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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Authorities say one person is dead after the canoe he was in with six other people capsized in a lake in northwest Orlando.
The group apparently launched the canoe from a private boat ramp in the Rock Lake neighborhood sometime after 3 a.m. Friday.
The Orlando Sentinel reports the group crossed the lake and went to a beach behind Parliament House night club. Around 4 a.m. they cast off to cross the lake again.
Orlando police spokesman Vincent Ogburn says the canoe flipped when someone tried to reposition. He says six boaters knew how to swim. But the victim, who was in his early 20s, did not. Someone tried to help the victim to shore, but he panicked and sank.
Ogburn says divers found his body 1,500 feet from shore.
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Wilson ETMs or 47D 8 round mags, I think Cheaper Than Dirt had the best pricing on them, but I usually buy all my stuff from Brownells or MidwayUSA. They are pricey but they seem to run the best for me. I've also had good results with mags from Chip McCormick. Tripp Research Cobra mags are also excellent, but I don't think there are any other vendors so you have to order directly from Tripp Research
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Release Date: 1984
Not Yet Rated|1 hr 37 min
Plot Summary
Suburban neighbors Danny Loeb (John Ritter) and Linda Wilson (Penny Marshall) abhor each other. One day, their respective spouses, Judy (Cassie Yates) and Mike (Bert Convy), fall in love and run away together, leaving Danny and Linda in the dust. Left alone to care for their children, the two attempt to pick up the pieces of their lives. The former enemies decide to put aside their differences and take comfort in one another -- and soon find themselves falling in love.
Cast: John Ritter, Penny Marshall, Cassie Yates, Bert Convy, Constance McCashin, Roger Perry, Thomas Byrd, Seth Wagerman
Director: Tony Bill
Genres: Comedy drama


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Jury finds man guilty of killing pregnant girlfriend
OROVILLE, Calif. - A Butte County jury found Olabaku Jones guilty of second-degree murder Thursday.
The jury returned the guilty verdict after a short deliberation.
Officials said Jones beat his pregnant girlfriend, Abby Tucker, to death in their Oroville home last June. Jones claimed Tucker had a seizure and fell in the shower.
On June 22, Jones' son Baku Jones Jr. came to visit his dad at his home on Spencer Avenue in Oroville around 3 a.m. He found Tucker sleeping in the couple's truck outside of their home.
Jones told his son she not allowed back in, and he was sick of being with her. Later that night around 8:15 p.m., Jones called 911 to have Tucker removed from the house, but officials said they couldn't do that.
On June 23, 2013 near 10 a.m., Jones Jr. returned to the home to get some clothes. His dad admitted to him, "I beat the s*** out of Abby."
Jones Jr. testified Monday he heard Tucker coughing and gasping for breath, but left the house.
12 hours later, Jones called his son crying asking him to come back. Jones Jr. didn't return. Around 1:30 a.m. on June 24, Jones called 911 saying Tucker fell in the bathtub and is injured.
Police found Tucker naked on her bed unconscious and the bathroom torn up with blood everywhere. That was enough evidence for the jury to find Jones guilty.
"This was a circumstantial case," said lead prosecutor, Kurt Worley. "We did have some direct evidence; however, the evidence was difficult. We had to build it by the circumstances of the case. The jury put it together and came back with the right conclusion."
The jury found all the special enhancements Jones is charged with to be true. Jones criminal history shows convictions since the mid 1990's of second degree robbery, sexual battery, forgery, and possession of a controlled substance.
The robbery charge qualifies as a strike under California's three strikes law.
Jones is facing 39 years to life in prison. His sentencing is scheduled for August 20when the family will have their chance to confront Jones.


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Priscilla McDowell of Bingham will celebrate her 85th birthday with an open house from 2-5 p.m. on Sunday, May 22, at Fillmore Lake.
She requests no gifts. Cards may be sent to her at: RR 1, Box 79, Bingham, Ill. 62011.
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Jason and Sarah Johnson of Vandalia are the parents of a girl born at 8:14 a.m. on Sunday, April 24, 2011, at Morris Hospital in Morris.
GREENVILLE – Senior Daniel Bell and junior Quenten Austin both won individual events at the South Central Conference Championships on Tuesday, helping the Vandals place fifth as a team.
For Austin, getting to the 300-meter hurdles may have been more of a challenge than actually winning the race.
In the 110-meter hurdles, the runner in the lane next him inadvertently knocked a hurdle into Austin's lane, making him stumble and finish last.
Stacy Wasser and Perry Edmonds, both of South Carolina, have announced their engagement and upcoming wedding.
Natasha Barker and Justin Elmore have announced their engagement and upcoming wedding.
Already mired in a slump, the Lady Vandals received no favors on Monday when they faced Marquette Catholic and standout left-handed pitcher Alexis Silkwood.
She did what she does, striking out 14 Lady Vandals during a 7-1 Marquette win, which pushed Vandalia's losing skid to four games.
Coach Brian Buscher said Silkwood was easily the best pitcher Vandalia has faced all season, but he was very glad to see his team produce a run.
Jolene Poore and Kyle Schappachar were united in marriage on Thursday, March 24, 2011, at Christ Lutheran Vail, Tucson, Ariz., with the Rev. David Hook officiating the ceremony.
The bride is the daughter of Margaret Poore of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
The groom is the son of Johnnie and Ruth Ann Schappachar of Tucson. Grandparents are Floyd and Mildred Meseke of Vandalia.
The couple lives in Canada.
Seven and closing.
St. Elmo grad Logan Mahon, a Southeast Missouri State University pitcher, recorded his seventh save as well as his fifth win of the season over the past 10 days.
With the most recent save, Mahon moved into third on the SEMO list for saves in a single season. In a 5-4 triumph against Murray State, Mahon, who allowed one hit in two innings of work, walked three batters. He is one save away from being tied for second, and only four saves from the all-time record in a season.
Gene and Carolee Boggs of Brownstown will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary with an open house hosted by their family from noon-4 p.m. on Sunday in the basement of the Vandalia Eagles Club.
The Vandals ended a losing skid with a win at Marquette Catholic on Monday.
The Vandals beat the Explorers, 6-4, despite just two base hits.
Juniors Ian Murrell and Dathan Berning both had singles, and junior Trevor Montgomery scored twice during the game.
Vandalia struck out 14 times during the game, but were able to take advantage of three walks and three Marquette errors.
Murrell earned the win for the Vandals, striking out six, while allowing just three hits, one walk and no earned runs over seven innings.
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Pipelines Aren't Getting Built, So Let's Get On With What Will
Last April, Vancouver announced plans to be entirely powered by 100 per cent clean energy within the next 20 years. The announcement was met with applause as the city's deputy Mayor told the world about the "compelling moral imperative" and "fantastic economic case" to take bold climate action.
It was a markedly different moment in Canadian climate politics from last week when Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre, along with over 80 other Quebec mayors, announced their opposition to the Energy East tar sands pipeline. The announcement was based on the same "compelling moral imperative" and "fantastic economic case" to move beyond fossil fuels, but was met by vitriol from politicians and pundits alike. While the two announcements were different, looking at them side by side illuminates a major problem with the conversation around energy development in Canada. Blinded by the push to build unnecessary fossil fuel infrastructure, politicians and pundits are drowning the conversation we need to have -- how to make the necessary shift to a 100 per cent clean energy economy.
The reality is that if Canada is serious about climate change, that's going to mean needing to leave most of the tar sands in the ground.
