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My wife understands minimalist living and participates to an extent, but one of my sisters-in-law thought minimalist living was about something it's not. I forget the exact origin of the remark but I think I typed on facebook that I was anticipating buying something and she replied with something akin to "you don't need that, you're supposed to be a minimalist." It was then that I realized I should offer a definition of what minimalist living means to me.
Being minimalist does not mean you don't get to buy stuff. It does not mean that you sleep on a floor, eat only white rice and shave your head. It's not about living in a monastery, living in a van or shunning objects, people or experiences.
I guess I'll try to explain it this way. A flashlight is a good item to own. It's good to have when the electricity goes out. It's good for camping and it's good to have when you need to head to the basement in a tornado warning. But do you need 7-10 flashlights around your house? In an average house there are likely a half dozen flashlights in all corners of the place. One flashlight might take those massive lantern style batteries that are hard to find and are expensive, 3 might be cheap plastic and have come from a discount store, 2 more maybe are not where you thought they were because your kids took them outside and who knows what happened after that. Perhaps you don't know if the batteries are good in the flashlights you have seen around the house or whether you even have spare batteries or whether there are some broken or burned out bulbs in some of them.
Now what if you had one really good flashlight that you used for everything? Maybe it has a specific place where it's kept so you know where to find it. It's used often so you know how fresh the batteries are. Maybe it's really good quality so it costs a decent chunk of money. But because you have purposely made a choice to have one good flashlight that could last the rest of your life and you have no others, that's part of minimalist living.
Another way to describe it is the 80/20 rule or the Pareto Principle. It's application is used to explain all sorts of things but it applies to possessions pretty well too. Of all the clothes you own, you wear 20% of them 80% of the time. Of all the DVDs you own, you watch 20% of them 80% of the time. So why not only own the 20% of the clothes you wear regularly and own the 20% of the DVDs you watch regularly. Is it hard to do this? In this day and age it shouldn't be, here's why…
That old necktie you've been keeping around just in case? Ditch it. The style's not coming back and if that once-in-a-lifetime occasion come around where you need a tie like that then go buy one or even better, simply borrow one from a friend (we all have friends that will never become minimalists.) But really, chances are good that you aren't going to need that tie. Your "just in case" scenario probably isn't going to happen. You don't need to hang onto the stuff you don't use. What about the DVD you bought because it was on a really good sale? You've never actually watched it even though it's been on your shelf getting dusty for 2 years…time to get rid of it. If someday you actually want to watch that movie chances are pretty good it's at the library or in the video rental store or online.
That's minimalist living. Having what you want, not what you think you need.
I searched the internet for some other definitions and found a great article where the author asked 6 of her favorite (and, not coincidentally my favorite too) minimalist living bloggers for their definitions of the lifestyle.
Please click here to read answers from some of the leading minimalist bloggers out there.

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upnorthbacon [Member]
I've always wanted a Vector Uzi and I live in Michigan. For whatever reason MI measures OAL with the stock closed. We can't own SBR's but can own a rifle with at least a 16" barrel and OAL of 26" with the stock fulle collapsed, and then we have to register it as a pistol (Makes no sense I know). My delimma is I believe the Vector Uzi with 16" barrel is under 26" OAL with the stock closed. Can someone measure to confirm this for me, I believe it's 24" or 25". Can you also measure the outside diameter of the barrel as well.
I'm thinking I could purchase a stock 16" barrel by either welding on a sleeve at the end or threading it and permanently attaching a flash supressor to make the gun's OAL 26 1/2". Then I could legally order the gun minus a barrel and be legal. Has anyone done this or have any thoughts on extending the barrel? Does anyone sell a 20" barrel I could have cut down to legal length?
DoubleDuce [Member]
The Vector SA measures 23" from tip of barrel to end of receiver. Its is 24" from tip of barrel to end of stock while closed. You can always get a fixed stock and keep your 16" barrel or if you want the folding stock get a 18" barrel. Outside barrel diameter is roughly 5/8". Sorry I don't have a micrometer for more accurate measurment, maybe someone else can get you that.
CIB [Member]
OD on mine is 0.648". Another option is having a fixed wooden buttstock instead of the folding on there. Besides, the wooden buttstocks is way nicer to shoot with, alot of shooters find the folders to be uncomfortable.
