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Khreim carries ice for his elderly neighbor.
SIDON, Lebanon: Sidon's electricity rationing is taking its toll this summer, with residents taking to the streets to protest and getting creative at home to deal with the blackouts.
According to an Electricity du Liban official in south Lebanon, the city receives an average of six hours of electricity in every 24 hour period. These six hours are distributed between the neighborhoods, which means that some see no more than two hours of power per day.
The city's frustrated residents blocked main roads Wednesday and Thursday evening, but there is no sign the crisis will be resolved anytime soon.
According to the official, the deficiency in power production is due to damage at some plants, and maintenance work at others.
"In some plants, maintenance work won't be finished before July 4," the official said.
Private generator fees have increased in recent months, and now stand at around LL120,000-LL130,000 a month for five amperes. So many residents are now resorting to methods from a different era.
Candles and diesel-fueled lamps are returning to popularity, especially for students studying for exams in the old city, where there are only one or two hours of electricity a day.
"There are only three days left of school and I have to study by candlelight since my dad can't afford a subscription to a private generator. He can barely feed us," Sandy Rawwas said, adding that the government should provide a candle to each student.
Others are buying ice blocks from factories, in order to cool drinks and preserve food.
Another youngster, Jibril Khreim, was busy toting a LL5,000 block of ice that he had purchased for his elderly neighbor, Umm Ahmad, unable to perform the task herself.
"Shame on our government, which has left us living in the dark ages," said Umm Ahmad, who was upset after a nearly two-day interruption in her electricity supply.
As fees rise, those who can afford generators are at the mercy of their operators. Mohammed Qassem was busy using a cart to bring home a small diesel-powered generator.
"Electricity is everything. This generator will light up my home, and most importantly turn on the TV so we can watch the European [football] Championship," he said.
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Lambic is a very distinctive type of beer brewed only in the Pajottenland region of Belgium (southwest of Brussels).
Unlike conventional ales and lagers, which are fermented by carefully cultivated strains of brewer's yeasts, Lambic beer is instead produced by spontaneous fermentation: it is exposed to the wild yeasts and bacteria that are said to be native to the Senne valley, in which Brussels lies. It is this unusual process which gives the beer its distinctive flavour: dry, vinous, and cidery, with a slightly sour aftertaste.
Today the beer is generally brewed from a grist containing approximately 70% barley malt and 30% unmalted wheat. When the wort has cooled, it is left exposed to the open air so that fermentation may occur spontaneously. While this exposure is a critical feature of the style, many of the key yeasts and bacteria are now understood to reside within the brewery and its (usually timber) fermenting vessels in numbers far greater than any delivered by the breeze. Up to 86 microorganisms have been identified in Lambic beer, the most significant ones being Brettanomyces bruxellensis and Brettanomyces lambicus. The process is generally only possible between October and May as in the summer months there are too many unfavourable organisms in the air that could spoil the beer.
Since at least the 11th century and probably earlier, hops have been used in beer for their natural preservative qualities as well as for the pleasant bitterness, flavour, and aroma they impart. Today they still provide bitterness, flavor, and aroma in almost all beer styles except Lambic. Since the method of inoculation and long fermentation time of Lambic beers increases the risk of spoilage, Lambic brewers still use large amounts of hops for their antibacterial properties. In order to avoid making the beer extremely bitter, however, aged, dry hops (which have lost much of their bitterness) are used. Consequently, Lambics often have a strong, cheese-like, "old hop" aroma, in contrast to the resiny, herbal, earthy hop bitterness found in other styles.
After the fermentation process starts, the lambic is siphoned into old oak or chestnut barrels from the Porto region of Portugal or the Jerez region of Spain. Some of the brewers prefer used wine barrels. The lambic is left to ferment and mature for one to two or even three years. It forms a "velo de flor" of yeast that gives some protection from oxidation, in a similar way to vin jaune and sherry; the barrels are not topped up.
Another important feature of Lambic is that it is usually a blend of at least two different beers; many 'producers' are in fact blenders who buy beers from other brewers, and blend two or more together to create the desired result. A good gueuze, for example, may have occupied space in several different cellars over 6 years or more. Despite this complex production, the locals are justifiably proud of their unique beer, and recent years has seen an explosion of interest around the world for this unusual beverage. Whilst those outside of the area are most likely to find the bottled gueuze and fruit versions, there are a wide variety of styles available to the local drinker, and they are often blended again or sweetened with sugar or flavoured syrups before drinking, as some examples can be extremely tart.
Lambic beer is widely consumed in Brussels and environs, and frequently features as an ingredient in Belgian cuisine.


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'Justified' preview: Harlan County elections, Ava being awesome (moreso than usual)Add to Favorites | Justified
"Justified" is hurtling towards its Season 3 finale, with only five episodes left. Zap2it has screened next Tuesday's episode, "Loose Ends," so we're here to whet your appetite with some things you can look forward to with everyone's favorite Deputy U.S. Marshal.
"Justified" airs Tuesday nights at 10 p.m. ET/PT on FX.
- Ava and Raylan have a short scene together that has more chemistry in five minutes than Winona and Raylan have had in all their screen time put together. Is it hot in here?
- Speaking of Ava - Team Ava is gonna like this episode because she's even more awesome than usual.
- Raylan and Boyd are once again kind of collaborating, as Boyd lets Raylan know how to get to Quarles.
- Ol' Delroy is back with some of his girls, still looking to commit some of that s***kicker on s***kicker crime.
- There's a guest-starring turn by an older lady (sorry, we do not know the actress' name) as Tanner Dodd's mother that is really rather sad and sweet. It was an unexpected storyline in the episode.
- The Harlan County Sheriff's election is upon us, with Boyd going all hillbilly Jed Bartlet at the VFW debate.
- "Harlan County elections ain't over 'til the dead have voted."
- And speaking of the dead, the body count in this episode is not small. Which is just the way we like it.
"Justified" airs Tuesday nights at 10 p.m. ET/PT on FX.
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How to use contemptuously in a sentence. Example sentences using contemptuously.
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Shamefully, I lump all Prius owners into a single nondescript group, referring to them contemptuously as "you people."
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Every single individuals irrespective of human or animals in this world has come with ones own genuine task to be fulfilled ! One should avoid making mockery of or contemptuous of other ppls weakness !
God help my former contemptuouslyme, the Old Dominion, in dealing with a Governor as contemptuous of the rule of law as Obama himself.
The replies were contemptuous, smug, and lies! Our country deserves better.
Get him Ryan. This insulated Mofo has ruined so many lives with his contempt and insolance. This liar is is so contemptuous and conniving and oh he does not blink. This abuse is so systemic and so unreal is anyone watching?
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A few hundred people, backed by an army of bribed politicians, academic apologists, intelligence spooks, experts of all sorts and the repressive force of the military and police, contemptuouslyld civilization by the throat and threaten to destroy it to satisfy their insatiable greed. This social—or, to be more precise, anti-social—element is virulently contemptuouslystile to the people, contemptuous of democratic rights, and militaristic.
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As of today, we're putting the DOJ, FEC, and even key Democratic senators on notice: They're bound by law to preserve any communications with IRS officials that would be discoverable in our lawsuit. The administration's misconduct and its cover-up are so brazen, so contemptuous of common sense and the truth, that they will — once and for all — put the media and the Left to the test: When it comes to this administration, does the rule of law matter at all? Does the truth matter at all? Or is it all about ideology now?
