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A shaky job market and increasing work loads are putting fresh demands on working fathers, who want more time for their kids, surveys show. What's a dad to do?
Put home on the agenda: Schedule your calendar for important events such as big games, recitals and family outings.
Be there for meals: Absence at dinner time should be a rare event.
Develop a master plan: Add every family member's schedule to one master calendar so you can plan ahead.
Play now, work later: Turn off your Blackberry and avoid checking e-mails until after your children have gone to sleep.
Take the kids to work: Showing them what you do for a living will help them understand where you are when you are away from them.
Talk about your work: Along with being aware of what is going on in your children's lives, let them know what is going on in your office, so everyone understands why you are away or have to do some work when you are home.
Learn to say no: Consider which work activities are crucial and which assignments you should turn down to free up time outside of the office.
Get tips from other dads: Talk to men who make family a high priority to find out how they ensure quality time with their kids and how they explain to children if they can't be there as much as they kids might like.
Sources: Workopolis.com and CareerBuilder.com
David O'Flaherty, Montreal
Situation: Sales representative for computer equipment distributor Synnex Corp. Has a seven-year-old daughter and two-year-old son.
Decision: Although a promotion to national sales would be a step up, "I made a conscious decision to not take positions in the company that would force me to take time on the road and require me to travel." He didn't want to be like his father, whose business trips often had him away from the family a week at a time.
Negotiation: When his wife, who works, gave birth to their son two years ago, Mr. O'Flaherty approached his employer asking for four months' paternity leave (Quebec law allows parents to split 12 months of parental leave). "It was a surprise to the company and my co-workers at first. I was the first father to request that much time for paternity leave," he says. In the end, "they were pretty easy about it," with a temporary replacement named to fill his position on leave.
Adjustments: He has become the primary cook because his wife works longer hours than he does. "I've found ways to be at home more by using technology, like a virtual private network that allows me to log in to my office on my home computer. I can leave early or work from home after hours."
Result: "I think I have a much stronger and better relationship with my kids because I've been able to spend so much time with them. It definitely creates a strong bond to be able to be there for them when they need me."
Mario Bottone, Montreal and Toronto
Situation: Has two daughters, now 10 and eight, who did not want to leave Montreal when he landed new job 15 months ago, as vice-president of marketing for job site Workopolis.ca in Toronto.
Decision: Family remained in Montreal and he commutes three days a week to Toronto. "It obviously puts a strain on everyone, but they agreed I should take the job because it was a great opportunity."
Negotiation: Employer agreed to cover cost of commuting to Toronto every Tuesday morning and flying back on Thursday, and lets him work remotely from his home office in Montreal the rest of the week. In return, "I promised to burn the midnight oil in my days in Toronto and meet their high expectations."
Adjustments: "You have to fill the meter with good will when you can. So I have to be the super dad on the weekends."
Result: "It's working well. Technology makes it possible to work from home and spend more time with the family, but you've got to be very careful to disengage and power down the tech when you're with the family."
Paul Woolford, Toronto.
Situation: Tax partner with KPMG Enterprise, with a son, 19, and daughter, 10. In his 20-year career, he says he has always made family a priority.
Decision: He works up to 80 hours a week in busy times, but schedules time off even in peak times for family events. "I let clients and co-workers know in advance that I have commitments."
Negotiation: Arranged with his employer that if his family commitments conflict with work, he can either have a meeting rescheduled or ask another partner to fill in. He reciprocates when other dads need time. KPMF also has a program that lets employees request short-term leaves of absence for family issues.
Adjustments: "I learned to write family time into my agenda. It's become easier thanks to technology. The dad of today has access to computers and BlackBerries that make it more possible to stay in touch while not physically present. ... I can stay in touch with work if I have to leave at 3 in an afternoon to see my daughters skating" he says.
Result: "It seems to work for my family because they know where to find me and I can be more responsive to them."
"You can't have a meaningful conversation at the dinner table with a Blackberry in your hands, so power down until you put the kids to sleep. Schedule meetings with your family; block out time that you know you will devote to your family and don't cancel, because they are counting on you even more than your co-workers are."
- Mario Bottone, vice-president of Workopolis.
"Fathers no longer feel compelled to always put their career first, if it requires spending 80 hours a week at work. Good employers must realize that accommodating working fathers' responsibilities outside of work will be necessary to attract and retain the best talent that's out there. Companies and their HR departments will find that offering flexibility can be motivating at a time when employees have to take on higher work loads and less money is available for raises and bonuses."
- Robert Waghorn, spokesman for Monster.ca in Montreal
Portion of working dads who put in more than 40 hours a week at work.
Portion who take work home at least five days a week.
Portion who do office work on weekends.
Portion who say they have no more than two hours to spend with their children each work day.
Portion who said they missed two or more significant events in their child's life because of work in the past year.
Portion who say they feel guilty when work commitments take precedence over family time.
Portion who say they would take a 10-per-cent pay cut if it meant they could spend 10 per cent more time with their family.
Portion who would consider making a job change if an employer offered more family-friendly options than their current job provides.
Sources: Workopolis.com poll of 1,001 Canadians; CareerBuilder.com survey of 800 U.S. working fathers.
Portion of working dads who say they feel they're on their own when it comes to balancing work and family life.
Portion who say technology allows them to balance work and being a dad.
Portion who say their employer has policies that help them arrange to spend more time with their kids.
Source: Monster.ca


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Cosplayer Starlightslk > Costume of Mikuru Asahina (Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)
- Most Recent Photo
- 08-13-2012
- Series
- Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
- Character
- Mikuru Asahina
- Special Variation:
- Goth-Punk Lolita
- Year Completed:
- 2010
- Construction Difficulty:
- Very Difficult
- Costume worn at:
- Dragon*Con 2011
- Katsucon 2011
- Otakon 2010
About this Costume
- Construction Details:
This was a very daunting piece, it's made from shirting, and I had to create a pattern that fit me and then add tails to it, while accounting for the pin-tucks to allow for the lacing down the back.
There is piping along the entire bottom edge, and it has a zipper and snap closure combination since such a tight-fitting shirt would not stay properly shut with buttons or snaps alone and there are no visible buttons in the art. The entire shirt is lined and then top-stitched.
The front lacing are double-faced black satin ribbon that run through white grommets. The back lacing is the same ribbon (I used the entire spool on this cosplay) but there it runs through over 20 mini hand-sewn on "D" rings that ends at the collar in a bow ♥. The collar is specially drafted and draped for the proper look.
There is 9 yards of twill fabric in this little bugger. I made the pattern with my measurements & lots of math! XD I hand gathered ever single little gather and ruffle, my hands hurt for a while after...^^; The piping is custom made to mach the skirt and was sealed to the proper circumference before attaching to the skirt. It has an elastic waist with a draw-string to ensure that it stays in place. There is metal hooping installed in it to help maintain proper shape.
