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Now there is a new factor to take into account. The Chancellor will in any case have to raise rates soon as part of his planned and orderly approach to countering the inflationary effects of runaway growth. He might as well do it now as later. With the next Budget certain to see the Government attempting to deliver on the Tories' 1992 election pledge, lower taxes, the case for cooling the economy radically ahead of the giveaway becomes overwelming.
Inane idea from Professor Littlechild The inglorious and relatively brief history of utility regulation is already littered with enough silly ideas and initiatives to fill a book, but few are quite as inane as the suggestion from Professor Stephen Littlechild that Trafalgar House, after it has bought Northern Electric, be made to refloat a minority shareholding in the company. The idea is so off the wall that it seems hard to take seriously. Fortunately for Trafalgar, few people at the Department of Trade and Industry do, for if it were given the official stamp of approval, it would undoubtedly be a deal killer.
The electricity regulator's motives are reasonable enough. His concern is to ensure that Northern Electric is ring-fenced after the takeover in such a way that Trafalgar will not be able to pull the wool over his eyes by deliberately understating profitsor siphoning off cash to the detriment of the business and its customers. The existence of minority shareholders would be a powerful safeguard, seems to be the thrust of his thinking. No doubt it would, but does a regulator with far greater powers of discovery and access than ordinary shareholders really need the assistance of a minority to do his job?
Those who believe that utilities are best part of the private sector, as presumably Professor Littlechild does, cannot have it both ways. Either the privatised utilities conform with the usual practices and disciplines of the private sector, which means living with the threat of takeover, or they do not. If it is thought against the national interest that they do, then they should not have been privatised in the first place. The golden share, designed to give the utilities protection from takeover, was always meant to be of limited duration. It has now expired. To allow Professor Littlechild to construct alternative versions of the same thing would achieve nothing and be against most principles of private sector ownership.
The notion that any company would buy another and then float 25 per cent is absurd. What sort of price could an enforced minority command? Not much, is the answer. It would be like paying a pound for 50p. The idea that a utility needs in some way to be independent to be adequately regulated is equally absurd. Utilities throughout the world are owned by conglomerates like Trafalgar House. Generally they run them just as effectively as the highly remunerated managements of our own independent regional electricity companies.
Provided alternative safeguards are put in place to protect the legitimate interests of the regulator - separate accounts and an independent board - there seems no necessity to follow this route. The parallel here is with the rash of TV bids last year, where in each case undertakings were given to the DTI to address legitimate competition concerns.
That is not to say there is no case for reference in this instance. To do so, however, Michael Heseltine, President of the Board of Trade, would have to depart from the usual parameters of mergers policy. Provided competition is not diminished, anything goes, has been the guiding principle to date. There are no competition issues in this case but there are other issues of regional and public interest. Northern Electric is one of the few public companies based in the North-east. To take decision making away from the region and relocate it in an anonymous London head office is hardly likely to be in the region's interests. But then to refer on that basis, Mr Heseltine is going to have to rewrite policy.
Europe caught on the hop There was that unmistakeable sound across Europe yesterday of out-of-joint noses being straightened. The finality of the American administration's presentation of the new Mexico rescue package caught not a few European central bankers on the hop.
Words such as unhappy and premature were to be heard early yesterday morning in London, Paris or Frankfurt, about the sudden transformation of the grand American rescue package into something with dominant international participation. It was not long, however, before the complainers were shuffling into line.
This had not been a common European opposition front - something the Europeans find difficult to muster at the best of times. Rather, the expressions of unhappiness, often for very different reasons, resulted from the breakneck speed at which the international plan was cobbled together.
The frantic negotiations throughout Monday night were as much a response to an American political crisis as a Mexican financial one. The Clinton administration knew it had lost the game with Congress by early Monday evening. It also knew that to acknowledge failure with no alternative to offer would have provoked a severe reaction in international markets.
The outcome, in the circumstances, looks like a pretty good piece of crisis management. after so much vacillation and apparent lack of urgency.
The markets have reacted well, a fast approaching crisis has now receded. The Europeans would no doubt have preferred more time to settle the details of a package presented by President Clinton as complete, but which is still a little loose.
The broad lines of the package did appear, however, to have been thrashed out by the main countries before Mr Clinton went before the cameras. Much of the problem, and the skewed noses in London and elsewhere, appear rather to have come from a lack of sufficient communication between governments and their central banks.
It is now up to the markets. If this confidence-building excercise works, then it is likely little of the package will actually need to be drawn on. Continued haggling over the share-out of the burdens will only raise the risk of the whole exercise beingmore expensive.
The irony of all this is that the Mexicans have, as a consequence of Congress's intransigence, secured a rather better and more internationally based package of support than had been on offer under the old proposals. The Americans have in turn reduced their exposure to the crisis. Everyone is happy, it seems.
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4:2 This is how you are to deal with those who sin unintentionally by doing anything that violates one of the Lord's commands. Did you know you can sin and not know it? I heard a message to the contrary in college, and at that time I believed it. But since, I know that was hogwash. Even if you are aware of most the things you do "wrong," (sins of commission)you and I usually are clueless about all the things we should have done and didn't do (sins of omission). Also, sins like pride, hypocrisy, and lovelessness are extremely hard to identify in ourselves.
All this killing and sacrificing is pretty gory for sure. I'm not entirely sure we have the whole picture, but one thing I know is that God was trying to tell His people that sin has a very high price tag. Someone has to die because only blood is the payment for sins. Somehow, God made it that death of one atones for (makes amends for) in order to spare death of another.
2:16 But when the teachers of religious law who were Pharisees saw him eating with tax collectors and other sinners, they asked his disciples, "Why does he eat with such scum?" Let me translate this into today's lingo: When the leaders down at the local church saw (your name) headed into to Joe's Biker Bar on a Saturday night with a Bible in hand and later heard that you were there to share Jesus with the rabble-rousers, they said, "Why does (your name) hang out with that bunch of losers? He/she is getting a bad name hanging out in a place like that, with those kinds of people."
2:17 When Jesus heard this, he told them, "Healthy people don't need a doctor-sick people do. I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners." We've talked about this verse in Matthew, but I can't emphasize enough, if we want Jesus to work in our lives and change us from the inside out, we have to come to Him in weakness, need, and humility. Goes against the grain of our independent, self-sufficient society for sure.
