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That was what the Chinese government had to say at the weekend. The economy is also dominating the political agenda here in the UK, but David Cameron will be trying to strike a slightly more positive note. He's is launching a £400m "Get Britain Building" fund within the next hour and then later he's speaking to the CBI, where he will be saying that the government has an answer to the economic crisis."The one thing that we can be certain of, among all the uncertainties, is that the global economic recession caused by the international financial crisis will be chronic."
Paralysis in the eurozone is causing alarm in the markets and having a chilling effect on economies in many countries – including our own.
When the nightly news is about rising interest rates in Europe and uncertainty about the future, it is not surprising that that affects business and consumer confidence.
But people don't want explanations they want answers.
I am absolutely clear about the right answer for the UK economy.
It can be summed up in one sentence - we need to deal with our debts and go for growth ...
Everyone agrees now that in the past Britain's economy had become lopsided – too dependent on debt, consumption and financial services.
Well, we are putting that right. We need a different kind of economy and a different kind of growth.
If we are to build a new model of growth, we need to give a massive boost to enterprise, entrepreneurship and business creation.
Put simply Britain must become one of the best places to do business on the planet.
I'll be covering the speech in detail later.
Here's the full agenda for the day.
9.30am: David Cameron and Nick Clegg unveil their £400m plan to promote home building.
10am: Milly Dowler's parents give evidence to the Leveson inquiry. Other witnesses today are Hugh Grant, lawyer Graham Shear and writer Joan Smith, whose phone was allegedly hacked because of her relationship with MP Denis MacShane.
10.30am: Boris Johnson launches a report on airport capacity in London and south east England. He will renew his call for a new airport in the Thames estuary.
11am: Cameron speaks at the CBI annual conference.
3pm: John Cridland, director general of the CBI, speaks at the CBI annual conference.
3.30pm: Mark Thompson, the BBC director general, gives evidence to the Commons public accounts committee on BBC efficiency.
As usual, I'll be covering all the breaking political news, as well as looking at the papers and bringing you the best politics from the web. I'll post a lunchtime summary at around 1pm and an afternoon one at about 4pm.
If you want to follow me on Twitter, I'm on @AndrewSparrow.
the government's £400m "Get Britain Building" fund as "small beer".On the Today programme earlier Ed Balls, the shadow chancellor, described
According to PoliticsHome, this is what he said.
I'm afraid it's rather small beer in its scale, it's a £400m boost when George Osborne last year announced a £4bn cut in housing spending, and we've proposed building 25,000 homes this year and next using the bank bonus tax, which would be considerably bigger boost to jobs in the construction sector.
But at least it starts to show that David Cameron and George Osborne have realised that unless you act to get growth and jobs in our economy, you can't get the deficit down, and so I think it probably does show that at last the Government is starting to shift.
But later on the same programme Grant Shapps, the housing minister, said that the £400m fund was only one of more than 100 measures in the housing package being announced this morning. The level of house building probably needed to double, he said.
where the army have attacked democracy protesters.William Hague, the foreign secretary, also did a stint on the Today programme this morning. He was talking about events in Egypt,
Hague said Britain wanted to see "the speediest possible transition to civilian democratic rule in Egypt". But he played down suggestions that the gains of the Arab Spring were being reversed. I've taken the quote from PoliticsHome.
It is worrying, it is of great concern to us, particularly the loss of life and the number of injuries. I think you were going too far by saying hopes are fading for democracy in the Arab world. We do have these elections about to take place, and of course we have seen successful elections in Tunisia, a new government has been formed in Libya, important reforms are taking place in Morocco and Jordan, and we should remain on the optimistic side of what is happening in the Arab Spring, although there will be many conflicts and difficulties along the way.
Sir Michael Scholar, the authority's chairman, has accused the Home Office of issuing "highly selective" data "in order, it seems, to show the UK Border Agency in a good light".Chris Bryant, the shadow immigration minister, has written to Sir Gus O'Donnell, the cabinet secretary, asking for an investigation into whether Damian Green, the immigration minister, broke the ministerial code when they released selective drug seizure figures to journalists. The code says ministers have to follow the UK Statistics Authority's code when they release official figures, and
Bryant said this was a serious allegation.
This has been a deliberate attempt to mislead the public in advance of the publication of independently verified statistics and to propagate some good news in the midst of the Borders Agency fiasco.
The Scottish National Party have received a £1m donation from the Scottish couple who won £161m on the EuroMillions lottery. It's the largest single donation the SNP has ever received.
Here's an extract from the Press Association story.
Chris and Colin Weir insisted that the donation - the largest ever in the SNP's history - was about "more than party politics" ...
Mrs Weir said: "We have been supporters of the SNP for a long time but this is about more than party politics.
"Every society, every country should have the right and the opportunity to determine its own path. That's something I've believed in strongly for a long time.
"We want to give the people of Scotland a fair chance in the referendum campaign that's why we are supporting the SNP now and into the independence referendum.
"The only people with the right to decide Scotland's future are the people of Scotland themselves and we want to support the SNP and the referendum campaign in helping Scotland make that decision fairly."
tweet from Labour's Caroline Flint about the story about an appeal court judge ruling that repeated swearing sbould not count as a public order offence.
Judge allows appeal on grounds ok to abuse police with f word as it is part of normal banter. If true will this be allowed in courtrooms?
that the government will help to fund a new University College London institute that will study health inequalities.Andrew Lansley, the health secretary, is today announcing
I've got to leave the office now because there is a fire alarm. But I'll post again when I'm allowed back in (assuming the Houses of Parliament don't burn down.)
I'm back. The Commons is still standing. It was a test.
Meanwhile, Milly Dowler's parents have started giving evidence to the Leveson inquiry. You can follow it all on our live blog.
on the Department for Communities website, and here's the 78-page document with full details (pdf).The government has now published its housing strategy. The news release is
here. And all the politics stories filed yesterday, including some in today's paper, are here.You can read all today's Guardian politics stories
As for the rest of the papers, here are some stories that are particularly interesting.
• Andrew Pearce in the Daily Mail says Lord Ali has hired a lawyer to investigate whether the Lords' decision to punish three Asian peers over their expenses was racist.
Three Asian peers given lengthy bans from Parliament after wrongly claiming almost £200,000 in expenses are at the centre of an extraordinary legal battle over whether they were targeted because of their race.
The sanctions against Lady Uddin, Lord Paul, and Lord Bhatia were the most draconian against misbehaving peers in 300 years.
But now Labour peer Lord Ali has hired leading human rights lawyer Imran Khan to review the damning judgment on the peers by the Lords Privileges and Conduct Committee ...
[Ali] 'Something is not right about the way these three peers were treated. There were at least 12 members of the House of Lords who were accused of abusing their second home allowances. Yet only these three were singled out to be disciplined. Look at them.
'All three are Asian. It does not look right.'
• Anushka Asthana in the Times (paywall) says the government is likely to reject Boris Johnson's call for a new airport in the Thames estuary.
Ministers have ruled out making any decision on calls for a new hub airport in the Thames Estuary until at least the middle of next year, sources have told The Times. Even then they are unlikely to back the idea because of huge "practical difficulties" that they do not think can be overcome.
Officials have privately slapped down Boris Johnson's campaign for a four-runway airport to the east of London. That could lead to an angry backlash by the Mayor of London, who will speak to the Institute of Directors about the project today. Mr Johnson thinks the project — dubbed "Boris Island" — could boost the economy and generate tens of thousands of jobs.
• Kenneth Clarke, the justice secretary, says in the Times (paywall) that he wants to make careers in the judiciary more accessible to women.
We must modernise rules that make the practical business of life as a judge difficult for women. Flexible working is accepted in every walk of modern professional life; the senior judiciary should be no exception. We propose to allow part-time working for judges at the High Court, Appeal Court and Supreme Court. An able woman seeking a post in the senior judiciary should no longer be at a disadvantage because she has paused her career to have a family.