This piece was very deceptively time consuming, and I actually ended-up making a second bottom ruffle since the first was not ruffly enough. XD
Made from stretch moleskin (it was so buttery and draped beautifully ♥.♥ but I've never been able to find it again ;_;) Probably the simplest pieces since they are just really long tubes, measured to the width of my upper arm and then just multiplied the length of my arm several times for the length. Some elastic, french seams, rolled hems and some little tricks later they were done. ^.^
These were a little more difficult than the arm-warmers because they have more details but are made from the same stretch moleskin fabric. Again I drafted the pattern with my measurements and more math. XD
The red detailing on them is red piping and red bias tape respectively. The bias tape seals the bottom hem and all other seams are frenched because this material liked to fray terribly which was frustrating when working on them. -_- The ribbon with bow that connects around the ankle is a beautiful double-faced satin and I assembled a pre-tied bow that has a hidden hook since it's too small to get up around the foot if it were connected. This in conjunction with some elastic hold the leg-warmers up in place around the ankle.
Since I have no clue how to tie a tie I made my own clip-on tie based off a cheep child's clip-on I found, but I made my own larger for a more adult size. Making it a clip-on also made more sense than making one that needed to be tied each time because I needed to be able to embroider on the red cross design on the tie knot, which was made much easier by making it a clip-on.
It's made from a black matte satin with red matte satin appliques that have been secured down with white satin stitching (which I had to do in little batches because it makes my eyes hurt if I was looking at it that long). The tie keeper is hand sewn on since it was impossible to machine on properly. It has black lining that is hand-stitched in. The red cross on the knot of the tie is hand-embroidered on.
Another of the few simpler pieces, and they were made out of a simple cotton and 3 pieces of elastic. I think they only took about 3 hours to make and are rather comfy...(I did wear them around our room a lot at Otakon 2010 since they were comfy and a ton more modest while getting ready than just tights since this cosplay has a very specific dressing order XDDD hehe)
I couldn't find a proper length petticoat to go under my triangles skirt, they were all too long or made for tiny children so the waist wouldn't fit, so I had to resign myself to making it from scratch. ;_; It's made from chiffon, and was a giant pain in the arse. All edges are fray-checked and french-seamed and some are even flat-felt seamed, depending on which seams they are just so it wouldn't fray apart as chiffon loves to (since I do not own a serger nor do I have access to one.) -_-;
All the inner seams that connect each tier of the petticoat together are encased in ribbon and secured in place, and I hand-sewed on velvet ribbon trim and a little bow so I would know which was the outside and front of the petticoat...I know no one will ever actually see this but it makes me happy knowing it's there since I initially entertained the notion of making the skirt out of velvet, but through my research discovered that was not a very suitable fabric for goth-punk lolita styles. XD
It took about 40+ hours to make the blasted thing and a ton of ribbon trim (about 16 yards of the stuff just for the bottom tier @@) I love how cute and poofy it came out it give just the right amount of fluff to poof out the triangle underskirt*.*
♥~Triangle Underskirt~♥
Made from faux-suede and bias tape, black grommets and loops that attach them to the belt that goes under the main skirt. The hardest part of this was getting them to be so pointy and hide the tip-seam but that only took some trial and error to finally be happy with.
♥~Leg Belts & Dangling Under the Skirt Belts~♥
All made from real leather belting with nickle grommets, nickle ez-rivets (the name lies, I went through a bunch and had a difficult time getting them to set right), and nickle buckles. It took a lot of working, care, and attentiveness (and some rather nasty cuts to my hands) to get right. It took about a month or so of my free time to figure out and achieve the look I wanted. I had to color soften, scrape, cut, warp, and bend the leather to my will. It was quite the learning experience but I am rather pleased with the results. ^-^
♥~Waist Belt~♥
Was pretty fun to since I had figured out the techniques I needed with the previous belts. I used black grommets and 2 different punches to create the holes in the belt and then silver chain and rather large jump-rings to drape the chain which was super fun to do. I based it off the figure and it's as close to 1 to 1 as maybe. XD I was even able to make the leather belt part virtually seamless just like the figure which made me really happy (all I'll say about it is that it involved a tin can ;P). It took about a week of hard work during my free-time to complete this belt, which was nice considering some of the other parts. XD
♥~Upper Arm Belts~♥
I think these were amongst the simplest of the belts. Just took a lot of thinning of the leather so they looked right in the tiny buckles. Then just dying treating and sealing them. I do want to say that I really love my leather punch, even-tho it doesn't always love me back XP
♥~Red Wrist Bracelets~♥
Thinner leather same idea as above but much less work and the tiniest leather punch for the hole. Toughest part was matching it to all the other red in the cosplay. (Yes, all the reds do actually match which is something else that makes me really happy ^-^ same with all the buckle styles, which was lucky I found them in all the sizes I needed in matching style ^.^/)
♥~Silver Metal Ball-Chain Bracelet~♥
Made from a wallet waist-chain that I cut down and used the attachments it came with, plus a nickle ring to attach the two sides together.
See Here for Teddy :D
Most comfy cosplay shoes ever! Finding the perfect shoes is what made me seriously start to work on this cosplay, tho I had wanted to make it ever since I saw the picture and the figure...it was just way too cute not to! ^.^
- Personal Thoughts:
- After the beginning of season 2 of Haruhi I wanted to make another Mikuru cosplay because I love cosplaying her but was unsure if I should continue with my idea of the Battle Waitress or to go with something less cosplayed. When I saw the Punk Lolita outfit for Mikuru (esp the Griffon Enterprises figure, sculpted by Masahiro Yamamoto) I immediately fell in love with the design, it was just so adorable, and started entertaining the notion of making this cosplay. It wasn't before long that I just couldn't resist and I was set on making it....^^;
Plus, I was looking for a simpler cosplay that all the others on my plate at the time to dabble at in between the difficult ones....boy was I mistaken in picking this one for that purpose...XD This is one of those cosplays where it looked simple and easy to create but was totally misleading...^^; I worked on this cosplay for about a year from the purchase of the initial materials to it's completion and debut.
Wig Details
- Styling Notes
- This is actually 2½ full wigs. I had to dismantle one entire wig (Angela 750), since the wig I chose for the proper color did not have matching wefts or loose hair available. I had to sew all the wefts into my base wig (Tanya) so I would be able to pull it up into the base for the ponytail without wefts showing and I also had to add some wefts to the side-bangs so that those would be the proper fullness.
