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Indian elections: a three-horse race or free-for-all?
As India's general election approaches, political parties are staking out their respective spaces and struggling to build the right alliances. As of now, none of the three still-evolving rival blocs—the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance, and the as-yet-emerging Third Front—has established a decisive lead. Whether India will witness a three-horse race or a free-for-all leading to a badly hung Parliament is still an open question.
However, some trends are visible.
As India's general election approaches, political parties are staking out their respective spaces and struggling to build the right alliances. As of now, none of the three still-evolving rival blocs—the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance, and the as-yet-emerging Third Front—has established a decisive lead. Whether India will witness a three-horse race or a free-for-all leading to a badly hung Parliament is still an open question.
However, some trends are visible. The UPA isn't going into the election as a national-level alliance. The Congress will go it alone but will have different seat-sharing arrangements at the state level. It will project a strong all-India profile. The BJP's strategy is to fight 28 different elections in 28 states, using varying platforms and appeals. And the Third Front is still to crystallise nationally although non-Congress-non-BJP combinations are emerging in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
Going by acting Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's interim budget, the Congress appears confused about what it wants. Barring an 86 percent increase in the budget for the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), it has announced no major pro-poor measures. Allocations to school education and rural health have hardly risen. The NREGA raise to Rs30,000 crore is attributable not to its intensification, but to its extension to all 597 rural districts The allocation pales into insignificance beside the Rs36,000 crore (34 percent) increase in military spending. Counting defence pensions, the increase works out to an obscene Rs40,000-crore ($8 billion). Much of this for buying new weapons, many of them irrelevant to any notion of adequate defence, but important to power projection.
This military spending splurge cannot be justified as a response to the Mumbai attacks. You don't need long-range missiles, nuclear submarines, aircraft carriers or amphibian craft to counter terrorism. The increase is related to the Congress's anxiety to counter the BJP's charge that it's "soft" on terrorism and Pakistan. Will the Congress gain by appropriating the BJP's chauvinist platform? In the past, it has always lost both credibility and votes by doing so.
At any rate, it has squandered an opportunity to give a big stimulus to the economy while creating employment and incomes for the poor through a big public works programme with labour-intensive mass housing, and construction of village roads and school buildings, etc. If the Congress has failed to generate an imaginative platform which will attract mass votes, the UPA is even worse placed. In 2004, it performed spectacularly in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Delhi, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, winning 129 of the 156 Lok Sabha contests in these. Its performance was respectable in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Assam and Jammu and Kashmir. It's improbable that the UPA can repeat this. In Tamil Nadu, its main ally, the DMK, faces anti-incumbency while the rival AIADMK is on the upswing. In Andhra, it faces a challenge from both the TDP-Left-Telengana Rashtra Samiti alliance and actor Chiranjeevi's new party. In Bihar, Lalu Prasad is likely to lose ground to Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United). In Gujarat, the UPA is unlikely to retain 12 of 26 seats. The UPA can make up these losses in small states like Kerala and Orissa and to some extent in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, J &K, and Karnataka. But these are unlikely to be bulk gains, of the kind that Uttar Pradesh can deliver. That's where the Congress has a shaky alliance with the Samajwadi Party. If this alliance works, and can present a cohesive platform which attracts a broad coalition of social forces, it could conceivably win 50 of UP's 80 seats.
But the alliance isn't quite working and may even collapse. The SP is loath to concede more than 15 seats to the Congress, which it won't accept. Worse, there's bad blood between them because of the revival of a corruption case against SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, which the party blames on the Congress. The SP has aligned itself with former BJP Chief Minister Kalyan Singh although he was deeply involved in the conspiracy to demolish the Babri mosque.
Meanwhile, Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress is exploring other options, including an arrangement with the SP, and an understanding under which the Shiv Sena would support his candidature as Prime Minister. Pawar, in some ways an unguided missile, is in a hurry to become Prime Minister—through convoluted alliances with others, including Jayalalithaa and with regional parties that have been with the NDA. Pawar is likely to drift away from the UPA if the Congress does not accommodate his demands in Maharashtra, to which the NCP's base is largely confined. In the past, he has supported Shiv Sena-BJP candidates and has a good equation with both the Thackerays.
Given this, the UPA's seat tally is unlikely to go beyond 200-230 (midpoint, 272) even if the Congress's alliance with the SP works out, and its allies recoup their losses. This still won't be enough to form government—unlike in 2004, when it had the 62 Left MPs' support.
The NDA is poorly placed to gain from this. The BJP is confident of winning only in Gujarat, and probably Madhya Pradesh. It's in decline in the Western and Central states, barring Gujarat, which account for 40 percent-plus of all its Lok Sabha MPs. The BJP has no positive programme with a broad appeal. Its "nation-in-danger-from-terrorism-Muslims-Pakistan" platform isn't selling. Nor does it have policies or a vision that will win support outside the upper-caste upper-class urban elite. From 24 parties, the NDA is now down to just 7, of whom only the JD(U), Akali Dal and Biju Janata Dal matter. The rest are too small. Nitish Kumar has always been uneasy about the BJP's Hindu-communal orientation. He distanced himself from it on the Hindutva terror network and on the anti-terrorist laws. Even if the BJP improves its own score of 138 seats, the NDA's tally is unlikely to cross the 200-seat mark
That leaves the Bahujan Samaj Party, which is fighting the elections on its own, and the embryo of a Third Front. Despite its impressive record of gaining votes and seats in election after election, the BSP cannot reproduce the UP model in other states. UP is unique in having the highest proportion of upper castes in the population (over 20 percent), and Dalits (17 percent), besides Muslims (19 percent). In UP, the BSP coalesced the first two groups into a bloc and got some support from the third. This cannot happen in other states because the Dalits aren't numerous, nor are the upper castes open to such alliances. It'd be a surprise if the BSP's national tally crosses 45 to 50. The Third Front is unlikely to be able to make a bid for power even assuming it crystallises properly. The Left parties will probably suffer erosion in West Bengal and Kerala, and less severely in Tamil Nadu and Andhra. The Front can't attract many regional parties given that some of them are already aligned with the Congress or the BJP.
Clearly, India will have to await a radical restructuring of party politics—and its closer alignment with the people's real needs, and with progressive social movements—before it has lesser fragmentation.
Praful Bidwai, a fellow of the Transnational Institute, is a senior Indian journalist, political activist and widely published commentator. He is a co-author (with Achin Vanaik) of New Nukes: India, Pakistan and Global Nuclear Disarmament.


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Atlantic Canada Loop
Over the next little while I will be posting the ride report from a recent journey a few of us have had up here in our little corner of the world.
Here is a 15 minute video to get things started... enjoy:
Sorry for the pixialtion, a higher resolution host is in the works as well.
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Well, this whole thing started a while back. During my first big trip with Rod and Dave (freinds from Nova Scotia) on The Long Ride Home (longridehome.com), my mind was opened to a whole new world one where I felt complete freedom wandering around on my dualsport bike. Since then driving around Atlantic Canada on a dualsport bike has always been a dream of mine.
