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With a credit card, Bike Share members in Redwood City with an errand to run, a job to get to, or a train to catch can unlock a low-slung, easy-handling, seven-speed bike from a docking station at one of five downtown locations and pedal off to another station, where they then re-lock the bike and go about their business. The stations are far enough away to save time, but close enough to each other and to centers of activity to be useful and to accomplish one-way trips in less than 30 minutes.
The ideal Peninsula community for a bike-share program appears to be a busy cityscape that straddles the transportation corridor of Caltrain and El Camino Real. Menlo Park could meet the criteria needed to join, if and when the pilot expands into a permanent program, said Tom Flannigan, a spokesperson for the Bay Area Air Quality Management District.
Redwood City, the only community in San Mateo County to be participating, has five rental stations and 70 bikes initially (growing to 100 in the second phase). The five stations are concentrated downtown, where county and city public employees gather, and are easily within a 30 minute ride of each other, said Jessica Manzi, the city's transportation manager.
Palo Alto and Mountain View have five Bike Share stations, and there are 14 in San Jose and 34 in San Francisco. The Bay Area program is the first to distribute bikes along an extended metropolitan corridor, according to the website of Bay Area Bike Share.
In coordination with the county, the San Mateo County Transit District and Caltrain, Redwood City had been working steadily on last-mile projects: getting public transportation commuters closer to the doors of their destinations. The city already offers the Zipcar car-sharing program and van pools for public employees, Ms. Manzi said. Bike-sharing was also on the table.
When the opportunity came along to join the Bike Share pilot, Redwood City was ready and applied for and received a grant from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, Ms. Manzi said. More bike lanes are coming to the city as streets are being resurfaced, she added.
The pilot, modeled on programs in major cities in the United States and Europe, aims to help Caltrain, BART and ferry commuters get to and from inner-city workplaces, and to help anyone in the inner city run errands quickly and cleanly, in terms of environmental impact.
The bikes are regularly maintained, designed for safe and easy riding on flat terrain, and are equipped with lights, bells, fenders, chain guards and a small carrier mounted on the handlebars. They even have internal gears that can be shifted while sitting still.
The air-quality district is one of several Bay Area public agencies funding the pilot, according to the Bike Share website. Others include the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, Caltrain, the San Mateo County Transportation Authority and San Mateo County.
As a member, you can take as many 30-minute trips as you like within the limits of your membership, whether for a day ($9), three days ($22) or a year ($88). You'll be on the hook for another $4 if you keep the bike for 60 minutes, and the cost jumps by $7 for each 30-minute window after that.
"It's intended to be a very safe way to help provide additional mobility options," said Karen Schkolnick of the air-quality district.
Go to bayareabikeshare.com for more information.


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To The Church Of Philadelphia Series
Contributed by Johnny Small on May 22, 2002 (message contributor)
Summary: How does the church of Philadelphia compare to our church? 6th in the series of the Seven Churches of Revelation.
Christ holds the key of David. The only other place where the key of David is referred to is in the book of Isaiah.
Let's read:
Isa 22:20-22
20 "In that day I will summon my servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah.
21 I will clothe him with your robe and fasten your sash around him and hand your authority over to him. He will be a father to those who live in Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.
22 I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David; what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.
Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, was given the key to the house of David during the reign of King Hexekiah. The key was carried on a cord hung over the shoulder and the key unlocked the house of David which contained all the treasures of the kings of Judah and also housed the government. So Eliakim controlled who could come into the house of David and also who could not. He had the authority to do so. Jesus in the same sense holds the key to the New Jerusalem that is coming when he returns. Christ holds the key; thus He controls who gets in and who does not. There is no one else who can open or close this door. Christ has the authority to say who will enter the kingdom of God. No one comes unto the Father except through Christ.
The Commendation:
Rev 3:8-10
8 I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.
Christ knew their deeds, just as He knows our deeds. There isn't anything that we do, or anything that we say, or anything that we think, that Jesus doesn't know. Christ knew their hearts and He knew that they had truly accepted Him as their Savior and Lord. Thus Jesus had opened the door to eternal life in heaven for them and no one could take that away from them. Also no one whom has not accepted Christ has his or her Savior could open that door. Is there anything in your thoughts or your life that you are ashamed of? Is there a sin in your life that you don't want anyone to know about? Well, there are no secrets that Jesus doesn't know. It is impossible to hide anything from Him. You cannot hide from His sight. So the next time that you do something that you wouldn't want anyone to see, remember that Jesus sees it.
The Christians at Philadelphia had kept the word and teaching of Christ and had done their best in spreading the word of Christ, even though they had little strength. They were probably few in numbers and not wealthy, but they were rich in the blessings of Christ and they always put Him first in their lives. They were probably witnessing everyday and those whom accepted the Word, Christ open the door for them, those who did not, Christ shut the door to them.
9 I will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews though they are not, but are liars-- I will make them come and fall down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you.
I am going out on a limb on my commentary of this verse. I have not read anyone else that gives a commentary like the one I am about to give. We have many false religions and cults today that claim that they are Christians. I believe that Christ is referring to these people in the above verse. There are even people sitting in our churches today that claim to be Christians, but have not really accepted Christ as their Savior. The time will come when the truth will be known. The day will come when these so called Christians, but really members of the synagogue of Satan, will fall down at our feet and acknowledge that we are the true children of God. What a day that will be! If you have been attending church for years and everyone thinks that you are a Christian, but you know that you haven't really accepted Christ as your Savior and confessed it with your mouth, then read the above verse again. Sitting in church 3 or 4 times a week doesn't get you into heaven. You may feel embarrass to walk the aisle after all these years of pretending to be a Christian, but what is the consequence if you don't. What do you prefer; a little embarrassment or spending eternity in hell?
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Auburn, Ala. – The City of Auburn welcomes new Auburn Public Library Director Chris Warren, who will begin work on December 10, 2012. Mr. Warren joins the City of Auburn following the retirement of Library Director Margie Huffman, who served Auburn residents for 41 years.
"I'm looking forward to joining the staff of the City of Auburn, and I hope to continue providing excellent library services to Auburn's citizens," said Warren of his appointment.
Warren, a native of Warner Robins, Georgia, previously served as the Branch Manager of the South Columbus Public Library, a branch of the Chattahoochee Valley Libraries in Georgia. Warren has worked in various capacities in libraries for over eight years, including library management, circulation, reference and youth services. Warren has a Master of Science in Information Studies from Florida State University specializing in Reference and Instruction and Youth Services.
"I'm excited about the enthusiasm and experience Mr. Warren is bringing with him, and I'm confident that our Library will continue to meet the high standard of excellence that residents expect," said Auburn City Manager Charles M. Duggan, Jr.


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Using images or wearing clothing that bring up such horrible feelings of fear in American citizens that have been vulnerable to the bigotry and hateful actions of those who perpetrate them in this country can only be likened, in my opinion, to terrorism.
And terrorism can come in any age. Certainly educating people and starting children off when they are young is the right path. However, for the parents that continually teach this sort of hate we need to look towards using the law and the courts to hold them responsible for the harm, emotional distress and whatever other damages arise from the actions arising from the philosophies of hate they harbor, teach and act upon with intent to harm.
Dayton is a picturesque little burg tucked in the southeastern corner of Washington state. With just over 1,000 families, it is 93 percent white.
When racist incidents began last fall, one after another, the community became nervous. No one was more unsettled than Dayton School District Superintendent Douglas Johnson. The people on his campuses were directly affected by the threat.
