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TIJUANA.- Every day the controversy surrounding Andrew Tahmooressi, the marine veteran who "accidentally" crossed into Mexico in early April, grows. The individual was detained by Mexican Customs officials for weapons possession and later incarcerated at the La Mesa penitentiary. Why hasn't he obtained freedom?
The situation is very complicated. His mother has turned to various sources requesting help including Scott Peters, Duncan Hunter, and an online petition for Secretary of State John Kerry and President Barack Obama to intervene in this case so that Andrew Tahmooressi can be released.
The petition has received over 12000 signatures, and once it reaches 100,000 signatures the White House is obligated to respond. On May 28 Andrew Tahmooressi's sentence will be decided and he could face 6 to 21 years in prison, without the right to bail. You can read more about the case here at the Facebook page that has been set up for the cause.
The former U.S. marine faces charges for three federal crimes: possession of two firearms, possession of ammunition and non-permitted guns. Of the three weapons in his vehicle, two are considered militarygrade in Mexico. Although he insists that this has all been a mistake, Mexican authorities indicate that he will have to go through national judicial processes, with no special privileges as a foreigner. This has been reinforced by some U.S. authorities, who add that U.S citizens constantly enter Mexico bearing weapons without permits. In Mexico it is illegal to carry weapons without the proper permits and it is illegal to cross the border with weapons in your possession.
The average citizen has many questions about Andrew Tahmooressi. People who cross the Tijuana/San Ysidro border frequently seem to think that the signs are sufficient and fairly obvious, and are surprised that someone could have made it into the country without realizing where they were going.
It also doesn't help that there have been reports of U.S. citizens and, in some cases, military personnel involved in smuggling weapons into Mexico, which are sold to serve organized crime.
Another aspect of this that brings up several questions is that Tahmooressi suffers from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, caused by two deployments to Afghanistan. People are wondering if psychological disorders and weapons should be combined, and some think that it sounds like an accident waiting to happen.
Tahmooressi had been diagnosed with PTSD at the La Jolla Veterans Hospital; he had arrived in California, from Florida, last March, and claims that he was driving to San Ysidro to meet his friends at a restaurant when he missed an exit on the I-5 and ended up in Mexico.
On this side of the border there is political emphasis that he be released and his charges lifted, when supposing he were in the opposite situation we wonder if that would be the case.
Along the border and its desert regions, there have been cases of Mexican military accidentally crossing the border while pursuing criminals, and U.S. authorities are not often very understanding.
Tahmooressi's case has caught the attention of international press, and in the past few days it has been all across the media, but the most interesting part is often not the article, rather the comments section.
The San Diego Union Tribune managed to interview Tahmooressi for an article written by Sandra Dibble; the article notes that the former marine is in good condition, which he confirmed during the interview. It also mentioned that the subject had attempted to escape from prison, and had cut his neck with a piece of a light bulb.
He has been under watch in the prison for his own safety and his condition is again stable.


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Thornton, Tim (2008) Does understanding individuals require idiographic judgement? European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 258 (S5). pp. 104-109. ISSN 0940-1334
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Idiographic understanding has been proposed as a response to concern that criteriological diagnosis cannot capture the nature of human individuality. It can seem that understanding individuals requires, instead, a distinct form of 'individualised' judgement and this claim receives endorsement by the inventor of the term 'idiographic', Wilhelm Windelband. I argue, however, that none of the options for specifying a model of individualised judgement, to explain what idiographic judgement might be, will work. I suggest, at the end, that narrative, rather than idiographic, understanding is a more promising response to the limitations of criteriological diagnosis.
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This article was published 4/2/2013 (1657 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Five people have been arrested following a drug bust in the city on the weekend.
Winnipeg police said officers raided a residence in North Kildonan on Edison Street Saturday night, seizing 70 grams of cocaine and $30,000 in cash.
Four people were arrested at the Edison Street apartment: two men, aged 24 and 21 years, and two women, aged 23 and 21 years.
A second raid occurred across town later Saturday night on Bannerman Avenue, where police found 11 grams of marijuana, brass knuckles, bear spray, a baton and $2,000 cash.
A 25-year-old man was arrested at Bannerman.
All five people are facing drug or weapon related offences. They were released on a promise to appear in court at a later date.
Police said the estimated street value of the cocaine is about $5,600. The marijuana has an estimated street value of about $165.
The raids and arrests were the result of an investigation that began in November.


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Andrew Sutherland
Brooklyn-based artist Andrew Sutherland works as a composer of mundane materials and uneventful spaces. Using corrugated cardboard, vinyl and medium density fiberboard, he recalls iconographic minimalists Sol LeWitt and Tony Smith. Colorful, layered work in ethylene vinyl acetate like 2005's 'Scrap Bin,' leans toward late-career Frank Stella, but the work itself has taken Paxil to relieve its anxiety. Instead of working large, he operates in small dimensions.
Corrugated cardboard is the substance and surface of the artist's most elegant work, like his representations of wood grain (above)—made by layering paper into the form of a tree and then cutting it down into slabs—and the complexly simple renderings of semi-surreal boxes recently exhibited at New York's Pulse Contemporary Art Fair. (More woodgrain and other paper-based work pictured above and after the jump.)


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While you were sleeping: US payrolls disappoint
Feb 6 (BusinessDesk) – Wall Street slipped as weaker-than-expected US payrolls data outweighed a better-than-expected report on services industries, and fuelled doubt about the strength of the American economic recovery.
US private employers added 175,000 jobs in January, while December's gain in jobs was revised lower to 227,000, down from the initially reported 238,000, according to ADP Research Institute data. Harsher-than-usual winter weather was partly to blame for the smallest increase in five months.
Separately, the Institute for Supply Management said its services index rose to 54 in January, up from 53 in December. That was slightly better than economists had anticipated.
"Markets are concerned and want to see that the US economy stays on track," Dan Dorrow, head of research at Faros Trading in Stamford, Connecticut, told Reuters. "My view is the US economy is growing above trend and you can't conclude too much from one month's worth of data."
In afternoon trading in New York, the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.06 percent, while the Standard & Poor's 500 Index fell 0.21 percent and the Nasdaq Composite Index slid 0.43 percent.
Slides in shares of Pfizer and Boeing, down 2.4 percent and 1.3 percent respectively, outweighed gains in shares of 3M and Cisco, up 1.4 percent and 1 percent respectively, leading the Dow lower.
So far in 2014, the Dow has shed 6.6 percent, while the S&P 500 gave up 5.1 percent.
Investors will now watch Friday's nonfarm payrolls even more closely to gauge the strength of the US labour market, a key indicator for Federal Reserve policy makers. The Labor Department is forecast to show nonfarm payrolls grew by 184,000 last month, up from a gain of 74,000 in December, while the unemployment rate held steady at 6.7 percent.
"There's fear as we move into Friday's report that we're going to see a weather impact that is going to distort the number and make it difficult to know if it is covering up something more substantial," Paul Mendelsohn, chief investment strategist at Windham Financial Services in Charlotte, Vermont, told Reuters.
In Europe, the Stoxx 600 Index managed to end the day with a 0.1 percent increase from the previous close, as did the UK's FTSE 100. France's CAC 40 closed marginally higher. Germany's DAX fell 0.1 percent.
So far the year the DAX has shed 4.6 percent, while the FTSE 100 has lost 4.2 percent.
Kevin Lilley, head of European equities at Old Mutual Global Investors UK, remains upbeat.
"The European economy has only just started a recovery phase," Lilley told Bloomberg News. "I'm optimistic we'll see gains for the year."