Jay and GT committed to this trip form day one, and I knew that having so much in common we were a well matched group. We are all single, and do not have any children which helps with the whole time thing. We all have very similar driving abilities and enjoy the same pace and terrain. We all enjoy driving day after day of long miles on our bikes, and all enjoy wilderness camping (well 2 out of the 3 of us is not bad ).
There will be some things that stand out in the report that follows, things like gas locations, distances between gas stops, etc. that I have been asked to include. I hope that itll be helpful for anyone else who is fortunate enough to make this trip.
More work went into this trip that most would imagine, but after nearly a year of planning, months of bike prep, and tons of research we were down to the last couple of days. Some final ferry bookings, printing of maps, and repacking of all my gear for the fourth time, it was now the day before departure.
The guys arrived at my house around 6pm. I still had a lot of things to get done on my bike as luck was just not going my way with it. As long as all of my problems come out right now and not during the trip, it was a good thing, right? After getting my rim welded and installed, I had an unknown issue with my bike on the first test run in had after 3 weeks of work. I had done a lot to it in 3 weeks. The bike died after about a kilometer of running stronger then ever, and I was stumped. After pulling near everything on my bike off, I had one of the most humbling and embarrassing moments in my life when I discovered a nice clean towel got left behind in my airbox .
So now an oil change and a new rear wheel bearing (that just landed today after a 2 week back order) and I was done. But of course, the down tube drain bolt broke off changing the oil around 11 pm... :smt100 so some JB weld was called upon to hold the other half of the bolt into the frame. My bike fought me to the end, and with a worn rear wheel bearing still left we were out of time and I was out of patience and energy. Or maybe the beer was getting to me... either way I was done for tonight.
We talked about the trip and had a few more wobbly pops for an hour before hitting the hay. It was surreal that the day we leave for this trip that has been in the works for so long, is tomorrow. Only a few hours and we get to actually be able to get on our bikes, and ride out of here. I will ride away from my house heading North, and will ride back home from the East. Only one more sleep.
It was 3am when we all got to bed.
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DAY 1: July 26th, 2007
A few hours later, a cup of Timmys and we were dressed and ready to go.
There is a feeling, if you ever do something like this, that you will never forget the feeling that you have rolling out of the driveway, actually starting a trip like this. This is the point where you go from visualizing what the trip will be like to in experiencing what the trip is like. I have been fortunate enough to have had this pleasure before, and the feeling this time was one of relief, anticipation of things to come, yet complete calmness. I felt very peaceful and knew everything would be just fine with my bike, the bike that worried me so much last night I barely slept an hour.
Get us the hell out of New Brunswick!
I dont want to sound ungrateful, because I will be the first one to stand up and preach about the greatness of our province, but we want to explore new lands. We love riding throughout NB all year, but this is our one chance to branch out a bit.
So we hit the tarmac and burned all the way to Fredericton Junction from my place none stop, first along the dreaded highway, then the back road which is a nice road to cruise on. The weather was unbelievably hot, and at 11am we were baking fully dressed in our gear with a 33 degrees temperature. We took advantage of a covered bridge, down across a stream and through a farmers feild to stop and shed some layers. Man was it hot!
The railbed that begins in Fredericton Junction was our first sign of dirt and the bike felt weird with 70 lbs of gear on it (and me). Jay forgot his knee pads at home, and lives just minutes off the trail, so we took a swing there and back. His pooch was some glad to see him one last time.
When we hit the Rusagonis River there is a little place to pull off down the trail into a cleared out spot under some birch trees that provided good shade. We stopped there and had a snack, some water and took another layer of gear off. The hottest day of the year, I swear.
After packing up, I took the little shoot trail back up to the railbed, with Denver following suit. Im not sure how it got started, but when I looked back down GT was standing at the bottom eyeing the hill up for a push. Where was my camera
Well he ran with it, veered left and stepped off the bank. As long as there are no injuries, we will abide by rule #1 Pictures First, Help Second.
We carried on to Fredericton, drove through town and stopped on the North side at the new Franks Finer Diner, a 50s replica diner. There was a mint BSA out front, I have no idea what kind though, but it was nice and shiny.
We decided that we would impose another rule, rule #2 where we could purchase one meal per day only, and the rest we had to cook for ourselves with dry meals and oatmeal. Jerky, protein bars, and peanuts filled the gaps. I think alcohol fell in there somewhere too, but Im just not sure.
With a full belly and a full tank (gas @ Fredericton, 129km mark) we found our way to Route #41 of the snowmobile trail guide, which is an abandoned railbed. Sort of intentionally I only brought a few vague maps of entire provinces, no details, with rough guidelines how far we should make it each night in order to stay on track to catch our ferries. Although Jay had a GPS we only used it once to check the height of a Mountain in Newfoundland. Most mornings included mention of how far we had to go today, and then that was that. Rule #3 follow your gut.
We rode at a good pace, through a lot of farm land until we hit a burnt out railbed. Damn kids.
There were two options, go around it by back tracking out to the road and using the car bridge, or by taking the newly formed trail down the bank and back up the other side. Day 1 is a day where a lot of rules are created to help keep some structure to the trip, and so here we have rule #4 no roads when there is a trail, after all we were on vacation.
GT had us in stitches laughing with his first approach, but made it up no problem.
I love this picture of Jay on his KLR. Did I mention he was running Continental (TKCs) touring tires! That bike looks so damn cool when it is doing hill climbs, going through mud holes, or anything else it wasnt meant to do.
When we first decided that Grand Falls was a good destination for day one, we had called Rob (Robbz on the website) and asked if he had any secret spots he was willing to show us for some good camping. He got a last minute request last night after I broke the bolt off in my down tube to ask if there was a spot where we could do a rear wheel bearing as well. He of course said that hed look after us.
The railbed takes a nice turn down to the river and follows it for a little while, leading into Hartland (the home of the worlds longest covered bridge). We grabbed an energy drink and went down by the water, under the bridge, and out onto someones dock. It was nice and breezy here, and the shade felt good . I could have drifted off .
But no, it was time to re-gas and hit the woods again (gas @ Hartland, 238km mark).
So we drove on the railbed, stopping wherever we could find shade. We found a very nice spot under an overpass that was for the highway (I think), where the railbed ran underneath it. We walked up to the top corner of it, and sitting on the cold concrete felt like heaven.
It was here where we started to wonder ho much further Grand Falls was. We called Rob and he told us another 45 minutes to an hour. Not bad.
A liter of water, and back into the heat.
So almost two hours later (including a couple of stops one in a nice cool government sand shed), we pulled over in Arthurette. Now remember what I said about maps and not carrying any, well it adds a certain level of fate to the adventure, and this is where my beleif of Karma comes in to play. I went into a store to ask how far to Grand Falls, when she told me an hours or so. Huh? That is what Rob said 2 hours ago.
