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George Osborne promises Tories will freeze fuel duty till 2015 - if they can find way to pay for it
Chancellor battles to join 'cost of living' fight but warns battle to clear Britain's deficit is far from over
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Petrol duty will remain frozen until the 2015 general election, George Osborne announced today as he fought back against Labour's promises to tackle Britain's "cost of living crisis."
In his speech to the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, the Chancellor said that, as long as he could find the necessary savings, fuel duty would not be increased before the election. It would mean scrapping a rise of almost 2p a litre pencilled for September next year by the previous Labour Government.
Contrasting the move with Labour's pledge to freeze energy prices for 20 months if it wins the election, Mr Osborne said: "We don't just talk about being on the side of working people. We show it - day in, day out - in the policies we deliver."
A rise in fuel duty due to take effect this month was cancelled in his March Budget. He said then that petrol would now be 13p per litre cheaper than it would have been had the duty not been frozen over the past two years.
The Chancellor also used today's speech to warn that the battle to clear Britain's deficit is far from over. But he also held out the hope that working people would eventually reap a reward for the years of austerity, through tax cuts.
He promised that, if the Tories form the next government, they would "run a surplus" on the nation's books as an insurance policy against a repeat of the crisis that began under the last Labour Government. "Never again. This time we are going to run a surplus. This time we are going to fix the roof when the sun shines," he declared.
Mr Osborne said that would require difficult decisions and "discipline and spending control" in the next parliament.
He insisted that Labour's measures to reduce the cost of living gave the impression that this issue was "detached from the economy". He argued
that Labour's policy of higher borrowing, taxes and mortgages was "not the solution to lower living standards. They are the cause of lower living standards."
The Chancellor said: "The British public know that whoever is elected will face some very hard choices.
Our country's problem is not that it taxes too little. It is that its government spends too much. So while no responsible Chancellor ever rules out tax changes, I think it can be done by reducing spending and capping welfare, not by raising taxes."
He insisted: "The battle to turn Britain around is not even close to being over and we are going to finish what we started."
Mr Osborne hailed the Tories as the party of home ownership and small businesses and claimed it was Conservative rather than Liberal Democrat ministers who were responsible for the Coalition's key policies since 2010.
The Chancellor concluded on an upbeat note, saying: "We're turning Britain around. And we say to the people of this nation: We rescued the economy together. We're going to recover together.
And together, we're going to share in the rewards.For the sun has started to rise above the hill.And the future looks brighter than it did, just a few dark years ago."
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The pop star, 26, was forced to cancel her tour due to a condition called synovitis, a severe inflammation of the joints caused by a previous injury. This condition is something Gaga has been dealing with for a while.
She posted to fans on her Facebook page Tuesday: "I've been hiding a show injury and chronic pain for some time now, [and] over the past month it has worsened. I've been praying it would heal. I hid it from my staff. I didn't want to disappoint my amazing fans. However, after last night's performance I could not walk and still can't."
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - With just over a week to go until European Parliament elections, two separate polls on Monday suggested around two-thirds of Europeans feel their voices are not heard in Brussels, although trust in the European Union is rebounding from record lows.
Only 37 percent of Europeans believe their voice counts in Brussels according to a poll by Eurobarometer, a public opinion service of the European Union.
Just 29 percent of those polled by the Pew Research Center said the same thing, a separate poll released on Monday showed.
In a vast May 22-25 election covering 28 countries, as many as 350 million people will be able to vote for members of the European Parliament, the bloc's only directly elected body.
Policymakers in Brussels are trying to democratise the election process, and for the first time, the election results will be linked to the selection of the European Commission president.
But frustration with the European Union is expected to lead to strong showings for anti-EU parties such as Britain's UK Independence Party (UKIP), in the elections.
Sentiment has brightened since the start of this year, however, as the crisis in Ukraine and an improvement in European economies sparks some optimism about the 28-member bloc, according to pollsters.
"Ukraine is a reminder of why we created an integrated Europe to begin with. So as negative as the crisis was, there is still residual idealism," says Bruce Stokes, director at Pew Research Center.
