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"Face facts, dude, she totally wanted me so much more than you."
My attempt at enjoying my meal failed long before Parker managed to close out another one of his self-gratifying tales of derring-do. It took considerable effort to eat the last of my pancakes. My sullen glare fell short in cracking his ostentatious sense of self-worth. He glanced down at my empty, syrup-stained plate and clucked with disapproval.
"You know, layin' off the carbs might do you some good in the sweet lovin' department. You're getting a little…" His forehead tightened as a rare burst of concentration weaved through his mind. A smile spread across his face. Paunchy. That's a good description. You're getting a little paunchy."
"Can you even spell paunchy?" I snapped; no small feat, considering at the time I had a mouthful of masticated flapjacks.
His smile dazzled. It was one of the maddening things about Parker Shaw. He managed to somehow surpass physical perfection. Every time he walked through a room, he stole gazes. His smiles elicited schoolgirlish giggles. When he winked, heartbeats skipped. Most of this was fine by me; I prefer eyes on everything but me. But the fact that he was aware of how goddamn beautiful he was made things brutal for those around him.
"I'm just saying that pancakes are no man's friend. Doughnuts, too, for that matter." He regarded me with a studious glare. "They say that junk food is as bad for you as Russian roulette."
"Do me a favor then: I'll eat, you play, and we'll see who keels over first, 'kay?" I threw back a glass of milk. Parker kept staring at me. "What now?"
"Is that skim milk?"
"Oh for the love of everything holy," I gasped. "I'm not going to debate my eating habits with you. We are on a job, and that's where our focus should stay."
Parker sighed and rolled his eyes. "I was just trying to help. No need to get bitter."
"I'm not bitter!"
"If you say so, tubby." He breathed a theatrical gasp and clapped a hand over his mouth.
I aimed a sticky fork at him. "Listen here, pretty-boy, I can cut you out of this job. I'm doing all of the heavy lifting."
"That's appropriate, you being the heavy one and all."
"I'll show you appropriate, nancy-boy…–"
The door to the diner swung open, accompanied by the tinkling of chimes. A massive figure entered, ducking below the doorframe. With broad shoulders and thick arms, the man might have been carved from a mountain. From the scowl on his face, it likely would have been a verygrumpy mountain.
The man locked eyes with me and offered an imperceptible nod.
A waitress approached him, barely coming to his waist. She gave him an anxious smile. "Sit wherever you like, hon."
"Thanks," the man replied, and he stalked toward our table.
Parker looked upon the newcomer with overt awe. For once, something struck him silent. I failed to hide my smile; victory is far too delicious to conceal one's delight. The man glared down at Parker with narrow, predatory eyes.
"Push over." His voice sounded like boulders rolling down a steep hill.
Parker moved.
"Well, Leon, always nice to see you," I said cheerfully. "Didn't expect the boss would send someone as high-up as you to help in this case. I hope his confidence in me isn't fading."
Leon smirked; it looked odd, as if his facial muscles weren't used to flexing in such a direction. "I'm here because his confidence in you is exactly the same, and he wants to be sure you don't screw this up."
"Ah." I countered.
"So where is this guy?" Leon glanced around the vacant diner. "You said he's here every day." He briefly glanced at Parker, who continued to fail at reacquiring speech, before settling back on me. "Arch, you better not be wasting my time."
"Patience, big fella. He is here every day. I never said it was like clockwork." I gestured toward Parker. "We've been coming in every day, reconnaissance-like."
Leon scowled. "Recon? From you?" He shook his head and sighed. "Let me guess: you wore that." He gestured toward my greatcoat and tricorne with disdain.
"Is there a problem with my clothes?"
"Not at all, if we were going to a Renaissance fair!" Leon groaned. "If you were tailing him, he'd pick you out without even trying. Why the hell do you wear all of that crap?"
I sniffed and tugged at my coat irritably. "I am the Archduke of Ithaca. I have an image to uphold."
"Then it's best if you laid off the sweet stuff," Parker blurted. "That coat is bulging a bit around the middle." He glanced nervously at Leon, who said nothing.
"Shut it, you."
"If you ladies are finished," Leon interjected sharply. "Then we can focus on whether or not your cover was blown."
"It wasn't blown," I assured him. "It never even looked in our direction. It came in and scarfed pancakes for hours on end. Apparently our quarry has a bit of a sweet tooth. It can't resist the food here."
Parker mumbled under his breath. I glared at him. "Care to share with the class?"
"I said 'He's not the only one.'" Parker replied.
Leon smiled.
"My eating habits are not in question here!" I growled. I glared at Leon. "Would I still garner the full pay for my services if my partner mysteriously disappears?"
"Have to catch me to kill me, fatty." Parker sneered, poking out his tongue.
The diner door swung open again, and a new figure emerged. It was another massive body, only this one was morbidly obese rather than covered in muscle. His multiple chins were masked by a coppery beard. A bad comb-over covered a splotchy bald-spot. The man waddled to a booth and squeezed into a seat. The waitress tottered in his direction.