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79th St. suspect charged in Spring Mill crime
Michael Pugh, 21, faces more than 70 charges total
INDIANAPOLIS - A man charged with 34 felony counts related to a violent home robbery has been charged with as many as 40 more crimes related to a different incident.
Michael Pugh, 21, was already in police custody in connection with a crime spree at a home near 79th Street and College Avenue, but he now faces charges related to a Spring Mill Road crime.
Ten people have been in police custody on charges for either the 79th Street or the Spring Mill Road robberies, but Pugh is the first defendant to be charged in both crimes, officials said.
Specific information about Pugh's approximately 40 new charges in the Spring Mill case has not been released.
For his suspected role in the 79th Street case, Pugh has been charged with:
- 12 counts of criminal deviate conduct
- Four counts of rape
- Three counts of criminal confinement
- Three counts of car jacking
- Three counts of robbery
- Three counts of battery
- Two counts of intimidation
- Two counts of attempted criminal deviate conduct
- One count of aggravated battery
The charges stem from a crime spree during which several men got into a family's home through an unsecured back door, demanded phones, cash, car keys and jewelry, and raped one woman and shot and sexually assaulted another.
In the Spring Mill case, police said the suspects tied up a couple and assaulted them before ransacking their home.
An 11th suspect, Adrian Anthony, is still wanted in connection with the 79th Street incident.


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If you are considering documenting your builds and are not familiar with LDraw, you might want to get familiar with it before NXT is released. I've downloaded and installed it and have begun playing around with it... I wouldn't say it's easy, but it's not exactly difficult either. There are also a LOT of tutorials available (as I'm finding).
One caveat is that there are a LOT of add-ons as well. And many of these add-ons are almost required, not suggested, in order to make some really detailed instructions and/or images.
The easiest way to get started is to download the complete LDraw Installer with all the suggested add-ons built into the Installer. You can download that here.
There's also an Unofficial Parts List you can download here. This list is updated every now and then, so bookmark it.
Finally, there are some tutorial for getting started. Click on the "Tutorials" link on the LDraw.org page (left side, under the References category).


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America is no longer controlled by the people or their elected representatives. It's not controlled by Republicans or Democrats, but rather by lobbyists representing special interest groups and corporations. Politicians rely on these special interest groups for campaign funding, and therefore act on their behalf. Some of these lobbies are are more powerful than others, but each has a unique and important effect on the way we live our lives.
For example, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) represents the private prison lobby, which campaigns to criminalize harmless activities so more Americans are sent to prison. Alcohol companies, correctional officers, and DEA agents have also jumped on the criminalization bandwagon and have spent millions in an effort to keep marijuana illegal so the alcohol companies have less competition and the prison guards/DEA have more people to put in prison. As a result, America has the highest incarceration rate in the world.
Israel lobbyists spend hundreds of millions of dollars every year to make sure America sends tens of billions of its tax dollars to Israel, one of the wealthiest nations on the planet with more than 10,000 millionaires. The Israel lobby also uses its connections in the media and government to push for pointless Middle Eastern wars for Israel's security. In addition, Israel lobbyists have aggressively proposed limitations on freedom of speech in an effort to quash criticism of Israel and silence people who publish the following facts: Israel regularly spies on America, has stolen military technology, and has even attacked American targets, among other things.
Large banks have lobbied for bailouts and pushed for the expansion of the Federal Reserve's powers. The Fed is a body that institutionalizes the transfer of wealth from the middle class to the wealthiest one percent of Americans.
Big corporations lobby to keep compliance costs and regulation high to force out smaller competitors. Oil lobbyists bribe politicians for subsidies and special contracts while reaping billions in profits. Ethanol lobbyists get Congress to subsidize an inefficient business which reduces the food supply. Big farming corporations lobby for laws that inhibit the ability of small farmers to sell their produce and milk directly to consumers.
Several lobbying groups have spent untold millions attempting to eliminate Second Amendment protections for firearm ownership. Powerful Jewish groups also regularly use their political connections to deny the Armenian holocaust, due to their historical role in the massacre.
Defense contractors lobby military officials and politicians to secure lucrative and bloated contracts for equipment the military doesn't even need.
Tax attorneys, accountants, and estate planners lobby Congress against tax reform because they need complicated and convoluted tax laws to keep ordinary citizens coming in for advice.
In almost every industry and every part of our life we can find a company, lobbying firm, wealthy individual or group lobbying our corrupt politicians for special consideration, government money, wars, or the like. And this is why America's is bogged down in unwinnable wars and bankrupt. We have foxes watching the henhouse.


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Dan Carlson Uses His 240,000-Mile '90 Mustang GT For Research And Development, And Destroys The Competition With His Daily Driver.
When you own and operate a performance shop, testing products and combinations to achieve real-world results gives you a higher level of credibility with your customers and an edge over your competition. Dan Carlson, of Bohemia, New York, knows the importance of this firsthand. Dan is the proud owner of Realspeed Automotive, and has been using his '90 Mustang GT as a research and development tool for almost 20 years. And amazingly, even with over 240,000 miles on the odometer, he still uses this GT every day.
Dan bought the GT new in 1990 with a very specific goal in mind. He wanted to prove that it was possible to consistently run 11-second quarter-mile times, yet still have the drivability to take cross-country road trips. Today, with the vast offerings of the Mustang aftermarket, an 11-second daily driver is an almost common occurrence, yet in the early '90s, it was nearly unheard of. When Dan started out, his combination was simple but effective, and countless trips from Florida to New Hampshire while Dan was in college, proved it was absolutely possible to reliably go fast.
Throughout most of the '90s, Dan worked as an engineer for Steeda Autosports in Florida, and he used his Mustang as a research and development mule. But after nearly a decade at Steeda, Dan moved north and opened his own shop. In 2004 he started Realspeed Automotive, which is on Long Island. It is no surprise his '90 GT still handles the R&D duties as well as the labors of daily driving.
Over time, the Mustang has racked up nearly a quarter-million miles, many while using the original Vortech blower case. Dan's combination may have changed, but his overall go-fast goal is the same-and as the aftermarket has evolved, so has his GT. In the search to build a faster, more reliable daily driver, Dan has put together another simple, yet effective, combination.
The mega-mile Mustang has seen a few combos over time but this time around he started with a FRPP Sportsman 302 block and bumped the displacement to 327ci. A billet crankshaft spins a set of Eagle rods and Diamond pistons with a compression ratio of 9.3:1. A Vortech V1 SC Si-Trim supercharger force-feeds 16 pounds of boost into an Edelbrock Performer RPM intake. A custom-ground hydraulic-roller cam opens and closes the valves inside a set of Edelbrock Performer 5.0 aluminum cylinder heads where the air/fuel mixture is compressed. Exhaust gases escape through a set of JBA shorty headers into a MagnaFlow cross-pipe and out through Dynomax mufflers.