ETA: Green Mountain has 16" Uzi barrels, and they may be able to make you up a threaded one w/ perm. muzzle device.
ETA #2: The quick detach wooden buttstocks have to be modded to use a screw to hold them on, much like the way the folder attaches. ATF views semi uzis w/ unmodded qiuck detach buttstock as an SBR.
cajun22 [Member]
MI members on Uzitalk say they just put an 18"barrel on the gun and you are good to go. Lots of good info for the uzi there.
DoubleDuce [Member]
If go the surplus wood stock with the quick detatch hardware and dont want to modify it your self you can purchase the hardware from this place for only $30. Here is the link http://www.jjcustomllc.com/products.html
ezlife45 [Member]
Keep in mind that if you modify a 16" barrel with some sort of muzzle attachment it has to be small enough to let the barrel nut pass through it. That or order a new barrel nut and put it on the barrel before the muzzle device is permanently attached.
I thought I saw 18" barrels at one point in time available...
motorcityman [Member]
As said above you need an 18 inch barrel if you are to use a folding stock, personally I like shooting the full wooden stock better, better check weld for me anyway. That way you can retain the 16 inch barrel.
DoubleDuce [Member]
I too have always been told that by putting an 18" barrel onto a semi auto will then allow you to have a quick detatch stock, meeting the OAL of 26" with stock removed. Now I measured from tip of barrel to end of receiver with a 16" barrel and it is 23". So by putting a 18" barrel would only make it an OAL of 25". So how does this work then by adding an 18" barrel? It doesn't get it to 26". Can someone advise.
upnorthbacon [Member]
Ok so for the time being I bought a 5 1/2" dpms .223 flash supressor. I then cut the threaded portion off and it slip fit exactly over the barrel. I left the barrel nut on since it won't fit over the supressor though. Welded it up and now I'm actually going to be 26 1/2" OAL without any stock and adding the OAL including the collapsed stocks butt that sticks out I end up around 27 1/2". I'm eventually going to buy a second 16" barrel and have cut down and threaded to accept the 5 1/2" then pin it, making it the same OAL as the one I have now, only it will likely look nicer and I'll use this barrel as an extra.
DoubleDuce [Member]
Could you post pictures when finished, interested in what it looks like.
upnorthbacon [Member]
Here's so far, I ground it down a little more tapering it. I'm going to have to put it in a lathe and turn it down so it makes a perfectly smooth transition, then I think it will look nice. But for a shooter it should work fine now!
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Originally Posted By upnorthbacon:
Here's so far, I ground it down a little more tapering it. I'm going to have to put it in a lathe and turn it down so it makes a perfectly smooth transition, then I think it will look nice. But for a shooter it should work fine now!

That looks NICE! Now is the muzzle brake placed at the end of the 16" barrel, or did you cut the barrel a bit? The barrel looks shorter. Also it looks as you cut off about 2" of the brake to remove the threads?
upnorthbacon [Member]
I chopped the supressor at the thread portion which shortened it. Then I slid it back roughly an inch or two on the barrel, leaving me 26 1/2" OAL. I actually re-welded some more and then ground it down so it's more tapered. I'm going to have access to a lathe shortly and will turn it down so it will look even better and taper back perfectly.
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Originally Posted By upnorthbacon:
Here's so far, I ground it down a little more tapering it. I'm going to have to put it in a lathe and turn it down so it makes a perfectly smooth transition, then I think it will look nice. But for a shooter it should work fine now!
It's too bad that you have to make all those changes to the barrel, but it looks real cool. Nice looking UZI.
natec [Member]
nicely done.
For anyone else reading this thread (and those in MI who may not have mad welding skills) - talk to Vector, they will work with you, attach a permanent brake, etc.
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blocked the inlet, but is now gone. Cuckmere Haven featured heavily in the war effort: at night lights were placed to confuse bombers into thinking they were above
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and an airfield was set up further inland. In addition to the permanent land-based constructions, the river was heavily mined.
The East Sussex Transport and Trading Company extracted gravel from the beach at Cuckmere Haven. They transported the material to the road at Exceat on a 2'-gauge tramway a mile long, established in the early 1930s and closed in 1964. The tramway began in what is now the car park on the southern side of the main road. The footpath to Cuckmere Haven (east of the river) follows the line of the tramway.
