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Oscar has given Didier Drgoba his former No 11 shirt as Chelsea revealed their squad numbers for the new Premier League season.
Drogba, back for his second spell at the club after two years in Turkey, wore the No 11 short for the majority of his spell at Stamford Bridge, the club where he won three Premier League titles and scored 157 goals.
Oscar will take the No 8 shirt after Frank Lampard left the club at the end of last season.
"I am very pleased to be able to return to the number 11 shirt and I am very grateful to Oscar for allowing me to make this change," said the Ivorian on the club website.
The best deals of the summer...
The best deals of the summer...
1/15 Bojan Krkic (Stoke City, forward, £4.4m)
The most unlikely move of the summer looks like it could be one of the cutest. More interesting than all of the inevitable talk about "How will a former Barcelona starlet handle himself on a wet Saturday afternoon at the Britannia?" is how Mark Hughes convinced a former Barcelona starlet to leave Rome for a series of wet Saturdays in Stoke. Bojan has cut an increasingly disappointing figure in the three years since he left Catalonia – but Hughes revitalised Oussama Assaidi last season and could do the same for the nimble-footed Spanish forward.
2/15 Bafetimbi Gomis (Swansea City, striker, free)
Swansea City have reacted shrewdly to the uncertainty surrounding the future of Wilfried Bony with the signing of the equally powerful Gomis. The Frenchman was hardly prolific during his five years at Lyon, netting at the rate of just over a goal every three games – but he offers an all-round threat not present in Bony's game. Gomis is adept at holding the ball up and will allow Swansea the option of going long more often to complement their sometimes predictable passing game – he is a pragmatic buy with the potential to transcend lowly initial expectations.
3/15 Daryl Janmaat (Newcastle, right-back, £5m)
The quiet revolution on Tyneside continues at right-back, where Daryl Janmaat is a more than adequate replacement for Mathieu Debuchy, who was lured by Arsenal. Janmaat impressed for the Netherlands under Louis van Gaal at the recent World Cup with several displays of defensive solidity coupled with attacking prowess – indeed, he looks more secure at the back than the man he is replacing. The same caveat applied to Filipe Luis is relevant to Janmaat: the effectiveness of his displays will be measured by their lack of prominence. The early signs are promising.
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4/15 Filipe Luis (Chelsea, left-back, £16m)
To suggest that Luis is an Ashley Cole clone is to damn him with faint praise and speak a measure of truth at the same time – Schrödinger's Cat updated to fit Chelsea's left-back problem. The Brazilian is as safe in defence as a Victorian semi-detached town house, but is ever-eager to press forward on the overlap. Great full-backs follow the maxim applied to referees: you only really notice them when they are performing badly or missing in action. Luis's value will be revealed if Atletico Madrid struggle in his absence – and if no one mentions the name A Cole.
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5/15 Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal, forward, £32m)
Sanchez is perhaps the standout signing in a summer of big-money moves at the sharp end of the Premier League. The Chile international has the pace, skill and finishing ability to play anywhere across the front line – he started on the wing in Arsenal's Community Shield defeat of Manchester City but is expected to move to a more central role before too long, possibly replacing Olivier Giroud. Sanchez should bring the type of dynamism that Arsenal's pretty, patterned play has often lacked over the past few seasons. Given the size of his fee, he will be expected to perform.
6/15 Diego Costa (Chelsea, striker, £33.44m)
The man viewed as Chelsea's long-term striking solution could well turn out to be not just one of the best Premier League transfers of this summer but one of the best in the league's history. Equally, the Brazilian has the potential to make his £33m-plus transfer fee look like the biggest debacle this side of Fernando Torres. The naturalised Spaniard flourished at Atletico Madrid in Diego Simeone's high-energy, high-pressing system – but on occasion he can appear leaden-footed and has a fiery temperament that must be curbed. A two-goal salvo against Real Sociedad on Tuesday night hinted at the good side of the man – and his reaction to a Bruno Alves horror tackle against Fenerbahce the bad.
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7/15 Romelu Lukaku (Everton, striker, £28m)
Having been on loan last season, Everton's key signing of this transfer window already feels well at home among Goodison Park's club-embossed armchairs. Lukaku hit 15 league goals for Roberto Martinez's side last season as they challenged for the Champions League, only to falter at the last. More will be demanded of the Belgian now the Merseysiders have almost doubled their transfer record to make his move permanent – but Lukaku has the ability to fulfil those lofty expectations. Bullishly strong and with an unerring left boot, he can flourish now he is not tagged as the next Didier Drogba.
8/15 Lazar Markovic (Liverpool, winger, £20m)
How do you go about replacing the irreplaceable? Brendan Rodgers' seemingly impossible task of filling the void left by Luis Suarez got off to a promising start with the signing of jet-heeled Serbian winger Markovic, who starred during Benfica's run to last season's Europa League final. The 20-year-old will be allowed time to settle into Premier League life, with Rodgers expected to use him from the bench in the season's early weeks. Once he is unleashed, however, Markovic could be the season's great surprise – he has trickery enough to delight even the most Suarez-obsessed members of the Kop.
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9/15 Ander Herrera (Man United, midfield, £32m)
Leaving aside the lingering memories of the farce that was United's pursuit of Herrera last summer, the fact that Louis van Gaal finally has the man David Moyes wanted can only be a good thing for a midfield in need of both an internal and external makeover. Despite being only 24, the playmaker is a classy and experienced operator – a veteran of European football with Athletic Bilbao, for whom he impressed against United in the Europa League in March 2012. Herrera is a significant upgrade on Tom Cleverley and Michael Carrick – a player of finely spun steel for a deoxygenated midfield.
10/15 Rémy Cabella (Newcastle, midfield, £12m)
The Montpellier chairman, Louis Nicollin, mocked Cabella for his decision to move to Tyneside, telling the midfielder that he would be "bored" at his new club. It will be Alan Pardew seeing the funny side of the deal if Cabella proves a hit at Newcastle, however – and the France international has the ability to be just that. Creative and versatile, he possesses the type of Gallic skill that Newcastle fans have seen twice before with Laurent Robert and the incomparable David Ginola.
11/15 Daley Blind (Manchester United, midfield, £14m)
While United stole the headlines with their dramatic swoop to bring in Radamel Falcao in what looks a drastically expensive loan move, it was the signing of Daley Blind which could help the most given United's obvious deficiencies in midfield and defence. Blind, 24, knows Louis van Gaal and his methods well, which should prove very useful given how slowly it seems the rest of United's rearguard are getting their heads around them. And at £14million, he is the cheapest of United's senior signings.
12/15 Cesc Fabregas (Chelsea, midfield, £30m)
Another expensive acquisition, the fee this time believed to be in the region of £30million - but again, it is easy to see why the cash has been splashed. The early signs are that the Spain midfielder may be an even better player than the one who left Arsenal as a true Premier League star in 2011.
13/15 Calum Chambers (Arsenal, defence, £16m)
Not the most high-profile departure among the exodus from St Mary's over the summer, but Chambers was known to be a player of great promise and has certainly made a big impression in Arsenal's defence so far following his switch for a reported £16million, earning a first call-up to the full England squad.