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MTV to Launch 'Citysearch'-Like Campus Guides
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Viacom Inc's mtvU college cable network will launch an online network of campus guides, aiming to be the "Citysearch" of university life.
Working with college newspapers and Zvents, a local Internet search and advertising network, mtvU has created sites that offer listings for everything from local night life to bus and dining room schedules, an executive said.
"We're simplifying students' experience and providing national, regional and local advertisers a powerful connection to this hard to reach audience," said Stephen Friedman, general manager of mtvU.
The notoriously fickle young adults and college crowd seen as the next generation of big media consumers is big business for programmers and a core target for MTV.
The news follows on the heels of the decision by News Corp's Fox to air the premieres of its television series "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" and "Fringe" on television and over the Internet at the same time for students viewing on college campuses only.
MTV Networks, which has dominated youth programming for decades was seen losing some ground to Internet start-ups in recent years.
mtvU, a division of MTV Networks that broadcasts on 750 college campuses in the United States, is now moving more aggressively to make its programming and services more integral to its audience's everyday life.
The online campus guides aim to be a "one-stop shop" destination for college students, Friedman said in a phone interview.
mtvU will launch 25 guides on Tuesday at colleges including Northwestern University, University of Texas at Austin and University of Pennsylvania.
Working closely with local college papers, the company is also in discussions with some to potentially launch print versions of the guides, Friedman said.
By the end of 2008, mtvU will launch a total of 50 daily guides.
(Reporting by Kenneth Li; Editing by Andre Grenon)
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Edit: After half day, my wife's Mac started having the same problem. I have then applied the solution that I found in the Apple
Refurbished Macs – A Buying Guide
If you are among those many people who have budget limits but also requires buying a new operating system and moreover, you are also an Apple Mac's fan and does not want to switch over to other systems, than the option of a refurbished Mac operating system is your ultimate and best choice.
There has been dedicated a special section from where you can easily buy a refurbished Mac along with several other refurbished products such as iPads, iPods and other Apple related product line. The lineup of Apple's refurbished brands runs the gamut from Mac Minis to laptops to iMacs having big 27 inch monitors. Some of these operating systems are considered to be pre-owned, whereas, other might have been returned to the company due to some technical disablement within the machine. No matter what they are, they still share two things in common: They have been restored, buffed and has been packaged to meet the set standards of Apple and they are much cheaper as compared to buying a brand new Mac.
Apple claims that refurbished Mac operating systems are subject to alterations within them so as to meet the Finished Goods requirement of the company which means that the system you are going to buy will be in equal terms in technical aspects in comparison to that very same unit in a brand new position.
The selection that the refurbished Mac systems holds is ever-shifting in nature such as in the afternoon of Black Friday, the inventory had both MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, varying sizes of iMac, Mac Pros along with several other units of Mac Mini. Although, the inventory was a bit older which had several units dating back to the 2010 models along with a very few models of 2009. Moreover, units release during the time period of February to May 2011 which was also inclusive of the latest version of iMac and MacBook Pro.
Pricing Aspect
Although, the pricing strategy of Apple is not yet been made public, but a research on the refurbished Mac inventory generates a generic insight: If you are willing to save some money, you will have to opt for an older model.
In general aspects, the total savings after investing in refurbished Mac systems ranges from 11 percent to 16 percent off the original price of the unit, but, there are also several bigger deals that can be obtained from buying a refurbished Mac operating system.
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Another great thing about refurbished Mac systems is that they are made available with a one year warranty facility that is supported by Apple. Moreover, for future assistance, AppleCare is also available consulting your Mac related issues for up to three years which is similar to all other new Apple units.
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Not everyone likes the idea of buying a refurbished Mac system as they are willing to obtain the latest original model released. There are few cases such as the professional video editors tend to take the latest Apple Mac model mainly because of the Thunderbolt technology that is not been made part of the Apple Online store that holds refurbished Macs.
For everybody else, a refurbished Mac provides several great benefits. A major advantage associated is that if you are new to the product, you can first buy a refurbished Mac so as to get to know the machine at a lower cost as these machines also offer the same level of reliability as well as easy interface of a new Mac that has the same available protections but at a much reduced price tag.
Other Options for Buying Cheap and Reliable Mac Systems
There are several other ways either through which you can buy a refurbished Mac or that is via the Apple's clearance sale of new but older operating systems that were either never sold out or taken out from their packed box. The selection this way offers is quite down than what can be expected from the refurbished collection.
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REDLANDS >> Earthquake expert Katherine Scharer likes to get her facts straight. And many of those facts were presented Wednesday night at the San Bernardino County Museum, during a lecture titled "Frequency of earthquakes on the San Andreas Fault: evidence from the trenches," before a spillover crowd of more than 100.
Many in attendance were students from geology classes at Cal State San Bernardino, and, as one student noted, besides the extra credit for attending, they have a personal interest because their campus literally straddles the San Andreas.
Scharer, who has a doctorate from the University of Oregon in geological science, and who now works for the U.S. Geological Survey, noted immediately that she wouldn't be supplying the one fact she's asked most often: when exactly is the long-feared "Big One" going to occur?
"I get asked this every time," she said. "And it's painful because I can't really answer that for you because we don't know exactly where the next earthquake is going to happen. We're trying to understand that. We're trying to understand what any precursors might be so we'd actually be able to warn you."
But, she explained, what she could do was review the odds for the next big quake, and where it might be because she knows that the longer we go without an earthquake, the more people want to know what its effects might be.
"So, although predicting the next earthquake is a really cool thing to do, and I wish I could do that," she said, that wasn't what she would talk about. Instead, she displayed a map of Southern California faults "that could go off tomorrow," which she described as a "spaghetti bowl of faults, all of which are active and could be the next one to go."
Scharer said we should focus on three key questions about quakes: Which faults are the most active? How large of an earthquake can occur on any one of these faults? And how often do the earthquakes occur?
One way to look to the future, she explained, is to look at the past and to review the early records kept by the Spanish missionaries.
"Using those historic records we do know about two fairly large earthquakes that occurred on the southern San Andreas Fault."
There was a magnitude 7.9 earthquake in 1857 that started near Parkfield in Central California, and another in 1812 at the Cajon Pass, which is estimated to have been around 7.5.
"The pattern," she said, "even from the historic records, is a little bit complicated. So what do we do with that? Well, we need a longer record to tease out any pattern, and that's really what my goal is. So, paleoseismology is the study of ancient earthquakes, and those are needed to document how often large earthquakes happened in the past so we can forecast the future."
Scharer then went on to explain the science of paleoseismology, which employs heavy equipment to cut trenches across quake faults in order to expose layers of soil and the dead organic material within them. Radiocarbon dating techniques of the material are then used to determine within a remarkably narrow time frame when quakes have occurred.
One of the most important questions that's now being asked, Scharer said, is the length of a possible rupture on the San Andreas, and whether a single quake could extend from the Salton Sea, on through the San Gorgonio Pass, and then to the middle of the Mojave Desert. This is the 8.0 quake that so many of the experts fear.
Current thinking, Scharer revealed, is that it could, with a devastating effect not only on Southern California's infrastructure, but a staggering national economic loss that might exceed $200 billion.
To drive that message home, Scharer showed a moving graphic with a red glow spreading up the fault over the roughly two minutes of real time that the quake would last, along with a landscape "shaking like a bowl of jelly," as Scharer described it. The display brought gasps from the audience, mixed with some decidedly nervous laughter.
Scharer concluded by reminding her audience that the patterns reveal trends but no specifics, because quakes "don't happen like clockwork. The other thing to take home is that it has been a long time since the last earthquake. So are San Andreas Fault earthquakes overdue?"
