flag or a Christmas tree in some institutions.
In France between the two World Wars, the teachers' union decided that schools should replace patriotism with internationalism and pacifism. Books that told the story of the heroic defense of French soldiers against the German invaders at Verdun in 1916, despite suffering massive casualties, were replaced by books that spoke impartially about the suffering of all soldiers -- both French and German -- at Verdun.
Germany invaded France again in 1940, and this time the world was shocked when the French surrendered after just 6 weeks of fighting -- especially since military experts expected France to win. But two decades of undermining French patriotism and morale had done their work.
American schools today are similarly undermining American society as one unworthy of defending, either domestically or internationally. If there were nuclear attacks on American cities, how long would it take for us to surrender, even if we had nuclear superiority -- but were not as willing to die as our enemies were?
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Chief Joseph:
" Some think that we must tiptoe around in our own country, lest some foreigners living here or visiting here be offended by the sight of an American flag or a Christmas tree in some institutions. "
Whole lot of irony there; trying to include Christmas as an American institution when it obviously originates from religion - an institution that survives by indoctrinating the young. Seems the author isn't really against indoctrination, he just wants it to agree with his views.
He definitely has his own thoughts across the board Iluminator. Straightforward in his writings which is appreciated.
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--- Quote from: dbucfan on January 09, 2013, 06:48:52 PM ---He definitely has his own thoughts across the board Iluminator. Straightforward in his writings which is appreciated.
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he sucks and his article sucks. He's making an emotional argument blaming teachers and schools for intentionally undermining american society.
Even if it were true and he was right as light, it's the price he pays for the freedom to right that garbage. If he doesn't like it he could always move to sweden.
Sorry you didn't think more of it.
Chief Joseph:
I didn't really disagree with his premise, just his hypocrisy about what kind of indoctrination is acceptable. And teachers, of course, don't see it as undermining, they see it as strengthening. And it should be mentioned that college is ten times worse.
Conservatives in Ancient Athens executed Socrates for "indoctrinating the youth" and "undermining society" too. Why is it that conservatives hate education so much?
Chief Joseph:
Please, no one answer the idiot.
Dolorous Jason:
--- Quote from: Illuminator on January 12, 2013, 10:50:24 AM ---
Please, no one answer the idiot.
--- End quote ---
Happy to oblige.
Rather teach children the facts than fill their minds with lies and nationalistic horse crap. Rather teach children to think for themselves than accept the status quo. Conservatives do hate education.
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Blue landmasses? Green clouds? Red ice shelves? Maybe you've seen a colorful map and said to yourself, that's not how it looks in real life!
A color-mapped image may have puzzling colors like these because scientists used different colors to represent data. Color is one of the tools that scientists use to visualize data about complex phenomena, from storm intensity to land surface temperature or the heights of underwater geologic formations.
To do this, scientists map data to a specific color scale they design. You can usually find this scale at the bottom of a map in a legend that explains the values represented by each color. This helps users not only interpret a lot of information, but also effectively understand findings and discoveries.
The Ozone Hole poster used in this activity brings together colorful images of over 30 years of satellite observations of the ozone hole. Once you understand the meaning of the color scale, you can interpret the colors on the globes and see how the ozone hole has changed over time.
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Last week's Create a Spark Saturday challenge was to read aloud progressively more positive statements about creativity to boost artistic vision.
I printed out the 10 statements about creativity (click the link to go back to last week's post to remind yourself of what I was intoning daily). With the printed statements beside my bed it was easy to read them out loud to myself at the beginning of each day.
My verdict? The last statement "I am a creative genius" made me laugh at my own audacity every single time. I had of course written the statements myself so it was a pretty bold statement. But it always meant that I started my day with a laugh - never a bad thing.
This week I managed to pull two cool new and creative ideas out of my head without really thinking too much about it - just "bam" the ideas appeared. Was it the re-enforcement of the creative statements? Who knows, but I don't think it would be a bad thing to read those statements out loud every time you felt a bit flat creatively. It doesn't hurt and doesn't take a lot of time and effort, so why not?