"That's it," I said softly, and Leon openly stared. The fat man paid us no notice, too caught up in placing his order, which I knew from experience consisted of three stacks of jumbo pancakes, extra buttery.
"That's Cazael?" Leon whispered. His eyebrows were trying to leap from his forehead. "You think he'd go with a better look."
"That's pancakes," contributed Parker sagely. He poked me in the shoulder. "See? Pancakes. That's all they'll do for you."
"Oh, do shut up. I look nothing like that."
"You're well on your way."
"Both of you be quiet," Leon hissed. He seized my shoulder. "You're sure that's Cazael. Absolutely positive?"
I spread my hands. "It's what I do. Gift and curse, remember?"
Leon nodded, but his gaze wasn't on me. He chewed at his lip briefly, before standing. "Well, I guess that's that. I'll take it from here." And he began walking toward Cazael.
I snatched toward him to stop him, but he walked with long strides, and he was nearly halfway there. I grimaced openly and sank into my seat, pulling my cap down over my eyes.
"What's the matter, tons of fun?" Parker jeered.
"Oh, nothing," I said, choosing that moment to ignore the insult. "It's just that Leon plans on killing something right now, and he's probably going the wrong way about it."
Across the diner, I watched Leon approach the fat man. I heard Leon say, "I have a message for you," as he reached in his jacket, and watched as he drew a gun with terrible fluid speed. Two loud, cracking reports filled the space, and the fat man's head jolted backward, spraying red everywhere.
The waitress screamed. Leon winked at me.
And then things got so weird.


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Home › Forums › Gear Forums › Gear (General) › Looking for a cheap, good scale.
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@gkineLocale: NorCal
What do you guys use? Something cheap.Feb 2, 2014 at 6:39 pm #2069119
Timothy EppMember
@rush2112Locale: Southwest British Columbia
I got a cheap gram/ ounce scale from Walmart for around 15 bucks.Feb 2, 2014 at 7:14 pm #2069138
Mark HeiserMember
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Picked mine up off Amazon, but my one regret is that it doesn't have a raised platform. Makes it hard to weight larger items without having to put it in a bowl or something and then tare the scale.Feb 3, 2014 at 1:51 pm #2069413
Kenneth JacobsBPL Member
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This is what I use. Found it at Costco for $19.99. Has worked great for my needs:
KJFeb 3, 2014 at 3:36 pm #2069449
Angelo R.Spectator
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eBay. Get something cheap shipping from China. You can easily spend under $10 (with shipping). Search for something like "5kg scale" or whatever you desire.Feb 3, 2014 at 3:43 pm #2069456
Leigh BakerMember
@leighbLocale: Northeast Texas Pineywoods
Here's a recent thread discussing scales. http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/forums/thread_display.html?forum_thread_id=80067Feb 3, 2014 at 4:05 pm #2069472
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really depends on what you want to weigh.
I have two.
A little one that weighs 0-500g
And a bigger kitchen one that weighs up to 11 lbs
99% of my weighing is on the little one. Weigh your big stuff once a the Post Office, and you seldom need that capability again.
The little scales can get messed up and need calibrating. You can order a 100g standard weight for this for ~8. The calibration is linear, so if your 100g wt weighs 102.5 g, its off by 2.5%. Some scales take 200 or 500 g calibration wt. All you need to do is calculate though off the 100g wt. If you need 500g, weigh out a cup of water that weighs 410 g (4×102.5)and use it in addition to your 100g wt, and then calibrate the scale. Recheck your 100g wt and it should be on the money.Feb 3, 2014 at 4:44 pm #2069491
Dan DurstonBPL Member
@dandydanLocale: Cascadia
Grab a "digital pocket scale" from eBay for $6-$7 shipped. You can get ones that read up to 2000g, yet measure to 0.1g.
On eBay search for "digital pocket scale 2000g" and then sort the results by price. I've got access to very high quality scales at the science lab I work at, and these eBay cheapo's are within 1%.
Example: http://www.ebay.com/itm/LCD-2000g-0-1g-2kg-Mini-Digital-Electronic-Balance-Weight-Pocket-Jewelry-Scale-/261329716742?pt=US_Pocket_Digital_Scales&hash=item3cd8770606
If you need to weigh something bulky, either tare a coat hanger on the scale, or tare a whiskey glass and then set your tent/sleeping bag/whatever on top.
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PUEBLO, Colorado (AP) — The United States is about to begin destroying its largest remaining stockpile of chemical-laden artillery shells, marking a milestone in the global campaign to eradicate a debilitating weapon that still creeps into modern wars.
The Pueblo Chemical Depot in southern Colorado plans to start neutralising 2,600 tonnes of aging mustard agent in March as the US moves toward complying with a 1997 treaty banning all chemical weapons.