Early one morning last November, just as students were settling into the routine of a new academic year, a teacher found a swastika burning on the grass outside Dayton Elementary School. That came a week after Halloween, when another teacher, who is African American, had three trick-or-treaters come to his door dressed as members of the Ku Klux Klan. At least one was a student in Johnson's district.
Then, less than three weeks later, someone posted a threatening note at the entry to Dayton High, forcing a two-hour delay in school. The threat added to the fear that was building in Dayton.
Johnson knew he had to address the racism and help his students explore issues of diversity.
First, he turned to Lecia Brooks, director of outreach and the Civil Rights Memorial Center at the Southern Poverty Law Center. After their conversation, the SPLC supplied Johnson with copies of Responding to Hate and Bias at School, a teacher's guide that provides a compassionate but firm response to bigotry. Some additional advice and encouragement soon followed from Teaching Tolerance Director Maureen Costello.
"Johnson is the kind of school leader our nation's children need," said Costello. "He's committed to diversity and to opening children's hearts and minds to difference. We're delighted to be working to support him."
After handing out the guides to teachers, Johnson kept digging for other opportunities to address issues of diversity and bias.
"It was still apparent to me – despite no more incidents – that we still need to provide these kids with educational opportunities on diversity," he said. "We are their educators. We are who they're with 180 days a year. I believe it is our responsibility as teachers to provide these important lessons."
In January, Johnson attended a summit on civil rights education at nearby Whitman College. There, he discovered another opportunity to work with Teaching Tolerance.
Whitman teaches the movementAfter a 2011 SPLC report listed the state of Washington as failing to adequately teach students about the civil rights movement, Whitman College reached out to Teaching Tolerance and, through an innovative collaboration called Whitman Teaches the Movement, created a program that provides schools with volunteer student teachers and creative lessons about the movement.
Kicking off the program's third year, the summit provided Johnson with even more resources to help students in his district learn how to understand and engage with difference.
"We are a small community of mostly white farmers," Johnson said during the summit. "There are a lot of things they're missing on a personal level about the civil rights movement."
Johnson's next step was to send several busloads of Dayton students to Whitman for lessons taught by college students.
"It was an opportunity to get people's attention," he said.
As teachers begin their summer planning for next year, Johnson continues to seek out resources like those provided by Teaching Tolerance to help prepare students for a more diverse society.


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The last time Earnest Graham started a football game was Jan. 1, 2003. The University of Florida senior faced Michigan at the Outback Bowl at Raymond James Stadium.
So at least Graham will be in comfortable surroundings when he makes his first NFL start at running back on Sunday.
Even though the Buccaneers signed Zack Crockett on Wednesday, Graham will start. After injuries to Mike Alstott, Carnell Williams and Michael Pittman, Graham represents the most experienced running back on the roster.
All 362 career yards of it.
"It's been a while," Graham said. "I'm up for it. I'm definitely up for it."
This provides a window into the deep chasm between the experience of the running backs that are injured and the running backs that are left.
Since the start of the 2005 season, Alstott, Pittman and Williams have accounted for 3,385 of the Buccaneers' 3,914 rushing yards.
Graham, a special teams ace who led the Buccaneers in preseason rushing three of the last four seasons, has 239 regular season rushing yards in that span. His 147 rushing yards this season, along with three touchdowns, are easily a career high.
The Bucs activated Darby for Sunday's game against Indianapolis, but he didn't have a carry. He'll likely make his playing debut on Sunday.
Graham is a bowling ball-type back at 5-foot-9, 225 pounds. Quarterback Jeff Garcia praises the back's ability to always be moving forward. He understands the offensive philosophy and can be used as a third-down back and in blitz-pickup situations.
"I've done quite enough of it," Graham said. "I've seen it. I'm used to it. I can handle it."
Most of those duties belonged to Pittman. They'll likely fall to Graham and fullback B.J. Askew now.
Most people have probably forgotten that Graham left the Gators as their fifth-leading rusher with 3,065 yards. He also started three bowl games for the Gators, including the 2001 Sugar Bowl and the 2002 Orange Bowl.
But Graham earned his NFL job the hard way, starting as an undrafted free agent in 2003 and failing to make the active roster twice out of training camp before the Bucs signed him from the practice squad midway through the 2004 season.
At that time, the Bucs signed Graham to bolster a depleted rushing corps, but he never played.
This time he's likely to rush 15-20 times as the primary ball carrier. He'll also start against a Tennessee defense that is allowing about 74 rushing yards per game, third-best in the NFL.
He feels for Williams and Pittman. He called them brothers on Monday. But Graham knows this is his shot to show the Bucs he's worthy of a larger role in the offense.
His audition starts Sunday.
"Do I like how this came about? No," Graham said. "Those are my friends. But I have to be here for my team now. You always have to be ready. This is the audition. I'm sure they're saying, 'Let's see what you can do.' I don't want to be the reason the running game is no good anymore."
Matthew Postins covers the Buccaneers for BucsBlitz.com and the Charlotte Sun-Herald in Port Charlotte, Fla. He is a member of the Pro Football Writers Association and has won national awards for his Buccaneers coverage from the PFWA, the National Newspaper Association and the Associated Press Sports Editors. He is also a contributor to the Scot Brantley Show from 4-7 p.m. weekdays on WHBO 1490-AM in Tampa-Clearwater.


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4. From points A and B, draw arcs of radius R that intersect outside the circle. Call the intersection point J.
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WASHINGTON • A divided Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday approved an authorization of force against the Syrian regime, setting up a showdown next week in the full Senate on whether President Barack Obama should have the authority to strike.
The 10-7 vote showed bipartisan support for a strike, but bipartisan opposition as well. Yes votes included Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., Bob Corker, R-Tenn., and Jeff Flake, R-Ariz. No votes included Sens. Tom Udall, D-N.M., and Chris Murphy, D-Conn. The Senate's newest member, Edward Markey, D-Mass., voted present.
The resolution would limit strikes against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad to 60 days, with the possibility of 30 more days upon consultation with Congress, and it would specifically block the use of ground troops. But to keep McCain's crucial support, the committee toughened some of the language.


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American Music Awards 2008: The Rehearsals
How do you get to the American Music Awards? Practice, practice, practice.
Performers and nominees began descending on the Nokia Theater L.A. Live in Los Angeles yesterday to prep for their appearances on the 2008 edition of the American Music Awards, which will be hosted by funny-guy Jimmy Kimmel.
Rihanna took the stage in lumberjack chic, which will no doubt be exchanged for something more eye-catching for Sunday's broadcast—the 20-year-old, Barbados-born singer is up for two awards, Favorite Female Artist: Pop or Rock Music and Favorite Female Artist: Soul/Rhythm & Blues Music.
Ri-Ri's good buddy, Chris Brown, was also at the theater yesterday for rehearsals. The 19-year-old is hoping to score in the Favorite Male Artist: Pop or Rock Music and Favorite Male Artist: Soul/Rhythm & Blues Music categories.
The two were joined by 26-year-old British songbird Natasha Bedingfield, of "I Wanna Have Your Babies" fame. Though she's not up for any awards, Bedingfield's forthrightness is to be applauded.
The 2008 American Music Awards air on ABC Sunday night, starting at 8 p.m./7 p.m. central. Good luck, everybody!