I'm thinking this creativity booster may just have merit.
This week's challenge: Read Alice in Wonderland, Kafka's Metamorphosis, or any other absurdist masterpiece.
According to an article I read on the PsyBlog, our brains try to always find meaning in our lives. When the mind encounters absurd situations it has to work harder to find meaning.
Apparently in one study into the effect that the absurd has on our minds, participants were asked to read an absurd short story by Franz Kafka before completing a pattern recognition task. When their results were compared with control participants, those in the group who had read the absurd story story showed an elevated subconscious ability to recognise hidden patterns.
So to enhance creative insight try reading absurd literature like Alice in Wonderland.
If you have a Kindle or one of the Free Kindle apps for your PC or other device you can read Lewis Carroll's absurd masterpiece Alice's Adventures in Wonderland for free.
Or try some absurd, nonsense poetry from Edward Lear , also for free on Kindle.
Did anyone else try reading progressively more and more positive statements about creativity? Are you up for reading some absurd literature in the name of fostering your inner creative genius?
Bring on the absurd!


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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman says he will not run for U.S. Senate, making the race to replace Republican U.S. Sen. Mike Johanns wide open.
Heineman made the announcement Saturday _ more than three months after Johanns announced he would not seek a second term in 2014. GOP attention immediately turned to Heineman, a popular governor who is restricted by term limits from seeking re-election. Heineman had recently said he would announce his decision before the end of May.
In a statement released Saturday morning, Gov. Heineman says:
"After careful consideration of all of the issues involved in a race for the United States Senate, I have decided to keep my focus on being the best Governor that I can for the citizens of Nebraska. Every day, I enjoy the challenges and opportunities of being the Governor of the best State in America.
We are going to continue to focus on tax relief and tax reform for Nebraska's middle class families, expanding job opportunities for Nebraskans, and improving Nebraska's education system by strengthening academic achievement.
I want to thank you, my friends, our supporters and the citizens of Nebraska for your encouragement and your support. You are very important to Sally and me.
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Although technically you should get infectious mononucleosis, or mono, once in your life, there are actually some scenarios in which someone can have mono symptoms more than once and even be diagnosed with mono more than once.
Well, although the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is usually thought of as the official cause of mono, and you should only get EBV infections once, many other viruses can cause similar mono-like illness, including CMV, adenovirus, Toxoplasma gondii, HIV, rubella, hepatitis A, human herpesvirus-6, and human herpesvirus-8. So even after having mono, your child could later get a mono-like illness with the same symptoms as mono, including fever, sore throat, and swollen glands, that is caused by another virus.
Another reason that your child might be diagnosed with mono a second time is that your child was previously misdiagnosed. The monospot test for mono can give false positive results (the test is positive even when your child really doesn't have mono) up to 10 percent of the time. So your child could have had mono symptoms and a positive monospot, but his infection could have been caused by another virus, unless the results were confirmed by positive EBV titers (which isn't always done or necessary).
Also, some children are given a simple clinical diagnosis of mono, without any testing, so you can't be sure that they had mono in the first place. Or they may have been diagnosed with mono after having a suspicious complete blood count, which is not specific for EBV and mono.
So while the 'right' answer may be, 'No, you can't get mono caused by EBV more than once,' your child can have mono symptoms and may even be diagnosed with mono more than once in his life.
Behrman: Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 17th ed.
Behrman: Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 17th ed.


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BILOXI, MS (AP) - The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources has received a grant from the Gulf of Mexico Community based Restoration Partnership to help with the Deer Island Restoration Project.
The $20,000 grant will be used to help protect about 800 linear feet of shoreline on the northeast corner of Deer Island from erosion by creating a breakwater/berm using bags of recycled oyster shell stacked and staked along the shoreline. The recycled shell will be bound in wire-mesh bags, which will eventually rust away, leaving the oyster habitat free of debris.