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Two hamlets, Exceat and Foxhole, are in the park, along with a small group of cottages on the cliff edge (known as the Coastguard cottages) - these are mostly kept as holiday homes except for one hardy resident who lives there all year round. Next to the Friston Forest car park, Exceat is a group of farm buildings with facilities and a café. There is also a tiny old shepherd's caravan. The name "Exceat" derives from the old English word for "exit"; the hamlet was an exit for people sailing out to the Channel. Foxhole is made up of another group of agricultural buildings, with a large pond at the centre. The two houses are home to the Seven Sisters Country Park
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, and one barn has been converted to a camping barn, with an adjacent field for camping. This is known as Foxhole Campsite, and is useful for
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and, right by the sea, rockpools. Chalk is eroded off the cliffs but not much ends up on the beach. Driftwood and rubbish end up on the beach but do not seem to pollute the environment and do not spoil the view of the beach.
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s live in the sandy banks by the main path
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(largely young bullocks) and sheep, mainly owned by Foxhole Farm, graze all round the park. Visitors must keep dogs on leads.
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s nest on the cliffs in summer; although not as common as the herring gulls, they can easily be spotted from the beach.
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s had their first stronghold here at Cuckmere Haven and nest on the marshy area by the beach with the herons, with which they often forage.
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s nest in the burrows they build in the sand banks by the path in summer. Rabbits take over the burrows in the martins' absence and have to be chased out when the birds return in spring.
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s tend to stay on the hills to the east of the river, where they nest in the long grass and rise up to sing.
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External links
BBC - Seven Wonders - Cuckmere Haven
, Seven Sisters Area
Cuckmere Haven Travel Guide (Wikitravel)
Cuckmere Haven Photo Journal


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Although Skyrim won't be the largest launch of the year in terms of sales, it's still among the most highly anticipated. Gamers around the world called in sick today to jump into the world of Skyrim, slay some dragons, and make absolutely no progress in what is an essentially infinite game. Since the review embargo has been lifted, we're starting to hear more and more about the game that has for so long been on the tip of everyone's tongue. So how did it turn out?
Well, in short, great. The game is sitting comfortably at a 96 on Metacritic, barely edging out Skyward Sword for the top spot in new releases. I've read through some of the Skyrim reviews and I think I can give you a general idea of what everyone is saying, just in case you're on the fence about buying the game.
Pros: Reviewers are praising the game's open world and freedom of exploration. I've also seen plenty of compliments for the radiant questing system that ensure you always have something to do, and PC reviews note that the graphics of this game put older Elder Scrolls games to shame. Some reviewers praise the plot and character development, but this is by no means consistent. I'm seeing the word "ever" thrown around a lot, as in "the most liberating RPG ever," or "most open world ever," so take that how you will.
Cons: The game, typical to Bethesda form, is packed with bugs. Nothing major, but little glitches like floating mobs, weird collision detection and, my favorite bug of all, a character's inability to realize there is a cooking pot on their head. These will probably be ironed out over time. Some reviewers have noted that the animation, while improved from Oblivion, is still fairly stilted – third person play isn't really that improved. The clunky combat system is also listed as a minor problem, but if you like the Elder Scrolls series or Fallout 3 you'll feel right at home.
So that's the basic overview. Naturally, Skyrim is a massive experience that can't be summed up in a review. It certainly looks like a good buy, assuming you're into that sort of game.
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Chop nuts in food processor. Add spinach and Parmesan and puree. Add olive oil through tube until the pesto reaches your desired consistency. Add kosher salt to taste.
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Cucina 71 is a small Italian Restaurant that serves up delicious pizza, pastas and entrees.