"The start of Pueblo is an enormous step forward to a world free of chemical weapons," said Paul Walker, who has tracked chemical warfare for more than 20 years, first as a US House of Representatives staffer and currently with Green Cross International, which advocates on issues of security, poverty and the environment. The work starts less than a year after chlorine gas killed 13 people in Syria in April 2014. International inspectors concluded last month that the gas had been used as a weapon.
Before the chlorine attack, 1,400 people were killed in a 2013 nerve gas attack in Syria, the US said.
Pueblo has about 780,000 shells containing mustard agent, which can maim or kill, blistering skin, scarring eyes and inflaming airways. Mustard agent is a thick liquid, not a gas as commonly believed. It's colourless and almost odourless but got its name because impurities made early versions smell like mustard.
After nightmarish gas attacks in World War I, a 1925 treaty barred the use of chemical weapons, and the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention set a 2012 deadline to eradicate them. Four nations that acknowledged having chemical weapons have missed the deadline: the US, Russia, Libya and Iraq.
The cost of safely destroying the weapons, and concerns about public health and the environment, have slowed the process, experts say. Violence in Iraq also has been an obstacle.
Libya expects to finish in 2016 and Russia in 2020, according to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, which oversees the Chemical Weapons Convention. Iraq's completion date is unknown.
The US amassed 30,600 tonnes of chemical weapons, both mustard agent and deadly nerve agent, much of it during the Cold War. The Army described them as a deterrent, and the US never used them in war. Nearly 90 per cent of the US stockpile has been eliminated at depots in six states and Johnson Atoll in the Pacific, mostly by incineration.
Coloradans worried, however, about mercury vapour from incineration, said Irene Kornelly, a member of the Pueblo Citizens Advisory Commission, a liaison group established by Congress. The opposition in Colorado and in Kentucky, where chemical weapons are stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Richmond, prompted Congress to order alternatives.


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Before I flew to Taiwan to map out the social innovation landscape, I was in San Francisco working for a digital innovation agency. A brief call with Joseph Wong, a mentor and former professor changed all that. Who passes up an opportunity to research a burgeoning field with the capacity to change the world while on a tropical island? Not me – much to my mother's chagrin.
It's ironic that despite its speckled history, Taiwan has a thriving third sector. Speckled might be a tame way of describing the authoritarian regime's Martial Law, which severely limited the autonomy of civil organisations. However, in the early 90s (just a few years after the lifting of Martial Law) Taiwan's non-profit sector saw the development of commercial approaches and revenue generating arms. That's another interesting fact our field work and literature review has revealed about Taiwan's social enterprises: they're less market-driven and often revenue-generating non-profits.
The Taiwanese Ministry of Interior pegs the number of registered non-profits at over 60,000 and near 5,000 for social enterprises. It's no accident that the seemingly non-existent social enterprise sector has grown so rapidly in a decade. Inspired by a EU program to develop the third sector, the Taiwanese government followed suit and in particular supported non-profits creating jobs for target groups – transforming many non-profits into social enterprises.
Here's an interesting case study: while visiting Taipei's famous hot springs, we learnt our spring was a private-partner partnership. The beauty of such an arrangement is that public resources are kept public and protected while still promoting competition and innovation. Instead of a single minister of hot springs dictating how the springs are run, an individual entrepreneur runs it. And unlike government officials, the livelihoods of the entrepreneur depends on the success of the spring. It's not just Taiwan; public-private partnerships are taking off around the world. KPMG identified huge successes in India, Sweden has opened public-private hospitals, and there's the Canada Line rapid transit system. And it's no surprise, private-public companies have been shown to be more profitable than purely public enterprises and have even been attributed to the Taiwan Miracle, its period of rapid industrialisation.
During a Taipei entrepreneur meet-up we attended, there was an exchange that was telling of the gulf between the government's mandates and its actions. The organiser of the event attempted to introduce a special guest from the Taiwanese SMEA (Small and Medium Enterprise Administration). I've never seen someone try so hard to refuse an introduction as this mumbling fellow. Finally after some prodding, the government representative discussed some ministry programs available to entrepreneurs, but exclaimed that not enough people are aware of those services. It's funny that the representative didn't connect his disinterest in connecting with the community with his ministry's failure at marketing of their programs.
This is in stark contrast with Silicon Valley. Like many, I was drawn to the Valley by its technology sector. This reverse brain-drain sustains the Valley's dominance, but doesn't explain how it came to be. The answer is that Silicon Valley wouldn't exist without co-operation by public and private institutions. Top research institutions like Stanford and CalTech won lucrative military contracts from WW2 to the Cold War that funded high-tech research. And to this day, mayor Ed Lee of San Francisco regularly engages with tech companies as he did with faberNovel, my former employer. For Taiwan to sustain its rapid growth and become a social enterprise hub, it needs to hasten its dialogue with its third-sector to bridge the existing chasm.