The ponytail was an additional piece added on once the wig was pulled into the ponytail base and stubbed. There are 4 wig clips and some combs that I sewed into the inside that help to keep it in place since it is a very heavy unbalanced wig, that has all its weight on one side. It took about 3-4 weeks of my free-time to hand sew in all the wefts to assemble this wig and style it. The bangs were heat styled so they remain soft but still hold their shape. The bow was definitely the easiest part for this piece, since all I had to do was make a pre-tied bow with no tails.
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text: What's your opinion of the population of the deer heard in Arkansas. From what I have witnessed, the population has been on a steady decline. I have numerous private land spots that I could almost unfailingly expect to see approximately 30 does from on any given afternoon 15 years ago.Today, seeing 4 deer in a hunt from those same stands is considered to be pretty good. The public land close to my house has gone through an identical decline. It seems to me that the deer population really declined in the past 20 years, but for some reason we keep getting more and more tags to fill and more and more encouragement to "manage" does. What are your thoughts on this topic?


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Tensiones sociales en China del Sur. ¿ Hacia una huelga général ?
Mirando los actos y hablando con los diferentes actores (empresarios chinos y occidentales, obreros, poderos politicos, sindicalistas)
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Up to 150 youngsters are expected to take part in a mass 'sleep out' in Preston on Saturday.
A total of 3,000 young people are expected to participate across the UK. The location of the Preston event is being kept a secret until after it has taken place.
But it will see young people sleeping out from 8pm to 7am.
The event is being organised to launch The Challenge Society, a year round programme that attempts to get young people involved community action.
The young people taking part are graduates of The Challenge, a youth and community programme that seeks to inspire young people to help better their communities. The Challenge is part of the Government's flagship scheme, National Citizen Service (NCS).
This year up to 30,000 16 and 17-year-olds are expected to complete NCS, a third of those through The Challenge programme. 'The Big Sleep Out' is open to NCS graduates and their friends.


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Aviva Premiership
Saints "fairly close" to signings
ESPNscrum Staff
March 3, 2012
Mallinder is targeting replacements for Downey, Wilson and Ashton © Getty Images
Northampton Saints are "fairly close" to signing a number of new players, according to director of rugby Jim Mallinder.
Winger Chris Ashton, No.8 Roger Wilson and centre James Downey are all leaving Franklin's Gardens at the end of the season with Mallinder eager to find top-quality replacements. With the trio off the wage bill and an increased salary cap of £4.26m plus the option of a marquee signing to sit outside the cap, Saints should have money to spend.
"There's a number of players we're looking for," Mallinder told the Northampton Chronicle. "With James Downey going, we're looking for another option in midfield.
"With Roger Wilson going, we're looking for another option in the back row and probably out wide we're looking for someone else so we're talking to a number of players at the moment and we're coming fairly close to getting that sorted.
"We want really good players playing for Saints and it makes sense for us to talk to everybody who's a very good player."
Northampton have been linked with Wales winger Alex Cuthbert but the youngster has insisted he is staying with the Cardiff Blues.
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NBA Lockout: Deal or No Deal?
by Jeff "The King" Horowitz
Last night, on Day 133 of the NBA Lockout, Commissioner David Stern laid out what is to be the NBA's "final best offer" to it's players.
Simply put, Stern is telling the 430 NBA players to either accept their crappy offer, or reject it – and take an even crappier deal months down the road.
Monday or Tuesday of next week will officially be 'Judgement Day' for the National Basketball Association as we know it. If the players accept the deal, a 72 game, lockout-shortened season will get underway just in time for Christmas. If the players union reject the NBA's offer, there's a good chance the entire 2011-2012 NBA season will be wiped out.
"The Split"
As it stands, the NBA offered Players a 50/50 split of "BRI", or Basketball Related Income. I realize 50/50 sounds "fair", but for the past 13 years, NBA players have earned 57% of "BRIâ€. That generous 57/43 split has enabled marginal players like James Posey and Marvin Williams to earn $8 million/ year – while the teams they play for (Atlanta Hawks and Indiana Pacers) claim to be losing $10 millon every year. The 7% NBA players will have to surrender, should they accept the deal, translates into $1 Billion shifting from the players pockets to the owners over the next 6 years.
In my opinion, this would be a bad deal for the players. The NBA owners have been negotiating in extremely bad faith – basically saying "It's our way, or the unemployment highway". Â Bottom line: the NBA owners have all of the leverage in this battle, and they'll get the deal that they want.
As reasonable as "50/50†might sound to people – the Players have made concession after concession at the bargaining table, while Owners only say "Give Us More!â€
The worst part of this lockout is – many of the small market owners in cities like Indianapolis, Cleveland, Sacramento, Milwaukee and Portland actually don't care if the season is cancelled, since they claim to be losing money either way.
Michael "Sellout" Jordan
The biggest shock of all is the newest leader of the hard-line, small market owners: one Michael Jeffrey Jordan. Jordan earned over $160 million playing professional basketball for the Chicago Bulls from 1984-1998. During the 1997-1998 season, MJ collected $36 million for playing 8 months of basketball – still the largest single-season salary in NBA history.
During the 1998 NBA lockout, Jordan famously screamed at the late Washington Wizards owner, Abe Pollin, "If you cannot make a profit, you should sell your damn team!â€Â Now 13 years later, Jordan is the owner of the small-market Charlotte Bobcats, and he's complaining that he cannot make a profit under the current system.
Today, Michael Jordan has a net worth of close to $1 Billion dollars because he was really great at doing two things: playing basketball, and selling sneakers. Now as an owner, he wants to cripple today's players' earning capacity so he can make even more money. Two words come to mind: Hypocrite. Sellout.
Also, MJ has to stop complaining that he can't field a competitive team down in Charlotte because the NBA has a"broken systemâ€. Here's some advice – don't select Adam Morrison with the # 3 overall pick in the draft; Charlotte can't compete because other teams actually know how to put a roster together. Don't forget this is the same Jordan who selected Kwame Brown with the #1 overall pick for the Wizards in 2001. Jordan might be the greatest player of all time, but he's the worst GM of all time as well.
"The System"
Besides the issue of the BRI split, there is also the issue of "The Systemâ€. The "system" refers to everything from the NBA salary cap, length of players contracts, annual raises, luxury tax, cap exceptions and so on.
The Players Union begrudgingly agreed to shorten the length of player contracts from 6 years to 5, (4 years for "Non-Bird†free agents) and % of annual raises from 10.5% to 4%. The NBA also wants to tax the hell out of teams like the LA Lakers, Miami Heat, NY Knicks, and Dallas Mavericks to create "competitive balance". Basically they hope smaller-market teams with less money will be able to shop for marquee free agents, since the big market teams will be stifled by the new luxury tax restrictions.
Once again, the bottom line here is: the owners are the ones signing the checks, and they're out for blood. It seems this group of hard-line, smaller market NBA owners are not just interested in beating the players – they are looking to run up the score, and blow them out.