The answer appears to be yes.
Scharer said that when she used to live in North Carolina, and visited California for her field work, she was always relieved when she could get on a plane and fly back to her stable state with a sigh of relief and the comment "not my problem" — which brought a huge laugh from the audience.
"I'd made it out alive another summer," she said, wryly. "But now I live here, and so I have to own this too."


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Caramelized Shallot and Sage Mashed PotatoesPublished: October 2006
Ingredients6 Servings
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Prepare Perfect Mashed Potatoes. Meanwhile, heat olive oil in heavy medium skillet over high heat. Add thinly sliced shallots; sauté until tender, about 2 minutes. Reduce heat to medium-low; stir until shallots are golden, about 5 minutes longer. Add sage, whilte balsamic vinegar, and sugar; stir until caramelized, about 2 minutes. Stir shallot-sage mixture into potatoes. Season with salt.
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Rand Simberg writes at PJ Media about
President Obama's characterization of Egyptian president Morsi's Gaza game, in which the latter won great acclaim by siccing his pit bull on the neighbors, and then modestly claiming credit as a peacemaker when he decided to (momentarily) pull back on the leash:
"Mr. Obama told aides he was impressed with the Egyptian leader's pragmatic confidence," The New York Times reported after the Gaza ceasefire Nov. 21. "He sensed an engineer's precision with surprisingly little ideology."
Yes, a major player in the Muslim Brotherhood, an organization whose ultimate goal is the imposition of sharia law on the world and the end of Western civilization, has no ideology at all. He just wants to do what "works." And few things work better than a thuggish protection racket when there is no punishment for the extortionate behavior. In fact, the administration won't even bring itself to criticize Morsi and his minions' pro-jihad rhetoric, presumably because, like Joe Klein, and despite vast and obvious evidence to the contrary, they think that he is a "moderate" who might somehow become radicalized by any truth uttered about his behavior."
Read more here: http://pjmedia.com/blog/egypts-moderate-and-pragmatic-dictator/


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In 1999, I wrote an article for the bOING bOING Digital site about the CONET Project, a multi-CD collection of mysterious "numbers stations" heard on shortwave. For decades, intelligence organizations have reportedly broadcast one-way messages to their agents in the field via shortwave, and the transmissions happen to sound weirder than any Stockhausen score or minimalist electronica you've ever heard -- a child's voice, or the obviously synthesized intonation on what's known as the "Lincolnshire Poacher" station, named for the folk song accompanying the numbers. Wilco's album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is named for, and samples, a numbers station. The CONET Project has been available for several years for free download from various places online, including Archive.org. Now, the original compilers, Irdial-Discs MMX, have re-released The Conet Project in a special CD edition that includes the four original discs plus a fifth CD containing recordings of very strange "noise stations."
"The CONET Project: Recordings of Shortwave Numbers Stations / 1111"
"Spy vs. Spy: The Soundtrack" (bOING bOING Digital)


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The Primal Blueprint Transformation Seminar series [1] is kicking off in January! Brad Kearns [2], my editor and writing partner for The Primal Blueprint [3], Primal Leap [4], and the Primal Blueprint 21-Day Transformation [5] book and seminar will be hitting the road, delivering the seminar in numerous US cities, including those in the initial launch below.
The seminar will emphasize the 8 Key Concepts and 5 Action Items detailed in The Primal Blueprint 21-Day Total Body Transformation [5] in a fast-paced three hours of live presentation, entertaining slide show and audience question and answer interaction. When you leave, you'll know exactly what to do in order to "get Primal" in the ensuing 21 days, including:
- How to transition out of a carbohydrate-dependent metabolism and become a fat burning beast!
- Understanding the best-to-worst choices in each category of food; how to shop and forage in the modern world.
- Rejecting chronic exercise patterns in favor of a Primal Blueprint Fitness blend of low-level movement, regular brief, intense strength training sessions, and occasional all-out sprints.
- Slowing life down to reconnect with your genetic requirements for health, including optimum sleep habits, minimizing the stress of artificial light, digital stimulation, sedentary jobs, and the hectic pace of modern life.
Bring your questions, challenges and experience to the seminar to engage in lively Q&A!
The Transformation seminar is for all levels of interest and experience in Primal living, from devoted enthusiasts who've read the book and blog to newcomers. Bring a friend or neighbor along and enjoy a quantity registration discount of $10 off each ticket when you register two (or more) people together. Order your tickets online [1], or call 888-774-6259 (or 310-317-4414) if you have any questions or would prefer to place your ticket order over the phone.
Each participant receives a copy of The Primal Blueprint 21-Day Total Body Transformation [5], various other Primal goodies, and special raffle prizes.
Seminar Locations and Times
Seminar time is 6:30pm-9:30pm unless otherwise noted.
Phoenix, AZ
Date: Tuesday, Jan. 24
Location: Holiday Inn Express, 620 North 6th St., Phoenix, AZ 85004 | 602-452-2020
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Date: Monday, Jan. 30
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Parliament - Two special envoys will head for war-torn Palestine, President Jacob Zuma told MPs on Wednesday.
"I'm sending two special envoys to the Middle East. They are the former minister of social development and former high commissioner to the United Kingdom, Zola Skweyiya, and the former deputy minister of foreign affairs, Aziz Pahad," he said.
Responding to debate on the presidency's budget vote, Zuma said he was pleased by the general agreement among parties that violence must end in the region, and that there could be no military solution to the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
"I think this powerful message, unanimous, coming from this Parliament, will go a long way," he said.
Earlier this week, government announced it was sending one envoy, Pahad, to Palestine.


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Make no mistake, Tony Abbott does not want to stop the boats, at least not straight away. Moreover, he knows that the government cannot stop them today and that he will not be able to stop them next year if he wins the election.
Why then is he pushing to reintroduce temporary protection visas, promising to reduce the refugee and humanitarian intake to 13,750 and calling to push boat people back to where they came from?
The Opposition Leader wants to send a message to asylum seekers and people smugglers in Indonesia and Malaysia to make their journeys soon because - regardless of the horrific risks - it will only get riskier for them if he comes to power. It serves Abbott's political interests for as many boat people as possible to come to Australia now, as that makes the government look weak on border security. Then any reduction that follows a Coalition victory next year would allow him to present himself as a man of action who saved Australia from peaceful invasion (the noun surely negates the adjective).
For this reason it is impossible for the government to compromise with the opposition. When Julia Gillard revived the Pacific Solution, the opposition insisted that it was a feeble attempt to replicate Howard-era policy. The bridging visa that has been proposed by Immigration Minister Chris Bowen, allowing asylum seekers to eke out a living onshore will, according to Abbott, promote welfare dependency among people who are already trying to get ''something for nothing''.
The government could adopt every Coalition measure and it would still not be hard-line enough. The opposition's spokesman on immigration, Scott Morrison, has made this clear, asserting that it is not the policy that is the problem, but the government.
In this vein, Morrison recently highlighted that more than 30,000 boat people have arrived since the election of the Gillard government. This is ''greater than the seating capacity of Simonds Stadium in Geelong, Skilled Park on the Gold Coast, the WACA [Ground] in Perth and Canberra Stadium'', which is to say they are encroaching upon sports-loving people across the nation.
However, there is a strong case for Australia accepting 30,000 refugees every year. On figures from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, adjusting for population size, Australia is 71st in the world in terms of how many refugees it accommodates and 21st among the 44 most indust-rialised countries. Importantly, the global refugee problem is overwhelmingly shouldered by the developing world, where more than 80 per cent of refugees reside.