Politicians need to realize that in 2016, massive fossil fuel infrastructure is a wrongheaded place to invest -- both financially and politically. Community opposition to dangerous projects is on the rise across Canada, whether it's in Kitimat, where residents voted to oppose the Northern Gateway pipeline in 2014 or in Burnaby where nearly 70 per cent of the city's population opposes the Kinder Morgan Trans-Mountain pipeline. And opposition isn't just rising on the West Coast. In the community of Red Head, on the doorstep of Irving's massive New Brunswick refinery, a small community brought nearly 1000 people to march to the end of the Energy East pipeline, in the same small province that has been thwarting fracking plans year after year. In Cacouna, Que., a port for the Energy East pipeline has already been defeated. In the end, all politics are local, and across Canada, people are saying no to pipelines that put communities and water at risk.
But, for the sake of argument, let's forget about community opposition to these projects. Take that out of the mix and you still have to deal with the fact that Canada can't meet our commitment to a 1.5ºC climate limit and build more pipelines. United States President Barack Obama set a new high bar for climate leadership when he rejected the Keystone XL pipeline because of the project's climate impact, and now, whether Canadian politicians like it or not, every pipeline will be judged on its climate impacts. In fact, the Government of Canada just confirmed plans to formally implement a climate test on pipelines.
With projects like Energy East having a potential climate impact the same as adding over 7 million cars to Canada's roads, we know that a paper promise for climate action in Alberta isn't enough. The reality is that if Canada is serious about climate change, that's going to mean needing to leave most of the tar sands in the ground. Any politician who thinks we can ignore this, should probably think again. According to polling done in late 2015, nearly 75 per cent of people in Canada support bold climate action and nearly 80 per cent recognize that Canada's international reputation had been damaged by ignoring our climate obligations.
OK, so what if we ignore both community opposition and climate science? Even without this, pipelines are running headlong into indigenous peoples opposing the projects. On the West Coast, the Save the Fraser Declaration has been signed by more than 100 First Nations, forming an unbroken chain from the U.S. border to the Arctic Ocean opposing tar sands exports along the Pacific Coast. In the east, an "East-West Treaty Alliance" between indigenous communities in Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec recently came together to oppose the Energy East pipeline.
The power of indigenous opposition to pipelines is so strong that even now, years after its approval, the Northern Gateway pipeline is considered a dead project. Just a few weeks ago, a court case brought by the Gitga'at determined that pipeline reviews failed to properly consult First Nations on the Northern Gateway pipeline. Even the Line 9 pipeline, so far the only project to start moving tar sands oil, is facing a legal challenge from the Chippewas of the Thames. Since the Government of Canada continues to tout its commitment to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, you can bet that pushing pipelines without respecting the principles of Free Prior and Informed Consent promised in the declaration will not help to get pipelines built.
Add all this up and you can only really come to one conclusion -- trying to build tar sands projects is a pretty bad idea, especially if you're looking for "shovel ready" projects that will put people to work. On the other hand, job creation in the renewable energy sector outpaces fossil fuels by a rate of 15 to two. In other words, if you invest a million dollars in the clean energy economy, you'll create at least seven times as many jobs as that same money being dumped into the fossil fuel economy. That's probably why, in 2014, a report found that clean energy jobs made up more of the Canadian workforce than the tar sands.
Over the past decade, the Governments of Alberta and Canada spent millions of taxpayer dollars trying to get the Keystone XL pipeline built, and we all know how well that worked out. Now, these same governments seem to poised to repeat history in their fight for pipelines like Energy East and the Kinder Morgan Trans-Mountain. What if instead of these doomed strategies, we chose to invest our money and political energy into speeding the just transition to a job creating clean, renewable energy economy?
Instead of lecturing Leonardo DiCaprio, Prime Minister Trudeau could be inviting him to ribbon cuttings at mass transit and clean energy projects. Instead of attacking the Mayor of Montreal, politicians could focus on clean energy projects that create good, long term jobs at a time when their constituents desperately need them. Instead of fighting the stream of history and indulging in the "petty provincialism" of pipeline politics, Canada could become a global leader on climate change.
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Solar flowers at Clarkson Wastewater Treatment Plant in the Region of Peel in Mississauga, Ontario. This flamboyant solar system is installed right next door to a former hybrid bus plant that also has a 427 kW solar system on it's roof. More than 23,000 renewable energy projects have been built in Ontario since the launch of the Green Energy Act in 2009. Photo David Dodge, Green EnergyFutures.ca
Siemens set up a wind turbine blade manufacturing plant in Tillsonburg shortly after the recession hit and today employs 400 people in the region. Photo David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca
Tyler Hamilton, editor of Corporate Knights magazine says Ontario's has been successful in getting more than 20,000 renewable energy projects developed in Ontario–where it stumbled was in execution which created uncertainty for business and resistance in some communities. Photo David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca
Jason Rioux worked at Ontario Power Generation in its coal-fired heyda. He also worked there during the transition away from coal to natural gas and renewables. He now works for NRStor, an energy storage company in Ontario. He says Ontario is well on the way to achieving its goal of 10,000 megawatts of solar, wind and biomass. Photo David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca
Canadian Solar was one of many companies that have started in Ontario since the launch of the Green Energy Act. Ontario's local content rule was shot down by the WTO, but meanwhile dozens of clean energy companies emerged and are operating in Ontario. Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures
This wind turbine set up Exhibition Place now serves as a central feature of renewable energy education programs operated by TREC in Toronto. Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures
What once was a novelty is now just another feature in Exhibition Place in the heart of Toronto's waterfront. Photo David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca
The Canadian Solar plant in Mississauga, Ontario has two assembly lines for solar modules. Photo David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca
As you drive through the countryside in Ontario it's quite common to see solar systems like this installed on farms. This one is north of Toronto, Ontario Photo David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca
Ontario has installed 3,498 megawatts of wind and another 2,228 megawatts are under development making Ontario the leader in wind energy in Canada. Photo Tim Weis, CanWEA
A solar installation on a boat shed at Bobcygeon, Ontario. More than 20,000 solar projects have been built or are under construction in Ontario due to the Green Energy Act. Photo David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca
There are more than 23,329 microFIT small rooftop solar projects installed in Ontario. This adds up to 2,356 megawatts of solar PV. For comparison Alberta has seven megawatts. Photo David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca
Shows projected absolute change in provincial GHGs under current policy. Canada's 2020 target is 125 Mt below the 2005 level. Excludes land-use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) emissions. Data from Environment Canada. Figure via Pembina Institute: www.pembina.org/blog/758
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German-American tennis champ who first made international headlines in 1977-1978 as the youngest player to reach the men's semi-finals at Wimbledon in 100 years. By June 1979, he had made over $800,000 in winnings and was ranked third in the world. As a natural on-the-court athlete who began playing in school tennis tournaments as young at the age of eight, he is aggressive, volatile and noted for bad temper and bad manners. Off the court, he is noted for being inward, shy and a conservative gentleman.
In addition to being a tennis player, he is also a musician. He founded his own rock and roll band, the "Johnny Smyth Band" in 1996. In the band, McEnroe creates an edgy stage presence with his guitar and very deep voice. He first began playing the guitar in his teens, but has developed his skills in the past two or three years; he now belts out loud and raw.
He married to Tatum O'Neal in August 1986 after their baby was born. Together the couple accumulated three kids and five houses, but were separated in December 1992. He had another baby with his new girlfriend, Patty Smyth of the rock band "Scandal," in February 1996 and they married in March 1997.