So we called Rob back - he had a good laugh when we told him where we were. Apprently, we took a wrong turn on the railbed and headed inland, instead of carrying on North. It was getting late, we still had to swap a wheel bearing and then ride to our camp site (wherever that was going to be), so the decision was made to hop on the road and put the hammer down.
We met up with Rob and followed him back to his place. In the back yard, we propped up the pig on a 2x4 and I pulled the rear wheel.
Before I dug my new bearings out, Rob had already removed the old ones. He pressed the new ones in as we asked if hed like to come and camp with us, since he was going ot ride out and show us the campsite he had in mind.
After handing me the wheel to put back on, he went in and grabbed a tent and sleeping bag. The entire ordeal of swapping bearings and getting him packed took merely 15 minutes.
We followed Rob out to a field, down by a little river. It was a bright night under an almost full moon, and was still very warm. There was a neat old bridge across the river and we walked around a bit to explore.
The bugs came out, so we had a bonfire. We sat around and told stories about biking, and ideas of where to go next year on the seemingly now annual bike trip. We may have had a couple of beer as well, but it was only to help re-hydrate from all the sweat we lost today. Water is the main ingredient of beer you know.
Not sure exactly when, but surely too late, we bunkered down for the night. After not being able to sleep last night, it didnt take long before I was dreaming of what the next two weeks would hold.
Tomorrow nights destination across the St. Lawernce, into Quebec.
Depart: Saint John, NB
Arrive: Grand Falls, NB
Start: 9am
End: 10pm
Total: 399 kms, (280 kms dirt)
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I've always wanted to do that loop that you are talking about.
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DAY 2: July 27th, 2007
When we got up at 7:30, there was still a bit of fog in front of the sun, but it was hot already.
We decided that the meal we were buying today would be breakfast, as Rob had a prior commitment and we had to break camp. We packed the bikes up, got a group shot and Rob led us across the bridge, then another and through a few fields.
We said our goodbyes and he pointed us towards Quebec. Thanks to Rob for help with the wheel bearing, showing us a great spot to camp, and hanging out with us for a night. It is always a pleasure.
Today we wanted to sleep on the other side of the St. Lawrence so we booked the 5pm ferry from Matane to Baie Comeau, and were told to be there one hour early. After getting a fresh tank (gas @ Grand Falls, 408 km mark) we decided to hit the road, get some miles under our belts and then look for some trails. If we missed the ferry, it put us a day behind already All GT wanted was to find a place for breakfast but hell never refuse a ride.
Off we went down a secondary road that would eventually lead us all the way to the border. We stopped a few times in the heat, looking for shade to rest in or little trails off the road to see where they went. Doing this, we found a road that was stripped and all the pavement was left on the side. That road must have been a foot thick.
After a while, we saw a sign that had a citys name with QC after it. Not recognizing the name, we did a series of synchronized u-turns and took the exit. A short time later, and we saw the Restigouche River and entered Matapedia, Quebec.
"He look Jay, that means we are in Quebec!"
A few of the trails we took were just small hill climbs to cell towers. We stopped for breakfast in one small town called Causapscal, QC and filled up the tanks (gas @ Causapscal, 635 km mark).
In Quebec they mark all the intersections that the road has with any ATV or snowmobile trail, so they are easy to find. We took some and they were hilly but dry, and it was a nice break from cruising down the road. Plus my ass hurt so it was nice to stand up.
One of the stops in the shade:
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We tried to break up route 132 with some trails until we hit the ferry in Matane. Perfect, we were 20 minutes early 3:40pm. So we headed to the check-in booth, but it was closed. Must open in 20 minutes. So we took a group picture, and relaxed in the shade, on the bank facing the ocean.
At 4pm we went to the booth and it was still closed. Jay then remembered that it wasnt 4:00 it was 3:00, we had forgot about the time change! So we waited it out. Rule #5 Relax.
After a little bit, the booth worker arrived, and came directly to us. He told us we could drive closed the building and park on the left hand side. We noticed a sign that said Motos so we parked there.
I love the picture of the Harley dude.
We went into the main building and spent almost hour napping inside the somewhat air conditioned ticket office. When waking up, the lady behind the window informed us that the boat was running an hour or so behind schedule. But that was fine. We sat outside on the rocks now in the sun, jacket and boots off, relaxing. It was nice.
A BMW pulled up and the rider was from PEI. A first trip, on a brand new bike, and he was set up to go camping nice.
We saw a ferry come into port, and watched it turn around and back into the middle of two docks. The captain put the back end against another dock, after a great deal of maneuvering. We thought it was our ferry.
But then we heard the sound of screeching wheels, very distinctly a train. It was a train ferry. Very cool.
While down looking at the trains coming out, we saw another couple of dualsporters all loaded up, one on the same bike as Jay. We would get to talk to these guys a few other times in the trip, but for now it was a simple nod and hello.
Our ferry did arrive just about an hour late, and it too had to swing around and back in. We were not the first ones on, but did get put in the front left had side of the boat.
This was the first ferry I have ever been on that does not supply tie downs. The crew told us not to worry about it, so we left them just like that. After all, they are dualsports and crashable. Id be worrying if I was the Harley dude though
Jay and I found a place to have a couple of beer, and GT waited in the line for food. That man can eat. We chatted with the guys riding dual sports a little bit, and they seemed like they had been on a trip or two before. Our conversation again did not last long, as they went to eat in the cafeteria. Up on deck as the boat begin to depart, we saw another KLR with the same paint scheme as Jays.
Leaving port at Matane:
The ferry ride was short, only about two and a half hours, so we landed in Baie Comeau around 8:30pm. On our approach to land, the sun was directly in front of us and if you leaned way out, you could see it. It was large and red.
So after getting off the boat, we got some gas just in case (gas @ Baie Comeau, 755km mark) we started our soon to be nightly ritual of riding of finding a pristine camping spot. What we did was drive until we see fresh water (river, stream, brook, pond, or a lake) and then look for a nearby trail or dirt road. If there isnt one, keep going. After finding one, take it, look for a field, beach, mossy area, clearing in the woods anything that we can plop a tent on.
Over the course of the trip, we developed a list of things we could use to evaluate a campsite. By the end of it, we decided that there were five crucial elements to a good campsite 1) fresh water, 2) source of dry fire wood, 3) soft, dry, flat ground, 4) privacy, and 5) a great view or setting. Not every campsite had all elements, but that is where our rating system came into place well get into that later.
We took a few turns off the road to find something, but nothing was working out. We then took a turn off onto a ski-hill but decided to climb it tomorrow as the sun was now setting and we wanted to find a good spot. I think the hill was Mont-Tibasse, but I am not sure. There was a trail along side a river to the right, very nicely packed with a fine sandy like substance. We drove it for five or six kilometers, then the wear in the trial seemed to follow the left hand turn over the homemade bridge, which was 20 feet in the air over the 50 foot wide gap, river below. We all drove over it, cautiously.
