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Happy Thursday everyone!
The Winter chill is beyond real in NYC this morning so my mind has been fixed on warm-weather vacations and Spring 2013 fashion!
From Couture shows in Paris to the 2013 Idea Filmfare Awards in Mumbai, ladies went glam in vintage, floor-length gowns, fur, and so much more.
Check out this week's most noteworthy looks:
Too bad Nicole Scherzinger didn't wear a bra on the red carpet at the 2013 National Television Awards in London–she looked fab otherwise! The brunette beauty slipped on a vintage Ossie Clark gown with Chanel necklaces.
Actress Natalie Gumede looked beautiful in a $3,949 Alexander McQueen Embellished Halter Gown. How cute is she? I hope to see more of her this year.
Last, but not least was songstress Jamelia who opted for a mint and nude lace gown.
The Britain's Got Talent auditions are kind of like "The Song That Never Ends" from Lamb Chop's Play Along no? At the latest round, Alesha Dixon looked pretty in a polished skirt suit and cap-toe pumps.
While out and about in Paris, Theophilus London and Rita Ora opted for prints. I'm loving her Jeremy Scott x Adidas Originals Spring 2013 pants!
Jessica Alba was spotted in head-to-toe Christian Dior at the A.C.O.D. Premiere at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. I usually live for her looks, but this skews a little matronly.
At Voto Latino's "Welcome to 1600 Part II" Event in Washington, D.C., Rosario Dawson sparkled in a gown from Reem Acra's Spring 2013 collection.
Rick Fox looked super dapper in a plaid blazer and jeans while dining at Mr. Chow's in LA. This is a great casual look, no?
Yet another fab look for J. Lo! She simmered in all black everything at The Daily Show With Jon Stewart last night.
Deepika Padukone stole the show at 2013 Idea Filmfare Awards in Mumbai in a black long-sleeve gown with sheer detailing from Prabal Gurung's Fall 2012 collection. Zoe Saldana wore the same dress to the CFDA Awards. Who wore it better?
Rounding out the week was Zhang Ziyi who was simple and chic in all-black with a white envelope clutch and red lips while posing outside of the Christian Dior Spring 2013 Couture show in Paris.
Who had your favorite looks this week?


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SALT LAKE CITY — Norm Chow knows exactly what Utah is getting into Saturday at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The Utes' new offensive coordinator called the plays for USC from 2001-04 and visited the stadium with UCLA in 2009.
"It's a fun venue to play in. It's big time," Chow said. "I'm excited for our players and looking forward to going down there with them, being together and trying to get this thing done."
Prevailing in the designated National Historic Landmark won't be easy. The Trojans are 405-128-27 overall at the 93,607-seat stadium, a place they've called home since 1923.
"It's going to be a tough road trip going down to the Coliseum," said Utah coach Kyle Whittingham. "It's a great venue with one of the most storied programs in all of college football."
A perfect background, perhaps, for a historically significant meeting. Saturday's contest between Utah and USC will be the expanded Pac-12's inaugural football game.
The associated pomp and circumstance, however, isn't what the Utes are focusing on. They've got plenty of other things to focus on, not the least of which is defending quarterback Matt Barkley and wide receiver Robert Woods. The USC duo teamed for three touchdowns last week while both players went on to break school records. Barkley completed 34 passes and Woods made 17 receptions in the Trojans' 19-17 win over Minnesota.
The numbers, particularly those by Woods, are cause for concern.
"He's the complete package as a wide receiver," Whittingham said. "He's a great weapon for them and if he catches 17 against us, I don't like our chances. I don't think anyone can take him out of a game, but we can't let him go off like he did Saturday."
Utah linebacker Brian Blechen acknowledged it would be frustrating to let Woods have another great game.
"He'll just wear us down if we do that," Blechen said. "We've got to try and stop him early."
Controlling Barkley will also be a challenge. Blechen noted that the junior has control of the offense, along with a strong arm and quick release.
Utah defensive coordinator Kalani Sitake, however, said the Utes won't make any wholesale changes on defense — even with senior tailback Marc Tyler returning from a one-game suspension.
"We run our defense. We don't change," Sitake said while noting that Woods is a great talent, but the other players can't be disregarded.
The defense, he explained, has got to handle USC's run game and manage its passing attack.
Thus, it's not all about stopping Woods.
"They're USC," said Utah safeties coach Morgan Scalley. "They've got plenty of guys you've got to shut down. It's not just one guy."
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"So if you don't have great coverage on him, if you don't try to take some things away, he's going to get his catches," Scalley said.
Defending Barkley will provide a test as well. His ability to get the ball out of his hands quickly is enhanced by arm strength and accuracy.
"Those are the two most concerning things for us," Whittingham said. "We need to figure out how to put pressure on a guy who gets the ball out so quickly and defending all of the throws he can make."
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COLLINGWOOD president Eddie McGuire is passionate about Anzac Day and believes football has played a crucial role in saving the day from "the annals of history".
Essendon and Collingwood have played an Anzac Day clash every year since 1995; this year the AFL will add to the fixture with St Kilda and Sydney playing in Wellington, New Zealand, in the first AFL match played for points outside Australia.
McGuire backed the move, saying Collingwood had no qualms sharing the day with a game outside of Victoria, with the commemoration more important than any club's perceived ownership.
It was a view that McGuire said stemmed from a family history in the military and from himself experiencing the decline in public sentiment for Australia's armed forces and Anzac Day itself in the wake of the Vietnam War.
"My father served in the British Army in the Scottish Rifles in World War II and I lost my father in late 2011," he said.
"It's again become more important to me as we stand there and we think of the Anzacs, but we also think of all those people in the wars.
"I must admit, it's a different game for me in its preparation and the whole solemnity of the day just takes over, then eventually we clear the deck and a game of football breaks out.
"I used to march in Anzac Day in the school band and, in the late parts of the '70s and the early '80s, there were protesters and we'd get bombed with flour bombs and various (objects).
"Anzac Day barely rated a mention and was dying off and people were really concerned that, within 20 years once all the Anzacs had possibly passed on and the World War II veterans had died off, that people wouldn't care anymore and it would be subjected to the annals of history.
"There's no doubt that football has added another layer. We're getting record crowds at the Dawn Service, record crowds at the Anzac March and that continues throughout the day with the national commemoration on television of Anzac Day."
McGuire said he did not mind sharing the Anzac Day fixture with another side, particularly with the significance of a presence in NZ, but that a second game in Victoria would not be appropriate.
Fremantle is the only club outside of Collingwood and Essendon with an Anzac commemoration clash and this year will hold its Len Hall Tribute game on Friday night against Richmond. The Dockers' marquee game has only twice been scheduled in standalone fixtures alongside the Magpies-Bombers, in 2000 (Tuesday) and 2011 (Monday).
"I think we have to be careful not to lose the impact that the day brings in the commemoration of Anzac Day," he said. "We can do that, sometimes, because too much of a good thing is not the right thing.