• Oliver Wright in the Independent says the High Pay Commission report being published tomorrow will call for companies to be forced to publish details of the pay gap between their top executives and their average employees.
The independent High Pay Commission, which is due to publish its report tomorrow, is expected to recommend a number of measures to increase transparency and reduce incentives for companies excessively to reward senior management. Sources close to the commission said these are likely to include proposals to simplify pay structures so total reward packages can't be disguised from shareholders, and also to put employees on company remuneration committees. The report will be welcomed by the Labour leader Ed Miliband, and is also likely to feed in to the Government's own policy on executive pay.
• Graeme Paton in the Daily Telegraph says Patrick Roach, deputy general secretary of the NASUWT teaching union, has been criticised for describing the Education Act as a "crime against humanity".
Cameron says Britain must be one of the best places in the world to do business. (In the text released in advance, he said one of the best places "on the planet".)
He tells the CBI that if they have measures that will help the economy grow, they should tell the government.
Cameron says he thinks Tech City in East London could become "the digital capital of Europe".
Cameron says he is "proud" of the fact that he takes business delegations with him abroad. He sees that as part of his job, he says.
Cameron has finished his speech. He is meant to be taking questions, but the BBC has just dropped the feed on its website.
I'll post a summary when I've read the full text.
speech to the CBI (pdf) was a fairly pedestrian one. It wasn't that it was bad; it was just that it did not say anything particularly new. Here are the key points.David Cameron's
• Cameron said Labour's economic proposals were "dangerously wrong".
We are recovering from a debt crisis, not a traditional recession.
People who argue that traditional fiscal stimulus, extra spending funded by even more borrowing, is the right answer are not just wrong - but dangerously wrong ...
Eighteen months ago, Italy's borrowing costs were the same as Britain's.
Today, they are almost three times higher.
We had an emergency budget last summer on our own terms, not this summer on the market's terms ...
There are some who seriously try to argue that additional spending and borrowing will actually lead to less debt in the end, despite the fact that no evidence supports this assertion.
These arguments are just a way of avoiding difficult decisions, the kind of something for nothing economics that got us into this mess, which is why no indebted European country is taking that path.
Nor are there any major European opposition parties in high deficit countries arguing for additional borrowing – except here in Britain.
• He said the housing plans announced today could help up to 100,000 people get mortgates.
• He said next week's autumn statement would include announcements on credit easing and infrastracture spending.
• He said the government was announcing plans to make it easier for businesses to win public sector contracts.
Cameron did a Q&A session at the CBI. I couldn't watch it, because I couldn't find a live feed, but some of my colleagues have been doing the business on Twitter. Here are some extracts.
From Channel 4's Faisal Islam
Cam thrown curve ball from the floor about older workers staying in their jobs and restricting pops for youth. He quotes lump of lab fallacy
PM: admits there is "danger of a lost generation" of young unemployed. Interesting.
From the Press Association's Rob Merrick
Is Cameron admitting failure here? "It can still be a nightmare for companies wanting to borrow money.... #cbi
'If you're trying to export, get on the phone to the ambassador, use their embassy, use their staff. Foreign office is key for export' #CBI
'Normally at this stage before an Olympics, the government is under lots of pressure. But things are on-track for 2012' #CBI
MT has learned today that Cameron has a remarkable head for figures. 'Only 14 EU countries licensed for iTunes'. Impressive.
Boris Johnson, the mayor of London, has renewed his call for a new airport in the south east of England. He was speaking at the Institute of Directors, where he launched a report saying building a new airport would drive growth and create jobs.
Here's the key quote from his speech.
London's historic aviation links have provided the capital and the nation with great riches. However the global economic geography is shifting and distant cities are rocketing up the league tables of global trade. The old order is passing however our airports are unable to serve the young bucks that are set to drive the world forward.
In the next 15 years 75 million Chinese households will enter the middle classes. It is a phenomenal market and we need our engineers to be able to hop on a plane and build their infrastructure. We need their business leaders to fly in and consult with our contract lawyers. However their business is already being snaffled up by our friends on the continent who chortle at our continued inertia.
There is no doubt that to do nothing will lead to economic stagnation. The Government must now grasp the nettle and begin serious plans for the multi runway solution that can keep London and our great nation in the premier league of the global economy.
Johnson said that Heathrow offers just 9,000 seats per week to mainland China, via just two routes. Frankfurt serves four destinations and offers twice as many seats, he argued. London also has no direct connection to 12 Chinese that are expected to be among the 25 "mega cities" with the highest GDP in the world by 2025, he said.
The IoD have backed Johnson's stance. Here's a comment from Simon Walker, the IoD's director general.
London has always been a cutting-edge place – a world city for a country that looks beyond its borders. But its status as one of the top global cities is now under threat.
The main airport is full, the second airport is nearly full, and the other airports surrounding London are set to be full within 20 years. International business leaders coming to the UK, and our members who use the airports to take British goods and services to the world, have to put up with constant delays and frustrations.
10.54am.) The Ministry of Justice has now published its 45-page consultation document (pdf). One idea (intended to make the a career in judiciary more appealling to mothers) is to allow high court and appeal court judges to work part time. Another is to prioritise candidates from under-represented groups when other factors are equal.Earlier I quoted from Kenneth Clarke's article in the Times about his plans to improve the diversity of judicial appointments. (See
Here's an extract from the Ministry of Justice news release.
The principle of appointment on merit will remain the fundamental basis of policy. But the changes will provide better access to judicial careers, enable clear career progression and extend flexible working arrangements to encourage applications from previously untapped talent pools.
The wide ranging consultation seeks views on whether, when considering two candidates of genuinely equal ability, there should be a presumption in favour of selecting the person from an underrepresented group ...
Lack of diversity among judges can have a negative impact on the experience of people who use the courts, and limits the range of life experiences that judges can draw upon. Figures show that 13.7%, of senior judges are women and 3.1% are from Black and Asian groups, compared to 51% and 12% of the wider population.
Here's a lunchtime summary.
• David Cameron and Nick Clegg have announced the introduction of taxpayer-backed 95% mortgages as part of a package of measures to help "unstick" the housing market. Speaking at the launch of the housing strategy, Cameron said he wanted to make the dream of home ownership accessible to everyone.
It's not just about the economy, it's also about people's hopes and dreams. You always remember that moment, if you've done it, when you get that key and you walk into your first flat, it's a magic moment. It's a moment I want everyone in this country to have, not just better-off people. The dream of home ownership is something that should be achievable for everyone.
But Ed Miliband, the Labour leader, accused the government of doing too little, too late.
These measures are too little, too late from the man who was responsible for choking off growth in the British economy when he came to power. Putting back just 10% of the £4 billion he cut from housing investment last year will convince no-one he is serious about getting growth back into the economy.
• Cameron has said that cutting the deficit is "harder than anyone envisaged". In a speech to the CBI, he said: "Getting debt under control is proving harder than anyone envisaged. High levels of public and private debt are proving to be a drag on growth, which in turn makes it more difficult to deal with those debts. But this also undermines further the case for adding to the national burden of debt with even more borrowing." Labour's economic proposals were "dangerously wrong", he said. (See 11.40am.)
• Francis Maude, the Cabinet Office minister, has said he is "determined to remove the anti-UK bias in the way our public sector does its shopping". He made the declaration in a speech explaining how the government will make it easier for firms to bid for government contracts.
• The mother of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler has told the Leveson inquiry of the moment she believed her daughter was picking up her voicemail messages, giving false hope that she was still alive.
• The Treasury has published an independent report calling for the creation of a narrowly-focused general anti-abuse rule (GAAR) to restrict tax avoidance. Graham Aaronson QC, who produced the report, said he was strongly in favour of the measure.