14/15 Hatem ben Arfa (Hull, midfield, loan)
Steve Bruce arguably had the best deadline day of any Premier League manager as he completed something of a summer overhaul with the arrivals of Abel Hernandez, Mohamed Diame and Gaston Ramirez. But it was the late, late arrival of Newcastle outcast Hatem Ben Arfa which had the fans most excited. When his mind is right, the Frenchman is one of the most exciting attacking midfielders in the league and if Bruce can get him back on track after a frustrating year in the north east, he will give Hull a new dimension.
15/15 Mario Balotelli (Liverpool, striker, £16m)
The former Manchester City star is back in the Premier League after Brendan Rodgers went ahead with a £16m move for the Italian, securing his services from AC Milan. If Liverpool can contain his livewire personality and on-field temper, it could work out to be one of the best deals in the club's history.
Oscar added: "Didier is a Chelsea legend and a senior player. I am happy for him to take the 11 and for me to take the 8. Lamps is another legend at this club and I hope I will be as successful in the shirt as he was."
Chelsea confirmed that supporters who had purchased shirts with the previous numbers on them at an official store could get a free exchange.
Nathan Ake has taken the No 6 shirt, Cesc Fabregas No 4, Filipe Luis Ashley Cole's old number, three, while Eden Hazard has moved from 17 to 10.
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The Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant was on its way back to full capacity Thursday morning after operating at about a third power for much of the week.
Larry Smith, a spokesman for Vermont Yankee, said the plant was at 86 percent as of Thursday morning and on its way back to full power.
Smith said technicians went into the plant's condenser Tuesday night to fix five tube leaks in the number four water box. The condenser turns the steam used to turn the plant's turbines back into water. Smith said the issue with the condenser does not affect the plant's safety.
"The condenser is on the non-nuclear side of the plant, so it's not safety related," he said.
Smith said there are around 22,000 tubes in the condenser. He said minor leaks in a few tubes is not uncommon for a steam condenser plant like Vermont Yankee.
He said engineers were able to "button up the condenser" to fire back up to full power.
The condenser is original to the 40-year-old plant. It is made up of two sections, each the size of a three-story house. Each section has thousands of metal tubes inside it that carry river water, over time the tubing has worn thin.
Last November, during a planned refueling outage, plant workers applied a protective coating — an epoxy or plastic — to the tubing in the condenser in an effort to reduce wear and tear on the metal and extend the life of the condenser.
Smith said Vermont Yankee is working to remove some of the epoxy coating which makes the system run less efficiently.
According to the Vermont Department of Public Service, the condenser problems could pose a big reliability problem for the plant as it moves forward.
Sarah Hofmann, deputy commissioner of the department, said other states may be reluctant to enter into contracts with Entergy Corp., the plant's owner, given the problem.
"Vermont doesn't have a power purchase agreement with Entergy any longer, but I would guess that other out-of-state utilities might think twice before entering a PPA with a plant that is struggling like Entergy is at this time with its condenser and thus its ability to generate consistent output," Hofmann said in an email.
The plant had to reduce capacity last month to work on its condenser.
The New England Coalition, a group that advocates for the plant's shutdown, said the recent issue reflects a lingering problem that may affect the plant's continued ability to operate.
Ray Shadis, technical adviser to the New England Coalition, said having to replace the condenser "could be the straw that broke the camel's back financially."
He said the plant could have additional leaks that will not allow it to continue to ascend back to full power. Shadis said Entergy's earnings call at the beginning of the year indicated that the plant was struggling to make money on the plant.
The coalition is an intervenor in the plant's relicensing proceeding before the Vermont Public Service Board.
"One of the issues we will be raising before the Public Service Board is that the financial viability of the plant is very much in question," Shadis said.
Earlier this year a federal judge ruled in favor of Entergy, finding Vermont laws requiring legislative approval for the plant to continue operating were unconstitutional since they were grounded in safety concerns. Under federal law, regulation of radiological safety is under the exclusive purview of the federal government.
Both the state and Entergy have appealed that decision. The plant has a valid license extension from the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission, but it is still awaiting approval from state regulators to continue operating. The Public Service Board has asked parties to submit filings regarding the merits of the plant's continued operation. They can address non-preempted issues like financial viability and reliability.
At the end of March, Entergy sent a letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission stating that it did not intend to shutter Vermont Yankee in the next five years.
Under federal regulations, plants that are scheduled to close within five years must submit a report on the status of their decommissioning funds. Entergy told the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that since it has received a new federal license, it would not submit a report this year.
"The licensee does not have plans to close Vermont Yankee within 5 years," the letter states. "Accordingly, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. is not including herewith a report pursuant to [federal regulations] for Vermont Yankee."
Entergy is also at odds with the Department of Public Service over payments to the state Clean Energy Development Fund, which helps fund renewable energy projects. Under two agreements that expired March 21, the company agreed to make payments to the state.
The department agrees that the plant can continue operating on its old license while the Public Service Board makes a decision but that it must continue payments. This week, Entergy filed a letter with the Public Service Board stating that it would put the scheduled payments in escrow until it gets assurance from the board it can continue operating.
Meanwhile the Legislature is considering increasing the tax on the plant by $6 million to replace the payments that Entergy has been making to the state. Entergy's filing states that it will pay the money to the state only if it receives assurance it can continue operating Vermont Yankee and the state does not levy the tax.

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Charter Communications, Inc. (CHTR) Price Target Raised to $365.00 at Morgan Stanley
Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHTR) had its price target lifted by stock analysts at Morgan Stanley from $350.00 to $365.00 in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday. The firm currently has an "overweight" rating on the stock. Morgan Stanley's price target suggests a potential upside of 6.57% from the stock's previous close.
Other analysts also recently issued reports about the company. BidaskClub upgraded Charter Communications from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Saturday, July 8th. Wells Fargo & Company restated a "market perform" rating on shares of Charter Communications in a research report on Wednesday, June 28th. Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) restated a "neutral" rating on shares of Charter Communications in a research report on Wednesday, June 28th. CIBC initiated coverage on Charter Communications in a research report on Friday, June 2nd. They set a "market perform" rating for the company. Finally, Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc. initiated coverage on Charter Communications in a research report on Thursday, June 1st. They set a "market perform" rating for the company. Eleven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, fourteen have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. Charter Communications has an average rating of "Buy" and an average target price of $333.92.
Shares of Charter Communications (NASDAQ:CHTR) traded down 0.14% during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $342.31. The stock had a trading volume of 967,082 shares. The stock's 50-day moving average price is $333.25 and its 200 day moving average price is $322.27. The company has a market capitalization of $91.58 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.25 and a beta of 1.07. Charter Communications has a 1-year low of $227.63 and a 1-year high of $355.00.