"Fremantle has worked it really well; the way they commemorate it with the solemnity of the day and then the football is tremendous. It's not against us; it's not one or the other.
"The Collingwood-Essendon game is sold out; it's a commemoration of Anzac Day in the best possible symbolic tradition of two teams being able to play a game of football to commemorate the freedoms that were given to this country by those who served in our armed forces.
"That's what it's all about."
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For ten years I was a principal in a consulting company, Universal Sonics Corporation. We had many customers from all over the world, and we specialized in ultrasonic imaging.
One day I got a call from a company I was not familiar with that was manufacturing ultrasonic toothbrushes. They had a problem: some of the toothbrushes worked fine, and others had low-output power. They could not understand what the problem was. Could we help them?
I asked the customer to send me the schematics, and a sample of a good toothbrush and a bad one. I then reviewed the schematic, and noticing that the drive to the piezoelectric transducer was at a fixed frequency; I took the transducers from the good and bad toothbrushes and measured their impedance plots through resonance with a vecto- impedance meter.
The good one resonated fairly close to the drive frequency, and the other one was about 10% off. The Q of these was fairly high, so the 10% frequency shift caused the drive voltage to be far enough off from resonance, that sufficient acoustic output would no longer be generated. For a low-cost consumer product, specifying the resonant frequency to a higher tolerance would be too expensive. If I could adjust the drive frequency to match the self-resonant frequency the problem would be solved. Manually tuning the device was also not cost effective.
The solution then became obvious: I needed to design an oscillator with sufficient drive that used the piezoelectric transducer as the resonant electrical element. Therefore I designed a circuit; bread boarded and tested it, which worked as expected. A sample and the design documents were quickly delivered to the customer, who was thrilled because his problem was solved in an inexpensive, easy- to-produce manner.
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Today's papers seem to have had a bit more time to think about what the Ofcom ruling really means... in today's Times
BBC survives dogfight over its Kennel Club expose
The BBC and the Kennel Club both claimed victory yesterday after the broadcasting watchdog Ofcom issued its ruling on a documentary that exposed breeding techniques causing deformity and disease in dogs.
Ofcom said that the programme, screened on BBC One in August last year, was overwhelmingly accurate in its criticisms of the Kennel Club but did not give the organisation enough time to respond to some allegations, including claims about its links to the eugenics movement and the Nazis.
The producers of Pedigree Dogs Exposed did not deceive the organisation into taking part in the programme or edit footage to portray it unfairly, Ofcom said. However, it said an interview with the Kennel Club's scientific adviser had been misleadingly edited.
The programme led to the BBC scrapping its coverage of Crufts and groups including the RSPCA withdrawing support for the annual dog show. The Kennel Club also changed its breeding rules after the row.
Ofcom's report was delayed by a month after the BBC raised concerns about the handling of the complaints and demanded more time to respond. The BBC must now broadcast a summary of the findings, but said that it stood by the programme and, as a signal of support, aired an edited version of the show on BBC America last night.
Ofcom upheld complaints from the Rhodesian Ridgeback Club of Great Britain that the programme's claims that the club was not doing all it could to remedy a condition called dermoid sinus did not fairly represent the scientific evidence. An allegation that the club deliberately bred deformed dogs that suffered from spina bifida was also inaccurate and not supported by research.
Ofcom also said that the programme was unfair to Virginia Barwell, a breeder of Cavalier King Charles spaniels, because the very short excerpts of her interview that were broadcast oversimplified her views. A series of other complaints were rejected.
A BBC spokesman said: "While we note Ofcom's findings regarding some aspects of Pedigree Dogs Exposed, we stand firmly by the programme, which was clearly in the public interest; and we stand firmly by its conclusions. The broadcast has accelerated unprecedented reform in the way pedigree dogs are bred — including new limits on inbreeding, changes to the written standards of 78 breeds of dog and a new code of ethics which prohibits the culling of puppies for cosmetic reasons."
The Kennel Club said it was disappointed that although Ofcom found that an interview with its scientific adviser, Jeff Sampson, had been edited so it did not fairly represent his views, it did not result in "any overall unfairness to the Kennel Club itself".
Ronnie Irving, chairman of the Kennel Club, said: "The Kennel Club is pleased that Ofcom has confirmed that Professor Sampson was not fairly represented in the programme. It is therefore surprising that Ofcom doesn't also conclude, on this occasion, that the Kennel Club itself was therefore unfairly represented. Ofcom has actually changed its mind on this point since its provisional decision.
"The damaging effect of this unfair editing was to distort our views and to fail to show viewers the seriousness with which we take the issue of dog health ... This process has taken a significant amount of time and the Kennel Club now wants to move forward, continuing to work with breed experts, our scientific advisers and the veterinary profession, to ensure that all dogs are given the opportunity to lead the healthy, happy lives that they deserve."
Jemima Harrison, of Passionate Productions, which made the film for the BBC, said: "We are pleased that support for the film's findings from the veterinary, animal welfare and scientific communities has resulted in action to start to address the unacceptably widespread deformity, disease and disability in pedigree dogs."
The Guardian were a bit too quick at recycling the KC's press release but have since given their piece a tweak, but it still doesn't really understand the story like the Times does. But the comments contain some real gems... read and enjoy! Who is dogscribbler?


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Fast food workers rally for higher wages — Dozens of fast food workers held a demonstration outside of a McDonald's in Manhattan Thursday morning. They were part of a worldwide day of protests in 230 cities. … NEW YORK — Hundreds of fast food workers walked off their jobs in many U.S. cities …
Discussion: National Review, PoliticusUSA and Mashable
Justin Baragona / PoliticusUSA: Progressive House Members Stand In Solidarity With Striking Fast Food Workers
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Mashable: Fast Food Workers' Strike Goes Global
Steven Greenhouse / New York Times:
Fast Food Protests Spread Overseas
Fast Food Protests Spread Overseas
Discussion: CNNMoney.com, Daily Kos, ThinkProgress, New Jersey 101.5, The Heritage Foundation and Balloon Juice
Patrick M. Sheridan / CNNMoney.com: Global fast-food workers strike
Steve Trevelise / New Jersey 101.5: Fast Food Workers Demand Higher Wages [POLLS]
James Sherk / The Heritage Foundation: Fast Food 'Strikes' Just a Front for Massive Union Organizing Campaign
Anne Laurie / Balloon Juice: Thursday Morning Open Thread: Pack A Lunch
David Frum / The Atlantic Online:
The Republican Advantage Among Older Voters Won't Last — As life expectancy rises and the population ages, it gets more female and more opposed to entitlement reform. Those are both bad for a party of austerity. — Republicans are expected to score gains in 2014 because of their advantage …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly: The Changeable Future of the Senior Vote
Dorsey Shaw / BuzzFeed:
Fox News Host: "Go Try And Hire A Male Journalist — You Can't Find Any!" — This is exactly how Fox News' Outnumbered is supposed to work. — Daily Caller founder Tucker Carlson got into a heated debate with the hosts of Outnumbered about how equal pay played into the New York Times' decision …
Discussion: Washington Post
Alina Selyukh / Reuters:
Amid protests, U.S. FCC proposes new 'net neutrality' rules — (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Thursday advanced a "net neutrality" proposal that would ban Internet providers from blocking or slowing down access to websites but may let them charge content companies for faster and more reliable delivery of their traffic to users.