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Just a single San Fernando Valley school is in the running to participate in two key reform efforts widely touted by the mayor and schools chief as a key to boosting performance at Los Angeles Unified.
Superintendent David Brewer III said Thursday that he has cut five of the six Valley schools named in his original reform effort targeting 44 low-performing sites.
And Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has 34 confirmed meetings with LAUSD schools through November to determine which two high schools and their related elementary and middle schools he'll manage - but none of them are in the Valley.
While some say Valley schools are being unfairly left out of the reform efforts, others note the schools have specifically asked to be excluded.
Whatever the reason, however, exclusion of Valley schools in reform efforts could be politically risky for both the mayor and the superintendent.
"Historically, the Valley has felt left out and it's one of the reasons it has this impression that downtown L.A. is more than simply a 20- or 30-mile trip - it's in another universe in terms of representing their interests or meeting their needs," said Jaime Regalado, director of the Edmund G. "Pat" Brown Institute of Public Affairs at California State University, Los Angeles.
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Janelle Erickson, spokeswoman for the mayor, said the mayor's school partnership is designed to create a structure for fast-paced reform at all LAUSD campuses.
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"Whether a school lies within the family of schools or not, the partnership stands ready to support any and all reform efforts," Erickson said.
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LAUSD board member Tamar Galatzan, who represents part of the Valley, said it appears Valley schools asked to be left out of the reform efforts.
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Sigifredo Lopez - president of the Parent Community Coalition, which represents 1,800 parents in the Valley and the rest of the district - said parents don't trust the mayor or Brewer.
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Regalado said that while the mayor is aware of the importance of the Valley to his political future, Brewer may not realize the political land mines.
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text: Persona Dolls Kinderwelten A brief history… The persona doll method was developed in the USA… And then brought to Europe by: Babette Brown, London, UK Marianne Egedahl, Copenhagen, Denmark and Anke van Keulen, Utrecht, The Netherlands …who adapted and further developed the approach for a western European context Kinderwelten What are Persona Dolls? Kinderwelten Persona Dolls are Dolls with a personality. They have a name, a family, a history, things they like and don't like. They have a home and speak one or more languages, they have favorite food, and there are some foods they don't eat at all, they enjoy doing certain things, and at others they're not very good. Kinderwelten Persona Dolls represent the diversity in our world Kinderwelten Kinderwelten Kinderwelten The Persona Dolls visit the children in the day-care centre or at school and invite the children to talk with them. Kinderwelten Persona DollsFor which age group? 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Kinderwelten Literatur Enßlin, Ute/Henkys, Barbara: "Vielfalt ins Gespräch bringen mit Persona Dolls." In: "Kleine Kinder-keine Vorurteile?" Brown, Babette: "Combating Discrimination. Persona Dolls in Action. London: Trentham Books 2001 Derman-Sparks, Louise & A.B.C. Task Force: Anti-Bias-Curriculum. Tools for empowering young children. Washington: NAEYC 1989. Trisha, Whitney: "Kids like us: Using persona dolls in the classroom. Redleaf press, 1999. ISBN: 1-884834-65-5 Kinderwelten Literatur Videos: "Citizenship for all". Respect, rights, responsibilities (70 min) Celebrating diversity. Inclusion in practice (69 min) Persona Dolls in Action Source: 51 Granville Road, London N12 OJH, UK, Tel.: 020 8446 7056 E-Mail: email@example.com Website: www.kinderwelten.net www.persona-doll-training.org Kinderwelten The End Kinderwelten


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Sometimes, slaying the dragon is the easy part. The medieval village of Markesew was besieged, its virgins demanded in tribute to a filthy dragon, so when St. George the Dragonslayer arrived from modern times -- in his silver pants and lace-up boots -- his task was clear. Being a professional wrestler didn't qualify him for the job, but a sword and imagination were all he needed... or so he thought, until he came up against the mysterious mistress of Devil's Mount. Twelve years ago Alizon had been sent to die in the jaws of the serpent. Too tough for dragon teeth then, she'd never surrender to some foreigner in shiny hose now. She feared first for the secret world she'd built atop her mountain... but as St. George approached, Alizon realized it was not the dragon's armor he had come to pierce, but the scales around her own ferocious heart.