The initial deployment of oyster shell is planned for early March.
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I have to admit that after wearing them for ski tours, big alpine routes, long Himalayan expeditions and numerous rock climbs over the last few months I have now admitted defeat! There is inevitably some slight wear to the knees, and I did manage to put some very small holes around the ankles by catching my crampons, but overall they have been incredibly tough. I find that in less durable clothing I am slightly conscious of not doing too much damage, but in the Alpine Guides I was able to climb without a second thought about wear and tear - an important consideration.
Having tried the Guides out in plenty of different temperatures and situations I can say that I found them good for all but the hottest of days. The key with this type of clothing is that it keeps you cool when you're going uphill and warm when you're standing around. I felt the Guides did this pretty well. They are also pretty water repellent, keeping out rain showers and enabling you to sit on snow for long enough to have a bite to eat without getting a wet backside.
"...No sooner had the trousers emerged from the packaging than they were being put to the test on a typically brutal route on the Aiguille du Peigne..."
I'm pretty thin so I can make most things look like a potato sack, but the Guides were a great fit – snug but not tight enough to restrict any movement. The waistband is unrestricting and elasticated at the back, which allowed me to move freely. The system for changing the size of the bottom of the trousers is excellent too. You can choose between an ankle gripping gaiter (for soft snow), a normal straight cut, or a wide cut to accommodate a ski boot. With a zip and two buttons, the system is easy to use and also secure enough that you don't need to worry about the legs coming undone and letting snow into your boots.
Overall I thought that Guides are a superb piece of kit – versatile, tough and smart looking. If you're looking for an all round soft shell for ski touring, long alpine routes and expeditions, then look no further.
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TENGXIAN, Guangxi – The Chenping village's primary school sits in a valley of mountains offering parents the chance to send their children to a school that only offers schooling from kindergarten to grade 3. There are a grand total of 80 students who attend this school, and 30 of them unfortunately are separated from the school by a big water reservoir.
With no other choices, these 30 kids must use a flimsy bamboo raft to paddle to school every day. Whether it is windy, raining or scorching hot, the kids usually find a way to go to school and go back home each day. It is estimated the kids travel a total distance of 2 km each day, 1 km paddling to school, another 1 km paddling back home. This approximately amounts to 300 km in a year.
If the kids were to get to school by foot, they would be required to commute a total distance of 16 km each day, with 8 km being rocky, mountainous terrain. In addition, this route has a bridge that has been flooded by water making it impossible to use as a footpath.
Considered "a mandatory course"
Residents of the village said after the construction of the water reservoir was complete in 1980, many of them viewed paddling to school as "a mandatory course". Kids as young as 4, 5 years old had to carry a bamboo raft and paddle to school, up until they reached grade 3. Fortunately none of the kids have ever fallen in the water. If this were to happen, a resident of the village explains, "All the kids know how to swim, so we're lucky no accidents have happened yet."
Dangerous conditions and undesirable weather
Dangerous conditions that the children face are coupled with water constantly entering the raft, causing the kids to be soaked head to toe when they are paddling. The conditions are worse during the winter months, as the temperature drops and the water on the kids' clothes makes it extremely cold.
Many parents are worried about the dangers their children encounter, but at the present moment cannot find the time to personally send their children to school themselves. A possible alternative was to hire someone to drive a ferry, but this would probably not be a practical solution since all the kids do not live in the same area, making it inconvenient to go to school and go home.
"The dream" of the local villagers
Teachers of the school have repeatedly informed the local education board about the hazards, and they have responded by providing the kids with life jackets and issuing warning reports to not attend school when there is strong wind or heavy rain. In spite of the efforts made, parents and teachers believe providing a school bus or a big ferry would be the most ideal situation. This currently has become "the dream" of the local students, parents and teachers.
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