Discussion: YouGov US Opinion Center News and Hullabaloo
Peter Moore / YouGov US Opinion Center News: Net neutrality: Not well-known, but people like the idea
Thereisnospoon / Hullabaloo: Time to let the FCC hear your voice on net neutrality, by @DavidOAtkins
Edward Wyatt / New York Times:
F.C.C. Backs Opening Net Rules for Debate
F.C.C. Backs Opening Net Rules for Debate
Discussion: Washington Post, Gigaom, E Pluribus Unum, Consumerist, Techdirt and Wall Street Journal, more at Mediagazer »
Stacey Higginbotham / Gigaom: Here's that FCC net neutrality compromise everyone demanded. And here's the problem.
Alexander Howard / E Pluribus Unum: FCC FAQ on Net Neutrality and NPRM on Proposed Open Internet Rules
Kate Cox / Consumerist: How To Tell The FCC Exactly What You Think About The Proposed Net Neutrality Rule
Mike Masnick / Techdirt: Lobbyists (And, Oh Yes, Everyone Else), Start Your Engines: FCC Opens The Floor For Comments On Net Neutrality
Gautham Nagesh / Wall Street Journal: FCC's Net Neutrality Vote: What to Watch For
Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
Fringe Candidates Steal The Show At Idaho's Gubernatorial Debate — Two long-shot candidates in the Idaho gubernatorial race stole the show in Wednesday's Republican primary debate. — On stage were Gov. Butch Otter, state Sen. Russ Fulcher, as well as Harley Brown and Walt Bayes.
Discussion: Slate
Annalisa Quinn / Book News & Features:
Book News: Rush Limbaugh Wins Children's Book 'Author Of The Year' Award … The daily lowdown on books, publishing, and the occasional author behaving badly. — Conservative radio commentator Rush Limbaugh won the "Author of the Year Award" at the Children's Choice Book Awards …
Discussion: TheBlaze.com, Naked DC and The PJ Tatler
Benjamin Weingarten / TheBlaze.com: Rush Limbaugh wins author of the year award for children's book over objections from liberal critics
Bryan Preston / The PJ Tatler: Rush Limbaugh Wins Children's Book Author of the Year
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Biden Pulled in Less than $201 in Book Royalties — Vice President Joe Biden is not making too much money off his book Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics. Last year, in fact, he made less than $201 in royalties from his book publisher, according to just-released disclosure forms.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
John Johnson / USA Today:
Court forbids deadbeat dad from having more kids — Asim Taylor owes about $100,000 in child support, and an appeals court in Ohio has upheld an unusual sentence meant to make sure that bill doesn't grow: Justices reaffirmed that the Elyria man can't have any more kids until he pays up, reports the local Chronicle-Telegram.
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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review: Ohio Court Upholds Sentence that Requires Man to Stop Having Children


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Aston Villa have been linked with a swoop for Fenerbahce midfielder Raul Meireles, but a deal is unlikely.
Meireles has entered the final six months of his contract with the Turkish side and could be on the move if he doesn't agree an extension.
The former Chelsea and Liverpool man has emerged as a target for Villa, according to Turkish publication Fanatik, who say the Midlands club have already been in touch.
However, the 33-year-old Portuguese midfielder is reluctant to drop down into the Championship and, with Villa seemingly destined for relegation this season, the chance of Meireles ever moving to Villa Park appears highly unlikely.


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i like to do my own maintence on my prado im very particular who gets near her a little over protective i guess.a job i thought would be very straight forward so im asking with a big PLEASE HELP how do adjust the hand brake..
i like to do my own maintence on my prado im very particular who gets near her a little over protective i guess.a job i thought would be very straight forward so im asking with a big PLEASE HELP how do adjust the hand brake..
Hopefully a 120 series owner can elaborate, but on my 90 series there is an adjusting cog/screw that is turned with a flat head screw driver through a small hole in the brake disc/drum to adjust the shoes. Tightening the cable is done with a 10mm nut in the cabin and by adjusting the bell cranks behind the brake discs.
Again, this for a 90 series Prado. 120's could be different, but I imagine the basic steps apply.
Declan: 1997 GXL 4.5 Auto 80 series on LPG, ARB bullbar, 2" OME lift, 32" MTZ, GME UHF, rear ARB locker, Kaymar spare wheel carrier
PLANNED: 3 or 4" suspension lift, 2" body lift (maybe), winch, 35" MTZ + roadies, front locker, sliders, cylinder head rebuilt for LPG, Garret Turbocharger
The 120 is exactly as Declan says.
At each rear wheel, spin the rotor around until the little inspection hole is at the bottom and line it up with the hole in the hub (between the axle studs). You wont really be able to see what your doing, but will be able to feel the star wheel spin slighly when adjusting with a small flat head screwdriver.
Also under the handbrake itself is another adjusting wheel that adjusts the tension on each handbrake cable to the left/right wheels together.
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Our 6 year old and 3 year old try their hardest to make sure there is no time or money for the other baby
yep my handbrake is cranky with me for getting some tjm bash plates, but she will get over it. cheers samo.
had an 03 gx 120 with some gear now got a 2013 bt 50 GT auto some ARB gear.
Have a look at this thread, fairly detailed explanation with pictures, should have all the info you need.
Cheers Andrew
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thanku very much prado brothers for your info.hand brake says thanks to there goes the lockers for a while...
adjusted handbrake today all good now.little difficult to see in inspection hole used an led pen torch that did the job.wound adjust wheel upward till it goes tight went back 1 turn beutiful now didnt need adjust hand brake adjustment in cab.thanku for your help...


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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- Kelsey Grammer's publicist has confirmed the Hollywood actor's wife Kayte is pregnant with twins.
When she is due to give birth or what the babies' genders are were not immediately announced.
Grammer, 56, has four other children from previous relationships.
The twins will be his first children with 30-year-old flight attendant Kayte, whom he married in February 2011 shortly after divorcing Camille, his wife of 14 years.
"I am really looking forward to meeting these arrivals," UsMagazine.com quoted Grammer as saying of the twins after he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a TV Drama Sunday night for his work in "Boss."
Grammer is best known for his work on the sitcoms "Frasier" and "Cheers."


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AT five-years-old he was told he would only live to 12-years-old, at 12, doctors said he would make it to 18.