Charter Communications (NASDAQ:CHTR) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, May 2nd. The company reported $0.57 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.99 by $0.42. The company had revenue of $10.16 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $10.26 billion. Charter Communications had a net margin of 10.55% and a return on equity of 1.41%. The business's revenue was up 301.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted ($1.68) earnings per share. On average, analysts predict that Charter Communications will post $0.60 EPS for the current fiscal year.
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In other news, Director Craig A. Jacobson sold 1,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $323.62, for a total value of $323,620.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 13,436 shares of the company's stock, valued at $4,348,158.32. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, Director David C. Merritt purchased 1,200 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 11th. The stock was bought at an average cost of $326.31 per share, with a total value of $391,572.00. Following the purchase, the director now owns 8,174 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $2,667,257.94. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Corporate insiders own 0.56% of the company's stock.
Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Creative Planning boosted its stake in Charter Communications by 8.4% in the first quarter. Creative Planning now owns 4,632 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,516,000 after buying an additional 358 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James Trust N.A. boosted its stake in Charter Communications by 4.5% in the first quarter. Raymond James Trust N.A. now owns 741 shares of the company's stock valued at $242,000 after buying an additional 32 shares in the last quarter. Trust Co acquired a new stake in Charter Communications during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $200,000. Chevy Chase Trust Holdings Inc. boosted its stake in Charter Communications by 2.5% in the first quarter. Chevy Chase Trust Holdings Inc. now owns 186,382 shares of the company's stock valued at $61,005,000 after buying an additional 4,496 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Highbridge Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in Charter Communications during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $5,039,000. 74.47% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
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Last night Sean and I did the first Bacon LIVE from the new Bacon HQ studio. Sadly, this was not the perfect show we wanted it to be. During the middle of the show uStream decided to stop steaming audio. Then today I can't even play back the videos it recorded.
With that said, I think this is the last strike for uStream and we will be streaming the show elsewhere. I have been looking in to other services and I think I might of found one.
Luckily, I also record the audio version on the show on my computer so no matter what you will always get a full show. You just might miss our faces this week.
Now that that's out of the way it talk to talk about show notes. Sean and I talked about the new Denny's Baconilia menu, homeless advertising, and a robot French Press coffee maker.
The reason the coffee maker came up was because we have a new bacon coffee to try for next week. It's made by CoffeeAM and is a Maple Bacon coffee. If it' anything like the last bacon coffee we had, it should be good.
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This is a really beautiful example of the air rifle identified as the 17P ("P" for pistol grip) on
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The build quality of this 4.5mm smoothbored gun is quite unbelievable. Its size makes it a youth or small adult 'rifle' but every inch of it is of fine firearms quality.
The MGR logo on the breech has concentric circles and crossed darts, which appears in the 1911 Alfa catalogue.
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Strengthening FHWA's suspension and debarment actions is of the utmost importance in ensuring that the interests of the Federal Government are protected from conducting business with a person or firm that has an unsatisfactory record of integrity and business ethics. Suspension and debarment are discretionary administrative actions and not done for purposes of punishment. This memorandum serves as a reminder to division offices of their responsibilities to provide recommendations for suspension or debarment according to the procedures discussed in FHWA Order 2000.2A (https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/legsregs/directives/orders/20002a.htm).
As soon as possible after a division office learns about an indictment or conviction, suspension should be considered. The FHWA Notice 2000.2A, Paragraph 9, states "when circumstances warrant, suspension action will be taken to protect the Federal Government by excluding persons and firms proposed for debarment from participation in Federal assistance programs while the debarment action is processed." Furthermore, "an indictment shall constitute adequate evidence for purposes of suspension actions."
It is the responsibility of the division office to investigate and prepare a report that includes information concerning: (a) Federal-aid project information on which the wrongful conduct occurred, the amount involved, identity of the company and its principals, who was involved, what happened, and a copy of relevant documents; and (b) Any other relevant information on mitigating factors, such as cooperation with the government during the investigation and remedial actions that the contractor may have taken should also be included in the report.
The division office should be aware of their State's process for reviewing the GSA List of Parties Excluded From Federal Procurement and Nonprocurement Programs prior to all prime and subcontract approvals. If a process does not exist, one should be developed to assure business is not conducted with a suspended or debarred person or firm.
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last night i was talking to my dad about the physical discomforts of pregnancy and he actually said "well, you're not the first person to have a baby and you certainly won't be the last, so get used to it." HELLO?!? This is still the first time I've experienced pregnancy, show a little compassion.
Remember earlier in the week when I was fondly recounting Thanksgivings in the Northeast, and how we have baked Turkey? SCREEEECH! Stop the presses! My MIL is making Salmon for Thanksgiving! SALMON??? I told her that I would not be able to eat Salmon because of the pregnancy and mercury, and she said, "I didn't think you ate meat. I didn't think you and (my DH) would eat any of it anyhow." I said, um, okay. Well, I'm sure some people will enjoy it, but what are you planning on having as side dishes, so we can plan what we'll bring for us to eat. (Thinking, if you knew 1/3 of the people there wouldn't eat it, then...???) She said, "Side dishes? Oh I don't know, I hadn't even thought about that. But you're still bringing your apple crisp, right?" It's the day before Thanksgiving, and she hasn't thought about what the menu will be??
So, apparently, we are having Salmon and apple crisp. LOL Please grant me patience!
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but i wanted to post this bellypic i finally took the other day. it's at, um, 15 wks 6 days, and i think it looks pretty cool, if i do say so myself! i never took pics until the last week with my other two kids, so this was odd for me to do, hehe.
Whoa! What's with all the mamas and their sexy undies? And furthermore, why don't I have any sexy undies?! Hrm. Ok, seriously, you look great! I like your nail polish too. :
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This is why I have never worked as a Westminster correspondent. My blind spot, which is a disabling one, is that I do not understand how anyone with a normal share of virtue and intelligence can be a Tory. I have tried to overcome this. Working as a political correspondent in Scotland was possible because it was relatively Tory-free. But even there the blind spot hindered me. For example, I felt real affection for two prominent Scottish Tories, Michael Ancram and the late Alick Buchanan-Smith; they were wise, warm and funny, and while I was talking to either I almost forgot their allegiance. And yet, as soon as I walked away, I realised that I did not understand them at all. How could men like that belong, by choice, to such an awful party?
Few other journalists seem to have this blind spot. To them, Tories are a perfectly natural species, seeking their prey in the political bush as legitimately as Labourites, Liberal Democrats or Greens. If I ask colleagues from Westminster how otherwise normal men and women can be members of the Conservative Party, they would reply - slightly astonished at the question - that there are many reasons.
Sane adults (they might answer) become Tories because of their class origins, because they believe in the free market, or because they think that Tory equals patriot. They may join the party because they subscribe to the doctrine of original sin, because they have political ambitions (rather a rare motive these days), because they think there is too much freedom or because they think that there is too little. I see all that, and yet I still don't understand.
To me, British Toryism is about something very simple and shameless. It is the voice of those who have something (or hope to), and intend to keep it out of the hands of those who haven't. This is the one connecting strand that unites across time the Majorites, the Thatcherites, the Macmillanites, back to the distant landowning nobs of Victorian Conservatism. It is the end to which everything else is the means. The defence of privilege - the constant maintaining and modernising of institutions which ensure that the minority is better taught, protected, housed, healed and rewarded than the majority - is the most enduring of these means. But the general rule with tactics is that they change.