2:24 But the Pharisees said to Jesus, "Look, why are they breaking the law by harvesting grain on the Sabbath?" We learned that Jesus did not come to do away with the Torah, but to fulfill it. Because of that, it would be inconsistent for Him to intentionally break it or dismiss it. Both the incident of His disciples harvesting grain to eat and His healing of the man's hand in the following verses (3:1-6) were reasons for the Pharisees to accuse Jesus of "breaking the Torah," but in a closer look we see differently. Here is some Messianic Jewish commentary (also below):
Based upon the fences in the Mishnah (this is the Oral Torah passed down by priests, religious leaders, and Pharisees), they were guilty of breaking four Pharisaic laws. When they took the grain from the stalk, they were guilty of reaping. When they worked the grain in their hands to separate the wheat from the chaff, they were guilty of threshing. When they blew in their hands to rid the wheat of the chaff, they were guilty of winnowing. When they put the grain in their mouths and swallowed it, they were guilty of storing. You could probably also add that when they chewed the grain, they were guilty of grinding. That is what they are being accused of by the Pharisees in this passage. In fact, according to Pharisaic law, you were not even to walk on the grass on the Sabbath, lest you inadvertently separate grain from the stalk and be guilty of reaping.
The Jewish oral tradition places great emphasis on the preservation of life. All commandments of the Bible must be suspended in order to save a human life. The preservation of life takes precedence over the Sabbath observance. David and his men were being pursued by Saul. They were so hungry, according to Jewish traditional interpretation, that their lives were at risk. All the commandments of the Bible must be suspended to save their lives. They were hungry and so they ate the Bread of the Presence from the house of God.
Moreover, Yeshua directly refers to the Oral Law concerning the priests and the requirements of the Sabbath. He notes that the priests perform their tasks in the Temple on the Sabbath, even though their activities constitute work and would be forbidden without a proper interpretation of the Torah. The priests perform their work in the Temple on the Sabbath because their sacred duties take precedence over the laws pertaining to the day of rest. Yeshua employs the Oral Law to address those who question the actions of His disciples. He possesses an intimate acquaintance with the Oral Torah and does not betray any interest in violating either the Written Torah or its traditional Jewish interpretation. The Oral Law gives the written letter of the Bible its true force.
Questions for reflection:
Do people (maybe even those at church) see who you hang out with and wonder why you associate with "such scum?" If this is the example Jesus set for us, to hang around (for ministry purposes, not to join in the company and behavior of sinners) people who obviously have a lot of baggage and sin, why aren't we doing it? Have we become exclusionary like the Pharisees?
Would you say your relationship with Jesus has been more characteristic of regular humble dependence upon His strength, or only asking for His help when you get in a bind? Want a great worship experience? Enjoy this song, Honestly, by Carl Cartee

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- Held in nine rounds over a period of several weeks, India's national elections have been described as the most massive exercise in vote-casting worldwide.
The spectacle of witnessing some 814 million voters fan out among 935,000 polling stations that offered a choice between 1,600 political parties was undeniably exciting, but the results – when they were announced on May 16th – came as an unpleasant shock for those who've long admired India's secular political traditions.
Riding on the aspirations of India's thriving urban middle classes, and lavishly supported by a booming corporate sector, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) – which champions a Hindu-nationalist agenda – gained an absolute majority of parliamentary seats, making its controversial leader, Narendra Modi, India's 15th prime minister.
Even more troubling, some say, was that the the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) – the electoral coalition headed by the BJP – succeeded in bagging over three-fifths of all seats in the new Lok Sabha, the lower house of parliament.
A veritable media storm followed the announcement of the results, with conservative pundits extolling the BJP's win as a "landslide", and others bemoaning India's descent into consolidated right-wing rule.
But a closer look at the voting patterns tells a story of persistent communalism in 21st-century India, and suggests that elections in a country that has 1.2 billion people, over 120 linguistic groups, a sizeable proportion of adivasi (indigenous) people and a complex hierarchy of castes and sub-castes reflect, at best, a distorted democracy.
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While the Muslim minority constitutes some 17 percent of the country's total population, they are poorly represented in the new parliament, having secured only 20 out of 543 seats.
Fearing the BJP's track record of aggravating religious tensions, most Muslims refrained from casting in their favour, maintaining a safe distance from the NDA as well.
This was particularly true of Muslims in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, which holds 80 seats in the Lok Sabha.
Here, the BJP's electoral strategy had banked on both communalism and caste politics. In the state's northern Bahraich region, for instance, the party sought to reach out to Dalits and other low-caste Hindus by reviving the memory of an 11th century Hindu king, in the process direspecting the revered Muslim saint Ghazi Saiyyad Salar Masud whom the king had defeated in combat.
This, coupled with memories of gruesome communal riots that rocked the westen region of Muzaffarnagar last August and September – leaving nearly 100 dead and 40,000 displaced – resulted in Muslims giving the BJP and NDA candidates a wide berth.
Similar ghosts haunted other states as well, with memories of the 2002 anti-Muslim pogrom in the western state of Gujarat, which Modi ran as chief minister from 2001 to 2014, no doubt leading many people to refrain from voting for the BJP.The BJP also received a cold shoulder in India's populous southern states. In Tamil Nadu, for instance, the All India Anna Dravidian Progress Federation (AIADMK) led by Jayalalithaa won a landslide victory, seizing 37 of the state's 39 seats while the BJP gained just one.
The Hindu nationalists were also trounced in the south-western state of Kerala and the two states of bifurcated Andhra Pradesh, the fifth-most populous region in India that boats a Hindu majority.
Karnataka is the one state in the south where the BJP has made significant inroads. Here, the concept of Hindutva – an ideology centered on Hindu supremacy – gained a foothold in the 1990s partly thanks to a communal campaign aimed at undermining the syncretic Hindu-Muslim worship at the 1,000-year-old old cave-shrine of the Sufi saint Dada Hayat.
In the past, Hindu nationalists mobilised to install images of a low-caste Hindu god in the shrine, and worked to undermine the position of the hereditary spiritual head of the shrine. Though loudly criticised, the campaign paid off. In the recent Lok Sabha elections, the BJP won 17 out of the state's 28 seats.
Votes versus seats: an electoral discrepancy
While much of the post-election commentary has focused on Modi's sweeping win, few have unpacked the discrepancies between the number of seats secured by the BJP and the share of votes actually cast in their favour.
In what is referred to as India's 'first past the post' system, electoral seats ultimately count more than votes, resulting in a huge gap between the BJP's victory and its popularity among the majority of Indian voters.
While the party walked off with 282 out of 543 seats, its voter share was a mere 31 percent of the population, representing a discrepancy of more than 20 percent.
Similar figures from individual states are even more startling: various local newspaper reports point to some six states where the Hindutva party won a number of seats that, in percentage terms, was double or nearly double the share of votes it obtained.