The trail then got difficult, up and downs, all grown over with grass that hid the rocks. We drove through this as the sun set, and it got dark. After a few more kms we saw another bridge on the right. We took it back to the nice sandy path, and saw an opening leading down to the rocky shoreline. This was it. A nice river, fed from and feeding large pools to fish, a beautiful full moon rising out of the clouds, a soft sandy place for out tents, and lots of wood around. It wasnt the most private spot but we did not see a soul the entire time.
We set the tents up in between the bikes and the beach.
Jay messed around with his stove for a while to get some boiled water, and we all ate a freeze dried meal. Pasta primavera, beef stew, and chicken and rice were on the menu tonight. Life of kings I tell you
We had a fire, and a few drinks. It was a warm, bright night and it was nice to sit here knowing that this is where the real adventure begins. The Quebec - Trans Labrador highway begins tomorrow with a couple hundred kms of tight twisty pavement, then 1100 kms of mainly dirt. Labrador, Newfoundland, and Cape Breton
It was a nice night, and I slept straight through until morning.
Depart: Grand Falls, NB
Arrive: Baie Comeau, QC
Start: 8:30am
End: 9:30 pm
Total: 354 km, (59 kms dirt) + 62 km ferry
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Real, aka Jack Boean, has appeared the Shuffle in numerous forms (check out "Who?" and "You + Me"), but this is the first we've heard from him in remix form. While elements of disco house exist in his other creations, his "Push It" edit is a stab in a slightly different direction -- Real's going whole-heartedly for the boogy oogy, and we can't help but love it.
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Q&A: LGBT professional business networking with Radius 5
4:02 PM — Tuesday evening sees the latest event for Radius, the London based LGBT professional networking event, this time held at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
26th April 2013
Yvette Cooper: 'Parliament does not have enough openly gay and lesbian MPs' 9
6:06 PM — Labour's Yvette Cooper has called on British businesses and the world of politics to do more to celebrate diversity and not merely to "tolerate" LGBT staff.
21st April 2013
Nick Clegg: 'More diversity is needed within the Lib Dems' 20
7:49 PM — Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has said his party needs to lead by example in promoting diversity by including more gay people, women, disabled people and ethnic minorities in its membership.
20th April 2013
Lord Browne: I am still surprised at how cautious businesses are in accepting diversity 15
5:17 PM — Lord Browne, the former Chief Executive of BP, has spoken out about a current lack of acceptance of diversity in the world of business, and said that for years he was scared to come out as gay.
25th March 2013
US: Winger's food chain to back both Boy Scouts and LGBT Prom to promote 'diversity' 2
3:48 PM — Several restaurants have stepped up to replace Chipotle as caterer for the Utah Scout-O-Rama after the Mexican chain pulled out to protest the Scouts' gay members ban. One tempered the possibly unpopular decision by also backing a Queer Prom.
22nd February 2013
Interview: BBC Radio 1Xtra DJ Adele Roberts shares her Big Brother coming out story
12:57 PM — BBC Radio 1Xtra DJ Adele Roberts has been interviewed by PinkNews' Scott Roberts about a documentary she is presenting this weekend on the subject of coming out.
11th February 2013
Documents reveal dropped plan for Canadian same-sex wedding bank notes 2
7:08 PM — The bank of Canada considered putting an image of a same-sex wedding on bank notes, revealed by documents shown to the Canadian press.
21st November 2012
US: Obama commended for stance on equal marriage by 10-year-old's letter 15
12:55 AM — A 10-year-old in the US was surprised to get a reply to a letter she sent to President Barack Obama. She had written to tell him that she appreciated his acceptance of the love between same-sex couples.
13th October 2012
Update: Diversity officer put on leave for signing petition hires lawyer, hopes to be reinstated 35
2:31 AM — A senior administrator at a Washington university who was put on paid leave, after she signed a petition to send equal marriage to referendum in Maryland, has hired an attorney to represent her, and will address the media next week.
US: Petition started to reinstate diversity officer put on leave for signing marriage ballot 2
2:04 AM — A petition has been started to reinstate a senior administrator at a Washington-based university who was put on paid leave, after she signed a petition to send equal marriage to referendum in Maryland.
11th October 2012
US: University diversity officer placed on leave for signing anti-equal marriage petition 51
2:37 AM — A university in Washington DC, has placed its Chief Diversity Officer on leave, after she reportedly signed a petition opposing equal marriage law in the state of Maryland.
6th August 2012
New anti-bullying charity chair calls for 'visible gay sexuality' in schools 16
1:55 PM — The new chair of anti-bullying charity Diversity Role Models says bullying will continue until 'gay sexuality becomes visible in schools'.
22nd June 2012
Study: One in seven UK employees harassed over perceived sexuality in the last year 16
1:06 PM — An international study into the experiences of LGBT people living in 21 countries around the world has revealed what it described as "endemic" homophobia in workplaces internationally.
16th January 2012
Chris Bryant attacks Church of England 'silliness about homosexuality' 34
1:30 PM — Gay MP Chris Bryant has criticised the Church of England, writing that it "needs to forget its silliness about homosexuality" and its teaching that "homophobia is immoral" and "it's fine and dandy to be gay just so long as you don't do anything about it."
9th January 2012
Homophobic Welsh crime rate up on "improved victim confidence" 9
4:33 PM — A 40% rise in reported homophobic crime over the last three years in South Wales has been attributed to the increased confidence of gay people to come forward. 401 homophobic incidents were reported to South Wales Police in 2011, up significantly on the 289 in 2008.
6th January 2012
Half of gay men "would die a year early" for the perfect body 186
11:35 AM — A study released today says 48% of gay men would sacrifice a year or more of their lives in exchange for their perfect body. Nine in ten gay men admit they enforce "unrealistic" images of lean and muscular men in conversation.
23rd December 2011
Trans personality Karen Gayle in this year's Alternative Christmas Message 8
12:26 PM — Channel 4's annual Alternative Christmas Message will this year feature Karen Gayle, one of the stars of its popular documentary, My Transsexual Summer. The broadcaster will air two Alternative Christmas Messages, given by contributors to what it called "some of 2011's most powerful and celebratory factual programming".
9th December 2011
Plans for London 2012 Olympics Pride House London to be unveiled tonight 23
4:29 PM — Tonight sees the unveiling of Pride House London, a week long festival run to coincide with the London 2012 Olympic Games. At an event tonight, held at London's City Hall, details for the festival which will include live music, entertainment, LGBT art, sports and tournaments will be revealed.
10th February 2011
Former newsreader Michael Buerk: 'Don't recruit presenters to fill lesbian or Asian quotas' 50
11:01 AM — Former BBC newsreader Michael Buerk says presenters should not be hired just because they tick the right diversity boxes. He was speaking on ITV1's Tonight programme for a discussion on ageism at the BBC.
13th January 2011
Public bodies asked to find out about gay and trans staff 17
2:05 PM — Large public employers are being encouraged to find out how represented lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people are in their organisations. As part of the Equality Act, all public bodies will be required to publish information about the diversity of their staff from April but the government will not set diversity targets.