As for asylum claims, and again taking into account population size, Australia is 32nd in the world and 15th among the 44 most industrialised countries. We fall significantly lower in these rankings when GDP is taken into account, not to mention the fact that Australia's economy is travelling much better than others.
Australia is thus not punching above its weight in terms of its refugee and humanitarian intake and, as vexed and difficult as this issue is, we do not have a crisis or invasion when compared to other countries. This hard fact is in stark contrast to the hype over boat people which makes out Australians are hapless victims vis a vis the forced migrants who are seeking protection here.
So here are some more hard facts about asylum seekers and refugees that politicians rarely acknowledge:
■ The world has shrunk to the extent that Australia is no longer geographically isolated and therefore cannot exert total control over its borders.
■ In this context, deterrence is largely delusional. For deterrence to work, it requires Australia to inflict a degree of harm upon asylum seekers that is greater than the harm from which they are escaping. Even with the best co-operation and increased capacity building, conditions for asylum seekers in south-east Asia are not going to improve in the near or intermediate future to the extent that people will no longer feel compelled to make the journey to Australia by boat.
■ The surge in boat arrivals is a consequence of the defeat of Tamil forces and subsequent political reconfiguration of Sri Lanka. This surge will peter out sooner or later, to be replaced by another mass displacement.
It follows that references to once-and-for-all solutions are at best naive and often misleading. Increasing the refugee and humanitarian intake to 30,000 a year is admittedly not a solution. However, it at least allows Australians to be a little more genuine with ourselves and others about our resilience, toughness and compassion.
Kim Huynh is a lecturer in the school of politics and international relations at the Australian National University.


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This module adds Audio support to the FileField module for CCK. It will automatically detect if a file is mime type audio/mpeg, and take over from there.
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Since 1988 Fusion has brought clients robust Point of Sale functionality integrated with Mid-Market ERP packages. Eliminating redundant data entry, optimizing inventory levels and improving management reporting are all hallmarks of a Fusion environment.
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A STAVELEY man falsely claimed more than £1,000 in benefits, a court heard.
Michael Littlewood, of Beck Nook, admitted eight counts of dishonestly failing to notify changes in his circumstances when he appeared at South Lakeland Magistrates' Court.
Littlewood, a 62-year-old man with a string of health problems, secured employment in April 2012. The court heard that he made two claims for incapacity benefit, income support, council tax benefit and housing benefit between April and September 2012.
He benefitted by £1,057.01, the court was told.
In police interview Littlewood said he did not notify the authorities because he wanted to see whether he was capable of doing the work.
In mitigation Suzie Kavanagh said: "He was a heavy good vehicle driver but lost his job due to ill health.
"He was in a desperate position and wanted to work to clear debts. He made the fatal mistake to do that work while claiming benefits."
Littlewood was given a four- month curfew, from 7pm to 6am, and was also made to pay £85 court costs and a £60 victim surcharge.


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Ferrari's Formula One championship leader Fernando Alonso lapped almost half a minute off the pace in a rain-lashed and meaningless first practice session for the Belgian Grand Prix on Friday.
Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi ended up with his name on top of the timing screens after a fastest lap of 2min11.389 but the Japanese was among a small minority to get into double figures with his lap tally.
Most of the rest stayed in their garages for long periods of the morning session as the classic Ardennes track took a steady soaking and prevented any serious attempt by teams to gain data and try out new developments.
Alonso, who has a 40 point lead over Red Bull's Australian Mark Webber after 11 of this seasons' 20 races, ended up 22nd and with a time 29.360 seconds slower than Kobayashi.
Kimi Raikkonen, winner four times at his favourite circuit and a good bet for victory with Lotus on Sunday, was 23rd and 35.191 off the pace but will be equally unperturbed by the timesheets.
Raikkonen's race lap record, set with McLaren in 2004, is 1min45.108.
Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado lapped second fastest for Williams while Australian Daniel Ricciardo, with Toro Rosso, was third as cars hit the track again in the first practice session after the long August break.
Alonso's Brazilian team mate Felipe Massa was the only driver to end the morning without setting a lap time and he pulled up at the end of the session with smoke billowing from his Ferrari's engine.
Michael Schumacher, marking his 300th Grand Prix with a new helmet design, slid heavily through Eau Rouge without misfortune. Others also aquaplaned in early runs before the weather improved slightly later on.
Force India's Nico Hulkenberg was one of them.
"There's so much water out there, going into and out of Eau Rouge," he commented. "It's pretty dangerous out there." - Reuters
1 Kamui Kobayashi (Japan) Sauber - 2min11.389
2 Pastor Maldonado (Venezuela) Williams - 2min11.941
3 Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) Toro Rosso - 2min12.004
4 Jean-Eric Vergne (France) Toro Rosso - 2min12.824
5 Mark Webber (Australia) Red Bull - 2min13.191
6 Sergio Perez (Mexico) Sauber - 2min13.861
7 Nico Rosberg (Germany) Mercedes - 2min14.210
8 Valtteri Bottas (Finland) Williams - 2min14.660
9 Sebastian Vettel (Germany) Red Bull - 2min14.860
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13 Nico Huelkenberg (Germany) Force India - 2min16.786
14 Vitaly Petrov (Russia) Caterham - 2min16.788
15 Lewis Hamilton (Britain) McLaren - 2min16.827
16 Jenson Button (Britain) McLaren - 2min16.861
17 Charles Pic (France) Marussia - 2min17.519
18 Heikki Kovalainen (Finland) Caterham - 2min18.199
19 Pedro de la Rosa (Spain) Hispania - 2min19.546
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Terry Orme, editor and publisher of the Salt Lake Tribune, states in a column that debate "on the future of journalism is critical" ("Debate on journalism's future is worth having," Tribune, Nov. 2). I heartily agree. Such a debate should address all print media, newspapers and certain magazines.
Interest in quality journalism varies from person to person and with regard to the nature of the publication at issue. Even broccoli has it better. Some people won't taste it, others force themselves to eat small amounts, while there are some more than willing to share it with others.
Good journalism seems to dwindle like an endangered species. It cannot be relegated to leftover status, discarded like old rags or just become yesterday's fish wrap. The $64,000 question remains: Why produce good journalism and journalists while facing those challenges?


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From left, Brenda Matthews, Chris Stone, Nadine O'Connor and Rita Hanscom blast off in 60-meter dash.
M60 hurdle great Theo Viltz warms up for the 60 hurdles. He'd later miss his step and drop out of race.
M50 Andy Hecker organized the meet (and saved it from cancellation due to paperwork problems).
Unusual two-arms-forward technique is employed by All-American Tomlinson Rauscher.
Elaine Iba, a national-class sprinter and jumper for more than 10 years, is now an W45 standout.
M50 blogger Ken Stone levitates after a rare miss at 8 feet or so.
Instead of saying, "Explode!" I'm thinking, "Nap time!"
Ken battles with Andy in 60-meter dash, which resulted in a rare win for Stone over fellow webmaster Andy.
Ken shows great strength and endurance -- staying on his toes for the whole first 5 meters of the race!
M50 Ed Italo (gray top) provided this shot of himself in the 400, where black-outfitted M35 Marcus Santi leads. Paul Shires trails.
Lee Gillespie leads fellow Southern California Strider Roger Tsuda in a combined M60-M70 200.
Ken keeps knees up halfway through 60 -- and finished in a great time (for M80).
W50 Rita Hanscom leads Brenda Mathhews and Jeanne Bowman (green top) in the combined women's 200.
Speedwest teammates Jim Chinn (left) and Durrell Turnage battle in the M40-49 200.
M75 ironman Jim Selby finishes the 800 -- one of a half-dozen races he usually enters and wins.