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Located on the south east side of Highway 7 and Pine Valley (Enter from Highway 7 through the TD bank) Cucina 71 is an Italian eatery. Cucina 71 carries on the quality and tradition of Market Lane Pizzeria. Chef Sean will continue to serve all your favourite dishes like the Grilled Calamari and Orecchiette Alla Barese, but also introduces some new dishes that will tantalize your taste buds. Cucina 71 is a cozy environment that is a great spot for lunch, dinner and all your private functions. The menu features numerous Italian style dishes that appeal to all paletes. The appetizers features some seafood dishes that are unique. They have Grilled Sardines and Grilled Octopus in addition to the usual yet still delicious Mussels, Shrimp and Calamari of the fried and grilled variety. If seafood is not your cup of tea, they offer an in house soup made daily, and the staple Antipasto Misto, which is assorted grilled veggies, cheeses and cured meats. The salads they offer are great starters, and you can add chicken to them if you want to make it your main meal. Cucina 71 offers a standard mixed green salad, an arugula salad, and a Caesar salad.. Their Pomodoro Rustica salad is a great plate offering the rich flavour of heirloom tomatos with a light olive oil, sea salt and basil dressing. Rounding out the salads are the Tonno Cipolli e Fagioli salad, the Caprese and the Burrata. The Pasta dishes are numerous and satisfying. They have dishes that offer all types of sauces and types of pasta, and you will enjoy every one of them. A new popular addition is the Gnocchi Fritti and the Cacio e Pepe Spaghetti, which are both simple yet tasty dishes. Cucina 71 serves up a few pizzas as well, including the fan favourite spicy Calabrese! Cucina 71 serves up a wide array of entrees. They have Salmon, Steak, Pork Chops and Grilled Veal Paillard all served with seasonal vegetables or salad. As a twist on the Italian menu, they serve up Fish and Buffalo Chips with an arugola and fennel slaw. The Fish and Chips is as good if not better than the ones you get at your local pub! If you still have room left at the end of the meal, ask your waiter for the daily sweets For drinks, Cucina 71 offers a wide variety of wine, beer and spirits. Finally, Cucina 71 can host your events and private parties with a custom tailored menu that suits your needs. So come on down and relive your old favourite dishes and sample the new classics at Cucina 71!
The Grilled Calamari is the best in town, hands down. It is a great way to start your meal! Then get the Gnocchi Fritti. They are pan seared with bacon, pine nuts, raisins and mint, and will be one of the tastiest dishes you will ever eat!


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Abbas renews calls on Arabs, Muslims to visit Jerusalem
Updated: 2012-04-25 22:47:00
RAMALLAH, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday renewed his calls on Arabs and Muslims all over the world to visit Jerusalem.
Abbas' earlier call to visit the city was opposed by the some Islamic Palestinian groups which considered the visits of Arabs and Muslims as a sign of normalization with Israel.
State-run Wafa news agency quoted Abbas as saying that "we called and we are still calling our Arab, Muslim and Christian brothers to visit Palestine and Jerusalem."
"Our lands are stolen and confiscated day after day by the Israeli occupation, therefore we all should be united and like one hand to obstruct the attempts of the Israeli government to annul the Palestinian identity," said Abbas.
Abbas made his remarks during his meeting with an Arab Youths delegation that included participants from Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Libya, Algeria, Yemen, Sudan, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Iraq and Jordan.
"When you visit us and see by your own eyes what's going on in the Palestinian territories, you would know the truth, mainly the severe suffering of the Palestinian people," said Abbas.
He also slammed the Islamic Fatwa (religious decision) as saying "we had a long argument with many Arab and non-Arab figures over visiting Jerusalem and al-Aqsa Mosque, while some of them claimed that the visit is taboo."
"Nothing clear was mentioned in the Quran, the Muslims Holy Book that forbids or prohibits the visit to Jerusalem if it is under any occupation. Allah (God) is the only one who allows or forbids," said Abbas.


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FreeConferenceCall.com Announces Support of Children Today's 4th Annual 5k/10k Run/Walk Company Sets Fundraising Goal of $15,000 and will Match Every Dollar that Employees and Customers Contribute; Event to Raise Thousands of Dollars for Children Facing Homelessness
LONG BEACH, Calif. – July 9, 2012 – Long Beach-based FreeConferenceCall.com, the largest privately held conferencing provider in the United States, announced today that it has committed to raising $15,000 to support Children Today's 4th Annual 5K/10K Run/Walk. In addition to setting the fundraising goal, FreeConfereneCall.com Founder and CEO David Erickson announced that the company will match every dollar raised by employees and customers – with a goal of a $20,000 donation to the non-profit organization that advocates for children facing homelessness. Children Today's programs ensure children most in need have access to quality early childcare and education. This is the fourth consecutive year that FreeConferenceCall.com will support the Children Today Run/Walk, which takes place Saturday, July 21, 2012 at the Marina Green Park.