In Uttar Pradesh, for instance, the BJP's vote-share was only 42.3 percent, yet it secured 71 out of 80 seats. In Rajasthan, only 54.9 percent of voters chose the party, yet it bagged every single seat in the state. In New Delhi, its voter share was 46.4 percent, and here again it walked off with all Lok Sabha seats.
Similar discrepancies were registered for the central Indian states of Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh, as well as the eastern state of Jharkhand.
Another distorting factor was the extent of corporate funding towards the BJP's electoral campaign, to the point that they alone could muster huge advertisements in the country's newspapers, undertake prolonged online advertising (including the use of social media) and gain almost limitless access to television stations.
This sustained media campaign was not, however, accompanied by a countrywide groundswell of popular support for Modi; in fact, a safe majority of the electorate cast their ballots for parties that stood opposed to the BJP's Hindutva politics.
These facts should act as encouragement for the AIADMK and other regional parties likely to form a joint opposition bloc in India's new parliament.
Peter Custers is the author of 'Capital Accumulation and Women's Labour in Asian Economies' (Monthly Review Press, New York, 2012)


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Trip Description: Oscar and Letha spend just over 10 days visiting Peru, the Sacred Valley, the Amazon, and time in Lima at the end of December 2013.
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Back in August 2013, hubby (Oscar) who has very little vacation time since he switched jobs this year found out that Apple had a vacation shutdown between Xmas and New Year. That sent the vacation wheels in motion, and after striking a deal with our son and new daughter-in-law that we would do Thanksgiving at home but that they were then on their own for their first married Christmas, I started exploring December vacation options.
Fares are always on the higher side and I did not want to spend too many days traveling. So that ruled out the Far East. We have been to Europe in December and it was not our favorite time to be there -- cold, short days etc. But it was summer in South America and we had always wanted to see Machu Picchu. And this would be our first foray across the Equator in the Americas. Fares were still on the higher side over Christmas but I started the research and planning.
To use a travel agent or not, that was the first question? Initial research of various travel groups and talking to friends who had been to Machu Picchu showed a 75-25 split with most opting to use a travel agent for the planning and bookings. After researching various travel agents, US based and Peru based, I decided to give it a shot on my own. By early September, I had the following booked mainly online and a few phone calls and Skype (three way Skype plus phone between vendor in Peru and credit card company) for payment approvals:
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WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. - Monmouth University has suspended head men's basketball coach King Rice for one game for comments made during the postgame press conference following the Hawks' game with Navy on Wednesday night. Rice will miss Monmouth's game at No. 4 Syracuse on Saturday.
"Monmouth University does not condone public criticism of officials, or any sideline behavior that misrepresents the University's commitment to good sportsmanship and respect for all participants," said Vice President and Director of Athletics Dr. Marilyn McNeil.
Rice stated, "I want to apologize to the Monmouth community, President Gaffney, Dr. McNeil, Jeff Stapleton, and the whole Monmouth Athletic Department for my comments in the newspaper, and for getting ejected last night. It was totally out of character for me to make comments about officials. I should have had better control of my emotions. I know that I am not supposed to do that, and it was my mistake. I am deeply sorry and I apologize greatly to my team, our fans and everybody who supports Monmouth Men's Basketball."


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Remaining decorative concrete slabs on Centennial Hall will be removed after one of them fell off on Friday.
Deputy County Administrator Monnie Gore said work is expected to begin as soon as this week.
Monday morning, structural engineers inspected the panels.
The concrete block that fell was 3 feet wide, 10 feet long, 6 inches thick and weighs more than 2,000 pounds. It broke into many pieces.
El Paso County Commissioners said the slab is more than 30 years old and they believe the steel that held it up was corroded.
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I have a 2010 SRX Luxury with 31K miles. I have not had one service visit for anything other than routine maintenance. The factory tires (Michelin Latitudes) were just replaced with Yokohama Envigor tires. I've had the new tires for one and a half months.
About three days ago, I started hearing a noise in the left front that I can only describe as sounding like a prop on one of those short haul airplanes (not as loud of course). The frequency of the noise is solely related to speed, it doesn't change with engine revs or transmission gear. Whatever it is must be coming from the tire, hub, brake, etc. things where a noise would be speed related. The noise seems loudest at slower speeds especially when slowing down, but doesn't seem to change whether I'm on or off the brake. The noise is somewhat louder when making a right hand turn.
So it's a tire, right? That's what I thought, but the noise started virtually overnight, and the tires were exceptionally quiet since installing them. I figure I must have run over something and it's stuck in the tire, but I can't see anything. Pressures are fine, the vehicle stills track perfectly straight. I'll take it back to the store where I bought the tires and see what they say before I take it in to my Caddy dealer.
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DETROIT (Reuters) - Fiat must pay at least $342 million for a 3.3 percent stake in automaker Chrysler Group LLC that is held by a union-related trust, the trust claimed in court documents filed on Monday.
The UAW health care trust said Fiat's offer of $139.7 million for the Chrysler stake was substantially below the fair market value, according to documents filed in Delaware's Court of Chancery.
Fiat, Chrysler's majority owner, sued the UAW trust in September for failing to sell the stake.
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Often some of my students ask why I don't dye my greying hair. I would look so much younger, they say. And when I ask who I would look younger to, their somewhat bewildered reply is, well, everyone. I stretch the argument to make my point. But would I feel younger?
While I appreciate such well-meaning advice, I'm not sure I have been able to convince them that how I feel about myself is not influenced by how others see me.
We are inundated with advertisements that promote particular body types or kinds of beauty. When these messages are reinforced at home, students often find it difficult to recognise the limits to enhancing their physical attributes without being obsessed with them.
Recently I walked into class to hear one student's teasing comment to another, playing on a toothbrush commercial: "I am the envy of all the other students. Thin is in, honey!" Another student has often expressed how stressed she has felt because her mother, apparently a former gymnast, insists she lose weight.
Last year, concern with good looks led many women to seek invasive beauty treatments that resulted in one death and caused several to seriously jeopardise their health. And judging by complaints made to the Consumer Council over beauty services this year, an increasing number (some 141 of 700 complaints, a rise of 37 per cent from 2011) are related to invasive treatments. From this trend we might speculate as to the number of women who routinely put themselves at risk by undergoing such beauty treatments. It is likely that some of them have children who are silently witnessing this obsession with being young and beautiful.
Laws can help regulate risky treatments, but to achieve comprehensive and long-term protection, we need public education to help people appreciate beauty at different stages of life and foster a positive attitude towards ageing. And if I have learned one thing from 30 years of parenting and teaching, it is that students and children learn best by example. We, as teachers and parents, need to exemplify the values and behaviour we wish to instil in our children.