Now 40, Luke Jardine has proved his potentially life-limiting cystic fibrosis diagnosis wrong, becoming a doctor, raising two daughters with his wife Tania and taking part in long-distance runs in his spare time.
"I guess my cystic fibrosis has made me more determined to prove people wrong," Dr Jardine said.
Cystic fibrosis (CF), a genetically acquired, chronic illness, primarily affects the lungs and the digestive system with sufferers facing an average life expectancy of 37 years.
Married to Tania for 15 years and now the father of 11-year-old Isabelle and seven-year-old Kate, Dr Jardine said he was determined to stay healthy and wanted to avoid having a lung transplant, an operation common for CF sufferers.
"You have good days and bad days, but you've just got to try to get over the bad ones and keep yourself as healthy as long as possible," he said.
Specialising in neonatal intensive care for babies, Dr Jardine said he was thankful his parents had been so proactive in helping he and his brother, who also has cystic fibrosis, stay active during their childhood.
"My mum and dad did all the hard work early and motivated me to take responsibility for my life," he said.
"I plan to stay healthy and live long enough to let the technology, such as gene therapy, catch up with me. There are a number of areas of research and I hope that if I live long enough an actual cure will be found," he said.
Dr Jardine acknowledged not every CF sufferer had been as lucky to stay as healthy as he had, with many dependent on Cystic Fibrosis Queensland for help.
He is now training for the Bridge to Brisbane run, hoping to raise money for the several thousands of CF sufferers in Queensland.
You can donate to his cause at https://b2b2013.everydayhero.com/au/luke-jardine
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Friday, July 23, 1999 Published at 14:39 GMT 15:39 UK
World: Americas
Kennedy ashes cast into sea
Mourners board the USS Briscoe for the ceremony
The Kennedy family has scattered the ashes of John F Kennedy Junior, his wife and sister-in-law at sea, close to where they met their tragic death.
The ceremony was conducted on the USS Briscoe off Martha's Vineyard, opposite a house that used to belong to Mr Kennedy's mother, Jackie, and about three miles from where the bodies were found.
The service began with a procession of musicians playing bagpipes, followed by a moving performance of "I Will Arise Now and Go to Innisfree".
At the funeral ceremony off Massachusetts, there was an honour guard of sailors dressed in white.
Two navy chaplains and a Roman Catholic priest performed a simple ceremony before the ashes and three wreaths with red, yellow and white flowers were cast into the waves.
Boats and helicopters were ordered to stay three miles away from the Briscoe during the proceedings.
(Click here to see a map of the flight route)
Historian Michael Beschloss said Mr Kennedy had told his sister Caroline of his desire to be returned to the ocean, where he used to play as a toddler with his father, the late President Kennedy.
After the crash, JFK Jnr's parents-in-law intimated that they wanted John and Carolyn to go to their resting place together and to watch over Lauren.
Mr Kennedy never served in the military, but US regulations allow the navy to authorise burials at sea in the case of "an outstanding contribution to society".
President Clinton and his wife Hillary will attend a memorial service for the Kennedys on Friday in New York.
New York's Irish community is planning a public ceremony for Thursday night at Old St Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan.
And a private service for Mr Kennedy's sister-in-law will be held on Saturday night at Christ Church in Greenwich, Connecticut, where the Bessette sisters grew up.
Post mortem
A post mortem has found that all three died instantaneously from "multiple traumatic injuries" resulting from the crash.
The autopsy was conducted at a hospital after the bodies were brought ashore. They were then taken by hearse to a funeral home for cremation.
Intensive search
The wreckage of the single-engine Piper Saratoga HP plane was located in about 100ft (30 metres) of water.
Rear Admiral Richard Larrabee of the US Coast Guard said the major part of the fuselage had been recovered.
After levelling out at 2,300ft, Mr Kennedy turned to the right, climbed 300ft, turned to the right again and went into a steep dive.
Some aviators said Mr Kennedy could have been suffering from ''spatial disorientation'' - a common experience among less experienced pilots.
On Wednesday, Mr Clinton praised those involved in the search for the bodies for their ''fine work under extremely difficult circumstances" and said his ''thoughts and prayers'' were with the family.
Across the US, thousands of Americans have been laying flowers, offering prayers and lighting candles for the Kennedy couple and Miss Bessette.
Many have also queued at Boston's JFK library to sign a condolence book.
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Cold Tortellini Salad
1 cup sun-dried tomatoes
4 cups fresh or frozen cheese tortellini
14oz can or jar artichoke hearts, rinsed and chopped
7oz jar roasted red peppers, rinsed and chopped
4 green onions, chopped
1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
1/2 cup olives, sliced
1/2 cup fresh basil, finely chopped
salt and pepper to taste
Dressing Ingredients:
2 medium tomatoes, halved and seeded
2 T. red wine vinegar
1 T. virgin olive oil
1 tsp. dried oregano
1 clove garlic, minced
salt and pepper to taste
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to boil on the stove top. In a small bowl, pour enough of the boiling water over the sun-dried tomatoes to cover. Let stand for 30 minutes to rehydrate, then drain. Coarsely chop the tomatoes.
Meanwhile, cook the tortellini in the remaining boiling water until firmly cooked. Drain and rinse under cold water to stop the cooking.
To prepare the dressing, rub the tomato halves over the coarse side of a grater above a small bowl until only the skins remain, then discard the skins. Add the red wine vinegar, olive oil, oregano, minced garlic, and seasonings to the juiced tomatoes and whisk until well blended. Pour the dressing into a jar and seal. You may refrigerate the dressing for about 3 days.
In a large mixing bowl, combine the rehydrated tomatoes, cooked tortellini, artichoke hearts, roasted red peppers, scallions, cherry tomatoes, olives and basil. Add salad dressing and toss to cover. Chill before serving.
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Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in California
Appointing Co-Trustee
If the trust instrument is silent on the topic, does the law allow a surviving spouse who is now sole trustee to appoint a co-trustee (e.g. her son, who would be successor trustee on her death)? Does it have to be approved by the beneficiaries?
Thank you.
Asked on 11/13/05, 8:08 pm
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Donald Field Donald L. Field, Jr., Attorney at Law
Re: Appointing Co-Trustee
this depends upon the specific wording of the trust, which now is likely required to be subdivided into at least 2 trusts after first death. the surviving spouse may have the right to amend the trust that is not yet irrevocable.
you should consult an attorney, preferably the attorney who prepared the trust.
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FIREFIGHTERS in Cheshire and the rest of England will go on strike for nine days this month – starting later this week – in response to what they have said is a 'vicious' attack on their pensions.
The strikes will start on Monday, July 14 and run until Monday, July 21.
Firefighters are also due to strike on Thursday, July 10 — the 15th in their campaign — alongside local government workers, teachers and civil servants, who are campaigning over a range of issues, including attacks on pay and pensions and workloads.