Power is transferred through a Spec stage-3 clutch to a Tremec 3550 five-speed transmission that flawlessly handles the gear changes despite over 100,000 miles of daily use. The gearbox spins an FRPP aluminum driveshaft, which uses a set of 3.55 gears to turn the 31-spline Moser axles hidden inside the stock 8.8-inch rearend housing. Up front, Steeda Ultralite drag springs and Tokico drag struts handle the weight transfer on hard launches, and a Steeda 5-link rear suspension does a stellar job of keeping the Mickey Thompson ET Street Radials securely planted to the pavement. Steeda Pentar wheels sit in all four corners and Nitto NT01 rubber wraps the fronts.


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Bishop Josiah Idowu-Fearon supports the criminalization of homosexuality but says the church's battle is 'not against homosexuals, our battle today is against those who say God's standards are not good enough for us.'
A Nigerian bishop who supports the criminalization of LGBTI people has been appointed to be the next Secretary General of the worldwide Anglican Communion.
Josiah Idowu-Fearon has been the Bishop of Kaduna since 1998 and has a reputation for his expertise in managing relations between the Christian and Muslim communities in Nigeria.
However he is adamant that homosexuality remain illegal in Nigeria
The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia is exploring whether it can bless same-sex relationships after its General Synod accepted a report on the issue
The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia has accepted a report on the issue of blessing same-sex relationships at its May General Synod and will likely decide on the issue in two years.
The church's commission into the issue presented a number of different options on how to proceed as many New Zealand Anglicans support the church blessing same-sex relationships while most Polynesian Anglicans are opposed.
'It is at least a small comfort to me, as a gay rights and marriage equality advocate, to know that like any marriage, gay and lesbian couples are subject to the same complications and hardships that afflict marriages between heterosexual couples'
Bishop Gene Robinson, whose election as the first openly gay Episcopal bishop in 2003 rocked Anglican Communion, has announced his divorce from his husband Mark Andrew.
Robinson and Andrew, who have been partners for 25 years, were married in a private civil union in 2008. They became legally married when they didn't opt out of the change in state law due to changes in New Hampshire same-sex marriage laws that automatically converted civil unions to marriages in 2010.
Bishop's conference publicly rejected the proposition of MPs being denied communion for voting in favor of marriage equality
Catholic MPs will not be punished by the church for being in favor of gay marriage.
After some members of parliament in the UK supported same-sex marriage in England and Wales, the Bishop of Portsmouth Philip Egan accused them of being 'grave sinners.'
However, yesterday (2 April) The Catholic Conference of England announced they have 'no plans' to side with the bishop and deny politicians Holy Communion.
Bishop Alan Wilson urged gay clergy to take a stand and marry their partners, despite the Church of England banning gay clergy from marrying
A UK bishop has slammed the Church of England's stance on gay marriage, saying that gay clergy should defy the Church and marry their partners.
Rt Revd Alan Wilson, Bishop of Buckingham, believes LGBT clergy can find their way around the Chruch restrictions on gay marriage, the Telegraph newspaper reports.
'For them to get married is following a deeply conscientious path' he said.
Labour MP Ben Bradshaw urges the Church of England to be more clear on whether priests will be punished for marrying their same-sex partners
Church of England is being told it needs to make it clear whether it will sack a priest for marrying a same-sex partner.
Ben Bradshaw, a gay Labour MP, has accused the Church of 'trying to have its cake and eat it' by accepting same-sex marriage for members, but not for clergy.
Raising the question in the House of Commons today (27 March), the former cabinet minister asked how the Church would discipline any who disobey its ruling.
The leaders of the Anglican Church in Uganda and Kenya have warned the Church of England to back off on LGBTI issues after the Archbishop of Canterbury reminded them of their responsibility to support and care for gay people
African bishops have reacted to Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby's letter reminding them of their duty to LGBTI people, with the bishops of Uganda and Kenya telling the Church of England to back off on having a conversation about whether same-sex relationships could be tolerated in the church.
Openly gay clergyman Dr Jeffrey John, Dean of St Albans, reportedly missed appointment as the Church of England's first gay bishop by a single vote
The Church of England was one vote away from appointing its first gay bishop.
The openly gay Dean of St Albans Dr Jeffrey John was one vote away from becoming the newest Bishop of Exter, according to The Times, replacing the Right Rev Michael Langrish.
Since the beginning of this year, John has been considered for high-ranking posts within the Anglican Church.
St Matthew's in the City's the Reverend Clay Nelson says he believes that a majority of New Zealand Anglicans will support same-sex couples being allowed to marry by 2016 after a motion in favor of it failed by just one vote
St Matthew's in the City's the Reverend Clay Nelson says he expects a majority of Anglicans in New Zealand will support same-sex couples being allowed to marry in their churches by 2016.
He made the comments to GayNZ.com after a motion at a meeting of the Anglican Synod backing same-sex marriage was barely defeated.
'I do believe it will eventually pass, I hope no later than 2016,' Rev. Nelson said.
Anglicans who are opposed to gay people being ordained as clergy will meet in Nairobi in October for a second Global Anglican Future Conference five years after the first in Jerusalem
The conservative anti-gay faction within the Global Anglican Communion will meet for the second time in five years for a second Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) but say they are not yet ready to split to form their own church.
'It is now ten years since the Episcopal Church of the United States consecrated Gene Robinson as Bishop of New Hampshire, despite the fact that he had left his wife and family and then later entered into a sexual relationship with a man,' GAFCON chair and Primate of Kenya Archbishop Eliud Wabukala said.
Openly gay Dr. Jeffrey John could become the next Bishop of Durham, the third-most powerful position in the Anglican Church
An openly gay bishop could become the third-highest ranking cleric in the Church of England.
Dr. Jeffrey John, Dean of St. Albans, is being considered for the role of Bishop of Durham, a position previously held by the now-leader of the Anglican Church Archbishop of Canterbury Rev. Justin Welby.
According to British newspaper The Telegraph, the panel responsible for appointing the next Bishop of Durham was told on Friday (26 April) that the new appointee should be able to establish 'positive relationships' with gay Anglicans.
One of the most senior Church of England bishops has broken ranks with colleagues to say that the church should offer blessing services for same-sex couples in civil partnerships
Liverpool Anglican Bishop James Jones has broken ranks with other senior Church of England clergy to call for blessing services to be offered to same-sex couples in civil partnerships.
'Over the years I have shared with you my thinking about how the gospel of embrace may be felt by those who are gay,' Jones said in an address to the Diocese of Liverpool Synod.
He decided at 12 'acting' on homosexuality was evil and has remained celibate ever since
It may be hard to believe any normal gay Catholic could be sufficiently devout to have abstained from any kind of sex for his whole life.
But that is what Stephen Guest, now aged 44, has done from 12-years-old when he first started to realize his sexuality.
Guest contacted Gay Star News to question whether we were being fair in our coverage of the Catholic Church. He is not a priest but believes that to have gay sex would be a grave sin. It would condemn his soul to eternal damnation.
Liberals and Conservatives have weighed in on the announcement gay men will be allowed to become bishops, as long as they remain celibate
The Church of England has created further divisions in their ranks in their announcement over gay bishops yesterday (4 January).
As long as they remain celibate in a civil partnership, any gay man will be allowed to become a bishop without fear of being forced to step down.
Conservative evangelicals have called it 'divisive', but several liberal groups have welcomed the move.