Responsible tax planning is an essential feature in a complex tax regime, such as the UK's. But artificial and abusive tax avoidance schemes are widely regarded as an intolerable assault on the integrity of the tax regime. A general anti-abuse rule narrowly targeted to deter such schemes, while not affecting responsible tax planning, should lead to a fairer, more principled and ultimately simpler tax system.
The Treasury said it would "carefully consider" the proposal. The TUC said it was strongly in favour. "A general anti-avoidance rule would make it far harder for thesuper-rich to hide behind tax loop-holes and avoid paying their fair share of taxation," said Brendan Barber, the TUC general secretary.
• Kenneth Clarke, the justice secretary, has launched a consultation on prioritising women and ethnic minority candidates in judicial appointments. (See 12.29pm.)
• Boris Johnson has warned that Britain faces economic stagnation unless another airport is built in the south east of England. His speech on this subject coincided with a report in the Times claiming that the government is likely to reject his proposal for an airport in the Thames estuary. (See 10.54am and 12.11pm.)
• A couple who scooped a £161m lottery jackpot have handed the Scottish National party a record £1m boost as it prepares for an independence referendum.
• The Cabinet Office has announced the creation of a £20m fund to help not-for-profit free advice services in the UK. The announcement came as peers prepared to debate the legal aid, sentencing and punishment of offenders bill. The bill will limit access to legal aid, putting the future of law centres dependent on legal aid at risk.
• William Hague, the foreign secretary, has said that Britain is strengthening its links with the Syrian opposition. As the BBC reports, he has appointed an "ambassador designate" to liaise with them.
• Justine Greening, the transport secretary, has said that the government will maintain its "no security scan, no fly" policy at British airports despite EU demands that passengers be allowed a pat-down search instead.
Prince Philip calls wind farms "useless" and "completely reliant on subsidies". Oh the irony :)
Ed Miliband has accused David Cameron of "rank hypocrisy" over his decision to slash the subsidies available for people who install solar panels. Miliband feels particularly strongly about feed-in tariffs because he introduced the current system when he was energy secretary.
Here's an extract from the statement he's issued.
Solarcentury [a solar panel firm Miliband visited today] is a company doing the right thing. It has invested, innovated, researched, exported, manufactured, and created jobs. Now this productive job–creating and wealth-creating business is being strangled at birth because of the rank hypocrisy of this government.
For all our other differences it appeared there was genuine cross-party consensus on the need to green our economy and create new industries and jobs. That consensus has now been broken.
David Cameron's decision to cut the feed-in tariff scheme shows the claims he made during his husky-hugging phase were about nothing more than re-branding the Conservative Party. Those who 'voted blue to go green' are rightly angry that we have a Tory government that is breaking more of its promises by the day.
Labour are holding a debate on this issue on Wednesday.
Here is some of the reaction that we've had to the publication of the government's housing strategy.
From Campbell Robb, Shelter's chief executive
Whilst we welcome the government's commitment to tackle our housing crisis, today's announcement falls far short of the quarter of a million new homes we need each year just to meet demand.
We are concerned that schemes to help first-time buyers and council tenants will simply encourage people to overextend themselves, while doing nothing to address the sky-high cost of housing.
This strategy also does almost nothing to help the growing number of families living in insecure private rented housing with hardly any protection from rogue landlords or unexpected rises in rent. Unfortunately these aren't the bold and radical solutions we need to solve a housing crisis that's been decades in the making.
From Alex Morton, research fellow at think-tank Policy Exchange
The real problem today is not the high mortgage required but the high cost of housing in the first place. You cannot solve the problem of expensive housing just by encouraging greater lending.
The key isn't demand but supply. We've built fewer and fewer homes despite higher immigration and, much more importantly, older people are living for decades in large family homes.
No-one wants to push out people who worked hard for their home, so we need to build more quality family homes where people want to live - in attractive new city suburbs across the UK.
We believe the government must recognise our local authority plan-led system has failed to build either enough homes or high- quality housing.
We need to move away from the system that lets council bureaucracies determine what is built, where it is built, and how much it is built. A more liberal system with less council control but greater direct say for local people is the solution.
From David Orr, chief executive of the National Housing Federation
Today's announcement of an additional 3,250 affordable homes is a drop in the ocean. Ministers need to be bolder and go much further to fix the broken housing market and they can do it in a way that is effectively cost neutral.
A public investment of £1bn - matched by £8bn from housing associations - would build 66,000 shared ownership homes for people on low to middle incomes, create 400,000 jobs and in doing so save the taxpayer £700m in job seekers not to mention the added savings from housing benefit and increased tax revenues.
From David Parsons, head of the Local Government Association's environment and housing board
The opportunity for councils to run their own housing stock independently is good news for tenants and local taxpayers.
Councils are trusted by local people to ensure that housing meets the needs which they highlighted in their local plans. Councils make a real difference to those needing social housing and help avoid the costs to society caused by insufficient and poor quality housing.
It is also positive that all developments will now be subject to guarantees that they must bring social, economic and environmental benefits to the local area. However, it remains vital that transitional arrangements are put in place before the new system starts.
information about these posts and, in a speech, Herbert has described the qualities he is looking for in candidates.Nick Herbert, the policing minister, is urging people to consider standing for election as a police commissioner next year. The Home Office has put up a page on its website with
I want dynamic leaders, community champions, pioneers and entrepreneurs to consider standing for this office.
We need people of real calibre who have built or led organisations and who are committed to public service to step forward.
Candidates could have experience in the private, voluntary or public sector.
We want people from all backgrounds, who can bring new perspectives to a service that hasn't always represented the communities it polices.
Herbert also said that people would not have to be politicians, or linked to a politcal party, to stand.
Breaking - UK severs ties with Iranian banks ... George Osborne using counter-terror laws to stop Iran financing Bomb ...
I'll post more on this when I get more information.
The Treasury has now released details of the sanctions being imposed on Iran. British banks are being ordered to cut all ties with Iranian banks. Here's an extract from the news release.
This is the first time that the UK has used these powers to cut an entire country's banking sector off from our financial sector. This underlines the severity of the Government's concerns about Iran's activities. From 15:00 Monday 21 November 2011, all UK credit and financial institutions are required to cease business relationships and transactions with all Iranian banks, including the Central Bank of Iran, and their branches and subsidiaries.
Iran's activities that facilitate the development or production of a nuclear weapon pose a significant risk to the national interests of the UK and countries across the region. Iranian banks play a crucial role in providing financial services to individuals and entities within Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile programmes, as companies carrying out proliferation activities require banking services. London is an important global financial centre and the UK's financial restrictions will make it more difficult for Iranian banks to utilise the international financial system in support of Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile programmes. This measure will protect the UK financial sector from being unknowingly used by Iranian banks for proliferation related transactions.
Here's an afternoon reading list.
• Robert Peston on his BBC blog on new figures showing that total UK debt is 492% of GDP.
The point is that if excessive debt is the disease, what we've had since the end of 2008 is analgesic and sticking plaster, rather than cure.
Record low interest rates and the creation of £275bn of new money through the quantitative easing programme have made it possible for us to live with our debts - cheap money has made the debts bearable.
But we haven't as yet found a way to get the debts down so that we can be confident that our economy's foundations are solid and sound again.
What it means is that we must brace ourselves for many years of relatively low growth, perhaps 1% versus the 3% of the 16 boom years before the crash, because we no longer have the fuel of borrowing more and more every year.
• Sam Macrory at PoliticsHome interviews Lady Trumpington, the 89-year-old Tory peer who hit the headlines when she flicked a v-sign at Lord King after he mentioned her ages. She talks about her time at Bletchley Park during the war, and why she wants to stay alive long enough to see the legalisation of brothels.
She recalls an "incredible" atmosphere when the German U-boat codes were cracked, even if Bletchley's geniuses weren't overly gregarious. "The specialists, who were probably in crossword puzzles, weren't terribly sociable.