"In today's challenging economic times, it is more important than ever to come together as a community and support those who need it most," said Erickson, a Long Beach native. "Children Today's programs support our city's most valuable asset – our children – and we are proud to support the work they are doing for Long Beach families."
Last year, Children Today's 5K/10K Run/Walk raised more than $60,000 for its Play House Programs and this year, the organization is looking to raise $100,000. The funds help support Children Today's mission of ensuring the success of all children by providing a high quality, no-cost, developmentally appropriate curriculum for children enrolled in the Play House programs. The programs include no-cost, licensed child care and preschool for children experiencing homelessness and focus on providing children with safety and stability, nutritious meals and clothing. In addition, Play House programs provide children with caring and nurturing relationships in an educational environment – a place where they can play, be creative, learn and grow in order to experience long-term success in their lives.
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This is a private course where members own their own carts. The fairways are tree lined and the greens are flat. There are plenty of strategically-placed bunkers. The terrain is flat and great for walkers and seniors.
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Primate Congratulates Harold M. Schulweis Humanitarian Award Recipients
The inaugural celebration and presentation of the Harold M. Schulweis Humanitarian Award was held from May 18-20, 2012 at Valley Beth Shalom in Encino, California. Diocesan Primate Archbishop Hovnan Derderian congratulated the three honorees with a congratulatory letter wherein His Eminence noted the valuable contributions of Rabbi Harold Schulweis in promoting the recognition of the Armenian Genocide.
"Words will never come close to describing the immense contributions of Rabbi Harold Schulweis, a distinguished humanitarian, a community leader, a visionary and a beloved friend. He has not only been a well-respected individual within his community but also an active participant on the world scene. He has been an advocate of the recognition of the Armenian Genocide, a noble act for which we are extremely thankful.
…Harold Schulweis has led a life with noble aspirations. His visions were clear as he always looked into his heart, spoke from his heart and touched the hearts of the people. His love for the people of God has been reflected through action. His love for God carries over to those who surround him.
We wholeheartedly congratulate Harold M. Schulweis humanitarian award honorees Elaine Berke, Faith Cookler and Janice Kamenir Reznik.
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Albert Greene (born April 13, 1946), better known as Al Green, is an American gospel and soul music singer. He reached the peak of his popularity in the 1970s, with hit singles such as "You Oughta Be With Me," "Spending My Time," "Love and Happiness", and "Let's Stay Together". In 2005, Rolling Stone named him #65 in their list of the '100 Greatest Artists of All Time'. The nomination, written by Justin Timberlake, stated that "people are born to do certain things, and Al was born to make us smile." The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted Green in 1995, referring to him as "one of the most gifted purveyors of soul music." Green has sold more than 20 million records
Green's debut album was Green Is Blues, a slow, horn-driven album that allowed Green to show off his powerful and expressive voice. The album was a moderate success. The next LP, Al Green Gets Next to You (1970), was a massive success that included four gold singles as Green developed his vocal and songwriting talents. Let's Stay Together (1972) was an even bigger success, as was I'm Still In Love With You (1972). Call Me was a critical sensation and just as popular at the time; it is one of his most fondly remembered albums today. Al Green Explores Your Mind (1974) contained his own song "Take Me to the River", which was later turned into an R&B hit (#7) by label-mate Syl Johnson and also covered by Talking Heads (#26 Pop) on their second album.
On October 18, 1974, Mary Woodson White, a girlfriend of Mr. Green's, assaulted him before committing suicide at his Memphis home. Although she was already married, Mrs. White reportedly became upset when Mr. Green refused to marry her. Ironically, Green had peaked at #32 on the Hot 100 with "Let's Get Married" earlier in 1974.
Green cited the incident as a wake-up call to change his life. He became an ordained pastor of the Full Gospel Tabernacle in Memphis in 1976. Continuing to record R&B, Green saw his sales start to slip and drew mixed reviews from critics. 1977's The Belle Album was critically acclaimed but did not regain his former mass audience. In 1979, Green was injured while performing, and interpreted this accident as a message from God. He then concentrated his energies towards pastoring his church and gospel singing.