Some 52 percent of Europeans view the EU favourably, up from 46 percent a year ago, the Pew Center poll showed. France and Britain saw the biggest jumps in positive sentiment, up 13 and 9 percentage points respectively since last year.
People also still believe in many of the European Union's original ambitions, such as its role in global diplomacy, although the grip of recession continues to weigh on attitudes regarding the economy.
Eurobarometer carried out its poll from March 15 to 24 and interviewed 28,000 people across the European Union. Pew Research carried out its poll from March 17 to April 9 and interviewed 7,022 adults across seven EU countries: France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Spain, and Britain.
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Social media was a big part of content marketing for businesses this year, both for B2C and B2B. With such high use of smartphones, consumers expect on-demand and easily accessible content. It's now a necessity for all businesses to have social media accounts in order to successfully interact with customers across the world. In Susan Poirier's article, "Social Media is ESSENTIAL: 2014 Trends," she takes us through the thoughts on the social media trends for 2014 from five different people. All agree that social media will become an even more important content marketing tactic for brands next year ...(Read Full Article)
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According to a study by BIA/Kelsey, only 22% of businesses in the U.S. plan to post a video within the next year. Video is a sometimes overlooked form of content marketing. Marketers are really losing out when they don't use video because it's the fastest-growing ad format. Wissam Dandan shares some incredible facts to persuade even the biggest nonbelievers of video's worth in his article, "Ignoring video marketing? These 11 stats reveal why you shouldn't." Videos are very helpful to users when making decisions between different products and services. By using video, businesses will ...(Read Full Article)
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Listen to it below, via Miss Info. The soundtrack is out November 17.
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It's great to see the community coming together to put on a great event and celebrate everything LGBT+
I'm looking forward to volunteering on the day and having a great time in Shoreditch Park at Summer Rites after the parade.
great events we will see. who can afford to pay £22.50 for the park event and who can afford to pay to take part to the gala dinner. let's stop thinking gay people are rich even some of them leave under poverty. pride organisers did not care at the beginning about low mobility people my partner(who is a wheelchair user) and myself brought it to the organisers at the beginning of the organisation when we started volunteering. about special needs but nothing was done at the time so we decided to stop volunteering
REMEMBER THIS? If you want to know Boris' real views on the LGBT community then watch this video below, its was only filmed 5 yrs ago & hes NEVER apologized or explained his 'change'(?) of heart.
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The rapper, whose real name is Tauheed Epps, claimed possession of the backpack and was arrested. Black says Epps was cited for having drug paraphernalia and marijuana and was released. The citation carries up to a year in jail and up to a $1,000 fine.
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W. K'LINGE AUTOMATIC GRIPPING PIN. APPLICATIQN FILED ocT. 30. I916.
' 1,31 5,369, Patented Sept. 9, 1919.-
- Inventor" WILLIAM KLINGE, or ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.
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Application filed October so. 1916. Serial No. 1284457 To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, WILLIAM KLINGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Alexandria, in the county of Alexandriaand State of Virginia, have invented a new and useful Automatic Gripping-Pin, of which the following is a specification.
An object of the present invention is to provide a safety gripping, pinning or supporting device which may be readily secured to any fabric or other soft material or to securely bind together separate pieces of fabric, paper, or like material.
Another object of this invention is to provide a gripping or pinning device which Will effectively house or cover its securing prongs or hooks, so that the possibility of injury from these hooks will be obviated.
A further object of the present invention is to provide a pinning or gripping device of generally improved structure, whereby the device will be simple, durable, and inexpensive in construction, as well as convenient, practical, serviceable and efficient in its use.
With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.
The invention has been illustrated in its preferred embodiments in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of the in vention.
Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional View showing the gripping prongs or hooks in their initial or inserting position.
- Fig. 3 is a similar view, but depicting the prongs in their gripping position.
Fig. 4 is a rear View of the invention, a portion being shown in section.
Fig. 5 is a face view of an ornamented form of the invention.
Fig. 6 is a side view of a modified form of the invention, having one of its manipulating fingers terminating in a supporting hook.
Fig. 7 is another form of the invention in the manipulating fingers.