"After the war, I walked past one of the men who had been in the same hut. In a horrible, schoolgirl way, we used to tease him. He took one look at me and ran."
Throughout, secrets were never shared. "It was so drilled into you, that I still can't talk about it," she admits. "I can when I'm with the others, and we all feel the same way." She says herformer colleagues provide a "safety valve of brotherhood.
• Fraser Nelson at Coffee House is not impressed by suggestions that David Cameron will let Germany have an EU treaty renegotiation in return for concessions on the working time directive.
If so, this would be an opportunity squandered on a massive – perhaps historic – scale. Let's recap. Cameron is in an incredibly powerful position: leading a government which is, in defiance of public opinion, giving £9 billion of overseas aid to EU member states each year. That's more than we give to all third world countries put together, and more than any country other than Germany. We're one of the biggest and most gullible paymasters of Europe: surely we can make better demands than this?
• Dan Hodges at the Telegraph thinks Ed Balls is fighting to win the last election, not the next one.
Gordon Brown launched his 2010 election campaign declaring, "In the dawn of this new decade, Britain faces the biggest choice for a generation". Britain took it. And the choice was David Cameron, Nick Clegg and austerity, not stimulus.
For some reason Labour cannot , or will not, acknowledge that fact. There are no instant replays in politics. But Labour's tactic is to appeal, appeal and appeal again in the belief that sooner or later the electorate's decision will be overturned. "Too far, too fast!" "Hmmm, no, pitching just in-line". "Too far, too fast!!". "No, I'm afraid you're out". "Can't you see! It was too far and too fast!!!"
Young people should be able to obtain cheap, "work only" car insurance, Labour are saying. The idea has emerged from the first stage of the party's transport policy review. John Woodcock, the shadow transport minister, says that the average premium for a 17 to 24-year-old is £2,400 or more but that insurance would be much cheaper if it only covered people using a car for work.
The sky-high cost of car insurance for young people is making it impossible for those who need to drive to be able to take up a job opportunity or stay on in education or training.
Instead of simply pricing young people out of driving, insurance companies could help responsible young drivers by offering a choice of cheaper products that provide insurance at specified times to those who need their cars for work, education or training and are prepared to avoid the situations where more accidents occur.
I hope our offer to work with the insurance companies will be matched by government ministers, who have so far been alarmingly complacent and out-of-touch with the transport crisis that is making it even harder for young people to find a job.
Here's an afternoon summary.
• George Osborne, the chancellor, has ordered all British banks and financial institutions to stop doing business with their counterparts in Iran. It is the first time a government has used Counter-Terrorism Act powers to cut links with an entire country's banking sector. "London is an important global financial centre and the UK's financial restrictions will make it more difficult for Iranian banks to utilise the international financial system in support of Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile programmes," the Treasury said.
• Hugh Grant has told the Leveson inquiry that he suspects the Mail on Sunday of being involved in phone hacking. Referring to a story about him in the paper, he said: "I would love to hear what the [Mail on Sunday's] explanation of that is, if it wasn't phone hacking."
• Ministers have welcomed a report suggesting that a new Independent Assessment Service should be set up to assess people claiming long-term sickness. Dame Carol Black and David Frost, who produced the report for the Deparment for Work and Pensions, say this measure could save the government £100m.
That's all from me for today. Thanks for the comments.


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Thousands of state workers to receive pay raises
BATON ROUGE (WBRZ) - Thousands of state workers will soon see a boost in their paychecks.
Beginning tomorrow employees at seven agencies, including the Department of Transportation and Development and Department of Environmental Quality, will see more money. The increases are determined by job performance.
It's been up to four years since some agencies have seen raises and several agencies credit smart planning and major streamlining for affording the raises.
"We have made a lot of cuts and a lot of things to be efficient. We still are providing the services across the state," said DOTD spokesperson, Rodney Mallet.
Supervisors recently evaluated workers to determine the raises.
The governor's office tells News 2 that if agencies are able to find ways to cut costs, they should provide merit raises, and because each state department manages their own budget it's up to them to determine how to allocate raises.
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At Theatre Whakatane we pride ourselves in being a creative community-based theatre group producing top quality musicals, plays and concerts. Our members hail from all corners of the community and we boast an enthusiastic local following.
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Home Centers Cabinetry the Good, Bad and Ugly
Just wondering what some of you think about cabinets from home centers like the Depot?
My experiences have never been smooth
Short parts
Damaged cabinets
Delays in getting replacements
...they actually told me on one that the damage was on the inside of the cabinet & wouldn't really be seen. I asked him if he was :censored: 'n serious
I am a contractor in Kansas City and although they are local they have been the best cabinet company I have ever worked with. The great thing about them is that they ship Nation wide to any one. So if I have a job in Texas they can ship them straight to the site. And with all wood construction you really can not go wrong.
If you have any questions call them and they are always super helpful
It's all in what you want. If you buy their bargain priced store brand stuff, then you'll get all of the problems that you mentioned. They also sell some higher grade stuff that is pretty decent, but you'll pay the money for it too. The last kitchen I installed was bought at HD. Solid plywood boxes and solid oak fronts with solid oak raised panel doors and Blum hardware. The customer ordered the cabinets, but I was along and made sure that they included everything, like fillers and blanks. I reviewed the entire order before I left them place it. Everything that was delivered was correct. They weren't the happy handyman specials that you see advertised in the Sunday paper though.
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I had occasion to modify an off the shelf, pre-built base cabinet from HD. When I removed the packaging the first thing I saw was that the single top drawer with Euro-Slides was way out of level. The back of the drawer was down 3-4" from the front. The drawer was not broken, the whole drawer with slides attached was canted down in the back.
Since there was no top yet on the base cabinet, I reached behind the drawer and with a moderate pull was able to swing the whole drawer, with slides, back up to where it was level with the front.
On inspection I found that the section of the Euro-Slide mounted to the cabinet had NO screws. The front end of the slide was built with a flange that clipped over the front cabinet rail under the drawer. The back of the slide was held in by a Friction gizmo against the cabinet back.
During shipping there must have been some bounces, so the drawer slipped. I put fasteners on the back of the slides so it wouldn't slip again like during the nexr California Earthquake or if the owner happened to put anything in that drawer.
Later I modified the drawer by shortning it drastically to accommodate a small vanity sink. When I pulled off the slides mounted to the drawer that's what I did, pulled them off. There were NO screws holding the slide to the drawer. There were screw holes in the slide, but no screws. The slides were held in by flanges in the slide that clipped around the bottom the the drawer sides.
I put new much shorter Euro-Slides on the shorter drawer.
Here is a pic I took of the original drawer slide:
we will be redoing the kitchen in our house next spring/summer with new cabinets. after looking at all the pre built stuff i am leaning towards spending more money on new tools and making my own cabinets and whatnot. the doors and hinges seemed nice but they lose me on the drawers with the bottoms hot glued in and the cheap slides that Palibob posted above me. i dont even really have a problem with the use of MDF in the case. but the drawers really bug me. also the lowes cabinets looked nice but had no variety in the grain on the doors and face. it looks waaaay too uniform for our tastes.
we looked into refacing the existing cabinets with new doors, hinges, drawer faces and laminate over the face. since there are 25 doors in at least 8 different sizes and one of them is 22"x22" the cost got way out of hand and we would still have the crappy old cabinets.
how are the drawers?
is there variety in the grain patterns?
Depending on the Finish that you order the drawers may be different. But from what I hear they will soon be offering self-closing glides! which I think is great. In their elite line the drawers are all solid wood, and that is what I prefer.
On the grain pattern it does have a slight variance which gives the kitchen more Characteristic. Also that depends on which finish as well.
The best thing about it is they keep every thing in stock so its to you in a matter of like a week...