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This is a synthesis of the findings from three international case studies on the relationship between higher education and economic development. The three case studies are Finland,South Korea, and the state of North Carolina in the United States. This sample of country case studies was chosen for several reasons. First, all of them reflect, to a greater or lesser degree, examples of well developed higher education systems comprising different types of institutions with varying impacts on development. Second, the higher education system in Finland and South Korea, but to a lesser extent in North Carolina, is characterised by high levels of participation – in fact, the highest in the world. Third, there is, in all three cases in higher education, evidence of a strong and close relationship between education and economic development in general, and higher education and economic development in particular. In all three systems a rethink of the major economic policies were accompanied by a deliberate attempt to link higher education to economic development
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This book is a children's interpretive guide to the Parrsboro Shore located in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is a 40 page book with photos and descriptions of some animals, shells, rocks and minerals easily found in the area. Completed as a volunteer project to raise funds for the Fundy Geological Museum in Parrsboro, N.S., 3$ from each sale will go to the museum.
Items like crabs, frogs, birds, insects and semi precious stones were found and identified by children from the area. Original stories, identification hints, observations and artwork were added by the children to enhance the guidebook.
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Creativity is a key
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a memorable experience…
Every year we get lots of requests to help out with hints and tips on how to plan a Company Christmas Party. So we have gathered our resources to provide you with lots of ideas to make this year's holiday party safe, fun and memorable experience for you and your co-workers. These ideas are designed for both large companies with great budgets as well as small businesses with minimum resources.
Do not focus your energy solely on the buffet, thinking food is what draws workers to the Christmas parties, the attendance will drop off because those parties are predictable.
The most deadly type of holiday party is a sit-down dinner at the boss's house, which often has a pressure-filled conservative atmosphere. Try having a different entertainment each year. Holiday party hosts can play a major role in keeping their friends and families safe by looking at alternatives to alcoholic beverages. There are a few common sense rules that should be followed when hosting a holiday party. If alcohol is going to be served at a party, this Safe Holiday Party Guide will give you a few pointers when planning an event.
Organize & Prepare
You can start by sending out the invitations with a note included that there will be a prize for the person that decks out in the most Christmas gear. This can include anything from a Christmas costume to guests wearing garments that display cheerful holiday clothing, jewelry, hats, or anything that their imagination can dream up. The person that shows up to your party that is voted by all as wearing the "best dressed†Christmas outfit wins a wrapped gift of their choice from the gift table.
You can have a designated receptionist announce the names of each new arrival, crown them with a Santa hat with their name, while reading something humorous about them. This works great especially at large Corporate parties when customers or large number of employees participate and not everyone knows each other. First names on Santa Hats work much better than name badges and the hats then double as party favors everyone gladly takes home.
But the energy of the party starts with the invitations…. or Christmas Greeting cards… one of our customers had a great idea to take a picture of all employees in Santa hats, personalized with employees names and use the postcard as a corporate Christmas card as well as Christmas party invitation for their customers. The Hats were then saved for the holiday party gala.
Make sure you have some fun program with games and activities for your Holiday Party. Our holiday party activity guide has many Christmas party games to spruce up the event. Also make sure you have some great Christmas Party music. Most Christmas CD's on the market are geared towards slow tunes, not much of a Party time material, so we have compiled some really original Christmas party tunes that will make you a star Christmas party DJ! If you head over to our MySpace page, we have some really cool Christmas music there. You need to click on the MENU button to move around the playlist: lots of fun Christmas mixes and remixes to choose from!
If you like this Christmas party music mix - You can play it at your Christmas Party! Just head over to our MySpace where you can find info on our blog how to save these songs on your computer and use your laptop to DJ your Christmas Party. …. and don't forget to say high there!
Party Favors
Also, don't forget to wrap the party up with a take-home gift party favor, such as a personalized stocking or a custom logo Christmas stocking with a gift certificate, a turkey or even an ornament with the company logo.
Those custom imprint Christmas Stockings with your company logo are perfect decorations in the Christmas partry room and then when it's time to leave you can give the stockings with Christmas bonus checks or Gift Certificates to your employees and some fun goodies like Company Logo ornaments for your customers and guests.
|We have a fun area where you can upload your logo and design your logo ornament online. These make an awesome favor for all the guests at your Christmas Party.
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Tigers win sweep at Faulkton Quadrangular
By Jay Davis
The Tigers pulled off a coup with a three-match sweep at the Faulkton Quadrangular on Thursday.
The Tigers defeated Ipswich-Leola 36-9, Miller/Highmore-Harrold 39-33 and Faulkton Area 42-30.
"I cannot explain how proud I am with our guys," said coach Spencer Novotny. "Those who do not follow wrestling won't understand the team effort it took to beat Miller and Faulkton. This was my first win against Miller as a coach and I could not be happier with the momentum we have going into our home quad."
The Faulkton match was tied at 30-30 when Chase Schoen-hard, who moved up to 220 pounds, stepped onto the mat with the Trojans' Alec Lee. Schoenhard put Lee on his back at 5:45, putting the Tigers ahead for good.
"Chase pinning the number five of six rated guy in state sealed us the dual win," said Novotny. "We knew we had some tough guys, but we fought all match and never gave up bonus points."
Key wins for the Tigers came from Isaac Olson, Nathan Bauer, Stone Jensen and Joseph Avalos.
"All of our young guys did great," said Novotny.
The Tigers went just 4-7 in matches wrestled against Miller/Highmore-Harrold, but used key pins to stay close before taking the match with forfeit points in the end.
"People will say that they won more matches," said Novotny, "but we expected wins there anyway."
The forfeits at the end that put the Tigers ahead went to Schoenhard and Quentin Fish, but had their been matches, Brett Lang would have taken the mat at 285 pounds.
While Miller/Highmore-Harrold was winning by decisions, Olson, Jaden Madison and David Jensen won by pin, while Bray Harrison won by decision.
The Ipswich-Leola match did not take long. There were just four matches. The Tigers won two with Jaden Shepherd and Stone Jensen getting the wins. The Tigers kept the score down by not taking any forfeits after the 152-pound weight class. In other matches: Faulkton Area defeated Ipswich-Leola 72-11; Miller/Highmore-Harrold defeated Faulkton Area 58-18; Miller/Highmore-Harrold defeated Ipswich-Leola 48-16.
Faulkton Quadrangular
Mobridge-Pollock 36
Ipswich-Leola 9
103: Jaden Shepherd, MP, pinned Colton Weeldreyer, IL, :58; Justin Nobles, MP, won by forfeit; 120: Isaac Olson, MP, won by forfeit; 126: Jaden Madison, MP, won by forfeit; 132: Lane Peterson, IL, defeated Bray Harrison, MP, 12-0; 138: Stone Jensen, MP, pinned Nick Brandner, IL, 3:12; 145: Open; 152: Alex Marsh, IL, defeated Killian Warner, MP, 18-3.
Mobridge-Pollock 39
Miller/Highmore-Harrold 33
103: J.C. Forman, MHH, defeated Jaden Shepherd, MP, 15-3; 113: Connor Bertsch, MHH, pinned Justin Nobles, MP, :52; 120: Isaac Olson, MP, pinned Blade Forman, MHH, 3:03; 126: Carter Canham, MHH, defeated Nathan Bauer, MP, 5-2; 132: Jaden Madison, MP, pinned Barry Johnson, MHH, 5:05; 138: Bray Harrison, MP, defeated Riley Rinehart, MHH, 5-2; 145: Glenn Aymar, MHH, pinned Stone Jensen, MP, 1:12; 152: Devon Gnat, MHH, defeated Killian Warner, MP, major decision 12-2; 160: Paul Waring, MHH, defeated Andrea Murri, MP, 11-0; 170: Jaxson Brueggeman, MHH, pinned Dalton Martian, MP, 5:19; 182: Joseph Avalos, MP, won by forfeit; 195: David Jensen, MP, pinned Jack Jones, MHH, :55; 220: Chase Schoenhard, MP, won by forfeit; 285: Quinten Fish, MP, won by forfeit.