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Pmis to bm held mf TV* OmwI Cnvnty Senior Cid" zene Center will have a dance on Sunday July 17 horn 3 to 6 p.m. featuring die band Mixed County Line dance mule will be included int variety of selections. Everyone is welcome. Charge is S3 per penoit Snack Ber will be open — BYOB.Fischer man to stand trial for abuse of a corpse By CHRISTINE MARTIN Staff Writer A Fischer man charged with abuse of a corpse will appear on court for his third trial date Aug. I. Comal County Sheriff's Department Officer Mark Reynolds filed a complaint against Florian Eric Holm, 39, after he and other officers were shown put of a human skull in a five-gallon rtacner property. Shelly Phillips, court employee, also made a statement. "Holm had carried the skull around to Wimberley and other places showing people when he was out drinking." she said. Reynolds investigated Holm's property June 23,1993 During his investigation, he found the skull belonged to a 28-ycar-old,out-of-town man, Michael Murray, who had been killed June S, 1993, in a car wreck on Ranch Road 32 ("Devil's Backbone"). The accident involved only the one vehicle, which apparently failed to negotiate a sharp turn in the road. The victim was partially ejected from thb car in the process. The accident was worked by the sheriffs department and the Texas Highway Patrol. Holm remains free on $300 bail set by County ludgfi gird nark. Urn tel has been re-set so many times because the many officers on the list of witnesses that have been subpoenaed have other commitments. Abuse of a corpse is a Class A misdemeanor which carries a possible $3,000 fine and/or one year in jail or two years of probation. It is illegal to remove any part of a corpse or tamper with it from a burial site or scene of death. HteMMwg photo by JOHN HUSETH TMbyntgbftteilJteiUyrctuiidteMmtelytggO^OOkidimtgilDthritbutlnitiit. Canyon Lake fire called biggest in county in '94 •y CHAK! HAMMETT Staff Writer ,<• »* rn W- I 11:30] Cal Thomas igMkbig tonight lo NI Syndicated columnist Cal Thomas will apeak tonight at 7 p.m. at the New Braunfels Civic A fire near Canyon Lake Tuesday evening was the latge* commercial fire in the conrey thiy ymr, said Comal Coun-ty File Marshall Milton Willmann. The blaze caueed demage eetimated by WUlmenn et over $250,000 to three buiinceecs, River Spout, Jsk1! Liquor, and Jette Food and Beverage where the corporate offices ere located, at the oomer of Farm-to-Marie* Road! Center. Thomas' columns appear each mm- are $17.50 and pro- Criaia Pregnancy Center. Tickets are available rn Kwik Kopy. i located, at the oomer of Farm-to-Market I 306 tad 2673. That'i Sa biggeat one in the oounty this year," mid Willmann. Flva fimflghten were transported to McKenna Memoir Isl HkNpittl sod nvniI otkcii welt treated tor heat and amoke, but them were no serious injuries, said Willmann. Tba blam Hatted around IO p.m. and was ended et around i:3U p. rn Willmann mid the Canyon Lake Volunteer Fire Department and Bulverde Fire Department responded to the call. New Braunfels wet not called. He said efforts were hindered because the 7,000 gtilon tanker truck at Canyon Lake wa* out of service. The lanker would hive helped put out the blaze sooner he mid. Even though the location is dom to the Guadalupe River, difffc prevented fimflghten from pumping water to the blaze. "They (pipes) won't suck it up that high," laid the fire Willmann added the cum of the blaze was accidental, probably caused by an dectrical problem. He mid a camper behind the tube busines was found to have several electrical problems. 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NBU beginning extensive projects for next five years gyPHNITffi MAHI* BUM WI MT Electrical work earmarked for western part of county The ammi laying of mw* lines* FMU01 and Highway 46 and Highway 46 N. and Hunters Creek mark proposed by*N«w Bmiiftli Utilities including $600,000 (for electric ludlng $600,000 (for hookups) per ye* for the next five ▼balm itmitenenaf Im imantwapoporie orintod on rtcvcloO aiHPw WH* *iptmr MMI I — -* UU, »—»J NSU scent vice neemem Kocert Qfi eriticiied the team ii bikig too eonmnmrive. * i workshop atiitiog held recently. "lbs warn doll* a million per yttria theft," bs mid. ifoMechte*r defended his projections. "I know, but we hued to overestimate and have the money sitting there unutilimd," be replied to Orr. "We really bused the budget in the pas, but we feel the growth can't la*. "Mo* of them are because of toed growth in the area," he mid Regulatory change! 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Lord Hacking, who has been a Tory hereditary peer since 1971, says in a letter to The Independent today that his move has been prompted by changes in Conservative and Labour policies on penal affairs and Europe.
"The choice is party or policy," Lord Hacking, 60, says in a moving letter that will strike a chord with many Conservatives. "Difficult though it is, I believe the only honest choice is one of policy."
With the Prime Minister opening the final summit of his European presidency in Cardiff today, the latest Tory scalp will come as welcome evidence of Labour's positive attitude towards the European Union - and William Hague's steady drift into Euro-scepticism.
Lord Hacking, a partner in the London law firm Sonnenscheins, says that since the Tories lost office last year, they have been turning away from established policy towards the EU.
"It was my party who negotiated our entry into the EEC. It was my party who negotiated and signed the Single European Act in which we expressly agreed the convergence policies for bringing into being the single currency. It was my party who negotiated and signed the Maastricht treaty in which we expressly agreed the establishment of economic and monetary union, including the single currency ..."
Now, he says, Mr Hague talks of a single currency as "the economic equivalent of a burning building with no exits". Far from seeking to be at the heart of Europe, he adds, "we are now seeking to be apart from it".