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It was not quite as crass as George Bush declaring an end to major combat operations in Iraq in May 2003 in front of a banner that read "mission accomplished", but it could prove to be just as premature. Gordon Brown yesterday declared that a hard-fought five-week battle to reclaim Helmand province was "over" and that British forces had started to break a chain of terror that linked the mountains of Afghanistan and Pakistan to the streets of Britain. We will see if the Taliban concurs with either notion. Two more British soldiers were killed yesterday, one of them in what is now supposed to be the "holding" phase of the operation. Mr Brown was not the only government minister to indulge in wish fulfilment. Hours earlier, David Miliband, the foreign secretary, said that the Afghan government needed to talk to the Taliban and offer an alternative to the foot soldiers of the insurgency. Put the two speeches together and a picture emerges of a government that is crossing its fingers on two counts: that major combat in Helmand is indeed over, and that the Taliban now will sit down to tea.
The flurry of statements is designed to obscure what is, in effect, a rethink in London and Washington. Both capitals are moving away from a posture that says that, however long it takes, they will stay the course until an effective state is built in Afghanistan. And they are moving towards a conclusion which admits that whether an effective state is built or not, a deal which allows foreign troops to withdraw will have to include the Taliban. The two policies are different. One derives from a fundamentalist belief that a stable state can be constructed out of the ruins of a failed one in Afghanistan. The other is a pragmatic view of withdrawal.
As soon as Barack Obama starts to think, as he has already done, about an exit strategy, the conclusion that it has to involve the very people US and British troops have been fighting is inescapable. For months, General David Petraeus has distinguished between redeemable and irredeemable elements of the Taliban. So the suggestion by Mr Miliband that we should be talking to some of the militants by offering them alternatives to fighting is not that new or radical. But the price that even redeemable elements of the Taliban will demand, at any level higher than a foot soldier, will be high: a commitment to withdraw all foreign troops from Afghanistan, involvement in a loya jurga on Afghanistan's constitution, and inclusion in a share-out of the jobs at all levels of government. They may even demand control of provinces.
There is at least one major flaw in this strategy. And that is that it is down to the government in Kabul to negotiate with the Taliban. The elections in August are critical. Until they take place, the current regime in Kabul is a busted flush. It is not the case that all Afghans wish to be liberated from the Taliban's oppressive rule. For many Pashtuns, the Taliban are a resistance movement against the corruption of a western-backed regime propped up by foreign troops. If Hamid Karzai wins a second term of office, as is the current expectation, his election will pose a significant question: will his government have the credibility within his country to build a political settlement?
Afghan voters may yet surprise themselves by voting against the wishes of their clan and tribal leaders. But if they do not, and Mr Karzai is re-elected, the Taliban may see every reason to fight on. In which case Washington will have to think hard about its support for a regime whose corrupt practices are part of the problem, not the solution. Mr Karzai's decision to pull out of a television debate with his two chief rivals – his former finance minister, Ashraf Ghani, and his former foreign minister, Abdullah Abdullah – arguing that his policies were not yet ready, does not bode well. He still thinks he can win through backroom deals.


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THIS WEEKEND ONLY (April 25-27, 2014) we're opening our gates for FREE ENTRY into Lake Lanier Islands Resort!!
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Small Richard Robinson original oil on canvas paintings priced from just $100us
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I work in watercolor. Do you have workshops scheduled in that medium? Thanks in advance.
Very nice and inspiring, it talks a lot about nature and i love it! thanks!
Hi Richard,
I hope you will have us all continue to work from the same photo that you provide. I feel the learning experience is so much stronger this way -- it is reinforced each time you provide a new critique, and again when we see your painted version of the photo. It is also helpful to see everyone elses paintings on the same subject.
Merry Christmas!!!! - Dina
Your Evening Clouds painting is a reminder to me of the clouds we saw on our visit to Perth and Sydney this month. Lots of rain! We did have sunshine too and had a fantastic time. There are some beautiful places to see in Australia. Didn't manage to go to New Zealand which would have been wonderful judging by these beautiful paintings you have done.
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A voice on Christmas Eve
He almost gasped out loud at the sudden jab of pain hitting him from within, as it had taken to doing nowadays. He bit the inside of his lip sharply, not wanting her to see him in that state yet again. He knew she was worried about him, and did not wish to increase her concern.
She had asked him once what it was. He did not give her a straight answer, muttering something about being out of breath at times because he was so out of shape. He promised her he would start going out for an invigorating half-hour walk.
He could tell she was not convinced, even though he had really begun to go for a walk most days. He especially needed to do so when the pain came and took over his whole being.
It was as if an arrow tipped in acute sadness had been let loose from inside of him towards where his heart lay.
Even if he could, he did not want to describe that to her. She would think it was the signal of a looming heart attack. He was well into that age group, now. Not that he felt old. That is, not until recently.
He used to be able to hide his worries behind an easy smile, dealing with them as best he could, sharing with her only what was mutually known to them, never the full details of the extent of his involvement of providing solutions to those of their family who needed help.
Now he felt that his age was rapidly catching up with him. That brought on his anxieties, growing until they became an almost constant state of mind. The drilling pain from inside was the onset of times when his anxieties became almost unbearable.
It's a touch of depression, he would tell her in answer to her inquiring eyes. Nothing serious. I've always suffered a bit from that.
Why should you be depressed? she asked. What's new that's wrong.
Nothing, really nothing, he would say, soothingly. Mine is a mild depression, it just comes without being caused by any external factor. It doesn't happen often.
She was not convinced, but was wise enough to let him be, though making clear by her actions that she was always there beside him, ready to share everything with him. As they had done for a lifetime.
Are you sure you're all right? she asked him this evening. You wouldn't like me to call over the doctor would you?
He could hardly speak because of the growing pain. Still, he forced out what he hoped would pass as a cheerful reply.
Who needs doctors! All I need is some fresh air. Look, I'm going out for a brisk walk before dinner – I'll soon be back. He left, before she could ask any more questions.
The evening air was chilly. The windows he passed by, lit up for Christmas, did not make him feel warmer. The burrowing sadness within him grew.
Please God, he silently cried, please! Help me, help me.
He tried to hurry despite the arthritis that had begun to slow him down, trying to take deep breaths in the hope they would ease the tightness centred around his heart.
Please God, help me! he cried again.
What ails you? a gentle voice asked him.
He looked round to see who had spoken, but he was alone in the darkness of the street leading out of the village.
What is the matter, tell me. Why are you so sad?
He stopped, shaking his head to focus. And he realised the voice was within him.
Without thinking, he burst out a reply.
I'm sad because I am feeling I am going to die soon!
Everybody dies, sooner or later, the voice said in a whisper.
I know! said the man. But, I am not ready to die, not yet, not yet!
No one can choose when to go. But why do you feel unready, tell me.
The man shook his head, and the thoughts suppressed within him came tumbling out.
I have hurt so many in my lifetime. I am a sinner.
Isn't everybody? sighed the gentle voice. I should know, for do I not carry all the sins of the world on my back? Yours will not break me.
Tears were now streaming down the man's face.
But I have not yet begged forforgiveness…
You have repented. Thatis enough, my Father understands. He stands forforgiveness, does he not?
Yes, cried the man, but I have not atoned towards those I have hurt.
You think not, said the voice, but you wish to. My Father judges by the intention.
Even so, said the man, tears tumbling from his eyes in the cold, I still am not ready to go! There are those who depend on me so, that is why, sinner though I am, I pray for health and wisdom to be able to continue to give guidance andsuccour.
And they have been given to you, have they not? said the voice. And there is something else: why should you not believe that my Father will continue to provide for those who need help, even when you're gone, which – if I may tell you a little secret – will not be for some time yet.
The man did not think of anything else to say within him. He felt the inner pain slowly easing, the sadness melting, Warmth came over him.
Thank you! He whispered, turning back to hurry home.
His wife quickly hid her anxiety when he let himself in.