In 2002, his autobiography was released, "You Cannot be Serious."
Born 8 days after Heinz Günthardt, Swiss tennis player.
- opponent/rival/enemy relationship with Borg, Björn (born 6 June 1956). Notes: and friends
- opponent/rival/enemy relationship with Wilander, Mats (born 22 August 1964)
- parent->child relationship with McEnroe, Sean Timothy (born 23 September 1987)
- spouse relationship with O'Neal, Tatum (born 5 November 1963). Notes: Bitter veryvery
- Relationship : Meet a significant person October 1984 (Met Tatum O'Neal at a party)
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- Family : Change in family responsibilities February 1996 (Baby with girlfriend)
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LMR quotes Richard Evans, "McEnroe: A Rage For Perfection." (Penfield quotes a letter from his mom for 10:20 PM, not confirmed, in MH April 1982 )
- Family : Relationship : Mate - Noted (Tatum O'Neal, Patty Smyth)
- Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3 (Two sons)
- Lifestyle : Home : Expatriate (Germany to U.S.)
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Group/ Duo (Johnny Smyth Band)
- Vocation : Sports : Tennis (Pro)
- Notable : Famous : Top 5% of Profession
- Notable : Book Collection : Occult/ Misc. Collection
- 1959 births
- Birthday 16 February
- Birthplace Wiesbaden, GER
- Sun 27 Aquarius
- Moon 9 Gemini
- Asc 19 Libra
- Family : Relationship : Mate - Noted
- Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3
- Lifestyle : Home : Expatriate
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- Vocation : Sports : Tennis
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Smoking in your own home could soon be illegal.
The bill, authored by Assemblyman Marc Levine (D-San Rafael), would prohibit smoking inside all multiunit residences, such as condos or apartments, where housing units share walls, floor, ceilings or ventilation systems.
Free-standing homes, which make up about two-thirds of all residencies in the state, would be exempted from the ban.
"Californians should be able to breathe clean air in their own homes," Levine said in a statement. "In apartments or condominiums, whenever a neighbor lights up, everyone in the building smokes with them. This is especially troublesome for children who have no choice but to breathe the secondhand smoke of their neighbors."
The bill has raised a few eyebrows among housing advocates. The Sacramento Bee reports:
Brian Augusta, of the Western Center on Law and Poverty, said that targeting multifamily units disproportionately affects low-income people who can't afford standalone homes.
"If smoking is an addiction, and it clearly is, are we telling people that they have to quit smoking--without support--or leave their homes?" he said.
San Rafael, one of the largest towns in Levine's assembly district, instituted a similar ban on smoking in multiunit housing last year--becoming the ninth municipality in the state to do so.


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Imagine for a moment that you are a 20-year-old, flung from a flying fox into a tree, and you fracture your back in two places and suffer a bulging disc.
Your doctor advises you to fuse your back with bolts and tells you that you will never run again.
That was the story 22 years ago for ultramarathon runner Lisa Tamati who recently placed second in the world for the Gobi Desert run (250km) in China.
In 1988, she didn't get her back fused because she didn't want to risk an operation and decrease the mobility in her back. She opted to deal with the pain and has carried on feeling the pain on her way to completing about 120 ultramarathons around the globe since 1997.
Tamati, who has had asthma since she was 2, doesn't complain about her plight - she just keeps on running.
"Everyone has some sort of issue to deal with or some injury so you just have to get on with it," said Tamati, who ran 2250km from Cape Reinga to Bluff last year in 43 days.
Overcoming challenges is part of everyday life for this running machine who is weeks away from her next sojourn through the desert, when she takes on the Ultra distance Sahara Desert run from October 3 to 9 finishing at The Pyramids of Giza in Cairo.
"I am an average, average person as far as talent or natural ability goes," she said. "But I am very bloody minded and I have trained the hell out of myself to make the most out of what I have got.
"Not being a natural runner has been a blessing because I would rather have determination and willpower over natural talent - you won't get there in ultramarathons with just talent."
Racing The Planet is the organisation that operates the four desert runs, which include the Atacama Crossing in Chile (March), Gobi Desert in China (June), Sahara Race in Egypt (October) and The Last Desert in Antarctica (November).
Tamati admits that it is hard to peak for events throughout the year as the races are so hard and long that she can't look after her body. She overdid it last year with the run the length of New Zealand, running Death Valley and competing in the Commonwealth Champs in England.
Tamati will head to the Sahara with the same game plan she takes into every ultramarathon in the desert. Her priority list is: survive first, finish the race second. Achieving a good placing is third.
She stressed that even though she had her best career result in the demanding Gobi Desert there are no guarantees in her sport.
Tamati credits part of her form to the cross-fit training method she has adopted with trainer Jamie Milne.
Milne has implemented a 50-day preparation plan for the Sahara where they are reprogramming Tamati's muscles to be more powerful and explosive and working on her mental toughness.
For the layman, ultramarathon runners are freaks.
Tamati tells her war stories from the Gobi Desert over a coffee in Newmarket - it's a world away from the pain and anguish she has endured.
In the Racing The Planet series the event is completed over seven days in six stages and stage five, the Longest Day (110km), is the grind and most dangerous stage.
In the Gobi run, Tamati and fellow runner Sam Gash were running through a village in the middle of the night in Muslim territory in shorts when they were followed by five men on mopeds.
"That was really scary because we were so tired," said Tamati.
They went on to become lost and fall down a big crater. Their journey took them through riverbeds, swamps and bamboo plantations so thick they were fighting through it.
"It is hell," said Tamati. "You go through every emotion and break down crying on occasion. You drop to your knees and yell out where the ... are we? In the hope someone is listening."
More often than not no one is listening. Out in the desert, the runners are on their own and anything can happen as they are pushing their body to the limit.
So the million-dollar question is, Why does she do it?
"Back in the day none of the sports we did were paid for - only 20 years ago all of our top rugby players did it for free - we play these sports because we love them and that is why I do ultramarathons," said Tamati.
"I do it for the honour, the pride of representing your country, the challenge and for the people ... those are all the reasons I go back to ultramarathon running."
There is no money in the sport and Tamati, who works as a jeweller in between her training schedule, admits it is very hard for her to get traction to get sponsorship, appearance money and cover her costs.
Her entry in The Last Desert race in the Antarctica in November is still pending on the US$10,000 entry fee. It is just another challenge to overcome and every ultramarathon runner has a story behind them.
They are quite often eccentric types who are real fighters.
Tamati has overcome more than most and wants to break all the boundaries of life that say things should be a certain way.
"I want to fight against the attitudes that say you need to be a certain age, race, body shape to do anything," said Tamati.
"Let's break all the boundaries ... bugger it. I want to show people that you can do things as you get older, that Maori can do great things and that women can achieve."
She takes pride in the amount of progress she has made in her sport in a short time and loves how her running takes her to crazy exotic places.
"Who gets to run across the Gobi Desert? Where I was filming was cut off to non Chinese civilisation.
"No one can ever take away what you achieved.
"That is the best feeling and you get this inner sense, I am proud of myself. Shit, I just ran 250kms across the Sahara or whatever. How cool is that?"
It is pretty cool and a long way from the 20-year-old woman with the broken back who was told she would never run again.