Dan Girling (third from left) puts the heat on his 60-meter competition. He also trains boxers at a Santa Ana gym.
Ken Stone (in red) puts heat on a swift M50 field in the 200-meter dash. Greg Pizza (in black) barely edged Stone at finish.
Paul Shires edges Ken, managing to hold form and not walk once during the grueling 200-meter mini-marathon.
A light sprinkle early in the meet didn't deter vaulters like Charles "Charlie" Brown.
Charlie was the No. 3 M50 vaulter in the world in 2006 with a best of 4.58 (15-0 1/4).
Chris Stone took this series with Nikon D80 digital SLR set on continuous exposure.
Counting the wind-chill factor, temps plunged into the mid 50s this day. Charlie was above all that.
Charlie does his best to avoid Volzing at 17 or 18 feet, or whatever it was.
And over he goes! Another day at the office for the longtime masters champ from San Diego (I think).
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Hard Maple Candy Recipe
During the war, the women at my grandmother's church would donate sugar rations throughout the year so they'd have enough to make candy as a fund-raiser each Christmas. I'm lucky enough to have inherited this tried-and-true recipe. —Dorothea Bohrer, Silver Spring, Maryland
- 1-1/2 teaspoons butter, softened
- 3-1/2 cups sugar
- 1 cup light corn syrup
- 1 cup water
- 3 tablespoons maple flavoring
- 1. Grease a 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. pan with butter; set aside. In a large heavy saucepan, combine the sugar, corn syrup and water. Cook over medium-high heat until a candy thermometer reads 300° (hard-crack stage), stirring occasionally.
- 2. Remove from the heat; stir in maple flavoring. Immediately pour into prepared pan; cool. Break into pieces. Store in an airtight container. Yield: 1-3/4 pounds.
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1/3 ounce-weight: 46 calories, 0 fat (0 saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 5mg sodium, 11g carbohydrate (10g sugars, 0 fiber), 0 protein.
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UPG hockey helps out Toys for Tots
It's the season of giving, and the Pitt-Greensburg hockey team used its home game last weekend to get in the holiday spirit.
The Bobcats' hockey club teamed up with the Greater Greensburg Marine Corps League Detachment 834 to collect donations to Toys for Tots during Pitt-Greensburg's game against Penn State-Behrend on Saturday night at the Center Ice Arena in Delmont.
Admission to the game was free for fans who brought a toy to donate, and fans supporting both teams were eager to contribute in the 5-year-old Pitt-Greensburg hockey club's first fundraiser of this kind.
"(Saturday) was our first time doing anything like that," Pitt-Greensburg coach Tim Baldwin said. "It helps us to get our name out in the community, given that we're a small school and a young team, and its good to help a group like Toys for Tots."
For a first-time event, the Bobcats' collection drive couldn't have been much more successful. According to Baldwin, the team was able to fill two and a half collection boxes with toys, and on top of that, it treated the fans to an exciting game on the ice.
"We had an outstanding crowd there for both teams, even though the team we were playing was coming down from Erie," Baldwin said. "We don't know an exact number on what we collected, but it was probably our best crowd this season."
Penn State-Behrend ended up coming from behind to win in the final minute of overtime, 6-5, which dropped Pitt-Greensburg's record to 7-6-1 on the season. The team features players that came from school districts across the WPIAL, and a large number of them are local to Westmoreland County schools, such as Latrobe, Norwin, Penn-Trafford and Hempfield.
Because of the local flavor on the team, Baldwin said, doing events such as last weekend's collection drive can help the fledgling program recruit and gain exposure while benefiting community groups in and around the Greensburg area.
"We participate in the Greensburg Parade each year, as a part of the school, but this is our first time doing an independent fundraiser as a club," Baldwin said.
"We would have liked to win the game, but other than that, it was a very successful night. We even said right after the game that we'd want to do this again, and maybe do something for other charities throughout the season."
While there is no fundraiser attached, Pitt-Greensburg's hockey team is back on the ice in Delmont for one last home game before Christmas, a contest on Friday at 7 p.m. against West Virginia.
Pitt-Greensburg's hockey season continues through February, and a schedule and other information can be found online at www.bobcatsicehockey.com.
Matt Grubba is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 412-388-5830 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Pastor of Community Care
The Rev. Dr. Ruth Rosell became Pastor of Care and Counseling in 2002. She previously served at Prairie as Minister of Small Groups (1993-1994) and as Co-Minister of Asian Outreach (1988-1992) with her husband, Tarris. Together they helped Prairie Baptist Church resettle refugees and immigrants from Laos and assisted in establishing the Lao American Baptist Church, Lenexa.
Ruth was born and raised in Tanzania, East Africa, where her parents were Lutheran missionaries. She attended Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN, graduating with a B.A. in nursing in 1978.
She worked for one year as a nurse at Bethesda Hospital, St. Paul, MN on a medical-surgical/oncology-hospice unit before deciding to go to seminary. It was while attending Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary that she felt a sense of calling to pastoral ministry, graduating in 1983 with a Master of Divinity degree. The next five years were spent in Upstate New York where she was pastor of the North Manlius United Church near Syracuse, before coming to Prairie Baptist Church in 1988.
From 1994 to 1999 Ruth worked as a psychiatric nurse at Tennessee Christian Medical Center, while she and her husband attended the Graduate School of Religion at Vanderbilt University, Nashville. She received a M.A. in 2001 and a Ph.D. degree in religion and personality in 2003. While in Nashville, she received training in pastoral counseling at the Pastoral Counseling Centers of Tennessee and worked there as a contract pastoral counselor for one year. She is a Certified Pastoral Counselor with the American Association of Pastoral Counselors.
Ruth's ministry is shaped by how she views the church. She writes, "As the body of Christ, the church is to be the embodiment of the healing, redemptive love of God. It is to be a faith community which nurtures people's spiritual, emotional, physical, and relational well-being, enabling them to experience greater wholeness and the increased ability to love God and others. It is to be the means by which Christ's work is continued and God's love is spread to others through significant caring ministries that meet people at their point of need."
In addition to her work at Prairie, Ruth shares a teaching position with her husband Tarris Rosell at Central Baptist Theological Seminary, where she is Assistant Professor of Pastoral Theology in Pastoral Care and Counseling. Tarris also works as an ethicist and Program Associate at the Center for Practical Bioethics.
Ruth and Tarris have been married 30 years and have four children.
You may contact Ruth through e-mail at prairieruth (at) gmail (dot) com.


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HP iPAQ Pocket PC h5500
This is the top of the range iPAQ and even a confirmed Palm user such as me has to say its got quite a bit going for it.
A few figures, it has a 400MHz processor from Intel. 128MB Ram and the security seems excellent, there is even a fingerprint reader. Bluetooth and Wireless connectivity means even when away from your Office you can keep in touch. The screen is excellent the only unit I have seen with one that gets close is the Viewsonic that I remember I could use as a torch.
So far only plus features, however it is a little bulky and also a tad heavier. The overall dimensions are 13x8x1.5cm and the weight is 200grams. The important part the screen, is 6x8cm and not only clear but bright, you can of course adjust the contrast. The unit is grey with black trim and silvered buttons.
Like most recent offerings it has a Secure Digital (SD) slot and while you can use this to store or move data no doubt a lot will use it for .mp3 files. I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the internal speaker, the output was quite listenable. However for the benefit of others who may not enjoy your style of music there is also a headphone socket. It also a built in microphone which you can use to take notes etc.
In use you will not be surprised to hear that it was rapid and the on screen soft keyboard was excellent - for those like me who have never mastered writing in the graffiti style.