How do you feel? she asked.
I am so much better, thank God! he answered. So much! Let me wish you an early Happy Christmas. Let's Skype the children before they go out for the night.
And he gathered her in his arms and kissed her as passionately as when they were young.
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How Fiber and Friendly Flora Help Digestive Immunity
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Researchers have demonstrated a key mechanism that explains one way in which fiber and friendly flora help boost the efficiency of the immune system. The finding is of specific importance for reducing digestive inflammation and risk for autoimmune problems.
When friendly flora ferment dietary fiber they produce a short chain fatty acid called butyrate (also known as butyric acid). Butyrate has long been known to be important for digestive health. It is a direct energy source for digestive cells and signals DNA to reduce the risk for colon cancer. The new study shows for the first time that it is butyrate that helps naïve T cells develop into the important regulatory T cells.
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While butyrate is available as a dietary supplement, it is not very popular since it has a putrid smell. It is far easier to naturally increase your own production by taking supplemental fiber and a good acidophilus supplement. There is currently an epidemic of inflammatory digestive problems going on in America. This is one easy strategy to help nip health deteriorating issues in the bud.
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Does anyone have experiance with the Behringer Ultracurve 2496?
I read a lot about this digital equalizer but I'm not sure if it will work with my Magnepans. Maby the frequency curve will be flat but the sound quality by use of this EQ is after all more destroyed.
At this moment my equipment sounds very clean and detailed, thanks to a lot of exchanging of cap's and opamps but it's hard to get the subwoofer and the Magnepans in line.
Does it make sence to tune the ultracurve (cap's and opamps), so it will fitt the quality of the rest of my system?
My sub is a Peerless XL10 with passive radiator and a Hypex amp ajustable x-over between 50 and 150Hz. Also a plus 0-6dB adjust between 20 and 50Hz.
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Hers is a very sad story.By Amy Odell
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The runways in Paris were filled with unexpected surprises and some very special appearances, but Jac came out on top.By James Lim
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Milan's runways were dominated by established models, leaving the newcomers to scramble for spots.By James Lim
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Top-seeded Georgia Headed To SEC Tournament
April 17, 2013
ATHENS, Ga.--The third-ranked Georgia women's tennis team hits the road in search of its seventh SEC tournament title this weekend. The tournament runs from April 17-21 and is hosted by Mississippi State at the A.J. Pitts Tennis Centre.
Georgia (19-2, 12-1) received the top-seed after winning the tiebreaker, and will face the winner of (8) South Carolina and (9) Ole Miss on Friday at 9 a.m. in the quarterfinal round.
Fans will be able to follow the action through live scoring and live match chats on Georgiadogs.com.
MATCH POINTS: Georgia heads to Starkville, Miss. for the 2013 SEC Women's Tennis tournament. The top-seeded Bulldogs, who were awarded the top-seed after winning a three-way random tiebreaker, will play the winner of (8) South Carolina and (9) Ole Miss on Friday at 9 a.m. ET in the quarterfinal round. They beat both the Gamecocks and Rebels earlier this season. Should they advance, The Bulldogs' semi-final match would be on Saturday at 11 a.m. and the finals are slated for Sunday at 2 p.m.
GEORGIA AT THE SEC TOURNAMENT: Georgia has won six SEC tournaments (1983, `94, 2001, `07, `08, `09), most recently in 2009. That year, the Bulldogs beat Alabama, Florida and Tennessee in route to the tournament title. Georgia holds a 47-19 all-time record at the SEC championships which are now in their 26th year.
REGULAR SEASON CHAMPS: With its 4-0 win in Tuscaloosa on Sunday, Georgia clinched its ninth regular season SEC championship (1983, `89, `90, `94, 2000, `02, `07, `09). The Bulldogs are seeking to win the regular season and tournament titles in the same year for only the fourth time. Also of note, it's only the fourth time in history that both the men and women's team's have won the SEC regular season in the same year.
TOP DOGS: Georgia has three ranked singles players and four ranked doubles pairs. Sophomore Lauren Herring and junior Maho Kowase anchor the top of the Bulldog lineup. Herring, who earned SEC Freshman of the Year honors in 2012, is ranked sixth nationally sporting a 33-5 record this year. She has won seven of her last 10 matches, including six ranked in the Top-50. The 13th-ranked Kowase has a 35-7 record and has won 13 consecutive matches. Freshman Silvia Garcia, ranked 89th in the country and has been playing at the three spot and is 20-2 this season and the winner of seven in a row.
In doubles, Fuller and Garcia, who are 20-1 this season, are ranked third nationally. Fuller is also ranked with Herring (No. 46). Kowase and Lilly Kimbell are ranked No. 61 with a 9-3 record. Georgia's court two duo of Herring and Kowase came in at No. 62 in the latest rankings. Since August, Georgia has played 14 different doubles pairings.
FULLER AND GARCIA TOP IN THE COUNTRY: Georgia's top doubles pairing of Kate Fuller and Silvia Garcia improved to the No. 1 doubles team in the country. The duo, which has beaten four Top-10 opponents, is 20-1 this season and has won six in a row.
KOWASE NAMED PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Kowase went 3-0 last week, including both match clinchers, to earn SEC Player of the Week honors. The Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan native capped a perfect SEC singles slate (12-0) and is riding a 13-match winning streak.
OKUNO HONORED: Freshman Ayaka Okuno won SEC Freshman of the Week honors for April 5-7 after starting her Bulldog career going 2-0 in singles and 1-0 in doubles. The Osaka, Japan, native dropped only five games combined in her singles and doubles matches throughout the weekend.
WALLACE WINS NO. 600: Women's tennis head coach Jeff Wallace became one of just three women's tennis coaches to reach the 600-win mark two weeks ago. With Georgia's 7-0 win over Arkansas, Wallace improved his career record to 602-148 record. He remains the winningest active coach in women's college tennis. He is one of five active collegiate tennis coaches (of men or women) to reach the mark. He is also just the fifth coach in UGA's history to reach the 600-win mark (A. Landers, 905, S. Yoculan, 834, L. Harris-Champer, 838, D. Magill, 706).
Women's Tennis All-Time Win List
*1. Lin Loring, Indiana, 40th season,
795-304 (.723)
*2. Gualberto Escudero, Pepperdine, 36th season,
628-328 (.655)
*3. Jeff Wallace, Georgia, 28th season,
602-148 (.802)
4. Jeff Moore, Texas, 28 years,
594-208 (.741)
5. Jan Brogan, California, 29 years,
539-223 (.707)
*Active coaches
All-Time Georgia Coaches Win List
*1. Andy Landers, WBK, 38th season,
905-296 (.754)
2. Suzanne Yoculan, GYM, 26 years,
834-117-7 (.874)
*3. Lu Harris-Champer, SB, 17th season
838-290-1 (.744)
4. Dan Magill, MTEN, 34 years
706-183 (.794)
*5. Jeff Wallace, WTEN, 28th season
602-148 (.802)
*Active coaches
KEEPING IT FRESH: Four freshmen have had stellar starts to their Bulldog careers. After ITA National Team Indoors, Silvia Garcia was named to the All-Tournament Team and garnered SEC women's tennis Freshman of the Week honors. She now sports a 10-2 record in singles and a 20-1 in doubles record. She came in at No. 1 in the latest ITA Top-60 doubles rankings with junior Kate Fuller and is ranked No. 89 in singles.
Mia King has clinched three matches for Georgia this spring while compiling a 14-5 record. Makenzie Craft is 7-3 so far this spring.
Okuno started her career with an undefeated weekend that pulled in SEC Freshman of the Week honors.
KATE THE GREAT: With her 34 doubles wins this year, Kate Fuller has moved into second place for most doubles wins in a single season at Georgia. She'll have at least two more opportunities for doubles wins this season. Chelsey Gullickson set the record with 35 last season.