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Does God Exist?: An Answer for Today (1978)
by Hans Küng
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Honest effort by a liberal theologian to answer the question 'Does God exist' in the affirmative. When I was ~20 I found it useful to reconcile my skepticism with my church activism. That is not possible anymore. Reading it now, I find its premises highly questionable and unsatisfactory. Incidentally, Kung was removed from teaching Catholic theology at the university for some of his liberal activities that didn't play well with Ratzinger (now the pope).
a closely reasoned case for belief in God but caveats about religious organizations like the Vatican
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In this episode of 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,' the TV host once again fell victim to this sweet move from Sally Field.
While Sony seems to be trying to do anything and everything to get interest back in the Spider-Man franchise, it seems like other fans have an idea on where the franchise should head as the studio squashes their big rumor from Tuesday.
Chalk this up under not knowing what to say about this new bit of news.
Field honored her gay son at a Human Rights Campaign gala.
Lifetime will premiere a reboot of the classic 1989 film "Steel of Magnolias"on Sunday, Oct. 7. The remake features an all African-American cast this time around starring "The Cosby Show" star Phylicia Rashad, Alfre Woodard, singer Jill Scott, Condola Rashad and Queen Latifah. Latifah reprises' the role of M'Lynn the beauty salon owner, who was originally played by Sally Field in the original. The former rapper also serves as executive producer for the film that celebrates female bonding.


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Glennerster, Howard (2004) Mrs Thatcher's legacy: getting it in perspective. In: Ellison, Nick, Bauld, Linda and Powell, Martin, (eds.) Social Policy Review 16: Analysis and Debate in Social Policy. Policy Press, Bristol, UK. ISBN 9781861345813
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Comedian and talk show host Bill Maher is apparently now an expert on women's rights in the Middle East. In a segment of Real Time with Bill Maher on Tuesday night, the host got into an argument with guest Tavis Smiley after trying to make a point about journalist Lara Logan's sexual assault while covering Egypt's revolution.
Maher: We're never gonna have this revolution happen unless there's a sexual revolution that goes with it.
Tavis Smiley cringes uncomfortably in his seat. To which Maher responds:
Maher: Really Tavis, Muslim men don't have a problem with women?
Smiley: I'm not gonna argue that. Let me just say upfront that I argue with you...Obviously what happened to Lara Logan is reprehensible, horrific. We can't find a language to describe what happened to her. But having said that...if our readiness for Democracy in this country is based upon, determined by, demonstrated by our respect for women, then we ain't ready for Democracy in this country.
Maher: That is a false equivalent. Please. Are you serious?
Maher then goes on to argue his point, citing, among other things, that in 19 of 22 Arab countries women can't vote. "In Saudi Arabia, women cannot drive a car, sail a boat, fly a plane. Which is why their tampon ads are just horseback riding." Then he goes on to cite what he calls "anecdotal" evidence.
"Talk to women who've ever dated an Arab man, the reviews are not good," Maher says."They have a sense of entitlement. They may say they put women on a pedestal, as long as they're obedient, they're on the pedestal."
Guest Michelle Caruso-Cabrera astutely chimes in, saying, "Every man I've ever dated has a sense of entitlement."
Smiley: All I'm saying, respectfully, is that I don't disagree with the fact that they got a long way to go. What I'm trying to suggest to you is that when we have these conversations about how they treat women, as if somehow we treat women better in this country, it demonizes Muslims all over.
Maher: It's not demonizing! That's saying that I'm prejudiced. I'm saying I'm not prejudiced. That's pre-judging. I'm not pre-judging, I'm judging. They're worse. What's wrong with just saying that?
Of course, there's no escaping the obvious: Neither Smiley nor Maher is a woman, or from a Middle Eastern country. But Smiley does deserve props for standing his ground, and calling Maher out on his unchecked privilege. But let's hear it in the comments. What do you think?


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Offensive lineman Lance Louis, still rehabilitating from a season-ending knee injury, signed Wednesday with the Miami Dolphins. Louis tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in November with the Chicago Bears. He said his rehabilitation has gone well, and he hopes to be ready for training camp in July. ''Last time I went to the doctor, he told me I was ahead of schedule,'' Louis said. ''I definitely want to be there for training camp and competing with those guys.'' The 6-foot-3, 320-pound Louis spent the past four seasons with the Bears, where he made 28 starts at guard and tackle. They drafted him in the seventh round in 2009. He said the Dolphins appealed to him in part because he thinks they're improving after four consecutive losing seasons. ''It's a nice city, and a great team on the rise,'' Louis said. ''I feel like Miami is going to be one of the teams to be reckoned with this year.''
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I did two coats of Wet n Wild French White Creme, a coat of SV, then taped it off and did some off-center neon portions. So far I've been using my Orly neons as my go-to neons this summer, but my China Glaze neons looked lonely! So I did some rainbow-y skittles. From pointer to pinkie, the taped neon portions are Surfin' for Boys, Orange You Hot?, Sun-Kissed, and I'm With the Lifeguard. I dabbled one coat of Dollish Polish Puttin' on the Ritz on top and did a final coat of SV. In person the white glitter stands out over the white creme portion more, and it looks really cool.
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PEORIA, Ill., April 5--The only survivor of a night of ter ror last July when an intruder killed eight nurses in Chicago walked across a courtroom here today, pointed at Richard Speck and declared: "This is the man."
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General Evening Post (Newspaper) - December 2, 1790, London, Middlesex Dec. i-CPUNTRY NEWS," tiling raWc fituaiJo��' wfacn tbefoflowing awtJie^M;- wmas bvtotakei n*a*y ^�^galc wind; the Jtornr j-aged with redouDled violence ctithe followiagday, when,'about two o'clock .A, M."vafea\ftruck the venel on-the Jtajrboard4)QKr, by which her head and Cut-water were carried a^ay; the fliip lay on her' beam-ends; and her cargo finned. In this filuatioh the lay near hallF an hour,- white the.cfew, on a forlorn hope, were endeavouring to cut away the iniZen-maAj happily this they with much labour at length aeeompliflied, and tJh* flrip veered tothe Wind. 1 The Other mails and bowfprk Were foon, by the unceafing violence of the Storm, carried after the mizeri-maft; when {he laid on the water a lheer hulk. .The wind abating, and. thefcafnb-fiding, the crew riggedjur^-mafts, with.which they brought the fhjp into thir port. � Captain Duncan, in the Robert and Mary, TaiUd.frdnj thiaport a fiiprt time fince. About &c miles to the Eaftward of the Skerries, his veflcl ftruck on a rock, and foundered; himfelf and the crew took to their boau, and at length were taken t>n board, a veflel from Youghall to this port. 