I hope students can be educated about the difference between the functioning of the human body, the significance of physical beauty and the role that the mind plays in our well-being.
It is important students learn to make their bodies the best machine possible with proper nourishment, exercise and disciplined habits. Equally vital is that they understand the importance of not abusing their bodies with smoking, drugs and unhealthy food, so it can function at its optimum at every age.
I believe a healthy body is a beautiful body. Although their bodies will age, students can choose to remain supple in spirit and stay open to new ideas. As physical beauty fades they can still attain a timeless beauty by being beautiful in things they say and do. Students need to learn that looking young and beautiful does not necessarily translate into having good self-esteem. Confidence and self-respect can only be engendered by the self. It's only when they seize opportunities to bring their inherent abilities to fruition that they will develop self-confidence. And physical beauty will contribute little to that.
Our daughter Akanksha seems to understand this idea. When she was 11 she was one of 50 children selected to contribute to My wish for tomorrow, a book published by Unicef to mark its 50th anniversary. She wrote: "I wish everyone would love each other for what they are and nobody would have to put on an act to be liked."
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-> '''Never let a beautiful woman pick your path when there is a man in her line of sight.'''
-->--An old proverb among women according to the ''Literature/SwordOfTruth'' books.
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This is when somebody tries to ruin someone else's romantic relationship or marriage.
There are various reasons someone might do this. One of the most common is that the saboteur is [[LoveTriangle in love with one of the people in the relationship]], and is [[LoveMakesYouEvil willing to stoop pretty low]] to "correct" this situation. (In extreme cases, they may even try to MurderTheHypotenuse.) A non-romantic version of this arises from FriendVersusLover situations, where a character is rivaled over by his/her best friend and the LoveInterest. Alternatively, it could be that they just want {{Revenge}} for something, or that they want to free up one of the parties for a bit of [[GoldDigger gold digging]], or that they're simply [[GreenEyedMonster bitter that someone else is so happy]] and [[LoveHungry they're not]]. Sometimes, they may even be acting from a genuine, well-intentioned, and possibly even accurate belief that their friend [[WhatDoesSheSeeInHim has made a poor choice]] or [[TheMatchmaker should have chosen someone else]].
The range of techniques available to a relationship saboteur is similarly varied. Lying is popular - you just need to make one half of the relationship look bad, such as by fabricating [[MistakenForCheating evidence of an affair]] or trying to make them flunk a FidelityTest. It could be as simple as giving deliberately lousy relationship advice. If the relationship is fairly new, being a deliberate MomentKiller might be an option, and might prompt the saboteur to [[DatePeepers follow the targets on dates]].
See also BreakUpDemand for a different method of achieving the same goal. If a character simply makes their dislike of the pairing known, it's probably just a ShippingTorpedo. A specialised variant is PleaseDumpMe, where people try to surreptitiously sabotage their ''own'' relationship (because they don't want to end it properly for some reason). Contrast ShipperOnDeck, where someone is trying to create a relationship rather than destroy one.
* In one commercial, one teenage boy forces his younger brother upstairs so he can spend time with his girlfriend. The younger brother then uses the TV to show the girlfriend a slideshow of pictures that indicate he's cheating on her.
* In the backstory of ''Manga/SaiunkokuMonogatari'', Kou Reishin and his friend Houju were both interested in the same woman. Reishin sabotaged Houju's relationship with her by forging a letter from her to Houju saying she couldn't bear to be with a man [[SoBeautifulItsACurse so much more beautiful than herself]]. As a result, Houju started wearing masks all the time and calling himself "Kijin," meaning "weirdo," and Reishin married the girl.
* Skuld in ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'', who takes her [[BigBrotherWorship Big Sister Worship]] towards Belldandy a bit too far and won't stand for anyone, particularly lowly mortal Keiichi, getting too close to her. She frequently sets up booby traps (mostly involving StuffBlowingUp) to prevent their relationship from progressing. [[ShipTease It is hinted a few times]], though, that she's acting out not because she's jealous of Keiichi for taking Belldandy's attention, but that she's jealous of Belldandy for getting Keiichi's love.
* Makie from ''Manga/FutariEcchi'' does that at every opportunity to the main character couple. I.e., she leaves false lipstick marks on Makoto's shirt or calls him in the middle of a date with his wife Yura.
* Happens more than once in ''Manga/MarmaladeBoy'', with the most notorious perpetrators being Kei Tsuchiya (who [[spoiler: grabs Miki's medallion/bracelet and gives it to Yuu saying she threw it away; Yuu is GenreSavvy enough to not buy it, but he and Miki still almost break up due to stress.]]) and Ginny Golding (who [[spoiler: lies to Miki by telling her she was Yuu's "other woman" as a prank; this causes the already distraught Miki to break off her and Yuu's LongDistanceRelationship.]])
* Manga/{{Naruto}}, after finding out that Sakura doesn't care for him at all while he's disguised as Sasuke, is forced to retreat to the restroom because he drank spoiled milk in the morning. While on the toilet, he plans on returning to Sakura, still disguised as Sasuke and acting like a jerk in order to make her hate him. By the time he gets out, though, Sasuke has already escaped his bonds, and coldly told Sakura that he finds her annoying.
* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'': Ryoga, Shampoo, Ukyo, Kodachi, and other characters all try to sabatoge Ranma and Akane's engagement at some point or other.
** Ranma and Akane team up in the manga to thwart the possibility of Hinako and Soun marrying.
* Chihaya of ''Manga/ServantXService'' is dead set on preventing Yutaka and Lucy getting together. Some of Lucy's hesitation on dating Yutaka originates from Chihaya making him sound more devious than he really is. This is mostly because she wants to cosplay Lucy and erroneously believes that so does he.
* In the anime of ''Anime/SailorMoon'', Lita is jealous that her crush, Andy, has a girlfriend. Upon finding out that the girlfriend is tempted to accept a job abroad which would separate her from Andy for a long period of time, Lita nicely sits down and has a talk with her, trying to convince her to take the job. She ends the talk with the suggestion that Andy and the girlfriend could very well pick up where they left off, before lampshading to herself how terrible she is at sabotaging relationships.
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* At the end of Creator/FrankMiller's ''Comicbook/{{Daredevil}}'', a grieving Matt Murdock had pressured his rather fragile girlfriend Heather Glenn into agreeing to marry him, which was literally driving her to drink. Believing that no good could come of this for anyone, Matt's partner Foggy and his ex the Black Widow created forged notes telling each partner that the other one wanted to break it off and never see them again. The immediate consequences were never shown, but a few years later Heather committed suicide.