Fig. 8 is a perspective View "of the inven-.
tion, depicting it in use in connectionwith drapery. I i
In the accompanyingdrawings, 1 designates a supporting member or casing havingdepending side and end flanges 1.
A transverse shaft or pintle 2 is] pivoted adjacent each end of the casing 1 in the op posed side flanges 1 asindicated at 2. Each shaft 2 has one or more radial arms extending therefrom, which are bent or turned sharply at 3, and from which points extend arcuate pinning or gripping prongs or hooks 4, that are concentric-to the transverse shafts 2. A manipulating finger extends radially from eachshaft 2, and these fingers extend through longitudinal slots 6 formed at the opposed ends of the face of the casing or supporting members 1. The manipulating fingers are preferably. curved adjacent their outer endsand are adapted to extendbeyond the opposed terminals ofthe casing 1, so that'they may be readily gripped between the thumb and forefingerof the user.
In order to normally hold the outer or pointed ends of the prongs 4L Within-the casmg 1, there are-provided helical torsion spr1ngs7,wh1ch are mouiitedonthe shaft 2. Each spring 7 has one of its terminals engaging or secured to one of the radial arms 3' while the opposed terminal engages or isse'cured to the casing 1.
In practical operation, when it is desired to secure the device to a piece of fabric or other soft material F or to secure together separate pieces of material, the user grips the manipulating fingers between his thumb and forefinger and moves them to the position shown in Fig. 2, which exposes the pointed ends of the prongs 4c. The device may now be readily secured to the selected fabric by simply placing the easing against the material, which causes the pointed end of the prongs 4 to pierce the material, and then releasing the manipulating fingers 5, thereby allowing the spring 7 to move the prongs a to their closed position, as shown in Fig. 4:. It will be observed that in this position the pointed ends of the prongs are housed or incased by the casing 1, so that the user or wearer could not be in- Fig. 6, a supporting hook8 is formed at the outer terminal of one of the manipulating fingers 5 in order to support any small commercial article, price tag or the like.
Fig. 7 shows another form'of the device in which the opposed ends of the casing 1 are rounded, and the outer terminal of one of the manipulating fingers is turned upon itself as indicated at 10, to form a resilient clasp or holder 11. This form of the invention may be employed to support display cards of any preferred form.
Fig. 8 illustrates the device connecting two pieces of fabric F,thereby allowing the fabrics to be draped or arranged for store window or other display purposes.
From the foregoing, it is manifest that, the device may be employed for various pur poses, such as a window trimming pin, display card holder, fabric and garment support, or by properly ornamenting it, it may be employed as an article of jewelry or personal ornament.
Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is.:-
1. An automatic grippingepin comprising a casing having depending side and end flanges, the rear face of the casing being open. and longitudinally disposed slots formed in the front face of the casing, transversely disposed shafts journaled within the casing adjacent the said slots, manipulating fingers rigidly secured to the said shafts and extending through the longitudinally disposed slots, spring-actuated arcuate prongs supported by the said shafts and having their outer ends pointed, said prongs being concentric with respect to the axes of the shafts and formed so that their pointed ends are positioned within the casing when said prongs are in their gri ping position.
2. A device of the c ass described including a casing having longitudinal slots formed at the opposed ends thereof, transverse shafts pivotally secured in the casing adjacent the said slots, radial arms rigidly secured to the said shafts, arcuate pointed prongs extending from the arms, said prongs being concentric with the shafts, a helical spring mounted on each of the shafts and having one terminal engaging the casing and the opposed terminal in engagement with one of the radial arms to normally hold the pointed ends of the prongs within the casing, manipulating fingers rigidly secured to the shafts and extending radially therefrom through the longitudinal slots, thereby allowing the longitudinal slots to limit the movement of the manipulating fingers, said fingers having their outer ends curved so that they may be readily gripped and held by the thumb and forefinger during the extreme movement of the said fingers.
In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signa ture in the presence of two Witnesses.
J. Trros. Coon, A. S. ELBOURN.
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Orthodox Bulgarians Mark Solemnly Crucifixion Friday
Bulgarian Christians mark Good Friday, the day that commemorates the death of Jesus Christ by crucifixion.