One point that may sway many users new to handheld devices is the ability to read and write Pocket Word and Pocket Excel files that convert on synchronisation to the Word or Excel format. Before leaving the office transfer those files that you are working on and you can continue while using your Pocket PC device. The latest version of Pocket PC 2003 is supplied together with Outlook 2002. The HP unit also has a two year warranty.
Transfer of data is via USB and a cradle is supplied together with a battery charger and a rather nice slip case to help protect the screen during your travels. There is also a getting started sheet and rather a nice touch a spare stylus.
As stated I have used a Palm (the only real current opposition) for several years. My old Palm is monochrome, has no expandability, the screen is getting flaky and file transfer is via serial not USB. Now if you are asking would I swap the answer has to be a resounding yes. The price of the all singing/dancing HP iPAQ is h5500 is around £495. Other models start from around £200 but naturally they have less functionality.
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Personal life
Her family name is of Czech origin. Her grandfather, Karel Bacik, was in the Czech resistance and was imprisoned by the Nazis. After the war, he moved to Ireland with his young family, fleeing
Stalin's takeover of his home country, eventually settling in Waterford. He brought much needed industrial skills to his new city, was involved in the establishment of Waterford Crystalin 1947, at a time when industrial employment in Waterford was in short supply.
University politics
As president of TCD Students' Union (TCDSU) (1989–90), she was taken to court by the anti-abortion pressure group, The Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child (SPUC), for providing information on abortion. SPUC were successful in the court case, albeit that success came in the 1990s, long after Bacik had graduated from Trinity College.
Her term as president of TCDSU ended prematurely when she resigned in 1990 after it was discovered that she had broken a mandate received from the Union membership. Bacik secretly broke the
mandategiven to her to voting for candidates at a Union of Students in Irelandconference. Despite 13 TCD representatives being mandated to vote for one candidate, Martin Whelan, a former TCD SU present, it transpired that candidate received only 12 votes, Bacik's vote instead being given to the feminist former UCD SU officer, Karen Quinlivan. A major controversy erupted in the Students' Union and an investigation started leading to Bacik's resignation.
National politics
Her career as a national politician commenced when she stood as a candidate for the Labour Party for the 2004 election to the
European Parliamentin the Dublinconstituency. She ran with an established candidate Proinsias De Rossa, who was also the party president, sitting on the same ticket. It seemed a long shot that she would make it, though she did manage to poll respectably. Despite this setback, Bacik remains a prominent member of the Irish Labour Party, representing the party on numerous occasions in public debates and in the media.
She did not stand as a candidate for the Labour Party in the Irish General Election of 2007 However, she contested the
Seanad Éireannelections for the third time in the Dublin University constituency, as an independent candidate and was elected a Senatoron the eighth count, over the quota but behind Senator Shane Rossand Senator David Norris, who had already been elected. She previously contested that same election and constituency in 1997 and 2002, but had been unsuccessful.
In September 2006, Bacik was one of the 61 Irish academic signatories of a letter published in the
Irish Timescalling for an academic boycott of the state of Israel [ [http://www.spme.net/cgi-bin/articles.cgi?ID=1134 Irish academics call on EU to stop funding Israeli academic institutions.] ] .
Political positions
Bacik's policies may be described as
left-wingor liberal. She is in favour of decriminalising cannabis[http://www.ivanabacik.com/what-i-stand-for/drugs] , state-funded childcare, free contraception, abortion rights[http://www.ivanabacik.com/what-i-stand-for/womens-rights] , stricter environmental regulation, expanded social housingprogrammes, extended paid parental leave [http://www.ivanabacik.com/what-i-stand-for/social-policy] , state funding of political campaigns [http://www.ivanabacik.com/what-i-stand-for/politics] , gay rights(including same-sex marriage) [http://www.ivanabacik.com/what-i-stand-for/gay-rights] and a publicly-funded health careservice, "based on need, not means" [http://www.ivanabacik.com/what-i-stand-for/equality] .
Non-political work
In 2006, Bacik acted as
Junior Counselin the unsuccessful Irish High Court case brought by Katherine Zappone and Ann Louise Gilligan (KAL case) over non-recognition of their Same-sex marriageby the Irish Revenue Commissioners. The case is currently on appeal to the Irish Supreme Court.
Bacik regularly appears in the Irish media
RTÉtelevision and radio current affairs programmes. She also writes articles in the Irish Timesand Irish Independentconcerning social policy, family planning, reproductive rights, or criminal law issues. She has appeared on public demonstrations and protests. [http://www.indymedia.ie/article/4184?print_page=true]
External links
* [http://www.ivanabacik.com Ivana Bacik's official website]
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Lindsay Lohan Keeps Finding Work, Lands Part in Bret Easton Ellis' 'The Canyons'
Lindsay Lohan is signed on to star in the upcoming thriller The Canyons alongside James Deen following a successful Kickstarter campaign for funding.
The Canyons author and screenwriter Bret Easton Ellis (American Psycho) tweeted the casting news yesterday.
"Shooting The Canyons starring James Deen and Lindsay Lohan: July 9-31 in L.A.," Easton Ellis said. "Could not have dreamed of a better cast. Lindsay nailed it…" The film has been previously described as a thriller about "youth, glamour, sex and Los Angeles", directed by Paul Schrader.
This movie will be a far cry from Lohan's former days as a child star – her role as "Tara" calls for full-frontal nudity, and her costar James Deen is an acclaimed porn star, having appeared in nearly 1,000 pornographic films in the last decade.
The Canyons will shoot in July in Los Angeles. In the meantime, Lohan is working on the made-for-TV movie "Liz & Dick," based on Elizabeth Taylor's affair with actor Richard Burton.
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Over the past week the wind direction has more or less been North East which I find ideal beachcombing weather on the North Thanet Coastline. It can be a wind of mixed blessings often cleaning a beach or just dumping everything in one particular area somewhere along the coast. The art of beachcombing is to predict the best pssible place to find something and sometimes even experienced beachcombers like myself can be wide off the mark. However, there is one spot that seems to attract everything the sea has to offer when the wind is in the North and that is Epple Bay , Birchington . Like Pegwell Bay in southerly winds, Epple Bay is the same in northerly trapping everything and giving every appearance of a marine rubbish dump. If you take a look at the photograph the promenade is angled and is flanked by cliffs, so it is not difficult to see why so much can be trapped in such a small area.
This morning (31/01/11) just before high water I gave Epple Bay a look even though it is not my survey area I thought I will take some notes.
The weed was banked up and some of it had started to decompose and this was evident by digging into the weed and feeling how warm it was. The small birds were out in force including my little friends the Turnstones picking amongst the weed and taking advantage of the winter kill which consisted of Oysters, Slipper Limpets, Mussels, Small Clams and Razor Fish. Surprisingly there was no evidence of crab deaths. I did take a photograph of the winter kill to compare with the photographs I took in February 2010 and it does look as if the Oysters have got off light this time. However, most of the dead oysters were large ones suggesting that due to their size the tide had detatched them from their bedding. The small sea birds were very active including the Turnstones picking amongst the weed and there was over 120 of all species, all small.
The highest point up against the sea wall was where the flotsam had congregated and there was a faint smell of diesel. There was no evidence of a spillage but smelling the pieces of driftwood it was evident the wood was infact permeated by diesal, probably because at sometime the driftwood may have been floating in a marina or harbour and soaked up fuel spillage.