* Lana Lang attempted this occasionally when her jealousy of [[{{Franchise/Superman}} Clark]] and Lois' marriage got the best of her. In one instance she tried to convince Clark that Lois was a bad wife and left her panties in the Kents' bed in a fit of jealous anger when Clark refused to be swayed by her arguments.
%%* One of the principal story themes in Franchise/ArchieComics.
* ''ComicBook/MortadeloYFilemon'': Accidental. In "El Brujo" (The Warlock), there is a middle- aged couple sitting on a fallen trunk in a romantic countryside setting, lovingly holding hands. "Abelarda", says he, "swear that there is no other man between you and me". "I... I swear, Eloíso", says she. Mortadelo suddenly teleports right between the two, thanks to a spell he has unknowingly activated. Eloíso breaks the relationship and leaves angrily, and Mortadelo is beaten off-screen by Abelarda.
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* In one of the stories of the ''FanFic/FacingTheFutureSeries'', [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom Danny's enemies]] unsuccessfully tried to this to Danny and Sam.
** In another story, Nocturne nearly pulled this trope off by sealing away their memories of each other, only to be thwarted by ThePowerOfLove.
* PonyvilleGoesToTheDragons: Applejack warns Rarity ''not'' to attempt this Trope when she learns Spike has started a relationship with [[Franchise/SpyroTheDragon Ember]], telling her about how she knew about Spike's affection for her yet did nothing about it when she had the chance, and stating that she'll ''prefer'' being sent to the moon compaired to what AJ will do to her if she tries anything. [[spoiler: Still doesn't stop her from giving an anonymous 'tip' about there being vicious dragons in Ponyville to the Canterlot Royal Guards...]]
* In ''Film/MyBestFriendsWedding'', Julianne tries to derail the upcoming marriage of a guy who had promised to marry her if they were both still single at a certain age. [[spoiler: It fails, epically.]]
** In it's GenderFlip, ''Made Of Honor'', the man has the same goal, though the stunts he pulls aren't nearly as nasty (he mostly just goes overboard in showing her that he's matured and ready for commitment, the main reasons why his female friend never considered him boyfriend material before).
* Pretty much the entire plot of the film ''Film/SavingSilverman''.
* Both Balraj's sister Kiran and Darcy's mother try very hard to keep Jaya and Lalita very far away from Balraj and Darcy in ''Film/BrideAndPrejudice''.
* Film/SherlockHolmes went out of his way to try to get Dr. Watson to not get engaged to Mary since he wanted to keep him for himself. He insulted Mary with a deduction and he paid a fortune teller to plant seeds of doubt into Watson's head. He eventually did give his consent, partly because he was impressed with Mary's own observation skills ([[spoiler:she easily sees through his disguise as a doctor]]).
* In ''Film/PlanB'', Bruno's "Plan B" to make his ex-girlfriend Laura and her new boyfriend Pablo break up is to seduce Pablo and drive him away from her. [[spoiler:It works, but by then it's not ''Laura'' he wants to be with.]]
* In ''{{Disney/Mulan}} 2'', Mushu tries to break up Mulan and Shang to save his job. When Mulan finds out, she gets ''pissed.'' Fortunately, Mushu makes amends.
* This is Peggy's plan in ''Film/TheBestYearsOfOurLives'': she declares that she's going to break up the unhappy marriage between Fred and Marie. [[spoiler:It's not really her fault the marriage falls apart, but she does get Fred in the end.]]
* In ''Film/WickerPark'', Alex does this to Matthew and Lisa's relationship as we learn via flashbacks. She never delivered that one letter that would have explained Lisa's sudden departure to Matthew.
* In ''Film/ShortCuts'', Stormy Weathers fires torpedos at his soon-to-be ex-wife Betty's relationship with Gene Shepard as part of his revenge against her. He first leaves his son Chad with her instead of taking him for the evening per their custody agreement, so that she is forced to take Chad on her date with Gene. Then, when Gene calls her at home after his suspicions that she is having yet ''another'' relationship are roused by her [[BadLiar flimsy cover story]] regarding why she can't spend the weekend with him, Stormy answers the phone and pretends to yell at Betty to put some panties on before hanging up.
* In the 2004 {{remake}} of ''Film/TheStepfordWives'', one of Johanna's new shows was a RealityShow based around this trope called "I Can Do Better". However, when the couple from the prototype episode separated, the divorced husband went on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge that resulted in a string of lawsuits that resulted in Johanna getting fired, thus leading to the plot.
* In ''Film/SonInLaw'', Travis drugs Crawl and Tracy and leaves them to be discovered naked together in the barn in order to sabotage Crawl's engagement to Becca.
* Will from ''Literature/SuperPowereds'' provides a fairly benevolent example. When he finds out that his sister Jill has an abusive boyfriend, he threatens to kill him and then orders him to leave without explanation and never interact with her again.
* ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice'':
** Mr. Darcy doesn't believe that Jane Bennet holds any particular feelings for Mr. Bingley, not realizing that Jane is too shy and reserved to express her love openly in a way that would stand out from [[LoveYouAndEverybody how nice she already is to everyone]]. Because of this, and because he (not entirely inaccurately) sees Jane's mother and sisters as appalling {{Gold Digger}}s, Darcy prevents Bingley and Jane from meeting in London and encourages Bingley to break off his courtship of Jane.
** At least Darcy is motivated by genuine concern for his friend's happiness, and regrets his actions when Elizabeth makes it clear that Jane really ''does'' love Bingley. On the other hand, Bingley's sisters rudely rebuff Jane when she tries to visit them in London and participate in the sabotage because they look down on the Bennets, and because Caroline wants to marry Darcy and thinks that will be more likely to happen if Bingley were to marry Darcy's sister Georgiana.
* Mr. Elliot of ''Literature/{{Persuasion}}'' visits his cousin Sir Walter in Bath and quickly sets to work trying to detach him from the charming widow Mrs. Clay--if they produced a son, Mr. Elliot no longer be heir to the Kellynch property and title of baronet. He succeeds, but the narrator hints that Mrs. Clay could successfully turn her charms on Mr. Elliot himself.
* Dr. Austin Sloper in ''Literature/WashingtonSquare'' goes out of his way to ruin his daughter Catherine and Morris's relationship, starting with a ParentalMarriageVeto and culminating in taking her on a trip to Europe for a full year to test the strength of their affection. His reasoning is that he is convinced that Morris is nothing more than a GoldDigger after his family's fortune. [[spoiler: He turns out to be right.]]