HERRING GRABS BIG WIN: Eighth-ranked Herring beat Texas A&M's fifth-ranked Cristina Sanchez-Quintanar 6-2, 6-4 earlier this season. Sanchez-Quintanar is the highest-ranked opponent that Herring has beaten this year, and is the 17th ranked opponent that she's beaten this year.
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After the match, fans can check Georgiadogs.com for post-match highlights and interviews. Fans can also "Like" Georgia Women's Tennis on Facebook and follow @UGAWomensTennis on Twitter for bonus exclusive content.
DID YOU KNOW? Georgia is one of three schools to have both its women's and men's tennis programs currently ranked in the top 10. The Georgia men's team is ranked No. 2. The others are UCLA and Southern California.
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Oct. 7, 2011
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Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Cliff Keen Arena)
Result: #14 Minnesota 3, #18 Michigan 2 (22-25, 18-25, 25-23, 25-19, 15-10)
Records: U-M (14-3, 2-3 Big Ten), Minnesota (9-5, 2-3 Big Ten)
Next U-M Event: Saturday, Oct. 8 -- vs. Wisconsin (Cliff Keen Arena), 7 p.m.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Despite winning the first two sets, the No. 18-ranked University of Michigan volleyball team fell, 3-2 (22-25, 18-25, 25-23, 25-19, 15-10), to No. 14-ranked Minnesota on Friday night (Oct. 7) in its annual "pink" match at Cliff Keen Arena.
Sophomore Lexi Erwin (Spring, Texas/Woodlands College Park) led the offense with a career-best 23 kills to go with 14 digs, with senior Alex Hunt (Granger, Ind./South Bend St. Joseph) recording a double-double of her own (21 kills and 11 digs). Senior/junior Claire McElheny (Westfield, Ind./Brebeuf) chipped in 14 kills and sophomore Jennifer Cross (Scarborough, Ont./Birchmount Park Collegiate) went for 10 as Michigan hit .288 for the match. Freshman setter Lexi Dannemiller (West Chester, Ohio/Lakota West) tied her career high with 65 assists.
The first set featured eight tie scores, but Michigan never trailed in a 25-22 victory. A McElheny kill on the overpass gave Michigan a 23-21 lead, but Dannemiller missed her ensuing serve as Minnesota closed to within a point at 23-22. A kill by Erwin and a back row block by Minnesota gave Michigan two straight points for the win.
The Wolverines jumped out to a 10-5 advantage in the second, forcing Minnesota to burn an early timeout. The stoppage did not stop the Maize and Blue, which increased its lead to as many as 11 points at 20-9. The Gophers started to rally, closing to within six points at 24-18, but a Hunt termination ended the set in Michigan's favor, 25-18.
Minnesota took control early of the third set, eventually grabbing a 19-12 lead. The Wolverines began to rally, scoring eight of the next 11 points to claw within two at 22-20. Minnesota scored two of the next three points for a 24-21 lead and set point. Michigan staved off two set points on back-to-back kills from Hunt, but senior Courtney Fletcher's (Johns Creek, Ga./Northview) serve found the net as Minnesota took a 25-23 decision.
The Gophers hit .394 in the fourth frame as Michigan trailed for the majority of the set in a 25-19 Minnesota win. The Wolverines, down 18-12, once again tried to stage a late comeback to come within four points at 22-18. Minnesota responded by scoring three of the final four points of the set for the win to force a fifth set.
Michigan fell behind early in the fifth at 4-1 and had to use an early timeout. U-M got within a point twice in the frame, but Minnesota did not commit an error in the frame for a .714 attack percentage en route to a 15-10 triumph.
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posted by Jaden .
perform the indicated operation and simplify:
3x+6 x^2-4
----- divided by -----
4x+12 x-3
(3x+6)/(4x+12) / (x^2 - 4)/(x-3)
first, to divide, we get the reciprocal of the divisor (or the second term/ term at the right) and the operation will be multiplication. reciprocal is just interchanging the numerator and denominator terms. thus,
(3x+6)/(4x+12) * (x-3)/(x^2 - 4)
factoring out each term,
[3(x+2)]/[4(x+3)] * (x-3)/[(x-2)(x+2)]
we can cancel out x+2:
[3(x-3)]/[4(x+3)(x-2)] or
(3x - 9)/(4x^2 + 4x - 24)
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Fox on board with paranoid claim that Texas textbooks have "pro-Islamic/anti-Christian" bias
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After spending the summer stoking anti-Muslim fear and outrage, Fox News is now promoting a resolution just adopted by Texas State Board of Education to reject textbooks with a "pro-Islamic/anti-Christian bias." Fox & Friends hosted Republican SBOE member Cynthia Dunbar, whom Doocy asked, "Why do you think some textbook publishers, Cynthia, put out books that just slam, for instance in this case, Christianity?"
Some facts Fox didn't mention:
The SBOE resolution cites books that are no longer in use. The resolution cites examples of purported "pro-Islamic/anti-Christian bias" from "past Texas Social Studies textbooks" that were published in 1999, including one title Fox highlighted during the segment:
A September 20 Fort Worth Star-Telegram editorial stated that none of the books cited in the resolution "are currently used because new texts were approved for use beginning in 2003." The Texas Freedom Network, which opposes the resolution, has said that a review of the newer textbooks shows that claims of anti-Christian or pro-Muslim bias "are superficial and grossly misleading."
Experts were reportedly not invited to comment. The Texas Freedom Network stated that "the board has asked no scholars or other experts for public advice about the resolution." A September 21 Austin American-Statesman editorial also stated that "as of late last week, no academic experts on world history, religion or any relevant field had been invited to comment.
Dunbar is opposed to public education. From a February 11 New York Times magazine article:
In 2008, Cynthia Dunbar published a book called ''One Nation Under God,'' in which she stated more openly than most of her colleagues have done the argument that the founding of America was an overtly Christian undertaking and laid out what she and others hope to achieve in public schools. ''The underlying authority for our constitutional form of government stems directly from biblical precedents,'' she writes. ''Hence, the only accurate method of ascertaining the intent of the Founding Fathers at the time of our government's inception comes from a biblical worldview.''
Then she pushes forward: ''We as a nation were intended by God to be a light set on a hill to serve as a beacon of hope and Christian charity to a lost and dying world.'' But the true picture of America's Christian founding has been whitewashed by ''the liberal agenda'' -- in order for liberals to succeed ''they must first rewrite our nation's history'' and obscure the Christian intentions of the founders. Therefore, she wrote, ''this battle for our nation's children and who will control their education and training is crucial to our success for reclaiming our nation.''
After the book came out, Dunbar was derided in blogs and newspapers for a section in which she writes of ''the inappropriateness of a state-created, taxpayer-supported school system'' and likens sending children to public school to ''throwing them into the enemy's flames, even as the children of Israel threw their children to Moloch.'' (Her own children were either home-schooled or educated in private Christian schools.) When I asked, over dinner in a honky-tonk steakhouse down the road from the university, why someone who felt that way would choose to become an overseer of arguably the most influential public-education system in the country, she said that public schools are a battlefield for competing ideologies and that it's important to combat the ''religion'' of secularism that holds sway in public education.
Dunbar reportedly objects the teaching of evolution. The Austin American-Statesman reported on November 7, 2008, that Dunbar "has attacked the teaching of evolution in science classes - classes her home-schooled children don't attend - and appointed the director of a creationist institute to the task force looking at the state's science curriculum."
Dunbar claimed that, if Obama became president, it would mean "the end of America as we know her." Dunbar reportedly wrote in 2008: "I sincerely believe that an Obama Administration would ultimately mean one thing - the end of America as we know her." Dunbar further wrote that "Obama truly sympathizes" with those who want to "take down the America that is [a] threat to tyranny."