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A few home visits by a health care specialist to educate children with asthma about basic strategies for earlier symptom recognition and improving medication use can lead to fewer flare-ups and less frequent trips to the ER, according to research from Johns Hopkins Children's Center published in the December issue of Pediatrics.
An estimated 6.5 million children in the United States have asthma, which is the leading pediatric chronic illness in this country and disproportionately affects minorities.
"We compared several strategies to improve asthma control among children and, much to our delight, we found that taking a few simple steps can go a long way toward doing so," says senior investigator Kristin Riekert, Ph.D., a pediatric psychologist at Hopkins and co-director of the Johns Hopkins Adherence Research Center.
Researchers say the key is providing regular asthma education that includes:
Researchers compared the effectiveness of three different strategies in 250 African-American children with asthma who ended up in the ER with an asthma attack. One group received a booklet with basic asthma information — the standard and usual care. The other two groups received educational home visits by asthma educators, with one group receiving education only, and the other receiving education plus feedback on how well the patient was following their medication instructions, which researchers determined by a monitoring device on the child's inhaler to record each use, as well as coaching on how to improve adherence.
Follow-ups at six, 12 and 18 months showed that:
There was no added value in providing medication monitoring and feedback above providing at-home educational visits alone. There was no significant difference in the number of hospitalizations among the three groups.
The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute funded the research.
Lead author Michiko Otsuki, Ph.D., a Hopkins behavioral medicine fellow at the time of the study, is currently at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg. Other Hopkins investigators in the study included Michelle Eakin, Ph.D.; Arlene Butz, Sc.D.; Cynthia Rand, Ph.D., Jean Ogborn, M.D., and Andrew Bilderback, M.S. University of Maryland co-investigators: Van Doren Hsu, Pharm.D., and Illene Zuckerman, Pharm.D.
Founded in 1912 as the children's hospital of the Johns Hopkins Medicine, the Johns Hopkins Children's Center offers one of the most comprehensive pediatric medical programs in the country, with more than 92,000 patient visits and nearly 9,000 admissions each year. Johns Hopkins Children Center is consistently ranked among the top children's hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. It is Maryland's largest children's hospital and the only state-designated Trauma Service and Burn Unit for pediatric patients. It has recognized Centers of Excellence in dozens of pediatric subspecialties, including allergy, cardiology, cystic fibrosis, gastroenterology, nephrology, neurology, neurosurgery, oncology, pulmonary, and transplant. For more information, visit www.hopkinschildrens.org.
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A PILL-SIZED transmitter, similar to the one swallowed by John Glenn to measure his core body temperature on his recent shuttle mission, could soon help surgeons to monitor the progress of fetuses following surgery in the womb.
The silicon-coated transmitter, which is 35 millimetres long by 9 millimetres wide, will be implanted in pregnant women during endoscopic surgery, tracking temperature and pressure in the uterus. It will warn if premature labour has begun, which is common after fetal surgery, by detecting contractions. "This will allow us to detect pre-term labour before it goes out of control," says Michael Harrison, a professor at the University of California at San Francisco, where he is director of the Fetal Treatment Center.
Harrison has been developing the transmitter with engineers at NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, California. Previous versions were disc-shaped, and were implanted following surgery to correct congenital defects in the ...
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Who Is Linda Thompson, the Woman David Foster Was Married to Before Yolanda Foster?
Talk about a close-knit group! It turns out The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills are more interconnected than we ever knew. Not only was Yolanda H. Foster married to Mohamed Hadid, Lisa Vanderpump's good friend, it turns out Taylor Armstrong is chummy with David Foster's ex-wife.
At the Moroccan dinner n RHoBH Season 3, Episode 10, Yolanda calls out Taylor for saying, "I've been through more than anybody sitting here," telling the Oklahoma native, "Taylor, you're talking such nonsense."
This doesn't sit well with Taylor, who reiterates her tragic past to Camille Grammer. "Maybe it's not all rosy in her life," Cam Gram says, implying Taylor should have compassion for Yolanda.
"And I think we know a little bit more about her husband than she knows we know," Taylor replies. "I mean, he was married to one of our very good friends for 20 years. Wasn't all kisses and roses then, was it?"
Taylor is referring to Linda Thompson, a songwriter and former beauty queen who divorced David Foster in 2005. At the time of the split, Linda told PEOPLE the cause of the divorce "will remain personal and private." In a statement, David said, ""The end of every relationship has three sides: His, hers and the truth."
Their relationship was chronicled on the short-lived reality show Princes of Malibu. Linda's sons — with Olympian and sort-of Kardashian Bruce Jenner — Brandon and Brody Jenner also starred, along with future The Hills star Spencer Pratt. If you want proof of how long Taylor and Linda have been friends, check out this this episode for a pre-RHoBH Tay-Tay on the Laguna Beach spin-off.
In addition to Bruce Jenner and David Foster, Linda also had a relationship with the King — Elvis, that is. The TV movie Elvis and the Beauty Queen chronicles their time together.
Linda has appeared on a few RHoBH episodes herself. In Season 1, she and Taylor talk about Kennedy's $50,000 birthday party. In Season 2, Episode 14, while Taylor got a little hysterical at Brandi Glanville's Malibu beach party, Linda serenely looked out into the sea and got philosophical, saying, ""Look at this big wide ocean. This ocean's going to be here long after we're all gone" and "We are an evolved species." In the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Season 3 finale, Linda's relationship with David pops up during Lisa and Ken Todd's vow renewal party.
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The UNC Nutrition Obesity Research Center (UNC NORC) is one of 12 research centers in the country funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases that is specifically designed to provide support and expertise to scientists studying the role of nutrition and obesity in public health. Since the NORC's inception in 1999, the Center has facilitated the development and transfer of cutting-edge research from the laboratory to the general public for a wide range of research studies.
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By Elizabeth Walker | Dec 05, 2012 | Total plays: 16,438
Gabor's first EP, titled Stars, features a glitchy, flirtatious title track and the dreamy, velvety b-side "Night Sky." Incorporating a cornucopia of musical elements, such as 90s R&B and bass influences, it seems that the world has just inherited a female answer to The Weeknd. Thank god it's not in the form of an answer song for anyone who remembers "No Pigeons." *shudder*
I'm sure Gabor will be on the blogosphere's lips come 2013, so make sure to keep this name in your pocket for some musical clout. Stars is due out December 17 on Toddla T's label Girls via Ninja Tune.


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Tuesday, 25 December 2012
Christmas Day 2012
Many Americans may not know of Penelope Keith but for many years our British and Australian cousins have known her as one of the England's most famous actors – yes, she is of our generation.
You can read a bare bones biography about her at Wikipedia, but today we are concerned only with her rendition of The 12 Days of Christmas or, as it is titled in this case, Yet Another Partridge in a Pear Tree.
When you hear this you will wonder how you ever got through the Christmas holiday without it.
No video, just audio, and I promise it is worth every minute. Happy Christmas to everyone and enjoy.