Last night at 11:30pm, a very tired David Stern walked up to the podium and said, "There comes a time when you have to be through negotiating… and we are.â€
Stern and the NBA owners have given the players a "take it or leave it†ultimatum. The deadline is Tuesday, November 15. If the players don't accept the deal, we can kiss the NBA season goodbye.
What's it gonna be — Deal, or No Deal?
I hate to suggest anything that would reward Stern's and the Owners' bad faith techniques, but it's a losing battle at this point. It's time for Players to take the damn deal, and get back on the hardwood.


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OverviewGunung Binaya is located on Seram Island in the central Moluccas. Although its part of the Manusuela National Park it is rarely visited. Its location surrounded by rain forest and the difficult access make a trip a real wilderness adventure.
Getting ThereFirst you have to fly into Ambon or take on of the Pelni ships there. Starting point for the mountain is Kanikeh village. To approach Kanikeh from the south you take either the normal bus ferry or the speedboat to Amahai / Masohi. Then follow the coast eastbound to the village of Tehoru. Find an outrigger to get across the bay to reach Hatumete or another village. from there it is a tough 2 day trek across the mountains to the village of Manusuela. You have to climb around 2000m before descending to the valley. From Manusuela it is another long day to Kanikeh.
From the north coast you go from Ambon to Saka via the normal bus or take a speedboat and a bus from Amahai / Masohi. From Saka take another speedboat to Sawai / Masihulan or further to Opin or Wahai. From Opin its about 2 or 3 very hard and long days to Kanikeh. You may overnight in Huaulu or Roho.
Climbing the mountain
Red TapeYou need a permit to enter the National Park. It will be issued in Ambon and they used to have an outpost in Tehoru and Wahai.
It's common rule in rural Indonesia to always report to the head of village. They may also require you to report to the local police if there is any. Check before in Ambon regarding the current conditions!
You have to spend several nights in the forest. A tent can do but you can also just bring a tarp - expect a lot of rain , high humidity and cold high on the mountain.


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The two-term clerk of New Mexico's most populous county said that, if elected, she would seek to improve voter access, in part by modernizing the state's voter registration system.
Toulouse Oliver is the first Democrat to announce for the secretary of state's race and the likely front-runner for the party's nomination.
Democrats are aiming to oust incumbent Secretary of State Dianna Duran, a former state senator from Tularosa who intends to seek reelection next year.
A Republican had not served as New Mexico's secretary of state since 1930 before Duran defeated then-incumbent Mary Herrera in 2010.
Toulouse Oliver told the Journal she believes Duran has used the issue of voter fraud as a political rallying point during her time in office. However, Duran said she is merely trying to restore public trust in the office that oversees statewide elections.
ON THE ROAD: Gov. Susana Martinez is spending some time on the East Coast in an attempt to bolster her reelection campaign war chest.
The first-term Republican governor left New Mexico on Sunday and is holding private campaign fundraisers this week in Philadelphia and New York, Martinez political consultant Jay McCleskey said.
Martinez has maintained a busy out-of-state travel schedule this year, attending reelection fundraisers in Colorado, Arizona, California and elsewhere.
On her way back from the East Coast, the governor will attend a private fundraiser for her reelection campaign in Midland, Texas, on Thursday before returning to New Mexico.
Martinez's reelection campaign is covering the costs of her trip, McCleskey said.
DROPPING OUT: One of two announced Democratic candidates for the 2014 state auditor's race is bowing out due to health concerns.
Santa Fe County Assessor Domingo Martinez said Monday he is dealing with the recurrence of an old leg injury that would make a run for statewide office difficult.
Martinez's decision to abandon his bid for a second stint as state auditor – he previously held the job from 1998 to 2006 – leaves state Sen. Tim Keller of Albuquerque as the lone Democratic candidate for auditor. No Republicans have announced plans for the race.
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Perhaps the best way to encourage public comment is to limit public comment, an Athens-Clarke commissioner suggested Tuesday night, as the group voted down a plan that would require speakers to sign up ahead of time to speak at voting meetings.
The change was meant to shorten notoriously long monthly meetings, which sometimes require citizens to wait thorough hours of commission debate until well after midnight to weigh in on zoning issues or other business.
"If the only people who come down here (to City Hall) are the people who don't have to be at work at 8 o'clock in the morning, we are only hearing from a narrow segment of the population," said District 8 Commissioner Andy Herod.
"I don't think any of us is wishing to limit public comment at all," he said. "I think what we are trying to do is make our meetings more efficient."
If the public was upset about the proposed change - which would have required speakers to notify the county clerk by 5 p.m. the Monday before a voting meeting - none of them spoke up Tuesday.
But the proposal caused some hurt feelings among commissioners, who appeared headed to a close vote, if not a tie.
District 5 Commissioner David Lynn, who first proposed the idea at a retreat, said he was "surprised and dismayed" by his fellow commissioners' comments about the issue.
"It seems like from the tone of the discussion (about the motivation behind the change) was only so that I could go home and go to bed earlier or that I was interested in disenfranchising the public's opportunity to speak," Lynn said.
The commission already organizes public comments through meeting times and agendas, and the hours-long meetings may not bring the most reasoned decisions, Lynn said.
"There is nobody that can convince me after five years on this board that you can make decisions as clearly and as thoughtfully at 2 o'clock in the morning as you can at 9 o'clock in the morning," Lynn said.
In the end, Lynn backed off the proposal, however, saying that if it would divide the commission, he wouldn't push the issue.
The Athens-Clarke Planning Commission unanimously recommended commissioners reject the change, which wouldn't apply to non-voting, agenda-setting sessions - also held once a month.
Now the issue will go to the Government Operations Committee, one of two standing committees that task five commissioners with honing legislation before it comes before the full group for consideration.
In other business, commissioners:
Unanimously agreed to initiate Level 3 drought response, a move that will limit outdoor watering to one night a week - Saturday nights for even-numbered addresses and Sundays for odd-numbered addresses.
Unanimously accepted the county auditor's work plan for performance audits through the coming fiscal year.
Those audits include the airport (to be complete in September 2007); Human and Economic Development department (January 2008); parking fees and fines (July 2007); Community Protection Division; and Athens Regional Library.
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(The March 29) editorial cartoon depicts a group of war protesters, one of whom is featured wearing across his derriere a sign which reads, ''But, hey, we support the troops.'' The implication is obvious.
The publication of this cartoon is a deliberate slap across the face by this newspaper and/or its owners and management to put down those protesters who genuinely disagree with the invasion of Iraq. And it implies the lie that a protester cannot oppose the war and support the troops at the same time.
I challenge the Athens Banner-Herald, its owners and management to prove that point.
The cartoon is a backhand across the face to those who are exercising their constitutional, democratic right to free speech.
More seriously, it is a deliberate, flagrant misuse of a free press.