Resolution author previously pushed controversial Bible study curriculum. As president of Ector County School Board, Randy Rives - who drafted a resolution after losing his campaign to join SBOE - previously pushed through a controversial curriculum for an elective Bible study course. The curriculum uses the Bible as the textbook and "focuses on retelling Bible stories using the King James translation of the Bible, which is read by many Protestants" according to NPR. In 2008, The New York Times reported that the school district changed the curriculum in response to a lawsuit brought on behalf of some parents. The Times said that the lawsuit "argued that the course curriculum, adopted in 2005 by the Ector County Independent School District, promoted Protestant Christianity and a specific reading of the Bible as a literal historical document."
In 2006, NPR reported that Rives said that the class would not proselytize and quoted his statement that:
Mr. RIVES: You know, you get me away from that high school, and I'm gonna try to convert every kid I can. But in the schools, no, I'm not for doing that, because I don't want somebody that has a different belief in our schools to be uncomfortable.
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England's Football Coach To Use Hi-Tech TVs To Spy On Players
Fabio Capello plans to use "big brother" technology to keep his players in line.
During this FIFA world cup, England's football coach, Fabio Capello, plans to spy on his players using hi-tech TVs installed in their hotel rooms in order to keep out their wives and girlfriends (called as WAGs) and ensuring that the players are getting proper rest. Apparently, he believes that a sex ban will ensure that the players are bursting with energy right through the world cup. Apart from spying, the hotel TVs can be used by Capello to call on his players anytime. He has already banned the WAGs from the team's base camp.
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Determinants of Age Related Breathing Instability During Non-Rapid-Eye-Movement (NREM) Sleep
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|Sleep Apnea Age
|Other: hyperventilation and episodic hypoxia
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
|Official Title:
|Determinants of Age-specific Breathing Instability During Sleep
- Apneic threshold [ Time Frame: 4-6 wks for each participant ]
- Long-term facilitation [ Time Frame: 4-6 wks for each participant ]
- Upper airway resistance [ Time Frame: 4-6 wks for each participant ]
|Study Start Date:
|October 2008
|Study Completion Date:
|April 2015
|Primary Completion Date:
|April 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Arm 1
Young adults, age 18-40 yrs
Other: hyperventilation and episodic hypoxia
noninvasive hyperventilation to determine apneic threshold; episodic hypoxia to determine long term facilitation
Experimental: Arm 2
Older adults, age >40-65yrs
Other: hyperventilation and episodic hypoxia
noninvasive hyperventilation to determine apneic threshold; episodic hypoxia to determine long term facilitation
Detailed Description:
Sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (SAS) is a relatively common disorder in the US population with significant adverse health consequences. Despite the high prevalence of SAS in elderly individuals, the underlying mechanisms have remained elusive. Specifically, we do not know whether the high prevalence of sleep apnea in older adults is due to increased central breathing instability. This proposal focuses on investigating age-specific differences in the susceptibility to central breathing instability in healthy individuals as well as individuals with sleep apnea.
This project will investigate the following specific objectives:
Determine age-specific changes in the hypocapnic apneic threshold during sleep in
- elderly vs young individuals without sleep apnea
- elderly vs young individuals with sleep apnea.
Determine age-specific changes in long-term facilitation during sleep in
- elderly versus young individuals without sleep apnea
- elderly vs young individuals with sleep apnea.
- We will investigate the susceptibility to central breathing instability by mechanically ventilating the subjects during NREM sleep using pressure support ventilation. We will compare the hypocapnic apneic threshold in old (age>60-65 years) and young (age 18-40years) individuals who are healthy as well as in those with sleep-disordered breathing. We will also measure the parameters over a continuum of age from 18 to 89y.
- We will investigate whether there is a difference in the susceptibility to long term facilitation of genioglossus activity and ventilation between young and old healthy individuals in response to episodic hypoxia, while maintaining isocapnia. We will conduct similar experiments in young and old individuals with sleep apnea.
Sleep apnea is very common in older veterans and is associated with significant cardiovascular complications. Greater insight into the pathogenesis will have a positive impact on the health of veterans suffering from this condition. This proposal will further our understanding of the pathogenesis of breathing instability leading to sleep-disordered breathing during sleep. Thus, we anticipate our findings will provide a basis for new approaches to prevention and management of SAS in veterans.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 89 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Normal subjects without sleep apnea (controls) and individuals with sleep apnea.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnancy,
- history of active coronary artery disease-including stable and unstable angina,
- myocardial infarction,
- history of congestive heart failure,
- stroke, who have excessive daytime sleepiness with Epworth Sleepiness Scale of >15 will not be included in the study
- patient with OSA who
- depression,
- schizophrenia,
- untreated hypothyroidism,
- diabetes on insulin,
- seizure disorder,
- intrinsic renal and liver disorders,
- failure to give informed consent,
- patients with evidence of pulmonary diseases based on history and abnormal pulmonary function testing, including obstructive (ratio of predicted forced expiratory volume to forced vital capacity, <80% predicted) or restrictive lung disorders (total lung capacity <80% predicted) with resting oxygen saturation of <96% and kyphoscoliosis (chest wall deformities) will be excluded,
- patients on certain medications including, opiates derivatives, stimulants, antidepressants, tranquilizers, anti-psychotic agents, theophylline and other central nervous system altering medications will be ineligible,
- history of alcohol or recreational drug use will also serve as grounds for exclusion,
- patients with body mass index (BMI) >34kg/m2 will be excluded,
- subjects with sleep apnea are already using continuous positive airway pressure for more than 7 days as therapy will not be eligible.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00732199
|United States, Michigan
|John D. Dingell VA Medical Center, Detroit, MI
|Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48201
|Principal Investigator:
|Susmita Chowdhuri, MD
|John D. Dingell VA Medical Center, Detroit, MI
|Responsible Party:
|VA Office of Research and Development
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00732199 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|August 7, 2008
|Last Updated:
|October 9, 2015
Keywords provided by VA Office of Research and Development:
Sleep apnea syndromes
central apnea
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Sleep Apnea Syndromes
Respiration Disorders
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Sleep Disorders, Intrinsic
Sleep Wake Disorders
Nervous System Diseases
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Chicken Cacciatore
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Recipe by mikey ev
Not sure where I found this recipe, but it's tasty and easy! Note: if you use canned tomatoes (instead of tomato sauce), I'd recommend adding a little more flavoring - personally I like extra garlic, bay leaf, and/or basil. Also, I used tenderloins (which are smaller than breasts), so the cooking time would be shorter to avoid drying out the chicken.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 14.79 ml extra virgin olive oil
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts (6-8 oz each)
- 473.18 ml fresh white mushrooms, sliced 1/4 inch thick
- 1 small garlic clove, crushed through a press
- salt & freshly ground black pepper
- 118.29 ml dry white wine or 118.29 ml apple juice
- 411.06 g canitalian-style plum tomatoes with juice (or tomato sauce)
- 1.62 ml dried oregano
- 29.58 ml chopped fresh parsley
Directions See How It's Made
- In a large skillet, heat oil; add the chicken and mushrooms. Cook over medium-low heat until golden, about 3 minutes per side.
- Add the garlic, salt and pepper to taste; stir until blended. Transfer the chicken and mushrooms to a side dish.
- Add the wine to the skillet. Increase the heat to high and boil the wine, scraping up any browned pieces from the bottom of the skillet, until reduced to a thin film.
- Add the tomatoes and heat to boiling, breaking the whole tomatoes into pieces with the side of a wooden spoon or spatula.
- Return the chicken, mushrooms, and any juices to the skillet. Add the dried oregano (if using fresh, add later). Bring to a gentle simmer over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally; cover and cook until the chicken is cooked through, about 8 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste.
- If chicken is done, but sauce is too thin for your liking: Transfer the chicken to a side dish. Boil the tomato sauce over high heat, stirring occasionally, until slightly thickened. Then return chicken to skillet.
- Sprinkle with parsley and serve immediately.