Mobridge-Pollock 42
Faulkton Area 30
103: Gannon Martinmaas, FA, defeated Jaden Shepherd, MP, 13-5; 113: Alex Aesoph, FA, defeated Justin Nobles, MP, 11-0; 120: Isaac Olson, MP, pinned Andrew Edgar, FA, 3:42; 126: Oliver Aesoph, FA, defeated Jaden Madison, MP, 16-3; 132: Nathan Bauer, MP, defeated Joe Holsing, FA, 13-9; 138: Bray Harrison, MP, won by forfeit; 145: Stone Jensen, MP, defeated Adam Anderson, FA, 12-5; 152: Riley Potter, FA, pinned Killian Warner, MP, 1:42; 160: Truman Weyand, FA, pinned Andrea Murri, FA, 1:05; 170: Joseph Avalos, MP, pinned Matt Holsing, FA, 3:51; 182: Lane Meyer, FA, pinned Dalton Martian, MP, 1:37; 195: David Jensen, MP, won by forfeit; 220: Chase Schoenhard, MP, pinned Alec Lee, FA, 5:45; 285: Brett Lang, MP, won by forfeit.


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Amy Tolsky plays Bespectacled Nurse on Scrubs.
Amy was born in Chicago. After living in England for 13 years as a duel citizen, Amy began her acting career in 1993 on the TV program Jeeves and Wooster. Since then, Amy has appeared in the series The Nanny, Strong Medicine, That's So Raven, and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Amy has also appeared on the silver screen in the films The Mail Gaze and Another House on Mercy Street.


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Our news cocktail of the week, "The Accidental Senator" spices things up with a sudden entrance.
Meanwhile, vulnerability, risk, unpredictability, and sudden transformation are the constitutive experiences of human life.
It is difficult to know how to read the sudden decision by the Iraqi government to raid and disband the MEK camp.
The sudden outbreak in fighting was unexpected for the Assad regime, and for many residents too.
sudden cardiac death, which Tanner suffered, strikes 350,000 people a year, killing nine of 10 victims.
Of a sudden it grew lighter, and the rain dwindled to a fine mist.
Jim eyed the man skeptically and Murphy spoke with sudden heat.
Riley's eyes had opened in a sudden movement of consciousness.
The whole thing was so sudden that for a moment it quite frightened the Americans.
But at the sight my blood rushed of a sudden through my veins and drowned my reason.
late 13c., perhaps via Anglo-French sodein, from Old French subdain "immediate, sudden," from Vulgar Latin *subitanus, variant of Latin subitaneus "sudden," from subitus "come or go up stealthily," from sub "up to" + ire "come, go." Phrase all of a sudden first attested 1680s, earlier of a sudayn (1590s), upon the soden (1550s). Sudden death, tie-breakers in sports, first recorded 1927; earlier in reference to coin tosses (1834).


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Childhood learning tax qualifies for ballot
Tue., July 20, 2010
A property tax to raise money for early childhood learning, abuse prevention, treatment and other programs to help lower the dropout rate will likely be on the ballot in November.
Children's Investment Fund advocates announced Monday they'd collected 8,412 signatures from registered Spokane County voters, more than the 8,334 required. The next step is for the Spokane City Council to give its approval.
Volunteers organized through Spokane Alliance spent hours gathering signatures. More than 13,000 were turned in to the Spokane County Elections Office.
That "shows just how important this initiative is in the eyes of Spokane residents," said Ben Stuckart, a spokesman for the fund's steering committee.


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8.47am: Good morning, Paul Owen here. David Cameron is in Brussels today for his first EU summit. This morning he met Jose Manuel Barroso, the president of the European commission. I'll have more on that in a moment.
Comment is free will have a live webchat with Ed Miliband, the Labour leadership contender, at 11am. You can post your questions here now. Yesterday's, with Ed Balls, was very good.
Eric Illsley, the Labour MP for Barnsley Central, is due in court this morning accused of dishonestly claiming more than £20,000 in expenses relating to his second home. He is the fifth politician to face criminal charges arising from last year's expenses scandal.
And George Osborne has just been on BBC Radio 4's Today programme explaining his abolition of the Financial Services Authority and the handing over of its powers to the Bank of England. He announced all this in last night's Mansion House speech, and MPs will hear the full details in the Commons later today.
Osborne was asked if his new system of regulation, which scraps Gordon Brown's tripartite system sharing responsibility between the Bank of England, the FSA and the Treasury, would have prevented the economic crisis. He said: "Our domestic regulators would not have stopped the problems in the world banking system, but if they had been put on a sound footing they would have [helped protect British banks]."
He pointed out that RBS took over ABN Ambro just before the credit crunch hit. "No one in the regulatory system said 'Can it really take on this huge merger?' No one was taking a step back and seeing what was the big picture here."
Asked if he was worried about how the FSA would operate while being wound down in the next two years, its staff in effect "in limbo", Osborne said that the retention of Hector Sants – the current chief executive, who will run the new regulatory part of the Bank of England – would provide stability. "I think that is a major piece of the picture to make sure it will be a smooth transition."
He said he had spent the last few days making sure that the transition would be "exactly spot on". But if the system is not working, you have to change it, he said. More broadly, "I think the culture has to change in our financial services. The first step we can take is by introducing a bank levy, a bank tax." But he said he didn't think there was a "silver bullet" to resolve all Britain's financial problems.
Asked about next Tuesday's budget, he said: "The job of the budget is to show international investors and our own population that we can face up to the challenge and ... live within our means."
He called BP "a very strong company ... This is a very important company. We want it to succeed and flourish in future for all our sakes." But he said:"The first priority is to stop the oil spill and clean up the beaches."
8.54am: My colleague Nicholas Watt is in Brussels with David Cameron. He says Jose Manuel Barroso, president of the European commission, has described the Tories plans to tackle the £156bn fiscal deficit as "exactly the right medicine". Nick writes:
Speaking in Brussels this morning after breakfast with Cameron at the commission's Berlaymont headquarters, Barroso said: "I want to pay tribute to the efforts the UK government coalition is taking. We believe they are exactly taking the right medicine for the situation."
The president's remarks were immediately welcomed by Cameron who is under fire from the Labour party for tackling the deficit too soon and too quickly. Labour says that the £6bn of spending cuts this year – and further cuts from next year – could jeopardise the fragile economic recovery and undermine vital public services.
But Barroso reflected the thinking across the EU that dramatic action now needs to be taken to tackle deficits in the wake of the sovereign debt crisis in Greece. The president, who made an effort to woo Cameron by serving him a cooked English breakfast of bacon, sausage and egg, warned that deficit reductions had to be calibrated with care.
"We must avoid a decade of debt, we must build a generation of growth," Barroso said. "At the same time budget cuts must not mean that growth is stifled. Growth is the key."
Cameron warmly welcomed Barroso's remarks. "I very much admire his approach as president of the commission," the prime minister said. "What he just said about the importance of getting our public finances in order – that there can be no growth without confidence and that getting our public finances in order is the key to confidence – is absolutely right."