The Athens Banner-Herald, its owners and management owe a public, printed apology to those who are protesting this war and who are showing by personal action and involvement what true democracy is all about.
Dennis A. Rice
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With so much already going on in our vibrant city, it's easy for New Yorkers to forget how many exciting escapes are only a quick drive away.
That said, spring in the northeast can be a tricky season to satiate your wanderlust. The snow has already melted off the ski slopes upstate while seaside resorts are still six weeks away from rolling out their beach towels.
Luckily, shoulder season doesn't need to keep you confined to the city on weekends. There are still plenty of fun trips, all accessible by car or train. From outdoor sculpture museums and mountaintop adventures to casinos and small cities, check out our eight favorite escapes.
Storm King Art Center
Just one hour north of NYC and located in the lush lower Hudson Valley, Storm King Art Center is home to over 100 impressive sculptures created by acclaimed artists, all carefully laid out over 500 pristine acres.
MASS MoCA
Since 1999, MASS MoCA has displayed some of the most important artistic works of the modern era in its 11,000 square feet of gallery space, all housed on a 13-acre campus of renovated 19th-century New England factory buildings. Peruse the exhibits, attend a lecture or take in a performance -- everything from indie rock to avant-garde theater. Added bonus? MASS MoCA is located in the heart of Massachusett's bucolic Berkshires region, meaning you can explore mountains, charming towns and tasty restaurants too.
Since 2003, this 240,000 square foot museum has housed Dia Art Foundation's permanent collection, representing major artwork from the 1960s to present. Admire works by Andy Warhol, Robert Whitman and Blinky Palermo, then wander the seasonal-changing gardens surrounding this former Nabisco box printing facility.
Cycling Lehigh Valley, PA
With its rolling hills, winding roads, little traffic and pastoral splendor, it's no wonder the editorial staff at Bicycling magazine calls Emmaus, PA home. Pack the car with bikes, then embark on a leisurely cruise or a spirited group ride (the infamous Derby departs every Sunday morning at 10 a.m. out of nearby Trexlertown) before rewarding your efforts over lunch and some local craft brews.
Winery Tours, Long Island
If trees grow in Brookyln then it should be no surprise that vineyards flourish on Long Island. Home to award winning wine producers, LI grape growers have been bottling vino for over three decades but have only recently been recognized for their contributions. Whites like Riesling and Chardonay fair well thanks to the climate and soil, but so does Merlot. Te best vineyards to tour are all clustered in the North Fork. Need a grape break? Visit breweries like Blue Point or Southampton Public House for a few pints of craft beer.
The Catskills
Popular among skiers, the Catskills are just as fun after the snow melts. Located two hours north of NYC, the mountainous region is an easy escape for adventure-minded travelers. Head to Hunter Mountain for a four mile zip line tour, or rent a mountain bike at Plattekill to ride the resort's extensive network of lift-serviced trails. The following day, descend 156 feet below the earth's surface for a guided tour of Howe Caverns, an otherworldly labyrinth of dramatic rock formations, stone rooms and waterways. Then, on the way home, decompress at Ananda Ashram, a yoga retreat located in Monroe, NY.
Atlantic City
It might be another six weeks until you can hit the Jersey Shore, but Atlantic City bustles all year long. After a quick two hour drive from NYC, channel your inner Sinatra by hitting the casinos and shows at this iconic resort or satiate your inner gourmand at celebrated restaurants like Buddakan, Bobby Flay Steak or The Palm. Just remember to save some energy for the energetic clubs, which boogie down until the wee hours of the morning.
Portland, Maine
Portland--no, not that hipster capital on the west coast--might be half a day's drive away, but the trip is worth every mile you rack up on your odometer. Maine remains the preferred summer getaway of New Englanders, but Portland is always in season thanks to galleries, local food markets, spirited nightlife (from indie rock to lively bars) and a culinary revolution lead by farm-to-table restaurants and New American cuisine. If you need further convincing we have two words for you: Lobster rolls.
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Ambience Taipei Hotel is a 4-star venue set just 2.7 km from Fine Arts Museum. The property opened in 2005 and features innovative architecture.
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My preferred bike since I bought one second hand last January has been a 456 and I now have a Ti and a steel one. Last week I rendered the one I had taken with me to the Lakes unuseable and I reverted to my older Pace 303. The Pace is a gorgeous ride but it is not as good going up or across tricky stuff as the 456 so I was on a slight downer..... until we did a few steep rocky descents and I remembered how utterly secure the Pace feels going downhill.
Why can't I get either of my 456s to feel as bombproof on the downhills?
The Pace is fitted with an RC41XCAM bolt thru fork, the 456s with a Pike Air U turn bolt thru and a Fox Talas QR.
The RC41 does have a longer crown to axle height. Is that it?
I prefer the suspension action on the Pace although the fork does not have the general features that I quite like on a fork (lockout/travel adjust options rather than the lockdown) but the other two forks are both quality kit. Is it as simple as the linnear nature of the Pace fork?
The Pace is a medium, the 456s are 18" so slightly bigger. The Pace has a 100mm stem and the seat is pushed back. The 456s have 90mm stems and the seats are pushed foreward. Getting out over the back of the seat to adjust your centre of gravity for the descents is equally achievable on all the bikes so I don't think it is a size problem.
I don't know what all the different angles on the bikes are. Is it a geometry thing?
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An effort by "Octomom" Nadya Suleman's fertility doctor to reinstate his medical license has been delayed.
Dr. Michael Kamrava's hearing planned for Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court was rescheduled to Dec. 15.
It was Kamrava's fertility treatments that gave Suleman her octuplets and six other children. The Medical Board of California subsequently found the Beverly Hills physician grossly negligent in the care of three patients, including Suleman.
Kamrava is seeking to have the court ask the board to reconsider the revocation of his license. The board, however, remains the ultimate licensing authority.
The octuplets were born on Jan. 26, 2009, and all have survived.
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The doctor whose fertility treatments gave "Octomom" Nadya Suleman her octuplets and six other children wants to practice medicine again and has asked the courts to reconsider the state medical board's decision to revoke his license.
Dr. Michael Kamrava blames what he considers to be negative media coverage for the Medical Board of California's decision to revoke his license, saying he was vilified in a manner that was not justified by the evidence.
"Dr. Kamrava performed a perfectly legal procedure but the public (or at least the media) thought that the procedure was repugnant," the filing said.
The Beverly Hills fertility doctor's license to practice medicine has been revoked since July 1.
In their decision, the medical board said they revoked Kamrava's license to practice medicine after finding him grossly negligent in the care of three patients, including Suleman.
The court can ask the medical board to reconsider its decision, among other outcomes - but the ultimate licensing authority lies with the board. By law, Kamrava can petition for reinstatement three years after revocation takes effect.