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Based on the scriptural details of the Sanhedrin Trial of Jesus, the Crucifixion of Jesus was most probably on a Friday. The estimated year of Good Friday is AD 33, by two different groups, and originally as AD 34 by Isaac Newton via the differences between the Biblical and Julian calendars and the crescent of the moon. A third method, using a completely different astronomical approach based on a lunar Crucifixion darkness and eclipse model arrives at the same date, namely Friday April 3, AD 33.
In Bulgaria, together with Christmas, Good Friday and Easter are the holiest days in the Orthodox calendar, and are observed with great solemnity.
Churches all over the country are serving masses to mourn the crucified son of God.
Fasting is especially strict on this day - the Church advises believers not to have any food at all, and to not even drink water. Few Bulgarians, however, are usually that strict.
But the most joyful time of the festival is the Feast of Ascension - commemorating the ascension of Christ into heaven - when Bulgarians spend cheery time with family and friends tapping colored eggs. Whoever comes out of the game with their egg unbroken is the winner, and they are believed to have luck over the next one year.
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Mo Yan's novel gives animal's-eye view of Chinese transformation
Through a series of reincarnations, the tale of China's caldron of transformation in the second half of the 20th century.
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"Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out"
by Mo Yan, translated by Howard Goldblatt
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No country in the second half of the 20th century experienced more violent change than China. From the Maoist victories of the late 1940s, through the horrors of the Cultural Revolution in the '60s and '70s, to the new experiments in Chinese-style capitalism of the '90s, Chinese society has been a caldron of transformation.
As a novelist, to tell such a monumental story you need supreme confidence, a deep understanding of the human heart and extraordinary literary gifts. Mo Yan is such an artist.
In his newest novel, "Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out," Yan creates the perfect metaphor for China's recent history: the reincarnation of the soul.
Yan's hero and chief narrator, Ximen Nao, is a former rich landowner who falls victim to Mao Zedong's Land Reform Movement. Although known as a fair and decent man, Nao loses both his land and his life to the Communist regime. Relegated to Hell, Nao is forced by Lord Yama, King of the Underworld, to be reborn, again and again, until his anger with his perceived injustice is purged from his soul. First, he re-enters the world as a donkey, then, in succession, as an ox, pig, dog, and monkey, until he finally returns as a human. From the unique vantage point as an animal with some lingering human thoughts, Nao relates the life of his peasant village and its people through 50 years of economic and personal struggle.
Inventing a large cast of believable people is one thing. (Yan's list of principle characters numbers 17.) To bring them vividly to mind while simultaneously fashioning a counter world of animal intelligence — the smells, sights, fears and violence implicit in the daily life of creatures — is a spectacular achievement.
With operatic passion, Yan's characters expand and contract with extreme emotions. Cruelty and vengeance in beasts and humans are always present, as are strength and courage.
Here is Nao, as a donkey, defending his beloved from an attack by wolves:
" ... I reared up and aimed my hoofs at one of them, but it darted out of the way, so I spun around and landed on the back of the second wolf, driving it under the water, where I held it as bubbles rose to the surface. Meanwhile, the first wolf leapt onto the neck of my beloved. Seeing the danger she was in, I abandoned the drowning wolf and kicked out with my rear hoofs, hitting the attacker square in the head."
With three narrators (Mo Yan himself is a recurring character) and more subplots than a year's worth of television dramas, Yan's title is literally true. You do get worn out from this huge monster of a book. For there is nothing this artist can't write about. Be it the steadfast devotion of a dog, the lacerating despair of a lover, a husband's selfish betrayal, a pig's dawning admiration for an enemy — it all appears like fluid calligraphy on the page.
Our heartfelt thanks to translator Howard Goldblatt for his amazing job of turning this masterful work of art into living, breathing English.
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The room was clean but very small. Hardly room to move around a queen-sized bed. The hot water tap was in fact a tepid water tap. The room was hot due to hot water pipes running down the wall of the bathroom. Wi-fi costs extra, and is enabled for a maximum of 2 devices. There is a hotel safe for... More
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