A full story from Nick will be up on the site shortly.
9.08am: Nicholas Watt's full story on Cameron's trip to Brussels is up on the site now. The summit has begun now and will end around 3.30pm. Cameron is expected to address hold a press conference at around 4pm.
9.19am: Nick Clegg is to announce a new childhood and families taskforce today, which my colleague Patrick Wintour says "will have to resolve fundamental differences" between the Tories and the Liberal Democrats on family policy and whether marriage should be recognised in the tax system. Patrick has the full story here.
9.40am: The Daily Telegraph has a long interview with Diane Abbott, the Labour leadership contender, today, in which she declares herself "on course for No 10". Asked if she would serve in the shadow cabinet under one of her rivals, she replies:
I'm planning to win, and therefore they'll have to take a place in mine.
She discusses the difficulties of being an MP and a single mother:
It was a terrible struggle when my son was small. If the nursery rang to say he was sick and I was in the middle of a select committee, I had to drop everything and run.
Some people say "Oh, Diane's so lazy." They don't realise the demands of a busy constituency and bringing up a child alone. Because I had to be at work, I used to leave my son with the school lollipop man at 7.30 and then scramble back to collect him. The after-school club was so strict that if you were a minute late, they wanted to ring social services. I was in terror of that.
And she mounts a strong defence of what is seen by many on the left as her most controversial decision: sending her son to a fee-paying school after attacking Tony Blair and Harriet Harman for sending their children to selective schools. She says:
I was taught that you sacrifice everything for your child. I could have joined the church and all the stuff people do [to get their children into better schools], but I wasn't prepared to. That school was the making of him.
She calls her opponents "all absolute New Labour creatures" and complains of that they "come in, are made advisers, get dropped into a safe seat". And she has a good line about the Miliband v Miliband rivalry for the leadership: "We're selecting from one of the narrowest gene pools in history."
Ed Balls has reportedly said that the brothers' allies are locked in feuding. "Between the two brothers there has been a bit of off-the-record briefing going on. I think it is pretty unedifying."
David Miliband's spokeswoman told the Daily Express: "They are competing for the same job, so of course there will be differences. Both love each other and they want to be brotherly after this contest is over."
9.50am: The Press Association news agency has filed a couple of quotes for Osborne on Today that I managed to miss. Asked about next Tuesday's budget, he said:
The job of the budget is to show not just the international investors but our own population that we can live up to the challenge, that we can deal with our problems. And in a series of decisive measures, I think we can show this country can live within its means. That is absolutely crucial. If we can't, then the recovery will stall, interest rates will go up, businesses will go bust, more people will be unemployed.
He said that if the regulatory framework had been configured along the lines he now proposes, "there would have been someone in the system looking at the overall levels of debt that were rising very rapidly in the middle part of the last decade ... Someone would have said to take away the punch bowl as the party was getting going. Keeping an eye on the wood as well as the trees is very important and that was not happening in the build-up to this crisis."
On pay and bonuses, the chancellor said:
I think the culture has to change in our financial services. I think the levels of pay are excessive and totally out of kilter with pay in other sectors of our economy ... There are a number of different tools we can use. I hope the regulatory system we are creating will be very alert to the question of bonuses. We are looking to shareholders of these banks and the people who speak for the shareholders to be much tougher in saying, "Is this a fair way to spend the company's profits?"
Asked about how the FSA would continue to do its job while being wound down, he said:
We have to make sure we do that whilst not taking our eye off the ball ... Structure is important but it's not the most important thing. The most important thing is we create mechanisms by which we challenge conventional wisdoms.
There is a fantastic variety of metaphors there – the punch bowl, the wood, the trees, the ball – the first being clearly inspired by Mervyn King's intriguing description of his job, which seems to suggest he is the worst party host ever:
Just as the role of a central bank in monetary policy is to take the punch bowl away just as the party gets going, its role in financial stability should be to turn down the music when the dancing gets a little too wild.
10.11am: Rupert Goodwins at ZDNet technology website has written a post about the Cabinet Office accidentally sending out an email with hundreds of Cabinet Office email addresses visible in the cc field.
In case you didn't guess, ZDNet UK now has hundreds of Cabinet Office email addresses, including plenty with embedded codenames (Rainbow? Pygmalion?) about which we may only wonder ...
It would be very bad, not to say potentially illegal, to publish these email addresses, so we won't ... So, we're going to do the decent thing and destroy it – even if it means missing out on an unhealthy lashing from Malcolm Tucker's tongue.
11.06am: I've had a chance to go through today's papers.
• The Independent reckons that a revolt by Tory backbenchers has succeeded in watering down the government's plans to raise capital gains tax from 18% to 40% or 50%.
The Conservative backbench protests forced ministers into a rethink of the policy ahead of next Tuesday's Budget announcement by Chancellor George Osborne. They are known to be considering a tapering system under which people who try to make quick profits are penalised, but those who hold long-term assets are not affected.
• In a leader column entitled "Action at last to curb the greedy bankers", the Daily Mail welcomes Osborne's reform of banking regulation.
This doesn't guarantee that banks won't fail again - it's up to the regulators to do a better job. It does mean that the watchdogs are being given the tools to keep them in check. There are further changes ahead for our banks. A new commission is to look at whether to divide up high street banking from high stakes City gambling. And a new banking tax - details in the budget - will force them to help pay for sorting out the mess they created. But last night Mr Osborne took the first steps towards ensuring that never again will Britain's economic future be risked by the reckless greed of an overpaid few.
• The first paragraphs of Andrew Hill's Lombard column in the Financial Times today may make uncomfortable reading for Hector Sants, the chief executive of the FSA who will take on a similar role in Osborne's new structure.
Redrawing the line between the Bank of England and the Financial Services Authority will create a new set of problems. Undoing the integrated approach to risk supervision will return regulation in the UK to the dark ages. Splitting responsibility for enforcement activity will invite a turf war between the different bodies involved. Failing to take account of the lessons of the past two years would be grossly irresponsible.
Not my words, but those of Hector Sants. The FSA's chief executive uttered them last November in a speech that set out his fundamental opposition to regulatory restructuring proposed by George Osborne, then shadow chancellor.
• In the Times, Ann Treneman says she misses Nick Clegg at prime minister's question time since he became deputy PM.
I never thought I'd say this, but I miss Nick. Free the Lib Dem One. Yesterday he was showing signs of captive fatigue as he sat by Dave, his head nodding up and down, up and down, all the time. Dave used to agree with Nick. Now Nick agrees only mutely with Dave. It's a sad state of affairs.
Some Liberal Democrats cannot even bear to sit on their benches (Charles Kennedy has never been seen there). Ming Campbell looked miserable. Yesterday he told the Commons that he holds a shotgun licence "for sporting purposes only". Oh dear.
(PS Also in the Times, Antonia Senior asks whether it would be so ridiculous to plug the BP oil spill with a nuclear bomb. Apparently, "the Soviet Union used nuclear devices in the 1960s to plug gas leaks, so the precedent is there.")
• On the Telegraph website, David Cameron is quoted as saying he finds it "painful" to work with Martin McGuinness, the deputy first minister of Northern Ireland and former IRA leader.
I do find it painful that I now sometimes sit around a table with Martin McGuinness and I think about what that man did. But everyone has to come to terms with that because that is the price we are paying for peace, and it is a price that is worth paying, because peace is so much better than the alternative.