Despite Suleman's early claims to media that she'd been implanted with 6 embryos and two of them split, resulting in her octuplets, medical records discussed during Kamrava's licensing hearing revealed that she'd been implanted with 12 embryos.
Suleman is not named in the filings, and is only identified by the initials "N.S."
However, "N.S." is described as a mother of octuplets and she has publicly identified Kamrava as her fertility doctor.
Kamrava tearfully apologized for implanting so many embryos into Suleman during the hearings last year, saying he only did so because she was insistent and he felt bound to do it.
The number was six times the norm for a woman her age and the resulting pregnancy could have been deadly or damaging for Suleman, her babies or both.
Crowding in a mother's uterus could endanger the mother and result in premature birth, cerebral palsy, developmental delays or other health problems for the babies.
The birth of Suleman's octuplets broke a world record for longest-surviving octuplets.
The babies - whose birth weights ranged from 1 pound, 8 ounces to 3 pounds, 4 ounces - spent their first weeks in the neonatal intensive care unit at Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Medical Center.
She has said that her octuplets are healthy.
In addition to the octuplets, Suleman has 6 other children who were conceived through Kamrava's in vitro treatments.
Kamrava was found negligent in the care of two other patients.
He implanted seven embryos in a 48-year-old patient, resulting in quadruplets, but one fetus died before birth. During the licensing hearing, an expert witness for the state called that number of embryos "an extreme departure" from standards of care earlier.
In another case, Kamrava went ahead with in vitro fertilization after tests detected atypical cells, which can indicate presence of a tumor. The patient was later diagnosed with stage-three cancer and had to have her uterus and ovaries removed before undergoing chemotherapy.
Kamrava said he should have referred her to a gynecological oncologist but simultaneous to her treatment, news broke about Suleman's octuplets, and he became too distracted to follow up the patient's care the way he would have liked.


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The makers of US reality TV show "Million Dollar Idea" have sued
Simon Cowell and ABC Television Network over their plans to create
a new show called "The Million Dollar Idea", alleging that the
proposed programme is a rip-off of their work.15 Aug 2005
"While imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, imitation in the form of outright copying is not flattery at all – it is intellectual property theft," says the suit.
Jean Golden and Todd Walker, the creators and hosts of "Million Dollar Idea", allege that Cowell and ABC conspired to steal their trade marked brand, copy the entire premise of a show already airing in national syndication on over 125 television stations, and market that idea as their own.
Golden and Walker began developing their reality show, which involves entrepreneurs pitching business ideas to a panel in front of a live studio audience, in 2001. Winners receive help in launching their product, building up to a final prize worth $1 million.
Since 2001, 30 episodes of the show have been shot and it has recently been nationally syndicated to over 125 television stations.
According to Golden and Walker, in early 2004, Walker pitched the show to Andrea Wong, Executive Vice President for Alternative Programming, Specials and Late Night at ABC Network.
She appeared enthused by the idea, said the pair, and so they followed up by sending Wong a pitch package that included selected media coverage of Million Dollar Idea, taped episodes of the show, a business plan and treatment for a national show. Also included was a confidentiality agreement.
However, in July this year, ABC and Simon Cowell – better known for his role in hit shows Pop Idol and American Idol – announced that they were making a new show, entitled "The Million Dollar Idea".
"From stem to stern, each and every detail of Simon Cowell and ABC's mock 'Million Dollar Idea' is a patent rip-off of Todd and Jean's four-year labour of love," said Pierce O'Donnell, lawyer for Golden and Walker.
According to Golden, "it is incredibly ironic that our show, the premise of which is to promote, protect and reward small-town American ingenuity, was itself the victim of corporate theft and greed".
"What has happened to us is every inventor/entrepreneur's worst nightmare: having your idea stolen. The arrogance of Simon Cowell and ABC is beyond comprehension. Can you imagine stealing an idea and not even bothering to change the name of it?" she added.
ABC has yet to comment on the complaint.
Speaking to the BBC, Cowell's spokesman, Max Clifford, said that with "just about every programme that comes out, you get someone saying 'this was my idea'. It's a fact of life."
"I refute any of these charges," he added.
The suit is the latest in a series of legal actions over format rights, including disputes between the producers of the Survivor series and rival reality TV show I'm a Celebrity – Get Me Out Of Here; between Simon Cowell and fellow Pop Idol mogul Simon Fuller over X Factor; and between RDF and Fox over Wife Swap and Trading Spouses.
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Ghost Legend of Resurrection Mary
The legend of Resurrection Mary:
Blond hair and blue eyes... She has been seen since the 1930s.
Legend says Anna Norkus went to a dance at O'Henry Ballroom - now called Willowbrook.
Apparently in an argument with her boyfriend she left the dance and started to hitchhike down Archer Ave
Between Willowbrook and Resurrection Cemetery she was hit by a car and killed...she was laid to rest in Resurrection Cemetery
Soon after her death people began seeing a girl in a white dancing dress and she had blond hair ... "hitchhiking" to Archer Ave.
There have been many,many encounters with Mary
In 1970 a young couple was driving down Archer Ave when the woman screams "Watch out for that girl!"
The young man slams on his brakes as a wisp of an image of a young girl dashes out in front to of their car...she had blond hair and was wearing a white dress
In 1976 Justice Police Department received a phone call from a man stating as he was driving past Resurrection Cemetery he seen a young girl locked behind the cemetery's gates
The police arrived and looked but no one could be found...
As the policemen shined their flashlights onto the gates of the cemetery they seen marks like hand prints burned into the heavy iron gates
These marks had finger impressions and were skin textured
There are many reports of seeing a young girl standing on Archer Ave in the middle of the road and when approached... she just fades away...
Again blond hair and white dress
A taxi driver picked up a young girl along the road on Archer Ave
It was winter and she was in such a thin white summer dress...much too cold to be dressed like that he thought... so he picked her up
She dashed into the car but sat up front with him instead of the back seat like all other fares riding in his Taxi
He dared not look at her except out of the corners of his eyes for there was a cold...cold chill about her
He finally said "It is chilly huh?"...her reply "Winter came soon this year"
As he approached the cemetery...he turned his head to look at her and she was just gone
No slamming door as she exited the taxi...not a sound ...just GONE!
So many have reported seeing Mary and it still happens today
So if you ever visit Chicago ... take a drive down Archer Ave and who knows...maybe Mary will except a ride.
Oh Dream you always post this at this time and it still creeps me out, but I love it!!! :)
I am from the southern suburbs of Chicago. I remember driving down Archer when we were teens trying to spot Mary. Never did though. However my Uncle to swears to this day it really happened and he wasn't just trying to scare us, stands by this story: He was driving down Archer one night, when he reached the corner of the cemetery, his radio went out. He kept driving and messing with the radio to get it to work. Once he reached the other side of the cemetery, it came back on. He never had a problem with it before or after that night. All my relatives from my Mom's side and some from my DH's side are buried in Resurrection.