* In Literature/TheZombieKnight, Geoffry's grandfather did this to his mother. Primarily, it was to create a suitable host for an [[HumanoidAbomination aberration]], bet he does admit that he also [[ItAmusedMe thought it was funny]].
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* In the sixth season of ''Series/{{House}}'', House decides to try to break up Cuddy and Lucas after deciding that he might just be interested in the former.
* In ''Series/SugarRush'', the efforts of Sugar to sabotage the relationship between Saint and Kim rather indicate that she's not being honest about having no interest in the latter.
* In ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'', Evil Creator/WilWheaton sabotages Leonard and Penny's relationship in order to win a ''bowling game''!
** When Penny briefly dates Stuart the comic bookshop guy, Leonard crosses to the dark side by giving Stuart some nonsensical and completely wrong dating advice. But being Leonard, he agonises about using his powers for evil.
* On ''Series/GossipGirl'', this is Blair's MO. And not just for own ex-boyfriends - she's perfectly happy to break up any new relationships that might make Serena unhappy too. Chuck, as well, loves to mess with any relationships that would a) stop Blair being with him or b) distract Nate from their friendship. And Jenny does this occasionally. And Vanessa - oh, screw it, let's just say ''Gossip Girl'' is built around this trope and leave it at that, okay?
* On ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' Lily has done this to Ted ''six times'', each time because she thinks the girl Ted's dating is a bad fit for [[TrueCompanions their group of friends]]. Methods range from planting a woman's earring in Ted's bed so his girlfriend thinks he's cheating on her, to planting a ''Creed'' CD in the girlfriend's apartment so that Ted becomes disgusted with her, to dressing up in the girlfriend's Darth Vader costume, pretending to be her, and telling Ted they should see other people.
** Later on, Lily is called upon to break Barney and Robin up, but a sudden bout of ComplexityAddiction almost does her in.
* Happened all the time on ''Series/{{Rome}}''.
* This is pretty much Diana Fowley's job during season six and seven of ''Series/TheXFiles''. She's working for the Syndicate to lure Mulder, but whether her true aim in breaking up Mulder and Scully is professional or personal (she's Mulder's ex-partner and may or may not be his ex-wife) is up to interpretation. She plays off Mulder's previous trust in her, and almost succeeds in breaking them up. [[DieForOurShip To the delight of many a shipper]], she is [[DeathOfTheHypotenuse killed off]] in the early parts of season seven.
* The season 4 finale of ''Series/ICarly'' had a revelation that Sam likes Freddie. It's quite possible that her actions in "iSaved Your Life", where she completely fucked up Carly and Freddie's newly formed relationship by planting seeds of doubt in Freddie's mind was a subconscious desire to sabotage the relationship to keep Freddie away from Carly.
** [[MamaBear Mrs. Benson]] actually tries to do this in "iCan't Stand It". In a way, she's right to be upset by Freddie and Sam's relationship. However, the last few minutes of the episode shows how much she delighted in ruining the relationship. Maybe she's just a ControlFreak?
* In pretty much any episode of ''Series/{{Glee}}'' in which Finn Hudson is dating somebody not named Rachel Berry, you'll find Rachel trying some form of this, by means including: staging singing lessons that are intended to turn into something a lot less innocent; dramatic changes of appearance (fortunately Kurt was onto her and [[LaserGuidedKarma ensured it didn't work]]); informing Finn that his girlfriend is pregnant by another boy; duetting with other boys (particularly if it's the boy who got his first girlfriend pregnant) to make Finn jealous; and encouraging him to distrust his girlfriend and ''spy on the boy a blind item in the school newspaper implies she's cheating with'' in company with, you guessed it, Rachel Berry. Every single one of these backfires on her in some way. You'd think she'd have caught on by now, but no such luck...
* Mary of ''Series/DowntonAbbey'' tells [[spoiler: her sister Edith's suitor]] that [[spoiler: Edith]] was looking for an "old bore" as revenge for [[spoiler: Edith]]'s spreading Mary's DarkSecret.
* ''Series/{{Friends}}'': Phoebe does this to Monica and Chandler a few times, whether accidental or deliberate, through playing on Chandler's fears as an InsecureLoveInterest. She tells him Monica saw her old boyfriend [[{{AlwaysSomeoneBetter}} Richard]] and later introduces Monica's 'soulmate' ''right in front of him''. (And AFTER they're married). Thanks to Monica and Chandler's strong relationship nothing sticks and the only result is several heartwarming scenes of Monica promising Chandler is the love of her life and she's not interested in anyone else. It's not clear if Phoebe is just being her usual CloudCuckooLander self, or a GreenEyedMonster, that they're happy and she isn't.
** Rachel tries to do this several times regarding the relationships of whatever man she she wanted for herself--trying to keep Ross and Julie from sleeping together, convincing Bonnie to shave her head, discouraging other women from pursuing Tag by telling them he's gay, telling Charlie incorrect information about Joey, etc.
* In ''Series/{{Merlin|2008}}'', Morgana tries and fails to break up Gwen and Arthur in "Queen of Hearts" but succeeds masterfully (though temporarily) in "Lancelot du Lac."
* In the ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' two-parter episode "The Raincoats", Newman tells the father of Jerry's recent girlfriend about how they acted during ''Film/SchindlersList'', resulting in him forbidding Jerry from seeing his daughter ever again. Naturally, Jerry is pretty ticked off at Newman the next time they cross paths.
* A standard SoapOpera trope. At least 90% of the drama couples experience is due to some nasty outsider trying to interfere. Either a jealous would-be lover[=/=]ex-lover of one half of the couple, or a disapproving family member.
* ''MuchAdoAboutNothing'': Don John to Claudio and Hero, mostly ForTheEvulz
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* In ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial 2'', [[spoiler: KnightTemplarBigBrother Kaoru "Sou-Banchou" Ichimonji]] will constantly try to do this in [[spoiler: Akane]]'s storyline. Resolved to prevent any boy to hurt her little sister's feelings, and also fearing to lose her (who's his sole family) if she ever hooks with a guy, he will sic at you [[{{Delinquents}} his underlings]], then will fight you in person, will barge in the scene if he feels you're too close from her, and in ''Memories Ringing On'', will even go as far as [[spoiler: trying to sabotage your wedding ceremony preparations with her by threatening the assembly hall's clerk of obstruction of business]]! Said sister is ''not'' very pleased by her brother's antics, and constantly resolves them with a MegatonPunch.
* One of the selling points on the back of the ''MisterMosquito'' boxart.