Also present were cuttle fish bones all small around 20cm or less and these had all been pecked by sea birds. Amongst the flotsam was sea coal, various natural wood resin and small pieces of hardened oil. The hardened oil was smelly and had a rubber feel about it making it a bit pliable from its time in the sea. The smell does linger in the hands when picked up and it smells a bit like used car oil. The only time I have ever come across oil in this form is normally the odd small piece, however this time there was a fair bit worth noticing. Then on the otherhand not enough to get worried about or report. So I took some samples giving me something else to look into at a later date.
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TOP York council officials will be paid to be on call in a new move that has sparked anger.
City of York Council's staffing and urgency committee this afternoon agreed chief officers should be paid 52p an hour when they are on standby, even if they are not called.
The total bill will cost taxpayers £3,393 a year but Conservative leader Chris Steward called the decision unnecessary.
At any time, one of the council's 17 chief officers is on standby. Each officer will receive an average of £200 a year in standby pay.
Cllr Steward said: "Do chief officers compensated as well as they are really need this extra bit of money to top up their existing salaries?"
The council said the need for chief officers to be on the rota should be made contractual, thus warranting compensation, but Cllr Steward said: "All being on rota duty for council officers means is having your phone on and a very small chance of being called in, for which they would then also get paid! It's not like being in the fire brigade and having to limit the scope of your activities for the duration of your rota. It is possibly an annoyance, but it's not a hardship."
He said such arrangements did not happen in the private sector and added: "In short, if your salary is around £100,000 you shouldn't need 52p per hour to sometimes be ready to take a phone call!"
At today's meeting, councillors also voted to reduce chief officers' annual holiday leave from 34 days to 30 and to introduce a stronger performance-related aspect to chief officers' pay.
The three Labour councillors on the committee voted for the whole package, but Cllr Steward and Liberal Democract leader Keith Aspden abstained, after their request for separate votes on each strand of the package was outvoted.
Council leader James Alexander said: "As a package we have reduced the holiday entitlement of chief officers, introduced performance related pay and put in place proper cover arrangements for emergencies.
"It is disappointing Liberal Democrats have once again sided with the Conservatives and not supported this action."
A council spokeswoman said chief officers on standby had to commit to being available at any time of night or at a weekend and said this was "quite a significant commitment", meaning they could not go far from home and needed to be able to use their own transport to travel to any incident at very short notice, impacting upon any family commitments.
There have been no call outs in the past six months. The council said the requirement for a chief officers to be on call and in coordinating emergency incidents strengthened the council.


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It may be one of the world's most historic races, but the Epsom Derby is still ringing the changes 235 years after it was first held.
Once again racegoers are going through the annual ritual of choosing the perfect hat for the day and brushing up on their equestrian knowledge.
British supermodel Jodie Kidd is the face of the Derby this year and renowned chefs Michel Roux Jr and Albert Roux will serve up food on the Prince's Lawn.
Jodie Kidd, the face of this year's Derby
Epsom Downs Racecourse will also be selling English wine and creating a country garden seating area with a stream next to the Duchess' Stand for the first time.
Simon Brocklehurst, owner of design company Hungdrawn, said they are in the middle of constructing the stream, but the aim is to make it look like it has been there for a hundred years.
Mr Brocklehurst said: "For us to do something so unique is an honour. It's the first time an area has been allocated to people sitting down in a man-made English country garden."
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Albert Roux said: "I am delighted to be involved with the Investec Derby as this race meeting is a major part of the British social calendar and I feel immensely proud to be showcasing our food at this prestigious event."
Philip Treacy, who has designed hats for Lady Gaga and Madonna, is the Derby's official hat designer for a third consecutive year.
After doubt about whether the Queen could attend this year's race, it has been confirmed that she will be flying back from France on the day to attend with the Duke of Edinburgh.
Ladies' Day, which combines high fashion stakes and racing, will be held the day before the Derby. More than 125,000 people are expected during the two day festival.
A mystery tipster has predicted the winner of the Derby in chalk on a wishing well at the Amato Pub in Epsom every year since the mid-19th century.
Their pick came sixth in 2012 and third in 2011. Back in 2009 the winning horse was correctly identified for the eighth time in the preceding 12 years.
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The Good, The Bad, The Great and The Ugly: Norwegian Dawn Cruise Review by Cruisecrazy~
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The Good, The Bad, The Great and The Ugly
Destination: Western Caribbean
Embarkation: Tampa
Cabin... Owners suite #10006 and friends had balcony #10008
Concierge was John, Butler was Akhmed and Steward was Chris.
We arrived in Tampa on Sat and went to the Airport to pick up our friends who arrived from Nashville. We booked a room at the Intercontintal. The room cost about $135 each. They have a park and cruise package but we opted to park at the port. I just like having my car accessible. There is a nice mall across the street from the hotel with lots of dining options.
We took our time getting to the ship and arrived around 1pm. We dropped our car off with Valet and a porter took all our luggage. Since we had to go through the VIP line, we left our friends. It was VERY fast. After showing our passports we were escorted to the Concierge area that had refreshments and snacks. We were met and given a small speech on what More to expect by our Concierge John and then giving cards to fill out and instructed to pick out three bottles of liquor for our cabin. I picked, Bacardi Rum, Smirnoff Vodka and a bottle of Kahlua. We were then escorted to our Cabin.
Our cabin was very nice... a little bit dated and you could see some wear and tear but honestly, it did not bother me at all. We had a large area that had a king size bed, a forward balcony that is right under the bridge and right next to the bed, a very large his and hers walk in closet with a vanity area and a bathroom that was so large it made me want new ones in my own home. The Bathroom had a whirlpool tub with a small flat screen tv above it, a double vanity sink, a separate toilet closet and a fairly large shower stall with multiple shower heads. LOVED THAT SHOWER! Outside our bedroom area(with sliding doors and curtains that closed it off from the rest of the cabin) was our livingroom/dining area. We spent quite a bit of time there. In that area, was another large balcony, a guest bathroom, a small mini bar with a fridge and coffee machine and a larger flat screen tv. There was a lounger, a chair with an ottoman and a large couch. There was also a dining table for four. On the side of the couch was an adjoining door to our friends cabin which we had our butler keep unlocked. It was almost like having a two bedroom cabin that way. We spent a lot of time with our friends in the living room area and they got to enjoy our balcony's as well as their own.
It took our friends only about 20 minutes to get to their cabin after we got to ours.
It did not take long for our booze to arrive in the cabin and we also got a welcome treat of chocolate covered strawberries. We decided to stay in our cabin for the sail away but first we had to go to the muster drill. That was around 4pm. Whats different about this ship is that you get to leave your life vest in your cabin and you go to the very large auditorium they use for shows. They tell you where to sit according to your cabin location and you just watch them demonstrate and talk about what you will do in case of emergency. Honestly, I got nothing from it and was a bit confused. Guess I would go down with the ship...LOL.
We went back to our cabin for the sail-away, made some drinks and went to the forward deck of our cabin. This had two loungers on it and a small table. It was the PERFECT location because you are on the very front corner right under the bridge. One thing you HAVE to experience is going under the Tampa Bay bridge. I forget what its called but its a great experience. We took tons of photos.
By the time we did that, our luggage had arrived and we unpacked. There is TONS of space and storage in this cabin. I used one of the HUGE drawers in the vanity for our dirty s. I sprayed it with lysol before we left the trip.
Now I am going to describe some of our experiences.
Dining... We did not go to the Main Dining room AT ALL! We opted for the Ultimate dining package for $119 per person and got to go to ALL of the specialty dining options. We did try them all...