• And the Spectator magazine devotes a leader column to attacking justice secretary Kenneth Clarke's suggestion that the government might look at reforming sentencing laws and lock up fewer people.
The article is headlined "Prison works", but it provides no evidence that prison does work, beyond claiming that "the average prisoner commits a remarkable 140 crimes per year before incarceration" – crimes that they then do not commit while they are in prison. But surely if prison is to "work" it should encourage as many prisoners as possible not to commit crimes again once they are released? Unfortunately the magazine does not discuss Britain's woeful rates of rehabilitation or post-prison recidivism.
11.14am: Alistair Darling, the shadow chancellor, has just been on Sky News talking about Osborne's plans for the FSA. Proving he could match Osborne for mixed metaphors, Darling said there were two issues to consider.
One is the transition: you drop the ball while you are concentrating on moving the desks. Two: you sometimes think if you change the architecture, you change the name on the front door [that will solve the problems] ... when what's really needed is to change the judgment calls. I think they need to concentrate on whether the regulators themselves are doing the job they are supposed to be doing.
Darling seems to me genuinely annoyed that someone else has taken over a job that he feels he was doing perfectly well, and (according to him) is starting to mess it up. My colleague Michael White writes of Osborne today: "I persist in my view that Osborne is a smart fellow and will not be taken in by siren voices on the Tory benches or flattery in the City. But he is only 38 and has never had a global crisis to deal with. He's got his L-plates on. Fingers crossed – and close to the handbrake."
11.34am: Ed Miliband is online now at Comment is free to answer your questions in a live webchat.
12.20pm: Sky News is reporting Cameron's visit as a "get to know you baptism" between the prime minister and his European counterparts. The Press Association news agency reports that Cameron had private talks with Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, and Jan Peter Balenende, the Dutch premier, this morning, and met his most senior Tory MEP, Timothy Kirkhope, and Michal Kaminski, the controversial Polish politician who leads the Tories' political bloc in the European parliament. According to PA, the more mainstream group the Conservatives left, the European People's party, have invited him back into the fold, although Cameron has shown no inclination to return, despite controversy around his new allies.
12.37pm: The Ed Miliband webchat has finished over at Comment is free.
The Labour leadership contender repeated some of the key messages he has been pushing since announcing his candidacy – his Labour "values", his parents' experience as refugees, the fact he went to a comprehensive school – but also gave more detailed answers. Asked which areas of public spending he would defend, he said:
I will fight in particular for those areas of spending which will help economic growth, including the investment in new jobs in Sheffield through a loan to a company called Sheffiled Forgemasters in the nuclear supply chain. The government appears set to cut it which is an self-defeating short-termism: it would harm our industrial future and future jobs. Also, I would fight against the unfair cuts that are already becoming a hallmark of what the government is proposing: for example, their local government cuts are hitting the poorest areas hardest.
Commenter Fruitcandle asked an interesting question: was Miliband aware that "most parties, once kicked out into the wilderness for underperforming, go through a cycle of at least two or three leaders before settling on one that stands a chance of winning an election. Are you prepared to be one of these sacrificial lambs?"
Miliband replied:
No and No. We need a labour government back in power after the next election: every day out of power is a day wasted when we could be making our country fairer and more equal.
On the subject of Israel, Miliband said: "We need to be a friend of Israel but a critical friend: willing to speak out when they do the wrong thing, like over the Gaza blockade and flotilla."
My colleague Toby Manhire asked: "Do you think words like 'aspiration' resonate on the doorstep?" to which Miliband gave a promising answer: "Not particularly no. People do want to get on, and want a better life for their kids than they had. Plainer language is better." Hear, hear.
He also gave a strong answer to commenter dskyinthewest, who asked whether New Labour's "weak and naff 'socialism which isn't even actually socialism" was a betrayal of his Marxist father Ralph Miliband's principles. Ed Miliband replied:
Tell that to the people whose lives have been changed by sure-start, tax credits, the new deal for young people and the people whose lives will be damaged by the abolition of the future jobs fund for example. Unlike the premise of your question, he saw the value of making these kinds of changes to help enable people to lead better and happier lives.
Like Ed Balls yesterday, Miliband answered quite a lot of questions, many of them in a good level of detail. Andy Burnham will follow tomorrow at 1pm.
12.38pm: In the Commons, Danny Alexander, the chief secretary to the Treasury, has announced the cancellation of 12 projects worth £2bn, and the suspension of 12 projects worth £8.5bn. One of the projects cancelled is a loan to Sheffield Forgemasters. I'll post up more details as soon as I have them.
12.56pm: The Treasury has put details of the projects to be suspended or cancelled on its website.
It says the cancellations were part of a review of all spending decisions taken since the beginning of the year. "Projects have been cancelled where they were not affordable, did not represent good value for money, or where they did not reflect the government's priorities."
Two hundred and seventeen projects were reviewed, with a total price tag of £34bn. Alexander said:
We are determined to tackle the unprecedented budget deficit and bad financial management we have seen over the past decade, but are equally determined to do this in a way that is fair and responsible.
As a result of the poor decisions made by the previous government, I have taken the decision to cancel certain projects that do not represent good value for money, and suspend others pending full consideration in the spending review.
We have also found another spending black hole in the previous government's plans - projects had been approved with no money in place to pay for them. I am determined to deal with this problem head-on and ensure we never see this kind of irresponsible financial planning in government again.
These are the projects that have been cut:
Department for Culture Media and Sport: Stonehenge Visitor Centre: £25m
Communities and Local Government: Local Authority Leader Boards: £16m
Business Innovation and Skills: Sheffield Forgemasters International Limited: £80m
Department for Work and Pensions: Roll-out of the Future Jobs Fund: £290m (previously announced as part of Osborne's £6bn cuts)
DWP: Six-month offer recruitment subsidies: £30m (previously announced)
DWP: Extension of Young Person's Guarantee to 2011-12: £450m
DWP: Two-year Jobseeker's Guarantee: £515m
Department of Health: Active Challenge Routes: Walk England: £2m
DoH: County Sports Partnerships: £6m
DoH: North Tees and Hartlepool hospital: £450m
Local Government: Local Authority Business Growth Initiative (LABGI): £50m (previously announced)
Regional Development Agencies: Outukumpu: £13m
Total: £1.9bn (£370m previously announced)
These are the projects that have been suspended:
Department for Culture Media and Sport: Libraries Modernisation Programme: £12m
Communities and Local Government: Sheffield Retail Quarter: £12m
CLG: Kent Thameside Strategic Transport Programme: £23m
Business Innovation and Skills: University Enterprise Capital Fund: £25m
BIS: Newton Scholarships: £25m
Department of Health: Health Research Support Initiative: £73m
DoH: Leeds Holt Park Well-being Centre: £50m
Ministry of Justice: Birmingham Magistrates Court: £94m
(2010-11 element included in Osborne's £6.2bn announcement)
Ministry of Defence: Successor Deterrent Extension to Concept Phase Long Lead Items: £66m
MoD: Search and Rescue Helicopters: £4.7bn
Department for Transport: Search and Rescue Helicopters - joint procurement with MoD: £2.3bn
DfT: A14 road: £1.1bn
Total: £8.5bn
At first glance, there are some potentially controversial decisions there. North Tees and Hartlepool hospital and the search and rescue helicopters are the most eye-catching.
1.08pm: My colleague Hélène Mulholland will be taking over the blog now for the rest of the day and we'll get more details about these cuts up as soon as we've got them.