Penelope Keith - And Yet Another Partridge in a Pear Tree
(If you have technical difficulties with the audio here, give it a try at this website (scroll down). And you will find the entire lyric here, but it's much more fun to listen to Penelope.)
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Oh joy to the world!
May Peace and Joy be yours in the coming year. Warmet regards, Miki
Just the best of many variations!
Happy Winterfest, Ronnie, and thanks for your always well researched and entertaining blog!
Love Penelope Keith, so thanks for posting this! Best wishes for a joyful holiday season.
Delightful ... thank you!
Wonderful! No one does a snooty English accent better!
Happy solstice! The Penelope Keith audio was delightful! You should run it every year! But not 12 times; once will suffice!
Thank you for introducing us to her. Lovely.
A belated comment and a belated merry christmas etc, but I listened to Penelope. She is fantastic isn't she. I grew up watching her in The Good Life and To the Manor Born. She's perfect for this. Thank you.
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On Wed, 31 Mar 2004, dylan wrote:
> Hello,
> I am having a problem getting a query to work with MySQL 3.23.49
> I have 3 tables, all which share a common key (user_id):
> 1. volunteer_info (contains contact information) [key = user_id]
> 2. assignment_data (contains event assignment information) [key = user_id]
> fields include: user_id, event_id
> each record represents one event that any one volunteer is assigned to
> 3. score_board (contains event participation information) [key = user_id]
> fields include: user_id, event_id, participation_status
> each record represents whether or not a person attended an event
> there is a 1:1 relationship between each table, after a few 'where'
> statements are applied.
Why not have all of these columns in one table, then?
> As it stands right now i can access every person who was assigned to a given
> event (denoted by the variable $event_id) with the following query:
> select volunteer_info.*
> from assignment_data, volunteer_info
> where volunteer_info.user_id = assignment_data.user_id
> and assignment_data.event_id = $event_id
> i am able to access the contact info and participation info with this query:
> select volunteer_info.*, participation_status
> from assignment_data, volunteer_info, score_board
> where volunteer_info.user_id = assignment_data.user_id
> and volunteer_info.user_id = score_board.user_id
> and assignment_data.event_id = $event_id
> and score_board.event_id = $event_id
> The score_board table may or may not contain records that match the second
> query, which causes an empty set to be returned - or worse yet - only some
> of the records that i am interested in. I have experimented with a left
> join, but am not quite sure how to accomplish this.
> any ideas?
, sb.participation_status
assignment_data ad
INNER JOIN volunteer_info vi ON ad.user_id=vi.user_id
LEFT JOIN score_board sb ON sb.user_id=ad.user_id
where ad.event_id = $event_id
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If they don't go where they are assigned, it looks like you won't see them
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By: John Lockwood
The final week of the Missouri Valley Conference regular season is upon us, but things are far from set in stone as four teams sit within two games of each other at the top of the standings. The conference schedulers really did save the best for last, as first-place Creighton will host second-place Missouri State in a series that could decide the MVC regular season champions. "Could" is the operative word in that sentence, as Wichita State—with a sweep over last-place Bradley this weekend—could (see scenarios below) find themselves atop the standings to end the season for the second year in a row. Illinois State, currently in fourth, will hope to improve their seed for the conference tournament as they host Evansville, who will be looking to crack into the top half of the standings after dropping their last two MVC series. Southern Illinois, who commands a 9-9 record despite holding the worst overall record in the conference, will head on the road to finish the season against Indiana State. To allow an extra day before the State Farm MVC Baseball Championship starts next Tuesday, this week's games will start Thursday. Continue reading Missouri Valley Conference Weekend Preview (May 19th-21st)
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The third annual International Humanitarian Law Dialogs, co-sponsored by the Robert H. Jackson Center at the Chautauqua Institution, is an historic gathering of renowned international prosecutors from Nuremberg through present day, and leading women professionals in the legal and academic fields.
The 2009 installation of the Dialogs, held August 31-September 1, discussed and paid special tribute to the role of women in international criminal law. The sessions were free and open to the public (with the exception of meals).
Topics discussed at the Dialogs included: a keynote lecture on "Women at the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg" by Professor John Q. Barrett, a round table discussion with the visiting prosecutors on "Gender Crimes at the International Level," a briefing by Professor Leila Nadya Sadat on "The Convention on Crimes Against Humanity," and a talk by Judge Marilyn Kaman, former International Judge for the United Nations mission in Kosovo, focusing on "Reflections on Women in International Criminal Law." In addition, there was a special showing of the new NBC News program, "The Wanted" on the evening of August 31 which included appearances by members of the cast. Justice Robert H. Jackson was United States chief prosecutor of the principal Nazi war criminals at the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany, during 1945-46. The Dialogs honor the legacy of Nuremberg as the first successful international effort to hold individuals criminally responsible for planning and waging aggressive war, committing war crimes and committing crimes against humanity. It founded the era of international criminal law and set standards that guide international prosecutors today. The Dialogs culminated, as in previous years, with a Chautauqua Declaration by the prosecutors.
To watch a video of the presentation of the declaration click here for part one, here for part two, and here for part three.ASIL annually publishes the proceedings from the Dialogs. An excerpt from "Proceedings of the Third International Humanitarian Law Dialogs" is found below. The complete publication is available for purchase; please call (716) 483-6646 for more information.
An article by Diane Marie Amann
Fatou Bensouda, International Criminal Court
H. William Caming, Nuremberg
David M. Crane, Special Court for Sierra Leone
Norman Farrell, International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia
Joseph Kamara, Special Court for Sierra Leone
Alphonse Van, United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Speakers and Panelists
Professor Diane Marie Amann, University of California
Renifa Madenga, United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Susana SáCouto, Director, War Crimes Research Office, Washington College of Law, American University
Professor Leila Nadya Sadat, Washington University School of Law
Judge Patricia M. Wald, International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia
Judge Marilyn Kaman, former International Judge for the United Nations Mission in Kosovo
Christine Chung, Partner at Quinn Emanuel Trial Lawyers
Renifa Madenga, United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Lesley Taylor,RUF Prosecutor in Sierra Leone
Siri Frigaard, Chief Public Prosecutor, Norwegian National Authority for Prosecution of Organised and Other Serious Crime
Professor John Q. Barrett, St. John's University School of Law
Professor Michael P. Scharf, Case Western Reserve University
Dr. Kelly Askin, former legal adviser to the ICTY and ICTR
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The Government of Guinea at a state funeral presided over by Guinean President Alpha Conde has honored 11 of its top military officers who recently died in a plane crash in Liberia, the Heritage has learnt. A CASA Aircraft (CN35) 3X-GGG conveying senior Guinean government officials to Liberia's 56th Armed Forces Day celebrations Monday, February 11, 2013 crashed in Charlesville, Margibi County, close to the country's lone international airport, the Roberts International Airport (RIA), killing eleven people.
Wreckage of the airliner was beyond recognition as rescue workers, including Red Cross workers and other health workers, who later trooped to the crash scene, removed charred bodies of victims from the burnt aircraft which crash landed few kilometers from the RIA.