I have to say that the food in all of these were good.. not great! I honestly think Royal Carib does the food so much better! Out of all of them my fave was either the Italian or the French. Cagneys was OK.. We ate in Bamboo twice and I had the sushi both times. I have had better back home. We also ate a couple times in the Garden Cafe for Breakfast and lunch. Breakfast is typical for a buffet but we never had a problem finding a table. On port days we ate breakfast in our room. On port days we had lunch in the ports of calls that we went to. On the last sea day we had the Pool side BBQ. That was HORRIBLE and DO NOT try the cold potato salad that sits in the sun.
First Sea day... I spend it sitting out by the pool. I did not feel it was that hard for us to get a couple chairs as long as we sat on one of the top decks above the pool. I drank way to much this day and had to take a nap...LOL..
Day 2: Rotaan Honduras... we did not get to go to this port of call.. the day before a crew member from the NCL Pearl was shot and killed. NCL decided that all ships would skip this port. We were a little upset by this. We had an excursion booked and was really looking forward to it. They had already caught the shooter and to us, it just felt like all NCL was doing was punishing the people of Honduras who rely on tourism for a living. Plus, No other cruise lines were skipping this Port. Maybe they should have skipped taking us back to Tampa also because people are shot and killed there EVERY DAY! We ended up having ANOTHER Sea day.
Day 3. Belize... We booked the Cave Tubing/Zip Lining excursion through the ship on this port. You hope on an old school bus with your guide and drive about an hour and 20 minutes to the Jungle. Great excursion! The water in the caves were cool but perfect, the caves were amazing and the zip lining is not for the faint of heart. If you have a hard time walking stairs.. do not do this! They ended the excursion with an amazing lunch of authentic Mayan food. Our guide gave us so many details of his country and if you do this tour, I recommend you ask for him.. His name is Stanford. The tour is called Chuuka or something like that but its the only excursion called CRYSTAL cave tube and zipline. There are others similar on the NCL website but do not confuse them.. they are different.
Day 4. Costa Maya... We booked our OWN excursion on this Island called Maya Chan. You can google it. Its AMAZING. Its an all inclusive beach that includes all the food and booze you want, beach chairs, umbrellas, hammocks and beach beds. We also got to try Kayaking on this Island. The place is owned by a couple and they are VERY generous and so much fun. They have a large staff and keep the place extremely clean and even rake the beach every day and all day. I could have stayed at this beach for days.
Day 5. Cozumel... This excursion we have booked before and I would probably book it every time we go there. Its very much like Maya Chan and called Nachi Cocum. You have to book this one also on your own. Its a little more resort like and not as rustic as Maya Chan but the food is fantastic, the booze keeps flowing and you get all the amenities you could want. The big difference it that you have to pay for all the water stuff where on Maya Chan they just let you use it all. They also have a swim up fresh water pool and hot tub at this place. They offer beach side massages at both places and I got one at Maya Chan.
Day 6. Sea Day. This day we just lounged around on our own balcony's and walked around the ship a bit looking at our photos and people watching. We did go to the pool side BBQ and tried it, but I would not do that again... food was HORRIBLE and I am not sure but I think I got food poising either from that or the Garden Cafe that night.
Day 6.. Medic.. this was the first time I have ever had to use the Medic on the ship. Around midnight everything started flowing out of both ends and would not stop. I had some zofran pills that I had brought on board but I think I threw them up also. Around 1am I called the ships doctor and they said that he was asleep but the nurse would meet me in the medical office on deck 4 for a charge of $148.00. They were going to send a wheel chair but I told them I could walk. Hubby took me down and I have to say.. the nurse on that ship was so nice. She took my vitals and they were fine. The doctor then came down and he was very nice but I could not understand a word he was staying. He had a very thick accent. They have me a shot of zofran in the bootie and some anti diarrhea medicine and sent me to my cabin. I guess they told my husband that I would have to be quarantined to my cabin for now on because he thought I had the Noro Virus... They also did not charge me because they thought it was the Noro. Honestly, I think it was the food on the last day. I was not that worried about being quarantined because it was 2am by the time I got to my cabin and the next morning we were back in Tampa.
Tampa.. Because we were considered VIP.. we got escorted off by our Conciser John. Let me tell you.. It was FAST! We got to our meeting place at the Spinnaker Lounge and he took us down a private elevator and we were at Customs. We had a separate line for customs and I do not think that the Customs guy even looked at our paper. Since we did the valet service, our truck was already outside and waiting for us. We found a porter (or he found us) and we were back on the road in about 20 minutes from ship to luggage.
Shows: We only went to two shows and both were really good. We saw the Comedian Tim Kaminski and he was funny and we went to Bollywood and that was AMAZING!
Casino: Hubby went there quite a bit and did OK.. he lost but got some of it back. Kinda smokey but it didn't bother him.
Crew... I HIGHLY recommend John. I have heard things on these boards about the Conciser not doing much and not worth the extra tip but we had the opposite experience. It seems like John was everywhere on that ship and ALWAYS wanting to help us with something. He also have our friends the VIP treatment even though they were in a regular balcony next to us. They even got to dis embark the ship with us and given priority luggage tags which was great since we were taking them back to the airport. Tipped him $150.00
Buter.. Honestly, this is where I kinda think its a waste. Ours was nice but we did not see him much. He brought us Ice every day and a snack but that's about the extent of it. He might have also brought us soda refills for our cabin but we never saw him. Tipped him $150.00
Cabin Steward: Chris.. This guy worked his butt off! He was always so nice and ALWAYS had a huge smile on his face. He remembered our names from the very first day. We honestly wanted to tip him the most but we gave him an extra $100. Less
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Cabin review: 10006
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Canopy Zipline
Little Scary at first but so much fun
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Best Excursion.. booked with Chukka Caribbean Adventures on the ship.. be sure to ask for Stanford as your guide.. Amazing guide, great food and everything we hoped for.
Beach Break
If you want to be really pampered then go to Maya Chan.
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Great shopping and tons of fun at Nachi Cocum
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A RUNCORN woman has been banned from keeping all animals for 10 years and given an eight week suspended prison sentence after admitting five animal neglect charges.
Kylie Mazier, aged 25, of Petersgate, Murdishaw, was also ordered to pay £500 costs and take part in a drug rehabilitation programme when she appeared at North Cheshire Magistrates Court.
She was prosecuted as the responsible owner of a cat and two dogs by the RSPCA under the Animal Welfare Act 2006.
She pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to a female black Staffordshire bull terrier called Angel by failing to seek veterinary care for its chronic ear disease, between June, 2013 and September, 2013.
She pleaded guilty to failing to provide a suitable environment and diet for the dog, leaving her unable to express normal behaviour patterns.
She admitted failing to meet the welfare needs of the dog and two cats, a white female cat called Princess and a black male cat called Bouncer between September 22 and 24, 2013.
After the hearing at Runcorn Magistrates Court on Tuesday, August 19, RSPCA inspector Lisa Lupson said: "I think the sentence reflects the seriousness of the offence and I hope this sends out a clear message that people cannot just disregard their animals."
Anyone who suspects animal neglect can call the RSPCA 24-hour cruelty line on 0300 1234 999 to report cruelty or an animal in distress. The call will cost the same as any call to a UK landline number.


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Giada De Laurentiis Takes Over Food Network's Snapchat Discoverby Kristina Bornholtz in Community, Food Network Chef, Shows, May 22nd, 2016
It's that time of year again! That's right, tonight (9|8c) marks the return of Food Network Star. Season 12 promises fierce competition, crazy challenges and the best contestants yet. And to add to the excitement, mentor Giada De Laurentiis is taking over Food Network's Snapchat Discover.
For 24 hours only, you can get totally exclusive content to get you prepped for this season. We've got a special Q&A with Giada, a one-on-one tutorial for one of her favorite recipes and the audition tapes of this year's contestants. So yeah, you're going to want to see this.