Muddle has constantly arisen within the party because some people mistake means for ends, confusing tactics with strategy. For example, there are those - like Macmillan or the "Wets" - who have sincerely believed that the Tory mission is to restore "One Nation", an organic community that transcends social divisions and leaves no group excluded. Correspondingly, there are those who are convinced that Toryism is about a laissez-faire notion of freedom: small state, big police, low wages and a bold acceptance of inequality as the condition for wealth creation.
In the previous generation, fruity Tory voices sang hymns to the defence of the Empire and global naval power as the guarantees of British greatness. Further back still, Liberals were nervous about universal suffrage but Tories - some of them, at least - saw that the vote would pacify the masses and divert any attack on the existing social order. All these positions were proclaimed in their day as eternal principles. But in reality they were no more than successive tactics - sound in one period, inappropriate in the next - for securing property against revolution, redistribution or foreign challenge.
Even the Tory belief in order, history and tradition - the whole majestic cult of continuity - is no more than instrumental. The past is an inspiring country because the common people knew their place. So let us praise solid centuries when wealth and power were safely God-related rather than performance-related.
This last proposition raises two interesting points. One is that Tories would not be half as keen on the past if they lived in France, where recent history is largely about guillotines and barricades. Continuity with struggles for liberty, equality and fraternity - as opposed to the enormous patience the English, especial- ly, have shown to their masters - would not be the thing at all.
The second point is a nasty question. How would Tories feel if loyalty to traditional order suddenly became a threat to the defence of property and privilege, instead of its bulwark?
Suppose it became clear that the Prince of Wales was determined to become a populist, social-democrat monarch. Suppose he was Charles-Egalite, a leveller supported by a royal clique of reformers with a sacred mission to abolish poverty and the excesses of unearned wealth. Which way would the Tories jump then? Some, I'm sure, would stay royalist even with death in their hearts. But others - I think most - would begin to fancy a republic. Conservatism and monarchism are not inseparable.
This is the portrait of a flexibility that is almost monstrous. Adjectives like "unprincipled" or "oppor- tunistic" falter at the reality of the British Conservative Party. On the Continent, Christian Democrats regard our Tories with priggish distaste. For years, they kept them out of the "European People's Party" group in the Strasbourg parliament, and even now they are only "allied" members of the EPP. The European right comes fully equipped with a Weltanschauung and a Konzept, armed to the teeth with high-minded cliches about social responsibility and cohesion. The Tories, who don't seriously claim to be more than a party of organised selfishness, national and personal, give Christian Democrats the creeps.
But there is a case for lack of principle in politics. In an unpredictable world, the mighty Konzept can become a ball and chain while flexibility can be a virtue. Tories love Pope for writing "For forms of government let fools contest;/ Whate'er is best administered is best". And they have another favourite Pope couplet on the matter of selfishness: "Thus God and nature linked the gen'ral frame,/ And bade self-love and social be the same".
There are two main arguments in favour of organised selfishness. One - Pope's and Adam Smith's - says that selfishness is a sort of altruism, because Smith's "Hidden Hand" makes wealth trickle down from the few to the many. The other argument says that altruism is a sort of selfishness. The theory of "enlightened self-interest" claims that serving the general good is the best way to serve one's own.
But none of these clever defences seems to help the British Tories. Having no principles does not make them more flexible. Instead, wrong tactics are pursued with disastrous obstinacy (look at the Mad Cow affair) until each ends in calamity and U-turns. Social divisions have been widened in order to accelerate wealth creation - but the trickle-down has dried up, while the Hidden Hand appears to be suffering from repetitive strain injury.
This coming year, I hope, will at last bring the fall of the Tories. New Labour, though frantically modest about its ambitions, can open the way to a broadening torrent of changes to the British state and our methods of governing. But before they go, I wish I could understand how enlightened men and women - and there are many in the Conservative Party - remain loyal to so crudely unenlightened an idea of self-interest. My blind spot is nothing to be proud of. But nor is theirs.Reuse content


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Elizabeth Simpson – Spanker & Spankee Extraordinaire!
I got some questions about how long Elizabeth has been in the business the other day and was amazed that this mainstay of UK spanking still loves to spank and be spanked on film. This true lifestyler is a credit to the online spanking community, showing her commitment after all these years. In answer to the question, she has been around online and in various older productions since the turn of the century, but only really started working exclusively with the SOL group of sites from around 2001 onwards.
Of course, she now has her own dedicated site to all things spanking/caning FF punishments both given by and received on Elizabeth's behind at SPANKMYBOTTOM.
It's also amazing to see how this site has grown into a massive entity all on it's own over the last few years. Lovers of mainly FF discipline will get off on this site but there's also much harsh domestic discipline given to Elizabeth by strict Headmasters/Uncles and her partner over the years which have produced many classics. Today, however, I want to show you 2 recent productions where Elizabeth has been the stern hand of correction. A role she loves to switch over to when presented with a fine filly to humiliate and a pair of female buttocks to redden which we've seen get's her secretly excited!
To temper this, I have also shown a few galleries below which remind Elizabeth of her place and that she should bend over when told, bare buttocks flopped out for all and sundry, or forever be in the clutch of the rod of hot burning iron!
This gallery below is from the latest update – Jenny's Departure.
Jenny thinks she can just leave Aunt Elizabeth's place to go live with her boyfriend just like that, howver, caught in the act of leaving, pretty Jenny is given a stern lecture and a proper red bottom OTK and sent to her room. Also see the HD Movie clip (as this movie has High Definition scenes) on the Homepage HERE.
Rosenberg's Accident. Free Gallery below
Foolish Justine Rosenberg falls foul of Mistress Simpson at school when she is discovered to have made a mess in the shower room! Classic verbal humiliation from Elizabeth and a darned good spanking and slippering which really stung poor Justine's wobbling Norwegian buttocks! You can also see a FREE Movie clip on the homepage HERE.
Just so you are reminded of that Elizabeth also takes a damned hard hiding, here are some classic shoots of her wobblesome buttocks being thrashed mercilessly! A fine Sunday morning perusal of bare thrashed flesh, I'm sure you'll agree!
Click on the images to show some classic Elizabeth moments!
Remember that you also get the largest Archives at anyone place of Rosaleen Young at SpankMyBottom too!
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How about a blog or personal area on the site from
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Important Win Against Employer For Inflicting Serious Emotional Distress
Unfortunately, lots of people are abused at work. Most of the time, there's no case. The law simply does not permit people to sue their bosses just because they're mean, and that makes sense.
But every once in awhile, the abuse is so severe and outrageous, that it constitutes a claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress.
It's not often that these claims are recognized, but just recently one employee claimed victory in Rothwell v. Nine Miles School District , a case that truly meets the definition of outrageous.
Here's what happened in the case.