The Fire Brigades Union has been in negotiations with the government for three years in an attempt to avoid the implementation of proposals that they say would see firefighters paying more, working longer and receiving less.
Matt Wrack, FBU general secretary, said: "The government must realise that firefighters cannot accept proposals that would have such devastating consequences for their futures, their families' futures — and the future of the fire and rescue service itself.
"We have tried every route available to us to make the government see sense over their attacks.
"Three years of negotiations have come to nothing because the government is simply unwilling to compromise or even listen to reason despite a huge amount of evidence showing their planned scheme is unworkable.
"Shorter strike periods have illustrated the strength of feeling amongst firefighters whilst limiting disruption to the fire service, the public and our members' working lives.
"But the government is merely ploughing ahead, forcing firefighters to react."
A recent academic report on firefighter fitness by the University of Bath undermined the government's proposals by arguing that higher fitness levels are required for firefighting than those suggested by the government to defend the idea of working until 60.
In comparison the government in N Ireland recently offered firefighters a retirement age of 55.
The FBU says this demonstrates that the Westminster government's position is not justified by evidence or lack of affordability.
Matt Wrack said: "The offer in N Ireland was achieved through negotiation without any industrial action being necessary.
"This clearly shows that if both sides are willing to talk, things can be resolved.
"This makes a mockery of the government's claims that the union is walking away from talks."
During negotiations with the FBU, the government in Westminster recently imposed a third annual increase in firefighters' pension contributions, taking them to 14.2 per cent for most firefighters — one of the highest in the public or private sector.
Firefighters voted by 78 per cent for strike action in August last year.
Monday, July 14 from 6am to 8am and 5pm to 7pm.
Tuesday, July 15 from 6am to 8am and 5pm to 7pm.
Wednesday, July 16 from 6am to 8am and 5pm to 7pm.
Thursday, July 17 from 6am to 8am and 5pm to 7pm.
Friday, July 18 from 6am to 8am and 11am to 1pm on Saturday 19 July.
Sunday, July 20 from 11am to 1pm and from 7pm to 9pm.
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Saudi Aramco to inaugurate Haradh gas project on January 18
Saudi Aramco will hold the official inauguration of its Haradh Natural Gas and Oil Development Project on January 18, 2004.
The recently completed mega-project consists of a gas plant capable of delivering 1.5 billion standard cubic feet per day of sales gas to Saudi Arabia's Master Gas System, and a gas-oil separation plant (GOSP) capable of stabilizing 300,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil.
Haradh Gas Plant is Saudi Aramco's second facility built primarily to process large amounts of non-associated gas - that is, gas from gas reservoirs, and not associated with oil production. The first was Hawiyah Gas Plant, brought on stream in 2002.
In addition to the sales gas, Haradh Gas Plant has a design capacity to deliver 170,000 barrels per day (bpd) of condensate to Saudi Aramco's Abqaiq processing facility, and can produce 90 metric tons of sulfur per day for export.
The GOSP associated with the Haradh Natural Gas and Oil Development Project has a crude oil capacity of 300,000 barrels per day, and includes a 130 million standard cubic foot associated gas gathering facility.
Saudi Aramco's president and chief executive officer, Abdallah S. Jum'ah, noted that the Haradh project is the third mega-project completed by the company over the last six years. The first two are the Shaybah oilfield development in the Rub' al-Khali desertand the massive Hawiyah Gas Plant. — (menareport.com)
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Authorities in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, are trying to figure out who spray painted a wall of the police department Sunday morning.
In a Facebook post, police said the words, "I'm drunk" were painted on the side of the building sometime in the overnight hours.
Officers have already removed the graffiti but police are asking for the public's help in identifying the person or persons behind the act.
Anyone with information should contact Portsmouth Police at (603) 427-1500.
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dgrasser Posts: 12The main exhaust pipe (there are two) probably pulled away from the exhaust manifold pipe. There are typically two bolts holding them together and they rust over time. I pulled mine back together once as it was really loud. Everything was so rusted that instead of redoing the bolts, I used a clamp to tighten it up.
W.r.t. the vibration, once the exhaust manifold separates, the O2 sensor will read high O2 in the exhaust stream (is the check engine light on) and the computer will adjust your truck to run richer. This will affect the way your truck runs.
I have been having problems with misfiring on my 1997 F150 and I believe that because of what I described above, the richer fuel mixer causes the engine to run hotter leading to other problems with plugs, spark plug wires, and/or coils (the coil over plugs have a wire inside the boot, that is the spark plug wire).
Take it to Auto Zone and they will diagnose with their reader for free.
Skip buying a timing light, your vehicle is computer controled. The timing is decided by the PCM and is changed depending on various imputs from sensors.
Since you have this vibration at idle and driving, I would not suspect anything in the suspension, tires out of round, shocks, ect. Before I give a recomendations as to what to check for. Explain when this vibration first started, it may be related to a brand of spark plug that was installed on your tune up. Food for thought, Fords do not like champion spark plugs.
To test your motor mounts, one meathod is to have an assistant put the vehicle in drive with the brake on hard and give the engine throttle without killing it. You should view the engine twist or flex sideways no more than 2 inches. One inch is about normal.
56prostreet Posts: 1Did you check the coils for cracks. Apparently all fords with coil-on-plug are notorious for cracking the coil cases as they age. It is recommended to replace all of the coils over 100K. I found that my E-350 began to vibrate mildly as if it had a bad driveshaft u-joint. The day after I drove in a snowstorm the vehicle began to run rougher, and sounded similar to a lawnmower while throwing no check engine light and no DTC's. The sound indicated to me to check for ignition issues. I began pulling coils and found several of the cases were cracked- I replaced the cracked ones and replaced the plugs and boots on the others. Problem solved. I should not thet there are some very good prices on ebay for the coils- about 1/5th the price of parts stores. Hope this helps.
rene007 Posts: 4I have a 1999 F-150 with a V6 4.2 and it is throwing whiteish smoke from the tailpipe and it has a somewhat rough idle. I checked the compression and the vaccum and they are fine. I pressure checked the cooling system for a possible blown head gasket and no leaks. I checked for codes and there aren't any and the fuel trim and oxygen sensors seem to be working properly. There are no misfires detected by the PCM and the fuel inector pulsewidth seems fine. The next thing that I could think of is a bad PCM. I don't condemn it just yet since they are very expensive so I was wondering if anybody out there can give me a tips or a heads on this problem. I'd appreciate it a lot.
petera58 Posts: 1I had the same problem. It was fuel injectors ! Believe it or not !
All of the vibration issues on these engines seems to mimic suspension
or tires, but its not.