A decade after gay cleric Jeffrey John was forced to step down as a bishop by traditionalist Christians, the CoE have said they have evolved on allowing gay bishops
The Church of England has dropped its ban on gay clergy becoming bishops.
This announcement, from the Church's House of Bishops, would allow clergy in civil partnerships to become bishops if they promised to be celibate, the BBC reports.
In 2003, the issue split the church when gay cleric Jeffrey John, who has always maintained his celibacy, became a Bishop of Reading.
John, now Dean of St Albans, was forced to step down from the role after protests from traditionalists.
'I leave this job loving it more than when I started'
Gene Robinson made history back in 2003 when he became the first openly gay man to be ordained a bishop in a major Christian denomination.
On 5 January, the 65-year-old is stepping down as a New Hampshire Episcopal Bishop and is reflecting on what has changed nearly a decade after the international uproar that came when he undertook the high-profile job.
Gene Robinson, the first US priest to be in a same-sex relationship when he was ordained, has released a pro-gay book
For all the Christians that use their Bible to attack same-sex marriage, a US bishop is suggesting they should take a closer look at the scripture.
In Gene Robinson's new book, God Believes In Love: Straight Talk About Gay Marriage, the gay Episcopalian bishop deconstructs the most seemingly homophobic passages in the Bible.
He believes, at best, the orders against gay sex are products of a time in which all people were assumed to be born heterosexual.
Archbishop of Canterbury, who will be stepping down in December, has admitted he has not done enough to stop divisions in the Church
In one of his last interviews as the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams has admitted he did not do enough to prevent divisions within the Anglican Church over homosexuality.
Williams, who will be stepping down as the head of the Church of England in December, has said the church was wrong for its past treatment of gay people.
A coalition of over 50 New Zealand Christian leaders have rejected a call by the country's Catholic bishops for young voters to oppose marriage equality
New Zealand's six Catholic bishops have written to young Catholic voters to urge them to oppose marriage equality which they say would threaten 'society as a whole.'
'This is no small matter, nor quibbling about words; this is an attempt to re-engineer the status and structure of family life in New Zealand and elsewhere,' the bishops warned.
The Church of England has not acted with 'integrity' so do not deserve to be listened to, according to Dean of St Albans in Out4Marriage video
The most senior gay cleric in the UK is saying God backs marriage equality, and has attacked the Church of England for failing to 'speak with integrity' on the issue.
The Dean of St Albans, Dr Jeffrey John, attacked the Church for failing to take a 'Christian view' on gay marriage, and saying they should be rejoicing it.
In a video for the Out4Marriage campaign, he says: 'I am sad because the Church is meant is show Christ's face to the world and on this subject, it doesn't.'
The American Episcopal Church's House of Bishops has approved a proposal to hire transgender men and women for a final vote
The USA's Episcopal Church has approved a proposal on hiring transgender men and women to become bishops or ministers and is awaiting a final vote.
The institution's House of Bishops approved proposals allowing 'gender identity and expression', meaning it no longer discriminates against trans people as candidates for ministerial positions, reports the Global Times.
One gay UK and European premier will feature at this year's festival
AIDS-panicked New York and the darkest hour for gay people in Uganda are both profiled in a documentary film festival in north east England.
Now in its 19th year, the internationally acclaimed Sheffield Doc/Fest will be taking over the screens of Sheffield city centre for five days in June.
The festival will include 83 feature documentaries, 10 outdoor screenings and 27 shorts. Many films will be followed by a question and answer session by the filmmaker.
This years program features three films about gay culture, including one European premiere.
Dr Rowan Williams, the 'liberal' who opposed continued Church of England homophobia will stand down
Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams will step down from his position as the head of the Anglican church in December.
The 61-year-old church leader, who in 2010 came close to splitting over the ordination of gay clergy and women bishops, has said in a statement on his website that standing down was not an easy decision.
Williams was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury in 2002 and will take the position of Master of Magdalene College at Cambridge University in January.
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What is Homefront: The Revolution?
Coming to PS4, Mac, PC and Xbox One
Homefront: The Revolution release date 2015
Set in 2029, four years after the original Homefront game, Crytek has chosen to bring guerilla warfare to the streets of Philedelphia in Homefront: The Revolution. The game blends open game exploration with guerilla warfare tactics to try and set Homeland: The Revolution apart from its strong FPS competition.
It's been quite a few years between the Homefront games and that's due to the original publisher THQ going down the drain. Crytek picked up the franchise and has built Homefront: The Revolution on the latest Cryengine, which has let it create a vast open world with a dynamic weather and day/night system.
The Homefront story started back in 2025 when North Korea invaded America and The Revolution has taken the game to Philedelphia where the Korean People's Army (KPA) has set up their capital. You play as a regular civilian who has had to learn how to shoot a gun and is now part of the resistance.
You'll need to use guerilla warfare tactics like sabotage, infiltration and salvaging to build up the resistance army and your own skills in order to fight the asymmetrical battles, as the KPA vastly overpowers you in number and power.
During E3 2014, we were lucky enough to see some early gameplay demoed by the Crytek team, and although we couldn't yet play it ourselves, we were mightly impressed by the visual effects and the new gameplay features coming with the game next year.
As with the previous Homefront, the game features a rather saddening juxtaposition of military blockades and strongholds next to the temporary, makeshift homes of the American civilians. Your character, as part of the resistance, is a beacon of hope for the people, but you don't want to make it too obvious to the constantly patrolling militia that you're one of the ones fighting against them.
This is where the game's new technology comes into play. Your smartphone is crucial to communication, discovering your location and creating distractions for enemies. For example, you can use the camera on your phone to tag enemies, security cameras and other items of note in the game, including valuable lootable objects.
Once you've highlighted the security cams, these can be taken out with your silenced weapon, letting you assassinate the armed guards without anyone calling for backup. This was done skilfully in the hands-off demonstration. We saw them take out the security camera surveying a guard attacking a civilian caught in the middle of a graffiti protest. When the camera was out of action, we snuck in behind the guard and quietly took a knife to his throat.
The civilians react to your presence, especially when you perform little protective actions like this. But Crytek promises that through the game the civilians will evolve and their behaviour will change according to your actions. We've not seen enough of the game to find out how this affects gameplay, but you can recruit particularly vocal or reactive civilians to the resistance to fight alongside you.
Although these smaller, more personal events in the open world will be equally important, a large part of the game will be based on infiltrating KPA strongholds with your resistance pals.
We saw the demonstration take us into a KPA stronghold at night, with spotlights sweeping all the time for signs of resistance life. Cryengine makes the spotlights really cut through the dark night sky, and combined with the smoke rising from the civilian camp fires makes for a rather oppressive and very affective game atmosphere.
Before heading into the enemy camp, we quickly modified our gun, which can be done at any point in the game, and then whipped out our smartphone.
After tagging visible enemies and security cameras and noting the resistance tunnel entrance, we used the smartphone to drive a small remote controlled vehicle with a camera mounted on it directly into the enemy base.
This little car can be used to scope out the base before you and your team go in all guns blazing, which could be a fatal move. Although we had to be stealthy when driving it, at one point driving underneath an enemy van to stay hidden, this remote control car seems like an invaluable tool for the guerilla warfare tactics that you'll need to employ in order to have any chance against the KPA.