Debbie Rothwell was employed as a custodian for Nine Miles Falls School District for eight years. Her latest assignment was at Lakeside High School near Spokane.
One day Rothwell was called and asked to report to her shift early. When she arrived, she found out that a student had committed suicide in the main entrance of the high school by shooting himself in the head.
Rothwell was ordered by the Superintendent to clean up the mess. When she heard the name of the suicide victim, whom she knew personally, she became extremely upset and left for 30 minutes to compose herself.
She came back and was then ordered to go through classrooms to look for bombs. The school principal accompanied her.
After she finished the bomb search, she was ordered again to clean up the suicide scene. In the midst of it, she found a book bag. Not knowing it belonged to the victim, she began removing its contents but was then told by the police to to drop the bag and go home.
When Rothwell returned, she watched the bomb squad detonate a pipe from the book bag she had picked up and dropped earlier. She also learned that another bomb had been detonated on the football field while she was at home. Understandably, these events shocked and frightened her.
Rothwell remained at the scene and cleaned all night long. She was told to "make it look as if nothing had happened at the school."
According to the opinion in the case:
At approximately 2:00 a.m., Ms Rothwell resumed cleaning the suicide scene inside the school. Ms. Rothwell complied with Superinendent Green's directions to clean and dump everything at the scene, which included needles, plastic gloves, brain matter, bone bits, and blood.
She finished cleaning at approximately 4:15 a.m. By that time, she was emotionally distraught and physically ill.
For several days thereafter, students and others brought candles and cards to the scene of the suicide. Ms. Rothwell was ordered to clean up those items each night, which was extremely emotionally disturbing to her.
As a result of these events, Rothwell became sick from post traumatic stress disorder ("PTSD"). She filed a lawsuit against Nine Miles School District and the Superintendent for intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress, claiming that she "suffered physical and emotional distress as a proximate result " of the District's and Superintendent's actions.
The District filed a motion asking the trial court to throw out the case on the grounds that it was barred by Washington's workers' compensation statute.
Generally speaking, workers' compensation statutes throughout the United States provide compensation and medical care for employees:
- who suffer an injury at work on account of their employer's negligence
- who are injured because of an occupational disease
In exchange for the state provided compensation, employees give up their right to sue their employers for their injuries.
According to the District, since Rothwell was injured in the course of her employment , she was not permitted to sue her employer. If she had a claim, according to the District, it needed to be filed as a worker's compensation claim, not a lawsuit.
The trial court agreed, granted the motion and dismissed Rothwell's case.
Rothwell appealed and argued that her case was not barred by the workers compensation act because it was not based on an "injury" or "occupational disease" as defined by the act.
In sum, she argued:
1. An "injury" is defined as a sudden event which produces an immediate result
this was not a sudden traumatic event which produced an immediate result
Rothwell's post traumatic stress disorder was caused by the performance of traumatizing duties over a period of several days
2." Occupational disease" is a disease or infection arising out of employment
- Claims based on mental conditions or mental disabilities caused by stress do not fall within the definition of occupational disease
In other words, Rothwell's contention was that the stress-induced mental condition was not an "industrial injury under the Act".
The Court of Appeals agreed and that's big news. In it's opinion the Court wrote:
Ms. Rothwell's PTSD did not result from a single traumatic event; rather it resulted from a series of incidents over a period of a few days. Furthermore, her trauma did not immediately result in Ms. Rothwell's PTSD.
Therefore, we conclude that Ms. Rothwell's PTSD is not an injury or occupational disease under the Act and her claims against the District are not barred by the Act's exclusive remedy provision. We reverse the trial court's dismissal of Ms. Rothwell's claims.
I worked on a similar issue 25 years ago. I represented the family of a man named Mocky Jaworksi who had over 40 years on the job with a manufacturing company in Cleveland.
Without going into detail, the story is that Mocky was seriously abused and humiliated by a new boss over a two year period. The result was a serious undiagnosed depression. Mocky was six months short of retirement and desperately needed his health coverage because his wife had cancer, so he couldn't quit the job.
The final humiliation at work did him in. Mocky committed suicide.
After the funeral, Mocky's co-workers told Mrs. Jaworski and her daughter the details of what had happened to Mocky at work. Other than a new boss and new job assignment, Mocky concealed his distress from his family. "Jerry killed him," they said.
With evidence of extreme and outrageous conduct, and expert forensic psychiatric testimony of severe depression leading to suicide, we filed the claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress against Mocky's boss and his employer.
Just like this case, Mocky's employer filed a motion claiming that the case was barred by Ohio's worker's compensation statute. After two years of briefing, the trial court finally ruled in our favor,and held that our case was not barred by the workers' compensation statute.
After the testimony of Mrs. Jaworski and some of the co-workers, the case settled in the middle of the trial.
That's why it was quite interesting for me to read a case in which the lawyers were fighting the same battle we fought 25 years ago.
When we were able to overcome the workers' compensation bar in Mocky's case and proceed on an intentional infliction of emotional distress case against an employer because of the conduct of a supervisor, we considered it a significant victory for employee rights. The Rothwell case is a significant victory as well.
Once you overcome the workers' compensation issue, it's still important to understand that employees who bring claims for Intentional infliction of emotional distress against their employers are held to a very high threshold of proof.
The cases simply can not be based on the mean spirited stuff that people go through every day at work. There must be evidence of truly indecent and outrageous conduct as well as serious emotional distress.
But as these cases show, every once in a while, the conduct is so severe and outrageous, and the emotional distress is so severe, that employers will be held legally responsible.
It's important for supervisors to understand that there are boundaries which can't be crossed and for which they will be accountable. This case sends that message.
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Description: Author Scott Starkey stops by to read and sign copies of "How to Beat the Bully Without Really Trying," a book about a young boy who is forced to confront his fear of being bullied. A coward at heart, the book's hero, Rodney, is mistakenly thought of as brave, which causes him a mountain of problems. The author, a veteran middle school teacher, and a native of Long Island, offers suspense, intrigue, and life lessons, to his readers. See other youth-friendly activities the Mall offers on that day at greenacresmallonline.com.


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North Korea off terrorism list soon
THE Bush Administration appears poised to provisionally remove North Korea from the State Department's list of state sponsors of terrorism, perhaps as soon as this weekend, reports citing sources close to the Administration said.
The move would keep alive a faltering effort to eliminate Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programs. The US President, George Bush, had promised to delist North Korea last June but never took action after US-North Korean talks on a plan to verify North Korea's claims on its nuclear programs broke down.
Heightening the tension, on Thursday North Korea barred international inspectors from its Yongbyon nuclear reactor complex, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna.
The agency reported North Korea had said it had stopped its nuclear "disablement work" and was "preparing to restart the facilities at Yongbyon". A diplomat in Vienna said the inspectors had not been ordered to leave North Korea, only to halt monitoring.
On Thursday North Korea warned South Korea against provoking war and accused the South of encroaching on its naval territory, hours after a South Korean newspaper reported a US spy satellite had detected signs the North had positioned about 10 missiles on an island near the disputed sea border. The North test-fired two short-range missiles on Tuesday.