Lord Hacking has similar disquiet about the direction of Tory policy on law and order. "Much has changed in the Conservative Party - as it has in the Labour Party - during my adult life," he says. "Recent changes in my party have not been to the good. At the end of its period of office, just over a year ago, we had a Conservative government which was standing on its head its own established penal policy. Claims by the then Home Secretary that `prison works' and the introduction of measures which imposed mandatory sentencing on the judiciary were populist and unworthy."
Examining the dilemma faced by all politicians in such circumstances, Lord Hacking says he can either stay with the Tories and try to work for a restoration of old commitments, or join Labour, already committed to a strong but compassionate penal policy and a determination to make the EU work from within.
"On Monday," he says, "I will be `crossing over' the floor of the Chamber of the House of Lords from the Conservative benches to the Labour benches."
As with all those who have made the same move in recent years, Lord Hacking says he leaves in sorrow. Having belonged to the Conservative Party for the past 40 years, he will be leaving friends behind. "I realise I will be causing upset," he says. But the growing frequency of the act measures the change in both parties.
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Four teenagers start a band. A story about friendship, love, growing up and above all: music!
It was Colin Walker's first day at his new school and he was beaming with excitement. A new school, a new start, that's what he optimistically thought. Not that things had gone wrong at his old school. He had had good friends, the teachers liked him (at least most of them did) and his grade had been good (with a few exceptions here and there, but he wasn't perfect). Most kids would be nervous to start out at a new school, especially when everyone already knew each other, but not Colin. You could say he was pretty confident, which he was, actually.
The reason he was so eager to start at a new school, was pretty much the reason he had wanted to left his old one. He wanted to start a band. He had actually wanted to join the one at his old school, but had been rejected. This didn't stop Colin from achieving his dream, though. After some persuading- which wasn't really that hard, since Colin's mother just really wanted him to shut up (Colin had a bad case of talking a lot and not to mention very fast) -his parents had agreed to transferring schools. Maybe it wasn't very smart of him not to check whether this school had a school band or not before applying, but he figured he could always start his own band, right?
Colin confidently opened the doors to step inside. No one really paid him any attention, but Colin didn't even notice. It felt to him like all eyes were upon him; he felt like the centre of attention. Unfortunately for him though, this was not the case. Not at all. No one had even noticed that there was a stranger among them.
The bell rang and Colin quickly tried to find the classroom he was supposed to be in about… well, right now. In his haste however, he didn't really pay attention to his surroundings, which led to him bumping into an older man. The man was probably in his thirties and seemed to be the teacher type. Or at least he looked this way to Colin. Thus, he decided to ask the man for help.
''Hello sir!'' he said in a cheerful manner. ''My name is Colin Walker, I'm new here. Could you maybe help me out?''
The man, who realised that it was a new kid and he shouldn't get mad at him for not looking out at his first day, smiled and hold out his hand.
''Colin eh? I've been expecting you. I'm Mr. Anderson, your homeroom teacher. Isn't that a coincidence? ''
Colin shook the man's hand enthusiastically.
''What a great timing, sir!''
Mr. Anderson led Colin to his classroom, while explaining some of the basic rules to him. Colin's mind wandered off though, since these rules were the same at his old school.
They stopped in front of a closed door, where they heard the class talking quite loud. A girl noticed their homeroom teacher, and quickly hushed her classmates. Silence followed and Colin noticed that they all sat very straight, like the perfect students.
''Bunch of bootlickers…'' Mr. Anderson muttered. Colin grinned at that comment. ''Well Colin, ready to meet your new class?''
Without waiting for an answer though, he opened the door and stepped inside. Colin followed.
''Morning, class.''
''Morning, Mr. Anderson.''
''As you may have noticed, we have a new student.'' Mr. Anderson gestured to Colin, to imply that he had to introduce himself. This, he really shouldn't have done, he thought later on.
''Hi, I'm Colin Walker! I used to go to Humphreys, but I didn't really like it there, so I told my parents that I wanted to transfer and they were okay with that so here I am. My birthday is May 28th which makes me a Gemini, so if I ever seem to have mood swings, really sorry about that but they say we're like two people in one. I'm basically a twin on my own. Any questions?''
His new classmates just stared. One boy put up his hand.
''Do you breathe?'' he asked, referring to the fact that Colin had said all that in one breath, what's more no one was sure they really got everything he had said. Colin was used to that though. The question 'do you breathe?' was pretty much the reaction everyone who met him had.
Colin grinned.
Mr. Anderson, who had been dumbstruck like everyone else, seemed to have recovered and pointed Colin to his seat next to a raven-haired boy.
Colin sat down without paying attention to all the stares. He was glad to have a seat next to the window, since he had trouble paying attention in class. This way, he could at least entertain himself with whatever was happening outside.