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Story | Feb 10, 2011 | 4:32 PMBy Shannon Ryan Loyola must have felt like it was reliving last week's blizzard. The Ramblers were buried quickly and overwhelmingly in the opening minutes and never overcame the barrage as they fell 66-57 to Wisconsin-Milwaukee on Thursday night at the... -
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CRUZ CARRILLO, Anastasia; MORENO FIGUEREDO, Giovanni and TOBON, Juan Francisco. Pharmacological Management of Canine Hyperlipidemia. Rev. Med. Vet. [online]. 2011, n.21, pp. 73-85. ISSN 0122-9354.
Rise of triglycerides and cholesterol in canines favors the appearance of possibly dangerous diseases. Although hypolipemiants pharmacology has mainly developed in human medicine, veterinarians must know the useful drugs to control this kind of situations, as they are common in certain patients. Thus, the purpose of this review was to make a reference to the most used drugs to control hyperlipidemia in canines. Some of the most important pharmacologic groups for this treatment are statins, fibric acid inhibitors, bile acid sequestrants, niacins, cholesterol absorption inhibitors and the most recently used in veterinary, dirlotapide. All of these drugs may be included in the protocols for the integral treatment of patients with hyperlipidemias and obesity.
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Then you click over to CNN and see a video montage of the devastation that the tsunami has done in Japan. It's scary as fuck, friends. Like watching toys thrown into a bathtub. Except they're people. And houses. Buildings. Imagine a billion-foot wave in the sky above you and you have no idea where to run as it hits its apex and comes crashing down on top of you.
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Hilton, Osborne and the fight for Downing Street influence
Are we seeing the rise of the realists?
By Jon Bernstein Published 19 June 2011 12:20During Gordon Brown's brief summer honeymoon of 2007 David Cameron headed off to Africa for one of his many rebranding/detoxifying exercises. The timing was terrible. Floods had hit parts of the UK including his own constituency of Witney. He should not have gone, or at least cut short the trip, and he knew it, turning to his adviser Steve Hilton (according to Andrew Rawnsley's account in "The End of the Party") to declare: "I should have stayed at fucking home."
Hilton, now director of strategy to PM Cameron, is the man behind many of those set pieces, the very acts of public relations -- hugging hoodies and huskies -- that Ed Miliband now is being urged to copy as his personal ratings suffer. Ironic, therefore that Hilton's own position is being widely discussed this weekend.
The current talk appears to be prompted by a recent piece in the Spectator in which James Forsyth wrote:
Steve Hilton, the Prime Minister's guru and Downing Street's reformer-in-chief, is increasingly frustrated by this backsliding [on public sector reform]. One Whitehall ally worries that he could soon walk away in frustration if all these policies carry on being delayed and diluted.
Writing in today's Mail on Sunday, Forsyth says:
Hilton might be only an 'adviser', but in the Coalition's first year in office he has been a far more powerful figure than most Cabinet Ministers. The opinions of few others matter more to the Prime Minister than those of his long-time friend and ally.
Hilton's frustration apparently stems from the achingly-slow pace of the civil service machine. There exists particular animosity with Ed Llewellyn, Cameron's chief of staff who is said to "disapprove of Hilton's combative approach to officialdom", according to Forsyth's sources.
ConservativeHome editor Tim Montgomerie comes at the story from a slightly different angle. In a piece in today's Sunday Telegraph -- "How the realists eclipsed the radicals inside Downing Street" -- Montgomerie writes:
The big U-turns on health and prison sentencing reflect the rise of the realists, led by George Osborne, and the partial eclipse of the radicals, led by Steve Hilton, David Cameron's political guru.
John Rentoul chips, writing in the Independent on Sunday:
Hilton is the advocate of always going further and faster, which was also the mantra of the Blairites in the later New Labour years. His attitude to public opinion is that it is there to be led. This is not entirely reckless, although on the NHS it was hard to see how public opinion could have been turned round (at least, not without a new health secretary).
A picture is emerging of George Osborne exerting more and more influence on decision making. It's a picture that the Chancellor will find agreeable and one probably that he is more than happy to see disseminated. Here's the uber-strategist taking the pragmatic course when necessary.
All of which suggest trouble ahead when "Osborne the realist" meets "Chancellor Osborne the ideologue" if economic growth fails to materialise and the private sector fails to deliver jobs as he's promised it will.