The Bush Administration has been engaged in deep debate over whether to adjust its inspection plan to accommodate North Korea's concerns and when to announce North Korea's removal from the terrorism list.
The Assistant Secretary of State, Christopher Hill, visited Pyongyang last week. US officials said he brought a proposal to have North Korea submit an approved verification plan to China, the host of the six-nation disarmament talks, before the US announced North Korea's delisting.
But the verification plan would not be unveiled officially until after the US announcement, allowing Pyongyang to say it had not taken the first step. "This is an action-for-action process," a US State Department spokesman, Sean McCormack, told reporters. "As North Korea meets its obligations, we are fully prepared to meet our obligations."
Some sources said they had been told the delisting would take place as soon as Saturday. But Mr McCormack said in an email: "I can assure you that a decision has not been made."
US officials have been noticeably quiet about what, if any, North Korean proposals Mr Hill brought back to Washington after three days of talks. Conservative critics of the Administration's rapprochement with North Korea are ready to pounce on any suggestion that the Administration has scaled back its demands.
A Japanese news report and sources who have been briefed on the discussions said the US might be prepared accept a partial verification plan that focused first on North Korea's plutonium program at Yongbyon, leaving until later questions about its alleged uranium enrichment program or its proliferation activities. Advocates of this approach say that it would prevent North Korea from acquiring more plutonium and would keep the focus on the most dangerous part of its arsenal.
But a former UN ambassador, John Bolton, said such an approach would be "pathetic" because "Yongbyon has been pored over for years".
In July, the US made broad demands on North Korea, requesting "full access to any site, facility or location" deemed relevant to the nuclear program.
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Is it a dive? Not at all. Is there wine? Plenty — 40 reds and 20 whites by the glass, dispensed by the ounce from a sophisticated Enomatic dispenser system where argon — a noble gas — keeps open bottles good for more than 30 days. The result is an impressive array of vino in a casual-chic setting from nearby Roxy's Pub owner John Webb. The slogan "Not So Snooty" is proudly proclaimed on servers' T-shirts. That means you'll never feel out of place, underdressed, or pressured to order an expensive wine. The technology keeps bottles fresh, meaning you can sample just a two-ounce tasting until you find the perfect mate for your plate. Also be prepared for what comes out of the kitchen — "American tapas" like the fried chicken for two served with a Tabasco-honey mustard slaw. There's live jazz on Thursday and Friday, and brunch Saturday and Sunday offers bottomless bloody marys for $10.
Jacques Bruna is a man of many hats. A musician, a lyricist, a friend, a family man. In this case, Jacques (or "Bleubird") is a bartender, and a damned fine one at that. Working at Laser Wolf for just a little under a year, Jacques tends bar "to make helicopter cash," he says. Still, Bruna takes pride in his work, describing all of the hours there as "happy" when asked for advice on the best time to come in for a drink, and everything is "special." Ask him for a recommendation and Bruna will tell you that Laser Wolf "only serves the best beer, so you can't go wrong!" He knows your name, remembers your face, and if he doesn't say much, it's because he's listening. Fast with his wit, Bruna is even faster on his feet. When one night, a regular suddenly started looking ill and feeling even worse, the man stepped up when no one else would to drive this friend and patron home safely (because no one else knew how to drive stick). Don't rely on the bartenders at Laser Wolf as a regular cab service, but that is the stuff a Best Bartender is made of. "He really wasn't doing so good," Bruna says. "I had never seen him like that. Bartender or not—why wouldn't you help someone if you could?" After all, the sign on the door does say "No Jerks."
No category is more hotly contested than Best Pizza. Everyone has an opinion, and with so many former New Yorkers living in our midst, most of those opinions are negative. (We get it. New York has the best pizza.) But Annie's Pizza & Subs meets all the requirements for a perfect pie: Slices are bigger than your face. There's a good sauce-to-cheese ratio. And when you bite in — scalding the roof of your mouth a little because you just couldn't wait — the cheese stretches the length of your arm before breaking loose yet doesn't slide off in a cheese avalanche. At Annie's, when you fold the slice at the top, grease drips down your arm, and the tip of the floppy slice points downward at a 45-degree angle. Feel free to argue that you can't get good pizza down here and write an essay extolling the magical properties of New York water in the baking of pizza dough. After rousing from our pizza-induced coma, we're going to actively ignore you and eat another slice.
Run by Mohod Flafil and his wife, Hanna, this is not just a falafel stand. The goods here range from yogurt soda to hookah tobacco to halal meats from the deli. If you've been hunting down a rare ingredient or craving some baklava, this well-organized, clean, brightly lit little shop is the place to stop. Then, of course, there's the falafel. Hanna (who prepares the food) is not stingy — there are plenty of crispy chickpea balls in the nearly foot-long tube of pita bread — which is baked and delivered to the shop every day but Sunday. A falafel sandwich comes with tomatoes, onion, pickles, and tahini sauce, but they will gladly leave off any topping you don't want. The falafel meal includes a drink and a piece of baklava. (Do NOT skip the baklava.) Falafel balls are also available minus the sandwich for 70 cents apiece.
Tucked away in a converted house on the outskirts of Delray Beach's Pineapple Grove is the juiciest, meatiest, most delicious burgers that can be found in South Florida. On the corner of NE Third Street and Third Avenue, the appropriately named 3rd & 3rd creates burger magic. A firm brioche bun cradles a perfectly seared patty of luscious beef with lettuce, tomato, onion, and choice of pepper jack, cheddar, Swiss, or blue cheese. Those ingredients alone make for the perfect burger. Add the balsamic red onion jam and you have yourself a match made in heaven.
Traditional fries have an old-school appeal that means they'll always be the most popular kid in school: the quarterback, the letterman, the prom king. But like the intense, art-school loner who charms all the ladies, there's something special about the orange-hued uniqueness of a sweet-potato fry. And when they're hand-cut and fried to a light, gentle crisp, it's easy to pass up your average-joe potato. At the family-owned Gilbert's 17th Street Grill, you can pair 'em with a juicy burger or make 'em your main course — they're downright addictive. They'll come out piping hot, sitting coyly atop newsprint. Place your order at the counter and sit a spell in the casual, no-frills dining room. Once you've inhaled an order or two, you may need to be rolled out. But a tryst with these homemade treasures is well worth the aftermath.