He sat down and turned to his right, to say hi to his neighbour when he caught sight of two purple eyes. Now it was Colin's time to be amazed.
''You have purple eyes!'' he exclaimed.
The boy next to him grinned.
''Yeah, pretty cool eh? Gave my mum a good scare when I was born though-''
''Shut up Liam, he'll probably believe you,'' the girl in front of Colin said. She turned around and smiled. ''I'm Leanne, Liam's twin sister. Feel free to call me Lea, and don't believe a word this idiot brother of mine says.''
They did look alike, now that she mentioned it. Except she had long hair that she had braided and bright blue eyes, though Colin figured that Liam's were the exact same colour.
Liam rolled his eyes.
''My sister always knows how to ruin a prank.''
Colin's eyes lit up when he heard those words.
''You like to prank?''
''Oh boy…'' Leah mumbled.
Mr. Anderson declared that since there was nothing to discuss, they could make their homework. This meant of course that everyone spent the period talking to each other, instead of actually doing something. Mr. Anderson clearly didn't mind, as he himself was doing something on his phone. Colin could tell from the way his hands moved he was playing a game, probably bubble shooter or Candy Crush.
Just like the rest of the class, the two new friends spent the rest of homeroom talking, though they talked about pranks, much to Leanne's dismay, who decided to leave the two boys alone and talk to her own friends.
''Hey, hey! Is there a school band?'' Colin asked, when class was almost over. It had almost slipped his mind, but this was why he was there after all.
To Colin's disappointment, Liam shook his head. Oh well, Colin thought, how hard can it be to start my own?
''No, why, you want to be in a band?'' Liam grinned. Colin knew exactly why. It was for the same reason his parents had laughed when he had told them. People often thought he had ADHD, since he kind of acted like it. That, or he acted like a five year old. Colin was very aware of this, but it was who he was. He'd probably drive the other band members mad, but he was certain that they would be able to put up with it. After all, they had to get along.
Colin grinned back at his new friend.
''Yeah, I've always wanted to be in one! They wouldn't let me be in the band at my old school, since there was no room, that's actually the reason I transferred here, to be honest. Well, I guess I'll have to start it myself then!''
The bell rang and Colin followed the purple eyed boy out of the classroom. It turned out they both had a free period, and Colin had decided to start recruiting band members.
''I don't know man, pretty much all of the kids with any musical talent are already in a club. I mean, you could always try, I guess…'' Liam scratched the back of his head. Colin wasn't dejected by those words though. He wouldn't give up before had started a band. Was giving up even in his dictionary? He didn't think so. Hence, the rest of the day he spent asking around if anyone would want to join his band. No one in his class was interested and declined him politely, saying they were already in a club, couldn't play an instrument if their live depended on it or they simply didn't want to. It wasn't just his class though, no on in his entire year wanted to join. Colin was a little bit depressed after that, though Liam had to admit, the guy had never heard of giving up.
The next day, Colin was in even higher spirits and even more motivated than the day before. After all, he had asked everyone in year eleven, but not in year twelve nor in thirteen. There were still many people he could ask to join. Both Liam and Leanne looked at him with respect, but also with pity in their eyes, as he was rejected once again.
''Doesn't Fai Hu from the year above play bass?'' Leanne said quietly to her twin. Her brother tilted his head a bit, thinking.
''Yeah, I think I heard something like that as well, but… He doesn't seem like he'd agree to join…''
Leanne nodded in agreement.
''He never talks, does he? He probably wouldn't want to join something like a school band…''
Colin had heard a few bits from their conversation from where he had been standing, so after another refusal he didn't look down at all. In fact, he was jumping up and down by the time he stood next to his two friends.
''Who? Who? Who? Who are you talking about? Who plays bass? Who?''
The two twins looked at each other in doubt, before Liam decided that his friend would most likely find out about Hu anyway.
''Fai Hu, a twelfth year, plays bass guitar. He's not in any club-''
''Really? Great!'' and before the twins could even say a word, he was gone.
''Oh boy.'' Liam sighed and his sister sighed with him. They already felt bad for Colin.
Fai Hu was sitting in his seat, not surrounded by friends like the rest of his class, but he was content. After all, no one would bother him while he was reading. His peace was disturbed by a younger boy- who was a lot taller than him, by the way, but Fai was certain that he was younger than him. After all, he acted younger (actually, he acted like a five year old) and there was something about the blonde's eyes that made Fai think he was younger than him. Or maybe Fai was just too mature for his age, something his older sister kept reminding him of.
Fai decided to just keep reading his book and ignore the junior. He was sure that if he acted rude the boy would take the hint and leave. When the tall boy started to jump however, which was either an attempt to get his attention or because he couldn't stand still, Fai decided to close the book he had been reading and looked the boy in the eye.