To retreat from Andrew Lansley's NHS plans is one thing. To retreat from his own economic Plan A, something else altogether.
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I really don't understand why the media attempt to depict Osborne as some politically astute and profoundly Machiavellian figure. The author is guilty here too when he says "Here's the uber-strategist taking the pragmatic course when necessary." In reality, Osborne is a shrill, pallid embarrassment of a Chancellor. He's the great pretender.
@ Shaun
I think your being charitable, the man has single-handed killed the recovery, and added tens of billions to the national debt.
The media love a mandleson type figure i guess they'll take anyone at the moment
Trouble is, the coalition has already delivered jobs in the past year. It is true that 130,000 public sector jobs have gone (let's be honest, these people added nothing to the economy); but 520,000 private sector (and therefore value-added to the economy) jobs have been created. It's half way through the first half and the Coalition is 2-0 up. George Osborne's defence is great and it's almost game over.
Look at that photo.
What an effing square.
Bar ends, indeed!
I'm no fan of Boris - but at least he looks like a proper Tory on a bike.
Bar ends are quite useful on a cross bike but what is more important are toe clips. His bike doesn't have any of those which leads me to suspect that he doesn't know how to ride properly.
"but 520,000 private sector (and therefore value-added to the economy) jobs have been created"
Break that figure down and you find that 70% were created before Osborne's CSR while the government was till enjoying the rewards of a growing economy left to it by Labour and 30% afterwards. In other words, Osbornomics has contracted job creation by over 50%. That is be far a clearer indication of the impact of the ideologue.
Mr Divine,"he doesn't know how to ride properly".
I think your spot on mate, For a blloke who is painted with such glory, he should have stayed at fucking home, where the fuck is your helmet mongoose!, and those shorts look like my grandmothers panties, a seven year old could do this blokes job.
A realist who shows what he is realy like, wonder what he has in his back-pac, could be his helmet - whoops!


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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- adj. Of or relating to oil.
- adj. Impregnated, smeared with, or containing oil; greasy.
- adj. Excessively suave in action or behavior; unctuous. See Synonyms at unctuous.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- adj. Relating to oil.
- adj. Smeared with or containing oil.
- adj. Excessively friendly or polite so as to sound insincere.
- n. A marble with an oily lustre.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adj. Consisting of oil; containing oil; having the nature or qualities of oil; unctuous; oleaginous.
- adj. Covered with oil; greasy; hence, resembling oil.
- adj. Smoothly subservient; supple; compliant; plausible; insinuating.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Consisting of oil; containing oil; having some of the qualities of oil: as, oily matter; an oily fluid.
- Appearing as if oiled; resembling oil.
- Fat; greasy.
- Figuratively, unctuous; smooth; insinuatingly and smoothly sanctimonious; blandly pious; fawning.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adj. smeared or soiled with grease or oil
- adj. coated or covered with oil
- adj. containing an unusual amount of grease or oil
- adj. unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
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The Point Roberts fire district board of commissioners has called a special meeting for 7 p.m. Wednesday, August 29 at the Benson Road fire hall. The purpose of the meeting, according to the agenda provided to the All Point Bulletin, is to accept the minutes of the August 22 special meeting, the tendering of David Gellatly's resignation from the board, appoint a chair, review EMS level of service and to initiate a return to the authority of the Whatcom County medical director, Dr. Marvin Wayne.
The board also intends to convene into executive session to "evaluate the qualifications of the applicant for chief, to review the performance of the interim chief and to discuss the terms of an individual employment agreement based on those qualifications and performance pursuant to RCW 42.30.110(1)(g)."
It is not exactly clear what the board intends to discuss in private. With only a few days under his belt, it wouldn't seem that interim fire chief Chris Carleton has much of a performance to review. And, according to RCW 42.30.140(4), discussion ... of salaries, wages, and other conditions of employment ... shall occur in a meeting open to the public, and when a governing body elects to take final action hiring, setting the salary of an individual employee or class of employees, or discharging or disciplining an employee, that action shall be taken in a meeting open to the public.
The board is allowed to "evaluate the qualifications of an applicant or to review the performance of an employee" but If the board follows the rules, it should be a short executive session indeed.
After the executive session, the board may or may not take action on Carleton's interim status and contract.