I have a 2005 F150 5.4 triton V8 w/ 46800 mi. My cousin has a 2006 5.4 F150 with 51,000 miles, My business rep has a 2007 5.4 super crew with 54,000 miles. all 3 and more I have easily tested have the same engine shake vibration at 1300 to 1800 rpm when revving in park or neutral. The vibration is very obvious and specific in all vehicles. it is harder to detect when driving but feels like a tire out of balance at any speed when 1300 to mainly 1800 rpms is on the tach. In 0verdrive at 70mph,1800 rpm . Off overdrive at 50mph prox , same rpm etc. Different gears will easily feel the shaking and the wipers will shake at that rpm range!! :confuse:
This is a progressive problem that has now been examined by 2 dealers in Central California. Just today, my dealer Service manager agreed that this is egregious and very obviously an unusual engine vibration at those rpms. He discussed this with a Ford engineer with a new 5.4 and though not as bad, the problem is noticeable. At 50,000 miles it is VERY noticeable when the engine is cold!!!!! When warm it is still obvious!!
I am asking anyone to check their 2005 to 2007, 5.4 triton engines by revving up the motor to tach read 1300 to 1800 rpms and , especially cold, feel the engine vibration shaking. I think it is a 3 valve cam problem. We need more input to push Ford to qualify and resolve this huge problem!!
my '04 F150 with 38,000 miles is experiencing the third set of warpped rotors.
the first two were replaced under warranty and now I'm out of waranty so they say I'm out of luck. I rarely tow a 1,200 lbs trailer and drive the truck with ease to save on gas - i've also had the truck regularly maintained, yet I'm now looking at another brake job.
It's one thing to have to pay this out of pocket, but anyone who wants to buy my truck, if they look at my service records, are going to wonder what the hell is wrong with my truck. :lemon:
This along with a complete transmission failure 6 days and 26,000 miles past the factory warranty.
When I'm done with this truck - I'm done with Ford. Ford dealerships these days are so desperate for income they don't think about a long term relationship with the owner - it's all about getting money now to stay afloat.
warpped rotors is a common issue with certain Ford trucks. This is how you solve it. Use only high quality rotors, NAPA or OEM not the cheepies from China or Autozone. Next. When the wheels are put on, only snug the lug nuts on. Then lower the vehicle so the weight of the vehicle is on the wheels. Then use a torque wrench and torque the lug nuts to specs. Then drive at least 1/2 mile and re check the torque on each lug nut.
The problem is un even and excessive torque due to the weight of the vehicle, and cheep rotors. Torque is effected by the weight of the vehicle. Do not over torque. Good luck.
thanks for the tip mickeymouse.
is it safe to assume that Ford used OEM or NAPA rotors when replacing my worn out warped ones?
When I have the current one's replaced, I'm going to ask for the old parts to see what was put on. If it's some cheap Chinese part they put on then I'm going give someone at Ford a piece of my mind. :mad:
Aren't 90% of all replacement parts now made in China, including Motorcraft?
Check my 7-26-08 post about the vibration in all 5.4 Triton engines from1300 to 1800 rpms when revving in park or driving at 70mph in o.d. It is a common problem in all 5.4 Triton engines from 2005 ,06,07, & 08 per ford Engineer. Why hasnt been diagnosed!!! I am going to the Ca. Bureau of Auto Repair and any other Customer complaint service I can find.
It is NOT tires, IT is NOT any thing but an egredious engine shake at that rpm range of 1300 to 1800 rpms when sitting in Park or driving that rpm range=70mph! It has gotten worse at 50,000 mi. I have identified 7 exact same problems in same 5.4 engines!! Ford Dealers are totally in wonder as FORD will not divulge the problem with their head in the sand. It will be a huge RECALL! They call it NORMAL !! B>S!! Class action lawsuit????? Anyone let me know . We have an attorney!!! :mad: :lemon:
chad8425 Posts: 1I would really like to talk to you. I leased a 2008 Ford F-150 FX4 in January. I have 10k miles on it and it has been at the dealership a combined total of 19 days and is currently there right now. I have a vibration while driving at highway speeds since I bought the truck. They have rotated and balanced the tires numerous times. Does not fix the problem. My service guy told me that a FORD Engineer was coming to look at it this week. You can contact me by email at email@example.com My cell number is 702-334-4008. I live in Las Vegas.
I even had a guy at a gas staion walk up to me and asked me if I liked my truck. I told him about the vibrations and he is having the same problem at THE SAME dealership.
Look forward to hearing from you. Chad
I own a 2001 F250 and notice that this seems to be a common problem occuring in all F-series trucks, has anyone got any ideas what could cause the rough idle, in my case this is intermittent and when I mash on it it goes away then returns when maintaining a constant speed. I have changed my fuel filter as well and was told that if the coils had and issue there would be a code. All suggestions are appreciated.
I had the same problem on my 01 F250 V10.
Don't believe the techs when they tell you bad coils will throw a code. They will ONLY if they have continuous misfires.
Intermittent misfires won't throw a code. If you have anywhere near 100k miles on the truck, you need new plugs AND coils.
Do a search on ebay, you can find them for around $100 for a full set, vs $45 each at the dealer. Get Autolite plugs at the local parts store.
Changing the plugs/coils yourself will require patience and about 2.5 hours. Use dielectric grease on the boots.
Thanks, that was going to be my next attempt at fixing the problem, I will definately check e-bay for the set I really didn't want to spend the money on them all at the dealer. I aprreciate the rapid reply.
capt_jack11 Posts: 1I have a 2005 Ford F-350 King Ranch. On my way to work this morning I experienced a violent vibration when my front tires hit a bump on the freeway; i was going 65-68 mph when it happens. It scared the hell out of me, my truck is stock not lifted. May be we should start a petition regarding this problem with Ford F-250, 350, 450 truck series. Let me know. :mad: :lemon:
KCRam Mt. Arlington NJPosts: 3,516Dodge Ram owners know this as "Death Wobble". You need to check the following to resolve it:
- tire balance
- a worn shock
- ball joints
- remaining front end components
You will find one of those will be out of spec.
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formerfrdlover Posts: 1we too have a new F150 STX bought in August 08. Since then it has been in the shop for almost a month. It has had 14 new tires of different brands, new rotors, new drive shaft, and no difference. The Ford engineer said it was not fixable to our service manager. Then he told the Division person it was in an "acceptable" range. How is it acceptable when at high speeds it shakes enough to mix a drink and when you go over a rough spot the front end feels light and out of control.
We also drove 3 more F-150 2008 an 2009 and they were worse than ours.
Ford now will not do any more to fix the problem.
Have you thought anymore about a class action suit? Our Service manager said he will support us with documentation.
xxjed Posts: 1Did replacing the coils and plugs fix your problem?
I have an '04 F150 4.6L with almost 70K miles that has a rough idle while sitting still, and has intermittent (though frequent) misses while lightly accelerating and then after I have leveled off to maintain a constant speed.
It is getting a little worse each day.
I had it hooked up to a diagnostic machine at a local auto parts store that read a misfire on cyclinder 2.
I had the fuel system professionally cleaned, air filter changed, oil changed, and it still is doing it.