'The unprecedented cruelty of the Captain of this Veflel is ,fucb, as we cannot refrain from noticing: On Captain Duncan's relating his misfortones, the above mandedared he took them for pildia H^un they came on board, or that they (honld net |�ye-et�cr�J In* &ip. He not only'negtefted' to meYthett anf fafienance the 4$ hoars tW^ffieifc on board/ bttt ofed his endeavoors to pre^t the|r getting any j nor would they have had any, had ndf a tiofy. unknown to hia crael matter* |�ven them wee bifeuitsi They a&ed him to aflift them to Agaro that property the wreck they taight with eafe nave coth* at; this he peremp> ' � , ,� Mill ' 11 II ->--�-� Further fobferiptioftt are entering-ihto in V�* riousparta of the kingdom,;for defraying the eitr ponces atteoding the application to Parifiaient for . .Theremube very few PirliameHtagrjPetjtidhs indeed, ;ee^p)aimng of ondbe feturha at the laft General' Elettion> This. may be principally attaribnSed to .that vvffe amendment of Mr. GrenvWe'a B*B> whkh to petition, be voted frivolous and vexatious." Sir Robert Ainflie, oor Ambaffador at Con-ftantiqople, is obliged, from bad health, td leave the ?orte; -where, it is faid, he. is to be fucceeded by Mr--Vernon, a gentleman known at effery Court, and who has pafled zo years of hia life in travelling over the four quarters of the globe. Wednefday a Court of Directors of the Eaft India Company, was held at their houfe Leadenhall-ftreet, when the Directors took up four more' ihips into their fervkei which are go out this (eafon. Orders are iflued from the War-office for all the Independent Companies that are compleated to be embarked for the Eaft-Indies, there to be incorporated into the feveral King's regiments 0 n .that fervicc - Mr. Reid, of Bedford-fquare, in conjunction with foroe other opulent Afiatici, is aboattb'eftab-Hfh an Baft-India Bankin�-Hoirie. The capital to 1 be advanced by each fobferiber is 50,0001. 1 : The Aerolbit Blanchard is gone to Prefboutg, where he has folictted pernuffion to affift at the diverfions of the Coronation, by afcending in a balloon. Laft night Mr. Munden, an a�lor of ranch estimation in various provincial theatres, made his firtt appearance on the London ftage, at Covent-Garden, in the characters of Sir t rancis Gripe and Jemmy Jumps; when the plaudits beftowed upon him fully ratiified the judgment of his moil fanguine country admirers. He is certainly a performer of considerable merit in the Comic line. . ,.:.S H I P - N E W S... " . WJfaj?****. a Sutch lift-ftaiamau,- and n. ". - ' � t O � N U *i" -~' ... THva�c*y, Pee. 2. ,] kir. Speaker enme down about two o*clock; When Mr. Ryder, Comptroller of the HotrfWd, came to the bar>-;and/.Jm�Dr^ie4'V''ibe Houfe thav bis Majefrjf;-had oeen waited upon, and was gra-cioufly pleafed to appoint thit day (ycfterdayj. at" three o'cteck; for receiving ti�e Add refs from that honourable Houfe.-One or two private pe-titipns were pjtefented^ after which,. 1 , Tie Sfealtrrt&Athe King's Speech, and moved, as ufual* that it betaken into consideration now. Mr. Steeb ijhen moved, that the Houfe do meet To-morrow (this day) and refolve itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houfe to grant'a fuppfy to hit Majefty. At three o'clock the Houfe adjourned, and attended the Speaker to fit. James's, to prefcnt their Addrefs* Yefterday, foon after one o'clock* their Ma-jefties and their Royal Highneflei the Princeffes Royal, Augufta, and Elizabeth, came from Bucking ham-houfe to St. James's, where the Queen held a Drawing-room, which commenced at two o'clock, �andbjjpjte up at a quarter paft tJirea. After the DjP*ing-room t>roke up, the King retired to the grand Audience Chamber, where his Majefty received the Addrefs of i hanks front the Honourable the Houfe of Commons, for his jnoft giacjoss Speech on opening the new Parlia-. lOeut on Friday laft; the Addrefs Was carried up to the King by Mr. Maiuwaring and Mr.:Mrs�,:RawliBg, wife of Mr. John Rawling.^Green's-row, Cheifta.-~ Lately, at Li(bont aged 70, Mr. William Artni-tagev formerly of Leeds, arid well known in the mercantile wjorld.-A few days fince, after5 a few hours illnefs^ at- tiaafenne UTSwitzerland, Robert Grimftoiue^ of Nefw>ck, in the Eaft-Riding of Yorkmire^The-^of^jrft. aged ic$* Hannah Wilkinfon^ die had been a widow abojit jo^years, ftnd �nddiltfhe well remenibered the Revolution^ aeed tetained all her facultti^s tilf'abcuit a year ago* ' ' v To tfie> Gentlemen, Clergy, an4 Freeholders of . the County of BUCKINGHAM. _ . HIS Majefly having been pleafed to call me to the Houfe bf Lordaf) I tan no longer continue to ferve you in thit Situation, in which. I have had die Satisfaction of being repcafedly placed by your Choice. ButJ fhould be extremely wanting to toy own Feelings if in taking Leave of the County ofBuckkigham, I were ]to omit exprefling to you my Family, wham -eve* you haye. fo much honoured by your Partiality. T feall retain thp. AmnwO- C.�r' ..- 1 ^ . . _ you, and fhall be annous to avaH myftlf of everv-Occafi; on to . The members of the Anacreontic Society held their third meeting on Wednefiiay niglttV the Concert was conduced in a mafterly wanner, and gave great iatisfaclion to a munerous and g�nteel aRemhJy. The Corporations of London and Liverpool r^^d^^nV^^ertrK: carry on any trade within the borough of the latter without controul. A very confiderable revolution has taken place iff.^the CuftomyhoUfe, at Yarrnputh, in cotnfe-qnence of fome clarideftine practices of a very alarming nature lately difcovered at that port. IRISH STATE LOTTERY, 179% ,7 THIRTEE.NTH DAY-, , The'following Nambers were ".drawn'' FrtarsH above' .ic-1.-�No, 22,024, 9I. and as firibdrawn entitled to jppT.- Hm coittily|4 , Wolrce^i^a^i^^^igh^'lBjii-Sariicen's-"Head, Glafgow, :Lord Moira.^-Suniay ^anight, ae- he* hOufe ^flrout - Bootham � Bari^Y^Aflitir, ^ged' 90, Mn. jBa�bara SIingfoy,^'a,�aidt.n lady, f ajunt to . 5U' ThaoMis ;Turner,SItngi>yv Bart*-r-Monday, at�B�l*^ WB^m$t�bt^�^^Wo^ {S5ef'to'th>late..ah4jpcle ttfthe prefent* BaH'pfl^S prove tbe Gratitude, with which I have the Honour to be,-Gentlemen/ Your m.ift'oUiaed, And faithful humble Servant, GRENVILLE. St. James's Square, Nov. 25, 1790. [Z9�S � ii ........1 1 '1 1 1 n m 11. r........* To the Gentlemen, Clergy, and .Freeholders of the County of BIKJKINGHAM.-Gentieihen, - '� r �� . ' HAVING been induced, by the Encouragement of many of my Friendi, to o&er myfelf on the prefenc Vacancy as a Candidate for the COVNTY of BUCKINGHAM, I take the liberty to folicit the Honour of yoitr SupfJor,\ and to exprefs my Hope that my public Conduft and Charodfr have been 6ich, as nvty render you not difincl'ined jp'toitnaup tome the time Partiality, which you have often kindly &e.wn to a Family fo lohg known to you. I have th� Honour to be, "With the greateft Refpecl, Gentlemen, Your moft obedient humble Semnt, JAMES GRENVIU.E. Nov. a$, 1790* [*9o6 hpHE Creditors of the Reverend THOMAS A COOKE, of CHELSWORtHY, in Suffolk, w� TCMtfted ta fend as Account of their Demands upon him, with the Nature of their. Securidej, tfii Melirs. W. and J. Lyttit OriyVlnn ;' or to Mr. S�5r*o�f-'*' ........_____H^�� of/Tea and Twelve iix tic . Forenpon, acconjing to the Q&jAs la the Statement uad�o-mennoaed, end^^to pa# tits tune up' at the Sams vbced ajt* pofxfe to each, for the Term of Thne Years from the SjfcUay " of February next, to.fuch Perftas at maybe willing to. cob-� ttaft f >r the fame.' -.Ail Peribns intending t^ fata thi (aid Duties are to; deliver in their Propifels � us at the.Stamp-Office in SomerfiriPJace, at leaft Tbjpe*; &ays previoti� to the lfaid- 4th DaV of January next, flgned with their NxnS�% ftatiflg the Places of their Abode, and fpecifying the Difirift for which they ifttead ta bid, or their PropoMs canflotbe pt�* "proCeede.d on, as direcied by the faid A&, No Perfons licenfed to let Horfes-for the Purpttfe of travelling Poft, nor any Perfen* for their Ufe, �aa be admitted to contract fn the (aid Duties. jA Statement of Diftricb for farmTng out the Poft^Horfet Sect �' * Duties-; >uuesi DISTRICTS. No. 1. North-"Brit�n 2. Northumberland --Cumberland - - . Weftmorland t." . -� . Durham . - 3. 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Warning signs of genocide : an anthropological perspective
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- E.N. Anderson and Barbara A. Anderson.