Unlike the previous Homefront, The Revolution really seems to have ramped up the sense of disproportion between the two armies. The KPA are visually better armed and prepared, while the resistance are very much small fry.
We didn't get to see the full enemy base takeover, but we began to work with our team to take out enemies from afar with ranged weapons and then headed for an underground resistance tunnel that would bring us out at another angle to look at the base.
From the short demonstration we've seen so far, the game is very immersive and although it is open world, the dominance of the KPA means there is always something to hide from or to scope out. This should mean there is plenty to do in Homefront: The Revolution and even from this early gameplay, there's a huge amount of tactics at your disposal to take down enemies.
First Impressions
Crytek's decision to take Homefront in a new direction seems to have paid off, and blending high-tech guerilla warfare with open world exploration makes for an interesting gameplay style. The Revolution's terrifying distopian world and powerful KPA should make Homefront: The Revolution stand out from the likes of Battlefield: Hardline next year.
This is one of the FPS games of 2015 we have a feeling will make a big impression on next-gen consoles.
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The die in the pellet mill is the most important component of the process. The die effects pellet quality, productivity, energy consumption, production efficiency and reliability. The die in the pellet mill is what forms the raw material into the pellet shape.
The die contains a series of holes across its surface. As the material enters the pellet mill it is compressed between the die surface and roller, with some material being compressed through the holes. The action of compression between roller and die generates heat and pressure. These two forces are essential in the pellet formation process to produce quality pellets. The size and diameter of the holes in the die vary on the market for the pellets. For example pellet stoves generally require a pellet with a diameter of 6mm, where pellet boilers can mostly handle 8mm in diameter, and in some cases even larger. Up to a certain point the diameter would change the description from a pellet to a briquette. It is harder however to design hopper and auger feed systems for briquettes. There is a lot more information on pellet mill dies within the guide, covering the materials used to produce them, surface finish, hole relief and counter relief and various other information and facts. See below for more information on these differences.
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There are two key types of pellet mill, the ring die and flat die pellet mill. The ring die pellet mill is a second generation design of pellet mill. Ring die pellet mills have been widely adopted in large scale animal feed pellet plants and wood pellet production facilities. As the name suggests a ring die pellet mill has a ring shaped die. The die is driven and sits in a vertical position. The rollers provide force to the inner side of the die, compressing material and pellets to the outer edge of the ring. There are several advantages and disadvantages of ring die pellet mills over the flat die design, which are discussed in complete guide.
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Shaykh Muhammad Al Imaam: Amr Khalid doesn't consider Iblis to be a kaafir
Shaykh Muhammad Al Imaam: Amr Khalid doesn't consider Iblis to be a kaafir
بسم الله الرحمان الرحيم
Indeed it's found on a tape of Amr Khalid from his website entitled "Adam and Eve" where he said: "Iblis didn't disbelieve." Then he continues "Here is another meaning with a beautiful reality we ask did Iblis disbelieve in our Lord or not? Pay attention! No he didn't disbelieve, no he didn't disbelieve. Look! What did Iblis say? "You created me." So did he acknowledge that Allah created him or not? Isn't that right? Also didn't he say "You created me from fire?" He said you created him from clay thus you created me and him. Yet in another verse he says I swear by your honor and never stopped acknowledging Allah's honor!"
Ash Shaykh Ibn Uthaymin was asked "O shaykh what is the ruling on the one who says Iblis is not a disbeliever and that he swore by Allah's honor?
The shaykh responded: "Allah said:
"إلا إبليس أبى و استكبر و كان من الكافرين "
"Except for Iblis. He refused and was arrogant and became of the disbelievers" [Al-Baqarah:34}
So the one who says Iblis is not a kaafir then repentence being sought from him is compulsory, and if he doesn't repent then he is killed for denying the Quran. As for him swearing by Allah's honor then it was done because he knows that Allah is Aziz thus he swore by His honor. And Allah says:
"كمثل الشيطان إذ قال للإنسان اكفر فلما كفر قال إني برئٌ منك إني أخاف الله رب العالمين"
"Like the example of Shaytan when he says to man, "Disbelieve." But when he disbelieves he says, "Indeed, I am disassociated from you. Indeed, I fear Allah Lord of all that exist." [Al-Hashr:16]
However this fear isn't considered worship. This fear is like when we fear a wolf or some beast of prey, etc. So tell the brother (who makes this evil, ignorant, and misguided claim) to repent to Allah and to not deny the speech of Allah :
"إلا إبليس أبى و استكبر و كان من الكافرين"
"Except for Iblis. He refused and was arrogant and became of the disbelievers" [Al-Baqarah:34}
(End of shaykh Uthaymin's statement)
Thus these verses prove that Iblis disbelieved. The most famous of the disbelievers on Earth since the start of kufr is Iblis, because Allah says:
"قال اخرج منها مذءوماً مدحوراَ لمن تبعك منهم لأملأن جهنم منكم أجمعبن "
"(Allah) said, "Depart from it (Paradise), reproached and expelled. Whoever follows you among them – I will surely fill Hell with you, all together." [Al-A'raf:18]
Consequently; every disbeliever on the face of the earth is a follower of Iblis. Every disbelieving nation is from his followers. So how is it that someone can be ignrant to the fact that Iblis disbelieved?!
مأخوذ من كتاب إعانة الاماجد ببيان حال عمرو خالد
ترجمة: نجيب بن يوسف الأنجلسي
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Bathing at the Big Rock in Blue Hill Bay.
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Bathers frolic by the Big Rock in Blue Hill Bay. Little boys sit atop the rock while women in heavy woolen bathing dresses take a dip.
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Dr. Eric A. Bogner is a Board Certified Radiologist specializing in musculoskeletal radiology. He completed a musculoskeletal imaging fellowship and residency in Diagnostic Radiology at the Medical College of Virginia. He has a wide variety of experience focusing particularly on interventional spinal procedures. Dr. Bogner has been published in several peer reviewed journals. In addition to his many publications, Dr. Bogner is the Editor of "What's the Diagnosis?" a monthly web feature for HSS.edu.
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State or society – where does power lie?
Filed under: Politics, Public policy, The RSA
The think tank, ippr, has an unconditional place in my heart matched only by West Bromwich Albion and the RSA so I have been trying to work out why the Institute's recent pamphlet 'Many to many – how the relational state will transform public services' didn't grab me in the way its reports usually do.
The report (which follows two others in similar vein) is in essence an appeal to the centre left to abandon its centralist assumptions and adopt a set of ideas about devolved, joined up, empowering public services; ideas which have in truth been around for decades. The spur is not so much state failure – indeed, the report is at pains to list policies the state has successfully implemented – but that modern policy challenges – like managing chronic health conditions or reducing long term unemployment – are 'complex' requiring the state to use its power in different ways.
Thus the report seeks to adapt the social democratic political economy of the state. But what if the starting point for that political economy is wrong? Might that wrong starting point help to explain why ideas like the relational state are so often talked about on the left but so rarely amount to anything much when Labour runs central or local government?
The key issue concerns the location of power and definition of value. In the conventional social democratic model – implicit in this report – power resides in the state and value in the capacity of the state to achieve its political and policy objectives. The source and nature of these policy objectives is assumed to be relatively unproblematic, being seen as an expression of a Government's democratic mandate and progressive purpose.