* In ''VideoGame/CaptainMorganeAndTheGoldenTurtle'', Chief Chemi'n doesn't want his cousin Tana to hook up with Chief Bajari, and so convinces the [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove clueless-about-love]] Bajari that any "weird feelings" Bajari gets when thinking about Tana are an illness caused by Tana putting a curse on him. Morgane sets him right.
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* In ''Webcomic/GeneralProtectionFault'', Trudy steals Ki's stuffed animal "Mr. Pookel" and leaves it where Nick will find it so that he'll learn her screen name. He's upset with her for not telling him in order to test his loyalty, but ultimately forgives her.
* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' has a variant skewed a bit by the nature of troll romance. Basically, trolls have four romantic quadrants - "genuine love", "MoralityPet", "mediation between two others" and "mutually destructive hatelust" - and you're generally expected to have relations with a given person confined to only one quadrant. As a result, at one point CasanovaWannabe Eridan attempted to sabotage Feferi and Sollux's "genuine love" romance by trying to make Feferi mediate between himself and Sollux, which would push them out of their preferred quadrant.
* In ''WebComic/TalesOfSchlock'', Manoa tried to do this to her own relationship. Her main squeeze Deedo started showing signs that he wanted a more serious relationship. Manoa, who had been wary of relationships ever since her boyfriend impregnated and left her, wanted to break up with him. She demanded that he have constantly sex with her and she planned to end the relationship when he was too wore out to deliver. Luckily, Bodacia gave Deedo a shake that increased his sex drive enough to meet Manoa's demands.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' once had Bart try to break up the relationship of his PrecociousCrush (with the added motivation that the person she was going out with had bullied him).
** In an earlier episode, when his best friend Milhouse started 'dating' the new girl at school, he tipped off the girl's OverprotectiveDad so Milhouse would hang out with him again. He ended up regretting it.
** In another episode, Milhouse's parents (who several seasons back had a nasty ToiletSeatDivorce) are getting back together. Which seems great at first, except that Milhouse starts to feel that they're ignoring him. He complains about this to Bart, and Bart sees a TeenDrama on TV wherein a girl angrily dumps her boyfriend because she found another girl's bra in his room. Bart steals one of Marge's bras and leaves it in the Van Houtens' bedroom. But because the bra had Marge's name sewn into it, it poses a threat to Homer and Marge's marriage as well. [[spoiler: Homer and Marge reconcile over the fact that it was a big misunderstanding.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': Peggy sabotages Lucky & Luann's relationship.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' has a subplot involving Hayley and Steve trying to break up a couple so they can respectively have the boyfriend and girlfriend themselves. [[GoneHorriblyRight It ends up going too well]] when the resulting fight at a park ends up getting physical enough to ''[[FridgeHorror at least]]'' horribly maim the couple ([[BlackComedy The boyfriend was pushed into a barbecue by accident, which burns his face and partially sets him on fire, scaring the girlfriend into falling into a creek and get attacked by an alligator]]).
* Helga always fails at this in ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold''.
** However at one point her plan was actually noble as the girl he was with was just romancing him so he would win a Sand Castle contest for her where she then planned to dump him and share the prize with her boyfriend. However because Arnold came across her EvilGloating over the situation he wouldn't believe her when she tried to tell him of the plan.
* The SeriesFinale of ''WesternAnimation/MyDadTheRockStar'' has Quincy trying to break Willy and Alyssa up because he thinks that if they're together, [[ThirdWheel they wouldn't want him hanging around getting in their way]].
* WesternAnimation/{{Archer}} tries to get his ex back by manipulating recordings of her current boyfriend in order to make it look like he's cheating on her. She doesn't believe him, but still appreciates the effort.
** Archer's mom also purposely drives Lana closer to her boyfriend to get her away from Archer, because while Lana and Cyril are the OfficialCouple, she can see the UnresolvedSexualTension between her and her son.
** And Archer's "Operation Something About I Rescue Lana and She Begs Me to Take Her Back, so Then [[DrivenToSuicide Cyril Commits Suicide.]]"
* Diaspro in ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' is in love with and originally engaged to Prince Sky. However, Sky falls in love with Bloom and breaks up with Diaspro. Diaspro is still in love with Sky and tries to brainwash him with a love potion. When this fails, she turns to more conventional means such as not letting the two spend time together and feeding the two misinformation in an attempt to drive them apart. She's helped when Sky's father declares her his liaison, giving her some power over Sky.
* In the first season of ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'', believing they are forming an alliance that could threaten hers, Heather does this to Gwen and Trent. To make it worse, due to the misunderstanding, everyone votes Trent off.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' - Aunt May finds out that Peter might have a date with an older woman who isn't Mary Jane, and therefore tracks the woman down and pressures her into breaking it off. And she gets away with this.
* A non-romantic version happens in the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Naughty Nautical Neighbors" where Squidward provokes a fight between [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick that ends their friendship for no reason other than being a jerk. However, both of them then want ''him'' to be their new best friend and drive him crazy to the point that he has to make them friends again.
* The ''WesternAnimation/AsToldByGinger'' episode "Wicked Game" has Dodie and Macey teaming up with Miranda and Mipsy to break up Ginger and Darren. [[SpoiledSweet Courtney]] overhears their plans and warns Ginger about it, and sets up a conference call with everyone so she trick them into discussing everything they've done with Ginger and Darren on the other line.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': One episode had [[{{Jerkass}} Mr. Cat]] show Quack Quack some (obviously fake) photos of his girlfriend Eugly cheating on him to cause them to fight as part of an [[BatmanGambit elaborate scheme to]] [[ItsAllAboutMe he can get Kaeloo to be his date at a Valentine's Day party]].


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:What is your favorite borough in GTA IV-era Liberty City?
Just wanted to know people's opinions on the different boroughs, and this seemed like the right place to find it. I voted Algonquin, because it's so built-up and dense, with lots of complex streets, not to mention the glory of Star Junction :P Ess-Tee 13:36, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
I chose alderney, seems like the most quiet part of town and the one with the least amount of gang violence.
- I chose Alderney. Although I enjoy Algonquin for rampages where I have no regards for my own life or my money/weapons, when I'm actually playing, it's impossible to get away from the cops. Every street has foot-cops and you get seen by them and the circle keeps getting reset. You have to go to the very edges of it to get away from the police. It's very annoying, especially when you have a date or something and you're trying to get there on time but can't because of your neverending wanted level. ShakeZula7 04:03, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
I picked Alderney. Personally I couldn't stand being around all the lights and stuck up snobs that Algonquin houses everyday. Alderney seems the most quiet, plus I grew up in the greater Toronto area so I can't imagine life without the various strip malls and fast food chains. (Stebner603 00:24, September 24, 2009 (UTC))
I chose Algonquin. Like it says, it's the center of everything. But that's not the only reason why I like it.....I just like the whole vibe of it. And it's so diverse. You can go from the ghetto, to the ritzy Middle Park East, to the more serious, business-oriented Financial district. There's just so many little nooks and crannies of Algonquin that it seems almost impossible to explore all of it.