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- Anderson, Barbara, 1944-
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- Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-205) and index.
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- The deadly seeds of genocide
- Paper tigers : fear and hatred
- From fear to hatred
- Animating tigers : dehumanization, justified violence, and paper tigers
- The tiger stalks : the steps of genocide
- Excursions into history
- Causes and some predictions
- Sowing good seeds : sustaining the soil of community.
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- Genocide occurs when a government attempts to exterminate systematically a large percentage of its own citizens or subjects, simply because they fall into a particular group defined by religion, ethnicity, political affiliation, or (rarely) other group identification ranging from occupation to gender status. Genocide has been a major cause of death worldwide over the last 100 years or more, and is far from being eliminated. Through examining available cases, Warning Signs of Genocide: An Anthropological Perspective shows that genocide becomes a live danger when group hatreds-especially religious, ethnic, and political-are exploited by political regimes as major ways of seizing and maintaining power. Genocide is actually invoked, however, only when such regimes feel they are threatened, usually either because they are new and not consolidated in power or because they are challenged by local rebellions, civil war, or (less often) international war or major economic decline. Knowing these warning signs should make the international community take note that genocide is virtually certain to occur, and take action to stop it. This book joins others in noting that the international community has rarely intervened in time, and in the hope that these findings will encourage more prompt action.
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Pros / It has excellent speakerphone, megaphone and recording features.
Cons / It lacks bass and ruggedness.
Verdict / The Sound BlasterAxx is versatile and fun because it takes advantage of Creative's sound card technology, but it lacks the high-end audio and ruggedness of the best Bluetooth speakers.
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The best feature of Creative's Sound BlasterAxx is its incredible versatility. Not only is it a wireless Bluetooth speaker, but it's also a megaphone, audio recorder, karaoke machine, mobile device charger, WMA and MP3 player, and speakerphone. At times, it's difficult to determine if it's supposed to be a novelty toy or a serious Bluetooth wireless speaker.
The stacked speaker design provides omnidirectional audio that simulates surround sound so that there are almost no dead spots. While the Creative sound card is supposed to enhance your music, we found the audio lacked a significant amount of bass, regardless of what we played through it. With only two active drivers and no passive bass radiators, the audio doesn't sound as full and deep as the best Bluetooth speakers.
The battery life is just above average with 15 hours on a full charge, which takes 3.4 hours of being plugged into an outlet to achieve. For comparison, the best Bluetooth speaker has a battery life of 40 hours, while the shortest battery life is six hours. The average battery life for the Bluetooth speakers in our review is 14.25 hours. You can also use the speaker as a battery bank to charge your mobile devices using the USB port in the back.
Since it has a microphone, you can use it to amplify your voice as with a megaphone, and the CrystalVoice FX system allows you to change your voice with a variety of effects. You can also play music and sing through the microphone as with a karaoke machine. A built-in memory card slot allows you to record audio. All you have to do is set it in front of you and your guitar and hit record. Your song records to the memory card, which you can play back and upload to your computer. The memory card also allows you to play WMA and MP3 files, which means you can play music from the Sound BlasterAxx even when it's not paired with a phone.
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I couldn't figure out why I was lying on something hard, at first. My bed was soft, the sofa was soft. Come to think of it, I didn't remember being on either. I remembered being in my armchair with the footstool. Also, I felt sore.
Groaning, I opened my eyes, still feeling a little confused. The vantage point made it clear I was on the floor. That, and a woman was kneeling over me. I looked at her, puzzling over what I saw, and groaned again. Everything clicked into place and I really wished it hadn't.
"Oh, no, oh no. It's really happening. Oh, no..." I felt like I was whining, but couldn't it have just been a nightmare? I could have dealt with a nightmare. This, though...
Vicki, she had said her name was, started talking to me, asking me questions. Rather nice questions, all things considered. I made the effort and opened my eyes again, pushing up on my elbows as I looked at her. Letting out a soft sigh I replied that no, I wasn't dizzy. It was true; other than having the feeling I was going to be bruised I felt ok. Physically speaking, that was.
Then my baby gave me a good kick. I let out a surprised "oh" and put a hand to my belly. Sure, it was not exactly new that the baby was kicking, but it still amazed me each and every time. It also was a little uncomfortable, but I didn't mind. It was an astounding reminder that a life was inside me. Not just any life, the life that Jamie and I had made. Our baby!
In my excitement I grabbed Vicki's hand, tugging it forward and placing it on my belly. I knew a proud smile curved my lips. It was, after all, rather amazing. Life! I was going to be a mother and my body protected this baby that was not yet ready to venture into the world. I wanted to share it.
I had noticed, those few times I actually ventured out, that there was something about being pregnant or having children that drew women together. Complete strangers had come up to me, asking to touch my stomach, chattering away about their own experiences or commenting about where I carried my baby, how glowing I looked, or where I was gaining my weight. I guess in the moment I had forgotten that Vicki wasn't just another pregnant woman.
Under her hand I felt the baby stir more and I beamed up at her. It was a miracle, and there was something about sharing it that just made it more wonderful. I waited for her smile, for her to say something.
Her response brought reality back to me, or at least brought the rest of reality back. I had forgotten, in that moment, that we shared more than pregnancy. As her hand dropped and the smile died on her lips, the smile slowly slipped away from my lips.
Right. We weren't going to bond over the new lives growing inside us for a very good reason: It appeared possible that the same man had put it there in both of us.
I licked my lips and looked away awkwardly. I felt rather like a beached whale lying there on the floor and, unfortunately, I was starting to wonder how I was going to get up by myself. It was always uncomfortable, worse to think of this woman seeing me so ungainly. I would have preferred to meet her any other way.
Still, it felt unreal. Would someone jump out and tell me it was untrue? Tell me this was all a very cruel joke? Looking over at Vicki I knew she wasn't the type.
She was strong. The fact that she'd looked after me, despite how she must feel about me, told me she was going to be a wonderful mother. Significantly older than me, I couldn't help but compare us. I felt young, almost childish when set against her. She had come to me, not ranting and raving, but polite. Centered.
I wanted to see her as bitter, jaded, think that she was old. I knew better. She seemed, well, rather nice. I would rather dislike her, but I had this awful feeling that if we had met some other way I might actually get along with her.
"I... need to get up. This isn't very comfortable. But thank you. For not just leaving me here." My voice sounded lost, even to me.