1.19pm: Hi, It's Hélène Mulholland taking over from Paul Owen. The decision to axe £80m from Sheffield Forgemasters International Limited, a company that reportedly employs 800 staff and manufactures nuclear technology, and new programmes for the young unemployed, is likely to prompt a strong response from the unions.
It's hard to see how this is going to help unemployment figures, which yesterday hit record levels. Just yesterday, Harriet Harman, the acting Labour leader, pressed David Cameron to give assurances that the measures set out in next week's budget would not put more people out of work.
Cameron blamed the unemployment figures on the Labour government and said any rise in unemployment is a tragedy, not least for those people desperately looking for work.
"The government will bring in a work programme, which is going to be the biggest, boldest scheme for getting people back to work, as soon as we can," he said at prime minister's question time.
1.24pm: Unite leader Derek Simpson said the decision to axe £80m from Sheffield Forgemasters International Limited is a "colossal error of judgment". Withdrawing the loan would lead to thousands of job losses and jeopardise Britain's preparations to build a new generation of nuclear power stations.
Simpson said: "The company is unique.There is not another company in the world that has its skills and expertise."
The deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, as an MP with a constituency in Sheffield, finds himself in an odd position. He said today he "regrets" the decision had to be made:
PA reports him as saying:
Sheffield Forgemasters is a great British company and as a Sheffield MP I regret that the government cannot afford to support its expansion. The truth is that this loan was promised by the outgoing Labour government as a calculated ploy to win support in Sheffield just ahead of the election, when they knew all along that there simply wasn't the money to keep to that pledge in first place.
"In front of TV cameras Labour made all sorts of lofty promises, but behind closed doors they left notes telling this government that there was no money left. This was a breathtakingly cynical way of raising false hope of everyone in Sheffield.
"I believe Sheffielders should be treated with greater honesty. At a time when the government is spending more in interest on debt than it does on defending the nation or policing our streets, we have to take difficult choices to make sure taxpayers' money is spent as wisely as possible.
"This government will do all it can to help secure private funding for the expansion of Sheffield Forgemasters. I want us to give the company real help, not false promises of money that doesn't even exist.
1.28pm: Pat McFadden, the shadow business secretary, described the decision on Sheffield Forgemasters as appalling. He said the deal could have given Britain an ability to be a key player in the nuclear industry by being able to make components that currently have to be found outside Europe.
The government has turned their backs on that and on preventing even steeper unemployment, he said. Pressed on government charges that the Labour government had put plans in place that it could not afford, McFadden said the proposal had been for a loan, not a grant, and it was expected to be repaid.
This was about investment in manufacturing and that part of the country to boost growth. "The government have turned their backs on that growth," he said.
1.44pm: Ed Miliband, one of the five Labour leadership contenders and the shadow climate change and energy secretary, appeared braced for the announcement when he took part in a webchat over at Comment is Free (see 12.37pm). Pledging to fight for spending which will help economic growth, Miliband said the Forgemasters funding cut was "self-defeating short-termism" which will harm the UK's industrial future and future jobs.
2.02pm: On other matters, it's only three months until the party conference season starts in late September. The usual schedule for the mainstream parties is Liberal Democrats first, followed by Labour and the Conservatives in successive weeks.
MPs, peers and party members gather together to discuss party business and policy and choose from an array of fringe events staged morning, noon and night after the main conference events.
It's also their chance to set out their stall to the wider public and have a bash at the misguided policies of the other two camps. It's obviously going to be interesting this year, in light of the coalition arrangement.
The shadow leader of the house, Rosie Winterton, quipped in the Commons earlier today that the Conservative and Liberal Democrat party conferences could be merged and "simply be called the Conservative party conference".
You could see the efficiency gains involved too – very much in the spirit of the day. Joking aside, Winterton made the sideswipe in a debate on future Commons business, when Sir George Young, the leader of the house, raised the spectre of annual conferences being held at other times of the year to allow more time for MPs to sit at Westminster. Young said:
The house ought to have a serious debate about its sitting hours, when it sits, when it sits in the summer, whether the 82-day summer recess we have had in the past is the right way forward.
I think that all parties might have a look at whether the party conferences are immovable or whether there might be a more intelligent way of organising the political year. This is not a matter for one party, it is a matter for all parties and it is a matter for the house. I hope the house will engage in that debate in the spirit in which I launched it.
The figure of 82 days in relation to the length of the summer recess was not a typo, in case anyone was wondering.
2.23pm: Back to the cuts announced today by chief secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander (see 12.56pm), which are still being absorbed.
The Labour party has rejected suggestions that some of the funding promises made since January that have since been scrapped were made for electioneering purposes ahead of the May election.
Alexander's Labour shadow, Liam Byrne, said that the projects detailed amounted to 0.05% of government spending, thus "nailing the myth" that Labour had operated a "scorched earth" policy in the runup to the election.
Byrne said today's announcement was a "moment of abject humiliation" for Alexander as it flew in the face of several former Liberal Democrat policies.
The TUC general secretary, Brendan Barber, said today's announcement went against everything the government had said about its cuts programme.
Barber said:
Cutting a further £2bn from public contracts with the private sector will shrink the economy, rather than stimulate private sector growth - and will do nothing to rebalance the economy. Ending funding for job guarantees will throw people on the dole and goes against a desire to be fair.
"Particularly disappointing is the decision to cancel the loan to Sheffield Forgemasters to build components for nuclear power stations as it not only damages manufacturing but also threatens energy security and the transition to a low-carbon economy.
2.42pm: My colleague Mark Tran has written a story with more details about the cuts announced by Danny Alexander today.
3.18pm: We're a bit mystified about some of the project names that are being cut by the Treasury. One of our readers asked what "Outokumpu", which is listed under Regional Development Agencies, refers to. The Department of Business, Innovation and Skills tells us it is a former steelworks in Sheffield that was billed for redevelopment into a business park. Not any more it isn't.
3.31pm: My colleague Paul Owen has just been on the phone to the Ministry of Defence about two of the items on the suspension list: the mysteriously named "Successor Deterrent Extension to Concept Phase Long Lead Items" and the search and rescue helicopters. He writes:
The government is currently assessing the value for money of the whole Trident nuclear deterrent renewal programme. The £66m for "Successor Deterrent Extension to Concept Phase Long Lead Items" was to pay designers to work on ideas for what will replace Trident when it goes out of service in 2025. Once the value for money review has come back (late this year), the government might or might not continue with this design work. An MoD spokeswoman was keen to stress the government is "committed to a future deterrent".
The search and rescue helicopters are currently provided by the MoD and the Maritime and Coastguard agency. But after 2012 the plan was to replace this with a PFI project. The preferred bidder was a consortium called Soteria. Today's announcement freezes that process while the government reviews whether or not to go ahead with it. This will take weeks rather than months, the spokeswoman said.
3.37pm: Another cut worth noting is free swimming for those aged under 16 and over 60, which sits oddly with the public health agenda, and the efforts to encourage more people to get active in the run up to the Olympics.
Free swimming programmes will end this summer in the light of new research showing that the scheme has not delivered value for money, according to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. It intends to rely on lottery funding to improve sports facilities around the country.
Sport and Olympics minister Hugh Robertson said:
This is not a decision that gives me any pleasure. However, the research shows that the great majority of free swimmers were swimming already, and would have paid to swim anyway. With a crippling deficit to tackle and tough decisions to take, this has become a luxury we can no longer afford. Delivering a legacy from 2012 is one of my top priorities. I want people of all ages and abilities to have opportunities to take part in all kinds of sport, and under our plans to reform the Lottery shares we should see an extra £50m a year going on sports facilities by 2012.