I'm from IL. I wonder if this is the thing our older neighbors used to call "Mary Worth"? scary as hell. It sure sounds like it!!


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After more than 14 months of watching the clock in tense anticipation, today I finally downloaded Super Stickman Golf 2, the sequel to the fantastic physics puzzler/golf game Super Stickman Golf.
If you are a fan of the original, you're likely hitting the App Store link right now. If not, read on.
Super Stickman Golf 2 offers more of the same, and then some. You still get to balance power-perfect shots by aiming and timing your swings, and you still get to navigate some devilishly tricky courses (twenty of them). But in addition to the single player and real-time multiplayer games, you now get a time-shifted multi-player mode to go up against your friends (or a randomly-matched opponent). You can even play the single=player game while you wait for your opponent to play their turn.
Other improvements come in the form of hats and dynamic courses. Hats can be bought, or won from a machine, and they give you special abilities when you wear them (they also make you look cool). Dynamic course have moving parts, magnets and other shifting, ball-tweaking obstacles.
Want more? There're lasers, new power-ups, and customizable characters. IT's even universal, and comes on Android, too. Today the app costs just $1, increasing soon. So what are you waiting for?
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COLUMBIA, Mo.– The long, harsh winter coupled with last fall's drought caused a lot of damage to evergreen trees.
The dead branches of injured evergreens, which can harbor fungi and decay, should be removed, says Hank Stelzer, University of Missouri Extension associate professor of forestry.
"See if there are any green buds along that branch," Stelzer says. "You'll want to go above that green bud and prune off there."
Watering during the summer can help prevent winter damage.
"Make sure it has about an inch of water a week, because that is making sure the root system is healthy," he says. "Having a healthy root system is better going into winter, whether it's an evergreen or a hardwood."
Periodic watering during the fall and winter when the ground is not frozen can also be beneficial, as evergreens will require water during the dormant season, Stelzer says.
"If the ground doesn't have adequate moisture, evergreens will have winter injury and dry out, which is the brown foliage you see in the spring," he says.
To protect roots and conserve moisture, Stelzer recommends applying mulch in a 3- to 6-foot ring around the tree.
"The wild temperature fluctuations that we see during anytime of the year can really have a significant impact on the root system," Stelzer says. "You want to keep your trees healthy during the growing season as well as during the dormant season."
COLUMBIA, Mo. – What winter-weary heart is not thawed by the arrival of sunshine-yellow daffodils? Unfortunately, after their blooms fade, these harbingers of spring often become afterthoughts.
After spring bulbs flower, however, their greatest work lies ahead, and they need care to ensure that they will return in full glory next year.
"We need to encourage the spring bulbs after they've flowered to remain green and photosynthesizing for as long as possible," said David Trinklein, horticulture specialist for University of Missouri Extension.
Nurturing spring bulbs
Spring-flowering bulbs include narcissus (daffodils), tulips and hyacinths. Trinklein says people often mow down their daffodils after they flower, but that's a bad idea. He says these cool-season plants need their leaves so they can photosynthesize until summer heat finishes them for the year. The photosynthesis allows the plant to store food in the bulb for next year's flowers.
Rather than mow them down, some people will tie them up. Trinklein says that's a bad idea too.
"When you tie them up into a column, only the outer leaves will get sunlight, and that light will be at a poor angle," he said. "You might as well cut them off and suffer the consequences."
To help prepare spring bulbs for next year, remove this year's spent flowers. "We don't want the plant putting its energy into making seed that you will not use," Trinklein said.
Why don't we use the seeds? Trinklein says it will takes about three years or more before the plant grown from a seed will be mature enough to produce a flower. The seedling will also be genetically different from its parents, thanks to cross-pollination. He says the result will often be less than pleasing.
This time of year you need to feed spring bulbs well.
"After flowering, fertilize with something that's high in phosphorus. Bone meal is an excellent organic choice for bulbs," Trinklein said. "Limit nitrogen because too much can lead to bulb rot." If you would rather use an inorganic fertilizer, Trinklein recommends 5-10-5, which is relatively low in nitrogen, high in phosphorus and has modest amounts of potassium.
Avoid transplanting these bulbs in the spring, he says. Even if you're very careful, you will lose roots when transplanting. In the spring, we need all the roots on the plant so they can to take up nutrients to create next year's flower.
Spring-flowering bulbs vs. Missouri heat
Spring-flowering bulbs are not native to Missouri and differ in their ability to adapt (or naturalize) to our conditions. Some species are better at this than others.
"Because of their ability to tolerate warmer temperatures, daffodils are the best at naturalizing in Missouri," Trinklein said. "They do a fairly decent job of enlarging the bulb clump and remaining attractive year after year."
Tulips are a bit less happy under Missouri conditions because it gets too warm rather quickly, Trinklein said.
The worst of the three, when it comes to naturalizing in Missouri, are the hyacinths. They cannot tolerate warm weather. The first year you'll get beautiful, large columnar scapes packed full with hyacinth flowerets, Trinklein said. Then they will go downhill.
"Under Missouri conditions they will rarely regain their original beauty," he said. "For this reason, hyacinth are sometimes treated as annuals, albeit expensive ones."
By giving spring bulbs a little care and nurturing, their beautiful flowers will herald the end of winter for you for many years to come.
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The threat of a national petrol distribution strike has re-emerged after tanker drivers rejected an offer to end the dispute.
The Unite union urged fuel distributors to hold new discussions at Acas, the conciliation service, but declined to name strike dates despite a looming deadline for declaring industrial action. Unite must set walkout dates by 5pm on Friday in order to keep its mandate valid, having been granted an extension by fuel companies last week.
Diana Holland, assistant general secretary of Unite, said: "We do need to keep the ballot mandate legitimate. There are a number of ways in which that can be done." It is understood that if distributors do not grant a further extension, tanker drivers are considering staging a token one-hour strike next week in order to maintain their strike mandate. Unite must give seven days notice of strike action, making the end of next week the likely date for any symbolic walkout if it is needed.
Holland urged calm among motorists after last month's petrol panic, triggered by a strike ballot of more than 2,000 tanker drivers in a dispute over minimum standards for safety, training and contractual terms and conditions. "As we have said all along, do not panic. It is very clear at this point in time that we are not on strike and that we have not announced that we are going in strike … We feel we are able to reach a solution in this dispute and we are determined to do so." Acas said it will contact both parties to "find a way forward".
A conference of 60 oil tanker drivers rejected proposals from fuel distributors in a meeting at Unite's London headquarters.