text: Submitted by Tara D on Mon, 06/10/2013 - 8:57pm Maine with kids: attractions and activitiesfor families in Portland, MEPortland, Maine is a city filled with history, outdoor recreation, culture, and truly great food. Pack up the car or take the train and bring the kids along for an engaging, relaxing, and sometimes even awe-inspiring New England family weekend getaway. To plan a memorable trip, take a look at these 25 things to do with the kids in Portland, one of my kids' favorite places in New England. Take a ride back in time on an antique narrow gauge train along Portland's working waterfront (May-October). Grab a gelato and explore Fort Williams Park, home to Maine's oldest lighthouse, Portland Head Light. Find wonder and beauty in the simplest of things at the Umbrella Cover Museum on Peaks Island (season begins Memorial Day). Join a foot-powered parade to kick off the annual Old Port Festival, an event packed with live music, activities for kids, festival food from local restaurants, and Maine-made arts & crafts (June). Start the day with a swim in the indoor pool before heading to the dining room for your free breakfast when you stay at the Residence Inn Portland Downtown/Waterfront. Create a little magic during Fairy Fridays at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens (July & August). Spy on passersby through the Camera Obscura from a pitch black, windowless room at the top of the Children's Museum and Theatre of Maine. Take a ferry ride to Peaks Island and wheel around the island with a stroller or rented bikes. Tour Portland Observatory, the only known remaining historic maritime signal tower in the United States, where you can take in magnificent views of Portland, Casco Bay, Back Cove and Mt. Washington. Order a Mickey Mouse Fruity-Face Pancake at Becky's Diner on Hobson's Wharf. Join the Portland Sea Dogs Kids Club and run the bases after a game. Explore Portland's trails year-round on foot, cross-country skis, or snowshoes. Pick up a Maine-made, earth friendly toy to entertain the kids at the hotel and take home as a souvenir at Treehouse Toys. Sink your teeth into a hearty specialty or gluten free pizza at Portland Pie Co. Step back in time to the 1800s and experience art in a multi-sensory, interactive way in the Child's Play exhibit at the Portland Museum of Art. Drop in to the Portland Public Library for one of their cool kids' programs or visit the Children's Special Collection in the Portland Room. Marvel at the world's largest revolving and rotating globe at the DeLorme Map Store headquarters and find unique and edutaining geography toys. Behold the opulence of a Turkish Smoking Room circa 1860 at Victoria House. Enjoy a moment of tranquility in the urban oasis of the Longfellow Garden at the Wadsworth-Longfellow House. Savor the catch of the day while enjoying scenic views from DiMillo's floating restaurant. Gape at the world's only life size chocolate moose, Lenny, at Len Libby Chocolatier in neighboring Scarborough. While you're there, pick up a batch of original recipe Bangor Taffy for a taste of bygone days. Ride through festive downtown Portland on a horse drawn carriage (Saturday and Sunday, late November to late December). Take pleasure in slurping up a "Best of Portland" soup (gluten free, vegetarian and vegan options available) at Kamasouptra in the Public Market House. Admire the holiday light display around the pond as you glide by on ice skates at Deering Oaks Park. Celebrate all things winter with fun family events and scavenger hunts during the nine-day Portland on Ice festival (late January-early February). Originally published April 2012; Updated June 2013 Subscribe to our weekly e-newsletter to get the latest on fun things to do with kids in Boston; plus tips, ideas, crafts, good food and more! Age: KidsPreschoolersTweens & TeensTravel Regions: United StatesEastern USNew EnglandCategory: Family TravelCity GuidesThings to DoWeekend Trips<< PreviousSouth Fork Wineries With KidsNext >>Cape Cod with Kids: 12 Things to Do This Summer in Eastham, MAPier C Park in Hoboken: An Urban Oasis for NJ Kids and Families Courage and Compassion at Harriet Beecher Stowe's House Providence WaterFire: Tips for an Amazing Outdoor Experience with Your Family SeaWorld San Diego's New Orca Encounter: How Different Is It?


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Judd Gregg: Step up, take charge and lead the nation, Mr. President
New Hampshire Union-Leader:
Residents grill congressman about Libyan air strikes, gas prices
Fox News host blasts White House for refusing to make Clinton, Gates available
John Bolton: President Barack Obama not interested in foreign policy
Boston Globe:
Retiree expenses constrain colleges
Health benefits for retirees near $1 billion for Harvard
USA Today:
Alcohol detection devices could be option on new cars
Boston Globe:
Boston school lottery, designed for fairness, causes divisions
Not enough good schools for everyone
USA Today:
Groups target states' illegal-immigration bills
Boston Globe:
Burt's Bees founder hopes to create new national park
Maine Woods National Park would be nearly twice the size of Maine's Acadia NP
Media Matters' wages campaign of "guerrilla warfare and sabotage" against Fox
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Syrian rebels don't want U.S. aid, at least for now
Houston Chronicle:
Watch-list suspects raise alert at border
Hundreds have tried to get in, but no charges or acts of terrorism yet
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Fast to begin Monday to protest proposed GOP budget cuts
San Francisco Chronicle:
Health insurers to fight Calif. coverage mandates
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Dems: Potential cuts to Medicaid outlined by administration are 'cruel'
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U.S. Reducing Naval Firepower Aimed at Qaddafi
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Biden Aide Apologizes After Reporter Kept in Storage Closet During Fundraiser
Denver Post:
Biden salutes military personnel for service
The V.P. speaks to the "most tested" at a disabled vets sports clinic.
The Hill:
Poll: Planned Parenthood funding cut splits voters by gender, race
Washington Times:
National Border Patrol Council: Napolitano giving false sense of security
The Hill:
Homeland Security officials to testify on 'Freedom of Information' process
Facebook said to be courting Robert Gibbs for communications position
The Hill:
Conservatives home in on 'ObamaRail'
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Poverty often a temporary state, U.S. census study finds
Rumsfeld worries Muslim Brotherhood will hijack Egyptian revolution
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May I be blessed with the charming. I look for ladies between 45 and 65 because at my age, we may have something in common as far as conversation and life skills but please feel free to educate me and change my mind!
I state honestly where I stand in life and what I would like the possibilities to be. However anyone reading this will realise that i am a realist, Itherefore would never represent myself for anything but what I am. If/when my life situation changes I will clarify the changes until then.............
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|BUS 120 focuses on in depth analysis of and perspective to the role of a business enterprise in a capitalistic society with emphasis on the functional processes of a business and of the force fields that affect the modes of business behavior. Course requirements will include examinations and a research project.
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Superior Court Judge David P. Yaffe describes his behavior as "irrational" and "bizarre."
His supporters call him a "super American hero."
Former taxpayer advocate attorney Richard I. Fine has achieved a certain degree of fame - or notoriety - for his single-minded crusade against excessive pay for Los Angeles judges, a battle which may have contributed to him spending 583 days in solitary confinement for contempt of court.
The 70-year-old Tarzana resident, who was freed Sept. 17, remains unbowed by the jail stint and is already looking for new ways to take on what he sees as a corrupt judicial system in Los Angeles and throughout the state.
The next challenges he is considering range from a film documentary and book to getting reinstated to the bar and, of course, filing more lawsuits. He also has filed complaints against Yaffe and is mulling whether to sue the state and county for wrongful incarceration.
And while he doesn't harbor any particularly ill feelings toward Yaffe for jailing him for contempt longer than any lawyer in Los Angeles has ever served, he continues to see him as part of a corrupt system.
"My feelings toward the judge are that this should have never happened and he should have never sat on the case due to him accepting the bribe money," Fine said. "I was going to be released sooner or later. I don't really think it had much to do with the judge.