''You're Fai Hu right? My name is Colin Walker, I'm new here and really wanted to join the school band, only there isn't one so I'm starting my own! Anyway, I heard you play bass and wanted to ask you to join!'' the boy was grinning from ear to ear, and even though he had been talking fast- Fai had to admit, he was a little taken aback by this even though he hadn't shown it -Fai understood every word. Here we go again. He had been asked to join a club several times, though that was years ago when he first started school. Nowadays people tended to avoid him. They only talked to him when it was absolutely necessary. To be asked by a junior was a first though, they seemed afraid of him.
''No.'' as he said so, he opened his book again.
Colin's grin broke and he sat down in defeat.
''Why is everyone saying no?'' he wondered aloud. Fai admitted that he felt a little bit bad, but he couldn't join a band. One, he wasn't social at all. It had been a long time since he had had an actual conversation. Two, he had major stage fright. Being in a band and stage fright didn't go that well. Three, well he didn't like thinking about three.
''Look, I'm really sorry, but a band is just not my thing.''
Colin looked up at him and seemed to study him closely. This made Fai feel very uncomfortable. He felt like the younger boy was looking right through him, as if he could read him like a book.
''Why not? You play bass.'' Colin said, though it seemed like he wanted to say more. Fai just shrugged, really not wanting to tell the stranger what was going on in his head.
''I want to start a band to make new friends and make music together, doesn't that sound like fun? Don't you want friends again? Real friends?''
Fai looked at him with wide eyes. What the-?
''We won't abandon you because you have flaws. Everyone has flaws. I myself am very childish, I can be irresponsible and really greedy. I play pranks on people, something most people don't really appreciate.''
Fai started to become a bit scared now. How did he know that he was afraid to make friends, because the last time he had friends they had just left them like that?
''I don't know what you're talking about, if you could just go to your own class…''
He looked at his book, but his mind was elsewhere. Slowly the memories started to come back. He hadn't thought about that for so long and now… He was vaguely aware of the fact that Colin didn't do as he had asked, but he was already consumed by the memories.
''Fai you're so bossy, I don't want to be your friend anymore.''
''Stop being the boss of me, Fai.''
''Why are you so stubborn?''
''If they're not friends with you anymore, I don't want to be your friend either.''
''Fai you're so smart, you make me feel stupid. I don't want to be around you.''
''Everyone else doesn't want to be your friend, so why should I?''
''I've never really seen you as a friend, you know.''
''I was only friends with you, because I felt sorry for you.''
Fai watched as his friends walked away from him, one by one. The words echoed in his head. Bossy. Stubborn. So smart. I've never really seen you as a friend. They saw his flaws, and they walked away from him. His mother had explained to him that everyone had flaws, some people had bigger flaws than other people, but real friends would live with your flaws. His friends couldn't live with them, so were they no real friends? But all of his friends had hated him for his 'flaws'. He hated that word. He hated it so much. If they all left him because of who he was, then surely, it couldn't be because of them. It was him. It was all him. Because he was so bossy, and so stubborn, and so smart, they had all left him. They left him alone.
He walked home alone. His mother came out to greet him with a smile.
''Mommy, do you hate me?'' he asked her. His mother looked at him in surprise.
''Why would you ask that, sweetheart? Of course I don't hate you.''
Fai started crying and his mother hugged him, a worried expression on her face.
''What happened?''
He couldn't speak though. He never told her or his father why he had cried that day, or why he didn't play with his friends anymore. If he told them, then surely they would realise what a horrible person he was and leave him as well.
Ever since that day he hadn't talked to anyone out of his free will. He made sure to keep his distance, because if he made any new friends they too would realise who he really was and then leave him.
''Fai?" Colin asked. Fai looked up from his book in surprise. He had kind of forgotten that the boy had been there.
''When's the last time you had any friends?'' the boy asked bluntly. Fai thought it rude, but for some unknown reason, he answered anyway.
''A long time ago,'' when he saw the other boy's face, he quickly added: ''I don't need friends.''
Colin shook his head.
''Everyone needs friends,'' he held out his hand and grinned his boyish grin. ''And I'm willing to be yours.''
Fai just stared at the hand, not entirely sure what was happening. Was someone actually offering to be his friend?
''Why?'' he blurted out. He immediately regretted it, but Colin didn't seem surprised by this reaction. He just smiled.
''Because I want to be. You seem interesting.'' he grinned and Fai took his hand.
''Alright, I'll join your band.'' Fai sighed, after shaking Colin's hand. Colin's eyes lit up when he heard this.
To be honest, he wasn't sure if he made the right decision. He still wasn't social, even if Colin was willing to be his friend. And of course there was the matter of his stage fright. Well, those were problems for later on, he supposed.
Fai nodded, to which Colin jumped up from his seat and, to Fai's surprise, hugged him. Not knowing what to do, he just sat there. Colin let go of the Chinese boy, told him he would speak to him later and ran out of the classroom.
Fai stared at the energetic boy running out of the door. He had no idea what just happened. He went from a boy without any friends, to one with a friend and being in a band. How did that happen again?