I was just wondering if you got your problem fixed because it sounds the same as mine.
I haven't quite got to that yet, I am going to try another fix, I was told it could be the torque convertor clutch and I have disconnected my battery to reset the computer and it seemed to run fine the first time out, but went back to it's old trick on the second run so I am going to try it with the overdrive off and see if it still does it, if not it is likely tranny related if it still does I will be doing coils and plugs. I will post as soon as I have a fix for my problem.
Hello can I have your email address or a way to talk to you about this, i have the same problem.
dctalk1 Posts: 1You can add other owner with issues on the vibration. 18k miles I asked the dealer what the issue is and they said it was a #5 injector issue??? Not covered under warrenty. At 45k broght it to another dealship he said the same thing. Several months ago I recieved a letter from ford saying they are having issues with #5 injectors and to have it check...LOST THE Letter. Did anyone else get a similar letter?
Transmission also slips on hills at 20k they said nothing is wrong. I love fords but this may be my last.
f-150 2005 lariat.
has a 2005 f150 4X4 it was starting rough then after moving and getting hot enough starts to hesitate and stall, it has 73000 miles . Has changed the fuel filter and checked all the coils and plus for spark and they all seem to do fine. Fuel pump is pumping but engine will not start at all now ,.. when first turn it over will attempt to start but will not catch for the lack of a better phrase, had it checked by a local mechanic when the engine light came on the first time and the codes showed a tcp or a t and p stuck open and stuck closed along with forced idle. has anyone else had this problem?
I received a letter from Ford about injectors sticking open and closed and they extended the warranty on them to 11 years or 120,000 miles ... has a 2005 f150 fx4
I have the 5.4 liter in my lincoln with 30,000 miles and there is a vibration in it when the motor is under stress mainly between 40 to 60 miles per hour. I have had the dealership looking at it for a month now and had said something about the torque convertor and ford has had problems. Well they been replacing everything but the torque convertor and it seems to be getting worst. I think it is a problem with the 5.4 or transmission. They also had said that it was within tolerance,I've had about every ford truck out and never felt this before
Yes, I have the exact same problem from 40 up to 60. 70 to 80 runs smooth.The dealer ship also tried body dampeners on mine that didn't help
Just had the same problem with mine. They are now replacing the entire engine. They said the cause was the two cam phasers and there was also a bent rod.
Now the dealership is telling me the timing is off by 180 degrees and that was caused by excessives sluge buildup and that it isn't covered under warranty either I replace the entire engine or they can tear down clean and reassemble it with no warranty .
fsupercrew Posts: 1I just joined the forum and was wondering if anybody had this problem. I can hear a rattleing noise coming from under the truck going down the road from 35 mph to about 55mph. If I let off the gas the rattle will stop and then it returns when you excellerate again. I then tryed doing the samething while in 4HI and it took about 50 to 75 yrds before it engaged. At the sametime it shiftes into 4HI it (trasfercase) sounds like it just pops into gear hard. Has anybody ever had this problem?
Thanks for any help.
jake319904 Posts: 1I have the same problem with my F150 and my mileage is not any where like the window sticker said


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Lord Denham: My Lords, I wonder whether the noble Lord would just mention what the noble Lord,
Lord Marsh: My Lords, I shall not go into the detail of who and where, but some of the evidence we took, which happens when you have an unscripted exchange of views and they are taken down verbatim, did not follow, as they say, seriatim in the logic of the argument. But I have to say that if anyone wishes to criticise and make fun of this House, these will be the references they choose, not the others.
A very short letter from the noble Baroness, Lady Flather, stated:
The noble and learned Lord, Lord Howe of Aberavon, stated:
Similar sentiments were expressed on each of the earlier occasions, but there is one fundamental difference--and now I come to the amendment. On each of the other occasions it was not allowed to get onto the record. I was told it was out of courtesy to the noble Lord, Lord Richard. I am bound to say that I have known him a long time and it never occurred to me to do anything that I did not want to do out of courtesy to him, particularly on this occasion--one would be taken apart very quickly. But there was a debate in this House. There were 16 speakers. The matter was then brought back to this House, and it was announced that the usual channels, those strange creatures who lurk in the dark, had unanimously agreed to recommend a Select Committee; and your Lordships agreed with that. Your Lordships then decided to choose the people to sit on the Select Committee. The Select Committee then met.
I made a quick calculation. It spent something in excess of 400 man-hours interviewing 34 witnesses, with a not inexpensive and highly able Clerk to assist us, plus a team of verbatim recorders of the entire process. We then sat down and produced the report. Nobody came up to me and said, "Marsh, one chap to another, you're wasting your time". We were allowed to go through the whole of that. Now it is said that suddenly the Labour Party is contemplating changing the status of this House. But that was known from the very beginning. Of course it was known.
It would have been sensible to have intervened. Noble Lords who felt that way could have stopped the proceedings at any point along the line, but they did not. As they did not, either they are irresponsible in coming up with this now or, alternatively, this is just part of a Westminster jolly jape in some cases. If that is the case, I find it deeply offensive. None of us was looking for a job that involved this sort of activity.
If we decide in a Division in these circumstances, with this sort of evidence on the record, "On second thoughts we, the Second Chamber of the British
Lord Weatherill: My Lords, before the noble Lord sits down, can he, in the interests of accuracy, invite his noble friend Lord Denham to re-read my evidence to the committee? I believe that he slightly misinterpreted what I said.
Lord Marsh: My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord. However, in his own interests, I beg the noble Lord not to get involved in arguments with members of this committee on the subject.
Viscount Cranborne: My Lords, it was predictable that a subject as fundamentally important as the noble Lord, Lord Marsh, made this subject out to be should attract such a very remarkable number of your Lordships to attend, late on a Thursday afternoon, before a Bank Holiday weekend. I am sure that more minor matters--like, for example, the future of European monetary union--would, quite rightly, not attract the attention of noble Lords in quite the same way.
However, the noble Lord, Lord Marsh, addressed your Lordships with--dare I say it?--even more than his customary passion. If I may say so, there is nothing like a young political hack watching an old political expert teach us all a thing or two about the art of leading a House of Parliament down the path that he would like it to go. In view of the more passionate final remarks with which he favoured your Lordships during the course of his peroration, I shall simply say to the noble Lord that it is open to both Houses of Parliament--and noble Lords who have more experience of the other place than I have will tell me if I am wrong, as I was only there for two Parliaments--to consider the reports of Select Committees and to decide whether or not they agree with them. No one is suggesting that parliamentary government is in any way an efficient or particularly economical process. All we know is that we would prefer to be governed by parliamentary government than any other; and we are prepared to put up with a certain amount of wasted time and money, even as regards the ablest people, so that the proper procedures of parliamentary government can be followed.