I needed Jamie. I didn't think I could do this myself.


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Small cabin floor plans fits right in with this website encouraging an overall scale-down with home building.
If you reduce your living space and you'll also reduce your mortgage payment, heating bills, property taxes, property insurance, thus making it possible to actually afford your home.
Right in my community is Yellowstone Log Homes, a family based company that makes log home kits and ships them directly to you. I've included a couple of their cabin floor plans along with the link to their website. They build the entire cabin structure at their facility, then dismantle it, transport it to the building site and put it all back together.
The Bridger model is right around 900 square feet. It has a partially open second story. It has a small kitchen, two bathrooms and two bedrooms. It's very charming. It's my favorite among the smaller designs.
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In 2012, the U.S. military's suicide rate surpassed combat deaths. Clinical Psychologist Craig Bryan has made suicide prevention his mission. This January, Dr. Bryan's research brought him to Colorado Springs' Fort Carson, where he was conducting his second study on mental health treatments. KRCC's Andrea Chalfin sat down then to talk about his research–and how the very characteristics that make an effective soldier can also lead to increased suicide risk.
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From 1 April landlords must put their words into action and place tenants at the heart of the Tenant Services Authority's new self-regulatory regime. Here Abigail Davies, advises how to get it right
'Putting tenants first' is a mantra that has suffered such overuse and such cavalier regard, that what value it once had has plummeted faster than house builder shares in a recession. The only thing that can restore meaning to the phrase is if it is backed up with action. And that is what is about to happen.
Ensuring residents get a fair deal is a key part of the Tenant Services Authority new regulatory framework for all social housing providers which comes into effect on 1 April. And the watchdog has made it clear that landlords should look to resident-led self-regulation as one way of putting all that talk into action.
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What is resident-led self-regulation and why do this?
Resident-led self-regulation is an approach to the way an organisation directs, monitors, accounts for and refines its own behaviour and performance.
The approach gives new weight to tenants' views, assessments and priorities. It brings together and co-ordinates tenant scrutiny activities (like mystery shopping and tenant inspection) with other staff-led scrutiny work.
RLSR builds this into internal processes for performance management, giving tenants power to challenge and drive change. At its heart is a tenant scrutiny panel which decides priorities; co-ordinates or carries out scrutiny work; challenges staff and governors; and works with them to respond positively to scrutiny findings.
There are a number of benefits for landlords, including:
- enhancing the levels and impact of resident scrutiny
- improving service performance, corporate governance, business decisions and tenant satisfaction.
Housing providers which use it will be in a good position to perform well against higher expectations of resident involvement and take responsibility for their own performance.
How can we make sure we get it right?
These five steps are a good start:
- Build in self-determination. It might sound obvious, but RLSR must be led by residents, not staff. Tenants' panels must be able to set their own priorities, look at areas they think are most important, ask for and receive information they want and speak for themselves. This will be a significant change from some existing tenants' groups which are more passive. A resident-led panel can provide the independent scrutiny and challenge which is the real strength of RLSR.
- Get 'buy-in' from governors, staff, and tenants. This approach will only work if, first, the people governing the organisation listen and respond to the scrutiny panel. Second, staff must be open with the panel and provide the information and answers they seek. Third, other tenants must be confident the group is acting in their interests to lead to improvements. So they will all need to value and trust the group, something which comes with understanding of the role and abilities of the tenants involved.
- Make sure recruitment and composition of the scrutiny group suit your organisation. The aim is to have a tenant panel that works effectively and commands confidence. Recruitment processes, eligibility for involvement and composition of the group can make or break this aim, although there isn't a standard approach that fits everyone.
Diversity is important too. The group should understand the issues and experiences of different tenants so it can meet everyone's needs and mirror local diversity if possible.
- Identify what skills you need and support this with training. Effective scrutiny needs particular skills and knowledge, like the ability to phrase questions to get informed answers, knowledge of the work landlords do and their requirements and IT literacy. Tenants will bring different skills to the group. A skills audit and training for the group and individuals will ensure that group members can be effective.
- Be clear on the structures and powers from the outset. Clarity on how things link together, who can and will talk to whom, and what can and cannot happen is important. Formality in operation and defined powers support a move from informal consultation to robust scrutiny and responsiveness.
Are there any examples of existing good practice?
Yes. Some housing organisations are already using this approach and seeing good results.
Lessons from these providers will help those interested in building on existing tenant panels and scrutiny activities to implement a resident-led self-regulation approach.
Salix Homes' customer senate is the 'conscience of the organisation'. It can scrutinise topics it thinks will be of greatest value to the organisation and it prepares reports and recommendations for the board, which then makes a formal response. The senate can identify failing performance indicators, concerns highlighted by the board, or areas of concern raised by service-specific panels, customer inspectors or the community.
Aldwyck's customer scrutiny panel challenged the organisation's void home performance. As a result, the whole process of managing voids was re-examined and improved. The time a property was left empty reduced to 18 days, which made a dramatic difference to income loss.
John Miles, chair of the customer scrutiny panel, says: 'I can't think of any other organisation where the board can be questioned by its customers for four hours.' He also emphasises that the panel asks 'serious questions' and expects answers.
Could RLSR work better than it does at the moment?
There are a few ways in which it could support the way regulation develops:
- The TSA should recognise its wider benefits. The approach can demonstrate compliance with aspects of the watchdog's new involvement and empowerment standard, but it can do more than that. It can be used to demonstrate performance against all the national standards. It can show that self-assessment processes are rigorous, especially if it is aligned with preparation of the annual standards reports. It can be used to support development and monitoring of local standards, building in a higher level of accountability to tenants.
- The TSA should be clear about how much weight it would give to assurances from resident-led self-regulation that different standards are being met. The regulator may place more or less reliance on the assurances given by resident-led self-regulation for different standards (for example, more for neighbourhood, less for governance). Understanding the TSA's confidence in different mechanisms will help providers to develop appropriate approaches to their self-regulation.
- Providers must prove to the TSA that resident-led self-regulation is delivering. The regulator could then reduce its own scrutiny and so reduce the burden of external regulation on providers. Assurances could be provided by peer review, inspection, or accreditation/validation.
- The TSA should have confidence in complaints made by scrutiny groups. Complaints from tenants to the TSA may help it to identify where standards are not being met by providers. The robust structure of resident-led self-regulation means that any complaints coming to the regulator from scrutiny groups will be backed up by strong evidence and internal procedures, so TSA can feel sure that they are appropriate.
- The TSA could incentivise use of resident-led self-regulation. If it is valued as a way of embedding the kind of co-regulatory approach and culture in the social housing sector which the regulator says it backs, then the latter could encourage providers to adopt it. Guarantees of less regulatory scrutiny or lower fees could be suitable incentives.
Abigail Davies is head of policy at the Chartered Institute of Housing.
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Hi i'm new to the whole fitness thing. I'm 29 i'm 6 ft tall and weigh 12 stone and never really ran before but I do some cycling. I've been running for around 2 months on a treadmill 3 times a week, as well as weights, rowing and sit ups, and thought i would try a speed test over a mile (i usually run a couple of miles at a moderate pace) and i hit 1 mile in 4:35 ish (the timer went on a few seconds after i stopped) i'm not entirely sure how much easier it is to run on a treadmill than the road but i'm sure i could have gone a bit faster too. As im new my staminas not great yet, i can do 2 miles in just under 12 minutes at my regular pace, is that good? have you got any tips to improve on my stamina? I have definitely caught the running bug and will be migrating out to the great outdoors soon as i have a 20 mile bike trail right at my doorstep.