A presidential statement issued in Guinea Monday through that country's ministry of defense confirmed the deaths of Guinean army chief of staff, Gen. Souleymane Kelefa Diallo and ten others, who were part of an official Guinean government delegation aboard the crashed aircraft bound for this year's celebration of Liberia's Armed Forces Day.
Reports gathered by this paper divulged that two pilots were also killed in the crash, adding that the crashed CASA Aircraft (CN35) was an official Guinean military aircraft bought for Guinea's air force for US$12 million.
The reports revealed that a statement from the office of Guinean President Alpha Conde, quotes the Guinean leader as immediately appointing Gen. Namory Traore as interim army chief of staff of Guinea.
However, on Wednesday, 13 February 2013, the late Gen. Diallo, former chief of staff of the Guinean army, and 10 other senior military officers were eulogized with state honor. Guinean President Conde decorated fallen army chief of staff Diallo with the rank of Dignity of Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit of the Republic of Guinea.
The Guinean leader also named the ten other fallen officers as Commanders of the National Order of Merit.
Those honored include: Commandant Mahal Diallo; Mamodou Conde, Commandant Abodrame Camara, Adjutant Bangoura, Mustapha Sangare, Col. Mamadou Celou Dalin Diallo, Soriba Diawara and Mohamed Koumbassa.
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whole Lamb
Hey guys I have had my oven going for a few months now and have done Pizzas for the family and a couple of parties so far with now problems. however its my farther in laws birthday next weekend and his favorite dish is lamb on the spit. So I am going to do a whole lamb (16) for him in the oven for lunch.
I am thinking off fully heating the oven for a few hours and then doing it with the door off and a small coal based fire on one side to give the lamb skin that nice crispness. I do have a door but am unsure about cooking something that size and for that long with the door on as I have had problems in the past.
If anyone has done this or has any advice please let me know.
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Old timers here recommend using a google search, but for simple searches for 'Lamb' or 'turkey', the FB.com search has worked for me. I posted a searchlink the other day with a search for 'lamb', but it was no good today....If you try the search function, you will get some ideas from the success of our fellow fornobravo members' experiences. :)
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There's a very good video on YOUTUBE, on how to cook a whole lamb in a WFO, check it out.
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While we are talking about cooking items other than pizza... What type of pots, pans etc is everyone using? I got "the look" from my wife when I broke out one of our pans to cook in the WFO.
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Cast iron and ceramics. I have some old regular cast iron and a La Creuset I bought used on ebay I use a lot. For ceramics Corningware is "okay" but handmade high kiln finish ceramics are really cool. Bram (The Art of Claypot Cooking - Bram) in Sonoma has spectacular stuff. We have about six ceramic pots of various kinds, lidded and not.
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Le Creuset cookware is silly expensive, but the Chinese are starting to make enameled cast iron pots for more reasonable prices. I have a big casserole, and a little shallow skillet which is great for browning stuff in the oven doorway while the fire is heating up.
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Sam's Club carries a 5qt enameled cast iron dutch oven for $37. I have gotten wonderful results out of it.
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Just did a chuck roast the other night and this week I am trying out some game hens in the dutch oven without the lid.
But a whole lamb (I am Basque!) sure sounds good! Let us know how it turns out!!
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Simple is better!
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The High Court has recognised a Brazilian adoption in a case that could allow more couples to have adoptions recognised abroad made legal in the UK, reports familylawweek.co.uk
The case concerned a Brazilian-born woman, known in the case only as Z. Z moved to the UK in 1995 and married a UK citizen in 2001. In 2002 she successfully applied for permanent resident status.
Following her marriage, and due to an inability for her and her husband to conceive children, they decided to adopt. To retain links with Mrs Z's home nation, they chose to adopt Brazilian children.
The High Court heard an application by Mrs Z and her husband for a declaration that their Brazilian adoption would be capable of being a recognised legal adoption in the UK according to s.57 of the Family Law Act 1986.
The court heard that Mrs Z had been required by Brazilian law to take up permanent residence there for 18 months prior to adopting her two children.
The court also heard that during the two years that Mrs Z was living in Brazil she maintained her relationship with Mr Z, with him visiting her on several occasions and talking regularly on Skype and via email and on the telephone throughout that time.
In coming to a judgment the judge, Mrs Justice Theis, considered the fact that Mrs Z had established herself as a permanent resident of the UK before embarking upon the adoption process. She also considered the fact that the decision to live in Brazil was entirely due to the Brazilian legal process and not a personal choice.
The court also noted that the application for recognition of the adoption in UK law was made quickly and professionally, and that it was made in good faith, and thus decided to grant the couple the legal recognition they desired.
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T-ara leader Jeon Bo-ram and her father Jeon Young-rok, himself a hugely popular singer in the 1970s and 80s, have both been cast in the same musical "Crazy for You". The story is based on teen chick lit hit from the 1970s and 1980s, featuring popular songs from the era. It is the first musical for both father and daughter.
Jeon Young-rok debuted in 1976 and was a huge star at the time with numerous hit songs and starred in film "Crazy Boy". "You tend to be forgotten by the public if you don't make TV appearances, but I have always sung in small venues, working on films and music albums. These days, every little thing that teen idol group members do makes headlines, but singers of my age have no means of promoting their albums".
When his daughter said she wanted to be a singer, he did not object. "If she feels that it's the right way for her, then that's the way to go", he said. "I also got those genes from my parents (actor Hwang Hae and singer Baek Seol-hee), and that's about the only thing I got from them". Jeong Bo-ram said, "I liked seeing my dad play the guitar and sing. My voice is also low and husky. Maybe I got it from my dad".
The musical centers around a high-school baseball team, and Young-rok will play the role of the baseball coach while Bo-ram will play the female lead.
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The midfielder will join the Diavolo on loan from Genoa and underwent his medical near Varese earlier today.
"The first move by Milan for me happened about two weeks ago," he told Sky Sport Italia. "I'm happy to have been given the opportunity to wear the Milan jersey.
"All of Milan's players are great and I hope that I can prove my worth in order to get a game. Let's see what happens in pre-season."
Constant, who added that he will be supporting Italy and his new teammates in tonight's Euro 2012 semi-final against Germany, is a Guinea international.
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My first two companies failed. Both were planned out in detail on business plans. They were tech startups I tried to get funding for in the Valley back when I lived in Mountain View in 2001.
Yet Mindvalley (at first) had no plan and no vision beyond two years out. It was a simple idea scratched out on a napkin. It was about diving into the pit and selling. I never raised money, never got too complicated. I just hustled.
The goal was not millions, nor was it build and flip. It was about figuring out a way to hack together a business that would make me the $4,000 a month I needed to survive so I could quit my day job, marry my girlfriend and then dream up bigger ideas while not having to hold down a 9-to-5. I now cringe every time someone asks me to explain my business plan.
Instead, every year on January 1st, I borrow my son's color pencils and draw a five-year diagram of where I want to take the company. I then share this vision with my team and we start hacking our way to it.