The union said progress had been made on health, safety and training, but proposals on maintaining standards, security of employment and subcontracting petrol deliveries had fallen short.
The proposals include commissioning an independent pay report to scrutinise drivers' wages, which Unite said it would use to identify those operators who offer below-par salaries. However, the four-page document does not refer to setting a floor on pay, which is one of Unite's demands.
The proposals also pledge to establish a new code of practice overseen by the Health and Safety Executive and to create a tanker driver accreditation or "passport". The Department of Energy and Climate Change would also be approached to re-establish an industry forum to scrutinise the implementation of new standards in safety and training.
The energy secretary, Edward Davey, said: "We understand these are complex issues but urge both parties to work towards a negotiated resolution with the support of Acas. The government continues to believe that any strike action would be wrong and unnecessary."
The union must give seven days' notice of any industrial action, which rules out lightning walkouts by drivers who deliver fuel to 90% of Britain's forecourts. Drivers at two of the seven major distributors have also voted against strikes.
The army has been training soldiers to perform fuel deliveries in the event of a strike. Unite has said it will maintain deliveries to crucial services such as ambulances if there are walkouts.


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More clarity on interventions urged
The Government should set out a "realistic vision" of the UK's place in the world and give a clearer indication of the circumstances in which the armed forces could be committed to military interventions, MPs have recommended.
The cross-party Defence Select Committee said the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts meant there was a "current lack of appetite" for military operations but the MPs warned that choosing not to intervene in some crises could have implications for the UK which are as profound as the decision to commit troops.
The MPs suggested Russia may have felt empowered to intervene in Ukraine because the UK and other countries had failed to act in Georgia or Syria.
In its report the committee said: "Witnesses have suggested that non-intervention could have wider global implications than merely in the current area of concern.
"In this regard, non-intervention can be related closely to a failure of deterrence, for whilst the capability to intervene might exist, the lack of will to intervene undermines the ability to deter.
"For example, the question arises whether the decision not to intervene in Georgia or Syria might have encouraged the current Russian action in the Ukraine."
The MPs said: " We understand and acknowledge the current lack of appetite for military operations given the experiences and tensions of the past decade for operations in countries such as Afghanistan and Iraq.
"However, it is also necessary to understand and acknowledge that there are consequences to decisions by the UK and the international community not to intervene in humanitarian or non-humanitarian situations.
"Non-intervention decisions have implications for the UK's place in the world and its influence which are as profound as a decision to undertake an intervention operation.
"Decisions not to intervene could have wide global implications for efforts to deter hostile actions by other states or non-state actors."
The report questioned ministers' assertions that the UK's influence had not been affected by the squeeze on defence spending.
"We remain concerned about the lack of realism in the Government's assertion that there will be no shrinkage of UK influence when resources are still being reduced.
"We call on the Government to set out in the next National Security Strategy (NSS) whether it still maintains this assertion and, if so, how it could be achieved."
The report says the Government must "articulate a realistic vision of the UK's place in the world, its level of strategic influence and the way the world is changing as well as the identification and prioritisation of the risks to it".
The MPs added: "The next Defence and Security Review (SDSR) should then translate this vision into defence planning assumptions and the development of the appropriate force structure. This would assist more strategic decisions on why, when and how to intervene."
The next NSS and Strategic Defence and Security Review are due in 2015 and the MPs said ministers should set out more clearly the triggers for intervention.
The last NSS in 2010 indicated that the main threat was from international terrorism and "non-state actors".
The MPs agreed those threats remained but called for the next NSS to give " due weight to the likelihood of a return to an increased threat of state versus state conflict" and for the SDSR to ensure force levels able to deal with that possibility.
The committee also urged ministers to clarify the role of Parliament in making decisions about military intervention, following the Commons vote on Syria.
"We do not consider it appropriate for the Government to wait until the next possible military deployment to resolve this issue," the MPs said.
Committee chairman James Arbuthnot said: "The British people are suspicious of the motivation for deploying troops to certain situations but not others.
"We need to see, in the next Defence and Security Review, a definition of the circumstances in which the UK might intervene in future and the legal basis for such interventions in order to ensure a successful outcome and full public support. The Government also needs to be more forthright in stating the consequences of non-intervention when it decides to intervene."
A Government spokesman said: "The decision to use UK armed forces overseas is among the most significant a government can make.
"That's why the Government has stated that it will observe the existing convention that says the House of Commons should have the opportunity to debate before UK troops are committed to conflict, except in cases where the urgency of the action required makes this impossible.
"Military intervention as a course of action can of course be contentious and contested but the Government is clear that it remains an important last resort when all other means of dealing with threats have been exhausted.
"The Government is committed to a strong role for the UK on the world stage and maintains a clear strategy on security informed by regular Strategic Defence and Security Reviews and a National Security Strategy."


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Dear you,
I really, really don't like you!
I tried my best for once in your lesson today, as did my group, and you KNOW we don't like sport, but yet we WON for ONCE in our lives, because we worked hard! For crying out loud, stop acting like its the most shocking thing in the world!!! It was bad enough the whole class accused us of cheating because we are the 'nerds' and we are not meant to like sport, but YOU! You're the bl**dy teacher! Don't look so suprised!
And you can stop telling me off for every little thing as well. I already know you hate me, you do not need to proove your point. I mean, I look around for one second when you are explaining something to 2 members of my group about discus throwing and also I was checking no-one on my team was running at the time, and you tell ME off for not paying attention. HUH? I am not even doing the discus!!
Plus whats with calling my friend and I twins the other day!?! I would like you to know that the group was split up, like you said, and she was the only one on my half of the group who was my friend. So yes, I obviously was going to stand next to her! Plus she is one of my best friends- but for goodness sake that does not mean we are 'velcro twins' or whatever you called us. WE HAVE NAMES! We deserved to be called by them, thanks.
And telling us off for running together in the long jump?!? Everyone else was!! But of course you don't tell them off. Maybe I wouldnt of felt the need to run with her if you werent watching me like a hawk. I don't like being watched thanks, it puts me off and makes me feel uncomfortable.
For goodness sake, you are meant to motivate us and help us learn, but how can we do that when you are doubting everything we do? We did not cheat. We did not add anything up wrong. We WON fairly thanks. I dont care about winning, I only care that I tried my best, as did the rest of my team, and no, we dont get a clap or praise, we get QUESTIONED and ACCUSED by the class. You didn't even give us a chance to hand our score sheet in before we left so we could proove to you, but I doubt you would of believed it anyway. And I bet if the second place group handed you their form, in which I know they wrote that we cheated all over, you will say nothing. Thats what you teachers ALWAYS DO!
Now, you can leave me alone. Your little 'popular' members of the class that can't believe the nerds beat them can leave me alone as well. I am fed up of YOU and THEM and ARGH!
Remind me not to try next time.


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