I have the greatest sympathy with the noble Lord, Lord Marsh, with whom I find myself substantially in agreement more often than perhaps a former Member of a Labour Cabinet would like. However, I hope that he, in turn, will agree with me that, despite the time and energy spent by very able people like him, the members of his committee and indeed the Clerk who so ably supported the labours of that committee, it is so often their lot to find that their labours may have been wasted. That is the price we pay for parliamentary government. With the greatest respect to the noble Lord, I would suggest to him that that is something we would do well
Lord Marsh: I am grateful to the noble Viscount. The point I was making is that, of course, this House has the right to do whatever it will--and, indeed, will do whatever it wishes--with a report of a Select Committee. I was simply suggesting that on at least four previous occasions this Chamber decided to stop the process because it had made up its mind in advance, before it went through this particular process. My concern is not about the amount of time involved as regards members of the committee, but the use which will be made of the report by people who are not at all friendly to this House.
Viscount Cranborne: My Lords, with the permission of the House, I shall deal with the matter of ridicule in a moment. I agree with the noble Lord. However, although I do not want to prolong this personal exchange more than is absolutely necessary, it is equally possible to argue that it is only with the benefit of the evidence that has been set before us with such clarity by the noble Lord and his committee that we are able to take a balanced view. Of course, that balanced view must be influenced by the committee's conclusions. But, with the greatest respect and gratitude to members of the committee for all their work and the expense that they have incurred for the taxpayer, it is open to the rest of the House respectfully to disagree.
As I shall make clear fairly shortly, I do not wholly disagree with what the committee has said. Therefore, if noble Lords feel that my opening remarks suggest that conclusion, I have perhaps misled them. However, with the permission of the House, I should like to deal later with that aspect. Like the noble Lord the Leader of the House I am hugely grateful to the committee and to the noble Lord, Lord Marsh. I found reading the evidence as set out in the publication not only instructive but also, in many cases, extraordinarily diverting, especially as regards the evidence of my noble friend the Duke of Norfolk. If I may, I shall turn to the somewhat regrettable tendencies of the House of Howard a little later in my remarks.
I believe that I should also point out that, during the course of my remarks, I shall be speaking purely for myself. We on this side of the House feel that this is a matter for the House as a whole, as I believe the noble Lord the Leader of the House made entirely clear. Indeed, I associate myself with the remarks that he made and with the correction that he put in a little later in the debate. Of course, we are not whipped either to appear or to vote in a certain way, as I believe was made clear by the remarks of my noble friend Lord Harding. In fact, even if we had whipped him, I am sure that my noble friend would have voted the same way as he always does; namely, in the way that he believes. As with so
Viscount Cranborne: Well, noble Lords may be amused by that, but I shall merely refer them to the number of times Members on our side of the House supported Labour amendments during the last Parliament. Therefore, let us not quibble about such matters.
In view of the signs of approval for what I have just said on the face of the noble Lord the Leader of the House, I assume that the supporters of the Government have been treated in exactly the same way in the matter of whipping and that not only has there been no assumption that they have to appear, but also they will not be induced to vote in the way that the Government would like.
I shall not attempt to repeat, because it would be more than usually tedious, all the arguments that have been put forward. However, I am extraordinarily glad, like the noble Lord the Lord Privy Seal that the committee recognised the importance of ceremony. The right reverend Prelate, quite rightly as a Churchman, gave us to understand, far better than I could, not only by what he said but by the extraordinarily considered nature of his remarks, the importance of ceremony in all affairs, notably Church affairs. I should like to associate myself with what he said. It does, indeed, emphasise the dignity of an institution. I have noticed that revolutionary regimes have always recognised that their initial reaction, which is to abolish ceremonial, leaves a void in the daily life of the institutions which have replaced the ones that they have thrown out.
I well remember reading with some amusement about what the French revolutionaries put in the stead of the ancien regime in the 1790s; indeed, they introduced all sorts of ill-considered ceremonials, which were eventually laughed out of court. So new ceremonials are at least as open to charges of absurdity as old ones. Funnily enough, my memory of the other great revolutionary regime of relatively modern times--the Soviet regime--is that those involved were rather better at it, especially the military ceremonial. Perhaps that reflected above all the extraordinary sacrifice that the Soviets suffered as a result of what I believe they came to call "the great patriotic war". That is perhaps why the ceremonial that those of us who have been to Moscow and elsewhere witnessed in front of Lenin's Tomb and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier has become something of a serious ceremony.
For all those reasons--however revolutionary the regime the Government may introduce--I am delighted that we are not thinking of abolishing ceremonial altogether. Noble Lords have rightly said that to have a dignified ceremonial is not only important for the dignity of this House, but that the families of new Peers also find it an important occasion. It has also been said that hereditary Peers do not enjoy that ceremony. It has been suggested--although perhaps not quite in these terms--that the reason the hereditary Peers do not have
I believe that the main burden of those who have supported the recommendations of this report is one which we ought to take extraordinarily seriously; namely, that the present ceremonial of introduction is no longer dignified but absurd. I set aside any unworthy thought about the ability of any supporter or member of a government to judge such matters when one considers the bouncy castle they have erected in Horse Guards Parade! One wonders whether such people have a sufficiently established record of judgment in matters of dignity for us to take such judgment seriously. However, that is an unworthy thought which I set aside as soon as it occurs to me.
However, I believe it is perfectly clear that many noble Lords feel that there is something Gilbertian and faintly ridiculous--I use the expression used on a previous occasion by the noble Lord the Leader of the House--about the ceremony of introduction, perhaps particularly as regards the doffing of hats. However, I believe it is also clear that a large number of noble Lords do not take the same view. Just because someone takes one view and not another, it is curiously totalitarian to assume that the view one takes is necessarily the one that everyone else should be morally obliged to take. That is my main difficulty with the report. This House is equally divided on whether it accepts or rejects the report. We do not have a House which is unanimous in its view about the dignity of our introduction ceremony.
I said that I would discuss my personal views. Speaking for myself, I am about to say something which will confirm what a Member of your Lordships' House once said to me. In view of the content of his remarks it is important that I should not mention his name. He said to me, "I am very sorry to see Cranborne that you are exhibiting some of the regrettable radical tendencies of your family". He said that in a slightly different context from that of our debate this evening.
I have considerable sympathy with the idea that we could with advantage change the ceremony of introduction and that we should allow it to evolve. The, I suspect, determined chairmanship of the noble Lord, Lord Marsh, has produced the extraordinarily skilful compromise that we have before us this evening that is about as close to being accepted in this House as anything one could possibly suggest. I have some difficulty with only one part of it, which--I am sorry to say--happens to be the same difficulty as was so ably expressed by my noble friend the Duke of Norfolk. I believe he used the phrase, "cut it off". I do not know why he used that phrase. In our private conversations he spends most of his time accusing me of being the descendant of a family which cut off the heads of some of his ancestors. I can only assume that this has entered his soul so deeply that that phrase rises to the surface of
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