Start with a vision. Preferably, in the words of Joe Vitale: "One that scares you a little and excites you a lot."
Then develop a model to make that vision a reality. Work tirelessly towards building a beta—but be prepared to test, pivot and move rapidly as you learn. In the words of Steve Blank: "No business plan survives first contact with customers."
I goofed early: I was too generous with equity and ended up giving up half my company. I was not confident and felt I needed a business partner to make things work. I was so dumb I gave up equity without asking for investment. If I had been smarter, I would have saved on equity and instead created a performance-based bonus scheme.
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NICOSIA: As calls mount for an end to the bloody violence in Syria, European Union foreign ministers meet Friday to try and find a way out of a conflict threatening a humanitarian crisis in Europe's backyard.
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton has put Syria top of the agenda for a two-day informal ministerial meeting in Cyprus which, at just 110 kilometers (70 miles) from the Syrian coast at its closest point, is the bloc's nearest member to the conflict.
The 27-nation bloc has been in the frontline of efforts to get President Bashar Assad to step aside since the beginning of the conflict in March last year.
But after 17 rounds of sanctions, including embargos on arms exports and oil imports, and a freeze on the assets of scores of Assad's lieutenants, Ashton said in a letter to ministers seen by AFP that it was time "to take forward our work."
"Given the dramatic developments unfolding in Syria and the appointment of Lakhdar Brahimi as new envoy of the U.N. secretary general, I would like to exchange views on the tragic situation on the ground and on how to adjust the EU's response," she said in the August 31 note.
In his first comments since taking over as the new U.N.-Arab League envoy, Brahimi called the death toll "staggering" and the destruction "catastrophic".
Ashton's to-do list calls for improved liaison with the Syrian opposition, more humanitarian aid and, last but not least, preparing for a political transition.
"Sooner or later, Assad will fall and the EU will have to be ready to respond. We must prepare well in advance," said a European diplomat who asked not to be named.
But Europe remains divided over how best to help Syria's fractured opposition, under fire from many capitals reluctant to provide support due to its continuing divisions and the presence of Islamist extremists fighting on its behalf.
In Rome this week, French President Francois Hollande renewed a call on Assad opponents to quickly form an "alternative government".
The French leader has pledged immediate recognition from Paris to "a provisional, inclusive and representative" government.
"The sooner we can find a real interlocutor in the opposition, the easier it will be for the EU to help it," a diplomatic source told AFP.
"If we can offer promises of recognition this could help the opposition to unite," said another European diplomat.
But Washington has cautioned that before setting up any transitional government, the opposition first needs to unite around plan.
"That's the first order of business -- for them to all agree on what a transition ought to look like," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said late last month.
In a letter to their counterparts, the foreign ministers of France and Italy have asked that the talks also touch on an international inquiry into human rights violations by the Assad regime and seek ways of easing the humanitarian crisis.
Some 235,000 Syrians have fled the country while 1.2 million are displaced inside the country, but the situation has deteriorated sharply since as Assad forces have fought rebel fighters in the two largest cities Damascus and Aleppo.
More than 100,000 people fled Syria in August, a record since the start of the conflict, meaning how to prepare for a potential humanitarian crisis on Europe's doorstep will be high in the minds of the ministers.
Turkey, which along with Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon, is hosting tens of thousands of refugees, has suggested creating protected safe havens inside Syria for civilians fleeing the violence.
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France is expected instead to urge its partners at Friday's talks in the Cypriot resort of Paphos to find ways to help funnel medicines, cash and other resources to civilians trapped in rebel-held areas.
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Should've Said No
|"Should've Said No"
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"Should've Said No" is a song written and recorded by American country-pop singer Taylor Swift. It is the fifth and final single released from her self-titled debut studio album. It also became her second Number One single on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of August 23, 2008, and like her four prior singles, it was a Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. In addition, "Should've Said No" has been certified platinum by the RIAA.
The song was performed by Swift and Jonas Brothers on the Burnin' Up Tour. It is included in the 3D movie of the tour, as well as in the soundtrack to the film. An alternate version of the song was released on her EP Beautiful Eyes. As of November 2014, "Should've Said No" has sold 1.4 million copies in the United States.[2]
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The song addresses a former lover of Swift who has cheated on her, telling him that he "should've said no" to the woman who has taken her place in his life ("You should've said no/You should've gone home/You should've thought twice before you let it all go/You should've known that word 'bout what you did with her would get back to me"). Swift wrote the song when she was sixteen years old. According to Country Weekly magazine, she was inspired to write it after she discovered that her boyfriend at the time had cheated on her. In several interviews, Swift disclosed that this boyfriend's name was "Sam", which she did not put in the song, but said in every interview. The first line that came to her was the title, and she wrote the chorus in five minutes. Swift has also said that many of the lyrics were based on actual words that she used when confronting her ex-boyfriend.[3]
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Roger Holland of PopMatters said that "Should've Said No" is "a truly splendid pop-rock song wrapped up in an almost entirely spurious country arrangement."[4] Chris Neal of Country Weekly believed "Should've Said No" and her previous single "Picture to Burn", were the most immediately striking songs on Taylor Swift.[5] Alison Bonaguro of the Chicago Tribune named the song along with "Teardrops on My Guitar" and "Invisible" as "revenge songs," and commented that Swift's themes stayed the same throughout the concert.[6] Country music blog Engine 145 gave the song a "thumbs down" review. Reviewer Matt C. criticized the production as being "too loud", and thought that Swift's vocals were overly reliant on pitch correction and "not amenable" to the song's concept.[7]
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*sales figures based on certification alone
- ^ Taylor Swift (CD). Taylor Swift. Big Machine Records. 2006. BMR120702.
- ^ Trust, Gary (November 11, 2014). "Ask Billboard: All-Taylor Swift Edition". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
- ^ Horner, Marianne (2008-10-20). "Story Behind the Song: Don't Cheat on a Songwriter". Country Weekly 15 (21): 14.
- ^ Holland, Roger (November 9, 2006). "Taylor Swift: Taylor Swift". PopMatters. Retrieved January 2, 2011.
- ^ Neal, Chris (4 December 2006). "Taylor Swift review". Country Weekly. American Media, Inc. Retrieved March 31, 2010.
- ^ Bonaguro, Alison (February 4, 2008). "Taylor Swift a prodigy who's coming of age". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
- ^ C., Matt (2008-05-14). "Taylor Swift - "Should've Said No"". Engine 145. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
- ^ "Taylor Swift Album & Song Chart History" Canadian Hot 100 for Taylor Swift. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
- ^ "Charts.org.nz – Taylor Swift – Should've Said No". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
- ^ "Taylor Swift Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Taylor Swift. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
- ^ "Hot Country Songs Week of August 23, 2008". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
- ^ "Best of 2008: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2008. Retrieved December 13, 2008.
- ^ "American single certifications – Taylor Swift – Should've Said No". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved June 6, 2011. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
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