Agree with above - Parkrun would be a good idea. If the treaddy is right - you have started very well, you should be able to do a 5k in 18-19 mins..
Hi gryle, unfortunately running on the treadmill is alot easier than running on the road, so don't look into it that much. However 4:35 is faster than what most people will ever achieve, I agree with the above, participate in a parkrun.
To improve your stamina, theres no tricks to it, just run more. Small increases in mileage a week will reduce the risk of injury, don't go out too hard too fast.
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Grief, I really would be surprised for anyone new to running to run sub 5 mins for the mile......let alone 4:35, its borderline impossible!
There is only one way to find out if/or by how much the treadmill is flattering you........and its to get to your local running track and do a honest time trial. One mile is just a few metres longer than 4 laps of a standard 400m track (1,609 metres). I'd really like to hear how you do.
Two miles in just under 12 mins is a good intermediate time. Again, the treadmill might be flattering you. It is much, much less impressive than 4:35 for the mile though!
Mr Gryle - based on running for two months I don't think you have run a 4:35 mile.
Try what Jamie suggests or buy a Garmin watch and just find a flat bit of road.
Perhaps we can all have a sweepstake on your mile time and you can report back.
I'm going for 6mins 45 secs.
PS I ran a 4 min mile on a treadmill once (set at a slight incline) - I think though it might actually have been a 4 minute KM based on equivalent road time!
Ooooo, the sweepstake is an interesting one! I think Mr Gryle will beat 6:45, tall & slim and with a cycling background and 2 months of treadmill running......I'll go for 5:45-5:55 with decent even pacing on a track.


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Funeral Services for Wilbert Herr, 80 of Bleiblerville were 10 a.m. Saturday at Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church in Welcome with
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Wilbert Herr was born on March 6, 1928 in Bleiblerville, Texas to the late John and Dorothea (Mahlmann)
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Pallbearers will be; Edwin Kuehn, Doug Clower, Ed Lewis, Edward Eben, Lawrence Eben, Emil Schley.
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"We're having problems with the plumbing and some of the rooms are flooded so we can either keep your suitcases here until the problem is fixed this afternoon or we can move you to another of our hotels". I actually wasn't expecting to be able to check in so early but I chose to be moved to another hotel which meant I could check in straight away. That meant I could freshen up and shower before meeting Richard at 10am. The hotel was walking distance any way, so it was no problem.
Richard is another polyglot who speaks an extraordinary number of languages. I'm not sure how many to be exact, and I'm not sure if he knows either. Twenty? He's been interviewed by newspapers, TV and radio about his language abilities and now I was going to get to meet him and hang out with him in his new home of Skopje, far from his hometown of Chester in England. He's a fantastic host and we spent some time walking through the older parts of the city, chilling out in cafes and sampling some really tasty Macedonian cuisine in a hidden restaurant that only a local resident would be able to find. I'm really grateful that he was able to give up a whole day for me and later that day we picked up his gorgeous little three year old daughter, who of course also speaks several languages. How impressive!
My next destination was Greece and unfortunately, Greece and Macedonia don't get along too well so it was no surprise that my plans to travel from Skopje (Macedonia) to Thessaloniki (Greece) were to be foiled. Due to budget cuts, Greece had suspended the train from Skopje and tomorrow was the only day that there were no buses running to Greece. Richard had an idea. His brother-in-law could drive me to Thessaloniki as it was only three hours away. Perfect! Of course I would pay as this was not down the road. I was so happy when Richard decided he would join me to Thessaloniki as well. That next morning the three of us set off for Greece and I was like a small child with excitement as we got closer to the border.
Why the over-excitement at arriving in Thessaloniki? I come from Melbourne which is the largest Greek city outside Greece and most of Melbourne's Greeks come from this part of Greece (Makedonia). Greek TV programmes, baklava, orthodox churches, moussaka and Greek Easter are as familiar to someone from Melbourne as they are to someone from Thessaloniki. Melbourne's Greek culture is what makes it unique as an Australian city and any Australian can guess where they are in Australia if they're drinking frapp� in a cafe' and eating spanakopita before heading off for a late night souvlaki. Thessaloniki is like home for me!
Richard and Mario spent the afternoon with me in Thessaloniki and although there's not much to see in this city, we had a great time eating and drinking along the promenade overlooking the Mediterranean. As for the hotel - I chose well. It was right on the water and there was a roof garden which served the most amazing breakfast with a killer view of the sea. And there it was on the table. Saganaki (fried cheese). I'm home!


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How much water right after overseeding?
I've just had the lawn core aerated by a service; today I'll top dress with 1/4" Leafgro compost, then overseed with Tall Fescue and fertilize and lightly rake the seed in. I had thought it was advisable to only lightly water the seed each day during the first week or so until it germinates. But the service that aerated my lawn says "one good soaking to wash seed in and establish good soil moisture, 1-3 hours per area." (Then they do say light watering each day after that.) What do people here advise on how much to water right after overseeding? I live in a Maryland suburb of Washington, DC. We had half an inch of rain two days ago, and nothing forecast for this week. Thanks.
I have had good results here( not far away) just keeping the seed moist until it is up maybe a half inch, then water throughly once a week
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You just need to keep the seed moist. Unfortunately that means that if the air is dry that you will need to water frequently. 2-3 times a day maybe. If you have a top dressing of peat you might be able to get away with less frequent watering.
You'll have to keep that up until the seed germinates, then you can start watering less often, but more deeply. You want to train the roots to go deep for water.
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A notorious paedophile who moved from Western Australia to Victoria under a parole transfer scheme will be carefully monitored, Corrections Commissioner Kelvin Anderson said today.
Charles Alan Smith, now in his 70s, was released from a Perth jail in February after serving less than eight years of a 15-year sentence.
He was convicted of 39 sexual offences against boys aged 10 to 17 between 1964 and 1978.
The move, which has raised the ire of Victoria's opposition, comes just a week after revelations another convicted paedophile from WA, Otto Darcy-Searle, was paroled to live with relatives in the northern NSW town of Banora Point, after serving five years of an 11 year term.
The case sparked a major row between the NSW and WA governments, and in the outcry that followed, Darcy-Searle volunteered to return to WA where he is now back in jail while the parole board is reviewing his future.
The Smith and Darcy-Searle cases followed the release of convicted serial child rapist Brian Keith Jones, known as Mr Baldy.
Jones, 58, was electronically tagged and subjected to strict parole conditions when he was released last month, including a curfew and a ban on contact with children.
On August 8, Jones agreed to a court-imposed 15-year extended supervision order.
Smith, a former Salvation Army major who ran a house for homeless boys, had earlier pleaded guilty to a further 76 charges relating to offences committed between 1958 and 1977.
Commissioner Anderson has confirmed Smith's parole was transferred to Victoria from WA earlier this year.
Reports suggest he may have moved in with his son and daughter-in-law.
"When he was released from prison in Western Australia, I understand he is 72 or 73 and he was living with a relative," Mr Anderson said.
"I understand that arrangement broke down due to some ill health.
"We have an indication that there are some mobility issues with this parolee himself and he then applied to come to live with a family member here."
Smith would be closely monitored, Mr Anderson said.
"In WA, this man participated in a sex offender treatment program and has been linked into the Victorian sex offender treatment program.
"He's under the supervision of the parole board and under the supervision of community corrections officers."
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