Other cuts include the planned Stonehenge Visitor Centre and a digital access project at the British Film Institute. Then there is the suspension of £12m of funding for the libraries modernisation programme.
Jeremy Hunt, the secretary of state for culture, Olympics, media and sport, said:
As part of my department's contribution, we have examined a number of schemes to determine whether they remain a government priority, value for money, and affordable in the current economic climate. This has involved some incredibly difficult decisions, but the cultural and sporting worlds, like everyone else, urgently need the country's finances to be returned to a sustainable position.
3.58pm: On other matters, hopes that more contenders will enter the Labour mayoral selection contest are fading fast as the deadline for nominations is tomorrow.
It looks like it's going to be a two-horse race between Ken Livingstone, the former mayor of London, and Oona King, the former MP for Bethnal Green and Bow. Some have criticised the decision to hold the contest concurrently with the Labour leadership race, claiming it has been held too early to give possible contenders the time and space to consider their options. The next mayoral election is in 2012.
Our London blogger, Dave Hill, yesterday recounted the low media turnout for King's launch of the housing policies she would pursue as London mayor.
Last night was the first mayoral hustings, in Ilford, Essex, which Dave also attended. You can read all about it here.
4.02pm: My colleague Paul Owen writes regarding the cancelled North Tees and Hartlepool hospital project, which was to cost £450m:
The Health Service Journal has a good article explaining what has happened. It says the proposed North Tees and Hartlepool hospital was "intended to replace existing hospitals in Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees. The outline business case for the £464m project was given approval by the Treasury in March." It says two months before that Andrew Lansley, then shadow health secretary and now health secretary, had promised to "save" the existing hospital in Hartlepool.
4.07pm: My colleague Megan French has been looking into a couple of items on the list, the University Enterprise Capital Fund and the helicopters. She writes:
The Labour government had planned to invest £25m in the University Enterprise Capital Fund, and a further £10m of private sector money into this scheme, which encouraged universities to capitalise on their business oppurtunities. Universities were to patent their ideas and commercialise them by practises such as selling licences to third parties.
The Ministry of Defence and Maritime and Coastguard Agency together provide a 24-hour search and rescue helicopter service from 12 bases around the country. Their typical missions include medical evacuations from boats at sea, the rescue of divers, swimmers, and also international rescues. The Labour goverment were involved in a controversial £5bn deal to outsource this service to private sector investors (see 3.31pm).
4.17pm: A summary of today's developments:
• Danny Alexander, the chief secretary of the Treasury, has announced the cancellation of 12 projects worth £2bn, and the suspension of 12 projects worth £8.5bn. In total, 217 projects were reviewed, with a total price tag of £34bn.
Alexander said:
As a result of the poor decisions made by the previous government, I have taken the decision to cancel certain projects that do not represent good value for money, and suspend others pending full consideration in the spending review.
One of the decisions including axing £80m from Sheffield Forgemasters International Limited, which provoked a strong reaction from unions. Unite joint general secretary Derek Simpson said it was a colossal error (see 1.24pm). TUC general secretary Brendan Barber said today's announcement went against everything the government had said about its cuts programme (see 2.23pm).
• Jose Manuel Barroso, president of the European commission, described the Tories' plans to tackle the £156bn fiscal deficit as "exactly the right medicine" (see 8.54am).
• Ed Miliband took part in a web chat on Comment is free (see 12.37pm)
We're wrapping up the blog for today. My colleague Nicholas Watt is in Brussels for the EU summit, where David Cameron is expected to give a press conference right about now, so check out the website later for a story on that.


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DUBAI, July 21 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Kingdom Holding , the investment firm of Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, made a 9.4 percent rise in its second quarter net profit, it said in a bourse statement on Saturday.
The firm made a net profit of 178.9 million riyals ($47.70 million) during the second quarter this year, compared to 163.5 million riyals in the same period a year earlier.
The rise in profits were attributed to high profits from the company's investments and sale of real estate investments which made up for the loss made from hotel revenues in the Middle East due to unrest in the region, the statement said.
Kingdom Holding has minority stakes in some of the world's top companies. Aside from being one of the largest shareholders in Citigroup, it also owns stakes in Rupert Murdoch's News Corp and microblogging site Twitter.
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Daytime Emmys: Rachael Ray Wants to Make Burgers For Obama, Says Gordon Ramsey's Scary (EXCLUSIVE)
Getting into the spirit of Independence Day grilling early, the talk show host, 43, tells Celebuzz if she had the President Barack Obama and his First Lady Michelle over for dinner, she would serve them a hefty plate of burgers.
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"I really do think so," Ray, who is tonight presenting a Daytime Emmy on HLN for Outstanding Culinary Program, tells Celebuzz exclusively.
"The first time I met them — before he was elected when they were on the campaign trial — they were eating a cheeseburger."
She added, "People often ask if I was cooking for the President and the First Lady what would I make for them — my answer is burgers!"
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Acne Studios Pre-Fall 2013
As Acne Studios creative director Jonny Johansson will tell you, sometimes the very look of an artist can make for inspiring subject matter—above and beyond anything else. Take Swedish poet, playwright, and painter August Strindberg, for example, whose self-portraits were the starting point for Acne Studios pre-fall. "I like the idea of taking a strong image of a man to redefine a women's wardrobe," said Johansson. Set against the frosty backdrop of a Scandinavian autumn, Strindberg's turn-of-the-century images were an opportunity for the label to reexamine menswear tropes—like the parka, the peacoat, and the trench—through a feminine lens. Johansson has never been afraid of thinking big where silhouette is concerned—he was undoubtedly one of the first to ride fashion's recent oversize wave—and that sense of volume lends itself to outerwear: What city dweller north of Miami Beach wouldn't want to cocoon themselves in a capelike winter-white parka when the temperature drops? Most of us will have to wait a little longer than our Nordic cousins to actually wear them. Johansson was quick to note that a coat is the one piece Acne Studios fans across the globe will buy in anticipation of a deep chill. The exaggerated proportion came through on the surface of the clothes, too, including what appeared to be an abstracted jumbo leopard print, even if the strongest patterns in the collection had a more delicate artistic touch, like the watercolor floral on a white puffer.
All coats aside, there were pieces in the collection with trans-seasonal appeal. Unravel many of the layered arctic looks and you'll find staples for more temperate climes, like cropped skinny pants and breezy, asymmetric cotton shirting, not to mention a great party-ready LBD. Cut off the shoulder and nipped at the waist, the look was an introduction to oversize for women who like to wear curves but also show off their own.


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Christina Hendricks & January Jones Hate 'Mad Men'
I would like to be the first to say… motorboat
I'm a big fan of Mad Men, and something about January Jones just…bothers me. I don't know what it is. I hate her character, and I hate who she appears to be in real life. It's an unnatural hatred that I don't understand.
She looks a little bit like Ashlee Simpson here…a healthier, prettier Ashlee Simpson.
For such a beautiful woman with magnificent tits, Christina Hendricks is looking pretty fucking shabby. I used to think she was the greatest thing since meatloaf sandwiches. Now she's looking like pb&j. More's the pity.
I would lick every inch of that, and I"m a lady.
Okay, never wear those shoes again. Dress is unflattering, not feelin' it this time.