However, an alternative model sees power residing in society and the evidence of Government's value lying not in its capacity to achieve its goals but in the degree to which it is able to to mobilise social power towards aims to which citizens explicitly aspire. A successful Government is not merely one that has implemented is objectives (indeed the relationship between policy implementation and social capacity may be inverse) but one which has increased the capacity of society to improve itself.
In my annual lecture, for example, I suggested ,firstly, that social power had three forms (the individualistic, solidaristic and hierarchical); secondly, that the most powerful societies, organisations and policies mobilised all three sources; and thirdly, that the UK is currently suffering from a deficit of solidaristic and hierarchical power. From this perspective the way the central state operates as a dysfunctional and mistrusted hierarchy is as likely to sap as enhance social power.
To look at a more specific dimension: levels of social trust and trust of institutions appears to be a better predictor of a nation's future economic dynamism than levels of human capital (defined primarily in terms of education and skills). Yet the very way the state operates can undermine social trust. Bo Rothstein is not alone in arguing that welfare means-testing reduces trust by making state bureaucrats intrusive and often arbitrary judges of claimants, by encouraging claimants to game the system and also because claimants are seen to game by non-claimants. This is now a suppurating wound in the UK social body: we are simultaneously experiencing unprecedentedly high levels of sanctioning of benefit claimants and of public hostility to claimants.
In work on reintroducing the contributory principle to welfare, ippr has recognised this issue, but it also intrudes into public services. 'Many to many' explores how a more relational state might better encourage people to be active in managing their own health and social care needs but – as a carers' representative pointed out at a recent RSA seminar – the needs testing of social care eligibility continues to provide an incentive for people to focus on their incapacity.
In a blog post I can only offer a highly truncated exposition of a bigger argument but to get to the core of it: if the goal is a state which has good relationships with citizens which in turn generates capacity for social progress there are several profound and inter-related problems:
The increasingly problematic idea of policy-driven change (as laid out in my last post).
The oppressive logic of bureaucratic working (identified by the ippr report but in rather technocratic terms)
The frequent lack of alignment between the interests of political decision makers (with their increasingly weak mandate) and the public good
There are no easy answers. Replacing a statist with a social political economy is only the starting point for a long iterative journey to an as yet only hazy reform agenda, an agenda which is likely in many ways to be more radical than anything currently on offer. My concern is that this report, like recent speeches from Ed Miliband and Jon Cruddas, doesn't recognise the deep, endemic, structural failings of the modern state. Thus while the principles and reforms it proposes are largely sensible (albeit not that different from the aspirations espoused by Coalition ministers) the reasons they have proved so very hard to act upon is left largely unexamined.
This morning at an RSA seminar on demand management the inspirational chief executive of a genuinely reforming and innovative local authority shared her experience of spending sustained time looking at services from the point of view of citizens and front line workers. 'We talk about troubled and chaotic families' she said 'but what about troubled and chaotic public services?'. It reminded me of something once said by Professor Stephen Coleman: 'the problem of civic engagement is hard to reach groups, and there is no harder to reach group than politicians'.
The vehicle of state is not working; its engine unreliable, its steering awry. Most social democrats seem still to hope we can get away with replacing parts of the body work.
A richer debate?
Filed under: Politics, Public policy
A few years ago, when running ippr, I had an idea. It was to create a new top rate of tax for the wealthy but to give these taxpayers the option of choosing where their tax revenues were directed. The reaction I received from my left of centre policy wonk friends is relevant to the heated debate about the imposition of a cap on tax relief; but, first, some context.
Back in 2003 the personal tax base was narrowing. The Government was able to rely on business taxes – particularly those generated by financial services – to fill the coffers. This strategy blew up disastrously with the credit crunch. Indeed, as the current ippr director Nick Pearce has argued, it was the over-reliance on taxes related to financial services and property transactions – much more than over spending – which was the biggest cause of the deterioration in public finances in the wake of the crunch. However, given political nervousness and hostility from the well-off it was difficult to see a way of making an increase in wealth taxes a realistic policy, thus my idea.
The strong opposition to the proposal from ippr colleagues (as a consequence of which it never surfaced) explains why the Guardian is defending the tax cap and why Ed Miliband is performing verbal contortions to condemn the Government without actually opposing the policy.
The first objection was that rich people's choices would tilt spending in unfair and irrational ways. This is exactly the same charge levelled at tax relief in a recent Guardian leader:
the chancellor is right to limit the tax relief that wealthy people receive for supporting good causes. This is effectively money that pensioners and the low-paid, along with other taxpayers, are handing to the rich to indulge their philanthropic activities
The second objection is more subtle and profound. Although in proportionate terms low and medium earners actually donate more of their income than the well off, most people can't afford to make large donations to good causes. They have to accept their contribution to society is made through the taxes they pay, and they have no individual control over how those taxes are spent. From a left of centre perspective, the problem with my idea was accepting the principle that by paying more aggregate tax rich people should have greater rights as taxpayers and citizens. This could even be seen as the first step in a slippery slope back to property qualifications on the franchise. The critique applies more directly to my idea than to the case against the tax cap, but it is still applicable.
Behind the critique of Government cock–up and the understandable but instrumental complaints of the charity sector lie deeper issues. Do we think high tax payers should, in essence, have more control than the rest of us over where their tax is spent? If the rich do have more control, isn't that a good thing in that it means bold, controversial or decorative causes which the state might not support get independent funding? Conversely, given that the majority of big domestic donations go to either, or both, elite institutions or London-based good causes, doesn't tax relief just add an extra dimension to the imbalance of culture and social capacity between London and the rest of England?
Given the best defence of the Coalition policy is from the left, and charities will probably fight shy from explicitly defending the principle that rich people should be uniquely free to hypothecate their taxes, I suspect the public debate about the tax relief cap may not get to the heart of the matter.
Are we really in a terrible state?
Filed under: Politics, Public policy
Earlier this week I suggested that progressives (yes, I do know this is a vague and flabby term, but it will have to do for now) should resist the temptation to abandon aspirations for good central government in favour of what I called lazy localism. By coincidence two stories from different sides of the world underline this point.
The first is the depressing news that, even after the event had been postponed in an attempt to drum up more interest, only four out of 54 of the continent's heads of state turned up at yesterday's African Union donor conference to discuss famine relief in the Horn of Africa. The background to this failure is described in a piece by Michael Holman in this month's Prospect. Holman argues that the scale and ubiquity of aid agencies in Africa has allowed state and citizens to wash their hands of responsibility for tackling today's crises or avoiding tomorrow's:
'a vicious cycle has been created. As the state surrenders many of its core responsibilities to aid agencies, its capacity to manage deteriorates. In the process, it loses some of the country's brightest and best to the NGOs and UN agencies, who offer salaries that local employers cannot match'
The other story is the emergence of Rick Perry to become the favorite for the Republican Presidential nomination. Being right wing and outspoken, Perry is very quotable (both by his supporters and his opponents). One of his most famous offerings is his promise to make federal government as "inconsequential in your life as I can".
So, while for NGOs in Africa, there is simply no time to wait for responsible and effective states to emerge, in America the leading right of centre politician promises the state can wither away to irrelevance.