"I think he gave in to the truth by recognizing that you can't jail a person for criticizing and challenging a judge who has taken a bribe. There is something called the First Amendment. Hopefully, it still applies in America."
Yaffe declined an interview request. But part of his order freeing Fine was couched in the form of an attack on the disbarred attorney's mental state.
"It is becoming increasingly clear that Fine's conduct is irrational," Yaffe wrote. "Fine has always had the key to his own jail cell. He has elected to give up his freedom for 18 months in order to keep a judgment creditor from collecting a $50,000 judgment.
"He refuses to even discuss his obligations to the judgment creditor, but portrays himself as a lone hero who is being incarcerated because he has exposed a vast conspiracy of over 400 judges of this court who are dishonestly collecting money to which they are not entitled."
Fine has crusaded for more than a decade against the $57,000 in additional salary that Los Angeles County has paid its judges on top of their state salaries of $179,000 - giving them higher pay than even the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, who earns $218,000 annually.
Fine, who estimates this practice has cost the county $300 million over the years, has argued that it represents a form of bribery, leading the judges to be biased in cases that involve the county itself.
Over the years he has filed lawsuits, demanded grand jury investigations and gave many media interviews in an effort to overturn the pay.
In 2008, the conservative legal group Judicial Watch, a supporter of his cause, succeeded in getting a San Diego appellate court to rule the payments illegal, but the judges hired a $10,000-a-month lobbyist who helped get state legislation passed allowing the payments to restart.
Fine alleged the judges began to retaliate against him for challenging the practice.
His jailing came about after a case he filed on behalf of some Marina del Rey residents who were fighting development at the county-owned marina.
While the case was pending, a California State Bar Court judge recommended Fine be disbarred, alleging he had filed meritless complaints against the judges.
Soon after, Yaffe ordered Fine to pay $46,329 in fees and sanctions to the developers and answer questions about his assets. When Fine refused, Yaffe ordered him jailed indefinitely on contempt charges. Fine filed dozens of motions and appealed the case to the U.S. Supreme Court, which declined to hear it.
During his incarceration, Fine's story appeared in hundreds of newspapers, television and radio stations and Internet sites and blogs worldwide. Many readers made Web-based comments or sent his family e-mails, saying they agree the court system was trying to silence him and stifle his cause.
"Among a certain group, he's become a celebrity," said Laurie Levenson, a law professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. "I don't think it has resonated in the mainstream of his profession or society. However, I think he probably wins the prize as the attorney who spent the longest time in custody for contempt of court, but I'm not sure what that adds up to."
The legal standoff ended on Sept. 17 when Yaffe - who recently announced his retirement - ordered Fine's release.
Sheriff's officials said Fine's confinement was the longest period of time an attorney ever spent in jail for contempt of court.
While he was in jail, Fine said he started writing a book about his case, the corruption in the courts and ways to reform the judicial system.
He's also fighting to get his law license back and has a case pending in federal court against the State Bar alleging "fraud upon the court" for recommending his disbarment. Fine said he's still licensed to practice law in Washington, D.C. and before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Victoria Fine, a managing editor at The Huffington Post, said her family is thrilled to have her father home.
"But obviously his homecoming is bittersweet," the 25-year-old Tarzana resident said. "To know that a man of my father's character could go through all of this simply for standing up for citizens rights is seriously disturbing and I hope it is not something that will soon be forgotten by people in this city and in America."
Actor Ed Asner counts himself among those who have followed and supported Fine's struggles.
"It's amazing how few politicians in this city, county and state have stood up for him," the Valley Village resident said. "I think Mr. Fine's case is indicative of the heroism that is rampant in America now."
During his time in jail, several Hollywood producers expressed interest in making a documentary about his fight against alleged judicial corruption, Fine said.
Leslie Dutton, producer of the Full Disclosure Network, an independent public affairs channel that appears on public access and community channels nationwide and online at www.fulldisclosure.net, said she and other producers are seriously considering making a documentary to sell to HBO or a similar venue.
The Marina del Rey-based network has covered Fine's story extensively, interviewing him and many other people, including Asner.
"I think there is a large segment of the population that has had experiences with the courts and are frustrated," Dutton said.
"When they saw someone of his stature willing to fight against what is perceived to be wrongdoing by the very system we look to for solving problems in society, that represented some hope that maybe something could be accomplished by him."


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EDITORIAL >> Dysfunctional school district
And thats essentially what Don Farley, executive director of the Arkansas School Boards Association, told PCSSD board members in an unprecedented letter he sent April 16.
I read and hear about your board meetings and am amazed by how a board, which is supposed to make policy and stay out of the way of the districts day-to-day operations, continues to carelessly disregard the concerns of the patrons of the district whose taxes allow it to operate, wrote Farley.
Its time to behave as adults who have an awesome responsibility to the children of Pulaski County and to behave in a way that sets an example for the young people you presumably represent in their quest for an education, Farley wrote.
Do some soul searching, he told the board. Read and then follow your policies and try to begin a process of reconciliation and healing so you can focus your energies on living up to the standards of the Arkansas school boards. Its the only right course of action.
That certainly validates the belief of many district patrons and employees, who can often only shake their heads or curse the fates as they watch the boards petty, vindictive and sometimes nonsensical actions.
As Alice said, Curiouser and curiouser.
This, after all, is a school board that passed a special policy to kick out one veteran board member, installing in her place a rookie with his own agenda and little enough idea of the restraints on his authority and power.
He cant be bothered with the niceties of abiding by board policy, abiding by the spirit and the law of the Freedom of Information Act, and hes making waves as he pushes for a new high school in Maumelle, whether or not the district can pay for it.
Now we couldnt agree more with Farleys assessment, but we do find it, well, curious, that his letter castigating the boardthe only such letter hes felt compelled to write in 30 yearscoincides with proposed legislation that would provide for recall elections of school board members.
If state Rep. Mark Perry, D-Jacksonville, gets his bill turned into law, any school board member could face a recall election on the grounds of misconduct in office, incompetence, failure to perform prescribed duties, or public dissatisfaction.
Of the PCSSD boards storied problems, Farley wrote: Such behavior was the reason we were left in the recent legislative session to battle a school board recall bill. It wasnt clear why the bill was even introduced. You, my friends, were the reason for it. And it isnt going to go away.
More than ever, north Pulaski County needs its own school district. Farleys missive makes a convincing case for it. Thank you, sir, for your timely letter.


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I just hope this doesn't mess the rhythm of that new approach we've been hearing so much about!
In the midst of his roughest stretch of the season, Francoeur was given a chance to rest during Wednesday afternoon's series finale against the Mets at Citi Field. The 25-year-old right fielder had started each of the previous 33 games the Braves played this year.
Braves manager Bobby Cox said he wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to allow Francoeur to essentially rest for two successive days. Thursday's scheduled off-day is the last one the Braves will have until June 1. "He's been going non-stop throughout the offseason and then he played so much during Spring Training," Cox said. "I just wanted give him a chance to rest."
Not sure what's making him so tired. It's not like he's been running bases, working counts, or exerting himself mentally out there.