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Senate Rejects Repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
The Senate has voted down a defense bill that included a provision to repeal the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, which bans openly gay members of the military from serving. The measure needed 60 votes to pass, but fell short by three. The final vote on Thursday was 57 in favor, and 40 against.
Last week, during a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee, administration officials, including U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, spoke in favor of a repeal. Gates also defended a recently-released Pentagon study on the policy, which found a repeal of the ban would not have lasting effects on the military.
"Don't Ask, Don't Tell," is also facing a legal battle in the courts. Earlier this year, a federal judge issued a worldwide injunction against enforcement of the ban, which was appealed by the U.S. Justice Department.


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From: Happy Food,
When the weather outside is cold and gloomy, there's nothing the Wahanda Tasters love more than a bowl of warming soup. So when the team at Canderel sent over this spicy recipe, we knew instantly what our new favourite meal was going to be…
A nourishing lunch as well as a delicious dinner, this soup can be made in a big batch and then frozen – making it a convenient way to eat healthily this winter. Containing only 225 calories per serving, it's also a great way to keep that waistline in check. Just as well, when there's so much party food around…
Spiced red lentil and tomato soup
Serves: 4
You will need:
1. Heat the oil in a pan, add onion and cook over a low heat for 3-4 minutes, until soft. Season with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper and stir through the chilli flakes.
2. Stir in the garlic and cook for a few seconds, then stir through the lentils so they are all coated. Add the tomato puree and Canderel and stir.
3. Now tip in the canned tomatoes and stock and bring to the boil. Then reduce to a simmer and cook gently for about 25-30 minutes, until the lentils are soft. If you need to top up with any more hot water, do so a little at a time. Taste and season again if needed. Blend if you wish, but there is no need. Ladle into bowls and serve with a garnish of fresh parsley.
What could be more comforting on a cold winter's night? Of course, if you want to really try out your cooking skills this December, there are plenty more low-calorie seasonal recipes available on www.canderel.co.uk, as well as on the Wahanda food blog. Bon appétit!
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What Cody Ross can bring to the Red Sox
|02.21.12 at 10:38 am ET
FORT MYERS — Of all the new faces on the Red Sox this spring, there's probably no one who can relate more with what happened to the Red Sox last September than Cody Ross.
While the Red Sox were slumping in September, Ross was on a Giants team that was at least expected to make it back to the playoffs to defend their 2010 World Series title. They faded and missed the playoffs completely.
"To be quite honest, I really didn't realize it all that much because we were going through so [many] struggles ourselves," Ross said Tuesday morning in his new digs in the Red Sox clubhouse. "To have a team win the World Series and come back and not even make the playoffs, that's terrible. So, I was trying to focus on that. I really didn't know what was going on until after the offseason and then I was like, 'Wow, it was quite a slide.'
"Them and the Braves had similar slides going down the stretch. It definitely didn't affect my decision, thinking I don't know if I want to play for that team. I want to be on a team where I knew everybody in here wants to go to that next level and go to the playoffs."
Looking to fill the void in right field after J.D. Drew left and while Ryan Kalish continues to heal from neck surgery, the Red Sox signed 31-year-old right-handed bat on Jan. 23 to a one-year, $3 million deal. He'll battle with Ryan Sweeney and Kalish for playing time in right.
"I knew with the changes they've made they're trying to get a different feel and a different look," Ross said. "I felt like I'd be a perfect fit coming in, maybe bring a little different energy or whatever you have. It definitely played a role."
Sweeney thinks his experience playing right field at AT&T Park in San Francisco last year will come in handy.
"Coming from San Francisco, that's probably one of the most challenging right fields in all of baseball," he said. "Here it's tough as well. But it's just something you have to get used to. I'll be out there early every day, getting used to the dimensions and the wall. Just something you get used to."
Ross had the reputation as a versatile outfielder when he was claimed in late Aug. 2010 off waivers to merely block a similar attempt by the Padres, who at the time were leading the NL West.
He appeared in 33 regular season games for the Giants, batting .288 with three home runs, who won the National League West Division title, overtaking the Padres in the process.
But then his legend really grew.
In the National League Division Series against the Braves, Ross started all four games in right field, hit a home run to tie the deciding fourth game, and batted in the winning runs in two of the Giants' three victories as they advanced to play the Phillies in the NLCS.
Ross stunned the baseball world by connecting for a pair of home runs off of Roy Halladay in Game 1 and hit a solo home run against Roy Oswalt in Game 2. He would eventually be awarded the NLCS MVP, batting .350 with three home runs, three doubles while driving in five runs. Three of his five postseason home runs broke up no-hitters in that postseason. The Giants would win their first World Series since 1954 as Ross clubbed a homer off Rangers' hurler Colby Lewis in Game 3 of the five-game series.
What was the key?
"I would be lying if I said I didn't feel a little bit of that last year," said Ross, who slipped to .240 with 11 homers and 52 RBIs in 121 games with the Giants. "After the first week went by, you realize you're not going to do that every single time you come to the plate. That quickly got out of my head and you just have to go back and work back and figure out what you did in the past to be successful. I definitely don't expect that out of myself. I do feel like I can contribute on a daily basis. I do feel like if I can get to the playoffs, it's a different feeling. You have to have a different sort of mindset. Some guys perform and some guys don't in it and I feel like I can bring that to these guys."
In San Francisco, he earned the nickname "Ross the Boss" for his clutch ability, an ability he hopes to bring to Boston, as the leading candidate for the right field job with the Red Sox.
"I just had a different mindset," he said. "You go through the day-to-day routine of playing baseball, it's a grind. You play every day. But once you get to the playoffs, it's like, 'Wow, this is what we played every single day for, and this is why we're here and this is why we play the game.' You sort of have that mentality and you go and you play. You either do it or you don't. Fortunate for me and for us, we did. There's a lot of guys in here with playoff experience and they understand what it takes to get there and that helps on teams. You realize from Day 1, you need to win this game because it can matter in Game 162 when you're going down the stretch. That's a good thing to have on the team."
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I had the chance to look at and hold one of these Doug Koenig models and it was really nice. My question for those who either own one or have had the chance to actually fire one, is it worth the extra money or would a standard 1911sc or 1911PD be good for target shooting and local competitions?:confused:
Thanks for your help.