This way of thinking is encouraged by a kind of hostile reification in which the state is seen to be something entirely separate to that which it actually comprises. In democracies the state is, in essence, the agency which carries out the popular will. Of course, there are all sorts of critiques of this assertion. From the left, the state will be seen as inevitably ending up serving the interests of global capital and social elites, from the right the state is seen as falling into the hands of producer and other interests, all of whom want the state to grow at the expense of individual freedom. The problem is that these accounts of the vulnerabilities of the state have – with the able assistance of the mass media – come to define its very nature.
But if the weakness of states in Africa was expressed as the failure of populations to agree and implement collective actions it would be apparent that no sustainable progress is possible without state building. If in America the state was seen as the vehicle by which the nation (through its beloved constitution) agreed to act together, then Perry's idea that a good country is one in which the population abandons any attempt at nationwide collective action would be seen as the nihilistic ideology that it is – an attack not on Washington but on nationhood itself.
Indifference, resignation or hostility to effective national government is foolish and dangerous. As I said the other day, we need to disentangle the various critiques of administrative centralism, the inadequacy of representative democracy, the limited autonomy of nation states, the weakness of political parties, the character flaws of politicians, in order to start to mount a defence of what good (which doesn't mean big) national governance could be.
There have been lots of interesting projects looking at aspects of the problem of the centre. The Power Inquiry explored the need to renew democracy. Ippr, Reform and other think tanks have suggested ways of modernising Whitehall, but in the face of an overall decline in faith in the democratic state as such, it is time for a more holistic exploration of the foundations of modern governance.
'Principles and practices for 21st century national governance' – sounds like a good research project. Anyone fancy funding it?
Class dilemmas
Filed under: Politics, Public policy
I had a great start to the day. As part of a Teach First initiative I was invited to give a lesson to a group of year 11 students at Cator Park School in Beckenham.
I frequently give lectures, chair events and meet and greet the famous and powerful (today, for example, I welcomed Gordon Brown to the RSA where he was giving a speech to the think tank IPPR about constitutional reform). None of this stopped me being incredibly nervous today. As I told the class, my own teenage sons find it hard to listen to me for more than about two minutes, so how would I hold their attention for an hour?
To break the ice I told them about a former academic colleague of mine who spent the whole summer preparing for his first ever lecture. To avoid any mistakes he wrote out every word in advance. On the day he strode as confidently as he could across the stage, plonked his notes on the lectern and started to speak.
He was just beginning to get over the worst of his nerves when he began to hear some students giggling. Without looking up or stopping his flow he tried to work out what might be the cause – were his flies undone, did he have odd socks on? It was only then he realised: since his opening words he had gradually been lifting the lectern from the floor and it was now almost head height.
Anyway, not only did I calm my nerves, but I had a great hour. The content picked up on a recurrent theme of mine: politics is difficult because we the people have complex and often contradictory desires. Having shown the students that they agreed with both the following statements, I got half the class to develop the best argument for the proposition:
As long as we aren't breaking the law or hurting anyone else the Government should not interfere with how we run out lives
And the other half to defend
Government has an important role to play in encouraging us to look after our health, protect the environment and other things we care about as a society
I found it fascinating that within fifteen minutes the groups had identified the three classical philosophical arguments for both the libertarian and paternalistic state.
After the lesson I met a group of students who had been involved in the school's impressive international work. Some had been on exchange trips to Russia, others to help out with a social project in Uganda set up by the teacher whose class I was leading.
Talking to the school's passionate Headteacher, I was reminded of one of the many dilemmas of decision making. The school is by far the most socially diverse in the largely affluent and white borough of Bromley. It does benefit from some central Government funding but the local authority does not give it any additional support despite its crumbling building, its challenging intake and its steadily improving results.
There is little question that greater devolution to councils in affluent areas will tend to lead to lower levels of redistribution within services; these councils generally don't need the votes of poorer citizens to get re-elected. The goals of social justice and local democratic freedom pull in opposite directions.
It's not an easy problem to crack, but if we want some sound advice we could do worse than ask some of the year 11 students at Cator Park.
Are taxes better than debts?
Filed under: Politics, Public policy
A very enjoyable morning at an event convened by the Bishop of Salisbury. It's not often one gets to speak in a Medieval Hall. In a conversation around the themes of my annual lecture and the impact of the recession, the issue of debt emerged. Someone said:
'one of the worst things Labour has done is persuade young people that it is normal to have loads of debt'.
The reference was to student fees and loans. I was a supporter of top up fees (indeed my old think tank, IPPR, helped design the top up policy), and I will support the removal of the top up cap when it inevitably occurs after the election. Higher education, which continues to be a major national strength for the UK, needs more investment but the tax payer should not be expected to put extra subsidy into provision which still goes primarily to the middle class and from which the individual student enjoys a direct financial benefit in terms of future earnings potential.
But this morning I realised that, could we go back to the debate about top-ups, I would argue more strongly for a graduate tax. In a way this is a semantic point as student loans operate like a graduate tax; the graduate only has to pay back when his or her earnings reach a certain threshold. But the words are important.
In 2003, when top ups were being debated the idea of a 'loan' seemed quite benign; after all, just about everyone in society was being encouraged to take out more and more loans. On the other hand, politicians were still allergic to the idea of explicit tax rises. Could a graduate tax be portrayed as Labour reneging on its manifesto tax pledge, we wondered.
Now, things are different. Tax rises may still be unpopular but they are no longer taboo. Meanwhile, we have come to associate loans with irresponsibility, debt and danger. Surely it would be better for graduates, and for their general attitude to debt, that they see the price of getting a degree as committing to a higher rate of income tax for a defined period rather than being saddled with debt?
There are other problems with a graduate tax. It means that those who earn a lot after university pay more even if their earnings have little to do with the degree. But if top ups are to rise again, it may be worth overcoming these problems in order to avoid normalising even greater personal indebtedness at the beginning of an adult's life.


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Penne, Broccoli and Pecorino Bake
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Penne, Broccoli and Pecorino Bake
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- Cook Time : 30 min
- Ready Time : 50 min
- 1/2 lb. penne
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 onion, chopped fine
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 8 oz. broccoli florets, chopped
- 1 cup (about 4 oz.) The Cheese Guy Saw Mill Pecorino, shredded
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon Black pepper
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 2 cups skim milk
- 1/2 cup sun dried tomatoes (optional)
- 1/2 cup grated The Cheese Guy Pecorino Romano
Boil the pasta per package directions until just cooked and al dente. Strain and place in a large bowl.
Meanwhile in a large pan, pour in oil and heat over medium high heat. Add onions and garlic, sauté until soft, about 5 minutes. Add broccoli florets and sauté until the broccoli is bright green, about 2 minutes. Add to pasta. Mix in cheese and spices.
Preheat oven to 425. Clean out pan and put back on medium heat. Melt 2 tablespoons butter and whisk in all-purpose flour; cook, whisking constantly, 2 minutes.
Whisk in milk gradually; cook, whisking constantly, 5 minutes or until mixture thickens. Remove from heat and pour over broccoli and pasta, mix well. Add sun dried tomatoes if using. (at this point you can refrigerate until ready to eat)
Spray 4 large ramekins or a medium sized baking pan with cooking spray. Divide mixture among baking trays evenly. Top with grated Pecorino and bake 25 minutes. Enjoy hot and crispy.
Servings Per Recipe: 4
Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 460
- Total Fat: 21g
- Cholesterol: 80mg
- Sodium: 945mg
- Total Carbs: 49g
- Dietary Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 19g
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The Governor of the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) has reacted to criticisms that the bank is dishing out huge sums of money to institutions and individuals.
There are reports that Governor Jones is distributing money to marketers and institutions to boost his presidential ambition ahead of the 2017 elections.
However, Governor Jones said the bank is not giving out money as claimed by those he called 'detractors.'
He said whatever the bank is doing is in line with its functions and mandate required by law.
Addressing a news conference Tuesday, Governor Jones said the bank has not been giving loans directly to business entities as being speculated in some quarters.
He said commercial banks are involved in all of the bank's initiatives, "and they were consulted on many occasions before these initiatives were launched; to clarify, the CBL has not been making loans to individual businesses."
"Let me refer to a paragraph in the agreement on the placement/deposit with the banks on due diligence; the name of bank commits itself and undertakes to exercise due diligence in assessing the creditworthiness of all potential borrowers consistent with its lending practices; shall ensure that loans from the placement shall be made to only credit worthy Liberian-owned small and medium enterprise," Governor Jones said.
The CBL Governor said not only were these "agreements notarized, they were also duly probated and registered at the Probate Court of Montserrado County.
"Does this look like an operation of the Executive Governor dividing public fund?" he asked.
He said the agreements state clearly that the CBL will make automatic debits to the accounts of commercial banks with the CBL covering interest and principal.
Governor Jones said the first US$5 million deposited for three years to help promote lending to Liberian-owned businesses in December 2010 was received with interest by the CBL on December 31, 2013.
He said many of those who are raising concerns about the CBL's loan scheme have already been told about what the bank is doing.
"We should all be worried when people, some in strategic positions, see economic empowerment of the Liberian private sector as politics," he noted.
Commenting on the country reserve, Governor Jones said there is no evidence that points to the misuse of Liberia's reserve.
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He pointed out that the country's foreign reserves are not the government revenues deposited at the CBL, noting that "the CBL does not touch government revenue except upon instructions from the Ministry of Finance to make payments on behalf of the government; so those who talked about the CBL using taxpayers' money for its purposes are just simply wrong.


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Evangel Temple Christian Center first held services on September 13, 1964, in the Evangel College library in what is now the Carl Erickson reading room. The congregation, which included 33 charter members, worshipped in these temporary facilities while a permanent site was made ready. The Home Missions Department of the Assemblies of God provided a $5,000 grant and a $5,000 lean with an additional $2,000 raised by the congregation. Three and seven-tenths (3.7) acres were purchased at the corner of Battlefield and Luster. The church later purchased three-fourths of an acre and adjoining land. Then across the street from the property they purchased another acre and a half that included a brick home and a sturdy milking barn. The barn was converted into an attractive sanctuary and the remainder of the farm facilities was rehabilitated for use in the church-school program. Dedication services were held on December 6, 1966.
Because of continued growth, it became necessary for the congregation to expand the worship space by building on the northwest corner of Battlefield and Luster. On Sunday, May 6, 1973, the congregation dedicated its new sanctuary at that location. At this time there were two morning services and two evening services to accommodate the number of people attending. In 1985, the congregation purchased the White House at the northeast Battlefield/Luster corner. The house adjacent to the church drive at 2035 E. Holly Court was purchased in 2001, and the first house on Meadow Drive adjacent to the Barn property was purchased in 2002. The church recently completed a major facilities addition and remodel, and is currently in a strategic planning process which includes evaluation of both ministries and facilities in preparation for future development.
In September, 1974, the church sent its first pioneer missionaries, Cal and Kathy LeMon, to begin a new church in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Since then, Evangel Temple has sent out missionaries from the congregation to begin new works in numerous locations on the East coast. A yearly trip to Mexico began in 1982, when lay people from within the congregation traveled to Mexico to build a church in an impoverished area. Since then, the people of Evangel Temple have traveled numerous places at home and abroad in missions efforts.
Reverend Ralph Kay was the founding pastor of Evangel Temple. Reverend David Rees-Thomas, Reverend Ron Cottle, Reverend Cal LeMon, Reverend Jerry Sandidge, Reverend Herschel Rosser have served Evangel Temple as its Senior Pastors. At present, Reverend Charles D. Arsenault is the Senior Pastor.


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I fulfilled one of my goals today. I ate a cheeseburger at Squeeze Inn in Sacramento. I had seen it on TV back home a few months ago, and I told my friends that if I was ever out there I was definitely gonna get one. So when I decided to ride out, I had to come thru here. The line was long, but the food was good. I even got a seat inside (i think there are only 8 or 9 seats) so I could watch them make the burgers.
You may commence drooling...
yeah, theres a good bit of cheese on that sammich.
I spent some time at the library today, uploading photos, and didnt really leave Sacramento until 4:00
I did my usual just pick a road that looks like its going in the right direction. It didnt work so great today, because there are a bunch of rivers/canals that you have to cross at certain points.
I did wander into this area though.
Which was pretty cool. There were a bunch of campgrounds, but the only one with an attendant said that they were for members only.
So I hit the interstate south for a little while.
Got off of the road just past Stockton, CA and found a little County Park with camping. The lady there was really rude and bitchy, running up to me before I even got off of the bike to see if I put my money in the little pipe thingy yet. But the campsite had electricity, so I could charge my phone and camera batteries, and nice soft grass so that I wouldnt rip a hole in my tent (still dont have a ground cloth). They even had hot showers FOR FREE... sweet.
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The Administration for Children and Families resubmitted an unchanged information collection package and requested an extension of the current OMB approval of National Medical Support Notice (NMSN) Part A to synchronize with the expiration date of Part B. This will assist the state child support enforcement agencies avoid potential reprogramming at varying times due to future changes in either Part A or Part B.
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AP (Andhra Pradesh) Police force is a largest network across India working under a single command. Every department plays their role perfectly according to their post and duties from Dy.S.P, S.H.O to constables. Read following AP State Police Recruitment 2014 article
AP Police Recruitment 2014 DetailsAP state police has opening for total 159 vacancies and their details are different for both Male and Female candidates. Their details are given below:
Required Qualification For Applying:
For each position different qualification & experience required. Candidates should have relevant certificate of qualification & experience, we recommend to read official job advertisement for eligibility details.
Age Limit For The Post Of Constable:
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Selection of a candidate is depends upon their performance in interview, exam and physical test. Candidate's selection is also based on their behavior of devotion and passion towards their Country.
Candidate has to clear written exam / Physical Efficiency Test/ interview/ Medical examination/ final selection.
Date of written test: 9th March 2014
Physical Measurements and Physical Efficiency Test: 2nd April 2014
Date of Interview: 15th April 2014
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When Karley found out she had cancer she didn't want to wait any longer to marry her partner Ian. So Karley planned an entire wedding as a surprise for Ian's 5oth birthday and included their children in the plan. The whole thing was captured on film and we love that it was the bride who planned this romantic gesture for her groom. Watch the video of the surprise wedding below!
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